RealTimeData/bbc_alltime
This dataset contains BBC News articles from 2017 to 2022. The articles are arraged by month. Access the specific month by using the format "YYYY-MM" as config. Such as load_dataset("RealTimeData/bbc_alltime", "2021-1").
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1{"title": ["Tornado in Germany injures 43 people, police say - BBC News", "Manchester Arena attack survivor finally 'happy and healthy' - BBC News", "How Australia became the anxious country - BBC News", "Russia halts gas supplies to Finland - BBC News", "Natasha Abrahart suicide: University discriminated against student - BBC News", "Roger Angell: Baseball's reluctant poet laureate dies at 101 - BBC News", "Ministers asleep at the wheel over dentist shortages, say Lib Dems - BBC News", "Monkeypox: Doctors concerned over impact on sexual health - BBC News", "London Underground: Machete attacker guilty of attempted murder - BBC News", "Cannes: Topless woman protests against sexual violence in Ukraine - BBC News", "PM urged to explain Sue Gray partygate meeting - BBC News", "Little Oakley football fan dies weeks after stand named after him - BBC News", "Parliament could burn down any day, says Andrea Leadsom - BBC News", "US Secret Service: Two sent home after 'incident' in South Korea - BBC News", "Your pictures of Scotland: 13 - 20 May - BBC News", "Abertillery: Police probe injuries suffered by schoolboy, 11 - BBC News", "Rail union RMT to ballot over 'derisory' pay offer - BBC News", "Ukraine war: Mother and six sons get keys to Chepstow home - BBC News", "Biden plan to end US migrant expulsion policy blocked - BBC News", "Australian election 2022: Anthony Albanese leads Labor to victory - BBC News", "Agent's abused former partner in legal action against MI5 - BBC News", "Mariupol: The 80 days that left a flourishing city in ruins - BBC News", "Breakout music festival cancelled due to poor ticket sales - BBC News", "Ukraine latest news: Only Ukraine has right to decide its future - Poland - BBC News", "Mariupol: Ukraine doing everything to save remaining fighters - BBC News", "Boeing's Starliner astronaut capsule launches on test flight - BBC News", "Northern Ireland: UK and EU's row risks Western unity, top US official warns - BBC News", "Sam Ryder: UK Eurovision star's Space Man takes second place in singles chart - BBC News", "Nicola Sturgeon tests positive for Covid-19 - BBC News", "Terror attack survivors demand better mental health support - BBC News", "Wimbledon: ATP & WTA strip ranking points from Grand Slam over ban for Russians and Belarusians - BBC Sport", "Elon Musk denies sexual misconduct allegations - BBC News", "Abertillery boy, 11, loses finger allegedly fleeing bullies - BBC News", "Spain eases Covid entry rules for UK travellers - BBC News", "Moldova should be equipped to Nato standard, says UK's Truss - BBC News", "Natasha Abrahart suicide: Bristol University 'should acknowledge problems' - BBC News", "Germany tornado: Video shows damage in Paderborn - BBC News", "Mariupol: Russia declares complete victory at Azovstal plant - BBC News", "Roe v Wade: How a Mississippi legal challenge could upend abortion rights - BBC News", "Britain's Got Talent star Jonathan Goodwin paralysed - BBC News", "Mariupol steelworks evacuees: 'We were losing hope that we would ever get out' - BBC News", "Reid Steele: Hospital order for Bridgend mum who drowned son - BBC News", "Cinderella cast voice anger over cancellation announcement - BBC News", "BP profits soar as calls for windfall tax grow - BBC News", "Villarreal 2-3 Liverpool (2-5 on aggregate): Jurgen Klopp's side advance to Champions League final - BBC Sport", "Boris Johnson: No magic solution in tackling cost of living - BBC News", "Amazon will pay US staff travel expenses for abortions and other treatments - BBC News", "Antytila: Ed Sheeran collaboration written on front line - BBC News", "Army investigates intruder reports at Windsor base - BBC News", "Ukraine war: Children in Mariupol 'drank rainwater from puddles' - BBC News", "Russia attacking Mariupol steelworks after evacuations, says Ukraine commander - BBC News", "UK ambassador: 'Hard to be critical' of Brits in Ukraine - BBC News", "Ukraine war: Should we be worried about a gas supply crisis? - BBC News", "Food apps and online gaming driving obesity - WHO - BBC News", "Blac Chyna loses defamation case against Kardashian-Jenners - BBC News", "As it happened: US Supreme Court investigates 'egregious' abortion leak - BBC News", "Cardiff City's Keith Pontin died of dementia caused by head trauma - BBC News", "Countdown: Anne Robinson to step down as presenter - BBC News", "Trader made error in 'flash crash', Citigroup says - BBC News", "Israel outrage at Sergei Lavrov's claim that Hitler was part Jewish - BBC News", "Ukraine war: Resistance to Russian rouble in Kherson - BBC News", "In Ukrainian villages, a desperate wait for news of the missing - BBC News", "Priti Patel faces legal threat over Ukraine visa delays - BBC News", "Roe v Wade: US Supreme Court may overturn abortion rights, leak suggests - BBC News", "Abortion ruling: US Supreme Court says leak is real as investigation launched - BBC News", "EU divided over how to step away from Russian energy - BBC News", "Jacky Hunt-Broersma: The cancer survivor who ran 104 marathons in 104 days - BBC News", "Kevin McDermott: Musician struck with lump of concrete in attack - BBC News", "Ukraine war: Putin tells Macron West should stop sending arms - BBC News", "University student complaints over courses hit record - BBC News", "World Snooker Championship 2022: Ronnie O'Sullivan claims record-equalling seventh world title - BBC Sport", "Channel migrants: At least 350 intercepted in two days - BBC News", "Missing Alabama guard and inmate had 'special relationship' - BBC News", "Bournemouth 1-0 Nottingham Forest: Cherries promoted to Premier League - BBC Sport", "Christie cancer patient gives birth to 'little miracle' baby - BBC News", "Fulham 7-0 Luton Town: Fulham clinch Championship title with emphatic Luton victory - BBC Sport", "Nottinghamshire police boss Caroline Henry caught speeding five times - BBC News", "P&O brings back passengers on cross-Channel route after sackings - BBC News", "NI election 2022: Parties clash at first leaders debate - BBC News", "Uefa announces further sanctions on Russian clubs and national teams amid Ukraine invasion - BBC Sport", "Energy firms face deadline in review of direct debit hikes - BBC News", "Post Office strike: Workers to walk out over pay dispute - BBC News", "Covid in schools: Wales school face mask rules set to end - BBC News", "Tony Brooks: Formula 1 pioneer dies aged 90 - BBC Sport", "Runner 'pinching himself' after beating Sir Mo Farah - BBC News", "Brewdog boss James Watt plans to give staff 20% of his stake - BBC News", "Met Gala 2022: Celebrities show off lavish outfits in New York - BBC News", "Ukraine war: West too slow to grasp Russian threat to Ukraine, says PM - BBC News", "Falklands war: Welsh guard reveals unseen images - BBC News", "World Snooker Championship 2022: Ronnie O'Sullivan plays down record-equalling seventh title - BBC Sport", "Law firm says staff can work from home - for 20% less pay - BBC News", "Nicola Sturgeon accused of 'lie' over ferry contract - BBC News", "Homes for Ukraine: Housing scheme called danger to refugees - BBC News", "Madeleine McCann: Parents say finding truth is essential 15 years on - BBC News", "Tourette's: Girl, 12, hopes her book will help other children - BBC News", "Ukraine latest news: Russia launches major assault on Mariupol steelworks - Ukraine - BBC News", "Highest Bafta honour for Sir Billy Connolly - BBC News", "Bermondsey deaths: We are truly heartbroken, says family - BBC News", "Starmer accuses Conservatives of mud-slinging over lockdown event - BBC News", "Covid breach court case criticised by Bedford gym owner - BBC News", "Warning over shrinking school meals as prices rise - BBC News", "Perseverance: Nasa rover begins key drive to find life on Mars - BBC News", "PC fired for not investigating woman's murderer - BBC News", "Petrol retailers told to pass on fuel duty cut - BBC News", "National Action co-founder wants white Britain, jury hears - BBC News", "Wayne Rooney says FA wanted Rebekah Vardy to calm down - BBC News", "Buffalo shooting: Biden rebukes 'poison' of white supremacy - BBC News", "National Action: How Swansea neo-Nazi ran two terror groups - BBC News", "Volunteer police officers to be armed with Taser stun guns - BBC News", "Jake Daniels: Blackpool player says coming out will allow him to be 'free' and 'confident' - BBC Sport", "Charlie King: TOWIE star describes body dysmorphia 'turmoil' - BBC News", "National Action accused 'probably biggest Nazi of the lot' - claim - BBC News", "Ukraine: Fighters evacuated from Mariupol steelworks arrive in Russian-held town - BBC News", "Mariupol: Hundreds of besieged Ukrainian soldiers evacuated - BBC News", "Teachers sent 'degrading' WhatsApp messages about disabled pupils - BBC News", "As it happened: Biggest-ever US aid package for Ukraine approved - BBC News", "Julia James: Callum Wheeler guilty of PCSO murder - BBC News", "Turkey threatens to block Finland and Sweden Nato bids - BBC News", "Jake Daniels: Duke of Cambridge praises Blackpool player's courage to come out - BBC Sport", "Rangers in Seville: Police say 100,000 fans expected - BBC News", "As it happened: EU warns of retaliation if UK overrides post-Brexit trade rules - BBC News", "Bank governor in 'apocalyptic' warning over rising food prices - BBC News", "Kay Mellor: Actress and Fat Friends creator dies, aged 71 - BBC News", "Skelmersdale: Five hurt in suspected explosion at block of flats - BBC News", "Cost of living: Inflation hits NI consumer confidence - BBC News", "Leiland-James Corkill: Laura Castle guilty of murdering baby - BBC News", "Elon Musk warns Twitter deal stuck without fake account proof - BBC News", "India’s construction workers bear the brunt of heatwave - BBC News", "Breast cancer 'metal detector' recommended to NHS - BBC News", "Ivan Kuliak: Russian gymnast given one-year ban for wearing pro-war symbol on podium next to Ukrainian - BBC Sport", "Rochdale dog attack: Boy, 3, was 'happy, kind and caring' - BBC News", "Southampton 1-2 Liverpool: Takumi Minamino and Joel Matip goals take title race to final day - BBC Sport", "Welsh Water plant plans at Merthyr opposed by residents - BBC News", "Anti-abortion groups target women with misleading ads - BBC News", "Dallas salon shooting investigated as hate crime - BBC News", "Aberystwyth: Rude plaque for man who hated seagulls removed - BBC News", "Jake Daniels: Why Blackpool forward's decision is a watershed moment for British football - BBC Sport", "Mariupol: Ukraine doing everything to save remaining fighters - BBC News", "New app to help spot online spies - BBC News", "US agrees to ease Trump-era sanctions on Cuba - BBC News", "Charles and Camilla visit Canada on royal tour to mark Platinum Jubilee - BBC News", "Elizabeth line: Queen makes surprise visit to Paddington Station - BBC News", "Judges given power to impose tougher sentences on paedophiles caught in stings - BBC News", "Conservative MP arrested on suspicion of rape - BBC News", "Amber Heard denies striking Johnny Depp and doctoring photos - BBC News", "Coleen Rooney says texts between Vardy and agent were evil - BBC News", "Court papers reveal why former MP McGarry faced trial twice - BBC News", "Help must come, says former PM John Major on cost of living crisis - BBC News", "Cost of living: Police officers 'struggling' with low pay - BBC News", "Monkeypox: Four more cases detected in England - BBC News", "McDonald's to leave Russia for good after 30 years - BBC News", "National Action co-founder had far-right material, jury hears - BBC News", "Job vacancies outpace unemployment for first time - BBC News", "Johnny Depp hit me on honeymoon, says Amber Heard - BBC News", "Retired colonel speaks out on Russian TV - BBC News", "Music teaching: Singer Bronwen backs free instruments plan - BBC News", "Ukraine: Evacuation of Mariupol steelwork fighters has begun - Zelensky - BBC News", "Probe after man wrongly diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease - BBC News", "Franklin Graham: Mark Drakeford says he cannot stop US evangelist's event - BBC News", "Archie Battersbee: Judge backs brain stem test to determine if boy is dead - BBC News", "Coleen Rooney: My online post was a last resort - BBC News", "How much plastic do you use in a week? - BBC News", "Green Man: Festival organisers to run Welsh government farm - BBC News", "Deborah James made a dame by William at her home - BBC News", "Phil Mickelson: US PGA Championship defending champion withdraws from event - BBC Sport", "North Korea announces first death from Covid-19 - BBC News", "William and Kate donate to Deborah James' cancer research fund - BBC News", "Police Scotland pay out almost £1m over sexism case - BBC News", "Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe tells PM: Your mistake had a lasting impact - BBC News", "Will government do more sooner on cost of living? - BBC News", "Brexit: DUP to wait for UK Brexit plan before Stormont move - BBC News", "UK Covid infections lowest since mid-December - BBC News", "Deborah James, host of Big C podcast, honoured with damehood - BBC News", "Eurovision: Ireland's Brooke Scullion prepares for semi-final - BBC News", "Ukraine conflict: Russian soldiers seen killing unarmed civilians - BBC News", "Latest No 10 lockdown party fines are a non-story, says Jacob Rees-Mogg - BBC News", "Shireen Abu Aqla: Violence at Al Jazeera reporter's funeral in Jerusalem - BBC News", "Moon soil used to grow plants for first time in breakthrough test - BBC News", "Energy bills set to rise again in October, regulator warns - BBC News", "Mao Zedong scroll thieves jailed in Hong Kong - BBC News", "UK’s nuclear power push will add to energy bills, ministers say - BBC News", "Ukraine war: Keep sanctions until Russian troops leave, says Liz Truss - BBC News", "Ukraine war: UK adds Putin's former wife to sanctions list - BBC News", "How easy is it to land a plane with no flying experience? - BBC News", "Cost of living: Renters search for tenancies with bills included - BBC News", "Eurovision 2022: Ireland's Brooke fails to qualify for the final - BBC News", "Couple in India sue son for not giving them a grandchild - BBC News", "Elon Musk puts Twitter deal on hold over fake account details - BBC News", "Your pictures of Scotland: 6 -13 May - BBC News", "Former HSBC worker took £900,000 from customers' accounts - BBC News", "Platinum Jubilee: Lemon and amaretti trifle to be official pudding - BBC News", "Evgeny Lebedev: Ministers withhold security advice over Lords seat - BBC News", "Ukraine begins first war crimes trial of Russian soldier - BBC News", "William and Kate send message to tackle loneliness - BBC News", "As it happened: Ukraine aiming to arm a million people - BBC News", "Amir Khan: Former unified world champion and Olympic medallist retires - BBC Sport", "Bloody river battle was third in three days - Ukraine official - BBC News", "Dangerous staffing levels in Borders hospitals, says union - BBC News", "Offer women oral tablet to treat fibroids, NHS advised - BBC News", "Ukraine war: Russia pushed back from Kharkiv - report from front line - BBC News", "Sri Lanka economy crisis to get worse before it gets better, PM says - BBC News", "Queen attends Royal Windsor Horse Show - BBC News", "Ava White: Boy said 'get out of my face' before stabbing girl - BBC News", "Two arrested over Stockport nursery baby death - BBC News", "Finland Nato: Russia threatens to retaliate over membership move - BBC News", "Vardy appears to accept agent leaked Rooney information to press - BBC News", "Land Rover: Man blocks dealership over Range Rover repair row - BBC News", "Boris Johnson wants to cut up to 91,000 civil service jobs - BBC News", "Brazil's Lula launches presidential campaign - BBC News", "NI election results 2022: How to follow the results on the BBC - BBC News", "No further action over Windsor barracks intruder, police say - BBC News", "Elections 2022: Conservatives not complacent after losses, says Nadhim Zahawi - BBC News", "Ukraine war: Russian energy embargo needed now, says finance minister - BBC News", "Ukraine: Intense shelling as troops battle to regain Kharkiv region - BBC News", "Hong Kong's John Lee: Ex-security chief becomes new leader - BBC News", "Crystal Palace 1-0 Watford: Hornets relegated from Premier League - BBC Sport", "Ukraine war: Civilians now out of Azovstal plant in Mariupol - BBC News", "Shop owners to be forced to rent out empty premises, government says - BBC News", "Douglas Ross: 'I'll continue as leader' after election blow - BBC News", "Scottish council elections 2022: SNP finishes as biggest party - BBC News", "NI election results 2022: Sinn Féin wins 27 seats to become biggest party - BBC News", "Saratoga Hotel: 26 dead after huge explosion in Havana - BBC News", "Platinum Jubilee: Harry and Andrew will not appear on Buckingham Palace balcony - BBC News", "UK YouTuber Benjamin Rich held at Russian space centre - BBC News", "Sky walkway proposal for Edinburgh's Radical Road - BBC News", "Election results 2022: Boris Johnson admits tough losses for Tories - BBC News", "Sinn Féin's journey from political pariahs to Stormont power brokers - BBC News", "New questions over Starmer event after memo leaked - BBC News", "Chelsea agree sale terms with LA Dodgers' Todd Boehly - BBC News", "Italy orders seizure of yacht linked to Putin - BBC News", "Election results 2022: Tories lose hundreds of seats in local elections - BBC News", "Welsh election results 2022: Tories' worst fears confirmed - BBC News", "Ukraine war: Russia must withdraw to pre-invasion position for a deal - Zelensky - BBC News", "Afghanistan: Women’s faces become latest Taliban restriction after face veil rule - BBC News", "Hepatitis in children mystery still being investigated as cases rise - BBC News", "Who is Alina Kabaeva, Putin's alleged girlfriend? - BBC News", "Ukraine war: Drone reveals damage from Russian shelling in Kyiv - BBC News", "Mariupol fighting: More evacuations from besieged city on Friday, UN says - BBC News", "Taliban to force Afghan women to wear face veil - BBC News", "Elections 2022: No breakdown or big breakthrough in uncomfortable night for big parties - BBC News", "Ethiopia war: Evidence of mass killing being burned - witnesses - BBC News", "Ukraine war sees Swiss challenge their age-old neutrality - BBC News", "London election results 2022: Croydon bucks London trend with Tory mayoral win - BBC News", "Unseen footage of Queen to air in new BBC documentary - BBC News", "NI election results 2022: Who is Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill? - BBC News", "Peacehaven: Angry protesters demand justice for crash victim - BBC News", "Mariupol: Why Mariupol is so important to Russia's plan - BBC News", "NI election 2022: Sign up for alerts with extra coverage - BBC News", "Ukraine latest news: Mariupol steelworks fighters vow 'no surrender' - BBC News", "Bafta TV Awards 2022: Big Zuu, Jodie Comer and Sean Bean cook up success - BBC News", "Nigerian airlines to halt domestic flights over jet fuel hikes - BBC News", "Wales local council elections: What are the parties promising? - BBC News", "Dobby: Harry Potter fans want beach grave saved - BBC News", "Secret filming victim feels let down by courts - BBC News", "Election results 2022: Lib Dem gains mark turning point, says Davey - BBC News", "Local Elections 2022: Party leaders in England reflect on results - BBC News", "NI election results 2022: The assembly poll in maps and charts - BBC News", "Election 2022: What are the election results in my area? - BBC News", "Victory Day parade: Moscow readies itself and turns up rhetoric - BBC News", "'We tried not to watch' - escapees recount terror of Russian-occupied Izyum - BBC News", "Police start review after woman strikes boy, 12, with oar - BBC News", "Local elections 2022: PM cost us votes, claim defeated Tory leaders - BBC News", "North Korea in new missile launch, say neighbours - BBC News", "Welsh election results 2022: Tory losses amid Labour and Plaid gains - BBC News", "Welsh elections 2022: Huge challenge for Tories, says Welsh deputy chair - BBC News", "FBI foiled terror plot to kill George W Bush - BBC News", "Georgia primaries: Trump-backed Perdue trounced by Pence's pick - BBC News", "Rail strike: RMT union votes for national action - BBC News", "Partygate: Boris Johnson looking safe - for now - BBC News", "US closes loophole for Russian debt payments - BBC News", "Flying reptile: Remains of scary prehistoric creature discovered - BBC News", "Afghan refugee rebuilds life in Northern Ireland - BBC News", "Gun deaths were the leading killer of US children in 2020 - BBC News", "Kate Moss: Johnny Depp never pushed or kicked me - BBC News", "As it happened: Boris Johnson rules out resigning after Sue Gray report details rule-breaking parties - BBC News", "Partygate: PM criticised over treatment of No 10 cleaners and guards - BBC News", "Severodonetsk: Battle for key road as fighting reaches Ukraine city - BBC News", "Which countries are doing the most to tackle energy bills? - BBC News", "Covid: Nearly 4,000 maskless London passengers hit with fines - BBC News", "Fry-up breakfast costs 40p more than last year - BBC News", "North Korea fires missiles hours after Biden leaves Asia - BBC News", "Cost of living: Government plan to help households could come within days - BBC News", "HRT shortage: 'Safe alternatives' may be offered in Northern Ireland - BBC News", "Sue Gray halted inquiry into party at Boris Johnson's flat - BBC News", "Sue Gray report: What pictures did she release of Whitehall parties? - BBC News", "Footballers agree to spot-fix matches for undercover reporter - BBC News", "Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko says back Ukraine despite economic pain - BBC News", "Katie Price admits breaching restraining order - BBC News", "New MPs' code of conduct to tighten lobbying rules - BBC News", "Sue Gray report: 'I wish I'd taken a fine to be with my dying husband' - BBC News", "Rail strike threat over pay not unreasonable, says union - BBC News", "Stormont crisis: Sinn Féin bids to recall assembly - BBC News", "Ukraine latest news: Shelling constant in Severodonetsk as Russian forces advance - BBC News", "Non-Ukrainian Swansea refugee refused free train travel - BBC News", "Texas shooting victims: 'They were sweet kids and lovable' - BBC News", "Monkeypox: UK cases rise to 71, with vaccines for high-risk contacts - BBC News", "Leiland-James Corkill case: Laura Castle jailed for baby murder - BBC News", "Monkeypox: Cases detected in three more countries for first time - BBC News", "Sue Gray report: Drunken No 10 party culture in lockdown laid bare - BBC News", "Prince Charles arrives in Romania to meet Ukraine refugees - BBC News", "Sue Gray: The Partygate investigator and civil servant - BBC News", "Irish language and Ulster Scots bill introduced at Westminster - BBC News", "Volkswagen to pay out £193m in 'dieselgate' settlement - BBC News", "Energy bills to be cut by hundreds as part of support package worth billions - BBC News", "Chelsea: Todd Boehly consortium takeover deal gets UK government approval - BBC Sport", "Norfolk and Suffolk residents turn to social shops and pawnbrokers - BBC News", "Partygate: No 10 braced as Sue Gray's report into lockdown parties is delivered - BBC News", "Energy firms warn against extending windfall tax to renewables - BBC News", "French Open: Emma Raducanu loses but Cameron Norrie wins at Roland Garros - BBC Sport", "As it happened: Gunman Salvador Ramos posted before deadly US school attack - BBC News", "Texas shooting: 19 children among dead in primary school attack - BBC News", "Ukraine war: 'This is just the beginning, everything is still to come' - BBC News", "Texas governor confirms 15 people killed at primary school - BBC News", "Marks & Spencer shifts from town centres as online sales grow - BBC News", "Energy price cap: Typical energy bill set to rise by £800 a year in October - BBC News", "Easyjet passengers stranded at Belfast International Airport - BBC News", "As it happened: Texas school shooting latest: Eighteen students killed - BBC News", "Boris Johnson's first public speech after Sue Gray report published - BBC News", "Partygate: Insiders tell of packed No 10 lockdown parties - BBC News", "3D images to replace traditional 'missing person' posters - BBC News", "Deborah James: Podcast host visits Chelsea Flower Show to see rose namesake - BBC News", "Tornado in Germany injures 43 people, police say - BBC News", "'I was repeatedly ignored' - report finds maternity racism - BBC News", "Ukraine peace deal: Kyiv rules out ceding land to Russia - BBC News", "Man City 3-2 Aston Villa: Pep Guardiola's side win Premier League after amazing fightback - BBC Sport", "Monkeypox: Israel, Switzerland and Austria confirm cases - BBC News", "Roger Angell: Baseball's reluctant poet laureate dies at 101 - BBC News", "'How the state tried to silence my abusive agent expose' - BBC News", "PM urged to explain Sue Gray partygate meeting - BBC News", "Floods in Bangladesh and India affect millions - BBC News", "Little Oakley football fan dies weeks after stand named after him - BBC News", "Parliament could burn down any day, says Andrea Leadsom - BBC News", "Robin Olsen: Manchester City launch investigation after Aston Villa keeper assaulted - BBC Sport", "Abertillery: Police probe injuries suffered by schoolboy, 11 - BBC News", "Ukraine war: Mother and six sons get keys to Chepstow home - BBC News", "Tribeca Film Festival 2022: Sheep farmer documentary earns nod - BBC News", "Australian election 2022: Anthony Albanese leads Labor to victory - BBC News", "Ukraine war: Against the thud of artillery, miners struggle on - BBC News", "Australia election: Anthony Albanese signals climate policy change - BBC News", "Minister urges people to be 'sensible' over pay - BBC News", "Ukraine latest news: Only Ukraine has right to decide its future - Poland - BBC News", "Deadline passes for officials set to be named by Sue Gray - BBC News", "Breakout music festival cancelled due to poor ticket sales - BBC News", "Pay gap between bosses and staff expected to widen - BBC News", "Canada storms: Nearly a million homes lose power in high winds - BBC News", "Care system: Help families before they reach crisis, urges review - BBC News", "Cost of living: Two-child families paying £400 a month more - BBC News", "Last train anger after ScotRail timetable cut - BBC News", "Potters Bar: Buses catch fire at town centre transport depot - BBC News", "Rail unions vow to fight government strike threat - BBC News", "Abertillery boy, 11, loses finger allegedly fleeing bullies - BBC News", "Spain eases Covid entry rules for UK travellers - BBC News", "Moldova should be equipped to Nato standard, says UK's Truss - BBC News", "E.On UK boss warns 40% of customers face fuel poverty - BBC News", "Afghanistan's female TV presenters cover their faces - BBC News", "Liverpool beat Chelsea on penalties to win FA Cup and keep quadruple hopes alive - BBC Sport", "Fresh probe into spike in newborn baby deaths in Scotland - BBC News", "Recession fears grow as rising prices hit spending - BBC News", "Archie Battersbee: Judge backs brain stem test to determine if boy is dead - BBC News", "Coleen Rooney: My online post was a last resort - BBC News", "Deborah James made a dame by William at her home - BBC News", "Phil Mickelson: US PGA Championship defending champion withdraws from event - BBC Sport", "Eurovision 2022: Sam Ryder is 'ignoring the hype' as the UK's odds improve - BBC News", "William and Kate donate to Deborah James' cancer research fund - BBC News", "M3: Cyclist found riding along motorway arrested - BBC News", "Buffalo shooting: Ten dead in racially motivated attack at New York state store - BBC News", "Anti-obesity drive: Junk food TV adverts to be banned before 9pm - BBC News", "Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe tells PM: Your mistake had a lasting impact - BBC News", "'We use pawnbrokers to be able to pay for food' - BBC News", "TikTok: Mental health awareness being raised on app - BBC News", "As it happened: Ukraine rides wave of public support to win - BBC News", "Shireen Abu Aqla: Violence at Al Jazeera reporter's funeral in Jerusalem - BBC News", "Dame Deborah James says Prince William's visit will be a 'special memory' - BBC News", "NUS: Government cuts students' union links over anti-Semitism concerns - BBC News", "Mao Zedong scroll thieves jailed in Hong Kong - BBC News", "Shireen Abu Aqla: NI journalists condemn killing - BBC News", "Ukraine war: UK adds Putin's former wife to sanctions list - BBC News", "Britney Spears announces 'devastating' miscarriage - BBC News", "Brexit trade deal change must result in NI government - PM - BBC News", "Junk food: Ministers to delay ban on multi-buy deals - BBC News", "Ukraine war: Putin warns Finland joining Nato would be 'mistake' - BBC News", "Boris Johnson: Fifty migrants told they will be sent to Rwanda - BBC News", "Former HSBC worker took £900,000 from customers' accounts - BBC News", "Eurovision 2022: Ukraine wins, while the UK's Sam Ryder comes second - BBC News", "Russians caught on CCTV killing unarmed grandfather - BBC News", "Nigeria student killing: Round-the-clock curfew in Sokoto after protests - BBC News", "Shireen Abu Aqla: UN condemns killing of Al Jazeera reporter - BBC News", "Former firearms officers says £1m payout will not make up for pain - BBC News", "Eurovision 2022: Ukraine presumed favourites after qualifying for final - BBC News", "Celtic 6-0 Motherwell: Champions celebrate trophy lift with scintillating final-day victory - BBC Sport", "Queen attends Royal Windsor Horse Show - BBC News", "Two arrested over Stockport nursery baby death - BBC News", "Chelsea: Woman and three dogs die after being hit by car - BBC News", "Monkeypox: Two more confirmed cases of viral infection - BBC News", "Ukraine war latest: Sweden joining Finland in Nato membership bid - BBC News", "Apple to discontinue the iPod after 21 years - BBC News", "Ukraine War: Putin gives few clues in Victory Day speech - BBC News", "Ukraine war: Bodies of 44 civilians found as battle for Izyum rages - BBC News", "Lough Neagh: Academic issues water warning after dog deaths - BBC News", "EU divided over how to step away from Russian energy - BBC News", "Ukraine war: Putin preparing for long haul, US intelligence says - BBC News", "Rugby hero Scott Hastings treated for cancer - BBC News", "Paul Grayson: Voyeur Sheffield nurse who filmed up patients' gowns jailed - BBC News", "PwC hits back at Lord Sugar in 'lazy gits' row - BBC News", "Scottish spaceport's prototype rocket unveiled - BBC News", "Queen's Speech: Government to focus on 'growing the economy' - BBC News", "Labour: We can prove Starmer broke no Covid lockdown rules - BBC News", "Sheku Bayoh: Sister tells inquiry she does not feel safe in Scotland - BBC News", "Jamie Wallis: Bridgend Tory MP denies traffic offences - BBC News", "Judges overturn boy's £290,000 diving death payout - BBC News", "Why 9 May Victory Day is so important for Russia - BBC News", "Rebekah Vardy tells court: I didn't leak anything - BBC News", "NI election 2022: DUP leader won't leave Westminster until protocol 'resolved' - BBC News", "'Ukraine war means I'll miss my son's wedding' - BBC News", "Celtic: Awards jokes 'not appropriate' but 'a teaching moment' - Ange Postecoglou - BBC Sport", "Brexit: UK rejects EU proposal to limit impact of NI Protocol - BBC News", "NI election 2022: Kellie Armstrong left physically sick by abusive images - BBC News", "MLAs back motion to oppose Troubles legacy plans - BBC News", "Queen's Speech: Starmer calls for action on cost of living crisis - BBC News", "Deborah James: All I want is more life, says Big C presenter - BBC News", "Rwanda asylum plan will take time to implement - Priti Patel - BBC News", "Rise in reports of children abusing other children - BBC News", "Vardy v Rooney: Vardy evidence 'lost or destroyed', court told - BBC News", "Man charged over death of 26-year-old woman - BBC News", "Tougher punishments for animal cruelty crimes in England and Wales - BBC News", "Keir Starmer: I'll quit if given Covid lockdown fine by police - BBC News", "Climate change: 'Fifty-fifty chance' of breaching 1.5C warming limit - 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being told two women should not be deployed together.", "Former Iran detainee asks Boris Johnson why it took so long to get her home at No 10 meeting.", "Ministers wrestle with financial consequences of the pandemic, but face calls for more help now.", "The UK foreign secretary and EU chief negotiator hold a \"tetchy\" phone call on the negotiations.", "Just over two people in every hundred are infected with the virus in the UK, according to the ONS.", "The podcast host, who is receiving end-of-life care for cancer, said she was \"blown away\" by the honour.", "But Ireland's Eurovision hopeful Brooke Scullion was unable to land a spot in Saturday's grand final.", "The incident, captured on video seen by the BBC, is being investigated as a suspected war crime.", "The cabinet minister questions whether lockdown rules were \"too restrictive\" in the first place.", "Police with riot gear hit mourners, saying they were pelted with stones, as crowds carry her coffin.", "The research is an 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"The billionaire wants more data on fake accounts, prompting speculation over the deal's future.", "A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 6 and 13 May.", "Hamzah Issak altered account details at a Leicester branch of HSBC between 2016 and 2018.", "Jemma Melvin's creation is inspired by a lemon posset served at the Queen's wedding to Prince Philip.", "Labour accuses ministers of a cover-up over the Russian-born media mogul's appointment to the Lords.", "In the first such trial of the war, the defendant, 21, is accused of killing an unarmed civilian.", "A royal radio broadcast urges people to get in touch with those who might be feeling isolated.", "The country is entering a new, long phase of the war with dark days ahead, its defence minister says.", "Boxer Amir Khan announces his retirement from the sport after a 17-year professional career.", "Ukraine claims to have attacked Russian troops as they attempted to cross the Siversky Donets river.", "Unison claims safety guidelines are being breached daily in hospitals in the Scottish Borders.", "It could help thousands of women avoid invasive surgery, experts advising the NHS say.", "Correspondent Quentin Sommerville and cameraman Darren Conway are with Ukrainian troops as they advance.", "Sri Lanka's new PM tells the BBC the country's dire economic crisis will get worse before it gets better.", "The monarch is pictured smiling as she arrives, days after missing the State Opening of Parliament.", "Ava White, 12, got \"face to face\" with the boy accused of stabbing her to death, a jury hears.", "The arrests were made after an eight-month-old girl died following a \"medical episode\", police say.", "Finland's leaders say they want the country to apply for membership of the alliance \"without delay\".", "Mrs Vardy was giving evidence to the High Court in her libel trial against Coleen Rooney.", "The businessman used vehicles, including a caravan and McLaren, to block the dealership in a protest.", "Boris Johnson's plan to save money aims to see staffing return to 2016 levels within three years.", "The former Brazilian president says he wants to unite the country and defend its democracy.", "Find out how to keep up to date with live election results on TV, radio, online and social media.", "A man claiming he was a priest ate with officers and spent the night at Victoria Barracks.", "The education secretary urges MPs to stay loyal to the PM following the loss of almost 500 council seats.", "An EU ban on oil and gas from Russia would limit its ability to fight in Ukraine, Sergeii Marchenko says.", "Ukraine's military claims it has regained control of five villages close to the country's second city.", "John Lee's appointment is being seen as a move by China to tighten its grip on the city.", "Watford are relegated from the Premier League after Wilfried Zaha's first-half penalty secures a deserved victory for Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.", "All elderly people, women and children have left the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, say Ukraine and Russia.", "Ministers call boarded-up premises a \"blight\" and say councils need stronger powers over landlords.", "The leader of the Scottish Conservatives has no plans to quit after losing 60 councillors in the local elections.", "Labour overtakes the Conservatives to finish second, with Tory leader Douglas Ross blaming Partygate.", "It is the first time a nationalist party has been the biggest in the Northern Ireland Assembly, while the centre-ground Alliance has surged.", "Local officials blamed a gas leak for the explosion at the five-star Saratoga Hotel in Havana, Cuba.", "The Queen decides only working royals will appear on Buckingham Palace's balcony for the Platinum Jubilee.", "Bald and Bankrupt vlogger Benjamin Rich was held in Kazakhstan, Russia's space agency says.", "It is one of the options being considered to tackle rock falls at the historic path in Edinburgh.", "The Conservatives lose nearly 500 council seats, while the Lib Dems make big gains in southern England.", "Enda McClafferty looks at how the shifting electoral dynamics will impact government at Stormont.", "Police are probing whether the Labour leader broke Covid rules at an MP's office in Durham in 2021.", "The new owners will pay £4.25bn for the football club, including £2.5bn to be given to charity.", "The Scheherazade has been undergoing repairs and is being seized under EU sanctions.", "The Liberal Democrats and Labour make gains as the Conservatives lose nearly 500 seats in England, Wales and Scotland.", "Issues plaguing Boris Johnson's government are blamed for wiping out gains made five years ago.", "Any deal would depend on President Putin pulling forces back to pre-invasion positions, he says.", "“They are always after women” rather than tackling Afghanistan’s many problems, one activist told the BBC.", "Cases are being detected worldwide but UK scientists are no clearer on what's behind the rise.", "The UK has sanctioned Alina Kabaeva, an ex-gymnast turned media boss close to President Vladimir Putin.", "Video released by Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko’s press office shows buildings wrecked by Russian attacks.", "Civilians remain trapped at a steelworks where Ukrainian and Russian troops are fighting for control.", "Any woman refusing to comply with the new decree could see a male guardian jailed for three days.", "These elections were a valuable measure of the battle of the two main parties who seek to govern us.", "Mass graves are being dug up to hide evidence of killing in western Tigray, witnesses say.", "How does a European country stay neutral when war rages in Europe? Many Swiss are rethinking their position.", "In his acceptance speech Jason Perry pays tribute to his mother who died during the campaign.", "The Queen grants the BBC access to hundreds of private home movies shot by the Royal Family.", "The party's deputy leader is set to become Northern Ireland's first nationalist first minister.", "Arthur Hölscher-Ermert, 27, died after being struck by an unmarked police car in Peacehaven.", "The most bombarded city in Ukraine’s war with Russia is key to Moscow’s military campaign.", "Get extra election news, analysis and in-depth reporting from the BBC direct to your smartphone.", "Troops holed up at a Mariupol metals plant insist they will never surrender to Russian forces.", "The TV chef is among the big winners, with Jodie Comer and Sean Bean scooping the top acting prizes.", "Prices have risen almost fourfold this year, mainly triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.", "The main parties in Wales make their case to voters ahead of Thursday's local council elections.", "A tribute to the elf named Dobby sits above the National Trust-run Freshwater West beach.", "A woman who was filmed in the shower by a man who targeted 167 others says she has had no justice.", "Leader Sir Ed Davey hails wins for his party at local elections, after it gains over 220 councillors.", "Boris Johnson acknowledges his party had a 'tough night' as Sir Keir Starmer dubs the election results a 'massive turning point' for Labour.", "A look at how Northern Ireland Assembly's vote has panned out, from vote share to turnout.", "Find out who won in the national elections in Northern Ireland and local elections in the rest of the UK.", "The Victory Day parade in Red Square is days away and speculation is rife about how Putin may use it.Victory Day parade: All eyes on Moscow - and what Putin does next", "Two women recall what happened when Russia took over a strategically-important city in the Donbas.", "Officers had decided to take no further action after the woman said she hit the boy in self defence.", "Council leaders say Downing Street lockdown parties and the cost of living drove away voters.", "The reported launch comes just days before South Korea's new president takes office.", "Plaid took three councils, Labour two, while the Conservatives lost their only one in Wales.", "A leading Welsh Conservative calls the local elections a \"disastrous set of results\" for his party.", "An Iraqi citizen in Ohio allegedly attempted to have militants smuggled across the Mexican border.", "The governor's race in Georgia will pit Republican Brian Kemp against Democrat star Stacy Abrams.", "RMT members vote in favour of strike action across Network Rail and 13 train operating companies.", "Tory MPs say they don't want the PM to go, but several more political challenges await him.", "The move by the US Treasury Department could push Russia closer to default.", "Fossils belonging to the Dragon of Death - found in Argentina - date back 86 million years.", "A 20-year-old man who fled Afghanistan, aged 15, is now living and working in Northern Ireland.", "Guns have overtaken car crashes as the leading cause of death among young Americans.", "The model has testified via video-link for Mr Depp in a defamation case against his ex-wife Amber Heard.", "A report by Sue Gray criticises senior leadership and outlines a culture of heavy drinking in No 10 during the pandemic.", "Officials' attitude towards support staff over illegal parties is described as \"beyond shameful\".", "Severodonetsk under constant shelling but a vital artery into the city is still open, Ukraine says.", "European countries are helping consumers facing surging energy prices.", "Compulsory face coverings were reinstated amid rising concerns about the Omicron variant in November.", "Supermarket food prices are rising at the fastest pace since 2009, says research firm Kantar.", "It came hours after the US leader left Asia following a trip where he vowed to deter North Korea.", "Measures could be announced as soon as Thursday after growing pressure on Downing Street, the BBC learns.", "It is in response to concerns regarding the shortage of some hormone replacement therapy products.", "The official says she only collected \"limited\" evidence after pausing her work for a police investigation.", "Sue Gray published nine photographs in her report from events held in Whitehall.", "Secret filming shows discussions to manipulate moments in games so criminals can defraud bookies.", "The former heavyweight champions visit World Economic Forum in Davos to urge support for Ukraine.", "The former model admits sending abusive messages to her ex-husband Kieran Hayler about his fiancée.", "But the proposals from the Commons standards committee do not go as far as banning second jobs.", "Bereaved families call on the PM to quit, saying he has treated them like 'dirt' over Sue Gray's report.", "A rail workers' union urges operators to negotiate on pay after its members voted to hold a strike.", "The party tables a petition but it is not clear yet if other parties will support it.", "Fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces reaches the outskirts of the key eastern city, the regional governor says.", "Raman says guards at a train station accused him of abusing a system meant for Ukrainian refugees.", "Keen sports players, A students and dancers are among the children killed in Tuesday's shooting.", "Sexual health clinics are still open for business but doctors urge patience over appointments.", "A judge says Laura Castle was \"selfish\" and it was a tragedy the adoption was not ended.", "The outbreaks in Europe and America are not normal but remain containable, health officials say.", "Boris Johnson says he is \"humbled\" by Sue Gray's account of rule-breaking but rejects calls to resign.", "The Prince of Wales makes the first royal visit to the region since the start of the Russian invasion.", "The former senior civil servant is set to take up a job as Sir Keir Starmer's chief of staff in September.", "The Irish language and Ulster Scots legislation was part of a deal to restore Stormont institutions in 2020.", "More than 90,000 people will get payouts over the installation of emissions cheating devices.", "The support package is expected to be partly funded by a windfall tax on oil and gas firms.", "The UK government approves the £4.25bn takeover of Chelsea by a consortium led by LA Dodgers co-owner Todd Boehly.", "A mother-of-three says she has had to sell belongings and use a social supermarket to get by.", "The senior official's report into Downing Street lockdown parties runs to 37 pages, plus photos.", "Applying a windfall tax to renewable energy could threaten the government's energy strategy, sources say.", "Emma Raducanu is unable to capitalise on a one-set lead as her French Open debut ends with a defeat in the second round but Cameron Norrie advances.", "The killer sent three short social media messages minutes before the massacre in Uvalde, officials say.", "Nineteen children are shot dead by a teenage gunman, who is himself killed by law enforcement.", "As Russian attacks intensify, Ukrainians are asking whether it's better to pay for a ceasefire with land - or lives.", "Greg Abbott said that 14 students and one teacher was killed by a gunman on Tuesday.", "The retail giant says it is relocating some stores from older buildings with poor access and parking.", "Industry regulator Ofgem warns households that they should expect higher energy bills this winter.", "Some flights to and from Belfast International Airport were cancelled on Sunday with no information.", "The pupils were in second, third, and fourth grades - meaning aged between 7 and 10.", "The prime minister says he takes full responsibility, after a report into parties at No 10 is made public.", "Staff describe bins overflowing with bottles, people sitting on each other's laps and colleagues sleeping in the office.", "Missing persons posters will also feature QR codes which, when scanned, will show them smiling or laughing.", "The podcast host gets a private tour of the Chelsea Flower Show to see the flower named in her honour.", "Officials said the tornado cut a path of destruction during violent storms in the west of the country.", "The charity Birthrights conducted a year-long investigation into \"racial injustice\" in maternity care.", "Zelensky adviser says Kyiv will not agree a peace deal with Russia that involves giving up territory.", "Manchester City win the Premier League for the sixth time after a stunning fightback from two goals down to beat Aston Villa.", "Scientists are still unsure what is causing the outbreak, which has now spread to 15 countries.", "Although he disliked the accolade, Roger Angell was hailed for his innovative writing about the game.", "BBC News reporter Daniel De Simone on his courtroom fight to reveal how an MI5 agent abused women.", "Labour suggests the \"secret meeting\" could damage confidence in the civil servant's inquiry.", "At least 50 people are dead after some areas are battered by widespread flooding and landslides.", "Gordon Carter was a loyal supporter of Little Oakley FC for 70 years.", "Andrea Leadsom says MPs need to \"get on\" with the project to renovate the building.", "Manchester City launch an investigation after Aston Villa keeper Robin Olsen is assaulted during a pitch invasion after the final whistle at Etihad Stadium.", "The Welsh government has condemned racism and bullying after Gwent Police were called in.", "After Russia invaded their homeland, the family fled by taxi to the Romanian capital Bucharest.", "Wilf Davies never leaves the Teifi Valley, works alone and eats the same meal every evening.", "Anthony Albanese will be the new PM after Scott Morrison's coalition fails to win enough seats.", "Miners in eastern Ukraine on how a difficult job has become even more dangerous.", "Anthony Albanese vows to take the nation in a new direction, creating a renewable energy superpower.", "Richard Lochhead acknowledges cost of living pressures but says the country is in a \"precarious\" position.", "Polish President Andrzej Duda says there should be no negotiations behind Ukraine's back and no concessions to Russia's demands.", "Officials expected to be identified in the report on No 10 parties had until Sunday afternoon to object.", "The inaugural Kirkcaldy Breakout Festival was due to take place on the Esplanade from 27 -29 May.", "The High Pay Centre says pay gaps were the greatest in the retail sector in the early months of 2022.", "Eight people killed by falling trees as high winds and storms batter Ontario and Quebec.", "Struggling families need earlier support before they reach crisis point, warns a major review.", "The rising cost of energy, transport and childcare is forcing families to make tough choices.", "Almost 700 services are temporarily removed after a pay row triggered a wave of driver shortages.", "Eyewitness Shaun Cunningham says he heard an \"unbelievable noise that sounded like a jet\".", "Transport Secretary Grant Shapps claims a new law would protect shipments from disruption.", "Raheem's mother says he is struggling to come to terms with what happened to him.", "UK holidaymakers without a jab will be allowed entry with a negative test or proof of recovery.", "The foreign secretary says smaller nations should be helped to counter Russian aggression.", "Chief executive Michael Lewis calls for government intervention to help struggling households.", "A day after defying a Taliban order, women on TV fell in line with face-covering veils.", "Liverpool keep alive hopes of an unprecedented quadruple with a sudden-death shootout victory over Chelsea in the FA Cup final.", "The rise in the number of baby deaths in March follows a similar spike last September.", "People spent less in shops and cut down on car journeys leading to the economy shrinking in March.", "Specialists think it is likely he is dead and treatment should stop but his parents dispute this.", "Mrs Rooney appeared in the witness box on day four of the libel case, brought by Rebekah Vardy.", "The BBC podcaster also revealed her bowel cancer charity fund has now raised more than £5m.", "Defending champion Phil Mickelson withdraws from next week's US PGA Championship, say tournament organisers.", "The UK contestant is one of the favourites to win the contest, but he's trying not think about it.", "The pair are among those to donate to the podcast host's cancer research fund, which has topped £3m.", "The rider was spotted pedalling along in lane two of the M3 near Eastleigh in the early hours.", "An 18-year-old is charged over the New York state attack, which is being investigated as a racial hate crime.", "Ministers say children must cut down on products high in fat, salt and sugar, amid rising obesity.", "Former Iran detainee asks Boris Johnson why it took so long to get her home at No 10 meeting.", "People on low incomes are pawning their possessions to pay for essentials, a report suggests.", "One woman says she was inspired to become a psychiatric nurse after a struggle with depression.", "Ukraine wins the final of the Song Contest, followed by the UK, Spain, Sweden and then Serbia.", "Police with riot gear hit mourners, saying they were pelted with stones, as crowds carry her coffin.", "The cancer campaigner says the prince went \"above and beyond\" in visiting her to confer her damehood.", "The universities minister says the National Union of Students will not be eligible for government funding.", "The thieves were unaware of its value and sold it to an amateur collector for less than $25 (£20).", "Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Aqla was shot dead in disputed circumstances in the West Bank.", "Both Vladimir Putin's former wife and his alleged current girlfriend are sanctioned over the war in Ukraine.", "The singer reveals she and personal trainer partner Sam Asghari have \"lost our miracle baby\".", "Boris Johnson is to visit Northern Ireland amid a political crisis sparked by tensions over the protocol.", "But health groups criticise the move to pause the ban on unhealthy food offers and some advertising.", "Finland and Sweden have indicated they want to become Nato members following Russia's war in Ukraine.", "Boris Johnson says the government will \"dig in for the fight\" against any legal bids to block their removal.", "Hamzah Issak altered account details at a Leicester branch of HSBC between 2016 and 2018.", "Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra triumphs, while Sam Ryder gives the UK its best result since 1998.", "The BBC has obtained CCTV footage of the killing of two civilians in cold blood by Russian soldiers that is now being investigated by prosecutors as a suspected war crime.", "Demonstrators have been demanding the release of two suspects held over the murder of a Christian student.", "Shireen Abu Aqla was shot dead in disputed circumstances in the occupied West Bank.", "A former officer who was victimised while working for Police Scotland says she was failed by the force.", "Kalush Orchestra, who are tipped to win the song contest, secured an easy victory in the first semi-final.", "Celtic celebrate receiving the Scottish Premiership trophy by ending their season with a scintillating six-goal victory against Motherwell.", "The monarch is pictured smiling as she arrives, days after missing the State Opening of Parliament.", "The arrests were made after an eight-month-old girl died following a \"medical episode\", police say.", "A 26-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, police say.", "The individuals live together but are not linked to the case announced on 7 May, health agency says.", "Sweden's governing party drops its opposition to the move in the wake of Russia's war in Ukraine.", "The end of an era for Apple's original music player, which has been overshadowed by the iPhone.", "Prior to Victory Day, Moscow was full of rumours about what Putin might announce in his speech.", "The Ukrainian city of Izyum has been under Russian occupation since the beginning of April.", "An academic says algae could be to blame for the deaths last week near Rea's Wood at Lough Neagh.", "EU energy ministers met to discuss a possible ban on Russian oil, but members remain split.", "The US National Intelligence director warns the Russian president could turn to \"more drastic means\".", "The 65-times capped Scotland player says he has been inundated with support.", "Paul Grayson, 51, is jailed for 12 years and told he \"brought shame on an honourable profession\".", "The Apprentice host had criticised the accountancy giant's new flexible work policy.", "The final version of the 19m-long Prime rocket is to be launched from a site in Sutherland.", "The PM promises to address the cost of living but says the UK cannot spend its way out of trouble.", "The party says it has evidence the leader's team was working when food was ordered during a Covid lockdown.", "Kadi Johnson was addressing the inquiry into her brother's death in police custody in Fife in 2015.", "Charges against the Conservative MP include failing to stop and failing to report a road collision.", "An Orkney boat company appealed over compensation to the son of a diver who died off Cape Wrath.", "Vladimir Putin has made it an annual event, but amid war in Ukraine 9 May has taken on new significance.", "Rebekah Vardy was the first to testify during the so-called Wagatha Christie High Court libel case.", "The DUP is refusing to nominate a deputy first minister in opposition to the trading arrangement.", "Olena's son wants to marry his girlfriend in case he's called to fight and something happens to him.", "Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou says jokes by a speaker that prompted a walkout at Sunday's Scottish Football Writers' Association awards dinner were \"not appropriate\".", "The foreign secretary Lizz Truss says she will not shy away from taking \"decisive action\".", "Kellie Armstrong is one of a number of women who suffered abuse during the election campaign.", "The assembly was recalled to debate UK government proposals to end prosecutions for Troubles-related offences.", "But Boris Johnson says the government can't spend its way out of economic problems and needs to focus on the long term.", "The podcaster says even after five years with cancer knowing she is nearing the end is \"still shocking\"", "The home secretary expects the government proposal to face \"hurdles and barriers\" from lawyers.", "The NSPCC has seen a 29% increase in reports of harmful sexual behaviour between young people.", "The Wagatha Christie High Court case hears claims of a \"widespread and significant\" loss of evidence.", "Aimee Cannon was found seriously injured at a property in West Lothian on Saturday.", "Crimes like tail docking and animal fighting are set to be treated as the most serious offences.", "The Labour leader is under pressure as police investigate if rules were broken in April 2021.", "Scientists say there's now a strong chance that the world will warm by more than 1.5C by 2026.", "Restaurant manager Lily Griffith says she was \"disrespected\" by the group at the restaurant.", "CCTV of \"altercations\" which led up to the stabbing of Ava White is also played to the jury.", "Eilidh Barbour was among guests who left a gala dinner in Glasgow in protest at offensive jokes.", "Moscow is counting on the resolve of Ukraine's allies to weaken over time, Avril Haines tells a US Senate hearing.", "Rachel Morgan-Williams had feared her son's passport would not arrive in time for the getaway.", "The monarch, who has mobility issues, has not missed the opening of Parliament since 1963.", "Couples tell BBC News the delays are keeping them apart, with no idea when they will be reunited.", "The French leader suggests other ways the EU can help Ukraine, other than fast tracking its membership.", "With confidence in the PM dented after partygate, he needs to convince party and country he has a plan.", "The number of teams in the Champions League will rise from 32 to 36 from the 2024-25 season under changes approved by Uefa.", "A government paper reveals an amnesty may involve cooperation with truth recovery investigations.", "Some 1.5m UK households will struggle to pay food and energy bills this year, a report finds.", "Troops are on the streets after a night of anti-government unrest fuelled by an economic crisis.", "Boris Johnson says planned new laws will boost living standards - but critics say families need help now.", "Welsh Parliament likely to grow in size at next election after agreement between Labour and Plaid.", "Kalush Orchestra, who are tipped to win the song contest, secured an easy victory in the first semi-final.", "More human remains are found in Lake Mead, a week after a suspected murder victim was discovered.", "Five things to get you up to date on the coronavirus pandemic this Tuesday morning.", "Sadio Mane scores the winner as Liverpool come from behind to beat Aston Villa and keep their Premier League title hopes alive.", "The Turkish plane was about to take off from Israel when passengers' phones were sent the images.", "Manchester City reach an agreement to sign prolific Norway striker Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund.", "He says Twitter's decision to ban the former US president was \"morally wrong and flat-out stupid\".", "Bones found in the Dutch city of Vianen date back to the late 18th Century, archaeologists say.", "Russia's Victory Day parade won't represent any sort of victory over Ukraine, writes defence analyst Michael Clarke.", "US climate envoy John Kerry says the war in Ukraine 'presented a challenge' in reducing emissions.", "Casey White and guard Vicky White were suspected of having struck up a relationship.", "NI Secretary Brandon Lewis says a truth recovery body would be created to \"get into investigations\".", "The son of a former Philippine dictator is set to be the country's next president.", "Charlie had never been outside or worn a collar when he was rescued from a run-down barn.", "The plan to end Troubles prosecutions has yet to be put in place, so what will 2022 bring?", "Brussels is asking whether the EU rule that foreign policy decisions must be unanimous is outdated.", "The record-breaking sum is the highest ever paid for either an American or 20th Century work of art.", "Leaving out flexible working and pregnancy discrimination means \"bad bosses celebrating\", says the TUC.", "Sales of used cars have risen, with greener electric and hybrid vehicles climbing fastest.", "The Ukrainian president appeals for fresh UN help as Russians reportedly enter the city's last holdout.", "The Kremlin has so far only referred to the war in Ukraine as a \"special military operation\".", "Amanda Abbington says fiance Jonathan Goodwin now uses a wheelchair after a stunt went wrong.", "Civilians evacuated from the besieged city of Mariupol finally arrive in the relative safety of Zaporizhzhia.", "There is mounting evidence that a common adenovirus is linked to these rare cases.", "Overturning the right to an abortion is a major win for some. For others, a devastating loss.", "Billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he is \"not giving up\" on taking over Chelsea despite receiving \"no communication\" about his £4.25bn offer.", "Liverpool survive a scare against Villarreal to move into the Champions League final - and keep their hopes of winning the quadruple alive.", "Boris Johnson says he does not have an \"unlimited number of shots to play\" to offer more support.", "The Toddlers & Tiaras star was also known after her cheeky grin at the age of five became a meme.", "Local elections are taking place in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and many parts of England.", "Russian firms are banned from using British management consulting, accounting and PR services.", "Former contestant Dr Alex George says his family has \"every right\" to run a business.", "The over-budget project was meant to open in December 2018 but will now begin running on 24 May.", "For the first time, the actress takes the stand in the defamation trial with her ex-husband Johnny Depp.", "Yuliia ran under gunfire from her bunker to the nearest well so her daughters could get fresh water.", "A Ukrainian commander at the Azovstal plant says hundreds are stuck there, despite evacuations on Sunday.", "Taking the stand, Amber Heard alleges a pattern of violence from the Pirates of the Caribbean star.", "Lukasz Czapla will serve at least 23 years for shooting, smothering and stabbing two-year-old Juliusz.", "Russia has halted gas exports to Poland and Bulgaria, after demanding countries pay in roubles.", "The Federal Reserve is under pressure as the US grapples with its worst inflation in four decades.", "BBC political correspondent Chris Mason takes the parties' temperatures ahead of elections in England.", "A section of undeveloped land has been cordoned off while Gwent Police officers investigate.", "Two additional people are arrested after a father-of-three was stabbed to death at a shopping centre.", "Russian forces say the currency will be used there from Sunday. But many residents have other ideas.", "He trailed his opponents for much of the campaign but saw a late surge following the endorsement.", "Critics accuse Environment Secretary George Eustice of \"patronising\" people worried about rising prices.", "The leak has stirred expectations that the 1973 decision legalising US abortion could be overturned.", "Scotland editor James Cook looks at some of the issues voters are concerned with ahead of polling day.", "The Russian and French leaders speak by phone for the first time in more than a month.", "The fast fashion brand says shoppers are returning clothes at a higher rate than before the pandemic.", "More than a third of issues examined by the independent adjudicator were related to the pandemic.", "Thousands of disabled Ukrainian children reportedly left in institutions that can’t care for them.", "A massive manhunt is under way for murder suspect Casey White and guard Vicky White.", "Kieffer Moore sends Bournemouth back to the Premier League with a late winner against Nottingham Forest.", "A survey asks whether a tribute to Harry Potter's house elf should be moved or replaced.", "The rising cost of living dominates the final day of campaigning as parties pitch to voters.", "The star had asked not to be included, but will be still inducted alongside Eminem and Duran Duran.", "Halifax has said sorry after it incorrectly said the Bank of England had raised interest rates.", "Some companies have three weeks to respond to accusations they have set direct debits too high.", "Tony Brooks, one of the defining Formula 1 drivers of the 1950s, dies aged 90, his daughter Giulia announced on Tuesday.", "Manchester City suffer one of the most remarkable Champions League collapses as Real Madrid come back from the abyss to set up a final showdown with Liverpool.", "James Watt owns a quarter of the fast-growing Aberdeenshire-based beer maker.", "The debate was the final opportunity for leaders to go head-to-head before polling day on Thursday.", "Police charge a man who tackled US comic Dave Chappelle to the ground with a dummy gun and knife.", "Local elections in England, Wales and Scotland, and a general election in Northern Ireland, took place on 5 May.", "The Spice Girl is honoured at Buckingham Palace for services to charity and vulnerable women.", "The Argentina shirt worn by Diego Maradona when he scored his 'Hand of God' goal against England at the 1986 World Cup sells for £7.1m", "Diplomat Carlos Guillén has been freed after four days in captivity, a Dominican official says.", "Potentially violent and abusive men are offering accommodation to Ukrainian women, BBC News learns.", "The Court of Appeal is considering the sentences of several killers as it reviews whole-life orders.", "Steven McBrine beat Frances Murray and Joseph Dutton to death at a flat in north Belfast in 2019.", "Ukrainian officials say Russian forces are entering the city's Azovstal complex.", "Allison Bailey is suing her chambers and LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall for discrimination over her views.", "Joshua, who's blind, announced the 10.27 arriving at Platform 1 at Liverpool Lime Street.", "England's former deputy chief medical officer is recovering and the ceremony will be rescheduled.", "People spent less in shops and cut down on car journeys leading to the economy shrinking in March.", "Abuse allegations were made months before her husband poured petrol on her and set her alight.", "They say the veteran DJ collected a \"wealth of souvenirs\" while launching the careers of many stars.", "\"If you are black or a woman, you don't see yourself fitting in,\" a leading female physicist says.", "The ex-footballer gave evidence on day six of his wife Coleen's libel case brought by Rebekah Vardy.", "Boris Johnson does not rule out a tax on the energy giants, as he is accused of dithering by Labour.", "Ukraine's defence ministry says 53 heavily injured fighters were taken to the town of Novoazovsk.", "The court said the law, which forced boards to have up to three women directors, was discriminatory.", "The operator apologised for cutting a third of trains and blamed an ongoing shortage of drivers.", "The Senate backs $40bn of military, economic and humanitarian support as Russian attacks continue.", "Police arrest a man after Sheffield United captain Billy Sharp was allegedly assaulted by a fan at the end of their Championship play-off semi-final second leg at Nottingham Forest.", "The blue-glazed vase had been estimated to sell at auction for between £100,000-£150,000.", "Rangers supporters in the city are expected to outnumber Eintracht Frankfurt fans by two to one.", "Three people are taken to hospital following the blast which caused significant damage.", "Speaker Lindsay Hoyle also warns MPs against naming the Tory politician, who was arrested on Tuesday.", "The PM pledges to look at \"all the measures\" needed to help people struggling after inflation hits a 40-year high.", "Laura Castle shook Leiland-James Corkill to death after she \"lost it\" over his crying, a jury heard.", "Russian gymnast Ivan Kuliak is given a one-year ban for wearing a national war symbol on the podium at an event in Qatar in March.", "Research will look at whether commonly available peanut and milk products can treat food allergies.", "Liverpool defeat Southampton to ensure the Premier League title race will go to the final day of the season.", "One man, Mohammed Ismael Zaman, bled to death during dialysis, while the other was trapped in a bed.", "Prosecutors will ask whether social platforms were \"used to stream, promote, or plan\" the murders.", "The 21-year-old admits killing an unarmed civilian, in Ukraine's first war crimes trial since war began.", "The suspect in last week's attack has \"panic attacks\" when around people of Asian descent, police say.", "A pregnant woman fleeing a bombed maternity hospital was targeted by a Russian disinformation campaign.", "Ivan Simoroz's home was hit by Russian bombs, killing six members of his family - days later he returned to work.", "Diana Ross, Eurovision star Sam Ryder and Queen and Adam Lambert will perform at Buckingham Palace.", "But Kyiv refuses to say how many soldiers are still trapped, saying such information is \"sensitive\".", "The Prince of Wales says he will listen on the issue of the treatment of the indigenous community.", "The Ukrainian port which has seen some of the most intense fighting is now under Russian control.", "Up to 100,000 fans of the Glasgow team are in the Spanish city for the Europa League final.", "Police asked why they treated a man who supplied diazepam to an MP differently to the politician.", "The Metropolitan Police confirm a man is in custody over allegations dating back to the 2000s.", "Johnny Depp's lawyer has accused Ms Heard of being \"the jealous one\" in the ex-couple's marriage.", "A North Wales Police detective says she has to borrow money from her mother at the end of the month.", "International recruitment hits record high with nurse leaders warning about sustainability of trend.", "Campaigners accuse technology companies of failing to block and remove content posted by the attacker.", "The unemployment rate falls to its lowest level for nearly 50 years between January and March.", "Mikhail Khodarenok gives a rare insight saying the military operation in Ukraine can only get worse.", "Flight data reportedly indicates someone in the cockpit made the China Eastern Airlines jet crash.", "The Ukrainian president says an operation has been started which will require \"discretion and time\".", "Rangers suffer an agonising penalty shootout defeat in their fifth European final as Eintracht Frankfurt win an absorbing Europa League final.", "A UK study says record-breaking temperatures in NW India and Pakistan are now 100 times more likely.", "The corporation can give details about the man alleged to be a dangerous abuser but not name him.", "The former Brazilian president says he wants to unite the country and defend its democracy.", "The governor of the Luhansk region says Russian forces bombed the school on Saturday afternoon.", "The education secretary urges MPs to stay loyal to the PM following the loss of almost 500 council seats.", "England's schools regulator says such schools are often unsafe and do not provide a full education.", "A railway bridge close to Kyiv has been rebuilt, just a month after it was destroyed by Russian attacks.", "All elderly people, women and children have left the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, say Ukraine and Russia.", "Israeli police say the Palestinians were found hiding in bush near Elad where the attack took place.", "The airline plans to remove a row of seats so that it can fly with fewer cabin crew on board.", "The cream of British TV talent is honoured at this year's Bafta Television Awards in London.", "Ukraine's military claims it has regained control of five villages close to the country's second city.", "The deputy prime minister says the protocol agreed with the EU is an \"obstacle to stability\" in Northern Ireland.", "Holocaust survivors in the Ukrainian city of Uman feel insulted by Russian claims to be fighting Nazis.", "Ministers call boarded-up premises a \"blight\" and say councils need stronger powers over landlords.", "John Lee's appointment is being seen as a move by China to tighten its grip on the city.", "It is the first time a nationalist party has been the biggest in the Northern Ireland Assembly, while the centre-ground Alliance has surged.", "Bald and Bankrupt vlogger Benjamin Rich was held in Kazakhstan, Russia's space agency says.", "Russia's Victory Day parade won't represent any sort of victory over Ukraine, writes defence analyst Michael Clarke.", "Bald and Bankrupt vlogger Benjamin Rich says he was questioned by Russian police in Kazakhstan.", "The British star was known for his roles in TV shows including Minder, New Tricks and The Sweeney.", "The number of those struggling to buy food rises by 57% in three months, according to a survey.", "The star of Netflix's Sex Education will replace Jodie Whittaker in the BBC science fiction show.", "The DUP says it will not nominate ministers until the UK takes action on the trading deal with Europe.", "Enda McClafferty looks at how the shifting electoral dynamics will impact government at Stormont.", "Police are probing whether the Labour leader broke Covid rules at an MP's office in Durham in 2021.", "The US first lady met her Ukrainian counterpart as Washington sanctions 2,600 individuals.", "Rich Strike, a 80-1 outsider, won the race despite only being brought in after a horse dropped out.", "The U2 frontman was seen singing at a downtown metro station covering the hit track Stand by Me.", "But Labour's Lisa Nandy says it is \"absurd\" to compare Sir Keir's actions to the PM's \"serial partying\".", "The UK has sanctioned Alina Kabaeva, an ex-gymnast turned media boss close to President Vladimir Putin.", "Civilians remain trapped at a steelworks where Ukrainian and Russian troops are fighting for control.", "Video released by Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko’s press office shows buildings wrecked by Russian attacks.", "The penalties will target £1.7bn of trade to further weaken Vladimir Putin's Ukraine invasion.", "About 90 people had been sheltering in the building which Ukraine says was hit by a Russian bomb.", "How does a European country stay neutral when war rages in Europe? Many Swiss are rethinking their position.", "The supermarket is understood to have beaten a rival offer from the petrol station firm EG Group.", "The Queen grants the BBC access to hundreds of private home movies shot by the Royal Family.", "Troops holed up at a Mariupol metals plant insist they will never surrender to Russian forces.", "Three Israelis were killed as two Palestinians bludgeoned civilians in a park full of families.", "The party's deputy leader is set to become Northern Ireland's first nationalist first minister.", "Strains on the United Kingdom are laid bare by a remarkable set of election results, writes Chris Mason.", "The most bombarded city in Ukraine’s war with Russia is key to Moscow’s military campaign.", "The TV chef is among the big winners, with Jodie Comer and Sean Bean scooping the top acting prizes.", "A look at how Northern Ireland Assembly's vote has panned out, from vote share to turnout.", "Customers and firms face ruin this winter without radical government help, says Scottish Power boss.", "Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis plays down the prospect of an Irish border poll.", "The Ukrainian leader compares Russia's invasion of his country to wartime Nazi bombings.", "Chelsea win a historic third successive WSL title in dramatic fashion on the final day of the season with victory over Manchester United.", "An EU ban on oil and gas from Russia would limit its ability to fight in Ukraine, Sergeii Marchenko says.", "The BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner looks at the case for and against Finland and Sweden joining Nato.", "For 100 years unionism has held sway at Stormont - now its future is uncertain, says Mark Devenport.", "The Victory Day parade in Red Square is days away and speculation is rife about how Putin may use it.Victory Day parade: All eyes on Moscow - and what Putin does next", "Find out who won in the national elections in Northern Ireland and local elections in the rest of the UK.", "Two women recall what happened when Russia took over a strategically-important city in the Donbas.", "Samuel Akwasi died after \"a medical emergency\" during an Under 13s match, Nottinghamshire FA says.", "The Ukrainian president appeals for fresh UN help as Russians reportedly enter the city's last holdout.", "New boss Michael Murray warns the costs facing the sportswear retailer are \"going through the roof\".", "The Kremlin has so far only referred to the war in Ukraine as a \"special military operation\".", "Ellie Hair was unable to fly out on holiday because her passport was issued more than 10 years ago.", "Amanda Abbington says fiance Jonathan Goodwin now uses a wheelchair after a stunt went wrong.", "It will be the first story narrated in British Sign Language in the programme's history.", "Civilians evacuated from the besieged city of Mariupol finally arrive in the relative safety of Zaporizhzhia.", "Everyday goods including food and transport costs have seen among the biggest annual increases.", "The energy giant says pulling out of Russian oil and gas activities had cost the firm $3.9bn.", "The collapse of a building in the city of Changsha is now known to have killed at least 53 people.", "Local elections are taking place in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and many parts of England.", "Russia's foreign minister claimed that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had Jewish blood, sparking outrage.", "Buckingham Palace says other members of the Royal Family will host as the parties return next week.", "A 75-year woodland study shows a marked seasonal shift in the timing of egg-laying in spring.", "Former contestant Dr Alex George says his family has \"every right\" to run a business.", "Taking the stand, Amber Heard alleges a pattern of violence from the Pirates of the Caribbean star.", "Suicide prevention charity Samaritans says calls to its helpline related to loneliness have increased since Covid.", "The Federal Reserve is under pressure as the US grapples with its worst inflation in four decades.", "Boris Johnson and counterpart Fumio Kishida urge unity in the face of \"autocratic, coercive powers\".", "Pep Guardiola says Manchester City must \"process\" their remarkable Champions League semi-final loss and \"come back\" as they look to defend their Premier League title.", "Another attempt to get civilians out of the besieged Azovstal steelworks is planned for Friday.", "Russia has halted gas exports to Poland and Bulgaria, after demanding countries pay in roubles.", "A section of undeveloped land has been cordoned off while Gwent Police officers investigate.", "Claims including physical and sexual assaults in school grounds have been uncovered by the BBC.", "Two additional people are arrested after a father-of-three was stabbed to death at a shopping centre.", "The Liberal Democrats and Labour make gains as the Conservatives lose nearly 500 seats in England, Wales and Scotland.", "Amber Heard says jealousy of actor James Franco sent Johnny Depp into a rage on a plane.", "Nine Indian students were identified as potential victims of modern slavery and labour exploitation.", "The retailer said on Thursday that it was increasingly likely it would enter administration.", "Virgin Atlantic said it emerged the first officer had not completed his final flying test.", "Alex used to become frustrated at not being able to communicate.", "An expert tells a jury \"extreme\" force was needed to cause Leiland-James Corkill's fatal injuries.", "Civilians remain trapped at a steelworks where Ukrainian and Russian troops are fighting for control.", "Karine Jean-Pierre will replace Jen Psaki in the top role at the end of next week.", "Thousands of disabled Ukrainian children reportedly left in institutions that can’t care for them.", "Justice Secretary Dominic Raab condemns the decision and says the Parole Board needs an \"overhaul\".", "The star had asked not to be included, but will be still inducted alongside Eminem and Duran Duran.", "A BBC investigation finds online scammers using real charity logos and Ukrainian volunteers' profiles.", "Civilian volunteers are going to the front line, but some have been detained by Russian forces.", "Gases from Tata Steel are mixed with sewage plant bacteria to reduce impact on the planet.", "More people in the UK are watching women's sport than ever and viewers are tuning into events for longer, according to new research.", "Gen Sir John McColl says hundreds of Afghans who worked for the UK now fear for their lives.", "Manchester City suffer one of the most remarkable Champions League collapses as Real Madrid come back from the abyss to set up a final showdown with Liverpool.", "Keira Knightley and Naomie Harris call for action against bullying in the entertainment industry.", "Florida judge says Andrew Fahie can be released on a $500,000 bond ahead of trial for drug smuggling.", "The chief constable says he is committed to the Police Service of Northern Ireland.", "The BBC is not allowed to report details of campaigning while the polls are open.", "These include deaths from Covid and from the indirect effects of the pandemic over two years worldwide.", "Dairo Antonio Úsuga, better known as Otoniel, was captured in October, ending a seven-year manhunt.", "Police say the incident is a suspected terror attack, which follows a surge in violence.", "Rangers' dream season in Europe will culminate in a Europa League final against Eintracht Frankfurt after they swept aside RB Leipzig on another emotionally charged and memorable night at Ibrox.", "Find out who won in the national elections in Northern Ireland and local elections in the rest of the UK.", "Property purchases by Russians in Dubai surged by 67% in the first quarter of 2022, a report says.", "Jack Lis died following the attack at a house in Caerphilly in November 2021.", "The Court of Appeal is considering the sentences of several killers as it reviews whole-life orders.", "Tom Huddlestone's wife Joanna Dixon says she thought masked robbers \"might kill or rape me\".", "Allison Bailey is suing her chambers and LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall for discrimination over her views.", "For the next few days, no commercial food deliveries are allowed, and hospital access will be restricted.", "The end of an era for Apple's original music player, which has been overshadowed by the iPhone.", "The FDA leader uses a speech to criticise \"crass\" notes left by minister Jacob Rees-Mogg.", "Specialists warn the NHS is not set up to deal with such complex conditions.", "An academic says algae could be to blame for the deaths last week near Rea's Wood at Lough Neagh.", "The first minister says Eluned Morgan did not meet \"expected\" standards, but accepts her apology.", "The Advertising Standards Authority banned the campaign which used swear word substitutes like \"shiitake\".", "Former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum is set to be named as England men's Test coach.", "Grandfather Michael Howard Williams died after his motorcycle crashed with an Audi Q7.", "EU energy ministers met to discuss a possible ban on Russian oil, but members remain split.", "The US National Intelligence director warns the Russian president could turn to \"more drastic means\".", "Sundiata Acoli, 85, has been in prison for almost five decades for the 1973 murder of a policeman.", "The final version of the 19m-long Prime rocket is to be launched from a site in Sutherland.", "The country is entering a new, long phase of the war with dark days ahead, its defence minister says.", "The BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner looks at the case for and against Finland and Sweden joining Nato.", "Rebekah Vardy was the first to testify during the so-called Wagatha Christie High Court libel case.", "Masks will no longer have to be worn on EU flights and in airports from next Monday, new guidance says.", "Business leaders call on politicians to form a power-sharing executive, saying they need stability.", "The foreign secretary Lizz Truss says she will not shy away from taking \"decisive action\".", "Kellie Armstrong is one of a number of women who suffered abuse during the election campaign.", "The assembly was recalled to debate UK government proposals to end prosecutions for Troubles-related offences.", "Maros Sefcovic calls on the UK to \"dial down the rhetoric\" on the special Brexit deal.", "But UK comments on overriding parts of the Brexit deal to assuage unionists provokes EU anger.", "The podcaster says even after five years with cancer knowing she is nearing the end is \"still shocking\"", "A single ticket holder has come forward to claim the \"life-changing and record-breaking win\".", "Maddie Thomas, 15, has not been seen since leaving her home in Bristol on 26 April.", "Correspondent Quentin Sommerville and cameraman Darren Conway are with Ukrainian troops as they advance.", "How Falklands veterans turned to the arts to deal with trauma from the 1982 conflict decades later.", "Labour has called for tax changes, but Michael Gove says ministers are looking at other ways to help.", "Boris Johnson will meet the leaders of both nations, as they debate whether to join Nato.", "The NSPCC has seen a 29% increase in reports of harmful sexual behaviour between young people.", "Fifty drone routes could bring mail to remote communities such as the Hebrides and Isles of Scilly.", "Israel and the TV channel trade accusations over who was to blame for shooting Shireen Abu Aqla.", "The makers of the film Rust dispute an official report that said they were indifferent to gun safety.", "The number of big firms setting climate targets reaches a 'critical mass' say UN-backed researchers.", "Rebekah Vardy had a tough day in the witness box on day two of her libel trial against Coleen Rooney.", "Police have apologised to the family of the 12-year-old boy, who needed stitches after the attack.", "Leon Atkinson was tracked down by police after posting a photo of himself drinking beer in his garden.", "The advertising watchdog received complaints that the images 'reduced women to body parts'.", "Troops have orders to shoot looters on sight as the president vows to end unrest over the economic crisis.", "A government paper reveals an amnesty may involve cooperation with truth recovery investigations.", "Some 1.5m UK households will struggle to pay food and energy bills this year, a report finds.", "Boris Johnson pledges to support each nation if they are attacked, as they consider joining Nato.", "Senior Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen is a long-time critic of the Chinese government.", "London Mayor Sadiq Khan blames Donald Trump's election for a sharp rise in \"explicitly racist\" messages.", "Boris Johnson says planned new laws will boost living standards - but critics say families need help now.", "Kalush Orchestra, who are tipped to win the song contest, secured an easy victory in the first semi-final.", "A new report says the government must do more to protect the land, the air and waters.", "He says Twitter's decision to ban the former US president was \"morally wrong and flat-out stupid\".", "The pair are among those to donate to the podcast host's cancer research fund, which has topped £3m.", "The unassuming Scottish diplomat played a major role in the events of the Cold War.", "US scientists say they now know why thousands of soldiers who served in the 1991 conflict fell sick.", "The media giant appeared to have escaped the slowdown that hit arch-rival Netflix.", "The holiday company says bookings for summer holidays are to \"almost reach\" pre-pandemic levels.", "Wales was the only UK nation where recycling rates rose in 2020, and the only one to hit 50% target.", "Newly appointed Housing Secretary Michael Gove wants to address concerns, the BBC has been told.", "NI Secretary Brandon Lewis says a truth recovery body would be created to \"get into investigations\".", "Celtic win the Scottish Premiership title for the 10th time in 11 seasons after drawing with Dundee United at Tannadice.", "The passenger can be heard in recordings saying he had \"no idea how to stop the airplane\".", "There has been criticism of plans to withdraw funding for most BTecs as T-levels are rolled out.", "Lee Anderson said, rather than needing the centres, people needed to learn to cook and budget.", "Police seek information on what was said about a planning row Alistair Wilson was involved in.", "Stella Creasy says she remains \"terrified\" of seeing the men who allegedly harassed her in the 1990s.", "The plan to end Troubles prosecutions has yet to be put in place, so what will 2022 bring?", "Brussels is asking whether the EU rule that foreign policy decisions must be unanimous is outdated.", "Leaving out flexible working and pregnancy discrimination means \"bad bosses celebrating\", says the TUC.", "The Post Office scandal inquiry holds sessions in Scotland where it has been hearing from victims.", "Liverpool keep alive hopes of an unprecedented quadruple with a sudden-death shootout victory over Chelsea in the FA Cup final.", "The state-owned Saudi Aramco is currently the world's most valuable company due to soaring oil prices.", "The selection of Simon Lightwood comes after local members criticised the way candidates were chosen.", "Millions tuned in to watch Liverpool beat Chelsea, and the UK come second in the Eurovision Song Contest.", "The UK contestant is one of the favourites to win the contest, but he's trying not think about it.", "Eyewitnesses describe shock and disbelief after a gunman shot 10 people dead in New York state.", "The airline will offer new and existing cabin crew the bonus, as carriers seek to retain and recruit workers.", "A union is warning of invigilator shortages as pupils sit their first summer exams since 2019.", "Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney says the EU is flexible and wants compromise.", "Leaseholders say the political arguments are not helping those living with the problems.", "Train services remain disrupted after about 300 were cancelled on Sunday in an ongoing pay dispute.", "Sam Ryder's song Space Man gave the UK its first top 10 result since 2009. What went right?", "An 18-year-old is charged over the New York state attack, which is being investigated as a racial hate crime.", "A man is in a stable condition in hospital following an incident in the early hours of Saturday.", "Ukraine wins the final of the Song Contest, followed by the UK, Spain, Sweden and then Serbia.", "In a damning assessment of Russian efforts, Nato's secretary general says Ukraine could win the war.", "Chelsea defend their Women's FA Cup crown and complete the Double in dramatic fashion as Sam Kerr scores the winner against Manchester City in extra time.", "The Met Office says a thunderstorm could lead to damage to homes and flash flooding.", "The January event was far bigger than any 20th Century volcanic event, or indeed any atom bomb test.", "Ukraine won the Eurovision song contest 2022, with the UK coming second, its best result since 1998.", "The cancer campaigner says the prince went \"above and beyond\" in visiting her to confer her damehood.", "The universities minister says the National Union of Students will not be eligible for government funding.", "One of dozens of train passengers abducted in March said she had been freed on \"compassionate grounds\".", "Muhammad Taimoor allegedly drove girls around with the intention of assaulting them, police said.", "Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Aqla was shot dead in disputed circumstances in the West Bank.", "Former Australia all-rounder Andrew Symonds dies aged 46 after being involved in a car crash.", "There has been \"little attention paid to the issue\", say researchers.", "The singer reveals she and personal trainer partner Sam Asghari have \"lost our miracle baby\".", "Boris Johnson is to visit Northern Ireland amid a political crisis sparked by tensions over the protocol.", "The mountaineer continues to break records despite shattering his heels in an accident in 1996.", "The Moon will slowly darken and turn red as it falls into Earth's shadow.", "Traditionally both countries favour neutrality but the shift comes after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.", "Finland and Sweden have indicated they want to become Nato members following Russia's war in Ukraine.", "The 41-year-old was walking her three golden retrievers when they were hit by a car, police say.", "Kadi Johnson says she no longer feels safe in the country where her brother died in police custody.", "Not raising the fees for the first time in 12 years puts money back in people's pockets, ministers say.", "\"This is the worst nightmare that any community can face,\" Mayor Byron Brown says after the deadly attack.", "The pair are currently filming for sci-fi show's 60th anniversary, which it will celebrate in 2023.", "Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra triumphs, while Sam Ryder gives the UK its best result since 1998.", "Hollywood stars including Helen Mirren and Tom Cruise feature in the show at Windsor Castle.", "The boy was outdoors with a number of dogs in Rochdale before being seriously injured, police say.", "The expulsion of Russian officials from Western capitals shows how the spy conflict is intensifying.", "It is shameful not to raise extra money from oil and gas firms amid the rising cost of living, Ed Miliband says.", "The individuals live together but are not linked to the case announced on 7 May, health agency says.", "The levelling up secretary wants peers based outside the south of England while Parliament is renovated.", "We take a look through the best looks from another crazy night that can only be Eurovision.", "Kalush Orchestra, who are tipped to win the song contest, secured an easy victory in the first semi-final.", "Public support helped push Kalush Orchestra and their song Stefania on to win with 631 points.", "Celtic celebrate receiving the Scottish Premiership trophy by ending their season with a scintillating six-goal victory against Motherwell.", "Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp \"could not be prouder\" of his side after they again outlast Chelsea on penalties to win the FA Cup.", "A 26-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, police say.", "Sweden's governing party drops its opposition to the move in the wake of Russia's war in Ukraine.", "The charity Birthrights conducted a year-long investigation into \"racial injustice\" in maternity care.", "Zelensky adviser says Kyiv will not agree a peace deal with Russia that involves giving up territory.", "Despite the threat of a 15-year jail term, some Russians are refusing to be silenced by the Kremlin.", "Scientists are still unsure what is causing the outbreak, which has now spread to 15 countries.", "Boris Johnson says he is \"not attracted\" to new levies, but does not rule out a windfall tax on energy firms.", "Some flights to and from Belfast International Airport were cancelled on Sunday with no information.", "Celebrities back a boy who lost a finger reportedly fleeing bullies and his school closes for a day.", "Former Iran detainee asks Boris Johnson why it took so long to get her home at No 10 meeting.", "The woman, 27, is suspended from Birmingham Children's Hospital after the sudden death of a child.", "Weather presenter Carol Kirkwood is spotted with a \"giant rock\" on her finger as she reveals engagement.", "Hundreds of services were cut on Monday in a temporary timetable to cope with driver shortages.", "One family arrived in Cardiff via Dover but their dogs have been sent to kennels in Blackpool.", "The warning by the UN health agency's chief comes amid an unusual monkeypox outbreak outside Africa.", "More than 100 cases of the virus have now been confirmed in 16 countries outside Africa.", "It is in response to concerns regarding the shortage of some hormone replacement therapy products.", "The tank commander admitted killing an unarmed civilian at the first war crimes trial since the invasion.", "The Queen makes another public appearance as she is driven around the flower show in west London.", "The bus mounted a kerb, hit a group of primary school pupils, and crashed into metal fencing.", "Manchester City launch an investigation after Aston Villa keeper Robin Olsen is assaulted during a pitch invasion after the final whistle at Etihad Stadium.", "Two days after his election win, Anthony Albanese will fly to meet the leaders of US, India and Japan.", "The US actor had appeared on a list of potential witnesses as the trial entered its sixth, and final week.", "Drivers describe evacuating people from Russian-held areas under threat of mines and military attack.", "Sayad Khodai was shot outside his home - the latest high-level figure to be killed in Iran.", "The General Assembly votes to allow ministers to conduct same-sex weddings in church.", "Thousand of fans went on the pitch after City beat Aston Villa 3-2 to win the Premier League title.", "Wilf Davies never leaves the Teifi Valley, works alone and eats the same meal every evening.", "Fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces reaches the outskirts of the key eastern city, the regional governor says.", "Police say the dog was put down by a vet at the scene of the attack.", "The photos published by ITV News show Boris Johnson holding up a glass at a leaving do in November 2020.", "She is seen as one of the founders of stencil art, famous for her graffiti of female figures in Paris.", "Boris Bondarev walks out of his job in Geneva, saying he has never been more ashamed of Russia.", "The Ukrainian port which has seen some of the most intense fighting is now under Russian control.", "Miners in eastern Ukraine on how a difficult job has become even more dangerous.", "It brings the total number of infections to 57, say UK health officials.", "Anthony Albanese vows to take the nation in a new direction, creating a renewable energy superpower.", "Officials expected to be identified in the report on No 10 parties had until Sunday afternoon to object.", "The High Pay Centre says pay gaps were the greatest in the retail sector in the early months of 2022.", "Confusion sees about 9,500 ineligible people in Wales offered or given the booster.", "Struggling families need earlier support before they reach crisis point, warns a major review.", "West Ham defender Kurt Zouma will appear in court after being accused of three offences under the Animal Welfare Act for allegedly harming his cat.", "The rising cost of energy, transport and childcare is forcing families to make tough choices.", "The British-Iranian was speaking publicly for the first time since her release from Iran last week.", "The civil servant is expected to publish her findings on lockdown breaches in government within days.", "This year's show includes Platinum Jubilee floral tributes to the monarch's 70 year reign.", "Almost 700 services are temporarily removed after a pay row triggered a wave of driver shortages.", "Benjamin Mendy pleads not guilty to nine offences, including seven rapes, at Chester Crown Court.", "Despite the ferocity of its January eruption, Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha'apai is structurally intact.", "The latest Partygate photos will be uncomfortable for Tory MPs but are unlikely to prompt an ousting of the PM.", "Transport Secretary Grant Shapps claims a new law would protect shipments from disruption.", "A bill is to be introduced in Parliament in two days' time to allow the commercial growing of gene-edited crops in England.", "Passenger services stop at Reston in the Scottish Borders for the first time since 1964.", "Justin Thomas stages a remarkable fight back to beat Will Zalatoris in a play-off and win the US PGA Championship at Southern Hills.", "Confirmed cases have more than doubled as an additional 36 infections are identified in England.", "The coffee giant says it will continue to pay nearly 2,000 staff at its Russian shops for six months.", "At the annual meeting of the business and political elites, wealthy attendees call for fairer tax.", "The US artist was responsible for prototypes for craft like the Death Star, X-Wing and TIE fighter.", "Supermodel Kate Moss is expected to take the stand in the final days of the high-profile trial.", "Former Wakefield Conservative MP Imran Ahmad Khan is sentenced to 18 months in jail for the assault.", "When Bristol Parkway was built 50 years ago it was described as a car park with a railway station.", "Katie Taylor edges Amanda Serrano on points with a split-decision win in an instant classic at Madison Square Garden in New York.", "Manchester City move back above Liverpool at the top of the Premier League after comfortably beating Leeds at Elland Road.", "Sir Isaac Newton's apple tree is among those included in the project launched by Prince Charles.", "Sunday opening is allowed under new laws but a bookmakers' group says most will stay closed for now.", "Ms Judd, 76, had a string of hits and awards with her daughter in the country music duo, The Judds.", "Hannah Kenny says she was approached by three men last week while canvassing in east Belfast.", "Vulcan bombers from RAF Waddington carried out the attack on the airport at Port Stanley in 1982.", "Michael Fabricant apologises for suggesting teachers and nurses enjoyed lockdown drinks in staff rooms.", "Despite an order from Vladimir Putin to completely seal off the area, 20 civilians escape Azovstal.", "Eve Muirhead completes the full set of international titles as she and Bobby Lammie win the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.", "Paul Urey and Dylan Healy were detained at a Russian checkpoint, according to an aid organisation.", "Irish Olympian Paul Pollock wins marathon as thousands take to the streets around the city.", "While some Russians accept the Kremlin’s parallel reality on Ukraine, others take risks to protest.", "Russian forces say the currency will be used there from Sunday. But many residents have other ideas.", "British ambassador Melinda Simmons says she is comfortable to return to the capital despite the risks.", "Katie Kenyon, 33, was last seen getting into a Ford Transit van in Burnley more than a week ago.", "Neil Parish admits watching pornography in the House of Commons and tells the BBC he was stupid.", "Regine, known as the \"queen of the night\", owned nightclubs across the world.", "Nikita Horban was abducted from his village and taken to Russia. He would come back without any toes.", "Germany wants to stop property it owns in Italy being seized to finance compensation for Nazi war crimes", "The 41-year-old man was arrested after an incident with firearms officers at a property in Perth.", "The event, which Donald Trump boycotted during his presidency, had been cancelled due to Covid.", "Mike Ireland and his seven sons made up a full scrum for Heaton Moor RUFC on Saturday.", "The \"Ghost of Kyiv\" story about a heroic pilot downing many Russian planes turns out to be a legend.", "Stuart Rose says that consumers \"will suffer\" from continuing cost of living price hikes.", "Prices rise 40% as an economic crisis bites, leaving some Sri Lankans cutting short treatments.", "The military junta, which took power in a coup last year, gives a timeline for civilian rule.", "The pair will resume their roles as Scott Robinson and Charlene Mitchell for the soap's final episode.", "The Ukrainian president says a group of about 100 people have left the besieged steel plant in the city.", "Prior to Victory Day, Moscow was full of rumours about what Putin might announce in his speech.", "The Russian leader uses Victory Day to tie the war in Ukraine to the fight against Nazi Germany.", "More than 350,000 people visit south Wales' highest peak each year, often bringing parking problems.", "Human rights investigators say Jagtar Singh Johal, from Dumbarton, should be released immediately.", "The British star was known for his roles in TV shows including Minder, New Tricks and The Sweeney.", "The DUP says it will not nominate ministers until the UK takes action on the trading deal with Europe.", "The 65-times capped Scotland player says he has been inundated with support.", "Visits are announced to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to mark the Queen's 70-year reign.", "The musician issued a brief statement asking for privacy after his son, a model and actor, dies.", "The supermarket is understood to have beaten a rival offer from the petrol station firm EG Group.", "MPs say the growth of online culture has outpaced employment and advertising regulations.", "The supermarket chain has beaten a rival offer from EG Group which is owned by billionaire Issa brothers.", "The TV chef is among the big winners, with Jodie Comer and Sean Bean scooping the top acting prizes.", "The defence secretary says Russia is \"repeating the errors\" of totalitarian regimes from the past.", "Wes Streeting defends the under-pressure Labour leader after he cancels an event.", "Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis plays down the prospect of an Irish border poll.", "The Labour leader urged Boris Johnson to quit over a police inquiry, but is now himself being investigated.", "Watchdog warns of \"deepening crisis\" in England as patients find it harder to access NHS treatment.", "The PM promises to address the cost of living but says the UK cannot spend its way out of trouble.", "The first rule of politics is knowing how to count - it's something the Alliance Party knows well.", "Kadi Johnson was addressing the inquiry into her brother's death in police custody in Fife in 2015.", "A gang infamous for taking hostages for ransom abducts a bus full of Haitian and Turkish passengers.", "Activists rally outside justices' homes as they decide a case that could quash legalised abortion.", "Vladimir Putin has made it an annual event, but amid war in Ukraine 9 May has taken on new significance.", "Unprecedented protests in Colombo are unifying a nation where ethnic fault lines run deep.", "Enda McClafferty looks at how the shifting electoral dynamics will impact government at Stormont.", "But Labour's Lisa Nandy says it is \"absurd\" to compare Sir Keir's actions to the PM's \"serial partying\".", "The penalties will target £1.7bn of trade to further weaken Vladimir Putin's Ukraine invasion.", "About 90 people had been sheltering in the building which Ukraine says was hit by a Russian bomb.", "Maros Sefcovic calls on the UK to \"dial down the rhetoric\" on the special Brexit deal.", "Patron, aged two-and-a-half, is credited with helping find more than 200 devices since the war began.", "The Ukrainian leader compares Russia's invasion of his country to wartime Nazi bombings.", "Ava White was stabbed after a disagreement with teenagers over video they had taken, a trial hears.", "The home secretary expects the government proposal to face \"hurdles and barriers\" from lawyers.", "The Pride of Kent can now sail between Dover and Calais, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency says.", "Stocks of brands such as Piriton are affected by an industry-wide shortage of a key ingredient.", "England's schools regulator says such schools are often unsafe and do not provide a full education.", "A railway bridge close to Kyiv has been rebuilt, just a month after it was destroyed by Russian attacks.", "Passengers report having to wait two hours to get through checks at Birmingham Airport", "Holocaust survivors in the Ukrainian city of Uman feel insulted by Russian claims to be fighting Nazis.", "Peers vote against plans to clamp down on noisy protests and in favour of making misogyny a hate crime.", "The Labour leader is under pressure as police investigate if rules were broken in April 2021.", "The number of those struggling to buy food rises by 57% in three months, according to a survey.", "Scientists say there's now a strong chance that the world will warm by more than 1.5C by 2026.", "Restaurant manager Lily Griffith says she was \"disrespected\" by the group at the restaurant.", "Eilidh Barbour was among guests who left a gala dinner in Glasgow in protest at offensive jokes.", "Moscow is counting on the resolve of Ukraine's allies to weaken over time, Avril Haines tells a US Senate hearing.", "A forced move to universal credit, which begins on Monday, raises fears for vulnerable claimants.", "Couples tell BBC News the delays are keeping them apart, with no idea when they will be reunited.", "With confidence in the PM dented after partygate, he needs to convince party and country he has a plan.", "Customers and firms face ruin this winter without radical government help, says Scottish Power boss.", "For 100 years unionism has held sway at Stormont - now its future is uncertain, says Mark Devenport.", "More human remains are found in Lake Mead, a week after a suspected murder victim was discovered.", "Samuel Akwasi died after \"a medical emergency\" during an Under 13s match, Nottinghamshire FA says.", "A clash of loyalties is dividing opinion among the residents of Bakhmut in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region.", "The deputy prime minister says the protocol agreed with the EU is an \"obstacle to stability\" in Northern Ireland.", "It is the first time a nationalist party has been the biggest in the Northern Ireland Assembly, while the centre-ground Alliance has surged.", "Russia's Victory Day parade won't represent any sort of victory over Ukraine, writes defence analyst Michael Clarke.", "Casey White and guard Vicky White were suspected of having struck up a relationship.", "The US first lady met her Ukrainian counterpart as Washington sanctions 2,600 individuals.", "DUP leader has decisions to make on whether his future rests at Stormont or Westminster.", "Protesters have been out on the streets since last month over soaring prices and power cuts.", "It will be the first time she has missed the event since 1963, with Prince Charles delivering her speech.", "Callum Wheeler, who denies murder, struck Mrs James \"again and again\", a court hears.", "The parties return to the hill post-election where they will hold talks with NI Secretary Brandon Lewis.", "Sales of used cars have risen, with greener electric and hybrid vehicles climbing fastest.", "Rebekah Vardy's lawyer rounded off her High Court libel case against Coleen Rooney on Thursday.", "UN chief Antonio Guterres warns that developing countries face disaster due to rising prices.", "Sarah Murphy says anorexia help was so bad she would not be here without her parents' intervention.", "The government tried to block publication of the story about the agent who attacked with a machete.", "Jennifer has endured broken windows, things thrown at her house and threats to kill her dog.", "The village pub had been asked to change its name but has now received a framed apology.", "Government's vaccine advisers said winter remains the riskiest time for the virus.", "Female referees will officiate matches at this year's men's World Cup for the first time in the event's history.", "The Ukrainian president says an operation has been started which will require \"discretion and time\".", "The social media platform says it will put false claims from official accounts behind warning notices.", "Katerina spent more than two months beneath the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Ukraine.", "Cody Ackland will serve a minimum of 31 years for the murder of Bobbi-Anne McLeod.", "Four more children have made it out of Ukraine two months after the Dnipro kids arrived in Scotland.", "The Italian judge confirms his permanent exit from the show, and will be replaced by Anton Du Beke.", "NI Secretary Brandon Lewis says work must begin on a fully-funded service \"within days to weeks\".", "The troubles affecting the MV Hebrides follows the withdrawal of another ferry for repairs.", "The Ukrainian port which has seen some of the most intense fighting is now under Russian control.", "The governor of the country's central bank and two major credit rating agencies said it has defaulted.", "The CBI and the TUC urge the government to help the \"hardest hit\" as inflation soars.", "Women's faces are banned from TV screens as Afghanistan's rulers further tighten restrictions.", "The World Bank chief says hundreds of millions more people could be pushed into poverty.", "Ukraine's defence ministry says 53 heavily injured fighters were taken to the town of Novoazovsk.", "The latest batch of Metropolitan Police penalties for parties brings the total to more than 100.", "The Greek star's Oscar-winning film scores and electronic works created \"a new musical landscape\".", "Speaker Lindsay Hoyle also warns MPs against naming the Tory politician, who was arrested on Tuesday.", "National Museums Scotland has bought a silver casket owned by Mary Stuart for £1.8m.", "Nurses at Ysbyty Gwynedd say bullying, low morale and burnout has caused many colleagues to leave.", "The supermarket chain says it wants to support older customers through the cost of living crisis.", "Locations including Milton Keynes, Dunfermline and Wrexham will be made cities in honour of the Queen.", "Prosecutors will ask whether social platforms were \"used to stream, promote, or plan\" the murders.", "Diana Ross, Eurovision star Sam Ryder and Queen and Adam Lambert will perform at Buckingham Palace.", "Geraint John is walking 700 miles of Welsh coastline, cleaning every beach he encounters on the way.", "The company says it has to act to cover higher costs, including wages, energy and fuel expenses.", "Rangers suffer an agonising penalty shootout defeat in their fifth European final as Eintracht Frankfurt win an absorbing Europa League final.", "The fast food giant says the new owner of its 850 Russian restaurants will operate them under a new brand.", "Sheffield United captain Billy Sharp was assaulted at the end of their match with Nottingham Forest.", "They say the veteran DJ collected a \"wealth of souvenirs\" while launching the careers of many stars.", "Boris Johnson does not rule out a tax on the energy giants, as he is accused of dithering by Labour.", "Police have now ended their investigation into Covid breaches during lockdown parties in No 10.", "A holiday rep who was unable to sing teaches himself then scoops two music awards.", "The Senate backs $40bn of military, economic and humanitarian support as Russian attacks continue.", "The High Court rules the man who is alleged to be a dangerous misogynist cannot be identified.", "Everton secure their Premier League status in an incredible match where they came from two goals down to beat Crystal Palace.", "The 21-year-old admits killing an unarmed civilian, in Ukraine's first war crimes trial since war began.", "The Ukrainian port which has seen some of the most intense fighting is now under Russian control.", "Prince Charles and Camilla's visit to Canada for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee will end on Thursday.", "The culture secretary criticises the channel's news show - but says that is not why she wants to sell it off.", "The corporation can give details about the man alleged to be a dangerous abuser but not name him.", "Find out how to keep up to date with live election results on TV, radio, online and social media.", "It will be the first story narrated in British Sign Language in the programme's history.", "Nurses and healthcare assistants in Blackpool are charged with unlawful sedation of patients and theft.", "The monarch intends to deliver her speech outlining the government's policies next Tuesday.", "The Pentagon has not commented, but a spokesman said the US gave intelligence to help Ukraine's defence.", "Labour overtakes the Conservatives to finish second, with Tory leader Douglas Ross blaming Partygate.", "The Queen decides only working royals will appear on Buckingham Palace's balcony for the Platinum Jubilee.", "Local officials blamed a gas leak for the explosion at the five-star Saratoga Hotel in Havana, Cuba.", "Sinn Fein's Michelle O'Neill is hoping to become Northern Ireland's first nationalist first minister.", "Buckingham Palace says other members of the Royal Family will host as the parties return next week.", "Music artists and fans flock to culture-bid town of Wrexham ahead of judges' visit.", "The verdict on Sofia Sapega comes a year after she was forcibly removed from a diverted Ryanair flight.", "The struggling convenience store chain, which has 16,000 staff, is set to enter administration.", "Labour support slumps as the Lib Dems become the biggest party for the first time in a decade.", "Suicide prevention charity Samaritans says calls to its helpline related to loneliness have increased since Covid.", "Swiss police seized 500kg of the drug after workers found white powder in a shipment of coffee beans.", "The Conservatives lose nearly 500 council seats, while the Lib Dems make big gains in southern England.", "Crawley Town part company with manager John Yems in the wake of racism and discriminatory conduct allegations.", "Results so far on Friday show Lib Dems, not Labour, capitalising on Tory losses.", "The Scheherazade has been undergoing repairs and is being seized under EU sanctions.", "The Liberal Democrats and Labour make gains as the Conservatives lose nearly 500 seats in England, Wales and Scotland.", "The tech giant has accused four companies of flooding its shopping sites with fake reviews.", "Any deal would depend on President Putin pulling forces back to pre-invasion positions, he says.", "Amber Heard says jealousy of actor James Franco sent Johnny Depp into a rage on a plane.", "Cases are being detected worldwide but UK scientists are no clearer on what's behind the rise.", "The retailer said on Thursday that it was increasingly likely it would enter administration.", "Civilians remain trapped at a steelworks where Ukrainian and Russian troops are fighting for control.", "Paul Heenan was cycling home from work when a colleague drove up beside him to say goodbye.", "Karine Jean-Pierre will replace Jen Psaki in the top role at the end of next week.", "These elections were a valuable measure of the battle of the two main parties who seek to govern us.", "More than 56,000 people vote in a referendum to replace the mayoral role with a committee.", "The singer discussed the pain of losing Rupert in 2020, saying that he had been his best friend.", "Andrew Fahie is removed as leader of the overseas territory following a no-confidence vote.", "Troops holed up at a Mariupol metals plant insist they will never surrender to Russian forces.", "Leader Sir Ed Davey hails wins for his party at local elections, after it gains over 220 councillors.", "A regulator will have powers to fine firms such as Google and Meta if they fail to follow new rules.", "Get extra election news, analysis and in-depth reporting from the BBC direct to your smartphone.", "The US comedian was attacked on stage on Tuesday evening while performing at the Hollywood Bowl.", "Boris Johnson acknowledges his party had a 'tough night' as Sir Keir Starmer dubs the election results a 'massive turning point' for Labour.", "The BBC is not allowed to report details of campaigning while the polls are open.", "What does the loss of Westminster, Wandsworth and Barnet councils mean for Boris Johnson's leadership?", "Find out who won in the national elections in Northern Ireland and local elections in the rest of the UK.", "Rangers' dream season in Europe will culminate in a Europa League final against Eintracht Frankfurt after they swept aside RB Leipzig on another emotionally charged and memorable night at Ibrox.", "Police say the incident is a suspected terror attack, which follows a surge in violence.", "The SNP secures the largest number of councillors as Labour overtakes the Conservatives to become second largest party.", "The deal would aim to save as many of the 16,000 convenience store jobs at risk as possible.", "Sherrilyn Speid used her car to try to move several climate change protesters near the M25.", "Only 10 of the small silver porpoises are left on the planet, but genetic studies offer new hope.", "Prices rise 1.1% in April but interest rates and inflation will dampen the market, says the Halifax.", "Justice Secretary Dominic Raab condemns the decision and says the Parole Board needs an \"overhaul\".", "Council leaders say Downing Street lockdown parties and the cost of living drove away voters.", "What do the Conservative losses and Labour gains so far tell us about the state of UK politics?", "Plaid took three councils, Labour two, while the Conservatives lost their only one in Wales.", "An Iraqi citizen in Ohio allegedly attempted to have militants smuggled across the Mexican border.", "Workers in the UK continue to look for better pay and conditions as bosses struggle to recruit.", "Supermodel Kate Moss is expected to take the stand in the final days of the high-profile trial.", "The Premier League approves the £4.25bn takeover of Chelsea with the consortium, led by US businessman Todd Boehly, passing its owner's and directors' test.", "British number one Emma Raducanu comes back from a set down to win her senior debut at the French Open against Czech teenager Linda Noskova.", "RMT members vote in favour of strike action across Network Rail and 13 train operating companies.", "A delegation from the US Congress is visiting the UK and Ireland amid heightened tensions over the NI Protocol.", "Fan disorder seen at recent football matches is a \"reflection of where we are as a country at the moment\", says England manager Gareth Southgate.", "Fans of the show could buy more second-hand after seeing stars in eBay outfits, fashion experts say.", "Fossils belonging to the Dragon of Death - found in Argentina - date back 86 million years.", "Mateusz Morawiecki also warned that only the Russian leader would be “happy” with a UK-EU trade war.", "Guns have overtaken car crashes as the leading cause of death among young Americans.", "Hundreds of services were cut on Monday in a temporary timetable to cope with driver shortages.", "The birds take to the skies en masse after calling out their 'vote', scientists have discovered.", "It is in response to concerns regarding the shortage of some hormone replacement therapy products.", "Waiting times can range from 16 seconds to over 30 minutes depending on the bank, says Which?.", "The over-budget project was meant to open in December 2018 but passengers can now use the railway.", "Measures could be announced as soon as Thursday after growing pressure on Downing Street, the BBC learns.", "West Ham United defender Kurt Zouma admits kicking and slapping his pet cat in a video that also showed him saying \"I swear I'll kill it\".", "The teenager was handcuffed and had her underwear cut off in front of male officers, her mum says.", "Secret filming shows discussions to manipulate moments in games so criminals can defraud bookies.", "The Ukrainian mum and son arrived in the North East but weeks later were left \"unsafe and unsecure\".", "How false hopes and claims of missing millions have hurt a football-mad city.", "The tank commander admitted killing an unarmed civilian at the first war crimes trial since the invasion.", "The bus mounted a kerb, hit a group of primary school pupils, and crashed into metal fencing.", "In new testimony, former detainees of China's detention camps describe systematic rape and torture.", "The General Assembly votes to allow ministers to conduct same-sex weddings in church.", "Kemarni Watson Darby's injuries were comparable to a car crash or fall from a great height.", "Fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces reaches the outskirts of the key eastern city, the regional governor says.", "Even a false alarm that caused Paddington's evacuation could not dampen passengers' spirits.", "Police say the dog was put down by a vet at the scene of the attack.", "The photos published by ITV News show Boris Johnson holding up a glass at a leaving do in November 2020.", "Boris Bondarev walks out of his job in Geneva, saying he has never been more ashamed of Russia.", "Sexual health clinics are still open for business but doctors urge patience over appointments.", "It brings the total number of infections to 57, say UK health officials.", "Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe says a UK official told her to sign a false confession before she was freed.", "Ava White was stabbed to death in Liverpool city centre after a Christmas lights switch-on event.", "The message \"Manchester United are rubbish\" appeared on screen during a news broadcast on Tuesday.", "The highly coercive and potentially lethal systems of control used against the Uyghurs and other minority groups in China’s internment camps have been revealed in the Xinjiang Police Files - a giant cache of secret documents shared with the BBC.", "The senior official's report into Downing Street lockdown parties runs to 37 pages, plus photos.", "China has targeted Muslim religious leaders, according to a new report, charging many with extremism.", "This year's show includes Platinum Jubilee floral tributes to the monarch's 70 year reign.", "The US president meets key Asia allies to discuss China's influence and differences over Russia's invasion.", "As Russian attacks intensify, Ukrainians are asking whether it's better to pay for a ceasefire with land - or lives.", "Nineteen children are shot dead by a teenage gunman, who is himself killed by law enforcement.", "The latest Partygate photos will be uncomfortable for Tory MPs but are unlikely to prompt an ousting of the PM.", "The director of The Big Blue and Nikita was accused of repeatedly raping actress Sand Van Roy.", "A bill is to be introduced in Parliament in two days' time to allow the commercial growing of gene-edited crops in England.", "Neil Diamond's 53-year-old hit was chosen by listeners of Zoe Ball's Radio 2 Breakfast show.", "A spokesman says Sadiq Khan believes a lack of clarity over Partygate probe is eroding trust in police.", "The coffee giant says it will continue to pay nearly 2,000 staff at its Russian shops for six months.", "The alleged offences are said to have taken place in the months before Sarah Everard's murder.", "Industry regulator Ofgem warns households that they should expect higher energy bills this winter.", "At the annual meeting of the business and political elites, wealthy attendees call for fairer tax.", "The pupils were in second, third, and fourth grades - meaning aged between 7 and 10.", "Stays in China made up only 1% of Airbnb's revenue for the last few years, a source said.", "Staff describe bins overflowing with bottles, people sitting on each other's laps and colleagues sleeping in the office.", "Former Wakefield Conservative MP Imran Ahmad Khan is sentenced to 18 months in jail for the assault.", "The buy now pay later firm plans to axe around 700 workers ahead of a \"likely recession\".", "Millions tuned in to watch Liverpool beat Chelsea, and the UK come second in the Eurovision Song Contest.", "Eyewitnesses describe shock and disbelief after a gunman shot 10 people dead in New York state.", "The airline will offer new and existing cabin crew the bonus, as carriers seek to retain and recruit workers.", "A union is warning of invigilator shortages as pupils sit their first summer exams since 2019.", "Blackpool's Jake Daniels says his decision to come out as the UK's only openly gay active male professional footballer will allow him to be \"free and confident\".", "Zara Phythian - who appeared in Doctor Strange - abused a girl with husband Victor Marke.", "Ukraine's defence ministry says 53 heavily injured fighters were taken to the town of Novoazovsk.", "Ukraine says 264 fighters - some badly wounded - have been taken from the Azovstal steelworks.", "Babcock International win a contract to maintain two aircraft carriers, securing 300 jobs.", "The Senate backs $40bn of military, economic and humanitarian support as Russian attacks continue.", "Callum Wheeler attacked the 53-year-old after \"ambushing\" her in woodland while she walked her dog.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Monday morning.", "Turkish President Erdogan accused the Nordic nations of harbouring terrorists wanted by Ankara.", "In a damning assessment of Russian efforts, Nato's secretary general says Ukraine could win the war.", "A new strategy cutting funding to the UN is more focused on trade than poverty relief, charities say.", "Surging food prices are a \"major worry\" for the UK and other countries, Andrew Bailey warns.", "The BBC's Sarah Rainsford investigates the killing of civilians in a summer camp in Bucha, Ukraine.", "The DUP says it will not support the election of Speaker or deputy speakers at Stormont on Friday.", "Laura Robson, who won junior Wimbledon at 14 and an Olympic silver medal at 18, confirms her retirement from tennis.", "There has been \"little attention paid to the issue\", say researchers.", "The mountaineer continues to break records despite shattering his heels in an accident in 1996.", "The Moon will slowly darken and turn red as it falls into Earth's shadow.", "Traditionally both countries favour neutrality but the shift comes after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.", "Masks are no longer required on many EU flights, but countries including Germany, Italy and Spain keep the rule.", "It is the first Russian nationalisation of a major foreign business since the invasion of Ukraine.", "\"This is the worst nightmare that any community can face,\" Mayor Byron Brown says after the deadly attack.", "Alok Sharma says failing to hit the targets set in Glasgow would be \"an act of monstrous self-harm\".", "World wheat prices have soared this year, pushing up the cost of everything from bread to noodles.", "Hollywood stars including Helen Mirren and Tom Cruise feature in the show at Windsor Castle.", "The pair are currently filming for sci-fi show's 60th anniversary, which it will celebrate in 2023.", "The boy was outdoors with a number of dogs in Rochdale before being seriously injured, police say.", "Sir John Major warns about rising prices, as a minister is criticised for advocating people working more hours.", "Coleen Rooney finished giving evidence on day five of a libel case brought by Rebekah Vardy.", "Ofgem says a review every three months would allow households to benefit sooner from falling prices.", "The chain opened in Moscow in 1990 as the Soviet Union was opening its economy to Western brands.", "The viral infection is rare and the risk to the public remains very low, experts say.", "It is shameful not to raise extra money from oil and gas firms amid the rising cost of living, Ed Miliband says.", "The actress says she believes that she wouldn't have survived if their marriage had continued.", "Its hue was created by sunlight being projected through the Earth's atmosphere onto the Moon.", "Investment bank Goldman Sachs will no longer cap paid leave for its senior staff and partners.", "The Ukrainian president says an operation has been started which will require \"discretion and time\".", "The RAC says prices rose to just over £1.80 a litre after the previous record was set in March.", "Alex Preston says he wants answers after being told he had the illness for seven years.", "Testimony from the actress, one of Johnny Depp's ex-girlfriends and co-stars, is played in court.", "Rebekah Vardy's lawyer rounded off her High Court libel case against Coleen Rooney on Thursday.", "The fast food giant says the new owner of its 850 Russian restaurants will operate them under a new brand.", "The senior official is set to publish her full report on lockdown parties in Downing Street next week.", "Meanwhile, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the UK must not discard the protocol.", "Finland has refused to pay for gas in roubles but also angered Moscow by applying to join Nato.", "A judge rules the University of Bristol failed to make adjustments for her social anxiety disorder.", "When lockdowns halted most other sports, more people took up golf - and many are still playing.", "The revised operating date for the Somerset site is June 2027 and is expected to cost up to £26bn.", "Nimco Ali says her plans for on-the-spot fines for wolf-whistling and other acts received \"pushback\".", "Police have now ended their investigation into Covid breaches during lockdown parties in No 10.", "Ricky Morgan set upon a complete stranger in the unprovoked attack in central London last summer.", "Staff at sexual health clinics warn the virus is already stretching the workforce in many places.", "Prince Charles says leaders should work with indigenous communities to \"restore harmony with nature\".", "The government tried to block publication of the story about the agent who attacked with a machete.", "The growth of \"smart\" farm machinery is increasing the risk of hacking of food and farming systems.", "The pair were involved in an off-duty incident in South Korea ahead of US President Biden's visit.", "The Senate backs $40bn of military, economic and humanitarian support as Russian attacks continue.", "The Italian judge confirms his permanent exit from the show, and will be replaced by Anton Du Beke.", "A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 13 - 20 May.", "Police and the Football Association are investigating after Crystal Palace boss Patrick Vieira was involved in an altercation with a fan following their Premier League defeat at Everton.", "The Greek star's Oscar-winning film scores and electronic works created \"a new musical landscape\".", "The troubles affecting the MV Hebrides follows the withdrawal of another ferry for repairs.", "The news comes just days before ScotRail cuts almost a third of train services under a temporary timetable.", "America's top negotiator says UK trade talks are moving in the right direction, but she refuses to make a firm commitment to a free trade deal.", "The UK's plans for post-Brexit trading arrangements have changed the mood, Enda McClafferty writes.", "The Fife town was once Scotland's capital - and was the birthplace of King Charles I and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.", "The \"very disturbing\" fire is causing plumes of smoke to blow across Preston city centre.", "An MI5 agent used his secret status to terrorise his partner, a BBC investigation has found.", "Demand for tobacco and alcohol was behind a surprise rise in sales, but the longer term trend is still down.", "The supermarket chain says it wants to support older customers through the cost of living crisis.", "Both countries submitted their applications to be part of the Western defence alliance this week.", "Everton secure their Premier League status in an incredible match where they came from two goals down to beat Crystal Palace.", "Rory McIlroy gets his bid for a fifth major off to a solid start as he ends day one of the US PGA Championship with a one-shot lead.", "Locations including Milton Keynes, Dunfermline and Wrexham will be made cities in honour of the Queen.", "The Ukrainian port which has seen some of the most intense fighting is now under Russian control.", "Polish President Andrzej Duda says there should be no negotiations behind Ukraine's back and no concessions to Russia's demands.", "But Kyiv refuses to say how many soldiers are still trapped, saying such information is \"sensitive\".", "Figures show the Department for Education has almost twice as many staff as operational desks.", "US state department warns against \"a big fight between the UK and the EU\" amid the Ukraine war.", "A week after finishing as runner-up at Eurovision, the UK singer goes to number two in the charts.", "Scotland's first minister says her symptoms are mild and she will work from home for a few days.", "Players will not receive ranking points at Wimbledon following the decision to ban Russian and Belarusian players from the tournament.", "The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attend the premiere of the long-awaited Top Gun sequel.", "Stanley Johnson - an ex-European Parliament member - says becoming French is \"precious\" to him.", "A report claims Musk's company SpaceX paid an employee $250,000 to settle the claim against him.", "Infections have been falling since the end of March, after the Omicron variant pushed up cases.", "Health secretary says \"most cases\" have been mild and further doses of a vaccine have been ordered.", "Chancellor Rishi Sunak and his wife make the Sunday Times Rich List for first time with £730m fortune.", "Government's vaccine advisers said winter remains the riskiest time for the virus.", "Ukraine says the last defenders at the besieged site have been given permission to leave.", "Providers say the government's plan to raise staff-child ratios will not cut costs for parents.", "Two people are taken to hospital as 150 people are asked to leave the Longbridge supermarket.", "Some stars of the West End show say they first heard of its cancellation on social media.", "Sir Isaac Newton's apple tree is among those included in the project launched by Prince Charles.", "Sunday opening is allowed under new laws but a bookmakers' group says most will stay closed for now.", "Ms Judd, 76, had a string of hits and awards with her daughter in the country music duo, The Judds.", "The firm will reimburse travel costs for various treatments in the US, including abortion.", "The US tech giant denies it is restricting rivals' access to its mobile payments technology.", "Yuliia ran under gunfire from her bunker to the nearest well so her daughters could get fresh water.", "A Ukrainian commander at the Azovstal plant says hundreds are stuck there, despite evacuations on Sunday.", "Smaller loans allow firms to make slight but meaningful improvements.", "Russia has halted gas exports to Poland and Bulgaria, after demanding countries pay in roubles.", "Irish Olympian Paul Pollock wins marathon as thousands take to the streets around the city.", "The former Weakest Link star is to leave the Channel 4 quiz show after a year and 265 episodes.", "The Russian foreign minister's claim that Hitler \"had Jewish blood\" is denounced as unforgiveable.", "Regulars at the Glasgow pub were stunned when the singer helped out after the Old Firm game.", "Russian forces say the currency will be used there from Sunday. But many residents have other ideas.", "EU energy ministers met to discuss a possible ban on Russian oil, but members remain split.", "British ambassador Melinda Simmons says she is comfortable to return to the capital despite the risks.", "Jacky Hunt-Broersma, who lost her leg to cancer, set an unofficial record for consecutive marathons.", "Ronnie O'Sullivan claims his seventh World Championship title with an 18-13 win over Judd Trump to equal Stephen Hendry's record in the modern era.", "So far on Monday more than 100 migrants are thought to have been brought from the English Channel.", "Missiles were thrown between groups of supporters at the end of the game at Celtic Park on Sunday.", "Promoted Fulham clinch the Championship title in style in front of an emphatic Craven Cottage crowd with a 7-0 win over Luton Town.", "Russia is barred from competing in this summer's women's Euro 2022 while Russian clubs will also be banned from Uefa competitions next season.", "Regine, known as 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Watch: A tornado leaves a trail of destruction in the western German city of Paderborn\n\nA tornado left 43 people injured as it \"cut a path of destruction\" through several towns in western Germany, police said.\n\nOfficers in the city of Paderborn said the tornado ripped off roofs and debris was strewn around for kilometres.\n\nTen people have serious injuries and one woman's life is in danger, they said.\n\nA 38-year-old man also died in severe storms which lashed the region on Friday.\n\nPolice posted images showing trees felled or split in half and roofs stripped of tiles, while images on social media appeared to show a tornado's spinning column of air flinging debris.\n\n\"Sheet metal, insulation and other materials were blown kilometres away. Countless roofs are covered or badly damaged. Many trees still lie on destroyed cars,\" said police in Paderborn, which has a population of about 150,000.\n\nSeveral trees were felled as the tornado cut through Paderborn, police said\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What caused the tornado in the German city of Paderborn?\n\nLocal media quoted police as saying the 38-year-old man died in the town of Wittgert, about 180km (111 miles) south-west of Paderborn.\n\nHe suffered an electric shock in a flooded cellar, police said.\n\nA fire department spokesperson told the AFP news agency that the town of Lippstadt, about 30km (18 miles) from Paderborn, was also probably hit by a tornado - although no injuries were reported.\n\nA bus was also hit by a falling tree in the city in western Germany\n\nImages on social media showed that in nearby Hellinghausen, a steeple had been ripped off the roof of a church tower, with the rubble scattered in the churchyard.\n\nBBC Weather presenter Chris Fawkes said that Germany usually experiences several tornadoes a year, but most are short-lived and do not cause significant damage.\n\nHe said the number of tornadoes reported in Europe has been increasing in recent years, but this is largely thought to be a result of better forecasting and more awareness - and includes the advent of social media reports.\n\n\"As to whether climate change is also playing a role too, that's still a subject of debate,\" he said.", "Freya Lewis says she is \"happy and healthy, for the first time in a very long time\"\n\nA teenager who learned to walk again after being injured in the Manchester Arena bomb has raised more than £67,000 for the hospital that saved her life.\n\nFreya Lewis was wounded in the blast on 22 May 2017. Her best friend Nell Jones, 14, was one of the 22 killed.\n\nFreya, who is now 19, said it was still \"really hard\" to imagine five years had gone by without Nell, but reflected on just \"how far she had come\" since then.\n\n\"I am happy and healthy for the first time in a very long time,\" she added.\n\nOn Sunday Freya will take part in the Greater Manchester 10k, her second charity run in the city.\n\nThe bomb left Freya, from Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, with multiple injuries, fractures and burns and she needed to use a wheelchair for three months.\n\n\"I have changed in more ways that you can imagine,\" she told BBC North West Tonight ahead of the fifth anniversary on Sunday.\n\n\"I am grateful for the outlook I have in life as I had to learn at 14 years old that you really only do live once.\n\n\"Things can change in one night so just be grateful for those around you.\"\n\nNell Jones, 14, was one of 22 people killed in the Manchester Arena bomb on 22 May 2017\n\n\"Nell was such a massive part of my life and to have her not part of it is still so odd,\" said Freya.\n\n\"I'm definitely on my way to healing and I think I still keep the memory of her alive in everything I do.\"\n\nMonths after learning to walk again in 2018, Freya signed up to do the 2.5km Junior Great Manchester Run.\n\nSince the attack Freya, joined by her family and friends, has raised money for Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, where she was treated after the bomb.\n\nTo date Freya and her family have raised more than £67,000.\n\nRecalling that first charity run, she said: \"It was terrifying to think, 'how am I supposed to run?'\n\n\"Thankfully, now I am a lot fitter and healthier.\"\n\nFreya's father Nick Lewis, her sister Georgia and her mother Alison will all run the 10k on Sunday\n\nFreya, who is now a first-year acting and performance student in London, will run the 10k event on Sunday alongside nine of her closest friends and family members.\n\nA one-minute applause to honour the victims and survivors will start each wave of the race.\n\nFreya said: \"10k is still absolutely horrendous for me for someone who is not into exercise, nor who likes running.\n\n\"I am extremely nervous, but this time, more than anything, I am really excited.\"\n\nMeanwhile, those involved the ITV1 soap Coronation Street paid a tribute to 29-year-old Martyn Hett, who was a huge fan of the show, and the other victims of the bombing saying they were \"always in our thoughts\".\n\nRivals Gail Platt and Eileen Grimshaw each carried a bouquet of flowers during Friday's episode as they approached a memorial bench in a community garden installed in 2018 at the soap's home in Trafford.\n\nMr Hett's mother said the tribute was \"so lovely\".\n\nHis stepfather, Dr Stuart Murray, has told of his frustration at being unable to access timely mental health aftercare for his family.\n\n\"Our early experience was - there was a moment in the car when I was shouting and screaming and saying 'how ridiculous this is that I'm having to pay privately to get the help for family members',\" Dr Murray said.\n\n\"There was a guilt feeling that I was saying that, because they just needed the help, but thinking about how other people might be managing, and feeling embarrassed as a working GP, that this is the reality of the situation.\"\n\nIf you're affected by the issues in this piece, you can find support from BBC Action Line.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "Millions of Australians will vote in a federal election on Saturday. But, asks Nick Bryant, is the country's luck running out?\n\nAustralia feels right now more like an Anxious Country. Gone is the economic swagger that came from its almost 30-year run without plunging into recession. Absent is the kind of hope and expectation that election campaigns are supposed to engender.\n\nInstead, it is possible to detect a widespread sense of nervousness that the second quarter of the 21st Century could be more joyless for Australians than the first.\n\nAustralians face a cost of living crisis, exacerbated by the first hike in interest rates since November 2010. Almost 40% of homeowners are thought to be experiencing mortgage stress. Property prices, which serve almost as a gauge of national wellbeing, are levelling off, and in some places falling.\n\nBut even though the property boom has subsided, homes remain unaffordable for younger Australians especially. Home improvements - carrying out a \"reno\" is something of a national pastime - are becoming prohibitively expensive because of the spiralling cost of raw materials.\n\nAdd to that the climate emergency, evident in the once-in-a-century natural disasters that now come along every few years - or in some communities, like Lismore, New South Wales, every few months. During my first stint in Australia eight years ago, I came to look upon this country as the lifestyle superpower of the world. But global warming alone puts that status in peril.\n\nThere is the ongoing threat from the pandemic, which has had a splintering effect on Australia, a commonwealth of states and territories that have come to feel more like silos. People are tired and exhausted. The sluggish vaccine roll-out and unavailability of rapid antigen tests during the Omicron outbreak undermined the faith in government.\n\nThen there is the troublesome relationship with China, the country's largest trading partner, which not only poses an economic threat but a national security dilemma as well.\n\nLittle more than eight months after the Australian foreign policy establishment went into orgasmic paroxysms of joy over the Aukus nuclear deal signed with the US and UK, it had a freak-out moment over Beijing's security agreement with the Solomon Islands. The deal, fiercely resisted both by Canberra and Washington, raises the spectre of a Chinese military presence in Australia's backyard.\n\nThe war in Ukraine, and even an unusually grey and wet southern summer and early autumn have contributed to a flat national mood. Things aren't right. Things aren't settled. There is a nagging sense of unease.\n\nNo longer does Australia feel quite such a Lucky Country - although it is always worth remembering that the term coined by the public intellectual Donald Horne in the mid-1960s was intended to be self-flagellatory rather than self-congratulatory. In his excoriating polemic, Horne noted: \"Australia is a Lucky Country run mainly by second-rate people.\"\n\nI am loath to trot out such a dog-eared quote yet again. However, if he were alive today, watching what has widely been regarded as a dismal campaign, maybe Donald Horne would draw the same conclusion. One of the reasons why his book has remained so relevant is because his words have remained so reverberant.\n\nThe second leaders' debate was an ugly shouting match\n\nArguably, Australia is paying the price for the brutality of its politics over the course of the past 15 years. Canberra's coup culture killed off two of the country's most substantive recent prime ministers, Labor's Kevin Rudd and the Liberal Party's Malcolm Turnbull. Nor did Julia Gillard, its first female prime minister, last long.\n\nA frequent grumble that you hear from voters is that a country of 26 million people should produce a better choice than Prime Minister Scott Morrison or the Labour leader Anthony Albanese. There is a none-of-the-above feel to this contest.\n\nThat partly explains the rise of the so-called \"teal independents\", a group of female candidates challenging Liberal MPs in what are ordinarily fairly safe conservative seats. The term \"teal\" comes from the colour of the pamphlets and posters that many of these candidates use, and my suburb of Sydney is awash with them. Maybe we will witness a teal tide. With many voters actively seeking alternative options, this election might also produce the lowest level of support for the two major parties since the war.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Durack: The Australian electoral seat six times the size of Britain\n\nIt has been a scrappy six-week campaign, marked more by lowlights than the high. The second leaders debate, which was hosted by Channel Nine, was an ugly shout-fest. The media has faced criticism for often pursuing a gotcha line of questioning. Anthony Albanese's failure to be able to quote the unemployment rate on the first day of the campaign dominated the entire first week, and set the tone for press conferences throughout the campaign. Some voters will regard this as legitimate media scrutiny. Others might look upon it as a mind-numbing game of trivial pursuit.\n\nBig ideas and overarching narratives have been in short supply. With the Labor Party so determined to fight what party insiders call a small target campaign, there's been surprisingly little talk of a post-pandemic build back better agenda. After the fracturing of Australia during Covid, when some states like Western Australia acted more like independent countries, there has been no appeal for national reunification.\n\nInstead, negative partisanship has been a recurring theme: with leaders often spending more time attacking their opponents rather than advancing their own ideas. Partly because of the savagery of Canberra politics, the Australian system has become better at producing effective opposition leaders than effective prime ministers.\n\nIn short, the political leaders of a nation of natural storytellers have seemingly lost the ability to come up with a galvanising national narrative, a vision of Australia's future. This election campaign has been marked more by anxiety than ambition.", "Finland imports most of its gas from Russia but says it can cope with the disruption\n\nRussia has halted its gas supply to Finland - the latest escalation of an energy payments row with the West.\n\nRussia's gas giant Gazprom confirmed it had completely halted exports to Finland at 04:00 GMT on Saturday.\n\nFinland said all the deliveries had stopped, but added there would be no disruption to customers.\n\nHelsinki has been refusing to pay for its supplies in roubles. But the cut-off also follows an announcement that Finland will apply for Nato membership.\n\nDespite its invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, Russia continues to supply gas to many European countries.\n\nAfter Western powers sanctioned Russia over the war, Russia said \"unfriendly\" countries must pay for gas using the Russian currency, a move the EU considers blackmail.\n\nReliance on Russian energy is a contributing factor in the cost-of-living crisis faced by many consumers.\n\nFinland imports most of its gas from Russia but gas accounts for less than a tenth of the country's energy consumption.\n\nOn Saturday, the Finnish state-owned company Gasgrid Finland said in a statement that gas supplies through the Imatra entry point were stopped on 21 May.\n\n\"The amount of gas needed by the Finnish gas market is imported into the Finnish gas system through Balticconnector entry point in accordance with the nominations made by the market parties. Gasgrid Finland has directed gas imports in Balticconnector and the gas system is currently in balance,\" it said.\n\nEarlier, the Finnish state-owned energy firm Gasum described the Russian move as \"highly regrettable\".\n\n\"However, we have been carefully preparing for this situation and provided that there will be no disruptions in the gas transmission network, we will be able to supply all our customers with gas in the coming months,\" Gasum CEO Mika Wiljanen said in a statement.\n\nAsked about the matter, a Kremlin spokesman said \"it is obvious that nobody is going to deliver anything for free\".\n\nLast Sunday, Russia also cut electricity supplies to Finland. It had threatened retaliation should Finland apply to join Nato.\n\nIn a separate development, Russia's state-owned oil company Rosneft said on Friday that former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder had informed them he would no longer serve on their board.\n\nMr Schröder has faced increasing public outrage over the lucrative role. He has refused to criticise Russia's President Vladimir Putin, who he counts as a personal friend, over his decision to invade Ukraine.", "A university has been told to pay more than £50,000 in damages for discriminating against a student who killed herself in 2018.\n\nNatasha Abrahart was found dead on the day she was due to take part in a group presentation in a 329-seat lecture theatre at the University of Bristol.\n\nThe 20-year-old's parents took action over the university's failure to make adjustments for her social anxiety disorder.\n\nThe university said it might appeal.\n\nMiss Abrahart's father Robert said their family \"finally have the truth\"\n\nJudge Alex Ralton, who heard the case at Bristol County Court, said: \"In my judgement there can be no doubt that there was direct discrimination, especially once the university knew or should have known that a mental health disability of some sort was preventing Natasha from performing.\"\n\nIn a 46-page written judgement, he found the university had breached its duties to make reasonable adjustments to the way it assessed Miss Abrahart and treated her unfavourably because of the consequences of her disability.\n\nHe found these breaches led to the physics student's death, noting that \"it was accepted by the medical experts that the primary stressor and cause of Natasha's depressive illness was oral assessment\".\n\nHe listed occasions when Miss Abrahart, who was described as \"hard-working and high-achieving\", was given a succession of poor marks - including 0 out of 100 - for failing to attend lab interviews or answering questions at oral assessments poorly.\n\n\"Her poor performance would likely have been down to being unable to orally answer questions,\" he said.\n\nAn inquest into Miss Abrahart's death in May 2019 found she had been neglected by mental health services\n\nMiss Abrahart had made a previous suicide attempt in the winter term before her death in April, and university staff were aware she was struggling.\n\nBefore the presentation, known as a laboratory conference, Miss Abrahart had struggled to complete one-on-one interview-based assessments, attending only two out of five.\n\nThe court heard in February 2018 she emailed one university employee, saying: \"I've been having suicidal thoughts and to a certain degree attempted it.\"\n\nAn inquest into Miss Abrahart's death in May 2019 found she had been neglected by mental health services but the coroner ruled the adequacy of support provided by the university was outside of the inquest's scope.\n\nSpeaking after the ruling, Miss Abrahart's father Robert, a retired university lecturer from West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, said: \"Today, 1,481 days after Natasha took her own life on the day of an assessment she simply couldn't do, after years of protestations from the university that it did all it could to support her, after having battled our way through an inquest and a civil trial, we finally have the truth.\n\n\"The University of Bristol broke the law and exposed our daughter to months of wholly unnecessary psychological trauma, as she watched her grades plummet, and her hopes for the future crumble before her eyes.\"\n\nMiss Abrahart's mother Margaret said she hoped the university \"recognise that now is the time for change\"\n\nHer mother Margaret added: \"We really hope the University of Bristol will finally take its head out of the sand and recognise that now is the time for change.\n\n\"We hope they will apologise for the role they played in Natasha's death and will take us up on our offer of help.\"\n\nA University of Bristol spokesperson said: \"Our whole university community has been deeply affected by Natasha's tragic death and we would once again like to extend our sympathies to her friends and family.\n\n\"We believe staff in the School of Physics worked incredibly hard and diligently to support Natasha during her time with us, and it was due to their efforts that she was receiving specialist mental health support from the NHS.\n\n\"Our staff's efforts also included offering alternative options for Natasha's assessments to alleviate the anxiety she faced about presenting her laboratory findings to her peers. We are very grateful to them for their endeavours on Natasha's behalf and for their unwavering commitment to our students.\n\n\"Given the significant impact this decision could have on how all higher education providers support their students, we are reviewing the decision carefully, including whether to appeal.\"\n\nIf you have been affected by any of the issues in this story, you can visit the BBC's Action Line.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.", "Influential US sportswriter and reporter Roger Angell, often described as the poet laureate of baseball, has died at the age of 101.\n\nAs a journalist for the New Yorker over six decades, he covered the game in a fresh and innovative way that inspired generations of writers.\n\nBut he disliked the poetic accolade, saying that he was a reporter who wrote from a fan's perspective.\n\nHis peers hailed him for making the connection between sport and society.\n\nWhether it was describing a particular team as \"a troupe of gazelles depicted by a Balkan corps de ballet\" or referring to the \"habitual aura of glowering intensity\" of a favourite pitcher, Roger Angell's colourful language brought his reports to life, especially in his regular end-of-season essays.\n\n\"I think the real fans are the fans of terrible teams, because they know what good baseball is and they know how far their own players fall short,\" he said in an interview in 1982.\n\n\"The rallying cry that has always struck me as so poignant and beautiful is, 'Come on, you bum!' which means, 'We know you're no good but we want to win.'\"\n\nPitcher Bob Gibson was described by Roger Angell as having a \"habitual aura of glowering intensity\"\n\nAngell was born into a literary family in New York in September 1920 and began his lengthy association with the New Yorker in 1944, when the magazine published a short story of his.\n\nHe joined the staff full-time in 1956, but his main job was as a fiction editor. He did not start writing about baseball until 1962, when editor William Shawn decided he wanted more sports in the magazine.\n\nHe was still contributing to the magazine when he reached his centenary.\n\nLondon-based journalist and writer Michael Goldfarb told the BBC that Angell was to baseball what writers CLR James and John Arlott were to cricket.\n\n\"You couldn't help but be a little jealous of his ability to insert some highbrow literary metaphor into a description of, basically, a game,\" he said.\n\n\"The guy was genuinely productive for a very long time, and longevity confers mystique.\"\n\nAlthough he was a privileged part of an \"extraordinary New York intellectual milieu that no longer exists in quite the same way\", he never lost sight of baseball's place in American society, Michael Goldfarb said.\n\n\"He didn't layer sociology on it, but there was always a broad social context,\" he added.\n\nAnother veteran US journalist, Paris-based Bill Hinchberger, agrees, saying that Angell explored \"the relationship between the society and the game\".\n\nHe told the BBC that when Angell started writing, baseball was seen as America's national pastime, a status that has since been eroded by the rise of American football and basketball.\n\n\"The way I learned to start using language was reading people like Angell,\" Mr Hinchberger said. \"I was already interested in the subject matter, but it's a whole different level of engagement when the writing is that good.\"\n\nAngell belonged to a 20th Century US literary tradition in which writers such as Norman Mailer, Damon Runyon and Hunter S Thompson wrote about sports in addition to their fiction and other journalism.\n\n\"There were a lot of colourful writers who wrote about baseball or boxing,\" Mr Hinchberger said. \"I think today, people are more specialised. I couldn't think of a literary figure right now who does that.\"", "England is facing a \"dentist shortage crisis\" as 14% of NHS dentists approach retirement, the Lib Dems have warned.\n\nThe party says the situation will be acute in some rural areas such as parts of Lincolnshire and Cumbria.\n\nTheir health spokesperson Daisy Cooper accused ministers of being \"asleep at the wheel\" and said it was \"no wonder\" people were turning to \"DIY dentistry\".\n\nThe government said it was giving the NHS £50m of extra funding for up to 350,000 more dental appointments.\n\nEarlier this month, Healthwatch England, the NHS body representing patients, warned that people in England were struggling to get dental treatment as dentists were closing to new NHS patients.\n\nIt said some were living in pain or unable to eat properly, because they could not find treatment - and that the poorest were suffering most as they were least able to afford to pay for private dentistry.\n\nThe watchdog said a long-standing shortage of NHS provision had been exacerbated by more dentists closing their lists to NHS patients during the pandemic, as well as some staff retiring.\n\nAccording to figures from the House of Commons Library, 3,416 (14%) of the 23,733 dentists carrying out NHS work in England in 2020-21 were over the age of 55.\n\nBetween 2019-20 and 2020-21, the number of NHS dentists fell by almost 4%.\n\nThe Liberal Democrats said the numbers could fall further as dentists looked to retirement and warned of a \"dentist shortage time bomb\".\n\nIt said those areas \"at the greatest risk of an exodus\" included rural areas such as north-east Lincolnshire, where 29% of dentists were coming up to retirement age or Morecambe Bay in Cumbria (23%).\n\nMs Cooper described the shortage as a \"scandal\", adding: \"It is sadly no wonder people are desperately turning to DIY dentistry.\"\n\nShe said the government needed to recruit more NHS dentists.\n\nA recent poll by Healthwatch England of 2,000 adults found that of those who had visited an NHS dentist in the past two years, 41% had found it difficult to book an appointment.\n\nAnd 20% said they could not access the treatments they needed, with 17% feeling under pressure to pay privately.\n\nA spokesperson for the Department of Health said the government had provided an extra £50m \"to fund up to 350,000 extra dental appointments and we are expanding the dentistry workforce so people can get the oral care they need\".\n\nThey added: \"As we now learn to live with Covid, we have been working with the sector to safely increase activity and practices are now expected to deliver at least 95% of the activity they were delivering before the pandemic.\n\n\"We are also working closely with the NHS to reform the dental system and we are currently negotiating improvements to the contract with the British Dental Association.\"", "Twenty cases of monkeypox have now been confirmed in the UK\n\nMonkeypox could have a \"massive impact\" on access to sexual health services, doctors have warned.\n\nStaff at clinics are already having to isolate if they have come into contact with anyone infected.\n\nIn London, where most of the UK's 20 identified cases have been detected, sexual health clinics have stopped people walking in altogether.\n\nThe British Association for Sexual Health and HIV said it was concerned about the effect on other infections.\n\nCases of monkeypox, which is generally mild, are rare outside Central and West Africa, but about 80 cases have been confirmed in at least 12 countries, the World Health Organization says.\n\nInfections were confirmed in Italy, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, the US and Canada, as well as the UK - where the first European case was reported.\n\nThe WHO says another 50 suspected cases are being investigated.\n\nMonkeypox can be spread when someone is in close contact with an infected person. The virus can enter the body through broken skin, or through the eyes, nose or mouth.\n\nIt has not previously been described as a sexually transmitted infection, but it can be passed on by direct contact during sex.\n\nAnd the most recent UK cases are in gay or bisexual men which has prompted the UK Health Security Agency to encourage men who have sex with men to be aware of any unusual rashes or lesions.\n\nThey are being asked to contact their local sexual health service if they have concerns.\n\nDr Claire Dewsnap, a consultant in genitourinary medicine and president of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV, said staff in sexual health clinics were \"already under significant pressure\" and monkeypox was making that situation worse.\n\n\"It is already stretching the workforce and will have a massive impact if staff have to isolate if they are in close contact with someone who's infected,\" Dr Dewsnap said.\n\n\"I am concerned about the potential impact on access to sexual health generally.\"\n\nIn London, clinics are asking all patients to contact staff in advance and tell them their symptoms before being offered an appointment.\n\nThis is so those with monkeypox symptoms can be kept away from waiting rooms or clinics where other people are present.\n\nClinics elsewhere are asking only those with an unusual rash to call ahead so they can be seen in separate areas.\n\nSome staff in sexual health clinics have already received a smallpox vaccine to help protect them against monkeypox - a smallpox jab offers some good protection since the two viruses are quite similar.\n\nThe rash changes and goes through different stages, and can look like chickenpox or syphilis, before finally forming a scab, which later falls off\n\nMonkeypox is usually associated with travel to Central or West Africa, but some of the cases that have been occurring outside these countries have had no travel link.\n\nIt does not spread easily between people, but it can be spread through:\n\nIf you get infected with monkeypox, it usually takes between five and 21 days for the first symptoms to appear.\n\nA rash can develop, often beginning on the face, then spreading to other parts of the body. The rash changes and goes through different stages - a bit like chicken pox - before finally forming a scab, which later falls off.\n\nRead more about the virus here.\n\nTwenty cases of monkeypox have now been confirmed in the UK, with a further 11 announced on Friday, and most have been mild.\n\nHowever, the disease can be more severe, especially in young children, pregnant women, and people who have weakened immune systems.\n\nHealth Secretary Sajid Javid said on Friday that the UK was stocking up on smallpox vaccine doses to help protect some groups against the virus.\n\nA smallpox jab offers some good protection against monkeypox since the two viruses are quite similar.\n\nTen other countries, including the US, Portugal, Spain and Canada, have also detected cases.\n\nThe World Health Organization is convening an emergency meeting with experts about the spread of the virus which is normally found in remote parts of central and west Africa.\n\nSir Peter Horby, director of the Pandemic Sciences Institute at Oxford University, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that \"it is an unusual situation where we seem to have had the virus introduced but now ongoing transmission within certain communities\".\n\nHe said that the key message to people with symptoms was to \"seek attention, get diagnosed and then to be isolated in some way at home so that they don't spread it on\".\n\nAsked how effective current treatments are, he said there was a post-exposure prophylaxis that can be given to close contacts and an anti-viral drug was also being tested in central Africa \"so there's a lot that can be done\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA man who used a machete to stab a stranger in front of panicked passengers on the London Underground has been convicted of attempted murder.\n\nRicky Morgan, of no fixed address, launched the unprovoked attack on James Porritt on a train near Green Park on 9 July last year.\n\nAn Old Bailey jury heard Mr Porritt describe what happened as like being in a \"horror movie\".\n\nMorgan, 34, will be sentenced on 22 July at the same court.\n\nDuring the trial, jurors heard how Morgan told frightened onlookers, \"This is not a terror attack, I only want him\" as he attacked Mr Porritt on the busy train.\n\nIn a video played in court, Mr Porritt is shown minding his own business as he sat in the carriage of the Jubilee line train in central London when Morgan launched his assault.\n\nMr Porritt suffered a severe injury to his right hand as he tried to protect himself, as well as bone-deep cuts to his head and shin.\n\nJames Porritt had visited a gym and was on his way to meet his girlfriend and her father in west London\n\nThe jury heard him describe it as like the Arnold Schwarzenegger sci-fi film Terminator. \"I genuinely thought he was going to kill me,\" he said.\n\n\"He was relentless. He said he did not want anybody else, he just wanted me. He was fixated with me.\"\n\nMr Porritt managed to get away and through a carriage door, while holding the severed parts of his hand together.\n\nHe added: \"I don't know how I escaped. I was scared I was going to lose my little finger and I held it together.\n\n\"I just knew, fight or flight. I just ran for my life. It was like a stampede, people were terrified.\"\n\nBritish Transport Police's firearms officers were soon at the scene and Morgan was taken into custody.\n\nHe told the arresting officers it was \"a road issue\" not a \"terrorist attack\", adding: \"If I had known it would cause this much drama, I would not have done it.\"\n\nMorgan was to tell a psychiatrist he had been carrying the machete and a lock-knife around for some time in his rucksack.\n\nThe 34-year-old, who denied attempted murder on grounds of insanity, was also found guilty of two counts of possessing bladed articles.\n\nHe declined to give evidence during the trial.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A woman ran onto the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival, to protest against sexual violence in Ukraine.\n\nThe protester stripped off a gown to reveal the words \"stop raping us\" painted on her body, along with the colours of the Ukrainian flag.\n\nUkrainian authorities have said they're investigating cases of women being raped by Russian forces during their occupation of parts of the country.\n\nThe music in the video is from the original source, it was being played on the red carpet.\n\nIf you've been affected by any of the issues raised in this video you can visit the BBC Action Line here.", "Opposition parties are calling for the prime minister to explain a meeting with Sue Gray over her report into the partygate saga.\n\nIt has emerged the civil servant and Boris Johnson met several weeks ago - but there are conflicting accounts of what was discussed.\n\nA spokesperson for the Sue Gray investigation has disputed a government source's assertion the pair discussed including photographs in her report.\n\nThe BBC has now been told the discussion about photographs \"did not happen\", although photos are likely to be included in the final report.\n\nLabour has suggested that the \"secret meeting\" could damage confidence in the process.\n\nMs Gray is set to publish her full report into lockdown gatherings in and around Downing Street in 2020 and 2021 next week.\n\nAccording to the senior government source, the pair discussed including photos in the report, and that Ms Gray initiated the meeting.\n\nBut it is now understood that while Ms Gray sent the calendar invite for the meeting, the original idea for it came from Downing St.\n\nIn a conversation with a senior official in No 10, it was suggested to Ms Gray that she might offer an update on her work to the prime minister. She accepted that idea and sent the invite to ensure an appointment was put in both their diaries.\n\nMs Gray's full report will be published after the Metropolitan Police announced it had concluded its investigation, which saw a total of 126 fines issued to 83 people.\n\nAround 30 individuals, including the prime minister, have already been informed they are likely to be named by Ms Gray.\n\nThey have until Sunday evening to lodge any objections.\n\nWestminster has been waiting for Sue Gray's report for what feels like an eternity.\n\nHer findings are expected to be published within days and the anticipation is reaching a climax.\n\nOpposition parties are already shouting \"stitch-up\" and demanding an explanation for the meeting between the prime minister and Ms Gray.\n\nBut Boris Johnson needs this process to be seen to be independent, or as much as it can be when the person compiling it is a senior government official themselves.\n\nThat's why Downing Street is stressing the meeting between the prime minister and Ms Gray happened at her request and the contents of the report were not discussed.\n\nAnything that compromises the authority of the report risks dragging out the partygate saga further and bogging Boris Johnson down in it indefinitely.\n\nOf course he's still facing a parliamentary inquiry into whether he knowingly misled MPs about all this.\n\nSue Gray's report is important, but it won't be the last word.\n\nOn Friday, a No 10 spokesperson said: \"The prime minister commissioned the investigation led by Sue Gray and has been clear throughout that it should be completely independent.\n\n\"As he reiterated again today, the decision on what and when to publish rests entirely with the investigation team and he will respond in Parliament once it concludes.\"\n\nIn a statement, Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner said: \"Boris Johnson must urgently explain why he held a secret meeting with Sue Gray to discuss her report despite claiming her investigation was completely independent. Public confidence in the process is already depleted, and people deserve to know the truth.\n\n\"This is a prime minister incapable of taking responsibility for the rotten culture he has created in Downing Street or of doing the decent thing.\n\nCivil servant Sue Gray has led an investigation into gatherings which took place in and around Downing Street during lockdown\n\n\"The Sue Gray report must be published in full and with all accompanying evidence.\"\n\nLiberal Democrat MP Christine Jardine said: \"Any whiff of a stitch-up would make an absolute mockery of the report.\n\n\"This meeting must be explained. Most of the country already feels betrayed by Boris Johnson.\n\n\"He has undermined public trust and the public deserve a process that is completely transparent and beyond question.\"\n\nAn interim version of the report, published in January, did not name individuals but criticised \"failures of leadership and judgement\" and said some events should not have \"been allowed to take place\".\n\nThe prime minister meanwhile faces an inquiry by the Commons' Privileges Committee about whether he knowingly lied to Parliament when he previously told MPs that no laws had been broken in Downing Street.\n\nUnder government guidelines, ministers who knowingly mislead the House of Commons are expected to resign.", "Gordon Carter saw the stand named in his honour on 9 April\n\nTributes have been paid to an 88-year-old football fan who has died a month after a stand was named in his honour.\n\nGordon Carter had been a loyal supporter of Little Oakley FC, which plays in the Essex Senior Football League, for 70 years.\n\nClub chairman Michael Good said he was so pleased the club was able to name the Gordon Carter Stand \"in his honour before his passing\".\n\n\"He'll be missed by everyone involved in the football club\", he said.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post by Little Oakley FC\n\nOn the day of the naming ceremony in April, Mr Carter said it was \"really was an honour\" and the \"best day of my life\".\n\nThe stand can be seen from his house and he joked that if he ever forgot his name, he only had to \"look out of his kitchen window\".\n\nMr Good said: \"We're very saddened to hear of his passing, he was a supporter of the football club of 70 years in various roles.\n\n\"We spoke to his family and we are very pleased we managed to complete the stand and name it in his honour before his passing.\n\n\"He was a character, full of life and a big family man, he'll be missed by everyone whose is involved in the football club.\"\n\nThe club said on Twitter that it was \"deeply saddened to announce this morning the passing of our longest serving supporter Gordon Carter\".\n\nIt said he was a \"true local legend with such a warming character\".\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Parliament could burn down \"any day\", former minister Andrea Leadsom has warned as she urged MPs to \"get on\" with the renovation of the building.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, she said the Houses of Parliament could see a fire similar to the one that damaged the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris.\n\nParliament needs urgent repair work that could cost between £7bn and £13bn.\n\nA recent report said costs could be kept down if MPs and peers left while the building work was carried out.\n\nHowever, some politicians have expressed concern about moving out and plans to relocate to Richmond House in central London were vetoed.\n\nIn 2019 a major fire engulfed Notre-Dame, destroying the 850-year-old building's Gothic spire and roof.\n\nSpeaking to the Radio 4's Week in Westminster programme, Ms Leadsom said the same thing could happen in Parliament, adding that a fire in 2017 was only averted because of the presence of the 24/7 fire patrol.\n\n\"That is so 'there but for the grace of God',\" she said.\n\n\"It could burn down today, tomorrow, any day and we've got to make that decision and get on with it.\"\n\nThe Houses of Parliament - which was built between 1837 and 1860 - requires significant restoration, including asbestos removal, fire safety improvements, renewal of wiring and conservation work.\n\nIn addition to a fire risk, there have been warnings the building could be damaged by a flood of sewage. A sewage ejector system installed in 1888 is still in use now.\n\nIn 2019, MPs voted to set up a sponsor body with responsibility for the restoration of the building.\n\nThe estimated cost of repairing Notre-Dame after its devastating fire has been set at between £300m and £600m\n\nA review produced by the body put the basic costs of essential repairs at £7bn-£13bn and estimated they would take between 19 and 28 years to complete - or 12 to 20 years if the building was fully vacated.\n\nIt said the costs would increase by 40% if politicians stayed put.\n\nExpressing concern about the project's timescales and costs, the commissions - or administrative bodies - for the House of Commons and Lords voted to scrap the sponsor body in favour of a \"new approach\".\n\nThe commissions also agreed to seek approval from MPs for a \"revised mandate\" for the project.\n\nPolitics Professor Matt Flinders of Sheffield University has previously suggested the change was the result of a \"massive blame game\" because the politicians were shrinking from an unpopular decision.\n\nLast week, Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove rejected suggestions the House of Lords could move to the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in Westminster while building work was under way.\n\nInstead he said peers should consider moving to alternative buildings in the North of England, the Midlands, the South West, Scotland or Wales.\n\nBut crossbench peer Baroness Hayman claimed Mr Gove's suggestion was \"punishment\" for the House of Lords voting down parts of government bills.\n\nYou can hear the full interview with Andrea Leadsom on the Week in Westminster on Radio 4 at 11:00 BST on Saturday 21 May.", "Two Secret Service employees have been put on a plane back to the US after their involvement in an \"altercation\" in South Korea.\n\nThe duo - part of the advance team ahead of President Joe Biden's visit to the country - were bar-hopping in Seoul on Thursday night, US media reports.\n\nOne of the employees is said to have got into a physical altercation with a local taxi driver.\n\nNo one was detained or arrested but Seoul police investigated the incident.\n\nThe agency \"is aware of an off-duty incident involving two employees which may constitute potential policy violations\", Anthony Guglielmi, a Secret Service spokesman, said in a statement.\n\nHe said both employees have been placed on administrative leave and their absence will have no impact on Mr Biden's trip.\n\nThe president's trip to Seoul is the first leg of a four-day swing through Asia amid growing concern over sabre-rattling in the region by China and North Korea.\n\nSources confirmed to the BBC's US partner CBS News that the Secret Service pair - a special agent and a security specialist - were sent home on Friday afternoon, barely an hour before the president's official arrival in the South Korean capital.\n\nAccording to CBS, the administration will investigate whether they were intoxicated at the time of the incident, rather than the incident itself.\n\nIt is unclear how the altercation with the taxi driver began.\n\nThe employees were returning to the Grand Hyatt Hotel after their night out when the incident took place.\n\nLocal police, hotel security and two other individuals are said to have been involved.\n\nSeoul police investigated one of the Secret Service employees and interviewed the other parties but decided not to make an arrest or file charges.", "A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 13 - 20 May.\n\nSend your photos to scotlandpictures@bbc.co.uk. Please ensure you adhere to the BBC's rules regarding photographs that can be found here.\n\nPlease also ensure you take your pictures safely and responsibly.\n\nConditions of use: If you submit an image, you do so in accordance with the BBC's terms and conditions.\n\nI'm very frond of you: Lyndsey Fairnie took this tranquil photo at the Water of Leith in Edinburgh after a spell of heavy rain. She said: \"It was hard to tell where the trees ended and the reflections began.\"\n\nRock and roll: David Gray said there were \"stunning conditions\" on Ben More Assynt and Conival above Inchnadamph during a climb with friends.\n\nCan't see the wood for the trees: Susan Morrison said Ballathie Wood in Perthshire was \"looking wonderful\".\n\nHuffin' and a puffin: Liam Yule took a wander along the cliffs at RSPB Fowlsheugh in Aberdeenshire and was \"delighted to see this little guy posing at the top of the cliffs\".\n\nArgy-bargy: Ken Dow took this shot during the shinty match between Glasgow Mid-Argyll and Inveraray in the Glasgow Celtic Society Cup semi-final.\n\nCowabunga: Marcus Cleaver-Smith said he saw these Highland Cows in Strathy in Sutherland.\n\nRock formation: Stewart Beattie took this picture of the 'Old Man of Storr' on Skye at sunrise.\n\nResident Weasel: Alana Willox saw this Pine Marten, which is a member of the weasel family, heading home with its young near Keith in Moray.\n\nAiring your dirty laundry: Alan Robertson took this picture after a fishing trip to Dalnaha Cottage on the Ulbster Estate, Thurso.\n\nOwl or nothing: Walter McGillivray saw this barn owl at the Bemeryde Moss Scottish Wildlife Centre in Melrose.\n\nYamaha..ah: Bob Smart said his family enjoyed Sunday at Knockhill racing circuit in Fife, where part of the day's entertainment was a motorcycle stunt team….\"they put on quite a show\".\n\nPitch perfect: Stuart McMillan took his seven-year-old daughter, Iona, walking from the Cairngorm carpark up to the summit of Ben Macdui before sleeping in Bivvi bags at the top.\n\nMothballs: Geoff Der was tending his allotment when this beautiful little emperor moth landed on the netting covering some plants.\n\nNervous wreck: Pete Livingstone loves the Old boat of Caol.\n\nStoatin' aboot: John Bointon saw this stoat at Braes, Skye.\n\nThe train event: Lorna Pirrie said the Jacobite steam train leaving Banavie station was under the watchful eye of Ben Nevis.\n\nLet's just wing it: Jonathan Percy saw this swallow on the Forth and Clyde Canal near Glasgow.\n\nHappy camper: David Millar said it was a great night for a wedding reception in Gorebridge - \"the weather was perfect\".\n\nFeather in your cap: Adam Mitchell said this moorhen tried all the tricks to evade getting photographed…even camouflage.\n\nWithin beach: Douglas T Coutts got a nice picture from height of the New Lossiemouth Bridge.\n\nYou're nut getting in: Katherine Whyte saw this squirrel in Strachur, Argyll.\n\nA sun deal: Gillian Greer was at Loch Lomond to capture this beautiful shot.\n\nFly the coop: Angela Pearson said these long-tailed tit babies at Birnie loch, Fife, were \"cuteness personified\".\n\nSeed between the lines: Gosia Tyma McCallum said she thought the colours were beautiful at Drummond Gardens.\n\nLike water off a duck's back: Nicole Grant took this picture of a Goosander on the Rive Dee, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire.\n\nPeaks my interest: Tony Sharp spent an evening at Loch Leven while walking the West Highland Way.\n\nA piece of snake: Julia Smith took this picture of an adder in a hedgerow while walking near Dunragit in Wigtownshire.\n\nKnot on my watch: Gordon Bain captured the Invergordon Lifeboat on exercise at Chanonry Point.\n\nCast in stone: Scott Pryde caugh the sunset at the Ring of Brodgar at Stromness.\n\nJust in space: Filip Barche said he saw \"the beautiful nature and city of Aberdeen in Scotland\".\n\nHave a mice day: Ria Carle said they have \"a wee mouse that we often find hiding in the birdseed box in our shed\". While she was working in the garden in Fort William, she spotted it \"keeking\" out from behind a planter.\n\nPath of inner peace: Stuart Hannah said there is a \"magnificent show\" of May blossoms at Ross Priory with Ben Lomond in the far distance.\n\nWe're heron our own: Sylvia Beaumont saw these two young Herons at the edge of a pond at North Berwick that were making a clicking sound with their beaks.\n\nThere's a hare in your eye: Freck Fraser said they were \"lucky\" to have this leveret’s mother use their garden as a creche this past week in Culloden Moor.\n\nMotherly love: Victor Tregubov said this mural in Glasgow at St Enoch is the best.\n\nMoo-ve over: Margaret Sargent was fascinated by these cows at Roy Bridge.\n\nFloat your boat: Patrick Prosser said Tthalassa in Campbeltown Loch was unable to make it safely to harbour due to a strong wind.\n\nJust clicking: Walter Baxter photographed these bottlenose dolphins from a boat off the Berwickshire Coast.\n\nAnd that's a wrap: Colin Mackie was looking over at Easdale Island and the Isle of Mull, from Seil Island.\n\nPlease ensure that the photograph you send is your own and if you are submitting photographs of children, we must have written permission from a parent or guardian of every child featured (a grandparent, auntie or friend will not suffice).\n\nIn contributing to BBC News you agree to grant us a royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to publish and otherwise use the material in any way, including in any media worldwide.\n\nHowever, you will still own the copyright to everything you contribute to BBC News.\n\nAt no time should you endanger yourself or others, take any unnecessary risks or infringe the law.\n\nYou can find more information here.\n\nAll photos are subject to copyright.", "Police are investigating after a boy was left injured at Abertillery Learning Community\n\nThe Welsh government has condemned bullying and racial harassment as police investigate injuries suffered by an 11-year-old boy at school.\n\nGwent Police said it was working with Abertillery Learning Community as part of its \"ongoing inquiries\".\n\nThe force were called at 13:00 BST on Wednesday following the incident.\n\nA spokesman said: \"A multi-agency meeting has taken place and we're working with the school as part of our ongoing inquiries.\"\n\nA fundraising page has been set up for the pupil's treatment to which more than £29,000 has been donated.\n\nA school spokesman said it was working with the police and council to establish \"the full details\".\n\n\"The well-being and safety of our pupils and staff remains of paramount importance,\" they said.\n\nA Welsh government spokesman said: \"We condemn bullying and racial harassment in any form and expect allegations and incidents of bullying and racism to be fully investigated by schools with appropriate action taken to address the matter and prevent further instances from happening.\"", "Drivers have declined to work rest days but the system is heavily reliant on the practice to function fully\n\nRailway workers in Scotland are to be balloted on strike action after the RMT union rejected ScotRail's 2.2% pay offer as \"derisory\".\n\nThe announcement came just days before the operator cuts almost a third of train services to cope with a dispute with the train drivers' union Aslef.\n\nSome drivers are declining to work overtime on rest days while the pay dispute remains unresolved.\n\nThe RMT said the timing of its strike ballot would be set out in due course.\n\nScotRail - which was nationalised by the Scottish government seven weeks ago - will begin a temporary timetable on Monday which it said would \"give certainty\" to passengers during the driver shortage.\n\nThe new timetable will cut about 700 services per day and the last train on many routes will leave up to four hours earlier than usual.\n\nHospitality and entertainment businesses fear the transport situation will affect their income, while commuters are concerned they could be struggling to get home using the rail network.\n\nIt is believed ScotRail needs 130 new drivers to end its reliance on rest-day working.\n\nJenny Gilruth said the railway network was dependent on rest-day working at present\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme, Transport Minister Jenny Gilruth said 38 drivers were expected to be trained by the end of this summer, with the figure rising to 55 by the end of the year and to 100 by June 2023.\n\nShe was asked if that meant the reduced timetable would be in place until the summer of next year.\n\nThe minister said: \"Absolutely not. We want trade unions to come back to the table. But it is absolutely true to say that the network is dependent on rest-day working at the present time.\n\n\"We need to phase out that practice. I know the unions are supportive of that. And I think too it's time for the unions to come back to the table to work with ScotRail.\"\n\nShe added: \"We need to get to a resolution on pay and I am absolutely committed to doing so with our trade union partners.\"\n\nA typical ScotRail driver salary is more than £50,000, with drivers being offered a 2.2% pay rise and the opportunity to participate in a revenue share arrangement which would take the total package to 5%.\n\nNow the RMT, which agreed a backdated pay rise of 2.5% in October, has also rejected this year's pay offer.\n\nUK inflation, the rate at which prices rise, jumped to 9% in the 12 months to April, the highest for 40 years.\n\nThe RMT union said workers had already been subject to repeated pay freezes and real terms cuts in living standards.\n\nRMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: \"ScotRail needs to put its hands deeper into its pockets and start rewarding their staff properly.\n\n\"We are in the midst of a brutal cost of living crisis for workers, but it is still party time for shareholders, speculators and big business executives.\n\n\"All we are asking for is a pay award that reflects the value of railway workers and the service they provide to the public day in, day out.\"", "The family have been welcomed by members of their new community\n\nA Ukrainian mother and her six children who fled Russian bombing have been handed the keys to their new home.\n\nLilia Onopa, 43, and her children received an official welcome in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, on Friday.\n\nShe tearfully described seeing her hometown destroyed, people killed, and wanting to save her sons.\n\nHaving fled their home north of Dnipro, where military strikes began in early March, Ms Onopa and her boys travelled to Bucharest, Romania.\n\nThis was after attacks on the port city of Odesa made other methods of travel impossible.\n\nThey arrived in the Monmouthshire town last week after waiting five weeks for the British Embassy to approve their online application.\n\nAt the gathering, they were given the keys to a bungalow, a former caretaker's property which has been refurbished by volunteers from St Mary's RC Primary School and church with donations from across the area.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lilia and her boys fled the war in Ukraine\n\nSpeaking of the horrors she and her children had encountered after the war began, Ms Onopa thanked everyone who had helped them get to a place of safety, including the UK government who she said came to her aid when there were issues with their applications.\n\nMs Onopa said: \"The horrible situation happening to our country is because one person, one regime decided my country should not exist, that my nation should not exist.\n\n\"Imagine living next to a neighbour, he might have completely different opinions but you do live together.\n\n\"And one day your neighbour decides to invade your house, destroy your house, kill your kids, just because they think you're going to invade them.\"\n\nPhil Cotterell, chairman of governors at St Mary's RC Primary School, Chepstow, outside the bungalow\n\nShe said every mother would probably be able to understand how she was not scared for her own life, but those of her children.\n\n\"We saw our cities being destroyed, rockets falling on our houses and people dying, and the worst thing was we could do nothing to stop it,\" she added.\n\n\"All we could think about is what are we going to do next.\"\n\nMs Onopa said she posted an appeal for help on social media and a group in the UK said they would help her.\n\nThe boys will soon start school in Chepstow\n\nShe said travelling to the border she had seen thousands of displaced families, desperate for a route out of the war-torn areas.\n\n\"I was terrified I would lose my children so I wrote the addresses and contact details of my family in their rucksacks and clothes in the hope that should I die someone would know where to take them to safety,\" she said.\n\nSince arriving in the UK, Ms Onopa said she has felt \"overwhelmed\" with support.\n\n\"I don't have enough words to describe how grateful I am to everyone who helped,\" she said.\n\n\"I'm overwhelmed with the feeling that my kids can finally feel safe.\"\n\nMs Onopa said she was keen to learn English and has already enrolled in classes.\n\nHaving been a keen cook and baker in Ukraine, she said she would like to start her own pastry business, and wants to volunteer to help other Ukrainian refugees settle.\n\nShe said her sons, aged between five and 15, were looking forward to beginning school.\n\nBut the devastation continuing in her own country where many of her family members and friends are still remains a source of fear and turmoil, she said.\n\n\"As a nation we haven't stopped fighting but its very difficult,\" she said.\n\n\"Just a couple of days ago I saw a 23-year-old boy from my village had been buried after being killed by the invaders.\"\n\nPresenting Ms Onopa with the keys, Archbishop of Cardiff George Stack said: \"This is an opportunity to say to our new family croesi i Gymru, welcome to Wales. The land of sanctuary.\n\n\"And we hope and pray that you will be happy and fulfilled and content as you begin to understand what wonderful people live and work in Wales.\"\n\nChair of governors, Phil Cotterell said: \"Lilia and her family will not be alone, there is an incredible network of support here in Chepstow.\"", "More than 1.7 million people have been expelled under the controversial policy widely known as Title 42\n\nA US judge has blocked plans by Joe Biden's administration to lift a policy allowing migrants to be swiftly expelled at the Mexico border over concerns about spreading Covid.\n\nDistrict Judge Robert Summerhays granted an injunction to Republican state attorneys challenging the halting of checks known as Title 42.\n\nThe policy, introduced by Donald Trump in 2020, was due to expire on 23 May.\n\nThe US Department of Justice said it would appeal.\n\nAimed at stopping virus spread in migrant holding facilities, Title 42 was twice extended by President Biden.\n\nMore than 1.7 million people have been expelled under the policy.\n\nOn Friday, Judge Summerhays in Lafayette, Louisiana, ruled that the policy would stay in place while a lawsuit by more than 20 states played out in court.\n\nHe backed the states' argument that the Biden administration had failed to follow procedures requiring notification and time to gather public comment on the plans to end the policy.\n\nAnd the judge also said that states had made the case that they would suffer harm if the restrictions ended.\n\nThe White House said it would comply with the ruling, but would also launch an appeal.\n\n\"The authority to set public health policy nationally should rest with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), not with a single district court,\" White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.\n\nMr Biden had been under pressure from his Democratic Party to end the controversial order, with critics arguing that its public health benefits failed to outweigh harm to the rights of migrants.\n\nTitle 42 allows US authorities to expel migrants seeking asylum without being given the chance to put forward their case. Children and some families are exempt.\n\nThough Mr Biden had pledged to reverse Trump-era immigration policies while in office, the CDC under his administration extended Title 42 in August 2021, and again in January, due to the spread of the Delta and Omicron variants, respectively.\n\nBut in April, the CDC said it was ready to rescind the policy given the current, more favourable public health outlook and after consulting with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).\n\nHowever, Republicans - and some Democrats - warned that repealing Title 42 could lead to a surge in migrants at the US-Mexico border.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Morrison took to the stage amid chants of \"Scomo, Scomo\" Image caption: Morrison took to the stage amid chants of \"Scomo, Scomo\" More on Morrison's concession speech - he said he was quitting as the leader of the Liberals, following their unsuccessful outing at the polls. Morrison, who led the country through bushfires and a pandemic, also gave thanks for \"the miracle of the Australian people\". \"What Australians have endured over these past few years has shown a tremendous depth of character and resilience and strength,\" he said. \"It has been the Australian people under the strong support of a strong government that's enabled all of us to come through to where we are today, and that's something that all Australians can give thanks for as we move forward.” He added that his party was handing over a country that was \"in a stronger position... than we inherited it when we came to government those years ago under Tony Abbott\". “We leave government having secured our borders many years ago. And we leave government having restored our nation's defences.” A huge roar - the biggest of the night - erupted as Morrison ended his speech saying he \"looks ahead to victory\" in the next election, reports the BBC's Phil Mercer who was at the scene. Morrison was mobbed by television crews as he left the stage.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA woman who was terrorised and abused by an MI5 agent is taking legal action against the security service.\n\nBeth, not her real name, has lodged a formal complaint with the watchdog for the intelligence agencies, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT).\n\nOn Thursday, a BBC investigation revealed her then partner used his security status to coercively control her.\n\nHe also attacked her with a machete and threatened to kill her.\n\nThe Centre for Women's Justice (CWJ) said Beth was asking the IPT to investigate MI5's recruitment and handling of the agent, X, and whether any steps were taken to address the clear risk of harm he posed.\n\nShe will also argue that MI5's conduct may have breached her human rights by \"enabling X to subject her to serious violence and abuse with impunity\".\n\nThe IPT is an independent, official panel that considers complaints about conduct by or on behalf of MI5, MI6 and GCHQ.\n\nThe IPT has the power to consider alleged breaches of human rights by intelligence agencies.\n\nIf it ultimately ruled that MI5 failed to take appropriate action to protect Beth from harm, that could impact all the UK's intelligence and security agencies that recruit and task undercover informants.\n\nIn practical terms that could force more detailed assessments of the risks that agents pose. It could potentially mean agencies decide some informants are too dangerous to recruit, no matter the value of the intelligence they may have.\n\nIn a recent ground-breaking case against the police, the IPT awarded £230,000 compensation to a woman who had been tricked into a sexual relationship with an undercover officer.\n\nAnd so a ruling against MI5 in this case would almost certainly lead to damages for Beth.\n\nIf the IPT decides to examine the complaint, its panel will have to balance human rights considerations with wider questions about why the information provided by X was thought to be operationally vital.\n\nBehind closed doors, the tribunal would be likely to examine MI5's paperwork and witness evidence about why this agent was important.\n\nThe questions Beth's case raise mean its outcome could become a major moment in the law governing undercover operations.\n\nThe CWJ said it was also exploring possible action against a police force which \"failed to take action against the perpetrator despite repeated reports\".\n\nDeputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab has described the findings of the BBC investigation as \"harrowing and horrific\".\n\nHe said no one should be in any doubt how seriously ministers took violence against women or girls, but he could not comment further \"because of national security\".\n\nHis cabinet colleague Jacob Rees-Mogg praised the BBC for performing a \"public service.. in bringing this story to light\", but added that \"the national security card does sometimes have to be played\".\n\nThe High Court has ruled X can not be named for security reasons.\n\nLabour's Yvette Cooper said Home Secretary Priti Patel needed to ensure there was an independent assessment of \"this very troubling case and how it has been handled\".\n\nThe shadow home secretary said this should include looking at safeguarding responsibilities, the way that concerns about domestic abuse are handled by MI5, and the criminal investigation that took place.\n\nDomestic violence charity Refuge said the government's determination to protect X's identity was \"terrifying\".\n\nX also made threats about killing and sexually abusing young girls, the BBC investigation found.\n\nA video filmed by Beth shows him attacking her with a machete.\n\nThis is the story of a dangerous MI5 agent, which the government tried to keep secret.\n\nAvailable now on BBC iPlayer\n\nPolice evidence seen by the BBC shows that he is a right-wing extremist with a violent past.\n\nHe moved abroad to work for a foreign intelligence agency while under police investigation.\n\nAt the High Court, the BBC argued that women had a right to know his identity and it would protect potential victims from harm.\n\nThe government said disclosing his identity would threaten national security and endanger his life.\n\nA judge backed that - but ruled that details of the case could be revealed.\n\nRefuge, a charity which helps victims of domestic violence, said it was horrified by the BBC's revelations.\n\nChief executive Ruth Davison said women were often told no one would believe them. \"Imagine those words being spoken by someone who works for the security service.\"\n\nShe said the news that the agent had used his status to perpetrate domestic abuse was abhorrent, and the fact that his identity was being protected while he was expressing \"murderous intents\" was \"terrifying for women and girls\".\n\nFormer Attorney General Dominic Grieve, who also used to chair Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee, told Today the committee would be entitled to investigate whether MI5 had handled the case correctly according to its rules.\n\nBut he added he would have been \"astonished\" if the security service had not tried to protect the agent's identity.\n\nIf it hadn't, Mr Grieve said, it would have exposed the man to serious risk, and would not be able to recruit agents in future.\n\nHe said it was naive to think that vital information necessary to protect the public would always come from \"individuals living within the law\".\n\nDo you have information about this story that you want to share?\n\nGet in touch using SecureDrop, a highly anonymous and secure way of whistleblowing to the BBC which uses the TOR network.\n\nOr by using the Signal messaging app, an end-to-end encrypted message service designed to protect your data.\n\nPlease note that the SecureDrop link will only work in a Tor browser. For information on keeping secure and anonymous, here's some advice on how to use SecureDrop.", "The theatre has often been described as the heart of the city\n\nAfter almost three months of relentless assault, Mariupol has fallen. Ukraine's military says its combat mission in the besieged port is over. More than any other Ukrainian city, Mariupol has come to symbolise the ferocious brutality of Russia's assault and the stubbornness of Ukraine's resistance.\n\nOn Wednesday 23 February, Ivan Stanislavsky left his camera bag at the office. He was on his way to see the layout of his new book on Mariupol's Soviet-era murals at a colleague's house, and didn't want to lug the gear around. He could always pick it up the next day.\n\nBut on Thursday, as he stood in the street outside his locked and deserted office, he could hear thunderous sounds rolling in from the east. The city was under fire.\n\nAs the conflict intensified, and gunfire became audible to the west too, Ivan moved his mattress into the hall. He piled up his large collection of art books - including the Encyclopaedia of Ukrainian Rock Music - against the windows of his flat in the district of Primorsky.\n\n\"Let's say it was not a waste of a library,\" says the 36-year-old photographer, who is also a press officer at Ukrainian premier league football club FC Mariupol.\n\nIvan Stanislavsky loved to photograph his city of Mariupol\n\nAcross town in the neighbourhood of Kalmiusky, businessman Yevhen was also taking precautions. The 47-year-old had told his family to pack so they could escape the city. But when he returned from the office, he found no packing had been done. His family refused to leave.\n\nIn an apartment in the same block, metallurgists from the nearby steelworks, Nataliia, 43, and Andrii, 41, were already slicing the last two loaves they had been able to buy, leaving them to dry out so they could eat them piece by piece over the weeks ahead.\n\nThe Illich steel plant dominates this view of Mariupol\n\nVolodymyr, a 52-year-old paramedic in Kalmiusky, was also in his kitchen, trying to absorb the news. When reports came in of Russians marching through the village of Chonhar - on a strategic road out of Crimea to the west - he choked. This was a coordinated attack, he realised.\n\nThe ambulance dispatcher was on the phone. She instructed Volodymyr to ignore routine calls. \"Find the wounded\", he was told.\n\nTwenty-two-year-old engineering graduate Mariia thought the first explosion she heard was simply a storm. Then she heard a second.\n\n\"We didn't know what to do,\" says Mariia, who like Ivan, lived in Primorsky. \"I didn't have time to think about my future, my plans. I had to think about what I'd eat and drink... [And] what to do with the cats.\"\n\nIt suddenly dawned on her why, in the past few days, soldiers had appeared in the paint shop where she worked, asking to buy blue and yellow tape. They needed it to mark their uniforms.\n\nFour days into the war, with the fighting closing in, Ivan and his wife sought shelter in a basement underneath his local supermarket. It offered good protection, and Ivan found that the muffling of sound dulled his sense of mounting anxiety.\n\nDaily life was being stripped down to bare essentials.\n\n\"We lived like primitive people,\" he told the BBC from Lviv, where he has now fled. \"We broke trees, made fires, cooked food on fires. I even heard of people eating pigeons.\"\n\nHe watched as order gradually broke down all around him. He kept a vivid diary, later published online.\n\n\"The Stone Age has arrived,\" he says in his 6 March entry.\n\nHe writes of watching his fellow Ukrainian citizens raiding abandoned shops, making off with everything from computers and freezers to swimsuits and underwear.\n\nOne evening a drunk woman interrupts a session of evening gossip in the basement. \"Treat yourself,\" she says, as a flashlight revealed a bottle of Californian Merlot, taken from Wines of the World on nearby Italiiska Street.\n\nBut aware that even medical supplies and cash tills were being taken, Ivan says he felt disgust.\n\n\"We are our own worst enemies,\" he writes.\n\nBut is this, he wonders, how the fittest survive? After a while, each day became a \"combat mission\".\n\nOver a few short weeks, Mariupol fell apart. The Russian military laid siege to the city, attacking power and water supplies. A Russian airstrike hit the maternity hospital on 9 March, and a plane bombed its theatre - clearly marked as a civilian shelter - a week later.\n\nIvan was stunned at how quickly it all happened.\n\nThe theatre after it was bombed\n\n\"The whole city, all its infrastructure, supply system, logistics, energy supply were destroyed in a matter of days,\" he says.\n\nSitting underground at night, he sensed people becoming passive.\n\n\"You can only wait in the shelter,\" he writes in his diary. \"Some are waiting for spring, some - for the morning to come, some - for the end of the war. And someone is waiting for the bomb to come and kill everyone.\"\n\nAnd all this just as Mariupol had seemed destined to turn a corner. Money began to pour in, adding lustre to a city previously associated mainly with heavy industry - and war.\n\n\"It was a city aspiring to something,\" Ivan says. It hadn't always been this way.\n\nLong before this year's invasion, Mariupol had a ringside seat to Ukraine's simmering conflict with Russian-backed separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk, the two regions that make up the neighbouring area known as Donbas.\n\nAn activist guards a barricade outside the Mariupol government building seized by pro-Russia activists on 17 April 2014\n\nWhen fighting first broke out there in 2014, the government briefly lost control of Mariupol after clashes with pro-Russian protesters. In January 2015, a devastating rocket attack by the rebels on the eastern edge of the city killed almost 30 civilians.\n\nEven though the war gradually receded, the sound of artillery booming in the distance was part of Mariupol's daily soundscape.\n\nBut the city moved on. The Ukrainian government briefly made Mariupol the administrative capital of the Donetsk Oblast. People migrated from rebel-held areas and the city started attracting investment.\n\n\"It started receiving all of the resources and all of the attention,\" Ivan says.\n\nA view of Mariupol along its coast\n\nPublic buildings were renovated, cafés opened, and new parks created. In a podcast last October, the city's mayor Vadym Boychenko boasted of creating the best municipal services in the country, opening an IT school, and promoting contemporary art and sports.\n\nPlans were afoot, he said, for the largest water park in Ukraine and a version of Disneyland \"which will probably be called Mariland\". In fact, Mariupol was declared Ukraine's \"Big Capital of Culture\" in 2021.\n\nBut while Mariupol flourished, rebel-held Donetsk mouldered. When the rebels returned to Mariupol, Volodymyr, the paramedic, believed they were driven by revenge to destroy the city.\n\n\"'If we live in shit, then you will live in shit as well,'\" Volodymyr says they told him at a checkpoint as he finally escaped the city. \"They just looked at us and envied how we lived.\"\n\nVolodymyr thinks the Russian-backed separatists were motivated by revenge\n\nYevhen, the businessman, describes life in Mariupol in the past five years as \"a fairytale\". \"The city was being reconstructed,\" he says, \"all roads were renovated, public transport was improved.\"\n\nHis buildings restoration firm was responsible, among other projects, for the reconstruction of Mariupol's iconic water tower in time for the city's 240th birthday.\n\n\"This is a city of hard workers… It was hard for me to explain that my workers should finish at 6pm - they wanted to work longer.\"\n\nLike many others, weekends would be spent with family in the city's revived parks or on the seafront.\n\n\"For me, this is a [key] question - if you want to capture the city, why destroy it? [The Russians] don't need thinking people, they need territory,\" he says.\n\nAnd, he adds, he is now getting calls from the Russians to return to Mariupol to help rebuild it.\n\n\"But if Mariupol is occupied by Russia, there will be no future there… there will be nothing to live for. To live in unrecognised territory is to bury your children's future.\"\n\nAbout 150,000 people remain in the city, from a population of almost half a million. Most of those left there, he says, are also trying to escape.\n\n\"I left Mariupol but my soul is there,\" he says, tears in his eyes.\n\nBusinessman Yevhen is already getting calls from Russians to rebuild Mariupol\n\nNataliia and her husband Andrii worked at the Illich plant, one of two iron and steel works which tower over the city's skyline and loom large in Ivan Stanilavsky's photographs.\n\nThey spent long days at work, and leisure time was precious.\n\n\"The city authorities laid out marble tiles, made piers [so that] it was possible to sit on a bench right in the sea,\" Andrii says.\n\n\"It was a wonderful warm city with parks, concerts, fountains,\" his wife says. \"A European city.\"\n\nThis recent blossoming was captured by Ivan, but as a photographer with a passion for his city's past, his pet project was documenting Mariupol's remarkable collection of Soviet murals, one of the most extensive in Ukraine.\n\nThe cultural importance of preserving such remarkable works seems undeniable, but in Mariupol nostalgia for the Soviet Union jostled uneasily with Ukraine's modern, increasingly European identity, Ivan says.\n\n\"Politics was already preventing this cultural heritage from being integrated into Ukraine's artistic context,\" he says.\n\nSo inevitably, when the war came, culture found itself fought over too.\n\nOn 28 April, Mariupol's city council denounced the alleged theft by Russia of more than 2,000 exhibits from the city's museums, including ancient icons, a handwritten Torah scroll and more than 200 medals.\n\nThe director of Mariupol's Local History Museum, Natalia Kapustnikova, later told Russian newspaper Izvestia that she had personally handed over paintings to the Russians by Ivan Aivazovsky and Arkhip Kuindzhi, and claimed that Ukrainian \"nationalists\" had burned 95% of the museum's exhibits.\n\nShe wasn't the only local official harbouring pro-Russian sentiments. On 9 April, Ukraine's prosecutor general charged a member of Mariupol's city council, Kostyantyn Ivashchenko, with treason after he was declared mayor by pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk.\n\nIvashchenko's pro-Russian party had been well supported in the city's last elections, coming second, while President Volodymyr Zelensky's party came a distant fifth place.\n\nIn a poll conducted just before the elections by the Kyiv-based Centre for Social Indicators, almost half the city's population identified themselves as \"Russian\", though 80% also described themselves as \"Ukrainian\".\n\nMore tellingly, perhaps, fewer than 20% self-identified as \"European\", while more than 50% said they were \"Soviet\".\n\nMariia says that after the invasion she began to hate all things Russian\n\nNataliia, whose father is Russian, says she asked her husband for forgiveness when the bombing started. \"I was ashamed that I was Russian.\"\n\nMariia, the engineer, says that before the war her first language was Russian, but when the bombing began \"I started to hate all things Russian - language, movies, objects\".\n\nMariupol's complex identity is hardly unique in today's Ukraine, a country which formed an integral part of the Soviet Union until the collapse of communism at the end of the 1980s. And it's doubtful that any of those who described themselves as \"Russian\" or \"Soviet\" wanted to see their city destroyed in a violent effort to pull it back into Moscow's orbit.\n\nIronically, when the moment arrived to defend the city from Russian invaders, it was another part of Mariupol's Soviet-era legacy that came to play an almost iconic role.\n\nThis legacy, buried deep underground, is the maze of bunkers beneath Mariupol's other steel works, Azovstal, built by the Soviet authorities during the Cold War.\n\nThe 36 bomb shelters provided room for more than 12,000 people. After independence in 1991, no-one thought that much about them. But then the fighting in 2014 began.\n\n\"We started thinking about what we would do if fighting spread further into the city,\" Enver Tskitishvili, Azovstal's director general, says.\n\nTraining on the use of the bunkers and their connecting tunnels went on every day for years.\n\nIn early February, as the fear of renewed conflict loomed larger, preparations swung into high gear. Food and water were brought in the week before Russia's invasion.\n\nOfficials at the plant knew the bomb shelters would soon be occupied, but had little idea that Azovstal, surrounded by water on three sides, would become the scene of Mariupol's last stand.\n\nAn injured Ukrainian serviceman inside the Azovstal iron and steel works factory\n\nAs the days went by, the war got closer and closer to Ivan Stanislavsky's apartment. Excursions in search of food, even to the nearby Dzerkalnyy store, just 400m up the road, were increasingly perilous. Sometimes, a Ukrainian mortar team would arrive by truck, fire off a few rounds, and leave before the inevitable Russian reply.\n\nThere was little communication between civilians and soldiers.\n\nOne day, a tank from the Azov Regiment arrived near Dzerkalnyy, sending locals running, fearful of an impending battle. The regiment emerged in 2014 as a highly effective volunteer militia with far right and, in some cases, neo-Nazi affiliations, before being folded into Ukraine's National Guard.\n\nVladimir Putin has made extensive use of the Azov's controversial origins, in an effort to bolster his argument that he is trying to \"de-Nazify\" Ukraine. Ukrainian authorities say the regiment's origins are a thing of the past and points out that far-right parties have had very little electoral success.\n\nIn his diary Ivan describes the members he knows as a motley assortment of Mariupol natives - bikers, lawyers, football hooligans, and an amateur actor - driven not by ideology, but by a fierce hatred of those who were trying to ruin their lives.\n\n\"Together they formed a 'Nazi' battalion and intimidated the entire Russian army,\" he writes.\n\nIntimidating and effective, but not enough, eventually, to stem the Russian tide.\n\nWhile the city's defenders fought their losing battle, Ivan heard voices in his basement starting to curse President Zelensky for leaving Mariupol to its own devices.\n\nPresident Volodymyr Zelensky (L) and children play in a fountain during his first official visit to Mariupol on 15 June 2019\n\nFor all the praise heaped on the city's defenders, it was clear from the start that Mariupol was not the government's main priority. Faced with Russian threats on a number of fronts, the Zelensky government chose to secure the capital, thwarting what was arguably Vladimir Putin's top priority.\n\nUltimately, that meant letting Russian forces achieve another of their pre-war goals: the establishment of a land corridor between Crimea - annexed by Moscow in 2014 - and the separatists in the Donbas.\n\nBut for those trapped in the city, fighting or just trying to survive, it was a bitter pill.\n\n\"Some say Mariupol was given the status of a hero city,\" Ivan wrote in his diary on 13 March.\n\n\"It looks like the award will be posthumous.\"\n\nIvan's photo of the inside of the water tower\n\nBy now, Ivan couldn't stand any more. Outside Dzerkalnyy supermarket, he saw corpses neatly stacked under a wall. People who once queued for food were now in \"the queue of the dead\", waiting to be buried.\n\nSo on 15 March Ivan bundled four family members and his cat into his miraculously unscathed Skoda Fabia and joined a convoy for the tortuous journey north-west to government-held Zaporizhzhia.\n\nAt an observation point on Markelova St looking towards the port and the beach, Ivan allowed himself a brief moment of reflection.\n\n\"In my head I'm saying goodbye to this place,\" he writes in his diary. \"I have a feeling we will never return here.\"\n\nA day later, Mariia and five relatives also left by car, carrying just personal belongings and the family's dog. As they made their way out of Mariupol, their convoy came under attack and the cars had to accelerate out of danger, headed first to Zaporizhzhia, then to Dnipro.\n\nThe following day, Nataliia and Andreii left, after a neighbour offered them a space in his car. The couple eventually reached the city of Khmelnytskyi where they have been selling the family's coin collection in order to survive.\n\nIn that same convoy, Yevhen travelled with his wife and two other relatives. He's now in Dnipro, helping other residents who escaped Mariupol, and trying to reach those who remain.\n\nThe apartment block where Ivan lived has been destroyed\n\nVolodymyr, the paramedic, stayed in Mariupol as long as he could, to look after his elderly mother. But deprived of food and special medicine, she died. He then left the city on 21 April, and is volunteering at a hospital in Dnipro.\n\n\"There are thousands and thousands of families like mine,\" he says. \"How many people have died? How many families have been lost?\"\n\nTwo months after escaping, Ivan is still watching the death throes of Mariupol from the relative safety of Lviv.\n\nIn his diary's poignant epilogue, he writes of flashbacks, text messages about deaths or lucky escapes, and phone calls that go unanswered.\n\n\"The subscriber is out of range.\"\n\nWith additional reporting by Kateryna Khinkulova and Illia Tolstov", "Big Country were due to be one of the event's headline acts.\n\nA three-day music festival in Fife featuring stars such as Midge Ure and Big Country has been cancelled due to poor ticket sales.\n\nThe inaugural Kirkcaldy Breakout Festival was due to take place on the town's Esplanade from 27 -29 May.\n\nBut organisers have confirmed the event, which would have raised money for the NHS, will now no longer go ahead.\n\nOther artists booked to perform included Callum Beattie and Sandi Thom.\n\nThe event's main stage was to be named in honour of local singer Paige Dougall, 17, who died in January after a two year battle with a Ewing's Sarcoma, a disease which attacks the bones.\n\nIn a statement posted on Facebook on Friday organisers said the decision to cancel had been taken with \"enormous regret\".\n\nIt continued: \"The current economic climate has contributed to a level of ticket sales that make live events unviable.\n\n\"We would like to offer all our thanks to all the bands, partner agencies and suppliers who have continued to give us their full support right to the last minute.\"\n\nThe festival was originally due to take place last October but organisers decided to delay it due to a spike in local Covid cases.\n\nAs well as main stage the plans featured a fairground and an acoustic tent which would become a dance tent at night.", "France warns it could take '15 or 20 years' for Ukraine to join EU\n\nA bid by Ukraine to join the EU could not be finalised for \"15 or 20 years,\" France's minister for European affairs has said. Speaking on Radio J in Paris, Clement Beaune said: \"We have to be honest. If you say Ukraine is going to join the EU in six months, or a year or two, you're lying. \"It's probably in 15 or 20 years, it takes a long time.\" His comments poured cold water on Volodymyr Zelensky's hopes for expedited entry to the bloc in the wake of Russia's invasion. Beaune repeated French President Emmanuel Macron's offer to create a looser \"European political community\" that could help integrate Ukraine sooner, adding: \"I don't want to offer Ukrainians any illusions or lies.\" Zelensky has turned down what he called \"such compromises\" and insisted on an immediate start of the process towards full EU membership. Beaune said Macron's proposal is not \"an alternative to joining the European political community\", emphasising: \"It doesn't prevent membership later on.\" Ukraine's aspirations to join the EU and Nato are seen as the main reason Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion. Macron's European political community initiative is due to be debated at an EU summit in June.", "At least another seven buses were seen leaving the Azovstal site on Tuesday and later arriving to a village held by Russian-backed rebels, Reuters reported\n\nUkraine is doing \"everything possible and impossible\" to save the remaining fighters trapped in Mariupol's Azovstal steelworks, a senior official has said.\n\nDeputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said Kyiv knew how many soldiers were still at the plant, but stressed that it was \"sensitive information\".\n\nOn Monday, 264 fighters - many badly wounded - were evacuated to areas held by Russian-backed rebels.\n\nOn Tuesday, another seven buses were seen leaving the site, Reuters said.\n\nIt added that the convoy later arrived in Olenivka, a village held by pro-Russian rebels in the eastern Donbas region.\n\nRussian prosecutors said they would question all the Ukrainian soldiers as part of an investigation into what Moscow describes as \"Ukrainian regime crimes against Donbas civilians\".\n\nUkraine wants its troops - the last defenders of the southern port city - to be exchanged for captured Russian soldiers as part of an evacuation deal confirmed by Moscow.\n\nHundreds of Ukrainian soldiers - Marines, the National Guard (including the Azov regiment), border guards, police and territorial defence units - as well as a number of civilians with young children have been holed up at the site since advancing Russian troops encircled Mariupol in early March.\n\nEarlier this month, dozens of civilians were evacuated from Mariupol to both Russia-controlled and Ukraine-controlled territory.\n\nAt Tuesday's briefing in Kyiv, Ms Maliar said only that \"we know this number\" when asked about how many Ukrainian fighters were still at the Azovstal site.\n\nThe sprawling four-square-mile complex is a maze of tunnels designed to survive a nuclear war.\n\n\"We understand the scope of the rescue operation, but it is also sensitive information, and it will not be disclosed until the rescue operation is completed,\" she added.\n\nDescribing the fighters as \"our heroes\", Ms Maliar stressed that the operation was the only way to save them, adding that a \"military deblockade\" was simply impossible.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn his video address on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian military, intelligence and negotiating teams, as well as the Red Cross and the UN, were involved in the evacuation operation. \"Ukraine needs its heroes alive,\" he said.\n\nHowever, he cautioned that the Ukrainian troops might not be freed immediately and warned that negotiations over their release would require \"delicacy and time\".\n\nUkrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko told the BBC it was essential that the deal struck with Russia, with the help of the Red Cross and the UN, went through and the soldiers were exchanged. Otherwise, she said, \"the fate of these very brave men will be absolutely unknown and will be in Russian hands, which is far from an ideal situation\".\n\nRussian President Vladimir Putin said Ukrainian soldiers evacuated from the steel plant would be treated \"in line with the relevant international laws\".\n\nHowever, Russia's lawmakers on Tuesday put forward plans to declare Azov regiment fighters \"Nazi criminals\" who must not be part of any prisoner swap with Ukraine.\n\nThe Azov regiment, set up as a volunteer militia in 2014 but now a National Guard unit, once had links to the far right.\n\nMeanwhile, the office of Russia's prosecutor general has asked the country's Supreme Court to declare the unit a \"terrorist organisation\" in an apparent attempt to prevent its fighters being treated as conventional prisoners of war.\n\nIn a separate development, both Ukraine and Russia on Tuesday admitted that peace talks were currently on hold, blaming each other for this.\n\nDo you have any questions about the war in Ukraine? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "For this demonstration flight, no humans are aboard\n\nThe American Boeing company has launched its new astronaut capsule on a demonstration flight from Florida.\n\nCalled Starliner, the vehicle left Cape Canaveral Space Force Station atop an Atlas rocket on a mission to showcase how it can ferry human crews to and from the International Space Station.\n\nIt's the second such test flight.\n\nThe previous demonstration, in 2019, encountered software problems that very nearly resulted in the loss of the capsule.\n\nBoeing had attempted to fly Thursday's mission in August last year but was forced to abandon that exercise when valves in the capsule's propulsion system wouldn't open and close properly on the launch pad.\n\nThis issue still requires a permanent fix but engineers were happy to let the latest launch go ahead with temporary corrective measures in place.\n\n\"I'm really proud to be able to say that the Starliner had a good orbital insertion and it's on its way to the International Space Station,\" said Mark Nappi, vice president and programme manager of Boeing's Commercial Crew Programme.\n\n\"We're very, very proud of the team and what they've accomplished. This was a road of a lot of hard work to get here, and the team is just ecstatic about the accomplishments today.\"\n\nNo humans, but \"Rosie the Rocketeer\" will be aboard\n\nThe US space agency, too, declared its satisfaction. Nasa has crews waiting to use a certified Starliner.\n\nIt emerged post-launch that two of 12 larger thrusters used for the major manoeuvres in space were not working. But this was not a critical issue, said Steve Stich, who manages Nasa's Commercial Crew Programme.\n\n\"Overall, the spacecraft is doing really well. The communications has been excellent, the flight software has worked great, the cooling system has been working great,\" he told reporters.\n\n\"We're very excited to be here and looking forward to docking to the space station [on Friday].\"\n\nThe Starliner - which is flying without a crew for the demonstration - began its ascent on the Atlas at 18:54 local time on Thursday (22:54 GMT; 23:54 BST). The automated docking with the station took place at 20:28 EDT on Friday (00:28 GMT on Saturday), more than an hour later than scheduled.\n\nArtwork: The flight time to the space station is about 24 hours\n\nIt's almost 12 years since Boeing first presented its design for Starliner, codenamed CST-100, at the Farnborough International Air Show in the UK.\n\nIt was a response to the call for commercial companies to take over the responsibility for low-Earth orbit crew transportation, post the then soon-to-retire space shuttles.\n\nNasa gave technical and financial support to both Boeing and California's SpaceX company, to help them develop new capsules. The idea was that the vehicles would then be engaged on a commercial basis whenever Nasa needed astronauts sent up to the ISS.\n\nBut while SpaceX is now four crewed operational flights into this new era, Boeing has yet to run a single crewed mission in a Starliner. And a big part of that is because Boeing's first unpiloted \"Orbital Flight Test\" in December 2019 went seriously awry.\n\nThe problems started with a clock error on the capsule just after launch that made the vehicle think it was in a different flight phase than was really the case.\n\nThis prompted the onboard computer system to over-fire Starliner's thrusters and burn so much fuel it became impossible to reach the intended destination of a docking with the space station.\n\nControllers on the ground could see the problem playing out but had difficulty communicating with the spacecraft.\n\nAfter the truncated mission, it also emerged that poorly designed software could have resulted in the capsule colliding with its aft service section when the two were commanded to separate just prior to re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere.\n\nFortunately, this issue was caught and prevented, and the capsule landed safely in the New Mexico desert.\n\nThe post-mission review initiated a series of re-designs and upgrades that have enabled Boeing to approach an Orbital Flight Test 2 (OFT-2).\n\nIt's 12 years since the initial proposal for Starliner was presented\n\nThe re-run is following the same planned profile: an uncrewed mission to the International Space Station. That said, an anthropomorphic test device, more commonly known as a flight dummy, dubbed \"Rosie the Rocketeer\", is once again strapped in for the ride.\n\nRosie and \"her\" capsule will stay attached to the station for four to five days, before departing for a parachute-assisted descent and landing at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.\n\nAssuming everything goes to plan, touchdown is likely to occur on Wednesday next week.\n\nIf Boeing can put the flaws of OFT-1 behind it, Nasa could clear Starliner to start carrying people before the end of the year.\n\nThis would finally give Nasa the two new crew-transportation systems it sought when the shuttles were retired to museums in 2011.\n\nKathy Lueders, the agency's associate administrator for space operations, congratulated everyone on Thursday's launch. \"But as we've talked about numerous times: we're doing this one step at a time; and we right now need to get this spacecraft through its paces, and learn some things and get it on its way to the International Space Station.\"", "The UK's dispute with the European Union over Northern Ireland trade risks undermining Western unity during the Ukraine war, a senior US official says.\n\nDerek Chollet told the BBC the US hoped the row over Northern Ireland's post-Brexit trade deal could be resolved.\n\nHe said \"a big fight between the UK and the EU\" was \"the last thing\" Washington wanted.\n\nVladimir Putin would \"use any opportunity he can to show that our alliance is fraying\", he added.\n\nMr Chollet, the most senior adviser to US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, said: \"We want to see this issue resolved and we want to see the temperature lowered and no unilateral acts.\n\n\"And it's particularly important right now where we need to send a message of unity to the world and not undermine all the things that we've been so successful in working on together over the last several months and showing unity in Ukraine.\"\n\nMr Chollet's intervention is significant. It is rare for senior US officials to comment on the UK's domestic affairs given the historically close relationship between the two nations.\n\nBut his comments build on recent concerns expressed by senior US politicians, including President Joe Biden and US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, about the UK government threatening to override the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\nThese concerns have so far largely focused on what the US sees as the possible risks to peace in Northern Ireland.\n\nBut the senior State Department official is making a new argument, that now is not the time for the UK and the EU to be having a fight. There are bigger fish to fry over Ukraine.\n\nThe US wants its allies united, not scrapping over legacy Brexit issues.\n\nRead more: Guide to the Brexit border problem\n\nDerek Chollet, a senior adviser to the US secretary of state, has urged the UK and the EU to cool tensions\n\nOn Thursday Ms Pelosi said she was \"deeply concerned\" that the UK was seeking to \"unilaterally discard\" Northern Ireland's post-Brexit trade arrangements, set out in the protocol.\n\nShe said the US Congress would not support a trade agreement with the UK if its actions jeopardised the peace process in Northern Ireland.\n\nThe UK government has argued that changes to the way goods are shipped from Great Britain to Northern Ireland are needed to restore its devolved government.\n\nA power-sharing administration cannot be formed without the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), which has refused to join one until significant changes are made to the protocol.\n\nThe DUP says the protocol, which was agreed by the UK and the EU in December 2020, has created economic barriers between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.\n\nOn Tuesday Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said the UK government would introduce a law to change the protocol unilaterally should negotiations with the EU fail.\n\nMs Pelosi warned against any action that might endanger the Good Friday Agreement, the peace deal that ended decades of conflict in Northern Ireland.\n\nIn the first of several tweets, she wrote: \"Ensuring there is no physical border between the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland is necessary for upholding this landmark agreement, which transformed Northern Ireland.\"\n\nBut the UK's former Brexit minister, Lord Frost, has criticised Ms Pelosi for making what he called an \"ignorant\" statement about the situation in Northern Ireland.\n\nLord Frost, who negotiated the protocol with the EU, said there was no plan to put a physical border in place on the island of Ireland.\n\n\"Nobody's ever suggested that. So I don't know why she's suggesting that in her statement,\" Lord Frost told the Week in Westminster on BBC Radio 4.\n\nUS House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she was concerned about the UK's actions\n\nHe also denied that making changes to the arrangements would undermine the Good Friday Agreement.\n\n\"It is the protocol itself that's undermining [the Good Friday Agreement] and people who can't see that really shouldn't be commenting on the situation in Northern Ireland,\" said the former minister.\n\nOn Friday afternoon DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said he thought Ms Pelosi's contributions were \"entirely unhelpful, offer no solution, offer no help and merely repeat a mantra that frankly is hopelessly out of date.\"\n\nHe spoke as the Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin met Northern Ireland's main parties to discuss the protocol and the political crisis.\n\nMeanwhile, a US Congress delegation flew to Brussels for a meeting with European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic, who has been leading negotiations with the UK.\n\n\"We're equally committed to protecting the Good Friday (Belfast) Agreement,\" he tweeted. \"Joint solutions implementing the Protocol are the only way to do so.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sam Ryder said he would definitely go to space if Elon Musk paid\n\nSinger Sam Ryder has taken second place in the UK singles chart, a week after he claimed the runner-up spot at the Eurovision Song Contest.\n\nHis song, Space Man, was in a battle with Harry Styles to be this week's number one after his valiant performance for the UK on Saturday.\n\nBut Styles narrowly won out to claim his seventh week in a row at the top.\n\nBy reaching number two, Ryder has scored the highest chart placing for a UK Eurovision entry since 1996.\n\nThat was the year when Gina G reached the top spot with Ooh Ahh… Just A Little Bit.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSpace Man looked on course for number one when it edged ahead of Styles's As It Was earlier this week.\n\nBut the former One Direction singer clung on to his chart crown, despite a surge of support for the Eurovision song following Ryder's performance in the final in Italy.\n\nRyder, from Maldon, Essex, had hopes of victory when he topped the jury scoreboard. But he was overtaken by Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra when the public votes were added.\n\nTheir winning song, Stefania, has also entered the UK chart this week, at number 38.\n\nSpeaking to Scott Mills on BBC Radio 1's Official Chart Show on Friday, Ryder said he was \"emotional in the best possible way\", and that two was \"definitely my lucky number\".\n\nSpace Man was first released on 22 February 2022, and he was 22nd in the Eurovision running order.\n\nMeanwhile, Eurovision organisers have given details of \"unprecedented\" irregularities in the jury votes of six countries at the second semi-final of this year's contest but said they did not affect the qualifiers or final rankings.\n\nSuspicious jury voting patterns were detected in the scores from the San Marino, Georgia, Romania, Poland, Montenegro and Azerbaijan juries, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) said.\n\nOrganisers said the suspicious pattern was detected before the results were compiled and announced.\n\nThe six affected countries had their votes replaced by \"substitute aggregated result\" in the second semi-final and the grand final, based on the results of other countries with similar voting records.\n\nThe EBU said it had \"discussed the jury patterns with the relevant broadcasters and given them the opportunity to further investigate the jury voting in their countries\".", "The first minister said that she was experiencing \"mild symptoms\"\n\nScotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon has tested positive for Covid.\n\nShe said she was experiencing \"mild symptoms\" and would follow Scottish government guidance to work from home for the next few days.\n\nEarlier on Friday she had held talks with Sinn Féin vice president Michelle O'Neill at her Bute House residence in Edinburgh.\n\nMs Sturgeon also returned from a visit to the US this week, where she had issued a warning over climate change.\n\nShe addressed the Brookings Institute and met US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in Washington DC.\n\nIn a social media post, the first minister wrote: \"Unfortunately I've tested positive for Covid this evening after experiencing mild symptoms.\n\n\"In line with Scottish government guidance, I'll work from home over next few days, and hopefully be back out and about later next week.\"\n\nSinn Fein confirmed Michelle O'Neill had tested negative for Covid following the meeting with Ms Sturgeon.\n\nThe party said Ms O'Neill would be tested again on Saturday \"as a precaution\" and would be limiting her contacts over the coming days.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Nicola Sturgeon This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMs Sturgeon's positive test comes as the number of Covid-19 infections in Scotland continues to fall, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).\n\nThe ONS estimates there were about 104,400 positive cases in the week to 13 May - about one in 45 people.\n\nThe number of hospital patients testing positive for Covid and weekly deaths are also falling.\n\nRestrictions put in place over the pandemic were lifted as Scotland moved to living with Covid.\n\nFrom 1 May, public health advice has been to \"stay at home\" if you feel unwell or have a fever.\n\nPeople without symptoms are also no longer advised to take regular tests.\n\nPeople who have Covid symptoms, a fever or are what the Scottish government describes as \"too unwell to carry out normal activities\" are asked to stay at home until they get better.\n\nThere can be no one in Scotland better versed in how to avoid picking up Covid. For two years Nicola Sturgeon was the face of the public health campaign to limit the spread of the virus.\n\nShe issued daily advice on hand washing, social distancing, mask wearing and even had her vaccination on camera.\n\nIt seemed to work for her. Unlike the Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the first minister managed to stay Covid-free throughout the pandemic - until now.\n\nIt is not clear if she picked it up in Scotland or on her recent travels to the United States. But as restrictions have eased and normal life has resumed, the virus has had much greater opportunity to circulate.\n\nIf Nicola Sturgeon's period of self-isolation continues until later next week, she could be stuck at home on Wednesday when she becomes Scotland's longest serving first minister.", "Stuart Murray lost his 29-year-old stepson Martyn Hett in the Manchester Arena bomb\n\nTwenty-two people were killed and hundreds were injured when a suicide bomber detonated his device at the end of Ariana Grande's 22 May 2017 concert.\n\nA report has called for survivors of terrorism to have an initial assessment within three weeks, and to start receiving treatment within six weeks.\n\nThe Home Office said it would continue to provide support for victims.\n\nSurvivors Against Terror is a charity supporting survivors of terror attacks in Britain or on British people overseas.\n\nIts report has called for changes in \"the way we see terrorism and realise the assault it represents on our mental health\".\n\nLead author Stuart Murray lost his 29-year-old stepson Martyn Hett in the Manchester Arena bombing nearly five years ago.\n\nHe said some of his family struggled to access the skilled therapy they needed.\n\n\"I remember a moment a couple of months afterwards screaming in the car, saying how ridiculous it was,\" Dr Murray told the BBC.\n\nHe said while he had worked for the NHS for 30 years, he still had to pay for private support.\n\n\"I felt embarrassed in a way, that as a doctor and working in the system that the help is not available, and if I cannot get it then there is no hope for anyone else,\" Dr Murray added.\n\nThe report said that while there were some offers of mental health support, there was also a lack of co-ordination between the different agencies involved, and also a lack of continuity.\n\nAbi Quinn was 12 at the time of the bomb - she is still living with the mental health impact\n\nAbi Quinn, then 12, was bought tickets to go to Ariana Grande's concert as a Christmas present.\n\nWhile she was not physically hurt in the attack, she is still living with the impact it has had on her mental health.\n\nShe is now undergoing therapy for PTSD and anxiety after her mum wrote to their MP, who helped fast-track her case.\n\n\"There is still such a backlog on mental health services for children anyway, without events like this happening,\" Abi said.\n\n\"For it not to be available when it is really needed it is just not OK really.\"\n\nAbi said more support must be put in place.\n\n\"You cannot just keep giving 12-month waiting lists, and just hoping that in that 12 months it self heals.\n\n\"It just doesn't. It just keeps getting worse and worse.\"\n\nTwenty-two people were killed and hundreds were injured in the attack on 22 May 2017\n\nThe government said it was committed to providing \"comprehensive and swift support\" to victims, including a 24/7 helpline.\n\nA Home Office spokeswoman said the government would continue to listen to victims and survivors and \"would ensure their views inform the support available\".\n\nThe Home Office added that it had launched a call for evidence to inform a 10-year mental health plan.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nPlayers will not receive ranking points at Wimbledon following the decision to ban Russian and Belarusian competitors from the tournament.\n\nPlayers from the countries have been banned by the All England Lawn Tennis Club from all UK grass-court events after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.\n\nHowever, events outside Wimbledon, such as Queen's and Eastbourne, will retain their ranking points.\n\n\"It is with great regret and reluctance that we see no option,\" said the ATP.\n\nThe WTA said it was a \"difficult decision\".\n\nThe International Tennis Federation (ITF) will not grant ranking points in the junior and wheelchair events at Wimbledon, which starts on 27 June.\n\n\"The stance we are taking is about protecting the equal opportunities that WTA players should have to compete as individuals,\" added the WTA, the women's governing body.\n\n\"If we do not take this stance, then we abandon our fundamental principle and allow the WTA to become an example to support discrimination based on nationality at other events and in other regions around the world.\"\n\nIn a statement, the All England Lawn Tennis Club expressed its \"deep disappointment\" and said it was considering its options.\n\nIt added: \"We believe these decisions to be disproportionate in the context of the exceptional and extreme circumstances of this situation and the position we found ourselves in.\n\n\"We remain unwilling to accept success or participation at Wimbledon being used to benefit the propaganda machine of the Russian regime, which, through its closely controlled state media, has an acknowledged history of using sporting success to support a triumphant narrative to the Russian people.\"\n\nThe ATP decision means Serbia's Novak Djokovic - the defending men's champion - is set to lose his status as the world number one.\n\nDjokovic, a six-time champion at the All England Club, will be unable to retain the 2,000 ranking points he earned by winning the title last year and is only 680 ahead of nearest rival Daniil Medvedev.\n\nSpeaking before the announcement, Djokovic said he had \"nothing more to add\" on the matter until it had been confirmed.\n\nAnnouncing the move, the ATP said: \"Unilateral decisions of this nature [by Wimbledon], if unaddressed, set a damaging precedent for the rest of the tour.\n\n\"Discrimination by individual tournaments is simply not viable on a tour that operates in more than 30 countries.\"\n\nIt added: \"We remain hopeful of further discussions with Wimbledon leading to an acceptable outcome for all concerned.\"\n\nUK Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries wrote to ATP and WTA bosses earlier this week urging them not to \"penalise the AELTC\" and said it would send a \"completely wrong message to both Putin and the people of Ukraine\".\n\nShortly before the decision was announced on Friday, British men's number two Dan Evans told the BBC he did not agree with ranking points being stripped.\n\n\"If we're sticking it solely on tennis and not politics there should be points for Wimbledon,\" he said in a pre-tournament interview at the French Open.\n\nThe men's ATP events include Queen's and Eastbourne in the build-up to Wimbledon, and there are three WTA tournaments in Nottingham, Birmingham and Eastbourne.\n\nRanking points are used to decide where a player is seeded and whether or not they can gain direct entry into a tournament.\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n\nWimbledon bosses consulted with the UK government before announcing the decision to ban players.\n\nThe Lawn Tennis Association then joined Wimbledon in barring players from domestic tournaments - but the stance has been criticised by a number of players.\n\nRussian world number two Medvedev, also speaking at Roland Garros, said there were \"a lot of mistakes\" behind the decision.\n\nThe US Open champion added he would accept the decision and had not considered taking legal action to reverse it.\n\nPlayers from both countries have been allowed to compete on the tennis tour, including at the upcoming French Open, but not under their national flags.\n\n\"We should be playing for ranking points at Wimbledon and it will be disappointing for me as a Brit if we're not,\" said Evans.\n\n\"I think the majority of the players think it is not ideal the other players can't play but there should still be points at Wimbledon. In my opinion they are only trying to protect the Russian players by letting them play.\n\n\"There are a lot of other people losing out because of a very small minority of players who are missing the tournament.\"\n\nRussia was previously banned from defending its Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup team titles after the country's invasion of Ukraine - a war supported by Belarus.\n\nThe ATP and the WTA have suspended their combined event scheduled to take place in Moscow in October.\n\nThe ITF has also cancelled its events in the country.", "The world's richest man, Elon Musk, has denied claims that he groped and exposed himself to an employee at his SpaceX rocket company six years ago.\n\nA report in the Business Insider news outlet on Thursday alleged SpaceX paid the ex-flight attendant $250,000 (£200,000) to settle the claim.\n\n\"Those wild accusations are utterly untrue,\" he wrote on Twitter.\n\nThe SpaceX founder suggested the piece was intended to interfere with his stalled $44bn (£35bn) acquisition of Twitter and malign the recent shift in his politics.\n\nHe had used the social media site to announce he \"can no longer support\" the Democratic Party on Wednesday, saying he plans to vote for Republicans in future elections.\n\nShares in his electric car company, Tesla, dropped on Friday.\n\nAccording to Business Insider, SpaceX paid the unnamed woman a severance agreement that was settled out of court and, as part of the deal, she was not allowed to sue the company or talk about the alleged incident.\n\nThe magazine quotes an anonymous friend of the flight attendant, who it claimed had provided a signed declaration as part of the settlement process.\n\nThe friend said Mr Musk had exposed himself to the former employee - a cabin crew member on contract for SpaceX's corporate jet fleet - in 2016 while receiving a massage from her aboard his private jet.\n\nHe is said to have exposed his genitals to her, touched her leg without consent, and offered to buy her a gift if she would \"do more\" - referring to the performance of sex acts.\n\nThe BBC has not been able to confirm these reports independently.\n\nIn a series of tweets late on Thursday night, he alleged the friend quoted in the report was \"a far left activist/actress in [Los Angeles] with a major political axe to grind\" - and challenged her to verify the claims by describing his intimate body parts.\n\nNicholas Carlson, the magazine's editor-in-chief, defended his outlet's work, writing on Twitter: \"We stand by our story, which is based on documents and interviews and speaks for itself.\"", "Raheem's mother said he is struggling to come to terms with what happened\n\nA boy had a finger amputated after he injured himself fleeing bullies at school, his mother said.\n\nRaheem Bailey, 11, caught his finger while climbing a fence to escape and after six hours of surgery, doctors could not save it.\n\nHis mother, Shantal, said the pupil at Abertillery Learning Community was subjected to racist abuse, and bullying because he is small for his age.\n\nGwent Police and Blaenau Gwent council are investigating what happened.\n\nMs Bailey said her son was attacked on Tuesday by a group of children who kicked him when he was on the floor.\n\nShe explained how he caught his finger in the fence trying to escape and after surgery it was decided to amputate.\n\nRaheem underwent six hours of surgery to try and save his finger\n\nRaheem is now home with his family but is struggling to understand what has happened.\n\n\"He is amazing but he is in a lot of pain,\" said his mum.\n\n\"Sometimes he will start saying 'mummy I didn't lose my finger, I was just having a really bad dream, I am having a dream right?' and I have to bring him back because I don't want to lie to him and I don't want to pretend.\n\n\"I have to have a gentle, straightforward conversation with him, just letting him know this did happen and we have to look forward.\n\n\"I am grateful and happy he's alive. He actually said he was worried and thought that he could have died, he just couldn't get away no matter what he did. \"\n\nRaheem is recovering at home following treatment\n\nShe said she was \"appalled\" at the school, adding: \"Until now, the school has not contacted me one time, has not tried to reach out to see how Raheem is getting on.\"\n\nAt the start of the school year, Ms Bailey said a pupil told Raheem he came from a \"poor country\" and she reported it to the school.\n\nShe said since then, her son had mentioned incidents \"here and there\" but she felt her son had been \"holding on to the amount of pain he'd been feeling\".\n\nGwent Police said: \"We received a report of an incident at a school in Abertillery around 13:00 BST on Wednesday, 18 May, where an 11-year-old boy was injured.\n\n\"A multi-agency meeting has taken place and we're working with the school as part of our ongoing inquiries.\"\n\nA spokesman for his school, Abertillery Learning Community said: \"We are currently working closely with Gwent Police and the local authority to establish the full details of the incident.\n\n\"The well-being and safety of our pupils and staff remains of paramount importance. We will not be commenting further at this time.\"\n\nFollowing the incident, Ms Bailey also set up a fundraising page to try and raise money for a prosthetic finger for her son, which has already far exceeded its £10,000 target.", "Spanish minister Reyes Maroto said lifting the ban was \"excellent news\" for tourism\n\nUK citizens who have not had a coronavirus jab can now travel to Spain by showing a negative PCR or antigen test on arrival.\n\nThe Spanish government confirmed that non-vaccinated travellers from outside the EU can enter the country from Saturday.\n\nFully vaccinated passengers will still need to show proof of vaccination.\n\nThe UK removed all its remaining international Covid travel restrictions for entry on 18 March.\n\nThis included passenger locator forms and tests for passengers who do not qualify as vaccinated.\n\nOther European countries followed suit, with Austria, Greece, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Croatia, Lithuania, Sweden, Serbia, Slovenia and Slovakia no longer having any Covid travel restrictions for visitors.\n\nPreviously, heightened restrictions meant UK travellers were only allowed to enter Spain with vaccine certification or proof of recovery from the virus.\n\nAs the latest wave of that strain dissipated, countries across the world loosened their Covid travel restrictions to welcome visitors again.\n\nAnd on Saturday, Spanish tourism minister Reyes Maroto said the \"new phase of the pandemic\" meant the country was able to relax the rules by equating non-EU travellers with those of the EU and Schengen-associated countries.\n\n\"This is excellent news, much awaited by the tourism sector,\" said Ms Maroto, adding: \"Spain is becoming one of the most desired destinations in the world.\"\n\nMallorca, Marbella and Madrid are some of our holiday favourites.\n\nIn 2019, 18 million visitors from the UK arrived at Spanish airports - and the Spanish want to see the same numbers hitting their beaches again this year.\n\nDemand is high for holiday destinations across Europe, with airlines and tour operators reporting surges for summer sun bookings almost everywhere.\n\nBut Spain wants to retain its crown as Britain's favourite, and to do that it has to be open to everyone. That's why they've followed European holiday rivals and started allowing unvaccinated travellers - with a negative test - from today.\n\nMore holidaymakers means more euros arriving and that's good for the Spanish economy, where tourism is crucial.\n\nFrom 21 May, all visitors entering Spain at air or sea borders, wherever they are travelling from, must provide one of the following three certificates:\n\nSpain accepts the UK's proof of Covid-19 vaccination record, either digitally, or as a printed download.\n\nPCR tests must be carried out in the 72 hours prior to departure to Spain or an antigen test in the 24 hours prior to departure.\n\nProof of recovery certificates will be valid for 180 days from the date of the positive test.\n\nChildren under the age of 12 are exempt from submitting any type of certificate.\n\nAbta says this summer is expected to be the busiest holiday season since the Covid pandemic began\n\nJulia Lo Bue-Said from the Advantage Travel Partnership, an independent travel agent group, said: \"This is very good news just ahead of the May half-term and peak season.\"\n\nDescribing it as \"extremely positive\" for holidaymakers and the travel industry, she added: \"However, it is disappointing that Spain has not gone further and removed the need for pre-arrival tests for unvaccinated travellers given the minimal benefit these tests have for public health.\n\n\"Consumers want to travel with ease and if destinations prohibit this, then they will go elsewhere.\"\n\nThe Association of British Travel Agents (Abta) said the relaxation of the rules was great news as Spain is the most popular summer holiday destination for Britons.\n\nThe travel industry trade body said: \"This summer is expected to be the busiest holiday season since the start of the pandemic, with 70% of families saying they have a holiday abroad booked this year.\"\n\nAbta said that France, Italy, Greece and Portugal were also proving popular. While Greece has scrapped all Covid travel restrictions, the other three countries still require visitors to meet certain entry rules.\n\nTravellers either need proof of vaccination or to have taken a negative test before leaving the UK, while Italy and Portugal will also accept a Covid recovery certificate.", "Moldova should be \"equipped to Nato standard\" to help it guard against the threat of a Russian invasion, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has said.\n\nMs Truss told the Telegraph that talks were under way with allies about how to help smaller nations defend themselves.\n\nShe said it was clear that, despite limited success in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin retained \"ambitions to create a greater Russia\".\n\nIt does not share a border with Russia, but is close to some of the regions currently occupied by Russian forces in Ukraine's south.\n\nMoldova is not a member of Nato, although it did apply to join the European Union less than two weeks after the invasion of Ukraine.\n\nMs Truss said that discussions about upgrading Ukrainian defences to deter future aggression would also cover \"other vulnerable states such as Moldova\".\n\n\"I would want to see Moldova equipped to Nato standard,\" she said. \"This is a discussion we're having with our allies.\"\n\nAsked whether that was because Russia was thought to pose a security threat to Moldova, she said: \"Absolutely. I mean, Putin has been clear about his ambitions to create a greater Russia.\n\n\"And just because his attempts to take Kyiv weren't successful, doesn't mean he's abandoned those ambitions.\"\n\nMoldova, one of Europe's poorest countries, is home to many ethnic Ukrainians and has taken in more than 437,000 refugees from the war.\n\nIn a country of 2.6 million people that is higher than any other for the size of its population.\n\nMoldova's President Maia Sandu is strongly pro-EU, but her predecessor Igor Dodon - who still has many supporters - was pro-Russian.\n\nRussia supports separatists who control a breakaway region called Transnistria and has around 1,500 troops there.\n\nIn late April, the Transnistrian authorities said that explosions had targeted their state security HQ in the main city of Tiraspol, Soviet-era radio masts used to broadcast Russian news, and a military unit in a village outsider Tiraspol.\n\nSeparatist authorities blamed Ukrainian \"infiltrators\" but Kyiv said Russian special services were responsible.\n\nDr Jack Watling, senior research fellow at defence and security think tank the Royal United Services Institute, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"There isn't an immediate threat against Moldova from the Russian military but there is definitely a significant threat from Russian subversive activity and destabilisation actions.\"\n\nHe said it was \"sensible\" to build up \"appropriate capabilities\" so Moldova \"can stand on its own two feet\" given that Russia has publicly indicated that it has designs on that country.\n\n\"It is worth doing that while you have the time to do it properly rather than coming to the problem when the threat is very acute\", he added.\n\nMs Truss' comments come just weeks after she said the West \"must be prepared for the long haul and double down on our support\" for Ukraine.\n\nSpeaking in London, she said: \"If Putin succeeds there will be untold further misery across Europe and terrible consequences across the globe. We would never feel safe again.\"\n\nShe also called for an increase in the UK's defence spending and said that the Nato target of 2% of GDP should be a \"floor, not a ceiling\".\n\nIn April, Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised that the UK would provide Ukraine with more military equipment.\n\nIn a phone conversation with President Volodymyr Zelensky, he pledged that more armoured vehicles, drones and anti-tank weapons would be sent.\n\nOn Friday, the PM also held a call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in which they discussed recent applications for Nato membership by Sweden and Finland.\n\nTurkey has signalled an intention to veto the applications, accusing the countries of not taking a \"clear stance\" against Kurdish groups it considers to be terrorists.\n\nA Downing Street spokesperson said Mr Johnson had told Mr Erdoğan that Finland and Sweden would be valuable additions to the Nato alliance, and had encouraged him to work with counterparts in both countries to address any concerns ahead of a summit of the military alliance in Madrid in June.", "Natasha Abrahart was a second-year student at the University of Bristol when she died\n\nThe parents of a physics student who killed herself are asking her university to acknowledge its problems after winning a civil claim.\n\nNatasha Abrahart, from Nottinghamshire, was studying at the University of Bristol when she died in April 2018.\n\nThe university was found to have discriminated against her over her social anxiety disability. She had been asked to give a group presentation.\n\nIt maintains that its staff worked hard to support 20-year-old Miss Abrahart.\n\nOn Friday, the university was told to pay more than £50,000 in damages. It said it might appeal.\n\nMiss Abrahart, from West Bridgford, was in her second year when she was told she was expected to take part in a group presentation in a 329-seat lecture theatre.\n\nMargaret and Robert Abrahart believe the university needs to recognise there are problems\n\nHe father Robert said: \"Natasha was wonderful. She was kind, helpful, extremely bright, diligent, hard-working, she always gave everything her best.\n\n\"You could not have wanted a better daughter.\n\n\"She only had one Achilles' heel, this was her social anxiety.\n\n\"She just found it so difficult when she was put in situations where she had to give some sort of oral presentation,\" Mr Abrahart said.\n\nMiss Abrahart had made a previous suicide attempt in the winter term before her death in April 2018\n\nBefore her death he had thought she was getting better.\n\n\"It turned out, when we went through the evidence that all her friends had provided, she wasn't really improving - she was just getting better at not showing it.\n\n\"She had coping strategies and when she finally got to her second year in Bristol, the coping strategies didn't work.\n\n\"She couldn't escape from the oral assessments in any way,\" said Mr Abrahart.\n\nAn inquest into Miss Abrahart's death in May 2019 found she had been neglected by mental health services but the coroner ruled the adequacy of support provided by the university was outside of the inquest's scope.\n\nIn a statement released on Friday, the University of Bristol said: \"We believe staff in the School of Physics worked incredibly hard and diligently to support Natasha during her time with us, and it was due to their efforts that she was receiving specialist mental health support from the NHS.\n\n\"Our staff's efforts also included offering alternative options for Natasha's assessments to alleviate the anxiety she faced about presenting her laboratory findings to her peers.\"\n\nMiss Abrahart's mother Margaret said the university needed to recognise there were issues.\n\n\"I think it's really difficult to think that there's any chance of fixing a problem if people aren't acknowledging the problem is there.\n\n\"If you continually deny or protect yourself and don't look at the problem, you don't stand a chance of fixing it.\"\n\nMr Abrahart added: \"It's quite obvious this is only the end of the beginning - we have a long way to go still.\n\n\"What we've done, it identified problems; the next step is to make sure someone fixes them.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, on Twitter, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Footage from eyewitnesses shows a tornado ripping through a city in western Germany.\n\nSevere weather battered the streets in Paderborn destroying trees and damaging houses.", "For weeks the bombed out Azovstal steel mill was the last remaining site in Mariupol not under Russian control\n\nRussia has declared victory in its months-long battle to conquer the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol.\n\nThe last fighters defending the city's Azovstal steel plant have now surrendered, Moscow officials said.\n\nFor months the troops had been holed up in the huge complex, preventing Russia from establishing complete control over the city.\n\nFriday's evacuation marks the end of the most destructive siege of the war, with Mariupol now in complete ruins.\n\nThe city and its steel plant are now \"completely liberated\" after 531 Ukrainian troops left the site, the Russian defence ministry said.\n\n\"The underground facilities of the enterprise, where the militants were hiding, came under the full control of the Russian armed forces,\" it added in a statement.\n\nUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the site's last remaining defenders had been given permission to leave.\n\n\"Today the boys received a clear signal from the military command that they can get out and save their lives,\" he told a Ukrainian television channel earlier on Friday.\n\nA bus carries surrendered Ukrainian troops out of Azovstal under military escort on 20 May\n\nFor weeks the Azovstal site had been completely encircled.\n\nRussian forces blocked all humanitarian aid from entering, bombarded the site from the air and demanded its remaining defenders put down their weapons.\n\nMany of those trapped inside were civilians, including women, children and elderly people. Earlier this month they were completely evacuated following painstaking negotiations coordinated by the UN and Red Cross that lasted for weeks.\n\nBut the continued refusal of the site's Ukrainian defenders to surrender meant Russia was unable to command complete control over the strategic port city.\n\nFor many Ukrainians, it also turned the Azovstal defenders into national heroes who symbolised the country's stubborn resistance.\n\nThe hundreds of soldiers holed up inside included marines, the National Guard (including the Azov regiment), border guards, police and territorial defence units.\n\nCamped out with diminishing food supplies and no water, they lived for weeks in underground bunkers and tunnels without seeing daylight.\n\nThe sprawling four-square-mile complex is a maze of tunnels designed to survive a nuclear war.\n\nTheir commander said all wounded troops had now been taken away by Russian buses and ambulances.\n\nRussia says the steel plant's remaining 531 Ukrainian defenders surrendered on Friday\n\nAccording to Moscow officials, Friday's evacuation means a total of 2,439 Ukrainian fighters have now surrendered from the steel works in recent days.\n\nMoscow has released no information about where the soldiers who left on Friday are being evacuated to, but previous buses have been sent to Russian-controlled territories.\n\nA video released by the Russian defence ministry, which the BBC has been unable to verify, appears to show a line of unarmed men approaching Russian soldiers outside the plant and giving their names. The Russians then carefully search each man and their possessions.\n\nUkrainian officials hope they can be released as part of a prisoner exchange but that has not been confirmed by Moscow.\n\nRussian President Vladimir Putin said the soldiers would be treated \"in line with the relevant international laws\", but there is concern over what will happen to them if they remain in Russian custody.\n\nHowever, on Tuesday Russian lawmakers put forward plans to declare Azov regiment fighters \"Nazi criminals\" who must not be part of any prisoner swap with Ukraine.\n\nThe Azov regiment, set up as a volunteer militia in 2014 but now a National Guard unit, once had links to the far right.\n\nMeanwhile, the office of Russia's prosecutor general has asked the country's Supreme Court to declare the unit a \"terrorist organisation\" in an apparent attempt to prevent its fighters being treated as conventional prisoners of war.", "Mississippi has called on the Supreme Court to overturn legalised abortion in a case that directly challenges the historic 1973 Roe v Wade ruling.\n\nIf successful, America’s abortion policies could be transformed. The decision may not come until next spring.\n\nThe BBC spoke to protesters and abortion supporters outside the last abortion clinic in Mississippi.", "Jonathan Goodwin was left paralysed after a stunt went wrong his fiancee said\n\nEscapologist Jonathan Goodwin, 42, has been left paralysed after an accident, his fiancée Amanda Abbington has said.\n\nThe Sherlock actress said he nearly died twice after last year's accident during rehearsals for America's Got Talent: Extreme.\n\nShe said the stunt ace, who appeared in the 2019 season of Britain's Got Talent, now uses a wheelchair.\n\nHe was supposed to escape a strait jacket while upside down 30ft in the air in between two suspended cars.\n\nInstead, Mr Goodwin became crushed between them as they caught on fire.\n\nMs Abbington, 48, told Jay Rayner's Out To Lunch podcast: \"He fell 30ft and lost a kidney, broke both shoulder blades, shattered both legs.\n\n\"Third-degree burns, broke his spine and severed his spinal cord and nearly died. And then on the operating table, he nearly died again.\"\n\n\"Unless there's a kind of stem cell surgery, or that thing that Elon Musk is designing with the little chip, he'll be like that forever,\" she said.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by jonathangoodwinofficial This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Goodwin, originally from Pembrokeshire, has remained \"positive and upbeat, and so strong,\" she added.\n\n\"His courage and his strength is something that I just aspire to be like.\n\n\"He's just incredible, honestly, like so happy, just like a very happy, positive human being, just liquid sunshine. He's amazing.\"\n\nAmanda Abbington met her fiancée, Jonathan Goodwin, during rehearsals for America's Got Talent: Extreme.\n\nThe actress said the stuntman sent a voice note before his surgery to say there was a 50% chance he would not make it.\n\nHe told her he loved her and thanked her for the past few months of his life with her.\n\nThe couple were initially friends on social media for about 10 years. Abbington followed him as her son Joe thought his act was \"amazing\".\n\nMr Goodwin has performed in London's West End as one of The Illusionists\n\nShe said they connected after she split from fellow Sherlock actor Martin Freeman and he had divorced his wife.\n\nAt first, Ms Abbington said, they spent hours chatting on the phone each day before he flew to Vienna to meet her for the first time.\n\nWithin 30 minutes, Mr Goodwin proposed. The couple plan to marry this summer.", "This family arrived from Mariupol at the evacuation point on Tuesday\n\nA group of civilians who have been evacuated from the besieged city of Mariupol have made their way to the relative safety of the town of Zaporizhzhia after a 200-km journey.\n\nAmong them were 69 people who had sheltered in bunkers beneath the massive Azovstal steelworks for months.\n\nIt's the first time a humanitarian corridor has been successfully agreed to get them out of the steel plant.\n\n\"We were losing hope that we would ever get out,\" one woman told the BBC.\n\nBefore this evacuation, repeated attempts to negotiate their safe release had ended in failure.\n\nHundreds of civilians still remain trapped inside the plant, according to Ukrainian fighters there. It's not clear whether more attempts will be made to rescue them.\n\nAfter the group of evacuees left on Sunday, fighters at the plant said Russian forces immediately resumed shelling.\n\nThere were hugs and tears of exhaustion and relief as the group of women and children arrived in Zaporizhzhia.\n\nKatarina stepped off the bus into the sun with everything she now owns stuffed in a small backpack. Her two children, aged six and 11, rubbed their eyes, exhausted.\n\nKatarina said she tried to reassure her two children, aged six and 11, that everything would be OK\n\nFor two months, they had lived in the hidden depths of the steel plant in Mariupol as Russian bombs pounded the site. The only supplies were rations handed down by Ukrainian solders.\n\n\"From the morning and during the night, we were bombarded. Artillery, rockets, air strikes,\" Katarina said.\n\n\"Our children couldn't sleep. They were crying. They were scared. And us as well.\n\n\"There were several times when we were losing hope that we would ever get out. We are extremely glad to be in Ukraine.\"\n\nBut the war had taken its toll on their home city, which they saw the wreckage of as they left: \"What we saw were just boxes with massive black holes in them. The apartment blocks are gone. Just their remains are there.\"\n\nAnother evacuee, Irene, had her 17-year-old daughter by her side - and found that, at least, was some comfort.\n\nIrene had an anxious time sheltering with her daughter\n\n\"We lived in hope that every day would be the last day in this hell. That we would go home to a peaceful Mariupol, but now it is non-existent,\" she said.\n\nThe operation carried out by the United Nations and the Red Cross has been complex - and at times dangerous.\n\nUN staff on the ground found the area littered with landmines. At one point, they had to pull back after an artillery strike.\n\n\"When the team went forward to literally wave a flag and try and bring these people out, there were a number of mines that had to be cleared both from the Ukrainian side - the steel plant - and the Russian side,\" said Sebastian Rhodes Stampa, the UN team's operational lead.\n\n\"There was then some mortar fire, I don't know where it came from. I don't know who fired it. It stopped fairly quickly.\"\n\nHe said he had found the experience \"deeply humbling\".\n\n\"They came out and they saw the city they presumably grew up in destroyed. There are graves on the pavement and in every plot of grass you can find,\" he said.\n\n\"They were horrified. You've got to understand, they've been underground for two months and they haven't seen news.\n\n\"There was a six-month-old baby there who had never seen grass, he'd been born during the winter and he was astonished how green the grass was. He wanted to play with and fiddle about with it.\"\n\nMr Rhodes Stampa told the BBC that women, children and the elderly \"hadn't seen daylight in two months\".\n\nRefugees had barely been outside the plant in two months, the UN said\n\nIn the end, they rescued more than 100 people from Mariupol this time - a rare moment of progress for humanitarian efforts in this war.\n\nUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the successful evacuation had been the result of long negotiations and mediations.\n\n\"We will continue to do everything to get all our people out of Mariupol and Azovstal,\" he said. It's difficult, but we need everyone who stays there - civilians and soldiers.\"\n\nThousands are still in the city, with hundreds still stuck in the maze-like tunnels under the steelworks.\n\nThe Red Cross said it was pleased the evacuation was a success, but was frustrated many more people were left in \"hell\".", "Reid Steele died at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff in August\n\nA mother drowned her two-year-old son in the bath because she believed her family were possessed by demons.\n\nReid Steele died at University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, on 12 August last year, a day after he was found injured in his bathroom.\n\nSteele was detained under the Mental Health Act at Cardiff Crown Court and given an indefinite hospital order.\n\nThe court heard the \"devoted\" mother drowned Reid while suffering paranoid delusions about her family.\n\nSteele told police she needed to protect him by sending him to heaven.\n\nSentencing, Judge Michael Fitton QC said: \"It is a profound human tragedy that it was you, who loved him so dearly, that caused that loss of life.\n\n\"I accept that you did so when you were suffering from a severe and serious mental illness.\"\n\nHe told her the evidence heard showed she was suffering from a \"period of depression so severe and so intense that it led you to a delusional and psychotic state\".\n\n\"You were suffering from visual and auditory hallucinations and you were operating on the terrible mistake that your own family, who loved him as much as you, were out to harm him.\"\n\nNatalie Steele was described as a \"devoted\" mother in court\n\nThe judge thanked her family who were in court and told them nothing he had heard suggested anyone was at fault or could have foreseen what would happen.\n\n\"Not one of you present in the house could have carried any blame,\" he said.\n\n\"And if, in the small hours, you wake thinking about that, please remember you are in no way to blame.\"\n\nProsecutor Michael Jones QC previously said Steele's family described her as a \"devoted mother\" who was inseparable from her son \"from day one\" but they had been concerned when she reported hearing and seeing things.\n\nShe had told her mother, Amanda Prescott, she had been \"seeing lights\" and told her \"demons are dark and real\".\n\nThe night before Reid's death, the defendant had been on a camping trip with her church in New Quay, Ceredigion, but friends became concerned when she demanded to be immediately baptised.\n\nHer friend, Heidi Acland, who was not on the trip, drove to New Quay early on the morning of 11 August to speak to Steele and persuade her to come home with her.\n\nMs Acland described Steele as \"speaking gibberish\" and telling her that she had to be a sacrifice.\n\nOn the journey home, Ms Acland noticed that Steele was compulsively checking on her son in his car seat in the back, saying \"I love you Reid\" and also kept taking her own seatbelt off.\n\nReid was found unresponsive on the bathroom floor of his home\n\nLater that evening, after dropping Steele at the home she shared with her mother, step-father and brother, she received a text from her saying: \"I've done something terrible, I had to protect Reid from my family.\"\n\nWhen she arrived at the property, she found the emergency services were already there.\n\nMs Prescott told police her daughter had taken her grandson for his bath but had come downstairs at about 19:30 saying: \"I think I done.\"\n\nHer mother said Steele was not speaking in full sentences, just words like: \"I done it.\"\n\nShe rushed upstairs to find Reid unconscious and wrapped in a towel on the bathroom floor.\n\nAn inquest into Reid's death was told he died from cardiac arrest.\n\nEmergency services took him to hospital, where a CT scan was carried out, but he died the next day.\n\nHis cause of death was described at the inquest hearing in Pontypridd as \"1a hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy 1b cardiac arrest\".\n\nFlowers were left near Reid's Bridgend home after his death in August\n\nSteele later told police officers she had been playing \"cups of tea\" with Reid in the bath and had breast fed him before holding him under water.\n\nThe defendant said she was \"really worried\" about her family, saying they had \"creepy eyes\" and adding that she had \"problems with spirits\" and \"spirits had been touching her\".\n\nA forensic psychiatrist's report later found Steele had been suffering from \"an unrecognised, undiagnosed and untreated mental illness\".\n\nIt continued: \"[Steele] was so deluded that she drowned her son to protect him from demons and send him to heaven.\"\n\nThe report said that her culpability for the killing was low.\n\nThe prosecution accepted Steele's plea following reports from two psychiatrists into her mental health.\n\nFollowing the sentencing, Reid's family said in a statement: \"The pain we feel at Reid's loss can never be properly expressed with words.\n\n\"As a family, we unanimously agree that the judge's decision today was the right one. Natalie will continue to receive the treatment she needs, to hopefully, in time, get better.\n\n\"Mental health conditions can sometimes be frightening, complicated and most importantly, not always visible until it is too late.\n\n\"But there is help out there. Please don't be afraid to reach out.\"", "Cinderella cast members have expressed their frustration after finding out the musical's West End run was cancelled on social media.\n\nAndrew Lloyd Webber's show will end on 12 June, it was announced on Sunday.\n\nBut some cast members said they read the news on social media or news outlets before being told themselves.\n\nLord Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group said efforts were made to \"ensure that the message was distributed as widely as possible as quickly as possible\".\n\nThe theatre impresario said he was \"incredibly proud\" of the show but has not yet personally commented on the complaints about how the announcement was handled.\n\nNo official reason was given for the show's early closure, but the Cinderella website says anyone with tickets for performances after 12 June would not lose their money.\n\nThe cast of Cinderella were told about the show's early closure on Sunday afternoon, following a matinee performance.\n\nA message was then sent out to the show's actors and crew with producers thanking them for their \"immeasurable contribution to the show\" and confirming a statement was was being made to the press shortly.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Cinderella opens in the West End, but it's not what you're expecting\n\nHowever, some cast members, including the show's star Carrie Hope Fletcher, were absent from Sunday's matinee performance, which meant the story began to appear in the press before all performers had heard the news.\n\n\"I wasn't in the show today and I was only informed via other cast members and a member of the music team,\" Fletcher wrote on Instagram. \"I had no official call from the company to let me know before it was posted online.\"\n\nFurthermore, Cinderella - written by The Crown star Emerald Fennell - was due to welcome a new cast in the coming weeks.\n\nWhile many members of the current company were told in person, actors from the incoming cast complained that they were not informed at all.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn a 164-minute video on Instagram, actress Summer Strallen discussed the situation in detail, saying that, while her agent received an email, she \"basically got fired by social media, which is just not OK\".\n\nShe said she recently had a wig fitting ahead of her taking over the role of The Queen from Rebecca Trehearn, and claimed she only found out the show was cancelled when a friend sent her an article on Sunday.\n\nSpeaking later to BBC Radio 4's PM programme, she added people working in theatre \"feel so disposable\" and she feared being \"blacklisted\" for her Instagram video.\n\n\"I just feel so strongly that it's so unfair, not just to the cast but also the front-of-house staff, the backstage crew and the musicians. There has been no regard for that at all,\" she said.\n\nThe Really Useful Group, which is owned by Andrew Lloyd Webber and produces, licenses and promotes his shows, said it had made efforts to inform actors prior to the announcement, some via their agents.\n\nHowever, on the Sunday of a bank holiday weekend, many agents would not have been checking their work emails, several actors pointed out on Twitter.\n\nIn a statement to BBC News, a spokesperson for the Really Useful Group said: \"The entire company working yesterday were told in person after the matinee performance. There was no evening performance so this was not before a show last night.\n\n\"At the same time as the company were told, everyone not present was called or emailed by the wider RUG team. Every effort was made to ensure that the message was distributed as widely as possible as quickly as possible but clearly we had to move quickly as news was getting out on social media.\"\n\nAndrew Lloyd Webber said he would risk arrest to put on Cinderella amid a row over lockdown rules in England last year\n\nLord Lloyd Webber has not personally commented on the way the announcement was handled, but in his initial statement he said he was \"incredibly proud of Cinderella\".\n\n\"Not only did it get some of the best reviews of my career, but we led the charge to reopen the West End, ensuring that theatre and live entertainment remained relevant and in the news,\" he said.\n\nThe composer thanked \"everyone involved\" in the show, adding that it would now be revamped ahead of a Broadway transfer in March 2023.\n\nBut the disappointment and outrage from stars continued on social media over the following hours.\n\nCarrie Hope Fletcher plays the title role in Cinderella - described by critics as having a \"snappy contemporary edge\"\n\nStrictly Come Dancing finalist and TV chef John Whaite said he was due to join the cast in July and take over the role of Prince Charming and that the cancellation was \"heartbreaking\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAlice Fearn, who is currently starring in another West End show, Come From Away, said: \"No one, NO ONE should find out a job is no longer going ahead on social media.\"\n\nAn actor in the current cast, Tobias Charles, confirmed they were told on Sunday, adding: \"Our support should go to the team replacing us, and those who were extending [their contracts]\".\n\nActress Micha Richardson said: \"I can't believe we live in a day and age that we find out that our jobs are no longer happening through social media on a Sunday.\"\n\nCinderella opened at the Gillian Lynne Theatre in August 2021 - with its launch impacted by Covid-19 lockdown rules\n\nOutside of the cast and crew, other high-profile figures in the theatre community also expressed their support.\n\nPlaywright James Graham said producers should \"definitely make sure the people employed hear first\" ahead of any closure announcement.\n\nActor Robert Lindsay said the apparent lack of communication was \"shocking and unforgiveable\".\n\nPaul W Fleming, the general secretary of actors' union Equity, said in a statement to BBC News: \"Equity members made this show. They poured their hearts and skills into it through the worst two years in living memory. Now they're jobless, effectively sacked by press release.\n\n\"All unions are fighting forms of this practice right now - and Equity will get compensation for our members after the pain and distress this has caused them.\"", "BP's profits for the first three months of this year have more than doubled after oil and gas prices soared.\n\nThe energy giant reported an underlying profit of $6.2bn (£4.9bn) compared to $2.6bn in the same period last year - ahead of expectations.\n\nBP said the increase was due in part to \"exceptional oil and gas trading\".\n\nRising profits have prompted calls for a one-off windfall tax on energy companies to help UK households grappling with rising bills.\n\nThis type of charge targets firms that are lucky enough to benefit from something they were not responsible for - in other words, a windfall.\n\nBP's profits have been driven by a sharp rise in oil prices, initially led by increased demand as economies reopened following Covid lockdowns. Last November, BP chief Bernard Looney described the energy market as \"a cash machine\".\n\nOil prices rose further after war broke out in Ukraine and western countries imposed sanctions on Russia following its invasion. Russia is the second biggest exporter of crude oil, and is also the world's largest natural gas exporter.\n\nUK inflation is currently at its highest rate for 30 years, lifted by the rising cost of oil and gas which has inflated fuel prices as well as the cost of household energy.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer told the BBC that BP's profits - which beat analysts' expectations of $4.5bn - \"reinforce the case that we've been making which is that, with so many people struggling to pay their energy bills, we should have a windfall tax on oil and gas companies in the North Sea who have made more profit than they were expecting\".\n\nItaly has said it will increase its tax on energy companies' windfall profits from 10% to 25%, but the UK government is not in favour of such a charge.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said a windfall tax would hamper investment and keep oil prices higher over the long term.\n\nHe told ITV: \"If you put a windfall tax on the energy companies, what that means is that you discourage them from making the investments that we want to see that will, in the end, keep energy prices lower for everybody.\"\n\nLiberal Democrat leader Ed Davey said energy companies should \"pay a little more to help the most vulnerable\".\n\n\"The Conservative government's refusal to introduce a windfall tax on the super profits of oil companies is becoming impossible to justify,\" he said. \"BP is raking in eye-watering profits while millions of people struggle to pay the bills.\"\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak has previously said he would explore a windfall tax policy if companies did not invest enough in the UK's energy supply.\n\nOn Tuesday, BP announced plans to invest £18bn in green and fossil fuel operations in the UK by the end of the decade.\n\nBut it also said it would buy back another $2.5bn of its shares and keep dividends - payments to shareholders - at 5.46 cents a share.\n\nBP says it expects to pay £1bn in taxes for its 2022 North Sea profits, on top of around £250m that it has paid annually in other taxes in the UK in recent years.\n\nMr Looney said: \"We're backing Britain. It's been our home for over 110 years, and we've been investing in North Sea oil and gas for more than 50 years.\n\n\"We're fully committed to the UK's energy transition - providing reliable home-grown energy and, at the same time, focusing on the drive to net zero.\"\n\nBP's promise to invest £18bn in UK over the remainder of this decade and its estimate it will pay about a billion pounds in UK tax this year seems to have headed off the threat of being hit by a windfall tax.\n\nWhile the £18bn figure is just totting up investments already planned, it is a larger proportion of their global investment than in previous years. While the final decision on tax is the chancellor's, the investment was welcomed by the business secretary and the prime minister again played down talk of a swoop on oil and gas profits.\n\nOpposition parties are not convinced and pointed to BP's target of using 60% of excess profits to buy back shares and the rest to pay down debt. With Shell expected to post even higher profit numbers later this week, the debate is sure to continue.\n\nRuss Mould from investment platform AJ Bell said it was \"no surprise\" to hear BP pledging billions of pounds worth of investment in projects to boost domestic energy security.\n\n\"Whether this will be enough to stave off a new levy remains to be seen. The political pressure to do so is only likely to escalate as the cost of living continues to surge in the UK,\" he said.\n\nNick Butler, a former vice president at BP, told the BBC's Today programme it was possible the government would impose a greater tax burden on the energy giant.\n\nThe visiting professor at Kings College London said: \"I think the company can answer that by showing that they are actually contributing to energy security.\"\n\nBP said it had taken a $24.4bn hit on its decision to exit its shareholding in Russian energy giant Rosneft following the Kremlin's assault on Ukraine.\n\nIncluding the cost of exiting its 19.75% shareholding in Rosneft, BP reported a loss of $20.3bn for the first quarter.\n\n\"In a quarter dominated by the tragic events in Ukraine and volatility in energy markets, BP's focus has been on supplying the reliable energy our customers need,\" said Mr Looney.\n\nHe added that the oil market would continue to be volatile and he did not expect \"any let off on prices any time soon\".\n\nRival energy giant Shell is scheduled to report its results for the first quarter of the year on Thursday.", "Last updated on .From the section European Football\n\nLiverpool survived a scare against Villarreal to move into the Champions League final - and keep their hopes of winning an unprecedented quadruple alive.\n\nThe Reds had comfortably won 2-0 in the first leg but that advantage was wiped out after only 41 minutes at a noisy and passionate El Madrigal as the Spanish side pushed for a huge upset.\n\nBoulaye Dia scored Villarreal's first after only three minutes, converting Etienne Capoue's pass, before ex-Arsenal midfielder Francis Coquelin headed in a second from another Capoue cross as the Reds looked rattled.\n\nLiverpool had to improve in the second half and Fabinho put them back in front on aggregate with a shot that went through the legs of Villarreal goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli in the 62nd minute.\n\nLuis Diaz, whose introduction at half time changed the game after he replaced Diogo Jota, restored Liverpool's two-goal aggregate advantage with a header at the back post.\n\nSadio Mane secured Liverpool's place in their third Champions League final in five seasons with a third goal after taking the ball around Rulli. Villarreal ended the game with 10 men with Capoue sent off late on for two bookable offences.\n\nThe Reds will play either Manchester City or Real Madrid at the Stade de France in Paris on Saturday, 28 May.\n\nNo English side has ever won the Champions League, Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup all in the same season, with Liverpool aiming to create history.\n• None Villarreal v Liverpool as it happened, plus reaction and analysis\n• None Go straight to all the best Liverpool content\n\nLiverpool suffer, but get the job done\n\nVillarreal's performance in their 2-0 loss at Anfield led one English radio pundit to call the Spanish side a \"disgrace\" and \"pathetic\", despite an incredible run that had seen them eliminate former winners Juventus and Bayern Munich in the previous two rounds.\n\nHowever, Reds boss Jurgen Klopp knew the tie was not over and warned his side they \"would have to be prepared to suffer\" in the second leg.\n\nAnd suffer they did in arguably Liverpool's worst half of football this season, with passes misplaced, errors made and the side looking uncharacteristically vulnerable.\n\nThey made the worst possible start, conceding after only three minutes.\n\nPervis Estupinan, who scored an own goal at Anfield, provided a cross which was pulled back by Capoue and Dia, inside the six-yard box, reacted quickest to convert from close range.\n\nDani Parejo shot just wide and Gerard Moreno had an effort blocked before Villarreal, seventh in La Liga and managed by ex-Arsenal boss Unai Emery, made it 2-2 on aggregate thanks to Coquelin's fine header.\n\nLiverpool had to improve in the second half, and Trent Alexander-Arnold's shot hit the crossbar after taking a huge deflection off Coquelin.\n\nBut the breakthrough came with Fabinho's strike and that led to a capitulation from Villarreal, who conceded three times in a 12-minute spell. Diaz headed in Alexander-Arnold's cross to give the visitors some breathing space before a rash decision from Rulli saw him sprint off the line with Mane getting there first and finishing into an unguarded goal.\n\nThis is the 10th time Liverpool have reached the final of the European Cup or Champions League as they aim to become European champions for a seventh time after successes in 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005 and 2019.\n\nLiverpool's progress keeps them on course to become the first English side to complete the quadruple.\n\nThey already have the Carabao Cup in the trophy cabinet after beating Chelsea on penalties in February and Thomas Tuchel's side are again the opposition at Wembley for the FA Cup final on 14 May.\n\nThis victory means Liverpool have become the first English club to reach the final of the European Cup/Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup in the same season.\n\nLiverpool are also only one point behind Manchester City in the Premier League title race and could meet in the Champions League final later this month.\n\nPep Guardiola's side hold the advantage in the second semi-final after an incredible first leg at Etihad Stadium saw them beat Real 4-3 in one of the best games in the tournament's history.\n\nThe second leg takes place at Real's Santiago Bernabeu stadium on Wednesday and if the Spanish champions, managed by ex-Everton boss Carlo Ancelotti, can turn the one-goal deficit around it would set up a repeat of the 2018 final.\n\nReal won 3-1 on that occasion as Gareth Bale scored twice, including an incredible overhead kick, but the game will largely be remembered for two goalkeeping errors from Liverpool's Loris Karius.\n• None Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a fast break.\n• None Attempt missed. Jordan Henderson (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.\n• None Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Curtis Jones.\n• None Second yellow card to Etienne Capoue (Villarreal) for a bad foul.\n• None Pau Torres (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Offside, Liverpool. Alisson tries a through ball, but Mohamed Salah is caught offside.\n• None Giovani Lo Celso (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Our coverage of Liverpool is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment\n• None Everything Liverpool - go straight to all the best content", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. PM: The government does not have “an unlimited number of shots to play” when dealing with the cost of living.\n\nBoris Johnson has warned he does not have an \"unlimited number of shots to play\" when it comes to tackling record rises in the cost of living.\n\nAnd he said there would not be \"a magic solution\" for every family overnight.\n\nIn an interview with the BBC, the prime minister promised the government would \"use all the ingenuity and the compassion\" to support people with price hikes \"in the short-term\".\n\nLabour has accused him of offering \"no answers\" to a \"cost of living crisis\".\n\nPolitical parties are arguing over living costs ahead of local elections in England, Wales and Scotland, and for Northern Ireland's government.\n\nInflation is at a 30-year high of 7%, driven upwards by surging food and energy prices, and is expected to rise further later this year.\n\nThe government has announced a council tax rebate and repayable discount on energy bills, but is facing calls to go further now to help with costs.\n\nIt has also come under criticism over the 3.1% rise in the state pension and other benefits that are not keeping pace with inflation.\n\nMinisters are looking at other measures to lower living expenses, including less frequent MOT tests and relaxing nursery staffing rules in a bid to reduce the cost of childcare.\n\nMr Johnson said he accepted the country was \"going to have a tough period for a while\".\n\nBut while he promised the government would \"continue to look at all the options\" to support households, he said there were limits.\n\nTalking to the BBC's regional news programmes, the PM said: \"We will use all the ingenuity and the compassion that we had during Covid to try to help people in the short-term.\n\n\"That doesn't mean we have an unlimited number of shots to play.\n\n\"We've got to be clear - this is taxpayers' money, you're taking it to cut prices, there are limits to what you can do.\"\n\nHe added: \"I am not going to pretend that every family is going to have a magic solution from the government overnight… but we can be as ingenious and compassionate as possible.\"\n\nMr Johnson's comments came after he faced criticism from an interview with ITV's Good Morning Britain on Tuesday.\n\nAsked about rising prices, the PM initially said the government was \"doing everything we can\" to help households.\n\nBut pressed on whether the response went far enough, he later said the taxpayer-funded response \"isn't going to be enough immediately to help cover everybody's costs\".\n\n\"Of course that isn't going to work enough in the short-term,\" he added.\n\nAsked whether there should be a more generous uplift to benefits, he warned this brought the risk of triggering an \"inflationary spiral\".\n\nOpposition parties have suggested hiking taxes on oil and gas companies to pay for bigger support payments to help households with energy bills.\n\nThey have renewed their calls on Tuesday, after BP announced its profits for the first three months of this year have more than doubled.\n\nLiberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said the news made the government's unwillingness to impose a windfall tax on energy firms \"impossible to justify\".\n\nAnd the SNP's Westminster leader, Ian Blackford, said the government should tax firms making \"excessive profits\", adding: \"Those proceeds should be invested back into making sure those who are suffering from the cost-of-living crisis get some help.\"\n\nBut Mr Johnson rejected a windfall tax on energy firms, saying the likes of BP \"already pay shedloads of tax as businesses\".\n\nHe told the BBC the question for government was \"if you whack a biz with a tax how does it respond?\", claiming it would \"deter them\" from investing in the UK.\n\nSpeaking to BBC local radio, Adrian Ramsay, co-leader of the Greens in England and Wales, said his party's plan for an \"ongoing carbon tax\", as well as on oil and gas windfall tax, would help fund better home insulation to cut bills.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said BP's profits announcement \"reinforces the case\" for a windfall tax.\n\nAsked whether it might deter investment, Sir Keir said his party's proposal was for a year-long tax increase on \"profit they didn't expect to make\".\n\nHe criticised the government's response, saying: \"Overall, the cost of this government is that families will be £2,000 worse off and the government's got no answer to that for so many families.\n\n\"The National Insurance rise is going to hit working people in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis.\"\n\nMr Johnson also faced criticism from Labour for his response to a question from GMB about the situation of a 77-year-old widow.\n\nPresenter Susanna Reid said Elsie, a GMB viewer, had resorted to using her London Freedom Pass to ride on buses \"all day to avoid using energy at home\".\n\nIn his reply, the PM claimed credit for introducing the pass - which gives pensioners and others discounted travel - when he was mayor of the capital.\n\nShadow work and pensions secretary Jonathan Ashworth said his reply showed \"just how out of touch this narcissistic prime minister is\".\n\nBoris Johnson was asked on ITV about an elderly woman who uses her London Freedom bus pass to stay on buses all day and avoid using energy that she can't afford at home.\n\nThe prime minister said \"the 24 hour Freedom bus pass was something that I actually introduced\".\n\nSeveral people pointed out on social media that the passes for older people had existed for many years before he became Mayor of London.\n\nThat's right but the Freedom Pass in London could not be used before 9:30am until Mr Johnson extended it to 24 hours a day, from January 2009.\n\nHowever in June 2020, as part of a funding agreement between TfL and the government, Older Person's Freedom Passes and 60+ cards were no longer valid between 4:30am and 9am on weekdays.", "The benefits apply to some elective treatments further than 100 miles from an employee's home\n\nAmazon will reimburse staff in the US who travel for a wide range of non-life threatening medical treatments including elective abortions.\n\nA message to Amazon staff said that the firm will pay up to $4,000 (£3,201) in travel expenses each year for treatments not available nearby.\n\nSeveral other companies have announced plans that ensure staff have access to abortions.\n\nIt comes amid rising restrictions for the procedure nationwide.\n\nAmazon's new benefits are effective retroactively from 1 January.\n\nAccording to the announcement, first reported by Reuters, the new benefits will apply to treatments that are not available inside a 100-mile (161km) radius of an employee's home and for which virtual options are not available.\n\nAn Amazon spokesperson confirmed the benefit expansion to the BBC and said it also includes bariatric care, oncology, congenital anomalies from within 24 months of birth, mental health treatments and in-patient substance abuse disorder services.\n\nAmazon is one of the biggest private sector employers in the US, with 1.1m full and part-time workers in the country. It employs people nation-wide, with most workers in California, Texas, and Washington state - home to its global headquarters.\n\nThe benefits will be available to all employees enrolled in two different health plans offered by the company, including those working in offices or in warehouses.\n\nThe company also offers up to $10,000 (£8,002) for urgent, life-threatening medical issues.\n\nWhile the expansion of benefits by Amazon is not aimed specifically at allowing access to abortions, it comes at a time when several Republican state governments have passed laws restricting abortion access in their jurisdictions.\n\nNext month, the conservative-leaning Supreme Court will also rule on a case that could overturn Roe v Wade, a 1973 court ruling that legalised abortion in the US.\n\nIf the law is overturned, each US state could be permitted to determine its own abortion rules, with more than 20 states expected to limit abortion care or even ban abortions in most cases all together.\n\nIn Texas - which has one of the strictest abortion laws in the country and bans the procedure after six weeks of a pregnancy - a recent study found that some 1,400 Texans were traveling out of state for abortions monthly.\n\nCompanies including Yelp and Citigroup have recently said they will reimburse employees who travel to circumvent local abortion restrictions.\n\nCitigroup said the policy was \"in response to changes in reproductive healthcare laws in certain states\".", "Members of Antytila, one of the biggest acts in Ukraine, have been fighting on the front line\n\nUkrainian group Antytila have teamed up with Ed Sheeran, releasing a new song partly filmed and recorded while serving in the war against Russia.\n\nAntytila are one of the biggest musical acts in Ukraine but stopped working to join the military.\n\nProceeds from the song, released on Monday, will go to help the people of Ukraine.\n\n\"Ed feels that pain, compassion and sympathy for Ukrainian people,\" lead singer Taras Topolya told the BBC.\n\nHe said the lyrics were created while he was serving as a medic on the front line in Borodyanka.\n\nBorodyanka, just west of the capital, Kyiv, was occupied by the Russians, who left the town badly damaged. Ukrainian troops have since regained the area.\n\nAfter writing the lyrics, members of the group were also able to film while on the frontline in Kharkiv.\n\n\"We just stopped in the middle of the road and were singing there in the middle of nowhere,\" he said.\n\nTaras Topolya has been serving in the military as a medic\n\nAntytila went viral earlier this year after they posted a video offering to perform via live link at a concert for Ukraine in Birmingham.\n\nOrganisers of the concert, which featured Ed Sheeran, turned down the offer because of the group's association with the military.\n\nTopolya said that because of this, Sheeran's team then proposed a collaboration with the band. The video has since had over one million views on Youtube.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by АНТИТІЛА This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\n\"It has already raised awareness about the situation in Ukraine and this process is continuing,\" Topolya said. \"I am very glad a famous singer supports Ukrainians.\"\n\nHe added: \"Ed Sheeran, his team and others understand that we need help and support to survive and win. And I am very grateful for this.\"\n\nThe group say they have given up music for the time being in order to work on the front line.\n\n\"When your home is in danger, you have to defend it. You must do something,\" he said.\n\n\"Many people are volunteering or do something else to defend our country. We decided to do this.\"\n\nTopolya also thanked people in the UK for their support and called on them to start having discussions about how the war was allowed to happen.\n\n\"I want people in the UK to hear my words. We have to talk about the reasons for the war, and not just the consequences,\" he said.", "The Coldstream Guards, who wear red jackets and bearskin hats, have a ceremonial role as the protectors of Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace\n\nThe Army has launched an investigation after an intruder reportedly spent the night at a barracks close to Windsor Castle, alongside Royal guardsmen.\n\nThe Sun newspaper reported that police were alerted to reports of the intruder at Victoria Barracks, home to the Coldstream Guards, in Windsor at 09:20 BST last Wednesday.\n\nThe man approached soldiers pretending to be a priest, Talk TV reported.\n\nThe Army said the matter would be thoroughly investigated.\n\nThe barracks is close to Windsor Castle, where the Queen has been living, but at the time of the incident the monarch was in Sandringham, in Norfolk, for Easter.\n\nThe man is reported to have spent the night eating and drinking with senior officers, having claimed to have been a friend of the battalion's padre, according to Talk TV.\n\nThe Army spokesman said: \"The Army takes this breach of security extremely seriously and it will be thoroughly investigated as a matter of priority.\n\n\"This incident is now part of an ongoing investigation and it would therefore be inappropriate to comment further at this time.\"\n\nA Thames Valley Police spokesman said: \"We received a report of an intruder at Victoria Barracks in Sheet Street, Windsor, at 9.20am on Wednesday.\n\n\"Officers attended and removed the intruder from the barracks. No further action was required.\"\n\nThe Coldstream Guards, who wear red jackets and bearskin hats, have a ceremonial role as the protectors of Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nataliia Roberts is trying to help a childhood friend\n\nHearing how her best friend's children were drinking rainwater from puddles to survive the war in Ukraine is why Nataliia Roberts wants her in the UK.\n\nYuliia and her three daughters used to run out of their basement shelter in the besieged city of Mariupol after it'd rained as they were so thirsty.\n\nIt wasn't just the basics of water and food, there was no toilet, shower or electricity in their refuge from bombs.\n\nNataliia now wants her childhood friend with her in the sanctuary of Wales.\n\n\"We had a small bowl [of soup] for three kids once per day,\" explained Yuliia. \"And one glass of water for three kids to clean themselves.\"\n\nAfter her home was destroyed by Russian bombs, Yuliia and her daughters - aged 11, six and three - had to find sanctuary in a communal basement which offered some shelter but she barely had any food to feed the children.\n\n\"The kids were asking for food so much, that's why she tried to feed them at bed time, so they felt full before bed,\" said worried friend Nataliia, watching on from her home in north Wales.\n\nTwo of Yuliia's children get some escapism as they watch a video on their mum's phone in their underground bunker\n\n\"When it started to rain first of all they were able to drink from the puddle and that water was so, so, tasty. Then they found some pans to fill with water.\"\n\nYuliia eventually had to leave her children hiding as she went to look for fresh water.\n\nYuliia and her family were happily enjoying life just months ago\n\n\"There was a well three kilometres [two miles] away. I had to run there under gunfire, under bombs,\" Yuliia recalls in a video diary for the BBC Wales Investigates programme.\n\nAnd when her middle daughter became unwell, there were no medicines.\n\nThe port city of Mariupol has been encircled by Russian troops since the start of March\n\nYuliia had to take refuge in an underground bunker after their apartment in Mariupol was destroyed by Russian bombs\n\n\"I had money but I couldn't buy anything because there was nothing anywhere, everything was broken, everything was looted and destroyed,\" she said.\n\nYuliia and Nataliia, who moved from Ukraine to Wales to be with her husband Dewi five years ago, have been close friends since school and had always kept in touch - until war broke out in Ukraine in February.\n\nNataliia speaks to Yuliia as often as she can to support her friend 2,000 miles away\n\nFor days, sometimes weeks, it wasn't safe for Yuliia to text or call her friend 2,000 miles away.\n\nNataliia had to make do with Yuliia's intermittent video diary updates from her underground bunker with her girls while her husband fought the Russians on the front line.\n\nYuliia and her three daughters hid out in their underground refuge for several weeks\n\nThe 32-year-old accountant has managed to get her mum and stepdad out of eastern Ukraine when the situation began to escalate and Liudmyla and Sasha now live with Nataliia, husband Dewi, four-year-old Julia and Jacob, one, in the safety of Caernarfon.\n\nNow Nataliia can't just look on as her friend struggles and is doing everything she can to help Yuliia and her young family become Ukrainian refugees in Wales.\n\nYuliia and her daughters are desperate to join their family friend Nataliia in north Wales\n\nYuliia and her girls are among 11 million Ukrainians forced to flee their homes before they eventually escaped Mariupol, under fire - weeks before the start of the United Nations-led evacuation from the strategically significant city.\n\nThe port city of Mariupol, which has been encircled since the start of March, is now mostly under the control of Russian forces - although several hundred Ukrainian troops remain in the Azovstal metal works factory in the south of the city.\n\nRussian forces have blockaded the sprawling industrial complex and are continuing their aerial bombardment of it, but no attempt has been made yet to clear Ukrainian troops from a network of tunnels beneath the factory.\n\nRussia has been accused of war crimes for its intense shelling of the city, with the local mayor saying at least 20,000 civilians have been killed. More than 100,000 people remain trapped in the city.\n\nBy train and then minibus, they headed for Poland, not knowing when they'd see her husband again, or whether they'd be able to join Nataliia and her family in Wales.\n\nBut it is the sights of war that are leaving their mark on Yulia.\n\nNataliia Roberts and her mum Liudmyla share a cup of tea in Nataliia's home in Caernarfon\n\n\"She did see dead people in Mariupol, the ones who were killed by rockets who had no hands, no legs, whose bodies were destroyed,\" said Nataliia.\n\n\"I would love to have Yuliia here in Wales. I was dreaming that one day we will have a cup of tea in our dining room altogether and they can see our life here and have a more happy life. I just would love it.\"\n\nAbout 27,000 Ukrainian refugees - out of the 86,000 approved visas - are in the UK and Wales has said it wants to be a \"nation of sanctuary\" for those fleeing the horrors of war in their home-land.\n\nAbout 10,000 Welsh households had offered homes to Ukrainian refugees but by the end of last month, the Home Office had issued 2,300 visas for those wanting to come to Wales.\n\nThe Welsh government has sponsored nearly 700 visa applications so far, but couldn't tell BBC Wales Investigates how many refugees had arrived in Wales, insisting it has asked the UK government for the data but been told it's unavailable.\n\nThe Home Office said it is working \"as fast as it can\" to provide the information for the devolved governments, adding more than 86,000 visas have been granted under various schemes and is simplifying forms and boosting staff numbers to speed up applications.", "Civilians arrive in Zaporizhzhia on Monday after travelling in a private vehicle from Mariupol\n\nAttacks have resumed on Mariupol's steel works, despite hundreds of civilians remaining trapped inside, a Ukrainian officer has said.\n\nThe Azovstal plant was being shelled by \"all kinds of weapons\", National Guard commander Denys Shlega said on Monday.\n\nOn Sunday a number of civilians who had sheltered inside the last resistance stronghold managed to escape.\n\nBut \"several dozen small children are still in the bunkers underneath the plant\", the commander said.\n\nThe shelling on the plant in the southern port city, which has been under intense Russian bombardment for weeks, began as soon as the civilians who had been evacuated left, he told Ukrainian television.\n\nOn Monday evening, footage emerged apparently showing a massive fire at the Azovstal, in what social media users said was a result of Russian bombardment.\n\nA first group of evacuees from the steelworks were expected to arrive in the Ukrainian-controlled city of Zaporizhzhia on Monday - but the rescue efforts have run into delays, the BBC's Laura Bicker, who is in the city, reports.\n\nIt is not clear what is causing the hold-up, she says. The convoy is on its way, but the buses have hundreds of miles to travel along a road which is - in part - rubble. They also have to go through a number of Russian checkpoints.\n\nThose who left Mariupol on Monday were evacuated with the support of the United Nations (UN) and the International Committee of the Red Cross, which organised an official convoy.\n\nRussia said some evacuees had been taken to a village controlled by Moscow-backed separatists. But state media later reported that they would be free to travel onwards to Ukrainian-held territory if they wanted to.\n\nUkraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed the news that around 100 people were heading for Zaporizhzhia, which is about 140 miles (230km) north-west of Mariupol.\n\n\"Grateful to our team! Now they, together with UN, are working on the evacuation of other civilians from the plant,\" he wrote on Twitter.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: One woman who left the Azovstal steel works said she did not see any sunlight for two months\n\nSome people have spent many weeks sheltering in the Azovstal steelworks, with reports suggesting food, water and medicine supplies are all running low.\n\n\"The situation has become a sign of a real humanitarian catastrophe,\" Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said.\n\nOne Russian news report estimated the number of civilians still in the plant was more than 500.\n\nA few evacuees from Mariupol who had not been sheltering in the steelworks arrived in Zaporizhzhia earlier on Monday after travelling independently.\n\n\"We lived in [our] basement starting from 27 February,\" Natalya Tsyntomirska told Reuters news agency. \"The whole time, we were shelled with mines, and then air strikes started. Our house is completely destroyed.\"\n\nAnother evacuee, who did not give a name, said she had been unable to reach the evacuation buses because of a blockade.\n\n\"Our city is divided between the left bank and right bank. The left bank was under a total blockade. We couldn't reach these buses,\" she said.\n\nLate on Monday, the Mariupol city council said an evacuation of civilians with the support of the UN and Red Cross had been agreed for Tuesday at 07:00 local time (04:00 GMT).\n\nRussia has so far made no public comments on the issue. A number of similar evacuation attempts have failed in recent days - with both Ukraine and Russia blaming each other for reneging on the agreed terms.\n\nA few civilians with their own cars are making use of the humanitarian corridor brokered by the United Nations and the Red Cross to get to the refugee centre.\n\nMost of the vehicles are battered, one even had its windscreen smashed. Others are using plastic film and sticky tape to hold parts of the car together.\n\nDaniil had to scramble through the city looking for spare parts for his car after it was hit by shrapnel from a shell which landed just five metres away. Peeking out the plastic film window from the passenger seat was his husky dog, Sly.\n\nAfter handing over his papers to officials, Daniil jumped out the car and threw his hands in the air. His fingers made the V for victory sign.\n\n\"It's been difficult, tough, frightening. I lived on a tugboat in the port in Mariupol. We couldn't even raise our heads. It was so scary to be there,\" he said.\n\n\"Mariupol used to have a wonderful park. It was a prospering city. Now it's all gone.\"\n\nI asked him what he will do now.\n\n\"I am going to leave. I am going to get as far from everything as possible.\"\n\nMariupol is almost fully under Russian control, with much of the city destroyed in weeks of heavy Russian bombardment and intense street fighting. Taking the port city is a key Russian war aim, and some of Russian troops there have already been released to join Moscow's wider offensive in the eastern Donbas region.\n\nHowever, Ukrainian soldiers have continued to defend the steelworks.\n\nAzovstal and its maze of of underground tunnels - surrounded by water on three sides - has become their fortress, plant director general Enver Tskitishvili told the BBC on Monday. It has 36 bunkers, some of them able to withstand a direct nuclear strike.\n\nThe Ukrainian government had updated Azovstal's bunker system in the wake of Russia's annexation of the southern Crimea peninsula and Moscow's backing of rebels in Donbas in 2014.\n\nEarlier this year, it even gave Ukrainian fighters details and maps of the underground network, and supplied the plant with 40,000 packages of food - each one enough for one person for one day.\n\n\"But we didn't expect such a genocide and inhumane war,\" Mr Tskitishvili said.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Melinda Simmons, the UK's ambassador to Ukraine reacts to returning to the war-torn country\n\nIt is hard to be critical of Britons who have travelled to fight in Ukraine, the UK's ambassador has said.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC after returning to Kyiv, Melinda Simmons said she understood that Ukraine's defence is based on values that many Brits share.\n\nThe Foreign Office advises against all travel to Ukraine because of the lethal danger posed by the Russian invasion.\n\nSince it began, one British national has been killed and four captured while fighting or providing aid there.\n\n\"Our travel advice is very clear,\" the British ambassador said to BBC Radio 4's World at One programme. \"Ukraine is not a safe place to be. It advises against all travel.\"\n\nAsked why she is not more critical of people who make the choice to fight in Ukraine, Ms Simmons said: \"I think it quite hard to be critical of people who make choices to do this.\"\n\nShe described Ukraine's defence against Russia as an \"existential fight\" based upon shared principles that many in the UK hold dear.\n\n\"Some people interpret that as wanting to come and fight or come to a dangerous area to help deliver humanitarian aid,\" she said, \"I'd rather they didn't because it is not a safe country\".\n\nThe British nationals captured by Russian forces include two aid workers who were detained at gun point in southern Ukraine last week.\n\nOne of those workers, Paul Urey, has since appeared on Russian television to explain his decision to come to Ukraine while wearing handcuffs. It is not clear whether he was speaking under duress.\n\nAfter watching the video his mother Linda Urey said she didn't believe what he was saying: \"I know my son like every mother, and this is not him being natural.\"\n\nA further two British men, Aiden Aslin, 28, and Shaun Pinner, 48, are being held by Russian forces after being captured while defending Mariupol.\n\nAnd last week the Foreign Office announced that a UK national had been killed in the conflict.\n\nIt says the Russian invasion of Ukraine poses a \"real risk to life\" and advises against all travel there for any reason.\n\nThose wanting to help should instead consider donating or taking in a Ukrainian refugee, the Foreign Office guidance suggests.\n\nAfter leaving the Ukrainian capital in late February, the British ambassador Melinda Simmons said her return to her home on Friday was \"incredibly emotional.\"\n\nDriving back into the capital Ms Simmons passed by \"bombed out playgrounds, bombed out schools, hospitals, burned out trees, twisted metal in farmland,\" she told broadcasters.\n\nIt showed that the Russian military was deliberately targeting civilian sites, she said.\n\n\"Right from the beginning this was about hitting the Ukrainian nation. It wasn't just about taking out the military capability.\"\n\nThe British ambassador to Ukraine, speaking to the BBC's Ben Brown after her return to Kyiv on Friday\n\nMs Simmons has urged other foreign ambassadors to also come back to the capital. \"It's massively important for the work,\" she says, as well as being a psychological boost for the Ukrainians she works with.\n\nThe French, Italian, and Spanish ambassadors are among those also to have already returned to the capital, and yesterday the United States said it hoped its embassy in Kyiv would resume operations by the end of May.\n\nThe Ukrainian capital is still vulnerable to Russian air strikes, and last week Moscow made threats against Western diplomats returning to the city.\n\nRussian forces were primed to carry out strikes against \"decision-making centres in Kyiv,\" Moscow officials said, adding that the presence of foreign advisers in those sites \"will not necessarily be a problem to Russia deciding to take retaliatory action\".\n\nWhen asked by if Ukraine can ultimately win this war, Ms Simmons said the country had been underestimated.\n\n\"They have all the determination that is needed and all the focus that is needed to do this,\" she said. \"The challenge for them is to see this through.\"", "Russian energy giant Gazprom says it has halted gas exports to Poland and Bulgaria over the countries' refusal to pay for supplies in roubles - but how worried should we be?\n\nBoth Poland and Bulgaria were already planning not to renew their contracts with Gazprom, which expire at the end of the year. In Poland's case, it had been filling its stores of gas ahead of time, which provides some cushion, especially as we approach the summer lull in use of gas.\n\nThis escalation is real, and justified by the Kremlin on the basis of a refusal to pay for gas by changing money into roubles in Russian bank accounts.\n\nBut the additional impact of today's news should be containable.\n\nGas prices in the UK are well down on their record peaks of £5 per therm last month, at about £1.70. UK terminals have been flooded with liquefied natural gas (LNG) - over 100 tanker-loads so far this year - with the largest amount coming from the US.\n\nBut it can't be stored here, and much is being re-exported to the European Union (EU). Indeed, market contacts suggest that the export pipeline of gas from the UK to continental Europe is currently at the limits of its capacity.\n\nThese UK prices are still consistent with further rises in gas bills in October - perhaps of a few hundred pounds a year.\n\nAll that would change, of course, if these moves today are the first skirmishes in an escalating European energy crisis that could see Germany cut off from Russian gas in the next few months. That would send prices spiralling across Europe and lead to a crisis of supply.\n\nThere is some helpful ambiguity in what is termed \"forcing buyers to pay for Russian gas in roubles\".\n\n\"Various governments and companies stating 'we will not pay in roubles' therefore are not providing any clarity as to whether they will use the new payment process or not, which in turn means there is ambiguity over upcoming supply to other, larger, markets,\" says Tom Marzec-Manser, head of gas analytics at market information provider ICIS.\n\nGerman firms are paying in euros that are then exchanged into roubles at a specific Russian bank. This arrangement allows all to continue the mutual gas trade dependence, but it is a precarious balance.\n\nGerman ministers say that they are not afraid of paying the economic price to eliminate the \"strategic mistake\" of energy dependence on the Kremlin, but that they just cannot do it any time soon.\n\nSo the actions of the Kremlin through Gazprom need to be put in perspective.\n\nIt has cut off some supplies as a result of refusal to change the terms of payment, but notably this was to two countries which had already said their contracts with Gazprom would be allowed to expire this year.\n\nAs the conflict continues, and Germany ups the ante in terms of supplies of weapons to Ukraine, the real question is about the flow of gas from Russia to Germany, which continued uninterrupted even during the height of the Cold War.\n\nThis move is designed as a Kremlin shot across the bows of Europe's biggest economies.\n\nWhile Germany, for example, has said it is willing to phase out Russian coal in the summer, and hinted Russian oil could follow over the next year, gas is another matter. Last week, Germany's finance minister told me it would be physically impossible to immediately phase out the 45% dependence of Germany on Russia for its gas.", "Meal delivery apps are changing the way we buy and eat food, the report says\n\nHow children use meal-delivery apps and the rising popularity of online gaming could be driving obesity across Europe, the World Health Organization has said.\n\nNo European country is on track to stop obesity rising by 2025, the WHO says.\n\nNearly 60% of adults and a third of children are overweight or obese - and the Covid pandemic has made that worse.\n\nIt suggests restricting the marketing of unhealthy foods to children, cutting the cost of healthy food and encouraging all ages to exercise more.\n\nThe WHO European Regional Obesity Report 2022 says rates of overweight and obesity have reached \"epidemic proportions\", with only the Americas having a higher level of obese adults than Europe.\n\nIt estimates the problem is causing 1.2 million deaths every year in Europe - 13% of all deaths - and at least 200,000 new cases of cancer annually.\n\nCarrying too much body fat increases the risk of many diseases, including 13 types of cancer, type-2 diabetes, heart problems and lung conditions. It is also the main cause of disability, the report says.\n\nObesity is \"a complex disease\" and much more than the combination of an unhealthy diet and a lack of physical activity, it points out.\n\n\"Obesity knows no borders,\" said Dr Hans Kluge, WHO regional director for Europe.\n\n\"The countries in our region are incredibly diverse but every one is challenged to some degree.\"\n\nBut \"we can change the trajectory of obesity in the region\" by developing strong health systems, he said.\n\nEurope's highly digitalised food environments affect what, when and how people eat and should be monitored more closely, the report says.\n\nMeal-delivery apps, for example, play a significant role in increasing consumption of high-fat and high-sugar food and drinks.\n\nUK research suggests eating a takeaway meal means consuming 200 more calories per day, on average, than food prepared at home. Over the course of a week, this could mean a child eating the equivalent of an extra day's worth of calories.\n\nBut the report, presented at the European Congress on Obesity, also suggests online food and meal delivery systems can be used in a positive way to improve diets, access to healthy food and wellbeing.\n\nOnline gaming, which is hugely popular among children, has also been linked to poorer diet, unhealthy behaviour and more time sitting rather than being active.\n\nBut again, the WHO says this technology could be harnessed to improve the physical and mental health of young people.\n\nIn the European region, the UK:\n\nAcross Europe, being overweight or obese affects:\n\nIn the UK, some policies have been introduced to tackle obesity. They include large restaurants and cafes being required by law to show calorie information, with a similar system being considered for Scotland.\n\nIn the autumn in England, 'buy one, get one free' (BOGOF) promotions will start to be phased out after research showed they encouraged people to buy 20% more food than they needed.\n\nThere is also a plan to ban TV adverts for food high in sugar, salt and fat before 9pm across the UK.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Kylie Jenner, Kris Jenner, Khloé Kardashian and Kim Kardashian celebrated their win at the Met Gala\n\nThe Kardashian-Jenners have won a defamation case brought against them by Blac Chyna - the influencer, model and former fiancée of Rob Kardashian.\n\nChyna had claimed the TV reality stars had ruined her career by convincing TV bosses to cancel her show Rob & Chyna.\n\nBut the famous family came out of the case, worth a reported $100m (£79.9m), victorious and with no damages awarded.\n\nA jury found on Monday that none of them had defamed Chyna, but that they had acted in \"bad faith\".\n\nThe four defendants, Kim Kardashian, Kris Jenner, Khloé Kardashian and Kylie Jenner, all took to the stand at various points during the nine-day trial at the Los Angeles Superior Courthouse.\n\nRob & Chyna aired on the E! network for one series in 2016, chronicling the life of the former couple as they prepared for the birth of their daughter.\n\nBlac Chyna and Rob Kardashian pictured together in Las Vegas in 2016\n\nChyna alleged that the show had subsequently been cancelled after Rob Kardashian's family falsely told TV bosses she had violently attacked him.\n\nJurors found that the Kardashian-Jenners were not justified in telling the makers of Rob & Chyna that Chyna abused their son and her partner Rob.\n\nBut they found that it had no substantial effect on Chyna's contract or the show not being renewed, so no damages were awarded.\n\nExecutives from the E! network testified that Rob & Chyna ended because the relationship ended, not because of any action taken by the Kardashian-Jenners.\n\nWhen the verdict of the trial was read out, the celebrity family were in New York for the 2022 Met Gala.", "Never in US history has a draft Supreme Court opinion been leaked to the public.\n\nThe court traditionally operates like Mt Olympus, with opinions handed down from high and the inner workings – the judicial horse-trading, debating and cajoling necessary to reach a majority – all taking place in cloistered chambers.\n\nIt is a practice that speaks to the court’s unrivaled power to interpret, uphold or strike down any law Congress passes and establish or dismantle individual rights at the stroke of a pen.\n\nIt is a power that was assumed by the court itself in the early 1800s – and one that is inherently undemocratic.\n\nThe power has survived, and been respected, for as long as it has in part because protections and procedures that court’s champions have meticulously crafted over the centuries .\n\nOnly the nine judges and their handful of clerks – law school graduates selected for their achievements and intellect – are privy to the machinations of the Supreme Court’s judicial process.\n\nInitial views are expressed in a non-binding vote shortly after a case is presented to the court, draft majority and dissenting opinions are circulated and changes are made.\n\nThere are reports and accounts – from former justices and those familiar with the process – of how draft opinions can sometimes bear little resemblance to the final ruling of the court.\n\nThe leak of Mr Alito’s draft majority opinion - tearing up Roe v Wade - short-circuits that process and could gravely wound the Supreme Court as an institution, sowing distrust among the justices and their clerks and fully exposing the judiciary to the sometimes harsh influence of American politics.\n\nAccusations and conspiracy theories are already flying – that the leaker was a liberal making a last-ditch effort to prevent Roe’s repeal, a conservative concerned that the sweeping Alito opinion was in danger of being discarded, or a moderate who wants to make a final opinion paring back abortion protections seem less extreme.\n\nChief Justice John Roberts called the leak a “betrayal of the confidence of the court” and a “singular and egregious breach” of trust.\n\nHe ordered an investigation into the origins of the leak – but the damage has been done.", "A former Wales footballer died of dementia caused by repeated trauma to the head sustained during his playing career, a coroner has concluded.\n\nKeith Pontin, 64, of Pontyclun, Rhondda Cynon Taf, played for Cardiff City from 1976-1983 and won two caps for Wales.\n\nHe died on 2 August 2020, five years after being diagnosed with dementia.\n\nIn a narrative conclusion, coroner David Regan gave Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, caused by repetitive head injury, as the cause of death.\n\nCTE is a progressive brain condition believed to be caused by repeated blows to the head and episodes of concussion, which eventually leads to dementia.\n\nThe inquest heard Mr Pontin died of dementia caused by CTE.\n\nFormer Swansea City player Paul Burrows, who played with Mr Pontin at Barry Town, told the inquest his friend was \"an old-fashioned centre-half\" who was \"very dominant in the air.\"\n\nHe said he was a \"big, strong, tough defender\" and that \"people looked up to Keith for those attributes\".\n\nHe said that football was a more physical game in the 1980s and players would often continue playing with injuries.\n\n\"It wasn't uncommon for players to clash heads,\" he said, adding: \"I think players were allowed to be more physical and challenge balls in the air.\"\n\nThe inquest also heard from Cardiff City's club secretary Michelle McDonald, who said the club did not have any records relating to Mr Pontin's time with the Bluebirds.\n\n\"We only keep records going back seven or eight years,\" she said.\n\nDavid Cole, who appeared on behalf of Barry Town United AFC, told the hearing Mr Pontin's playing style was \"combative\" but that he was a \"gentle giant off the field\".\n\nHe said the attitude in Mr Pontin's playing days was that you \"got on with it\" if you were hurt.\n\nMr Cole said the current club, founded in 2013, holds no records kept by the former club Barry Town AFC.\n\nDr William Stewart, a diagnostic neuropathologist, examined Mr Pontin's brain and tissues following the post-mortem examination.\n\nHe said he found extensive evidence throughout the brain of proteins called Tau proteins which he said was in an \"abnormal pattern entirely stereotypical of CTE.\"\n\n\"This distribution is related uniquely to head injury and impact,\" said Dr Stewart told the inquest.\n\nHe added that professional footballers and rugby players are three-and-a-half times more likely to develop dementia than the general population.\n\nHe was asked whether Mr Pontin died from Alzheimer's disease or dementia.\n\n\"It's a very imprecise term,\" he said, adding: \"CTE is his precise form of dementia. He didn't have Alzheimer's disease.\"\n\nRecording a narrative conclusion, Mr Regan gave CTE, caused by repetitive head injury suffered as a professional footballer, as the cause of death.", "Anne Robinson on the set of Channel 4's Countdown with Rachel Riley (left) and Susie Dent\n\nAnne Robinson is stepping down as the host of Channel 4 quiz show Countdown after a year.\n\nThe former Weakest Link presenter, 77, joined the daytime staple in 2021, becoming its sixth presenter and the first woman to take the role.\n\nShe said she had a \"blast\" hosting the show but it was now time for \"an older woman to take the reins\".\n\nRobinson, who recorded 265 episodes, will appear in shows until the summer, Channel 4 said.\n\nShe said she had enjoyed hosting the \"wonderful show\" but had \"stayed longer than I signed up for\".\n\nRobinson added: \"I hope too I've encouraged TV bosses to realise that not all women at the wrong end of their 70s are in care homes playing bingo and watching conjuring tricks.\n\n\"In fact the genius of Countdown is that it's a brilliant way to keep the brain exercised. I run 5km most days of the week.\n\n\"And I can now do an anagram at twice the speed I could this time last year.\n\n\"But I have grandchildren, a large garden and a home in New York, all deserving more of my attention.\"\n\nShe joined mathematician Rachel Riley and lexicographer Susie Dent in an all female line-up on the daytime show, with her first instalment broadcast on 28 June.\n\nRobinson in her role as host on The Weakest Link\n\nRobinson followed in the footsteps of Richard Whiteley, Des Lynam, Des O'Connor, Jeff Stelling and Nick Hewer as the presenter of Countdown, which launched in 1982.\n\nA show spokesperson said: \"Quick-witted Anne has been a brilliant host on this iconic show.\"\n\nA former journalist, Robinson became known for her trademark-style of delivering cutting remarks to contestants when she presented Weakest Link, which ran from 2000 until 2012.", "US banking giant Citigroup has said that one of its traders made an error in the so-called stock market \"flash crash\" in Europe on Monday.\n\nA flash crash is an extremely fast fall in the price of one or more assets, often caused by a trading mistake.\n\nTrading was briefly halted in several markets after major share indexes plunged just before 8am GMT on Monday.\n\nNordic stocks were hit the hardest, while other European indexes also plummeted for a short time.\n\n\"This morning one of our traders made an error when inputting a transaction. Within minutes, we identified the error and corrected it,\" the New York-based bank said in a statement late on Monday.\n\nThe flash crash caused European shares to fall suddenly on a day when trading was particularly thin due to public holidays around the world.\n\nSweden's benchmark Stockholm OMX 30 share index was one of the hardest hit, falling by 8% at one point, before recovering most of those losses to end the day 1.87% lower.\n\nFlash crashes can be caused by human error, or so-called \"fat finger\" trades - a reference to someone incorrectly typing the details of a trade.\n\nSuch trading errors and the flash crashes they can cause are often costly. They have triggered shake ups of stock market rules and have even led to criminal convictions.\n\nIn August 2012, a computer-trading glitch at US financial services firm Knight Capital caused a major stock market disruption, costing the company around $440m.\n\nA flash crash on the Singapore Exchange in October 2013 saw some stocks lose up to 87% of their value and resulted in new regulations being put in place to avoid a repeat of the incident.\n\nIn 2020, UK-based former stock market trader Navinder Sarao was sentenced to a year of home detention for helping trigger a brief $1tn US stock market crash 10 years earlier.\n\nUsing specially programmed, high-speed software, Sarao placed thousands of orders that he did not intend to fulfil, creating the illusion of market demand. When he cancelled or changed his bids, he was able to profit.\n\nThe activity - known as \"spoofing\" - contributed to market instability that led to the May 2010 \"flash crash\", when the Dow Jones index fell almost 1,000 points in a matter of minutes.\n\nThe US made spoofing a crime in 2010 as part of a broader effort to tighten regulations following the 2008 financial crisis.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Sergei Lavrov was asked how Russia could claim it was fighting to \"de-Nazify\" Ukraine\n\nIsrael has reacted with fury after Russia's foreign minister claimed that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler \"had Jewish blood\".\n\nSergei Lavrov made the comments to try to justify Russia's portrayal of Ukraine as \"Nazi\" despite the fact that its president is Jewish.\n\nIsrael's foreign ministry summoned Russia's ambassador for \"clarification\" and demanded an apology.\n\nNazi Germany murdered six million Jews in the Holocaust in World War Two.\n\nMr Lavrov made the remarks in an interview on Italian TV programme Zona Bianca on Sunday, days after Israel marked Holocaust Remembrance Day, one of the most solemn occasions in the Israeli calendar.\n\nWhen asked how Russia can claim that it is fighting to \"de-Nazify\" Ukraine when President Volodymyr Zelensky is himself Jewish, Mr Lavrov said: \"I could be wrong, but Hitler also had Jewish blood. [That Zelensky is Jewish] means absolutely nothing. Wise Jewish people say that the most ardent anti-Semites are usually Jews.\"\n\nThe minister's statement was met with outrage across Israel's political spectrum.\n\nIsraeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said: \"Such lies are meant to blame the Jews themselves for the most terrible crimes in history and thus free the oppressors of the Jews from their responsibility.\n\n\"No war today is the Holocaust or is like the Holocaust.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by יאיר לפיד - Yair Lapid🟠 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Lavrov was also condemned by the head of Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial, Dani Dayan.\n\n\"Most of his remarks are absurd, delusional, dangerous and deserving of any condemnation,\" he tweeted. \"Lavrov deals with the reversal of the Holocaust: turning the victims into criminals, based on the promotion of a completely unfounded claim that Hitler was of Jewish descent.\"\n\nIn a video address, President Zelensky said: \"I have no words... No one has heard any denial or any justification from Moscow. All we have from there is silence\".\n\nThe Ukrainian president added that the silence indicates the Russian leadership had either forgotten \"all the lessons of World War Two\" or \"perhaps they have never learned those lessons\".\n\nPresident Zelensky reacted to Mr Lavrov's words in his nightly video address\n\nUS State Department spokesman Ned Price said Mr Lavrov's comments showed \"the lowest form of racism\" and \"insidious lies\".\n\nHe added that \"the Kremlin is consistently proving that there is no floor when it comes to just how low they can stoop\", and Mr Lavrov's claims are \"the latest example of that\".\n\nThe BBC's Jon Donnison in Jerusalem says the strength of the reaction reflects just how deeply offensive and unconscionable Mr Lavrov's comments will be to Jews, both in Israel and around the world. Over recent months, Israel, which has a large Russian population, has tried at times to act as a mediator between Russia and Ukraine.\n\nBut, he says, the Israeli government has faced some criticism for not taking a tough enough line with President Vladimir Putin. Mr Lavrov's comments will test Israel's relations with Russia and while offensive to many, they reflect a common narrative amongst the Kremlin's supporters, our correspondent adds.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. From 2022: Ros Atkins on... Putin’s false Nazi claims about Ukraine\n\nUkraine's foreign minister rebuked Mr Lavrov, saying his remarks were evidence of Russia's own \"deep-rooted anti-Semitism\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Dmytro Kuleba This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThere have for decades been unproven claims that Hitler's unidentified paternal grandfather was Jewish, fuelled by an assertion by Hitler's lawyer Hans Frank.\n\nIn his memoir, published in 1953, Frank said he had been instructed by Hitler to investigate rumours that he had Jewish ancestry. Frank said he uncovered evidence that Hitler's grandfather was indeed Jewish - though the claim, which has gained ground among conspiracy theorists, has been treated with scepticism by mainstream historians.", "Russian military vehicles on the streets of Kherson.\n\nThe Russian rouble will be used in Kherson from Sunday, according to Russia-backed forces that have taken control of the southern Ukrainian city.\n\nHowever, Kherson's Ukrainian mayor, Ihor Kolykhaiev, who has now been overthrown by Russian authorities, has said that he doesn't believe this will be possible while the only working banking system in the region is Ukrainian, not Russian.\n\nDespite being occupied for 60 days, many residents are trying to find small ways to defy the Russian forces - like exchanging any roubles they receive back into Ukraine's currency, the hryvnia.\n\nBut there are very few ways to safely snub the Russian army when it occupies your streets.\n\nZ signs - a Russian pro-war symbol - have appeared around the city. Russian flags hang above Kherson's government buildings. Ukrainian TV has been mostly cut off, changed to Russian news. Russian soldiers drive armoured vehicles through the city centre, between a network of check points.\n\nNow, changing the region's currency is yet another bid to erase Ukrainian identity from the city.\n\n\"I think most people will leave here if the rouble is introduced,\" Olga, who didn't want to use her real name, told me from inside Kherson.\n\n\"At the moment there are still currency exchanges operating in the city. If I am paid in roubles, I think I will just go and exchange it for hryvnia, I think others will too. It's just a small act of protest.\"\n\nOlga is not the only one with this plan. Ukrainian news reports have said that some pensions have been handed out in roubles around Kherson, but that people have already exchanged it back into Ukrainian hryvnia.\n\nLife in Kherson has become increasingly difficult. Many now feel nervous about even speaking to a journalist. When we reach Olga and ask how she is feeling, she sighs.\n\n\"I'm alive and I have food,\" she says.\n\nAround 40% of the population have fled in the two months since this key, strategic city was taken by Russia, according to the mayor.\n\nMany residents tell us about their struggle to pay for what few goods there are, as supermarket shelves lie empty. They say that shops, restaurants and businesses have closed and parts of the economy have ground to a halt, cut off from much of the world.\n\nEarlier this week, Russian forces appointed a new administration in Kherson because Mr Kolykhaiev was \"not cooperating\" with the occupied forces, according to Russian state news agency Ria.\n\nThe Ukrainian mayor of Kherson, Ihor Kolykhaiev, has now been replaced with a Russian administration\n\nSpeaking on video call from somewhere in the region, with piles of binders and a toy camouflage jeep sitting on shelves behind him, Mr Kolykhaiev says he has not stopped working. He is sceptical of whether Russia can successfully introduce the rouble.\n\n\"I have no confirmation that it's been introduced,\" he says. \"When can it appear? When the treasury and the banking system of Ukraine will stop working? Anything can happen under occupation, I can't get into Russia's head to find out what they are thinking. If they do try to introduce the rouble zone here, we would be plunged back into 1992 when Ukraine gained its independence.\"\n\nUkrainian authorities had suggested that Russia could try to hold a referendum in the region on 1 May, asking voters whether they want independence from Ukraine. Any attempt to do this would be seen as a way to legitimise Russia's intervention, suggesting that residents no longer want to be part of Ukraine and painting Russia as liberators.\n\nRussia held a referendum in Crimea after Moscow annexed it in 2014, and also in the Russian-backed separatist areas of Donetsk and Luhansk. Russia has denied plans to hold a vote in Kherson, and for now residents in the city say they've seen no sign of it.\n\nRumours swirl on social media channels about what could happen. Some Ukrainians are worried that Russia will simply fake the result and use records of their identity documents - which they fear the Russians could gain access to in the administrative buildings they now occupy - to back it up.\n\n\"I'm not sure they even need the population here to know that there is a referendum,\" says Olga. \"I guess they can do it without us. Maybe I already voted.\"\n\nSeveral people inside Kherson told us that the routes out to safer parts of Ukraine have now been shut altogether. The only road available is through Crimea which means travelling into Russian territory, something several Ukrainians told us they would not be prepared to do.\n\nMaxim felt this was his only route to safety. He didn't want his name to be used as his family are still inside the city. At the border he was subject to a long interrogation as a security guard inspected his body for tattoos.\n\n\"It was like a film,\" he said. \"You sit on a suitcase under the scorching sun to be interrogated. I would never have imagined I would have to go through this. I was really horrified, because it's scary - people with machine guns are walking past you.\"\n\nHis favourite artist almost got him into difficulties.\n\n\"They were asking me the same questions on repeat,\" he says. \"I have a David Bowie lightning tattoo and they asked me 'Is that Azov?'\" The Azov battalion are a controversial regiment that was originally a far-right group later incorporated into Ukraine's National Guard.\n\nMany supermarket shelves in Kherson are empty\n\nMaxim says that many of the cars in the queue had Kherson number plates. He has since safely travelled through Georgia and on to Europe.\n\n\"Reaching Georgia was like being released from jail,\" he says. \"You feel like you've got your human rights back.\"\n\nFor those still in Kherson there are deep fears about the future.\n\n\"I am afraid of a humanitarian catastrophe,\" says Mr Kolykhaiev. \"I am worried for the people who are still in the city today. They are all hostages.\n\n\"It's like we started with 100 litres of petrol in the car tank and we are driving until the gas runs out. I want to calculate how long we can keep driving. How long can we carry the city?\"", "Olena Kuksa's husband was taken by Russian soldiers. \"My soul aches,\" she said. \"Not just for my husband, for everyone.\"\n\nVira Kryvoshenko kneeled on the ground by her front door and pressed her hands together in a prayer: please do not take my son.\n\nIt was only blind bad luck that Valeriy had arrived at the same time as the \"evil spirits\", as she called them. He was in the town of Makhariv, delivering food and medicine to her and her neighbours - older people who could not, or would not, flee the Russians.\n\nVira looked up. The Russian soldiers were a few feet away, spray painting \"V\" symbols on her car, to avoid friendly fire when they drove it away. One of them - just a boy, Vira thought, my grandson's age - took out a walkie-talkie.\n\n\"Poplar, poplar, this is padfoot,\" he said. \"A car is about to come, don't shoot.\"\n\nVira raised herself up on her cane and spoke her prayer aloud. \"Please do not take my son.\" In fact, Valeriy Kuksa was her son-in-law, but she called him her son. The Russians were taking her son. The young one raised his gun halfway. \"Go back inside grandma,\" he said. \"He is just going to help us push the car out of the driveway.\"\n\nBut they pushed him into the driver's seat of her car and pointed a gun at him, Vira said. She willed Valeriy to look back at her, but he looked straight ahead and drove away from the house and out of her life.\n\nVira Kryvoshenko and her daughter Olena. Olena's husband Valeriy was taken away by Russian soldiers\n\nStop in any village in the region west of Kyiv, where the Russian army terrorised the civilian population for a month, and you will hear a story about someone who vanished. A brother who went to take petrol to a friend and never arrived. A father who left his house on an errand and didn't return. A son who drove away at gunpoint and didn't look back.\n\nBefore the invasion, Maria Sayenko saw her father Mykola all the time - he lived a few houses over in the village of Hurivshchyna and came nearly every day to see her new baby. Then one day early in the Russian occupation he disappeared. \"He left home and never came back,\" Maria said. \"And nobody saw him anywhere.\"\n\nA neighbour said he thought Mykola had gone to the next village on an errand, but he couldn't remember for sure. His house was just as he might have left it to walk to the shops. Maria filed a police report via an automated service online and settled in to wait. All Maria knows is that her father Mykola Medvid, a 56-year-old part-time car mechanic, left his house on 18 or 19 of March and hasn't been to see her baby since.\n\n\"We went to the nearby villages and the ones further away,\" Maria said. \"He wasn't at a friend's house, at a checkpoint. Not dead, not alive. It's like he disappeared into thin air.\"\n\nMaria Sayenko in her garden in Hurivshchyna. \"It's like he disappeared into thin air,\" she said\n\nA few miles down the highway, in the village of Shpytky, Yulia Zhylko sat in her car in her driveway staring at a family photograph of her brother Yakiv on her phone. They were as close as siblings got, she said, and just a year and two weeks apart in age - 36 and 37 now and still living together with their parents.\n\nOn 11 March, Yakiv's friend in the village called to say he needed petrol. \"My brother is so kind. He said, 'I'm going to take him fuel and I'll be right back',\" Yulia said. Not everyone in Yulia's situation spoke about their loved one in the present tense, but she never wavered. And yet, Ukrainian soldiers had found Yakiv's car, on the shoulder of the highway, riddled with bullet holes. By the time Yulia was able to go to the car, after the Russians were gone, it had been burned through. But there were no signs of a body.\n\n\"We have called everywhere, filed every report,\" Yulia said. \"They took all the information - shoe size, eye colour, blood type, scars, everything.\"\n\nYakiv had no tattoos, something their mother had taken pride in, but was therefore classed as \"no distinctive marks on skin\". Yulia filed the police report and joined the long list of people waiting for news.\n\nYulia Zhylko's brother disappeared. \"We have called everywhere, filed every report,\" she said\n\nIn Makhariv, Valeriy Kuksa's family was waiting anxiously for news. There was still no power in the town, and Vira sat in the dark, next to the fire, with her daughter Olena and grandson Danyl. They had filed a missing report with the local police, but Olena was full of worry that it might not have been registered properly, that there was something they hadn't done right to find her husband. She wanted to get to the town of Bucha, the centre of the region, to ask the police in person, but there were bullet holes in her car windshield.\n\nNervously Olena went around the house searching for recent photographs of Valeriy. She didn't know where the physical copies were. The house was dark and there were bullet holes in the walls and broken glass on the floors. A mortar shell had come through the roof and two others had detonated in the garden, spraying shrapnel through the house. All Olena could find was some passport pictures. She put them into a folder with Valeriy's passport and got a lift to Bucha.\n\nAt the police office, the missing reports were still coming in, at least 10 a day. Relatives of someone missing fill out a standard police crime report. Every night, the reports are driven by police to a town an hour south, and processed and uploaded into a database. The team there also collects photographs of the dead from the local morgues and posts them on a public channel on the messaging app Telegram, with a brief description of the body.\n\nIn Bucha, the police reassured Olena that the report from their counterparts in Makhariv was in the general system, and told her Valeriy was not on the list of the identified dead. But there were at least 200 unidentified bodies in Bucha, they said, and he could be among them. They also told her to look at the Telegram channel of the pictures from morgues, but it didn't prepare her for what she saw when she did.\n\nOlena Kuksa holds passport photographs of her missing husband at the police station\n\nAs the car made its way back to Makhariv, Olena sat quietly scrolling through the gruesome images. Then she began to cry. \"My soul aches, not just for my husband, for all these people,\" she said. After a while, she tried not to look at the photographs and only scan the text for anything that could match Valeriy. Eventually she gave up. \"That's as much as I can take for now,\" she said.\n\nShe looked out the window as the car approached her home. All along the road, storks stood in nests atop the telegraph poles - a sign in Ukrainian folklore that good families occupied the homes below. But the houses were pockmarked by bullet holes or completely destroyed by shells, and the families had been visited by terrible suffering and loss.\n\nOlena had heard the stories about people taken to Belarus, to Russia; of civilians being returned in prisoner exchanges in the south of Ukraine. Everyone missing someone seemed to have heard these stories. She had wanted to travel to Kyiv to speak to the deputy prime minister, Iryna Vereshchuk, whose office is handling the exchanges, but the police in Bucha told her not to. All the information about Valeriy was in the right place, they said, she just had to wait.\n\nThen, three days later, on Thursday last week, Olena's phone rang, and the woman said she was calling from Iryna Vereshchuk's office. She asked if she was speaking to Valeriy Kuksa's wife, and Olena felt her heart stop in her chest. \"Yes, you are,\" Olena said.\n\nThe woman told her Valeriy had been identified alive among civilian hostages in Russia. Where he was, or when Olena might see him again, the woman could not say. But he was alive. \"It's OK,\" Olena said after the call, through tears. \"He will come back to us. I can wait.\"\n\nAnna Pantyukhova contributed to this report. Photographs by Joel Gunter.", "Home Secretary Priti Patel faces the threat of legal action over delays in the visa process for Ukraine refugees.\n\nGroups representing Britons hoping to host Ukrainians plan to take the first step towards a class action case - and have employed a leading barrister.\n\nLatest figures show that of the 86,100 people given Ukraine scheme visas, 27,100 have so far arrived in the UK.\n\nThe government said it had simplified the process and boosted staffing numbers for the scheme.\n\nA spokesperson added it was \"now processing visas as quickly as they come in - enabling thousands more Ukrainians to come through our uncapped routes\".\n\nMore than 5.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion began on 24 February, according to the UN's refugee agency.\n\nThe groups Vigil for Visas and Taking Action Over the Homes for Ukraine Visa Delays said they had instructed Amanda Jones, an immigration and public law barrister, to explore a potential legal challenge against the Home Office.\n\nLess than half of the people issued with visas under the Ukraine Family Scheme - which allows Ukrainians to join relatives already in the UK - have arrived, according to the latest Home Office figures.\n\nThe groups said that, \"in many cases, people have either heard nothing or been informed that some family members have received visas whilst others remain 'under consideration'\".\n\nKatherine Klinger, from Vigil for Visas, has applied for a family of eight Ukrainians to stay with her in North London. Mrs Klinger told the BBC that the process has \"just been a fiasco\" and her experience urged her to take action.\n\n\"This will be a complicated action because it is challenging not only individual cases but the whole policy background, actions and inactions of the Home Office.\"\n\n\"We have been advised to take a sample of 10 but we could have up to 1000, or more. We've been advised to submit 10 case studies - and issue that as the pre-action protocol.\"\n\n\"If the Home Office does not get a grip on this urgent and potentially catastrophic situation, we will bring our action for judicial review and ask that it is considered urgently in light of the vulnerability of so many of the March Applicants.\"\n\nWould-be hosts Mo Gibson and Nichola Merrick say their morale has been damaged by delays in the visa process\n\nA couple who will be part of the action are Mo Gibson and Nichola Merrick - who both worked in a Citizens Advice bureau in Hastings, East Sussex, for 10 years.\n\n\"My wife and I have got decades of experience as a paid Citizens Advice managers,\" Mr Gibson said.\n\n\"We've dealt with some horrific, really difficult challenging cases at every level, dealing with all sorts of dark sides of humanity. But never have we been absolutely stumped by something like this in trying to help.\n\n\"It's destroying our morale, but it could easily put these people, and it has put them, in more danger.\"\n\nCharities helping refugees in Ukraine and its neighbouring countries believe there is a gap between public sentiment towards helping those fleeing the war and the UK government's response so far.\n\nAn Ipsos opinion poll of over 1,000 UK adults found 51% think the government is offering too little humanitarian support to Ukraine.\n\nEnver Solomon, CEO of the Refugee Council, said he wanted to see the UK follow its \"European neighbours by doing much more for people who have literally lost everything\".\n\n\"We need a different approach that is humane, fair and effective which ensures people who have lost everything are quickly given the protection and safety they desperately need in the UK,\" he added.\n\nA government spokesperson said: \"In response to Putin's barbaric invasion we launched one of the fastest and biggest visa schemes in UK history. Over 86,000 visas have been issued so Ukrainians can live and work in the UK.\n\n\"The changes the Home Office has made to streamline the visa system, including simplifying the forms and boosting staff numbers, are working and we are now processing visas as quickly as they come in - enabling thousands more Ukrainians to come through our uncapped routes.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMillions of women across the US could soon lose their legal right to abortion, according to a leaked Supreme Court document.\n\nThe document, published by Politico, suggests the country's top court is poised to overturn the 1973 decision that legalised abortion nationwide.\n\nIf the court strikes down the Roe v Wade ruling, individual states would be allowed to ban abortion if they wish.\n\nIt is expected abortion could then be banned in almost half of US states.\n\nThe Supreme Court's justices are expected to issue a ruling in late June or early July.\n\nRoe v Wade is in the court's sights because Mississippi is asking for it to be overturned. The justices heard that case in December.\n\nThirteen states have already passed so-called trigger laws that will automatically ban abortion if Roe is overruled this summer. A number of others would be likely to pass laws quickly.\n\nSome 36 million women could then lose abortion access, according to research from Planned Parenthood, a healthcare organisation which provides abortions.\n\n\"If the court does overturn Roe, it will fall on our nation's elected officials at all levels of government to protect a woman's right to choose,\" President Joe Biden said in a statement on Tuesday.\n\n\"We will need more pro-choice Senators and a pro-choice majority in the House to adopt legislation that codifies Roe, which I will work to pass and sign into law,\" he said.\n\nAnti-abortion groups such as the Susan B. Anthony List have welcomed the news. \"If Roe is indeed overturned, our job will be to build consensus for the strongest protections possible for unborn children,\" it said.\n\nThe leaked document - labelled \"1st Draft\" - appears to reflect the majority opinion of the court, and Politico reports that it was written by Justice Samuel Alito and circulated within the court on 10 February.\n\nBut it is unclear if it represents a final opinion, as justices have previously changed their views during the drafting process. The Supreme Court and the White House have not yet commented.\n\nIts publication on Monday night sparked an immediate outcry from Democrats, as well as protests by both pro-choice and anti-abortion campaigners outside the court in Washington DC.\n\nLeading Democratic politicians Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer said jointly that if the report was accurate, the Supreme Court was \"poised to inflict the greatest restriction of rights in the past 50 years\".\n\nAssume for a moment that this draft opinion becomes the law of the land. In an instant - because of statutes already on the books and \"trigger\" laws designed for such an occasion - abortion would be illegal in 22 states.\n\nThe legality of the procedure would become a vicious political battleground in the midst of an election year.\n\nThis is the significance of what may be unfolding in the Supreme Court.\n\nDraft opinions, however, are just that - drafts. And there have been accounts of justices shifting their views as the opinion-drafting process unfolds within the cloistered court chambers. This unprecedented leak short-circuits all that.\n\nFor most of US history, the Supreme Court has operated like Mount Olympus, handing down opinions from on high. That opacity has been shattered perhaps for good, as the leaking spreads.\n\nWhat it will mean for the legitimacy of the judicial process in the US remains to be seen, but within the institution itself it seems safe to assume that all trust between the judges, a collegial group once referred to as \"the brethren\", is gone.\n\nIn an era when political norms have been broken like pottery in an earthquake, another big piece has fallen.\n\nDemocratic governors of several states including California, New Mexico and Michigan announced plans to enshrine abortion rights within their constitutions even if the court overturned Roe v Wade.\n\n\"I promise you this: I will fight like hell to make sure abortion remains safe, legal and accessible in our state,\" Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer tweeted.\n\nNews outlet Politico published the leaked document in full, quoting Justice Alito as saying: \"Roe was egregiously wrong from the start. Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences.\n\n\"And far from bringing about a national settlement of the abortion issue, [it has] enflamed debate and deepened division.\"\n\nRival groups of protesters continued demonstrations outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday, with anti-abortion activists chanting \"Roe v Wade has got to go\" and abortion rights supporters shouting \"abortion is healthcare\".\n\n\"They are not going to get away with this,\" pro-choice campaigner Reverend Wendy Hamilton told Reuters news agency. \"There is more of us than there is of them, and we are going to fight.\"\n\n\"This is just tearing apart everything that we've worked for,\" another demonstrator said.\n\nOne anti-abortion supporter, Emma Heussner, said: \"I'm very passionate about being pro-life. It's a big deal to see Roe v Wade potentially overturned.\"\n\nPeople protested outside the Supreme Court after the document was leaked\n\nThe Supreme Court has been reshaped by three appointments under former President Donald Trump, and has been called the most conservative-leaning in modern US history.\n\nSix of the nine current justices were appointed by Republican presidents. The other three were picked by Democratic presidents. The court needs a majority to set a ruling.\n\nPolitico reports that Justice Alito and four other Republican-appointed justices - Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett - are in favour of the move against Roe v Wade but it is not clear how Chief Justice John Roberts will vote.\n\nAccording to the BBC's US partner CBS News, the leak itself will also cause tremendous damage to one of America's most respected institutions and likely see a full-blown investigation, involving the FBI, to unmask the source.\n\nRoe v Wade in 1973 gave women in the US an absolute right to an abortion in the first three months of pregnancy, and limited rights in the second trimester.\n\nBut in the decades since, anti-abortion rulings have gradually pared back access in more than a dozen states.\n\nIn 2021 alone, nearly 600 abortion restrictions were introduced nationwide, with 90 enacted into law. That is more than in any year since Roe.\n\nLimiting abortion access will most intensely affect poor women, researchers say, and they are already more likely to seek an abortion in the first place.\n\nWomen in their 20s account for the majority of abortions - in 2019 about 57% were in this age group. Black Americans get abortions at the highest rate - 27 per 1,000 women aged 15-44.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHave you been affected by the issues raised in this story? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "A leaked document suggesting millions of US women could lose the legal right to abortion is genuine, the Supreme Court's chief justice has confirmed.\n\nBut it does not represent the court's final decision, said John Roberts.\n\nThe leak has stirred expectations that the 1973 decision which legalised abortion in the US could be overturned, allowing individual states to ban it.\n\nPresident Joe Biden has argued that the decision - if it goes ahead - could call other freedoms into question.\n\nThe leaked document - labelled \"1st Draft\" - appears to reflect the majority opinion of the court.\n\nWritten by Justice Samuel Alito, it calls the 1973 Roe v Wade ruling - which legalised abortion across the US - \"egregiously wrong from the start\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: US Senators react to leaked draft opinion on abortion\n\nThe draft is not a final ruling, and opinions could change. But if Roe v Wade is overturned, around half of US states could ban abortion.\n\nIn a statement, Chief Justice Roberts described the leak of the draft - first published by US website Politico - as \"a singular and egregious breach\" and asked the Marshal of the Supreme Court to launch an investigation.\n\nThe work of the court would \"not be affected in any way\", he added.\n\nThe draft's release has caused a wave of reaction from both sides. Anti-abortion law firm Americans United for Life urged the court to disregard \"the expectations of pro-abortion activists or proxy media allies\".\n\nPlanned Parenthood - the largest provider of reproductive health services in the US - has said it would \"continue to fight like hell to protect the right to access safe, legal abortion\".\n\nIt says its research found that 36 million women could lose abortion access if Roe v Wade were struck down.\n\nThe ruling is in the court's sights because Mississippi is asking for it to be overturned, with a final decision expected in late June or early July.\n\nThirteen states have already passed so-called trigger laws that will automatically ban abortion if Roe is overruled this summer. A number of others would be likely to pass laws quickly.\n\nOn Tuesday, Oklahoma's governor signed into law an anti-abortion measure based on one passed in Texas last year. The law allows any private citizen to sue anyone who aids in an abortion after six weeks of gestation - before many women even know they are pregnant.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nPresident Joe Biden warned that such a legal change - if the decision stays the same - would have far-reaching implications.\n\n\"It concerns me a great deal that we're going to, after 50 years, decide a woman does not have a right to choose,\" he said.\n\n\"But even more, equally profound is the rationale used. It would mean that every other decision relating to the notion of privacy is thrown into question.\"\n\nMr Biden said he wanted legislation to enshrine the existing guarantees of abortion access.\n\n\"If it becomes the law, and if what is written remains, it goes far beyond the concern of whether or not there is the right to choose,\" he said.\n\n\"It goes to other basic rights - the right to marriage, the right to determine a whole range of things.\"\n\nBBC North America reporter Anthony Zurcher says the basis for this lies in distinctions drawn by Justice Samuel Alito in the leaked opinion, which he wrote.\n\nSome rights are spelt out in the US Constitution, the judge wrote, while others, such as access to abortion, are mere \"unenumerated rights\".\n\nOur reporter points out that the same argument could be used in the case of gay marriage, in vitro fertilisation or certain forms of contraception.", "Energy costs have risen since Russia's invasion of Ukraine\n\nEuropean Union countries are split on how soon they wind down dependence on Russian energy supplies.\n\nWhile sanctions have been applied to other areas of business, the EU remains heavily reliant on Russian oil and gas.\n\nGermany's economic minister said the country would be able to weather a Russian oil ban by the end of 2022, as he appeared to back tougher sanctions.\n\nHowever, Hungary has said it opposes such a move, stating it would not back measures that could endanger supplies.\n\nEU ministers met on Monday to discuss how to manage the situation, under intense pressure to reduce the revenue stream supporting President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine.\n\nThere are two main challenges faced by members states - how to pay for Russian energy in a way which doesn't breach or undermine EU sanctions, and also how to source and develop alternative supplies to move away from reliance on Russia.\n\nAt a press conference on Monday, the EU's energy policy chief Kadri Simson said Russia halting gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria had strengthened the bloc's will to become independent of Russian fossil fuels.\n\nBut according to the Centre of Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), the EU has imported about £37bn worth of fossil fuels since the conflict began. The two largest importers worldwide were Germany followed by Italy.\n\nEnergy giant Gazprom stopped gas exports to Poland and Bulgaria last week after those countries refused to comply with Russian demands to switch to payment in roubles, and many other member countries are set to face the same issue around mid-May.\n\nPoland and Bulgaria had planned to stop using Russian gas this year and say they can cope with the stoppage, but it has raised fears that other EU countries, including Europe's gas-reliant economic powerhouse Germany, could be next.\n\nMs Simson repeated the European Commission's view on Monday that paying for gas in roubles would be a \"violation\" of sanctions and \"cannot be accepted.\"\n\nShe said member states were building up gas storage supplies before winter.\n\nNathan Piper, head of oil and gas research at Investec, told the BBC it was \"pretty clear\" that the EU wanted to \"pivot away\" from Russian oil and gas, but added the lack of unity was being caused by the \"ability to actually make that happen\".\n\nEurope gets about 40% of its natural gas from Russia, which is also the bloc's main oil supplier, but some countries are more dependent Russian fossil fuels than others, so sudden supply cuts could have huge economic impact.\n\nFor example, Germany currently gets about 25% of its oil and 40% of its gas from Russia, Slovakia and Hungary received 96% and 58% respectively of their oil imports from Russia last year, according to the International Energy Agency.\n\nGermany's economic minister Robert Habeck said his country had \"managed to reach a situation where Germany is able to bear an oil embargo\" and was \"on course to do the same for gas\".\n\n\"Other countries need a bit more time,\" he added.\n\nDiplomatic sources told the BBC that compromises to a complete bloc ban were being looked at, particularly for countries such as Hungary and Slovakia.\n\nMr Piper said with oil, there were more options to get alternative supplies, compared to gas, which is transported most commonly through pipelines.\n\nHe added it is also \"trickier\" for landlocked EU states to find new sources.\n\nHe also warned while Germany might move to ban oil, switching off its Russian gas - which makes up 40% of its total imports - would \"take them years\".\n\n\"Russia could go 'if you want to go after our oil, how about we reduce our gas',\" he added.\n\n\"They could push up the price, reduce the volumes. They have a lot of bargaining power.\"\n\nElsewhere, energy research institute EWI said Germany should limit gas use now to prepare for the possibility of a future cut-off from Russia.\n\nUniper, one of Germany's biggest energy firms, also warned an EU ban on Russian oil could prompt Russia to halt westward gas flows.\n\nThe company said last week it would pay in euros which will be converted into roubles, meeting the Kremlin's demand for all transactions to be made in the Russian currency.\n\n\"We consider a payment conversion compliant with sanctions law and the Russian decree to be possible,\" a spokesman told the BBC.\n\nOther European energy firms are reportedly preparing to do the same amid concerns about supply cuts.\n\nIn late March, Russia said \"unfriendly countries\" would have to start paying for its oil and gas in roubles to prop up its currency after Western allies froze billions of dollars it held in foreign currencies overseas.\n\nUnder the decree, European importers must pay euros or dollars into an account at Gazprombank, the Swiss-based trading arm of Gazprom, and then convert this into roubles in a second account in Russia.\n\nThe majority - 97% - of EU companies' gas supply contracts with Gazprom stipulate payment in euros or dollars.\n\nSome countries are looking to turn to liquified natural gas (LNG), with the US agreeing to ship an additional 15 billion cubic metres to Europe by the end of the year.\n\nThe US has already banned Russian oil imports and the UK plans to phase them out by the end of the year.\n\nThe EU has previously laid out a strategy to make it independent of Russian fossil fuels by 2030, which includes greater use of greener sources of power.", "A woman who took up running after she lost her left leg to cancer has passed the Guinness World Record for most consecutive marathons.\n\nJacky Hunt-Broersma, 46, has run 26.2-miles every day since mid-January, normally taking around five hours.\n\nOn Saturday, she completed her 104th consecutive marathon in as many days - an achievement she expects to be certified by Guinness World Records.\n\nA spokesperson said certifying the record would take around three months.\n\nWaking up on Sunday - a day off at long last - was a bizarre experience for Jacky.\n\n\"Part of me was really happy to be done,\" she tells the BBC from her home in Arizona. \"And the other part kept thinking I need to go running.\"\n\nHer body is also recovering from the record-chasing effort, despite having stopped. \"I feel tighter than I have the whole 104 marathons,\" she admits.\n\nBut Jacky - who was born and raised in South Africa, and has also lived in England and the Netherlands - is grateful. Because running has given her the confidence she was afraid she would never regain.\n\nIn 2002, doctors in the Netherlands diagnosed her with Ewing's sarcoma, a rare type of bone cancer.\n\nWithin two weeks, they amputated her left leg to save her life. She was only 26 years old.\n\n\"It was a rollercoaster,\" she recalls. \"Everything happened so fast.\"\n\nFor the first couple of years, Jacky struggled with the change in her life. She was angry that she had got cancer and embarrassed to be different. She wore long trousers in public so people would not notice the prosthetic.\n\nAlmost on a whim, she took up running in 2016.\n\nShe had cheered her husband on at long-distance running events but had never considered doing it herself, thinking it was only \"for crazy people\".\n\nBuying a special prosthetic for long-distance runners, she signed up for her very first 10K (6.2 mile) run.\n\nOn the eve of the race, she switched her registration to the half-marathon category - and she has not looked back since, exploring longer distances and different terrains.\n\n\"I'm an all or nothing person, so I just threw myself in,\" she explains. \"I love pushing boundaries and seeing how far I can push.\"\n\nAt the beginning of the year, Jacky gave herself a new goal: the record for most consecutive marathons.\n\nThe female Guinness record stood at 95 - set two years go by Alyssa Amos Clark, a non-amputee runner from Vermont - who did it as a pandemic coping strategy.\n\nThe male Guinness record is held by Enzo Caporaso of Italy with 59 - although Spanish ultra-runner Ricardo Abad reportedly ran 607 consecutive marathons, finishing in 2012.\n\nSo Jacky - a mother of two who works as an endurance coach - started running with the record in mind, making sure she always ran at least the length of a marathon.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nShe did the world-famous Boston Marathon in Massachusetts and the Lost Dutchman in Arizona, but marathons are not scheduled every day, so she also ran on local dirt paths, neighbourhood trails and even her own treadmill at home.\n\nAnd when British runner Kate Jayden broke Alyssa's record by completing 101 runs, Jacky kept going to beat her and \"to round the month [of April] off\" with one final marathon.\n\nAll told, she ran 2,734 miles. Guinness World Records told the AP news agency it would take around 12 to 15 weeks to review the evidence and certify the record.\n\nDocumenting those runs on social media, Jacky has raised over $88,000 (£70,000) for Amputee Blade Runners, a non-profit organisation that provides running blades like hers to amputees.\n\nThe runs have been mostly a mental game, she says, but they have also taken a physical toll.\n\nShe has to wear liners and sweat socks with her blades, and needs to foam roll, stretch and ice her leg stump daily. Remarkably, she remained injury-free throughout the feat.\n\nIn fact, Jacky wishes she had started running earlier.\n\n\"Running has made such a difference on my mental state and it showed me how strong my body can be. It gave me a total new acceptance of who I am and that I can do hard things.\"\n\nAnd she is determined to keep going. Next up: the Moab, a gruelling 240-mile race in Utah this October.", "The scene of Monday's attack on the Kelvin Walkway\n\nA musician has told of being struck on the head with a lump of concrete in an attack by a group of youths at a Glasgow underpass.\n\nSinger-songwriter Kevin McDermott, who was riding an electric scooter, said the helmet he was wearing saved him from serious injury.\n\nHe was attacked on Monday afternoon when he stopped after finding the path blocked by branches.\n\nPolice Scotland said it was investigating the incident.\n\nMr McDermott, 60, said the attack came while he was taking \"a little putter\" along the Kelvin Walkway in the Maryhill area of the city.\n\nHe said it was fortunate he had chosen to wear his helmet.\n\nMr McDermott said his helmet saved him from serious injury\n\nMr McDermott told BBC Radio's Drivetime programme: \"I came to an arch under a disused railway line and there were branches thrown across it (the path).\n\n\"I got off the scooter and then a person threw a breeze block on my head, which knocked me skew-whiff.\n\n\"The helmet took the blow.\"\n\nMr McDermott said four youths appeared and he managed to scare them off. He said: \"I was absolutely furious\".\n\nThe musician told police he did not believe he was injured, but later went to hospital to get checked and was told he had injuries similar to whiplash.\n\nPolice Scotland said: \"Officers were called around 15:30 on Monday to Kelvin Walkway in the Maryhill area of Glasgow, following reports of a man being assaulted by a group of youths.\n\n\"The 60-year-old wasn't injured and inquiries into the incident are ongoing.\"\n\nMr McDermott was a member of The Suede Crocodiles in the early 1980s, and also released a solo acoustic album before founding the Kevin McDermott Orchestra in 1986.\n\nThe band was signed to Island Records, where they released their debut album, and supported acts like INXS, Simple Minds and Rod Stewart on stadium tours in the early 1990s.\n\nThe Kevin McDermott Orchestra released its subsequent albums on independent labels, and he has continued to perform and record as a solo artist.", "Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the West could help end the war in Ukraine by putting more pressure on President Volodymyr Zelensky and halting arms deliveries to his forces.\n\nMr Putin was speaking in his first telephone talks in more than a month with French President Emmanuel Macron.\n\nThe French leader again called for a ceasefire and for talks to end the war brought on by Russia's invasion.\n\nHe asked Mr Putin to allow further evacuations in the city of Mariupol.\n\nThe city has seen some of the bitterest fighting of the war and hundreds of civilians are believed to remain trapped under the rubble of a steelworks held by Ukrainian forces.\n\nWestern states have armed Ukraine extensively in its fight against Russia, and on Tuesday the UK announced a further pledge of military equipment worth £300m ($376m) including electronic warfare equipment, a radar system, GPS jammers and night-vision devices.\n\nThousands of people, both combatants and civilians, have been killed or injured since the invasion on 24 February and more than 5.5 million have fled abroad as refugees.\n\nRussian forces have pulled back from the region of the capital Kyiv to focus their operations on eastern Ukraine.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: 64-year-old Tatyana lost her home in Mariupol, and says she has nowhere else to go\n\nCalling for a stop to arms supplies, Mr Putin accused Ukrainian forces of committing war crimes by bombarding towns in eastern Ukraine where Moscow-backed separatists control large areas, according to a Kremlin statement.\n\nA number of attacks on residential areas have been recorded in separatist-controlled areas since the invasion began but nothing on the scale of the shelling of government-held towns by Russian forces. Ukraine denies shelling residential areas.\n\nRussian forces have been accused of carrying out atrocities, including in Bucha, a town outside Kyiv.\n\nThe Russian leader insisted Russia was open to dialogue with Ukraine.\n\nAccording to a statement by the Élysée Palace, Mr Macron called on Mr Putin to put an end to Russia's \"war of aggression\" and said he was ready to help achieve a negotiated solution to the conflict which respected Ukraine's sovereignty.\n\nThe French president, who won re-election last month, has spoken to Mr Putin several times since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.\n\nHe said he was available to work with \"competent international organisations\" to help lift Russia's blockade of Ukraine's Black Sea ports so that it could resume food exports.", "Complaints from students in England and Wales about their university courses reached a record high last year.\n\nMore than a third of the 2,763 complaints to the Office of the Independent Adjudicator (OIA) were related to the impact of pandemic.\n\nThe amount of compensation given to students exceeded £1.3m, it said.\n\nA report suggested that staffing issues, industrial action, and delays in submitting complaints from 2020 were behind the high figures.\n\nAs a result of the Covid pandemic \"some students found that they weren't getting the learning experiences that they reasonably expected\" said the OIA.\n\nIt said this explained in part why the total number of complaints submitted in 2021 was 6% higher than the year before.\n\nBy far the largest category were complaints about how courses were delivered.\n\nSome students complained about being unable to access in-person facilities like laboratories, while others were unable to pursue their studies abroad.\n\nMany complained about staffing issues, including poorly prepared substitute teachers and key experts in their field leaving the university.\n\nThe increased dependence on remote learning was also an issue, with many highlighting technical failures affecting their learning.\n\n\"Some students struggled with digital literacy, especially in online timed exams,\" the report added. \"For others their limited typing skills affected their performance.\"\n\nThe National Union of Students (NUS) said \"digital poverty\" was a big issue for some students and many others were struggling financially - with some using food banks and buy-now-pay-later loans for support.\n\nAn NUS official said the high number of complaints was \"no surprise\" and students were \"at breaking point\".\n\nComplaints in the report that were considered \"justified\", at least in part, include:\n\nOne case that resulted in just over £68,000 worth of compensation, the highest figure that was awarded, the report said.\n\nBut other students found the move to remote education had made learning easier, with disabled students benefiting in particular.\n\n\"Students told us that they valued having more control over how and when they could access their learning experience,\" the OIA said.\n\nIn addition to the high number of total complaints, the OIA said the compensation awarded was \"significantly higher\" than previous years.\n\nIt suggested this may have been because the pandemic sometimes made it challenging to find practical solutions to complaints.\n\nPhD and postgraduate students were overrepresented in the complaint logs, submitting just under half of them despite accounting for 27% of the English and Welsh student population.\n\nResponding to the report, Universities UK said the high number of complaints was concerning but stressed it represented only \"a small fraction of the total student population\".\n\nThe organisation, which represents universities, said its members had responded well to the highly disruptive impact of Covid.\n\n\"The overwhelming majority of students continue to receive a world-class education,\" it said.", "Last updated on .From the section Snooker\n\nRonnie O'Sullivan claimed his seventh World Championship title with an 18-13 win over Judd Trump to equal Stephen Hendry's record in the modern era.\n\nO'Sullivan, 46, becomes the oldest world champion in Crucible history, eclipsing Ray Reardon, who won his sixth title aged 45 in 1978.\n\nTrump won six of Monday afternoon's eight frames to battle back to 14-11.\n\nBut O'Sullivan sealed his victory and the £500,000 top prize as he took four of the evening's first six frames.\n\nThe 'Rocket' enjoyed runs of 82, 88, 75, and 85 - and shared an emotional embrace with Trump, which lasted more than a minute, at the end of the match before greeting his children who ran into the arena to share his special moment.\n\nO'Sullivan's triumph will add more fuel to any debate over who is the greatest snooker player of all time.\n\nThe Englishman has now won 39 ranking titles, holds almost every major record in the game and will finish the season as the world's top ranked player.\n\nAsked about emulating Hendry's record at the Crucible, which was set in 1999, O'Sullivan told BBC Sport: \"We can share it for a year. I tried to be as relaxed as I could, but that is probably the greatest result I've had against somebody like Judd [Trump].\n\n\"I've never bothered about records. When you get them, it's kind of nice. I don't have targets. I've loved every tournament this year, I've just loved playing.\n\n\"I like to win, but it's not the be-all and end-all. The Crucible brings out the worst in me. It's probably not the best idea but we'll probably go again next year.\"\n\nDespite having a significant seven-frame lead overnight, O'Sullivan's success was far from a formality, with Trump staging a superb fightback on Monday afternoon to claw a 12-5 deficit back to 14-11.\n\nIt saw O'Sullivan lose his first session of the Championship as Trump, who had toiled badly on Sunday, produced his best form of the final to eye the second biggest turnaround in Crucible history - after Dennis Taylor's famous revival from 8-0 down to win the 1985 final against Steve Davis.\n\nA wonderful 107 was a highlight as he took five of the day's first six frames and he applied further pressure with a sublime 105 after benefitting from a fluked red.\n\nBut in front of a raucous Crucible crowd, O'Sullivan immediately eased any pressure on himself as play got under way in the evening with several sizeable contributions after errors from Trump, who had adopted a policy of all-out attack.\n\nTrump, however, did deliver another moment of Crucible history with a record-breaking 109th century of the tournament - fittingly, with a clearance of 109 - to close the gap to 17-13, before O'Sullivan clinically rounded off his triumph in style.\n\n\"I was just glad to make a match out of it,\" Trump said. \"It's been a pleasure to share a table with him.\n\n\"It's an amazing achievement and he's the best player of all time - he keeps getting better and better. His determination and dedication are clear to see. He's been the best player in this tournament by quite a distance.\"\n\n'The longevity of his career is incredible' - analysis\n\nHe's playing in a field of players far stronger than in previous generations and that's why he's needed more years to maybe match Stephen Hendry's seven titles.\n\nThe longevity of his career is incredible because it didn't happen for me and it didn't happen for Stephen either.\n\nI think it is remarkable what he has achieved. There have been peaks and troughs along the way personally and professionally, but he has done brilliantly well to cope with everything.\n\nHe is the person everyone wants to ask questions of, but he has the talent. The pressure he withstands is astonishing.\n\nThe word 'genius' is bandied around a lot but he is a true genius of the game, and I think he has an eighth world title in him.\n\nO'Sullivan lost the 2014 final 18-14 to Mark Selby, his only defeat in a World Championship final\n• None This is the raw and honest story of Paul Gascoigne and his turbulent life\n• None Is buying an electric car worth the extra costs?: Look behind the claims and promises of changing to an electric vehicle\n\nSign up to My Sport to follow snooker news on the BBC app.", "Migrants were escorted in Dover Harbour by military personnel after being rescued while crossing the English Channel on Sunday\n\nAt least 350 migrants have been brought ashore from the English Channel in the past two days, according to witnesses and official figures.\n\nThe Ministry of Defence (MoD) said it found seven boats carrying 254 migrants on Sunday - witnesses said about 100 migrants have arrived so far on Monday.\n\nThe government is addressing the issue by \"cracking down on people smugglers\", the MoD said.\n\nIt is believed to be the first time there have been crossings in 11 days.\n\nSome commentators had suggested the prospect of asylum seekers getting sent to Rwanda was already acting as a deterrent.\n\nHowever, others had pointed out that as the weather had been windy in the Channel for the past 11 days that might have had a greater effect.\n\nThe aid charity and campaign group Care4Calais, which works directly with migrants camped in northern France, said it had surveyed 60 of them over the Rwanda plans, and said 75% of those waiting to try to cross to England would not be deterred by it.\n\nThe group, which wants people to be able to claim asylum from outside the UK, said several were sceptical of the Rwanda plan ever being put into place.\n\nLast month, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the MoD had taken command of the operational response to small boats crossings.\n\nResponding to the latest interceptions, the MoD described the rise in \"dangerous\" crossings as unacceptable.\n\nA spokesperson said: \"Not only are they an overt abuse of our immigration laws but they also impact on the UK taxpayer, risk lives and our ability to help refugees come to the UK via safe and legal routes.\"\n\nThe decision follows a drastic rise in the number of small boat crossings, with more than 6,000 people have crossing so far this year.\n\nThe latest Home Office figures suggest 28,526 people made the crossing in 2021, up from 8,466 the year before.\n\nI watched in Dover this morning as about 30 migrants were brought to shore just after 09:00 BST. The group was largely made up of young men, relieved finally to be on British soil.\n\nThey were put straight on a bus and taken for processing at Manston in Kent.\n\nConditions in the Channel today are once again calm - just like yesterday, but before then it had been windy at sea for more than a week.\n\nThis is likely to explain the temporary halt in crossings at the end of last month rather than the deterrent effect of the government's plans to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda.\n\nPierre Henri Dumont, the French national assembly member for Calais, told BBC Radio 4's World at One programme he did not believe the UK government's Rwanda programme would deter refugees from crossing the Channel.\n\nHe said: \"You leave your country because of war, because of starvation. You are not afraid of being held and sent back to another country. At least if you have a chance, you will try.\n\n\"Right now, even if this decision [from the UK government] will look backwards, that's something the migrants do not know. They hear the news and the smugglers are disturbing and transforming reality for them to make more money.\n\n\"I do have a sympathy and that's why I'm totally against what was a deal between France and the UK.\n\n\"The deal was 'we the UK give you money to keep the migrants', [but] I think you are paying us for something we cannot do. It is impossible to patrol the shore that much and to make sure there are no crossings.\"\n\nOn Monday Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said there needed to be \"an international co-ordinated criminal response\" to tackle the criminal gangs, he said, who were driving the migrant crisis.\n\nSpeaking in Worthing, West Sussex, he said: \"I have worked on international criminal organisations before when I was director of public prosecutions.\n\n\"I know what can be done if you've got teams working together across Europe all the way along those routes, absolutely bearing down on these criminal gangs.\"\n\nAt the same time as announcing it was giving operational control to the MoD, the government revealed plans to send some asylum seekers who cross the Channel to Rwanda on a one-way ticket.\n\nUnder the scheme, people deemed to have entered the UK unlawfully since 1 January could be flown there, where they will be allowed to apply for the right to settle in the east African country.\n\nThe government has said the policy would be a major blow to people smugglers and would stop people dying on dangerous routes to the UK.\n\nBut it has been criticised as cruel by opposition parties, charities and the Church of England.\n\nMore than 160 charities and campaign groups wrote an open letter urging the prime minister and Ms Patel to scrap the \"shamefully cruel\" policy.\n\nArchbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby used his Easter Sunday sermon to raise what he said were \"serious ethical questions\" about the scheme, before adding it was \"the opposite of the nature of God\".\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel has hit back at critics of the government's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, saying they have failed to offer solutions.\n\nMeanwhile, questions have also been raised about the possible cost and efficacy of the scheme.\n\nTheresa May, the former prime minister who also served as home secretary, said she did not support the policy due to her concerns over whether it met standards on \"legality, practicality and efficacy\".\n\nMs Patel defended the scheme being necessary to \"break the business\" model of people traffickers, prevent the loss of life and ensure \"protection for those who are genuinely vulnerable\".\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.", "An escaped inmate and a guard suspected of helping him had a \"special relationship\", say investigators.\n\nThe announcement from the Alabama sheriff's office said the discovery was confirmed by fellow inmates of missing prisoner Casey White, a murder suspect.\n\nA manhunt is under way for the 38-year-old escapee and corrections officer Vicky White, 56 (no relation).\n\nThe pair vanished as she was transporting him to a bogus mental evaluation.\n\nPolice have not revealed whether the relationship was romantic.\n\nFriday - the day the pair went missing - was supposed to be her final day at work. She had recently sold her home and told colleagues she planned to spend more time at the beach.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nPolice now believe Ms White helped orchestrate the escape after breaking jail protocol to escort Casey White alone.\n\n\"Investigators received information from inmates at the Lauderdale County Detention Center over the weekend that there was a special relationship between Director White and inmate Casey White,\" Sheriff Rick Singleton said in a statement on Tuesday.\n\n\"That relationship has now been confirmed through our investigation by independent sources and means.\"\n\nOn Tuesday, the US Marshals Service said the two were last seen on Friday driving a copper-coloured Ford Edge with an Alabama registration plate.\n\nThe same bulletin gave two aliases for Ms White - April Davis and Renee Marie Maxwell. Authorities say Casey White should be considered \"armed and extremely dangerous\".\n\nOfficials say they may now have access to an AR-15 rifle and a shotgun.\n\nOn Monday, Sheriff Singleton described the 6ft 9in Casey White as \"extremely dangerous\" and advised law enforcement not to \"take any chances\" with him.\n\n\"He has nothing to lose,\" he said.\n\nHe added that Ms White is thought to be using cash, and has switched off her mobile phone.\n\nThe US Secret Service is helping to track her financial records, he said.\n\n\"I would have trusted Vicky with my life. I really mean it,\" Lauderdale County District Attorney Chris Connolly told reporters. \"If we needed something from the jail, she was our go-to person, solid employee. That's why it's so shocking.\"\n\nCasey White was charged in September 2020 with murder over the stabbing of 58-year-old Connie Ridgeway. He was already serving 75 years for a series of violent crimes in 2015, including burglary, vehicle theft and a police chase.\n\nHe allegedly confessed to the murder, but later pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, and was awaiting trial at the Lauderdale County Jail when he disappeared, authorities added.\n\nMeanwhile, a woman who White tried to kill during a burglary said she is \"freaking out\" after discovering he is on the loose.\n\nThe unnamed woman told local ABC affiliate WAAY 31 that she and her family are in hiding, fearful that White will track them down.\n\nShe also said she has a message for Ms White: \"If she is still alive, get the hell out. Run. Run as far as you can, and turn yourself in, and contact somebody.\n\n\"Like, do the right thing before you lose your life or somebody else does.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Championship\n\nKieffer Moore sent Bournemouth back to the Premier League with a late winner against Nottingham Forest that sealed automatic promotion from the Championship.\n\nSubstitute Moore's cool finish, after a low free-kick found him unmarked in the box, leaves third-placed Forest needing to go through the play-offs if they are to join the Cherries in the top flight next season.\n\nMoore, a January arrival from Cardiff who has managed to make just three substitute appearances because of injury, was smothered by jubilant team-mates as they knew a win against their closest challengers would end a two-year top-flight absence.\n\nThey return to the Premier League under manager Scott Parker, who celebrates his second promotion in three campaigns, having taken Fulham up in 2019-20 before leaving the west London club for Bournemouth following relegation last season.\n\nThe showdown between second and third in the Championship, while lacking the hype and pageantry of a play-off final, felt every bit the high-stakes encounter that makes the Wembley showpiece the richest game in club football.\n\nIn an absorbing and tense first half, Forest striker Sam Surridge hit the crossbar and had a strong penalty appeal ignored after an incorrect offside flag against him.\n\nThe forward was brought down by goalkeeper Mark Travers as he tried to round him, but the foul was waved away as the flag was already up.\n\nAfter the match, Forest boss Steve Cooper told BBC Radio Nottingham that referee Stuart Attwell and his assistant apologised for the mistake.\n\n\"They have put their hands up and owned up to a huge error,\" he said. \"It doesn't really help but at least they had the courtesy to own up to the decision that they made.\"\n\nThe visitors created little in a second half dominated by the Cherries, with Dominic Solanke hitting the side netting while Philip Billing and Jaidon Anthony tested Reds goalkeeper Brice Samba.\n\nWhen Jordan Zemura was brought down on the edge of the area, Billing appeared to be ready to go directly for goal.\n\nInstead, he spotted Moore free in box to sweep home a goal that propelled the hosts back to the Premier League and sparked a party atmosphere at the Vitality Stadium, which saw ecstatic home fans spill onto the pitch at full-time.\n\nBournemouth, who are now six points clear of Forest, have spent just one of the past 32 weeks outside the automatic promotion spots.\n\nIn stark contrast, Forest spent 46 of the first 52 days of the season in the relegation places after making their worst start to a campaign for more than a century.\n\nSince Cooper's appointment as Chris Hughton's replacement in September, no side has collected more points than the Reds as they have mounted what would once have seemed to be a preposterous bid to challenge for promotion back to the Premier League after 23 years away.\n\nWhen Forest beat Huddersfield on 18 September for their first win - a victory secured under caretaker Steven Reid - the East Midlands club were bottom of the table and 14 points adrift of then leaders Bournemouth.\n\nForest started the night knowing victory would take them above the hosts on goal difference and into pole position to claim the last remaining automatic promotion place with one game to go.\n\nAfter Billing tested Samba with an awkward curled shot, it was former Cherries striker Surridge who took centre stage, crashing a powerful shot off the crossbar before the controversial offside decision.\n\nBournemouth emerged re-energised after the interval, afforded Forest little space or time to play the free-flowing attacking football that saw them win nine of their previous 10 games, and created the better chances before Moore buried his with a fine first-time finish beyond Samba with seven minutes remaining.\n\nForest finish the season with a trip to Hull on Saturday, knowing victory would guarantee them third place, while Bournemouth host Millwall who are hoping to sneak into the play-offs themselves.\n\n\"I never wanted the game to be an emotional one, I felt if we turned it into an emotional game it would suit Forest.\n\n\"It was easier said than done, and we got dragged into that, it became helter-skelter, a basketball game. If we'd shown the same performance second half there would have only been one winner.\n\n\"We've executed second half tonight, we were electric and certainly worthy of the result. My emotions are ecstatic.\"\n\n\"Obviously it hurts, but like it or not we have to get over it and get ready for the play-offs.\n\n\"Congratulations to Bournemouth, promotion wasn't just about tonight. It was about getting to the position they had been in. We go into the play-offs now to try and join them.\"\n• None Attempt missed. Brice Samba (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.\n• None Dominic Solanke (Bournemouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Offside, Nottingham Forest. Brennan Johnson tries a through ball, but Ryan Yates is caught offside.\n• None Offside, Nottingham Forest. Brennan Johnson tries a through ball, but Ryan Yates is caught offside.\n• None Djed Spence (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA woman who had life-threatening cancer has given birth to a \"little miracle\" baby after pioneering treatment.\n\nSammy Gray, 26, feared chemotherapy had left her infertile but had son Walter after CAR-T cell therapy trained her body to fight back against the cancer.\n\nMs Gray, of Blackpool, Lancashire, become one of the first in the UK to give birth following the treatment.\n\nShe gave birth on 23 February after the innovative treatment at the Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester.\n\nHer daughter Harper was born in 2018 when Ms Gray was then diagnosed with non Hodgkin's lymphoma, an uncommon cancer that develops in the lymphatic system.\n\nMs Gray underwent chemotherapy and radiotherapy but then the cancer became more aggressive and progressed.\n\nIn June 2019 medics decided to try the CAR-T cell therapy, which was only approved on the NHS in 2018.\n\nCancer treatments can leave women infertile and Ms Gray did not have periods for a year.\n\nCAR-T is a type of immunotherapy which involves reprogramming the patient's own immune system cells to fight the cancer and Walter was then born naturally.\n\nMs Gray said: \"I wasn't petrified of dying but I was petrified of leaving Harper behind.\n\n\"It has been an incredibly tough few years and I missed out on so much of my first taste of motherhood when Harper was a baby.\n\n\"The chemotherapy made me very ill so I couldn't look after my baby daughter, so Daley, my fiancé, had to be a full-time dad.\n\n\"I'm determined to make the most of every minute with Walter. \"\n\nMs Gray said she was \"determined to make the most of every minute with Walter\"\n\nShe added: \"Walter is our little miracle. If it wasn't for the CAR-T treatment at the Christie neither of us would be here now.\"\n\nShe has now been clear of cancer for the past year.\n\nProfessor Adrian Bloor, consultant haematologist at the Christie said the \"treatment saved her life\".\n\nHe added: \"Sammy was one of our first CAR-T patients, and at that time the youngest.\"\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Championship\n\nRecord-breaking Aleksandar Mitrovic reached 43 goals in a season by scoring twice as Fulham clinched the Championship title in style with a 7-0 win over Luton Town.\n\nTom Cairney scored the team's 100th goal of the campaign with a thunderous first-half strike and a thumping long-range shot from Kenny Tete doubled the tally, as Luton crumbled under injuries and Fulham's dominance.\n\nFabio Carvalho made it three after the break, before Mitrovic scored his record-equalling 42nd goal of the campaign.\n\nBobby Decordova-Reid and Jean-Michael Seri extended the lead, before Mitrovic tapped in his second to set a new record for English league goals in a season post-1992 and Fulham's title celebrations began.\n\nThe defeat was Luton's heaviest of the season and sees them drop down a place to sixth. While a place in the play-offs is still in their hands, they need to beat Reading to ensure Middlesbrough cannot overtake them.\n• None Can Fulham buck the trend to stay in Premier League?\n\nHaving confidently dominated the season, Fulham seemed to stutter towards the finish line and went into the game having won only one of their previous five matches.\n\nThe Hatters started brightly and where Fulham were misfiring in the final third, Luton looked sharp with Kal Naismith forcing an early save from Marek Rodak.\n\nYet an omen for Luton's evening seemed to come before kick-off when Nathan Jones was forced to make a late change after Allan Campbell was injured in the pre-game warm-up.\n\nThe injury list grew longer when Fred Onyedinma pulled up running on the counter and he was still sitting on the ground when Harry Wilson picked out Cairney and the Fulham stalwart sent the ball rocketing into the net.\n\nTete then made it 2-0 with an impressive strike into the corner with his weaker left foot and from that point on it was just a case of how many they would score, with the home fans began cheering every Fulham pass after the break.\n\nWilson, whose tally for assists this season now stands at 20, flicked the ball on for Carvalho who curled it in for their third.\n\nAnd Mitrovic had the black and white scarves waving again when he ran into space from deep, saw his first shot blocked but tapped the rebound into the net to match Guy Whittingham's 1992-93 record of 42 goals in a season.\n\nLuton were still trying to regroup when Decordova-Reid ruthlessly made it 5-0, running between two defenders and slotting the ball beyond Matt Ingram.\n\nIngram was drafted in by Luton in an emergency loan just 24 hours before kick-off, but having already lost to Fulham twice for parent club Hull City, he has now seen 10 goals by the London club go past him this season.\n\nSeri scored his first goal of the season with another powerful shot from distance low into the corner, before Mitrovic added a seventh in injury time to become the most prolific scorer of a single campaign in the modern era.\n\nFulham have now scored 106 goals and are just two away from matching Manchester City, who were the last team to surpass 100 goals in English football's second tier with 108 in 2001-02.\n\nThey face Sheffield United away on the final day of the season, while sixth-placed Luton now find themselves among four clubs vying for the final two play-off places - with their goal difference now inferior to Middlesbrough and Millwall, the two clubs immediately below them.\n\nFulham first moved to the top of the table in early August and have been at the summit since 20 November, apart from one slip when Bournemouth briefly overtook them.\n\nPromotion to the Premier League is nothing new for a team that have yo-yoed between the divisions the past five seasons.\n\nBut this is the first time Fulham have won a second-tier title since Jean Tigana's side did so in 2000-01. The Frenchman guided them to the top flight for the first time in 33 years in his first year at the helm.\n\nThe former midfielder revolutionised the team's playing style and preparation and it produced wonders on the pitch, as they racked up 101 points.\n\nTheir tally of 90 goals was well short of the 106 Fulham have now scored this season, but while the class of 2021-22 has the unstoppable Mitrovic, Tigana's team had Louis Saha, who found the net 27 times, with Barry Hayles and Luis Boa Morte contributing 18 each.\n\nFulham wrapped up a promotion that had long seemed inevitable on 19 April, with a 3-0 win over Preston North End. Yet a draw with second-placed Bournemouth and defeat by Nottingham Forest meant the champagne was on ice when it came to them matching Tigana's champions.\n\nThe demolition of Luton finally put Fulham out of Bournemouth's reach and crowned a season to remember.\n\n\"The aim to be champions was always inside our dressing room. We knew what we wanted from the first day.\n\n\"It started to feel in October and November that we had been so dominant, we had to finish in this way.\n\n\"To score 106 goals is an amazing achievement for us and it's fantastic to see players growing with every match.\n\n\"The record of Mitro is fantastic and it was the best way to finish this game, the second from him.\"\n\n\"It was a tough game to watch but they're the best team in the league so congratulations to them.\n\n\"We've got nine first-team injuries. What we have to do is make sure we dust ourselves off and make sure we're ready to go at the weekend.\n\n\"It all boils down to one giant, mammoth, unbelievable game (against Reading) and we'd have all taken that at the beginning of the season.\n\n\"Let's look forward to that, rather than dwell on a poor performance - they were good, but we weren't aggressive, didn't defend our box well and in the end felt a bit a sorry for ourselves.\"\n• None Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.\n• None Goal! Fulham 7, Luton Town 0. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Harry Wilson following a fast break.\n• None Attempt missed. Jean Michaël Seri (Fulham) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.\n• None Attempt missed. Rodrigo Muniz (Fulham) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Antonee Robinson with a cross.\n• None Admiral Muskwe (Luton Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Harry Wilson (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt missed. Daniel Potts (Luton Town) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Henri Lansbury with a cross following a corner.\n• None Goal! Fulham 6, Luton Town 0. Jean Michaël Seri (Fulham) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.\n• None Attempt blocked. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Antonee Robinson. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Caroline Henry was elected as Nottinghamshire's police and crime commissioner in May 2021\n\nA police and crime commissioner (PCC) who pledged to crack down on speeding was caught breaking a 30mph limit five times in four months.\n\nConservative Caroline Henry, the PCC for Nottinghamshire, appeared before Nottingham magistrates earlier after previously admitting the offences.\n\nThe 52-year-old, who was elected in May 2021, was caught speeding in four locations around the county in March, May and June 2021.\n\nShe is due to be sentenced in July.\n\nMagistrates were told Henry, who is the wife of Broxtowe MP Darren Henry, had written a letter to the court saying she was \"very sorry, embarrassed and ashamed\".\n\nHer defence solicitor Noel Philo said the letter was written on \"advice I did not give\".\n\nHenry was caught speeding in a blue Mercedes and a silver Lexus with a personalised number plate in 30mph (48km/h) zones at four locations, including one near a school.\n\nCourt documents list the offences as follows:\n\nOn her official PCC website, Henry listed ensuring an \"effective and efficient\" police response to speeding as one of her priorities.\n\nShe campaigned for election using the slogan \"Make Notts Safe\" and promised to \"reduce crime with action, not words\".\n\nHenry lists ensuring an \"effective and efficient\" response to speeding as one of her priorities on her official PCC website\n\nThe case was adjourned until 19 July, where Henry is expected to argue two of the five offences were due to \"emergencies\", with one being when she was \"very concerned for one of her children\".\n\nIn a statement issued after the hearing, Henry - who did not respond to questions over whether she would resign - said: \"For technical legal reasons, the court has constituted that they cannot deal with the case today.\n\n\"I cannot comment on the ongoing case. I will be explaining the context of this matter in due course.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk\n• None Nottinghamshire Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "P&O Ferries is restarting Dover-Calais passenger crossings for the first time since it controversially sacked hundreds of employees with no notice.\n\nThe ferry operator says it is operating a reduced timetable on Tuesday, with a normal timetable resuming on Wednesday.\n\nThe Spirit of Britain is the only ferry in service on the route so tickets are limited.\n\nIt comes after P&O sacked almost 800 seafarers in March to replace them with cheaper agency workers.\n\nTuesday marks the first time that drive-on passengers and tourists will have been able to use the service in almost six weeks. The Spirit of Britain will leave Dover for Calais at 16:05.\n\nIt has been crossing the English channel for just under a week, carrying freight-only traffic.\n\nIt is the only ship the company can currently use for its cross-Channel operations and was cleared to sail on 22 April after being detained 11 days earlier, when 23 failures were found by Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) inspectors.\n\nThe MCA has confirmed that the Pride of Kent, which also operates on the Dover-Calais route, has failed its reinspection.\n\nAfter reinspection, the MCA said not all of the previously identified issues around safety and crew documentation had been put right, so it will remain under detention.\n\nIt will reinspect the vessel when next requested to do so by P&O Ferries.\n\nThe company used to have four ferries in operation on this route, so it is still below its normal operating capacity. The other two ferries, the Pride of Canterbury and the Spirit of France, are still out of action.\n\nP&O Ferries was widely condemned by politicians, trade unions and the public after replacing nearly 800 crew members with cheaper agency staff on 17 March.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIt suspended most of its operations following the decision, with delays and increased traffic seen around the Port of Dover as a result around the Easter holidays.\n\nWhen P&O Ferries sacked its staff, the company said the move was to ensure the future of the business.\n\nPassenger services have already resumed on its three other UK routes, which are between Liverpool and Dublin, Ireland; between Cairnryan, Scotland and Larne, Northern Ireland; and between Hull and Rotterdam, the Netherlands.\n\nLast week, another P&O Ferries ship spent hours adrift without power in the Irish Sea.\n\nP&O said the incident was caused by a \"temporary mechanical issue\" that had been resolved.\n\nThe European Causeway ferry was ordered to remain at Larne Port until it passes another inspection.", "The leaders of Northern Ireland's five main political parties have clashed over the DUP's decision to collapse the executive.\n\nThis was over his claim that £300m left unspent could have been used without the executive meeting.\n\nWhile Alliance leader Naomi Long said his claim other parties were playing politics was \"a scurrilous allegation.\"\n\nBut the UTV debate - the first in this election campaign - also saw Michelle O'Neill come under pressure.\n\nThis was over a Sunday Times story which reported that two years ago Sinn Féin national chairperson Declan Kearney wrote to the political wing of the New IRA, the group behind the murder of journalist Lyra McKee, seeking a meeting to arrange a common strategy to pursue a border poll.\n\nWhen it was put to Ms O'Neill that her party had been \"found out\", she said: \"Firstly, let me say the tragic loss of Lyra McKee was shocking and still has ripples right across our society.\n\n\"No gangs who are involved in criminality, who are involved in armed actions, should exist today. So as political leaders we all have a responsibility to call it out and say no, nae, never, it shouldn't happen.\"\n\nHowever she said Declan Kearney \"reached out\" saying they must work towards Irish unity and change in the constitutional position, only by consent.\n\nBut Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, who has spent much of the campaign warning Sinn Féin would use an election victory to pursue its claims for a border poll, said the story proved what his party had been saying.\n\nHe commented: \"It's particularly an issue when you have Sinn Féin looking to build an alliance with people who are still committing murder on our streets to deliver their unity goal.\"\n\nSDLP leader Colum Eastwood said: \"These people will not be involved with me in trying to build a new Ireland. They have nothing to offer in that. They should be rejected and that's the way to deal with them.\"\n\nWhile the Ulster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie said: \"There's a real issue here and that's the issue of trust. The Real IRA are a dissident group which are still maiming and murdering people, our citizens, here in Northern Ireland.\n\n\"If people are doing stuff behind closed doors in order to create a coalition that is really concerning for us.\"\n\nThe Alliance leader and Justice Minister, Naomi Long, said \"When it comes to engaging with paramilitary organisations and those who front them up and speak on their behalf I have a fairly clear line on this.\n\n\"The only conversations we should be having with them, whether they are loyalists or dissident republicans, is a conversation about when they are going to stop.\"\n\nBut the most feisty clashes during the hour-long debate were over the DUP's decision to collapse the Executive.\n\nThere's a reason why this has been the dullest Northern Ireland election campaign in years.\n\nNo-one wants to drop the ball and make a mistake they will not recover from.\n\nAfter this first leaders' debate nothing has changed - no big blows landed and no new revelations.\n\nIt's as-you-were, wherever that is.\n\nMichelle O'Neill started off on the defensive over the Sunday Times story that her party wrote to the political wing of the New IRA a year after Lyra McKee's murder seeking a meeting over the pursuit of a border poll.\n\nThen it was the turn of Sir Jeffrey Donaldson to feel the heat over the DUP's decision to pull down the executive leaving unspent three hundred million pounds which could have gone to relieve the cost of living crisis.\n\nWe've heard most of it before. Maybe that will change when they do it all again on the BBC on Tuesday night at 9pm. But don't bet on it\n\nSir Jeffrey Donaldson said the £300 million unspent, because of the decision, could still have been used claiming he proposed at a party leaders' meeting the energy payment support scheme could have been extended to help working families.\n\nBut Ms O'Neill accused him of being \"absolutely dishonest\" adding the money could only be spent by a functioning Executive.\n\nHe interjected claiming that the money could have been spent by the Sinn Féin Finance Minister Conor Murphy, a claim rejected by Ms O'Neill.\n\nHe went on to accuse the other parties of \"playing politics\" with the issue. But that brought a sharp response from Naomi Long who called it a \"scurrilous allegation.\"\n\nShe added: \"All of us want to see money in people's pockets and want to help people with cost of living crisis. But it was very clear, in terms of the advice that we have received as ministers, that we cannot make decisions that are cross-cutting, that are significant and that are novel.\"\n\nMr Beattie said \"As politicians the bottom line is all of us have failed the people. It was £300m, it wouldn't have fixed all the problems but it would have given them money in their pockets in the short term and that was important. That's a failure, that's a failure of politics to help the people that we should be helping.\"\n\nA second leaders' debate will take place on BBC Northern Ireland on Tuesday at 9pm.", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nRussia have been barred from competing in this summer's women's Euro 2022, while Russian clubs will also be banned from Uefa competitions next season, says Europe's football governing body.\n\nUefa has announced that Russia's bid to host the men's Euro 2028 or Euro 2032 tournaments is now ineligible too.\n\nThe sanctions come amid Russia's continued invasion of Ukraine.\n\nIn February, Russian clubs and national teams were suspended by Fifa and Uefa \"until further notice\".\n• None Scottish Premiership winners to go into Champions League group stage\n\nOn Monday, Uefa announced that Portugal - who lost to Russia in the play-offs - will replace them at Euro 2022, which takes place in July.\n\nRussia's women's national team will also no longer compete in European qualification for the 2023 World Cup, while the men's side is barred from the 2022-23 Nations League.\n\nThey will automatically be ranked fourth in group two of League B, meaning they will be relegated at the end of the group phase.\n\nThe ban imposed on clubs means there will be no Russian teams in the men's and women's Champions League, Europa League, or Europa Conference League during the 2022-23 campaign.\n\nIn March, Uefa confirmed Russia had declared an interest in hosting Euro 2028 - as well as the UK and Ireland, and Turkey - and the 2032 edition.\n\nUK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Russia's interest was \"beyond satire\" and \"beyond comprehension\".\n\nUefa said the bid was ineligible in accordance with article 16.02 of the Bid Regulations, which states that \"each bidder shall ensure that it does not act in a manner that could bring Uefa, any other bidder, the bidding procedure or European football into disrepute\".\n\nUefa's latest sanctions also ban Russia from the 2021-23 European Under-21 Championship, as well as youth and futsal competitions.\n\nAn updated qualifying process for the Champions League has been published, which shows benefits for Scottish teams.\n\nThe Premiership champions will go directly into the competition's group stages, while the second-placed side will now go into the third round of qualifying rather than the second.", "Some energy suppliers have been given a three-week deadline to explain accusations they have increased customers' direct debit payments by \"more than is necessary\".\n\nJonathan Brearley, boss of the energy regulator Ofgem, recently said there were \"troubling signs\" of the tactic.\n\nHe also expressed concern over customers being directed to inappropriate deals.\n\nOfficial reviews have now been launched.\n\nMr Brearley had said in April that reviews were imminent, but the development emerged from an update published on Twitter by Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Kwarteng said that some energy companies had been increasing direct debits beyond what was required.\n\n\"I can confirm Ofgem has today issued compliance reviews,\" Mr Kwarteng's tweet went on.\n\n\"The regulator will not hesitate to swiftly enforce compliance, including issuing substantial fines.\"\n\nHowever, by reviewing the issue, Ofgem has yet to draw a firm conclusion on whether any rules have been broken.\n\nAn Ofgem spokesperson said: \"Our top priority is to protect consumers and we recently wrote to suppliers to alert them that we are commissioning a series of market compliance reviews to ensure, amongst other things, that they are handling direct debits fairly, and that overall, they are held to higher standards for performance on customer service and protecting vulnerable customers.\"\n\nA spokesman for Energy UK, which represents energy companies, said: \"Suppliers are required to set [direct debits] at a fair and reasonable level based on the customer's individual circumstances, taking into account factors like previous energy use or record with previous payments.\n\n\"It is right that the regulator is looking to ensure that suppliers are complying with those requirements. Customers who do have concerns with the level of their direct debit payments should contact their supplier.\"\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson had earlier acknowledged \"there is more that we can do\" to help families struggling with rising fuel and energy bills.\n\nOpposition parties have called for a windfall tax on energy company profits, with Labour accusing him of offering \"no answers\" to a \"cost of living crisis\".\n\nOn 1 April, yearly bills increased by an average of £693 for about 18 million households on standard tariffs.\n\nAnd some 4.5 million prepayment customers saw an average increase of £708 - from £1,309 to £2,017.\n\nMr Brearley, chief executive of Ofgem, wrote in a blog on Ofgem's website in April that the regulator had received information from consumer groups and the public about \"bad practices\" by some suppliers.\n\n\"We are also seeing troubling signs that some companies are reacting to these changes by allowing levels of customer service to deteriorate,\" he wrote.\n\nHe added that they were also concerned about \"the way some vulnerable customers are being treated when they fall into difficulties\".\n\nThe regulator has powers to issue \"substantial fines\" of up to 10% of turnover to firms found failing to comply.", "Thousands of Post Office workers are on strike on Saturday over a pay dispute.\n\nSome 114 Crown Post Offices - those directly owned by the company - will close for a 24-hour period, while sub-post offices will have no cash deliveries or collections.\n\nThe Communication Workers Union are angry over a pay freeze in 2021-22 and a 2% rise for the following year.\n\nThe Post Office said the vast majority of its 11,000 branches were not covered by the strike and will open as usual.\n\nIt said in a statement: \"There are 114 branches - typically in city centres - across the UK that are directly managed by Post Office.\n\n\"Posters are displayed which show where the nearest alternative branches are located. Customers can also find more information at postoffice.co.uk/branch-finder.\"\n\nThe branches impacted are larger ones - often located on the high street - which are directly owned by the Post Office itself.\n\nAround 3,500 members of staff are involved in the dispute. A strike already took place at the start of May - and there are further walkouts planned for Monday.\n\nThe CWU said that Post Office managers had been insisting on a pay freeze for 2021-22 \"despite the company generating a profit for the last two years during the pandemic from the efforts of their key worker employees\".\n\n\"Insultingly, Post Office has offered just a 2% pay increase - plus a £250 one-off payment (pro-rata for part-timers) for 2022-23,\" a spokesperson from the CWU added.\n\nThe union said this offer was not enough to keep up with rapid increases in the cost of living, which is currently rising at 7% a year.\n\nThe CWU said its members voted by 97.3% on a 70.2% turnout to take strike action.\n\nPost Office Postal Assistants - a significant sector of the workforce - currently earn less than £24,000 per year, the CWU continued.\n\nIf management strictly followed government policy, these workers would have received a wage increase of at least £250, yet they have not.\n\nUnion assistant secretary Andy Furey said: \"Post Office management are insisting they are simply following government policy on public sector pay policy.\n\n\"But they have repeatedly contradicted themselves, and have also said that it's their decision to impose a pay freeze.\n\n\"We know Post Office has turned over huge profits in these past few years - management can afford to provide our members with a reasonable pay increase if they wanted.\n\n\"This is not an issue of affordability. This is about power play from a management that is needlessly antagonising its key worker employees.\"\n\nThe union said it had a mandate for more strikes in coming weeks.", "Face coverings were required inside Welsh classrooms until the end of February half term\n\nFace masks will no longer be required in schools in Wales from Monday.\n\nEducation Minister Jeremy Miles said it will ensure schools are \"more closely aligned\" with the rest of society.\n\nUntil now face coverings were needed to be worn by school staff and secondary school pupils when moving around buildings and in communal areas.\n\nBut as with businesses and other organisations, that requirement will now be guidance from 9 May.\n\nThe Welsh government said schools and other educational settings will continue to be advised to work with local authorities to ensure \"appropriate and proportionate\" measures remain.\n\nPlaid Cymru said there were still pupils and staff who would be \"concerned\" with the change.\n\nSince September 2021, schools applied measures to stop the spread of Covid-19 according to local circumstances.\n\nThese measures included social distancing, regular later flow testing and avoiding mixing by sticking to class bubbles.\n\nIt was based on a framework for schools, but they will no longer be advised to use it.\n\nFace coverings were required in Welsh classrooms until the end of February half term.\n\nSince then, individual schools and councils have been able to decide which restrictions were needed in classrooms.\n\nFor many primary school-aged children, having their first assembly together was \"quite an emotional one\".\n\nRhian Lundrigan, executive head teacher of the Rainbow Federation, which is made up of two primary schools in Llanrumney, Cardiff, said because of restrictions they had never had an assembly all together until now.\n\n\"We're still not doing everything whole school,\" she said but after the Easter break, year groups are now able to play on the yard together.\n\nHead teacher Rhian Lundrigan believes it is time to relax restrictions\n\n\"Maybe the biggest thing for the children is the staff not wearing masks in the classroom.\n\n\"It's very difficult to read faces and emotions... so I think the children have really noticed that difference.\"\n\nEarlier in the pandemic, teachers had to check the toilets before pupils were allowed in to avoid different classes mixing.\n\nLily, 10, is glad those rules have gone.\n\n\"We can eat in the same lunch hall, we're allowed to show work to different teachers, we can go into the bathroom with other classes - it's great,\" she said.\n\nMason, 10, says being able to mix with friends is \"fun and better\".\n\nHis class has just come back from their first residential trip where they stayed for three nights and did \"loads of fun activities\".\n\nMs Lundrigan added that although \"it's time to relax those restrictions\", the situation is always kept under review.\n\nMr Miles said: \"In line with the wider public health guidance published at the last three-week review, we have today written to headteachers to signpost the impending changes to our advice for schools, which reflect the move from pandemic to endemic.\n\n\"We all know that Covid-19 has not gone way.\n\n\"It remains vitally important we reduce the spread of the virus where we can - this includes, for example, following self-isolation guidance, and for education settings to continue to undertake robust risk assessments.\"\n\nWelsh Conservative education spokesman, Laura Anne Jones, said: \"I welcome these long overdue changes being announced, it's something that should have should have been done in January.\"\n\n\"It's now paramount that pupils are free to resume their education and sit their exams with no other restrictions imposed on them.\"\n\nPlaid Cymru said it wanted the Welsh government \"to continue with the provision of free lateral flow tests for education settings, support clinically extremely vulnerable staff, including those who are pregnant, to work from home, and protect vulnerable staff by offering roles with minimum contact and FFP2/3 masks.\"\n\nIt also called for better ventilation and air quality monitoring, including carbon dioxide monitors for each classroom.", "Tony Brooks, one of the defining Formula 1 drivers of the 1950s, has died aged 90, his daughter Giulia announced on Tuesday.\n\nThe Briton won six grands prix and narrowly missed out on the world championship in 1959.\n\nAfter Juan Manuel Fangio, Alberto Ascari and Stirling Moss, Brooks was the most successful driver of his era.\n\nBrooks is regarded alongside Moss as the best British driver never to win the F1 title.\n\nMoss, who died two years ago, also aged 90, said of his former team-mate and friend: \"Brooks was a tremendous driver, the greatest - if he'll forgive me saying this - 'unknown' racing driver there's ever been. He was far better than several people who won the world championship.\"\n\nF1 CEO Stefano Domenicali paid tribute to Brooks in a statement, saying: \"I was saddened to hear the news that Tony Brooks has died.\n\n\"He was part of a special group of drivers who were pioneers and pushed the boundaries at a time of great risk.\n\n\"He will be missed and our thoughts are with his family at this time.\"\n\nBrooks, who had been the last surviving F1 race winner of the 1950s, left a considerable mark on the sport - between 1956 and 1959, he won 46% of the races he finished, in an era when mechanical reliability was a significant feature in motorsport.\n\nBrooks famously won his first ever F1 race, the Syracuse Grand Prix of 1955, in which he competed as a last-minute entry for the Connaught team while studying for his dentistry finals at Manchester University.\n\nReceiving a call from the team while revising, Brooks went to Italy, missed the first practice day, learned the circuit on a Vespa, and then caused a sensation by leading home the Maseratis of world championship regulars Luigi Musso and Luigi Villoresi, to achieve the first international grand prix win for a British car since 1924.\n\nHis success put his career as a dentist on the backburner, as he decided to focus full-time on motor racing.\n\nHe entered F1 in 1956 with BRM, but he raced only twice in a car that was not a success - and Brooks was lucky to escape without serious injury from a crash when its throttle stuck open during the 1956 British Grand Prix.\n\nThe following year marked his breakthrough. Joining the Vanwall team alongside Moss, Brooks finished second in Monaco to Fangio, who was on course for the last of his five world titles, and then won the British Grand Prix, sharing with Moss.\n\nBrooks was suffering from injuries sustained in a heavy crash at Le Mans the month before, but still qualified third. And after Moss retired from the race while leading, a fatigued Brooks handed over his car and Moss went on to a famous win.\n\nBrooks - as befitted his talent - always shone brightest on the most demanding circuits, and in 1958 underlined his skills with impressive victories on the daunting Spa-Francorchamps and Nurburgring Nordschleife circuits in the Belgian and German Grands Prix.\n\nHaving moved to Ferrari in 1959, he should have won the world title. Wins in France and Germany, along with second in Monaco, meant he went into the final race at Sebring in Florida still in with a chance of the championship despite problems at the other races.\n\nBrooks was a devout Catholic, and did not believe in taking unnecessary risks with his life, despite his profession.\n\nThe Silverstone and Le Mans crashes earlier in his career had changed his view as to how to approach his sport. Both had come as a result of trying to compensate with his talent for deficiencies in the car, and he resolved after Le Mans never to do that again.\n\n\"I always felt it was morally wrong to take unnecessary risks with one's life,\" he told the veteran F1 journalist Nigel Roebuck in the 1980s, \"because I believe that life is a gift from God and that suicide is morally unacceptable.\n\n\"I suppose there are those who would say that driving racing cars at all is an unnecessary risk but I wouldn't agree with that. However, driving one which may be unsound or damaged, while not exactly suicide, is verging towards it.\"\n\nThe philosophy probably cost him the world title. On the first lap of the 1959 US Grand Prix, Brooks' Ferrari was hit by team-mate Wolfgang Von Trips' car.\n\n\"My natural inclination was to carry on,\" he said. \"Believe me, that would have been the easiest thing to do, but I made myself come in to have the car checked over.\n\n\"I lost half a lap doing that, and still finished third. Stirling retired, and Jack [Brabham, the eventual champion] ran out of petrol near the end! Still, in my own mind, I think I did the right thing.\"\n\nBrooks left Ferrari after that and although he continued in F1 in 1960 and '61, he was already thinking of moving on. And after an unsatisfactory year back with BRM, he retired, with little fanfare.\n\nTo those who know motor racing, Brooks was and always will be one of the greatest drivers, and a charming and self-effacing man, too.", "The runner who beat Sir Mo Farah in the Vitality London 10,000 road race on Bank Holiday Monday shares what it is like to beat \"an idol\" of the sport.\n\nThe 25-year-old competitor, Ellis Cross, from Polesworth, in Warwickshire, was not part of the elite field.\n\nHe beat the former Olympic champion Sir Mo Farah by four seconds.\n\nRead more: London Vitality 10,000: Mo Farah beaten by Ellis Cross as Eilish McColgan sets Scottish mark", "CEO James Watt said shared ownership would help with recruitment, retention and team engagement\n\nBrewdog boss James Watt has set out plans to give away nearly a fifth of his equity stake to the firm's staff.\n\nBrewery and pub workers have criticised him over his behaviour and pressure on them to grow the firm rapidly.\n\nAt least partly in response, Mr Watt has set out an incentive plan which also means half of its pub profits will go to those who work on hourly rates in its 111 bars worldwide.\n\nBased on last year's figures, that could mean an annual bonus of between £3,000 and £5,000 each, in cash payouts made twice a year.\n\nThe chief executive claimed the giveaway of shares could be worth £120,000 for each Brewdog salaried staffer, comprising four annual tranches starting this June.\n\nHowever, the shares are not yet tradeable, and plans to float shares on the stock exchange have been delayed.\n\nA funding round in 2017 brought in an investment fund, TSG, with a £213m injection of capital, but on terms that financial analysts said stood to undermine the value of other shareholders.\n\nJames Watt currently holds 24.2% of the company, and the plan unveiled on Monday - to mark 15 years since it started brewing - is for him to give away 5% to an Employee Benefit Trust, reducing his stake to 19.2%.\n\nThat trust will distribute equally across salaried staff, at around 1.25% of the company each year. Anyone who leaves the company ahead of shares being floated on the stock exchange will have to give up the option to buy shares, which will then revert to the trust.\n\nAt current rates of turnover, the 5% stake will take up to eight years for the trust to distribute.\n\nBetween staff and the 'Equity Punks' who took part in several successful rounds of crowdfunding, a quarter of the company should be owned by small-scale shareholders once this process is complete.\n\nThe rewards package, unusually, extends to former members of staff, including some who were particularly outspoken about Mr Watt's behaviour and the pressures they were under.\n\nEx-employees will get discounts on Brewdog products and in its bars, and will be able to join an alumni club.\n\nManagement was accused by former workers last summer of having a \"culture of fear\" within the business, with \"toxic attitudes\" towards junior staff.\n\nBrewdog has expanded from a small operation in Fraserburgh to an international business with breweries around the world\n\nA group of 60 employees published an open letter alleging the business was built upon a \"cult of personality\" around its founders, James Watt and Martin Dickie, with \"growth at all costs\" the overarching focus of the company.\n\nFurther revelations came to light in an investigation by BBC Scotland journalists.\n\nMr Watt said the group had already made changes after the open letter was published, stressing the employee reward scheme was not about mending relationships with employees, but \"building the best company we possibly can\".\n\n\"Everything we're doing today is about looking forward with a fantastic team,\" he said.\n\nHe said Brewdog wanted to be a \"new type of business\", and that shared ownership would help with recruitment, retention and team engagement.\n\n\"We want our team members to act as business owners and incentivise them as if they are business owners,\" he added.\n\nMr Watt said the group was unlikely to float in the next 12 months given the market uncertainty, but said a listing was \"very much part\" part of the plan in the medium term.\n\nBrewdog was founded in Fraserburgh by James Watt and his friend and fellow beer-lover Martin Dickie, as a challenger to conventional beer.\n\nIt expanded rapidly with a move to a new brewery in Ellon, where it is currently expanding its capacity. Other Brewdog breweries have been built in Ohio, Brisbane and Berlin.\n\nIt operates 111 bars around the world, with three hotels, and in Ellon it is expanding into spirits distillation.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Blake Lively, Kim Kardashian showcase their take on \"gilded glamour\" at the Met Gala\n\nThe Met Gala - one of fashion's biggest events - has rolled out its red carpet in New York for some of the globe's best-known stars.\n\nThis year's dress code - \"gilded glamour\", evoking America's late 19th Century age of economic boom - sparked some debate on social media.\n\nSome poked fun at the choice of theme while American working families are struggling to make ends meet amid the highest inflation in four decades and an economy that just shrank in the last quarter.\n\nOne of the attendees, actor Riz Ahmed, arrived dressed as a chic labourer. \"This is an homage to the immigrant workers who kept the Gilded Age golden,\" he said.\n\nActor Blake Lively poses on the red carpet after surprising the crowd by unfolding her dress to reveal another longer dress\n\nActor Riz Ahmed (left) said he dressed as a chic labourer to stay within the theme while also paying homage to \"immigrant workers who kept the Gilded Age golden\"\n\nKim Kardashian (left) wears the dress Marilyn Monroe once donned to sing ‘Happy birthday, Mr President’ to John F Kennedy in 1962\n\nSinger-songwriter Teyana Taylor and model Winnie Harlow wow the crowd in their ensembles\n\nThe fundraiser has returned to its usual early May slot after the coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of the 2020 event and delayed last year's until the autumn.\n\nSome 400 names from the worlds of music, film, fashion and sports strutted their stuff at the lavish costume parade on the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.\n\nRead more: 22 of the hottest looks from the 2022 Met Gala\n\nAmong the guests was former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, who said she was attending for the first time in 20 years to celebrate the fashion and spirit of America.\n\nTickets for the famously over-the-top do cost $35,000 (£24,000) and tables go for up to $300,000 (£239,000).\n\nThe party raises millions of dollars for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute, a fashion museum whose tens of thousands of exhibits are closed to the general public.\n\nSinger Anderson Paak dances his way down the red carpet\n\nSinger Lizzo graces the crowd with a flute performance on the red carpet\n\nFormer presidential candidate Hilary Clinton (left) worked with fashion designer Joseph Altuzarra (right) on her dress, which has the names of 60 celebrated women of the past embroidered on it\n\nActor Sarah Jessica Parker wears a dress paying homage to the designs of the first black female fashion designer in the White House, Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley\n\nActor and musician Jared Leto (right) and fashion designer Alessandro Michele (left) wear matching embroidered suits", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Ending his speech to cheers from Ukrainian politicians, Boris Johnson says: \"Ukraine will win\".\n\nThe West was too slow to act over Russian aggression in Ukraine, Boris Johnson has told Ukrainian MPs.\n\nAddressing the Ukrainian parliament via video link, he said Ukraine's allies \"cannot make the same mistake\" as they did over the 2014 Crimea invasion.\n\nHe said the West had been \"too slow to grasp what was really happening\" and \"failed\" to collectively impose sanctions against Vladimir Putin.\n\nDetails of £300m of extra military aid were also announced by Mr Johnson.\n\nThe military aid to be sent to Ukraine in the coming weeks will include electronic warfare equipment, a counter-battery radar system, GPS jammers and night-vision devices.\n\nIntroduced to MPs in Kyiv by the Ukrainian parliament's speaker, Mr Johnson said Ukraine's allies must be \"humble\" as the nation was previously invaded in 2014 when Russia seized Crimea, and began the war in Donbas.\n\n\"We cannot make the same mistake again,\" he said.\n\nMPs gathered to watch Boris Johnson address Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament in Kyiv\n\nThe UK prime minister - the first international leader to address the parliament since the Russian invasion - praised Ukraine's resistance for standing up to Russian forces.\n\nHe said: \"You have exploded the myth of Putin's invincibility and you have written one of the most glorious chapters in military history and in the life of your country.\n\n\"The so-called irresistible force of Putin's war machine has broken on the immoveable object of Ukrainian patriotism and love of country.\"\n\nHe also echoed the words of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, just as Ukraine's President Volodomyr Zelensky did when he addressed MPs at Westminster in March.\n\nSpeaking to Ukrainian MPs in the chamber holding Ukrainian and Union flags, he said: \"This is Ukraine's finest hour, that will be remembered and recounted for generations to come.\n\n\"Your children and grandchildren will say that Ukrainians taught the world that the brute force of an aggressor counts for nothing against the moral force of a people determined to be free.\"\n\nFollowing the speech - which was delivered through an interpreter - the MPs in the Chamber stood to applaud and then President Zelensky described the UK and Ukraine as now being like \"brothers\".\n\n\"It is not scary when such an evil enemy is against you if such a good friend is next to you. Such as Great Britain\" the Ukrainian president said.\n\nHe also thanked more than a dozen British celebrities who had voiced their support for Ukraine - including Sir Elton John, Ed Sheeran and the Beckham family.\n\nIn an earlier interview with ITV's Good Morning Britain, Mr Johnson said the UK was leading the world in helping Ukraine to \"protect themselves\".\n\nHe said: \"What the UK is doing - and has done since the crisis began - is lead the world in helping the Ukrainians protect themselves against barbaric aggression by Vladimir Putin. That's all we're doing.\n\n\"We're not saying we're doing this in order to drive some geopolitical change or to have an outcome in Moscow...\n\n\"What we care about is Ukrainian people and their suffering.\"\n\nWhen asked about the Ukrainian UK ambassador's call for MPs to drop visa rules for refugees fleeing the country, the prime minister insisted it was important to \"protect the system from those who might want to abuse it\".\n\nA total of 86,000 visas have been issued, but only 27,000 refugees have arrived, Mr Johnson said. He said the UK could have reacted faster.\n\nThe latest tranche of military support includes radar systems designed to detect artillery projectiles and missiles and then locate the positions of the weapons that fired them.\n\nThe UK is also supplying heavy lift aerial drones, which can carry supplies to Ukrainian forces that have become isolated.\n\nAnd Downing Street said it would send 13 specialised Toyota Land Cruisers to protect civilians officials to command posts and help security authorities rebuild railways in eastern Ukraine, where Russian forces are now concentrated.\n\nForeign Secretary Liz Truss said the steel-plated vehicles, which were requested by the Ukrainian government, would also help evacuate civilians fleeing Russian shelling on the front line.\n\nThey will arrive there in the coming days, she said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Melinda Simmons, the UK's ambassador to Ukraine reacts to returning to the war-torn country\n\nMinisters said last week that they would soon be able to supply Ukraine with long-range Brimstone missiles, as well as sending Stormer armoured vehicles to support the country's air defence.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the party supported sending military aid to Ukraine, but he called for the government to do more on sanctions and to process refugees \"much more quickly\".\n\n\"I think the in-principle position of all political parties that we stand up for Ukraine, stand with Ukraine, stand against Russian aggression is very important,\" he said.\n\nLiberal Democrat foreign affairs spokeswoman Layla Moran said it was the right decision but \"wrong timing\" to send additional weapons to Ukraine, saying it was desperately needed a week ago.\n\nShe questioned whether the prime minister had delayed the announcement ahead of local elections, a move she said was \"deeply cynical\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The reality of war through a soldier's lens\n\nWhen Tim Rees bought himself a camera while first serving in the Welsh Guards in the 1980s, he could not have foreseen how it would change his life.\n\nFalklands War veteran Tim, of St Twynnells, Pembrokeshire, describes his life up to that point as a regular young soldier \"doing bits and pieces with the army\".\n\nHe was taking pictures at a winter sports' day when he noticed the commanding officer moving towards him.\n\nA young private at the time, he was keen to avoid the attentions of his superior and kept backing away as he took snaps but \"eventually, I couldn't go any further\".\n\nSoldiers in some more relaxed moments while in the Falklands\n\nBut the commanding officer's (CO) words took him by surprise.\n\n\"He said to me, 'I see you're taking pictures and that's a lovely camera you've got there. I want you to get them printed and bring them to me',\" Tim said.\n\nWhen the CO looked at Tim's photographs, he sent him on a photography course at the brigade's headquarters in Berlin.\n\n\"I became battalion photographer because of Colonel Guthrie… a wonderful man and it was him who first gave me belief in myself,\" Tim said.\n\n\"After failing at everything, in education, in life, academically, suddenly I was getting top marks in this photography course in the army.\n\n\"Then he put me on to an intelligence photography course and suddenly, I don't know, it was him giving me faith in me, that I just grew as a human being. I appreciate him hugely.\"\n\nIt was in this role that Tim was dispatched to the Falklands when war with Argentina over sovereignty of the south Atlantic islands broke out in April 1982.\n\nTim Rees experienced success for the first time when he was sent on an army photography course\n\nNow he has released images from the period which have never been seen by the public before.\n\nHe recalls having limited time within daylight hours to take photos.\n\n\"I did as much as I possibly could,\" he said.\n\n\"When I was taking those images I was literally grabbing five minutes here or five minutes there.\n\n\"We had to do everything within that... window of daylight. We're cleaning our weapons, cooking our food, we're having cups of tea. We're still doing guard duty and watching out.\"\n\nHe describes the Welsh Guard as a \"family regiment\".\n\nAt work on the wide open spaces of the islands\n\nTim Rees tried to capture images of his comrades whenever he had spare time\n\n\"I knew everybody so I'd go around and everybody is relaxed and doing their own thing. So for me from a photographer's perspective, there were a lot of guys posing and being foolish but you're looking for those photographs when they're relaxed.\"\n\nThe photographs are a mix of the men at work and relaxing, some taken after the ceasefire when a 25 June \"Christmas Day\" was held in the snow.\n\nBut there is one picture - at first glance the empty landscape of the wild islands - that on closer inspection reveals a tragic tale.\n\nForty-eight men - 32 of them Welsh Guards, like Tim - lost their lives when Argentine planes bombed two logistics ships, the RFA Sir Galahad and the RFA Sir Tristram.\n\nThe tiny glimpse of smoke in the distance was the first warning sign of the Sir Galahad and Sir Tristram bombings\n\nOne of those on board the Sir Galahad was Tim's friend, Mark.\n\n\"There's one photograph where I've got the back of someone's head and in the distance there's a curl of smoke, and that is Galahad and Tristram burning.\n\n\"All we'd known is there's been a call gone out - red, red, red - and then you see Skyhawks [attack planes] looping across the sky and suddenly everybody is shooting at these Skyhawks.\n\n\"So the sky is just full of tracer rounds aiming at these planes and then they go down and they bomb the Galahad and Tristram and then they come back for us,\" he said.\n\nWhen they saw the smoke in the distance, the troops realised ships had been hit.\n\n\"My first thought was, 'god Mark, I hope you weren't on there, mate'. He was.\"\n\nTim's voice breaks and tears fill his eyes as he remembers the loss of his best friend, the emotion still raw even after four decades.\n\n\"We knew that our guys were on that ship. That was a tough one.\"\n\nTim snapped friend Tony Manning in a minefield: \"We thought, this is it\"\n\nA \"Christmas Day\" on 25 June in the snow after hostilities had ended\n\nUnlike many of those who served, Tim was able to work through the experiences after the war. He joined the BBC and the head of drama asked to turn his war story into a drama, Mimosa Boys, screened as part of the Play for Today series.\n\n\"It was an incredible experience for me making a whole film but about a period of my life which was still then very fresh in my mind. It gave me a licence to explore my own creativity,\" he said.\n\n\"It was hugely beneficial to me in that I've since written five novels and now this [new] film script as well.\"\n\nHe knows the process has helped him deal with the trauma.\n\nPlanes parked up in Port Stanley after the war had ended\n\nThe Argentine forces had left a pile of munitions behind at Port Stanley\n\n\"Because of Mimosa Boys, I had to talk about it. Writing Insights, my memoir, I had to really relive those moments and remember them and try and put them in some kind of context, and that is cathartic,\" he said.\n\n\"One of the problem I think with a lot of the guys who have PTSD is they don't talk about it. Maybe they haven't had the opportunity to talk about it, maybe they don't know how to talk about it.\"\n\nHe had a revelation years after he started writing about how the creative process might have eased the burden he carried.\n\nIn a conversation with his father about 10 years ago, Tim mentioned that he had never suffered from PTSD.\n\nBut his father told him that he had - when he had returned from the conflict to live at home for a while.\n\n\"Apparently, I was screaming at night and crying my eyes out,\" Tim said.", "Ronnie O'Sullivan has played down his achievement of equalling Stephen Hendry's modern-era record of seven world titles.\n\nO'Sullivan beat Judd Trump 18-13 as the World Championship final in Sheffield concluded on Monday.\n\n\"I think it meant more to him [Hendry] than me to have seven world titles but we will share it,\" O'Sullivan said.\n\n\"Hendry is an absolute legend of the game. It is just a number - I do not get too caught up in that.\"\n\nThe world number one, 46, has won four of the five finals he has played at the Crucible since he considered retirement in 2011. It was at that point he began working with psychiatrist Steve Peters to help turn his form around.\n\n\"I thought at 35 I was done,\" O'Sullivan added.\n\n\"When I went to see Steve Peters in 2011, I was ready to quit. No other snooker player was winning anything by that sort of age. The Hendrys and [Steve] Davises were on the way down by that age and I had accepted that was the trend.\"\n\nO'Sullivan was watched by his family as he defeated fellow Englishman Trump.\n\nHe said: \"I wasn't sure if I was going to get to another big final like this again. I wanted them to come if they wanted to. It was fantastic to have them here. It's magic.\n\n\"I am not all in with snooker and that was a problem this week. I got emotionally involved and it is hard not to at this tournament. For 11 months, it was sort of holiday time, win or lose, it did not matter. This was a different beast.\"\n\nHendry remains snooker's youngest-ever world champion, winning in 1990 at the age of 21, and ruled the sport during that decade as he claimed an unprecedented five world titles in a row.\n\nHowever, the Scot, who was also the world number one for nine years, says O'Sullivan has \"taken the game to new levels\".\n\n\"The century breaks, cue-ball control, safety game, temperament, the killer instinct, he's got it all,\" Hendry said on BBC Two.\n\n\"It's an honour to be at seven world titles with Ronnie. He's an artist. He's a winning machine. He says he's not bothered about records but he will want eight. It's been an astounding performance, the way he's dominated this tournament.\"\n\nO'Sullivan's victory makes him the oldest world champion in Crucible history - he is around 10 months older than Ray Reardon was when defeating Perrie Mans in 1978. The Englishman's seventh victory in Sheffield has come 21 years after he defeated John Higgins to win his first title in 2001.\n\nConsidered the sport's most gifted player, O'Sullivan turned professional in 1992 and his remarkable longevity has also helped him win a record 39 ranking titles.\n\nAnd there appear to be few signs that he is passing his best, with his ability to score heavily as good as ever, underlined by his tally of 15 centuries, a new personal best at the tournament.\n\nO'Sullivan has now also won an unsurpassed 21 titles across snooker's prestigious 'Triple Crown' events - the World Championship, the UK Championship and the invitational Masters - three more than Hendry's 18 and six more than Davis achieved.\n\nIf you are viewing this page on the BBC News app please click here to vote.\n\n'Now I have to be at least at 90%'\n\nThe £500,000 top prize from this year's World Championship equals his biggest-ever payday and takes his Crucible earnings to around £3.5m.\n\nHe has matched Davis' record of 30 appearances at the Crucible this year, which he appears set to break in 2023, having targeted at least two more trips to the World Championship.\n\nAnd that has come in a period in which he believes it has become tougher than ever to stay at the top because the level of competition is so high.\n\n\"I felt like there is a lot less margin for error now,\" O'Sullivan added.\n\n\"Whereas before, I could get away with playing at 70% and win tournaments, now I have to be at least at 90%.\n\n\"In my mind, I have to be a bit more foot to the metal and be as good as I can in all areas to have a chance of winning. So it kind of puts more pressure on you.\"\n\nO'Sullivan, leading 12-5 overnight after Sunday's play, was under pressure in Monday's afternoon session as Trump, 32, won six frames to cut the lead to 14-11.\n\n\"This afternoon is the hardest session since I played John Higgins in the final session here in 2001,\" the champion said. \"I froze and it was a mad experience. But I still keep fighting and trying to find ways to compete with these younger guys.\"\n\nI think he's the most talented sportsman in Britain - when you see the way he can play left-handed, as well as with his right hand, his touch, everything about the way he plays the game.\n\nThis is Tiger Woods level. He has 21 majors, seven in each of the three big ones, and plays to a level a lot of players can never aspire to.\n\nHe's the best player I've ever seen. He's on another level to anyone who has played this game. He's also got the application and the appetite. Don't listen to him saying he doesn't practise. He is in the club grafting. He puts the hours in and he wants to win.\n• None This is the raw and honest story of Paul Gascoigne and his turbulent life\n• None Is buying an electric car worth the extra costs?: Look behind the claims and promises of changing to an electric vehicle", "A London law firm has offered staff the option to work from home permanently, but the convenience comes at a price.\n\nThe firm, Stephenson Harwood, said it would allow staff to work remotely but pay them 20% less than their current salary.\n\nSince the start of the pandemic a debate has raged over who gains and who loses when staff work from home.\n\nEmployees save time and money, but employers can save too, on office space and costs.\n\nSome argue workers are less productive when unsupervised at home. Others say without the commute they work longer hours, often spilling over into evenings and weekends and face fewer distractions.\n\nMost recently cabinet office minister Jacob Rees-Mogg sparked controversy when he said all civil servants must stop working from home. and left notes on empty desks saying \"I look forward to seeing you in the office very soon.\"\n\nAcademic studies suggest remote working can boost productivity. And many private sector firms have found that hybrid working, allowing a combination of home and office work, frees up space and improves staff satisfaction.\n\nStephenson Harwood told the BBC that it had recruited some remote workers from outside London during the pandemic, on a lower pay package, reflecting the lower cost of not commuting into the capital.\n\nBut if they do need to go to the office remote workers could claim travel expenses, he said.\n\nThe firm is now extending the remote working option to existing staff, but also applying the salary difference between the two packages, the firm said.\n\nThe choice of full-time remote working is available to all employees but not to partners in the firm.\n\nStephenson Harwood said it didn't expect many people to take up the offer to work remotely full-time.\n\nA newly qualified lawyer, for example, starts on a salary of £90,000, at the law firm. But the chance of them choosing to take £72,000 instead to work from home were \"very slim\" as their role required experience of the office environment, he said.\n\nStephenson Harwood have decided staff who do not travel into London regularly will be paid less\n\nThe spokesman said the firm's current policy, where people can choose to work from home for up to two days a week, suited many of its 1,100 employees across offices in London, Paris, Greece, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea.\n\n\"For the vast majority of our people, our hybrid working policy works well,\" he told law firm news website RollOnFriday which first reported the story.\n\nStanford University academic Nicholas Bloom estimates that post-pandemic about 10% of employees will work fully remotely.\n\nHe argues that homeworking could boost productivity, narrow regional inequalities and help blue-collar workers win more flexibility.\n\nHowever, some firms are encountering resistance to a return to the office, even on a hybrid basis.\n\nA handful of Apple staff have reportedly told boss Tim Cook his plan for them to work from the office three days a week will make the company \"younger, whiter and more male-dominated\".\n\nIn an open letter they said a compulsory return to the office \"will change the makeup of our workforce\" and \"lead to privileges deciding who can work for Apple, not who'd be the best fit.\"\n\nIt said the office would be made up of staff who lived nearby, young people without family commitments and parents who had a stay-at-home partner.\n\nThe letter has around 200 signatures, just 0.1% of the firm's 165,000 staff.\n\nIt came in response to an email from Mr Cook which said returning to the office was \"a positive sign that we can engage more fully with the colleagues who play such an important role in our lives\".\n\nMr Cook said he was \"deeply committed\" to giving his staff support and flexibility.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jim McColl's claims are the latest in a war of words over the troubled ferries contract\n\nThe former Ferguson shipyard owner has accused Nicola Sturgeon of lying when she said it would have shut without the contract to build two CalMac ferries.\n\nJim McColl also disputed the first minister's claim that the contract had saved 400 jobs - because the yard had only employed 150 people at the time.\n\nMr McColl has previously claimed the contract to build Glen Sannox and Hull 802 was awarded for political reasons.\n\nThe ferries are now five years behind schedule and massively over budget.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme, Mr McColl was asked about comments made by the first minister on Monday when she said the yard would have closed and 400 people would not currently be employed at the yard if it had not been given the contract in 2015.\n\nHe said: \"That is a lie. At the time there were 150 employees, not 400.\n\n\"I think she was a bit rattled in the interview and she mixed it up with the statement that they made about saving the yard.\"\n\nWhen it was suggested to Mr McColl that calling the first minister's statement a lie was \"very strong words\", he said: \"Well, it's not true\".\n\nHe added: \"The yard had outstanding work. It was still working on the ferry Catriona which wasn't launched until 2016 and was delivered early and on budget.\n\n\"It also had additional construction work, fabrication work, so there was no danger of the yard going under at that time.\"\n\nJim McColl and Tom Docherty from CMAL both signed the ferry building contract\n\nMr McColl also admitted he had made a mistake in a previous interview when he had claimed he had not signed the contract for the ferries.\n\nDocuments bearing his signature were subsequently produced which showed this was not the case.\n\nMs Sturgeon had told the same programme on Monday that the yard would \"almost certainly have closed and the 400 people who are currently employed there, earning a wage, supporting their families, would not be in that employment\".\n\nThe first minister also said that the government had sought to protect jobs and shipbuilding on the Clyde \"at every point\", but admitted that delays to the ferries and increased costs were \"deeply regrettable\".\n\nShe added: \"Commercial shipbuilding exists on the Clyde because of the decisions the government has taken\".\n\nNicola Sturgeon joined Jim McColl at the yard when she announced it was the preferred bidder for the CalMac ferries in August 2015\n\nResponding to Mr McColl's comments, a spokesman for the first minister said she had been \"clearly referring to the 400 people currently employed at the yard\".\n\nHe added: \"Those 400 jobs would not currently exist if the Scottish government had not taken the action we did to save the yard - that is a fact.\"\n\nFerguson's - the last commercial shipyard on the Clyde - went into administration in August 2014 but was saved when then-First Minister Alex Salmond personally intervened.\n\nHe persuaded Mr McColl - a billionaire businessman who was one of his economic advisers - to take over the yard just days before the Scottish independence referendum.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nicola Sturgeon: \"Commercial shipbuilding exists on the Clyde because of the decisions the government has taken.\"\n\nFerguson's was announced as preferred bidder to build the two new ferries for state-owned ferry network CalMac a year later - despite being the most expensive of the six yards that bid for the contract.\n\nThe signing of the £97m fixed-price contract was announced in October 2015 to applause on the opening day of the SNP conference in Aberdeen, with the first steel being cut a month later.\n\nBut it only took a few weeks for the timetable for building the ferries to slip as costs soared - and the yard was eventually taken over by the government after again going into administration in 2019.\n\nThe new boss of the yard, David Tydeman, said last week that the target was for both ferries to enter service next year - five years later than originally planned.\n\nHe also said it was his intention to deliver both ships at a total cost of £206m - more than double the original £97m price tag.\n\nThat figure is on top of a £45m loan previously given to the shipyard by the government.\n\nThree questions have dominated the most recent chapter of the ferries saga. And just when you think you're getting answers, more keep coming.\n\nThe first was which minister was responsible for overriding the advice of the ferry procuring agency, CMAL?\n\nWe sort of know the answer to that. The documentation can't be found or never existed, but responsibility falls somewhere between former minister Derek Mackay, Keith Brown who is now justice secretary, and Nicola Sturgeon, with responsibility for all Scottish government decisions.\n\nSecond question: why was there no refund guarantee? Such contracts normally have one, called a Builders Refund Guarantee (BRG).\n\nThis is a promise of refund or compensation up to the value of the contract. It's usually a financial instrument, sometimes provided by a bank. And according to Mr McColl, it is often provided in other countries by a state investment bank. It is effectively a state subsidy to manufacturers.\n\nSo if a shipyard or another manufacturer fails to deliver the goods, there's money back and/or compensation to the buyer - in this case, the Scottish government, or its agency.\n\nSo here's what we now know, from Audit Scotland, the Scottish government and Jim McColl.\n\nHaving taken over Ferguson shipyard in 2014, the following August, the company was given preferred bidder status for the building of two large ferries. The tender had made clear that a BRG, as normal, be required from the successful bidder.\n\nOn 26 August 2015, as preferred bidder, Ferguson shipyard's management told CMAL it could not provide that funding. It is not so clear why this was not made clear at the bidding stage.\n\nAudit Scotland tells us that CMAL then advised that the procurement process should be re-started. Ministers disagreed, but which minister and why? That's where the paper trail runs cold.\n\nThe next day, the shipyard was informed it was being confirmed as successful bidder, and four days later, Nicola Sturgeon went to the shipyard to announce it.\n\nWe're told by the Scottish government that \"other mitigations\" were put in place, allowing for the guarantee to be avoided.\n\nOne of these was a £25m bond with a finance company. Another was, according to Mr McColl on Radio Scotland, \"a parent company guarantee\".\n\nThe parent company of Ferguson Marine, from 2014 to 2019, was Clyde Blowers Capital (CBC), the company owned and controlled by Mr McColl.\n\nAccording to Audit Scotland: \"CMAL believed that Clyde Blowers Capital would have met the guarantee requirements on Ferguson Marine's (the shipyard's) behalf. CBC reported however that it did not consider any involvement in providing a guarantee for FMEL.\"\n\nSo here are new questions: when compensation was due for a contract which had gone badly wrong, where was \"the parent company guarantee\" mentioned by the chairman of the parent company? And if it was worth anything, why was it not called upon?\n\nFrom Mr McColl's interview comes another tangent to this tale: could Ferguson shipyard have survived without this CMAL contract? The First Minister says 'no': the industrialist says she's \"lying\", and the contract was not necessary.\n\nThat's strong language. Where they can probably agree is that we'll never know who is right.\n\nThe third dominant question of recent weeks, since Audit Scotland reported on the ferries fiasco, is a more contemporary one, with lots of sub-questions: when are these ships going to be finished, for how much, and will they meet the specification for CMAL and for Cal-Mac ferries?\n\nTravellers to and from Arran, Skye, Uist and Harris are particularly eager to find out.", "Many women and children have fled Ukraine\n\nPotentially abusive men are using a UK scheme to host Ukrainian refugees - to contact vulnerable women, BBC News has learned.\n\nThe men, some with a reported history of violence, message the women on Facebook groups specially set up to connect sponsors and hosts.\n\nSome refugees have also become homeless after relations with hosts broke down or because housing was not well vetted.\n\nBut a UK government official said safeguards were in place.\n\nThese included \"Home Office security and background checks on all sponsors, before visas are issued\", and at least one council visit to a sponsor's property.\n\nA charity head labelled the Homes for Ukraine scheme dangerous and said she was \"shocked by the absence of safeguarding checks\".\n\nIn March, the government announced the scheme would allow anyone to host a family or individual, if they agreed to housing, criminal-records and other background checks. The system is slightly different in Wales and Scotland.\n\nNumerous Facebook groups were set up by local support networks and individuals, in response. They have become one of the main ways of connecting families and sponsors.\n\nLast month the UN's refugee agency, the UNHCR, raised concerns about the system, highlighting what it called \"the need for adequate safeguards and vetting measures to be in place against exploitation\".\n\nIn EU countries, accommodation is organised primarily by national authorities and charities. There are also some private arrangements.\n\nWhile some British charities have tried to match applicants with potential hosts, many refugees are using the informal Facebook groups.\n\nThere is evidence predatory males are joining these groups.\n\nOne whistleblower with knowledge of the official scheme told the BBC in some local authorities, as many as 30% of all registered would-be sponsors are single men over 40 - the majority of them offering to host single women in their 20s and 30s. The government says it does not recognise those figures.\n\nMillions of Ukrainians have been displaced\n\nThe BBC findings were \"deeply concerning and undermine the sponsorship programme\", said Robina Qureshi, chief executive of Positive Action in Housing. She described the scheme as \"dangerous\".\n\nHer organisation would never place a woman with a single man, and the government, she said, \"has created chaos, no risk checks, no due diligence\".\n\nOn a Facebook group set up to help match Ukrainian refugees, BBC News found one would-be sponsor who appears to live in a one-bedroom flat posting multiple offers to host young women.\n\nSomeone who knew him well claimed he had multiple convictions, including for burglary and affray.\n\nPolice records indicate he was reported for allegedly carrying a crossbow and threatening a former partner, although no further action is believed to have been taken.\n\nAnother man, in Manchester, had joined several Facebook groups and was offering a spare room to a string of young, single, Ukrainian women.\n\nHe was also a member of a dating site called Single Ukrainian Women. Elsewhere on his timeline, he had written Islamophobic comments.\n\nIt is not known whether either of these men was approved under the Homes for Ukraine scheme.\n\nCouncils are meant to approve each property and complete Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks on all potential hosts they know about, including those who make contact via Facebook.\n\nBut the basic DBS checks are limited. Enhanced checks are requested only if there are children involved.\n\nA basic DBS check had raised no concerns about a man in his 50s offering to host a young Ukrainian woman, a source told BBC News\n\nBut when staff performed a more detailed check of social services records they found multiple complaints against him, including for domestic abuse and harassment.\n\nThe UK government has come under pressure to speed up the settlement of refugees from Ukraine, with many complaining visa and host approvals have been unnecessarily slow. But it's thought that some councils are struggling with a lack of resources.\n\nThe BBC found numerous posts on Facebook from Ukrainians who had reached the UK, but found their accommodation unsuitable.\n\nIn such cases, often local charities step in to find emergency accommodation.\n\nOne post from a volunteer helping new arrivals said: \"I was contacted by a young woman who had arrived on Saturday. She wanted to change hosts. I asked what the issue was and she sent me videos. The home wouldn't pass an inspection to rehome a dog.\"\n\nThe refugee involved, who does not want to be identified, told BBC News: \"She is a kind person but her house is a very big cluster of mess. There are many repairs needed. I couldn't go in the kitchen. I couldn't live here.\"\n\nThat refugee had received a visa under the Homes for Ukraine scheme, but the squalid condition of the property suggests no-one from the local council appeared to have checked the host's accommodation.\n\nShe has since been rehoused.\n\nBBC News also learned of a Ukrainian who said she had been shown pictures of the bedrooms she and her two young children would be using. But on arrival, her entire family had been expected to sleep in one small reception room next to the kitchen, with no privacy.\n\nThe property had not been inspected. There had been no DBS checks. And she says the house was filled with Nazi memorabilia.\n\n\"The family... have Nazi pictures and Soviet symbols,\" she said. \"I don't feel safe.\"\n\nShe left and found a better host through social media but feels deeply scarred by the experience.\n\n\"I do not want my children to feel unsafe again and we feel unsafe,\" she said. \"I think we will go back to Germany.\"\n\nWhile offering to support a refugee in her own home, Mira Kozlowska, who is Polish but lived in the UK for 21 years, has found herself helping to match others with suitable sponsors on social media.\n\n\"So many people are arriving and wanting to change sponsor,\" she told BBC News. \"It's a huge problem on the horizon.\"\n\n\"Just now, I saw a post about how the sponsor wants the family to be out all day and not in the house.\n\n\"Another girl was talking about how she didn't even have a door on her room and no privacy.\"\n\nAnother newly arrived refugee said, through an interpreter: \"When we arrive, there is no bed, just a mattress on the floor.\n\n\"The apartment is cold and when I put on the heater he shouts.\n\n\"There is no food in the kitchen and we have no money.\"\n\nUnder the Homes For Ukraine scheme, hosts receive £350 per month from the government.\n\nAnd Ms Kozlowska said: \"I'm basically wondering how many people are doing it solely for the extra £350 - very scary.\"\n\nThe government rejects those criticisms and said \"attempts to exploit vulnerable people [were] despicable\".\n\n\"The Homes for Ukraine scheme has safeguards in place, including Home Office security and background checks on all sponsors before visas are issued. Councils also conduct checks and must make at least one in-person visit to a sponsor's property.\"\n\nHave you been affected by the issues raised in this story? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC News journalist. You can also make contact in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and cannot see the form, you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC News website to submit your question or comment or you can email HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Kate and Gerry McCann pictured in 2017 during an interview with the BBC, 10 years after their daughter disappeared\n\nMadeleine McCann's parents say it is \"essential\" they find out what happened to their daughter, ahead of the 15th anniversary of her disappearance.\n\nIn a Facebook post, Kate and Gerry McCann said this year \"feels no harder than any other but no easier either\".\n\n\"Madeleine will always be our daughter and a truly horrific crime has been committed,\" they wrote.\n\nThree-year-old Madeleine disappeared during a family holiday in Portugal on 3 May 2007. She has never been found.\n\nLast month, Portuguese prosecutors made German man Christian Brueckner a formal suspect, although they did not formally reveal his name.\n\nOn the eve of the anniversary, the McCanns said: \"This year we mark fifteen years since we last saw Madeleine... It's a very long time.\n\n\"Many people talk about the need for 'closure'. It's always felt a strange term. Regardless of outcome, Madeleine will always be our daughter and a truly horrific crime has been committed. These things will remain.\n\n\"It is true though that uncertainty creates weakness; knowledge and certainty give strength, and for this reason our need for answers, for the truth, is essential.\"\n\nThey also expressed gratitude to the UK, Portuguese and German authorities for their ongoing work, and their supporters \"for their continued good wishes\".\n\n\"It is a huge comfort to know that regardless of time passed, Madeleine is still in people's hearts and minds. Thank you,\" they said.\n\nMadeleine McCann was three when she went missing in 2007\n\nAlongside the post, they included a quote from Winnie the Pooh author AA Milne which read: \"But the most important thing is, even if we're apart, I'll always be with you.\"\n\nTuesday marks exactly 15 years since Madeleine was reported missing, meaning under Portuguese law it will no longer be possible to declare someone a person of interest. Doing so is a necessary step to any criminal charges.\n\nHowever, a Portuguese official previously said the move to declare Brueckner an \"arguido\" was not driven by timing, but by \"strong indications\" of the practice of a crime.\n\nA picture of Christian Brueckner was released to the media\n\nBrueckner is currently serving a prison sentence for drug offences in Germany and was also given a seven-year term for raping a 72-year-old woman.\n\nThe 45-year-old has not been charged and strongly denies any involvement in Madeleine's disappearance.\n\nMeanwhile, the Metropolitan Police said it remained \"committed to doing what we can to find answers\".\n\nThe force launched its own investigation, Operation Grange, into Madeleine's disappearance in 2013.\n\nDetective Chief Inspector Mark Cranwell, who leads Operation Grange, said: \"Fifteen years on from Madeleine's disappearance in Praia Da Luz our thoughts, as always, are with her family.\n\n\"Officers continue to investigate the case and our dedicated team are still working closely with law enforcement colleagues from the Portuguese Policia Judiciaria as well as the German Bundeskriminalamt [federal police].\n\n\"At this time, the case remains a missing person's inquiry.\"\n\nMadeleine, from Rothley, Leicestershire, went missing from a holiday apartment block in Praia da Luz, sparking a heavily-chronicled missing person case.\n\nShe would be due to turn 19 later in May.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The tics Lucy-Marie started to develop when she was eight were, at first, a mystery to her\n\n\"Don't judge me, I can't make it stop,\" is the message Lucy-Marie has for everyone with assumptions about Tourette's syndrome.\n\nThe tics the 12-year-old started to develop when she was eight were, at first, a mystery to her and her mother Toniann.\n\nBut the involuntary movements, swearing and \"funny\" call-outs got more frequent.\n\nSo she decided to write I Can't Make It Stop to help herself and others.\n\nEspecially after she \"became a shell\" of her once-confident and diva-like self.\n\n\"Some people are rude about it and they'll tell me to shut up,\" Lucy-Marie said.\n\n\"It makes me feel very upset and feel like I don't want to go out of the house and stay locked up all the time.\"\n\nBut she has not let those feelings get in the way of her aim of educating people about the condition.\n\nThe pieces of homework she got on documenting her experiences in her room have now been crafted into her first published book.\n\n\"I wanted to raise more awareness to the world and my class members about Tourette's. I give loads of credit to them because they were really supportive and helpful to me and my mum helped me with what to put where.\"\n\nInterestingly, Lucy-Marie can only whistle when she has a tic\n\nLucy-Marie said her drama teacher made her dream come true after \"cheekily\" asking her to publish her book.\n\nToniann said Lucy-Marie \"gets all coy\" when talking about Clare Thomas, who \"worked really hard\" to illustrate and publish her book.\n\n\"Now it's published I'm very happy because most of my friends are very proud of me - it makes me feel happy.\"\n\nIn November 2019, Toniann thought Lucy-Marie had croup until \"this cough noise\" disappeared.\n\nIt was not until \"one day she woke up with a noise that never went away\" that Toniann realised she needed help.\n\nLucy-Marie's mother said she felt \"helpless\" seeing her daughter change out of her \"calm and confident\" self when her tics started to get worse during lockdown.\n\nLucy-Marie says she was anxious when her tics started to develop\n\n\"This noise came thick and fast to the point that she was choking when she was eating so she refused to eat and drink - from then onwards it escalated,\" she said.\n\n\"Now looking at Lucy you can see the difference in the tic as her persona changes, her voice changes, the tempo of her voice, she tends to screw herself up, twist herself around.\n\n\"When her Tourette's started she changed, it was like a completely different child. She became a shell of herself.\n\n\"She didn't want to go out of her room, talk to her friends - she panicked. We had no answers and no-one knew what to do because there is no clear pathway.\"\n\nToniann says she still gets emotional even though she's read her daughter's book \"100 times\"\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio Wales Breakfast, Toniann said she was proud of her daughter: \"I've read the book a hundred times and every time I read it I choke up a little but more.\n\n\"It's hard to have it on paper to see exactly what she's gone through for the last two years and how much it's affected her.\n\n\"It's affected her negatively but also positively, it's given her the power to stand up for herself, the book is a step forward to help her do that.\"\n\nTrying to find Lucy-Marie support was not easy.\n\n\"My GP was fantastic but there was no clear pathway of who to refer Lucy to,\" said Toniann.\n\n\"One GP may refer to CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services), another may refer to a neurologist, but when you do get to those people there's still no clear guidance of how to treat Tourette's.\n\n\"There are lots of resources available in other countries but not in Wales - it's pot luck.\"\n\nShe is part of 10,000 others who have signed a Senedd petition calling for a \"proper, clear, clinical pathway and access to specialist provision and medical care for people with Tourette's Syndrome in Wales\".\n\nThat petition, which closed in February, will now be considered for a debate.\n\nToniann said she was \"immensely proud\" and wants her daughter to know this: \"We want you to live your life to the max - you are wonderful and you deserve to do wonderful things.\"\n\nLucy-Marie says she does not mean what she says when her tics cause her to have an outburst\n\nDr Jeremy Stern, director of Tourettes Action, said the lack of medical services was a \"national problem\".\n\n\"Children's mental health services are extremely overstretched in what they can cope with,\" he added.\n\n\"They will often reject referrals to assess patients with ticks and sometimes patients are referred out of an area or region over long distances to even get a diagnosis.\"\n\nHe said: \"It's a condition really that isn't that rare, so it should be available where people live.\"\n\nThe Welsh government said: \"We are committed to ensuring people with neurodevelopmental conditions have access to the services and care they need.\n\n\"We are engaging with families of children with Tourette's which, along with the findings of a demand and capacity of neurodevelopmental services review will inform the development of a neurodevelopmental conditions strategic action plan to be published for consultation this summer.\"", "A church remains standing - but damanged - in the town of Malyn, near Kyiv Image caption: A church remains standing - but damanged - in the town of Malyn, near Kyiv\n\nWe'll be pausing our coverage shortly, so here's a recap of what's been happening in Ukraine today.\n\nThe day started with the EU announcing a new plan to penalise Russia financially. It wants a total ban on oil imports from Russia by the end of the year.\n\nBut several EU countries have voiced objections - most notably Hungary, who said it would veto the plan in its current form, as it would destroy the Hungarian economy.\n\nOn the ground, several explosions have been reported in various cities across Ukraine. The UK's Ministry of Defence says Russia is trying to stop Ukraine from replenishing its supplies.\n\nThere has been a suggestion that Russia will use its annual Victory Day celebrations - which it holds every year to mark victory against Nazi Germany in 1945 - to formally declare war on Ukraine. Russia has denied this. It is currently referred to as a special military operation.\n\nThere appears to be an escalation in fighting at the Azovstal steel plant, where the last of Ukraine's fighters in the city are holding out, along with hundreds of civilians.\n\nUkrainian officials say Russian troops have now entered the facility. Russia has said it will open a humanitarian corridor out of the plant tomorrow, but this has not been confirmed by Ukrainian officials.\n\nAlso in Mariupol, analysis by Associated Press suggests twice as many people as previously thought died in a Russian strike on a theatre in the city in March. Previous estimates put the death toll at 300, but the news agency now puts that at 600.", "Sir Billy Connolly says he never sets out to win awards, but the Scottish comedy legend is to be given one of Britain's biggest entertainment honours.\n\nThe 79-year-old will receive this year's Bafta Fellowship at the Virgin Media Bafta TV Awards on Sunday.\n\nHe will be celebrated for a career spanning more than five decades.\n\nSpeaking of the honour, The Big Yin said he did not let his Parkinson's disease dictate who he was.\n\nSir Billy, who was knighted in 2017 for services to entertainment and charity, was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 2013.\n\nHe retired from live performances five years later, but has continued to record programmes and make TV appearances.\n\nSpeaking to Bafta.org about the fellowship, which is the highest accolade given to recognise \"outstanding and exceptional contribution\" in film, games or television across a recipient's career, he said: \"I have a collection of shiny things that I'm very proud of.\n\n\"But I never set out to get them or hunt them down. I don't believe in aiming at it because if you don't get it for whatever reason you're all disappointed.\n\n\"Just do what you do well and you'll find yourself a fellow before you know it.\"\n\nBilly Connolly has continued to make TV programmes despite his Parkinson's\n\nSir Billy, who will turn 80 in November, joins a prestigious list of other recipients honoured for their work in the world of television which includes Sir David Attenborough, Dame Julie Walters, Sir Trevor McDonald, Dame Joanna Lumley, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Jon Snow, Sir Bruce Forsyth, Dame Joan Bakewell and others.\n\nBorn in Glasgow in 1942, Sir Billy began his working life as a welder in the Clyde shipyards before embarking on a career as a folk singer and musician alongside Gerry Rafferty in The Humblebums before developing the stand-up act that made him famous.\n\nHe is also an accomplished actor, winning praise for his role opposite Dame Judi Dench in Mrs Brown in 1997, as well as The Man Who Sued God and The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies.\n\nBilly Connolly with children in Glasgow in 1975\n\nHe is also a gifted travel reporter, making a string of popular documentaries.\n\nIn 2002, Sir Billy was presented with a Bafta Special Award and made a CBE in the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours List.\n\nIn 2010 he was given the highest honour Glasgow could bestow upon him - the Freedom of the City.\n\nTwo years later, he was honoured with a lifetime achievement award by Bafta Scotland for six decades in showbusiness.\n\nSir Billy has been married to actress turned clinical psychologist and author Pamela Stephenson since 1989.\n\nThe Scottish star, who lives in the US, will not be able to attend the ceremony in person, but a recorded acceptance message will be played.\n\n\"It's really important to work, to draw, to write, to walk silly for your grandchildren,\" he told Bafta.org, saying: \"Doing the same thing you've always done is good for you.\n\n\"I don't let the Parkinson's dictate who I am - I just get on with it. I've had a very successful career and I have no regrets at all.\"\n\nThe Big Yin started out singing in the Humblebums before developing as a stand-up comedian\n\nHe said of the fellowship: \"I am deeply honoured. Fifty films and... I can't remember how many TV shows - as well as my stage comedy - added up to something that's a joy to look back on. A lovely thing. I have no regrets at all.\n\n\"I had no idea the fellowship existed, but I'm told it's a big deal. It's lovely to be recognised and to become a jolly good fellow.\"\n\nHe credited the first of many appearances on Michael Parkinson's chat show in 1975 with helping him to become a household name.\n\nHe said: \"It was a huge breakthrough. It made me 10 times more famous than I was. I was two-thirds of the way through an English tour at the time, and the venues were half-full. As soon as I went on Parky it sold out, and it stayed sold out for the rest of my career.\"\n\nSir Billy's popularity was boosted by appearances on Parkinson\n\nEmma Baehr, executive director of awards and content at Bafta, said: \"We're honoured to be awarding Sir Billy Connolly with the 2022 Bafta Fellowship Award.\n\n\"He has made a remarkable contribution to our industry from his first appearance on Parkinson in 1975, through to becoming a national treasure on stage and screen, adored by fans around the world.\n\n\"Bafta is looking forward to celebrating this award with Sir Billy in due course and thanking him again for his phenomenal career in television.\"\n\nReceiving the fellowship this year means Sir Billy is being recognised by Bafta for the third successive decade, the organisation said.\n\nHis most recent projects include TV shows such as 2018's Billy Connolly: Made In Scotland, Billy Connolly's Great American Trail in 2019 and Gold's Billy Connolly Does... which aired this year.\n\nLast year he released an autobiography titled Windswept & Interesting.\n\nChannel Four series It's A Sin, written and created by Queer As Folk and Doctor Who screenwriter Russell T Davies, leads the Bafta television award nominations this year with 11 across the craft and television awards categories.\n\nThe Virgin Media Bafta TV Awards will be hosted by Richard Ayoade on 8 May on BBC One from 18:00.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A \"truly heartbroken\" family has paid tribute to four relatives who were found dead.\n\nA \"truly heartbroken\" family has paid tribute to four relatives who were found dead in a south-east London home.\n\nSamantha Drummonds, 27, her mother Tanysha Drummonds, 45, grandmother Dolet Hill, 64, and Ms Hill's husband Denton Burke, 68, were found with stab wounds by police on 25 April.\n\nA crowd-funder has now raised more than £11,000 for funeral costs.\n\nJoshua Jacques, 28, of Minard Road, Lewisham, appeared at the Old Bailey earlier charged with murder.\n\nHe is set to appear again at the same court on 19 July.\n\nDolet Hill and her partner Denton Burke lived together on Delaford Road in Bermondsey\n\nWorried neighbours had called police to the home Ms Hill had shared with Mr Burke in Delaford Road, Bermondsey, in the early hours of last Monday.\n\nThe fundraiser, organised by Juleth Hutchinson, described how her brother Mr Burke and Ms Hill were \"a happily married couple for over 15 years\".\n\nMr Burke was \"a family man\" and a trained chef who \"showed his love through food\", she said, when he was not working for Westminster City Council as a sanitation worker.\n\n\"Denton was a fun-loving and warm-hearted, kind man whose laughter would bring joy to anyone in his presence,\" she said. \"The amount of laughter and happy memories that we all shared will be cherished forever.\"\n\nJoshua Jacques appeared at the Old Bailey earlier charged with murder\n\nHis wife was described as a loving and charitable woman of \"impeccable strength\" who worked for the NHS for more than 20 years.\n\n\"Dolet was a strong pillar of the family and always welcomed everyone with an open heart. If you ever needed a helping hand, she would not hesitate to render her assistance,\" Ms Hutchinson said.\n\nMs Hill's daughter, Tanysha, was a nurse who lived in Kennington and was \"a doting wife, caring mother and a great friend,\" she said.\n\nTanysha Drummonds, was also known as Rachquel, and was previously named by police as Tanysha Ofori-Akuffo.\n\nThe youngest, Samantha, who lived in Forest Hill, was \"an upbeat, fun-loving, bubbly young lady who adored her grandmother Dolet\".\n\nMs Hutchinson asked well-wishers to donate towards funeral costs for the \"remarkable group of people\" to \"give them a ceremony they deserve\".\n\nFollow BBC London on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hellobbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n• None Man in court over four family members found dead\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Sir Keir Starmer has accused the Conservatives of \"mud-slinging\" after some of the party's MPs suggested he may have broken Covid rules.\n\nInternational Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan said she would \"encourage\" Durham police to investigate an event at which the Labour leader was seen drinking a beer.\n\nSir Keir said police had investigated and concluded \"no rules were broken\".\n\nHe said Conservatives should focus on helping people with their energy bills.\n\nEarlier this year, Durham police cleared Sir Keir of breaking lockdown laws when he attended an event on 30 April 2021 at the office of a Durham MP.\n\nLabour has previously said the rules were not broken, because there was an exemption for events held for \"work purposes\".\n\nLast month, Conservative MP Richard Holden wrote to the police asking them to review their decision, after the Met Police fined Prime Minister Boris Johnson for breaking lockdown laws by attending a party in No 10 in June 2020.\n\nHe argued the rules \"should apply equally\" to both men.\n\nQuestioned on the Today programme, the Labour leader repeatedly avoided saying whether he had been contacted by Durham police, since Mr Holden's letter\n\nHowever, the party later confirmed the police had not been in touch.\n\nSetting out his participation in the event, Sir Keir said: \"We were working, we stopped for food, no party, no rules were broken; I don't know what I can add to that.\n\n\"This is simply being whipped up as mud-slinging by the Tories.\"\n\nMinister Ms Trevelyan said she backed a further police investigation telling Sky News: \"I understand that there is some work ongoing and I would absolutely encourage them to look at it.\"\n\nLast month, Mr Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak were fined by the police for attending a birthday gathering for the PM in Downing Street.\n\nThe fines were part of the Met Police's investigation into 12 gatherings across government buildings during the coronavirus lockdowns.\n\nThe police have previously said at least 50 fines have been issued in relation to the investigation - but that they would not be announcing further fines in the run-up to the local election.\n\nSpeaking to Good Morning Britain on ITV, Mr Johnson said he had not received another fine but had \"no idea\" if more would come.", "Alex Lowndes said gyms should never have been closed\n\nA gym boss who is among more than 20 people who overturned a prosecution for a gym-related Covid breach said the case against him was a waste of time.\n\nAlex Lowndes refused to close his Gainz Fitness & Strength in Bedford in November 2020, when restrictions were imposed in England.\n\nBedford Borough Council's case collapsed but the authority said it had acted in the public interest.\n\nA lawyer told the BBC she had successfully defended 23 similar cases.\n\nUnder Covid regulations at the time - the second national lockdown in England - sports venues could only open in limited circumstances, such as for the training of elite athletes.\n\nPolice gave a prohibition notice to Gainz Fitness & Strength in Bedford in November 2020\n\nInfection rates and hospital admission were rising in the area but Mr Lowndes said he felt strongly that gyms should remain open.\n\n\"It became clear it was an airborne disease, you're more prone to it if you're unhealthy, overweight, etc, and gyms contributed a very small amount to the spread of the virus,\" he said.\n\n\"From a mental health point of view, gyms are really important, people depend on them, and I think people underestimate that.\n\n\"[Contesting the case] was based on principle. We should never have shut in the first place and we stand by what we did at the time.\"\n\nThe gym was raided in November 2020 and Mr Lowndes charged with a breach of lockdown regulations, which he denied.\n\nHe faced a £10,000 fine and was due to stand trial last in March but the council failed to gather enough evidence.\n\nThe authority requested an adjournment, which was rejected by magistrates.\n\nLucinda Nicholls said the prosecutions \"make no sense\"\n\nGyms in England and Wales were forced to close over various periods during the pandemic but many defied the measures to stay open.\n\nLondon-based criminal defence lawyer Lucinda Nicholls said she had represented 25 cases involving an alleged gym-related Covid breach, 23 of which were found in favour of her client.\n\nIn most cases, a fixed penalty notice was issued when there was an exception or reasonable excuse argument, she said.\n\n\"The biggest issue is enforcement of the legislation - the law hasn't been followed, but councils and prosecutors doggedly insist on proceeding, it makes no sense,\" she added.\n\n\"We've been in scenarios where costs have just added and added, and we've written to the local authority saying, 'Why are you doing this?' This is completely unnecessary'.\"\n\nLocal Authorities as well as the police or Crown Prosecution Service have the power to issue and pursue fixed penalty notices in the courts.\n\nThe CPS said each case was considered based on its \"individual merits\" and prosecutions followed \"whenever our legal test is met\".\n\nThe Local Government Association did not wish to comment.\n\nMr Lowndes claimed the council case was \"flimsy\" and \"inept\", and that it was also \"ludicrous\" to continue to prosecute people for exercising after details of the \"partygate\" gatherings in Westminster emerged.\n\n\"They [the council] should have looked at it even six months in and gone 'this is a waste of time',\" he added.\n\n\"But they kept going and they kept going, they brought in an external barrister, they kept spending money, and it just got out of control.\"\n\nBedford Borough Council said regulations were enforced in line with its duty at the time.\n\n\"We brought this case because there was ample evidence for a successful prosecution following the non-payment of a fixed penalty notice and because it was in the public interest,\" said a council spokesman.\n\n\"It is important that we remember that the threat posed by the virus then was very different to that which we face now.\"\n\n\"The pandemic isn't over but the combination of immunity from prior infection, vaccinations and antivirals has made it possible for us to return cautiously to the activities that we love.\"\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "School caterers could be forced to serve smaller portions or use cheaper ingredients due to rising prices, a major food wholesaler has warned.\n\nAndrew Selley, boss of Bidfood, said caterers would face \"difficult decisions\" as inflation soars.\n\nThe warning comes after Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey said food price rises were a \"major worry\".\n\nHowever, Marks & Spencer chairman said he expected the sharp rate at which prices were rising to be temporary.\n\n\"I do think it's important to say before we get too panicked, most of this inflation is probably transitory,\" Archie Norman told the BBC's Today programme.\n\nFood prices have surged in recent months as the pandemic and war in Ukraine have driven up the costs of energy, shipping and raw materials.\n\nMr Norman said it \"wouldn't be surprising\" see food price inflation over the course of the year \"running towards 8 to 10%\".\n\nBidfood's Mr Selley said \"all of the inputs into the food supply chain\" had increased over the past nine months, putting pressure on the firm, which caters to organisations such as schools, hospitals and NHS trusts.\n\n\"We are seeing things like sunflower oil is double the price it was a year ago, which has pushed into other oils like vegetable oil, rape seed oil, even palm oil. Bakery items are up 20-30%.\"\n\nMr Selley called on the government to ensure funding for free school meals kept pace with rising prices, saying they were \"vital\" for children's \"education and attainment\".\n\nA total of 1.7 million children currently qualify for free school meals in England.\n\n\"Over the last 10 years the amount of money the government provides for free school meals has only gone up by 1.7%, which obviously was well behind inflation even before this last 12 months,\" Mr Selley said.\n\n\"We can see that is going to leave some difficult decisions for school caterers [in the months ahead]. Either they are going to potentially serve smaller portions or cheaper ingredients which isn't going to be good for the children.\"\n\nThe government said it recognised the pressures some schools could face, adding it had \"given them the autonomy to agree individual contracts with suppliers and caterers, using their increased core funding\".\n\n\"This funding has gone up by £4bn in 2022-23 alone - a 7% increase in cash terms per pupil from last year,\" a statement added.\n\n\"Schools also have flexibility in the food they offer, under the School Food Standards. If a particular product is not readily available for any reason, the standards give schools and caterers the freedom to substitute in similar foods that are available.\"\n\nInflation - the rate at which prices rise - is at a 30-year high of 7% and forecast to hit 9% when figures for April are released on Wednesday.\n\nThe Bank of England has faced criticism for not doing enough to tackle the rising cost of living, but the governor defended its response at a committee hearing on Monday.\n\nApologising for sounding \"apocalyptic\", he told MPs that the war in Ukraine was having a big impact on food supplies both in the UK and elsewhere.\n\nAndrew Bailey was questioned by MPs on Monday\n\n\"There's a lot of uncertainty around this situation,\" he added.\n\nHowever, Marks & Spencer's Mr Norman told the BBC that he would not call the situation \"apocalyptic.\"\n\n\"Do you think oil prices are going to be higher or lower is a year's time? I don't know, but there's a good chance they'll be lower. Freight rates are going to come down, Wheat production in 2023 will probably be higher than 2022,\" he said.\n\n\"Before we do anything too drastic we need to recognise the nature of the problem we are dealing with is a serious one, but it is probably a 12-month problem not a 36 month problem.\"\n\nMr Norman said although higher prices were \"very negative for consumer discretionary income\", wages had been rising \"quite well\" in the UK and that M&S had given its staff a 5% increase.\n\nThe former Conservative MP said UK spending was \"pretty good\" due to customers having \"a lot of stored up savings\".\n\nHowever, he admitted things would get worse before they get better, with the energy price cap expected to rise sharply again in October.\n\n\"The crunch is not going to be now, the crunch is going to be in the autumn when people come back from their holidays, they've spent their money and there's nothing left in the kitty.\"\n\nHave you been affected by any of the issues raised here? Have you seen your child's school meals get smaller? You can get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Perseverance is drilling rocks and storing samples for later return to Earth laboratories\n\nNasa's Perseverance rover has reached a big moment in its mission on Mars.\n\nTuesday will see the six-wheeled robot begin the climb up an ancient delta feature in the crater where it landed.\n\nIt will roll uphill, stopping every so often to examine rocks that look to have the best chance of retaining evidence of past life on the planet.\n\nOn its way back down, Perseverance will collect some of these rocks, placing the samples at the base of the delta to be retrieved by later missions.\n\nThe goal is to bring this material back to Earth in the 2030s for detailed inspection.\n\n\"The delta in Jezero Crater is the main astrobiology target of Perseverance,\" said deputy project scientist, Dr Katie Stack Morgan.\n\n\"These are the rocks that we think likely have the highest potential for containing signs of ancient life and can also tell us about the climate of Mars and how this has evolved over time,\" she told BBC News.\n\nThe rover made its spectacular landing in the middle of Mars' 45km-wide Jezero Crater on 18 February last year.\n\nSince then it's been testing its tools and instruments, flying an experimental mini-helicopter, and gathering a general impression of its surroundings.\n\nBut the robot's chief purpose in going to the near-equatorial bowl on the Red Planet has always been to study the huge mound of sediments in the west of Jezero.\n\nLong suspected to be a delta, based on satellite imagery, Perseverance's initial observations on the ground have now confirmed this assessment.\n\nA delta is a structure built up from the silt and sand dumped by a river as it enters a wider body of water. The sudden deceleration that occurs in the river's flow allows anything carried in suspension to fall out.\n\nIn Jezero's case, the wider body of water was very probably a crater-wide lake that existed billions of years ago.\n\n\"Rivers that flow into a delta will bring nutrients, which are helpful for life, obviously; and then the fine-grained sediment that is brought and laid down at a high rate in a delta is good for preservation,\" explained mission scientist Prof Sanjeev Gupta from Imperial College London, UK.\n\n\"Also, if there is life in the hinterland, this can get brought down the river and concentrated in a delta.\"\n\nIn recent days, Perseverance has manoeuvred itself to an \"on ramp\" to the delta dubbed Hawksbill Gap. This is a gentle incline that will take the robot to an elevation of a few tens of metres above the crater floor.\n\nThe rover has a powerful set of tools and instruments on the end of its robot arm\n\nThe ascent is billed as a reconnaissance. Perseverance will go \"walkabout\", looking for the most enticing delta rock. There are some exquisitely layered, fine-grained outcrops.\n\n\"The rover has an amazing suite of instruments that can tell us about the chemistry, mineralogy and structure of the delta, by examining the sediments all the way down to the scale of a grain of salt,\" said mission scientist Prof Briony Horgan from Purdue University, Indiana.\n\n\"We will learn about the chemistry of this ancient lake, whether its waters were acidic or neutral, whether it was a habitable environment and what kind of life it might have supported.\"\n\nTo be clear, no-one knows if life ever got started on Mars, but, if it did, the three or four rocks Perseverance chooses to drill and cache on the way back down to the crater floor could be the ones to tell us.\n\nAn illustration shows Jezero Crater as it may have looked billions of years ago when it was a lake\n\nIt's unlikely the robot itself will be able to make any definitive statements - as smart as its instruments are. Even on Earth, where we know microbial life has existed for billions of years, the evidence of its earliest fossilised forms is hard to interpret, even contentious.\n\nEstablishing the facts of life on Mars will therefore have to wait for the rover's rock collection to be brought home for the type of rigorous investigation only the biggest laboratories are equipped to carry out.\n\n\"The claim that there is microscopic life on another planet in our Solar System is an enormous claim. And so the proof needs to be enormous as well,\" said Jennifer Trosper, Nasa's Perseverance project manager.\n\n\"I don't think that the instruments we have by themselves can provide that level of proof. They can provide a level of 'we think this might be it', and then we bring the samples back to Earth and we use the more sophisticated larger instruments here to make sure,\" she told BBC News.\n\nArtwork: The samples would need to leave Mars for Earth on a rocket launched from Jezero Crater\n\nPerseverance is expected to put down its first rock stash when it returns to the crater floor at the end of the year.\n\nThis depot will comprise not just those rocks gathered during the Hawksbill descent but four samples collected in previous months out on the crater floor.\n\nNasa, together with the European Space Agency, is in the advanced stages of planning the missions required to go and retrieve the depot. These ventures, which will incorporate another rover, a Mars rocket and carrier spacecraft, should be launched towards the end of this decade.\n\nPerseverance has plenty more years of work ahead of it. After it has put down its first rock stash, it will drive back up Hawksbill Gap to the very top of the delta and beyond, to visit rocks that look like they could be the remnants of the shoreline to the ancient Jezero lake.\n\nThese deposits are made of carbonate minerals, and, again, look to have formed in a setting conducive to the recording of past life - if ever it existed.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: The journey to the surface of Mars made by the Perseverance rover", "A Metropolitan Police officer who failed to investigate domestic abuse allegations made before a woman's murder has been fired.\n\nDenise Keane-Barnett first notified police of domestic abuse by her estranged husband, Damien Simmons, on 26 January 2020.\n\nSimmons poured petrol over her and set her on fire at her home in Harlesden, north London, on 16 April 2020.\n\nPC Sandeep Khunkhun has been fired for \"shocking dereliction of her duties\".\n\nThe disciplinary panel made the decision following an investigation into the officer's handling of the case by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).\n\nThe watchdog said Ms Keane-Barnett notified police of abuse and, a few days later, officers removed Simmons from her property after he locked her in her room.\n\nPolice returned later that day after she found a camera installed into a lightbulb in her bedroom.\n\nMs Khunkhun was assigned the case and handed an action plan by a superior, which included contacting Ms Keane-Barnett to see if she was willing to support a prosecution.\n\nThree days later she gave a statement saying she fully supported police action and wanted her husband arrested.\n\nOn 13 February, Ms Keane-Barnett told police Simmons was harassing her by email and posting false information about her on social media, the IOPC said.\n\nShe again told officers she wanted Simmons to be arrested and would be willing to attend court.\n\nThe IOPC said Ms Khunkhun failed to complete the action plan or put in place adequate safeguarding procedures.\n\nShe also cancelled three interviews with Simmons, and did not arrest him before sending the case to be closed on April 6, the agency added.\n\nThe IOPC also said the disciplinary panel rejected a record made by Ms Khunkhun on 30 March, which said Ms Keane-Barnett had told her she did \"not wish to substantiate the allegations\".\n\nThe watchdog's regional director for London Sal Naseem said: \"PC Khunkhun failed to follow reasonable lines of enquiry, which had been set by a supervisor and to ensure appropriate safeguarding was put in place.\n\n\"PC Khunkhun failed Ms Keane-Barnett in a shocking dereliction of her duties as a police officer.\"\n\nSimmons, 45, was found to have murdered 36-year-old Ms Keane-Barnett, who suffered horrific burns and later died in hospital, in a trial at the Old Bailey.\n\nHe was jailed for life with a minimum term of 32 years in October.\n\nDuring the trial, prosecutor Olcay Sapanoglu said Simmons \"carried out a jealous campaign of torment and abuse against his wife which culminated in him murdering her in the most horrific of ways - simply because he could not accept that their relationship was over\".\n\nFollow BBC London on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hellobbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The RAC said UK diesel prices rose to a record of just over £1.80 a litre on Monday\n\nThe government has raised concerns that petrol retailers are not passing on the recent cut in fuel duty, after diesel prices hit another record high.\n\nBusiness Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng told petrol bosses the competition regulator is monitoring the situation.\n\nHowever, petrol retailers said their costs had remained high.\n\nThe Petrol Retailers Association said margins were \"often not enough to cover operating costs\".\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak implemented the 5p per litre cut in fuel duty in March to reduce the price of fuel for motorists.\n\nIn a letter to the industry, the business secretary said the public was \"rightly expressing concern about the pace of the increase in prices at the forecourt\".\n\nHe said people were frustrated that the fuel duty cut \"does not appear to have been passed through to forecourt prices in any visible or meaningful way\".\n\n\"It is also unacceptable that different locations even within the same retail chain have widely different prices,\" he wrote.\n\nMr Kwarteng said his officials recently engaged the Competition and Markets Authority about the issue, as a result of \"perceived intransigence to date\".\n\n\"I have been reassured that they will not hesitate to use their powers to act against petrol stations if there is evidence that they are infringing competition or consumer law,\" he said.\n\nMr Kwarteng complained that \"different locations even within the same retail chain have widely different prices\"\n\nUK diesel prices rose to a record of just over £1.80 a litre on Monday, the RAC said.\n\nAfter the previous record of £1.79 in March following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, prices dipped but have risen again in recent weeks.\n\nThe RAC said petrol prices went up by nearly 3p a litre since the start of May and were £1.66 a litre on average.\n\nIt said retailers are taking an average profit of 2p per litre more than before the chancellor's 5p duty cut.\n\nBut Gordon Balmer, executive director of the Petrol Retailers Association, which represents independent forecourts, said comparing pump prices against wholesale prices \"only gives a partial picture\".\n\nOnce \"additional expenses\" such as storage and delivery costs are taken into account alongside the \"volatility of product prices\", retailers' margins are \"often not enough to cover operating costs\", he said.\n\nHe added that if the government wanted to lower pump prices, it should reduce fuel duty by more than 5p.\n\n\"5p per litre did not represent a substantial enough cut to ease the burden of rising prices on motorists,\" he said.\n\n\"While the chancellor was announcing it, oil prices rose and effectively cancelled out the reduction. In addition to this, sales volumes of petrol and diesel are still not back to their pre-pandemic levels.\n\n\"Supermarkets and independent fuel retailers are competing vigorously with each other on the thinnest of margins.\"\n\nThe row follows a warning that supermarkets have also not passed on the fuel duty cut and falls in wholesale fuel prices.\n\nThe RAC motoring group does not believe the top four supermarkets - Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Tesco - are doing enough to help customers cut their fuel bills.\n\nRAC fuel spokesman Simon Williams said: \"Despite operating just a fifth of petrol stations in the UK, the big supermarkets are responsible for around half of all fuel sales so how they choose to price petrol and diesel has a huge impact on what drivers end up paying.\"\n\nHe added: \"When wholesale fuel prices fall dramatically it can be enormously frustrating for drivers when pump prices don't start coming down. It normally takes one retailer to effectively 'fire the starting gun' and cut its prices in order for others to follow.\n\n\"We know that the biggest retailers tend to be reluctant to reflect falling wholesale prices at the pumps day-to-day, yet they seem to pass on increases quickly when wholesale prices are rising. This can often be to the detriment of drivers.\"\n\nThe RAC believes that supermarkets often wait for long sustained drops in wholesale prices before they cut their forecourt prices. If they cut the retail price too soon and then the wholesale price rises again, they will be forced to reintroduce a higher price which looks bad to customers, according to the motoring organisation.\n\nA Sainsbury's spokesperson said: \"We understand that the cost of living is a real challenge for many households and we are committed to helping our customers as much as we can.\n\n\"We lowered prices the day the chancellor announced fuel cuts so that our customers could benefit as soon as possible.\"\n\nMorrisons said it took the full 5p from its prices at 6pm on the day of the chancellor's announcement.\n\nAsda and Tesco have not yet responded to the BBC's request for comment.", "Alex Davies, from Swansea, is accused of being a member of National Action after it was banned\n\nThe co-founder of a neo-Nazi terror group has told a court his political aim is the compulsory deportation of ethnic minorities from the UK.\n\nAlex Davies said the repatriation would be \"along the lines of the Conservative government's Rwanda policy\".\n\nThe 27-year old denies being a member of National Action after the UK Government banned it as a terrorist organisation in 2016.\n\nHe told Winchester Crown Court his goal is an \"overwhelmingly white Britain\".\n\nMr Davies, from Swansea, is also accused of being a recruiter for National Action.\n\nThe court previously heard the group \"terrorised\" towns across the country with its call for an \"all-out race war\".\n\nMr Davies set up a \"continuity\" group NS131, which stood for National Socialist Anti-Capitalist Action, and was also later banned by the UK government.\n\nBut Davies has told the court NS131 had different aims and processes.\n\nAsked by Barnaby Jameson QC, for the prosecution, if the repatriation of ethnic minorities and Jewish people would be enforced, he said: \"It would be compulsory, I imagine.\n\n\"It would be run along the lines of the current Conservative government and their sending asylum seekers to Rwanda.\"\n\nSome asylum seekers who cross the English Channel to the UK will be given a one-way ticket to Rwanda under a pilot scheme announced by the UK Government in April.\n\nOpposition politicians criticised the £120m plan, which Prime Minister Boris Johnson said would \"save countless lives\" from human trafficking.\n\nNational Action was founded in 2013 by Ben Raymond and Alex Davies (pictured)\n\nMr Davies said the deportation would not be of all ethnic minorities and Jews.\n\n\"There are certain Jews that do essential jobs, just as there are black, Asian and ethnic minority people who do essential jobs, and to send them back would be doing harm to ourselves.\"\n\nHe added: \"If we were to take power, our aim is to have an overwhelmingly white Britain as it more or less has been for centuries.\n\n\"It's only in the past 50, 60 [or] 70 years we have had mass immigration, it would be to return to the status quo of before\"the Second World War.\"\n\nAsked if he would repatriate Jewish families with British heritage dating back \"thousands of years,\" he replied: \"Yes, that's how repatriation would work.\"\n\nDavies denied he was a violent person and said that the training camps he attended had not been paramilitary-style events.\n\nHe added he had been quoting former BNP leader Nick Griffin when he sent a message to a potential recruit in April 2017, in which he stated: \"We need to be smart but ready to use well-directed boots and fists if needs be. No pacifist movement is going to go anywhere.\"\n\nDavies said that after the ban, he was involved in \"advancing the cause of national socialism, not the cause of a continuity [National Action]\".\n\n\"After proscription, all I am interested in is pursuing legal political activities,\" he said.\n\nHe said he estimated he had previously known about \"10 to 12\" of the 30 to 40 members of NS131.\n\nMr Davies, from Swansea, denies membership of a proscribed organisation between 17 December 2016, and 27 September 2017, and the trial continues.", "Wayne Rooney was playing for DC United at the time of his wife Coleen's famous \"Wagatha Christie\" post\n\nWayne Rooney was asked by his then England manager Roy Hodgson to ask his teammate Jamie Vardy to get his wife to \"calm down\", the High Court has heard.\n\nMr Rooney's wife Coleen is being sued for libel by Rebekah Vardy, who denies Mrs Rooney's accusation that she leaked private information about her.\n\nOn Tuesday, Mr Rooney said Mr Hodgson told him the Football Association (FA) wanted to avoid \"problems and distractions\" at Euro 2016.\n\n\"They asked me, as captain, would I be able to speak to Mr Vardy on issues regarding his wife and I think we all knew that it was an awkward subject,\" said Mr Rooney, referring to Mr Hodgson and his then assistant Gary Neville.\n\n\"I'd need to speak to Mr Vardy and ask him to speak to his wife and ask him to ask his wife to calm down.\"\n\n\"Ask his wife to calm down?\" queried Mrs Vardy's barrister Hugh Tomlinson. \"She wasn't dancing on tables...\"\n\n\"No, she wasn't, as far as I'm aware,\" Mr Rooney replied. But, he said, there had been negative media coverage relating to Mrs Vardy's Euro 2016 column in the Sun.\n\nMr Rooney said he always tried to protect his fellow England football players as much as he could\n\nEngland's all-time record goalscorer said he \"carried out that instruction\" to have a word with his teammate and that it was Mr Vardy's business if the message was relayed to Mrs Vardy or not.\n\nHe said it \"wasn't my place to speak to Mrs Vardy\" directly but that he had \"100%\" passed the message on to his teammate.\n\n\"It was an awkward situation for me and I'm sure it was an awkward situation for Mr Vardy, but I felt it was in the best interests of the team,\" Mr Rooney said.\n\n\"As England captain I would always try and protect the players in public as much as I could,\" he continued.\n\nMr Rooney said Mrs Vardy was \"almost there with the team\" during the tournament in France.\n\nHe alleged that she had been calling her husband on FaceTime while the players were hanging out together during their downtime.\n\nTuesday marked the first time Jamie Vardy (pictured with wife Rebekah) attended the trial since it began\n\nFormer England men's football team captain, Mr Rooney, added that Mrs Vardy's husband, the Leicester City striker, was not someone \"I have ever particularly been friends with on a social level\".\n\nDerby County manager Mr Rooney, 36, wrote last year in The Times that despite their wives' dispute, he would have tried to lure Mr Vardy, 35, out of international retirement for Euro 2020 had he been in charge.\n\nIn a statement issued by Mr Vardy's representatives to the PA news agency outside the hearing, the former England striker denied that Mr Rooney had spoken to him about getting Mrs Vardy to \"calm down\".\n\n\"Wayne is talking nonsense,\" Mr Vardy said. \"He must be confused because he never spoke to me about issues concerning Becky's [Mrs Vardy's] media work at Euro 2016.\n\n\"There was nothing to speak about, I know this because I discuss everything with Becky.\"\n\nHowever, Mr Vardy's statement will not have any impact on the trial as he is not due to be called as a witness.\n\nMr and Mrs Rooney arriving at court for a sixth day\n\nMrs Vardy's libel action was sparked by a viral social media post from October 2019, in which Mrs Rooney said she had carried out a sting operation to find out who had been passing information about her life, taken from her private Instagram account, to the Sun newspaper.\n\nShe said the fake stories she had posted on her Instagram stories in an effort to find the perpetrator had only been viewed by \"Rebekah Vardy's account\".\n\nMrs Vardy has continually denied leaking the stories in question to the press.\n\nMrs Rooney was christened \"Wagatha Christie\" by many people online as a result. Wag is a term used to describe the wives and girlfriends of footballers.\n\nIn court on Tuesday, Mr Rooney confirmed he had \"never discussed it [the sting operation] really\" with his wife and that \"this trial is the first time I'm hearing almost everything in this case.\"\n\n\"It's been a long week,\" he said.\n\n\"For me and my wife, we don't want to be in this court. I have watched my wife over the past two years really struggle and become a different mother and different wife.\n\n\"It's been very traumatic for my wife.\"\n\nHe went on: \"Whatever that judgment is, me, my wife and children can go on with our lives because it's not something we want to be part of.\"\n\nImages of Coleen Rooney's Instagram stories were released to journalists along with other court documents on Tuesday\n\nThe court also heard Mr Rooney had never had a personal relationship with any journalist from the Sun newspaper.\n\n\"Everyone knows the history between Liverpudlians and the Sun newspaper,\" he said, with reference to the coverage around the Hillsborough disaster. \"I have never spoken to a Sun journalist on a personal level.\"\n\nMrs Vardy left court early again on Tuesday, as she did the day before, alongside her husband. But the Rooneys hung around to hear evidence from technical experts called by both sides.\n\nMrs Rooney's barrister David Sherborne last week told the court there has been a \"widespread and significant destruction or loss of evidence\" in the case.\n\nTechnical expert Ian Henderson, instructed by Mrs Vardy, told the court late on Tuesday he found it \"surprising\" there was an \"absence\" of WhatsApp messages between her and her agent Caroline Watt after the former tried to export messages from her device to her solicitors.\n\nMatthew Blackband, an expert called by Mrs Rooney's team, stated his belief that files had been lost via a \"manual deletion\".\n\nThe trial is expected to conclude on Thursday.\n\nRead more about the trial:", "President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden visit a memorial to the victims of Saturday's mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York\n\nUS President Joe Biden has condemned white supremacy as \"a poison running through our body politic\" during a visit to Buffalo, New York.\n\nTen black people were killed at a supermarket in the city on Saturday in what is believed to be a racially motivated hate crime.\n\nThe suspect, 18, identified himself as a fascist and white nationalist in a document posted online.\n\nMr Biden on Tuesday said the young man belonged to \"a hateful minority\".\n\nAfter meeting families impacted by the shooting, he eulogised the victims for their \"individual lives of love, service and community that speak to the bigger story of who we are as Americans\".\n\n\"White supremacy will not have the last word,\" he said.\n\nLocal officials say the alleged attacker drove more than 320 km (200 miles) to deliberately seek out an area with a high black population. He would have continued to target other such areas if he had not been stopped, according to investigators.\n\nIn his so-called manifesto, he referenced \"white genocide\" and \"white replacement\" conspiracy theories to explain his resentment towards minority groups. In the rambling screed, he also identified politically as being on the \"authoritarian left\".\n\nThe president accused the shooter of giving into \"a hateful, perverse ideology rooted in fear and racism\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Parents of US mass shooting victim search for solutions\n\nMaking mention of the deadly far-right extremist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017 - the incident he says persuaded him to run for office again - he warned that America's democracy was \"in danger like it hasn't been in my lifetime\".\n\n\"Hate and fear have been given too much oxygen by those who pretend to love America but don't understand America,\" Mr Biden said.\n\n\"I call on all Americans to reject the lie and I condemn those who spread the lie for power, political gain and profit. We cannot remain silent.\"\n\nPresident Biden's main objective in visiting Buffalo was to be a consoler in chief of sorts.\n\nHe has suffered profound loss in his own life. His first wife and 13-year-old daughter were killed in a car crash and later in life he lost one of his sons to brain cancer.\n\nHe told the families that one day the memory of their loved one would bring a smile to their face before it brought a tear to their eye.\n\nStill, while the people here say they appreciate the sympathy and prayers, they want action.\n\nPresident Biden can offer little new on that front, and he admitted as much on Air Force One as he returned to Washington.\n\nOn gun control and banning assault weapons, he said he would try to convince Congress but it would be very difficult.\n\nOn domestic terrorism, he said there were enough laws on the books and that the country just needed to \"look in the mirror and face the reality.\"\n\nMr Biden held individual meetings with grieving families and also visited the makeshift memorial outside the Tops grocery store that was the site of Saturday's rampage.\n\nBuffalo Mayor Byron Brown told media that the president had \"seemed very moved by what he saw in the community\" and he was hopeful for more action on gun control.\n\nThe president was joined on Tuesday's trip by First Lady Jill Biden, New York's Democratic senators and other top officials.", "National Action was founded in 2013 by Ben Raymond and Alex Davies (pictured)\n\n\"Probably the biggest Nazi of the lot.\"\n\nThat is how jurors heard Alex Davies, a \"terrorist hiding in plain sight\", described during his latest trial.\n\nDavies, 27, from Swansea, co-founded the neo-Nazi group National Action in 2013. He had seen it \"grow from its small base in south Wales\" to a national organisation, a judge said.\n\nHe was convicted of membership of a proscribed organisation between December 2016 and September 2017 after a trial at Winchester Crown Court in May.\n\nDavies was then jailed for eight and-a-half years during sentencing at the Central Criminal Court, the Old Bailey in London on 7 June.\n\nNational Action was one of the most extreme British far-right terror groups since World War Two.\n\nIts members openly celebrated the death of Jo Cox MP and called for a \"race war\".\n\nOne expert said the group was \"so extreme you can't go any further\".\n\nAlex Davies' group was \"so extreme you can't go any further\", an expert said\n\nDavies, who was once pictured giving a Nazi salute in a German concentration camp, remains an ardent national socialist with extreme far-right views.\n\nHis organisation preyed on young people, grooming them to follow his racist beliefs.\n\nHe lived in Uplands, Swansea, and his parents disagreed with his racist views.\n\nDescribing himself as \"polite\" and \"high-achieving\", with others referring to him as bright and articulate, Davies said he \"survived school and college but got into trouble at university\".\n\nHe joined the far-right British National Party as a teenager and was identified as a potential extremist through the Prevent counter-terrorism programme when he was just 15 or 16 years old.\n\nA few years later, he left university when his far-right beliefs were exposed.\n\nHe then focused much of his time in growing National Action from his base in Swansea, heading up the south-west \"branch\".\n\nAlex Davies was pictured doing a Nazi salute at Buchenwald concentration camp\n\nHis attempts to spread his beliefs far and wide led to ambitions to stand for election in Swansea in 2017 after National Action was deemed a terrorist organisation by the UK government.\n\nHe attended National Front meetings in Bridgend in 2017, and wanted to stand as a county councillor.\n\nHe said: \"He admits that he still holds that ideology, but states there's nothing wrong with him holding that ideology, that he's free to have those thoughts and ideas.\n\n\"We would say those are very dangerous thoughts and ideas. Somebody who sought, through violence, to forward that neo-Nazi ideology, we would say, remains a very dangerous individual\".\n\nHe added: \"Working with partners and others we will seek to continue to mitigate any risk Alex Davies poses to communities across the UK.\"\n\nHowever, Davies was far from the only member of National Action with links to Wales.\n\nBen Raymond, who co-founded the group with Davies, lived in Mumbles, Swansea, and was responsible for much of its racist, offensive propaganda.\n\nHe coined the term \"white jihad\" and was jailed last year for being a member of National Action.\n\nMikko Vehvilainen was a serving British Army soldier based at Sennybridge barracks in Powys when he was a member of National Action.\n\nA self-confessed racist, he built up a private arsenal and wanted to turn the village of Llansilin in Powys, where he had a house, into a white nationalist stronghold. He was jailed in 2018.\n\nNational Action co-founder Ben Raymond was jailed for eight years\n\nAlex Deakin, a former student in Aberystwyth, ran the West Midlands branch of National Action and spoke about modelling the group along the lines of the \"IRA and Viet Cong\".\n\nHe was found with two explosives manuals, including a guide to making explosives, and was convicted of membership of National Action.\n\nIn 2015, Zack Davies, a 25-year-old National Action member from Mold, Flintshire, used a hammer and machete to attack a Sikh dentist in a Tesco store because of his skin colour.\n\nZack Davies shouted \"white power\" during the assault and was later convicted of attempted murder.\n\nHe had earlier posed for a selfie in front of a National Action flag while holding a blade.\n\nSeveral members of NA had read and accessed copies of the manifesto of mass-murderer Anders Breivik - who killed 77 people, mostly children, in bomb and gun attacks in Norway in 2011.\n\nMembers held vocal rallies up and down the country, dressed in black, reminiscent of Oswald Moseley's fascists of the 1930s, delivering Nazi-style salutes and carrying flags, some stating \"Hitler was right\".\n\nAlex Davies has become the 19th person to be convicted for membership of the banned fascist group.\n\nNational Action promoting one of its \"conferences\"\n\nAlex Davies was described as \"the founder, the galvaniser, the recruiter\", and would welcome fellow neo-Nazis to Swansea, take them for days out in Mumbles and for ice cream.\n\nHe jokingly told jurors: \"The life of a terrorist.\"\n\nProsecutors and counter terror police believe Alex Davies is unique in British history for founding two far-right terrorist organisations.\n\nFirst National Action, and then the \"continuity group\" as it was described in court, NS131. They are organisations that now sit alongside the likes of so-called Islamic State, the IRA and Al-Qaeda.\n\nIt was put to Alex Davies in court: \"You are a neo-Nazi, yes?\"", "Volunteer police officers in England and Wales will be authorised to use Tasers, the home secretary has announced.\n\nPriti Patel said in a speech to police that special constables should be able to use the electric stun guns if they complete the specific training.\n\nThe Home Office said it would ensure they are not \"at a disadvantage\" when facing attackers.\n\nBut Amnesty International called it a \"dangerous expansion\" in their use.\n\nThere are around 8,900 volunteer officers in England and Wales, who have the same powers and uniforms as paid officers.\n\nDeployment of Tasers among volunteer officers will be an operational decision for each of the 43 individual police forces.\n\nConductive Energy Devices, known by their brand name Taser, fire a high-voltage shock to temporarily disable a suspect, and are often used to deal with violent or potentially violent people at a distance.\n\nThey were introduced in the UK in 2003, initially limited to firearms officers.\n\nTheir use was extended in 2008, to non-firearms officers who complete the required training.\n\nPlans to further expand their use to volunteer officers will be announced by Ms Patel on Tuesday, in a speech to the annual conference of the Police Federation - the professional association representing officers.\n\nTo carry a Taser, \"specials\" will have to have completed 12 months' service and 200 duty hours after they have achieved \"directed patrol status\".\n\nAccording to the College of Policing, this intermediate status allows volunteer officers to be deployed \"in a supervised or managed environment, either on their own or as part of a team\".\n\nThe move to equip volunteers with Tasers follows the passing of the government's Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act last month.\n\nThe legislation allows special constables to join the Police Federation, giving them access to legal assistance in the immediate aftermath of incidents.\n\nAccording to Home Office figures, Tasers were used 34,429 times in 2020/21, up from 32,058 times the year before.\n\nIn August last year, the policing watchdog said there should be clearer guidance to officers about when they should be used.\n\nIn a review, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said black people were more likely to face a Taser, and some officers were not considering the risk of injury to vulnerable people.\n\nAn IOPC spokesman said it recognised Tasers were \"a valuable and legitimate tool for police officers\".\n\nHe said the weapons \"continue to be made available to more officers than ever before\", adding that the IOPC welcomes the focus on appropriate training, as it recommended in its review.\n\nBut Amnesty International criticised the proposal to expand their use, saying they should be reserved for \"highly-trained specialist officers, trained on a par with officers carrying firearms\".\n\nThe campaign group's policing expert Oliver Feeley-Sprague added: \"Arming volunteer officers is a dangerous expansion of Taser use and will inevitably lead to the increased firing of Tasers\".\n\n\"It's our understanding that specials will be subject to a rigorous assessment prior to being selected to undergo Taser training, but arming volunteers who receive less training overall and do less hours on the job is a worrying erosion of safeguards over Taser misuse.\"\n• None Police force to arm all officers with Tasers", "Blackpool's Jake Daniels said his decision to come out as the UK's only openly gay active male professional footballer would allow him to be \"free and confident\".\n\nThe Championship club forward is the first professional in the UK men's game for more than 30 years to come out while still playing.\n\nSpeaking to Sky Sports, the 17-year-old said: \"Now is the right time to do it.\n\n\"I feel like I am ready to tell people my story.\"\n• None Why Daniels coming out is a watershed moment\n\nHe added: \"Since I've come out to my family, my club and my team-mates, that period of overthinking everything - and the stress it created - has gone. It was impacting my mental health. Now I am just confident and happy to be myself finally.\n\n\"I have been thinking for a long time about how I want to do it, when I want to do it. I know now is the time. I am ready to be myself, be free and be confident with it all.\"\n\nJustin Fashanu was the last active men's professional footballer in the UK to come out during his playing career, featuring for clubs in England and Scotland after announcing in October 1990 that he was gay.\n\nAdelaide United player Josh Cavallo is the only current openly gay top-flight male professional footballer in the world, having come out last October.\n\nDaniels' announcement drew instant reaction, with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeting: \"Thank you for your bravery Jake. It would have taken huge courage to come out and you will be an inspiration to many both on and off the pitch.\"\n\nThe football world also reacted swiftly, with the Premier League tweeting \"the footballing world is with you\", while Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea all said they were \"proud\" of Daniels.\n\nTrevor Birch, chief executive of the EFL, said: \"We hope that this moment helps take us forward to a time where LGBTQ+ representation at all levels of the men's professional game is the norm.\"\n\n'I've been hiding who I am'\n\nDaniels said he had known he was gay since the age of five or six and that his girlfriends in school were \"a massive cover-up\".\n\nHe said: \"In school people even used to ask me: 'Are you sure you aren't gay?' And I would reply, 'no, I'm not'. I wasn't ready and it was a struggle but I just don't want to lie any more.\"\n\nHe says the fact he scored four goals in a youth fixture the day after telling his mother and sister showed the \"massive relief\" he was feeling.\n\n\"Of course I am aware that there will be a reaction to this and some of it will be homophobic, maybe in a stadium and on social media,\" Daniels added.\n\n\"It's an easy thing for people to target. The way I see it is that I am playing football and they are shouting stuff at me, but they are paying to watch me play football and I am living my life and making money from it. So shout what you want, it's not going to make a difference.\"\n\nDaniels - who has been with Blackpool since the age of seven and now has a professional contract - made his first-team debut earlier in May and said his announcement came at the end of what he said has been a \"fantastic\" season for him.\n\n\"But off the pitch I've been hiding the real me and who I really am,\" he told Blackpool's website. \"I've known my whole life that I'm gay, and I now feel that I'm ready to come out and be myself.\n\n\"It's a step into the unknown being one of the first footballers in this country to reveal my sexuality, but I've been inspired by Josh Cavallo, Matt Morton and athletes from other sports, like Tom Daley, to have the courage and determination to drive change.\"\n\nDaniels said he had confided in youth-team players, who have supported and embraced his decision.\n\n\"I've hated lying my whole life and feeling the need to change to fit in,\" he added. \"I want to be a role model myself by doing this.\n\n\"There are people out there in the same space as me that may not feel comfortable revealing their sexuality. I just want to tell them that you don't have to change who you are, or how you should be, just to fit in.\"\n\nBefore Daniels' announcement, Fashanu was the only male footballer to have come out as gay while playing professionally in the UK.\n\nSpeaking on behalf of the foundation set up in memory of her uncle, who killed himself in 1998, Amal Fashanu said there is still homophobia in football and called for it to be treated with \"zero tolerance\".\n\nShe added: \"Jake's announcement will come as a huge comfort to the many footballers at all levels of the game, from grass roots to the professional leagues, still secretly living as gay and who still feel unable to come out.\"\n\nThere are a number of openly gay players in women's football, and several men's players have come out once their playing careers were over.\n\nFormer England international Casey Stoney said Daniels had shown \"guts and courage\".\n\nShe added: \"Good for you for stepping out of the mould and for being authentically you. Wouldn't it be great if we got to a place where we didn't have to use the words 'guts and courage' to describe someone being comfortable being themselves.\"\n• None Justin Fashanu: 30 years since footballer came out (October 2020)\n\nFormer Aston Villa, Stuttgart, West Ham and Everton player Thomas Hitzlsperger - who came out as gay in 2013, shortly after retiring - congratulated Daniels.\n\n\"Well done Jake Daniels,\" he tweeted. \"Have a wonderful career! Great to see the support of Blackpool FC and Stonewall UK to make this possible.\"\n\nThe Premier League partners with charity Stonewall's Rainbow Laces campaign, which is aimed at encouraging more acceptance of LGBT+ diversity.\n\nBlackpool said it has worked closely with Stonewall to \"support\" Daniels and that the club \"is incredibly proud that he has reached a stage where he is empowered to express himself both on-and-off the pitch\".\n\nThe club added: \"It is vital that we all promote an environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves, and that football leads the way in removing any form of discrimination and prejudice.\"\n\nStonewall director Liz Ward added: \"Our Rainbow Laces campaign has taught us that, while there is still a way to go, attitudes towards LGBTQ+ people in sport are changing.\n\n\"We are moving towards a world where players can live openly as their true selves, both on and off pitch - and that is something we can all take pride in.\"", "Charlie King appeared on The Only Way is Essex\n\nReality star Charlie King says having body dysmorphia has taken him \"to the depths of despair\".\n\nThe 36-year-old, who appeared on The Only Way is Essex, says he struggled with his body image before going on TV.\n\nHe appeared before the Health and Social Care Committee on Tuesday as part of its inquiry into the impact of body image on mental and physical health.\n\nCharlie spoke about how his mental health condition has affected his life.\n\nHe has been diagnosed with body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), which is a mental health condition where a person spends a lot of time worrying about flaws in their appearance which might be unnoticeable to others.\n\n\"During lockdown I became obsessed with my nose,\" he told MPs on the committee.\n\n\"I saw a plastic surgeon who agreed 'we could fix that' and he gave me validation.\"\n\nHe says there was no assessment by the surgeon on his mental health, or a need for him to disclose that he suffered from BDD.\n\nHe told the committee that he believed surgeons should check with potential patients to see what their mental state is when they pursue cosmetic procedures.\n\nPlastic surgeon Nigel Mercer is a former president of the British Association of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons, and says that all surgeons who are part of his organisation and of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, are expected to have an advanced understanding of how to identify psychological factors in patient consultations.\n\nMany within the organisation have taken an advanced cosmetic surgery course which covers mental health, and he says the majority of surgeons offer counselling to patients, but take-up is low.\n\nCharlie said when the nose job went wrong, he \"went to the depths of despair\".\n\n\"I had to go and live with my mum because I couldn't earn money and I was depressed. There were no resources [from the plastic surgeon to help] and that year was so challenging.\"\n\nHis testimony comes as 80% of people said their body image had a negative impact on their mental health, in a survey conducted by the Health and Social Care Committee.\n\nMore than 1,500 people took part in the survey, which also asked about the accessibility of NHS mental health services, and whether the government was taking the effects of negative body image seriously.\n\nCharlie says he wants more awareness around BDD so that people can get the right help.\n\n\"I felt so embarrassed as a man, It feels vacuous but people [with BDD] need to know that what they feel is valid and that it's treatable,\" he says.\n\n\"We need to give people access to what they need, instead of them thinking they need to change themselves.\n\nHe says his anxiety and depression stemmed from body dysmorphia and \"if I'd have understood that more I might not have been in this position\".\n\nThe Health and Social Care Committee has held a number of hearings as part of its inquiry into body image, with three oral evidence sessions happening alongside its public survey.\n\nOther contributors to the committee have included aesthetics awareness charity Save Face, the Mental Health Foundation and the Joint Council for Cosmetic Practitioners.", "Alex Davies, from Swansea, is accused of being a member of National Action after it was banned\n\nA man accused of creating a continuity faction of a banned fascist group was \"probably the biggest Nazi of the lot\", a court has heard.\n\nAlex Davies, 27, from Swansea, is accused of being a member of National Action (NA), after it was banned in December 2016.\n\nBarnaby Jameson, prosecuting, told Winchester Crown Court that NA \"never disbanded, it morphs into regional factions\".\n\nMr Jameson told the court Mr Davies set up NS131, which stood for National Socialist Anti-Capitalist Action, which followed NA in being banned by the UK government.\n\nMr Jameson said this was a \"continuity faction\" of NA covering the southern part of the country.\n\nHe said: \"If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, there's a racing certainty it is, in fact, a duck.\n\n\"The same name, National Socialist Anti-Capitalist Action (NS131), take out the three middle words and you are left with a big clue: National Action.\n\n\"The group was expanding and recruiting, what became NS131 was one of the skins worn by continuity factions of National Action.\"\n\nHe added a ban meant nothing to Mr Davies, who he called a \"terrorist hiding in plain sight\".\n\nNational Action was founded in 2013 by Ben Raymond and Alex Davies (pictured)\n\nMr Jameson said NA and NS131 used the same colours, encrypted internet provider and ideology - a throwback to Nazi Germany - as well as the same leader, and regional structure.\n\nHe added: \"Who was at the centre of all this? The founder, the galvaniser, the recruiter, one Alex Davies of Swansea. He was probably the biggest Nazi of the lot.\"\n\nMr Jameson continued: \"The defendant was an extremist's extremist.\n\n\"This was an individual who had his first contact with counter-extremist authorities when he was 15 or 16 - those organising the Prevent project.\n\n\"And when in contact he sets up an organisation (NA) in 2013 concerned with the revolutionary overthrow of the democratic order.\"\n\nHe added that Davies later said to an undercover reporter that he did not want to say what he wanted to do to Jews \"because it was so extreme\".\n\nHe continued that Davies was \"an individual who went on tour to Germany to Buchenwald to give the Nazi salute in the execution chamber that was a flagrant and provocative breach of German law.\"\n\nHe added that NA was judged by an expert to be \"so extreme you can't go any further\".\n\nMr Davies has told the court that NS131 was not set up as a continuation of NA and had different aims and processes.\n\nHe said that he was \"exercising his democratic rights\" after the ban and he was involved in \"advancing the cause of national socialism, not the cause of a continuity NA\".", "Fighters evacuated from the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol arrived in the nearby town of Novoazovsk.\n\nUkraine's defence ministry said 53 heavily injured fighters were taken there and another 211 were sent to Olenivka. Both areas were captured by Russian-backed separatists in 2014.\n\nUkraine said some fighters remain trapped at the steelworks, and efforts to rescue them are ongoing.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nUkraine has confirmed that hundreds of its fighters trapped for more than two months in Mariupol's Azovstal steelworks have been evacuated.\n\nDeputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said 53 badly wounded soldiers were taken to the town of Novoazovsk, held by Russian-backed rebels.\n\nShe said another 211 were evacuated using a humanitarian corridor to Olenivka - also a rebel-held town.\n\nRussia earlier said a deal had been reached to evacuate the injured troops.\n\nAbout a dozen buses carrying Ukrainian fighters who were holed up beneath the besieged plant were seen leaving the huge industrial site in the southern port city on Monday evening, Reuters news agency reported.\n\nRussian state-run media outlets also posted footage of what they say were injured Ukrainian soldiers being evacuated from Azovstal.\n\nMs Maliar said the troops would be exchanged for captured Russian soldiers.\n\nIn his video address after midnight local time on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukrainian military, intelligence and negotiating teams, as well as the Red Cross and the UN were involved in the evacuation operation.\n\n\"Ukraine needs its heroes alive,\" he said.\n\nHowever, he cautioned that the Ukrainian troops may not be freed immediately and warned that negotiations over their release will require \"delicacy and time\".\n\nUkrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko told the BBC it is essential that the deal struck with Russia, with the help of the Red Cross and the UN, goes through and the soldiers are exchanged. Otherwise, she said, \"the fate of these very brave men will be absolutely unknown and will be in Russian hands, which is far far from an ideal situation\".\n\nOn Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Ukrainian soldiers evacuated from the steel plant will be treated \"in line with the relevant international laws\".\n\nPictures have emerged purportedly showing injured Ukrainian soldiers arriving in Novoazovsk, a town held by Russian-backed rebels\n\nHundreds of Ukrainian soldiers - Marines, the National Guard - including the Azov regiment - border guards, police and territorial defence units - as well as a number of civilians with young children have been holed up at the site since advancing Russian troops encircled the southern city in early March.\n\nThe sprawling four-square mile complex is a maze of tunnels designed to survive a nuclear war.\n\nLast month Mr Putin called off a planned assault on the site, citing fears of high Russian casualties. But heavy bombardment continued virtually non-stop, Ukrainian commanders have said.\n\nEarlier this month, dozens of civilians were evacuated from Mariupol to both Russia-controlled and Ukraine-controlled territory after weeks under siege.\n\nIt was not immediately clear how many people still remain in underground bunkers.\n\nMs Maliar, Ukraine's deputy defence minister, said Ukraine's military, intelligence, National Guard and Border Service were \"carrying out joint efforts to save\" those left behind.\n\nShe also hailed the actions of the plant's defenders, who she said had \"fully accomplished all missions assigned by the command\". But she noted that their position had become untenable after it became \"impossible to unblock Azovstal by military means\".\n\nIn a message posted to Facebook on Monday night, Ukraine's General Staff called the troops \"heroes of our time\" and said their efforts had helped Kyiv organise the defence of its southern flank.\n\n\"Maintaining their positions at Azovstal, they did not allow the opponent to shift the grouping of up to 17 battalion tactical groups (about 20,000 personnel) to other directions. Thereby hindered the implementation of the plan for the rapid capture of Zaporizhzhia,\" military chiefs said in the post.\n\nMeanwhile, the Azov regiment, a National Guard unit which once had links to the far right, appeared to confirm that its fighters had agreed in a social media post to lay down their arms.\n\nThe group's commander, Lt Col Denys Prokopenko said his priority was saving \"as many lives of personnel as possible\".", "Aberdeenshire Council said the WhatsApp messages were inappropriate\n\nA group of teachers exchanged WhatsApp messages with \"degrading\" references to disabled primary school pupils, BBC Scotland can reveal.\n\nThe staff at schools in Aberdeenshire faced an internal investigation, but the affected pupils' parents were not informed.\n\nScotland's children commissioner said the parents should be told.\n\nAberdeenshire Council has said the messages were \"inappropriate and unprofessional\".\n\nScotland's Children and Young People's Commissioner raised concerns about the incident in recent months.\n\nThe commissioner said concerns were raised about the WhatsApp group in a letter to Aberdeenshire Council in November last year.\n\nIt said the messages contained \"unprofessional, abusive and degrading\" references to children with additional support needs who attended schools in the area.\n\nIt said: \"The conduct of the professionals involved is a serious concern in relation to any child, but particularly so where vulnerable disabled children are involved.\"\n\nIn its response, the local authority said the messages related to \"disputes and allegations between members of staff and their behaviour towards each other\".\n\nAberdeenshire Council launched an investigation into the WhatsApp group and said it took \"proportionate measures\".\n\nHowever, it did not inform parents or carers about the incident or the content of the messages.\n\nA council spokeswoman said: \"Any child protection concern raised is always properly reviewed by social work colleagues and investigated alongside appropriate partner organisations where necessary. The WhatsApp group messages were no different.\n\n\"Education, human resources and children's services colleagues reviewed matters before ensuring staff received additional training, including appropriate guidance about use of online platforms.\n\n\"At no point were any children considered to be at risk of harm - that is why no contact was made with parents.\"\n\nThe spokeswoman added that the council commissioned an independent review of its approach to the messages, which date back to 2018. The review concluded that the issue had been dealt with appropriately.\n\nThe Aberdeenshire case comes as concerns have been raised about that some misconduct allegations against teachers in Scotland are not being properly investigated.", "As we reported earlier, Ukrainians are marking Vyshyvanka Day - a celebration of Ukrainian folk culture, particularly the wearing of traditional embroidered shirts.\n\nHere are some images taken as people came out to celebrate, despite the continuing war in the country.\n\nThe designs on some vyshyvankas have meanings such as hope, fertility and protection Image caption: The designs on some vyshyvankas have meanings such as hope, fertility and protection\n\nChildren were among those who gathered in Lviv Image caption: Children were among those who gathered in Lviv\n\nOnce traditionally white, vyshyankas are now made in a wide range of colours Image caption: Once traditionally white, vyshyankas are now made in a wide range of colours\n\nThis performance took place in the western city of Lviv Image caption: This performance took place in the western city of Lviv\n\nSewing lessons were on offer in Odesa Image caption: Sewing lessons were on offer in Odesa\n\nThree refugee sisters, together with friends and their host, marked the occasion with a giant shirt in Cambridge in the UK Image caption: Three refugee sisters, together with friends and their host, marked the occasion with a giant shirt in Cambridge in the UK", "Julia James supported victims of domestic violence in her work as a PCSO\n\nA man has been found guilty of murdering police community support officer Julia James while she was walking her dog in woodland.\n\nCallum Wheeler beat Mrs James to death with a railway jack after \"ambushing\" her near her Kent home in April 2021.\n\nWheeler, 22, was an \"angry, violent\" and \"strange man\" who had been seen roaming the woods, jurors were told.\n\nMrs James' husband Paul said: \"My heart literally broke in half, and I've been trying to fix it every day.\"\n\nHe also praised his wife for supporting victims of violence as part of her work with the police.\n\n\"She just helped everybody, she just couldn't do enough,\" he said.\n\nBethan Coles, Mrs James' daughter, said it had been like an \"out of body experience sometimes to be hearing these awful things and it to be your mum\".\n\nShe added: \"But we needed to see Callum Wheeler in that room and for him to be stood and be held accountable for what it is that he's done.\"\n\nCallum Wheeler was pictured near Ackholt Wood carrying the murder weapon\n\nProsecutor Alison Morgan QC told Canterbury Crown Court the attack was \"not a momentary and spontaneous act of violence\".\n\nIt was planned \"over many days and weeks\", she said, and was \"an ambush attack where the defendant intended to surprise his victim\".\n\nWheeler was seen walking around the countryside with the weapon the day before Mrs James died, and in the days after as hundreds of police officers scoured the area.\n\nHe will be sentenced at a later date.\n\nMrs James, a mother-of-two, was found dead alongside her Jack Russell Toby in Ackholt Wood near her home in Snowdown on 27 April.\n\nThe murder shocked the quiet, rural community, and sparked a vast and complex murder investigation.\n\nThe court was told Mrs James was \"subjected to a very violent and sustained assault to the head\".\n\nMs Morgan, who also described Wheeler as \"highly sexualised\", said: \"He knew that if he waited for the right moment there would be a lone female when nobody else was around, when he could commit this attack.\"\n\nPolice found the murder weapon wrapped up in plastic bags when they searched Wheeler's home\n\nMs Morgan said on one of those occasions Wheeler visited Ackholt Wood before Mrs James's death \"he saw and was seen by Julia James herself\".\n\nMrs James had been \"aware of the presence of a strange male\" and had described the man to her husband as a \"really weird dude\", she added.\n\nFollowing Mrs James's death, Kent Police said they were \"not 100 per cent sure\" what murder weapon was used, and they had no motive or suspect in the case.\n\nFollowing police appeals some 1,400 people came forward with information, together with 6700 hours of footage from CCTV, dashcams and doorbells.\n\nOne of those to come forward was gamekeeper Gavin Tucker who gave police a photo and dashcam footage of a man he had seen acting suspiciously in the area.\n\nWheeler was carrying a bag with what turned out to be the murder weapon covered with plastic bags.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nOn 7 May, detectives released a cropped image and issued a public appeal to find out who he was. Later that day Wheeler was arrested at his home in Aylesham.\n\nBloodstains matching the DNA of Mrs James were found on items seized from Wheeler's home, including a pair of his muddy black Nike trainers and the metal railway jack.\n\nPieces of adhesive from the jack were found in Mrs James' hair while Wheeler's DNA was found on her jacket and white vest.\n\nPC Ben Redpath, one of the officers present at his arrest, told the jury Wheeler had said: \"Sometimes I do things I cannot control.\"\n\nThe court also heard Wheeler told custody officers: \"She was a copper and deserved to die.\"\n\nCallum Wheeler was a loner with few friends, police said\n\nMrs James joined Kent Police in 2008, initially being posted to the Ashford district and then moving to Canterbury, nearer to her family, in 2018.\n\nShe went on to specialise in supporting victims and witnesses of domestic violence.\n\nHer husband said he was \"so proud\" of all the people she had helped in her work, particularly victims of domestic violence.\n\n\"She was just amazing, I was so proud of her. The work she did was just amazing, to help so many other people, women who were in danger from men, bad men,\" he added.\n\nData in Julia James' smart watch traced the route of her final dog walk\n\nDet Supt Gavin Moss, who led the hunt to find Mrs James' killer, said the case was particularly poignant for the force.\n\n\"The death of Julia had real ramifications throughout the whole organisation, because she was one of our own,\" he added.\n\n\"What needed to happen was that justice needed to prevail, and we needed to do what we did to catch Callum Wheeler, who was a particularly dangerous individual.\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Turkey's president has restated his opposition to Finland and Sweden joining Nato - just hours after they said they would seek membership.\n\nRecep Tayyip Erdogan said the two Nordic nations should not bother sending delegations to convince Turkey, a key Nato member, of their bids.\n\nHe is angered by what he sees as their willingness to host Kurdish militants.\n\nWithout the support of all Nato members, Sweden and Finland cannot join the military alliance.\n\nOn Monday, Sweden said Europe was living in a dangerous new reality, referring to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.\n\nRussian President Vladimir Putin said the move by Finland and Sweden to join the 30-member military alliance did not threaten Moscow directly - but stressed that any expansion of military infrastructure would trigger a response from the Kremlin.\n\nAt a news conference on Monday, Mr Erdogan said Turkey opposed the Finnish and the Swedish bids to join Nato, describing Sweden as a \"hatchery\" for terrorist organisations.\n\n\"Neither of these countries have a clear, open attitude towards terrorist organisation. How can we trust them?\" the Turkish president said.\n\nTurkey accuses the two Nordic nations of harbouring members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a group it views as a terrorist organisation, and followers of Fethullah Gulen, who Ankara accuses of orchestrating a 2016 coup attempt.\n\nAll member states must agree that a new country can join Nato, therefore Sweden and Finland require Turkey's support in their bid to join the military alliance.\n\nMr Erdogan said Swedish and Finnish delegations should not bother going to Ankara, Turkey's capital, to convince it to approve their Nato bid.\n\nHis government has also pledged to block applications from countries that have imposed sanctions on it.\n\nIn 2019, both Nordic nations slapped an arms embargo on Ankara after its incursion into Syria.\n\nSpeaking in parliament in Helsinki on Monday, Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said he was surprised by Turkey's stance, but added that his government was not interested in \"bargaining\" with Mr Erdogan.\n\nFinland formally announced its bid to join Nato last week.\n\nIt was joined by neighbour Sweden on Saturday in a move that will end the Scandinavian country's centuries-long military non-alignment.\n\n\"Nato will strengthen Sweden, Sweden will strengthen Nato,\" Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said at a briefing on Monday.\n\nShe said Europe was now living in a dangerous new reality, referring to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.\n\n\"We are leaving one era behind us and entering a new one,\" Ms Andersson told lawmakers during a debate in Stockholm, also on Monday.\n\nShe said a formal application could be handed in within several days and would be synchronised with Finland. Nato has signalled its willingness to admit the two new members.\n\nOn Tuesday, Sweden's Foreign Minister Ann Linde signed the formal application to join Nato\n\nHowever, Ms Andersson stressed that Sweden did not want permanent Nato bases or nuclear weapons on its territory.\n\nNorway, Denmark and Iceland - all Nato members - immediately said they were ready to support Sweden and Finland by all means necessary if they came under attack.\n\nThe UK, also a Nato member, has already given security guarantees to Sweden and Finland to cover the transition period.\n\nMonday's announcement by Sweden came as Nato began one of its biggest exercises in the Baltic region, involving some 15,000 troops. Named \"Hedgehog\", the drills in Estonia involve 10 countries, including Finland and Sweden.\n\nFor Finland and Sweden to join Nato, all 30 existing members must say yes. But for now, one is saying no.\n\nPresident Erdogan says he won't agree to admit countries which apply sanctions on Turkey.\n\nSweden suspended arms sales to Turkey three years ago, following Ankara's military intervention in Syria. And according to the official Turkish news agency, both Finland and Sweden have rejected dozens of requests to extradite Kurdish militants who Turkey describes as terrorists.\n\nBoth countries are sending delegations to Ankara to try and solve the problem, but President Erdogan says they shouldn't bother.\n\nHe seems determined to extract a price for his precious vote.\n\nOn Sunday, the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, said he was confident that Finland and Sweden would both join, despite Turkish objections.\n\nThe issue is likely to dominate discussions between Mr Blinken and his Turkish opposite number in Washington on Wednesday. Having encouraged the two Nordic countries to apply, Washington won't want to let them down at the 11th hour.\n\nDo you live in Finland or Sweden? What are your thoughts about possible Nato expansion? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Jake Daniels' decision to come out as the UK's only openly gay active male professional footballer will \"help break down barriers\" in society, says the Duke of Cambridge.\n\nThe Blackpool forward, 17, spoke of the \"relief\" he has felt in publicly revealing his sexuality on Monday.\n\nHis announcement was praised by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, England captain Harry Kane and several charity groups.\n\n\"Football should be a game for everyone,\" said Prince William.\n\nWriting on Twitter, the FA president added: \"What Jake has done takes courage and will hopefully help break down barriers that have no place in our society.\n\n\"I hope his decision to speak openly gives others the confidence to do the same.\"\n\nOn Monday, former England striker Gary Lineker told BBC Sport Daniels had laid a \"path many others will follow\".\n\n\"I think he will be massively accepted,\" he said.\n\n\"Not just in his own dressing room but players he plays against. I think, overall, dressing rooms wouldn't think about it. They will consider if you're a good footballer or not - that's all that matters.\n\n\"I'm so pleased as I think he is going down a path many others will follow and I think the game will be better for it. Once they see that the overwhelming majority of people will be accepting, others will follow suit.\"\n• None Why Daniels coming out is a watershed moment\n• None 5 Minutes On: Jake Daniels - will he change football?\n\nLineker believes Daniels' announcement \"shouldn't be significant\" and that football should have \"passed this watershed moment a long time ago\".\n\nDaniels has already responded to the prospect of homophobic abuse by saying that supporters can \"shout what you want, it's not going to make a difference\".\n\nCampaign group Kick it Out congratulated Daniels for a \"historic\" announcement, adding: \"We need to remember there is a young man at the heart of it. A young man who should not have to be defined by this one moment, or this one part of his identity.\"\n\n'What he has done takes incredible courage'\n\nEngland captain Kane said Daniels deserves \"massive credit\" and stressed \"football should be welcoming for everyone\", while ex-Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand called for \"a safe and supportive environment for LGBTQ+ people in football and beyond\".\n\nDaniels, who made his professional debut this month, has said he has known he was gay since childhood and actively covered it up during school.\n\nBut he has drawn inspiration from, among others, Olympic diver Tom Daley and Adelaide United player Josh Cavallo - who came out last October and is the only current openly gay top-flight male professional footballer in the world.\n\nCavallo said he was \"very proud\" of Daniels' bravery, adding: \"It's a wonderful feeling knowing that my story has helped guide Jake to be his true self.\"\n\n\"The game has not dealt with this issue well at all,\" former Manchester United captain Gary Neville told Sky Sports.\n\n\"We know that now it is something that is acceptable from a fan point of view, but it's not yet got into the dressing room. A dressing room can be an evil place... you think about the initiation ceremonies you go through, the peer pressure and vulnerability you have.\n\n\"The way in which Jake spoke was absolutely incredible. What he has just done takes incredible courage. It's a day of great importance for Jake and his family, but also for English football. It will go down in history. It is a big, big moment for football.\"\n\nThe late Justin Fashanu was the first male footballer in the UK to come out while an active professional, doing so in 1990. The foundation set up in memory of the former Norwich City striker, who killed himself in 1998, has praised Daniels.\n\nFashanu's niece, Amal, told BBC Radio 4: \"It's an incredible moment. I'm just getting constant goosebumps - it's like finally there's a footballer comfortable to be who he is. I feel like all my work I have been doing for the past 10 years is incredible, it's worth it, it's here.\n\n\"There's no shadow of a doubt that the environment has changed and is changing. We are getting there and this is a step forward and proof we are getting there.\n\n\"Obviously it's not going to be easy and fans probably will make mention of it but I don't think it's going to be as bad as we all imagined and definitely not even half as bad as what Justin had.\"\n• None Justin Fashanu: 30 years since footballer came out (October 2020)\n\nShortly after Daniels' announcement, the Professional Footballers' Association issued a message to players thinking about following in his footsteps, stating: \"Whatever you decide, and however you choose to move forward, we are here for you.\"\n\n'He gets to live his truth and his authentic self'\n\nWhile Daniels is the only openly gay active men's professional footballer in the UK, a number of players in the women's game have come out.\n\nThey include former England captain Casey Stoney, who said: \"Wouldn't it be great if we got to a place where we didn't have to use the words 'guts and courage' to describe someone being comfortable being themselves?\"\n\nIn the past, several men's players have come out once their playing careers were over - including former Everton and Aston Villa midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger and ex-Hull City youth player Thomas Beattie.\n\nBeattie, 35, says he was in contact with Daniels before Monday's announcement and helped set up restrictions on the teenager's social media platforms to guard against what \"people may or may not say to him once the news breaks\".\n\n\"It's a really overwhelming period and having gone through it myself, I know some of the emotions you go through,\" Beattie told the BBC. \"You go from scared to excited to being worried to being apprehensive, but all of that combined is a really special moment.\n\n\"I know what it's like to live in this world of having two lives and hiding a piece of yourself. I'm buzzing he gets to live his truth and his authentic self.\"", "Rangers fans have their photo taken with the Uefa Europa League trophy at the Plaza de Espana in Seville\n\nPolice in Spain estimate that up to 100,000 Rangers fans will be in Seville for Wednesday's Europa League final.\n\nThey said they expected them to be joined in the city by about 50,000 Eintracht Frankfurt fans.\n\nThe capacity of the Estadio Sanchez Pizjuan, which is hosting the final, is just 42,700.\n\nSeville's commissioner for citizen security said its police service was prepared for large numbers of fans descending upon the city.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Juan Carlos Castro Estevez, Seville’s commissioner for citizen security, said officers were prepared for the arrival of thousands of fans\n\nJuan Carlos Castro Estevez said: \"I am not worried at all. I believe our teams will be able to counteract any kind of problem that emerges, and obviously there could be some.\n\n\"Even if 150,000 fans don't come - if it's half that number or less - we will have substantial issues.\n\n\"From today there are going to be huge numbers of people in Seville.\"\n\nAt a press conference, officials said trains heading to the city from Madrid and Malaga were completely full with the same expected on Wednesday.\n\nRoads around the stadium where the match is being held are shutting on Tuesday with a wider security perimeter being put in place on the day of the game - which will be Rangers' first European final in 14 years.\n\nRangers fans in Seville, the day before the Europa League final\n\nSeville's transport authority are adding extra bus services on the day of the game to take ticketless Rangers fans to the 57,000-capacity Estadio La Cartuja stadium in the north of the city - where Celtic lost the 2003 Uefa Cup final to Porto - where the match is being shown on a big screen.\n\nTicketless Frankfurt fans will be taken to watch the game on a big screen at The Prado de San Sebastián.\n\nThere will be 5,000 police officers on hand to ensure the whole event passes safely.\n\nUefa, football's governing body, had allocated just 9,500 tickets to the fans of each of the two clubs at the Estadio Sanchez Pizjuanin.\n\nThe rest of the tickets were given to sponsors and people from other clubs.\n\nIt is now thought that more tickets could be available to Rangers and Frankfurt fans but there will still be tens of thousands without tickets.\n\nCity officials have insisted Seville is ready to host the final - despite the huge number of visitors.\n\nAs well as transport arrangements, it has put in place a \"special cleaning plan\" that involves 200 workers washing down pavements and emptying litter bins.\n\nThey have also placed 110 urinals in the busiest areas of the city.\n\nRangers fans in Seville the day before the Europa League final\n\nThe previous two European finals involving Rangers have been marred by violent scenes.\n\nRangers were banned from European competition for a year after fans clashed with Spanish police on the Nou Camp pitch at the end of their 1972 European Cup Winners' Cup final victory over Dynamo Moscow.\n\nThere were violent scenes in Manchester city centre in 2008 after an estimated 200,000 fans travelled south ahead of Rangers' Uefa Cup final defeat by Zenit St Petersburg.\n\nThirty-nine police officers were injured during the trouble and a Crown Court judge later described it as \"the worst night of violence and destruction suffered by Manchester city centre since the blitz\".\n\nEarlier, the mayor of Seville said the city was \"completely ready\" to welcome the fans of both teams.\n\nAntonio Muñoz told BBC Scotland that the city was expecting a capacity crowd for the game, along with \"many more\" fans from both Scotland and Germany.\n\nThe mayor said he hoped fans would enjoy their time in Seville.\n\nHe said there would be two \"massive screens\" for the fans without tickets.\n\nRangers fans have already started arriving in the city ahead of the game, with many more due to make the journey using a variety of routes.\n\nThe weather in Seville is expected to be scorching this week, with temperatures forecast to reach 34C in the days before the match.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Kenneth Langton and Steve Davies have the same query - can goods coming to NI from the mainland simply be shipped directly to Northern Irish ports, and the same for goods destined for the Republic of Ireland?\n\nThe issue for the EU is that the protocol means Northern Ireland is effectively still part of its single market for goods.\n\nThat means once products have arrived in Northern Ireland they are not subject to any further checks or controls if they move on into the Republic of Ireland or any other EU countries.\n\nSo even if the intention is that those products stay in Northern Ireland, the EU still wants some assurance that they meet its standards in case they do move across the open border.\n\nOne possible change to the protocol is a light-touch system for Great Britain goods which are clearly going to be consumed in Northern Ireland.\n\nWhile the EU, Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK have all expressed support for something like this, technical talks between the EU and UK have so far not been able to agree on how it should operate in practice.\n\nThe UK has suggested the EU is too wedded to a ‘zero-risk’ approach which would still means lots of additional paperwork on GB-NI trade.", "The possibility of more rises in food prices is a \"major worry\" for the UK and other countries, the Bank of England governor has warned.\n\nApologising for sounding \"apocalyptic\", Andrew Bailey said the war in Ukraine was affecting food supplies.\n\nMr Bailey also defended the Bank's performance following criticism it has not done enough to try to rein in rising prices.\n\nInflation - the rate at which prices rise - is at a 30-year high.\n\nMr Bailey warned that a \"very big income shock\" from the increase in global goods prices would hit demand in the economy and push up unemployment.\n\nHe also said that difficulties shipping out food supplies from Ukraine could hit world supplies of wheat and cooking oil.\n\nWorld wheat prices have risen 25% over the past six weeks.\n\n\"There's a lot of uncertainty around this situation,\" Mr Bailey said.\n\n\"And that is a major, major worry and it's not just I have to tell you a major worry for this country. There's a major worry for the developing world as well. And so if I had to sort of, sorry for being apocalyptic for a moment, but that is a major concern.\"\n\nMr Bailey warned that price rises in food and energy would have a much bigger effect than any rise in interest rates.\n\nAndrew Bailey warned there is \"very real income shock\" coming\n\nWith the government coming under intense pressure over the cost of living crisis, there have been reports that some Cabinet ministers are unhappy with the Bank's performance and have questioned whether it should keep its independence.\n\nInflation hit 7% in March, and figures due out later this week are expected to show the rate climbed higher in April.\n\nThe Bank has warned inflation could hit 10% by the autumn, well above its 2% target.\n\nAppearing before the Treasury Select Committee, its chairman - Conservative MP Mel Stride - put to Mr Bailey the criticism that the Bank had been \"asleep at the wheel\".\n\nIn response, Mr Bailey emphasised that he was not happy about the high rate of inflation, adding: \"This is a bad situation to be in.\"\n\nBut he insisted that most of the above-target inflation was due to global prices not domestic factors.\n\n\"80% of the overshoots over the target... is due to energy and tradable goods,\" he said.\n\nAsked whether he has felt helpless given the situation, Mr Bailey admitted he had.\n\n\"It's a very, very difficult place for us to be in,\" he said.\n\nBut he defended himself against questions over whether he could have done things differently, saying: \"I don't think we could. I don't think we could foresee a war in Ukraine.\"\n\nHe pointed to a further wave of Covid, particularly in China, as another factor putting pressure on prices.\n\nOn the question of the Bank's independence, Mr Bailey said it was something he was \"always\" concerned about ensuring.\n\n\"This is the biggest test of the monetary policy framework that we have had in 25 years, no question about that,\" he said.\n\n\"What I would say to these people is that this is when both the independence of the Bank and the target framework and the nominal anchor matter more than ever, frankly. More than in the good times, the easy times as it were.\"\n\nThe surge in the cost of living has led to households cutting back their spending, which is hitting growth.\n\nThe Bank recently raised interest rates to try to stem the pace of rising prices.\n\nRates rose to 1% from 0.75% earlier this month, their highest level since 2009 and the fourth consecutive increase since December.\n\nThe Bank's policymakers now expect the UK economy to shrink rather than expand in the final three months of this year. It is also expected to contract by 0.25% in 2023, down from its previous forecast of 1.25% growth.\n\nWhile that would not technically be a recession - defined as the economy getting smaller for two consecutive quarters - it would leave the UK at a real risk of one.", "Actress, screenwriter and director Kay Mellor has died aged 71, it has been announced.\n\nA spokesman for her TV production company, Rollem Productions, confirmed \"with profound sadness\" that she died on Sunday.\n\nShe was known for creating and writing the ITV series Fat Friends - which helped launch James Corden's career.\n\nMellor also wrote comedy and drama series such as The Syndicate, Girlfriends and Band of Gold.\n\nA Rollem Productions spokesman said: \"It is with profound sadness that we announce the untimely and sudden passing of our beloved friend, mentor and colleague Kay Mellor on Sunday 15 May 2022.\n\n\"We have lost a phenomenal talent and a true luminary. We ask that you please respect the privacy of the family and friends at this time.\"\n\nMellor began her career writing plays, worked on Coronation Street and created the award-winning children's drama Children's Ward.\n\nShe also wrote BBC One's women's football series Playing The Field and in 2010 received an OBE.\n\nMellor was made an OBE in 2016\n\nFat Friends aired from 2000-2005 and gave a young Corden his first major acting role. It also starred Ruth Jones, Sheridan Smith and Alison Steadman.\n\nThe BBC's chief content officer, Charlotte Moore, paid tribute to Kay Mellor following her death, saying she was \"shocked and deeply saddened\" by the news.\n\n\"Kay was an outstanding writer and the creative force behind many of the nation's best-loved television dramas,\" Moore said. \"She wrote with such heart, humanity, humour and passion with strong female characters often taking centre stage.\"\n\nWriting on Instagram, Corden said: \"[Mellor] was the most generous, kind and loving person. An exceptionally gifted writer. She changed my life when she cast me in Fat Friends on ITV. She saw something in me that no one had before that point.\n\n\"She gave so many people their first chances. I have the fondest memories of being on set with her. She will be missed by so many. My thoughts are with her family and friends at this time.\"\n\nWest Yorkshire mayor Tracy Brabin paid tribute on Twitter, writing: \"Just dreadful news & difficult to take in. Sending all our love from everyone in West Yorkshire to Kay's family, friends & colleagues.\n\n\"Our voice of the North, she put working class characters at the centre of her brilliant compassionate, moving & funny stories. Such a loss.\"\n\nSir Lenny Henry, who starred in The Syndicate, tweeted: \"I was saddened to hear that Kay Mellor has died. I was lucky to work with her on the Syndicate and found her to be incredibly creative, funny and instinctive.\n\n\"She knew what she wanted and knew how to get the best from us as actors. She will be missed. Condolences to her family.\"\n\nMellor's daughter Gaynor (left) is an actress and has starred in Coronation Street and several of her mum's dramas\n\nGavin and Stacey writer Ruth Jones told the PA news agency: \"She was a great mentor to me when I first started writing - and always hugely encouraging of new writers - a real testament to the idea of paying it forward.\n\n\"Her series Fat Friends was a massive turning point in my career and I will be eternally grateful to her for what she did for me.\n\n\"British television has lost one of its greats. Thank you Kay for all that you gave us. I cannot believe you've gone.\"\n\nDoctor Who and It's A Sin writer Russell T Davies posted a tribute on Instagram, saying: \"I adored her. She taught me so much. And she was hilarious... I think of her always when I'm writing.\"\n\nThe Syndicate and Waterloo Road actress Kym Marsh tweeted: \"I am so so sad to hear of the passing of Kay Mellor. I had the pleasure of working with Kay briefly last year and it was an absolute honour. A huge talent, a huge personality a wonderful lady. She will be missed. Our thoughts are with her family and friends.\"\n\nFormer Emmerdale actress Lisa Riley described Mellor as \"the best boss to work for\", while Coronation Street's Antony Cotton noted that she \"was a real trailblazer for women\".\n\nITV's Band of Gold, which ran from 1995 to 1997 was considered a ground-breaking drama, bringing to life the lives of a group of sex workers in Bradford as they tried to take on police and gangsters in a bid to run their own street business.\n\nIt gave Hollywood actress Samantha Morton one of her first major roles, later going on to star in films such as Minority Report opposite Tom Cruise. She also played Alpha in The Walking Dead.\n\nBBC One drama The Syndicate is about five members of a lottery syndicate who get a big win. Each of the four series featured a different group of people and setting, including a supermarket and a hospital.\n\nMellor said she was inspired to write the drama because of \"the times we are living in, where people are desperate and holding on to the dream of winning the lottery as the only solution available\".\n\nThe first series aired in 2012 and starred Timothy Spall and Gavin and Stacey actress Joanna Page. Series four came out last year.\n\nAsked about the setting of that first series being Leeds, Mellor said: \"I think it's vital that the north of England is represented in mainstream drama, not just soap opera. For me personally northern dramas have a different feeling because it feels like these are my people, this is the world I know, this is the world I grew up in.\n\n\"That's not to say that I don't watch and enjoy British dramas that are set in the south of England. I just think that geographically there needs to be equality and England exists outside of London.\"\n\nMellor - pictured here in the late 1990s - has been a mentor for many writers in the industry\n\nMellor once told BBC Leeds: \"I am Leeds born and bred, and the city, both architecturally and socially, feeds my creativity.\n\n\"That's why I don't live in London. When people ask me why I don't live down there I always say, 'Why should I?' I would feel like a fish out of water.\"\n\nMellor's writing career began at Granada TV writing for long-running soap Coronation Street. She also wrote for Channel 4 soap Brookside.\n\nShe went on to write Children's Ward with former Coronation Street writing colleague Paul Abbott before penning the dramas she made her name with series such as Band of Gold.\n\nMellor was also an actress, starring in her own adaptation of Jane Eyre in 1997 and Gifted (2003).\n\nShe also penned A Passionate Woman, based on the story of her own mother's doomed affair with a Polish fairground worker. The play was turned into a two-part BBC drama starring Billie Piper and Sue Johnston.\n\nIn 2017, Mellor turned Fat Friends into a stage musical which toured the UK the following year. She also adapted Band of Gold, which toured the UK in 2019 but ended due to the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nMellor appeared on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs in 2017 and chose The Beautiful South's Perfect 10, the Fat Friends theme tune, as one of her sound tracks, saying \"every time I heard that I used to get excited and get butterflies\".\n\nShe explained: \"It was such a lovely time of my life, it was a drama that was really important to me because I thought I had something to say about weight and body image.\"\n\nMellor and her husband Anthony were married in 1968 and have two daughters, actress Faye and television producer Yvonne Francas.", "The blast has caused considerable damage to two flats\n\nFive people have been hurt in a suspected explosion which caused significant damage to two flats in Lancashire.\n\nIt happened at Tanfields in Skelmersdale shortly after 18:00 BST on Tuesday, Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service (LFRS) said.\n\nThree people were taken to hospital, one with a minor head injury and the other two for precautionary checks.\n\nTwo other people escaped from the flats and did not go to hospital, LFRS said.\n\nThree people were taken to hospital\n\nIncident commander Tom Cookson from LFRS said the blast caused significant damage to a ground floor and first-floor flat which has affected the structure of the building.\n\nFour people escaped from the first-floor flat and one person from the ground floor property.\n\n\"Three people have been taken to hospital with minor injuries,\" he said.\n\nHe said the blast had not damaged neighbouring properties but a number of people living in them had been evacuated as a precaution.\n\nLancashire Fire and Rescue Service said it would be at the scene for some time\n\nBetween six and 10 people were unable to return to their flats and may not be allowed back in their homes overnight, he said.\n\nWest Lancashire Council is at the scene supporting residents who have been moved.\n\n\"At this time we do not know what the cause is, it is currently being investigated,\" Mr Cookson said.\n\nHe added that Electricity North West, Cadent Gas and the fire service's own investigators were probing the cause.\n\nFour fire engines attended the scene - two from Skelmersdale, and one from Ormskirk and Bamber Bridge.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Consumer confidence in Northern Ireland fell sharply in the first quarter of 2022 as inflation hit household finances, a Danske Bank survey has suggested.\n\nThe latest survey was carried out in the second half of March with 1,003 people.\n\nMore than 40% of people expected their financial position to worsen over the next year.\n\nOnly 18% believe their finances will be in a better position in 12 months.\n\nIn comparison a survey conducted in the final quarter of 2021 found at that time only 26% of people expected their financial position to deteriorate in the year ahead.\n\nIn terms of spending, 38% of respondents said they expected to spend less on expensive items over the next year, compared with 26% who anticipated spending more.\n\nHowever, there is a broad expectation that the jobs market recovery will be sustained.\n\nWhen asked about job security, 13% of people expected to become more secure in their jobs, while 61% expected no change in job security and only 8% thought their job security would worsen.\n\nDanske Bank chief economist Conor Lambe said: \"In Northern Ireland and the wider UK, consumer spending accounts for a considerable proportion of economic activity and is therefore an important driver of economic growth.\n\n\"Inflation has already increased sharply and is likely to rise even higher in the months ahead, exerting a further squeeze on consumer spending.\"\n\nThe UK main rate of inflation, the Consumer Price Index, stood at 7% in March but is expected to rise higher when the April statistics are released this week.\n\nThe director of one of NI's biggest food companies says consumers are yet to see \"the full force of food inflation\"\n\nLast week, two of Northern Ireland's biggest food companies warned consumers to expect further price rises this year.\n\nFood production inputs like fuel, fertiliser and animal feed have experienced rapid inflation over the last year.\n\nDale Farm chief executive Nick Whelan said only about half of that inflation had been passed to consumers.\n\nThat was echoed by Justin Coleman, director at Moy Park, which is one of Europe's biggest chicken producers.\n\n\"I don't think the full force of food inflation has hit retail shelves yet,\" he said.", "Leiland-James Corkill was placed with Laura and Scott Castle five months before his death\n\nA woman has been found guilty of murdering a baby she wanted to adopt.\n\nLaura Castle had admitted fatally shaking 13-month-old Leiland-James Corkill after her lawyer said she \"lost it\" over his crying.\n\nHer husband Scott Castle was cleared of causing or allowing his death at the couple's home in Barrow, Cumbria, in January 2021.\n\nAt Preston Crown Court, Mrs Castle, 38, was also found guilty of one charge of child cruelty.\n\nShe will be sentenced on 25 May.\n\nLaura Castle had admitted manslaughter but said she did not mean to kill him\n\nThe court heard Leiland-James was taken into care by Cumbria County Council two days after his birth on 21 December 2019.\n\nHe moved in with the couple in August 2020 and within weeks Mrs Castle was sending her husband messages while he was at work criticising Leiland-James, calling him vulgar names and a \"moaning whinge bag\" and describing how she had \"absolutely leathered\" him.\n\nSocial services were aware the couple were struggling to bond with him but there were no concerns for his safety as no suspicious bruises or marks were seen, the court was told.\n\nMrs Castle called 999 at about 08:15 GMT on 6 January 2021 to say he was unconscious and breathing awkwardly after falling from the sofa.\n\nLeiland-James died at about 15:00 GMT the following day at Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool, where doctors were highly suspicious of Mrs Castle's account.\n\nThe Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said when it became clear her first story did not explain the youngster's injuries, Mrs Castle searched the internet for what might cause a bleed on the brain and then gave a different account to police in her interview.\n\nOn the opening day of her trial, she admitted manslaughter but said she did not mean to kill him.\n\nShe told the court she had \"lost her mind\" as the boy was crying and she shook him to try and silence him.\n\nPathologists said \"severe\" and \"considerable\" force would have been needed to cause the fatal brain injuries he suffered, and believed his head had been struck against a hard surface.\n\nThey said his injuries were a classic indicator of \"abusive head trauma\", a replacement term for \"shaken baby syndrome\", and were of the severity seen in high-speed car crashes.\n\nPathologist Dr Alison Armour identified a number of bruises and marks on Leiland-James' face, head and body, including one on his cheek indicative of a slap, others on his forehead consistent with being prodded or poked and another on his ear which was most likely caused by \"pinching or twisting\" with \"significant force\".\n\nProsecutors disputed Mrs Castle's claim of feeling \"frustrated\" over his crying and said she had \"lost her temper\" with Leiland-James after he spat his breakfast out.\n\nMichael Brady QC said neighbours did not hear the sound of a crying baby that morning but did hear a loud thud which, he said, was the moment she inflicted the fatal injuries.\n\nLaura Castle was found guilty of murder at Preston Crown Court\n\nNeighbours told the court they frequently heard Mrs Castle shouting and what sounded like a child being slapped.\n\nCharlotte Day, the foster mother who took care of Leiland-James for the first eight months of his life, told the court he was a \"content\" and \"happy boy\" who loved playing with his toys and being carried and cuddled.\n\nFollowing the two-and-a-half week trial, jurors took just under three hours to reach their verdicts.\n\nMr Castle, 35, was cleared of two counts of child cruelty and Mrs Castle found not guilty of a second child cruelty offence.\n\nCumbria County Council said an independent review was under way into the death of Leiland-James, with a report expected to be published in July.\n\nJohn Readman, the council's executive director for people, said the case was \"truly shocking\", adding: \"Adoption should have been a new beginning for [Leiland-James].\n\n\"That was cruelly taken away from him by the person who should have cared for him and kept him safe.\"\n\nHe said his death \"should not have happened\" and there would \"quite rightly be questions\" about how the Castles were approved for adoption.\n\nJoanna Close, senior crown prosecutor with CPS North West, said Leiland-James' birth mother had \"believed he would be safe and have a good life\" following his match with the Castles.\n\nMs Close described Mrs Castle as \"self-centred, abusive and violent and unfit to provide a home to this vulnerable child\".\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Elon Musk has said his $44bn deal to buy Twitter may be in jeopardy due to a disagreement over the number of fake accounts on the social media platform.\n\nMr Musk tweeted that the deal \"cannot move forward\" unless Twitter backs up its claims that less than 5% of daily users are fake or spam accounts.\n\nTwitter has defended its figures, adding that Mr Musk waived rights to \"due diligence\" to clinch the deal.\n\nThe spat has raised doubts about the takeover.\n\nAnalysts have speculated that Mr Musk may be looking for ways to renegotiate the price of the deal or walk away.\n\nMr Musk agreed the $44bn (£34.5bn) deal to buy Twitter with its board in April, but last week Mr Musk said the deal was \"on hold\" while he sought details about fake accounts.\n\nHe has continued to press the issue in tweets and public appearances, while also hinting that he could seek a lower price.\n\nOn Tuesday, Mr Musk said Twitter boss Parag Agrawal had \"publicly refused to show proof\" that fewer than 5% of its accounts were fake, and said the deal \"cannot move forward\" until Mr Agrawal does show proof.\n\nMr Musk's tweet then appeared to be deleted.\n\nThe billionaire, who also runs carmaker Tesla, has put the number of fake accounts at 20% or more.\n\nElon Musk has doubled down on his position that his deal to buy the social network is on ice while the actual amount of spambots and accounts operating on it is investigated.\n\nTwitter chief executive Parag Agrawal has hit back, and tempers are flaring.\n\nWhen the richest man in the world replies to one of your tweets with just one symbol, the poo emoji, well, I suppose at least you know you've got his attention.\n\nI long ago gave up trying to read the mind of Elon Musk but let's indulge in a moment of speculation.\n\nHe's making a big deal about fake accounts. Is it a convenient peg on which to hang a renegotiation? His initial $44bn offer for the firm was considerably higher than its current stock suggests.\n\nHe moved swiftly and aggressively, perhaps even impulsively.\n\nTo fund it, he's already had to sell a chunk of shares in one of his other companies, the electric car firm Tesla, and that in turn made a dent in the value of that company as it made other investors nervous.\n\nIf either party in the Twitter deal walks away now, there's a $1bn termination fee.\n\nThat may sound like small change to a multi-billionaire - although Mr Musk maintains he is asset-rich rather than cash-rich - but it perhaps gives him leverage to successfully shave a few billion off the offer price, because $1bn is not small change to Twitter and its shareholders.\n\nHowever, Mr Musk might be right to question Twitter's worth.\n\nIf it really isn't bloated with spam, then perhaps it has less potential to be made great again, a phrase that may sound familiar given that he has already indicated that he would like to re-instate former US President Donald Trump.\n\nMr Trump, by the way, has so far declined the invitation.\n\nMr Musk and Mr Agrawal have been publicly debating the spambot figures on Twitter but relations appear to have soured.\n\nOn Monday, Mr Musk responded to Mr Agrawal's defence of the the firm's spam reporting with a poo emoji, later repeating his claim that Twitter was underestimating the figure.\n\nMr Musk has said he is concerned that advertisers on Twitter don't know what they are paying for.\n\n\"So how do advertisers know what they're getting for their money? This is fundamental to the financial health of Twitter,\" he wrote.\n\nAfter putting his offer on hold Mr Musk told a conference in Miami on Monday that \"you can't pay the same price for something that is much worse than they claimed\".\n\nHe said that a deal is \"not out of the question\" at a different price but added: \"The more questions I ask, the more my concerns grow.\"\n\nTwitter has said it is committed to completing the deal at the agreed price.\n\nIn a filing with regulators on Tuesday, it told shareholders that Mr Musk's apparent eagerness to get the deal done, even without ordinary research into the business, set him apart from any other potential suitors.\n\n\"Other potential [buyers] would require substantial due diligence, creating a delay and risk to reaching the signing of such a potential transaction,\" it said.\n\nMr Musk has called for tests of random samples of Twitter users to identify bots. He said \"there is some chance it might be over 90% of daily active users\".\n\nResearchers have estimated that anywhere from 4% to 20% or more of the millions of Twitter profiles are fake.\n\nTwitter shares on Monday closed more than 8% down at $37.39, sowing doubts that Mr Musk would go ahead with his acquisition at the agreed price.\n\nSusannah Streeter, senior investment and markets analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, said that it \"looks increasingly likely that Elon Musk is positioning to renegotiate a sharply lower price tag for Twitter or even try and pull the pin on the deal\".\n\nShe said that establishing the number of real users on Twitter is considered \"vital to future revenue streams via advertising or paid for subscriptions on the site\".\n\n\"The volatility which has hit tech stocks and contributed to a sharp decline in Twitter's valuation is also highly likely to be part of the equation,\" Ms Streeter said, adding that Mr Musk is \"clearly rueing the timing of his rash offer to pay $44bn for the social network\".", "Thousands of Indians are reeling under a brutal heatwave that has swept through the country.\n\nSome areas of the capital, Delhi, have recorded temperatures of 49C.\n\nBut life has become hardest for the working poor - vast swathes of people employed in the country's unorganised sector - who are struggling to cope with the soaring temperatures.\n\nWith no other means of livelihood, they toil through the day in soaring temperatures to ensure they and their families don't go hungry.", "A noisy gadget that works in a similar way to a metal detector is being recommended in draft guidance for the NHS to help spot and treat breast cancer that may have spread.\n\nThe Sentimag probe detects magnetised liquid, called Magtrace, injected into the tissue around the cancer.\n\nIt tracks the fluid's journey - bleeping as it moves over the skin - to show where cancer may have seeded.\n\nA surgeon can then sample or biopsy the region to check if cancer is present.\n\nThe draft recommendation by NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) could help more hospitals in England and Wales perform checks.\n\nCurrently, some hospitals use a harmless radioactive dye injection and a scan instead, but this is not universally available.\n\nJeanette Kusel, acting director for MedTech and digital at NICE, explained: \"People with breast cancer want to know if their cancer has been isolated or has spread to the rest of their body. The earlier this is established, the better the potential outcomes will be.\n\n\"This technology is another option for surgeons who work in hospitals with limited or no access to radiopharmacy departments. The benefits include the potential for more procedures to take place, reducing the reliance on radioactive isotopes shipped into the country, and for less travel for people having a biopsy.\"\n\nThe brown-coloured Magtrace liquid injection contains iron oxide, which is magnetic.\n\nOnce injected, these particles are absorbed into the lymphatic system, following the route that cancer cells are most likely to take when they spread from a tumour and become trapped in lymph nodes, often in the armpit.\n\nMagtrace also stains the lymph nodes dark brown, which helps with identification when doctors do a biopsy.\n\nSome patients might notice some brownish skin colouration near the site of injection in the breast tissue, but this fades with time.\n\nHealth and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid said: \"This promising research could provide a new tool for our scientists to track and slow the spread of breast cancer, the most common cancer in the UK.\n\n\"The NHS already screens more than two million women a year for breast cancer and offers a range of treatments, which have helped save thousands of lives and tackle the Covid backlogs.\n\n\"We are always on the lookout for innovative treatments to speed up diagnosis and improve survival rates.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Gymnastics\n\nRussian gymnast Ivan Kuliak has been given a one-year ban for wearing a national war symbol on the podium at an event in Qatar in March.\n\nKuliak earned bronze in the parallel bars final of the Apparatus World Cup in Doha and displayed a letter 'Z' taped to his chest as he stood next to Ukraine's Illia Kovtun, who won gold.\n\nKuliak must now return his medal, but has a right to appeal within 21 days.\n\nThe letter Z became symbolic with Russia's invasion of Ukraine.\n\nIt was painted on the side of tanks and military vehicles, as well as being worn by pro-war politicians in Russia.\n• None Why has 'Z' become a Russian pro-war symbol?\n\nThe incident was investigated by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) and Kuliak was sanctioned by the disciplinary commission of the Gymnastics Ethics Foundation (GEF) for violating FIG rules.\n\nThe 20-year-old is not allowed to participate in any FIG-sanctioned event or competition organised by an affiliated FIG member federation for 12 months.\n\nA statement added that: \"If the protective measures keeping Russian athletes from competing are still in place on 17 May 2023, the ban shall continue and expire six months after the removal of said measures.\"\n\nKuliak must also repay his prize money of 500 Swiss francs (£403) and pay a contribution of the costs of the proceedings in the sum of 2,000 Swiss francs (£1,612).\n\nNo violation of FIG rules was found against the head of the Russian delegation, Valentina Rodionenko and coach Igor Kalabushkin.", "Daniel John Twigg was found with serious injuries on Sunday\n\nA three-year-old who died in a dog attack at a farm was \"a happy, kind and caring little boy\", his family have said.\n\nDaniel John Twigg was outdoors with several dogs in Carr Lane, in the town of Milnrow, before he was found with serious injuries on Sunday.\n\nHe was treated by paramedics but later pronounced dead at hospital.\n\nA 48-year-old man was arrested under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 after handing himself into police.\n\n\"Daniel was a happy, kind and caring little boy who was loved by all who knew him,\" his family said in a statement.\n\n\"He loved Paw Patrol and playing with his brother and sister. He also loved being around animals - especially his pony, Splash.\n\n\"He brought us many laughs and was a comical character. He was brave, intelligent and full of many characteristics.\"\n\nThe attack happened at a home on a farm in a rural area of Rochdale\n\nThe family asked for their privacy to be respected, adding: \"Daniel loved being with his whole family and will be missed by all.\"\n\nSeveral dogs were seized following the attack including a Cane Corso, which was humanely destroyed, Greater Manchester Police said.\n\nThe force said it was looking at previous incidents involving dogs at the home, in a rural area close to the M62 motorway, and had referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct \"due to previous contact\".\n\nDet Ch Insp Gina Brennand said the force was working to establish the full circumstances surrounding the boy's death.\n\n\"We understand this incident has had an impact on the community but we ask members of the public and the media to refrain from speculating whilst we complete our investigation and any subsequent proceedings are concluded,\" she added.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nLiverpool have taken the Premier League title race down to the final day of the season by coming from behind to win at Southampton.\n\nJurgen Klopp's side knew defeat would hand the title to Manchester City - while even a draw would effectively end the challenge because of their inferior goal difference.\n\nAnd it looked as if Liverpool might have a struggle on their hands when Nathan Redmond gave Southampton a 13th-minute lead with a curling right-foot shot beyond Alisson.\n\nLiverpool, with nine changes from the side that won the FA Cup by beating Chelsea on penalties at Wembley on Saturday, once again showed their resilience and reserves of strength as Takumi Minamino levelled before half-time with a thumping drive against the club where he spent a spell on loan last season.\n\nThe pressure built after the break and Liverpool took a deserved lead after 67 minutes when Joel Matip sent an instinctive looping header over Saints' keeper Alex McCarthy.\n\nCity will still retain their title with victory over Aston Villa at Etihad Stadium but Liverpool have pushed them all the way again and ensured the fight will go down to the wire.\n• None Southampton v Liverpool as it happened, plus reaction and analysis\n• None Go straight to all the best Liverpool content\n\nLiverpool were under pressure going into this game - and not just because they could not afford a slip.\n\nManager Klopp had to make a host of changes because of tired legs following that gruelling FA Cup final win and also had to contend with injuries to major figures Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk.\n\nThis was a test of the nerve as well as the depth of Liverpool's squad and, as at Aston Villa last week when they also fell behind, an examination of their ability to survive adversity and demonstrate powers of recovery.\n\nAll the tests were passed in convincing style as Liverpool dominated once they had recovered from shock of Redmond's outstanding goal.\n\nIn the absence of Salah and Sadio Mane, and with Luis Diaz on the bench, Roberto Firmino gave an outstanding display of touch and intelligent running, putting in a tireless shift that earned him a standing ovation when he was substituted late on.\n\nIbrahima Konate has proved to be an outstanding signing and he was once again a tower of strength in defence, ensuring Liverpool did not miss Van Dijk - his defensive partner Matip scoring the winner with what looked almost like a reflex action header, albeit a highly effective one.\n\nThe only blot on Liverpool's night was an injury to the luckless Joe Gomez, who fell awkwardly under a touchline challenge and limped off disconsolately at half-time with the consoling arm of goalkeeper Alisson around his shoulder.\n\nKlopp delivered his tradition triple fist pump in front of Liverpool's travelling fans at the final whistle.\n\nHe will know City are still in pole position and have the title's destiny in their own hands but all Liverpool could do was put them through a final-day test and this was mission accomplished.\n\nSouthampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl was hoping for a vibrant display from his side after feeling the full force of fan discontent following their 3-0 defeat at Brentford last time out.\n\nThe Austrian faced chants of 'you don't know what you're doing' and 'sacked in the morning' during the dismal defeat in west London on 7 May.\n\nThis was a tame response, ending as he led his team around a largely deserted stadium on a lap of appreciation after the final whistle.\n\nSaints had the boost of that early lead but never carried the air of a team confident it would be maintained. Liverpool confirmed their obvious superiority while the home side looked nervous, especially when playing out from the back, where they played themselves into trouble on several occasions.\n\nSouthampton lie in 15th place, nearing the end of the season in which moments of promise were eventually overshadowed by disappointment. This is exactly where they finished last season and they have to win at Leicester City on Sunday to equal last term's points tally.\n\nNow Hasenhuttl will hope to keep hold of star man James Ward-Prowse this summer and get some much-needed financial backing from the club's new owners, the company backed by Serb media mogul Dragan Solak.\n• None Attempt saved. Nathan Redmond (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mohammed Salisu.\n• None Attempt missed. Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Konstantinos Tsimikas with a cross following a corner.\n• None Attempt blocked. Curtis Jones (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Takumi Minamino.\n• None Attempt blocked. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Curtis Jones.\n• None Jack Stephens (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Our coverage of your Premier League club is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment", "Residents with views of the Brecon Beacons are worried about the \"frightening\" environmental impact of a new water treatment plant plan.\n\nWelsh Water wants to buy about 100 acres of farmland in Pontsarn, near Merthyr Tydfil, for the new plant.\n\nResidents will meet on Tuesday to discuss their concerns about the impact it may have on the environment.\n\nWelsh Water said the site is the most appropriate, and public consultation is under way.\n\nFran Bevan, a member of the group campaigning against the project, said it \"hurts her heart\" that the plans were even being considered.\n\n\"Pontsarn has always been our go to place to get into our beautiful countryside,\" she said, adding: \"People are just devastated that they would even consider outing the site here.\n\n\"It hurts my heart that they would even consider building this site, the impact it's going to have on the environment is frightening.\"\n\nMs Bevan said communication with Welsh Water has been \"very poor\", and she felt a decision had already been reached before the public was consulted.\n\n\"They say that they will help to stop the impact on us, I can't see how they will do that with an industrial site in the middle of our beautiful countryside,\" she added.\n\nWelsh Water says the site is preferred because it's near the existing water network and its high elevation\n\nAngela Simms bought her house in Pontsarn 10 years ago because of the view. Her home is on the edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park and overlooks acres of green space.\n\nBut she is disappointed with Welsh Water's decision to build a new water treatment site opposite and in an area popular with walkers.\n\n\"Of course it's really important that people get good quality water. People pay their water bills so that's what they expect, but at what cost?\" she asked.\n\n\"We're all talking about the environment.\n\n\"We're all more aware of our environment and how important it is to us and it doesn't seem that Welsh Water are in line with those conversations about looking after what we've got and protecting what we've got for the next generation,\" Ms Simms said.\n\nWelsh Water's treatment facilities nearby in Pontsticill, Llwyn-on and Cantref need modernising, according to the company, but it currently has no room to do so.\n\nAlthough some of the cleaning process will begin at those sites, water would then be transported via pipelines to the proposed site in Pontsarn for further treatment, according to plans.\n\nIt said the work needed to be carried out so that more than 1.4 million customers across south Wales can continue to receive a reliable supply of clean water.\n\nIn April about 150 people staged a protest next to the farm where the company hopes to develop its new facility.\n\nCampaigners hope many more local residents will attend the public meeting at Cefn Coed rugby club on Tuesday to discuss the plans.\n\nThe proposed works will be built adjacent to a nature reserve which is considered a Site of Special Scientific Interest\n\nConcerns have been raised about the impact the works will have on green space to the north of Merthyr as well as the effect it could have on an area which is popular with tourists.\n\nThe proposed facility will also be built adjacent to a nature reserve which is considered a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).\n\nChairperson of Protect Pontsarn Community Group Frances Bevan said: \"Around Merthyr Tydfil there are many brownfield sites that they could use.\n\n\"How they could even consider putting something in this area, we just can't grasp. The general feeling is 'no'.\n\n\"This isn't a nimby [not in my backyard] project because one of the other sites they originally chose was in a disused quarry, which is also in our area. So we're not against Welsh Water developing in our area, we just don't want it here.\"\n\nIn a statement, Welsh Water said: \"A number of sites in the area were considered for the works and each carefully assessed for their suitability.\n\n\"The preferred site is considered the most appropriate for a number of reasons including proximity to the existing water network, proximity to Llwyn-on, Cantref and Pontsticill reservoirs and its high elevation which minimises the energy needed to pump water to customers, therefore keeping its carbon emissions low.\n\n\"We are currently reviewing the comments received to assess how these can be incorporated into the plans for the works.\n\nThe next step will be for us to hold the statutory consultation with the local community ahead of us submitting the planning application to the local authority.\n\n\"During the statutory consultation process, we will again engage with the local community and provide them with opportunities to come and view our plans and provide feedback.\"", "Hana was worried for her own health when she sought abortion care - and was left feeling tricked\n\nWhen Hana found out she was pregnant, she knew she wanted to have an abortion - but her search for a clinic on Google led her to an anti-abortion centre, set on talking her out of her decision.\n\nIn many US states, BBC News has seen misleading websites advertising these clinics appearing high up in Google search results - and Facebook adverts with inaccurate medical advice - while genuine abortion providers are having their ads rejected and accounts restricted.\n\nAdvice centres, such as the one visited by Hana - a 19-year-old living in the north-eastern US state of Massachusetts - are often run by Christian organisations.\n\nThey may offer some medical services such as pregnancy tests and ultrasounds - but some of their online promotion falsely suggests they also provide pregnancy-termination services.\n\nIt wasn't until Hana was walking down the centre's corridor, lined with posters comparing the procedure to murder, that it began to dawn on her this was not the abortion clinic she believed it to be.\n\nHana describes herself as a \"nerdy researcher\", studying a health-related course at college - but nothing about the clinic's website tipped her off to the service it actually provides.\n\nThe home page says: \"Take control - start with a free abortion consultation.\" And in a tab labelled: \"Get care,\" it lists the types of abortion (medical and surgical) that can be performed during different trimesters of pregnancy, under the heading: \"You just found out you're pregnant and want to know your options.\"\n\nOnce there, Hana says, she was told, inaccurately, abortions were linked to infertility and breast cancer - and having had a Covid-19 vaccine, she might lose the pregnancy anyway, making abortion unnecessary, despite the evidence suggesting vaccinated people are no more likely to miscarry and, in fact, better protected against the risks of pre-term and still birth associated with Covid.\n\nShe was also pressured to view the ultrasound scan against her wishes.\n\n\"What kind of mother doesn't want to see a picture of their child?\" asked the person attending to her.\n\nThe Human Coalition, an anti-abortion group providing marketing for the centre and more than 40 others, told BBC News: \"We find in our work, most abortion-determined women do not desire an abortion, they desire help.\n\n\"We're here to empower women by filling that gap - connecting women to the care and support they want, to choose life.\"\n\nGoogle displays adverts above search results for certain terms.\n\nAdvertisers bid to have their ads appear first, Google says, although the order should also be determined by \"relevance\" and \"overall quality\".\n\nBut, Whitney Chinogwenya, of MSI Reproductive Choices (formerly Marie Stopes international) says, this creates a \"battle of budgets\", with regulated abortion clinics competing with anti-abortion clinics or unregulated pill providers for ad space on specific search terms.\n\nSeveral large global abortion providers have also told BBC News they regularly have their online material referring to abortion censored without explanation, including having YouTube channels suspended, social-media accounts restricted and Facebook and Google ads rejected.\n\nIn 2019, having been criticised for hosting misleading adverts, Google tried to crack down on abortion-advice clinics, which are most common in the US but can also be found across Europe (including the UK), Africa and Latin America.\n\nIn the US, UK and Ireland, anyone running an ad mentioning abortion must first apply for a certificate.\n\nAds from advice clinics not offering abortions can still run but will be given a disclaimer the advertiser \"does not provide abortions\".\n\nHana says she did not see this disclaimer.\n\nIt appears in very small font underneath the search headline and description.\n\nSarah Eagan, a researcher for campaign group the Center for Countering Digital Hate, questions whether Google should be taking money at all for anti-abortion ads that target keywords used by people actively seeking terminations.\n\nThe CCDH has also found anti-abortion ads promoting unproven medicines remaining on Facebook.\n\nAnd at the other end of the spectrum, the researchers found Google's autocomplete function suggesting ineffective do-it-yourself abortion methods.\n\nKelly, like Hana, says she was given inaccurate medical information as she struggled to find an affordable and safe way to terminate her pregnancy in her home state of Texas.\n\nKelly said she clicked on the clinic's website in desperation, knowing she couldn't afford a doctor.\n\nBetween jobs and without insurance, she could not afford \"an actual doctor's visit\" so searched for affordable clinics.\n\nFinding her way to an anti-abortion centre, Kelly says she was frightened with warnings she could \"bleed out\" and risk her life but not given the context medical abortion is an extremely safe procedure.\n\nThe centre appears to be using organic search, not adverts, making it more complicated to regulate.\n\nIt says its website clearly states: \"We do not refer or perform abortions,\" adding it provides \"free services annually to over 5,000 minority poor under-served single mothers\".\n\nTwo drugs are used for a medical abortion - misoprostol and mifepristone\n\nEventually, Kelly was prescribed termination drugs - just hours before she passed the 12-week limit for a safe medical abortion.\n\nBut Elisa Wells, co-founder of Plan C, the organisation that helped Kelly access these abortion pills, says its online material is routinely \"disallowed for violating community standards\" on Facebook, Instagram and Google.\n\nGoogle says it has clear policies governing abortion-related ads, some determined by local laws and regulations.\n\nSome of the posts and channels flagged by BBC News had been removed in error and since reinstated, it said.\n\nFacebook said it had restored a small number of incorrectly rejected ads for abortion providers.", "Police say a man accused of shooting three women at a salon in Dallas, Texas, harboured \"delusions\" about Asian people.\n\nThe FBI has opened a hate crime probe into Jeremy Theron Smith, 36, who was arrested on Monday for the attack.\n\nAuthorities say they believe the suspect may have been behind two other attacks on Asian businesses in the past month.\n\nAnti-Asian violence has risen sharply in recent years in the US.\n\nDallas authorities say a man armed with a .22 rifle fired 13 shots inside the salon last Wednesday in the city's Koreatown neighbourhood.\n\nThree women - the salon owner, a stylist and a customer, all of Korean descent - were treated for gunshot wounds and discharged from hospital. Four other people who were in the salon at the time were unscathed.\n\nDallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia told reporters on Tuesday that the suspect \"has had panic attacks and delusions when he is around anyone of Asian descent\" since he had a car accident involving an Asian male two years ago.\n\nChief Garcia said that Mr Smith has been charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and is being held at the Dallas County jail.\n\nFederal officials have opened a hate crime investigation. Chief Garcia said that state prosecutors may add hate crime charges at a later date.\n\n\"I can tell you that I know our community sees it as a hate crime,\" Chief Garcia said. \"I see it as a hate crime, and so do our men and women.\"\n\nA police affidavit obtained by the Dallas Morning News says that police learned of Mr Smith's alleged anti-Asian delusions after interviewing his girlfriend.\n\n\"He begins having delusions that the Asian mob is after him or attempting to harm him,\" she told detectives, adding that he had been \"admitted to several mental health facilities\" because of the delusions.\n\nHe had also been fired from his job for \"verbally attacking\" his Asian boss.\n\nPolice say they have managed to tie the suspect to two other recent shootings at Asian businesses. In all three attacks, a red minivan was seen outside the crime scene.\n\nMr Smith, who is black, has not been charged in those other attacks, which occurred last week and in early April.\n\nSpeaking at a town hall event with police, one of the victims wore a sling on her arm as she said it \"would be good if bad people cannot get firearms\", the Morning News reported.\n\nThe woman, who covered her face and did not reveal her name, said she worries about her future. \"We're very nervous. We're very tired,\" she said in Korean.\n\nThe shooting came after a Chinese immigrant was arrested for a shooting inside a California church on Sunday, in what police say was an attack motivated by hatred towards people from Taiwan.\n\nOn Saturday, a white gunman allegedly shot and killed 10 people at a grocery store in a black neighbourhood in Buffalo, New York, in what police described as a white supremacist attack.\n\nLast year a white gunman went on a shooting spree targeting Asian salons in Atlanta, Georgia, that left eight people dead.", "Karl and Joanne Trevor, who were visiting Aberystwyth, said they thought the plaque was amusing\n\nA plaque on a public bench with a less-than-polite message for seagulls has baffled locals.\n\nThe plaque on a bench overlooking the sea in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, seemingly sought to commemorate a man who used to enjoy sitting there.\n\nIt read: \"In loving memory of Huw Davies\", adding that he used to sit on the bench and shout at the seagulls to go away, but with a more blunt phrase.\n\nA photo of the plaque went viral on Twitter, but it has now been removed.\n\nAberystwyth University lecturer James Vaughan, who posted the image on Twitter, wrote: \"By some distance the best park bench memorial I've ever encountered.\"\n\nCeredigion council said it was not known who put the \"unauthorised\" plaque up on the bench in the grounds of Aberystwyth Castle, but officials had now removed it.\n\nLocals did not appear to know who Huw Davies was, but said they thought the plaque was amusing and that seagulls were well known for being pests, especially to anyone trying to enjoy chips or an ice cream on the promenade.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. It seems Huw Davies had very strong views on seagulls\n\n\"I personally think It's quite funny. It is something I think quite a lot of people will sit and think when they see the seagulls - especially when they steal their food plenty of times,\" Alice Tucker said.\n\nKarl and Joanne Trevor, who were visiting Aberystwyth from Shrewsbury, liked the plaque and said the seagulls elsewhere were worse that the ones in Aberystwyth.\n\n\"I think it's great, it really just shows a sense of humour to the person,\" Ms Trevor said.\n\n\"In Llandudno (the seagulls) are worse. Don't buy an an ice cream!\" Mr Trevor added.\n\nThey both said they agreed with the message of the plaque.\n\n\"It's the sentiment and it's in memory of somebody and part of the culture of the place. Just having a laugh about it,\" Mr Trevor said.\n\nHollie LeBlond, who lives in Aberystwyth, said she was a fan of the seagulls.\n\n\"I don't think they are a nuisance but I know a lot of people do. I definitely wouldn't be shouting at them,\" she said.\n\n\"I don't think they should have taken it off, I think it's cute and the seagulls are well cute. I don't think people should be horrible to them.\"", "Jake Daniels: Why Blackpool forward's decision is a watershed moment for British football Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nI am ready to be myself - Daniels It shouldn't matter - and to many, it won't. After all, it's 2022, and the idea that a footballer's sexuality should be newsworthy will seem, to most people, bizarre. \"Good luck to him, and let him play\" - right? But Jake Daniels' decision to speak publicly about the fact he's gay is a watershed moment, both for him personally and for British football as a whole. Because you have to go back more than 30 years, to the time of Justin Fashanu, to find the last time that an active male professional footballer in the UK felt comfortable enough to come out. The men's game has changed significantly since then. Josh Cavallo, Thomas Hitzlsperger and Thomas Beattie have all shared their stories as gay men in the sport; gay and bisexual men play regularly at a grassroots level; and it's hard to find a club in the English game that doesn't have its own LGBTQ+ supporters' club. Yet for all that progress, not a single man playing professionally in the English game has felt comfortable enough to come out since Fashanu - until now. With just a few simple words, Daniels has changed the game. For the first time in three decades, gay football fans can tune into a men's match in England and see someone like them on the pitch. Gay players can do the same, including those who aren't out yet but may, as a direct result of Daniels' decision, feel able to share their story. And gay men who felt excluded from the game because of their sexuality may hear Daniels' words and be tempted to be give the sport another chance. Don't be mistaken - there are still issues that football needs to address when it comes to making LGBTQ+ people feel welcome in it. Daniels' decision to come out won't address the issue of homophobic chanting on the terraces, or alter the sort of policies that see major tournaments awarded to countries that criminalise LGBTQ+ people, or impact on any of the other structural and institutional issues that can make gay people feel like the game isn't for them. But those, perhaps, are conversations for another day. Football is more open, more inclusive and more welcoming today than it was yesterday, all because Daniels has felt comfortable enough to be himself. And that, truly, is something to be celebrated.\n• None 5 Minutes On: Jake Daniels - will he change football?\n• None Download, listen & subscribe to The LGBT Sport Podcast on BBC Sounds 'First sign that football is finally catching up' There's no overstating what a huge moment this is for the game and the LGBT community, especially with such a young player making this announcement at the very start of his career. On this issue, football is a long way behind the rest of society and other sports, including the women's game, where there were 40 openly gay, lesbian and bisexual players at the 2019 World Cup. Rugby got there a couple of years ago, so did cricket and athletics. So why such a difference? Homophobia is still a big problem, with the type of language that can be used on the pitch and in the stands often brushed off as \"banter\". Charities and many clubs have been campaigning for a change in attitude for years, all the way down to a grassroots level. This is the first sign that football is finally catching up. For players and fans, increased visibility and representation will be a massive stride towards inclusivity and maybe even inspire others. After former Hull City academy player Thomas Beattie announced in 2020 that he was gay, he supported Australia's Josh Cavallo, who in October 2021 became the only current top-flight male professional footballer to come out. American midfielder Collin Martin, who now plays for San Diego Loyal in the US second tier, came out in 2018. So now there are three openly gay male professional footballers. Is a stigma being broken down? Support for Daniels from his team-mates, his club and their fans could play a significant part in that process.\n• None Our coverage of your Premier League club is bigger and better than ever before - follow your team and sign up for notifications in the BBC Sport app to make sure you never miss a moment", "At least another seven buses were seen leaving the Azovstal site on Tuesday and later arriving to a village held by Russian-backed rebels, Reuters reported\n\nUkraine is doing \"everything possible and impossible\" to save the remaining fighters trapped in Mariupol's Azovstal steelworks, a senior official has said.\n\nDeputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said Kyiv knew how many soldiers were still at the plant, but stressed that it was \"sensitive information\".\n\nOn Monday, 264 fighters - many badly wounded - were evacuated to areas held by Russian-backed rebels.\n\nOn Tuesday, another seven buses were seen leaving the site, Reuters said.\n\nIt added that the convoy later arrived in Olenivka, a village held by pro-Russian rebels in the eastern Donbas region.\n\nRussian prosecutors said they would question all the Ukrainian soldiers as part of an investigation into what Moscow describes as \"Ukrainian regime crimes against Donbas civilians\".\n\nUkraine wants its troops - the last defenders of the southern port city - to be exchanged for captured Russian soldiers as part of an evacuation deal confirmed by Moscow.\n\nHundreds of Ukrainian soldiers - Marines, the National Guard (including the Azov regiment), border guards, police and territorial defence units - as well as a number of civilians with young children have been holed up at the site since advancing Russian troops encircled Mariupol in early March.\n\nEarlier this month, dozens of civilians were evacuated from Mariupol to both Russia-controlled and Ukraine-controlled territory.\n\nAt Tuesday's briefing in Kyiv, Ms Maliar said only that \"we know this number\" when asked about how many Ukrainian fighters were still at the Azovstal site.\n\nThe sprawling four-square-mile complex is a maze of tunnels designed to survive a nuclear war.\n\n\"We understand the scope of the rescue operation, but it is also sensitive information, and it will not be disclosed until the rescue operation is completed,\" she added.\n\nDescribing the fighters as \"our heroes\", Ms Maliar stressed that the operation was the only way to save them, adding that a \"military deblockade\" was simply impossible.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn his video address on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian military, intelligence and negotiating teams, as well as the Red Cross and the UN, were involved in the evacuation operation. \"Ukraine needs its heroes alive,\" he said.\n\nHowever, he cautioned that the Ukrainian troops might not be freed immediately and warned that negotiations over their release would require \"delicacy and time\".\n\nUkrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko told the BBC it was essential that the deal struck with Russia, with the help of the Red Cross and the UN, went through and the soldiers were exchanged. Otherwise, she said, \"the fate of these very brave men will be absolutely unknown and will be in Russian hands, which is far from an ideal situation\".\n\nRussian President Vladimir Putin said Ukrainian soldiers evacuated from the steel plant would be treated \"in line with the relevant international laws\".\n\nHowever, Russia's lawmakers on Tuesday put forward plans to declare Azov regiment fighters \"Nazi criminals\" who must not be part of any prisoner swap with Ukraine.\n\nThe Azov regiment, set up as a volunteer militia in 2014 but now a National Guard unit, once had links to the far right.\n\nMeanwhile, the office of Russia's prosecutor general has asked the country's Supreme Court to declare the unit a \"terrorist organisation\" in an apparent attempt to prevent its fighters being treated as conventional prisoners of war.\n\nIn a separate development, both Ukraine and Russia on Tuesday admitted that peace talks were currently on hold, blaming each other for this.\n\nDo you have any questions about the war in Ukraine? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "A new app has been launched by the UK government to prevent people falling victim to online approaches by foreign spies.\n\nMI5 says it has seen 10,000 UK nationals targeted by fake social media profiles on sites like LinkedIn and Facebook.\n\nThe spies are seeking to lure people into passing on sensitive information.\n\nThe Think Before You Link app will help people spot suspicious approaches.\n\nSpies have long approached people with access to sensitive information, but the online world has allowed this to happen at huge scale and at distance.\n\nThere is no longer a need to sidle up to someone at a conference or over a coffee when you can use a fake profile online to lure them into a conversation.\n\nInitially those approached may be asked for less sensitive information before a line is crossed.\n\nThe government has released a series of case studies illustrating how people have been approached by spies seeking sensitive information.\n\nIn one, an unnamed former civil servant with security clearances was approached online over a professional networking site, and then travelled to a foreign country for meetings.\n\nOver a six-month period, they were provided with a \"covert communications system\" and asked to provide sensitive government information.\n\nThat case is used as an example of the growing threat of online approaches by foreign spies.\n\nIn another example, a serving security-cleared civil servant was approached by someone pretending to be from a think tank.\n\nBecause they appeared to have a shared contact, the civil servant assumed the profile was genuine, despite some doubts. That led to a series of messages and the offer of a business consultancy.\n\nThe number of these approaches has increased significantly, officials say, with MI5 spotting 10,000 people across society being approached last year.\n\nKen McCallum, director general of MI5, said, \"Foreign spies are actively working to build relationships with those working in government, in high-tech business and in academia.\n\n\"The Think Before You Link app supports those who may be receiving disguised approaches, helping them to conduct their own digital due diligence before accepting unknown contacts online.\"\n\nAlthough not mentioned directly, China is often described as being behind many of these campaigns.\n\nThe app is primarily aimed at government officials and those in sensitive industries, but everyone will be able to download it for free from today.\n\nDesigned with the help of behavioural scientists, the app prompts users with a series of questions to help assess if someone who has approached them might be fake.\n\nThis includes being on the look-out for flattery or offers which appear too good to be true.\n\nAccording to the app's website, users will even be able to earn \"trophies and certificates which can be shared with their security team\".\n\nThe app also includes an inbuilt reverse image search to spot pictures which may be re-used from other sites, since this is often a hallmark of fake identities.\n\nThe user's responses will be analysed to say whether a profile is high, medium or low-risk.\n\nIf it is medium or high, they will be recommended to report it.\n\nThe app doesn't access a database of spies and can't provide a definitive answer, but is designed to highlight the risks. The app is unlikely to be effective against the most sophisticated spies who will use real rather than fake identities.\n\nAnd in the future, the ability to spot fake spies may become harder, as states employ artificial intelligence and more effective \"deep fakes\" to manufacture identities.\n\nThe app is the latest move from the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure's (CPNI) Think Before You Link campaign.\n\nFake profiles are being created on an \"industrial scale\", according to Steve Barclay, lead Minister for Cyber Security: \"It is therefore crucial that we do all we can to protect ourselves and our information, ensuring those who we connect with online are who they say they are. This new app will be an important tool in that endeavour.\"\n• None MI5 warns of spies using LinkedIn to steal secrets", "Democratic Senator Bob Menendez has condemned the Biden administration's plans to ease tensions with Cuba\n\nUS officials have announced plans to ease tough sanctions imposed on Cuba by former President Donald Trump.\n\nUnder new measures approved by the Biden administration, restrictions on family remittances and travel to the island will be eased.\n\nThe processing of US visas for Cubans will also be speeded up.\n\nState Department spokesman Ned Price said the move would allow Cuban citizens to pursue a life free from \"government oppression\".\n\nThe loosening of sanctions will see a cap on family remittances - funds sent by migrants in the US to family members in Cuba - removed. Previously migrants were prevented from sending more than $1,000 (£811) every three months.\n\nDonations to non-family members will also be permitted under the new plans.\n\nBut US officials emphasised that they will seek to ensure such payments don't reach \"those who perpetrate human rights abuses\" by using civilian \"electronic payment processors\".\n\nThey also said that no bodies will be removed from the Cuba Restricted List, a State Department register of companies linked to the communist government in Havana with whom US citizens are barred from doing business.\n\nA Biden administration official told CBS News that more charter and commercial flights will be made available to Havana, US consular services on the island will be expanded and family reunification programmes will be relaunched.\n\nAfter an easing of tensions under former President Barack Obama, Mr Trump announced a range of sanctions on the Cuban government in 2017.\n\nHis administration slashed visa processing, restricted remittances and increased hurdles for US citizens seeking to travel to Cuba for any reason other than family visits.\n\nAt the time, Mr Trump cited human rights concerns as the reason for rolling back agreements made by the Obama administration and condemned his predecessor for doing a deal with the country's \"brutal\" government.\n\nCuba's foreign minister welcomed the announcement and said the easing of restrictions marked \"a small step in the right direction\".\n\nBut Bruno Rodriguez added that the policy does \"not modify the embargo\" in place since 1962 and argued that \"neither the objectives nor the main instruments of the United States' policy against Cuba, which is a failure, are changing\".\n\nMeanwhile, a senior member of Mr Biden's Democratic party has condemned the move.\n\nSenator Bob Menendez, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, denounced the lifting of restrictions, saying that the Cuban regime has continued \"its ruthless persecution of countless Cubans from all walks of life\".\n\nIn a statement issued on Monday night, Mr Menendez said the easing of travel restrictions \"risks sending the wrong message to the wrong people, at the wrong time and for all the wrong reasons\".\n\n\"Those who still believe that increasing travel will breed democracy in Cuba are simply in a state of denial. For decades, the world has been travelling to Cuba and nothing has changed,\" he added.\n\nRepublican Senator Marco Rubio also criticised the policy and said it represented \"the first steps back to the failed Obama policies on Cuba\".\n\nThe news will come as relief for thousands of Cubans who are desperate to see their families in Florida and elsewhere in the US.\n\nThe island is experiencing perhaps its most acute exodus since the Cold War, with many travelling to Nicaragua and then up via Central America to the US border with Mexico.\n\nAfter 2016, the Trump Administration implemented a whole raft of new economic sanctions on the communist-run island, following the easing of the same rules by President Obama.\n\nCombined with the economic downturn from the coronavirus pandemic and economic mismanagement by the state, the economy in Cuba has been in dire straits in recent years.\n\nThese changes amount to the White House's first step towards some form of re-normalisation of relations with Cuba.", "The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall arrived in St John's on Tuesday\n\nThe Prince of Wales has vowed to listen to and learn from Canada as it starts a process of reconciliation with indigenous communities.\n\nPrince Charles and Camilla arrived in Canada, of which the Queen is head of state, on Tuesday as part of a three-day jubilee tour.\n\nThe royal couple began their visit by meeting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.\n\nCanada is addressing a national scandal which saw indigenous children die in the school system.\n\nAhead of the trip, there had been calls for the Queen to apologise over the issue.\n\nSpeaking after a formal welcome to St John's, in the east of the country, the prince addressed dignitaries, saying: \"We must find new ways to come to terms with darker and more difficult aspects of the past.\"\n\nPrince Charles is on a three-day tour of the nation to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee\n\nThe royal couple observed a moment of silence to honour indigenous children who attended residential schools\n\nHe said: \"I know that our visit here this week comes at an important moment - with indigenous and non-indigenous peoples across Canada committing to reflect honestly and openly on the past and to forge a new relationship for the future.\"\n\nThe prince added that he and Camilla \"look forward to listening to you and learning about the future you are working to build\".\n\nA national reckoning over Canada's legacy of residential schools was prompted last year by the discovery of hundreds of human remains in unmarked graves at former church-run schools. Indigenous children had been forcibly relocated to the institutions for generations.\n\nThe government-funded boarding schools were part of a policy which attempted to assimilate indigenous children and destroy indigenous cultures and languages.\n\nThe royal couple met representatives of local communities in Newfoundland and Labrador\n\nThe royal couple's tour, which begins in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, will see them travel to Ottawa and Yellowknife, the capital city of the Northwest Territories.\n\nPope Francis plans to visit Canada this summer to apologise for the abuse suffered by indigenous people at the hands of the Catholic Church.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The Queen makes surprise visit to Elizabeth line and is given an Oyster card\n\nThe Queen has made a surprise visit to Paddington Station to see the completed Elizabeth line.\n\nTransport for London (TfL) has announced the delayed Crossrail project will open to the public on 24 May.\n\nAhead of the opening, the 96-year-old joined her youngest son the Earl of Wessex for the official visit.\n\nThe longest reigning head of state is just over two weeks away from her Platinum Jubilee celebratory weekend to celebrate 70 years as monarch.\n\nA Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said: \"In a happy development, Her Majesty The Queen is attending today's event to mark the completion of the Elizabeth line.\n\n\"Her Majesty was aware of the engagement and the organisers were informed of the possibility she may attend.\"\n\nThe Queen and Earl of Wessex unveiled a plaque to mark the completion of London's Crossrail project\n\nBuckingham Palace said the Queen's visit was a \"happy development\"\n\nThe Queen rallied to make a trip to the Windsor Horse Show on Friday and on Sunday was the guest of honour at the equestrian extravaganza A Gallop Through History near Windsor, the first major event of the Jubilee festivities.\n\nDressed in sunshine yellow, she arrived just after 11:30 BST stepping carefully from a transparent lift while holding a walking stick.\n\nThe Queen spoke to staff and was given an Oyster card\n\nThe Elizabeth line will finally open to the public on 24 May following delays\n\nThe Queen and Prince Edward were welcomed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and TfL commissioner Andy Byford.\n\nThey met staff who have been key to the project, formerly known as Crossrail, and those who will run the railway, including train drivers, station staff and apprentices.\n\nThe Queen was also given an Oyster card and shown how to use it on a ticket machine.\n\nUnveiling a plaque stating she had \"officially opened\" the Elizabeth line, named in her honour, the monarch spent 10 minutes in the station before departing, escorted by Prince Edward.\n\nThe Queen officially opened London's new Elizabeth line - although the public will have to wait until 24 May\n\nAfterwards, Mr Johnson said: \"We're all incredibly touched and moved and grateful to Her Majesty for coming to open the Elizabeth line today.\n\n\"It was fantastic to see her.\"\n\nThe earl then returned to the concourse ahead of a return journey on the railway from Paddington to Tottenham Court Road.\n\nMayor of London Sadiq Khan, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps and Prime Minister Boris Johnson travelled on the line\n\nDuring the second leg, he was invited to stand in the driver's cab.\n\nHe chatted with driver Carinne Spinola as the train moved, telling her it was \"brilliant\".\n\nAfter stepping off the train at Paddington, the earl added: \"That was brilliant. I did enjoy that. It was good fun.\"\n\nEven though it's not every day that you have a rail line named after you, there hadn't really been much expectation the Queen would attend today's Elizabeth line official opening.\n\nIt had only been a \"possibility\", with Prince Edward down for the ceremonial duties.\n\nBut Oyster card in hand, the Queen was there too, looking well and defying worries about her health.\n\nDressed in a Circle line yellow, she unveiled the plaque, in what seems to be a return to attending more of such public events, after a long gap during the autumn and winter.\n\nIf the new line will help the public get around, the Queen, stick in hand, seems to be tackling her own mobility problems.\n\nIt will also be seen as a positive sign about her ability to take part in the busy schedule of events next month for the Platinum Jubilee.\n\nPrince Edward spoke to driver Carinne Spinola in the cab of a Elizabeth Line train at Paddington station\n\nCrossrail was due to be completed in December 2018 and was set a budget of £14.8bn in 2010.\n\nThe total cost has been estimated at £18.9bn, including £5.1bn from the government.\n\nTfL says the Elizabeth line will boost capacity and cut journey times for travel across the capital.\n\nIt stretches from Reading, in Berkshire, and Heathrow Airport, in west London, to Shenfield, in Essex, and Abbey Wood, in south-east London.\n\nOnce the route is open, services in the central London section will run every five minutes between 06:30 and 23:00, although a full timetable will not be in place until May 2023.\n\nThe new line is expected to slash journey times from Abbey Wood to Paddington by almost half, to 29 minutes.\n\nTravel times between Liverpool Street and Woolwich are also set to be halved to 15 minutes.\n\nA trip between Farringdon and Canary Wharf, which currently takes 24 minutes, will take 10.\n\nDifferent architects worked on the various stations to give them their own distinctive character\n\nHowever, passengers wishing to travel the length of the line will still need to change at Paddington or Liverpool Street stations, depending on their destination, until next year.\n\nAlthough a special service will be in place for the Platinum Jubilee weekend from 2-5 June, TfL said trains would not initially run on Sundays \"to allow a series of testing and software updates\".\n\nTrains will initially operate in three sections, which are expected to be integrated in the autumn.\n\nThe Elizabeth line will connect Berkshire with Essex and south-east London when it is fully complete\n\nLondon mayor Mr Khan said the line was the \"most significant addition to our transport network in decades\".\n\n\"There is now just one week to go until our world-class new railway will be open to passengers and I can't wait for everyone to experience it.\"\n\nThe prime minister added the government would back a Crossrail 2, a proposed north-south rail link across London, but the capital's businesses would need to develop a plan to pay for it.\n\nCrossrail 2 is proposed to run between Hertfordshire and Surrey, via tunnels under central London and it is estimated it would cost £33bn.\n\nFollow BBC London on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hellobbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Courts are to be given the power to impose tougher sentences on paedophiles caught in stings using \"fake children\".\n\nSentencing Council guidance coming into force at the end of this month will clarify how to sentence cases considering \"intended sexual harm\" - even where there was not actually a victim and no sexual activity happened.\n\nPaedophile rings are sometimes uncovered by police posing as children.\n\nBut offenders have sought reduced jail terms by saying no child was hurt.\n\nCurrent guidelines have long been interpreted as meaning that - in many cases, where someone was caught in a sting - the jail term would be lower because of the absence of an affected child.\n\nSentencing Council member Judge Rosa Dean said the new guidelines will bring greater clarity to courts.\n\n\"Judges and magistrates will impose sentences that reflect the intended harm to the child, even where that activity does not ultimately take place, to protect children from people planning to cause them sexual harm,\" she said.\n\nThe rules will cover the sentencing of all abusers caught via stings, usually operating online - including those run by police forces around the world and traps set by informal groups of people often dubbed \"paedophile hunters\".\n\nThe Sentencing Council say the guidelines will being greater clarity to the courts\n\nThe new guidelines cover commissioning a child sex offence, even where no sexual activity takes place or there is no child victim. In the case of planning the rape of a child under the age of 12, the maximum sentence is life imprisonment.\n\nThey will also cover causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual abuse, even where the activity does not then take place or no child victim exists, with a maximum jail sentence of 14 years.\n\nFrom 1 July, separate guidance will be issued on sentencing sexual communication with a child, with offenders facing up to two years in jail.\n\nOffences committed against victims overseas should be treated as seriously as offending against victims in England and Wales, the guidelines will also say.\n\nThe Sentencing Council said: \"Sentencers should approach the assessment of seriousness in the same way, regardless of whether activity was caused or incited in person or remotely, and whether harm was caused to a victim anywhere else in the world.\"\n\nJustice Minister James Cartlidge said that - along with new legislation to end the halfway release of some of the most serious sexual offenders - the guidelines would protect the public by keeping offenders behind bars for longer.\n\nHe said: \"Vile predators who seek to sexually abuse children deserve punishments that reflect the true severity of the harm they intended to inflict upon victims.\"", "An unnamed Conservative MP has been arrested on suspicion of rape and sexual assault.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police confirmed a man was in custody over allegations dating back to between 2002 and 2009.\n\nThe Conservative Party said he had been asked by the chief whip not to attend Parliament while an investigation is ongoing.\n\nThe man also faces allegations of an abuse of position of trust and misconduct in a public office.\n\nA Met Police spokesman would not confirm the identity of the man or if he was an MP, but published a statement, saying: \"In January 2020, the Met received a report relating to alleged sexual offences having been committed between 2002 and 2009.\n\n\"The offences are alleged to have occurred in London.\"\n\nHe added: \"A man... was arrested on suspicion of indecent assault, sexual assault, rape, abuse of position of trust and misconduct in public office.\"\n\nThe Conservative Whips office, which is responsible for party discipline, confirmed they had asked the MP to stay away from Parliament amid the investigation.\n\nThe office's spokesperson said: \"The Chief Whip has asked that the MP concerned does not attend the Parliamentary Estate while an investigation is ongoing. Until the conclusion of the investigation we will not be commenting further.\"\n\nThe Met said the investigation was ongoing and being led by officers from the Central Specialist Crime unit.", "Amber Heard in court on 17 May\n\nJohnny Depp's legal team has accused Amber Heard of using drugs, striking him and manipulating photos she has used as evidence of his alleged abuse.\n\nMs Heard, 36, was being cross-examined about her allegations that Mr Depp could be violent while using alcohol and drugs.\n\nThe 58-year-old actor is suing his ex-wife for $50m (£40m) for a column she wrote in which she claimed to be a victim of domestic abuse.\n\nHe has denied ever assaulting her.\n\nMr Depp's lawyers cross-examined Ms Heard on her version of events related to a lengthy 2015 argument between the former couple, which took place while in Australia.\n\nThat argument has been raised repeatedly over the course of the trial.\n\nMr Depp has claimed his ex-wife severed his fingertip by throwing a vodka bottle at him. Ms Heard has told jurors that Mr Depp sexually violated her with a bottle.\n\nIn court on Tuesday, Mr Depp's lawyer questioned why Ms Heard did not seek medical attention despite claiming she suffered cuts and bruises during the chaotic fight.\n\n\"You're the one who assaulted someone with a bottle in Australia, isn't that right Ms Heard,\" attorney Camille Vasquez said.\n\nIn response, Ms Heard said that she \"didn't assault Johnny, ever\".\n\nBut she did acknowledge that she struck Mr Depp on several instances, which she said happened after \"years of not defending myself\". She made similar statements on Monday, saying she \"reactively\" hit him during physical altercations.\n\nJurors were also shown an extract from a journal - which Ms Heard described as \"love notes\" - in which she appears to have apologised to Mr Depp.\n\n\"I'm sorry I can get crazy. I'm sorry I hurt you,\" she wrote. \"I can get wicked when I'm hurt\".\n\nExplaining the entry, Ms Heard said that \"it's important to apologise when you're trying to move past fights\".\n\nJurors also heard audio in which Ms Heard can be telling her then husband that \"she gets so mad, she loses it\" and that she can't promise \"she won't get physical\".\n\nMs Vasquez also questioned the veracity of a May 2016 photograph that Ms Heard has said shows the aftermath of Mr Depp's alleged physical abuse.\n\n\"Isn't it true you just edited these photographs?\" Ms Vasquez said.\n\nDuring the gruelling cross-examination, jurors were also shown an itinerary for the couple's wedding, which included plans for a \"dance party and drugs and music\".\n\nMs Heard has repeatedly characterised Mr Depp's drug use as problematic and a source of tension in their marriage.\n\n\"So, your original idea was to do drugs on an island after your rehearsal dinner to the drug-fueled monster that you were about to marry?\" Ms Vasquez asked.\n\nIn response, Ms Heard said it was a draft itinerary and that there was \"going to be weed\" at the event. She also admitted to drug use on her 30th birthday.\n\nOver several days of testimony earlier this month, Ms Heard repeatedly said that Mr Depp had attempted to control her career, did not like her taking on new roles, and sometimes became jealous of her co-stars.\n\nDuring cross-examination, Ms Vasquez accused Ms Heard of being the \"jealous one\", who had landed her role in the high-profile Aquaman film thanks to Mr Depp.\n\n\"No, Ms Vasquez, I got that role by auditioning,\" she responded.\n\nMr Depp's defamation case against his former wife hinges on a 2018 opinion piece in the Washington Post newspaper in which she described herself as a victim of abuse, though the piece did not name Mr Depp.\n\nShe has countersued him for $100m.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Amber Heard and Johnny Depp - the trial so far, in their own words", "Coleen Rooney leaving the High Court on Monday after giving more evidence\n\nColeen Rooney has described messages Rebekah Vardy and her agent Caroline Watt exchanged about her as \"evil\".\n\nMrs Rooney gave evidence on day five of the High Court libel case brought by Mrs Vardy, who denies leaking private information about her to the Sun.\n\nThe court previously heard the pair had allegedly called Mrs Rooney \"attention seeking\" and a \"nasty [expletive]\".\n\nHowever, Mrs Vardy's barrister last week claimed that she had been referring to someone else.\n\n\"The messages that went on between them were just evil and uncalled for,\" Mrs Rooney said on Monday.\n\n\"There's no need for it, I've never done anything to them,\" she continued, adding that she had never met or spoken to Ms Watt, who is not well enough to give evidence in the trial.\n\nLast week, Mrs Vardy denied discussing with Watt on WhatsApp the possibility of using the anniversary of Mrs Rooney's late sister's death as a reason to contact her after she unfollowed her on Instagram.\n\nMrs Rooney previously said the pair's exchange had \"knocked me sick\" when hearing it read out in court.\n\nMrs Vardy's libel action was sparked by a viral social media post from October 2019, in which Mrs Rooney said she had carried out a sting operation to find out who had been passing private information about her life to the Sun.\n\nShe said the fake stories she had posted on Instagram in an effort to find the perpetrator had only been viewed by \"Rebekah Vardy's account\".\n\nMrs Vardy has continually denied leaking the stories in question to the press. She became tearful last week in the witness box recalling online abuse she and her family had received since the allegation.\n\nOn Monday, Mrs Rooney said her suspicions that Mrs Vardy was responsible for leaking stories about her had been raised after Mrs Vardy messaged her asking why she had been unfollowed on Instagram.\n\nMrs Rooney said that \"added to the suspicions that I had\" that Mrs Vardy was responsible for information being passed to the press.\n\nIn his cross examination, Mrs Vardy's lawyer Hugh Tomlinson put it to Mrs Rooney that Mrs Vardy had contacted her after she made her sting operation public, and that his client \"makes it clear to you that it [the leak] wasn't her, doesn't she?\"\n\n\"She [Mrs Vardy] says she has zero interest in what's going on in my life, which I believe is totally untrue,\" Mrs Rooney replied.\n\n\"She talks about me a lot... so that was a lie.\"\n\nMr Tomlinson noted how Mrs Rooney's now famous post had led to people calling her \"Wagatha Christie\".\n\n\"Yeah, which I just think is ridiculous,\" Mrs Rooney responded. \"I got a lot of people sending me pictures, screenshots and obviously people didn't realise how serious what was behind it was.\n\n\"I felt it was hard and people I trusted and people I had let into my circle were going against me.\"\n\nWhen Mr Tomlinson suggested she had revelled in the attention garnered as a result of the investigation, Mrs Rooney said she had \"hated every minute\".\n\nShe added that she had not spoken to anyone about her sting operation until deciding to go public, not even her husband, former footballer Wayne, or her brother and social media manager Joe McLoughlin (the co-publisher of the now famous post), who later confirmed this himself in the witness box.\n\nRebekah Vardy is suing Coleen Rooney for libel at the High Court in London\n\nAfter the weekend pause, Mrs Rooney told the resuming court she had wanted a \"totally untrue\" story about a so-called gender selection procedure in Mexico, which she had planted on Instagram, to be published in the press, as it would give her \"evidence\" in her sting operation.\n\nMrs Rooney, the court heard, was alerted by her PR at the time, Rachel Monk, that the Sun was planning on running the story, which the newspaper did four months later.\n\n\"I felt that would be an extra step if the papers run it, I would have my actual story in the paper,\" Mrs Rooney said\n\n\"I didn't want it out there, I wanted it for my own evidence... It was a story that was out there but it was completely untrue.\"\n\nGiving evidence, Ms Monk said she told a journalist from the Sun that the gender selection story was \"bonkers\".\n\nMrs Rooney has said she suspected Mrs Vardy to be leaking private stories to the Sun due to her alleged close relationship to the newspaper - she believes Mrs Vardy contributed to the Secret Wag column, which Mrs Vardy denies - and her sense the claimant was \"fame hungry\".\n\nIn week one of the trial, Mrs Vardy, who is married to Wayne Rooney's former England teammate Jamie, denied having moved seats during an England match at Euro 2016 in order to be photographed close to Mrs Rooney.\n\nHarpreet Robertson, a former ticketing manager and family liaison officer for the Football Association (FA), told the court on Monday she believed Mrs Vardy made a \"choice\" to sit in seats behind Mrs Rooney, which had been reserved for her and FA colleagues.\n\nShe said Mrs Vardy's claim that they were the only seats available was \"simply untrue\", and in her witness statement noted how two of Mrs Vardy's guests that day had been \"rude and abusive\" to her when asked to move.\n\nMrs Vardy left court early for the day, with her team saying she had another appointment to attend.\n\nThe trial continues, with Wayne Rooney expected to testify on Tuesday.\n\nRead more about what happened in week one of the trial", "Natalie McGarry had been dropped by her lawyer minutes before the case was first called in April 2019\n\nNewly published court papers have revealed why former MP Natalie McGarry faced trial twice for embezzling funds from pro-independence groups.\n\nShe was found guilty of taking £25,000 from an SNP branch and the Women for Independence group.\n\nMcGarry had been jailed for the same offence in 2019, after pleading guilty.\n\nBut judges agreed to throw that case out after ruling there had been a miscarriage of justice in the \"clearly prejudicial\" proceedings.\n\nMcGarry had been dropped by her lawyer minutes before the case was called in April 2019, and was then given 10 minutes by the sheriff to decide on her plea with no representation.\n\nShe is now awaiting sentence having been tried and convicted of similar charges in the fresh jury trial.\n\nThe case dates back to 2015, the year McGarry was elected to the Westminster parliament for the Glasgow East constituency.\n\nWomen for Independence reported their former treasurer to the police for embezzlement, and the following year the SNP's Glasgow Regional Association followed suit and she was interviewed by police.\n\nMcGarry's legal team attempted to strike a plea deal with the Crown, but minutes before she entered the courtroom on 24 April, 2019, her lawyer told her he could not submit a guilty plea because he believed she was \"pleading guilty as a plea of convenience and was not accepting her guilt\".\n\nHe then told the sheriff that he was withdrawing from the case, and McGarry - who was \"visibly upset and distressed\" - was given minutes to decide what to do.\n\nAppeal judges noted that she was left \"in highly pressurised circumstances\" with no opportunity to take legal advice.\n\nMcGarry then pleaded guilty to two charges, and when asked if she took issue with anything in the written narrative of the circumstances she said she did, but that \"we are where we are\".\n\nMcGarry went on trial at Glasgow Sheriff Court for a second time in 2022\n\nThe case was then adjourned for a week, and McGarry took on a new lawyer who applied to the court to have her guilty pleas withdrawn.\n\nHowever, this was refused by the sheriff, who said McGarry was fully aware of what she was doing when tendering the pleas, and she was jailed for 18 months.\n\nThis was quashed following an appeal, and the reasons for that judgement have now been released after the conclusion last week of the second trial.\n\nJudges found that McGarry was not properly represented, and that the sheriff was not made aware of how unprepared she was for trial or the extent of her mental health issues.\n\nA psychologist had ruled she was fit to stand trial, but noted she had symptoms of depression as well as anxiety and panic disorders - having allegedly told a lawyer that she \"would probably kill herself rather than go to trial\".\n\nThe appeal judges said that \"the pleas were tendered by the appellant in circumstances which were clearly prejudicial to her\", and that a miscarriage of justice had occurred.\n\nMcGarry - who left parliament in 2017 - went on trial again in 2022.\n\nShe was found guilty of embezzling £19,974 while treasurer of WFI between April 2013 and November 2015, and £4,661 when she was treasurer, secretary and convener of the Glasgow Regional Association of the SNP between April 2014 and August 2015.\n\nSheriff Tom Hughes said McGarry had committed \"a very serious breach of trust\". She will be sentenced next month.", "\"Help must come\" for those struggling to pay their bills amid rising prices, ex-Prime Minister John Major has said.\n\nAddressing a conference, Sir John said providing support would help bring \"trust and respect back to politics\".\n\nHe also warned that government couldn't raise spending while reducing tax and that \"hard choices\" had to be made.\n\nMinister Rachel MacLean said the government was putting help in place to ease short-term pressures, including through the Household Support Fund.\n\nShe also said that, over the long-term, government wanted \"to grow the economy and make sure that people are able to protect themselves better, whether that is by taking on more hours or moving to a better-paid job\".\n\nShe acknowledged these options might not work for everyone such as those \"already working three jobs\".\n\nThere's been criticism of her words, and Labour's shadow cabinet minister Ian Murray said her advice was \"ludicrous\" and \"out of touch\".\n\nNo 10 later defended the minister and accused critics of \"seeking to twist the words unhelpfully\".\n\nMeanwhile some Conservative MPs have urged the government to adopt opposition proposals to raise money to help those struggling by implementing a windfall tax on energy companies.\n\nTreasury Committee chair Mel Stride said he would normally oppose it but that current \"extraordinary circumstances\" meant there was a case for looking at \"a one-off windfall tax\".\n\nHe said the companies had made \"supra-normal profits\" and some of that money should be \"channelled to those who are really struggling\". His Conservative colleague Simon Hoare later tweeted his agreement.\n\nLabour has said it will call for a vote to introduce the tax on Tuesday.\n\nMinisters have previously rejected introducing a one-off tax on the profits of energy companies, arguing it would deter investment.\n\nHowever, recently the government has been hinting that it could change its mind with Treasury officials saying the idea was not off the table.\n\nA number of Tory MPs have privately expressed concerned that the government will make a U-turn - with one senior Tory saying they are \"really irritated\" about being made to vote against it on Tuesday.\n\nMaking a speech in Newcastle, Sir John - who led the Conservatives from 1990 to 1997 - joined in the debate saying that rising prices meant people would be \"utterly unable to meet the bills\".\n\nAddress the National Cathedrals Conference, he said: \"Help must come - and I hope it will come soon,\" adding that a lack of support would damage people's trust in government.\n\n\"Everyone needs to believe that The State cares about them - and not just the interests of the powerful, the motivators, and the elite.\n\n\"If the week lasts longer than the money, do the penniless believe The State cares about them?\"\n\nSir John also warned that the government's levelling up agenda - aimed at reducing regional inequalities - would demand ministers making \"hard choices\".\n\nHe said the policy needed money and had to be paid for either by higher taxes, borrowing or cuts to other budgets.\n\n\"It is an unwelcome truth that lower taxes for everyone - and higher spending - do not go together.\"\n\nThe former prime minister concluded his speech by praising the younger generation who he said were \"a force for good\" despite \"their habit of cutting holes in the knees of new jeans for the sake of fashion\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Finances: 'Could your family live on £1,200 a month?'\n\nA police officer has told the home secretary of her struggle to survive due to rising living costs.\n\nDet Con Vicky Knight of North Wales Police outlined her finances at the annual Police Federation conference.\n\nGiving an example of a probationary officer's pay, she said Priti Patel was shocked when she asked her if she could live on £1,200 a month.\n\nMs Patel said pay and conditions was something she was \"committed\" to working with the federation on.\n\nDet Con Knight - who has 23 years of service - described how she had to borrow from her mother to pay for school dinners and fuel for her car as she had no money left at the end of the month.\n\nAfter paying professional subscriptions and pension, she said she takes home £2,300 a month and works overtime twice a month to \"make ends meet\".\n\nBecause wages are measured before pension deductions, she does not receive any support apart from child family allowance.\n\nShe told the conference: \"Apart from that I'm on my own.\"\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel has been urged to increase police officers' wages\n\nDescribing how she is paid \"a couple of hundred pounds a month more than the workers in McDonald's flipping burgers\", Det Con Knight said that ahead of her most recent pay day she had to borrow £40 from her mother so she could put fuel in her car and buy food for her son's school lunches \"because I had no money left at the end of the month\".\n\nShe was met with applause when she said: \"I work with the most vulnerable members of our community and I love my job.\n\n\"However, if the rate of interest goes up and I can't pay my mortgage and I can't pay the fuel, I'm not going to be able to continue to come to work.\n\n\"I went to see an accountant and the advice was 'leave the police, work for 22 hours a week and claim benefits and you will be better off'. How can that be right?\n\n\"I tell this story not because I'm here for sympathy, I just want to be heard. I stand here to represent myself and many people in the force that are like me.\n\n\"We are desperately struggling to do the job that we love and to make ends meet at home. So I need you to be on our team and to help us, to represent us... to get us fair pay.\"\n\nDet Con Vicky Knight asked Priti Patel whether she could survive on a probationary officer's wages\n\nMr Cooke was met with cheers from the audience when he told Ms Patel: \"It's about time you and your colleagues put your money where your mouth is and did something about the terrible state that our colleagues are finding themselves in.\"\n\nMs Patel thanked Det Con Knight for sharing her story, adding: \"I think it just really illustrates so strongly and powerfully why we need to actually find solutions to pay issues and actually give you the support that you rightly deserve.\n\n\"We have to move this forward. You have that commitment from me, you absolutely do.\"", "Four more people in England have been diagnosed with monkeypox.\n\nThe UK Health Security Agency says the risk to the public remains very low, although it appears the individuals caught it in the UK.\n\nMonkeypox is usually associated with travel to West Africa.\n\nThe new cases - three in London and one in north-east England - do not have any known links with two other cases confirmed on 14 May or another case announced on 7 May.\n\nThe UKHSA says investigations are under way to establish links between the latest four cases, who all appear to have been infected in London.\n\nCurrently, common contacts have been identified for two of the four latest cases. All four self-identify as gay or bisexual.\n\nThe UKHSA says anyone with concerns that they could be infected should see a health professional, but make contact with the clinic or surgery ahead of a visit.\n\nIf you get infected with monkeypox, it usually takes between five and 21 days for the first symptoms to appear.\n\nA rash can develop, often beginning on the face, then spreading to other parts of the body. The rash changes and goes through different stages - a bit like chicken pox - before finally forming a scab, which later falls off.\n\nIt does not spread easily between people. But it can be spread through:\n\nRead more about the virus here.\n\nUKHSA chief medical adviser Dr Susan Hopkins said: \"This is rare and unusual. UKHSA is rapidly investigating the source of these infections because the evidence suggests that there may be transmission of the monkeypox virus in the community, spread by close contact. We are particularly urging men who are gay and bisexual to be aware of any unusual rashes or lesions and to contact a sexual health service without delay.\n\n\"We are contacting any potential close contacts of the cases to provide health information and advice.\"\n\nThose patients needing medical care are all in specialist infectious disease units at the Royal Free Hospital, Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle upon Tyne and Guys' and St Thomas'.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMcDonald's has said it will permanently leave Russia after more than 30 years and has started to sell its restaurants.\n\nThe move comes after it temporarily closed its 850 outlets in March.\n\nThe fast food giant said it made the decision because of the \"humanitarian crisis\" and \"unpredictable operating environment\" caused by the Ukraine war.\n\nThe opening of McDonald's first restaurant in Moscow in 1990 came to symbolise a thaw in Cold War tensions.\n\nA year later, the Soviet Union collapsed and Russia opened up its economy to companies from the West. More than three decades later, however, it is one of a growing number of corporations pulling out.\n\n\"This is a complicated issue that's without precedent and with profound consequences,\" said McDonald's chief executive Chris Kempczinski in a message to staff and suppliers.\n\n\"Some might argue that providing access to food and continuing to employ tens of thousands of ordinary citizens, is surely the right thing to do,\" he added.\n\n\"But it is impossible to ignore the humanitarian crisis caused by the war in Ukraine. And it is impossible to imagine the Golden Arches representing the same hope and promise that led us to enter the Russian market 32 years ago.\"\n\nMcDonald's said it would sell all its sites to a local buyer and would begin the process of \"de-arching\" the restaurants which involves removing its name, branding and menu. It will retain its trademarks in Russia.\n\nThe chain said its priorities included seeking to ensure its 62,000 employees in Russia continued to be paid until any sale was completed and that they had \"future employment with any potential buyer\".\n\nMcDonald's said it would write off a charge of up to $1.4bn (£1.1bn) to cover the exit from its investment.\n\nIt really is the end of an era. I was in the queue when the first Russian McDonald's opened on Moscow's Pushkin Square in January 1990 - way back in the USSR.\n\nThere were so many people outside the restaurant, it took three hours to get inside. But what a sense of excitement.\n\nThose American burgers, fries and pies were a symbol of Moscow embracing the West. Hot food to help end a Cold War.\n\nThese are very different times. Russia and the West have lost their appetite for one another.\n\nRussia's attack on Ukraine has sparked international condemnation and sanctions, turning Moscow into a pariah.\n\nMeanwhile, the Kremlin - as it always does - points the finger back, accusing the West of plotting Russia's downfall.\n\nBack in March lots of international companies announced they were pausing operations in Russia, hoping the situation would resolve itself and they could then reopen.\n\nBut McDonald's decision to sell up and pull out shows the fast food giant recognises things will not return to normal and that what the Kremlin calls its \"special military operation\" in Ukraine has changed things long term.\n\nBig Macs are only the beginning. I predict we're going to see a lot more global brands leaving Russia.\n\nThe opening of McDonald's in Moscow in 1990 saw queues of Russians keen to try the American fast food chain\n\nThe move comes after Renault announced it was selling its business in the country. The French firm said its 68% stake in carmaker Avtovaz would be sold to a Russian science institute, while its shares in Renault Russia will go to the city of Moscow.\n\nMoscow said Renault's Russian assets had now become state property - marking the first nationalisation of a major foreign business since the invasion of Ukraine.\n\nLast year, Russia and Ukraine accounted for about 9% of McDonald's global sales.\n\nThe chain's 108 restaurants in Ukraine remain closed due to the conflict but the company is continuing to pay full salaries to all its employees there.\n\nMcDonald's initially faced criticism for being slow to halt its business in Russia, with some calling for a boycott of the company before it suspended operations in March.\n\nHundreds of international brands, including Starbucks, Coca Cola, Levi's and Apple, have left Russia or suspended sales there since the country invaded Ukraine in February.\n\nOther firms, including Burger King and Marks and Spencer, say they are unable to close stores due to complex franchise deals.", "Alex Davies, from Swansea, is accused of being a member of National Action after it was banned\n\nCounter terrorism officers found \"Nazi controlled zone\" stickers when they raided the home of the co-founder of a neo-Nazi terror group, a court has heard.\n\nAlex Davies, 28, denies being a member of National Action after it was banned as a terrorist organisation.\n\nJurors have been shown material found in the defendant's Swansea home.\n\nThe court was told a copy of Mein Kampf, the book written by Adolf Hitler, was found.\n\nJurors at Winchester Crown Court heard Mr Davies was arrested in Swansea twice, on 3 November 2016, before National Action was banned, and then on 27 September 2017, after the group was banned as a terrorist organisation.\n\nThe material was found in his home both before and after the group was banned.\n\nPolice found National Action stickers, including some saying \"Nazi controlled zone\" and \"NS131\".\n\nNS131 is the second far-right group founded by Mr Davies.\n\nNational Action was founded in 2013 by Ben Raymond and Alex Davies (pictured)\n\nThey also found images and internet searches on the defendant's phone and laptop, the court was told.\n\nJurors were told one image on an iPhone showed what appeared to be a child doing a Nazi salute while wearing a skull mask.\n\nThe court also heard Mr Davies, from Uplands, Swansea, had searched for \"Aryan insights\", and \"preparing for a police raid\" on the internet.\n\nPolice officers found an internet link to a \"police guide\" posted on YouTube by Benjamin Raymond called the \"Raymond Report\". It was a guide for what people should do \"post arrest\", the court heard. Jurors were told the internet link was found on an NS131 website under their \"legal resources\" section.\n\nBenjamin Raymond was the co-founder of National Action and lived in Mumbles, Swansea, the court heard. He was convicted of being a member of National Action last year.\n\nPolice found an anti-Semitic image on Mr Davies' phone, the court heard, as well as other images that pointed to his far-right sympathies.\n\nJurors were told the defendant ordered 3,500 stickers in 2017.", "There are more job vacancies than unemployed people in the UK for the first time since records began.\n\nThe unemployment rate fell to 3.7% between January and March, its lowest for almost 50 years, as job openings rose to a new high of 1.3 million.\n\nHowever, wages, excluding bonuses, failed to keep pace with rising prices, a problem expected to intensify because of growing food and fuel costs.\n\nThe figures show \"a mixed picture\" said the Office for National Statistics.\n\nBen Harrison, director of the Work Foundation think tank at Lancaster University, said: \"Despite employment continuing to rise, today's figures underline the challenges facing workers who are seeing inflation eat away at their living standards.\"\n\nThe data showed that there was a rise in the number of people moving from economic inactivity - classed as those aged 16-64 who haven't been working or seeking a job - into employment.\n\nAt the same time, people moving from job-to-job also reached a record high \"driven by resignations rather than dismissals\", said the ONS.\n\n\"Total employment, while up on the quarter, remains below its pre-pandemic level,\" said Darren Morgan, director of economic statistics at the ONS.\n\n\"Since the start of the pandemic, around half a million more people have completely disengaged from the labour market,\" he added.\n\n\"However, job vacancies are still rising, reaching yet another record high.\"\n\nThe situation is \"a nightmare\", said Buddy Love, who along with his wife Kate runs the Flying Fish pub, restaurant and hotel in Somerset.\n\nMr Love said it has taken him six weeks and £2,000 worth of job adverts to find a new chef for his kitchen - and in the end it was word of mouth that delivered the right candidate rather than any advertisement.\n\nBuddy Love runs the Flying Fish pub, restaurant and hotel in Somerset\n\n\"I don't know where these people are,\" said Mr Love, adding that he had offered a good starting salary of £36,000 and perks such as free accommodation to entice the right person.\n\nLuckily, a Romanian couple, who had previously worked in the UK, will soon take up the role as a job share, freeing Mr Love from the kitchen so he can focus on his main job of \"developing the business and making sure it grows\".\n\nPay, excluding bonuses, rose by 4.2% between January and March but failed to keep up with the rising cost of living - which hit 7% in March and is expected to go higher.\n\nIt meant that pay, when adjusted for the impact of rising prices, and excluding bonuses, dropped by 1.2% - the biggest fall since 2013.\n\nSome sectors such as construction and financial services benefitted from bonus payments as firms put up pay to recruit staff, the ONS said. This saw total pay, which includes bonuses, rise by 7% between January and March, keeping pace with rising prices.\n\nMr Morgan said: \"Continued strong bonuses in some sectors such as construction and especially finance mean that total pay is continuing to grow faster than prices on average, but underlying regular earnings are now falling sharply in real terms.\"\n\nIt is a tale of three jobs markets told in these figures.\n\nThe unemployment rate falling to its lowest level in almost half a century is a testament to the full recovery from the losses in the pandemic and the protections put in place over the past two years.\n\nFor many millions in employment however pay, when adjusted for surging inflation, fell by the biggest amount for over 9 years and that is set to get worse.\n\nAnd then for businesses seeking workers - those vacancies reached a new record of close to 1.3 million. This is a reflection of a reduction in the size of the workforce, from post-Brexit worker rules, older workers retiring during the pandemic and a rise in long term sickness.\n\nSo considering the hit from the pandemic, these are a very good set of figures, looking backwards. But they don't yet, except in the real earnings figures, show the impact of the ongoing inflationary economic squeeze.\n\nIndeed, such is the extent of the hit to consumer spending power, the Bank of England and others see the economy heading into recessionary territory and unemployment starting to rise by hundreds of thousands.\n\nThe Government hopes that as many of the remaining jobless can be squeezed into these vacancies. The fear is that this situation is overtaken by the dark inflationary clouds\n\nPay has been failing to keep up with the cost of living for some months, as fuel, energy and food prices surge higher due to the pandemic and Ukraine war.\n\nOfficial data on Wednesday is expected to show another sharp rise in the cost of living for April, reflecting last month's hike in the energy price cap.\n\nThe Bank of England warned earlier this month that the cost crunch is set to leave the UK on the brink of recession, with inflation peaking at over 10% later this year and the jobs market slowing down.\n\nCommenting on the latest figures, Chancellor Rishi Sunak said: \"I understand that these are anxious times for people, but it's reassuring that fewer people are out of work than was previously feared.\"\n\nBut Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Christine Jardine said: \"These figures confirm families are facing a cost of living nightmare, with wages failing to keep up with soaring energy bills and food prices.\"\n\nLooking ahead, Jake Finney, economist at accountancy firm PwC, said the jobless rate could begin to tick higher.\n\n\"We expect that unemployment could start to rise towards the end of this year, as headwinds from the war in Ukraine reduce demand for labour.\n\n\"The delayed impact is because the labour market tends to lag behind the rest of the economy\".", "Amber Heard in court on 16 May\n\nAmber Heard feared her ex-husband Johnny Depp would accidentally kill her during an alleged assault on their honeymoon, a US court has heard.\n\nTestifying in a defamation case Mr Depp has brought against her, Ms Heard, 36, painted a picture of the actor as an abuser plagued by drug addiction, jealousy and self-harm.\n\nMr Depp is suing Ms Heard for $50m (£40m) over an article in which she claimed she was the victim of domestic violence.\n\nHe has repeatedly denied any abuse.\n\nThe high profile case in Virginia has resumed for a fifth week after a pause, before which Mr Depp had told his side of the story and Ms Heard had begun some of her testimony.\n\nIn court on Monday, Ms Heard tearfully told jurors that she believed she'd likely \"not survive\" if she had remained married to Mr Depp, 58.\n\n\"I was so scared that it was going to end really badly for me,\" she said. \"I really didn't want to leave him. I loved him so much.\"\n\nMs Heard has accused Mr Depp of repeated instances of physical abuse. On Monday, she alleged that he attacked her while aboard the Orient Express train in Asia after their February 2015 wedding, claiming that he struck her and held her by the neck while in their sleeper compartment.\n\n\"He was squeezing my neck against the railway car for what felt like a very long time,\" she said.\n\nShe said she recalled thinking he could \"kill me\".\n\n\"I remember being scared that he wouldn't mean to do it,\" she said.\n\nIn another instance, Ms Heard described a \"week of hell\" after Mr Depp allegedly became jealous after she was offered a role with James Franco. She claimed he punched her and threw her into furniture.\n\nWhile Ms Heard said that the marriage was \"at times, very loving\", it deteriorated over time to a point in which tension and violence became \"almost normal\". They divorced in 2017, after two years.\n\nDuring their increasingly frequent arguments, Ms Heard claimed that Mr Depp would frequently self-harm.\n\n\"In fights he often would cut his arms or hold his knife to his chest or draw blood, superficially at first,\" she said. \"He also put cigarettes out on himself.\"\n\nLawyers for Mr Depp challenged Ms Heard's version of events as they began their cross-examination on Monday afternoon.\n\nAttorney Camille Vasquez skewered the witness' prior testimony, questioning why there were so few photos and medical records to back up claims of physical injuries from her alleged beatings.\n\nMs Heard countered that, embarrassed to be a victim of abuse, she did not seek medical treatment \"other than my therapist\", relying instead on makeup to cover bruises and ice to reduce swelling.\n\nIn a heated back-and forth, Ms Vasquez forced Ms Heard to acknowledge that she had \"pledged\" to donate the entirety of her $7m divorce settlement with Mr Depp to charity but was yet to make any donation.\n\nShe also noted that her client had not once looked Ms Heard in the eye over the course of the trial. \"He can't,\" Ms Heard responded.\n\nIn his own testimony earlier in the trial, Mr Depp said that he never struck Ms Heard and told jurors that she had a \"need\" for conflict and violence.\n\nOn Monday, jurors heard a number of audio clips of the former couple arguing. In one clip - which went viral ahead of the trial - Ms Heard can be heard saying she hit Mr Depp.\n\n\"I was hitting you. I was not punching you,\" she can be heard saying. \"You're not punched.\"\n\nAccording to Ms Heard, she sometimes \"reactively\" hit Mr Depp and claimed that she was referring to the \"disparity\" of their strength.\n\nThe defamation case against Ms Heard stems from a 2018 piece she wrote for the Washington Post in which she characterised herself as a victim of abuse. The piece did not name Mr Depp.\n\nHis attorneys, however, have said that the article \"incalculably\" damaged his reputation and career. She has countersued him for $100m.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Amber Heard and Johnny Depp - the trial so far, in their own words", "Mikhail Khodarenok said Russia was in total political isolation\n\nRussia's mainstream media outlets offer a view of the Ukraine war that is unlike anything seen from outside of the country. For a start, they don't even call it a war. But our Russia editor reflects on a rare exchange broadcast on state TV.\n\nIt was an extraordinary piece of television.\n\nThe programme was 60 Minutes, the flagship twice-daily talk show on Russian state TV: studio discussion that promotes the Kremlin line on absolutely everything, including on President Putin's so-called \"special military operation\" in Ukraine.\n\nThe Kremlin still maintains that the Russian offensive is going according to plan.\n\nBut on Monday night, studio guest Mikhail Khodarenok, a military analyst and retired colonel, painted a very different picture.\n\nHe warned that \"the situation [for Russia] will clearly get worse\" as Ukraine receives additional military assistance from the West and that \"the Ukrainian army can arm a million people\".\n\nReferring to Ukrainian soldiers, he noted: \"The desire to defend their motherland very much exists. Ultimate victory on the battlefield is determined by the high morale of troops who are spilling blood for the ideas they are ready to fight for.\n\n\"The biggest problem with [Russia's] military and political situation,\" he continued, \"is that we are in total political isolation and the whole world is against us, even if we don't want to admit it. We need to resolve this situation.\n\n\"The situation cannot be considered normal when against us, there is a coalition of 42 countries and when our resources, military-political and military-technical, are limited.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Steve Rosenberg This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe other guests in the studio were silent. Even the host, Olga Skabeyeva, normally fierce and vocal in her defence of the Kremlin, appeared oddly subdued.\n\nIn many ways, it's a case of \"I told you so\" from Mr Khodarenok. Writing in Russia's Independent Military Review back in February, before Moscow attacked Ukraine, the defence analyst had criticised \"enthusiastic hawks and hasty cuckoos\" for claiming that Russia would easily win a war against Ukraine.\n\nHis conclusion back then: \"An armed conflict with Ukraine is not in Russia's national interests.\"\n\nThe symbol of Russia's \"special military operation\" in Ukraine crops up all over Moscow\n\nCriticism in print is one thing. But on TV - to an audience of millions - that is another level completely. The Kremlin has gone out of its way to control the informational landscape here: shutting down independent Russian news sources and ensuring that television - the principal tool in Russia for shaping public opinion - is on message.\n\nIt is rare to hear such realistic analysis of events on Russian TV.\n\nRare. But not unique. In recent weeks, critical views have appeared on television here. In March, on another popular TV talk show, a Russian filmmaker told the presenter: \"The war in Ukraine paints a frightening picture, it has a very oppressive influence on our society.\"\n\nSo what happened on 60 Minutes? Was this a spontaneous, unprompted and unexpected wake-up call on Ukraine that slipped through the net?\n\nOr was it a planned burst of reality in order to prepare the Russian public for negative news on the progress of the \"special military operation\"?\n\nIt's difficult to say. But as they say on the telly, stay tuned to Russian TV for further signals.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Offering lessons in school for free will give all children in Wales the same opportunities\n\nSinger Bronwen Lewis has welcomed new government plans to give all primary school pupils in Wales half a term's tuition by a musician.\n\nShe said one-to-one music tuition is \"absolutely key\".\n\nChildren will also have free access to a musical instrument from September as part of the new plan.\n\nWales' education minister says music funding will triple from £1.5m to £4.5m a year for the next three years.\n\nThe Welsh government has said children from low-income families and those with additional learning needs will be given priority.\n\nSinger Bronwen Lewis says one-to-one lessons are key in music education\n\nStaff at St Joseph's Cathedral Primary School, Swansea, said playing instruments was already benefitting pupils' \"happiness and creativity\".\n\nYear Six pupil Rebecca, who goes to St David's Catholic Primary, said she loved to learn new instruments with friends.\n\nYear Six pupil Rebecca - who enjoys playing the ukulele - said it helps her relax\n\n\"I like playing instruments with my friends. Music brings people together, it's almost like a way of communicating,\" Rebecca added.\n\n\"It's fun to learn new songs and it helps me relax.\"\n\nWelsh language singer and songwriter Bronwen Lewis thinks the changes will benefit children.\n\nWhen she was younger, the only one-to-one lessons Brownen could get were in a brass band, the singer from from the Dulais Valley, Neath Port Talbot, says.\n\n\"That wasn't something I was interested in. I was really interested in piano and guitar.\n\n\"They just didn't have the resources to be ale to teach as many children as they wanted one to one,\" she added.\n\nThe additional funding for one-to-one teaching was \"brilliant\", the singer said. \"One-to-one tuition is just absolutely key when it comes to music.\"\n\n\"Learning an instrument was a formative part of my upbringing and a lack of money should not be a barrier to any young person who wants to learn to play music,\" said First Minister Mark Drakeford.\n\nAll children in Wales should be supported to \"play a full part\" in Wales' \"strong tradition\" of musical ensembles, he added.\n\nThe plan includes a new national instrument and equipment library to be shared across Wales.\n\nThe Welsh government said its ambition is for all children aged three to 16 to be offered a free instrument to practice with at school and at home - allowing children from households who might not be able to afford one to take part.\n\nTeacher Bethan Mari Williams praised the mental health benefits for children of playing music\n\nBethan Mari Williams, teacher at St Joseph's said the school was already seeing benefit of the additional services.\n\n\"We hope it will help children get the chance to play different instruments than they normally would not have the opportunity to play outside school,\" she said.\n\n\"It also helps with mental health, especially after the last two years. There's a strong correlation between playing instruments, happiness and creativity, so hopefully it will also help the children's wellbeing.\n\n\"Some children who perhaps don't shine at academic subjects really do with the creative subjects.\n\n\"In our school we have a lot of diverse cultures and different languages, but music is one language that they can all perform together, which really helps.\"\n\nMr Miles said the cost of an instrument can be a barrier to some pupils\n\nEducation minister Jeremy Miles said the money would ensure Wales continued to produce and nurture new talent.\n\n\"Anyone who has had the opportunity to learn an instrument at school will know how fantastic it is, the opportunities it brings and how it teaches important qualities such as self-reliance and being part of a team,\" he said.\n\n\"But unfortunately it can be hard to get access to music. You've got to be able to afford an instrument and the cost of tuition can be a barrier for some.\"", "Volodymyr Zelensky has said an operation to \"save the defenders of Mariupol\" has started, but added the work will require \"discretion and time\".\n\nUkraine's defence ministry says 264 fighters have left the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol and been taken to areas held by Russian-backed rebels.", "Alex Preston said the diagnosis completely destroyed his life\n\nA hospital trust is investigating after a patient was incorrectly diagnosed and treated for Alzheimer's disease for seven years.\n\nAlex Preston, from Anstey, Leicestershire, was 54 at the time and said the diagnosis completely destroyed his life and made him feel suicidal.\n\nHe was then re-examined in the pandemic and told that diagnosis was a mistake.\n\nLeicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) said it was undertaking an independent review of the case.\n\nMr Preston said he was having problems concentrating at work in 2014.\n\n\"The doctor thought I had low mood and anxiety,\" he said.\n\nMr Preston, now 62, was sent to the Bradgate Mental Health Unit where he underwent a series of tests and was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.\n\n\"That's when my life was completely destroyed.\n\n\"As soon as we were told that diagnosis, everything me and Susan had planned just went,\" he said.\n\nFor seven years he said he thought he was living with the disease and took part in fundraising for Alzheimer's charities.\n\nIn 2019 his wife Susan died from cancer and at the time Mr Preston said doctors would not talk to him about it because of his condition.\n\nBut when the pandemic hit, he said he heard less from the hospital and was able to get on with life without having anyone around to reinforce this false diagnosis.\n\n\"Friends would ring me and say 'you seems like you're doing well' and I thought it was just them being nice,\" he said.\n\nHe had a visit from a nurse who suggested he went to see a consultant again.\n\nFriends would tell Mr Preston how well he was doing before he was re-examined\n\nMore tests were carried out and he was finally told the original diagnosis was wrong.\n\nMr Preston said: \"It was good but it was terrible at the same time because my wife wasn't there to see it.\n\n\"Since I've come off the medication I've become a completely different person - I now want answers.\"\n\nLPT said it was investigating Mr Preston's complaint and carrying out a review.\n\nIn a statement it said: \"The trust has been liaising closely with Mr Preston since the complaint was first raised.\n\n\"We are currently undertaking an independent review of the case, with an independent clinical witness from outside of our trust; it would be inappropriate to comment further until this review has been concluded and shared with Mr Preston.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, on Twitter, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Franklin Graham is the son of late preacher Billy Graham\n\nMark Drakeford said he \"regrets\" that a US evangelist will appear at a conference centre which is partly owned by the Welsh government.\n\nFranklin Graham - who called gay marriage a \"sin\" - is due to bring his God Loves You Tour to ICC Wales, in Newport, on Saturday.\n\nBut the first minister said the decision to go ahead was the responsibility of the venue.\n\nThe centre is jointly owned by Welsh ministers and the Celtic Manor resort.\n\nIt cancelled an appearance by Mr Graham, who is the son of the late preacher Billy Graham, in 2020 because of his views on homosexuality.\n\nICC Wales said it had received assurances from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association that Mr Graham \"will not be speaking out against anyone, or any group of people\".\n\nMr Graham said he was \"not coming to Wales to speak against anyone\".\n\nIn the Senedd, Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price said: \"Mr Graham may be entitled to his homophobic beliefs but he is surely not entitled to be provided with a stage to air them at a convention centre that is 50% owned by the Welsh government.\"\n\nHe asked whether it sent out a message from Wales that \"homophobia and hate are somehow still acceptable\".\n\nThe first minister said: \"I regret the fact that the event to which Adam Price referred is going ahead, but the decision is not one for the Welsh government.\n\n\"We do not run that centre and it's for those who are responsible for it to make those decisions.\n\n\"I'm sorry to see a person of those views given a platform to express them here in Wales and they absolutely do not reflect anything the Welsh government would be prepared to endorse or sanction.\"\n\nBoth politicians paid tribute to Jake Daniels, 17, who came out as the UK's only openly gay active male professional footballer, with Mr Drakeford calling him \"a very courageous young man\".\n\nHe said the Welsh government was working on a plan that \"aims to make us a genuinely LGBTQ+ friendly nation\".\n\nIn a statement Mr Graham said: \"I'm not coming to Wales to speak against anyone, I'm coming to share a message of God's love.\n\nHe added it was \"deeply concerning that public officials who are elected to represent their entire community would describe the traditional views that Christians have held for over a thousand years in Wales as 'hate'\".\n\nA spokesman for ICC Wales said it had \"received assurance from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) that the content of the God Loves You Tour - UK will not breach any UK laws and that the Reverend Franklin Graham will not be speaking out against anyone, or any group of people, and that his message will be one of God's love and non-discriminatory.\"", "Archie Battersbee suffered brain damage in an incident at home on 7 April and has not regained consciousness\n\nA boy who suffered brain damage in an incident at home should undergo a test to establish whether he is dead, a judge has ruled.\n\nSpecialists treating Archie Battersbee, 12, of Southend, Essex, think it is \"highly likely\" he is dead, and say life-support treatment should stop.\n\nHis parents have raised concerns over the Royal London Hospital's proposals.\n\nMrs Justice Arbuthnot said a brain stem test would be in Archie's best interest.\n\nShe made the ruling at a hearing in the Family Division of the High Court in London on Friday.\n\nThe hospital treating Archie, Barts Health NHS Trust, had asked the judge to rule that a brain stem test would be in Archie's best interests.\n\nA specialist told the judge that the brain stem was responsible for the functions which kept people alive.\n\nHollie Dance, pictured, and Archie's father Paul Battersbee have raised concerns about a brain stem test\n\nHis parents want treatment to continue and have questioned the test's reliability, fearing it could cause more damage and asked why Archie, who lives with his mother, was not receiving treatment to relieve swelling on his brain.\n\nArchie was found unconscious at home on 7 April, his mother Hollie Dance has said, adding at first it was thought to be an accident but also could have been part of an online challenge.\n\nMs Dance had urged the judge to give her son, a keen gymnast, \"more time\".\n\n\"Everyone is in such a rush,\" she said.\n\nOn 5 May, barrister Fiona Paterson, representing Barts Health NHS Trust, said Archie had never regained consciousness and was dependent on mechanical ventilation.\n\n\"Even if Archie is not brain-stem dead, his treating team consider that it is highly unlikely that he will ever recover consciousness and consequently it is in his best interests that his mechanical ventilation be withdrawn,\" she said.\n\nBruno Quintavalle, representing parents Ms Dance and Paul Battersbee, said they were concerned that a brain stem test was not one which could reliably lead to a determination of death.\n\nAfter Friday's hearing, Barts Health NHS Trust spokesperson said: \"This is an incredibly sad situation and our thoughts and sympathies are with Archie and his family at this time.\n\n\"Following the decision that brain stem testing is in Archie's best interests, we will now take steps to arrange the testing to take place next week as directed by the court.\"\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Mrs Rooney said she posted warnings online \"many times\" from 2017 but personal story leaks \"didn't stop\"\n\nColeen Rooney has told the High Court her online post alleging Rebekah Vardy leaked private stories about her to the Sun newspaper was a \"last resort\".\n\nMrs Rooney appeared in the witness box for the first time on day four of the libel case, brought by Mrs Vardy.\n\nShe told the court on Friday she was \"surprised\" by \"how much interest\" her so-called Wagatha Christie social media post caused in 2019.\n\nAnd that it was never her \"intention\" for Mrs Vardy to receive abuse.\n\n\"It's not in my nature to cause abuse or trolling in any way at all,\" she said.\n\nMrs Rooney is being sued for libel by Mrs Vardy, for alleging she leaked personal stories to the Sun newspaper, which she denies.\n\nThe case was sparked by a viral social media post from October 2019, in which Mrs Rooney said she had carried out a sting operation to find out who had been passing private information about her life to the Sun.\n\nShe said the fake stories she had posted on Instagram in an effort to find the perpetrator had only been viewed by \"Rebekah Vardy's account\".\n\nMrs Vardy's barrister, Hugh Tomlinson, asked Mrs Rooney what she set out to achieve with the widely-shared post.\n\nShe replied: \"I wasn't achieving anything, what I wanted was to stop the person who was leaking my private information to The Sun\". Adding that stories, \"no matter how big or small\", about her family had been \"picked up by the media for 20 years\".\n\nMrs Rooney said she had posted warnings online \"many times\" from 2017 but that personal story leaks \"didn't stop\". Private Instagram posts were leaked, she said, at a time when \"I didn't know how my marriage was going to work out and whether I was going on with my relationship.\"\n\nShe noted how Mrs Vardy, whose husband Jamie played football for England with her own husband Wayne, was \"not in my circle\" and they had \"never met socially\".\n\nThe 36-year-old said that whenever her own name appeared in the press, it was \"a regular occurrence\" that she would then be messaged by Mrs Vardy, 40.\n\n\"I felt like when she contacted me it was to try and get information out of me,\" Mrs Rooney said.\n\nShe told the court that Mrs Vardy's messages were \"generally nice\", but added that \"towards the end it was a bit unusual\" that \"someone who was not that close to me [would be] constantly checking in with me all the time\".\n\nMrs Rooney said in her written witness statement that seeing a message between Mrs Vardy and her agent referencing her late sister \"knocked me sick\" when it was disclosed.\n\nThe defendant stressed she had never fallen out with any of the other partners of her husband's teammates.\n\nWayne Rooney looked away as his wife Coleen told the court how leaked stories had added to their marriage issues\n\nWhen asked if she might have tried to mitigate any online abuse suffered by Mrs Vardy with another social media post, she replied: \"Maybe I would have liked to have [done so]\", but with little knowledge of the legal system she decided to follow \"instruction of my legal team\".\n\nIn her statement, Mrs Rooney also said she had tried \"in vain\" to bring the matter to a close before it had made it to court.\n\n\"I have sought to resolve this matter amicably on various occasions because I was of the view that the time, money, resources and efforts involved could be better spent elsewhere, particularly in light of the Covid-19 pandemic,\" she stated.\n\nShe added she had \"no doubt that this litigation, whatever the outcome, will benefit neither Becky [Mrs Vardy] nor myself\".\n\nMrs Rooney and Mrs Vardy pictured here watching their partners at Euro 2016 in France\n\nEarlier on Friday, under re-examination from her own barrister, Mrs Vardy broke down in tears once again, as she had done on the two previous days.\n\nShe said she felt like she had been \"bullied and manipulated\" while facing an \"exhausting\" and \"intimidating\" cross examination by Mrs Rooney's barrister David Sherborne; and stated that she had pressed on with legal action despite a letter from Mrs Rooney's solicitors which she perceived as a \"threat\" because she \"didn't do anything wrong\".\n\nMrs Vardy said she had discussed Mrs Rooney's private Instagram account only \"a handful of times\" with her agent agent Caroline Watt, who she confirmed was first given the password to her account when she went into the celebrity jungle on the ITV show I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! in 2017.\n\nThe court heard Mrs Rooney had been left \"fuming\" about a Sun article in January 2019 about her allegedly being involved in a car crash while she and husband were living in the US, having previously posted on Instagram about damage to her vehicle.\n\nMrs Rooney was alerted to the story by one of her son's football coaches, who was concerned about them, but, the court heard: \"There was no crash.\"\n\nThe Liverpudlian explained that a lorry had \"scraped down the side of the car\", likely due to the fact she was unused to driving on the right side of the road in the US.\n\nMrs Rooney said she was \"angry\" and \"annoyed\" when the Sun printed information which \"was untrue\" and the private information was \"getting out there\".\n\nMrs Vardy's barrister suggested to Mrs Rooney that she had \"no evidence\" to link his client to alleged leaks.\n\n\"I believe that Mrs Vardy knew that this was happening, whether it was Mrs Vardy herself or it was someone she's given permission to,\" she responded.\n\nMr Tomlinson replied: \"You might believe that Derby County [the team Mr Rooney currently manages] will win the Premiership. It's not evidence that they are going to.\"\n\nOn Thursday, Mrs Vardy appeared to accept that her agent had leaked information to the Sun.\n\nMrs Rooney, who described herself as a full-time mum in her witness statement, said at one stage: \"I'm not a gossip, I don't like to confirm things unless they are true,\" later adding that she hadn't picked Mrs Vardy's name \"out of thin air\" during her own personal investigation.", "Thousands of people will count their plastic waste for a week in a national survey of how much we consume.\n\nThe count, put together by the organisation Everyday Plastic and Greenpeace, starts on Monday.\n\nOnly the US uses more plastic per person per year than the UK, research suggests.\n\nCampaigners say the count will shed a unique light on how households consume the environmentally damaging material.\n\nHuge amounts of energy and fossil fuels are needed to make new plastic, and it sticks around in our environment for a long time. It is also only possible to recycle plastic two or three times before it becomes too degraded.\n\nMicroplastics have been found everywhere from human blood to Arctic snow.\n\nAround 151,000 households, 96 MPs, and 4,180 classrooms will be tallying up each piece of plastic they use from 16-22 May.\n\nGovernment figures suggest that UK households recycled 44% of their waste in 2020.\n\nBut some plastics put in recycling bins goes to landfill or incinerators, or is even sent abroad where it can be dumped instead. In 2020 BBC News uncovered mountains of plastic waste sent from the UK to Turkey.\n\n\"This count is the UK's biggest ever investigation of plastics. Millions of us do our part to recycle but we don't really know where our plastic waste ends up,\" Greenpeace plastics campaigner Chris Thorne told BBC News.\n\nEveryday Plastic founder Daniel Webb counted his plastic for a year in 2017, filling 40 bin bags with waste.\n\n\"This experience changed my life and changed how I understood the problem. Then I thought, what if other people did the same experiment as I did?\" he told BBC News.\n\nParticipants in the Big Plastic Count receive a pack explaining how to count the plastics they use, broken down into 19 categories. They then tally up each type of plastic waste before putting it in the bin or the recycling.\n\nThe data will be analysed by Everyday Plastic and Greenpeace to produce a national picture of plastic waste.\n\nThe campaigners say radical action by government and supermarkets is required to reduce how much plastic is produced and to improve recycling rates.\n\nMaria Hughes, who lives in Newport, Wales with her husband and two children, said she is taking part because she feels we are \"drowning in plastic\".\n\n\"I can't achieve the change needed alone. Ultimately we need manufacturers and supermarkets to change the packaging our food is in,\" she told BBC News.\n\nNadiya Catel-Arutyunova, Sustainability Policy Advisor at the British Retail Consortium, told BBC News: \"Retailers have been committed to removing single-use packaging for some time. Many have signed up to the Plastics Pact, working with suppliers to eliminate problematic or unnecessary single-use plastic packaging. UK supermarkets are also investing in their reuse/refill offerings to radically cut down on packaging.\"\n\nThe government is considering plans to introduce a deposit return scheme and other measures to reduce plastic waste.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What happens to microplastics in the ocean?", "Green Man has been estimated to contribute £15m to the Welsh economy each year\n\nThe organisers of the Green Man festival are going to run a farm bought by the Welsh government.\n\nGileston Farm, near Talybont-on-Usk, Powys, is expected to employ 174 people focusing on sustainable farming, local food and climate change.\n\nThe Welsh government and Green Man declined to comment.\n\nThe Green Man festival, held at the nearby Glan Usk estate, is one of only five large independent festivals in the UK.\n\nThe festival, owned and run by Fiona Stewart. has been at its current site near Crickhowell for 20 years and employs 200 people on a full-time basis, with another 5000 casual workers or volunteers at the festival.\n\nAs well as showcasing a wide range of bands and performers, the festival also focuses on science, health and sustainability in collaboration with Cardiff University.\n\nThat work will be expanded to the farm, with the business expected to pay a commercial rent.\n\nThe festival is set in the Brecon Beacons National Park\n\nTalgarth councillor William Powell welcomed the purchase and that Green Man is taking over the tenancy.\n\nHe is a former Liberal Democrat spokesman for Welsh rural affairs and said: \"I know that Fiona Stewart has been keen to extend the ethos and values of Green Man in terms of sustainability, climate change and promoting local food and drink.\"\n\nGileston Farm will continue to be run as a working farm and includes 240 acres of land along the River Usk, a small glamping site and a Georgian farmhouse which has previously been let to tourists.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Festival crowds return with 25,000 at Green Man in 2021\n\nThe Green Man festival is expected to remain at the Glan Usk Estate, with no expectation that it will move to Gileston Farm.\n\nThe Green Man organisers have previous experience of tourism. In the week before the festival, families camp on site and are sold local food and drink.\n\nResearch company BOP Consulting has calculated the economic impact of Green Man to be £15m a year, with around 25,000 people a day attending the festival and others camping there for the week.\n\nCardiff University run events at the festival and expect further opportunities to work together following the purchase of the farm\n\nCardiff University's Professor Colin Riordan said he \"expected further opportunities to work together\" now that Green Man will be expanding into sustainability, climate change and local food at Gileston Farm.\n\nTh university currently runs Einstein's Garden at Green Man, where new developments in science are explained in a fun way for children and their parents.\n\nMr Powell added: \"Fiona Stewart has a strong track record for working with local communities.\n\n\"If it can help with the regeneration of communities and our local town, then the track record of Green Man gives case to welcome the news.\"", "Podcaster Deborah James has had her damehood conferred by Prince William at her family home.\n\nThe 40-year-old host of the BBC's You, Me and the Big C said on Instagram she was \"utterly honoured\" he had joined her for afternoon tea and champagne.\n\nShe said the visit was \"surreal\" and the prince was \"clearly passionate\" about improving oncology outcomes.\n\nThe mother-of-two has raised more than £5m since revealing she is receiving end-of-life care for her bowel cancer.\n\nIn an earlier Instagram post, Dame Deborah said she was \"completely lost for words\" after reaching the milestone amount.\n\nShe had only launched the Bowelbabe fund - to pay for research into personalised medicine for cancer patients and to support campaigns to raise awareness of bowel cancer, on Monday - with an initial goal of £250,000.\n\nIt came after she revealed she did not know how long she had left to live after stopping treatment and moving to hospice-at-home care.\n\nDame Deborah is spending her remaining time with her family at her parents' home.\n\nIn her latest Instagram post, the former deputy headteacher wrote: \"Prince William actually came to our family house today!! I am utterly honoured that he joined us for afternoon tea and champagne, where he not only spent a generous amount of time talking to my whole family but also honoured me with my Damehood.\n\nShe added: \"It's quite surreal having a royal pop in at home, and yes you can imagine the cleaning antics and preparation went off the scale - but it was all irrelevant because William was so kind and he put us all at ease.\n\n\"He is clearly passionate about improving oncology outcomes as the President of the Royal Marsden. It was such a special day for my whole family, making memories to last a life time. He's welcome back any time!\"\n\nA sunny day meant Dame Deborah and her family could take some cherished photos of the royal visit in the garden of her parents' home, where she is currently staying.\n\nDame Deborah revealed the visit by the Duke of Cambridge became a champagne occasion for her family.\n\nDamehoods and knighthoods are usually announced as part of the New Year Honours or the Queen's Birthday Honours.\n\nBut, in exceptional circumstances, some are announced at other times of the year - as happened with NHS fundraiser Captain Sir Tom Moore's knighthood.\n\nThe visit by the duke was arranged similarly quickly, as he had just returned from a two-day visit to the west of Scotland with his wife Catherine.\n\nDame Deborah has received widespread praise for her no-nonsense approach to talking about her cancer publicly, and has shared her experiences of treatment and daily life with her social media followers since her diagnosis in 2016.\n\nWilliam and Catherine - who donated to Dame Deborah's research fund - said earlier this week that her \"tireless efforts\" in raising awareness of cancer were inspirational, and thanked her for \"giving hope\" to those living with the disease.\n\nDame Deborah began co-presenting You, Me and the Big C alongside Lauren Mahon and BBC Radio 5 Live newsreader Rachael Bland in 2018, with the show earning praise for its frank discussion of cancer.\n\nThey spoke to celebrity guests and addressed practical matters, including hair loss, tips for dealing with finances and telling your nearest and dearest about illnesses.\n\nBland died at the age of 40, six months after the show launched. She had been diagnosed with breast cancer two years earlier.", "Last updated on .From the section Golf\n\nCoverage: Live text updates of all four rounds on BBC Sport website. Radio 5 Live updates of rounds one and two. Saturday's round three live on Radio 5 Sports Extra from 20:00 BST. Sunday's final round on 5 Live from 21:00\n\nDefending champion Phil Mickelson has withdrawn from next week's US PGA Championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma, tournament organisers say.\n\nThe American, 51, became the oldest major winner in history last year when he won the PGA at Kiawah Island for his sixth career major title.\n\nHe has not played since February after criticism of his comments about the Saudi-backed LIV Golf series.\n\nHe subsequently missed the Masters for the first time in 28 years.\n\nMickelson lost multiple sponsors and saw his reputation tarnished after he criticised the Saudi regime, yet sought to use involvement with a Saudi Arabia-backed golf super league to gain leverage over the PGA Tour.\n\nHe had been named in the 156-man field for golf's second major of the year, which takes place from 19-22 May at Southern Hills.\n\nThe PGA of America wrote on Twitter: \"We have just been informed that Phil Mickelson has withdrawn from the PGA Championship.\n\n\"Phil is the defending champion and currently eligible to be a PGA life member and we would have welcomed him to participate.\n\n\"We wish Phil and [wife] Amy the very best and look forward to his return to golf.\"\n\nAustralian Greg Norman is fronting the $255m (£207m) Saudi-funded LIV Golf competition, with the first of eight events taking place at Centurion Club, near London, in June.\n\nNorman has said he expects to announce some of the field next week, during the build-up to the PGA Championship, with the final field set to be confirmed on 27 May.\n\nMickelson, Sergio Garcia and Lee Westwood are among the players who sought permission from the PGA Tour to play.\n\nHowever earlier this week the PGA Tour refused to release players who wished to take part.\n\nLike Mickelson, former world number Norman, 67, has also created controversy around the event when he told reporters \"we've all made mistakes\" as he fielded questions on Saudi Arabia's human rights record and the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.\n• None Is dancing better than traditional fitness exercises?: Why busting a move can enhance your fitness, your mood and the size of your brain\n• None Five of the nation's top-rated chip shops roll into Manchester for the ultimate fry-off", "North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appeared in a face mask on television for the first time on Thursday to order nationwide lockdowns\n\nNorth Korea has confirmed its first death from Covid-19, with state media adding that tens of thousands more are experiencing fever symptoms.\n\nSix people died after suffering a fever with one testing positive for Omicron, state media reported on Friday.\n\nIt said 187,000 people with a fever were being \"isolated and treated\".\n\nWhile experts believe the virus has been present in the country for some time, the authorities only announced the first cases on Thursday.\n\nThey said there had been an outbreak of the Omicron variant in the capital, Pyongyang, and announced lockdown measures. They did not give precise case numbers.\n\nBut in an update on Friday, the official KCNA news agency reported that the outbreak extended beyond the capital. \"A fever whose cause couldn't be identified spread explosively nationwide from late April,\" it said.\n\nAround 350,000 people had shown signs of that fever, it added, without specifying how many had tested positive for Covid.\n\nAn image released by state media showed officials - all wearing face masks - meeting Kim Jong-un to discuss Covid-19\n\nAnalysts suggest the latest figures from state media, including the acknowledgement that the unspecified fever had spread nationwide, may indicate the country is experiencing an outbreak unlike any it has seen so far.\n\nIts population of 25 million is vulnerable due to the lack of a vaccination programme and poor healthcare, experts say.\n\nNorth Korea rejected offers from the international community to supply millions of AstraZeneca and Chinese-made jabs last year. Instead, it claimed it had controlled Covid by sealing its borders early in January 2020.\n\nThe country shares land borders with South Korea and China, which have both battled outbreaks. China is now struggling to contain an Omicron wave with lockdowns in its biggest cities.\n\nOn Friday, KCNA reported that the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had visited a healthcare centre and \"learned about the nationwide spread of Covid-19\".\n\nIt described the situation as an \"immediate public health crisis\".\n\nThese numbers give us the first indication that the virus has spread rapidly around the country, far beyond the capital Pyongyang.\n\nThis puts the entire population of 25 million at risk. No-one is vaccinated, many are malnourished, and the health care system is poor.\n\nBut the virus itself may not present the biggest danger. The lockdown could have devastating consequences for people.\n\nFood and medicine are already in short supply, thanks to efforts by authorities to keep the virus out - they've sealed the country's borders for more than two years, cutting off virtually all trade.\n\nWe don't know yet how aggressive these lockdowns will be, and whether people will be confined to their homes.\n\nKim Jong-un wants some work to continue. But it is very possible that the markets, where many earn a living, will be closed. It will also be more difficult for people to move around the country. This in turn will make it even harder for them to get hold of the food and supplies they need to survive.\n\nBy publishing these figures today, some say North Korea is showing it might finally be willing to accept outside help.\n\nAt a meeting outlining new Covid rules on Thursday, Mr Kim was seen wearing a face mask on television for what was believed to be the first time.\n\nHe ordered \"maximum emergency\" virus controls, which appeared to include orders for local lockdowns and gathering restrictions in workplaces.\n\nThere are fears a major outbreak could make it even more difficult for essential supplies to enter the country, worsening food shortages and a faltering economy.\n\nSouth Korea has said it offered humanitarian aid after Thursday's announcement, but Pyongyang is yet to respond.\n\nDespite North Korea's earlier claims that it had \"shining success\" in keeping out Covid, there have been signs throughout the pandemic of its possible presence in the country, including unconfirmed reports of cases and workers wearing hazmat suits.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Deborah James \"can't really do anything more\" to fight cancer\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are among those to donate to podcaster Deborah James' new cancer research fund, as donations surpassed £3m.\n\nThe Bowelbabe fund launched on Monday, after James said she was now receiving end-of-life care for bowel cancer.\n\nShe was diagnosed in 2016 and has spoken candidly about treatment on the BBC's You, Me and the Big C podcast.\n\n\"Thank you for giving hope to so many who are living with cancer,\" Prince William and Catherine wrote on Twitter.\n\nThe couple described the mother-of-two's \"tireless efforts\" raising awareness of cancer as inspirational.\n\n\"Every now and then, someone captures the heart of the nation with their zest for life & tenacious desire to give back to society. @bowelbabe is one of those special people,\" they wrote.\n\nIn revealing her prognosis, the former deputy headteacher launched the fund to support research into personalised medicine for cancer patients, and to support campaigns to raise awareness of bowel cancer.\n\nThe Royal couple described James' \"tireless efforts\" to raise awareness of cancer and \"end the stigma of treatment\" as inspiring.\n\nThey said they were sad to hear her news, but they were \"pleased to support\" the new fund.\n\n\"Deborah, our thoughts are with you, your family and your friends. Thank you for giving hope to so many who are living with cancer.\"\n\nThe fund, named after the 40-year-old's online handle @bowelbabe, will work with the charity Cancer Research UK, Bowel Cancer UK and the Royal Marsden, to allocate the money.\n\nPrince William is patron of the Royal Marsden, a specialist cancer hospital in London, where James has been treated.\n\nThousands of donations flooded in after she revealed the news, surpassing £1m in less than 24 hours - smashing James initial goal for the fund of £250,000.\n\nIn an interview with BBC Breakfast on Wednesday, James said the news had made her feel \"utterly loved\", adding: \"It makes me feel like we're all kind of in it at the end together and we all want to make a difference.\"\n\nShe also said that her dying wish was to help raise money for the \"things that gave me life\", explaining that were it not for experimental treatments she would have died at least two years ago\n\n\"Ultimately what I really want to happen is I don't want any other Deborahs to have to go through this,\" James said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Deborah James speaks about her diagnosis to raise awareness (May 2019)\n\nJames began co-presenting You, Me and the Big C alongside Lauren Mahon and BBC Radio 5 Live newsreader Rachael Bland in 2018, with the show earning praise for its frank discussion of cancer.\n\nThey spoke to celebrity guests and addressed practical matters including hair loss, tips for dealing with finances and telling your nearest and dearest.\n\nBland died at the age of 40 six months after the show launched. She had been diagnosed with breast cancer two years earlier.\n\nIn her final episode of the podcast, released on Tuesday, James said her liver had stopped working over the past six months and doctors had advised that more treatment was \"fruitless\" because her \"body does not want to play ball\".\n\nAsked what hosting the podcast meant to her, James said it had given purpose back to her life after being diagnosed, adding the show had made her realise the influence she could have \"saving another life or making someone not feel alone\".\n\n\"Yes I would give my cancer up in a second just to have a normal life again. But to be able to do it and feel like you've had an impact is kind of one of the best feelings you can have.\"\n\nAfter thanking listeners for their support over the years, she said: \"Please, please just enjoy life because it's so precious. All I want right now is more time and more life.\"\n\nShe ended the show with a customary caution for people to \"check your poo\" for signs of bowel or other cancers, adding: \"Come on, I can't leave on on any other word.\"\n\nIf you have been affected by any of these issues in this story you can visit BBC Action Line.", "Police Scotland has paid a former female firearms officer almost £1m after an employment tribunal found she had been victimised.\n\nRhona Malone raised concerns about sexism within the force.\n\nShe had received an email saying two female firearms officers shouldn't be deployed together when there were sufficient male staff on duty.\n\nMs Malone's solicitor Margaret Gribbon told the BBC it was a watershed moment for Police Scotland.\n\nIn a joint statement from Ms Malone and Police Scotland, they said a settlement had been agreed which included a payment of £947,909.07.\n\nIt said Chief Constable Iain Livingstone had personally apologised to Ms Malone for the serious issues highlighted in the tribunal.\n\nThis included the force's \"poor response when a dedicated and promising officer raised legitimate concerns\".\n\nThe statement added that the chief constable was committed to \"leading change\" in policing in Scotland to improve the experiences of women.\n\nThe tribunal heard last year that Ms Malone, who was based in Edinburgh, was a committed police constable who had an exemplary record.\n\nIt accepted evidence that the culture in parts of armed policing was \"horrific\" and an \"absolute boys' club.\"\n\nOne female officer said she was told women should not be firearms officers because they menstruate and this would affect their temperament.\n\nThe tribunal was critical of witnesses appearing on behalf of Police Scotland. It found the evidence of a chief superintendent \"implausible\" and \"wholly unsatisfactory\" and described the actions of an HR official as \"neither honest nor reliable.\"\n\nWhen Rhona Malone raised concerns about her experiences she was offered a small payout on the condition she signed a non disclosure agreement (NDA) to stop her speaking out. She refused and ended up taking her case to an employment tribunal.\n\nIn 2020, Ms Malone told the BBC she wanted acknowledgement and accountability for the way she'd been treated and would have been an absolute hypocrite if she'd signed the NDA.\n\nLast year she described winning her tribunal as \"vindication\" but said Police Scotland had put her through \"absolute hell.\"\n\nMs Malone's solicitor Margaret Gribbon said her client was relieved the \"long, costly, and stressful\" litigation was over.\n\nShe told BBC Scotland: \"Unfortunately it has cost the taxpayer exorbitant sums but that is the price that has to be paid where an employer has committed multiple breaches of the equality act.\"\n\nMs Gribbon said that there had also been losses on other levels.\n\nSolicitor Margaret Gribbon said it should be a \"watershed\" moment for Police Scotland\n\n\"My client has lost a promising police career and the tribunal heard evidence from other armed female officers who had been trained at considerable public expense, but have been driven out of the firearms division because of the rampant culture of sexism,\" she said.\n\nMs Gribbon added: \"This ought to be a watershed moment for Police Scotland. My client's motivation in pursuing this litigation was always to obtain accountability and for her harrowing experience to be used as a catalyst for change.\"\n\n\"The chief constable has said that he will lead that change and - in his words - he said action should be taken that should be 'visible, aggressive and firm'.\n\n\"That ought to start with Police Scotland pledging to publicly divulge details of the recommendations and findings of the PSNI [Police Service of Northern Ireland] review and also their plan of action to ensure that the taxpayer is not unnecessarily exposed to the risk of such eyewatering sums being paid as a result of breaches of employment legislation.\"\n\nPolice Scotland said the PSNI was finalising its work on the independent review of the employment tribunal decision.", "Prime Minister Boris Johnson did not explicitly apologise to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe after she criticised his handling of her six-year detention in Iran, her husband has said.\n\nMrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe asked the PM why it took so long to get her home as she met him at Downing Street.\n\nHer husband Richard said she told the PM his erroneous comments about her in 2017 had left a \"lasting impact\".\n\nShe was freed in March after the UK settled a historic debt to Iran.\n\nMr Ratcliffe said the meeting was \"warm\", but when asked if the prime minister had apologised for \"mistakes\" he had made in the case, he said: \"Not explicitly.\"\n\nIn 2017, when Mr Johnson was foreign secretary in Theresa May's government, he erroneously said Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe had been training journalists in Iran.\n\nMr Johnson has previously apologised in parliament for the remarks he made in 2017, telling MPs he acknowledged \"the words I used were open to being misinterpreted\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Richard Ratcliffe on wife Nazinin's release: \"It did not need to take six years.\"\n\nRecalling what his wife told the prime minister, Mr Ratcliffe said: \"I just want you to know the mistake, the comments in 2017, had a lasting impact.\"\n\n\"She said I lived with that for ages and I knew it was a mistake, but it lingered.\"\n\nLabour MP Tulip Siddiq, who also attended the meeting, said Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe had \"very clearly and categorically\" told the prime minister that his words had had a \"big impact\" on her and that she \"lived in the shadow\" of them for four and a half years.\n\nMs Siddiq said the prime minister \"looked quite shocked\".\n\nMr Ratcliffe said \"late is a lot better than never\" but there were \"lessons to learn\" in the handling of his wife's detention in Iran.\n\n\"We talked about the mistakes made at the end,\" he told reporters outside Downing Street.\n\n\"It was rough at the end, and I think, when Nazanin is ready to talk about it, that is something that we need to go through.\"\n\nMs Siddiq, who is the family's local MP, said the prime minister would consider giving evidence to the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee inquiry into Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's case.\n\nMs Zaghari-Ratcliffe did not speak to reporters as she left the meeting.\n\nAt a news conference in March, Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe said it should never have taken the government so long to secure her release from prison in Iran.\n\nNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and her family met the prime minister in Downing Street on Friday\n\nMrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested on spying charges while visiting her parents in Iran, with her then two-year-old daughter Gabriella, in April 2016.\n\nWhile in Iran in September 2016, Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a project manager for the Thomson Reuters Foundation, was accused of plotting to overthrow the Iranian government and was given a five-year sentence.\n\nThen, in April 2021, she was sentenced for another year on charges of propaganda against the government.\n\nMrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe has always denied those allegations and said that she was only in Iran to visit her family.\n\nHer release came after the UK government paid a £400m debt to Iran dating back to the 1970s, although both governments have said the two issues should not be linked.\n\nAnother British-Iranian national, Anoosheh Ashoori, was released at the same time as Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe.\n• None Why has Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe been freed now?", "The Queen's absence from an occasion grounded in near timeless ritual and ceremony felt profound.\n\nThe Prince of Wales was deputising and, as former royal correspondent Jennie Bond put it beautifully on the BBC's Newscast podcast, he was walking in his future.\n\nBut remember, the State Opening of Parliament, for all its colour, is a shopping list delivered from a throne.\n\nIt is a collection of proposed new laws that the government plans (or hopes) to get round to in the next year or so.\n\nIt isn't - and it can't be - a Budget.\n\nAnd that is the very thing that Labour is clamouring for, an \"emergency Budget\" as they call it.\n\nSo after the ceremony in the morning, the politics in the afternoon fell into the broadly familiar tram tracks of recent political debate.\n\nA chorus of consistency from the opposition parties, arguing the government must do more, and ministers arguing they have done quite a bit already, and there will be more to come.\n\nThere is an awareness in government of the potential plunge over the next year or so towards recession.\n\nAlready, prices are spiralling and the prospect is they will spiral further.\n\nAnd the recent economic context shapes the political debate now.\n\nCovid prompted a government intervention in the economy, with ideas such as furlough, that was so big you could see it from space - hundreds of billions of pounds of life support at a time where the fear of depression, not merely recession, stalked Whitehall.\n\nSuch a recent and colossal crutch propping up the economy has created a precedent and a comparator, against which support now can be seen as puny.\n\nAs ministers wrestle with the financial consequences of the pandemic, there is a bill of £80bn a year in interest payments on the national debt.\n\nThey draw a parallel with pandemic - how the economic crunch will require the same \"ingenuity and compassion.\"\n\nBut the prime minister adds that \"no country is immune\" from what he sees as the economic aftershocks of Covid and the war in Ukraine.\n\nAnd crucially, he adds: \"No government can realistically shield everyone from the impact.\"\n\nThat is very different to the messaging at the worst moments of Covid.\n\nFew would suggest the government's intervention could or should be on the scale of a once in a century pandemic.\n\nBut the yardstick against which any help can be very recently compared makes it harder for ministers to look like they get the scale of the current squeeze for so many.\n\nThe big question is whether, having suggested they will do more in the autumn, they'll feel compelled to do more much sooner.", "Sammy Wilson said the DUP would not be in the executive to implement the Northern Ireland Protocol\n\nThe Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) will wait to hear the government's proposals on post-Brexit trading arrangements before it decides to re-enter the Northern Ireland Executive, the party's MP Sammy Wilson has said.\n\nMr Wilson added he hoped difficulties could be resolved by the end of 2022.\n\nHe argued the Northern Ireland Protocol had undermined NI's place in the UK.\n\nOn Thursday, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said the UK would act if the EU did not show flexibility.\n\nIt comes after the UK attorney general said it would be lawful for the government to override parts of the agreement.\n\nThis was a change to previous advice because, the office said, the protocol had caused social unrest.\n\nThis part of the UK-EU Brexit agreement keeps Northern Ireland aligned with the EU single market for goods.\n\nIt was a move designed to allow the continuation of free trade across the Irish border, however, it has resulted in some additional checks being placed on goods moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.\n\nMost politicians elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly want the protocol to remain\n\nThe new legal advice comes after a hoax bomb attack which targeted Ireland's foreign affairs minister in Belfast two months ago.\n\nMr Wilson told BBC News NI's Good Morning Ulster programme that the protocol had been implemented \"in the most petty and draconian way by the EU\" as a means to teach the UK a lesson.\n\n\"Being inside the executive would require us to implement the agreement and the Northern Ireland Protocol, something which we believe damages our constitutional position, removes the democratic decisions from Stormont and is damaging our economy,\" he said on Thursday.\n\nIn February, the DUP, which campaigned for Brexit, withdrew Paul Givan as first minister in protest against the protocol, resulting in the collapse of Stormont's governing executive.\n\nSince last week's assembly election, in which Sinn Féin became the largest party, the DUP has said it will not nominate ministers to re-establish the executive.\n\nIt has also hinted that it may block the nomination of an assembly Speaker, a move which would prevent the functioning of the assembly.\n\nThe DUP's backing is vital - it is the largest unionist party and a speaker can only be elected with cross-community support.\n\nSinn Féin vice-president Michelle O'Neill is in line to be Northern Ireland's first minister after last week's election\n\nSinn Féin deputy Michelle O'Neill said it would be incredulous for the DUP to block the election of a Speaker.\n\n\"I don't think that's acceptable when they've just been before the electorate and the people have voted to have politics working for them,\" she continued.\n\nNeale Richmond, a member of the Dáil (lower house of Irish parliament) and the Fine Gael party's European affairs spokesperson, said reports the UK could override the protocol agreement would be a \"petty stunt that won't achieve anything\".\n\n\"The people who pushed Brexit the hardest have said no to every solution to a mess they've created themselves,\" he told Good Morning Ulster.\n\n\"Instead what we have is the DUP and the British government absolutely ratcheting up tensions when the EU throughout this process have looked through the implementation process to produce actual real solutions.\"\n\nMr Wilson said his party was committed to devolution and wanted the institutions up and running as soon as possible.\n\n\"We want to make sure that devolution is done on the basis of parties and their views being treated with respect and that the consent principle is in place,\" he said.\n\nAnti-protocol graffiti has been displayed in a number of unionist areas since the Brexit deal was signed\n\nMr Wilson accused Mr Richmond of using \"honeyed\" words in his description of the protocol.\n\nEarlier this week, the UK rejected EU plans aimed at reducing paperwork and checks on goods.\n\nIt said they had the potential to \"worsen the current trading arrangements\".\n\nNorthern Ireland Office Minister Conor Burns said the government had asked EU to widen the mandate for its chief negotiator Maroš Šefčovič so the parties could \"land a negotiated position\".\n\n\"If it comes to the point where that is going to be impossible then clearly we will have to take decisions and actions to protect the peace, the power sharing, the institutions born out of the Good Friday Agreement, but we're not at that point yet,\" he added.\n\nStephen Kelly from Manufacturing NI said the consensus among business owners in Northern Ireland was that the protocol was working for them.\n\n\"There are issues in terms of complexity, that comes with a bit of cost, but actually in the round, the protocol works very well for them,\" he told BBC Radio Foyle's Breakfast programme.\n\n\"They want to see amendments and adjustments, but in a pragmatic way.\n\n\"On the face of it this is about trade, but it's not, it's all about politics, stuff that's not relevant to business.\"", "Covid infections continue to decrease in the UK with around one in 45 or just over two in every 100 people thought to be infected.\n\nThe estimates - from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) - show levels of the virus are at the lowest since mid-December.\n\nIt means around 1.48m people would have tested positive in the week to 7 May.\n\nThe figures are an estimate, based on testing thousands of people at random in households across the UK.\n\nThey provide the most accurate picture of Covid infection since free testing for the public came to an end in England and Scotland. Some free testing will continue in Wales and Northern Ireland until the end of June.\n\nSarah Crofts, head of analytical outputs for the ONS Covid Infection Survey, said: \"It is encouraging to see infections continue to decrease across the UK.\"\n\nOfficial UK data shows the number of people being admitted to hospital with Covid continues to fall.\n\nFigures had risen from about 1,100 a day in mid-February to nearly 2,400 by the end of March, but they have since dropped to about 860 admissions each day.\n\nThe number of hospital patients with the virus in intensive care stands at around 200.\n\nMeanwhile, another survey by the ONS suggests many people previously considered to be clinically extremely vulnerable to Covid and who were asked to shield at home earlier in the pandemic are continuing to take precautions to protect themselves.\n\nAnd around one in 10 of the 1,036 people surveyed said they were still following the shielding advice, even though it ended in 2021.\n\nMore than half (59%) of respondents reported that the pandemic had a negative effect on them and 78% felt that it should be the law for those who test positive for Covid to self-isolate.\n• None Who can still get free Covid tests?", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Deborah James \"can't really do anything more\" to fight cancer\n\nPodcast host Deborah James has been honoured with a damehood just days after revealing she is receiving end-of-life care for her bowel cancer.\n\nThe mother-of-two has raised more than £4m since Monday, when she launched a fund for others with cancer after announcing she had stopped treatment.\n\nThe host of the BBC's You, Me and the Big C podcast said she was \"blown away and crying\" at being made a dame.\n\nDame Deborah, 40, is now being cared for at her parents' home.\n\nDamehoods and knighthoods are usually announced as part of the New Year Honours or the Queen's Birthday Honours. But, in exceptional circumstances, some are announced at other times of the year - as happened with Captain Sir Tom Moore's knighthood.\n\nDowning Street confirmed the granting of the honour in a press release, which said: \"The Queen has been pleased to approve that the honour of Damehood be conferred upon Deborah James.\"\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said: \"If ever an honour was richly deserved, this is it. Deborah has been an inspiration and her honesty, warmth and courage has been a source of strength to so many people.\n\n\"Through her tireless campaigning and by so openly sharing her experience she has not only helped in our fight against this terrible disease, she has ensured countless others with the Big C have not felt alone.\"\n\nDame Deborah began co-presenting You, Me and the Big C alongside Lauren Mahon and BBC Radio 5 Live newsreader Rachael Bland in 2018, with the show earning praise for its frank discussion of cancer.\n\nThey spoke to celebrity guests and addressed practical matters, including hair loss, tips for dealing with finances and telling your nearest and dearest about illnesses.\n\nBland died at the age of 40, six months after the show launched. She had been diagnosed with breast cancer two years earlier.\n\nDame Deborah has been praised for her no-nonsense approach to talking about cancer online, and has shared her experiences of treatment and daily life with her social media followers since her diagnosis in 2016.\n\nJames co-hosted You, Me and the Big C with Rachael Bland (left) and Lauren Mahon (centre)\n\nIn an Instagram post on Monday, she revealed she did not know how long she had left to live after stopping treatment and moving to hospice-at-home care.\n\nThe former deputy headteacher said her liver had stopped working over the past six months and doctors had advised that more treatment was \"fruitless\", adding her \"body does not want to play ball\".\n\nThe podcaster told the BBC's Graham Satchell she had gone to her parents' home to spend her remaining time with her family because it was \"where I always wanted to die\".\n\nShe explained this meant their family home in London could remain home for her children without the \"medical equipment scars\" in their memories.\n\nShe also announced the Bowelbabe fund, to fund research into personalised medicine for cancer patients and to support campaigns to raise awareness of bowel cancer.\n\nThe fund, named after her online social media handle, surpassed £1m in less than 24 hours - smashing her initial goal of £250,000.\n\nPrince William and Catherine - who donated to James' research fund - praised her \"tireless efforts\" in raising awareness of cancer as inspirational, and thanked her for \"giving hope\" to those living with the disease.", "Brooke Scullion is preparing for her semi-final performance on Thursday night\n\nBrooke Scullion took to the stage on Thursday night to perform for Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest semi-final in Italy.\n\nFor the Bellaghy native, it was a chance to sing in front of millions - with the added hope that her song, That's Rich, can get through to Sunday's final.\n\nUnfortunately it wasn't to be, as she failed to land a spot in Saturday's grand final.\n\nEarlier, as she made her final preparations for the most important performance of her career, she reflected on her experience.\n\n\"It's such a big opportunity for me,\" she said.\n\n\"It's insane, it's absolutely crazy. I am prepared and I know exactly what I'm doing, but it's also the unknown.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Eurovision Song Contest This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBrooke, 23, has had a packed schedule of rehearsals in Turin, the competition's host city and, most importantly, promoted the song to audiences across Europe.\n\nBrooke at the turquoise carpet Eurovision launch in Turin\n\nThe song has been well received by Eurovision fans.\n\nOn one music streaming platform, it has reached two million listens, which places it in the top 20 most listened Eurovision tracks of 2022.\n\n\"People are so shocked that Ireland has sent this song in; they're so pleased,\" she said.\n\n\"There really wasn't a negative thing said at all and I'm so surprised by that because, usually, I'm mentally preparing myself for a mixed response.\"\n\nPeople in Bellaghy have thrown their weight behind the singer\n\nHer performance reached millions, and tuning in with their fingers crossed were those living in the small village of Bellaghy, where Brooke said the reaction has been incredible.\n\nHer picture can be seen on numerous banners throughout the town as residents get behind her.\n\n\"Mummy said people are so excited, people are getting emotional coming up to her because they've known me my whole life,\" she said.\n\n\"To see me get so far, everyone is so proud of me and I feel all of that.\"\n\nTwo people who are arguably the proudest are her parents, Tracey and Mark.\n\nThey were at Turin's Pala Alpitour arena to see her perform, but admited ahead of her performance that there would be some nerves.\n\n\"I am so proud and regardless of what happens she has just blown it out of the park, she has really done so well,\" Tracey told BBC News NI's Good Morning Ulster before setting off for Italy.\n\n\"It's lovely to see your child be able to be that happy and content in what could be very scary surroundings for some - but she's taken it in her stride.\n\n\"I hope I can enjoy it and not feel so nervous because I think it will be spectacular to just sit and enjoy it and let it sink in.\"\n\nProud parents Tracey and Mark are in Turin for the event\n\nGrowing up in Bellaghy was where Brooke first watched Eurovision as a child - she said she remembered thinking: \"How on earth can someone get into that TV and perform for their country?\"\n\nShe added: \"I was itching, I wanted to do it so bad.\"\n\nAs Brooke pursued her music dream, she worked as an estate agent, taking Wednesdays off to write music.\n\nIn 2020, she got to the final of ITV's The Voice UK.\n\nAt her old school, St Patrick's College in Maghera, the staff and pupils are really proud of her achievements.\n\n\"She was always going to be a star,\" principal Brenda Mussen said.\n\n\"She just had that larger-than-life presence. She was so talented, so unbelievably talented.\"\n\nThere are obvious parallels with another famous singer from Northern Ireland who went on to win Eurovision.\n\nDana Rosemary Scallon helped Ireland win its first title in 1970 and the country has since won the competition a record seven times.\n\nWith such a strong track record to live up to, Dana has become a source of advice and support for Brooke.\n\n\"She rang me before I came here and said: 'You're going up against people representing whole countries, you're going up against the best of the best here. Don't be putting too much pressure on yourself.'\n\n\"She says to focus on your own performance because once you start looking at other people you lose sight of what's really important.\n\n\"She's been really key in my approach to this,\" she added.\n\nSo what can fans expect from Brooke's performance on Thursday?\n\n\"Lots of movement, dancing, fun, energy, sass and fireworks,\" she said.\n\nFor the singer, just getting to the final on Saturday would be a victory for her.\n\n\"I really hope people can get behind me, get behind Ireland and get behind the song,\" said Brooke.\n\nThe first semi-final on Tuesday saw 10 acts make it through to the final, including Ukraine's folk-rap entry Kalush Orchestra.\n\nThe country is favourite to win, with support for the group swelling since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February.\n\nThis also led to Russia being banned from competing.\n\nWatch the first Eurovision Semi-Final on BBC iPlayer, now.\n\nWatch the second Eurovision Semi-Final on BBC iPlayer from Thursday 12 May at 20:00 BST.\n\nWatch the Eurovision Song Contest Final on BBC iPlayer and BBC One, at 20:00 BST on Saturday 14 May.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nWhen Leonid Pliats and his boss were shot in the back by Russian soldiers, the killing was captured on CCTV cameras in clear and terrible detail. The footage, which was obtained by the BBC, is now being investigated by Ukrainian prosecutors as a suspected war crime.\n\nIt was the height of the fighting around Kyiv and the main roads into the capital were a battlefield, including around the bicycle shop where Leonid worked as a security guard.\n\nBut this was no firefight: the video clearly shows heavily armed Russian soldiers shooting the two unarmed Ukrainians and then looting the business.\n\nWe have pieced together the full sequence of events, matching what was recorded on multiple CCTV cameras around the site with the testimony of people Leonid phoned that day, as well as the Ukrainian volunteer fighters who tried to rescue him.\n\nThe Russians arrive in a stolen van daubed with the V sign used by Russian forces and the words Tank Spetsnaz in black paint. They wear Russian military uniform and approach with their guns up, fingers on the triggers.\n\nLeonid walks towards the soldiers with his hands up to show he's unarmed and no threat.\n\nThe Russian soldiers had not realised they were being filmed\n\nThe Russians initially talk to him and his boss through the fence. There is no audio on the footage but the men seem calm, they even smoke. Then the Ukrainians turn away and the soldiers start to leave.\n\nSuddenly they turn back, crouch then shoot the two men multiple times in their backs.\n\nOne is killed outright but somehow Leonid manages to stagger to his feet. He even ties his belt around his thigh to slow the blood, then stumbles to his cabin where he begins to call for help.\n\nVasyl Podlevskyi spoke to his friend twice that day, as he sat bleeding heavily.\n\nLeonid told him the soldiers claimed they don't kill civilians, then they shot him.\n\n\"I said can you at least bandage yourself up? And he told me, Vasya, I barely crawled here. Everything hurts so much. I feel really bad,\" Vasyl remembers the call.\n\n\"So I told him to hang in there and started phoning the territorial defence.\"\n\nThe men he called used to sell air conditioning before the war.\n\nThere has been fierce fighting on the outskirts of Ukraine's capital\n\nNow volunteer fighters, Sasha and Kostya show me video on their mobile phones of Russian tanks rolling past their positions. Their job was to send real-time information on Russian movements to Ukraine's military positions up the road.\n\nWhen Leonid Pliats was injured they were tasked with crossing the dangerous E40 highway to try to save him. Even today, the road is littered with the burned-out carcasses of Russian tanks, a reminder of the intensity of the fighting.\n\nAs the security guard lay bleeding, Russian troops were still on site.\n\nOn the CCTV you see them shooting their way into rooms, stealing bicycles and even a scooter and lolling around in the director's office, drinking his whisky, and rifling through his cupboards.\n\nOutnumbered and only lightly armed, Sasha and Kostya were forced to wait although they realised that Leonid was dying.\n\n\"We talked to him on the phone, we tried to calm him. We told him, it's ok. Everything will be ok. You'll survive,\" Sasha tells me they did their best to comfort him.\n\n\"We said we were on our way. Maybe that helped him. Maybe. But unfortunately, by the time we made it, he was dead.\"\n\nEven as they collected the two men's bodies, the volunteer fighters had to take cover as a Russian tank rolled past.\n\nThere is ample evidence against the men responsible for these killings. We have studied the video in minute detail and the Russian soldier who we believe was one of the killers is clearly visible, his face uncovered.\n\nLeonid was 65 when he died\n\nIt is a long time before his friends realise they are being filmed and smash one of the security cameras.\n\nWe showed the footage to the chief of police for Kyiv region and he told us the bodies of 37 civilians, all of them shot dead, were found along the road to Ukraine's capital after Russian forces were pushed back.\n\nThe Prosecutor's office confirms that it is now investigating the killing of Leonid and his colleague as a possible war crime: one of more than 10,000 cases they have registered.\n\n\"My Dad was not a military man at all. He was a pensioner. They killed a 65-year-old. What for?\" Leonid's daughter, Yulia Androshchuk, wants to know.\n\nShe is abroad and hasn't even been able to bury her father yet because of the war.\n\n\"I'm not so much furious as full of grief - and fear. These damn Russians are so out of control, I'm afraid of what they might do next,\" she told me.\n\nYulia hopes those responsible will stand trial someday, somehow. For now, she wants people to know exactly what happened to her father and for the brutality to stop.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe latest round of fines for Covid rule-breaking in Downing Street is a \"non-story\", Jacob Rees-Mogg has said.\n\nPolice announced on Thursday that they had issued more than 50 Fixed Penalty Notices over parties and gatherings that took place during lockdown, taking the total to more than 100.\n\nLabour has accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of presiding over \"industrial scale\" rule-breaking.\n\nBut Mr Rees-Mogg suggested Covid rules had been \"too restrictive\".\n\nAsked on BBC Breakfast about the latest fines, the Brexit opportunities and government efficiency minister said: \"I'm afraid I think this is a non-story.\n\n\"I mean, the BBC has absolutely loved it, but what is important is that we get on with the business of government.\"\n\nHe added: \"We need to look at whether these rules were right in the first place, in case we have a pandemic again because I think they were too restrictive.\"\n\nThe Metropolitan Police are investigating 12 gatherings that took place in No 10 and on other government premises during lockdown.\n\nThe latest batch of £50 fines is understood to relate to a Christmas party on 18 December 2020.\n\nThis event was not attended by the prime minister, who himself received a fine last month in relation to a surprise birthday party held for him in June 2020, over which his wife Carrie Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak were also penalised.\n\nThe Met's investigation is ongoing, while senior civil servant Sue Gray and the House of Commons privileges committee are carrying out separate inquiries.\n\nLabour's leader and deputy leader are currently under investigation by Durham police\n\nThe government, of which Mr Rees-Mogg was a member, brought in its first lockdown for England in March 2020, keeping varying levels of Covid restrictions in place until February this year.\n\nAcross the UK, more than 176,000 people have died within 28 days of a positive Covid test since the pandemic began.\n\nQuestioned over the impact on bereaved families of finding out that ministers and officials had broken the rules, Mr Rees-Mogg, Conservative MP for North East Somerset, said: \"I think people were upset.\n\n\"I think this was an important story in February, when it first became known, and that there was a great concern and there was a feeling of people who were bereaved.\"\n\nHe added that people \"made their judgement on\" rule-breaking in Downing Street it and \"there are other things that are going on that are more important\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Jay Rayner This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMeanwhile, Conservative Party co-chairman Oliver Dowden has distanced himself from the brochure description of a bottle of Champagne - signed by the prime minister - that he donated for sale at a charity auction.\n\nThe item was billed by organisers of a Harry Potter-themed night in aid of the Hertfordshire Community Foundation (HCF) as \"a souvenir of Partygate and the exemplary behaviour and morality of our dear leader\".\n\nMr Dowden's spokesperson said: \"This item was donated in good faith several months ago for a local charity auction.\n\n\"Oliver Dowden had no prior knowledge of the description and this is obviously not his view.\"\n\nThe HCF apologised for \"any offence caused\", saying: \"The description was not drafted or seen by MP Oliver Dowden.\"\n\nShabana Mahmood, Labour's national campaign coordinator, said: \"I find it hard to believe that the Tory party chairman is unaware of things leaving his office bearing his name.\n\n\"The industrial scale of rule-breaking in Downing Street is important no matter how much ministers dismiss it.\"\n\nLiberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said law-breaking had been allowed on a \"shocking scale\".\n\nLabour's Sir Keir and his deputy Angela Rayner are under investigation by Durham police over drinks that took place in City of Durham MP Mary Foy's constituency office in April last year.\n\nSir Keir has denied any rule-breaking and has promised to resign if police find otherwise, as has Ms Rayner.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: Violent scenes at the funeral of Shireen Abu Aqla\n\nIsraeli police have hit mourners at the funeral of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Aqla, whose killing in the occupied West Bank has caused a surge of anger.\n\nHer coffin almost fell as police, some using batons, waded into a crowd of Palestinians gathered around it.\n\nPolice said they acted after being pelted with stones.\n\nAbu Aqla was shot dead in disputed circumstances on Wednesday, with Israel and Palestinians trading blame. The killing has been widely condemned.\n\nFootage showed a standoff between police and Palestinians gathered around the coffin in the hospital compound, before officers push the crowd back, with some beating and kicking mourners. Police said officers \"were forced to use riot dispersal means\".\n\nWe were in the car park of St Joseph's hospital, where hundreds of Palestinian mourners had gathered ready for Shireen Abu Aqla's coffin to be carried out into a waiting hearse.\n\nThere was a shrine of written tributes, a floral crucifix (Shireen was a Palestinian Christian) and poignantly a press flak jacket among the flowers. Many were in tears. There was some chanting and Palestinian flags were being flown.\n\nSuddenly the gates to the compound were closed and heavily armed Israeli border police, some on horseback, appeared on the other side of them. Given the circumstances it already felt confrontational.\n\nThe coffin was brought out of the building carried by a group of pallbearers. While the plan was for the procession to the church to use the hearse, the coffin was now being carried towards the closed gates.\n\nWhat happened next was extraordinary. I was behind the packed crowd so I couldn't see the front point of contact, but the Israeli police suddenly pushed back the crowd, including the coffin and its carriers.\n\nThey fired stun grenades towards the mourners and the press and were storming into the compound. From my vantage point - not at the front of the crowd - I saw a couple of plastic bottles being thrown back, nothing more. People ran to take cover inside the hospital. I saw a woman with a young baby in a carrier sling distraught, almost being crushed in the panic.\n\nThe echo of stun grenades rang out in the hospital corridors and wards. I saw at least one man wounded.\n\nThis seemed to go on for around 10 minutes, as we sought a safe route back towards the car park. After we came out, the coffin left in the hearse through the gates. And now videos have emerged showing what happened while people were rushing inside - Israeli police beating and kicking the pallbearers, who were in retreat carrying Shireen Abu Aqla's coffin. At one stage it nearly slipped from their grasp, falling towards the ground.\n\nA spokesman for UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said he was \"deeply disturbed\" by the confrontations between Israeli security forces and Palestinians and the behaviour of some police.\n\nWhite House spokeswoman Jen Psaki also said the images of police hitting mourners were disturbing.\n\n\"We regret the intrusion into what should have been a peaceful procession,\" she said.\n\nThe Palestinian Authority and Al Jazeera claim Abu Aqla was shot dead by Israeli forces, while Israel said it was not yet possible to determine what happened and that she could have been killed by Palestinian gunfire.\n\nAn Israeli military interim report on Thursday said the fatal shot could have come from \"massive fire from Palestinian gunmen\", or possibly from \"a few bullets\" fired by a soldier \"at a terrorist who was firing at his vehicle\".\n\nSherine Abu Aqla was known to millions for her coverage of the Israel-Palestinian conflict\n\nShireen Abu Aqla, a 51-year-old Palestinian American, was a veteran correspondent for Al Jazeera's Arabic news channel and had reported on the Israel-Palestinian conflict for two decades.\n\nShe was given the rarity of a funeral at the compound of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday, where her coffin was brought draped in the Palestinian flag. President Abbas paid tribute to her, describing her as a \"martyr of the free word\" who \"sacrificed her life\" to defend the Palestinian cause.\n\nHe said Israel was \"fully responsible for her killing\" and that he would refer the case to the International Criminal Court, which investigates potential war crimes.\n\nIsraeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has accused Mr Abbas of \"throwing blame at Israel without any basis\".\n\nAbu Aqla was in the Jenin refugee camp early on Wednesday to report on the Israeli raid. The Israeli military said the operation was to apprehend \"terrorist suspects\".\n\nIt said: \"Tens of Palestinian gunmen fired at and hurled explosive devices toward the soldiers. The soldiers responded with fire toward the gunmen and hits were identified.\"\n\nAnother Palestinian journalist, Al Jazeera producer Ali Samoudi, was shot and wounded during the violence.\n\nThe incident comes at a time of particularly high tension between Israel and the Palestinians, after nearly two months of one of the deadliest periods of violence in years. Israel has carried out operations in Jenin in the wake of a wave of killings of Israeli Jews by Palestinians and Israeli Arabs in Israel and the West Bank.\n\nSeventeen Israelis and two Ukrainians have been killed in stabbings, shootings, car rammings and an axe attack. In the same period, dozens of Palestinians have been killed - including assailants shot dead while carrying out attacks, or militants and civilians killed during Israeli raids and confrontations.\n\nFour of the Palestinians who carried out attacks in Israel came from the Jenin district.\n\nAn Israeli police commando meanwhile was killed on Friday during clashes with Palestinian gunmen near Jenin, police said. The commando, who was 47, was shot dead during an operation to arrest a suspect, Israeli authorities said.", "Scientists were delighted that the lunar soil could sprout seeds (right), even if the growth was stunted\n\nScientists have grown plants in lunar soil for the first time, an important step towards making long-term stays on the moon possible.\n\nResearchers used small samples of dust collected during the 1969-1972 Apollo missions to grow a type of cress.\n\nMuch to their surprise, the seeds sprouted after two days.\n\n\"I can't tell you how astonished we were,\" said Anna-Lisa Paul, a University of Florida professor who co-authored a paper on the findings.\n\n\"Every plant - whether in a lunar sample or in a control - looked the same up until about day six.\"\n\nAfter that, differences emerged. The plants grown in moon soil started to show stress, developed more slowly and ended up stunted.\n\nBut those involved say it is a breakthrough - and one that has earthly implications.\n\n\"This research is critical to Nasa's long-term human exploration goals as we'll need to use resources found on the Moon and Mars to develop food sources for future astronauts living and operating in deep space,\" said Nasa chief Bill Nelson.\n\n\"This fundamental plant growth research is also a key example of how Nasa is working to unlock agricultural innovations that could help us understand how plants might overcome stressful conditions in food-scarce areas here on Earth.\"\n\nOne challenge for researchers is that there simply is not much lunar soil to experiment with. Over a three-year period from 1969, Nasa astronauts brought back 382kg (842lb) of lunar rocks, core samples, pebbles, sand and dust from the lunar surface.\n\nThe University of Florida team were given just 1g of soil per plant for the experiment from the samples, which have been kept locked away for decades.\n\nNasa plans to land humans on the moon for the first time since 1972 in a mission scheduled for 2025.", "Householders should expect a further rise in energy bills in England, Wales and Scotland in October, the boss of energy regulator Ofgem has said.\n\nJonathan Brearley said prices in the wholesale energy market remained \"highly volatile\".\n\nNot being able to afford energy bills was a matter of life and death for some people, he said.\n\nAnalysts Cornwall Insight predicted that a typical domestic energy bill will go up by £600 a year in October.\n\nThat would take the typical household's gas and and electricity bill to £2,595.\n\nIn a speech in Glasgow, Mr Brearley said that gas markets were in a febrile state following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.\n\n\"The market remains highly volatile and as a result we do expect further price increases later this year,\" he said.\n\nHe said that the effect of higher prices was \"putting huge strain on the customers we serve\".\n\n\"I talk to customers on a regular basis, and I know how tough rising energy prices are for many households and businesses,\" he said.\n\n\"For some, not being able to afford rising energy bills is literally a matter of life and death.\"\n\nHe pointed to a case in which a woman who was being treated for a brain tumour had worries about keeping up with energy bills.\n\n\"What was shocking was to learn that she feels more comfortable in hospital where she can eat and be warm than at home,\" he said.\n\nA widely-predicted increase in October comes on top of a £700 typical rise in annual domestic gas and electricity bills, which took effect in April when the price cap was last raised. Consumers in Northern Ireland - not covered by the price cap - have already seen significant increases in bills.\n\nBusinesses have also faced higher energy costs, which may lead to them charging higher prices.\n\nMr Brearley reiterated a commitment to updating the price cap, putting suppliers under greater scrutiny and helping move the UK away from a reliance on gas.\n\nEarlier on Monday, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research suggested an estimated 1.5 million households across the UK will struggle to pay food and energy bills over the next year.\n\nA Treasury spokesperson said the country has had a \"strong economic recovery\" from the pandemic but acknowledged that these were \"anxious times\", and said the government was taking action to support households.\n\nThat includes £200 being taken off energy bills from October, but households will pay that back in instalments from 2023.\n\nPrevious versions of this story quoted a speech by Mr Brearley in March. This has now been updated.", "Three people have been jailed in Hong Kong for stealing art said to be worth millions, including a calligraphy scroll written by former Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong.\n\nThe thieves had been unaware of its value and sold it to an amateur collector for under HK$200 ($25; £20).\n\nThe buyer himself didn't know the worth of the calligraphy and cut it in half so it could be more easily stored.\n\nThe defendants were each jailed for up to two and a half years.\n\nThe handwritten scroll contains details of a Chinese Communist Party meeting and several stanzas of Mao's poetry. Its owner has claimed it is estimated to be worth around $300m (£230m), though it is not known how the valuation was obtained.\n\nThe scroll was stolen in a massive heist in September 2020, when three men broke into the home of Fu Chunxiao, a well-known collector of stamps and revolutionary art.\n\nThey also made off with antique stamps, copper coins and other pieces of calligraphy by Mao. The total haul was worth HK$5bn ($645m; £500m) according to Mr Fu, who was reportedly in mainland China when the burglary took place.\n\nA buyer then saw a public appeal by police, and surrendered himself with both pieces of the scroll.\n\nHo Yik-chiu, 46, Ng Wing-lun, 45, and Hui Ping-kei, 48, all pleaded guilty, according to The South China Morning Post.\n\nThe court heard how the three men were seasoned burglars who had deliberately targeted Mr Fu's apartment while he was overseas.\n\nMuch of the haul is still missing.\n\nIn 2019, a calligraphic autograph letter written by Mao Zedong was auctioned off by Sotheby's for £519,000. .", "Hinkley Point C is one of up to eight new nuclear power stations and the first to be built in 20 years\n\nThe government's efforts to build new nuclear power plants will increase household energy costs, it has said.\n\nA new reactor will \"add at most a few pounds a year to typical household energy bills during the early stages of construction,\" officials said.\n\nBut they claimed households would pay less than £1 a month extra on average over the whole construction period.\n\nIt comes after Kwasi Kwarteng told the BBC there might be a \"small effect\" on bills under a new funding model.\n\nThe business secretary said \"nothing should be taken off the table\" to ease pressures on the cost of living, including a windfall tax on excess profits of oil and gas companies.\n\nThe BBC spoke to Mr Kwarteng as he visited north Wales, where the government has pledged to build a new nuclear power station at Wylfa on Anglesey.\n\nA previous plan for a new nuclear power station at Wylfa collapsed in 2020 but last month Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he wanted to revive the idea \"as fast as possible\".\n\nInvesting in nuclear power is one of the key focuses of the government's energy strategy, released in April.\n\nThe government plans to reduce the UK's reliance on oil and gas by investing in alternative sources of energy, including nuclear, wind and hydrogen power.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe strategy contains an ambition to deliver up to eight new nuclear reactors before 2030, including two at Sizewell in Suffolk.\n\nThe government wants nuclear to supply 24 gigawatts (GW) of electricity by 2050 - about 25% of the UK's predicted energy demand.\n\nMr Kwarteng said he thought investing in nuclear was \"part of the solution\" to the UK's energy needs.\n\nHe said \"nuclear is back on the table\" because it provides more decarbonised power and a sustainable energy source.\n\nBut building new nuclear power plants can be vastly more expensive than renewables and can take decades to build.\n\nA new law means new nuclear reactors can be funded by adding a small levy to people's bills during their construction.\n\nCompanies have previously pulled out of plans to build new nuclear reactors - including the one at Wylfa on Anglesey.\n\nThese reactors take a lot of time and money to build, so the concern has often been around the financial risk.\n\nThe government feel the way around this is to raise funds through levies on people's bills, so that risk is shared with the consumer.\n\nIt argues it would only add a few pounds a year to energy bills during the construction phase.\n\nBut the concern is many nuclear projects - such as Hinkley - have run well over their initial budget and timescale.\n\nMinisters say they want to place their \"big bet\" on nuclear but it's just part of the plan.\n\nThey want to expand offshore wind farms, and North Sea oil and gas expansion.\n\nThey have offered cheaper energy bills for people who live near new onshore wind farms - but not for nuclear.\n\nThe government says this will lead to savings for consumers in the long run, as developers can have more money upfront, and are less likely to take out loans.\n\nBut critics argue this shifts the risk of building new reactors on to the consumer, without knowing how long projects will take or how much they will cost.\n\nWhen asked whether putting bills up in the short term was worth the political gamble, Mr Kwarteng said: \"Absolutely. People here really want to see new investment, jobs, opportunity for their kids and their community.\"\n\nThe government's own public attitudes research shows while 86% of people support renewable energy, public support is lower for nuclear energy (37%).\n\nNuclear plants are extremely expensive to build, although the overall cost is comparable to other forms of power.\n\nHinkley C - the newest of the UK's planned nuclear power stations - is expected to cost £22-26bn.\n\nWhen asked if he thought the public supported investment in nuclear, the business secretary suggested \"nuclear's more popular now than it's been for a while\".\n\nHe said there were two reasons why people wanted to see more nuclear power - \"security of supply here in the UK\" and \"what experts call firm power\".\n\n\"What that means is, if you look at renewables the sun doesn't always shine, and the wind doesn't always blow,\" he said. \"The great thing about nuclear power is that it's continuous power.\"\n\nIn a community such as Wylfa, he said, \"there's actually broad public support\".\n\n\"Now the nuclear power won't be everywhere in the UK, it will only be on sites where there is a history, a tradition.\"\n\nThe government's plan for a new nuclear power station at Wylfa has split opinion among local people.\n\nJo Fosbrook, a local holiday business owner, said she reluctantly accepted investing in nuclear power was necessary.\n\n\"You can't say that 'I don't want nuclear power', because what else are you going to have?\" she said. \"What are you going to say to everybody, have a candle on in the eve instead?\"\n\nBut Emlyn Richards, a retired Methodist minister, was less keen on the idea, expressing a preference for renewable sources of energy.\n\n\"Anglesey is noted for its wind,\" he said. \"Why don't they harness that and turn it to power?\"\n\nHe said Wylfa was the \"most beautiful spot on the island\". \"I don't want them to spoil that beauty for the generation that's coming after us,\" he added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Anglesey hasn't had a functional nuclear power station for nearly seven years, but is that about to change?\n\nAs part of its plan, the government opened a £120m fund designed to stimulate the development of nuclear technologies on Friday.\n\nAs well as large, traditional nuclear reactors, the government is also supporting the development of small nuclear reactors (SMRs), which are smaller and can be assembled in factories - making for a simpler construction project.\n\nTom Samson, CEO of Rolls Royce SMR, which wants to build some in the UK, told the BBC the company hoped to finance its SMRs through a combination of private financing and government support.\n\nMr Samson said: \"Generating electricity from nuclear is a much better way to keep consumers' costs as low as possible.\"\n\nHe added the government's model of funding nuclear projects, which can add levies to people's bills while they are in construction, would reduce the costs of delivering nuclear projects.\n\n\"We have to finance the build and we have to find ways to finance that build most economically,\" he said.", "Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said Russian forces must completely withdraw before sanctions are lifted\n\nInternational sanctions against Russia should only be lifted when all of its troops have left Ukraine, the foreign secretary has said.\n\nLiz Truss also told a meeting of G7 foreign ministers on Thursday that allies should go \"further and faster\" in supporting Ukraine's resistance.\n\nShe said Russian President Vladimir Putin must face a defeat that prevents further aggression.\n\nSome analysts have warned this stance may make a political settlement harder.\n\nThe Foreign Office said Ms Truss urged her counterparts at the meeting in Germany to commit to further waves of sanctions for as long as Russian troops remain in Ukraine.\n\nShe told them: \"Putin is humiliating himself on the world stage. We must ensure he faces a defeat in Ukraine that denies him any benefit and ultimately constrains further aggression.\"\n\nThe foreign secretary has been among the most outspoken of UK ministers in setting out explicit war aims, saying in a speech last month that Russia should be pushed out of \"the whole of Ukraine\".\n\nBut some foreign policy analysts fear that such specific demands might one day clash with Ukraine's interests and could make negotiations harder.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has also warned against the \"renormalisation\" of relations with Russia, saying it would risk repeating the world's errors over Moscow's annexation of Crimea in 2014 - the precursor to its full invasion of Ukraine earlier this year.\n\nIn the meeting with other foreign ministers from wealthy nations, Ms Truss also repeated calls to increase support for the defence of Ukraine, including increased access to military equipment used by the Nato military alliance.\n\nShe said: \"The best long-term security for Ukraine will come from it being able to defend itself. That means providing Ukraine with a clear pathway to Nato-standard equipment.\"\n\nUkrainian and Moldovan foreign ministers are expected to join the G7 ministers at another meeting in Germany on Friday.\n\nThen on Saturday, Ms Truss is due to travel to Berlin for a meeting of Nato foreign ministers, where the Foreign Office said she will push for a \"strengthened and modernised\" version of the Western alliance.\n\nIt comes after Finland's leaders announced they supported the country joining Nato.\n\nLess than 24 hours earlier, Finland and its neighbour Sweden also signed a defence pact with the UK, which could see British troops sent to the Nordic nations in the event of a Russian invasion.\n\nBoth countries had previously chosen to stay neutral to avoid antagonising Russia, which shares a 830-mile border with Finland.", "The UK has imposed sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin's former wife and his alleged current girlfriend over the invasion of Ukraine.\n\nLyudmila Ocheretnaya, who was married to the president until 2014, and former Olympic gymnast Alina Kabaeva, face UK travel bans and asset freezes.\n\nThe UK has now placed more than 1,000 people on its Russian sanctions list.\n\nForeign Secretary Liz Truss said Britain was \"tightening the vice\" on Mr Putin's \"inner circle\".\n\nThe UK was \"exposing and targeting the shady network propping up Putin's luxury lifestyle\", she said, and would \"keep going with sanctions on all those aiding and abetting Putin's aggression until Ukraine prevails\".\n\nMs Truss said sanctions against Russia should only be lifted when all of its troops had left Ukraine.\n\nEarlier, she told a meeting of G7 foreign ministers in Germany that allies should go \"further and faster\" in supporting Ukraine's resistance.\n\nShe said President Putin must face a defeat that prevents further aggression - but some analysts have warned this stance may make a political settlement harder.\n\nEarlier this month it was reported that the EU planned to sanction more Russian individuals, including Ms Kabaeva.\n\nSince Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February, thousands of civilians and combatants have been killed or injured, and some 14 million people have fled their homes, with more than six million seeking refuge abroad.\n\nSince her divorce, Lyudmila Ocheretnaya has benefited from preferential business relationships with state-owned entities and exhibited significant unexplained wealth, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) says.\n\nShe is a close associate of Mr Putin and obtains a financial or material benefit from this association, it adds.\n\nMs Kabaeva is a former Russian MP and chair of the board of directors of the National Media Group, which is reportedly the largest private Russian media company, the FCDO says.\n\nMr Putin and Ms Kabaeva at a ceremony in 2001\n\nIt notes that the National Media Group controls television stations including Channel One, which is already under sanctions.\n\n\"She is also rumoured to be the current partner of Putin and it is reported that he has tried to reduce her visibility since the invasion began,\" the FCDO says.\n\n\"For example, a couple of weeks after the invasion, the National Media Group website was updated to remove her name, along with any reference to the board of directors.\"\n\nRussia's leader has explicitly denied having a relationship with Ms Kabaeva.\n\nAmong others added to the UK sanctions list are Ms Kabaeva's grandmother, Anna Zatseplina, and cousins of Mr Putin.\n\nAn asset freeze prevents any UK citizen, or any business in the UK, from dealing with any funds or economic resources which are owned, held or controlled by the designated person. A travel ban means the designated person must be refused leave to enter or to remain in the UK.\n\nThe UK foreign secretary has been among the most outspoken of UK ministers in setting out explicit aims relating to the conflict, saying in a speech last month that Russia should be pushed out of \"the whole of Ukraine\".\n\nSome foreign policy analysts have raised concerns that such specific demands might one day clash with Ukraine's interests and could make negotiations harder.\n\nUkrainian and Moldovan foreign ministers are expected to join G7 ministers at another meeting in Germany on Friday.\n\nOn Saturday, Ms Truss is due to travel to Berlin for a meeting of Nato foreign ministers, where the FCDO says she will push for a \"strengthened and modernised\" version of the western alliance.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIt's the nightmare scenario, the pilot passes out and you are called on to land the plane, despite having absolutely no flying experience.\n\nThat's what happened to a man in the US on Tuesday.\n\nThe pilot of the Cessna 208 had been flying to Florida from the Bahamas when he told his two passengers he wasn't feeling well\n\nAn air traffic controller - who also teaches new pilots - helped guide the man down to Palm Beach International Airport.\n\nWow. How would I cope in that situation? I expected the closest I would come to finding out would be by talking to pilots at the Phoenix Flight Training in Cumbernauld for BBC Radio Scotland.\n\nBut the instructors there had other plans.\n\nWhen I arrived, they suggested we recreate that scenario - and send me up in the air. An instructor would be with me, but he would \"play dead\" and I would be guided in by another instructor in the tower.\n\nI've been a plane geek since I was a boy, so I was in absolutely no position to pass up the opportunity to not just fly - but land - an aircraft.\n\nThere was just one small problem: I had no clue what I was doing.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nObviously this would just be an exercise - so my instructor would be there with me the whole time and could take over if things turned pear-shaped. He took off, and we headed towards Falkirk.\n\nOnce we were over the Falkirk wheel, the instructor next to me went quiet and let go of the controls.\n\nI asked for assistance over the radio - with Iain in the tower reassuring me, and reminding me to stay calm.\n\nOver the next five minutes or so, Iain guided me through the controls. Lots of buttons, levers and dials. I was essentially getting a flying lesson over distance learning.\n\nAfter a few minutes that felt like hours, it was time to descend and land.\n\nMy stomach fell to the floor, my hands were gripping the controls as if my life depended on it - but with such a tough grip, every tiny movement made the tiny plane judder from side to side.\n\nThe ground seemed to come at me from nowhere. I almost forgot there was an instructor next to me, and nerves ramped up. The radio went quiet and the instructions stopped - I just had to touch the ground.\n\nWind didn't help matters. It was a relatively breezy day, and the slightest gust seemed to send us from left to right.\n\nThe actual touchdown felt as if it took years.\n\nJust 25 feet to go, 15, 10, five, - they all felt minutes apart but in reality it was over in just a few seconds.\n\nRight before I thought we would touch down, a gust came out of nowhere - and the plane lifted into the air. My baptism of fire wasn't over yet.\n\nBack down we went, and I felt the wheels hit the tarmac. I've had worse landings at Glasgow Airport after a holiday, so I'll take that as a win.\n\nMy instructor took back the controls, and I looked at my hands. They were shivering and I wiped a single bead of sweat from my brow. I had done it.\n\nObviously this isn't quite the same as what our newbie pilot in Florida achieved; after all, I did have an instructor with me the whole time.\n\nBut it was still a very tall order to try and get a feel for the controls and bring the plane down safely.\n\nMy pilot's hat is well and truly tipped to them.", "Demand among tenants has jumped for properties where all the bills are included in the rent, according to Rightmove.\n\nThe property website said inquiries for build-to-rent homes with bills included had risen by 36% over the past year.\n\nMillions of people are facing rising domestic gas and electricity bills as the cost of living soars.\n\nThe prospect of further rises will have increased demand for all-in rent.\n\nExisting pressure on tenants' finances comes as the average monthly rent being advertised across Britain (excluding London) was a record £1,088 in the first three months of the year. That was an 11% annual increase, Rightmove said.\n\nIn London, average asking rents have increased by 14% annually to £2,195 per calendar month.\n\nThere are also more than triple the number of tenants inquiring as there are rental properties available, making the market highly competitive, according to the website.\n\nHomes with balconies, communal gardens, properties allowing pets and those offering zero deposits were all popular, it said.\n\nNearly two-thirds (63%) of landlords told Rightmove they have kept rents the same for their tenants over the past year, with the remaining 37% saying they have increased their rents.\n\nTim Bannister, Rightmove's director of property data, said: \"A shortage of rental homes and strong demand for the properties available has led to a greater number of tenants choosing to renew their leases and stay put, rather than re-enter a competitive rental market.\n\n\"People who had been waiting to see what happened last year are now being faced with record rents and so are seeking out properties where they can have more certainty over their outgoings, with all bills included becoming increasingly sought after.\n\n\"Landlords may have been tempted to put their rents up given the high demand from new tenants, but many understand the affordability challenges of rising rents and bills, as our study shows that the majority are charging their tenants the same as a year ago.\"\n\nThe Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) said earlier in the week that 63% of property professionals expected rents to rise in the next three months, the highest proportion since its records started in 1999.", "Brooke will not get to perform again on Saturday\n\nIreland's Brooke Scullion has failed to qualify for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest.\n\nThe 23-year-old's elimination was a surprise to many Eurovision-watchers, after she received the warmest welcome of the night during Thursday's semi-final in Turin.\n\nBut her Eurovision dream has ended, as have Ireland's hopes of extending their lead as the country with the most wins.\n\n\"It didn't go our way,\" she said, \"but we are so, so happy with what we did.\"\n\nIn an emotional Instagram post, she added: \"Maybe it just wasn't for me, but maybe in the future bigger things are going to come,\n\n\"I couldn't have done any more, and I'm so happy.\"\n\nIreland has now failed to qualify for the Eurovision final on seven of their last 10 attempts.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFinland, Serbia and Sweden are among the acts who sailed through to Saturday's main event.\n\nBut they face stiff competition, with Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra the outright favourites to win, and the UK's Sam Ryder building a head of steam over the past week to become second favourite with bookmakers.\n\nThursday night's second semi-final, which was held in Turin's Pala Alpitour arena, was notably more dynamic and exciting than Tuesday's ballad-heavy first semi.\n\nThe two-hour show featured everything from flamenco dancing to a mechanical bull, with a smattering of country and western for good measure.\n\nEighteen acts performed, with the following 10 progressing to the final.\n\nGeorgia, Cyprus, Israel, Malta, San Marino, North Macedonia and Montenegro were eliminated, after a combination of jury and public votes were counted.\n\nThe UK does not have to compete in the semi-finals as it is one of the \"big five\" countries who contribute the most money to the contest, alongside France, Spain, Germany and Italy.\n\nHowever, Sam Ryder's song was introduced to the audience during Thursday's show via a clip recorded during rehearsals. Spain's Chanel and Germany's Malik Harris also got a brief chance to familiarise fans with their songs.\n\nAustralia's Sheldon Riley gave one of the night's most moving performances\n\nThe semi-final opened with Finnish rock band The Rasmus - who had a handful of UK hits at the turn of the Millennium, including the top 10 single In The Shadows.\n\nFrontman Lauri Ylönen made an instant impression, apparently recreating a scene from the horror movie It as they cued up their pop-rock anthem, Jezebel.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by d 🇺🇦🇬🇪🇱🇹🇸🇲 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe song was co-written by US hitmaker, Desmond Child, whose catalogue includes Bon Jovi's Livin' On A Prayer and Alice Cooper's Poison - and while his style hasn't progressed significantly since then, the familiarity was enough to push The Rasmus across the line for Saturday's final.\n\nAn early highlight was Serbia's distinctly unsettling Konstrakta, who sat at a basin, washing her hands as she intoned: \"What is the secret behind Meghan Markle's healthy hair? I think it is deep hydration.\"\n\nHer song, which may or may not be a critique of Serbia's health system, has become a fan favourite in the arena despite (or perhaps because of) its oddness, meaning the singer will get to perform again on Saturday.\n\nKonstrakta's personal hygiene routine has become a favourite amongst fans\n\nAs with Tuesday's semi-final, the public seemed to turn against acts who were too frivolous or strange - ejecting Georgia's steampunk circus act Circus Mircus; and San Marino's Achille Lauro, who rode a pink velvet mechanical bull called Roberta while performing his song, Stripper.\n\nInstead, voters seemed to favour the night's more dramatic numbers - notably Australia's Sheldon Riley, who poured his heart into his ballad of self-discovery Not The Same, while wearing a costume that weighed a spine-crushing 51kg.\n\nUptempo pop numbers also seemed to have fallen out of favour, with crowd-pleasers like Malta's Emma Muscat being left by the wayside.\n\nPerhaps her life-affirming pop number I Am What I Am (not a cover of the Gloria Gaynor classic) split the pop vote with Ireland's thematically and musically-similar That's Rich, leaving both countries without a route to the final.\n\nEurovision fanatics Sweden were the sole pop winners, with Cornelia Jakobs' exquisitely-balanced vocal convincingly selling her crying-in-the-club tearjerker Hold Me Closer.\n\nEstonian singer Stefan also progressed to the final by giving everyone a break from Eurodance and power ballads by donning a cowboy hat for the Western-inspired Hope, helping .\n\nAnd there was a British link to one of the new finalists, We Are Domi, a Czech band who met while studying in Leeds six years ago.\n\nMåneskin (L-R Damiano, Thomas, Ethan and Victoria) will return to Eurovision on Saturday, one year after their victory\n\nWhile the votes were being counted, viewers were treated to a performance by Il Volo who represented Italy back in 2015, although singer Gianluca Ginoble could only join his bandmates on the video screens after testing positive for Covid.\n\nHosts Laura Pausini and Mika also teamed up for a tender cover of Sting's Fragile, as well as \"People Have The Power\" by Patti Smith.\n\nThe interval act for Saturday's final will be last year's winners Måneskin, who have gone on to score global success with songs like I Wanna Be Your Slave and Beggin'.\n\nThey are due to give the live premiere of their new single, Supermodel, which is released on Friday.\n\nWatch the first Eurovision Semi-Final on BBC iPlayer, now.\n\nWatch the second Eurovision Semi-Final on BBC iPlayer now.\n\nWatch the Eurovision Song Contest Final on BBC iPlayer and BBC One, at 20:00 BST on Saturday 14 May.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Indian wedding can often be lavish affairs, with thousands of guests\n\nA couple in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand are suing their only son and his wife for not giving them a grandchild after six years of marriage.\n\nSanjeev and Sadhana Prasad, 61 and 57, say they used up their savings raising their son, paying for his pilot's training as well as a lavish wedding.\n\nThey are demanding compensation worth nearly $650,000 (£525,000) if no grandchild is born within a year.\n\nTheir son and his wife do not appear to have commented.\n\nThe highly unusual lawsuit was filed on grounds of \"mental harassment\".\n\nMr Prasad said he had spent all his savings on his son, sending him to the US in 2006 for pilot training at a cost of $65,000.\n\nHe returned to India in 2007, but lost his job and his family had to support him financially for more than two years, the Times of India reports.\n\nShrey Sagar, 35, did eventually get a job as a pilot. His parents say they arranged his marriage to Shubhangi Sinha, now 31, in 2016, in the hope that they would have a \"grandchild to play with\" during their retirement.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by ANI UP/Uttarakhand This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe parents say they paid for a wedding reception in a five-star hotel, a luxury car worth $80,000 and a honeymoon abroad.\n\n\"My son has been married for six years but they are still not planning a baby,\" Mr Prasad said. \"At least if we have a grandchild to spend time with, our pain will become bearable.\"\n\nThe couple's lawyer, AK Srivastava, told The National that the couple had demanded the money \"because of mental cruelty\".\n\n\"It is a dream of every parent to become a grandparent. They had been waiting for years to become grandparents.\"\n\nThe couple's petition, filed in Haridwar, is expected be heard by a court on 17 May.", "Elon Musk has said his $44bn (£35bn) deal to buy Twitter is on hold after he queried the number of fake or spam accounts on the social media platform.\n\nHe said he was waiting for information \"supporting [the] calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of users\".\n\nMr Musk added later that he was \"still committed to [the] acquisition\".\n\nHowever, analysts speculated he could be seeking to renegotiate the price or even walk away from the takeover.\n\nMr Musk's tweets sent Twitter's share price plunging 10% in morning trade in New York.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Elon Musk This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nEven before his comments, the company's stock had been selling for less than the $54.20 per share Mr Musk has offered, a sign that the markets were not convinced he would complete the buyout.\n\nDan Ives, a tech analyst at investment firm Wedbush Securities, said Mr Musk's comments would \"send this Twitter circus show into a Friday the 13th horror show\".\n\n\"Many will view this as Musk using this Twitter filing/spam accounts as a way to get out of this deal in a vastly changing market,\" he wrote in a note.\n\n\"The nature of Musk creating so much uncertainty in a tweet (and not a filing) is very troubling to us... and now sends this whole deal into a circus show with many questions and no concrete answers as to the path of this deal going forward.\"\n\nMr Musk has been vocal about \"defeating the spam bots\", identifying it as a key goal following his planned takeover of the company.\n\nTwitter has long faced accusations of not doing enough to address automated, fake accounts posting content.\n\nIn a filing more than two weeks ago, Twitter estimated that fake accounts accounted for fewer than 5% of its daily active users during the first three months of this year. It cautioned that the figures were based on estimates and could be higher.\n\nThose claims were not different from what the firm had shared in previous disclosures.\n\nThe number of spam bots on the service is a key statistic, as a higher than expected figure could hurt the ability to grow advertising revenue or paid-for subscriptions, said Susannah Streeter, analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown.\n\nBut she said it was not clear how genuine Mr Musk's concerns were.\n\n\"There will also be questions raised over whether fake accounts are the real reason behind this delaying tactic, given that promoting free speech rather than focusing on wealth creation appeared to be his primary motivation for the takeover,\" she said.\n\n\"The $44bn price tag is huge, and it may be a strategy to row back on the amount he is prepared to pay to acquire the platform.\"\n\nWeeks of market turmoil in the US have wiped billions off the value of many companies - including once favoured tech firms.\n\nTesla, the electric car company where Mr Musk serves as chief executive, has also seen its shares plunge - a hit to Mr Musk, whose status as the world's richest person is bound up in his stake in the company and who had planned to rely on his shares to help finance the Twitter purchase.\n\nLast month, he raised $8.5bn by selling shares. He also planned to use the shares to secure $6.5bn in loans.\n\nAfter Mr Musk tweeted that the deal was temporarily on hold, Tesla's share price gained more than 5%.\n\nAnother twist in the tale of Elon Musk's attempt to own Twitter.\n\nOne of his priorities, he said, was to \"clean up\" the platform - weeding out the bots and spam accounts that he believes drag it down.\n\nSpend any time on it and you'll certainly see evidence of both.\n\nHowever, Twitter says that less than 5% of its active users are fake.\n\nSo does that mean there is no diamond in the rough to be polished here, that what you see on Twitter is what you get after all? And if so, does that make it less valuable a proposition?\n\nIt is of course also possible that his new hesitation stems from how he intends to finance the deal - he's already had to sell some of his valuable Tesla stock to raise funds, and that's had an impact on the car firm too.\n\nMr Musk has some thinking to do.\n\nMr Musk's latest move comes after an announcement that two Twitter executives are leaving the social media company.\n\nKayvon Beykpour, who led Twitter's consumer division, and Bruce Falck, who oversaw revenue, both tweeted on Thursday that the departures were not their decisions.\n\nFrom this week, the firm also said it had paused most hiring, except for \"business critical roles\".", "A wee head turner: \"This is Buck who fell from his nest far too soon, and it was too high for him to be returned,\" the New Arc animal rescue charity says of this baby owl find in the Buckie area. \"He was monitored for a while, but as his condition was deteriorating, he was uplifted and brought through to us. He is recovering well now.\"", "Hamzah Issak worked at the Leicester branch of HSBC between 2016 and 2018, police say\n\nA former bank employee has been jailed for taking almost £900,000 out of accounts, police have revealed.\n\nHamzah Issak, 30, altered account details while working at a Leicester branch of HSBC between 2016 and 2018.\n\nEnquiries showed a total of £896,645.05 was deposited into other accounts with the assistance and knowledge of Issak.\n\nIssak of Apollo Court, Leicester, admitted charges including fraud and computer misuse, and was sentenced to five years and eight months.\n\nIssak pleaded guilty to one count of fraud by abuse of position and four counts under the Computer Misuse Act at Leicester Crown Court last year.\n\nLeicestershire Police said HSBC identified three customers had seen payments made from their accounts without their knowledge or authority by either electronic funds transfer or bill payment.\n\nAll three victims, who are Nigerian, were in their home country at the time the transactions were taking place within the UK.\n\nThe force said the bank's investigation found that on two occasions unidentified suspects entered the Leicester branch and had gone directly over to the defendant, bypassing other staff.\n\nBoth suspects were then served by the defendant who failed to follow company protocol on checking of signatures.\n\nIssak also pleaded guilty to charges of possession with intent to supply class A drugs, possession of a weapon for the discharge of an electrical incapacitation device and possession of criminal property.\n\nThis related to a quantity of cocaine with a street value of almost £700, a stun gun and £1,600 cash which were found in his car in December 2019.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, on Twitter, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Platinum Jubilee competition winner: \"I wanted it to be the people's pudding\"\n\nA lemon and Swiss roll amaretti trifle is to be the official pudding for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee after winning a competition to find a new dessert.\n\nJemma Melvin created the dessert, inspired by the lemon posset served at the Queen's wedding to Prince Philip.\n\nThe trifle is made with layers of lemon curd swiss roll, custard, jelly, a mandarin coulis and amaretti biscuits.\n\nIt will join the ranks of royal-inspired dishes, such as coronation chicken and Victoria sponge.\n\nSome 5,000 people, aged eight to 108, entered the nationwide competition to craft a new pudding to commemorate the Queen's 70-year reign, with entries whittled down to five finalists who subsequently competed before a panel of expert judges in a show on BBC One.\n\nJemma, a copywriter from Southport, Merseyside, beat fellow amateur bakers Kathryn MacLennan, Sam Smith, Shabnam Russo and Susan Gardner in a special BBC programme called The Jubilee Pudding: 70 years in the Baking, with the Duchess of Cornwall announcing the winner.\n\nThe competition was run by royal grocer Fortnum and Mason, in partnership with the Big Jubilee Lunch Charity, to create a pudding that had a memorable story behind it, tasted delicious, and was fit for the 96-year-old Queen.\n\nBut the most important requirement was that the dish could be recreated by viewers at home and be easily recreated at thousands of street parties planned up and down the country next month.\n\nDame Mary Berry said Jemma Melvin's lemon and amaretti trifle was \"absolutely wonderful\"\n\nThe finalists' puddings were tasted by a panel of judges led by baking doyenne Dame Mary Berry, along with Fortnum and Mason's executive pastry chef Roger Pizey, former Great British Bake Off winner Rahul Mandal; Masterchef judge Monica Galetti, author and baker Jane Dunn, pastry chef Matt Adlard, and dessert historian Regula Ysewijn.\n\nThe shortlisted creations included a passionfruit tart, a Jubilee Bundt cake, a rose falooda cake and an enigmatically-titled four nations pudding.\n\nThe Bundt cake was based on a Victoria sponge with lashings of the Queen's favourite tipple, Dubonnet, while the four nations pudding was created using Scottish berries, Yorkshire rhubarb, Welsh cakes and Irish butter and cream.\n\nJemma's trifle was crafted with layers of lemon curd Swiss roll, St Clement's jelly, lemon custard, a mandarin coulis - made with tinned mandarins - amaretti biscuits and whipped fresh cream. It is topped with more amaretti biscuits and a jewelled chocolate bark.\n\nThe winning recipe and the runners up are all available online.\n\nAfter tasting the trifle, head judge Dame Mary said: \"It's absolutely wonderful; I think Britain is going to be so delighted - and the Queen too.\"\n\nSpeaking to BBC royal correspondent Daniela Relph after her win, Ms Melvin said her creation paid tribute to three important women - her grandmothers, known to her as \"gran\" and \"nan\", and the Queen.\n\nJemma said her gran had taught her to bake but the trifle was her nan's signature dish.\n\nShe paid tribute to her fellow runners up and their \"beautiful desserts and puddings, with beautiful stories\".\n\n\"That this quite humble trifle has won is quite surreal,\" she added.\n\nTalking about the judging process, she said head judge Dame Mary had \"made me cry with her feedback, because it was so lovely\".\n\n\"She said I nailed it. And from Mary Berry, saying that I've nailed a recipe and a bake to a brief that she knows everything about, that was it - that was the moment.\"\n\nJemma, the runners up and the judges pose with the winning trifle and other shortlisted puds\n\nJemma said it was important to her that everyone would be able to make her trifle, stressing its simplicity and the fact that it could be made with shop-bought ingredients, for those who preferred not to bake everything from scratch.\n\n\"I wanted it to be the People's Pudding, not just for the Queen, but the whole of the country,\" she added.\n\n\"Thinking of people making it up and down the country for their big Jubilee lunch - I think that will be the icing on the cake,\" she told BBC Radio 5 Live.\n\nJemma admitted it still had not \"sunk in\" that her pudding would be joining the ranks of historical dishes such as coronation chicken and Victoria sponge.\n\nThe sponge, made with a buttercream and raspberry jam, filling became a favourite of Queen Victoria's. After her husband Prince Albert's death in 1861, it was named the Victoria sponge in her honour.\n\nPoulet Reine Elizabeth, or coronation chicken, was created by the Cordon Bleu cookery school for the Queen's Coronation Day banquet in 1953.", "Evgeny Lebedev was appointed to the House of Lords in July 2020\n\nThe government is withholding security advice on Evgeny Lebedev's peerage on \"national security\" grounds.\n\nMPs voted in March to force the publication of secret documents, amid claims the security services had raised concerns about the Russian-born mogul.\n\nBut the Cabinet Office has released only limited information to comply with the demand.\n\nLabour accused the government of a \"cover-up\" and called on them to \"come clean\".\n\nLord Lebedev has denied posing a \"security risk\" to the UK, and said after MPs backed Labour's demand for full disclosure that he had \"nothing to hide\".\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has denied intervening over Lord Lebedev's peerage, after reports security services changed their advice after he got involved.\n\nLord Lebedev, who has dual Russian and British nationality, is the son of a former KGB spy. He moved to the UK as a child and owns the The Independent and London Evening Standard newspapers.\n\nHe became a non-party, crossbench peer in July 2020, after being nominated by Mr Johnson for philanthropy and services to the media.\n\nLabour's motion called on the government to publish documents about Lord Lebedev's appointment it had received from, or given to, the House of Lords Appointment Committee (HOLOC), which vets peerage nominations.\n\nThe government responded on Thursday, but only released the form Lord Lebedev was required to fill in by HOLOC, a document announcing his appointment, a list of other peerages awarded at the time, and a letter congratulating him on the news.\n\nIn a statement, Cabinet Office Minister Michael Ellis said what it had published \"reflects the need to protect national security\".\n\nMr Ellis added that Lord Lebedev was a \"man of good standing\" and \"no complaint has been made about his personal conduct\".\n\nHe said the government had sent a separate response to Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee, which scrutinises the UK's security services.\n\nRevealing that the committee had made a disclosure request of its own, he argued this meant the government was \"acting in good faith\" in response to Parliament's request for information.\n\nShortly afterwards, the committee confirmed it has received a reply to its request on Wednesday - but added it was too soon to say \"whether the information provided is sufficient\".\n\nThe committee said it was \"surprised\" by Mr Ellis's statement divulging its demand, adding this \"should have remained a private - and classified - matter\".\n\nEvgeny Lebedev is a friend of the prime minister and newspaper proprietor. He says he is a proud British citizen and not a security risk.\n\nBut claims that the security services raised concerns about him getting a peerage have been around for months. Dominic Cummings made them public, another source raised them with the BBC.\n\nBut what actually happened and what were those concerns? If these documents have been published, they might have shown us.\n\nLabour is furious and thinks the heavy redactions are sign of a cover-up.\n\nThe government has said it needed to respect confidentiality and protect national security.\n\nThey have the backing of the chair or the Lords Appointments Committee who has also said the confidentiality of the system is crucial.\n\nBut in publishing such limited information today, ministers stand accused of ignoring what parliament voted for in March.\n\nThe intelligence committee - made up of eight MPs and one peer - holds evidence sessions in private with ministers, security officials and academics about the activities of the security services.\n\nIt can also compile reports - although under the 2013 legislation governing how the committee operates, these can only be published after they have been vetted by the prime minister himself.\n\nLabour's deputy leader Angela Rayner accused ministers of not complying with Parliament's demands. She said the Labour Party would \"take steps to rectify this contempt of Parliament\".\n\nShe added: \"This looks like a cover-up and smells like a cover-up because it is a cover-up.\n\n\"If the prime minister is claiming he wasn't involved in forcing through the award of a peerage to an individual of concern to our intelligence services, he should come clean and publish the documents as Parliament instructed.\"\n\nShe later described what the government had published as having \"been so heavily redacted it is utterly pointless\".\n\nLord Bew, who chairs HOLOC, has denied any interference to his committee's process, telling MPs last month \"there was no pressure on this issue from No 10 or the prime minister\".\n\nLabour's motion to force publication of documents was made as a so-called \"Humble Address\", an obscure parliamentary procedure employed by the party to get hold of Brexit material in 2017.\n\nThe government had missed a deadline to respond by the suspension of Parliament last month, arguing more time was needed to deal with \"all the necessary considerations\".", "Ukraine has started its first war crimes trial since the beginning of Russia's invasion, with a 21-year-old soldier appearing in the dock accused of killing an unarmed civilian.\n\nVadim Shishimarin appeared at a preliminary hearing in Kyiv. He faces life in prison if convicted.\n\nUkraine says it has identified thousands of potential war crimes committed by Russia.\n\nRussia has denied targeting civilians and made no comment on the trial.\n\nProsecutors say Mr Shishimarin was driving in a stolen vehicle with other soldiers in the north-eastern Sumy region when they encountered a 62-year-old cyclist using a phone.\n\nHe was ordered to shoot the civilian to stop them from telling Ukrainian defenders about their location, according to the prosecutors.\n\nIt is not clear how he was captured or what the nature of the evidence against him is.\n\nMr Shishimarin spoke to confirm basic details such as his name. He is yet to enter a plea, and the trial will reconvene next week.\n\nHundreds of bodies have been found in regions previously occupied by Russia.\n\nSome of Ukraine's allies, such as the UK and US, have joined the country in accusing Russia of carrying out genocide.\n\nAfter the hearing, state prosecutor Andriy Synyuk told Reuters: \"This is the first case today. But soon there will be a lot of these cases.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "\"Hello. I'm Catherine... And I'm William and we'd like to talk,\" says the radio broadcast\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have called on people to help tackle loneliness, in a broadcast on Friday across UK radio stations.\n\nThe annual \"Mental Health Minute\" recorded by Prince William and Catherine focused on supporting people who might feel isolated or lonely.\n\nThe royal couple urged listeners to get in touch with isolated people and help to \"lift them out of loneliness\".\n\nResearch has shown loneliness is a particular problem for young people.\n\n\"Give someone a ring, send a text or knock on their door,\" says the duchess, calling on people to carry out \"small acts of kindness\" to make a connection with others.\n\nThe message begins with an informal, title-free introduction: \"Hello. I'm Catherine... And I'm William and we'd like to talk.\"\n\n\"We can all feel lonely sometimes,\" says Prince William.\n\n\"No matter who or where we are,\" replies Catherine.\n\nThe broadcast, created by the Royal Foundation and the commercial radio body Radiocentre, was intended to help remove some of the stigma around loneliness.\n\nThe loneliness message, carried on more than 500 BBC and commercial radio stations, supported the mental health information campaign from the NHS, called Better Health: Every Mind Matters.\n\nA survey published alongside the radio broadcast, commissioned by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, suggested higher levels of loneliness among the young.\n\nBased on a sample of more than 2,000 adults, the Community Life Survey showed 11% of 18 to 24-year-olds felt lonely often or always, compared with 3% of those aged over 65.\n\nBut this younger age group was the least comfortable with asking for help about their feelings of loneliness.\n\nMore than two thirds of young people thought loneliness needed to be taken more seriously as an issue.\n\nResearch into loneliness during the lockdown had also shown young people were more likely to report feelings of loneliness.\n\n\"Young people are very resilient, but we know they are often at risk of feeling isolated,\" said Gillian Keegan, minister for care and mental health.\n\nFor advice and support on mental health issues, visit the BBC Action Line website here.", "Since the start of the war, our team has been following and verifying reports of losses among Russian troops fighting in Ukraine by following official announcements, local media reports as well as social media and speaking to the relatives of Russian servicemen.\n\nUp to this moment BBC News Russian has been able to verify the deaths of 2,336 Russian servicemen. We have been able to establish their names, ranks and military units where they served.\n\nThis is nearly twice the latest official figure released by the Russian Defence Ministry in March.\n\nIt is likely that the real figure of the Russian military in Ukraine is far higher than we have been able to establish. But our data analysis helps to see the trends of what is happening with the Russian army fighting in Ukraine.\n\nNearly 20% of all confirmed military casualties are officers. This proportion has remained unchanged for the past three months. Experts say that Russian officers may have to risk more on the frontline because of persistent problems with communications.\n\nOver 25% of all losses are paratroopers and marines. These units are often used in reconnaissance and storming operations. However they often don’t get enough operational support and evacuation opportunities for the wounded.\n\nMost of the casualties, confirmed by us, came from the least developed and economically deprived regions of Russia. There are only three confirmed deaths of servicemen from Moscow, even though the capital makes up almost 9% of the Russian population.\n\nUkrainian authorities now say that nearly 27,000 Russian soldiers have been killed.\n\nRead the full story on the BBC's Russian service here.", "Last updated on .From the section Boxing\n\nFormer world champion Amir Khan has announced his retirement from boxing after a 17-year professional career. The Briton, 35, is a former unified light-welterweight world champion and won silver at the 2004 Athens Olympics. His final bout was a sixth-round knockout loss against rival Kell Brook - who also retired last week. \"It's time to hang up my gloves,\" Khan posted on social media. \"I feel blessed to have had such an amazing career that has spanned over 27 years.\" Khan finishes his career with 34 professional wins and six losses, having turned professional in 2005. \"I want to say a heartfelt thanks to the incredible teams I have worked with and to my family, friends and fans for the love and support they have shown me,\" he added. Khan (left) burst on to the scene after winning silver at the 2004 Athens Olympics Khan burst on to the scene as a 17-year-old at the 2004 Olympics. He was the only boxing representative for Team GB at the Games. A silver medal in Athens generated additional funding for Team GB and paved the way for future Olympic stars such as Anthony Joshua and Nicola Adams. It also thrust Khan into the limelight and his transition into professional boxing came amid huge fanfare. He raced to 18 straight wins as a professional, with his lightning-fast hands despatching most opponents in exciting fashion. After a surprise knockout loss to Breidis Prescott in 2008, Khan moved to the US and teamed up with renowned trainer Freddie Roach. Just 10 months after his first career defeat, Khan realised his childhood dream by beating Andreas Kotelnik at Manchester Arena for the WBA light-welterweight title. Khan became unified light-welterweight champion in 2011 by knocking out Zab Judah in Las Vegas Khan unashamedly spoke of a desire to 'crack America', a mission he achieved. By headlining arenas on the Las Vegas strip, he became a global star. His win over Zab Judah in 2011 earned him the IBF belt and a unified champion title. His career also saw impressive victories over the likes of Marcos Maidana, Devon Alexander and Luis Collazo, all further cementing his status as a British great. But his career has not been short of setbacks, either. He has been sensationally knocked out by Danny Garcia and Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez and suffered defeats to Lamont Peterson and current pound-for-pound star Terence Crawford. While those defeats leave a blemish on his record, Khan has often been praised for his willingness to take on the best and never duck a challenge. What next for Khan? Khan's final outing saw a 17-year-feud, and one of the biggest rivalries in British boxing history, finally settled. Having been outclassed by Sheffield's Brook in front of a packed-out crowd in Manchester, Khan hinted at retirement, saying his love of the sport was \"not there any more\". In the weeks that followed, Khan had suggested he might not be ready to hang up the gloves on a defeat, but has now opted to follow his rival into retirement. Brook says he wants to focus on managing fighters, an area Khan has also previously said he would like to pursue. He has also worked closely with the WBC in promoting boxing in the Middle East. Outside the ring, he has maintained a strong public profile through his appearances in reality gameshow 'I'm a Celebrity' and his own BBC reality TV show 'Meet the Khans: Big in Bolton'.\n• None Find out what really happened in the 90s: Robert Carlyle takes us back to moments we missed that shaped the world today\n• None 'She may have a secret sister': Stacey Dooley visits a woman who wants to find out if her dad fathered a child as a prisoner of war", "A failed river crossing where a Russian battalion lost almost all its armoured vehicles was the third such attack in three days, a Ukrainian army official has told the BBC.\n\nSerhiy Hayday, head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration, said Russia was trying hard to cross the Siversky Donets in order to encircle a strategic east Ukrainian city.\n\nBut he claimed that in days of intense battles, local forces had destroyed speed boats and helicopters and \"ruined Russian boat bridges three times\".\n\nImages from the scene show dozens of burnt-out armoured vehicles on the banks of the river.\n\nUkrainian information service, InformNapalm, said that Russia began its crossing attempt on 8 May.\n\nBut as soon as they crossed, Ukrainian forces destroyed the pontoon bridge in the water, and Russian troops \"fell into the trap\", it said.\n\nThe UK ministry of defence claimed on Friday that the incident - which it said was a \"highly risky\" attempt to cross the water - revealed the pressure Russian commanders were under to make progress.\n\nThe river flows through the Donestsk and Luhansk regions - both major Russian military targets.\n\nMoscow has not yet commented on the attacks, and the BBC has not independently verified Mr Hayday's account of the battles.\n\nBut the official described \"a great accumulation\" of Russian troops making repeated attempts to encircle Ukrainian forces.\n\n\"We still can't bring down Russia's offensive pace,\" he said. \"Russia continues to attack in this direction, and we are forced to defend ourselves.\"\n\nIn repeated attacks, Ukrainian troops had \"eliminated approximately 70 units of Russian heavy weapons and equipment\", disrupting attempts to cross.\n\nIt isn't clear how many Russian soldiers were killed in the battalion, which would typically consist of more than 500 troops.\n\nCrossing the river, is a vital move to surround Ukrainian troops and take important cities such as Severodonetsk, according to analysts.\n\nOleh Zhdanov, a Ukrainian military expert told the BBC: \"If they take this crossing, cross the river in this area, it allows the Russian Federation to further advance to the estuary. The advance towards Severodonetsk is the plan they have come up with.\"\n\nSeverodonetsk is important to the Russians because controlling it would enable Russia to drive west and link up with Russian forces pushing south-east of Izyum.\n\nDespite the destruction on the banks of the Siversky Donets, Russian troops are making progress in nearby areas.\n\nMr Hayday said Moscow's forces had taken the town of Rubizhne and that the national guard was attempting to defend the outskirts of the town.\n\n\"Russians are doing their best to eliminate our fighters, but they are not able to do this,\" he said. \"Ukrainian positions are still very strong there,\" he said.\n\nMeanwhile, in another area of eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian forces have driven back Russian troops from the second-largest city of Kharkiv.\n\nIt is thought to be the fastest advance since Russian forces pulled away from Kyiv more than a month ago.\n\nCrossing the river, is a vital move to surround Ukrainian troops and take important cities such as Severodonetsk, according to analysts", "Unison says staffing levels are at dangerous levels in Scottish Borders hospitals\n\nA trade union has written to every politician representing the Scottish Borders to highlight \"dangerous staffing levels\" in local hospitals.\n\nUnison claims serious breaches of safety guidelines are occurring daily due to a lack of nurses, auxiliaries and porters.\n\nThe letter says staff are unable to take proper rest breaks or log serious incidents in the reporting system.\n\nNHS Borders said patient and staff safety was its number one priority.\n\nUnison said working conditions in the area were regularly in breach of regulations.\n\nGreig Kelbie, the union's regional officer in the Borders, said: \"We are getting regular messages from our members to tell us about the pressure they are under - and that they can't cope.\n\n\"The care system was under pressure before Covid, but the pandemic has exasperated the situation, particularly at NHS Borders.\n\n\"The NHS has been stretched to its limits and it is now at the stage where it is dangerous for patients and staff - we're often told about serious breaches of health and safety, particularly at Borders General Hospital where there are issues with flooring and staff falling.\n\n\"We work collaboratively with NHS Borders to do what we can, but we also wanted to make politicians aware of how bad things have become.\n\n\"We need our politicians to step up and implement change - we want them to make sure the Health and Care Act is brought to the fore and that it protects our members.\"\n\nThe Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019 was introduced to ensure the wellbeing of staff, provide safe and high quality services, and to improve standards.\n\nBut staff shortages have increased significantly across all health boards during the pandemic due to self-isolating and Covid-related illnesses.\n\nUnison, which represents hundreds of health staff and care workers in the region, believes NHS Borders staff are at a further disadvantage due the staff bank system partnership with the Lothians for covering vacant shifts.\n\nMr Kelbie added: \"The Borders shares a bank with Lothians health and that is proving quite challenging as most people on the bank prefer to take the shifts in Edinburgh and the Lothians rather than coming down here.\n\n\"We've raised the issues already at a local level, and now we're raising them with the decision-makers in the parliaments.\"\n\nNHS Borders chief executive Ralph Roberts assured all staff last month that his board was determined to address challenges caused by staff shortages.\n\nA further meeting took place this week with trade union representatives to reassure them that management's focus is on making services as safe as possible.\n\nMr Roberts added: \"We have a duty of care to our staff, patients, students and volunteers.\n\n\"We fully acknowledge the challenges staff continue to face as a result of service pressures, the level of staffing gaps because of vacancies, leave and sickness absence - and the continued impact of Covid-19.\n\n\"We are committed to working to meet the requirements of the Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act.\n\n\"Whilst we continue to take steps to support improvement, including a series of actions to improve patient flow and work on a local workforce strategy and plan, we acknowledge there are no short-term fixes and that the health and social care system is experiencing significant pressure across the whole of Scotland and the rest of the UK.\n\n\"We would like to take this opportunity to reassure people that patient and staff safety remains our number one priority and thank our staff, once again, for their continued commitment and professionalism during such difficult times.\"", "A new oral tablet could help thousands of women with benign womb growths, called fibroids, avoid invasive surgery, say experts advising the NHS.\n\nWatchdog the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) says Ryeqo pills should be added to the treatment options considered if a woman has moderate to severe symptoms.\n\nSometimes, the growths and associated bloating make a woman look pregnant.\n\nThey can also lead to infertility.\n\nFibroids are really common - affecting one in three women, but particularly those who are black.\n\nBBC Radio 1 DJ Clara Amfo has spoken openly about her experience of living with fibroids.\n\nShe told Radio 1's Life Hacks: \"A lot of people don't know what they are. So they are basically non-cancerous growths that can appear on the womb.\n\n\"The blessing is they are non-cancerous, which is a plus, but they still cause a lot of problems around fertility, enjoyment of sexy time, with your digestive system, with your urinary system, heavy periods.\n\n\"I developed anaemia because my periods were very heavy. I was losing a lot of blood because of them.\"\n\nShe recently had surgery to remove six large ones.\n\n\"I had what is called a laparoscopic myomectomy. That meant they made three incisions - they went through my belly button and made two incisions in my abdomen and then they go in with a machine, and they basically shred the fibroid in you and then like suck it out.\n\n\"The recovery was so tough. It was keyhole surgery but it was still invasive.\"\n\nSurgery may still be the best option for some women. There are also injections available that can shrink fibroids.\n\nPainkillers and hormonal birth control pills or coils are another option that may provide relief.\n\nFibroids do not need to be treated if they are not causing symptoms. Over time, they will often shrink and disappear without treatment, particularly after the menopause.\n\nThe Ryeqo tablets contain a combination of medication - relugolix with estradiol and norethisterone acetate - and are designed to be taken daily at home to help control symptoms.\n\nResearch suggests they can be used in the long term and should not affect fertility.\n\nAbout 4,500 women with uterine fibroids will be eligible for a new oral treatment in England and Wales, says NICE, and it should become available within the next few months now that the guidance has been published.\n\nHelen Knight, interim director of medicines evaluation in the NICE Centre for Health Technology Evaluation, said: \"Uterine fibroids can have a profound effect on quality of life. Along with the many debilitating symptoms, there is a real lack of long-term options.\n\n\"This treatment has the potential to improve quality of life. As well as effectively reducing symptoms, it can be taken at home and is therefore more convenient than the injectable treatment, given in a hospital setting.\n\n\"It can also be used long term, which could mean improved and sustained symptom relief, it is well-tolerated, and it will mean thousands of women can avoid invasive surgery which always carries some risk.\"\n• None NICE - The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: On patrol with the soldiers pushing Russia back\n\nUkraine says its forces have recaptured villages from Russian troops north and north-east of Kharkiv, pushing them back towards the border. The continuing offensive could signal a shift in the war's momentum and jeopardise Russia's main advance further south. BBC correspondent Quentin Sommerville, and cameraman Darren Conway, have been with Ukrainian forces as they advance.\n\nThe village of Ruska Lozova stands at the centre of the turn in Ukraine's response to Russian aggression.\n\nIt was recently liberated in a co-ordinated effort led by senior military commanders. Ukrainian troops from territorial defence, the national guard and the regular army are seeking to push the Russians back along a 32-km (20-mile) front line. In the Russian city of Belgorod, just across the border, troops have amassed for a likely counter-offensive.\n\nWe drove north from the city of Kharkhiv with Ukrainian forces. Russian shells continued to hit the village.\n\nWith no power or water, little food, and neither phone or internet, its residents had been isolated from Ukraine's second-largest city - just 8km (5 miles) south. From the woods and hills nearby, Russian mortars and artillery shelled Kharkiv relentlessly.\n\nAt an army aid station, we met Raisa Opanasivna who has lived in Ruska Lozova for 30 years. The 66-year-old approached the Ukrainian soldiers, weighed down by history, and two large plastic shopping bags.\n\nUnder a knitted grey beanie, her gaunt face was weather-beaten, her slim frame stooped. She hadn't seen this many people for months. Since the beginning of the war, her village had been under Russian occupation.\n\nThe Russians had come house to house. \"They were checking homes, asking if we have rifles. But I have nothing. I'm alone,\" Raisa said.\n\nRuska Lozova has been torn apart, but more than that, Raisa's whole world had been upended by Russia's invasion. In the east, the war is bringing not just a re-examination of people's relationship to Russia - barely 30km north - but a more personal reassessment of what it means to be a Russian-speaking Ukrainian.\n\nA month ago, the Russians were literally at the gates to Kharkiv. The shelling was constant - and buildings in the street we were staying in were being hit. It became so bad that it was easier to count the hours of silence than the hours of explosions. It felt like being on the edge of an abyss, where one more concerted Russian attack could rupture the city.\n\nIn the northern Saltivka neighbourhood, entire apartment blocks had been destroyed. Those who had stayed behind had no electricity or water, and were reduced to cooking food on small fires they had made in their stairwells.\n\nBut the spectre of Russian victory, which haunted this city, has gone. Last week I sat in a city centre park, its grass neatly cut, its flower beds blooming, and enjoyed an ice cream sundae from a cafe. The city is still largely empty, but the number of Russian artillery strikes has fallen from dozens daily, to only a handful. Air raid sirens still wail regularly, but Kharkiv no longer feels on the brink of catastrophe.\n\nTulip blooms in a park in Kharkiv city centre, May 2022\n\nUkrainian gains, modest for now, could have strategic implications for Russia's war in the Donbas to the south-east, threatening the invaders' supply lines.\n\nAs we headed north from Kharkiv with Ukrainian forces to villages and towns that mark the new frontline - the road remained strewn with craters and spent Russian rockets. At the highway's edges there were destroyed Russian vehicles and burned-out lorries, which had been used to block their initial attack on Kharkiv.\n\nWe drove at speed - the commander of a volunteer unit behind the wheel, had his rifle propped in the footwell. \"The sides of the road are mined,\" he said, as the car lurched through a chicane of roadblocks and tank traps.\n\nOurs was the only car on the road, and we were aware that, on the forested hill in front of us, Russian tanks and artillery were still roaming.\n\nWar in the Kharkiv region has changed - it's now a game of hawk and mouse, where each side's drones circle constantly, trying to pinpoint the enemy's tanks and guns, for targeting by artillery.\n\nUkrainian troops try to move forward, smoke visible in the distance\n\nWe passed a Russian Grad rocket launcher lying in a ditch, and a smashed-up military green Lada, with the Russian \"Z\" insignia painted white on its doors.\n\n\"Russia's secret weapon,\" the commander said, to laughter among his men.\n\nNear Ruska Lozova, scorch marks on the road were all that remained of a civilian vehicle destroyed by a Russian shell. The wreck was gone, but its contents were spilled across the road - a pink blanket here, some clothing there. A number of people were killed in the strike.\n\nThe village shows the effects of the battle for control. Homes have been wrecked by shelling and some buildings still burn. One house we passed had a shattered roof, while bright red tulips lined up in an orderly fashion at its gate.\n\nThe battle has become more fluid, and the men don't linger in the open. They run across open ground at speed and climb walls to avoid Russian fire from the woods, less than half a kilometre away.\n\nUkrainian troops are reluctant to linger in the open\n\nThey believe Russian fighters have left, and it's mostly men from the separatist Donbas region they are fighting. But the day after we left, more Russians were captured near the front.\n\nWe had to take cover suddenly in a foxhole, their first line against the enemy as the Russian artillery again opened fire and shells whizzed overhead. They landed on the other side of the village seconds later.\n\nAt an anti-tank position, US-supplied Javelin anti-tank missiles, along with their British-supplied versions, lay ready for use. Manning this lookout were two volunteers, who replied to me in French. They are Ukrainian, but joined the French Foreign Legion. One told me that he'd been serving for three years, but had deserted to join the fight for Ukraine.\n\nThat is perhaps a weapon Russia underestimated - the force of Ukrainian solidarity. Even before Western military aid began arriving here, this was what anchored Ukraine's defences. Among the group of volunteers are an economist, a businessman, a mechanic, and a rally-driving champion.\n\nI met the commander before Victory Day on 9 May - which Russia and Ukraine celebrate as the Soviet Union's defeat over Germany's Nazi regime during World War Two - and asked him what it meant this year. He feels it has been tainted.\n\n\"I was born in the Soviet Union,\" he continues, sipping on some freshly brewed tea. \"Russians, to my regret, use everything as weapons. Our common dates, our common language, our common religion. Russia doesn't hesitate to use all means. That is why everybody here now hates the Russian language - even Russian poet Alexander Pushkin is persona non grata - that is why our church is split, and everything which is Russian will be renamed here.\"\n\nFew people remain in the town of Ruska Losova. Raisa, in her grey coat and woollen hat approached army medics, numb to the shelling around her, and the wounds it had inflicted upon on her body. Her face was peppered with shrapnel and half of her finger was missing.\n\nWhen she removed her jacket, her slim arm was sliced open at the bicep.\n\n\"Cut like a chicken fillet. Can you remove the shrapnel?\" Raisa asks.\n\nPerhaps it was because she hadn't seen people for months, or because of a stroke last year, but she has only just regained the ability to talk.\n\nHer story began to pour out. A group of soldiers gathered around her.\n\n\"When I was giving birth there were three of us mothers. I was in the middle. They were screaming. I was calm. I took a strap from the shirt to my mouth. The doctor told me to scream. But I said it doesn't matter if you are screaming or not. It's still painful. That's how I gave birth to my son. Quietly.\"\n\nThe men around her were wincing as she told them to cut off the loose skin with scissors. One soldier looked queasy as the medic patched her up. As it was happening, she reflected on the fate of her village and of an empire she had seen disintegrate - her home and her history in ruins.\n\nShe lived through the Soviet Union at a time when Russia and Ukraine were countries intertwined. For years, she lived in East Germany, where she became pregnant, and returned to Ukraine to give birth alone.\n\n\"My father and [Putin's] father were fighting together against Hitler, right? Could that really be possible? And now we fight against each other,\" she told us. \"[We were] the closest nations. This has never happened before. There were German invaders and now these are our people.\"\n\nAfter being bandaged up, Raisa was escorted to a waiting car, to take her to hospital in Kharkiv.\n\nMost of the people in the village are being evacuated, buses waiting to transport those without cars.\n\nThe Russian occupation has torn the village apart, both literally and figuratively. In the basement of one building, half a dozen locals have been detained. They are suspected of aiding the enemy. Their eyes are covered with balaclavas taped over their heads, their hands tied. At least one woman is among them. They are left alone in a room, then taken away to the security services for questioning.\n\nTheir phones will be checked and their social media, too. Police checkpoints on the road into Kharkiv question everyone coming from the liberated areas, looking for saboteurs. Collaborators face 15 years in prison, or a life imprisonment if their actions caused Ukrainian deaths.\n\nIt's unlikely Raisa can ever forgive Russia for the wounds she has suffered. And with every battle, the men on the front line are freeing themselves from the bindings that once held these two nations together.\n\nBut the operation north of Kharkiv isn't complete and it has been costly. It is only one front in what looks as though it will be a long war.\n• None Watch: On patrol with the soldiers pushing Russia back. Video, 00:06:30Watch: On patrol with the soldiers pushing Russia back", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. PM Ranil Wickramasinghe: \"It is going to get worse before it gets better\"\n\nSri Lanka's new prime minister has told the BBC an economic crisis that has brought misery and unrest is \"going to get worse before it gets better\".\n\nThe country is facing fuel shortages and soaring food prices, with some Sri Lankans forced to skip meals.\n\nAnger over the government's handling of the crisis has led to violent protests.\n\nRanil Wickremesinghe was appointed in an attempt to defuse the protests. It is the opposition MP's sixth stint as prime minister.\n\nIn his first interview since taking office, Mr Wickremesinghe told the BBC he would ensure families get three meals a day.\n\nAppealing to the world for more financial help, he said \"there won't be a hunger crisis, we will find food\".\n\nThe new PM described the Sri Lankan economy as \"broken\", but he said his message to Sri Lankans was to \"be patient, I will bring things back\".\n\nMr Wickremesinghe was sworn-in by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday, but his appointment has largely been met with dismay, as he is seen as too close to the politically dominant Rajapaksa family.\n\nIn his interview, Mr Wickremesinghe said he agreed with the sentiment of protestors who've been calling for President Rajapaksa to resign, but said that would not happen. \"Blaming won't lead to action, I'm here to see people nourished,\" he said.\n\nBut he added that he was \"going to change all the policies of the Rajapaksa government\".\n\nHe also called on the international community for help.\n\n\"We need your assistance for a year, whatever we get from you we will repay. Help us to do it. We are the longest and oldest democracy in Asia,\" he said.\n\nLong queues for essentials are now part of daily life in Sri Lanka, for those that can afford them\n\nSri Lanka's economy is in freefall. Food, medicine and fuel have run out or become unaffordable. Some people have died waiting at petrol stations to fill up their tanks.\n\nIt is the the island nation's worst economic crisis since gaining independence from Britain in 1948.\n\n\"We don't have kerosene, we don't have petrol, we don't have diesel, we don't have cooking gas and we don't even have access to wood-fired stoves,\" a 68-year-old woman in the Sri Lankan capital Columbo told AFP.\n\n\"We are struggling everyday to feed our children. Food prices have tripled in the past few days. How are we supposed to manage?\"\n\nAt the heart of Sri Lanka's economic woes is that the country is heavily reliant on imports but has been burning through the foreign currency reserves it needs to pay for them.\n\nThe economy suffered in the Covid pandemic and tourism was hit by the 2019 church bombings. But experts have also blamed economic mismanagement too.\n• None Who is Sri Lanka's new PM?", "The Queen has arrived at the Royal Windsor Horse Show after missing the State Opening of Parliament earlier this week.\n\nThe 96-year-old was driven on to the showground in a Range Rover.\n\nOn Tuesday, she missed the annual reading of the Queen's Speech for the first time since 1963.\n\nShe was last seen in public in March, when she attended a service commemorating the life of the Duke of Edinburgh at Westminster Abbey.\n\nThe Queen has mobility problems and has had to cancel a number of recent public appearances.\n\nOn Friday morning she was seen sitting in the front passenger seat of her Range Rover, which pulled up near the parade ring so she could watch her animals.\n\nThe monarch's horse was named champion in a competition at the equestrian show\n\nThe monarch's horse Balmoral Leia, a five-year-old grey dun mare, was announced as a supreme champion in the Highland Class 64 event.\n\nThe Queen was seen smiling and laughing as she spoke to officials from the horse show through an open car window.\n\nInside the parade ring, horses were put through their paces as classical music played over a public address system.\n\nThe Queen later joined the Earl and Countess of Wessex in the main castle area to watch the couple's daughter, Lady Louise Windsor - who is also the Queen's granddaughter - in a carriage display marking the centenary of the Fell Pony Society.\n\nThe monarch was spotted walking into the area wearing a headscarf and using her stick.\n\nHer horse later beat other breed champions to be named winner in the Horse and Hound Mountain and Moorland Supreme in Hand Championship.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Queen is well-known for her love of horses and the Royal Windsor Horse Show is reported to be one of her favourite events of the year.\n\nThe show opened on Thursday, runs until Sunday and traditionally attracts thousands of equestrians and enthusiasts to the grounds of Windsor Castle.\n\nIt was first staged in 1943 and hosts international competitions in show jumping, dressage, driving and endurance.\n\nIn 2016, the Queen won a Tesco voucher at the Berkshire event when her horse won a competition.\n\nThe restorative powers of a horse show seemed to be at work with the Queen's re-appearance.\n\nIf mobility problems kept her away from the State Opening of Parliament, the passenger seat of a Range Rover allowed her to drive up close to the action at the Royal Windsor Horse Show.\n\nThe Queen seemed relaxed and smiling, talking to officials and visitors at the parade ring of the annual horse show, held near her Windsor home.\n\nThis will be seen as a reassuring sight, as the Queen's first appearance in public since March and only the second outside of her own residences this year.\n\nIt sends a visual message that even if it's difficult for the Queen to move or to stand for long stretches, she is still active and engaged.\n\nThe Queen was later joined by the Earl and Countess of Wessex\n\nThe Queen is known to love horses\n\nEarlier this month, Buckingham Palace announced other members of the Royal Family would stand in for the Queen when the traditional garden parties return this summer.\n\nThe Prince of Wales stepped in for the monarch at the Maundy Service in April.\n\nLast October, the Queen spent a night in hospital and over the following three months was under doctors' orders to conduct only light duties.\n\nShe has been using a walking stick in public since she attended a service marking the centenary of the Royal British Legion last October.", "Ava White died after being stabbed outside a Primark store in Liverpool in November\n\nA teenage boy said \"get out my face, lad\" before fatally stabbing 12-year-old Ava White, a court has heard.\n\nAva was stabbed to death in Liverpool city centre while out with friends on 25 November 2021.\n\nOne of her friends told Liverpool Crown Court they had gone over to a group of boys and asked them to delete videos after noticing them filming.\n\nA 14-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to possessing an offensive weapon but denies murder.\n\nIn pre-recorded evidence, the girl said Ava had tried to grab a phone from one of the boys to delete the video but \"he wouldn't have any of it\".\n\nShe said: \"We didn't know him and we didn't want something of us on social media looking silly and acting silly.\"\n\nShe said the boys walked away so they followed them to a side street near a Primark store.\n\nAva and the defendant then got \"face to face\" and she said \"delete the video\", the friend told the court.\n\nShe continued: \"The next minute we just hear 'get out of my face, lad', and I thought he pushed her, but he stabbed her.\n\n\"He was circling around us with a smirk on his face.\"\n\nBalloons were released at the start of the vigil in memory of Ava in December\n\nIn cross-examination, the girl said they followed the boys to the side of Primark because someone, who she thought may have been Ava, said: \"They're going to get away\".\n\nAsked why she ran after the boys with Ava, the girl said: \"Cause she was going to go on her own so we went too.\"\n\nShe agreed that Ava had been going to \"front\" the four boys on her own and she thought she remembered Ava shouting something like \"bunch of mings\".\n\nNick Johnson QC, defending, asked: \"Did she want a scrap?\"\n\nThe girl said: \"She wanted to, I think, but I don't think she would have.\"\n\nThe court has also heard from a 14-year-old boy who said he had been round the corner when Ava was injured.\n\nHe said: \"I just heard Ava scream 'I've been stabbed, I've been stabbed'.\"\n\nThe defendant, who appeared in court via video-link, denies murder and an alternative charge of manslaughter.\n\nThe trial was adjourned until Monday.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Det Supt Phil Duffy said his officers' thoughts were \"very much with the baby girl's family\"\n\nTwo people have been arrested over the death of an eight-month-old baby following a \"medical episode\" at a nursery.\n\nPolice were called to an incident at a nursery in Stockport, Greater Manchester, on Monday.\n\nThe girl was taken to hospital where she later died.\n\nThe two people, held on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter, were being questioned in custody, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said.\n\nThe force described the death as \"heartbreaking\".\n\nDet Supt Phil Duffy said: \"Our thoughts are very much with the baby girl's family who are understandably shocked and devastated.\n\n\"We're doing everything we can to get them the answers they deserve.\n\n\"Officers are continuing to work to establish the full facts and ascertain the circumstances.\"\n\nA spokesman for Ofsted said the nursery had been temporarily closed and declined to comment further.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Russia has said it will be forced to take \"retaliatory steps\" over its neighbour Finland's move to join Nato.\n\nA foreign ministry statement said the move would seriously damage bilateral relations, as well as security and stability in northern Europe.\n\nEarlier, Finland's president and PM called for the country to apply for Nato membership \"without delay\".\n\nIt comes amid a surge in public support for Nato membership following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.\n\nFinland shares a 1,300-km (810-mile) border with Russia. Until now, it has stayed out of Nato to avoid antagonising its eastern neighbour.\n\nFinland will formally announce its decision on Sunday after it has been considered by parliament and other senior political figures.\n\nSweden has said it will announce a similar decision on the same day.\n\nNato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said he expects the process of giving Sweden and Finland membership to happen \"quite quickly\".\n\nThe White House said the US would back a Nato application from both countries if they apply.\n\nThe Russian statement (in Russian) described Finland's move as \"a radical change in the country's foreign policy\".\n\n\"Finland's accession to Nato will cause serious damage to bilateral Russian-Finnish relations and the maintaining of stability and security in the Northern European region,\" it said.\n\n\"Russia will be forced to take retaliatory steps, both of a military-technical and other nature, in order to neutralise the threats to its national security that arise from this.\"\n\nHowever, Moscow has not specified what steps it plans to take.\n\nRussia's deputy UN representative Dmitry Polyansky said Sweden and Finland would become possible targets for Russia if they become Nato members, according to Russian news agency Ria.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Pekka Haavisto tells the BBC that Russia’s invasion was a turning point for Finland wanting to join Nato\n\nRussian officials were responding to a joint statement by Finnish President Sauli Niinisto and Prime Minister Sanna Marin, which said the two leaders expected a decision on Nato membership in the next few days.\n\n\"Nato membership would strengthen Finland's security,\" it said. \"As a member of Nato, Finland would strengthen the entire defence alliance. Finland must apply for Nato membership without delay.\"\n\nSpeaking to journalists later, Mr Niinisto responded to Russian concerns and blamed the move on Moscow's invasion.\n\n\"Joining Nato would not be against anyone. You caused this. Look in the mirror,\" he said.\n\nAn opinion poll last week put support in Finland for joining Nato at 76%, with 12% against, a big swing towards membership since before the invasion.\n\nFinland and the USSR were on opposing sides in World War Two, with the Finns famously fending off a Soviet invasion in 1939-40.\n\nBut Finland lost 10% of its territory in the final peace agreement and remained non-aligned throughout the Cold War.\n\nIts accession to Nato would more than double the length of Russia's borders with the alliance. Sweden does not have a border with Russia.", "Rebekah Vardy gave evidence on the third day of the trial\n\nRebekah Vardy has appeared to accept that her agent leaked information from Coleen Rooney's private Instagram account to a newspaper, but denied that it was \"new\" information.\n\nMrs Vardy was giving evidence on day three of her High Court libel trial.\n\nMrs Rooney is being sued after claiming Mrs Vardy leaked private information she obtained on Instagram to the Sun.\n\nMrs Vardy also denied orchestrating a photograph of footballers' wives and girlfriends at the 2018 World Cup.\n\nProceedings were halted twice on Thursday afternoon after cross-examination from Mrs Rooney's lawyer David Sherborne brought Mrs Vardy to tears. She was allowed to leave the witness box on both occasions.\n\nThe court heard Mrs Rooney's car was damaged in early 2019. At the time, Mrs Rooney posted a picture of the damaged Honda on her private Instagram account.\n\nThree days later, a story about Mrs Rooney's car was published in the Sun, written by journalist Andy Halls.\n\nMrs Rooney's barrister, David Sherborne, read out texts between Mrs Vardy and Caroline Watt, where the agent told the TV personality: \"Halls is trying to do a story on Coleen crashing her car but her PR [publicist] won't even reply. I've told him I'm 100% confident that it happened but don't know how.\"\n\nQuestioning Mrs Vardy, Mr Sherborne said: \"You didn't object at any stage to the fact that Ms Watt is plainly passing on information from Mrs Rooney's private Instagram account to Andy Halls.\"\n\nMrs Vardy said The Sun already had the information, adding: \"I didn't think she was passing on any new information.\"\n\nMr Sherborne asked: \"Take the word 'new' out of it. Did you or did you not know that Ms Watt was passing on information from Mrs Rooney's private account?\"\n\nMrs Vardy replied: \"She was talking to Mr Halls about information that was already being discussed.\"\n\nAfter the story appeared in the Sun, Mrs Rooney posted a public tweet saying it was \"sad\" someone who followed her on social media was \"betraying\" her.\n\nWhile discussing this tweet in a private WhatsApp conversation, Ms Watt told Mrs Vardy: \"It wasn't someone she trusted. It was me\", accompanied by a crying-with-laughter emoji.\n\nThe barrister put it to Mrs Vardy that was her agent admitting leaking the information to the journalist.\n\nMrs Vardy replied: \"That seems to be what she is saying, but I'm just looking at the times, at 18:47 I'm bathing the children, there is no response from me.\"\n\nColeen Rooney, pictured with husband Wayne outside court, will start giving evidence on Friday\n\nEarlier on Thursday, Mrs Vardy, the wife of Leicester City player Jamie, denied orchestrating a photograph of footballers' wives and girlfriends at the 2018 World Cup.\n\nMr Sherborne repeatedly suggested she was lying about the extent of her relationship with the press.\n\nHe pointed to text messages which suggested Mrs Vardy and Miss Watt colluded with the press to set up photographs.\n\nMr Sherborne accused Mrs Vardy of secretly working with a paparazzi photographer to take a picture of her and her fellow \"Wags\" (a term to describe the wives and girlfriends of England footballers) at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.\n\nIn a text exchange, Ms Watt wrote that she had \"got a photographer sorted for tomorrow\", to which Mrs Vardy replied \"OK\".\n\nIn court, Mrs Vardy accepted she had helped arrange to be photographed as she left her hotel to go to dinner, saying she was \"happy\" to have her picture taken.\n\nBut she denied orchestrating further photographs to be taken later that evening at a restaurant, when she was spending time with a group of the England team's wives and girlfriends.\n\nMrs Vardy claimed that further messages she sent to Ms Watt when plans changed during the evening were not because she was working with the agent to arrange a \"pap shot\" of the group as they left the restaurant.\n\nMr Sherbourne argued that some messages - including one Mrs Vardy sent to Ms Watt saying she had \"bought about 10 minutes\" - showed that Mrs Vardy had stalled the women at the restaurant in an effort to delay them from posting their own pictures on Instagram.\n\nThis, Mr Sherborne suggested, would give the photographer time to file his photos to picture agencies and claim them as his exclusive.\n\nColeen Rooney (left) and Rebekah Vardy, pictured at a Euro 2016 match in France\n\nReferring to the text about delaying the group for 10 minutes, Mr Sherborne said to Mrs Vardy: \"You were terrified you are going to lose your exclusive so you do everything you can to stall them.\"\n\n\"That's not true\", said Vardy. She said the messages showed that she was \"trying to get her [Ms Watt] off my back so I could put my phone away and enjoy my evening. It had been a crazy couple of days.\"\n\nThe barrister suggested to Mrs Vardy that the other women had been \"upset\" by the allegedly staged photographs, which Mrs Vardy also denied, saying \"no one was upset\".\n\nMr Sherborne added that when the other women present that evening found out about the paparazzi, they arranged to put their own photos on social media in an effort to make sure the photographer could not claim his images were exclusive.\n\nAfter Mrs Vardy said she \"had been drinking\" so didn't fully \"recall\" the exact details of what had happened that day, Mr Sherborne again accused the claimant of \"lying\" to the court.\n\nHe suggested Mrs Vardy had been continually changing her story, which she denied, and later of having \"selective amnesia\".\n\nMrs Vardy's witness statements were repeatedly revised ahead of the libel trial, Mr Sherborne noted.\n\nThe so-called \"Wagatha Christie\" trial centres on a viral social media post from October 2019, in which Mrs Rooney said she had carried out a sting operation to find out who had been passing private information about her life to the press.\n\nMrs Rooney, the wife of former England footballer Wayne, claimed that she had clamped down on her privacy settings so that the only account that could have seen three fake stories she had posted - which later appeared in the Sun - belonged to Mrs Vardy.", "Mike Cox said there initially was an ongoing issue with the cooler on the car but now the whole engine needs replacing\n\nA motorist who blocked a Land Rover dealership in protest over issues with his car has been ordered to move.\n\nMike Cox parked several vehicles, including a caravan and a McLaren, outside the Cardiff garage, claiming the company \"failed to fix his car\".\n\nThe 36-year-old, said he had taken the Range Rover back eight times with issues with the cooling system, but they had never been repaired.\n\nLand Rover said they were investigating the case.\n\nThe Land Rover dealership in Cardiff declined to comment.\n\nThe businessman has received an injunction to move the vehicles by Saturday. He first parked the vehicles outside the Land Rover dealership on Hadfield Road three weeks ago.\n\n\"I'll just move them to one of the other 74 dealerships, or the head office,\" he told BBC Wales.\n\n\"I want them to get the message that I am not going to go away, they will have 74 vehicles outside their garages and one outside their head office - it is wrong what they are doing,\" he said.\n\nMr Cox said he will continue to park cars outside the Land Rover dealerships until the situation is resolved\n\nMr Cox bought the nearly-new Range Rover four years ago and said there had been numerous problems with the cooling system, which have never been repaired, and claimed the vehicle kept breaking down.\n\n\"It's the same recurring problem and it just hasn't been fixed properly - I have been back and forth about eight times now and they haven't fixed it,\" he added.\n\nHe said in the last three years he has added 12,000 miles to the 30,000 that were on the clock when he bought it.\n\n\"I have taken it to the Swansea dealership, I have taken it to the Cardiff dealership - it's the same issue and I just want them to repair the car,\" he added.\n\nMr Cox said the issue first arose in March 2021, and he has taken the car back several times\n\nMr Cox said he took out an extended warranty for £2,500 six weeks ago - after he was offered it after being told his initial warranty was due to expire - which was the \"best package\" and \"covered every issue\".\n\nThe businessman said he understood that under the terms and conditions his car would be covered as it was under 10 years old, and had fewer than 100,000 miles on the clock.\n\nBut he claimed the company was now refusing to pay out because the warranty is too old.\n\n\"It's wrong, why did they take my money and now are using that as an excuse,\" he said.\n\n\"It's a joke - I am not being pushed over when I haven't done anything wrong,\" he added.\n\nHe said there has been no offer of compensation and latest discussions were Wednesday afternoon, but no assurances were made.\n\n\"It's the principle, that's why I am protesting - I can afford it but what about others, they would be screwed.\"\n\nA spokesperson for Land Rover said: \"Land Rover always aims to provide the best customer service.\n\n\"We're currently investigating this case and are in regular contact with the customer concerned.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jacob Rees-Mogg: \"During an issue with the cost of living... you need to have control of budgets\"\n\nThe government wants to cut up to 91,000 civil service jobs to save money, the UK's top civil servant says.\n\nThe aim is to return to 2016 staffing levels within three years, Cabinet Secretary Simon Case said in a letter to civil servants seen by the BBC.\n\nDowning Street said it had not ruled out a recruitment freeze or compulsory redundancies as part of planned cuts.\n\nA civil service union said the plan was \"ill thought-out\" and added strike action was \"very much on the table\".\n\nMr Case, in the letter to civil servants on Thursday night, acknowledged the job cuts would be \"challenging\" and that civil service staffing had grown \"substantially\" since 2016, partly because of the pandemic.\n\n\"We must consider how we can streamline our workforce and equip ourselves with the skills we need to be an even more effective, lean and innovative service that continues to deliver for the people we serve,\" he wrote.\n\nThe cabinet secretary added the prime minister believed \"this matters all the more at a time when the government is focused on controlling expenditure and delivering the best possible value for taxpayers in challenging circumstances\".\n\nOn Friday, the prime minister's spokesman said it was up to government departments to \"come forward with their plans\" to cut staff numbers - and refused to pre-empt any specific measures.\n\n\"It's important for the civil service to be as efficient as possible and make sure there's no duplication,\" they added, saying changes in technology could allow departments to work differently.\n\n\"It's right that the public would expect the government to make sure we are spending taxpayers' money as efficiently as possible.\"\n\nThere were 384,000 civil servants employed in 2016 - the lowest number since World War Two - but as the UK prepared to leave the EU, numbers steadily rose until they reached 475,000 at the end of last year.\n\nThe civil service delivers public services and supports the government to develop and implement policies, but is politically impartial. The work civil servants do touch all aspects of life, from staff paying benefits in the Department for Work and Pensions to people running prisons working for the Ministry of Justice.\n\nOn Friday - following press coverage - the permanent secretary at HMRC apologised that staff had learned of potential job cuts \"from the media rather than from me or civil service leaders\".\n\nHe said no decisions had been taken on how the cuts would be made, or how they would impact HMRC, but pledged to keep staff informed and thanked them for their hard work.\n\nMr Rees-Mogg - the minister in charge of efficiency - told the BBC the government needed to have \"control of budgets\" and ensure efficiency during the cost of living crisis.\n\nHe said: \"It's not a question of doing less of, it's doing things more efficiently.\n\n\"We've taken on quite a number of additional staff - indeed 91,000 - to deal with Covid and some of the consequences of Brexit.\n\n\"Those two issues are now fading therefore we can get back to the numbers we previously had.\"\n\nMr Rees-Mogg said the government did not need \"duplication\" and it was hoped \"natural departures\" would be the basis of most of the cuts.\n\nHe would not be drawn on what the freed-up cash would be spent on, saying it was up to Chancellor Rishi Sunak to decide.\n\nBoris Johnson made the demand for job cuts at an away day with ministers in Stoke-on-Trent\n\nAt an away day in Stoke-on-Trent on Thursday, the prime minister gave ministers a month to produce plans to drastically shrink the civil service, as the government comes under increasing pressure over the rising cost of living.\n\nThe Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) responded angrily on Friday, with a threat of strike action.\n\nGeneral secretary Mark Serwotka said \"hardworking PCS members who kept the country running throughout the pandemic... will not be the scapegoats for a failing government\".\n\n\"The government complains about longer delays for passports and driving licences at the same time as sacking the people who are working so hard to clear the backlog,\" said Mr Serwotka.\n\n\"This is not about efficiency. This is about the prime minister trying to create a smokescreen to detract from his utter shambles of a government.\"\n\nThe union will hold its annual conference in 10 days, with national strike action \"very much on the table\", he added.\n\nMr Rees-Mogg would not be drawn on which departments could face cuts. He said that secretaries of states and quangos - organisations funded by taxpayers but not controlled directly by government - were responsible for the resourcing of their own departments.\n\nHe said his own department, the Cabinet Office, had imposed an employment freeze for the last six months.\n\nWhile large-scale job cuts are likely to take time, a government source said \"instant savings\" could be achieved by imposing a recruitment freeze in Whitehall and abolishing any vacancies that had not been signed off by a minister.\n\nExamples include the passport office and 70 staff said to be still working on climate change conference COP26.\n\nA source said the cuts were \"not ideological\" but about \"good housekeeping\".\n\nThe prime minister suggested to the Daily Mail that the savings could be used for tax cuts, saying: \"Every pound the government pre-empts from the taxpayer is money they can spend on their own priorities, on their own lives.\"\n\nBut civil service union the FDA said the expansion of Whitehall since 2016 had been necessary to tackle \"two unprecedented events\", Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nThe number of civil servants grew from a post-war low in 2016 as the UK faced Brexit and the pandemic\n\nFDA general secretary Dave Penman said the government could decide to cut the civil service back to 2016 levels, but he said it would also have to choose \"what the reduced civil service will no longer have the capacity to do\" which may affect services such as passports, border control or health.\n\n\"Without an accompanying strategy, these cuts appear more like a continuation of the government's civil service culture wars - or even worse, ill-thought out, rushed job slashes that won't lead to a more cost-effective government,\" he said.\n\nMajor job reductions through natural wastage - waiting for people to resign or retire rather than enforcing redundancies - would take many years, Mr Penman warned.\n\nThe civil service has grown a lot since 2016 - with major changes like Brexit and the response to the pandemic.\n\nNo 10 insists its approach is not \"ideological\" and is instead about \"good housekeeping\".\n\nSources in Downing Street argue these are jobs that aren't needed - and that more efficiency and automation will mean no cut in services.\n\nBut the specifics of where the numbers will be reduced are not clear. What would cuts to big departments like works and pensions or defence mean in practice?\n\nAlthough the civil service is often associated with Whitehall and the machinery of government, tens of thousands of people work on things like delivering benefits and keeping the courts running.\n\nUnions are arguing if you cut tens of thousands of staff, there will be an inevitable impact on what the government can do.\n\nLabour accused the government of \"pointless rhetoric and lack of action\" instead of implementing an emergency budget to offer more support to people struggling with bills.\n\nA government spokesperson said that the prime minister and ministers were \"clear that the civil service does an outstanding job delivering for the public and driving progress on the government's priorities\".\n\nBut they added when people are facing rising costs, they \"rightly expect their government to lead by example and run as efficiently as possible\".", "Former Brazilian leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has launched his campaign for October's presidential election.\n\nAt a rally, the left-winger called on Brazilians to support him in defending the country's democracy from the far-right President Jair Bolsonaro.\n\nLula led the country for eight years from 2003, but was later convicted of corruption and jailed before having the judgment overturned last year.\n\nThe rally was called a \"pre-launch\" as official campaigning begins in August.\n\nLula's campaign pledges to \"join democrats of all political positions, classes, races and religious beliefs\".\n\nThe 76-year-old told supporters that the current situation in the country \"forces us to overcome our differences and build an alternative path to the incompetence and authoritarianism that governs us\".\n\n\"I'm jumping back into the fight,\" he told a cheering crowd in São Paulo on Saturday.\n\nLula, who governed Brazil between 2003 and 2010, is a towering figure in left-wing politics in Brazil and beyond. His government helped lift tens of millions of people from poverty.\n\nBut in 2018 he was the most senior politician to be convicted as part of an investigation into a huge bribery scandal, known as \"Operation Car Wash\".\n\nAfter his conviction and 12-year jail sentence, Lula was banned from the presidential race in 2018.\n\nBut last year, a Supreme Court judge annulled his corruption convictions, ruling that a biased judge who looked at Lula's case had compromised his right to a fair trial.\n\nEarlier this year, Mr Bolsonaro said that Lula's return to presidency would be like \"the return of a criminal to the crime scene\".\n\nThere are growing fears that, if Lula wins the October elections, Mr Bolsonaro might not accept defeat as he has repeatedly questioned Brazil's electronic voting system.\n\nLula has picked the centrist former governor of São Paulo, Geraldo Alckmin as his running mate for vice-president. Mr Alckmin's more moderate political stance is expected to attract voters who are unhappy with President Bolsonaro's administration, but are also wary of Lula's politics.\n\nMr Alckmin addressed the rally remotely by video, after testing positive for Covid-19\n\nMr Alckmin, who stood against Lula in the 2006 presidential elections, thanked Lula for his trust and said he is proud of their alliance.\n\nRecent opinion polls show that Lula has a comfortable advantage over his rival.\n\nPresident Bolsonaro has faced pressure from the public over his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, but his popularity has increased after a boost in his government's welfare spending.", "All 90 seats in the Assembly are up for grabs with five Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) being elected in each of the 18 constituencies\n\nThe counting of votes has started following elections to the Stormont Assembly.\n\nAll 90 seats in the assembly are up for grabs with five Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) being elected in each of the 18 constituencies.\n\nThe first of the 90 MLAs are expected to be returned by Friday afternoon but the counting is set to continue into the early hours of Saturday.\n\nVotes are being counted at three centres - Titanic Exhibition Centre in Belfast, Ulster University in Jordanstown and Meadowbank Sports Arena in Magherafelt.\n\nYou can follow all the results as they come in on the BBC News NI website, which will feature a live page, stage-by-stage results and live streams, as well as on our Twitter page.\n\nYou can follow online rolling coverage on the BBC Northern Ireland special election live page from 11:30, covering every twist and turn throughout the day, as well as as the latest analysis and reaction from the count centres.\n\nYou'll also be able to see the full results constituency by constituency, with breakdowns of every single vote for each candidate stage-by-stage.\n\nAnd we'll be back on Saturday to do it all again, as we size up what a huge couple of days for politics in Northern Ireland.\n\nSo check out the BBC News NI website or the BBC News app to make sure you don't miss a thing.\n\nBBC One Northern Ireland will air an election special from 12:15 on Friday 6 May to bring you every result, with instant reaction and interviews from party leaders and winning candidates.\n\nHost Mark Carruthers will be joined in the studio by political editor Enda McClafferty and BBC Newsline reporter Sara Girvan, while news correspondent Mark Simpson will have the latest graphics.\n\nCoverage continues on BBC One Northern Ireland from 10:00 on Saturday 7 May and with an hour-long election special on Sunday Politics the following day at 10:15.\n\nBBC Radio Ulster's election special begins at 12:15 on Friday, hosted by Chris Buckler and Sarah Brett.\n\nIt'll also be streamed on the website and you'll be able to listen and watch the studio for the very first time.\n\nWilliam Crawley, Joel Taggart and Catherine Morrison will be live from the three count centres along with political pundits and experts to bring you the very latest information and analysis.\n\nWilliam Crawley and Sarah Brett will continue the coverage from 10:00 on Saturday, with a special hour-long roundup following at 12:00 on Sunday 8 May with Chris Buckler.\n\nOn BBC Radio Foyle, coverage begins at 13:00 presented by Elaine McGee, Richard O'Reilly and David Hunter.\n\nYou can follow all the latest results, news and up-to-the-minute analysis from our election teams on Twitter and on Facebook.\n\nPush alerts can also be sent directly to your smartphone by signing up below.\n\nTap here to receive the alerts.\n\nThis feature is only available to UK app users.\n\nYou can download the latest versions of the BBC News app here on the Android Play Store or here on the iOS App Store.", "The Coldstream Guards have a ceremonial role as the protectors of Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace\n\nAn intruder who pretended to be a priest and spent a night in an Army barracks near Windsor Castle will face no further action.\n\nThe man gained entry into Victoria Barracks, home to the Coldstream Guards, in Windsor on 27 April.\n\nHe ate with officers and was also given breakfast the following morning before the alarm was raised.\n\nThames Valley Police officers were called at 09:20 BST and removed a man from the barracks.\n\nThe Army is still investigating how he got past security.\n\nThe Ministry of Defence said the man, who has not been named, called himself Father Cruz and claimed to know the battalion's padre.\n\nA police spokesperson said no further action was taken against the man and that he was not detained under the Mental Health Act.\n\nThe barracks is close to Windsor Castle, where the Queen has been living, but at the time of the incident the monarch was in Sandringham, in Norfolk, for Easter.\n\nAn Army spokesman said: \"The Army takes this breach of security extremely seriously and it will be thoroughly investigated as a matter of priority.\n\n\"This incident is now part of an ongoing investigation and it would therefore be inappropriate to comment further at this time.\"\n\nThe Coldstream Guards, who wear red jackets and bearskin hats, have a ceremonial role as the protectors of Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace.\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The government must not be complacent following large losses for the Conservatives in British local elections, Nadhim Zahawi has warned.\n\nThe education secretary also told the BBC that Boris Johnson was still able to \"cut through\" with voters and had got important decisions right as PM.\n\nThe Conservatives lost almost 500 council seats on Thursday, with Labour and the Liberal Democrats making gains.\n\nThe election results come amid ongoing controversy over parties held in Downing Street during lockdown and sharp rises in the cost of living.\n\nMr Johnson, who won a large majority for the Tories at the 2019 general election, has described this week's results as \"mixed\" for his party, while Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has called them a \"turning point\" for his.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Breakfast, Mr Zahawi said of the prime minister: \"I think he's unique as a politician in being able to cut through.\"\n\nHe added that he had got the \"big decisions\" on social care, Brexit and handling the pandemic right, saying: \"Boris is the best prime minister to be able to deliver [the government's policies].\"\n\nIn Thursday's elections in England, Scotland and Wales, the Conservatives lost control of 12 councils, including three in London, but they gained Harrow, in the north-west of the city.\n\nMr Zahawi said the results had been \"mixed\" and \"tough\" on his party, adding: \"We are not complacent.\"\n\nInterviewed on Sky News, Mr Zahawi said of the prime minister, who was fined recently for attending a rule-breaking Downing Street birthday party during lockdown: \"He is an asset, absolutely.\"\n\nIn a message to Tory colleagues who might be tempted to turn on Mr Johnson, he warned: \"People don't like to vote for split parties, for teams that are divided.\"\n\nIt's almost as if the two main political tribes are locked together in a mutually uncomfortable status quo.\n\nThe Conservatives are suffering, but the situation is not dreadful enough to provoke backbenchers to act, or for No 10 to take radical steps to change or to meet their critics' demands.\n\nLabour's move forward was notable. Impressive and symbolic wins in London. Seats from Cumbria to Southampton, second place in Scotland, where SNP had another impressive performance with their incredible years of dominance.\n\nYet on these results Labour is not progressing far or fast enough for them to be sure they're on track for No 10.\n\nDouglas Ross, leader of the Scottish Conservatives, said Mr Johnson should \"reflect on the result across the whole of the UK and the various parts of the country that have said very clearly they are unhappy with the prime minister and his actions\".\n\nBut Mr Ross, who called on Mr Johnson to quit earlier this year and then changed his mind following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, reiterated his point that \"stability [in the UK government] is crucial at this stage in the conflict\".\n\nIn order to trigger a leadership challenge to the prime minister, 54 Conservative MPs must hand in letters of no confidence. There is no suggestion that Mr Johnson's critics have anything like this level of support for such a move.\n\nMr Bell, who has submitted a letter of no confidence, told the BBC's Today programme: \"It's not really up to me. It's up to my colleagues and I'm sure when we get back to Westminster there will be a discussion about that.\"\n\nAs well as the Metropolitan Police's investigation into Downing Street parties, inquiries are being carried out by senior civil servant Sue Gray and the House of Commons Committee of Privilege.\n\n\"What I do think is it needs to be brought to a head sooner rather than later because I don't think we can continue having this hanging over the party for many more months to come,\" Mr Bell, MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, said.\n\nAnd Marcus Fysh, Conservative MP for Yeovil and South Somerset, said: \"I do think radical change in the policy is required and, if it doesn't happen, there really isn't an electoral future for the party, because I think it will get crucified at the next election having bombed the economy.\"\n\nHe added: \"And if the team [running the government] is not able to adapt to reality, then the team needs to make way for someone else.\"\n\nThe Liberal Democrats gained the most council seats - more than 200 - on Thursday, while Labour added almost 140 to its tally and the Green Party added more than 80.\n\nLabour's Sir Keir, speaking on a visit to Loch Lomond in central Scotland, said his party was \"back on the pitch\" in the run-up to the next general election.\n\n\"There's a positivity,\" he added. \"People could see a serious Labour Party making a confident case, setting out an alternative.\"\n\nLiberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said his party's gains would \"send shockwaves\" through politics, adding: \"The British people deserve far better than this discredited prime minister and this out-of-touch Conservative government.\"\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. More information about these elections Who won in my council area? Enter your postcode, or the name of your English, Scottish or Welsh council area to find out. There are no council elections in Northern Ireland.\n• Scroll with two fingers to move on the map\n• Pinch to zoom in and out on the map\n• Click on an area in the map to see the results\n• Use one finger to scroll past the map There are no council or mayoral elections in Northern Ireland, but there are National Assembly elections. See the results in full on the BBC website Refresh the page to load the latest results", "A full embargo on Russian energy is needed now, Ukraine's finance minister has told the BBC.\n\nSergeii Marchenko said although he did not think it would necessarily end the war, it would make it harder for Russia \"to finance their military needs\".\n\nHe said the invasion of Ukraine had pushed up energy prices, tipping the scales in Moscow's favour.\n\nIt comes as the European Union tries to reach agreement on a full ban on imports of Russian oil.\n\nThe bloc has already pledged to reduce gas imports by two-thirds by the end of 2022.\n\nMr Marchenko said: \"Huge oil and gas prices help Russia to receive additional amounts to make their budget run with a surplus. In comparison we are running [the country] with very huge deficit [in] our budget.\"\n\n\"I believe that [a] full embargo can make Russia suffer more than it is right now,\" he added.\n\nAbout 40% of EU gas imports and 27% of oil imports come from Russia.\n\nThe bloc's politicians are trying to balance their desire to support Ukraine with the needs of their energy hungry citizens and businesses.\n\nOn Friday European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen admitted it was \"not easy to establish unity\" amongst the 27 members but added that she was \"confident\" an oil embargo could be agreed.\n\nSergeii Marchenko says his country's budget is running at a huge deficit because of the war with Russia\n\nEven before the war, last year's increase in prices meant oil and gas revenues accounted for 36%, or $119bn, of the spending of Russian President Vladimir Putin's government.\n\nHowever this could increase significantly, to more than $180bn, despite big production cuts by Russia - the world's third biggest oil producer - according to the consultancy Rystad Energy.\n\nIn comparison Ukraine's economy is forecast to shrink 45% this year because of the conflict, according to the World Bank.\n\nMr Marchenko said the war meant his country was collecting less in taxes \"because more than 20% of our businesses are fully closed\".\n\n\"It means that we can't manage to fulfil our necessary duty as [a] government without international support, or without just printing money,\" he added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAnother reason Ukraine's economy is struggling to support itself is because of the sharp fall in commodity exports. Before the war it was one of the world's top producers of crops such as sunflower, corn and wheat but it is now a lot more difficult to earn money by selling those to the rest of the world.\n\nRussia now controls the majority of Ukraine's port cities and with the country's harbours blocked off an increasing amount of what it can still export is leaving by trains, which have a smaller capacity.\n\n\"The key question for us is how to unblock the seaports of Ukraine,\" Mr Marchenko said.\n\nDoing so could help reduce soaring global food prices by increasing supplies.\n\nThe fall in Ukraine's agricultural exports is \"a big source of concern for a number of countries\", according to Odile Renaud-Basso, who is President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).\n\nThe economic development body is trying to support Ukraine's farmers as well as other countries that rely on their produce, she said.\n\n\"The more we keep economic infrastructure, equipment businesses afloat, the less the cost will be later on. So I think this is why we need to act now and not only wait for the reconstruction,\" she added.\n\nOdile Renaud-Basso says investment is needed to help rebuild Ukraine\n\nThe bank was already investing around $1bn a year before the war to help develop Ukraine's economy. With shareholder backing \"we would be ready to increase it\" to help with rebuilding things such as destroyed roads, bridges and buildings, Ms Renaud-Basso said.\n\nUkraine's government estimates $600bn of damage has been done so far. The EBRD president said external support, grants and loans would be needed to rebuild the country, similar to what happened in Europe after World War Two.\n\nWork on how to do that has already started, she added.\n\nUkraine is calling for Russia to foot the bill and Ms Renaud-Basso said \"this debate will have to take place\". But she cautioned lessons from the end of World War One need to be heeded.\n\n\"It had a very strong impact on Germany, and was one of the origins of what came with Hitler. I think that, for Europeans, this is part of the memory and we need to keep that in mind,\" she said.\n\nYou can watch Sergeii Marchenko and Odile Renaud-Basso's interviews on Talking Business with Aaron Heslehurst this weekend.\n\nViewers in the UK can watch the show on BBC iPlayer.\n\nIn other countries, it will be on BBC World News on Saturday at 23:30 GMT, Sunday at 05:30 and 16:30 GMT and Monday at 16:30 GMT.", "Ukrainian troops are trying to regain full control of the region\n\nIntense fighting is continuing in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine as troops attempt to regain control of the area from the Russians.\n\nIt comes after Ukraine's armed forces claimed on Saturday that they had taken five villages north-east of the country's second largest city.\n\nAnalysts say the Ukrainian operation is developing into a successful counter-offensive.\n\nKharkiv has been the focus of intense shelling since the February invasion.\n\nThe governor of Kharkiv region said on Saturday that Russian troops continue \"to fire on civilians in Kharkiv region\".\n\nOleh Synyehubov on Telegram reminded people to \"not go out unnecessarily\" and told people not to ignore the air raid sirens.\n\nThere is concern that the Russian shelling could intensify in the run up to Victory Day on May 9, when Russia commemorates its win over Nazi Germany in 1945.\n\nThe region has been heavily targeted by Russian forces since the invasion, but a report from the Institute of the Study of War says that Ukrainian troops are now \"notably retaking territory along a broad arc around Kharkiv\".\n\nIt added that Ukrainian troops may be able to relieve Russian pressure on Kharkiv \"and potentially threaten to make further advances to the Russian border.\"\n\nHubanov Pavlo, a children's doctor in Kharkiv told the BBC that people are still hiding in shelters and are not going to work.\n\n\"There is no normal life in the city,\" he said. \"Kharkiv is very close to the Russian border and so the city is constantly under attack. Unfortunately while the war continues, we cannot relax and we are constantly on alert.\"\n\nMr Pavlo used to work at Kharkiv Regional Pediatric Hospital but it was destroyed by shelling.\n\n\"The shells hit our hospital several times, and now the building is destroyed and it was impossible to provide medical care there, because Russians were shooting all the time. I am now working in another hospital,\" he said.\n\nOn Saturday, a museum dedicated to philosopher and poet Hryhoriy Skovoroda in Kharkiv region was confirmed to have been destroyed after Russian shelling hit the roof. Items had been removed ahead of time.", "John Lee has been named as Hong Kong's new leader after running uncontested\n\nJohn Lee has been named Hong Kong's new leader, after a closed voting process in which he was the sole candidate.\n\nHis appointment is being widely seen as a move by the Chinese government to tighten its grip on the city.\n\nKnown as a staunch Beijing supporter, Mr Lee oversaw the sometimes violent crackdowns on pro-democracy protestors in 2019.\n\nMr Lee replaces outgoing chief executive Carrie Lam, who had served since 2017.\n\nHong Kong's leaders are selected by a closed-circle committee of around 1,500 members, who are nearly all pro-Beijing loyalists - although this time there was only one contender for them to elect.\n\nMr Lee, who was the former Chief Secretary and the city's second-highest ranking official, was always tipped to be the favoured replacement for Ms Lam who earlier announced that she would not seek a second term in office.\n\nBut although Mr Lee has Beijing's backing, he is deeply unpopular for his role in overseeing the crackdown on protestors during demonstrations over a controversial extradition bill in 2019.\n\nMr Lee continued to back the bill despite the unrest, and came under intense criticism for sanctioning the police's use of water cannons, rubber bullets, tear gas and occasionally live ammunition to disperse protestors.\n\nIn 2020, he also backed the imposition of a controversial national security law which criminalised most forms of political protest and dissent, and reduced the city's autonomy.\n\nMr Lee maintained that the law would help restore \"stability from chaos\".\n\nHe was elevated to the leadership ranks last year, in a sign, analysts said, of Beijing's intention to focus on security in Hong Kong.\n\nHis role in the implementation of the law led to US sanctions against him and a dozen other officials, and a YouTube block on his 2022 election campaign.\n\nThe League of Social Democrats - one of the only remaining pro-democracy groups - held a three-person protest before polls opened, chanting \"power to the people, universal suffrage now\".\n\n\"This is what John Lee's new chapter looks like, a shrinking of our civil liberties,\" said protester Vanessa Chan as police officers looked on.\n\n\"We know this action will have no effect, but we don't want Hong Kong to be completely silent,\" she added.\n\nHong Kong was handed back to China from Britain in 1997 under the agreement that rights such as freedom of assembly and freedom of speech would be guaranteed in the territory.\n\nHowever, critics say those rights have been increasingly eroded as Hong Kong authorities crack down on dissent in the city. Mr Lee's staunch support of Beijing's policies has stoked fears that his leadership will usher in an era of tighter Chinese oversight of the semi-autonomous region.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. From protests to 'patriots': Why China is bent on crushing Hong Kong dissent", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nWatford have been relegated from the Premier League after Wilfried Zaha's first-half penalty secured a deserved victory for Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.\n\nDefeat by Burnley last week had left the Hornets 12 points adrift of safety with four games remaining and Palace sent their former manager Roy Hodgson's side straight back down to the Championship with a dominant display.\n\nThe Eagles controlled the contest from the outset and went ahead when Zaha confidently swept his 31st-minute spot-kick past Ben Foster after Hassane Kamara had used his arm to block Michael Olise's back-post header.\n\nWatford never looked like scoring and their misery was compounded when Kamara, already booked for that handball, was dismissed when his push on Olise produced a second yellow card.\n\nIt is the second time Watford have dropped out of the top flight in the past three seasons. The manager-less Hornets also went went down on the final day of the 2019-20 campaign before securing an immediate return under Xisco Munoz.\n\nThe identity of the coach who will be tasked with emulating Munoz's achievement is still unknown, however, with Hodgson set to retire from top-level management when his contract at Vicarage Road expires at the end of the season.\n\nRelegation represents a bitter final chapter in 74-year-old Hodgson's time as a manager, which has included spells at 17 clubs - including Palace - in eight countries, plus four international sides, during a 46-year career.\n• None Go straight to all the best Crystal Palace content\n\nPalace's win - which takes them to within five points of their highest-ever tally in a Premier League season - confirmed what many Watford fans had already accepted after last week's loss to fellow strugglers Burnley.\n\nWhile they briefly boosted their survival hopes with victory at Southampton in March, a fourth Premier League relegation was effectively sealed with a run of five straight defeats before the trip to Selhurst.\n\nWatford never really got going as Palace took control early on. France Under-21 winger Olise, one of five players recalled by Eagles boss Patrick Vieira, created the home side's first chance after five minutes when Marc Guehi headed his teasing cross over the bar.\n\nOlise was also involved in the first-half's key moment when his header from Eberechi Eze's left-wing cross struck Watford full-back Kamara's outstretched arm.\n\nGraham Scott pointed to the spot, and while Kamara claimed Olise had pushed him in the back, a VAR review upheld the referee's decision, allowing Zaha to add to the double he netted in Palace's 4-1 win over Watford in February.\n\nWhile Watford needed to score twice, it was Palace who looked like grabbing the game's second goal with Odsonne Edouard almost netting a superb solo goal just after the hour, dancing his way through the visitors' defence before hitting the post from a tight angle.\n\nWith Kamara sent off on 68 minutes, Palace cruised to victory as the game - and Watford's stay in the division - ended with a whimper.\n• None Michael Olise (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt saved. Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Will Hughes.\n• None Will Hughes (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the attacking half.\n• None Ken Sema (Watford) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt missed. Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace) header from very close range is close, but misses to the left.\n• None Attempt saved. Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Michael Olise with a cross.\n• None Joshua King (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt missed. Craig Cathcart (Watford) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Kiko Femenía with a cross following a corner. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Our coverage of your Premier League club is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment", "The operation was co-ordinated by the UN and the Red Cross\n\nAll elderly people, women and children have been evacuated from the besieged Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol, Ukraine and Russia have announced.\n\nThe operation began a week ago, co-ordinated by the UN and Red Cross, which have not confirmed the news.\n\nUkrainian forces are holding out at the heavily bombed plant, the last part of the city not under Russian control.\n\nRussia has besieged the plant for weeks, demanding the surrender of its defenders from the Azov battalion.\n\nThe whereabouts of the evacuees are not yet clear, but Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said this part of the humanitarian operation was now complete. In the past, it has taken days for those evacuated to reach Ukrainian-held territory.\n\nUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said more than 300 civilians had been rescued from the plant, although the Russian defence ministry gave a much lower number, saying 51 people had been evacuated over a period of three days.\n\nMr Zelensky said diplomatic efforts were continuing to get military personnel out of Mariupol.\n\nMuch of Mariupol has been destroyed in the war\n\nCapturing Mariupol is important to Russian troops because it will allow them to complete a land bridge between Crimea and the Donbas region, as well as giving them full control of more than 80% of Ukraine's Black Sea coastline.\n\nBut in their quest to do so, they have pummelled Mariupol with artillery, rockets and missiles - damaging or destroying more than 90% of the city.\n\nUkrainian fighters inside the Azovstal complex issued a statement on social media saying both they and the Russians had been using a white flag system to halt fighting to get civilian people out.\n\nIt sounds like progress between the two sides, and lives have been saved by these negotiations.\n\nBut Kremlin-backed forces have reportedly intensified their fire on the steel works in recent days, despite pledges of a ceasefire.\n\nThe previous UN and Red Cross operation to free more than 100 people was held up by land mines and mortar fire.\n\nNow that the civilians are free, it puts new pressure on the Ukrainian government to find a way out for about 2,000 fighters using the site to make a last stand for the city of Mariupol - and who have vowed never to surrender.\n\nTheir families have issued a desperate plea to world leaders to negotiate their safe release.\n\nMeanwhile, Russia has said there will be no Victory Day celebrations in Mariupol.\n\nVictory Day is celebrated annually on 9 May in Russia to mark the Soviet Union's victory in World War Two.\n\n\"A time will come and there will be a big celebration there,\" Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, adding there were no plans for official visits on the day.\n\nAt the same time, intense fighting has continued in the Kharkiv region as troops attempt to regain control of the area from the Russians.\n\nUkraine's armed forces said on Saturday that they had taken five villages north-east of the country's second largest city.\n\nAnalysts say the Ukrainian operation is developing into a successful counter-offensive.\n\nKharkiv has been the focus of intense shelling since the 24 February invasion.", "Landlords in England could be forced to let empty shops in a bid to rejuvenate high streets, under government plans.\n\nUnder the move, set to be unveiled in Tuesday's Queen's Speech, buildings left vacant for a year would have to be entered into a \"rental auction\".\n\nThe British Retail Consortium (BRC) has calculated that one in seven shopfronts across Britain is empty.\n\nBoris Johnson said boarded-up premises were a \"blight\" on towns and cities and damaged local economies.\n\nBut the British Property Federation (BPF), which represents the real estate industry, dismissed compulsory auctions as a \"political gimmick\".\n\nA parliamentary bill allowing councils to force owners to rent out shops is part of the government's levelling-up agenda - a 2019 general election promise that left-behind communities will get a chance to catch up with the rest of the country.\n\nIt is envisaged that the successful bidder, whether a business or a community group, will take over the premises.\n\n\"High streets up and down the country have long been blighted by derelict shopfronts, because they've been neglected, stripping opportunity from local areas,\" the prime minister said.\n\n\"We are putting that right by placing power back in the hands of local leaders and the community so our towns can be rejuvenated, levelling up opportunity and restoring neighbourhood pride.\"\n\nAccording to the BRC's 2021 survey, north-eastern England had the highest rate of empty shops in Britain - around one in five - while London had the lowest rate, of around one in 11.\n\nThe proportion of shops left empty varies widely across Britain\n\nBPF chief executive Melanie Leech said: \"We fully support government's ambitions to revitalise town centres but political gimmicks such as compulsory rent auctions are not the solution.\n\n\"No property owner wants their premises to be empty. In our experience, property owners are willing to do zero-rent deals to avoid boarded-up shopfronts.\n\n\"But the burden of business rates and other occupational costs mean it is still unviable for many small and independent businesses to trade from town-centre premises.\"\n\nIn February, the government unveiled its blueprint for levelling up, including reducing crime, improving wellbeing and spending more on skills training.\n\nLabour accused ministers of creating \"slogans and strategies, with few ideas\" for effecting change across the UK.\n\nAnd a report by the National Audit Office, which scrutinises public spending, has criticised the government for having a \"limited\" understanding of what has worked well when setting up its programme for regional economic growth.\n\nThe Queen's Speech - in which the government lays out its legislative programme for the coming months - follows a bruising local election result for the Conservatives.\n\nThe party lost almost 500 council seats around Britain in Thursday's poll, amid concern that voter worries about the cost of living and Downing Street parties during lockdown had harmed Tory support.", "Douglas Ross said he was determined to continue as leader of the Scottish Conservatives\n\nScottish Conservatives leader Douglas Ross has no plans to quit as leader despite losing 60 councillors in the local elections.\n\nThe day after his party dropped to third place in Scotland , he said he would \"try to do better\" and continue fighting against the SNP.\n\nThe Moray MP told BBC Scotland he heard \"loud and clear\" the anger from voters over the Westminster party scandals.\n\nHis comments came as parties began to negotiate working together on councils.\n\nMr Ross told BBC Scotland: \"I am absolutely determined to continue as the leader of the Scottish Conservatives because there is a lot of work we have to do to continue to fight the SNP to stop their distraction of national politics onto their obsession about independence and deliver for the people of Scotland.\n\n\"I also understand and accept criticism from colleagues. As leader of the party I am someone who hopefully listens when concerns are raised and I there are always issues where I can do better and I will always seek to do that going forward.\"\n\nHe added: \"It's disappointing and we have lost some great councillors and some outstanding candidates haven't had the opportunity to serve their area but in parts of Scotland we have made gains.\"\n\nEarlier, Conservative MSP, Craig Hoy, told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme that he retained absolute confidence in Douglas Ross.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The five parties have reacted to their results\n\nHe said: \"I don't think we should be apportioning blame directly at this stage.\n\n\"The results are very disappointing. It was quite clear when I was making calls and on the doorsteps that Scottish voters, particularly Scottish Conservative voters, are very frustrated and quite angry at what they've seen coming out of Downing Street over the last five months or so.\n\n\"I think they were ready to give us a bit of a bloody nose and that, to some extent, is what happened.\"\n\nHe added: \"I have absolute confidence in Douglas Ross as the Scottish leader. We couldn't have done any more to put out a positive campaign and message here in Scotland. Unfortunately, the drumbeat of what was going on elsewhere meant we couldn't get that message over on the doorsteps.\"\n\nLosing more than 60 seats and slipping from second to third place in these elections is a significant setback for the Scottish Tories and their leader Douglas Ross.\n\nWhile he has no intention of quitting, one MSP told me there was now an \"undercurrent of unhappiness\" with his leadership at Holyrood and that he would have to work hard to overcome that.\n\nThe senior MSP Liz Smith has publicly questioned his flip-flop over Boris Johnson's resignation, telling The Times he has to \"explain why he is defending him as prime minister but blaming him for the result\".\n\nFormer MSP Adam Tomkins has previously said Douglas Ross must \"own the consequences\" of backing the PM.\n\nWhile there's disquiet, his predecessor Ruth Davidson has pointed out that the result is the second best the Tories have got in Scottish local government for decades and urged the party to \"pull together\".\n\nThere does not appear to be an organised attempt to topple Douglas Ross. No potential challenger has emerged. As one MSP put it: \"If there's a plot to oust him, no-one's asked me to join\".\n\nSaturday saw the start of negotiations between parties to work together on Scotland's councils.\n\nMost councils are not in the overall control of one party, and it could take weeks before the full picture of who will run Scotland's local authorities becomes clear.\n\nNicola Sturgeon met her new Dundee councillors at the V&A on Saturday\n\nThe SNP finished as the biggest party, with Labour moving into second after the Conservatives suffered big losses.\n\nThe first minister hailed the result as an \"incredible outcome\" for her party. She met the new SNP councillors in Dundee on Saturday morning.\n\nOn council arrangements, she said: \"That's for local council groups to determine what's in the best interests of the areas they serve, but I'm in a partnership agreement in government in Holyrood with the Greens, so clearly I'd be very open to seeing that replicated in council areas in Scotland.\n\n\"But I think it's important that these decisions are driven locally and that we see parties that are prepared to recognise where they disagree but focus more on where they agree (and) come together to try to put arrangements in place that are in the best interest of the areas they serve.\"\n\nWestminster leader Ian Blackford told Good Morning Scotland that the SNP was willing to work with parties with a \"progressive\" outlook.\n\nHe said: \"I think that when I use the word progressive there is one party that doesn't fit that mould and that is the Conservative party. We will be extending the hand of friendship to others where we can work collaboratively and consensually to make sure that we put the interests of the voters and the communities first.\"\n\nScottish Labour said the election marked the start of its recovery.\n\nThe party's health spokeswoman, MSP, Jackie Baillie, told BBC Scotland there would be meetings this weekend on the way forward.\n\nBut she said there would be no formal coalitions.\n\nAnas Sarwar said that Labour was back in Scotland\n\n\"As the person who chairs this process over the course of this weekend, we will be bringing together councillors, their proposals, alongside the Scottish executive committee of the party to consider wat arrangements work best at a local level,\" she said.\n\n\"What we have ruled out are formal coalitions but there are a lot of other arrangements that people come to and have been enjoying in the past that make a lot of sense to those local communities. We want to reflect on those and do what is right for the local community.\"\n\nLeader Anas Sarwar visited his new Labour-run West Dunbartonshire Council. He said: \"Today there is no doubt that Scottish Labour is back.\n\n\"Nicola Sturgeon wants to pretend that the next general election is Scotland versus England, but it isn't - it will be Boris versus Britain, and Britain will win.\n\n\"For 15 years the SNP have tried to stoke up bitterness, division, and anger - but there is new hope, energy and positivity from Scottish Labour to challenge them. \"\n\nScottish Liberal Democrat leader, Alex Cole Hamilton, increased the party's council seat count by 20 to 87.\n\nThe party is in a strong position to work with other parties.\n\nBut he told Good Morning Scotland there were some parties he would have problems with.\n\n\"We have concerns [about] the focus of parties such as the SNP who are looking at an independence referendum as a principal priority, I would struggle to see how that shares the values we have of localism and driving down the cost of living, improving local services,\" he said.\n\n\"And with the Conservatives, I have anxieties about doing deals with a party that is sending refugees to Rwanda.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe SNP has again finished as the biggest party in the Scottish council elections - with Labour finishing second after the Conservatives suffered big losses.\n\nThe SNP secured an overall majority in Dundee, while Labour won control of West Dunbartonshire.\n\nBut the Conservatives lost more than 60 councillors across the country.\n\nParty leader Douglas Ross said he believed public anger over Partygate had played a big part.\n\nMore than 1,200 councillors have been elected across the country's 32 councils.\n\nEach council is divided into smaller areas known as wards, with every ward electing up to five councillors.\n\nThe SNP recorded strong results in many areas of the country, increasing its total number of councillors by 22 to 453.\n\nThe party won 15 of the 29 seats to take control of Dundee and gained four seats in neighbouring Angus to become the largest party from Labour.\n\nSNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, the country's first minister, said the result was a \"quite incredible outcome\" for her party after 15 years in government.\n\nShe added: \"We have not only won the election - an eighth consecutive election victory since I've been leader - but won it overwhelmingly.\n\n\"We have increased our share of the vote and the number of councillors we have and I think we're going to be the largest party in more councils than before.\"\n\nLabour - which finished third behind the SNP and Conservatives in 2017 - picked up an additional 20 seats and finished well ahead of the Tories on 282 seats to 214.\n\nThe party won an overall majority in West Dunbartonshire, where the SNP had previously been the largest party and had formed the administration, after returning 12 councillors - four more than previously.\n\nNo party held a majority in any local authority area in Scotland after the last election.\n\nLabour had been aiming to overtake the SNP as the largest party in Glasgow after picking up seats in the early results, but fell one seat short - with the SNP on 37 and Labour 36.\n\nLeader Anas Sarwar said the results were the best Scottish Labour had seen in a decade, with his party finishing the day \"comfortably\" in second place across Scotland as a whole.\n\nThe Conservatives finished second last time - but finished well behind Labour in third place this time\n\nBut the Conservatives lost 63 seats, with their share of the vote falling by more than 10% in several wards.\n\nScottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross said he was \"deeply disappointed\" by the results, which he said had seen the public send a clear message that \"they are not happy with the prime minister, they are not happy with partygate\".\n\nHe refused to call for Boris Johnson to resign, saying the situation in Ukraine called for stability in the UK government.\n\nThere was better news for the Conservatives in Moray, where they gained three seats to overtake the SNP as the largest party.\n\nWe've got used to the SNP winning elections in Scotland. In this contest they continue to resist electoral gravity. The party has gained seats and has won an 11th successive national victory.\n\nThey are not the only party with something to celebrate. After years of decline, Labour has also made gains including taking overall control of West Dunbartonshire council.\n\nLabour has regained second place from the Conservatives, who have suffered significant losses.\n\nSome Scottish Tories are blaming Boris Johnson and partygate, with others highlighting the Scottish party leader, Douglas Ross's flip-flop over whether the PM should resign.\n\nThe Liberal Democrats have also picked up seats as have the Greens who seem to have benefited from their power-sharing deal with the SNP in the Scottish government.\n\nThe Scottish Greens won their first seat in the Scottish Borders and almost doubled their total number of councillors across the country to 35.\n\nGreen candidate Holly Bruce finished first in the ward of the SNP's Susan Aitken, who was the Glasgow City Council leader - although Ms Aitken was also elected after finishing with the second-highest number of first preference votes.\n\nThe Liberal Democrats also done better than expected, winning an additional 20 seats across the country to take their total to 87, but Alex Salmond's Alba Party failed to have any of its candidates elected.\n\nMeanwhile, the SNP's Susan Thomson and Frances Murray were elected the Western Isles' first female councillors since 2012.\n\nLabour leader Anas Sarwar said his party's result was its best in a decade\n\nAlthough the number of councillors elected for each party is now known, it will probably be next week before it becomes clear who will have control over most councils.\n\nThis is because in many councils no party has won a majority of seats and so groups of councillors will work together to form coalitions. It can take a few days for these arrangements to be made.", "It's the end of the road for counting Image caption: It's the end of the road for counting\n\nOn what is now a third day of counting we have finally had all 90 candidates elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly.\n\nIt's been a momentous election, with Sinn Féin winning the largest number of seats for the first time, returning 27 candidates, the same number as the last assembly election.\n\nThe DUP slipped into second place with 25, but the big gains were for Alliance, which won 17 seats - more than double the eight it won in 2017.\n\nThe UUP dropped by one seat to nine, the SDLP lost four to drop to eight.\n\nTUV and People Before Profit each had one candidate elected.\n\nTwo independent unionists were also elected, while the Green Party lost both its seats.\n\nWhat happens next is not clear.\n\nSinn Féin can nominate a first minister to lead the Northern Ireland Executive, but as it's a joint office a first minister can not exist without a deputy first minister.\n\nThe DUP can nominate a deputy first minister, but party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has already said he will not nominate any ministers without changes to the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\nThere will be more reaction on BBC One Northern Ireland and iPlayer from 10am with Sunday Politics, and from the same time on BBC Radio Ulster there will be an election special. You can catch up with that later on BBC Sounds as well.\n\nThat's all from us, goodnight.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Recovery efforts under way after Havana hotel blast\n\nAt least 26 people have died and more than 60 have been hospitalised after a massive explosion rocked one of Cuba's most exclusive five-star hotels.\n\nIt is believed a gas tanker which was parked outside the Saratoga Hotel in Old Havana ignited, causing an explosion which destroyed several floors of the building.\n\nThe historic hotel was set for a post-pandemic reopening in four days.\n\nIt now lies in ruins, with much of its outer wall torn off.\n\nSearch and rescue operations are currently under way to locate people trapped under the debris.\n\nThe Cuban presidency said the dead included a pregnant woman and a child.\n\nThe injured are being treated at nearby hospitals.\n\nYazira de la Caridad, who lives a block from the hotel, told CBS News she \"thought [the explosion] was an earthquake\".\n\nWitnesses said they saw plumes of black smoke and clouds of dust billowing into the sky following the explosion.\n\nSearch and rescue operations are underway at the Saratoga Hotel\n\nA school which is located directly behind the hotel was unaffected, with local officials confirming all its children have been safely evacuated.\n\nCuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel has visited the damage site, which sits opposite the government's old congressional building. The president said: \"It was not a bomb or an attack, it's an unfortunate accident.\"\n\nThe incident comes as tourism in the country was re-emerging from two difficult years caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nThe Saratoga Hotel, a landmark in the colonial district of the capital, had been closed for refurbishment during much of this period.\n\nThe 19th century building is synonymous in Havana with visiting celebrities - after stars such as Madonna, Beyonce and Mick Jagger stayed there during the thaw between Havana and Washington under President Barack Obama.", "The Jubilee balcony line-up is going to be more limited than this gathering in 2019\n\nPrince Harry and Prince Andrew will not appear on the Buckingham Palace balcony as part of opening celebrations for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.\n\nThe monarch will be joined on 2 June only by \"members of the Royal Family who are currently undertaking official public duties\", Buckingham Palace said.\n\nDespite not appearing on the balcony, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will travel to the UK for the Jubilee.\n\nThe Queen, 96, plans to attend some Jubilee events, the palace said.\n\nBut her attendance won't be confirmed until nearer the time, or even on the day, after mobility problems led her to cancel a number of appearances in recent months.\n\nHarry and Meghan will not be on the balcony this time, but are travelling to the Jubilee\n\nA spokesperson for the Duke and the Duchess of Sussex said they would be coming to the UK for the Jubilee with their two children, Archie and Lilibet.\n\nThe couple were said to be \"excited and honoured to attend the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations\".\n\nThe Platinum Jubilee events, marking the Queen's 70-year reign, will take place over a four-day bank holiday on 2 to 5 June.\n\nThere had been speculation about who would take part in the iconic royal balcony scene at the start of the Jubilee weekend, watching a flypast and waving to the crowds at Trooping the Colour.\n\nBut Buckingham Palace said the Queen had decided that appearances on the balcony would be limited to \"working royals\", who carry out official royal duties, and their children - effectively ruling out Prince Andrew, Prince Harry and Meghan.\n\nPrince Andrew stepped down from royal duties in the wake of the now-settled civil sex assault case brought against him in the United States.\n\nThe Queen's decision reflects the principle that there will not be \"half-in, half-out\" royals - and will mean a changed line-up for such balcony appearances for the Royal Family.\n\nOn the balcony, along with the Queen, will be the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and their children.\n\nThere will be music and entertainment at the BBC Platinum Party at the Palace\n\nThe group will also include the Earl and Countess of Wessex and their children, and Anne, the Princess Royal, and her husband, Sir Timothy Laurence, plus the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke of Kent and Princess Alexandra.\n\nWhile Prince Harry and Prince Andrew, and his daughters Beatrice and Eugenie, will not be part of the balcony scene, they could attend other Jubilee events, such as the Jubilee Lunch or the thanksgiving service.\n\nThe Queen, who has mobility problems, has had to pull out of a number of recent events - and there have been questions about how much she will be able to participate in Platinum Jubilee celebrations.\n\nThe latest update leaves the question open - with the Queen planning to take part in some of the events, but with nothing being confirmed until much closer to the time.\n\nThis includes the National Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral - and if the Queen attends she will not take part in a ceremonial procession to get there.\n\nThe Gold State Coach, used in the Queen's coronation, will be part of the Jubilee Pageant\n\nAlong with viewing Trooping the Colour, the Queen also plans to attend the Epsom Derby, which takes place on 4 June, during the long Jubilee bank holiday weekend.\n\nThe Platinum Jubilee Pageant will see the re-appearance of the Gold State Coach, not seen on the streets of London for more than 20 years.\n\nThis was the 18th Century horse-drawn carriage used to carry the Queen to her coronation in 1953.\n\nThursday 2 June - Queen's birthday parade and Trooping the Colour takes place - as Platinum Jubilee Beacons are lit in 2,000 towns and cities.\n\nFriday 3 June - National Service of Thanksgiving is held at St Paul's Cathedral, London. Ringing of Great Paul, the restored biggest church bell in the country\n\nSaturday 4 June - The Derby at Epsom Downs Racecourse - and BBC Platinum Party at the Palace\n\nSunday 5 June - Big Jubilee Lunch and street parties. Platinum Jubilee Pageant, a procession and performance in central London, involving 10,000 people and the Gold State Coach\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Tourists photograph a rocket on a launch pad at Baikonur Cosmodrome in 2015\n\nA British YouTuber has been detained at a Russia-controlled space centre in Kazakhstan, officials have said.\n\nBenjamin Rich, known for his travel channel Bald and Bankrupt, was held near a launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, the head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos said.\n\nDmitry Rogozin said Mr Rich was being investigated over \"illegal acts\".\n\nThe UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said it was investigating the reports.\n\nA woman named Alina Tseliupa and reported to be from Belarus was also apprehended, said Mr Rogozin.\n\nThe two were being held at the department of internal affairs in Baikonur, around 1,100 km (680 miles) southwest of the Kazakh capital Nur-Sultan, he added.\n\nMr Rich's YouTube channel, which he describes as \"off the map in former Soviet lands...\" has more than 3.5 million subscribers.\n\nThe most recent video posted on 24 April was filmed in Syria.\n\nAll space station flights using Russian rockets are launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, which is open to tourists who apply for permission from Roscosmos.\n\nThe launch complex is where the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, was launched in 1957.", "The sky walkway in the Canadian Rockies is an example of what could be replicated at the Radical Road.\n\nA huge sky walkway is among the options being considered to deal with the problem of rock falls at a historic path in Edinburgh.\n\nThe Radical Road at Holyrood Park has been closed for more than three years over safety concerns.\n\nOptions in a new report also include reopening the path at users' own risk, installing avalanche-style shelters or wire mesh, or permanent closure.\n\nThe site's managers said no final decision had yet been taken.\n\nThe Radical Road runs along Salisbury Crags at Arthur's Seat, an extinct volcano that is one of Edinburgh's best-known landmarks.\n\nIt was closed in 2018 after 50 tonnes of rock fell from cliffs onto the path.\n\nRamblers Scotland and Edinburgh heritage watchdog, the Cockburn Association, have told BBC Scotland they want it to be reopened.\n\nThe Radical Road was closed in 2018 after 50 tonnes of rock fell\n\nHistoric Environment Scotland manages the city centre park, including the kilometre-long path set high in the volcanic rock of Salisbury Crags.\n\nAn internal report into the risk management of the area suggests options which could allow the path to be reopened.\n\nIt cites the sky walkway at Jasper National Park in Alberta, in the Canadian Rockies, as an example that could be replicated at the Radical Road.\n\nOther proposals include covering the path with avalanche-style shelters similar to those at Lochcarron, or covering the rock face with wire mesh.\n\nEach of these options would cost about £2.5m.\n\nJames Hutton was able to examine the exposed horizontal bands of dolerite rock at Salisbury Crags\n\nThe Radical Road is within the Queen's Park, which houses Holyrood Palace.\n\nIt is where the founding father of geology, James Hutton, arrived at his theory of how and when the world was formed.\n\nIn the late 18th Century he found proof for his theory that the world's landscape had evolved over time, in a spot known as Hutton's Section.\n\nThe road got its name in the aftermath of the Radical War of 1820.\n\nAlso known as the Scottish Insurrection, this uprising was the result of social unrest among workers who were fed up with what they perceived to be unjust working and living conditions.\n\nUnemployed west of Scotland weavers paved the track round Salisbury Crags, in a plan which was suggested by author Sir Walter Scott.\n\nRamblers Scotland director Brendan Paddy said \"much more detail\" was needed about the true risk to walkers using the 200-year-old right of way.\n\n\"As a society we normally let people assess, manage and accept the risks involved with outdoor activity, as these are usually hugely outweighed by the benefits,\" he said.\n\n\"While we recognise HES has a duty of care to people on the route, we are concerned that it seems to be treating Salisbury Crags - a natural geological feature - like it would a crumbling historic building.\"\n\nJames Garry, the assistant director of the Cockburn Association, said the plan for a sky walkway was an \"excessive and inappropriate intervention\".\n\n\"Other more sustainable and more sensitive options may be possible,\" he said.\n\n\"It would be interesting to hear from the managers of similar sites worldwide who have successfully tackled the same sort of issues.\n\n\"HES needs to raise its game to deliver what Scotland's capital deserves.\"\n\nProposals include covering the path with avalanche-style shelters similar to those at Lochcarron\n\nClimbing guidebook writer Topher Dagg told BBC Scotland that permanent closure or \"sanitisation\" of the area would be \"a dangerous and depressing precedent\".\n\nHe said Salisbury Crags were \"practically the birthplace of modern Scottish rock climbing\" and recently the area had become a \"popular and accessible urban training venue\".\n\nHe said other natural sites around Scotland were not fenced off.\n\nAn Historic Environment Scotland spokeswoman said risk of rockfall could \"potentially cause death or severe injury\" on a section of the Radical Road.\n\n\"We continue to consult external specialists and partners on what is the most appropriate option to best remedy this situation,\" she said.\n\n\"This includes a number of options including the permanent closure of the path to the general public and scoping the feasibility of intervention methods.\n\n\"We will be undertaking further technical assessments before coming to a decision. However, no final decision has been taken yet.\"\n• None Calls to allow people to return to the Radical Road\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Conservatives have suffered significant losses at Thursday's local elections, losing almost 500 seats and control of 11 councils.\n\nThe party shed support to the Liberal Democrats in southern England, and lost key London councils to Labour.\n\nThe Tories also saw losses in Scotland, where the SNP won the most seats, and in Wales to a resurgent Labour. The PM said it had been \"tough\" in some areas.\n\nSinn Féin is on track to win the most seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly.\n\nThe party won the most first-preference votes, and has the largest number of candidates returned so far, with 18 of the 47 seats declared. More results are to follow on Saturday.\n\nThe results come after votes to elect 200 councils in England, Wales and Scotland, and the devolved Stormont assembly in Northern Ireland.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson argued the results had been mixed overall.\n\nLabour gains were more modest outside London, with limited breakthroughs for the party in its traditional heartlands in northern England.\n\nWith nearly all results in, Labour has gained 139 seats, with leader Sir Keir Starmer saying his party was \"on track\" to win the next general election.\n\nBut his day was overshadowed by news that police are investigating whether he breached Covid rules at an event in Durham last year.\n\nThe BBC projects Labour would take 35% of votes and the Tories 30%, had all parts of Britain gone to the polls.\n\nThe projection gave Labour its biggest local election lead in a decade, and could lead to renewed criticism of Mr Johnson within his own party.\n\nThe findings - based on the results declared so far from areas which voted on Thursday - put the Liberal Democrats on 19% and other parties on 16%.\n\nIn the BBC's collection of key wards, the Conservative vote is down on average by seven points since 2018 in the south of England, compared to four points in both London and the Midlands and just two points in the North.\n\nThe local elections don't hold up a perfect mirror to the whole country's desires, or exactly what would happen if a general election had just happened.\n\nBut they are a valuable measure of the state of the battle of the two main parties who seek to govern us all. Caveats aside, the events of the last 24 hours do matter.\n\nSpin back a few weeks, and some Conservatives feared these elections would end in absolute calamity after months of extraordinary revelations about what had been going on in Downing Street during lockdown.\n\nNow that nearly everything has been counted, the Tories have lost nearly 500 seats across the UK. It represents a rejection of the Conservatives in many parts of the country they see as home.\n\nThe losses are without question at the worse end of pundits' expectations.\n\nYet right now it doesn't seem like the kind of wipe-out that will explode Number 10. And after 12 years in government, losses like this in a mid term are not without precedent.\n\nAhead of the elections, the Conservatives had been braced for big losses in England, as they faced attacks over the rising cost of living and the ongoing Partygate scandal, including the prime minister's fine for breaking lockdown rules.\n\nSpeaking on a visit to Ruislip, north-west London, Mr Johnson said: \"It is mid-term. It's certainly a mixed set of results.\n\n\"We had a tough night in some parts of the country, but on the other hand, in other parts of the country you are still seeing Conservatives going forward and making quite remarkable gains in places that haven't voted Conservative for a long time, if ever.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson: Tough night for Tories in some places\n\nAlthough Conservative losses are not as bad as some in the party had warned, there was still criticism of Mr Johnson from his own side, with several Conservative council leaders blaming him after they suffered defeats locally.\n\nVisiting Barnet in north London earlier, Sir Keir told party supporters: \"This is a big turning point... From the depths of the 2019 general election, we're back on track.\"\n\n\"We've sent a message to the prime minister: Britain deserves better,\" he added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Labour leader says the local elections are a \"big turning point\" for the party.\n\nLiberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said the results would be a \"turning point\" for his party's fortunes.\n\nHe added that voters had \"had enough\" of the Tories amid the squeeze on living standards, and his party were the \"real challengers\" in Conservative-held areas.\n\nThe first results were declared in England, where the Liberal Democrats saw almost new 200 councillors voted in, taking control of Woking, Gosport and Hull councils.\n\nThe Greens performed well too, gaining 84 seats across Britain overall, most of which were in England.\n\nFor Labour, significant results came in London, where they took the councils of Wandsworth, Westminster and Barnet, ending decades of Conservatives control in each.\n\nIn Scotland, Labour won control of West Dunbartonshire and overtook the Conservatives, but was a distant second to the SNP, which increased its councillors by 22 to 453.\n\nSNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, the country's first minister, said the result was a \"quite incredible outcome\" for her party after 15 years in government.\n\nIn Wales, the Conservatives lost 86 seats and overall control of Monmouthshire, their only council there.\n\nLabour remains the biggest party in Wales, while nationalist party Plaid Cymru gained three councils with strong results.\n\nWelsh Labour leader Mark Drakeford said it had been a \"good day for Labour\" while Senedd Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies said he accepted things \"might not have gone our way\".\n\nIn Northern Ireland, all 90 members of the assembly are up for election.\n\nThe result could herald a historic political shift if Sinn Féin - a nationalist party - becomes the largest party for the first time in Northern Ireland's history.\n\nThe party has won the most seats so far, with 18 of the 47 seats declared.\n\nSo far 198 of 200 councils across England, Wales, and Scotland have declared. The last two are set to be confirmed on Saturday, when full results for the Northern Ireland Assembly are also due.", "Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill (second left) with party leader Mary Lou McDonald and returning assembly members Emma Sheerin (left) and Linda Dillon (far right)\n\nThere was a time in Northern Ireland when Sinn Féin voices were silenced.\n\nBanned from the airwaves by the government to combat IRA propaganda.\n\nThe BBC even employed an actor to voice the words of the then Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams.\n\nBut this weekend Sinn Féin voices were in high demand as broadcasters scrambled to get them on air.\n\nThey all wanted to hear from the one-time political pariahs who are now the political powerbrokers at Stormont.\n\nAnd pose the question: Does its victory push Northern Ireland closer to a border poll and possibly Irish unity?\n\nCommunication is no longer a problem for Sinn Féin as its message struck a chord with a quarter of a million voters.\n\nSinn Féin firstly played down the prospects of being the largest party, mindful of overplaying its hand too early.\n\nBut the party ramped it up the week before the poll, even pushing Michelle O'Neill as a \"first minister for all\" in a presidential-style pitch.\n\nThough much of the ground work paving the way for Sinn Féin's success was already laid by the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).\n\nThe slogan - vote Jeffrey to avoid getting Michelle - worked for both parties.\n\nJeffrey Donaldson won't say if he will rubberstamp Michelle O'Neill's appointment to the first minister role\n\nIt energised some DUP voters to stick with Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, despite what the polls predicted.\n\nBut crucially it also stoked nationalist voters to row in behind Sinn Féin like never before to push unionists off the Stormont summit for the first time.\n\nThough the swing behind Sinn Féin came at a high cost to the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) as it lost four seats leaving it on an all-time low of just eight.\n\nThe party's deputy leader Nicola Mallon is among the casualties.\n\nA divided unionist vote also cleared the way for Sinn Féin, which returned with the same number of seats it held going into the poll.\n\nThe party is now entitled to the keys of the first minister's office.\n\nThough it comes with no extra power, the post has huge symbolic significance for unionists who've held it for 24 years.\n\nBut Michelle O'Neill will only get the keys to her new office if the DUP agree to her nomination.\n\nSir Jeffrey says he will respect the outcome of the poll - but he has so far refused to confirm if he will rubberstamp Michelle O'Neill's appointment by accepting the post of deputy first minister.\n\nMichelle O'Neill at the party's manifesto launch with leader Mary Lou McDonald\n\nUntil he does, the Stormont stalemate will continue, with no power-sharing executive.\n\nThat means the outgoing caretaker ministers will continue to run departments.\n\nBut with no overarching executive, their powers will be limited.\n\nThey won't be able to use a £300m pot to help families deal with the cost of living crisis, although the DUP insists the money can be handed out.\n\nThe parties have six months to agree a new power-sharing executive and history tells us they are likely to take every minute.\n\nBut if the executive returns then it will have a new look courtesy of the Alliance surge.\n\nThe party with 17 seats will be entitled to two ministerial posts which is likely to include the justice portfolio.\n\nIt is also likely the SDLP and Ulster Unionists will end up on the opposition benches, leaving just three parties in the executive.\n\nThat will change the dynamic but will it mean better delivery and fewer stand-offs?\n\nIt has been a bruising election for the DUP and Ulster Unionists with a drop in their vote and seats.\n\nUUP leader Doug Beattie retained his seat - but it's been a disappointing election for his party\n\nThough the Traditional Unionist Voice party (TUV) broke new ground, increasing its vote by more than 5%, it failed to secure transfers to add to the sole seat held by party leader Jim Allister.\n\nHis party's increase appears to have come from disillusioned DUP voters whose votes then transferred back to Sir Jeffrey's party.\n\nIt's a move which the DUP says played into the hands of Sinn Féin and no doubt it will be used to warn unionist voters again.\n\nThe DUP warning about Sinn Féin using its new Stormont status to push for a border poll will also be tested before the next poll.\n\nWhile Sinn Féin was reluctant to promote its border poll ambitions during the election campaign, expect it to be back on the agenda now.\n\nBut the party says it will be a decade-long plan at least which will only come after an island-wide conversation.\n\nThe decision to hold a border poll is for the Northern Ireland secretary of state, when he or she feels there is more of an appetite for Irish unity.\n\nBut you may now find talk of a border poll will slowly fade if a power-sharing executive returns and no votes are on the line.\n\nThough the 2022 assembly election will be remembered for the Sinn Féin breakthrough and Alliance advance, it may also mark a turning point in how Stormont functions - if and when it fully returns.", "Sir Keir Starmer is facing further questions over whether he broke Covid lockdown rules at an MP's office in Durham, amid reports a leaked Labour memo suggested time was set aside for him to eat dinner with colleagues.\n\nDurham police are investigating last April's event, when the Labour leader had beer and curry with others.\n\nThe Mail on Sunday published what it said was a memo showing timings for \"dinner\", before the visit would end.\n\nA Labour spokesperson said he had eaten \"between work demands\".\n\nA party source added that it would be \"wrong to assume\" activities during the visit occurred at the times originally planned.\n\nSir Keir was filmed drinking a bottle of beer in the constituency office of Durham MP Mary Foy last year, in the run-up to a by-election in nearby Hartlepool.\n\nThe Labour leader has maintained the visit was a work event, and that the food and drink was consumed in between doing work, so was within the rules.\n\nBut the internal planning document for the Durham trip apparently showed how an hour and twenty minutes were scheduled for \"dinner\" - after which, the visit would conclude.\n\nThe memo said a takeaway order would be placed by a member of Sir Keir's office from a nearby Indian restaurant for a meal between 20:40 and 22:00.\n\nCovid rules in place at the time meant it was illegal for people in England to socialise indoors with people from outside their household or support bubble.\n\nThere was an exemption for \"work purposes\", although working from home was recommended in the guidance, but the rules did not mention socialising at work.\n\nDescribing the meal earlier this week, Sir Keir said that \"at various points people went through to the kitchen, got a plate, had something to eat, and got on with their work\". He has also previously insisted he returned to work afterwards.\n\nLast week, Labour said Angela Rayner was also at the event, after previously denying she was there. It blamed a \"mistake\" in communication.\n\nThe real reason all this matters is less about what happened a year ago. And rather more about what Sir Keir Starmer has said since.\n\nHe has repeatedly expressed his outrage - shared by millions - at the behaviour of the prime minister and others in government in breaking the Covid rules.\n\nAnd he's repeatedly called for Boris Johnson to resign.\n\nNow his critics say if you get on a moral high horse, it might turn into a bucking bronco if you've broken the rules yourself.\n\nMinisters I've spoken to are cock-a-hoop at this latest twist in this long running row about political conduct during Covid.\n\nThe Labour leader finds himself in a very perilous position.\n\nAsked whether he would resign if fined, Sir Keir told reporters on Saturday: \"I was working in the office. We stopped for something to eat. There was no party\".\n\nHe said he would not resign and would lead Labour into the next general election.\n\nFormer shadow home secretary Diane Abbott said Sir Keir should consider his position as Labour leader if he is fined by police for breaking Covid laws.\n\nMs Abbott told LBC radio that she didn't think he would be fined, and criticised \"hype built up by the Tory press\".\n\nBut she added that if he did receive a fixed penalty notice, he would have to \"consider his position\". She insisted she was a \"loyal supporter\" of Sir Keir's, and was simply making a \"common-sense point\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Footage shows Sir Keir Starmer drinking beer with colleagues in Durham on 30 April 2021\n\nDurham police had initially decided no offence had occurred after reviewing footage from the gathering earlier this year.\n\nBut after Thursday's local elections concluded, the force announced it would launch an investigation after receiving \"significant new information\".\n\nThe force had been coming under pressure to revisit the matter after Mr Johnson, his wife Carrie and Chancellor Rishi Sunak were fined for attending a birthday party for the prime minister in Downing Street in June 2020.\n\nConservative MPs have also been calling for the force to launch a formal probe in recent days.\n\nSir Keir has urged Mr Johnson to resign since January, when the prime minister became embroiled in accusations Covid rules were broken during gatherings held in Whitehall during lockdown.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police are continuing their investigation into 12 gatherings held in Downing Street and the Cabinet Office during 2020 and 2021.\n\nAsked what Sir Keir should do if he is fined, Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi told Times Radio: \"We've got to let the police carry out their investigation and that's only right and responsible.\n\n\"I do think, though, that the public will be uncomfortable with the hypocrisy.\n\n\"He has tweeted himself saying that if you're under investigation, a criminal investigation, then you should resign.\"\n• None Keir Starmer's Durham drink - what were the rules?", "Todd Boehly owns a stake in three sports teams in Los Angeles\n\nChelsea have agreed terms on the £4.25bn ($5.2bn) sale of the club to a consortium led by Todd Boehly, co-owner of the LA Dodgers baseball team.\n\nThe club was put up for sale before owner Roman Abramovich was sanctioned for his alleged links to Russian president Vladimir Putin following the invasion of Ukraine.\n\nA Chelsea statement said the new owners will pay £2.5bn for the club's shares.\n\nThe proceeds will go into a frozen bank account to be donated to charity.\n\nThe consortium is led by Boehly but Clearlake Capital, a Californian private equity firm, would own a majority of the shares in Chelsea. Other investors include US billionaire Mark Walter, also a co-owner of the LA Dodgers, and Swiss billionaire Hansjoerg Wyss.\n\nBBC Sport has learned the new owners have agreed to not sell a majority stake in the club until 2032 and have given assurances over dividends and debt.\n\nThe consortium said it will provide £1.75bn to invest in the Premier League club, including \"investments in Stamford Bridge, the academy, the women's team and Kingsmeadow and continued funding for the Chelsea Foundation\".\n\nIn the statement, Chelsea said the sale was expected to complete in late May. The takeover will require approval from the English football authorities and the UK government.\n\nChelsea are operating under a special licence from the UK government which ends on 31 May, but last month, Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries said the club were on \"borrowed time\" to complete the sale.\n\nAny sale can only be signed off by the bidder passing the Premier League's owners' and directors' test.\n\nTodd Boehly was pictured with Chelsea fans outside Stamford Bridge on Friday. Also in the photo is former Chancellor George Osborne, whose firm has signed onto the Boehly bid in an advisory capacity.\n\nBoehly, an American investor and businessman, has a reported net worth of $4.5bn (£3.6bn), according to Forbes.\n\nHe is a part owner of the Dodgers - a US baseball franchise - and US women's basketball outfit the Los Angeles Sparks, and owns a stake in the renowned LA Lakers NBA franchise.\n\nHis consortium also includes American PR executive Barbara Charone, British businessman Jonathan Goldstein and British journalist Daniel Finkelstein.\n\nOther consortiums who had been in the running to buy Chelsea have been headed by Sir Martin Broughton and the co-owner of the Boston Celtics, Stephen Pagliuca, but they were told in late April that their bids were unsuccessful.\n\nBritish billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe - majority shareholder of chemical group Ineos - made a late offer, but it arrived on 29 April, several weeks beyond the initial deadline for bids of 18 March.\n\nRatcliffe's bid was dismissed but he said on 4 May that he was \"not giving up\".\n\nOn Thursday, Abramovich said he has not asked for his £1.5bn loan to Chelsea to be repaid when the club is sold.\n\nA spokesperson said Abramovich \"remains committed\" to making sure the proceeds from the sale \"go to good causes\".\n\nThis is the most significant moment yet since Chelsea was put up for sale, with the Boehly consortium now confident of completing what would be one of the most expensive deals in sports history.\n\nPremier League approval is not expected to be an issue, and the government is keen to get the sale completed.\n\nWith concerns raised by rival bidder British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe over the leading role played by private equity firm Clearlake Capital in the Boehly consortium, I understand the club have received an assurance that the group will commit to owning the club for at least 10 years.\n\nIn another move designed to reassure fans and distinguish them from the Glazers - the US family that owns Manchester United - I am told the new owners will not pay themselves dividends or management fees during that period.\n\nAccording to a source, there will also be a limit on the level of debt that the club can take on.", "Italy has ordered the seizure of a $700m yacht linked to Russia's President Vladimir Putin.\n\nThe Scheherazade has been undergoing repairs at a port in Tuscany since September last year.\n\nItaly's finance ministry said that the boat's owner had ties to \"prominent elements of the Russian government\".\n\nIt is being seized under EU sanctions brought over Russia's invasion of Ukraine that have seen other vessels confiscated.\n\nThe exact owner of the Scheherazade has not been established but US officials told the New York Times it could belong to Russia's president.\n\nSupporters of the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have also linked the 140m vessel to President Putin.\n\nOther reports suggest that the yacht, which has two helicopter landing pads and a swimming pool inside, is owned by Eduard Khudainatov, the former chief of Russian energy giant Rosneft who is not currently a target of EU sanctions.\n\nMany superyachts are linked to Russian billionaires but ownership is shrouded in secrecy - they are often registered through a series of offshore companies.\n\nSeveral have already been seized by Western countries.\n• None What sanctions are being imposed on Russia?", "We have been hearing that Sinn Féin has secured the most first-preference votes in Northern Ireland's Assembly election. So how does the system work?\n\nWhile UK general elections allow voters to choose just one candidate in their local area, NI Assembly elections see voters rank multiple candidates.\n\nUnder the Single Transferrable Vote (STV) system, voters can choose as many candidates as they like and rank them in order of preference by writing a number next to their name.\n\nFor each constituency, a quota of votes is calculated using a mathematical formula, based on the number of seats and the number of votes cast. Candidates who reach this number of votes from 'first preference votes' (where voters choose them as number one) are elected.\n\nIf these candidates get votes above the quota number, their extra votes are transferred to other candidates - so the candidate marked \"2\" on those ballot papers gets those votes instead.\n\nThe candidate with fewest votes is eliminated and their second preferences get transferred to other candidates.\n\nThe same process continues round by round with the lowest candidate being knocked out and their votes being transferred to candidates who are still in the race.\n\nYou can read more on this here.", "Issues facing Boris Johnson's government are being blamed for Tory losses\n\nThe results from Wales confirm the worst fears of the Welsh Conservatives.\n\nThey were always expecting to suffer losses, but not on a scale that could wipe out all the gains they made in the last council elections five years ago.\n\nTheir leader, Andrew RT Davies, blames the issues that have plagued Boris Johnson's government in Westminster - the cost of living crisis and Partygate.\n\nHe says he still supports the prime minister but \"he has to use the summer months to build the confidence of the party\" going forward to the next general election.\n\nIn north east Wales, where the party routed Welsh Labour in the 2019 election, the Tories have fallen from the largest party in one council, Denbighshire, to fourth.\n\nA result that will do nothing to calm Welsh Tory nerves about Mr Johnson's ability to keep those 2019 Conservative converts on board.\n\nIn the south, in true blue Monmouthshire, the only council where they had overall control, they have lost their majority and Labour are now the largest party.\n\nA bad day for the Tories has been a good one for Welsh Labour, which has recovered some of the councils it lost last time around.\n\nThe party went into this campaign with the wind in its sails, despite increasing pressure over record breaking NHS waiting times.\n\nPolls have been good for party leader Mark Drakeford, who is first minister in the Welsh Labour government, and achieved strong wins in last year's elections to the Welsh Parliament.\n\nIn Wales, where average earnings are some of the lowest in the UK, Welsh Labour clearly found fertile ground as it hammered the Conservatives over cost of living pressures.\n\nBut one result has spoiled Labour's day - the party will lose control of Neath Port Talbot council over a schools controversy, though the overall result has not yet been declared.\n\nBoris Johnson's Westminster woes are being blamed for poor Tory results across Wales\n\nThe other main party in Wales is the pro-independence Plaid Cymru which is celebrating winning control of three additional councils in its heartlands, but progress elsewhere has been modest.\n\nThe Liberal Democrats will hope gains in Powys signal a revival in their fortunes in an area where they lost constituency seats at Westminster and in last year's Welsh Parliament elections.\n\nIndependents also play a big role in Welsh local government, and that plus low turnout and complex local factors make it dangerous to read across to the next general election.\n\nNevertheless, it is clear that this set of results will add to the pressure on Boris Johnson.", "Fifty civilians were able to leave the Mariupol steelworks on Friday\n\nAny peace deal with Russia would depend on Russian forces pulling back to their pre-invasion positions, Ukraine's president says.\n\nSpeaking to a London think tank, Volodymyr Zelensky said that was the minimum that his country could accept.\n\nHe said he was the leader of \"Ukraine, not a mini-Ukraine\". But he did not mention Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014.\n\nRussia is currently battling to take full control of the city of Mariupol.\n\nThere are still Ukrainian forces along with some civilians in the south-eastern city's vast Azovstal steelworks, which has been subjected to a furious Russian onslaught.\n\nFinally taking Mariupol would be Russia's biggest achievement in two months of war and would give Russia's President Vladimir Putin something to celebrate on 9 May, which is Victory Day in Russia - the day the country marks the Soviet victory over the Nazis in World War Two.\n\nHowever speaking from Kyiv to the Chatham House think tank in London, Mr Zelensky said there could be no question of Russia holding on to territory it has conquered since it invaded Ukraine.\n\n\"To stop the war between Russia and Ukraine the step should be regaining the situation as of 23 February,\" he said in response to a question from the BBC, referring to the day before the war began.\n\n\"I was elected by the people of Ukraine as president of Ukraine, not as president of a mini Ukraine of some kind. This is a very important point,\" he added.\n\nThe reference to the situation as of 23 February suggests Ukraine may not insist on retaking Crimea before making peace with Russia. The peninsula was annexed by Russia eight years ago.\n\nMr Zelensky called for the resumption of diplomatic dialogue between Russia and Ukraine: \"Despite the fact that they destroyed all our bridges, I think not all the bridges are yet destroyed, figuratively speaking,\" he said.\n\nRussia, for its part, has described that process as being in a \"state of stagnation\".\n\nOn Friday a further 50 civilians including 11 children were evacuated from the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol, Russia and Ukraine said, in an operation coordinated by the UN and Red Cross. More are believed to still be trapped in the Soviet-era tunnels and bunkers beneath the sprawling factory.\n\nUkraine's Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said the operation had been slowed by fighting and what she called \"provocations\". She said evacuations would resume on Saturday.\n\nRussia had earlier announced a daytime ceasefire at the plant for three days, starting Thursday.\n\nFootage release by Ukraine's Azov regiment shows the Mariupol steelworks being shelled\n\nMeanwhile Mr Zelensky said he was inviting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to visit Ukraine on 9 May. The German leader's presence in Ukraine on the day Russia commemorates the Soviet sacrifice in World War Two would be highly symbolic.\n\n\"He can make this very powerful, wise political step, to come here on 9 May, to Kyiv,\" Mr Zelensky said. \"I am not explaining the significance, I think you're cultured enough to understand why.\"\n\nThe Ukrainian leader has previously been critical of Germany's stance during the war.\n\nIn a BBC interview in April he accused Germany of blocking efforts to embargo sales of Russian energy and said European countries that continued to buy Russian oil were \"earning their money in other people's blood\".\n\nThe same month a planned visit to Kyiv by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier was cancelled at the last minute because of Germany's economic ties to Russia.\n\nAlso on Friday US President Joe Biden announced $150m (£120m) in new military aid to help Ukraine defend itself.\n\nA senior US official told reporters the aid included artillery rounds, counter-artillery radars used for detecting the source of enemy fire, electronic jamming equipment and spare parts.\n\nBut Mr Biden warned that current funding was close to running out and urged Congress to authorise more.\n\nThe US says it is also providing intelligence to Ukraine, and US media reports have quoted officials as saying US intelligence helped Ukraine sink Russia's flagship missile cruiser the Moskva.", "The Taliban say many women around the country obey their dress code\n\nAt the Lycee Mariam market in Kabul, known for its long row of stalls selling women's clothing, news of the Taliban's latest decree that women must wear a face veil had not yet filtered down by the afternoon.\n\nSome of those browsing the shops wore the all-encompassing blue burka that the Taliban enforced during their first stint in power in the 1990s. Others, however, had scarves covering their hair, but their faces uncovered.\n\n\"Even when you go on pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia you don't have to cover your face,\" one pointed out.\n\n\"Humans are born free, no-one has the right to talk about women's clothes,\" said Fatima, a fashionably dressed university student with sunglasses perched on her head.\n\nAfghanistan is a deeply conservative country, and many women do wear the burka, but in bigger cities it's also common to see women wearing the simple headscarf.\n\nAfter taking power last August, the Taliban had held off issuing new laws on what women should wear - until Saturday.\n\nAt a press conference, the Ministry for the Prevention of Vice and Promotion of Virtue announced that all women would have to cover their face in public, and laid out an escalating set of punishments for anyone refusing to comply.\n\nThe punishment starts with a woman's male guardian (normally father, brother or husband) being visited at home by Taliban officials. Then, if a woman's appearance was still not deemed acceptable, her male relative would be summoned to see ministry officials, and after that he could even potentially be jailed for three days or sent to court.\n\nAkif Muhajir, spokesman for the ministry, told the BBC the order was based on the Quran and the life of the Prophet Muhammad.\n\nOther Muslims dispute the interpretation, but Akif Muhajir described the face covering as a \"compulsory\" part of the religion. Only 1% of Afghan women, he insisted, were not already complying with the group's understanding of how they should dress. \"This is not only the order of the Islamic Emirate,\" he added, \"but the order of Allah.\"\n\nMost Muslims around the world do not consider covering the face to be a mandatory part of the religion, and, after seizing control of the country, the Taliban initially appeared to be adopting a more flexible attitude to governance.\n\nIn recent weeks, however, they have been introducing more hardline measures, many of them governing women's everyday lives - for example, assigning separate days for them to visit public parks to men, and barring them from undertaking longer distance journeys without a male guardian.\n\nTeenage girls have still not been allowed back to school in most of the country, and whilst women are working in some sectors such as healthcare and education, many others have been told not to return to their offices.\n\nWestern diplomats have indicated that resuming development funding for the country - currently struggling with a dire economic crisis - is contingent on the Taliban's treatment of women.\n\nWhen announcing this latest decree at the press conference, however, one cleric said the Taliban could never be pressured by the West into compromising on their beliefs.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Women in Afghanistan face an uncertain future following the Taliban's takeover\n\nFor Afghan women's rights activists, who have spent years struggling to make fragile progress in the country, it seems as if two decades of achievements are being rolled back.\n\nMahbouba Seraj is one of Afghanistan's most prominent campaigners.\n\n\"We have a million other problems. Women are not a problem!\" she told the BBC indignantly at her home in Kabul.\n\n\"Schools need to be opened, work needs to be given to families. There is famine all over this country. There are suicide bombings.\"\n\nBut, she added, despondently, \"instead of looking after that, they are always after women\".", "UK health officials say they are still no clearer on the cause of a rise in liver inflammation, or hepatitis, in children.\n\nA common adenovirus is thought to play a role, but other possibilities are still being investigated.\n\nIn the UK, 163 cases have now been identified, and 11 children have received liver transplants.\n\nCases have been detected in 20 countries worldwide, with nearly 300 children affected, and one death.\n\n\"It's important that parents know the likelihood of their child developing hepatitis is extremely low,\" said Dr Meera Chand, from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).\n\nShe said parents should still be alert to the signs - particularly jaundice, a yellow tinge in the whites of the eyes - and they should contact a doctor if concerned.\n\nSince last week, another 18 children in the UK with hepatitis have been identified - 118 live in England, 22 in Scotland, 13 in Wales and 10 in Northern Ireland.\n\nThe children's most common symptoms were jaundice and vomiting - and most have been under five years old.\n\nThe UKHSA's latest report on cases says there is \"some apparent reduction in confirmed cases in the past two weeks overall in the UK\".\n\nWhat's puzzling scientists is that the most likely cause - adenovirus - doesn't normally make children seriously unwell. Passed from person to person via coughs and sneezes, it can cause colds, vomiting and diarrhoea.\n\nHowever, it's very unusual for adenovirus to be a cause of severe hepatitis in otherwise healthy children, but it has been circulating at high levels since the start of the year after virtually disappearing during the pandemic.\n\nGenetic analysis of samples from some children has found a type of virus called AAV-2 - but it doesn't typically cause illness either, the report says.\n\nScientists are also keeping a close eye on another type of adenovirus, called F41.\n\n\"Our investigations continue to suggest that there is an association with adenovirus, and our studies are now testing this association rigorously,\" Dr Chand said.\n\n\"We are also investigating other contributors.\"\n\nThese include whether a new variant of adenovirus has developed which is making children more ill, or whether a previous infection, such as Covid, could be a factor.\n\nAnother possibility is that the pandemic, by delaying young children's exposure to a number of different viruses because of reduced social mixing, may have made them more prone to becoming ill.\n\nAnd health officials are also exploring whether there could be a link with dogs. A number of families affected said they owned dogs or had come into contact with them, but UKHSA also acknowledges that having a pet dog is common in the UK.\n\nThe UKHSA says there is no evidence of any link to the Covid-19 vaccine, because most children with hepatitis were too young to receive it.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Russia is already under unprecedented sanctions and now the UK has targeted Alina Kabaeva, a politician, media boss, former Olympic gymnast, and - if the rumours are true - Vladimir Putin's girlfriend and mother to some of his children.\n\nSanctions imposed by the UK and others are designed to punish those closest to Mr Putin - the oligarchs, politicians and other officials said to have benefited from their proximity to the president.\n\nLast month, the US and UK imposed sanctions on his daughters Maria Vorontsova, 36, and Katerina Tikhonova, 35. They are his children with ex-wife Lyudmila.\n\nUntil now, Ms Kabaeva had escaped, despite her reported status. She might have felt something was coming: an online petition in March demanded her expulsion from her residence in Switzerland.\n\nOn Friday, the UK added her name to its sanctions list, with Foreign Secretary Liz Truss saying Britain was \"tightening the vice\" on Mr Putin's \"inner circle\". The former gymnast now faces a UK travel ban and asset freeze.\n\nMs Kabaeva is a former Russian MP and chair of the board of directors of the National Media Group, which is reportedly the largest private Russian media company, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said.\n\nShe is a close associate of Mr Putin and obtains a financial or material benefit from this association, it added. It noted that the National Media Group controlled television stations including Channel One, which was already under sanctions.\n\n\"It is reported that he [Mr Putin] has tried to reduce her visibility since the invasion began,\" the FCDO said. \"For example, a couple of weeks after the invasion, the National Media Group website was updated to remove her name, along with any reference to the board of directors.\"\n\nEarlier, sources confirmed to the BBC that she was on the latest list of individuals to be sanctioned by the EU. According to AFP news agency, she was being targeted for her part in disseminating Kremlin propaganda and for being \"closely associated\" with the 69-year-old President Putin. The draft document did not name her as his partner.\n\nRussia's leader has always been intensely private. When asked about his private life, he has tended to brush off the question.\n\nHe has, though, explicitly denied a relationship with Ms Kabaeva.\n\nAlina Kabaeva at the Athens Olympics, where she won gold\n\nIn 2008, the Moskovsky Korrespondent newspaper reported that he was planning to divorce his wife Lyudmila and marry Ms Kabaeva. Both rejected the story. Soon after, the authorities shut the newspaper down. Mr Putin and Lyudmila would announce their split five years later. Lyudmila, whose new surname since a remarriage is Ocheretnaya, has also been sanctioned by the UK.\n\nAt the time the Russian president was denying he was involved with Ms Kabaeva, she was transitioning from a successful sporting career to one in politics.\n\nHer chosen discipline was rhythmic gymnastics, where competitors perform routines with the aid of equipment like ribbons and balls.\n\nMs Kabaeva, at her peak, has claims to have been the best in the world. She had a move named after her and was a leading performer in the team that dominated the sport. Russia won every Olympic gold medal available from 2000-2016.\n\nBorn in 1983, she started rhythmic gymnastics as a four-year-old. Her coach, Irina Viner, said: \"I could not believe my eyes, when I first saw her. The girl has the rare combination of two qualities crucial in rhythmic gymnastics - flexibility and agility.\"\n\nMs Kabaeva would become known as \"Russia's most flexible woman\".\n\nShe made her international debut in 1996, and was a surprise winner at the 1998 European Championships.\n\nAt the 2000 Sydney Olympics, an uncharacteristic error with the hoop cost her dearly (she let it roll off the floor) and she could only manage bronze in the all-round event. Four years later, in Athens, she went better, taking home gold.\n\nMs Kabaeva moved into politics and media after retiring from sport\n\nBy the time of her retirement, she had won 18 World Championship medals and 25 European Championship medals on top of her Olympic prizes. Like other Russian athletes, she has not escaped the taint of doping, losing her medals at an event in 2001 after testing positive for a banned substance.\n\nShe moved into politics, holding a seat in Russia's lower house of parliament from 2007-2014 with the ruling United Russia party.\n\nIn 2014 she became chair of the National Media Group, which has large stakes in almost all major Russian state media outlets.\n\nSuch outlets have been pumping out a relentlessly pro-Kremlin message on the war in Ukraine, accusing Ukrainians of shelling their own cities and presenting Russian troops as liberators.\n\nHer position has reportedly made her a wealthy woman, with leaked documents suggesting she earns about $12m (£9.7m) a year.\n\nIt is not known when she and Mr Putin first met, but it is not unusual for a leading Olympian to meet a country's president. There's a photo of the pair as far back as in 2001, when Mr Putin awarded her an Order of Friendship - a top state honour.\n\nThere are rumours that they have children together, although reports vary on how many.\n\nA Swiss newspaper reported that Ms Kabaeva had a boy in 2015 at an exclusive clinic near Lake Lugano, and another boy at the same place in 2019. But The Sunday Times and Wall Street Journal said she had twins in 2019 in Moscow although they disagree on how many children she has had.\n\nThe Kremlin denies such reports. Back in 2015, Mr Putin's spokesman said \"information about the birth of a baby fathered by Vladimir Putin does not correspond to reality\".\n\nSuch is Mr Putin's guarded nature - in public, he's never mentioned the names of the children he has with Lyudmila, other than to say he has two adult daughters - that the speculation is likely to continue.\n\nMs Kabaeva has been in and out of the spotlight since reports of her relationship with Mr Putin emerged.\n\nThere was a Vogue cover in 2011, where she wore a pricey gold dress from French fashion house Balmain. She was also a torch bearer at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.\n\nMore recently, in April she appeared at a junior gymnastics festival in Moscow, quashing suggestions she was in hiding. There, she praised Russia's war effort. Some outlets noted she wore a wedding band.\n\nThe Wall Street Journal has suggested that the US is reluctant to sanction Ms Kabaeva, for fear it may be deemed \"so personal a blow\" to Mr Putin that it may escalate tensions further.\n\nIt might not be off the table altogether, though. When the White House was asked in April why she was not on their latest list, the press secretary replied \"no-one is safe\".", "This video can not be played\n\nTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Smoke rises above the steelworks on Thursday\n\nA third operation to pull civilians from Mariupol is due on Friday, the UN says, as more fighting was reported for control of a steelworks where the last Ukrainian defenders are holding out.\n\nAbout 200 civilians are also believed to be hiding in bunkers in the plant.\n\nUN chief Antonio Guterres said everything should be done to \"get people out of these hellscapes\".\n\nRussia's Vladimir Putin said his forces are ready to give civilians safe passage, but fighters must surrender.\n\nThe Russian president has already declared victory in Mariupol, ordering his forces to seal off the sprawling industrial site - which was designed during the Cold War to serve as a nuclear bunker and has a network of tunnels deep below ground - rather than try to take control of it.\n\nHowever the remaining Ukrainian forces inside the steelworks - fighters from the Azov regiment, some marines, border guards and police - say Russian attacks are continuing.\n\nIn his overnight address Ukraine's President Zelensky also said that Russian shelling and attempts to wrest control of the steelworks were ongoing.\n\n\"Just imagine this hell. And there are children! More than two months of constant shelling, bombing, constant death nearby,\" he said.\n\nThe Azov regiment released drone footage showing explosions at the steelworks, but the date of the footage could not be verified. Earlier on Thursday Sviatoslav Palamar, an Azov regiment commander, said Ukrainian defenders were fighting \"difficult, bloody battles\" with Russian troops who had managed to enter part of the complex.\n\nBut the Kremlin denied its forces had tried to storm the plant and insisted that a humanitarian corridor was open as part of a three-day ceasefire that started on Thursday.\n\nMr Guterres said a third operation to evacuate civilians from the city was under way and would arrive in the city on Friday. Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on social media that this would happen at about midday.\n\nAt least 20 children are thought to be among the remaining civilians in the steelworks, and food and water supplies are dwindling fast.\n\nOn Sunday an initial group of civilians was evacuated from the plant. Footage showed mainly women and children being helped to walk over piles of rubble, and boarding a bus with missing windows.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: One woman who left the Azovstal steelworks earlier this week said she did not see any sunlight for two months\n\nRussia launched its invasion of Ukraine 10 weeks ago but has not yet gained full control over any of Ukraine's major cities.\n\nAre you or your family in Mariupol? Are you affected by events in the region? Please share your experience if it is safe to do so by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Women in burkas receiving food aid in Kandahar last month\n\nAfghan women will have to wear the Islamic face veil for the first time in decades under a decree passed by the country's ruling Taliban militants.\n\nAny woman who refuses to comply and ignores official warnings to male members of her family could see a male guardian jailed for three days.\n\nThe Taliban enforced the all-encompassing burka during their first stint in power in the 1990s.\n\nBut they had not enforced it in Afghan cities since taking over last year.\n\nMany women in Afghanistan already wear the burka but some, particularly in urban areas, just wear a simple covering over their hair.\n\nThe decree was passed by the Taliban's Ministry for the Prevention of Vice and Promotion of Virtue.\n\nTaliban officials described the decree as \"advice\" but laid out a specific set of escalating steps for anyone not complying:\n\nThe Quran, Islam's holy book, tells Muslims - men and women - to dress modestly. Male modesty has been interpreted to be covering the area from the navel to the knee. For women it is generally seen as covering everything except their face, hands and feet when in the presence of men they are not related or married to.\n\nHowever, there has been much debate within Islam as to whether this goes far enough. This has led to a distinction between the hijab (literally \"covering up\" in Arabic) and the niqab (meaning \"full veil\").\n\nThe hijab is typically a scarf that covers the hair and neck, whereas the niqab is a veil for the face that leaves the area around the eyes clear. It is worn with an accompanying headscarf or an abaya, a full-length robe, and sometimes with a separate transparent eye veil.\n\nThe burka covers the entire face and body, leaving just a mesh screen to see through.\n\nMany of the strict rules imposed by the Taliban on daily life are targeted at women.\n\nAfghanistan has become the only country in the world which publicly limits education by gender - a major sticking point in the Taliban's attempts to gain international legitimacy.\n\nGirls have been banned from receiving secondary education, the ministry for women's affairs has been disbanded, and in many cases women have not been allowed to work.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "The local elections don't hold up a perfect mirror to the whole country's desires, or exactly what would happen if a general election had just happened.\n\nBut they are a valuable measure of the state of the battle of the two main parties who seek to govern us all. Caveats aside, the events of the last 24 hours do matter.\n\nSpin back a few weeks, and some Conservatives feared these elections would end in absolute calamity after months of extraordinary revelations about what had been going on in Downing Street during lockdown.\n\nThe party feared an angry public would punish them at the ballot box. And rising anxiety about making ends meet would translate too into a kicking for the government.\n\nAfter all the turmoil, the prime minister's allies fretted. And some of Boris Johnson's detractors darkly hoped a meltdown would give them reason to act to oust him.\n\nNow that nearly everything has been counted, the Tories have lost nearly 500 seats across the UK. That represents around a quarter of the council seats they contested.\n\nThe prime minister acted out his usual jollity at a photo op in a primary school in his constituency on Friday morning. Yet the reality is a deeply uncomfortable set of results that has got steadily worse throughout the day. It represents a rejection of the Conservatives in many parts of the country they see as home.\n\nAs one cabinet minister had predicted, \"we will do badly but it won't be Armageddon. Labour will do well but won't blow our socks off\".\n\nThe losses are though without question at the worse end of pundits' expectations. It will make Tory MPs in southern seats and London nervous.\n\nIn Scotland and Wales, Conservatives are in retreat. Yet right now it doesn't seem like the kind of wipe-out that will explode Number 10. And after 12 years in government, losses like this in a mid term are not without precedent.\n\nIn election studios we heard local council leaders draw lines between their losses and Mr Johnson's performance, but there's no troop of Tory rebels visibly on the verge of trying to take him out.\n\nLabour's move forward was notable. Impressive and symbolic wins in London. Seats from Cumbria to Southampton, second place in Scotland, where SNP had another impressive performance with their incredible years of dominance.\n\nYet on these results Labour is not progressing far or fast enough for them to be sure they're on track for Number 10. Where the Tories were losing, they were often losing to the Liberal Democrats, who had a great outing, but are not their main rival.\n\nLabour leader Keir Starmer went to Barnet to congratulate winning councillors from his party\n\nThere's an electoral metaphor you hear privately so often from Labour MPs. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and his team have stopped the rot, and improved the party's fortunes after such a low ebb under its former leader Jeremy Corbyn.\n\nBut again and again, they whisper they're not quite sure if they have the force and passion to make the huge strides that could secure Number 10.\n\nFamiliar too though is a plea from Labour frontbenchers to understand just how bad things were, in their views, when they took over. One shadow cabinet minister said it was as if the party had \"long Corbyn\", an unfortunate metaphor for the long-term effects of his leadership.\n\nIt's almost as if the two main political tribes are locked together in a mutually uncomfortable status quo.\n\nThe Conservatives are suffering, but the situation is not dreadful enough to provoke backbenchers to act, or Number 10 to take radical steps to change or to meet their critics' demands.\n\nLabour is showing progress, but less than they'd like. Yet quite separately to the results, \"events\" suddenly changed the balance of the last 24 hours, just as Sir Keir was on tour celebrating the gains that he had made.\n\nThe irony is that, during the approach to these elections, it was Mr Johnson's future in question. Labour was regularly calling for him to quit because of revelations about parties in Number 10.\n\nSuddenly, after weeks of claims and rising political pressure from Conservatives and some of the press, Durham Police announced after all, that they would look at the beer and curry the Labour leader was said to have had with aides.\n\nHe's always said he did nothing wrong. He's said tonight that he's confident no rules were broken. Yet with the police investigation into Sir Keir's lockdown behaviour now taking place, the jeopardy of Downing Street's party saga that he prospered from applies in part to him too.", "Many Tigrayans fled the region when the civil war broke out in November 2020\n\nThe remains of hundreds of people are being deliberately destroyed in an organised campaign to dispose of evidence of ethnic cleansing in the west of Ethiopia's Tigray region, according to interviews with 15 eyewitnesses.\n\nThe allegations follow multiple reports of the targeting of the Tigrayan population during the civil war. They also come in advance of the possible deployment of a UN independent investigation team which will be led by former International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda.\n\nPeople belonging to security forces from the neighbouring Amhara region, which are occupying western Tigray, have been identified as digging up fresh mass graves, exhuming hundreds of bodies, burning them and then transporting what remains out of the region, the eyewitnesses said in telephone interviews.\n\nThe authorities have acknowledged that graves have been dug up but say that they show evidence that Tigrayan forces had been carrying out its own campaign of ethnically motivated killing in recent decades. Researchers from Gondar University have also been uncovering mass grave sites that they have linked to the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF).\n\nAll sides in the on-going civil war have been accused of carrying out mass killings.\n\nBut in a recent report, rights groups Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch accused Amhara officials and security forces of being behind a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Tigrayans in the area.\n\nThe fighting, which began in November 2020, followed a dispute between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's federal government and the TPLF, Tigray's dominant political party.\n\nRemnants from the civil war can be seen across northern Ethiopia\n\nLast December, the UN human rights council passed a resolution to establish an independent investigation into atrocities committed by all warring parties in the conflict.\n\nThe Ethiopian government objected to the resolution and vowed not to co-operate, saying the resolution was an \"instrument of political pressure\".\n\nIn a vote in March, Ethiopia's bid to block funding for the investigative panel failed. Russia and China had backed the Ethiopian government's attempt to block funding.\n\nEyewitnesses have said that three days after the funding was approved, the campaign to destroy evidence of atrocities was launched in western Tigray.\n\n\"In the plot of land behind Hamele Hamushte school in Humera town, 200 bodies of ethnic Tigrayan civilians were buried in two mass graves. These were civilians massacred in the early months of the war,\" said an eyewitness from the Welkyat ethinc group who lives in Humera.\n\nWhereas Tigrayans either fled the area during the fighting or are in detention, members of the Welkyat ethnic group remained and have provided the eyewitness reports.\n\n\"On 4 April, the Amhara militias and the Fano [militia] youth group exhumed the remains. They gathered wood, sprayed something we never saw before and burned the remains they collected. The remains crumbled and turned into ash.\"\n\nThis testimony was consistent with what other eyewitnesses said about the same incident .\n\nAmhara militia and Fano youth destroyed the remains of bodies buried in another part of Humera, witnesses have said.\n\n\"The bodies belonged to civilians who were paraded from detention camps. There were around 100 bodies buried en masse behind the land of the public office of the Humera Agricultural Institute,\" said another witness.\n\n\"They took the remains to the compound of the institute and turned them into ash using wood, fire, and chemicals that we don't know. As they were doing that their faces were covered by masks and they wore gloves.\"\n\nAdebay is another town in western Tigray where eyewitnesses have described the disposal of evidence by moving human remains.\n\n\"On the morning of 10 April, the Amhara militias dug up the four mass graves in the St Abune Argawi church,\" a resident of Adebay said.\n\n\"There were 150 bodies of civilians killed in the August wave of ethnic cleansing. They loaded the bodies into a lorry. We don't know where they took the remains.\"\n\nEyewitnesses said that on the same day another mass grave located behind the local government administrative office of Adebay was dug up. Thirty-nine civilians had allegedly been buried there in October 2021 after being rounded up in the town of Adi Goshu and then caught trying to flee.\n\nAccording to the testimonies the remains were loaded onto a lorry and moved to an unknown place.\n\nIn another town, Beaker, which is located between Tirkan and Rawyan, other eyewitnesses described similar activity.\n\n\"The bodies belonged to 70 civilians who had been arrested in Beaker. They were massacred nine months ago,\" a resident said.\n\n\"On 11 April the Amhara militia exhumed them and took them to Sanja, a town in the Amhara region.\"\n\nWitnesses said the campaign of the disposal of evidence started on 4 April and was supervised by experts from Gondar University, which is in Amhara region.\n\n\"It all started following the visit of experts from Gondar University. When they came, they came with trucks that were loaded with chemicals in white jerry cans. The experts were in the town for a few days giving training to the Amhara militia on how to dispose of the remains and then they returned,\" an eyewitness said.\n\nThree residents said that militia members had been publicly talking about the involvement of Gondar University and showing off about how the evidence of the killings would not be discovered.\n\nThe university has not responded to a request for comment on the allegations.\n\nBut last month, the state broadcaster reported that researchers from Gondar University had been working on 12 mass grave sites in the area and had found evidence that the TPLF had been involved in acts of genocide.\n\nExperts have confirmed that it is possible to dispose of human remains using certain chemicals.\n\nAndrea Sella, professor of inorganic chemistry at University College London, said cremation was possible as long as a high enough temperature was reached.\n\nGebrekidan Gebresilassie, a doctor in chemical engineering at the RWTH Aachen University in Germany, also said it was possible to destroy forensic evidence with the help of chemicals that are readily available.\n\n\"These chemicals destroy the forensic evidence... But from a chemical point of view even the ashes can show some evidence. It is difficult to destroy it all,\" he said.\n\nThe prime minister's office has not responded to a request for comment, however a senior Amhara official and the speaker of the federal parliament, Agegnehu Teshager, denied the accusations that evidence was being systematically destroyed.\n\nHe did say that exhumations were going on but that the bodies that were being removed were those of ethnic Amharas who had been killed over the past 40 years.\n\n\"It was not possible to exhume the mass graves and show it to the world until these days because the TPLF was ruling the country,\" he said. The TPLF had been the dominant party in the coalition that governed Ethiopia from the 1990s until 2018, when Mr Abiy came to power.\n\nMr Agegnehu also rejected the reports of ethnic cleansing in western Tigray including those from Amnesty and Human Rights Watch. He described them as a lie.\n\n\"They are sensational reports which do not take into account the reality on the ground,\" he said.", "Protests against Russia's invasion of Ukraine have drawn crowds of tens of thousands across Switzerland\n\nHow does a European country stay neutral when war rages in Europe? Switzerland managed it during the first and second world wars, but now, watching Russia's attack on Ukraine, many Swiss are rethinking their long-established position.\n\nSwitzerland was granted \"eternal neutrality\" at the Congress of Vienna in 1815. It was a pragmatic, geopolitical move that was supported because the country was seen as a harmless buffer between Europe's big powers - France on one side, Austria and Prussia on the other - and it preserved Switzerland's safety while its neighbours slaughtered each other.\n\nDuring World War Two, Swiss neutrality was more pragmatic than heroic. Switzerland mobilised all its able-bodied men to defend its borders, but it also banked gold looted by the Nazis and, in a shameful move designed to keep Germany at bay, turned away thousands of Jewish refugees - a policy it finally apologised for in the 1990s.\n\nNevertheless, gratitude for being spared two world wars is, says Markus Haefliger, politics correspondent with the Tagesanzeiger newspaper, \"almost in our genes… that makes neutrality so important for Swiss people\".\n\nFor decades, neutrality has enjoyed almost universal support among the Swiss - opinion polls have shown approval ratings of well over 90%. But now, says Mr Haefliger, the Swiss are soul-searching. \"They ask themselves how can you stay neutral in a war like Ukraine? It's so clear who is the good guy and who is the bad guy.\"\n\nA sign points Ukrainian refugees in the direction of a food distribution centre in Zurich\n\nWhen Russia invaded its neighbour in February, thousands of Swiss citizens took to the streets, condemning the aggression and demanding support for Ukraine. Thousands also offered their homes to Ukrainian refugees, for whom the Swiss government has offered visa-free collective protection.\n\nFor young Swiss in particular, the idea that their country could stay aloof in such a conflict seemed unthinkable.\n\nOperation Libero is a young, non-aligned political movement which campaigns for closer ties with Europe - Switzerland is not a member of the EU - and a less isolationist strategy. Its president, Sanija Ameti, believes this new war has been a wake-up call.\n\n\"Swiss people are realising that they are part of this European family of liberal democracies. This is a fight between systems, the one that we are in, and the autocratic, kleptocratic system of [Russian President] Putin.\"\n\nWe really need a debate about whether we have to protect our [democratic] system with weapons\n\nThat's a view shared by most political parties and most members of the Swiss government, which moved after a brief hesitation to adopt all the EU's sanctions against Russia. It's a big change from just 40 years ago, when - to the enduring shame of many Swiss - Switzerland did not join sanctions against apartheid South Africa.\n\nThe adoption of sanctions was greeted with headlines around the world, suggesting that Switzerland had abandoned neutrality. In fact, when it comes to sanctions, neutrality has been fraying round the edges for some time, says Stefanie Walter, politics professor at Zurich University.\n\n\"Switzerland has actually changed position quite a lot in the last couple of decades,\" she points out. It joined United Nations sanctions against Iraq in the 1990s, and those against former Yugoslavia. \"And right now, as well as Ukraine, there are about 23 other sanctions in place.\"\n\nBut while sanctions may be supported by most Swiss, any military support appears at first out of the question. Switzerland's neutrality is legally defined by the Hague Convention of 1907, and forbids sending weapons to countries at war, as does Swiss domestic law on weapons exports, which was recently tightened.\n\nAnd so when Germany asked Switzerland to permit the export of Swiss-made ammunition for tanks Berlin is sending to Kyiv, the Swiss said no. That move prompted criticism from a surprising source, when the leader of the centrist Die Mitte party tweeted that in his opinion it would be legitimate to send weapons in the defence of European democracy.\n\nThe type of ammunition manufactured for some Swiss tanks can also be used by tanks being sent to Ukraine by Germany\n\nOther centrist politicians have suggested closer Swiss ties with the Nato military alliance, including a common air defence system and participation in the organisation's military exercises.\n\nSuch opinions would have been unimaginable just a few months ago, and they will be fiercely resisted by the right, where the Swiss People's Party is threatening a referendum to make even sanctions illegal, and on the left, where the Social Democrats and the Greens are opposed to any military involvement.\n\nBut bit by bit, many Swiss are beginning to contemplate a new identity, and a new security strategy for their country.\n\nA recent opinion poll showed that, while two-thirds of Swiss still opposed the idea of joining Nato, more than half (52%) were in favour of joining a European defence union.\n\nThis plan, known in Brussels as Pesco (permanent structured military co-operation) would involve countries committing to a common security and defence policy. Armies would work together, and fighter planes, tanks and other weapons would be jointly procured. The end goal: a common European army.\n\nThe idea of neutral, non-EU member Switzerland getting involved in something like this would have been unthinkable just a few months ago, but the war in Ukraine has clearly changed opinions.\n\nI am really sure that Swiss neutrality will head somewhere different from where we have been, but I'm not sure where\n\n\"We really need a debate about whether we have to protect our system with weapons,\" she explains. \"The consequence would mean not being neutral anymore.\"\n\nProf Walter does not go quite that far but suggests that \"Switzerland has to define neutrality anew\".\n\nFor Markus Haefliger, the war in Ukraine has clarified Switzerland's position in a new, polarised world. \"Switzerland is so clearly part of the Western world, its values, its economy, its traditions, everything,\" he says.\n\n\"The big question is, can we be neutral in the traditional sense in this new world order?\"", "Jason Perry thanked his family and his late mother in his acceptance speech\n\nCroydon's Conservatives have bucked the trend in London by winning the borough's first mayoralty.\n\nThe directly elected mayor replaces the former cabinet system, where councillors selected their own leader from within their ranks.\n\nThe win could lead to London's first council power-split, as Mr Perry may have to work with a Labour majority.\n\nThe results of the full council election are expected on Sunday.\n\nIn his acceptance speech Mr Perry paid a tearful tribute to his mother who died during the campaign.\n\nThe count was supposed to finish by 21:00 BST Friday but went on until nearly 05:00 on Saturday\n\nIt had been an unexpectedly long and gruelling count and dawn had broken by the time the final result was declared, following a run-off between Conservative and Labour candidates and then a final recount.\n\nIn a close contest, Labour's Val Shawcross picked up 6,617 second preferences, giving her a total of 38,023.\n\nMr Perry won 5,199 second preference votes in the run-off, but started with more first preference votes and ended with a combined tally of 38,612 votes.\n\nHe had to turn his back to the crowd on the stage to compose himself as he waited for the final declaration and became tearful during his acceptance speech, where he thanked his late mother for her support during the campaign.\n\nAs he left the stage, he shared an emotional embrace with his wife, Melanie, and son William, who also shed a tear as he congratulated his father and told him \"she would be so proud\".\n\nA family embrace between new Mayor of Croydon Jason Perry, his son William and wife Melanie\n\nSpeaking to BBC London afterwards, William said: \"It's a bit hard to put into words because my nan didn't make it but she was with my dad at his first count in 1994 and she's here today, looking down.\"\n\nCroydon's new mayor said he was \"very emotional, very excited and very much looking forward to getting to work\" once the borough's new councillors were elected in a postponed count later on Saturday.\n\n\"It means a great deal,\" he said.\n\n\"Croydon has been in a bad place and now it's time for us to come together and move forwards.\n\n\"The finances I'm sure played a part. I really want to try and make it positive now, move on and get better.\n\n\"Obviously in London we have had a couple of difficult results but this will be a shining light, I hope, and we can show people how it's done because we bucked the trend. We're here to deliver.\"\n\nMr Perry also lent his support to Boris Johnson, despite his party losing councils including Westminster, Wandsworth and Barnet.\n\n\"I believe he is still the leader to lead us,\" he said.\n\n\"But I have not seen the outside world for a while.\"\n\nFollow BBC London on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hellobbclondon@bbc.co.uk", "An unseen image captures the then Princess Elizabeth beaming at her new engagement ring soon after Prince Philip's marriage proposal\n\nUnseen footage from the Queen's archive is set to be aired in a BBC documentary narrated by the monarch.\n\nThe BBC has been granted special access to hundreds of private home movies shot by the Royal Family, including clips of a young Princess Elizabeth smiling at her engagement ring.\n\nElizabeth: The Unseen Queen will follow the monarch's life as a princess in her own eyes and own words.\n\nThe documentary will air on 29 May in honour of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.\n\nThree images never previously seen of a then Princess Elizabeth have also been released as part of the programme's joint announcement by Buckingham Palace and the BBC.\n\nThe Queen gave the BBC unprecedented access to footage shot by her, her parents, Prince Philip and others.\n\nElizabeth: The Unseen Queen shows footage capturing the Queen's life from being pushed in a pram by her mother to her coronation at the age of 27 in 1953.\n\nThe 75-minute documentary features a clip marking the first extended visit of Prince Philip to Balmoral in 1946, while the couple's engagement was still not public.\n\nA young Princess Elizabeth can be seen smiling and showing the camera her engagement ring.\n\nThe couple later wed in November 1947 and were married for 73 years before the Duke of Edinburgh died in April last year, a few months before his 100th birthday.\n\nAnother previously unseen image shows the then Princess Elizabeth with Princess Margaret and their father King George VI\n\nThe documentary will show moments including then Princess Elizabeth with her uncle Prince George The Duke of Kent, who died in a plane crash in 1942 while on active service, and King George VI's last visit to Balmoral in 1951.\n\nIt will also depict Princess Elizabeth as a young mother with Prince Charles and Princess Anne spending time with their grandparents the King and Queen.\n\nBBC Studios reviewed more than 400 reels of film, privately held by the Royal Collection in the vaults of the British Film Institute (BFI), and discovered lost newsreel given to The Queen and behind the scene recordings of state events.\n\nFilmmakers also listened to over three hundred of the Queen's speeches across 80 years.\n\nSimon Young, the BBC's commissioning editor for history, said he was honoured that the Queen \"entrusted the BBC with such unprecedented access\" to her personal film collection.\n\nHe said: \"This documentary is an extraordinary glimpse into a deeply personal side of the Royal Family that is rarely seen, and it's wonderful to be able to share it with the nation as we mark her Platinum Jubilee.\"\n\nClaire Popplewell, creative director for BBC Studio Events Productions, said: \"As programme-makers who have previously worked closely with the Royal Household on ceremonial and celebratory broadcast events and programmes, the production team were under no illusion quite how special having access to this very personal archive was.\n\n\"Being able to draw upon the self-recorded history of a young Princess Elizabeth and her wider family - and allowing the Queen to tell us her own story - is the very heart of this film.\"\n\nThe documentary will debut on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on 29 May.", "Michelle O'Neill says the election results represent a significant moment of change\n\nSinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill is on the cusp of becoming the first nationalist to hold the role of first minister in the history of Northern Ireland.\n\nIt will be a historic moment for Northern Ireland and too for Sinn Féin, which has won the greatest number of seats in the assembly.\n\nIt's the first time that a nationalist party will be the largest since the creation of Northern Ireland a century ago.\n\nMs O'Neill, the party's vice-president, said the result presents \"an opportunity to reimagine relationships in this society on the basis of fairness, on the basis of equality and on the basis of social justice\".\n\nParty leader Mary Lou McDonald hailed news of Sinn Féin's achievement as significant - and not just because of the symbolic change.\n\n\"It's significant because it's a moment of equality,\" she said. \"It says there's no job that's beyond anybody's reach.\"\n\nThe young Michelle might have found that hard to believe in May 1993.\n\nAs the IRA edged towards the end of its so-called \"armed struggle\", she found herself pregnant at 16 years old.\n\nIn an interview with the Irish Times last year, she said she had \"very, very negative\" experiences as a teenage single mother.\n\n\"I went to a Catholic grammar. You were nearly made to feel girls like you can't be at school,\" she said.\n\nBut in the end, she said the experience made her \"a stronger woman\".\n\nShe went back to school, took her A-levels, stormed ahead.\n\nMichelle O'Neill arrives to cast her vote at the Clonoe polling station on Thursday 5 May\n\nStrong women are what the new Northern Ireland is about. In this year's election, a record number of women - 87 - stood.\n\nAt the first election in 1998, just 14 women were elected. Among them was Monica McWilliams from the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition.\n\n\"I felt like I had to put on body armour because there were so few women there,\" she remembered.\n\nSometimes, when she stood up to speak, there were repeated cries of \"Moo, moo, moo\" to drown out her words. The moos have been consigned to history.\n\nMs O'Neill grew up steeped in the history of Northern Ireland's Troubles.\n\nBorn Michelle Doris on 10 January 1977, she was raised in the village of Clonoe in rural County Tyrone and hails from a family of prominent Irish republicans.\n\nHer father, Brendan Doris, was a former IRA prisoner who became a Sinn Féin councillor in Dungannon. Her uncle, Paul Doris, was president of Noraid, a republican fundraising group.\n\nWhen the Good Friday Agreement was signed in 1998, she began working for the party. It brought her into direct contact with Martin McGuinness, who at that time was running for election in the Mid Ulster constituency.\n\nWhen her father stepped down from Dungannon Borough Council ahead of the 2005 election, Ms O'Neill won the seat he vacated.\n\nShe became the first woman to hold the post of mayor in Dungannon.\n\nHer assembly career began in 2007, when she joined Martin McGuinness and Francie Molloy as a Mid Ulster MLA.\n\nShe became her party's spokeswoman for health and sat on the education committee.\n\nMichelle O'Neill rose to the role of agriculture minister before becoming health minister in 2016\n\nAfter four years on the back benches at Stormont, Sinn Féin appointed her as minister for agriculture in 2011.\n\nIn 2015, she was promoted to minister for health, one of Stormont's most high-profile and challenging portfolios.\n\nShe faced mounting hospital waiting lists, a crisis in general practice and the findings of the Bengoa report into how Northern Ireland's health care is organised.\n\nHer response was a 10-year plan to transform health service, saying it would improve a system that was at \"breaking point\".\n\nWhen Martin McGuinness resigned as deputy first minister in 2017 over the DUP's handling of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scandal, it led to a political stalemate at Stormont for three years.\n\nWhen he died soon afterwards, she was chosen to lead the party in Northern Ireland - a younger face and, significantly, a woman like her counterpart in the Republic, Mary Lou McDonald.\n\nMichelle O'Neill carries the coffin of the late Martin McGuinness in 2017\n\nNow, the pinnacle of Northern Ireland politics, the role of first minister, is within her grasp.\n\nMichelle O'Neill (left, with her party leader Mary-Lou McDonald) says the vote has \"ushered in a new era\"\n\nThe office of the first and deputy first minister is an equal one, but the allocation of titles is symbolically important.\n\nFew are expecting a power-sharing devolved government to be formed in the short term.\n\nThe DUP is reiterating that it plans to block the formation of a new Stormont Executive unless the Brexit trade border with the rest of the UK is scrapped.\n\nSignificantly, during the election campaign, Michelle O'Neill's focus has not been on Irish unity and talk of a border poll.\n\nShe argued that people were not waking up thinking about Irish unity, but instead were worried about the cost of living crisis.\n\nWhat she wants to do, she added, was to \"work for everybody\".", "Mr Hölscher-Ermert's brother Karl says the community is angry and frustrated\n\nDozens of angry protesters have gathered outside a police headquarters to demand \"justice\" for a man who died after he was struck by a police car.\n\nArthur Hölscher-Ermert, 27, was hit by an unmarked car on the A259 in Peacehaven, East Sussex, on 30 April.\n\nHe had just got out of an Audi which was being pursued by a different police car, the police watchdog said.\n\nThe driver of the unmarked car is under criminal investigation but has not been arrested.\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said it had been examining footage from police body-worn cameras.\n\nIt said it was aware of reports Mr Hölscher-Ermert had been handcuffed after the crash but so far it had \"not seen evidence this was the case\".\n\nSpeaking at the protest in Lewes, Mr Hölscher-Ermert's brother, Karl, said: \"We are frustrated. As a community we are angry.\n\n\"It has been seven days since my brother was run over and killed. No suspension, no arrests, nothing.\n\n\"My brother had the kindest heart, the biggest heart. This is outrageous.\"\n\nArthur Hölscher-Ermert died on the A259 at Peacehaven last Saturday evening\n\nThe IOPC said Mr Hölscher-Ermert had been driving an Audi which was being pursued by a police car on the A259.\n\nHe was struck at about 23:10 BST near the junction of Dorothy Avenue, moments after leaving the Audi following the end of the pursuit.\n\nSussex Police said the driver of the unmarked police car was under criminal investigation \"for the offence of causing death by dangerous driving\" and had been placed on restricted duties.\n\nHe is also being investigated for potential gross misconduct, the IOPC said.\n\nFriends and family carried banners as they marched through Lewes\n\nAbout 100 of Mr Hölscher-Ermert's family and friends marched through Lewes earlier to the police headquarters on Church Lane.\n\nThere were angry chants of \"justice for Arthur\" and \"we want answers\".\n\nIOPC regional director Graham Beesley said: \"We have met with Arthur's family to update them on our inquiries and reassure them that a thorough and robust independent investigation will be carried out to establish what happened.\n\n\"We are aware of speculation and comment that Arthur may have been handcuffed immediately after the collision.\n\n\"In the police body-worn video footage we have reviewed to date, we have not seen evidence that this was the case.\"\n\nMr Hölscher-Ermert (left) with his father Jens, and brother Karl\n\nSupt James Collis of Sussex Police said: \"This is a fast-paced investigation and while there has been much speculation, it is vital that all of the facts of the case can be fully, fairly and objectively investigated by the IOPC.\n\n\"This is a tragic incident and distressing for Mr Hoelscher-Ermert's family and friends.\n\n\"Our thoughts remain with them at this difficult time.\"\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Mariupol has become the most heavily bombed and damaged city in Ukraine's war with Russia - having suffered the brunt of sustained Russian attacks. It is key to Moscow's military campaign in Ukraine. But why?\n\nThere are four main reasons why taking the port city would be such a strategic win for Russia - and a major blow for Ukraine.\n\nGeographically, the city of Mariupol occupies only a tiny area on the map but it now stands obstinately in the way of Russian forces who have burst out of the Crimean peninsula.\n\nThey are pushing north-east to try to link up with their comrades and Ukrainian-separatist allies in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.\n\nGeneral Sir Richard Barrons - former commander of UK Joint Forces Command - says capturing Mariupol is vital to Russia's war effort.\n\n\"When the Russians feel they have successfully concluded that battle, they will have completed a land bridge from Russia to Crimea and they will see this as a major strategic success.\"\n\nIf Mariupol was seized, Russia would also end up with full control of more than 80% of Ukraine's Black Sea coastline - cutting-off its maritime trade and further isolating it from the world.\n\nBy holding out against advancing forces for the past three weeks, the defending Ukrainians have managed to preoccupy a large number of Russian troops. But that failure by Russia to secure a rapid capture of the city, has prompted Russian commanders to resort to a 21st Century version of mediaeval siege tactics.\n\nThey have pummelled Mariupol with artillery, rockets and missiles - damaging or destroying over 90% of the city. They have also cut off access to electricity, heating, fresh water, food and medical supplies - creating a man-made humanitarian catastrophe which Moscow now blames on Ukraine for refusing to surrender by an 05:00 deadline on Monday. A Ukrainian MP has accused Russia of \"trying to starve Mariupol into surrender\".\n\nUkraine has vowed to defend the city down to the last soldier. It may well come to that. Russian troops are slowly pushing into the centre and, in the absence of any kind of workable peace deal, Russia is now likely to intensify its bombardment - drawing little if any distinction between its armed defenders and the beleaguered civilian population which still numbers over 200,000.\n\nIf, and when, Russia takes full control of Mariupol this will free up close to 6,000 of its troops - organised into 1,000-strong battalion tactical groups - to then go and reinforce other Russian fronts around Ukraine.\n\nThere are a number of possibilities as to where they could be redeployed:\n\nMariupol has long-been a strategically important port on the Sea of Azov, part of the Black Sea.\n\nWith its deep berths, it is the biggest port in the Azov Sea region and home to a major iron and steel works. In normal times, Mariupol is a key export hub for Ukraine's steel, coal and corn going to customers in the Middle East and beyond.\n\nFor eight years now, since Moscow's illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014, the city has been sandwiched uncomfortably between Russian forces on that peninsula and the pro-Kremlin separatists in the breakaway self-declared republics of Donetsk and Luhansk.\n\nLosing Mariupol would be a major blow to what is left of Ukraine's economy.\n\nMariupol is home to a Ukrainian militia unit called the Azov Brigade, named after the Sea of Azov which links Mariupol to the rest of the Black Sea. The Azov Brigade contains far-right extremists, historically including neo-Nazis.\n\nAlthough they form only the tiniest fraction of Ukraine's fighting forces, this has been a useful propaganda tool for Moscow, giving it a pretext for telling Russia's population that the young men it has sent to fight in Ukraine are there to rid their neighbour of neo-Nazis.\n\nAzov Battalion training camp at a former holiday resort near Mariupol, February 2019\n\nIf Russia manages to capture alive significant numbers of Azov Brigade fighters it is likely they will be paraded on Russian state-controlled media as part of the ongoing information war to discredit Ukraine and its government.\n\nThe capture of Mariupol by Russia, if it happens, will be psychologically significant for both sides in this war.\n\nA Russian victory in Mariupol would enable the Kremlin to show its population - through state-controlled media - that Russia was achieving its aims and making progress.\n\nFor President Putin, for whom this war appears to be personal, there is a historical significance to all this. He sees Ukraine's Black Sea coastline as belonging to something called Novorossiya (New Russia) - Russian lands that date back to the 18th Century empire.\n\nPutin wants to revive that concept, \"rescuing Russians from the tyranny of a pro-western government in Kyiv\" as he sees it. Mariupol currently stands in the way of him achieving that aim.\n\nBut to Ukrainians, the loss of Mariupol would be a major blow - not just militarily and economically - but also to the minds of the men and women fighting on the ground, defending their country. Mariupol would be the first major city to fall to the Russians after Kherson, a strategically much less important city that was barely defended.\n\nThere is another morale aspect here and that is of deterrence.\n\nDigging graves by the roadside in Mariupol, 20 March\n\nMariupol has put up fierce resistance - but look at the cost. The city is decimated, it lies largely in ruins. It will go down in history alongside Grozny and Aleppo, places that Russia eventually bombed and shelled into submission, reducing them to rubble. The message to other Ukrainian cities is stark - if you choose to resist like Mariupol did then you can expect the same fate.\n\n\"The Russians couldn't walk into Mariupol,\" says Gen Sir Richard Barrons, \"they couldn't drive in with their tanks, so they've pounded it to rubble. And that's what we should expect to see anywhere else that really matters to them.\"\n\nAre you in Ukraine? Is your family? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "You can get extra news, analysis and in-depth reporting on the Northern Ireland Assembly election from the BBC's team direct to your smartphone by signing up below.\n\nTap here to receive the alerts.\n\nThis feature is only available to UK app users.\n\nYou can download the latest versions of the BBC News app here on the Android Play Store or here on the iOS App Store.", "The mayor of Mariupol says Russian President Vladimir Putin is determing who lives, who leaves and who dies in the city.\n\nVadym Boichenko told the BBC that the 100,000 people still living in the besieged port city need a permit to move around - and a separate permit to leave.\n\nMr Boichenko also claims that around 2,000 men are being held in so-called “filtration centres” in Bezymenne and Kozatske, and not being allowed to return to their homes unless they are sick or injured.\n\n“They are being used as labour to clear the rubble, collect the dead bodies of those the Russians have killed, and cover up evidence of war crimes,” he says.\n\nThe BBC has not independently verified these claims.\n\nCapturing Mariupol - now dominated by Russian forces, aside from the Azovstal steelworks - will allow the Russians to complete a land bridge between Crimea and the Donbas region, as well as giving them full control of more than 80% of Ukraine's Black Sea coastline.\n\nBut in their quest to do so, they have pummelled Mariupol with artillery, rockets and missiles - damaging or destroying more than 90% of the city.\n\nOnce a thriving port with a promising future, Mr Boichenko shares a thick booklet of plans compiled last year for Mariupol. It's full of glossy images of parks, pavement cafes, universities and schools.\n\n“I worked there for seven years, putting my heart and soul into it, \" he tells the BBC.\n\n\"My home is there, my parents’ home is there. They took everything away from us, “ he says. “My heart and soul are gone.”\n\nPresident Zelensky says diplomatic efforts are continuing over the evacuation of military personnel from Mariupol's Azovstal steelworks Image caption: President Zelensky says diplomatic efforts are continuing over the evacuation of military personnel from Mariupol's Azovstal steelworks", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nLarger-than-life chef and rapper Big Zuu was among the big winners at the Bafta TV Awards, sharing top honours with hard-hitting dramas Time and Help.\n\nBig Zuu beat the likes of Graham Norton and Michael McIntyre to the prize for best entertainment performance, and his Big Eats series won the features award.\n\nJodie Comer and Cathy Tyson won acting prizes for Covid care home drama Help.\n\nSean Bean was named best actor for playing a prisoner in Time, which was also named best mini-series.\n\nBig Zuu celebrated his Bafta victories with co-stars Tubsey and Hyder\n\nThe other winners at the British television industry's most prestigious ceremony included Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, The Lateish Show With Mo Gilligan, Motherland, In My Skin and The Chase.\n\nSir Billy Connolly was given the prestigious Bafta fellowship.\n\nIn Big Zuu's Big Eats, on the Dave channel, the chef and his schoolfriends and sidekicks Tubsey and Hyder cook up food for different celebrities.\n\nDescribing how the trio's families had been immigrants to the UK, he told the audience in his features acceptance speech: \"Representation is so important.\n\n\"Growing up, there weren't many chefs or people that looked like me on telly. And now, there's young people watching us doing our ting, going, 'You know what, if these wastemen can win a Bafta, surely we can'.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by BAFTA This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBig Zuu, who recently started a new ITV Sunday breakfast show, was more shocked to be named best entertainment performer, saying: \"I kind of let it all out in the first speech.\"\n\nHis upbeat personality was in contrast with the tone of some of the other winners.\n\nTogether, which won best single drama, followed a couple played by James McAvoy and Sharon Horgan as they grappled with life during Covid.\n\nCathy Tyson won best supporting actress for the Covid drama Help\n\nIn his acceptance speech, its writer Dennis Kelly read a letter from campaign group Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice calling for a public inquiry into the government's handling of the crisis to start as soon as possible.\n\nComer won best actress for playing a young care home worker out of her depth in Help, another one-off Covid drama.\n\nShe thanked the carers who had helped with research, saying: \"The biggest reward is that they felt truly represented with the telling of this story.\"\n\nBest actress winner Jodie Comer thanked care home workers in her speech\n\nRose Ayling-Ellis and Giovanni Pernice collected the viewer-voted Must-See Moment award for Strictly Come Dancing\n\nTyson was named best supporting actress for her performance as a care home resident with dementia in the same Channel 4 show.\n\nShe was among those to pay tribute to the broadcaster as the government prepares to privatise it.\n\nShe said: \"I remember being a teenager when Channel 4 was born and it has had many good things to do with it, like diversity, and it was a voice for the people who were unheard at the time and it's still continued to do that.\"\n\nOthers to use the Bafta stage to raise concerns about the privatisation included Gogglebox producer Stephen Lambert, whose show won best reality and constructed factual.\n\nHe said: \"Gogglebox might have ended when it started nine years ago because it got quite a modest audience, but a publicly-owned, risk-taking Channel 4 believed in it and they've stuck with it.\"\n\nMo Gilligan said his show, which won best comedy entertainment programme, \"would not have been possible without Channel 4\"\n\nThe government has said a change of ownership is \"necessary to give Channel 4 the best possible tools to innovate and grow at pace without asking the taxpayer to effectively underwrite the business\".\n\nChannel 4's acclaimed 1980s Aids drama It's A Sin led the nominations, although it went home empty-handed on the night.\n\nIt was beaten in the hotly-contested best mini-series category by Jimmy McGovern's three-part prison drama Time.\n\nAnd Time's Bean beat It's A Sin's Olly Alexander, among others, to the best actor award.\n\nBean was not at Sunday's ceremony, but his co-star Stephen Graham told the audience at London's Royal Festival Hall: \"This is the reason why I wanted to be an actor as a kid, to tell stories which had a social commentary.\"\n\nMatthew Macfadyen won best supporting actor for his role in US media dynasty drama Succession. He was eligible after a rule change this year that allowed British actors to be nominated for performances in foreign-made shows.\n\nMeanwhile, Sir Billy sent a pre-recorded video message, saying he was \"very proud\" to accept his honorary Fellowship, and that \"life is good\".\n\n\"I couldn't be happier,\" he said, joking: \"It has made me such a happy man getting these good attendance medals now my career is out the window.\"\n\nOther winners included Strictly Come Dancing, which took the Must-See Moment prize - the only one voted for by the public - for Rose Ayling-Ellis and Giovanni Pernice's routine in which the music was silenced as a tribute to the deaf community.\n\nThe Bafta ceremony, hosted by Richard Ayoade, was held in person and with a full audience for the first time since 2019.", "Domestic passengers who travel by air have been urged to find alternative means of transport from Monday\n\nNigeria's airlines are to stop domestic operations from Monday in protest at the spiralling cost of jet fuel.\n\nIt has risen almost fourfold this year, which was unsustainable, the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) said.\n\n\"No airline in the world can absorb this kind of sudden shock from such an astronomical rise over a short period,\" its statement said.\n\nThe hikes have been triggered principally by Russia's invasion of Ukraine at the end of February.\n\nAON, which represents Nigeria's nine domestic carriers, said the airlines had been having to subsidise services over the last four months.\n\nThere have been many flight cancellations and delays since March, often blamed on a shortage of jet fuel. The price of tickets has also tripled on some routes in recent weeks.\n\nPassengers in Nigeria pay for fares in naira, the local currency that has been devaluing. However, fuel suppliers need to be paid in US dollars.\n\nDespite being Africa's largest oil producer, Nigeria imports almost all its jet fuel.\n\nAON said that it had told the government, MPs, the state-owned oil company and the association representing fuel sellers that something needed to be done to bring costs down.\n\nThe hikes could not be fully passed on to passengers as they were \"already experiencing a lot of difficulties\", it said.\n\nThe government has not yet commented on the planned strike.\n\nAON said operations would cease indefinitely from Monday, apologised to customers and urged them to make alternative arrangements.\n\nThe manager of one of the airlines told the BBC the suspension would not affect international flights - though those with internal connections will be hit.\n\nIt will be a massive disruption for travellers in Nigeria and another blow for one of Africa's largest economies, reports the BBC's Ishaq Khalid from the capital, Abuja.\n\nFlights are often the preferred option for travel these days for those who can afford it because of insecurity on roads across the country, he says.\n\nKidnapping gangs operate on highways, targeting vehicles and then abducting passengers who they hold for ransom.\n\nThere has been general outrage on social media after the announcement - with people bemoaning the state of the economy, and advising those that opt to travel by road to factor in ransom money.\n\nIn March a train was targeted on the high-speed link between Abuja and the city of Kaduna and at least 62 people are known to have been taken hostage.\n\nAccording to security risk management firm Beacon Consulting, in the first three months of this year more than 3,500 people were killed and many more kidnapped by armed groups in Nigeria.\n\nYou may also be interested in:", "On 5 May, voters in Wales will go to the polls to elect 1,234 councillors\n\nWith just days left until the council elections on Thursday, the main parties in Wales have been making their case to the voters.\n\nLabour has been focussing on the cost of living crisis, while Plaid Cymru aims to extend free school meal provision.\n\nThe Conservatives have promised to keep council tax low.\n\nOn 5 May, voters in Wales will elect 1,234 councillors to represent the 22 local authorities.\n\nWelsh Labour is still the biggest party at council level with 472 seats won at the 2017 election, despite losing more than 100 councillors and majority control of three councils - Bridgend, Blaenau Gwent and Merthyr Tydfil.\n\nIt retained majority control of seven Welsh councils.\n\nLaunching the party's election campaign at the start of April, Welsh Labour leader and first minister Mark Drakeford blamed the Conservatives for the cost-of-living crisis.\n\nMark Drakeford said Labour was prepared to think about a wide range of ideas to help those struggling financially\n\nBut asked on the BBC Politics Wales programme how electing Labour councillors would actually help people who are struggling financially, Mr Drakeford said: \"How councils charge for the services they provide has a real impact on people who live in those areas.\n\n\"Labour-run councils will be taking all of that into account and doing everything that they can, alongside a Labour government, to help people with the cost of living.\n\n\"The Labour government here in Wales is always looking for ways in which we can take action ourselves that leaves money in the pockets of people who don't have enough money, and particularly don't have enough money in current circumstances.\n\n\"There's a wide range of practical ideas that we are prepared to think about,\" Mr Drakeford added.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. More information about these elections Who won in my area? Enter your postcode, or the name of your English, Scottish or Welsh council area or Northern Ireland constituency to find out.\n\nPlaid Cymru was the second biggest party after the last council elections, winning 202 seats - up 33 since the 2012 elections.\n\nPlaid currently leads four councils in Wales - Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Anglesey and Gwynedd.\n\nThe party's aim is that Plaid-led councils will extend free school meals to all their secondary school pupils.\n\nMr Price told Politics Wales the policy aim was a \"priority... because getting to grips with the situation, incredible as it may seem, that we are dealing with child hunger in an advanced economy like ours, has to be a priority.\"\n\nHe added: \"Let's look at the experience in England, where the context is very similar.\n\n\"There we have seen local authorities that have moved beyond the centrally-funded provision for universal free school meals into primary and even into secondary.\n\n\"What we want to do is to apply the lessons from that here in Wales.\"\n\nThe Welsh Conservatives were the biggest gainers in the previous Welsh local elections in 2017, winning an extra 80 seats.\n\nThe party runs Monmouthshire Council with a majority, and has cabinet members in ruling coalitions in Powys, Wrexham, Conwy and Denbighshire.\n\nAndrew RT Davies said the Conservatives would aim to deliver \"low council tax settlements across Wales\"\n\nThe Welsh Conservatives promised to tackle \"bread and butter issues\" when they launched their local election campaign.\n\nTory Senedd leader Andrew RT Davies told Politics Wales the Conservatives would aim to deliver \"low council tax settlements across Wales\".\n\nHe added: \"That money is best left in people's pockets, rather than paying in taxes.\n\n\"We will deliver those services in as efficient a way as possible, whether it is a rural authority or an urban authority.\"\n\nIn 2017, independents were the second biggest group with 322 councillors, whilst the Liberal Democrats won 62 seats, Llais Gwynedd returned six councillors, and there was a single Green councillor.", "A Harry Potter fan has called on the National Trust to save a Harry Potter character’s “grave”.\n\nA tribute to an elf named Dobby sits above the trust-run Freshwater West beach, in Pembrokeshire, where the character's death was filmed for the movie franchise.\n\n“I can’t believe how much one fictional character can bring so much love to people,” said fan Victoria Maclean.\n\nHe said: “It shouldn’t be here, it's in the wrong place.”\n\nA survey commissioned by National Trust has asked for opinions on whether the grave should stay or go.\n\nThe trust said the area had come under pressure from people concerned about the impact on the area.", "A woman who was secretly filmed getting undressed and using the shower by a man who preyed on nearly 170 victims says she is still waiting for justice.\n\nJohn Wood concealed cameras to film women in a number of locations, including in the swimming pool changing rooms at a Butlins holiday resort.\n\nThe 44-year-old went on to hack into home security software to capture couples having sex in their own homes. Over six years he saved more than 1,400 videos which he used for his own sexual gratification.\n\nWood was handed a two-year suspended jail sentence for his crimes.\n\nHere one woman, who wished to remain anonymous, opens up about how the experience has affected her.\n\nWhen I found out what had happened to me, I felt sick to my stomach. I remember I couldn't stop shaking.\n\nHe had set up cameras to record me in my most vulnerable moments - the things you do by yourself. Undressing. Using the shower, the toilet.\n\nHe had taken something from me that I had not consented to. He had invaded my space.\n\nHis crimes were intentional, premeditated and committed over many years, with many more victims.\n\nI didn't sleep the night after he was sentenced. I wanted to hear it directly from the police. They called me the day after. He got a two year sentence, suspended for two years.\n\nI cried on the phone, so upset and disgusted.\n\nI felt like I had been physically hit. I was so angry, so confused.\n\nIn my heart of hearts I fully expected him to receive a custodial sentence. But he didn't. He walked away.\n\nI asked if I could appeal. After waiting so long for this case to get to court, after all my frustration, irritation, embarrassment, not knowing if these images were shared. Surely there was a way to appeal?\n\nThe police later said I wasn't able to appeal because the sentencing for these types of crimes are only two years maximum.\n\nWithin a couple of weeks of the case's conclusion, I had a mental breakdown. I couldn't contain my anger any more.\n\nThe next day I sought medical help. I was prescribed anti-depressants and anti-anxiety drugs and will probably remain on them for the foreseeable future.\n\nWoods's offending first came to light during a regional organised crime unit investigation\n\nWood was sentenced in October 2020 after admitting six charges of voyeurism and two counts under the Computer Misuse Act.\n\nThe extent of his offending came to the attention of a regional organised crime unit during a joint investigation with the FBI.\n\nThey were looking into the software LuminosityLink which allowed users to activate cameras and microphones to secretly observe people in their own homes.\n\nWood was one of 167 people in the UK who bought the software and one of 8,500 across the world.\n\nAlthough police found no evidence he ever used it, he was now on their radar, and when officers analysed his computers they found hundreds of secret videos taken between 2011 and 2018.\n\nDet Sgt Jonathan Atkin, lead officer on the case, said: \"Prior to that point we didn't know what other offending he had committed.\n\n\"The only reason we identified what other offending he committed was because we seized every digital device from his property.\"\n\nThe videos recovered showed Wood had \"a massive, avid interest in voyeurism\", Det Sgt Atkin said.\n\nHe had filmed more than 300 videos, setting up cameras to film women from the windows of his home.\n\nThen in 2012, while on holiday at Butlins in Bognor Regis, he took a camera in a concealed bag into the swimming pool changing rooms, where he filmed women undressing in adjacent cubicles.\n\nWood filmed 77 videos over five days at Butlins. They showed more than 160 victims, none could be identified.\n\nWood used software to monitor several different illicitly-accessed cameras at once\n\nBut this was just the start of his offending.\n\nHe went on to hack into people's private webcams and other camera-enabled devices to secretly watch them in their own homes.\n\nWood used software to monitor several different illicitly-accessed cameras at once. A total of 1,400 of these videos were saved on his devices.\n\nThe majority of the videos showed people having sex, but most [of the victims] have never been identified.\n\n\"There's no doubt, from the evidence from his devices, that he hasn't just fallen across this, it is a calculated, premeditated position, where he has an interest in adult females and obtaining whatever sexual gratification he can get from it,\" Det Sgt Atkin said.\n\nHe's gone from putting cameras in a bag on the beach, with people sunbathing... to then going extreme into filming in leisure facilities and finally hacking into people's computer\n\n\"It was an ever growing interest that has then become palpable to the fact where he has then decided, 'well I have done this, what is the next thing I can now gain from it'.\n\n\"He's gone from putting cameras in a bag on the beach, with people sunbathing... to then going extreme into filming in leisure facilities and finally hacking into people's computers.\"\n\nIn court, Wood was described by his lawyer as someone who had been diagnosed with autism, hoarding disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder.\n\nIt was argued he was of previous good character and had stayed out of trouble in the three years since he was arrested.\n\nUnder the terms of his suspended sentence, Wood was ordered to complete a sex offender rehabilitation programme, 30 rehabilitation activity days and 100 hours or unpaid work.\n\nHe must also abide by a 10 year sexual harm prevention order and sign onto the sex offenders' register.\n\nHe was able to use his new name and so protect his identity throughout the court case, from being charged to sentencing, giving him the luxury to remain \"unknown\".\n\nI was so very disappointed. I didn't know where to turn. I felt lost, that my options were over, and that I just had to live with the decision.\n\nI was livid. Furious that I couldn't turn to anyone at this point and that what is done is done.\n\nI had no say in court, apart from a statement I had given. No control over what the judge had determined to be justified sentencing.\n\nHe changed his real name by deed poll before he was officially charged so he could protect his privacy.\n\nHe was able to use his new name and so protect his identity throughout the court case, from being charged to sentencing, giving him the luxury to remain \"unknown\".\n\nHis victims were never allowed their privacy.\n\nI had no choice in having my dignity protected, he took that from me without my consent, for his own sexual gratification.\n\nThe punishment didn't fit the crime. I still feel very much like it was unduly lenient.\n\nHow many more people would he have had to have hacked? How many more years would he have had to have offended to spend time in jail?\n\nIf he did serve time inside prison I think I would've had closure. Instead I am left with something that will always haunt me.\n\nVoyeurism is not included within the scope of the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme\n\nThe Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme, under which people can appeal a sentence, has been expanded six times and includes many serious sexual offences.\n\nMost recently, sexual offences involving an abuse of trust, indecent images offences and domestic abuse offences were added, however voyeurism is not currently included within its scope.\n\nA spokesperson for the Attorney General's office said: \"For over 30 years, the Unduly Lenient Sentences scheme has helped victims of crime and their loved ones by correcting unduly lenient sentencing.\n\n\"The scheme includes many more offences now than it did when it was first launched, allowing the Law Officers to look at more sentences which don't appear to fit the crime.\"\n\nIt is for the Secretary of State for Justice to add further offences to the scheme.\n\nThe Ministry of Justice declined to comment on whether voyeurism was a crime it would consider adding.\n\nThe police confirmed Wood had a massive interest in pornography and that the evidence they had was over and above what they needed. So how was this sex offender allowed any leniency?\n\nI very much feel the system did let myself and other victims down.\n\nWithout a shadow of a doubt this type of crime should be able to be appealed. I just want this all to end with a feeling that justice was served.\n\nYes, he had to participate in a program and community service, also he'll be on the Sex Offenders Register, good, but the gravity of his crimes I feel deserved more than just a suspended sentence.\n\nIt is outrageous that victims of these crimes just have to live with the consequences of the criminals' actions without being heard or seen by the law.\n\nI am not just a name, or number, I am a person who has been deeply affected by his malicious, premeditated, sexually driven actions and they will always affect me.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nLiberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has hailed the local election results as a \"turning point\" for his party's prospects.\n\nThe party has gained over 220 new councillors across England, Wales and Scotland - the biggest net gain of any party.\n\nThey won seats at the expense of the Tories across swathes of their heartlands in southern England.\n\nAnd they took control of Hull City Council, after a decade of Labour rule.\n\nWith nearly all results declared, the Lib Dems have gained 191 councillors in England, 20 in Scotland and 11 in Wales.\n\nBoris Johnson has said the Conservatives had had a \"tough night\" in some areas, but argued results overall had been \"mixed\".\n\nThe Lib Dems have gained seats in traditional Tory areas including Wokingham, where the Tories have lost control after two decades in charge.\n\nThe same was in true in West Oxfordshire, while the Lib Dems have also displaced the Tories as the largest party in Tunbridge Wells in Kent.\n\nThe Lib Dems also took overall control in Somerset and in Westmorland and Furness, new single-tier authorities that had been targets for the party.\n\nThe party has also taken back control of Hull City Council from Labour, where they had been fighting to regain power since 2011.\n\nPolling expert Sir John Curtice said the Lib Dems' gains reflected its relatively poor performance in 2018, when most of the seats up for grabs this time were last contested.\n\nHe added that the Lib Dems' gains reflected the decline in Conservative support since then, with its advance most prominent in areas where it was in second place to the Tories.\n\nThe BBC projects the Lib Dems would take 19% of the votes had all parts of Britain gone to the polls - matching its best local election performance since it entered coalition government with the Conservatives in 2010.\n\nIt has also been a good set of elections for the Greens, who have gained over 84 councillors across Great Britain.\n\nThe Liberal Democrats had entered the local elections hoping to build on by-election successes over the Tories in Chesham and Amersham and North Shropshire last year.\n\nSpeaking to party activists in Wimbledon, south-west London on Thursday, Sir Ed said the victories for his party were an \"almighty shockwave that will bring this Conservative government tumbling down\".\n\nHe added that voters had \"had enough\" of the squeeze on living standards, along with the government's decision to raise National Insurance from April.\n\nHe also said voters had responded positively to his party's plans to cut VAT using the proceeds from a windfall tax on the profits of oil and gar companies.\n\nLabour, which has also backed a windfall tax on energy companies, had also put the cost of living at the centre of its campaign.\n\nIt gained symbolically important London councils from the Conservatives such as Westminster and Wandsworth, with leader Sir Keir Starmer saying it put his party \"on track\" for the next general election.\n\nLabour also gained seats in Wales and finished ahead of the Tories in Scotland - but failed to make a breakthrough in areas of England outside the capital.\n\nSpeaking to reporters on Thursday, Boris Johnson admitted the Conservatives had endured a \"tough night in some parts of the country\".\n\nBut, arguing the results overall were \"mixed\", he added: \"In other parts of the country you are still seeing Conservatives going forward and making quite remarkable gains in places that haven't voted Conservative for a long time, if ever.\"\n• None What are the election results in my area?", "Prime Minister Boris Johnson acknowledged his party had a 'tough night' as Sir Keir Starmer dubbed the election results a 'massive turning point' for Labour.", "Counting is nearing the finish line in the Northern Ireland Assembly election, with Sinn Féin set to win the largest number of seats for the first time.\n\nThe DUP is set for second place while the Alliance Party is on course to become the third-largest party in the assembly.\n\nTurnout (63.6%) was only slightly down on the 64.8% recorded in the last assembly election in 2017.\n\nSinn Féin saw its first preference vote share rise by 1.1% as it repeated its impressive performance from 2017.\n\nMeanwhile the DUP's vote dropped by 6.7% and Alliance's rose by 4.5%.\n\nFull results for all Northern Ireland seats are expected later on Saturday.\n\nThe results reflect a growing trend for Alliance in recent years, while the DUP's rapid rise at the start of the century tailed off before experiencing a significant drop.\n\nSupport for the SDLP and UUP has fallen more steadily.\n\nParties - and independents - in the Northern Ireland Assembly designate as unionist, nationalist or other.\n\nUnionists want Northern Ireland to remain part of the United Kingdom, while nationalists want Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland to unite as one country.\n\nParties which have designated as other have held various views. Alliance does not take a position on Irish unity, while People Before Profit supports a referendum on Irish unity and would campaign for unity if one was called.\n\nAt this election the proportion of seats won by other parties rose significantly, up to 18 from the 11 won at the last election - 20% of the total seats.\n\nOf those seats, 17 were won by Alliance and one by People Before Profit.\n\nBoth unionism and nationalism lost seats. Unionism, dropped by three seats to 37 - 41% - while nationalism fell from 39 to 35 seats - 39% of the total.\n\nWomen are still outnumbered almost two-to-one in the assembly, but a record number were elected this time around.\n\nIn total 32 female candidates were returned to sit on the blue benches at Stormont.\n\nIt is a big change from the first election where more than 75% of assembly members were male.\n\nThis election also saw a record number of female candidates.\n\nSinn Féin's vote was once again spread across Northern Ireland, but was particularly strong in Newry and Armagh, Mid Ulster, West Tyrone and Belfast West.\n\nDespite the DUP's drop in support, the votes it did win were also spread widely across NI. Its strongest performances were in Strangford, Lagan Valley and Belfast East.\n\nAlliance has traditionally performed best in the east of Northern Ireland and that remains the case, with strong results in East Antrim, Lagan Valley, Belfast East, South Antrim, North Down and Strangford.\n\nBut its vote share did also increase in other areas such as West Tyrone and Foyle.\n\nUlster Unionist support remains best in some of its traditional heartland constituencies including Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Lagan Valley and East Antrim.\n\nThe SDLP produced another strong performance in Foyle, and also polled well in Belfast South and South Down.\n\nTurnout in 2017 was high, and it had been predicted that it would drop this year.\n\nIn the end that did prove to be the case but it only dropped by 1.2 percentage points.", "The majority of results are in following Thursday's elections across the UK.\n\nSearch below to see the results in your area.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. More information about these elections Who won in my area? Enter your postcode, or the name of your English, Scottish or Welsh council area or Northern Ireland constituency to find out.\n\nNearly all of England's 146 councils that had an election have declared. More than 4,000 council seats were being contested. The Liberal Democrats gained the most seats, while Labour gained control of the most councils. The Conservatives lost more than 300 seats.\n\nThe Mayor of South Yorkshire has also been elected alongside six other local authority mayors.\n\nIn Scotland, all results for the 32 councils have been declared, with the SNP finishing as the largest party. In Wales, Labour has gained the most seats, while Plaid Cymru took control of three councils.\n\nIn Northern Ireland, voters are electing all 90 MLAs to the Stormont Assembly. Sinn Féin received the most first-preference votes by a wide margin.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. More information about these elections Who won in my council area? Enter your postcode, or the name of your English, Scottish or Welsh council area to find out. There are no council elections in Northern Ireland.\n• Scroll with two fingers to move on the map\n• Pinch to zoom in and out on the map\n• Click on an area in the map to see the results\n• Use one finger to scroll past the map There are no council or mayoral elections in Northern Ireland, but there are National Assembly elections. See the results in full on the BBC website Refresh the page to load the latest results", "The annual military parade in Moscow's Red Square has a new significance this year, as Russian forces continue their two-month assault in Ukraine. As tanks roll through the city streets, speculation is intensifying over President Vladimir Putin's next move.\n\nFighter jets and bombers roared over Moscow earlier this week.\n\nIt was just a rehearsal - for a grand military parade and flypast to mark Victory Day.\n\nThe ninth of May is one of the most important holidays in the Russian calendar and on Monday there'll be military processions all over the country to commemorate the Soviet Victory over Nazi Germany in 1945. As always, flags flutter from almost every building and shop windows are decorated with golden stars.\n\nBut this year will be different. Russia is at war once again - this time with its neighbour.\n\nAnd Vladimir Putin may have hoped to have used the anniversary to present the Russian people with a victory of his own in Ukraine. But, following an invasion which hasn't gone to plan, he's yet to even accomplish his most recently stated aim to take the Donbas region.\n\n\"Everyone is expecting something to happen [on 9 May], both the enemies of Putin and his supporters,\" says political expert Abbas Gallyamov, who was once a speechwriter for Mr Putin.\n\n\"These expectations created a vacuum that needs to be filled. If it's not, Putin will lose politically.\"\n\nThe question of what Mr Putin might do has set analysts guessing and rumours swirling.\n\nThe Kremlin has dismissed as nonsense reports that he might use the opportunity to officially declare war on Ukraine - or even the West - and seek to mobilise reservists or even civilians to replenish his depleted army.\n\nBut many experts assume that, at the very least, he'll dress up any territorial gains in eastern Ukraine as a victory worthy of celebration. Though that's unlikely to mean the end of the war. Mr Gallyamov makes a fascinating prediction, that Mr Putin will then present Ukraine with an ultimatum - come to the negotiating table or choose to fight on and face the threat of a tactical nuclear weapon.\n\n\"The only way he can win now, because he'll definitely lose if it continues, is to produce the impression of an absolutely crazy guy. He wants the western public to get scared, western leaders to get scared and for them to start calling Zelensky and say: 'Enough now let's stop this. Go to the negotiating table and agree to at least some of the demands he makes. Because we're ready to help you but we're not ready to die because of you.\"\n\nMr Putin, he believes, deeply regrets his invasion and needs a way out without looking weak.\n\nBut what do his people think? Opinion polls suggest he has majority support but it's unwise to fully trust even the independent polling agencies in a country which has criminalised the expression of anything other than the official narrative - that Vladimir Putin's \"special military operation\" is an honourable and necessary act of self-defence.\n\nThere is opposition but, again, it's difficult to quantify.\n\nThe street demonstrations which accompanied the first weeks of war have dwindled to the occasional individual protest. The independent monitoring group OVD info have recorded more than 15,000 detentions of protesters - most of them in the early days of the invasion.\n\nA recent series of fires at sites with military or tactical significance have prompted speculation about domestic sabotage but there is no conclusive evidence to back the theory, and fires are common here, largely due to old or dilapidated buildings and infrastructure.\n\nFlags bearing the word 'Victory' and the stripes of the St George's ribbon are everywhere to be seen\n\nBut a recent wander through Moscow city centre gave at the least a sense of popular sentiment.\n\nOn one pedestrian precinct some of the shops displayed the Z sign, which has become a symbol of support for the Russian offensive. A couple of stores were selling T-shirts featuring the letter. One shopkeeper modelled one rather ostentatiously in his doorway.\n\nBut some did stop to gather around a large and eye-catching display of black and white photographs in the centre of the precinct. Close-up images of the faces of distressed children stared out at them. I noticed one woman wipe tears from her eyes as she looked at the exhibition. These were, the sign proclaimed, the children of Donbas.\n\nIt's one of Vladimir Putin's pretexts for the war. That his troops are coming to the rescue of the Russian speaking population of eastern Ukraine, who are imperilled by a murderous regime in Kyiv.\n\nAnd he's gone to extraordinary lengths to create a parallel reality in which Russia is both defender and victim. And Ukraine and the West are the aggressors.\n\nState TV has long presented the West as Russia's nemesis but, in the run up to Victory Day, the rhetoric and the aggression has intensified. Presenters rail furiously against America and Europe and their supply of weapons to Ukraine. Echoing the Kremlin, they blame the west for provoking \"World War Three\" and seeking to prolong the conflict for as long as possible.\n\nIt's a powerful tool. One of the most popular TV programmes in the last few weeks was a talk show in which a presenter warned Britain that, if provoked, Russian could completely destroy it with nuclear weapons.\n\nAnd over the last month, free exhibitions about Nato have opened in more than 20 Russian cities.\n\nAt the display in Moscow last week a group of students stared, impressed, at an anti-tank missile as a guide explained that this was a British weapon, the likes of which were being used, right now, against Russian soldiers. A menacing soundtrack droned like a warplane overhead and sinister murals of western soldiers covered the walls. An introductory sign stated that Nato was one of the world's most aggressive alliances and unhesitatingly used force in its own interests.\n\nThe visitor book was illuminating; \"very stupid propaganda - no to war\" someone had written. But there were scrawled Zs too. Another hand had crossed out the words \"glory to Ukraine\" and written \"free from Nazis\".\n\nIt's a telling phrase. Vladimir Putin has also sought, infamously and baselessly, to portray his war as a necessary \"de-Nazification\" of Ukraine. He's described the government in Kyiv as neo-Nazis. And his foreign minister recently triggered international outrage when, after acknowledging that the Ukrainian president is Jewish, he claimed that Hitler also had Jewish ancestry.\n\nIt's why 9 May is such a powerful date for Mr Putin. It's an opportunity to exploit this country's long and painful memory of the sacrifice made by its people in the fight against Nazi Germany. To rally today's Russians behind his \"cause\". To use his country's past to legitimise his present.\n\nIt was chilling to see state TV coverage of one of the rehearsals for the military parade in Moscow. An elderly lady was featured, watching the trucks and missile launchers thunder past. She'd been at the very first parade, having lived through the war as a child, she told her interviewer.\n\nAnd then she turned away and stiffly raised her arm to wave at Vladimir Putin's tanks as they paraded by, a fond smile spreading across her face.", "Many people in Izyum retreated to basements, to avoid bombardment and soldiers\n\n\"We thought those were our last minutes. It was extremely scary but we were lucky.\"\n\nElena is recalling the moment Russian troops started shelling, after she and a group of escapees passed through one of their checkpoints.\n\nAfter two months living in the basement of a kindergarten in the Russian-occupied town of Izyum in Ukraine, Elena spent two nerve-shredding days on the road to safety. She and her daughter were among 20 people in a convoy of vehicles heading away from Russian-controlled territory. They fled last Friday using a route organised by volunteers.\n\n\"All that time we were praying,\" said Elena, 52, recounting how they passed through numerous Russian checkpoints. When troops asked them where they were going, the group convinced the soldiers they were headed for Russia. At one checkpoint, Elena said, Russians looked through her daughter's phone, and became angry when they saw messages to her friends about the situation in Izyum.\n\nFinally the pair reached safety in Poltava, a city in central Ukraine. But she said she felt as though she'd lost everything and couldn't forget the horror of what she went through in her home city after the start of the war.\n\n\"Bodies were lying for weeks in the streets. We tried not to watch them in order to save our minds. We couldn't bury dead people because it equalled being killed as well. The shelling was non-stop,\" she said.\n\nElena and others in the basement had cooked food on a fire and lived off vegetables collected from their gardens.\n\n\"Everyone brought everything they had. We all shared food,\" she said. \"It helped us not to lose hope.\"\n\nShe adds that Russian troops were looting everything, including people's underwear. Soldiers drove around the city in stolen cars with \"Z\" signs painted on them, she recalled. \"They were armed and often very drunk. It was very scary when an armoured personnel carrier was driving on your street and soldiers with machine guns were sitting in it. We tried to hide.\"\n\nSituated south-east of Kharkiv, the city of Izyum is known as the gateway to the Donbas - Ukraine's old coal and steel-producing region, more than a third of which was seized by Moscow-backed separatists in 2014. It is surrounded by forests and rivers, which make it a natural fortress. And within the city boundaries is the Kremenets mountain, which is 218m (715ft) above sea level.\n\n\"Whoever has control of this mountain has a significant military advantage,\" said Maxym Strelnik, an official of Izyum city council.\n\nAll this made the city an important prize and soon after the Kremlin's invasion, it came under heavy bombardment. On 1 April, Russia seized control and has occupied the city since.\n\nNow, Mr Strelnik, who was told by the Ukrainian military to leave the area, estimates that 80% of the city has been destroyed. Between 10,000 and 15,000 civilians remain in Izyum, he believes.\n\n\"There is no water, electricity, gas, heating and the sewage system doesn't work,\" he said.\n\nIn March, during the initial stages of the invasion, people were forced to stay in their freezing basements without heating. Those who fell ill were unable to get medical treatment. \"We cannot even estimate how many victims there are in the city. There are no medical facilities or funeral services. The dead are buried near houses and in the city parks. It's a horrible reality,\" he said.\n\nAmong those still trapped in Izyum is the mother of Katerina, who escaped with her husband and two children at the beginning of March.\n\n\"She calls me from time to time - sometimes once a week,\" Katerina said. \"Even now when I'm safe, I can't feel 100% fine because my mum is left in a town that doesn't exist.\"\n\nBy the time Katerina got out, it was too late for her mother, who lived in a part of Izyum then already occupied by the Russians. She was forbidden to leave her house by soldiers.\n\nKaterina's own escape was a harrowing experience. The family had been sheltering together in their basement for seven days when a Russian bomb fell just 500 metres from their house. \"The ground started to fall from the ceiling,\" she told the BBC. \"I started to understand then that our basement would not withstand the bombs.\"\n\nShe and her family had just 15 minutes to prepare to leave. They took very little - only children's clothes. Even the family pets had to be left behind.\n\nAs they left, she said, she could hear shells above her head. \"The feeling of hearing them will be impossible to get rid of.\"\n\nUp to 80% of the city has been destroyed, says one official\n\nMr Strelnik has stayed close to Izyum, albeit in a zone still under Ukrainian control, to ensure he can try to help the people still inside. But communication with them is incredibly hard.\n\nFor the past seven days, there has been no mobile phone connection between the town and the outside world. The families of those still inside are desperate to hear from them, he says.\n\nThe lack of mobile coverage has also made life difficult for Volodymyr Zelensky - not Ukraine's president, but an ordinary citizen of the same name who has been volunteering to help those inside the city get out. During brief spells when a signal was available, relatives informed those still inside about evacuation buses which collected residents from small villages on the outskirts of the city.\n\n\"We evacuated about 200 people,\" said Mr Zelenskyy. \"People were very emotional when they got to the evacuation points. They didn't have a hope for weeks and finally when they saw us, they thought that we were their saviours.\"\n\nBut he said the rescue effort was dangerous work.\n\n\"The last time our volunteers extracted people from [the nearby village of] Spyvakiva, they were shot by Russian snipers. Three people were killed and three people were wounded,\" he said. The BBC has been unable to independently verify this claim.\n\nBoth Katerina and Elena count themselves lucky they were able to escape Izyum when they did. But their memories of home in peacetime are haunting.\n\nKaterina remembers the place which she says had everything she needed, including parks for children. \"It was so cute, so cosy, like a small fluffy pillow, that feels like your mother hugging you,\" she said.\n\nElena misses the days when she would plant flowers in the garden with her granddaughter.\n\n\"We did not realise how lucky we were,\" she said. \"Now I realise I was living in a paradise.\"", "Antwon's father Tyran said he felt let down by Avon and Somerset Police\n\nOfficers are reviewing a case in which a 12-year-old was struck by an oar during a dispute in a park in Bristol.\n\nAvon and Somerset Police was called to an altercation in Conham River Park after a woman pushed the boy, called Antwon, and injured him with a paddle.\n\nAccording to police she said she had acted in self-defence. His family was told no further action would be taken.\n\n\"They've let us down,\" the boy's father said. Police said they investigated but the family was entitled to a review.\n\nAntwon can be seen bleeding in a video filmed shortly after he was struck by the woman\n\nThe boy's father Tyran told BBC News: \"It's suspicious how it was dropped, there were plenty of witnesses with the gash on his head.\n\n\"I don't want him growing up thinking that it's OK for people to do that and get away with it.\"\n\nThe police force wrote to the family explaining its initial reluctance to take the matter further and the letter went viral after being posted online.\n\nThe letter stated: \"the suspect admitted pushing Antwon and when pushing him she had the paddle in her hand and this contacted with his head\".\n\n\"The suspect claimed she pushed Antwon away because he challenged her and she felt threatened by him...there is no realistic prospect of conviction should this matter go to court.\"\n\nAntwon, who is from Bristol, had been at a birthday gathering in the park.\n\nSome children in his group were throwing mud at boats in the water when they were confronted by the woman at about 15:00 GMT on 26 March.\n\nTyran claimed she had \"nudged\" Antwon, who \"nudged her back\", before she struck Antwon with a paddle.\n\nTyran said when he confronted the woman she was apologetic and told him she had called the police herself after \"seeing red\".\n\nAntwon said he felt upset by the initial police decision not to take any further action\n\nAfter the letter went viral, Tyran said the Chief Constable of Avon & Somerset Police called him and the force later informed him it would review the case.\n\nThe police told BBC News: \"There was an investigation at the time, an arrest was made but the individual was de-arrested later.\n\n\"The person was formally interviewed at a police station.\n\n\"A realistic prospect of a conviction was not made out from the available evidence following the investigation.\n\n\"Since becoming aware of the injured boy's family's concerns through social media, officers have been in touch with them and initiated a review.\"\n\nFollow BBC West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: bristol@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Several Conservative council leaders have blamed Boris Johnson after they suffered heavy local election defeats.\n\nJohn Mallinson, who lost in the new Cumberland Council, said voters did not feel the PM could be \"relied upon to tell the truth\".\n\nWandsworth leader Ravi Govindia said \"national issues\" had caused the loss of the flagship council.\n\nBut Conservative party chairman Oliver Dowden said it was not time to change leader.\n\nMr Johnson said he took responsibility for the results, adding it was clear voters wanted his government to focus on issues that mattered to them.\n\n\"This government is absolutely determined to keep going with every ounce of compassion and ingenuity that we have, get people through the economic aftershocks,\" he said.\n\nBut council leaders in formerly Tory-dominated areas cited the scandal surrounding alleged parties in Downing Street during Covid restrictions as impacting votes.\n\nThey said the furore damaged public opinion about the prime minister and concern about the cost of living had overshadowed local issues.\n\nMr Mallinson, leader of Carlisle City Council, which is being replaced by Cumberland, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that Mr Johnson \"bears a lot of the responsibility\" for the \"very poor\" results in local elections.\n\nIf things remain the same at the next general election, \"I think we'll pay for it,\" he added, describing Mr Johnson as a \"poor option\" to lead the Tories into the next general election.\n\nHe said voters in local elections were preoccupied with national issues such the cost of living and distracted by controversies like the so-called \"Partygate\" scandal.\n\nBut Mr Mallinson added: \"I think it is not just Partygate, there is the integrity issue. Basically I just don't feel people any longer have the confidence that the prime minister can be relied upon to tell the truth.\"\n\nLabour won 30 of the 46 seats in Cumberland, which brings together Conservative-run Copeland and Allerdale as well as Carlisle.\n\nIn the former Conservative flagship of Wandsworth in London, Labour gained eight councillors to bring their total to 35 - winning control.\n\nOutgoing leader Mr Govindia did not blame Mr Johnson directly, but said: \"Let's not be coy about it, of course national issues were part of the dilemma people were facing.\"\n\nIn Portsmouth, which remains with no party in overall control but where Conservatives lost four seats, Tory leader Simon Bosher said Mr Johnson should \"take a good, strong look in the mirror\".\n\nHe said of the losing candidates: \"Those are people that are actually bearing the brunt on the doorstep of behaviour of what's been going on in Westminster\".\n\nMr Dowden, who as Conservative chairman is in charge of election campaigning, acknowledged the party had suffered some \"difficult results\" but said it was not time for a change at the top.\n\n\"Labour are certainly not on the path to power and I believe that Boris Johnson does have the leadership skills, in particular the energy and the dynamism that we need during this difficult period of time,\" he said.", "North Korea's military might has recently been on display\n\nNorth Korea has fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile into the sea off the east coast of the peninsula, according to South Korea and Japan.\n\nIf confirmed, it would be the latest in a series of missile tests by Pyongyang.\n\nIt comes just days before the inauguration of South Korea's new president, Yoon Suk-yeol, who has vowed to take a firmer line with the North.\n\nThe Japanese defence minister called the launch an unacceptable threat to the international community.\n\nThe minister, Nobuo Kishi, also told reporters that Japan would continue to \"strengthen defence capabilities drastically\".\n\nOn Friday, the US State Department warned that North Korea could be preparing to conduct a nuclear weapons test, its first in five years.\n\nThe BBC's Jean Mackenzie in Seoul says the timing of the latest launch is particularly significant and puts pressure on the incoming South Korean leader.\n\nHe is due to be sworn into office on Tuesday and is scheduled to meet US President Joe Biden in Seoul on 21 May.\n\nUS and South Korean intelligence sources believe a North Korean nuclear test could come in between those two events.\n\nLast month, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un pledged to step up his country's nuclear weapons programme.\n\nHe was speaking at a huge military parade to mark the armed forces' founding anniversary, at which banned intercontinental ballistic missiles were displayed.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "The results emerging from Wales confirm the worst fears of the Welsh Conservatives.\n\nThey were always expecting to suffer losses, but not on a scale that could wipe out all the gains they made in the last council elections five years ago.\n\nTheir leader, Andrew RT Davies, blames the issues that have plagued Boris Johnson's government in Westminster - the cost of living crisis and Partygate.\n\nHe says he still supports the prime minister but \"he has to use the summer months to build the confidence of the party\" going forward to the next general election.\n\nIn north-east Wales, where the party routed Welsh Labour in the 2019 election, the Tories have fallen from the largest party in one council, Denbighshire, to fourth.\n\nA result that will do nothing to calm Welsh Tory nerves about Mr Johnson's ability to keep those 2019 Conservative converts on board.\n\nIn the south, in true blue Monmouthshire, the only council where they had overall control, they have lost their majority and Labour are now the largest party.", "Tomos Davies says the party must show it understands the \"anger many voters are experiencing\"\n\nConservatives face a \"huge challenge\" to restore trust with voters, a leading Welsh Tory has said.\n\nTomos Davies, a Welsh Conservative deputy chairman and Monmouthshire councillor said Wales' local elections were \"disastrous\" for his party.\n\nThe Conservatives lost control of Monmouthshire council and lost more than 80 councillors across Wales.\n\nLabour was the big winner, Plaid gained control of three councils and the Lib Dems became the largest group in Powys.\n\nThe Greens are celebrating securing the most seats they have ever had in Wales.\n\nMr Davies, newly elected as a councillor, told BBC Wales anger over parties held in Downing Street during lockdown \"did come up on the doorstep from time to time\".\n\n\"Clearly, there's a huge challenge on our hands as a party to restore that trust with the Welsh and British electorate.\"\n\nHe said he had \"every faith\" in the leadership of Boris Johnson, but \"Boris, as well as the whole government and indeed the Welsh Conservative Party, needs to go that extra step and really show that we understand the pain, the anger that many voters are experiencing,\" as cost of living pressures continue to mount.\n\nMr Davies added that the prime minister should use Tuesday's Queen's Speech, where the UK government outlines its policy agenda for the next year, to be \"bold and ambitious\" so that he can \"restore that trust with the electorate\".\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. 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See the results in full on the BBC website Refresh the page to load the latest results\n\nWelsh Secretary Simon Hart, who sits in Mr Johnson's cabinet, said voters have given the Conservatives \"a pretty firm talking to\" in Wales.\n\nMr Hart said Boris Johnson would agree that it is \"an instruction we can do better than this\".\n\n\"I think if you were talking to Boris yourself - he'd be saying pretty well exactly that: 'Okay, we've been given a pretty firm talking to by voters in Wales today'.\n\n\"It's tantamount to a severe ticking off and an instruction we can do better than this.\"\n\nPeter Fox, the Conservative Member of the Senedd for Monmouth, said the vote in the Monmouthshire election showed \"democracy has spoken and you have to move on\".\n\n\"It was difficult after controlling that council for so long to see us losing seven seats.\n\n\"And to no longer be the biggest party in Monmouthshire was a big blow,\" he told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast.\n\nLabour made gains and won control of Blaenau Gwent and Bridgend but they suffered a set-back in Neath Port Talbot which fell to no overall control.\n\nLabour's shadow Welsh secretary Jo Stevens said there would \"obviously be a bit of a post-mortem there\".\n\n\"As I understand it, there were some particular sort of hyper-local issues which meant that we lost some seats to independent candidates, and clearly we'll be looking at that,\" she told the programme.\n\nPlans, paused last summer, to close three English-medium primary schools and create a new \"super school\" in the Swansea valley are being blamed for Labour's disappointment there.\n\nLabour became the largest party in Vale of Glamorgan but had a late night awaiting the final score\n\nFormer Wrexham Labour MP Ian Lucas said the party performed \"reasonably well\" in the local elections \"but they need to be doing better\".\n\n\"I think the enthusiasm that needs to be there to win the next general election, on the doorstep, I don't think is there, but I think it can be,\" he told Times Radio on Saturday.\n\nHe advised Labour to be \"realistic about assessing that and begin to focus on engaging much more positively with the electorate\".\n\nThe party needs to be \"painting a picture of what the next Labour government is going to look like and how they're going to actually affect and drive forward people's individual lives and make their lives better\", he said.\n\n\"We're a very fractured society at the minute and I think that creating a sense of unity within the country is an aim that we really need to focus on heavily.\"\n\nRecounting in Flintshire took place on Saturday morning\n\nPlaid Cymru took a firmer grip on councils which they already led, gaining majorities in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Anglesey, and holding Gwynedd.\n\nThe party, however, lost a small number of seats overall.\n\nVale of Glamorgan's final declaration came late on Friday night after a recount in one ward, although Labour had already replaced the Conservatives as the largest party there.\n\nLabour now has 25 seats, three seats short of a majority, with the Conservatives having 13 councillors and Plaid Cymru eight.\n\nIndependents and the Llantwit Independents secured four seats each, meaning the council remains under no overall control.\n\nLabour says it will now try to work with others, probably independent councillors, to form the next administration.\n\nLabour remains the largest group on Flintshire council but with just one more seat than the independents.\n\nIt was the last local authority in Wales to declare its final results.\n\nLabour took both seats in Buckley Bistre West, one of two wards recounted on Saturday morning.\n\nIndependents took both seats in the other ward, Connah's Quay South.\n\nIt means that Labour have 31 seats and the independents 30, both short of a majority control of the 67-seat county hall and seeking to form an administration.\n\nIndependent Flintshire councillor Bernie Attridge says people are \"sick of one party rule\"\n\nLabour councillor Sean Bibby, who represents Shotton West, told BBC Wales: \"In terms of seats, it's very tight between us and the independents, so we'll see what happens next.\"\n\nLabour faced a strong challenge in the Connah's Quay area where independents, led by former Labour councillor Bernie Attridge, made big gains.\n\nMr Attridge said he believes an independent administration can be formed through discussions with the four Liberal Democrats and two Conservative members elected.\n\n\"I'm confident that over the weekend we'll be able to sort a deal out so that an independent administration can run county hall,\" he said, adding that people are \"sick of one party rule\".\n\nMeanwhile, Green Party activists have been celebrating winning eight council seats across Wales.\n\nIn the previous poll, in 2017, they managed to get just one councillor elected, in Powys, who later defected to Plaid Cymru.\n\nThe Greens now have two councillors in Denbighshire and one elected member in Conwy, Neath Port Talbot, Newport, Monmouthshire, Powys and Swansea.", "George W Bush at an event marking the 11 September attacks last year\n\nAn Islamic State sympathiser planned to murder former US President George W Bush but the plot was discovered by the FBI, US authorities have revealed.\n\nThe suspect, a resident of Ohio, allegedly sought to have Iraqi operatives smuggled into the US from Mexico for the operation.\n\nHe is now in custody and appeared at a federal court in Ohio on Tuesday.\n\nThe FBI used informants and electronic surveillance to foil his plan.\n\nAccording to court documents, the suspect - identified as Shihab Ahmed Shihab, 52 - is an Iraqi national who has been in the US since 2020 and had a pending asylum application.\n\nThe FBI claims that Mr Shihab told a confidential source, a purported people smuggler, that he belonged to a group known as Al-Raed - Arabic for thunder - which is based in Qatar.\n\nIn conversations with the FBI source, Mr Shihab said he wished to murder Mr Bush for \"killing many Iraqis\" and \"breaking apart\" Iraq.\n\nHe added that he hoped to take part in the operation personally \"and did not care if he died, as he would have been proud to be involved\".\n\nMr Shihab was allegedly seeking fake police badges and was inquiring about whether militants could be smuggled across the Mexican border to conduct the operation and then smuggled back out to escape.\n\nTwo people he hoped to smuggle in to the US were described as former Iraqi intelligence agents with experience in assassination operations.\n\nMr Shihab was also allegedly in touch with a second FBI source who claimed to be a client for the faux smuggler. Both informants recorded meetings with him.\n\nMr Shihab allegedly told the sources he hoped to use the people smuggling service to bring Islamic State members into the US, though he is not accused of being a member of the terror group.\n\nIn one instance, Mr Shihab and one of the informants drove to Dallas, Texas to take video of Mr Bush's residence and the George W. Bush Institute.\n\nIn March 2022, he allegedly held a meeting in a Columbus, Ohio hotel room to look at weapons and fake law enforcement uniforms.\n\nHe now faces 10 years in prison for attempting to bring someone illegally into the US, and another 20 for aiding and abetting the attempted murder of a former US official.\n\nA spokesman for Mr Bush said the former president \"has all the confidence in the world in the United States Secret Service and our law enforcement and intelligence communities\".\n\nThe BBC has asked the FBI for comment.", "David Perdue and Donald Trump photographed together at the White House in 2017\n\nDonald Trump's grip on the Republican party suffered a slip after his handpicked candidate for Georgia governor was trounced at the polls.\n\nMr Trump recruited David Perdue, an ex-senator, to challenge incumbent Brian Kemp in the Republican primaries.\n\nMr Kemp had rejected Mr Trump's pleas to overturn the 2020 Georgia election results.\n\nBut as ballots were counted, Mr Perdue was so far behind that he was defeated before half the votes were in.\n\nThe primary was being closely watched as a test of Mr Trump's hold over the Republican party, as voters decide who will be the party's official candidate in the midterm elections in November.\n\nThe midterms will decide who controls the two chambers which make up Congress - the Senate and the House of Representatives - and fall halfway through President Joe Biden's term in office.\n\nThe result in Georgia sets up a general election rematch between Mr Kemp and Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams, who had accused the Republican of suppressing votes in her previous tilt at the governor's seat in 2018.\n\nIn a speech after the results, Mr Kemp said: \"Our battle is far from over. Tonight the fight for the soul of our state begins to make sure that Stacey Abrams is not going to be our governor\".\n\nAllegations of unfair voting practices are likely to emerge again in the crucial state, where a highly competitive Senate race is also due to take place in November.\n\nDemocrats wrested the state's two Senate seats from Republicans in 2021 - including one from Mr Perdue - to gain a slim majority in the upper chamber of the US Congress.\n\nHowever, one senator, Raphael Warnock, must now defend his post against Herschel Walker, a well-known former American football player, who is also backed by Mr Trump.\n\nBut the governor's race was seen as the bigger test of the former president's clout.\n\nMr Kemp, a staunch conservative, drew the former president's ire after he certified that his state had been won by Joe Biden in 2020. Mr Trump had alleged that there were 11,000 votes for him to be found which would reverse the result, but the governor disagreed.\n\nGeorgia's top election official, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who also refused Mr Trump's entreaties at the time, won his bid for re-election on Tuesday.\n\nMr Trump's claims that the election had been \"stolen\" from him has become a divisive issue within the party, splitting \"establishment\" Republicans from Trump populists, even dividing the former president's own administration members.\n\nIn the primary, Mr Kemp was backed by Mr Trump's former deputy, Vice President Mike Pence.\n\nSeparately, Mr Trump's preferred candidate for Senate in Pennsylvania is also facing the prospect of defeat.\n\nThe Republican primary race between Mehmet Oz, a celebrity doctor backed by the ex-president, and David McCormick, a former hedge fund CEO is so tight that ballots are to be recounted, state officials said.\n\nTallies show the two candidates separated by just 902 votes, or approximately 0.1%.\n\nUnder state law, a recount must take place if the candidates are separated by 0.5% or less.", "Railway workers have voted to go on national strike threatening major summer travel disruption across the UK.\n\nMembers of the RMT union have voted in favour of strike action across Network Rail and 13 train operating companies.\n\nGeneral secretary Mick Lynch said \"members want a decent pay rise, job security and no compulsory redundancies\".\n\nThe Department for Transport said strikes should always be the last resort not the first.\n\nA spokesperson said: \"It is hugely disappointing and premature that the RMT is calling for industrial action before even entering discussions.\"\n\nThe RMT union said its leaders would meet to discuss a timetable for strike action from mid-June.\n\n\"We sincerely hope ministers will encourage the employers to return to the negotiating table and hammer out a reasonable settlement with the RMT,\" said Mr Lynch.\n\nNetwork Rail, which maintains the railway, voted in favour of strike action and action short of strike. Its workers have not taken part in a national strike since 1994.\n\nThe company plans to shed 2,500 maintenance jobs as it tries to make £2bn of savings over the next two years.\n\nIf its staff, which include signallers walked out, that would affect both passenger services and the movement of goods by train, including bulk consignments of fuel, and some food.\n\nIt is possible that trains would only run for part of the day, such as from 07:00 to 19:00 BST and only on main lines.\n\nServices could be reduced to around a fifth of the normal weekday timetable.\n\nNetwork Rail's chief executive Andrew Haines warned \"everyone loses if there's a strike\".\n\nHe said: \"We urge the RMT to sit down with us and continue to talk, not walk, so that we can find a compromise and avoid damaging industrial action.\"\n\nNational strike action could cause widespread travel disruption over the summer\n\nThe Rail Delivery Group said that while disruption would be inevitable if industrial action takes place, train companies will do all they can to keep as many people and goods moving as possible.\n\nEarlier on Tuesday, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the government would prioritise the supply of food, goods and energy in the event of widespread strikes.\n\nThe strike ballot of National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers saw 89% vote in favour of a strike and 11% against. Some 71% of RMT's 40,000 members voted.\n\nRMT workers at 13 train companies also voted in favour. These were:\n\nGTR (including Gatwick Express) voted only for action short of a strike. And Island line on the Isle of Wight voted against either.", "Reading Sue Gray's report, you can almost smell the quantity of alcohol drunk at these parties in government when they were banned during lockdown.\n\nThe details of what went on include:\n\nIn plenty of workplaces this sort of behaviour would be unconventional even during normal times.\n\nEmails and WhatsApp messages revealed by Ms Gray show it was known at the time that what was happening was wrong.\n\n\"We seem to have got away with\" it, says the prime minister's principal private secretary Martin Reynolds in one. Well, it turns out he didn't.\n\nThis was one of Boris Johnson's most senior advisers, hired for his judgement.\n\nOn Wednesday, the civil service's chief operating officer, Alex Chisholm, and Cabinet Secretary Simon Case - who was removed from doing the investigation Ms Gray ended up carrying out because there'd been a party in his own office - wrote to civil servants.\n\nMr Case had let it be known earlier in the day that he wasn't resigning and hadn't been sacked.\n\nIn their letter, he and Mr Chisholm talk about taking \"the time to reflect on the report in full and consider the issues [the Gray report] has highlighted\" and say that \"steps have also been taken to strengthen the corporate leadership across the Cabinet Office and No 10\".\n\nSome civil servants said they were \"absolutely appalled\" by what they regarded as the \"tone-deaf\" nature of the communication.\n\nSo where does all this leave Mr Johnson?\n\nHe apologised and, pointedly, went out of his way to explain why he believed he had not knowingly misled the Commons in his previous accounts of what happened.\n\nThis is crucial, because being proven to have intentionally lied to the House would cost him his job.\n\nBut the prime minister added that he didn't think, at the time, he'd done anything wrong at the event that led to him being fined by police.\n\nAnd he said he had been right to drop into various leaving dos, even though the police fines would suggest many of them were in direct contravention of the very Covid laws he had championed.\n\nMr Johnson apologised when speaking to Conservative MPs privately at a meeting, but there is deep anger and embarrassment among many Tory MPs over what has happened. They know much of this can't be easily excused or wished away.\n\nAnd they have the power, collectively, to decide whether he stays or goes.\n\nA 17th Tory MP has now publicly declared Mr Johnson should stand down; others have demanded this privately.\n\nBut the vast majority of public critics today are those who've long condemned the behaviour he presided over - and it would take 54 declaring a lack of confidence in Mr Johnson to trigger a vote on his leadership.\n\nAway from what's going on in public, here's a wee peek at some of the texts I've had from Conservative MPs reflecting privately on where things are and how they judge the mood among their colleagues.\n\n\"Think Gray wasn't the bombshell the PMs detractors were looking for,\" one says. \"If anything the photos [shown in the report] look less like parties than we thought they would!\"\n\nAnother comments: \"Yes, I think he'll survive. He did v well in chamber.\"\n\n\"It doesn't really tell us anything newly incriminating. I sense general disinterest to be honest,\" says one.\n\nAsked if the PM was safe, one backbencher replies: \"In my view, yes.\"\n\nPlenty of cabinet ministers have publicly expressed their loyalty to the prime minister.\n\nOne told me the drip-drip of revelations in recent months had become \"very tedious\" and they didn't think \"it will affect Boris any more\".\n\nMr Johnson's supporters also delight that there is \"no longer a prince over the water\", as one senior figure put it to me - in other words, an heir apparent. That was a reference to the chancellor's recent awkward headlines about his wife's tax bill.\n\nBut other Tory MPs fret that, from their perspective, too many people's view of the prime minister has been irreversibly set by what has happened and that will make winning a general election very difficult.\n\nIt'll take some time for views to solidify and two imminent by-elections, in Wakefield in West Yorkshire and Tiverton and Honiton in Devon, might help do that one way or another.\n\nBut it appears Boris Johnson is safe - for now.", "The US is cutting off another financial route for Russia to pay its international debts, a move that could push the country closer to default.\n\nThe US Treasury Department said it would end a waiver that had allowed US bondholders to accept payments, tightening sanctions imposed over the war in Ukraine.\n\nRussia, which is rich from its oil and gas supplies, has the funds to pay.\n\nIt has already signalled plans to contest any declaration of default.\n\nThe country has almost $2 billion worth of payments that will be due up to the end of the year on its international bonds.\n\nWhile the new rules only apply to people in the US, they will make it difficult for Russia to make payments elsewhere given the role of US banks in the global financial system.\n\nThe US had already barred Russia from using US banks to transfer payments.\n\nIn comments last week, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned the waiver for investors was likely to expire. She said the exemption had been intended to allow an \"orderly transition\".\n\nAnalysts have said they do not expect major ramifications from the move outside of Russia, with IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva saying in March that exposure to the holdings was \"not systemically relevant\".\n\nRussia's debt was already downgraded to\"junk status\" by major ratings agencies in March, a move that disqualifies it from purchases by major investors, making it difficult for Russia to raise money on international markets.\n\nProfessor Philip Nichols of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania said it's not clear what Western holders of Russian bonds have done in the weeks since the invasion, whether rushing to offload them or holding on in hopes the situation will eventually normalise.\n\nA default would mark the first time Russia has failed to pay its government debt since 1998 - the economic crisis at the end of then President Yeltsin's term in office.\n\nIt would likely trigger a court case, opening up Russia to recovery proceedings from creditors.\n\nInside Russia, any impact would be felt only over the long term as part of the country's wider economic isolation, Prof Nichols said.\n\n\"Russia just has a lot of oil and gas and that translates into a lot of money, but in the long-run, this is part of a web of instruments that are designed to make it far, far more difficult for Russia to wage war on its neighbours,\" he said.\n\n\"It's going to be really interesting to see what happens,\" Prof Nichols said.", "Fossilized remains from a giant flying reptile the size of a bus have been discovered in Argentina.\n\nThe Dragon of Death, as scientists have dubbed the new species, hunted prey from Earth's skies around 86 million years ago.\n\nWhen fully extended, its wings measured a massive nine metres (30 ft) from one tip to the other.\n\nThe sheer size of the predator paints a \"terrifying vision\", the scientist behind the find told the BBC.\n\n\"This species had a height similar to that of a giraffe,\" project leader Leonardo Ortiz said, with a wingspan that \"defies the limits of our biological understanding\".\n\nIts remains had been preserved in rocks in the Andes mountains for 86 million years, which means the flying creature lived alongside dinosaurs.\n\nBones and fossils belonging to the newly identified pterosaur had been buried in rocks for 86 million years\n\nProf Ortiz was one of the palaeontologists who originally discovered the reptile's fossils during an excavation in Argentina back in 2012.\n\nHe chose the species' name - Thanatosdrakon amaru - because it combined the Greek words for death and dragon.\n\n\"It seemed appropriate to name it that way,\" Prof Ortiz said in an earlier interview. \"It's the dragon of death.\"\n\nPalaeontologist Leonardo Ortiz beside a life-size replica of the newly discovered species\n\nThe reptile is believed to be one of the first predators to use their wings to hunt prey - flying through Earth's prehistoric skies before the evolution of birds.\n\nDespite that, Prof Ortiz told the BBC that this hunter likely spent most of its time on the ground.\n\nDetails of the creature's prehistoric lifestyle are scant - but he added that the fact a pair of differently sized specimen were discovered together is evidence that the predator lived in groups.\n\nThe fearsome reptile lived some 20 million years before an asteroid hit the earth in a catastrophic extinction event, wiping out three-quarters of animal and plant life and marking the end of the Cretaceous Period.\n\nIn 2017 fossils belonging to an even older pterosaur, dating 170 million years ago to the Jurassic period, were discovered on the Scottish island of Skye with an estimated wingspan of 2.5m (8ft).\n\nA team of palaeontologists discovered the remains in Argentina's Andes mountain range in 2012", "Afghans wait outside the airport in Kabul, trying to flee the country, in August 2021\n\nAn Afghan refugee who fled his country as a 15-year-old has said he \"didn't make the decision to leave, you are forced to leave\".\n\nAbed, which is not his real name, now lives and works in Northern Ireland.\n\nThe 20-year-old's identity has been protected as his family in Afghanistan remain under threat from the Taliban.\n\nThe engineer told the BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme that being a refugee meant \"you have to sacrifice for your survival - I saved my life\".\n\nAbed's journey to Northern Ireland took him through countries including Pakistan, Turkey and Greece.\n\n\"Where I used to live, it was controlled by Taliban,\" he told Good Morning Ulster.\n\n\"If you have a problem with them, there was no way to live there because they have the power.\n\n\"There isn't any laws or anything from stopping them killing you.\"\n\nHe said fleeing Afghanistan was a matter \"of life or death\".\n\nBut Abed tries not to think about the terrifying journey to Northern Ireland.\n\n\"Travelling alone at a young age, that is the difficult part,\" he said.\n\n\"It's hard to put into words.\n\n\"It was a bad experience and I do have bad memories but I try not to think about it.\n\n\"I try to forget most of them and leave them in the past and live my own life.\"\n\nAfter arriving in Londonderry, Abed was moved to Belfast where he completed his studies and secured an apprenticeship at an engineering firm.\n\n\"Then I moved on, got my own job, got my own place and am living my life,\" he added.\n\n\"It was difficult because when I arrived here I had no English and knew nothing about the culture, the people and the system. I didn't know anything.\n\n\"I'm still figuring out a lot of things.\n\n\"I'm actually happy with my life. I've got friends, I've got my own car, a job - I've got everything that I wanted.\"\n\nBut Abed believes the system should be made easier for refugees to be granted asylum.\n\n\"Getting asylum is hard and it takes time,\" he said.\n\n\"Your life depends on it.\n\n\"In my opinion, most young people don't have the knowledge to express themselves or explain what happened to them.\"", "Guns overtook car crashes to become the leading cause of death for US children and teenagers in 2020, new research shows.\n\nData from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that over 4,300 young Americans died of firearm-related injuries in 2020.\n\nWhile suicides contributed to the toll, the data shows that homicides form the majority of gun-related deaths.\n\nMore than 390 million guns are owned by US civilians.\n\nAccording to the research - which was published this week in the New England Journal Medicine - the rise in gun-related deaths among Americans between the ages of one and 19 was part of an overall 33.4% increase in firearm homicides nationwide.\n\nOver the same time period, the rate of firearm suicides in the US rose by 1.1%.\n\nThe overall rate of gun deaths of all reasons - suicide, homicide, unintentional and undetermined - among children and teenagers rose by 29.5%, more than twice that of the wider population.\n\n\"We continue to fail to protect our youth from a preventable cause of death,\" said a research letter published in the journal on Wednesday.\n\nThe rate of gun-related deaths per 100,000 residents rose among both men and women and across ethnic demographics between 2019 and 2020, with the largest increase among black Americans.\n\nIn past years, gun-related deaths were second only to car crashes as the leading cause of death among young Americans. Car deaths, however, have fallen over time and in 2020 approximately 3,900 Americans under 19 died in vehicle crashes.\n\nIncidents of drug overdoses and poisonings rose 83.6% between 2019 and 2020, and now are the third leading cause of death in that age group. A separate study published earlier in April found that 954 young people died of overdoses in 2020, compared to 492 in 2019.\n\nGun violence in the US has increased since the Covid-19 pandemic began in early 2020.\n\n\"The reasons for the increase are unclear,\" the research letter said. \"It cannot be assumed that firearm-related mortality will later revert to pre-pandemic levels\".\n\nA separate study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine in February, found that 7.5 million US adults - just under 3% of the population - became first-time gun owners during the pandemic between January and April 2021.\n\nThis, in turn, exposed 11 million people to household firearms, including five million children.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch Kate Moss testify: \"Did Mr Depp push you down the stairs?\"\n\nBritish supermodel Kate Moss has testified that her ex-boyfriend Johnny Depp never abused her, contradicting a claim made by the actor's ex-wife.\n\nAmber Heard, 36, had claimed that she heard rumours that Mr Depp once pushed Ms Moss down a flight of stairs.\n\nMr Depp is suing Ms Heard for $50m (£40m) for an opinion article she wrote in which she said she was an abuse victim.\n\nOn the stand, he said that it has been \"insane\" to hear Ms Heard's claims.\n\nOver the course of the six week trial, the court has heard vastly different versions of what transpired between the two during their volatile two year marriage.\n\nMs Heard and witnesses for her side painted a picture of Mr Depp as an abuser plagued by drug use, jealous and self-harm and Mr Depp's side putting forward a story of the actress as the aggressor and her claims as untrue.\n\nIn brief testimony on Wednesday, Ms Moss - who dated Mr Depp between 1994 and 1998 - said that he never pushed her, but rather that he once came to her aid after she fell down the stairs.\n\n\"As I left the room, I slid down the stairs and I hurt my back,\" Ms Moss said. \"And I screamed because I didn't know what happened to me and I was in pain\".\n\n\"He came running back to help me and carried me to my room and got me medical attention,\" she added.\n\nMr Depp never pushed or kicked her throughout the years they spent together, Ms Moss said.\n\nTaking the stand on Wednesday, Mr Depp accused Ms Heard of turning the story \"into a very ugly incident, all in her mind.\"\n\nThe claim he had pushed her was brought up earlier in the trial by Ms Heard, who said the image of her then-husband abusing the model had popped into her head when she witnessed an altercation between Mr Depp and her sister.\n\n\"[Her] back was to the staircase and Johnny swings at her,\" Ms Heard said. \"I don't hesitate. I don't want. I just, in my head, think of Kate Moss and stairs\".\n\nHer concerns prompted her to \"swing\" at Johnny to defend her sister, she said, hitting him \"square in the face\".\n\nHer lawyers chose to not cross-examine Ms Moss.\n\nDuring his testimony, Mr Depp denied several other allegations made by Ms Heard during the trial, including her claim that he assaulted her while on their honeymoon on the Orient Express.\n\n\"Ms Heard hit me,\" he said. \"I had a sort of shiner [black eye], but it all ended and everything got fine again\".\n\nIn previous testimony, Ms Heard said she feared that Mr Depp would accidentally kill her during the same incident and that \"he wouldn't mean to do it\".\n\nMr Depp said it was \"insane\" to hear \"heinous accusations\" of violence and abuse his ex-wife attributes to him.\n\n\"I don't think anyone enjoys having to split themselves open and tell the truth,\" he said. \"But there are times one simply has to\".\n\nThe defamation case against Ms Heard stems from a 2018 comment article she wrote for the Washington Post in which she said she was a victim of abuse.\n\nWhile the piece did not identify Mr Depp by name, his attorneys have said it \"incalculably\" damaged his career. She has countersued him for $100m.\n\nA source close to Ms Heard told the BBC that they believe Ms Moss's testimony will have little impact on the case when it comes to the \"central issue\" of \"whether Amber Heard can exercise her right of freedom of speech\".\n\nClosing arguments will begin on Friday, followed by jury deliberations.", "The matter of the treatment of a Downing Street cleaner and security staff (known as custodians in No 10 parlance - not the police who stand guard outside) during the various parties has been something of a side story today.\n\nAt two events on 16 April 2021, after leaving speeches, chatting and drinking, some staff stayed put even as the building was being locked down for the evening. They were asked to leave by security staff and ended up moving into the No 10 garden.\n\nAnd the morning after a Christmas party on 18 December 2020, one cleaner found red wine spilled over a wall and boxes of paper. Staff members had reportedly been drinking excessively.\n\nIn her report, Sue Gray said she'd been made aware of multiple examples of a lack of respect and poor treatment of security and cleaning staff.\n\n\"This was unacceptable,\" she wrote.\n\nHer comments were raised by several MPs in the Commons. Labour MP Alison McGovern asked whether Johnson had personally apologised to them.\n\nReplying, Johnson described the abuse as \"intolerable\" and promised a proper apology.\n\nAt his press conference several hours later, it came up again. This was how Johnson replied that time:\n\nVideo caption: PM quizzed on why cleaners were asked to clear up wine and sick PM quizzed on why cleaners were asked to clear up wine and sick\n\nBy the evening, a source had told the BBC Johnson had been around Downing Street personally apologising to the security staff and cleaners.\n\nWill that be the end of the matter? We'll keep you posted.", "Boris Johnson apologised for the way some Downing Street staff had been dealt with by officials\n\nLabour has attacked Boris Johnson over the treatment of cleaners and security guards outlined in Sue Gray's report on Downing Street lockdown parties.\n\nThe senior civil servant found \"multiple examples of a lack of respect and poor treatment\" of staff by officials when gatherings took place.\n\nAnd senior Labour MP Chris Bryant said No 10 under Mr Johnson had become a \"cesspit\", full of \"narcissists\".\n\nAddressing the Commons following the publication of Ms Gray's long-awaited report, the prime minister said it was \"absolutely disgraceful in any circumstances to be rude to people who are helping you\".\n\n\"It's intolerable and I will make sure those who are guilty of it apologise or are otherwise disciplined,\" he added.\n\nSpeaking later at a No 10 press conference, Mr Johnson said he had \"begun to make inquiries\" into who had been rude to colleagues.\n\nBut one member of the PCS union, who works in the Cabinet Office, which supports the work of the prime minister, said: \"There's been a culture of bullying, harassment and sexism in No 10 for many years\n\n\"It was going on behind [former Prime Minister] Theresa May's back before [Mr Johnson] took office, yet he did nothing to address it. His empty words will be no consolation to the hard-working cleaners and security guards who have suffered under his leadership.\"\n\nIn her report, Ms Gray found Downing Street officials had partied during lockdown with the approval of their bosses, and highlighted examples of excessive drinking, with one attendee being sick.\n\nShe also described \"multiple examples of a lack of respect and poor treatment of security and cleaning staff\", which she called \"unacceptable\".\n\nThe report noted that, on the morning following an end-of-year cheese-and-wine party on 18 December 2020: \"A cleaner who attended the room the next morning noted that there had been red wine spilled on one wall and on a number of boxes of photocopier paper.\"\n\nOn Tuesday, the BBC's Panorama reported one Downing Street insider describing how a security guard had been mocked when they tried to stop one party in full flow.\n\nIn the Commons, Mr Bryant said: \"The most despicable thing of all is that Sue Gray says she saw multiple examples of a lack of respect and poor treatment of security and cleaning staff, because they knew what the rules meant even if nobody else does.\n\n\"Does [the prime minister] show no contrition, no sense of shame that Downing Street under him has been a cesspit, full of arrogant, entitled narcissists?\"\n\nIn a reference to the drinking society Mr Johnson was a member of while at Oxford University, Ms Rayner said: \"Boris Johnson has turned Downing Street into a vomit-stained Bullingdon Club.\"\n\nAnother Labour MP, Alison McGovern, asked Mr Johnson if he had personally apologised to the cleaners and security staff.\n\n\"This is the first I've seen of the detailed criticisms of civil servants for that abuse,\" the prime minister replied.\n\n\"I've said I think it's intolerable and I'll make sure staff, custodians, cleaners who were treated disrespectfully get a proper apology, I've apologised to them today already from this despatch box.\"\n\nDowning Street insiders have told Panorama that they arrived at work during lockdown to find bottles lying around, bins overflowing and empty drinks left on the table.\n\nFor the Liberal Democrats, MP Wendy Chamberlain said Mr Johnson should dock several thousand pounds from his own salary to pay cleaners for the extra work that resulted.\n\nWhile Ms Gray's report was critical of the treatment of Downing Street cleaners and security guards, it said steps had since been taken \"to introduce more easily accessible means by which to raise concerns electronically\".\n\n\"I hope that this will truly embed a culture that welcomes and creates opportunities for challenge and speaking up at all levels,\" it added.", "Russia has flattened large areas of Severodonetsk during weeks of bombardment\n\nA senior figure in eastern Ukraine has denied reports that a vital road linking Ukrainian-controlled areas in the east has been blocked from the rest of the country by Russian forces.\n\n\"Luhansk has not been cut off,\" said the region's military administration head, Serhiy Haidai.\n\nFighting has reached the outskirts of the big city of Severodonetsk, a key Russian target.\n\nIf they capture the road to Bakhmut then the city could be surrounded.\n\nMr Haidai said that while the route to the south-west of Severodonetsk had come under fire, humanitarian aid was still getting through.\n\nThings were far bleaker in Severodonetsk itself, which was being shelled 24 hours a day and Russian forces were close enough to use mortar rounds as well as artillery and aerial bombing, he told the BBC. Six people were killed in Russian bombardment on Tuesday, he said on his Telegram feed.\n\nIf Russia captures the neighbouring town of Lysychansk then the whole Luhansk region will be in its hands.\n\nThe Luhansk regional head accused Russian forces of bombarding civilian infrastructure while 15,000 civilians remained in Severodonetsk, mainly in shelters.\n\n\"They can't take the city so they have decided to try to destroy it, and to make our troops leave the city,\" Mr Haidai said.\n\nMr Haidai published a picture on his Telegram feed indicating damage to the road to Bakhmut, which he said was still open\n\nAmerican volunteer combat medic Dallas Anthony Casey, who has helped evacuate civilians from Severodonetsk, said shelling of civilian areas was constant.\n\n\"Two days ago one of the volunteer ladies was hit when going door to door. She lost the lower half of her leg and lost a lot of blood before we could get to her. We had to do CPR, but we were unsuccessful,\" he told the BBC.\n\nThree months after Russia launched its invasion, its war aims are currently focused on seizing Ukraine's eastern regions in the industrial heartland of Donbas.\n\nRussia has sustained heavy losses on the battlefield and for the first time since the war began state TV showed President Vladimir Putin visiting casualties at a Moscow hospital. In the very brief clip filmed for a weekend TV programme, the Russian leader could be heard telling a man \"your father will be proud of you\".\n\nThe Russian leader was said to have visited Mandryk central military hospital in Moscow\n\nPresident Volodymyr Zelensky has described conditions in eastern Ukraine as extremely difficult while prominent Russian figures have indicated they are prepared for a protracted conflict. Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said Russia was not chasing deadlines and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has admitted the pace of the offensive is slowing down.\n\nThe Ukrainian leader appealed to European countries to show unity in the face of Russian aggression and Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called on the West to \"kill Russian exports\" by stopping all trade.\n\nAs well as bombarding towns and cities in the east, Russia launched its biggest missile attack yet on the southern city of Zaporizhzhia at dawn on Wednesday, killing one person and damaging more than 60 homes and a shopping centre.\n\nIn a clear statement of intent that Russia's long-term plans extend across the south, as well as eastern Ukraine, President Putin signed a decree making it easier for citizens in Russian-occupied areas of the south to get Russian passports.\n\nWhile the region of Kherson is under Russian occupation, only parts of the neighbouring region of Zaporizhzhia are in Russian hands. A Russian-appointed official in occupied Zaporizhzhia, Vladimir Rogov, declared on Wednesday that the entire region should become a fully-fledged part of Russia, rather than a so-called people's republic.\n\nOccupied areas of Donetsk and Luhansk became proxy republics after they were captured in 2014 and Russia has already handed out 800,000 passports there.", "Energy bills have been rising for households across Europe as prices have been driven up by worries about gas and oil supplies after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.\n\nIndividual countries, and the European Union (EU), have announced support schemes for consumers.\n\nIn 2021, the EU imported 40% of its gas from Russia - so many of its member states are exposed to high energy prices.\n\nIn response, the EU is introducing:\n\nIt includes a cap on gas and electricity prices for households and some businesses from early next year.\n\nThe government will pay December's monthly gas bill for all households and small-to-medium businesses.\n\nIn September and October, all taxpayers received a one-off energy payment €300. There has been extra help for people on benefits.\n\nGermany is trying to cut energy consumption by:\n\nA windfall tax on energy companies will be applied from December 2022 to the end of June 2023.\n\nIn January, the government forced the state-owned energy provider, Électricité de France (EDF), to cap price rises at 4% for a year.\n\nIt says it will cap rises in gas and electricity at 15% for 2023, as part of a €45bn (£39bn) scheme to support households and businesses.\n\nFrance had already announced a one-off €100 (£84) payment last year to 5.8 million households receiving energy vouchers.\n\nThe government plans to reduce energy consumption by 10% by:\n\nThe government is planning a windfall tax on energy companies in the 2023 budget.\n\nFrance is cutting the temperature in public swimming polls by 1C\n\nItaly is expecting to spend about €49.5bn (£42bn).\n\nIts measures include a €200 (£169) one-off payment to people earning €35,000 (£29,600) a year or less, and a 20% tax credit for all energy-intensive companies experiencing a 30% rise in prices.\n\nThe Italian government is also trying to reduce gas consumption by:\n\nThe government is planning a windfall tax on energy companies in 2023.\n\nSince November, electricity and gas prices for households have been capped at January 2022 levels - up to a certain amount of consumption. Any extra use will be charged at market rates.\n\nThe government is also offering a discount of €190 on energy bills in November and December to all households.\n\nThere is a one-off energy allowance of €1,300 to those on lower incomes.\n\nVAT on energy bills and tax on petrol and diesel have also been cut.\n\nThe Dutch government is also introducing:\n\nIt is expecting to spend €15.5bn (£13.5bn) on these measures.\n\nThe Dutch government is advising households and business to cut consumption, including by turning down heating by 1C.\n\nThe government is planning a windfall tax on energy companies.\n\nSpain has cut VAT on energy bills and reduced tax on electricity.\n\nSpain and Portugal have introduced a price cap for gas - which will last for one year and aims to halve gas bills for 40% of customers in the two countries.\n\nThere is also a one-off payment of €200 euros for people in Spain who earn less than €14,000 a year and are not already receiving benefits.\n\nSpain's measures are expected to cost about €27bn (£23bn).\n\nThe government has an energy-saving plan which includes limiting air conditioning in public buildings and shops in the summer and keeping heating to 19C in the winter.\n\nIt wants shops to close their doors when the heating is on and says they should switch off lights after 22:00.\n\nThe government is introducing a windfall tax on energy companies and banks over the next two years.\n\nIt has announced plans for an energy price support package for households, worth 26.8bn zlotys (£4.8bn).\n\nIt incudes freezing energy prices for 2023 at this year's level, with a limit of 2,000 kWh per year for most households.\n\nThere will be higher thresholds for households with people with disabilities and for families with three or more children.\n\nThe government has abolished VAT on food, gas and fertilizer and reduced it on petrol, diesel and energy bills.\n\nThere is also a new mandatory 10% electricity saving for national and local government public administrations.\n\nHouseholds that reduce electricity use by 10% in 2023 compared with 2022, will be rewarded with an additional discount.\n\nNorway has set a maximum price that households should pay for their energy - anything over this, the government will pay 80% of the bill.\n\nA new package of loans and subsidies for businesses was announced in September. This will cover companies that spend more than 3% of revenue on power costs.\n\nThe government has also proposed new taxes on onshore wind and hydropower energy, to redistribute some of the huge increase in profits over the past year.\n\nThe UK government has brought in a cap on the price of a unit of energy until April 2023, which will mean the typical household bill for gas and electricity will be £2,500 a year.\n\nThis is being extended to April 2024, but typical bills will be capped at £3,000 a year.\n\nThere will be more support for those on benefits and for pensions households.\n\nThe government brought in a windfall tax on UK oil and gas firms' profits which is expected to raise £5bn a year. This is being increased and extended.\n\nPreviously, the government introduced an energy bill discount of £400 for every household with some extra support for people on benefits.\n\nThe UK government launched a public information campaign on how to save energy in November, which was later than other countries in Europe.", "Unless exempt, passengers had to wear a face covering on Transport for London services\n\nNearly 4,000 passengers were issued fines for not wearing face coverings on London's transport network when it was mandatory to do so, new figures show.\n\nCompulsory face coverings were put in place to stop the spread of coronavirus and reinstated amid rising concerns about the Omicron variant.\n\nThis rule was removed on 24 February.\n\nPenalty notices up to £200 were issued to 3,996 people between 24 February 2021 and 27 January 2022, the mayor of London said.\n\nBetween 27 January 2022 and 24 February 2022, Transport for London (TfL) said it did not record face covering compliance activity.\n\nThe fines were reduced to £100 if paid within 14 days.\n\nPeople who refused to pay the fine within the time limit allowed could be prosecuted, TfL said.\n\nData revealed 7,283 people were stopped on London's transport network for not wearing a mask.\n\nThe figures also showed 2,325 passengers were asked to leave the network.\n\nLondon Mayor Sadiq Khan said the safety of TfL's customers and staff is \"always a top priority\".\n\nHe said: \"A range of measures helped to ensure customers can travel safely and confidently on TfL's services during the pandemic, including requiring face coverings as a condition of carriage both before and after they were a legal requirement, and continuing to strongly encourage them today. \"\n\nThe stats were released following a question to the Mayor's Office from Labour Assembly member Krupesh Hirani.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The cost of a family fry-up with toast, eggs, sausages, bacon and beans has risen 40p since last year, research suggests.\n\nPicking up all the supplies for the fried breakfast now sets you back £6.83, says research company Kantar.\n\nIt found UK grocery prices were rising at their fastest rate since 2009.\n\nGrocery prices were up 7% in the past four weeks compared with a year ago, leaving people increasingly worried about the cost of the weekly shop.\n\nFood, fuel and energy costs have jumped recently in part due to the Ukraine war and it is squeezing household finances.\n\nFood prices are now the second most important concern to families after spiralling energy bills, Kantar said.\n\nAccording to Kantar, 22% of households now describe themselves as \"struggling\" to make ends meet, with the rising price of the weekly shop a concern for over nine in 10 of these people.\n\nPrices are going up fastest for products such as dog food, savoury snacks and fresh beef, it said, although they are falling for alcoholic spirits.\n\n\"People are really feeling the squeeze at the supermarket tills and they're having to stretch their budgets further to accommodate rising prices,\" said Fraser McKevitt, Kantar's head of retail and consumer insight.\n\nHe said the \"significant\" rise in cost for a family fry-up puts the numbers into context.\n\nMog Grant is changing the way she cooks due to rising prices\n\nSingle mum Mog Grant says she's cooking in bulk to try and save on costs.\n\nShe's also changing recipes to make her meals go further.\n\n\"We're trying to do more batch cooking and putting things into the freezer,\" she says. \"And I'll add in extra items such as sweet potato, to bulk it up.\"\n\nMs Grant, who is a teacher in Westray, has an eight year old daughter and twins who are seven.\n\nShe says they don't eat fry-ups and have cut down on meat to save money.\n\n\"We have porridge every morning,\" she says. \"I'm having to be thrifty.\"\n\nOther choices she's making include buying store-bought birthday cakes for her children, which, she says, works out cheaper than baking them herself.\n\n\"This year was my first time ever not baking birthday cakes for my twins,\" she says. \"It would've cost more to bake them, with things like butter going up, plus you have to factor in rising energy prices as well.\"\n\nThe latest inflation figures showed that UK prices are rising at their fastest rate for 40 years.\n\nInflation is the increase in the price of something over time. For example, if a loaf of bread costs £1 one year and £1.09 the next year, then that is an annual inflation rate of 9%.\n\nThe Bank of England has warned inflation might reach 10% within months.\n\nThe headline inflation rate is an average, and prices rise for different goods at different rates. One food industry boss has warned that food prices could rise by up to 15% this year.\n\nIt comes as separate research from YouGov found that two in five Britons have been forced to reduce or stop spending on clothes, eating out, non-essential food items and takeaways over the last six months.\n\nMeanwhile, one in five has cut or stopped spending on day trips, holidays and fuel.\n\nDespite these pressures, the UK was still set to splash out on food and drink over the Platinum Jubilee bank holiday weekend, Mr McKevitt said.\n\nHe said that the four-day bank holiday weekend was likely to boost supermarket sales as people celebrated with friends and families and bought alcohol, soft drinks, barbeque foods and desserts.\n\nAccording to Kantar, UK grocery sales fell by 4.4% in the 12 weeks to 15 May compared with the same period last year, when stay-at-home rules boosted sales.\n\nDiscounter Lidl was the fastest growing grocery chain, with its sales increasing by 6% in the period. That was just ahead of rival Aldi whose sales were up 5.8%.\n\nTesco remained the UK's biggest supermarket, expanding its market share share for the 17th month in a row to 27.4%.", "North Korea fired three ballistic missiles early on Wednesday morning, South Korea's military has said.\n\nAuthorities in Seoul said the missiles were fired in the space of less than an hour from the Sunan area in Pyongyang.\n\nIt comes just a day after US President Joe Biden left the region, following a trip that saw him vowing to bolster measures to deter North Korea.\n\nNorth Korea has been test-firing a flurry of ballistic missiles since the beginning of this year.\n\nJapan confirmed at least two launches happened on Wednesday but acknowledged there may have been more.\n\nJapan's Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi said the first missile flew about 300km (186 miles) with a maximum altitude of around 550km, while the second, reaching as high as 50km, travelled around 750km.\n\nMr Kishi criticised the launches, saying they were \"not acceptable\" adding that it would \"threaten the peace, stability and safety of Japan and the international community\".\n\nIn a meeting convened after the missile launch, South Korea's National Security Council called the test a \"grave provocation\", the presidential office said.\n\nThe launches came hours after Mr Biden departed for the US on Tuesday evening, after a five-day trip that saw him visit South Korea and Japan.\n\nUS and South Korean officials had earlier warned that North Korea appeared ready for another weapons test, possibly during the Biden visit.\n\nDuring his visit to Seoul over the weekend, Mr Biden and his South Korean counterpart Yoon Suk-yeol agreed to hold bigger military drills and deploy more US strategic assets if necessary to deter North Korea's intensifying weapons tests.\n\nMr Biden had said the United States was \"prepared for anything North Korea does\".\n\nThe timing of these launches is not an accident - just hours after President Biden completed his trip to Asia, and days after he agreed with South Korea's president to bolster their defences against North Korea.\n\nFor weeks intelligence suggested North Korea was planning to test something major while the president was here. Slightly less provocatively, it has waited until he had left, but only just. Air Force One hadn't touched down on US tarmac before the missiles were fired.\n\nAt their weekend summit, President Biden and President Yoon said they were ready to take on the threat of North Korea together. This was their first test. They have responded quickly, condemning the launches, while joint-firing missiles of their own.\n\nThis marks another escalation by North Korea, which, over the past six months has become increasingly aggressive. But the concern is over what comes next. Evidence is mounting that North Korea is preparing to test a nuclear weapon. This would be its first nuclear test in five years and a major step-up.\n\nThe latest launches come as North Korea struggles to contain a suspected outbreak of Covid amongst its largely unvaccinated population of 25 million.\n\nMore than a million people have now been sickened by what Pyongyang is calling a \"fever\", and more than 68 people have died since late April, the authorities say.\n\nOn 12 May, North Korea test-fired ballistic missiles the same day that Mr Kim declared an \"emergency\" over the Covid outbreak.\n\nSouth Korea has said it offered humanitarian aid, but Pyongyang is yet to respond.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "A government plan to help support people with the rising cost of living could come as soon as Thursday, the BBC understands.\n\nThe PM and chancellor have been under growing pressure to act as prices for fuel, food and energy continue to soar.\n\nBut BBC political editor Chris Mason said the government was also desperate to shift the agenda on from Partygate.\n\nDowning Street denied the announcement was timed to distract from Sue Gray's report into lockdown gatherings.\n\nThe senior civil servant's report into events held in Downing Street is expected to be sent to No 10 on Wednesday.\n\nThe Prime Minister is to meet Chancellor Rishi Sunak soon to finalise plans, with an announcement possible on Thursday.\n\nMr Johnson has in recent days invited a collection of economists with a range of views to explore the options available to him, the BBC understands.\n\nSources told the BBC that Mr Johnson spoke on Tuesday about the need to balance any further government spending and intervention with not \"raising inflation\" further.\n\nIt is also understood Policing Minister Kit Malthouse repeated calls at cabinet to swiftly return to a \"low tax\" society.\n\nLast week, inflation reached a 40-year high and on Tuesday the energy regulator Ofgem warned the energy price cap - which limits how much providers can raise prices - is expected to increase to £2,800 a year in the autumn.\n\nOpposition parties have continued to push for a windfall tax on oil and gas firms - a one-off levy on the record profits the companies have recorded - saying the proceeds could be used to support the hardest hit.\n\nBut while attitudes towards the idea in government appear to have softened, neither Mr Johnson nor Mr Sunak have committed to the move.\n\nRishi Sunak has long argued - privately and publicly - that help for the most vulnerable could only be properly designed once the scale of the problem was measurable.\n\nTuesday's intervention from Ofgem provides that.\n\nThe question now is precisely what help is offered, and at what cost.\n\nTargeted possibilities include uprating benefits or a lump sum payment to some of the poorest households.\n\nThere is then the quandary of whether to offer something that a greater proportion of people benefit from - could the first £40 repayment of the government's Energy Bills Support Scheme be postponed or cancelled?\n\nOther options in the months ahead include changes to the Warm Homes Discount and the Winter Fuel Payment.\n\nBut any combination of these possibilities could easily be way more costly than the revenue generated from any windfall tax on the oil and gas companies.\n\nAn intervention that is noticeable won't come cheap.\n\nA number of ministers have also raised concerns about the idea of a windfall tax, with Mr Johnson saying he was not \"attracted\" to the measure in principle.\n\nBut he told reporters \"no option is off the table\" to tackle rising living costs, adding: \"There is more that we are going to do... you'll just have to wait a little bit longer.\"\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer has called on the government to \"get a grip\" and introduce the levy.", "There is a shortage of some HRT products in Northern Ireland\n\nThe Department of Health has said it is actively considering allowing pharmacists to substitute certain hormone replacement therapy (HRT) products with \"safe alternatives\".\n\nThe move is in response to concerns regarding the shortage of some HRT products in Northern Ireland.\n\nIn England, pharmacists have been given temporary power to make swaps without a new prescription from a doctor.\n\nThis includes the gels Oestrogel and Sandrena.\n\nUrgent action is being taken across the UK to address what is widely recognised as a national shortage.\n\nWhen asked if pharmacists in Northern Ireland would be given the same authority, a spokesperson for the Department of Health said a similar move was \"under active consideration\".\n\nHormone patches, which tend to be in better supply, could be swapped when gels are not available.\n\nIn a statement to BBC News NI, the Department of Health said it had recently \"authorised a number of serious shortage protocols (SSP) which enable pharmacists to limit dispensing of prescriptions for HRT which are in short supply to a maximum of three months\".\n\nIt added that by \"empowering pharmacists to make this change without needing to seek authorisation from the prescriber this saves time for patients, pharmacists and prescribers\" which would help even out distribution.\n\nHowever, some women told BBC News NI that they were often limited to one month supply which was \"very difficult to manage\".\n\nThe government has appointed a new HRT tsar, Madeline McTernan, to look into what is happening.\n\nHer appointment came after a large number of women went public about how distressed and ill they had become when unable to access their prescribed medication.\n\nThe Department of Health in Northern Ireland described the current short supply of certain products as \"temporary\".\n\nWomen who are experiencing difficulties in getting HRT products on prescription are advised to consult with the GP who will be able to advise them about the most appropriate alternative HRT options if required, the Department of Health said.\n\nThe British Menopause Society has information on choosing HRT products, as does the health advisory body the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.", "The senior official investigating lockdown parties in Downing Street said she was able to collect only \"limited\" evidence about an event in the prime minister's flat.\n\nSue Gray's report said she stopped her inquiry into the gathering on 13 November 2020, after the Metropolitan Police started its investigations.\n\nIt was among a number of gatherings that were \"necessarily limited\".\n\nAt a news conference, Boris Johnson said the event was \"a work meeting\".\n\nEarlier he was asked if he was at the event to conduct a \"job interview\".\n\nHe told MPs the matter had been \"extensively investigated\" and had nothing to add beyond what was in Ms Gray's report.\n\nThe gathering in November 2020 was one of 16 looked at by Ms Gray as part of her inquiry into lockdown parties in Downing Street and other government buildings during the pandemic.\n\nThe report states that it would not have been \"appropriate to continue\" with the investigation into any parties once the police inquiries had started, and that no further inquiries into events was undertaken after the police investigations had finished.\n\nIn newspaper reports, the gathering on 13 November has been described as a party at Mr Johnson's No 11 flat to mark the departure of his former advisers Dominic Cummings and Lee Cain.\n\nThe pair left Downing Street in acrimonious circumstances after internal battles over Mr Cummings's role as Mr Johnson's chief adviser.\n\nThe Mail on Sunday reported that the party was organised by the prime minister's wife, Carrie Johnson, and involved dancing, drinking and music by Swedish pop group Abba.\n\nBut Downing Street denied Mrs Johnson had held a party and last month, the Times reported that Mr Johnson was interviewing, Henry Newman, a close friend of his wife, about a job at No 10.\n\nThe prime minister was pictured holding a drink aloft at a leaving do for his former communications chief on 13 November, 2020\n\nEarlier on 13 November, the prime minister was pictured drinking with staff at a leaving do for Mr Cain in the press office area of No 10.\n\nThe Met Police said Covid-19 regulations were breached on 13 November 2020, but did not specify at which event, or how many people were fined.\n\nIn her long-awaited report, released on Wednesday, Ms Gray said \"a meeting was held in the No 10 flat from some time after 18:00\" on 13 November, 2020.\n\nFive special advisers attended to discuss the handling of Mr Cain's departure and that of Mr Cummings, the report says.\n\n\"The prime minister joined them at about 20.00,\" the report adds.\n\n\"Food and alcohol were available. The discussion carried on later into the evening with attendees leaving at various points.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prime Minister Boris Johnson: I am humbled and I have learned a lesson\n\nMs Gray says the \"information collected on this gathering is limited\" because she had only just started obtaining evidence when the Met Police launched its investigation.\n\n\"At this point I stopped my investigation, given the need to avoid any prejudice to the police investigation,\" Ms Gray says.\n\nOnce the Met Police finished its investigation last week, Ms Gray \"concluded it was not appropriate or proportionate\" to carry out further inquiries about the gathering.\n\nAs part of its investigation, the Met Police sent out questionnaires to suspected Covid rule-breakers but there were no interviews under caution.\n\nIn Parliament on Wednesday, after Mr Johnson made a statement on Ms Gray's report, Labour MP Catherine West asked about the \"Abba party he attended briefly\".\n\nShe said: \"Can he confirm he was only in his flat and he met Henry Newman to discuss a job, and can he confirm what the other special advisers were doing - were they part of the job interview as well?\"\n\nMr Johnson replied: \"That evening was extensively investigated to the best of my knowledge and I don't believe I can improve on what Sue Gray has had to say.\"", "Sue Gray's long-awaited report into parties at No 10 held during lockdown has been published - along with nine photographs that formed part of the evidence. Here are the pictures she has released.\n\nOther pictures had been offered to her team but her report explains that \"official photographs should be within scope for disclosure only where they are particularly pertinent in helping to understand the nature and purpose of a gathering\".\n\nA picture taken on 19 June 2020, the PM's birthday, when a gathering was held in the Cabinet Room with drinks and sandwiches\n\nSimon Case - the then-permanent secretary for No 10 who is now the Cabinet Secretary - was also pictured at the event. The identities of other people at the gathering have been blurred out in the report\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak was also seen with Boris Johnson at the gathering. They have both been fined over the PM's birthday party\n\nBoris Johnson was seen holding up a canned drink as Simon Case - who has been the Cabinet Secretary since September 2020 - looked on\n\nSue Gray also shared pictures of another event on 13 November 2020 held at No 10 Downing Street to mark the departure of a special adviser\n\nStaff gathered in the press office area of No 10 to mark the departure of Lee Cain, the PM's communications chief\n\nThe prime minister attended on his way to his Downing Street flat - he gave a speech and had a drink\n\nSue Gray said she was able to gather only limited information on this 13 November gathering before the Met Police started investigating\n\nSpeaking generally of the partygate report, Mr Johnson said he takes \"full responsibility for everything that took place on my watch\" and has learned lessons", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Undercover filming by Wales Investigates shows the five men discussing the spot-fixing with journalists\n\nA footballer has been secretly filmed helping to recruit players to spot-fix matches.\n\nA BBC undercover investigation showed former Llanelli footballer Emile N'Goy, his brother Hermes N'Goy and three European players discussing the illegal activity with undercover journalists.\n\nSpot-fixing sees players manipulate moments in games, such as red cards, so criminals can defraud bookmakers.\n\nHermes N'Goy has denied he and the other four planned to spot-fix.\n\nEmile N'Goy and the three European players - Idris Laib, Jean-Francois Mbuba and Julien Vercauteren - have been approached individually but have not responded.\n\nEmile and Hermes N'Goy are originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo and grew up in France.\n\nEmile N'Goy is currently without a team but has played in lower league clubs across the UK, including Llanelli Town AFC, Stranraer FC, Brechin City FC and Dorchester Town FC as well as clubs in Portugal and Italy.\n\nThere is no suggestion spot-fixing took place at any of these clubs, nor that any other players at these clubs were involved.\n\nFollowing a tip-off that Emile N'Goy may have links with professional match fixers, undercover journalists for BBC Wales Investigates secretly filmed four meetings over a 20-month period with him and Hermes.\n\nEmile is currently without a team but has played in lower league clubs across the UK\n\nEmile was first approached by an undercover journalist at a Llanelli match and told he was looking for investment opportunities for illicit, black market funds.\n\nEmile said he would talk to his brother about it.\n\nAt a later meeting, Hermes tells the undercover reporter: \"But you know that is not legal... so you have to be very cautious when you do this kind of thing.\"\n\nHe then suggested recruiting three players - a defender, midfielder and a striker.\n\nHe later suggested recruiting another two players and two members of staff to help run the operation - including a man who once worked for Italy's newly-crowned champions AC Milan, who he said had fixed before.\n\nAsked if that man had ever fixed at AC Milan, Hermes said: \"No, he did the fixing with another club.\"\n\nHe added the man did not yet know about the spot-fixing plans being discussed.\n\nHermes said he would find the players in the lower leagues of Europe where there was less scrutiny.\n\nAt a later meeting in a Kent hotel, Hermes brought along his brother Emile and three other players from domestic league clubs in France and Belgium.\n\nIdris Laib, Jean-Francois Mbuba and Julien Vercauteren all told the journalists they had spot-fixed before.\n\nOne of the journalists told them: \"We're not trying to push or force anyone. So, if anybody's not happy, we don't want them to be involved.\"\n\nAll decided to stay and discussed taking part in a spot-fixing scheme that Hermes would manage.\n\nHermes told the journalists they should expect to pay the players an annual salary of 20,000-25,000 Euros (£17,000-£21,400) each. One player asked if he would be paid for the fixes in cash.\n\nAt a later meeting, he said the undercover journalists would need to pay an additional 500 Euros (£430) for every throw-in, corner or free kick they caused.\n\nHe said red and yellow cards would be more expensive: 1,000 Euros (£850) for a yellow and 2,000 Euros (£1,700) for a red.\n\nHermes added: \"It's not like, 'you have to lose this match'. It's not like big match-fixing. It's a small thing, very invisible.\"\n\nAll players apart from Emile said they had taken part in spot-fixing before but Hermes reassured the journalists his brother Emile would be involved.\n\nInvestigator Terry Steans said spot-fixing could be very hard to detect\n\nTerry Steans, who worked as an investigator for Fifa with responsibility for rooting out corruption and fixing across the world, was shown the undercover footage.\n\n\"The fact they're there, they're listening and they're agreeing to what has been proposed... they shouldn't be there and they shouldn't be even listening to that kind of chat.\n\n\"So that's evidence in itself, that they're in the room, that they're willing to take part.\n\n\"And he's got players on board, like-minded that will do what he wants them to do, already. So I think he's deadly serious.\"\n\nHe said spot-fixing could be very hard to detect as it was hard to investigate without the full weight of a police force.\n\nHermes was approached on the street by BBC reporter Wyre Davies\n\nHermes was expecting to meet the undercover journalists again to complete the deal.\n\nInstead, he was approached by BBC reporter Wyre Davies.\n\nHe denied any wrongdoing, saying: \"I don't know nothing about that. I don't know what you're talking about\", before walking away.\n\nHe later contacted the BBC and said his brother Emile and the three other players also strongly denied doing anything illegal.\n\nIf the plan had gone ahead and they and been caught, the consequences would have been serious.\n\n\"You're talking long bans, years... seven years for a first time match-fixing offence, so essentially, the end of their career,\" said Kevin Carpenter, a lawyer specialising in sports integrity.\n\nHe said corruption had always been around football.\n\n\"Top-tier football is a billion-dollar industry with players earning millions, but the other end of the scale, at the lower league clubs, players are paid just a few hundred pounds a game.\n\n\"Obviously, you only hear about things at the top level of the sport. But actually, when you get further down the levels, that's where the real corruption seems to happen.\"\n\nPeople are able to place bets on almost anything in football matches, such as the number of yellow cards, if a player will be sent off, the number of corners in the first half or how many throw-ins there will be in the first five minutes of the game.\n\nSpot-fixing sees criminal gangs pay players or officials to do exactly what they want - known as fixing.\n\nThey then place bets, already knowing what is about to happen.\n\nBBC Wales Investigates goes undercover to examine corruption in lower league football and reveals the hidden story behind the collapse of an historic Welsh football team run by a wannabe pop star.", "Wladimir Klitschko celebrates with his brother after winning the WBO World Heavyweight title in 2002 in Atlantic City\n\nEuropean governments should \"stay strong\" even though the Ukraine war would hurt their economies, the Klitschko brothers told the BBC.\n\nFormer heavyweight champions Wladimir and Vitali were in Davos to encourage world leaders to support the Ukraine's fight against Russia.\n\nThey acknowledged that some European leaders may be wavering in their commitment to the cause.\n\nBut they thanked the UK for its support, urging, “please don’t stop\".\n\nUkraine’s Klitschko brothers dominated the sport of boxing for a decade. Both were world heavyweight champions, and between them they fought 40 title bouts.\n\nVitali Klitschko, the older of the two, turned to politics when his boxing career ended, and was elected mayor of Kyiv in 2014.\n\nThey are now bringing the power of their global fame to bear on another, even tougher fight. The brothers visited the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to urge the business and political leaders gathered there to step up their efforts in the struggle against Russian aggression.\n\n“We are asking for help and support, we are getting some of it. But it is not enough because it’s never enough as long as this war is still going,” Wladimir Klitschko told the BBC.\n\nSanctions needed to go further, he said. “We need to walk the talk and not just say it but actually do it. Because very often it’s sad but in reality it’s not working.\n\n\"And that is why it is important to isolate Russia financially, economically, because every cent that they are getting is getting in the budgets to finance the war in Ukraine right now and finance their soldiers and buy more weapons that are killing us, Ukrainians.”\n\nWladimir told assembled reporters from the Swiss press that the country should set aside its long-standing tradition of neutrality, which has seen it prohibit Germany from supplying its stocks of Swiss-made ammunition to Ukrainian army.\n\nThe Klitschkos were at Davos town hall to meet a group of Ukrainian refugees who are staying in the area, before appearing on stage at the World Economic Forum.\n\nAsked whether some nations, notably France and Germany, were beginning to waver in their support, and consider making concessions to Putin in a peace deal, Wladimir said: “I see that, and I tell to every politician, right now the world [is] black and white, and you have to decide: you on the side of democracy or peace, or you on the side of the dictator, the aggressors, Russian Federation?”\n\nWladimir Klitschko thanked the British people for the support they had shown Ukraine\n\nVitali acknowledged that the world would pay a price to support Ukraine. “It is a very painful question for the economy but we pay to stop the war…with human lives.”\n\nThe brothers both thanked the British people for the support they have shown.\n\n“I want to say thank you so much for all the support that has been provided since the beginning of the war,” said Wladimir. “And it is not just verbally, it is the financial side, military equipment, support for the refugees that have been taken, so we feel this it is very important for us. Please don’t stop, don’t stop supporting us don’t stop helping us as long as this war is still going.”\n\n“Thank you Boris Johnson, and thank you everyone who supports Ukraine in Great Britain,” Vitali said.\n• None Ukraine: We need more support, say Klitschko brothers", "Katie Price arrived at Lewes Crown Court with fiancé Carl Woods on Wednesday\n\nReality TV star and former glamour model Katie Price has pleaded guilty to breaching a restraining order against her ex-husband's fiancée.\n\nPrice sent abusive messages to Kieran Hayler about his fiancée, Michelle Penticost, in January, a court heard.\n\nThe 44-year-old had been banned from contacting Ms Penticost directly or indirectly under the terms of a restraining order imposed in June 2019.\n\nPrice was warned she faces going to jail when she is sentenced in June.\n\nShe previously denied the charges and asked for a crown court trial during a hearing at Crawley Magistrates' Court in April.\n\nAppearing at Lewes Crown Court, Price pleaded guilty to the breach.\n\nJudge Stephen Mooney warned her: \"Clearly you have accepted responsibility for this offence and that you indirectly tried to communicate Ms Penticost despite her restraining order against you.\n\n\"I must warn you Ms Price that you are at risk of going to prison.\"\n\nPrice admitted messaging former husband Kieran Hayler with abuse about his fiancée Michelle Penticost\n\nIt was previously heard that her message to Mr Hayler may have been triggered by an Instagram post by Ms Penticost, which she denies was aimed at Price.\n\nPrice's message read: \"Tell your... girlfriend not to start on me.\n\n\"She [Ms Penticost] has a restraining order so shouldn't try antagonise me as she is in breach and I'm sure she doesn't want people knowing that she was having an affair with you behind my back.\"\n\nLewes Crown Court heard the offence was committed due to Price's use of the words \"tell your\", which was an indirect attempt to communicate with Ms Penticost.\n\nPrice's defence counsel, Nicholas Hamblin, told the court there may have been issues surrounding his client's mental heath which led her to send the messages.\n\nThe judge said he would \"need to know\" the background before considering Price's sentence, but warned the offence carries a maximum sentence of up to five years in prison.\n\nShe was bailed ahead of the sentencing hearing on 24 June.\n\nIn June 2019, Price was fined £415 after hurling abuse at Ms Penticost and another woman in a school playground in Shipley in September 2018.\n\nShe was also banned from contacting Ms Penticost directly or indirectly under the terms of the five-year restraining order imposed at Horsham Magistrates' Court.\n\nIn December, Price was handed a 16-week suspended jail term after flipping her car in a drink-driving incident in Partridge Green, West Sussex, on 28 September.\n\nShe was also due to face a court hearing for speeding on Tuesday but court officials said the case has been pushed back until 5 July at Crawley Magistrates' Court.\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.ah hes out\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "MPs will face tighter restrictions on what they can do for a second job, under a proposed new code of conduct.\n\nThe planned rules were drawn up by the Commons Standards Committee after a string of lobbying scandals.\n\nMPs would still be allowed to take outside work - but they would be banned from advising firms on how to get laws changed, under the proposals.\n\nThe full package of reforms will now have to be approved by MPs in a Commons vote.\n\nStandards Committee chairman, Labour's Chris Bryant, said the measures would \"uphold and strengthen standards in Parliament\".\n\nThe review of the code comes after a number of lobbying scandals hit Westminster in 2021, leading to questions about whether MPs should be allowed to have second jobs.\n\nAmong them was former Tory MP Owen Paterson, who resigned after he was found to have broken lobbying rules by using his position in Parliament to benefit two companies he was working for as an adviser.\n\nThe government's attempt to rewrite MPs' standards rules to prevent his suspension from Parliament was ditched after a furious backlash from its own MPs.\n\nBut Downing Street insisted it wanted to see a new process for MPs to appeal against the findings of conduct investigations.\n\nThe committee's proposals include a formal appeals system for MPs who find themselves under investigation.\n\nMPs are already banned from paid lobbying - where they get money to ask questions in Parliament or raise issues with ministers on behalf of clients.\n\nThe current code of conduct says there must be no conflicts of interest between their personal interests and public interest - but it does not stop MPs having second jobs as \"advisers\".\n\nIn its final recommendations, the standards committee - made up of MPs and lay members - stops short of calling for a ban on all second jobs.\n\nBut it does call for \"an outright ban on MPs providing paid parliamentary advice, consultancy or strategy services\".\n\nThe committee also said MPs should have a written contract for any outside work \"which makes explicit that their duties cannot include lobbying ministers, members or public officials, or providing advice about how to lobby or influence Parliament\".\n\nSome recent examples of MPs' second jobs raised eyebrows, with Owen Paterson breaking lobbying rules and Geoffrey Cox earning almost £900,000 through outside work.\n\nThis committee wants to tackle any perception that there can be a shadowy relationship between business and parliamentarians - where getting MPs on the books can increase influence.\n\nSo, under these proposals, MPs will not be able to work as consultants who give parliamentary advice and they'd need to have a contract in any second job that spells this out.\n\nThis may put companies off employing MPs. What's the point if they can't help you navigate the system?\n\nBut why not ban second jobs completely? Or at least cap hours and earnings?\n\nThat's perhaps not as simple as it seems. What about MPs who do some NHS work at the weekend? Or those who need to keep professional qualifications up to date?\n\nAnd if you cap earnings, what happens to an MP who pens a book that goes on to become a bestseller?\n\nThese proposals won't satisfy everyone. But the aim here is to deal with areas the committee worries can look most murky to the public.\n\nPreviously, MPs have been allowed to take part in debates that were connected to people paying them for second jobs, if they declared their interests first.\n\nBut now the committee wants to ensure members can no longer \"initiate nor participate in proceedings or approaches to ministers, other MPs or officials\" that would benefit someone who was paying them.\n\nAnd it wants ministers to have to declare hospitality - such as tickets to sporting and cultural events, or dinners - in the same way that MPs do, meaning they would have to give more detail about the event and much faster.\n\nThe committee also wanted to include \"customised descriptions\" of the seven principles of public life - also known as the Nolan principles, after the first chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life.\n\nIt also responded to a review into the fairness of the current MPs' standards system by former judge, Sir Ernest Ryder.\n\nAs it stands, MPs facing accusations of breaching the rules are investigated by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, Kathryn Stone, and her work is overseen by the committee.\n\nSir Ernest said the procedure was \"fair and compliant\" - but he said the system could be improved by including a formal complaints procedure.\n\nHe also called for a single document setting out standards procedures, \"plainly and accessibly written\". The committee said accepted all of Sir Ernest's recommendations and would publish a draft document along the lines suggested.\n\nMr Bryant said: \"The last year has shown that the public cares passionately about standards in parliament - and so do MPs.\n\n\"Our report sets out a package of robust new measures to uphold and strengthen standards in Parliament by improving transparency, tackling conflicts of interest, tightening the rules on improper lobbying and providing an enhanced means of appeal.\"", "Tony and Sara on their wedding day\n\n\"I wish I hadn't followed the rules, I'd have taken the fine,\" Sara said, adding she would have given anything to spend more time with her dying husband.\n\nShe told BBC Radio 5 Live she followed the rules because she thought the government was doing the right thing.\n\nLike many of those bereaved by Covid she is angry at the revelations in the Sue Gray report into Westminster parties during lockdown.\n\nBoris Johnson said he took \"full responsibility\" and was \"humbled\".\n\nSara, who is from Surrey but asked us not to use her full name, said she had been unable to go with her husband Tony, 59, when he was rushed to hospital during the first lockdown, back in 2020.\n\nWhile she was able to visit him briefly, the rules at the time meant she had to leave after a few hours and he died when she was not with him.\n\n\"I'd have taken the fine because that's what [Mr Johnson] appears to be doing,\" she said. \"He didn't follow the rules, his staff didn't follow the rules, they've taken the fine.\"\n\nSara, 60, said she had been \"distraught\" but had listened to the government's messages and followed the rules.\n\n\"I did and I wish I hadn't,\" she said. \"Neither of my kids could be there, they had to Facetime their father. Their last memory of their father was to Facetime him and my last memory is him saying to me 'I'll see you tomorrow morning'.\n\n\"One of the events - on 20 May when they had the 'bring your own beer' [event] - was the day I buried my husband and I had just my kids with me. And it's just not fair.\n\n\"I'd have given anything for extra time to have been with him and it's just not fair.\"\n\nShe added it was not just about a few drinks but about the credibility of the government - and said Downing Street and the office of the prime minister had been brought into disrepute.\n\nSara is not alone in her anger - the campaign group Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice says the prime minister had treated them like \"dirt\" and as an \"inconvenience\".\n\nGroup spokesman Lobby Akinnola, whose father Olufemi Akinnola died as a result of coronavirus in April 2020 aged 60, said: \"When they were texting colleagues about getting away with it, we were having to text our families telling them they couldn't come to their loved ones' funerals.\n\n\"The messages in the report show they knew how disrespectful they were being to the families they were failing, but that didn't bother them.\n\n\"Not content with partying whilst he failed to protect our loved ones, the prime minister has now spent months ignoring and lying to us.\"\n\nSafiah Ngah, 29, called for Mr Johnson to resign over the \"raucous and savage behaviour\" in Downing Street.\n\nShe told the PA news agency restrictions in place last February meant she was unable to say a final goodbye in person to her 68-year-old father Zahari Ngah.\n\nSafiah Ngah, whose father died last February, says the prime minister should resign over \"raucous and savage behaviour\" in Westminster\n\nHer family had to settle for a video call as their last contact while government officials were \"cheers-ing\", partying and joking about getting away with it, she said.\n\n\"It's disgusting. It makes me embarrassed to be British,\" she said.\n\nLyndsay Greenwood, who lost her father to Covid in January 2021, described Ms Gray's report as \"a bit of a farce\", saying it does not hold Mr Johnson to account.\n\n\"I didn't expect anything more, didn't expect any resignations,\" she said. \"He's using the energy crisis as a distraction tactic - it's always distractions, but actually this is something that needs looking at too.\"\n\n\"Yes I lost my dad, but it's not just about that. It's the ongoing impacts of the pandemic, especially financially with people having to have gone on furlough.\"\n\nShe said there was \"no leadership\" and said the prime minister should have stepped down.\n\nBut not everyone has put the blame at the prime minister's door.\n\nMary Smith, whose husband Terry died during the pandemic, said the report was all \"what we've heard before\" and said she did not have any confidence that Labour would have done better in power.\n\n\"He's a buffoon, he did wrong. But personally I think the other issues he's handling well,\" she said. \"I'm pretty fed up of hearing about it.\"\n\nShe added: \"I don't bear any grudges about how [husband] Terry died but I am angry about people not wearing masks on the bus that he caught it from.\"", "A rail workers' union has said its demands for a pay rise are \"not unreasonable\", after its members voted to hold a national strike.\n\nThe RMT Union said some railway workers have had their pay frozen for three years.\n\nOn Tuesday, RMT members at track operator Network Rail and 13 train operating firms voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action.\n\nThe Department for Transport said strikes should be the last resort.\n\nA spokesperson said: \"It is hugely disappointing and premature that the RMT is calling for industrial action before even entering discussions.\"\n\nThe prospect of a national strike threatens major summer travel disruption across the UK.\n\nEddie Dempsey, assistant general secretary at RMT, told the BBC that some of their members \"are in the third year of a pay freeze this year\".\n\n\"Don't forget we kept this country moving during the pandemic, we've tightened our belts, we haven't had a pay rise. At the same time, the private companies made bumper profits,\" he said.\n\nMr Dempsey said the union is calling for a pay rise, job security and no compulsory redundancies.\n\n\"That's not unreasonable in the current day and age is it,\" he said.\n\nTony Miles, a writer for Modern Railways magazine, told the BBC that there may be some public sympathy for RMT members if no pay rise is offered, especially given the cost of living crisis.\n\nBut he warned that sympathy might have limits.\n\n\"If the RMT's members are offered something that sounds acceptable, and they end up holding out a lot longer, I think that won't play well with the public, especially when you consider there will be passengers who haven't also hadn't had pay increases or are also struggling to pay bills,\" he said.\n\n\"If it looks like unions are trying to hold country to ransom, public mood might turn sour very quickly.\"\n\nNational strike action could cause widespread travel disruption over the summer\n\nThe strike ballot of National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers saw 89% vote in favour of a strike and 11% against. Some 71% of RMT's 40,000 members voted.\n\nWorkers at Network Rail, which maintains the UK's railway infrastructure, have not taken part in a national strike since 1994.\n\nThe union said the company planned to shed 2,500 maintenance jobs as it tried to make £2bn of savings over the next two years.\n\nThe RMT union has said its leaders will meet to discuss a timetable for strike action from mid-June.\n\nMr Dempsey said he hoped a deal could still be reached, adding that the union \"urgently\" needed to sit down with industry and with the government.\n\n\"The quicker we do that, the quicker we can get a settlement, and hopefully we won't have to take the next step of announcing strike action.\"\n\nThe Department for Transport said the railways were \"still on life support\" and warned that anything that drives more passengers away \"risks killing services and jobs\".\n\nA spokesperson said: \"We urge the RMT to reconsider and accept the invitation of industry talks, so we can find a solution that delivers for workers, passengers and taxpayers alike.\"\n\nIf Network Rail staff, which include signallers, walk out, it will affect both passenger services and the movement of goods by train, including bulk consignments of fuel and some food, experts say.\n\nTrains might only run for part of the day, such as from 07:00 to 19:00 BST and only on main lines. Services could also be reduced to around a fifth of the normal weekday timetable, they add.\n\nThere are warnings that any potential strikes could have a major impact on rail freight and the sector's ability to move goods around the UK.\n\nJohn Smith, chief executive of GB Railfreight, said if the disruption ends up being long term, the effects would be \"dramatic\".\n\n\"It will crystallise in various ways, whether it be shortage of fuel at the pumps, whether it be production being stopped in factories of cars, whether it be electricity generation or Drax having to switch off and not being able to generate electricity,\" he said.\n\nTrade body UKHospitality has also warned that a national rail strike could jeopardise the hospitality industry's recovery from the pandemic.\n\nIts chief executive Kate Nicholls said: Strikes would inevitably damage our already fragile hospitality businesses, which would have a negative knock-on effect to the wider UK economy.\"\n\nShe added: \"A lack of commuter trains bringing people into towns and cities will further set back the recovery of our high streets and will also deter people from going out in the evening - especially women and vulnerable people who may rely on trains to get them home and feel safe late at night.\"", "Sinn Féin has tabled a petition to recall the assembly in a bid to elect a new Stormont speaker.\n\nThe party's chief whip Pat Sheehan said the Democratic Unionist Party \"needs to stop\" blocking the formation of an executive.\n\nA petition requires the signatures of 30 assembly members to pass.\n\nIt is not clear yet if other parties will support the bid.\n\nMr Sheehan said he had tabled the recall petition to \"allow parties to get to work\".\n\n\"The DUP need to stop blocking an executive being formed, so we can give workers and families that help right away,\" he said.\n\n\"People want an executive now.\"\n\nTwo weeks ago the DUP refused to support the election of a new assembly speaker.\n\nThat is the first act that must happen after an election before the assembly can carry out any other business.\n\nIt requires cross-community support from a majority of nationalists and unionists.\n\nUnder the protocol, checks are required on goods coming into Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK\n\nThe DUP - Northern Ireland's second-largest party by assembly seats after the 5 May election - said it would not nominate ministers to form a new executive until its concerns about the Northern Ireland Protocol - the post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland - are resolved.\n\nThe protocol is under fresh scrutiny following the elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly.\n\nThe elections cemented a majority for assembly members who accept the protocol, including the new largest party, the republican party Sinn Féin.\n\nThe protocol, part of the government's Brexit deal with the European Union, was designed to ensure free trade could continue across the Irish land border by keeping Northern Ireland aligned with the bloc's single market for goods.\n\nHowever, it has faced criticism from some unionists who argue it has undermined Northern Ireland's position in the UK by placing additional checks on some goods crossing the Irish Sea.\n\nDUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has said he believes the pressure his party is bringing to bear on the issue of the protocol was beginning to have an impact.\n\nLast week, No 10 announced it would introduce a law to change the trade deal.\n\nForeign Secretary Liz Truss, who visited Northern Ireland on Wednesday, said issues around the protocol were \"soluble\" but could not be allowed to drift.", "Casey, seen here in a village near Kharkiv, has been in Ukraine for two months Image caption: Casey, seen here in a village near Kharkiv, has been in Ukraine for two months\n\nMore now on Severodonetsk - a strategically vital city in the eastern Donbas region that is being bombarded by Russian forces.\n\nDallas Anthony Casey is an American combat medic who has been volunteering in Ukraine for more than two months. He has been carrying out various roles including giving medical training to Ukrainian forces.\n\nHe is currently in Dnipro after returning from Severodonetsk, where he has been helping evacuate people remaining in the besieged city.\n\nShelling of the city is \"constant\", he tells me.\n\n\"Never a moment where there wasn’t. We’d be driving down the road to one location and watch a building get hit. We'd stop and run into the building and see if anyone could be saved,\" Casey says.\n\n\"Two days ago one of the volunteer ladies was hit when going door to door. She lost the lower half of her leg and lost a lot of blood before we could get to her. We had to do CPR, but we were unsuccessful,\" he adds.\n\nDespite the constant shelling and complete devastation of the city, many civilians remain.\n\n\"When we’d drive through you’d see people on their bikes or on a stroll while the building right next to them gets blown up. No rush or hurry, they’d just carry on with what they were doing.\"\n\nThe people remaining roughly fall into two groups, Casey says.\n\n\"Some think the Russians will come and take over and their life will be much better,\" he says.\n\n\"We convinced some people to come with us and they’d be shamed on their way out of the shelter.\"\n\n\"Then the other group of people are in complete shock. You go to their door, ask them if they want to be evacuated and they’d be too scared to leave their homes,\" he says.\n\n\"They’d tell you: 'This is all I have, where am I going to go?'\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"I was told I was the wrong type of refugee\"\n\nA Kurdish refugee has said he was wrongly barred from using a free travel pass for eligible migrants because he is not from Ukraine.\n\nRaman lives in Swansea and was trying to get to Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, for work experience at a law firm.\n\nHe claimed guards at Swansea train station accused him of \"abusing\" a system meant for Ukrainian refugees.\n\nTransport for Wales (TfW) apologised and said it took allegations of racism \"very seriously.\"\n\nThe Welsh government said it would \"urgently clarify\" the criteria of its travel schemes with TfW, which it fully owns, which would \"urgently\" let its staff know.\n\nThe free rail travel initiative for Ukrainians is an extension to an existing Welsh government programme offering free public transport to asylum seekers in Wales.\n\nIt is the second report of a refugee in Wales being wrongly refused free travel in recent months.\n\nRaman, 32, first applied for asylum in the UK in 2020 after fleeing Iran where he was persecuted for being an ethnic minority Kurd and political activist.\n\nHe was moved between detention centres and cities, spending six months at the controversial Penally camp.\n\nThree months ago, Raman was awarded refugee status, which gives him the right to remain in the UK.\n\nHe was excited to be offered work experience at a Barry-based law firm specialising in human rights.\n\nRaman's five-year-old daughter is still in Iran, and he said he saw the job as the first step towards a \"normal life\" where he has the means to apply for her to join him in Wales.\n\nFor the first four days of his work experience, Raman travelled free from Swansea to Barry under a Welsh government scheme.\n\nAccording to the Welsh government's website, the scheme provides free bus and rail travel \"to refugees travelling to Wales searching for a safe haven\".\n\nTo be eligible, people need:\n\nRaman initially travelled using his BRP, but last Thursday he said he was stopped at Swansea station and asked to bring in Home Office documentation the following day.\n\nWhen he did, he said he was told the scheme was \"meant to be for Ukrainian refugees fleeing from war\" and was accused of trying to \"abuse the system\".\n\nRaman said even on the days he was allowed to use the free travel scheme, he felt \"very uncomfortable\" having to stand out on the platform and tell the guards he was a refugee.\n\nHe said many staff did not know about the scheme, prompting awkward conversations on crowded trains and busy platforms.\n\nBut when he was accused of trying to abuse the system, Raman said he felt \"discriminated\" against.\n\nAs a Kurdish refugee, Raman said he had fought \"racial subordination\" all his life.\n\nHe said: \"How do you know what I've been through, what I've fled through and why I'm here?\n\n\"You've never walked in my shoes, and you probably are not able to walk in my shoes for a minute.\"\n\nRaman said he fled Iran to escape racial persecution and would not stand for it in Wales.\n\nLawyer Hilary Brown said she was concerned about how many other people it may have happened to\n\nHe added: \"The people dealing with this scheme should be educated how to treat an asylum seeker or a refugee.\n\n\"It is not easy to be an asylum seeker. They are really fragile because they've been through too many things.\"\n\nRaman said he did not want to return to Swansea train station and be reminded of his ordeal, and has not been able to attend his work experience since.\n\nIts chief executive, human rights lawyer Hilary Brown, got in touch with TfW when she heard what had happened.\n\n\"How many people have lost opportunities to go to various important interviews, benefits interviews or job interviews because they couldn't access transport?\" she said.\n\n\"I stand by every victim of war and I support the Ukrainian victims of this war, but it seems to me as if a lot of effort and energy has been put into welcoming Ukrainian refugees whilst others are left to find their own way.\"\n\nIn a statement, a TfW spokesman said: \"We're very sorry for any distress caused to the customer.\n\n\"We take any allegations of racism very seriously and we'll carry out a full investigation with our station management team.\"\n\nThe Welsh government said: \"These free travel schemes were introduced to provide practical help for people seeking refuge in Wales.\"\n\nIt said it had clarified the eligibility criteria with TfW, adding: \"They are urgently communicating this to their staff.\"\n\nIt said the scheme was open to all refugees in Wales.", "Nineteen children and two teachers were killed in a shooting on Tuesday at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.\n\nThe children who died were aged between seven and 10. Some of them had just received awards for great school work.\n\nOne victim was a 10-year-old boy who loved to dance. Another was a girl who died while trying to call the police.\n\nIt is the deadliest shooting at a US elementary school since 20 children and six adults died at Sandy Hook school a decade ago.\n\nThere were two pairs of cousins among the children killed in the attack.\n\nSome parents were at the school hours before the shooting, watching with pride as their children held up their honour roll certificates at an awards ceremony. Hours later, they were back there.\n\nOne of them was Alexandria Aniyah Rubio, in the fourth grade, who had earned an A certificate.\n\n\"We told her we loved her and would pick her up after school,\" her mother Kimberly wrote on Facebook. \"We had no idea this was goodbye.\"\n\nHer cousin, meanwhile, described her as a \"bright light in everyone's life\".\n\nTributes poured in on social media for Ellie Garcia, 10. Her father Steven said his daughter was \"a doll and the happiest ever\".\n\n\"I was gonna DJ for her at her party like she wanted me too [sic]!!!\" he wrote.\n\n\"Not only was she my little cousin, she was also my daughter's age,\" Eli Ruiz wrote. \"Remember the day of my dad's funeral Steven Garcia gave me a big tight hug, I will be doing the same for him.\"\n\nEllie also played on a local basketball team and resident Erica Mena posted pictures of them.\n\n\"Ellie was our hype girl and the heart of the team, she never missed a practice and was the loudest when it came to cheering for her team!\"\n\nAmerie Jo Garza was one of the first children to be confirmed dead. She had celebrated her 10th birthday just two weeks ago, and was shot while trying to call emergency services, her grandmother Berlinda Irene Arreola told The Daily Beast.\n\nAmerie was \"super-outgoing\" and a \"teacher's pet\", she added.\n\nA family member wrote on Facebook: \"Please don't take a second for granted. Hug your family. Tell them you love them.\"\n\nXavier Javier Lopez, aged 10, was remembered as a \"sweet, playful\" boy by his cousin, 54-year-old Lisa Garza.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, Ms Garza said she and her family were devastated when they learnt of his death.\n\nShe saw Xavier over Easter and said he seemed so happy to be enjoying the holidays with his family.\n\nXavier loved to dance, she said, and was an avid user of TikTok.\n\nMs Garza added she had other cousins studying at the same school, some of whom were injured but survived. One of them was being treated at a hospital in San Antonio, she said.\n\nJailah Nicole Silguero's mother said in a Facebook post that she was heartbroken. \"Fly high baby,\" Veronica Luevanos wrote.\n\nThe girl's grandmother Linda Gonzales, told the Daily Beast she didn't want to go to school that day and had asked to stay at home, but her mother had insisted that she go as the end of the term was close.\n\nJailah's cousin Jayce Carmelo Luevanos also died in the shooting.\n\nMs Gonzales added that both children had recently mourned the loss of their grandfather, Veronica's father.\n\n\"I told Veronica last night, 'Just look at it as your daddy taking your baby with him.'\" she said.\n\n\"They were just so sweet,\" she added. \"They were sweet kids and lovable. What can you say about little innocent kids?\"\n\nShe said Jayce loved to make people laugh, and Jailah loved to dance and was learning to record Tik Tok videos.\n\nAnother pair of cousins died in the shooting.\n\nJackie Cazares and Annabelle Guadalupe Rodriguez, both aged 10, were in the same classroom when the gunman attacked.\n\nJackie was described as the more outgoing of the two. Her aunt Polly Flores told the New York Times she had recently celebrated her first communion.\n\n\"She always had to be the centre of attention,\" she added.\n\nJackie's father Jacinto wrote on Facebook: \"We're devastated in ways, I hope no one ever goes thru. Taken out of arms and lives, in this freaking cowardly way, so young, so innocent, full of life and love. It hurts us to our souls.\"\n\nAnnabelle was quieter and an honour roll student, Ms Flores said.\n\n\"My little sister didn't make it she's no longer with us my poor sweet little girl,\" her sister Lidia Anthony Luna wrote on Facebook.\n\n\"Why god why these sweet babies who didn't deserve this who were all happy for summer vacation.\"\n\nFourth-grader Tess Marie Mata was named by her sister Faith, who described her younger sibling as a \"precious angel\".\n\n\"I'm confused because how can something like this happen to my sweet, caring, and beautiful sister, and I'm angry because a coward took you from us,\" she wrote on Facebook.\n\n\"Tessy mom, dad, and I won't be the same without you but we are comforted knowing you are waiting for us up in heaven and have a spot for us. We have one sassy guardian angel that I know is going to protect our family.\"\n\nThe father of Layla Salazar, 10, described her to AP as a keen swimmer and a \"whole lot of fun\".\n\nHe said she had won six races at the school's field day. He also mentioned that they sang along to the Guns N' Roses song Sweet Child O' Mine in the car every morning.\n\nA relative of Makenna Lee Elrod posted that she was among the victims - after Makenna's father said his daughter was missing.\n\nLater Pilar Newberry, a family friend, posted on Facebook about Makenna's friendship with her daughter Chloe, saying that her heart was \"shattered\".\n\n\"Just a few weeks ago she got a friendship bracelet from her at the ballpark and she wears it everyday!\" she said.\n\nUziyah Garcia, 8, was remembered by his grandfather, Manny Renfro, as the \"sweetest little boy that I've ever known\".\n\nMr Renfro recalled the last time he had seen his grandson during the school holidays, saying that they had practised football passes together.\n\n\"Such a fast little boy and he could catch a ball so good,\" Mr Renfro said. \"There were certain plays that I would call that he would remember and he would do it exactly like we practised.\"\n\nTen-year-old Alithia Ramirez's father posted a picture of his late daughter with angel wings on Facebook.\n\nRyan Ramirez told the local KSAT network Alithia loved to draw and wanted to be an artist.\n\nShe recently submitted a drawing to the \"Doodle for Google\" contest, he said.\n\nEliahana Cruz Torres, 10, didn't want to go to school that day, her grandfather said.\n\nBut her aunt said she was looking forward to a softball game that was due to take place.\n\n\"She was kind of nervous,\" she said. \"She was excited because they were… going to announce the ones that made it to All-Stars.\n\n\"And she was also saying, like, 'What if I make it? I'm going to be so nervous.' And I was like, 'Girl, you got this. You're going to be good at it. You got this.' So she was excited.\"\n\nThe uncle of Jose Flores, 10, told the Washington Post that Jose loved going to school and was a \"very happy little boy\".\n\n\"I love you and I miss you,\" his father Christopher Salazar posted on Facebook.\n\nPhotos of the boy in the post include one of him smiling after catching a fish.\n\nA cousin of Maite Rodriguez confirmed her death on Facebook, calling Maite a \"beautiful angel\".\n\n\"It is with a heavy heart I come on here on behalf of my cousin Ana who lost her sweet baby girl in yesterday's senseless shooting we are deeply saddened by the lose of this sweet smart little girl,\" Raquel Silva wrote.\n\n\"Keep the Coronado Rodriguez family in your prayers, this senseless act of violence hit close to home.\"\n\nThe family of Miranda Mathis, 11, shared a photo of her on Facebook with angel wings and a halo.\n\nRojelio Torres' aunt Precious Perez said his family had waited almost 12 hours since the shooting to find out the 10-year-old was dead.\n\n\"We are devastated and heartbroken. Rojer was a very intelligent, hard-working and helpful person. He will be missed and never forgotten,\" she told KSAT.\n\nThe family of Nevaeh Bravo, 10, had a similar agonising wait for news.\n\n\"It just feels like a nightmare that we cannot wake up from,\" cousin Austin Ayala told the Washington Post. \"Her siblings have to wake up every day knowing that she's not there with them.\"\n\nEva Mireles, 44, was the first teacher to be confirmed killed. Trained in bilingual and special education, she had taught fourth-grade students in the Uvalde school district for 17 years.\n\nIn a short biography posted on the school district's website, she described her love of running and hiking. She also said she had \"a supportive, fun, and loving family\" - her husband, her college graduate daughter and \"three furry friends\".\n\nAccording to media reports, Ms Mireles' husband Ruben Ruiz, a police officer in the same school district, had held an active shooter drill at Uvalde High School just two months ago.\n\nIn a post on Twitter, her daughter Adalynn Ruiz described her as the \"half that makes me whole\" and hailed her for having \"selflessly jumped in front of her students to save their lives\".\n\n\"I want everything back,\" she said. \"My heart will forever be broken.\"\n\nMs Mireles' aunt, Lydia Martinez Delgado, expressed her grief in a Facebook post, saying she was \"furious that these shootings continue\". Her cousin, Cristina Arizmendi Mirelez, said \"it's unimaginable... the worst nightmare ever\".\n\nOne grief-stricken parent paid tribute to Ms Mireles on Twitter.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Audrey This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe second teacher killed in the attack was Irma Garcia, 46, who taught at Robb Elementary for 23 years. She had been nominated as a teacher of the year by her school district in 2019. She and Ms Mireles had worked together for five years.\n\nMarried for 24 years, Mrs Garcia had four children and loved barbecuing with her husband and listening to music.\n\nHer son said a friend in law enforcement who was at the scene saw his mother shielding her students as the gunman opened fire, NBC reports.\n\nAnother family member, her nephew John, wrote on social media: \"My Tia [aunt] did not make it, she sacrificed herself protecting the kids in her classroom\".\n\n\"IRMA GARCIA IS HER NAME and she died a HERO. She was loved by many and will truly be missed.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr condemns gun violence in the US", "Dr David Phillips is holding appointments over the phone to reduce the risk of monkeypox spread\n\nThe monkeypox virus has been found in 14 more people in England, bringing the total number of cases in the UK to 71, health officials say.\n\nThey are tracing high-risk close contacts of the cases to advise them to isolate at home for 21 days.\n\nA smallpox vaccine is being offered to prevent them developing symptoms.\n\nAnyone with unusual rashes or lesions on any part of the body should contact NHS 111 or their local sexual health service.\n\nDr David Phillips, a sexual health consultant in south London, said clinics were still \"open for business\" even though some staff are isolating, and appointments are being held by phone to reduce the risk of monkeypox spreading.\n\nHe said some patients were getting frustrated, but urged them to \"be patient with us\".\n\nDr Phillips calls back anyone with an unusual rash and can see them face-to-face if wearing mask, goggles, gown and gloves.\n\nHe said his clinic had seen a very small number of monkeypox cases.\n\nThe UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) says many of the 71 people infected so far have been gay, bisexual or men who have sex with men - and it has been asking these groups in particular to be aware of the symptoms.\n\nBut monkeypox is not a sexually-transmitted disease, and experts stress the illness does not affect one community more than any other, so there should be no stigma.\n\nThe virus, which is usually a mild infection, spreads through close contact with scabs on the skin, bedding and towels used by an infected person - and through their coughs and sneezes.\n\nThe overall risk to the public is low, the UKHSA says, despite the rise in cases amid the largest outbreak of monkeypox outside Africa.\n\nSo far in this outbreak, which started in early May, there have been 131 cases of monkeypox in more than 15 countries.\n\nMost are in Europe, where it is rarely seen, although there have been more than 1,200 cases in recent months in West Africa, where it is always present. In the UK, all the cases are in England, apart from one in Scotland. No cases have been found in Wales or Northern Ireland.\n\nMore than 1,000 doses of the smallpox vaccine Imvanex are being sent to NHS Trusts, and another 3,500 doses are in the UK.\n\nThe World Health Organization says the outbreak is \"containable\" and it is providing advice to countries on how to tackle the situation.\n\nThe rash changes and goes through different stages, and can look like chickenpox or syphilis, before finally forming a scab, which later falls off\n\nMonkeypox is usually associated with travel to Central or West Africa, but some of the cases which have been occurring outside these countries have had no travel link.\n\nIt does not spread easily between people, but it can be spread through:\n\nIf you get infected with monkeypox, it usually takes between five and 21 days for the first symptoms to appear.\n\nA rash can develop, often beginning on the face, then spreading to other parts of the body. The rash changes and goes through different stages - a bit like chicken pox - before finally forming a scab, which later falls off.\n\nRead more about the virus here.", "Laura Castle had admitted manslaughter but said she did not mean to kill Leiland-James Corkill\n\nA woman who murdered a baby boy she wanted to adopt has been jailed for at least 18 years.\n\nLaura Castle shook 13-month-old Leiland-James Corkill at her home in Barrow, Cumbria, in January 2021.\n\nShe had admitted manslaughter but at Preston Crown Court was found guilty of murder and child cruelty. Her husband Scott Castle was cleared of causing or allowing the boy's death.\n\nCastle, 38, was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 18 years.\n\nDressed all in black, she wept loudly throughout the hearing especially when statements were read from Leiland-James' birth mother Laura Corkill, who called her son's killer a \"monster\".\n\nMr Justice Jeremy Baker said Castle had a \"selfish desire\" to keep Leiland-James even though she was struggling to bond with the baby and it was a \"tragedy\" the Castles did not end the adoption.\n\nLeiland-James Corkill was placed with Laura and Scott Castle five months before his death\n\nLeiland-James moved in with the Castles in August 2020 when he was eight months old, having been taken into care by Cumbria County Council at birth.\n\nThe court heard the couple struggled to bond with him and Castle sent her husband messages while he was at work criticising Leiland-James, calling him vulgar names and a \"moaning whinge bag\" and describing how she \"absolutely leathered\" him.\n\nAt about 08:15 GMT on 6 January 2021, Castle called 999 to say Leiland-James was unconscious and breathing awkwardly after falling from the sofa.\n\nHe died the following day at Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool where doctors were highly suspicious of her account.\n\nAfter initially telling police Leiland-James fell from the sofa, Laura Castle answered no comment in subsequent interviews\n\nOn the opening day of her trial she admitted manslaughter but said she did not mean to kill him.\n\nShe told the court she \"lost her mind\" as the boy was crying and she shook him to try and silence him, accidentally hitting his head against the arm of the sofa.\n\nNeighbours said they heard a thud but no baby crying, with prosecutors claiming Castle \"lost her temper\" when Leiland-James spat out Weetabix.\n\nPathologists said \"severe\" force would have been needed to cause the fatal brain injuries and believed his head had been struck against a hard surface.\n\nThey said a fall from the sofa would not account for the extensive internal bleeding and likened his injuries to those suffered in a high-speed car crash.\n\nCumbria County Council was aware of the bonding issues but not that Castle was using physical chastisement, with no marks or bruises seen on the boy, the court heard.\n\nA review of the placement was scheduled for early January after a social worker said she could not approve the continuation of the adoption without further training for the Castles, but Leiland-James was killed before that.\n\nProsecutor Rachel Faux said Laura Castle's \"lack of candour\" about using physical chastisement was an aggravating feature as, had the council known of her views, Leiland-James \"would never have been placed with her\".\n\nMs Corkill said her son was taken from her \"because of the risk of emotional and physical harm\" but he had \"actually suffered this\" at the hands of his \"adoptive\" mother.\n\nIn a statement read to the court, she said: \"I was told he would be safe and would have a good life, I was fine with that.\n\n\"I can honestly say this would never have happened if he was with me. An innocent life cut too short.\n\n\"It breaks me to think I will never see his face again.\"\n\nIn a letter issued by Cumbria Police, she said her \"beautiful blue-eyed baby boy\" was placed \"in the home of a monster\".\n\nShe said: \"He was a precious baby, vulnerable and innocent, he had no voice, he could not defend himself.\"\n\nCharlotte Day, who fostered Leiland-James from when he was two months old until his placement with the Castle, said her family was \"heartbroken\".\n\nShe said she was now questioning her fostering vocation as the \"fear of ever being able to trust a prospective adopter again is such a concern\".\n\nShe said Leiland-James was a \"beautiful boy with the most contagious laugh\" and the trial had been a \"nearly daily struggle\" as more information came out about what happened to him, including abuse from those \"who should have been his forever family\".\n\nProsecutors showed jurors a self-shot video of Laura Castle pulling an exasperated face at the sound of a crying child while in hospital\n\nDavid McLachlan QC, mitigating, said Castle was alone and \"broken\" having been \"isolated and ostracised in prison\" following the guilty verdict, and faced the \"likely end\" of her marriage.\n\nBut, he said, there was only one innocent party - Leiland-James - adding Castle knew \"she only has herself to blame\".\n\nHe said Castle went into the adoption process \"hoping to do some good\" but within weeks the \"situation started to unravel\".\n\nMc McLachlan said it was clear [Castle] had been struggling with her husband working nights and the \"difficulty that national and local lockdowns brought\".\n\nBut, he said, there were good days as well and Leiland-James was \"clearly loved\" by the Castles' parents.\n\nHe said this was not the \"gratuitous kind\" of abuse often reflected in headlines, with which the judge agreed.\n\nThe judge said Castle had \"unrealistic expectations\" for the adoption and though the couple discussed ending it, was \"nothing less than a tragedy that [they] did not do so\".\n\nHe said Castle \"deliberately lied\" about her attitude towards physical chastisement knowing if she told the truth the council \"would never have entrusted the care of a looked-after child to you\".\n\nThe judge said Castle saw herself as \"something of a victim\" and blamed Leiland-James \"at least partly\" for the struggles which left her shouting and inflicting \"some degree of physical chastisement\".\n\nHe said what exactly happened on 6 January may never be known as Castle \"significantly underplayed\" the violence she inflicted on Leiland-James.\n\nThe judge said external injuries to the baby's face and ear were \"consistent with slapping, pinching and prodding\" while wounds to his lip and mouth were caused when Castle \"rammed\" a bottle of milk in not, as she told jurors, in an \"effort to comfort him\" but \"in anger\".\n\nHe also sentenced her to 21 months for the child cruelty charge to be served concurrently and she will not be eligible for parole for 17 years.\n\nDet Supt Dave Pattinson, who led the investigation, said it was an \"horrific set of circumstances\" and obvious to medical responders at the scene a fall from the sofa \"didn't add up with the nature of the injuries\".\n\nHe said only Castle knew what happened that morning and had \"never actually told anyone the truth\".\n\nHe said she was \"horrible human being\" and a \"manipulative liar\".\n\nMr Pattinson said the messages she sent were \"abhorrent\" and called her \"a bully\".\n\nCumbria County Council said an independent review into the case was expected to conclude in July.\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Monkeypox is similar to smallpox but less severe and less infectious too\n\nThe United Arab Emirates (UAE) has became the first Gulf state to record a case of monkeypox.\n\nThe Czech Republic and Slovenia also reported their first cases on Tuesday, joining 18 other countries to detect the virus outside its usual Africa base.\n\nThat number is expected to rise further still, but experts say the overall risk to the general population remains low.\n\nOutbreaks of the virus have been found in Europe, Australia and America.\n\nThe symptoms often include a fever and rash - but the infection is usually mild.\n\nIn the UAE, health officials announced a case had been detected in a traveller who had recently visited west Africa and is now receiving medical treatment.\n\nAuthorities there say they are \"fully prepared\" to handle any outbreak, adding that early surveillance protocols for detecting the disease were in place.\n\nThe World Health Organization (WHO) says the virus can be contained with the right response in countries outside of Africa where it is not usually detected.\n\n\"We encourage you all to increase the surveillance of monkeypox to see where transmission levels are and understand where it is going,\" the WHO's director for Global Infectious Hazard Preparedness, Sylvie Briand, said at a conference on Tuesday.\n\nThe outbreaks may not be normal but remain containable, she added.\n\nOutside Africa there are now 237 confirmed and suspected cases of monkeypox and health authorities around the world have announced plans to contain the virus.\n\nGermany says it has ordered up to 40,000 doses of the Imvanex vaccine - used to treat smallpox, but also effective against monkeypox - to be ready in case the outbreak worsens.\n\nAnyone already vaccinated with a smallpox vaccine years ago as part of a global bid to eradicate the disease should have existing immunity, German health officials said. But they added that the older treatment has more side-effects so is not suitable for fighting monkeypox today.\n\nAnd in France, which has detected three cases, officials announced a targeted vaccination campaign of adults who had been recently exposed.\n\nAuthorities there are recommending that a vaccine be given within four days of exposure, but up to 14 days afterwards if necessary.\n\nIn England, officials announced on Tuesday that 14 more cases of the virus had been detected - bringing the total number of cases in the UK to 71.\n\nMonkeypox is usually associated with travel to Central or West Africa, but some of the cases which have been occurring outside these countries have had no travel link.\n\nIt does not spread easily between people, but it can be spread through:\n\nIf you get infected with monkeypox, it usually takes between five and 21 days for the first symptoms to appear.\n\nA rash can develop, often beginning on the face, then spreading to other parts of the body. The rash changes and goes through different stages - a bit like chicken pox - before finally forming a scab, which later falls off.\n\nRead more about the virus here.\n\nWhat are your questions about Monkeypox? You can get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prime Minister Boris Johnson: I am humbled and I have learned a lesson\n\nStaff partied in Downing Street while the rest of the UK was in lockdown, with the approval of their bosses, according to Sue Gray's report.\n\nThe senior civil servant said many events \"should not have been allowed\" and the PM and his officials \"must bear responsibility for this culture\".\n\nThe report highlights excessive drinking, with staff being sick, and abuse of cleaning and security staff.\n\nWarnings about parties breaking Covid rules were ignored, it says.\n\nBoris Johnson told MPs he took \"full responsibility for everything that took place on my watch\", had been \"humbled by the whole experience\" and had learned lessons.\n\nAnd, speaking at a Downing Street press conference, he ruled out resigning, saying: \"I've got to keep moving forward.\"\n\nBut Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer - who is himself being investigated by police over his own lockdown event - called on Tory MPs to tell Mr Johnson \"the game is up\" and it was \"time to pack his bags\".\n\nThe PM's key aide Martin Reynolds was urged to cancel a \"bring-your-own-booze\" party in the Downing Street garden in May 2020, as it posed \"somewhat of a comms risk\".\n\nAn unnamed special adviser also told Mr Reynolds via WhatsApp that it would be \"helpful\" if people avoided \"walking around waving bottles of wine etc\" ahead of the event, as it was taking place immediately after a televised Covid press conference.\n\nMr Reynolds later told an unnamed adviser \"we seem to have got away with\" the party. He has since left Downing Street, returning to his job at the Foreign Office.\n\nA dictionary definition of \"responsibility\" is: \"The state or fact of being answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.\"\n\nSo when the prime minister declared that he had taken \"ultimate responsibility\" for the events in Downing Street some of the more sceptical of his MPs will have wondered if his subsequent words lived up to that billing.\n\nHe said he had not seen the empty bottle-filled bins, the altercation, the vomiting. And even when he was present and raising a glass at some of the controversial events, he was merely showing ''leadership\" - wishing departing staff well.\n\nHe had left before any parties had really got started and had \"no knowledge of subsequent proceedings because I simply wasn't there\".\n\nVoters will not be able to give their verdict on his veracity at a general election for quite some time.\n\nIt's his own MPs who will decide the prime minister's future. The judgment they must reach is whether this version of events is credible - or credible enough - to move on from 'Partygate'.\n\nMr Johnson joined five special advisers in a meeting with \"food and alcohol\" in his Downing Street flat on the evening of the announcement of Dominic Cummings' departure in November 2020, Ms Gray found.\n\nThe senior civil servant conceded that she had collected \"limited\" information because she had only begun gathering details before the Metropolitan Police launched an inquiry, and had not returned to it.\n\nIn the conclusion to her report, Ms Gray said: \"Many of these events should not have been allowed to happen.\n\n\"It is also the case that some of the more junior civil servants believed that their involvement in some of these events was permitted given the attendance of senior leaders.\n\n\"The senior leadership at the centre, both political and official, must bear responsibility for this culture.\"\n\nIn total, 83 people have been fined by the Metropolitan Police for breaking lockdown laws in Downing Street.\n\nThese include Mr Johnson, his wife Carrie and Chancellor Rishi Sunak, who received Fixed Penalty Notices for attending the PM's birthday party in June 2020, which is among 16 events covered by the Gray report.\n\nMr Johnson and chancellor Rishi Sunak have been fined over the PM's birthday party\n\nMr Johnson told MPs he had already brought in the senior management changes Ms Gray recommends.\n\nHe denied lying to MPs over lockdown parties but admitted it had not been correct when he told Parliament that the rules had been followed at all times.\n\nThe PM is facing an investigation by a committee of MPs into claims he knowingly misled Parliament, a finding of which would normally result in resignation.\n\nHe told MPs: \"I am happy to set on the record now that when I said - I came to this House and said in all sincerity - the rules and guidance had been followed at all times, it was what I believed to be true.\n\n\"It was certainly the case when I was present at gatherings to wish staff farewell, and the House will note that my attendance at these moments - brief as it was - has not been found to be outside the rules.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Keir Starmer to Boris Johnson: \"You cannot be a law maker and a law breaker\"\n\nHe added that he had been \"shocked\" and \"appalled\" by some of Ms Gray's findings, especially over the treatment of security and cleaning staff, but it was now time to \"move on\".\n\nMr Johnson said at the press conference later that he had personally apologised to Downing Street cleaners and custodians for the \"utterly unacceptable\" behaviour they had been subjected to.\n\nSir Keir Starmer - who has said he will resign if he is fined by police over a lockdown event - said the Gray report \"laid bare the rot\" in No 10 and showed how people in No 10 had \"treated the sacrifice of the British people with utter contempt\".\n\nSNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford branded the report \"damning\" and called the prime minister to resign for \"orchestrating\" the scenes in Downing Street.\n\nLib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey said: \"Any other PM would be forced to resign by a report as damaging as this, yet still Conservative MPs defend Johnson and allow him to cling on.\"\n\nLater on Wednesday, the prime minister faced a meeting of Tory MPs who could ultimately decide his fate.\n\nIn the Commons, senior backbencher Tobias Ellwood, a prominent critic of the PM, asked fellow Tories: \"Are you willing day in and day out to defend this behaviour publicly?\"\n\n\"Can we win the general election on this current trajectory?\" he added.\n\nHow were you and your family affected by the pandemic? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The Prince of Wales has arrived in Romania to show his support for Ukrainian refugees and to see first-hand the assistance being provided.\n\nIt's the first visit from a senior royal to the region since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.\n\nThe latest figures show almost a million Ukrainians have already crossed the border into Romania.\n\nPrince Charles visited a centre near Bucharest, which supports a rising number of refugees.\n\n\"It's a nightmare situation,\" the prince said to Ukrainian families who were collecting supplies of food and clothing.\n\nHe said to \"keep praying\" and told them he was \"full of admiration for the Ukrainian people - their extraordinary courage and resilience\".\n\nA million Ukrainians have come to Romania since the outbreak of war\n\nAid workers explained the scale of the pressures.\n\nMore than six million people have left Ukraine in the three months of the war. In the past week alone, a further 40,000 people are estimated to have crossed into Romania.\n\nPrince Charles has been strongly outspoken about the war, attacking the \"brutal aggression\" inflicted on Ukraine. Having travelled to Bucharest, about 150 miles from the Ukraine border - this is also the closest a senior British royal has come to the conflict.\n\nThe prince also has a long-standing connection with Romania, having set up a charitable foundation in the country and restored a traditional farmhouse.\n\nThe visit comes as figures from the UNHCR show 966,000 Ukrainians have entered Romania since the start of the war, with only Poland taking in more refugees.\n\n\"I've not seen anything so big and so fast. By any measure it's a major movement of people,\" says Mike Weickert, global rapid response director for World Vision, a charity supporting Ukrainian refugees in Romania.\n\nLisa, a refugee from Ukraine, is helping as an interpreter for new arrivals\n\n\"It's going to be increasingly difficult for refugees and for the hosting countries,\" said Mr Weickert, whose aid agency is working in the Romexpo centre, visited by Prince Charles and Margareta, head of Romania's royal family.\n\nThe conference centre site is helping more than 1,000 people a day, with Romanian authorities and international agencies providing food, clothing and advice services.\n\nAmong those helping with the international effort at the centre is Stephen Noble of the Salvation Army.\n\nHe spent the pandemic helping with a food bank in Scarborough, and there are some similarities to the services being offered here, with food parcels available and racks of second-hand clothing.\n\nHelp is available for refugees arriving in Bucharest's train station\n\nThere are soft toys for children and pet food for the dogs and cats that some families brought with them.\n\nMr Noble has been struck by the dignity of those arriving, who had to leave everything behind - and says that for those in the UK who have made donations it is \"absolutely worthwhile\".\n\nHe says one of the most practical ways of supporting refugees has been to give them vouchers, worth about £10, to use in local supermarkets, which allows them to buy for their individual needs.\n\nOne of the translators is herself a refugee. Lisa has gone from being a sales manager in Odessa to helping disorientated new arrivals.\n\nStephen Noble is part of the international effort visited by Prince Charles\n\n\"At first it's a shock. You don't believe it. Then you realise you have to stay.\" So many people have left Ukraine that in some villages there is only one person left, she says.\n\nFor those refugees continuing to stream across the border into Romania, by car, bus or train, there is still a generous reception.\n\nAt Bucharest's Gara de Nord train station there are volunteers and support workers waiting to help families escaping the war.\n\nRomania has given Ukrainian refugees free travel on its railways, with women and children the great majority of new arrivals. On the station concourse there are tents ready to provide immediate shelter and first aid.\n\nThe prince met families using the support services\n\nThis is a refugee crisis in a highly-mobile, urban setting.\n\nMany are moving on to other countries, some will try to return to Ukraine, and those that stay in Romania are mostly in the bigger cities, with spaces having to be found in hostels, private houses, public buildings or hotel rooms.\n\nAs well as emergency needs, such as food and shelter, aid workers say they will need to provide longer-term support for refugees.\n\nChildren will need schools, adults will need jobs to have an income, older people with health problems will need access to medical support and there will be mental health problems from such a traumatic uprooting.\n\nThe longer refugees are out of their homes the more they risk \"running out money, running out of options\", says Mr Weickert.", "Former senior civil servant Sue Gray, who became a household name as the Partygate investigator, has been cleared to take up a job with Labour from September.\n\nMs Gray's critical report into lockdown gatherings in Downing Street prompted numerous Conservative MPs to call on Boris Johnson to resign and contributed to his downfall last year.\n\nSome Tory MPs have expressed anger at the job offer to Ms Gray, with allies of the former prime minister saying it undermines her report.\n\nThe independent Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (Acoba) has recommended a six-month break from when she quit as an official in March.\n\nBut the government is expected to rule Ms Gray broke civil service rules by failing to declare her contact with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer while still in her former role.\n\nHaving worked in the civil service since 1970s, Ms Gray has vast experience of government and would be useful to Sir Keir, who along with many in his shadow cabinet, has never held a ministerial position.\n\nIn his memoir, Liberal Democrat former minister David Laws recalls being told by a colleague: \"It took me precisely two years before I realised who it is that runs Britain.\n\n\"Our great United Kingdom is actually entirely run by a lady called Sue Gray, the head of ethics or something in the Cabinet Office - unless she agrees, things just don't happen.\"\n\nMs Gray joined the civil service straight from school and worked her way up to the Cabinet Office where, for six years, she led the government's Propriety and Ethics team, which provides advice to departments on standards issues.\n\nPolly Mackenzie - who worked as a special adviser in the Cabinet Office - told the BBC's Profile programme in 2017: \"Sue has been there for so long, she knows everything that anybody has ever done wrong.\"\n\nA photo released with the Partygate report of Mr Johnson at a gathering in No 10 Downing Street\n\nGus O'Donnell, a former head of the civil service, said: \"If there is any one person in the civil service who could write their memoirs, hers would be the most valuable, the most priceless and the most sensational.\n\n\"I am extremely confident that such a memoir will never be written - her secrets will go to the grave.\"\n\nIn 2017, one of her investigations forced Damian Green - then one of Theresa May's most senior ministers - to step down after he was found to have made \"inaccurate\" statements over what he knew about claims pornography had been found on his office computer in 2008.\n\nShe also investigated claims of sexual misconduct by the minister towards journalist Kate Maltby, ruling that her claims had been \"plausible\".\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, Ms Maltby said: \"What impressed me most about Sue Gray was how seriously she took her duty of care to complainants... she was determined to listen to junior people, and not let senior staff off the hook.\n\n\"I found her profoundly moral in a way that isn't normally seen in Westminster.\"\n\nMs Gray's knowledge of ministers' private interests is said to have been useful to prime ministers carrying out rejigs of their team.\n\nChris Cook - an ex-BBC journalist who now works for news website Tortoise - said one sign of a forthcoming reshuffle would be when Sue Gray's office furniture had been re-arranged.\n\nAfter 20 years, she left the Cabinet Office on secondment to work at the finance department in Northern Ireland's government.\n\nWhen a job to lead the Northern Ireland civil service became available she applied, but did not get it.\n\nMs Gray has spent much of her career in the government buildings of Whitehall\n\nUnusually for a normally private individual, she gave an interview to the BBC admitting she was \"disappointed\" she did not get the top job and suggested she may have been seen as \"too much of a challenger, or a disrupter\".\n\nIn 2021, she returned to the Cabinet Office leading on matters related to the Union and the constitution.\n\nShe may have spent the bulk of her career in the civil service, but in the late 1980s she did take a career break to run a pub near Newry in County Down, called the Cove Bar, along with her husband, country and western singer Bill Conlon.\n\nShe told the BBC: \"I loved it, loved it at the time, I'd never do it again.\"\n\nIn 2021, Ms Gray was catapulted into the limelight when she was given the task of investigating whether Covid rules had been followed in government during the pandemic.\n\nHer final report concluded that staff had partied in Downing Street while the rest of the UK was in lockdown, with the approval of their bosses.\n\nShe said many events \"should not have been allowed\", and then-Prime Minister Mr Johnson \"must bear responsibility\".\n\nMs Gray made headlines again when, on 1 March, reports emerged that Labour leader Sir Keir was considering appointing Ms Gray to be his chief of staff.\n\nThe following day, Ms Gray quit her job at the levelling up department and Labour subsequently confirmed it had made her a job offer.\n\nCabinet Office minister Jeremy Quin has suggested this could have breached rules which say civil servants should \"act in a way which deserves and retrains the confidence of ministers\".\n\nHe also said talks between Labour and Ms Gray could potentially have conflicted with a requirement for civil servants to clear with ministers contact with opposition parties.", "Long-promised Irish language and Ulster Scots legislation has taken its first step at Westminster.\n\nLegislation on a cultural package had been expected before the end of the last assembly mandate.\n\nIt was part of the 2020 New Decade, New Approach deal that restored Stormont's institutions.\n\nThe bill will provide \"recognition and protection\" of Irish language and the Ulster-British tradition.\n\nIt has begun its legislative passage in the House of Lords first, but it is understood it will not be fast tracked.\n\nIt is scheduled for its second reading early next month.\n\nThe legislation will give the Irish language official status, allow the use of Irish in courts and see the appointment of Irish and Ulster Scots/Ulster British commissioners.\n\nThe Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill will also establish an Office of Identity and Cultural Expression.\n\nSpeaking ahead of its introduction, Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis said it represented a \"significant milestone\" for Northern Ireland.\n\n\"This legislation is carefully balanced, as negotiated by all parties, to ensure everyone in Northern Ireland benefits,\" he added.\n\n\"Not only will the legislation faithfully deliver on the measures within New Decade, New Approach, it will also, importantly, ensure the principles of respect and tolerance, as stated in the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement, continue to be realised.\"\n\nHe will have \"step in\" powers to appoint commissioners if an executive is not in place by the time the bill becomes law.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Irish speakers react to news that the legislation has taken its first step at Westminster\n\nIt will also allow the secretary of state to intervene in areas relating to the decisions of commissioners, if power sharing is not restored.\n\nIts advocacy manager, Conchúr Ó Muadaigh, said it was an emotional and historic day.\n\nHowever, he added: \"We're not naïve. This is only the beginning of a legislative journey for this bill.\n\n\"And our own painful experience with the British government taught us to take nothing for granted here.\n\n\"After this becomes enacted they must appoint a commissioner who can develop best practice standards, because this will now become the immediate litmus test for the British government.\n\n\"Having legislation is one thing, acting on it is the real test - without the immediate action this legislation won't be worth the paper it's written on.\"\n\nAnne Smyth, chair of the Ulster Scots Language Society, says the bill does not support their language\n\nThe legislation has been delayed for months with the government initially agreeing to pass the bill at Westminster last autumn, to resolve a Stormont split on the issue.\n\nAnne Smyth, chair of the Ulster Scots Language Society, says the bill does not support their language.\n\nShe believes Ulster Scots to be at a disadvantage because of a lack of investment in and engagement with native Ulster Scots speakers.\n\n\"It [the bill] actually adds another layer of sectarianism to Ulster politics and Ulster society,\" she said.\n\n\"They are basically trying to hand responsibility over to academics and civil servants.\n\n\"I don't see us having a voice in that group and we haven't had a voice for quite some time.\"", "Volkswagen is to pay £193m to more than 90,000 drivers in England and Wales after it settled a High Court claim over the installation of emissions cheating devices in its vehicles.\n\nThe German carmaker apologised again to customers and said it was working to rebuild trust.\n\nThe \"dieselgate\" scandal erupted in 2015 and has led to VW facing litigation in several countries.\n\nThe group has already paid out more than €30bn (£26bn) worldwide.\n\nThe use of \"defeat devices\" meant that Volkswagen's cars were certified as conforming to EU pollution standards when, in reality, they were emitting up to 40 times the legally permitted amount of nitrogen dioxide.\n\nNitrogen dioxide is a pollutant, which has been linked to respiratory diseases and premature death.\n\nVolkswagen admitted that 11 million vehicles worldwide, including almost 1.2 million in the UK, were affected.\n\nAbout 91,000 motorists in England and Wales, represented by several legal firms, took action against VW as well as its subsidiaries Audi, Seat and Skoda.\n\nAmong other things they claimed they had been misled by VW about the sustainability ratings of their cars and in many cases it affected the value of their vehicles.\n\nThe claim, which lawyers said would have been the biggest ever brought by a group of consumers in the UK, was due to go to trial in January 2023.\n\nVolkswagen said it had made no admission of liability but that the legal costs of a six-month trial in England meant a settlement \"was the most prudent course of action commercially\".\n\nIt will pay out a total of £193m, allocated between the claimants in proportions agreed by their solicitors, as well as a separate contribution towards their legal costs.\n\nIn a statement the company said: \"The Volkswagen Group would, once again, like to take this opportunity to sincerely apologise to their customers for the two mode software installed in the EA189 vehicles. The Volkswagen Group will continue to work to rebuild the trust of their customers here in England and Wales.\"\n\nPhilip Haarmann, chief legal officer of Volkswagen AG, said the settlement was \"another important milestone as the Volkswagen Group continues to move beyond the deeply regrettable events leading up to September 2015\".\n\nDavid Whitmore, chief executive of Slater and Gordon, which represented around 70,000 of the claimants, said: \"The settlement avoids the need for a lengthy, complex and expensive trial process and we are delighted to have achieved this settlement for our customers as a result of the group action.\"", "Households in England, Scotland and Wales are set to have hundreds of pounds knocked off energy bills as part of a package worth billions to help people cope with soaring prices.\n\nThe government is to scrap a plan to give people £200 off bills from October which would be repaid over five years.\n\nInstead, the BBC understands that sum will be increased and possibly doubled, and will not need to be paid back.\n\nAdditional help for those on the lowest incomes is also expected.\n\nThe support, to be announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak later, is expected to be largely funded by a windfall tax on oil and gas firms that could raise £7bn.\n\nIt comes a day after Sue Gray's critical report into lockdown parties in Downing Street and follows intense pressure on the government to do more to help people with the cost of living crisis.\n\nEarlier this week the UK's energy regulator Ofgem said the typical household energy bill was set to rise by £800 in October, bringing the typical household bill to £2,800 a year. Bills had already risen on average by £700 in April.\n\nOfgem warned it meant 12 million households could be placed into fuel poverty.\n\nMost people living in homes in England in council tax bands A-D have already received a £150 rebate on their bills.\n\nDame Clare Moriarty, chief executive of Citizens Advice, said the \"bulk\" of government support needed to go to those on the lowest incomes \"who are suffering the most severe consequences of this cost of living crisis\".\n\nShe told the BBC the charity was now helping more than 750 people every day with food bank vouchers.\n\n\"We have got people in this country who cannot put food on the table, they cannot keep their lights on and the heating on,\" she said.\n\nPaul Johnson, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, said offering a universal payment would mean a lot of the money would go to households who \"don't desperately need it\".\n\nHe also warned putting billions of pounds into the economy at a time when prices were rising quickly \"could stoke additional demand and make inflation much more permanent\".\n\nOpposition parties have repeatedly called for a windfall tax on energy companies that have made bumper profits, in large part because of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.\n\nBut until now the government had resisted calls to impose the one-off levy, with some senior members of the cabinet arguing it could deter energy firms from investing in the UK.\n\nHowever, it is understood the prime minister has now sided with Mr Sunak, who had been pushing for the tax.\n\nBut proposals to tax income from other electricity producers, such as some older windfarms and nuclear plants which have also seen windfall gains, have been shelved.\n\nAnd companies that increase investment in the UK could earn a discount on the additional tax.\n\nThe Treasury said the government understood \"that people are struggling with rising prices\" and that Mr Sunak had been \"clear that as the situation evolves, so will our response\".\n\nDavid Thompson is one of those struggling to pay the bills. The 46-year-old has five children and four grandchildren and gets Universal Credit - which he calls \"Universal Crisis\".\n\nDavid Thompson says food, energy and clothing are all costing more\n\n\"It is getting worse and worse, but you have just got to make do with what you have got. It is a struggle. You are worrying before you get paid, then when you get paid you worry how far it is going to go,\" he said,\n\n\"It is supposed to last a month, but you are skint after a week or two.\"\n\nAs typical household energy bills are rising, and are set to go up again in October, he said that any extra support given by the government was never going to match the rate of price rises at the moment.\n\n\"This is one of the worst times. I remember when the shipyards went down, and the miners' strikes. People are more well-off now than the 80s and the 90s, but things are a lot more expensive,\" he said.\n\nEnergy firms have made huge profits following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.\n\nShell reported a record £7bn profit in the first three months of this year while BP made £5bn, the highest for 10 years.\n\nBut Offshore Energies UK, which represents the offshore oil and gas industry, said a windfall tax on energy firms would see higher prices and do long-term damage to the oil and gas industry.\n\nDeirdre Michie, chief executive of the body, said: \"This is an industry that thinks and plans long-term, so sudden new costs, like this proposed tax, will disrupt planning and investment and, above all, undermine investor confidence.\"\n\nHigher energy bills are pushing prices to rise at the fastest rate for 40 years, with fuel and food costs also biting into household budgets.\n\nOfgem chief executive Jonathan Brearley said conditions in the global gas market had worsened after Russia's invasion and warned that the price cap could rise beyond £2,800 if Moscow decided to disrupt supplies.\n\nEurope gets about 40% of its natural gas from Russia, so sudden supply cuts could have a huge economic impact.\n\nWhile the UK would not be directly impacted by supply disruption - as it imports less than 5% of its gas from Russia - it would be affected by prices rising on global markets as demand in Europe increased.", "Last updated on .From the section Chelsea\n\nThe government has approved the £4.25bn takeover of Chelsea by a consortium led by LA Dodgers co-owner Todd Boehly.\n\nOn Tuesday, the Premier League said the consortium had passed its owners' and directors' test.\n\nChelsea have been operating under a special government licence which expires on 31 May.\n\n\"Late last night the UK government reached a position where we could issue a licence that permits the sale of Chelsea,\" a government spokesperson said in a statement on Wednesday.\n• None Who are the key people behind consortium buying club?\n• None What are the pressing issues for the Chelsea's new owners?\n\nThe government does not want Abramovich to receive any of the proceeds from the sale, which will instead go into a frozen bank account to be donated to charity.\n\nThe statement added: \"Following the sanctioning of Roman Abramovich, the government has worked hard to ensure Chelsea has been able to continue to play football. But we have always been clear that the long-term future of the club could only be secured under a new owner.\n\n\"Following extensive work, we are now satisfied that the full proceeds of the sale will not benefit Roman Abramovich or any other sanctioned individual. We will now begin the process of ensuring the proceeds of the sale are used for humanitarian causes in Ukraine, supporting victims of the war.\n\n\"The steps today will secure the future of this important cultural asset and protect fans and the wider football community. We have been in discussions with relevant international partners for necessary licences required and we thank them for all their cooperation.\"\n\nEarlier this month the deal had seemed close to collapse over concerns proceeds would not reach good causes as promised by Abramovich.\n\nAbramovich denied that he had asked for his £1.5bn loan to Chelsea be repaid when the club was sold.\n\nSeveral parties expressed an interest but Chelsea agreed to sell to the Boehly-led consortium earlier in May.\n\nThe consortium is led by Boehly, but Clearlake Capital - a Californian private equity firm - would own a majority of the shares in Chelsea. Other investors include US billionaire Mark Walter, also a co-owner of the LA Dodgers, and Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss.\n\nChelsea finished the Premier League season in third place, losing both the EFL Cup and FA Cup finals to Liverpool on penalties, and going out of the Champions League in the quarter-finals.\n\nSports minister Nigel Huddleston tweeted: \"This is a big day for Chelsea and one of great relief to fans who I thank for your patience.\n\n\"I'm confident of a bright future with the new owners.\"\n\nFormer Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the move would be a \"complete relief\" for everyone connected to the club.\n\n\"Today's announcement will be complete relief that [Chelsea] can get on with business as usual and do what is needed to ensure the team is best prepared for next season,\" said Kenyon.\n\n\"We've got a very short transfer window and plans will have been made before.\n\n\"They have already lost some players through not being able to re-sign them so I think everybody - the squad and the management - will be relieved they can get on with the job they're employed to do.\"\n\nWith the final hurdle to the takeover of Chelsea finally overcome, and one of the biggest deals in sports history able to be completed, this was the news Chelsea fans had been desperate for after several weeks of unprecedented uncertainty.\n\nTime had been running out for the club to be issued with the licences needed to play next season, so government officials will also be relieved that the future of the European champions has been secured in the nick of time after a highly complicated sales process. Approval by European authorities is still required, but that is now regarded as a formality.\n\nWith the Abramovich era drawing to a close, attention will now turn to the extent to which the new owners invest in the club and back Thomas Tuchel in the transfer market. And with Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United all now US-owned, it will be fascinating to see what influence these clubs try to bring to the future direction of the Premier League.\n\n26 February: Roman Abramovich gives \"stewardship and care\" of club to charitable foundation\n\n2 March: The Chelsea owner says he plans to sell the club\n\n5 May: Abramovich denies he has requested a £1.5bn loan he made to Chelsea is repaid\n\n7 May: Todd Boehly agrees a £4.25bn deal for the club\n\n16 May: Government insider says the deal is close to collapse\n• None Our coverage of Chelsea is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment\n• None Everything Chelsea - go straight to all the best content", "Family-run Cash Inn pawnbrokers says it has seen an increase in business\n\nAs the cost of living crisis continues, people are looking at new ways to save money.\n\nA social supermarket and pawn shops in Norfolk and Suffolk say they are seeing more people walk through their doors. Those using and running the sites have spoken to the BBC about the reality of living through the crisis.\n\nA free and cut-price supermarket run by the Salvation Army has opened in Great Yarmouth for people struggling on low incomes\n\nThe Sally Store in Peggotty Road Community Centre in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, is staffed by Salvation Army volunteers and aims to give people more choice than a foodbank.\n\nIt sells food at low prices, as well as giving some away for free.\n\nThe store opened last month and people living in certain postcode areas are able to sign up to shop there.\n\nSome 240 people have already registered and organisers say they can feed a family for a weekend for just £10.\n\nCapt Marie Burr of the Salvation Army says Sally's Store is an alternative from the support offered by food banks, allowing people \"greater dignity and choice\".\n\n\"An elderly lady also came in recently,\" she says.\n\n\"She had some free fruit and veg and when she chose what else she wanted, she spent £7.80.\n\n\"She said that meant she could put £20 on her fuel card.\n\n\"The results really are very encouraging.\"\n\nKelly Lee says she is struggling with her finances due to the increase in energy prices and inflation\n\nKelly Lee has three teenage children and is trying to pay off existing debts, as well as find money for shopping and household bills.\n\nShe says Sally's Store is a lifeline.\n\n\"What do I do - electric or food?,\" she says.\n\n\"I've had to sell items to get through to pay for the electric never mind food.\n\n\"So when you've got somewhere like this to come to, the amount of money you can save, it gives you that bit of hope.\"\n\nOn her visit she spent £5.70 and managed to also get four lettuces and tomatoes for free.\n\nMs Lee says she feels the store is \"less of a hand out\" than a food bank.\n\n\"You've got that independence to choose what you want,\" she says.\n\n\"It's not a pot luck. It's amazing.\"\n\nMs Lee says the store offers reassurance that she will \"always\" be able to feed her family.\n\n\"I know now that if I've only got a couple of quid in my purse, I can come down here and get a shop that will tide me over until I get paid,\" she says.\n\n\"Some of that stress has gone, now I know you've got a fighting chance.\n\n\"If you're skint, you can just get the free stuff.\"\n\nMs Lee says the free and discounted store allows her to buy extra food, put the electric on and buy \"the odd treat\" for her children.\n\nShe says the cost of living crisis has hit her family hard.\n\n\"I've never had to calculate what I've got to spend here and there, and then scrimp.\n\n\"I've always been good with my money.\"\n\nPawnshop owner Connor Smith and manager Tracey have seen more people coming to pawn items for cash to pay for energy and food\n\nA few miles along from Great Yarmouth is the coastal town of Lowestoft in Suffolk.\n\nThe cost of living crisis is seeing pawnbrokers in these towns become busier as food, energy and petrol and diesel costs increase.\n\nConnor Smith is the owner of the Cash Inn which has branches in Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Beccles.\n\nHe says the economic situation is pushing people to try and raise cash from their possessions.\n\n\"Sometimes it's quite difficult to hear their stories,\" he says.\n\nMr Smith says footfall is up across all social groups.\n\n\"We're finding more professional people come by, such as business owners looking for short-term money to pay suppliers, and certainly a higher volume of those who are just trying to get by,\" he says.\n\n\"The only way I can see things easing for people is for prices to go down in terms of food prices and electricity, just the bare necessities of living.\n\n\"Unless these things go down, I don't see it easing for people.\"\n\nManager of the Lowestoft branch, Tracey, agrees the demographic of people coming in is expanding.\n\nShe says it is common for people to leave the shop crying since they do not really want to part with their heirlooms and sentimental items.\n\nTracey says often people just need to talk to someone, and she is willing to listen and help direct them to other sources of help, such as food banks.\n\n\"It is hard and I think we're going see more and more hardship,\" she says.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Senior civil servant Sue Gray has delivered her completed report into Downing Street lockdown parties to the prime minister.\n\nThe final report - which is 37 pages long plus photos - had been delayed by the Met police inquiry that ended last week.\n\nAn interim version, released in January, criticised leadership within No 10.\n\nIt added that some events in government offices should not have taken place.\n\nThe government has confirmed Prime Minister Boris Johnson will give a statement to the Commons later.\n\nHe is currently reading a print out of the report, as he prepares to face Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer at PMQs at 12.30 BST.\n\nMs Gray contacted senior civil servants she intends to name in her final report over the weekend. It is understood the report has pictures of the PM, Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Cabinet Secretary Simon Case.\n\nBBC political editor Chris Mason says Mr Case, the UK's most senior civil servant, is not resigning and will not be sacked.\n\nAnd our political editor says that the prime minister is expected to tell the Commons that he commissioned the report to set the record straight and \"allow us all to move on\".\n\nMr Johnson is likely to add: \"I accept full responsibility for my failings. I am humbled by the whole experience. We have learned our lesson.\"\n\nPublication of Ms Gray's report comes after further revelations in recent days about gatherings held in Downing Street during lockdown, with photos of the PM raising a glass at a leaving do leaked to ITV and insiders revealing the extent of the gatherings to the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg.\n\nIn a BBC Panorama report, people who attended the events told of how staff crowded together and sat on each other's laps and how party debris was left out overnight.\n\nThe insiders also said parties went on so late that, on occasion, some ended up staying in Downing Street all night, and that staff mocked others who tried to stop what was going on.\n\nThe revelations have sparked fresh claims from opposition MPs and others that Mr Johnson knowingly misled Parliament when he previously told the Commons no Covid rules had been broken in Downing Street.\n\nThere have also been calls for the Metropolitan Police to explain why Mr Johnson did not receive a fine for attending the leaving do, when at least one person at the event was fined.\n\nSpeaking ahead of the report's publication, Environment Secretary George Eustice said he \"absolutely acknowledges\" public feeling adding: \"It's not just the optics, it's understandable that people will feel anger because there were instances where people couldn't attend funerals of close friends, couldn't visit loved ones.\"\n\nPlenty of Conservative MPs acknowledge privately the revelations of the last six months have permanently damaged the prime minister's reputation in the eyes of many.\n\nHis character, his judgement, his integrity. Bluntly, whether he tells the truth.\n\nThe government is braced for a difficult day.\n\nBut the volcanic anger of many Tory MPs just a few months ago has cooled; their appetite for revolution, replacing him, significantly dimmed.\n\nYou can read Chris's full blog here.\n\nNo 10 appointed the UK's top civil servant, Simon Case, to lead an inquiry into gatherings held in Downing Street and Whitehall during the pandemic after a raft of allegations emerged at the end of last year.\n\nHowever, he was forced to step aside in December after it was revealed a party took place in his own office.\n\nMs Gray took on the job, examining 16 events over a dozen dates between May 2020 and April 2021.\n\nBut her report was delayed in January when the Metropolitan Police launched its own investigation into 12 of the gatherings.\n\nAn interim report published by Ms Gray, days later, pointed to \"failures of leadership and judgement\" by parts of No 10 and the Cabinet Office.\n\nBut now the Met has completed its investigation - which resulted in 126 fines, including one for the prime minister for attending a birthday party - Ms Gray can publish her full findings.\n\nAs well as his appearance in the Commons, the prime minister will face a meeting of the Tory backbench 1922 committee in the afternoon.\n\nMr Johnson has managed to keep the support of the majority of his party so far, but many Conservatives have said they were waiting to read Ms Gray's full report before deciding on his future as their leader.\n\nTory MP Charles Walker told the BBC that the report would \"make uncomfortable reading\", but the \"seminal moment\" for the PM had been when the police report concluded and he faced no more fines.\n\n\"My suspicion is - actually my strong inclination is - the prime minister is through the worst of it,\" he added.\n\nFellow Tory MP Stuart Anderson also said: \"People have moved on from this.\"\n\nAsked if he was nervous of the report, he added: \"I'll be glad when it's done. Nobody wants to be in this scenario, but let's get it done and move forward.\"\n\nOthers have been more critical since the revelations, however, with former Justice Secretary Sir Robert Buckland saying Mr Johnson will have to resign if he knowingly misled Parliament.\n\nHe told BBC Radio Wiltshire: \"Legitimate questions have to be raised, and that's why I want to see the fullest explanation.\"\n\nHow were you and your family affected by the pandemic? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Energy firms are warning that an attempt to extend a windfall tax to renewable energy would threaten the government's entire energy strategy.\n\nIndustry sources told the BBC it could destroy investor confidence ahead of key auctions for licences to develop new wind and solar projects.\n\nShares in firms that could be affected fell sharply on Tuesday, with Centrica down 11% and SSE 9% lower.\n\nAn announcement on windfall taxes could come as soon as Thursday.\n\nHowever, the Treasury said no decisions had yet been made.\n\nOil and gas prices have soared over the past year, partly because demand has increased as the world emerges from the Covid pandemic and because of supply concerns due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.\n\nThe possibility that a windfall tax could also hit electricity generators, including renewable energy operators, was first reported by the Financial Times.\n\nSources close to the Treasury's thinking on how to impose a windfall tax point out that renewable and nuclear energy generators have also enjoyed windfall profits as electricity prices have also surged and they have enjoyed extra profits as they are not dependent on expensive gas to produce power.\n\n\"Power producers whose costs haven't risen with the price of gas have enjoyed a windfall as well. It is logical and credible for them to be taxed on their excess profits as well,\" said one source.\n\nEnergy experts also point out that there is no reason future investment in renewables should suffer, as they would be exempt from any windfall tax as projects are now auctioned with a fixed price for the power they ultimately produce and therefore it would be impossible for the companies to make excess profits if prices for electricity rise. Any windfall tax would be levied on older existing renewable income.\n\nHowever, the boss of one of the UK's biggest investors in renewables said his profits from renewable energy generation were in the low hundreds of millions for a whole year, compared to the £7bn made by Shell and the £5bn made by BP in the first three months of this year alone.\n\n\"Going after renewables is total and utter nonsense,\" he said.\n\nThe government's energy strategy, which was announced last month, aimed to boost UK energy independence and tackle rising prices.\n\nUnder the plans, up to eight more nuclear reactors could be approved on existing sites, and the strategy also aims to increase wind, hydrogen and solar production.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live text and radio commentaries of selected matches across BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, the BBC Sport website and app\n\nBritish number one Emma Raducanu was unable to capitalise on a one-set lead as her French Open debut ended with a defeat in the second round.\n\nLater on Wednesday, Cameron Norrie became the first British singles player to reach this year's third round.\n\nNorrie, seeded 10th, earned a 6-3 6-4 6-3 win over Australia's Jason Kubler to reach the last 32 on the Paris clay for the second successive year.\n\nNorrie will face Karen Khachanov, the 21st seed, for a fourth-round spot.\n\nBritish number two Dan Evans is aiming to join Norrie when he plays on Thursday.\n\nRaducanu's exit means there are no British women left in the singles draw, with Heather Watson and Harriet Dart losing in the first round.\n• None Being injury free was 'biggest win' in Paris - Raducanu\n\nRaducanu, seeded 12th, was unable to take any of five break points in the third game of the deciding set - and it proved pivotal.\n\nSasnovich held serve after a 13-minute game, broke in the next and that enabled her to coast to victory.\n\nUS Open champion Raducanu has lost in the second round in her two Grand Slams since the win in New York last year.\n\nRaducanu played 47th-ranked Sasnovich in her first match as a Grand Slam champion, losing in straight sets at Indian Wells last October, but said she was a \"different player now\".\n\nSeven months on, Raducanu is still trying to find her feet in a debut full season on the WTA Tour which has provided significant challenges.\n\nThat learning curve has been particularly different to most teenagers beginning their careers because of the added attention that comes with being a major champion.\n\nThe main hurdle has been coping with the rigours of playing full-time against the world's best players, with a constant stream of niggling injuries hampering her progress.\n\nA back injury was an issue going into the French Open and she seemed to be far from her physical peak as she faded badly against Sasnovich.\n\nBut Raducanu is likely to look back on her debut clay-court season with a decent amount of pride, having won six of her 11 matches on the surface.\n\n\"I think overall it was a really tough match from both sides, we played some good tennis and in the bigger points she was better today,\" Raducanu told BBC Sport.\n\n\"I definitely think it has been a positive clay-court season and looking back I've learned a lot of things.\"\n\nAfter coming under pressure at the start of the first set, Raducanu figured out 28-year-old Sasnovich, stuck to her gameplan and was able to bring out more errors from her opponent.\n\nWhile the scoreline perhaps flattered Raducanu, it seemed likely she would use the platform to maintain her confidence and potentially improve further.\n\nThe teenager has proved to be a good frontrunner, most notably in her US Open run, and had lost just two of the 20 matches where she had won the first set from Flushing Meadows onwards.\n\nBut something was different during the second set on Court Suzanne Lenglen.\n\nThe emotion she showed during the opening set disappeared and her body language quickly changed as Sasnovich began to find the time to again start executing crisp winners.\n\nA number of cross-court forehands proved particularly devastating at the start of the second set, with the Belarusian also showing a delicate touch to break for a 3-0 lead that she never looked like relinquishing.\n\nRaducanu nipped off court before the decider, perhaps aiming to seek inspiration from a moment of solitude.\n\nHowever, she made an error with a forehand return at 30-30 in the opening game and her frustrations - hands covering her face as she bowed her head and turned away from the court - were clear.\n\nDespite that blow, she regrouped and had five chances to take the lead by breaking Sasnovich's serve in a tense third game.\n\nNone of them could be taken as the Belarusian rallied to hold the lengthy game and from that point, Raducanu never looked like winning as her physical levels dropped.\n\nNorrie, 26, continued his fine form with a victory that was straightforward until he was forced to dig a little deeper in the third set against qualifier Kubler.\n\nThe left-hander won the opening set thanks to a single break of serve, then took the final three games of the second set after earlier exchanging breaks with the world number 160.\n\nKubler, making his Roland Garros main-draw debut, showed spirit to move into a 3-0 lead but Norrie fought back brilliantly to win six games in a row and seal victory.\n\nThe British men's number one has never reached the last 16 of a major and a deep run is his key goal as he looks to further build on a superb couple of seasons on the ATP Tour.\n\nNorrie reached the third round at last year's Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon, but saw his hopes of further progress blocked by two of the game's greats.\n\nSpain's Rafael Nadal outclassed Norrie with straight-set wins in both Melbourne and Paris, with Switzerland's Roger Federer having too much nous for the Briton on Centre Court.\n\nBut now, after breaking the top 10 earlier this year, he will be hoping his greater experience will enable him to beat Khachanov and break more new ground.\n\n\"I'm feeling good, won some matches in a row and I'm through in straight sets. I'm where I want to be,\" said Norrie.\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n\nThe first set against Sasnovich was one of the very best Raducanu has played all year.\n\nBut apart from a three-game burst at the start of the deciding set, the US Open champion looked tired and was lacking power thereafter.\n\nRaducanu says she is injury free - the benefit she thinks of the extra strengthening work she has been doing in the gym - but she does not currently have the stamina required.\n\nNorrie, meanwhile, has his best chance yet of reaching the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time. He has so far negotiated a favourable draw with little fuss, but will expect a much tougher challenge from Karen Khachanov, who has reached the last 16 here on four previous occasions.\n• None Is muscle lengthening more effective than muscle contracting?\n• None Delve into the history of reality TV and its effects on our lives", "Mickey Craddock treats children as a nurse practitioner in the Uvalde community Image caption: Mickey Craddock treats children as a nurse practitioner in the Uvalde community\n\nToday, unlike most days, Mickey Craddock had to drive past caution tape and a police barricade to get out of her home.\n\nCraddock, a local nurse practitioner who's served the Uvalde community for the last decade, lives three doors down from the home where the teenage gunman stayed with his grandmother.\n\nShe said she didn't know the family well, but remembers a quiet teenage boy who occasionally played basketball down the street.\n\n\"He was a regular teenage kid,\" she said, \"he was a troubled kid, and I could probably point out five or six of them in this community.\n\n\"People from bad backgrounds, drug backgrounds, you know, but we never thought anything like this would happen.\"\n\nDespite the media circus, Craddock's neighbourhood is quiet today. Chickens and roosters roam freely through front yards decorated with high school graduation photos for a ceremony that has since been cancelled.\n\nCraddock said when she initially heard reports of shots fired at the school she thought \"stupid kids were shooting guns in the air\" to celebrate the end of the school year.\n\nIt wasn't until later she found out one of her colleagues at the clinic lost a child in the shooting that killed at least 19 children less than a mile away.\n\n\"I took care of half of those kids from the time they were babies,\" she said, her voice breaking.\n\nThe killer, she says, \"had the tools that took out a whole bunch of children\".", "Relatives of children at the school gathered at a nearby civic centre to wait for news\n\nNineteen young children and two adults have died in a shooting at a primary school in south Texas.\n\nThe gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary School - which teaches children aged seven to 10 - in the city of Uvalde before he was killed by law enforcement, officials said.\n\nThe 18-year-old suspect had a handgun, an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and high-capacity magazines, investigators say.\n\nThe teenager is suspected of shooting his grandmother before the rampage.\n\nLocal media report he may have been a high school student in the area.\n\nUvalde Consolidated Independent School District Chief of Police Pete Arredondo said the shooting began at 11:32 local time on Tuesday, and that investigators believe the attacker \"did act alone during this heinous crime\".\n\nTexas Governor Greg Abbott said the shooter, whom he named as Salvador Ramos, abandoned a vehicle before entering the school to \"horrifically, incomprehensibly\" open fire.\n\nAn Uvalde school district police officer, who worked at the school, saw Ramos emerge from the vehicle carrying a rifle and wearing body armour, according to Erick Estrada from the Texas Department of Public Safety, who was speaking to CNN.\n\nThe officer \"engaged\" the suspect but was unable to stop him, Mr Estrada said. Two more officers from Uvalde Police Department also attempted to stop Ramos but were unable to do so, and called for back-up.\n\nSeveral of the children who died have been identified.\n\nFamily members confirmed the deaths of 10-year-olds Xavier Lopez and Amerie Jo Garza in statements on Tuesday night.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Dillon Collier This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAngel Garza said on Facebook that his daughter Amerie had been killed.\n\n\"My little love is now flying high with the angels above. Please don't take a second for granted. Hug your family. Tell them you love them,\" he said.\n\nThe two adults who died were both teachers - Irma Garcia and Eva Mireles.\n\nAccording to the school district's website, Mrs Garcia is a mother-of-four and had been a teacher for 23 years. The same website says that Ms Mireles had been a teacher for 17 years, has a daughter in college and loved running and hiking.\n\nNearly 500 pupils are enrolled in the predominantly Hispanic school around 85 miles (135km) west of the city of San Antonio.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Biden: When \"are we going to stand up to the gun lobby?\"\n\nThe Associated Press news agency reports that a US Border Patrol official who was nearby when the shooting began rushed into the school and shot and killed the gunman, who was behind a barricade.\n\nBorder Patrol is a federal agency that guards US ports of entry. Uvalde, which is fewer than 80 miles from the border with Mexico, is home to a Border Patrol station.\n\nTwo border agents were reportedly shot in an exchange with the gunman. One agent was shot in the head, officials say, adding that both were now in a stable condition in hospital.\n\nAccording to CBS News, the attacker was wearing body armour as he carried out the attack. Another 18-year-old who is suspected of attacking a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, on 14 May was also wearing body armour and carrying a semi-automatic rifle - both of which are commercially available in the US.\n\nThe Uvalde Memorial Hospital posted on Facebook earlier that 13 children had been taken to hospital \"via ambulances or buses\".\n\nA 66-year-old woman and a 10-year-old girl were in a critical condition at a hospital in San Antonio, University Health hospital officials said.\n\nThis is a profoundly shocking tragedy, yet in America it is also depressingly familiar. The grief and sympathy being expressed around the country is genuine. But no one is genuinely surprised that this could happen.\n\nThere have already been 27 school shootings this year alone. Young school children routinely rehearse what to do if a gunman enters their classroom.\n\nIt's only 10 days since 10 people were killed in a mass shooting in New York.\n\nPoliticians recognise this a problem almost unique to America, where guns have overtaken car crashes as the leading cause of death for children and teenagers. But it's a problem that politics seem incapable of solving. Deeply entrenched views on gun control are not changed in response to events like the tragedy in Uvalde.\n\n\"Why do we keep letting this happen?\" asked President Biden. \"Why are we willing to live with this carnage?\"\n\nBut there is no sign that Democrats will get any closer to passing tighter gun control legislation. Some Republicans are already accusing them of using this latest school shooting to cynically further their own political objectives.\n\nRobb Elementary School will join the roll call of school shootings along with Sandy Hook and the Parkland shooting. The killing of innocent schoolchildren has reignited the debate over guns in America, but has not brought it any closer to a resolution.\n\nAs evening fell police remained outside the community centre in Uvalde braving an intense rainstorm.\n\nEarlier, cries and sobs could be heard from outside as family members who gathered there received the devastating news that their children had been killed.\n\nOthers were asked to give DNA samples to help identify some of the young victims.\n\nJust a few blocks from the Robb Elementary school, a small vigil was held for the victims and survivors of the attack.\n\nKarla Bohman's voice cracked as she told the group about a family friend whose young daughter, a student at the school, was among those still unaccounted for.\n\n\"They don't know if she's in surgery or one of the fatalities, but they know she's a victim of some sort because she's missing,\" Bohman cried. \"I can't believe this.\"\n\nCheryl Juhasz, a lifelong resident of Uvalde, quietly wept during the prayer.\n\n\"You can't comprehend evil like this. No matter where it happens, but it's harder when it happens at home.\"\n\nSchool district superintendent Hal Harrell said the school year had been ended early in the wake of the shooting.\n\nIn a speech from the White House, US President Joe Biden said he was \"sick and tired\" of responding to mass shootings, as he called for gun control.\n\n\"How many scores of little children who witnessed what happened - see their friends die, as if they're in a battlefield, for God's sake,\" he said. \"They'll live with it the rest of their lives.\"\n\nHe ordered that flags at the White House and other US federal buildings be flown at half-mast in honour of the victims in Uvalde.\n\nSchool shootings have become recurring emergencies in the US, with 26 recorded last year, according to EdWeek, an education trade publication.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr condemns gun violence in the US\n\nActive shooter lockdown drills are a common part of the school curriculum, from primary to high school.\n\nThe 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut was the deadliest such attack. Twenty of the 26 victims were between the ages of five and six.\n\nSpeaking on the floor of the US Senate in Washington DC on Tuesday, Connecticut Democratic Senator Chris Murphy begged his colleagues to pass gun control legislation.\n\n\"These kids weren't unlucky,\" he said. \"This only happens in this country. Nowhere else, nowhere else do little kids go to school thinking that they might be shot that day.\"\n\nBut Texas Senator Ted Cruz, a Republican, rejected the calls for gun control. He said restricting the rights of \"law-abiding citizens... doesn't work. It's not effective. It doesn't prevent crime.\"\n\nGuns overtook car crashes to become the leading cause of death for US children and teenagers in 2020, according to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last month.\n\nOn Monday, an FBI report found that \"active shooter\" rampage attacks have doubled since the coronavirus began in 2020.\n\nWere you in the area? Did you witness the incident? If it is safe to do so email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The town of Bakhmut has been heavily shelled\n\nThe Ukrainian army is under more pressure than at any time since the first desperate weeks after the Russian invasion.\n\nIt could be fighting a losing battle in Luhansk, the northern part of Donbas region.\n\nThe Ukrainian General Staff says the Russians appear to be concentrating their forces for another push.\n\nIn the last day the Russians have intensified their attacks across the Donbas front line - getting closer to completing the encirclement of Severodonetsk, a city of 80,000 before the invasion.\n\nThe Ukrainians, as usual, are fighting with stubborn determination. Reinforcements are being poured into the battle.\n\nIn just a few minutes I saw about 20 armoured personnel carriers, with soldiers riding on them, driving to the front line - along with tanks on transporters and multiple rocket launchers.\n\nUkrainian soldiers have slowed the Russian offensive in Donbas\n\nThey have slowed the Russians down but have not stopped the offensive grinding forward. The Russians are inflicting heavy casualties.\n\nA military source in the 57th Brigade told me that one of their units went into the line with 240 men and came out with about 140 - the rest of them killed, wounded and captured.\n\nUkraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has said the Russians could be killing up to 100 Ukrainian soldiers a day in Donbas.\n\nNot far from Severodonetsk, Bakhmut is a town getting slowly eaten by the war. This week it is about three miles from the Russians, well within range. Next week it might be much closer.\n\nCivilians with somewhere to go have left. In the ruins in Donbas, the victory in Kyiv in March - the euphoria, glory and sacrifice - feel distant.\n\nBakhmut has been heavily shelled. Standing in front of his damaged house, a man in his 40s called Mitri showed defiance, apprehension and frustration. He had no idea what to expect in his town.\n\n\"I'm not Nostradamus. Why did Putin attack? It's all political games.\"\n\nMitri said President Zelensky's predecessor Petro Poroshenko would have reached a ceasefire agreement by now.\n\n\"At least there was peace before, they were negotiating. It's a pity about the people who died, the soldiers. It is a real shame.\"\n\nIt was, he said, President Zelensky's fault. He had missed an opportunity.\n\nThousands of civilians are still in Severodonetsk as Russians encircle the last Ukrainian soldiers in the oblast of Luhansk\n\nMitri shrugged and sucked angrily on his cigarette when I asked him if he would accept a deal that allowed Russia to control all of Donbas, compared to roughly a third of the territory it controlled before the invasion.\n\n\"I don't know. What could it change for me? The main thing is to stay alive. This is just the beginning, everything is still to come. If we survive, we'll see how it goes.\"\n\nThousands of civilians are still in Severodonetsk, as the Russians fight to encircle the last Ukrainian soldiers in the oblast of Luhansk, the northern side of Donbas.\n\nAt the railway station in Pokrovsk, a safe distance from the battle, I spoke to Lida, an elderly woman who uses a wheelchair. She had just been evacuated from Severodonetsk.\n\nWith other disabled and wounded civilians, she was being evacuated to the relative safety of western Ukraine on a special train, turned into an ambulance and intensive care unit by the medical organisation MSF, Doctors without Borders.\n\nLida, who radiated defiance and cigarette smoke, was rescued by soldiers who took her and other civilians through heavily shelled areas.\n\n\"They bombed everything, we barely escaped. Glass is smashed, everything is scattered around. And I am not able to walk at all. Disabled. That's how it is.\n\n\"Nine storey buildings, the upper floors are destroyed. All ruined.\n\n\"Putin's a scoundrel. We used to live peacefully. There was a Soviet Union and so be it. They divided Ukraine and Russia. So that's why the problems began.\"\n\nPeople have been fleeing the town of Bakhmut\n\nIf President Putin's forces can encircle Severodonetsk, their next targets would most likely be the key cities of Kramatorsk and Slovyansk in the Donetsk Oblast, the other side of Donbas.\n\nThen he might declare victory in the battle for Donbas.\n\nI saw lines of freshly dug trenches near the two cities, as the Ukrainians prepared fall back positions. If they fell, and it is no certainty as they are both heavily defended, President Putin would be able to declare his first significant victory of the war.\n\nRussia would control a belt of territory stretching along its border south from Donbas and along most of Ukraine's coastline.\n\nPresident Zelensky says that only diplomacy can end the war, but he has said that Russia must return to the positions it held before the invasion.\n\nHis allies, led by the US and UK, want to weaken Putin's Russia permanently. They have said Russia must not win.\n\nTheir critics say they'll fight to the last Ukrainian.\n\nThe currency of war is blood. As families bury their dead, more Ukrainians, like Mitri in Bakhmut, will question the blood price they are paying, and ask whether it is better to pay for a ceasefire with land - or lives.", "Greg Abbott said that 14 students and one teacher was killed by a gunman on Tuesday. The 18-year-old gunman is dead.", "Marks & Spencer says it is moving away from town centres, as it saw online sales for clothes and homeware jump.\n\nThe chain said the shift to online shopping during the pandemic had \"increased the imperative\" to reduce its clothing and home trading space.\n\nMany town centres had \"lost impetus\" due to \"failed local authority or government policy\", M&S said.\n\nIt said it was now relocating some shops from older, multi-floor buildings with poor access and parking.\n\n\"As a result, a high proportion, but not all, of our relocations are to the edge of town,\" the retail giant said.\n\nM&S said it was planning around 15 new full-line stores and 40 new food stores over the next three years.\n\nThe company said it was investing in a number of stores which had been relocated to the edges of towns, including to former Debenhams sites in Leamington Spa and Thurrock.\n\nIt is part of a long-term plan to overhaul its large stores. The shake-up will eventually see the closure of some 110 main stores as it focuses on fewer but better locations.\n\nA total of 68 of these main-line stores have already shut and the retailer confirmed another 32 will go over the next three years.\n\nBoss Steve Rowe told reporters M&S was \"moving with the customer, where the customer is working and shopping\".\n\nHe said the chain had \"some fabulous city and town centre stores\" but it had to ensure its portfolio was \"balanced\" and there would be more of a bias towards food in the future.\n\nAnnouncing its results for last year, M&S, which is turning its business around after years of decline, said it had seen strong performance in its clothing and home operation.\n\nThis was driven by a 55.6% surge in online sales. However, in-store sales fell by 11.2%.\n\nMeanwhile, its food sales were up by 10.1%.\n\nOverall, the company reported pre-tax profits of £392m for the year to 2 April - up from a loss of £209m the previous year.\n\nHowever, M&S said it expected sales growth to slow due to rising costs and increased pressure on customer budgets.\n\nThe company said it was facing increased food costs, driven by global supply issues and labour shortages, while factory, transport and freight costs, as well as continued supply issues in China, were putting pressure on its clothing and home business.\n\nJulie Palmer, a retail expert at Begbies Traynor, said the typical M&S customer tended to be wealthier and less hard hit by rising costs \"but they could still choose to economise\" .\n\n\"How long cash-strapped shoppers will feel comfortable splashing out on M&S's upmarket foods remains to be seen,\" she added.\n\nHousehold budgets are being squeezed by rising food, energy and fuel bills, with inflation, the rate at which prices rise, hitting 9% in April - the highest level for 40 years.\n\nAlso on Wednesday, online grocer Ocado warned that its joint venture with M&S will see earnings and sales weighed down by growing pressure on customers' spending.\n\nOcado Retail, an online retail business which is owned 50-50 by the two companies, said consumers are ordering \"one or two fewer items per shop\" against the backdrop of a growing cost of living crisis.\n\nChief executive Steve Rowe is handing over the reins today after 40 years at M&S, starting as a Saturday boy in Croydon.\n\nThe business is certainly in better shape now than when he started the top job in 2016.\n\nReviving the fortunes of this household name is still a work in progress, though.\n\nAlthough M&S has managed to finally arrest the decline in clothing and home sales, fashion sales in its shops are still 25% below where they were four years ago.\n\nM&S wants fewer and better big stores as we shop more online and has already been making some big changes.\n\nToday it said it was shifting away from town centre shops to more modern edge-of-town sites, taking a swipe at what it calls \"failed local authority and government policy\".\n\nThis new focus will likely send a shudder through the High Streets set to be affected.\n\nThe new leadership team at M&S will also have to steer the business through the cost of living crisis with soaring inflation and consumers tightening their belts.\n\nThe company also announced it would pull out of Russia altogether, resulting in a £31m cost.\n\nM&S, which was criticised for not leaving the country at the start of the war in Ukraine, stopped shipments to Russia in March but previously said complex franchise deals prevented it from withdrawing completely.\n\nThe retailer opened its first store in Russia in 2005. Its Russian arm is run by Turkish company FiBA, which operates 48 shops under the M&S banner in the country with 1,200 employees.\n\nChief executive Mr Rowe is handing over leadership of M&S to Stuart Machin and Katie Bickerstaffe after running the company's turnaround for the past six years.\n\nThe cost-cutting programme saw the closure of a number of M&S's clothing and homeware shops, with others converted into food stores, after disappointing fashion sales.\n\nIn 2020 the company also announced thousands of jobs cuts after the business was hit by Covid lockdowns.", "The typical household energy bill is set to rise by about £800 a year in October, the energy regulator warns.\n\nOfgem boss Jonathan Brearley said the energy price cap, which limits how much providers can raise prices, is expected to increase to £2,800 a year, due to continued volatility in gas prices.\n\nMr Brearley said the price rises were a \"once in a generation event not seen since the oil crisis in the 1970s\".\n\nHe added the number of households in fuel poverty may double to 12 million.\n\nA household is in fuel poverty when it has to spend 10% or more of its disposable income on energy.\n\nThe energy price cap already rose sharply in April to £1,971, meaning that homes using a typical amount of gas and electricity are now paying an extra £700 per year on average.\n\nMr Brearley told the business select committee of MPs that Ofgem was only part way through reviewing prices ahead of setting the next cap in October, but added: \"We are expecting a price cap in the region of £2,800.\"\n\nIt means the typical household bill could rise by £800 per year.\n\nOfgem's price cap covers England Wales and Scotland. Northern Ireland does not have a price cap, but households have also been witnessing sharp price rises.\n\nMr Brearley said that conditions in the global gas market had \"worsened\" following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which has led to concerns about potential supply issues.\n\nHe warned that the price cap could rise beyond £2,800 if Russia - one of the world's largest exporters of natural gas - decided to disrupt supplies.\n\n\"We are really managing between two versions of events,\" he said. \"One where the price falls back down to where it was before, for example if there's peace in Ukraine, but one where prices could go even further if we were to see, for example, a disruptive interruption of gas from Russia.\"\n\nEurope gets about 40% of its natural gas from Russia, so sudden supply cuts could have a huge economic impact.\n\nWhile the UK would not be directly impacted by supply disruption as it imports less than 5% of its gas from Russia, it would be affected by prices rising on global markets as demand in Europe increased.\n\n\"The price changes we have seen in the gas market are genuinely a once-in-a-generation event not seen since the oil crisis of the 1970s,\" Mr Brearley told the Business select committee.\n\nBut the Ofgem boss apologised for regulatory shortcomings and admitted had financial controls been in place sooner for suppliers, fewer firms would have gone bust due to being unprepared for the sharp rise in wholesale prices.\n\nWe are all getting used to bill shocks when it comes to paying for gas and electricity - but this could be the biggest of all. Regulators do not usually give such early indications of the costs to come, which makes the seriousness of the situation all the more obvious.\n\nSome 23 million households have their domestic energy bill governed by the price cap. In April, they typically started paying £700 a year more. In October, according to Mr Brearley, it could be a further annual rise of £800.\n\nThe trouble is, the old way of tackling this is as a billpayer was to shop around for a better tariff. That option is no longer available. Analysts say the average price of the cheapest 10 fixed tariffs on the market is £3,685 a year - clearly a poor financial choice.\n\nSo that leaves people to budget and use savings as best they can, and leaves ministers under even greater pressure to offer more support, especially during the colder, darker, more expensive months ahead.\n\nLater on Tuesday, the Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng told MPs people will have to \"wait and see what's forthcoming\" from the chancellor and the prime minister on further help on energy bills as he said economic growth was the \"time honoured way\" to help people.\n\nMr Kwarteng said the government had put forward £9.1bn in support for energy bills, including council tax and energy bill rebates, and an extension of the Warm Home Discount. He added that the government had been waiting to see where gas prices were heading before making a decision on further assistance.\n\n\"What we see now isn't the full picture. Both the prime minister and the chancellor say there is more to do, and we have to see what is forthcoming\", Mr Kwarteng told the committee.\n\nThe Labour committee chairman, Darren Jones, asked the business secretary if he thought \"bill payers are happy with that answer? Just wait and see?\".\n\nMr Kwarteng acknowledged it was \"a difficult time\" and \"people are under huge stress\" but added that \"nobody is suggesting that the government can pay the entirety of the energy bill\".\n\n\"What we are committed to is giving support, and that's what we're doing,\" he said.\n\nAsked by Mr Jones what he thought about the prospect of a one-off windfall tax on oil and gas companies, Mr Kwarteng said he didn't think it supported investment.\n\nIn response to Ofgem's price cap forecast, Downing Street acknowledged that energy prices were a \"significant challenge\", but said the government was \"actively looking at what more could be done in this space\".\n\nMeanwhile, Labour's shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves questioned: \"How many more alarm bells does the chancellor need to hear before he acts?\n\n\"The government have got to get a grip on this crisis and to protect families and our economy.\"\n\nMs Reeves repeated her party's call for a windfall tax on oil and gas firms' profits to help lower bills for households.\n\nRecently, Shell reported a record £7bn profit in the first three months of this year while BP made £5bn, the highest for 10 years.\n\nHow have the energy price rises affected you and what will an increase in October do to your finances? Email: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Hundreds of people have been left stranded at Belfast International Airport after an Easyjet flight to Portugal was cancelled.\n\nFlights to Bristol and from Gatwick were also cancelled.\n\nOne passenger, who had been due to fly to Faro, said passengers have been given no information from the airline.\n\n\"We've heard nothing from no one, they just put up a sign saying flight cancelled,\" said Danielle McLaughlin, from Londonderry.\n\nShe added: \"There's no EasyJet representative in the actual airport and there's no flights out for tomorrow.\"\n\nIn a statement, Easyjet confirmed its flight to Faro was cancelled due to earlier delays which it said resulted in the \"crew reaching their maximum working hours\".\n\nIt apologised for the inconvenience and said customers could transfer to an alternative flight or receive a refund.", "Obama wiped away tears in 2012 as he spoke about the children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School Image caption: Obama wiped away tears in 2012 as he spoke about the children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School\n\nWe have a statement now from former President Barack Obama.\n\n“Across the country, parents are putting their children to bed, reading stories, singing lullabies - and in the back of their minds, they’re worried about what might happen tomorrow after they drop their kids off at school, or take them to a grocery store or any other public space,” he says.\n\nHe and his wife Michelle \"grieve\" for the families, he said, adding: \"We’re also angry for them.\n\n\"Nearly ten years after Sandy Hook - and ten days after Buffalo - our country is paralysed, not by fear, but by a gun lobby and a political party that have shown no willingness to act in any way that might help prevent these tragedies.”\n\n“It’s long past time for action, any kind of action,\" says Obama.\n\nIn 2015, as he was preparing to leave office, the Democratic president told BBC News that his administration's failure to enact new gun reforms was the greatest frustration of his presidency.\n\n\"For us not to be able to resolve that issue has been something that is distressing,\" he told the BBC's Jon Sopel.", "The prime minister has repeated his apology for Downing Street parties, after Sue Gray's report into breeches of Covid lockdown rules was made public.\n\nIn a statement to MPs in the House of Commons, Boris Johnson said, \"I am humbled and I have learned a lesson\", adding that he would \"take full responsibility\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nInsiders who attended events at Downing Street during lockdown have told the BBC how staff crowded together and sat on each other's laps and how party debris was left out overnight.\n\nFor the first time, insiders who were at some of the events have told BBC Panorama in detail what they saw.\n\nThey describe arriving for work the morning after a get-together to find bottles lying around parts of the building, bins overflowing with rubbish and empties left on the table.\n\nThey also tell of events with dozens of staff crowded together, and parties going so late that, on occasion, some ended up staying in Downing Street all night.\n\nAnd they say staff mocked others who tried to stop what was going on.\n\nThe prime minister's official spokesman said that Boris Johnson took revelations about what happened in Downing Street during lockdown \"very seriously\".\n\nHe said that the interim report by Sue Gray \"raised some of these challenges\" and that \"wholesale changes\" in how No 10 operated were made as a result, adding there were \"further changes to come\".\n\nThe accounts come a day before the senior civil servant Ms Gray is expected to deliver her report on lockdown parties in No 10.\n\nLast week, the Metropolitan Police concluded its own investigation into rule-breaking, after issuing 126 fines - including one for the prime minister for attending a birthday party in June 2020.\n\nHowever, both the police and the prime minister are facing fresh questions after ITV News obtained pictures believed to show the prime minister at a leaving party for his communications chief Lee Cain on 13 November 2020.\n\nSpeaking anonymously, three insiders have opened up about a world behind No 10's famous front door where the lockdown rules the country was living by were routinely ignored, and socialising was regular, with, they felt, the prime minister's implicit permission.\n\nOne staffer describes director of communications Lee Cain's leaving do, the event on 13 November 2020, where the prime minister has been pictured raising a glass, but for which he has not been fined.\n\nOthers have been judged to have broken the law for being there and received penalties.\n\nMr Johnson attended and made a speech to thank Mr Cain, but as the party developed \"there were about 30 people, if not more, in a room. Everyone was stood shoulder to shoulder, some people on each other's laps…one or two people.\"\n\nAt the party on the eve of Prince Philip's funeral on 16 April 2021, they portray a \"lively event... a general party with people dancing around\".\n\nThe gathering becoming so loud that security guards in the building told them to leave the building and go into the No 10 grounds.\n\n\"So everyone grabbed all the drinks, the food, everything, and went into the garden,\" one source says.\n\n\"We all sat around the tables drinking. People stayed the night there.\"\n\nThey now concede what went on was \"unforgivable\".\n\nPictures of Boris Johnson at Lee Cain's leaving do were published by ITV\n\nThe insiders admit that events were routine.\n\n\"They were every week,\" one says. \"The event invites for Friday press office drinks were just nailed into the diary.\"\n\nThe invitation was known as \"WTF\" - meaning \"Wine-Time Friday\" and a reference to a less polite acronym.\n\nThe drinks were often scheduled in No 10 for 4pm. Sources say Friday drinks had been a tradition in Whitehall for some time.\n\nBut drinking wasn't limited to Fridays. One former official describes turning up at work in No 10 often to find \"A mess! There were bottles, empties, rubbish - in the bin, but overflowing - or indeed sometimes left on the table.\"\n\nNearly six months since the allegations about the parties first emerged, it is still almost impossible to believe that socialising was taking place on a regular basis in the buildings where the rules that stopped the rest of the country doing so had been set.\n\nIt's clear too that some staff were worried about what was going on, describing the \"foolish\" now notorious BYOB - bring-your-own-bottle - email sent by the prime minister's top civil servant, Martin Reynolds.\n\nInstant messages were flying around between staff questioning what on earth was going on.\n\nBut a former staffer says how difficult it felt to raise concerns.\n\nWatch Laura Kuenssberg's Panorama, Partygate: Inside the Story, on BBC Two at 19:00 BST or later on the BBC iPlayer\n\nAnother insider describes how a custodian, a Downing Street security guard, was mocked when they tried to stop a party in full flow.\n\n\"I remember when a custodian tried to stop it all and he was just shaking his head in this party, being like, 'This shouldn't be happening'.\"\n\n\"People made fun of him because he was so worked up that this party was happening and it shouldn't be happening.\"\n\nHow did it happen then, when the rest of the country was living under strict lockdown?\n\nAll three paint a picture of a Downing Street as a parallel universe. \"We saw it as our own bubble\" where the rules didn't really apply, says one.\n\n\"Everything just continued as normal. Social distancing didn't happen. We didn't wear face masks. It wasn't like the outside world.\"\n\nAnother even describes the events as a \"lifeline\" for staff who were working long hours, especially if they lived alone.\n\nBut all three point to the culture set by the prime minister himself, suggesting he \"wanted to be liked\" and for staff to be able to \"let their hair down\".\n\nOne suggests they felt like they had the prime minister's permission to socialise even it meant breaking the rules because \"he was there.\"\n\n\"He may have just been popping through on the way to his flat because that's what would happen,\" they add. \"You know, he wasn't there saying this shouldn't be happening.\n\n\"He wasn't saying, 'Can everyone break up and go home? Can everyone socially distance? Can everyone put masks on?'\n\n\"No, he wasn't telling anybody that. He was grabbing a glass for himself.\"\n\nMr Johnson has been fined for attending one event and denies that he broke the law on other occasions, or was aware that rules were being broken in Downing Street.\n\nBut it's clear as insiders speak out for the first time that some of those who were working in No 10 at the time find that account hard to accept.\n\nThe prime minister urged households not to mix\n\nOne staffer describes what happened when they watched the prime minister denying, in the House of Commons, that anything had gone wrong.\n\n\"We were watching it all live and we just sort of looked at each other in disbelief like - why?\" they say.\n\n\"Why is he denying this when we've been with him this entire time, we knew that the rules had been broken, we knew these parties happened?\"\n\nThe political consequences of Partygate have been profound for the prime minister.\n\nThe government has been battered by the scandal for months. Trust in him has been damaged, and he is facing renewed calls from his party to quit.\n\nHe has so far survived, with a majority of his MPs reluctant to act. He only received one fine and his backers believe the public care far more about making ends meet than how many glasses of warm Prosecco the prime minister may or may not have briefly drunk with his staff.\n\nAs Downing Street braces for the findings of the official Whitehall inquiry into what happened, which raises the tension again, the personal consequences for those who are caught up in the mess is clear.\n\nMany dozens of staff and former staff have been fined, including two of those who opened up to Panorama, and there is hurt and confusion about how they have been treated.\n\nOne former staffer says that particularly younger members of the team \"did not think they were breaking the rules at the time because the prime minister was at [the events], some of the most senior civil servants in the country were at them - and were indeed organising some of them\".\n\nSome feel they have been let down and \"subject to this witch hunt\" while more senior officials and politicians have found it easier to carry on.\n\nThere's embarrassment but sadness at the saga too. \"It's been very distressing and shaming and, particularly because that whole period was just quite traumatic, it was really difficult to work on every single day.\n\n\"We were learning that people were dying in hospital beds and people were dying needlessly…So it was quite difficult to look back at that period now and think this is what will define that - not the vaccine programme or the food parcels for shielding people.\n\n\"It will be 'What were you doing on 20 May in the garden?'\"\n\nIt is a saga that the government knows many members of the public won't forget.\n\nMr Johnson's future will be shaped by whether they are willing to forgive.", "Old versus new: Leah's mum says the new one, pictured right, has given her renewed hope her daughter might be found\n\nMissing persons posters and billboards have been revamped, with experts turning to science and technology to make them more memorable.\n\nThe charity Missing People hopes the changes will make the public more likely to engage and take action\n\nThe posters carry a 3D image of the person and a QR code which shows them laughing and smiling when scanned.\n\nThe mother of missing Leah Croucher called the new posters \"amazing\" and said they give them renewed hope.\n\nLeah was 19 when she went missing from Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, on 15 February, 2019.\n\nHer mother, Claire Croucher, said \"One of the many challenges as a parent of a missing person is trying to communicate who you've lost.\n\n\"We feel that if the public were to understand who our daughter is, they are more likely to remember seeing or meeting her.\"\n\nIt is hoped that the 3D images and smiling faces will humanise the missing person and the aminated characteristics and gestures will make them more memorable to passers-by.\n\nThe idea is that people might notify friends on social media and share relevant details like background maps of where the person was last seen.\n\nOne of the most noticeable differences between the new and the old posters is the absence of the word \"missing\".\n\nThis has been replaced with the more active phrase \"help find\" which the behavioural scientists behind the posters say is more likely to get people to take action.\n\nThe posters will appear on billboards across London on 25 May to mark Missing Children's Day, and the new format will be used by the charity for all new posters after that.\n\nFinn Layland-Stratfield was 17 when he went missing from Tintagel, Cornwall, in 2017\n\nThe research for the new posters was compiled by experts Influence at Work, led by Steve Martin, the director of behavioural science at Columbia University's Graduate Business School.\n\n\"It takes a village to find a missing person,\" said Mr Martin.\n\n\"So, even if a couple of dozen extra people see that image, they connect with it, they feel some empathy towards it, that could make the difference.\"\n\nJo Youle, chief executive of Missing People, said their appeals were a hugely important way to reach the public, to help find children.\n\n\"By embracing innovation, we hope the new appeals will have an even greater impact and lead to those featured being found safely.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Dame Deborah is greeted at Chelsea Flower Show with a glass of bubbly\n\nPodcast host Dame Deborah James has visited the Chelsea Flower Show to see a rose which has been named after her.\n\nThe 40-year-old host of the BBC's You, Me and the Big C podcast revealed earlier this month she is receiving end of life care after being diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2016.\n\nThe mother-of-two said she hoped one day the rose might feature in her daughter Eloise's wedding bouquet.\n\n\"It meant absolutely everything to me,\" she told the BBC.\n\nDame Deborah, who has said roses are her favourite flower, visited Chelsea on Tuesday evening with her husband for a private tour lasting around an hour - which BBC presenter Sophie Raworth helped organise alongside the Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea.\n\n\"Flowers are a reminder of our future,\" Dame Deborah said. \"We plant the seed not knowing what we might see grow.\n\n\"Being around nature gives us a lift and it is a reminder that life continues to blossom, even in some of the hardest places, and brings a smile to all of our faces, even in the hardest of times - particularly mine.\"\n\nThe rose was introduced at the flower show on Monday by World of Roses as well as the Harkness Rose Company, which bred and named the rose.\n\nDame Deborah James (right) with BBC presenter Sophie Raworth (left) and the Dame Deborah James Rose at the Chelsea Flower Show\n\nThe Dame Deborah James Rose is white with a subtle pink centre\n\nDame Deborah with a bouquet of flowers that includes the rose named after her\n\nIt is described as a floribunda which produces masses of white blooms with a subtle \"ballet slipper pink\" centre. It is repeat flowering from early June.\n\nFrom the sale of each rose £2.50 will go to the Bowelbabe Fund for Cancer Research UK, which has raised £6.5m since Dame Deborah revealed that she was moving into hospice-at-home care.\n\nSince her announcement, she has received an outpouring of support and been made a dame, with the honour conferred by Prince William at her family home on 13 May.\n\nDame Deborah began co-presenting the Big C podcast alongside Lauren Mahon and the late BBC Radio 5 Live newsreader Rachel Bland in 2018, with the show earning praise for its frank discussion of cancer.\n\nThey spoke to celebrity guests and talked about practical matters including hair loss tips and how to tell your nearest and dearest.\n\nJames co-hosted You, Me and the Big C with Rachael Bland (left) and Lauren Mahon (centre)\n\nIf you have been affected by any of these issues in this story you can visit BBC Action Line\n\nHave you got yourself checked for cancer because of Deborah James? How has she helped you? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: A tornado leaves a trail of destruction in the western German city of Paderborn\n\nA tornado left 43 people injured as it \"cut a path of destruction\" through several towns in western Germany, police said.\n\nOfficers in the city of Paderborn said the tornado ripped off roofs and debris was strewn around for kilometres.\n\nTen people have serious injuries and one woman's life is in danger, they said.\n\nA 38-year-old man also died in severe storms which lashed the region on Friday.\n\nPolice posted images showing trees felled or split in half and roofs stripped of tiles, while images on social media appeared to show a tornado's spinning column of air flinging debris.\n\n\"Sheet metal, insulation and other materials were blown kilometres away. Countless roofs are covered or badly damaged. Many trees still lie on destroyed cars,\" said police in Paderborn, which has a population of about 150,000.\n\nSeveral trees were felled as the tornado cut through Paderborn, police said\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What caused the tornado in the German city of Paderborn?\n\nLocal media quoted police as saying the 38-year-old man died in the town of Wittgert, about 180km (111 miles) south-west of Paderborn.\n\nHe suffered an electric shock in a flooded cellar, police said.\n\nA fire department spokesperson told the AFP news agency that the town of Lippstadt, about 30km (18 miles) from Paderborn, was also probably hit by a tornado - although no injuries were reported.\n\nA bus was also hit by a falling tree in the city in western Germany\n\nImages on social media showed that in nearby Hellinghausen, a steeple had been ripped off the roof of a church tower, with the rubble scattered in the churchyard.\n\nBBC Weather presenter Chris Fawkes said that Germany usually experiences several tornadoes a year, but most are short-lived and do not cause significant damage.\n\nHe said the number of tornadoes reported in Europe has been increasing in recent years, but this is largely thought to be a result of better forecasting and more awareness - and includes the advent of social media reports.\n\n\"As to whether climate change is also playing a role too, that's still a subject of debate,\" he said.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: Hiral Varsani says she was traumatised by her treatment during the birth of her first child\n\nBlack and Asian women are being harmed by racial discrimination in maternity care, according to an inquiry.\n\nThe year-long investigation into \"racial injustice\" was conducted by the charity Birthrights.\n\nWomen reported feeling unsafe, being denied pain relief, facing racial stereotyping about their pain tolerance, and microaggressions.\n\nThe government has set up a taskforce to tackle racial disparities in maternity care.\n\nHiral Varsani says she was traumatised by her treatment during the birth of her first child.\n\nThe 31-year-old from north London developed sepsis - a potentially life-threatening reaction to an infection - after her labour was induced, which she says was only spotted after a long delay.\n\n\"I was shivering, my whole body was aching, my heart was beating really fast and I felt terrible. But everyone kept saying everything was normal,\" she says.\n\n\"It was almost 24 hours later before a doctor took my bloods for the first time and realised I was seriously ill.\"\n\nHiral had an emergency C-section and her daughter was taken into intensive care after also contracting sepsis.\n\nShe believes her race played a role in her care: \"I experienced microaggressions and was stereotyped because of the colour of my skin.\n\n\"The staff would say 'hello princess', and while I was having contractions in a corridor a midwife walked past and said, 'Oh, you're definitely going to need an epidural'. I had never even met her before.\n\n\"I was repeatedly ignored, they just thought I was a weak little Indian girl, who was unable to take pain.\"\n\nWhile death in pregnancy or childbirth is very rare in the UK, there are stark racial disparities in maternal mortality rates.\n\nBlack women are more than four times more likely to die in pregnancy or childbirth than white women in the UK, while women from Asian backgrounds face almost twice the risk.\n\nTinu Alikor was terrified she would become one of those statistics when she gave birth to her daughter 14 months ago.\n\nTinu Alikor feared she might die while pregnant with her daughter\n\nThe mother-of-three from Kent says she was \"mistreated and unheard\" during her maternity care each time, but says her most recent experience was perhaps the worst.\n\nDuring Tinu's second trimester, she had heavy, unexplained bleeding, and said she begged for an examination.\n\n\"The blood was getting worse, I was scared, I thought I was losing my baby. I've have had two miscarriages before.\n\n\"The doctors refused to examine me and just said I had a UTI. I was told I still had four days till the end of my antibiotics course, and I remember saying, 'four days to what - till I bleed to death'?\"\n\nWhen Tinu was eventually examined, she was immediately taken to hospital because of a serious bleed coming from her bladder, and she needed several blood transfusions.\n\n\"If I had not have been hospitalised, I don't think I'd be sitting here right now. And I don't think my daughter would be. I've met some amazing midwives and doctors but I think all my experiences in my pregnancies and labour have been tainted by my race.\n\n\"With all three of my labours, I wasn't given any pain relief. I had to beg for it during my first two births, and even then, I was only ever given gas and air.\n\n\"Racial stereotyping has got a lot to do with it. There is an assumption that black women have a higher pain tolerance. I don't know where this comes from. It doesn't hurt any less because I'm black.\"\n\nThe Birthrights investigation - supported by the law firm Leigh Day - found common themes across the testimony it heard. These included:\n\nMelissa Brown, a midwife and officer for Birthrights, said maternity services were facing immense challenges.\n\n\"We did hear positive examples of maternity care, but there is racism and racial discrimination at a structural and individual level which is putting black, brown and mixed ethnicity women at harm. There are many complex reasons for poorer health outcomes for ethnic minorities, and racism and discrimination is definitely playing a role.\"\n\nThe Birthrights report - which will be sent to MPs - highlights the need for urgent action, including training for health care professionals which highlights diversity.\n\nA Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said the Maternity Disparities Taskforce would \"level up maternity care for all women\".\n\n\"It will address factors linked to unacceptable disparities in quality of care, experiences and outcomes.\"", "The Ukrainian government says it will not agree a ceasefire deal with Russia that involves giving up territory.\n\nThe apparent hardening of Ukraine's position comes a day after President Volodymyr Zelensky said the war could be resolved only through diplomacy.\n\nPresidential adviser Mykhaylo Podolyak said concessions would lead to an even larger and bloodier Russian offensive.\n\nHis comments come as Russia continues attempts to encircle Ukrainian forces defending Severodonetsk in the east.\n\nIn another development, Polish President Andrzej Duda has become the first foreign leader to address the parliament in Kyiv in person.\n\nHe received a standing ovation as he declared that only Ukrainians themselves could decide their future.\n\nHe added that Poland would do everything it could to help Ukraine join the EU.\n\nHowever, France's Europe Minister, Clément Beaune, said in a radio interview on Sunday that it would probably take \"15 or 20 years\" for Ukraine to be accepted as an EU member.\n\nAs fighting continued, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said in its daily update that Russian forces were trying to break through Ukrainian defences to reach the administrative borders of the country's easternmost Luhansk region.\n\nLuhansk regional governor, Serhiy Haidai, said Russia had attempted to break into Severodonetsk from four separate directions.\n\nWriting on the Telegram messaging app, he said the attempts had been unsuccessful, but shelling of residential areas was continuing.\n\nHe added that a bridge connecting the city to nearby Lysychansk had been destroyed.\n\nIt was not possible for the BBC to verify the claims independently.\n\nThere have been calls in some Western nations for a ceasefire that could involve Russian forces remaining in some of the territory they have occupied in the south and east of Ukraine since Moscow invaded the country on 24 February.\n\nMost recently, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi told his country's Senate on Thursday that a ceasefire \"must be achieved as soon as possible\".\n\nBut Mr Podolyak said that any such moves would backfire.\n\n\"The war will not stop. It will just be put on pause for some time,\" he said. \"They'll start a new offensive, even more bloody and large-scale.\"\n\nThe BBC's Joe Inwood in Kyiv says there is currently no middle ground between what the Russians want and what the Ukrainians would accept.\n\nOur correspondent says that while both sides feel they have a fighting chance, negotiations are unlikely.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nIlkay Gundogan scored twice as Manchester City - 2-0 down with 14 minutes left - came back to win Manchester City staged a stunning late comeback with three goals in five minutes to beat Aston Villa and win the Premier League as their title chances looked to be slipping away amid dramatic scenes at Etihad Stadium. Pep Guardiola's side needed victory to secure their fourth title in five seasons but were facing the prospect of ending the season empty-handed as goals either side of the interval from Matty Cash and Philippe Coutinho put Villa 2-0 ahead and in control. It looked as if Villa manager Steven Gerrard might help his former club Liverpool secure the title - until City turned the game on its head in an atmosphere bordering on hysteria. Ilkay Gundogan, on as a substitute for Bernardo Silva, gave City hope with a far-post header in the 76th minute, and Etihad Stadium was a wall of noise when Rodri drove a low finish past Villa keeper Robin Olsen two minutes later. The title-winning recovery was complete with nine minutes left as Gundogan once again arrived at the far post to put City in front, the decisive contribution on this nerve-shredding final day. Grealish thrilled to win title in 'perfect way' City did need those three points as Liverpool beat Wolverhampton Wanderers - with City boss Guardiola overcome with emotion and breaking down in tears at the final whistle.\n• None 'Man City show why they can never be called boring' When Coutinho slid in Villa's second goal, it looked as if the most unpalatable of storylines was being written for Manchester City. The notion of this supremely talented side ending the season with nothing was in clear view as City knew they had 21 minutes to score three times. The headlines were being written in large type with Gerrard, who never won the Premier League title during his long career at Liverpool, directing the trophy to Anfield, helped by his former team-mate Coutinho. And then, in one of the most dramatic twists of any Premier League title race, City knocked down the door that had been firmly slammed in their face by a supremely well-organised Villa. City looked crestfallen but showed their class and character once Gundogan gave them hope with that header, and they scented their chance, even though some of their fans still feared this might only be a consolation. Ilkay Gundogan had only been on for eight minutes when he scored his first, with the second coming five minutes later Rodri's equaliser was the transformative moment, a sense of inevitability sweeping around a fevered stadium, with a mixture of disbelief and elation the result as Gundogan slid home the third. Villa did not know what had hit them and had no response, supporters flooding on to the pitch when referee Michael Oliver sounded the final whistle amid a deafening din. City have had their character questioned this season, especially when they let the Champions League semi-final against Real Madrid slip from their grasp, but there can be no more doubts after this. The manner in which they turned this game around with the title - and their entire season - on the line was the perfect answer. They were heading towards the most bitter disappointment but transformed this day into one they and their supporters will remember forever. It was little wonder Guardiola broke down at the conclusion of a truly remarkable afternoon.\n• None Following the Premier League finale on social media For Aston Villa, there was nothing significant riding on the game - but the way they went about trying to win it was typical of the Premier League's competitive integrity. Gerrard and Coutinho's Liverpool connections added the sub-plot. And every part of this storyline delivered. Villa were solid, disciplined and a real threat on the break, homing in on 37-year-year-old Fernadinho as a defensive weak point for Manchester City. It worked as City, unusually flat in attack, were vulnerable at the back. When Villa went 2-0 up, it looked as if their season would end in a landmark win - and for Gerrard, the added satisfaction of seeing his beloved boyhood club win the title. Philippe Coutinho's goal briefly gave his former side Liverpool hope in the title race And yet, they were over-run as the City machine suddenly hit top gear, roared forward thunderously by fans whose mood had changed from despair to expectation. The first 70 minutes at least demonstrated that Gerrard has something to build on. After that, though, Villa were simply swept aside on the tide of Manchester City's power plus the noise and emotion inside Etihad Stadium.\n• None Marvelous Nakamba (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Goal! Manchester City 3, Aston Villa 2. Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.\n• None Attempt missed. Rodri (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by João Cancelo.\n• None Goal! Manchester City 2, Aston Villa 2. Rodri (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Oleksandr Zinchenko.\n• None Attempt saved. John Stones (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Our coverage of your Premier League club is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment", "Israel, Switzerland and Austria are the latest countries to confirm cases of monkeypox, bringing the total number of nations reporting outbreaks to 15.\n\nIsrael and Switzerland both said they identified one infected person who had recently travelled abroad. Israel is investigating other suspected cases.\n\nMonkeypox does not tend to spread easily between people and the illness is usually mild.\n\nThe virus is most common in remote parts of Central and West Africa.\n\nMore than 80 cases have been confirmed in the recent outbreak in Europe, the US, Canada and Australia.\n\nThis outbreak has taken scientists by surprise, but the risk to the wider public is said to be low. Most people who catch the virus recover within a few weeks, according to the UK's National Health Service.\n\nThe World Health Organization has said a number of other suspected cases are being investigated - without naming the countries involved - and warned that more infections are likely to be confirmed.\n\nAsked about the outbreak as he finished a visit to South Korea, US President Joe Biden said that if the virus were to spread more widely it would be \"consequential\", adding that \"it is something that everybody should be concerned about\".\n\nHe said the US was \"working hard\" on its response and what vaccines in might use.\n\nAfter the outbreak was first identified in the UK, the virus began to be detected across Europe - with public health agencies in Spain, Portugal, Germany, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Italy and Sweden all confirming cases.\n\nThe UK Health Security Agency has identified 20 cases so far and its chief medical adviser Dr Susan Hopkins told the BBC's Sunday Morning programme: \"We are detecting more cases on a daily basis.\"\n\nShe said the virus is now spreading in the community - with cases detected which have no contact with anyone who has visited West Africa, where the disease is endemic.\n\nBut the risk to the general population remains \"extremely low\", with cases so far mostly found in some urban areas and among gay or bisexual men, Dr Hopkins said.\n\nAlthough there is no specific vaccine for monkeypox, several countries have said they are stocking smallpox vaccines, which are about 85% effective in preventing infection because the two viruses are quite similar.\n\nIn a statement on Friday, the WHO said that the recent outbreaks were unusual in that they were occurring in countries where the disease was not endemic.\n\nIt is not yet clear why this unexpected outbreak is happening now.\n\nOne possibility is that the virus has changed in some way, although currently there is little evidence to suggest this is a new variant.\n\nAnother explanation is that the virus has found itself in the right place at the right time to thrive.\n\nMonkeypox may also spread more easily than it did in the past, when the smallpox vaccine was widely used.\n\nThe WHO's regional director for Europe, Hans Kluge, has warned that \"transmission could accelerate\" during the summer season, as people gather for festivals and parties.\n\nIn addition to the European cases, Australia has confirmed that one man who had travelled to the UK contracted the virus.\n\nIn North America, health authorities in the US state of Massachusetts said one man who recently travelled to Canada had tested positive for the virus.\n\nCanada's Public Health Agency said it had identified two cases in Quebec, but said it was not clear if the US traveller had been infected before or during his visit to Montreal.", "Influential US sportswriter and reporter Roger Angell, often described as the poet laureate of baseball, has died at the age of 101.\n\nAs a journalist for the New Yorker over six decades, he covered the game in a fresh and innovative way that inspired generations of writers.\n\nBut he disliked the poetic accolade, saying that he was a reporter who wrote from a fan's perspective.\n\nHis peers hailed him for making the connection between sport and society.\n\nWhether it was describing a particular team as \"a troupe of gazelles depicted by a Balkan corps de ballet\" or referring to the \"habitual aura of glowering intensity\" of a favourite pitcher, Roger Angell's colourful language brought his reports to life, especially in his regular end-of-season essays.\n\n\"I think the real fans are the fans of terrible teams, because they know what good baseball is and they know how far their own players fall short,\" he said in an interview in 1982.\n\n\"The rallying cry that has always struck me as so poignant and beautiful is, 'Come on, you bum!' which means, 'We know you're no good but we want to win.'\"\n\nPitcher Bob Gibson was described by Roger Angell as having a \"habitual aura of glowering intensity\"\n\nAngell was born into a literary family in New York in September 1920 and began his lengthy association with the New Yorker in 1944, when the magazine published a short story of his.\n\nHe joined the staff full-time in 1956, but his main job was as a fiction editor. He did not start writing about baseball until 1962, when editor William Shawn decided he wanted more sports in the magazine.\n\nHe was still contributing to the magazine when he reached his centenary.\n\nLondon-based journalist and writer Michael Goldfarb told the BBC that Angell was to baseball what writers CLR James and John Arlott were to cricket.\n\n\"You couldn't help but be a little jealous of his ability to insert some highbrow literary metaphor into a description of, basically, a game,\" he said.\n\n\"The guy was genuinely productive for a very long time, and longevity confers mystique.\"\n\nAlthough he was a privileged part of an \"extraordinary New York intellectual milieu that no longer exists in quite the same way\", he never lost sight of baseball's place in American society, Michael Goldfarb said.\n\n\"He didn't layer sociology on it, but there was always a broad social context,\" he added.\n\nAnother veteran US journalist, Paris-based Bill Hinchberger, agrees, saying that Angell explored \"the relationship between the society and the game\".\n\nHe told the BBC that when Angell started writing, baseball was seen as America's national pastime, a status that has since been eroded by the rise of American football and basketball.\n\n\"The way I learned to start using language was reading people like Angell,\" Mr Hinchberger said. \"I was already interested in the subject matter, but it's a whole different level of engagement when the writing is that good.\"\n\nAngell belonged to a 20th Century US literary tradition in which writers such as Norman Mailer, Damon Runyon and Hunter S Thompson wrote about sports in addition to their fiction and other journalism.\n\n\"There were a lot of colourful writers who wrote about baseball or boxing,\" Mr Hinchberger said. \"I think today, people are more specialised. I couldn't think of a literary figure right now who does that.\"", "Much of the evidence was kept secret from Daniel De Simone and the BBC team\n\nNo journalist enjoys attempts at censorship. We often face restrictions, but I had never encountered anything like this - a vast list of things the government wanted to ban me saying about an abusive MI5 agent I had spent a long time investigating.\n\nI received the list during the months-long legal battle between the BBC and the government. I had been investigating a state informant for some time, and when we put the findings to the government, they took us to court. It eventually ran to 54 pages and included a series of arguments about the government's demands. They wanted to stop our story about the agent who can only be referred to as X.\n\nThe right-wing extremist had used his security service role to terrorise and coerce his British girlfriend, who we are calling Beth. In one incident, which she recorded on her mobile phone, he attacked her with a machete. Evidence we gathered establishes he had also threatened to kill women and children, and was a sexual threat to young girls.\n\nI was the main witness in the legal case to defend reporting on the story. The litigation process took over my life. The pressure was significant and I had many low moments. My journalism was under scrutiny - with government lawyers critically examining every detail in the large volume of evidence, and challenging the accuracy of our work.\n\nWe argued that it was important to identify X so that other women he encountered could be warned about him and the abusive behaviour our investigation had uncovered. The security service, however, argued that naming X would create an unacceptable danger to him from extremists and discourage other people from acting as informants, which would damage national security.\n\nThe government initially asked for the right to exercise written approval over our reporting. This would have amounted to ministers having editorial control over our story, which we argued in court would be \"repugnant\" to any media organisation but particularly the BBC, with its charter obligation of independence from government.\n\nThis demand was eventually dropped and the judge later said he would have required \"great persuasion\" to have granted it.\n\nThis is the story of a dangerous MI5 agent, which the government tried to keep secret.\n\nThere were several stages to the court case. In one, the judge ruled - after receiving secret evidence that I was not allowed to see - that X could not be identified.\n\nThe next stage involved an argument over what other details should be kept from the public. I thought even if X was anonymised, our news report could still reveal a great deal and generate public debate about important issues, particularly the state's response to violence against women and girls. But it was clear that everything we had uncovered could potentially be censored.\n\nVery little had been agreed between the parties, the judge noted, and the number of issues in dispute was \"dispiritingly large\".\n\nThe BBC's legal team outside the High Court in London\n\nAs he put it, MI5 was seeking to limit \"practically everything known about [X] that is not already in the public domain\". That was an awful lot, given the only things known publicly had emerged from the court case itself.\n\nHowever, after receiving a judgement in the case this week, we were able to broadcast and publish a significant report on Thursday.\n\nThe legal case itself had been draining, with much of the evidence entirely secret and kept from me and the BBC team.\n\nI was anonymous in the proceedings, but I cannot tell you why. My name was redacted in public documents, and when I was pointed at and referred to in open court - even when I was actually sitting there - my name was not used.\n\nThere was a challenge from MI5 on the reliability of the story, but the judge ultimately found I had taken \"proper steps to assess whether its various elements were true\" and that it was \"comfortably\" shown to have a credible evidential foundation.\n\nThe investigation had been lengthy and complicated. It started simply with the account of Beth and went from there. Eventually we found another abused former partner of X's - who, in our reporting, we called Ruth. Everything that could be, was tested and corroborated, with every new discovery subjected to the same process. The research would ultimately drag in MI5, the government, a foreign intelligence agency, police, prosecutors, and the High Court.\n\nHardly anyone within the BBC knew what was going on.\n\nThe whole thing felt like a parody of a spy film. I would sneak off from my normal tasks to carry out research and have meetings in odd locations. The small BBC team involved - investigations editor Ed Campbell, producer Sira Thierij and lawyer Lucy Moorman - used a random codename for the project and each element of the investigation was meticulously planned.\n\nDuring the legal proceedings, my main opposite number was a senior MI5 officer, who could only be referred to as Witness A. On various issues, it was my evidence against his.\n\nBut the case involved another bewildering element.\n\nThe government had applied for something called a closed material procedure, where secret evidence is put before a judge, including during a closed hearing in a secure courtroom behind locked doors. This part of the case excluded the BBC team and our lawyers, with what are known as special advocates - security cleared barristers - appointed to act on our behalf.\n\nThe procedure is designed to let the security and intelligence agencies present evidence that is too secret for almost anyone to hear. I've reported on cases involving terrorism suspects where this process is central. But I effectively now found myself in the same position - blind to the evidence being presented against me. It will remain secret.\n\nWe met our special advocates and explained our case. However, once they had seen the secret evidence we were banned from communicating with them.\n\nThis meant we could not provide any instructions in response to the evidence they were seeing. Any further messages between us had to be channelled through an official go-between - a civil servant - to check that nothing secret was being disclosed. In court we could nod and smile at them, but have no conversations.\n\nThe two women we interviewed both think X could kill a woman - and I formed the same view.\n\nCounter terrorism investigations are typically focused on preventing harm. Why wait for a terrorist to hurt people if you can stop him before? The same principle applied to investigating and challenging X.\n\nThe judge eventually ruled that we were allowed to publish and broadcast the story, and it came as a huge relief to finally be out there reporting on it so prominently. Since it went into the public domain on Thursday, it's led to the issues being debated and the story being referenced by leading politicians. One described the revelations as \"harrowing and horrific\" - the deputy prime minister, whose government had taken me and the BBC to court.\n\nDo you have information about this story that you want to share?\n\nGet in touch using SecureDrop, a highly anonymous and secure way of whistleblowing to the BBC which uses the TOR network.\n\nOr by using the Signal messaging app, an end-to-end encrypted message service designed to protect your data.\n\nPlease note that the SecureDrop link will only work in a Tor browser. For information on keeping secure and anonymous, here's some advice on how to use SecureDrop.", "Opposition parties are calling for the prime minister to explain a meeting with Sue Gray over her report into the partygate saga.\n\nIt has emerged the civil servant and Boris Johnson met several weeks ago - but there are conflicting accounts of what was discussed.\n\nA spokesperson for the Sue Gray investigation has disputed a government source's assertion the pair discussed including photographs in her report.\n\nThe BBC has now been told the discussion about photographs \"did not happen\", although photos are likely to be included in the final report.\n\nLabour has suggested that the \"secret meeting\" could damage confidence in the process.\n\nMs Gray is set to publish her full report into lockdown gatherings in and around Downing Street in 2020 and 2021 next week.\n\nAccording to the senior government source, the pair discussed including photos in the report, and that Ms Gray initiated the meeting.\n\nBut it is now understood that while Ms Gray sent the calendar invite for the meeting, the original idea for it came from Downing St.\n\nIn a conversation with a senior official in No 10, it was suggested to Ms Gray that she might offer an update on her work to the prime minister. She accepted that idea and sent the invite to ensure an appointment was put in both their diaries.\n\nMs Gray's full report will be published after the Metropolitan Police announced it had concluded its investigation, which saw a total of 126 fines issued to 83 people.\n\nAround 30 individuals, including the prime minister, have already been informed they are likely to be named by Ms Gray.\n\nThey have until Sunday evening to lodge any objections.\n\nWestminster has been waiting for Sue Gray's report for what feels like an eternity.\n\nHer findings are expected to be published within days and the anticipation is reaching a climax.\n\nOpposition parties are already shouting \"stitch-up\" and demanding an explanation for the meeting between the prime minister and Ms Gray.\n\nBut Boris Johnson needs this process to be seen to be independent, or as much as it can be when the person compiling it is a senior government official themselves.\n\nThat's why Downing Street is stressing the meeting between the prime minister and Ms Gray happened at her request and the contents of the report were not discussed.\n\nAnything that compromises the authority of the report risks dragging out the partygate saga further and bogging Boris Johnson down in it indefinitely.\n\nOf course he's still facing a parliamentary inquiry into whether he knowingly misled MPs about all this.\n\nSue Gray's report is important, but it won't be the last word.\n\nOn Friday, a No 10 spokesperson said: \"The prime minister commissioned the investigation led by Sue Gray and has been clear throughout that it should be completely independent.\n\n\"As he reiterated again today, the decision on what and when to publish rests entirely with the investigation team and he will respond in Parliament once it concludes.\"\n\nIn a statement, Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner said: \"Boris Johnson must urgently explain why he held a secret meeting with Sue Gray to discuss her report despite claiming her investigation was completely independent. Public confidence in the process is already depleted, and people deserve to know the truth.\n\n\"This is a prime minister incapable of taking responsibility for the rotten culture he has created in Downing Street or of doing the decent thing.\n\nCivil servant Sue Gray has led an investigation into gatherings which took place in and around Downing Street during lockdown\n\n\"The Sue Gray report must be published in full and with all accompanying evidence.\"\n\nLiberal Democrat MP Christine Jardine said: \"Any whiff of a stitch-up would make an absolute mockery of the report.\n\n\"This meeting must be explained. Most of the country already feels betrayed by Boris Johnson.\n\n\"He has undermined public trust and the public deserve a process that is completely transparent and beyond question.\"\n\nAn interim version of the report, published in January, did not name individuals but criticised \"failures of leadership and judgement\" and said some events should not have \"been allowed to take place\".\n\nThe prime minister meanwhile faces an inquiry by the Commons' Privileges Committee about whether he knowingly lied to Parliament when he previously told MPs that no laws had been broken in Downing Street.\n\nUnder government guidelines, ministers who knowingly mislead the House of Commons are expected to resign.", "Days of flooding and landslides in parts of Bangladesh and eastern India, have affected millions of people and left more than 50 people dead.\n\nBangladesh's north-east region has seen some of the worst flooding for nearly two decades.\n\nThe two countries are prone to flooding and experts say that climate change is increasing the likelihood of events like this around the world.", "Gordon Carter saw the stand named in his honour on 9 April\n\nTributes have been paid to an 88-year-old football fan who has died a month after a stand was named in his honour.\n\nGordon Carter had been a loyal supporter of Little Oakley FC, which plays in the Essex Senior Football League, for 70 years.\n\nClub chairman Michael Good said he was so pleased the club was able to name the Gordon Carter Stand \"in his honour before his passing\".\n\n\"He'll be missed by everyone involved in the football club\", he said.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post by Little Oakley FC\n\nOn the day of the naming ceremony in April, Mr Carter said it was \"really was an honour\" and the \"best day of my life\".\n\nThe stand can be seen from his house and he joked that if he ever forgot his name, he only had to \"look out of his kitchen window\".\n\nMr Good said: \"We're very saddened to hear of his passing, he was a supporter of the football club of 70 years in various roles.\n\n\"We spoke to his family and we are very pleased we managed to complete the stand and name it in his honour before his passing.\n\n\"He was a character, full of life and a big family man, he'll be missed by everyone whose is involved in the football club.\"\n\nThe club said on Twitter that it was \"deeply saddened to announce this morning the passing of our longest serving supporter Gordon Carter\".\n\nIt said he was a \"true local legend with such a warming character\".\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Parliament could burn down \"any day\", former minister Andrea Leadsom has warned as she urged MPs to \"get on\" with the renovation of the building.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, she said the Houses of Parliament could see a fire similar to the one that damaged the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris.\n\nParliament needs urgent repair work that could cost between £7bn and £13bn.\n\nA recent report said costs could be kept down if MPs and peers left while the building work was carried out.\n\nHowever, some politicians have expressed concern about moving out and plans to relocate to Richmond House in central London were vetoed.\n\nIn 2019 a major fire engulfed Notre-Dame, destroying the 850-year-old building's Gothic spire and roof.\n\nSpeaking to the Radio 4's Week in Westminster programme, Ms Leadsom said the same thing could happen in Parliament, adding that a fire in 2017 was only averted because of the presence of the 24/7 fire patrol.\n\n\"That is so 'there but for the grace of God',\" she said.\n\n\"It could burn down today, tomorrow, any day and we've got to make that decision and get on with it.\"\n\nThe Houses of Parliament - which was built between 1837 and 1860 - requires significant restoration, including asbestos removal, fire safety improvements, renewal of wiring and conservation work.\n\nIn addition to a fire risk, there have been warnings the building could be damaged by a flood of sewage. A sewage ejector system installed in 1888 is still in use now.\n\nIn 2019, MPs voted to set up a sponsor body with responsibility for the restoration of the building.\n\nThe estimated cost of repairing Notre-Dame after its devastating fire has been set at between £300m and £600m\n\nA review produced by the body put the basic costs of essential repairs at £7bn-£13bn and estimated they would take between 19 and 28 years to complete - or 12 to 20 years if the building was fully vacated.\n\nIt said the costs would increase by 40% if politicians stayed put.\n\nExpressing concern about the project's timescales and costs, the commissions - or administrative bodies - for the House of Commons and Lords voted to scrap the sponsor body in favour of a \"new approach\".\n\nThe commissions also agreed to seek approval from MPs for a \"revised mandate\" for the project.\n\nPolitics Professor Matt Flinders of Sheffield University has previously suggested the change was the result of a \"massive blame game\" because the politicians were shrinking from an unpopular decision.\n\nLast week, Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove rejected suggestions the House of Lords could move to the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in Westminster while building work was under way.\n\nInstead he said peers should consider moving to alternative buildings in the North of England, the Midlands, the South West, Scotland or Wales.\n\nBut crossbench peer Baroness Hayman claimed Mr Gove's suggestion was \"punishment\" for the House of Lords voting down parts of government bills.\n\nYou can hear the full interview with Andrea Leadsom on the Week in Westminster on Radio 4 at 11:00 BST on Saturday 21 May.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League", "Police are investigating after a boy was left injured at Abertillery Learning Community\n\nThe Welsh government has condemned bullying and racial harassment as police investigate injuries suffered by an 11-year-old boy at school.\n\nGwent Police said it was working with Abertillery Learning Community as part of its \"ongoing inquiries\".\n\nThe force were called at 13:00 BST on Wednesday following the incident.\n\nA spokesman said: \"A multi-agency meeting has taken place and we're working with the school as part of our ongoing inquiries.\"\n\nA fundraising page has been set up for the pupil's treatment to which more than £29,000 has been donated.\n\nA school spokesman said it was working with the police and council to establish \"the full details\".\n\n\"The well-being and safety of our pupils and staff remains of paramount importance,\" they said.\n\nA Welsh government spokesman said: \"We condemn bullying and racial harassment in any form and expect allegations and incidents of bullying and racism to be fully investigated by schools with appropriate action taken to address the matter and prevent further instances from happening.\"", "The family have been welcomed by members of their new community\n\nA Ukrainian mother and her six children who fled Russian bombing have been handed the keys to their new home.\n\nLilia Onopa, 43, and her children received an official welcome in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, on Friday.\n\nShe tearfully described seeing her hometown destroyed, people killed, and wanting to save her sons.\n\nHaving fled their home north of Dnipro, where military strikes began in early March, Ms Onopa and her boys travelled to Bucharest, Romania.\n\nThis was after attacks on the port city of Odesa made other methods of travel impossible.\n\nThey arrived in the Monmouthshire town last week after waiting five weeks for the British Embassy to approve their online application.\n\nAt the gathering, they were given the keys to a bungalow, a former caretaker's property which has been refurbished by volunteers from St Mary's RC Primary School and church with donations from across the area.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lilia and her boys fled the war in Ukraine\n\nSpeaking of the horrors she and her children had encountered after the war began, Ms Onopa thanked everyone who had helped them get to a place of safety, including the UK government who she said came to her aid when there were issues with their applications.\n\nMs Onopa said: \"The horrible situation happening to our country is because one person, one regime decided my country should not exist, that my nation should not exist.\n\n\"Imagine living next to a neighbour, he might have completely different opinions but you do live together.\n\n\"And one day your neighbour decides to invade your house, destroy your house, kill your kids, just because they think you're going to invade them.\"\n\nPhil Cotterell, chairman of governors at St Mary's RC Primary School, Chepstow, outside the bungalow\n\nShe said every mother would probably be able to understand how she was not scared for her own life, but those of her children.\n\n\"We saw our cities being destroyed, rockets falling on our houses and people dying, and the worst thing was we could do nothing to stop it,\" she added.\n\n\"All we could think about is what are we going to do next.\"\n\nMs Onopa said she posted an appeal for help on social media and a group in the UK said they would help her.\n\nThe boys will soon start school in Chepstow\n\nShe said travelling to the border she had seen thousands of displaced families, desperate for a route out of the war-torn areas.\n\n\"I was terrified I would lose my children so I wrote the addresses and contact details of my family in their rucksacks and clothes in the hope that should I die someone would know where to take them to safety,\" she said.\n\nSince arriving in the UK, Ms Onopa said she has felt \"overwhelmed\" with support.\n\n\"I don't have enough words to describe how grateful I am to everyone who helped,\" she said.\n\n\"I'm overwhelmed with the feeling that my kids can finally feel safe.\"\n\nMs Onopa said she was keen to learn English and has already enrolled in classes.\n\nHaving been a keen cook and baker in Ukraine, she said she would like to start her own pastry business, and wants to volunteer to help other Ukrainian refugees settle.\n\nShe said her sons, aged between five and 15, were looking forward to beginning school.\n\nBut the devastation continuing in her own country where many of her family members and friends are still remains a source of fear and turmoil, she said.\n\n\"As a nation we haven't stopped fighting but its very difficult,\" she said.\n\n\"Just a couple of days ago I saw a 23-year-old boy from my village had been buried after being killed by the invaders.\"\n\nPresenting Ms Onopa with the keys, Archbishop of Cardiff George Stack said: \"This is an opportunity to say to our new family croesi i Gymru, welcome to Wales. The land of sanctuary.\n\n\"And we hope and pray that you will be happy and fulfilled and content as you begin to understand what wonderful people live and work in Wales.\"\n\nChair of governors, Phil Cotterell said: \"Lilia and her family will not be alone, there is an incredible network of support here in Chepstow.\"", "Wilf Davies farms alone and has the same dinner every night\n\nA documentary about a Welsh sheep farmer has beaten over 7,000 films to earn a place at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York.\n\nHeart Valley follows a day in the life of Wilf Davies, 73, from Cellan, near Lampeter in Ceredigion.\n\nDirector Christian Cargill pitched the film to Mr Davies after reading a feature in the Guardian about his life and devotion to his flock of 70 sheep.\n\nMr Cargill said the farmer was \"humbled\" the film had been selected.\n\nMr Davies never leaves his home area in the Teifi Valley, works alone and eats the same meal of fish, baked beans, onions and a fried egg every evening.\n\nMr Cargill said he thought the film would resonate with people who experienced claustrophobia during lockdown.\n\n\"He is archetypically disconnected,\" he said. \"He doesn't have a phone, he doesn't have the internet. It's almost a Victorian life he has.\n\n\"When we've been trapped in cities in our flats, everyone was desperate to leave and have space. He fully achieves that every single day and really appreciates that.\n\n\"He feels so much gratitude to life that he gets to be out in a field every single day, whatever the weather.\n\n\"I think that really relates to people that have struggled and felt trapped and claustrophobic over the last two years.\"\n\nHeart Valley follows a day in the life of farmer Wilf\n\nHe will be joined at the festival by four students and two lecturers from the theatre, film and TV department at Aberystwyth University.\n\nDr Kate Woodward, a lecturer, said Heart Valley showed a film \"so rooted in a location - geographically and culturally - can transcend boundaries\".\n\nIt is the fifth year students from the university have been able to attend the Tribeca Film Festival, which was set up by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff in 2002 to help revitalise lower Manhattan following the 11 September attacks.\n\nSecond-year student Molly Clark said: \"The opportunity to go to New York, where so many films are set, and being able to rub shoulders with film-makers and directors is really inspiring.\"\n\nDr Kate Woodward said the film showed \"very local stories can resonate globally\"\n\nWhile Tayjib Kerstan, a third year, said the festival was a \"huge opportunity\".\n\nMr Cargill said Mr Davies was \"quietly flattered\" that the film has been chosen for the festival and heard about the news during lambing season.\n\n\"He is certainly humbled by it,\" he said. \"He had a bit of a cry and we all had a laugh together, then he went back to his business.\n\n\"I think he's touched that people are interested in his life. I really hope it serves as an appropriate legacy for him one day, of being a snapshot of this wonderful person.\"\n\nThe Tribeca Film Festival runs from 8 to 19 June.", "Morrison took to the stage amid chants of \"Scomo, Scomo\" Image caption: Morrison took to the stage amid chants of \"Scomo, Scomo\" More on Morrison's concession speech - he said he was quitting as the leader of the Liberals, following their unsuccessful outing at the polls. Morrison, who led the country through bushfires and a pandemic, also gave thanks for \"the miracle of the Australian people\". \"What Australians have endured over these past few years has shown a tremendous depth of character and resilience and strength,\" he said. \"It has been the Australian people under the strong support of a strong government that's enabled all of us to come through to where we are today, and that's something that all Australians can give thanks for as we move forward.” He added that his party was handing over a country that was \"in a stronger position... than we inherited it when we came to government those years ago under Tony Abbott\". “We leave government having secured our borders many years ago. And we leave government having restored our nation's defences.” A huge roar - the biggest of the night - erupted as Morrison ended his speech saying he \"looks ahead to victory\" in the next election, reports the BBC's Phil Mercer who was at the scene. Morrison was mobbed by television crews as he left the stage.", "Then imagine doing that in a war zone.\n\n\"It's scary, but what can you do? We don't have many other options,\" said Ukrainian nurse Ira Yusko, 30, smiling grimly, as she switched on her headlamp at the Toretsk coal mine in the eastern Donbas region.\n\nAround her, more than a dozen miners - their faces already smeared with grime - shuffled forwards in the dark towards a rattling iron elevator that stood waiting to take the group 800 metres underground for a six-hour shift.\n\n\"We try to be positive. But it's hard on the soul. Depressing. These are terrible times. It's sad at home too - my wife is gone,\" said Vitaly Vahorder. He's spent half his life working at the Toretsk mine. His family recently joined the exodus heading west to safer locations.\n\nOutside, the occasional boom and crunch of artillery fire echoed across the wheat fields from the front lines 4km to the east and south, where Russian troops are struggling to gain ground against fierce Ukrainian resistance in Donbas.\n\n\"People go down the mine knowing they may not come back up. And when you do come back up, anything can happen - the town is constantly being bombed,\" said Anatoly Sholokhov, deputy head of Toretsk's coal miners' association, as he watched the elevator door slide shut. The 69-year-old miner was born in the town and was once its mayor.\n\nAfter years of conflict, most of eastern Ukraine's mines have been forced to close\n\nThe coal mines, their steep-sided slag heaps dotting the horizon like dark pyramids, have been a defining feature of eastern Ukraine for well over a century. They provided the Russian Empire, and then the Soviet Union, with much of its raw energy. But the collapse of the USSR in 1991, the past eight years of separatist conflict with pro-Russian militias, and the Kremlin's new offensive have combined to force most of the mines to close.\n\nOne of many concerns today is that the latest mine closures are happening abruptly, and without proper safety measures, causing old shafts to flood with highly toxic water that threatens to poison local rivers.\n\n\"The danger comes when you stop several mines at once,\" said Anatoly. \"You can't control where the ground water goes. It would be a disaster if it comes to the surface. This whole area would become uninhabitable. So, an ecological crisis looms over our town. May God prevent these mines from stopping. If the work stops and water begins to flood the mines, it could cause a catastrophe,\"\n\nOnly two mines are still working here in Toretsk - formerly called Dzerzhynsk in honour of the founder of the Communist secret police.\n\nThe front lines are just four miles from the mine\n\nDriving in from the west, past Ukrainian army checkpoints and roadblocks and into the near-empty town with its Soviet-era architecture and monuments, is like stepping back into the past. A Soviet red star still clings to the top of one of the oldest towers at the Toretsk mine, which first began producing coal in the 1930s, and was badly damaged during World War Two. The mine appears to have experienced few improvements, or even licks of paint, since it was refurbished in 1955.\n\nOne sunny morning last week, staff showed visitors around the site. Giant pieces of rusting machinery sat beside doodle-like swirls of rail track, where a lone female worker was busy pushing mine carts into a wooden shed by hand. Two giant slag heaps behind the mine were partially covered with trees and undergrowth. A huge tree grew through one ancient winding wheel. Overhead, floorboards creaked ominously as staff walked along a footbridge from the shaft back to the communal shower block - currently without water, like the rest of the town, due to blockages on a nearby canal which locals blamed on the war.\n\nOnly a third of the mine's staff remain since the Russian offensive began\n\n\"There's no water anywhere in this town. You go to the toilet - but how do you flush? When it rains, everyone in our apartment block goes out to collect rainwater,\" said Vitaly.\n\nOnly a third of the mine's staff have stayed on in the town since the Russian offensive began earlier this year - some out of loyalty to the mine itself, but mostly for financial reasons.\n\n\"I've been working here for twenty years. I went straight to the mines after school. We don't have any other professions here. No factories. We earn 8,000 to 10,000 hryvnias a month (£220 - £275, $275 - $343) and with the current prices that's nothing, tiny, no better than a student's stipend,\" said Yuri Podlutsky.\n\nAs a group, the miners appeared reluctant to pass judgement on the war or President Putin directly. Many of them are Russian-speaking and appeared keen to avoid territory that could cause frictions within a tight-knit community. But several men acknowledged a strong nostalgia for the Soviet era and the times when Ukrainians and Russians worked side by side in the mines.\n\n\"Whether you want Putin or not, we still need to live and work. There are a lot of 'Soviets' here,\" said Vitaly. \"I consider myself simply a local. Some of us speak Russian as our first language. But we all share the same sky.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: New Australian PM says climate action \"shouldn't be controversial\"\n\nAustralia's new leader has vowed to take the country in a new direction, with a big shift in climate policy.\n\nAnthony Albanese, who won Saturday's election with the opposition centre-left Labor Party, said Australia could become a renewable energy superpower.\n\nHe is to be sworn in as PM on Monday, but it is not clear whether his party will have a majority in parliament.\n\nClimate change was a key concern for voters, after three years of record-breaking bushfire and flood events.\n\nOutgoing PM Scott Morrison, the leader of an ousted Liberal-National coalition, thanked the \"miracle of the Australian people\" after conceding.\n\nVote counting is still going on and he is still a few seats short of the 76 that Labor needs to secure a majority in the 151-member lower house of parliament.\n\nFinal results may not be known for several days, as electoral officials have just started counting nearly three million postal votes.\n\nIf the election results in a hung parliament, Greens and independents - who have been campaigning for radical climate change action - could wield greater influence in framing the new government's policies on the issue.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Shaimaa Khalil shortly after his election victory, Mr Albanese, 59, said: \"We have an opportunity now to end the climate wars in Australia.\n\n\"Australian businesses know that good action on climate change is good for jobs and good for our economy, and I want to join the global effort.\"\n\nMr Albanese, who will be heading Australia's first Labor government in almost a decade, also promised to adopt more ambitious emissions targets.\n\nHowever, he has so far refused calls to phase out coal use or to block the opening of new coal mines.\n\nAnthony Albanese has vowed to \"end the climate wars\" that have poisoned Australia's will for emissions cuts in the past decade.\n\nHe now has a mandate. The rejection of Scott Morrison's government in the big cities was seismic. It's a clear repudiation of policies that have made Australia a climate laggard among rich nations.\n\nYet Labor has not been the biggest vote beneficiary. Unlike when the party last left opposition in 2007 on a big swing to Kevin Rudd, dubbed the \"Ruddslide\", this result has been separately claimed as a \"tealslide\" and a \"Greenslide\".\n\nThe surge in vote for those candidates has reshaped Australia's political landscape. Teal independents picked up key seats in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth.\n\nPerhaps most incredibly, the Greens are on track to win three seats in Brisbane. While it is a different story regionally, the result has upended many perceptions of Queensland as Australia's most conservative state.\n\nThe teals and Greens want even stronger climate action than Mr Albanese, whose election pledges included a commitment to coal.\n\nSome have already suggested they will lobby him for more ambitious goals. If Mr Albanese fails to secure a majority, their voices will be even louder.\n\nMr Albanese will fly to Tokyo on Monday for a summit with the leaders of Japan, India and the US, known as the Quad. As he will be representing Australia as its prime minister, he will be sworn into office before his departure.\n\n\"Obviously the Quad leaders meeting is an absolute priority for us,\" he told journalists on Sunday.\n\n\"It's an opportunity for us to send a message that there is a change of government and that there will be a change of policies on things like climate change.\n\n\"I will return to Australia on Wednesday and then we'll get down to business.\"\n\nHe said he wanted to \"change the country and change the way that politics operates in this country\".\n\nOne of Australia's longest-serving politicians, Mr Albanese served briefly as deputy prime minister to Kevin Rudd in 2013 and has long been a favourite of his party's left wing. Since becoming opposition leader in 2019, he has positioned himself more towards the centre.\n\nAfter taking over from Malcolm Turnbull in 2018, Mr Morrison led Australia through a period dominated by natural disasters and the pandemic.\n\nHe had been expected to narrowly lose the election, but the result showed a collapse in his vote.\n\nThe Coalition shed crucial seats to so-called \"teal\" independents, mostly women, in traditional inner-city Liberal strongholds. They had campaigned on platforms of climate action and integrity in politics.\n\nMr Morrison congratulated Mr Albanese and said he would step down as Liberal leader after the defeat.\n\nHe said it had been \"a time of great upheaval\".\n\n\"What Australians have endured over these past few years has shown a tremendous depth of character and resilience and strength,\" the outgoing prime minister said.\n\nMr Morrison, 54, is the first prime minister to serve a full term in office since John Howard in 2007.\n\nFormer Defence Minister Peter Dutton is seen as favourite to take over as Liberal leader, after former Treasurer Josh Frydenberg seemed set to lose his seat.\n\nUS President Joe Biden called Mr Albanese on Sunday to congratulate him on his victory.\n\nThe two countries are part of the Quad group, along with Japan and India, which is holding a summit in Tokyo on Tuesday. Mr Albanese has said he will be there, a decision welcomed by Mr Biden.\n\n\"President Biden reaffirmed the United States' steadfast commitment to the US-Australia alliance and his intent to work closely with the new government to make it stronger still,\" the White House said.\n\nUK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he looked forward to working with Mr Albanese \"in the weeks, months and years ahead as, together, we tackle shared challenges and demonstrate the importance of our shared values\".\n\nNew Zealand's PM Jacinda Ardern said she had \"a warm conversation\" with Mr Albanese, describing Australia as \"our most important partner\".\n\nIndian PM Narendra Modi also congratulated Mr Albanese on his party's election victory.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Wage negotiations 'have to be sensible' - Richard Lochhead\n\nScotland's employment minister has urged people to be \"sensible\" when asking for pay rises.\n\nRichard Lochhead acknowledged that many people were facing \"huge pressure\" as inflation hits 9%, a 40-year high.\n\nBut he said the country was in a \"precarious position\" and workers should ask for \"affordable\" wage increases.\n\nBoth Aslef and the RMT have rejected a 2.2% offer from the recently nationalised train operator ScotRail.\n\nThis has raised the prospect of possible strike action on the railways, adding to the disruption caused by driver shortages.\n\nMore than 300 services were cancelled on Sunday, and a drastically reduced temporary timetable is to come into effect on Monday as many drivers refuse to work overtime.\n\nThe Scottish government has said a train driver in Scotland typically earns more than £50,000 a year, and has urged the rail unions to negotiate with ScotRail.\n\nAsked on the BBC's The Sunday Show if the unions were making reasonable demands, he said: \"My message to all workers in Scotland, in all these sectors, is that we have to sensible.\n\n\"Everything has to be affordable because the country is in a very precarious position at the moment and if we take wrong decisions we could end up with a recession.\"\n\nHe said ScotRail was being run as an arm's length organisation and it was not for him as a minister to say what were \"the right or wrong wages for a train driver or anyone else\".\n\nBut he added: \"It's really important that people are constructive, they are compromising and they recognise the consequences of these disputes dragging on for too long.\"\n\nAslef rejected his comments, saying it was \"not sensible\" to offer a 2.2% pay increase when inflation was \"heading north of 10%\" - nor was it credible to blame workers for the state of the economy.\n\nScottish organiser Kevin Lindsay said: \"The most sensible thing that he could do right now is to tell ScotRail to get back to the negotiating table to settle this dispute so that the ridiculous timetable cuts that are planned for tomorrow can be withdrawn.\"\n\nRichard Lochhead urged Chancellor Rishi Sunak to take action now rather than wait until the autumn\n\nMr Lochhead also called on the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, to take urgent action now on the cost of living rather than wait until the autumn, when new energy price increases are expected.\n\nBut he said there were currently no plans to use the Scottish government's devolved powers over tax and business rates to relieve the pressure.\n\n\"We keep everything under review but quite clearly we've got to balance the books,\" he said.\n\n\"The NHS is under huge pressure following the pandemic - we invested record amounts into the NHS and other public services - and we've allocated £770m helping the lower paid and the most vulnerable people on low incomes in our society as well.\"", "France warns it could take '15 or 20 years' for Ukraine to join EU\n\nA bid by Ukraine to join the EU could not be finalised for \"15 or 20 years,\" France's minister for European affairs has said. Speaking on Radio J in Paris, Clement Beaune said: \"We have to be honest. If you say Ukraine is going to join the EU in six months, or a year or two, you're lying. \"It's probably in 15 or 20 years, it takes a long time.\" His comments poured cold water on Volodymyr Zelensky's hopes for expedited entry to the bloc in the wake of Russia's invasion. Beaune repeated French President Emmanuel Macron's offer to create a looser \"European political community\" that could help integrate Ukraine sooner, adding: \"I don't want to offer Ukrainians any illusions or lies.\" Zelensky has turned down what he called \"such compromises\" and insisted on an immediate start of the process towards full EU membership. Beaune said Macron's proposal is not \"an alternative to joining the European political community\", emphasising: \"It doesn't prevent membership later on.\" Ukraine's aspirations to join the EU and Nato are seen as the main reason Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion. Macron's European political community initiative is due to be debated at an EU summit in June.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Zahawi in heated exchange over who set up Sue Gray meeting\n\nThe deadline for Downing Street officials to object to being named in Sue Gray's report on lockdown parties has passed.\n\nThe senior civil servant, who has led the investigation, is expected to publish her findings within days.\n\nEducation Secretary Nadhim Zahawi told the BBC Ms Gray had \"complete control\" over the details revealed.\n\nBut Labour insisted the report should be published \"in full and with all accompanying evidence\".\n\nThe officials set to be named as having attended or organised gatherings had until 17:00 BST on Sunday to register their objections.\n\nWhitehall sources had told the BBC that challenges could potentially delay publication of the report.\n\nBBC political correspondent Iain Watson said that, with no one yet known to have taken out a legal challenge, it was likely that the report would be published in the next few days.\n\nA separate investigation by the Metropolitan Police concluded this week with a total of 126 fines being issued to 83 people, including one to Prime Minister Boris Johnson.\n\nMs Gray has gathered evidence including 510 images during her own investigation.\n\nThe BBC understands it is unlikely all the images will be released, although it is possible some will be published to illustrate the nature of the gatherings.\n\nAsked on BBC One's Sunday Morning programme whether all the evidence gathered by Ms Gray would be included in her report, Mr Zahawi replied: \"I would absolutely welcome it. It's the right thing to do.\"\n\nHe said the prime minister had his \"full confidence\", telling host Jo Coburn: \"Sue Gray makes that decision [over what to include in her report]. Sue Gray has complete control over this.\"\n\nThe publication of Sue Gray's full report was delayed when the Metropolitan Police launched an investigation into Downing Street parties\n\nOn Friday it emerged that the prime minister and Ms Gray had met several weeks earlier over the report, although there are conflicting accounts of what was discussed.\n\nMr Johnson is facing calls to explain the meeting from opposition parties, who say it threatens to undermine public confidence in the investigation.\n\nBut Mr Zahawi said: \"The prime minister would never interfere in the outcome of the investigation.\"\n\n\"The prime minister, throughout the process, has allowed Sue Gray to conduct herself independently,\" he added.\n\nDowning Street said Mr Johnson had been \"clear throughout\" that the report should be \"completely independent\", and its findings had not been discussed.\n\nThere hasn't been a renewed clamour among Conservative MPs for the prime minister to go, now that police have confirmed the scale of the fines imposed on officials and politicians in Downing Street.\n\nBut Boris Johnson's long-standing critics will pore over the Sue Gray report to assess whether his initial assertion that Covid guidance and rules were followed was credible.\n\nThe devil for Mr Johnson will be in the as-yet-unseen detail of the Downing Street gatherings. If, for example, she were to provide descriptions - or even possibly, in some cases, images - of events that weren't socially distanced, that could potentially inflict more damage on the prime minister.\n\nBut if Mr Johnson, in the statement he will make to MPs when the report becomes public, can convince colleagues he was the victim of bad advice from his officials, then his next challenge will come in June.\n\nThat's when voters will get a chance to have their say in two crucial by-elections in Conservative held seats.\n\nFor Labour, shadow Treasury minister Pat McFadden told Sky News: \"I've got every faith in Sue Gray's integrity and she is a civil servant of the highest integrity.\n\n\"We don't know the details of that meeting, it's not clear who called it, there's different accounts of that, so it's hard for me to say what was said there.\"\n\nAn interim version of Ms Gray's report, published in January, did not name individuals but criticised \"failures of leadership and judgement\" and said some events should not have \"been allowed to take place\".\n\nThe publication of her full findings was delayed when the Met Police launched its own investigation.\n\nThe prime minister faces a further inquiry by the Commons' Privileges Committee about whether he knowingly lied to Parliament when he previously told MPs that no laws had been broken in Downing Street.\n\nUnder government guidelines, ministers who knowingly mislead the House of Commons are expected to resign.", "Big Country were due to be one of the event's headline acts.\n\nA three-day music festival in Fife featuring stars such as Midge Ure and Big Country has been cancelled due to poor ticket sales.\n\nThe inaugural Kirkcaldy Breakout Festival was due to take place on the town's Esplanade from 27 -29 May.\n\nBut organisers have confirmed the event, which would have raised money for the NHS, will now no longer go ahead.\n\nOther artists booked to perform included Callum Beattie and Sandi Thom.\n\nThe event's main stage was to be named in honour of local singer Paige Dougall, 17, who died in January after a two year battle with a Ewing's Sarcoma, a disease which attacks the bones.\n\nIn a statement posted on Facebook on Friday organisers said the decision to cancel had been taken with \"enormous regret\".\n\nIt continued: \"The current economic climate has contributed to a level of ticket sales that make live events unviable.\n\n\"We would like to offer all our thanks to all the bands, partner agencies and suppliers who have continued to give us their full support right to the last minute.\"\n\nThe festival was originally due to take place last October but organisers decided to delay it due to a spike in local Covid cases.\n\nAs well as main stage the plans featured a fairground and an acoustic tent which would become a dance tent at night.", "The gap between the pay of company executives and other workers is set to widen this year after falling during the height of the Covid pandemic, research by a think tank suggests.\n\nThe High Pay Centre said cuts to executive pay led to a fall in the median pay gap between bosses in FTSE 350 firms and employees last year.\n\nBut it said early data indicated that the gap will widen again in 2022.\n\nPay ratios were widest in retail and lowest in media and financial services.\n\nUnions called for maximum pay ratios to \"bring some fairness back\" to the system.\n\nLuke Hildyard, director of the High Pay Centre, said the think tank's report indicated companies showed \"some sensitivity to the need to treat workers fairly and reduce vast pay inequalities during the pandemic\".\n\n\"However, as the Covid-19 emergency hopefully reduces, it would be a shame if the spirit of solidarity it generated fades away as well,\" he added.\n\n\"With the dire outlook for the UK economy, how we share existing resource will become increasingly important.\"\n\nHouseholds are currently being hit by the rising cost of living, with food, fuel and energy prices all biting into budgets.\n\nPrices were already rising as economies opened following pandemic restrictions, but war in Ukraine has led to further increases and wages are failing to keep pace.\n\nUK inflation, the rate at which prices rise, jumped to 9% in the 12 months to April, up from 7% in March and is forecast to rise further by the end of the year.\n\nHowever, the governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey has previously urged workers to not ask for big pay rises - to try and stop inflation spiralling out of control.\n\nBut Mr Hildyard said major employers had \"a key role to play balancing their pay awards so that high, middle and low earners are all paid fairly and proportionately\".\n\nAcross 69 companies that disclosed pay ratios in the first months of 2022 to the High Pay Centre, the average chief executive to average employee pay ratio was 63:1 - almost double the ratio for the same group of companies in 2021, at 34:1.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Today programme, Mr Hildyard said: \"For many households the cost of living's rising, their economic situation is getting a lot worse not better, but that doesn't seem to be stopping the big companies that are making big profits from paying vast amounts to their chief executives and people at the top while not necessarily awarding pay rises to lower earning workers who are struggling with that cost of living.\"\n\nMubin Haq, chief executive of the abrdn Financial Fairness Trust, which contributed to the research, said the previous narrowing of the pay gap during the height of the pandemic showed \"change is possible\".\n\n\"As inflation starts to bite, it's more important than ever that companies do the right thing and pay is distributed fairly,\" he said.\n\n\"Going back to past practice, where pay ratios increase year-on-year, is one area where we do not want to see a return to normal following the pandemic. However, this increasingly seems unlikely as evidence from a number of companies shows pay at the top rebounding.\"\n\nMr Haq said wage growth for those on lower incomes would be \"critical\" to ensure \"millions can weather the cost-of-living crisis we are now facing\".\n\nHowever, Emily Fielder, head of communications at the Adam Smith Institute, said while \"fretting about CEO pay might make for a good headline, getting involved would do little to increase workers' wages and benefits to shareholders\".\n\nShe claimed research into \"unexpected executive deaths and the effect that this had on the companies they represent\" had shown that bosses of big firms \"have a real impact on a company's performance\".\n\n\"The UK should be adopting policies which will get the economy growing again, rather than undertaking a PR exercise in the politics of envy,\" she added.\n\nThe High Pay Centre's most recent chief executive pay analysis said the average FTSE 100 boss was paid £2.69m in 2020.\n\nThe figure was 86 times the average full-time UK worker but was a 17% drop from £3.25m in 2019.\n\nTUC general secretary Frances O'Grady said: \"Pay inequality has gone much too far.\"\n\n\"Even for the best-performing executives, pay can be out of all proportion compared to hard-working staff on the frontline,\" she said.\n\n\"It's time we had maximum pay ratios to bring some fairness back.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nNearly 900,000 homes in southern Canada were left without power on Saturday after a severe storm hit the provinces of Ontario and Quebec.\n\nSeven people were killed by falling trees and a woman died when a boat capsized in the Ottawa River.\n\nWind gusts reached 82 mph (132km/h) during the storm, according to Environment Canada.\n\nPower company Hydro One, which covers Ontario, said it would take several days to reconnect every home.\n\nMeanwhile, Hydro Quebec said 550,000 homes there lost power, with nearly 400,000 still suffering outages as of 10:00 local time (14:00 GMT) on Sunday.\n\nPrime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted on Sunday evening that the federal government was preparing to step in to help those affected.\n\n\"The storms that swept across Ontario and Quebec yesterday caused serious damage, claimed several lives, and left many without power,\" Mr Trudeau said.\n\n\"We're thinking of everyone affected, and thanking the crews who are working to restore power - we stand ready to provide federal support if needed.\"\n\nPictures on Canadian media showed firefighters and utility workers trying to untangle downed powerlines and poles that are lying over cars on a road in Ottawa.\n\nThe town of Uxbridge, about an hour north of Toronto, has declared a state of emergency after the storm left \"significant damage in its wake\", a statement said.\n\nThe powerful thunderstorm, which lasted more than two hours, felled many trees, disrupted traffic, damaged homes and saw emergency services inundated with calls for help.\n\nExperts said the storm, which spanned across an area of around 621 miles (1,000km), was caused by a rare phenomenon called \"derecho\".\n\nDerenchos are caused when a fast moving group of thunderstorms band together and mostly occur during summer months.\n\nThe seven people killed by falling trees and branches were in the eastern Ontario province.\n\nProvincial Police said a 59-year-old man was killed when a tree was uprooted on a golf course in the capital, Ottawa. East of the city, local media reported that a 44-year-old man was killed in Greater Madawaska.\n\nOne person died and two others were injured by an uprooted tree at a campsite about 60 miles (100km) from Toronto, and a woman in her 70s was killed while out walking in the suburb of Brampton, in the Greater Toronto area.\n\nIn neighbouring province Quebec, police told local media that a 51-year-old woman drowned when a boat overturned in the Ottawa River, which runs through both provinces.", "Henrietta, in care from 14, says her life would have been different if her mother had been offered help earlier\n\nTens of thousands more children could end up in care without radical changes to child protection, a \"once-in a generation\" review has warned.\n\nThe review of England's council-run children's services says struggling families need early intervention to ensure they do not reach crisis point.\n\nThe recommendations include phasing out young offender institutions and a drive to recruit more foster parents.\n\nMinisters promised \"ambitious and detailed\" plans before the end of 2022.\n\nBut Labour and the British Association of Social Workers both blamed government austerity measures since 2010 for stripping away services for vulnerable families.\n\nAnd the Independent Children's Homes Association, representing private providers of residential care, accused the review of \"overreaching\".\n\nThe Independent Review of Children's Social Care's lead Josh MacAlister called for £2.6bn over five years to transform the system and prevent the number of children in care - already at record levels - rising above 100,000.\n\nIt follows the killing of toddlers Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and Star Hobson, who died in separate incidents in 2020. The trials of their killers highlighted the inadequacies of the social system meant to protect at-risk children.\n\nA separate report on the failings in both cases is expected soon.\n\nThe landmark review's recommendations have also called for:\n\n\"I was always walking with a black bin bag,\" says Henrietta Imoreh, of being moved from placement to placement five times during her first weeks in care at the age of 14.\n\nYouth worker Henrietta, now 27, says the sort of early intervention recommended in the report could have transformed her life. Being in care \"felt like a never-ending storm\", she says.\n\nIt disrupted her education, she was bullied and got into fights.\n\n\"Where is the support for families right at the start, when they're struggling?\" she asks.\n\nShe says: \"There were so many moments in my childhood where my mum was suffering and nobody offered support... Maybe we wouldn't have gone into care and maybe our stories would have been different.\"\n\nMr MacAlister, a former teacher who led the government-commissioned review, told the BBC: \"I've walked away from this feeling a mixture of inspiration at times - seeing what families have been able to do and where children have been able to get despite the circumstances - but also rage.\n\n\"Some of the things going on in the system are outrageous and are not acceptable.\"\n\nHe said £2.6bn was needed for a five-year programme to change the system fundamentally, and improve the lives of children and their families.\n\nWithout that, he said, the number of children in care - already at a record 80,000 - would grow.\n\n\"Carry on as we are and we'll have nearly 100,000 children in care by this time next decade, and the costs per year will be £15bn [up from £10bn]... and it won't be achieving better outcomes for anybody.\"\n\nHe suggested some of the money could be raised by a windfall tax on the 15 largest providers of residential children's care and foster care, who he said had \"done very well out of market failure\" by capitalising on demand.\n\nMr MacAlister said: \"What we found is that this is a system - the children social care system - that needs a radical reset, because at the moment it is in a cycle where problems escalate, costs rise, outcomes continue to be too poor, and that's getting worse and worse over time.\"\n\nMr MacAlister (centre) and his team spoke to more than 2,000 people with personal experience of the care system\n\nAnother key recommendation is extra financial support for relatives taking on the care of a child to avoid them going into children's homes, or being fostered.\n\n\"Children have told us, having been in care, that they desperately would have liked to stay with their grandparents or that uncle or family friend,\" Mr MacAlister said.\n\nBut too often relatives' housing is unsuitable or budgets won't stretch to the cost of taking on an extra child, says the report, which argues for kinship carers to be paid the same amount as foster carers.\n\nLisa, whose baby granddaughter was adopted last year, wishes she could have taken her in instead - but she says the social workers who handled the case were \"negative and nit-picking\" and not on her side.\n\nShe already has a special guardianship order for the baby's older brother, but when she applied for the second child, she was told that a condition was giving up her job to focus on her granddaughter's emotional wellbeing.\n\nLisa says she had no choice but to allow her granddaughter to be adopted\n\nLosing her income would have plunged the whole family into poverty, so Lisa felt she had no choice.\n\n\"It was the hardest decision I've ever made... I think I will take to my grave whether it was the right one or not.\"\n\nLisa says special guardians need better help.\n\n\"We are an afterthought. We don't get the support that foster carers get. We don't get the support adopters get - and yet we're the most successful placements for a child. It doesn't make sense.\"\n\nIn a statement, ministers said they were committed to \"major reforms to improve the lives of England's most vulnerable children and families\".\n\nInitial measures set out by the government include:\n\n\"This is the start of a journey to change the culture and dramatically reform the children's social care system,\" said Education Secretary Nadim Zahawi, who pledged detailed plans for \"bold and ambitious change\" within months.\n\nLabour called the poor outcomes for children in care \"a source of shame for our country and our government\".\n\n\"A decade of Conservative governments have stripped away the early help services that children and families rely on,\" said Helen Hayes, Labour's shadow minister for children and early years.\n\nThe British Association of Social Workers said: \"Public service austerity has not only driven social care services to breaking point, it has fundamentally undermined social protection for the poorest and most marginalised.\n\n\"While tackling poverty and funding cuts are in the review report, it needs to be unequivocal in asking government to act on poverty and structural underfunding of preventive and universal services, which is increasing demand on social services and inequalities between areas.\"\n\nThe Independent Children's Homes Association said it was \"stunned\" at the review's call for \"the destruction of more than 30 years in the children's social care sector, work that has produced one of the leading care systems in the world, while demonstrating an alarming lack of knowledge of the sector, poor examination of evidence, and misleading interpretation of critical data\".\n\nHave you been affected by any of the issues raised here? You can share your experience by emailing: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Basic goods and services for a typical family with two young children are about £400 a month more expensive than they were last year, new data suggests.\n\nEnergy prices added about £120 to families' monthly costs as price caps rose and cheap tariffs ended.\n\nPay is rising more slowly than prices, forcing many families to make tough spending choices.\n\nThe data from Loughborough University is based on what focus groups deem a minimum acceptable standard of living.\n\nAs well as the essentials needed to survive, like food, rent and heating, the budgets include things the focus groups believe are needed to take part in society, such as internet access, school trips and an annual family holiday in the UK.\n\nGas and electricity costs have gone up sharply over the past year, especially for those on the lowest tariffs, because of rises in the energy price cap and the disappearance of cheap deals.\n\nTransport costs, including petrol and parking charges, added at least £85 to families' outgoings, while childcare costs rose by £66 a month.\n\nStacey Sherwood, a single mother of two from Leicester, says she is constantly having to scale back.\n\nStacey, who has two children, says: \"I work, I should be able to pay for things myself\"\n\n\"Day trips out with the kids, outings - all of that's gone,\" she says.\n\nMs Sherwood, who works for a window company, sends her two-year-old daughter Arabella-Rose to nursery three days a week. She'd like to send her full-time, but can't afford to, so her parents help with childcare.\n\nRising bills have forced the family to limit showers and share baths, and she can no longer afford to take her nine-year-old son Oliver on outings, such as trips to the bowling alley.\n\n\"Once you've paid for bowling, food and so on, you've spent £100 and we simply can't afford that anymore,\" she says.\n\n\"I don't want to be saying no. It makes me feel like a failure, like a bad mum. I work, I should be able to pay for things myself.\"\n\nThe cost of these basic household budgets - known as the Minimum Income Standard - has often gone up faster than inflation, which is calculated using prices across the whole economy.\n\nWith inflation reaching a 40-year high of 9% in April 2022, families with two children face costs 13% higher than they did in the same month last year. Budgets for other household types, including those without children, are set to be published later this year.\n\nPeter Matejic from anti-poverty charity the Joseph Rowntree Foundation says low-income households are hit the hardest by price rises: \"Families in poverty are feeling the worst effects of the frightening jumps we are seeing in the cost of living, because more of their budget goes on essential items and their incomes just can't keep up.\n\n\"The government has the power to close the gap by uprating benefits now, ensuring that the worst off are not pulled under.\"\n\nThe government has said it is supporting families struggling financially in the face of rising prices, including a £150 council tax discount and a £200 loan for energy bills in the autumn.\n\nBut Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak is under increasing pressure to offer more support to households, including a windfall tax on oil and gas companies' profits, a cut to VAT and further financial help with energy bills.\n\nPrices are rising for everyone - especially as increases are being driven by the cost of energy, such as heating and lighting our homes.\n\nBut the impact is clearly more acute for those whose household budgets are already very tight.\n\nSo far, government support has been a mix of broad, general assistance, such as council tax rebates, and more targeted policy - such as allowing those on universal credit to take home more of what they earn.\n\nThe prime minister and chancellor have said they stand ready to offer more help. The debate in the weeks ahead will not only be about how generous, but also how specifically directed, that support could be.\n\nAre you a family struggling with the rising cost of living? How have you been affected by the issues in this story? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "ScotRail's new timetable, which will see almost 700 fewer train services a day, has been rolled out as the deadlock over driver pay continues.\n\nThe move, which will see the last train on many routes departing before 20:00, follows a third Sunday of disruption.\n\nDrivers' union Aslef has argued a 2.2% pay rise is not acceptable at a time of soaring inflation.\n\nEmployment minister Richard Lochhead said he understood the pressures but urged \"sensible\" pay claims.\n\nHundreds of trains have been cancelled since 8 May when many drivers opted not to work overtime.\n\nAslef and the RMT union are both balloting members for strike action after rejecting the pay offer.\n\nMinisters insist that scaling back the number of services under the new temporary timetable will reduce the need for cancellations.\n\nBut hospitality and entertainment businesses have warned the transport situation will affect their income, while some commuters have also raised concerns.\n\nThe original May 2022 timetable had approximately 2,150 weekday services, but from Monday this will be reduced temporarily by a third to 1,456.\n\nOpposition politicians have criticised the move which comes after a Scottish government owned company took over the running of ScotRail last month.\n\nThe previous operator Abellio had its franchise ended early amid criticism of the quality of the service.\n\nMore than 300 services were cancelled on Sunday before the temporary timetable came into place.\n\nScotRail's service delivery director David Simpson conceded that the temporary timetable would see a reduction in service but said it would also provide customers with \"a level of certainty and reliability\".\n\n\"I hope we have this in place for as short a time as possible because we recognise the disruption it is causing to people,\" he told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme.\n\n\"We need to sit down and talk against the background where everyone is clear that we need to compromise. The demands of 10, 11% are just not sustainable in the current economic climate of the railway. We need to find a way round that.\"\n\nHe said ScotRail needed to demonstrate \"taxpayer value\" in the way the company operated.\n\n\"We think the offer we have made is a strong one,\" Mr Simpson added. \"It's 2.2% on basic plus 5% through the revenue share. We think that reflects the current economic position of the industry but also offers good package for drivers and other grades that allows them to share in the success of ScotRail as they move forward.\"\n\nThe operator has been dependent on drivers working extra hours, following delays in training new staff during the Covid pandemic.\n\nMr Simpson said ScotRail could return to a full timetable if drivers returned to the previous level of rest-day working, but added that its training scheme for new drivers was \"going very well\" with 130 new drivers currently going through the programme.\n\nThe Scottish government has said a train driver in Scotland typically earns more than £50,000 a year, and has urged the rail unions to negotiate with ScotRail.\n\nBut Aslef has said it was \"not sensible\" to offer a 2.2% pay increase with inflation running at the current levels.\n\nScottish organiser Kevin Lindsay has now written to the first minister asking her to provide \"positive political intervention\" in bringing ScotRail back to the negotiating table to end an impasse over wages.\n\nHe said: \"We urgently need to see progress and a de-escalation of this situation. The Scottish public demand it. They need to get to and from work, leisure, and important cultural and sporting events satisfactorily and this needs a full service that is invested in, not cut.\n\n\"We have said repeatedly we want to return to talks - we stand ready whenever they are called to meet with ScotRail and the Scottish government anytime, anyplace and anywhere.\"\n\nHe added: \"Sadly, up until now there has been negative political interference, it is now time for positive political intervention and leadership from you with an instruction to ScotRail to enter as a matter of urgency meaningful pay talks with the full intention to sensibly settle these pay negotiations.\"\n\nAsked on the BBC's The Sunday Show if the unions were making reasonable demands, Employment Minister Richard Lochhead said: \"My message to all workers in Scotland, in all these sectors, is that we have to sensible.\n\n\"Everything has to be affordable because the country is in a very precarious position at the moment and if we take wrong decisions we could end up with a recession.\"\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said last week she hoped the timetable would get back to normal \"as quickly as possible\".\n\nTransport Minister Jenny Gilruth has said she expects 38 new drivers to be qualified by the end of the summer, 55 by the end of the year, and 100 by June 2023.\n\nShe has previously described the practice of rest day working as \"outdated\" and that the Scottish government was looking to phase it out.\n\n\"I would encourage both partners to sit round the table today,\" she said on Monday. \"We need to see negotiations move on and that means compromise on both sides.\"\n\nShe added: \"We need to make nationalisation a success. I want the railway unions to be part of that success.\"\n\nGraham Simpson, the Scottish Conservatives transport spokesman, said there were \"serious questions to answer\" about why negotiations were not taking place on Monday.\n\n\"Jenny Gilruth might have the luxury of her ministerial car to get around, but others do not,\" he added. \"She needs to start showing leadership and ensure that passengers do not continue to suffer this miserable and disastrous service on our trains.\"\n\nHow have you been affected by the scaled back timetable? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Shaun Cunningham said he heard an \"unbelievable noise\" at the Potters Bar bus depot\n\nA number of buses have caught fire at a town centre transport depot.\n\nHeavy smoke drifted across Potters Bar after Hertfordshire crews were called to the scene on the High Street at 14:36 BST.\n\nEyewitness Shaun Cunningham said he heard an \"unbelievable noise that sounded like a jet\" and he saw a bus had \"exploded into a ball of flames\".\n\nThe fire service said it received \"numerous calls\" and was working with police to evacuate the area.\n\nThe depot is home to Metroline, which runs buses in London.\n\nThe fire service said at least four buses were involved in the fire.\n\nA spokesman for Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue said nobody was thought to have been injured.\n\nThe service, which has taken more than 70 calls about the blaze, has asked people to avoid the area and keep windows closed.\n\nSix fire engines from across Hertfordshire have attended the scene\n\nMr Cunningham, who lives nearby, said: \"I just heard an unbelievable noise that sounded like a jet and when I looked out my window, one of the buses exploded in a ball of flames.\"\n\nPeople reported on Twitter that the smoke could be seen in St Albans, about 11 miles (18km) away.\n\nPeople reported seeing the smoke from miles away\n\nPaul Kirby, a BBC reporter who saw the fire, said he spoke to bus drivers who told him they were relieved the underground diesel storage appeared to be safe.\n\nIt is thought that up to seven hybrid buses had gone up in flames and \"you could hear several loud bangs which they said were tyres\" he said.\n\nWorkers managed to move some buses but not all as they were at risk of fire, Mr Kirby added.\n\nThe BBC has contacted Metroline for comment.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Charley Clark This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Rail unions have reacted with fury to a government threat to make strike action illegal unless a minimum number of train staff work during a walkout.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said a law would protect freight shipments of goods such as food and fuel.\n\nBut unions vowed \"fierce resistance\" to any curb on the right to strike, calling the move \"authoritarian\" and \"desperate nonsense\".\n\nSome 40,000 rail workers are being balloted over taking industrial action.\n\nThe ballot of National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) members closes on Tuesday and the results are likely to be known the following day.\n\nThe RMT claims that the strike - involving members of 15 train operating companies and Network Rail - could be the biggest \"in modern history\" and bring the country \"to a standstill\".\n\nMr Shapps told The Sunday Telegraph that unions were using strikes as a first resort rather than a last measure.\n\nHe cited a promise that the Conservative Party made in its 2019 manifesto that it \"will require that a minimum service operates during transport strikes\".\n\nHe told the newspaper: \"We had a pledge in there about minimum service levels. If they really got to that point then minimum service levels would be a way to work towards protecting those freight routes and those sorts of things.\n\n\"We very much hope they will wake up and smell the coffee.\"\n\nHowever, RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said \"any attempt\" by Mr Shapps to \"make effective strike action illegal on the railways will be met with the fiercest resistance from RMT and the wider trade union movement\".\n\nHe was joined by Unite general secretary Sharon Graham who said the union \"will confront head-on and by whatever means necessary, any further attacks on the right to strike\".\n\nShe called it \"a cynical, authoritarian move\", adding: \"A worker's right to withdraw their labour is inalienable in any democracy worth its name.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Manuel Cortes, general secretary of the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association, said: \"What we are seeing here is desperate nonsense from the Tories who have chosen to attack working people in our union who kept the railways running every single day of the pandemic.\"\n\nIn its manifesto, the Conservatives said: \"Rail workers deserve a fair deal, but it is not fair to let the trade unions undermine the livelihoods of others.\"\n\nThe RMT said the strike is over pay, terms and conditions as well as planned job cuts. It said its members are facing \"pay freezes, threats to jobs and attacks on their terms and conditions\".\n\nNetwork Rail plans to shed 2,500 maintenance jobs in order to make £2bn worth of savings.\n\nNetwork Rail - which maintains the railways and carries out vital functions such as signalling - has not been involved in a national strike since 1994. There are concerns a walkout by its workers could affect both passengers and the movement of goods by train, such as fuel and food.\n\nAlthough rail makes up a relatively small proportion of all freight, this has been increasing because of the lorry driver shortage, and environmental considerations.", "Raheem's mother said he is struggling to come to terms with what happened\n\nA boy had a finger amputated after he injured himself fleeing bullies at school, his mother said.\n\nRaheem Bailey, 11, caught his finger while climbing a fence to escape and after six hours of surgery, doctors could not save it.\n\nHis mother, Shantal, said the pupil at Abertillery Learning Community was subjected to racist abuse, and bullying because he is small for his age.\n\nGwent Police and Blaenau Gwent council are investigating what happened.\n\nMs Bailey said her son was attacked on Tuesday by a group of children who kicked him when he was on the floor.\n\nShe explained how he caught his finger in the fence trying to escape and after surgery it was decided to amputate.\n\nRaheem underwent six hours of surgery to try and save his finger\n\nRaheem is now home with his family but is struggling to understand what has happened.\n\n\"He is amazing but he is in a lot of pain,\" said his mum.\n\n\"Sometimes he will start saying 'mummy I didn't lose my finger, I was just having a really bad dream, I am having a dream right?' and I have to bring him back because I don't want to lie to him and I don't want to pretend.\n\n\"I have to have a gentle, straightforward conversation with him, just letting him know this did happen and we have to look forward.\n\n\"I am grateful and happy he's alive. He actually said he was worried and thought that he could have died, he just couldn't get away no matter what he did. \"\n\nRaheem is recovering at home following treatment\n\nShe said she was \"appalled\" at the school, adding: \"Until now, the school has not contacted me one time, has not tried to reach out to see how Raheem is getting on.\"\n\nAt the start of the school year, Ms Bailey said a pupil told Raheem he came from a \"poor country\" and she reported it to the school.\n\nShe said since then, her son had mentioned incidents \"here and there\" but she felt her son had been \"holding on to the amount of pain he'd been feeling\".\n\nGwent Police said: \"We received a report of an incident at a school in Abertillery around 13:00 BST on Wednesday, 18 May, where an 11-year-old boy was injured.\n\n\"A multi-agency meeting has taken place and we're working with the school as part of our ongoing inquiries.\"\n\nA spokesman for his school, Abertillery Learning Community said: \"We are currently working closely with Gwent Police and the local authority to establish the full details of the incident.\n\n\"The well-being and safety of our pupils and staff remains of paramount importance. We will not be commenting further at this time.\"\n\nFollowing the incident, Ms Bailey also set up a fundraising page to try and raise money for a prosthetic finger for her son, which has already far exceeded its £10,000 target.", "Spanish minister Reyes Maroto said lifting the ban was \"excellent news\" for tourism\n\nUK citizens who have not had a coronavirus jab can now travel to Spain by showing a negative PCR or antigen test on arrival.\n\nThe Spanish government confirmed that non-vaccinated travellers from outside the EU can enter the country from Saturday.\n\nFully vaccinated passengers will still need to show proof of vaccination.\n\nThe UK removed all its remaining international Covid travel restrictions for entry on 18 March.\n\nThis included passenger locator forms and tests for passengers who do not qualify as vaccinated.\n\nOther European countries followed suit, with Austria, Greece, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Croatia, Lithuania, Sweden, Serbia, Slovenia and Slovakia no longer having any Covid travel restrictions for visitors.\n\nPreviously, heightened restrictions meant UK travellers were only allowed to enter Spain with vaccine certification or proof of recovery from the virus.\n\nAs the latest wave of that strain dissipated, countries across the world loosened their Covid travel restrictions to welcome visitors again.\n\nAnd on Saturday, Spanish tourism minister Reyes Maroto said the \"new phase of the pandemic\" meant the country was able to relax the rules by equating non-EU travellers with those of the EU and Schengen-associated countries.\n\n\"This is excellent news, much awaited by the tourism sector,\" said Ms Maroto, adding: \"Spain is becoming one of the most desired destinations in the world.\"\n\nMallorca, Marbella and Madrid are some of our holiday favourites.\n\nIn 2019, 18 million visitors from the UK arrived at Spanish airports - and the Spanish want to see the same numbers hitting their beaches again this year.\n\nDemand is high for holiday destinations across Europe, with airlines and tour operators reporting surges for summer sun bookings almost everywhere.\n\nBut Spain wants to retain its crown as Britain's favourite, and to do that it has to be open to everyone. That's why they've followed European holiday rivals and started allowing unvaccinated travellers - with a negative test - from today.\n\nMore holidaymakers means more euros arriving and that's good for the Spanish economy, where tourism is crucial.\n\nFrom 21 May, all visitors entering Spain at air or sea borders, wherever they are travelling from, must provide one of the following three certificates:\n\nSpain accepts the UK's proof of Covid-19 vaccination record, either digitally, or as a printed download.\n\nPCR tests must be carried out in the 72 hours prior to departure to Spain or an antigen test in the 24 hours prior to departure.\n\nProof of recovery certificates will be valid for 180 days from the date of the positive test.\n\nChildren under the age of 12 are exempt from submitting any type of certificate.\n\nAbta says this summer is expected to be the busiest holiday season since the Covid pandemic began\n\nJulia Lo Bue-Said from the Advantage Travel Partnership, an independent travel agent group, said: \"This is very good news just ahead of the May half-term and peak season.\"\n\nDescribing it as \"extremely positive\" for holidaymakers and the travel industry, she added: \"However, it is disappointing that Spain has not gone further and removed the need for pre-arrival tests for unvaccinated travellers given the minimal benefit these tests have for public health.\n\n\"Consumers want to travel with ease and if destinations prohibit this, then they will go elsewhere.\"\n\nThe Association of British Travel Agents (Abta) said the relaxation of the rules was great news as Spain is the most popular summer holiday destination for Britons.\n\nThe travel industry trade body said: \"This summer is expected to be the busiest holiday season since the start of the pandemic, with 70% of families saying they have a holiday abroad booked this year.\"\n\nAbta said that France, Italy, Greece and Portugal were also proving popular. While Greece has scrapped all Covid travel restrictions, the other three countries still require visitors to meet certain entry rules.\n\nTravellers either need proof of vaccination or to have taken a negative test before leaving the UK, while Italy and Portugal will also accept a Covid recovery certificate.", "Moldova should be \"equipped to Nato standard\" to help it guard against the threat of a Russian invasion, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has said.\n\nMs Truss told the Telegraph that talks were under way with allies about how to help smaller nations defend themselves.\n\nShe said it was clear that, despite limited success in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin retained \"ambitions to create a greater Russia\".\n\nIt does not share a border with Russia, but is close to some of the regions currently occupied by Russian forces in Ukraine's south.\n\nMoldova is not a member of Nato, although it did apply to join the European Union less than two weeks after the invasion of Ukraine.\n\nMs Truss said that discussions about upgrading Ukrainian defences to deter future aggression would also cover \"other vulnerable states such as Moldova\".\n\n\"I would want to see Moldova equipped to Nato standard,\" she said. \"This is a discussion we're having with our allies.\"\n\nAsked whether that was because Russia was thought to pose a security threat to Moldova, she said: \"Absolutely. I mean, Putin has been clear about his ambitions to create a greater Russia.\n\n\"And just because his attempts to take Kyiv weren't successful, doesn't mean he's abandoned those ambitions.\"\n\nMoldova, one of Europe's poorest countries, is home to many ethnic Ukrainians and has taken in more than 437,000 refugees from the war.\n\nIn a country of 2.6 million people that is higher than any other for the size of its population.\n\nMoldova's President Maia Sandu is strongly pro-EU, but her predecessor Igor Dodon - who still has many supporters - was pro-Russian.\n\nRussia supports separatists who control a breakaway region called Transnistria and has around 1,500 troops there.\n\nIn late April, the Transnistrian authorities said that explosions had targeted their state security HQ in the main city of Tiraspol, Soviet-era radio masts used to broadcast Russian news, and a military unit in a village outsider Tiraspol.\n\nSeparatist authorities blamed Ukrainian \"infiltrators\" but Kyiv said Russian special services were responsible.\n\nDr Jack Watling, senior research fellow at defence and security think tank the Royal United Services Institute, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"There isn't an immediate threat against Moldova from the Russian military but there is definitely a significant threat from Russian subversive activity and destabilisation actions.\"\n\nHe said it was \"sensible\" to build up \"appropriate capabilities\" so Moldova \"can stand on its own two feet\" given that Russia has publicly indicated that it has designs on that country.\n\n\"It is worth doing that while you have the time to do it properly rather than coming to the problem when the threat is very acute\", he added.\n\nMs Truss' comments come just weeks after she said the West \"must be prepared for the long haul and double down on our support\" for Ukraine.\n\nSpeaking in London, she said: \"If Putin succeeds there will be untold further misery across Europe and terrible consequences across the globe. We would never feel safe again.\"\n\nShe also called for an increase in the UK's defence spending and said that the Nato target of 2% of GDP should be a \"floor, not a ceiling\".\n\nIn April, Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised that the UK would provide Ukraine with more military equipment.\n\nIn a phone conversation with President Volodymyr Zelensky, he pledged that more armoured vehicles, drones and anti-tank weapons would be sent.\n\nOn Friday, the PM also held a call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in which they discussed recent applications for Nato membership by Sweden and Finland.\n\nTurkey has signalled an intention to veto the applications, accusing the countries of not taking a \"clear stance\" against Kurdish groups it considers to be terrorists.\n\nA Downing Street spokesperson said Mr Johnson had told Mr Erdoğan that Finland and Sweden would be valuable additions to the Nato alliance, and had encouraged him to work with counterparts in both countries to address any concerns ahead of a summit of the military alliance in Madrid in June.", "E.On says around one in eight of its customers are struggling to pay their bills\n\nOne of the UK's biggest energy suppliers has warned that up to 40% of its customers will be in fuel poverty by October as it called on the government to help struggling homes.\n\nE.On UK boss Michael Lewis said the rise in energy prices is \"unprecedented\" and a growing number of its customers are in arrears.\n\nThe government is facing calls to levy a windfall tax on oil and gas firms.\n\nEducation Secretary Nadhim Zahawi said Rishi Sunak will look at all options.\n\n\"We will review everything,\" he told the BBC, adding: \"We've got £22bn in the next 12 months of help to those people who need it the most.\"\n\nHowever, Mr Lewis said around one in eight of its customers were already struggling to pay their bills, even before the weather turns colder and the new energy price cap comes into force in October, which is expected to rise significantly.\n\n\"We do need more intervention in October and it has to be very substantial,\" he told the BBC's Sunday Programme.\n\nA household is considered to be in fuel poverty if it has to spend 10% or more of its income on energy.\n\nMr Lewis said around a fifth of its customers were already in fuel poverty but that is expected to rise significantly later this year.\n\nEnergy regulator Ofgem lifted the price cap on gas and electricity bills in April, adding around £700 to the average household energy bill to take it to £1,971.\n\nFor the 4.5 million people on pre-payment meters - which are typically used by people on lower incomes - the price of energy has now risen further, by an average £708, to £2,017 a year.\n\nDue to the rising cost of wholesale gas, however, the price cap is expected to increase and take the typical energy bill to as much as £2,800, if not higher.\n\n\"In my 30 years in the energy industry I've never ever seen prices increasing at this rate,\" said Mr Lewis.\n\nFollowing the rise of gas and electricity prices in April, the UK's inflation rate reached a 40-year high of 9%.\n\nHe declined to comment on whether the government should impose a windfall tax on companies benefitting from the sharp rise in crude oil and wholesale gas prices which has been exacerbated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.\n\nBut Mr Lewis said it is important the government taxes \"those with the broadest shoulders\".\n\nRecently, Shell reported a record £7bn profit in the first three months of this year while BP made £5bn, the highest for 10 years.\n\nThe word could be heard clearly four times during Mr Lewis' interview this morning.\n\nHe used it repeatedly, not holding back on his request that the government must now step in and help energy customers facing huge bills.\n\nThe chief executive of a huge energy firm admitting that the \"scale is too big for us to manage at the moment\" was a direct signal to Downing Street for help.\n\nMr Lewis made suggestions on what policy tools he believed were at the disposal of government to help his customers, 20% of whom he said are now in fuel poverty, a figure that's expected to double.\n\nThe pressure continues to build on the Treasury for solutions to the cost of living crisis, to help people who are really struggling. This candour from the top of business will only add to that.\n\nA windfall tax has been backed by Labour, the SNP and Liberal Democrats.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson is reluctant to introduce a tax over concerns it could hit energy firms' investments in the UK. But the Sunday Times reported that the chancellor is considering implementing the levy.\n\nMr Sunak recently told the BBC that he is \"not naturally attracted by the idea of\" a windfall tax.\n\n\"But what I do know is these companies are making a significant amount of profit at the moment because of these very elevated prices.\"\n\nMr Sunak said that he wants to see \"significant investment back into the UK economy to support jobs, to support energy security\".\n\n\"And if that doesn't happen, then no options are off the table,\" he said.\n\nMr Lewis suggested that the government could substantially increase the size and scope of the Warm Homes Discount scheme.\n\nIt offers those in receipt of certain benefits the option to seek a one-off £140 payment.\n\nMr Lewis said the scheme \"works well\" but told the BBC \"the scale of this is simply too big for us to manage at the moment\".\n\n\"If we were to expand the scope from three million to six million customers and increase the payment from £140 up to £600 that would make a very, very big difference to those customers on lower incomes.\"\n\nA Treasury spokesperson said \"while we can't shield everyone from the global challenges we face, we're supporting British families to navigate the months ahead with a £22 billion package of support.\n\n\"The chancellor has been clear that as the situation evolves, our response will evolve - and we stand ready to do more.\"\n\nMr Lewis claimed energy providers were limited in the help they can give customers because gas and electricity prices are set by energy regulator Ofgem.\n\nOfgem chief executive Jonathan Brearley appears before MPs on Tuesday to answer questions about pricing.", "Sonia Niazi said female presenters resisted but their employers were put under pressure\n\nWomen presenters and reporters on TV channels in Afghanistan went on air with their faces covered on Sunday, in line with a Taliban order.\n\nThe day before, some of them had defied the edict and kept their faces visible.\n\nOne presenter said women working in TV had resisted but their employers had come under pressure.\n\nAfter seizing power last year, the Taliban have increasingly imposed restrictions on women's lives in recent weeks.\n\nWearing hijabs and face-covering veils, women presented and reported on news bulletins and other programmes across popular channels such as TOLOnews, Ariana Television, Shamshad TV and 1TV.\n\nTOLOnews presenter Farida Sial told the BBC: \"It's OK that we are Muslims, we are wearing hijab, we hide our hair, but it's very difficult for a presenter to cover their face for two or three hours consecutively and talk like that.\"\n\nShe said she wanted the international community to put pressure on the Taliban to reverse the edict.\n\n\"They want to erase women from social and political life,\" she said.\n\nEarlier the Taliban's Ministry for the Prevention of Vice and the Promotion of Virtue ordered that all women must wear a face veil in public, or risk punishment - which was extended to TV presenters from Saturday.\n\nAfter some women initially refused to comply, a Taliban official said they would talk to the managers and guardians of the presenters, who face the prospect of being penalised.\n\nSonia Niazi, a presenter with TOLOnews, told the AFP news agency: \"We resisted and were against wearing a mask.\"\n\nBut she said the channel was pressured and told that the female presenters must be moved to other jobs or sacked if they did not comply.\n\nKhpolwak Sapai, the channel's deputy director, said in a post on Facebook: \"We are in a deep grief today.\"\n\nFemale TV presenters fear they will be forced off air altogether, a senior TV executive said\n\nAnother female Afghan journalist, who asked not to be named, told the BBC: \"Today is another black day for the women of my country.\"\n\nAnd a senior TV executive said many female presenters fear the next stage will be to take them off air completely.\n\nMost Muslims around the world do not consider women covering their faces in public to be a mandatory part of the religion, and the Taliban initially appeared to be adopting a more flexible approach after seizing control of the country in August last year.\n\nBut in recent weeks, they have imposed a series of restrictions on women's lives, including assigning separate days for them to visit public parks and barring them from making longer journeys without a male guardian.", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nLiverpool remain in the hunt for a historic quadruple after winning the FA Cup following another Wembley penalty shootout against Chelsea.\n\nJurgen Klopp's side repeated their Carabao Cup final victory in February, the decisive moment coming when Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson saved Mason Mount's spot-kick, leaving Kostas Tsimikas to secure Liverpool's second trophy of the season.\n\nThe Reds are still in the Premier League title race and have the Champions League final to come against Real Madrid.\n\nLiverpool had the better of an eventful final, with the outstanding Luis Diaz and Andrew Robertson hitting the woodwork, although it may come at a price with Mohamed Salah going off injured in the first half and Virgil van Dijk going off after 90 minutes.\n\nIt is a devastating blow for Chelsea and manager Thomas Tuchel to lose in this manner yet again as they had chances - with Marcos Alonso hitting the post and also being denied by Alisson - but become the first side to lose three successive FA Cup finals.\n\nLiverpool come through again\n\nWhen Edouard Mendy saved Senegal team-mate Sadio Mane's penalty in the shootout, when the Liverpool forward only needed to score to win the FA Cup, it just seemed for one moment that the Reds' assault on four trophies might just be interrupted.\n\nAlisson put Liverpool back on course when he saved from Mount, who was inconsolable as Tsimikas sent the Liverpool fans wild by converting the final penalty.\n\nOnce again Liverpool had prevailed against fiercely disciplined and determined opponents, even though they lost Salah to what looked like a muscle injury before half-time and Van Dijk did not emerge for extra time.\n\nIt remains to be seen how serious those problems are but at present it looks like Liverpool can overcome most obstacles put in front of them, even though it once again took penalties to claim their first FA Cup since 2006.\n\nDiaz was the game's outstanding player, running Chelsea ragged and peppering Mendy's goal with efforts until he was substituted, exhausted, to a standing ovation.\n\nKlopp refers to his players as \"mentality monsters\" and this illustrates why. Players from both sides gave so much that they were almost out on their feet at the final whistle.\n\nManchester City remain favourites in the Premier League, three points ahead and with a superior goal difference, and this was a strength-sapping occasion that will have taken much out of Liverpool before they face Southampton at St Mary's on Tuesday.\n\nWhat we do know, though, is that Liverpool possess remarkable powers of resilience and recovery as they continue their march on history.\n\nChelsea manager Tuchel thought redemption was at hand when Mendy saved from Mane, bringing the shootout scoreline back level after Cesar Azplicueta had hit the post earlier.\n\nIt was not to be though and the German understandably looked utterly disconsolate as he walked up to collect another Wembley losers' medal.\n\nThis was a chance to set the record straight after losing the EFL Cup final on penalties in February, instead it was only more agony for Tuchel and his players after they gave everything in search of victory.\n\nIt will be of no consolation whatsoever that Chelsea have now matched Liverpool in two Wembley finals - and drawn both Premier League games - only to end empty-handed when it came to the four main trophies on offer this season.\n\nChelsea have won the Club World Cup and the Uefa Super Cup but they will not be factored into what has ultimately been a disappointing season.\n\nThey had their chances once again but could not cash in, with both Mount and Alonso denied crucially by Alisson.\n\nTuchel gave Romelu Lukaku a start but once again the £97.5m striker could not deliver. There was no lack of effort but no spark and he was eventually substituted.\n\nThere will now be a period of rebuilding, with Antonio Rudiger off to Real Madrid and captain Azpilicueta also expected to leave as the club embarks on a new era under new ownership once Roman Abramovich's sale of the club has been completed.\n\nChelsea will have a place in next season's Champions League as reward for their efforts this term but, make no mistake, this will have been a very bitter pill for Tuchel and his players to swallow.\n• None Goal! Chelsea 0(5), Liverpool 0(6). Konstantinos Tsimikas (Liverpool) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.\n• None Penalty saved! Mason Mount (Chelsea) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.\n• None Goal! Chelsea 0(5), Liverpool 0(5). Diogo Jota (Liverpool) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.\n• None Goal! Chelsea 0(5), Liverpool 0(4). Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.\n• None Penalty saved! Sadio Mané (Liverpool) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.\n• None Goal! Chelsea 0(4), Liverpool 0(4). Jorginho (Chelsea) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.\n• None Goal! Chelsea 0(3), Liverpool 0(4). Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.\n• None Goal! Chelsea 0(3), Liverpool 0(3). Ross Barkley (Chelsea) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.\n• None Goal! Chelsea 0(2), Liverpool 0(3). Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.\n• None Goal! Chelsea 0(2), Liverpool 0(2). Reece James (Chelsea) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.\n• None Goal! Chelsea 0(1), Liverpool 0(2). Thiago (Liverpool) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.\n• None Penalty missed! Still Chelsea 0(1), Liverpool 0(1). César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) hits the right post with a right footed shot.\n• None Goal! Chelsea 0(1), Liverpool 0(1). James Milner (Liverpool) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.\n• None Goal! Chelsea 0(1), Liverpool 0. Marcos Alonso (Chelsea) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Find out what really happened in the 90s: Robert Carlyle takes us back to moments we missed that shaped the world today\n• None 'She may have a secret sister': Stacey Dooley visits a woman who wants to find out if her dad fathered a child as a prisoner of war", "An investigation is under way after a spike in the number of newborn baby deaths in Scotland was recorded for the second time in six months.\n\nAt least 18 babies under four weeks old died in March, a rate of 4.6 per 1,000 births.\n\nInfant death rates vary widely from month to month, but the increase is larger than expected from chance alone.\n\nIt comes after at least 21 babies under four weeks old died in September, a rate of 4.9 per 1,000 births.\n\nA preliminary investigation later found the spike was not linked to Covid.\n\nThe spikes in September and March are the first to be detected since monitoring of this nature began in July 2017.\n\nThe average mortality rate among newborns is just over two per 1,000 births.\n\nWhile all child deaths are investigated, The Herald newspaper reported that this wider inquiry was triggered when the mortality rate passed an \"upper control\" threshold of 4.4 per 1,000 births.\n\nIt is designed to pick up abnormal trends in infant deaths.\n\nDr Sarah Stock, an expert in maternal and foetal medicine at the University of Edinburgh told the paper: \"I think the numbers are really troubling, and I don't think we know the reasons why yet.\n\n\"What we do know it's not neonatal Covid - the rates of Covid-19 infection in babies are very low and deaths from Covid are thankfully very, very small so this isn't Covid affecting babies.\"\n\nDr Stock, who has co-led the Covid-19 in Pregnancy Scotland (COPS) study, said it was known the virus can affect pregnant woman and cause complications, like early birth, so further investigation was needed.\n\nShe stressed the Covid vaccine, which studies have consistently shown to be safe in pregnancy, was not a factor.\n\nBut she said the wider impacts of the pandemic on the NHS, include on staffing, need to be considered.\n\nSteve Turner, a consultant paediatrician at the Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital, said deaths within the first four weeks in Scotland and the UK were \"relatively uncommon\".\n\nHe believes the increase would not have been caused by Covid as he has seen dozens of children with the virus who have all been well.\n\nMr Turner also told BBC Scotland it was \"highly unlikely\" that pandemic-related pressures on the NHS were responsible.\n\nHe said parents know to call NHS24 if they are worried about their baby and to attend A&E if they don't get a ring back.\n\nHe added: \"I don't think Covid is directly or indirectly likely to be linked or related to this spike.\"\n\nFigures for the number of stillborn babies also increased in March but not beyond the upper warning or control limit.\n\nDeaths of newborn babies have fallen steadily in recent decades with the mortality rate per 1,000 births dropping from double figures in the 1970s to 2.1 in 2020.\n\nA Scottish government spokeswoman said: \"Every death is a tragedy, and our thoughts are with each of these families.\n\n\"We are working with PHS, the Scottish National Neonatal Network and the Maternity and Children Quality Improvement Collaborative to understand any possible contributing factors to ensure we continue to improve the care of the smallest and sickest babies in Scotland.\"\n\nThe spokeswoman added individual reviews of each death are undertaken as part of the Maternity and Neonatal (Perinatal) Adverse Event Review Process for Scotland.\n\nIt aims to standardise and improve approaches to the review of adverse events in maternity and neonatal settings.\n\nLong-term trends show neonatal mortality has reduced by 10.2% in Scotland, from 1.66 per 1,000 live births in 2013 to 1.49 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2019.", "The risk of a recession has risen, analysts have warned, after the economy shrank during March just as the UK had recovered from the pandemic.\n\nHigher prices are \"beginning to bite\", the UK statistics body said, with people spending less and cutting down on car journeys due to high fuel costs.\n\nThe impact of higher energy bills in April has also yet to be seen.\n\nThe economy grew by 0.8% over the first three months of the year, but in March it shrank by 0.1% as people cut back.\n\nThe main boost to the economy came in January, as hospitality and travel industries recovered from coronavirus pandemic restrictions.\n\nHowever, that came before the war in Ukraine and before households began to feel the pinch of higher prices.\n\nPaul Dales, chief UK economist at Capital Economics, said the latest figures \"suggest the economy had less momentum than we thought even before the full hit from the cost of living crisis has been felt\".\n\nHe added that the risk of recession - defined as the economy getting smaller for two consecutive three-month periods - \"has just risen\".\n\nOn Wednesday, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research think tank warned that the squeeze on household incomes would cause the UK to fall into recession in the final half of 2022\n\nLast week, the Bank of England forecast that inflation - the rate at which prices rise - could reach more than 10% by the end of the year.\n\nThe Bank said has warned the UK faces a \"sharp economic slowdown\", with prices rising at their fastest rate for 30 years, driven by soaring fuel, food and energy costs.\n\nDarren Morgan, director of economic statistics at the ONS, told the BBC that people had already started spending less with shop sales \"well below expectations\" in March, and people cutting back on \"big ticket, non-essential items\".\n\n\"You can see the cost of living really beginning to bite,\" he added.\n\nThe services sector, which makes up the largest part of the UK economy and is made up of jobs across hospitality, finance and real estate, was the main contributor to the economy contracting in March, the ONS said.\n\nThe worst performer in the sector was the motor industry which Mr Morgan said was \"very much struggling\" as sales fell.\n\nCar trade body, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has said March marked the \"weakest\" for new car registrations since 1998, as supply chain problems continued to hamper carmakers.\n\nThe UK's FTSE 100 share index fell 2% following the release of the weaker than expected growth figures.\n\nWe'll take any growth we can get right now, and on the face of it 0.8% growth in the economy during the first three months of the year is good by any normal standard and better than most of the comparable G7 major economies, some of which are already contracting. It confirms full recovery from the economic losses of the pandemic, though at a slower pace compared to the rest of those G7 countries.\n\nBut this looks like being old news already, before the cost of living crisis exacerbated by events in Ukraine, tripped up growth. The evidence of the impact of a squeezed economy hit by high prices is already visible in the first quarter's monthly breakdowns. All the growth happened in January, with a flat February and a small contraction in March.\n\nEconomists fear the economy could be contracting right now, though some of that may be down to an extra bank holiday. With taxes, interest rates, and inflation all hitting disposable income at the same time, the fear is that January could be as good as it gets for the UK economy in 2022.\n\nMr Morgan said a survey by the ONS of 40,000 businesses found over half had seen an increase in the price of wholesale materials and goods, but fewer than half of those firms were passing the costs on.\n\n\"They are absorbing those rises and you do have to question how sustainable that is on an ongoing basis,\" he said.\n\nMany businesses expect the price of goods to increase further, and \"their big concern is energy prices,\" Mr Morgan added.\n\nMike Whalley and Sue Judd say small businesses are facing multiple challenges\n\nMike Whalley and Sue Judd, who own specialist model and toy shop Everything Dinosaur, said their running costs had increased \"astronomically\".\n\n\"It's taking twice as long to get goods as it used to and it's costing twice as much to actually get them here,\" Miss Judd told the BBC.\n\nThe pair, from Middlewich in Cheshire, have been forced to pass on some of the higher costs on to customers through higher product prices.\n\nMr Whalley said it was also more expensive and more time-consuming to export to Europe now following Brexit.\n\n\"We're being attacked from all sides. It's a challenging environment,\" he added.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak told the BBC he was \"ready to do more\", but did not commit to further action on tackling the rising cost of living.\n\nThe chancellor would not say whether a recession was likely in the coming months, but did admit that the \"global economy is facing inflationary pressures\", as a result of the war in Ukraine.\n\nMr Sunak has threatened to hit energy companies with a one-off \"windfall\" tax if they do not invest enough in new projects.\n\nSuren Thiru, head of economics at the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), said the slowdown in the economy was \"alarming\".\n\nIt called for an emergency Budget to give firms \"the breathing space they need to raise productivity and strengthen the economy, including reversing the recently introduced National Insurance increase until at least the next financial year\".\n\nThe CBI business group said businesses and households were \"feeling the pinch\".\n\n\"The economy barely kept its head above the water during a volatile start to the year, but times look set to get that bit tougher,\" said Rain Newton-Smith, CBI chief economist.", "Archie Battersbee suffered brain damage in an incident at home on 7 April and has not regained consciousness\n\nA boy who suffered brain damage in an incident at home should undergo a test to establish whether he is dead, a judge has ruled.\n\nSpecialists treating Archie Battersbee, 12, of Southend, Essex, think it is \"highly likely\" he is dead, and say life-support treatment should stop.\n\nHis parents have raised concerns over the Royal London Hospital's proposals.\n\nMrs Justice Arbuthnot said a brain stem test would be in Archie's best interest.\n\nShe made the ruling at a hearing in the Family Division of the High Court in London on Friday.\n\nThe hospital treating Archie, Barts Health NHS Trust, had asked the judge to rule that a brain stem test would be in Archie's best interests.\n\nA specialist told the judge that the brain stem was responsible for the functions which kept people alive.\n\nHollie Dance, pictured, and Archie's father Paul Battersbee have raised concerns about a brain stem test\n\nHis parents want treatment to continue and have questioned the test's reliability, fearing it could cause more damage and asked why Archie, who lives with his mother, was not receiving treatment to relieve swelling on his brain.\n\nArchie was found unconscious at home on 7 April, his mother Hollie Dance has said, adding at first it was thought to be an accident but also could have been part of an online challenge.\n\nMs Dance had urged the judge to give her son, a keen gymnast, \"more time\".\n\n\"Everyone is in such a rush,\" she said.\n\nOn 5 May, barrister Fiona Paterson, representing Barts Health NHS Trust, said Archie had never regained consciousness and was dependent on mechanical ventilation.\n\n\"Even if Archie is not brain-stem dead, his treating team consider that it is highly unlikely that he will ever recover consciousness and consequently it is in his best interests that his mechanical ventilation be withdrawn,\" she said.\n\nBruno Quintavalle, representing parents Ms Dance and Paul Battersbee, said they were concerned that a brain stem test was not one which could reliably lead to a determination of death.\n\nAfter Friday's hearing, Barts Health NHS Trust spokesperson said: \"This is an incredibly sad situation and our thoughts and sympathies are with Archie and his family at this time.\n\n\"Following the decision that brain stem testing is in Archie's best interests, we will now take steps to arrange the testing to take place next week as directed by the court.\"\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Mrs Rooney said she posted warnings online \"many times\" from 2017 but personal story leaks \"didn't stop\"\n\nColeen Rooney has told the High Court her online post alleging Rebekah Vardy leaked private stories about her to the Sun newspaper was a \"last resort\".\n\nMrs Rooney appeared in the witness box for the first time on day four of the libel case, brought by Mrs Vardy.\n\nShe told the court on Friday she was \"surprised\" by \"how much interest\" her so-called Wagatha Christie social media post caused in 2019.\n\nAnd that it was never her \"intention\" for Mrs Vardy to receive abuse.\n\n\"It's not in my nature to cause abuse or trolling in any way at all,\" she said.\n\nMrs Rooney is being sued for libel by Mrs Vardy, for alleging she leaked personal stories to the Sun newspaper, which she denies.\n\nThe case was sparked by a viral social media post from October 2019, in which Mrs Rooney said she had carried out a sting operation to find out who had been passing private information about her life to the Sun.\n\nShe said the fake stories she had posted on Instagram in an effort to find the perpetrator had only been viewed by \"Rebekah Vardy's account\".\n\nMrs Vardy's barrister, Hugh Tomlinson, asked Mrs Rooney what she set out to achieve with the widely-shared post.\n\nShe replied: \"I wasn't achieving anything, what I wanted was to stop the person who was leaking my private information to The Sun\". Adding that stories, \"no matter how big or small\", about her family had been \"picked up by the media for 20 years\".\n\nMrs Rooney said she had posted warnings online \"many times\" from 2017 but that personal story leaks \"didn't stop\". Private Instagram posts were leaked, she said, at a time when \"I didn't know how my marriage was going to work out and whether I was going on with my relationship.\"\n\nShe noted how Mrs Vardy, whose husband Jamie played football for England with her own husband Wayne, was \"not in my circle\" and they had \"never met socially\".\n\nThe 36-year-old said that whenever her own name appeared in the press, it was \"a regular occurrence\" that she would then be messaged by Mrs Vardy, 40.\n\n\"I felt like when she contacted me it was to try and get information out of me,\" Mrs Rooney said.\n\nShe told the court that Mrs Vardy's messages were \"generally nice\", but added that \"towards the end it was a bit unusual\" that \"someone who was not that close to me [would be] constantly checking in with me all the time\".\n\nMrs Rooney said in her written witness statement that seeing a message between Mrs Vardy and her agent referencing her late sister \"knocked me sick\" when it was disclosed.\n\nThe defendant stressed she had never fallen out with any of the other partners of her husband's teammates.\n\nWayne Rooney looked away as his wife Coleen told the court how leaked stories had added to their marriage issues\n\nWhen asked if she might have tried to mitigate any online abuse suffered by Mrs Vardy with another social media post, she replied: \"Maybe I would have liked to have [done so]\", but with little knowledge of the legal system she decided to follow \"instruction of my legal team\".\n\nIn her statement, Mrs Rooney also said she had tried \"in vain\" to bring the matter to a close before it had made it to court.\n\n\"I have sought to resolve this matter amicably on various occasions because I was of the view that the time, money, resources and efforts involved could be better spent elsewhere, particularly in light of the Covid-19 pandemic,\" she stated.\n\nShe added she had \"no doubt that this litigation, whatever the outcome, will benefit neither Becky [Mrs Vardy] nor myself\".\n\nMrs Rooney and Mrs Vardy pictured here watching their partners at Euro 2016 in France\n\nEarlier on Friday, under re-examination from her own barrister, Mrs Vardy broke down in tears once again, as she had done on the two previous days.\n\nShe said she felt like she had been \"bullied and manipulated\" while facing an \"exhausting\" and \"intimidating\" cross examination by Mrs Rooney's barrister David Sherborne; and stated that she had pressed on with legal action despite a letter from Mrs Rooney's solicitors which she perceived as a \"threat\" because she \"didn't do anything wrong\".\n\nMrs Vardy said she had discussed Mrs Rooney's private Instagram account only \"a handful of times\" with her agent agent Caroline Watt, who she confirmed was first given the password to her account when she went into the celebrity jungle on the ITV show I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! in 2017.\n\nThe court heard Mrs Rooney had been left \"fuming\" about a Sun article in January 2019 about her allegedly being involved in a car crash while she and husband were living in the US, having previously posted on Instagram about damage to her vehicle.\n\nMrs Rooney was alerted to the story by one of her son's football coaches, who was concerned about them, but, the court heard: \"There was no crash.\"\n\nThe Liverpudlian explained that a lorry had \"scraped down the side of the car\", likely due to the fact she was unused to driving on the right side of the road in the US.\n\nMrs Rooney said she was \"angry\" and \"annoyed\" when the Sun printed information which \"was untrue\" and the private information was \"getting out there\".\n\nMrs Vardy's barrister suggested to Mrs Rooney that she had \"no evidence\" to link his client to alleged leaks.\n\n\"I believe that Mrs Vardy knew that this was happening, whether it was Mrs Vardy herself or it was someone she's given permission to,\" she responded.\n\nMr Tomlinson replied: \"You might believe that Derby County [the team Mr Rooney currently manages] will win the Premiership. It's not evidence that they are going to.\"\n\nOn Thursday, Mrs Vardy appeared to accept that her agent had leaked information to the Sun.\n\nMrs Rooney, who described herself as a full-time mum in her witness statement, said at one stage: \"I'm not a gossip, I don't like to confirm things unless they are true,\" later adding that she hadn't picked Mrs Vardy's name \"out of thin air\" during her own personal investigation.", "Podcaster Deborah James has had her damehood conferred by Prince William at her family home.\n\nThe 40-year-old host of the BBC's You, Me and the Big C said on Instagram she was \"utterly honoured\" he had joined her for afternoon tea and champagne.\n\nShe said the visit was \"surreal\" and the prince was \"clearly passionate\" about improving oncology outcomes.\n\nThe mother-of-two has raised more than £5m since revealing she is receiving end-of-life care for her bowel cancer.\n\nIn an earlier Instagram post, Dame Deborah said she was \"completely lost for words\" after reaching the milestone amount.\n\nShe had only launched the Bowelbabe fund - to pay for research into personalised medicine for cancer patients and to support campaigns to raise awareness of bowel cancer, on Monday - with an initial goal of £250,000.\n\nIt came after she revealed she did not know how long she had left to live after stopping treatment and moving to hospice-at-home care.\n\nDame Deborah is spending her remaining time with her family at her parents' home.\n\nIn her latest Instagram post, the former deputy headteacher wrote: \"Prince William actually came to our family house today!! I am utterly honoured that he joined us for afternoon tea and champagne, where he not only spent a generous amount of time talking to my whole family but also honoured me with my Damehood.\n\nShe added: \"It's quite surreal having a royal pop in at home, and yes you can imagine the cleaning antics and preparation went off the scale - but it was all irrelevant because William was so kind and he put us all at ease.\n\n\"He is clearly passionate about improving oncology outcomes as the President of the Royal Marsden. It was such a special day for my whole family, making memories to last a life time. He's welcome back any time!\"\n\nA sunny day meant Dame Deborah and her family could take some cherished photos of the royal visit in the garden of her parents' home, where she is currently staying.\n\nDame Deborah revealed the visit by the Duke of Cambridge became a champagne occasion for her family.\n\nDamehoods and knighthoods are usually announced as part of the New Year Honours or the Queen's Birthday Honours.\n\nBut, in exceptional circumstances, some are announced at other times of the year - as happened with NHS fundraiser Captain Sir Tom Moore's knighthood.\n\nThe visit by the duke was arranged similarly quickly, as he had just returned from a two-day visit to the west of Scotland with his wife Catherine.\n\nDame Deborah has received widespread praise for her no-nonsense approach to talking about her cancer publicly, and has shared her experiences of treatment and daily life with her social media followers since her diagnosis in 2016.\n\nWilliam and Catherine - who donated to Dame Deborah's research fund - said earlier this week that her \"tireless efforts\" in raising awareness of cancer were inspirational, and thanked her for \"giving hope\" to those living with the disease.\n\nDame Deborah began co-presenting You, Me and the Big C alongside Lauren Mahon and BBC Radio 5 Live newsreader Rachael Bland in 2018, with the show earning praise for its frank discussion of cancer.\n\nThey spoke to celebrity guests and addressed practical matters, including hair loss, tips for dealing with finances and telling your nearest and dearest about illnesses.\n\nBland died at the age of 40, six months after the show launched. She had been diagnosed with breast cancer two years earlier.", "Last updated on .From the section Golf\n\nCoverage: Live text updates of all four rounds on BBC Sport website. Radio 5 Live updates of rounds one and two. Saturday's round three live on Radio 5 Sports Extra from 20:00 BST. Sunday's final round on 5 Live from 21:00\n\nDefending champion Phil Mickelson has withdrawn from next week's US PGA Championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma, tournament organisers say.\n\nThe American, 51, became the oldest major winner in history last year when he won the PGA at Kiawah Island for his sixth career major title.\n\nHe has not played since February after criticism of his comments about the Saudi-backed LIV Golf series.\n\nHe subsequently missed the Masters for the first time in 28 years.\n\nMickelson lost multiple sponsors and saw his reputation tarnished after he criticised the Saudi regime, yet sought to use involvement with a Saudi Arabia-backed golf super league to gain leverage over the PGA Tour.\n\nHe had been named in the 156-man field for golf's second major of the year, which takes place from 19-22 May at Southern Hills.\n\nThe PGA of America wrote on Twitter: \"We have just been informed that Phil Mickelson has withdrawn from the PGA Championship.\n\n\"Phil is the defending champion and currently eligible to be a PGA life member and we would have welcomed him to participate.\n\n\"We wish Phil and [wife] Amy the very best and look forward to his return to golf.\"\n\nAustralian Greg Norman is fronting the $255m (£207m) Saudi-funded LIV Golf competition, with the first of eight events taking place at Centurion Club, near London, in June.\n\nNorman has said he expects to announce some of the field next week, during the build-up to the PGA Championship, with the final field set to be confirmed on 27 May.\n\nMickelson, Sergio Garcia and Lee Westwood are among the players who sought permission from the PGA Tour to play.\n\nHowever earlier this week the PGA Tour refused to release players who wished to take part.\n\nLike Mickelson, former world number Norman, 67, has also created controversy around the event when he told reporters \"we've all made mistakes\" as he fielded questions on Saudi Arabia's human rights record and the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.\n• None Is dancing better than traditional fitness exercises?: Why busting a move can enhance your fitness, your mood and the size of your brain\n• None Five of the nation's top-rated chip shops roll into Manchester for the ultimate fry-off", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ahead of the final on Saturday, the BBC put Sam Ryder's Eurovision knowledge to the test.\n\nSomething strange is happening at Eurovision: bookmakers are predicting a good result for the UK.\n\nAfter two years of finishing in last place, and more than a decade since we made the top 10, Sam Ryder is second favourite to win with his uplifting power ballad Space Man.\n\nBut Ryder is trying to ignore the mounting excitement.\n\n\"I don't want to get to a point where I start believing the hype,\" he says. \"I just want to do everyone proud, and do the best job I possibly can.\"\n\nFormer winner Conchita Wurst is more willing to speculate on his chances.\n\n\"The buzz in the Eurovision community is, 'Oh, the UK is participating again,'\" she told the BBC last month.\n\n\"No offence to all the other artists who have come before... but this year it feels like, 'They mean business.'\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Conchita Wurst won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2014. How does she rate Sam Ryder's chances?\n\nRyder appeared at last night's Eurovision semi-final in Turin, but he did not have to compete to secure his spot in Saturday's final. Free passes are given to the \"big five\" - France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK - who pay the most towards keeping the contest going, along with the host nation.\n\nA former construction worker, the 32-year-old was already a huge sensation on TikTok before the contest, with stars like Alicia Keys, Sia and Justin Bieber reposting his videos.\n\nHe was then selected for Eurovision by TAP Management, the management company behind Lana Del Rey and Ellie Goulding, who helped the BBC choose this year's entry.\n\nSince then, he's been on a whirlwind tour of Europe, building up support for his song - which was co-written by Amy Wadge, whose other credits include Ed Sheeran's Thinking Out Loud and Camila Cabello's First Man.\n\nIt's a long way from his childhood in the countryside, near Malden in Essex. \"It was proper Huckleberry Finn vibes,\" he recalls, \"swimming in rivers and building dens.\"\n\nBefore Saturday night's grand final, we grabbed him to chat about his chances in the competition, his favourite Eurovision memory, and the injury that nearly ruled him out of the competition.\n\nThe singer has one of the most ambitious stages of any Eurovision acts\n\nHey Sam, how are you feeling?\n\nYou know what? I feel good.\n\nI'm ready to soak it all in and be there and be present for the experience. Because if you let nerves get the better of you, or you start overthinking everything a bit too much, you can miss this gorgeous thing you're lucky enough to be involved in.\n\nWhat was your first experience of music?\n\nMy parents weren't musicians, but they played records constantly: Earth Wind and Fire, Beautiful South, Queen. Even now they listen to the same records full blast. And I mean full blast. My neighbours will know, if they were mowing the lawn, they'd play the records so loud they could still hear it over the lawnmower.\n\nYou must have been popular with the neighbours.\n\nI mean, God bless my neighbours because I used to practise guitar in the garden of that house, and I'd sing my head off with the windows open over lockdown. But everyone was so patient. I often thought I could hear them shouting requests.\n\nYou first found fame on TikTok. What made you start posting videos there?\n\nI'd been working in construction for years, and then I started singing at weddings. And it took lockdown to happen for me to think, \"I want to I don't want to stop singing just because the weddings are cancelled\".\n\nAnd I guess TikTok was kind of a digital way of me flicking through my record collection. There was no strategy or anything like that. Singing into my phone brought me the same amount of happiness as playing a live show.\n\nThe first video was Hit Me Baby One More Time by Britney Spears. I sang it as high as I could in my mom's kitchen. And it all started snowballing from there.\n\nRyder has more than 12m followers on TikTok\n\nHow did you react when Sia and Justin Bieber commented on your videos?\n\nThat was mind blowing. I was in my shed trying to sing Chaka Khan's I'm Every Woman and it was boiling hot, so every 10 minutes I'd have to run out and put my head in the freezer before I filmed another take.\n\nAnd it was in one of those freezer breaks that I got a DM from Justin Bieber saying he'd just sent my video to Sia. And I looked at Sia's account, and she'd posted my cover of [her song] Elastic Heart with this really lovely kind, encouraging comment underneath it.\n\nThat was just incredible, because Sia is a vocal hero.\n\nUntil Ed Sheeran joined TikTok last year, you were the app's most-streamed British artist. How much do you hate him now?\n\nOh, you can't stop Ed! Ed is a force. If ever there's a silver medal to take, I'll take this one.\n\nWhat prompted you to write a Eurovision song?\n\nActually, the song was written a year and a half ago with no intention of Eurovision in our minds. It was a gorgeous, boiling hot day in London, so naturally, we were in a studio with no windows and Space Man just seemed to come out of space… man.\n\nI heard it only took you 10 minutes.\n\nYeah, we smashed it! As a songwriter you sometimes get those hole-in-ones, and I'm just so grateful because it's not overdramatic for me to say that it changed my life.\n\nPeople were really encouraging about my covers on TikTok and Instagram, but it wasn't enough to open any doors. Record labels want to see that you can write songs, and have your own sound - and Space Man was the song that did that.\n\nThe fact you didn't write it for Eurovision feels significant. For too long, the UK has tried to work with a preconceived idea of what a Eurovision song \"should\" sound like.\n\nYeah, if you get given a brief, sometimes you hit it too on the nose. As a songwriter, I prefer to write whatever is coming to you on that particular day.\n\nHow did the song get selected, then?\n\nI got a call from the BBC in January, and they said, \"Hey, we heard your song Space Man.\" God knows how, but they said, \"How do you fancy singing it at Eurovision\" and obviously I'm a big fan, so I said yes.\n\nIt has to be when Lordi won it for Finland with Hard Rock Hallelujah. Do you remember Lordi, with the prosthetics and the bat wings and platform boots and the battle axes? In any other context, it would be bonkers - but because it's Eurovision, it's like yeah, bat wings, whatever.\n\nYou've been performing Space Man all over Europe… but it nearly came to a sticky end, didn't it?\n\nI know! I've been go-karting and surfing and snowboarding and skydiving while we toured - but the thing that got me was a scooter in Madrid!\n\nWe'd just done a performance and I was going back to the hotel, wind in my hair, big smile on my face, when I came down this hill into a tight turn. And I thought, 'OK, I need to brake now' but the brakes were dangling off. There was no way I could stop. It was too fast to put my foot down. And I came off and crashed straight into this metal bar.\n\nI was really, really lucky because it hit my neck on my chest and then my knee. But if it had got me in my jaw, I wouldn't have been in the competition any more.\n\nWell, thankfully you're here… But what's it like after 10 days in Eurovision-land? It must be overwhelming.\n\nThat's definitely something that you need to watch out for. Sometimes you are in it so much that you can't see the wood from the trees, it's good to take breaks.\n\nYou need to get distance from all this to regain your focus and remember what it's all about. And that is that three minutes of singing and sharing your song and connecting with a stranger in the audience.\n\nThe UK has come last twice in a row. Does that put more pressure on you, or give you complete freedom, because you can't do any worse?\n\nI think if you tell yourself you're under pressure, you're starting off on the wrong foot. It's hard to break out of that. So instead, I'm telling myself I'm excited and grateful and thankful to have the opportunity.\n\nAnyway, singing, song-writing and performing shouldn't be about a scoreboard. The celebration of music can exist without that.\n\nWatch the first Eurovision Semi-Final on BBC iPlayer, now.\n\nWatch the second Eurovision Semi-Final on BBC iPlayer now.\n\nWatch the Eurovision Song Contest Final on BBC iPlayer and BBC One, at 20:00 BST on Saturday 14 May.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Deborah James \"can't really do anything more\" to fight cancer\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are among those to donate to podcaster Deborah James' new cancer research fund, as donations surpassed £3m.\n\nThe Bowelbabe fund launched on Monday, after James said she was now receiving end-of-life care for bowel cancer.\n\nShe was diagnosed in 2016 and has spoken candidly about treatment on the BBC's You, Me and the Big C podcast.\n\n\"Thank you for giving hope to so many who are living with cancer,\" Prince William and Catherine wrote on Twitter.\n\nThe couple described the mother-of-two's \"tireless efforts\" raising awareness of cancer as inspirational.\n\n\"Every now and then, someone captures the heart of the nation with their zest for life & tenacious desire to give back to society. @bowelbabe is one of those special people,\" they wrote.\n\nIn revealing her prognosis, the former deputy headteacher launched the fund to support research into personalised medicine for cancer patients, and to support campaigns to raise awareness of bowel cancer.\n\nThe Royal couple described James' \"tireless efforts\" to raise awareness of cancer and \"end the stigma of treatment\" as inspiring.\n\nThey said they were sad to hear her news, but they were \"pleased to support\" the new fund.\n\n\"Deborah, our thoughts are with you, your family and your friends. Thank you for giving hope to so many who are living with cancer.\"\n\nThe fund, named after the 40-year-old's online handle @bowelbabe, will work with the charity Cancer Research UK, Bowel Cancer UK and the Royal Marsden, to allocate the money.\n\nPrince William is patron of the Royal Marsden, a specialist cancer hospital in London, where James has been treated.\n\nThousands of donations flooded in after she revealed the news, surpassing £1m in less than 24 hours - smashing James initial goal for the fund of £250,000.\n\nIn an interview with BBC Breakfast on Wednesday, James said the news had made her feel \"utterly loved\", adding: \"It makes me feel like we're all kind of in it at the end together and we all want to make a difference.\"\n\nShe also said that her dying wish was to help raise money for the \"things that gave me life\", explaining that were it not for experimental treatments she would have died at least two years ago\n\n\"Ultimately what I really want to happen is I don't want any other Deborahs to have to go through this,\" James said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Deborah James speaks about her diagnosis to raise awareness (May 2019)\n\nJames began co-presenting You, Me and the Big C alongside Lauren Mahon and BBC Radio 5 Live newsreader Rachael Bland in 2018, with the show earning praise for its frank discussion of cancer.\n\nThey spoke to celebrity guests and addressed practical matters including hair loss, tips for dealing with finances and telling your nearest and dearest.\n\nBland died at the age of 40 six months after the show launched. She had been diagnosed with breast cancer two years earlier.\n\nIn her final episode of the podcast, released on Tuesday, James said her liver had stopped working over the past six months and doctors had advised that more treatment was \"fruitless\" because her \"body does not want to play ball\".\n\nAsked what hosting the podcast meant to her, James said it had given purpose back to her life after being diagnosed, adding the show had made her realise the influence she could have \"saving another life or making someone not feel alone\".\n\n\"Yes I would give my cancer up in a second just to have a normal life again. But to be able to do it and feel like you've had an impact is kind of one of the best feelings you can have.\"\n\nAfter thanking listeners for their support over the years, she said: \"Please, please just enjoy life because it's so precious. All I want right now is more time and more life.\"\n\nShe ended the show with a customary caution for people to \"check your poo\" for signs of bowel or other cancers, adding: \"Come on, I can't leave on on any other word.\"\n\nIf you have been affected by any of these issues in this story you can visit BBC Action Line.", "The cyclist was stopped by police on the M3 in the early hours\n\nA cyclist found pedalling along a motorway has been arrested after refusing to stop for police.\n\nHe was spotted heading north in lane two of the M3 at junction 13 for Eastleigh at about 05:00 BST.\n\nAs officers tried to stop the cyclist he switched lanes and continued to cycle along the outside lane.\n\nThe 28-year-old from Southampton was forced to stop on a verge and arrested for causing danger to road users and suspected possession of Class A drugs.\n\nRule 253 of the Highway Code states that UK motorways must not be used by pedestrians, cyclists and certain other vehicles.\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Mayor speaks of pain in wake of deadly shooting\n\nAn 18-year-old white man has shot dead 10 people in a black neighbourhood of New York state in what authorities are calling a racially motivated attack.\n\nThe man, named as Payton Gendron in court papers, was arrested after a stand-off at the scene - a supermarket in the city of Buffalo.\n\nHe began firing in the store's car park before entering and continuing his rampage, streaming the attack online.\n\nUS President Joe Biden condemned what he described as an \"abhorrent\" act.\n\n\"We are investigating this incident as both a hate crime and a case of racially-motivated violent extremism,\" said Stephen Belongia, from the FBI's Buffalo office, adding there was evidence of \"racial animosity.\"\n\nCBS news reported that the attacker shouted racial slurs during the shooting and suggested that he had a racial slur written on his weapon. He also apparently posted a manifesto online which included racist language and ideas.\n\nThe suspect is believed to have driven for some 200 miles to reach the predominantly black area of the city.\n\nThree people were shot dead in the car park and the other seven were killed inside the supermarket, police said. Most of the victims were black.\n\n\"He exited his vehicle. He was very heavily armed. He had tactical gear. He had a tactical helmet on. He had a camera that he was live-streaming what he was doing,\" Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia told reporters.\n\nHe said the suspect surrendered his weapon after a tense stand-off and was taken into custody. He later appeared in court charged with first degree murder.\n\nThree more people, all supermarket staff, were wounded in the shooting but did not sustain life-threatening injuries.\n\nA retired police officer, named in local media as Aaron Salter, was working as a security guard in the store and was shot dead in the attack. Police said he had tried to shoot the suspect, who then shot him dead.\n\nTwo of the other people killed have been named in the local paper as Ruth Whitfield and Katherine Massey. A church deacon who worked as a driver was also killed, Buffalo News reports.\n\n\"This is the worst nightmare that any community can face and we are hurting, we are seething right now,\" Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown told reporters.\n\n\"We cannot let this hateful person divide our community or our country,\" he added.\n\nGrady Lewis, who witnessed the attack from across the street, told local media that he saw the man open fire. \"I saw the guy go in, army-style, bent over, just shooting at people,\" he said.\n\nShonnell Harris, who was working in the shop during the attack, told Buffalo News that she heard more than 70 shots as she ran to escape the building through a backdoor.\n\n\"The store was full. It was the weekend,\" she said. \"It feels like a nightmare.\"\n\nDescribing the aftermath of the attack, one police officer told Buffalo News: \"It's like walking onto a horror movie, but everything is real. It is Armageddon-like\".\n\nLater on Saturday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul said the suspect was a \"white supremacist who has engaged in an act of terrorism\".\n\nThis was \"a military style execution targeting people who simply wanted to buy groceries in a neighbourhood store,\" she said while visiting Buffalo.\n\nIn a statement, US President Joe Biden said he and the First Lady were praying for the victims and their families.\n\n\"A racially-motivated hate crime is abhorrent to the very fabric of this nation,\" he said. \"We must do everything in our power to end hate-fuelled domestic terrorism.\"\n\nHate crimes in the US hit a 12-year high in 2020, with over 10,000 people reporting offences related to their race, gender, sexuality, religion or disability. Crimes against Asian and black Americans in particular surged that year, FBI figures suggest.\n\nAs police are not mandated to submit hate crime data to the FBI, those numbers are thought likely to be an undercount.\n\nSaturday's attack in Buffalo is thought to be the worst mass shooting so far in the US in 2022, and will also further inflame the bitter political battle about gun control in the US.\n\nSome 40,000 deaths a year involve firearms in America, a figure that includes suicides.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The costs of the NHS dealing with obesity in the UK are \"vast\" and it was time to \"get a grip on it\", says the PM.\n\nThe government is to impose a UK-wide pre-9pm ban on TV adverts for food high in sugar, salt and fat.\n\nThere will also be new rules on online promotion, but firms selling junk food will still be able to run websites.\n\nA total ban on online adverts was proposed last year, but this has been scaled back after consultation.\n\nThe TV restrictions come after Boris Johnson made tackling obesity, which affects more than a quarter of UK adults, a priority for the government.\n\nFood companies have said outlawing any form of junk food advertising - worth hundreds of millions of pounds a year - is disproportionate.\n\nFrom the end of next year, TV adverts for junk food - also including breakfast cereals, yoghurts, ready meals, chicken nuggets and battered fish - will be allowed only between 9pm and 5.30am.\n\nCommercials for \"less healthy\" meals out will also not be shown outside this period.\n\nThe rules will apply during live and on-demand programmes and will not affect companies with fewer than 250 employees, such as local curry houses, pizzerias and sweet-makers.\n\nAn around-the-clock ban on online junk food advertising will be limited to paid-for content, meaning companies can continue to promote goods using their own blogs, websites, apps or social media pages.\n\nGary Lineker can still advertise snacks, provided they are deemed healthy\n\nA senior advertising industry source told the BBC the TV and online bans would apply to products, rather than wider brands.\n\nSo, for instance, Gary Lineker could still appear in adverts for Walker Crisps if they featured items which were deemed to be healthy, they added.\n\nThe Department of Health said the restrictions would not affect some foods high in sugar, salt or fat - such as honey, olive oil, avocados and Marmite - as these were not seen as contributing significantly to childhood obesity.\n\nSpeaking on a visit to a military base in Aldershot, the prime minister said: \"I'm afraid we do have a national struggle with obesity, and we need to deal with it...\n\n\"Let's get a grip on it. Sending out a signal in the way we treat advertising is entirely right.\"\n\nThe UK population's weight has risen since the early 1990s, with more than 60% of the adult population now overweight or obese, according to NHS Digital.\n\nProblems often begin in childhood and those from the most disadvantaged backgrounds are most likely to suffer, research suggests.\n\nThe government says it is keen to prevent young people consuming too many unhealthy products and since 2018 manufacturers have had to pay extra tax on high-sugar drinks.\n\nIn 2006, Mr Johnson defended mothers who - in spite of efforts by TV chef Jamie Oliver to improve school meals - were reportedly pushing fatty foods through school railings to their children,\n\n\"I say let people eat what they like,\" he said. \"Why shouldn't they push pies through the railings?\"\n\nBut his views have changed, particularly since he was hospitalised with Covid-19 last year.\n\nMr Johnson said obesity was one of the \"real co-morbidity factors\" associated with the disease, adding: \"Losing weight, frankly, is one of the ways you can reduce your own risk from coronavirus.\"\n\nThe government wants children to be less exposed to commercials for sweets\n\nBut the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising - which represents the large ad agencies - has said the government's own impact assessment shows a watershed ban on high-fat, sugar and salt food and drinks would only remove around 1.7 calories per day from a child's diet - the equivalent of half a Smartie.\n\nSue Eustace, public affairs director of the Advertising Association, said her industry was \"dismayed\" and that jobs would be lost in broadcasting and online publishers.\n\nHowever, Charmaine Griffiths, chief executive of the British Heart Foundation, called the advertising ban \"a bold and very positive step\", adding that it was \"one important part in building a more healthy environment where the healthy option is the easy option\".\n\nFor Labour, shadow health minister Alex Norris said: \"This ban alone will not be enough. We need a radical obesity strategy in this country that goes further, ensuring families are able to access healthy food, supporting local leisure facilities and tackling child poverty.\"\n\nThe NHS says most adults with a body mass index (BMI) of 25 to 29.9 are overweight, while those with a BMI of 30 to 39.9 are classed as obese.", "Prime Minister Boris Johnson did not explicitly apologise to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe after she criticised his handling of her six-year detention in Iran, her husband has said.\n\nMrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe asked the PM why it took so long to get her home as she met him at Downing Street.\n\nHer husband Richard said she told the PM his erroneous comments about her in 2017 had left a \"lasting impact\".\n\nShe was freed in March after the UK settled a historic debt to Iran.\n\nMr Ratcliffe said the meeting was \"warm\", but when asked if the prime minister had apologised for \"mistakes\" he had made in the case, he said: \"Not explicitly.\"\n\nIn 2017, when Mr Johnson was foreign secretary in Theresa May's government, he erroneously said Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe had been training journalists in Iran.\n\nMr Johnson has previously apologised in parliament for the remarks he made in 2017, telling MPs he acknowledged \"the words I used were open to being misinterpreted\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Richard Ratcliffe on wife Nazinin's release: \"It did not need to take six years.\"\n\nRecalling what his wife told the prime minister, Mr Ratcliffe said: \"I just want you to know the mistake, the comments in 2017, had a lasting impact.\"\n\n\"She said I lived with that for ages and I knew it was a mistake, but it lingered.\"\n\nLabour MP Tulip Siddiq, who also attended the meeting, said Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe had \"very clearly and categorically\" told the prime minister that his words had had a \"big impact\" on her and that she \"lived in the shadow\" of them for four and a half years.\n\nMs Siddiq said the prime minister \"looked quite shocked\".\n\nMr Ratcliffe said \"late is a lot better than never\" but there were \"lessons to learn\" in the handling of his wife's detention in Iran.\n\n\"We talked about the mistakes made at the end,\" he told reporters outside Downing Street.\n\n\"It was rough at the end, and I think, when Nazanin is ready to talk about it, that is something that we need to go through.\"\n\nMs Siddiq, who is the family's local MP, said the prime minister would consider giving evidence to the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee inquiry into Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's case.\n\nMs Zaghari-Ratcliffe did not speak to reporters as she left the meeting.\n\nAt a news conference in March, Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe said it should never have taken the government so long to secure her release from prison in Iran.\n\nNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and her family met the prime minister in Downing Street on Friday\n\nMrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested on spying charges while visiting her parents in Iran, with her then two-year-old daughter Gabriella, in April 2016.\n\nWhile in Iran in September 2016, Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a project manager for the Thomson Reuters Foundation, was accused of plotting to overthrow the Iranian government and was given a five-year sentence.\n\nThen, in April 2021, she was sentenced for another year on charges of propaganda against the government.\n\nMrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe has always denied those allegations and said that she was only in Iran to visit her family.\n\nHer release came after the UK government paid a £400m debt to Iran dating back to the 1970s, although both governments have said the two issues should not be linked.\n\nAnother British-Iranian national, Anoosheh Ashoori, was released at the same time as Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe.\n• None Why has Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe been freed now?", "Vicki, pictured with her partner Michael, says she uses a pawnbroker because her only alternative source of credit would be door step lending or loan sharks\n\n\"Basically so we can buy food and just survive,\" says Vicki.\n\nThe 36-year-old from Chester is explaining how she used the money she got from pawning a games console.\n\nAs the cost of living rises, a new report suggests people on low incomes are pawning their possessions to pay for everyday essentials.\n\nThe National Pawnbrokers Association (NPA) says it will meet with the UK's finance watchdog next week to discuss the research.\n\nThe NPA is worried banks are shutting down pawnbroker accounts because of money laundering concerns and it wants the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to work with banks to resolve the issue.\n\nThe number of pawnbrokers has fallen from more than 2,000 in 2014 to fewer than 900 last year.\n\nThe report from independent think tank the Social Market Foundation, which was paid for by the NPA, says pawnbroking is an \"essential source of credit for some customers, who feel they have no alternative ways to borrow\".\n\nVicki, who describes herself as long-term disabled and receives around £480 a month in benefits, agrees.\n\nIf she wasn't able to use pawnbrokers she says the only alternatives would be doorstep lending or loan sharks - illegal moneylenders who often charge very high interest rates. It's something Vicki has been forced to use before but never wants to do again.\n\n\"I used a loan shark for £100. I fell behind on one of the payments and the people came to my door and I was threatened,\" she says.\n\n\"For that £100 I ended up paying £700 back... because I missed one payment [so] I'd much rather use a pawnbrokers than a loan shark because you know what you're dealing with and I know I'm safe.\"\n\nThe NPA says the most common items pawned are electrical goods (phones, laptops and games consoles) and jewellery, with the average loan being around £300. Across the industry about 85% of items are redeemed by customers.\n\nA pawnbroker is an individual person or shop which offers secured loans against people's personal possessions - most often items like electronics or jewellery.\n\nThe customer and pawnbroker agree an amount that can be loaned against the item and how much interest will be charged on the loan.\n\nThe customer then has up to six months to redeem the item and pay the agreed interest or, if it's not redeemed, the pawnbroker has the legal right to sell the item to recoup the original loan and interest.\n\nAny surplus money earned from such a sale should be given to the customer.\n\nMore information is available from the National Pawnbrokers Association. Consumer advice on pawnbroking is available from Citizens Advice and the Money and Pensions Service\n\nCritics of pawnbrokers point out the high interest rates and low valuation of people's possessions as reasons why they're not a good source of finance for people on low incomes.\n\nAround 10% a month interest is typical but it is charged by the day and the average length of a loan is four months.\n\nDebt charity StepChange says it would rather have more alternatives available to people than high-cost credit but that pawnbroking can be a lot safer than many of the alternatives.\n\nPaul Smit, a former president of the National Pawnbrokers Association, will take part in the meeting with the FCA next week.\n\nHe says the Social Market Foundation report \"highlights the societal role that pawnbrokers play in providing finance to those who would otherwise be excluded from legitimate finance and would be left with no alternative than illegal, unregulated loan sharks\".\n\n\"We hope and believe that, once the FCA appreciate that the loss of access to pawnbroking services would have a devastating effect on these people, that the FCA will work with the pawnbroking and banking industries, both of which they regulate, to agree an approach that will stop the closure of pawnbrokers' bank accounts by banks,\" he adds.\n\nUK Finance, which represents the banking industry, said it recognised the \"valuable role\" played by pawnbrokers in providing credit.\n\n\"All banks must follow strict regulations to deal with the risks of money laundering and financial crime,\" it said in a statement.\n\n\"Any decision to close an account is only taken after extensive review on a case-by-case basis.\"\n\nUpdate: This article has been amended to remove a case study for editorial reasons.", "Ioana Stancu says it is fulfilling to work as a nurse after struggling with her own mental health\n\nA woman who became a psychiatric nurse after struggling with her own mental health has said it fulfils her soul.\n\nIoana Stancu, 22, from Newport, went into nursing when her own mental health began to improve following a struggle with depression and anxiety.\n\n\"I do my job from the heart and not for the money,\" she said.\n\nIoana now uses TikTok to encourage people to talk openly about their feelings, and reaches out to people so they know they are not alone.\n\nTo mark Mental Health Awareness Week, BBC Wales spoke to people who use social media to share their own struggles.\n\nIoana, who moved to Wales from Romania on her own aged 18, took antidepressants for two years before deciding she wanted to help others.\n\n\"The moment I walk through the hospital door, no matter how bad I feel or how bad my day is, I feel happy,\" she said.\n\n\"I feel happy to know that I am there and that I am doing something good for my patients.\n\n\"Even when I'm not at work I wonder if they ate, how their day is, if they're happy - and all that just because I care so much about them.\"\n\nHana Lili writes songs and shares them on social media to help others through her lyrics\n\nSinger, songwriter and producer Hana Lili, 22, writes songs about personal hardship and relationships.\n\nFor Hana, it is like a diary - she has always turned to writing songs about any emotion she is feeling.\n\n\"It's been a outlet of creativity for me and something I value so much,\" she said.\n\n\"It's almost like taking a snapshot in time and reflecting on ideas, memories and emotions.\"\n\nHana posts her new songs on social media platforms and hopes her lyrics will help others feel less alone.\n\nJamie Tyrell shares his walking videos with inspiring quotes on TikTok\n\nJamie Tyrell, 44, shares his walking stories on TikTok, adding inspiring quotes and thoughts over the videos.\n\nJamie, from Barmouth, Gwynedd, claims he was bullied while serving as a senior aircraftman in the Royal Air Force (RAF) between 2006 and 2008.\n\nHe said he considered suicide before reaching out to the Samaritans.\n\nIn an effort to help others not to reach the low point he did, Jamie organises walking groups in the area.\n\n\"My walks help greatly with my mental health as they allow me to escape any stresses of life and just enjoy what nature provides around us,\" he said.\n\n\"The few comments I have had from group members about how their mental health has improved inspires me to keep doing what I do.\"\n\nThe RAF has been asked to comment on Jamie's allegations of bullying.\n\nEmma started blogging about running during the pandemic\n\nEmma Noyces, 28, said she suffered in silence with anxiety and depression before she began to open up and talk about how she felt.\n\nEmma, from Rhondda Cynon Taf, took up running in 2018 and started blogging about it on TikTok and Instagram during the pandemic.\n\n\"Running is a great [form of] escapism, especially if I ever feel anxious and/or stressed,\" she said.\n\n\"This is my way of coping with my emotions. It is something I am doing just for me.\"\n\nEmma runs alone, but said she was supported by running groups and her followers.\n\n\"The running community has always been so supportive and engaging. Even though I run alone, the amount of online support I get and at events is second to none.\n\n\"Everyone within the community has been friendly and approachable. It is so surprising that for someone who started just documenting on Instagram about my goals. I did not think I could engage with so many people.\n\n\"Within this community, there is a lot of honesty and a lot of people who have had similar experiences. Since opening up more about my own mental health struggles, I have had so much support and participated with events to help talk about it.\"\n\nSteph and Kayleigh set up a \"non-judgemental\" group for parents\n\nSteph Powell, 34, and Kayleigh Morgan, 35, from Caerphilly county, took to Instagram to set up a meet-up group for mothers which could provide a safe place with no judgement.\n\nKayleigh said she struggled with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after having her first baby but suffered in silence because she was scared how she would be perceived as a mother.\n\n\"I had longed to be a mother and really put it on a pedestal. So when it wasn't all sunshine and rainbows I wondered why it wasn't.\n\n\"It made me feel ashamed that I wasn't loving every second of motherhood and seeing others take everything in their stride, why couldn't I?\"\n\nDue to Covid, the meet-ups had to stop but the pair continued to support one another online.\n\n\"The mothers who came told us they don't feel so alone in the motherhood journey,\" Kayleigh said.\n\n\"It honestly makes me feel so happy and proud that I've made someone else feel a little less alone, sad or just for them to know I hear you, it's hard.\n\n\"Now I know everyone struggles at some point.\"\n\nEmma Perkins shares her boxing and her feelings on social media\n\nAt 19, she found herself living in different B&Bs before a social worker found her a hostel and, later, her grandparents helped her to find her own home.\n\nBut Emma, struggling with her past, began to experience anxiety and took up boxing as a release.\n\nEmma, from Newport, also creates content on TikTok based around how she feels and runs groups to help others.\n\n\"I want to be a boxer and to train hard because it's helping with my health, so boxing became a dream for me,\" she said.\n\nIf you have been affected by any of the issues in this story, the BBC Action Line has links to organisations which can offer support and advice", "Here in Ukraine, people have been describing the country's win as a \"victory\".\n\nAs soon as Kalush Orchestra were announced as the winners, fans flocked to Telegram in order to share their excitement at the news.\n\nMany people shared popular phrases such as \"glory to the heroes\".\n\n\"We definitely have a victory ahead,\" one person wrote.\n\nOthers thanked friendly countries for voting and sharing their support for Ukraine.\n\n\"Thank you to all who supported. We are waiting and we believe in another victory. Glory to Ukraine!\", one person wrote on Instagram.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: Violent scenes at the funeral of Shireen Abu Aqla\n\nIsraeli police have hit mourners at the funeral of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Aqla, whose killing in the occupied West Bank has caused a surge of anger.\n\nHer coffin almost fell as police, some using batons, waded into a crowd of Palestinians gathered around it.\n\nPolice said they acted after being pelted with stones.\n\nAbu Aqla was shot dead in disputed circumstances on Wednesday, with Israel and Palestinians trading blame. The killing has been widely condemned.\n\nFootage showed a standoff between police and Palestinians gathered around the coffin in the hospital compound, before officers push the crowd back, with some beating and kicking mourners. Police said officers \"were forced to use riot dispersal means\".\n\nWe were in the car park of St Joseph's hospital, where hundreds of Palestinian mourners had gathered ready for Shireen Abu Aqla's coffin to be carried out into a waiting hearse.\n\nThere was a shrine of written tributes, a floral crucifix (Shireen was a Palestinian Christian) and poignantly a press flak jacket among the flowers. Many were in tears. There was some chanting and Palestinian flags were being flown.\n\nSuddenly the gates to the compound were closed and heavily armed Israeli border police, some on horseback, appeared on the other side of them. Given the circumstances it already felt confrontational.\n\nThe coffin was brought out of the building carried by a group of pallbearers. While the plan was for the procession to the church to use the hearse, the coffin was now being carried towards the closed gates.\n\nWhat happened next was extraordinary. I was behind the packed crowd so I couldn't see the front point of contact, but the Israeli police suddenly pushed back the crowd, including the coffin and its carriers.\n\nThey fired stun grenades towards the mourners and the press and were storming into the compound. From my vantage point - not at the front of the crowd - I saw a couple of plastic bottles being thrown back, nothing more. People ran to take cover inside the hospital. I saw a woman with a young baby in a carrier sling distraught, almost being crushed in the panic.\n\nThe echo of stun grenades rang out in the hospital corridors and wards. I saw at least one man wounded.\n\nThis seemed to go on for around 10 minutes, as we sought a safe route back towards the car park. After we came out, the coffin left in the hearse through the gates. And now videos have emerged showing what happened while people were rushing inside - Israeli police beating and kicking the pallbearers, who were in retreat carrying Shireen Abu Aqla's coffin. At one stage it nearly slipped from their grasp, falling towards the ground.\n\nA spokesman for UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said he was \"deeply disturbed\" by the confrontations between Israeli security forces and Palestinians and the behaviour of some police.\n\nWhite House spokeswoman Jen Psaki also said the images of police hitting mourners were disturbing.\n\n\"We regret the intrusion into what should have been a peaceful procession,\" she said.\n\nThe Palestinian Authority and Al Jazeera claim Abu Aqla was shot dead by Israeli forces, while Israel said it was not yet possible to determine what happened and that she could have been killed by Palestinian gunfire.\n\nAn Israeli military interim report on Thursday said the fatal shot could have come from \"massive fire from Palestinian gunmen\", or possibly from \"a few bullets\" fired by a soldier \"at a terrorist who was firing at his vehicle\".\n\nSherine Abu Aqla was known to millions for her coverage of the Israel-Palestinian conflict\n\nShireen Abu Aqla, a 51-year-old Palestinian American, was a veteran correspondent for Al Jazeera's Arabic news channel and had reported on the Israel-Palestinian conflict for two decades.\n\nShe was given the rarity of a funeral at the compound of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday, where her coffin was brought draped in the Palestinian flag. President Abbas paid tribute to her, describing her as a \"martyr of the free word\" who \"sacrificed her life\" to defend the Palestinian cause.\n\nHe said Israel was \"fully responsible for her killing\" and that he would refer the case to the International Criminal Court, which investigates potential war crimes.\n\nIsraeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has accused Mr Abbas of \"throwing blame at Israel without any basis\".\n\nAbu Aqla was in the Jenin refugee camp early on Wednesday to report on the Israeli raid. The Israeli military said the operation was to apprehend \"terrorist suspects\".\n\nIt said: \"Tens of Palestinian gunmen fired at and hurled explosive devices toward the soldiers. The soldiers responded with fire toward the gunmen and hits were identified.\"\n\nAnother Palestinian journalist, Al Jazeera producer Ali Samoudi, was shot and wounded during the violence.\n\nThe incident comes at a time of particularly high tension between Israel and the Palestinians, after nearly two months of one of the deadliest periods of violence in years. Israel has carried out operations in Jenin in the wake of a wave of killings of Israeli Jews by Palestinians and Israeli Arabs in Israel and the West Bank.\n\nSeventeen Israelis and two Ukrainians have been killed in stabbings, shootings, car rammings and an axe attack. In the same period, dozens of Palestinians have been killed - including assailants shot dead while carrying out attacks, or militants and civilians killed during Israeli raids and confrontations.\n\nFour of the Palestinians who carried out attacks in Israel came from the Jenin district.\n\nAn Israeli police commando meanwhile was killed on Friday during clashes with Palestinian gunmen near Jenin, police said. The commando, who was 47, was shot dead during an operation to arrest a suspect, Israeli authorities said.", "Dame Deborah said Prince William went out of his way to speak to her family\n\nDame Deborah James has thanked Prince William for \"going above and beyond to make a very special memory\" in visiting her family home to confer her damehood.\n\nPodcaster Dame Deborah, 40, revealed last week she was receiving end-of-life care for bowel cancer, adding the five days since had been the \"most surreal, mind blowing, humbling\" of her life.\n\nShe has raised nearly £6m for cancer research since revealing her prognosis.\n\n\"Can't quite believe im actually a Dame!\" she wrote on social media.\n\nDame Deborah has received widespread praise for her no-nonsense approach to talking about her cancer publicly - particularly as co-presenter on the BBC's You, Me and the Big C podcast - and has shared her experiences of treatment and daily life with her social media followers since her diagnosis in 2016.\n\nThe Duke of Cambridge visited the mother of two at her parents' home, where she is spending her remaining time with her family, on Friday to present her with the honour.\n\nWriting on Instagram, Dame Deborah said: \"My family are being amazing and as emotional as it all is, we are finding so much to smile about in the sadness.\"\n\nShe explained she was \"getting weaker and more tired\" and had been \"running off pure adrenaline\" over the last few days.\n\n\"But my word, I always said I wanted to slide in sideways when my time is up, with a massive smile, no regrets and a big glass of champagne! Still my intention!!!\"\n\nShe launched the fund - to pay for research into personalised medicine for cancer patients and to support campaigns to raise awareness of bowel cancer, on Monday - with an initial goal of £250,000.\n\nIt came after she revealed she did not know how long she had left to live after stopping treatment and moving to hospice-at-home care.\n\nAfter Prince William conferred the damehood on Friday, the former deputy headteacher wrote: she was \"utterly honoured\" at being joined by him for afternoon tea and champagne, adding he had \"spent a generous amount of time talking to my whole family\".\n\n\"It's quite surreal having a royal pop in at home, and yes you can imagine the cleaning antics and preparation went off the scale - but it was all irrelevant because William was so kind and he put us all at ease,\" she added.\n\nPrince William is a patron of the Royal Marsden Hospital, a specialist cancer treatment centre that will be one of the main beneficiaries of Dame Deborah's new fund, alongside Cancer Research UK and Bowel Cancer UK.\n\nAfter his visit, she noted the prince was \"clearly passionate\" about improving cancer treatment outcomes a the hospital, adding he was \"welcome back anytime\".\n\nDamehoods and knighthoods are usually announced as part of the New Year Honours or the Queen's Birthday Honours.\n\nBut, in exceptional circumstances, some are announced at other times of the year - as happened with NHS fundraiser Captain Sir Tom Moore's knighthood.\n\nThe visit by the duke was arranged similarly quickly, as he had just returned from a two-day visit to the west of Scotland with his wife Catherine.\n\nWilliam and Catherine - who donated to Dame Deborah's research fund - said earlier this week that her \"tireless efforts\" in raising awareness of cancer were inspirational, and thanked her for \"giving hope\" to those living with the disease.\n\nDame Deborah began co-presenting You, Me and the Big C alongside Lauren Mahon and BBC Radio 5 Live newsreader Rachael Bland in 2018, with the show earning praise for its frank discussion of cancer.\n\nThey spoke to celebrity guests and addressed practical matters, including hair loss, tips for dealing with finances and telling your nearest and dearest about illnesses.\n\nBland died at the age of 40, six months after the show launched. She had been diagnosed with breast cancer two years earlier.", "Universities minster Michelle Donelan and Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi say the NUS must speak for all students\n\nThe government is cutting ties with the National Union of Students because of concerns about anti-Semitism.\n\nUniversities minister Michelle Donelan said it meant the NUS would not be eligible for government funding.\n\nShe said she was horrified some Jewish students might feel ostracised by a group that should be a voice for all.\n\nLast month the union announced it was allowing an independent investigation to take place, following a number of complaints by Jewish students.\n\nEducation Secretary Nadhim Zahawi said he was \"seriously concerned\" at the number of reports of alleged anti-Semitism linked to the NUS.\n\n\"Jewish students need to have confidence that this is a body that represents them, and we need to be sure that the student bodies that we engage with are speaking fairly for all students,\" he said.\n\nThe government said it did not currently provide any funding to the NUS, and it was unclear how much funding it has provided up to now.\n\nThe move will also involve removing the NUS from all Department for Education groups - and replacing them with individual student unions or alternative bodies such as the Office for Students' student panel.\n\nThe government has said the decision will be kept under review.\n\nA spokesperson for the NUS, which says it represents seven million students, said it was disappointed the universities minister had put the news in a press release rather than speak to it directly.\n\nThe government's decision comes as the Community Security Trust (CST), a charity that protects British Jews from anti-Semitism and related threats, reported that the number of anti-Semitic incidents on campuses had returned to pre-pandemic levels.\n\nDuring this academic year, the CST said it has received reports of a total of 45 university-related anti-Semitic incidents so far, compared with 26 from the previous academic year.\n\nThere were 48 anti-Semitic campus incidents reported to the CST in the 2019-20 academic year, and 32 the previous academic year.\n\nThe charity's director of policy, Dave Rich, said the number incidents reported by Jewish students and staff \"hit record levels\" last year, and have continued in 2022.\n\nMr Rich said the NUS invited the rapper Lowkey to perform at its national conference in March 2022, days after the rapper claimed that mainstream media had \"weaponised the Jewish heritage\" of Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky.\n\nThe Union of Jewish Students (UJS) complained and former NUS president Larissa Kennedy allegedly said Jewish students could go and sit in a safe room where they would not hear any anti-Semitism that was expressed.\n\n\"UJS understandably felt that this was an insulting and insensitive reply that didn't address the main issue,\" Mr Rich said.\n\nThe NUS later issued a statement saying that Lowkey had decided to pull out of the event.\n\nAt the same NUS conference, Mr Rich added that a new NUS president was elected, Shaima Dallali, who he said has a past record of \"fairly extreme views\".\n\nIn 2012, Dallali post a tweet that included an Arabic chant that referenced a massacre of Jews in the year AD 628, which she has since apologised for.\n\n\"It is not a coincidence that at a national level, NUS is failing to support Jewish students and its national leadership seems incapable of understanding how their own inflammatory language may be contributing to the problem,\" he said.\n\n\"Jewish students deserve to enjoy their university experience just as much as anybody else, and when anti-Semitism happens they have a right to expect their own institutions, and their national union, to take their side.\"\n\nHe said support for Jewish students from the government was welcome, but \"it shouldn't have come to this\".\n\n\"The NUS leadership needs to step up and address this problem, but past evidence has shown an inability to recognise and understand modern anti-Semitism, much less deal with it,\" Mr Rich added.\n\n\"It is vital that the inquiry announced by NUS has the full confidence of Jewish students, and that no areas of concern, including the past statements of the incoming NUS president, should be off-limits.\"\n\nThe NUS said: \"Following a complaint about anti-Semitism we launched an independent investigation. We will be appointing a QC, in consultation with UJS, next week.\n\n\"We have sought to undertake the investigation in a serious and proper way, and are working in collaboration with UJS at every step of the way.\n\n\"Once the QC has been appointed we will be able to update on the process and timeline. We look forward to working with the government constructively on this matter.\"\n\nHave you been affected by any of the issues raised here? You can get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Three people have been jailed in Hong Kong for stealing art said to be worth millions, including a calligraphy scroll written by former Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong.\n\nThe thieves had been unaware of its value and sold it to an amateur collector for under HK$200 ($25; £20).\n\nThe buyer himself didn't know the worth of the calligraphy and cut it in half so it could be more easily stored.\n\nThe defendants were each jailed for up to two and a half years.\n\nThe handwritten scroll contains details of a Chinese Communist Party meeting and several stanzas of Mao's poetry. Its owner has claimed it is estimated to be worth around $300m (£230m), though it is not known how the valuation was obtained.\n\nThe scroll was stolen in a massive heist in September 2020, when three men broke into the home of Fu Chunxiao, a well-known collector of stamps and revolutionary art.\n\nThey also made off with antique stamps, copper coins and other pieces of calligraphy by Mao. The total haul was worth HK$5bn ($645m; £500m) according to Mr Fu, who was reportedly in mainland China when the burglary took place.\n\nA buyer then saw a public appeal by police, and surrendered himself with both pieces of the scroll.\n\nHo Yik-chiu, 46, Ng Wing-lun, 45, and Hui Ping-kei, 48, all pleaded guilty, according to The South China Morning Post.\n\nThe court heard how the three men were seasoned burglars who had deliberately targeted Mr Fu's apartment while he was overseas.\n\nMuch of the haul is still missing.\n\nIn 2019, a calligraphic autograph letter written by Mao Zedong was auctioned off by Sotheby's for £519,000. .", "Demonstrators in Belfast hold signs in protest against the journalist's killing\n\nA vigil has been held in Belfast to protest against the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Aqla in the West Bank.\n\nAbu Aqla, 51, was shot dead while reporting on an Israeli military raid in Jenin on Wednesday.\n\nThe UN Security Council has called for an immediate investigation into her death.\n\nThe National Union of Journalists said the whole world had been shocked by the killing.\n\nRobin Wilson, chair of the Belfast and District branch, said they supported calls for an independent investigation.\n\nShireen Abu Aqla was known to millions for her coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict\n\nHe said Abu Aqla was \"just going about her business in the occupied territory engaging in what journalists should do which is fair and accurate reporting\".\n\n\"Our heart goes out to the family of the murdered journalist but also we're very conscious that there are many other journalists who have been threatened, who have been injured, who have been killed, of course including in Northern Ireland with Martin O'Hagan and Lyra McKee,\" he said.\n\nRobin Wilson supported calls for an independent investigation into the killing\n\n\"What happens all to often is there are people who seem inclined to shoot the messenger when they don't like the message,\" Mr Wilson added.\n\nThe Belfast demonstration was held in Writer's Square, with another held in Londonderry on Saturday.\n\nDuring Abu Aqla's funeral on Friday, her coffin almost fell as police, some using batons, waded into a crowd of Palestinians gathered around it.\n\nFootage showed a standoff between police and Palestinians gathered around the coffin in a hospital compound, before officers pushed the crowd back, with some beating and kicking mourners. Police said officers \"were forced to use riot dispersal means\" after they had been pelted with stones.\n\nAbu Aqla, a 51-year-old Palestinian American, had reported on the Israel-Palestinian conflict for two decades.\n\nA preliminary report by the Palestinian public prosecution service said the sole source of gunfire that killed the journalist on Wednesday was from Israeli forces, which were conducting a raid in the city of Jenin.\n\nPalestinian authorities have already described her death as an assassination by Israel, which for its part has said that it remains unclear whether she died from Israeli or Palestinian fire.\n\nAn Israeli military interim report on Thursday said the fatal shot could have come from \"massive fire from Palestinian gunmen\", or possibly from \"a few bullets\" fired by a soldier \"at a terrorist who was firing at his vehicle\".", "The UK has imposed sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin's former wife and his alleged current girlfriend over the invasion of Ukraine.\n\nLyudmila Ocheretnaya, who was married to the president until 2014, and former Olympic gymnast Alina Kabaeva, face UK travel bans and asset freezes.\n\nThe UK has now placed more than 1,000 people on its Russian sanctions list.\n\nForeign Secretary Liz Truss said Britain was \"tightening the vice\" on Mr Putin's \"inner circle\".\n\nThe UK was \"exposing and targeting the shady network propping up Putin's luxury lifestyle\", she said, and would \"keep going with sanctions on all those aiding and abetting Putin's aggression until Ukraine prevails\".\n\nMs Truss said sanctions against Russia should only be lifted when all of its troops had left Ukraine.\n\nEarlier, she told a meeting of G7 foreign ministers in Germany that allies should go \"further and faster\" in supporting Ukraine's resistance.\n\nShe said President Putin must face a defeat that prevents further aggression - but some analysts have warned this stance may make a political settlement harder.\n\nEarlier this month it was reported that the EU planned to sanction more Russian individuals, including Ms Kabaeva.\n\nSince Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February, thousands of civilians and combatants have been killed or injured, and some 14 million people have fled their homes, with more than six million seeking refuge abroad.\n\nSince her divorce, Lyudmila Ocheretnaya has benefited from preferential business relationships with state-owned entities and exhibited significant unexplained wealth, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) says.\n\nShe is a close associate of Mr Putin and obtains a financial or material benefit from this association, it adds.\n\nMs Kabaeva is a former Russian MP and chair of the board of directors of the National Media Group, which is reportedly the largest private Russian media company, the FCDO says.\n\nMr Putin and Ms Kabaeva at a ceremony in 2001\n\nIt notes that the National Media Group controls television stations including Channel One, which is already under sanctions.\n\n\"She is also rumoured to be the current partner of Putin and it is reported that he has tried to reduce her visibility since the invasion began,\" the FCDO says.\n\n\"For example, a couple of weeks after the invasion, the National Media Group website was updated to remove her name, along with any reference to the board of directors.\"\n\nRussia's leader has explicitly denied having a relationship with Ms Kabaeva.\n\nAmong others added to the UK sanctions list are Ms Kabaeva's grandmother, Anna Zatseplina, and cousins of Mr Putin.\n\nAn asset freeze prevents any UK citizen, or any business in the UK, from dealing with any funds or economic resources which are owned, held or controlled by the designated person. A travel ban means the designated person must be refused leave to enter or to remain in the UK.\n\nThe UK foreign secretary has been among the most outspoken of UK ministers in setting out explicit aims relating to the conflict, saying in a speech last month that Russia should be pushed out of \"the whole of Ukraine\".\n\nSome foreign policy analysts have raised concerns that such specific demands might one day clash with Ukraine's interests and could make negotiations harder.\n\nUkrainian and Moldovan foreign ministers are expected to join G7 ministers at another meeting in Germany on Friday.\n\nOn Saturday, Ms Truss is due to travel to Berlin for a meeting of Nato foreign ministers, where the FCDO says she will push for a \"strengthened and modernised\" version of the western alliance.", "The singer made the announcement to her Instagram followers\n\nBritney Spears has announced she has suffered a miscarriage, a month after revealing her pregnancy.\n\nThe singer told her Instagram followers that she and partner Sam Asghari had \"lost our miracle baby\".\n\nIt comes months after she escaped a legal arrangement that gave her father control over many aspects of her life, including her reproductive health.\n\nThe 40-year-old, who has two teenage sons, previously said she wanted a family with personal trainer Asghari.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Sam Asghari talks marriage, family and public support for Britney Spears before the pregnancy announcement\n\n\"It is with our deepest sadness we have to announce that we have lost our miracle baby early in the pregnancy,\" she wrote in a post on Saturday.\n\nShe continued: \"This is a devastating time for any parent.\n\n\"Perhaps we should have waited to announce until we were further along, however, we were overly excited to share the good news.\n\n\"Our love for each other is our strength. We will continue trying to expand our beautiful family.\"\n\nIn 2008 Spears' father set up a form of legal guardianship, known as a conservatorship, after she experienced a public mental health crisis.\n\nSpeaking against the conservatorship in court last year, she told a judge the arrangement prevented her from marrying or removing her birth control.\n\nAnnouncing her pregnancy in April, she said it would probably be \"hard\" as she had previously experienced perinatal depression - the medical term for depression occurring any time between becoming pregnant to about a year after giving birth.\n\nThe singer, who has two children from her marriage to Kevin Federline, said it had been \"absolutely horrible\" and was rarely talked about in the past.", "Boris Johnson is to tell Northern Ireland's leaders that any move to change post-Brexit trade rules must also restore power-sharing at Stormont.\n\nThe prime minister is visiting Northern Ireland on Monday amid a political crisis sparked by tensions over the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\nFollowing the 5 May election, the anti-protocol Democratic Unionist Party has refused to engage with the assembly.\n\nA new administration cannot be formed without them.\n\nA spokesperson for No 10 said Mr Johnson would hold private meetings with the parties and the UK government would \"play its part to ensure political stability\".\n\nThe prime minister is expected to say there is \"no substitute for strong local leadership\".\n\nHe will urge members of the Stormont assembly to \"get back to work to deal with the bread-and-butter issues\".\n\nBut the prime minister will also tell political leaders that \"there will be a necessity to act\" on the protocol if the EU does not change its position.\n\nSinn Féin's President Mary Lou McDonald and vice president Michelle O'Neill say the protocol is going nowhere\n\nMr Johnson's visit coincides with increased speculation that the UK government is poised to introduce legislation to strip away parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\nThe protocol, a part of the UK-EU Brexit deal which keeps Northern Ireland aligned with the EU single market for goods, puts a trade border in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.\n\nIt was designed to ensure free trade could continue across the Irish land border, but it has been opposed by unionist politicians.\n\nThe DUP has argued the protocol has eroded the foundations devolution has been built upon and undermined Northern Ireland's position in the UK.\n\nThe EU has acknowledged that the protocol has caused difficulties for Northern Ireland businesses and it put forward proposals in October to try to ease that burden - it said they would mean a reduction in paperwork and checks on goods entering NI from Great Britain.\n\nHowever, last week the UK rejected these plans saying they would make things worse.\n\nOn Monday, Mr Johnson will say that the UK and EU's shared objective should be for a reformed protocol to enjoy the broadest possible cross-community support when it faces a consent vote at Stormont in 2024.\n\nThe Northern Ireland Assembly election on 5 May cemented a majority for politicians who accept the protocol, including the new largest party, the republican party Sinn Féin.\n\nThe DUP's move to block the election of a speaker on Friday means the Northern Ireland Assembly cannot function.\n\nThe party said its actions sent a clear message about its opposition to the protocol.\n\nIts leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said the prime minister must \"outline what he intends to do\".\n\nSir Jeffrey Donaldson says his party will not support the election of a speaker until there is action taken over the protocol\n\nOn Saturday, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald accused the prime minister of being \"in cahoots\" with the DUP.\n\nMs McDonald said the protocol was going nowhere and both she and would-be first minister Michelle O'Neill would be telling Mr Johnson so on Monday.\n\n\"The DUP have not simply called a halt to the formation of an executive, they have equally attempted to place a veto on the operation of the assembly,\" she said.\n\n\"The British government have assisted the DUP in these blocking tactics.\"\n\nBy refusing to support the election of a speaker, the DUP - previously the largest party in Stormont and holder of the post of first minister - has blocked a government from forming.\n\nWithout a speaker, there can be no debates in the assembly, no committees can be held, and the actions of ministers, currently acting in a caretaker capacity, cannot be scrutinised.", "The government is to delay a ban on multi-buy deals for junk food and pre-watershed TV advertising.\n\nThe Department of Health said the plans would be deferred for a year while officials assessed the impact on household finances as families struggle with the increasing cost of living.\n\nIt said curbs on junk food placement in stores would still go ahead in October.\n\nBut health campaigners have accused the PM of \"playing politics\" with children's health.\n\nThe Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said the planned ban on \"buy one get one free\" (Bogof) deals for food and drinks high in fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) as well as free refills for soft drinks, would be put on hold for 12 months, until October 2023.\n\nPlans to restrict TV advertising of junk foods before the 21:00 GMT watershed and paid-for online adverts are also being paused for a year and will not come into force until January 2024, the department added.\n\nLaws requiring large restaurants, cafes and takeaways to list calories on their menus came into force last month.\n\nPublic health minister Maggie Throup insisted the government remained committed to tackling the issue of childhood obesity.\n\n\"Pausing restrictions on deals like 'buy one get one free' will allow us to understand its impact on consumers in light of an unprecedented global economic situation,\" she added.\n\nHowever, health campaigners have criticised delays to the plans, and accused Boris Johnson's government of failing to tackle childhood obesity.\n\nProf Graham MacGregor, a cardiologist at Queen Mary University of London and chairman of Action on Sugar, said the delays contradicted the government's \"levelling up\" agenda.\n\n\"Boris Johnson could have left a legacy of being the first prime minister to address obesity in a meaningful way, particularly in restricting advertising and promotion of unhealthy food which were his flagship policies,\" he said.\n\n\"Instead, he has given in to his own MPs, and an aggressive food industry, who, ironically, were starting to comply with these new policies.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The costs of the NHS dealing with obesity in the UK are \"vast\" and it was time to \"get a grip on it\", says the PM.\n\nMeanwhile, Barbara Crowther, of the Children's Food Campaign, said ministers should be urgently curbing multi-buy offers instead of \"delaying and dithering\".\n\n\"Obesity is spiking and millions of families can't afford to put proper food on the table. Multi-buy offers make people spend more on junk, and less on healthy food,\" she said.\n\n\"This delay threatens the UK target to halve childhood obesity by 2030. Boris is playing politics with our children's health.\"\n\nLabour's shadow health minister Andrew Gwynne said: \"Instead of cutting childhood obesity, preventing ill-health and easing pressure on the NHS, this chaotic government is performing another U-turn.\"\n\nThe delay was also criticised as \"unconservative\" by former health minister Lord Bethall, who said it would be \"extremely difficult\" for the government to come back to the plans before the next election.\n\nLord Bethell, who previously served in Boris Johnson's government, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that while he was \"pro-choice\", illnesses caused by excessive junk food consumption were placing a burden on the NHS and the taxpayer.\n\nBut industry body the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) argues that it \"makes sense\" to delay restrictions on multi-buy deals as families and manufacturers struggle with \"high inflation\".\n\nKate Halliwell, the FDF's chief scientific officer, also welcomed the delay to the advertising ban, saying it would give the industry time to prepare for a change in the law.\n\nWhen the government unveiled the planned curbs, some of the UK's biggest food companies, including Britvic, Kellogg's and Mars, criticised them as \"disproportionate\" and lacking evidence.\n\nLast month, Kellogg's said it would take the government to court over the curbs preventing some cereals from being placed in key locations in stores due to their high sugar content.\n\nWhat do you think about the delay to banning multi-buy deals for junk food? If you are able to talk to us please email: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Finland has increased its military budget in recent years\n\nRussian President Vladimir Putin has warned his Finnish counterpart that joining Nato and abandoning Finland's neutral status would be a \"mistake\".\n\nHe told Sauli Niinistö there was no threat to Finland's security.\n\nThe exchange came during a phone call made by the Finnish president, ahead of a formal request which Finland is expected to announce very soon.\n\nSweden has also indicated its intention to join the Western alliance, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.\n\nFinland shares a 1,300-km (810-mile) border with Russia. Until now, it has stayed out of Nato to avoid antagonising its eastern neighbour.\n\nMr Putin did not make a specific threat of retaliation over Finland's move, but the Russian foreign ministry has indicated there will be retaliation.\n\nRussia's decision to suspend electricity supplies to Finland is being seen as an early sign, however.\n\nIn its statement, Russian energy supplier RAO Nordic mentioned problems with payments.\n\nFinland national grid executive Reima Paivinen told the BBC the Russian suspension had not caused any problems.\n\nHe said Russian imports accounted for around 10% of national supply, adding that they could be replaced from alternative sources.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFollowing the phone call between Mr Niinistö and Mr Putin on Saturday, the Kremlin said the Russian leader had stressed the \"end of the traditional policy of military neutrality would be a mistake since there is no threat to Finland's security\".\n\nIt added: \"Such a change in the country's political orientation can have a negative impact on Russian-Finnish relations developed over years in a spirit of good neighbourliness and co-operation between partners.\"\n\nMr Niinistö said he had told Mr Putin how recent moves by Russia, along with the invasion of Ukraine, \"have altered the security environment of Finland\".\n\n\"The conversation was direct and straight-forward and it was conducted without aggravations. Avoiding tensions was considered important,\" he said.\n\nA possible stumbling block to Swedish and Finnish membership of Nato is Turkey, after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused both countries of harbouring \"terrorist organisations\" and said he did not support their applications.\n\nIt was seen as a reference to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which Turkey regards as a terrorist organisation. For decades the PKK has fought with Turkey for a Kurdish homeland.\n\nTurkey also objects to a Syrian Kurdish militia called the People's Protection Units (YPG) ,which they say is an extension of the PKK - even though they have been allied with the US in the fight against so-called Islamic State.\n\nBoth Sweden and Finland have Kurdish communities, and in Sweden's case some parliamentarians have Kurdish origins. President Erdogan did not provide any proof that these communities had links with the PKK.\n\nForeign ministers from Sweden, Turkey and Finland are meeting to try to iron out their differences.\n\nAhead of the talks, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu echoed the comments of his president but signalled a willingness to talk.\n\n\"A big majority of the Turkish people are against the membership of those countries who are supporting PKK terrorist organization ... but these are the issues that we need to talk of course with our NATO allies as well as these countries,\" AFP quoted him as saying.\n\nNato, a Western military alliance, was founded in part to ward off threat from the Soviet Union in 1949.\n\nPresident Putin has mentioned Ukraine's intention to join the alliance as one of the reasons for the invasion of its neighbour.", "Fifty migrants have been told they will be the first to be sent to Rwanda in east Africa as part of the government's controversial resettlement policy.\n\nIn an interview with the Daily Mail, Boris Johnson revealed the figure, saying he expected a lot of legal opposition but insisted the government would \"dig in for the fight\".\n\nUnder a new deal, people judged to have entered the UK illegally now face being flown to Rwanda for resettlement.\n\nThe policy has been widely criticised.\n\nAmong its critics are more than 160 charities, the Archbishop of Canterbury, opposition parties and senior Conservative Party backbenchers, including former Prime Minister Theresa May.\n\nTogether they have raised questions about the ethics, legality, cost and efficacy of the policy.\n\nAid agencies have reported several asylum seekers in the UK going into hiding because of fears they would be sent to Rwanda.\n\nThe threat of removal has also prompted some to self-harm, with one attempting suicide, the Red Cross and the Refugee Council said.\n\nSmall boat crossings have continued, however. The latest available government figures show 792 migrants arrived in small boats in the week from 2 to 8 May.\n\nEarlier this week, the Home Office said it planned to start informing the first migrants whom it wanted to remove to Rwanda. Among them would be people who had crossed the Channel, the department said.\n\nIn his interview, Mr Johnson said 50 \"notices of intent\" have now been issued. This marks the first stage of the process.\n\nThose people will have between seven and 14 days to lodge objections.\n\nIt is widely expected there will be legal challenges to the plans. Home Secretary Priti Patel has said that would mean the process would \"take time\" but insisted she would not be deterred.\n\nMr Johnson told the Mail: \"There's going to be a lot of legal opposition from the types of firms that for a long time have been taking taxpayers' money to mount these sort of cases, and to thwart the will of the people, the will of Parliament. We're ready for that.\n\n\"We will dig in for the fight and we will make it work,\" he added. \"We've got a huge flowchart of things we have to do to deal with it, with the leftie lawyers.\"\n\nThe new policy follows a drastic rise in the number of small boat crossings across the English Channel, with more than 6,000 people crossing so far this year.\n\nHome Office figures suggest 28,526 people made the crossing in 2021, up from 8,466 the year before.\n\nThe government says the new scheme will be a major blow to people smugglers and will stop people dying on dangerous routes to the UK.\n\nMs Patel insists the critics of the policy have \"no answers\" themselves to the problem of dangerous small boat crossings.", "Hamzah Issak worked at the Leicester branch of HSBC between 2016 and 2018, police say\n\nA former bank employee has been jailed for taking almost £900,000 out of accounts, police have revealed.\n\nHamzah Issak, 30, altered account details while working at a Leicester branch of HSBC between 2016 and 2018.\n\nEnquiries showed a total of £896,645.05 was deposited into other accounts with the assistance and knowledge of Issak.\n\nIssak of Apollo Court, Leicester, admitted charges including fraud and computer misuse, and was sentenced to five years and eight months.\n\nIssak pleaded guilty to one count of fraud by abuse of position and four counts under the Computer Misuse Act at Leicester Crown Court last year.\n\nLeicestershire Police said HSBC identified three customers had seen payments made from their accounts without their knowledge or authority by either electronic funds transfer or bill payment.\n\nAll three victims, who are Nigerian, were in their home country at the time the transactions were taking place within the UK.\n\nThe force said the bank's investigation found that on two occasions unidentified suspects entered the Leicester branch and had gone directly over to the defendant, bypassing other staff.\n\nBoth suspects were then served by the defendant who failed to follow company protocol on checking of signatures.\n\nIssak also pleaded guilty to charges of possession with intent to supply class A drugs, possession of a weapon for the discharge of an electrical incapacitation device and possession of criminal property.\n\nThis related to a quantity of cocaine with a street value of almost £700, a stun gun and £1,600 cash which were found in his car in December 2019.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, on Twitter, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The UK won the jury vote before Ukraine stormed into the lead following huge public support\n\nUkraine's Kalush Orchestra have won the Eurovision Song Contest, in a symbolic show of public support following the country's invasion by Russia.\n\nThe rap-folk band, who were given special permission to leave the war-torn country, soared to first place with 631 points.\n\nThey ended their performance in Turin with a plea: \"Please help Ukraine, help Mariupol, help Azovstal right now.\"\n\nSam Ryder came second for the UK, the country's best result since 1998.\n\nA former construction worker, he had been keenly favoured ahead of the competition thanks to his soaring power ballad, Space Man, which evoked the classic British pop of Queen and Elton John.\n\nIt topped the jury vote, amassing 283 points, but was pipped at the post when public votes were added to the total. (The UK came fifth with the public, with Ukraine receiving the most points).\n\nHowever, his second place position reverses a long decline in the UK's Eurovision fortunes. The country hasn't been in the top 10 since Jade Ewen came fifth in 2009. In both 2019 and 2021, the UK came last.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"This is the tip of an iceberg,\" he told the BBC afterwards. \"The UK is going to be a force next year. It's gonna be mad.\"\n\n\"This is a red letter moment,\" added Graham Norton, who presented the contest on BBC One. \"I am so happy for [Sam], for the UK and for the BBC who have worked so hard to turn our fortunes.\"\n\nSpain also enjoyed a dramatic recovery in its fortunes, coming third with the slickly-choreographed SloMo.\n\nPerformed flawlessly by Cuban-Spanish singer Chanel Terrero, it was the country's first top 10 placing since 2014.\n\nThe top five looked like this:\n\nBut nobody could compete with Ukraine's act, who had been favourites to win for weeks.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Kalush Orchestra asked the audience to help Ukrainian forces in besieged Mariupol\n\nTheir winning song, Stefania, was originally written as a tribute to frontman Oleh Psiuk's mother, but it has been re-purposed as a rallying cry for Ukraine amidst the Russian invasion.\n\nA unique combination of old Ukranian folk melodies and traditional flute with contemporary rap and hip-hop beats, its lyrics about \"broken roads\" and fields \"turning grey\" seemed oddly prescient given the devastation facing the country's citizens.\n\n\"After it all started with the war and the hostilities, it took on additional meaning, and many people started seeing it as their mother, Ukraine, in the meaning of the country,\" Psiuk said last week. \"It has become really close to the hearts of so many people in Ukraine.\"\n\nReceiving the coveted trophy, Psiuk declared: \"Thank you for supporting Ukraine. This victory is for every Ukrainian. Slava Ukraini.\"\n\nSpeaking backstage, the singer said he hoped Ukraine could stage the contest in 2023.\n\n\"I'm sure that next year Ukraine will be happy to host Europe in a new, integrated and happy Ukraine.\"\n\nRussia, meanwhile, was banned from this year's contest, with organisers saying the country's participation could \"bring the competition into disrepute\"\n\nSeveral artists expressed solidarity with Ukraine, waving flags and making brief statements on the stage. \"Peace for Ukraine! We love you!\" announced Iceland's Systur after their performance.\n\n\"Don't lose your hope for a better tomorrow,\" added Estonian singer Stefan, as he finished playing his country-tinged ballad, Hope.\n\nThe show even opened with a rendition of John Lennon's Give Peace A Chance, performed by 1,000 musicians on the streets of Turin, driving home the night's message of unity.\n\nElsewhere the competition was its usual mix of crazy, kitsch pop and overwrought ballads.\n\nNorway's Give That Wolf A Banana was a big favourite amongst fans\n\nNorway's Subwoolfer dressed in yellow wolf costumes for their surreal retelling of Red Riding Hood, titled Give That Wolf a Banana.\n\nKonstrakta, representing Serbia, sat at a hand basin obsessively washing her hands, as she sang In Corpore Sano - a song that critiqued the lack of healthcare for artists in her homeland, which ended up in fifth place.\n\nSweden's Cordelia Jakobs earned fourth place with her aching end-of-the-night pop anthem Hold Me Closer.\n\nOther highlights included Finland's The Rasmus, whose visuals drew inspiration from the horror film It; and Portugal's Saro, whose low-key ballad Saudade, Saudade was a tribute to her late grandfather.\n\nItaly's Mahmood and Blanco, meanwhile, were almost drowned out by fans as they sang Brividi, a tender song about the need for vulnerability.\n\nSweden's Cordelia Jakobs had one of the night's most simple stagings, focusing attention on her bittersweet pop song\n\nLast year's winners Maneskin also returned to the stage to perform their new single Supermodel - despite missing all the dress rehearsals after frontman Damiano David tore a ligament in his ankle shooting a music video.\n\nThe singer was seen hobbling around on crutches backstage, but managed to get through his performance unaided... if largely immobile.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHe also got one of the night's biggest laughs, after being asked to give advice to this year's contestants.\n\n\"Have fun and don't get close to the table,\" he deadpanned, referencing the controversy that arose last year when he was falsely accused of snorting cocaine in the green room.\n\nEarlier this week, it was revealed that President Macron of France had tried to get Maneskin disqualified from the contest as a result of the incident.\n\nThe singer denied the claims and subsequently passed a voluntary drug test.\n\nHosts Laura Pausini and Mika also performed medleys of their hits; and Italy's first Eurovision winner Gigliola Cinquetti gave a moving rendition of her winning song from 1964, No Ho L'Eta.\n\nDuring the competition, the European Broadcasting Union made an announcement that there had been irregular voting from six countries during the second Eurovision semi-final on Thursday night.\n\nAs a result, votes from countries including Azerbaijan and Georgia were read out by the EBU's executive supervisor of the contest, Martin Österdahl, instead of their jury.\n\nThe EBU did not say whether the voting irregularities had affected the outcome of the semi-final, which saw Ireland eliminated from the competition.\n\nUkraine's win raises a question over who will host next year's Eurovision ceremony.\n\nThe winning country usually stages the show, but Ukraine is unlikely to have that capability, after its state broadcaster, UA:PBC, was targeted in the opening days of the war.\n\nWhen a country is unwilling or unable to run the show, another broadcaster usually steps in... most recently in 1980, when the Netherlands took over from Israel, who declined to host the contest after winning for two years in a row.\n\nIn a statement on Saturday night, organisers the EBU said no decision had been made for 2023.\n\n\"Obviously, there are unique challenges involved in hosting next year's competition. However, as in any other year, we look forward to discussing all the requirements and responsibilities involved in hosting the competition with UA:PBC and all other stakeholders to ensure we have the most suitable setup for the 67th Eurovision Song Contest.\"\n\nBut Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed he would stage the contest if at all possible: \"We will do our best to one day host the participants and guests of Eurovision in Ukrainian Mariupol. Free, peaceful, rebuilt!\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The BBC has obtained CCTV footage of the killing of two civilians in cold blood by Russian soldiers that is now being investigated by prosecutors as a suspected war crime.\n\nThe BBC's Eastern Europe Correspondent Sarah Rainsford has studied the video and spoken to those who tried to rescue one of the victims before he died.\n\nThis video has been optimised for mobile viewing on the BBC News app. The BBC News app is available from the Apple App Store for iPhone and Google Play Store for Android.", "The city of Sokoto is now under curfew (file pic)\n\nA 24-hour curfew has been declared in Sokoto, Nigeria, after protesters took to the streets demanding the release of two suspects in the murder of a Christian student last week.\n\nDeborah Samuel was beaten and burned by Muslim students who accused her of posting \"blasphemous\" statements about Islam in a WhatsApp group on Thursday.\n\nHer death has been widely condemned by Muslims and Christians across Nigeria.\n\nOn Saturday, demonstrators burned tyres and the police fired teargas.\n\nSome of the protesters besieged the palace of the Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto and the highest spiritual figure among Muslims in Nigeria.\n\nThe Sultan has condemned the killing at Shehu Shagari College of Education and demanded those involved face justice.\n\nAnnouncing the curfew, Sokoto Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal urged the protesters: \"Please, in the interest of peace go back home.\"\n\nNigeria is Africa's most-populous country and most people in its mainly Muslim north and the largely Christian south are deeply religious.\n\nReligious tensions and deadly clashes are not uncommon, particularly in the north where some states have adopted strict sharia laws, including death sentences for blasphemy.\n\nBlasphemy in Islam includes the mocking or disparaging of attributes of the religion as well as denying any of its fundamental beliefs.\n\nPresident Muhammadu Buhari has condemned Ms Samuel's killing and said there should be an impartial investigation.\n\nNigeria's largest grouping of Christian churches has demanded the authorities bring the culprits to justice.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: Violent scenes at the funeral of Shireen Abu Aqla\n\nThe UN Security Council has condemned the killing of veteran Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Aqla and called for an immediate probe into her death.\n\nThe move followed outcry on Friday after Israeli police hit mourners at Abu Aqla's funeral. Police said they acted after being pelted with stones.\n\nAbu Aqla, 51, was shot dead while covering an Israeli military raid in Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday.\n\nHer death has caused a surge of anger.\n\nIn a statement released on Friday, the Security Council said its members called for \"an immediate, thorough, transparent, and fair and impartial investigation into the killing, and stressed the need to ensure accountability.\"\n\nThough the statement showed a rare case of Security Council unity on an issue related to Israel, reports quoting diplomatic sources said there were difficult negotiations over the text's contents.\n\nChina succeeded in pushing the US to get rid of paragraphs denouncing abuses committed against the media globally, defending their freedom and urging their protection while covering military operations, news agency AFP reported. Instead the text said that \"journalists should be protected as civilians.\"\n\nDuring Abu Aqla's funeral on Friday, her coffin almost fell as police, some using batons, waded into a crowd of Palestinians gathered around it.\n\nFootage showed a standoff between police and Palestinians gathered around the coffin in a hospital compound, before officers pushed the crowd back, with some beating and kicking mourners. Israeli police said on Saturday that an investigation into the incident was being launched.\n\nUnited Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said he was \"deeply disturbed\" by the confrontations between Israeli security forces and Palestinians and the behaviour of some police.\n\nMr Guterres also said he was \"moved by the outpouring of sympathy from the thousands of Palestinian mourners over the past two days,\" which he said was a \"testament\" to Abu Aqla's work and life.\n\nAbu Aqla, a 51-year-old Palestinian American, was a veteran correspondent for Al Jazeera's Arabic news channel and had reported on the Israel-Palestinian conflict for two decades.\n\nA preliminary report by the Palestinian public prosecution service said the sole source of gunfire that killed the journalist on Wednesday was from Israeli forces, which were conducting a raid in the city of Jenin.\n\nPalestinian authorities have already described her death as an assassination by Israel, which for its part has said that it remains unclear whether she died from Israeli or Palestinian fire.\n\nAn Israeli military interim report on Thursday said the fatal shot could have come from \"massive fire from Palestinian gunmen\", or possibly from \"a few bullets\" fired by a soldier \"at a terrorist who was firing at his vehicle\".", "A former firearms officer awarded £1m from Police Scotland says no amount of compensation will \"ever make up for the pain and sacrifices\" she made.\n\nRhona Malone was victimised while working for the force, an employment tribunal ruled last year.\n\nIt found evidence of a sexist culture in her armed policing unit.\n\nMs Malone said she was failed by Police Scotland and the Scottish Police Federation, which represents rank-and-file officers.\n\nShe said she was still trying to seek \"accountability\" from other organisations, including the Scottish Police Authority.\n\nThe Scottish Police Federation said it had a \"long and proud history\" of assisting members in discrimination cases.\n\nIn a statement published a day after her £947,909.07 compensation deal was confirmed, Ms Malone said the last few years had been \"excruciating and torturous\".\n\nBut she said she hoped her experience of winning a victimisation claim against the force at an employment tribunal would \"benefit many women now and in the future\".\n\nMs Malone began her action against Police Scotland after a senior police officer said he did not want to see two female armed officers deployed together when there were sufficient male staff on duty.\n\nThe tribunal accepted evidence that there was an \"absolute boys' club\" culture within the armed response vehicle team in the east of Scotland.\n\nIn its judgment last October, it upheld Ms Malone's claims of victimisation. However, her claim of direct discrimination was dismissed.\n\nMs Malone's statement went on to say she was grateful for the options and opportunities open to her following the payout from Police Scotland.\n\nBut she said they came at a \"great cost\" to herself, her family and her career.\n\n\"I would like it to be known that no amount of compensation would ever make up for the pain or sacrifices I made to hold Police Scotland to account but it will enable me to continue with my quest for holding them and others answerable for their actions,\" she said.\n\nAnd the former firearms officer criticised the actions of both Police Scotland and the Scottish Police Federation for their conduct.\n\n\"Both organisations failed me and grossly underestimated my determination for acknowledgment and accountability,\" she said.\n\nMs Malone said the federation withdrew legal support for her case in 2019 when she refused to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) and accept a \"derisory\" financial settlement.\n\nAs a result she was left with costs running into six figures.\n\n\"At a time when I was at my most vulnerable and reliant on their support financially and mentally, I was abandoned, ignored, and discarded,\" she said.\n\n\"I should not have been put in this position as a fully paid-up member of the federation,\" Ms Malone added. \"Sadly, I know from other female police officers who have reached out to me that my experiences with the federation are not unique.\"\n\nThe federation said it withdrew legal assistance following independent legal advice that the settlement terms were \"unlikely to be better than what a tribunal would award\".\n\nIt added that the federation continued to support Ms Malone throughout the tribunal, with one official giving evidence on her behalf.\n\n\"Ms Malone's claims that she was abandoned, ignored and discarded by the Federation are demonstrably untrue,\" the federation added.\n\n\"We are nonetheless pleased that for Ms Malone, this matter has finally been resolved.\"\n\nChief Constable Iain Livingstone has personally apologised to Ms Malone for issues highlighted in the tribunal, according to a joint statement issued by Police Scotland and their former employee on Friday.\n\nIt said the chief constable was committed to \"leading change\" in policing in Scotland to improve the experiences of women.\n\nMeanwhile the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is carrying out a review of the employment tribunal decision, and it is in its final stages.\n\nA spokesperson for the Scottish Police Authority said: \"The chief constable has been clear that there is no place for victimisation or misogyny in policing and reinforced his commitment to driving improvement which the authority fully supports.\n\n\"We will continue to oversee and seek assurance around the progress and pace of change within policing and consider any recommendations from the PSNI review in due course.\"", "Kalush Orchestra were given special permission to leave Ukraine while the war continues.\n\nUkraine's Kalush Orchestra are through to the final of the Eurovision Song Contest, cementing their position as favourites to win the competition.\n\nThe folk-rap band jumped to their feet, waving the Ukrainian flag as it was announced they had qualified from the first semi-final in Turin.\n\nEarlier, they gave an energetic performance of their song Stefania.\n\n\"Thank you for supporting Ukraine,\" said founder member Oleh Psiuk as they finished their performance.\n\nThe audience at the Pala Alpitour responded with a mixture of joy and emotion. Deafening applause was accompanied by genuine tears.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Ukrainian fans celebrate in Turin as the Kalush Orchestra qualify for Eurovision final\n\nSupport for the band has swelled since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC before the semi-final, Psiuk said a victory would send a message of support to the country's besieged citizens, and the estimated 12 million people who have fled the country.\n\n\"For our country it is so important to have victories in all ways,\" he said. \"So if we win, it will be another opportunity to show Ukraine to the world, to remind people about Ukraine, and to increase morale in the whole country.\"\n\nBut the band were at pains to point out that their success isn't just an expression of solidarity.\n\n\"Even before the war, we were in fifth position according to bookmakers,\" they said in a press conference last week, \"which means this Ukrainian song is already enjoyed by Europeans.\"\n\nTheir song, Stefania, was written in tribute to Psiuk's mother, but emotive lyrics like \"I will always walk to you by broken roads\" have been re-interpreted as a rallying cry.\n\nSpeaking after the semi-final, Psiuk thanked everyone who voted and said Lakush Orchestra were \"totally focused\" on the final, \"because we are here to show that Ukrainian culture is alive\".\n\nRussia, meanwhile, has been banned from competing in this year's contest, with organisers saying the country's participation could \"bring the competition into disrepute\".\n\nSibling trio Systur qualified for the final for Iceland\n\nTuesday's semi-final allowed 10 acts to progress to Saturday's final. They were (in no particular order):\n\nThat meant popular songs like Latvia's \"vegetarian anthem\" Eat Your Salad and Austria's EDM banger Halo failed to make the cut. The other countries whose journey ended on Tuesday were Albania, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Croatia and Denmark.\n\nTen more acts will progress to the main competition after Thursday's second semi-final. The \"Big Five\" countries, who contribute the most financially to the competition (France, Germany, Spain, the UK and Italy) qualify automatically.\n\nRonela Hajati had been expected to progress to the final, but Eurovision watchers say acts that perform earlier in the show are often at a disadvantage\n\nThe first semi-final opened with a set-piece song and dance number called The Sound of Beauty which incorporated elements of Puccini's Nessun Dorma and last year's winning song Zitti E Buoni, by Italian rock band Måneskin.\n\nBut the competition kicked off in earnest with Ronela Hajati - Albania's answer to Madonna, whose song Sekret was about a romantic tryst with a boy \"who came from the mountains\".\n\nHer high-octane routine, full of hair whipping and shirtless male dancers, was a suitably bombastic opening, but failed to attract enough votes to progress.\n\nThe same fate befell Latvia's technicolour whirlwind Citi Zēni, whose song attempted to convince viewers that \"being green is sexy\".\n\nBBC Three hosts Scott Mills and Rylan Clark were forced to apologise for the band, after fans in the arena shouted out swear words that had been censored from the song during their performance.\n\nCiti Zēni's failure to qualify suggested fans had grown tired of novelty... until Norway secured a place in the final\n\nMaro's delicate song of grief proved popular, with a simple but effective staging\n\nPortugal's Maro, who brought a delicate intimacy to the competition with her touching ballad Saudade, Saudade, which is dedicated to her late grandfather.\n\nThe chorus of the song featured a mournful, meditative repetition of the word \"saudade\" - which doesn't have a direct translation in English, but which the singer says represents \"the desire to have someone back when you know you can't\".\n\nVoters were obviously in the mood for a ballad, with the similarly chilled-out Icelandic folk act Systur, unexpectedly gaining a place in the final.\n\nThe band, whose song Með Hækkandi Sól translates as \"with the rising sun\", is formed of three sisters Sigríður, Elísabet and Elín Eyþórsdóttir, making them the Haim of Eurovision 2022.\n\n\"We're a small nation, we get lost in Europe, so it means the world to us,\" said Sigríður in a press conference after the semi-final.\n\n\"We were just focusing on the message of the song, and we wanted to bring hope to people that are going through hard times, like Ukraine, and all of us that have been struggling through Covid.\"\n\nBut perhaps the best reaction in the arena went to Norway's Subwoolfer - a group formed \"4.5 billion years ago on the moon\", whose brilliantly deranged Give That Wolf A Banana brought a much-needed dose of Eurovision madness.\n\nThe band, who are rumoured to include Ben Adams from the British boyband A1, hide their identities behind giant yellow wolf masks.\n\nEqually in keeping with Eurovision's comical side were Moldovan act Zdob și Zdub and Advahov Brothers, whose song Trenulețul is about the rail link between the Moldovan capital, Chișinău, and Bucharest in Romania. (No, really.)\n\nThe folk-punk curio was another surprise qualifier for Saturday's final, although it's worth bearing in mind that Zdob și Zdub have prior form at Eurovision, coming sixth in 2005 and 12th in 2011.\n\nThe UK's Sam Ryder will make his debut during Thursday's second semi-final... although he is guaranteed his place in the final.\n\nThe TikTok star has risen to become second favourite to win the competition after a series of impressive rehearsals in Turin, but almost any position would be an improvement on the last two contests, where the UK came last.\n\nWatch the first Eurovision Semi-Final on BBC iPlayer, now.\n\nWatch the second Eurovision Semi-Final on BBC iPlayer.\n\nWatch the Eurovision Song Contest Final on BBC iPlayer and BBC One, at 20:00 BST on Saturday 14 May.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Last updated on .From the section Scottish Premiership\n\nCeltic celebrated receiving the Scottish Premiership trophy by ending their season with a scintillating six-goal victory against Motherwell.\n\nAfter 20 minutes of probing the away defence, Kyogo Furuhashi fired in the opener before guiding in a fine finish on the volley either side of David Turnbull's drilled effort.\n\nJota slotted in a fourth, with Giorgos Giakoumakis' brace from the bench sealing an emphatic final-day win, ensuring Celtic end the league campaign with a 32-game unbeaten streak.\n\nAnge Postecoglou's men last tasted Premiership defeat at Livingston in September.\n\n\"We wanted to finish off in the best way,\" the Celtic manager told BBC Scotland. \"I couldn't have scripted it better. The back half of this season has been unbelievable with the relentlessness of the boys.\n\n\"We get a lot of rewards for what we do, there are a lot of pressures, but this is the special bit. The nature of this football club, I want to come back better and be successful again. It never stops, but I love it.\"\n\nThe loss drops Motherwell, who secured European football with victory over Hearts on Wednesday, to fifth after Dundee United came from behind to win at Ross County.\n\nThat means Graham Alexander's side will enter the Europa Conference League at the second round of qualifying, while Celtic will start their European campaign next term in the Champions League group stage.\n\nEven with the league done and dusted, Postecoglou called for his players to put on a show worthy of their champion status, and his side looked to crank up the party atmosphere early against a packed Motherwell defence.\n\nFor the first 20 minutes, the visiting backline dug deep and dealt with everything thrown their way as the hosts probed relentlessly.\n\nBut after Victor Nirennold - making his first start for the away side - made a mess of clearing a corner, the ball was picked up by Kyogo, who rifled low past Liam Kelly at his near post to break the deadlock.\n\nTom Rogic, making his final Celtic appearance, was treated to a standing ovation on the 18th minute by the home crowd, and the Australian almost had them on their feet again moments later when he struck the right-hand post.\n\nIt was instead fellow midfielder Turnbull who doubled the advantage when he sold his marker a dummy before charging into the box to drill into the bottom-left corner against his former club.\n\nAnd four minutes later it was three when Anthony Ralston's inch-perfect ball over Jake Carroll was met by Kyogo, who guided in a delightful finish across Kelly on the volley.\n\nMotherwell were camped in their half for the most part but did come close in the first half through Bevis Mugabi, Callum Slattery and Dean Cornelius.\n\nAside from that, it was their defence who were doing all the work as Jota buried a fourth after Daizen Maeda's heavy touch found the winger, who appeared to be half a yard offside.\n\nThere was a break in Celtic's unforgiving attacking play when Rogic's substitution on the hour left the Australian overwhelmed with emotion as he left the pitch.\n\nSubstitute Nir Bitton, also playing his last game for the club, was just as inconsolable when entering the field for the last time.\n\nWhen play resumed, Postecoglou's free-flowing side looked to add to their tally, with Giakoumakis adding the fifth and sixth.\n\nThe Greek striker, whose two goals look set to see him finish as the league's joint-top scorer, was allowed to finish acrobatically all too easily, before bundling in to complete a double in injury time, sealing a dazzling season-ending victory.\n\nWhat did we learn?\n\nWhat now for Celtic, then? Wheels seem to be in motion in terms of the club's summer business, as long-serving Rogic and Bitton make way after decorated spells.\n\nWith the lucrative finances the Champions League will bring, securing the permanent services of Benfica loanee Jota and Tottenham Hotspur's Cameron Carter-Vickers must become a priority.\n\nThroughout Postecoglou's career, his second seasons have brought his greatest successes. With what the Australian has achieved after a huge rebuild, and without his own staff, it will be intriguing to see how much Celtic can progress next term.\n\nSo with just three wins in 2022, Motherwell end the season in fifth and have European football to look forward to.\n\nIt has been a strange old season, but will anyone in their dressing room, or in the stands at Fir Park, care how they achieved it with a trip abroad to look forward to? Probably not.\n\nBut without trying to tinge a successful season with pessimism, Alexander must ensure their 2022 form doesn't creep into next campaign.\n\nWhat did they say?\n\nCeltic midfielder Tom Rogic: \"I couldn't contain my emotion, it was hard. It's a special club, it's been an enormous part of my life.\n\n\"I came here when I was 20, now 29 I've experienced so many memories in that time. [This title win] is right up there. Off the back of last season, it's enormous. It's a special season to go out on.\"\n\nMotherwell manager Graham Alexander: \"I thought we made a good start, but conceding the [first] goal from a set piece is really disappointing.\n\n\"Celtic showed why they're champions, they're a brilliant team and their manager has done a fantastic job. It wasn't about today, though, what we've achieved this season is something to be proud of.\"\n• None Goal! Celtic 6, Motherwell 0. Giorgos Giakoumakis (Celtic) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Daizen Maeda with a headed pass.\n• None Jota (Celtic) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt blocked. James McCarthy (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.\n• None Ricki Lamie (Motherwell) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "The Queen has arrived at the Royal Windsor Horse Show after missing the State Opening of Parliament earlier this week.\n\nThe 96-year-old was driven on to the showground in a Range Rover.\n\nOn Tuesday, she missed the annual reading of the Queen's Speech for the first time since 1963.\n\nShe was last seen in public in March, when she attended a service commemorating the life of the Duke of Edinburgh at Westminster Abbey.\n\nThe Queen has mobility problems and has had to cancel a number of recent public appearances.\n\nOn Friday morning she was seen sitting in the front passenger seat of her Range Rover, which pulled up near the parade ring so she could watch her animals.\n\nThe monarch's horse was named champion in a competition at the equestrian show\n\nThe monarch's horse Balmoral Leia, a five-year-old grey dun mare, was announced as a supreme champion in the Highland Class 64 event.\n\nThe Queen was seen smiling and laughing as she spoke to officials from the horse show through an open car window.\n\nInside the parade ring, horses were put through their paces as classical music played over a public address system.\n\nThe Queen later joined the Earl and Countess of Wessex in the main castle area to watch the couple's daughter, Lady Louise Windsor - who is also the Queen's granddaughter - in a carriage display marking the centenary of the Fell Pony Society.\n\nThe monarch was spotted walking into the area wearing a headscarf and using her stick.\n\nHer horse later beat other breed champions to be named winner in the Horse and Hound Mountain and Moorland Supreme in Hand Championship.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Queen is well-known for her love of horses and the Royal Windsor Horse Show is reported to be one of her favourite events of the year.\n\nThe show opened on Thursday, runs until Sunday and traditionally attracts thousands of equestrians and enthusiasts to the grounds of Windsor Castle.\n\nIt was first staged in 1943 and hosts international competitions in show jumping, dressage, driving and endurance.\n\nIn 2016, the Queen won a Tesco voucher at the Berkshire event when her horse won a competition.\n\nThe restorative powers of a horse show seemed to be at work with the Queen's re-appearance.\n\nIf mobility problems kept her away from the State Opening of Parliament, the passenger seat of a Range Rover allowed her to drive up close to the action at the Royal Windsor Horse Show.\n\nThe Queen seemed relaxed and smiling, talking to officials and visitors at the parade ring of the annual horse show, held near her Windsor home.\n\nThis will be seen as a reassuring sight, as the Queen's first appearance in public since March and only the second outside of her own residences this year.\n\nIt sends a visual message that even if it's difficult for the Queen to move or to stand for long stretches, she is still active and engaged.\n\nThe Queen was later joined by the Earl and Countess of Wessex\n\nThe Queen is known to love horses\n\nEarlier this month, Buckingham Palace announced other members of the Royal Family would stand in for the Queen when the traditional garden parties return this summer.\n\nThe Prince of Wales stepped in for the monarch at the Maundy Service in April.\n\nLast October, the Queen spent a night in hospital and over the following three months was under doctors' orders to conduct only light duties.\n\nShe has been using a walking stick in public since she attended a service marking the centenary of the Royal British Legion last October.", "Det Supt Phil Duffy said his officers' thoughts were \"very much with the baby girl's family\"\n\nTwo people have been arrested over the death of an eight-month-old baby following a \"medical episode\" at a nursery.\n\nPolice were called to an incident at a nursery in Stockport, Greater Manchester, on Monday.\n\nThe girl was taken to hospital where she later died.\n\nThe two people, held on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter, were being questioned in custody, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said.\n\nThe force described the death as \"heartbreaking\".\n\nDet Supt Phil Duffy said: \"Our thoughts are very much with the baby girl's family who are understandably shocked and devastated.\n\n\"We're doing everything we can to get them the answers they deserve.\n\n\"Officers are continuing to work to establish the full facts and ascertain the circumstances.\"\n\nA spokesman for Ofsted said the nursery had been temporarily closed and declined to comment further.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The woman was found dead after officers and paramedics were called to Cheyne Walk, the Met said\n\nA woman and her three dogs have died after being hit by a car in London.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said officers and paramedics were called to Cheyne Walk in Chelsea at about 06:20 BST.\n\nA 41-year-old woman was found dead at the scene and three golden retrievers \"died as a result of injuries suffered in the collision\", the force said.\n\nA 26-year-old man who was driving an Audi involved in the incident has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.\n\nA crime scene has been put in place and police advised motorists to avoid the area.\n\nThe force has appealed for anyone with information or dashcam footage to contact officers.\n\nFollow BBC London on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hellobbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The individuals live together but are not linked to the case announced on 7 May, according to the UK Health Security Agency\n\nTwo more people have been diagnosed with monkeypox in England, the UK Health Security Agency said.\n\nThe individuals live together in the same household but are not linked to the previous case announced on 7 May.\n\nOf the two new cases, one was receiving care at St Mary's Hospital in London and the other was isolating, the agency said.\n\nMonkeypox is a rare viral infection from which most people recover in a few weeks, according to the NHS.\n\nThe UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) announced on 7 May that a person who had recently travelled to Nigeria had contracted the infection.\n\nIt was believed they contracted the illness in Nigeria before travelling to the UK.\n\nThey were being treated at the Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in London, the agency said.\n\nDr Colin Brown, director of clinical and emerging infection at the UKHSA, said the two new monkeypox cases were not linked to the case announced on 7 May.\n\n\"While investigations remain ongoing to determine the source of infection, it is important to emphasise it does not spread easily between people and requires close personal contact with an infected symptomatic person,\" he said.\n\n\"The overall risk to the general public remains very low.\"\n\nDr Brown said the agency was contacting \"any potential friends, family or contacts in the community\" as well as \"healthcare contacts\" of the two new cases.\n\nA rash can also develop, which usually starts on the face before spreading to other parts of the body. It eventually forms a scab which falls off.\n\nThe UKHSA says monkeypox does not spread easily and most patients recover within a few weeks, but it can cause severe illness in some people.\n\nFollow BBC London on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hellobbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Putin's warnings to Finland and Sweden not to join Nato have gone unheeded. His invasion of Ukraine has triggered something he does not want: further enlargement of Nato right up to Russia’s borders. So how could he respond?\n\nFor now, President Putin has his hands full in Ukraine so he is unlikely to make any sudden moves in Finland or Sweden’s direction. Russian troops close to the 800-mile(1300km) border with Finland have been redeployed south.\n\nIn time though, he is likely to move both troops and missiles nearer to Finland’s border and mount aggressive air and naval patrols\n\nCyber-attacks and cyber-espionage have been going on for some time, aimed at most European states.\n\nThese can now be expected to be directed specifically at Finland and Sweden if they join Nato, accompanied by the usual official denials of culpability.\n\nPutin likes to play a long game and he may well decide that these two Nordic countries’ historic neutrality means any decision to join Nato can be reversed.\n\nIn time, he may opt to try to shape public opinion against Nato with the help of online bots and fake accounts.", "The late Steve Jobs - then Apple CEO - at the launch of the iPod Touch in 2007\n\nApple has announced it is discontinuing its music player, the iPod Touch, bringing to an end a device widely praised for revolutionising how people listen to music.\n\nWhen the first iPod was launched in 2001, it could store 1,000 tracks. Today there are more than 90 million songs on Apple's streaming service.\n\nThe iPod Touch was designed by the same team that later invented the iPhone, which quickly overshadowed the iPod.\n\nApple last updated the iPod in 2019.\n\nThere have been various iPod models over the years - including the Nano and Shuffle - but the iPod Touch, which was released in 2007 is the last model to be discontinued.\n\nApple says it will remain available to buy \"while stocks last\".\n\nThe gadget had \"redefined how music is discovered, listened to, and shared\", Greg Joswiak, the senior vice-president of worldwide marketing at Apple said.\n\niPod fans have taken to social media to share their thoughts on the news and their memories connected with the music devices.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe first model of the iPod was revealed by Apple boss Steve Jobs in typical Apple style in 2001 - with much fanfare, anticipation and in his trademark jeans and black turtleneck.\n\nThere had been rumours the company was going to announce a new music player after the invitation for the launch event read: \"Hint: It's not a Mac.\"\n\n\"Music's a part of everyone's life. Music's been around forever. It will always be around,\" Jobs said during his hour long presentation.\n\nThe big headline for the night was simple: \"1,000 songs in your pocket.\"\n\nOver the years, many celebrities have thrown their star power behind the iPod, including John Mayer, U2 and Oprah Winfrey. BMW introduced the first car entertainment system with a built-in iPod system, and within a few years, most car manufacturers had followed suit.\n\nBut tech analysist say it was inevitable the iPhone would one day replace the iPod.\n\n\"When Apple created the iPhone it knew that it would ultimately mean the beginning of the end of the iPod,\" Ben Wood, chief analyst at technology advisory firm CCS Insight, told the BBC.\n\nCarolina Milanesi from Creative Strategies said the decline of iPod sales was connected to the rise of iPhone sales - like the move from digital sales to streaming.\n\n\"The demise of the iPod is probably the best example of Apple not being concerned about cannibalising its own products,\" she said.\n\nThe iPod wasn't the first MP3 player on the market, just like the iPhone wasn't the first smartphone - but that unique Apple design proved to be the push digital music needed to start to tempt people away from CD and cassette players - and file-sharing.\n\nIn 2001 the music industry was fighting for survival against illegal file-sharing as tunes were ripped and shared on platforms faster than record labels could issue legal threats.\n\nThe launch of iTunes, and the iPod shortly afterwards, provided it with a lifeline in the form of revenue for legitimately purchased downloads.\n\nIt also revived the fortunes of Apple, which was languishing in a market dominated by Windows PCs.\n\nIt was introduced on stage by the late Steve Jobs at an event on 23 October 2001.\n\n\"With iPod, listening to music will never be the same again,\" he said. And in many ways, he was right.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAhead of Victory Day, Moscow was full of rumour and speculation.\n\nWas Vladimir Putin preparing a major announcement on Russia's offensive in Ukraine? Would he declare some kind of victory? Or signal an escalation?\n\nIn the end, he did neither.\n\nIn his Red Square address to Russian troops - and the Russian nation - the Kremlin leader repeated his frequently voiced justification for attacking Ukraine: an argument that appears to blame everyone but Russia for what's happening.\n\nHe criticised (as usual) America, Nato and the government in Kyiv, claiming that their actions had put the security of Russia itself in danger. He made references (as usual) to \"neo-Nazis\" in Ukraine. We hear that a lot from Russian officials, who regularly voice the baseless claim that Ukraine has been overrun by fascists, ultra-nationalists and Nazi sympathisers.\n\nPresident Putin admitted that Russia had suffered military losses, but he gave no details. The last official figures released by Russia's defence ministry were 1,351 Russian soldiers killed. But that was six weeks ago. There has been no update since.\n\nCuriously, Mr Putin didn't employ his familiar phrase - \"Special Military Operation\" - to describe Russia's offensive. Neither did he call it a war. But he tried to draw parallels between current hostilities and World War Two. An attempt, perhaps, to mobilise patriotic sentiment over Hitler's defeat to boost support amongst the Russian public for the invasion of Ukraine.\n\nThere was plenty of military hardware on show on Monday, although less than in 2021\n\nFollowing the speech, thousands of Russian soldiers marched across Red Square, although there were fewer troops here than in last year's Victory Day parade. Military hardware was put on show, too. But a planned military fly-over was cancelled, officially due to poor weather.\n\nThe Kremlin had been expecting a swift victory in Ukraine, possibly within days of sending in its troops. It didn't happen.\n\nMany here believe President Putin's Plan B was to secure a victory by 9 May. That hasn't happened, either.\n\nWhere does President Putin go from here? There were few clues in today's speech. But there was no signalling of an end to hostilities. For now, they will continue.", "The city's mayor has confirmed that the bodies of 44 civilians were pulled from the rubble\n\nBodies of 44 civilians have been found in the rubble of a collapsed building in the Ukrainian city of Izyum as the battle for control of the area rages.\n\nThe five-storey building collapsed in March as residents hid in the basement from Russian shelling.\n\nBut rescuers have only just been able to reach the building, one local official told the BBC.\n\nAnd there are fears the death toll could rise further, as another building in the same street was also targeted.\n\n\"We know there were people in there as well. The search work is continuing and I think we will know more numbers of victims soon,\" Izyum mayor Valeriy Marchenko told the BBC.\n\nRussia seized control of Izyum on 1 April and troops have occupied the city since.\n\nMr Marchenko said when the buildings were attacked, Russian troops had seized control of half of the city.\n\nAs troops tried to advance, they fired directly at the building where the bodies have now been retrieved.\n\nRescuers have only been able to reach it now because the apartment block was in an occupied area of the city.\n\n\"It only became possible a couple of days ago for our State Emergency Service to get there and start taking apart the rubble,\" he said.\n\nThere is no special equipment to clear the rubble with everything done manually. Those taking part in the clearance effort are only able to do so when the shelling stops, according to Kharkiv regional governor Oleh Synyehubov.\n\nIzyum, known as the gateway to the Donbas, is part of Ukraine's old coal and steel-producing region and a key city for the Russian military.\n\nHowever, officials say Ukrainian troops are making gains in the region and stopping any further Russian advances.\n\nMr Synyehubov told the BBC that Russian forces \"are not currently conducting active offensive actions because they [Ukrainian forces] are defending\".\n\nHe added that they were failing to move forward to other targets away from the city.\n\nA report by the Institute for the Study of War confirmed this.\n\n\"Russian forces did not make any confirmed advances to the south-east or south-west of Izyum on 9 May,\" the report said, adding that they were likely to resume offensive operations in the coming days.\n\nThose who have escaped Izyum have told of living in basements for months and seeing dead bodies in the streets. Communication with those still inside the city has been cut off.\n\n\"There is no city centre any more. It was so nice there before. All the tall buildings are destroyed,\" a woman who gave her name as Elena told the BBC.\n\n\"There was no single day without shelling,\" she said.", "The dogs were reported to have become unwell after entering the water near Rea's Wood, Antrim\n\nChildren and pets should be kept away from the water in Lough Neagh until more is known about the deaths of two dogs, an academic has advised.\n\nAntrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council said it was aware of two reports of dogs falling ill after being in contact with the water near Rea's Wood.\n\nProf Chris Elliott said an algae bloom that releases toxins could be to blame.\n\nBut the Northern Ireland Environment Agency said there was no visual evidence of algal bloom, or pollution.\n\nProf Elliott said blooms could be seen as a \"messy green colour\" in the water, and \"in the vast majority of cases those blooms are fine, apart from being a bit of an eye-sore\".\n\nHowever, in some cases, he said it could produce quite toxic substances, which are then released into the water.\n\nThe Northern Ireland Environment Agency, however, said \"no blue green algae have been found in the sample analysed\".\n\nThe Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) said it learned about the death of a dog on 5 May.\n\n\"Further reports were received that a second dog had died in similar circumstances,\" it confirmed.\n\nProf Chris Elliott said he will not be walking his dog in the area while the investigation is ongoing\n\nProf Elliott, who is the founder of the Institute for Global Food Security, said humans would need to be exposed to a large amount of the toxins \"to have any kind of dramatic acute effect\" on health.\n\n\"Dogs are one of the most susceptible species to these toxins,\" the academic, who lives close to the lough, continued.\n\n\"Normally I take my dog for a walk through Rea's Wood and at the moment I will not be taking my dog there. That would be my advice to everybody.\"\n\nThe council said any dog owner who is concerned about their pet should seek veterinary advice.\n\n\"We are working with the dog owners, local vets and our colleagues in DAERA to best establish the full circumstances,\" it said in a statement.", "Energy costs have risen since Russia's invasion of Ukraine\n\nEuropean Union countries are split on how soon they wind down dependence on Russian energy supplies.\n\nWhile sanctions have been applied to other areas of business, the EU remains heavily reliant on Russian oil and gas.\n\nGermany's economic minister said the country would be able to weather a Russian oil ban by the end of 2022, as he appeared to back tougher sanctions.\n\nHowever, Hungary has said it opposes such a move, stating it would not back measures that could endanger supplies.\n\nEU ministers met on Monday to discuss how to manage the situation, under intense pressure to reduce the revenue stream supporting President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine.\n\nThere are two main challenges faced by members states - how to pay for Russian energy in a way which doesn't breach or undermine EU sanctions, and also how to source and develop alternative supplies to move away from reliance on Russia.\n\nAt a press conference on Monday, the EU's energy policy chief Kadri Simson said Russia halting gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria had strengthened the bloc's will to become independent of Russian fossil fuels.\n\nBut according to the Centre of Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), the EU has imported about £37bn worth of fossil fuels since the conflict began. The two largest importers worldwide were Germany followed by Italy.\n\nEnergy giant Gazprom stopped gas exports to Poland and Bulgaria last week after those countries refused to comply with Russian demands to switch to payment in roubles, and many other member countries are set to face the same issue around mid-May.\n\nPoland and Bulgaria had planned to stop using Russian gas this year and say they can cope with the stoppage, but it has raised fears that other EU countries, including Europe's gas-reliant economic powerhouse Germany, could be next.\n\nMs Simson repeated the European Commission's view on Monday that paying for gas in roubles would be a \"violation\" of sanctions and \"cannot be accepted.\"\n\nShe said member states were building up gas storage supplies before winter.\n\nNathan Piper, head of oil and gas research at Investec, told the BBC it was \"pretty clear\" that the EU wanted to \"pivot away\" from Russian oil and gas, but added the lack of unity was being caused by the \"ability to actually make that happen\".\n\nEurope gets about 40% of its natural gas from Russia, which is also the bloc's main oil supplier, but some countries are more dependent Russian fossil fuels than others, so sudden supply cuts could have huge economic impact.\n\nFor example, Germany currently gets about 25% of its oil and 40% of its gas from Russia, Slovakia and Hungary received 96% and 58% respectively of their oil imports from Russia last year, according to the International Energy Agency.\n\nGermany's economic minister Robert Habeck said his country had \"managed to reach a situation where Germany is able to bear an oil embargo\" and was \"on course to do the same for gas\".\n\n\"Other countries need a bit more time,\" he added.\n\nDiplomatic sources told the BBC that compromises to a complete bloc ban were being looked at, particularly for countries such as Hungary and Slovakia.\n\nMr Piper said with oil, there were more options to get alternative supplies, compared to gas, which is transported most commonly through pipelines.\n\nHe added it is also \"trickier\" for landlocked EU states to find new sources.\n\nHe also warned while Germany might move to ban oil, switching off its Russian gas - which makes up 40% of its total imports - would \"take them years\".\n\n\"Russia could go 'if you want to go after our oil, how about we reduce our gas',\" he added.\n\n\"They could push up the price, reduce the volumes. They have a lot of bargaining power.\"\n\nElsewhere, energy research institute EWI said Germany should limit gas use now to prepare for the possibility of a future cut-off from Russia.\n\nUniper, one of Germany's biggest energy firms, also warned an EU ban on Russian oil could prompt Russia to halt westward gas flows.\n\nThe company said last week it would pay in euros which will be converted into roubles, meeting the Kremlin's demand for all transactions to be made in the Russian currency.\n\n\"We consider a payment conversion compliant with sanctions law and the Russian decree to be possible,\" a spokesman told the BBC.\n\nOther European energy firms are reportedly preparing to do the same amid concerns about supply cuts.\n\nIn late March, Russia said \"unfriendly countries\" would have to start paying for its oil and gas in roubles to prop up its currency after Western allies froze billions of dollars it held in foreign currencies overseas.\n\nUnder the decree, European importers must pay euros or dollars into an account at Gazprombank, the Swiss-based trading arm of Gazprom, and then convert this into roubles in a second account in Russia.\n\nThe majority - 97% - of EU companies' gas supply contracts with Gazprom stipulate payment in euros or dollars.\n\nSome countries are looking to turn to liquified natural gas (LNG), with the US agreeing to ship an additional 15 billion cubic metres to Europe by the end of the year.\n\nThe US has already banned Russian oil imports and the UK plans to phase them out by the end of the year.\n\nThe EU has previously laid out a strategy to make it independent of Russian fossil fuels by 2030, which includes greater use of greener sources of power.", "Moscow would only use nuclear weapons if Putin perceives an \"existential threat\" to Russia, US intelligence says\n\nVladimir Putin is preparing for a long war in Ukraine, with even victory in the east potentially not ending the conflict, US intelligence has warned.\n\nThe warning comes as fierce fighting continues in the east, where Russia is trying to take territory.\n\nMoscow refocused its troops on capturing the Donbas region after Ukraine resisted attempts to take its capital, Kyiv.\n\nBut despite this, its forces remain in a stalemate, US intelligence said.\n\nAvril Haines, the director of national intelligence, told a US Senate committee hearing on Tuesday that Mr Putin was still intending \"to achieve goals beyond the Donbas\", but that he \"faces a mismatch between his ambitions and Russia's current conventional military capabilities\".\n\nShe added that the Russian president was \"probably\" counting on US and EU support for Ukraine to weaken as inflation, food shortages and energy prices got worse.\n\nHowever, the Russian president could turn to \"more drastic means\" as the war continues - although Moscow would only use nuclear weapons if Mr Putin perceived an \"existential threat\" to Russia.\n\nDefence Intelligence Agency Director Scott Berrier told the same hearing that the Russians and the Ukrainians were \"at a bit of a stalemate\".\n\nIn the latest fighting, Ukraine claims to have recaptured four settlements in the north-eastern Kharkiv region.\n\nCherkasy Tyshky, Ruski Tyshky, Rubizhne and Bayrak were all snatched back from Russia, Ukraine's armed forces said.\n\nPresident Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukrainian successes were gradually pushing Russian forces out of Kharkiv, which has been bombarded since the war began.\n\nBut he said Ukrainians \"should not create an atmosphere of excessive moral pressure, where victories are expected weekly and even daily\".\n\nAvril Haines and Scott Berrier were speaking in a Senate hearing", "Scotland rugby hero Scott Hastings has said he has been inundated with support after revealing that he is being treated for cancer.\n\nThe 57-year-old former British and Irish Lions player has received chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.\n\nHe says his cancer is treatable and not life-threatening.\n\nHastings tweeted pictures of himself, saying the only problem he had with his treatment was going temporarily bald.\n\nSmiling Scott Hastings sports a wig for a picture which he put on social medial\n\nThe 65-times capped Scotland player said: \"My cancer is very treatable and non life-threatening.\n\n\"Thanks for all your supportive messages that are helping me get through my chemo.\n\n\"I am halfway through treatment which is going well apart from hair!\"\n\nHis wife Jenny said: \"Every day is a gift.\"\n\nHastings, the younger brother of former Scotland rugby captain Gavin, played at centre for Scotland from 1986 to 1997.\n\nHe earned his first cap on 17 January 1986 in a match against France.\n\nWhen he retired, he was Scotland's most-capped player ever.\n\nHe now regularly works as a pundit and co-commentator on TV.", "Grayson preyed on his unconscious victims while in hospital, a court heard\n\nA nurse \"fixated by sex\" who filmed up the gowns of unconscious hospital patients has been jailed for 12 years.\n\nPaul Grayson videoed four women as they recovered from surgery at Sheffield's Royal Hallamshire Hospital.\n\nThe 51-year-old also recorded four female nurses and a support worker using the toilet at the hospital.\n\nJailing Grayson, who admitted 23 offences, Judge Jeremy Richardson QC said he had \"brought shame on an honourable profession\".\n\nGrayson was also told he would be subject to an extended licence period of four years when he is eventually released.\n\nPassing sentence at Sheffield Crown Court, Judge Richardson said he had \"betrayed every ounce of trust reposed in you\".\n\n\"You have already been stripped of your status as a nurse by your professional body. So you should be,\" he added.\n\nReferring to a pre-sentence report, Judge Richardson said Grayson had been described as a \"dangerous offender\" who was \"fixated by sex\" and who satisfied that fixation by committing the crimes.\n\nMany of the offences took place at Sheffield's Royal Hallamshire Hospital\n\nThe nurse, who had more than 25 years' experience, also filmed two other young women not connected to the hospital with hidden cameras.\n\nHis crimes came to light after one victim launched an investigation into Grayson and uncovered computer files documenting the offences.\n\nShe previously told the court she had been \"torn into pieces\" as a result of his \"sick and disgusting perversions\".\n\nGrayson was arrested in December 2020 and was immediately suspended from work, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals previously said in a statement.\n\nVideo showed Grayson, wearing his scrubs and with a name badge, installing the hidden cameras, South Yorkshire Police said.\n\nOne of the filmed patients has never been identified, while other women in the toilet footage remain unknown.\n\nProf Chris Morley, chief nurse at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said what Grayson did was \"truly despicable\" and \"unforgivable\".\n\n\"While this was an incredibly rare occurrence, we never want it to happen to anyone else and as a result we are examining all of the information now available to determine if there are any further measures, we can take to limit the opportunity for someone to do this in the future,\" he added.\n\nDet Sgt Sarah Dolby, of South Yorkshire Police, said instead of taking care of the unconscious women who were the victims of his filming, Grayson instead committed \"utterly horrendous acts\".\n\nShe added: \"In interview, Grayson admitted having an insatiable addiction to voyeurism and pornography. I have no doubt had he not been caught, his offending would have continued.\"\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Lord Sugar criticised PwC for cutting staff working hours during the summer\n\nPwC has hit back at comments by Lord Alan Sugar in which he branded its staff \"lazy gits\", after the accountancy giant said workers could take Friday afternoons off over summer.\n\nThe firm made the offer to its 22,000 UK staff last week on the condition they get their work done by lunchtime.\n\nIn a tweet, the Apprentice host and businessman called the move a \"joke\", saying it would harm productivity.\n\nBut PwC said it had worked well in trials.\n\nAnd individual staff members criticised Lord Sugar for being \"out of touch\".\n\nIn his tweet, the businessman - who made his fortune selling personal computers - cast doubt on how hard people worked from home.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Lord Sugar This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"The lazy gits make me sick,\" he wrote, referring to PwC's new policy. \"Call me old fashioned but all this work from home BS is a total joke.\"\n\nHe added: \"There is no way people work as hard or productive as when they had to turn up at a work location. The pandemic has had [a] long lasting negative effect.\"\n\nWriting on LinkedIn, Richard Osborne, a senior manager at PwC, said Lord Sugar's response was \"at best childish and misunderstood\".\n\n\"Lord Sugar, your post shows how out of touch you are with the modern working world and your lack of knowledge about what PwC are doing,\" Mr Osborne wrote.\n\n\"This isn't about taking time off to be lazy - it is about flexibility to work effectively as and when we work our best.\"\n\nAnother PwC associate, Omair Qureshi, criticised Lord Sugar on LinkedIn, saying he was \"not just old fashioned but also an 80's era leader\".\n\nHe added that the shift to more flexible working had improved \"staff wellbeing and productivity\".\n\nPwC said it had decided to extend its summer working hours policy after a successful pilot in July and August last year.\n\nA spokesperson told the BBC staff were \"vocal about the merits\", and that the policy was built \"on two-way flexibility and trust\".\n\nThe government stopped advising people to work from home due to Covid in January. But many companies have continued to offer flexible or hybrid working to their staff.\n\nA shortage of talent has also seen firms trying to compete with each other for workers by offering better pay or perks.\n\nHowever, a debate continues to rage over who gains and loses when staff work from home.\n\nSupporters say employees save time and money and get a better work-life balance. Employers also save on office space and costs. But some argue workers are less productive when unsupervised.\n\nMost recently cabinet office minister Jacob Rees-Mogg sparked controversy when he said all civil servants must stop working from home, and left notes on empty desks saying \"I look forward to seeing you in the office very soon\".\n\nJulia Hobsbawm, author of book The Nowhere Office, said that the row indicates a wider \"culture war\" as companies and employees adjust to new ways of working after the pandemic.\n\n\"You're really seeing a difference between hardliners of a particular generational disposition like Alan Sugar, who genuinely believe that if you're not in the office you're not working, and soft-liners like PwC and their chairman Kevin Ellis, who recognise that how you work productively is a lot more complicated than turning up to a fixed place.\"\n\nHowever, even businesses that do embrace flexible working face challenges, Ms Hobsbawm said.\n\n\"Hybrid is proving very complicated as a leadership and a management challenge,\" she said.\n\n\"I would say that Alan Sugar and indeed Jacob Rees-Mogg, given his recent comments, are the least likely to solve that problem, which is: how do you get people working productively post-pandemic, in very new ways.\"", "The prototype is to be tested at a site in Moray\n\nThe first full-scale prototype of a rocket designed for launching small satellites from a Highlands spaceport has been unveiled.\n\nForres-based Orbex said its final version of the 19m (62ft) long Prime rocket would be re-useable and powered by a renewable bio-fuel, bio-propane.\n\nThe rockets will be launched from Space Hub Sutherland, which could be operational later this year.\n\nThe prototype will undergo trials at a testing facility in Kinloss in Moray.\n\nA separate plan to launch satellites from a facility in Shetland has also taken a major step forward.\n\nSaxaVord UK Spaceport and US-based Astra Space have agreed to collaborate on a planned programme of launches from a site on Unst. The spaceport secured planning permission earlier this year.\n\nAstra Space has already completed its first commercial rocket launch from Kodiak in Alaska. Launches from SaxaVord could start next year, subject to agreements and regulatory approvals.\n\nUS-based Astra Space has agreed to work on a planned launch programme for a spaceport in Shetland\n\nOrbex, which has manufacturing sites in the UK and Denmark, plans to launch micro satellites from Space Hub Sutherland, near Tongue.\n\nChris Larmour, of Orbex, said: \"This is a major milestone for Orbex and highlights just how far along our development path we now are.\n\n\"From the outside, it might look like an ordinary rocket, but on the inside, Prime is unlike anything else.\"\n\nHe said the rocket's innovations included the use of low-carbon fuels and having 3D printed engines.\n\nDevelopment agency Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is leading the £17m Sutherland project\n\nPlans for up to 12 launches a year from a single launch pad were approved by the Highland Council in 2020.\n\nScottish Land Court approval, which was also required as the proposed development is on crofting land, was granted the following year.\n\nOrbex' rockets are to used for carrying micro satellites into space\n\nWhile the project has the support of the local Melness Crofters' Estate, it had faced opposition from some residents in the area as well as billionaires Anders and Anne Holch Povlsen, who own land near the site.\n\nOne of the Povlsen's companies, Wildland Ltd, lodged an unsuccessful legal challenge against the project.\n\nEarlier this year, the company signed a memorandum of understanding with HIE to \"work constructively\" for the benefit of local communities.\n\nWildland Ltd would make no further challenges to the spaceport, provided any further development of the project were deemed minor.\n\nMeanwhile, SaxaVord UK Spaceport director of business development Robin Huber has welcomed the agreement with Astra Space.\n\nHe said: \"Astra is an agile, fast-moving company on pace to establish a successful track record.\n\n\"We look forward to working with their team to build new launch capabilities in the UK.\"", "Boris Johnson has promised to get the country \"back on track\" as the government unveils its plans for the year ahead in the Queen's Speech.\n\nThe speech is expected to focus on boosting economic growth, but the PM will say that the UK cannot spend its way out of trouble and will need to grow the economy.\n\nIn all, 38 parliamentary bills are due to be unveiled.\n\nLabour said the Tories were not up to the challenge of growing the economy.\n\nA senior government source defended the lack of new direct help with the fast-rising cost of living in the Queen's Speech, telling the BBC: \"There's been enough pain relief. It's time for the surgery the economy needs.\"\n\nMinisters will also recommit to tougher penalties for protest groups, like Insulate Britain and Extinction Rebellion, who use disruptive tactics.\n\nThe Prince of Wales will deliver the address to Parliament at 11:30 BST, after the Queen pulled out on Monday, for the first time since 1963, due to what Buckingham Palace called \"episodic mobility problems\".\n\nThe Queen's throne will remain empty, with Prince Charles, the Duchess of Cornwall and Prince William expected to be seated in front of assembled politicians.\n\nThe Sword of State and the Imperial State Crown have been transported from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster, in order to allow the ceremony to begin.\n\nThe speech will open with a promise to grow the economy, ease the financial burden on households and pursue the government's levelling up programme, aimed at tackling regional disparities in the UK.\n\nBut there will be no bill specifically aimed at tackling the cost of living.\n\nIn a House of Commons debate following the speech, the prime minister is expected to argue the government \"cannot simply spend our way out of the country's problems\", arguing that the answer lies instead in creating highly paid, highly skilled jobs.\n\nThe comments will follow a recent prediction from the Bank of England that inflation is likely to rise to around 10% later this year, with food and energy price rises placing a particularly high burden on households.\n\nThe Household Cavalry take part in ceremonies\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said: \"Times are tough for working people. But they are much tougher than they should be. Some 12 years of the Conservatives have meant low economic growth, high inflation, and high taxes.\n\n\"Because the Tories are not up to the challenge of growing the economy, all those tax hikes aren't going into improving public services. Never before have people been asked to pay so much for so little.\"\n\nLiberal Democrat rural affairs spokesman Tim Farron urged the government to use the speech to help the countryside by protecting farmers from being undercut by global trade deals.\n\nAnd SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford accused ministers of a \"deafening silence\" over the cost of living, saying they had to \"deliver desperately needed support to put money into people's pockets\".\n\nAn activist is led away from the blockade of the Tyburn fuel depot in Birmingham\n\nIn the Queen's Speech there will be seven bills which ministers argue deliver the benefits of Brexit, and a Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill is expected to change planning rules in England after previous proposals led to a backbench rebellion.\n\nA Public Order Bill would create a new criminal offence - aimed at protest groups - with a maximum sentence of 12 months for \"interfering with key national infrastructure\" such as airports, railways and printing press. This would also make it illegal to obstruct major transport works such as HS2.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said the powers would clamp down on the \"outrageous behaviour\" of \"disruptive protests carried out by a \"self-indulgent minority who seem to revel in causing mayhem and misery\".\n\nBut the Liberal Democrats called the plans \"dangerous and draconian\", with home affairs spokesman Alistair Carmichael arguing that police already had the powers to stop \"guerrilla protesters\".\n\nThe new police powers were originally announced last autumn, after campaign group Insulate Britain began blocking major roads and motorways.\n\nMinisters then tried to add the powers as amendments to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill - but failed after Labour and other opposition peers teamed up to oppose them.\n\nBecause the changes were introduced after the bill had passed all its stages in the Commons, the government did not have another opportunity to add them before the previous session of Parliament ended last month.\n\nThe government will be confident of getting the measures through Parliament in this session as it has a large majority in the House of Commons.", "Labour says it has evidence that staff continued working after eating a takeaway at an event being investigated as a potential lockdown breach.\n\nA party source says \"documentary evidence\" shows Sir Keir Starmer's team were working until 01:00 BST.\n\nDurham police are investigating reports of a gathering where the Labour leader ate a curry and drank a beer at an MP's office during an election visit.\n\nSir Keir has pledged to resign if he is fined over the allegations.\n\nThe Labour Party is confident it can prove that the gathering in April last year was permitted under rules that allowed work events, saying that those attending were working late on the campaign for the Hartlepool by-election.\n\nThe Guardian said the party has compiled time-stamped logs from WhatsApp chats, documents and video edits which show work continued after the takeaway food was delivered.\n\nA party source said: \"We have been totally clear that no rules were broken. We will provide documentary evidence that people were working before and after stopping to have food.\"\n\nIn a statement on Monday, Sir Keir repeatedly said no laws had been broken, as he tried to contrast his position with that of Boris Johnson, who refused to resign after being fined by the Metropolitan Police over his birthday celebration at No 10 Downing Street in June 2020.\n\nHaving repeatedly called for the prime minister and Chancellor Rishi Sunak to quit after it was found they had broken the law, the Labour leader has come under increasing pressure to make his own position clear, with the Conservatives accusing him of \"rank double standards\".\n\nWhen asked if the Labour leader had now assumed a position of moral authority over the government, Policing Minister Kit Malthouse said: \"I don't particularly.\"\n\nMr Malthouse refused to say whether Sir Keir should resign if he was fined, saying \"that's a matter for him\" and Durham police should be given \"the space and time to do their job\".\n\nLabour's deputy leader Angela Rayner, who was also present at the meal, said she too would resign if she was fined.\n\nBut Culture minister Chris Philp accused Sir Keir of \"attempting to pressure the police into clearing him\" by announcing that a fine would mean the end of his leadership.\n\nMr Philp said it was \"deeply inappropriate\".\n\nDurham police announced on Friday that it was launching an inquiry into the Labour event, having previously said it did not believe any offence had been committed.\n\nIt is thought the investigation could last up to eight weeks.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Footage shows Sir Keir Starmer drinking beer with colleagues in Durham on 30 April 2021\n\nA video of the gathering on 30 April 2021, which took place in the constituency office of City of Durham MP May Foy, shows Sir Keir drinking a bottle of beer while colleagues in the background are eating.\n\nUnder the Covid laws in England at the time, indoor gatherings were banned - but there was an exception for \"work purposes\".\n\nSir Keir said in his statement that \"no laws were broken\" and he \"simply had something to eat while working late in the evening\".\n\nHe suggested even his critics did not really believe the allegation against him, but were simply trying \"to get the public to believe all politicians are the same\".\n\n\"I'm here to say they are not - I believe in honour, integrity and the principle that those who make the laws should follow them,\" he added.\n\n\"If the police decide to issue me with a fixed-penalty notice, I would of course do the right thing and step down.\"\n\nThe Labour leader faced questions about whether he had left himself a loophole if police suggest he may have broken Covid rules, but do not issue a fine.\n\nDurham Police previously came to a similar conclusion when they investigated the PM's former adviser Dominic Cummings for driving to Barnard Castle during the first Covid lockdown.\n\nSir Keir said: \"The penalty for a Covid breach is a fixed penalty notice, that's a matter of law, and I've set out what the position is in relation to that.\"", "The sister of Sheku Bayoh has said she no longer feels safe in Scotland, after her brother's death in police custody.\n\nMr Bayoh, 31, died after being restrained by officers in Kirkcaldy, Fife, in 2015.\n\nKadi Johnson was addressing the public inquiry into her brother's death. The family believes race played a part, and say they have yet to hear the truth.\n\nAnother sister broke down in tears as she recalled her brother as a \"fun-loving, cheeky boy\" as child.\n\nThe public inquiry was announced in 2019 after it was confirmed there would be no criminal charges in the case.\n\nA minute's silence was observed in memory of Mr Bayoh at the start of the first day of the hearings on Tuesday.\n\nThe inquiry chairman, Lord Bracadale, said the first statements would focus on the person Mr Bayoh was, and the impact his death had on his family.\n\n\"This is not their evidence to the inquiry,\" he said. \"The focus today is on Sheku Bayoh himself and what he meant to those he left behind.\"\n\nThe hearing was briefly suspended after one of Mr Bayoh's sisters, Adama Jalloh, broke down in tears as she remembered growing up with brother.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Kosna Bayoh says the pain of losing her brother is still there\n\nA video was then shown in which family members and friends paid fond tributes to Mr Bayoh, who came to the UK from Sierra Leone as a child, and was training to be a gas engineer at the time of his death.\n\nAnother sister Kadi Johnson later told the hearing that she persuaded her brother to join her in Scotland from London when he was 17 because of the \"joy, love and freedom\" she had experienced, and because she felt it was a safer place for a young black man to grow up.\n\n\"I did not know my brother's life would be cut short at the age of 31,\" she said.\n\nShe went on to say she now felt differently about Scotland and worried for the safety of her family.\n\n\"I don't feel safe anymore here in Scotland. I feel nervous and worried for my children, I fear for the safety of my nieces and nephews. Why should I have to feel this way?\" she said.\n\nKadi Johnson told the inquiry her brother's death had left her feeling unsafe in Scotland\n\nThe family's lawyer Aamer Anwar also read a statement from Mr Bayoh's partner Collette Bell, in which she told of their plans for marriage and the impact on his youngest son who was only an infant when Mr Bayoh died.\n\nThe day began with a vigil outside the inquiry venue in Edinburgh, attended by more than 100 people including Mr Bayoh's mother who has travelled from Sierra Leone for the hearing.\n\nMr Anwar told those gathered that seven years and seven days had passed since Mr Bayoh died in police custody.\n\nHe said his sister Kadi had no doubt her brother and family would have been treated differently \"had Sheku been white\".\n\nThe family's solicitor Aamer Anwar read a statement on behalf of Mr Bayoh's family before they gave evidence\n\nHe continued: \"Kadi has described Sheku as Scotland's George Floyd, but 'taking the knee' and 'Black Lives Matter' will mean nothing, if Scotland fails to support justice for Sheku.\n\n\"Unlike George Floyd it wasn't one police officer restraining Sheku but at least seven police officers and unlike George Floyd's case, no police officer has ever faced trial for the Sheku's death in custody.\"\n\nHe urged the police officers involved to give a \"full and frank\" testimony to the inquiry.\n\n\"Sheku Bayoh's family have waited a very long time to hear the truth and that is the very least they are entitled to,\" he said.\n\nPolice had been called in the early hours of 3 May 2015 after Mr Bayoh was spotted behaving erratically with a knife in the streets of his home town.\n\nHe had taken drugs the previous night, which friends said dramatically altered his behaviour.\n\nAccording to police statements, by the time the officers arrived at the scene Mr Bayoh no longer had the knife, but he failed to obey instructions to get down on the ground.\n\nEach of the officers used force on Mr Bayoh within seconds of encountering him, including CS Spray and batons.\n\nHe then punched PC Nicole Short, who fell to the ground.\n\nSheku Bayoh was restrained on the ground for five minutes before falling unconscious\n\nTwo officers, PCs Craig Walker and Ashley Tomlinson, later told investigators that Mr Bayoh then carried out a violent stamping attack on PC Short while she lay on the ground, a claim reported widely in the media.\n\nHowever, evidence obtained by the BBC's Panorama programme suggested these accounts may have been false.\n\nMr Bayoh was restrained on the ground for five minutes before falling unconscious. He was pronounced dead at hospital a short time later.\n\nThe inquiry began its work in November 2020. It was set up to examine:\n\nEarlier this year, lawyers for a number of police officers asked for a guarantee that statements would not be used in any future prosecution.\n\nThis was backed by inquiry chairman Lord Bracadale, who said such a step would let officers give \"full and frank\" evidence to the inquiry - but was opposed by Mr Bayoh's family.\n\nHowever, the requests were rejected by Solicitor General Ruth Charteris QC, who said the Crown reserved its right to prosecute in all matters related to the case.\n\nIn addition, Police Scotland refused to give an assurance that it would not seek to rely on evidence given to the inquiry by an officer in any future disciplinary proceedings against that officer.\n\nThe public inquiry hearings are due to continue on Wednesday with opening statements from the main participants, including Police Scotland and the Lord Advocate, Scotland's top law officer.\n• None 'Why did my brother Sheku die in police custody?'", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nConservative MP Jamie Wallis has pleaded not guilty to four traffic offences.\n\nMr Wallis, 37, from Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, has denied failing to stop, failing to report a road traffic collision, careless driving and leaving a vehicle in a dangerous position.\n\nThe charges relate to a crash in nearby Llanblethian on 28 November, 2021.\n\nDuring the hearing at Cardiff Magistrates' Court, the Bridgend MP was told he would stand trial in July.\n\nHe was arrested on suspicion of \"driving whilst unfit\" following a late-night crash when a Mercedes hit a lamppost in Llanblethian.\n\nAt Tuesday's hearing, Mike Williams, prosecuting, told District Judge Tan Ikram that it was the Crown's case that Mr Wallis was responsible for driving the Mercedes without due care and attention, that he failed to stop after the accident and failed to report within the first 24 hours after the incident.\n\nIn March, Mr Wallis became the first MP to come out as trans.\n\nIn a public statement released that month, Mr Wallis revealed he had been raped and blackmailed, and was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).\n\nMr Wallis was arrested following a late-night crash when a Mercedes hit a lamppost\n\nHe also said he wanted to transition to be a woman.\n\nMr Wallis wrote that he had been targeted by a blackmailer who threatened to out him to the public unless he paid £50,000.\n\nThe MP said the offender was sentenced to two years and nine months in prison after admitting his guilt.\n\nMr Wallis was elected in Bridgend at the 2019 general election, unseating Labour for the first time in three decades.", "Lex Warner, with his baby son Vincent, died on a diving trip in 2012\n\nJudges have overturned a decision to award £290,000 compensation to the son of a diver who died off Cape Wrath.\n\nLex Warner, 50, from Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham, was injured in a fall on the boat before he made the dive on the Highlands' north coast in 2012.\n\nOrkney-based Scapa Flow Charters was sued by his son Vincent, nine, in a legal action through his mother Debbie.\n\nJudges at the Inner House of the Court of Session in Edinburgh agreed with appeal submissions from the boat firm.\n\nLord Carloway wrote that Scapa Flow Charters had put in place adequate safety measures, before Mr Warner fell on the boat while walking in fins.\n\nHe concluded that Mr Warner chose not to use the safety measures in place and had made an \"informed choice\".\n\nLord Carloway wrote: \"It was sufficient in the exercise of reasonable care for the defenders to have provided a safe means of moving from the seat to the exit point in the form of a non-slip and unobstructed deck, handrails and a deckhand.\n\n\"Mr Warner, who was well aware of what was an obvious and inherent risk, chose not to use the provided means.\n\n\"That was a matter for his choice in the context of a leisure pursuit in which he, and not the defenders, was the skilled and experienced person.\"\n\nMrs Warner and Vincent outside the UK Supreme Court in 2018\n\nMr Warner and a group of friends had been making a deep water technical dive off a wreck, on board Scapa Flow Charters' boat MV Jean Elaine.\n\nMr Warner's widow won a case at the UK Supreme Court in 2018 to be allowed to raise the civil court action on their son's behalf.\n\nThe case centred on how Mr Warner fell while on the boat. He sustained an abdominal injury and later got into difficulty when he was in the water.\n\nLawyers for the family claimed the boat's captain Andy Cuthbertson did not do enough to minimise the risks which came from divers walking on board boats while wearing fins.\n\nIn a judgment published last year, Lord Sandison agreed with the submissions made by the Warner family's legal team.\n\nHe concluded Mr Cuthbertson failed to put in place proper health and safety measures which would have protected Mr Warner from falling.\n\nBut lawyers for Scapa Flow Charters told appeal judges Lord Carloway, Lord Woolman and Lord Pentland that Lord Sandison was wrong to find Mr Cuthbertson at fault.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIt has become an annual event - the military parade in Red Square in Moscow and cities across Russia on 9 May, marking victory over Nazi Germany in 1945.\n\nUnder Vladimir Putin, Victory Day has become a show of strength of troops and military hardware, as well as a chance to remember the sacrifices of World War Two. Twenty-seven million Soviet citizens died, by far the greatest loss of any country, in what Russians call the Great Patriotic War.\n\nThis year, the event has taken on a significance of its own. Far from liberating Europe, Russia has waged months of war against its neighbour Ukraine and is devoid of any real form of military victory that it can celebrate.\n\nRegiments that played a key role in the war will parade in front of the top brass and the president, whose address will echo across Red Square and be scrutinised for what to expect next. Russia's leader often uses this moment to send messages of intent.\n\nThe Victory Day parade was occasionally marked in the Soviet era and revived by President Boris Yeltsin for the 50th anniversary in 1995, but it was Vladimir Putin in 2008 who made it an annual event featuring military hardware. Russian identity has been largely created with Victory Day in the background, with schoolbooks and history books focusing on Russia as Europe's wartime liberators.\n\nVladimir Putin was prime minister when the Victory Day parade began featuring military hardware\n\n\"Even in a normal year it's a huge show of Russia strength, of Putin's control and everything he stands for,\" says Ammon Cheskin of Glasgow University. \"And that's just amplified this year.\"\n\nClaims that he will declare an end to the campaign have been denied, as have reports that he will announce a full declaration of war or a mobilisation of Russian men. Russia's military would not \"artificially adjust\" its actions to any particular date, said Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.\n\nSomething short of full mobilisation could be announced, in response to Russia's big losses on the battlefield. Dozens of ads have appeared on job websites in recent weeks looking for \"specialists in mobilisation work\", but such a step could hit the president's popularity and 9 May might not be the right time to announce it.\n\nAfter Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, Vladimir Putin marked Victory Day with a speech in Red Square about defeating fascism, before flying to the Black Sea port of Sevastopol to celebrate his new victory in front of thousands of onlookers.\n\nIn 2014, President Putin celebrated the annexation of Crimea by travelling to Sevastopol on Victory Day\n\n\"This year the primary objective was to announce the victory that was supposed to happen in February,\" says Ernest Wyciszkiewicz of the Centre for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understanding. \"They are preparing a PR stunt for Monday: it's important for Russians to see that the special military operation they have been hearing about has led to something tangible.\"\n\nInstead of celebrating the overthrow of Ukraine's government, the Kremlin will have to settle for the capture of most of Mariupol. The city may lie in ruins, but Russia has repeatedly talked of \"de-Nazification and demilitarisation\" of Ukraine and it may claim defeat of the Azov battalion, which it has falsely portrayed as Nazi. That would resonate on a day marking World War Two.\n\n\"In Russian cities and regional capitals we can see signs with the Victory Day symbol,\" says Olga Irisova, co-founder of analysis group Riddle Russia. \"Usually the signs say 9 May 1945 but this year it's 1945/2022, so they're trying to provide people with the idea that once again they're standing up to Nazis.\"\n\nMariupol is in ruins - but a PR stunt involving the city may feature in the events\n\nIn Mariupol itself there will be no Victory Day parade because of apparent security threats. Russia's proxy leader in the region, Denis Pushilin, has said a parade will have to wait until Mariupol becomes part of his so-called Donetsk People's Republic.\n\nThere will be unspecified festive events, though, and it could feature prominently in Russian coverage. In the run-up to 9 May the city has had visits from Kremlin TV spin doctor Vladimir Solovyov and a delegation from the Kremlin led by the president's deputy chief of staff, Sergei Kiryenko.\n\nWar in Ukraine: More coverageWhy 9 May is so important for Russia\n\nThe Red Square Victory Day parade is about aesthetics too, and military hardware in particular. It is a chance for the Kremlin to show off its latest weaponry.\n\nIt was the Armata T-14 tank that turned heads on Victory Day in 2015, but it has been conspicuous by its absence in the war in Ukraine, because it is not yet ready for frontline combat. Ukraine says it has destroyed well over 1,000 less modern Russian tanks on the battlefield.\n\nThere will be less hardware and fewer troops this year than in 2021. But there will still be some 10,000 troops and 129 pieces of military equipment, according to an analysis by BBC Russian. Gone will be one of Russia's newest tanks, the T-80BVM, as well as the Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile system.\n\nThe aerial display will be just as big as before, with 77 planes and helicopters, and the air force has been rehearsing over Red Square in a Z-formation - the controversial symbol adopted by invading forces.\n\nThese Russian warplanes were pictured flying over the Kremlin in Z-formation\n\nBut there will be no foreign leaders this year, which the Kremlin puts down to the 77th anniversary not being a significant event in itself.\n\nMost of the messaging around Victory Day is directed at the Russian population anyway, says Olga Irisova. By harnessing the Nazi narrative from World War Two, the Kremlin is able to stir up strong feelings because most Russians have relatives who either died or struggled in the war.\n\nWhile events will take place across Russia, in neighbouring countries 9 May has become less and less significant. Ukraine saw some of the greatest losses in the war and a recent opinion poll suggested that the date should be seen as a day of remembrance rather than victory.\n\nKazakhstan has cancelled its military parade for a third year running and Latvia has declared it a day of remembrance - for victims of Russia's war in Ukraine.", "Courtroom sketch of Wayne Rooney and Coleen Rooney watching on as Rebekah Vardy gave evidence\n\nRebekah Vardy has denied leaking information to newspapers as she gave evidence in her libel case against Coleen Rooney at the High Court.\n\nThe wife of ex-footballer Wayne Rooney is being sued for libel after claiming Vardy, the wife of striker Jamie, leaked her private information.\n\n\"I didn't give any information to a newspaper,\" Mrs Vardy said on Tuesday,\n\n\"I have been called a leak and it's not nice.\"\n\nUnder questioning from Mrs Rooney's barrister David Sherborne on day one of the trial, Mrs Vardy agreed it was \"upsetting\" and \"wrong\" for someone to secretly pass on another person's information, adding that she respected people's privacy.\n\nMr Sherborne then questioned Mrs Vardy about a story she had once given to the News Of The World about her alleged sexual encounter with singer Peter Andre.\n\nAsked whether it was \"respectful\" of Andre's \"right not to share this information\" with the paper, she replied: \"I was forced into a situation by my ex-husband to do this\".\n\nShe added: \"It is something that I deeply regret\".\n\nColeen Rooney was accompanied at the High Court by husband and former footballer Wayne\n\nEarlier on Tuesday, Mrs Rooney's barrister told the court there had been a \"widespread and significant destruction or loss of evidence\" in the case.\n\nThe loss of Mrs Vardy's documents \"must be concealment\", Mr Sherborne said.\n\nBut Mrs Vardy's barrister Hugh Tomlinson described the claim as \"completely baseless\".\n\nThe court has heard that Mrs Vardy's agent, Caroline Watt, had lost her phone in the North Sea after it was hit by a wave before Mrs Rooney's team could see WhatsApp messages that could potentially help her case.\n\nMr Sherborne told the court on the trial's opening day there had been \"a concerted effort to ensure highly relevant and incriminating\" documents didn't make it to court.\n\nHe said a series of \"most improbable events\" had affected the disclosure of evidence, including Ms Watt's \"poor unfortunate phone\" falling into the sea \"within days\" of the court ordering that it should be searched for disclosure.\n\nIn a written submission, he added: \"To borrow from Wilde, to lose one significant set of documents may be regarded as a misfortune, to lose two, carelessness, but to lose 10? That must be concealment.\"\n\nMr Tomlinson countered that it had not been suggested \"that Mrs Vardy was anywhere near the North Sea at the time\" nor that she \"knew anything about it\".\n\nHe added that there was a \"credible, ordinary, boring explanation\" behind media files on Mrs Vardy's WhatsApp account no longer being available.\n\n\"It's a very well-known and common feature in everyone's life that from time to time electronic documents are lost for all kinds of reasons,\" he said, adding: \"This is something that happens to us all, that sometimes documents are lost.\"\n\nThe row dates back to 2019, when Mrs Rooney said she had posted fake stories online that she claimed could only have been seen by Mrs Vardy's Instagram account, and that had been leaked to The Sun newspaper.\n\nWayne Rooney and Jamie Vardy played together for England\n\nShe was later dubbed Wagatha Christie after saying she had carried out an investigation to find out who was behind the leaks.\n\nMrs Vardy strenuously denied being the source of the leaks and said a number of people had access to her accounts.\n\nIn a pre-trial hearing less than two weeks before the trial began, Mrs Rooney's barrister said Mrs Vardy now \"appears to accept\" that Ms Watt was the source of leaked stories.\n\nMs Watt has denied being the source of the leaks and has been deemed too ill to testify.\n\nMrs Rooney's barrister compared Mrs Vardy's connection with Ms Watt in relation to the leaks as \"like hiring a hit man or woman\".\n\nHe said: \"Just because you're not the person who gets their hands dirty, doesn't mean you're not equally responsible.\"\n\nMrs Vardy, he stressed, \"is just as responsible\" for the stories being leaked even \"if she doesn't pull the trigger\".\n\nHe said there had also been \"numerous examples of the claimant and Ms Watt conspiring to pass private and personal information on to the press about other individuals\".\n\nColeen Rooney was wearing a protective boot as she attended court\n\nBut Mr Tomlinson said that if Ms Watt was the source of leaked stories, \"that's not something that Mrs Vardy knew anything about\" and she did not \"approve of or authorise\" her to do so.\n\nHe told the court that Mrs Vardy \"had no choice\" but to bring the libel claim against Mrs Rooney because she needed to \"establish her innocence and vindicate her reputation\".\n\nMr Tomlinson said on Tuesday that, if information had been leaked, \"this was not something that was done with Mrs Vardy's knowledge or authority\".\n\nHe said there was \"no information\" in any evidence to demonstrate that Mrs Vardy had even viewed Mrs Rooney's Instagram posts during the alleged \"sting operation\".\n\nThe fake stories posted by Mrs Rooney included planning her return to TV, travelling to Mexico for a \"gender selection\" procedure and her basement flooding.\n\nMr Tomlinson said the affair and subsequent libel case had garnered huge press coverage and had become a source of \"entertainment\" in the media.\n\nBut he added: \"This is far from being an entertaining case. It has been profoundly distressing and disturbing.\"\n\nMr Tomlinson added: \"[Mrs Vardy] needs to be able to clear her name through this case, so she can move on from this terrible episode.\"\n\nHe said that as a result of Mrs Rooney's post, Mrs Vardy - who was seven months pregnant at the time - and her family were subjected to abuse, including posts saying she should die.\n\nWith pride and reputations at stake on both sides, the onus is on the defendant, Mrs Rooney, to prove that it was in fact Mrs Vardy who leaked the stories.\n\nMr Sherborne, for Mrs Rooney, told the court: \"She's not here because she wants to be, she's here because she has to be.\"\n\nHer investigation into the leaks was \"deeply upsetting\" for Mrs Rooney and made her feel \"paranoid\", he told the court.\n\nColeen Rooney (left) and Rebekah Vardy, pictured at a Euro 2016 match in France\n\nThe celebrity civil trial - which will be decided by a judge, not a jury - is set to run for seven days.\n\nMrs Rooney arrived at court in a surgical boot alongside her husband - reminiscent of when Wayne injured his foot before the 2006 World Cup, the same tournament where the England \"Wags\" (wives and girlfriends) first exploded on to the scene.\n\nJournalists queued to get inside a packed courtroom for this most intriguing of cases.\n\nMrs Vardy sat at the front left bench with her hair in a bun, wearing a blue dress, while Mrs Rooney, wearing a black jacket, sat at the front right bench.", "Jeffrey Donaldson says he will not return to Stormont until he can be sure \"the political institutions in Northern Ireland have a stable foundation\"\n\nThe DUP leader has said he will not give up his role as MP at Westminster until the NI Protocol is \"resolved\".\n\nSir Jeffrey Donaldson has been elected as an assembly member for Lagan Valley.\n\nUnder rules that do not allow MLAs to hold more than one role, he has eight days to decide whether to leave Westminster for Stormont.\n\nMeanwhile, Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill has warned the prime minister people cannot be left \"high and dry\" by the DUP's refusal to form a government.\n\nMs O'Neill is entitled to become Northern Ireland's first nationalist first minister after Thursday's historic election.\n\nShould Sir Jeffrey leave Westminster, it would prompt a by-election for the Lagan Valley Westminster constituency.\n\nSpeaking in the Commons on Tuesday, he said he would not leave Parliament until the protocol is dealt with.\n\nHis party is refusing to nominate a deputy first minister and re-enter power-sharing in Northern Ireland, in opposition to the post-Brexit trading arrangement.\n\nUnionists oppose the protocol as they say it poses a risk to the UK union and damages trade.\n\nMichelle O'Neill told Boris Johnson the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) was punishing people by not forming an executive\n\nSir Jeffrey said he would not return to Stormont until he could be sure \"the political institutions in Northern Ireland have a stable foundation\".\n\nHe could instead co-opt another DUP member to fill the Lagan Valley Stormont seat in the interim.\n\nNI power sharing requires the largest unionist and nationalist parties to share first and deputy first minister posts.\n\nBoth Ms O'Neill and DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson spoke to Boris Johnson on Tuesday morning.\n\nMs O'Neill told Mr Johnson the DUP was punishing workers and families.\n\nThe first sitting of the Northern Ireland Assembly - in which Sinn Féin is now the largest party - is scheduled to take place on Friday.\n\nHowever, there will be no governing executive without the DUP's support as the second largest party.\n\nInstead, ministers continue to run their respective departments, but no new decisions, such as agreeing a budget, can be taken.\n\nThe DUP, which supported Brexit, has protested against the Northern Ireland Protocol, a part of the UK's deal with the EU which keeps Northern Ireland aligned with the EU's single market for goods.\n\nThis was designed to ensure free trade across an open Irish border, but it has in turn created some new trade barriers for the movement of goods across the Irish Sea.\n\nIn February, the party removed Paul Givan from his role as first minister in protest against the protocol, triggering the collapse of the Northern Ireland Executive.\n\nThey said the protocol had undermined Northern Ireland's position in the UK.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Democratic Unionist Party says it will not join a power-sharing government without action on the protocol\n\nIn the Queen's Speech on Tuesday, the government outlined that issues created by the protocol \"continue to stand in the way of an executive being formed\".\n\nIt said the protocol \"needs to change\" and called for new imagination and flexibility from the EU.\n\nEarlier, Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Micheál Martin said he had stressed the need to intensify EU and UK discussions to avoid any unilateral action during a discussion with Mr Johnson on Tuesday.\n\nSir Jeffrey said he made it clear to the prime minister that he would not be \"moving on the political institutions\" until the government had taken action on the protocol.\n\nHe said he would not be setting a timeframe for this, but that he was a \"realist and an optimist\".\n\nMs O'Neill said the public could not be a pawn in the British government's game of chicken with the EU.\n\n\"Time to form an executive now,\" she said in a social media post.\n\nA Downing Street source told BBC News that the prime minister spent an hour on the phone to Northern Ireland's political leaders.\n\nThey added the government would act \"responsibly\" with regards to the protocol and its negotiations with the EU.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Michelle O'Neill says the assembly election shows that the public want to see a new Northern Ireland Executive formed.\n\nThe calls followed meetings held by the Northern Ireland Secretary on Monday with the leaders of Stormont's five largest parties.\n\nSinn Féin won the most seats in the assembly election - 27 out of 90 - after Thursday's vote.\n\nThis means the party can nominate Northern Ireland's first minister, an unprecedented move for a nationalist party, but it is reliant on the DUP taking up its position as deputy first minister.\n\nThe roles form a joint office, with equal responsibility, however, the allocation of the titles is regarded as symbolically important.\n\nUlster Unionist Party (UUP) leader Doug Beattie said the Northern Ireland Protocol should be dealt with as the obstacle to a functioning executive at Stormont.\n\n\"We all know what the landing zone is, no checks on goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland if they are staying in Northern Ireland. That gets rid of the border down the Irish Sea.\n\n\"The EU Commission know this, the UK government know this and all five political parties who would form the executive know this also.\"\n\nThe Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) has said it will be going into opposition after Thursday's vote in which it returned with eight assembly members (MLAs) after losing four seats.\n\nThe party will not be replacing its deputy leader Nichola Mallon in her role as infrastructure minister, after she failed to get elected in Belfast North.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sasha has hastily arranged a wedding between him and his girlfriend in case he is hurt fighting Russia\n\nSasha is so keen to marry the woman he loves before he's asked to fight the Russians on the Ukraine war frontline, he's brought their wedding forward.\n\nBut the sorry consequence of marrying Olena now in case something happens to him if he's called up, is his parents can't be there on his big day.\n\n\"Mama don't cry,\" Sasha tells his mum, who has fled to the sanctuary of Wales.\n\nMum, also called Olena, and dad Joseph will watch the wedding on a Skype video call.\n\nSasha's mum was in her home-town of Odesa in the south of the country when Russia invaded Ukraine in February but she fled after her husband, originally from the UK, made a mercy dash from Wales to get her.\n\nSasha wasn't able to escape with them because men under 60 aren't allowed to leave Ukraine in case they're needed to help the war effort.\n\nSo Sasha's parents suffered the heartbreak of leaving their son, a 21-year-old barber with congenital heart disease, behind in Odesa, a major port and Ukraine's third biggest city, which still remains in Ukraine control.\n\nSasha and his girlfriend plan to remain in Ukraine to be with her family\n\nNow mum Olena faces the added upset of missing Sasha's wedding on 1 June, two years after meeting his girlfriend online.\n\n\"It's very hard,\" said Sasha's mum from her new home in Tredegar in the Gwent Valleys.\n\n\"I didn't want to leave him there. If something happened now in Odesa I won't find myself any peace.\"\n\nParents Joseph and Olena feel powerless watching the Ukraine war unfold from a flat in south Wales\n\nBetween regular warning sirens, Sasha shows his parents what daily life looks like for him now, including in the bunker he's built under their garage.\n\n\"We're used to the sirens, but you know, when you see a lot of people running and panicking, you do the same,\" said Sasha.\n\nOdesa, one of Ukraine's biggest cities, remains in Ukraine control in their war with Russia\n\n\"Everyone was pushing, some fell down, it was scary, but I'm still pretty much going to stay here and do what I can.\"\n\nJoseph is concerned how much water and food Sasha has left and has urged him to stockpile more in case of a biological attack, or water shortages.\n\n\"He's got a heart condition, so with the best will in the world he's not going to last five minutes in those circumstances,\" said his worried father.\n\n\"I just want him to live.\"\n\nWhile Olena is enjoying the sanctuary of south Wales, her mind is always back with her only child.\n\n\"I hate to think of chemical or biological weapons, I don't want my son to suffer because of someone's ambition,\" she said.\n\nSasha and girlfriend Olena's relationship started after a first date out having pizza\n\n\"In the morning, first thing, the phone is in my hands... until I go bed… and I'm watching until I get tired and fall asleep. It's always on your mind... always, you can't let it go.\"\n\nJoseph is helping his wife apply for a visa to remain in the UK as Olena clings on to hope she'll see her son and soon-to-be daughter-in-law again.\n\nSasha is a hairdresser in Odesa and hopes to see his parents soon\n\n\"It's very peaceful here, this is how life should be,\" she said.\n\n\"I hope he will be ok, this is what is keeping me going. After every rain, the sun will come out.\"", "Celtic's Ange Postecoglou says jokes that prompted a walkout at Sunday's Scottish Football Writers' Association awards dinner were \"not appropriate\".\n\nBut the Australian, who received the manager of the year award, thinks it should be \"a teaching moment\" for the organisers and Scottish football.\n\nThe SFWA has apologised after some guests described jokes by a speaker as \"sexist, racist and homophobic\".\n\n\"The content was probably not appropriate,\" Postecoglou said.\n\n\"To be honest, I don't even know if it's appropriate at anything. You can turn it into a controversy, but I just don't think people learn anything from that - make it a teaching moment to be better for the people who have responsibility of organising those nights.\"\n\nTV presenter Eilidh Barbour was among guests who left the event in protest following a speech by Bill Copeland, a lawyer who works on the after-dinner speaking circuit.\n\nShe tweeted that she had \"never felt so unwelcome in the industry\", while the speech was also criticised by Kick it Out, a campaign against racism in football, and Scottish Women's Football chief executive Aileen Campbell.\n\n\"You've always got to have empathy and walk in other people's shoes to see how it affects them,\" Postecoglou said. \"Once we are all mindful of that, there will be less moments like that when people make mistakes because they have thought about it beforehand.\"\n\nPostecoglou, who had earlier been named PFA Scotland manager of the year, received his latest award three days before Celtic have the opportunity to officially secure the Scottish Premiership title away to Dundee United.\n\n\"It's hugely humbling,\" he said. \"You receive that award on behalf of a group of people who have worked awfully hard to create something special this year.\n\n\"Especially as, going into it, there wasn't a great expectation of success, whether that was because of me and my background or the ground we had to make up. People recognise the challenge we had and how we've embraced that challenge.\"\n\nA run of 30 league games without defeat has turned a four-point deficit on Rangers into a six-point lead over the reigning champions with two games remaining.\n\n\"Thirty games ago, we were a fair way behind in terms of looking like a team that could end up being champions,\" Postecoglou added.\n\n\"We are under no illusions that we've got the opportunity to make it a special night.\"\n• None Get news notifications for your Scottish Premiership club by downloading the BBC Sport app on - -", "Liz Truss says the EU's proposals, released last October, could lead to \"everyday items disappearing from shelves\"\n\nThe UK has rejected EU plans aimed at reducing the impact of the post-Brexit treaty for Northern Ireland, saying they would make things worse.\n\nThe EU claims the proposals would reduce paperwork and checks on goods entering NI from Great Britain.\n\nBut the government says they would \"worsen the current trading arrangements\".\n\nThe UK verdict is part of an escalating dispute which could soon see the government scrapping parts of the deal.\n\nThe protocol is an issue under fresh scrutiny following elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly.\n\nThe elections cemented a majority for assembly members who accept the protocol, including the new largest party, the republican party Sinn Féin.\n\nBut the second largest party, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), said it would not nominate ministers to form a new executive in Northern Ireland until its concerns with the protocol were resolved.\n\nForeign Secretary Liz Truss said, in a statement released on Tuesday night, that her preference had always been for a \"negotiated solution\" but that she would not shy away from \"taking action to stabilise the situation in Northern Ireland if solutions cannot be found\".\n\nA source close to Ms Truss said she believed the current situation could not \"drag on\", with the foreign secretary now eyeing domestic legislation to start scrapping parts of the treaty.\n\nThe post-Brexit arrangement for Northern Ireland, known as the Protocol, is a special Brexit deal for Northern Ireland designed to prevent the return of a hard land border with the Republic of Ireland.\n\nIt was agreed between the UK and the EU in 2019, put into domestic law by the UK Parliament and came into force in January 2021.\n\nIt works by keeping Northern Ireland inside the EU's single market for goods.\n\nThis means Northern Ireland continues to follow some EU laws and there are new checks and paperwork for goods which are imported into Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK.\n\nThe EU acknowledges that it has caused difficulties for Northern Ireland businesses and its October proposals were an attempt to ease that burden.\n\nUnder the protocol, checks are required on goods coming into Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK\n\nAt the time, its chief negotiator, Maroš Šefčovič, said it was a \"robust package of creative, practical solutions\".\n\nMuch of that package concerned food products which are subject to the greatest level of new checks.\n\nThe EU said it would mean inspections of food products would be reduced far below what is usually required at single-market borders.\n\nHowever, the plan came with caveats and the UK said the EU needed to do more.\n\nBut this government statement amounts to a public rejection of what the EU was proposing.\n\nIt focuses on the fact that grace periods mean the protocol is not being fully implemented.\n\nIt says if the grace periods were replaced with the EU proposals, the checks and controls would increase, and these plans would lead to \"everyday items disappearing off the shelves\".\n\nIt claims a range of food would likely be unavailable in Northern Ireland shops if it originates from outside the EU, such as Thai green curry ready meals, New Zealand Lamb and Brazilian pork.\n\nIt also claims \"sending a parcel to Northern Ireland would require more than 50 fields of information for the customs declaration for one parcel\".\n\nEarlier, Mr Šefčovič said that solutions could be found without changing the protocol, and the EU said it was \"bending over backwards\" to find solutions.\n\nMaros Sefcovic says solutions offered in October are \"robust and creative\"\n\nHe pointed to how the EU had changed its laws to ensure medicines could be traded freely from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.\n\nHe added that with \"political will and genuine commitment joint solutions to legitimate practical issues… can be found within the framework of the protocol\".\n\nHe warned that the protocol, as a cornerstone of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement, was an international agreement and \"it's renegotiation is not an option\".\n\nWhitehall sources have suggested that, within government, Ms Truss' position is relatively hard-line.\n\nFormer PM Theresa May said it was \"not the right move\" for the government to take unilateral action involving the protocol.\n\nPreviously the UK has threatened to trigger what's known as Article 16.\n\nThat is the provision within the protocol that could potentially see parts of the agreement suspended if the treaty is causing \"serious economic, societal or environmental difficulties\".\n\nA source close to the foreign secretary insisted that her \"absolute priority\" was protecting peace in Northern Ireland.\n\n\"We can't have the current situation drag on. That is why she's prepared to act if solutions can't be found with the EU, who still aren't prepared to show the requisite flexibility despite the seriousness of the issue,\" they said.\n\nThe protocol is opposed by unionists, who argue it undermines Northern Ireland's place in the UK\n\nThe UK has demanded fundamental changes to the treaty.\n\nIt wants to remove checks entirely on goods destined to stay in Northern Ireland as well as overhaul VAT and governance arrangements.\n\nThere is scepticism in Brussels about whether the UK will really push ahead with ditching parts of the protocol.\n\n\"From all her meetings with the EU and member states she knows exactly that this is a no-go for all of them,\" said one EU diplomat.\n\n\"So this can only be about catering to a domestic audience.\"\n\nAnother senior diplomat warned that such a move by the UK would only serve to \"delight\" Russian President Vladimir Putin.\n\n\"Contemplating to break international law and undermining Western unity at a time when Western democracies have come together to defend international law against Russia would be an utterly irresponsible move,\" they said.\n\nOn Monday, Mrs May questioned in Parliament what the move to unilaterally scrap parts of the protocol would say about the UK's \"willingness to abide by treaties which it has signed\".\n\nAnd in a rebuke to Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, who said the protocol was harming the Good Friday Agreement, Mrs May added: \"I put a deal before this house which actually met the requirements of the Good Friday Agreement and actually enabled us not to have a border down the Irish Sea or to have a border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.\n\n\"Sadly, the DUP, and others across this house, chose to reject that, but it was just such an opportunity.\"\n\nMrs May, who stepped down in 2019, had proposed an insurance arrangement designed to avoid a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.\n\nIt would have kept the UK in a \"single customs territory\" with the EU, and left Northern Ireland in the EU's single market for goods.\n\nBritish Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and European Commissioner in charge of Brexit negotiations Maroš Šefčovič\n\nOn Tuesday, the European Commission said it wanted to find practical solutions within the boundaries of the treaty, reiterating that its proposals weren't \"take it or leave it.\"\n\nHowever a spokesman insisted there would be no renegotiation.\n\nWhitehall sources have indicated that there are divisions within the UK cabinet about unilateral moves to start scrapping parts of the protocol, with concerns it could spark a \"trade war.\"\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak is understood to have given an \"assessment\" on the economic implications - a Downing Street source said that the government would act \"responsibly\" on the issue.\n\nThe plan to legislate has also been described as just \"an option\" in Whitehall that is yet to formally reach cabinet.\n\nMs Truss was expected to speak with her EU counterpart Mr Šefčovič in the coming days.\n\nTaoiseach (Irish prime minister) Mícheál Martin said he had a \"frank and honest\" exchange of views in his telephone call with Prime Minister Boris Johnson earlier on Tuesday about the blockages in restoring an executive.\n\nHe said what was needed was a proper \"intensification\" of discussions between London and Brussels regarding the implementation of the protocol.\n\nThe taoiseach said he set out in clear terms his \"serious concerns\" about any unilateral move by London.\n\n\"I shared my view that this would be the wrong approach. It would be destabilising in Northern Ireland and would further erode trust,\" he said.", "Alliance's Kellie Armstrong said she had been left feeling \"physically sick\" on Saturday\n\nA Northern Ireland politician said she was left physically sick after receiving images of aborted foetuses moments after being elected.\n\nPolice said they were investigating the messages received by Kellie Armstrong.\n\nThe Alliance politician, who has spoken about suffering 13 miscarriages, had to leave the count centre to compose herself after receiving the images.\n\nIt is one of a number of incidents involving female election candidates currently under investigation.\n\nFollowing the historic election result, Alliance climbed from the fifth to the third largest party at Stormont: Ms Armstrong is one of its 17 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs).\n\nSinn Féin, having won 27 seats, is now the largest party and entitled to nominate the first nationalist or republican first minister.\n\nHowever, the Democratic Unionist Party, which with 25 seats is the largest unionist party, must nominate a deputy first minister to serve alongside in the joint office, for a power-sharing executive to be formed.\n\nMs Armstrong said it had been a \"particularly vicious\" election campaign for women candidates.\n\nShe topped the poll in the Strangford constituency and was the first MLA elected on Saturday.\n\nShe said she had been checking her emails and social media messages shortly after her election was announced.\n\nKellie Armstrong, seen here celebrating with Alliance Party leader Naomi Long, was the first MLA elected in Thursday's historic election\n\n\"I opened what I thought was just another message, making sure I was covering off anything constituents were in contact about,\" she said.\n\n\"There were a lot of congratulatory messages coming through, and then I saw the images.\"\n\n\"I don't need taken back to a time when I was seeing my own children who had died in that sort of state.\"\n\nIt is not the first time such images have been used to target her online, she told BBC Radio Foyle.\n\n\"Anytime I see that it makes me feel physically sick, and I have been sick in the past,\" she said.\n\n\"Emotionally, you can imagine it brings you right back to a grief of the time that you suffered the loss. It's very tough, tears were shed.\n\n\"My lost children are never far from my mind anyway, it just shows the sort of viciousness these trolls have and what they think they have the right to send people.\"\n\nSpeaking on Tuesday, Ms Armstrong said any kind of bullying online was \"abhorrent\" and must be brought to a stop.\n\n\"Social media providers must step up to ensure no-one who targets anybody through abuse or other malicious communications can hide. The PSNI must also be able to prosecute intentional and targeted hate campaigns,\" she said.\n\nPolice have confirmed a number of further investigations are under way into complaints made about the online abuse of female election candidates.\n\nDiane Forsythe said she suffered vile abuse during the campaign\n\nNewly-elected South Down DUP MLA Diane Forsythe described a false video circulated about her online during the election campaign as \"disturbing and vile\".\n\n\"It was very misogynistic in nature and when it came to my attention I went to the police,\" she said.\n\n\"It was absolutely horrific to think I was facing this and my first reaction was shielding my children from the nature of it. We really need to be fighting back against these type of people, it is just not acceptable.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAlliance MLA Sorcha Eastwood said that on the eve of polling day she was contacted by a number of constituents informing her there had been \"defamatory material\" published online about her.\n\nAlongside this, she was also contacted 30 times in a 24-hour period with the caller leaving \"disgusting voice messages\".\n\n\"It just happened that I was with my husband at the time and he was there to support me but that's also distressing to him and it's also distressing to my family,\" she said.\n\n\"I think when you look at the other women who were candidates in this election, it's been absolutely disgusting the physical attacks on them, really horrendous abuse and threats sent to them right across the parties.\"\n\nShe called on her fellow MLAs to \"unite together\".\n\nSDLP MLA Cara Hunter has also made a complaint to police\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio Foyle, Ms Forsythe said she had also reached out to SDLP MLA Cara Hunter, who has reported a similar experience.\n\nMs Hunter told the Belfast Telegraph the final weeks of the campaign had been \"the worst of her life\" after a false video was circulated about her.\n\nThe East Londonderry MLA has previously spoken about being abused online.\n\nA PSNI spokesperson said police were \"investigating thoroughly all incidents which have been reported\" to them by election candidates and any identified suspects will be liable to prosecution.", "Northern Ireland assembly members (MLAs) have voted to oppose the UK government's proposals for dealing with the legacy of the Troubles.\n\nLast week, the government unveiled its plans which would see an end to Troubles-related prosecutions.\n\nIt would also end future inquests and civil actions.\n\nMLAs debated a motion on the issue on Tuesday after the assembly was recalled from its summer recess.\n\nThe vote does not have a binding effect on the government's plans.\n\nThe executive parties, victims' groups and the Irish government have expressed opposition to the proposals, with some labelling them as a \"de-facto amnesty\".\n\nThe proposals, announced by Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis, included provisions for a statute of limitations, a legal mechanism which would bar future prosecutions.\n\nThis would apply to former members of the security forces and to former paramilitaries.\n\nA number of prominent victims' groups and campaigners have said this would end the pursuit of justice for many families.\n\nInfrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon, of the SDLP, proposed the motion and said the government's plans had left many people across Northern Ireland \"stunned\".\n\n\"Victims and survivors have been let down for far too long,\" she outlined to MLAs.\n\n\"We won't be able to move forward by leaving them behind and, as a society, we should be ashamed that to date, we have done just that.\"\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has previously said the plans would help Northern Ireland \"draw a line under the Troubles\".\n\nThe government has yet to outline how its plans, which it wants to introduce later this year, would affect the eight live Troubles-related prosecutions before Northern Ireland's courts.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"A painful recognition of where we are\" - NI Secretary Brandon Lewis\n\nThe motion expressed a rejection of the government's proposals which \"do not serve the interests, wishes or needs of victims and survivors nor the requirements of truth, justice, accountability, acknowledgement and reconciliation\".\n\nMs Mallon said the plans should be a wake-up call and action must be taken \"before it is too late\".\n\nOn Thursday afternoon, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Micheál Martin discussed the legacy plans by phone.\n\nAfterwards, a Downing Street spokesperson said: \"The prime minister stressed that the current focus on criminal justice is not working for anyone and looked forward to further engagement with the Irish government, parties in Northern Ireland and others on the UK's proposals.\"\n\nA spokesperson for Mr Martin said the taoiseach \"raised legacy issues, including serious concerns at the British government's proposals\".\n\n\"He emphasised that there can be no pre-determined outcome to the consultation process currently underway,\" the statement added.\n\nNichola Mallon opened the debate at the assembly\n\nDuring the debate, Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MLA Mervyn Storey said the proposals should be \"given the rejection from this house that they deserve\".\n\nHe described it as \"morally reprehensible\" that the proposals could place \"equivalence between the soldier and the police officer and those who planted the bomb or pulled the trigger\".\n\nDeputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill, of Sinn Féin, asked \"why at this time is the British government bringing forward these proposals?\"\n\nShe accused the government of being unable to \"handle the truth\" about what happened during the Troubles.\n\n\"This is something that is an affront to all families,\" Ms O'Neill continued.\n\nUlster Unionist Party (UUP) leader Doug Beattie said he believed all members \"stand together\" on the core issues involved in the proposals.\n\nHe said everyone should \"face the law\" if they \"break the law\" and people deserve their right to seek justice.\n\n\"We cannot take away that hope,\" he said.\n\nAlliance Party leader and Justice Minister Naomi Long said the government's announcement had \"re-traumatised many families\".\n\nShe said it was both \"desperately sad and utterly shameful\" that members had to be recalled to \"denounce\" the plans.\n\nMrs Long said the idea that perpetrators of Troubles-related offences would open up about their role during the conflict was \"quite frankly for the birds\".\n\nGreen Party MLA Clare Bailey said the proposals had not come from consultation with victims and survivors.\n\nShe described the prime minister's suggestion that they could help draw a line under the Troubles as \"appalling\".\n\nGerry Carroll, from People Before Profit, said the measures \"slam the door to those who lost loved ones\" and the statute of limitations \"amounts to a retrospective licence to kill\".\n\nThe plans were an \"assault on justice\", Mr Carroll added.\n\nClaire Sugden, an independent MLA and former justice minister, said \"time will not be a healer\" as trauma is passed from generation to generation in families.\n\n\"People want answers, but justice must follow,\" she told the assembly.\n\nTelling people what you don't like is often easier than telling people what you do want.\n\nThat seems to be the position of MLAs when it comes to dealing with the legacy of the Troubles.\n\nAssembly members from across the parties came together to condemn the UK's legacy plans and there was universal criticism from every corner of the house and support for the motion brought by the SDLP.\n\nAll parties believe the plans put forward by London do not provide truth, justice and reconciliation.\n\nHowever, away from the displays of unity, there are fundamental and long-held differences and, as expected, those divisions were made public in the chamber.\n\nThe UUP made it clear they can not support the plans contained in the Stormont House Agreement which was billed as the breakthrough moment in 2014 to deal with legacy.\n\nThe DUP criticised Sinn Féin saying it was behaving in a hypocritical way regarding victims, while Sinn Féin said the UK plans were about \"covering up Britain's dirty war in Ireland\".\n\nPoliticians around the cabinet table will have heard what the MLAs have said.\n\nHowever, Boris Johnson and Brandon Lewis can ignore what was made public at Stormont as the Conservatives have the numbers to push through the plans at Westminster.\n\nWhat they will say in the coming weeks to MLAs is this: if you don't like our plans, give us your alternative.\n\nIn the absence of cross-party support, that remains Stormont's problem.\n\nBefore the debate started at noon, some victims campaigners gathered at Stormont where they were joined by some Sinn Féin assembly members.\n\nSome victims campaigners and Sinn Féin assembly members gathered at Stormont\n\nThe group handed a letter to Ms O'Neill opposing the government's plans.\n\nIt also planned to give the letter to the other main party leaders as well as to the Northern Ireland Office.\n\nVictims' campaigners also delivered a letter to Number 10 outlining their opposition to the legacy plans.", "Extravagant pageantry, archaic rituals and feisty debate - Parliament has pulled out all the stops today for its formal opening, which is marked by the Queen’s Speech.\n\nAs we wind down our live coverage, let’s reflect on the main events of the day:\n\nRoyal procession: The day started with Prince Charles arriving at Parliament in a motorcade, as he stood in for the Queen, who pulled out with mobility problems. He entered the House of Lords with the Duchess of Cornwall and his son Prince William.\n\nPrince’s speech: Inside the Lords, Prince Charles sat centre stage to deliver the Queen’s Speech (but not on the Queen’s throne, which had been removed). In his full regalia, Charles delivered a speech, setting out the legislative priorities of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government.\n\nAgenda unveiled: In the speech, the government promised to tackle sharp rises in the cost of living by boosting the economy. The speech included proposals for laws including energy security, carbon emissions and post-Brexit economic arrangements. You can read our at-a-glance guide here.\n\nMPs debate: When the Royals left, the politicians became the focus of attention in the House of Commons. They debated the Queen’s Speech, with Johnson, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, and other MPs having their say.\n\nTime’s up: Sir Keir told MPs the government had to face up to the cost-of-living crisis and the challenge of a stagnating economy to \"get Britain growing again\". \"We have a government whose time is passed, a cabinet out of ideas and out of energy, led by a prime minister who is entirely out of touch,” Starmer said.\n\nBrexit benefits: In reply, Johnson defended his government’s plans, which he said would “unleash the benefits” of Brexit. He said he would “grow our way out of” the economic doldrums, “by creating hundreds of thousands of new high wage, high skilled jobs all across the country”.\n\nWhat now?: It’s not over yet. MPs will debate the Queen’s Speech over the next few days before it is put to a vote. The speech is expected to pass unopposed, as is custom.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Deborah James: ''I don't want any other Deborahs to go through this''\n\nAll I want is more life, podcaster Deborah James has said after revealing that she is receiving end-of-life care at home for her bowel cancer.\n\nJames was diagnosed in 2016 and gave candid accounts of her treatment on the BBC's You, Me and the Big C podcast.\n\nIn her final episode she says that even after five years, knowing she is now nearing the end is \"still shocking\".\n\nShe has also spoken of feeling \"utterly loved\" after more than £1m was donated to a cancer research fund she set up.\n\nIn the podcast interview, the 40-year-old said she did not \"feel brave\" after revealing on Instagram on Monday that nobody knows how long she has left to live.\n\nShe said her liver had stopped working over the past six months and doctors had advised that more treatment was \"fruitless\" because her \"body does not want to play ball\".\n\n\"I can't even walk anymore, that's what's really scary about it, I've gone from someone who used to run 5km [3miles] a day to someone who needs her husband to pick her up to walk a step.\"\n\nThe broadcaster said she had gone to her parents' home to spend her remaining time with her family because it was \"where I always wanted to die\".\n\nShe explained this meant their family home in London could remain home for her children without the \"medical equipment scars\" in their memories.\n\nAsked what hosting the podcast meant to her, James said it had given purpose back to her life after being diagnosed, adding the show had made her realise the influence she could have \"saving another life or making someone not feel alone\".\n\n\"Yes I would give my cancer up in a second just to have a normal life again. But to be able to do it and feel like you've had an impact is kind of one of the best feelings you can have.\"\n\nAfter thanking listeners for their support over the years, she said: \"Please, please just enjoy life because it's so precious. All I want right now is more time and more life.\"\n\nShe ended the show with a customary caution for people to \"check your poo\" for signs of bowel or other cancers, adding: \"Come on, I can't leave on on any other word.\"\n\nIn revealing her prognosis, James also announced the Bowelbabe fund to support research into personalised medicine for cancer patients, and to support campaigns to raise awareness of bowel cancer.\n\nThe fund, named after her online handle, will work with the charity Cancer Research UK, Bowel Cancer UK and the Royal Marsden, to allocate the money.\n\nThousands of donations flooded in after she revealed the news on Monday, with donations already exceeding £2.1m.\n\nIn an interview due to be broadcast on BBC Breakfast on Wednesday, the former deputy head teacher revealed her surprise at the speed at which the smashed through its fundraising goal of £250,000.\n\nShe said: \"I had a figure in my mind of about a quarter of a million, because I thought that would be enough to fund a good couple of projects across the charities that I wanted to fund.\n\n\"But in 24 hours to do a million, I'm like absolutely mind blown and I just cannot thank people enough for their generosity.\n\n\"Because it just means so much to me. It makes me feel utterly loved.\n\n\"It makes me feel like we're all kind of in it at the end together and we all want to make a difference.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Deborah James speaks about her diagnosis to raise awareness (May 2019)\n\nAfter the opening day's whirlwind fundraising efforts - which has seen donations from more than 85,000 people - James told the BBC that her dying wish was to help raise money for the \"things that gave me life\".\n\nShe explained that were it not for experimental treatments she would have died at least two years ago, adding that she wanted other people to be given the same opportunities.\n\nJames said: \"Ultimately what I really want to happen is I don't want any other Deborahs to have to go through this.\n\n\"We know that when we catch cancer early, we can cure it. We know that much more investment needs to take place in cancer.\"\n\nShe added it was clear the UK had \"skills and the passion\" to develop new cancer therapies, but sometimes a reminder was needed to get a \"boost\" for funding.\n\nIf you have been affected by any of these issues in this story you can visit BBC Action Line.\n\nJames began co-presenting You, Me and the Big C alongside Lauren Mahon and BBC Radio 5 Live newsreader Rachael Bland in 2018, with the show earning praise for its frank discussion of cancer.\n\nThey spoke to celebrity guests and addressed practical matters including hair loss, tips for dealing with finances and telling your nearest and dearest.\n\nBland died at the age of 40 six months after the show launched. She had been diagnosed with breast cancer two years earlier.\n\nSpeaking about her friend on their podcast, James said she she was \"always in my mind actually, even now\".\n\n\"I just don't know how brave she must have been to do what she did, because I don't feel that brave.\n\n\"I think I'm still in awe of how she just seemed to just take it in her stride and, quite frankly, I'm a quivering mess half the time. But I think if she can do it, I can do it and I'll go and party with her.\"\n\nJames has been praised for her no-nonsense approach to talking about cancer online, and has shared her experiences of treatment and daily life with her social media followers since her diagnosis.\n\nShe has worked to remove the embarrassment factor from bowel cancer, and even shared a video of herself walking down the street dressed as a poo emoji to encourage people to watch out for changes to their bowel movements.\n• None You, Me and the Big C- Putting the can in cancer - Deborah James' Last Dance - BBC Sounds", "Home Secretary Priti Patel was speaking to Metropolitan Police officers at a specialist training facility in Kent on Monday\n\nThe plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda will \"take time\" to bring into force, Home Secretary Priti Patel says.\n\nShe said the plan to send some to apply for asylum in the east African country would send a \"clear signal\" that there would be no right to remain in the UK.\n\nThe Home Office has said it will begin to inform people they will be relocated to Rwanda soon, but acknowledged delays were expected over legal challenges.\n\nMs Patel said lawyers would create \"hurdles and barriers\" to block it.\n\nShe added that the government was committed to implementing the scheme and would use \"every tool and every piece of legislation at our disposal\" to remove anyone who arrives \"illegally\".\n\nUnder the scheme, people who are seeking asylum after being deemed to have entered the UK unlawfully will be flown to the African country, where their application will be processed.\n\nIf successful, they would then have the option of long-term accommodation in the African country.\n\nAsked whether she was confident the plan would work and how long it would take to begin, Ms Patel said: \"I've said from day one, even when I signed the agreement and announced the partnership, that this will take time and it will take time for a range of reasons.\n\n\"We see various hurdles and barriers, mainly from specialist law firms that want to block the removal of individuals that have no right to be in our country.\"\n\nMs Patel added that the government's new nationality and borders bill granted \"greater powers and greater means\" to remove people who did not have a legal right to remain in the UK.\n\nThe Home Office said the first group of people, which will include migrants who crossed the Channel, will be informed of the intention to relocate them to Rwanda this week.\n\nThe department said the government \"has the power to detain individuals pending their removal from the UK\", adding the first flights were expected to take place in the coming months.\n\nHowever, the it said lawyers for some of those to be flown to Rwanda are anticipated lodge claims to stop their removal.\n\nThe home secretary also said the ongoing issue of small boat crossings was \"exactly why we changed our laws\" and why the agreement with the Rwandan government was struck.\n\nShe said: \"It's sending out a clear signal that those that come to our country illegally will have no right to remain in our country, and we will use every tool and every piece of legislation that we have at our disposal to make sure that we can remove them.\"\n\nFollowing the scheme's announcement, the government said it would be a major blow to people smugglers and would stop people dying on dangerous routes to the UK.\n\nThe decision followed a drastic rise in the number of small boat crossings across the English Channel, with more than 6,000 people crossing so far this year.\n\nHome Office figures suggest 28,526 people made the crossing in 2021, up from 8,466 the year before.\n\nHowever, the policy has also come under significant criticism, with questions raised about its ethics, legality, cost and efficacy.\n\nAmong the critics are more than 160 charities, the Archbishop of Canterbury, opposition parties and senior Conservative Party backbenchers, including former Prime Minister Theresa May.\n\nMs Patel insisted the plan's critics had \"no answers\" to the problem of dangerous small boat crossings.\n\nLast week, Prime Minister Boris Johnson was criticised for speaking out against \"liberal lawyers\" bringing challenges against the deal.", "The NSPCC made almost 600 referrals to external agencies, including the police and social services\n\nThe number of calls to a children's helpline about harmful sexual behaviour between young people increased by 29% over the last year.\n\nThe NSPCC received 2,365 calls and staff made almost 600 referrals to external agencies, including the police and social services.\n\nThe charity says the relationship and sex education curriculum in schools needs to be properly resourced.\n\nThe Department for Education says it is producing new guidance this year.\n\nIt says it will help schools teach topics such as sexual abuse and harassment with confidence.\n\nThe NSPCC says the rise in reporting is partly down to the thousands of testimonies that were posted on the website Everyone's Invited last year from young people and children as young as nine, which highlighted the issue.\n\nThis prompted an Ofsted review which found that sexual harassment has become \"normalised\" among school-age children.\n\nThe watchdog warned that students often do not see the point of reporting abuse. Sexual violence typically occurred in unsupervised spaces outside of school, like parties or parks.\n\nJasmine - not her real name - was 16 when she began a relationship with a boy she met online.\n\nShe told the BBC that from the beginning, there was a lot of controlling and manipulative behaviour, and she was expected to exchange intimate photographs and videos. When they broke up, he shared them online without her consent.\n\n\"When it was happening, I felt very alone, there was a lack of information. I didn't know it was illegal until my friend suggested it was.\n\n\"I felt like a 'one in a million' person, that nobody had ever experienced this. I didn't know where to go or who to speak to.\"\n\nThe boy was arrested but Jasmine dropped the charges as she did not feel she had the support to go through a court case.\n\nShe dropped out of university as a result, but is now in her \"dream job\" after getting the help she needed.\n\n\"It took me ages to process what had actually happened. I want to help other people understand that it happens and that you shouldn't feel embarrassed or scared to speak to someone.\"\n\nThe NSPCC said calls to its helpline showed young people had being exposed to sexual name-calling, unwanted sexual touching and sharing nude images without consent, along with serious sexual assault and rape.\n\nOne father rang looking for advice after his 12-year-old son was asked by his friend to see his private parts.\n\nAnother called about a girl who was regularly groped by a group of boys in school, including touching her breasts, but no action was taken by teachers.\n\nThe NSPCC says too many teachers still lack confidence to deliver the relationships and sex education (RSE) curriculum.\n\nSir Peter Wanless, the NSPCC's chief executive, said the conversation sparked by the Everyone's Invited testimonies last year was \"a watershed moment, as an unprecedented number of young people came forward to challenge unacceptable peer-on-peer sexual abuse\".\n\n\"It is vital for the government to urgently ensure each and every school has the support to deliver a high-quality curriculum,\" he added.\n\nA DfE spokesperson told us it had updated safeguarding guidance and is increasing resources for teachers, following last year's Ofsted review.\n\n\"Earlier this year we partnered with charities to launch a new harmful sexual behaviour support service, which is further helping teachers and safeguarding professionals to tackle instances of abuse,\" the spokesperson said.\n\nHave you been affected by any of the issues raised here? You can get in touch, in confidence, by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nThe Report Abuse in Education helpline can be reached on 0800 136 663, on Monday to Friday 0800-2200, or 0900-1800 at weekends. It can also be contacted by email at help@nspcc.org.uk", "Coleen Rooney was accompanied at the High Court by husband and former footballer Wayne\n\nThere has been a \"widespread and significant destruction or loss of evidence\" in the so-called Wagatha Christie case, Coleen Rooney's barrister has told the High Court.\n\nThe wife of ex-footballer Wayne Rooney is being sued for libel after claiming Rebekah Vardy, the wife of striker Jamie, leaked her private information.\n\nThe loss of Mrs Vardy's documents \"must be concealment\", David Sherborne said.\n\nBut Mrs Vardy's barrister described the claim as \"completely baseless\".\n\nThe court has heard that Mrs Vardy's agent, Caroline Watt, lost her phone in the North Sea after it was hit by a wave before Mrs Rooney's team could see WhatsApp messages that could potentially help her case.\n\nMr Sherborne told the court on the trial's opening day there had been \"a concerted effort to ensure highly relevant and incriminating\" documents didn't make it to court.\n\nHe said a series of \"most improbable events\" had affected the disclosure of evidence, including Ms Watt's \"poor unfortunate phone\" falling into the sea \"within days\" of the court ordering that it should be searched for disclosure.\n\nIn a written submission, he added: \"To borrow from Wilde, to lose one significant set of documents may be regarded as a misfortune, to lose two, carelessness, but to lose 10? That must be concealment.\"\n\nRebekah Vardy lawyer said there was a \"boring explanation\" behind files on her WhatsApp account no longer being available\n\nHugh Tomlinson, representing Mrs Vardy, countered that it had not been suggested \"that Mrs Vardy was anywhere near the North Sea at the time\" nor that she \"knew anything about it\".\n\nHe added that there was a \"credible, ordinary, boring explanation\" behind media files on Mrs Vardy's own WhatsApp account no longer being available.\n\n\"It's a very well-known and common feature in everyone's life that from time to time electronic documents are lost for all kinds of reasons,\" he said, adding: \"This is something that happens to us all that sometimes documents are lost.\"\n\nThe row dates back to 2019, when Mrs Rooney said she had posted fake stories online that she claimed could only have been seen by Mrs Vardy's Instagram account, and that had been leaked to The Sun newspaper.\n\nWayne Rooney and Jamie Vardy played together for England\n\nShe was later dubbed Wagatha Christie after saying she had carried out an investigation to find out who was behind the leaks.\n\nMrs Vardy strenuously denied being the source of the leaks and said a number of people had access to her accounts.\n\nIn a pre-trial hearing less than two weeks before the trial began, Mrs Rooney's barrister said Mrs Vardy now \"appears to accept\" that Ms Watt was the source of leaked stories.\n\nMs Watt has denied being the source and has been deemed too ill to testify.\n\nMrs Rooney's barrister compared Mrs Vardy's connection with Ms Watt in relation to the leaks as \"like hiring a hitman or woman\".\n\nHe said: \"Just because you're not the person who gets their hands dirty, doesn't mean you're not equally responsible.\"\n\nMrs Vardy, he stressed, \"is just as responsible\" for the stories being leaked even \"if she doesn't pull the trigger\".\n\nHe said there had also been \"numerous examples of the claimant and Ms Watt conspiring to pass private and personal information on to the press about other individuals\".\n\nMrs Rooney was wearing a protective boot as she attended court\n\nBut Mr Tomlinson said that if Ms Watt was the source of leaked stories, \"that's not something that Mrs Vardy knew anything about\" and she did not \"approve of or authorise\" her to do so.\n\nHe told the court that Mrs Vardy \"had no choice\" but to bring the libel claim against Mrs Rooney because she needed to \"establish her innocence and vindicate her reputation\".\n\nMr Tomlinson said on Tuesday that, if information had been leaked, \"this was not something that was done with Mrs Vardy's knowledge or authority\".\n\nHe said there was \"no information\" in any evidence to demonstrate that Mrs Vardy had even viewed Mrs Rooney's Instagram posts during the alleged \"sting operation\".\n\nThe fake stories posted by Mrs Rooney included planning her return to TV, travelling to Mexico for a \"gender selection\" procedure and her basement flooding.\n\nMr Tomlinson said the affair and subsequent libel case had garnered huge press coverage and had become a source of \"entertainment\" in the media.\n\nBut he added: \"This is far from being an entertaining case. It has been profoundly distressing and disturbing.\"\n\nMr Tomlinson added: \"[Mrs Vardy] needs to be able to clear her name through this case, so she can move on from this terrible episode.\"\n\nHe said that as a result of Mrs Rooney's post, Mrs Vardy - who was seven months pregnant at the time - and her family were subjected to abuse, including posts saying she should die.\n\nWith pride and reputations at stake on both sides, the onus is on the defendant, Mrs Rooney, to prove that it was in fact Mrs Vardy who leaked the stories.\n\nMr Sherborne, for Mrs Rooney, told the court: \"She's not here because she wants to be, she's here because she has to be.\"\n\nHer investigation into the leaks was \"deeply upsetting\" for Mrs Rooney and made her feel \"paranoid\", he told the court.\n\nMrs Rooney (left) and Mrs Vardy, pictured at a Euro 2016 match in France\n\nThe celebrity civil trial - which will be decided by a judge, not a jury - is set to run for seven days.\n\nMrs Rooney arrived at court in a surgical boot alongside her husband - reminiscent of when Wayne injured his foot before the 2006 World Cup, the same tournament where the England \"Wags\" (wives and girlfriends) first exploded on to the scene.\n\nJournalists queued to get inside a packed courtroom for this most intriguing of cases.\n\nMrs Vardy sat at the front left bench with her hair in a bun, wearing a blue dress, while Mrs Rooney, wearing a black jacket, sat at the front right bench.", "Aimee Cannon was found seriously injured at a property in West Calder on Saturday\n\nA man has been charged in connection with the death of a 26-year-old woman in West Lothian.\n\nAimee Cannon was found seriously injured at a property on Learmonth Crescent, West Calder, at around 18:35 on Saturday.\n\nShe was pronounced dead at the scene. An inquiry is being led by Police Scotland's major investigation team.\n\nPolice said a 25-year-old man had been arrested and charged. He will appear at Livingston Sheriff Court on Wednesday.\n\nOfficers have asked that anyone with information about the incident submit it to a dedicated website or contact the force.", "Courts are set to be given powers to hand out tougher punishments for serious animal cruelty crimes, under proposed new sentencing guidelines.\n\nUpdated guidance in England and Wales will affect sentences for crimes like causing unnecessary suffering, tail docking and animal fighting.\n\nCruelty for money, as part of organised crime or particularly \"sadistic\" cases, will be considered the most serious.\n\nIt follows the maximum penalty being raised in 2021 to five years in prison.\n\nThe Sentencing Council's updated guidance for judges and magistrates will mean \"sadistic or extreme cases\" or those carried out \"in the context of commercial or organised criminal activity\" will be assessed at the \"highest culpability\".\n\nCases that involve multiple incidents or the use of significant force will also increase an offender's responsibility, the council explained.\n\nCrimes which lead an animal to die, sustain life-threatening injuries, or experience substantial pain or suffering may also attract a stronger sentence.\n\nThe proposals from the Sentencing Council, the body which sets sentencing guidelines for all criminal offences in England and Wales, will be put out for public consultation until August.\n\nSentencing guidelines are designed to ensure judges and magistrates in courts take a consistent approach to sentencing.\n\nThe courts must follow them in sentencing convicted offenders unless it is in the interests of justice not to do so.\n\nOther circumstances which will now be treated as aggravating factors in sentencing include:\n\nSentencing Council member Judge Rosa Dean said animal cruelty is a serious offence which can \"cause great distress\" to those who have been \"ill-treated or neglected or even forced to fight each other for entertainment\".\n\n\"Animals are not able to defend themselves or draw attention to their suffering, and it is important that courts have the powers to deliver appropriate sentences to offenders who commit these crimes,\" she added.\n\nChris Sherwood, chief executive of animal welfare charity the RSCPA, welcomed the move to update the sentencing guidelines following \"years of campaigning\" to get the law changed.\n\nHe said: \"We're pleased that the council is seeking views on the guidelines and that animals will soon have better protection from those who hurt them and exploit them.\"\n\nThe move follows the Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill being approved by Parliament in 2021, which raised the maximum sentence for the worst animal cruelty crimes from six months to five years.\n\nThe harshest sentences will be for dog fighting, abuse of puppies and kittens, or gross neglect of farm animals under the updated law.\n\nIt was written to complement the so-called Finn's Law, which provides more protection for service dogs and horses.\n\nCourts had previously indicated they wanted to hand down longer sentences in recent years but they were not available.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: If I get Covid fine, I will go - Starmer says he'll step down as leader\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said he will quit if given a fine by Durham police for breaking lockdown rules.\n\nDeputy leader Angela Rayner also confirmed she would step down if fined.\n\nThe opposition leader has been under pressure after police announced a probe into an event in April 2021, when he had curry and beer at an MP's office during an election campaign visit.\n\nSir Keir has insisted rules were not broken and Labour says it has evidence showing it was a work event.\n\nResponding to Sir Keir's statement, Culture Minister Chris Philp accused the Labour leader trying to \"pressure the police into clearing him\", which he called \"deeply inappropriate\".\n\nConservatives had previously accused Sir Keir of \"rank double standards\" as the opposition leader had called for Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak to resign over attending Downing Street lockdown events.\n\nDurham police launched their inquiry on Friday after the local elections, having previously said they did not believe an offence had been committed.\n\nIt's thought the police investigation could last up to eight weeks.\n\nThe event under investigation took place at the constituency office of City of Durham Labour MP Mary Foy, where Sir Keir drank beer and ate curry, while lockdown restrictions were in place.\n\nThere was an exemption for \"work purposes\" - and Labour have said Sir Keir was eating \"between work demands\".\n\nThe party says it has \"documentary evidence\" that people worked before and after the meal on the night in question.\n\nA source said the party had evidence Sir Keir's team worked until 01:00, as first reported by the Guardian.\n\nThis is a massive gamble from Sir Keir Starmer - but one where circumstance, in his judgement, made the alternative worse.\n\nSay nothing and be politically crippled for up to two months, while the police decide what to do.\n\nA former director of public prosecutions, steeped in the law, who called for the prime minister and chancellor to resign for breaking the rules, unwilling to confirm what he'd do if the same thing happens.\n\nInstead Sir Keir has said if he's fined he'll resign.\n\nThis means he can reclaim - at least some - moral high ground and say the moral bar he set for others is the one he'll hold himself to.\n\nIt places a colossal responsibility on the shoulders of Durham police: their decision could finish the political career of a man who hopes to be the next prime minister.\n\nIt means in the short term Keir Starmer has some political room for manoeuvre.\n\nIn the long term, if he avoids a fine, it could help define him - and his character - in the public's mind.\n\nIf he doesn't, it's curtains for him, and a Labour leadership race will beckon.\n\nAddressing the police inquiry on Monday, Sir Keir said he had \"always followed the rules\" and outlined how Covid rules had prevented him from offering support to his father-in-law when his wife's mother died.\n\n\"Barely a day has passed when we haven't agonised over that decision,\" he said.\n\nHe reiterated his insistence that he had not broken the rules and suggested his opponents \"didn't believe it themselves\" but were simply trying \"to get the public to believe all politicians are the same\".\n\n\"I'm here to say they are not - I believe in honour, integrity and the principle that those who make the laws should follow them,\" he added.\n\n\"If the police decide to issue me with a fixed-penalty notice, I would of course do the right thing and step down.\"\n\nAsked what he would do if he were found to have breached the regulations, but not fined, Sir Keir replied: \"The penalty for a Covid breach is a fixed penalty notice - I've set out what the position is for that.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Footage shows Sir Keir Starmer drinking beer with colleagues in Durham on 30 April 2021\n\nLabour sources told the BBC's political editor Chris Mason, that the party leader sought advice from senior figures within the party before making his statement - there were strongly-held differences of opinion about what he should do, but he decided go with what was his own initial instinct.\n\nHis supporters hope, if he's not fined, this will help define Sir Keir in the public's mind, and, as one put it, be a \"clear dividing line\" with the prime minister.\n\n\"He could come to personify what the British people like - decency and fairness,\" one said, adding, \"if he falls he does for Boris as well\".", "Rising temperatures are linked to more extreme weather events such as these floods in China\n\nThe likelihood of crossing a key global warming threshold has risen significantly, according to a new analysis.\n\nUK Met Office researchers say that there's now around a fifty-fifty chance that the world will warm by more than 1.5C over the next five years.\n\nSuch a rise would be temporary, but researchers are concerned about the overall direction of temperatures.\n\nIt's almost certain that 2022-2026 will see a record warmest year, they say.\n\nThe Met Office is the UK's national meteorological service.\n\nAs levels of warming gases in the atmosphere have accrued rapidly over the past three decades, global temperatures have responded by rising in step.\n\nIn 2015, the world's average temperature first went 1C above the pre-industrial levels, which are generally thought of as the temperatures recorded in the middle of the 19th century.\n\nThe recent heatwave in India has impacted millions of people\n\nThat was also the year that political leaders signed the Paris climate agreement, which committed the world to keeping the rise in global temperatures well below 2C while pursuing efforts keep them under 1.5C.\n\nAt COP26 in Glasgow last November, governments re-iterated their commitment to keeping \"1.5C alive.\"\n\nFor the past seven years, global temperatures have stayed at or around that 1C mark, with 2016 and 2020 essentially tied as the warmest years on record.\n\nScientists say that with around 1C of warming the world is already experiencing significant impacts such as the unprecedented wildfires seen in North America last year, or the drastic heatwaves currently hitting India and Pakistan.\n\nThis update from the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), carried out by the UK Met Office, says that the chances of temporarily going over 1.5C in one of the next five years have never been higher.\n\nThe study suggests that temperatures between 2022 and 2026 will be between 1.1C and 1.7C higher than pre-industrial levels.\n\nThe Met Office researchers predict that for any one year in the period, the likelihood of breaching the 1.5C level is around 48%, or close to 50:50.\n\nRising temperatures are linked to more extreme weather events such as these floods in China\n\n\"The basic thing that's changing is that the carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, are slowly creeping up,\" said Dr Leon Hermanson from the Met Office, the lead author of the report.\n\n\"I think people are already quite concerned about climate change and it is worrying, it is showing that we continue to warm the planet and we're getting closer to this first threshold that was set in the Paris agreement - and we need to continue doing everything we can to cut the use of fossil fuels.\"\n\nThe researchers say that going over 1.5C for one year isn't the same as a sustained rise where temperatures don't fall below this figure. The likelihood is that if it is exceeded in the next five years, it will fall below 1.5C again. However there is now little room for complacency.\n\n\"For as long as we continue to emit greenhouse gases, temperatures will continue to rise,\" said Prof Petteri Taalas from the WMO.\n\n\"And alongside that, our oceans will continue to become warmer and more acidic, sea ice and glaciers will continue to melt, sea level will continue to rise and our weather will become more extreme,\" he said.\n\nAccording to the study, the Arctic region will likely feel a greater impact of warming over the next five years compared to the rest of the world. The researchers say that the difference in temperatures from the long-term average will be three times as large in these areas.\n\nThe researchers also believe that one of the coming years will likely break the 2016 and 2020 record for warmest year.\n\nAt COP26 in Glasgow, political leaders reaffirmed their commitment to keep warming under 1.5C\n\nThat will happen, most likely in an El Niño year.\n\nThat's a natural, meteorological phenomenon associated with an unusual warming of the surface waters of the eastern Pacific ocean that can impact weather all over the world.\n\n\"The year we do exceed 1.5 degrees temporarily will probably be an El Niño year,\" said Dr Hermanson from the Met Office.\n\n\"It's on top of climate change, kind of like the wiggles on top of the trend, if you like, and the next record year will probably be an El Niño year, like 2016 was.\"\n\nThe Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update can be found here.", "Cora is a 12-seat restaurant above the Milkwood cafe in Pontcanna\n\nA law firm has launched an investigation after allegations senior members of staff treated a Cardiff restaurant manager badly.\n\nLily Griffith, 22, had served the group of six at Cora, Pontcanna, where they spent £1,000.\n\nOwner Lee Skeet called it his \"biggest bill ever\" - but gave the money to Ms Griffith, saying what happened to her \"broke my heart\".\n\nLaw firm Ince said it was aware of allegations and was investigating.\n\nLily served the group last Wednesday and complained about their conduct after they left, having spent £1,000 on food and drink.\n\nMr Skeet said he initially intended to give the money back, minus £100 as he said the group had not tipped, and ask them never to return to his restaurant.\n\nBut he later decided to give it to Lily, and shared a screenshot of the email he sent to one of the customers, complaining about their behaviour.\n\n\"Lily means a lot more to me than money. I also think you should assess the people you surround yourself with,\" it read.\n\nMr Skeet described the period since the allegations were made as \"a whirlwind\", saying they have been the \"hardest of my working life by a million miles\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by 𝕃𝕖𝕖 𝕊𝕜𝕖𝕖𝕥 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"It's been hell for us both, but I couldn't be more proud of how Lily has handled herself,\" he posted on social media.\n\n\"She's talked confidently and with class to countless journalists on TV and radio whilst not missing a minute of running the restaurant to the highest level. I've just hidden away and cooked.\"\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio Wales Drive last week, Lily said she was \"proud\" of her boss for \"calling out rich people\".\n\n\"I have a lot of support. I'm lucky in the fact that my boss has backed me up,\" Lily said.\n\n\"I already respected him before but I respect him a lot more now that he's not accepted that kind of behaviour that hospitality workers, speaking from experience, have always endured.\n\n\"It's not acceptable and it's about time that people like Lee have made a massive deal about it and not accepted it and not welcomed that behaviour again, stopping the chain of events.\"\n\nMr Skeet has asked the customers never to return to his restaurant\n\nShe said it was an isolated incident, but it needed to be called out.\n\nLily has worked at Cora for six months and said most people had been \"so nice and warm\", describing the group as \"one out of a thousand\".\n\n\"My mum and my sister are both in the industry and we experience a lot of power dynamics, particularly with men. The majority of the table were men in suits,\" she said.\n\n\"You don't need to be a man in a suit for respect - it's a mutual thing. Everyone deserves respect. Just because I'm a young lady in the restaurant manager role it doesn't mean that I deserve any less respect and I won't tolerate it - and neither will Lee.\"\n\nInce has teams of legal and business services professionals based in offices around Europe, the Middle East and Asia, including a legal office on Charles Street, Cardiff.\n\nA spokesman said: \"The company has been made aware of allegations in the media in relation to senior staff attending a dinner on Wednesday evening.\n\n\"The independent directors have therefore initiated a formal investigation. Whilst it is ongoing it would be inappropriate to comment further.\"", "The court has heard that Ava White and the defendant argued after he filmed her without permission\n\nFootage of the moment Ava White was stabbed and her alleged killer fleeing the scene has been played to a jury.\n\nThe 12-year-old died after she was stabbed in Liverpool city centre while out with friends on 25 November 2021.\n\nLiverpool Crown Court was shown footage of \"altercations\" which led up to the stabbing in School Lane after she objected to being filmed.\n\nA 14-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to having an offensive weapon but denies murder.\n\nThe court heard a video had been posted on social media site Snapchat by the defendant, showing Ava sitting on the ground, surrounded by friends, in Richmond Street.\n\nFootage, played to the court, showed Ava and her friends approaching the defendant, who was with three other boys.\n\nPolice investigator Callum Suggit said: \"There are some altercations between Ava and other members of the group and the group travel down Tarleton Street.\"\n\nCCTV showed Ava running after the defendant and his friends, across Church Street and into Church Alley, before turning in to School Lane.\n\nFloral tributes were left near the scene of Ava's stabbing\n\nFootage captured from cameras at the back of the city's Primark store at 20:35 GMT showed Ava pushing the defendant and him backing away, before raising his hand in front of him, showing a \"reflective object\".\n\nThe video then showed him running away from the scene and Ava holding her hands to her neck.\n\nCharlotte Newell, QC, prosecuting, said: \"It's apparent, in that second or two, that is when Ava has received her injury?\"\n\nMr Suggitt said: \"It is, yes.\"\n\nFamily members cried in the public gallery as the video was played twice at normal speed and twice in slow motion.\n\nThe defendant, who appeared in court via video-link, was then captured on a number of cameras as he ran away, through the city centre, with a friend.\n\nThe court was shown a picture of the knife allegedly used to stab Ava, which was later found discarded, and of the coat worn by the defendant, which was discovered in a wheelie bin.\n\nThe defendant denies murder and an alternative charge of manslaughter.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Eilidh Barbour tweeted that the event had made her feel \"unwelcome\"\n\nAn organisation representing Scottish sports writers has apologised after an awards event speech prompted a walkout.\n\nTV presenter Eilidh Barbour was among guests who left Sunday's Scottish Football Writers' Association (SFWA) gala dinner in Glasgow in protest.\n\nMs Barbour tweeted that she had \"never felt so unwelcome in the industry\" while others have described the jokes as \"sexist, racist and homophobic\".\n\nThe SFWA said it apologised to anyone \"offended or upset\" by the speech.\n\nIt has also promised to review and improve the format of the annual dinner, which involves the presentation of awards including player and manager of the year.\n\nThe controversy centred on jokes made in a speech by Bill Copeland, a lawyer who works on the after-dinner speaking circuit.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBBC and Sky Sports presenter Barbour was among two tables of guests who were so offended that they walked out in protest.\n\nJournalist and author Gabriella Bennett, who was at one of the tables, told BBC Radio Scotland's Lunchtime Live programme she had heard misogynistic comments at previous SFWA events, but that Sunday's speech was \"the next level\".\n\n\"I walked out after about five minutes of maybe a 20-minute speech, and within those five minutes it was rammed with sexist jokes,\" she said.\n\nShe said she finally decided to go after hearing an \"offensive racial slur\".\n\nMs Bennett continued: \"My table stood up to leave and I saw Eilidh Barbour and people on her table stand up to leave - but it's also worth pointing out there were lots of people laughing at these jokes.\n\n\"We were two tables in an enormous room and lots of people found it really funny.\"\n\nFormer Scotland international Leanne Crichton said she was \"disheartened\"\n\nMs Bennett, a member of the Women in Journalism group, said the incident was part of a wider problem in sports journalism where only three out of 95 staff writers in the print side of the industry are women.\n\nShe added: \"What those three women told us - and maybe other women who are working in sports journalism, maybe in broadcasting - would make your hair stand on end.\n\n\"Some really, really, shocking testimonials from everything from intimidating atmospheres at football press boxes to sneering attitudes to women in sports.\"\n\nFormer Scotland international Leanne Crichton, who was also at the dinner, said she left the event feeling \"disheartened\".\n\n\"I don't think it was reflective of everyone who was in the room, and there are lots of positive strides,\" she told the BBC.\n\nBut she added: \"There's still a long way to go and I think last night was a stark reminder of that.\"\n\nKick it Out, a campaign against racism in football, and Women in Football issued a joint statement describing the remarks at the dinner as \"sexist, racist and homophobic\".\n\nIt said: \"Woman face sexism and misogyny in society and this is often exacerbated when they play a role in football or other sports - whether they're a player, a pundit or fan. That must change.\n\n\"Racism and homophobia continue to be a stain on the game, and we must continue to challenge it and eradicate it.\".\n\nAileen Campbell said misogyny should not be tolerated\n\nAileen Campbell, chief executive of Scottish Women's Football, told the BBC it was a disappointing incident, but said the general direction of travel in the game was positive.\n\nShe said: \"You think what a shame - we make great strides and then fall back a few paces as well.\n\n\"For me, it's as Leanne said - people are empowered enough now to call it out. We don't want to tolerate misogyny, nor should we.\"\n\nThe speaker, Bill Copeland, has been approached for comment. A speakers' agency that represents him said he stood by the SFWA's statement.\n\nIt said: \"The Scottish Football Writers' Association apologises to anyone offended or upset by material from one of our after-dinner speakers at last night's annual awards dinner.\n\n\"We have agreed unanimously that this will act as a catalyst to review and improve the format of our future events to make it an enjoyable and inspirational event for all.\"\n\nThe SFWA was formed more than 60 years ago to look after the interests of professional football writers in Scotland.\n\nHearts keeper Craig Gordon was named player of the year and Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou manager of the year at the ceremony, while Manchester City's Caroline Weir was winner of the inaugural women's international player of the year. Former Man Utd manager Sir Alex Ferguson received a lifetime achievement award.\n• None The campaign against sexism in football", "Ukrainian troops map their position in the Kharkiv region Image caption: Ukrainian troops map their position in the Kharkiv region\n\nUkraine claims to have liberated four settlements in the north-eastern Kharkiv region.\n\nCherkasy Tyshky, Ruski Tyshky, Rubizhne and Bayrak were all snatched back from Russia, said the latest update from the armed forces.\n\nRussia was continuing to intensify its offensive in Ukraine's east, the update said. The greatest activity was observed in the directions of Slobozhanske and Donetsk.\n\nRussian troops were reportedly replenishing ammunition and logistics while a battle for Izyum rages on.\n\nBut their advances in multiple other areas were said to be proving unsuccessful.\n\nThe update also confirmed that Russian efforts in Mariupol were focused on assaulting the Azovstal metal works, where more than 1,000 Ukrainian fighters are thought to be sheltering.\n\nIt was not possible for the BBC to independently confirm the armed forces' claims.", "Rachel says the family had all their passports apart from her eldest son's\n\nA family's £8,000 dream holiday was saved after a missing passport arrived at the eleventh hour.\n\nRachel Morgan-Williams and her family are due to go to the USA on Friday but were waiting for documents for her 11-year-old son.\n\nThey finally arrived at Newport's passport office on Tuesday.\n\nThe Passport Office said it had been advising people to allow 10 weeks for papers to arrive due to people putting off applying during Covid.\n\nMs Morgan-Williams took a call late on Monday to say her son's case had been transferred to Newport and she would be able to collect the document in time.\n\nThe 36-year-old said it was \"such a relief\" to finally have it.\n\nOn arriving to pick up the passport, Ms Morgan-Williams said more than 100 people were waiting to be seen, but she was able to go straight through.\n\n\"Seeing was believing,\" she said.\n\n\"When I got back [from the passport office] I made it a big surprise for the children.\n\n\"They were over the moon, shouting and jumping up and down.\"\n\nThe holiday was a Christmas present for them.\n\n\"You work so hard for these special moments for them,\" Ms Morgan-Williams said.\n\n\"To have gifted it to them for Christmas and to think they might not have their Christmas present, it was breaking my heart.\"\n\nMs Morgan-Williams, from Ogmore-by-Sea, Vale of Glamorgan, applied for five passports in late February and said she was told to expect a wait of four to five weeks.\n\nWhile the other four arrived within that timeframe, there had been no indication her eldest son's would come in time.\n\nMs Morgan-Williams said they had been saving for \"the holiday of a lifetime\" since before lockdown.\n\nHer children had been counting down the days and watching Disney films in the build-up.\n\nTheir Florida destination is the home of the Disney World resort.\n\n\"They were back watching Disney films straight away as soon as I told them,\" she said.\n\nShe said the children would have been devastated if they had not been able to go.\n\nMs Morgan-Williams said she only became aware of delays at the Passport Office after she applied.\n\nThe dream holiday is a Christmas present for the children\n\n\"It was about two or three weeks after we'd received the rest of them back when I started to think 'oh gosh, there's a big gap here',\" she said.\n\n\"I went on Twitter and saw the delays people were having. At this point it hadn't really hit the media yet.\n\n\"There were so many people who'd been waiting longer than me.\"\n\nMs Morgan-Williams said she had been cut off repeatedly when trying to contact the Passport Office.\n\nShe travelled to its offices in Liverpool last week to try to speed up the process, but was told nothing further could be done.\n\nThe family needed the passport to arrive on Tuesday to apply for their visas in time to travel to the US.\n\nThe family stood to lose all of the money they had paid if they were unable to travel.\n\nRachel's eldest son, pictured left, does not have a valid passport yet\n\n\"It's not just going to America. We've paid for all of the theme parks, going to the Kennedy Space Centre, our travel to the airport. Our insurance doesn't cover any of it.\n\n\"I asked the holiday firm if we could change the dates but they said it's too close.\n\n\"They said it's either go without your son or lose it all.\"\n\nRachel says if the passport does not arrive by Tuesday they will not be able to get their US visas in time for the holiday in May\n\nA Passport Office spokesperson said: \"Since April 2021, we have been advising people to allow up to 10 weeks when applying for their British passport, as more than five million people delayed applying due to the pandemic.\n\n\"We urge people who need a new passport to apply for one as soon as possible.\n\n\"To deal with this demand, we have increased staff numbers by 500 since April 2021. This has helped us to handle more applications than ever before.\"", "Prince Charles is to read the Queen's Speech on her behalf for the first time, after the 96-year-old monarch pulled out due to mobility problems.\n\nPrince William will accompany his father to open Parliament after the Queen granted special permission.\n\nThe Queen's Speech is a ceremonial occasion which sets out laws the government wants to pass and highlights its priorities for the months ahead.\n\nIt is the first time since 1963 that the Queen will not deliver the speech.\n\nAt that time, she was pregnant with Prince Edward, and it was instead read by the Lord Chancellor.The monarch also bowed out of delivering the speech in 1959 while pregnant with Prince Andrew.\n\nIt will be Prince William's first state opening, and he and Prince Charles will be accompanied by the Duchess of Cornwall.\n\nThe Queen's main throne will remain empty in the House of Lords on Tuesday but the Imperial State Crown - traditionally worn by the monarch at the event - will still travel to Parliament.\n\nA rule change known as a Letters Patent was authorised by the monarch to delegate the opening of Parliament after it was decided on Monday that Prince Charles would take the Queen's place.\n\nPrince Charles and Prince William are counsellors of state - the category of royal that includes the next four people in the line of succession who are over the age of 21.\n\nIs this a glimpse of the future for such major royal events, with Prince Charles stepping in for the Queen at the State Opening of Parliament?\n\nIt follows the pattern since the Queen started to struggle with her mobility last autumn.\n\nSince then, Charles has taken on the main role in many set-piece royal occasions, including Remembrance Sunday, the Commonwealth Service and the Maundy Service.\n\nThe State Opening is one of the biggest constitutional moments for the head of state and that the Queen hasn't missed one for 59 years suggests the major significance of handing it over.\n\nAlthough the Queen has been carrying out duties from Windsor Castle, the only public event she has attended this year outside of royal residences has been Prince Philip's thanksgiving service.\n\nPrince Charles and Prince William are opening Parliament in their roles as \"counsellors of state\", the four senior royals allowed to act on behalf of the monarch.\n\nIt raises the issue once again that the other two counsellors are Prince Andrew and Prince Harry, who are no longer working royals.\n\nIf Prince Charles or William had been unable to attend, for instance if they had Covid or were abroad, it could have made for some tricky constitutional questions.\n\nBuckingham Palace said on Monday that the decision to pull out had been taken in consultation with the Queen's doctors, as she continues to experience \"episodic mobility problems\".\n\nThe Palace said in a statement: \"At Her Majesty's request, and with the agreement of the relevant authorities, The Prince of Wales will read The Queen's Speech on Her Majesty's behalf, with The Duke of Cambridge also in attendance.\"", "Deon and Heather Barnard had never spent more than two days apart\n\nCouples kept in separate countries by a visa backlog say the Home Office has failed to tell them how long delays might be.\n\nBritish citizens told BBC News they had not seen their spouses for six months - twice the usual processing time.\n\nSome spouses were told only days before the end of the three months there would be a delay so had already quit their jobs or ended rental contracts.\n\nThe Home Office says the delays are due to the war in Ukraine.\n\n\"We are prioritising Ukraine Family Scheme and Homes for Ukraine applications in response to the humanitarian crisis caused by [Russian President Vladimir] Putin's barbaric invasion of Ukraine, so applications for study, work and family visas have taken longer to process,\" an official told BBC News.\n\n\"We are working at pace to ensure these are issued as quickly as possible.\"\n\nBut more than 150 people have contacted BBC News to raise the issue of delays.\n\nAnd according to a crowdsourced spreadsheet containing the details of more than 200 couples - set up by an applicant in Los Angeles and shared with BBC News - some have been waiting more than double the expected time.\n\nDeon Barnard, 49, and Heather, 54, grew up in South Africa and have been together for 13 years. They got married in a Lord of the Rings-themed ceremony five years ago.\n\nBefore applying for the spousal visa, they had only ever spent two days apart.\n\nThe couple married five years ago, in a Lord of the Rings-themed ceremony\n\nDeon's mother was British, and he was granted British citizenship three years ago. The couple then decided to relocate to the UK for better work opportunities and quality of life.\n\nThey submitted their application on 23 December 2021 and Deon moved to Uxbridge, west London, to start a new job.\n\n\"We were expecting, according to our calculations and according to our [immigration] agents as well, about 28 March would've been our date of receiving our [visa],\" he told BBC News.\n\n\"Heather would've been on a plane the next day.\n\n\"On about 26 March, we got a letter from the [Home Office] that, due to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, visa applications were now paused.\n\n\"And there was no information, no date, no expectations set, nothing - that was just the end of the story.\n\n\"And we've been waiting ever since.\"\n\nFor an initial fiance or spousal visa, the non-British partner in a couple has to apply from their home country, while their British partner has to already be living and working in the UK.\n\nApplicants in some countries can usually pay an extra £500 to £800 for priority services, which allow them to receive a decision within a few weeks.\n\nBut in March, all priority services were suspended for people applying from abroad.\n\nOnce granted their visa, the partners have a limited time - 30 days - to move to the UK.\n\nMany, including Heather, were told of the delays only after they had given notice to their employers and landlords - and they now face an indefinite wait alone, without a job or a home.\n\n\"She's living on beds on the floor at her parents', then she'll go spend two weeks at her sister's, then go spend two weeks at her brother's... in a complete state of limbo,\" Deon said.\n\n\"She can't start anything, she can't get a job.\n\n\"It's an admin issue - but that admin issue has now just stopped life.\"\n\nThe couple also had to sell all of their assets in South Africa to pay for their application, which has cost them several thousand pounds.\n\n\"It's an enormous amount of money, a spousal visa,\" Deon says. \"If you're wealthy and you own a business or something, then it's a different situation - but we're just regular working people.\"\n\nThey are supportive of Ukrainians coming to the UK, but say more people should be hired to tackle the extra demand, rather than allowing the backlog to grow.\n• None Pakistan:Where most people who were given family visas last year were from\n• None 60working days - about three months - is how long a standard spousal visa usually takes to process\n• None Over 130working days - or over six months - is how long some applicants have been waiting due to Ukraine-related delays\n\nOthers who contacted BBC News said the process was \"uniquely cruel and unbearable... we are directly being forced to be apart... with no clear end in sight\".\n\nOne young woman's fiance missed the birth of their first child.\n\nAnother, in New York, unable to afford private maternity care in the US, terminated an early pregnancy.\n\nAn applicant who paid for priority service at the start of the year said the Home Office \"will not allow me any information on ETA [estimated time of arrival] or even confirm I am still in any kind of priority queue\".\n\nMariam Khaliq, immigration head at law firm Bishop and Sewell, was one of several immigration solicitors to tell BBC News the problem was affecting \"the majority\" of clients.\n\n\"Whether applicants are applying inside the UK or outside the UK... there just seem to be delays throughout the Home Office,\" she said.\n\nAnother couple, James and Adriana - who, worried speaking out could jeopardise their application, asked for their names to be changed - also struggled to find the money to apply.\n\nThey had to take out a loan to pay the fees, which they say has cost them more than £5,000.\n\n\"When we applied, we were told it would be 60 [working] days,\" James said. \"Now here we are, almost 100 working days later.\"\n\nThe couple married in November 2021, in Gibraltar.\n\nAdriana returned to Brazil to submit her application, while James waited for her at his home in Essex. Both of them moved back in with their parents to save money.\n\nAnd like Heather, Adriana had to give notice to her employer.\n\nIf they had an idea of how long the delays would be, the process would be \"way easier\", James says.\n\n\"We'd be frustrated - but we could deal with it, we could plan.\"\n\nBut because of the stress, James and Adriana, who is having regular anxiety attacks, have both started seeing therapists.\n\n\"I honestly feel like I've been punished because I've fallen in love with someone who's not British or European,\" he said.", "It will take decades for Ukraine to be accepted into the European Union, France's Emmanuel Macron has said.\n\nIn a speech to the EU's parliament in Strasbourg, he instead suggested Ukraine could join a \"parallel European community\" while it awaited a decision.\n\nThis would allow non-EU members to join Europe's security architecture in other ways, said President Macron.\n\nHis words came as fierce fighting continued in the eastern Donbas region, where Russia is trying to make gains.\n\nA senior US defence official characterised the Russian advance as \"single-digit kilometre kind of progress\". A Ukrainian leader in the Luhansk region said serious battles were taking place.\n\nIn other developments on Monday:\n\nUkraine began the process of applying to join the EU in February this year, four days after Russia's invasion.\n\n\"We all know perfectly well that the process to allow [Ukraine] to join would take several years indeed, probably several decades,\" Mr Macron said.\n\nHe added: \"That is the truth, unless we decide to lower the standards for accession. And rethink the unity of our Europe.\"\n\nMr Macron said a \"parallel European community\" should be considered instead, rather than suspending the EU's strict membership criteria to fast-track Ukraine's application.\n\nHe said it would be \"a way of anchoring countries which are geographically in Europe and share our values\".\n\nHis comments came shortly after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the EU's executive would be publishing its initial opinion on Ukraine's bid for membership in June.\n\nKyiv officials confirmed on Monday that Ukraine had submitted the second part of its EU membership application to Brussels.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Olga Stefanishyna This article contains content provided by Twitter. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIt normally takes years for countries to negotiate EU membership, with candidates having to prove that they meet multiple criteria - from respecting democracy and the rule of law to having a robust enough economy.\n\nUkraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has suggested the EU use a special procedure to grant Ukraine immediate membership of the bloc, but this has not happened.\n\nLater on Monday, the French president made his first foreign visit since re-election to Berlin, for talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on the EU's response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.\n\nSpeaking at a press conference before the meeting, Mr Scholz said Russia's war of aggression had made co-operation between Paris and Berlin even more important.\n\n\"This is something that shocks us but also welds us together because we must act together,\" he said. \"It cannot be the case that borders in Europe can be moved around with violence.\"\n\nRussians celebrated Victory Day on Monday - Mr Putin insisted his forces in Ukraine were \"fighting for our homeland\"\n\nThe EU is trying to agree a sixth package of sanctions on Russia, including a phased ban on imports of oil, with longer delays for some landlocked states in Central Europe.\n\nHowever, Hungary has refused to back the oil embargo, describing it as an \"atomic bomb\" for its economy. Ms von der Leyen travelled to Budapest on Monday in an attempt to resolve the deadlock.\n\nAfter talks she said that \"we made progress, but further work is needed\".", "The Queen has traditionally travelled by carriage to open Parliament - but not this year\n\nAfter a bruising set of local election results and with questions about the prime minister's leadership lingering, the Queen's Speech is meant to be a relaunch moment for Boris Johnson's government.\n\nHe will try to convince Conservative MPs - and the country - that he can deliver on his promises, and with the next general election expected within two years it's one of the last chances to set out a legislative plan to do so.\n\nThe cost of living is said to be at the \"forefront\" of the prime minister's mind - he has promised measures to drive economic growth and ease the burden on families and businesses.\n\nThere's likely to be announcements about maximising so-called Brexit opportunities; amending or removing EU law that was carried over after Brexit and cutting back on regulation in the hope of energising the economy.\n\nThat will please some Conservative MPs, not least those who've been concerned about the level of state intervention since the pandemic.\n\nOne backbencher said: \"It's about time. It's been frustrating that we've not looked at Brexit gains in that way. We've been necessarily big state and big spend for the past two years, but it's becoming increasingly uncomfortable. \"\n\nBut some fear the Queen's Speech will fall far short on direct measures to tackle the rising cost of living, in particular energy bills.\n\nOne senior Tory MP said: \"I don't get many get constituents emailing me on Brexit opportunities, but I do get businesses emailing me worried about going bust and individuals emailing about not being able to feed their families.\n\n\"The government needs to do something substantial. It's not sustainable not to.\"\n\nWith Labour set to claim the government lacks ideas and action on the cost of living, Boris Johnson's challenge will be persuading his party and voters that in this Queen's Speech, he does have some answers.\n\nThe prime minister promoted British food at a Downing Street event on Monday\n\nLevelling-up is expected to feature heavily; the pledge to address regional inequalities that Levelling-Up Secretary Michael Gove said was even more important with the cost of living crisis set to deepen inequality.\n\nExpect plans to tackle empty high street shops and vacant second homes, the possibility of more protection for tenants and a schools bill that's intended to raise standards.\n\nFor some Conservative MPs the emphasis must be on action as much as ambition.\n\nOne said: \"We've talked a lot about how much we're investing in disadvantaged areas and levelling-up, but for a lot of people that's quite abstract until they see spades in the ground or physical changes.\n\n\"A lot of it is about skills and longer term stuff, but it's a balance between that and people being able to see outcomes, because otherwise they're not going to believe us.\"\n\nThe other challenge for Boris Johnson is holding together the coalition of support that swept him to power in 2019; delivering for voters who turned from Labour in the Midlands and north of England, without alienating the traditional Tory voters in parts of the south.\n\nThere are nerves in the Conservative Party about the progress the Liberal Democrats made in the recent local elections.\n\nIt all adds up to there being a lot riding on this Queen's Speech.\n\nWith confidence in Boris Johnson dented after the partygate saga and some MPs still contemplating his long-term future, the prime minister needs to convince his party and the country he has a plan - and then prove he can deliver.", "The number of teams in the Champions League group stage will rise from 32 to 36 from 2024-25 under changes approved by Uefa.\n\nUnder the new format, each team will play eight games over 10 match weeks.\n\nBut a plan to give two Champions League places to individual clubs solely on the basis of their past European performance has been abandoned.\n\nUefa president Aleksander Ceferin said \"the dream to participate will remain for all clubs\".\n\nInstead, two of the four extra places will be awarded on the performance of a country's clubs in Europe over the previous season.\n\nAs it stands, the Premier League and Dutch Eredivisie would receive an extra place for next season if the rules to be introduced in 2024-25 were in force at present.\n\nUefa said another place would go to the third-placed league team in the country standing fifth in their rankings - at present, that team joins in the third qualifying round.\n\nThe European governing body said a fourth place would go to one country's domestic champions by increasing from four to five the number of teams who qualify via the 'Champions Path'. That is Uefa's name for the qualification process for domestic champions who do not automatically go into the group stage.\n\nUefa, though, rejected a proposal to allow clubs into the competition solely on the basis of past performance - something critics argued would have favoured 'bigger' names and provided them with a safety net if they performed poorly in a season.\n\nIt has also modified an initial plan to increase the number of games in the group phase per team from six to 10 - instead raising the number of matches to eight.\n\n\"Uefa has clearly shown today that we are fully committed to respecting the fundamental values of sport and to defending the key principle of open competitions, with qualification based on sporting merit, fully in line with the values and solidarity-based European sports model,\" said Ceferin.\n\n\"We are convinced that the format chosen strikes the right balance and that it will improve the competitive balance and generate solid revenues that can be distributed to clubs, leagues and into grassroots football across our continent while increasing the appeal and popularity of our club competitions.\"\n\nCeferin said the new format had been approved unanimously by Uefa's executive committee, with the agreement of Europe's league bodies and national associations.\n\nHe added: \"Qualification will thus remain purely based on sporting performance and the dream to participate will remain for all clubs.\"\n\nSo how will the new format work?\n\nThe current format sees teams divided up into eight groups of four, with teams playing each other home and away over six games.\n\nThe top two in each group progress to the last 16 when it becomes a knockout tournament, with ties played home and away over two legs, before the final at a neutral venue over one match.\n\nThe new format will see the initial phase contain one single league table, which includes all teams.\n\nEach club will play eight group-stage games against different opponents, with four home ties and four away.\n\nThe top eight will go through to the knockout stage, while those from ninth to 24th will compete in a two-legged play-off to progress.\n\nUefa added that \"similar format changes will also be applied to the Europa League (eight matches in the league stage) and Europa Conference League (six matches in the league stage) and both will also include 36 teams in the league phase\".\n\nThe European Club Association (ECA), which represents more than 240 clubs, said it endorses the reforms made by Uefa.\n\nIt said the changes \"mean that the new-look competitions will have the best start in life, resulting from exhaustive consultations between Uefa and ECA over a number of years that ensure the legitimate interests of all relevant stakeholders are respected - driven by collective rather than self-interest\".\n\nIt added: \"The new format also gives the opportunity for future growth of European football in a sustainable, responsible and inclusive way.\"", "An amnesty from Troubles prosecutions could be conditional upon cooperation with truth recovery investigations, the government has revealed.\n\nThis would change a key aspect of plans to deal with the conflict's legacy.\n\nDetails are contained in a paper published after the Queen's Speech on new legislation.\n\nMinisters aim to pass the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill in the coming months.\n\nThe Queen's Speech, which was delivered by the Prince of Wales on Tuesday, is used to set out plans for new laws.\n\nThe address also included plans for the Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill, which commits to delivering on commitments about identity and language negotiated in the New Decade, New Approach agreement of 2020.\n\nThis gives recognition and protection to the Irish language and will enhance and develop the Ulster Scots/Ulster British tradition.\n\n\"This will recognise and celebrate Northern Ireland's natural and cultural identities and accommodate cultural differences,\" the statement continued.\n\nIt includes the creation of a new office of identity and cultural expression and two commissioners to be appointed by the first and deputy first ministers.\n\nAlthough not outlined in the papers which accompanied the Queen's Speech, the government has also modified its position on banning all Troubles-related civil cases and inquests.\n\nIt is understood existing claims could continue to a conclusion, as would any inquests which have started by the time the legislation comes into effect.\n\nIt is not yet clear when the draft legislation will be introduced into Parliament, or what start date the government has in mind for the new arrangements to come into force.\n\nSir Jeffrey Donaldson says he will need to see the draft legislation before judging it\n\nSpeaking after the speech, the DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, whose party had been opposed to the original amnesty plans, said he would have to wait to see the contents of the bill.\n\n\"I am not sure it will reflect the initial proposals,\" he told BBC News NI.\n\n\"I want to see does it offer the chance for innocent victims to see those who perpetrated their murderous deeds against loved ones prosecuted?\n\n\"What does the process look like? Are we talking about a blanket statute of limitations?\" he asked.\n\n\"We are clear and always have been that justice must not be sacrificed,\" he added.\n\n\"The innocent victims families have waited for years, some for decades for the opportunity to have justice brought and they have the right to pursue that.\n\n\"We will judge what the government proposes against whether the opportunity for justice remains,\" he added.\n\nAsked whether he would accept a conditional statute of limitations he said he would have to see the detail of such a plan.\n\n\"We must not allow a situation to develop where people are able to rewrite the narrative which suggests that terrorists which committed terrible atrocities across the board are somehow either exonerated or can walk away,\" he said.\n\n\"That is not what the people of Northern Ireland want. They want truth but they also want justice,\" he added.\n\nIt will be a day remembered for who wasn't there and, for unionists, what wasn't included in the government's legislative plan.\n\nThere was no mention of the much talked about legislation to over ride parts of the Northern Ireland protocol.\n\nInstead, buried deep in the Executive summary was a vague reference to protecting the the UK's internal \"economic bonds\".\n\nThe government steered cleared of any legislative commitment around the protocol, much to the frustration of the DUP.\n\nThe party says it needs actions and not words.\n\nAway from the pomp and ceremony, the state opening of Parliament allows the government to press the reset button at Westminster but there is no sign of a reboot at Stormont anytime soon.\n\nNorthern Ireland is currently without a first or deputy first minister because the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has refused to nominate to the joint office as part of its protest against the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\nThe protocol is the part of the UK's Brexit deal with the European Union, which retains free trade across the Irish border but introduced checks on some goods moving across the Irish Sea from the UK to Northern Ireland.\n\nThe DUP has said it will not go back into government in Northern Ireland until its concerns over these post-Brexit trading arrangements are resolved.\n\nThe Queen's Speech referenced the protocol and said it \"needs to change\".\n\nSecretary of State Brandon Lewis announced the plan to ban prosecutions last July\n\n\"We urge our partners in the EU to work with us, with new imagination and flexibility, to deliver that,\" it outlined.\n\n\"We will continue to talk with the EU but we will not let that stand in the way of protecting peace and stability in Northern Ireland.\"\n\nLegislation on the controversial amnesty proposals have been held up by about six months as the government continues to engage with parties and victims' groups.\n\nThe plans emerged last July when the government proposed \"drawing a line under the Troubles\" by banning any more prosecutions.\n\nThis would cover all Troubles-related incidents involving paramilitary organisations as well as the police and Army.\n\nBut the idea has faced widespread opposition in Northern Ireland.\n\nInstead of prosecutions, inquests and civil cases, the government has suggested a truth recovery process for bereaved families, including a level of disclosure by the state \"that has never happened before\".\n\nIn recent months, it has been examining how to make truth recovery a more robust investigative process.\n\nThe government has come under mounting pressure from its own back benches to act quicker in order to prevent any further prosecutions of former soldiers.\n\nThe Public Prosecution Service (PPS) has yet to make decisions on 12 veterans as part of a wider legacy caseload.\n\nThere are also about 1,200 unsolved Troubles-related killings currently with the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), which would take 20 years to work through.", "Faith Angwet told the BBC there was no support to help her pay rising food and energy bills\n\nSingle mum Faith Angwet struggled to make ends meet during the pandemic but says the cost of living crisis has hit her even harder.\n\n\"I was starting to feel like I was getting to a good place but now the price of everything has gone up it has pushed me right back,\" she said.\n\nMs Angwet is one of an estimated 1.5m UK households that will struggle to pay food and energy bills in the next year.\n\nThat's according to research which also predicts a UK recession in 2022.\n\nThe National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) has also warned that a combination of rising prices and measures announced in the Chancellor's Spring Statement - such as the decision not to scrap a planned rise in National Insurance tax - are hitting the poorest households hardest.\n\nMs Angwet, 36, from Southwark in south London, is a single mother-of-two who has been unemployed since having her daughter two years ago.\n\n\"In the pandemic if you couldn't afford something you could shop around or buy in bulk. But now you can't afford it everywhere. And if I am able to buy in bulk, if the kids see it they want to eat it now. So I find myself hiding things from them so I can bring it out another day like magic.\"\n\nFaith Angwet said plans to take her children to the beach would have to be pushed back due to rising costs\n\nThings have got so bad that Ms Angwet sometimes forgoes her prescription for blood pressure medication so she can afford to buy formula and nappies for her daughter.\n\nAs she is unemployed, she cannot get any other form of benefit or financial help from the government so has turned to food banks for support.\n\nShe said her five-year-old son's free school meals were a \"huge help\" and that she was grateful for nappies and clothes from Little Village baby bank.\n\n\"It's got to the point that I turned to a payday loan, but they want you to borrow more than you need. We can't always go to the food bank, it's a vicious cycle,\" she said.\n\nInflation - the rate at which prices rise - is at a 30-year high, as the Ukraine war drives up fuel and energy prices.\n\nThe Bank of England has warned inflation might reach 10% within months.\n\nThe think tank urged the government to raise Universal Credit by £25 per week between May and October, which would cost around £1.35bn, and give £250 each to 11.3 million lower income households.\n\n\"Without this targeted support we expect a further increase in extreme poverty,\" the think tank said, with about a quarter of a million households sliding into extreme poverty, taking the number to about a million.\n\nAbout half a million households would \"face the choice between eating and heating\" without these payments, it said, adding that the chancellor had a reported £20bn of \"headroom\" for government spending that could be used to cushion the shock to income.\n\nThe think tank predicted that inflation would average 7.8% in 2022 and will remain above 3% until 2024 - above the Bank of England's 2% target.\n\nAt the same time, economic growth is set to slow.\n\nWhile NIESR forecast that UK economic growth in 2022 would increase by 3.5% on average, it predicted a fall in the final two quarters of the year.\n\nThis would push the UK into a recession, which is two consecutive quarters of economic decline.\n\nMeanwhile, government policies are set to leave households with even less disposable income, according to NIESR.\n\nIt forecasts household income when adjusted for inflation will fall by 2.4% in 2022, along with a small rise in unemployment next year.\n\nTony Danker, director general of the CBI, which represents big businesses, told the BBC's Today programme that companies were suffering too.\n\nHe said inflation, higher energy prices, labour shortages and the war in Ukraine had made firms \"pause before investing\", and that this was stopping them \"creating jobs and paying good wages\".\n\nHe said the government needed to create \"reasons to invest\" such as subsidising the shift to clean energy or cutting business rates for shops.\n\n\"If we wait... the economy will end up in more trouble,\" he added. \"Get firms investing now because that will stop us facing dire consequences later on.\"\n\nProfessor Stephen Millard, NIESR's deputy director for macroeconomics, said: \"Although the war in Ukraine is fundamentally a human tragedy, it has resulted in another supply shock for the UK economy: pushing down growth and pushing up on inflation.\"\n\nHe added: \"We need fiscal policy to loosen and monetary policy to tighten if the UK economy is going to sail safely through these treacherous seas.\"\n\nA Treasury spokesperson said the country has had a \"strong economic recovery\" from the pandemic but acknowledged that these are \"anxious times\", and said the government is taking action to support households.\n\n\"This includes a tax cut of over £330 a year for the typical employee, lowering the Universal Credit taper rate to help people keep more of the money they earn, and providing millions of households with up to £350 each to help with rising energy bills,\" the spokesperson said.\n\n\"Public debt is at the highest levels since the 1960s and rising inflation is pushing up our debt interest costs, which means we must manage public finances sustainably to avoid saddling future generations with further debt.\"\n\nShadow chancellor Rachel Reeves said the government should bring in an emergency budget \"urgently\", adding: \"With a one-off windfall tax on oil and gas producer profits we can cut household bills by up to £600 and support businesses through the cost of living storm.\"\n\nIt comes as NIESR separately forecast that global economic growth would be 1% lower, or about $1.5tn, at the end of 2022, due to the Ukraine war.\n\nAre you personally affected by the rising cost of living? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Streets were largely calm on Tuesday but there were signs of the protests everywhere\n\nSri Lankan security forces have been ordered to shoot law-breakers on sight in a bid to quell anti-government protests on the island.\n\nDemonstrators are calling for the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the island's worst economic crisis in history.\n\nOn Monday, his brother, Mahinda Rajapaksa, stepped down as prime minister amid violent street clashes.\n\nBut the resignation failed to bring calm and violence continued overnight.\n\nOn Tuesday, the government ordered troops to open fire on anyone looting public property or causing \"harm to life\".\n\nIt also deployed tens of thousands of army, navy and air force personnel to patrol the streets of the capital Colombo.\n\nDespite their presence, the city's top police officer was assaulted on Tuesday afternoon by a mob accusing him of not doing enough to protect peaceful protesters.\n\nAt Colombo's Galle Face Green, on the sea front, crowds also continued to gather.\n\nPolice say eight people have died and the capital's main hospital says more than 200 people have been wounded since Monday.\n\nSome were injured by pro-government mobs, others when police fired tear gas into crowds. Lawyers acting for the protesters told the BBC they were filing cases against supporters of the prime minister.\n\nAn island-wide curfew has been extended to Thursday morning as authorities seek to end the violence.\n\nEvidence of last night's rioting is everywhere across Colombo - buses thrown into the lake, others with windows smashed out and tyres still burning.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"I never wanted him\" - people from Sri Lanka's protests on the country's leaders\n\nIn the north-east, protesters gathered in front of Trincomalee Naval Base after unconfirmed reports that Mahinda Rajapaksa had gone there with family members after escaping from his Colombo residence.\n\nMore than 50 houses of politicians were burned overnight, reports say. Crowds remain outside the office of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, brother of Mahinda, calling on him to quit.\n\nMahinda (right) served two terms as president before returning as PM under his brother (left)\n\nSri Lankans are still reeling from the violence that has erupted. Many politicians are sheltering in safe houses or avoiding appearing in public.\n\n\"It is not at all safe, particularly for politicians on the government side,\" Nalaka Godahewa, until recently media minister, told the BBC. His house was among those torched.\n\nMahinda Rajapaksa, once celebrated by the majority Sinhalese as a war hero for defeating the Tamil Tiger rebels, has suddenly become a villain. Many blame his supporters for targeting anti-government protesters, which then set off a chain of violent events.\n\nThe Rajapaksas have always stood together but this time their differences are out in the open. The problem appears to have started after Gotabaya asked the family patriarch Mahinda to \"take one for the team\" and resign.\n\nHow the family, who have dominated Sri Lankan politics for years, overcome this crisis is now an open question.\n\nSince last month Sri Lanka has been gripped by escalating demonstrations over soaring prices and power cuts.\n\nOn Monday, government supporters clashed violently with protesters in Colombo outside Mahinda Rajapaksa's Temple Trees residence, and then at the main protest site at Galle Face Green.\n\nThe home of government minister Sananth Nishantha was among several set on fire\n\nPolice and riot squads were deployed, and tear gas and water cannon were fired at government supporters after they breached police lines and attacked protesters using sticks and poles.\n\nAngry demonstrators retaliated, attacking government supporters and targeting ruling party MPs, including one who shot two people after a mob swarmed his car and then killed himself, according to police.\n\nAs the night went on, mobs of protesters across the country torched houses belonging to the Rajapaksas, various ministers and MPs. This included a house turned into a controversial museum by the Rajapaksas in the family's ancestral village in Hambantota in southern Sri Lanka.\n\nAreas near the president's official residence were also set ablaze, according to reports. A municipal lawmaker died in hospital after an attack on his house.\n\nFollowing Mahinda Rajapaksa's resignation, protesters attempted to breach the inner compound of Temple Trees where he was staying along with several loyalists, and set fire to a bus outside the home. Police fired shots in the air and tear gas in an attempt to disperse them.\n\nMr Rajapaksa was flown out of Colombo to an undisclosed location on Tuesday morning.\n\nElsewhere in Colombo, tensions remained high. Men armed with sticks and rods had established road blocks on the routes leading to and from the airport, and police and security forces - usually a common sight in the area - were nowhere to be seen.\n\nVehicles were set alight outside Mahinda Rajapaksa's official residence\n\nSri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis since gaining independence from Britain in 1948, and people are furious because the cost of living has become unaffordable.\n\nThe country's foreign currency reserves have virtually run dry, and people can no longer afford essential items including food, medicines and fuel.\n\nThe government has requested emergency financial help. It blames the Covid pandemic, which all but killed off Sri Lanka's tourist trade - one of its biggest foreign currency earners.\n\nBut many experts say economic mismanagement is also to blame.\n\nAdditional reporting by Tessa Wong in Singapore and Simon Fraser in London.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe government has promised to tackle sharp rises in the cost of living by boosting the economy, as it set out its plans in the Queen's Speech.\n\nBut Boris Johnson warned that the government could not \"shield everyone\" from the effect of global inflation.\n\nLabour has called for an emergency budget to address the cost of living and a windfall tax on energy companies to fund more support for households.\n\nIn the speech, delivered by Prince Charles in the Queen's absence, the government set out the new laws it plans to bring in over the coming year.\n\nPriorities included energy security, carbon emissions and post-Brexit economic arrangements - but the opposition parties, and some Tories, said it should have contained more on living costs.\n\nThe Bank of England is warning that inflation could hit around 10% later this year.\n\nThe three main opposition parties are all demanding an emergency Budget, with tax cuts and benefit rises to help struggling households.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the legislative agenda set out in the Queen's Speech was \"bereft of ideas\" and \"without a guiding principle or a road map for delivery\".\n\nLib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey said millions of households would be \"bitterly disappointed\" with the government plans. And SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford accused ministers of a \"deafening silence\" over potential rises in poverty.\n\nIn response, Mr Johnson argued wider economic reforms would help households, telling MPs: \"However great our compassion and commitment, we cannot simply spend our way out of problems.\n\n\"We need to grow our economy out of these problems by creating hundreds of thousands of high-waged, high-skilled jobs across the country.\"\n\nHe also hinted at an announcement on the cost of living in the coming days, although Downing Street said the PM was referring to the wider work being done in departments to address the pressures households face.\n\nPrince William was among the senior royals at the Palace of Westminster\n\nThe political parties will spend several days debating the contents of the Queen's Speech.\n\nIt includes seven bills that ministers say will help deliver the benefits of Brexit, while a Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill is expected to change planning rules in England.\n\nThe government said its Energy Security Bill would \"accelerate our transition to more secure, more affordable and cleaner homegrown energy supplies\".\n\nMeanwhile, a Public Order Bill would create a criminal offence, with a maximum sentence of 12 months, of \"interfering with key national infrastructure\" such as airports, railways and printing presses.\n\nThe Liberal Democrats called the proposed changes \"dangerous and draconian\", but Home Secretary Priti Patel argued they were needed to deal with a \"self-indulgent minority who seem to revel in causing mayhem and misery\".\n\nThe speech also pledged support for Ukraine and to reduce regional inequality, but trade unions and charities complained about the lack of an Employment Bill aimed at improving workers' rights.", "The Senedd currently has 60 members, and the proposals would see that rise to 96\n\nPlans to increase the number of politicians in the Senedd by more than half have been unveiled.\n\nIt would mean the Welsh Parliament going up to 96 members, a rise of 36.\n\nThere have been calls to expand the Senedd to cope with its increasing workload, and it would be the first change in size since it opened in 1999.\n\nThe plans, which include proposals to boost the number of women elected, have been set out by Labour and Plaid Cymru, while Conservatives are opposed.\n\nIt had previously been estimated in 2020 that another 30 Members of the Senedd (MSs) would cost an extra £12m.\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford said the proposals would put right a Senedd that currently cannot do the job people in Wales expect.\n\nBut the plans angered the Welsh Conservatives, which in response resigned from a committee considering the future size of the Welsh Parliament.\n\nThe scheme would need to be agreed by two-thirds of MSs to become law, but with Labour and Plaid having the numbers it is highly likely to pass.\n\nThe 96 Senedd members would be split across 16 constituencies, with each electing six MSs.\n\nMembers of the public will get one vote to back the party of their choice, with parties nominating lists of candidates.\n\nParties will be required to nominate an equal number of men and women and, in a system called 'zipping', the lists must alternate between men and women.\n\nFor example, it would mean the Labour list might have a woman at number one, followed by a man, then a woman and so on.\n\nThe plans would see the first past the post system - which is currently used to elect 40 of the 60 Members of the Senedd (MSs) - scrapped for the Welsh Parliament.\n\nAt present voters get two votes - one for their local constituency through first-past-the-post, and the other for their region through a party list.\n\nThe agreement follows talks between First Minister Mark Drakeford and Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price, whose party is in a co-operation agreement with the Welsh government.\n\nAccording to the plans, the 2026 election should use the final 32 UK parliament constituencies proposed by the Boundary Commission for Wales once it has finished its 2023 review.\n\nThose constituencies would be paired to create 16 Senedd constituencies, with each electing six members.\n\nBut that would be a plan for just one term - for the 2031 election, the boundaries of constituencies would be the subject of a review to be held in this current Senedd term.\n\nThe proposals are laid out in a joint paper written by Mr Drakeford and Mr Price.\n\nIt has been submitted to a cross-party committee looking at Senedd reform, which is due to report back at the end of May.\n\nThe powers of the Senedd have increased in the last decade\n\nIn the Senedd, Mark Drakeford said \"report after report\" had demonstrated the Senedd in its current form \"cannot do the job in the way that people in Wales have a right to expect it to be done\".\n\n\"The reforms we've agreed on will put that right,\" the first minister told the Senedd.\n\nHe spoke in First Minister's Questions in response to Adam Price, who said at the heart of the plan \"is a desire to build here in Wales a modern democracy, abolishing the unfair first-past-the-post system\" with \"a fully gender-balanced working parliament committed to making a difference in people's lives\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Simon Hart This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe exchange earned a rebuke from Presiding Officer Elin Jones, after Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies asked if it breached guidance that the Plaid leader does not ask questions on subjects covered by the co-operation agreement.\n\nSenedd reform is a part of the agreement. Ms Jones said it \"probably did go beyond the guidance that I have issued\" and asked for it not to happen again.\n\nWelsh Conservatives in the Senedd are opposed to growing the Senedd in size, although one MS has disagreed with the party line.\n\nThe party accused Labour and Plaid Cymru of undermining the work of the Senedd reform committee. Their representative on the body - Darren Millar - quit in response.\n\nSenedd Tory leader Andrew RT Davies said: \"Wales does not need more politicians in Cardiff Bay - we need more teachers, doctors, dentists and nurses.\n\n\"Whilst we have consistently objected to more politicians, we recognise Labour and Plaid have enough votes to push ahead and that's why we have engaged constructively with the Senedd Reform Committee - but sadly it appears both parties have completely undermined the committee's work with today's announcement.\"\n\nMr Millar said the announcement before the work of the committee was complete \"effectively terminates its ability to draw independent conclusions\".\n\nCommittee chairman Huw Irranca-Davies said he regretted the group would not have a representative from the Tories.\n\nHe said the joint statement would help inform the committee's work, but any proposals for future legislation \"are ours to make collectively as a committee\".\n\nCreating more politicians will always be a hard sell to voters, and the Welsh Conservatives will make the most of this at a time when pressure on household budgets is increasing.\n\nBut in agreeing a number at the higher end of the spectrum, Plaid and Welsh Labour have clearly decided to rip off this painful plaster in one go.\n\nBetween them the two parties have the two-thirds majority to get the plans through the Senedd, but it has required compromise.\n\nPlaid would probably have preferred a more proportional system to the one that's currently used to elect regional members, but that would have made it more difficult for Mark Drakeford to get Welsh Labour party buy-in.\n\nBut Plaid have secured their main objective which was to get reform in place in time for the next election.\n\nA Welsh politics expert says Wales' big three parties - Labour, the Conservatives and Plaid Cymru - would likely still win most seats.\n\nJac Larner, of Cardiff University, said the new electoral system \"will be more proportional\" than the current system - in reflecting who voters have backed - but will not be \"fully proportional\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What do people think about plans to increase the number of politicians in Wales?\n\nBased on 2021 results, in at least 12 of the 16 new constituencies parties would face a threshold of more than 12% of votes to win a seat.\n\n\"In reality this means that the big three parties... will still win nearly all 96 seats unless voting behaviour drastically changes,\" he tweeted.\n\n\"This could happen as people learn about electoral system but unlikely to happen in short term.\"\n\nMark Drakeford was accused of undermining the work of a Senedd committee\n\nWelsh Liberal Democrat leader Jane Dodds said the agreement falls short \"of what we need to create a Senedd and a democracy that's fit for Wales\".\n\nShe accused Plaid of abandoning their commitment to the single transferrable vote (STV) system.\n\n\"The proposed constituency map will mean nothing to communities, and we will still be lumbered with a voting system that fails to ensure that votes match seats.\"\n\n\"In a scramble to make an announcement, Plaid Cymru and Labour have ensured that the debate about whether the Senedd is fit for purpose will start no sooner than these proposals are brought into law.\"\n\nPlaid Cymru has backed the STV system in the past - where individuals candidates are ranked by voters.\n\nIt can be considered to better reflect who voters want to support than other systems, but can require large constituencies.\n\nUnder the plans, MSs would be allocated using the D'Hondt mathematical formula - which is currently used to make the Senedd better represent how people voted through the election of regional candidates.\n\nThe move was welcomed by the Electoral Reform Society Cymru, who said \"it is yet another rejection of the kind of outdated winner-takes-all politics that we've come so accustomed to in Westminster\".\n\nCalls for Senedd reform have increased as powers have accumulated in Cardiff Bay.\n\nAfter a referendum in 2011, the Welsh Parliament - then the National Assembly for Wales - was given direct law-making powers for the first time.\n\nThe UK parliament has since devolved more policy areas and handed over some control over taxation, including the power to vary income tax.", "Kalush Orchestra were given special permission to leave Ukraine while the war continues.\n\nUkraine's Kalush Orchestra are through to the final of the Eurovision Song Contest, cementing their position as favourites to win the competition.\n\nThe folk-rap band jumped to their feet, waving the Ukrainian flag as it was announced they had qualified from the first semi-final in Turin.\n\nEarlier, they gave an energetic performance of their song Stefania.\n\n\"Thank you for supporting Ukraine,\" said founder member Oleh Psiuk as they finished their performance.\n\nThe audience at the Pala Alpitour responded with a mixture of joy and emotion. Deafening applause was accompanied by genuine tears.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Ukrainian fans celebrate in Turin as the Kalush Orchestra qualify for Eurovision final\n\nSupport for the band has swelled since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC before the semi-final, Psiuk said a victory would send a message of support to the country's besieged citizens, and the estimated 12 million people who have fled the country.\n\n\"For our country it is so important to have victories in all ways,\" he said. \"So if we win, it will be another opportunity to show Ukraine to the world, to remind people about Ukraine, and to increase morale in the whole country.\"\n\nBut the band were at pains to point out that their success isn't just an expression of solidarity.\n\n\"Even before the war, we were in fifth position according to bookmakers,\" they said in a press conference last week, \"which means this Ukrainian song is already enjoyed by Europeans.\"\n\nTheir song, Stefania, was written in tribute to Psiuk's mother, but emotive lyrics like \"I will always walk to you by broken roads\" have been re-interpreted as a rallying cry.\n\nSpeaking after the semi-final, Psiuk thanked everyone who voted and said Lakush Orchestra were \"totally focused\" on the final, \"because we are here to show that Ukrainian culture is alive\".\n\nRussia, meanwhile, has been banned from competing in this year's contest, with organisers saying the country's participation could \"bring the competition into disrepute\".\n\nSibling trio Systur qualified for the final for Iceland\n\nTuesday's semi-final allowed 10 acts to progress to Saturday's final. They were (in no particular order):\n\nThat meant popular songs like Latvia's \"vegetarian anthem\" Eat Your Salad and Austria's EDM banger Halo failed to make the cut. The other countries whose journey ended on Tuesday were Albania, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Croatia and Denmark.\n\nTen more acts will progress to the main competition after Thursday's second semi-final. The \"Big Five\" countries, who contribute the most financially to the competition (France, Germany, Spain, the UK and Italy) qualify automatically.\n\nRonela Hajati had been expected to progress to the final, but Eurovision watchers say acts that perform earlier in the show are often at a disadvantage\n\nThe first semi-final opened with a set-piece song and dance number called The Sound of Beauty which incorporated elements of Puccini's Nessun Dorma and last year's winning song Zitti E Buoni, by Italian rock band Måneskin.\n\nBut the competition kicked off in earnest with Ronela Hajati - Albania's answer to Madonna, whose song Sekret was about a romantic tryst with a boy \"who came from the mountains\".\n\nHer high-octane routine, full of hair whipping and shirtless male dancers, was a suitably bombastic opening, but failed to attract enough votes to progress.\n\nThe same fate befell Latvia's technicolour whirlwind Citi Zēni, whose song attempted to convince viewers that \"being green is sexy\".\n\nBBC Three hosts Scott Mills and Rylan Clark were forced to apologise for the band, after fans in the arena shouted out swear words that had been censored from the song during their performance.\n\nCiti Zēni's failure to qualify suggested fans had grown tired of novelty... until Norway secured a place in the final\n\nMaro's delicate song of grief proved popular, with a simple but effective staging\n\nPortugal's Maro, who brought a delicate intimacy to the competition with her touching ballad Saudade, Saudade, which is dedicated to her late grandfather.\n\nThe chorus of the song featured a mournful, meditative repetition of the word \"saudade\" - which doesn't have a direct translation in English, but which the singer says represents \"the desire to have someone back when you know you can't\".\n\nVoters were obviously in the mood for a ballad, with the similarly chilled-out Icelandic folk act Systur, unexpectedly gaining a place in the final.\n\nThe band, whose song Með Hækkandi Sól translates as \"with the rising sun\", is formed of three sisters Sigríður, Elísabet and Elín Eyþórsdóttir, making them the Haim of Eurovision 2022.\n\n\"We're a small nation, we get lost in Europe, so it means the world to us,\" said Sigríður in a press conference after the semi-final.\n\n\"We were just focusing on the message of the song, and we wanted to bring hope to people that are going through hard times, like Ukraine, and all of us that have been struggling through Covid.\"\n\nBut perhaps the best reaction in the arena went to Norway's Subwoolfer - a group formed \"4.5 billion years ago on the moon\", whose brilliantly deranged Give That Wolf A Banana brought a much-needed dose of Eurovision madness.\n\nThe band, who are rumoured to include Ben Adams from the British boyband A1, hide their identities behind giant yellow wolf masks.\n\nEqually in keeping with Eurovision's comical side were Moldovan act Zdob și Zdub and Advahov Brothers, whose song Trenulețul is about the rail link between the Moldovan capital, Chișinău, and Bucharest in Romania. (No, really.)\n\nThe folk-punk curio was another surprise qualifier for Saturday's final, although it's worth bearing in mind that Zdob și Zdub have prior form at Eurovision, coming sixth in 2005 and 12th in 2011.\n\nThe UK's Sam Ryder will make his debut during Thursday's second semi-final... although he is guaranteed his place in the final.\n\nThe TikTok star has risen to become second favourite to win the competition after a series of impressive rehearsals in Turin, but almost any position would be an improvement on the last two contests, where the UK came last.\n\nWatch the first Eurovision Semi-Final on BBC iPlayer, now.\n\nWatch the second Eurovision Semi-Final on BBC iPlayer.\n\nWatch the Eurovision Song Contest Final on BBC iPlayer and BBC One, at 20:00 BST on Saturday 14 May.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "A rusted barrel close to where a gunshot victim was found last week\n\nMore human remains have been found in Lake Mead, just one week after the body of a suspected murder victim was found in the rapidly shrinking reservoir.\n\nThe latest remains were reported to park rangers on Saturday. On 1 May, a body was found in a barrel stuck in the mud of the lake's receding shoreline.\n\nThe largest US reservoir, Lake Mead supplies drinking water to 20 million people from Las Vegas to Los Angeles.\n\nPolice warn that more bodies will probably be found as the lake recedes.\n\nLake Mead levels have been declining since 2000 - droughts have been getting worse in recent years, with scientists saying climate change is exacerbating the situation.\n\nInvestigators say the body found last week by boaters belonged to a person who was fatally shot in the 1970s or 80s.\n\nLas Vegas homicide detective Lt Ray Spencer told local media the timing was determined due to the victim's clothes and shoes, which were sold at Kmart stores at the time.\n\nFurther research is being conducted to study the corroded metal of the barrel for more evidence.\n\n\"It's going to be a very difficult case,\" Lt Spencer told CBS News in Las Vegas after the first discovery. \"I would say there is a very good chance as the water level drops that we are going to find additional human remains.\"\n\nAnd this weekend, that prediction proved accurate.\n\nThe National Park Service, which patrols Lake Mead, said the latest discovery of \"human skeletal remains\" was reported by witnesses on Saturday afternoon.\n\n\"The investigation is ongoing. No further information is available at this time,\" park officials said in a press release.\n\nSaturday's discovery was made by two sisters who were paddleboarding, they told local media, adding they thought it was a large rock before finding bones.\n\n\"At first I thought it was a bighorn sheep and then we started digging around a little bit and as we discovered the jaw, we realised it was human remains,\" Lindsey Melvin told CBS.\n\n\"For the longest time I was in disbelief. Like I did not think that we actually found human remains,\" her sister Lynette Melvin added.\n\nLas Vegas police said on Monday that no foul play is suspected in the second death at this point, but they \"will investigate if it is determined to be a homicide or a suspicious death\".\n\nLake Mead, which is on the Nevada-Arizona state border, was created by the Hoover Dam in the 1930s.\n\nThe grisly discoveries come as the lake once again sinks to its lowest level since it was first filled.\n\nLast month, water levels at Lake Mead dipped low enough to expose a water intake valve that began supplying water to customers in the region in 1971.\n\nIn February, researchers concluded that the drought in the US southwest is the worst it has been in at least a millennium.\n\nNot all droughts are due to climate change, but excess heat in the atmosphere is drawing more moisture out of the earth and making droughts worse.\n\nThe world has already warmed by about 1.2C since the industrial era began and temperatures will keep rising unless governments around the world make steep cuts to emissions.", "Here are five things to get you up to date on the coronavirus pandemic this Tuesday morning.\n\nLabour says \"documentary evidence\" proves staff continued working after eating a takeaway with Sir Keir Starmer at an event being investigated as a potential lockdown breach. The Labour leader was filmed having curry and beer at an MP's office during an election visit, in April 2021, but insists no rules were broken because those present were working and so exempt from a ban on indoor gatherings. He says he will resign if fined - a pledge that prompted suggestions he is \"attempting to pressure police into clearing him\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFourth-dose booster vaccines increase protection against Covid-19, particularly in the over 70s, according to a UK trial. But scientists say any short-term protection against infection is likely to fall away quickly. The UK rolled out fourth doses to over-75s and the most vulnerable in April, and scientists will advise on offering a larger group another jab in the autumn.\n\nThere has been a further significant drop in the number of Covid infections across most of the UK, the latest weekly Office for National Statistics figures suggest. Estimated infections have returned to levels last seen before the highly-transmissible sub-variant of Omicron, called BA.2, became more widespread. It comes alongside a fall in the number of hospital patients with coronavirus.\n\nTales of passport woe continue to emerge. One mother says her family could miss an £8,000 \"holiday of a lifetime\" because just one of five passport applications she submitted in late-February has not been processed. Four arrived within five weeks but there's no sign of her 11-year-old son's. The Passport Office said it had been advising people to allow up to 10 weeks for passports to arrive due to people putting off applying during Covid.\n\nRachel Morgan-Williams says her eldest son's passport has not arrived yet\n\nLondon Mayor Sadiq Khan is in the US, fronting the city's charm offensive to lure back tourists after the pandemic. \"We want them back; we need them back,\" he said, while visiting Times Square to launch the campaign with cast members from Six the Musical. Mr Khan has also been on cable TV, trying to reassure Americans about London's coronavirus rates, ahead of meetings with politicians and business leaders in San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Los Angeles.\n\nFind more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nTrying to work out whether you have Covid - or just a bad cold? This explainer might help.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nLiverpool maintained the pressure on Premier League leaders Manchester City as they survived an early scare to come from behind and win at Aston Villa.\n\nJurgen Klopp's side suffered a shock after only three minutes when Douglas Luiz bundled home after Liverpool keeper Alisson failed to hold his header.\n\nLiverpool were on terms within three minutes when Joel Matip scored following a goalmouth scramble and the sides then exchanged chances before Sadio Mane put the visitors ahead with a superb angled header from Luis Diaz's cross in the 65th minute.\n\nThe win means Liverpool now lie second only on goal difference before City's visit to Wolves on Wednesday.\n\nFormer Liverpool striker Danny Ings wasted opportunities to equalise and inflict a blow to his old club's hopes of winning a historic quadruple - although the Reds did suffer an injury setback when influential midfielder Fabinho went off in the first half with a hamstring problem that must make him doubtful for Saturday's FA Cup final against Chelsea.\n• None 'Mane shows again why he is indispensable'\n• None Go straight to all the best Aston Villa content\n\nLiverpool manager Jurgen Klopp made five changes from the side that drew with Spurs at Anfield on Saturday, resting tired legs and freshening things up with Saturday's Wembley showpiece in mind.\n\nIt was a ploy that worked in the end, although Liverpool were set back on their heels when they were punished for a slow start as Villa went ahead.\n\nLiverpool showed their character and the threat they carry to reply instantly and, while this was not a particularly assured performance, the only thing that matters at this stage is the final result, and this was a case of job done.\n\nThe injury to Fabinho will be a serious worry to Klopp with FA Cup and Champions League finals on the horizon but he will hope the Brazilian's swift removal in the first half will limit the damage.\n\nOnce again January signing Diaz was a key figure, a danger all night and the provider of the cross that brought Mane's decisive header. The Colombian's signing has proved to be a masterstroke.\n\nNow the scenery switches to Molineux on Wednesday, where leaders City face Wolves, who still have European aspirations of their own.\n\nPep Guardiola's side still have that advantage on goal difference but Liverpool's win at least ensures they stay right on Manchester City's shoulders as the season reaches its climax.\n\nGerrard with work to do\n\nAston Villa will finish the season in a comfortable mid-table position but so much of this term has been about manager Steven Gerrard discovering what he has at his disposal then laying the groundwork for next season.\n\nHe has talent in the shape of Emiliano Buendia but big decisions remain about whether he will strengthen in defence - where captain Tyrone Mings still looks suspect - and on the possibility of a permanent deal for his former Liverpool colleague Philippe Coutinho.\n\nThe Brazilian, on loan from Barcelona, only showed his ability in flashes here and it was clear the Villa fans felt more of a surge of hope when he was replaced by Buendia.\n\nGerrard certainly has something to work with but a lot needs to be done and he is a driven personality who will not want to cruise along in mid-table.\n\nVilla, and Ings in particular, had plenty of opportunities to take advantage of some uncharacteristic uncertainty in the visitors' defence, with keeper Alisson fortunate to get away with one or two moments of poor judgement - although he then made a crucial save from the striker when he broke clear with a chance to equalise.\n\nThe end of the season will be the end of Gerrard's fact-finding mission and the serious reconstruction will begin at Villa Park.\n• None Attempt missed. Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Douglas Luiz with a cross following a corner.\n• None Attempt missed. Matthew Cash (Aston Villa) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Emiliano Buendía.\n• None Offside, Aston Villa. Emiliano Buendía tries a through ball, but Danny Ings is caught offside.\n• None Attempt saved. Danny Ings (Aston Villa) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Matthew Cash.\n• None Attempt missed. Naby Keïta (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right following a corner. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Our coverage of your Premier League club is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment", "The Anadolujet (library image) was carrying 160 passengers when it was forced to abort\n\nThe captain of a Turkish AnadoluJet flight aborted its take-off at Israel's main airport after passengers received plane crash images on their phones.\n\nIsrael's aviation authority said the aircraft was taxiing at Ben Gurion Airport when the incident happened.\n\nPassengers and crew were taken off and the luggage reinspected.\n\nSeveral young Israelis were identified as suspects and are being questioned. The plane departed five hours late after being cleared to leave.\n\nThe AnadoluJet Boeing 737, with 160 passengers on board, was on its way to the take-off position when passengers alerted crew that they had received the photos. The captain was informed and decided to return to the terminal.\n\nThe Hebrew Ynet news site reported that the images were shared via AirDrop, an Apple service which enables users to send files from one Apple device to another across short distances. All the images were received on iPhones, it said.\n\nThe pictures included images of a Turkish Airlines plane which crashed in the Netherlands in 2009 and another plane crash in the United States in 2013, Ynet said.\n\nPassengers were told they could reboard the reinspected plane, which was headed to Istanbul, or stay in Israel.\n\nThe incident comes two weeks after another security scare at Ben Gurion Airport. It happened when a family from the US produced a live artillery shell at check-in, which they had planned to take home as a souvenir.\n\nThere was pandemonium as travellers fled the area, with one person requiring hospital treatment after falling over a conveyor belt in the rush to escape.", "Erling Haaland: Manchester City agree to sign Norway striker from Borussia Dortmund for £51.2m Last updated on .From the section Man City\n\nNorway striker Erling Haaland was born in Leeds in July 2000, the same summer his footballer father Alf-Inge left Leeds United to sign for Manchester City Manchester City have reached an agreement to sign Norway striker Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund. Haaland, 21, will join in July after City activated a 60m euro (£51.2m) release clause in his contract. The deal ends the club's hunt for a successor to their all-time top scorer Sergio Aguero, who joined Barcelona on a free transfer last summer. \"We can confirm that we have reached an agreement in principle for the transfer of striker Erling Haaland,\" City said. \"The transfer remains subject to the club finalising terms with the player.\" The Football News Show: Haaland is 'next level' for Man City fans\n• None 'How Haaland will add a new dimension to Man City'\n• None The rise of Haaland - and what happens next Haaland, who passed his City medical in Belgium on Monday, has scored 85 goals in 88 appearances for Dortmund since joining from Red Bull Salzburg in January 2020. La Liga giants Real Madrid and Barcelona also spoke to Haaland about a potential deal, but he opted for a move to Etihad Stadium. Speaking earlier on Tuesday, Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola said he could not discuss the incoming signing for legal reasons. \"Everybody knows the situation. I shouldn't talk because I don't like to talk about the future or next season,\" he said. When asked what impact a new number nine would have on the Premier League champions, Guardiola said: \"New players always helps to be a stronger team. But not one defender or striker will solve our defensive or scoring problems. \"The club always has to have a vision for the future. The decisions the club makes I am aware and supportive of 100%.\" Sports agent Mino Raiola had been involved in the discussions prior to his death on 30 April, with associates taking the process on to its conclusion. Haaland's transfer will be one of the biggest of the summer, and he will score freely for City next season according to Jurgen Klopp, manager of their Premier League title rivals Liverpool. \"City will never be a team who win games because of one player,\" Klopp said. \"They have a specific way to play and I think Erling will realise all of a sudden that he will score a lot of goals on the second post if he just puts a foot on [the ball] and he will love that. We have other situations where he is a real beast. \"He was injured a couple of times at Dortmund but when he was fit, he was a real beast, so unfortunately [it is] a really good signing.\" ‘He’s a generational talent’ – Why signing Haaland is huge for Manchester City Even though City are within touching distance of a second successive Premier League title achieved without an orthodox centre-forward, Guardiola has always stressed his desire to have one. City tried hard to get Harry Kane from Tottenham last summer but Spurs chairman Daniel Levy refused to sell. And, with Kane having two years left on his contract, Haaland is an easier deal to conclude given his release clause. He has scored 92 league goals in 121 appearances for Molde, Red Bull Salzburg and Dortmund and last year became the youngest player to reach 20 Champions League goals. Haaland's father Alf-Inge played for City between 2000 and 2003 during a career where he also represented Leeds and Nottingham Forest. The Football News Show: What Haaland's Man City move means for the Premier League City sources say the fee is actually 60m euros (£51.2m), not the 75m euros initially thought. And it is not all payable up front. Haaland will sign for five seasons, to 2027, with no optional additional year as is the case with many contracts these days. The wages are believed to be around £400,000 a week, roughly in line with what star midfielder Kevin de Bruyne is paid. City maintain this is an exceptional deal for a player they believe is worth 200m euros in the current market and that it vindicates their decision to walk away from negotiations around Spurs striker Kane last summer. BBC Sport has been told many of Europe's top clubs wanted Haaland but a combination of the emotional appeal of playing for the club his father played for, plus the attraction of playing for Guardiola and being part of a squad that has challenged for all the major honours over the past five seasons were the decisive factors.\n• None Our coverage of Manchester City is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment\n• None Everything City - go straight to all the best content", "Elon Musk says if his bid to buy Twitter is successful he will reverse Donald Trump's ban from the platform.\n\nThe richest man in the world agreed a $44bn (£34.5bn) takeover bid with the Twitter board last month.\n\nBut he said it was not a done deal and that ideally it would be completed in the next two to three months.\n\nTwitter's decision to ban the former US president was \"morally wrong and flat-out stupid\", Mr Musk told the Financial Times Future of the Car summit.\n\nIn January 2021, Twitter said Mr Trump's account was \"permanently suspended... due to the risk of further incitement of violence\" following the storming of the Capitol.\n\nBut the Tesla owner said: \"I would reverse the permanent ban but I don't own Twitter yet so this is not a thing that will definitely happen.\"\n\nHe said the ban had not silenced Mr Trump, but by making him move onto his own Truth Social site, it had amplified his voice among the right.\n\nHe pointed out that Mr Trump had previously said he would not return to Twitter even if his account was reinstated.\n\nMr Musk said he had spoken to Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey on the subject of locking users out of their social media accounts in response to offensive tweets.\n\n\"He and I are of the same mind that permanent bans should be extremely rare and reserved for accounts that are bots or scam accounts,\" he said.\n\nMr Musk said if someone tweeted something \"illegal or otherwise destructive to the world\" there should be temporary suspension or the post should be made invisible.\n\nHe said Twitter needed to build more trust by sharing its algorithm and asking people to make suggestions on how to improve it.\n\nHe said the company had a strong left bias because of its origins in the San Francisco tech community and needed to be \"more even-handed\".\n\n\"Victory would be the far right 10% and the far left 10% are equally upset,\" he said.\n\nDr Catherine Flick, an expert in computing and social responsibility at De Montfort University, told the BBC's Today's programme her team had \"very strong evidence to suggest [Mr Musk] is completely wrong\" about the impact of Mr Trump being removed from Twitter.\n\n\"Removing Donald Trump from Twitter actually decreased the amount of polarisation,\" she said. \"It removed a platform for him to stoke animosity and division between people within the platform.\"\n\nMs Flick added there were a \"lot of people\" who were worried about Mr Musk \"essentially having the keys to this... social media platform to reign over it like a king or an emperor like he seems to want to do at the moment\".\n\nLast week activist groups wrote an open letter to Twitter advertisers warning that under Mr Musk's management, \"Twitter risks becoming a cesspool of misinformation, with your brand attached\".\n\nIn the US, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that the Biden administration wants online platforms to protect freedom of speech but also ensure they are not forums for disinformation.\n\nMs Psaki said allowing Mr Trump back on Twitter or not would be a decision for the private sector company to make.\n\nThis is the furthest Mr Musk has gone - saying in the strongest terms that he thought Mr Trump's ban was wrong.\n\nHowever, for those anticipating the former President's imminent return to Twitter, think again.\n\nTo start with, Donald Trump has said that he doesn't want to come back to Twitter, preferring instead to post on his own social media platform, Truth Social.\n\nOf course, Mr Trump might revisit that decision if he made a tilt at the US presidency in 2024.\n\nBut there are other hurdles too. For one the world's richest person made it clear that the deal was far from being done.\n\nMr Musk came across as less confident about the acquisition than previous statements. He emphasised that there hadn't been a shareholder vote on the deal and that lots of questions still needed to be answered.\n\nThat might reflect the fact that his financial position is looking slightly more precarious than before.\n\nMost of Mr Musk's vast fortune is tied to Tesla stock - which has fallen in value by $350bn since he announced he had acquired shares in Twitter on 4 April.\n\nThe door then is certainly ajar for Mr Trump's return. It is as open as it has been since the Capitol Hill riots. But don't expect him to be tweeting anytime soon.\n\nSpeaking via video link, the Tesla boss said the company's goal of making 20 million electric vehicles by 2030 was an aspiration not a promise.\n\nBut he said: \"I'm confident that we will be able to sell all the cars we can make.\"\n\nHe added: \"At the moment the lead time is ridiculously long, so our issue is not demand, it's production.\"\n\nMr Musk said Tesla could stop taking orders beyond a certain period of time.\n\nEarlier on Tuesday, Twitter shares fell to a level that indicated the stock market believed it was unlikely that Musk would make the acquisition for $44bn, as he originally agreed.\n\nMr Musk's decision to go after Twitter has concerned some Tesla investors and put pressure on the stock.\n\nAddressing concerns that his planned takeover of Twitter could distract him from his chief executive job at Tesla, he said he would remain at the car company \"as long as I can be useful.\"\n\nHe said China would account for 25% to 30% of Tesla's sales long term. He said he was not expecting to open any additional plants in China in the near future but would be expanding the Shanghai Factory.\n\nMr Musk has an estimated net worth of around $250bn, mostly due to his Tesla stake.\n\nHe also has a controlling stake in the rocket company SpaceX, which is estimated to be worth $100bn.\n\nHe said it was his aim to get an uncrewed vehicle known as Starship to Mars in three to five years with a crewed mission before the end of the decade.\n\nCorrection 23rd May: This article has been amended to make clear that Elon Musk referred to how Donald Trump's Twitter ban and move to his own Truth Social site had amplified his voice among \"the right\" rather than the \"far-right\".", "The skeletons were dug up during excavations in late 2020\n\nEighty-two skeletons found in a mass grave in the Dutch city of Vianen were mainly British soldiers who died of illness in an 18th Century field hospital, archaeologists say.\n\nThe remains were found outside the city's old wall in November 2020 and then researched by forensic anthropologist April Pijpelink.\n\nAll but four were men and many originated in southern England.\n\n\"It's most likely these young men came to fight against the French,\" she said.\n\nBut they lost their lives because of poor hygiene in a field hospital, she told the BBC. \"At first we thought these men died of injuries in battle, but during my research it became clear that around 85% of them suffered from one or more infections, while basically all their trauma wounds had healed.\"\n\nSamples were taken from six of the skeletons and isotope analysis of their bones concluded that one came from southern England, possibly Cornwall, another from southern Cornwall and a third from an urban English environment. Two more may have been from the Netherlands but of possible English descent while the other was from Germany.\n\nThe men would have been treated at a field hospital at Batestein Castle in Vianen. As it was a mass grave and they all died under the same circumstances, a sample of six was sufficient, archaeologist Hans Veenstra told the BBC.\n\nThere were two wars there in the 18th Century, but only one involved British soldiers: the Flanders Campaign of 1793-95 against France. German soldiers from Hessen and Hanover worked closely with the British during the campaign.\n\nThis was part of the First Coalition war, between post-revolutionary France and several other European powers including Britain, Russia, Prussia, Spain, the Netherlands and Austria.\n\nThe bones in the mass grave all came from the same period in the 1790s\n\nFrom late 1794-95, British soldiers were treated a short distance from the mass grave, and the researchers believe that the poor and cramped conditions of army life led to reduced resistance to bacterial infection.\n\nThe average age of the adult victims was about 26 although some of those who died were just teenagers. Around 60% showed traces of one or more infections which all had one cause - pneumococcal bacteria.\n\n\"If you read history books it's always about the people in power - mostly about armies and generals, kings and queens but never about the ordinary man who had to do all the dirty work,\" said Mr Veenstra, who believed this discovery helped fill in a gap in our knowledge of the time.\n\n\"That's what makes this interesting. They lived in very poor conditions, they all had a poor upbringing with a lot of malnutrition and hard work. They'd already damaged their backs by doing hard labour.\"\n\nThe skeletons were well preserved because they were found in clay outside Vianen's historic walls", "Whatever else Russia's Victory Day parade is supposed to represent, it won't be any sort of victory over Ukraine, regardless of the spin President Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin will try to put on it, writes defence analyst Michael Clarke.\n\nThis war is one that Russia cannot win in any meaningful sense.\n\nPutin's foreign military successes around the world after 2008 were all achieved by using small units of elite forces, mercenaries and local militia groups alongside Russian air power.\n\nThis gave Moscow considerable leverage at low cost during interventions in Georgia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Syria, Libya, Mali and twice in Ukraine during 2014, first in illegally annexing Crimea and then in creating self-declared Russian statelets in Luhansk and Donetsk.\n\nIn every case, Russia moved swiftly and ruthlessly in ways the western world was unable to counter except through graduated sanctions regimes - nothing that could reverse the reality. Putin was adept at creating \"new facts on the ground\".\n\nIn February he tried the same again on the grandest possible scale in Ukraine - to grab governmental power within about 72 hours in a country of 45 million people occupying the second biggest land area in Europe. It was an astonishing and reckless gamble and it failed completely in the first crucial week.\n\nPutin now has few options but to keep going forward to make this war bigger - either bigger in Ukraine or bigger by advancing beyond its borders. Escalation is built into the current situation and Europe has reached a very dangerous moment in its recent history.\n\nHaving failed with Plan A to seize the government in Kyiv before President Zelensky's forces, or the outside world, could react, Moscow then switched to a Plan B. This was a more \"manoeuvrist\" military approach to surround Kyiv and move in on other Ukrainian cities - Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Mariupol and Mykolaiv and simply snuff out Ukrainian armed resistance while Kyiv itself would be threatened with capitulation or destruction.\n\nThis, too, failed. Kherson was the only major city that fell under Russian control and has since continued to resist Russian administration. The fact is that Russian forces were too small to dominate such a big country; they performed very poorly for a mixture of reasons; they were badly led and dispersed around four separate fronts, from Kyiv to Mykolaiv, with no overall commander.\n\nAnd they turned out to be up against a determined and well-trained Ukrainian army who fought them to a standstill in a classic demonstration of \"dynamic defence\" - not holding a line but rather hitting the attackers at points of maximum vulnerability.\n\nIn frustration, Russia has now moved to \"plan C\", which is to give up on Kyiv and the north, instead concentrating all its forces for a major offensive in the Donbas region and across the south of Ukraine, probably as far as the port of Odesa in the south-west - effectively to landlock the country.\n\nThis is the campaign we now see being played out in the east around Izyum and Popasne, Kurulka and Brazhkivka.\n\nRussian forces are trying to surround Ukraine's Joint Forces Operation, (JFO) - about 40% of its army that has been dug in opposite the breakaway Luhansk and Donetsk \"republics\" since 2014. Key Russian objectives are to take Slovyansk and, a little further south, Kramatorsk. They are both crucial strategic points for control of the whole Donbas region.\n\nAnd the war has moved into a different military phase - a struggle in more open country, during better weather, with tanks, mechanised infantry and, above all, artillery - designed to devastate an opponent's defence lines before armoured forces sweep in.\n\nBut the process is not so simple.\n\nRussia's offensive got off to a staggered start and Ukraine's JFO has held the Russian offensive well short of the lines Russian commanders would have expected to reach by now. The Ukrainians have bought themselves some valuable time. A \"race of the heavy metal\" is under way as each side tries to bring in its heavy fighting equipment before the battle is fully joined. We can expect to see this develop over the next couple of weeks.\n\nWhat happens in the Donbas, however, offers Putin only a choice between different types of defeat.\n\nIf the battle reaches an autumn stalemate, he will have precious little to show for so much loss and pain. If the military momentum shifts and his forces get pushed back, even more so. And even if the Russians succeed in overrunning the whole of the Donbas and all across the south, they still have to hold those territories for the indefinite future in the face of several million Ukrainians who don't want them there.\n\nAny significant Russian military success will likely create a major, open-ended insurgency that will get bigger for every district Russian forces may overrun. Putin went for broke in February with Plan A. The failure of that scheme means that plans B, C or any subsequent plans still leaves Russia going for broke - needing to suppress some or all of a very big country.\n\nOne way or another, Russia will have to keep fighting in Ukraine, either against the population, or against the Ukrainian army, and quite possibly both simultaneously. And as long as Kyiv sticks to its current line that demands Russian withdrawal before any concessions can be contemplated, there is not much Putin can do but carry grimly on.\n\nThe western powers will keep supplying weapons and money to Kyiv, and will not be lifting powerful sanctions on Russia any time soon. Once Europe's energy dependency on it is greatly lessened, Russia has so little that Europe really needs, the US and Europe will be able to leave crippling sanctions in place with small cost to their own economies.\n\nThere is no way back for Vladimir Putin personally and he may even be indicted as a war criminal. His only political strategy is to make the war in Ukraine into something else - part of a struggle for Russia's very survival against the \"Nazis\" and \"imperialists\" of the West who relish the chance to take Russia down.\n\nThat's why it suits him to toy with the dangerous idea that Russia is facing a \"Great Patriotic War 2.0\" with the rest of Europe. We will probably hear a lot more about this on Victory Day. President Putin will claim to see light at the end of a very dark and long tunnel into which he has steered his own country.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. John Kerry says countries have to raise ambitions after COP26\n\nUS climate envoy John Kerry says the war in Ukraine has not wrecked the Glasgow Climate Pact agreed last year.\n\nRussia's invasion has \"presented a challenge\" in the battle against global warming but could be overcome, he said.\n\nLarge reductions in carbon emissions are required if temperature rises are to be kept below 1.5C.\n\nIn a BBC interview, Mr Kerry said some countries needed to \"raise ambitions\" if the most dangerous effects of climate change were to be prevented.\n\nAccording to a UN report, the world is on track to warm by 3.2C this century if countries only follow through on commitments made before the Glasgow summit.\n\nThis would lead to \"unprecedented heatwaves, terrifying storms, and widespread water shortages\".\n\nTo avoid that fate, the world must keep the rise in temperatures at or under 1.5C this century, researchers have said, and reach peak CO2 emissions by 2025.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Scotland's No Hot Air podcast, Mr Kerry said the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow was \"enormously successful in raising ambition\".\n\nAround 120 world leaders came to COP26 in Glasgow in November 2021\n\nHe said if all the commitments made by nations at the summit were fulfilled, Earth \"would be at 1.8 degrees of warming by 2050\", but there has \"not been enough movement to implement those promises\".\n\n\"The bottom line is we're in trouble right now unless we can turn things around faster over the next eight years,\" he said.\n\n\"We have to still fight for the 1.5, as hard as it may be. But I remain an optimist, because I think that if we do what we've promised to do, we can have a 45% global cut globally between now and 2030.\"\n\nCOP26 President Alok Sharma said in January that the agreements reached at the Glasgow climate meeting had been a \"fragile win\" for the world but progress made during the summit was at risk of \"withering on the vine\".\n\nSince the climate summit in November, Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, has led to disruption in global fossil fuel supplies and increasingly widespread sanctions against Russia by Western countries.\n\nMr Kerry said: \"He hasn't wrecked [the climate pact], but he's presented a challenge to it.\"\n\nHe said there remained a question mark over what would happen with Russia's emissions, but the war had forced Europe to act faster.\n\n\"What Vladimir Putin has done by using gas energy as a weapon, is to convince Europe that it has to move faster,\" Mr Kerry said.\n\n\"So, in fact, Europe is going to try to move to deploy renewable energy, wind, solar, etc, much faster than they originally had planned.\n\n\"The key will be finding greater levels of finance on an international basis to accelerate the transition to those renewables so that investment begins to move there faster.\"\n\nHe said hopes for a limit of global warming at 1.5C were weak but \"still existing\".\n\nTens of thousands of people protested during the COP26 summit demanding action on climate change\n\nHowever, Mr Kerry said a 1.5C rise would avoid only the the worst consequences of climate change, not the crisis.\n\n\"We need to get to work,\" Mr Kerry said. \"We need to deploy far more renewables. We need to be accelerating research and development. We need to be living up to the promises that we've made.\n\n\"We still can do that, and we have to get about the business of enforcing it.\"\n\nIn the US, President Biden hoped to get legislation for a \"very reasonable but appropriately ambitious programme\" through Congress at some point soon, Mr Kerry said, but he had the ability to use an executive order if that did not happen.\n\nMr Kerry said he would continue in his role as climate envoy.\n\n\"What motivates me is the fact that we can win this battle,\" he said.\n\n\"I must stay at it while I feel like I'm moving it forward and I can be most effective in what I'm trying to do.\"\n\nHe added: \"The downside of not achieving what we have to achieve is that things will happen that are irreversible.\n\n\"We pass the tipping point, which some scientists think we may have passed, of the Arctic, of the Antarctic, of coral reefs, of any of them being... disaster and catastrophe.\"\n\nLang Banks, of the conservation charity WWF Scotland, said there remained a \"giant gap\" between global action and what science called for to limit global temperature rises to 1.5C.\n\nHe said the climate promises made in Glasgow had to be heeded, and that \"urgent, ambitious and robust action from industrialised nations\" was needed to limit emissions.\n\nThe world has changed in the six months since Glasgow hosted the UN climate summit, COP26. Global warming is no less a threat but rising energy prices made worse by the war has shifted political priorities.\n\nFor some countries, securing alternatives to Russian oil and gas supplies is a more pressing concern than cutting carbon emissions.\n\nJohn Kerry - who describes himself as an optimist - thinks it should be possible to do both.\n\nHe argues that Vladimir Putin has weaponised Russian energy and in doing so has convinced Europe to speed up a switch to renewables that will help tackle climate change.\n\nHe also acknowledges Glasgow's wider goal of keeping alive the possibility of limiting the global temperature rise to 1.5C may be in trouble.\n\nThat has always required some countries, ideally including China and India, to increase their carbon-cutting ambitions in 2022 and that simply hasn't happened yet to anything like the required degree.", "A female prison guard who went on the run with a murder suspect from an Alabama jail has died after shooting herself as the pair were caught, police say.\n\nVicky White, 56, died in hospital after she and Casey White (no relation), 38, were arrested in Indiana following an 11-day manhunt.\n\nThe two had vanished from a prison in Lauderdale County on 29 April.\n\nThey are believed to have been romantically involved.\n\nAccording to officials, they were last seen as she was transporting him to a bogus mental health evaluation.\n\nIt was Ms White's last day at work before retirement. She had recently sold her home and told colleagues she planned to spend more time at the beach.\n\nLate on Monday, the Vanderburgh County Coroners Office confirmed that Vicky White died in a local hospital after shooting herself during the arrest.\n\nMore information on her death is expected to be released on Tuesday following an autopsy.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe US Marshals Service said Ms White had been spotted leaving a hotel in Evansville, Indiana with a wig on before getting into a car driven by Casey White.\n\nA police chase ensued, ending when a marshal rammed his vehicle into the couple's Cadillac, at which point Casey White surrendered, saying his \"wife\" had shot herself and needed help.\n\n\"We got a dangerous man off the street today. He is never going to see the light of day again,\" Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton said.\n\nAt least one gun was found inside the vehicle, police said.\n\nAccording to US Marshals, the two had previously been last seen on Friday driving a copper-coloured Ford Edge with an Alabama registration plate.\n\nOn Monday, Sheriff Singleton described the 6ft 9in Casey White as \"extremely dangerous\" and advised law enforcement not to \"take any chances\" with him.\n\nMeanwhile, Ms White had a spotless record as a prison guard.\n\n\"I would have trusted Vicky with my life. I really mean it,\" Lauderdale County District Attorney Chris Connolly told reporters. \"If we needed something from the jail, she was our go-to person, solid employee. That's why it's so shocking.\"\n\nCasey White was charged in September 2020 with murder over the stabbing of 58-year-old Connie Ridgeway. He was already serving 75 years for a series of violent crimes in 2015, including burglary, vehicle theft and a police chase.\n\nHe allegedly confessed to the murder, but later pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, and was awaiting trial at the Lauderdale County Jail when he disappeared, authorities added. He faces execution if convicted.\n\nThe prisoner also now faces an escape charge and will be returned to the Alabama corrections system.", "Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis was questioned in the House of Commons earlier\n\nThere will be \"proper investigations\" which comply with human rights obligations as part of the government's plan to deal with Troubles legacy cases, Brandon Lewis has said.\n\nThe secretary of state has been giving evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee at Westminster.\n\nThe plan proposes ending all criminal investigations, prosecutions, inquests and civil actions.\n\nDespite opposition, the government intends to bring forward legislation.\n\nMr Lewis said it would be \"feasible\" to have legislation enacted by parliament before next year's summer recess.\n\nUnder the proposals, an independent truth recovery body would be created, aiming to provide victims and bereaved families with as much information about incidents as possible.\n\n\"We are not stopping investigations … the idea of this body is to really get into investigations,\" Mr Lewis said.\n\nHe said it would comply with article two of the European Convention of Human Rights and adequate investigations into killings.\n\nHe referenced as a template the Operation Kenova model, an outside team currently looking into several Troubles-era cases under Jon Boutcher, the former chief constable of Bedfordshire.\n\nThe legacy plan has been strongly criticised as a de facto amnesty by Northern Ireland political parties and victims' groups.\n\nMr Lewis said there had been 14 \"sessions\" with stakeholders around legacy since July, and the Northern Ireland Office had met 75 groups or individuals as part of its deliberations.\n\nHe added that the government's commitment to the information body would result in a level of disclosure by the state \"that has never happened before\".\n\nMr Lewis told the committee that he hoped the Irish government would \"match-up\" to an information recovery process also.\n\nEarlier in Parliament, Mr Lewis said legislation would \"provide certainty to the many veterans who served courageously to defend the rule of law during the Troubles\".\n\nBut he added that the move was also about \"addressing the needs of victims and veterans at the same time\".\n\nMr Lewis came under pressure from Conservative MP Mark Francois, who accused him of \"delivering nothing\" on legacy despite repeated promises.\n\nHe said this had followed several pledges in Conservative Party election manifestos and a \"hand-signed promise in The Sun newspaper from the prime minister\".\n\nBut Mr Lewis said the government would deliver on its commitment by introducing the legislation this autumn.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn July, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the legacy proposals would allow Northern Ireland to \"draw a line under the Troubles\".\n\nAt the time, Mr Lewis told Parliament it was a decision that had not been taken lightly.\n\nHe said it was \"the best way to help Northern Ireland move further along the road to reconciliation\" and outlined a \"statute of limitations, to apply equally to all Troubles-related incidents\".\n\nParties and victims' groups have expressed opposition to the proposals.\n\nNorthern Ireland's five main political parties, the Irish government and several victims' groups have been highly critical of any suggested blanket ban on prosecutions.\n\nIn August a group which represents 200,000 Army veterans who served in Northern Ireland said it fully supported the legacy plan.\n\nRepresentatives of the Northern Ireland Veterans Movement (NIVM) said it would bring its \"full strength to bear\" in support of the proposals.", "Marcos supporters have been celebrating since early results suggested a big victory\n\nFerdinand \"Bongbong\" Marcos Jr, the son of a former Philippines' dictator, has asked to be judged on his actions not his ancestors after dominating the country's presidential election.\n\nWith more than 98% of an initial count completed, the 64-year-old senator has a seemingly unassailable lead with double the votes of his nearest rival.\n\nAn official result is expected later.\n\nA victory would seal a remarkable return to power for the Marcos family, who fled into exile 36 years ago.\n\nMr Marcos' father led the country from 1965 until 1986, imposing martial law and presiding over a period of widespread human rights abuses, corruption and poverty.\n\nA mass uprising in 1986 saw millions of people take to the streets and the Marcos family - including a 28-year-old Bongbong - fled the country for Hawaii.\n\nThe long-time politician, who returned to the Philippines in 1991, has sought to paint his father's presidency as a golden age and polls suggest he is popular among the young.\n\nCritics allege his election campaign was fuelled by a misinformation campaign on social media, which he denies.\n\n\"Judge me not by my ancestors, but by my actions,\" Mr Marcos said in a statement via his spokesman on Tuesday. \"It is [my] promise to be a president for all Filipinos,\" he added.\n\nTurnout on voting day was high and previous elections in the country have largely been ruled to be fair. But the BBC's Howard Johnson in Manila says there are lingering questions about broken machines at polling stations and videos allegedly showing vote buying.\n\nOpinion polls in the run-up to the election put Mr Marcos Jr ahead of his nearest rival, Leni Robredo, by dozens of percentage points.\n\nCritics say this was the result of Mr Marcos Jr consistently painting his father's rule as a prosperous time, whitewashing a period of rampant corruption and widespread poverty.\n\nFerdinand Marcos Sr, who died in 1989, and his wife Imelda stole an estimated $10bn (£8.1bn) from the Philippines' coffers, becoming infamous examples of public graft.\n\nAs the vote count showed the scale of Mr Marcos' lead, Ms Robredo told supporters to continue their fight for truth and dismantle \"the structures of lies\".\n\nThere was a social media campaign to rebrand the old Marcos era, not as the period of martial law with its terrible human rights abuses, corruption and near-economic collapse, but as a golden age of crime-free prosperity.\n\nThis began at least a decade ago, with hundreds of deceptively-edited videos being uploaded to YouTube, which were then reposted on sympathetic Facebook pages.\n\nThese have persuaded millions of Filipinos that the vilification of the Marcoses after their downfall was unfair, that the stories of unrivalled greed were untrue.\n\nAnd then there are the myths, widely believed in poorer parts of the Philippines, that the Marcoses do indeed hold vast wealth in offshore accounts or hidden stashes of gold bullion, but that these are being kept to benefit the Filipino people once they are restored to power.\n\nBut the pro-Marcos disinformation campaign also benefited from widespread public disappointment with the failure of the post-1986 administrations to bring significant improvements to the lives of poorer Filipinos.\n\nBongbong Marcos successfully portrayed himself as the candidate for change, like his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte, promising happiness and unity to a country weary of the years of political polarisation and pandemic hardship and hungry for a better story.\n\nThe younger Mr Marcos has served in various elected positions over the years. He lost the 2016 vice-presidential election to Ms Robredo - a result he fiercely contested.\n\nIn the run-up to this election, critics say his campaign didn't detail his plans or policies, and that he avoided debates where he might face independent questioning.\n\nHe held lavish rallies featuring pop music, comedy and dancing, where attendees were given freebies like wristbands and T-shirts.\n\nFerdinand \"Bongbong\" Marcos Jr at his last campaign rally\n\nMs Robredo, who ran for president on the promise of a clean and effective government, also drew huge crowds at her \"pink revolution\" rallies.\n\nThe rival campaigns turned this into one of the Philippines' most watched elections. Both candidates tried to woo those below the age of 30, who account for nearly half of the registered voters.\n\nMr Marcos Jr is set to inherit a country whose economy appears to be recovering from the pandemic better than expected.\n\nBut challenges, from high inflation to the aftermath of a brutal anti-drug campaign by President Rodrigo Duterte, remain.\n\nMr Duterte, a hugely popular strongman-style leader, oversaw a notorious war on drugs that led to police killing thousands without trial, according to human rights groups.\n\nHis daughter, Sara Duterte, who ran for vice-president alongside Mr Marcos Jr, is leading by a wide margin of votes, partial results show.\n\nThe election was not just for the presidential positions, but also for senators, the lower house and regional officials across the entire archipelago.\n\nThe official count of all votes may take days.", "The time it takes to find homes for dogs varies depending on how much help and support they need first\n\nA dog rescued from a run-down barn had never been outside, taken for walkies or had human contact before.\n\nCharlie, aged five, was so traumatised he didn't leave his kennel at the RSPCA in Newport for weeks.\n\nSixteen months on, he's the longest-staying resident and staff are trying to find him a forever home.\n\nStaff say crossbreed Charlie is a sociable boy whose confidence has been built up, and would love another dog for company.\n\nCharlie and 44 other dogs were rescued from the barn in Ceredigion in January 2021.\n\nCharlie is now walked regularly after gaining confidence going outside\n\nIt was agreed with the owner that the dogs' needs weren't being met.\n\nSince then, Charlie has been introduced to new people and he started going outside after a few months.\n\nStaff at the rescue centre have seen Charlie's confidence grow and his personality come out\n\nDeputy centre manager Kathryn Logan said: \"He's come such a long way from the scared and nervous dog he was when he arrived at the centre back in January 2021.\n\n\"He had never gone outside, worn a collar or been on a walk, but his transformation has been quite incredible.\n\n\"For the first few weeks he wouldn't move from the corner of his kennel, and it was only when he began to trust his carers and feel more at ease that he would place his chin on our hand, although it wasn't until four months later that he was confident enough to take his first steps outside the kennel.\"\n\nVolunteer Danni Wilson, who has built up a close bond with Charlie over many months and regularly takes him for walks, said: \"It's been wonderful watching Charlie come out of his shell and start to enjoy life. He wouldn't let us go near him when he first arrived, but now he can't get enough attention and showers me with kisses and affection.\"\n\nThere is no limit on how long dogs can stay at the centre and it is hoped Charlie will find a home soon.", "A proposed statute of limitations would end all prosecutions in Troubles-related cases up to April 1998\n\nThe UK government has delayed bringing forward controversial Troubles legacy legislation - but does it mean a rethink is taking place?\n\nNo bill materialised before Christmas, despite one being promised by late autumn.\n\nIt means it will be difficult getting the amnesty plan on to the statute books before the next Stormont assembly election.\n\nAnd probably most certain of all, it will not be in place before the next trial involving an Army veteran.\n\nTo recap: In July, the government proposed drawing a line under the past with a statute of limitations that would mean no more criminal investigations or prosecutions related to the conflict period.\n\nIt would apply across the board, to former security force members and paramilitaries alike.\n\nThere are about 1,200 unresolved Troubles killings sitting with the Police Service of Northern Ireland's (PSNI) legacy investigations branch.\n\nThe government also planned to end all related inquests and civil actions, of which there are about 1,000 in the court system at various stages.\n\nA substitute process of information recovery would be established, with the aim of delivering investigative reports for bereaved families and victims.\n\nBoris Johnson says the legacy proposals would allow Northern Ireland to \"draw a line under the Troubles\"\n\nThe government insists that will comply with its human rights obligations.\n\nThe Irish government, Northern Ireland political parties and victims' organisations flatly reject the proposals, with some sharply critical of the consultation process that has been taking place.\n\nCriticism has also extended to the Council of Europe commissioner for human rights, Dunja Mijatović, and the UN Human Rights Council.\n\nDespite the delay in bringing forward legislation, few engaged in the process believe it signals any change of heart by London on the central idea of an amnesty.\n\nInstead it seems to be down to the nitty gritty of how the information recovery body would work.\n\nAs reported by the Daily Telegraph recently, the government appears to be examining ways to compel former paramilitaries to participate with information gathering.\n\nIt is thought that could involve being prosecuted for failure to co-operate.\n\nOne source told BBC News NI: \"There's a certain irony here. You won't be prosecuted for murder but you can be prosecuted for not coming forward to the information body.\"\n\nThey added that the \"only good thing\" that has come out of the limited engagement with government is that everybody has told them they oppose what is proposed.\n\nAnother source said while they felt the government still wanted to press ahead, it is possible that things drift and nothing gets done because of more urgent priorities.\n\nHowever, they felt that would not be sustainable long term as the legacy problem requires solving.\n\nThe debate about how to deal with legacy of the Troubles looks like it will continue well into the future\n\nThe view is that any legislation would take six months to progress through Parliament, under full scrutiny of both houses, rather than being raced through under accelerated passage.\n\nThat would mean it would come into force later than the government intended - it had seen \"a window of opportunity\" before this May's assembly election.\n\nIt also puts any legislation the other side of the next trial involving an Army veteran - and protecting former soldiers has been a significant factor in the formulation of the government's approach.\n\nDavid Holden is due to go on trial in January over the manslaughter of Aidan McAnespie, who was shot at an Army checkpoint near Aughnacloy in County Tyrone in 1988.\n\nIt is one of seven legacy cases at prosecution stage.\n\nThe Public Prosecution Service (PPS) is, however, seeking to discontinue two of them - Soldier F over Bloody Sunday and Soldier B over the shooting of Daniel Hegarty, also in Londonderry in 1972.\n\nThe PPS is also yet to decide whether to prosecute another 11 Troubles cases, three of them involving a total of 12 former soldiers.\n\nThose cases do not include consideration of the Operation Kenova investigation into the Army agent within the IRA known by the codename Stakeknife.\n\nDuring the past 12 months, Troubles legacy cases have made many headlines.\n\nThey will continue to do so in 2022.\n\nBut to borrow Boris Johnson's phrase, will it be the year that \"a line is drawn under the Troubles\" by way of controversial legislation?", "President Macron was on his first foreign trip since re-election in late April\n\nFreshly re-elected Emmanuel Macron chose 9 May to come to dinner in Berlin. An auspicious date in EU circles.\n\nNicknamed \"Europe Day\", it commemorates the signing of the post World War Two Schuman declaration promoting peace between European nations.\n\nA very different vision of Europe to that of Vladimir Putin, the French president noted.\n\nTogether, he said, France and Germany carried the ambition for a stronger, more sovereign, more democratic, more united EU, able to rise to the challenges currently facing the continent.\n\nIt's EU tradition for French and German leaders to visit each other as the first trip abroad following their election. An intentionally symbolic display of the bloc's Franco-German motor purring, even roaring ahead.\n\nAt least, they hope that's the message transmitted.\n\nBut how united and influential are France and Germany in today's EU?\n\nI'd argue the Russia-Ukraine crisis has fundamentally shifted not only EU security dynamics, but the balance of power in the bloc too. And it's no longer just about France and Germany.\n\nWhen Mr Macron first came to Berlin back in 2017, he was a rookie compared to then Chancellor Angela Merkel.\n\nBut her successor Olaf Scholz has handled Russia sanctions and weapons deliveries to Ukraine slowly and clumsily during the current crisis - frustrating voters at home and allies abroad.\n\nGermany's chancellor has defended his response to the war, appearing with President Macron in front of a Brandenburg gate illuminated in Ukraine's national colours\n\nI asked Mr Scholz at his press conference with Mr Macron whether he was concerned about Germany's reputation and leadership role in Europe as a result.\n\nHe robustly defended Germany's record. Berlin in the end moved dramatically to reverse its reliance on Russian energy (moving from a 35% to a 12% reliance on Russian oil within a few weeks).\n\nIt put historical angst and innate risk-aversion aside, (belatedly) delivering heavy weapons to Ukraine. And Mr Scholz turned German defence priorities on their head early on in the crisis, promising to invest €100bn ($100bn; £85bn) in modernising the armed forces and increasing defence spending to the 2% of GDP requested by Nato.\n\nBut by huffing and puffing and dragging its heels before taking action, the impression Germany has given is of a reluctant or backseat member of the Western alliance when it comes to countering the Kremlin.\n\n\"We should send signals of strength not weakness to the Kremlin. This just encourages the Russian president to do what he is doing,\" according to Peter Beyer, a Christian Democratic Union MP and member of the German Parliament's defence committee.\n\n\"I don't want to be critical just because my party is now in opposition,\" he insisted to me But, he said, Olaf Scholz seems always to have to be pushed into action by others, by public opinion or by criticism from European partners.\n\n\"And why should that be? We're Germany. We shouldn't just lead economically but also politically but [Mr Scholz] isn't in the driving seat.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: EU ban on Russian oil will not be easy, says von der Leyen\n\nIndeed in the diplomatic, defence, economic and energy crisis Europe currently finds itself in - where as one EU leader after another notes Russia has brought war and the threat of nuclear attack back to the continent - mighty power Germany has conspicuously failed to take the lead.\n\nAnd so Mr Macron believes this to be his moment. Time for Germany to play sous-chef, he thinks, while he drives the EU initiative.\n\nAngela Merkel rather squashed his reformist zeal, but Macron's ideas of promoting EU sovereignty in new technologies, defence, energy and food production have now been gaining traction. A result of Russia's belligerence in Ukraine and the strain on global supply chains caused by the Covid pandemic.\n\nFrance currently holds the EU's rotating presidency. Before coming to Berlin on Monday, Mr Macron addressed the European Parliament on his vision for the bloc's future.\n\nThis included the not entirely new idea of establishing an outer EU circle of like-minded nations including \"those who have left the EU\" (a clear nod to the UK) and others waiting to join, like Ukraine and countries in the western Balkans.\n\nAnd while there's smouldering resentment that Germany has been too soft for too long on Moscow - driven largely, it's believed, by economic interests - many of the same critics are also impatient with Mr Macron for repeatedly pursuing diplomatic openings with Vladimir Putin.\n\nPoland and the Baltic nations along with other hawkish former communist countries like the Czech Republic have pushed to take the lead in Nato and EU defence decisions during the Russia-Ukraine crisis.\n\nThe Slovenian, Polish and Czech prime ministers, together with Poland's ruling party leader, were the first Western leaders to visit Kyiv\n\nHungary has risen to prominence too. As a not entirely unexpected spanner in the works of EU sanctions.\n\nPrime Minister Victor Orban, known for his good relations with Mr Putin, is holding the EU hostage over plans for oil sanctions. Refusing to sign on the dotted line until his Russian-energy dependent country gets a favourable deal.\n\nProjecting a united and determined Western front against Mr Putin is of paramount importance to the EU and Nato right now. But neither Paris nor Berlin have been able to rein in Mr Orban. The European Commission President flew to Budapest on Monday night to try - to no avail.\n\nOf course keeping 27 countries united on sanctions when each one is impacted in a different way is a huge challenge and this is interpreted by Mr Putin as a weakness.\n\nThink back to the eurozone and, specifically, the Greek debt crisis. Angela Merkel would bash EU heads together, or at least keep them in the same room until a solution was found.\n\nShe wasn't loved for that but she was respected.\n\nNow Brussels is beginning to ask whether the EU rule that foreign policy decisions, including sanctions packages, must be unanimous is now outdated in these unpredictable and dangerous times.", "Andy Warhol's \"Shot Sage Blue Marilyn\" at an auction preview in April\n\nAn iconic painting of Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol has been auctioned for $195m (£158.17m) - making it the most expensive piece of 20th Century art ever sold.\n\nThe painting, Shot Sage Blue Marilyn, was painted by Warhol in 1964 using a famous photograph as inspiration.\n\nThe amount is also the highest ever paid for an American work of art.\n\nThe Christie's auction in New York was widely seen as a symbol of the luxury art market's health.\n\nAhead of the auction, Christie's wrote that the painting is \"one of the rarest and most transcendent images in existence\", with a selling price \"in the region\" of $200m.\n\nThe auction ended with a sale price of $170m, which rose to $195m with taxes and fees taken into account.\n\nThe previous record price for a piece of American artwork was $110.5m for a skull painting created in 1982 by Warhol's sometimes friend and sometimes competitor, Jean-Michael Basquiat.\n\nThe final price also smashes the previous record for a 20th Century work of art, set in 2015 when a 1955 painting by Pablo Picasso - Les Femmes d'Alger (Version O) - sold for $179.4m, including fees.\n\nIn March, George Frei, the chairman of the board of the Thomas and Doris Amman Foundation, said in a statement that the painting of Monroe \"bears witness to her undiminished visual power in the new millennium\".\n\n\"Marilyn the woman is gone; the terrible circumstances of her life and death are forgotten,\" Mr Frei said. \"All that remains is the enigmatic smile that links her to another mysterious smile of a distinguished lady, the Mona Lisa.\"\n\nBloomberg reports that the winning bidder was US art dealer Larry Gagosian, who owns a chain of art galleries.\n\nAccording to Christie's, all the proceeds of the sale will go to the Switzerland-based Thomas and Doris Ammann Foundation Zurich, which works to establish healthcare and education programmes for children around the world.\n\nThe auction on Monday is the first of a series of art auctions planned by Christie's and Sotheby's over the next two weeks, widely considered to be a test of the luxury art market's health in the post-pandemic era.\n\nPhilip Hoffman, the founder of New York-based advisory company the Fine Art Group, told the New York times that there is a \"huge amount of pent-up demand\" for art.\n\n\"Everybody was waiting for the right moment,\" he said. \"And the right moment has come.\"", "An employment bill had been expected to allow workers to keep all their tips\n\nThe omission of measures to improve workers' rights from the Queen's Speech has been criticised.\n\nUnions accused the government of \"turning its back\" on workers while industry groups said they were disappointed the bill had been omitted.\n\nFlexible working rights, protections against pregnancy discrimination, and rights for staff to keep all tips had been hoped for in an Employment Bill.\n\nPlans for the bill were first announced by the government in 2019.\n\nA planned Employment Bill was first announced in the Queen's Speech in December 2019, but no firm legalisation has been brought forward to date.\n\nThere had been concerns that workers' rights could be watered down after the UK left the EU, and worries about treatment of employees in the gig economy had also led to calls for reform.\n\nTUC head Frances O'Grady said the lack of the Employment Bill in Tuesday's Queen's Speech meant \"vital rights that ministers had promised - like default flexible working, fair tips and protection from pregnancy discrimination - risk being ditched for good\".\n\nShe claimed by shelving the legislation, ministers had \"sent a signal that they are happy for rogue employers to ride roughshod over workers' rights,\" adding it would see \"bad bosses celebrating\".\n\nWhen first announced, the bill had promised:\n\nThe government said it had a \"strong track record in supporting workers\" as well as \"protecting and enhancing their rights\".\n\n\"Our ambitious legislative programme includes a comprehensive set of bills which enable us to deliver on priorities like growing the economy, which will in turn help address rising living costs and get people into good jobs,\" it added.\n\nAlthough there was no Employment Bill announced in the speech, the government did confirm plans to introduce legislation banning ferries from docking at UK ports if workers aren't being paid the equivalent of National Minimum Wage.\n\nThe move comes after P&O Ferries' sacked 800 seafarers without notice.\n\nThe Department for Transport said the Harbours Bill aimed to deter companies from repeating P&O Ferries' actions, by closing loopholes used by some firms operating in and out of UK ports.\n\nThe British Ports Association said the policy could work, but said it wasn't happy that ports were being asked to enforce it.\n\nRos Bragg, director of maternity rights charity Maternity Action, said she was \"deeply disappointed and frustrated\" that the Employment Bill did not feature in the Queen's Speech.\n\nShe said pregnant women and new mothers needed \"urgent legal protections from unfair redundancies\", which she said had \"dramatically increased\" since the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nShe called on ministers to adopt the bill put forward by former cabinet minister Maria Miller, who has proposed legalisation to prevent firms from sacking women during pregnancy or six months afterwards.\n\n\"We'd also urge strengthening legal protections for insecure workers - who are predominantly women, and who are currently bearing the brunt of the poverty crisis,\" Ms Bragg added.\n\n\"Ministers have promised women stronger legal protection, and they now need to urgently deliver on that promise.\"\n\nNeil Carberry, chief executive of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation, said it was \"incredibly disappointing\" the government had \"chosen to kick the Employment Bill into the long grass again\".\n\n\"It is now two and a half years since the Employment Bill was first promised, and five years since the Taylor review into modern working practices - the government must prove its commitment to this issue and bring forward this bill as soon as possible.\"\n\nVerity Davidge, director of policy at manufacturing organisation Make UK, said: \"Business will be frustrated that, yet again, three years after having promised it there was no Employment Bill. This is a major omission given how fast the world of work is changing, a trend accelerated by the pandemic.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Ben Willmott, head of policy for the CIPD, which represents HR professionals, said the omission of the bill left the government with \"very little time to meet its promises to protect and enhance workers' rights\".\n\nMr Willmott added it was a \"missed opportunity\" to protect workers rights, particular those in lower paid jobs dealing with rising household costs.\n\n\"The recent sacking of workers, without notice, by P&O Ferries shows that much more needs to be done to ensure unscrupulous employers cannot ignore their legal responsibilities and undercut employment standards in the UK,\" he said\n\n\"It will also be hugely disappointing for working carers that there is no progress on legislating to give them new rights to take time off to manage their caring responsibilities.\"", "Second-hand car sales have risen this year, boosted by a sharp increase in the number of used electric vehicles on the market.\n\nSales of used cars in the UK rose 5.1% between January and March, compared to the same three months last year.\n\nBut the market for electric cars, which only makes up a small percentage of the overall second-hand market, more than doubled in size.\n\nElectric car sales were \"energising\" the market, the SMMT said.\n\nThe most popular models overall were the Ford Fiesta, Vauxhall Corsa, and Volkswagen Golf. But consumers appeared keen to snap up more environmentally-friendly cars where possible, the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) showed.\n\n\"Zero emission vehicles [are] starting to filter through in larger numbers to consumers looking forward to driving the latest and greenest vehicles,\" Mike Hawes, SMMT chief executive, said.\n\n\"Although there is some way to go before we see the recent growth in new EVs replicated in the used market, a buoyant new car market will be vital to help drive fleet renewal which is essential to the delivery of carbon savings,\" he said.\n\nSales of used battery electric vehicles (BEVs), which run purely on electric power, grew from 6,625 to 14,586 in the first three months of the year, a rise of 120.2% from a year earlier.\n\nPlug in hybrids (PHEVs) and hybrids (HEVs) which together make up a larger share of the used car market also changed hands in greater numbers, totalling just under 50,000 vehicles.\n\nSmaller models continued to be more popular for buyers in the second-hand market. Larger multi-purpose vehicles (MPVs) , declined by 7.5%, followed by luxury saloons which were down 3.4%.\n\nBlack was the most popular colour choice accounting for one in every five cars sold.\n\nA shortage of semiconductors and other electronic components was holding back supply in the new car market, said David Leggett, editor of specialist news site Just Auto.\n\nHe said it was therefore unsurprising that there had been a boom in the second-hand market. \"The prices of used cars soared over last 12 months,\" he said.\n\nThe ramp up in sales of second-hand electric vehicles in particular was set to continue over the next few years as more new stock fed through to the used car market, Mr Leggett added.\n\n\"We are at a fairly early stage still in terms of the impact of BEVs on the new car market and seeping through to the stock of cars out there,\" he said.\n\nAs challenges within the electric car market over charging and consumer hesitation over adapting to the technology recede, he predicted a \"transformation\" of first the new and then used car markets.\n\nUsed car prices have risen, generally, by 30-40% in the last two years, according to KPMG.\n\nRichard Peberdy, UK Head of Automotive, KPMG, said: \"Used car prices have been soaring like never seen before.\"\n\n\"The increasing cost of living is cooling the used car market slightly, but demand still remains high and is likely to continue to until the issues impacting new car production are resolved and more supply enters the used car market. That is unlikely to be this year,\" he said.", "Ukrainian officials say Russian forces have launched an all-out assault on the Azovstal steelworks, the last Ukrainian holdout in the city of Mariupol.\n\nUkrainian forces inside the plant have been fighting \"difficult bloody battles\" for a second day, the commander of the Azov regiment said.\n\nRussian forces are reported to have entered \"the territory of the plant\" after days of sustained attacks.\n\nAbout 200 civilians are believed to be sheltering inside, including children.\n\nThe BBC has not been able to verify the reports of the Russian attack on the steel plant.\n\nIn a brief video message posted on Telegram, Azov commander Denis Prokopenko said: \"I am proud of my soldiers who are making superhuman efforts to contain the pressure of the enemy... the situation is extremely difficult.\"\n\nPresident Volodymyr Zelensky has made a further appeal to the UN to help save the lives of those who remain there.\n\n\"Everyone is important to us. We ask for your help in saving them,\" Mr Zelensky told UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres in a phone call.\n\nThe Ukrainian leader thanked Mr Guterres for a successful UN and Red Cross-led evacuation this week, which rescued more than 100 people from the steelworks, but called on the UN to \"assist in the removal of all the wounded from Azovstal\".\n\nThere were also more evacuations from other areas - Ukraine's deputy prime minister said that 344 evacuees from various south-western cities including Mariupol arrived in the relative safety of Zaporizhzhia on Wednesday - a south-eastern city still under Ukrainian control.\n\nIn a post on Telegram, Irina Vereshchuk thanked the UN and Red Cross for their help, saying: \"These are women, children and elderly people from Mariupol, Manhush, Berdiansk, Tokmak and Vasylivka... We will now support them during this difficult time, including with much-needed psychological support.\"\n\nOsnat Lubrani, the UN's humanitarian coordinator for Ukraine, confirmed the evacuations.\n\n\"While this second evacuation of civilians from areas in Mariupol and beyond is significant, much more must be done to make sure all civilians caught up in fighting can leave, in the direction they wish,\" she said in a statement.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Osnat Lubrani This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nRussia has said it will implement a ceasefire from Thursday to allow more civilian evacuations from the Azovstal plant.\n\nThe Russian military said routes out of the plant would open from 08:00 to 18:00 Moscow time (05:00 to 15:00 GMT) on 5, 6, and 7 May.\n\nDuring this time, Russian forces will cease activities and withdraw units to a safe distance, the military said in a post online.\n\nMeanwhile, new analysis suggests many as 600 people were killed when Russia bombed a theatre in Mariupol in March. The attack is believed to have caused the worst known loss of life in a single strike since the invasion began.\n\nAn investigation by the Associated Press (AP) news agency now puts the death toll at about double the previous estimate of 300. AP spoke to 23 survivors, rescuers and those familiar with the theatre's use as a bomb shelter.\n\nRussian troops have spent weeks besieging and bombarding Mariupol, which is key to Moscow's military campaign in Ukraine.\n\nFull control of the city would give the Russians a land bridge from Russia, through parts of the Donbas region held by Russian-backed separatists, right through to Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014.\n\nDespite indications that Russia is making slow progress in its effort to invade and retain southern and eastern parts of the country, the Kremlin has dismissed speculation that it will declare all-out war in Ukraine in the coming days as \"nonsense\".\n\nMoscow has up until now denied it is at war, instead referring to the invasion as a \"special military operation\".\n\nBut Western officials have speculated that President Vladimir Putin could use the 9 May Victory Parade to announce an escalation of military action. Moscow has denied this.", "Rehearsals for this year's victory parade took place in the sky over Moscow on Wednesday\n\nRussia has dismissed speculation that it will declare all-out war in Ukraine in the coming days as \"nonsense\".\n\nMoscow has up until now denied it is at war, instead referring to the invasion as a \"special military operation\".\n\nBut Western officials have speculated that President Vladimir Putin could use the 9 May Victory Parade to announce an escalation of military action.\n\nKremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, however, said there was no truth to the rumours \"at all\".\n\nUK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said last week that the Moscow parade - commemorating the defeat of the Nazis and end of World War Two - might be used to drum up support for a mass mobilisation of troops and renewed push into Ukraine.\n\n\"I would not be surprised, and I don't have any information about this, that he is probably going to declare on this May Day that 'we are now at war with the world's Nazis and we need to mass mobilise the Russian people',\" he told LBC radio.\n\nRussian officials only refer to the invasion as a \"special military operation\" to \"demilitarise\" or \"de-Nazify\" the country, referencing a baseless claim about Nazis in the Ukrainian government which Moscow used to justify the invasion.\n\nAs well as the annual parade in Moscow, there are also long-standing reports that the Kremlin is planning some sort of additional parade in the city of Mariupol in southern Ukraine, almost all of which is now under Russian control. Ukrainian forces remain in one area of the city - a vast industrial steelworks called Azovstal.\n\nLatest reports suggest that after the recent successful evacuation of some civilians, attacks on the steelworks have resumed and contact has been lost with the last remaining soldiers inside.\n\nUkrainian officials say the streets of the city centre are being cleared of debris, bodies, and unexploded bombs. Large parts of the city lie in ruins, after Russian forces bombarded it relentlessly for weeks under siege.\n\nUkrainian politician Alyona Shkrum told the BBC she was expecting things to become more difficult alongside Russia's victory day celebrations.\n\n\"For Putin and for the empire he's trying to build, basically this is a symbolic day, right?\" she said.\n\n\"So he takes some kind of victory day and he turns it into a big fight right now against Nazis, which is obviously Russian propaganda and completely ridiculous.\n\n\"We are expecting that there will be quite tough times here in Kyiv and in Odesa and in Mariupol, and in other cities for 9 May.\"\n\nAt the risk of stating the obvious, there is only one person who can be absolutely sure of how Russia plans to mark its annual Victory Day on 9 May and that is Vladimir Putin. And he is keeping his cards close to his chest.\n\nMoscow's denial that it plans to declare war that day need to be taken with a hefty pinch of salt.\n\nIn the days leading up to the invasion on 24 February Russian officials queued up to ridicule suggestions of an imminent invasion as \"western hysteria and propaganda\". Yet invade they did, catching even many Ukrainians by surprise.\n\nSo the very least we can expect is some triumphant announcements of objectives achieved and enemies (real or imagined) vanquished.\n\nBlame for the slow pace of Russian advance in the eastern Donbas region will likely be placed on Nato and there will probably be further warnings to the West to stop helping Ukraine defend itself.\n\nWhatever happens on 9 May it is hard to see this war ending any time soon.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: 64-year-old Tatyana lost her home in Mariupol, and says she has nowhere else to go", "Jonathan Goodwin was left paralysed after a stunt went wrong his fiancee said\n\nEscapologist Jonathan Goodwin, 42, has been left paralysed after an accident, his fiancée Amanda Abbington has said.\n\nThe Sherlock actress said he nearly died twice after last year's accident during rehearsals for America's Got Talent: Extreme.\n\nShe said the stunt ace, who appeared in the 2019 season of Britain's Got Talent, now uses a wheelchair.\n\nHe was supposed to escape a strait jacket while upside down 30ft in the air in between two suspended cars.\n\nInstead, Mr Goodwin became crushed between them as they caught on fire.\n\nMs Abbington, 48, told Jay Rayner's Out To Lunch podcast: \"He fell 30ft and lost a kidney, broke both shoulder blades, shattered both legs.\n\n\"Third-degree burns, broke his spine and severed his spinal cord and nearly died. And then on the operating table, he nearly died again.\"\n\n\"Unless there's a kind of stem cell surgery, or that thing that Elon Musk is designing with the little chip, he'll be like that forever,\" she said.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by jonathangoodwinofficial This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Goodwin, originally from Pembrokeshire, has remained \"positive and upbeat, and so strong,\" she added.\n\n\"His courage and his strength is something that I just aspire to be like.\n\n\"He's just incredible, honestly, like so happy, just like a very happy, positive human being, just liquid sunshine. He's amazing.\"\n\nAmanda Abbington met her fiancée, Jonathan Goodwin, during rehearsals for America's Got Talent: Extreme.\n\nThe actress said the stuntman sent a voice note before his surgery to say there was a 50% chance he would not make it.\n\nHe told her he loved her and thanked her for the past few months of his life with her.\n\nThe couple were initially friends on social media for about 10 years. Abbington followed him as her son Joe thought his act was \"amazing\".\n\nMr Goodwin has performed in London's West End as one of The Illusionists\n\nShe said they connected after she split from fellow Sherlock actor Martin Freeman and he had divorced his wife.\n\nAt first, Ms Abbington said, they spent hours chatting on the phone each day before he flew to Vienna to meet her for the first time.\n\nWithin 30 minutes, Mr Goodwin proposed. The couple plan to marry this summer.", "This family arrived from Mariupol at the evacuation point on Tuesday\n\nA group of civilians who have been evacuated from the besieged city of Mariupol have made their way to the relative safety of the town of Zaporizhzhia after a 200-km journey.\n\nAmong them were 69 people who had sheltered in bunkers beneath the massive Azovstal steelworks for months.\n\nIt's the first time a humanitarian corridor has been successfully agreed to get them out of the steel plant.\n\n\"We were losing hope that we would ever get out,\" one woman told the BBC.\n\nBefore this evacuation, repeated attempts to negotiate their safe release had ended in failure.\n\nHundreds of civilians still remain trapped inside the plant, according to Ukrainian fighters there. It's not clear whether more attempts will be made to rescue them.\n\nAfter the group of evacuees left on Sunday, fighters at the plant said Russian forces immediately resumed shelling.\n\nThere were hugs and tears of exhaustion and relief as the group of women and children arrived in Zaporizhzhia.\n\nKatarina stepped off the bus into the sun with everything she now owns stuffed in a small backpack. Her two children, aged six and 11, rubbed their eyes, exhausted.\n\nKatarina said she tried to reassure her two children, aged six and 11, that everything would be OK\n\nFor two months, they had lived in the hidden depths of the steel plant in Mariupol as Russian bombs pounded the site. The only supplies were rations handed down by Ukrainian solders.\n\n\"From the morning and during the night, we were bombarded. Artillery, rockets, air strikes,\" Katarina said.\n\n\"Our children couldn't sleep. They were crying. They were scared. And us as well.\n\n\"There were several times when we were losing hope that we would ever get out. We are extremely glad to be in Ukraine.\"\n\nBut the war had taken its toll on their home city, which they saw the wreckage of as they left: \"What we saw were just boxes with massive black holes in them. The apartment blocks are gone. Just their remains are there.\"\n\nAnother evacuee, Irene, had her 17-year-old daughter by her side - and found that, at least, was some comfort.\n\nIrene had an anxious time sheltering with her daughter\n\n\"We lived in hope that every day would be the last day in this hell. That we would go home to a peaceful Mariupol, but now it is non-existent,\" she said.\n\nThe operation carried out by the United Nations and the Red Cross has been complex - and at times dangerous.\n\nUN staff on the ground found the area littered with landmines. At one point, they had to pull back after an artillery strike.\n\n\"When the team went forward to literally wave a flag and try and bring these people out, there were a number of mines that had to be cleared both from the Ukrainian side - the steel plant - and the Russian side,\" said Sebastian Rhodes Stampa, the UN team's operational lead.\n\n\"There was then some mortar fire, I don't know where it came from. I don't know who fired it. It stopped fairly quickly.\"\n\nHe said he had found the experience \"deeply humbling\".\n\n\"They came out and they saw the city they presumably grew up in destroyed. There are graves on the pavement and in every plot of grass you can find,\" he said.\n\n\"They were horrified. You've got to understand, they've been underground for two months and they haven't seen news.\n\n\"There was a six-month-old baby there who had never seen grass, he'd been born during the winter and he was astonished how green the grass was. He wanted to play with and fiddle about with it.\"\n\nMr Rhodes Stampa told the BBC that women, children and the elderly \"hadn't seen daylight in two months\".\n\nRefugees had barely been outside the plant in two months, the UN said\n\nIn the end, they rescued more than 100 people from Mariupol this time - a rare moment of progress for humanitarian efforts in this war.\n\nUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the successful evacuation had been the result of long negotiations and mediations.\n\n\"We will continue to do everything to get all our people out of Mariupol and Azovstal,\" he said. It's difficult, but we need everyone who stays there - civilians and soldiers.\"\n\nThousands are still in the city, with hundreds still stuck in the maze-like tunnels under the steelworks.\n\nThe Red Cross said it was pleased the evacuation was a success, but was frustrated many more people were left in \"hell\".", "Small numbers of children with severe liver inflammation have been detected in 20 countries worldwide\n\nNearly 300 probable cases of children with severe hepatitis have been detected in 20 countries worldwide, with some in South East Asia, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.\n\nHealth officials around the world are investigating a mysterious increase in cases of the liver condition which was first spotted in the UK.\n\nA common virus called adenovirus, which has rebounded after the pandemic, could be causing the surge.\n\nOne death has been reported by the WHO.\n\nAs of 1 May, it said most cases of young children with hepatitis had been detected in Europe with small numbers also reported in the Americas, western Pacific and South East Asia.\n\nThe first cases of this unusual hepatitis were spotted in Scotland in children under the age of 10. More than 140 cases are now being investigated in the UK.\n\nMost UK children had a mild form of liver inflammation, although 10 children have needed a liver transplant.\n\nThey had initial symptoms of vomiting and diarrhoea followed by yellowing of the skin or whites of the eyes, called jaundice.\n\nThe hepatitis viruses that normally cause the condition (viruses A, B, C, D and E) were not detected in any of the children.\n\nCountries worldwide started looking for the unexplained liver condition 'of unknown origin' in children after it was highlighted by UK health officials.\n\nThere is no reason to believe the rare condition itself is spreading around the world.\n\nThe WHO says it's not yet clear if there has been an increase in hepatitis cases, or an increase in awareness of the condition which would normally go undetected.\n\nScientists believe that a common virus which has rebounded since the pandemic could be playing a role. It has been circulating at much higher levels than normal recently.\n\nAdenovirus was the most common pathogen detected in about three-quarters of the UK children with confirmed hepatitis who were tested.\n\nAnd a particular type of adenovirus, called F41, was found in many of those samples after testing.\n\nThe same adenovirus is also reported to have been found in nine children with hepatitis in the United States.\n\nUK health officials believe young children, who were not exposed to common viruses during the Covid pandemic because of reduced social mixing, are now being infected when they have no previous protection.\n\nThere are 50 different types of adenovirus and they generally cause colds, and sometimes sickness and diarrhoea. They rarely cause hepatitis in healthy children.\n\nHealth experts are also investigating other causes, such as the emergence of a new strain of adenovirus, a previous Covid infection or both occurring at the same time.\n\n\"While adenovirus is a possible hypothesis, investigations are ongoing for the causative agent,\" the WHO said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "When the Supreme Court ruling was leaked in May, it reverberated across the US - in both anti-abortion and pro-choice circles.\n\nSince Roe v Wade legalised abortion nationwide in 1973, many women have fought tirelessly to overturn it, believing the life of an unborn child begins at conception.\n\nOthers clung to the hope that America's highest court might uphold the almost fifty-year-old ruling that allows a woman the right to choose.\n\nAccording to a survey by the Pew Research Center conducted in March 2022, 61% of Americans say abortion should be legal in all or most circumstances, though support falls sharply for allowing the procedure beyond the first trimester of pregnancy. Many opponents of legal abortion say it should be legal in some circumstances.\n\nAs part of the Ask America series, we asked six women - three from each side of this debate - how they felt after reading the draft majority opinion that suggested the conservative-leaning court would overturn the national right to an abortion (the court has launched an investigation into the leak).\n\nMy first reaction to the leaked document was shock that the Supreme Court appears to be overturning Roe v Wade. As a pro-life conservative, I am used to watching the American political spectrum continuously shift farther away from my values, so I was cautiously optimistic about this apparent progress.\n\nHowever, I did immediately consider the likelihood of Congress reversing this decision by pushing legislation, or states reacting by passing extreme laws in support of things like late-term abortions.\n\nIf Roe v Wade is officially overturned I will have two reactions. First, I would be pleased and grateful at the Supreme Court making a decision that upholds the law and protects the sanctity of life.\n\nSecond, I would be relieved that the leak of this document did not successfully pressure the court to change its decision.\n\nThat is a direct attack on the Supreme Court's credibility and impartiality. I am worried to see the Court's process infiltrated by rogue political agendas.\n\nPersonally, I don't believe in abortion, but I think people should have a right to choose. Women should have autonomy over their own bodies, and I thought that legislating abortion was relegated to the past. The people who want to legislate abortion and regulate the matter say that they are pro-life. But they are only talking about the life of the baby before it's born, and not about the life of the baby after it's born. The same people who want to regulate abortion want to defund schools. Here in Missouri, our schools are failing. If you want to be pro-life, then you need to look at life after a child is born.\n\nEven if the decision comes down officially that Roe v Wade is overturned, there will still be people with unexpected pregnancies.\n\nWhether abortion is legal or illegal, there are going to be a lot of other women who, if they know that help and support are available, will happily choose life. My mission with the San Antonio Coalition for Life has always been to talk to people with an unexpected pregnancy. Our job is to make sure that we can direct them and help them by giving them the resources they need.\n\nOur job doesn't change whether abortion is legal or illegal.\n\nWe are always going to be here whether it is a life that is not quite six weeks or whether it is a life that is 13 weeks or whether it's a life at conception. Our job is to protect all innocent human life.\n\nGrowing up in a Catholic family, I thought abortion was wrong and that it was murder.\n\nBut as an adult, I support a woman's right to have one - 100%. Abortion is healthcare. It's a personal decision about a woman's own body.\n\nWhat's happening now shows that every presidential election is the most important one in a person's life because of the Supreme Court nominations.\n\nWhen President Trump was elected, he was able to get his [three] nominations on the court. So, there are consequences for elections. And this outcome is horrifying to me.\n\nRoe v Wade being overturned will be a wonderful landmark step for the pro-life movement and defending the rights of the unborn across the country. But it's just a step - it is not the end. I believe that our end goal should be to make abortion unthinkable in this country to make sure that every pregnant mother has the resources that she needs to raise her child.\n\nI am extremely happy at the prospect that Roe v Wade could be overturned. I think it is a horrible case and a wrongly decided unconstitutional case. And I think it is right that the court should overturn it.\n\nHowever, I was disturbed with how we found out, in the form of a leaked opinion. I'm worried for the integrity of the Supreme Court in the light of this.\n\nI think black women have been making prescient warnings that this could happen for years. People thought this issue had been decided, but threats began with the dismantling of voting rights more than a decade ago. What it represents is not just an attack on abortion but an attack on democracy. Women make up 50% of the country, but that's not reflected in Congress or the Senate, or in the Supreme Court. I'm a constitutional law professor. In the draft opinion, Justice Alito calls the history of abortion irrelevant. But that history matters to indigenous women. That history matters to black women who fought for control over their bodies, and for women who fought for the right to vote.\n\nI think we're staring in the face of a nation that hasn't realised equality for gender and sex - and that's not debatable.\n\nThis article was updated on 7 June with statistics from Pew to provide more context around attitudes on this debate.", "Last updated on .From the section Chelsea\n\nBillionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he is \"not giving up\" on taking over Chelsea despite \"disappointing communication\" over his £4.25bn offer.\n\nRatcliffe, the majority shareholder of chemical group Ineos, made the late bid for the Premier League club on Friday.\n\nEarlier on Wednesday, Ineos director Tom Crotty said the offer had been rejected by the firm handling the sale.\n\nBut, speaking to BBC sports editor Dan Roan, Ratcliffe said: \"Consideration should be given to a British bid.\"\n\nA consortium led by LA Dodgers owner Todd Boehly is understood to be the preferred bidder for Chelsea.\n\nAmerican investment firm Raine has been tasked with selling Chelsea and the UK government is expected to issue a new licence, allowing the club to be sold, once a preferred buyer has been highlighted.\n\nRatcliffe said his group had held \"positive talks\" with the UK government, but has not spoken to current Blues owner Roman Abramovich.\n\n\"We had a communication with Raine and met with them at the end of last week. We presented a bid but have heard very little back from them,\" Ratcliffe told the BBC in his first interview since making the last-gasp bid.\n\n\"My message to Raine is don't discount our offer. We are British and have great intentions for Chelsea. If I was Raine I wouldn't close any door.\"\n\nRatcliffe added that the Boehly consortium would not be allowed in the big American sports leagues because rules prevent clubs being majority-owned by private equity investors.\n\nIn a wide-ranging interview in Madrid, Ratcliffe also said:\n• None He is originally a Manchester United fan and said he has \"split loyalties\" between the two clubs\n• None He wants to turn Chelsea into a club of \"the same stature as the city of London\"\n• None The bid is not about making profit from Chelsea as Ineos makes \"lots of money from chemicals\"\n• None Stamford Bridge needs a \"world-class capacity as well as a world-class stadium\" and will not be renamed\n• None Significant investment would go into Chelsea's women's and academy teams\n• None His group \"couldn't get comfortable\" with Chelsea's valuation when they first expressed interest in buying the club in 2018\n• None France striker Kylian Mbappe would be his dream signing for Chelsea, but concedes he is likely to move to Real Madrid\n\nAbramovich announced on 2 March he was planning to sell the club, shortly before he was sanctioned by the UK government in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.\n\nThe Russian billionaire is understood to have strong ties to Russian president Vladimir Putin and his assets, including Chelsea, were frozen.\n\nRatcliffe, whose company bought the Team Sky cycling franchise in 2019 and runs French football team Nice, has pledged to invest £1.75bn into the club over 10 years.\n\nBut the offer arrived on Friday morning, weeks beyond the initial deadline for bids of 18 March.\n\nAsked why his group's bid was submitted late, Ratcliffe said: \"I think that is quite simple - it is a big decision to buy a national asset and it's a big commitment in terms of time and money.\n\n\"We're there for the long term. That's a lot of responsibility to take on and it takes time to reach a decision to be fully committed.\n\n\"We got there at the end of the day and we are committed. We're not giving up.\"\n\nWhat would Ratcliffe and Ineos bring to Chelsea?\n\nRatcliffe, 69, emphasised on several occasions how he thought a \"British business buying a British asset\" should be an important consideration in the bidding process for Chelsea.\n\nHe suggested some non-British owners \"do not understand the heritage\" of Premier League clubs and claims there has been \"a lot of angst\" about Chelsea ending up \"in the hands of people who don't have a long-term vision for it\".\n\nAmerican investor and businessman Boehly - who has offered around £2.5bn for the club - has a reported net worth of $4.5bn (£3.6bn) according to Forbes.\n\nHe is a part owner of the Dodgers - a US baseball franchise - and US women's basketball outfit the Los Angeles Sparks, while he also owns a stake in the renowned LA Lakers NBA franchise.\n\nBut the bid is being financed by California-based private equity group Clearlake Capital which is expected to have most of Chelsea's shares if the consortium succeeds.\n\n\"I don't know Todd and I don't know his group,\" Ratcliffe said.\n\n\"What I do know is I spent quite a few years of my life working in the world of venture capital and private equity.\n\n\"Your focus is always on how do I invest and make that money grow, and it's typically a five-year time horizon - and their main funder is private equity and venture capital.\"\n\n\"In America the big sports clubs won't allow those people to come in and buy the clubs, so you can't buy an NFL football club, but in the UK you can.\n\n\"We're not interested in making money out of Chelsea. The investment in Chelsea is a long-term thing.\n\n\"Can we run that club really, really well and turn it into one of the finest clubs in Europe? That's our ambition with Chelsea.\"\n\nWhy is a Manchester United fan bidding for Chelsea?\n\nLancashire-born Ratcliffe says he is still a Manchester United fan because he used to watch them when he was growing up.\n\nHe says he has made no secret of the fact he has been interested in buying a Premier League club and adds the reason he is not bidding for the Red Devils is simple: they are not for sale.\n\nOn his attraction to Chelsea, he said: \"I have a house in Chelsea, I've lived in Chelsea for many years, I've had a season ticket for many years, I have a business that's based in Chelsea.\n\n\"Then if you look at the wider picture of football - football is the biggest sport in the world, the British league is the biggest league in the world and Chelsea is one of the best clubs in that league.\n\n\"When I was living in London for many years, Chelsea I could go and watch. It was quite difficult to go and watch United so I have split loyalties.\"\n• None Our coverage of Chelsea is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment\n• None Everything Chelsea - go straight to all the best content", "Last updated on .From the section European Football\n\nLiverpool survived a scare against Villarreal to move into the Champions League final - and keep their hopes of winning an unprecedented quadruple alive.\n\nThe Reds had comfortably won 2-0 in the first leg but that advantage was wiped out after only 41 minutes at a noisy and passionate El Madrigal as the Spanish side pushed for a huge upset.\n\nBoulaye Dia scored Villarreal's first after only three minutes, converting Etienne Capoue's pass, before ex-Arsenal midfielder Francis Coquelin headed in a second from another Capoue cross as the Reds looked rattled.\n\nLiverpool had to improve in the second half and Fabinho put them back in front on aggregate with a shot that went through the legs of Villarreal goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli in the 62nd minute.\n\nLuis Diaz, whose introduction at half time changed the game after he replaced Diogo Jota, restored Liverpool's two-goal aggregate advantage with a header at the back post.\n\nSadio Mane secured Liverpool's place in their third Champions League final in five seasons with a third goal after taking the ball around Rulli. Villarreal ended the game with 10 men with Capoue sent off late on for two bookable offences.\n\nThe Reds will play either Manchester City or Real Madrid at the Stade de France in Paris on Saturday, 28 May.\n\nNo English side has ever won the Champions League, Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup all in the same season, with Liverpool aiming to create history.\n• None Villarreal v Liverpool as it happened, plus reaction and analysis\n• None Go straight to all the best Liverpool content\n\nLiverpool suffer, but get the job done\n\nVillarreal's performance in their 2-0 loss at Anfield led one English radio pundit to call the Spanish side a \"disgrace\" and \"pathetic\", despite an incredible run that had seen them eliminate former winners Juventus and Bayern Munich in the previous two rounds.\n\nHowever, Reds boss Jurgen Klopp knew the tie was not over and warned his side they \"would have to be prepared to suffer\" in the second leg.\n\nAnd suffer they did in arguably Liverpool's worst half of football this season, with passes misplaced, errors made and the side looking uncharacteristically vulnerable.\n\nThey made the worst possible start, conceding after only three minutes.\n\nPervis Estupinan, who scored an own goal at Anfield, provided a cross which was pulled back by Capoue and Dia, inside the six-yard box, reacted quickest to convert from close range.\n\nDani Parejo shot just wide and Gerard Moreno had an effort blocked before Villarreal, seventh in La Liga and managed by ex-Arsenal boss Unai Emery, made it 2-2 on aggregate thanks to Coquelin's fine header.\n\nLiverpool had to improve in the second half, and Trent Alexander-Arnold's shot hit the crossbar after taking a huge deflection off Coquelin.\n\nBut the breakthrough came with Fabinho's strike and that led to a capitulation from Villarreal, who conceded three times in a 12-minute spell. Diaz headed in Alexander-Arnold's cross to give the visitors some breathing space before a rash decision from Rulli saw him sprint off the line with Mane getting there first and finishing into an unguarded goal.\n\nThis is the 10th time Liverpool have reached the final of the European Cup or Champions League as they aim to become European champions for a seventh time after successes in 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005 and 2019.\n\nLiverpool's progress keeps them on course to become the first English side to complete the quadruple.\n\nThey already have the Carabao Cup in the trophy cabinet after beating Chelsea on penalties in February and Thomas Tuchel's side are again the opposition at Wembley for the FA Cup final on 14 May.\n\nThis victory means Liverpool have become the first English club to reach the final of the European Cup/Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup in the same season.\n\nLiverpool are also only one point behind Manchester City in the Premier League title race and could meet in the Champions League final later this month.\n\nPep Guardiola's side hold the advantage in the second semi-final after an incredible first leg at Etihad Stadium saw them beat Real 4-3 in one of the best games in the tournament's history.\n\nThe second leg takes place at Real's Santiago Bernabeu stadium on Wednesday and if the Spanish champions, managed by ex-Everton boss Carlo Ancelotti, can turn the one-goal deficit around it would set up a repeat of the 2018 final.\n\nReal won 3-1 on that occasion as Gareth Bale scored twice, including an incredible overhead kick, but the game will largely be remembered for two goalkeeping errors from Liverpool's Loris Karius.\n• None Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a fast break.\n• None Attempt missed. Jordan Henderson (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.\n• None Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Curtis Jones.\n• None Second yellow card to Etienne Capoue (Villarreal) for a bad foul.\n• None Pau Torres (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Offside, Liverpool. Alisson tries a through ball, but Mohamed Salah is caught offside.\n• None Giovani Lo Celso (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Our coverage of Liverpool is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment\n• None Everything Liverpool - go straight to all the best content", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. PM: The government does not have “an unlimited number of shots to play” when dealing with the cost of living.\n\nBoris Johnson has warned he does not have an \"unlimited number of shots to play\" when it comes to tackling record rises in the cost of living.\n\nAnd he said there would not be \"a magic solution\" for every family overnight.\n\nIn an interview with the BBC, the prime minister promised the government would \"use all the ingenuity and the compassion\" to support people with price hikes \"in the short-term\".\n\nLabour has accused him of offering \"no answers\" to a \"cost of living crisis\".\n\nPolitical parties are arguing over living costs ahead of local elections in England, Wales and Scotland, and for Northern Ireland's government.\n\nInflation is at a 30-year high of 7%, driven upwards by surging food and energy prices, and is expected to rise further later this year.\n\nThe government has announced a council tax rebate and repayable discount on energy bills, but is facing calls to go further now to help with costs.\n\nIt has also come under criticism over the 3.1% rise in the state pension and other benefits that are not keeping pace with inflation.\n\nMinisters are looking at other measures to lower living expenses, including less frequent MOT tests and relaxing nursery staffing rules in a bid to reduce the cost of childcare.\n\nMr Johnson said he accepted the country was \"going to have a tough period for a while\".\n\nBut while he promised the government would \"continue to look at all the options\" to support households, he said there were limits.\n\nTalking to the BBC's regional news programmes, the PM said: \"We will use all the ingenuity and the compassion that we had during Covid to try to help people in the short-term.\n\n\"That doesn't mean we have an unlimited number of shots to play.\n\n\"We've got to be clear - this is taxpayers' money, you're taking it to cut prices, there are limits to what you can do.\"\n\nHe added: \"I am not going to pretend that every family is going to have a magic solution from the government overnight… but we can be as ingenious and compassionate as possible.\"\n\nMr Johnson's comments came after he faced criticism from an interview with ITV's Good Morning Britain on Tuesday.\n\nAsked about rising prices, the PM initially said the government was \"doing everything we can\" to help households.\n\nBut pressed on whether the response went far enough, he later said the taxpayer-funded response \"isn't going to be enough immediately to help cover everybody's costs\".\n\n\"Of course that isn't going to work enough in the short-term,\" he added.\n\nAsked whether there should be a more generous uplift to benefits, he warned this brought the risk of triggering an \"inflationary spiral\".\n\nOpposition parties have suggested hiking taxes on oil and gas companies to pay for bigger support payments to help households with energy bills.\n\nThey have renewed their calls on Tuesday, after BP announced its profits for the first three months of this year have more than doubled.\n\nLiberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said the news made the government's unwillingness to impose a windfall tax on energy firms \"impossible to justify\".\n\nAnd the SNP's Westminster leader, Ian Blackford, said the government should tax firms making \"excessive profits\", adding: \"Those proceeds should be invested back into making sure those who are suffering from the cost-of-living crisis get some help.\"\n\nBut Mr Johnson rejected a windfall tax on energy firms, saying the likes of BP \"already pay shedloads of tax as businesses\".\n\nHe told the BBC the question for government was \"if you whack a biz with a tax how does it respond?\", claiming it would \"deter them\" from investing in the UK.\n\nSpeaking to BBC local radio, Adrian Ramsay, co-leader of the Greens in England and Wales, said his party's plan for an \"ongoing carbon tax\", as well as on oil and gas windfall tax, would help fund better home insulation to cut bills.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said BP's profits announcement \"reinforces the case\" for a windfall tax.\n\nAsked whether it might deter investment, Sir Keir said his party's proposal was for a year-long tax increase on \"profit they didn't expect to make\".\n\nHe criticised the government's response, saying: \"Overall, the cost of this government is that families will be £2,000 worse off and the government's got no answer to that for so many families.\n\n\"The National Insurance rise is going to hit working people in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis.\"\n\nMr Johnson also faced criticism from Labour for his response to a question from GMB about the situation of a 77-year-old widow.\n\nPresenter Susanna Reid said Elsie, a GMB viewer, had resorted to using her London Freedom Pass to ride on buses \"all day to avoid using energy at home\".\n\nIn his reply, the PM claimed credit for introducing the pass - which gives pensioners and others discounted travel - when he was mayor of the capital.\n\nShadow work and pensions secretary Jonathan Ashworth said his reply showed \"just how out of touch this narcissistic prime minister is\".\n\nBoris Johnson was asked on ITV about an elderly woman who uses her London Freedom bus pass to stay on buses all day and avoid using energy that she can't afford at home.\n\nThe prime minister said \"the 24 hour Freedom bus pass was something that I actually introduced\".\n\nSeveral people pointed out on social media that the passes for older people had existed for many years before he became Mayor of London.\n\nThat's right but the Freedom Pass in London could not be used before 9:30am until Mr Johnson extended it to 24 hours a day, from January 2009.\n\nHowever in June 2020, as part of a funding agreement between TfL and the government, Older Person's Freedom Passes and 60+ cards were no longer valid between 4:30am and 9am on weekdays.", "Posey was remembered as \"such a bright and happy soul\"\n\nKailia Posey, a former child star of US reality TV show Toddlers & Tiaras, has died at the age of 16, her family have said.\n\n\"I don't have words or any thoughts,\" Gatterman wrote, sharing a picture of her daughter dressed for a school prom. \"A beautiful baby girl is gone.\"\n\nPosey was also known after her cheeky grin at the age of five became a widely-shared gif on social media.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by 𝔑𝔞𝔩𝔤𝔬𝔫𝔞 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nToddlers & Tiaras, which aired on the TLC network between 2009 and 2013, followed the families of contestants in a child beauty pageant.\n\nThe Whatcom County Sheriff's Office in Washington told entertainment website People that an official investigation had been launched into her death.\n\nPosey's best friend Bianca paid tribute on Instagram, describing her as \"an amazing, beautiful person inside and out\".\n\n\"You were such a bright and happy soul. I'm so thankful for you Kailia, you truly brought out the happiest side of me,\" she wrote. \"You reminded me to always be kind no matter how hard it was.\"\n\nAfter her stint on the show, Posey continued to compete in pageants. Earlier this year she announced she was competing in Miss Washington Teen USA.\n\nToddlers & Tiaras went off air for several years after having courted controversy for showing children dressed provocatively, but returned for another series in 2016.", "Millions of people are expected to take part in elections across the UK, after polling stations opened at 07:00 BST.\n\nVoters in England, Scotland and Wales will choose the local councillors they want to run services that affect everyday life in their area.\n\nIn Northern Ireland, people will cast ballots for their representatives in the Northern Ireland Assembly.\n\nPolling stations will close at 22:00 and most results should be known by Friday evening.\n\nSome councils in England will begin counting overnight on Thursday, while the rest will get started on Friday morning.\n\nCounts in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are also expected to begin on Friday.\n\nThere are more than 300 local authorities in England, but on Thursday elections are only being held in 146 councils including Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham and all 32 boroughs in London.\n\nSouth Yorkshire will be voting for a regional mayor and there will be elections in 1,000 parish councils.\n\nVotes will take place in all of Scotland's 32 councils and all of Wales' 22 councils.\n\nIn Northern Ireland voters will pick 90 members of the Northern Ireland Assembly in Stormont.\n\nPeople can vote by going to their local polling station or arranging for someone to vote on their behalf.\n\nMany will have already cast their vote by post. Figures released last month suggested the number of people registering for postal votes in Scotland had increased by 38% between 2020 and 2021.\n\nSandy Taylor, the head of electoral statistics at the National Records of Scotland, said the sharp rise was \"most likely driven by the Covid pandemic\".", "Liz Truss said the ban on UK services will \"help ensure Putin fails in Ukraine\"\n\nRussia has been banned from using British management consulting, accounting and PR services in new sanctions announced by the UK.\n\nForeign Secretary Liz Truss said the ban will cut off service exports \"critical to the Russian economy\".\n\nMs Truss said the ban will \"help ensure Putin fails in Ukraine\".\n\nOther sanctions among the 63 introduced on Wednesday target Russian media organisations and those working for them.\n\nThe government said UK accountancy, management consultancy and PR services account for 10% of Russian imports in these sectors.\n\n\"Doing business with Putin's regime is morally bankrupt and helps fund a war machine that is causing untold suffering across Ukraine,\" said Ms Truss.\n\n\"Cutting Russia's access to British services will put more pressure on the Kremlin and ultimately help ensure Putin fails in Ukraine.\"\n\nBusiness Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng added: \"Our professional services exports are extraordinarily valuable to many countries, which is exactly why we're locking Russia out.\n\n\"By restricting Russia's access to our world-class management consultants, accountants and PR firms, we're ratcheting up economic pressure on the Kremlin to change course.\"\n\nRT was removed from the airwaves in the UK and across the EU in March\n\nLegislation is now in force requiring social media and internet services to block content from Russian state-controlled media RT and Sputnik.\n\nTech and Digital Economy Minister Chris Philp said: \"For too long RT and Sputnik have churned out dangerous nonsense dressed up as serious news to justify Putin's invasion of Ukraine.\n\n\"These outlets have already been booted off the airwaves in Britain and we've barred anyone from doing business with them.\n\n\"Now we've moved to pull the plug on their websites, social media accounts and apps to further stop the spread of their lies.\"\n\nEver since Russian forces invaded Ukraine, Britain has imposed unprecedented sanctions on Russia.\n\nSo in that context, stopping British public relations executives having Russian clients might seem small beer.\n\nMany of the big accountancy firms have already reduced their business in Russia and farmed off local staff.\n\nAnd - if you look at the small print - these latest sanctions do not apply to the whole of the UK service sector.\n\nThere is no mention of the lawyers and the estate agents and the rest which have, in the past, helped smooth the path of Russian money and influence into the UK.\n\nBut UK officials insist more restrictions on the service sector are to come and similar curbs are also being agreed by the EU.\n\nIn March RT disappeared from all broadcast platforms in the UK after UK access to the TV network was affected by a ban imposed by the European Union.\n\nMedia regulator Ofcom also revoked its licence to broadcast in the UK.\n\nOther media companies sanctioned include news agency InfoRos, disinformation website SouthFront and the online journal Strategic Culture Foundation.\n\nWar correspondents, including those embedded with Russian forces in Ukraine, are also on Wednesday's list.\n\nThey include Evgeny Poddubny, a war correspondent for the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company; Alexander Kots, a war correspondent for Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda; and Dmitry Steshin, a Russian journalist and special correspondent for Komsomolskaya Pravda.\n\nOthers sanctioned include those working for Channel One a major state-owned outlet in Russia, which described the invasion of Ukraine as a \"special military operation\".\n\nThe UK has now sanctioned over 1,600 individuals and entities since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said: \"Russia is always sensitive about its borders\"\n\nThe latest sanctions come as Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said it was \"inconceivable\" that the UK would not help Finland or Sweden if they were attacked by Russia, even if they had not joined Nato.\n\nThe two countries are expected to make a bid to join the alliance.\n\nSpeaking on a visit to a military exercise in Finland, Mr Wallace said it was up to Finland to decide whether or not to join.\n\n\"I cannot conceive a time when we wouldn't come to support Finland and Sweden no matter where they were with the Nato debate or where they are with agreements,\" he said.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dr Alex George said the house his parents live in has an outbuilding that has been converted to four cottages\n\nA former Love Island contestant said he was still planning on going ahead with his \"renovation journey\" despite receiving online abuse.\n\nDr Alex George, 31, said his family had \"every right\" to run a business as others do in the area.\n\nSome people had voiced concerns that home were being taken away from locals in an already squeezed market.\n\nBut he said it was a \"classic case of people interpreting things when they don't know the full picture\".\n\nThe social media influencer added that most people are \"incredibly supportive\" and see his situation for what it is.\n\nDr George announced on Instagram earlier this year he had purchased four holiday homes in Pembrokeshire.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHe said: \"In this situation, a house that my parents live in that has an outbuilding that has been converted to four attached cottages, I think it's a very different situation to what people understand.\n\n\"My parents have every right to run a business as every other Airbnb or hotel in the region does as well.\"\n\nHe added he had spoken with residents and many who understand the situation and were quite surprised at the backlash.\n\n\"We're not developers buying swathes of land and converting it into holiday homes, that's just not the case quite frankly.\"\n\nDr George (far right) was on Love Island in 2018\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio Wales Breakfast, Dr Alex said: \"People can be very angry about things, and I think in this situation it was probably aimed in the wrong direction.\n\n\"If you want to change things like legislation or support the local housing authority, then you should speak to local leaders.\"\n\nHe added he is from the area and has three or four generations of his family there.\n\n\"Lots of my family are builders, or work in that area, and clearly there are issues with housing, but ultimately we need to look at solutions that include building more houses, or making more affordable houses available.\"\n\nDescribing the houses as \"relaxing spaces for families to holiday and enjoy the Welsh countryside,\" he suggested three of them would be used for short-term rentals and the fourth for a Ukrainian family.\n\nHe said he was working to get one of the properties ready for a family fleeing the conflict in Ukraine.\n\n\"It will be nice to do something to help other people,\" he added.\n\nOne Welsh language campaign group, Cymdeithas yr Iaith said the housing market was the problem and there needed to be legislation to ensure a home for everyone.\n\nThey added that holiday homes were depriving local people of a home and threatening the future of communities.\n\nJeff Smith, chair of Cymdeithas yr Iaith's sustainable communities group, said: \"Second homes are only part of the housing problem. House prices are beyond the reach of local people so they have to move away, it's a worry that anyone can buy a holiday home, let alone four holiday homes.\n\n\"House prices, to buy and rent, are a problem across Wales and measures need to be introduced so that local people are prioritised, to ensure local people have the right to a home and to manage the renting sector.\"\n\nThe Housing Justice Charter wants housing policy to be rethought.\n\nA spokesman said: \"Property speculation in large areas in Wales is contributing to escalating housing costs.\n\n\"We have over 4,000 second homes in Pembrokeshire alone. That is not including holiday lets.\n\n\"We have over 5,000 people on the housing register. The dysfunctional housing market is excluding local people from both renting and buying.\"", "The Elizabeth line will open nearly three-and-a-half years late\n\nThe delayed and over-budget Crossrail project will finally open this month, Transport for London (TfL) has said.\n\nThe Abbey Wood to Paddington section will open to passengers on 24 May, although initially trains will not run on Sundays or call at Bond Street.\n\nKnown as the Elizabeth line, it was meant to start running in December 2018 but the £18.8bn project has missed multiple targets amid ballooning costs.\n\nThe railway will link Reading and Essex via central London.\n\nOnce the route is open, services in the central London section will run every five minutes between 06:30 BST and 23:00, although a full timetable will not be in place until May 2023.\n\nThe new line will slash journey times from Abbey Wood in south-east London to Paddington by almost half - to 29 minutes.\n\nTravel times between Liverpool Street and Woolwich will also be halved to 15 minutes, while a trip between Farringdon and Canary Wharf, which currently takes 24 minutes, will take 10 minutes.\n\nHowever, passengers wishing to travel the length of the line will still need to change at Paddington or Liverpool Street, depending on their destination, until next year.\n\nAlthough a special service will be in place for the Platinum Jubilee weekend, TfL said trains would not initially run on Sundays \"to allow a series of testing and software updates\".\n\nCrossrail trains have been tested throughout 2022\n\nThe opening date is subject to final safety approvals being granted.\n\nPreviously, transport bosses would only commit to an opening date during the first half of 2022.\n\nIt is hoped the Queen - who the line is named after - will be involved when the route begins to operate.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Trial operations have been carried out already\n\nConstruction of Crossrail began at Canary Wharf on 15 May 2009, with tunnelling work starting in May 2012.\n\nThe project had an original budget of £14.8bn, but the government pledged an extra £4bn to help get it open.\n\nServices which are already running in the east and west sections will continue to operate every day, but they will be rebranded from TfL Rail to the Elizabeth line from 24 May.\n\nBetter late than never. You can almost hear the sighs of relief at TfL. After all the problems - and there have been many - at last Crossrail has an opening date.\n\nThe budget has grown from £14.8bn to £18.8bn and the opening date slipped so many times that it became hard to keep track. Some doubted it would ever open.\n\nA new management team was brought in following delay after delay. It will now open nearly four years late.\n\nA lot of the shenanigans, I suspect, will be forgotten when people see the stations and the trains. They are very impressive and big. And if it works, the trains will be very regular - the project will increase central London rail capacity by 10%.\n\nNot only will this be a game changer for travel in London, it'll also bring in much needed revenue for TfL.\n\nDon't forget 70% of Crossrail was paid for by London through TfL, the Greater London Authority and its businesses and fare payers.\n\nNow TfL has to run a good, smooth service.\n\nLondon's transport commissioner Andy Byford said the next three weeks would be used \"to build up reliability on the railway and get the Elizabeth line ready to welcome customers\".\n\nHe said: \"The opening day is set to be a truly historic moment for the capital and the UK, and we look forward to showcasing a simply stunning addition to our network.\"\n\nMayor of London Sadiq Khan, who is also chair of TfL, said the Elizabeth line would make London \"safer, fairer, greener and more prosperous\".\n\nHe said: \"Green public transport is the future, and the opening of the Elizabeth line is a landmark moment for our capital and our whole country, particularly in this special Platinum Jubilee year.\"\n\nDifferent architects worked on the various stations to give them their own distinctive character\n\nBut Transport Secretary Grant Shapps accused the Labour mayor of breaking pre-local election rules by announcing the opening date a day before local elections take place across London on Thursday.\n\nMr Khan is chair of TfL, which made the announcement.\n\nRules restrict what communications activity can take place in the run-up to elections.\n\nMr Shapps said: \"This announcement is an act of breath-taking political cynicism by the mayor.\n\n\"I am therefore immediately referring this breach to the Electoral Commission for investigation.\"\n\nCaroline Pidgeon, the Liberal Democrat chair of London Assembly's Transport Committee, said Crossrail would \"transform travel across London\".\n\n\"While recognising the benefits that Crossrail will provide for the future we should not overlook the mistakes that have been made in the past,\" she added.\n\nFollow BBC London on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hellobbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Heard now alleges Depp became violent during a flight to Russia, in which he convinced a flight attendant to do drugs with the couple.\n\nAccording to Heard, Depp became heated when the flight attendant became \"MDMA friendly\".\n\n\"After all, she's on drugs,\" she says, adding that Depp grabbed the flight attendant's arm in a fit of jealousy.\n\n\"He grabbed her by the wrist and slammed it down on the table, and told her he could break her wrist,\" Heard adds. \"These things would happen.\"\n\nDepp later accused Heard of having caused the incident, Heard adds.\n\nOnce in Russia, Heard says an argument about the drug-induced incident on the flight eventually turned violent, with Depp allegedly shoving her into a glass table and striking her in the face.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nataliia Roberts is trying to help a childhood friend\n\nHearing how her best friend's children were drinking rainwater from puddles to survive the war in Ukraine is why Nataliia Roberts wants her in the UK.\n\nYuliia and her three daughters used to run out of their basement shelter in the besieged city of Mariupol after it'd rained as they were so thirsty.\n\nIt wasn't just the basics of water and food, there was no toilet, shower or electricity in their refuge from bombs.\n\nNataliia now wants her childhood friend with her in the sanctuary of Wales.\n\n\"We had a small bowl [of soup] for three kids once per day,\" explained Yuliia. \"And one glass of water for three kids to clean themselves.\"\n\nAfter her home was destroyed by Russian bombs, Yuliia and her daughters - aged 11, six and three - had to find sanctuary in a communal basement which offered some shelter but she barely had any food to feed the children.\n\n\"The kids were asking for food so much, that's why she tried to feed them at bed time, so they felt full before bed,\" said worried friend Nataliia, watching on from her home in north Wales.\n\nTwo of Yuliia's children get some escapism as they watch a video on their mum's phone in their underground bunker\n\n\"When it started to rain first of all they were able to drink from the puddle and that water was so, so, tasty. Then they found some pans to fill with water.\"\n\nYuliia eventually had to leave her children hiding as she went to look for fresh water.\n\nYuliia and her family were happily enjoying life just months ago\n\n\"There was a well three kilometres [two miles] away. I had to run there under gunfire, under bombs,\" Yuliia recalls in a video diary for the BBC Wales Investigates programme.\n\nAnd when her middle daughter became unwell, there were no medicines.\n\nThe port city of Mariupol has been encircled by Russian troops since the start of March\n\nYuliia had to take refuge in an underground bunker after their apartment in Mariupol was destroyed by Russian bombs\n\n\"I had money but I couldn't buy anything because there was nothing anywhere, everything was broken, everything was looted and destroyed,\" she said.\n\nYuliia and Nataliia, who moved from Ukraine to Wales to be with her husband Dewi five years ago, have been close friends since school and had always kept in touch - until war broke out in Ukraine in February.\n\nNataliia speaks to Yuliia as often as she can to support her friend 2,000 miles away\n\nFor days, sometimes weeks, it wasn't safe for Yuliia to text or call her friend 2,000 miles away.\n\nNataliia had to make do with Yuliia's intermittent video diary updates from her underground bunker with her girls while her husband fought the Russians on the front line.\n\nYuliia and her three daughters hid out in their underground refuge for several weeks\n\nThe 32-year-old accountant has managed to get her mum and stepdad out of eastern Ukraine when the situation began to escalate and Liudmyla and Sasha now live with Nataliia, husband Dewi, four-year-old Julia and Jacob, one, in the safety of Caernarfon.\n\nNow Nataliia can't just look on as her friend struggles and is doing everything she can to help Yuliia and her young family become Ukrainian refugees in Wales.\n\nYuliia and her daughters are desperate to join their family friend Nataliia in north Wales\n\nYuliia and her girls are among 11 million Ukrainians forced to flee their homes before they eventually escaped Mariupol, under fire - weeks before the start of the United Nations-led evacuation from the strategically significant city.\n\nThe port city of Mariupol, which has been encircled since the start of March, is now mostly under the control of Russian forces - although several hundred Ukrainian troops remain in the Azovstal metal works factory in the south of the city.\n\nRussian forces have blockaded the sprawling industrial complex and are continuing their aerial bombardment of it, but no attempt has been made yet to clear Ukrainian troops from a network of tunnels beneath the factory.\n\nRussia has been accused of war crimes for its intense shelling of the city, with the local mayor saying at least 20,000 civilians have been killed. More than 100,000 people remain trapped in the city.\n\nBy train and then minibus, they headed for Poland, not knowing when they'd see her husband again, or whether they'd be able to join Nataliia and her family in Wales.\n\nBut it is the sights of war that are leaving their mark on Yulia.\n\nNataliia Roberts and her mum Liudmyla share a cup of tea in Nataliia's home in Caernarfon\n\n\"She did see dead people in Mariupol, the ones who were killed by rockets who had no hands, no legs, whose bodies were destroyed,\" said Nataliia.\n\n\"I would love to have Yuliia here in Wales. I was dreaming that one day we will have a cup of tea in our dining room altogether and they can see our life here and have a more happy life. I just would love it.\"\n\nAbout 27,000 Ukrainian refugees - out of the 86,000 approved visas - are in the UK and Wales has said it wants to be a \"nation of sanctuary\" for those fleeing the horrors of war in their home-land.\n\nAbout 10,000 Welsh households had offered homes to Ukrainian refugees but by the end of last month, the Home Office had issued 2,300 visas for those wanting to come to Wales.\n\nThe Welsh government has sponsored nearly 700 visa applications so far, but couldn't tell BBC Wales Investigates how many refugees had arrived in Wales, insisting it has asked the UK government for the data but been told it's unavailable.\n\nThe Home Office said it is working \"as fast as it can\" to provide the information for the devolved governments, adding more than 86,000 visas have been granted under various schemes and is simplifying forms and boosting staff numbers to speed up applications.", "Civilians arrive in Zaporizhzhia on Monday after travelling in a private vehicle from Mariupol\n\nAttacks have resumed on Mariupol's steel works, despite hundreds of civilians remaining trapped inside, a Ukrainian officer has said.\n\nThe Azovstal plant was being shelled by \"all kinds of weapons\", National Guard commander Denys Shlega said on Monday.\n\nOn Sunday a number of civilians who had sheltered inside the last resistance stronghold managed to escape.\n\nBut \"several dozen small children are still in the bunkers underneath the plant\", the commander said.\n\nThe shelling on the plant in the southern port city, which has been under intense Russian bombardment for weeks, began as soon as the civilians who had been evacuated left, he told Ukrainian television.\n\nOn Monday evening, footage emerged apparently showing a massive fire at the Azovstal, in what social media users said was a result of Russian bombardment.\n\nA first group of evacuees from the steelworks were expected to arrive in the Ukrainian-controlled city of Zaporizhzhia on Monday - but the rescue efforts have run into delays, the BBC's Laura Bicker, who is in the city, reports.\n\nIt is not clear what is causing the hold-up, she says. The convoy is on its way, but the buses have hundreds of miles to travel along a road which is - in part - rubble. They also have to go through a number of Russian checkpoints.\n\nThose who left Mariupol on Monday were evacuated with the support of the United Nations (UN) and the International Committee of the Red Cross, which organised an official convoy.\n\nRussia said some evacuees had been taken to a village controlled by Moscow-backed separatists. But state media later reported that they would be free to travel onwards to Ukrainian-held territory if they wanted to.\n\nUkraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed the news that around 100 people were heading for Zaporizhzhia, which is about 140 miles (230km) north-west of Mariupol.\n\n\"Grateful to our team! Now they, together with UN, are working on the evacuation of other civilians from the plant,\" he wrote on Twitter.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: One woman who left the Azovstal steel works said she did not see any sunlight for two months\n\nSome people have spent many weeks sheltering in the Azovstal steelworks, with reports suggesting food, water and medicine supplies are all running low.\n\n\"The situation has become a sign of a real humanitarian catastrophe,\" Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said.\n\nOne Russian news report estimated the number of civilians still in the plant was more than 500.\n\nA few evacuees from Mariupol who had not been sheltering in the steelworks arrived in Zaporizhzhia earlier on Monday after travelling independently.\n\n\"We lived in [our] basement starting from 27 February,\" Natalya Tsyntomirska told Reuters news agency. \"The whole time, we were shelled with mines, and then air strikes started. Our house is completely destroyed.\"\n\nAnother evacuee, who did not give a name, said she had been unable to reach the evacuation buses because of a blockade.\n\n\"Our city is divided between the left bank and right bank. The left bank was under a total blockade. We couldn't reach these buses,\" she said.\n\nLate on Monday, the Mariupol city council said an evacuation of civilians with the support of the UN and Red Cross had been agreed for Tuesday at 07:00 local time (04:00 GMT).\n\nRussia has so far made no public comments on the issue. A number of similar evacuation attempts have failed in recent days - with both Ukraine and Russia blaming each other for reneging on the agreed terms.\n\nA few civilians with their own cars are making use of the humanitarian corridor brokered by the United Nations and the Red Cross to get to the refugee centre.\n\nMost of the vehicles are battered, one even had its windscreen smashed. Others are using plastic film and sticky tape to hold parts of the car together.\n\nDaniil had to scramble through the city looking for spare parts for his car after it was hit by shrapnel from a shell which landed just five metres away. Peeking out the plastic film window from the passenger seat was his husky dog, Sly.\n\nAfter handing over his papers to officials, Daniil jumped out the car and threw his hands in the air. His fingers made the V for victory sign.\n\n\"It's been difficult, tough, frightening. I lived on a tugboat in the port in Mariupol. We couldn't even raise our heads. It was so scary to be there,\" he said.\n\n\"Mariupol used to have a wonderful park. It was a prospering city. Now it's all gone.\"\n\nI asked him what he will do now.\n\n\"I am going to leave. I am going to get as far from everything as possible.\"\n\nMariupol is almost fully under Russian control, with much of the city destroyed in weeks of heavy Russian bombardment and intense street fighting. Taking the port city is a key Russian war aim, and some of Russian troops there have already been released to join Moscow's wider offensive in the eastern Donbas region.\n\nHowever, Ukrainian soldiers have continued to defend the steelworks.\n\nAzovstal and its maze of of underground tunnels - surrounded by water on three sides - has become their fortress, plant director general Enver Tskitishvili told the BBC on Monday. It has 36 bunkers, some of them able to withstand a direct nuclear strike.\n\nThe Ukrainian government had updated Azovstal's bunker system in the wake of Russia's annexation of the southern Crimea peninsula and Moscow's backing of rebels in Donbas in 2014.\n\nEarlier this year, it even gave Ukrainian fighters details and maps of the underground network, and supplied the plant with 40,000 packages of food - each one enough for one person for one day.\n\n\"But we didn't expect such a genocide and inhumane war,\" Mr Tskitishvili said.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Depp 'slapped me across the face' over Wino tattoo\n\nAmber Heard has told a court that ex-husband Johnny Depp repeatedly struck her during drug and alcohol-fuelled rages that she said turned the actor into an \"awful thing\".\n\nTaking the witness stand on week four of the trial, Ms Heard alleged that a pattern of violence began in 2012.\n\nMr Depp is suing Ms Heard over a story she wrote in which she described herself as a domestic abuse victim.\n\nIn his testimony, Mr Depp denied any wrongdoing.\n\n\"I struggle to find the words to describe how painful this is… this is horrible for me to sit here for weeks and relive everything,\" Ms Heard said shortly after taking the stand.\n\nOver several hours of testimony in Virginia on Wednesday, Ms Heard, 36, recalled her first interactions with the \"charismatic\" Mr Depp while filming The Rum Diary in Puerto Rico.\n\nMs Heard said they \"fell in love\" on the film's press tour when it was released in 2011.\n\nThe happiness of the early stages of their relationship, Ms Heard added, were soon marred by disparaging comments Mr Depp began making in 2012 - the same year she alleges that he struck her for the first time.\n\nIn emotional testimony, Ms Heard said she laughed when Mr Depp, 58, explained that a tattoo on his arm said \"Wino\" - an alteration to a tattoo he had made during a previous relationship with actress Winona Ryder.\n\n\"I laughed because I thought he was joking,\" she recalled. \"And he slapped me across the face.\"\n\n\"I just stared at him kind of laughing, thinking that he was going to start laughing too, to tell me it was a joke,\" Ms Heard added. \"But he didn't. He slapped me again. I will never forget it.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Depp has denied the incident took place and said in his own testimony that the claim \"never made any sense\" to him.\n\nIn her testimony on Wednesday, Ms Heard sought to portray Mr Depp as someone who could be warm and kind, but who would fly into rages - sometimes at perceived infidelity - when under the influence of alcohol or drugs. She said he tried to conceal his substance abuse, which ranged from drinking spirits to taking \"a lot\" of cocaine.\n\n\"It would be accusations, accusations and then he would explode,\" Ms Heard said, adding that Mr Depp would slap and \"backhand\" her. After the fights, Ms Heard said he would \"disappear\".\n\n\"He'd come back clean and sober and he'd be extra nice and extra apologetic and we'd be good again,\" she added.\n\nMs Heard also alleged Mr Depp conducted a \"cavity search\" on her after an altercation during a drug-fuelled desert party in Hicksville, California.\n\n\"I just stood there,\" she said tearfully.\n\nIn his own testimony, Mr Depp said he never struck Ms Heard and characterised her as having \"a need\" for conflict and violence.\n\nThe defamation case hinges on a December 2018 opinion piece Ms Heard wrote for the Washington Post. She did not mention her ex-husband or any other alleged perpetrator by name.\n\nBut according to Mr Depp's lawyers, the article was clearly referencing him and it derailed his career and \"incalculably\" damaged his reputation.\n\nThe trial is expected to continue for at least another month.", "Juliusz was shot, stabbed and smothered by his father\n\nA man who shot, stabbed and smothered his young son to death has been found guilty of murder.\n\nLukasz Czapla, 41, killed two-year-old Juliusz after splitting up with the boy's mother.\n\nCzapla was given a life sentence and the judge said he would serve at least 23 years before being eligible to apply for parole.\n\nHe had denied murdering the toddler in his home in Muirhouse, Edinburgh, in November 2020.\n\nCzapla had offered a guilty plea to the lesser charge of culpable homicide at the High Court in Edinburgh but it was rejected by the Crown.\n\nLukasz Czapla killed his two-year-old son after splitting up with the boy's mother\n\nA jury heard that Juliusz was killed by Czapla \"in a fit of anger and spite\" to \"get back at and hurt his former partner\" Patrycja Szczesniak.\n\nThe couple had been in a relationship until June 2020.\n\nConsultant forensic psychiatrist Dr Alexander Quinn told the court he believed that Mr Czapla's actions were a \"narcissistic and entitled\" act.\n\nProsecutor Alan Cameron said the evidence before the jury showed Czapla was motivated by anger and jealousy over Ms Szczesniak's new relationship.\n\nHe told jurors that on the night Juliusz died, Czapla sent text messages to Ms Szczesniak asking her about her new partner and her sex life.\n\nShe did not answer the questions.\n\nHis mother said Juliusz was a very happy child who lit up the place wherever he showed up\n\nCzapla then decided to shoot Julius three times in the head with a gas-powered air pistol.\n\nThree ball bearings were later recovered from his head.\n\nHe then stabbed the toddler with a metal skewer before smothering him with a pillow leaving Juliusz lying lifeless in his house.\n\nThe court heard how Ms Szczesniak discovered her son's remains the following day.\n\nCzapla claimed he suffered from poor mental health at the time he killed Juliusz and it was so bad that it affected his actions, causing him to act out of character.\n\nJuliusz was just two-and-a-half years old when he was killed\n\nConsultant psychiatrist Dr Quinn and another senior consultant psychiatrist Dr Khuram Khan both assessed Czapla, and disagreed over his mental state.\n\nAfter multiple interviews, Dr Khan said Czapla had Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD), a condition that causes intense fluctuations of emotions among other symptoms including depression and impulsivity.\n\nDr Quinn agreed Czapla had a \"depressive illness\" but that it \"was not severe\" and dismissed the EUPD diagnosis.\n\nJurors took three hours to conclude that Czapla was guilty of murder.\n\nPassing sentence, judge Lord Beckett said that Czapla's use of drink and drugs provided him with \"no excuse\" for what he did to Julius.\n\nHe said: \"Your son will never grow up and his loving mother has lost him forever and will forever be haunted by the truly evil act that you did.\n\n\"You acted out of spite to punish his mother for leaving you and getting on with her life.\"\n\nThe judge later told jurors that this case exceeded the awfulness of so many others.\n\nMs Szczesniak said Juliusz was murdered only for revenge\n\nIt said: \"Despite the breakup with Juliusz's dad, I wanted him to have contact with our son. I never stopped him seeing Juliusz. Julek loved him like every child loves their dad. He trusted him, he trusted him completely.\n\n\"Juliusz was murdered only for revenge. His dad wanted me to suffer, he succeeded and achieved his goal, at the cost of my beloved little boy's life.\n\n\"If only I knew what was going to happen. I would have never thought he could do this to my child.\"\n\nShe added: \"He not only took Juliusz life but my life too.\n\n\"That day, the world stopped, not only for me but also for my mother and my sister.\n\n\"Juliusz was a very happy child. He lit up the place wherever he showed up.\n\n\"Juliuszek left us the most beautiful memories that will remain in our hearts forever.\"", "Russian energy giant Gazprom says it has halted gas exports to Poland and Bulgaria over the countries' refusal to pay for supplies in roubles - but how worried should we be?\n\nBoth Poland and Bulgaria were already planning not to renew their contracts with Gazprom, which expire at the end of the year. In Poland's case, it had been filling its stores of gas ahead of time, which provides some cushion, especially as we approach the summer lull in use of gas.\n\nThis escalation is real, and justified by the Kremlin on the basis of a refusal to pay for gas by changing money into roubles in Russian bank accounts.\n\nBut the additional impact of today's news should be containable.\n\nGas prices in the UK are well down on their record peaks of £5 per therm last month, at about £1.70. UK terminals have been flooded with liquefied natural gas (LNG) - over 100 tanker-loads so far this year - with the largest amount coming from the US.\n\nBut it can't be stored here, and much is being re-exported to the European Union (EU). Indeed, market contacts suggest that the export pipeline of gas from the UK to continental Europe is currently at the limits of its capacity.\n\nThese UK prices are still consistent with further rises in gas bills in October - perhaps of a few hundred pounds a year.\n\nAll that would change, of course, if these moves today are the first skirmishes in an escalating European energy crisis that could see Germany cut off from Russian gas in the next few months. That would send prices spiralling across Europe and lead to a crisis of supply.\n\nThere is some helpful ambiguity in what is termed \"forcing buyers to pay for Russian gas in roubles\".\n\n\"Various governments and companies stating 'we will not pay in roubles' therefore are not providing any clarity as to whether they will use the new payment process or not, which in turn means there is ambiguity over upcoming supply to other, larger, markets,\" says Tom Marzec-Manser, head of gas analytics at market information provider ICIS.\n\nGerman firms are paying in euros that are then exchanged into roubles at a specific Russian bank. This arrangement allows all to continue the mutual gas trade dependence, but it is a precarious balance.\n\nGerman ministers say that they are not afraid of paying the economic price to eliminate the \"strategic mistake\" of energy dependence on the Kremlin, but that they just cannot do it any time soon.\n\nSo the actions of the Kremlin through Gazprom need to be put in perspective.\n\nIt has cut off some supplies as a result of refusal to change the terms of payment, but notably this was to two countries which had already said their contracts with Gazprom would be allowed to expire this year.\n\nAs the conflict continues, and Germany ups the ante in terms of supplies of weapons to Ukraine, the real question is about the flow of gas from Russia to Germany, which continued uninterrupted even during the height of the Cold War.\n\nThis move is designed as a Kremlin shot across the bows of Europe's biggest economies.\n\nWhile Germany, for example, has said it is willing to phase out Russian coal in the summer, and hinted Russian oil could follow over the next year, gas is another matter. Last week, Germany's finance minister told me it would be physically impossible to immediately phase out the 45% dependence of Germany on Russia for its gas.", "Inflation in the US is running at a four-decade high\n\nThe US central bank has announced its biggest interest rate increase in more than two decades as it toughens its fight against fast rising prices.\n\nThe Federal Reserve said it was lifting its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point, to a range of 0.75% to 1% after a smaller rise in March.\n\nWith US inflation at a 40-year high, further hikes are expected.\n\nThe push marks the latest effort to contain spiking costs being felt by households around the world.\n\nIndia's central bank on Wednesday announced a surprise increase to its benchmark rate, while Australia's central bank recently enacted its first interest rate hike in more than a decade.\n\nThe Bank of England is also widely expected to raise rates on Thursday, which would be the fourth increase since December.\n\n\"Inflation is much too high and we understand the hardship it is causing,\" Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell said in a press conference in Washington on Wednesday.\n\n\"We are moving expeditiously to bring it back down.\"\n\nBy raising rates, banks will make it more expensive for people, businesses and governments to borrow.\n\nThey expect that to cool demand for goods and services, helping to ease price inflation.\n\nBut their actions also risk triggering a sharp economic slowdown, especially as new challenges emerge, such as the war in Ukraine and recent Covid shutdowns in China.\n\n\"It's a narrow path they have to walk,\" said economist Donald Kohn, who previously served on the Fed's rate-setting committee. \"It's going to be a very difficult task.\"\n\nInflation in the US hit 8.5% in March, the sharpest annual rate since 1981, driven by accelerating costs for food and energy.\n\nThat is well above the bank's 2% target and has become a growing political issue for US President Joe Biden.\n\nMany economists say the Fed has been slow to respond to the problem, which has been fuelled by a mix of factors, including Covid-related supply shortages, a shock to energy markets from the war in Ukraine, and in the US, massive government spending - including direct cheques to households - to support the economy after the pandemic hit.\n\n\"They are well behind the curve. I think most central banks are,\" said Thomas Hoenig, senior fellow at George Mason University's Mercatus Center, who spent nearly 40 years at the Fed.\n\n\"But if they try to correct that error with another error - that is to shock the economies with very large interest rate increases - I think they'll pay a pretty big price in terms of a probable recession from that.\"\n\nThe rate increase announced on Wednesday was a unanimous decision. It will push what the Fed charges banks to borrow to a range of 0.75% to 1%, with the higher costs rippling out to consumers in the form of more expensive mortgages, credit cards and other loans.\n\nIn addition, the bank detailed plans to remove economic support by winding down its balance sheet, which swelled during the pandemic as it purchased assets, including US government debt and mortgage-backed securities, to boost the economy.\n\nStarting in June, the bank said it would reduce its holdings by $47.5bn per month, increasing to $95bn in September.\n\nSome people, like first-time homebuyer Mia Navarro, are already feeling the effects of the changes. She sped up her hunt for a one-bedroom apartment in Washington, DC, as she started to see higher mortgage costs limit what she could afford.\n\n\"When I originally started my search, I definitely had a bigger budget, based off of what the rates were at the time,\" said the 25-year-old, who this month bought a one-bedroom apartment for $325,000, with a mortgage rate below 5%.\n\n\"I immediately decided that I needed to move quickly...and get in there before they hiked too much out of my range and something that I can still afford.\"\n\nThe actions by the bank in charge of the world's largest economy are expected to have widespread repercussions, as many countries and commodity markets rely on the dollar. On Wednesday Gulf states, whose currencies are tied to the dollar, responded to the Fed with interest rate rises of their own.\n\nMr Powell said further rate hikes were planned. He added that officials agreed that boosting rates by half a percentage point \"should be on the table\" in the future, but moving more aggressively was not under active consideration.\n\nUS stock markets soared following the press conference, which played out largely as investors had expected.\n\nMr Powell said he was confident the US economy was strong enough to handle the bank's more aggressive stance, pointing to the tight job market, in which openings outnumber available workers by nearly two to one.\n\nBut he acknowledged that the supply shocks from the war in Ukraine and Covid lockdowns in China have presented officials with a tough task - and might force them to move more aggressively to curb demand than they would otherwise.\n\n\"We can't really affect oil prices or food and commodity prices - things like that,\" he said.\n\nBut, he added, \"We have to ensure that inflation expectations remain anchored - that's part of our job too.\"\n\n\"It puts any central bank in a very difficult situation.\"\n\nManaging soaring inflation is proving a tall order. Central banks around the world are raising interest rates to lower prices.\n\nAnd the latest aggressive move by the world's most powerful central bank, the US Federal Reserve is one that will reverberate around the globe.\n\nNot only will it raise borrowing costs for Americans on everything from credit cards to mortgages, it will also push up the value of the US dollar. In turn, that will push up commodity prices and make it more expensive for emerging economies that borrow in dollars.\n\nIt is also being felt in financial markets, where asset prices were buoyed by the unprecedented levels of stimulus showered on the economy during the pandemic. As that support is removed, you have already seen more turbulence.\n\nBut the Fed has little choice. Inflation has consistently burned hotter than expected. The question is, can it successfully tame inflation without a recession.\n\nAs economists often like to say: \"Expansions don't die of old age\".", "\"Living the dream!\" says a senior political figure with a smile, as the high-minded pursuit of democracy collides with the inevitability of yet another motorway service station.\n\nPoliticians have been on the road for some weeks now, pounding pavements and knocking on doors as they try to convince voters that they are the ones to vote for.\n\nIt is a political party's job to obsess about its popularity, or the lack of it.\n\nAnd along comes the real thing in this week's elections: real votes in real ballot boxes electing real politicians.\n\nEngland's local elections this week will decide who runs the local services millions of us rely on every day and how millions of pounds of our money, paid in taxes, is spent.\n\nAnd they matter for a bigger picture reason too.\n\nThey are the weather makers of the political mood at Westminster and inside our political parties.\n\nWill the Conservatives get a kicking over the row about lockdown parties? Governments tend to take a bit of a bashing, sometimes a lot of a bashing, at local elections and the Tories have been in government for 12 years.\n\nSo what are the political parties saying privately and what should we look out for as the results come in?\n\nVery broadly speaking, the local elections happening in England this year are in spots that tilt disproportionately towards Labour, compared with the nation as a whole.\n\nNearly half are being contested in London, and while Labour's had a rough time in plenty of places, in London, it's done well.\n\nThe last time most of the seats up for grabs held contests was in 2018, when Labour had its best night in local elections since 2012, and Labour and the Conservatives were pretty much level pegging in terms of national popularity (though it was 18 months-ish after that, that Labour were crushed in the 2019 general election).\n\nSo while general expectation would probably be that Labour should be on course for modest gains in terms of seats, the picture is rather more complicated than that.\n\nSenior figures in the party don't expect a dramatic increase in the number of councils they are in charge of, but instead are focused on their projected national share of the vote. Will it indicate, come the weekend, that Labour is doing enough to win the next general election?\n\nIt's a steep challenge. \"We've been climbing out of a grave,\" is how one Labour figure describes Sir Keir Starmer's team's progress in this campaign.\n\nThe graphic imagery is striking - the sense that being alive again is an achievement - although critics say Sir Keir's not done enough to set out exactly who he is and what matters to him.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer trying to win votes in Worthing\n\nIn the days before any election, parties can rarely resist a spot of expectation management, talking down any potential for success, or catastophising about expected doom, so even a thrashing can be presented as a plucky triumph against impossible odds.\n\nSenior Conservatives are privately bandying around all sorts of big numbers about the seats they expect to lose and fret particularly about relatively well-off people who didn't like Brexit, have never much liked Boris Johnson and hate all the stuff about parties in lockdown.\n\nThey fear this will tempt these traditional Conservative voters to head to the Liberal Democrats or not bother voting at all.\n\nLord Hayward, the Conservative peer and long time election watcher, talks of what he describes as a \"social divide\" between the \"Waitrose-shopping, Radio 4-listening, Remain-voting, gravel drive-owning\" voters in places such as the Home Counties, Trafford in Greater Manchester and Solihull in the West Midlands, many of whom are tiring of Boris Johnson - and more traditional, blue collar, industrial places where support for him appears to be holding up.\n\nThe Tories are fortunate, Lord Hayward tells me, that there aren't elections this time in large parts of Kent, or Essex, Hampshire and Berkshire.\n\nConservative figures take comfort from what they perceive to be a lack of enthusiasm for Sir Keir Starmer, but believe the Liberal Democrats have detoxified themselves since the years of coalition government when vast swathes of their supporters ran a mile.\n\nSupporters of the prime minister are already preparing to do what they can to reassure those Conservatives who might go all jittery and wobbly after Thursday's results.\n\nLater on this month, they are getting ready to talk up what they call their \"80-20 strategy\" for the next general election - their project for holding on to the 80 most marginal parliamentary seats, and the 20 they might hope to gain.\n\nAnd Boris Johnson's allies sigh with relief that there is \"no prince over the water\" as it was put to me: no main rival to the PM, as the Chancellor Rishi Sunak's difficult recent weeks are greeted with a smile.\n\nEd Davey helping pick up litter in the West Midlands\n\nWhat about the Liberal Democrats? One party source describes these local elections as \"not a snapshot, more like looking through a letterbox,\" given, as Lord Hayward says, big chunks of potentially electorally fertile, traditionally Tory territory isn't there to be harvested this time.\n\nThey have their eyes on gains in Sunderland and potentially winning in Hull, against Labour and, elsewhere, luring some of the aforementioned gravel drive crunchers in possession of a polling card.\n\nLib Dems fret that 2018 was a \"peak stop Brexit moment\" - a big draw for them at the time - and politics is very different now.\n\nOn the other hand, Westminster by-election wins in Chesham and Amersham in Buckinghamshire and also in North Shropshire means, they hope, there is a \"believability\" again about the idea of the party being able to win.\n\nThe extra media attention the party gets during election campaigns often helps them too.\n\nWhen party leader Sir Ed Davey gets invited onto Loose Women on ITV as he did the other day, you can hazard a guess an election is imminent.\n\nThe Green Party launched their campaign in south London\n\nAnd a quick word about the Green Party. As I wrote this time last year they have been steadily building in recent years, albeit from a small base.\n\nBreaking through to have any presence on a local authority really matters to them, because - as with the Liberal Democrats on a bigger scale - they can then prove that winning is possible.\n\nIn London, keep an eye on Hackney and Newham. They hope to become a significant presence in Peterborough, Sheffield and Hastings among others.\n\nBefore I go, there's one other thing to remember: turnout.\n\nTo state the flipping obvious, elections are popularity contests involving those who can be bothered to vote. And plenty can't in local elections. Turnout is almost always low.\n\nThe parties who are successful at getting more of their loyal supporters out to back them could well be those with the biggest smiles come the weekend.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. More information about these elections Who won in my area? Enter your postcode, or the name of your English, Scottish or Welsh council area or Northern Ireland constituency to find out.", "An entrance to the cemetery was padlocked shut on Wednesday morning\n\nPolice investigating the \"unauthorised use\" of land next to a graveyard said they have found an object below ground.\n\nGwent Police added that they are so far unable to identify the nature of the object.\n\nOfficers were called to the area next to Christchurch Cemetery in Newport at around 09:45 BST on 27 April.\n\nA \"sensitive excavation\" has been taking place and metal fencing has been erected around the scene.\n\nAn aerial view of the land being probed by Gwent Police\n\nGwent Police said it was working with the Ministry of Justice and Newport council to investigate the matter on the section of undeveloped land.\n\nSupt Vicki Townsend said: \"Officers remain at the scene and investigations are continuing.\"\n\nThe force said it was working with the Ministry of Justice and Newport council", "Michael Ugwa was an inspiration to his three children, his mother said\n\nPolice investigating the death of a father-of-three at a shopping centre have arrested two more people.\n\nMichael Ugwa, 29, from Rainham, east London, was fatally stabbed at a food court in Lakeside shopping centre in Thurrock, Essex, on 28 April.\n\nThe force said a 22-year-old man from Ilford, London, was being questioned on suspicion of murder and possession of Class A drugs.\n\nA Croydon woman aged 54 was in custody on suspicion of assisting an offender.\n\nEssex Police said both had been arrested in Chiswick, west London.\n\nOfficers charged and remanded two other people in custody on Tuesday.\n\nBrandon Lutchmunsing, 19, of Grafton Road, Dagenham, east London, who will appear before Basildon Crown Court on Friday, was charged with murder and affray.\n\nShannon Weston, 20, of Canewdon, Essex, who was charged with assisting an offender, is due to appear before the same court.\n\nMr Ugwa's mother described her son as \"special to a great many people\" and said the family's \"day has suddenly turned to night, our light to darkness and our hearts are indescribably and irreversibly shattered\".\n\nIn a statement she said: \"As with many people, he was not a man without fault but his desire to always try to better himself and strive for a brighter tomorrow made him a rich source of inspiration to not only his children, cousins, nieces and nephews but also to everyone who desired to see that silver lining.\"\n\nDet Ch Insp Ashley Howard said: \"We still believe this attack was directed towards the victim and that the incident poses no ongoing threat to people shopping, eating, and socialising at Lakeside.\"\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Russian military vehicles on the streets of Kherson.\n\nThe Russian rouble will be used in Kherson from Sunday, according to Russia-backed forces that have taken control of the southern Ukrainian city.\n\nHowever, Kherson's Ukrainian mayor, Ihor Kolykhaiev, who has now been overthrown by Russian authorities, has said that he doesn't believe this will be possible while the only working banking system in the region is Ukrainian, not Russian.\n\nDespite being occupied for 60 days, many residents are trying to find small ways to defy the Russian forces - like exchanging any roubles they receive back into Ukraine's currency, the hryvnia.\n\nBut there are very few ways to safely snub the Russian army when it occupies your streets.\n\nZ signs - a Russian pro-war symbol - have appeared around the city. Russian flags hang above Kherson's government buildings. Ukrainian TV has been mostly cut off, changed to Russian news. Russian soldiers drive armoured vehicles through the city centre, between a network of check points.\n\nNow, changing the region's currency is yet another bid to erase Ukrainian identity from the city.\n\n\"I think most people will leave here if the rouble is introduced,\" Olga, who didn't want to use her real name, told me from inside Kherson.\n\n\"At the moment there are still currency exchanges operating in the city. If I am paid in roubles, I think I will just go and exchange it for hryvnia, I think others will too. It's just a small act of protest.\"\n\nOlga is not the only one with this plan. Ukrainian news reports have said that some pensions have been handed out in roubles around Kherson, but that people have already exchanged it back into Ukrainian hryvnia.\n\nLife in Kherson has become increasingly difficult. Many now feel nervous about even speaking to a journalist. When we reach Olga and ask how she is feeling, she sighs.\n\n\"I'm alive and I have food,\" she says.\n\nAround 40% of the population have fled in the two months since this key, strategic city was taken by Russia, according to the mayor.\n\nMany residents tell us about their struggle to pay for what few goods there are, as supermarket shelves lie empty. They say that shops, restaurants and businesses have closed and parts of the economy have ground to a halt, cut off from much of the world.\n\nEarlier this week, Russian forces appointed a new administration in Kherson because Mr Kolykhaiev was \"not cooperating\" with the occupied forces, according to Russian state news agency Ria.\n\nThe Ukrainian mayor of Kherson, Ihor Kolykhaiev, has now been replaced with a Russian administration\n\nSpeaking on video call from somewhere in the region, with piles of binders and a toy camouflage jeep sitting on shelves behind him, Mr Kolykhaiev says he has not stopped working. He is sceptical of whether Russia can successfully introduce the rouble.\n\n\"I have no confirmation that it's been introduced,\" he says. \"When can it appear? When the treasury and the banking system of Ukraine will stop working? Anything can happen under occupation, I can't get into Russia's head to find out what they are thinking. If they do try to introduce the rouble zone here, we would be plunged back into 1992 when Ukraine gained its independence.\"\n\nUkrainian authorities had suggested that Russia could try to hold a referendum in the region on 1 May, asking voters whether they want independence from Ukraine. Any attempt to do this would be seen as a way to legitimise Russia's intervention, suggesting that residents no longer want to be part of Ukraine and painting Russia as liberators.\n\nRussia held a referendum in Crimea after Moscow annexed it in 2014, and also in the Russian-backed separatist areas of Donetsk and Luhansk. Russia has denied plans to hold a vote in Kherson, and for now residents in the city say they've seen no sign of it.\n\nRumours swirl on social media channels about what could happen. Some Ukrainians are worried that Russia will simply fake the result and use records of their identity documents - which they fear the Russians could gain access to in the administrative buildings they now occupy - to back it up.\n\n\"I'm not sure they even need the population here to know that there is a referendum,\" says Olga. \"I guess they can do it without us. Maybe I already voted.\"\n\nSeveral people inside Kherson told us that the routes out to safer parts of Ukraine have now been shut altogether. The only road available is through Crimea which means travelling into Russian territory, something several Ukrainians told us they would not be prepared to do.\n\nMaxim felt this was his only route to safety. He didn't want his name to be used as his family are still inside the city. At the border he was subject to a long interrogation as a security guard inspected his body for tattoos.\n\n\"It was like a film,\" he said. \"You sit on a suitcase under the scorching sun to be interrogated. I would never have imagined I would have to go through this. I was really horrified, because it's scary - people with machine guns are walking past you.\"\n\nHis favourite artist almost got him into difficulties.\n\n\"They were asking me the same questions on repeat,\" he says. \"I have a David Bowie lightning tattoo and they asked me 'Is that Azov?'\" The Azov battalion are a controversial regiment that was originally a far-right group later incorporated into Ukraine's National Guard.\n\nMany supermarket shelves in Kherson are empty\n\nMaxim says that many of the cars in the queue had Kherson number plates. He has since safely travelled through Georgia and on to Europe.\n\n\"Reaching Georgia was like being released from jail,\" he says. \"You feel like you've got your human rights back.\"\n\nFor those still in Kherson there are deep fears about the future.\n\n\"I am afraid of a humanitarian catastrophe,\" says Mr Kolykhaiev. \"I am worried for the people who are still in the city today. They are all hostages.\n\n\"It's like we started with 100 litres of petrol in the car tank and we are driving until the gas runs out. I want to calculate how long we can keep driving. How long can we carry the city?\"", "Mr Vance campaigned with his own spin on the former president's populist rhetoric\n\nA candidate endorsed by Donald Trump has won the Republican Senate nomination for Ohio, in a sign of the former US president's continued influence on his party.\n\nAuthor and venture capitalist JD Vance beat six other candidates in a race that set a record for the most money, $66m (£52m), ever spent on an Ohio election.\n\nHe trailed his more established political opponents for much of the primary campaign but saw a late surge following Mr Trump's endorsement.\n\nMr Vance is best known for authoring the 2016 book Hillbilly Elegy, which was later made into a feature film.\n\nThe book was about his upbringing in a small Kentucky town and the plight of poor rural white Americans.\n\nIt was heralded as a clear-eyed look at the political and cultural environment that helped explain Mr Trump's appeal in rural and struggling industrial states.\n\nMr Vance also benefitted from more than $10m in campaign support from billionaire technology entrepreneur Peter Thiel, one of Mr Trump's deep-pocketed allies.\n\nMr Vance will now face Democratic Congressman Tim Ryan, who represents a former factory-dependent district in eastern Ohio, in the mid-term elections in November. It sets up a high-profile battle for the allegiance of blue-collar voters in this Midwestern state.\n\nIn his victory speech before a small but festive Cincinnati crowd - some adorned in Mr Trump's red \"Make American Great Again\" hats - Mr Vance thanked the former president for his endorsement and underlined the importance of his victory for Mr Trump's agenda.\n\n\"They wanted to write the story that this campaign would be the death of Donald Trump's America-first agenda,\" he said. \"It ain't.\"\n\nMr Vance campaigned with his own spin on the former president's populist rhetoric, repeatedly criticising what he viewed as unfair trade competition from China and the threat undocumented migration posed to the safety and economic livelihood of Americans.\n\nOf the five top candidates, four fashioned themselves as disciples of the Trump political legacy. Runner-up Josh Mandel, a former Ohio state treasurer in his second bid for one of the state's Senate seats, made challenging the 2020 election results - an unrelenting obsession of the former president's - one of his top talking points.\n\nMr Mandel received endorsements from many Republican leaders and groups, including Texas Senator Ted Cruz and the influential conservative group Club for Growth. Some of his supporters furiously lobbied the former president not to endorse Mr Vance, who was viewed as an outsider in Ohio politics. That outsider status, however, may have helped secure the candidate's victory.\n\n\"People who are caught between the corrupt political class of the left and the right, they need a voice,\" Mr Vance said on Tuesday night. \"And we're going to give it to them.\"\n\nNicholas Contras, a retired lawyer from Cincinnati who attended Mr Vance's celebration, said it was the candidate's anti-establishment status that won him over. The author, he said, could \"stand up to the Washington swamp\" - echoing the kind of rhetoric and sentiment that powered Mr Trump to victory in mid-western states like Ohio in 2016.\n\nThis race was the first test in a month that will go a long way toward demonstrating the power Donald Trump's endorsement has in Republican politics. In two weeks, another Trump-endorsed celebrity candidate, television doctor Mehmet Oz, will stand before voters in a tight field for the Republican Senate primary in Pennsylvania. The following week in Georgia, a Trump Senate pick, former football star Herschel Walker, appears headed for victory, while his choice for governor, David Perdue, trails incumbent Republican Governor Brian Kemp by a sizable margin.\n\nAt the moment, Republicans across the US continue to demonstrate respect for, or fear of, Mr Trump's political influence more than a year after he left the White House under a cloud of controversy. Over the four years of his presidency, he filled out much of the Republican establishment with loyalists and ideological acolytes. If he can continue to do so through these upcoming mid-term elections, it will be a strong sign that his grip on party power is enduring.", "Environment Secretary George Eustice has been criticised as \"out of touch\" and \"patronising\" for advising those struggling with the rising cost of living to buy cheaper food items.\n\nSpeaking to Sky News, Mr Eustice said opting for value brands would help people manage their household budget.\n\nIt comes on the last day of local election campaigns, where concerns over rising prices have featured heavily.\n\nIn recent months, UK inflation has risen to 7% - the highest in 30 years.\n\nThe Bank of England has warned inflation could rise further, potentially hitting double figures in October.\n\nAsked about the squeeze on people's finances, Mr Eustice told the BBC the government had put in place a \"package of measures\" including a rebate on energy costs.\n\n\"We've got to take a proportionate approach to try to help people through that difficult time. We can't go too far, we can't mitigate all of the impacts otherwise we will fuel even greater inflation.\"\n\nLater, he told Sky News that due to a \"competitive market\" the UK had the lowest household food expenditure in Europe.\n\nHe said people who chose value brands could \"actually contain and manage their household budget\".\n\nResponding to Mr Eustice's remarks, Labour's shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves said: \"Hard-pressed Brits need support\" and urged the government to hold an emergency budget and reduce energy bills through a windfall tax on oil and gas companies.\n\n\"The response by the Conservatives to the cost-of-living crisis has been nothing short of insulting. They are out of touch and out of ideas.\"\n\nAsked if he agreed with his minister's comments, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the government wanted to \"help people in any way we can through the aftershocks of Covid\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson says the government wants to help people \"in any way we can through the aftershocks of Covid\".\n\nHe said \"immediate\" support was available, through a rebate package and cold weather payments.\n\nThe SNP's Westminster deputy leader Kirsten Oswald said: \"The remarks from a senior Tory government minister that families struggling with the Tory-made cost-of-living crisis should buy value brand products are utterly patronising and insulting.\n\n\"Rather than bringing forward meaningful financial measures to help support families and to put money into people's pockets, the Tory government is instead sitting on its hands and resorting to treating people with contempt.\n\nAnd the Liberal Democrat's Wendy Chamberlain said: \" Families and pensioners who can't afford their weekly shop need more help, not patronising advice from a clueless minister.\"", "A leaked document suggesting millions of US women could lose the legal right to abortion is genuine, the Supreme Court's chief justice has confirmed.\n\nBut it does not represent the court's final decision, said John Roberts.\n\nThe leak has stirred expectations that the 1973 decision which legalised abortion in the US could be overturned, allowing individual states to ban it.\n\nPresident Joe Biden has argued that the decision - if it goes ahead - could call other freedoms into question.\n\nThe leaked document - labelled \"1st Draft\" - appears to reflect the majority opinion of the court.\n\nWritten by Justice Samuel Alito, it calls the 1973 Roe v Wade ruling - which legalised abortion across the US - \"egregiously wrong from the start\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: US Senators react to leaked draft opinion on abortion\n\nThe draft is not a final ruling, and opinions could change. But if Roe v Wade is overturned, around half of US states could ban abortion.\n\nIn a statement, Chief Justice Roberts described the leak of the draft - first published by US website Politico - as \"a singular and egregious breach\" and asked the Marshal of the Supreme Court to launch an investigation.\n\nThe work of the court would \"not be affected in any way\", he added.\n\nThe draft's release has caused a wave of reaction from both sides. Anti-abortion law firm Americans United for Life urged the court to disregard \"the expectations of pro-abortion activists or proxy media allies\".\n\nPlanned Parenthood - the largest provider of reproductive health services in the US - has said it would \"continue to fight like hell to protect the right to access safe, legal abortion\".\n\nIt says its research found that 36 million women could lose abortion access if Roe v Wade were struck down.\n\nThe ruling is in the court's sights because Mississippi is asking for it to be overturned, with a final decision expected in late June or early July.\n\nThirteen states have already passed so-called trigger laws that will automatically ban abortion if Roe is overruled this summer. A number of others would be likely to pass laws quickly.\n\nOn Tuesday, Oklahoma's governor signed into law an anti-abortion measure based on one passed in Texas last year. The law allows any private citizen to sue anyone who aids in an abortion after six weeks of gestation - before many women even know they are pregnant.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nPresident Joe Biden warned that such a legal change - if the decision stays the same - would have far-reaching implications.\n\n\"It concerns me a great deal that we're going to, after 50 years, decide a woman does not have a right to choose,\" he said.\n\n\"But even more, equally profound is the rationale used. It would mean that every other decision relating to the notion of privacy is thrown into question.\"\n\nMr Biden said he wanted legislation to enshrine the existing guarantees of abortion access.\n\n\"If it becomes the law, and if what is written remains, it goes far beyond the concern of whether or not there is the right to choose,\" he said.\n\n\"It goes to other basic rights - the right to marriage, the right to determine a whole range of things.\"\n\nBBC North America reporter Anthony Zurcher says the basis for this lies in distinctions drawn by Justice Samuel Alito in the leaked opinion, which he wrote.\n\nSome rights are spelt out in the US Constitution, the judge wrote, while others, such as access to abortion, are mere \"unenumerated rights\".\n\nOur reporter points out that the same argument could be used in the case of gay marriage, in vitro fertilisation or certain forms of contraception.", "Polling in the local elections takes place in a week of key political anniversaries.\n\nIt's a quarter of a century since Tony Blair skipped into Downing Street after New Labour's first landslide election win.\n\nAnd it's 15 years since the Scottish National Party upset Labour's apple cart by taking charge at Holyrood.\n\nLooking back, what is striking is the extraordinarily short gap — historically speaking — between those two events, evidence of just how quickly Scotland's political landscape shifted around the turn of the century.\n\nThe defining event of that era, of course, was the re-establishment of the Scottish Parliament which had been suspended in 1707 with the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain.\n\nBut another, much lower profile, reform also played a part.\n\nIn 2003, the Liberal Democrats' price for entering into a coalition with Jack McConnell's Labour at Holyrood was a change to the voting system used for local government, from a first-past-the-post system to one of proportional representation.\n\nThis Single Transferable Vote system was first used on 3 May 2007, the same day the SNP came to power, and it transformed the political make-up of Scottish local government.\n\nIt had, said the Electoral Reform Society (ERS), which supported the move, \"resulted in a dramatic redistribution of power between the parties in Scottish local government\".\n\nThe number of Labour councillors fell from 509 to 348, a drop of 161, and Labour retained majority control of just Glasgow, North Lanarkshire and Midlothian.\n\nBy the time of the last local government election in 2017, Labour had fallen even further, to 262 seats, having been pushed into third place by the Conservatives.\n\nAccording to the ERS, \"this was by far the Conservatives' best - and Labour's worst - performance since the introduction of the current system of Scottish local government in 1995\".\n\nThe SNP edged up slightly to 431 seats, the Liberal Democrats fell back a shade to 67 and the Greens added five seats, returning a total of 19 councillors.\n\nMost strikingly, the SNP took charge of the council in Glasgow, a city at the heart of the labour movement itself.\n\nWhether or not it retains control this week may depend on some very local issues.\n\nCouncils face road repair backlogs running into hundreds of millions of pounds\n\nFor taxi driver Jim Fraser, potholes are the big issue.\n\n\"The roads are appalling,\" he says, with the potholes \"the worst I have ever seen in the 26 years I've been driving a taxi\".\n\n\"It costs me hundreds of pounds a year in repair and maintenance just through the state of the roads,\" he adds.\n\nGlasgow City Council says it's focused on making permanent high quality repairs and some other councils are struggling with even bigger road maintenance backlogs.\n\nSome blame a funding squeeze. When the SNP came to power in 2007 they froze the council tax while promising to replace it with a new system.\n\nThat hasn't happened but the SNP insists the freeze helped households cope with some tough years.\n\nMhairi Taylor has been involved in a campaign to save her local library\n\nThe overall funding settlement for Scottish local government is complex and debated, but the Fraser of Allander Institute at Strathclyde University points out that the Scottish government has provided additional revenues for ring-fenced council priorities.\n\nThis includes £380m for health and social care integration and mental health; £234m to pay the living wage to social care staff; and £150m for additional teaching and support staff in schools.\n\nHowever, it adds \"local government's funding settlement has nonetheless been very constrained\".\n\nFor example, as the country began to emerge from the pandemic, Glasgow City Council took the tough decision not to reopen five libraries, including the Couper Institute in Cathcart on the south side of the city.\n\nEvery Saturday for nine months Mhairi Taylor and her neighbours took to the streets in protest, eventually winning emergency funding from the Scottish government which allowed all five libraries to reopen.\n\n\"I am concerned about the future,\" says Ms Taylor.\n\n\"We know we've got secure funding for this library for the next year. But we don't know what will happen after that.\n\n\"It's really essential that whatever administration comes in after the local election that they prioritise these local resources, particularly in these times of need where there's a cost-of-living crisis, where we're recovering from Covid times.\"\n\nFraser Stewart wants to know how Glasgow's climate plans will benefit people in the poorest parts of the city\n\nAnother challenge for whoever takes charge of Scotland's 32 local authorities will be coping with climate change.\n\nLast year, Glasgow hosted the COP26 climate conference and drew up a plan to cut emissions, create jobs and eliminate poverty.\n\nFraser Stewart, who researches and analyses climate and energy policy for a non-profit, Regen, says Glasgow has good plans and good ambitions but he wants more detail on how they will benefit people in the poorest parts of the city.\n\n\"How do we make sure they are brought into the fold on this?\" he asks.\n\nThe local elections may tell us how we feel about our potholes and public parks but they could also help answer bigger questions about where the country is heading.\n\nHow much support is there for independence?\n\nAre there any signs of a Labour revival in Scotland, which might help Sir Keir Starmer in his quest to replace Boris Johnson in Number 10?\n\nAnd after the Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross withdrew his call for Mr Johnson to resign, will the Tories be harmed by the lockdown parties in Downing Street and elsewhere in Whitehall?\n\nWe may find out very soon.", "Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the West could help end the war in Ukraine by putting more pressure on President Volodymyr Zelensky and halting arms deliveries to his forces.\n\nMr Putin was speaking in his first telephone talks in more than a month with French President Emmanuel Macron.\n\nThe French leader again called for a ceasefire and for talks to end the war brought on by Russia's invasion.\n\nHe asked Mr Putin to allow further evacuations in the city of Mariupol.\n\nThe city has seen some of the bitterest fighting of the war and hundreds of civilians are believed to remain trapped under the rubble of a steelworks held by Ukrainian forces.\n\nWestern states have armed Ukraine extensively in its fight against Russia, and on Tuesday the UK announced a further pledge of military equipment worth £300m ($376m) including electronic warfare equipment, a radar system, GPS jammers and night-vision devices.\n\nThousands of people, both combatants and civilians, have been killed or injured since the invasion on 24 February and more than 5.5 million have fled abroad as refugees.\n\nRussian forces have pulled back from the region of the capital Kyiv to focus their operations on eastern Ukraine.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: 64-year-old Tatyana lost her home in Mariupol, and says she has nowhere else to go\n\nCalling for a stop to arms supplies, Mr Putin accused Ukrainian forces of committing war crimes by bombarding towns in eastern Ukraine where Moscow-backed separatists control large areas, according to a Kremlin statement.\n\nA number of attacks on residential areas have been recorded in separatist-controlled areas since the invasion began but nothing on the scale of the shelling of government-held towns by Russian forces. Ukraine denies shelling residential areas.\n\nRussian forces have been accused of carrying out atrocities, including in Bucha, a town outside Kyiv.\n\nThe Russian leader insisted Russia was open to dialogue with Ukraine.\n\nAccording to a statement by the Élysée Palace, Mr Macron called on Mr Putin to put an end to Russia's \"war of aggression\" and said he was ready to help achieve a negotiated solution to the conflict which respected Ukraine's sovereignty.\n\nThe French president, who won re-election last month, has spoken to Mr Putin several times since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.\n\nHe said he was available to work with \"competent international organisations\" to help lift Russia's blockade of Ukraine's Black Sea ports so that it could resume food exports.", "Boohoo's profits have taken a hit after online shoppers returned clothes at a faster rate than before the pandemic.\n\nThe fast-fashion brand's profits before tax slumped by 94% to £7.8m in the year to the end of February.\n\nIts sales are still well above pre-Covid levels after high streets closed and shoppers turned to ordering online.\n\nBut since restrictions were lifted customers have flocked back to physical stores and Boohoo says its online shoppers are sending more items back.\n\nOverall, Boohoo's sales rose 14% on the year to £2bn. But it warned that challenges caused by the pandemic, including rising shipping costs and overseas delivery delays, would continue this year.\n\nFor online fashion retailers, returns can be a major headache and a sign that business is not booming.\n\nWednesday's news of a collapse in Boohoo's profits sent shares down by more than 15%.\n\nThe easing of lockdown restrictions has led to customers going out more and return rates have been rising.\n\nBoohoo said customers had returned items faster than expected in the second half of the year, with the rate now higher than it was before the pandemic.\n\nAs shopping habits change following the pandemic, the rising cost of living is also hitting consumer spending, according to official data.\n\nThe prices of items in shops has seen the highest increase in more than a decade.\n\nShop prices were up 2.7% year-on-year in April, the highest since September 2011 and up from 2.1% in March, according to the British Retail Consortium.\n\nJulie Palmer, a partner at corporate restructuring firm Begbies Traynor, said that given rising costs, people may hold back on clothes shopping.\n\n\"The outlook isn't pretty, with inflation a real concern,\" she said.\n\n\"Boohoo is going to have to come up with some new looks if it is going to stay relevant as it doesn't take long for consumers to shop around for faster, more relevant alternatives these days.\"\n\nBoohoo said that lockdowns in some of the key countries it sells in, like China, meant people were not buying as many clothes.\n\nInternational delivery delays due to Covid also caused issues in getting stock from factories and out to customers.\n\nThe company said it expects these pandemic-related issues \"will continue for the year ahead\".\n\nTo combat these problems, Boohoo said it was making its supply chain more flexible, its delivery network larger and investing in a new distribution hub in the US.\n\nBut its clothes could start to cost more with the company only committing to \"mitigate where possible before passing prices on to consumers\".\n\nAre you returning clothes more often? What are your reasons for doing so? haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Complaints from students in England and Wales about their university courses reached a record high last year.\n\nMore than a third of the 2,763 complaints to the Office of the Independent Adjudicator (OIA) were related to the impact of pandemic.\n\nThe amount of compensation given to students exceeded £1.3m, it said.\n\nA report suggested that staffing issues, industrial action, and delays in submitting complaints from 2020 were behind the high figures.\n\nAs a result of the Covid pandemic \"some students found that they weren't getting the learning experiences that they reasonably expected\" said the OIA.\n\nIt said this explained in part why the total number of complaints submitted in 2021 was 6% higher than the year before.\n\nBy far the largest category were complaints about how courses were delivered.\n\nSome students complained about being unable to access in-person facilities like laboratories, while others were unable to pursue their studies abroad.\n\nMany complained about staffing issues, including poorly prepared substitute teachers and key experts in their field leaving the university.\n\nThe increased dependence on remote learning was also an issue, with many highlighting technical failures affecting their learning.\n\n\"Some students struggled with digital literacy, especially in online timed exams,\" the report added. \"For others their limited typing skills affected their performance.\"\n\nThe National Union of Students (NUS) said \"digital poverty\" was a big issue for some students and many others were struggling financially - with some using food banks and buy-now-pay-later loans for support.\n\nAn NUS official said the high number of complaints was \"no surprise\" and students were \"at breaking point\".\n\nComplaints in the report that were considered \"justified\", at least in part, include:\n\nOne case that resulted in just over £68,000 worth of compensation, the highest figure that was awarded, the report said.\n\nBut other students found the move to remote education had made learning easier, with disabled students benefiting in particular.\n\n\"Students told us that they valued having more control over how and when they could access their learning experience,\" the OIA said.\n\nIn addition to the high number of total complaints, the OIA said the compensation awarded was \"significantly higher\" than previous years.\n\nIt suggested this may have been because the pandemic sometimes made it challenging to find practical solutions to complaints.\n\nPhD and postgraduate students were overrepresented in the complaint logs, submitting just under half of them despite accounting for 27% of the English and Welsh student population.\n\nResponding to the report, Universities UK said the high number of complaints was concerning but stressed it represented only \"a small fraction of the total student population\".\n\nThe organisation, which represents universities, said its members had responded well to the highly disruptive impact of Covid.\n\n\"The overwhelming majority of students continue to receive a world-class education,\" it said.", "There are claims that thousands of disabled Ukrainian children have been forgotten and abandoned in institutions that can’t look after them.\n\nThe human rights organisation, Disability Rights International, has carried out an investigation and found children with severe disabilities tied to beds in overrun children’s homes unable to cope.\n\nThe BBC has been given exclusive access to an institution in western Ukraine, where disabled children from the east have been left by their carers who fled to neighbouring countries.", "An escaped inmate and a guard suspected of helping him had a \"special relationship\", say investigators.\n\nThe announcement from the Alabama sheriff's office said the discovery was confirmed by fellow inmates of missing prisoner Casey White, a murder suspect.\n\nA manhunt is under way for the 38-year-old escapee and corrections officer Vicky White, 56 (no relation).\n\nThe pair vanished as she was transporting him to a bogus mental evaluation.\n\nPolice have not revealed whether the relationship was romantic.\n\nFriday - the day the pair went missing - was supposed to be her final day at work. She had recently sold her home and told colleagues she planned to spend more time at the beach.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nPolice now believe Ms White helped orchestrate the escape after breaking jail protocol to escort Casey White alone.\n\n\"Investigators received information from inmates at the Lauderdale County Detention Center over the weekend that there was a special relationship between Director White and inmate Casey White,\" Sheriff Rick Singleton said in a statement on Tuesday.\n\n\"That relationship has now been confirmed through our investigation by independent sources and means.\"\n\nOn Tuesday, the US Marshals Service said the two were last seen on Friday driving a copper-coloured Ford Edge with an Alabama registration plate.\n\nThe same bulletin gave two aliases for Ms White - April Davis and Renee Marie Maxwell. Authorities say Casey White should be considered \"armed and extremely dangerous\".\n\nOfficials say they may now have access to an AR-15 rifle and a shotgun.\n\nOn Monday, Sheriff Singleton described the 6ft 9in Casey White as \"extremely dangerous\" and advised law enforcement not to \"take any chances\" with him.\n\n\"He has nothing to lose,\" he said.\n\nHe added that Ms White is thought to be using cash, and has switched off her mobile phone.\n\nThe US Secret Service is helping to track her financial records, he said.\n\n\"I would have trusted Vicky with my life. I really mean it,\" Lauderdale County District Attorney Chris Connolly told reporters. \"If we needed something from the jail, she was our go-to person, solid employee. That's why it's so shocking.\"\n\nCasey White was charged in September 2020 with murder over the stabbing of 58-year-old Connie Ridgeway. He was already serving 75 years for a series of violent crimes in 2015, including burglary, vehicle theft and a police chase.\n\nHe allegedly confessed to the murder, but later pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, and was awaiting trial at the Lauderdale County Jail when he disappeared, authorities added.\n\nMeanwhile, a woman who White tried to kill during a burglary said she is \"freaking out\" after discovering he is on the loose.\n\nThe unnamed woman told local ABC affiliate WAAY 31 that she and her family are in hiding, fearful that White will track them down.\n\nShe also said she has a message for Ms White: \"If she is still alive, get the hell out. Run. Run as far as you can, and turn yourself in, and contact somebody.\n\n\"Like, do the right thing before you lose your life or somebody else does.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Championship\n\nKieffer Moore sent Bournemouth back to the Premier League with a late winner against Nottingham Forest that sealed automatic promotion from the Championship.\n\nSubstitute Moore's cool finish, after a low free-kick found him unmarked in the box, leaves third-placed Forest needing to go through the play-offs if they are to join the Cherries in the top flight next season.\n\nMoore, a January arrival from Cardiff who has managed to make just three substitute appearances because of injury, was smothered by jubilant team-mates as they knew a win against their closest challengers would end a two-year top-flight absence.\n\nThey return to the Premier League under manager Scott Parker, who celebrates his second promotion in three campaigns, having taken Fulham up in 2019-20 before leaving the west London club for Bournemouth following relegation last season.\n\nThe showdown between second and third in the Championship, while lacking the hype and pageantry of a play-off final, felt every bit the high-stakes encounter that makes the Wembley showpiece the richest game in club football.\n\nIn an absorbing and tense first half, Forest striker Sam Surridge hit the crossbar and had a strong penalty appeal ignored after an incorrect offside flag against him.\n\nThe forward was brought down by goalkeeper Mark Travers as he tried to round him, but the foul was waved away as the flag was already up.\n\nAfter the match, Forest boss Steve Cooper told BBC Radio Nottingham that referee Stuart Attwell and his assistant apologised for the mistake.\n\n\"They have put their hands up and owned up to a huge error,\" he said. \"It doesn't really help but at least they had the courtesy to own up to the decision that they made.\"\n\nThe visitors created little in a second half dominated by the Cherries, with Dominic Solanke hitting the side netting while Philip Billing and Jaidon Anthony tested Reds goalkeeper Brice Samba.\n\nWhen Jordan Zemura was brought down on the edge of the area, Billing appeared to be ready to go directly for goal.\n\nInstead, he spotted Moore free in box to sweep home a goal that propelled the hosts back to the Premier League and sparked a party atmosphere at the Vitality Stadium, which saw ecstatic home fans spill onto the pitch at full-time.\n\nBournemouth, who are now six points clear of Forest, have spent just one of the past 32 weeks outside the automatic promotion spots.\n\nIn stark contrast, Forest spent 46 of the first 52 days of the season in the relegation places after making their worst start to a campaign for more than a century.\n\nSince Cooper's appointment as Chris Hughton's replacement in September, no side has collected more points than the Reds as they have mounted what would once have seemed to be a preposterous bid to challenge for promotion back to the Premier League after 23 years away.\n\nWhen Forest beat Huddersfield on 18 September for their first win - a victory secured under caretaker Steven Reid - the East Midlands club were bottom of the table and 14 points adrift of then leaders Bournemouth.\n\nForest started the night knowing victory would take them above the hosts on goal difference and into pole position to claim the last remaining automatic promotion place with one game to go.\n\nAfter Billing tested Samba with an awkward curled shot, it was former Cherries striker Surridge who took centre stage, crashing a powerful shot off the crossbar before the controversial offside decision.\n\nBournemouth emerged re-energised after the interval, afforded Forest little space or time to play the free-flowing attacking football that saw them win nine of their previous 10 games, and created the better chances before Moore buried his with a fine first-time finish beyond Samba with seven minutes remaining.\n\nForest finish the season with a trip to Hull on Saturday, knowing victory would guarantee them third place, while Bournemouth host Millwall who are hoping to sneak into the play-offs themselves.\n\n\"I never wanted the game to be an emotional one, I felt if we turned it into an emotional game it would suit Forest.\n\n\"It was easier said than done, and we got dragged into that, it became helter-skelter, a basketball game. If we'd shown the same performance second half there would have only been one winner.\n\n\"We've executed second half tonight, we were electric and certainly worthy of the result. My emotions are ecstatic.\"\n\n\"Obviously it hurts, but like it or not we have to get over it and get ready for the play-offs.\n\n\"Congratulations to Bournemouth, promotion wasn't just about tonight. It was about getting to the position they had been in. We go into the play-offs now to try and join them.\"\n• None Attempt missed. Brice Samba (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.\n• None Dominic Solanke (Bournemouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Offside, Nottingham Forest. Brennan Johnson tries a through ball, but Ryan Yates is caught offside.\n• None Offside, Nottingham Forest. Brennan Johnson tries a through ball, but Ryan Yates is caught offside.\n• None Djed Spence (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A tribute to an elf named Dobby sits above National Trust-run Freshwater West beach\n\nHe is one of the most beloved characters in Harry Potter books and films, but could the \"resting place\" of Dobby the House Elf be removed?\n\nA grave paying tribute to Dobby sits above Freshwater West beach in Pembrokeshire, where the character's death was filmed.\n\nNow, a survey commissioned by National Trust has asked for opinions on whether the grave should stay or go.\n\nNational Trust Wales said the area had come under more pressure recently.\n\nDobby was one of the most popular characters in the Harry Potter franchise\n\nThe survey asks 30 questions about Freshwater West, which is managed by National Trust, including some about traffic, parking and toilet facilities in the area.\n\nIt also asks two questions about Dobby's grave, asking whether it should be removed or transferred to a \"suitable publicly accessible location off-site\".\n\nThe grave mainly consists of pebbles with messages to the house elf, portrayed by Toby Jones in the film series, but socks are also said to be left at the site.\n\nIn the franchise, house elves are only freed from servitude if they are given clothes.\n\nIn the second instalment, the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter ensures Dobby is given a sock by his owners, the Malfoy family.\n\nStones and socks are piled up at Freshwater West in tribute to Dobby\n\nVictoria MacLean, a Harry Potter fan from Neath, told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast there should be a compromise as to what is left at the grave, but said another tribute would soon be constructed there if it was moved.\n\nShe said: \"Leaving a fresh sock is lovely but after a while that sock probably gets covered in all sorts and I can understand the socks.\n\n\"But the pebbles, some people have gone to great lengths to paint some of those pebbles, just to leave something in memorial to one of their favourite characters and it is so beautiful to see.\n\n\"I think if they took the grave away fans are just going to build another one, because there's millions of them,\" she added.\n\n\"There needs to be something that will please the fans yet keep the beach looking beautiful because it is a stunning beach.\"\n\nThe survey is open until 31 May.\n\nNational Trust Wales said: \"Over the past few years we have seen an increase in visitors wanting to experience all that Freshwater West has to offer, including its beautiful beach.\"\n\n\"We love welcoming people to the site, but the increase in numbers does mean its facilities and infrastructure are under even more pressure. We want visitors to have an enjoyable, safe experience while ensuring this special landscape is looked after for future generations.\n\n\"A survey is now under way to help us understand the issues in more depth and to consider options for a sustainable future for Freshwater West, which includes the memorial to Dobby.\n\n\"One of options we're seeking feedback on in the survey is to relocate the memorial to a suitable publicly accessible location.\"", "Local elections will be held across the UK on 5 May\n\nParty leaders are making their pitch to voters on the last day of campaigning ahead of local elections across the UK.\n\nThe leaders are visiting key electoral battlegrounds before voters go to the polls on Thursday.\n\nVoters will elect councils which run services in England, Wales and Scotland, and the government in Northern Ireland.\n\nThe elections will test support for parties locally and may indicate the mood on national issues.\n\nThe elections will give party leaders their first opportunity to woo voters since the war in Ukraine began, and the row over parties held in Downing Street during lockdown, and increases to the cost of living.\n\nThe rising cost of living has been a prominent topic of debate, with inflation at a 30-year high of 7%, driven upwards by surging food and energy prices.\n\nSpeaking on a visit to Southampton Airport, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said his government wants to \"help people in any way we can through the aftershocks of Covid\".\n\nHe said his ministers were helping people \"in the immediate term\", citing the £9.1bn energy rebate package, as well as cold weather payments.\n\nMr Johnson dismissed the idea of a windfall tax on energy companies arguing that they should instead invest their profits in producing \"more green energy to keep costs down\".\n\nHe said that would be better than \"clobbering\" the companies with an extra tax.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. PM: The government does not have “an unlimited number of shots to play” when dealing with the cost of living.\n\nIn an interview with ITV's Good Morning Britain, Labour leader Keir Starmer said the government had not done enough to alleviate the pressure on budgets.\n\nHe said April's rise in National Insurance was \"the wrong tax at the wrong time\" and said Labour would have imposed a windfall tax on the profits of oil and gas companies to ease living costs.\n\nSpeaking ahead of a a visit to Wakefield, Sir Keir accused the Conservatives of \"doing nothing\" to help with rising energy and food costs.\n\nHe said: \"The Conservatives...have made it worse by imposing 15 Tory tax rises - including this month's national insurance rise on business and working people.\n\n\"Labour's plan to tackle the cost-of-living crisis puts money back in your pocket. Our call for an emergency budget would mean action now.\"\n\nLiberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said he would target voters in the \"squeezed middle\" when he visited areas where the Conservatives have traditionally done well, in parts of London and south-east England.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Ed Davey: \"Some people are really upset with a prime minister who is not a decent man.\"\n\nSir Ed said the elections are a \"chance to send a shockwave from communities around the country to the heart of the Conservative Party\".\n\n\"Boris Johnson is not fit to lead the country and he needs to go. At this time of national crisis, we can't afford to have a law-breaking prime minister and a tax-hiking chancellor,\" he said.\n\nIn a column for the Evening Standard, Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer said the main parties were \"chronically failing to deal with the problems we face\".\n\nShe said her party had a \"better plan\", which included investing £25bn per year in insulating homes to reduce energy costs and restoring a £20 uplift to Universal Credit benefits payments.\n\nSNP leader and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said backing her party on Thursday would \"put Boris Johnson under real pressure to act now and help families out\".\n\nShe said the Conservatives have \"run out of excuses for their negligent inaction on their self-made cost-of-living crisis that is hammering families across Scotland\".\n\n\"The only thing that will make the Tories sit up and take notice is when they think their own jobs are on the line - and that's why this election is so important,\" she said.\n\nIn Wales, where all 22 councils are up for election on Thursday, Plaid Cymru promised to tackle and housing crisis and offer free childcare for two-year-olds, among other campaign pledges.\n\n\"On Thursday, a vote for a local voice committed to making a difference,\" Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price tweeted.", "Parton is one of the biggest-selling country acts of all time\n\nDolly Parton has been voted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, despite previously asking to \"respectfully bow out\" of contention for the honour.\n\nThe singer said in March that she was \"extremely flattered\" to be nominated, but felt she had not \"earned the right\" to be counted as a rock artist.\n\nHowever, she was too late because the ballots had already gone out.\n\nAs a result, the star will be inducted in November alongside Eminem, Carly Simon, Eurythmics and Duran Duran.\n\nOther new entrants include soul legend Lionel Richie and Hit Me With Your Best Shot singer Pat Benatar.\n\nMeanwhile, British heavy metal band Judas Priest will receive the musical excellence award, as will producers Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, whose work with Janet Jackson changed the sound of US pop in the 1980s and 90s.\n\nParton, whose hits include Jolene, I Will Always Love You and 9 To 5, initially rejected her nomination, saying she didn't think country music was eligible.\n\n\"I do hope that the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will understand and be willing to consider me again if I'm ever worthy,\" she said in March. \"This has, however, inspired me to put out a hopefully great rock 'n' roll album at some point in the future, which I have always wanted to do!\"\n\nOrganisers rejected her rejection, though, saying that Rock & Roll \"is not defined by any one genre\".\n\n\"Dolly Parton's music impacted a generation of young fans and influenced countless artists that followed,\" they said in a statement. \"Her nominations to be considered for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame followed the same process as all other artists who have been considered.\"\n\nIn an interview with NPR last week, Parton said she would accept the honour after all if it was offered. \"It was always my belief that the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame was for the people in rock music, and I have found out lately that it's not necessarily that,\" she said.\n\nThe Hall of Fame has become more open to other genres in recent years, following criticism over its lack of diversity. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were the first rap group to be inducted in 2007, with Run-DMC, Tupac Shakur and Jay-Z following in their footsteps.\n\nThere has also been an increase in the number of female honourees, with Tina Turner, Carole King, Janet Jackson and Nina Simone all making the grade.\n\nEminem released his first single, Just Don't Give, in 1998\n\nThis year's ballot featured a diverse list of 17 artists, including some of music's biggest names. To be eligible, they must have released their first single 25 years ago - meaning Eminem succeeded in his first year of eligibility.\n\nParton, Richie and Duran Duran also made it into the hallowed Hall on their first nominations, beating the likes of Kate Bush (who has been nominated three times), Detroit rockers MC5 (with six nominations) and Dionne Warwick (with two).\n\nDuran Duran, who rose to fame in the 1980s with pop hits like Rio and Wild Boys, said they were \"honoured and thrilled and happy\" to be welcomed into the fold.\n\n\"Well Crikey O'Reilly, slap my face and call me Charley!\" said frontman Simon Le Bon. \"Here in the wild, beautiful world of Duran Duran, I think we're all in a little bit of a daze about this.\n\n\"It's one thing to be nominated - but a totally different thing altogether to be actually voted up for induction into The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, which is to my mind the closest thing you'll ever get to a rock & roll knighthood.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Duran Duran This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFellow 80s icons Eurythmics had been nominated once before, in 2017, but made the cut this time. Singer Annie Lennox and musician Dave Stewart said they were \"beyond delighted\" by the honour.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC after their previous nomination, the duo said they would plan a special performance of their hit single Sweet Dreams if they were ever inducted.\n\n\"You can do it in every single conceivable genre,\" said Lennox. \"So you have rock 'n' roll Sweet Dreams, gospel Sweet Dreams, then you do electro Sweet Dreams, folk Sweet Dreams, heavy metal Sweet Dreams!\"\n\n\"I actually performed it live with a ukulele,\" added Stewart.\n\n\"And I play it like a bossa nova on the piano,\" Lennox replied.\n\n\"So it could be something fabulous. Everybody can join in, and they can all riff on it. That is how you do it.\"\n\nWe will find out if they are true to their word on 5 November, when the 37th Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony takes place at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Halifax has said sorry after it sent emails to customers incorrectly saying that the Bank of England had raised interest rates.\n\nSome mortgage customers received a message on Tuesday saying \"the Bank of England base rate has changed today\".\n\nBut the decision by the central bank on whether or not to raise interest rates is not due until Thursday lunchtime.\n\nThe lender followed up with a second email later, apologising to customers for \"any confusion\" caused.\n\nIt added that the email had been prepared in advance of Thursday's decision by the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) \"so that in the event of a rise we could quickly advise customers and help them understand how that might affect their mortgage\".\n\n\"We are emailing customers today to apologise and confirm that there are no changes to their mortgage or rates,\" they added.\n\nHalifax, which is one of the UK's biggest mortgage lenders, would not tell the BBC how many of its customers had received the email.\n\nSome Lloyds customers also received the message by mistake, as well as the subsequent apology.\n\nPart of the Lloyds Banking Group, Halifax told customers on a fixed-rate mortgage that their repayments will not be affected by an increase.\n\nIf interest rates rise, it can make borrowing more expensive - especially for homeowners with mortgages on a variable rate.\n\nPrices are now rising at their fastest rate in 30 years in the UK, as coronavirus restrictions ease and consumers spend more.\n\nOne of the tools available to the Bank of England to curb inflation, which measures how prices change over time, is adjusting interest rates.\n\nIn March, they were raised from 0.5% to 0.75% - their highest level since March 2020 as the Bank of England seeks to contain rising prices and meet its 2% target on inflation.\n\nThe next announcement from the nine UK economists who make up the MPC is due on Thursday at 12:00.\n\nRuth Gregory, senior UK economist at Capital Economics, has said that with inflation reaching 30-year highs, and further energy bills increases likely later this year, the Bank might be \"sufficiently worried\" to increase interest rates again.\n\nInvestec economist Philip Shaw also said that he thinks that the base rate will increase to 1.0%.\n\nHe pointed out that price pressures had started increasing beyond energy and food in areas like clothing, furniture and accommodation, stoking the Bank's concerns that inflation might remain higher for longer than first thought \"especially against the backdrop of historically very tight labour market\".\n\n\"Of course, it should be recognised that raising interest rates will do very little to moderate inflation over the next six months and that the aim of tightening policy now is to prevent inflation from remaining above 2% over the medium-term and to protect the central bank's credibility,\" he added.", "Some energy suppliers have been given a three-week deadline to explain accusations they have increased customers' direct debit payments by \"more than is necessary\".\n\nJonathan Brearley, boss of the energy regulator Ofgem, recently said there were \"troubling signs\" of the tactic.\n\nHe also expressed concern over customers being directed to inappropriate deals.\n\nOfficial reviews have now been launched.\n\nMr Brearley had said in April that reviews were imminent, but the development emerged from an update published on Twitter by Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Kwasi Kwarteng This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Kwarteng said that some energy companies had been increasing direct debits beyond what was required.\n\n\"I can confirm Ofgem has today issued compliance reviews,\" Mr Kwarteng's tweet went on.\n\n\"The regulator will not hesitate to swiftly enforce compliance, including issuing substantial fines.\"\n\nHowever, by reviewing the issue, Ofgem has yet to draw a firm conclusion on whether any rules have been broken.\n\nAn Ofgem spokesperson said: \"Our top priority is to protect consumers and we recently wrote to suppliers to alert them that we are commissioning a series of market compliance reviews to ensure, amongst other things, that they are handling direct debits fairly, and that overall, they are held to higher standards for performance on customer service and protecting vulnerable customers.\"\n\nA spokesman for Energy UK, which represents energy companies, said: \"Suppliers are required to set [direct debits] at a fair and reasonable level based on the customer's individual circumstances, taking into account factors like previous energy use or record with previous payments.\n\n\"It is right that the regulator is looking to ensure that suppliers are complying with those requirements. Customers who do have concerns with the level of their direct debit payments should contact their supplier.\"\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson had earlier acknowledged \"there is more that we can do\" to help families struggling with rising fuel and energy bills.\n\nOpposition parties have called for a windfall tax on energy company profits, with Labour accusing him of offering \"no answers\" to a \"cost of living crisis\".\n\nOn 1 April, yearly bills increased by an average of £693 for about 18 million households on standard tariffs.\n\nAnd some 4.5 million prepayment customers saw an average increase of £708 - from £1,309 to £2,017.\n\nMr Brearley, chief executive of Ofgem, wrote in a blog on Ofgem's website in April that the regulator had received information from consumer groups and the public about \"bad practices\" by some suppliers.\n\n\"We are also seeing troubling signs that some companies are reacting to these changes by allowing levels of customer service to deteriorate,\" he wrote.\n\nHe added that they were also concerned about \"the way some vulnerable customers are being treated when they fall into difficulties\".\n\nThe regulator has powers to issue \"substantial fines\" of up to 10% of turnover to firms found failing to comply.", "Tony Brooks, one of the defining Formula 1 drivers of the 1950s, has died aged 90, his daughter Giulia announced on Tuesday.\n\nThe Briton won six grands prix and narrowly missed out on the world championship in 1959.\n\nAfter Juan Manuel Fangio, Alberto Ascari and Stirling Moss, Brooks was the most successful driver of his era.\n\nBrooks is regarded alongside Moss as the best British driver never to win the F1 title.\n\nMoss, who died two years ago, also aged 90, said of his former team-mate and friend: \"Brooks was a tremendous driver, the greatest - if he'll forgive me saying this - 'unknown' racing driver there's ever been. He was far better than several people who won the world championship.\"\n\nF1 CEO Stefano Domenicali paid tribute to Brooks in a statement, saying: \"I was saddened to hear the news that Tony Brooks has died.\n\n\"He was part of a special group of drivers who were pioneers and pushed the boundaries at a time of great risk.\n\n\"He will be missed and our thoughts are with his family at this time.\"\n\nBrooks, who had been the last surviving F1 race winner of the 1950s, left a considerable mark on the sport - between 1956 and 1959, he won 46% of the races he finished, in an era when mechanical reliability was a significant feature in motorsport.\n\nBrooks famously won his first ever F1 race, the Syracuse Grand Prix of 1955, in which he competed as a last-minute entry for the Connaught team while studying for his dentistry finals at Manchester University.\n\nReceiving a call from the team while revising, Brooks went to Italy, missed the first practice day, learned the circuit on a Vespa, and then caused a sensation by leading home the Maseratis of world championship regulars Luigi Musso and Luigi Villoresi, to achieve the first international grand prix win for a British car since 1924.\n\nHis success put his career as a dentist on the backburner, as he decided to focus full-time on motor racing.\n\nHe entered F1 in 1956 with BRM, but he raced only twice in a car that was not a success - and Brooks was lucky to escape without serious injury from a crash when its throttle stuck open during the 1956 British Grand Prix.\n\nThe following year marked his breakthrough. Joining the Vanwall team alongside Moss, Brooks finished second in Monaco to Fangio, who was on course for the last of his five world titles, and then won the British Grand Prix, sharing with Moss.\n\nBrooks was suffering from injuries sustained in a heavy crash at Le Mans the month before, but still qualified third. And after Moss retired from the race while leading, a fatigued Brooks handed over his car and Moss went on to a famous win.\n\nBrooks - as befitted his talent - always shone brightest on the most demanding circuits, and in 1958 underlined his skills with impressive victories on the daunting Spa-Francorchamps and Nurburgring Nordschleife circuits in the Belgian and German Grands Prix.\n\nHaving moved to Ferrari in 1959, he should have won the world title. Wins in France and Germany, along with second in Monaco, meant he went into the final race at Sebring in Florida still in with a chance of the championship despite problems at the other races.\n\nBrooks was a devout Catholic, and did not believe in taking unnecessary risks with his life, despite his profession.\n\nThe Silverstone and Le Mans crashes earlier in his career had changed his view as to how to approach his sport. Both had come as a result of trying to compensate with his talent for deficiencies in the car, and he resolved after Le Mans never to do that again.\n\n\"I always felt it was morally wrong to take unnecessary risks with one's life,\" he told the veteran F1 journalist Nigel Roebuck in the 1980s, \"because I believe that life is a gift from God and that suicide is morally unacceptable.\n\n\"I suppose there are those who would say that driving racing cars at all is an unnecessary risk but I wouldn't agree with that. However, driving one which may be unsound or damaged, while not exactly suicide, is verging towards it.\"\n\nThe philosophy probably cost him the world title. On the first lap of the 1959 US Grand Prix, Brooks' Ferrari was hit by team-mate Wolfgang Von Trips' car.\n\n\"My natural inclination was to carry on,\" he said. \"Believe me, that would have been the easiest thing to do, but I made myself come in to have the car checked over.\n\n\"I lost half a lap doing that, and still finished third. Stirling retired, and Jack [Brabham, the eventual champion] ran out of petrol near the end! Still, in my own mind, I think I did the right thing.\"\n\nBrooks left Ferrari after that and although he continued in F1 in 1960 and '61, he was already thinking of moving on. And after an unsatisfactory year back with BRM, he retired, with little fanfare.\n\nTo those who know motor racing, Brooks was and always will be one of the greatest drivers, and a charming and self-effacing man, too.", "Last updated on .From the section European Football\n\nManchester City suffered one of the most remarkable Champions League collapses as Real Madrid came back from the abyss to set up a final showdown with Liverpool.\n\nCity were two goals ahead on aggregate going into the 90th minute after Riyad Mahrez's strike had added to their 4-3 first-leg win last week.\n\nThe Brazilian substitute turned home Karim Benzema's left-wing ball from close range in the final minute - with Real's very first shot on target.\n\nAnd 90 seconds later he levelled the tie with a header into the top corner after Marco Asensio flicked on Dani Carvajal's cross.\n\nThat sent an already rowdy Bernabeu into absolute euphoria.\n\nCity, who thought they were going through to a second consecutive all-English Champions League final, were shell-shocked.\n\nBoth sides had chances to win the tie before the full-time whistle. Ederson denied Rodrygo a quick-fire hat-trick and then an unmarked Phil Foden fired over inside the box.\n\nAnd so to extra time the game went - and it was Real who got the decisive goal in maybe the greatest Champions League semi-final ever.\n\nBenzema beat Ruben Dias to a loose ball in the box and was brought down by the City defender. He stepped up to take the penalty himself and scored his 43rd goal of the season. There is no doubt it is the most important.\n\nReal's Thibaut Courtois, who was by far the busier keeper, tipped away Foden's header with Fernandinho inches away from scoring the rebound - but City could not find a goal to send it to penalties.\n\nThat sets up a repeat of the most memorable Champions League final of recent years, when Real beat Liverpool 3-1 in 2018.\n\nFor City and manager Pep Guardiola now, the Premier League title - they sit one point above Liverpool with four games to go - is their only target.\n• None Follow reaction to the game here\n\nThe Champions League has delivered so many classic knockout ties in recent years, including the first leg of this one - a match City should have won by more.\n\nIt was looking like a rare, and delightfully, mundane one for City after Mahrez hammered home following Bernardo Silva's surging run.\n\nCity have five Premier League titles - and are four wins away from a sixth - since the Abu Dhabi takeover in 2008.\n\nBut the Champions League - the trophy that really establishes your place as an icon of world football - has always eluded them.\n\nAfter last season's 1-0 loss to Chelsea in Porto, they may have wondered how long they would have to wait for another crack.\n\nIt looked like the answer was only 12 months. But now, who knows?\n\nCity fans will curse Rodrygo's name forever if they never manage to win the European Cup.\n\nThe truth is City should have won this game easily. In the first half, Real keeper Courtois denied Mahrez, Kevin de Bruyne, Silva and Foden.\n\nLate on Jack Grealish had a shot cleared off the line by Ferland Mendy - and another effort kept out by a diving Courtois.\n\nEderson's only save in normal time came to deny Rodrygo a hat-trick.\n\nAfter Benzema's goal, they rarely looked like coming back and their players stood emotionless as the final whistle went on their European dreams.\n\nNow Guardiola has a huge task on his hands. He has to lift City's players' heads for their final four Premier League games.\n\nIf they lose any of them, that gives Liverpool the chance to overtake them and win the title - and possibly become the first English team to win the quadruple.\n\nAnother night of European glory for Real\n\nReal are the ultimate European Cup team, having won the competition 13 times - six times more than anybody else.\n\nBut in the final minute not even they could have imagined they would be going to Paris later this month.\n\nSo many times this season they were on the brink. They came back from 2-0 down on aggregate to beat Paris St-Germain in the last 16.\n\nThen in the quarter-final against Chelsea, Rodrygo sent it to extra time with a late goal and Benzema netted the winner. Sound familiar?\n\nRodrygo, who replaced Toni Kroos after 68 minutes here, has truly booked his place in Real folklore now.\n\nCarlo Ancelotti's side wrapped up the La Liga title last weekend and can now focus all their attention on that game with Liverpool.\n\nTheir last final meeting, in 2018 in Kyiv, saw Gareth Bale score twice and Loris Karius' howler gift Benzema a goal in a classic.\n\nRodrygo is the third substitute to score multiple goals for Real Madrid in a Champions League match. Bale that day was one of the other two.\n\nAnybody else excited to see what Real and Liverpool dish up on 28 May in this competition that never, ever stops delivering?\n• None Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Substitution, Real Madrid. Jesús Vallejo replaces Eder Militão because of an injury.\n• None Oleksandr Zinchenko (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Rodrygo (Real Madrid) wins a free kick on the right wing. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Our coverage of Manchester City is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment\n• None Everything City - go straight to all the best content", "CEO James Watt said shared ownership would help with recruitment, retention and team engagement\n\nBrewdog boss James Watt has set out plans to give away nearly a fifth of his equity stake to the firm's staff.\n\nBrewery and pub workers have criticised him over his behaviour and pressure on them to grow the firm rapidly.\n\nAt least partly in response, Mr Watt has set out an incentive plan which also means half of its pub profits will go to those who work on hourly rates in its 111 bars worldwide.\n\nBased on last year's figures, that could mean an annual bonus of between £3,000 and £5,000 each, in cash payouts made twice a year.\n\nThe chief executive claimed the giveaway of shares could be worth £120,000 for each Brewdog salaried staffer, comprising four annual tranches starting this June.\n\nHowever, the shares are not yet tradeable, and plans to float shares on the stock exchange have been delayed.\n\nA funding round in 2017 brought in an investment fund, TSG, with a £213m injection of capital, but on terms that financial analysts said stood to undermine the value of other shareholders.\n\nJames Watt currently holds 24.2% of the company, and the plan unveiled on Monday - to mark 15 years since it started brewing - is for him to give away 5% to an Employee Benefit Trust, reducing his stake to 19.2%.\n\nThat trust will distribute equally across salaried staff, at around 1.25% of the company each year. Anyone who leaves the company ahead of shares being floated on the stock exchange will have to give up the option to buy shares, which will then revert to the trust.\n\nAt current rates of turnover, the 5% stake will take up to eight years for the trust to distribute.\n\nBetween staff and the 'Equity Punks' who took part in several successful rounds of crowdfunding, a quarter of the company should be owned by small-scale shareholders once this process is complete.\n\nThe rewards package, unusually, extends to former members of staff, including some who were particularly outspoken about Mr Watt's behaviour and the pressures they were under.\n\nEx-employees will get discounts on Brewdog products and in its bars, and will be able to join an alumni club.\n\nManagement was accused by former workers last summer of having a \"culture of fear\" within the business, with \"toxic attitudes\" towards junior staff.\n\nBrewdog has expanded from a small operation in Fraserburgh to an international business with breweries around the world\n\nA group of 60 employees published an open letter alleging the business was built upon a \"cult of personality\" around its founders, James Watt and Martin Dickie, with \"growth at all costs\" the overarching focus of the company.\n\nFurther revelations came to light in an investigation by BBC Scotland journalists.\n\nMr Watt said the group had already made changes after the open letter was published, stressing the employee reward scheme was not about mending relationships with employees, but \"building the best company we possibly can\".\n\n\"Everything we're doing today is about looking forward with a fantastic team,\" he said.\n\nHe said Brewdog wanted to be a \"new type of business\", and that shared ownership would help with recruitment, retention and team engagement.\n\n\"We want our team members to act as business owners and incentivise them as if they are business owners,\" he added.\n\nMr Watt said the group was unlikely to float in the next 12 months given the market uncertainty, but said a listing was \"very much part\" part of the plan in the medium term.\n\nBrewdog was founded in Fraserburgh by James Watt and his friend and fellow beer-lover Martin Dickie, as a challenger to conventional beer.\n\nIt expanded rapidly with a move to a new brewery in Ellon, where it is currently expanding its capacity. Other Brewdog breweries have been built in Ohio, Brisbane and Berlin.\n\nIt operates 111 bars around the world, with three hotels, and in Ellon it is expanding into spirits distillation.", "Trailing from the first leg of the TV debate and falling further behind in the polls, Democratic Unionist Party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson needed a big performance.\n\nHe knew how his opponents would line up and take it in turn to attack his party over the protocol - the special Brexit deal for Northern Ireland designed to prevent the return of a hard land border with the Republic of Ireland - and its decision to walk out of the executive.\n\nBut he was ready with his counter press, snapping back at every challenge and sucking up most of the airtime in the process.\n\nHe came prepared with figures and paperwork to back up his arguments, even counting the days of the last assembly suspension triggered by Sinn Féin: 1,044 to be exact he told the party's deputy leader Michelle O'Neill\n\nHe also had figures ready to bring the cost of living crisis back to the Northern Ireland Protocol, insisting consumers here were paying up to 19% more for some goods than in other parts of the UK\n\nThat didn't go unchallenged, with Alliance leader Naomi Long calling out for someone to \"fact check\" the DUP leader's figures.\n\nSDLP leader Colum Eastwood was more scathing, dismissing them as \"makey up stuff\".\n\nSIGN UP FOR ALERTS: Get extra updates on BBC Northern Ireland election coverage\n\nFigures aside we then got a rerun of the debate over the parties' ability to govern without a power sharing executive after it collapsed when the DUP withdrew Paul Givan as first minister in February.\n\nSir Jeffrey was once again outnumbered, insisting decisions could be made while the other leaders said they could not.\n\nIt almost became a battle over whose legal advice was correct, but on this occasion no paperwork was produced and no definite answer was arrived at.\n\nIn to the ring then stepped the Ulster Unionist Party leader.\n\nHaving been accused of by standing in the first debate, Doug Beattie was out to make his mark.\n\nHe accused Sir Jeffrey of using the threat of Sinn Féin pushing for border poll - a vote on Irish unification - as a \"scare tactic\" to get unionists to row in behind the DUP.\n\n\"There is no border poll on this ballot,\" declared Mr Beattie\n\nSir Jeffrey responded by insisting his fellow unionist leader didn't recognise the threat the protocol posed to the union.\n\nBut the spat between them was over before it started, perhaps both mindful they may need each other's transfer votes to protect vulnerable seats.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. More information about these elections Who won in my area? Enter your postcode, or the name of your English, Scottish or Welsh council area or Northern Ireland constituency to find out.\n\nThat desire to ring fence potential transfers explains why there was no green-on-green action\n\nUnlike in previous debates, Michelle O'Neill and Colum Eastwood targeted their fire solely at the DUP and not each other.\n\nNow was not the time to alienate SDLP voters considering a second preference vote for Sinn Féin, and vice versa.\n\nThe DUP was an easy and popular hit for both leaders and while not landing a memorable blow they will be pleased with their respective performances.\n\nKeeping the heat on the DUP meant there was little time to scrutinise the policies of the other parties\n\nWhen the other four leaders did get asked about dealing with the cost-of-living crisis and how to fix the health service they adopted much the same language.\n\nEven Sir Jeffrey in a brief moment of harmony talked about sitting down with his \"colleagues to agree a programme for government \"\n\nThough the DUP leader cut a lonely and isolated figure with just one supporter prepared to raise his hand in the audience, Sir Jeffrey was more battle ready which always plays well with the party faithful.\n\nMs O'Neill was more measured in her contribution, perhaps mindful of the \"first minister for all\" tag which her party has been promoting.\n\nAs for Mrs Long and Mr Eastwood, their swipes at the DUP struck more of a chord with the audience while Mr Beattie's effort to \"humanise\" the debate played to his strengths.\n\nThough it may not have swung too many voters the debate did raise the energy levels in what so far has been a lacklustre campaign if even for just an hour.", "Dave Chappelle was performing at the Netflix Is A Joke Festival\n\nA man has been charged with felony assault with a deadly weapon after an on-stage attack on US comedian Dave Chappelle.\n\nThe suspect pointed a replica handgun that contained a knife blade at Chappelle, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) said.\n\nChappelle was unharmed, but the suspect has been taken to a local hospital for medical treatment.\n\nThe incident took place while Chappelle was performing at the Hollywood Bowl.\n\nClips shared on social media showed someone charging into the star during his set at the Netflix Is A Joke Festival on Tuesday.\n\nThe LAPD spokeswoman said: \"A famous comedian was performing at the Hollywood Bowl and when he finished his act a male jumped on to the stage and tackled the celebrity.\n\n\"The suspect produced a replica handgun and pointed the item at the victim. He was taken into custody and was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon.\"\n\nThe LAPD identified the suspect as 23-year-old Isaiah Lee, who is being held in jail on a $30,000 (£24,000) bond.\n\nLast year, Chappelle faced criticism and protests when his Netflix special was accused of being transphobic.\n\nAfter returning to the stage on Tuesday, the 48-year-old appeared to make light of the controversy, suggesting to the audience that the attacker \"was a trans man\".\n\nAccording to ABC journalist Stephanie Wash, fellow comic Chris Rock - who was slapped on stage by Will Smith at the Oscars in March - then came on stage with Chappelle.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Stephanie Wash This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nUS-based British journalist Sharon Carpenter, who was also in attendance, said actor and singer Jamie Foxx joined Chappelle too.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Sharon Carpenter This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nCarpenter told the PA news agency an attacker \"lunged\" at the comedian as he headlined the event, sending him \"flying in the air\".\n\nShe said: \"It looked like someone was dashing across the stage from the side. He fell backwards on to his back, with his arms and legs up in the air. He was obviously in shock. We were all in shock.\n\n\"I thought for a moment OK, is this a prank? Because they had made some Will Smith jokes. Even though Chris Rock was there, Dave was making some jokes, it was fair game, right?\"\n\nIn one video, Chappelle could be seen thanking his famous friends for helping out, saying: \"Whenever you're in trouble, Jamie Foxx will show up in a sheriff's hat.\"\n\n\"I thought that was part of the show,\" Foxx responded.\n\nChappelle joked: \"I've been doing this 35 years. I just stomped a [person] backstage. I've always wanted to do that.\"\n\nChappelle's spokesperson, Carla Sims, said afterwards: \"As unfortunate and unsettling as the incident was, Chappelle went on with the show, crediting Rock and Foxx with helping to \"calm the crowd.\"\n\nJimmy Carr, the British comedian who sparked outrage earlier this year for a routine about the Holocaust in his own Netflix stand-up special, also performed at the streaming giant's event on Tuesday.\n\nCarr tweeted afterwards to say the show was \"crazy\" and he was \"just happy everyone's OK\".\n\nA spokeswoman for the Hollywood Bowl said an investigation has been launched, telling PA: \"The incident that occurred at the Hollywood Bowl on May 3 2022 is an active investigation and we are unable to comment further at this time.\"\n\nDave Chappelle alongside fellow comedian Jerry Seinfeld on Sunday, at a lunchtime event for the Netflix Is A Joke Festival\n\nIn October, about 100 people protested outside Netflix's headquarters over the airing of a comedy special by Chappelle, which they said was transphobic.\n\nThey had objected to The Closer, in which he said \"gender is a fact\" and that LGBT people were \"too sensitive\".\n\nChappelle later hit back at those who he said wanted to \"cancel\" him. \"To the transgender community, I am more than willing to give you an audience,\" he said. \"But you will not summon me. I am not bending to anybody's demands.\"\n\nThe likes of Seth Rogen, Snoop Dogg, Bill Burr and Pete Davidson are also starring at Netflix's inaugural comedy festival, as well as Jerry Seinfeld and recent Oscars co-host Wanda Sykes.\n\nTuesday's incident came five weeks after Smith famously slapped Rock on stage at the Academy Awards after Rock made a joke about the actor's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.", "Elections have taken place across the UK on 5 May.\n\nVoters in England, Wales, and Scotland were picking who should run services that affect everyday life in their local area. People in Northern Ireland were choosing its government.\n\nThe results are likely to reflect how people feel about Boris Johnson, the \"partygate\" scandal, how Covid has been handled and the rising cost of living.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. More information about these elections Who won in my area? Enter your postcode, or the name of your English, Scottish or Welsh council area or Northern Ireland constituency to find out.\n\nLocal councils are responsible for everything from bins, bus routes and potholes, to providing mental health services, deciding planning applications and managing schemes to tackle climate change.\n\nIn England, more than 4,000 councillors in 146 councils are up for election in major cities including Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham and all 32 London boroughs.\n\nSouth Yorkshire was voting for a regional mayor and 1,000 parish councils were electing about 10,000 councillors.\n\nBecause of the huge number of seats being contested across England - some of them for the first time since 2018 - the results are likely to paint the clearest picture of the national mood.\n\nThe election for Northern Ireland's government is largely a contest between the parties in two blocs - unionists, who favour remaining part of the United Kingdom, and nationalists, who favour a united Ireland.\n\nSince 2003, the Democratic Unionist Party has been the largest party in the national assembly, followed by nationalists Sinn Féin.\n\nThe two parties, along with other unionist and nationalist parties, and an increasingly popular third bloc of non-aligned parties, have governed under a mandatory power-sharing agreement that ended decades of fighting.\n\nRecent polls suggest Sinn Féin could take the lead for the first time. If Sinn Féin becomes the largest party, the DUP has not said whether it would agree to share power.\n\nThat means it's possible that even after the election, the Assembly could remain without a devolved government for at least six months.\n\nAll seats in 22 local councils are being contested across Wales, where people can vote from the age of 16.\n\nThe political make-up has been mixed since the last election in 2017 and the majority of councils are currently run by coalitions - an agreement between at least two parties to share power.\n\nEyes will be on whether Labour can maintain its hold over Cardiff and the cities along the M4 corridor, and how the Conservatives perform in the north-east of the country, where they made gains last time.\n\nThere was voting in all 32 local authorities. The last election in 2017 saw the Conservatives make big gains from Labour, however they failed to gain overall control and most councils have been run by coalitions ever since.\n\nThe largest cities - Glasgow and Edinburgh - are always ones to watch, but this year's results are also likely to reflect how Scots feel more generally about such issues as recent council tax changes and post-pandemic recovery.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Melanie Brown is a patron of the charity Women's Aid\n\nPop star Melanie Brown, aka Mel B, has been made an MBE for services to charitable causes and vulnerable women.\n\nThe Spice Girl, 46, dedicated her award to \"all the other women\" who are dealing with domestic violence.\n\nBrown, who made her name as Scary Spice in the 1990s, became a patron of the charity Women's Aid in 2018 after leaving what she described as an abusive relationship.\n\nShe received the honour from the Duke of Cambridge at Buckingham Palace.\n\n\"I never thought I would be here getting this MBE for the work I've been doing,\" she told the PA news agency afterwards.\n\n\"It's amazing to have but it's not just for me - it's for all those other women.\n\n\"Especially because of Covid, there's been such an epidemic of domestic violence, that's been completely on the rise, and you know I've got an army of women behind me that need help and need to be heard.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mel B in 2018: \"It's hard for women to admit to themselves they are in a coercive, abusive relationship\"\n\nMel B added that she felt like she was representing the \"voice\" of all women who had been abused, \"so I don't take it as it's my award because it's our award because we've survived\".\n\nThe number of domestic abuse offences recorded by police in England and Wales increased during the pandemic, and the Office for National Statistics said such offences had been gradually rising in the years before that.\n\nLast month, campaigners said a massive increase in appeals for help over the past year from those suffering domestic abuse had exposed the scale of the problem.\n\nShe was made an MBE by the Duke of Cambridge at Buckingham Palace\n\nThe singer, from Leeds, was made an MBE by the Duke of Cambridge, who she said \"commended\" her on her work and told her he was \"so sorry\" she had gone though \"such a horrible time\".\n\n\"I've had a really amazing life so far and it was turned into something horrible for 10 years and I've made something worthy,\" she added.\n\nAs well as Mel B, DJ and presenter Simon Mayo was also honoured at the first major investiture at the palace since the pandemic began two years ago.\n\nThe 63-year-old was made an MBE for services to broadcasting and charity.\n\nMayo, who recently announced the end of his long-running BBC Radio 5 Live film review show, tweeted on Wednesday to say Prince William had taken the opportunity to declare himself a fan of dance music.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nThe shirt Diego Maradona wore when he scored the 'Hand of God' goal and much vaunted 'goal of the century' for Argentina against England at the 1986 World Cup has sold for a record £7.1m.\n\nIt is the highest price ever paid for a piece of sports memorabilia.\n\nFormer England midfielder Steve Hodge put it up for auction 36 years after he swapped it with Maradona following the famous quarter-final in Mexico.\n\nAfter Maradona died in November 2020, Hodge said the shirt was not for sale.\n\nIn December that year Hodge said he had \"people knocking on my door non-stop\" and that reports he was looking to sell the shirt were false.\n\n\"I find it disrespectful and totally wrong,\" he added at the time. \"It's not for sale. I am not trying to sell it.\"\n\nAuction house Sotheby's sold the shirt for more than its estimated price, which was between £4m and £6m.\n\n\"This is arguably the most coveted football shirt to ever come to auction, and so it is fitting that it now holds the auction record for any object of its kind,\" said Brahm Wachter, Sotheby's head of streetwear and modern collectables.\n\nThe previous highest fee paid for a shirt worn during a sports match was held by New York Yankees legend Babe Ruth's baseball jersey, which sold for $5.6m (£4.4m) in 2019.\n\nIn the same year the original Olympic manifesto, penned in 1892, sold for $8.8m (about £7m) to become the most expensive piece of sports memorabilia.\n\nEx-Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa, Leeds and Tottenham midfielder Hodge, 59, who appeared in two World Cups for England and won 24 caps, had owned the iconic blue Argentina away shirt since swapping it with Maradona in the tunnel at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City after the game, which Argentina won 2-1.\n\nThere has been some confusion about the shirt since Sotheby's in London put it up for auction in April, with Maradona's family claiming it was not the shirt he had on when he scored the infamous 'Hand of God' goal.\n\nDuring the past 36 years, the shirt, manufactured by Le Coq Sportif, has been publicly displayed as the one worn by the Argentine great. It was most recently housed at the National Football Museum in Manchester.\n\nSotheby's said in its listing online that the shirt was matched to images of Maradona wearing it for both goals.\n\nThe two he scored against England are among the most famous goals by Maradona, who is widely regarded as one of football's greatest-ever players.\n\nHis punching of the ball beyond goalkeeper Peter Shilton to score the controversial opening goal in the second half came minutes before he netted what was years later voted the goal of the century in a poll by football's world governing body Fifa.\n\nMaradona went on to inspire his country to win the trophy, beating West Germany 3-2 in the final\n• None Our coverage of your Premier League club is bigger and better than ever before - follow your team and sign up for notifications in the BBC Sport app to make sure you never miss a moment", "Gang violence and kidnappings have been rampant in Port-au-Prince, forcing hundreds of families to flee\n\nDominican diplomat Carlos Guillén has been freed four days after he was abducted by a gang in Haiti, an official says.\n\nThe Dominican Republic's foreign minister, Roberto Álvarez, wrote on Twitter that Mr Guillén was \"safe and sound\".\n\nMr Álvarez did not say how Mr Guillén had been freed but thanked \"all those who actively took part in his release\".\n\nKidnappings for ransom have surged in Haiti in the past two years.\n\nMore than 1,200 people, 81 of them foreign nationals, were abducted last year, according to Haiti's Center for Analysis and Research on Human Rights.\n\nEarlier this week, hundreds of residents fled the Cité de Soleil neighbourhood as gun battles raged\n\nOne of Haiti's most powerful gangs, 400 Mawozo, is thought to be behind many of the kidnappings, including that of Mr Guillén.\n\nThe Dominican ambassador said members of 400 Mawozo seized Mr Guillén while he was travelling from Haiti's capital, where he served as agricultural attaché, to neighbouring Dominican Republic by road.\n\nThe gang has its stronghold in the Croix-des-Bouquets area, east of the capital, and it is there that Mr Guillén was reportedly taken.\n\nOn Tuesday, the Dominican military said it would deploy intelligence personnel and drones to search for the diplomat but it is not clear from the foreign minister's statement if the army was involved in his release.\n\nThe diplomat's release came just hours after the leader of the 400 Mawozo gang was extradited to the United States.\n\nGermine Joly is accused of smuggling weapons and kidnapping people for ransom\n\nGermine Joly, who is also known as \"Yonyon\", had been held in a prison in Port-au-Prince, from where he negotiated ransom payments for people his gang kidnapped.\n\nJoly is accused of being behind the kidnapping last year of 17 Christian missionaries from the US and Canada.\n\nA Haitian police statement said he would face charges of weapons smuggling and holding US citizens for ransom.\n\nThe gang had demanded $1m (£800,000) for the release of each of the missionaries and half that sum for the Dominican diplomat. It is not clear if any ransom was paid in either of the cases.\n\nHaiti's gangs have grown in strength since last July, when Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated by mercenaries.\n\nEarlier this week, at least 20 people were killed and hundreds of families were forced to flee the impoverished area of Cité Soleil after clashes broke out between 400 Mawozo and a rival gang, Chen Mechan.", "Many women and children have fled Ukraine\n\nPotentially abusive men are using a UK scheme to host Ukrainian refugees - to contact vulnerable women, BBC News has learned.\n\nThe men, some with a reported history of violence, message the women on Facebook groups specially set up to connect sponsors and hosts.\n\nSome refugees have also become homeless after relations with hosts broke down or because housing was not well vetted.\n\nBut a UK government official said safeguards were in place.\n\nThese included \"Home Office security and background checks on all sponsors, before visas are issued\", and at least one council visit to a sponsor's property.\n\nA charity head labelled the Homes for Ukraine scheme dangerous and said she was \"shocked by the absence of safeguarding checks\".\n\nIn March, the government announced the scheme would allow anyone to host a family or individual, if they agreed to housing, criminal-records and other background checks. The system is slightly different in Wales and Scotland.\n\nNumerous Facebook groups were set up by local support networks and individuals, in response. They have become one of the main ways of connecting families and sponsors.\n\nLast month the UN's refugee agency, the UNHCR, raised concerns about the system, highlighting what it called \"the need for adequate safeguards and vetting measures to be in place against exploitation\".\n\nIn EU countries, accommodation is organised primarily by national authorities and charities. There are also some private arrangements.\n\nWhile some British charities have tried to match applicants with potential hosts, many refugees are using the informal Facebook groups.\n\nThere is evidence predatory males are joining these groups.\n\nOne whistleblower with knowledge of the official scheme told the BBC in some local authorities, as many as 30% of all registered would-be sponsors are single men over 40 - the majority of them offering to host single women in their 20s and 30s. The government says it does not recognise those figures.\n\nMillions of Ukrainians have been displaced\n\nThe BBC findings were \"deeply concerning and undermine the sponsorship programme\", said Robina Qureshi, chief executive of Positive Action in Housing. She described the scheme as \"dangerous\".\n\nHer organisation would never place a woman with a single man, and the government, she said, \"has created chaos, no risk checks, no due diligence\".\n\nOn a Facebook group set up to help match Ukrainian refugees, BBC News found one would-be sponsor who appears to live in a one-bedroom flat posting multiple offers to host young women.\n\nSomeone who knew him well claimed he had multiple convictions, including for burglary and affray.\n\nPolice records indicate he was reported for allegedly carrying a crossbow and threatening a former partner, although no further action is believed to have been taken.\n\nAnother man, in Manchester, had joined several Facebook groups and was offering a spare room to a string of young, single, Ukrainian women.\n\nHe was also a member of a dating site called Single Ukrainian Women. Elsewhere on his timeline, he had written Islamophobic comments.\n\nIt is not known whether either of these men was approved under the Homes for Ukraine scheme.\n\nCouncils are meant to approve each property and complete Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks on all potential hosts they know about, including those who make contact via Facebook.\n\nBut the basic DBS checks are limited. Enhanced checks are requested only if there are children involved.\n\nA basic DBS check had raised no concerns about a man in his 50s offering to host a young Ukrainian woman, a source told BBC News\n\nBut when staff performed a more detailed check of social services records they found multiple complaints against him, including for domestic abuse and harassment.\n\nThe UK government has come under pressure to speed up the settlement of refugees from Ukraine, with many complaining visa and host approvals have been unnecessarily slow. But it's thought that some councils are struggling with a lack of resources.\n\nThe BBC found numerous posts on Facebook from Ukrainians who had reached the UK, but found their accommodation unsuitable.\n\nIn such cases, often local charities step in to find emergency accommodation.\n\nOne post from a volunteer helping new arrivals said: \"I was contacted by a young woman who had arrived on Saturday. She wanted to change hosts. I asked what the issue was and she sent me videos. The home wouldn't pass an inspection to rehome a dog.\"\n\nThe refugee involved, who does not want to be identified, told BBC News: \"She is a kind person but her house is a very big cluster of mess. There are many repairs needed. I couldn't go in the kitchen. I couldn't live here.\"\n\nThat refugee had received a visa under the Homes for Ukraine scheme, but the squalid condition of the property suggests no-one from the local council appeared to have checked the host's accommodation.\n\nShe has since been rehoused.\n\nBBC News also learned of a Ukrainian who said she had been shown pictures of the bedrooms she and her two young children would be using. But on arrival, her entire family had been expected to sleep in one small reception room next to the kitchen, with no privacy.\n\nThe property had not been inspected. There had been no DBS checks. And she says the house was filled with Nazi memorabilia.\n\n\"The family... have Nazi pictures and Soviet symbols,\" she said. \"I don't feel safe.\"\n\nShe left and found a better host through social media but feels deeply scarred by the experience.\n\n\"I do not want my children to feel unsafe again and we feel unsafe,\" she said. \"I think we will go back to Germany.\"\n\nWhile offering to support a refugee in her own home, Mira Kozlowska, who is Polish but lived in the UK for 21 years, has found herself helping to match others with suitable sponsors on social media.\n\n\"So many people are arriving and wanting to change sponsor,\" she told BBC News. \"It's a huge problem on the horizon.\"\n\n\"Just now, I saw a post about how the sponsor wants the family to be out all day and not in the house.\n\n\"Another girl was talking about how she didn't even have a door on her room and no privacy.\"\n\nAnother newly arrived refugee said, through an interpreter: \"When we arrive, there is no bed, just a mattress on the floor.\n\n\"The apartment is cold and when I put on the heater he shouts.\n\n\"There is no food in the kitchen and we have no money.\"\n\nUnder the Homes For Ukraine scheme, hosts receive £350 per month from the government.\n\nAnd Ms Kozlowska said: \"I'm basically wondering how many people are doing it solely for the extra £350 - very scary.\"\n\nThe government rejects those criticisms and said \"attempts to exploit vulnerable people [were] despicable\".\n\n\"The Homes for Ukraine scheme has safeguards in place, including Home Office security and background checks on all sponsors before visas are issued. Councils also conduct checks and must make at least one in-person visit to a sponsor's property.\"\n\nHave you been affected by the issues raised in this story? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC News journalist. You can also make contact in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and cannot see the form, you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC News website to submit your question or comment or you can email HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Wayne Couzens' lawyer said his remorse should have been taken into account in sentencing\n\nThe killer of Sarah Everard is challenging a sentencing order that said he should not be released from prison until he dies.\n\nWayne Couzens' appeal is part of a major review by the Court of Appeal of whole-life orders, including arguments for their wider use.\n\nHis lawyer said his remorse and guilty plea should be taken into account.\n\nLawyers for the Attorney General are also trying to increase sentences in two murder cases.\n\nThe lawyer for Couzens, Jim Sturman QC, said the former Metropolitan Police officer accepted his crimes were \"abhorrent\" and nothing in his arguments was intended to minimise the impact on his victim's friends and family, some of whom were present at the hearing.\n\nBut he said the sentencing judge's finding that he was not remorseful was \"untenable\".\n\n\"He was too ashamed to meet anyone's eye. He was not brazen, staring down at the court in the way sometimes seen,\" the lawyer said.\n\nMr Sturman said it was accepted that Couzens deserved \"decades in jail\" but his remorse and guilty plea should balance out the aggravating factor of having carried out the kidnap, rape and murder while he was a serving police officer.\n\nThere are 64 people currently in prison in England and Wales under whole-life orders, which are reserved for exceptional cases and mean they will never be released.\n\nCouzens was the first person to be given such a term for a single murder of an adult not committed as part of a terror attack.\n\nMr Sturman said in written submissions: \"Whilst this may well be considered by the public and the court to be a case of equal seriousness to a political, religious or ideological murder, it is not such an offence, not does it fall into any other category listed in the schedule.\"\n\nRepresenting the Attorney General, Tom Little QC said Couzens' offending was of the \"utmost seriousness\" and his criminality was a \"fundamental attack in reality on our democratic way of life\".\n\nHe said the sentencing judge was entitled to the view that there was a \"lack of general contrition\" and a whole-life order was right in this \"wholly exceptional case\".\n\nCouzens, who appeared at the hearing by video-link from prison, is one of two with whole-life terms involved in the Court of Appeal review, along with Ian Stewart, convicted of murdering his wife and later his fiancee.\n\nIan Stewart, convicted of murdering his wife and fiancee six years apart, is also appealing his whole-life order\n\nEarlier this year, Stewart was handed a whole-life term for the 2010 murder of his first wife Diane. Previously, in 2017, he was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 34 years for the murder of his fiancee, children's book author Helen Bailey.\n\nHis barrister, Amjad Malik QC, said a whole-life sentence was not justified, adding that the aggravating features of the killings did not fall into the category of \"an exceptionally high-seriousness case\".\n\nMany serial killers have received whole-life orders but this was not such a case, he argued.\n\nHowever, Mr Little said: \"It is difficult to say that this sentence was either manifestly excessive or wrong in principle.\"\n\nToday's super-appeal is the second time in a decade that top judges in England and Wales have considered the law and practice of whole-life terms, after ruling in 2012 that they were compatible with human rights safeguards.\n\nToday's cases concern which offenders should be eligible for the sentence outside the basic rules set by Parliament.\n\nWayne Couzens' murder of Sarah Everard was an exceptional case for a whole-life order because it was a single killing - but the judge said his betrayal of uniform and duty undermined trust in society itself.\n\nThe Emma Tustin case is more complex. Her lawyers argued that the killer's own mental ill health and experience as a victim were factors that counted against a whole-life term.\n\nThe panel will now wrestle with these complex and tragic cases before potentially coming up with some guiding principles. But it's already clear where the judiciary stand in general - on average, they've imposed far more whole-life orders since taking over the job from ministers some 20 years ago.\n\nThree more sentences are also being considered by the judges:\n\nTom Little QC, for the Attorney General, said Tustin's case \"merited at the very least consideration of a whole-life order\".\n\nHe said Arthur was \"forced to live a solitary and lonely life\" and \"subjected to the most unimaginable suffering\".\n\nIn written submissions, he said the murder was \"sadistically motivated\", with \"systematic brutality amounting to torture\".\n\nThe sentences of Emma Tustin and Thomas Hughes for the killing of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes are also being reviewed\n\nTustin's lawyer, Mary Prior QC, said the sentence was given by a highly experienced trial judge after considering all the evidence.\n\nHe concluded the starting point should be 30 years because of the sadistic elements of the killing, and then took into account the murderer's background of growing up around violence, history of mental health issues and suicide attempts, she said.\n\nMs Prior said: \"This was the right, fair and proper approach in this very difficult and exceptional case.\"\n\nIn the case of Monaghan - who at the age of 30 was given a 40-year term for killing his baby daughter, toddler son and a new partner, as well as attempting to kill another child - Mr Little said the sentence was \"unduly lenient\".\n\nThere was \"no mitigation at all\" for triple-murderer Jordan Monaghan, the court heard\n\nHis crimes, over a seven-year period, were of \"exceptionally high\" seriousness and there was \"no mitigation here at all\", the lawyer for the Crown said.\n\nBenjamin Myers QC, representing the killer as he listened in from HMP Wakefield, said the decision not to impose a whole-life order was at the discretion of the sentencing judge.\n\nThe hearing into all five sentences, at the Royal Courts of Justice, has now concluded and a decision will come in writing at a later date.\n\nThe Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett said: \"We propose to take time to consider our decisions in these very difficult and tragic cases.\"", "Police described the killings as a brutal and sustained attack\n\nA 38-year-old man has been told he will spend a minimum of 11 years in prison for the \"brutal\" manslaughter of two people in north Belfast.\n\nSteven Arthur McBrine beat Frances Murray, 37, and Joseph Dutton, 47, to death in Ms Murray's apartment on 23 December 2019.\n\nMcBrine stabbed Ms Murray in the throat with a broken vodka bottle.\n\nThis was hours after punching her in the face and telling her: \"I'm going to do you in.\"\n\nAt the time of the alcohol-induced double manslaughter, all three people resided in separate flats in an apartment complex at Kinnaird Close in the Antrim Road area of north Belfast.\n\nThe trio had been drinking on 22 December and 23 December.\n\nThe last time Ms Murray was seen alive was when she was captured on an internal CCTV system entering her flat at 10:45 on the morning of 23 December.\n\nMcBrine was seen exiting her flat wearing blood-stained clothing at 12:12 and the alarm was raised half an hour later when a neighbour discovered the lifeless bodies of Ms Murray and Mr Dutton in her flat.\n\nMcBrine, who appeared for the sentence hearing at Belfast Crown Court via videolink, was handed two life sentences.\n\nHe was initially charged with murder, but pleas to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility were accepted.\n\nMr Justice O'Hara imposed concurrent life sentences on McBrine and told him that he will serve a minimum of 11 years in prison before he is considered eligible for release.\n\nThe judge said alcohol had \"blighted the lives\" of both the victims and McBrine.\n\nReading family statements, he noted that Ms Murray's father said \"the fact that she succumbed to addiction is not what defines her, instead, she will be remembered as a caring and loving daughter, sister, cousin and niece\".\n\nMr Dutton's family had also expressed \"similar feelings about losing him, especially in such a brutal way\".\n\nIn a statement on Wednesday, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said the incident in north Belfast had been a \"very brutal and sustained attack in which two innocent victims were stabbed multiple times\".\n\n\"This was a senseless, cruel and tragic loss of two lives, leaving two families heartbroken,\" Det Insp Sean Armstrong added.\n\n\"My thoughts today are with those families, and I know that the sentence imposed will never ease their pain and sorrow.\"", "A church remains standing - but damanged - in the town of Malyn, near Kyiv Image caption: A church remains standing - but damanged - in the town of Malyn, near Kyiv\n\nWe'll be pausing our coverage shortly, so here's a recap of what's been happening in Ukraine today.\n\nThe day started with the EU announcing a new plan to penalise Russia financially. It wants a total ban on oil imports from Russia by the end of the year.\n\nBut several EU countries have voiced objections - most notably Hungary, who said it would veto the plan in its current form, as it would destroy the Hungarian economy.\n\nOn the ground, several explosions have been reported in various cities across Ukraine. The UK's Ministry of Defence says Russia is trying to stop Ukraine from replenishing its supplies.\n\nThere has been a suggestion that Russia will use its annual Victory Day celebrations - which it holds every year to mark victory against Nazi Germany in 1945 - to formally declare war on Ukraine. Russia has denied this. It is currently referred to as a special military operation.\n\nThere appears to be an escalation in fighting at the Azovstal steel plant, where the last of Ukraine's fighters in the city are holding out, along with hundreds of civilians.\n\nUkrainian officials say Russian troops have now entered the facility. Russia has said it will open a humanitarian corridor out of the plant tomorrow, but this has not been confirmed by Ukrainian officials.\n\nAlso in Mariupol, analysis by Associated Press suggests twice as many people as previously thought died in a Russian strike on a theatre in the city in March. Previous estimates put the death toll at 300, but the news agency now puts that at 600.", "Allison Bailey argues that the discrimination she faced caused her to suffer \"various detriments\", including a loss of work and a consequent fall in her income\n\nThe views of a barrister were labelled \"transphobic\" in a colleague's email, a tribunal has been told.\n\nAllison Bailey is suing her chambers and LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall, arguing she was unlawfully discriminated against due to her view that sex is biological and cannot change.\n\nMs Bailey, who is a lesbian, argues her chambers wrongly treated her views as transphobic.\n\nThe tribunal heard that on 14 December 2018, GCC family law barrister Stephen Lue sent an email to those working at the chambers to let them know it was becoming a \"Stonewall Diversity Champion\".\n\nUnder the scheme, the chambers paid Stonewall for continuing advice on how to create an inclusive workplace.\n\nMs Bailey opposed the move. She argued via email that Stonewall was involved in \"harassment, intimidation and threats\" made to anyone who opposed its viewpoint - a claim the charity rejects.\n\nThe tribunal heard Ms Bailey wrote: \"There are many of us within the LGBT community who fully support trans rights but who do not support the trans-extremism which is currently being advocated by Stonewall and others.\n\n\"I emphatically object to any formal association with Stonewall.\"\n\nThe following day, GCC barrister Michelle Brewer sent an email to Mr Lue, in which she wrote: \"Great, now Allison's wholly unfounded allegations are going to be aired... nothing like washing our dirty transphobic laundry in public.\"\n\nMs Bailey alleges that as a result of her treatment, her income was \"substantially reduced\" in comparison to previous years, \"most notably to 2018\".\n\nShe says the central London chambers \"withheld instruction and work\" from her following these interactions.\n\nMs Bailey has raised about £500,000 to fund her legal case.\n\nThe GCC has said it \"strongly refutes\" the claims made against it and that following an investigation in 2019 into complaints made about Ms Bailey's social media posts, it was concluded that no action against her was necessary.\n\nThe tribunal, being held at Central London Employment Tribunal at Victory House, continues.\n\nFollow BBC London on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hellobbclondon@bbc.co.uk", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Joshua fulfilled a dream when he addressed passengers at Liverpool Lime Street\n\nA teenager's dream to be a train announcer for the day has come true, thanks to his teacher.\n\nJoshua, 13, from Caernarfon, Gwynedd, surprised passengers at Liverpool Lime Street station during a school outing.\n\nJoshua, who's blind, announced the 10:27 coming into platform one.\n\nHe knows all the stations on the Liverpool line and was able to put his knowledge to good use. And his video has received more than half a million views on TikTok and other social media.\n\n\"Josh always mentions his dream is to be a train announcer,\" said teacher Conor McSorley.\n\n\"We visited Liverpool because of all the statues there - it's very tactile - and a week before I took a chance and just went to customer services and told them about Josh.\n\n\"He can tell you all the stops on the line from Liverpool.\"\n\nThe class enjoyed visiting some of Liverpool's tourist attractions\n\nMr McSorley said staff \"couldn't have been nicer\", saying Josh was taken out on to the platform and the experience made everyone's day.\n\nThe pupils had made their own pizza and went on the ferry across Mersey.\n\nMr McSorley said: \"Afterwards Josh was buzzing he's the most easy-going kid.\n\n\"He's so happy, first the video had 5,000 views, then 50,000 and with combination of social media like TikTok it's on over half a million views now.\n\n\"I told him and he said that's brilliant maybe I can announce the the underground train next - you never know, that's the goal.\"\n\nJoshua was welcomed by staff at the station", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nProf Sir Jonathan Van-Tam missed his knighthood ceremony because he caught Covid.\n\nProf Van-Tam stepped down in March after five years as the deputy chief medical officer to start an academic role at the University of Nottingham.\n\nHe was knighted in the New Year Honours for his work in the pandemic and was due to be invested on Tuesday.\n\nHe also missed watching his beloved Boston United in the National League North play-offs.\n\nProf Van-Tam - who was diagnosed with Covid last week - rose to prominence during the early months of the pandemic helping to explain coronavirus with the use of colourful metaphors, often based on football.\n\nProf Van-Tam was recently given the freedom of Boston, where he grew up\n\nAlong with Prof Sir Chris Whitty, he regularly appeared at Downing Street briefings explaining the latest changes in rules. Both were knighted in January.\n\nAs well as his investiture ceremony, Prof Van-Tam missed two of Boston United's play-off matches, which he said was \"absolutely dreadful\".\n\nHe hopes to make the final against York City at the weekend and is dreaming of a win.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio Lincolnshire, Prof Van-Tam said: \"The big tragedy is - if you can call it a tragedy - I got Covid, so I wasn't able to get to the Kidderminster game and I wasn't able to get to the Fylde game either.\n\n\"My entire family went but I couldn't make it.\"\n\nInstead he celebrated at home \"dancing around the living room with a beer\".\n\nHe added: \"This shows us that much as we'd all like to think this pandemic is over and Covid has gone away, it hasn't gone - it's something we are going to have live with for many years to come.\n\n\"We just have to try and be careful and protect each other.\"\n\nIn a statement, the university says he is fully vaccinated and currently working from home and \"almost completely recovered\".\n\n\"He is very disappointed not to have attended his investiture yesterday as was planned, however it will be rescheduled and he is very much looking forward to receiving his knighthood for services to public health,\" it added.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.", "The risk of a recession has risen, analysts have warned, after the economy shrank during March just as the UK had recovered from the pandemic.\n\nHigher prices are \"beginning to bite\", the UK statistics body said, with people spending less and cutting down on car journeys due to high fuel costs.\n\nThe impact of higher energy bills in April has also yet to be seen.\n\nThe economy grew by 0.8% over the first three months of the year, but in March it shrank by 0.1% as people cut back.\n\nThe main boost to the economy came in January, as hospitality and travel industries recovered from coronavirus pandemic restrictions.\n\nHowever, that came before the war in Ukraine and before households began to feel the pinch of higher prices.\n\nPaul Dales, chief UK economist at Capital Economics, said the latest figures \"suggest the economy had less momentum than we thought even before the full hit from the cost of living crisis has been felt\".\n\nHe added that the risk of recession - defined as the economy getting smaller for two consecutive three-month periods - \"has just risen\".\n\nOn Wednesday, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research think tank warned that the squeeze on household incomes would cause the UK to fall into recession in the final half of 2022\n\nLast week, the Bank of England forecast that inflation - the rate at which prices rise - could reach more than 10% by the end of the year.\n\nThe Bank said has warned the UK faces a \"sharp economic slowdown\", with prices rising at their fastest rate for 30 years, driven by soaring fuel, food and energy costs.\n\nDarren Morgan, director of economic statistics at the ONS, told the BBC that people had already started spending less with shop sales \"well below expectations\" in March, and people cutting back on \"big ticket, non-essential items\".\n\n\"You can see the cost of living really beginning to bite,\" he added.\n\nThe services sector, which makes up the largest part of the UK economy and is made up of jobs across hospitality, finance and real estate, was the main contributor to the economy contracting in March, the ONS said.\n\nThe worst performer in the sector was the motor industry which Mr Morgan said was \"very much struggling\" as sales fell.\n\nCar trade body, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has said March marked the \"weakest\" for new car registrations since 1998, as supply chain problems continued to hamper carmakers.\n\nThe UK's FTSE 100 share index fell 2% following the release of the weaker than expected growth figures.\n\nWe'll take any growth we can get right now, and on the face of it 0.8% growth in the economy during the first three months of the year is good by any normal standard and better than most of the comparable G7 major economies, some of which are already contracting. It confirms full recovery from the economic losses of the pandemic, though at a slower pace compared to the rest of those G7 countries.\n\nBut this looks like being old news already, before the cost of living crisis exacerbated by events in Ukraine, tripped up growth. The evidence of the impact of a squeezed economy hit by high prices is already visible in the first quarter's monthly breakdowns. All the growth happened in January, with a flat February and a small contraction in March.\n\nEconomists fear the economy could be contracting right now, though some of that may be down to an extra bank holiday. With taxes, interest rates, and inflation all hitting disposable income at the same time, the fear is that January could be as good as it gets for the UK economy in 2022.\n\nMr Morgan said a survey by the ONS of 40,000 businesses found over half had seen an increase in the price of wholesale materials and goods, but fewer than half of those firms were passing the costs on.\n\n\"They are absorbing those rises and you do have to question how sustainable that is on an ongoing basis,\" he said.\n\nMany businesses expect the price of goods to increase further, and \"their big concern is energy prices,\" Mr Morgan added.\n\nMike Whalley and Sue Judd say small businesses are facing multiple challenges\n\nMike Whalley and Sue Judd, who own specialist model and toy shop Everything Dinosaur, said their running costs had increased \"astronomically\".\n\n\"It's taking twice as long to get goods as it used to and it's costing twice as much to actually get them here,\" Miss Judd told the BBC.\n\nThe pair, from Middlewich in Cheshire, have been forced to pass on some of the higher costs on to customers through higher product prices.\n\nMr Whalley said it was also more expensive and more time-consuming to export to Europe now following Brexit.\n\n\"We're being attacked from all sides. It's a challenging environment,\" he added.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak told the BBC he was \"ready to do more\", but did not commit to further action on tackling the rising cost of living.\n\nThe chancellor would not say whether a recession was likely in the coming months, but did admit that the \"global economy is facing inflationary pressures\", as a result of the war in Ukraine.\n\nMr Sunak has threatened to hit energy companies with a one-off \"windfall\" tax if they do not invest enough in new projects.\n\nSuren Thiru, head of economics at the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), said the slowdown in the economy was \"alarming\".\n\nIt called for an emergency Budget to give firms \"the breathing space they need to raise productivity and strengthen the economy, including reversing the recently introduced National Insurance increase until at least the next financial year\".\n\nThe CBI business group said businesses and households were \"feeling the pinch\".\n\n\"The economy barely kept its head above the water during a volatile start to the year, but times look set to get that bit tougher,\" said Rain Newton-Smith, CBI chief economist.", "A Metropolitan Police officer who failed to investigate domestic abuse allegations made before a woman's murder has been fired.\n\nDenise Keane-Barnett first notified police of domestic abuse by her estranged husband, Damien Simmons, on 26 January 2020.\n\nSimmons poured petrol over her and set her on fire at her home in Harlesden, north London, on 16 April 2020.\n\nPC Sandeep Khunkhun has been fired for \"shocking dereliction of her duties\".\n\nThe disciplinary panel made the decision following an investigation into the officer's handling of the case by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).\n\nThe watchdog said Ms Keane-Barnett notified police of abuse and, a few days later, officers removed Simmons from her property after he locked her in her room.\n\nPolice returned later that day after she found a camera installed into a lightbulb in her bedroom.\n\nMs Khunkhun was assigned the case and handed an action plan by a superior, which included contacting Ms Keane-Barnett to see if she was willing to support a prosecution.\n\nThree days later she gave a statement saying she fully supported police action and wanted her husband arrested.\n\nOn 13 February, Ms Keane-Barnett told police Simmons was harassing her by email and posting false information about her on social media, the IOPC said.\n\nShe again told officers she wanted Simmons to be arrested and would be willing to attend court.\n\nThe IOPC said Ms Khunkhun failed to complete the action plan or put in place adequate safeguarding procedures.\n\nShe also cancelled three interviews with Simmons, and did not arrest him before sending the case to be closed on April 6, the agency added.\n\nThe IOPC also said the disciplinary panel rejected a record made by Ms Khunkhun on 30 March, which said Ms Keane-Barnett had told her she did \"not wish to substantiate the allegations\".\n\nThe watchdog's regional director for London Sal Naseem said: \"PC Khunkhun failed to follow reasonable lines of enquiry, which had been set by a supervisor and to ensure appropriate safeguarding was put in place.\n\n\"PC Khunkhun failed Ms Keane-Barnett in a shocking dereliction of her duties as a police officer.\"\n\nSimmons, 45, was found to have murdered 36-year-old Ms Keane-Barnett, who suffered horrific burns and later died in hospital, in a trial at the Old Bailey.\n\nHe was jailed for life with a minimum term of 32 years in October.\n\nDuring the trial, prosecutor Olcay Sapanoglu said Simmons \"carried out a jealous campaign of torment and abuse against his wife which culminated in him murdering her in the most horrific of ways - simply because he could not accept that their relationship was over\".\n\nFollow BBC London on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hellobbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "John Peel was the longest serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting from 1967 until his death in 2004\n\nRare items from the late veteran BBC DJ John Peel's collection - including a signed record from John Lennon and Yoko Ono - are to go under the hammer.\n\nJohn Peel was BBC Radio 1's longest-serving original DJ until his sudden death in 2004 at the age of 65, and lived near Stowmarket, Suffolk.\n\nHis radio shows helped many music careers, including those of David Bowie, Queen and the Sex Pistols.\n\nHis family said items had been carefully chosen for the 14 June sale.\n\nThe music legend would broadcast from his home studio in Suffolk - with his old gramophone one of the treasured pieces for sale\n\nPeel's real name was John Ravenscroft and he was born in Heswall, Cheshire and went to Shrewsbury School as a boarder.\n\nHis widow and children said he had collected a \"wealth of souvenirs\" through his close access to stars and events.\n\n\"In going through the accumulation of 40 years of pop music moments, we decided that some of the most interesting items might find a home, with fans of his programme or of the artists whose music he played,\" they said.\n\n\"We hope these items find the attention and appreciation that we're sure John/Dad would feel they warranted.\n\n\"We had no desire to split up his beloved record collection but have included in the sale a selection of particularly rare or unique records that do not take away from the integrity of his archive.\"\n\nPeel had amassed thousands of records in his personal home collection, with some items now being auctioned off\n\nIn the 1980s, the broadcaster was a presenter on Top Of The Pops and regularly covered the Glastonbury Festival, with The John Peel Stage being dedicated to him in 2004.\n\nObjects from his collection, including records, personal correspondence and memorabilia, will be auctioned at Bonhams Knightsbridge on 14 June - the week before Glastonbury's 50th anniversary.\n\nJohn Lennon and Yoko Ono signed the inner sleeve of their specially-pressed album\n\nOne item, with an estimate of between £15,000 and £20,000, is a mono pressing of Lennon and Ono's 1968 LP Two Virgins, 1968, which famously had them pictured naked on the cover.\n\nOther pieces include a signed Rolling Stones 1969 promo LP, estimated to go for £6,000-8,000, a Queen LP that comes with a letter from Freddie Mercury, with an estimate of £1,000-1,500, and a Joy Division single and letter - estimated at £4,000-£6,000.\n\nKatherine Schofield, of Bonhams, said: \"John Peel had an incredible impact on the new music landscape.\n\n\"Without his passionate advocacy of emerging talent, generations of music lovers may never have heard the sounds of The Fall, The Undertones, The Sex Pistols, and countless others.\"\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "MPs are trying to tackle the low uptake of physics and maths A-levels by young women\n\nGirls do not take physics at A-level because they think the subject is only for white boys, MPs have been told.\n\nNo mention of female scientists in the national curriculum contributes to \"the message society gives\" to discourage girls from picking physics, leading physicist Prof Dame Athene Donald said.\n\n\"If you are black or if you are a woman, you don't see yourself fitting in,\" she said.\n\nIn 2021, 23% of physics A-level entrants were female.\n\nThis is a slight increase on previous years.\n\nProf Donald, from the University of Cambridge, told the Commons Science and Technology Committee it was \"relevant\" that \"most of the images one sees of scientists, physicists, are white males\".\n\nTeachers should try to \"actively counter\" messages from wider society that may discourage girls and children belonging to ethnic minorities from certain subjects, she added.\n\n\"In my generation I know lots of women who said 'I would have loved to do sciences at A-level, but my school discouraged me'. I don't for one moment expect that still to be true, but there's a difference between active discouragement and no active encouragement.\"\n\nThe panel session comes after a government adviser was criticised for saying girls avoid physics because of its \"hard maths\".\n\nSocial mobility adviser and head teacher Katharine Birbalsingh said physics was not a subject girls \"tend to fancy\", adding: \"I just think they don't like it.\"\n\nThe IOP said it was alarmed by the comments, and Ms Birbalsingh later said her language had been \"clunky\".\n\nProf Donald said Ofsted could help encourage girls to choose A-level physics by tracking the gender balance of subjects as part of its school inspections.\n\n\"If Ofsted made gender equity an issue then every school would have to think, in primary school as well, 'what are we doing, without thinking about it are we giving boys different games to play, or different tasks?'.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Katharine Birbalsingh admits her language was clunky and clarified her A-level comments\n\nIn response, Ofsted's Dr Jasper Green told the committee that school inspectors were already addressing how to improve girls' participation in science and maths, \"but we are focusing on the quality of education, on early education, on subjects, and all of those moves are the right ones to encourage wider participation at A-level\".\n\nHe said gender balance could become something for Ofsted to consider assessing in the future, but that there were \"challenges\" in both measuring and improving it.", "Wayne Rooney was playing for DC United at the time of his wife Coleen's famous \"Wagatha Christie\" post\n\nWayne Rooney was asked by his then England manager Roy Hodgson to ask his teammate Jamie Vardy to get his wife to \"calm down\", the High Court has heard.\n\nMr Rooney's wife Coleen is being sued for libel by Rebekah Vardy, who denies Mrs Rooney's accusation that she leaked private information about her.\n\nOn Tuesday, Mr Rooney said Mr Hodgson told him the Football Association (FA) wanted to avoid \"problems and distractions\" at Euro 2016.\n\n\"They asked me, as captain, would I be able to speak to Mr Vardy on issues regarding his wife and I think we all knew that it was an awkward subject,\" said Mr Rooney, referring to Mr Hodgson and his then assistant Gary Neville.\n\n\"I'd need to speak to Mr Vardy and ask him to speak to his wife and ask him to ask his wife to calm down.\"\n\n\"Ask his wife to calm down?\" queried Mrs Vardy's barrister Hugh Tomlinson. \"She wasn't dancing on tables...\"\n\n\"No, she wasn't, as far as I'm aware,\" Mr Rooney replied. But, he said, there had been negative media coverage relating to Mrs Vardy's Euro 2016 column in the Sun.\n\nMr Rooney said he always tried to protect his fellow England football players as much as he could\n\nEngland's all-time record goalscorer said he \"carried out that instruction\" to have a word with his teammate and that it was Mr Vardy's business if the message was relayed to Mrs Vardy or not.\n\nHe said it \"wasn't my place to speak to Mrs Vardy\" directly but that he had \"100%\" passed the message on to his teammate.\n\n\"It was an awkward situation for me and I'm sure it was an awkward situation for Mr Vardy, but I felt it was in the best interests of the team,\" Mr Rooney said.\n\n\"As England captain I would always try and protect the players in public as much as I could,\" he continued.\n\nMr Rooney said Mrs Vardy was \"almost there with the team\" during the tournament in France.\n\nHe alleged that she had been calling her husband on FaceTime while the players were hanging out together during their downtime.\n\nTuesday marked the first time Jamie Vardy (pictured with wife Rebekah) attended the trial since it began\n\nFormer England men's football team captain, Mr Rooney, added that Mrs Vardy's husband, the Leicester City striker, was not someone \"I have ever particularly been friends with on a social level\".\n\nDerby County manager Mr Rooney, 36, wrote last year in The Times that despite their wives' dispute, he would have tried to lure Mr Vardy, 35, out of international retirement for Euro 2020 had he been in charge.\n\nIn a statement issued by Mr Vardy's representatives to the PA news agency outside the hearing, the former England striker denied that Mr Rooney had spoken to him about getting Mrs Vardy to \"calm down\".\n\n\"Wayne is talking nonsense,\" Mr Vardy said. \"He must be confused because he never spoke to me about issues concerning Becky's [Mrs Vardy's] media work at Euro 2016.\n\n\"There was nothing to speak about, I know this because I discuss everything with Becky.\"\n\nHowever, Mr Vardy's statement will not have any impact on the trial as he is not due to be called as a witness.\n\nMr and Mrs Rooney arriving at court for a sixth day\n\nMrs Vardy's libel action was sparked by a viral social media post from October 2019, in which Mrs Rooney said she had carried out a sting operation to find out who had been passing information about her life, taken from her private Instagram account, to the Sun newspaper.\n\nShe said the fake stories she had posted on her Instagram stories in an effort to find the perpetrator had only been viewed by \"Rebekah Vardy's account\".\n\nMrs Vardy has continually denied leaking the stories in question to the press.\n\nMrs Rooney was christened \"Wagatha Christie\" by many people online as a result. Wag is a term used to describe the wives and girlfriends of footballers.\n\nIn court on Tuesday, Mr Rooney confirmed he had \"never discussed it [the sting operation] really\" with his wife and that \"this trial is the first time I'm hearing almost everything in this case.\"\n\n\"It's been a long week,\" he said.\n\n\"For me and my wife, we don't want to be in this court. I have watched my wife over the past two years really struggle and become a different mother and different wife.\n\n\"It's been very traumatic for my wife.\"\n\nHe went on: \"Whatever that judgment is, me, my wife and children can go on with our lives because it's not something we want to be part of.\"\n\nImages of Coleen Rooney's Instagram stories were released to journalists along with other court documents on Tuesday\n\nThe court also heard Mr Rooney had never had a personal relationship with any journalist from the Sun newspaper.\n\n\"Everyone knows the history between Liverpudlians and the Sun newspaper,\" he said, with reference to the coverage around the Hillsborough disaster. \"I have never spoken to a Sun journalist on a personal level.\"\n\nMrs Vardy left court early again on Tuesday, as she did the day before, alongside her husband. But the Rooneys hung around to hear evidence from technical experts called by both sides.\n\nMrs Rooney's barrister David Sherborne last week told the court there has been a \"widespread and significant destruction or loss of evidence\" in the case.\n\nTechnical expert Ian Henderson, instructed by Mrs Vardy, told the court late on Tuesday he found it \"surprising\" there was an \"absence\" of WhatsApp messages between her and her agent Caroline Watt after the former tried to export messages from her device to her solicitors.\n\nMatthew Blackband, an expert called by Mrs Rooney's team, stated his belief that files had been lost via a \"manual deletion\".\n\nThe trial is expected to conclude on Thursday.\n\nRead more about the trial:", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Labour leader wants to know if Boris Johnson backs his party's plan for a one-off tax on oil and gas companies.\n\nBoris Johnson has been urged by Labour to stop dithering and impose a one-off windfall tax on energy giants' profits to tackle the cost of living crisis.\n\nSir Keir Starmer said that every day the PM delays his \"inevitable U-turn\" he was \"choosing to let people struggle when they don't need to\".\n\nThe PM accused the Labour leader of having a \"lust to raise taxes\".\n\nBut he did not rule out a windfall tax, telling MPs he would \"look at all sensible measures\" to help families.\n\nThe pair clashed at Prime Minister's Questions as UK inflation rose to 9%, the highest rate for 40 years, on the back of soaring energy bills.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak has repeatedly hinted at the introduction of a one-off windfall tax on oil and gas firms, who have seen a sharp rise in profits since Russia invaded Ukraine.\n\nBut there have been mixed signals from other members of the cabinet over the policy, which is backed by Labour, the SNP and Liberal Democrats.\n\nAmong Tory MPs, Conservative chair of the Treasury Committee Mel Stride has said that although he would normally oppose it, the current \"extraordinary circumstances\" meant there was a case for looking at \"a one-off windfall tax\".\n\nAt PMQs, Sir Keir said \"a one-off tax on huge oil and tax profits would raise billions of pounds, cutting energy bills across the country\".\n\nHe accused Mr Johnson of doing the \"hokey-cokey\", ruling it out one minute and backing it the next, adding: \"Whilst he dithers British households are slapped with an extra £53m on their energy bills every single day.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ian Blackford calls for Rishi Sunak to be sacked if he does not deliver an emergency budget\n\n\"Meanwhile, every single day North Sea oil and gas giants rake in £32m in unexpected profits.\n\n\"Doesn't he see that every single day he delays his inevitable U-turn - he's going to do it - he's choosing to let people struggle when they don't need to.\"\n\nDuring the leaders' exchanges, one Labour frontbencher even taunted Boris Johnson, spelling out the letter 'U' with their finger, our political correspondent David Wallace Lockhart reports.\n\nMr Johnson said: \"We're already helping people with the cost of living in any way that we can.\"\n\nHe added: \"In July, we will have the biggest tax cut for 10 years, £330 cut on average for 30 million people who are paying National Insurance contributions and the reason we can do that is because we have a strong and robust economy.\n\n\"I'm going to look at all measures in future to support, of course I am, but the only reason we can do that, the only reason our companies are in such robust health is because of the decisions that this government has taken.\"\n\nBut he also stressed that the Conservatives were \"not in principle in favour of higher taxation\", in contrast to what he said was Labour's \"lust to raise taxes\".\n\n\"We don't relish it, we don't want to do it, of course we don't want to do it, we believe in jobs and we believe in investment and we believe in growth,\" he added.\n\nMinisters are still weighing up the idea of a windfall tax on energy companies.\n\nThe idea is a one-off levy on extra profits, which could be used to help people struggling with energy bills.\n\nThe Conservative party has been debating the merits.\n\nAnd we know that because ministers and MPs have been doing it in public.\n\nThe businesses secretary told the BBC on Sunday that they're a bad idea, the prime minister agrees in principle but isn't taking it off the table, the chancellor won't rule it out and appears to be coming around to the idea, while a few Tory MPs have broken rank to back one.\n\nLabour is absolutely convinced the government will agree in the next few weeks.\n\nA considerable number of Conservative backbenchers now believe the same - and were less than happy at having to vote against the proposal in Parliament on Tuesday evening.\n\nSNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford said that if Chancellor Rishi Sunak does not deliver an emergency budget to address the cost of living crisis, the prime minister should sack him.\n\n\"For weeks the prime minister has been briefing that it is the Treasury who are to blame for blocking financial support for struggling families.\n\n\"Well, prime minister, it's time to stop sniping from the side lines. If this chancellor won't deliver an emergency budget, it's time for the prime minister to sack the Treasury, to sack the chancellor, and to put somebody else in office that will act.\"\n\nMPs clashed over economic growth after PMQs, on the final day of debate on the Queen's Speech.\n\nA Labour amendment calling for an emergency budget to tackle the cost of living crisis was defeated by 312 votes to 229.\n\nA Lib Dem amendment calling for VAT to be reduced from 20% to 17.5% was also rejected.", "Fighters evacuated from the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol arrived in the nearby town of Novoazovsk.\n\nUkraine's defence ministry said 53 heavily injured fighters were taken there and another 211 were sent to Olenivka. Both areas were captured by Russian-backed separatists in 2014.\n\nUkraine said some fighters remain trapped at the steelworks, and efforts to rescue them are ongoing.", "Former Secretary of State Alex Padilla warned in 2018 that the bill was practically unenforceable\n\nA Los Angeles court has said that a Californian law requiring companies to have up to three women on corporate boards is unconstitutional.\n\nSuperior Court Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis said the law, passed in 2018, violated the right to equal treatment under state and federal law.\n\nSecretary of State Shirley Weber has said she will challenge the ruling.\n\nUnder the law companies faced fines of up to $300,000 (£240,000) for failures to meet the required representation.\n\nIt called on all corporations headquartered in California to have at least one board member who identified as a woman by the end of 2019.\n\nBy January 2022 that figure was to rise to two women on boards with five people or fewer and three women with boards of six members or more.\n\nThe challenge was made by the conservative legal group Judicial Watch, who had claimed it was illegal to use taxpayer funds to enforce a law that violated the right to equal protection under Californian and federal law by enforcing gender-based quotas.\n\nThe group welcomed the ruling and its president, Tom Fitton, criticised what he called the \"radical Left's unprecedented attacks on anti-discrimination law\".\n\nBut in a statement issued on Tuesday, Ms Weber said the court's ruling ignored \"critical and substantial evidence of discrimination against women\" and said that she had directed state lawyers to file an appeal.\n\n\"I am deeply disappointed in the court's decision to allow the State to revert to policies that allow systemic gender discrimination to create an impenetrable wall which excludes women from the State's most influential boardrooms,\" Ms Weber added.\n\nState Senator Toni Atkins, a Democrat who helped guide the bill through the state assembly, said the ruling was disappointing and served as a reminder \"that sometimes our legalities don't match our realities\".\n\n\"More women on corporate boards means better decisions and businesses that outperform the competition,\" Ms Atkins said in a statement. \"We believe this law remains important, despite the disheartening ruling.\"\n\nWhile no company has ever faced prosecution under the bill, and the state testified that it never intended to prosecute, the law has been credited with improving the representation of women on boards.\n\nBut critics have observed that half of the corporations required to file under the law failed to do so.\n\nOthers have observed that the law was built on shaky foundations and a letter from former Secretary of State Alex Padilla, which surfaced during the trial, warned then-Governor Jerry Brown weeks before he signed it into force that it was practically unenforceable.\n\nThe ruling comes just weeks after Judicial Watch successfully challenged another law requiring boards to include individuals who identify as a member of an \"under-represented community\".\n\nLawmakers had sought to boost the representation of certain racial groups and members of the LGBT community under the bill.", "Cuts are also expected to be made to the Saturday and Sunday timetables\n\nScotRail will cut almost 700 services a day from Monday, due to a shortage of drivers in an ongoing pay dispute.\n\nEvening trains on many routes across Scotland will terminate hours earlier.\n\nIt comes just a week after the operator, which was nationalised last month, launched a new timetable.\n\nHundreds of trains have been cancelled since 8 May when many drivers opted not to work overtime. Drivers' union Aslef had balloted members for strike action after rejecting a 2.2% pay offer.\n\nThe May 2022 timetable had approximately 2,150 weekday services. From next week this will be reduced by a third to 1,456.\n\nSimilar cuts are expected to be made to the Saturday and Sunday timetables with details expected to be made public in the coming days.\n\nDavid Simpson, ScotRail service delivery director, said: \"We are very sorry to customers for the disruption of recent days.\n\n\"We know what customers want more than anything is certainty and reliability, which is why we are introducing a temporary timetable.\n\n\"We want to resolve this dispute with the trade unions and move forward together to provide the safest, greenest, and most reliable railway we can for Scotland.\"\n\nMr Simpson said the company remained open to further talks with the unions. He urged customers to check their journey times.\n\nEvening travel has been affected on many routes, with last trains departing hours earlier.\n\nEdinburgh to North Berwick currently departs at 23:14. From Monday the last train will be at 19:40.\n\nThe last train from Glasgow to Stirling is currently 23:51. From Monday it will be at 19:49.\n\nThe Aslef union accused the Scottish government of \"industrial vandalism\" over the cuts.\n\nKevin Lindsay, Aslef Scotland organiser, said: \"This is what happens when you have political interference in industrial relations.\n\n\"It's time the Scottish government allowed ScotRail and Aslef to negotiate in a fair and open manner.\n\n\"These cuts will have a devastating effect on passengers and their confidence in our railway.\"\n\nScotRail has been run by a company owned by the Scottish government since 1 April.\n\nThe previous operator Abellio had its franchise ended early amid criticism of the quality of the service.\n\nThe Scottish government took over ScotRail from Abellio on 1 April\n\nScottish Conservative transport spokesman, Graham Simpson, said: \"It is damning, but not surprising, that the first thing the SNP do with the newly nationalised ScotRail is slash almost one third of services.\n\nScottish Labour's transport spokesman, Neil Bibby, said: \"Services are being plunged into chaos, workers are being treated with contempt, and passengers are being left in the lurch. The SNP must take responsibility for fixing this mess.\"\n\nScottish Liberal Democrat transport spokeswoman, Jill Reilly, said it was an \"ill omen\" for the newly nationalised service.\n\nShe added: \"Scotland should be encouraging people onto the most environmentally friendly form of mass transportation. You don't do that by making rail travel less convenient for users.\n\nThe new timetable comes after significant number of drivers declined to make themselves available for overtime or Sunday working during a pay dispute.\n\nThe Aslef union rejected a 2.2% pay rise and balloted drivers over strike action.\n\nScotRail had been relying on drivers working extra hours, following delays in training new staff during the Covid pandemic.\n\nOn Monday, Mick Hogg of the RMT union, described the situation as an \"absolute shambles\".\n\nHe said he had recommended that the RMT ballot members for action short of a strike, with any action co-ordinated with Aslef.\n\nScotland's transport minister, Jenny Gilruth, described the practice of rest day working as \"outdated\" and said the Scottish government was looking to phase it out.\n\nShe said the delayed driver training was expected to take a few months.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "As we reported earlier, Ukrainians are marking Vyshyvanka Day - a celebration of Ukrainian folk culture, particularly the wearing of traditional embroidered shirts.\n\nHere are some images taken as people came out to celebrate, despite the continuing war in the country.\n\nThe designs on some vyshyvankas have meanings such as hope, fertility and protection Image caption: The designs on some vyshyvankas have meanings such as hope, fertility and protection\n\nChildren were among those who gathered in Lviv Image caption: Children were among those who gathered in Lviv\n\nOnce traditionally white, vyshyankas are now made in a wide range of colours Image caption: Once traditionally white, vyshyankas are now made in a wide range of colours\n\nThis performance took place in the western city of Lviv Image caption: This performance took place in the western city of Lviv\n\nSewing lessons were on offer in Odesa Image caption: Sewing lessons were on offer in Odesa\n\nThree refugee sisters, together with friends and their host, marked the occasion with a giant shirt in Cambridge in the UK Image caption: Three refugee sisters, together with friends and their host, marked the occasion with a giant shirt in Cambridge in the UK", "Last updated on .From the section Sheff Utd\n\nPolice have arrested a man after Sheffield United captain Billy Sharp was allegedly assaulted by a fan at the end of their Championship play-off semi-final second leg at Nottingham Forest.\n\nTelevision footage showed a supporter charge at Sharp during a pitch invasion as the player stood on the sidelines.\n\nForest won 3-2 on penalties after the two legs finished 3-3 on aggregate.\n\nSharp, 36, said \"one mindless idiot ruined what was an unbelievable night of football\".\n\nIn his post on Twitter, he added: \"Congratulations to Nottingham Forest on their victory and good luck in the final. As an ex-Forest player I will not let one scumbag ruin my respect for the Forest fans.\n\n\"Incredibly proud to captain this group of Sheffield United players, they gave their all and can hold their heads up high.\"\n\nBlades manager Paul Heckingbottom said Sharp required stitches, while Forest say they were \"appalled\".\n\n\"We've seen one of our players attacked,\" said Heckingbottom after the match at Forest's City Ground. \"He's shook up, bleeding, angry.\n\n\"Bill was minding his own business off the pitch, trying to get our players away. He was blindsided, it was cowardly. He was knocked to the ground [and required] stitches, he was shook up.\"\n\nThe FA said: \"We are aware of the very serious incident that took place after the match between Nottingham Forest and Sheffield United.\n\n\"We will be investigating the incident as a matter of urgency and will be working alongside the clubs and the relevant authorities to ensure the appropriate steps are taken.\"\n\nNottinghamshire police launched an investigation following the incident.\n\nChief Inspector Paul Hennessy, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: \"A 31-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of assault in connection with this incident. He remains in custody and will be questioned by officers.\n\n\"Our enquiries into the circumstances surrounding the incident are ongoing. We have spoken to the player concerned and we are working with both clubs who are supporting us with our investigation.\"\n\nSharp who did not feature in the game because of an injury, played for Forest on loan in the 2012-13 season.\n\nIn a statement, Forest said the offending fan would be banned for life.\n\nThey said: \"Nottingham Forest Football Club are appalled to learn that our former player, Billy Sharp, was assaulted leaving the pitch after tonight's match at The City Ground.\n\n\"The club will work with the authorities to locate the individual in order they are held to account for their actions, which will include a life ban from Nottingham Forest.\n\n\"The club would also like to apologise to Billy personally and to Sheffield United Football Club.\"\n\nAfter the game, Heckingbottom told Sky Sports: \"How can you come to your place of work and mind your own business and be assaulted in that fashion. It's bang out of order and everything that's wrong.\n\n\"You hear too many times that people condemn it, but nothing is done and we are the ones who suffer. It is upsetting for many reasons but it will be dealt with.\"\n\nSky Sports pundit and former Forest defender Michael Dawson called it an \"absolute disgrace.\"\n\nIn January, the UK's football policing lead told the BBC that arrests at football matches across the top five English leagues were at their highest levels in years, with fan disorder \"getting worse\".", "The blue-glazed, silver and gilt vase was created for the court of the Qianlong Emperor\n\nAn \"extremely rare\" 18th Century Chinese vase bought in the 1980s for a few hundred pounds and kept in a kitchen has sold for £1,449,000.\n\nThe 2ft (60cm) blue-glazed, silver and gilt vase was created for the court of the Qianlong Emperor.\n\nDecorated with cranes and bats, it had been estimated to sell at auction for between £100,000-£150,000.\n\nThe vase was owned by a surgeon who passed it on to his son who had not realised its value.\n\nBerkshire-based Dreweatts Auctioneers said it was only when a visiting antiques specialist spotted it that its true value and history were revealed.\n\nIt was sold to an international buyer on the telephone. The hammer price was £1,200,000, with the bidder paying £1,449,000 including buyers premium.\n\nMark Newstead from the auction house said: \"We are delighted with this exceptional result. We saw widespread interest from China, Hong Kong, America and the UK which resulted in very competitive bidding.\"\n\nThe flying cranes and bats on the vase signify longevity and prosperity\n\nThe vase bears the \"distinctive\" six-character mark of the Qianlong period (1736-1795) on its base, the Newbury auction house said.\n\nIt added: \"The rich cobalt blue is often referred to as 'sacrificial blue', deriving from the use of vessels in this colour glaze being used during sacrifices at the Imperial Altar of Heaven.\n\n\"It is extremely rare to see blue vases painted in both gilding and slightly raised silver, thought to be due to the medium being difficult to control.\n\n\"Thrillingly, no other porcelain decorated with the same subject in gold and silver appears to have ever been documented.\"\n\nIt added the flying cranes and bats on the vase signified longevity and prosperity.\n\nThe 18th Century vase bears the six-character mark of the Qianlong period\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Rangers fans have their photo taken with the Uefa Europa League trophy at the Plaza de Espana in Seville\n\nPolice in Spain estimate that up to 100,000 Rangers fans will be in Seville for Wednesday's Europa League final.\n\nThey said they expected them to be joined in the city by about 50,000 Eintracht Frankfurt fans.\n\nThe capacity of the Estadio Sanchez Pizjuan, which is hosting the final, is just 42,700.\n\nSeville's commissioner for citizen security said its police service was prepared for large numbers of fans descending upon the city.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Juan Carlos Castro Estevez, Seville’s commissioner for citizen security, said officers were prepared for the arrival of thousands of fans\n\nJuan Carlos Castro Estevez said: \"I am not worried at all. I believe our teams will be able to counteract any kind of problem that emerges, and obviously there could be some.\n\n\"Even if 150,000 fans don't come - if it's half that number or less - we will have substantial issues.\n\n\"From today there are going to be huge numbers of people in Seville.\"\n\nAt a press conference, officials said trains heading to the city from Madrid and Malaga were completely full with the same expected on Wednesday.\n\nRoads around the stadium where the match is being held are shutting on Tuesday with a wider security perimeter being put in place on the day of the game - which will be Rangers' first European final in 14 years.\n\nRangers fans in Seville, the day before the Europa League final\n\nSeville's transport authority are adding extra bus services on the day of the game to take ticketless Rangers fans to the 57,000-capacity Estadio La Cartuja stadium in the north of the city - where Celtic lost the 2003 Uefa Cup final to Porto - where the match is being shown on a big screen.\n\nTicketless Frankfurt fans will be taken to watch the game on a big screen at The Prado de San Sebastián.\n\nThere will be 5,000 police officers on hand to ensure the whole event passes safely.\n\nUefa, football's governing body, had allocated just 9,500 tickets to the fans of each of the two clubs at the Estadio Sanchez Pizjuanin.\n\nThe rest of the tickets were given to sponsors and people from other clubs.\n\nIt is now thought that more tickets could be available to Rangers and Frankfurt fans but there will still be tens of thousands without tickets.\n\nCity officials have insisted Seville is ready to host the final - despite the huge number of visitors.\n\nAs well as transport arrangements, it has put in place a \"special cleaning plan\" that involves 200 workers washing down pavements and emptying litter bins.\n\nThey have also placed 110 urinals in the busiest areas of the city.\n\nRangers fans in Seville the day before the Europa League final\n\nThe previous two European finals involving Rangers have been marred by violent scenes.\n\nRangers were banned from European competition for a year after fans clashed with Spanish police on the Nou Camp pitch at the end of their 1972 European Cup Winners' Cup final victory over Dynamo Moscow.\n\nThere were violent scenes in Manchester city centre in 2008 after an estimated 200,000 fans travelled south ahead of Rangers' Uefa Cup final defeat by Zenit St Petersburg.\n\nThirty-nine police officers were injured during the trouble and a Crown Court judge later described it as \"the worst night of violence and destruction suffered by Manchester city centre since the blitz\".\n\nEarlier, the mayor of Seville said the city was \"completely ready\" to welcome the fans of both teams.\n\nAntonio Muñoz told BBC Scotland that the city was expecting a capacity crowd for the game, along with \"many more\" fans from both Scotland and Germany.\n\nThe mayor said he hoped fans would enjoy their time in Seville.\n\nHe said there would be two \"massive screens\" for the fans without tickets.\n\nRangers fans have already started arriving in the city ahead of the game, with many more due to make the journey using a variety of routes.\n\nThe weather in Seville is expected to be scorching this week, with temperatures forecast to reach 34C in the days before the match.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The blast has caused considerable damage to two flats\n\nFive people have been hurt in a suspected explosion which caused significant damage to two flats in Lancashire.\n\nIt happened at Tanfields in Skelmersdale shortly after 18:00 BST on Tuesday, Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service (LFRS) said.\n\nThree people were taken to hospital, one with a minor head injury and the other two for precautionary checks.\n\nTwo other people escaped from the flats and did not go to hospital, LFRS said.\n\nThree people were taken to hospital\n\nIncident commander Tom Cookson from LFRS said the blast caused significant damage to a ground floor and first-floor flat which has affected the structure of the building.\n\nFour people escaped from the first-floor flat and one person from the ground floor property.\n\n\"Three people have been taken to hospital with minor injuries,\" he said.\n\nHe said the blast had not damaged neighbouring properties but a number of people living in them had been evacuated as a precaution.\n\nLancashire Fire and Rescue Service said it would be at the scene for some time\n\nBetween six and 10 people were unable to return to their flats and may not be allowed back in their homes overnight, he said.\n\nWest Lancashire Council is at the scene supporting residents who have been moved.\n\n\"At this time we do not know what the cause is, it is currently being investigated,\" Mr Cookson said.\n\nHe added that Electricity North West, Cadent Gas and the fire service's own investigators were probing the cause.\n\nFour fire engines attended the scene - two from Skelmersdale, and one from Ormskirk and Bamber Bridge.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Conservative MP accused of rape and sexual assault will not attend Parliament while police carry out their investigation, the Speaker has said.\n\nThe unnamed man in his 50s was arrested on Tuesday over allegations dating back to between 2002 and 2009.\n\nHe has been released on bail to a date in mid-June pending further enquiries.\n\nLabour is calling on the Conservatives to suspend the man from the parliamentary party, meaning his identity would become public.\n\nA spokesman for Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said it was a \"matter for the Conservative Party\" but that the \"nature of the allegations\" meant it \"doesn't seem to be sustainable to argue that he shouldn't be suspended from the whip\".\n\nThe spokesman added that removing the whip would \"inevitably\" mean the individual would be named publicly.\n\nHe confirmed that Sir Keir would suspend a Labour MP if they were facing the same allegations.\n\nThe man is not being named by media outlets.\n\nThe police do not usually name individuals until they are charged and Parliament is not required to identify MPs who've been arrested.\n\nEarlier this year, the Supreme Court strengthened the right to privacy for people who are under investigation but have not been charged.\n\nA spokeswoman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the vast majority of MPs behaved appropriately, but added the behaviour of a minority was \"not acceptable\".\n\nIn a Commons statement, Sir Lindsay Hoyle said he took \"the safety of our staff and parliamentary community as a whole very seriously\".\n\nSir Lindsay also warned MPs against naming the individual in the Commons chamber, saying he believed it would be \"wholly inappropriate for any further reference to be made to this matter in the House\".\n\nThe Conservatives confirmed on Tuesday that their chief whip had asked the MP to stay away from the parliamentary estate during the police inquiry.\n\nLabour's shadow Home Office minister Jess Phillips said there were difficulties about an individual being named.\n\n\"If I was a constituent in this MP's or any of the previous cases of MPs' constituencies, I might feel I had a right to know.\n\n\"Because there's nothing that can stop them seeing their constituents completely in private, completely on their own...I might want to empower myself to make that decision.\n\n\"But that is a finely balanced thing and what you don't want is trial by media.\"\n\nIn a statement on Wednesday, the Met said: \"In January 2020, the Met received a report relating to alleged sexual offences having been committed between 2002 and 2009.\n\n\"The offences are alleged to have occurred in London.\n\n\"An investigation is ongoing, led by officers from Central Specialist Crime.\n\n\"A man, aged in his 50s, was arrested on suspicion of indecent assault, sexual assault, rape, abuse of position of trust and misconduct in public office.\n\n\"He was taken into custody and has since been bailed pending further enquiries to a date in mid-June.\"", "Will the UK stay at wrong end of G7 inflation league table?\n\nThe raw headline figures among the major economies now show the UK has the highest inflation in the G7. Now, it is important to note that this is just a single month and there are important methodological differences in how inflation is calculated, especially with the US. However, the comparison tells a broad story - for example, versus France, where inflation is about half the level in UK. This is a direct result of the French government forcing mainly state-owned energy companies to limit electricity bill rises to single digits, rather close to the presidential election. The shareholders of EDF paid the price. It is well worth watching if the UK stays at the wrong end of this league table. The IMF recently predicted UK high inflation would linger for longer - over the course of next year being the highest in the G7 - and higher than all EU members, and only exceeded in the G20 by crisis-ridden Argentina, Turkey and Russia. Many economists predicted that as a result of the post-Brexit end to free-flowing trade with the EU, and a shortage of European workers, that the UK would be more inflation-prone. So far the UK record has, more or less, moved in line with the rest of the world. The question is if this might be the start of a divergence.", "Leiland-James Corkill was placed with Laura and Scott Castle five months before his death\n\nA woman has been found guilty of murdering a baby she wanted to adopt.\n\nLaura Castle had admitted fatally shaking 13-month-old Leiland-James Corkill after her lawyer said she \"lost it\" over his crying.\n\nHer husband Scott Castle was cleared of causing or allowing his death at the couple's home in Barrow, Cumbria, in January 2021.\n\nAt Preston Crown Court, Mrs Castle, 38, was also found guilty of one charge of child cruelty.\n\nShe will be sentenced on 25 May.\n\nLaura Castle had admitted manslaughter but said she did not mean to kill him\n\nThe court heard Leiland-James was taken into care by Cumbria County Council two days after his birth on 21 December 2019.\n\nHe moved in with the couple in August 2020 and within weeks Mrs Castle was sending her husband messages while he was at work criticising Leiland-James, calling him vulgar names and a \"moaning whinge bag\" and describing how she had \"absolutely leathered\" him.\n\nSocial services were aware the couple were struggling to bond with him but there were no concerns for his safety as no suspicious bruises or marks were seen, the court was told.\n\nMrs Castle called 999 at about 08:15 GMT on 6 January 2021 to say he was unconscious and breathing awkwardly after falling from the sofa.\n\nLeiland-James died at about 15:00 GMT the following day at Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool, where doctors were highly suspicious of Mrs Castle's account.\n\nThe Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said when it became clear her first story did not explain the youngster's injuries, Mrs Castle searched the internet for what might cause a bleed on the brain and then gave a different account to police in her interview.\n\nOn the opening day of her trial, she admitted manslaughter but said she did not mean to kill him.\n\nShe told the court she had \"lost her mind\" as the boy was crying and she shook him to try and silence him.\n\nPathologists said \"severe\" and \"considerable\" force would have been needed to cause the fatal brain injuries he suffered, and believed his head had been struck against a hard surface.\n\nThey said his injuries were a classic indicator of \"abusive head trauma\", a replacement term for \"shaken baby syndrome\", and were of the severity seen in high-speed car crashes.\n\nPathologist Dr Alison Armour identified a number of bruises and marks on Leiland-James' face, head and body, including one on his cheek indicative of a slap, others on his forehead consistent with being prodded or poked and another on his ear which was most likely caused by \"pinching or twisting\" with \"significant force\".\n\nProsecutors disputed Mrs Castle's claim of feeling \"frustrated\" over his crying and said she had \"lost her temper\" with Leiland-James after he spat his breakfast out.\n\nMichael Brady QC said neighbours did not hear the sound of a crying baby that morning but did hear a loud thud which, he said, was the moment she inflicted the fatal injuries.\n\nLaura Castle was found guilty of murder at Preston Crown Court\n\nNeighbours told the court they frequently heard Mrs Castle shouting and what sounded like a child being slapped.\n\nCharlotte Day, the foster mother who took care of Leiland-James for the first eight months of his life, told the court he was a \"content\" and \"happy boy\" who loved playing with his toys and being carried and cuddled.\n\nFollowing the two-and-a-half week trial, jurors took just under three hours to reach their verdicts.\n\nMr Castle, 35, was cleared of two counts of child cruelty and Mrs Castle found not guilty of a second child cruelty offence.\n\nCumbria County Council said an independent review was under way into the death of Leiland-James, with a report expected to be published in July.\n\nJohn Readman, the council's executive director for people, said the case was \"truly shocking\", adding: \"Adoption should have been a new beginning for [Leiland-James].\n\n\"That was cruelly taken away from him by the person who should have cared for him and kept him safe.\"\n\nHe said his death \"should not have happened\" and there would \"quite rightly be questions\" about how the Castles were approved for adoption.\n\nJoanna Close, senior crown prosecutor with CPS North West, said Leiland-James' birth mother had \"believed he would be safe and have a good life\" following his match with the Castles.\n\nMs Close described Mrs Castle as \"self-centred, abusive and violent and unfit to provide a home to this vulnerable child\".\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Gymnastics\n\nRussian gymnast Ivan Kuliak has been given a one-year ban for wearing a national war symbol on the podium at an event in Qatar in March.\n\nKuliak earned bronze in the parallel bars final of the Apparatus World Cup in Doha and displayed a letter 'Z' taped to his chest as he stood next to Ukraine's Illia Kovtun, who won gold.\n\nKuliak must now return his medal, but has a right to appeal within 21 days.\n\nThe letter Z became symbolic with Russia's invasion of Ukraine.\n\nIt was painted on the side of tanks and military vehicles, as well as being worn by pro-war politicians in Russia.\n• None Why has 'Z' become a Russian pro-war symbol?\n\nThe incident was investigated by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) and Kuliak was sanctioned by the disciplinary commission of the Gymnastics Ethics Foundation (GEF) for violating FIG rules.\n\nThe 20-year-old is not allowed to participate in any FIG-sanctioned event or competition organised by an affiliated FIG member federation for 12 months.\n\nA statement added that: \"If the protective measures keeping Russian athletes from competing are still in place on 17 May 2023, the ban shall continue and expire six months after the removal of said measures.\"\n\nKuliak must also repay his prize money of 500 Swiss francs (£403) and pay a contribution of the costs of the proceedings in the sum of 2,000 Swiss francs (£1,612).\n\nNo violation of FIG rules was found against the head of the Russian delegation, Valentina Rodionenko and coach Igor Kalabushkin.", "Natasha Ednan-Laperouse died after eating the baguette bought from Pret at Heathrow Airport\n\nThe parents of a teenager who died from an allergic reaction to a Pret baguette have set up a clinical trial with the aim of \"making food allergies history\".\n\nThe trial will investigate whether commonly available peanut and milk products, taken under medical supervision, can treat food allergies.\n\nIt is hoped the results could help the NHS save money on allergy drugs.\n\nTanya and Nadim Ednan-Laperouse's 15-year-old daughter Natasha died from anaphylaxis in 2016.\n\nNatasha, from Fulham, west London, ate an artichoke, olive and tapenade baguette bought from a Pret a Manger shop before a flight at Heathrow Airport.\n\nShe began to feel ill during her flight, and suffered a cardiac arrest. Despite her father administering two EpiPen injections, she died later the same day.\n\nThe sandwich did not have any allergen advice on its wrapper because this was not required by law as it was made on the premises.\n\nHer parents successfully campaigned to introduce Natasha's Law in October last year, which requires full ingredient and allergen labelling on all food made on premises and pre-packed for direct sale.\n\nThe couple have now set up a £2.2m trial to investigate a treatment for food allergies.\n\nIt hopes to show that people with food allergies may no longer have to avoid foods with small amounts of allergens due to production, and also may be able to eat popular food like cakes, curries and pizza.\n\nNatasha's parents said they were \"delighted\" at the launch of the trial\n\nThe study will recruit 216 people between the ages of three and 23 with an allergy to cow's milk, and aged six to 23 with an allergy to peanuts.\n\nParticipants will undergo an initial 12 months of desensitisation to either milk or peanuts under strict medical supervision, and will be followed for two more years to provide longer term data.\n\nNatasha's father said the trial was \"a major first step in our mission to make food allergies history\", while her mother said they were determined that Natasha's death \"should not be in vain\".\n\nMr Ednan-Laperouse said the study aims to prove that everyday foods can be used as a practical treatment for children and young adults with allergies \"at a fraction of the cost to the NHS\".\n\nIf successful, he said it would eventually enable people \"to control their own lives and stay allergy-safe using shop-bought foods rather than expensive pharmaceutical products\".\n\nCo-chief investigator Dr Paul Turner, from Imperial College London, said the study heralds a new era for the active treatment of food allergies.\n\n\"For too long, we have told people just to avoid the food they are allergic to,\" he said. \"That is not a treatment, and food-allergic people and their families deserve better.\"\n\nThe trial has been funded by the Natasha Allergy Research Foundation, which has raised money from food businesses including Pret, Greggs, Tesco, Just Eat, Co-op, Morrisons, KFC, Sainsbury's, Costa, Burger King, Lidl and Leon.\n\nIt will be led by the University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust.\n\nThey will partner with Imperial College London, the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Newcastle University and Sheffield Children's Hospital.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nLiverpool have taken the Premier League title race down to the final day of the season by coming from behind to win at Southampton.\n\nJurgen Klopp's side knew defeat would hand the title to Manchester City - while even a draw would effectively end the challenge because of their inferior goal difference.\n\nAnd it looked as if Liverpool might have a struggle on their hands when Nathan Redmond gave Southampton a 13th-minute lead with a curling right-foot shot beyond Alisson.\n\nLiverpool, with nine changes from the side that won the FA Cup by beating Chelsea on penalties at Wembley on Saturday, once again showed their resilience and reserves of strength as Takumi Minamino levelled before half-time with a thumping drive against the club where he spent a spell on loan last season.\n\nThe pressure built after the break and Liverpool took a deserved lead after 67 minutes when Joel Matip sent an instinctive looping header over Saints' keeper Alex McCarthy.\n\nCity will still retain their title with victory over Aston Villa at Etihad Stadium but Liverpool have pushed them all the way again and ensured the fight will go down to the wire.\n• None Southampton v Liverpool as it happened, plus reaction and analysis\n• None Go straight to all the best Liverpool content\n\nLiverpool were under pressure going into this game - and not just because they could not afford a slip.\n\nManager Klopp had to make a host of changes because of tired legs following that gruelling FA Cup final win and also had to contend with injuries to major figures Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk.\n\nThis was a test of the nerve as well as the depth of Liverpool's squad and, as at Aston Villa last week when they also fell behind, an examination of their ability to survive adversity and demonstrate powers of recovery.\n\nAll the tests were passed in convincing style as Liverpool dominated once they had recovered from shock of Redmond's outstanding goal.\n\nIn the absence of Salah and Sadio Mane, and with Luis Diaz on the bench, Roberto Firmino gave an outstanding display of touch and intelligent running, putting in a tireless shift that earned him a standing ovation when he was substituted late on.\n\nIbrahima Konate has proved to be an outstanding signing and he was once again a tower of strength in defence, ensuring Liverpool did not miss Van Dijk - his defensive partner Matip scoring the winner with what looked almost like a reflex action header, albeit a highly effective one.\n\nThe only blot on Liverpool's night was an injury to the luckless Joe Gomez, who fell awkwardly under a touchline challenge and limped off disconsolately at half-time with the consoling arm of goalkeeper Alisson around his shoulder.\n\nKlopp delivered his tradition triple fist pump in front of Liverpool's travelling fans at the final whistle.\n\nHe will know City are still in pole position and have the title's destiny in their own hands but all Liverpool could do was put them through a final-day test and this was mission accomplished.\n\nSouthampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl was hoping for a vibrant display from his side after feeling the full force of fan discontent following their 3-0 defeat at Brentford last time out.\n\nThe Austrian faced chants of 'you don't know what you're doing' and 'sacked in the morning' during the dismal defeat in west London on 7 May.\n\nThis was a tame response, ending as he led his team around a largely deserted stadium on a lap of appreciation after the final whistle.\n\nSaints had the boost of that early lead but never carried the air of a team confident it would be maintained. Liverpool confirmed their obvious superiority while the home side looked nervous, especially when playing out from the back, where they played themselves into trouble on several occasions.\n\nSouthampton lie in 15th place, nearing the end of the season in which moments of promise were eventually overshadowed by disappointment. This is exactly where they finished last season and they have to win at Leicester City on Sunday to equal last term's points tally.\n\nNow Hasenhuttl will hope to keep hold of star man James Ward-Prowse this summer and get some much-needed financial backing from the club's new owners, the company backed by Serb media mogul Dragan Solak.\n• None Attempt saved. Nathan Redmond (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mohammed Salisu.\n• None Attempt missed. Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Konstantinos Tsimikas with a cross following a corner.\n• None Attempt blocked. Curtis Jones (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Takumi Minamino.\n• None Attempt blocked. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Curtis Jones.\n• None Jack Stephens (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Our coverage of your Premier League club is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment", "A hospital trust has been fined more than £1.3m after admitting failures in care that contributed to the deaths of two patients.\n\nMohammed Ismael Zaman, 31, died of severe blood loss while undergoing dialysis at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital in 2019.\n\nMax Dingle, 83, died after his head became trapped between a mattress and bed rail at the same hospital.\n\nHis son said the death had come as a \"total shock\".\n\nShrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) admitted three counts of failing to provide treatment and care in a safe way, resulting in harm or loss, between October 2019 and May 2020.\n\nIt was fined £800,000 relating to the death of Mr Zaman, known as Bolly, and £533,334 for Mr Dingle's death.\n\nCharges were brought against the trust by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) under the Health and Social Care Act 2008.\n\nMax Dingle died after his head and neck were trapped between a mattress and bed rails\n\nRepresenting the CQC, Ryan Donoghue said the failures in Mr Zaman's care \"were the legal cause of his death, for which the trust is responsible\".\n\nMr Zaman was receiving treatment on 18 October 2019 when his catheter, which went into his jugular vein, came out. An alarm went off, but he was not checked before staff switched it off.\n\nBy the time staff noticed what had happened, he had lost half of his supply of blood.\n\nMr Dingle, a retired policeman from Newtown, in Powys, mid Wales, had been admitted with chronic lung disease in April 2020, the court heard.\n\nHe was overweight and so was placed in a larger bariatric bed and staff were not trained how to use it.\n\nOn 3 May he was found with his feet on the floor and with his head and neck trapped. He was purple, his eyes were bulging and he died from a cardiac arrest after being freed.\n\nPhil Dingle criticised the trust's response to his father's death, accusing them of trying to \"whitewash\" the circumstances.\n\nHe remembered his father as \"a mountain of a man\" who was always the source of great advice.\n\n\"The basis [of the guilty plea] is that the failures exposed him to a significant risk of avoidable harm,\" Mr Donoghue said.\n\nThe CQC said staff had not followed guidelines around dialysis connection lines\n\nAs well as the two deaths, the CQC accused the trust of exposing other patients to significant risk of avoidable harm.\n\nIn court, SaTH accepted it would take considerable time to rebuild trust with the local community after entering guilty pleas.\n\nThe trust's barrister said the deaths were \"tragedies\" and offered sincere sympathies to the families.\n\nThe trust is currently £60m in debt and during the hearing Senior District Judge Paul Goldspring acknowledged every pound he fined the trust would be \"a pound that doesn't go on patient care\".\n\n\"It's a devil and deep blue sea exercise,\" he said. \"In the end, fines make patients suffer.\"\n\nHowever, the families of the patients had suffered \"unimaginable grief\", he concluded, adding the offences were aggravated by a 2016 fine SaTH received for a poor health and safety record in the management of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.\n\nIn mitigation, Judge Goldspring said the trust had carried out \"full and extensive investigations immediately after both incidents\".\n\nShrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust has also faced intense criticism over maternity failings\n\nThe CQC said Mr Zaman and Mr Dingle had been \"severely let down\" by the trust.\n\n\"People using health and social care services have the right to safe care and treatment, so it's unacceptable that patient safety was not well managed by Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust,\" Fiona Allinson, from the watchdog, said.\n\nFollowing the hearing, SaTH issued a statement in which its director of nursing Hayley Flavell said: \"We are truly sorry for the pain and distress caused as a result of the failures in the provision of care.\n\n\"We offer our sincere apologies and heartfelt condolences to the families we let down,\" she said, adding a commitment to improve care at the trust.\n\nThe trust was recently subject of a damning review into its maternity services.\n\nThe Ockenden review, published in March, found \"repeated errors in care\" at the trust contributed to the deaths of 201 babies between 2000-2019.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk", "New York state's top prosecutor has launched an investigation into the role social media companies played in Saturday's mass shooting in Buffalo.\n\nThe inquiry will look at the extent that social platforms were \"used to stream, promote, or plan the event\", the attorney general's office said.\n\nThe state's governor has argued tech firms share some blame for the attack.\n\nCritics say the companies were too slow to remove the alleged gunman's violent posts.\n\nAnnouncing the investigation on Wednesday, Attorney General Letitia James said: \"The terror attack in Buffalo has once again revealed the depths and danger of the online forums that spread and promote hate.\"\n\nThe suspect, who is white, allegedly posted a manifesto on Google and livestreamed the fatal shooting of 10 people at a supermarket in a predominantly black neighbourhood on Twitch, a company owned by Amazon.\n\n\"The fact that an individual can post detailed plans to commit such an act of hate without consequence, and then stream it for the world to see is bone-chilling and unfathomable,\" Ms James said.\n\nThe stream was taken down less than two minutes after the violence began, Twitch said, but was duplicated on other streaming sites despite the removal.\n\nFacebook did not remove a link to the copied video for more than 10 hours, by which time it had been shared more than 46,000 times on the platform. A copy uploaded elsewhere was viewed more than three million times before being taken down.\n\nMs James said the investigation would also target online forums 4chan, 8chan, and Discord where the gunman reportedly posted about his plans.\n\nThe inquiry was ordered by Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul, who also directed the New York State Police to create a unit dedicated to monitoring social media for extremist threats.\n\nShe is also asking the state legislature to pass tougher gun control measures. Her Republican critics in the state assembly have condemned her for not doing more to prevent mass shootings ahead of the attack.\n\nThe US Department of Justice is investigating the attack as a hate crime.", "Vadim Shishimarin is a 21-year-old tank commander in the Russian armed forces\n\nA 21-year-old Russian soldier has pleaded guilty to killing an unarmed civilian, in the first war crimes trial in Ukraine since the war started.\n\nVadim Shishimarin admitted shooting a 62-year-old man a few days after the invasion began. He faces life in jail.\n\nThe prisoner was brought into the tiny Kyiv courtroom in handcuffs, flanked by heavily armed guards. He looked nervous, and kept his head bowed.\n\nThe widow of the man killed was sitting just a couple of metres from him.\n\nShe wiped tears from her eyes as the soldier entered court, then sat with hands clasped as the prosecutor set out his case, describing the moment Kateryna's husband, Oleksandr Shelipov, was shot in the head.\n\n\"Do you accept your guilt?\" the judge asked. \"Yes,\" Shishimarin replied.\n\n\"Yes,\" he replied quietly from behind the glass of his grey metal-and-glass cage.\n\nProsecutors say Shishimarin was commanding a unit in a tank division when his convoy came under attack.\n\nHe and four other soldiers stole a car, and as they travelled near Chupakhivka, they encountered the 62-year-old on a bicycle, they said.\n\nAccording to prosecutors, Shishimarin was ordered to kill the civilian and used a Kalashnikov assault rifle to do so.\n\nThe Kremlin said earlier it was not informed about the case.\n\nShishimarin's trial was adjourned shortly after the civilian's widow heard for the first time the Russian soldier admit to the murder. This high profile hearing will restart on Thursday in a larger courtroom.\n\nOleksandr's widow told the BBC how she was coping, before she left the court for the day.\n\n\"I feel very sorry for him [Shishimarin],\" she said. \"But for a crime like that - I can't forgive him.\"\n\nUkraine has so far identified more than 10,000 possible war crimes committed by Russia.\n\nThe country's chief prosecutor Iryna Venediktova tweeted: \"By this first trial, we are sending a clear signal that every perpetrator, every person who ordered or assisted in the commission of crimes in Ukraine shall not avoid responsibility,\"\n\nMoscow has denied its troops have targeted civilians, but investigators have been collecting evidence of possible war crimes to bring before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.\n\nThe ICC is sending a team of 42 investigators, forensics experts and support staff to Ukraine. Meanwhile, Ukraine has also set up a team to preserve evidence to enable future prosecutions.\n• None Ukraine tries first Russian soldier for war crimes", "Police say a man accused of shooting three women at a salon in Dallas, Texas, harboured \"delusions\" about Asian people.\n\nThe FBI has opened a hate crime probe into Jeremy Theron Smith, 36, who was arrested on Monday for the attack.\n\nAuthorities say they believe the suspect may have been behind two other attacks on Asian businesses in the past month.\n\nAnti-Asian violence has risen sharply in recent years in the US.\n\nDallas authorities say a man armed with a .22 rifle fired 13 shots inside the salon last Wednesday in the city's Koreatown neighbourhood.\n\nThree women - the salon owner, a stylist and a customer, all of Korean descent - were treated for gunshot wounds and discharged from hospital. Four other people who were in the salon at the time were unscathed.\n\nDallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia told reporters on Tuesday that the suspect \"has had panic attacks and delusions when he is around anyone of Asian descent\" since he had a car accident involving an Asian male two years ago.\n\nChief Garcia said that Mr Smith has been charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and is being held at the Dallas County jail.\n\nFederal officials have opened a hate crime investigation. Chief Garcia said that state prosecutors may add hate crime charges at a later date.\n\n\"I can tell you that I know our community sees it as a hate crime,\" Chief Garcia said. \"I see it as a hate crime, and so do our men and women.\"\n\nA police affidavit obtained by the Dallas Morning News says that police learned of Mr Smith's alleged anti-Asian delusions after interviewing his girlfriend.\n\n\"He begins having delusions that the Asian mob is after him or attempting to harm him,\" she told detectives, adding that he had been \"admitted to several mental health facilities\" because of the delusions.\n\nHe had also been fired from his job for \"verbally attacking\" his Asian boss.\n\nPolice say they have managed to tie the suspect to two other recent shootings at Asian businesses. In all three attacks, a red minivan was seen outside the crime scene.\n\nMr Smith, who is black, has not been charged in those other attacks, which occurred last week and in early April.\n\nSpeaking at a town hall event with police, one of the victims wore a sling on her arm as she said it \"would be good if bad people cannot get firearms\", the Morning News reported.\n\nThe woman, who covered her face and did not reveal her name, said she worries about her future. \"We're very nervous. We're very tired,\" she said in Korean.\n\nThe shooting came after a Chinese immigrant was arrested for a shooting inside a California church on Sunday, in what police say was an attack motivated by hatred towards people from Taiwan.\n\nOn Saturday, a white gunman allegedly shot and killed 10 people at a grocery store in a black neighbourhood in Buffalo, New York, in what police described as a white supremacist attack.\n\nLast year a white gunman went on a shooting spree targeting Asian salons in Atlanta, Georgia, that left eight people dead.", "The beauty influencer was accused of being an actor after this photo was published\n\nA photo of a heavily pregnant woman fleeing a bombed maternity hospital became one of the most iconic images of the war in Ukraine. But its subject was targeted by an extraordinary Russian disinformation campaign and she received hate from both sides.\n\nWrapped in a duvet with her forehead bloodied, Marianna Vyshemirsky's image was seen around the world.\n\nThe photo above was taken in the aftermath of a Russian airstrike in Mariupol. It circulated online, on newspaper front pages, and was argued about at the UN Security Council.\n\nBut, having survived one attack, Marianna faced another onslaught - of disinformation and hate aimed at her and her family.\n\nAs Russia attempted to sow falsehoods about the attack, 29-year-old Marianna was falsely accused of \"acting\". Russian diplomats even claimed that she had \"played\" not one, but two different women.\n\nMarianna on a video call during her interview with the BBC\n\nI've spoken extensively to her friends and relatives, but have been trying to interview my namesake for weeks. So when she finally appears on my screen on a video call, it feels a little surreal. She tells me about her harrowing escape, and about the online abuse that came after.\n\n\"I received threats that they would come and find me, that I would be killed, that my child would be cut into pieces,\" she says.\n\nThis is her first interview with a major western media outlet after being evacuated to her hometown in a part of Donbas controlled by Russian-backed separatists.\n\nMarianna seems at ease, and is speaking to me without any preconditions, but a pro-separatist blogger is with her.\n\nShe tells me what it's like to find herself inside an information battle - all while giving birth to her daughter Veronika in a war zone.\n\n\"She chose to show up at a difficult time,\" she explains, \"but it's better she arrived under these circumstances than not at all.\"\n\nLife in Mariupol was very different before the war. Marianna promoted beauty products on social media, while her husband Yuri worked at the Azovstal steel works.\n\n\"We had a quiet and simple life,\" she says, \"and then, of course, things were turned upside down.\"\n\nHer Instagram account shows her excitement at the prospect of becoming a mother.\n\nMarianna posted this picture on Instagram in late February, asking her followers to guess whether her baby would be a boy or a girl\n\nBut by the time Marianna was admitted to hospital, Mariupol had become the most bombed city in Ukraine.\n\nOn 9 March, she was chatting with other women on the ward when an explosion shook the hospital.\n\nShe pulled a blanket over her head. Then a second explosion hit.\n\n\"You could hear everything flying around, shrapnel and stuff,\" she says. \"The sound was ringing in my ears for a very long time.\"\n\nThe women sheltered in the basement with other civilians. Marianna suffered a forehead cut and glass fragments lodged in her skin, but a doctor told her she didn't need stitches.\n\nWhat she did need, she explains, was to retrieve her possessions from the ruins of the hospital. She asked a police officer to help her back inside.\n\n\"Everything I had prepared for my baby was in that maternity ward,\" she says.\n\nWhile she stood outside the hospital, waiting to recover her things, she was photographed by journalists from the Associated Press. They snapped her again as she descended the stairs exiting the building.\n\nThose images quickly went viral. And that's when false allegations that the pictures were \"staged\" first appeared on a pro-Kremlin Telegram channel. Marianna's beauty blogging was used to suggest she was an \"actor\" who had used makeup to fake injuries.\n\nThese falsehoods were repeated and amplified by senior Russian officials and state media.\n\nThey even claimed that a photo of another pregnant woman on a stretcher was also Marianna, even though it's clear that the photos are of different people. The woman on the stretcher and her unborn child later died from their injuries.\n\nThis tweet from the Russian Embassy in London containing false information was taken down by Twitter\n\nFleeing and without internet access, Marianna didn't see those images until days later.\n\nBy that point, her Instagram was inundated with accusatory and threatening messages. She found both the trolling and the false allegations shocking.\n\n\"It was really offensive to hear that, because I actually lived through it all,\" she says. But she refrains from directly criticising the Russian officials who spread the false information about her.\n\nInstead, she criticises the Associated Press.\n\n\"I was offended that the journalists who had posted my photos on social media had not interviewed other pregnant women who could confirm that this attack had really happened.\"\n\nShe suggests this may help explain why some people \"got the impression that it was all staged\". But by Marianna's own account she was one of the last patients to be evacuated, and that was when the AP journalists arrived. The journalists interviewed other people at the scene. And they had nothing to do with the subsequent false story spread by Russian officials. We approached the AP for comment.\n\nIn the days after the attack, Marianna gave birth to Veronika in another hospital.\n\nMarianna in a different hospital after giving birth to her daughter, several days after the bombing\n\nLike thousands of others, Marianna and Yuri were desperately trying to escape Mariupol. For weeks, it was largely impossible to make contact with them. Eventually Marianna's relatives told me the couple had got out of the city, but their whereabouts were unclear. Then in early April, they resurfaced in the Donbas region.\n\nShe filmed an interview with Denis Seleznev, a blogger who is a vocal supporter of Russian-backed separatists. There was speculation how free she was to say what she wanted.\n\nMarianna says to me: \"I had to describe the whole situation, as I saw it with my own eyes.\"\n\nMy conversation with her was also arranged via Denis. Marianna speaks to me from his home. He is present throughout our chat but doesn't interrupt. Marianna's relatives and friends have assured me she is now safe.\n\nMuch of what she says in her interview with me undermines the Russian government's mistruths.\n\nThe Kremlin wrongly and repeatedly suggested the hospital that was attacked was Mariupol's hospital number one, and that it was no longer operational.\n\nBut the BBC's disinformation team identified the hospital where Marianna was - hospital number three.\n\nWe contacted the Russian Embassy in London for comment.\n\nMarianna confirms that the hospital was definitely treating her and other patients - contrary to Russian claims that it was not functioning as a health care facility.\n\nRussia also claimed that the hospital had been taken over by the Azov regiment - the controversial Ukrainian nationalist group that has been linked with neo-Nazis, allegations they themselves deny.\n\nComments Marianna made in her interview with Denis were cherry-picked by Russian officials to claim soldiers forced Marianna and the other pregnant women to act as human shields.\n\nBut Marianna told me there were no Ukrainian military stationed in the building where she was. She says she saw Ukrainian soldiers in the oncology unit in the building opposite the maternity unit. It's unclear whether they were based there or not.\n\nNevertheless, Marianna's interview with Denis Seleznev was used by the Kremlin to suggest further falsehoods.\n\nRussian officials have seized on her comments that she doesn't believe the explosions at the hospital were caused by an airstrike, implying that the damage was Ukrainian shelling.\n\n\"The typical sound a plane makes when it flies overhead is impossible to miss,\" Marianna tells me, saying that she did not hear one.\n\nBut here she is mistaken. The AP journalists documented evidence it was an airstrike, including video where a plane can be heard. At the scene both a soldier and a police officer say the attack was an airstrike.\n\nAlso visible in photos is a huge crater which munition experts say could only have been caused by an airstrike.\n\n\"I personally did not see this crater, but I saw the video of it,\" Marianna says. \"In reality I can't blame anyone - because I didn't see with my own eyes where for certain [the explosions] came from.\"\n\nThis fresh controversy sparked a new wave of online vitriol.\n\n\"Some people said that I was an actress, others said that I was lying about the fact that there were no air raids,\" she says.\n\nEven some she regarded as friends don't believe her. Fellow beauty blogger Yaroslava lives in Russia and continues to believe state TV claims that Marianna was acting.\n\n\"I think that Marianna played her part. That Ukraine needed the Ukrainian military to blame everything on Russia.\" Yaroslava told me. She's since unfollowed Marianna on Instagram - and doesn't want to speak to her again.\n\n\"It's a pity when people I know believe in something that I haven't done,\" Marianna says.\n\nBut she brightens whenever the conversation turns to baby Veronika.\n\nMarianna has returned to blogging and in a recent post told readers to stick around if they were interested in \"cosmetics, nappies and the everyday life of a new mum\".\n\nHer message to those who want to send her hate was \"go in peace\".\n\nBut unwillingly finding herself at the centre of an information war - as the military conflict continues - has changed Marianna's life forever.\n\n\"You know, for now I'm not thinking about my hopes or making plans, because we don't know what tomorrow will bring.\"\n\nListen to War on Truth on BBC Sounds", "Ivan Simoroz stands on what remains of his family's home\n\nAt first, I couldn't see the damage to Ivan Simoroz's parents' home in the Ukrainian town of Borodyanka, near Kyiv. Then I realised that was because there was nothing left that resembled a home.\n\nAs the 26-year-old stood on the rubble, in his police uniform, it felt impossible to process the devastation that surrounded him.\n\nThis report contains material some readers may find disturbing\n\n\"On 26 February, we were chatting at the police station, and then we heard a loud boom,\" recalls Ivan.\n\nRussia's invasion of Ukraine was two days old and had quickly targeted towns in the Kyiv region as they looked to close in on the capital.\n\n\"The ground was shaking, I started calling each of my relatives, my wife, brother, mother, father, grandma - they were all out of reach.\n\nIvan had heard incoming shelling and knew it had hit something, he just didn't know what.\n\nHe drove with his police chief and several colleagues to his house on Tsentralna Street and was met with the sprawling devastation he stands on today.\n\nI ask him what was going through his mind at the time.\n\n\"Horror. War. It was very scary and hard to understand. You hoped that someone was still alive, maybe they were hiding in the basement.\"\n\nNeighbours and relatives soon arrived to help with the search.\n\nIvan found his mother first, lying dead over a fridge. Then 200m away he found the body of his younger brother. He'd lost both legs and hands. His beloved dog was sitting in a vegetable patch next to him.\n\nThen his grandma was found, also dead, covered in bricks.\n\nIvan's aunt found his one-year-old baby daughter, Polina, on a sofa, still breathing.\n\nThen Ivan's wife was found. Then his father. Both dead.\n\nIvan lost six members of his family that day.\n\nIvan Simoroz (right) pictured with - from left - his brother, Petro, 21, his father, Vasyl, mother Natalya, and wife, Olena, 27\n\nOfficers say Ivan's home was the first to be hit in Borodyanka. The town would become one of the most heavily shelled places in this war.\n\nWith extraordinary detail and composure, Ivan continues to show us around the pile of rubble that once was his family's home. Colourful tulips that his grandmother planted poke through.\n\nIt's when you look closer that you see fragments of life: one of Polina's shoes, or a dressing gown hanging on a beam.\n\nIvan's daughter Polina died in hospital later that day\n\nIvan only took three days off work after the attack. He worked on a military checkpoint nearby and helped people evacuate on buses to safer areas.\n\nIt has led to Ivan being recognised with a medal for his service and courage.\n\nHis local police force was one of the first to re-establish itself after the Russians pulled out of the Kyiv region. In the time since, more than 1,200 bodies have been recovered.\n\nWhen I was in a terrible situation, I got help. I believe you have to give that back\n\nWhile work has admittedly been a distraction, he says it's also helping him process his grief. As the inhabitants of Borodyanka and its police force begin to rebuild the town, he's been able to meet people who have gone through similar tragedies.\n\nAnd he says his close-knit friendships and supportive colleagues have been invaluable.\n\n\"Everybody has some misery and troubles in Borodyanka,\" says Ivan. \"And you need to help them. This work, and my friends, is what helps me.\"\n\nIn early April, Ivan and his colleagues returned to Borodyanka after Russian troops retreated\n\n\"He is an open, friendly, talented, focused person,\" says Ivan's boss Vyacheslav Tsyliuryk, the head of Borodyanka's police unit.\n\n\"For you to understand one of Ivan's character traits; in six years of work, he hasn't had one day of leave.\n\n\"I have never met anyone else so morally strong,\" he says, adding that he hopes never to meet someone who would need to be as strong after such tragedy.\n\nSome buildings in Borodyanka feel like a grim tapestry of previous lives\n\nThe destruction of Ivan's home would be replicated across Borodyanka over the following five weeks.\n\nThe main road through it is now silent. It is plain to see how uninhabitable it is when you see whole buildings hollowed out or collapsed.\n\nPeople's homes are exposed where neighbouring buildings had been hit. Bookshelves and still laid kitchen tables are somehow undisturbed in some flats.\n\n\"People are fully demoralised,\" says Vyacheslav. \"Learning to live in today's reality.\"\n\nThe moment that causes Ivan's mask to slightly slip, is when he describes something 30km away: six wooden crucifixes on freshly dug sand in a cemetery in the village of Piskivka.\n\nNone of Ivan's extended family could make it to the funerals because of the fighting\n\nToys clearly mark Polina's grave, but what really strikes you is what they all have in common, the same date of death: 26. 02. 2022\n\nThe brutality and finality of this war encapsulated in a single date, carved six times.\n\n\"When you go there, you cry all the time,\" says Ivan. He swallows hard.", "Diana Ross said the Queen \"continues to be such an incredible inspiration to so many across the world\"\n\nDiana Ross, Queen and Adam Lambert, Duran Duran and Sir Rod Stewart will perform at a star-studded concert to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.\n\nAlicia Keys, Hans Zimmer, Mabel and Eurovision singer Sam Ryder will also appear in front of Buckingham Palace.\n\nThe Platinum Party at the Palace will be watched by 22,000 people live and will be broadcast on BBC One on 4 June.\n\nQueen guitarist Brian May will return, 20 years after he famously performed on the palace roof for the Golden Jubilee.\n\nQueen's Brian May performed on the roof of Buckingham Palace for the Golden Jubilee in 2002\n\nThe legendary pop group and their frontman Lambert will open the concert to mark the monarch's 70 years on the throne.\n\nMay hinted that he may pop up in an unexpected location this time, saying in a statement: \"There was a moment when I wondered, after Buckingham Palace roof where can you go? Well… you will see!\"\n\nThe show will be closed by veteran soul singer Ross, who said she was \"absolutely delighted to receive an invitation to perform on such a momentous and historic occasion\".\n\nOther musicians on the bill include Craig David, Ella Eyre, Elbow, Jax Jones, Celeste, Andrea Bocelli, Sigala and Nile Rogers.\n\nSam Ryder's Space Man finished second at last week's Eurovision Song Contest\n\nSir Elton John will take part too, although his performance will be pre-recorded because he is currently on a European tour.\n\nIn addition to the musical performances, there will be appearances from film, TV and sports stars such as Sir David Attenborough, Emma Raducanu, David Beckham, Stephen Fry and Dame Julie Andrews. Some will be there in person, with others seen on screen.\n\nThe BBC said the evening would \"pivot around global themes that have been born, or evolved, during the breadth of Her Majesty's reign\". Those themes include fashion, sport, the environment and pop music and musicals from the last 70 years.\n\nComposers Andrew Lloyd Webber and Lin-Manuel Miranda will help celebrate musicals, as will the casts of The Phantom of the Opera, Hamilton, Six, The Lion King and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.\n\nSir David Attenborough will appear at the concert, but the details of his involvement are not yet known\n\nThe concert will be one of the centrepieces of the Jubilee celebrations, which will take place over a festive four-day bank holiday weekend in June.\n\nOther events will include a carnival pageant on the streets of London, featuring performances by Ed Sheeran and Sir Cliff Richard; while the weekend will also see Jubilee lunches and the lighting of beacons across the world.\n\nThe two-and-a-half-hour Platinum concert will feature three stages and 3D projections across the face of the palace.\n\nA mock-up of how one of the three stages will look in front of Buckingham Palace\n\nRoss's performance at the event will kick off a series of live UK gigs, including a slot at the Glastonbury Festival on 26 June.\n\nIn a statement, the singer said: \"I have had the honour of meeting The Queen many times throughout my life, including when I was with my family. Her Majesty has and continues to be such an incredible inspiration to so many across the world.\"\n\nKirsty Young and Roman Kemp will host live coverage of the concert, which will be broadcast on BBC One, iPlayer and Radio 2.\n\nOf the 22,000 attendees, 10,000 received tickets in a public ballot, while more than 7,500 tickets have been given to key workers, members of the Armed Forces, volunteers and charities.", "At least another seven buses were seen leaving the Azovstal site on Tuesday and later arriving to a village held by Russian-backed rebels, Reuters reported\n\nUkraine is doing \"everything possible and impossible\" to save the remaining fighters trapped in Mariupol's Azovstal steelworks, a senior official has said.\n\nDeputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said Kyiv knew how many soldiers were still at the plant, but stressed that it was \"sensitive information\".\n\nOn Monday, 264 fighters - many badly wounded - were evacuated to areas held by Russian-backed rebels.\n\nOn Tuesday, another seven buses were seen leaving the site, Reuters said.\n\nIt added that the convoy later arrived in Olenivka, a village held by pro-Russian rebels in the eastern Donbas region.\n\nRussian prosecutors said they would question all the Ukrainian soldiers as part of an investigation into what Moscow describes as \"Ukrainian regime crimes against Donbas civilians\".\n\nUkraine wants its troops - the last defenders of the southern port city - to be exchanged for captured Russian soldiers as part of an evacuation deal confirmed by Moscow.\n\nHundreds of Ukrainian soldiers - Marines, the National Guard (including the Azov regiment), border guards, police and territorial defence units - as well as a number of civilians with young children have been holed up at the site since advancing Russian troops encircled Mariupol in early March.\n\nEarlier this month, dozens of civilians were evacuated from Mariupol to both Russia-controlled and Ukraine-controlled territory.\n\nAt Tuesday's briefing in Kyiv, Ms Maliar said only that \"we know this number\" when asked about how many Ukrainian fighters were still at the Azovstal site.\n\nThe sprawling four-square-mile complex is a maze of tunnels designed to survive a nuclear war.\n\n\"We understand the scope of the rescue operation, but it is also sensitive information, and it will not be disclosed until the rescue operation is completed,\" she added.\n\nDescribing the fighters as \"our heroes\", Ms Maliar stressed that the operation was the only way to save them, adding that a \"military deblockade\" was simply impossible.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn his video address on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian military, intelligence and negotiating teams, as well as the Red Cross and the UN, were involved in the evacuation operation. \"Ukraine needs its heroes alive,\" he said.\n\nHowever, he cautioned that the Ukrainian troops might not be freed immediately and warned that negotiations over their release would require \"delicacy and time\".\n\nUkrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko told the BBC it was essential that the deal struck with Russia, with the help of the Red Cross and the UN, went through and the soldiers were exchanged. Otherwise, she said, \"the fate of these very brave men will be absolutely unknown and will be in Russian hands, which is far from an ideal situation\".\n\nRussian President Vladimir Putin said Ukrainian soldiers evacuated from the steel plant would be treated \"in line with the relevant international laws\".\n\nHowever, Russia's lawmakers on Tuesday put forward plans to declare Azov regiment fighters \"Nazi criminals\" who must not be part of any prisoner swap with Ukraine.\n\nThe Azov regiment, set up as a volunteer militia in 2014 but now a National Guard unit, once had links to the far right.\n\nMeanwhile, the office of Russia's prosecutor general has asked the country's Supreme Court to declare the unit a \"terrorist organisation\" in an apparent attempt to prevent its fighters being treated as conventional prisoners of war.\n\nIn a separate development, both Ukraine and Russia on Tuesday admitted that peace talks were currently on hold, blaming each other for this.\n\nDo you have any questions about the war in Ukraine? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall arrived in St John's on Tuesday\n\nThe Prince of Wales has vowed to listen to and learn from Canada as it starts a process of reconciliation with indigenous communities.\n\nPrince Charles and Camilla arrived in Canada, of which the Queen is head of state, on Tuesday as part of a three-day jubilee tour.\n\nThe royal couple began their visit by meeting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.\n\nCanada is addressing a national scandal which saw indigenous children die in the school system.\n\nAhead of the trip, there had been calls for the Queen to apologise over the issue.\n\nSpeaking after a formal welcome to St John's, in the east of the country, the prince addressed dignitaries, saying: \"We must find new ways to come to terms with darker and more difficult aspects of the past.\"\n\nPrince Charles is on a three-day tour of the nation to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee\n\nThe royal couple observed a moment of silence to honour indigenous children who attended residential schools\n\nHe said: \"I know that our visit here this week comes at an important moment - with indigenous and non-indigenous peoples across Canada committing to reflect honestly and openly on the past and to forge a new relationship for the future.\"\n\nThe prince added that he and Camilla \"look forward to listening to you and learning about the future you are working to build\".\n\nA national reckoning over Canada's legacy of residential schools was prompted last year by the discovery of hundreds of human remains in unmarked graves at former church-run schools. Indigenous children had been forcibly relocated to the institutions for generations.\n\nThe government-funded boarding schools were part of a policy which attempted to assimilate indigenous children and destroy indigenous cultures and languages.\n\nThe royal couple met representatives of local communities in Newfoundland and Labrador\n\nThe royal couple's tour, which begins in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, will see them travel to Ottawa and Yellowknife, the capital city of the Northwest Territories.\n\nPope Francis plans to visit Canada this summer to apologise for the abuse suffered by indigenous people at the hands of the Catholic Church.", "The theatre has often been described as the heart of the city\n\nAfter almost three months of relentless assault, Mariupol has fallen. Ukraine's military says its combat mission in the besieged port is over. More than any other Ukrainian city, Mariupol has come to symbolise the ferocious brutality of Russia's assault and the stubbornness of Ukraine's resistance.\n\nOn Wednesday 23 February, Ivan Stanislavsky left his camera bag at the office. He was on his way to see the layout of his new book on Mariupol's Soviet-era murals at a colleague's house, and didn't want to lug the gear around. He could always pick it up the next day.\n\nBut on Thursday, as he stood in the street outside his locked and deserted office, he could hear thunderous sounds rolling in from the east. The city was under fire.\n\nAs the conflict intensified, and gunfire became audible to the west too, Ivan moved his mattress into the hall. He piled up his large collection of art books - including the Encyclopaedia of Ukrainian Rock Music - against the windows of his flat in the district of Primorsky.\n\n\"Let's say it was not a waste of a library,\" says the 36-year-old photographer, who is also a press officer at Ukrainian premier league football club FC Mariupol.\n\nIvan Stanislavsky loved to photograph his city of Mariupol\n\nAcross town in the neighbourhood of Kalmiusky, businessman Yevhen was also taking precautions. The 47-year-old had told his family to pack so they could escape the city. But when he returned from the office, he found no packing had been done. His family refused to leave.\n\nIn an apartment in the same block, metallurgists from the nearby steelworks, Nataliia, 43, and Andrii, 41, were already slicing the last two loaves they had been able to buy, leaving them to dry out so they could eat them piece by piece over the weeks ahead.\n\nThe Illich steel plant dominates this view of Mariupol\n\nVolodymyr, a 52-year-old paramedic in Kalmiusky, was also in his kitchen, trying to absorb the news. When reports came in of Russians marching through the village of Chonhar - on a strategic road out of Crimea to the west - he choked. This was a coordinated attack, he realised.\n\nThe ambulance dispatcher was on the phone. She instructed Volodymyr to ignore routine calls. \"Find the wounded\", he was told.\n\nTwenty-two-year-old engineering graduate Mariia thought the first explosion she heard was simply a storm. Then she heard a second.\n\n\"We didn't know what to do,\" says Mariia, who like Ivan, lived in Primorsky. \"I didn't have time to think about my future, my plans. I had to think about what I'd eat and drink... [And] what to do with the cats.\"\n\nIt suddenly dawned on her why, in the past few days, soldiers had appeared in the paint shop where she worked, asking to buy blue and yellow tape. They needed it to mark their uniforms.\n\nFour days into the war, with the fighting closing in, Ivan and his wife sought shelter in a basement underneath his local supermarket. It offered good protection, and Ivan found that the muffling of sound dulled his sense of mounting anxiety.\n\nDaily life was being stripped down to bare essentials.\n\n\"We lived like primitive people,\" he told the BBC from Lviv, where he has now fled. \"We broke trees, made fires, cooked food on fires. I even heard of people eating pigeons.\"\n\nHe watched as order gradually broke down all around him. He kept a vivid diary, later published online.\n\n\"The Stone Age has arrived,\" he says in his 6 March entry.\n\nHe writes of watching his fellow Ukrainian citizens raiding abandoned shops, making off with everything from computers and freezers to swimsuits and underwear.\n\nOne evening a drunk woman interrupts a session of evening gossip in the basement. \"Treat yourself,\" she says, as a flashlight revealed a bottle of Californian Merlot, taken from Wines of the World on nearby Italiiska Street.\n\nBut aware that even medical supplies and cash tills were being taken, Ivan says he felt disgust.\n\n\"We are our own worst enemies,\" he writes.\n\nBut is this, he wonders, how the fittest survive? After a while, each day became a \"combat mission\".\n\nOver a few short weeks, Mariupol fell apart. The Russian military laid siege to the city, attacking power and water supplies. A Russian airstrike hit the maternity hospital on 9 March, and a plane bombed its theatre - clearly marked as a civilian shelter - a week later.\n\nIvan was stunned at how quickly it all happened.\n\nThe theatre after it was bombed\n\n\"The whole city, all its infrastructure, supply system, logistics, energy supply were destroyed in a matter of days,\" he says.\n\nSitting underground at night, he sensed people becoming passive.\n\n\"You can only wait in the shelter,\" he writes in his diary. \"Some are waiting for spring, some - for the morning to come, some - for the end of the war. And someone is waiting for the bomb to come and kill everyone.\"\n\nAnd all this just as Mariupol had seemed destined to turn a corner. Money began to pour in, adding lustre to a city previously associated mainly with heavy industry - and war.\n\n\"It was a city aspiring to something,\" Ivan says. It hadn't always been this way.\n\nLong before this year's invasion, Mariupol had a ringside seat to Ukraine's simmering conflict with Russian-backed separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk, the two regions that make up the neighbouring area known as Donbas.\n\nAn activist guards a barricade outside the Mariupol government building seized by pro-Russia activists on 17 April 2014\n\nWhen fighting first broke out there in 2014, the government briefly lost control of Mariupol after clashes with pro-Russian protesters. In January 2015, a devastating rocket attack by the rebels on the eastern edge of the city killed almost 30 civilians.\n\nEven though the war gradually receded, the sound of artillery booming in the distance was part of Mariupol's daily soundscape.\n\nBut the city moved on. The Ukrainian government briefly made Mariupol the administrative capital of the Donetsk Oblast. People migrated from rebel-held areas and the city started attracting investment.\n\n\"It started receiving all of the resources and all of the attention,\" Ivan says.\n\nA view of Mariupol along its coast\n\nPublic buildings were renovated, cafés opened, and new parks created. In a podcast last October, the city's mayor Vadym Boychenko boasted of creating the best municipal services in the country, opening an IT school, and promoting contemporary art and sports.\n\nPlans were afoot, he said, for the largest water park in Ukraine and a version of Disneyland \"which will probably be called Mariland\". In fact, Mariupol was declared Ukraine's \"Big Capital of Culture\" in 2021.\n\nBut while Mariupol flourished, rebel-held Donetsk mouldered. When the rebels returned to Mariupol, Volodymyr, the paramedic, believed they were driven by revenge to destroy the city.\n\n\"'If we live in shit, then you will live in shit as well,'\" Volodymyr says they told him at a checkpoint as he finally escaped the city. \"They just looked at us and envied how we lived.\"\n\nVolodymyr thinks the Russian-backed separatists were motivated by revenge\n\nYevhen, the businessman, describes life in Mariupol in the past five years as \"a fairytale\". \"The city was being reconstructed,\" he says, \"all roads were renovated, public transport was improved.\"\n\nHis buildings restoration firm was responsible, among other projects, for the reconstruction of Mariupol's iconic water tower in time for the city's 240th birthday.\n\n\"This is a city of hard workers… It was hard for me to explain that my workers should finish at 6pm - they wanted to work longer.\"\n\nLike many others, weekends would be spent with family in the city's revived parks or on the seafront.\n\n\"For me, this is a [key] question - if you want to capture the city, why destroy it? [The Russians] don't need thinking people, they need territory,\" he says.\n\nAnd, he adds, he is now getting calls from the Russians to return to Mariupol to help rebuild it.\n\n\"But if Mariupol is occupied by Russia, there will be no future there… there will be nothing to live for. To live in unrecognised territory is to bury your children's future.\"\n\nAbout 150,000 people remain in the city, from a population of almost half a million. Most of those left there, he says, are also trying to escape.\n\n\"I left Mariupol but my soul is there,\" he says, tears in his eyes.\n\nBusinessman Yevhen is already getting calls from Russians to rebuild Mariupol\n\nNataliia and her husband Andrii worked at the Illich plant, one of two iron and steel works which tower over the city's skyline and loom large in Ivan Stanilavsky's photographs.\n\nThey spent long days at work, and leisure time was precious.\n\n\"The city authorities laid out marble tiles, made piers [so that] it was possible to sit on a bench right in the sea,\" Andrii says.\n\n\"It was a wonderful warm city with parks, concerts, fountains,\" his wife says. \"A European city.\"\n\nThis recent blossoming was captured by Ivan, but as a photographer with a passion for his city's past, his pet project was documenting Mariupol's remarkable collection of Soviet murals, one of the most extensive in Ukraine.\n\nThe cultural importance of preserving such remarkable works seems undeniable, but in Mariupol nostalgia for the Soviet Union jostled uneasily with Ukraine's modern, increasingly European identity, Ivan says.\n\n\"Politics was already preventing this cultural heritage from being integrated into Ukraine's artistic context,\" he says.\n\nSo inevitably, when the war came, culture found itself fought over too.\n\nOn 28 April, Mariupol's city council denounced the alleged theft by Russia of more than 2,000 exhibits from the city's museums, including ancient icons, a handwritten Torah scroll and more than 200 medals.\n\nThe director of Mariupol's Local History Museum, Natalia Kapustnikova, later told Russian newspaper Izvestia that she had personally handed over paintings to the Russians by Ivan Aivazovsky and Arkhip Kuindzhi, and claimed that Ukrainian \"nationalists\" had burned 95% of the museum's exhibits.\n\nShe wasn't the only local official harbouring pro-Russian sentiments. On 9 April, Ukraine's prosecutor general charged a member of Mariupol's city council, Kostyantyn Ivashchenko, with treason after he was declared mayor by pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk.\n\nIvashchenko's pro-Russian party had been well supported in the city's last elections, coming second, while President Volodymyr Zelensky's party came a distant fifth place.\n\nIn a poll conducted just before the elections by the Kyiv-based Centre for Social Indicators, almost half the city's population identified themselves as \"Russian\", though 80% also described themselves as \"Ukrainian\".\n\nMore tellingly, perhaps, fewer than 20% self-identified as \"European\", while more than 50% said they were \"Soviet\".\n\nMariia says that after the invasion she began to hate all things Russian\n\nNataliia, whose father is Russian, says she asked her husband for forgiveness when the bombing started. \"I was ashamed that I was Russian.\"\n\nMariia, the engineer, says that before the war her first language was Russian, but when the bombing began \"I started to hate all things Russian - language, movies, objects\".\n\nMariupol's complex identity is hardly unique in today's Ukraine, a country which formed an integral part of the Soviet Union until the collapse of communism at the end of the 1980s. And it's doubtful that any of those who described themselves as \"Russian\" or \"Soviet\" wanted to see their city destroyed in a violent effort to pull it back into Moscow's orbit.\n\nIronically, when the moment arrived to defend the city from Russian invaders, it was another part of Mariupol's Soviet-era legacy that came to play an almost iconic role.\n\nThis legacy, buried deep underground, is the maze of bunkers beneath Mariupol's other steel works, Azovstal, built by the Soviet authorities during the Cold War.\n\nThe 36 bomb shelters provided room for more than 12,000 people. After independence in 1991, no-one thought that much about them. But then the fighting in 2014 began.\n\n\"We started thinking about what we would do if fighting spread further into the city,\" Enver Tskitishvili, Azovstal's director general, says.\n\nTraining on the use of the bunkers and their connecting tunnels went on every day for years.\n\nIn early February, as the fear of renewed conflict loomed larger, preparations swung into high gear. Food and water were brought in the week before Russia's invasion.\n\nOfficials at the plant knew the bomb shelters would soon be occupied, but had little idea that Azovstal, surrounded by water on three sides, would become the scene of Mariupol's last stand.\n\nAn injured Ukrainian serviceman inside the Azovstal iron and steel works factory\n\nAs the days went by, the war got closer and closer to Ivan Stanislavsky's apartment. Excursions in search of food, even to the nearby Dzerkalnyy store, just 400m up the road, were increasingly perilous. Sometimes, a Ukrainian mortar team would arrive by truck, fire off a few rounds, and leave before the inevitable Russian reply.\n\nThere was little communication between civilians and soldiers.\n\nOne day, a tank from the Azov Regiment arrived near Dzerkalnyy, sending locals running, fearful of an impending battle. The regiment emerged in 2014 as a highly effective volunteer militia with far right and, in some cases, neo-Nazi affiliations, before being folded into Ukraine's National Guard.\n\nVladimir Putin has made extensive use of the Azov's controversial origins, in an effort to bolster his argument that he is trying to \"de-Nazify\" Ukraine. Ukrainian authorities say the regiment's origins are a thing of the past and points out that far-right parties have had very little electoral success.\n\nIn his diary Ivan describes the members he knows as a motley assortment of Mariupol natives - bikers, lawyers, football hooligans, and an amateur actor - driven not by ideology, but by a fierce hatred of those who were trying to ruin their lives.\n\n\"Together they formed a 'Nazi' battalion and intimidated the entire Russian army,\" he writes.\n\nIntimidating and effective, but not enough, eventually, to stem the Russian tide.\n\nWhile the city's defenders fought their losing battle, Ivan heard voices in his basement starting to curse President Zelensky for leaving Mariupol to its own devices.\n\nPresident Volodymyr Zelensky (L) and children play in a fountain during his first official visit to Mariupol on 15 June 2019\n\nFor all the praise heaped on the city's defenders, it was clear from the start that Mariupol was not the government's main priority. Faced with Russian threats on a number of fronts, the Zelensky government chose to secure the capital, thwarting what was arguably Vladimir Putin's top priority.\n\nUltimately, that meant letting Russian forces achieve another of their pre-war goals: the establishment of a land corridor between Crimea - annexed by Moscow in 2014 - and the separatists in the Donbas.\n\nBut for those trapped in the city, fighting or just trying to survive, it was a bitter pill.\n\n\"Some say Mariupol was given the status of a hero city,\" Ivan wrote in his diary on 13 March.\n\n\"It looks like the award will be posthumous.\"\n\nIvan's photo of the inside of the water tower\n\nBy now, Ivan couldn't stand any more. Outside Dzerkalnyy supermarket, he saw corpses neatly stacked under a wall. People who once queued for food were now in \"the queue of the dead\", waiting to be buried.\n\nSo on 15 March Ivan bundled four family members and his cat into his miraculously unscathed Skoda Fabia and joined a convoy for the tortuous journey north-west to government-held Zaporizhzhia.\n\nAt an observation point on Markelova St looking towards the port and the beach, Ivan allowed himself a brief moment of reflection.\n\n\"In my head I'm saying goodbye to this place,\" he writes in his diary. \"I have a feeling we will never return here.\"\n\nA day later, Mariia and five relatives also left by car, carrying just personal belongings and the family's dog. As they made their way out of Mariupol, their convoy came under attack and the cars had to accelerate out of danger, headed first to Zaporizhzhia, then to Dnipro.\n\nThe following day, Nataliia and Andreii left, after a neighbour offered them a space in his car. The couple eventually reached the city of Khmelnytskyi where they have been selling the family's coin collection in order to survive.\n\nIn that same convoy, Yevhen travelled with his wife and two other relatives. He's now in Dnipro, helping other residents who escaped Mariupol, and trying to reach those who remain.\n\nThe apartment block where Ivan lived has been destroyed\n\nVolodymyr, the paramedic, stayed in Mariupol as long as he could, to look after his elderly mother. But deprived of food and special medicine, she died. He then left the city on 21 April, and is volunteering at a hospital in Dnipro.\n\n\"There are thousands and thousands of families like mine,\" he says. \"How many people have died? How many families have been lost?\"\n\nTwo months after escaping, Ivan is still watching the death throes of Mariupol from the relative safety of Lviv.\n\nIn his diary's poignant epilogue, he writes of flashbacks, text messages about deaths or lucky escapes, and phone calls that go unanswered.\n\n\"The subscriber is out of range.\"\n\nWith additional reporting by Kateryna Khinkulova and Illia Tolstov", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nTens of thousands of Rangers fans are in Seville for one of the biggest matches in the club's history.\n\nPolice expected up to 100,000 supporters of the Glasgow team to travel to the Spanish city for the Europa League final.\n\nThey were joined by 50,000 fans of German side Eintracht Frankfurt.\n\nThe vast majority of those who have travelled did not have tickets for the game in the 42,700-capacity Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan.\n\nOnly 9,500 tickets were originally sold to Rangers fans, although more are believed to have been made available in recent days.\n\nTicketless Rangers fans are able to watch the match at the 57,000-capacity Estadio La Cartuja in the north of the city - where Celtic lost the 2003 Uefa Cup final to Porto.\n\nFormer Rangers captain John Greig, who led the team to victory in the European Cup Winners' Cup Final in Barcelona in 1972, wrote an open letter to fans ahead of the final urging them to be \"ambassadors\" and show the \"absolute best\" of the club.\n\nHe added: \"To see Rangers in a European final is something many of us thought would not be possible again, and I've been so taken by the incredible lengths you are going to in order to reach Seville to back the team out there.\n\n\"It is vital that we all act responsibly and remember the values that this institution stands for.\"\n\nSeville Police said they were prepared for large numbers of supporters in the city for the match - which kicked off at 20:00 - with about 5,000 officers on duty.\n\nMany bars in Seville are closed on Wednesday, but fans are able to watch the game on big screens around the city.\n\nInjured Rangers striker Alfredo Morelos mingled with adoring fans in the city centre\n\nMore than 400 flights arrived in the city on Tuesday, with a similar number - including 16 charter flights from Glasgow Airport - expected on Wednesday, with trains and coaches travelling to the city also full.\n\nThere was a carnival atmosphere on the streets ahead of the match, with the BBC's Lorna Gordon saying she had seen lots of good-natured exchanges between the two sets of fans.\n\nShe added: \"The great and the good from Rangers are urging fans to be ambassadors and do their absolute best for the club - and they are\".\n\nRangers fans have travelled from across the globe to watch the final, with some travelling from as far as Australia despite not having tickets.\n\nBrian, originally from Nairn, spent 40 hours travelling to Seville from Sydney. He bought a match ticket on Tuesday for 1,600 euros (about £1,350) and reckons he has spent about £5,000 on the trip so far.\n\n\"And that doesn't include any drinks, so you can double that!\" he told BBC Scotland. \"It is money well spent. I didn't travel from Australia not to see the game.\n\n\"I am 54, I have been a Rangers fan my whole life and will probably never see this again in my lifetime.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAmong those lucky enough to have tickets for the game were Zac Smith, 11, his 10-year-old brother Tom and their twin 14-year-old cousins Jack and Adam - the grandsons of legendary Rangers manager Walter Smith, who died last year.\n\nAll four are too young to remember their papa leading the club into their last final in 2008, with Zac predicting a 2-0 win this time around.\n\nHe added: \"Rangers have made it this far in the tournament playing amazing teams and I think Rangers will beat Frankfurt.\n\n\"It has been amazing. I've never experienced this with Rangers - it's mind blowing.\n\n\"Obviously my papa made it to the final and didn't win it - we're trying to make up for that today\".\n\nThe boys only found out after school last Friday that they would be going to the match, with Jack saying his grandfather would have been \"having a blast\" among the Rangers fans.\n\nThey've come in from every conceivable direction. The multiple charters out of Glasgow are the least of it.\n\nSome have scrambled to Seville via Marrakesh in Morocco, others have gone Glasgow-Gatwick-Bilbao-Seville, Glasgow-Luton-Lisbon-Seville, Edinburgh-Bergamo-Milan-Madrid-Seville.\n\nThere are tales of expats coming up from the Southern Hemisphere. The Rainbow Hot Air Balloon company took calls from folk wondering if they could book something to get them to Spain. The owners thought it was a wind-up at first. It wasn't.\n\nThere are hundreds if not thousands of stories knocking about and they will become legend if Rangers beat Eintracht Frankfurt on Wednesday night.\n\nThey'll be passed down the generations, some real, some exaggerated or invented, but magnificent nonetheless. \"My granda cycled to Seville with his big mate Archie on the handlebars.\"\n\nThere's a fantastic madness to it all, a uniqueness. This is Rangers' second European final in half a century. Who knows when they are going to be in another one and how many of their fans who have made this trip will be alive to see it.\n\nRangers were last in a European final in 2008, when they lost 2-0 to Russian side Zenit St Petersburg in the Uefa Cup final in Manchester.\n\nThey have now reached five finals, which is as many as every other Scottish side combined.\n\nThe Scottish club has already knocked out German giants Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig on their route to the final, and will be looking to add Eintracht Frankfurt to that list as they attempt to win a major European trophy for the second time in their history.\n\nThis will be Eintracht's third European final. They lost in the 1960 European Cup against Real Madrid at Hampden before beating Borussia Monchengladbach to lift the 1980 Uefa Cup.\n\nThe German side are unbeaten in this season's tournament, and have defeated Barcelona and West Ham United in previous rounds.\n\nFans have travelled from as far as Australia to watch in the match in Seville\n\nRangers fans queued at Glasgow Airport before boarding charter flights to Seville on Wednesday morning\n\nClifford Stott, a professor in crowd psychology at Keele University, told BBC Radio Scotland there would be an added challenge for the police in Seville because the largest crowds would be at neighbouring stadiums where the match is being shown on big screens.\n\nProf Stott said that Spanish policing could be \"quite provocative and very heavy handed\" but officers would need to address \"the legitimate ambitions of the vast bulk of supporters coming across\" rather than just looking out for any troublemakers.\n\nFive Eintracht Frankfurt fans were arrested for disorder on Tuesday evening, with one Rangers fan treated for a head injury - but police said there were no serious injuries.\n\nMeanwhile, large numbers of Rangers fans who have not travelled to Spain are expected to gather in the centre of Glasgow on Wednesday evening.\n\nPolice Scotland said they would do everything they could to reduce disruption, with the city council saying it had removed memorial benches in George Square, some of which were damaged last year during celebrations of Rangers' Scottish Premiership title triumph last year.", "Stephen Doughty apologised \"unreservedly\" for any error he made\n\nSouth Wales Police has been asked to re-examine why it treated a man who was cautioned for supplying diazepam to an MP differently to the politician himself.\n\nLabour's Stephen Doughty admitted last year asking Byron Long for the prescription-only drug on one occasion.\n\nThe Cardiff South and Penarth MP has not been cautioned.\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) says it has now partly upheld a complaint from Mr Long.\n\nSouth Wales Police said it could not comment.\n\nMr Long, 63, complained to South Wales Police, which told him it took no action against Mr Doughty because the allegation he possessed a controlled drug \"cannot be proved in these circumstances\".\n\nBut in a letter to Mr Long, the IOPC says this \"does not appear to be borne out by the available evidence\".\n\nEvidence suggests an \"inconsistency in the manner in which you were dealt with by South Wales Police, following your admission of being concerned in the supply of a controlled drug, and Mr Doughty's apparent acknowledgement regarding obtaining a controlled drug, which did not result in further investigative lines of enquiry\".\n\nA police investigation \"should address the apparent difference in the outcomes experienced by Mr Long and Mr Doughty\", it says.\n\nIt adds that the police \"may wish to take into consideration Mr Long's belief that Mr Doughty was treated differently due to his status as an MP, and also due to a personal relationship with Alun Michael\".\n\nSouth Wales Police Commissioner Alun Michael has denied any involvement in the case\n\nMr Doughty denied Mr Long's claim that he gave him pills at up to 20 meetings in a Cardiff coffee shop, saying it only happened once.\n\nLast May, the MP apologised \"unreservedly for any error he made\".\n\nVia a spokesperson, he said at the time that he asked his \"friend\" Mr Long for \"a few spare diazepam\" in 2019 ahead of a flight because he had not been able to see a GP.\n\nLast October, Mr Doughty was cleared of breaking the MPs' code of conduct.\n\nIn a report, the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards said the MP \"was complicit in a criminal offence\", but that the police took no action and that there was only evidence that he received diazepam once.\n\nLabour's Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales, Alun Michael, has also denied any involvement in the case.\n\nIt follows reports that, in his complaint, Mr Long asked whether no action was taken against Mr Doughty because of his connections to Mr Michael.\n\nIn a statement, the commissioner said: \"Stephen Doughty's father has been a friend and colleague over many years.\n\n\"Stephen was selected by members of the local Labour party, not by me, and elected by the constituents of Cardiff South and Penarth.\n\n\"I can say categorically that I have had no involvement whatsoever in the police handling of the case.\"\n\nIn a statement the IOPC said: \"We can confirm that we have partly upheld a review over the handling of a complaint by South Wales Police.\n\n\"We have decided that a further investigation by the force into aspects of the complaint is necessary, including addressing a difference in outcomes for the individuals involved.\n\n\"While we have advised that South Wales Police should review its decision-making process, we cannot and have not asked the force to conduct a criminal investigation.\"\n\nSouth Wales Police said: \"The matter has been referred back to South Wales Police and while it is ongoing it would inappropriate to comment further at this time.\"\n\nA Labour Party spokesman said Mr Doughty had nothing to add to previous statements.\n\nPossession of diazepam, which is a class C drug without a prescription, carries a maximum sentence of two years in prison.\n\nIt is available on prescription only and is used to treat anxiety, muscle spasms and fits.\n• None MP sorry for asking constituent for diazepam", "An unnamed Conservative MP has been arrested on suspicion of rape and sexual assault.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police confirmed a man was in custody over allegations dating back to between 2002 and 2009.\n\nThe Conservative Party said he had been asked by the chief whip not to attend Parliament while an investigation is ongoing.\n\nThe man also faces allegations of an abuse of position of trust and misconduct in a public office.\n\nA Met Police spokesman would not confirm the identity of the man or if he was an MP, but published a statement, saying: \"In January 2020, the Met received a report relating to alleged sexual offences having been committed between 2002 and 2009.\n\n\"The offences are alleged to have occurred in London.\"\n\nHe added: \"A man... was arrested on suspicion of indecent assault, sexual assault, rape, abuse of position of trust and misconduct in public office.\"\n\nThe Conservative Whips office, which is responsible for party discipline, confirmed they had asked the MP to stay away from Parliament amid the investigation.\n\nThe office's spokesperson said: \"The Chief Whip has asked that the MP concerned does not attend the Parliamentary Estate while an investigation is ongoing. Until the conclusion of the investigation we will not be commenting further.\"\n\nThe Met said the investigation was ongoing and being led by officers from the Central Specialist Crime unit.", "Amber Heard in court on 17 May\n\nJohnny Depp's legal team has accused Amber Heard of using drugs, striking him and manipulating photos she has used as evidence of his alleged abuse.\n\nMs Heard, 36, was being cross-examined about her allegations that Mr Depp could be violent while using alcohol and drugs.\n\nThe 58-year-old actor is suing his ex-wife for $50m (£40m) for a column she wrote in which she claimed to be a victim of domestic abuse.\n\nHe has denied ever assaulting her.\n\nMr Depp's lawyers cross-examined Ms Heard on her version of events related to a lengthy 2015 argument between the former couple, which took place while in Australia.\n\nThat argument has been raised repeatedly over the course of the trial.\n\nMr Depp has claimed his ex-wife severed his fingertip by throwing a vodka bottle at him. Ms Heard has told jurors that Mr Depp sexually violated her with a bottle.\n\nIn court on Tuesday, Mr Depp's lawyer questioned why Ms Heard did not seek medical attention despite claiming she suffered cuts and bruises during the chaotic fight.\n\n\"You're the one who assaulted someone with a bottle in Australia, isn't that right Ms Heard,\" attorney Camille Vasquez said.\n\nIn response, Ms Heard said that she \"didn't assault Johnny, ever\".\n\nBut she did acknowledge that she struck Mr Depp on several instances, which she said happened after \"years of not defending myself\". She made similar statements on Monday, saying she \"reactively\" hit him during physical altercations.\n\nJurors were also shown an extract from a journal - which Ms Heard described as \"love notes\" - in which she appears to have apologised to Mr Depp.\n\n\"I'm sorry I can get crazy. I'm sorry I hurt you,\" she wrote. \"I can get wicked when I'm hurt\".\n\nExplaining the entry, Ms Heard said that \"it's important to apologise when you're trying to move past fights\".\n\nJurors also heard audio in which Ms Heard can be telling her then husband that \"she gets so mad, she loses it\" and that she can't promise \"she won't get physical\".\n\nMs Vasquez also questioned the veracity of a May 2016 photograph that Ms Heard has said shows the aftermath of Mr Depp's alleged physical abuse.\n\n\"Isn't it true you just edited these photographs?\" Ms Vasquez said.\n\nDuring the gruelling cross-examination, jurors were also shown an itinerary for the couple's wedding, which included plans for a \"dance party and drugs and music\".\n\nMs Heard has repeatedly characterised Mr Depp's drug use as problematic and a source of tension in their marriage.\n\n\"So, your original idea was to do drugs on an island after your rehearsal dinner to the drug-fueled monster that you were about to marry?\" Ms Vasquez asked.\n\nIn response, Ms Heard said it was a draft itinerary and that there was \"going to be weed\" at the event. She also admitted to drug use on her 30th birthday.\n\nOver several days of testimony earlier this month, Ms Heard repeatedly said that Mr Depp had attempted to control her career, did not like her taking on new roles, and sometimes became jealous of her co-stars.\n\nDuring cross-examination, Ms Vasquez accused Ms Heard of being the \"jealous one\", who had landed her role in the high-profile Aquaman film thanks to Mr Depp.\n\n\"No, Ms Vasquez, I got that role by auditioning,\" she responded.\n\nMr Depp's defamation case against his former wife hinges on a 2018 opinion piece in the Washington Post newspaper in which she described herself as a victim of abuse, though the piece did not name Mr Depp.\n\nShe has countersued him for $100m.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Amber Heard and Johnny Depp - the trial so far, in their own words", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Finances: 'Could your family live on £1,200 a month?'\n\nA police officer has told the home secretary of her struggle to survive due to rising living costs.\n\nDet Con Vicky Knight of North Wales Police outlined her finances at the annual Police Federation conference.\n\nGiving an example of a probationary officer's pay, she said Priti Patel was shocked when she asked her if she could live on £1,200 a month.\n\nMs Patel said pay and conditions was something she was \"committed\" to working with the federation on.\n\nDet Con Knight - who has 23 years of service - described how she had to borrow from her mother to pay for school dinners and fuel for her car as she had no money left at the end of the month.\n\nAfter paying professional subscriptions and pension, she said she takes home £2,300 a month and works overtime twice a month to \"make ends meet\".\n\nBecause wages are measured before pension deductions, she does not receive any support apart from child family allowance.\n\nShe told the conference: \"Apart from that I'm on my own.\"\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel has been urged to increase police officers' wages\n\nDescribing how she is paid \"a couple of hundred pounds a month more than the workers in McDonald's flipping burgers\", Det Con Knight said that ahead of her most recent pay day she had to borrow £40 from her mother so she could put fuel in her car and buy food for her son's school lunches \"because I had no money left at the end of the month\".\n\nShe was met with applause when she said: \"I work with the most vulnerable members of our community and I love my job.\n\n\"However, if the rate of interest goes up and I can't pay my mortgage and I can't pay the fuel, I'm not going to be able to continue to come to work.\n\n\"I went to see an accountant and the advice was 'leave the police, work for 22 hours a week and claim benefits and you will be better off'. How can that be right?\n\n\"I tell this story not because I'm here for sympathy, I just want to be heard. I stand here to represent myself and many people in the force that are like me.\n\n\"We are desperately struggling to do the job that we love and to make ends meet at home. So I need you to be on our team and to help us, to represent us... to get us fair pay.\"\n\nDet Con Vicky Knight asked Priti Patel whether she could survive on a probationary officer's wages\n\nMr Cooke was met with cheers from the audience when he told Ms Patel: \"It's about time you and your colleagues put your money where your mouth is and did something about the terrible state that our colleagues are finding themselves in.\"\n\nMs Patel thanked Det Con Knight for sharing her story, adding: \"I think it just really illustrates so strongly and powerfully why we need to actually find solutions to pay issues and actually give you the support that you rightly deserve.\n\n\"We have to move this forward. You have that commitment from me, you absolutely do.\"", "Nearly half of the new nurses and midwives registered to work in the UK in the past year have come from abroad.\n\nThe total - more than 23,000 - is a record high and comes as the UK has struggled to increase the number of home-grown nurses joining the register.\n\nNurse leaders questioned whether international recruitment on this scale was sustainable.\n\nThe Nursing and Midwifery Council data for 2021-22 also showed the numbers leaving the profession had risen.\n\nMore than 27,000 left the register last year, up 13% on the year before and reversing a downward trend in leavers over recent years.\n\nIn many ways this was always expected as significant numbers of staff put off retirement to help out in the emergency phase of the pandemic.\n\nAnd retirement was certainly the main factor - more than four in 10 cited this - although nearly one in five also blamed too much pressure.\n\nOverall the numbers on the register, which also includes a small number of nursing associates, rose by nearly 26,500 to more than 758,000, the highest number ever. One in five are from abroad.\n\nNearly all of the international recruits that have arrived in the past year were trained in countries from outside Europe - before Brexit Europe supplied more than the rest of the world. India and the Philippines are the countries which are supplying the most.\n\nThe register covers those qualified to work in the UK - it is not the same as the numbers working in the NHS. Currently around one in 10 nursing posts are unfilled.\n\nNursing and Midwifery Council chief executive Andrea Sutcliffe said it was \"good news\" that the register was at the highest level ever, given the pressures of the past two years.\n\nBut she added that there were some \"warning signs\", saying the numbers leaving because of work pressure was troubling.\n\nAnd she said the extent to which the UK had become reliant on internationally trained staff was another \"note of caution\".\n\n\"These professionals make a welcome and vital contribution, but we can't take them for granted.\"\n\nShe said the supply of international recruits could always be disrupted by global events or even another pandemic.\n\nRoyal College of Nursing general secretary Pat Cullen questioned the sustainability and ethics of such a level of recruitment from abroad, and called for increased investment in domestic training and better pay for staff.\n\nThe government said the NHS followed ethical recruitment practices, by not recruiting from a red list of countries which have declared shortages of health care staff.\n\nAll parts of the UK have set out plans to increase the number of nurses and midwives in the NHS.\n\nThere are signs that is having an impact on domestic supply routes. The overall number of nurses currently in training has started to rise after the reintroduction of some funding support for student nurses in England in 2020, three years after bursaries were scrapped.\n\nIn theory that should boost the domestic supply route.\n\nHealth Secretary Sajid Javid said the overall rise in nurse numbers was pleasing - and continued progress would help England achieve the government's manifesto promise to recruit 50,000 more nurses by 2024.\n\n\"I'm determined to continue growing the workforce,\" he added.", "Social media sites are facing criticism for the spread of graphic and far-right material from Saturday's attack in Buffalo, New York.\n\nCampaign group Hope Not Hate called the response \"wholly inadequate\".\n\nThe gunman livestreamed the fatal shooting of 10 people at a Buffalo supermarket on Twitch.\n\nTwitch quickly took down the livestream on Saturday - but Meta and Twitter's moderation remains under scrutiny.\n\nThe platforms say footage from the attack and links to the shooter's manifesto are being actively removed.\n\nThe footage, captured on the gunman's helmet, was duplicated on other streaming sites after Twitch removed it.\n\nWhile 22 viewers watched the stream live on Twitch, the Washington Post reports, a copy uploaded to an alternative streaming site was viewed more than three million times before its removal.\n\nAnd Facebook did not remove a link to the copy for more than 10 hours, by which time it had been shared more than 46,000 times on the platform.\n\nMeta says it is removing and blocking copies of the livestream, the shooter's manifesto and external links to them.\n\nThe Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism's Content Incident Protocol includes sharing digital identifiers of the Buffalo shooter's footage and copies of it in a database, to enable faster removals.\n\nBut Meta says some people have been trying to bypass its policies to post material from the attack online.\n\nHope Not Hate senior researcher Patrik Hermansson said: \"The speed at which the mass shooter's video and manifesto has spread on mainstream social-media platforms is worrying - and moderation of it has proven to be wholly inadequate.\n\n\"For it to spread to as many people as possible, in order to cause fear and inspire others to commit similar attacks, is one of the primary goals of the perpetrator - and he has succeeded in that.\"\n\nIn the wake of the attacks on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2019, which were also livestreamed, technology companies promised more action to limit the spread of terrorist content.\n\nBut Mr Hermansson said what happened in Buffalo suggests more still needs to be done.\n\n\"Despite having had several years to put in place appropriate measures to hinder far-right terror propaganda to be spread virally, it has had little effect,\" he added.\n\nCenter for Countering Digital Hate research found platforms had failed to take action on 90% posts promoting the Great Replacement conspiracy theory cited by the Buffalo shooter.\n\nThe attack proved \"words can kill\", chief executive Imran Ahmed said, and platforms needed to remove \"not just content relating to the shooting but the violent ideology that inspired it\".\n\nA Twitter official said moderators were proactively removing media related to the Buffalo shooting, as per its perpetrators-of-violent-attacks policy. And the company \"may remove\" Tweets sharing the shooter's manifesto and other perpetrator-produced content.\n\n\"We believe the hateful and discriminatory views promoted in content produced by perpetrators are harmful for society and that their dissemination should be limited in order to prevent perpetrators from publicising their message,\" the official said.\n\n\"In line with our glorification-of-violence policy, glorifying, celebrating, praising or condoning violent crimes, violent events where people were targeted because of their membership in a protected group or the perpetrators of such acts is prohibited.\"\n\nThe Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) said it had seen \"significant efforts\" from large social platforms to remove English-language copies of the manifesto and attack footage.\n\nBut versions of the video in languages besides English had received many views prior to removal, \"suggesting that content-moderation efforts are still not creating equal results across geographies\".\n\nISD researchers spotted links to the shooter's manifesto on file-sharing platforms and streaming sites used to spread graphic video footage.\n\n\"It is extremely difficult to prevent all instances of the manifesto and video from being uploaded across the web,\" an ISD official said.\n\n\"The primary issue here is that there are well known sites such as 4chan where users share the latest links to uploads, so even when one is taken down, there will always be other uploads to take its place.\"", "There are more job vacancies than unemployed people in the UK for the first time since records began.\n\nThe unemployment rate fell to 3.7% between January and March, its lowest for almost 50 years, as job openings rose to a new high of 1.3 million.\n\nHowever, wages, excluding bonuses, failed to keep pace with rising prices, a problem expected to intensify because of growing food and fuel costs.\n\nThe figures show \"a mixed picture\" said the Office for National Statistics.\n\nBen Harrison, director of the Work Foundation think tank at Lancaster University, said: \"Despite employment continuing to rise, today's figures underline the challenges facing workers who are seeing inflation eat away at their living standards.\"\n\nThe data showed that there was a rise in the number of people moving from economic inactivity - classed as those aged 16-64 who haven't been working or seeking a job - into employment.\n\nAt the same time, people moving from job-to-job also reached a record high \"driven by resignations rather than dismissals\", said the ONS.\n\n\"Total employment, while up on the quarter, remains below its pre-pandemic level,\" said Darren Morgan, director of economic statistics at the ONS.\n\n\"Since the start of the pandemic, around half a million more people have completely disengaged from the labour market,\" he added.\n\n\"However, job vacancies are still rising, reaching yet another record high.\"\n\nThe situation is \"a nightmare\", said Buddy Love, who along with his wife Kate runs the Flying Fish pub, restaurant and hotel in Somerset.\n\nMr Love said it has taken him six weeks and £2,000 worth of job adverts to find a new chef for his kitchen - and in the end it was word of mouth that delivered the right candidate rather than any advertisement.\n\nBuddy Love runs the Flying Fish pub, restaurant and hotel in Somerset\n\n\"I don't know where these people are,\" said Mr Love, adding that he had offered a good starting salary of £36,000 and perks such as free accommodation to entice the right person.\n\nLuckily, a Romanian couple, who had previously worked in the UK, will soon take up the role as a job share, freeing Mr Love from the kitchen so he can focus on his main job of \"developing the business and making sure it grows\".\n\nPay, excluding bonuses, rose by 4.2% between January and March but failed to keep up with the rising cost of living - which hit 7% in March and is expected to go higher.\n\nIt meant that pay, when adjusted for the impact of rising prices, and excluding bonuses, dropped by 1.2% - the biggest fall since 2013.\n\nSome sectors such as construction and financial services benefitted from bonus payments as firms put up pay to recruit staff, the ONS said. This saw total pay, which includes bonuses, rise by 7% between January and March, keeping pace with rising prices.\n\nMr Morgan said: \"Continued strong bonuses in some sectors such as construction and especially finance mean that total pay is continuing to grow faster than prices on average, but underlying regular earnings are now falling sharply in real terms.\"\n\nIt is a tale of three jobs markets told in these figures.\n\nThe unemployment rate falling to its lowest level in almost half a century is a testament to the full recovery from the losses in the pandemic and the protections put in place over the past two years.\n\nFor many millions in employment however pay, when adjusted for surging inflation, fell by the biggest amount for over 9 years and that is set to get worse.\n\nAnd then for businesses seeking workers - those vacancies reached a new record of close to 1.3 million. This is a reflection of a reduction in the size of the workforce, from post-Brexit worker rules, older workers retiring during the pandemic and a rise in long term sickness.\n\nSo considering the hit from the pandemic, these are a very good set of figures, looking backwards. But they don't yet, except in the real earnings figures, show the impact of the ongoing inflationary economic squeeze.\n\nIndeed, such is the extent of the hit to consumer spending power, the Bank of England and others see the economy heading into recessionary territory and unemployment starting to rise by hundreds of thousands.\n\nThe Government hopes that as many of the remaining jobless can be squeezed into these vacancies. The fear is that this situation is overtaken by the dark inflationary clouds\n\nPay has been failing to keep up with the cost of living for some months, as fuel, energy and food prices surge higher due to the pandemic and Ukraine war.\n\nOfficial data on Wednesday is expected to show another sharp rise in the cost of living for April, reflecting last month's hike in the energy price cap.\n\nThe Bank of England warned earlier this month that the cost crunch is set to leave the UK on the brink of recession, with inflation peaking at over 10% later this year and the jobs market slowing down.\n\nCommenting on the latest figures, Chancellor Rishi Sunak said: \"I understand that these are anxious times for people, but it's reassuring that fewer people are out of work than was previously feared.\"\n\nBut Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Christine Jardine said: \"These figures confirm families are facing a cost of living nightmare, with wages failing to keep up with soaring energy bills and food prices.\"\n\nLooking ahead, Jake Finney, economist at accountancy firm PwC, said the jobless rate could begin to tick higher.\n\n\"We expect that unemployment could start to rise towards the end of this year, as headwinds from the war in Ukraine reduce demand for labour.\n\n\"The delayed impact is because the labour market tends to lag behind the rest of the economy\".", "Mikhail Khodarenok said Russia was in total political isolation\n\nRussia's mainstream media outlets offer a view of the Ukraine war that is unlike anything seen from outside of the country. For a start, they don't even call it a war. But our Russia editor reflects on a rare exchange broadcast on state TV.\n\nIt was an extraordinary piece of television.\n\nThe programme was 60 Minutes, the flagship twice-daily talk show on Russian state TV: studio discussion that promotes the Kremlin line on absolutely everything, including on President Putin's so-called \"special military operation\" in Ukraine.\n\nThe Kremlin still maintains that the Russian offensive is going according to plan.\n\nBut on Monday night, studio guest Mikhail Khodarenok, a military analyst and retired colonel, painted a very different picture.\n\nHe warned that \"the situation [for Russia] will clearly get worse\" as Ukraine receives additional military assistance from the West and that \"the Ukrainian army can arm a million people\".\n\nReferring to Ukrainian soldiers, he noted: \"The desire to defend their motherland very much exists. Ultimate victory on the battlefield is determined by the high morale of troops who are spilling blood for the ideas they are ready to fight for.\n\n\"The biggest problem with [Russia's] military and political situation,\" he continued, \"is that we are in total political isolation and the whole world is against us, even if we don't want to admit it. We need to resolve this situation.\n\n\"The situation cannot be considered normal when against us, there is a coalition of 42 countries and when our resources, military-political and military-technical, are limited.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Steve Rosenberg This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe other guests in the studio were silent. Even the host, Olga Skabeyeva, normally fierce and vocal in her defence of the Kremlin, appeared oddly subdued.\n\nIn many ways, it's a case of \"I told you so\" from Mr Khodarenok. Writing in Russia's Independent Military Review back in February, before Moscow attacked Ukraine, the defence analyst had criticised \"enthusiastic hawks and hasty cuckoos\" for claiming that Russia would easily win a war against Ukraine.\n\nHis conclusion back then: \"An armed conflict with Ukraine is not in Russia's national interests.\"\n\nThe symbol of Russia's \"special military operation\" in Ukraine crops up all over Moscow\n\nCriticism in print is one thing. But on TV - to an audience of millions - that is another level completely. The Kremlin has gone out of its way to control the informational landscape here: shutting down independent Russian news sources and ensuring that television - the principal tool in Russia for shaping public opinion - is on message.\n\nIt is rare to hear such realistic analysis of events on Russian TV.\n\nRare. But not unique. In recent weeks, critical views have appeared on television here. In March, on another popular TV talk show, a Russian filmmaker told the presenter: \"The war in Ukraine paints a frightening picture, it has a very oppressive influence on our society.\"\n\nSo what happened on 60 Minutes? Was this a spontaneous, unprompted and unexpected wake-up call on Ukraine that slipped through the net?\n\nOr was it a planned burst of reality in order to prepare the Russian public for negative news on the progress of the \"special military operation\"?\n\nIt's difficult to say. But as they say on the telly, stay tuned to Russian TV for further signals.", "Emergency workers at the site of the China Eastern Airlines plane crash\n\nFlight data indicates a China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed in March was intentionally put into a nose-dive, according to US media reports.\n\nInvestigators have so far not found any mechanical or technical faults with the jet, the reports say, citing a preliminary assessment by US officials.\n\nThe Boeing 737-800 was flying between the southern Chinese cities of Kunming and Guangzhou when it crashed.\n\nAll 132 passengers and crew on board the plane died in the crash.\n\n\"The plane did what it was told to do by someone in the cockpit,\" according to the Wall Street Journal, which first reported the story, citing a person familiar with US officials' preliminary assessment of the cause of the crash.\n\nData from one of the plane's \"black box\" flight recorders, which was recovered from the crash site, suggested that inputs to the controls pushed the plane into a near-vertical dive, the report said.\n\nABC News, citing US officials, also reported that the crash was believed to have been caused by an intentional act.\n\nInvestigators looking into the crash are examining whether it was due to intentional action on the flight deck, with no evidence found of a technical malfunction, according to Reuters, which cited two people briefed on the matter.\n\nChina Eastern Airlines previously said the three pilots on board were qualified and in good health.\n\nThe airline separately told the Wall Street Journal that there was no indication that any of the pilots was in financial trouble.\n\nChina Eastern Airlines did not immediately respond to a BBC request for comment.\n\nThe Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), which is leading investigations into the crash, also did not immediately respond to a BBC request for comment.\n\nLast month, the CAAC said reports that the plane may have been crashed deliberately had \"gravely misled the public\" and \"interfered with accident investigation work\".\n\nInvestigators are still in the process of analysing flight data and the wreckage from the crash, Chinese state media outlet the Global Times reported on Wednesday.\n\nIt also said the CAAC will continue to \"carry out the accident investigation in a scientific, rigorous and orderly manner\".\n\nThe Chinese embassy in Washington, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), and plane maker Boeing declined to comment on the Wall Street Journal's report, due to guidelines set out by the United Nations' International Civil Aviation Organization.\n\n\"Under the rules regarding crash investigations... only the investigating agency can comment on an open air accident investigation,\" a Boeing spokesperson told the BBC on Wednesday. The company previously said it was assisting investigations in China and communicating with the NTSB.\n\nChinese airlines generally have a good safety record - the last major accident took place 12 years ago.\n\nThe China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed was less than seven years old.", "Volodymyr Zelensky has said an operation to \"save the defenders of Mariupol\" has started, but added the work will require \"discretion and time\".\n\nUkraine's defence ministry says 264 fighters have left the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol and been taken to areas held by Russian-backed rebels.", "Last updated on .From the section Europa League\n\nRangers suffered an agonising penalty shootout defeat in their fifth European final as Eintracht Frankfurt triumphed in an absorbing Europa League decider.\n\nRafael Borre crashed in the decisive spot kick after Aaron Ramsey was denied just moments earlier in front of a colossal Rangers support in the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium.\n\nThose fans had been euphoric when the Scots took the lead through Joe Aribo's ice-cool second-half finish in the sweltering cauldron in Seville.\n\nHowever, Borre detonated raucous scenes in a jam-packed Eintracht end 12 minutes later as he steered in a soft equaliser to send this energy-sapping contest to extra time and penalties.\n\nAnd Rangers' players crumpled to their feet as the 11th-placed side in the Bundesliga prevailed in the shootout, executing five composed penalties to claim their second European trophy and a place in next season's Champions League group stages.\n• None How Ramsey's Ibrox move soured - but can he save it?\n• None The outsider who came of age in Europa League run\n• None Podcast: 'You thought it was written in the stars'\n\nUnder a humid Spanish sky, this one seemed written in the stars for Rangers. Their only previous win in Spain came in the 1972 European Cup Winners' Cup final, when the Barca Bears stormed past Dynamo Moscow for their first European trophy.\n\nThe pilgrimage to Seville in the hope of repeating the feat of Jardine, Stein, Greig and Johnstone was a long and arduous one.\n\nIt started in the Champions League qualifiers against Malmo last summer for the players and for the men, women and children who spilled into Seville from the four corners of the world to support them. This was their chance to see the class of 2022 become immortal, and over 100,000 made the trip in hope and expectation.\n\nWell before kick-off, the ground swarmed with light blue. An original allocation of just under 9,500 looked fanciful when the sides entered to a cacophony so loud it could wake the dead.\n\nAround two thirds of the stadium swayed, rocked and roared with Scots, leaving their German counterparts and their flag display looking a little humble. Frankfurt were brighter on the pitch, though. They were quick and aggressive, while Rangers appeared nervous.\n\nJames Tavernier had flashes on the right, but the intensity which stung Dortmund, Braga and Leipzig was missing. Ansgar Knauff drew a tremendous save from Allan McGregor, then Djibril Sow went close as the German fans raised the noise level in appreciation.\n\nRangers retaliated through Aribo. Time stopped dead as he wrapped his foot around the ball on the edge of the area. The sight of it flashing by the far post by a foot will race through his mind for a while yet.\n\nBoth teams exchanged jabs before Rangers, who survived a VAR penalty scare courtesy of a rash Connor Goldson lunge, landed an incredible blow.\n\nFootball may be a game of tactics, money and talent, but at times it can offer up the inexplicable. There is little explanation for Sow's flopped header towards his own goal. Or the stumble from Tuta which allowed Aribo to bustle in on goal.\n\nThe Rangers fans held their breath before bursting into life as the ball hit the net after a low finish. Giovanni van Bronckhorst punched the air and roared into the night sky.\n\nRangers were in control now and that will make the anguish of defeat hurt so much more. The slap in the face came just 12 minutes later, Borre stealing in between Connor Goldson and Calvin Bassey to force home a teasing but cheap cross.\n\nExtra time beckoned as Eintracht went for a knockout blow, but Rangers - and their support - roused themselves and should have won it two minutes before penalties.\n\nSubstitute Kemar Roofe charged to the goal-line and his deflected cutback fell for Ryan Kent with the goal gaping, but Kevin Trapp's save expelled a giant gasp from the crowd. Tavernier's arcing free-kick in the dying seconds was also palmed away.\n\nRamsey was a late edition to the match with penalties in mind. The on-loan Juventus man had the opportunity to make it 4-3 in the shootout after Tavernier, Steven Davis and Scott Arfield slotted Rangers' first three kicks, but the Welsh midfielder's tame effort down the middle was whacked away by Trapp.\n\nIt would be the only miss of the shootout, as Rangers' marathon run in Europe came to the most agonising of ends in a flurry of white bedlam.\n\nWhat does this mean?\n\nThe golden glitter was still falling from the winners' podium as Rangers' players remained sat on their hunkers inside an emptying stadium.\n\nThe haunted look on the face of McGregor - in what might even be the final game of his career - told its own story. This was the cruellest of endings on what should have been the closing chapter of their finest moment.\n\nThe teams beaten along the way, and the manner in which they were dealt with, made this run iconic and at times defied logic. Reality went out the window as Borussia Dortmund were stormed past. Braga were overcome in extra-time drama. And the Ibrox roof nearly crashed in on itself as RB Leipzig were put to the sword.\n\nThis one will sting, given the game was in their hands after Aribo's opener. Eintracht, who knocked out Barcelona and West Ham, threatened to wilt under the pressure. Rangers had them, but the door was left open.\n\nThe spurned chances at the death of extra time also offer a cruel pang of \"what if\" to the punched gut of emotions that will be churning its way through the Rangers team as their flight heads home on Thursday.\n\nIn time, that will subside and they will rightly focus on the pride of a team from Scotland making it to a European final from so far back. It's an incredible feat.\n\nYet, with the Scottish Cup final in just three days, there will be little time for Van Bronckhorst's side to salve the sting of this one.\n• None Eintracht become the first German team to win the Uefa Cup/Europa League since Schalke in 1996-97.\n• None It is their second major European trophy, 42 years after winning the Uefa Cup against Borussia Monchengladbach.\n• None This was Rangers first shootout defeat in Europe since the 1999-00 Uefa Cup (v Borussia Dortmund in the round of 32).\n• None Rangers had four shots on target in the second half of extra time - double the amount they had in the first 105 minutes\n• None Aribo's goal was his first in the Europa League this season. He became just the second Nigerian player to score in the final of a major European competition, after Alex Iwobi in the 2019 Europa League.\n• None McGregor became the oldest player to feature in a Uefa Cup/Europa League final (40y 107d). Meanwhile, he's just the third player aged 40+ to play in a major European final, after Dino Zoff in the 1983 European Cup (41y 86d), and Edwin van der Sar in the 2011 Champions League (40y 211d).\n• None Goal! Eintracht Frankfurt 1(5), Rangers 1(4). Rafael Borré (Eintracht Frankfurt) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.\n• None Goal! Eintracht Frankfurt 1(4), Rangers 1(4). Kemar Roofe (Rangers) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.\n• None Goal! Eintracht Frankfurt 1(4), Rangers 1(3). Filip Kostic (Eintracht Frankfurt) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.\n• None Penalty saved! Aaron Ramsey (Rangers) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.\n• None Goal! Eintracht Frankfurt 1(3), Rangers 1(3). Daichi Kamada (Eintracht Frankfurt) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.\n• None Goal! Eintracht Frankfurt 1(2), Rangers 1(3). Scott Arfield (Rangers) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.\n• None Goal! Eintracht Frankfurt 1(2), Rangers 1(2). Ajdin Hrustic (Eintracht Frankfurt) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.\n• None Goal! Eintracht Frankfurt 1(1), Rangers 1(2). Steven Davis (Rangers) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.\n• None Goal! Eintracht Frankfurt 1(1), Rangers 1(1). Christopher Lenz (Eintracht Frankfurt) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.\n• None Goal! Eintracht Frankfurt 1, Rangers 1(1). James Tavernier (Rangers) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.\n• None Attempt saved. James Tavernier (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.\n• None Attempt blocked. Scott Arfield (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Climate change makes record-breaking heatwaves in northwest India and Pakistan 100 times more likely, a Met Office study finds.\n\nThe region should now expect a heatwave that exceeds the record temperatures seen in 2010 once every three years.\n\nWithout climate change, such extreme temperatures would occur only once every 312 years, the Met Office says.\n\nForecasters say temperatures in north-west India could reach new highs in the coming days.\n\nThe new analysis comes as a State of the Climate report from the World Meteorological Organisation, the UN's atmospheric science arm, warns that four key indicators of climate change set new records in 2021 - greenhouse gas concentrations, sea level rise, ocean heat and ocean acidification.\n\nThe UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres described the report as \"a dismal litany of humanity's failure to tackle climate disruption.\"\n\nThe extreme pre-monsoon heatwave the region northwest India and Pakistan have suffered in recent weeks eased a little after peak temperatures reached 51C in Pakistan on Saturday.\n\nBut the heat looks likely to build again towards the end of this week and into the weekend, the Met Office's Global Guidance Unit warns.\n\nIt says maximum temperatures are likely to reach 50C in some spots, with continued very high overnight temperatures.\n\n\"Spells of heat have always been a feature of the region's pre-monsoon climate during April and May,\" says Dr Nikos Christidis, who led the team responsible for today's study.\n\n\"However, our study shows that climate change is driving the heat intensity of these spells making record-breaking temperatures 100 times more likely.\"\n\nCooling off during a heatwave in India\n\nThe new study is based on the heatwave that gripped northwest India and Pakistan in April and May 2010 when the region experienced the highest combined April and May average temperature since 1900.\n\nIt attempts to estimate the extent to which climate change made that and future events more likely.\n\nThese \"attribution studies\" involve running computer simulations comparing how frequently a weather event is likely to occur in two scenarios.\n\nOne models the climate as it is today, the other a climate where the human influence on greenhouse gases and other drivers of climate change has been removed.\n\nThe scenarios are run through 14 different computer models and produce dozens of different simulations which are compared to work out how climate change has altered the probability of an event happening.\n\nThe Met Office used the same method to assess the impact of future climate change and warns that worse is to come.\n\nIf climate change follows the Met Office's central predictions, by the end of the century India and Pakistan can expect similarly high temperatures virtually every year, today's study suggests.", "A High Court ruling will allow the BBC to publish a story about a man it says exploited his status as an MI5 informant to abuse his partner.\n\nThe BBC said the decision will allow it to tell a story that is \"firmly in the public interest\".\n\nAn injunction still bans the corporation identifying the man, known in court proceedings as X.\n\nBut in a final ruling, the judge said the BBC can decide which details can be made public without identifying him.\n\nAttorney General Suella Braverman had applied for an injunction preventing X from being identified by the publication of a planned BBC story.\n\nShe claimed that - without confirming or denying that he was an MI5 agent - the story could put him at risk of harm or death and jeopardise national security.\n\nThe BBC wanted to name the man who it says used his intelligence status to coerce and terrify a former partner and poses an ongoing threat to women.\n\nIt argued that MI5 should have known about his behaviour and it was inappropriate to use him as an agent or a covert human intelligence source.\n\nA private section of Wednesday's ruling placed some restrictions on the BBC's reporting.\n\nBut in the public judgment, Mr Justice Chamberlain said the \"experience and expertise\" of the corporation and its experienced investigative journalist meant it was well-placed to make decisions about which other details risked identifying X.\n\nIn a statement, the BBC said: \"This ruling enables us to tell a story we believe is firmly in the public interest, and it is a vindication of the BBC's investigative journalism.\"\n\nThe BBC is planning to run the story in the coming days.\n\nThe attorney general has been asked for comment.", "Former Brazilian leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has launched his campaign for October's presidential election.\n\nAt a rally, the left-winger called on Brazilians to support him in defending the country's democracy from the far-right President Jair Bolsonaro.\n\nLula led the country for eight years from 2003, but was later convicted of corruption and jailed before having the judgment overturned last year.\n\nThe rally was called a \"pre-launch\" as official campaigning begins in August.\n\nLula's campaign pledges to \"join democrats of all political positions, classes, races and religious beliefs\".\n\nThe 76-year-old told supporters that the current situation in the country \"forces us to overcome our differences and build an alternative path to the incompetence and authoritarianism that governs us\".\n\n\"I'm jumping back into the fight,\" he told a cheering crowd in São Paulo on Saturday.\n\nLula, who governed Brazil between 2003 and 2010, is a towering figure in left-wing politics in Brazil and beyond. His government helped lift tens of millions of people from poverty.\n\nBut in 2018 he was the most senior politician to be convicted as part of an investigation into a huge bribery scandal, known as \"Operation Car Wash\".\n\nAfter his conviction and 12-year jail sentence, Lula was banned from the presidential race in 2018.\n\nBut last year, a Supreme Court judge annulled his corruption convictions, ruling that a biased judge who looked at Lula's case had compromised his right to a fair trial.\n\nEarlier this year, Mr Bolsonaro said that Lula's return to presidency would be like \"the return of a criminal to the crime scene\".\n\nThere are growing fears that, if Lula wins the October elections, Mr Bolsonaro might not accept defeat as he has repeatedly questioned Brazil's electronic voting system.\n\nLula has picked the centrist former governor of São Paulo, Geraldo Alckmin as his running mate for vice-president. Mr Alckmin's more moderate political stance is expected to attract voters who are unhappy with President Bolsonaro's administration, but are also wary of Lula's politics.\n\nMr Alckmin addressed the rally remotely by video, after testing positive for Covid-19\n\nMr Alckmin, who stood against Lula in the 2006 presidential elections, thanked Lula for his trust and said he is proud of their alliance.\n\nRecent opinion polls show that Lula has a comfortable advantage over his rival.\n\nPresident Bolsonaro has faced pressure from the public over his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, but his popularity has increased after a boost in his government's welfare spending.", "Over 60 people are feared dead after a bomb hit a school in the village of Bilohorivka in eastern Ukraine. The governor of the Luhansk region Serhiy Gaidai said Russian forces dropped a bomb on the school on Saturday afternoon where 90 people were sheltering, causing a fire that engulfed the building. 30 people have been rescued so far.", "The government must not be complacent following large losses for the Conservatives in British local elections, Nadhim Zahawi has warned.\n\nThe education secretary also told the BBC that Boris Johnson was still able to \"cut through\" with voters and had got important decisions right as PM.\n\nThe Conservatives lost almost 500 council seats on Thursday, with Labour and the Liberal Democrats making gains.\n\nThe election results come amid ongoing controversy over parties held in Downing Street during lockdown and sharp rises in the cost of living.\n\nMr Johnson, who won a large majority for the Tories at the 2019 general election, has described this week's results as \"mixed\" for his party, while Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has called them a \"turning point\" for his.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Breakfast, Mr Zahawi said of the prime minister: \"I think he's unique as a politician in being able to cut through.\"\n\nHe added that he had got the \"big decisions\" on social care, Brexit and handling the pandemic right, saying: \"Boris is the best prime minister to be able to deliver [the government's policies].\"\n\nIn Thursday's elections in England, Scotland and Wales, the Conservatives lost control of 12 councils, including three in London, but they gained Harrow, in the north-west of the city.\n\nMr Zahawi said the results had been \"mixed\" and \"tough\" on his party, adding: \"We are not complacent.\"\n\nInterviewed on Sky News, Mr Zahawi said of the prime minister, who was fined recently for attending a rule-breaking Downing Street birthday party during lockdown: \"He is an asset, absolutely.\"\n\nIn a message to Tory colleagues who might be tempted to turn on Mr Johnson, he warned: \"People don't like to vote for split parties, for teams that are divided.\"\n\nIt's almost as if the two main political tribes are locked together in a mutually uncomfortable status quo.\n\nThe Conservatives are suffering, but the situation is not dreadful enough to provoke backbenchers to act, or for No 10 to take radical steps to change or to meet their critics' demands.\n\nLabour's move forward was notable. Impressive and symbolic wins in London. Seats from Cumbria to Southampton, second place in Scotland, where SNP had another impressive performance with their incredible years of dominance.\n\nYet on these results Labour is not progressing far or fast enough for them to be sure they're on track for No 10.\n\nDouglas Ross, leader of the Scottish Conservatives, said Mr Johnson should \"reflect on the result across the whole of the UK and the various parts of the country that have said very clearly they are unhappy with the prime minister and his actions\".\n\nBut Mr Ross, who called on Mr Johnson to quit earlier this year and then changed his mind following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, reiterated his point that \"stability [in the UK government] is crucial at this stage in the conflict\".\n\nIn order to trigger a leadership challenge to the prime minister, 54 Conservative MPs must hand in letters of no confidence. There is no suggestion that Mr Johnson's critics have anything like this level of support for such a move.\n\nMr Bell, who has submitted a letter of no confidence, told the BBC's Today programme: \"It's not really up to me. It's up to my colleagues and I'm sure when we get back to Westminster there will be a discussion about that.\"\n\nAs well as the Metropolitan Police's investigation into Downing Street parties, inquiries are being carried out by senior civil servant Sue Gray and the House of Commons Committee of Privilege.\n\n\"What I do think is it needs to be brought to a head sooner rather than later because I don't think we can continue having this hanging over the party for many more months to come,\" Mr Bell, MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, said.\n\nAnd Marcus Fysh, Conservative MP for Yeovil and South Somerset, said: \"I do think radical change in the policy is required and, if it doesn't happen, there really isn't an electoral future for the party, because I think it will get crucified at the next election having bombed the economy.\"\n\nHe added: \"And if the team [running the government] is not able to adapt to reality, then the team needs to make way for someone else.\"\n\nThe Liberal Democrats gained the most council seats - more than 200 - on Thursday, while Labour added almost 140 to its tally and the Green Party added more than 80.\n\nLabour's Sir Keir, speaking on a visit to Loch Lomond in central Scotland, said his party was \"back on the pitch\" in the run-up to the next general election.\n\n\"There's a positivity,\" he added. \"People could see a serious Labour Party making a confident case, setting out an alternative.\"\n\nLiberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said his party's gains would \"send shockwaves\" through politics, adding: \"The British people deserve far better than this discredited prime minister and this out-of-touch Conservative government.\"\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. More information about these elections Who won in my council area? Enter your postcode, or the name of your English, Scottish or Welsh council area to find out. There are no council elections in Northern Ireland.\n• Scroll with two fingers to move on the map\n• Pinch to zoom in and out on the map\n• Click on an area in the map to see the results\n• Use one finger to scroll past the map There are no council or mayoral elections in Northern Ireland, but there are National Assembly elections. See the results in full on the BBC website Refresh the page to load the latest results", "New legislation would boost the schools regulator's powers to crack down on unregistered schools operating illegally in England, ministers say.\n\nThe government says its Schools Bill will also introduce compulsory registers so children not receiving a full education can be identified.\n\nEducation Secretary Nadhim Zahawi said the bill would ensure \"every child has access to an education they deserve\".\n\nBut Labour said the Conservatives were \"failing our children\".\n\nShadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson said the government was \"obsessing over structures instead of improving children's experience in the classroom\".\n\nShe said there was \"no plan\" to improve teaching or \"tackle the exodus of school staff from our classrooms\" and that Labour had proposals to boost new teacher numbers by 6,500.\n\nThe government's new Schools Bill will be formally announced in Tuesday's Queen's Speech - where Her Majesty will read out the legislation ministers intend to introduce during the next session of Parliament.\n\nReleasing details of the bill ahead of that speech, the government said it would give the schools regulator Ofsted more powers to tackle illegal unregistered schools.\n\nOfsted defines an unregistered school as \"an educational establishment that meets the legal definition of an independent (private) school, but is not registered with the Department for Education\".\n\nIn 2019, Ofsted estimated that a fifth of unregistered schools were faith schools including 36 Islamic, 18 Jewish and 12 Christian schools. Other unregistered educational settings include alternative provision for children excluded from school.\n\nLast year, the regulator warned that unregistered schools \"intentionally operate\" outside of regulations that protect children's welfare, safety and education standards.\n\nAn Ofsted team has been working for several years to identify such schools. Some have been closed down following successful prosecutions.\n\nChris Russell, from Ofsted, said the buildings were often \"unsafe and squalid\" and that many of the settings' offered a \"narrow curriculum\" that failed to meet children's educational needs.\n\nHe said legislation had not \"kept up with the reality on the ground\" and that institutions were \"exploiting loopholes\" in the law.\n\nThese plans could broadly be summed up as \"steady as we go\", rather than being a radical rethink coming out of the pandemic.\n\nSo you can expect to hear more about:\n\nThis includes building on the work of an existing Ofsted team that shuts down small education settings that have failed to register as a school.\n\nBut the money going into helping education in England recover, just under £5bn, is only a third of that called for by those advising the government.\n\nThe most radical shift of all is the promise to future 18-year-olds of a learning fund they can dip into throughout their lives, to study for higher qualifications.\n\nHumanists UK, a group which has campaigned against illegal schools for years, said it was \"delighted\" with the government's proposals.\n\n\"These plans should finally see the authorities given the tools they need to take enforcement action,\" said spokesman Robert Cann.\n\nThe government says introducing compulsory registers would ensure the \"system can identify those who are not receiving a suitable full-time education\".\n\nThe bill would also place a duty on local authorities to provide support to home-schooling families so that \"no child falls through the cracks\".\n\nIn October 2021, the Association of Directors of Children's Services estimated that there were around 81,2000 registered home educated children in England - although this was based on partial responses from local authorities.\n\nThe government says its Schools Bill would put in place proposals outlined in its white paper - a policy document - including implementing changes to how funding is allocated, requiring schools to publish an attendance policy to ensure children consistently attend school and supporting schools to become part of multi-academy trusts.\n\nAcademy schools are state-funded directly by government and run independently from local councils. At the moment, 52% of pupils are at academies.\n\nA Higher Education Bill is also expected to be included in the Queen's Speech. The legislation will introduction of the lifelong loan entitlement - allowing people to access a loan to retrain.", "Railways are increasingly being targeted by Russian forces in the war in Ukraine, but one line close to Kyiv has been restored in just a month.\n\nA railway bridge that connected the once Russian-occupied towns of Irpin, Bucha and Borodyanka with the capital has now been rebuilt – a symbol of hope for devastated communities.\n\nBBC Kyiv correspondent James Waterhouse has been on the first train on the restored route.\n\nCamera and editing by Duncan Stone, produced by Hanna Chornous and Siobhan Leahy.", "The operation was co-ordinated by the UN and the Red Cross\n\nAll elderly people, women and children have been evacuated from the besieged Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol, Ukraine and Russia have announced.\n\nThe operation began a week ago, co-ordinated by the UN and Red Cross, which have not confirmed the news.\n\nUkrainian forces are holding out at the heavily bombed plant, the last part of the city not under Russian control.\n\nRussia has besieged the plant for weeks, demanding the surrender of its defenders from the Azov battalion.\n\nThe whereabouts of the evacuees are not yet clear, but Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said this part of the humanitarian operation was now complete. In the past, it has taken days for those evacuated to reach Ukrainian-held territory.\n\nUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said more than 300 civilians had been rescued from the plant, although the Russian defence ministry gave a much lower number, saying 51 people had been evacuated over a period of three days.\n\nMr Zelensky said diplomatic efforts were continuing to get military personnel out of Mariupol.\n\nMuch of Mariupol has been destroyed in the war\n\nCapturing Mariupol is important to Russian troops because it will allow them to complete a land bridge between Crimea and the Donbas region, as well as giving them full control of more than 80% of Ukraine's Black Sea coastline.\n\nBut in their quest to do so, they have pummelled Mariupol with artillery, rockets and missiles - damaging or destroying more than 90% of the city.\n\nUkrainian fighters inside the Azovstal complex issued a statement on social media saying both they and the Russians had been using a white flag system to halt fighting to get civilian people out.\n\nIt sounds like progress between the two sides, and lives have been saved by these negotiations.\n\nBut Kremlin-backed forces have reportedly intensified their fire on the steel works in recent days, despite pledges of a ceasefire.\n\nThe previous UN and Red Cross operation to free more than 100 people was held up by land mines and mortar fire.\n\nNow that the civilians are free, it puts new pressure on the Ukrainian government to find a way out for about 2,000 fighters using the site to make a last stand for the city of Mariupol - and who have vowed never to surrender.\n\nTheir families have issued a desperate plea to world leaders to negotiate their safe release.\n\nMeanwhile, Russia has said there will be no Victory Day celebrations in Mariupol.\n\nVictory Day is celebrated annually on 9 May in Russia to mark the Soviet Union's victory in World War Two.\n\n\"A time will come and there will be a big celebration there,\" Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, adding there were no plans for official visits on the day.\n\nAt the same time, intense fighting has continued in the Kharkiv region as troops attempt to regain control of the area from the Russians.\n\nUkraine's armed forces said on Saturday that they had taken five villages north-east of the country's second largest city.\n\nAnalysts say the Ukrainian operation is developing into a successful counter-offensive.\n\nKharkiv has been the focus of intense shelling since the 24 February invasion.", "A joint funeral for two of the victims took place on Friday\n\nTwo Palestinians suspected of killing three Israelis in an axe and knife attack on Thursday have been arrested, police in Israel say.\n\nA massive manhunt was launched in the wake of the violence in the mainly ultra-Orthodox Jewish town of Elad.\n\nThe assailants struck in a park where families had gathered to celebrate Independence Day, and on a main street.\n\nIt was the latest in a wave of deadly attacks in Israel by Palestinians or Israeli Arabs since late March.\n\nSeven others were wounded, two seriously, in the attack.\n\nThe two suspects were found in a bush near Elad. The Israeli authorities said they came from the district of Jenin in the northern West Bank.\n\nSeventeen Israelis, including an Israeli Arab policeman, and two Ukrainians have been killed in the attacks in Israel and the West Bank since 21 March.\n\nAt least 26 Palestinians have been killed - including assailants shot dead while carrying out attacks, or militants and civilians killed during Israeli raids and confrontations in the West Bank - since the wave of violence began.\n\nTensions have risen recently over the flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem known to Muslims as al-Aqsa mosque compound and Jews as the Temple Mount.\n\nThe site has seen recurrent violence over the past month, with hundreds of Palestinians injured there in the clashes with police.", "EasyJet plans to remove seats on some of its planes this summer, so that it can operate flights with fewer cabin crew.\n\nThe airline is battling staff shortages as it attempts to return to pre-pandemic levels of service.\n\nBy taking out the back row of seating on its A319 fleet, EasyJet said it will be able to fly with three cabin crew instead of four.\n\nThat would limit numbers on board to a maximum 150 passengers.\n\nEasyJet said it was an effective way of operating the fleet while \"building additional resilience and flexibility\" into the airline's operations.\n\nFlights would still meet Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) regulations on the required number of cabin crew, which is based on the number of physical seats, rather than passengers on board.\n\nAirlines and airports in the UK have been struggling with staff shortages since Easter, as demand for travel has taken off again, following the removal of all remaining UK Covid travel restrictions.\n\nEasyJet and BA were forced to cut hundreds of flights last month as levels of the virus surged, keeping staff off work, and making it hard to maintain full schedules.\n\nMany airlines, including EasyJet, are hiring new cabin crew to replace staff made redundant during the pandemic. But experts are predicting staffing difficulties will continue for up to 12 months.\n\nIn the meantime EasyJet said the scheme to limit passenger numbers on the A319 will allow the airline to operate with more certainty. The change in capacity was very small as a proportion of overall summer season passenger numbers, it added.\n\nRecently travellers have faced cancellations and long queues for check-in and security, in part due to staff shortages\n\nEasyJet said it had looked at a range of measures to strengthen its operational resilience. As well as the scheme to remove seats the company will also put more resources into processing the accreditation of new staff.\n\nEasyJet said it expects to be \"near\" 2019 levels of flying this summer. Pre-pandemic EasyJet flew almost 300,000 passengers every day during peak season.\n\nJulia Lo Bue-Said from the Advantage Travel Partnership, UK's largest independent travel agent group, said the \"dire labour shortage\" in the sector was one of many factors affecting the travel industry following two years of disruption.\n\nShe said it was a \"travesty\" that that EasyJet was now in a situation where it was stripping out seats to meet crew ratios.\n\n\"This only exacerbates the issue of meeting consumer demand to travel,\" she said.\n\nEasyJet said the last six seats are typically booked in the final days before departure, so selling a maximum of 150 tickets would not affect customers planning summer travel.\n\nDuring the Easter travel peak passengers faced long queues at airports. Severe disruption at Manchester Airport led to the resignation of its managing director, Karen Smart.\n\nDelays to obtaining security clearance for new airline staff meant recruits couldn't begin training. Transport secretary Grant Shapps recently told parliament's Transport Committee that the government will allow airports to begin training staff without security clearance.", "The cream of British TV talent has been honoured at this year's Bafta Television Awards in London.\n\nThe nominees and presenters walked the red carpet before the ceremony at London's Royal Festival Hall on Sunday.\n\nA trio of the stars of 1980s Aids drama Its A Sin dressed up for the occasion. Omari Douglas (left), Olly Alexander (centre) and Callum Scott Howells were all nominated for acting awards.\n\nRussell T Davies (right) wrote It's A Sin but is now turning his attention to taking over Doctor Who - and accompanied the sci-fi show's new star Ncuti Gatwa on the red carpet hours after his casting was announced.\n\nJodie Comer won the best actress award for playing a care home worker during the Covid pandemic in Help. She also recently bowed out as one of the stars of Killing Eve.\n\nOlivia Colman's fantastical true crime drama Landscapers, which was written by her husband Ed Sinclair, was nominated for best mini-series.\n\nEleanor Tomlinson, who will soon be seen in the second series of comedy-drama The Outlaws, was among those presenting awards.\n\nNicola Coughlan, who made her name in Channel 4's Derry Girls and Netflix's Bridgerton, was also among the presenters.\n\nGold medal-winning diver Tom Daley, a keen knitter, decided against woollen attire for the ceremony, where the BBC's coverage of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics was up for the sport award.\n\nJanette Manrara was among the stars representing Strictly Come Dancing, which won the viewer-voted must-see moment award and was nominated for best entertainment programme.\n\nAlison Hammond was nominated for best entertainment performance as a judge on BBC One singing show I Can See Your Voice.\n\nLorraine Kelly presented the best news coverage award, sending a \"special hello\" to Prime Minister Boris Johnson after he appeared not to know who she was in a recent interview.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Ukrainian troops are trying to regain full control of the region\n\nIntense fighting is continuing in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine as troops attempt to regain control of the area from the Russians.\n\nIt comes after Ukraine's armed forces claimed on Saturday that they had taken five villages north-east of the country's second largest city.\n\nAnalysts say the Ukrainian operation is developing into a successful counter-offensive.\n\nKharkiv has been the focus of intense shelling since the February invasion.\n\nThe governor of Kharkiv region said on Saturday that Russian troops continue \"to fire on civilians in Kharkiv region\".\n\nOleh Synyehubov on Telegram reminded people to \"not go out unnecessarily\" and told people not to ignore the air raid sirens.\n\nThere is concern that the Russian shelling could intensify in the run up to Victory Day on May 9, when Russia commemorates its win over Nazi Germany in 1945.\n\nThe region has been heavily targeted by Russian forces since the invasion, but a report from the Institute of the Study of War says that Ukrainian troops are now \"notably retaking territory along a broad arc around Kharkiv\".\n\nIt added that Ukrainian troops may be able to relieve Russian pressure on Kharkiv \"and potentially threaten to make further advances to the Russian border.\"\n\nHubanov Pavlo, a children's doctor in Kharkiv told the BBC that people are still hiding in shelters and are not going to work.\n\n\"There is no normal life in the city,\" he said. \"Kharkiv is very close to the Russian border and so the city is constantly under attack. Unfortunately while the war continues, we cannot relax and we are constantly on alert.\"\n\nMr Pavlo used to work at Kharkiv Regional Pediatric Hospital but it was destroyed by shelling.\n\n\"The shells hit our hospital several times, and now the building is destroyed and it was impossible to provide medical care there, because Russians were shooting all the time. I am now working in another hospital,\" he said.\n\nOn Saturday, a museum dedicated to philosopher and poet Hryhoriy Skovoroda in Kharkiv region was confirmed to have been destroyed after Russian shelling hit the roof. Items had been removed ahead of time.", "Dominic Raab said the Northern Ireland Protocol was an \"obstacle to stability\" in the country\n\n\"Nothing is off the table\" in the UK's attempt to \"fix\" the Northern Ireland Protocol, Dominic Raab has said.\n\nThe deputy prime minister told the BBC the protocol was an \"obstacle to stability\" in the country.\n\nHe was speaking after Sinn Féin secured the most seats in the assembly election, a first for a nationalist party in Northern Ireland.\n\nThe protocol - agreed between the UK and EU - is a post-Brexit deal aimed at preventing a hard border in Ireland.\n\nIt keeps Northern Ireland inside the EU's single market for goods, but it also creates a new trade border with the rest of the UK.\n\nThe Democratic Unionist Party, who are opposed to the protocol, arguing it undermines Northern Ireland's place in the union, say they will not allow the formation of a government in Northern Ireland unless there are changes to the deal.\n\nThe UK government has accused the EU of applying the protocol too rigidly, while Brussels accepts it is causing difficulties for businesses and has proposed a package of measures to reduce its practical impacts.\n\nThe protocol is opposed by unionists, who argue it undermines Northern Ireland's place in the UK\n\nSpeaking on the BBC's Sunday Morning show, Mr Raab said: \"We cannot have the disruption that we've seen to trade flows between Northern Ireland and the rest of Great Britain and the impact that has on the constitutional integrity of the UK.\n\n\"That is itself what is putting at risk the Good Friday Agreement, and we have now got to fix it.\"\n\nThe Good Friday Agreement was a peace deal signed in 1998 that helped end decades of violence in Northern Ireland. It included setting up a power-sharing Northern Ireland Assembly.\n\nMr Raab refused to say whether action on the Northern Ireland Protocol would be included in Tuesday's Queen's Speech.\n\nBBC political correspondent Chris Mason understands the government will signal its willingness to change the law on the protocol in the Queen's Speech, without committing to do so immediately.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Northern Ireland's Sunday Politics, Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis said he will meet with the leaders of the Stormont parties to discuss re-establishing the assembly.\n\nMr Lewis added: \"The UK government's position is we want to secure a deal [on the protocol] with the EU - we're very clear about that. We have worked very hard on that for over a year now across a series of conversations, we made proposals.\n\nThe deadlock could increase tensions with Brussels.\n\nIreland's Europe minister Thomas Byrne called on the UK to \"engage in a renewed way with the European Union\" on the issue.\n\nHe added that \"a decisive majority\" of assembly members elected to Stormont want to make the protocol work.", "Olga was dug out of a Nazi grave pit\n\nThe last time war came to Uman, the city was occupied by the Nazis.\n\nNow 83, Olga was only two years old when the soldiers arrived in her village.\n\nWe are sitting around a table in a Jewish community centre in Uman, a city slightly west of the centre of Ukraine. The walls of the centre are covered in smiling photos of family gatherings and a box of matzah stapled to a display of a shabbat meal.\n\nOlga watches the tea in her cup gradually turn a bitter dark brown. She doesn't touch the biscuits on the table. She lives just a few miles from where she was brought up.\n\n\"We were taken 5km [three miles] to a field. I was with my mum and my grannie,\" she tells us. \"When we came to the field ditches were already dug. They began to shoot. We were surrounded by the dogs, by policemen, to stop anyone from running away.\n\n\"People started to fall into the ditch. Alive, dead, wounded. They started in the morning and it went on until midday. Then they sprinkled a little earth and left.\n\n\"Two boys, aged six and seven, survived. They started to look for other survivors. They dug me out with their hands.\"\n\nOlga survived, kept hidden by a family until the war ended.\n\nDmytro's family lived in a forest to escape the Nazi\n\nShe's one of three Holocaust survivors at the table. The other stories are similarly shocking. Dmytro's family lived in a forest to escape the Nazis. Yevhen remembers narrowly escaping from a basement when Nazi soldiers attempted to gas him with exhaust fumes. Only his mother and he survived the war.\n\nRussian President Vladimir Putin's repeated accusations that Ukraine needs to be de-Nazified feel particularly insulting to a group that lived through the occupation.\n\n\"I have many relatives in Russia. They start telling me that we have a lot of Nazis,\" says Dmytro. \"I tell them, if this is true, then I am also a Nazi. You can kill me too.\"\n\n\"Putin has no business here,\" says Olga. \"The way he mocks peaceful people is simply unimaginable.\"\n\nNazis attempted to gas Yevhen with exhaust fumes during the war\n\nNow in their 80s, they find their home city facing a new threat.\n\nThe city of Uman is well known as a place of pilgrimage for Orthodox Jews visiting the grave of Rabbi Nachman, the founder of Breslov Hasidic movement. Every year, during the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, thousands of worshipers arrive in the city.\n\nFor now, the streets close to the grave are quiet. Posters in Hebrew, advertising PCR tests, blow gently in the breeze. We are told that of around 2,000 Breslov Jews that live in the city year round, only between 50 and 100 have stayed. Uman was hit by a missile in the first days of the war, killing a cyclist. It was enough for many to decide to leave.\n\nUman is less than 160km from the Moldovan border. With roads leading from Dnipro in the east, Odesa in the south and Kyiv in the north, many evacuees passed through the city as they fled their country. Some of the Jewish community that stayed behind began to help.\n\n\"We decide to give them a place to sleep, the hotel and the medical centre,\" says Rabbi Nathan Ben Nun, president of the Rabbi Nachman foundation. \"War is not good, but we must make lemonade from lemons you know?\"\n\nRabbi Nathan Ben Nun is president of the Rabbi Nachman foundation, which has been helping evacuees\n\nOne of the largest synagogues in Europe, the Breslov Hasidic synagogue can hold thousands of worshippers across its three floors. Usually only full during Rosh Hashanah, now this cavernous space is used as a welcome centre, open to all regardless of religion as a first port of call when they arrive in the city. The space is used for clothing donations - piles of jumpers, woolly hats and T-shirts are spread out over its pews - and volunteers cook meals for anyone who needs it. The synagogue's basement, usually used for ceremonial washing - Mikveh - is now a bunker. Mattresses are piled up on the wooden changing benches.\n\n\"We've had up to 200 people staying here,\" says Irina Rybnitskaya, lawyer at the Rabbi Nachman foundation who has helped organise the response at the synagogue. \"Some sleeping all night. On the first day of the war everyone was afraid. No one knew what to do. A lot of people came to us, so we were hosting them with tea and coffee.\"\n\n\"The Hasidic community and Ukrainians became much closer. They don't differentiate between Jewish people or not Jewish. It doesn't matter.\"\n\nMany evacuees left in a hurry with few possessions, money or idea of where they would go. In some of the city's concrete block hotels, usually packed only once a year by pilgrims, families have been found rooms, paid for by Jewish foundations.\n\nIn one hotel, housing over 100 families, all now reliant on the kindness of strangers, we meet the seven members of the Yeremets family. They escaped from the Russian-occupied city of Kherson around two weeks ago. Piled up in the corner of their hotel room are three tool boxes.\n\nThe Yeremets family found refuge at the foundation\n\n\"I work in IT, but I can make furniture too,\" said one family member, Dmytro. \"I thought perhaps wherever we end up, it might be useful.\"\n\nThey were planning to sleep in their car when they stumbled across the foundation.\n\n\"I'm almost 70,\" says grandfather Victor. \"But I've never seen anything like this in my life. They just said - here's everything you need. We did not expect this.\"\n\n\"As long as I live, I will be so grateful to these people,\" says his daughter Ina.\n\nIn the hotel dining room, we find Rabbi Liron Ederi. As well as organising the hotel accommodation, he has also left his city of Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's home town. Rabbi Ederi says he's been thinking about his own mother, an Auschwitz survivor, and what she would have thought of the invasion, the violence, the fear, all carried out by Russia in the name of ridding Ukraine of Nazis.\n\n\"I believe that a person who accuses someone of something should first look in the mirror,\" he says.", "Landlords in England could be forced to let empty shops in a bid to rejuvenate high streets, under government plans.\n\nUnder the move, set to be unveiled in Tuesday's Queen's Speech, buildings left vacant for a year would have to be entered into a \"rental auction\".\n\nThe British Retail Consortium (BRC) has calculated that one in seven shopfronts across Britain is empty.\n\nBoris Johnson said boarded-up premises were a \"blight\" on towns and cities and damaged local economies.\n\nBut the British Property Federation (BPF), which represents the real estate industry, dismissed compulsory auctions as a \"political gimmick\".\n\nA parliamentary bill allowing councils to force owners to rent out shops is part of the government's levelling-up agenda - a 2019 general election promise that left-behind communities will get a chance to catch up with the rest of the country.\n\nIt is envisaged that the successful bidder, whether a business or a community group, will take over the premises.\n\n\"High streets up and down the country have long been blighted by derelict shopfronts, because they've been neglected, stripping opportunity from local areas,\" the prime minister said.\n\n\"We are putting that right by placing power back in the hands of local leaders and the community so our towns can be rejuvenated, levelling up opportunity and restoring neighbourhood pride.\"\n\nAccording to the BRC's 2021 survey, north-eastern England had the highest rate of empty shops in Britain - around one in five - while London had the lowest rate, of around one in 11.\n\nThe proportion of shops left empty varies widely across Britain\n\nBPF chief executive Melanie Leech said: \"We fully support government's ambitions to revitalise town centres but political gimmicks such as compulsory rent auctions are not the solution.\n\n\"No property owner wants their premises to be empty. In our experience, property owners are willing to do zero-rent deals to avoid boarded-up shopfronts.\n\n\"But the burden of business rates and other occupational costs mean it is still unviable for many small and independent businesses to trade from town-centre premises.\"\n\nIn February, the government unveiled its blueprint for levelling up, including reducing crime, improving wellbeing and spending more on skills training.\n\nLabour accused ministers of creating \"slogans and strategies, with few ideas\" for effecting change across the UK.\n\nAnd a report by the National Audit Office, which scrutinises public spending, has criticised the government for having a \"limited\" understanding of what has worked well when setting up its programme for regional economic growth.\n\nThe Queen's Speech - in which the government lays out its legislative programme for the coming months - follows a bruising local election result for the Conservatives.\n\nThe party lost almost 500 council seats around Britain in Thursday's poll, amid concern that voter worries about the cost of living and Downing Street parties during lockdown had harmed Tory support.", "John Lee has been named as Hong Kong's new leader after running uncontested\n\nJohn Lee has been named Hong Kong's new leader, after a closed voting process in which he was the sole candidate.\n\nHis appointment is being widely seen as a move by the Chinese government to tighten its grip on the city.\n\nKnown as a staunch Beijing supporter, Mr Lee oversaw the sometimes violent crackdowns on pro-democracy protestors in 2019.\n\nMr Lee replaces outgoing chief executive Carrie Lam, who had served since 2017.\n\nHong Kong's leaders are selected by a closed-circle committee of around 1,500 members, who are nearly all pro-Beijing loyalists - although this time there was only one contender for them to elect.\n\nMr Lee, who was the former Chief Secretary and the city's second-highest ranking official, was always tipped to be the favoured replacement for Ms Lam who earlier announced that she would not seek a second term in office.\n\nBut although Mr Lee has Beijing's backing, he is deeply unpopular for his role in overseeing the crackdown on protestors during demonstrations over a controversial extradition bill in 2019.\n\nMr Lee continued to back the bill despite the unrest, and came under intense criticism for sanctioning the police's use of water cannons, rubber bullets, tear gas and occasionally live ammunition to disperse protestors.\n\nIn 2020, he also backed the imposition of a controversial national security law which criminalised most forms of political protest and dissent, and reduced the city's autonomy.\n\nMr Lee maintained that the law would help restore \"stability from chaos\".\n\nHe was elevated to the leadership ranks last year, in a sign, analysts said, of Beijing's intention to focus on security in Hong Kong.\n\nHis role in the implementation of the law led to US sanctions against him and a dozen other officials, and a YouTube block on his 2022 election campaign.\n\nThe League of Social Democrats - one of the only remaining pro-democracy groups - held a three-person protest before polls opened, chanting \"power to the people, universal suffrage now\".\n\n\"This is what John Lee's new chapter looks like, a shrinking of our civil liberties,\" said protester Vanessa Chan as police officers looked on.\n\n\"We know this action will have no effect, but we don't want Hong Kong to be completely silent,\" she added.\n\nHong Kong was handed back to China from Britain in 1997 under the agreement that rights such as freedom of assembly and freedom of speech would be guaranteed in the territory.\n\nHowever, critics say those rights have been increasingly eroded as Hong Kong authorities crack down on dissent in the city. Mr Lee's staunch support of Beijing's policies has stoked fears that his leadership will usher in an era of tighter Chinese oversight of the semi-autonomous region.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. From protests to 'patriots': Why China is bent on crushing Hong Kong dissent", "It's the end of the road for counting Image caption: It's the end of the road for counting\n\nOn what is now a third day of counting we have finally had all 90 candidates elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly.\n\nIt's been a momentous election, with Sinn Féin winning the largest number of seats for the first time, returning 27 candidates, the same number as the last assembly election.\n\nThe DUP slipped into second place with 25, but the big gains were for Alliance, which won 17 seats - more than double the eight it won in 2017.\n\nThe UUP dropped by one seat to nine, the SDLP lost four to drop to eight.\n\nTUV and People Before Profit each had one candidate elected.\n\nTwo independent unionists were also elected, while the Green Party lost both its seats.\n\nWhat happens next is not clear.\n\nSinn Féin can nominate a first minister to lead the Northern Ireland Executive, but as it's a joint office a first minister can not exist without a deputy first minister.\n\nThe DUP can nominate a deputy first minister, but party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has already said he will not nominate any ministers without changes to the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\nThere will be more reaction on BBC One Northern Ireland and iPlayer from 10am with Sunday Politics, and from the same time on BBC Radio Ulster there will be an election special. You can catch up with that later on BBC Sounds as well.\n\nThat's all from us, goodnight.", "Tourists photograph a rocket on a launch pad at Baikonur Cosmodrome in 2015\n\nA British YouTuber has been detained at a Russia-controlled space centre in Kazakhstan, officials have said.\n\nBenjamin Rich, known for his travel channel Bald and Bankrupt, was held near a launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, the head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos said.\n\nDmitry Rogozin said Mr Rich was being investigated over \"illegal acts\".\n\nThe UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said it was investigating the reports.\n\nA woman named Alina Tseliupa and reported to be from Belarus was also apprehended, said Mr Rogozin.\n\nThe two were being held at the department of internal affairs in Baikonur, around 1,100 km (680 miles) southwest of the Kazakh capital Nur-Sultan, he added.\n\nMr Rich's YouTube channel, which he describes as \"off the map in former Soviet lands...\" has more than 3.5 million subscribers.\n\nThe most recent video posted on 24 April was filmed in Syria.\n\nAll space station flights using Russian rockets are launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, which is open to tourists who apply for permission from Roscosmos.\n\nThe launch complex is where the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, was launched in 1957.", "Whatever else Russia's Victory Day parade is supposed to represent, it won't be any sort of victory over Ukraine, regardless of the spin President Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin will try to put on it, writes defence analyst Michael Clarke.\n\nThis war is one that Russia cannot win in any meaningful sense.\n\nPutin's foreign military successes around the world after 2008 were all achieved by using small units of elite forces, mercenaries and local militia groups alongside Russian air power.\n\nThis gave Moscow considerable leverage at low cost during interventions in Georgia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Syria, Libya, Mali and twice in Ukraine during 2014, first in illegally annexing Crimea and then in creating self-declared Russian statelets in Luhansk and Donetsk.\n\nIn every case, Russia moved swiftly and ruthlessly in ways the western world was unable to counter except through graduated sanctions regimes - nothing that could reverse the reality. Putin was adept at creating \"new facts on the ground\".\n\nIn February he tried the same again on the grandest possible scale in Ukraine - to grab governmental power within about 72 hours in a country of 45 million people occupying the second biggest land area in Europe. It was an astonishing and reckless gamble and it failed completely in the first crucial week.\n\nPutin now has few options but to keep going forward to make this war bigger - either bigger in Ukraine or bigger by advancing beyond its borders. Escalation is built into the current situation and Europe has reached a very dangerous moment in its recent history.\n\nHaving failed with Plan A to seize the government in Kyiv before President Zelensky's forces, or the outside world, could react, Moscow then switched to a Plan B. This was a more \"manoeuvrist\" military approach to surround Kyiv and move in on other Ukrainian cities - Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Mariupol and Mykolaiv and simply snuff out Ukrainian armed resistance while Kyiv itself would be threatened with capitulation or destruction.\n\nThis, too, failed. Kherson was the only major city that fell under Russian control and has since continued to resist Russian administration. The fact is that Russian forces were too small to dominate such a big country; they performed very poorly for a mixture of reasons; they were badly led and dispersed around four separate fronts, from Kyiv to Mykolaiv, with no overall commander.\n\nAnd they turned out to be up against a determined and well-trained Ukrainian army who fought them to a standstill in a classic demonstration of \"dynamic defence\" - not holding a line but rather hitting the attackers at points of maximum vulnerability.\n\nIn frustration, Russia has now moved to \"plan C\", which is to give up on Kyiv and the north, instead concentrating all its forces for a major offensive in the Donbas region and across the south of Ukraine, probably as far as the port of Odesa in the south-west - effectively to landlock the country.\n\nThis is the campaign we now see being played out in the east around Izyum and Popasne, Kurulka and Brazhkivka.\n\nRussian forces are trying to surround Ukraine's Joint Forces Operation, (JFO) - about 40% of its army that has been dug in opposite the breakaway Luhansk and Donetsk \"republics\" since 2014. Key Russian objectives are to take Slovyansk and, a little further south, Kramatorsk. They are both crucial strategic points for control of the whole Donbas region.\n\nAnd the war has moved into a different military phase - a struggle in more open country, during better weather, with tanks, mechanised infantry and, above all, artillery - designed to devastate an opponent's defence lines before armoured forces sweep in.\n\nBut the process is not so simple.\n\nRussia's offensive got off to a staggered start and Ukraine's JFO has held the Russian offensive well short of the lines Russian commanders would have expected to reach by now. The Ukrainians have bought themselves some valuable time. A \"race of the heavy metal\" is under way as each side tries to bring in its heavy fighting equipment before the battle is fully joined. We can expect to see this develop over the next couple of weeks.\n\nWhat happens in the Donbas, however, offers Putin only a choice between different types of defeat.\n\nIf the battle reaches an autumn stalemate, he will have precious little to show for so much loss and pain. If the military momentum shifts and his forces get pushed back, even more so. And even if the Russians succeed in overrunning the whole of the Donbas and all across the south, they still have to hold those territories for the indefinite future in the face of several million Ukrainians who don't want them there.\n\nAny significant Russian military success will likely create a major, open-ended insurgency that will get bigger for every district Russian forces may overrun. Putin went for broke in February with Plan A. The failure of that scheme means that plans B, C or any subsequent plans still leaves Russia going for broke - needing to suppress some or all of a very big country.\n\nOne way or another, Russia will have to keep fighting in Ukraine, either against the population, or against the Ukrainian army, and quite possibly both simultaneously. And as long as Kyiv sticks to its current line that demands Russian withdrawal before any concessions can be contemplated, there is not much Putin can do but carry grimly on.\n\nThe western powers will keep supplying weapons and money to Kyiv, and will not be lifting powerful sanctions on Russia any time soon. Once Europe's energy dependency on it is greatly lessened, Russia has so little that Europe really needs, the US and Europe will be able to leave crippling sanctions in place with small cost to their own economies.\n\nThere is no way back for Vladimir Putin personally and he may even be indicted as a war criminal. His only political strategy is to make the war in Ukraine into something else - part of a struggle for Russia's very survival against the \"Nazis\" and \"imperialists\" of the West who relish the chance to take Russia down.\n\nThat's why it suits him to toy with the dangerous idea that Russia is facing a \"Great Patriotic War 2.0\" with the rest of Europe. We will probably hear a lot more about this on Victory Day. President Putin will claim to see light at the end of a very dark and long tunnel into which he has steered his own country.", "Tourists photograph a rocket on a launch pad at Baikonur Cosmodrome in 2015\n\nA British YouTuber was questioned \"for a few hours\" by police at a Russia-controlled space centre in Kazakhstan on Saturday, he has confirmed.\n\nBenjamin Rich said he was fined £60 for not having the required permission to visit the Baikonur Cosmodrome.\n\nIt comes after the head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos said Mr Rich had been detained near a launch pad at the site.\n\nDmitry Rogozin had claimed Mr Rich was being investigated over \"illegal acts\".\n\nBut the vlogger, known for his travel channel Bald and Bankrupt, said in an Instagram post on Sunday: \"Basically I was questioned by Russian police for a few hours for going to see the Buran rocket without the special permission and given a £60 administrative fine just like hundreds of foreign adventurers before me.\"\n\nMr Rich emphasised it was an administrative offence, \"meaning just a fine and told not to do it again just like smoking in the wrong place or jay walking\".\n\nMr Rich's YouTube channel, which he describes as \"off the map in former Soviet lands...\" has more than 3.5 million subscribers.\n\nAll space station flights using Russian rockets are launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, which is open to tourists who apply for permission from Roscosmos.\n\nThe launch complex in Kazakhstan, formerly part of the Soviet Union, is where the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, was launched by the USSR in 1957.", "Actor Dennis Waterman, known for his roles in TV shows including Minder, The Sweeney and New Tricks, has died, his family have said. He was 74.\n\nA statement said: \"We are deeply saddened to announce that our beloved Dennis passed away very peacefully in hospital in Spain.\"\n\nHe died on Sunday afternoon with wife Pam at his side, they said.\n\n\"The family kindly ask that our privacy is respected at this very difficult time,\" they added.\n\nDennis Waterman played the title role in William in 1962\n\nBorn in London and educated at the Corona Theatre School, Waterman began his career in a role for the Children's Film Foundation, after which, at the age of 12, he was invited to join Stratford's Royal Shakespeare Company.\n\nHe went on to find fame in his teens in William, the BBC's adaptation of Just William.\n\nHe became one of the best-known faces on British television in the 1970s when he played Det Sgt George Carter opposite John Thaw in ITV's police drama The Sweeney.\n\nJohn Thaw and Dennis Waterman in The Sweeney\n\nHe enjoyed more success in Minder from 1979 to 1989 as Terry McCann, the bodyguard and partner to George Cole's wheeler dealer Arthur Daley.\n\nWaterman went on to star in the comedies On the Up and Stay Lucky, before another popular and long-running role as another Cockney detective in New Tricks, which ran from 2003 to 2015.\n\nAs Gerry Standing, he starred alongside fellow acting stalwarts James Bolam and Alun Armstrong.\n\nWaterman with Judy Buxton in On the Up\n\nWaterman became well-known for singing the theme songs to many of his shows, and was caricatured by David Walliams in Little Britain as a result.\n\nThroughout his acting career, he continued to pursue his interest in music, and had number one hits in Australia and New Zealand, and got to number three in the UK charts with I Could Be So Good For You, the theme song from Minder.\n\nPaying tribute, actor and comedian Matt Lucas tweeted: \"I grew up watching Dennis Waterman's iconic performances in The Sweeney and Minder.\n\n\"His guest appearance in our Little Britain Live show at Hammersmith Apollo - in which he hilariously duetted with David's absurd impersonation of him - remains the absolute highlight of my career.\"\n\nWaterman, Walliams and Matt Lucas on stage during a special Comic Relief performance of Little Britain\n\nIn 2009, he starred in the BBC's hard-hitting drama Moses Jones, a role he said at the time he relished because it cast him in a different light.\n\n\"I really enjoyed it, because it was a very different kind of character - and that's important,\" he explained.\n\n\"On television in Britain, I'm sort of the cheeky chappie, everybody's mate, but I've never played anything like that in the theatre.\n\n\"It's strange that you get cast as different things in different parts of the media.\"\n\nHis last film role was in Never Too Late in 2020, which was filmed in Australia.\n\nWaterman had been married several times, including to actress Rula Lenska until 1998. In 2012, he was criticised after admitting he had hit her \"one time\", but said she was not \"a beaten wife\".\n\nHis daughter, Hannah, became a TV star in her own right, landing a role in EastEnders as Laura Beale.\n\nWaterman and Thaw with comedy legends Ernie Wise and Eric Morecambe in 1978\n\nTributes have flooded in for the star, with broadcaster Kay Burley describing him as a \"brilliant actor who was a staple on our screens throughout the 70s and 80s\".\n\n\"Loved The Sweeney. Loved Minder more,\" she tweeted.\n\nLarry Lamb, who replaced Waterman in New Tricks in 2015, also paid tribute to his \"mate\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Larry Lamb This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nDIY SOS presenter Nick Knowles remembered a charity golf trip to Bermuda alongside Waterman: \"I'm not much of a golfer - he was - but it was time spent with him between rounds that were well worth the trip. A genuinely lovely guy.\"", "More people in the UK are struggling to afford to eat every day as food prices rise, according to research by charity the Food Foundation.\n\nAround one in seven adults live in homes where people have skipped meals, reduced meal sizes or gone hungry, an online survey suggested.\n\nFood has become more expensive as producers push their rising energy costs on to consumers.\n\nPrices are rising by 7% a year in the UK - the highest rate for 30 years.\n\nThe Bank of England has warned inflation might reach 10% within months, as the rising prices of fuel and food put pressure on household budgets.\n\nThe Food Foundation also said that people had increasingly opted to take more cold food from food banks because of fears that cooking items would increase their energy costs.\n\nThe research by YouGov saw 10,674 adults surveyed online between April 22 and 29.\n\nIt found the number of people struggling to buy food has risen by 57% in three months.\n\nNearly 14% of survey respondents said they or someone in their household had eaten smaller meals or skipped meals because they were not able to afford it during the past month. This was up from 8.8% of the survey respondents in January.\n\nAnna Taylor, executive director of the Food Foundation said the situation is \"rapidly turning from an economic crisis to a health crisis\" which food banks should not \"possibly be expected to solve\".\n\n\"The government needs to realise the boat is sinking for many families and it needs to be fixed. Bailing out with emergency food parcels is not going to work,\" she added.\n\nA government spokesman said: \"We recognise the pressures on the cost of living and we are doing what we can to help, including spending £22bn across the next financial year to support people with energy bills and cut fuel duty.\n\n\"For the hardest hit, we're putting an average of £1,000 more per year into the pockets of working families on Universal Credit, have also boosted the minimum wage by more than £1,000 a year for full-time workers and our Household Support Fund is there to help with the cost of everyday essentials.\"\n\nShadow work and pensions secretary Jonathan Ashworth said: \"These are devastating findings that reveal the acute levels of hunger impacting families and children nationwide caused by the Conservative cost-of-living crisis.\"\n\nProf Sir Michael Marmot, director of the UCL Institute of Health Equity, said the survey's findings suggest society is \"failing in a fundamental way\".\n\n\"These figures on food insecurity are all the more chilling because the problem is solvable. But, far from being solved, it is getting worse,\" he added.\n\nAre you struggling with the rising cost of living? Email: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ncuti Gatwa: \"It's been tricky trying to keep this under wraps, because I've got a big mouth\"\n\nActor Ncuti Gatwa will take over from Jodie Whittaker as the star of Doctor Who, the BBC has announced.\n\nThe 29-year-old will become the 14th Time Lord on the popular science fiction show, and the first person of colour to play the lead role.\n\nScottish actor Gatwa, who was born in Rwanda, is best known for starring in Netflix's sitcom Sex Education.\n\nHe told BBC News: \"It feels really amazing. It's a true honour. This role is an institution and it's so iconic.\"\n\nSpeaking on the red carpet before Sunday's Bafta TV Awards, where he was nominated for Sex Education, Gatwa said the role of the Doctor \"means a lot to so many people, including myself\".\n\nHe added: \"I feel very grateful to have had the baton handed over and I'm going to try to do my best.\"\n\nGatwa will make his debut as the Time Lord in 2023.\n\nGatwa is nominated for a Bafta Award on Sunday for playing Eric in Sex Education\n\nShowrunner Russell T Davies said Gatwa had impressed him in a \"blazing\" audition.\n\n\"It was our last audition. It was our very last one,\" the writer and producer said. \"We thought we had someone, and then in he came and stole it.\n\n\"I'm properly, properly thrilled. It's going to be a blazing future.\"\n\nThe Queer As Folk and It's A Sin creator, who is returning to Doctor Who after departing in 2009, posted a selfie with Gatwa on the Baftas red carpet.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by russelltdavies63 This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe actor was nominated for the Bafta for best male performance in a comedy programme for the third year in a row for playing Eric in Sex Education.\n\nAs well as being nominated, he presented the Bafta for best scripted comedy at Sunday's ceremony, and received a loud round of applause as he walked on stage.\n\nHe has already won a Scottish Bafta and a Rose d'Or Award for Sex Education.\n\nNcuti Gatwa is a very shrewd choice for the role. He's incredibly popular with viewers in their late teens and 20s, thanks to Sex Education on Netflix. He has more than 2.5 million Instagram followers, and that's likely to shoot up even further after today's announcement.\n\nDoctor Who, like so many programmes, is eager to win back some of those younger viewers, so the sheer interest from someone like him being involved is going to help with that.\n\nThat's not to put aside the fact he's an exceptionally gifted young actor. He's absolutely brilliant. He's been nominated for the Bafta for all three series of Sex Education, so he's not just been cast because of what he can demographically bring in.\n\nIt's a double bonus because he can bring in that demographic and in theory give a fantastic performance as the Doctor.\n\nGatwa said he was \"definitely going to do my own thing\" with the role rather than modelling himself on any previous Doctor.\n\nIn a statement, he added that the prospect of working with Davies was \"a dream come true\".\n\nHe said: \"His writing is dynamic, exciting, incredibly intelligent and fizzing with danger - an actor's metaphorical playground. The entire team have been so welcoming and truly give their hearts to the show.\n\n\"And so as much as it's daunting, I'm aware I'm joining a really supportive family. Unlike the Doctor, I may only have one heart but I am giving it all to this show.\"\n\nBBC chief content officer Charlotte Moore said: \"Ncuti has an incredible dynamism, he's a striking and fearless young actor whose talent and energy will set the world alight and take Doctor Who on extraordinary adventures under Russell T Davies' new era.\"\n\nOthers welcoming Gatwa's appointment included Sex Education co-star Aimee Lou Wood, who said on the Baftas red carpet: \"Obviously it's just the best news in the world ever and he deserves it more than anyone.\"\n\nOlly Alexander, who starred in It's A Sin and who was himself among those tipped for the Tardis, wrote on Twitter that it was \"amazing\" news.\n\nScotland's Culture Secretary Angus Robertson congratulated Gatwa, writing: \"Great to see success of this young Scottish acting talent and graduate of Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.\"\n\nDoctor Who author and podcaster Juno Dawson said it was \"perfect, perfect casting\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nGatwa moved to Scotland as a toddler when his family fled the Rwandan genocide, and was at one point homeless before finding his big break as an actor.\n\nIn Sex Education, he plays Eric Effiong, a young gay British-Nigerian who is best friends with Otis, the show's lead character. He has also appeared in a BBC adaptation of Iain Banks' novel Stonemouth, and the 2021 film The Last Letter from Your Lover.\n\nWhittaker took over as the Doctor in 2017 as the first female doctor.\n\nShe will bow out in a special episode to be broadcast this autumn. Her finale will also feature appearances from two previous companions - Ace, played by Sophie Aldred, and Janet Fielding's Tegan.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Democratic Unionist Party says it will not join a power-sharing government without action on the protocol\n\nThe DUP will not go back into government in Northern Ireland until its concerns about post-Brexit trading arrangements are resolved, the party's leader has said.\n\nSir Jeffrey Donaldson was among the party leaders to meet NI Secretary Brandon Lewis in Belfast on Monday.\n\nWould-be first minister Michelle O'Neill said there could be no attempt by the DUP to \"punish the public\".\n\nMs O'Neill and Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald held talks with Mr Lewis, who also met the leaders of the Alliance Party, Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP).\n\nThe Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is resisting pressure from the UK and Irish governments, as well as Northern Ireland's other main parties, to nominate ministers after the dramatic election result.\n\nFor months, the DUP has protested against the Northern Ireland Protocol, part of the UK's Brexit deal with the European Union which retains free trade across the Irish border.\n\nIt has angered some unionists for introducing new checks on some goods moving across the Irish Sea.\n\nThey also say it undermines Northern Ireland's place in the UK.\n\nIn his meetings on Monday, Mr Lewis urged the party leaders to respect the outcome of the election on Thursday and re-establish Stormont as soon as possible.\n\nHe said the government would have to address issues relating to the protocol and \"continue to press the EU to agree the crucial changes that are urgently needed\".\n\nThe NI Secretary stated that he will remain in close contact with all the party leaders over the coming days.\n\nSinn Féin, whose ultimate goal is for Northern Ireland to leave the UK and become one country with the Republic of Ireland, won the most seats - 27 out of 90 - after Thursday's vote.\n\nThis means the party can nominate Northern Ireland's first minister, an unprecedented move for a nationalist party, but it is reliant on the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) taking up its position as deputy first minister.\n\nThe roles form a joint office, with equal responsibility, however, the allocation of the titles is regarded as symbolically important.\n\nSir Jeffrey said his party would not nominate ministers until there had been \"decisive action\" on the protocol.\n\n\"They (UK government) gave a firm commitment to protect our place in the UK internal market,\" Sir Jeffrey said.\n\n\"They have not done so, they have failed over the last two-and-a-half years to honour that commitment.\"\n\nBut Ms O'Neill said the DUP and the UK government must respect the election's outcome, and that it was down to Boris Johnson and the EU to resolve differences over the protocol.\n\n\"Brinkmanship will not be tolerated where the north of Ireland becomes collateral damage in a game of chicken with the European Commission,\" she said.\n\n\"Make no mistake, we and our business community here will not be held to ransom.\"\n\nWhile some assembly members (MLAs) were at Stormont on Monday, the legislative body will hold its first sitting on Friday, when members will register and designate as unionist, nationalist or other.\n\nOn Monday, Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Micheál Martin said the DUP was wrong to place conditions on power-sharing.\n\n\"The mandate they all got was to take their assembly seats and get into the executive,\" he told broadcaster RTÉ.\n\nMr Martin said the EU had signalled its intention to make the Northern Ireland Protocol work more effectively, but that it would not be removed.\n\nToday is a mixture of first day of school, a wedding and a wake - a lot of people all dressed up with nowhere really to go.\n\nThe only meeting some would say Brandon Lewis needs to have is with the DUP.\n\nThere is also an interesting leaders' meeting which will be led by Michelle O'Neill, the would-be first minister if there was anybody to be deputy first minister.\n\nBut all of that will lead nowhere unless someone can persuade the DUP to set aside its difficulties on the protocol.\n\nMLAs are due to sign the Stormont register on Friday (the 13th if you're superstitious).\n\nIf that goes well, they will elect the speaker and are supposed to elect the first and deputy first ministers - and that is where the first big problem happens.\n\nIreland's Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney is expected to meet Brandon Lewis later.\n\nMeanwhile, the EU's chief negotiator Maroš Šefčovič has urged the UK to \"dial down the rhetoric\" about the protocol.\n\nHe said the UK needed to \"be honest\" about what it had committed to.\n\nKellie Armstrong, from the Alliance Party, said there would be a \"zombie assembly\" if the DUP did not respect the outcome of the election.\n\n\"If they really cannot abide being deputy first minister then they have the option of opposition and then they can hold the government to account,\" she told BBC Radio Ulster's Talkback programme.\n\n\"But for goodness sake at least let the rest of us get on with doing some work.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Alliance leader Naomi Long said that to get a functioning executive, the DUP needed to step up to the plate\n\nUlster Unionist Party (UUP) leader Doug Beattie said that if the Northern Ireland Protocol was the obstacle to a functioning executive at Stormont, then it needed to be dealt with.\n\n\"We all know what the landing zone is, no checks on goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland if they are staying in Northern Ireland. That gets rid of the border down the Irish Sea.\n\n\"The EU Commission know this, the UK government know this and all five political parties who would form the executive know this also.\"\n\nOn Monday, SDLP leader Colum Eastwood said his party was now in opposition as it does \"not have a mandate for government\".\n\nThe party lost four seats and returns to the assembly with eight MLAs.\n\nMr Eastwood, the Foyle MP, said his party would not replace its deputy leader Nichola Mallon, who lost her seat, as infrastructure minister.\n\nThe victory for Sinn Féin in this election does not mean a vote on Irish unification - also known as a border poll - is imminent.\n\nThe Northern Ireland Act 1998 - which followed the signing of the Good Friday Agreement peace deal - stated that Northern Ireland remained part of the United Kingdom and \"shall not cease to be so without the consent of a majority of the people of Northern Ireland voting in a poll\".\n\nIt also stated that the Northern Ireland secretary should agree to hold a poll if it appeared likely that a majority of people wanted a united Ireland.\n\nSuccessive opinion polls suggest that is not yet the case, with the most recent, published in April, putting support at about a third.\n\nAlthough Sinn Féin's vote rose at the election, the combined vote for the main parties which support a border poll - Sinn Féin, the SDLP, People Before Profit and Aontú - fell.\n\nSinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said planning for a unity referendum would come within a \"five-year framework\".\n\nAfter her meeting with the NI secretary on Monday, she said she expected mention of Irish Language legislation in Tuesday's Queens Speech.\n\nIt is still not clear whether the DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, who is currently an MP, will take his seat at Stormont, or hand it over to a party colleague and stay at Westminster.\n\nIf he decides to remain as a member of parliament, it will be seen as a sign that he feels the Stormont stalemate will continue for the foreseeable future.\n\nThe DUP lost three seats in last week's election but fared better than some opinion polls had predicted.\n\nThe only party to gain seats after the election was the cross-community Alliance Party, now Stormont's third largest, after it more than doubled its representation to 17 seats.\n\nElsewhere, the UUP also lost a seat, finishing with nine MLAs, while the Green Party lost its two seats.\n\nTraditional Unionist Voice (TUV) leader Jim Allister retained his place at Stormont, as did Gerry Carroll of People Before Profit and two independent unionists, Claire Sugden and Alex Easton.\n\nAlthough Sinn Féin is the largest party, there are still more unionists than nationalists at Stormont, 37 to 35.\n\nThe new assembly is the seventh to be formed since the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.", "Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill (second left) with party leader Mary Lou McDonald and returning assembly members Emma Sheerin (left) and Linda Dillon (far right)\n\nThere was a time in Northern Ireland when Sinn Féin voices were silenced.\n\nBanned from the airwaves by the government to combat IRA propaganda.\n\nThe BBC even employed an actor to voice the words of the then Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams.\n\nBut this weekend Sinn Féin voices were in high demand as broadcasters scrambled to get them on air.\n\nThey all wanted to hear from the one-time political pariahs who are now the political powerbrokers at Stormont.\n\nAnd pose the question: Does its victory push Northern Ireland closer to a border poll and possibly Irish unity?\n\nCommunication is no longer a problem for Sinn Féin as its message struck a chord with a quarter of a million voters.\n\nSinn Féin firstly played down the prospects of being the largest party, mindful of overplaying its hand too early.\n\nBut the party ramped it up the week before the poll, even pushing Michelle O'Neill as a \"first minister for all\" in a presidential-style pitch.\n\nThough much of the ground work paving the way for Sinn Féin's success was already laid by the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).\n\nThe slogan - vote Jeffrey to avoid getting Michelle - worked for both parties.\n\nJeffrey Donaldson won't say if he will rubberstamp Michelle O'Neill's appointment to the first minister role\n\nIt energised some DUP voters to stick with Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, despite what the polls predicted.\n\nBut crucially it also stoked nationalist voters to row in behind Sinn Féin like never before to push unionists off the Stormont summit for the first time.\n\nThough the swing behind Sinn Féin came at a high cost to the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) as it lost four seats leaving it on an all-time low of just eight.\n\nThe party's deputy leader Nicola Mallon is among the casualties.\n\nA divided unionist vote also cleared the way for Sinn Féin, which returned with the same number of seats it held going into the poll.\n\nThe party is now entitled to the keys of the first minister's office.\n\nThough it comes with no extra power, the post has huge symbolic significance for unionists who've held it for 24 years.\n\nBut Michelle O'Neill will only get the keys to her new office if the DUP agree to her nomination.\n\nSir Jeffrey says he will respect the outcome of the poll - but he has so far refused to confirm if he will rubberstamp Michelle O'Neill's appointment by accepting the post of deputy first minister.\n\nMichelle O'Neill at the party's manifesto launch with leader Mary Lou McDonald\n\nUntil he does, the Stormont stalemate will continue, with no power-sharing executive.\n\nThat means the outgoing caretaker ministers will continue to run departments.\n\nBut with no overarching executive, their powers will be limited.\n\nThey won't be able to use a £300m pot to help families deal with the cost of living crisis, although the DUP insists the money can be handed out.\n\nThe parties have six months to agree a new power-sharing executive and history tells us they are likely to take every minute.\n\nBut if the executive returns then it will have a new look courtesy of the Alliance surge.\n\nThe party with 17 seats will be entitled to two ministerial posts which is likely to include the justice portfolio.\n\nIt is also likely the SDLP and Ulster Unionists will end up on the opposition benches, leaving just three parties in the executive.\n\nThat will change the dynamic but will it mean better delivery and fewer stand-offs?\n\nIt has been a bruising election for the DUP and Ulster Unionists with a drop in their vote and seats.\n\nUUP leader Doug Beattie retained his seat - but it's been a disappointing election for his party\n\nThough the Traditional Unionist Voice party (TUV) broke new ground, increasing its vote by more than 5%, it failed to secure transfers to add to the sole seat held by party leader Jim Allister.\n\nHis party's increase appears to have come from disillusioned DUP voters whose votes then transferred back to Sir Jeffrey's party.\n\nIt's a move which the DUP says played into the hands of Sinn Féin and no doubt it will be used to warn unionist voters again.\n\nThe DUP warning about Sinn Féin using its new Stormont status to push for a border poll will also be tested before the next poll.\n\nWhile Sinn Féin was reluctant to promote its border poll ambitions during the election campaign, expect it to be back on the agenda now.\n\nBut the party says it will be a decade-long plan at least which will only come after an island-wide conversation.\n\nThe decision to hold a border poll is for the Northern Ireland secretary of state, when he or she feels there is more of an appetite for Irish unity.\n\nBut you may now find talk of a border poll will slowly fade if a power-sharing executive returns and no votes are on the line.\n\nThough the 2022 assembly election will be remembered for the Sinn Féin breakthrough and Alliance advance, it may also mark a turning point in how Stormont functions - if and when it fully returns.", "Sir Keir Starmer is facing further questions over whether he broke Covid lockdown rules at an MP's office in Durham, amid reports a leaked Labour memo suggested time was set aside for him to eat dinner with colleagues.\n\nDurham police are investigating last April's event, when the Labour leader had beer and curry with others.\n\nThe Mail on Sunday published what it said was a memo showing timings for \"dinner\", before the visit would end.\n\nA Labour spokesperson said he had eaten \"between work demands\".\n\nA party source added that it would be \"wrong to assume\" activities during the visit occurred at the times originally planned.\n\nSir Keir was filmed drinking a bottle of beer in the constituency office of Durham MP Mary Foy last year, in the run-up to a by-election in nearby Hartlepool.\n\nThe Labour leader has maintained the visit was a work event, and that the food and drink was consumed in between doing work, so was within the rules.\n\nBut the internal planning document for the Durham trip apparently showed how an hour and twenty minutes were scheduled for \"dinner\" - after which, the visit would conclude.\n\nThe memo said a takeaway order would be placed by a member of Sir Keir's office from a nearby Indian restaurant for a meal between 20:40 and 22:00.\n\nCovid rules in place at the time meant it was illegal for people in England to socialise indoors with people from outside their household or support bubble.\n\nThere was an exemption for \"work purposes\", although working from home was recommended in the guidance, but the rules did not mention socialising at work.\n\nDescribing the meal earlier this week, Sir Keir said that \"at various points people went through to the kitchen, got a plate, had something to eat, and got on with their work\". He has also previously insisted he returned to work afterwards.\n\nLast week, Labour said Angela Rayner was also at the event, after previously denying she was there. It blamed a \"mistake\" in communication.\n\nThe real reason all this matters is less about what happened a year ago. And rather more about what Sir Keir Starmer has said since.\n\nHe has repeatedly expressed his outrage - shared by millions - at the behaviour of the prime minister and others in government in breaking the Covid rules.\n\nAnd he's repeatedly called for Boris Johnson to resign.\n\nNow his critics say if you get on a moral high horse, it might turn into a bucking bronco if you've broken the rules yourself.\n\nMinisters I've spoken to are cock-a-hoop at this latest twist in this long running row about political conduct during Covid.\n\nThe Labour leader finds himself in a very perilous position.\n\nAsked whether he would resign if fined, Sir Keir told reporters on Saturday: \"I was working in the office. We stopped for something to eat. There was no party\".\n\nHe said he would not resign and would lead Labour into the next general election.\n\nFormer shadow home secretary Diane Abbott said Sir Keir should consider his position as Labour leader if he is fined by police for breaking Covid laws.\n\nMs Abbott told LBC radio that she didn't think he would be fined, and criticised \"hype built up by the Tory press\".\n\nBut she added that if he did receive a fixed penalty notice, he would have to \"consider his position\". She insisted she was a \"loyal supporter\" of Sir Keir's, and was simply making a \"common-sense point\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Footage shows Sir Keir Starmer drinking beer with colleagues in Durham on 30 April 2021\n\nDurham police had initially decided no offence had occurred after reviewing footage from the gathering earlier this year.\n\nBut after Thursday's local elections concluded, the force announced it would launch an investigation after receiving \"significant new information\".\n\nThe force had been coming under pressure to revisit the matter after Mr Johnson, his wife Carrie and Chancellor Rishi Sunak were fined for attending a birthday party for the prime minister in Downing Street in June 2020.\n\nConservative MPs have also been calling for the force to launch a formal probe in recent days.\n\nSir Keir has urged Mr Johnson to resign since January, when the prime minister became embroiled in accusations Covid rules were broken during gatherings held in Whitehall during lockdown.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police are continuing their investigation into 12 gatherings held in Downing Street and the Cabinet Office during 2020 and 2021.\n\nAsked what Sir Keir should do if he is fined, Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi told Times Radio: \"We've got to let the police carry out their investigation and that's only right and responsible.\n\n\"I do think, though, that the public will be uncomfortable with the hypocrisy.\n\n\"He has tweeted himself saying that if you're under investigation, a criminal investigation, then you should resign.\"\n• None Keir Starmer's Durham drink - what were the rules?", "Olena Zelenska, left, and Jill Biden met at a school in the border town of Uzhhorod\n\nUS First Lady Jill Biden has met her Ukrainian counterpart Olena Zelenska in Ukraine as Washington announced further sanctions on Moscow.\n\nThe two first ladies met at a school in the border town of Uzhhorod.\n\nIt was Mrs Zelenska's first appearance in public since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February.\n\nThe US imposed new sanctions - including visa curbs on 2,600 Russian and Belarusian individuals - in response to the Russian invasion.\n\nThree Russian TV stations and executives from Gazprombank were also sanctioned by Washington.\n\nMeanwhile, G7 leaders said they were committed to phasing out or banning Russian oil.\n\nMrs Zelenska said it had been a \"courageous act\" of her US counterpart to visit Ukraine\n\nThe meeting between the two first ladies took place at a school which is currently being used as a temporary shelter for displaced people.\n\nMrs Biden said she wanted \"to show that the people of the United States stand with the people of Ukraine\", adding that the war - now in its third month - had been \"brutal\" and had to stop.\n\nMrs Zelenska said it had been a \"courageous act\" to visit Ukraine while it was at war.\n\nShe added that the visit, on Mother's Day in Ukraine and in the US, was very symbolic.\n\n\"We feel your love and support during such an important day.\"\n\nThe two women later sat down and played with some of the dozens of children who are currently housed at the school, making tissue paper bears - the symbol of the local province.\n\nThe announcement of new sanctions came after G7 leaders held a video call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.\n\nA senior US official said the new US sanctions would hit 27 Gazprombank executives. However, the measures do not freeze the firm's assets or outlaw transactions with it.\n\nIt is unclear who is on the list of 2,600 Russian and Belarusian individuals to be hit with visa restrictions.\n\nThe US announcement came at the end of a day of diplomatic events, which included visits to Ukraine by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the speaker of the German Bundestag and Mrs Biden.\n\nMr Trudeau announced that Canada was sending new weapons and equipment for Ukraine's army, as well as imposing its own range of new sanctions on Russian individuals and companies.\n\n\"What Putin needs to understand is that the West is absolutely determined and resolved to stand against what he is doing,\" Mr Trudeau later told Reuters in an interview.\n\n\"His illegal war, his escalations, his crossing of red lines by choosing to further invade Ukraine means that we will do as a world everything we can to make sure that he loses.\"\n\nThe UK also announced a fresh package of sanctions on Russia and Belarus, targeting £1.7bn ($2.1bn) of trade.\n\nThe EU is currently finalising a sixth round of sanctions on Russia but has so far been unable to agree on the measures, including a phased ban of Russian oil.\n\nDiplomats said Hungary was still preventing progress on finalising the measures.\n\nEU countries are split on how soon they can wind down dependence on Russian energy supplies. Europe gets about 40% of its natural gas from Russia.\n\nThe new US and Canadian sanctions were announced on the eve of Victory Day in Russia, which celebrates the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany.\n\nIn a statement, the G7 denounced Russia's President Putin, saying that \"his actions bring shame on Russia and the historic sacrifices of its people\".", "It is the second longest shot to win the Run for the Roses after Donerail won at 91-1 odds in 1913\n\nAn 80-1 outsider has won the Kentucky Derby, in one of the biggest upsets in the history of America's most celebrated horse race.\n\nRich Strike - ridden by Sonny Leon - stormed to victory at Churchill Downs in Louisville despite having the longest odds among all 20 horses.\n\nThe horse was only brought in on Friday after another had to drop out.\n\nIt is the second longest shot to win the Run for the Roses after Donerail won at 91-1 odds in 1913.\n\nRich Strike pulled ahead down the stretch to beat favourite Epicenter, who was second, and Zandon, who was third.\n\nIt was the first Kentucky Derby win for trainer and Kentucky native Eric Reed.\n\n\"I fell down in the paddock when he hit the wire,\" Mr Reed said.\n\n\"I passed out. I'm so happy. This is the reason everybody does this. We're not supposed to be here but I knew this horse loved this track and he has been training so good all year.\"\n\nThe trainer had considered walking away from the sport after he lost 23 horses in a barn fire in 2016.\n\nDespite being the outsider, owner Rick Dawson did not seem surprised by the outcome.\n\n\"We always felt like if we could just get into the race, we'd have a shot, and we proved it today,\" Mr Dawson said.\n\n\"We've never entered a race we didn't think we could win. Ever.\"\n\nAbout 150,000 spectators attended Saturday's race, including former President Donald Trump and rapper Drake.\n\nIn 2021, betting on the Kentucky Derby reached $233 million, up 85% from the year before, which was held without spectators because of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to industry publication BloodHorse.", "The Irish rock star and U2 frontman gave a surprise performance at a downtown metro station giving renditions of hits such as Sunday Bloody Sunday, Desire and With or Without You.\n\nBono also sang along side Taras Topolya, lead singer of popular local band Antytila, who called on the world to support Ukraine amid continued Russian attacks on the country.", "Dominic Raab has accused Sir Keir Starmer of \"hypocrisy\" after police launched an investigation into whether he breached Covid rules in 2021.\n\nThe deputy PM stopped short of calling for the Labour leader to quit over what he called \"rank double standards\".\n\nBut he said Sir Keir had \"a bunch of questions to answer\" about the event.\n\nLabour's Lisa Nandy said the gathering at a Labour MP's office was a work event and it was \"absurd\" to compare it to Boris Johnson's \"serial partying\".\n\nWhen the Metropolitan Police launched an investigation into Covid rule-breaking in No 10 in January, Sir Keir said the PM should quit.\n\nAsked if Sir Keir should resign, Ms Nandy told the BBC's Sunday Morning show the two situations were \"not the same\".\n\n\"Downing Street was under investigation for 12 separate gatherings which we now know included karaokes, celebrations, leaving drinks, garden parties, pub quizzes and suitcases of wine,\" added the shadow levelling up secretary.\n\nShe argued that to compare that with \"a work meeting where people stopped to eat\" was \"pretty desperate\" and accused the Conservatives and \"their cheerleaders in the media\" of \"flinging mud\".\n\nAnd she insisted that as a former director of public prosecutions - in charge of the Crown Prosecution Service - Sir Keir was \"not the sort of man to tear up the rulebook\". In a Sky News interview, she described her leader as \"Mr Rules\".\n\nBut Justice Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister Mr Raab said the Labour leader was guilty of \"complete hypocrisy\" and had \"a bunch of questions to answer\" about the Durham event.\n\nHe avoided saying whether he thought the Labour leader should resign, saying the government was focused on issues that mattered more to voters, such as the cost of living.\n\nLabour has cancelled an event for Monday in which Sir Keir was due to give a speech and take questions from journalists ahead of Tuesday's Queen's Speech.\n\nThe Institute for Government think tank, which was hosting the event, was not given any specific reasons for why Labour had cancelled it.\n\nThe Labour Party has declined to comment.\n\nSir Keir Starmer is in an excruciatingly uncomfortable position.\n\nThere were Labour gains in Thursday's local elections, but the focus is now not on those, or Conservative losses. It's on him.\n\nSir Keir has tried to present himself as a contrast to Boris Johnson, highlighting his own past prosecuting lawbreakers as the head of the Crown Prosecution Service. Earlier today, one of his shadow cabinet members dubbed the Labour leader \"Mr Rules\".\n\nAnd Sir Keir wasted no time in calling on Mr Johnson to resign when the PM came under police investigation.\n\nBut now, while he waits for Durham Police to complete their new investigation into his behaviour, he's hamstrung. He's unable to criticise the prime minister on the issue.\n\nThe Conservatives are in a tricky position too. The police are still investigating Mr Johnson and multiple events in Downing Street, and the PM has already been found to have broken the law.\n\nIf they now say the Labour leader should go, how can they defend their own prime minister?\n\nUntil the police complete their inquiries it's messy for all involved.\n\nIn April 2021, Sir Keir was filmed drinking a beer in the constituency office of a Durham MP in the run-up to the Hartlepool by-election.\n\nThe Labour leader has insisted the visit was within in the rules as it was a work event - with food and drink being consumed in between doing work.\n\nBut an internal memo for the trip, obtained by the Mail on Sunday, scheduled an hour and twenty minutes for \"dinner\" - after which, the visit would conclude.\n\nThe coronavirus rules in place at the time meant it was illegal for people in England to socialise indoors with people from outside their household or support bubble.\n\nThere was an exemption for \"work purposes\", although working from home was recommended in the guidance, but the rules did not mention socialising at work.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Footage shows Sir Keir Starmer drinking beer with colleagues in Durham on 30 April 2021\n\nDescribing the April 2021 meal earlier this week, Sir Keir said that \"at various points people went through to the kitchen, got a plate, had something to eat, and got on with their work\". He has also previously insisted he returned to work afterwards.\n\nDurham police reviewed the footage in February and said they did not believe an offence had been committed.\n\nBut after Thursday's local elections, the police said they had received \"significant new information over recent days\".\n\n\"We can confirm that an investigation into potential breaches of Covid-19 regulations relating to this gathering is now being conducted,\" the force said in a statement.\n\nAsked about the Labour leader's future, Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said no-one was \"above the law\" and that it would be \"extremely difficult\" for a politician to continue after being fined by the police.\n\nSpeaking to reporters on Saturday, Sir Keir said he would not resign and that he would lead Labour into the next general election.\n\nHowever, senior Labour backbencher Diane Abbott - a close ally of Sir Keir's predecessor Jeremy Corbyn - said he should consider his position if he receives a police fine.\n\nIn January, the Labour leader tweeted: \"after months of denials the prime minister is now under criminal investigations for breaking his own lockdown laws. He needs to do the decent thing and resign\".\n\nThe Metropolitan Police are continuing their investigation into 12 gatherings held in Downing Street and the Cabinet Office during 2020 and 2021.\n\nLast month, Mr Johnson, his wife Carrie and the Chancellor Rishi Sunak, were fined by the police for attending a birthday gathering in Downing Street in June 2020.", "Russia is already under unprecedented sanctions and now the UK has targeted Alina Kabaeva, a politician, media boss, former Olympic gymnast, and - if the rumours are true - Vladimir Putin's girlfriend and mother to some of his children.\n\nSanctions imposed by the UK and others are designed to punish those closest to Mr Putin - the oligarchs, politicians and other officials said to have benefited from their proximity to the president.\n\nLast month, the US and UK imposed sanctions on his daughters Maria Vorontsova, 36, and Katerina Tikhonova, 35. They are his children with ex-wife Lyudmila.\n\nUntil now, Ms Kabaeva had escaped, despite her reported status. She might have felt something was coming: an online petition in March demanded her expulsion from her residence in Switzerland.\n\nOn Friday, the UK added her name to its sanctions list, with Foreign Secretary Liz Truss saying Britain was \"tightening the vice\" on Mr Putin's \"inner circle\". The former gymnast now faces a UK travel ban and asset freeze.\n\nMs Kabaeva is a former Russian MP and chair of the board of directors of the National Media Group, which is reportedly the largest private Russian media company, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said.\n\nShe is a close associate of Mr Putin and obtains a financial or material benefit from this association, it added. It noted that the National Media Group controlled television stations including Channel One, which was already under sanctions.\n\n\"It is reported that he [Mr Putin] has tried to reduce her visibility since the invasion began,\" the FCDO said. \"For example, a couple of weeks after the invasion, the National Media Group website was updated to remove her name, along with any reference to the board of directors.\"\n\nEarlier, sources confirmed to the BBC that she was on the latest list of individuals to be sanctioned by the EU. According to AFP news agency, she was being targeted for her part in disseminating Kremlin propaganda and for being \"closely associated\" with the 69-year-old President Putin. The draft document did not name her as his partner.\n\nRussia's leader has always been intensely private. When asked about his private life, he has tended to brush off the question.\n\nHe has, though, explicitly denied a relationship with Ms Kabaeva.\n\nAlina Kabaeva at the Athens Olympics, where she won gold\n\nIn 2008, the Moskovsky Korrespondent newspaper reported that he was planning to divorce his wife Lyudmila and marry Ms Kabaeva. Both rejected the story. Soon after, the authorities shut the newspaper down. Mr Putin and Lyudmila would announce their split five years later. Lyudmila, whose new surname since a remarriage is Ocheretnaya, has also been sanctioned by the UK.\n\nAt the time the Russian president was denying he was involved with Ms Kabaeva, she was transitioning from a successful sporting career to one in politics.\n\nHer chosen discipline was rhythmic gymnastics, where competitors perform routines with the aid of equipment like ribbons and balls.\n\nMs Kabaeva, at her peak, has claims to have been the best in the world. She had a move named after her and was a leading performer in the team that dominated the sport. Russia won every Olympic gold medal available from 2000-2016.\n\nBorn in 1983, she started rhythmic gymnastics as a four-year-old. Her coach, Irina Viner, said: \"I could not believe my eyes, when I first saw her. The girl has the rare combination of two qualities crucial in rhythmic gymnastics - flexibility and agility.\"\n\nMs Kabaeva would become known as \"Russia's most flexible woman\".\n\nShe made her international debut in 1996, and was a surprise winner at the 1998 European Championships.\n\nAt the 2000 Sydney Olympics, an uncharacteristic error with the hoop cost her dearly (she let it roll off the floor) and she could only manage bronze in the all-round event. Four years later, in Athens, she went better, taking home gold.\n\nMs Kabaeva moved into politics and media after retiring from sport\n\nBy the time of her retirement, she had won 18 World Championship medals and 25 European Championship medals on top of her Olympic prizes. Like other Russian athletes, she has not escaped the taint of doping, losing her medals at an event in 2001 after testing positive for a banned substance.\n\nShe moved into politics, holding a seat in Russia's lower house of parliament from 2007-2014 with the ruling United Russia party.\n\nIn 2014 she became chair of the National Media Group, which has large stakes in almost all major Russian state media outlets.\n\nSuch outlets have been pumping out a relentlessly pro-Kremlin message on the war in Ukraine, accusing Ukrainians of shelling their own cities and presenting Russian troops as liberators.\n\nHer position has reportedly made her a wealthy woman, with leaked documents suggesting she earns about $12m (£9.7m) a year.\n\nIt is not known when she and Mr Putin first met, but it is not unusual for a leading Olympian to meet a country's president. There's a photo of the pair as far back as in 2001, when Mr Putin awarded her an Order of Friendship - a top state honour.\n\nThere are rumours that they have children together, although reports vary on how many.\n\nA Swiss newspaper reported that Ms Kabaeva had a boy in 2015 at an exclusive clinic near Lake Lugano, and another boy at the same place in 2019. But The Sunday Times and Wall Street Journal said she had twins in 2019 in Moscow although they disagree on how many children she has had.\n\nThe Kremlin denies such reports. Back in 2015, Mr Putin's spokesman said \"information about the birth of a baby fathered by Vladimir Putin does not correspond to reality\".\n\nSuch is Mr Putin's guarded nature - in public, he's never mentioned the names of the children he has with Lyudmila, other than to say he has two adult daughters - that the speculation is likely to continue.\n\nMs Kabaeva has been in and out of the spotlight since reports of her relationship with Mr Putin emerged.\n\nThere was a Vogue cover in 2011, where she wore a pricey gold dress from French fashion house Balmain. She was also a torch bearer at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.\n\nMore recently, in April she appeared at a junior gymnastics festival in Moscow, quashing suggestions she was in hiding. There, she praised Russia's war effort. Some outlets noted she wore a wedding band.\n\nThe Wall Street Journal has suggested that the US is reluctant to sanction Ms Kabaeva, for fear it may be deemed \"so personal a blow\" to Mr Putin that it may escalate tensions further.\n\nIt might not be off the table altogether, though. When the White House was asked in April why she was not on their latest list, the press secretary replied \"no-one is safe\".", "Smoke rises above the steelworks on Thursday\n\nA third operation to pull civilians from Mariupol is due on Friday, the UN says, as more fighting was reported for control of a steelworks where the last Ukrainian defenders are holding out.\n\nAbout 200 civilians are also believed to be hiding in bunkers in the plant.\n\nUN chief Antonio Guterres said everything should be done to \"get people out of these hellscapes\".\n\nRussia's Vladimir Putin said his forces are ready to give civilians safe passage, but fighters must surrender.\n\nThe Russian president has already declared victory in Mariupol, ordering his forces to seal off the sprawling industrial site - which was designed during the Cold War to serve as a nuclear bunker and has a network of tunnels deep below ground - rather than try to take control of it.\n\nHowever the remaining Ukrainian forces inside the steelworks - fighters from the Azov regiment, some marines, border guards and police - say Russian attacks are continuing.\n\nIn his overnight address Ukraine's President Zelensky also said that Russian shelling and attempts to wrest control of the steelworks were ongoing.\n\n\"Just imagine this hell. And there are children! More than two months of constant shelling, bombing, constant death nearby,\" he said.\n\nThe Azov regiment released drone footage showing explosions at the steelworks, but the date of the footage could not be verified. Earlier on Thursday Sviatoslav Palamar, an Azov regiment commander, said Ukrainian defenders were fighting \"difficult, bloody battles\" with Russian troops who had managed to enter part of the complex.\n\nBut the Kremlin denied its forces had tried to storm the plant and insisted that a humanitarian corridor was open as part of a three-day ceasefire that started on Thursday.\n\nMr Guterres said a third operation to evacuate civilians from the city was under way and would arrive in the city on Friday. Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on social media that this would happen at about midday.\n\nAt least 20 children are thought to be among the remaining civilians in the steelworks, and food and water supplies are dwindling fast.\n\nOn Sunday an initial group of civilians was evacuated from the plant. Footage showed mainly women and children being helped to walk over piles of rubble, and boarding a bus with missing windows.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: One woman who left the Azovstal steelworks earlier this week said she did not see any sunlight for two months\n\nRussia launched its invasion of Ukraine 10 weeks ago but has not yet gained full control over any of Ukraine's major cities.\n\nAre you or your family in Mariupol? Are you affected by events in the region? Please share your experience if it is safe to do so by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "This video can not be played\n\nTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "The new import tariffs proposed by the UK will cover £1.4bn of goods, including platinum and palladium\n\nThe UK has announced a fresh package of sanctions on Russia and Belarus in response to the invasion of Ukraine - targeting £1.7bn of trade.\n\nThe Department for International Trade said new import tariffs will apply to goods including platinum and palladium.\n\nThe metals are used to make parts for mobile phones and computers\n\nExport bans will target chemicals, plastics, rubber and machinery. It takes the value of products subject to UK sanctions to more than £4bn.\n\nThe new import tariffs will cover £1.4bn of goods while the planned export bans are intended to impact products worth more than £250m in sectors of the Russian economy most dependent on UK goods.\n\nThe announcement came after G7 leaders held a video call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the US and Canada also imposed new sanctions.\n\nInternational Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan said: \"We are determined to do our utmost to thwart Putin's aims in Ukraine and undermine his illegal invasion, which has seen barbaric acts perpetrated against the Ukrainian people.\n\n\"This far-reaching package of sanctions will inflict further damage on the Russian war machine.\"\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak said: \"Putin's illegal invasion of Ukraine is causing suffering on an enormous scale. His barbaric war must be stopped.\"\n\nHe said the new import and export sanctions would do \"significant damage to Putin's war effort\".\n\nThis third round of trade sanctions announced by the UK government - excluding gold and energy - would see more than 96% of goods imports from Russia hit by restrictions and more than 60% of goods exports to Russia under whole or partial restrictions, said the DIT.\n\nThe latest move comes as Russia celebrates Victory Day, the commemoration of the Soviet Victory over Nazi Germany in 1945, which is being marked with the annual military parade in Moscow's Red Square, despite many forces being deployed in Ukraine.\n\nThe war in Ukraine also means this year's event has taken on different significance, with Vladimir Putin's speech likely to be closely analysed.\n\nThe latest sanctions were announced on a public holiday in Russia, commemorating the country's victory in World War Two\n\nWestern countries have introduced increasingly widespread sanctions against Russia - targeting individuals, banks, businesses and major state-owned enterprises, and exports, among others. Among the high-profile individuals to be targeted has been Roman Abramovich, the billionaire owner of Chelsea Football Club.\n\nChris Weafer, senior partner at Moscow-based business consultancy Macro Advisory, said sanctions were now starting to have a visible effect.\n\n\"These latest sanctions, of themselves, are relatively modest, but of course they add to previous sanctions,\" he told the BBC's Today Programme. \"It is the accumulation of sanctions that really is having the impact on the economy.\"\n\nCompanies are unable to import vital components and spare parts and have used up inventories during the last two months, Mr Weafer said. Some firms were warning of job losses or temporary shutdowns.\n\n\"The broader impact on people's incomes and on retail sales and across the broader economy is now starting to be felt,\" he said. \"People have been faced with high, double-digit inflation for the last couple of months. And there's a great deal of uncertainty as to what's going to happen next, particularly with regards to job security and income.\"\n\nThe UK has excluded key Russian banks from the UK financial system, frozen the assets of all Russian banks, barred Russian firms from borrowing money, and placed limits on deposits Russians can make at UK banks. Other sanctions have been implemented by the US and the EU.\n\nAnd more than 1,000 international companies have either suspended trading in Russia, or withdrawn altogether - including McDonald's, Coca-Cola and Starbucks.\n\nBelarus has been targeted with the UK government saying its leader Alexander Lukashenko had aided and abetted Russia's invasion.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Video shows the school mostly destroyed after the bombing\n\nAround 60 people were killed after a bomb hit a school in east Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.\n\nEarlier, the governor of Luhansk region, Serhiy Haidai, said 90 people had been sheltering in the building in Bilohorivka, and 30 were rescued.\n\nMr Haidai said a Russian plane had dropped the bomb on Saturday - Russia has not commented.\n\nLuhansk has seen fierce combat as Russian troops and separatist fighters seek to surround government forces.\n\nMuch of the region has been under the control of Russia-backed separatists for the past eight years.\n\nBilohorivka is close to the government-held city of Severodonetsk, where heavy fighting was reported in the suburbs on Saturday. One Ukrainian newspaper, Ukrayinska Pravda, says the village became a \"hot spot\" during fighting last week.\n\nThe blast brought down the building which caught fire and it took firefighters three hours to extinguish the blaze, according to the governor, writing on Telegram.\n\nHe said almost the entire village had been sheltering in the basement of the school.\n\nThe final death toll would only be known when the rubble had been cleared, the governor said.\n\nThe UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said he was \"appalled\" by the deadly attack, adding: \"civilians must always be spared in times of war\".\n\nElsewhere in the country, Ukrainian fighters at a steelworks in the port of Mariupol have told the world they will not surrender to Russian forces and have appealed for help to evacuate their wounded.\n\nRussia has besieged the area for weeks, calling on defenders from the Azov battalion to lay down their arms.\n\nBut in a live news conference from the partially destroyed plant, members of the battalion said they would not give in.\n\nOne of them, Lt Illia Samoilenko, said: \"Surrender for us is unacceptable because we can't grant such a big gift to the enemy.\"\n\nHe added: \"We are basically dead men. Most of us know this. It's why we fight so fearlessly.\"\n\nThe fighters also criticised the Ukrainian government, saying it had failed in the defence of Mariupol. But President Volodymyr Zelensky hit back, saying Ukraine did not have the heavy weaponry needed to unblock the city and that it was his own diplomatic efforts that had secured the evacuation of all civilians trapped inside the steelworks.\n\nThe International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), responsible for coordinating evacuations from Mariupol alongside the UN, said 170 civilians arrived in the relatively safe city of Zaporizhzhia from Mariupol on Sunday.\n\nIn a statement, the international arm of the Red Cross said the four-day operation, which began on 5 May, \"included the evacuation of 51 civilians from Azovstal\".\n\nEarlier in May, around 500 people were evacuated from Azovstal and the Mariupol area to Zaporizhzhia, the ICRC said.\n\nAlso on Sunday, in a speech commemorating World War Two, President Zelensky accused Russia of implementing \"a bloody reconstruction of Nazism\" and said the Russian army was replicating wartime \"atrocities\".\n\nFootage in the Ukrainian leader's video address showed him against a backdrop of destroyed residential buildings.\n\nAt the same time, Western governments have continued to show their support for Ukraine's struggle.\n\nLater on Sunday, Ukraine's president held talks with G7 leaders - including US President Joe Biden and the UK's Boris Johnson - via video conference.\n\nAfter the meeting, the leaders pledged their continuing support to Ukraine and their determination to wean themselves off Russian oil supplies. Payments for Russian energy amount to millions of dollars each day and help fund Russia's war effort.\n\nThe prime minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, also met Mr Zelensky in person after making an unannounced visit to the town of Irpin, near Kyiv, that was ravaged by Russian forces early in the invasion.\n\nAt a news conference afterwards, Mr Trudeau announced further military help for Ukraine.\n\nThe speaker of the German Bundestag met Mr Zelensky in Kyiv on Sunday, too, while US First Lady Jill Biden crossed into Ukraine from Slovakia to meet Mr Zelensky's wife, Olena Zelenska.\n\nSince Russia's invasion began on 24 February, the UN has recorded at least 2,345 civilian deaths and 2,919 injured in Ukraine, the High Commissioner for Human Rights said in an update last month. Thousands of combatants are also believed to have been killed or injured on both sides.\n\nMore than 12 million people are said to have fled their homes since the conflict began, with 5.7 million leaving for neighbouring countries and another 6.5 million people thought to be displaced inside the war-torn country itself.", "Protests against Russia's invasion of Ukraine have drawn crowds of tens of thousands across Switzerland\n\nHow does a European country stay neutral when war rages in Europe? Switzerland managed it during the first and second world wars, but now, watching Russia's attack on Ukraine, many Swiss are rethinking their long-established position.\n\nSwitzerland was granted \"eternal neutrality\" at the Congress of Vienna in 1815. It was a pragmatic, geopolitical move that was supported because the country was seen as a harmless buffer between Europe's big powers - France on one side, Austria and Prussia on the other - and it preserved Switzerland's safety while its neighbours slaughtered each other.\n\nDuring World War Two, Swiss neutrality was more pragmatic than heroic. Switzerland mobilised all its able-bodied men to defend its borders, but it also banked gold looted by the Nazis and, in a shameful move designed to keep Germany at bay, turned away thousands of Jewish refugees - a policy it finally apologised for in the 1990s.\n\nNevertheless, gratitude for being spared two world wars is, says Markus Haefliger, politics correspondent with the Tagesanzeiger newspaper, \"almost in our genes… that makes neutrality so important for Swiss people\".\n\nFor decades, neutrality has enjoyed almost universal support among the Swiss - opinion polls have shown approval ratings of well over 90%. But now, says Mr Haefliger, the Swiss are soul-searching. \"They ask themselves how can you stay neutral in a war like Ukraine? It's so clear who is the good guy and who is the bad guy.\"\n\nA sign points Ukrainian refugees in the direction of a food distribution centre in Zurich\n\nWhen Russia invaded its neighbour in February, thousands of Swiss citizens took to the streets, condemning the aggression and demanding support for Ukraine. Thousands also offered their homes to Ukrainian refugees, for whom the Swiss government has offered visa-free collective protection.\n\nFor young Swiss in particular, the idea that their country could stay aloof in such a conflict seemed unthinkable.\n\nOperation Libero is a young, non-aligned political movement which campaigns for closer ties with Europe - Switzerland is not a member of the EU - and a less isolationist strategy. Its president, Sanija Ameti, believes this new war has been a wake-up call.\n\n\"Swiss people are realising that they are part of this European family of liberal democracies. This is a fight between systems, the one that we are in, and the autocratic, kleptocratic system of [Russian President] Putin.\"\n\nWe really need a debate about whether we have to protect our [democratic] system with weapons\n\nThat's a view shared by most political parties and most members of the Swiss government, which moved after a brief hesitation to adopt all the EU's sanctions against Russia. It's a big change from just 40 years ago, when - to the enduring shame of many Swiss - Switzerland did not join sanctions against apartheid South Africa.\n\nThe adoption of sanctions was greeted with headlines around the world, suggesting that Switzerland had abandoned neutrality. In fact, when it comes to sanctions, neutrality has been fraying round the edges for some time, says Stefanie Walter, politics professor at Zurich University.\n\n\"Switzerland has actually changed position quite a lot in the last couple of decades,\" she points out. It joined United Nations sanctions against Iraq in the 1990s, and those against former Yugoslavia. \"And right now, as well as Ukraine, there are about 23 other sanctions in place.\"\n\nBut while sanctions may be supported by most Swiss, any military support appears at first out of the question. Switzerland's neutrality is legally defined by the Hague Convention of 1907, and forbids sending weapons to countries at war, as does Swiss domestic law on weapons exports, which was recently tightened.\n\nAnd so when Germany asked Switzerland to permit the export of Swiss-made ammunition for tanks Berlin is sending to Kyiv, the Swiss said no. That move prompted criticism from a surprising source, when the leader of the centrist Die Mitte party tweeted that in his opinion it would be legitimate to send weapons in the defence of European democracy.\n\nThe type of ammunition manufactured for some Swiss tanks can also be used by tanks being sent to Ukraine by Germany\n\nOther centrist politicians have suggested closer Swiss ties with the Nato military alliance, including a common air defence system and participation in the organisation's military exercises.\n\nSuch opinions would have been unimaginable just a few months ago, and they will be fiercely resisted by the right, where the Swiss People's Party is threatening a referendum to make even sanctions illegal, and on the left, where the Social Democrats and the Greens are opposed to any military involvement.\n\nBut bit by bit, many Swiss are beginning to contemplate a new identity, and a new security strategy for their country.\n\nA recent opinion poll showed that, while two-thirds of Swiss still opposed the idea of joining Nato, more than half (52%) were in favour of joining a European defence union.\n\nThis plan, known in Brussels as Pesco (permanent structured military co-operation) would involve countries committing to a common security and defence policy. Armies would work together, and fighter planes, tanks and other weapons would be jointly procured. The end goal: a common European army.\n\nThe idea of neutral, non-EU member Switzerland getting involved in something like this would have been unthinkable just a few months ago, but the war in Ukraine has clearly changed opinions.\n\nI am really sure that Swiss neutrality will head somewhere different from where we have been, but I'm not sure where\n\n\"We really need a debate about whether we have to protect our system with weapons,\" she explains. \"The consequence would mean not being neutral anymore.\"\n\nProf Walter does not go quite that far but suggests that \"Switzerland has to define neutrality anew\".\n\nFor Markus Haefliger, the war in Ukraine has clarified Switzerland's position in a new, polarised world. \"Switzerland is so clearly part of the Western world, its values, its economy, its traditions, everything,\" he says.\n\n\"The big question is, can we be neutral in the traditional sense in this new world order?\"", "Morrisons now looks set to clinch a last ditch deal to buy the convenience store chain McColl's.\n\nThe supermarket has been in a two-way battle with EG Group, the Blackburn-based petrol station empire owned by the billionaire Issa brothers.\n\nMcColl's is poised to go into administration, but in what's known as a pre-pack deal the business will immediately be sold to a new owner.\n\nMcColl's has more than a thousand small stores and 16,000 workers.\n\nNo formal announcement has been made but it is understood that Morrisons has secured the winning bid.\n\nMorrisons is McColl's key wholesale supplier. It has also formed a tie-up with the chain to convert hundreds of McColl's shops to Morrisons Daily convenience stores. There are already more than 200 operating, and these have been performing well.\n\nIt emerged last week however that the convenience chain store as a whole was in trouble and close to collapse. That led to a tit-for-tat bidding war over the weekend. Both Morrisons and EG Group filed final offers for the business on Sunday.\n\nKey to securing the winning bid has been a willingness to repay McColl's banks around £170m, as well as taking on responsibility for the company's pension scheme which has 2,000 members.\n\nThe trustees of the McColl's pension schemes have written to the Business Secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, urging him to do whatever he can to make sure pension scheme members are protected.\n\nThe convenience store sector as a whole has done relatively well during the pandemic, as people shopped closer to home.\n\nHowever, McColl's has run into difficulties as it attempted to update the range of food it sold, a process made harder by Covid-related supply chain problems.\n\nMorrisons and EG Group have declined to comment.", "An unseen image captures the then Princess Elizabeth beaming at her new engagement ring soon after Prince Philip's marriage proposal\n\nUnseen footage from the Queen's archive is set to be aired in a BBC documentary narrated by the monarch.\n\nThe BBC has been granted special access to hundreds of private home movies shot by the Royal Family, including clips of a young Princess Elizabeth smiling at her engagement ring.\n\nElizabeth: The Unseen Queen will follow the monarch's life as a princess in her own eyes and own words.\n\nThe documentary will air on 29 May in honour of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.\n\nThree images never previously seen of a then Princess Elizabeth have also been released as part of the programme's joint announcement by Buckingham Palace and the BBC.\n\nThe Queen gave the BBC unprecedented access to footage shot by her, her parents, Prince Philip and others.\n\nElizabeth: The Unseen Queen shows footage capturing the Queen's life from being pushed in a pram by her mother to her coronation at the age of 27 in 1953.\n\nThe 75-minute documentary features a clip marking the first extended visit of Prince Philip to Balmoral in 1946, while the couple's engagement was still not public.\n\nA young Princess Elizabeth can be seen smiling and showing the camera her engagement ring.\n\nThe couple later wed in November 1947 and were married for 73 years before the Duke of Edinburgh died in April last year, a few months before his 100th birthday.\n\nAnother previously unseen image shows the then Princess Elizabeth with Princess Margaret and their father King George VI\n\nThe documentary will show moments including then Princess Elizabeth with her uncle Prince George The Duke of Kent, who died in a plane crash in 1942 while on active service, and King George VI's last visit to Balmoral in 1951.\n\nIt will also depict Princess Elizabeth as a young mother with Prince Charles and Princess Anne spending time with their grandparents the King and Queen.\n\nBBC Studios reviewed more than 400 reels of film, privately held by the Royal Collection in the vaults of the British Film Institute (BFI), and discovered lost newsreel given to The Queen and behind the scene recordings of state events.\n\nFilmmakers also listened to over three hundred of the Queen's speeches across 80 years.\n\nSimon Young, the BBC's commissioning editor for history, said he was honoured that the Queen \"entrusted the BBC with such unprecedented access\" to her personal film collection.\n\nHe said: \"This documentary is an extraordinary glimpse into a deeply personal side of the Royal Family that is rarely seen, and it's wonderful to be able to share it with the nation as we mark her Platinum Jubilee.\"\n\nClaire Popplewell, creative director for BBC Studio Events Productions, said: \"As programme-makers who have previously worked closely with the Royal Household on ceremonial and celebratory broadcast events and programmes, the production team were under no illusion quite how special having access to this very personal archive was.\n\n\"Being able to draw upon the self-recorded history of a young Princess Elizabeth and her wider family - and allowing the Queen to tell us her own story - is the very heart of this film.\"\n\nThe documentary will debut on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on 29 May.", "The mayor of Mariupol says Russian President Vladimir Putin is determing who lives, who leaves and who dies in the city.\n\nVadym Boichenko told the BBC that the 100,000 people still living in the besieged port city need a permit to move around - and a separate permit to leave.\n\nMr Boichenko also claims that around 2,000 men are being held in so-called “filtration centres” in Bezymenne and Kozatske, and not being allowed to return to their homes unless they are sick or injured.\n\n“They are being used as labour to clear the rubble, collect the dead bodies of those the Russians have killed, and cover up evidence of war crimes,” he says.\n\nThe BBC has not independently verified these claims.\n\nCapturing Mariupol - now dominated by Russian forces, aside from the Azovstal steelworks - will allow the Russians to complete a land bridge between Crimea and the Donbas region, as well as giving them full control of more than 80% of Ukraine's Black Sea coastline.\n\nBut in their quest to do so, they have pummelled Mariupol with artillery, rockets and missiles - damaging or destroying more than 90% of the city.\n\nOnce a thriving port with a promising future, Mr Boichenko shares a thick booklet of plans compiled last year for Mariupol. It's full of glossy images of parks, pavement cafes, universities and schools.\n\n“I worked there for seven years, putting my heart and soul into it, \" he tells the BBC.\n\n\"My home is there, my parents’ home is there. They took everything away from us, “ he says. “My heart and soul are gone.”\n\nPresident Zelensky says diplomatic efforts are continuing over the evacuation of military personnel from Mariupol's Azovstal steelworks Image caption: President Zelensky says diplomatic efforts are continuing over the evacuation of military personnel from Mariupol's Azovstal steelworks", "The attack is the latest in a wave of killings which have shaken Israel\n\nA manhunt is under way for two Palestinians suspected of killing three Israelis in an axe and knife attack in central Israel.\n\nIt happened in the predominantly ultra-Orthodox Jewish town of Elad on Thursday night. Seven others were wounded, two seriously.\n\nIt is the latest in a wave of deadly attacks in Israel by Palestinians or Israeli Arabs since late March.\n\nIsrael has carried out raids in the occupied West Bank in response.\n\nIsraeli police said the Palestinians who carried out the attack in Elad came from the district of Jenin in the northern West Bank.\n\nCrossings into Israel from the West Bank have been closed since Tuesday as a security measure while Israel marked its annual memorial and independence days this week.\n\nThe attackers struck in a park in Elad where families had gathered to celebrate Independence Day, and on a main street.\n\n\"We were in the synagogue when the warden shouted: 'Terrorist! Terrorist!',\" an eyewitness named Mordechai Chachmon said, the Times of Israel reported.\n\n\"We went outside and we saw [an attacker] running along a path… and hitting anyone in front of him with an axe to the head. Both of [the attackers] were shouting Allahu Akbar [God is greatest].\"\n\nA man aged 35 and two 40-year-old men were killed. Two were fathers of five children each and the third a father of six. They were buried after a joint funeral on Friday.\n\nThe centre of Elad has come to a halt. Thousands of people crammed onto the streets, most of them in the black suits and wide-brimmed hats of the ultra-Orthodox. Next to the ambulances containing the bodies of the dead men at the head of the funeral cortège, a rabbi tells the crowd that the three have joined the long history of Jewish martyrs, killed for no other reason than their religion.\n\nA son of one of the dead men, his voice still unbroken, tearfully recites the Kaddish - the prayer of mourning.\n\nThere is grief, bemusement and anger here. A friend of one victim said: \"We thought we were safe; this town has nothing to do with the conflict. Now we know different.\"\n\nAnother man put it more strongly. \"Why should I feel afraid in my own country?\" he asked me. \"We need to fight back.\"\n\nThe attackers are reported to have fled the scene in a vehicle. Police have set up roadblocks and deployed a helicopter in the search for the suspects.\n\nIsraeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said they would be caught and would \"pay the price\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Prime Minister of Israel This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by Prime Minister of Israel\n\nPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas \"condemned the killing of Israeli civilians\" in Elad, but warned against \"using\" the incident to attack Palestinians, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.\n\nMeanwhile the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which governs the Gaza Strip, praised what it called an \"heroic operation\". It said it was in response to Israeli action taken at the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem, which has been the scene of frequent clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police.\n\nThe killings came days after Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar called for continued attacks on Israelis including with \"cleaver... axe or knife\" in a message which was widely circulated on social media.\n\nIsrael had already bolstered its forces on the boundary with the West Bank and stepped up operations against militants there, including in and around Jenin, where two Palestinians who carried out recent deadly attacks in Israel had come from.\n\nSeventeen Israelis, including an Israeli Arab policeman, and two Ukrainians have been killed in the attacks in Israel and the West Bank since 21 March. At least 26 Palestinians, including the attackers, have been killed in Israeli raids and confrontations since then.\n\nIt has coincided with rising tensions over the flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem known to Muslims as the al-Aqsa mosque compound and Jews as the Temple Mount. The site has seen recurrent violence over the past month, with hundreds of Palestinians injured there in the clashes with police.", "Michelle O'Neill says the election results represent a significant moment of change\n\nSinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill is on the cusp of becoming the first nationalist to hold the role of first minister in the history of Northern Ireland.\n\nIt will be a historic moment for Northern Ireland and too for Sinn Féin, which has won the greatest number of seats in the assembly.\n\nIt's the first time that a nationalist party will be the largest since the creation of Northern Ireland a century ago.\n\nMs O'Neill, the party's vice-president, said the result presents \"an opportunity to reimagine relationships in this society on the basis of fairness, on the basis of equality and on the basis of social justice\".\n\nParty leader Mary Lou McDonald hailed news of Sinn Féin's achievement as significant - and not just because of the symbolic change.\n\n\"It's significant because it's a moment of equality,\" she said. \"It says there's no job that's beyond anybody's reach.\"\n\nThe young Michelle might have found that hard to believe in May 1993.\n\nAs the IRA edged towards the end of its so-called \"armed struggle\", she found herself pregnant at 16 years old.\n\nIn an interview with the Irish Times last year, she said she had \"very, very negative\" experiences as a teenage single mother.\n\n\"I went to a Catholic grammar. You were nearly made to feel girls like you can't be at school,\" she said.\n\nBut in the end, she said the experience made her \"a stronger woman\".\n\nShe went back to school, took her A-levels, stormed ahead.\n\nMichelle O'Neill arrives to cast her vote at the Clonoe polling station on Thursday 5 May\n\nStrong women are what the new Northern Ireland is about. In this year's election, a record number of women - 87 - stood.\n\nAt the first election in 1998, just 14 women were elected. Among them was Monica McWilliams from the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition.\n\n\"I felt like I had to put on body armour because there were so few women there,\" she remembered.\n\nSometimes, when she stood up to speak, there were repeated cries of \"Moo, moo, moo\" to drown out her words. The moos have been consigned to history.\n\nMs O'Neill grew up steeped in the history of Northern Ireland's Troubles.\n\nBorn Michelle Doris on 10 January 1977, she was raised in the village of Clonoe in rural County Tyrone and hails from a family of prominent Irish republicans.\n\nHer father, Brendan Doris, was a former IRA prisoner who became a Sinn Féin councillor in Dungannon. Her uncle, Paul Doris, was president of Noraid, a republican fundraising group.\n\nWhen the Good Friday Agreement was signed in 1998, she began working for the party. It brought her into direct contact with Martin McGuinness, who at that time was running for election in the Mid Ulster constituency.\n\nWhen her father stepped down from Dungannon Borough Council ahead of the 2005 election, Ms O'Neill won the seat he vacated.\n\nShe became the first woman to hold the post of mayor in Dungannon.\n\nHer assembly career began in 2007, when she joined Martin McGuinness and Francie Molloy as a Mid Ulster MLA.\n\nShe became her party's spokeswoman for health and sat on the education committee.\n\nMichelle O'Neill rose to the role of agriculture minister before becoming health minister in 2016\n\nAfter four years on the back benches at Stormont, Sinn Féin appointed her as minister for agriculture in 2011.\n\nIn 2015, she was promoted to minister for health, one of Stormont's most high-profile and challenging portfolios.\n\nShe faced mounting hospital waiting lists, a crisis in general practice and the findings of the Bengoa report into how Northern Ireland's health care is organised.\n\nHer response was a 10-year plan to transform health service, saying it would improve a system that was at \"breaking point\".\n\nWhen Martin McGuinness resigned as deputy first minister in 2017 over the DUP's handling of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scandal, it led to a political stalemate at Stormont for three years.\n\nWhen he died soon afterwards, she was chosen to lead the party in Northern Ireland - a younger face and, significantly, a woman like her counterpart in the Republic, Mary Lou McDonald.\n\nMichelle O'Neill carries the coffin of the late Martin McGuinness in 2017\n\nNow, the pinnacle of Northern Ireland politics, the role of first minister, is within her grasp.\n\nMichelle O'Neill (left, with her party leader Mary-Lou McDonald) says the vote has \"ushered in a new era\"\n\nThe office of the first and deputy first minister is an equal one, but the allocation of titles is symbolically important.\n\nFew are expecting a power-sharing devolved government to be formed in the short term.\n\nThe DUP is reiterating that it plans to block the formation of a new Stormont Executive unless the Brexit trade border with the rest of the UK is scrapped.\n\nSignificantly, during the election campaign, Michelle O'Neill's focus has not been on Irish unity and talk of a border poll.\n\nShe argued that people were not waking up thinking about Irish unity, but instead were worried about the cost of living crisis.\n\nWhat she wants to do, she added, was to \"work for everybody\".", "As the final votes are counted, we can now survey where these elections leave the country, and those who lead us - and what happens next.\n\nWhat has happened in Northern Ireland is profound. For the first time since its creation just over a century ago, a party that seeks unification with the Republic has won an election there.\n\nAfter a decade where jitters, or delight - depending on your point of view - over the strains on the United Kingdom have focused on Scotland, now those strains start to become visible in Northern Ireland too.\n\nOur political conversation has become used to the debate about Scotland's future.\n\nBut it is worth spelling out the obvious about Scotland and now Northern Ireland, even if imminent significant change is unlikely.\n\nParties that seek to unpick the very stitching that holds together the collection of nations that makes up the UK are, in Northern Ireland's case, in the ascendancy; in Scotland's case, continuing to dominate.\n\nFor Boris Johnson, who, incidentally, includes 'Minister for the Union' in his collection of job titles, that is a headache that's just got a little more uncomfortable.\n\nBut don't expect radical change immediately in either Scotland or Northern Ireland.\n\nSinn Féin, led by Michelle O'Neill and Mary Lou McDonald, want Northern Ireland to leave the UK and reunite with the Republic of Ireland\n\nThe status quo can be sticky, even when it looks like everything has changed.\n\nSinn Fein has gone out of its way to emphasise that its short term priorities are day-to-day concerns like the cost of living crunch and the parlous state of Northern Ireland's NHS, rather than constitutional questions.\n\nAnd the Democratic Unionist Party's ongoing concerns with what is known as the Protocol - the Brexit deal they hate because it treats Northern Ireland differently from the rest of the UK - means they are not likely to go back into devolved government any time soon.\n\nAnd, add to this, a not very catchy but significant new law, the Northern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) Act 2022 which gives the parties six months to work out what they're going to do.\n\nOn Monday, we can expect the Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis to call the parties in, one by one, for a chat in his new-ish office, Erskine House in Belfast city centre, to talk through what happens next.\n\nAnd we can expect a nod in the Queen's Speech on Tuesday to a willingness for the government to change the law on the Protocol, without actually committing to doing so immediately.\n\nThey have \"four dimensional diplomatic chess\" to pull off, as one source put it to me - trying to resolve the impasse in Northern Ireland, while maintaining a functional relationship with the European Union.\n\nBeyond the specifics, there's a long term challenge for the government: the rise of Sinn Fein in both Northern Ireland and the Republic and the prospect, perhaps still several or more years away, of what is known as a \"Border Poll\" - a referendum on whether Northern Ireland remains part of the UK or becomes part of the Republic of Ireland.\n\nSNP leader Nicola Sturgeon celebrated the party's success with candidates and supporters in Glasgow\n\nAnd in Scotland, the prospect of another referendum hovers too. The Scottish National Party don't find themselves falling back on the \"mid term blues\" excuse used by the Conservatives.\n\nThe Tories have slipped to third place behind Labour, and the SNP have been in government at Holyrood for 15 years and still dominate the Scottish political landscape.\n\nBut few expect another independence referendum by the end of next year, as the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said is her plan.\n\nA combination of the prime minister's reluctance to grant one, and opinion polls not suggesting independence would be a certainty, could mean a mutually convenient postponement is most likely.\n\nBut make no mistake - step back, and there are two question marks now hanging over the United Kingdom's long term future.\n\nAnd so from a fractious UK, to a fractious Westminster.\n\nThis weekend, wrangling is still going on within government about precisely what is mentioned and with what emphasis in the Queen's Speech on Tuesday.\n\nThe State Opening is an opportunity for any government to hit the reboot button, and a reboot button garnished with regalia, pomp and fancy dress.\n\nAn opportunity - ministers hope - to demonstrate ideas, energy and direction.\n\nNot unhelpful after something of a whacking in the elections.\n\nLosses in England, going backwards in Scotland and a result in Wales, the loss of 80 councillors which was described as \"disastrous\" by a Welsh Conservative deputy chairman.\n\nBut despite all that, the mood in government, from the ministers I speak to, is chipper.\n\n\"It's mid-term, we've been in government for 12 years, there's a war on, there's been a pandemic, there's a serious global economic crunch, one cabinet minister points out, suggesting the local election results could have been a whole lot worse for the Conservatives.\n\nWhere the two big parties at Westminster are left is broadly where they were before polling day: in a sticky status quo.\n\nSome of the shine is coming off Boris Johnson in the view of some chunks of the electorate.\n\nAnd some are willing to give Labour another look, but, from the Opposition's perspective, not enough to be confident they can win the next general election.\n\nBut enter then, the curve ball: Durham Police deciding to look again at whether the Labour leader and his deputy broke Covid laws in April last year.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Footage shows Sir Keir Starmer drinking beer with colleagues in Durham on 30 April 2021\n\nFor as long as the police take to decide what to do - and Labour have no idea how long it might take - it neutralises Sir Keir Starmer's attacks on the so-called partygate rows involving the prime minister.\n\nAnd if Sir Keir is fined, he may conclude his position is untenable.\n\nNot for getting a Fixed Penalty Notice, but for saying the prime minister should go because he was investigated by the police, and then fined.\n\nSir Keir, like millions of others, was outraged at the behaviour within government - and sought to make political capital out of it for months.\n\nBut his critics, and plenty of senior Conservatives, are delighted at the turn of events, and say if you get on a moral high horse, you might get shaken off it. It might just turn into a bucking bronco.\n\nHis team continue to insist \"he ate between work demands. No rules were broken.\"\n\nOf course, the police might decide he didn't break the rules.\n\nAnd the prime minister may yet face further fines or further excruciating evidence of what was happening - on his watch, even involving him - during lockdowns.\n\nBut right now it is Sir Keir Starmer in a very awkward corner.\n\nHis political career is quite possibly being determined inside Aykley Heads, the headquarters of the Durham Constabulary.", "Mariupol has become the most heavily bombed and damaged city in Ukraine's war with Russia - having suffered the brunt of sustained Russian attacks. It is key to Moscow's military campaign in Ukraine. But why?\n\nThere are four main reasons why taking the port city would be such a strategic win for Russia - and a major blow for Ukraine.\n\nGeographically, the city of Mariupol occupies only a tiny area on the map but it now stands obstinately in the way of Russian forces who have burst out of the Crimean peninsula.\n\nThey are pushing north-east to try to link up with their comrades and Ukrainian-separatist allies in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.\n\nGeneral Sir Richard Barrons - former commander of UK Joint Forces Command - says capturing Mariupol is vital to Russia's war effort.\n\n\"When the Russians feel they have successfully concluded that battle, they will have completed a land bridge from Russia to Crimea and they will see this as a major strategic success.\"\n\nIf Mariupol was seized, Russia would also end up with full control of more than 80% of Ukraine's Black Sea coastline - cutting-off its maritime trade and further isolating it from the world.\n\nBy holding out against advancing forces for the past three weeks, the defending Ukrainians have managed to preoccupy a large number of Russian troops. But that failure by Russia to secure a rapid capture of the city, has prompted Russian commanders to resort to a 21st Century version of mediaeval siege tactics.\n\nThey have pummelled Mariupol with artillery, rockets and missiles - damaging or destroying over 90% of the city. They have also cut off access to electricity, heating, fresh water, food and medical supplies - creating a man-made humanitarian catastrophe which Moscow now blames on Ukraine for refusing to surrender by an 05:00 deadline on Monday. A Ukrainian MP has accused Russia of \"trying to starve Mariupol into surrender\".\n\nUkraine has vowed to defend the city down to the last soldier. It may well come to that. Russian troops are slowly pushing into the centre and, in the absence of any kind of workable peace deal, Russia is now likely to intensify its bombardment - drawing little if any distinction between its armed defenders and the beleaguered civilian population which still numbers over 200,000.\n\nIf, and when, Russia takes full control of Mariupol this will free up close to 6,000 of its troops - organised into 1,000-strong battalion tactical groups - to then go and reinforce other Russian fronts around Ukraine.\n\nThere are a number of possibilities as to where they could be redeployed:\n\nMariupol has long-been a strategically important port on the Sea of Azov, part of the Black Sea.\n\nWith its deep berths, it is the biggest port in the Azov Sea region and home to a major iron and steel works. In normal times, Mariupol is a key export hub for Ukraine's steel, coal and corn going to customers in the Middle East and beyond.\n\nFor eight years now, since Moscow's illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014, the city has been sandwiched uncomfortably between Russian forces on that peninsula and the pro-Kremlin separatists in the breakaway self-declared republics of Donetsk and Luhansk.\n\nLosing Mariupol would be a major blow to what is left of Ukraine's economy.\n\nMariupol is home to a Ukrainian militia unit called the Azov Brigade, named after the Sea of Azov which links Mariupol to the rest of the Black Sea. The Azov Brigade contains far-right extremists, historically including neo-Nazis.\n\nAlthough they form only the tiniest fraction of Ukraine's fighting forces, this has been a useful propaganda tool for Moscow, giving it a pretext for telling Russia's population that the young men it has sent to fight in Ukraine are there to rid their neighbour of neo-Nazis.\n\nAzov Battalion training camp at a former holiday resort near Mariupol, February 2019\n\nIf Russia manages to capture alive significant numbers of Azov Brigade fighters it is likely they will be paraded on Russian state-controlled media as part of the ongoing information war to discredit Ukraine and its government.\n\nThe capture of Mariupol by Russia, if it happens, will be psychologically significant for both sides in this war.\n\nA Russian victory in Mariupol would enable the Kremlin to show its population - through state-controlled media - that Russia was achieving its aims and making progress.\n\nFor President Putin, for whom this war appears to be personal, there is a historical significance to all this. He sees Ukraine's Black Sea coastline as belonging to something called Novorossiya (New Russia) - Russian lands that date back to the 18th Century empire.\n\nPutin wants to revive that concept, \"rescuing Russians from the tyranny of a pro-western government in Kyiv\" as he sees it. Mariupol currently stands in the way of him achieving that aim.\n\nBut to Ukrainians, the loss of Mariupol would be a major blow - not just militarily and economically - but also to the minds of the men and women fighting on the ground, defending their country. Mariupol would be the first major city to fall to the Russians after Kherson, a strategically much less important city that was barely defended.\n\nThere is another morale aspect here and that is of deterrence.\n\nDigging graves by the roadside in Mariupol, 20 March\n\nMariupol has put up fierce resistance - but look at the cost. The city is decimated, it lies largely in ruins. It will go down in history alongside Grozny and Aleppo, places that Russia eventually bombed and shelled into submission, reducing them to rubble. The message to other Ukrainian cities is stark - if you choose to resist like Mariupol did then you can expect the same fate.\n\n\"The Russians couldn't walk into Mariupol,\" says Gen Sir Richard Barrons, \"they couldn't drive in with their tanks, so they've pounded it to rubble. And that's what we should expect to see anywhere else that really matters to them.\"\n\nAre you in Ukraine? Is your family? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nLarger-than-life chef and rapper Big Zuu was among the big winners at the Bafta TV Awards, sharing top honours with hard-hitting dramas Time and Help.\n\nBig Zuu beat the likes of Graham Norton and Michael McIntyre to the prize for best entertainment performance, and his Big Eats series won the features award.\n\nJodie Comer and Cathy Tyson won acting prizes for Covid care home drama Help.\n\nSean Bean was named best actor for playing a prisoner in Time, which was also named best mini-series.\n\nBig Zuu celebrated his Bafta victories with co-stars Tubsey and Hyder\n\nThe other winners at the British television industry's most prestigious ceremony included Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, The Lateish Show With Mo Gilligan, Motherland, In My Skin and The Chase.\n\nSir Billy Connolly was given the prestigious Bafta fellowship.\n\nIn Big Zuu's Big Eats, on the Dave channel, the chef and his schoolfriends and sidekicks Tubsey and Hyder cook up food for different celebrities.\n\nDescribing how the trio's families had been immigrants to the UK, he told the audience in his features acceptance speech: \"Representation is so important.\n\n\"Growing up, there weren't many chefs or people that looked like me on telly. And now, there's young people watching us doing our ting, going, 'You know what, if these wastemen can win a Bafta, surely we can'.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by BAFTA This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBig Zuu, who recently started a new ITV Sunday breakfast show, was more shocked to be named best entertainment performer, saying: \"I kind of let it all out in the first speech.\"\n\nHis upbeat personality was in contrast with the tone of some of the other winners.\n\nTogether, which won best single drama, followed a couple played by James McAvoy and Sharon Horgan as they grappled with life during Covid.\n\nCathy Tyson won best supporting actress for the Covid drama Help\n\nIn his acceptance speech, its writer Dennis Kelly read a letter from campaign group Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice calling for a public inquiry into the government's handling of the crisis to start as soon as possible.\n\nComer won best actress for playing a young care home worker out of her depth in Help, another one-off Covid drama.\n\nShe thanked the carers who had helped with research, saying: \"The biggest reward is that they felt truly represented with the telling of this story.\"\n\nBest actress winner Jodie Comer thanked care home workers in her speech\n\nRose Ayling-Ellis and Giovanni Pernice collected the viewer-voted Must-See Moment award for Strictly Come Dancing\n\nTyson was named best supporting actress for her performance as a care home resident with dementia in the same Channel 4 show.\n\nShe was among those to pay tribute to the broadcaster as the government prepares to privatise it.\n\nShe said: \"I remember being a teenager when Channel 4 was born and it has had many good things to do with it, like diversity, and it was a voice for the people who were unheard at the time and it's still continued to do that.\"\n\nOthers to use the Bafta stage to raise concerns about the privatisation included Gogglebox producer Stephen Lambert, whose show won best reality and constructed factual.\n\nHe said: \"Gogglebox might have ended when it started nine years ago because it got quite a modest audience, but a publicly-owned, risk-taking Channel 4 believed in it and they've stuck with it.\"\n\nMo Gilligan said his show, which won best comedy entertainment programme, \"would not have been possible without Channel 4\"\n\nThe government has said a change of ownership is \"necessary to give Channel 4 the best possible tools to innovate and grow at pace without asking the taxpayer to effectively underwrite the business\".\n\nChannel 4's acclaimed 1980s Aids drama It's A Sin led the nominations, although it went home empty-handed on the night.\n\nIt was beaten in the hotly-contested best mini-series category by Jimmy McGovern's three-part prison drama Time.\n\nAnd Time's Bean beat It's A Sin's Olly Alexander, among others, to the best actor award.\n\nBean was not at Sunday's ceremony, but his co-star Stephen Graham told the audience at London's Royal Festival Hall: \"This is the reason why I wanted to be an actor as a kid, to tell stories which had a social commentary.\"\n\nMatthew Macfadyen won best supporting actor for his role in US media dynasty drama Succession. He was eligible after a rule change this year that allowed British actors to be nominated for performances in foreign-made shows.\n\nMeanwhile, Sir Billy sent a pre-recorded video message, saying he was \"very proud\" to accept his honorary Fellowship, and that \"life is good\".\n\n\"I couldn't be happier,\" he said, joking: \"It has made me such a happy man getting these good attendance medals now my career is out the window.\"\n\nOther winners included Strictly Come Dancing, which took the Must-See Moment prize - the only one voted for by the public - for Rose Ayling-Ellis and Giovanni Pernice's routine in which the music was silenced as a tribute to the deaf community.\n\nThe Bafta ceremony, hosted by Richard Ayoade, was held in person and with a full audience for the first time since 2019.", "Counting is nearing the finish line in the Northern Ireland Assembly election, with Sinn Féin set to win the largest number of seats for the first time.\n\nThe DUP is set for second place while the Alliance Party is on course to become the third-largest party in the assembly.\n\nTurnout (63.6%) was only slightly down on the 64.8% recorded in the last assembly election in 2017.\n\nSinn Féin saw its first preference vote share rise by 1.1% as it repeated its impressive performance from 2017.\n\nMeanwhile the DUP's vote dropped by 6.7% and Alliance's rose by 4.5%.\n\nFull results for all Northern Ireland seats are expected later on Saturday.\n\nThe results reflect a growing trend for Alliance in recent years, while the DUP's rapid rise at the start of the century tailed off before experiencing a significant drop.\n\nSupport for the SDLP and UUP has fallen more steadily.\n\nParties - and independents - in the Northern Ireland Assembly designate as unionist, nationalist or other.\n\nUnionists want Northern Ireland to remain part of the United Kingdom, while nationalists want Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland to unite as one country.\n\nParties which have designated as other have held various views. Alliance does not take a position on Irish unity, while People Before Profit supports a referendum on Irish unity and would campaign for unity if one was called.\n\nAt this election the proportion of seats won by other parties rose significantly, up to 18 from the 11 won at the last election - 20% of the total seats.\n\nOf those seats, 17 were won by Alliance and one by People Before Profit.\n\nBoth unionism and nationalism lost seats. Unionism, dropped by three seats to 37 - 41% - while nationalism fell from 39 to 35 seats - 39% of the total.\n\nWomen are still outnumbered almost two-to-one in the assembly, but a record number were elected this time around.\n\nIn total 32 female candidates were returned to sit on the blue benches at Stormont.\n\nIt is a big change from the first election where more than 75% of assembly members were male.\n\nThis election also saw a record number of female candidates.\n\nSinn Féin's vote was once again spread across Northern Ireland, but was particularly strong in Newry and Armagh, Mid Ulster, West Tyrone and Belfast West.\n\nDespite the DUP's drop in support, the votes it did win were also spread widely across NI. Its strongest performances were in Strangford, Lagan Valley and Belfast East.\n\nAlliance has traditionally performed best in the east of Northern Ireland and that remains the case, with strong results in East Antrim, Lagan Valley, Belfast East, South Antrim, North Down and Strangford.\n\nBut its vote share did also increase in other areas such as West Tyrone and Foyle.\n\nUlster Unionist support remains best in some of its traditional heartland constituencies including Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Lagan Valley and East Antrim.\n\nThe SDLP produced another strong performance in Foyle, and also polled well in Belfast South and South Down.\n\nTurnout in 2017 was high, and it had been predicted that it would drop this year.\n\nIn the end that did prove to be the case but it only dropped by 1.2 percentage points.", "The boss of Scottish Power has warned that millions of customers face an horrific winter unless there is a major government intervention in energy firms.\n\nKeith Anderson, chief executive of Scottish Power, told the BBC that another expected rise in energy bills in October to between £2,500 and £3,000 a year could see huge losses for suppliers and many customers unable to pay their bills.\n\nHe warned regulator Ofgem that setting the new price cap too low could risk suppliers collapsing or the foreign owned firms leaving the market.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak told the BBC: \"Where we can make a difference, particularly for those who really need our help, that's what we're going to do.\"\n\nMr Anderson has put some flesh on the bones of a plan he first mentioned in a frank exchange with a committee of MPs three weeks ago.\n\nHe has called for ten million households to have their energy bills reduced by £1,000 this October.\n\nHe said the government's plan to give each household £200 towards their energy bill - a sum that will need to be paid back - would not be enough.\n\n\"We need to be realistic about the gravity of the situation - around 40% of UK households, potentially 10 million homes, could be in fuel poverty this winter,\" Mr Anderson explained.\n\nThe price cap is set to be increased again in October.\n\nTo date, the government has said it will offer extra relief of £150 in April via the council tax system in England, and in October customers in England, Scotland and Wales will receive a £200 rebate on their energy bills.\n\nThey will have to repay this at £40 a year for five years, starting in April 2023.\n\nHowever, Mr Anderson said a £10bn tariff reduction fund could be paid for by adding £40 annually to all household energy bills for the next decade. He said this would be the most effective to avoid fuel poverty for the most vulnerable.\n\nMr Anderson said that such a fund would directly tackle the biggest cause of the cost of living crisis in a way that other measures - such as the recent 5p cut to fuel duty or a possible cut to the frequency of MOT testing - do not.\n\nHouseholds on pre-payment meters and those in receipt of benefits would be eligible for the discount.\n\nGerard Barwick said he was concerned about being able to afford potential energy price rises in October\n\nGerard Barwick lives in Newcastle with his partner and their granddaughter. He's a DJ, but lost his business during the pandemic.\n\nAt the moment they're relying on a single wage to pay their bills, and April has been particularly tough.\n\n\"We used to be able to afford the odd night out. Now we can't afford to do anything,\" said Mr Barwick, who is receiving help from the charity National Energy Action.\n\n\"We've cut back on putting the heating on, we're not using as much electricity, we're cutting back on meals. But there's only so much you can cut back on,\" he said.\n\n\"We're really worried about our bills right now. Come October, we might have to find another £1,000.\n\n\"We're already looking at an empty purse, and you can't pull any more money out of an empty purse,\" he said.\n\nMr Anderson also said more energy companies could collapse if their customers were unable to pay their bills.\n\nScottish Power is owned by Spanish firm Iberdrola and Mr Anderson fears that foreign owned energy suppliers - including EDF, Eon and his own - might struggle to persuade their parent companies to continue to subsidise loss-making UK subsidiaries and exit the UK market.\n\nScottish Power is also concerned that energy companies will sustain further big losses if Ofgem sets the new energy price cap - due to take effect in October - too low.\n\nWholesale gas prices have fallen sharply since the all time records set in March.\n\nHowever, many energy companies bought the gas they will supply this winter at prices much higher than current levels.\n\nIf Ofgem does not recognise this when it sets the new cap, some firms will have to sell at a significant loss threatening them with further distress or collapse which would further destabilise the market, according to Scottish Power.\n\n\"We need to find a way to help those that need it in time for winter in a way that doesn't exacerbate the issues we've already seen in the industry with supplier failures and very real concerns about billpayers running up unsustainable debts,\" Mr Anderson continued.\n\nEnergy suppliers concede that further government support would help them as well as their customers.\n\nMeanwhile, government officials privately say that it is hard to distinguish between genuine potential financial distress for the energy companies and intense lobbying.\n\nOfgem responded that it is \"too soon\" to predict the level of the price cap from October. However, it said that new measures earlier this year will allow it in \"exceptional circumstances\", to update the price cap more frequently than once every six months, to \"ensure that the price cap continues to reflect the true cost of supplying energy\".\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak said people will have to wait until the autumn for any further help with their energy bills.\n\nSpeaking at an event promoting small businesses in Norwich, Mr Sunak told the BBC the government \"stands ready to do more as the situation requires it\" but said the Treasury would need to wait for \"better clarity on what energy prices will be in the autumn\".", "Sinn Féin vice-president Michelle O'Neill said the executive needed to be formed immediately\n\nThe US, UK and Irish governments have urged political parties in Northern Ireland to re-establish a devolved administration.\n\nSinn Féin secured the most seats in the assembly election, a first for a nationalist party in Northern Ireland.\n\nSinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill is in line to become first minister, if the DUP nominate a deputy first minister.\n\nHowever, Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis has played down the prospect of a border poll being called.\n\nThe Northern Ireland secretary said the election results were \"significant\", but pointed out that unionists still have more seats than nationalists at the Northern Ireland Assembly.\n\n\"So I think the focus at the moment quite rightly is on getting Stormont back up and running,\" he told BBC NI's Sunday Politics programme.\n\nMs O'Neill, who leads the party in Northern Ireland, said on Saturday that the party will be at Stormont on Monday, ready to form an executive.\n\nShe said \"other parties\" need to be ready to form an executive and that there should be \"no excuses\" or \"time wasting\".\n\nNorthern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis has the power to call a border poll\n\nUnder the terms of the Good Friday Agreement, the decision on when to call a border poll rests with the Northern Ireland secretary.\n\nSinn Féin's ultimate goal is for Northern Ireland to leave the UK and become one country with the Republic of Ireland, but that does not mean a border poll is imminent.\n\nWhen asked what the criteria is for calling such a poll, Mr Lewis did not answer the question directly, but referred to the results of the assembly election.\n\nHe said he intends to meet Stormont party leaders on Monday to try to ensure the power-sharing executive resumes.\n\nPoliticians in Belfast have big decisions to make and the world is watching.\n\nWhen governments in London, Dublin and Washington start making statements about Northern Ireland, it is always a sign that a critical moment has been reached.\n\nThere is no immediate sign of a power-sharing executive being restored at Stormont following the election.\n\nBehind the scenes, the talking began even before the votes were all counted.\n\nAttention is focused on the DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson to see whether anything can be done to persuade him to return his party to the executive.\n\nMichelle O'Neill is ready to become the first republican to hold the top post at Stormont in the 101-year history of Northern Ireland.\n\nUnless something dramatic happens in the next week, it could be a long wait.\n\nNorthern Ireland has been without a power-sharing executive for several months after the DUP collapsed the institutions as part of its protest against the Northern Ireland Protocol - part of the Brexit deal.\n\nHe previously said he would be meeting party leaders over the coming days and would urge them to restore the Stormont institutions, starting with the nomination of an assembly speaker within eight days.\n\nWhile the office of the first and deputy first minister is an equal one with joint power, the allocation of the titles is regarded as symbolically important.\n\nAlthough Sinn Féin can now nominate a first minister, they cannot take up the office unless the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) - the biggest party from the unionist bloc - agrees to nominate a deputy first minister.\n\nIts leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has not yet made a decision on whether the party will do that.\n\nOn Saturday, Sir Jeffrey said his party would respect the result of the election, however there needed to be changes made to the protocol.\n\nOn Sunday, DUP MLA Jonathan Buckley told the BBC the party had \"stood on a manifesto which was the removal of the Northern Ireland Protocol\".\n\n\"Either the secretary of state wants an executive, or a protocol - he can't have both,\" he said.\n\nSir Jeffrey Donaldson (centre) withdrew Paul Givan (left) as NI's first minister in February in protest against the NI Protocol\n\nThe US State Department called on the parties \"to take the necessary steps to re-establish a power-sharing executive\".\n\n\"Critical and immediate challenges concerning the economy, health, and education are best addressed through the collective efforts of a devolved government chosen by, and accountable to, its people,\" spokesperson Ned Price said.\n\nTaoiseach (Irish prime minister) Micheál Martin said it was \"incumbent\" on all elected representatives to deliver on their mandate through the nomination of a first and deputy first minister.\n\n\"A new power-sharing executive is vital for progress and prosperity for all in Northern Ireland,\" he added.\n\nA unionist party had always been the largest in the assembly, and previously the Stormont Parliament, since the formation of Northern Ireland in 1921.\n\nFor Sinn Féin to be installed in the role of first minister, the majority of unionist assembly members have to agree to form a power-sharing coalition.\n\nThe party's director of elections, John Finucane MP, told the BBC's Sunday Politics programme: \"We want to sit down and work with every party... to sit down and figure out how we get the executive back up and running.\"\n\nIn her acceptance speech on Saturday, Michelle O'Neill said the \"executive needs to be formed immediately\" and that people \"struggling with the cost of living are relying on us to get on with things and do our jobs\".\n\nThe executive is at the heart of Northern Ireland's devolved government, made up of ministers nominated to oversee key departments such as health, finance and justice.\n\nFor the first time, the Alliance Party has become the third-biggest in the Northern Ireland Assembly.\n\nThe centre-ground party won 17 seats - up from the eight it won in 2017 - and 13.5% of first preference votes.\n\nThe Alliance Party, led by Naomi Long seen in the centre, made big gains in the election\n\nThe party took a number of seats in the assembly election at the expense of the DUP and Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP).\n\nSDLP leader Colum Eastwood has said he believes that in some areas his party's supporters also \"lent their votes to Sinn Féin\".\n\n\"I think there's a tide there and people wanted to send a message, they wanted to kick the DUP and I think this is how they decided to do it,\" he told BBC News NI.\n\nMore than a third of the MLAs elected to the assembly are women.\n\nThirty-two of the 90 MLAs are female, compared with 27 who were elected in 2017.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Ukraine's President Zelensky uses WW2 speech to hit out at Russia's 'evil' invasion\n\nUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of implementing \"a bloody reconstruction of Nazism\".\n\nIn a speech commemorating World War Two, he said the Russian army was replicating Nazi \"atrocities\" during its invasion of his country.\n\n\"Darkness has returned to Ukraine and it has become black and white again,\" he said in his video address.\n\nFootage in the video showed the Ukrainian leader against a backdrop of destroyed residential buildings.\n\n\"Evil has returned, in a different uniform, under different slogans, but for the same purpose,\" he added.\n\nThe video also featured archive footage of World War Two and black-and-white footage of Russia's invasion.\n\nWhen Ukraine was invaded by Russia in late February, Moscow maintained its operation was in part to \"de-Nazify\" the country.\n\nRussian President Vladimir Putin returned to the theme in his own address congratulating former Soviet nations on the 77th anniversary of Nazi Germany's defeat, saying that \"as in 1945, victory will be ours\".\n\nUkrainian officials fear Russia may step up its attacks ahead of Russia's Victory Day commemorations on Monday.\n\nMr Zelensky appealed to European nations, including the UK, France and the Netherlands, by likening Nazi bombings of their towns and cities to Russian strikes on urban areas in Ukraine.\n\nMeanwhile, more than 60 people are feared dead after a Russian bomb hit a school in eastern Ukraine on Saturday, local authorities said.\n\nThe governor of Ukraine's Luhansk region, Serhiy Haidai, said around 90 local residents had been sheltering in the school in the village of Bilohorivka, near the frontline in the Donbas region.", "Last updated on .From the section Women's Football\n\nChelsea won a historic third successive Women's Super League title in dramatic fashion on the final day of the season with victory over Manchester United.\n\nSam Kerr scored two stunning volleys in the second half as Chelsea came from behind in a six-goal thriller.\n\nThe Blues, who win the league by a point over second-placed Arsenal, knew victory would give them the title.\n\nManchester United led 2-1 at half-time before Kerr's double and a Guro Reiten strike at Kingsmeadow.\n\nArsenal won 2-0 at West Ham but had to settle for finishing as runners-up.\n\nIt is the first time in WSL history that a club has won the title in three successive seasons and Emma Hayes' side can make it a domestic double with victory over Manchester City in next Sunday's FA Cup final at Wembley.\n\nManchester United finish the season in fourth place and miss out on qualification for next year's Champions League - although Manchester City's 4-0 win at Reading meant a United victory would not have been enough.\n\nFans were on their feet at full-time and sang \"Champions of England, we know who we are\" on a joyous day which concludes one of the most thrilling WSL seasons since its introduction.\n• None Why Hayes' trophy promise paid off for Kerr\n• None Relive the final day of the WSL season\n\n'That's why we're champions'\n\nIt promised to be a dramatic day at Kingsmeadow and that is exactly how it turned out.\n\nChelsea fans poured into the ground with flags and banners. They were in carnival voice before kick-off.\n\nBut Manchester United's rapid start threatened to ruin that and there were ripples of tension throughout the crowd when Martha Thomas' header put the visitors in front.\n\nErin Cuthbert's powerful equaliser quickly lifted the mood again, while news came through of Manchester City breaking the deadlock at Reading which came as a double blow to the travelling United fans.\n\n\"That's why we're champions\", sang the Chelsea supporters in response but United were keen to spoil the party and England international Ella Toone's deflected strike once again put them in front.\n\nBut Chelsea were not giving up the title that easily. They scored two goals in five minutes in the second half - the first a sensational volley from Kerr on the rebound.\n\nReiten put Chelsea in the lead for the first time when she drilled it into the bottom corner following a sublime through-ball from substitute Ji So-yun, playing in her last WSL game for the Blues.\n\nChelsea fans were already celebrating - despite title rivals Arsenal taking a second-half lead over West Ham on the other side of London - and Kerr stole the show with a sensational volley from 30 yards out which dipped over goalkeeper Mary Earps to make it 4-2.\n\nJi came close to capping off a hugely successful Chelsea career with a goal when her powerful shot was blocked late on, while home fans serenaded Pernille Harder as she walked around the pitch after being substituted.\n\nThe fans chanted \"Chelsea, champions\" for the remaining minutes and left Kingsmeadow - and London - in blue.\n\nChelsea have dominated English women's football in recent seasons with Hayes having now clocked up six WSL titles during her time in charge.\n\nThe Blues boss, who won Fifa coach of the year in January, led the team to their first WSL trophy in 2015 and this was Chelsea's fifth success in six years.\n\nRivals Arsenal finish the season without a trophy for the third year in a row.\n\nHayes, who celebrated with her players after Kerr's stunning second goal, must now prepare for the FA Cup final where they meet Manchester City in a domestic cup final for the first time.\n\nBut first, Hayes will celebrate this latest victory with her family, while it provides the perfect send-off for departing trio Ji, Drew Spence and Jonna Andersson - who have all played their role in another Chelsea title-winning campaign.\n• None Attempt missed. Signe Bruun (Manchester United Women) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Kirsty Hanson.\n• None Attempt blocked. Ji So-Yun (Chelsea Women) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Guro Reiten with a cross.\n• None Attempt blocked. Sam Kerr (Chelsea Women) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt blocked. Ji So-Yun (Chelsea Women) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt missed. Erin Cuthbert (Chelsea Women) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Guro Reiten following a set piece situation.\n• None Sam Kerr (Chelsea Women) wins a free kick on the right wing. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "A full embargo on Russian energy is needed now, Ukraine's finance minister has told the BBC.\n\nSergeii Marchenko said although he did not think it would necessarily end the war, it would make it harder for Russia \"to finance their military needs\".\n\nHe said the invasion of Ukraine had pushed up energy prices, tipping the scales in Moscow's favour.\n\nIt comes as the European Union tries to reach agreement on a full ban on imports of Russian oil.\n\nThe bloc has already pledged to reduce gas imports by two-thirds by the end of 2022.\n\nMr Marchenko said: \"Huge oil and gas prices help Russia to receive additional amounts to make their budget run with a surplus. In comparison we are running [the country] with very huge deficit [in] our budget.\"\n\n\"I believe that [a] full embargo can make Russia suffer more than it is right now,\" he added.\n\nAbout 40% of EU gas imports and 27% of oil imports come from Russia.\n\nThe bloc's politicians are trying to balance their desire to support Ukraine with the needs of their energy hungry citizens and businesses.\n\nOn Friday European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen admitted it was \"not easy to establish unity\" amongst the 27 members but added that she was \"confident\" an oil embargo could be agreed.\n\nSergeii Marchenko says his country's budget is running at a huge deficit because of the war with Russia\n\nEven before the war, last year's increase in prices meant oil and gas revenues accounted for 36%, or $119bn, of the spending of Russian President Vladimir Putin's government.\n\nHowever this could increase significantly, to more than $180bn, despite big production cuts by Russia - the world's third biggest oil producer - according to the consultancy Rystad Energy.\n\nIn comparison Ukraine's economy is forecast to shrink 45% this year because of the conflict, according to the World Bank.\n\nMr Marchenko said the war meant his country was collecting less in taxes \"because more than 20% of our businesses are fully closed\".\n\n\"It means that we can't manage to fulfil our necessary duty as [a] government without international support, or without just printing money,\" he added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAnother reason Ukraine's economy is struggling to support itself is because of the sharp fall in commodity exports. Before the war it was one of the world's top producers of crops such as sunflower, corn and wheat but it is now a lot more difficult to earn money by selling those to the rest of the world.\n\nRussia now controls the majority of Ukraine's port cities and with the country's harbours blocked off an increasing amount of what it can still export is leaving by trains, which have a smaller capacity.\n\n\"The key question for us is how to unblock the seaports of Ukraine,\" Mr Marchenko said.\n\nDoing so could help reduce soaring global food prices by increasing supplies.\n\nThe fall in Ukraine's agricultural exports is \"a big source of concern for a number of countries\", according to Odile Renaud-Basso, who is President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).\n\nThe economic development body is trying to support Ukraine's farmers as well as other countries that rely on their produce, she said.\n\n\"The more we keep economic infrastructure, equipment businesses afloat, the less the cost will be later on. So I think this is why we need to act now and not only wait for the reconstruction,\" she added.\n\nOdile Renaud-Basso says investment is needed to help rebuild Ukraine\n\nThe bank was already investing around $1bn a year before the war to help develop Ukraine's economy. With shareholder backing \"we would be ready to increase it\" to help with rebuilding things such as destroyed roads, bridges and buildings, Ms Renaud-Basso said.\n\nUkraine's government estimates $600bn of damage has been done so far. The EBRD president said external support, grants and loans would be needed to rebuild the country, similar to what happened in Europe after World War Two.\n\nWork on how to do that has already started, she added.\n\nUkraine is calling for Russia to foot the bill and Ms Renaud-Basso said \"this debate will have to take place\". But she cautioned lessons from the end of World War One need to be heeded.\n\n\"It had a very strong impact on Germany, and was one of the origins of what came with Hitler. I think that, for Europeans, this is part of the memory and we need to keep that in mind,\" she said.\n\nYou can watch Sergeii Marchenko and Odile Renaud-Basso's interviews on Talking Business with Aaron Heslehurst this weekend.\n\nViewers in the UK can watch the show on BBC iPlayer.\n\nIn other countries, it will be on BBC World News on Saturday at 23:30 GMT, Sunday at 05:30 and 16:30 GMT and Monday at 16:30 GMT.", "Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin at a meeting to discuss Nato membership\n\nFinland and Sweden, two neutral Nordic countries, are so alarmed by Russia's invasion of Ukraine that they are both now seriously considering joining Nato, as early as this summer.\n\nRussia has warned them not to. It has threatened \"a military technical response\" if they do.\n\nSo, on balance, is Europe a safer or more dangerous place if either or both of these countries become a part of Nato?\n\nNato - the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation - is a 30-nation defensive alliance founded shortly after the end of World War Two. It has its headquarters in Brussels but is dominated by the massive military and nuclear missile power of the US.\n\nFinland and Sweden are both modern, democratic countries that fulfil the criteria for Nato membership. The organisation's chief, Jens Stoltenberg, has said he would welcome them with open arms and there would be minimum delay in processing their membership.\n\nUS Army Lt Gen (retd) Ben Hodges, who commanded all US land forces in Europe, is in no doubt of the benefits of this for the West:\n\n\"Sweden and Finland joining Nato is huge - a very positive development. They are two very strong democracies, and the military of both is very good, capable and modernised, with remarkable mobilisation systems.\"\n\nIn the case of Finland, a form of military integration is already under way. British tank crews recently went on exercise with a Finnish armoured brigade, together with US, Latvian and Estonian troops as part of Nato's so-called Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF). The UK's ministry of defence said the aim was to \"deter Russian aggression in Scandinavia and the Baltic states\".\n\nSo, what is the problem if either or both countries want to join?\n\nRussia, and more specifically President Vladimir Putin, does not see Nato as a defensive alliance. Quite the opposite. He views it as a threat to Russia's security. He has watched in dismay as Nato steadily expanded eastwards - closer to Moscow - after the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991.\n\nWhen Putin was a young intelligence officer in the Soviet state security apparatus, the KGB, Moscow controlled all the countries of eastern Europe, with Russian troops stationed in most of them. Today, nearly all those countries have opted to look westwards and join Nato. Even the Baltic states - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - countries that were once, unwillingly, part of the Soviet Union, have joined the alliance.\n\nOnly 6% of Russia's vast borders are with Nato countries, yet the Kremlin is feeling encircled and threatened. Shortly before President Putin sent his troops into Ukraine on 24 February, he demanded a redrawing of the security map of Europe. Nato troops, he insisted, should pull back from all of these eastern European countries, and no new countries should be allowed to join.\n\nHis invasion has now resulted in the opposite.\n\nFor decades, Finland and Sweden have carefully nurtured their neutrality. Culturally, they are firmly in the western camp, but until now they have been wary of antagonising their giant nuclear-armed neighbour, Russia. The Ukraine invasion prompted a radical rethink, with both government and people wondering if they might not be safer after all \"inside the tent\", sheltering under Nato's collective protection known as \"Article 5\". This views an attack on one member as an attack on all. A recent poll in Finland showed 62% of Finns in favour of joining.\n\nFrom a purely military perspective, the addition of Finland's and/or Sweden's substantial militaries would be a major boost to Nato's defensive power in the north of Europe, where it is massively outnumbered by Russia's forces.\n\nFinland, says Ben Hodges, brings F35 fighter jets, Sweden brings Patriot missile batteries and has re-secured its large Baltic island of Gotland, where Russia has recently been probing. The armed forces of both Finland and Sweden are experts in Arctic warfare, training intensively to fight and survive in the frozen forests of Scandinavia. When Russia invaded Finland in WW2, the Finns fought ferociously against the invaders, inflicting serious losses.\n\nGeographically, the addition of Finland fills in a huge gap in Nato's defence, doubling the amount of its border with Russia. Security and stability in the Baltic Sea, says Hodges, are now dramatically improved.\n\nPolitically, it would add to the cohesion of western mutual defence, sending a signal to Putin that almost all of Europe is united against his invasion of a sovereign country, Ukraine.\n\nPut simply, the risk here is that such a major expansion of Nato, right on Russia's doorstep, alarms and enrages the Kremlin so much that it responds by lashing out in some form. When Putin threatened to take \"military technical measures\" in response this, it is widely taken to be two things - a reinforcing of its own borders by moving troops and missiles closer to the West, and possibly a stepping up of cyber attacks on Scandinavia.\n\nStaying neutral has served Sweden very well over the years. Giving up that neutrality is not to be taken lightly. There will also be an economic cost for Sweden's domestic arms industry if the country is obliged to buy Nato weapons instead of its own.\n\nThe Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov was emphatic in warning that Finland and Sweden joining Nato \"will not bring greater security for Europe\".\n\nVladimir Putin likes to remind people of the time in his youth when he cornered a rat in a room and it turned on him in attack. Putin and his advisers already blame Nato, with some justification, for thwarting their plans to take over Ukraine. If they decide, unreasonably, that this sudden expansion on their northern flank presents an existential threat to Russia's security then there is no knowing exactly what Moscow could do in response.", "An anniversary regarded by unionists as a cause for celebration, the creation of a life raft for those intent on preserving their British identity as the rest of the island broke away from the UK.\n\nHowever nationalists viewed the moment as a time to deeply regret the partition of Ireland they hope will one day be reversed.\n\nUnionists wanted a memorial stone erected at Stormont, but Sinn Féin said no.\n\nIn their view there's already quite enough unionist statues and plaques scattered around the estate.\n\nFor 100 years, the words Stormont and unionism have tripped off the tongue together.\n\nThe old unionist-dominated parliament was suspended in the early years of the Troubles and unionists had to be carried out of it loudly protesting.\n\nThe new power-sharing administration ushered in by the Good Friday Agreement proved a very different beast.\n\nEven so, in the quarter of a century since then a unionist always occupied the first minister's position, first via the Ulster Unionist David Trimble, then courtesy of Ian Paisley and his Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) successors.\n\nUnder the 1998 deal, Stormont's power couple were elected as a team.\n\nBut when the DUP and Sinn Féin agreed to share power in 2007, those rules were changed to enable automatic appointments to be made based on party strengths.\n\nThat opened the door to Michelle O'Neill's latest potential promotion.\n\nIt's true the powers and responsibilities of the first and deputy first ministers are exactly the same, but you can point that out in vain.\n\nNorthern Ireland is a place where titles and symbolism count.\n\nFor the DUP, the election outcome is a shock to the system.\n\nBut it's hardly surprising after all its internal bloodletting over the controversial post-Brexit trading arrangements which put a trade border between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.\n\nTreating Northern Ireland as, economically, another country from the rest of the UK was always going to raise unionist hackles.\n\nThe DUP were kingmakers after the 2017 General Election - but those days are long ago\n\nFirst Arlene Foster and then Edwin Poots fell from grace, leaving Sir Jeffrey Donaldson to pick up the pieces.\n\nThe DUP's halcyon days, when its MPs held the Westminster balance of power, seem long ago, even though the choices made then sowed the seeds which Sir Jeffrey is reaping now.\n\nThe DUP and unionism in general will take some time to absorb this election outcome.\n\nIt may take weeks or months to find a formula which assuages unionist concerns over the Brexit protocol while keeping the election victors, Sinn Féin, onside.\n\nExpect a tug-of-war between those unionists and loyalists who insist only a hard line will deliver the complete removal of the protocol, and those prepared to settle for pragmatic fixes.\n\nEdwin Poots was elected in South Belfast, Sir Jeffrey in Lagan Valley\n\nBeyond these immediate protocol concerns, unionism is struggling with a long-term picture in which demographic trends have led to a growing nationalist community.\n\nMoreover many younger voters find the DUP's stances on social, cultural and identity issues unattractive and are increasingly rejecting traditional orange and green politics altogether.\n\nAlthough the DUP now represents only 21% of the vote, unionism as a whole still accounts for just over 40%.\n\nBut nationalism is also on roughly 40%, while the centre-ground Alliance Party makes up the vast bulk of the other 20% - potentially a key swing vote in any future referendum on Irish unity.\n\nUnionists can no longer stroll around Stormont as if they own the place, as they did in the early decades of the parliament.\n\nMichelle O'Neill (left) and Sinn Féin leader Mary-Lou McDonald - it's been a historic election for the party\n\nSome who once scorned the Good Friday Agreement are now glad it incorporated minority safeguards, but annoyed they weren't applied to the protocol.\n\nAlthough a border poll on Irish unity remains some considerable way off, the future of unionism seems uncertain.\n\nDisputes over the first minister's job title, or whether a plaque or a memorial stone is installed somewhere, may in time be the least of their worries.", "The annual military parade in Moscow's Red Square has a new significance this year, as Russian forces continue their two-month assault in Ukraine. As tanks roll through the city streets, speculation is intensifying over President Vladimir Putin's next move.\n\nFighter jets and bombers roared over Moscow earlier this week.\n\nIt was just a rehearsal - for a grand military parade and flypast to mark Victory Day.\n\nThe ninth of May is one of the most important holidays in the Russian calendar and on Monday there'll be military processions all over the country to commemorate the Soviet Victory over Nazi Germany in 1945. As always, flags flutter from almost every building and shop windows are decorated with golden stars.\n\nBut this year will be different. Russia is at war once again - this time with its neighbour.\n\nAnd Vladimir Putin may have hoped to have used the anniversary to present the Russian people with a victory of his own in Ukraine. But, following an invasion which hasn't gone to plan, he's yet to even accomplish his most recently stated aim to take the Donbas region.\n\n\"Everyone is expecting something to happen [on 9 May], both the enemies of Putin and his supporters,\" says political expert Abbas Gallyamov, who was once a speechwriter for Mr Putin.\n\n\"These expectations created a vacuum that needs to be filled. If it's not, Putin will lose politically.\"\n\nThe question of what Mr Putin might do has set analysts guessing and rumours swirling.\n\nThe Kremlin has dismissed as nonsense reports that he might use the opportunity to officially declare war on Ukraine - or even the West - and seek to mobilise reservists or even civilians to replenish his depleted army.\n\nBut many experts assume that, at the very least, he'll dress up any territorial gains in eastern Ukraine as a victory worthy of celebration. Though that's unlikely to mean the end of the war. Mr Gallyamov makes a fascinating prediction, that Mr Putin will then present Ukraine with an ultimatum - come to the negotiating table or choose to fight on and face the threat of a tactical nuclear weapon.\n\n\"The only way he can win now, because he'll definitely lose if it continues, is to produce the impression of an absolutely crazy guy. He wants the western public to get scared, western leaders to get scared and for them to start calling Zelensky and say: 'Enough now let's stop this. Go to the negotiating table and agree to at least some of the demands he makes. Because we're ready to help you but we're not ready to die because of you.\"\n\nMr Putin, he believes, deeply regrets his invasion and needs a way out without looking weak.\n\nBut what do his people think? Opinion polls suggest he has majority support but it's unwise to fully trust even the independent polling agencies in a country which has criminalised the expression of anything other than the official narrative - that Vladimir Putin's \"special military operation\" is an honourable and necessary act of self-defence.\n\nThere is opposition but, again, it's difficult to quantify.\n\nThe street demonstrations which accompanied the first weeks of war have dwindled to the occasional individual protest. The independent monitoring group OVD info have recorded more than 15,000 detentions of protesters - most of them in the early days of the invasion.\n\nA recent series of fires at sites with military or tactical significance have prompted speculation about domestic sabotage but there is no conclusive evidence to back the theory, and fires are common here, largely due to old or dilapidated buildings and infrastructure.\n\nFlags bearing the word 'Victory' and the stripes of the St George's ribbon are everywhere to be seen\n\nBut a recent wander through Moscow city centre gave at the least a sense of popular sentiment.\n\nOn one pedestrian precinct some of the shops displayed the Z sign, which has become a symbol of support for the Russian offensive. A couple of stores were selling T-shirts featuring the letter. One shopkeeper modelled one rather ostentatiously in his doorway.\n\nBut some did stop to gather around a large and eye-catching display of black and white photographs in the centre of the precinct. Close-up images of the faces of distressed children stared out at them. I noticed one woman wipe tears from her eyes as she looked at the exhibition. These were, the sign proclaimed, the children of Donbas.\n\nIt's one of Vladimir Putin's pretexts for the war. That his troops are coming to the rescue of the Russian speaking population of eastern Ukraine, who are imperilled by a murderous regime in Kyiv.\n\nAnd he's gone to extraordinary lengths to create a parallel reality in which Russia is both defender and victim. And Ukraine and the West are the aggressors.\n\nState TV has long presented the West as Russia's nemesis but, in the run up to Victory Day, the rhetoric and the aggression has intensified. Presenters rail furiously against America and Europe and their supply of weapons to Ukraine. Echoing the Kremlin, they blame the west for provoking \"World War Three\" and seeking to prolong the conflict for as long as possible.\n\nIt's a powerful tool. One of the most popular TV programmes in the last few weeks was a talk show in which a presenter warned Britain that, if provoked, Russian could completely destroy it with nuclear weapons.\n\nAnd over the last month, free exhibitions about Nato have opened in more than 20 Russian cities.\n\nAt the display in Moscow last week a group of students stared, impressed, at an anti-tank missile as a guide explained that this was a British weapon, the likes of which were being used, right now, against Russian soldiers. A menacing soundtrack droned like a warplane overhead and sinister murals of western soldiers covered the walls. An introductory sign stated that Nato was one of the world's most aggressive alliances and unhesitatingly used force in its own interests.\n\nThe visitor book was illuminating; \"very stupid propaganda - no to war\" someone had written. But there were scrawled Zs too. Another hand had crossed out the words \"glory to Ukraine\" and written \"free from Nazis\".\n\nIt's a telling phrase. Vladimir Putin has also sought, infamously and baselessly, to portray his war as a necessary \"de-Nazification\" of Ukraine. He's described the government in Kyiv as neo-Nazis. And his foreign minister recently triggered international outrage when, after acknowledging that the Ukrainian president is Jewish, he claimed that Hitler also had Jewish ancestry.\n\nIt's why 9 May is such a powerful date for Mr Putin. It's an opportunity to exploit this country's long and painful memory of the sacrifice made by its people in the fight against Nazi Germany. To rally today's Russians behind his \"cause\". To use his country's past to legitimise his present.\n\nIt was chilling to see state TV coverage of one of the rehearsals for the military parade in Moscow. An elderly lady was featured, watching the trucks and missile launchers thunder past. She'd been at the very first parade, having lived through the war as a child, she told her interviewer.\n\nAnd then she turned away and stiffly raised her arm to wave at Vladimir Putin's tanks as they paraded by, a fond smile spreading across her face.", "The majority of results are in following Thursday's elections across the UK.\n\nSearch below to see the results in your area.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. More information about these elections Who won in my area? Enter your postcode, or the name of your English, Scottish or Welsh council area or Northern Ireland constituency to find out.\n\nNearly all of England's 146 councils that had an election have declared. More than 4,000 council seats were being contested. The Liberal Democrats gained the most seats, while Labour gained control of the most councils. The Conservatives lost more than 300 seats.\n\nThe Mayor of South Yorkshire has also been elected alongside six other local authority mayors.\n\nIn Scotland, all results for the 32 councils have been declared, with the SNP finishing as the largest party. In Wales, Labour has gained the most seats, while Plaid Cymru took control of three councils.\n\nIn Northern Ireland, voters are electing all 90 MLAs to the Stormont Assembly. Sinn Féin received the most first-preference votes by a wide margin.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. More information about these elections Who won in my council area? Enter your postcode, or the name of your English, Scottish or Welsh council area to find out. There are no council elections in Northern Ireland.\n• Scroll with two fingers to move on the map\n• Pinch to zoom in and out on the map\n• Click on an area in the map to see the results\n• Use one finger to scroll past the map There are no council or mayoral elections in Northern Ireland, but there are National Assembly elections. See the results in full on the BBC website Refresh the page to load the latest results", "Many people in Izyum retreated to basements, to avoid bombardment and soldiers\n\n\"We thought those were our last minutes. It was extremely scary but we were lucky.\"\n\nElena is recalling the moment Russian troops started shelling, after she and a group of escapees passed through one of their checkpoints.\n\nAfter two months living in the basement of a kindergarten in the Russian-occupied town of Izyum in Ukraine, Elena spent two nerve-shredding days on the road to safety. She and her daughter were among 20 people in a convoy of vehicles heading away from Russian-controlled territory. They fled last Friday using a route organised by volunteers.\n\n\"All that time we were praying,\" said Elena, 52, recounting how they passed through numerous Russian checkpoints. When troops asked them where they were going, the group convinced the soldiers they were headed for Russia. At one checkpoint, Elena said, Russians looked through her daughter's phone, and became angry when they saw messages to her friends about the situation in Izyum.\n\nFinally the pair reached safety in Poltava, a city in central Ukraine. But she said she felt as though she'd lost everything and couldn't forget the horror of what she went through in her home city after the start of the war.\n\n\"Bodies were lying for weeks in the streets. We tried not to watch them in order to save our minds. We couldn't bury dead people because it equalled being killed as well. The shelling was non-stop,\" she said.\n\nElena and others in the basement had cooked food on a fire and lived off vegetables collected from their gardens.\n\n\"Everyone brought everything they had. We all shared food,\" she said. \"It helped us not to lose hope.\"\n\nShe adds that Russian troops were looting everything, including people's underwear. Soldiers drove around the city in stolen cars with \"Z\" signs painted on them, she recalled. \"They were armed and often very drunk. It was very scary when an armoured personnel carrier was driving on your street and soldiers with machine guns were sitting in it. We tried to hide.\"\n\nSituated south-east of Kharkiv, the city of Izyum is known as the gateway to the Donbas - Ukraine's old coal and steel-producing region, more than a third of which was seized by Moscow-backed separatists in 2014. It is surrounded by forests and rivers, which make it a natural fortress. And within the city boundaries is the Kremenets mountain, which is 218m (715ft) above sea level.\n\n\"Whoever has control of this mountain has a significant military advantage,\" said Maxym Strelnik, an official of Izyum city council.\n\nAll this made the city an important prize and soon after the Kremlin's invasion, it came under heavy bombardment. On 1 April, Russia seized control and has occupied the city since.\n\nNow, Mr Strelnik, who was told by the Ukrainian military to leave the area, estimates that 80% of the city has been destroyed. Between 10,000 and 15,000 civilians remain in Izyum, he believes.\n\n\"There is no water, electricity, gas, heating and the sewage system doesn't work,\" he said.\n\nIn March, during the initial stages of the invasion, people were forced to stay in their freezing basements without heating. Those who fell ill were unable to get medical treatment. \"We cannot even estimate how many victims there are in the city. There are no medical facilities or funeral services. The dead are buried near houses and in the city parks. It's a horrible reality,\" he said.\n\nAmong those still trapped in Izyum is the mother of Katerina, who escaped with her husband and two children at the beginning of March.\n\n\"She calls me from time to time - sometimes once a week,\" Katerina said. \"Even now when I'm safe, I can't feel 100% fine because my mum is left in a town that doesn't exist.\"\n\nBy the time Katerina got out, it was too late for her mother, who lived in a part of Izyum then already occupied by the Russians. She was forbidden to leave her house by soldiers.\n\nKaterina's own escape was a harrowing experience. The family had been sheltering together in their basement for seven days when a Russian bomb fell just 500 metres from their house. \"The ground started to fall from the ceiling,\" she told the BBC. \"I started to understand then that our basement would not withstand the bombs.\"\n\nShe and her family had just 15 minutes to prepare to leave. They took very little - only children's clothes. Even the family pets had to be left behind.\n\nAs they left, she said, she could hear shells above her head. \"The feeling of hearing them will be impossible to get rid of.\"\n\nUp to 80% of the city has been destroyed, says one official\n\nMr Strelnik has stayed close to Izyum, albeit in a zone still under Ukrainian control, to ensure he can try to help the people still inside. But communication with them is incredibly hard.\n\nFor the past seven days, there has been no mobile phone connection between the town and the outside world. The families of those still inside are desperate to hear from them, he says.\n\nThe lack of mobile coverage has also made life difficult for Volodymyr Zelensky - not Ukraine's president, but an ordinary citizen of the same name who has been volunteering to help those inside the city get out. During brief spells when a signal was available, relatives informed those still inside about evacuation buses which collected residents from small villages on the outskirts of the city.\n\n\"We evacuated about 200 people,\" said Mr Zelenskyy. \"People were very emotional when they got to the evacuation points. They didn't have a hope for weeks and finally when they saw us, they thought that we were their saviours.\"\n\nBut he said the rescue effort was dangerous work.\n\n\"The last time our volunteers extracted people from [the nearby village of] Spyvakiva, they were shot by Russian snipers. Three people were killed and three people were wounded,\" he said. The BBC has been unable to independently verify this claim.\n\nBoth Katerina and Elena count themselves lucky they were able to escape Izyum when they did. But their memories of home in peacetime are haunting.\n\nKaterina remembers the place which she says had everything she needed, including parks for children. \"It was so cute, so cosy, like a small fluffy pillow, that feels like your mother hugging you,\" she said.\n\nElena misses the days when she would plant flowers in the garden with her granddaughter.\n\n\"We did not realise how lucky we were,\" she said. \"Now I realise I was living in a paradise.\"", "The match was being played at the Forest Recreation Ground in Nottingham\n\nA 13-year-old boy has died after a \"medical emergency\" during a junior football match.\n\nNottinghamshire Football Association (FA) said Samuel Akwasi was playing for FC Cavaliers against West Bridgford Rossoneri in the Young Elizabethan Football League on Saturday.\n\nHis club said he was \"very well respected by all his team members\" and had played for them since the Under 9s.\n\nThe county's FA sent its condolences to all Samuel's friends and family.\n\nIt said on Twitter it was saddened to announce the young boy had passed away \"following a medical emergency during a youth game\".\n\n\"We send our condolences to Samuel's friends, family and team mates at this extremely difficult time,\" it added.\n\nThe match was played at Forest Sports Zone at the Forest Recreation Ground in Nottingham.\n\nA spokesman for the Young Elizabethan Football League said on Facebook it was \"devastated\" to report \"the tragic events that unfolded\" during Saturday's match.\n\n\"A young Cavaliers player, Samuel Akwasi, collapsed on the pitch after suffering a Sudden Cardiac Arrest.\n\n\"Despite the best efforts of those present and the quick application of a defibrillator along with the speedy response of the emergency services, Samuel sadly passed away in the QMC,\" he said.\n\nHe added: \"Our hearts and prayers all go out to his family and friends as well as FC Cavaliers at this awful time.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Nottinghamshire FA ⚽️ This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, on Twitter, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Ukrainian officials say Russian forces have launched an all-out assault on the Azovstal steelworks, the last Ukrainian holdout in the city of Mariupol.\n\nUkrainian forces inside the plant have been fighting \"difficult bloody battles\" for a second day, the commander of the Azov regiment said.\n\nRussian forces are reported to have entered \"the territory of the plant\" after days of sustained attacks.\n\nAbout 200 civilians are believed to be sheltering inside, including children.\n\nThe BBC has not been able to verify the reports of the Russian attack on the steel plant.\n\nIn a brief video message posted on Telegram, Azov commander Denis Prokopenko said: \"I am proud of my soldiers who are making superhuman efforts to contain the pressure of the enemy... the situation is extremely difficult.\"\n\nPresident Volodymyr Zelensky has made a further appeal to the UN to help save the lives of those who remain there.\n\n\"Everyone is important to us. We ask for your help in saving them,\" Mr Zelensky told UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres in a phone call.\n\nThe Ukrainian leader thanked Mr Guterres for a successful UN and Red Cross-led evacuation this week, which rescued more than 100 people from the steelworks, but called on the UN to \"assist in the removal of all the wounded from Azovstal\".\n\nThere were also more evacuations from other areas - Ukraine's deputy prime minister said that 344 evacuees from various south-western cities including Mariupol arrived in the relative safety of Zaporizhzhia on Wednesday - a south-eastern city still under Ukrainian control.\n\nIn a post on Telegram, Irina Vereshchuk thanked the UN and Red Cross for their help, saying: \"These are women, children and elderly people from Mariupol, Manhush, Berdiansk, Tokmak and Vasylivka... We will now support them during this difficult time, including with much-needed psychological support.\"\n\nOsnat Lubrani, the UN's humanitarian coordinator for Ukraine, confirmed the evacuations.\n\n\"While this second evacuation of civilians from areas in Mariupol and beyond is significant, much more must be done to make sure all civilians caught up in fighting can leave, in the direction they wish,\" she said in a statement.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Osnat Lubrani This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nRussia has said it will implement a ceasefire from Thursday to allow more civilian evacuations from the Azovstal plant.\n\nThe Russian military said routes out of the plant would open from 08:00 to 18:00 Moscow time (05:00 to 15:00 GMT) on 5, 6, and 7 May.\n\nDuring this time, Russian forces will cease activities and withdraw units to a safe distance, the military said in a post online.\n\nMeanwhile, new analysis suggests many as 600 people were killed when Russia bombed a theatre in Mariupol in March. The attack is believed to have caused the worst known loss of life in a single strike since the invasion began.\n\nAn investigation by the Associated Press (AP) news agency now puts the death toll at about double the previous estimate of 300. AP spoke to 23 survivors, rescuers and those familiar with the theatre's use as a bomb shelter.\n\nRussian troops have spent weeks besieging and bombarding Mariupol, which is key to Moscow's military campaign in Ukraine.\n\nFull control of the city would give the Russians a land bridge from Russia, through parts of the Donbas region held by Russian-backed separatists, right through to Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014.\n\nDespite indications that Russia is making slow progress in its effort to invade and retain southern and eastern parts of the country, the Kremlin has dismissed speculation that it will declare all-out war in Ukraine in the coming days as \"nonsense\".\n\nMoscow has up until now denied it is at war, instead referring to the invasion as a \"special military operation\".\n\nBut Western officials have speculated that President Vladimir Putin could use the 9 May Victory Parade to announce an escalation of military action. Moscow has denied this.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. New Sports Direct boss: \"I've proved myself and my worth to the group\"\n\nThe new boss of Sports Direct has warned that the retailer will probably have to put up prices as it faces costs that are \"going through the roof\".\n\nMichael Murray has taken over from Mike Ashley - his future father-in-law - as chief executive of Frasers Group.\n\nBut in his first interview in the job he told the BBC Mr Ashley was \"not pulling the strings\".\n\nHe also insisted that the High Street is not dead, with plans to open up to 10 new flagship stores across the UK.\n\nAt the age of 32, Mr Murray has become one of the youngest chief executives among FTSE 250 companies after a meteoric rise to the top of one of the UK's biggest retailers.\n\nBut he faces a particularly challenging time with rising costs and a squeeze on household incomes.\n\nAlthough Sports Direct stores pride themselves on countless deals and offers, Mr Murray admitted prices will probably rise.\n\n\"In terms of the pricing of product, we are very much at the mercy of our brand partners,\" he said.\n\n\"They decide the price they want to sell the goods for and we will increase the prices as and when the brands ask us or recommend us to do so.\"\n\nSpeaking to the BBC ahead of Sports Direct opening its new Birmingham store on Friday, Mr Murray said he believed Britain's High Streets were not \"dead\", but said they would be \"different\".\n\n\"I believe if you give people a reason to come and shop, they will shop. They've just not had a reason for the past few years,\" he added.\n\nOver four floors, Birmingham's new Sports Direct looks like a high-tech department store for sport and fitness - a world away from traditional stores. It includes an E-sports gaming room, a sports bra fitting service, as well as Evans Cycles and a Game concession.\n\n\"It's cost more than £10m. It's a huge investment in the High Street,\" Mr Murray said.\n\nHe said Mr Ashley was a \"genius of his generation\", but said it required a \"different type of genius and a different type of mindset what takes us forward into the next generation\".\n\n\"What I want to do is to build on the retail excellence which Mike's created over the last 40 years and build a business that's fit for purpose for the next 40 years,\" he said.\n\n\"It's really as simple as that.\"\n\nBirmingham's new look Sports Direct opens on Friday\n\nLondon's Oxford Street store was the first new look Sports Direct unveiled last year and Mr Murray said there's room for up to 10 of the big regional, experiential stores.\n\nIt's a big bet on the future of the High Street.\n\nHowever, re-imagining shops isn't just about enticing customers in. One of Mr Murray's biggest challenges is persuading his major brands, Nike and Adidas, to supply the most-desirable trainers and tracksuits.\n\nIt's a journey, he claimed, is going \"very well\".\n\n\"If we'd done this five or six years ago it would've looked a completely different store because you wouldn't have had the product to put in it,\" he said.\n\nMr Murray, who is engaged to Mr Ashley's eldest daughter, has been leading efforts to modernise the business in a bid to appeal to younger shoppers.\n\nBefore he took over as chief executive, he wasn't an employee of Sports Direct, nor did he have a seat on the board.\n\nHe earned millions of pounds in consultancy fees linked to a host of property deals he made for the group.\n\nMr Murray brushed off accusations that he only got the job through his connections to former Newcastle United owner Mr Ashley - who founded Sports Direct in 1982 and is still the majority shareholder of the firm's empire, which includes House of Frasers, Flannels and Jack Wills.\n\n\"I've definitely proved myself and my worth to the group. I think we've achieved so much over the last few years. Mike would never put me up to a job which he didn't think I could excel in because I don't think it'd be very popular around the dinner table,\" Mr Murray said.\n\nSo is Mr Ashley still pulling the strings?\n\n\"No Mike is not pulling the strings,\" said Mr Murray.\n\n\"We've worked in a partnership, a very collaborative one over the last two to three years. We have vocal debates. We agree, we disagree. But ultimately the decision lies with me on the outcome of where we take the company.\n\n\"I'm definitely my own man.\"\n\nHe said he would bring clarity to the business, saying the retailer had been \"misunderstood with maybe more of a scattergun approach in the past\".\n\nMr Murray believes people will spend less and not buy for the sake of it, but spend on \"aspirational\" items instead.\n\nThere have been no shortage of shoppers splashing out hundreds of pounds for a T-shirt in Flannels, the designer fashion chain, which Mr Murray said is a fast growing part of the business.\n\n\"The luxury brands have just been severely underserved in regional markets. Before, there was nowhere really to buy that product. And every time we open a new store in a regional town or city, it far exceeds our expectation.\"\n\nBut what's the plan for the remaining 43 House of Fraser shops? Mike Ashley snapped up the department store chain after it collapsed in 2018 and vowed to turn into the Harrods of the High Street.\n\nMr Murray doesn't yet know how many will be kept. He admitted some of the stores need to be reduced in size or moved.\n\nBut the incentive to succeed couldn't be bigger. Mr Murray is in line for a £100m pay-out if he can more than double the share price to £15 within the next three years.\n\n\"I wouldn't have signed up to it if I didn't believe we've got a very strong strategy.\"", "Rehearsals for this year's victory parade took place in the sky over Moscow on Wednesday\n\nRussia has dismissed speculation that it will declare all-out war in Ukraine in the coming days as \"nonsense\".\n\nMoscow has up until now denied it is at war, instead referring to the invasion as a \"special military operation\".\n\nBut Western officials have speculated that President Vladimir Putin could use the 9 May Victory Parade to announce an escalation of military action.\n\nKremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, however, said there was no truth to the rumours \"at all\".\n\nUK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said last week that the Moscow parade - commemorating the defeat of the Nazis and end of World War Two - might be used to drum up support for a mass mobilisation of troops and renewed push into Ukraine.\n\n\"I would not be surprised, and I don't have any information about this, that he is probably going to declare on this May Day that 'we are now at war with the world's Nazis and we need to mass mobilise the Russian people',\" he told LBC radio.\n\nRussian officials only refer to the invasion as a \"special military operation\" to \"demilitarise\" or \"de-Nazify\" the country, referencing a baseless claim about Nazis in the Ukrainian government which Moscow used to justify the invasion.\n\nAs well as the annual parade in Moscow, there are also long-standing reports that the Kremlin is planning some sort of additional parade in the city of Mariupol in southern Ukraine, almost all of which is now under Russian control. Ukrainian forces remain in one area of the city - a vast industrial steelworks called Azovstal.\n\nLatest reports suggest that after the recent successful evacuation of some civilians, attacks on the steelworks have resumed and contact has been lost with the last remaining soldiers inside.\n\nUkrainian officials say the streets of the city centre are being cleared of debris, bodies, and unexploded bombs. Large parts of the city lie in ruins, after Russian forces bombarded it relentlessly for weeks under siege.\n\nUkrainian politician Alyona Shkrum told the BBC she was expecting things to become more difficult alongside Russia's victory day celebrations.\n\n\"For Putin and for the empire he's trying to build, basically this is a symbolic day, right?\" she said.\n\n\"So he takes some kind of victory day and he turns it into a big fight right now against Nazis, which is obviously Russian propaganda and completely ridiculous.\n\n\"We are expecting that there will be quite tough times here in Kyiv and in Odesa and in Mariupol, and in other cities for 9 May.\"\n\nAt the risk of stating the obvious, there is only one person who can be absolutely sure of how Russia plans to mark its annual Victory Day on 9 May and that is Vladimir Putin. And he is keeping his cards close to his chest.\n\nMoscow's denial that it plans to declare war that day need to be taken with a hefty pinch of salt.\n\nIn the days leading up to the invasion on 24 February Russian officials queued up to ridicule suggestions of an imminent invasion as \"western hysteria and propaganda\". Yet invade they did, catching even many Ukrainians by surprise.\n\nSo the very least we can expect is some triumphant announcements of objectives achieved and enemies (real or imagined) vanquished.\n\nBlame for the slow pace of Russian advance in the eastern Donbas region will likely be placed on Nato and there will probably be further warnings to the West to stop helping Ukraine defend itself.\n\nWhatever happens on 9 May it is hard to see this war ending any time soon.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: 64-year-old Tatyana lost her home in Mariupol, and says she has nowhere else to go", "Ellie Hair was prevented from joining her husband Euan and two children on the flight\n\nA woman has told how she had to watch her husband and young children fly off on holiday without her because of post-Brexit passport rules.\n\nEllie Hair was due to fly to Lanzarote from Glasgow on Sunday but she was not allowed to check in.\n\nSome European countries now insist passports must be no more than 10 years old from the point of issue.\n\nEllie's passport was issued in April 2012 and expires in January 2023.\n\nSince Sunday she has been trying in vain to get an updated passport but she said the government website kept crashing, and she has been unable to arrange a face-to-face appointment.\n\nEllie told BBC Scotland's Drivetime radio programme she arrived at Glasgow Airport in the early hours of Sunday 1 May and tried to check-in for the Tui airways flight.\n\n\"I was told I could not get on the flight basically and it was awful because the kids were in floods of tears,\" she said.\n\nEllie said the check-in attendant had told her the passport issue \"had been everywhere\" on the news.\n\n\"Everybody I have spoken to has said the same thing - that they didn't have any knowledge of this new EU law,\" Ellie said.\n\n\"Anywhere else in the world they would have accepted my passport for what it says on the tin but because this was the EU and it was a couple of weeks over 10 years old, I'm not allowed in.\"\n\nEllie's children Evelien and Kiernan were upset their mother could not join them on holiday\n\nEllie told the BBC she renewed her passport to change her surname when she got married a decade ago.\n\nAt that time, people renewing passports were allowed to carry forward up to nine months from their old passport to their new one. This changed after Brexit rules came into force.\n\nLanzarote is part of Spain which is one of 26 European countries within the Schengen Area of free movement.\n\nNow some EU countries in the Schengen Area are insisting passports must be no more than 10 years old from the point of issue. Passports must also have a minimum validity of three months.\n\nEllie, who runs an Escape Room business in Glasgow, said: \"We are business owners and it is really hard to leave our business. This is a really special holiday and it has been delayed twice over because of Covid. We were originally meant to go in 2020.\n\n\"I'm still in a bit of shock to be honest.\"\n\nTravel expert Simon Calder said the rule had been in place for a long time but the UK only became subject to it after it left the EU.\n\n\"I have been doing everything I can to persuade the airlines and the government to push this out,\" he said.\n\n\"It was clear that as soon as people started travelling again, and really over the past few months has been the first time we have been able to travel en masse since Brexit, it was clear this was going to happen.\n\n\"To make this worse, airlines and holiday companies are putting in their own versions which are even more stringent.\"\n\nA statement from the European Commission in relation to a similar incident to Ellie's said a \"more generous interpretation of the rules is possible\".\n\nA Tui spokesperson said the airline was aware of ongoing confusion regarding passport validity.\n\n\"We are in the process of adding a communication to our website to highlight the EU rules around passport validity, and will also be contacting customers due to travel in the next few weeks detailing the passport rules,\" the spokesperson added.", "Jonathan Goodwin was left paralysed after a stunt went wrong his fiancee said\n\nEscapologist Jonathan Goodwin, 42, has been left paralysed after an accident, his fiancée Amanda Abbington has said.\n\nThe Sherlock actress said he nearly died twice after last year's accident during rehearsals for America's Got Talent: Extreme.\n\nShe said the stunt ace, who appeared in the 2019 season of Britain's Got Talent, now uses a wheelchair.\n\nHe was supposed to escape a strait jacket while upside down 30ft in the air in between two suspended cars.\n\nInstead, Mr Goodwin became crushed between them as they caught on fire.\n\nMs Abbington, 48, told Jay Rayner's Out To Lunch podcast: \"He fell 30ft and lost a kidney, broke both shoulder blades, shattered both legs.\n\n\"Third-degree burns, broke his spine and severed his spinal cord and nearly died. And then on the operating table, he nearly died again.\"\n\n\"Unless there's a kind of stem cell surgery, or that thing that Elon Musk is designing with the little chip, he'll be like that forever,\" she said.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by jonathangoodwinofficial This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Goodwin, originally from Pembrokeshire, has remained \"positive and upbeat, and so strong,\" she added.\n\n\"His courage and his strength is something that I just aspire to be like.\n\n\"He's just incredible, honestly, like so happy, just like a very happy, positive human being, just liquid sunshine. He's amazing.\"\n\nAmanda Abbington met her fiancée, Jonathan Goodwin, during rehearsals for America's Got Talent: Extreme.\n\nThe actress said the stuntman sent a voice note before his surgery to say there was a 50% chance he would not make it.\n\nHe told her he loved her and thanked her for the past few months of his life with her.\n\nThe couple were initially friends on social media for about 10 years. Abbington followed him as her son Joe thought his act was \"amazing\".\n\nMr Goodwin has performed in London's West End as one of The Illusionists\n\nShe said they connected after she split from fellow Sherlock actor Martin Freeman and he had divorced his wife.\n\nAt first, Ms Abbington said, they spent hours chatting on the phone each day before he flew to Vienna to meet her for the first time.\n\nWithin 30 minutes, Mr Goodwin proposed. The couple plan to marry this summer.", "Actress and Strictly Come Dancing champion Rose Ayling-Ellis is to become the first celebrity to sign a CBeebies bedtime story this Sunday.\n\nAyling-Ellis, 27, who has been deaf since birth, will tell the tale Can Bears Ski? in British Sign Language (BSL), to mark Deaf Awareness Week.\n\nThe story of a young bear draws on the author's own experience to show how it feels to be deaf in a hearing world.\n\nAyling-Ellis said she hoped it would inspire children to learn to sign.\n\nCan Bears Ski? was written by Raymond Antrobus and illustrated by Polly Dunbar, and follows the journey of a son and father as they discover and manage deafness.\n\nIt will be the first ever BSL-signed story on CBeebies and it will see Ayling-Ellis only speaking twice throughout the entire programme. Once at the beginning to introduce the story, and at the end to wish the audience goodnight. The story will also have subtitles.\n\nAyling-Ellis said: \"I am super excited to read my first CBeebies bedtime story in British Sign Language and it's even more wonderful to share a story written by a deaf writer.\n\n\"I hope deaf children enjoy the story and it inspires hearing children to want to learn BSL more.\"\n\nAyling-Ellis found fame starring as Frankie Lewis in BBC soap EastEnders and went on to become the first deaf contestant to win Strictly.\n\nShe was also nominated for the Must See Moment of the Year at the 2022 Bafta Awards for her Couple's Choice dance routine with partner Giovanni Pernice, which included a section where the pair danced without music to honour of the deaf community.\n\nWhile competing in Strictly, Ayling-Ellis performed a touching routine with partner Giovanni Pernice during which they paused the music and danced in silence\n\nThe actress has actively campaigned for BSL to be recognised as an official language and to be given legal status in the UK.\n\nHer story will air on Sunday to mark the end of Deaf Awareness Week, and will be the first of two stories she has recorded for CBeebies.\n\nOther readers of the CBeebies Bedtime Story have included Dolly Parton, Tom Hardy and Ed Sheeran - who read a story about a boy with a stutter, as he did as a child.\n\nIn 2018, Catastrophe actor Rob Delaney became the first person to tell a CBeebies Bedtime Story in Makaton - which was another first for the programme.\n\nThe Duchess of Cambridge became the first royal to present the show earlier this year.\n\nCBeebies Bedtime Stories airs daily at 18:50, with episodes signed by a BSL interpreter shown every Saturday and Sunday.", "This family arrived from Mariupol at the evacuation point on Tuesday\n\nA group of civilians who have been evacuated from the besieged city of Mariupol have made their way to the relative safety of the town of Zaporizhzhia after a 200-km journey.\n\nAmong them were 69 people who had sheltered in bunkers beneath the massive Azovstal steelworks for months.\n\nIt's the first time a humanitarian corridor has been successfully agreed to get them out of the steel plant.\n\n\"We were losing hope that we would ever get out,\" one woman told the BBC.\n\nBefore this evacuation, repeated attempts to negotiate their safe release had ended in failure.\n\nHundreds of civilians still remain trapped inside the plant, according to Ukrainian fighters there. It's not clear whether more attempts will be made to rescue them.\n\nAfter the group of evacuees left on Sunday, fighters at the plant said Russian forces immediately resumed shelling.\n\nThere were hugs and tears of exhaustion and relief as the group of women and children arrived in Zaporizhzhia.\n\nKatarina stepped off the bus into the sun with everything she now owns stuffed in a small backpack. Her two children, aged six and 11, rubbed their eyes, exhausted.\n\nKatarina said she tried to reassure her two children, aged six and 11, that everything would be OK\n\nFor two months, they had lived in the hidden depths of the steel plant in Mariupol as Russian bombs pounded the site. The only supplies were rations handed down by Ukrainian solders.\n\n\"From the morning and during the night, we were bombarded. Artillery, rockets, air strikes,\" Katarina said.\n\n\"Our children couldn't sleep. They were crying. They were scared. And us as well.\n\n\"There were several times when we were losing hope that we would ever get out. We are extremely glad to be in Ukraine.\"\n\nBut the war had taken its toll on their home city, which they saw the wreckage of as they left: \"What we saw were just boxes with massive black holes in them. The apartment blocks are gone. Just their remains are there.\"\n\nAnother evacuee, Irene, had her 17-year-old daughter by her side - and found that, at least, was some comfort.\n\nIrene had an anxious time sheltering with her daughter\n\n\"We lived in hope that every day would be the last day in this hell. That we would go home to a peaceful Mariupol, but now it is non-existent,\" she said.\n\nThe operation carried out by the United Nations and the Red Cross has been complex - and at times dangerous.\n\nUN staff on the ground found the area littered with landmines. At one point, they had to pull back after an artillery strike.\n\n\"When the team went forward to literally wave a flag and try and bring these people out, there were a number of mines that had to be cleared both from the Ukrainian side - the steel plant - and the Russian side,\" said Sebastian Rhodes Stampa, the UN team's operational lead.\n\n\"There was then some mortar fire, I don't know where it came from. I don't know who fired it. It stopped fairly quickly.\"\n\nHe said he had found the experience \"deeply humbling\".\n\n\"They came out and they saw the city they presumably grew up in destroyed. There are graves on the pavement and in every plot of grass you can find,\" he said.\n\n\"They were horrified. You've got to understand, they've been underground for two months and they haven't seen news.\n\n\"There was a six-month-old baby there who had never seen grass, he'd been born during the winter and he was astonished how green the grass was. He wanted to play with and fiddle about with it.\"\n\nMr Rhodes Stampa told the BBC that women, children and the elderly \"hadn't seen daylight in two months\".\n\nRefugees had barely been outside the plant in two months, the UN said\n\nIn the end, they rescued more than 100 people from Mariupol this time - a rare moment of progress for humanitarian efforts in this war.\n\nUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the successful evacuation had been the result of long negotiations and mediations.\n\n\"We will continue to do everything to get all our people out of Mariupol and Azovstal,\" he said. It's difficult, but we need everyone who stays there - civilians and soldiers.\"\n\nThousands are still in the city, with hundreds still stuck in the maze-like tunnels under the steelworks.\n\nThe Red Cross said it was pleased the evacuation was a success, but was frustrated many more people were left in \"hell\".", "Consumer prices in Turkey soared nearly 70% in April from a year ago, hitting a two-decade high, official figures show.\n\nTransport, food prices and household furnishings recorded the sharpest rise in annual inflation, with transport costs more than doubling over the year.\n\nCountries around the world are dealing with a growing cost of living crisis.\n\nBut Turkey's problems have been made worse by its president's reluctance to raise interest rates - a commonly used tool to help cool inflation.\n\nThe cost of food and non-alcoholic drinks saw an annual increase of 89.1%, while furnishings and household equipment were up 77.64%.\n\nOn a monthly basis, prices jumped 7.25% in April, according to data from the Turkish Statistical Institute.\n\nTurkey has seen a collapse in the value of the lira, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan prioritises exports over currency stability.\n\nMr Erdogan has described interest rates as \"the mother and father of all evil,\" and has used more unorthodox policy to try to dampen prices including intervening in foreign exchange markets.\n\nFacing pressure from the Turkish president, the country's central bank's has slashed rates to 14% from 19% since September.\n\nIn April it kept rates steady for the fourth month in a row, despite soaring inflation.\n\nTuba Canpolat says her family is struggling to cope with rising prices\n\nTuba Canpolat, a former healthcare worker living in Istanbul, said her family was struggling to manage with only her husband's salary. He works in construction.\n\nShe had planned to return to her job after taking three months of maternity leave but with prices so high she was unable to afford childcare.\n\n\"I receive what we call unemployment benefits in Turkey but it is such a low number that it doesn't even meet my baby's monthly diaper needs,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"I'm looking for small jobs that can be done online. But right now it's not possible for us to live on a salary of 5,000 Turkish liras while the rents are 3,000-4,000 Turkish liras.\"\n\nTuba said she had been forced to buy cheaper nappies for her baby and change them less often, while their food costs have also soared.\n\n\"We can't handle it. In fact we survive thanks to the support of our family,\" she added.\n\nCharlie Robertson, global chief economist at Renaissance Capital, said disruption caused by the war in Ukraine was contributing to higher prices, including for food.\n\nHowever, he said much of the underlying reason for high inflation was \"Turkey's very odd monetary policies\".\n\nPresident Erdogan will be seeking re-election next year\n\nBut Jason Tuvey, emerging markets economist at Capital Economics, said there were \"no signs that policymakers are about to shift tack and hike interest rates\" and predicted inflation would remain around the current high rates for much of this year.\n\nPrices are rising quickly around the world, due to factors including Covid-related supply shortages and the Ukraine war, which has driven energy and food prices higher.\n\nMany countries have responded by raising interest rates to encourage people and companies to borrow and spend less, with the aim of limiting inflation.\n\nThe Bank of England has raised the interest rate to the highest level since 2009 while on Wednesday the US Federal Reserve announced its biggest rate increase in more than two decades.\n\nCountries including India and Australia have also hiked borrowing costs.", "Energy giant Shell has reported its highest ever quarterly profits as oil and gas prices surge around the world.\n\nShell made $9.13bn (£7.3bn) in the first three months of the year, nearly triple its $3.2bn profit it announced for the same period last year.\n\nBut the firm said pulling out of Russian oil and gas due to the Ukraine conflict had cost it $3.9bn (£3.1bn).\n\nOn Tuesday, rival BP also reported a sharp rise in profit, but the UK has so far ruled out a windfall tax.\n\nThe invasion of Ukraine has helped oil and gas prices skyrocket. Russia is one of the world's major exporters but Western nations have pledged to cut their dependence on the country for energy.\n\nOil prices were already rising before the Ukraine war as economies started to recover from the Covid pandemic.\n\nShell chief executive Ben van Beurden said the war in Ukraine had caused \"significant disruption to global energy markets\".\n\n\"The impacts of this uncertainty and the higher cost that comes with it are being felt far and wide.\n\n\"We have been engaging with governments, our customers and suppliers to work through the challenging implications and provide support and solutions where we can.\"\n\nShell rivals, including BP and TotalEnergies have also reported a sharp rise in underlying profits.\n\nNorway's Equinor, which supplies a quarter of the UK's gas, also posted record earnings on Wednesday.\n\nShell's profits were expected to be big.\n\nThe price of oil and gas, already high at the end of last year, surged higher after the Russian invasion of Ukraine threatened disruption and eventual boycotts of one of the world's biggest suppliers of energy.\n\nThe question now is what Shell will do with all this money.\n\nThe company paid out £4.3bn to shareholders, which include millions of pension savers, in the last quarter and said it plans to dish out roughly the same in the next three months.\n\nShell has already said it will invest £20bn to £25bn in the UK in the next decade in low carbon energy and in UK gas and oil supplies.\n\nMinisters will be watching closely to make sure Shell delivers on those commitments.\n\nIt's the promise of investment that is standing between UK oil and gas companies and the windfall tax opposition parties have called for but the government has so far resisted.\n\nThe high prices of oil and gas are pushing up the cost of living around the world.\n\nIn the UK, inflation is running at 7%, its highest rate for 30 years, as energy bills, fuel costs and food prices jump.\n\nThe Bank of England raised interest rates on Thursday to try to temper inflation.\n\nOne of the main contributors to UK inflation has been fuel prices, which are near record highs and could stay that way for months, according to some analysts.\n\nDemand for diesel has grown as the popularity of online shopping deliveries remains high, and inventories are low in the US and Europe.\n\nRussia is a major exporter of diesel, but the Ukraine invasion has made access to that limited.\n\nAs part of Western sanctions, the European Union has proposed a total ban on Russian oil imports.\n\nMr van Beurden said Shell was \"ahead of a ban or a boycott\" by getting out of its positions in Russia.\n\nThe firm is in the process of ending all of its joint ventures with the Russian energy company Gazprom, as well as pulling out of its Russian petrol station and other businesses.\n\nHe said a complete ban or boycott of Russian gas would be a \"major disaster\" which would leave a \"supply hole\" in Europe.\n\nRussia has demanded that payments for gas be made in roubles to try to prop up the currency, but the EU has said that may contravene sanctions.\n\nMr van Beurden said that Shell will \"continue paying to the end of May and will have to see what happens after that\", adding that the firm will operate within sanctions.\n\nThe UK government has so far ruled out a windfall tax on the oil companies, despite calls from opposition parties for one to be imposed.\n\nThe Shell boss said that if a windfall tax was imposed on North Sea oil and gas profits, Shell would be unlikely to shelve UK green investment plans such as building more electric vehicle charging.\n\nNevertheless, he added that Shell's plans would \"have to make economic sense when it comes to making those investment decisions on the day\".\n\nShell plans to invest $25bn over the next decade, with 75% in green technologies, and the rest in oil and gas projects, including in the North Sea.\n\nThe company's chief financial officer, Sinead Gorman, said its North Sea plans would see more \"energy security\" for the UK.\n\nHowever, Mr van Beurden acknowledged that oil firms sell their products on international markets, and that developing North Sea oil would not necessarily lower prices.", "The 10th survivor was brought to safety early on Thursday\n\nRescuers in the central Chinese city of Changsha pulled a woman alive from the rubble of a six-storey building six days after it collapsed.\n\nShe was conscious during her extraction just after midnight Thursday (16:00 GMT Wednesday) and advised rescuers how to bring her out safely, state media say.\n\nRescue efforts have concluded - while 10 people survived, 53 others died in the accident, officials said.\n\nArrests have been made as the building's safety is investigated.\n\nWeak safety and construction standards, along with corruption among local officials, have led to a number of building collapses in China.\n\nRescuers in Changsha used traditional methods to detect signs of life - shouting, knocking and sniffer dogs - as well as drones.\n\nThe survivor brought out early on Thursday had spent about 132 hours trapped in the debris.\n\nAnother woman who was rescued after 88 hours has described how she kept herself alive by rationing drinking water and staying warm.\n\nThe unnamed 21-year-old was in bed when the rear of the building, which contained flats and businesses, caved in last Friday afternoon.\n\nShe fell four floors but the walls did not completely collapse and formed a triangle above her head, the Global Times reports.\n\nHalf a pot of water was crucial to her survival. There was so little of it she only drank one sip at a time, and some remained even by the time she was rescued. To keep warm, she wrapped herself in a quilt.\n\nHer mobile phone lost signal after the disaster but she used it to keep track of the date and time, conserving the life of the battery so carefully that it was still working when she was found.\n\nShe used a hard object to knock on the wall next to her to signal for help. \"I did not knock when I heard the noise outside, but I knocked regularly when I felt that the rescuers were close or it was quiet outside and I soon got a response,\" she said.\n\nThe story of the \"Changsha girl\" has inspired people across China, where the collapse of the building has been one of the most trending stories on social media platform Sina Weibo.\n\nChinese President Xi Jinping ordered both an all-out rescue effort and a thorough investigation into the disaster.\n\nAt least nine people have been arrested. Four were charged with causing a major liability accident and five were accused of providing false documents.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: The aftermath of a building collapse in China's Hunan Province", "Millions of people are expected to take part in elections across the UK, after polling stations opened at 07:00 BST.\n\nVoters in England, Scotland and Wales will choose the local councillors they want to run services that affect everyday life in their area.\n\nIn Northern Ireland, people will cast ballots for their representatives in the Northern Ireland Assembly.\n\nPolling stations will close at 22:00 and most results should be known by Friday evening.\n\nSome councils in England will begin counting overnight on Thursday, while the rest will get started on Friday morning.\n\nCounts in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are also expected to begin on Friday.\n\nThere are more than 300 local authorities in England, but on Thursday elections are only being held in 146 councils including Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham and all 32 boroughs in London.\n\nSouth Yorkshire will be voting for a regional mayor and there will be elections in 1,000 parish councils.\n\nVotes will take place in all of Scotland's 32 councils and all of Wales' 22 councils.\n\nIn Northern Ireland voters will pick 90 members of the Northern Ireland Assembly in Stormont.\n\nPeople can vote by going to their local polling station or arranging for someone to vote on their behalf.\n\nMany will have already cast their vote by post. Figures released last month suggested the number of people registering for postal votes in Scotland had increased by 38% between 2020 and 2021.\n\nSandy Taylor, the head of electoral statistics at the National Records of Scotland, said the sharp rise was \"most likely driven by the Covid pandemic\".", "Russia's President Vladimir Putin has apologised after his foreign minister said that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had \"Jewish blood\", Israel says.\n\nMr Putin made the apology in a call with Israeli PM Naftali Bennett, his office said in a statement.\n\nRussia's account of the conversation did not mention an apology.\n\nSergei Lavrov made the initial comments to try to justify Russia's portrayal of Ukraine as \"Nazi\" despite the fact that its president is Jewish.\n\nMr Lavrov spoke to Italian TV on Sunday, days after Israel marked Holocaust Remembrance Day - one of the most solemn occasions in the Israeli calendar.\n\nWhen asked how Russia can claim that it is fighting to \"de-Nazify\" Ukraine when President Volodymyr Zelensky is himself Jewish, Mr Lavrov said: \"I could be wrong, but Hitler also had Jewish blood. [That Zelensky is Jewish] means absolutely nothing. Wise Jewish people say that the most ardent anti-Semites are usually Jews.\"\n\nThe comments sparked outrage in Israel. Nazi Germany murdered six million Jews in the Holocaust in World War Two.\n\nIsrael had demanded an apology, with Mr Bennett saying shortly after that \"such lies are meant to blame the Jews themselves for the most terrible crimes in history and thus free the oppressors of the Jews from their responsibility\".\n\nIn Thursday's statement, Mr Bennett's office said that he had accepted Mr Putin's apology and \"thanked him for clarifying his attitude towards the Jewish people and the memory of the Holocaust\".\n\nRussia said the two discussed the Holocaust, but did not say Mr Putin apologised.\n\nIsrael has tried to mediate between Russia and Ukraine, but has also faced criticism for not taking a tougher line against President Putin.\n\nIsraeli media this week reported that Israel was considering boosting its military and civilian assistance to Ukraine.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. From 2022: Ros Atkins on... Putin’s false Nazi claims about Ukraine", "The Queen last hosted a Buckingham Palace garden party in 2019\n\nOther members of the Royal Family will stand in for the Queen when the traditional garden parties return this summer, Buckingham Palace has said.\n\nThe Queen, who is 96 and has mobility problems, has cut back on several engagements in recent months.\n\nMore than 30,000 people are usually invited each year to Buckingham Palace or the Palace of Holyroodhouse.\n\nA Palace spokesman said details of which royals would attend would be confirmed later.\n\nThe first garden party in the Queen's Platinum Jubilee year is set to take place next Wednesday at Buckingham Palace, with others following on 18 and 25 May, as well as on 29 June at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, her official residence in Edinburgh.\n\nBecause of the pandemic, it is the first time in three years members of the public have been invited to the Queen's home for the garden parties.\n\nThe parties are used by Buckingham Palace to recognise and reward public service, with guests nominated by a network of sponsors including Lord-Lieutenants, government departments, the armed forces and faith groups.\n\nThe Queen, a former private secretary once quipped, was \"as strong as a yak, had very good legs and could stand for a long time\". And the garden parties require a lot of standing.\n\nA selection of guests is gently shepherded into semi-circles and the hosting royal makes their way around the group chatting with each one.\n\nIt is a fair amount of time on one's feet for anyone. For a 96-year-old it is a big ask. And for a 96-year-old with mobility issues, it is just too much. Today's announcement is among the least surprising of the royal year.\n\nThe Queen is not immobile. She made her way, on her son Prince Andrew's arm, to her seat at Westminster Abbey a month ago for the service of thanksgiving for Prince Philip.\n\nPhotos of her meeting and greeting officials and visiting politicians are put out pretty regularly by the Palace.\n\nBut an hour or so of walking, standing and chatting at a garden party is currently beyond her.\n\nAn appearance at the State Opening of Parliament next week - with its long public walk to the throne - must be unlikely, as the Queen prepares to celebrate her 70th Jubilee in early June.\n\nThe decision for other royals to host the parties comes after the Queen reached the 70th year of her reign in February and overcame a bout of Covid in the same month.\n\nShe celebrated her 96th birthday privately on 21 April at her Sandringham estate.\n\nSince the pandemic began, the Queen has spent most of her time living at Windsor Castle, rather than at Buckingham Palace.\n\nThe Queen met Holocaust survivor and educator Gena Turgel at a garden party in 2015\n\nLast October, the monarch spent a night in hospital and for three months was under doctors' orders to only carry out light duties, missing a number of prominent events.\n\nThe Queen has been using a walking stick in public since last October, when she attended a service marking the centenary of the Royal British Legion.\n\nThere has been no announcement yet about whether the Queen will attend the State Opening of Parliament on Tuesday.\n\nAfter that, there will be a series of events to mark the Platinum Jubilee over an extended bank holiday weekend between 2 and 6 June.\n\nPub opening hours in England and Wales will be extended to 01:00 BST and, on 2 June, more than 1,400 soldiers, 200 horses and 400 musicians will take part in Trooping the Colour on the Queen's official birthday.\n\nOn 4 June, 10,000 members of the public will attend a concert in front of Buckingham Palace, with George Ezra among the performers.\n\nAre you due to attend one of the garden parties this summer? Have you attended one before and met the Queen? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The scientists have special permission to access the nests and handle the birds\n\n\"In some parts of this wood, egg-laying has shifted by three weeks,\" explains Dr Ella Cole of Oxford University.\n\nThe softly-spoken, seasoned ornithologist is showing me around a very special field site - Wytham Woods in Oxfordshire; one of the most studied woodlands in the world.\n\nThis year is the 75th anniversary of a study that has tracked 40 generations of great tits in the wood.\n\nIt is one of the longest-running animal-tracking studies in the world.\n\nIt is precisely because this is a decades-long study that has followed every nestling - marking and counting the birds, recording the exact date that females lay their eggs and the date those eggs hatch - that the data has revealed this trend in the timing of critical seasonal behaviour.\n\n\"The tits here are actually managing to track the other members of their food chain,\" explains Dr Cole. \"So, that's the peak in the number of the caterpillars they feed on and in the timing of the oak trees [that the caterpillars] feed on.\n\n\"The whole sort of food chain has shifted earlier in the spring.\"\n\nThe wood is set aside for scientific study\n\nThe site was bequeathed to the University of Oxford by a local family in 1942, specifically for the pursuit of science.\n\nResearchers have certainly lived up to the condition of that bequest. In an area of about 800 acres, there are now about 1,200 specially-built nest boxes, some of which have been there, repeatedly occupied by great tits and blue tits, since the project began in 1947.\n\nThere are signs of on-going ecological experiments everywhere - with netted bags hanging off branches to catch caterpillars and seed traps laid out beneath the canopy.\n\nThe project has followed 40 generations of birds\n\nBut the longest-running of the Wytham Woods experiments is the great tit project.\n\nThese birds are relatively short-lived - with an average life span of just under two years - so 75 years of research has tracked 40 generations. \"The human equivalent of that would be studying a family tree back to the 10th Century,\" Dr Cole explains.\n\nShe and her colleagues have special permission to access the nest boxes, to mark each nestling and to ring every bird before it fledges.\n\nThe detail and longevity of the study has produced some remarkable insights.\n\nThe bluebells at Wytham Woods are a sign that the woodland has been undisturbed for a long period\n\nOne evolutionary study back in 2017 that compared Wytham's great tits with a population in the Netherlands revealed that UK great tits had evolved longer beaks, which appear to allow them to use bird feeders more efficiently.\n\n\"In this country we spend more than twice as much on bird food than the rest of Europe put together, so in some ways it's easy to see how we might be causing evolutionary change,\" says Dr Cole.\n\nOur changing climate has put a renewed focus on the evidence this project has provided about how the natural world is responding - allowing scientists to put all of the aspects of how a population of wild birds works in the context of climate change.\n\n\"We can ask how productivity and survival change over time, as well as behaviours like dispersal and migration,\" says Prof Ben Sheldon from Oxford University, who currently leads the great tit project.\n\n\"We're also able to ask how extreme climatic events - increasingly seen as a risk of climate change - affect the population because the length of the study gives us more chance to observe these.\"\n\nThe study shows no sign of slowing down - a small group of researchers has the task of checking about 800 occupied nest boxes every spring. And each year, the timing of their busiest season becomes a little more unpredictable.\n\nHear more from the Wytham Woods project and its 75 years of discoveries on BBC Inside Science on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dr Alex George said the house his parents live in has an outbuilding that has been converted to four cottages\n\nA former Love Island contestant said he was still planning on going ahead with his \"renovation journey\" despite receiving online abuse.\n\nDr Alex George, 31, said his family had \"every right\" to run a business as others do in the area.\n\nSome people had voiced concerns that home were being taken away from locals in an already squeezed market.\n\nBut he said it was a \"classic case of people interpreting things when they don't know the full picture\".\n\nThe social media influencer added that most people are \"incredibly supportive\" and see his situation for what it is.\n\nDr George announced on Instagram earlier this year he had purchased four holiday homes in Pembrokeshire.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHe said: \"In this situation, a house that my parents live in that has an outbuilding that has been converted to four attached cottages, I think it's a very different situation to what people understand.\n\n\"My parents have every right to run a business as every other Airbnb or hotel in the region does as well.\"\n\nHe added he had spoken with residents and many who understand the situation and were quite surprised at the backlash.\n\n\"We're not developers buying swathes of land and converting it into holiday homes, that's just not the case quite frankly.\"\n\nDr George (far right) was on Love Island in 2018\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio Wales Breakfast, Dr Alex said: \"People can be very angry about things, and I think in this situation it was probably aimed in the wrong direction.\n\n\"If you want to change things like legislation or support the local housing authority, then you should speak to local leaders.\"\n\nHe added he is from the area and has three or four generations of his family there.\n\n\"Lots of my family are builders, or work in that area, and clearly there are issues with housing, but ultimately we need to look at solutions that include building more houses, or making more affordable houses available.\"\n\nDescribing the houses as \"relaxing spaces for families to holiday and enjoy the Welsh countryside,\" he suggested three of them would be used for short-term rentals and the fourth for a Ukrainian family.\n\nHe said he was working to get one of the properties ready for a family fleeing the conflict in Ukraine.\n\n\"It will be nice to do something to help other people,\" he added.\n\nOne Welsh language campaign group, Cymdeithas yr Iaith said the housing market was the problem and there needed to be legislation to ensure a home for everyone.\n\nThey added that holiday homes were depriving local people of a home and threatening the future of communities.\n\nJeff Smith, chair of Cymdeithas yr Iaith's sustainable communities group, said: \"Second homes are only part of the housing problem. House prices are beyond the reach of local people so they have to move away, it's a worry that anyone can buy a holiday home, let alone four holiday homes.\n\n\"House prices, to buy and rent, are a problem across Wales and measures need to be introduced so that local people are prioritised, to ensure local people have the right to a home and to manage the renting sector.\"\n\nThe Housing Justice Charter wants housing policy to be rethought.\n\nA spokesman said: \"Property speculation in large areas in Wales is contributing to escalating housing costs.\n\n\"We have over 4,000 second homes in Pembrokeshire alone. That is not including holiday lets.\n\n\"We have over 5,000 people on the housing register. The dysfunctional housing market is excluding local people from both renting and buying.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Depp 'slapped me across the face' over Wino tattoo\n\nAmber Heard has told a court that ex-husband Johnny Depp repeatedly struck her during drug and alcohol-fuelled rages that she said turned the actor into an \"awful thing\".\n\nTaking the witness stand on week four of the trial, Ms Heard alleged that a pattern of violence began in 2012.\n\nMr Depp is suing Ms Heard over a story she wrote in which she described herself as a domestic abuse victim.\n\nIn his testimony, Mr Depp denied any wrongdoing.\n\n\"I struggle to find the words to describe how painful this is… this is horrible for me to sit here for weeks and relive everything,\" Ms Heard said shortly after taking the stand.\n\nOver several hours of testimony in Virginia on Wednesday, Ms Heard, 36, recalled her first interactions with the \"charismatic\" Mr Depp while filming The Rum Diary in Puerto Rico.\n\nMs Heard said they \"fell in love\" on the film's press tour when it was released in 2011.\n\nThe happiness of the early stages of their relationship, Ms Heard added, were soon marred by disparaging comments Mr Depp began making in 2012 - the same year she alleges that he struck her for the first time.\n\nIn emotional testimony, Ms Heard said she laughed when Mr Depp, 58, explained that a tattoo on his arm said \"Wino\" - an alteration to a tattoo he had made during a previous relationship with actress Winona Ryder.\n\n\"I laughed because I thought he was joking,\" she recalled. \"And he slapped me across the face.\"\n\n\"I just stared at him kind of laughing, thinking that he was going to start laughing too, to tell me it was a joke,\" Ms Heard added. \"But he didn't. He slapped me again. I will never forget it.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Depp has denied the incident took place and said in his own testimony that the claim \"never made any sense\" to him.\n\nIn her testimony on Wednesday, Ms Heard sought to portray Mr Depp as someone who could be warm and kind, but who would fly into rages - sometimes at perceived infidelity - when under the influence of alcohol or drugs. She said he tried to conceal his substance abuse, which ranged from drinking spirits to taking \"a lot\" of cocaine.\n\n\"It would be accusations, accusations and then he would explode,\" Ms Heard said, adding that Mr Depp would slap and \"backhand\" her. After the fights, Ms Heard said he would \"disappear\".\n\n\"He'd come back clean and sober and he'd be extra nice and extra apologetic and we'd be good again,\" she added.\n\nMs Heard also alleged Mr Depp conducted a \"cavity search\" on her after an altercation during a drug-fuelled desert party in Hicksville, California.\n\n\"I just stood there,\" she said tearfully.\n\nIn his own testimony, Mr Depp said he never struck Ms Heard and characterised her as having \"a need\" for conflict and violence.\n\nThe defamation case hinges on a December 2018 opinion piece Ms Heard wrote for the Washington Post. She did not mention her ex-husband or any other alleged perpetrator by name.\n\nBut according to Mr Depp's lawyers, the article was clearly referencing him and it derailed his career and \"incalculably\" damaged his reputation.\n\nThe trial is expected to continue for at least another month.", "Samaritans ambassador Scarlett Moffatt has revealed that she used the suicide prevention charity for support after feeling low and lonely.\n\nThe TV celebrity, who shot to fame after appearing on Gogglebox and I'm A Celebrity, hopes that sharing her story will help others who may be struggling.\n\nSamaritans says the Covid pandemic has led to more people calling its helpline about loneliness and isolation.\n\nIt is an issue affecting all ages.\n\nNearly a third of all callers contacting the charity during the pandemic mentioned it. Prior to that, it was about a quarter.\n\nOfficial statistics suggest loneliness during the Covid lockdown has been much more intense in poorer, urban areas and places with a higher proportion of young people. The Office for National Statistics data found people aged between 16 and 24 were the most likely to report feeling lonely.\n\nAlice Gray, a producer from Cardiff, told the BBC last year how sociable singledom turned into lockdown loneliness, and left her craving human touch after months of no hugs.\n\nShe said: \"Being alone in a pandemic without any of my loved ones went against every instinct I had, and I felt like my tank was running on empty in terms of how much longer I could cope.\n\n\"Even when I was at really difficult points, there was no-one to turn to.\"\n\nCelebrating the last birthday of her 20s alone, Alice missed her friends and family\n\nScarlett has said she felt \"lost and lonely\" after moving to the capital following her I'm A Celebrity win in 2016.\n\nShe said: \"I remember feeling guilt when I felt lonely - because to many people I have no reason to feel alone, but loneliness affects us all.\n\n\"Sometimes it can feel like there is a negative stigma around admitting that you're lonely, but it's something that most people will have experienced at one point in their life. There is no shame in feeling alone, and it's OK to talk about it.\n\n\"In the world of social media, it's not always clear to see when people are feeling sad or lonely.\"\n\nScarlett says she rang Samaritans for support and would urge anyone else struggling to do so too.\n\n\"Talking to someone who didn't know me, or judge me, really helped when I wanted to talk about how I was feeling.\"\n\nChannique, from Manchester, who has been a listening volunteer for Samaritans for three years, said: \"Loneliness is a normal human feeling, but if these feelings persist, it can make you feel disconnected from those around you and affect your mental wellbeing. I frequently hear just how challenging it can be during my shifts.\n\n\"Most of us will feel lonely at some point in our lives. You don't have to be alone to feel lonely. There's no shame in recognising feelings of loneliness - or seeking support if you are struggling.\"\n\nWhile most of us want to spend some time alone, loneliness is about feeling disconnected from the people around you to the point it affects your mental wellbeing.\n\nYou can feel it in a crowd of friends or by yourself.\n\nTips if you are feeling lonely:\n\nIf you have been affected by any of these issues in this story you can visit BBC Action Line.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Inflation in the US is running at a four-decade high\n\nThe US central bank has announced its biggest interest rate increase in more than two decades as it toughens its fight against fast rising prices.\n\nThe Federal Reserve said it was lifting its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point, to a range of 0.75% to 1% after a smaller rise in March.\n\nWith US inflation at a 40-year high, further hikes are expected.\n\nThe push marks the latest effort to contain spiking costs being felt by households around the world.\n\nIndia's central bank on Wednesday announced a surprise increase to its benchmark rate, while Australia's central bank recently enacted its first interest rate hike in more than a decade.\n\nThe Bank of England is also widely expected to raise rates on Thursday, which would be the fourth increase since December.\n\n\"Inflation is much too high and we understand the hardship it is causing,\" Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell said in a press conference in Washington on Wednesday.\n\n\"We are moving expeditiously to bring it back down.\"\n\nBy raising rates, banks will make it more expensive for people, businesses and governments to borrow.\n\nThey expect that to cool demand for goods and services, helping to ease price inflation.\n\nBut their actions also risk triggering a sharp economic slowdown, especially as new challenges emerge, such as the war in Ukraine and recent Covid shutdowns in China.\n\n\"It's a narrow path they have to walk,\" said economist Donald Kohn, who previously served on the Fed's rate-setting committee. \"It's going to be a very difficult task.\"\n\nInflation in the US hit 8.5% in March, the sharpest annual rate since 1981, driven by accelerating costs for food and energy.\n\nThat is well above the bank's 2% target and has become a growing political issue for US President Joe Biden.\n\nMany economists say the Fed has been slow to respond to the problem, which has been fuelled by a mix of factors, including Covid-related supply shortages, a shock to energy markets from the war in Ukraine, and in the US, massive government spending - including direct cheques to households - to support the economy after the pandemic hit.\n\n\"They are well behind the curve. I think most central banks are,\" said Thomas Hoenig, senior fellow at George Mason University's Mercatus Center, who spent nearly 40 years at the Fed.\n\n\"But if they try to correct that error with another error - that is to shock the economies with very large interest rate increases - I think they'll pay a pretty big price in terms of a probable recession from that.\"\n\nThe rate increase announced on Wednesday was a unanimous decision. It will push what the Fed charges banks to borrow to a range of 0.75% to 1%, with the higher costs rippling out to consumers in the form of more expensive mortgages, credit cards and other loans.\n\nIn addition, the bank detailed plans to remove economic support by winding down its balance sheet, which swelled during the pandemic as it purchased assets, including US government debt and mortgage-backed securities, to boost the economy.\n\nStarting in June, the bank said it would reduce its holdings by $47.5bn per month, increasing to $95bn in September.\n\nSome people, like first-time homebuyer Mia Navarro, are already feeling the effects of the changes. She sped up her hunt for a one-bedroom apartment in Washington, DC, as she started to see higher mortgage costs limit what she could afford.\n\n\"When I originally started my search, I definitely had a bigger budget, based off of what the rates were at the time,\" said the 25-year-old, who this month bought a one-bedroom apartment for $325,000, with a mortgage rate below 5%.\n\n\"I immediately decided that I needed to move quickly...and get in there before they hiked too much out of my range and something that I can still afford.\"\n\nThe actions by the bank in charge of the world's largest economy are expected to have widespread repercussions, as many countries and commodity markets rely on the dollar. On Wednesday Gulf states, whose currencies are tied to the dollar, responded to the Fed with interest rate rises of their own.\n\nMr Powell said further rate hikes were planned. He added that officials agreed that boosting rates by half a percentage point \"should be on the table\" in the future, but moving more aggressively was not under active consideration.\n\nUS stock markets soared following the press conference, which played out largely as investors had expected.\n\nMr Powell said he was confident the US economy was strong enough to handle the bank's more aggressive stance, pointing to the tight job market, in which openings outnumber available workers by nearly two to one.\n\nBut he acknowledged that the supply shocks from the war in Ukraine and Covid lockdowns in China have presented officials with a tough task - and might force them to move more aggressively to curb demand than they would otherwise.\n\n\"We can't really affect oil prices or food and commodity prices - things like that,\" he said.\n\nBut, he added, \"We have to ensure that inflation expectations remain anchored - that's part of our job too.\"\n\n\"It puts any central bank in a very difficult situation.\"\n\nManaging soaring inflation is proving a tall order. Central banks around the world are raising interest rates to lower prices.\n\nAnd the latest aggressive move by the world's most powerful central bank, the US Federal Reserve is one that will reverberate around the globe.\n\nNot only will it raise borrowing costs for Americans on everything from credit cards to mortgages, it will also push up the value of the US dollar. In turn, that will push up commodity prices and make it more expensive for emerging economies that borrow in dollars.\n\nIt is also being felt in financial markets, where asset prices were buoyed by the unprecedented levels of stimulus showered on the economy during the pandemic. As that support is removed, you have already seen more turbulence.\n\nBut the Fed has little choice. Inflation has consistently burned hotter than expected. The question is, can it successfully tame inflation without a recession.\n\nAs economists often like to say: \"Expansions don't die of old age\".", "Boris Johnson has promised to work with other countries to take on \"autocratic, coercive powers\", after signing a defensive partnership with Japan.\n\nThe prime minister met Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida in Downing Street, where the two nations also announced joint exercises and increased working together for disaster relief.\n\nThe agreement is the first of its kind between Japan and a European country.\n\nIt comes after both PMs condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine.\n\nThe agreement also follows the UK government's defence and foreign policy integrated review, published last year, which announced a \"tilt\" towards the Indo-Pacific region.\n\nThe meeting between Mr Kishida and Mr Johnson also focused on how to exert pressure on Russia and help allies become less dependent on its oil and gas.\n\nMr Johnson said: \"We in the UK recognise that our security in Europe is indivisible from the security, our collective security, in the Asia-Pacific, in the Indo-Pacific region.\n\n\"And there is direct read across from the actions of autocratic, coercive powers in Europe, to what may happen in east Asia. And that's why we want to work more closely together.\"\n\nJapan, a member of the G7 group of leading economies, is part of the Western alliance defending Ukraine and has condemned the invasion, imposed sanctions on Russia and sent non-lethal military aid to Kyiv.\n\nA Downing Street spokesperson said: \"Both leaders agreed that Russia's barbaric invasion marked the end of the post-Cold War period and had major implications for wider international stability.\"\n\nAddressing UK business leaders at London's Guildhall ahead of his meeting with Mr Johnson, Mr Kishida said Japan would utilise nuclear reactors to reduce its dependence on Russian energy.\n\nMr Johnson said the UK and Japan were \"focused on driving growth, creating highly skilled jobs and ensuring we remain technology superpowers\".\n\nHe also announced that former Business Secretary Greg Clark, the Conservative MP for Tunbridge Wells, as Britain's new trade envoy to Japan.\n\nDuring the meeting the two leaders ate popcorn from Fukushima, to mark the lifting of restrictions on food products from the Japanese region after the 2011 nuclear disaster.\n\nA flypast took place to mark the visit of Mr Kishida - his first to the UK since becoming prime minister last October - and included two Typhoon fighter jets and the RAF Voyager Vespina.", "Man City must 'process' semi-final defeat and 'come back' - Pep Guardiola Last updated on .From the section Man City\n\nWe were so close - Guardiola Pep Guardiola says Manchester City must \"process\" their remarkable Champions League semi-final loss to Real Madrid and \"come back\" as they look to defend their Premier League title. City had a final spot snatched away from them in Spain as Real scored twice in stoppage time and again in extra time to come back from two goals down. They lead Liverpool by a point in the league and face Newcastle on Sunday. \"It is tough for us, I cannot deny,\" Guardiola said of Wednesday's loss. \"We were so close to the Champions League final. \"Now we need to process that and come back, with our people at home and in the last four games we have.\" In one of the finest knockout ties in Champions League history, City looked to be emerging victorious after Riyad Mahrez's goal gave them a 5-3 lead in the tie. But two goals from substitute Rodrygo in stoppage time for a Real side who had previously not had a shot on target levelled it up before Karim Benzema's penalty won it for the Spanish side in extra time. \"In the first half we did not have [the] game, we were not good enough. But we did not suffer much,\" Guardiola told BT Sport. \"After we scored the goal we were better. We found our tempo and our game and the players were comfortable. It is not like in the last 10 minutes they attack and attack and you suffer. It didn't happen. Pep Guardiola has now suffered six eliminations at the semi-final stage of the Champions League, joint most with Jose Mourinho \"They put a lot of players in the box, with Eder Militao, Rodrygo, Vinicius Junior, Karim Benzema and they put in crosses and scored two goals. \"We didn't play our best, but it is normal, a semi-final, the players feel the pressure and wanting to do it. Football is unpredictable, it is a game like this. We have to accept it.\" Guardiola has won the Champions League twice as a manager - at Barcelona in 2008-09 and 2010-11. Since he joined City in 2016, they have been knocked out in the quarter-finals three times and reached their first final last season, losing to Chelsea. If you are viewing this page on the BBC News app please click here to vote. 'They could blow up after this' City's attention now turns back to the Premier League title race, with Liverpool - the side they would have faced in the Champions League final had they got there - their challengers. The Reds face Tottenham on Saturday evening, the day before City's game with Newcastle. With the lead at the top so tight with just four games to go, pundits have questioned just how much Wednesday's loss may affect the reigning English champions. \"It is such a distressing loss,\" former England defender Jonathan Woodgate told BBC Radio 5 Live. \"What ramifications does that have on the league? They could blow up after this.\" Former Manchester City defender Joleon Lescott told BT Sport: \"You have to be a bit lucky. We have seen Manchester City fall at this hurdle before. \"There is still a lot to play for. The fans have to play a part on Sunday, they have to lift this team. \"It's been a long time since Pep Guardiola won the Champions League the first time, so I am sure this will be devastating for him.\"\n• None Our coverage of Manchester City is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment\n• None Everything City - go straight to all the best content", "Thanks for joining us for today's coverage from Ukraine.\n\nWe're ending our live posts on this page now, but we'll pick things up again in a few hours.\n\nOur writers today were Alys Davies, Alexandra Fouche, Sofia Ferreira Santos, Emily McGarvey and Leo Sands.\n\nThe editors were Chris Giles, Jeremy Gahagan, Emma Owen and Andrew Humphrey.\n\nYou can find any major developing stories and in depth coverage on the BBC News home page.", "Russian energy giant Gazprom says it has halted gas exports to Poland and Bulgaria over the countries' refusal to pay for supplies in roubles - but how worried should we be?\n\nBoth Poland and Bulgaria were already planning not to renew their contracts with Gazprom, which expire at the end of the year. In Poland's case, it had been filling its stores of gas ahead of time, which provides some cushion, especially as we approach the summer lull in use of gas.\n\nThis escalation is real, and justified by the Kremlin on the basis of a refusal to pay for gas by changing money into roubles in Russian bank accounts.\n\nBut the additional impact of today's news should be containable.\n\nGas prices in the UK are well down on their record peaks of £5 per therm last month, at about £1.70. UK terminals have been flooded with liquefied natural gas (LNG) - over 100 tanker-loads so far this year - with the largest amount coming from the US.\n\nBut it can't be stored here, and much is being re-exported to the European Union (EU). Indeed, market contacts suggest that the export pipeline of gas from the UK to continental Europe is currently at the limits of its capacity.\n\nThese UK prices are still consistent with further rises in gas bills in October - perhaps of a few hundred pounds a year.\n\nAll that would change, of course, if these moves today are the first skirmishes in an escalating European energy crisis that could see Germany cut off from Russian gas in the next few months. That would send prices spiralling across Europe and lead to a crisis of supply.\n\nThere is some helpful ambiguity in what is termed \"forcing buyers to pay for Russian gas in roubles\".\n\n\"Various governments and companies stating 'we will not pay in roubles' therefore are not providing any clarity as to whether they will use the new payment process or not, which in turn means there is ambiguity over upcoming supply to other, larger, markets,\" says Tom Marzec-Manser, head of gas analytics at market information provider ICIS.\n\nGerman firms are paying in euros that are then exchanged into roubles at a specific Russian bank. This arrangement allows all to continue the mutual gas trade dependence, but it is a precarious balance.\n\nGerman ministers say that they are not afraid of paying the economic price to eliminate the \"strategic mistake\" of energy dependence on the Kremlin, but that they just cannot do it any time soon.\n\nSo the actions of the Kremlin through Gazprom need to be put in perspective.\n\nIt has cut off some supplies as a result of refusal to change the terms of payment, but notably this was to two countries which had already said their contracts with Gazprom would be allowed to expire this year.\n\nAs the conflict continues, and Germany ups the ante in terms of supplies of weapons to Ukraine, the real question is about the flow of gas from Russia to Germany, which continued uninterrupted even during the height of the Cold War.\n\nThis move is designed as a Kremlin shot across the bows of Europe's biggest economies.\n\nWhile Germany, for example, has said it is willing to phase out Russian coal in the summer, and hinted Russian oil could follow over the next year, gas is another matter. Last week, Germany's finance minister told me it would be physically impossible to immediately phase out the 45% dependence of Germany on Russia for its gas.", "An entrance to the cemetery was padlocked shut on Wednesday morning\n\nPolice investigating the \"unauthorised use\" of land next to a graveyard said they have found an object below ground.\n\nGwent Police added that they are so far unable to identify the nature of the object.\n\nOfficers were called to the area next to Christchurch Cemetery in Newport at around 09:45 BST on 27 April.\n\nA \"sensitive excavation\" has been taking place and metal fencing has been erected around the scene.\n\nAn aerial view of the land being probed by Gwent Police\n\nGwent Police said it was working with the Ministry of Justice and Newport council to investigate the matter on the section of undeveloped land.\n\nSupt Vicki Townsend said: \"Officers remain at the scene and investigations are continuing.\"\n\nThe force said it was working with the Ministry of Justice and Newport council", "Dozens of allegations of safeguarding failures in after-school clubs - including assaults, neglect and sexual abuse - have been uncovered by BBC News.\n\nMore than 80 referrals have been made about clubs in school grounds in the past five years, according to information requests.\n\nIn one incident, an eight-year-old boy had to clean his younger sister after she soiled herself. The Department for Education says every child should feel safe in after-school clubs.\n\nParents rely on breakfast and after-school clubs to provide childcare outside of school hours.\n\nMany after-school clubs are not regulated as providers in England do not need to register with Ofsted unless they offer childcare for more than two hours.\n\nThey can register voluntarily with Ofsted in England but only 10% are inspected a year, meaning they may not be inspected for nearly a decade.\n\nBBC News has learned of 84 safeguarding referrals made about incidents at after-school clubs in the past five years in England and Wales from freedom of information requests to local authorities.\n\nThese included an allegation of sexual abuse potentially involving multiple children at an after-school club in Devon and separate allegations of neglect, physical harm and unexplained bruising elsewhere. One child was found to have been dragged across a room by a staff member in Southampton.\n\nBBC News has spoken to the mother of an eight-year-old black boy who was forced to clean his five-year-old sister against his wishes after she soiled herself at Greenleaf After School Club in Walthamstow, north London.\n\nThe boy told his mother he was made to do this in front of other pupils despite toilets being located nearby.\n\nA staff member said: \"I am not cleaning her, she is your sister, you clean her,\" according to the mother.\n\nThe girl, who has special educational needs, was left with excrement on her leg and without knickers or tights when she was picked up in near freezing conditions in November 2020.\n\nHer mother said the incident was racist and an example of \"adultification\", where young black children are perceived as older than they are.\n\n\"I don't allow my child to see his sister's genitals, how on earth do they think that is acceptable?\" the mother said. \"They would never possibly ask a white child to do that.\"\n\nShe said the incident \"humiliated\" her children and has badly affected their relationship.\n\nA review by an independent safeguarding consultant substantiated the incident - as did an investigation by the local authority.\n\nThe consultant told the mother the incident was \"unacceptable\" and concluded that the care received by the two children \"fell far below\" expectations.\n\nThe boy's mother says he also told her he had previously been asked to clean his sister at the club on two other occasions after she had wet herself.\n\nBBC News has also learned that a different child was left for an hour in a chair after also soiling themselves at the club and was found with excrement on their hands.\n\nThe children's experiences are among several the BBC has learned of at after-school clubs which were substantiated by the local authorities investigating them.\n\nThe mother of the two siblings said it was difficult for parents to know about the quality of safeguarding in after-school clubs.\n\n\"After-school clubs are blind spots that need to be addressed,\" she said.\n\nGreenleaf Primary School, which was responsible for the club where the boy was made to clean his sister, said: \"We have apologised unreservedly to the parent of the children involved and more widely to all users of the Greenleaf After School Club.\n\n\"This incident should not have happened, and we are determined to learn the lessons as we continue to provide our young people with the best start in life.\n\n\"Greenleaf Primary is a school that prides itself on treating children from all backgrounds equally.\"\n\nIt added that staff had been provided with further training after the incident and that the two members of staff involved were \"removed from dealing with the affected children\".\n\nIf you have been affected by any of these issues in this story you can visit BBC Action Line.\n\nHowever, the mother said she saw one of these two staff members in direct contact with her son when collecting her children on their return to using the club.\n\nShe also disputed that she had been provided with an unreserved apology and said she was being represented by the Good Law Project in legal action against the school.\n\nA Department for Education spokesperson said in a statement: \"Every child should feel safe in education, including at after-school clubs.\n\n\"That's why local agencies can use a range of legislative powers - including safeguarding, health and safety, and premises regulations powers - to protect children from harm.\"\n\nWhat are your experiences of after-school clubs? Email: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Michael Ugwa was an inspiration to his three children, his mother said\n\nPolice investigating the death of a father-of-three at a shopping centre have arrested two more people.\n\nMichael Ugwa, 29, from Rainham, east London, was fatally stabbed at a food court in Lakeside shopping centre in Thurrock, Essex, on 28 April.\n\nThe force said a 22-year-old man from Ilford, London, was being questioned on suspicion of murder and possession of Class A drugs.\n\nA Croydon woman aged 54 was in custody on suspicion of assisting an offender.\n\nEssex Police said both had been arrested in Chiswick, west London.\n\nOfficers charged and remanded two other people in custody on Tuesday.\n\nBrandon Lutchmunsing, 19, of Grafton Road, Dagenham, east London, who will appear before Basildon Crown Court on Friday, was charged with murder and affray.\n\nShannon Weston, 20, of Canewdon, Essex, who was charged with assisting an offender, is due to appear before the same court.\n\nMr Ugwa's mother described her son as \"special to a great many people\" and said the family's \"day has suddenly turned to night, our light to darkness and our hearts are indescribably and irreversibly shattered\".\n\nIn a statement she said: \"As with many people, he was not a man without fault but his desire to always try to better himself and strive for a brighter tomorrow made him a rich source of inspiration to not only his children, cousins, nieces and nephews but also to everyone who desired to see that silver lining.\"\n\nDet Ch Insp Ashley Howard said: \"We still believe this attack was directed towards the victim and that the incident poses no ongoing threat to people shopping, eating, and socialising at Lakeside.\"\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "We have been hearing that Sinn Féin has secured the most first-preference votes in Northern Ireland's Assembly election. So how does the system work?\n\nWhile UK general elections allow voters to choose just one candidate in their local area, NI Assembly elections see voters rank multiple candidates.\n\nUnder the Single Transferrable Vote (STV) system, voters can choose as many candidates as they like and rank them in order of preference by writing a number next to their name.\n\nFor each constituency, a quota of votes is calculated using a mathematical formula, based on the number of seats and the number of votes cast. Candidates who reach this number of votes from 'first preference votes' (where voters choose them as number one) are elected.\n\nIf these candidates get votes above the quota number, their extra votes are transferred to other candidates - so the candidate marked \"2\" on those ballot papers gets those votes instead.\n\nThe candidate with fewest votes is eliminated and their second preferences get transferred to other candidates.\n\nThe same process continues round by round with the lowest candidate being knocked out and their votes being transferred to candidates who are still in the race.\n\nYou can read more on this here.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Depp 'slapped and kicked' Heard on a plane over 'affair'\n\nAmber Heard says a perceived affair with fellow actor James Franco led to ex-husband Johnny Depp assaulting her on a cross-country flight in 2014.\n\nTaking the stand for a second day as part of a multi-million dollar defamation trial, Ms Heard cast Mr Depp as deeply troubled by jealousy and drugs.\n\nMr Depp is suing Ms Heard for $50m (£40m) over an article in which she said she was a victim of abuse.\n\nShe is countersuing for $100m.\n\nOn Thursday, Ms Heard alleged that much of her ex-husband's anger was caused by his belief that she was seeing James Franco, whom she said Mr Depp \"hated\".\n\nMr Franco starred alongside Ms Heard in Pineapple Express and The Adderall Diaries.\n\nThat jealousy, she claimed, led an angry Mr Depp to repeatedly question her on a flight from Boston to Los Angeles, in which he allegedly kicked her.\n\n\"He just kicked me in the back. I fell on the floor,\" she said. \"No one said anything. No one did anything. It's like you could hear a pin drop on that plane.\"\n\nJames Franco and Amber Heard, pictured in April 2015 in New York City\n\nThe court also heard a recording allegedly of Mr Depp on the flight, which Ms Heard said showed him \"howling\" while suffering from the effects of drug use.\n\nFollowing the incident, Ms Heard said he met her in New York to apologise and to prove he was sober and committed to change.\n\nJurors have repeatedly heard about the incident on the flight. In his own testimony, Mr Depp said that he took Oxycodone pills and fell asleep to avoid her.\n\nDuring her testimony, Mr Depp could sometimes be seen closing his eyes or donning his sunglasses. At one point, he shook his head quietly.\n\nMs Heard alleged she had the fight with Mr Depp after an argument about his daughter Lily-Rose, who was about 14 at the time.\n\n\"She was so young,\" Ms Heard said. \"I felt protective.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Depp 'slapped me across the face' over Wino tattoo\n\nMs Heard also recounted exchanging wedding vows in Mr Depp's mother's living room, followed by a ceremony on his private island.\n\n\"It was complicated but he was the love of my life,\" she said of her desire to marry him.\n\nDetailing a discussion over a prenuptial agreement with Mr Depp, she claimed that Mr Depp told her that \"the only way out of this is death\".\n\n\"I didn't care either way, but I did feel it [the agreement] would eliminate suspicion or doubt, and it would make things easier,\" she added.\n\nEarlier in the trial, Mr Depp claimed he never struck Ms Heard, or any women. Instead, he said she was often abusive herself and had a \"a need for conflict\".\n\nAt several points in her testimony, Ms Heard claimed that Mr Depp attempted to control her career, becoming angry at her efforts to find new roles.\n\nThese arguments, she added, would often end in Mr Depp taking things \"too far\" by striking her or breaking things in their home before leaving and eventually apologising.\n\nHis abuse \"was always so much worse when I went to work,\" she said.\n\n\"He would never have to deal with the clean-up. He would never have to deal with the destruction, or see me or the house that he'd destroyed,\" she added.\n\nBefore she wore dresses to red carpet events, she said she would check for bruises on her body first.\n\nIn one apology e-mail shown to jurors, Mr Depp described himself as \"savage\" who was sorry for the disappointment he caused. She said this was \"typical\" of his apologies.\n\n\"I was encouraged because I thought it meant he could really hurt me,\" she added. \"Sometimes I didn't think he understood how much he could hurt me.\"\n\nThe defamation cases stems from a December 2018 opinion piece in the Washington Post, in which she said she was a victim of abuse but did not name Mr Depp.\n\nHis lawyers have said that the piece \"incalculably\" damaged his career prospects.", "Officers identified nine Indian students as potential victims of modern slavery\n\nTwo men have been arrested as part of an investigation into human trafficking in care homes.\n\nThe men, aged 24 and 26, were arrested on suspicion of forced labour and human trafficking under the Modern Slavery Act 2015.\n\nThe arrests follow investigations of a recruitment agency accused of supplying vulnerable students to care homes.\n\nThe men were taken into custody following North Wales Police raids in Pwllheli, Gwynedd, on Thursday.\n\nNine Indian students were identified by the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) as being potential victims of modern slavery and labour exploitation in December 2021.\n\nOfficers found workers sleeping on mattresses on the floor in cramped, cold and unsanitary conditions at two addresses in Colwyn Bay.\n\nSet up in 2017, the GLAA has police-style powers and tackles offences under the Modern Slavery Act\n\nThe alleged victims were transported to a nearby reception centre and have had safeguarding packages put in place, including food parcels and enhanced security at their addresses.\n\nA husband and wife, who run a recruitment agency, were also arrested at their home in Abergele, Conwy country, in December on suspicion of modern slavery offences.\n\nThey are currently released under investigation.\n\nGLAA officers acted after information provided to the Modern Slavery and Exploitation Helpline that the workers were turning up to their shifts tired and \"smelling\".\n\nGLAA Senior Investigating Officer Martin Plimmer said: \"This is a complex investigation, and one that requires a certain level of sensitivity bearing in mind the sector in which the alleged exploitation has taken place.\n\n\"That being said, we will not tolerate the exploitation of vulnerable workers under any circumstances.\"", "Convenience store chain McColl's is on the brink of collapse, placing thousands of UK jobs at risk.\n\nThe retailer said it was \"increasingly likely\" it would fall into administration unless talks around a rescue deal were successful.\n\nIt said that discussions about securing the future of the business are ongoing.\n\nMore than 16,000 people are employed by McColl's, which has a partnership agreement with the supermarket chain Morrisons.\n\nMcColl's said that without any fresh funding in the short-term, the group would likely \"be placed into administration with the objective of achieving a sale of the group to a third-party purchaser and securing the interests of creditors and employees\".\n\nOn Friday, Sky News reported that Morrisons had proposed a deal to McColl's lenders which involved injecting funds into the struggling retailer.\n\nIt reported that it would stop McColl's collapsing and save many jobs by keeping most of its 1,400 shops open.\n\nMorrisons declined to comment when contacted by the BBC.\n\nMcColl's has a wholesale tie-up with Morrisons, as well as Martin's newsagents, with a strategy centred around an image of a \"neighbourhood retailer\".\n\nAccording to its website, it serves about five million customers each week, having been founded in Glasgow in 1901.\n\nBut earlier this week, the listed company warned that its shares would be suspended because it was unable to meet the deadline for filing its annual results.\n\nMcColl's said that its accounts would not be signed off in time to meet the deadline.\n\nTeresa Wickham, a former director at Safeway, told the BBC's Today programme that McColl's had been \"caught in a difficult place, particularly with Covid\".\n\nShe said the pandemic came at a time when the firm was shifting its business model from running traditional convenience stores to selling more fresh produce in its partnership with Morrisons.\n\nStores that had done this had done well, Ms Wickham said, as shopping habits shifted to buying more locally in the coronavirus crisis, but the chain had lacked investment, and only a small proportion of its stores had made the shift.\n\n\"They didn't quite have enough fresh produce, and also at the time during the pandemic we switched very quickly to online shopping,\" she said.\n\n\"It will survive, but whether all of it survives is a difficult thing to say.\"\n\nMcColl's successfully raised £30m from shareholders last year to invest in driving the expansion of its Morrisons Daily convenience stores, but at the time it warned that footfall had been hit by the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nAround the same time, it and other firms also faced allegations from the government that it had failed to pay some of its workers the UK minimum wage.\n\nMcColl's, Pret and Welcome Break said the underpayments were historic errors and staff had been swiftly reimbursed.\n\nThe businesses were made to pay back the money as well as being fined £3.2m over breaches, such as deducting pay from wages for uniforms and expenses, or failing to pay the correct apprenticeship rate.", "The Virgin Atlantic aircraft was bound for New York JFK Airport\n\nA Virgin Atlantic aircraft turned back to Heathrow after it emerged the first officer had not completed his final flying test.\n\nAbout 40 minutes into the flight to New York on Monday, the two pilots became aware of the \"rostering error\", the airline said.\n\nFlight VS3 had reached the skies over Ireland before returning to Heathrow.\n\nVirgin Atlantic said a replacement for the first officer was found and the plane departed again for New York.\n\nThe airline insisted safety was not compromised and explained the initial first officer joined Virgin Atlantic in 2017.\n\nHe was fully qualified under UK aviation regulations, the airline added, but had not completed a final assessment flight that was part of the airline's internal requirements.\n\nThe flight turned back as the captain had not been designated as a trainer.\n\nControl of an aircraft is usually shared between a first officer and the captain, but the latter holds ultimate responsibility for what happens on a flight.\n\nA Virgin Atlantic spokeswoman said: \"The qualified first officer, who was flying alongside an experienced captain, was replaced with a new pilot to ensure full compliance with Virgin Atlantic's training protocols, which exceed industry standards.\n\n\"We apologise for any inconvenience caused to our customers, who arrived two hours and 40 minutes later than scheduled as a result of the crew change.\"\n\nA Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) spokesperson confirmed both pilots were suitably licensed and \"qualified to undertake the flight\".\n\nWere you on this flight? If so share your experiences. Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA language system made famous by children's TV presenter Mr Tumble has helped a six-year-old boy to communicate for the first time.\n\nAlex, from north Wales, is autistic, and does not speak.\n\nBut Makaton enables him to communicate with his family, who said the effects have been \"life changing\".\n\nMakaton uses hand signs alongside spoken language to help people with learning or communication disabilities who find speaking difficult.\n\nAlex's family have added their voice to a growing number of calls for it to be taught more widely in Welsh schools.\n\nHis grandmother Lyn Gallagher said: \"When Alex was younger he was very frustrated and would bang his head because he couldn't communicate.\n\n\"Now he can give his thoughts to us and tell us if he wants milk or juice or water.\n\nAlex used to get frustrated at not being able to communicate when he was younger\n\n\"He can tell me a little story - he can tell me that he went for a walk to the woods with granddad and they saw lots of tall trees.\n\n\"Before learning Makaton, he could never tell me what was in his head.\n\nAlex is now able to communicate with his grandmother\n\n\"But this has calmed him down and helped with his tempers and his behaviour.\n\n\"It's enabled him to tell us what he likes and what he doesn't like, if he wants to do something or if he's not feeling well.\n\n\"To see the frustration in him melt away has been life changing - Makaton has been wonderful.\"\n\nMakaton was developed in the 1970s and 1980s, and is named using the initials of the people who originally created it.\n\nIt uses signs made with the hands alongside speech and graphic symbols.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"It would be heart-breaking for me if no-one could understand him\"\n\nNon Lederle, deputy chief officer of Conwy Connect, a charity which supports people with learning disabilities in north Wales, uses Makaton.\n\nShe helps to run a community choir in Colwyn Bay which performs songs in Makaton.\n\n\"Makaton uses some of the signs from British Sign Language used by deaf people, but you always speak at the same time, and you only sign key words,\" she said.\n\nMakaton has been made popular by Mr Tumble\n\n\"The emphasis is on it being a bridge between speech and communication.\n\n\"With a child that could be as simple as tapping the lower arm close to the elbow to make the sign for 'biscuit'.\n\n\"And then you build it up from there as their confidence increases.\n\n\"In the choir, you can see people's confidence grow as they learn to use new signs and realise they can communicate with others around them.\"\n\nMakaton features prominently in the children's TV programme Something Special, presented by Justin Fletcher, known as Mr Tumble.\n\nMs Gallagher added: \"He is a wonderful ambassador for Makaton, and he's bringing signs into your home that maybe children wouldn't always see.\n\n\"It would be lovely - really positive - if it could be taught in more schools.\"\n\nIn 2019, a petition was submitted to the Senedd calling for children in Welsh schools to learn Makaton.\n\nThe Welsh government said at the time that \"languages, literacy and communication is one of six areas of learning and experience in the new curriculum for Wales.\n\n\"Where appropriate, schools can introduce British Sign Language as their international language.\"", "Injuries suffered by a baby killed by the woman hoping to adopt him were not caused by an accident, a jury heard.\n\nLeiland-James Corkill died on 7 January 2021, a day after suffering brain injuries at the home of Laura and Scott Castle in Barrow, Cumbria.\n\nMrs Castle, 38, admits manslaughter but denies murder. Her husband denies allowing the child's death.\n\nA neuropathologist told Preston Crown Court an \"extreme\" level of force would be needed to cause the boy's injuries.\n\nThe court has heard Mrs Castle called 999 at about 08:15 GMT on 6 January to say Leiland-James had fallen off the sofa.\n\nShe told the call handler the boy was stiff and unresponsive and described him as jerking his limbs and gasping for air.\n\nDoctors at Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool found widespread bleeding on the 13-month-old's brain and raised concerns.\n\nDr Daniel Du Plessis, a neuropathologist who examined the child's brain and spine, said he found three classic signs of non-accidental injuries in \"full-blow form\".\n\nLaura and Scott Castle are on trial at Preston Crown Court\n\nDr Du Plessis said the death was caused by a lack of blood and oxygen, resulting in a swelling of the brain.\n\nThe swelling coupled with widespread bleeding in the skull and damage to Leiland-James's retinas formed a \"triad\" of signs it was not down to an accident, as well bleeding in the boy's spine, the doctor said.\n\nDr Du Plessis said the injuries \"very strongly\" indicated a \"vigorous\" and repeated \"forward and backward motion\" of the head \"like a whiplash movement\".\n\nHe said in children under five months the shaking alone would be enough to cause such injuries, but older children were \"less vulnerable\" due to stronger and more developed ligaments.\n\nIn view of that, he said, there would have to be \"exceptionally vigorous shaking\" to cause Leiland-James's injuries and extensive, deep bruising on his head was consistent with an additional impact.\n\nA \"severe level of force\" would have been needed and the fatal injury might have only taken \"seconds\", followed by a \"very rapid and striking deterioration\", the court was told.\n\nJurors have also heard transcripts of Mrs Castle's police interview in which she claimed Leiland-James fell off her knee when she stood up from the sofa.\n\nShe said there was a \"bang\" when he hit the floor face down but he did not hit his head on the coffee table.\n\nWhen police showed some concern for her, she said: \"Please don't be kind to me, I don't deserve it.\"\n\nShe apologised for lying to the police about some of the details and said she was \"just so frightened\", adding: \"I'll never forgive myself, I'm not a bad person.\"\n\nMrs and Mr Castle also deny two charges of child cruelty.\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Smoke rises above the steelworks on Thursday\n\nA third operation to pull civilians from Mariupol is due on Friday, the UN says, as more fighting was reported for control of a steelworks where the last Ukrainian defenders are holding out.\n\nAbout 200 civilians are also believed to be hiding in bunkers in the plant.\n\nUN chief Antonio Guterres said everything should be done to \"get people out of these hellscapes\".\n\nRussia's Vladimir Putin said his forces are ready to give civilians safe passage, but fighters must surrender.\n\nThe Russian president has already declared victory in Mariupol, ordering his forces to seal off the sprawling industrial site - which was designed during the Cold War to serve as a nuclear bunker and has a network of tunnels deep below ground - rather than try to take control of it.\n\nHowever the remaining Ukrainian forces inside the steelworks - fighters from the Azov regiment, some marines, border guards and police - say Russian attacks are continuing.\n\nIn his overnight address Ukraine's President Zelensky also said that Russian shelling and attempts to wrest control of the steelworks were ongoing.\n\n\"Just imagine this hell. And there are children! More than two months of constant shelling, bombing, constant death nearby,\" he said.\n\nThe Azov regiment released drone footage showing explosions at the steelworks, but the date of the footage could not be verified. Earlier on Thursday Sviatoslav Palamar, an Azov regiment commander, said Ukrainian defenders were fighting \"difficult, bloody battles\" with Russian troops who had managed to enter part of the complex.\n\nBut the Kremlin denied its forces had tried to storm the plant and insisted that a humanitarian corridor was open as part of a three-day ceasefire that started on Thursday.\n\nMr Guterres said a third operation to evacuate civilians from the city was under way and would arrive in the city on Friday. Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on social media that this would happen at about midday.\n\nAt least 20 children are thought to be among the remaining civilians in the steelworks, and food and water supplies are dwindling fast.\n\nOn Sunday an initial group of civilians was evacuated from the plant. Footage showed mainly women and children being helped to walk over piles of rubble, and boarding a bus with missing windows.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: One woman who left the Azovstal steelworks earlier this week said she did not see any sunlight for two months\n\nRussia launched its invasion of Ukraine 10 weeks ago but has not yet gained full control over any of Ukraine's major cities.\n\nAre you or your family in Mariupol? Are you affected by events in the region? Please share your experience if it is safe to do so by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Karine Jean-Pierre has taken to the press secretary's podium on a few occasions but has never held the top role\n\nPresident Biden has named Karine Jean-Pierre as his new top spokesperson - the first time a black, or openly gay, person has held the role.\n\nMs Jean-Pierre, 44, has served as the administration's principal deputy press secretary since Mr Biden was elected.\n\nShe will replace outgoing press secretary Jen Psaki, 43, in the top role at the end of next week.\n\nPress secretaries conduct daily news briefings with White House reporters, meaning the role can be high-profile.\n\nMs Psaki is taking up a job at the left-leaning MSNBC cable news outlet.\n\nOn Twitter, she called her successor a \"remarkable woman\" with \"a moral core\".\n\n\"I can't wait to see her shine as she brings her own style, brilliance and grace to the podium,\" she said.\n\nThe White House press secretary is a presidential administration's face to the national media and, by extension, to the country and the world.\n\nThe individual can become an instantly recognisable figure in times of national crises or political scandal. They often develop cult-like followings among some - and are the butt of jokes for others.\n\nFor the first time in US history, the face of an administration will be that of a black woman, and of one who is openly gay.\n\nThe groundbreaking announcement underscores a Biden administration that has placed an emphasis on putting black women - frequently considered an essential, but politically invisible part of the Democratic Party coalition - in positions of power.\n\nShe joins Vice-President Kamala Harris, incoming Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Domestic Policy Council chair Susan Rice, UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, and a handful of other officials and judges in prominent roles.\n\nWhile press secretaries do not set policy, they help shape the public perception of an administration. Jean-Pierre has a challenging high-wire act ahead of her.\n\nMs Jean-Pierre, previously an analyst at MSNBC, brings more than two decades of experience in Democratic politics to the role.\n\nBorn on the French Caribbean island of Martinique and raised in Queens, New York, she was a key political director in the Obama administration.\n\nDuring the 2016 presidential election, she was the national spokeswoman for MoveOn, a major liberal advocacy group.\n\nBefore joining the White House press team, she served as chief of staff to Kamala Harris, after she was chosen as Mr Biden's vice-presidential nominee.\n\nMs Jean-Pierre's appointment comes ahead of crucial mid-term elections this November that will determine how the rest of Mr Biden's presidency turns out.", "There are claims that thousands of disabled Ukrainian children have been forgotten and abandoned in institutions that can’t look after them.\n\nThe human rights organisation, Disability Rights International, has carried out an investigation and found children with severe disabilities tied to beds in overrun children’s homes unable to cope.\n\nThe BBC has been given exclusive access to an institution in western Ukraine, where disabled children from the east have been left by their carers who fled to neighbouring countries.", "The mother of Baby P could be released from prison within weeks after the Parole Board rejected a government challenge against its ruling.\n\nTracey Connolly was jailed in 2009 after admitting causing or allowing the death of 17-month-old son Peter at home in Tottenham, north London, in 2007.\n\nKnown publicly as Baby P, he had suffered more than 50 injuries.\n\nJustice Secretary Dominic Raab condemned the decision and said the Parole Board needed an \"overhaul\".\n\nMr Raab, who had asked the Parole Board to reconsider its decision made in March, described the actions of Connelly, now aged 40, as \"pure evil\".\n\n\"The decision to release her demonstrates why the parole board needs a fundamental overhaul, including a ministerial check for the most serious offenders, so that it serves and protects the public,\" he said.\n\nTracey Connelly admitted causing or allowing the death of her 17-month-old son\n\nConnelly's review by the Parole Board in March was her fourth since she was jailed for a minimum of five years in 2009.\n\nShe had been let out on licence in 2013 but was recalled to prison in 2015 for breaching her parole conditions.\n\nThe Parole Board had also considered her case in 2015, 2017 and 2019 but refused to release her or move her to an open prison.\n\nFollowing the board's decision in March that Connelly should be released, Mr Raab had asked it to re-examine its ruling under the so-called reconsideration mechanism.\n\nBut the board has now said that application has been rejected and the original decision upheld.\n\nA Parole Board spokesman said in a statement: \"Following the reconsideration application from the secretary of state, a judge has ruled that the decision made by independent Parole Board members to release was not irrational, as stated in the reconsideration application, and the original decision is upheld.\"\n\nConnelly will be subject to restrictions on her movements, activities and who she contacts, and faces 20 extra licence conditions.\n\nThey include living at a specified address, wearing an electronic tag, adhering to a curfew and having to disclose her relationships.\n\nHer use of the internet and a phone will be monitored, and she has been told she cannot go to certain places to \"avoid contact with victims and to protect children\".\n\nBaby P died on 3 August 2007 at the hands of his mother as well as her boyfriend, Steven Barker, and their lodger Jason Owen, who was Barker's brother.\n\nBarker was jailed for life with a minimum term of 10 years for raping a two-year-old girl and given a 12-year term to run concurrently over his role in his death.\n\nOwen got an indefinite sentence with a minimum term of three years, later increased to a fixed six-year term.\n\nOver the final eight months of his life, Baby P received 60 visits from social workers, police and health professionals and was on the at-risk register.\n\nA series of reviews identified missed opportunities when officials could have saved the toddler's life if they had acted properly on the warning signs.\n\nFollow BBC London on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hellobbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Parton is one of the biggest-selling country acts of all time\n\nDolly Parton has been voted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, despite previously asking to \"respectfully bow out\" of contention for the honour.\n\nThe singer said in March that she was \"extremely flattered\" to be nominated, but felt she had not \"earned the right\" to be counted as a rock artist.\n\nHowever, she was too late because the ballots had already gone out.\n\nAs a result, the star will be inducted in November alongside Eminem, Carly Simon, Eurythmics and Duran Duran.\n\nOther new entrants include soul legend Lionel Richie and Hit Me With Your Best Shot singer Pat Benatar.\n\nMeanwhile, British heavy metal band Judas Priest will receive the musical excellence award, as will producers Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, whose work with Janet Jackson changed the sound of US pop in the 1980s and 90s.\n\nParton, whose hits include Jolene, I Will Always Love You and 9 To 5, initially rejected her nomination, saying she didn't think country music was eligible.\n\n\"I do hope that the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will understand and be willing to consider me again if I'm ever worthy,\" she said in March. \"This has, however, inspired me to put out a hopefully great rock 'n' roll album at some point in the future, which I have always wanted to do!\"\n\nOrganisers rejected her rejection, though, saying that Rock & Roll \"is not defined by any one genre\".\n\n\"Dolly Parton's music impacted a generation of young fans and influenced countless artists that followed,\" they said in a statement. \"Her nominations to be considered for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame followed the same process as all other artists who have been considered.\"\n\nIn an interview with NPR last week, Parton said she would accept the honour after all if it was offered. \"It was always my belief that the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame was for the people in rock music, and I have found out lately that it's not necessarily that,\" she said.\n\nThe Hall of Fame has become more open to other genres in recent years, following criticism over its lack of diversity. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were the first rap group to be inducted in 2007, with Run-DMC, Tupac Shakur and Jay-Z following in their footsteps.\n\nThere has also been an increase in the number of female honourees, with Tina Turner, Carole King, Janet Jackson and Nina Simone all making the grade.\n\nEminem released his first single, Just Don't Give, in 1998\n\nThis year's ballot featured a diverse list of 17 artists, including some of music's biggest names. To be eligible, they must have released their first single 25 years ago - meaning Eminem succeeded in his first year of eligibility.\n\nParton, Richie and Duran Duran also made it into the hallowed Hall on their first nominations, beating the likes of Kate Bush (who has been nominated three times), Detroit rockers MC5 (with six nominations) and Dionne Warwick (with two).\n\nDuran Duran, who rose to fame in the 1980s with pop hits like Rio and Wild Boys, said they were \"honoured and thrilled and happy\" to be welcomed into the fold.\n\n\"Well Crikey O'Reilly, slap my face and call me Charley!\" said frontman Simon Le Bon. \"Here in the wild, beautiful world of Duran Duran, I think we're all in a little bit of a daze about this.\n\n\"It's one thing to be nominated - but a totally different thing altogether to be actually voted up for induction into The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, which is to my mind the closest thing you'll ever get to a rock & roll knighthood.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Duran Duran This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFellow 80s icons Eurythmics had been nominated once before, in 2017, but made the cut this time. Singer Annie Lennox and musician Dave Stewart said they were \"beyond delighted\" by the honour.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC after their previous nomination, the duo said they would plan a special performance of their hit single Sweet Dreams if they were ever inducted.\n\n\"You can do it in every single conceivable genre,\" said Lennox. \"So you have rock 'n' roll Sweet Dreams, gospel Sweet Dreams, then you do electro Sweet Dreams, folk Sweet Dreams, heavy metal Sweet Dreams!\"\n\n\"I actually performed it live with a ukulele,\" added Stewart.\n\n\"And I play it like a bossa nova on the piano,\" Lennox replied.\n\n\"So it could be something fabulous. Everybody can join in, and they can all riff on it. That is how you do it.\"\n\nWe will find out if they are true to their word on 5 November, when the 37th Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony takes place at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Hundreds of fake charity websites have been set up to gather donations from people looking to help Ukraine\n\nOnline scammers have been using hundreds of fake charity websites to trick people wanting to donate to Ukraine, a BBC investigation has found.\n\nFake sites have used the branding of charities such as Save the Children. Some scammers have even pretended to be getting equipment to soldiers on the front line.\n\nOne charity boss called the practice \"awful\" and said it was taking money from children in need around the world.\n\nThe investigation identified a bogus site, calling itself Save Life Direct - which claimed to have raised $100,000 (£80,000) - was registered to a man based in Abuja, in Nigeria.\n\nWhen he was traced and contacted by the BBC, he initially claimed he was sending donations to a \"friend\" in western Ukraine.\n\nLater, he admitted he hadn't raised $100,000 at all. He said he would provide proof the site was real but he did not - and the following day, the website was taken down.\n\nMany of the scams use emotionally-charged language, including pretending to be real people in Ukraine in need of help.\n\nOne bogus site had stolen the details of a real organisation raising cash for the Ukrainian military - putting up an alternative address, controlled by the scammers, to which money could be sent.\n\nTanya Tarasevich, whose profile was used by scammers, described the exploitation of the war as a \"crime\"\n\nIt even used the real Facebook profiles of genuine Ukrainian fundraisers, including one belonging to Tanya Tarasevich - whose job is to get supplies to fighters on the front line.\n\nShe said she was appalled by their actions: \"It's the worst thing you can do to a person, when in your country little children are dying and your country is all on fire. It's a crime.\"\n\nJack Whittaker, an expert in online scams who is completing a PhD at the University of Surrey, said there were hundreds of these websites, showing a \"high degree of success\".\n\nHis research shows scammers are always looking for a new opportunity.\n\n\"They simply have the TV on and they look for the next big thing that they can attach themselves to, in this case the perfect opportunity was the Ukrainian crisis\".\n\nThe BBC's investigation also found the logos and branding of the charity Save the Children had been stolen and used to create a fake website.\n\nChris Saul, from Save the Children, said the \"generosity of the British public is being taken advantage of\".\n\n\"There's also the children, who we work with around the world, who are not going to get the support they need,\" he added.", "Mykhail (L) is being held by the Russians, his wife Yulia (R) says\n\nAbout 2,000 civilians are reportedly trapped by fighting in the front line town of Popasna in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region, the main focus of Russia's attempt to gain territory.\n\nLocal officials say food supplies in Popasna are expected to run out within a week - but all rescue efforts have been halted after three evacuation buses entered the region - but only one returned.\n\nFive volunteer drivers and staff are either missing or captured by Russian troops, authorities say.\n\n\"Every day the Russians advance a little further. The situation is very difficult,\" said Nikolai Khanatov, the head of Popasna's military-civilian administration.\n\nAcross the Donbas region, small groups of civilian volunteers in cars and buses are playing a key role in helping to evacuate those - particularly the elderly and infirm - who have struggled to leave towns and villages in the path of the Kremlin's new offensive.\n\n\"We've been going quite close to the front and evacuating blind people, people with walking frames. I'm quite scared most of the time,\" said Guy Osborn, a visiting British maths teacher volunteering for a small charity in the area.\n\nBriton Guy Osborn (R) has been helping to evacuate vulnerable people\n\nLast Friday a local history teacher, Mykhail Pankov, set off in a school bus for Popasna, hoping to bring out a few dozen civilians who had been sheltering for weeks in cellars. The town is located between the cities of Luhansk and Donetsk, which have been held by Russia-backed separatists since 2014.\n\nHis wife Yulia Pinzelik had begged him to stop making the trips as Russian troops had slowly gained control over almost the whole town.\n\n\"He's a stubborn man. He said he wasn't afraid and that people needed help,\" she said.\n\nA few hours later, another school bus returned safely to the nearby town of Bakhmut with a several elderly civilians onboard. They sat in near silence, visibly traumatised.\n\n\"It was so scary. We spent two months in our cellars,\" said one elderly woman, before collapsing into sobs.\n\nBut Mykhail and his bus did not return. Nor did the driver of a third bus. Reports began trickling in suggesting that at least one of the buses had come under fire.\n\n\"I'm begging you very much, bring my dad back to us. We feel terrible without him, we miss him. Please give my daddy back to me,\" said his 12-year-old daughter Varvara in a tearful message broadcast soon afterwards on social media.\n\nMykhail's daughter Varvara made an emotional appeal on social media for her father's return\n\nBut then a Russian TV channel broadcast footage of Mykhail, first blindfolded, then speaking to a visiting Russian journalist. A soldier explained that he'd been found in Russian territory, that he was suspected of being a spy and that he'd been trying to pinpoint targets for Ukrainian artillery.\n\n\"That's ridiculous. He's a history teacher. A sporty guy. That's all,\" said Yulia. But at least the video confirmed that her husband was still alive. A few days later she received an unexpected call from Mykhail himself. He was \"fine, they're feeding him well, and keeping him in a dormitory\", she said. He confirmed that at least one of his colleagues was alive but wounded.\n\nIn subsequent calls, Mykhail raised the possibility that he might be swapped in a prisoner exchange.\n\n\"I don't understand much about it. But yes, the idea is to swap him [for captured Russian soldiers]. Let the authorities do that. I hope it will be soon and all will be fine,\" said Yulia, collecting her husband's belongings from the flat he had been using in Bakhmut.\n\nOne bus did return from Popasna carrying evacuees\n\nUkraine's Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk tod the BBC last week that the Russians had been trying to exchange civilian hostages for Russian military prisoners elsewhere in Ukraine - a move forbidden by the Geneva Convention.\n\nShe said more than 1,000 Ukrainian civilians were being held prisoner in Russia - \"That's why they captured all these hostages, civilians, women, employees of local councils, to try and use them,\" she said.\n\nPopasna official Nikolai Khanatov said Mykhail had been involved in humanitarian activities, not espionage. The local administration was not negotiating with the \"terrorist\" Russians, he said, but he expressed hope that Mykhail would be returned as part of some kind of swap.\n\n\"It pains me to see this, but the positive thing is that we know he's alive,\" he said.", "Dr Rhiannon Chalmers-Brown runs the research project at the steelworks\n\nCarbon emissions from Tata Steel blast furnaces are being converted to chemicals in a project which could help large polluters lower their carbon footprint.\n\nGases from the firm's Port Talbot steelworks are mixed with tiny bacteria from sewage plant samples.\n\nThe bacteria produce acetic acid, which is used to make chemicals for different industries.\n\n\"Microbes have always been able to do it,\" Dr Rhiannon Chalmers-Brown said.\n\n\"We are just taking them and using them in this way,\" the researcher from the University of South Wales, who runs the trial project, added.\n\nResearchers say this process could be used to get rid of the CO2 coming from the chimneys of many different industries .\n\nTata Steel is the biggest emitter of CO2 in the UK and has already taken steps to reduce its impact on the planet .\n\nThe CO2 that comes from the chimneys of its two blast furnaces at Port Talbot, where it makes steel for use in its steelworks across the UK, is considerable.\n\nDr Chalmers-Brown started researching the process in the university's labs and is now running a pilot project at the steelworks. Tata Steel is one of the funders of the research project at the University of South Wales.\n\nA pipe takes some of the gases from the blast furnace into pilot project's testing area\n\nA long large pipe takes the gases produced in the blast furnace to other parts of the works, but a small pipe guides some of those gases into the testing area.\n\nDr Chalmers-Brown explains how the gases, CO2 and Carbon Monoxide from the blast furnace \"feed\" the microbes used for the project.\n\nThe climate-damaging gases are then turned into acetic acids that can be used by a wide range of manufacturers in industries from paint manufacturing to food production. They could even be used to colour coat steel at Tata's plant in Shotton, Flintshire.\n\nThe pilot project at the Port Talbot steelworks\n\nThe gases enter a metal reactor that is about 4ft (1.2 metres) tall where they are mixed with live microbes taken from \"sewage sludge \" or poo.\n\n\"They are little bacteria that swim around in our reactor and they eat the gases and make acetic acid for us,\" Dr Chalmers-Brown says.\n\nFor Tata Steel, the project is one of many ways in which it is trying to make steel production cleaner.\n\nIn addition, it is turning the CO2 it produces into a useful product, rather than releasing it into the atmosphere and causing damage.\n\nIt is a climate change solution known as \"Carbon Capture and Use\".\n\nMartin Brunnock from Tata Steel says the CO2 could be used to create other products\n\n\"Ultimately we use as much gas as we can and the gas that we can't use is flared into the atmosphere,\" said Martin Brunnock, Tata Steel's Sustainability Spokesman said.\n\n\"This project has the potential to create value from that CO2 and that could be used to create other products.\"\n\nCutting emissions is the main incentive for funding this pilot. Tata Steel has committed to reducing the amount of CO2 it releases into the air by 30% by 2030 .\n\nDemand for steel is expected to increase as new renewable and nuclear energy plants are built .\n\nThe blast furnaces where molten steel is made from coal and iron ore are under most scrutiny.\n\nTata Steel could instead use electric furnaces or turn to hydrogen as a fuel.", "Last updated on .From the section Sport\n\nMore people in the UK are watching women's sport than ever before and viewers are tuning into events for longer, according to new research.\n\nThe Women's Sport Trust found 15.1m saw three minutes or more of coverage in the first three months of 2022, a record for the first quarter of a year.\n\nMore than 17.9m people in total watched women's sport from January to March.\n\nThe Women's Super League was the most popular event and more viewers watched coverage on BBC Two than elsewhere.\n\n\"These encouraging figures support our longstanding view that if women's sport is made visible, then audiences will watch,\" said Tammy Parlour, chief executive of the Women's Sport Trust.\n\n\"It validates the commitment that UK broadcasters are making to unprecedented visibility of women's sport.\"\n• None Women's sport at highest point it has ever been - Rainford-Brent\n\nThis season, Women's Super League games have been shown live across the BBC and Sky in a deal worth £7m-£8m per season.\n\nUnder the three-year deal, the BBC will broadcast 22 live matches, with a minimum of 18 shown on BBC One or BBC Two.\n\nSky Sports will provide coverage of up to 44 matches screened across the Main Event, Premier League and Sky Sports Football channels.\n\nOther events that have proved popular with audiences include the Women's Six Nations, the Arnold Clark Cup and ICC Women's Cricket World Cup.\n\nThe figure of 15.1m watching three minutes or more of women's sport coverage in the first quarter of the year is an increase from 5.06m in 2021 and a previous peak of 10.2 million in 2019.\n\nThe total of 17.9m has increased from 6.7m at this stage of 2021.\n\nViewers are tuning in for an average time of 122 minutes in comparison to 68 minutes at this stage of 2021, with figures also indicating watching women's sport is becoming a growing habit with more viewers repeatedly returning.\n\nLater in 2022, there will be further opportunities to watch some of the world's best female athletes on the BBC during television coverage of Wimbledon, Women's Euro 2022, the Commonwealth Games and the Hundred.\n• None Which is the best derby in English football?\n• None Your Place or Mine with Shaun Keaveny: The brand-new travel podcast that's going nowhere!", "Gen Sir John McColl has criticised the government's relocation scheme for Afghans\n\nA UK general who served in Afghanistan says the government should \"feel deeply ashamed\" after Afghans who worked with Nato were left in the country.\n\nGen Sir John McColl said the UK was \"not delivering\" on a pledge to help Afghans under threat from the Taliban after working with the British.\n\nThe ex-Army boss said hundreds eligible to come to the UK were still in hiding.\n\nThe Ministry of Defence said more than 9,000 Afghans and their dependants had been relocated so far.\n\nAs part of another scheme, the Home Office previously said up to 20,000 Afghan nationals would be provided with a safe route to resettle in the UK.\n\nGen McColl said he wanted to tell Prime Minister Boris Johnson directly: \"We made a commitment to look after these people, you made a commitment, you're not delivering on it, so put a system in place that does deliver on it. It's an appalling situation.\"\n\nHundreds of thousands fled Afghanistan last year after the Taliban swept to power, 20 years after being toppled in a US-led invasion.\n\nThe militant group captured the capital of Kabul on 15 August - prompting concerns over the safety of Afghan citizens who worked with or for Western governments, charities or companies.\n\nGen McColl told BBC Two's Newsnight he believed \"hundreds of Afghans who were eligible to come to the UK on the government's resettlement schemes are in hiding from the Taliban\" over fears they would be killed for working with the British.\n\nThe general, who is now retired, became the UK's former special envoy to Afghanistan in 2005, and was the Deputy Supreme Allied Commander in Europe for Nato - the Western military alliance - from 2007 to 2011.\n\nGen Sir John McColl became the UK's former Special Envoy to Afghanistan in 2005\n\nHe said the government's resettlement programmes for Afghan nationals were not fit for purpose, and that there had been \"inexcusable delays\" in processing applications.\n\nThese schemes include the Afghan Relocations and Assistant Policy scheme (Arap), a programme launched in April 2021 to allow those who had worked for the UK government in Afghanistan after 2001 to apply to be relocated.\n\nGen McColl said delays had been \"going on over nine months\" and that there was no system \"adequate to deal with the number and complexity of the applications\".\n\n\"There is absolutely no reason why the government don't have that in place,\" he said.\n\nHe called on the Defence Select Committee to investigate the Arap scheme \"to understand what is wrong with it and to get it put right as soon as possible\".\n\nIn September last year, the government launched Operation Warm Welcome, a pledge to offer those relocated to the UK the \"health, education, support into employment and accommodation they need to fully integrate into society\".\n\nAt the time, the prime minister said: \"We owe an immense debt to those who worked with the armed forces in Afghanistan and I am determined that we give them and their families the support they need to rebuild their lives here in the UK\".\n\nWhen asked whether it was reasonable that delays may be taking place due to the war in Ukraine, Gen McColl said it was no excuse.\n\n\"Clearly there are the resources available to make sure we process the applications of those seeking evacuation to the UK,\" he said.\n\n\"The government should feel deeply ashamed - as do I.\"\n\nThe Ministry of Defence said: \"This government made a promise to help at-risk Afghans safely reach the UK and we are delivering on that promise. During Op Pitting we evacuated 15,000 people from Kabul and out of the 311 people who unfortunately could not get on a flight, 248 are now safely in the UK or a third country.\n\n\"Since the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme began, we have relocated over 9,000 applicants and their dependants to the UK. This scheme remains open and is not time limited, and we are progressing applications as quickly as possible.\"\n\nThe full interview with Gen Sir John McColl will be broadcast on Newsnight on BBC Two from 22:30 BST on Thursday.", "Last updated on .From the section European Football\n\nManchester City suffered one of the most remarkable Champions League collapses as Real Madrid came back from the abyss to set up a final showdown with Liverpool.\n\nCity were two goals ahead on aggregate going into the 90th minute after Riyad Mahrez's strike had added to their 4-3 first-leg win last week.\n\nThe Brazilian substitute turned home Karim Benzema's left-wing ball from close range in the final minute - with Real's very first shot on target.\n\nAnd 90 seconds later he levelled the tie with a header into the top corner after Marco Asensio flicked on Dani Carvajal's cross.\n\nThat sent an already rowdy Bernabeu into absolute euphoria.\n\nCity, who thought they were going through to a second consecutive all-English Champions League final, were shell-shocked.\n\nBoth sides had chances to win the tie before the full-time whistle. Ederson denied Rodrygo a quick-fire hat-trick and then an unmarked Phil Foden fired over inside the box.\n\nAnd so to extra time the game went - and it was Real who got the decisive goal in maybe the greatest Champions League semi-final ever.\n\nBenzema beat Ruben Dias to a loose ball in the box and was brought down by the City defender. He stepped up to take the penalty himself and scored his 43rd goal of the season. There is no doubt it is the most important.\n\nReal's Thibaut Courtois, who was by far the busier keeper, tipped away Foden's header with Fernandinho inches away from scoring the rebound - but City could not find a goal to send it to penalties.\n\nThat sets up a repeat of the most memorable Champions League final of recent years, when Real beat Liverpool 3-1 in 2018.\n\nFor City and manager Pep Guardiola now, the Premier League title - they sit one point above Liverpool with four games to go - is their only target.\n• None Follow reaction to the game here\n\nThe Champions League has delivered so many classic knockout ties in recent years, including the first leg of this one - a match City should have won by more.\n\nIt was looking like a rare, and delightfully, mundane one for City after Mahrez hammered home following Bernardo Silva's surging run.\n\nCity have five Premier League titles - and are four wins away from a sixth - since the Abu Dhabi takeover in 2008.\n\nBut the Champions League - the trophy that really establishes your place as an icon of world football - has always eluded them.\n\nAfter last season's 1-0 loss to Chelsea in Porto, they may have wondered how long they would have to wait for another crack.\n\nIt looked like the answer was only 12 months. But now, who knows?\n\nCity fans will curse Rodrygo's name forever if they never manage to win the European Cup.\n\nThe truth is City should have won this game easily. In the first half, Real keeper Courtois denied Mahrez, Kevin de Bruyne, Silva and Foden.\n\nLate on Jack Grealish had a shot cleared off the line by Ferland Mendy - and another effort kept out by a diving Courtois.\n\nEderson's only save in normal time came to deny Rodrygo a hat-trick.\n\nAfter Benzema's goal, they rarely looked like coming back and their players stood emotionless as the final whistle went on their European dreams.\n\nNow Guardiola has a huge task on his hands. He has to lift City's players' heads for their final four Premier League games.\n\nIf they lose any of them, that gives Liverpool the chance to overtake them and win the title - and possibly become the first English team to win the quadruple.\n\nAnother night of European glory for Real\n\nReal are the ultimate European Cup team, having won the competition 13 times - six times more than anybody else.\n\nBut in the final minute not even they could have imagined they would be going to Paris later this month.\n\nSo many times this season they were on the brink. They came back from 2-0 down on aggregate to beat Paris St-Germain in the last 16.\n\nThen in the quarter-final against Chelsea, Rodrygo sent it to extra time with a late goal and Benzema netted the winner. Sound familiar?\n\nRodrygo, who replaced Toni Kroos after 68 minutes here, has truly booked his place in Real folklore now.\n\nCarlo Ancelotti's side wrapped up the La Liga title last weekend and can now focus all their attention on that game with Liverpool.\n\nTheir last final meeting, in 2018 in Kyiv, saw Gareth Bale score twice and Loris Karius' howler gift Benzema a goal in a classic.\n\nRodrygo is the third substitute to score multiple goals for Real Madrid in a Champions League match. Bale that day was one of the other two.\n\nAnybody else excited to see what Real and Liverpool dish up on 28 May in this competition that never, ever stops delivering?\n• None Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Substitution, Real Madrid. Jesús Vallejo replaces Eder Militão because of an injury.\n• None Oleksandr Zinchenko (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Rodrygo (Real Madrid) wins a free kick on the right wing. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Our coverage of Manchester City is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment\n• None Everything City - go straight to all the best content", "Keira Knightley: \"We are all entitled to work in safe, respectful spaces where dignity for all is upheld\"\n\nActresses Keira Knightly and Naomie Harris have joined the call for an Independent Standards Authority (ISA) to tackle bullying and harassment in the UK entertainment industry.\n\nAnti-harassment and bullying campaign group UK Time's Up proposed the idea.\n\nKnightley said: \"For anyone to fulfil their creative potential there cannot be fear or disrespect of any kind.\"\n\nHarris added that \"no-one should go to work fearful of harassment, bullying and abuse\".\n\nUK Time's Up is working with Creative UK, which promotes the development of creative companies, to agree a plan of action. They are also speaking with representatives from the music, TV, film, theatre, advertising, video games, and fashion sectors.\n\nNaomie Harris: \"Where we work must be safe and respectful\"\n\nDame Heather Rabbatts, chair of UK Time's Up, said it was a \"historic moment\" for the film and TV industry to create a new body.\n\n\"Where the complaint is historic in nature, where it relates to conduct outside work, or if there are multiple complaints, there is currently no process,\" she said.\n\n\"Only by creating a body which stands fully independent, with processes and investigations informed by legal standards of confidentiality, can there be confidence and trust, and more broadly, for the integrity of the industry to be assured.\"\n\nLast year singer Rebecca Ferguson met with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to share her experience of bullying, harassment, and discrimination, whilst working in the music industry. The year before she told the BBC that people who speak out about issues like racism or sexual abuse in the creative industries \"get shut down and their careers get ended\".\n\nFerguson said the calls for an ISA are \"an opportunity to change the way creatives are treated in our country\", adding: \"By supporting this you are making history.\n\n\"The ISA is a monumental step that will support future creatives, which could include your children, grandchildren or family members. Nobody deserves to go to work in fear.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rebecca Ferguson says people's careers are ended for speaking out about racism.\n\nTime's Up came together with the BFI and Bafta in 2017 to set up guidelines for tackling bullying and harassment, which were then launched the following year.\n\nCulture Secretary Nadine Dorries also offered her support for the setting up of an ISA, saying: \"No one should experience bullying or harassment - no matter what industry they're in.\n\n\"I feel strongly that it is for the creative industries to ensure the welfare of those working in them.\"\n\nShe added that while she welcomed the steps taken so far to improve standards: \"I want to see more. I want there to be a safe and welcoming environment for everyone who wants to work in film, TV, music, and the wider creative sectors - no matter who they are, or where they're from.\"\n\nBafta chair Krishnendu Majumdar said: \"In industries that rely on freelancers on short term and informal contracts, we too often hear that there is nowhere to go when contracts have ended.\n\n\"This 'grey area' leaves many feeling there is no recourse, other than to go to the media.\n\n\"As an arts charity, Bafta supports the proposal of a truly independent, trusted body that has the authority and legal infrastructure to provide a proper process for complainants and those accused.\n\n\"We believe the introduction of an Independent Standards Authority is not only a welcome addition to our industries, it is essential.\"", "Andrew Fahie was arrested in Miami by US authorities on drug and money laundering charges\n\nBritish Virgin Islands (BVI) Premier Andrew Fahie will plead not guilty to drug smuggling and money laundering charges, his lawyer has indicated.\n\nDuring a pre-trial hearing in Miami, Florida, Theresa Van Vliet said her client would deny the allegations.\n\nMr Fahie, 51, was arrested at a Miami airport last week following a US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) sting.\n\nThe judge ruled he could be released on a $500,000 (£399,732) bond as he awaits trial.\n\nMr Fahie's arraignment hearing - when he will formally enter a plea - is scheduled for 25 May.\n\nUntil then Judge Alicia Otazo-Reyes, of the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida, said he could be released from pre-trial detention but would remain under monitored confinement at the US flat where his two daughters live.\n\nAccording to Reuters news agency Judge Otazo-Reyes agreed with Mr Fahie's attorney that he would not flee because of his ties to the US.\n\nShe said that she believed the bond along with the monitored confinement would \"ensure his appearance\".\n\nBut the Miami Herald reported that Mr Fahie would remain in jail while federal prosecutors appealed against the court's decision.\n\nMr Fahie was arrested alongside the managing director of the territory's Ports Authority Oleanvine Maynard last Thursday.\n\nThe pair, and Ms Maynard's son Kadeem Maynard, are alleged to have agreed to allow an undercover informant to use BVI ports to transport cocaine to the US.\n\nTheir detention came a day before an inquiry into the governance of BVI called for it to be returned to direct UK rule amid concerns about corruption.\n\nA government minister has been dispatched to the archipelago in the Caribbean to consider the next steps.", "Simon Byrne says he will see out his contract, which runs until 2024\n\nChief Constable Simon Byrne has not applied for the job of Metropolitan Police commissioner and is \"committed\" to the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).\n\nMr Byrne, 59, had been strongly linked to the London post in recent weeks.\n\nBut he has decided to see out his PSNI contract, which runs until 2024.\n\nApplications for the Met vacancy, created after Cressida Dick's resignation in February, closed on Wednesday.\n\nMr Byrne began his policing career in London, later becoming an assistant commissioner.\n\nHe took up his position with the PSNI in June 2019.\n\nIn a statement, Mr Byrne said: \"I am committed to seeing my contract through and gave an undertaking to serve five years as chief constable in Northern Ireland.\n\n\"That remains the case. I am enormously privileged to lead such a magnificent organisation.\n\n\"I want to build on my promise to deliver neighbourhood policing, to provide a visible, accessible, responsive and community based approach to tackling the issues that matter to our local communities.\n\n\"I have a job to do and remain focused to deliver world class policing to the people of Northern Ireland.\"\n\nLast year, Mr Byrne faced repeated calls for his resignation from all unionist political parties in the row over how the PSNI handled the funeral of senior Republican Bobby Storey.\n\nBut he rode out the furore and insisted he had no intention of quitting.", "Online coverage of election night comes from the BBC newsroom in central London\n\nThe BBC, like other broadcasters, is not allowed to report details of campaigning or election issues while polls are open on Thursday for elections in England.\n\nThe BBC is required by electoral law to adopt a code of practice, ensuring fairness between candidates, and that is particularly important on polling day.\n\nThe code of practice is contained in more detailed election guidelines which are written and published for each election, and they include guidance about polling day.\n\nOn polling day, the BBC does not report on any of the election campaigns from 00:30 BST until polls close at 22:00 BST on TV, radio or bbc.co.uk, or on social media and other channels.\n\nHowever, online sites do not have to remove archived reports, including, for instance, programmes on iPlayer. Any lists of candidates and the guide to parties' policies remain available online during polling day.\n\nCoverage of what is happening on the day is usually restricted to uncontroversial factual accounts, such as the appearance of politicians at polling stations, or the weather.\n\nIt tends to focus on giving information that will help voters with the process of going to polling stations.\n\nSubjects which have been at issue or part of the campaign - or other controversial matters relating to the election - must not be covered on polling day itself; it's important that the BBC's output cannot be seen to be directly influencing the ballot while the polls are open.\n\nThe BBC, however, is still able to report on other political events and stories which are not directly related to the elections.\n\nNo opinion poll on any issue relating to politics or the election can be published until after the polls have closed.\n\nWhile the polls are open, it is a criminal offence to publish anything about the way in which people have voted in that election.\n\nFrom 22:00 BST normal reporting of the election resumes.", "Cremation sites in India struggled with the number of dead\n\nThe Covid pandemic has caused the deaths of nearly 15 million people around the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates.\n\nThat is 13% more deaths than normally expected over two years.\n\nThe WHO believes many countries undercounted the numbers who died from Covid - only 5.4 million were reported.\n\nIn India, there were 4.7 million Covid deaths, it says - 10 times the official figures - and almost a third of Covid deaths globally.\n\nThe Indian government has questioned the estimate, saying it has \"concerns\" about the methodology, but other studies have come to similar conclusions about the scale of deaths in the country.\n\nThe measure used by the WHO is called excess deaths - how many more people died than would normally be expected based on mortality in the same area before the pandemic hit.\n\nThese calculations also take into account deaths which were not directly because of Covid but instead caused by its knock-on effects, like people being unable to access hospitals for the care they needed. It also accounts for poor record-keeping in some regions, and sparse testing at the start of the crisis.\n\nBut the WHO said the majority of the extra 9.5 million deaths seen above the 5.4 million Covid deaths reported were thought to be direct deaths caused by the virus, rather than indirect deaths.\n\nSpeaking about the scale of the figures, Dr Samira Asma, from the WHO's data department, said \"It's a tragedy.\n\n\"It's a staggering number and it's important for us to honour the lives that are lost, and we have to hold policymakers accountable,\" she said.\n\n\"If we don't count the dead, we will miss the opportunity to be better prepared for the next time.\"\n\nAlongside India, countries with the highest total excess deaths included Russia, Indonesia, USA, Brazil, Mexico and Peru, the WHO figures suggest. The numbers for Russia are three-and-a-half times the country's recorded deaths.\n\nThe report also looks at the rates of excess deaths relative to each country's population size. The UK's excess mortality rate - like America, Spain and Germany - was above the global average during 2020 and 2021.\n\nCountries with low excess mortality rates included China, which is still pursuing a policy of \"zero Covid\" involving mass testing and quarantines, Australia, which imposed strict travel restrictions to keep the virus out of the country, Japan and Norway.\n\nThe academics who helped compile the report admit their estimates are more speculative for countries in sub-Saharan Africa, because there is little data on deaths in the region. There were no reliable statistics for 41 out of 54 countries in Africa.\n\nStatistician Prof Jon Wakefield, from Seattle's University of Washington, helped the WHO and told the BBC: \"We urgently need better data collection systems.\n\n\"It is a disgrace that people can be born and die - and we have no record of their passing.\n\n\"So we really need to invest in countries' registration systems so we can get accurate and timely data.\"\n• None Why India's real Covid toll may never be known\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Dairo Antonio Úsuga will now face charges in the US\n\nColombia has extradited the drug baron leader of the country's biggest crime gang to the US, Colombia's president has announced.\n\nPresident Iván Duque said Dairo Antonio Úsuga, better known as Otoniel, was the world's most dangerous trafficker.\n\nOtoniel led the Gulf Clan cartel and is wanted in the US on drug trafficking charges.\n\nHis capture in October ended a seven-year manhunt and last month Colombia's Supreme Court approved the extradition.\n\nThe Gulf Clan trafficked between 180 and 200 tonnes of cocaine a year, according to Colombian authorities.\n\nAnnouncing the extradition, Mr Duque compared Otoniel to the notorious Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar.\n\n\"This extradition shows nobody is above the Colombian state,\" he said in a video message, accusing Otoniel of murdering civil society leaders and police officers.\n\nPrior to his capture, Otoniel was Colombia's most wanted man and the government had offered a $800,000 (£582,000) reward for information about his whereabouts, while the US had placed a $5m bounty on his head.\n\nThe Gulf Clan operates in many provinces and has extensive international connections, is engaged in drug and people smuggling, illegal gold mining and extortion.\n\nIt is believed to have about 1,800 armed members, who are mainly recruited from far-right paramilitary groups. Members have been arrested in Argentina, Brazil, Honduras, Peru and Spain.\n\nThe gang controls many of the routes used to smuggle drugs from Colombia to the US, and as far away as Russia. Authorities in the US have described it as \"heavily armed [and] extremely violent\".\n\nOtoniel was eventually captured in his rural hideout in Antioquia province in north-western Colombia in October, close to the border with Panama in an operation involving 500 soldiers supported by 22 helicopters.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Police are still hunting for the attackers\n\nThree people have been killed and others wounded in what police say is a suspected terror attack in the central Israeli city of Elad.\n\nIsraeli media reported that two attackers, armed with knives, axes, or both, targeted passers-by in a park.\n\nA manhunt is under way, with police setting up roadblocks and searching vehicles.\n\nThe attack came on Israel's Independence Day, a public holiday marking the country's founding.\n\nA volunteer medic said the \"incident will be deeply etched in my heart\".\n\nMoti Tsinvert told The Jerusalem Post the victims were people \"who went out just to breathe fresh air in the park, and their lives were ended so harshly\".\n\nLocal authorities in Elad have ordered residents to stay indoors.\n\nMost of the city's population are members of Israel's ultra-Orthodox Jewish community.\n\n\"The joy of Independence Day was cut short in an instant. A murderous attack in Elad that shocks the heart and soul,\" said Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, posting on Twitter.\n\nUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken said at a press briefing on Thursday that the US \"vehemently condemns\" the \"horrific attack targeting innocent men and women\".\n\nThe incident follows a spate of deadly attacks carried out by Palestinians and Israeli Arabs in recent weeks, the deadliest period of attacks in Israel since 2006.\n\nSeventeen Israelis, including an Israeli Arab policeman, and two Ukrainians have been killed in the attacks in Israel and the West Bank in the latest flare-up.\n\nIsrael has responded by raiding Palestinian towns, sparking clashes that left at least 26 people dead, including bystanders.\n\nThere has also been Israeli-Palestinian violence at a flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem revered by Muslims as the al-Aqsa mosque compound and by Jews as the Temple Mount.\n\nIsrael holds memorial ceremonies each year before Independence Day, marking its wartime losses and victims of deadly attacks.\n\nThe Jewish state was founded on 14 May 1948, and anniversaries are calculated in accordance with the Hebrew calendar.\n\nOn 15 May, Palestinians mark the creation of Israel with a day of mourning called al-Naqba, Arabic for \"catastrophe\".", "Rangers' dream season in Europe will culminate in a Europa League final against Eintracht Frankfurt after they swept aside RB Leipzig on another emotionally charged and memorable night at Ibrox.\n\nTrailing 1-0 from the first leg, Rangers turned the semi-final on its head within 25 minutes through goals from James Tavernier and Glen Kamara.\n\nChristopher Nkunku's 32nd goal of the season levelled the tie again before John Lundstram shook Ibrox with 10 minutes left after sweeping home.\n\nLeipzig, despite their talented squad, could find no answer in the closing stages amid a cauldron of noise as a depleted Rangers side completed their remarkable run from the play-off round to the final.\n\nGiovanni van Bronckhorst's men will meet Eintracht Frankfurt in Seville on 18 May with a tantalising chance to win the club's first European trophy for 50 years and claim a place in next season's Champions League group stage.\n• None Listen: Rangers 'must believe' for final\n\nWhen the full-time whistle arrived, the Rangers players looked on in utter disbelief at their incredible achievement, but it was a performance worthy of winning any European tie.\n\nUsing the emotion of Ibrox, as they have throughout the campaign, just days after the passing of club icon and kitman of 30 years Jimmy Bell, they stormed out the blocks and into a 2-0 lead despite the absence of key strikers Alfredo Morelos and Kemar Roofe.\n\nFirstly, Kamara held up a long ball he had no right to retain, and offloaded to Ryan Kent who picked out Tavernier at the back post for his seventh goal of the Europa League campaign.\n\nThe fans behind the goal cascaded towards the pitch in sheer elation, but it got even better six minutes later when Kamara caressed a shot with his weaker foot into the back of the net.\n\nLeipzig, a club with a turnover about six times that of Rangers, were completely rattled and should have fallen three goals down before the break as Joe Aribo sclaffed a volley in the air from five yards.\n\nThat came so close to capping a perfectly executed first-half display from Rangers, and after the break they showed the guts and determination that has characterised their run to the final.\n\nAfter seeing Aribo and Ryan Jack limp off injured, they were picked apart by Angelino's delicious cross from the left and Nkunku's gorgeous first-time finish and the momentum seemed to have swung away from Van Bronckhorst's side.\n\nBut despite the Germans cranking up the pressure and legs tiring, Rangers somehow got themselves up the pitch.\n\nThe lively Kent ghosted past his man and hung a cross into the box which almost dropped in, and Lundstram was lurking to drill home the clearance for the winning goal to send Ibrox rocking from its foundations.\n\nFashion Sakala should have put it to bed in stoppage time when clean through, but it did not matter as Rangers saw out the final minutes in relative comfort having knocked the stuffing from Leipzig, who managed only two shots on target all night.\n\nWhat did we learn?\n\nThis was an astounding performance from Rangers. Away from home they parked the bus and made sure they came back to Ibrox with a chance, and they put in the perfect display in front of their own fans to finish the job.\n\nThis was not a backs-against-the-wall effort, they swarmed Leipzig and completely outplayed them for the first hour and, even with key players missing and forced off, they somehow got the job done.\n\nThis is a team that has gone to extra time against Celtic and Braga in the last month, played Motherwell with 10 men for over an hour, and gone toe-to-toe with Leipzig all with a squad stretched to its limit.\n\nBut somehow they keep coming up with the answers in Europe. It has been a superhuman effort.\n\nYou could have picked any player in a blue shirt for man of the match, but Lundstram's performance in defence and midfield was totemic and he popped up with the winning goal.\n\nKamara - not known for his attacking threat - also stepped up massively to create and score the first two goals, while Kent seems to just come alive on European nights.\n\nThey will not fear Frankfurt in the final having already taken down Borussia Dortmund and now Leipzig, and Van Bronckhorst has shown he can adapt the team's game plan for all different types of opponents.\n\nWhat a thrill it has been for them, and now there is one final job.\n\nWhat they said\n\nRangers captain James Tavernier on BT Sport: \"We wanted to do it for Jimmy. He will be looking down proud of us. It's unbelievable. Towards the end Lunny [John Lundstram] came up with the goods. A European final, it's what you dream of.\n\n\"We'll go there [Seville] full of confidence. Frankfurt got there for a reason, but it's one game and we'll fully back ourselves. We're in this to win it. We want to make all the fans proud.\"\n\nWhat the stats say\n• None RB Leipzig are only the fifth side in the Europa League since 2009-10 to be eliminated in the semi-finals despite winning the first leg after Benfica in 2010-11, Sporting Lisbon in 2011-12, Fenerbahce in 2012-13 and Villarreal in 2015-16.\n• None Giovanni van Bronckhorst has become the first Dutch manager to reach the final of the Uefa Cup/Europa League in charge of a non-Dutch side since Dick Advocaat in 2008, whose Zenit St Petersburg side faced Rangers in that year's final, winning 2-0.\n• None RB Leipzig have now lost on each of their previous two visits to face Scottish sides in European club competition (exc. qualifiers); it is the first time the German side have lost on each of their first two such visits to sides from a specific nation.\n• None James Tavernier has now scored seven goals in the Europa League this season; the outright most by a Rangers player in a single season in European club competition. Indeed, he is also the third Englishman to score at least 10 goals in the Europa League (excluding qualifiers), with only Jermain Defoe and Harry Kane scoring more (both 11).\n• None John Lundstram scored his second Europa League goal of the season in 13 appearances, with both coming against German opposition (also against Borussia Dortmund). In the Scottish Premiership this season, he has only scored once in 26 games.\n• None Attempt blocked. Benjamin Henrichs (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Christopher Nkunku.\n• None Offside, Rangers. John Lundstram tries a through ball, but Fashion Sakala is caught offside.\n• None Attempt missed. Josko Gvardiol (RB Leipzig) header from the right side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai with a cross following a corner.\n• None Goal! Rangers 3, RB Leipzig 1. John Lundstram (Rangers) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.\n• None Fashion Sakala (Rangers) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Offside, Rangers. James Tavernier tries a through ball, but Fashion Sakala is caught offside.\n• None Goal! Rangers 2, RB Leipzig 1. Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Angeliño with a cross.\n• None Attempt saved. Konrad Laimer (RB Leipzig) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Christopher Nkunku. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "The majority of results are in following Thursday's elections across the UK.\n\nSearch below to see the results in your area.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. More information about these elections Who won in my area? Enter your postcode, or the name of your English, Scottish or Welsh council area or Northern Ireland constituency to find out.\n\nNearly all of England's 146 councils that had an election have declared. More than 4,000 council seats were being contested. The Liberal Democrats gained the most seats, while Labour gained control of the most councils. The Conservatives lost more than 300 seats.\n\nThe Mayor of South Yorkshire has also been elected alongside six other local authority mayors.\n\nIn Scotland, all results for the 32 councils have been declared, with the SNP finishing as the largest party. In Wales, Labour has gained the most seats, while Plaid Cymru took control of three councils.\n\nIn Northern Ireland, voters are electing all 90 MLAs to the Stormont Assembly. Sinn Féin received the most first-preference votes by a wide margin.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. More information about these elections Who won in my council area? Enter your postcode, or the name of your English, Scottish or Welsh council area to find out. There are no council elections in Northern Ireland.\n• Scroll with two fingers to move on the map\n• Pinch to zoom in and out on the map\n• Click on an area in the map to see the results\n• Use one finger to scroll past the map There are no council or mayoral elections in Northern Ireland, but there are National Assembly elections. See the results in full on the BBC website Refresh the page to load the latest results", "Dubai has emerged as a haven for wealthy Russians fleeing the impact of western sanctions over the war in Ukraine.\n\nRussian billionaires and entrepreneurs have been arriving in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in unprecedented numbers, business leaders told the BBC.\n\nProperty purchases in Dubai by Russians surged by 67% in the first three months of 2022, a report said.\n\nThe UAE has not put sanctions on Russia or criticised its invasion of Ukraine.\n\nIt is also providing visas to non-sanctioned Russians while many Western countries have restricted them.\n\nIt is estimated that hundreds of thousands of people have left Russia over the last two months - although exact figures are not available.\n\nOne Russian economist said as many as 200,000 Russians had left in the first 10 days after the war began.\n\nVirtuzone, which helps companies to set up operations in Dubai, has seen a huge surge of Russian clients.\n\n\"We are receiving five times more enquiries from Russians since the war began,\" said chief executive George Hojeige.\n\n\"They are worried about an economic meltdown that's coming. That is why they are moving here to secure their wealth,\" he added.\n\nThe influx of Russian nationals has bolstered demand for luxury villas and apartments across the city. Real estate agents are reporting a surge in property prices, as Russians arriving in Dubai are looking to purchase homes.\n\nDubai-based real estate agency Betterhomes found property purchases by Russians surged by two thirds in the first three months of 2022.\n\nAnd another real estate agency, Modern Living, told the BBC it had hired many Russian-speaking agents to cater to rising demand. Chief executive Thiago Caldas said they were receiving numerous calls from Russian nationals looking to relocate to Dubai immediately.\n\n\"Russians who are coming down are not buying just for investment, they are looking at Dubai as a second home,\" he said.\n\nMany multinational companies and Russian start-ups are also relocating their employees to the UAE.\n\nFuad Fatullaev is the co-founder of WeWay - a blockchain technology company that had offices in Russia and Ukraine. After the war broke out, he and his partners shifted hundreds of employees to Dubai.\n\n\"The war had a massive impact on our operations. We couldn't continue [as we were] as we had to move hundreds of people outside of Ukraine and Russia,\" says Mr Fatullaev, who is a Russian citizen.\n\nHe adds that they chose to shift their employees to the UAE as it offers a safe economic and political environment to operate a business.\n\nHe said Russian businesses were moving out as they were finding it incredibly difficult to operate due to sanctions. The challenge was even more acute for companies dealing with international clients and brands, as most western firms have severed ties with Russian-based enterprises, he said.\n\nGlobal firms like Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Google that have shut down offices in Russia, are also relocating some of their employees to Dubai.\n\n\"There is definitely a brain drain that is happening. A lot of people are leaving because there are a lot of business restrictions right now,\" says Mr Fatullaev .\n\nRussia's central bank is barred from tapping into the billions of foreign reserves held overseas in foreign banks. Some Russian banks have been removed from the Swift financial messaging system.\n\nTo protect its reserves, the Russian government has enacted capital restrictions and banned citizens from exiting the country with more than $10,000 in foreign currency.\n\nFinding it difficult to transfer cash, a lot of Russian buyers are making payments in cryptocurrencies. Some of the purchasers have an intermediary who will take the payment in crypto and then pass on the cash to the seller on behalf of the buyer.\n\nGulf states including the UAE and Saudi Arabia have rejected calls from western governments to impose sanctions on Russia.\n\nThe UAE was one of only three countries, along with China and India, to abstain in a United Nations Security Council vote in February to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It also abstained in a General Assembly vote on 7 April to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council.\n\nThe rise in Russian investment comes just months after the UAE was placed on a \"grey list\" by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global financial crime watchdog.\n\nIt means the country faces increased monitoring of its efforts to counter money laundering and terrorist financing. The UAE government has claimed to have taken significant measures to regulate inbound investment, and has stated that it remains committed to working closely with FATF on areas for improvement.", "Jack's family described him as the \"sweetest of boys\"\n\nTwo people have admitted being in charge of a dangerous dog which caused the death of a 10-year-old boy.\n\nJack Lis died following the attack at a house in Caerphilly on 8 November 2021.\n\nAmy Salter, 28, from Trethomas, Caerphilly, and Brandon Hayden, 19, from Penyrheol, Caerphilly, were accused of being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control causing injury resulting in death.\n\nThe two admitted the charge at Cardiff Crown Court.\n\nBrandon Hayden also admitted a further three counts of being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control and two counts of being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control causing injury.\n\nThese are alleged to have happened between 4 and 7 November, before the attack on Jack.\n\nThe judge warned Hayden he is likely to face jail.\n\nThe court heard two of those incidents resulted in injuries to two members of the public, Michael Ball and Sian Sullivan.\n\nJack Lis, who was a pupil at Cwm Ifor Primary school in Caerphilly, died at the scene on the housing estate.\n\nHe was mauled to death by the American or XL bull dog called \"Beast\".\n\nHayden gets into a car following his appearance at Cardiff Crown Court\n\nThe dog was shot and killed by armed police, it was later confirmed that it was not a banned breed in the UK.\n\nSalter and Hayden will be sentenced on 10 June.\n\nOn granting the two defendants bail, the judge said: \"The likely outcome, particularly for Mr Hayden, is there will be an immediate custodial sentence.\"", "Wayne Couzens' lawyer said his remorse should have been taken into account in sentencing\n\nThe killer of Sarah Everard is challenging a sentencing order that said he should not be released from prison until he dies.\n\nWayne Couzens' appeal is part of a major review by the Court of Appeal of whole-life orders, including arguments for their wider use.\n\nHis lawyer said his remorse and guilty plea should be taken into account.\n\nLawyers for the Attorney General are also trying to increase sentences in two murder cases.\n\nThe lawyer for Couzens, Jim Sturman QC, said the former Metropolitan Police officer accepted his crimes were \"abhorrent\" and nothing in his arguments was intended to minimise the impact on his victim's friends and family, some of whom were present at the hearing.\n\nBut he said the sentencing judge's finding that he was not remorseful was \"untenable\".\n\n\"He was too ashamed to meet anyone's eye. He was not brazen, staring down at the court in the way sometimes seen,\" the lawyer said.\n\nMr Sturman said it was accepted that Couzens deserved \"decades in jail\" but his remorse and guilty plea should balance out the aggravating factor of having carried out the kidnap, rape and murder while he was a serving police officer.\n\nThere are 64 people currently in prison in England and Wales under whole-life orders, which are reserved for exceptional cases and mean they will never be released.\n\nCouzens was the first person to be given such a term for a single murder of an adult not committed as part of a terror attack.\n\nMr Sturman said in written submissions: \"Whilst this may well be considered by the public and the court to be a case of equal seriousness to a political, religious or ideological murder, it is not such an offence, not does it fall into any other category listed in the schedule.\"\n\nRepresenting the Attorney General, Tom Little QC said Couzens' offending was of the \"utmost seriousness\" and his criminality was a \"fundamental attack in reality on our democratic way of life\".\n\nHe said the sentencing judge was entitled to the view that there was a \"lack of general contrition\" and a whole-life order was right in this \"wholly exceptional case\".\n\nCouzens, who appeared at the hearing by video-link from prison, is one of two with whole-life terms involved in the Court of Appeal review, along with Ian Stewart, convicted of murdering his wife and later his fiancee.\n\nIan Stewart, convicted of murdering his wife and fiancee six years apart, is also appealing his whole-life order\n\nEarlier this year, Stewart was handed a whole-life term for the 2010 murder of his first wife Diane. Previously, in 2017, he was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 34 years for the murder of his fiancee, children's book author Helen Bailey.\n\nHis barrister, Amjad Malik QC, said a whole-life sentence was not justified, adding that the aggravating features of the killings did not fall into the category of \"an exceptionally high-seriousness case\".\n\nMany serial killers have received whole-life orders but this was not such a case, he argued.\n\nHowever, Mr Little said: \"It is difficult to say that this sentence was either manifestly excessive or wrong in principle.\"\n\nToday's super-appeal is the second time in a decade that top judges in England and Wales have considered the law and practice of whole-life terms, after ruling in 2012 that they were compatible with human rights safeguards.\n\nToday's cases concern which offenders should be eligible for the sentence outside the basic rules set by Parliament.\n\nWayne Couzens' murder of Sarah Everard was an exceptional case for a whole-life order because it was a single killing - but the judge said his betrayal of uniform and duty undermined trust in society itself.\n\nThe Emma Tustin case is more complex. Her lawyers argued that the killer's own mental ill health and experience as a victim were factors that counted against a whole-life term.\n\nThe panel will now wrestle with these complex and tragic cases before potentially coming up with some guiding principles. But it's already clear where the judiciary stand in general - on average, they've imposed far more whole-life orders since taking over the job from ministers some 20 years ago.\n\nThree more sentences are also being considered by the judges:\n\nTom Little QC, for the Attorney General, said Tustin's case \"merited at the very least consideration of a whole-life order\".\n\nHe said Arthur was \"forced to live a solitary and lonely life\" and \"subjected to the most unimaginable suffering\".\n\nIn written submissions, he said the murder was \"sadistically motivated\", with \"systematic brutality amounting to torture\".\n\nThe sentences of Emma Tustin and Thomas Hughes for the killing of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes are also being reviewed\n\nTustin's lawyer, Mary Prior QC, said the sentence was given by a highly experienced trial judge after considering all the evidence.\n\nHe concluded the starting point should be 30 years because of the sadistic elements of the killing, and then took into account the murderer's background of growing up around violence, history of mental health issues and suicide attempts, she said.\n\nMs Prior said: \"This was the right, fair and proper approach in this very difficult and exceptional case.\"\n\nIn the case of Monaghan - who at the age of 30 was given a 40-year term for killing his baby daughter, toddler son and a new partner, as well as attempting to kill another child - Mr Little said the sentence was \"unduly lenient\".\n\nThere was \"no mitigation at all\" for triple-murderer Jordan Monaghan, the court heard\n\nHis crimes, over a seven-year period, were of \"exceptionally high\" seriousness and there was \"no mitigation here at all\", the lawyer for the Crown said.\n\nBenjamin Myers QC, representing the killer as he listened in from HMP Wakefield, said the decision not to impose a whole-life order was at the discretion of the sentencing judge.\n\nThe hearing into all five sentences, at the Royal Courts of Justice, has now concluded and a decision will come in writing at a later date.\n\nThe Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett said: \"We propose to take time to consider our decisions in these very difficult and tragic cases.\"", "The court was told Tom Huddlestone was away in Swansea, playing for Derby County, when his wife was robbed\n\nThe wife of former Premier League midfielder Tom Huddlestone told a court she feared masked robbers \"might kill me\" during a raid at their home.\n\nNottingham Crown Court heard an FA Cup medal, a £121,000 engagement ring and watches were stolen on 1 May 2019.\n\nJoanna Dixon said she went through a \"range of emotions\" as two men bound her with cable ties.\n\nThe three men charged over the raid are part of a gang also accused of the theft of a £3.5m tiara.\n\nIn a statement read to the court by prosecutor Samuel Skinner on Thursday, Ms Dixon said the robbers told her they knew Huddlestone - who now plays for Hull City - was playing a match for Derby County away at Swansea City.\n\n\"I went through a range of emotions - predominantly scared, but also concerned for my son,\" she said.\n\nMs Dixon added: \"I was under the sheets and just wearing underwear, I was very vulnerable at the time.\n\n\"I thought they might kill or rape me - I was utterly powerless.\"\n\nDuring the raid at the Nottinghamshire home, Ms Dixon said the men ordered her to place her son in his cot and hold her arms out, and after she refused three times, one said: \"He won't be safe unless he is in the cot.\"\n\nAshley Cole and his partner Sharon Canu were robbed at their home while their children were present, a court heard\n\nKurtis Dilks, 34, Ashley Cumberpatch, 36, and Andrew MacDonald, 42, are all accused of conspiring together to rob Ms Dixon.\n\nThe trio are also alleged to have converted criminal property alongside jewellers Sercan Evsin and Tevfik Guccuk on 2 May 2019.\n\nMr Dilks, of Whitegate Vale, Clifton, Nottingham, is also charged with being part of a four-strong gang who smashed their way into the Surrey home of former England left-back Ashley Cole with a sledgehammer in January 2020.\n\nIt is alleged an aggressive robber threatened to cut the ex-Chelsea and Arsenal defender's fingers off during the break-in.\n\nThe Portland Tiara was made for Winifred, Duchess of Portland, to wear at King Edward VII's coronation\n\nMr Dilks faces three charges of conspiracy to commit burglary, four charges of converting criminal property, three charges of conspiracy to commit robbery and two counts of robbery.\n\nMr Cumberpatch, Mr MacDonald, Mr Guccuk and Mr Evsin, alongside five other men and a woman, are also on trial for their alleged part in a series of \"ruthlessly executed\" burglaries - including the theft of a £3.5m tiara.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, on Twitter, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Allison Bailey argues that the discrimination she faced caused her to suffer \"various detriments\", including a loss of work and a consequent fall in her income\n\nThe views of a barrister were labelled \"transphobic\" in a colleague's email, a tribunal has been told.\n\nAllison Bailey is suing her chambers and LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall, arguing she was unlawfully discriminated against due to her view that sex is biological and cannot change.\n\nMs Bailey, who is a lesbian, argues her chambers wrongly treated her views as transphobic.\n\nThe tribunal heard that on 14 December 2018, GCC family law barrister Stephen Lue sent an email to those working at the chambers to let them know it was becoming a \"Stonewall Diversity Champion\".\n\nUnder the scheme, the chambers paid Stonewall for continuing advice on how to create an inclusive workplace.\n\nMs Bailey opposed the move. She argued via email that Stonewall was involved in \"harassment, intimidation and threats\" made to anyone who opposed its viewpoint - a claim the charity rejects.\n\nThe tribunal heard Ms Bailey wrote: \"There are many of us within the LGBT community who fully support trans rights but who do not support the trans-extremism which is currently being advocated by Stonewall and others.\n\n\"I emphatically object to any formal association with Stonewall.\"\n\nThe following day, GCC barrister Michelle Brewer sent an email to Mr Lue, in which she wrote: \"Great, now Allison's wholly unfounded allegations are going to be aired... nothing like washing our dirty transphobic laundry in public.\"\n\nMs Bailey alleges that as a result of her treatment, her income was \"substantially reduced\" in comparison to previous years, \"most notably to 2018\".\n\nShe says the central London chambers \"withheld instruction and work\" from her following these interactions.\n\nMs Bailey has raised about £500,000 to fund her legal case.\n\nThe GCC has said it \"strongly refutes\" the claims made against it and that following an investigation in 2019 into complaints made about Ms Bailey's social media posts, it was concluded that no action against her was necessary.\n\nThe tribunal, being held at Central London Employment Tribunal at Victory House, continues.\n\nFollow BBC London on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hellobbclondon@bbc.co.uk", "Shanghai is now in its seventh week of city wide restrictions\n\nShanghai officials will over the next few days further restrict access to food and hospitals in some parts of the city, the most severe phase of its extended lockdown yet.\n\nCommercial food deliveries are not allowed and access to hospitals for all but emergencies must first be approved.\n\nNeighbours of Covid-19 cases and others living close by are also being forced into government quarantine facilities.\n\nShanghai is now in its seventh week of city-wide restrictions.\n\nConfirmed cases have fallen significantly from their peak, but authorities have not yet been able to hit the target of what they call \"societal zero\", where no cases are reported outside of quarantine facilities.\n\nDespite the tougher measures, Shanghai officials insist that people living in half the city's districts are now free to leave their homes and walk around.\n\nState media has shown propaganda videos of departing medical workers visiting city landmarks together and taking photographs.\n\nPhotos of medical workers visiting city landmarks together have emerged\n\nOfficial notices from local committees of the ruling Communist Party, seen by the BBC, detail several restrictions imposed under what officials call \"silent periods\" for the next three days.\n\nThese include only permitting government food deliveries, not allowing residents to \"step out\" of their front doors and requiring approval from the committee for anyone other than emergency cases to access hospitals.\n\nThe BBC is already aware of some cases where residents have had difficulties in getting emergency ambulances to come quickly, with some patients forced to use private cars to get to a hospital.\n\nAuthorities have also stepped up measures aimed at people who live close to positive cases, even if these close contacts test negative.\n\nThey are now sweeping up large groups of people in apartment buildings who live on the same floor or even just in the same building as those who've tested positive.\n\nFootage has also emerged on social media showing extreme disinfection taking place inside homes where people have been removed after testing positive. Widespread use of industrial scale disinfection has been a key tactic used by authorities.\n\nState censors have moved quickly to remove questions about the legality of the disinfection and also of the moving large numbers of people from their homes, despite testing negative.\n\nIn some cases, people who have been removed from their homes and taken into central quarantine have been told to leave a key to their home, usually in the door, so officials can come in and disinfect the space. Some legal figures have questioned if this move is \"constitutional\".\n\nA constitutional law professor based in Shanghai had earlier posted an open letter online stating that forcing residents into quarantine centres required State Council approval or new laws passed by the legislature. His post was quickly taken down.\n\nAs concern over food supplies grow, city officials said they would remove anyone living in temporary accommodation on the streets or in vacant buildings, placing them into \"closed loop management\" - which means that employees have to live as well as work at their offices or factories.\n\nThis measure is likely to target app-based delivery drivers who are vital for maintaining the supply chain to almost 25 million people living here.\n\nMany of these drivers currently live in temporary accommodation as they fear being locked down somewhere permanent and therefore being unable to do their job.\n\nThe tightened measures come just days after China's president Xi Jinping re-iterated his commitment to the controversial \"zero-Covid\" strategy. In a paper published in the health journal The Lancet earlier this week, senior Chinese health officials said the lockdown would \"buy time to vaccinate more people\".\n\nTheir comments come after the head of the World Health Organisation called China's zero-Covid strategy unsustainable.\n\n\"When we talk about zero-Covid, we don't think that it's sustainable, considering the behaviour of the virus now and what we anticipate in the future,\" Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday at a news conference.\n\nThe clip was widely shared on Chinese social media before being blocked by censors.\n\nMore than two years after Covid-19 first emerged here officials figures show around 90% of the population nationwide has been vaccinated. But only 38% of the more vulnerable - those over 60 - in Shanghai have the full protection of three vaccinations.", "The late Steve Jobs - then Apple CEO - at the launch of the iPod Touch in 2007\n\nApple has announced it is discontinuing its music player, the iPod Touch, bringing to an end a device widely praised for revolutionising how people listen to music.\n\nWhen the first iPod was launched in 2001, it could store 1,000 tracks. Today there are more than 90 million songs on Apple's streaming service.\n\nThe iPod Touch was designed by the same team that later invented the iPhone, which quickly overshadowed the iPod.\n\nApple last updated the iPod in 2019.\n\nThere have been various iPod models over the years - including the Nano and Shuffle - but the iPod Touch, which was released in 2007 is the last model to be discontinued.\n\nApple says it will remain available to buy \"while stocks last\".\n\nThe gadget had \"redefined how music is discovered, listened to, and shared\", Greg Joswiak, the senior vice-president of worldwide marketing at Apple said.\n\niPod fans have taken to social media to share their thoughts on the news and their memories connected with the music devices.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe first model of the iPod was revealed by Apple boss Steve Jobs in typical Apple style in 2001 - with much fanfare, anticipation and in his trademark jeans and black turtleneck.\n\nThere had been rumours the company was going to announce a new music player after the invitation for the launch event read: \"Hint: It's not a Mac.\"\n\n\"Music's a part of everyone's life. Music's been around forever. It will always be around,\" Jobs said during his hour long presentation.\n\nThe big headline for the night was simple: \"1,000 songs in your pocket.\"\n\nOver the years, many celebrities have thrown their star power behind the iPod, including John Mayer, U2 and Oprah Winfrey. BMW introduced the first car entertainment system with a built-in iPod system, and within a few years, most car manufacturers had followed suit.\n\nBut tech analysist say it was inevitable the iPhone would one day replace the iPod.\n\n\"When Apple created the iPhone it knew that it would ultimately mean the beginning of the end of the iPod,\" Ben Wood, chief analyst at technology advisory firm CCS Insight, told the BBC.\n\nCarolina Milanesi from Creative Strategies said the decline of iPod sales was connected to the rise of iPhone sales - like the move from digital sales to streaming.\n\n\"The demise of the iPod is probably the best example of Apple not being concerned about cannibalising its own products,\" she said.\n\nThe iPod wasn't the first MP3 player on the market, just like the iPhone wasn't the first smartphone - but that unique Apple design proved to be the push digital music needed to start to tempt people away from CD and cassette players - and file-sharing.\n\nIn 2001 the music industry was fighting for survival against illegal file-sharing as tunes were ripped and shared on platforms faster than record labels could issue legal threats.\n\nThe launch of iTunes, and the iPod shortly afterwards, provided it with a lifeline in the form of revenue for legitimately purchased downloads.\n\nIt also revived the fortunes of Apple, which was languishing in a market dominated by Windows PCs.\n\nIt was introduced on stage by the late Steve Jobs at an event on 23 October 2001.\n\n\"With iPod, listening to music will never be the same again,\" he said. And in many ways, he was right.", "Cabinet minister Jacob Rees-Mogg has been criticised for ordering civil servants back into the office\n\nA union boss has urged Boris Johnson to stop \"micro-managing\" civil servants, as the government pushes to end a working-from-home culture.\n\nFDA general secretary Dave Penman accused the prime minister of \"going to war\" with those delivering his agenda.\n\nMr Johnson has backed demands for civil servants to return to the office after Covid-19 restrictions were lifted.\n\nCabinet minister Jacob Rees-Mogg has said all civil servants must stop working from home.\n\nThe minister has been criticised for leaving civil servants a note, which said \"sorry you were out when I visited\".\n\nThe note, printed on government paper with Mr Rees-Mogg's title, was left at empty desks and read \"I look forward to seeing you in the office very soon\".\n\nAt the FDA union's annual conference on Thursday, Mr Penman rebuked Mr Rees-Mogg for his \"crass, condescending, passive-aggressive little notes for people who were actually delivering vital public services\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn a speech, Mr Penman said the FDA, which represents senior staff in the civil service, will \"always be the pragmatic, constructive partner that employers should want to work with\".\n\nBut, he added, it is hard to imagine a time in the FDA's 100-year history when the union has been needed more by civil servants.\n\nIn a message for the prime minister, Mr Penman said: \"You say you want a brilliant civil service and you want to attract the brightest and best to join it.\n\n\"Well, this is not the way to go about it.\n\n\"Challenge us to deliver, be clear about your priorities, but step back and let those whose job it is to run the service get on with it.\n\n\"No more micro-managing, no more anonymous briefings. You do your job and let the management of the civil service get on with theirs.\"\n\nThe government's recommendation for people to work from home ended in January, after being re-introduced in the face of the emergence of the Omicron variant last year.\n\nIn April, civil servants were told they must stop working from home and return to the office to ensure government buildings are at full capacity.\n\nAt a cabinet meeting, the prime minister encouraged ministers and their departments to do \"everything possible to speed up the return of more civil servants into the office\", his official spokesperson said.\n\nMr Rees-Mogg wrote to cabinet colleagues urging them to send a \"clear message\" to the civil service about returning.\n\nHe also sent a league table of daily civil service office attendance from the week beginning on 4 April. It showed in some departments daily average of staff in the workplace was lower than a third.\n\nBut the FDA union has said Mr Rees-Mogg's approach to working arrangements were out of step with practice in the private sector.\n\nIn his speech, Mr Penman said private industry has embraced the \"quiet revolution\" in working practices over the past two years, delivering efficiencies for employers and greater flexibility for employees.\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Rees-Mogg has been \"wandering around Whitehall with his clip board and his clicker counting people at desks\", Mr Penman said.\n\nHe added: \"It's like he doesn't understand that the majority of civil servants are outside of the M25.\n\n\"Tens of thousands of civil servants in those famous red wall seats, all being told to forget about flexible working.\"", "Jen Proudler lives in constant pain and is desperate for a better way to manage her condition.\n\nThese are just some of the words used by the thousands of people who have revealed their battle with long-term, persistent pain.\n\nAn exclusive survey of over 4,000 adults aged 16-75 for BBC News, carried out by research company Ipsos, suggests that a quarter of people in the UK are living with chronic pain - an often hidden and misunderstood condition.\n\nAnd pain specialists warn the health service is not set up to deal with such complex conditions. They say the treatments on offer are decades behind the science, leaving millions of patients without the support they need to manage their pain.\n\nChronic pain - defined as pain that lasts longer than three months - can drastically change people's lives. It can be caused by a physical problem - such as a slipped disc, but can also occur with no clear cause - known as primary pain. It destroys careers, breaks up relationships, steals independence and denies people the futures they had imagined.\n\nJen Proudler says chronic pain has left her grieving for \"the person she was\".\n\nIt started four years ago with sporadic back pain, which she managed with the help of hot baths and paracetamol. Now she relies on opioid patches, anti-inflammatories, nerve pain medications and beta-blockers just to get through the day.\n\n\"It has flipped everything upside down,\" she says. \"I feel I've lost every part of my life. I've lost me.\"\n\nJen, 38, who lives with her partner in Farsley near Leeds, was working as a dental hygienist and had a busy social life when she first started experiencing pain in February 2018.\n\nJen Proudler used to work as a dental hygienist - a job she loved\n\nHer doctor said it was a problem with a disc in her back and advised taking some time off. Jen rested for about eight weeks, then went back to work. The pain hadn't gone away but she felt she needed to get back to \"some kind of normality\".\n\n\"There were days when it was really bad, but I have this attitude of battling through it, because that's what you do,\" she says.\n\nBut nine months after the pain first began, Jen was driving to work when she felt the most excruciating pain. \"It was how I would imagine being kicked in the back by a horse.\" Later that day she lost all sensation in her right leg.\n\nThat was the last time she made it to work.\n\nAfter several incorrect diagnoses, Jen was eventually told by a neurosurgeon that she had a \"pretty massive\" far lateral disc herniation in her spine - a slipped disc that then compresses the nerves around it. But by then something was going on - her body's defence system had gone into overdrive in response to the agony she was experiencing. The pain has now spread around her body - Jen has burning pins and needles sensations down her leg, as well as sharp pain, as if being cut by a razor. Sometimes it's so bad, she can't even bear any fabric to touch it.\n\n\"Our nervous system becomes more and more protective, it feels danger and sends warning signals - and those warning signals contribute to the pain,\" explains Dr Chris Barker, clinical director of an NHS community pain service in Ainsdale, Merseyside.\n\nHe says such pain can be hard to diagnose, and the difficulty of getting the correct treatment can make things worse. \"Incorrect diagnoses, delayed diagnoses, poor experiences in and out of the health system, not being believed - all of these can contribute to a more intense experience of pain.\"\n\nDr Barker says the NHS is not set up to deal with such a complex condition, despite the fact it is so common. \"The prevalence of pain is huge. It dwarfs most other conditions.\"\n\nThe BBC study is the most recent snapshot - previous studies have found chronic pain affects between 20-50% of the UK - and the prevalence may be even higher in older age groups.\n\nYet the results from BBC's Ipsos survey suggest nearly a quarter of those who live with chronic pain are currently taking opioids - ranging from medication such as codeine to more powerful painkillers like morphine and fentanyl.\n\nOpioids are useful for short-term, acute pain, but there is little evidence they help long-term, persistent pain. Despite this, opioid prescribing more than doubled between 1998 to 2018. It prompted the MHRA, the UK's medicine regulator, to issue stronger warnings around the risk of addiction and overdose.\n\nOur research suggests that more than 40% of those currently using opioids began taking them over five years ago, before these warnings were issued.\n\nSitting at her kitchen table, packets of pills stacked up nearby, Jen says every day now revolves around managing her pain. Despite the support of her GP, she is struggling to see a way forward. She says the medication helps her function, but she worries she's running out of options in the long term.\n\nPain specialists believe the science calls for a different approach involving more support, more tailored care and most importantly, more options of how to cope with such a life-changing condition.\n\nDr Cathy Stannard, clinical lead on persistent pain for NICE, says medication like opioids has very little benefit for people with certain types of chronic pain. She fears millions of patients are not getting the bespoke treatment needed for such a complex condition. But the other options are a difficult sell to a patient in distress - especially in an under-pressure health service where they often don't get the chance to build up a trusting, empathetic relationship.\n\n\"People who are living with pain very understandably present with high levels of distress. When they say, 'Are you going to leave me in pain?' it is very difficult to say 'Yes.' It is always with the best intentions that we prescribe medicines, but often, it is a response to distress rather than a rational clinical decision.\"\n\nPatients tend to need the support of their GP, physiotherapists, psychologists and pharmacists. Depending on the condition, medication can be helpful but may only be part of the treatment - other elements that help include:\n\nDr Stannard stresses the NICE guidelines were not written to take medication away from people who feel it is helping them. The problem, she says, is the lack of options or tailored treatment for such a complex condition - and too often medication becomes the only answer, instead of part of it.\n\nAnd no-one should stop or change their medication without speaking to their doctor.\n\nBenjamin Ellis, a consultant rheumatologist and senior policy advisor for the charity Versus Arthritis, agrees, and says that while opioids can help people manage some conditions like osteoarthritis, too often they are seen as a long-term answer.\n\n\"The health system is set up to support the prescribing of medication rather than supporting patients to access other treatments - physical activity, programmes to help people with their mental health, community support, peer support - they're not so readily available, and even where they are, they're not well connected with health services.\"\n\nLorraine English's story illustrates the potential dangers of being prescribed opioids long term.\n\nShe was a busy single mum with four kids, working as a teaching assistant, when she started to notice pain that had started in her neck and spread into her head and back.\n\nIt led to her taking high doses of opioids, including morphine, for 12 years - at times she says she felt like her life was over. \"It was so frightening, so isolating\".\n\nWith the help of her GP, Lorraine has weaned herself off opioids\n\nLorraine, from Burnage, south Manchester, was eventually diagnosed with degenerative disc disease, osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia - a condition which causes all-over body pain and extreme tiredness.\n\n\"I would get nerve pain shooting through my head and it would cause migraines, light-sensitivity - just my heel touching the floor would send pain up into my head.\"\n\nAs the pain continued, her opioid dose increased, while her ability to cope decreased.\n\nEventually she had to give up work, taking pill after pill to beat what is known as \"breakthrough pain\" - a flare-up of pain despite being on huge doses of painkillers.\n\nFor the last three years of her life on morphine, Lorraine was unable to function - bed-bound, existing in a fog of medication, her life ruled by pain.\n\n\"It's like being in a medicated coma and you can't reach out to anybody, because you're not even aware anyone's out there. I felt like that for years, just laid in bed with my kids checking on me, asking, 'You okay?'\"\n\nLorraine kept a pain diary in 2017 which she hoped would help but just reminds her of how difficult her life was.\n\nLorraine says she realised that she needed to reduce her medication - not only was she struggling to function, but she felt it was making the pain worse.\n\nIt took nearly a year, but with the help of her GP, Lorraine has gradually tapered off her opioid medication, and the pain has reduced.\n\nNow opioid-free, she says she has learned to \"embrace\" the pain she still feels, and understand her body's limits.\n\n\"No matter how much pain I am in, I want to be able to manage it so I can hug my grandkids,\" she says.\n\nPeople who live with chronic pain have told us how difficult it is to access any specialist services.\n\nOur research suggests that nearly a quarter (23%) of those living with chronic pain are on waiting lists for surgery or a pain management programme.\n\nAn NHS spokesperson said more clinical pharmacists and trained staff are being recruited and will be based at GP surgeries so patients can get access to specialist care and be \"offered alternatives to medication where appropriate\".\n\nThere are areas of the UK which are offering a whole patient approach, like at Dr Barker's clinic in Ainsdale, Merseyside, where he leads a team of pharmacists, physiotherapists and psychologists.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. At the age of 13 Luke woke up in horrific pain and a decade on his condition is still undiagnosed.\n\nOver the last 20 years, he says, the scientific understanding of pain - how our brains respond, how we process it - has been transformed.\n\nHurt does not always equal harm, he explains, and someone can be in pain without any physical injury. \"Our traditional model of thinking about pain is about MRI scans and looking for structural things - the problem is we interpret that to mean that's going to be the cause of pain.\"\n\n\"While you’re laughing you’re not crying\" says Kev, who runs a chronic pain peer support group in Merseyside\n\nChronic pain is far more complex than that - an overly sensitised nervous system can change a normal signal from one of the body's sensors into a threat signal which our brain then interprets as pain.\n\nThere may be many complex reasons why the nervous system has been put on \"red alert\", he says. If people are dealing with trauma, stress or grief, that can contribute to chronic pain.\n\nThe BBC News investigation unearths huge numbers of people living with chronic pain. In an exclusive documentary, Dominic Hughes hears stories from those in pain, across the UK.\n\nThis is why, Dr Barker says, sharing experiences can play a vital role when living with pain. Many of his patients attend Pain Clinic Plus, a peer support group at his clinic.\n\n\"People tend to become isolated because they can't do what they used to do, so people stop phoning them,\" says Kev Howard, one of the organisers, who has lived with pain for years following a shoulder injury.\n\n\"It's so easy to sit at home and take a pill and fall asleep. The other way to go is to pop into groups similar to this, and basically have a laugh - because while you're laughing you're not crying.\"\n\nThe Pain Clinic Plus drop-in is a place to catch up and share experiences", "The dogs were reported to have become unwell after entering the water near Rea's Wood, Antrim\n\nChildren and pets should be kept away from the water in Lough Neagh until more is known about the deaths of two dogs, an academic has advised.\n\nAntrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council said it was aware of two reports of dogs falling ill after being in contact with the water near Rea's Wood.\n\nProf Chris Elliott said an algae bloom that releases toxins could be to blame.\n\nBut the Northern Ireland Environment Agency said there was no visual evidence of algal bloom, or pollution.\n\nProf Elliott said blooms could be seen as a \"messy green colour\" in the water, and \"in the vast majority of cases those blooms are fine, apart from being a bit of an eye-sore\".\n\nHowever, in some cases, he said it could produce quite toxic substances, which are then released into the water.\n\nThe Northern Ireland Environment Agency, however, said \"no blue green algae have been found in the sample analysed\".\n\nThe Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) said it learned about the death of a dog on 5 May.\n\n\"Further reports were received that a second dog had died in similar circumstances,\" it confirmed.\n\nProf Chris Elliott said he will not be walking his dog in the area while the investigation is ongoing\n\nProf Elliott, who is the founder of the Institute for Global Food Security, said humans would need to be exposed to a large amount of the toxins \"to have any kind of dramatic acute effect\" on health.\n\n\"Dogs are one of the most susceptible species to these toxins,\" the academic, who lives close to the lough, continued.\n\n\"Normally I take my dog for a walk through Rea's Wood and at the moment I will not be taking my dog there. That would be my advice to everybody.\"\n\nThe council said any dog owner who is concerned about their pet should seek veterinary advice.\n\n\"We are working with the dog owners, local vets and our colleagues in DAERA to best establish the full circumstances,\" it said in a statement.", "Eluned Morgan is serving a driving ban after she was convicted for speeding\n\nWales' health minister did not uphold the high standards expected of her when she got a driving ban for repeated speeding, the first minister has said.\n\nBut Mark Drakeford said he would take no further action against Eluned Morgan.\n\nThe Conservatives accused the Labour government, which has been critical of the UK government over Partygate, of \"hypocrisy\".\n\nThe Welsh government said it had nothing to add.\n\nMr Drakeford previously said there was no \"equivalence\" with Partygate.\n\nThe Welsh Conservatives said Mr Drakeford's comments in a letter to Tory Senedd leader Andrew RT Davies were an admission Ms Morgan broke the ministerial code - rules on behaviour ministers must follow.\n\nMs Morgan, who is Member of the Senedd for Mid and West Wales, was banned from driving for six months in March after accumulating too many points on her licence.\n\nShe could face further action - including a ban for a period of time from the Welsh Parliament - after standards watchdog Douglas Bain found she broke the body's code of conduct.\n\nBut the ministerial code is a separate process, governed by Mr Drakeford, who decides the consequences of any breach.\n\nMr Drakeford said Ms Morgan \"apologised unreservedly\" to him and Senedd presiding officer, Llywydd Elin Jones.\n\n\"I do not condone the actions of the minister that led to disqualification - but noted that she did not contest the charge and fully accepted the punishment of the court on 17 March.\"\n\nMr Drakeford said he determined that Ms Morgan's actions \"do relate to the general sections of the code that require ministers to maintain high standards of behaviour and uphold the seven principles of public life\".\n\n\"Having sought advice I concluded that, while in this matter the minister had not maintained the high standards I expect, I accepted her apology to me and am satisfied that no further action is required.\"\n\nHe said Ms Morgan referred herself to him when she was charged with a speeding offence.\n\nMark Drakeford has the final say on breaches of the ministerial code\n\nThe letter to Mr Davies follows questions over how the first minister handled the issue.\n\nA Welsh Conservative spokesman said the letter made it \"clear as day that the first minister has admitted he himself found that the ministerial code has been breached\".\n\n\"This only underlines the hypocrisy that has long characterised the Labour government in Cardiff Bay: Do as I say, not as I do.\n\n\"Now more than ever, we in Wales need an independent ethics advisor, as there is in England and Scotland, to uphold the accountability for which Welsh Labour hold so much contempt.\"\n\nUnder the Welsh code the first minister can refer complaints to an independent adviser, although there is no single individual appointed.\n\nIn Scotland an independent panel exists to investigate breaches.\n\nMr Drakeford called for Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resign after he received a fixed penalty notice for a Covid rule breach.\n\nWhen the yet-to-be-published Douglas Bain report emerged Mr Drakeford said: \"She didn't make the law that she has broken. She admitted it, immediately. She has been dealt with by the courts.\"\n\nMs Morgan has been asked to comment.", "Tesco apologised, saying the ads were intended to reflect customer frustration with bill increases\n\nAn advertising campaign for Tesco Mobile which used the names of foods as substitutes for expletives has been banned.\n\nThe newspaper ads, Twitter posts and outdoor posters used words like \"shiitake\" and \"pistachio\" instead of swear words.\n\nThe Advertising Standards Authority said they were likely to cause \"serious and widespread offence\".\n\nTesco apologised and said it was trying to portray customer frustration.\n\nOne advert, a sponsored Twitter post seen in February, featured an animation with text saying: \"What a load of shiitake\". An image of a mushroom covering the last three letters was seen to roll away.\n\nA line underneath said that big mobile networks were raising customers' bills.\n\nNewspaper adverts criticised competitors' price increases with the message: \"They're taking the pistachio.\"\n\nAnd a digital outdoor poster showed an animation with the slogan: \"For fettucine's sake.\" Three images of pasta covered all but the letter F in \"fettucine\" before rolling away to reveal the slogan in full.\n\nThe ASA said it had received 52 complaints that the ads were offensive because they alluded to swear words, with some people objecting that they were displayed in places where they could be seen by children.\n\nThe adverts used foodstuffs to suggest Tesco Mobile provides \"supermarket value\" for mobile phones\n\nTesco Mobile initially defended its advertising on the grounds that they had not used any offensive words or imagery.\n\nBut the ASA said the words they were alluding to were \"so likely to offend that they should not generally be used or alluded to in advertising, regardless of whether they were used in a tongue-in-cheek manner\".\n\nIn the case of the fettucine ad, the ASA said the word \"fettucine\" was not closely linked to the expletive, but that when all but the first letter was concealed in the animation, readers would understand it as alluding to the swear word.\n\nThe advertising watchdog said it was likely that parents would want their children to avoid these expletives or obvious allusions to them, and ruled that the ads must not appear again.\n\nA Tesco Mobile spokeswoman said: \"We're really sorry for any offence caused. We know the frustration that consumers face when they notice their mobile phone bill has gone up mid-contract and we were reflecting their frustration - and ours - in these ads.\n\n\"We're proud to offer our mobile customers supermarket value, and so we used a play on words relating to food products.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nFormer New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum is set to be named as England men's Test coach.\n\nThe 40-year-old has agreed to take the role and, subject to a contract being finalised, official confirmation could come by the end of the week.\n\nMcCullum, coach of Indian Premier League side Kolkata Knight Riders, is likely to end his work in franchise cricket to be full-time with England.\n\nHe will replace Chris Silverwood, who left his position in February.\n\nIn looking for Silverwood's successor, new managing director Rob Key has split the England head coach position into Test and white-ball roles.\n\nMcCullum, a close friend of England limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan, was initially approached over the white-ball post.\n\nHowever, McCullum sees a more appealing challenge in reviving a team who have won only one of their past 17 matches.\n\nHe impressed in interviews held on Monday and Tuesday of this week and has beaten off competition from former South Africa and India coach Gary Kirsten, who was thought to be favourite for the Test job.\n\nMcCullum, who retired from playing in 2019, has never coached in first-class cricket, but played 101 Tests for New Zealand.\n\nAs well as leading the Black Caps to the 2015 World Cup final, he also began a resurgence in their Test cricket performance that led to them being crowned as the inaugural world champions last year.\n\nHis penchant for attacking cricket raises the prospect of an exciting partnership with new England Test captain Ben Stokes.\n\nWith Kolkata likely to go out of the IPL next Wednesday, McCullum could be in place for England's first Test of the summer, against his home country New Zealand, at Lord's on 2 June.\n\nThe squad for that Test is set to be chosen next week.\n\nEngland are not as close to naming the new white-ball coach, with candidates likely to be spoken to again next week.\n\nThere is not the same time pressure on naming the limited-overs boss, with the first engagement of the summer not until a three-match one-day series in the Netherlands, beginning on 17 June.", "Michael Howard Williams died after his motorbike was in a collision\n\nA hedge which obstructs a road should be cut to improve visibility after the death of a biker, a coroner has said.\n\nGrandfather Michael Howard Williams died after his motorcycle crashed with a Audi Q7 on 13 March last year.\n\nCoroner John Gittins wrote in a report to Wrexham council the view for vehicles joining the A525 from Green Lane was blocked by a hedge.\n\nHe said if visibility was not improved or the road altered there could be further fatal crashes on the road.\n\nThe accident happened just before 12:40 GMT near Holly Bush, between Bangor-on-Dee and Whitchurch.\n\nCoroner John Gittins called for action to be taken to improve the view for drivers joining the A525 from Green Lane\n\nMr Williams, from Chirk, Wrexham county, was 56 when he was killed.\n\nAt the time, his family said they were in \"total shock and disbelief and never expected that we would lose him so soon\".\n\n\"He was a caring and loving father to Georgia, Damien and Tanya and a fantastic grandad to his six grandchildren,\" they added.\n\n\"Motorbikes were his passion as well as shooting and fishing.\n\n\"He was a hard-working man who would do anything for his family. We shall miss him so much.\"\n\nNorth Wales Police said the Audi driver was spoken to and no arrests were made.\n\nIn a prevention of future deaths report, Mr Gittins said: \"The evidence at inquest, supported by a site visit by me to the scene, indicated that the view for vehicles joining the A525 at this location from Green Lane is obstructed as to traffic approaching from the Wrexham direction as a result of the hedge which abuts the highway at this point.\n\n\"Unless action is taken to improve visibility or to alter the road layout, then there is an ongoing risk that further collisions will occur and that lives may be lost as a result.\"", "Energy costs have risen since Russia's invasion of Ukraine\n\nEuropean Union countries are split on how soon they wind down dependence on Russian energy supplies.\n\nWhile sanctions have been applied to other areas of business, the EU remains heavily reliant on Russian oil and gas.\n\nGermany's economic minister said the country would be able to weather a Russian oil ban by the end of 2022, as he appeared to back tougher sanctions.\n\nHowever, Hungary has said it opposes such a move, stating it would not back measures that could endanger supplies.\n\nEU ministers met on Monday to discuss how to manage the situation, under intense pressure to reduce the revenue stream supporting President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine.\n\nThere are two main challenges faced by members states - how to pay for Russian energy in a way which doesn't breach or undermine EU sanctions, and also how to source and develop alternative supplies to move away from reliance on Russia.\n\nAt a press conference on Monday, the EU's energy policy chief Kadri Simson said Russia halting gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria had strengthened the bloc's will to become independent of Russian fossil fuels.\n\nBut according to the Centre of Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), the EU has imported about £37bn worth of fossil fuels since the conflict began. The two largest importers worldwide were Germany followed by Italy.\n\nEnergy giant Gazprom stopped gas exports to Poland and Bulgaria last week after those countries refused to comply with Russian demands to switch to payment in roubles, and many other member countries are set to face the same issue around mid-May.\n\nPoland and Bulgaria had planned to stop using Russian gas this year and say they can cope with the stoppage, but it has raised fears that other EU countries, including Europe's gas-reliant economic powerhouse Germany, could be next.\n\nMs Simson repeated the European Commission's view on Monday that paying for gas in roubles would be a \"violation\" of sanctions and \"cannot be accepted.\"\n\nShe said member states were building up gas storage supplies before winter.\n\nNathan Piper, head of oil and gas research at Investec, told the BBC it was \"pretty clear\" that the EU wanted to \"pivot away\" from Russian oil and gas, but added the lack of unity was being caused by the \"ability to actually make that happen\".\n\nEurope gets about 40% of its natural gas from Russia, which is also the bloc's main oil supplier, but some countries are more dependent Russian fossil fuels than others, so sudden supply cuts could have huge economic impact.\n\nFor example, Germany currently gets about 25% of its oil and 40% of its gas from Russia, Slovakia and Hungary received 96% and 58% respectively of their oil imports from Russia last year, according to the International Energy Agency.\n\nGermany's economic minister Robert Habeck said his country had \"managed to reach a situation where Germany is able to bear an oil embargo\" and was \"on course to do the same for gas\".\n\n\"Other countries need a bit more time,\" he added.\n\nDiplomatic sources told the BBC that compromises to a complete bloc ban were being looked at, particularly for countries such as Hungary and Slovakia.\n\nMr Piper said with oil, there were more options to get alternative supplies, compared to gas, which is transported most commonly through pipelines.\n\nHe added it is also \"trickier\" for landlocked EU states to find new sources.\n\nHe also warned while Germany might move to ban oil, switching off its Russian gas - which makes up 40% of its total imports - would \"take them years\".\n\n\"Russia could go 'if you want to go after our oil, how about we reduce our gas',\" he added.\n\n\"They could push up the price, reduce the volumes. They have a lot of bargaining power.\"\n\nElsewhere, energy research institute EWI said Germany should limit gas use now to prepare for the possibility of a future cut-off from Russia.\n\nUniper, one of Germany's biggest energy firms, also warned an EU ban on Russian oil could prompt Russia to halt westward gas flows.\n\nThe company said last week it would pay in euros which will be converted into roubles, meeting the Kremlin's demand for all transactions to be made in the Russian currency.\n\n\"We consider a payment conversion compliant with sanctions law and the Russian decree to be possible,\" a spokesman told the BBC.\n\nOther European energy firms are reportedly preparing to do the same amid concerns about supply cuts.\n\nIn late March, Russia said \"unfriendly countries\" would have to start paying for its oil and gas in roubles to prop up its currency after Western allies froze billions of dollars it held in foreign currencies overseas.\n\nUnder the decree, European importers must pay euros or dollars into an account at Gazprombank, the Swiss-based trading arm of Gazprom, and then convert this into roubles in a second account in Russia.\n\nThe majority - 97% - of EU companies' gas supply contracts with Gazprom stipulate payment in euros or dollars.\n\nSome countries are looking to turn to liquified natural gas (LNG), with the US agreeing to ship an additional 15 billion cubic metres to Europe by the end of the year.\n\nThe US has already banned Russian oil imports and the UK plans to phase them out by the end of the year.\n\nThe EU has previously laid out a strategy to make it independent of Russian fossil fuels by 2030, which includes greater use of greener sources of power.", "Moscow would only use nuclear weapons if Putin perceives an \"existential threat\" to Russia, US intelligence says\n\nVladimir Putin is preparing for a long war in Ukraine, with even victory in the east potentially not ending the conflict, US intelligence has warned.\n\nThe warning comes as fierce fighting continues in the east, where Russia is trying to take territory.\n\nMoscow refocused its troops on capturing the Donbas region after Ukraine resisted attempts to take its capital, Kyiv.\n\nBut despite this, its forces remain in a stalemate, US intelligence said.\n\nAvril Haines, the director of national intelligence, told a US Senate committee hearing on Tuesday that Mr Putin was still intending \"to achieve goals beyond the Donbas\", but that he \"faces a mismatch between his ambitions and Russia's current conventional military capabilities\".\n\nShe added that the Russian president was \"probably\" counting on US and EU support for Ukraine to weaken as inflation, food shortages and energy prices got worse.\n\nHowever, the Russian president could turn to \"more drastic means\" as the war continues - although Moscow would only use nuclear weapons if Mr Putin perceived an \"existential threat\" to Russia.\n\nDefence Intelligence Agency Director Scott Berrier told the same hearing that the Russians and the Ukrainians were \"at a bit of a stalemate\".\n\nIn the latest fighting, Ukraine claims to have recaptured four settlements in the north-eastern Kharkiv region.\n\nCherkasy Tyshky, Ruski Tyshky, Rubizhne and Bayrak were all snatched back from Russia, Ukraine's armed forces said.\n\nPresident Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukrainian successes were gradually pushing Russian forces out of Kharkiv, which has been bombarded since the war began.\n\nBut he said Ukrainians \"should not create an atmosphere of excessive moral pressure, where victories are expected weekly and even daily\".\n\nAvril Haines and Scott Berrier were speaking in a Senate hearing", "Protesters and Black Panthers at a rally in New York City in 1971\n\nA New Jersey court has granted parole to the oldest former member of the Black Panthers after nearly five decades in prison.\n\nSundiata Acoli, 85, was sentenced to life in prison in 1974 for the murder of a police officer the previous year.\n\nFounded in 1966, the Black Panthers were a revolutionary black nationalist and socialist group espousing armed self-defence especially against police.\n\nAcoli was 35 years old at the time of the incident.\n\nThe shooting that led to Acoli's imprisonment followed a routine traffic stop on the New Jersey Turnpike.\n\nThe ensuing gunfight left a New Jersey State trooper, Werner Foerster, dead, and another wounded.\n\nAt the time, Acoli was traveling with Assata and Malik Shakur, two members of the Black Liberation Army, the armed wing of the Black Panthers. He was arrested after a police chase alongside Assata Shakur.\n\nAcoli has long maintained that he lost consciousness after being hit in the crossfire, and awoke to Foerster's dead body.\n\nAfter being repeatedly denied parole since first becoming eligible 29 years ago, New Jersey's Supreme Court has now voted 3-2 to overturn a parole board ruling.\n\nIn a written opinion on Acoli's case, the court's justices said that his prison record has been \"exemplary\" and that he had completed 120 programmes behind bars.\n\nIn 2010, a state-assigned psychologist determined that Acoli \"appeared remorseful\" and had expressed \"deep regret\" for his role in Foerster's death.\n\nThe psychologist's comments were echoed by Acoli at a parole board hearing six years later.\n\n\"I deeply regret the actions that transpired,\" he said. \"Those were turbulent and fearful times.\"\n\nBut the parole board repeatedly denied his parole attempts, arguing that he could still pose a threat to the public.\n\nWriting for the majority, New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Barry T Albin wrote that the board's views were \"not supported by substantial credible evidence\".\n\nAmong those who have spoken out against Acoli's release is New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, who said in a statement that anyone who kills a police officer should \"remain behind bars until the end of their life\".\n\nAt least 12 aging members of the Black Panthers are still imprisoned in the US.\n\nThe member he was arrested with, Assata Shakur - previously known as JoAnne Chesimard - has been a fugitive since a prison escape in 1977.\n\nShe is believed to be in Cuba and remains on the FBI's most-wanted list.\n\nShe remains to this day a hero to many US left-wing activists.", "The prototype is to be tested at a site in Moray\n\nThe first full-scale prototype of a rocket designed for launching small satellites from a Highlands spaceport has been unveiled.\n\nForres-based Orbex said its final version of the 19m (62ft) long Prime rocket would be re-useable and powered by a renewable bio-fuel, bio-propane.\n\nThe rockets will be launched from Space Hub Sutherland, which could be operational later this year.\n\nThe prototype will undergo trials at a testing facility in Kinloss in Moray.\n\nA separate plan to launch satellites from a facility in Shetland has also taken a major step forward.\n\nSaxaVord UK Spaceport and US-based Astra Space have agreed to collaborate on a planned programme of launches from a site on Unst. The spaceport secured planning permission earlier this year.\n\nAstra Space has already completed its first commercial rocket launch from Kodiak in Alaska. Launches from SaxaVord could start next year, subject to agreements and regulatory approvals.\n\nUS-based Astra Space has agreed to work on a planned launch programme for a spaceport in Shetland\n\nOrbex, which has manufacturing sites in the UK and Denmark, plans to launch micro satellites from Space Hub Sutherland, near Tongue.\n\nChris Larmour, of Orbex, said: \"This is a major milestone for Orbex and highlights just how far along our development path we now are.\n\n\"From the outside, it might look like an ordinary rocket, but on the inside, Prime is unlike anything else.\"\n\nHe said the rocket's innovations included the use of low-carbon fuels and having 3D printed engines.\n\nDevelopment agency Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is leading the £17m Sutherland project\n\nPlans for up to 12 launches a year from a single launch pad were approved by the Highland Council in 2020.\n\nScottish Land Court approval, which was also required as the proposed development is on crofting land, was granted the following year.\n\nOrbex' rockets are to used for carrying micro satellites into space\n\nWhile the project has the support of the local Melness Crofters' Estate, it had faced opposition from some residents in the area as well as billionaires Anders and Anne Holch Povlsen, who own land near the site.\n\nOne of the Povlsen's companies, Wildland Ltd, lodged an unsuccessful legal challenge against the project.\n\nEarlier this year, the company signed a memorandum of understanding with HIE to \"work constructively\" for the benefit of local communities.\n\nWildland Ltd would make no further challenges to the spaceport, provided any further development of the project were deemed minor.\n\nMeanwhile, SaxaVord UK Spaceport director of business development Robin Huber has welcomed the agreement with Astra Space.\n\nHe said: \"Astra is an agile, fast-moving company on pace to establish a successful track record.\n\n\"We look forward to working with their team to build new launch capabilities in the UK.\"", "Since the start of the war, our team has been following and verifying reports of losses among Russian troops fighting in Ukraine by following official announcements, local media reports as well as social media and speaking to the relatives of Russian servicemen.\n\nUp to this moment BBC News Russian has been able to verify the deaths of 2,336 Russian servicemen. We have been able to establish their names, ranks and military units where they served.\n\nThis is nearly twice the latest official figure released by the Russian Defence Ministry in March.\n\nIt is likely that the real figure of the Russian military in Ukraine is far higher than we have been able to establish. But our data analysis helps to see the trends of what is happening with the Russian army fighting in Ukraine.\n\nNearly 20% of all confirmed military casualties are officers. This proportion has remained unchanged for the past three months. Experts say that Russian officers may have to risk more on the frontline because of persistent problems with communications.\n\nOver 25% of all losses are paratroopers and marines. These units are often used in reconnaissance and storming operations. However they often don’t get enough operational support and evacuation opportunities for the wounded.\n\nMost of the casualties, confirmed by us, came from the least developed and economically deprived regions of Russia. There are only three confirmed deaths of servicemen from Moscow, even though the capital makes up almost 9% of the Russian population.\n\nUkrainian authorities now say that nearly 27,000 Russian soldiers have been killed.\n\nRead the full story on the BBC's Russian service here.", "Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin at a meeting to discuss Nato membership\n\nFinland and Sweden, two neutral Nordic countries, are so alarmed by Russia's invasion of Ukraine that they are both now seriously considering joining Nato, as early as this summer.\n\nRussia has warned them not to. It has threatened \"a military technical response\" if they do.\n\nSo, on balance, is Europe a safer or more dangerous place if either or both of these countries become a part of Nato?\n\nNato - the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation - is a 30-nation defensive alliance founded shortly after the end of World War Two. It has its headquarters in Brussels but is dominated by the massive military and nuclear missile power of the US.\n\nFinland and Sweden are both modern, democratic countries that fulfil the criteria for Nato membership. The organisation's chief, Jens Stoltenberg, has said he would welcome them with open arms and there would be minimum delay in processing their membership.\n\nUS Army Lt Gen (retd) Ben Hodges, who commanded all US land forces in Europe, is in no doubt of the benefits of this for the West:\n\n\"Sweden and Finland joining Nato is huge - a very positive development. They are two very strong democracies, and the military of both is very good, capable and modernised, with remarkable mobilisation systems.\"\n\nIn the case of Finland, a form of military integration is already under way. British tank crews recently went on exercise with a Finnish armoured brigade, together with US, Latvian and Estonian troops as part of Nato's so-called Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF). The UK's ministry of defence said the aim was to \"deter Russian aggression in Scandinavia and the Baltic states\".\n\nSo, what is the problem if either or both countries want to join?\n\nRussia, and more specifically President Vladimir Putin, does not see Nato as a defensive alliance. Quite the opposite. He views it as a threat to Russia's security. He has watched in dismay as Nato steadily expanded eastwards - closer to Moscow - after the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991.\n\nWhen Putin was a young intelligence officer in the Soviet state security apparatus, the KGB, Moscow controlled all the countries of eastern Europe, with Russian troops stationed in most of them. Today, nearly all those countries have opted to look westwards and join Nato. Even the Baltic states - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - countries that were once, unwillingly, part of the Soviet Union, have joined the alliance.\n\nOnly 6% of Russia's vast borders are with Nato countries, yet the Kremlin is feeling encircled and threatened. Shortly before President Putin sent his troops into Ukraine on 24 February, he demanded a redrawing of the security map of Europe. Nato troops, he insisted, should pull back from all of these eastern European countries, and no new countries should be allowed to join.\n\nHis invasion has now resulted in the opposite.\n\nFor decades, Finland and Sweden have carefully nurtured their neutrality. Culturally, they are firmly in the western camp, but until now they have been wary of antagonising their giant nuclear-armed neighbour, Russia. The Ukraine invasion prompted a radical rethink, with both government and people wondering if they might not be safer after all \"inside the tent\", sheltering under Nato's collective protection known as \"Article 5\". This views an attack on one member as an attack on all. A recent poll in Finland showed 62% of Finns in favour of joining.\n\nFrom a purely military perspective, the addition of Finland's and/or Sweden's substantial militaries would be a major boost to Nato's defensive power in the north of Europe, where it is massively outnumbered by Russia's forces.\n\nFinland, says Ben Hodges, brings F35 fighter jets, Sweden brings Patriot missile batteries and has re-secured its large Baltic island of Gotland, where Russia has recently been probing. The armed forces of both Finland and Sweden are experts in Arctic warfare, training intensively to fight and survive in the frozen forests of Scandinavia. When Russia invaded Finland in WW2, the Finns fought ferociously against the invaders, inflicting serious losses.\n\nGeographically, the addition of Finland fills in a huge gap in Nato's defence, doubling the amount of its border with Russia. Security and stability in the Baltic Sea, says Hodges, are now dramatically improved.\n\nPolitically, it would add to the cohesion of western mutual defence, sending a signal to Putin that almost all of Europe is united against his invasion of a sovereign country, Ukraine.\n\nPut simply, the risk here is that such a major expansion of Nato, right on Russia's doorstep, alarms and enrages the Kremlin so much that it responds by lashing out in some form. When Putin threatened to take \"military technical measures\" in response this, it is widely taken to be two things - a reinforcing of its own borders by moving troops and missiles closer to the West, and possibly a stepping up of cyber attacks on Scandinavia.\n\nStaying neutral has served Sweden very well over the years. Giving up that neutrality is not to be taken lightly. There will also be an economic cost for Sweden's domestic arms industry if the country is obliged to buy Nato weapons instead of its own.\n\nThe Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov was emphatic in warning that Finland and Sweden joining Nato \"will not bring greater security for Europe\".\n\nVladimir Putin likes to remind people of the time in his youth when he cornered a rat in a room and it turned on him in attack. Putin and his advisers already blame Nato, with some justification, for thwarting their plans to take over Ukraine. If they decide, unreasonably, that this sudden expansion on their northern flank presents an existential threat to Russia's security then there is no knowing exactly what Moscow could do in response.", "Courtroom sketch of Wayne Rooney and Coleen Rooney watching on as Rebekah Vardy gave evidence\n\nRebekah Vardy has denied leaking information to newspapers as she gave evidence in her libel case against Coleen Rooney at the High Court.\n\nThe wife of ex-footballer Wayne Rooney is being sued for libel after claiming Vardy, the wife of striker Jamie, leaked her private information.\n\n\"I didn't give any information to a newspaper,\" Mrs Vardy said on Tuesday,\n\n\"I have been called a leak and it's not nice.\"\n\nUnder questioning from Mrs Rooney's barrister David Sherborne on day one of the trial, Mrs Vardy agreed it was \"upsetting\" and \"wrong\" for someone to secretly pass on another person's information, adding that she respected people's privacy.\n\nMr Sherborne then questioned Mrs Vardy about a story she had once given to the News Of The World about her alleged sexual encounter with singer Peter Andre.\n\nAsked whether it was \"respectful\" of Andre's \"right not to share this information\" with the paper, she replied: \"I was forced into a situation by my ex-husband to do this\".\n\nShe added: \"It is something that I deeply regret\".\n\nColeen Rooney was accompanied at the High Court by husband and former footballer Wayne\n\nEarlier on Tuesday, Mrs Rooney's barrister told the court there had been a \"widespread and significant destruction or loss of evidence\" in the case.\n\nThe loss of Mrs Vardy's documents \"must be concealment\", Mr Sherborne said.\n\nBut Mrs Vardy's barrister Hugh Tomlinson described the claim as \"completely baseless\".\n\nThe court has heard that Mrs Vardy's agent, Caroline Watt, had lost her phone in the North Sea after it was hit by a wave before Mrs Rooney's team could see WhatsApp messages that could potentially help her case.\n\nMr Sherborne told the court on the trial's opening day there had been \"a concerted effort to ensure highly relevant and incriminating\" documents didn't make it to court.\n\nHe said a series of \"most improbable events\" had affected the disclosure of evidence, including Ms Watt's \"poor unfortunate phone\" falling into the sea \"within days\" of the court ordering that it should be searched for disclosure.\n\nIn a written submission, he added: \"To borrow from Wilde, to lose one significant set of documents may be regarded as a misfortune, to lose two, carelessness, but to lose 10? That must be concealment.\"\n\nMr Tomlinson countered that it had not been suggested \"that Mrs Vardy was anywhere near the North Sea at the time\" nor that she \"knew anything about it\".\n\nHe added that there was a \"credible, ordinary, boring explanation\" behind media files on Mrs Vardy's WhatsApp account no longer being available.\n\n\"It's a very well-known and common feature in everyone's life that from time to time electronic documents are lost for all kinds of reasons,\" he said, adding: \"This is something that happens to us all, that sometimes documents are lost.\"\n\nThe row dates back to 2019, when Mrs Rooney said she had posted fake stories online that she claimed could only have been seen by Mrs Vardy's Instagram account, and that had been leaked to The Sun newspaper.\n\nWayne Rooney and Jamie Vardy played together for England\n\nShe was later dubbed Wagatha Christie after saying she had carried out an investigation to find out who was behind the leaks.\n\nMrs Vardy strenuously denied being the source of the leaks and said a number of people had access to her accounts.\n\nIn a pre-trial hearing less than two weeks before the trial began, Mrs Rooney's barrister said Mrs Vardy now \"appears to accept\" that Ms Watt was the source of leaked stories.\n\nMs Watt has denied being the source of the leaks and has been deemed too ill to testify.\n\nMrs Rooney's barrister compared Mrs Vardy's connection with Ms Watt in relation to the leaks as \"like hiring a hit man or woman\".\n\nHe said: \"Just because you're not the person who gets their hands dirty, doesn't mean you're not equally responsible.\"\n\nMrs Vardy, he stressed, \"is just as responsible\" for the stories being leaked even \"if she doesn't pull the trigger\".\n\nHe said there had also been \"numerous examples of the claimant and Ms Watt conspiring to pass private and personal information on to the press about other individuals\".\n\nColeen Rooney was wearing a protective boot as she attended court\n\nBut Mr Tomlinson said that if Ms Watt was the source of leaked stories, \"that's not something that Mrs Vardy knew anything about\" and she did not \"approve of or authorise\" her to do so.\n\nHe told the court that Mrs Vardy \"had no choice\" but to bring the libel claim against Mrs Rooney because she needed to \"establish her innocence and vindicate her reputation\".\n\nMr Tomlinson said on Tuesday that, if information had been leaked, \"this was not something that was done with Mrs Vardy's knowledge or authority\".\n\nHe said there was \"no information\" in any evidence to demonstrate that Mrs Vardy had even viewed Mrs Rooney's Instagram posts during the alleged \"sting operation\".\n\nThe fake stories posted by Mrs Rooney included planning her return to TV, travelling to Mexico for a \"gender selection\" procedure and her basement flooding.\n\nMr Tomlinson said the affair and subsequent libel case had garnered huge press coverage and had become a source of \"entertainment\" in the media.\n\nBut he added: \"This is far from being an entertaining case. It has been profoundly distressing and disturbing.\"\n\nMr Tomlinson added: \"[Mrs Vardy] needs to be able to clear her name through this case, so she can move on from this terrible episode.\"\n\nHe said that as a result of Mrs Rooney's post, Mrs Vardy - who was seven months pregnant at the time - and her family were subjected to abuse, including posts saying she should die.\n\nWith pride and reputations at stake on both sides, the onus is on the defendant, Mrs Rooney, to prove that it was in fact Mrs Vardy who leaked the stories.\n\nMr Sherborne, for Mrs Rooney, told the court: \"She's not here because she wants to be, she's here because she has to be.\"\n\nHer investigation into the leaks was \"deeply upsetting\" for Mrs Rooney and made her feel \"paranoid\", he told the court.\n\nColeen Rooney (left) and Rebekah Vardy, pictured at a Euro 2016 match in France\n\nThe celebrity civil trial - which will be decided by a judge, not a jury - is set to run for seven days.\n\nMrs Rooney arrived at court in a surgical boot alongside her husband - reminiscent of when Wayne injured his foot before the 2006 World Cup, the same tournament where the England \"Wags\" (wives and girlfriends) first exploded on to the scene.\n\nJournalists queued to get inside a packed courtroom for this most intriguing of cases.\n\nMrs Vardy sat at the front left bench with her hair in a bun, wearing a blue dress, while Mrs Rooney, wearing a black jacket, sat at the front right bench.", "Face masks will no longer have to be worn on flights and in airports in EU countries from next Monday, according to new official guidance.\n\nThe move is in line with changing Covid policies on public transport across Europe, said the EU Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).\n\nSome US airlines did the same in April after a federal judge threw out the government's mask mandate.\n\nBut EASA said rules for masks \"will continue to vary by airline\".\n\n\"From next week, face masks will no longer need to be mandatory in air travel in all cases, broadly aligning with the changing requirements of national authorities across Europe for public transport,\" EASA executive director Patrick Ky said.\n\n\"It is a relief to all of us that we are finally reaching a stage in the pandemic where we can start to relax the health safety measures,\" he added.\n\nBut the new guidance came with some cautionary advice from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).\n\nECDC director Andrea Ammon said that although the wearing of masks would no longer be compulsory, it was important to remember that \"together with physical distancing and good hand hygiene, it is one of the best methods of reducing transmission\".\n\nBoth EU agencies said that on flights arriving at or departing from places where masks still had to be worn on public transport, airlines should encourage passengers to wear them.\n\n\"Further, as of 16 May 2022, aircraft operators, during their pre-flight communications as well as during the flight, should continue to encourage their passengers and crew members to wear face masks during the flight as well as in the airport, even when wearing a face mask is not required,\" the ECDC said.\n\nSome airlines flying to and from the UK have already removed mask requirements where destinations don't require it.\n\nRyanair said it would drop mandatory face masks on EU flights from next Monday, in line with the new EASA guidance.\n\nIn March, the budget airline EasyJet said where masks are no longer legally required at both ends of the route, mask wearing would be a personal choice.\n\nAn EasyJet spokesperson said: \"We welcome this guidance from EASA and the ECDC and continue to urge European governments to have a co-ordinated approach in removing mask requirements on board aircraft, to make it easy and clear for customers.\"", "Business leaders are concerned about the impact on the economy of no stable government\n\nBusiness groups across Northern Ireland are calling on politicians to form an executive at Stormont this week.\n\nThe first sitting of the assembly - in which Sinn Féin is now the largest party - is due to take place on Friday.\n\nThe DUP has refused to commit to electing a new assembly speaker due to concerns about the NI Protocol.\n\nNew research has suggested Northern Ireland's economy slightly outperformed the UK average, partly due to the protocol.\n\nThere will be no governing executive without the DUP's support as the second largest party.\n\nNorthern Ireland's power-sharing system requires the largest unionist and nationalist parties to share first and deputy first minister posts.\n\nMinisters can run their respective departments without an executive, but no new decisions, such as agreeing a budget, can be taken.\n\nIt comes as Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney is expected to meet the five main political parties in Belfast later.\n\nThe Irish government has already joined with the British and US governments to urge the formation of an executive.\n\nThe latest economic outlook from the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) said the Northern Ireland economy outperformed the UK average, and is now recovered to pre-pandemic levels.\n\nIt said Northern Ireland's trading conditions with the European Union (EU) are an economic advantage.\n\nIt said: \"Northern Irish output, as measured by Gross Value Added (GVA) has slightly outperformed the UK average.\n\n\"This is partly an outcome of the Northern Irish Protocol and its special status in the Brexit arrangements, including better trade and investment conditions as part of the EU's single market and customs union.\"\n\nBut critics of the protocol said its economic impact has been muted as it is not yet being fully implemented due to \"grace periods\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Democratic Unionist Party says it will not join a power-sharing government without action on the protocol\n\nBelfast Chamber chief executive and former DUP minister Simon Hamilton says his message is clear: \"Get back to work\".\n\n\"Businesses were now hoping that they were going to move from coming out of the pandemic edging towards recovery, hoping for a period of stability. Now we've got the exact opposite, potentially, at Stormont,\" he said.\n\n\"We understand that there are difficulties with the protocol, we know that from our own membership that some businesses have struggled to deal with it, others have adapted much better.\n\n\"But no one is saying to us that they don't want to have an executive.\n\n\"What they should do is get back around the executive table.\"\n\nMr Hamilton said recent history had shown that not having a functioning executive for a protracted period is \"not good for Northern Ireland, it's not good for our economy and it's not good for society generally\".\n\nUnder the protocol, checks are required on goods coming into Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK\n\nThe DUP, which supported Brexit, has protested against the Northern Ireland Protocol, a part of the UK's deal with the EU which keeps Northern Ireland aligned with the EU's single market for goods.\n\nThis was designed to ensure free trade across an open Irish border, but it has in turn created some new trade barriers for the movement of goods across the Irish Sea.\n\nIn February, the party removed Paul Givan from his role as first minister in protest against the protocol, triggering the collapse of the Northern Ireland Executive.\n\nThey said the protocol had undermined Northern Ireland's position in the United Kingdom.\n\nIn a recent survey of members of the Londonderry Chamber, 92% of north-west businesses said the lack of a functioning executive post-election would harm their business.\n\nPresident Aidan O'Kane said: \"We don't see it as being a choice between an executive or the protocol. We're asking for the executive to reform and start to support businesses.\n\n\"We would ask that the UK government and the EU start to work together to iron out the problems with the protocol - that shouldn't stop the formation of a government locally.\"\n\nHe said it was \"hugely frustrating\" for businesses and \"society as well\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Michelle O'Neill says the assembly election shows that the public want to see a new Northern Ireland Executive formed.\n\nThe Federation of Small Businesses in Northern Ireland (FSBNI) has also raised concerns about the impact of not having an executive on the economic landscape.\n\nHead of FSBNI Roger Pollen said: \"With so much at stake, our priority is to see the formation of a stable executive which can take decisions that will provide stability for small businesses at a time of rising costs and deep uncertainty.\n\n\"It is only through effective collaboration that we will begin to see progress on many outstanding economic policies that will help protect jobs and boost prosperity right across Northern Ireland.\"", "Liz Truss says the EU's proposals, released last October, could lead to \"everyday items disappearing from shelves\"\n\nThe UK has rejected EU plans aimed at reducing the impact of the post-Brexit treaty for Northern Ireland, saying they would make things worse.\n\nThe EU claims the proposals would reduce paperwork and checks on goods entering NI from Great Britain.\n\nBut the government says they would \"worsen the current trading arrangements\".\n\nThe UK verdict is part of an escalating dispute which could soon see the government scrapping parts of the deal.\n\nThe protocol is an issue under fresh scrutiny following elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly.\n\nThe elections cemented a majority for assembly members who accept the protocol, including the new largest party, the republican party Sinn Féin.\n\nBut the second largest party, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), said it would not nominate ministers to form a new executive in Northern Ireland until its concerns with the protocol were resolved.\n\nForeign Secretary Liz Truss said, in a statement released on Tuesday night, that her preference had always been for a \"negotiated solution\" but that she would not shy away from \"taking action to stabilise the situation in Northern Ireland if solutions cannot be found\".\n\nA source close to Ms Truss said she believed the current situation could not \"drag on\", with the foreign secretary now eyeing domestic legislation to start scrapping parts of the treaty.\n\nThe post-Brexit arrangement for Northern Ireland, known as the Protocol, is a special Brexit deal for Northern Ireland designed to prevent the return of a hard land border with the Republic of Ireland.\n\nIt was agreed between the UK and the EU in 2019, put into domestic law by the UK Parliament and came into force in January 2021.\n\nIt works by keeping Northern Ireland inside the EU's single market for goods.\n\nThis means Northern Ireland continues to follow some EU laws and there are new checks and paperwork for goods which are imported into Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK.\n\nThe EU acknowledges that it has caused difficulties for Northern Ireland businesses and its October proposals were an attempt to ease that burden.\n\nUnder the protocol, checks are required on goods coming into Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK\n\nAt the time, its chief negotiator, Maroš Šefčovič, said it was a \"robust package of creative, practical solutions\".\n\nMuch of that package concerned food products which are subject to the greatest level of new checks.\n\nThe EU said it would mean inspections of food products would be reduced far below what is usually required at single-market borders.\n\nHowever, the plan came with caveats and the UK said the EU needed to do more.\n\nBut this government statement amounts to a public rejection of what the EU was proposing.\n\nIt focuses on the fact that grace periods mean the protocol is not being fully implemented.\n\nIt says if the grace periods were replaced with the EU proposals, the checks and controls would increase, and these plans would lead to \"everyday items disappearing off the shelves\".\n\nIt claims a range of food would likely be unavailable in Northern Ireland shops if it originates from outside the EU, such as Thai green curry ready meals, New Zealand Lamb and Brazilian pork.\n\nIt also claims \"sending a parcel to Northern Ireland would require more than 50 fields of information for the customs declaration for one parcel\".\n\nEarlier, Mr Šefčovič said that solutions could be found without changing the protocol, and the EU said it was \"bending over backwards\" to find solutions.\n\nMaros Sefcovic says solutions offered in October are \"robust and creative\"\n\nHe pointed to how the EU had changed its laws to ensure medicines could be traded freely from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.\n\nHe added that with \"political will and genuine commitment joint solutions to legitimate practical issues… can be found within the framework of the protocol\".\n\nHe warned that the protocol, as a cornerstone of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement, was an international agreement and \"it's renegotiation is not an option\".\n\nWhitehall sources have suggested that, within government, Ms Truss' position is relatively hard-line.\n\nFormer PM Theresa May said it was \"not the right move\" for the government to take unilateral action involving the protocol.\n\nPreviously the UK has threatened to trigger what's known as Article 16.\n\nThat is the provision within the protocol that could potentially see parts of the agreement suspended if the treaty is causing \"serious economic, societal or environmental difficulties\".\n\nA source close to the foreign secretary insisted that her \"absolute priority\" was protecting peace in Northern Ireland.\n\n\"We can't have the current situation drag on. That is why she's prepared to act if solutions can't be found with the EU, who still aren't prepared to show the requisite flexibility despite the seriousness of the issue,\" they said.\n\nThe protocol is opposed by unionists, who argue it undermines Northern Ireland's place in the UK\n\nThe UK has demanded fundamental changes to the treaty.\n\nIt wants to remove checks entirely on goods destined to stay in Northern Ireland as well as overhaul VAT and governance arrangements.\n\nThere is scepticism in Brussels about whether the UK will really push ahead with ditching parts of the protocol.\n\n\"From all her meetings with the EU and member states she knows exactly that this is a no-go for all of them,\" said one EU diplomat.\n\n\"So this can only be about catering to a domestic audience.\"\n\nAnother senior diplomat warned that such a move by the UK would only serve to \"delight\" Russian President Vladimir Putin.\n\n\"Contemplating to break international law and undermining Western unity at a time when Western democracies have come together to defend international law against Russia would be an utterly irresponsible move,\" they said.\n\nOn Monday, Mrs May questioned in Parliament what the move to unilaterally scrap parts of the protocol would say about the UK's \"willingness to abide by treaties which it has signed\".\n\nAnd in a rebuke to Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, who said the protocol was harming the Good Friday Agreement, Mrs May added: \"I put a deal before this house which actually met the requirements of the Good Friday Agreement and actually enabled us not to have a border down the Irish Sea or to have a border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.\n\n\"Sadly, the DUP, and others across this house, chose to reject that, but it was just such an opportunity.\"\n\nMrs May, who stepped down in 2019, had proposed an insurance arrangement designed to avoid a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.\n\nIt would have kept the UK in a \"single customs territory\" with the EU, and left Northern Ireland in the EU's single market for goods.\n\nBritish Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and European Commissioner in charge of Brexit negotiations Maroš Šefčovič\n\nOn Tuesday, the European Commission said it wanted to find practical solutions within the boundaries of the treaty, reiterating that its proposals weren't \"take it or leave it.\"\n\nHowever a spokesman insisted there would be no renegotiation.\n\nWhitehall sources have indicated that there are divisions within the UK cabinet about unilateral moves to start scrapping parts of the protocol, with concerns it could spark a \"trade war.\"\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak is understood to have given an \"assessment\" on the economic implications - a Downing Street source said that the government would act \"responsibly\" on the issue.\n\nThe plan to legislate has also been described as just \"an option\" in Whitehall that is yet to formally reach cabinet.\n\nMs Truss was expected to speak with her EU counterpart Mr Šefčovič in the coming days.\n\nTaoiseach (Irish prime minister) Mícheál Martin said he had a \"frank and honest\" exchange of views in his telephone call with Prime Minister Boris Johnson earlier on Tuesday about the blockages in restoring an executive.\n\nHe said what was needed was a proper \"intensification\" of discussions between London and Brussels regarding the implementation of the protocol.\n\nThe taoiseach said he set out in clear terms his \"serious concerns\" about any unilateral move by London.\n\n\"I shared my view that this would be the wrong approach. It would be destabilising in Northern Ireland and would further erode trust,\" he said.", "Alliance's Kellie Armstrong said she had been left feeling \"physically sick\" on Saturday\n\nA Northern Ireland politician said she was left physically sick after receiving images of aborted foetuses moments after being elected.\n\nPolice said they were investigating the messages received by Kellie Armstrong.\n\nThe Alliance politician, who has spoken about suffering 13 miscarriages, had to leave the count centre to compose herself after receiving the images.\n\nIt is one of a number of incidents involving female election candidates currently under investigation.\n\nFollowing the historic election result, Alliance climbed from the fifth to the third largest party at Stormont: Ms Armstrong is one of its 17 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs).\n\nSinn Féin, having won 27 seats, is now the largest party and entitled to nominate the first nationalist or republican first minister.\n\nHowever, the Democratic Unionist Party, which with 25 seats is the largest unionist party, must nominate a deputy first minister to serve alongside in the joint office, for a power-sharing executive to be formed.\n\nMs Armstrong said it had been a \"particularly vicious\" election campaign for women candidates.\n\nShe topped the poll in the Strangford constituency and was the first MLA elected on Saturday.\n\nShe said she had been checking her emails and social media messages shortly after her election was announced.\n\nKellie Armstrong, seen here celebrating with Alliance Party leader Naomi Long, was the first MLA elected in Thursday's historic election\n\n\"I opened what I thought was just another message, making sure I was covering off anything constituents were in contact about,\" she said.\n\n\"There were a lot of congratulatory messages coming through, and then I saw the images.\"\n\n\"I don't need taken back to a time when I was seeing my own children who had died in that sort of state.\"\n\nIt is not the first time such images have been used to target her online, she told BBC Radio Foyle.\n\n\"Anytime I see that it makes me feel physically sick, and I have been sick in the past,\" she said.\n\n\"Emotionally, you can imagine it brings you right back to a grief of the time that you suffered the loss. It's very tough, tears were shed.\n\n\"My lost children are never far from my mind anyway, it just shows the sort of viciousness these trolls have and what they think they have the right to send people.\"\n\nSpeaking on Tuesday, Ms Armstrong said any kind of bullying online was \"abhorrent\" and must be brought to a stop.\n\n\"Social media providers must step up to ensure no-one who targets anybody through abuse or other malicious communications can hide. The PSNI must also be able to prosecute intentional and targeted hate campaigns,\" she said.\n\nPolice have confirmed a number of further investigations are under way into complaints made about the online abuse of female election candidates.\n\nDiane Forsythe said she suffered vile abuse during the campaign\n\nNewly-elected South Down DUP MLA Diane Forsythe described a false video circulated about her online during the election campaign as \"disturbing and vile\".\n\n\"It was very misogynistic in nature and when it came to my attention I went to the police,\" she said.\n\n\"It was absolutely horrific to think I was facing this and my first reaction was shielding my children from the nature of it. We really need to be fighting back against these type of people, it is just not acceptable.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAlliance MLA Sorcha Eastwood said that on the eve of polling day she was contacted by a number of constituents informing her there had been \"defamatory material\" published online about her.\n\nAlongside this, she was also contacted 30 times in a 24-hour period with the caller leaving \"disgusting voice messages\".\n\n\"It just happened that I was with my husband at the time and he was there to support me but that's also distressing to him and it's also distressing to my family,\" she said.\n\n\"I think when you look at the other women who were candidates in this election, it's been absolutely disgusting the physical attacks on them, really horrendous abuse and threats sent to them right across the parties.\"\n\nShe called on her fellow MLAs to \"unite together\".\n\nSDLP MLA Cara Hunter has also made a complaint to police\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio Foyle, Ms Forsythe said she had also reached out to SDLP MLA Cara Hunter, who has reported a similar experience.\n\nMs Hunter told the Belfast Telegraph the final weeks of the campaign had been \"the worst of her life\" after a false video was circulated about her.\n\nThe East Londonderry MLA has previously spoken about being abused online.\n\nA PSNI spokesperson said police were \"investigating thoroughly all incidents which have been reported\" to them by election candidates and any identified suspects will be liable to prosecution.", "Northern Ireland assembly members (MLAs) have voted to oppose the UK government's proposals for dealing with the legacy of the Troubles.\n\nLast week, the government unveiled its plans which would see an end to Troubles-related prosecutions.\n\nIt would also end future inquests and civil actions.\n\nMLAs debated a motion on the issue on Tuesday after the assembly was recalled from its summer recess.\n\nThe vote does not have a binding effect on the government's plans.\n\nThe executive parties, victims' groups and the Irish government have expressed opposition to the proposals, with some labelling them as a \"de-facto amnesty\".\n\nThe proposals, announced by Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis, included provisions for a statute of limitations, a legal mechanism which would bar future prosecutions.\n\nThis would apply to former members of the security forces and to former paramilitaries.\n\nA number of prominent victims' groups and campaigners have said this would end the pursuit of justice for many families.\n\nInfrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon, of the SDLP, proposed the motion and said the government's plans had left many people across Northern Ireland \"stunned\".\n\n\"Victims and survivors have been let down for far too long,\" she outlined to MLAs.\n\n\"We won't be able to move forward by leaving them behind and, as a society, we should be ashamed that to date, we have done just that.\"\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has previously said the plans would help Northern Ireland \"draw a line under the Troubles\".\n\nThe government has yet to outline how its plans, which it wants to introduce later this year, would affect the eight live Troubles-related prosecutions before Northern Ireland's courts.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"A painful recognition of where we are\" - NI Secretary Brandon Lewis\n\nThe motion expressed a rejection of the government's proposals which \"do not serve the interests, wishes or needs of victims and survivors nor the requirements of truth, justice, accountability, acknowledgement and reconciliation\".\n\nMs Mallon said the plans should be a wake-up call and action must be taken \"before it is too late\".\n\nOn Thursday afternoon, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Micheál Martin discussed the legacy plans by phone.\n\nAfterwards, a Downing Street spokesperson said: \"The prime minister stressed that the current focus on criminal justice is not working for anyone and looked forward to further engagement with the Irish government, parties in Northern Ireland and others on the UK's proposals.\"\n\nA spokesperson for Mr Martin said the taoiseach \"raised legacy issues, including serious concerns at the British government's proposals\".\n\n\"He emphasised that there can be no pre-determined outcome to the consultation process currently underway,\" the statement added.\n\nNichola Mallon opened the debate at the assembly\n\nDuring the debate, Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MLA Mervyn Storey said the proposals should be \"given the rejection from this house that they deserve\".\n\nHe described it as \"morally reprehensible\" that the proposals could place \"equivalence between the soldier and the police officer and those who planted the bomb or pulled the trigger\".\n\nDeputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill, of Sinn Féin, asked \"why at this time is the British government bringing forward these proposals?\"\n\nShe accused the government of being unable to \"handle the truth\" about what happened during the Troubles.\n\n\"This is something that is an affront to all families,\" Ms O'Neill continued.\n\nUlster Unionist Party (UUP) leader Doug Beattie said he believed all members \"stand together\" on the core issues involved in the proposals.\n\nHe said everyone should \"face the law\" if they \"break the law\" and people deserve their right to seek justice.\n\n\"We cannot take away that hope,\" he said.\n\nAlliance Party leader and Justice Minister Naomi Long said the government's announcement had \"re-traumatised many families\".\n\nShe said it was both \"desperately sad and utterly shameful\" that members had to be recalled to \"denounce\" the plans.\n\nMrs Long said the idea that perpetrators of Troubles-related offences would open up about their role during the conflict was \"quite frankly for the birds\".\n\nGreen Party MLA Clare Bailey said the proposals had not come from consultation with victims and survivors.\n\nShe described the prime minister's suggestion that they could help draw a line under the Troubles as \"appalling\".\n\nGerry Carroll, from People Before Profit, said the measures \"slam the door to those who lost loved ones\" and the statute of limitations \"amounts to a retrospective licence to kill\".\n\nThe plans were an \"assault on justice\", Mr Carroll added.\n\nClaire Sugden, an independent MLA and former justice minister, said \"time will not be a healer\" as trauma is passed from generation to generation in families.\n\n\"People want answers, but justice must follow,\" she told the assembly.\n\nTelling people what you don't like is often easier than telling people what you do want.\n\nThat seems to be the position of MLAs when it comes to dealing with the legacy of the Troubles.\n\nAssembly members from across the parties came together to condemn the UK's legacy plans and there was universal criticism from every corner of the house and support for the motion brought by the SDLP.\n\nAll parties believe the plans put forward by London do not provide truth, justice and reconciliation.\n\nHowever, away from the displays of unity, there are fundamental and long-held differences and, as expected, those divisions were made public in the chamber.\n\nThe UUP made it clear they can not support the plans contained in the Stormont House Agreement which was billed as the breakthrough moment in 2014 to deal with legacy.\n\nThe DUP criticised Sinn Féin saying it was behaving in a hypocritical way regarding victims, while Sinn Féin said the UK plans were about \"covering up Britain's dirty war in Ireland\".\n\nPoliticians around the cabinet table will have heard what the MLAs have said.\n\nHowever, Boris Johnson and Brandon Lewis can ignore what was made public at Stormont as the Conservatives have the numbers to push through the plans at Westminster.\n\nWhat they will say in the coming weeks to MLAs is this: if you don't like our plans, give us your alternative.\n\nIn the absence of cross-party support, that remains Stormont's problem.\n\nBefore the debate started at noon, some victims campaigners gathered at Stormont where they were joined by some Sinn Féin assembly members.\n\nSome victims campaigners and Sinn Féin assembly members gathered at Stormont\n\nThe group handed a letter to Ms O'Neill opposing the government's plans.\n\nIt also planned to give the letter to the other main party leaders as well as to the Northern Ireland Office.\n\nVictims' campaigners also delivered a letter to Number 10 outlining their opposition to the legacy plans.", "Maros Sefcovic urged politicians to \"dial down the rhetoric\"\n\nThe EU's chief negotiator has urged the UK to \"dial down the rhetoric\" on the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\nIt comes after UK ministers refused to rule out legislation to override the protocol in UK law.\n\nMaros Sefcovic said the UK needed to \"be honest\" about what it had committed to in the protocol.\n\nNorthern Irish business groups are understood to be working on a plan to encourage political parties to reach a consensus position on the protocol.\n\nThey hope that a common position could bring new momentum to talks between the EU and UK.\n\nThe plan is in its early stages and there is no guarantee that it will succeed.\n\nThe protocol is a special Brexit deal for Northern Ireland designed to prevent the return of a hard land border with the Republic of Ireland.\n\nIt was agreed between the UK government and the EU in 2019, put into domestic law by the UK Parliament and came into force in January 2021.\n\nSome unionists say businesses in NI are being affected by the Irish Sea trade border\n\nIt works by keeping Northern Ireland inside the EU's single market for goods.\n\nThis means Northern Ireland continues to follow some EU laws and there are new checks and paperwork for certain goods which are imported into Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK.\n\nUnionist parties say this undermine Northern Ireland's position in the UK.\n\nOn Sunday, the deputy prime minister said nothing was off the table in the UK's attempt to \"fix\" the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\nDominic Raab told the BBC the protocol was an \"obstacle to stability\" in the country.\n\nHe added that the EU has proposed \"durable solutions\" to improve the operation of the deal.\n\nHowever the largest unionist party, the DUP, says it may prevent the creation of a new executive in Northern Ireland until protocol issues are resolved to its satisfaction.\n\nThe Northern Ireland Assembly elections cemented a majority for parties which accept the protocol.\n\nThe UK government has accused the EU of applying the protocol too rigidly, while Brussels accepts it is causing difficulties for businesses and has proposed a package of measures to reduce its practical impacts.\n\nThe BBC understands the government will signal its willingness to change the law on the protocol in Tuesday's Queen's Speech, without committing to do so immediately.\n\nMr Sefcovic said the UK should \"show genuine determination and good faith to make the protocol work, rather than looking for ways to erode it\".\n\nHe added that the EU has \"an unshakeable and longstanding commitment to peace, stability and prosperity in Northern Ireland\".\n\n\"It has absolutely no interest in interfering in the UK's internal affairs.\"\n\nMr Sefcovic said the UK should \"show genuine determination and good faith to make the protocol work, rather than looking for ways to erode it\".\n\nHe added that the EU has \"an unshakeable and longstanding commitment to peace, stability and prosperity in Northern Ireland\".\n\n\"It has absolutely no interest in interfering in the UK's internal affairs.\"\n\nSince October, the UK and EU have been engaged in technical negotiations on the protocol but there has been little tangible progress.\n\nThe EU has recently changed its laws to guarantee the supply of medicines from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.\n\nThe two sides broadly agree that other goods from Great Britain which are staying in Northern Ireland should be treated with a lighter touch than those which are moving on to the Republic of Ireland and the wider EU.\n\nHowever there is no agreement on how this should work in practice.\n\nThe protocol is not currently being fully implemented as originally negotiated due to \"grace periods\".\n\nUnder the protocol, checks are required on goods coming into Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK\n\nThe position of business groups is broadly that the protocol should ultimately be at least no more onerous than the current grace periods - it is around this in particular that they are trying to build consensus.\n\nMaking grace periods permanent would require further movement from the EU.\n\nThe business groups hope that a consensus on what outcomes the protocol should produce would be difficult to ignore.\n\nAlthough the NI parties have sharply different views on Brexit and the protocol there have been joint statements in the past.\n\nIn August 2016, the then first and deputy first ministers, Arlene Foster and Martin McGuinness, wrote to the prime minister with agreed priorities for NI in the Brexit negotiations.\n\nIn November 2020, the then first and deputy first ministers, Arlene Foster and Michelle O'Neill, wrote to the European Commission around concerns that the planned introduction of checks would damage supermarket supply chains", "Sir Jeffrey Donaldson says his party has still to decide whether it will support the election of a new assembly speaker\n\nThe DUP has refused to say if it will support the election of a new Speaker when the Northern Ireland Assembly meets on Friday.\n\nIt is due to be the first order of business after the assembly election, which saw Sinn Féin win the most seats for the first time.\n\nThe assembly cannot function if a speaker is not elected.\n\nThe DUP - Northern Ireland's second-largest party by assembly seats after the 5 May election - said it would not nominate ministers to form a new executive until its concerns about the Northern Ireland Protocol - the post Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland - are resolved.\n\nThe protocol is an issue under fresh scrutiny following the elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly.\n\nThe elections cemented a majority for assembly members who accept the protocol, including the new largest party, the republican party Sinn Féin.\n\nOn Wednesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the protocol was \"not working for the balance of the Good Friday Agreement\".\n\nThe protocol, part of the government's Brexit deal with the European Union, was designed to ensure free trade could continue across the Irish land border by keeping Northern Ireland aligned with the bloc's single market for goods.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said the Northern Ireland protocol had undermined the Good Friday Agreement\n\nHowever, it has faced criticism from some unionists who argue it has undermined Northern Ireland's position in the UK by placing additional checks on some goods crossing the Irish Sea.\n\nThe managing director of Marks & Spencer in Ireland and Northern Ireland warned the time needed to process goods travelling this route to Northern Ireland could increase seven-fold if the protocol was implemented in full without the current mitigations.\n\n\"If the easements weren't in place for us, every vehicle would take another seven hours with 20 people working on it, that is a significant difference for Northern Ireland,\" Sacha Berendji told a Lords sub-committee on Wednesday.\n\nHe said the changes brought about by Brexit had cost the company about £30m to continue to supply both parts of the island.\n\nSir Jeffrey told BBC News NI his party's assembly members (MLAs) would attend Stormont on Friday to sign the membership roll, but that a decision still had to be made about the election of a Speaker.\n\nThe prime minister told BBC News that the protocol's rejection by much of the unionist community means \"we have to fix it\".\n\n\"I don't think it needs to be a big drama,\" he added.\n\nEarlier, Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said comments by the UK government about taking unilateral action on the Northern Ireland Protocol had gone down \"really badly\" across the EU.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney believes a \"landing zone\" is possible on the NI Protocol\n\nMr Coveney said he believed there was a \"landing zone\" for progress, but that this should come through partnership \"as opposed to grandstanding, threats and unilateral action which doesn't help anybody\".\n\nThe US administration said it urged the parties to continue dialogue \"to resolve differences and bring negotiations to a successful conclusion\".\n\n\"We recognize that there have been challenges over the implementation of the Northern Ireland Protocol and that talks between the UK and EU to resolve these continue,\" a spokesperson for the State Department continued.\n\n\"The best path forward is a pragmatic one that requires courage, cooperation, and leadership.\"\n\nThe election of a new Speaker needs cross-community support from both unionist and nationalist members.\n\nA new Speaker would mean assembly business could take place for up to six months, even in the absence of a functioning executive.\n\nThe latest impasse comes after the 5 May election cemented a majority for assembly members who accept the Northern Ireland Protocol, including the new largest party, republicans Sinn Féin.\n\nNo Speaker is elected on Friday\n\nA Speaker is elected, but the DUP do not nominate for deputy first minister:\n\nA Speaker is elected and the DUP nominate for deputy first minister:\n\nSir Jeffrey said he believed the pressure his party was bringing to bear on the issue of the protocol was beginning to have an impact.\n\n\"It's action I want to see and until I see that action and I'm satisfied that it deals with the issues that need to be dealt with in relation to the removal of that internal border within the United Kingdom, I can't make a decision [on returning to government] until I see what is going to happen here,\" he said.\n\n\"The government has to act.\"\n\nSpeaking after meeting Mr Coveney, Ms O'Neill said Sir Jeffrey's comments were \"not good enough\" and accused the DUP of holding society to ransom.\n\n\"I'll make this call to him again today, join the rest of the parties who will be there on Friday, who will be there to elect a speaker, who will be there to nominate ministers for positions, who will be there to get down to business,\" she said.\n\nSinn Féin deputy leader Michelle O'Neill accused the DUP of holding society to ransom\n\nMs O'Neill added that the protocol was here to stay and accused the British government of \"pandering to the DUP\".\n\nNaomi Long, leader of the Alliance Party, said any unilateral action by the British government would be \"utterly reckless\".\n\n\"We are very clear on what they [the government] should be doing - they should be engaging very intensively with the European Union and any change they make to the protocol needs to be mutually agreed by the UK and EU,\" Mrs Long said.\n\nBefore his meeting with Mr Coveney, Doug Beattie, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), said the Irish foreign minister knew there was a \"landing zone\" for sorting out unionist concerns with the protocol.\n\n\"That landing site is no checks on goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland,\" he said.\n\nMr Beattie said that despite these issues, it didn't give the DUP \"the excuse to stay out of government\".\n\nColin McGrath, who was elected for the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) in South Down, said the election of a Speaker was necessary to ensure ministers could be held to account.\n\nIf the move is blocked, he told BBC News NI's Talkback programme: \"The DUP need to go off and consider can they legitimately use the word democratic at the start of their name.\"\n\nOn Tuesday, the UK rejected EU plans aimed at reducing the impact of the post-Brexit treaty for Northern Ireland, saying they would make things worse.\n\nThe EU claimed the proposals would reduce paperwork and checks on goods entering NI from Great Britain.\n\nBut the government said they would \"worsen the current trading arrangements\".\n\nThe UK verdict was part of an escalating dispute which could soon see the government scrapping parts of the deal.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Deborah James: ''I don't want any other Deborahs to go through this''\n\nAll I want is more life, podcaster Deborah James has said after revealing that she is receiving end-of-life care at home for her bowel cancer.\n\nJames was diagnosed in 2016 and gave candid accounts of her treatment on the BBC's You, Me and the Big C podcast.\n\nIn her final episode she says that even after five years, knowing she is now nearing the end is \"still shocking\".\n\nShe has also spoken of feeling \"utterly loved\" after more than £1m was donated to a cancer research fund she set up.\n\nIn the podcast interview, the 40-year-old said she did not \"feel brave\" after revealing on Instagram on Monday that nobody knows how long she has left to live.\n\nShe said her liver had stopped working over the past six months and doctors had advised that more treatment was \"fruitless\" because her \"body does not want to play ball\".\n\n\"I can't even walk anymore, that's what's really scary about it, I've gone from someone who used to run 5km [3miles] a day to someone who needs her husband to pick her up to walk a step.\"\n\nThe broadcaster said she had gone to her parents' home to spend her remaining time with her family because it was \"where I always wanted to die\".\n\nShe explained this meant their family home in London could remain home for her children without the \"medical equipment scars\" in their memories.\n\nAsked what hosting the podcast meant to her, James said it had given purpose back to her life after being diagnosed, adding the show had made her realise the influence she could have \"saving another life or making someone not feel alone\".\n\n\"Yes I would give my cancer up in a second just to have a normal life again. But to be able to do it and feel like you've had an impact is kind of one of the best feelings you can have.\"\n\nAfter thanking listeners for their support over the years, she said: \"Please, please just enjoy life because it's so precious. All I want right now is more time and more life.\"\n\nShe ended the show with a customary caution for people to \"check your poo\" for signs of bowel or other cancers, adding: \"Come on, I can't leave on on any other word.\"\n\nIn revealing her prognosis, James also announced the Bowelbabe fund to support research into personalised medicine for cancer patients, and to support campaigns to raise awareness of bowel cancer.\n\nThe fund, named after her online handle, will work with the charity Cancer Research UK, Bowel Cancer UK and the Royal Marsden, to allocate the money.\n\nThousands of donations flooded in after she revealed the news on Monday, with donations already exceeding £2.1m.\n\nIn an interview due to be broadcast on BBC Breakfast on Wednesday, the former deputy head teacher revealed her surprise at the speed at which the smashed through its fundraising goal of £250,000.\n\nShe said: \"I had a figure in my mind of about a quarter of a million, because I thought that would be enough to fund a good couple of projects across the charities that I wanted to fund.\n\n\"But in 24 hours to do a million, I'm like absolutely mind blown and I just cannot thank people enough for their generosity.\n\n\"Because it just means so much to me. It makes me feel utterly loved.\n\n\"It makes me feel like we're all kind of in it at the end together and we all want to make a difference.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Deborah James speaks about her diagnosis to raise awareness (May 2019)\n\nAfter the opening day's whirlwind fundraising efforts - which has seen donations from more than 85,000 people - James told the BBC that her dying wish was to help raise money for the \"things that gave me life\".\n\nShe explained that were it not for experimental treatments she would have died at least two years ago, adding that she wanted other people to be given the same opportunities.\n\nJames said: \"Ultimately what I really want to happen is I don't want any other Deborahs to have to go through this.\n\n\"We know that when we catch cancer early, we can cure it. We know that much more investment needs to take place in cancer.\"\n\nShe added it was clear the UK had \"skills and the passion\" to develop new cancer therapies, but sometimes a reminder was needed to get a \"boost\" for funding.\n\nIf you have been affected by any of these issues in this story you can visit BBC Action Line.\n\nJames began co-presenting You, Me and the Big C alongside Lauren Mahon and BBC Radio 5 Live newsreader Rachael Bland in 2018, with the show earning praise for its frank discussion of cancer.\n\nThey spoke to celebrity guests and addressed practical matters including hair loss, tips for dealing with finances and telling your nearest and dearest.\n\nBland died at the age of 40 six months after the show launched. She had been diagnosed with breast cancer two years earlier.\n\nSpeaking about her friend on their podcast, James said she she was \"always in my mind actually, even now\".\n\n\"I just don't know how brave she must have been to do what she did, because I don't feel that brave.\n\n\"I think I'm still in awe of how she just seemed to just take it in her stride and, quite frankly, I'm a quivering mess half the time. But I think if she can do it, I can do it and I'll go and party with her.\"\n\nJames has been praised for her no-nonsense approach to talking about cancer online, and has shared her experiences of treatment and daily life with her social media followers since her diagnosis.\n\nShe has worked to remove the embarrassment factor from bowel cancer, and even shared a video of herself walking down the street dressed as a poo emoji to encourage people to watch out for changes to their bowel movements.\n• None You, Me and the Big C- Putting the can in cancer - Deborah James' Last Dance - BBC Sounds", "A UK ticket holder has claimed the £184m EuroMillions prize, the country's biggest National Lottery jackpot.\n\nTuesday's winning numbers were 3, 25, 27, 28 and 29 - plus Lucky Star numbers 4 and 9.\n\nCamelot, the firm behind the National Lottery, said a single ticket-holder had come forward to claim the \"life-changing and record-breaking win\".\n\nIt means 15 UK players have now won jackpots of more than £100m since EuroMillions launched in 2004.\n\n\"This is absolutely incredible news,\" said Camelot's Andy Carter, senior winners' adviser at the National Lottery, adding: \"We're ecstatic that we've now received a claim.\n\n\"Our focus now is on supporting the ticket holder through the process and helping them start to enjoy their truly life-changing and record-breaking win.\"\n\nThe claim will now go through a validation process to ensure terms and conditions are met and once the ticket has been validated the winner can choose whether or not to remain anonymous.\n\nThis is the second EuroMillions jackpot won in the UK this year, with the £109 million jackpot from the draw on 4 February claimed a few days later, when the winner chose not to go public.\n\nUntil Tuesday's result, the biggest lottery win in the UK was £170m in October 2019. The winner chose to remain anonymous.\n\nColin and Chris Weir, who won £161m in 2011, are the biggest winners to have gone public.\n\nMr Weir used his fortune to take over his favourite football club, Partick Thistle, with the intention of giving ownership to the fans.\n• None £170mBritain's richest ever lottery winner stayed anonymous after their win in October 2019.\n• None £161mColin and Chris Weir (pictured) from North Ayrshire, Scotland in 2011.\n• None £148mAdrian and Gillian Bayford, from Suffolk, in 2012.\n\nThe couple, from North Ayrshire, announced they were divorcing in 2019 after 38 years of marriage, and months later Mr Weir died, aged 71.\n\nThe transferral of the ownership of Partick Thistle is currently in a state of flux, following a dispute between fans, the Thistle board and the company that currently holds Mr Weir's shares.\n\nFrances Connolly, who - along with husband Patrick - won £115m in 2019, making them the lottery's eighth biggest winners, revealed last month she had given away more than half of her fortune.\n\nThe 55-year-old, from Hartlepool, said helping others \"gives you a buzz\", adding: \"I'm addicted to it now.\"\n\nHowever, even Tuesday's winnings are small change compared with the Powerball and Mega Millions lottery games held in the US, which offer huge sums in a league of their own - albeit not tax-free, as is the case with winnings in Europe.\n\nPowerball holds the current world record for the largest lottery prize awarded.\n\nIn January 2016, the advertised jackpot stood at $1.586bn (£1.2bn), surpassing the $1bn threshold for the first time - the winnings were ultimately shared among three ticket holders.\n\nThe biggest individual win came two years later, with a single ticket holder from South Carolina pocketing a Mega Millions jackpot of $1.537bn - $878m (£709m) after tax.", "The police said Maddie was \"vulnerable\" to exploitation\n\nPolice say they believe a missing 15-year-old girl has been abducted.\n\nMadison Thomas, known as Maddie, has not been seen since she left her home in Southmead, Bristol, on 26 April, telling her family she was going to the shops.\n\nAvon and Somerset Police began conducting house-to-house searches in the streets near her home on Tuesday.\n\n\"We are now treating this case as a child abduction,\" said Det Insp Laura Miller.\n\nMaddie is a child in foster care and was last seen 15 days ago by her carers, with no confirmed sightings since.\n\nMaddie has been known to use social media to meet people who might give her money and a place to stay, police said\n\n\"When Maddie has previously gone missing she has been found in the company of adult men and it is mainly due to this history that we believe she is likely to currently be with someone,\" said Det Insp Miller.\n\n\"Maddie is a child in foster care, no-one has permission to keep her from her carers. She is vulnerable and at risk of being taken advantage of.\n\n\"We're really concerned about her safety and have a dedicated team working extremely hard to locate her.\"\n\nDet Insp Laura Miller spoke to the media close to where Maddie was last seen\n\nDet Insp Miller said the \"circumstances of her disappearance are deeply worrying for us, her family and her carers\".\n\n\"Maddie - if you see this please contact us if you can to let us know you're safe. Everyone is worried about you,\" the officer added.\n\nIt is believed Maddie could be \"anywhere in the country\", may have changed her hair colour or may no longer be going by her name.\n\nOfficers have carried out CCTV inquiries in the Southmead area where she was last seen.\n\n\"If you have met someone online, at a shopping centre or fast-food restaurant that looks like Maddie, please contact police,\" said Det Insp Miller.\n\nAnyone who sees the missing teen, who is described as being around 5ft (1.5m) tall, with shoulder-length brown hair, is asked to call 999.\n\nMaddie has not been seen since 26 April\n\nFollow BBC West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: bristol@bbc.co.uk", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: On patrol with the soldiers pushing Russia back\n\nUkraine says its forces have recaptured villages from Russian troops north and north-east of Kharkiv, pushing them back towards the border. The continuing offensive could signal a shift in the war's momentum and jeopardise Russia's main advance further south. BBC correspondent Quentin Sommerville, and cameraman Darren Conway, have been with Ukrainian forces as they advance.\n\nThe village of Ruska Lozova stands at the centre of the turn in Ukraine's response to Russian aggression.\n\nIt was recently liberated in a co-ordinated effort led by senior military commanders. Ukrainian troops from territorial defence, the national guard and the regular army are seeking to push the Russians back along a 32-km (20-mile) front line. In the Russian city of Belgorod, just across the border, troops have amassed for a likely counter-offensive.\n\nWe drove north from the city of Kharkhiv with Ukrainian forces. Russian shells continued to hit the village.\n\nWith no power or water, little food, and neither phone or internet, its residents had been isolated from Ukraine's second-largest city - just 8km (5 miles) south. From the woods and hills nearby, Russian mortars and artillery shelled Kharkiv relentlessly.\n\nAt an army aid station, we met Raisa Opanasivna who has lived in Ruska Lozova for 30 years. The 66-year-old approached the Ukrainian soldiers, weighed down by history, and two large plastic shopping bags.\n\nUnder a knitted grey beanie, her gaunt face was weather-beaten, her slim frame stooped. She hadn't seen this many people for months. Since the beginning of the war, her village had been under Russian occupation.\n\nThe Russians had come house to house. \"They were checking homes, asking if we have rifles. But I have nothing. I'm alone,\" Raisa said.\n\nRuska Lozova has been torn apart, but more than that, Raisa's whole world had been upended by Russia's invasion. In the east, the war is bringing not just a re-examination of people's relationship to Russia - barely 30km north - but a more personal reassessment of what it means to be a Russian-speaking Ukrainian.\n\nA month ago, the Russians were literally at the gates to Kharkiv. The shelling was constant - and buildings in the street we were staying in were being hit. It became so bad that it was easier to count the hours of silence than the hours of explosions. It felt like being on the edge of an abyss, where one more concerted Russian attack could rupture the city.\n\nIn the northern Saltivka neighbourhood, entire apartment blocks had been destroyed. Those who had stayed behind had no electricity or water, and were reduced to cooking food on small fires they had made in their stairwells.\n\nBut the spectre of Russian victory, which haunted this city, has gone. Last week I sat in a city centre park, its grass neatly cut, its flower beds blooming, and enjoyed an ice cream sundae from a cafe. The city is still largely empty, but the number of Russian artillery strikes has fallen from dozens daily, to only a handful. Air raid sirens still wail regularly, but Kharkiv no longer feels on the brink of catastrophe.\n\nTulip blooms in a park in Kharkiv city centre, May 2022\n\nUkrainian gains, modest for now, could have strategic implications for Russia's war in the Donbas to the south-east, threatening the invaders' supply lines.\n\nAs we headed north from Kharkiv with Ukrainian forces to villages and towns that mark the new frontline - the road remained strewn with craters and spent Russian rockets. At the highway's edges there were destroyed Russian vehicles and burned-out lorries, which had been used to block their initial attack on Kharkiv.\n\nWe drove at speed - the commander of a volunteer unit behind the wheel, had his rifle propped in the footwell. \"The sides of the road are mined,\" he said, as the car lurched through a chicane of roadblocks and tank traps.\n\nOurs was the only car on the road, and we were aware that, on the forested hill in front of us, Russian tanks and artillery were still roaming.\n\nWar in the Kharkiv region has changed - it's now a game of hawk and mouse, where each side's drones circle constantly, trying to pinpoint the enemy's tanks and guns, for targeting by artillery.\n\nUkrainian troops try to move forward, smoke visible in the distance\n\nWe passed a Russian Grad rocket launcher lying in a ditch, and a smashed-up military green Lada, with the Russian \"Z\" insignia painted white on its doors.\n\n\"Russia's secret weapon,\" the commander said, to laughter among his men.\n\nNear Ruska Lozova, scorch marks on the road were all that remained of a civilian vehicle destroyed by a Russian shell. The wreck was gone, but its contents were spilled across the road - a pink blanket here, some clothing there. A number of people were killed in the strike.\n\nThe village shows the effects of the battle for control. Homes have been wrecked by shelling and some buildings still burn. One house we passed had a shattered roof, while bright red tulips lined up in an orderly fashion at its gate.\n\nThe battle has become more fluid, and the men don't linger in the open. They run across open ground at speed and climb walls to avoid Russian fire from the woods, less than half a kilometre away.\n\nUkrainian troops are reluctant to linger in the open\n\nThey believe Russian fighters have left, and it's mostly men from the separatist Donbas region they are fighting. But the day after we left, more Russians were captured near the front.\n\nWe had to take cover suddenly in a foxhole, their first line against the enemy as the Russian artillery again opened fire and shells whizzed overhead. They landed on the other side of the village seconds later.\n\nAt an anti-tank position, US-supplied Javelin anti-tank missiles, along with their British-supplied versions, lay ready for use. Manning this lookout were two volunteers, who replied to me in French. They are Ukrainian, but joined the French Foreign Legion. One told me that he'd been serving for three years, but had deserted to join the fight for Ukraine.\n\nThat is perhaps a weapon Russia underestimated - the force of Ukrainian solidarity. Even before Western military aid began arriving here, this was what anchored Ukraine's defences. Among the group of volunteers are an economist, a businessman, a mechanic, and a rally-driving champion.\n\nI met the commander before Victory Day on 9 May - which Russia and Ukraine celebrate as the Soviet Union's defeat over Germany's Nazi regime during World War Two - and asked him what it meant this year. He feels it has been tainted.\n\n\"I was born in the Soviet Union,\" he continues, sipping on some freshly brewed tea. \"Russians, to my regret, use everything as weapons. Our common dates, our common language, our common religion. Russia doesn't hesitate to use all means. That is why everybody here now hates the Russian language - even Russian poet Alexander Pushkin is persona non grata - that is why our church is split, and everything which is Russian will be renamed here.\"\n\nFew people remain in the town of Ruska Losova. Raisa, in her grey coat and woollen hat approached army medics, numb to the shelling around her, and the wounds it had inflicted upon on her body. Her face was peppered with shrapnel and half of her finger was missing.\n\nWhen she removed her jacket, her slim arm was sliced open at the bicep.\n\n\"Cut like a chicken fillet. Can you remove the shrapnel?\" Raisa asks.\n\nPerhaps it was because she hadn't seen people for months, or because of a stroke last year, but she has only just regained the ability to talk.\n\nHer story began to pour out. A group of soldiers gathered around her.\n\n\"When I was giving birth there were three of us mothers. I was in the middle. They were screaming. I was calm. I took a strap from the shirt to my mouth. The doctor told me to scream. But I said it doesn't matter if you are screaming or not. It's still painful. That's how I gave birth to my son. Quietly.\"\n\nThe men around her were wincing as she told them to cut off the loose skin with scissors. One soldier looked queasy as the medic patched her up. As it was happening, she reflected on the fate of her village and of an empire she had seen disintegrate - her home and her history in ruins.\n\nShe lived through the Soviet Union at a time when Russia and Ukraine were countries intertwined. For years, she lived in East Germany, where she became pregnant, and returned to Ukraine to give birth alone.\n\n\"My father and [Putin's] father were fighting together against Hitler, right? Could that really be possible? And now we fight against each other,\" she told us. \"[We were] the closest nations. This has never happened before. There were German invaders and now these are our people.\"\n\nAfter being bandaged up, Raisa was escorted to a waiting car, to take her to hospital in Kharkiv.\n\nMost of the people in the village are being evacuated, buses waiting to transport those without cars.\n\nThe Russian occupation has torn the village apart, both literally and figuratively. In the basement of one building, half a dozen locals have been detained. They are suspected of aiding the enemy. Their eyes are covered with balaclavas taped over their heads, their hands tied. At least one woman is among them. They are left alone in a room, then taken away to the security services for questioning.\n\nTheir phones will be checked and their social media, too. Police checkpoints on the road into Kharkiv question everyone coming from the liberated areas, looking for saboteurs. Collaborators face 15 years in prison, or a life imprisonment if their actions caused Ukrainian deaths.\n\nIt's unlikely Raisa can ever forgive Russia for the wounds she has suffered. And with every battle, the men on the front line are freeing themselves from the bindings that once held these two nations together.\n\nBut the operation north of Kharkiv isn't complete and it has been costly. It is only one front in what looks as though it will be a long war.\n• None Watch: On patrol with the soldiers pushing Russia back. Video, 00:06:30Watch: On patrol with the soldiers pushing Russia back", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Two Falklands veterans describe how creativity helped them through the trauma of war.\n\nWill Kevans was always an artist at heart but he never imagined that one day his talent for creating cartoons would help him make sense of the conflict he and other young soldiers were drawn in to when Argentina invaded the British-held Falklands Islands in 1982.\n\nHis mother had wanted him to follow her path to art college but the rebellious young teenager in Aberystwyth had taken a different route after getting suspended from school and \"ending up never going back\".\n\nAfter getting a job in a supermarket and \"thinking I was rich\", everything changed when the job was converted into a youth training scheme, which meant dole money and a small top-up from his employer.\n\nMembers of Will's company docked in Sierra Leone on the QE2\n\nWith no funds to buy the music and clothing he wanted, he thought: \"That's rubbish, I think I'll join the Army.\"\n\nLess than two years after he was \"still playing with an Action Man [toy]\" he found himself surrounded by other 18 and 19-year-olds in the Welsh Guards, en route to the Falklands.\n\n\"I was as green as they come,\" he remembers. \"I was brought up on an old farm in a cottage and I was naïve, I would say. I was into my music, I loved my punk music, my ska music.\n\n\"It was quite bizarre really. None of us really knew where the Falklands was as such. We all thought it was in the Outer Hebrides.\n\n\"Logistically it seemed like lunacy for south Americans to come all the way to the Outer Hebrides to conduct warfare against us.\n\n\"It was quite a surprise when we found it was off the coast of South America.\"\n\nOn Sapper Hill on the Falklands\n\nAfter the long trek south aboard the converted cruise ship QE2, one of his strongest memories of war was getting stuck in the middle of a minefield as troops advanced towards the capital, Stanley.\n\n\"There was a Marine behind us who was screaming because he'd lost his foot, and he had to be casevac'd (casualty evacuated) out of there,\" he said.\n\nMines were set off by soldiers moving over the ground behind them and they all had to take cover. \"Suddenly a light went up and we all thought 'this is it now, it's going to be a hail of bullets and end of'.\n\n\"We got two guys to get us out of that minefield with bayonets and I think they won a military medal for it. They were combat engineers, literally on their hands and knees, traditional way, probing the ground and it literally took the entire night to get us out of there,\" he said.\n\n\"It was a very scary situation to be in and it was freezing cold and we were covered in snow as well, but we didn't want to move because you thought, if I move I'm going to step on a mine and that's it.\"\n\nOne of Will's sketches done during the conflict\n\nA searing image of the conflict that has stayed with him was the body of a young Argentine soldier his regiment came across on a road after the surrender was announced in June 1982.\n\nWill at work with his sketch book on the Falklands\n\nAfter he left the army, he had a career which encompassed being a musician, a cartoonist, animator and game designer.\n\nBut it was his wife who persuaded him to use his experiences of war when he started to think about writing about parts of his life, initially planning to focus on his time in bands, and it was to cartoons that he turned to tell his story.\n\n\"She said, 'why don't you start with the army, because obviously not everybody's been in a war and that's quite interesting'.\n\n\"I'd get into a chat with somebody who hadn't been to the Falklands and I'd tell them all these horrific stories, and they'd go 'blimey'.\n\nPart of the cover and a page from A Life in Pieces\n\n\"I'd be scaring people with all this nonsense and I thought I'd obviously got issues with it, so if I can process it and write about it maybe that will be the way to move forward,\" he said.\n\n\"I had to research it operationally because my memories of it were pretty sketchy. You spend most of your time trying to forget about something because it's an unpleasant experience and then spend all of your time trying to re-remember it.\"\n\nTalking to people who had had \"an unpleasant experience\" in the Falklands, as well as dealing with his own memories, was not easy.\n\nBut out of the memories came his graphic novel, My Life in Pieces: The Falklands War.\n\nThe bombing of the supply ship Sir Galahad, which led to the deaths of 32 Welsh Guards\n\n\"When I produced the book, then I found that people were very taken with it, and it helped people process their own feelings on the Falklands. And because it was coming from me, who was a soldier, it was easier for them to take that,\" he said.\n\n\"I think if anybody else had done a cartoon of the Falklands conflict they'd have thought, 'that's a bit tasteless, how can you betray this with cartoons?'\n\n\"Well I am a cartoonist and I am a veteran so I can do both of those things.\"\n\nNigel hopes a film of his book will use the Brecon Beacons as a stand-in for the Falklands\n\nReliving his own and other people's experiences in print has also helped fellow veteran Nigel \"Spud\" Ely work through unacknowledged trauma from his time serving in the Falklands.\n\nA member of 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment - 2 Para - when the 1982 war broke out, his regiment was at the centre of one of the most critical battles between Argentina and the UK forces.\n\nThe fighting at Goose Green saw 2 Para mount an attack against much greater numbers, who were well-established in a good defensive position, and suffer significant losses but ultimately go on to win against the odds.\n\nNow the soldier turned author and photojournalist has immortalised the battle in his book Goose Green: The decisive battle of the Falklands War, published to mark the 40th anniversary, and hopes to turn it into a film using Welsh landscapes - which inspired much of his writing - as a setting.\n\nParas commanding officer Lt Col Herbert \"H\" Jones was killed in action at Goose Green and awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross\n\nHe recalls the arrival on an East Falkland beach as being completely outside his experience.\n\n\"We'd never been in landing craft. This was the Royal Marine's business. We were paratroopers, we jumped out of aircraft.\n\n\"I do remember being soaking wet, up to my neck in water because the landing craft didn't run up the beach, it had fallen short and we were dropped in the sea,\" he said.\n\nC Company, which he was assigned to, had to set up the \"start line\" for rifle companies to begin an assault, after which they were held in reserve.\n\nIt was during this first wave of fighting involving his comrades in A Company that \"a load of the guys got killed\", including the battalion's commanding officer Lt Col Herbert \"H\" Jones, who was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross, the highest military honour.\n\nAnother memory is C Company charging downhill towards the settlement of Goose Green as the Argentine forces opened fire.\n\n\"We advanced down, bayonets fixed towards the Argentinians - there were trenches there, they were throwing phosphorous bombs... the enemy were so overwhelming with their artillery, with their support mortars.\n\n\"They hit us with everything. The noise was so loud for hours and hours; it was just incredible,\" he said.\n\n\"I think [an outsider would] think it was a battle from the Second World War. We were coming to the end of the 20th century and we were still fighting an enemy with Second World War tactics, with basically Second World War equipment too.\n\n\"The Argentinians had better weapons than us, they had better kit than ours.\"\n\nFollowing the conflict, Nigel moved on to the SAS (Special Air Service) and remained in the military into the early 2000s, until capture by enemy forces in Afghanistan gave a new turn to his career, taking him into journalism.\n\nDiscarded Argentine helmets left behind when soldiers surrendered after Goose Green\n\nHe worked as a photojournalist in the Middle East, and began writing tales of his military life, publishing a number of books on the subject.\n\nBut it was once he turned to the subject of the Falklands that he realised how cathartic writing could be, and not just for him.\n\n\"To write a book initially helped with the post-traumatic stress which I didn't think I suffered with until I started listening to other people's stories.\n\n\"I interviewed 114 guys of which I've taken about 350 of their stories, vignettes and tales,\" he explained.\n\nNigel Ely's experiences informed the writing of his book, Goose Green\n\nBut it was not an easy process at first.\n\n\"They were like a resistance to interrogation. They wouldn't give [their stories] to me in the way I wanted them to so I had to develop my journalistic skills into more interrogator skills to get it out,\" he explained.\n\n\"They said to me afterwards, 'I would never have spoken to anybody else about it and I'm so grateful that you did and I'm so grateful that you asked me for my stories'.\n\n\"I found that very humbling. I had a few of them in tears. They hadn't given their stories to anyone else.\"\n\nA grim reminder of war brought back by Nigel from the Falklands\n\nA Londoner by birth, Nigel has spent a lot of time in Wales and, speaking surrounded by the Brecon Beacons landscaped which helped unlock his memories of the conflict, says any film on the Falklands \"has to be made in Wales\".\n\n\"Having known the Brecon Beacons for so long, it actually inspired me, and brought those memories back of the Falklands war.\n\n\"The Brecon Beacon National Park is the Falklands less the trees.\n\n\"I felt it has to be done in Wales purely because of the terrain, and there's a wealth of talent down here.\n\nThe landscape of the Brecon Beacons evokes the Falklands for Nigel\n\n\"[The same distance as] from where I'm sitting, I could see Goose Green 800m to my front. This is exactly the same. This undulating, quite unforgiving terrain which you could twist an ankle on as soon as you get up.\n\n\"The fact that the Parachute Regiment trains up here and in Sennybridge greatly helped us in the Falklands.\n\n\"Pen y Fan and the Brecon Beacons is like a bit of shrine to the Paras because they spend so much time here. They love it.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Animated Michael Gove denies cost of living split between PM and Treasury\n\nLevelling Up Secretary Michael Gove has dismissed suggestions the government could deliver an emergency budget to tackle rising costs.\n\nHe said ministers were looking at ways to help but talk of a budget was simply the media \"chasing their own tails\".\n\nA No 10 source said a dozen ideas to ease the cost of living were being considered, including proposals like changing the frequency of MOTs.\n\nLabour said the Queen's Speech did not contain enough measures to help people.\n\nOpposition MPs also criticised Mr Gove for jokingly using different accents in a BBC interview, as he defended the government's response to the cost of living crisis in the Queen's Speech.\n\nThe speech - delivered this year by Prince Charles in the Queen's absence - contained 38 bills and draft bills for the coming year.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Breakfast, shadow justice secretary Steve Reed said many were surprised the government's plans for legislation in the months ahead did not include more measures to help people out.\n\nHe said Chancellor Rishi Sunak should announce an emergency budget to introduce a windfall tax on oil and gas companies, and \"look again at the tax rises he imposed\".\n\nOn Tuesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson told MPs debating the Queen's Speech that he and the chancellor would be \"saying more\" about ways to help people \"in the days to come\".\n\nBut the Treasury played down the remark, while a No 10 source stressed there were no plans for an emergency budget and that it would be \"wrong to build up expectations of a major moment\".\n\nLiberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said: \"At one stage he [the PM] was sort of offering something, but sources in the Treasury said he didn't know what he was talking about - it appears chaotic.\"\n\nMr Gove hit back that it was Sir Ed who was \"chaotic\", adding: \"He doesn't have a scooby.\"\n\nHe said the prime minister was \"making the point clearly that we are constantly looking at ideas in order to ensure we relieve the pressure on people facing incredibly tough times.\"\n\n\"That doesn't amount to an emergency budget... this is an example of some commentators chasing their own tails.\"\n\nHe said suggestions there was a split between No 10 and the Treasury were \"overinflated\".\n\nThe minister said the government had already introduced measures to reduce people's council tax payments and the Queen's Speech included proposals that would help minimise rent increases.\n\nHe argued that the opposition parties had failed to come up with any \"whizz-bang\" ideas.\n\nThe next Budget - when the chancellor outlines tax and spending plans - is not due until November.\n\nIn the meantime ministers are said to be focusing on what regulations can be tweaked, rather than making big changes to their tax and spending plans.\n\nIt comes as the National Institute for Economic and Social Research says that falling real incomes mean a further quarter of a million households face sliding into destitution this year - taking to one million the number that can't afford essentials to eat, stay warm and keep clean.\n\nThe think tank has called for a boost to benefits of £25 a week, and a one-off payment of £250 for the poorer half of households.\n\nFollowing his interview with BBC Breakfast, Mr Gove was criticised by opposition politicians for adopting Liverpudlian and American accents as he denied there was a split between the Treasury and No 10 on the issue.\n\nThe Lib Dems' Daisy Cooper said: \"First, Sunak says it would be \"silly\" to help families with energy costs, now Gove is just doing silly voices... What is going on?? How out of touch can you be?\"\n\nAnd Labour's Lisa Nandy tweeted: \"What is he doing!?\n\n\"Making jokes and using silly voices while families across the country are struggling to survive. This isn't a game (or an Oxford Union debate!). People are having to choose between heating and eating.\n\n\"Take it seriously. Do your job.\"\n\nAsked if the minister deployed Liverpudlian impersonations in Cabinet meetings, a No 10 spokesman said: \"Not in the ones I've been in.\"\n\nHe also said Mr Gove was an \"effective Cabinet communicator who has a variety of means of getting the message across\".", "Boris Johnson will visit Sweden and Finland to discuss the war in Ukraine, amid debate within both nations about whether to join the Nato alliance.\n\nThe prime minister is scheduled to meet leaders of both countries during a 24-hour trip on Wednesday.\n\nMr Johnson is expected to discuss Europe's response to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.\n\nMr Johnson's official spokesman said the visit was also about the \"security of Europe more broadly\".\n\n\"We understand the positions of Sweden and Finland and that is why the prime minister is going to discuss these broader security issues,\" he said.\n\nAsked whether the two countries' possible membership of the alliance would be discussed, the prime minister's spokesman said: \"We support democratic capabilities to decide on things like Nato membership.\"\n\nMr Johnson will give a news conference in each country, travelling to Sweden first before going on to Finland and then returning to the UK.\n\nNato - the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation - is a 30-nation defensive alliance founded shortly after the end of World War Two.\n\nIt has its headquarters in Brussels, but is dominated by the massive military and nuclear missile power of the US.\n\nSupport for joining Nato has increased in both both Sweden and Finland since Russia invaded Ukraine, despite their long history of pursuing policies of military neutrality to avoid conflict with regional powers.\n\nFinland and Sweden are both modern, democratic countries that fulfil the criteria for membership.\n\nNato's chief, secretary general Jens Stoltenberg, has said the alliance would welcome them with open arms and there would be minimum delay in processing their membership.\n\nFinnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin (R) met Swedish leader Magdalena Andersson in Stockholm to discuss Nato in mid-April\n\nDuring a visit to Sweden in April, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said \"everything had changed\" when Russia invaded Ukraine and told reporters Finland must to be \"prepared for all kinds of actions from Russia\".\n\nHer comments coincided with the publication of a security report that warned membership of Nato could result in \"increased tensions on the border between Finland and Russia\".\n\nAt the same time, Ms Marin's Swedish counterpart Magdalena Andersson told reporters that the same \"very serious analysis\" was taking place as in Finland and she saw no point in delaying it.\n\nFinland for decades, and Sweden for centuries, have chosen to adopt a kind of neutral status rather than enter any military alliance.\n\nBut Russia's invasion of Ukraine has transformed public opinion in both countries. People seem now to want the protection that Nato membership can provide.\n\nBut neither country would get the alliance's security guarantee - that an attack on one member is an attack on all - until their application has been accepted. That could take some months. Until that point, there is a moment of vulnerability.\n\nSo what will be interesting is to see what kind of support the UK - and other countries - might be prepared to provide Sweden and Finland in the meantime, during that so-called \"grey zone\" between both countries' application and accession to the Western military alliance.\n\nFinnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto subsequently said it would be \"useful\" for Sweden and Finland to launch joint Nato membership bids, but added no fixed date had been set for any potential application.\n\nHowever, Russia has warned them not to and threatened \"a military technical response\" if they do try to join.\n\nKremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stressed that Moscow would have to \"rebalance the situation\" with its own measures if any bid went ahead.\n\nIn a speech last month, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said they should be admitted \"as soon as possible\" if they decided to apply for membership.\n\nMr Johnson held talks with Ms Andersson and Finnish president Sauli Niinisto in March as part of a meeting of the Joint Expeditionary Force nations, which includes Denmark, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands and Norway.\n\nAfter the meeting, No 10 said the leaders had all agreed the invasion of Ukraine had \"dramatically changed the landscape of European security\".\n\nFinland shares a land border of 830 miles (1,340km) with Russia and is only about 250 miles from St Petersburg.", "The NSPCC made almost 600 referrals to external agencies, including the police and social services\n\nThe number of calls to a children's helpline about harmful sexual behaviour between young people increased by 29% over the last year.\n\nThe NSPCC received 2,365 calls and staff made almost 600 referrals to external agencies, including the police and social services.\n\nThe charity says the relationship and sex education curriculum in schools needs to be properly resourced.\n\nThe Department for Education says it is producing new guidance this year.\n\nIt says it will help schools teach topics such as sexual abuse and harassment with confidence.\n\nThe NSPCC says the rise in reporting is partly down to the thousands of testimonies that were posted on the website Everyone's Invited last year from young people and children as young as nine, which highlighted the issue.\n\nThis prompted an Ofsted review which found that sexual harassment has become \"normalised\" among school-age children.\n\nThe watchdog warned that students often do not see the point of reporting abuse. Sexual violence typically occurred in unsupervised spaces outside of school, like parties or parks.\n\nJasmine - not her real name - was 16 when she began a relationship with a boy she met online.\n\nShe told the BBC that from the beginning, there was a lot of controlling and manipulative behaviour, and she was expected to exchange intimate photographs and videos. When they broke up, he shared them online without her consent.\n\n\"When it was happening, I felt very alone, there was a lack of information. I didn't know it was illegal until my friend suggested it was.\n\n\"I felt like a 'one in a million' person, that nobody had ever experienced this. I didn't know where to go or who to speak to.\"\n\nThe boy was arrested but Jasmine dropped the charges as she did not feel she had the support to go through a court case.\n\nShe dropped out of university as a result, but is now in her \"dream job\" after getting the help she needed.\n\n\"It took me ages to process what had actually happened. I want to help other people understand that it happens and that you shouldn't feel embarrassed or scared to speak to someone.\"\n\nThe NSPCC said calls to its helpline showed young people had being exposed to sexual name-calling, unwanted sexual touching and sharing nude images without consent, along with serious sexual assault and rape.\n\nOne father rang looking for advice after his 12-year-old son was asked by his friend to see his private parts.\n\nAnother called about a girl who was regularly groped by a group of boys in school, including touching her breasts, but no action was taken by teachers.\n\nThe NSPCC says too many teachers still lack confidence to deliver the relationships and sex education (RSE) curriculum.\n\nSir Peter Wanless, the NSPCC's chief executive, said the conversation sparked by the Everyone's Invited testimonies last year was \"a watershed moment, as an unprecedented number of young people came forward to challenge unacceptable peer-on-peer sexual abuse\".\n\n\"It is vital for the government to urgently ensure each and every school has the support to deliver a high-quality curriculum,\" he added.\n\nA DfE spokesperson told us it had updated safeguarding guidance and is increasing resources for teachers, following last year's Ofsted review.\n\n\"Earlier this year we partnered with charities to launch a new harmful sexual behaviour support service, which is further helping teachers and safeguarding professionals to tackle instances of abuse,\" the spokesperson said.\n\nHave you been affected by any of the issues raised here? You can get in touch, in confidence, by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nThe Report Abuse in Education helpline can be reached on 0800 136 663, on Monday to Friday 0800-2200, or 0900-1800 at weekends. It can also be contacted by email at help@nspcc.org.uk", "The Royal Mail wants a fleet of 500 drones to help deliver the mail to remote communities across the UK.\n\nIn the next three years it hopes up to 200 drones will help carry the mail on 50 new routes with the Isles of Scilly, Shetland Islands, Orkney Islands and the Hebrides the first to benefit.\n\nThe new services need approval from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).\n\nIt says that the new routes will depend upon the \"ongoing planned improvement in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle economics\".\n\nRoyal Mail has been testing the use of drones for some time, with the most recent trial held in April on the Shetland Islands.\n\nThe drones delivered mail between Tingwall Airport in Lerwick to Unst, Britain's most northerly inhabited island - a 41-mile flight each way.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThere are companies aiming to deliver to the door, with autonomous drones winching down packages of goods from hovering vehicles.\n\nBut the drones the Royal Mail plans to use do not have the ability to hover, and won't be replacing the postman or woman on their rounds.\n\nThe drones are large, 10m (32.8ft) wingtip to wingtip, with a range of 1,000km (621 miles) and able to carry up to 100kg (220lb). They are powered by two internal combustion engines.\n\nChris Paxton, head of drone trials at Royal Mail, told the BBC the drones were originally designed to deliver aid in Africa.\n\n\"They are able to take off in a relatively short space and land in a similar short area. So they are capable of landing on fields, providing the the area is flat enough,\" he said.\n\n\"They are very much like a small plane. And the only difference is there isn't a pilot on board.\"\n\nThe drones, he says, fly autonomously although they are supervised remotely by \"safety pilots\", who can take control if needed.\n\nThey are designed to serve what he calls the \"middle mile\". Once their cargo is unloaded it will be delivered by postal workers.\n\nRoyal Mail argues that drones offer a chance to reduce carbon emissions, Drone-makers Windracers, Royal Mail's partner on the new routes, says they produce 30% fewer emissions than comparable piloted aircraft.\n\nThe drones are also, Mr Paxton says, less likely to be affected by bad weather than conventional aircraft.\n\n\"There is no need for the pilot to be able to see where they're going, which means they can fly in fog,\" he says, \"And because they're flying rather than going on the sea, they're also not relying on tides.\"\n\nAnalyst Kay Wackwitz of Drone Industry Insights said this sort of middle mile transportation \"addresses an essential problem for remote regions\".\n\n\"In comparison to ferries, island delivery can be done more quickly, more flexibly, and at a smaller ecological footprint,\" he said.\n\nHowever, for the system to be a success the planned routes will need CAA approval.\n\nThe authority told the BBC it was in the \"very early stages\" of discussions with Royal Mail about its plans.\n\nBesides the Royal Mail, a limited number of trials of deliveries by drone are taking place in the UK.\n\nLast year, a company called Skyports started carrying Covid test samples and other medical materials between medical facilities.\n\nIn general, the CAA says trials of drone deliveries are based on either limiting other aircraft's access to the airspace where drones are flying, or by drones sharing the airspace with others in a very controlled way.\n\nUltimately the organisation says for things like drone deliveries to be an everyday occurrence they need to be \"fully integrated into the airspace\" with all the other users, from parachutists to military fast jets.\n\nWhile there is a roadmap to increase the use of drones, the CAA says a combination of new technology, and more equipment in aircraft to detect and avoid them are needed along with trials to check safety.\n\nBut Mr Paxton is confident that the Royal Mail, which in the long-term wants a 500-strong fleet, will be able to get CAA approval.\n\n\"We are working with them, we're committed to working with them to open up the skies, and confident that we'll be able to do that,\" he said.\n• None Drones used to deliver post to remote island", "Shireen Abu Aqla was wearing a flak jacket, visibly marked with the word \"press\", when she was shot\n\nA veteran Palestinian-American correspondent for Al Jazeera has been killed while covering a raid by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank.\n\nThe Qatar-based network said Shireen Abu Aqla was shot \"deliberately\" and \"in cold blood\" by Israeli troops in Jenin. Her producer was also wounded.\n\nIsrael's prime minister said it was \"likely\" they were shot by Palestinian gunmen during an exchange of fire.\n\nBut his military chief said it was not yet able to determine what happened.\n\nThe Palestinian president said he held the Israeli government fully responsible for what he described as a \"crime of execution\".\n\nShireen Abu Aqla was known to millions for her coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict\n\nShireen Abu Aqla, 51, was widely known and widely admired - by viewers and colleagues alike.\n\nEarly on Wednesday morning she went to the Jenin refugee camp to report on a raid by Israeli soldiers and security forces, which the Israeli military said was conducted to apprehend \"terrorist suspects\".\n\n\"During the activity, tens of Palestinian gunmen fired at and hurled explosive devices toward the soldiers. The soldiers responded with fire toward the gunmen and hits were identified,\" a military statement said.\n\nThe Palestinian health ministry said Abu Aqla was hit in the head by a live bullet during the raid. She was taken to hospital in a critical condition and later pronounced dead.\n\nAnother Palestinian journalist, Al Jazeera producer Ali Samoudi, was shot in the back and was in a stable condition in hospital, the health ministry added.\n\n\"We were going to film the Israeli army operation and suddenly they shot us without asking us to leave or stop filming,\" Al Jazeera cited Mr Samoudi as saying. \"The first bullet hit me and the second bullet hit Shireen.\n\n\"There was no Palestinian military resistance at all at the scene,\" he added.\n\nVideo of the shooting showed Abu Aqla was wearing a blue flak jacket clearly marked with the word \"press\", as well as a helmet.\n\nShireen's body has been carried through the streets of Jenin, draped in a Palestinian flag and covered with her press flak jacket. Reporters and photographers packed in around the procession - having to cover the death of one of their own.\n\nShireen was a well loved reporter, one of the region's most experienced; always a familiar face at the many big news events that break here. A generation of Palestinians grew up seeing her on their TV screens, one of the best known women reporters covering the conflict.\n\nIn a tight-knit press corps, there is shock and disbelief. One colleague posted what he said was the last picture of her with them, putting on her flak jacket five minutes before her death. Another said of Shireen: \"She saw death so many times during her coverage. You taught us how to do this dangerous work. You just broke our hearts.\"\n\nA statement from Al Jazeera said: \"In a blatant murder, violating international laws and norms, the Israeli Occupation Forces assassinated in cold blood Al Jazeera's correspondent in Palestine, Shireen Abu Aqla, targeting her with live fire early this morning... while conducting her journalistic duty.\"\n\nThe network called on the international community to hold the Israeli government and military accountable for the \"intentional targeting and killing\" of a journalist.\n\nQatar - which funds Al Jazeera - said it considered the killing a \"heinous crime and a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law and a blatant infringement on freedom of media and expression\".\n\nPalestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the shooting of Abu Aqla and Samoudi and alleged that it was \"part of the occupation's policy of targeting journalists to obscure the truth and commit crimes silently\".\n\nAl Jazeera producer Ali Samoudi, who was wounded, said the fire came from Israeli soldiers\n\n\"According to the information we have gathered, it appears likely that armed Palestinians - who were firing indiscriminately at the time - were responsible for the unfortunate death of the journalist,\" he said in a statement.\n\n\"Palestinians in Jenin were even filmed boasting: 'We hit a soldier; he's lying on the ground.' However, no [Israeli] soldier was injured, which increases the possibility that Palestinian terrorists were the ones who shot the journalist.\"\n\nIsrael's foreign ministry and the Israeli military tweeted a video showing a Palestinian gunman firing down an alleyway in the Jenin camp.\n\nHowever, Israeli human rights group B'Tselem later said its researchers in Jenin had concluded that the Palestinian gunfire seen in that video could not possibly have been the gunfire that hit Abu Aqla and Samoudi.\n\nIn response, the Israeli foreign ministry stressed that \"there was no claim that the gunfire in the clip killed\" Abu Aqla.\n\nIsraeli military chief Lt Gen Aviv Kohavi meanwhile issued a statement saying: \"At this stage, it is not possible to determine whose shooting she was hit by and we are sorry for her death.\"\n\nMr Bennett also said Israel had called on the Palestinian Authority to conduct a joint post mortem and investigation in order to get to the truth. He claimed that Palestinian officials had so far refused the offer, but a Palestinian minister said there had been no contact from Israel about a joint probe.\n\nAbu Aqla's death prompted outpourings of grief from journalists and other people who knew her\n\nUS state department spokesman Ned Price said it was \"heartbroken by and strongly condemn the killing\" of Abu Aqla.\n\n\"The investigation must be immediate and thorough and those responsible must be held accountable. Her death is an affront to media freedom everywhere.\"\n\nAbu Aqla joined Al Jazeera in 1997 and was one of its first field correspondents. She was one of the best known women to become a regular face on TV screens covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict over the years.\n\nHer colleague Nida Ibrahim said she was \"very well respected\" and that the news was \"a shock to the journalists who have been working with her\".\n\nThe Palestinian ambassador to the UK, Husam Zomlot, told the BBC's Newsday programme that she was a very close friend.\n\n\"She was a household [name] in Palestine, in the region and worldwide for being who she was - a prominent journalist who spent her life covering news, covering Israeli brutality in Palestine,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Lyse Doucet says Shireen Abu Aqla was an \"inspiration\" to journalists\n\nThe Israeli military frequently launches arrest raids into Jenin refugee camp. They have stepped up recently following a wave of attacks by Israeli Arabs and Palestinians on the streets of Israel and the West Bank in recent weeks that has left 17 Israelis and two Ukrainians dead.\n\nAt least 26 Palestinians have been killed - including assailants shot dead while carrying out attacks, or militants and civilians killed during Israeli raids and confrontations in the West Bank.\n\nIsraeli operations have centred on the Jenin district, where four of the Palestinians who carried out attacks in Israel came from.", "Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was regarded as a rising talent in the film industry\n\nThe producers of Alec Baldwin film Rust have disputed an official report saying they were indifferent to gun safety before an on-set shooting tragedy.\n\nThe film's cinematographer was killed and its director injured when a gun held by Baldwin fired last October.\n\nLast month, the New Mexico Environment Department imposed its maximum fine on Rust Movie Productions for \"serious and wilful\" failures.\n\nBut the company has said it \"enforced all applicable safety protocols\".\n\nIn legal documents filed to contest the authority's findings, the firm also said it \"did not 'wilfully' violate any safety protocol\".\n\nAny actors handling guns received sufficient training, and assistant directors were instructed to hold safety meetings on days when firearms were used, it said.\n\nThere was such a meeting on the morning of the shooting that killed Halyna Hutchins and wounded Joel Souza, according the documents.\n\nAlec Baldwin has said he said he did not pull the trigger but the revolver fired after he cocked it\n\nBaldwin, one of the film's producers as well as its star, has said he believed the gun did not contain live rounds and he did not pull the trigger, but that it fired when he cocked it during rehearsals.\n\nHe said the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED)'s report \"exonerated\" him and made clear that his authority as co-producer \"was limited to approving script changes and creative casting\".\n\nThe organisation fined Rust Movie Productions $136,793 (£105,000) in April after investigating the incident.\n\nNow, the production company has argued that it was not responsible for supervising the film set, \"much less for supervising specific protocols such as the maintenance and loading of weapons\".\n\nIt said: \"The law properly permits producers to delegate such critical functions as firearm safety to experts in that field and does not place such responsibility on producers whose expertise is in arranging financing and contracting for the logistics of filming.\"\n\nAn aerial view of the film set on Bonanza Creek Ranch near Santa Fe\n\nIt also said previous discharges of blank rounds on set had been \"properly addressed\", including with safety briefings for cast and crew, and did not violate firearm safety protocols.\n\nThe company denied that the movie's armourer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, had been \"overburdened\" by also working as a props assistant.\n\nIt said her duties as armourer \"always took precedence\" and that she had sufficient time to inspect the ammunition, but \"didn't do her job properly\".\n\nLawyers for Gutierrez Reed said the NMED report showed she was \"not provided adequate time or resources to conduct her job effectively, despite her voiced concerns\".\n\nThey said the body \"also determined that production failed to call Hannah in to perform her armourer duties and inspect the firearm right before its use in the impromptu scene with Baldwin\".\n\nThey added: \"As we have stated before, had anyone from production called Hannah back into the church before the scene to consult with her, this tragedy would have been prevented.\"", "A record number of big polluters are committing to cutting CO2 emissions, a UN-backed report has said.\n\nBut firms in Asia, Africa and Latin America are lagging behind Europe, the US and Japan, the Science-Based Targets Initiative said.\n\nSeparately, a report cast doubt on whether oil companies can all deliver carbon cuts they've promised.\n\nBig oil firms are relying on unproven technologies, a think tank said.\n\nThe Science-Based Targets Initiative advises firms on how to set emissions reduction targets in line with climate science.\n\nIt says targets have now been adopted by more than 2,000 firms worth $38tn across 70 countries in 15 industries.\n\nThe authors say that in the most polluting sectors a critical mass of firms (27%) has joined the initiative.\n\nThey believe this could prove a positive tipping point, as the polluting giants influence actions across the whole supply chain.\n\nMore than half the companies setting targets are in the G7 rich nations, but there are also participants from China, India, Brazil, South Korea and South Africa.\n\nCanada and Italy are lagging behind, the report says. And Africa and Asia need more participants.\n\nEnvironmentalist Tom Burke from the think tank E3G welcomed the target setting.\n\n\"This is really good news\", he said, \"but it's very late in the day. We are way past the time when we should be tackling climate change.\n\n\"It's great to have targets but there's a huge gap in government and business between targets and achievements\".\n\nThe think tank Carbon Tracker said that oil and gas firms are basing their emissions goals on either selling polluting assets or on unproven or controversial technologies.\n\nThese include carbon capture and storage (CCS) - or carbon offsetting which can include trees being planted to compensate for industrial emissions.\n\nCarbon Tracker says investors should ask whether companies' targets are not just ambitious but also credible.\n\nThe author, Mike Coffin, said: \"Emissions mitigation technologies pose a huge risk to investors and the climate because most, such as CCS, are at an early stage of development, and solutions involving tree-planting require vast areas of land.\n\n\"Costs will be enormous and it is not clear whether they will be technically feasible or economically viable.\"\n\nThe report ranks oil and gas firms. It says:\n\nHowever, the oil giant said that it \"has long acknowledged the reality and risks of climate change, and it has devoted significant resources to addressing those risks\".\n\n\"We have announced our ambition to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions for operated assets by 2050. As part of that, we are developing detailed emission-reduction roadmaps for major facilities and assets,\" it said.\n\nA Met Office report this week said new global record temperatures are expected again in the next few years.", "Rebekah Vardy arrives at the Royal Courts Of Justice, London\n\nRebekah Vardy has confirmed she tried to leak a story about footballer Danny Drinkwater being arrested for drink-driving to the Sun, during a tough day in the witness box.\n\nBut she told the High Court the attempt to leak the story was a one-off.\n\nMrs Vardy was giving evidence on the second day of her libel case against Coleen Rooney.\n\nMrs Rooney is being sued for libel after claiming Mrs Vardy leaked private information she obtained on Instagram.\n\nIn court on Wednesday, Mrs Rooney's barrister David Sherborne read a WhatsApp exchange between Mrs Vardy and her agent Caroline Watt.\n\nThe High Court heard that Mrs Vardy had told Ms Watt that she wanted to be paid for providing information about Drinkwater leaving police custody after crashing his car.\n\nMr Drinkwater is a former Leicester City team-mate of Mrs Vardy's husband, Jamie.\n\nMr Sherborne said Mrs Vardy sent information about Mr Drinkwater spending a night in prison to Ms Watt, along with the message: \"I want paying for this x.\"\n\nAfter she was told the Sun had already obtained the story about Mr Drinkwater's arrest from another source at the police station, Mrs Vardy said she was \"fuming I didn't give it to you [Ms Watt] earlier\".\n\nMs Watt replied: \"That would have been a fortune,\" along with the cry-laughing emoji, and instead suggested getting in touch with paparazzi agency Splash News to provide further information about Mr Drinkwater.\n\nColeen and Wayne Rooney arriving at court on Wednesday\n\nMrs Vardy confirmed the exchange of texts referred to the possibility of the Sun writing a story but, with regard to wanting payment, said that \"wasn't a serious comment\".\n\n\"It was a fleeting thought and one I didn't consider any more then when I wrote it,\" she said.\n\nMr Sherborne suggested Mrs Vardy was angry about \"the fact that you're not going to get your money\". She replied: \"No, that's not true.\"\n\nWhen asked if Andy Halls, a reporter for the Sun, was a \"good conduit\" for information, she said: \"No, that's not the case. I never gave him information.\"\n\nMrs Vardy later denied having built a special relationship with the tabloid and stood by remarks in her witness statement that she \"actively avoided\" forming relationships with journalists, after being shown Instagram messages which revealed she planned to meet with another Sun reporter for lunch.\n\nQuizzed on whether she stood by an earlier witness statement in which she said she had never been paid for private information about anybody apart from myself or my family, she replied: \"Yes, apart from the Danny Drinkwater one.\"\n\nMr Sherborne said: \"So, there's an exception... I put it to you that when you say in that witness statement that these conversations were never serious and Caroline [Watt] would have understood that, that's completely untrue isn't it?\"\n\n\"No, it's not,\" Mrs Vardy replied.\n\nMr Sherborne continued: \"What this shows, Mrs Vardy, is that you are prepared to lie under oath.\" She replied: \"No.\"\n\nEarlier, Mrs Vardy denied it was \"standard practice\" for her to pass private information to the Sun via her agent.\n\nColeen Rooney (left) and Rebekah Vardy, pictured at a Euro 2016 match in France\n\nAlso on Wednesday, Mrs Vardy conceded that she had directed her agent to look at Mrs Rooney's private Instagram account to obtain information about a car crash.\n\nIn one exchange from January 2019, the court heard that Ms Watt asked Mrs Vardy: \"Am I imagining this or did you say yesterday that Coleen had crashed her Honda?\"\n\n\"She defo [definitely] has... Go in the Instagram,\" Mrs Vardy replied, according to court documents, referring to Mrs Rooney's private Instagram account, which Mrs Vardy could access from her own account because the pair followed each other.\n\nMr Sherborne noted that, on the first day of the trial, Mrs Vardy had agreed it would have been \"wrong\" if Ms Watt was looking at people's private Instagram posts through the use of Mrs Vardy's own account.\n\nHe put it to Mrs Vardy on day two of the trial that, in this instance, she was directing her agent to Mrs Rooney's Instagram. \"Yes, I am,\" Mrs Vardy replied.\n\nThe car crash story appeared in the Sun newspaper but Mrs Vardy denied having been the source.\n\nMrs Vardy said it was \"undeniable\" that her agent had seen something on Mrs Rooney's Instagram account, but said she had no knowledge of Ms Watt \"monitoring\" it.\n\n\"If she had been monitoring Mrs Rooney's Instagram, I had no knowledge of her monitoring it and I didn't ask her for that,\" she told the court.\n\nA courtroom sketch of Rebekah Vardy crying in the witness box on Wednesday\n\nMrs Vardy added that she had been \"just joking\" when discussing leaking another story with Ms Watt, this time about a woman allegedly cheating on her husband with a famous footballer.\n\nShe said WhatsApp messages between herself and Ms Watt were often \"outrageous and inappropriate\", but said it was just \"gossip between friends\" and not evidence of leaking stories.\n\nThe so-called \"Wagatha Christie\" trial centres on a viral social media post in October 2019, in which Mrs Rooney said she had carried out a \"sting operation\" and accused Mrs Vardy of leaking \"false stories\" about her private life to the press.\n\nMrs Rooney, the wife of former England footballer Wayne, claimed the only account that could have seen three fake stories she had posted on her personal Instagram account - which later appeared in the Sun - was Mrs Vardy's.\n\nMrs Vardy has denied being the source of the leaks and said a number of people had access to her accounts. Ms Watt has also denied being the source and has been deemed too ill to testify.\n\nThe libel case, which will be settled by a judge, not a jury, is set to run until next Wednesday and the onus is on the defendant Mrs Rooney to prove that it was in fact Mrs Vardy who leaked the stories in question.\n\nThe claimant, Mrs Vardy, started to cry in the witness box towards the end of proceedings on Wednesday, when reminded about abuse she and her family had received at the hands of online trolls as a result of the allegation.", "In a video filmed shortly after he was struck, Antwon can be seen bleeding\n\nAn attack on a boy who was struck with an oar is now being treated as a racially motivated assault.\n\nPolice officers were called to Bristol's Conham River Park on 26 March after a woman pushed Antwon, 12, during a dispute and hit him with the paddle.\n\nAccording to police she said she acted in self-defence and his family was told no further action would be taken.\n\nBut the force said after reviewing the case and meeting Antwon's family, it now wanted to hear from witnesses.\n\nIn a statement, Avon and Somerset Police said the initial decision to take no action was \"based on evidence gathered at the time\".\n\n\"A review was immediately launched after senior officers became aware of the decision to close this case with no further action being taken, following public concern,\" it added.\n\nAntwon's father Tyran said he felt let down by Avon and Somerset Police's initial decision to take no further action\n\nOn Monday, the force's Bristol commander, Supt Mark Runacres, along with Ch Insp Mike Buck and a community leader, met Antwon and his father Tyran to apologise for the family initially being informed by letter that no action would be taken.\n\nCh Insp Buck added: \"We're extremely grateful to the boy's father for agreeing to meet us and we had a constructive conversation in which we answered his questions and give him assurances about this review and what it means.\n\n\"We have complete empathy with his family and listened carefully to what he had to say. We gave him a full commitment to carrying out a comprehensive and thorough review and to keep him updated about its progress.\n\n\"We've re-classified this incident as being racially motivated and we have a detective sergeant leading the review, with oversight from a senior officer.\"\n\nBristol mayor Marvin Rees and deputy mayor Asher Craig said in a statement they had spoken with the Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset Police Sarah Crew and Ch Supt Peter Warren.\n\n\"We shared with them our concern for the victim's welfare, the decision and the way it was made,\" they said.\n\n\"We must have a full understanding of what happened to this young man, why and justice - whatever that is in this instance - must be done.\"\n\nTyran said it was important his son \"saw justice\" for what had happened.\n\n\"An adult should not be going for kids like that,\" he added.\n\nAntwon was attacked in Conham River Park in Bristol on 26 March\n\nAntwon, who is from Bristol, had been at a birthday gathering in the park and some children in his group were reportedly throwing mud at boats in the water when the woman confronted them.\n\nDuring an altercation, she then struck Antwon with a paddle.\n\nTyran said when he approached the woman she was apologetic and told him she had called the police herself after \"seeing red\".\n\nShe was arrested at the scene, but later de-arrested, Avon and Somerset Police said.\n\nThe force has made contact with the woman involved and has updated her on the action it will be taking.\n\n\"We have set ourselves a target of two weeks to look at the information that we have, but it might take longer depending on the outcome of the first initial review,\" Ch Insp Buck added.\n\nFollow BBC West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: bristol@bbc.co.uk\n• None Police to review case of boy, 12, hit with paddle\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Police tracked down Leon Atkinson after he posted the photograph on a secret messaging app\n\nThe boss of a huge cocaine empire was caught after he posted a photograph of himself drinking beer on a secret messaging app being monitored by police.\n\nLeon Atkinson led a gang involved in drug deals worth £9m in just three months, Greater Manchester Police said.\n\nThe 41-year-old was captured when detectives accessed messages on the EncroChat network used by the dealers.\n\nAtkinson, of Wigan, was jailed for 15 years at Manchester Crown Court.\n\nHe and four others admitted a raft of offences including conspiracy to supply Class A drugs and money laundering.\n\nThe plot was uncovered after detectives infiltrated the communications system as part of Operation Venetic.\n\nAtkinson was identified as the ringleader when he sent the photograph, taken in his garden during England's first coronavirus lockdown in 2020, to a leading member of another drugs gang.\n\nThe dark web messages revealed how Atkinson's gang was arranging the purchase and transport of huge quantities of cocaine with another gang member Abdul Ghafar, 46.\n\nDistributors Adam Marsden, 37, and Nathan Powell, 31, sourced and supplied over six stone (40kg) of cocaine between them.\n\nAtkinson, of Brindley Close, Atherton, Marsden, of Taunton Avenue, Rochdale, and Ghafar, of Halifax Road, Nelson, all admitted conspiracy to supply Class A drugs and conspiracy to transfer criminal property.\n\nMarsden was sentenced to nine years and eight months while Ghafar received a jail term of eight years and eight months.\n\nPowell, of Cheney Close, Openshaw, admitted the same offences and is due to be sentenced on Thursday.\n\nAlso involved in the dealing was Romiz Ahmad, 39, of Rossall Road, Rochdale, who was convicted of money laundering vast sums of cash on behalf of the gang.\n\nAhmad, who denied dealing in criminal property, was jailed for six years after a jury convicted him in February.\n\nDet Insp Roger Smethurst said: \"This was an extremely sophisticated drugs gang that effectively distributed mass quantities of cocaine across the North West.\"\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Adidas sports bra adverts that featured photographs of bare breasts have been banned for showing explicit nudity.\n\nImages of the breasts of dozens of women of various skin colours, shapes and sizes in a grid format appeared on a tweet and two posters.\n\nThe Advertising Standards Agency found all three versions likely to cause widespread offence.\n\nAdidas said the adverts \"show just how diverse breasts are\" and therefore how important the correct sports bra is.\n\nA spokesperson for Adidas UK said it stood proudly behind the message which it continued to display on its website.\n\nThe tweet was posted in February with the words: \"We believe women's breasts in all shapes and sizes deserve support and comfort. Which is why our new sports bra range contains 43 styles, so everyone can find the right fit for them.\"\n\nThe two posters showed similar cropped images of 62 and 64 women, and stated: \"The reasons we didn't make just one new sports bra.\"\n\nThe advertising watchdog received 24 complaints that the advert's use of nudity was gratuitous and objectified women by sexualising them and \"reducing them to body parts\".\n\nSome people had contacted them asking whether the posters were appropriate to be on display where they could be seen by children.\n\nTwitter also said the post had been reported by some users but was not found to be in breach of its terms of service.\n\nThe ASA said it did not think the way the women were portrayed in the tweet was sexually explicit or objectified them.\n\nBut it did find that the tweet was likely to be seen as explicit nudity and required careful targeting to avoid causing offence.\n\nIt decided the posters were not suitable for use in untargeted media where they could be seen by children. Adidas UK said the images were intended to \"reflect and celebrate different shapes and sizes, illustrate diversity and demonstrate why tailored support bras were important\".\n\nThey said the images had been cropped to protect the identity of the models and to ensure their safety, adding that all the models shown had volunteered to be in the ad and were supportive of its aims.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Mobs have attacked buses as well as property belonging to the Rajapaksas and other politicians\n\nSecurity forces are deployed across Sri Lanka with orders to shoot looters on sight amid continuing protests at the government's handling of a devastating economic crisis.\n\nPresident Gotabaya Rajapaksa has vowed to restore order, in his first national speech since protests began last month.\n\nIgnoring calls to resign, he offered to cede some powers to parliament and name a prime minister, but set no timetable.\n\nHis brother quit as PM on Monday amid fury over soaring prices and shortages.\n\nSri Lankans are desperate as basic items like food and fuel run out or become unaffordable.\n\n\"We have come to the protest site despite the curfew,\" one protester, Chandrasekaran, told BBC Tamil in Colombo. \"We are suffering even now. There is no kerosene, no petrol, no diesel, and no power.\"\n\nDespite a nationwide curfew, there have been two consecutive nights of arson attacks by mobs - many have targeted property belonging to the Rajapaksas and other politicians who are blamed for the mess the country is in.\n\nShops near Colombo were torched, as well as a resort owned by the son of former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.\n\nMr Rajapaksa, the president's elder brother and a two-time former president, is holed up in a naval base in the north-east for his own safety, the military has confirmed.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"I never wanted him\" - people from Sri Lanka's protests on the country's leaders\n\nAt least nine people have been killed and about 200 injured in unrest since Monday. It began when government supporters attacked protesters who are demanding that Gotabaya Rajapaksa leave office.\n\nOpposition politicians have warned the violence could have been staged to give the army a pretext to take power. Rumours of a possible coup have been fuelled by the presence of large numbers of troops with armoured vehicles on the streets.\n\nBut the military have denied any such move is planned.\n\n\"When there is a dangerous situation in the country, powers are given to the military to deal with it,\" Defence Secretary Kamal Gunaratne told a news conference.\n\n\"Don't ever think that we are trying to capture power. The military has no such intentions.\"\n\nSri Lanka had already seen weeks of protests over its dire financial situation, which has caused the Sri Lankan rupee to plunge, provoking severe shortages of basic items such as food, fuel and medical supplies.\n\nThe worst trouble overnight was in the north of the capital, Colombo, where rival groups set fire to shops in the town of Negombo.\n\nOn Monday night, mobs burned more than 50 houses belonging to politicians, while a controversial museum dedicated to the Rajapaksa family was also razed to the ground in their traditional heartland, Hambantota, in the country's south.\n\nSoldiers and police are under orders to shoot anyone damaging property or threatening life\n\nShops, businesses and offices were shut for a third day on Wednesday under a nationwide curfew in place until Thursday morning.\n\nAnother protester told the BBC the president's speech on Wednesday was long overdue.\n\n\"Where were you for the last 30 days? People don't have medicine, people don't have food, the entire country's at a standstill,\" Kavindya Thennakoon said. \"The reforms he's suggesting are not what we need. What we need right now is for [the president] to resign from office... It baffles my mind that Gotabaya Rajapaksa doesn't understand that.\"\n\nThe streets of the capital, Colombo, bear the evidence of this week's rioting - a heavy police presence, troops on the streets, and overturned and burnt buses after Monday's violence.\n\nNonetheless, protesters continue to gather despite the curfew at Galle Face Green. They insist President Rajapaksa has grossly mismanaged the economy and must stand aside.\n\nHe is the last Rajapaksa family member in office and the resignation of his brother as prime minister did nothing to placate demonstrators or bring calm.\n\nProtesters blame Gotabaya (right) and Mahinda Rajapaksa for the current crisis\n\nPresident Rajapaska says he is holding talks with other political parties aimed at forming a unity government. But the main opposition has said it will not be part of the interim administration unless the president stands down.\n\nAt present, there is no clarity on which political parties might come together to form such a government.\n\nThe political stalemate comes as Sri Lanka attempts to iron out a bailout package with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) - the island's $81bn economy is near bankruptcy.\n\nIt has suspended its foreign debt payments, largely because it cannot service loans from China that paid for massive infrastructure projects.\n\nWhile the pandemic hit the vital tourism sector and shrank Sri Lanka's earnings and foreign exchange reserves, experts say problems have been exacerbated by populist tax cuts in 2019 and a disastrous ban on chemical fertilisers in 2021 that devastated crop yields.\n\nProtesters gathered in front of Trincomalee Naval Base in the north-east after reports that Mahinda Rajapaksa had fled there with his family after escaping from his Colombo residence when it was besieged by crowds on Monday night.\n\nThe military confirmed on Wednesday that he was inside the base.\n\n\"We took Mahinda to the naval base for safety reasons,\" the defence secretary said.\n\nEarlier, there had been rumours that Mr Rajapaksa and others in the family had fled to India, which the Indian High Commission in Colombo denied.\n\nSri Lankans are still reeling from the violence that has erupted. Many politicians are sheltering in safe houses or avoiding appearing in public.\n\n\"It is not at all safe, particularly for politicians on the government side,\" Nalaka Godahewa, until recently media minister, told the BBC. His house was among those torched.\n\nMahinda Rajapaksa, once celebrated by the majority Sinhalese as a war hero for defeating the Tamil Tiger rebels, has suddenly become a villain. Many blame his supporters for targeting anti-government protesters, which then set off a chain of violent events.\n\nThe Rajapaksas have always stood together, but this time, their differences are out in the open. The problem appears to have started after Gotabaya asked the family patriarch Mahinda to \"take one for the team\" and resign.\n\nHow the family, who have dominated Sri Lankan politics for years, overcome this crisis is now an open question.", "An amnesty from Troubles prosecutions could be conditional upon cooperation with truth recovery investigations, the government has revealed.\n\nThis would change a key aspect of plans to deal with the conflict's legacy.\n\nDetails are contained in a paper published after the Queen's Speech on new legislation.\n\nMinisters aim to pass the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill in the coming months.\n\nThe Queen's Speech, which was delivered by the Prince of Wales on Tuesday, is used to set out plans for new laws.\n\nThe address also included plans for the Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill, which commits to delivering on commitments about identity and language negotiated in the New Decade, New Approach agreement of 2020.\n\nThis gives recognition and protection to the Irish language and will enhance and develop the Ulster Scots/Ulster British tradition.\n\n\"This will recognise and celebrate Northern Ireland's natural and cultural identities and accommodate cultural differences,\" the statement continued.\n\nIt includes the creation of a new office of identity and cultural expression and two commissioners to be appointed by the first and deputy first ministers.\n\nAlthough not outlined in the papers which accompanied the Queen's Speech, the government has also modified its position on banning all Troubles-related civil cases and inquests.\n\nIt is understood existing claims could continue to a conclusion, as would any inquests which have started by the time the legislation comes into effect.\n\nIt is not yet clear when the draft legislation will be introduced into Parliament, or what start date the government has in mind for the new arrangements to come into force.\n\nSir Jeffrey Donaldson says he will need to see the draft legislation before judging it\n\nSpeaking after the speech, the DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, whose party had been opposed to the original amnesty plans, said he would have to wait to see the contents of the bill.\n\n\"I am not sure it will reflect the initial proposals,\" he told BBC News NI.\n\n\"I want to see does it offer the chance for innocent victims to see those who perpetrated their murderous deeds against loved ones prosecuted?\n\n\"What does the process look like? Are we talking about a blanket statute of limitations?\" he asked.\n\n\"We are clear and always have been that justice must not be sacrificed,\" he added.\n\n\"The innocent victims families have waited for years, some for decades for the opportunity to have justice brought and they have the right to pursue that.\n\n\"We will judge what the government proposes against whether the opportunity for justice remains,\" he added.\n\nAsked whether he would accept a conditional statute of limitations he said he would have to see the detail of such a plan.\n\n\"We must not allow a situation to develop where people are able to rewrite the narrative which suggests that terrorists which committed terrible atrocities across the board are somehow either exonerated or can walk away,\" he said.\n\n\"That is not what the people of Northern Ireland want. They want truth but they also want justice,\" he added.\n\nIt will be a day remembered for who wasn't there and, for unionists, what wasn't included in the government's legislative plan.\n\nThere was no mention of the much talked about legislation to over ride parts of the Northern Ireland protocol.\n\nInstead, buried deep in the Executive summary was a vague reference to protecting the the UK's internal \"economic bonds\".\n\nThe government steered cleared of any legislative commitment around the protocol, much to the frustration of the DUP.\n\nThe party says it needs actions and not words.\n\nAway from the pomp and ceremony, the state opening of Parliament allows the government to press the reset button at Westminster but there is no sign of a reboot at Stormont anytime soon.\n\nNorthern Ireland is currently without a first or deputy first minister because the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has refused to nominate to the joint office as part of its protest against the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\nThe protocol is the part of the UK's Brexit deal with the European Union, which retains free trade across the Irish border but introduced checks on some goods moving across the Irish Sea from the UK to Northern Ireland.\n\nThe DUP has said it will not go back into government in Northern Ireland until its concerns over these post-Brexit trading arrangements are resolved.\n\nThe Queen's Speech referenced the protocol and said it \"needs to change\".\n\nSecretary of State Brandon Lewis announced the plan to ban prosecutions last July\n\n\"We urge our partners in the EU to work with us, with new imagination and flexibility, to deliver that,\" it outlined.\n\n\"We will continue to talk with the EU but we will not let that stand in the way of protecting peace and stability in Northern Ireland.\"\n\nLegislation on the controversial amnesty proposals have been held up by about six months as the government continues to engage with parties and victims' groups.\n\nThe plans emerged last July when the government proposed \"drawing a line under the Troubles\" by banning any more prosecutions.\n\nThis would cover all Troubles-related incidents involving paramilitary organisations as well as the police and Army.\n\nBut the idea has faced widespread opposition in Northern Ireland.\n\nInstead of prosecutions, inquests and civil cases, the government has suggested a truth recovery process for bereaved families, including a level of disclosure by the state \"that has never happened before\".\n\nIn recent months, it has been examining how to make truth recovery a more robust investigative process.\n\nThe government has come under mounting pressure from its own back benches to act quicker in order to prevent any further prosecutions of former soldiers.\n\nThe Public Prosecution Service (PPS) has yet to make decisions on 12 veterans as part of a wider legacy caseload.\n\nThere are also about 1,200 unsolved Troubles-related killings currently with the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), which would take 20 years to work through.", "Faith Angwet told the BBC there was no support to help her pay rising food and energy bills\n\nSingle mum Faith Angwet struggled to make ends meet during the pandemic but says the cost of living crisis has hit her even harder.\n\n\"I was starting to feel like I was getting to a good place but now the price of everything has gone up it has pushed me right back,\" she said.\n\nMs Angwet is one of an estimated 1.5m UK households that will struggle to pay food and energy bills in the next year.\n\nThat's according to research which also predicts a UK recession in 2022.\n\nThe National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) has also warned that a combination of rising prices and measures announced in the Chancellor's Spring Statement - such as the decision not to scrap a planned rise in National Insurance tax - are hitting the poorest households hardest.\n\nMs Angwet, 36, from Southwark in south London, is a single mother-of-two who has been unemployed since having her daughter two years ago.\n\n\"In the pandemic if you couldn't afford something you could shop around or buy in bulk. But now you can't afford it everywhere. And if I am able to buy in bulk, if the kids see it they want to eat it now. So I find myself hiding things from them so I can bring it out another day like magic.\"\n\nFaith Angwet said plans to take her children to the beach would have to be pushed back due to rising costs\n\nThings have got so bad that Ms Angwet sometimes forgoes her prescription for blood pressure medication so she can afford to buy formula and nappies for her daughter.\n\nAs she is unemployed, she cannot get any other form of benefit or financial help from the government so has turned to food banks for support.\n\nShe said her five-year-old son's free school meals were a \"huge help\" and that she was grateful for nappies and clothes from Little Village baby bank.\n\n\"It's got to the point that I turned to a payday loan, but they want you to borrow more than you need. We can't always go to the food bank, it's a vicious cycle,\" she said.\n\nInflation - the rate at which prices rise - is at a 30-year high, as the Ukraine war drives up fuel and energy prices.\n\nThe Bank of England has warned inflation might reach 10% within months.\n\nThe think tank urged the government to raise Universal Credit by £25 per week between May and October, which would cost around £1.35bn, and give £250 each to 11.3 million lower income households.\n\n\"Without this targeted support we expect a further increase in extreme poverty,\" the think tank said, with about a quarter of a million households sliding into extreme poverty, taking the number to about a million.\n\nAbout half a million households would \"face the choice between eating and heating\" without these payments, it said, adding that the chancellor had a reported £20bn of \"headroom\" for government spending that could be used to cushion the shock to income.\n\nThe think tank predicted that inflation would average 7.8% in 2022 and will remain above 3% until 2024 - above the Bank of England's 2% target.\n\nAt the same time, economic growth is set to slow.\n\nWhile NIESR forecast that UK economic growth in 2022 would increase by 3.5% on average, it predicted a fall in the final two quarters of the year.\n\nThis would push the UK into a recession, which is two consecutive quarters of economic decline.\n\nMeanwhile, government policies are set to leave households with even less disposable income, according to NIESR.\n\nIt forecasts household income when adjusted for inflation will fall by 2.4% in 2022, along with a small rise in unemployment next year.\n\nTony Danker, director general of the CBI, which represents big businesses, told the BBC's Today programme that companies were suffering too.\n\nHe said inflation, higher energy prices, labour shortages and the war in Ukraine had made firms \"pause before investing\", and that this was stopping them \"creating jobs and paying good wages\".\n\nHe said the government needed to create \"reasons to invest\" such as subsidising the shift to clean energy or cutting business rates for shops.\n\n\"If we wait... the economy will end up in more trouble,\" he added. \"Get firms investing now because that will stop us facing dire consequences later on.\"\n\nProfessor Stephen Millard, NIESR's deputy director for macroeconomics, said: \"Although the war in Ukraine is fundamentally a human tragedy, it has resulted in another supply shock for the UK economy: pushing down growth and pushing up on inflation.\"\n\nHe added: \"We need fiscal policy to loosen and monetary policy to tighten if the UK economy is going to sail safely through these treacherous seas.\"\n\nA Treasury spokesperson said the country has had a \"strong economic recovery\" from the pandemic but acknowledged that these are \"anxious times\", and said the government is taking action to support households.\n\n\"This includes a tax cut of over £330 a year for the typical employee, lowering the Universal Credit taper rate to help people keep more of the money they earn, and providing millions of households with up to £350 each to help with rising energy bills,\" the spokesperson said.\n\n\"Public debt is at the highest levels since the 1960s and rising inflation is pushing up our debt interest costs, which means we must manage public finances sustainably to avoid saddling future generations with further debt.\"\n\nShadow chancellor Rachel Reeves said the government should bring in an emergency budget \"urgently\", adding: \"With a one-off windfall tax on oil and gas producer profits we can cut household bills by up to £600 and support businesses through the cost of living storm.\"\n\nIt comes as NIESR separately forecast that global economic growth would be 1% lower, or about $1.5tn, at the end of 2022, due to the Ukraine war.\n\nAre you personally affected by the rising cost of living? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: UK and Sweden will 'face new reality together'\n\nThe UK has agreed mutual security pacts with Sweden and Finland, agreeing to come to their aid should either nation come under attack.\n\nUK Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited both countries to sign the deals, amid debate about them joining Nato.\n\nThe pacts also state that Finland and Sweden would assist the UK in a crisis.\n\nMr Johnson and Swedish PM Magdalena Andersson said co-operation was \"even more important\" given Russia's invasion of Ukraine.\n\nThe second deal was announced in a joint press conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinistö.\n\nMr Johnson said the \"solemn declaration\" between the UK and Finland was reflective of the \"extreme difficulty of the times we are in\".\n\nHe emphasised the deal was \"not a short-term stop gap\" while Finland considered whether to join the Nato defensive alliance, but rather a \"enduring assurance between two nations\".\n\nAsked if there would be \"British boots on the ground\" in Finland should a conflict break out, Mr Johnson said military assistance would be offered, but that the \"nature of that assistance\" would depend upon the \"request of the other party\".\n\nMr Johnson added the agreement would become the \"foundation of an intensification of our security and our defence relationship in other ways as well\".\n\nMr Niinistö said his nation appreciated the UK's \"strong support\" of Nato's open-door policy to Finland's potential membership.\n\nHe said joining Nato would not be \"against anybody\" and the UK deal was intended to \"maximise our security one way or another\" while considering joining the defensive alliance.\n\nHowever, when asked if the possible move could provoke President Vladimir Putin, Mr Niinistö said Russia would be responsible if Sweden or Finland joined Nato.\n\nHe said Russia was suggesting the two nations did not have their \"own will\" by threatening them against applying for membership.\n\n\"They are ready to attack their neighbouring country, so... my response would be that 'you caused this - look at the mirror'\".\n\nSpeaking earlier in Sweden Mr Johnson said: \"If Sweden were attacked and looked to us for help and support, then we would provide it.\"\n\nAsked by the BBC to spell out exactly what the UK would do if Russia attacked Sweden, Mr Johnson said the deal meant that \"upon request from the other party, we would come to the other party's assistance\".\n\nMs Andersson argued her country would be safer as a result of the mutual assistance agreement with the UK, adding: \"Of course this means something. This is important whatever policy choice we make in Sweden.\"\n\nShe also explained the country was \"exploring all possible options and Nato is one of them that is on the table\".\n\nFinland says applying to join Nato is all about defence. But Vladimir Putin doesn't see it that way. He's always viewed Nato's eastern expansion as a threat.\n\nFinland shares an 800 mile (1300km) long border with Russia, bringing the alliance's military might that much closer Moscow.\n\nFinnish and Swedish membership will make Nato more robust too - boosting its eastern flank and presence in the Baltic Sea. And the Kremlin has threatened retaliation.\n\nSome fear it might deploy targeted nuclear weapons. But Finnish diplomats I've spoken to believe Russia has its military hands full in Ukraine and that it will instead focus on cyber and disinformation campaigns.\n\nThey say President Putin has himself to blame for Nato expanding. Before Russia invaded Ukraine, most Finns and Swedes preferred to work alongside, but not inside, Nato.\n\nRussia's aggression - its expansionist zeal - changed all that.\n\nThe agreements with Sweden and Finland are not a legal or automatic security guarantee but a political declaration that the UK would come to their aid, if requested.\n\nIn an interview with the BBC, Mr Johnson described the deal with Sweden as stating something that \"should be implicit\" in the countries' relationship anyway.\n\nAsked if he thought Sweden should join Nato, Mr Johnson said it was \"not for the UK to intervene\" in their internal debate over whether to apply to become a member of the alliance.\n\nBut he added: \"We would strongly support Sweden's accession, if that's what the Swedes chose to do. We'd certainly try to make things go smoothly and easily as possible.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Boris Johnson says the UK and Sweden have made a \"solemn declaration\" to protect each other\n\nNato - the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation - is a 30-nation defensive alliance founded shortly after the end of World War Two.\n\nIt has its headquarters in Brussels, but is dominated by the massive military and nuclear missile power of the US.\n\nSupport for joining the Nato has increased in both Sweden and Finland since Russia invaded Ukraine, despite their long history of pursuing policies of military neutrality to avoid conflict with regional powers.\n\nFinland and Sweden are both modern, democratic countries that fulfil the criteria for membership.\n\nNato's chief, secretary general Jens Stoltenberg, has said the alliance would welcome them with open arms and there would be minimum delay in processing their membership.\n\nRussia has previously warned both nations not to join Nato and threatened \"a military technical response\" if they do try to become members.\n\nKremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stressed that Moscow would have to \"rebalance the situation\" with its own measures if any bid went ahead.", "Cardinal Joseph Zen waves to demonstrators during the annual pro-democracy protest in 2014\n\nOne of the Catholic Church's most senior members has been arrested in Hong Kong for breaking China's national security law, police have confirmed.\n\nCardinal Joseph Zen, 90, is one of four people detained for being associated with a now-defunct organisation that helped protesters in financial need.\n\nThe others are a Cantopop singer and actor Denise Ho, ex-legislator Margaret Ng, and academic Dr Hui Po Keung.\n\nThey are accused of colluding with foreign forces.\n\nIf found guilty, they could face life in prison. Human Rights Watch called it a \"shocking new low for Hong Kong.\"\n\nHong Kong Police told the BBC that the group was suspected of appealing to foreign countries or organisations to impose sanctions on Hong Kong, hence threatening China's national security.\n\nCardinal Zen fled Shanghai for Hong Kong after the communists took over China 70 years ago, and is a former bishop of Hong Kong. He has long been a critic of the government in Beijing, speaking out for Catholics in mainland China and for more democracy in Hong Kong.\n\nHe once publicly admonished the Vatican for \"selling out\" to China by forcing bishops to retire in favour of replacements picked by Beijing.\n\n\"Arresting a 90-year-old cardinal for his peaceful activities has to be a shocking new low for Hong Kong, illustrating the city's free fall in human rights in the past two years,\" Human Rights Watch said.\n\nThe Vatican is concerned about the cardinal's arrest, spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement.\n\nThe Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong has also spoken out, saying they are \"extremely concerned about the condition and safety of Cardinal Joseph Zen\".\n\n\"We urge the Hong Kong Police and the judicial authorities to handle Cardinal Zen's case in accordance with justice,\" they added.\n\nSinger and activist Denise Ho testified at a US Congressional hearing on the pro-democracy protest in 2019\n\nDr Hui, a scholar with Hong Kong's Lingnan University, was arrested at the airport as he tried to fly to Europe to take up an academic posting, Hong Kong Free Press reports, citing two legal sources.\n\nThis is the second time Denise Ho has been arrested in as many months - she was detained late last year under the same law.\n\nMargaret Ng has also been arrested in the past - in 2021 she was handed a one year suspended sentence for participating in unauthorised demonstrations. During the hearing, the barrister dismissed her own lawyer and gave such a rousing speech, the court erupted into applause.\n\nHong Kong Police told the BBC the four defendants would be released on bail, but must hand over their passports.\n\nThey are believed to have been associated with the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund, which helped pro-democracy protesters pay their legal and medical fees.\n\nCardinal Zen is someone many Catholics in Hong Kong look up to. He's been seen marching with citizens in protests, and more recently attending court hearings of pro-democracy activists. Some affectionately call him \"Grandpa Cardinal\".\n\nOne political pundit, Dr Simon Shen, says his arrest will seriously affect relations between China and the Vatican.\n\nThe Roman Catholic Church has been seeking to improve its relations with Beijing for decades - something Cardinal Zen is not happy about, as he says the rights of Christians in Mainland China are not being looked after in their negotiations.\n\nMeanwhile, Beijing's official newspapers in Hong Kong call the Cardinal a \"lawless\" anti-China person.\n\nJust after the arrests were made known to the public, one paper published what it calls \"evidence\" of the 612 Fund's \"collusion\" against China.\n\nHis arrest will inevitably become a yet another sticking point in fraying relations between Hong Kong and the international community, driven by the Beijing-imposed National Security Law.\n\nThe organisation was disbanded last year after the national security police demanded it hand over sensitive information including details about its members and donors.\n\nScores of pro-democracy activists and protesters in Hong Kong have been arrested under the national security law since it was imposed by China in 2020.\n\nIt essentially bans sedition, secession and treason, and therefore makes it easier for authorities to crack down on protesters and punish them.\n\nThe arrests come days after the Chinese government appointed a new hard-line pro-Beijing leader for Hong Kong, John Lee Ka-chiu.\n\n\"The arrests... [are] an ominous sign that its crackdown on Hong Kong is only going to escalate,\" Human Rights Watch said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Hong Kong security law: The BBC's Stephen McDonell explains what it means, and what people there think", "Sadiq Khan says he has received at least 233,000 \"explicitly racist or racialised social media messages\" since being elected mayor of London in 2016.\n\nAddressing Stanford University students in California, Mr Khan partly blamed a 1,892% rise in abuse to Donald Trump's election as US president.\n\nA feud started in 2017 when Mr Trump criticised the mayor over his response to the London Bridge terror attacks.\n\n\"He's not my biggest fan,\" Mr Khan told the audience in Silicon Valley.\n\nMr Khan was elected mayor of London in May 2016, six months before Mr Trump won the White House.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"During those four years he was president, that led to me having to receive police protection and a lot of racial abuse,\" Mr Khan said on Tuesday.\n\n\"In the last year of him being president, once he was banned from Twitter, I received the least racial abuse of any time over five years.\n\n\"On the one hand, social media - Facebook Twitter - great. On the other hand, that's the consequence of lack of control and lack of regulation.\"\n\nRacist abuse targeted at Mr Khan rose by 1,892% in 2016, according to the mayor's office, before increasing by a further 94% in 2017.\n\nThe abuse declined by 35% in 2018, rose by 59% in 2019 with a decline of by 75% in 2020, and a further 40% fall in 2021, following Mr Trump's permanent ban from Twitter and subsequent departure from office, said Mr Khan's office.\n\nThe mayor is travelling across the country as part of his efforts to \"bang the drum for London\" and encourage investment and tourism.\n\nThe California leg of the tour has seen him meeting with technology and business leaders at Google and LinkedIn.\n\nAsked about Elon Musk's plans to reverse Mr Trump's Twitter ban, he said \"everybody should be entitled to be rehabilitated\".\n\n\"Let's wait and see if Donald Trump has learnt his lesson. If it's the case that Donald Trump is going to use Twitter responsibly, I think that's all well and good.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sadiq Khan reads out online racist abuse and death threats in 2018\n\n\"If he breaks the rules, there needs to be consequences and we can't afford a situation where people think social media is where people behave irresponsibly, where you see an increase in not just racism, sexism and misogyny but also division.\n\n\"I hope Elon Musk, now he's in charge of Twitter, understands that.\"\n\nFollow BBC London on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hellobbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe government has promised to tackle sharp rises in the cost of living by boosting the economy, as it set out its plans in the Queen's Speech.\n\nBut Boris Johnson warned that the government could not \"shield everyone\" from the effect of global inflation.\n\nLabour has called for an emergency budget to address the cost of living and a windfall tax on energy companies to fund more support for households.\n\nIn the speech, delivered by Prince Charles in the Queen's absence, the government set out the new laws it plans to bring in over the coming year.\n\nPriorities included energy security, carbon emissions and post-Brexit economic arrangements - but the opposition parties, and some Tories, said it should have contained more on living costs.\n\nThe Bank of England is warning that inflation could hit around 10% later this year.\n\nThe three main opposition parties are all demanding an emergency Budget, with tax cuts and benefit rises to help struggling households.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the legislative agenda set out in the Queen's Speech was \"bereft of ideas\" and \"without a guiding principle or a road map for delivery\".\n\nLib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey said millions of households would be \"bitterly disappointed\" with the government plans. And SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford accused ministers of a \"deafening silence\" over potential rises in poverty.\n\nIn response, Mr Johnson argued wider economic reforms would help households, telling MPs: \"However great our compassion and commitment, we cannot simply spend our way out of problems.\n\n\"We need to grow our economy out of these problems by creating hundreds of thousands of high-waged, high-skilled jobs across the country.\"\n\nHe also hinted at an announcement on the cost of living in the coming days, although Downing Street said the PM was referring to the wider work being done in departments to address the pressures households face.\n\nPrince William was among the senior royals at the Palace of Westminster\n\nThe political parties will spend several days debating the contents of the Queen's Speech.\n\nIt includes seven bills that ministers say will help deliver the benefits of Brexit, while a Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill is expected to change planning rules in England.\n\nThe government said its Energy Security Bill would \"accelerate our transition to more secure, more affordable and cleaner homegrown energy supplies\".\n\nMeanwhile, a Public Order Bill would create a criminal offence, with a maximum sentence of 12 months, of \"interfering with key national infrastructure\" such as airports, railways and printing presses.\n\nThe Liberal Democrats called the proposed changes \"dangerous and draconian\", but Home Secretary Priti Patel argued they were needed to deal with a \"self-indulgent minority who seem to revel in causing mayhem and misery\".\n\nThe speech also pledged support for Ukraine and to reduce regional inequality, but trade unions and charities complained about the lack of an Employment Bill aimed at improving workers' rights.", "Kalush Orchestra were given special permission to leave Ukraine while the war continues.\n\nUkraine's Kalush Orchestra are through to the final of the Eurovision Song Contest, cementing their position as favourites to win the competition.\n\nThe folk-rap band jumped to their feet, waving the Ukrainian flag as it was announced they had qualified from the first semi-final in Turin.\n\nEarlier, they gave an energetic performance of their song Stefania.\n\n\"Thank you for supporting Ukraine,\" said founder member Oleh Psiuk as they finished their performance.\n\nThe audience at the Pala Alpitour responded with a mixture of joy and emotion. Deafening applause was accompanied by genuine tears.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Ukrainian fans celebrate in Turin as the Kalush Orchestra qualify for Eurovision final\n\nSupport for the band has swelled since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC before the semi-final, Psiuk said a victory would send a message of support to the country's besieged citizens, and the estimated 12 million people who have fled the country.\n\n\"For our country it is so important to have victories in all ways,\" he said. \"So if we win, it will be another opportunity to show Ukraine to the world, to remind people about Ukraine, and to increase morale in the whole country.\"\n\nBut the band were at pains to point out that their success isn't just an expression of solidarity.\n\n\"Even before the war, we were in fifth position according to bookmakers,\" they said in a press conference last week, \"which means this Ukrainian song is already enjoyed by Europeans.\"\n\nTheir song, Stefania, was written in tribute to Psiuk's mother, but emotive lyrics like \"I will always walk to you by broken roads\" have been re-interpreted as a rallying cry.\n\nSpeaking after the semi-final, Psiuk thanked everyone who voted and said Lakush Orchestra were \"totally focused\" on the final, \"because we are here to show that Ukrainian culture is alive\".\n\nRussia, meanwhile, has been banned from competing in this year's contest, with organisers saying the country's participation could \"bring the competition into disrepute\".\n\nSibling trio Systur qualified for the final for Iceland\n\nTuesday's semi-final allowed 10 acts to progress to Saturday's final. They were (in no particular order):\n\nThat meant popular songs like Latvia's \"vegetarian anthem\" Eat Your Salad and Austria's EDM banger Halo failed to make the cut. The other countries whose journey ended on Tuesday were Albania, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Croatia and Denmark.\n\nTen more acts will progress to the main competition after Thursday's second semi-final. The \"Big Five\" countries, who contribute the most financially to the competition (France, Germany, Spain, the UK and Italy) qualify automatically.\n\nRonela Hajati had been expected to progress to the final, but Eurovision watchers say acts that perform earlier in the show are often at a disadvantage\n\nThe first semi-final opened with a set-piece song and dance number called The Sound of Beauty which incorporated elements of Puccini's Nessun Dorma and last year's winning song Zitti E Buoni, by Italian rock band Måneskin.\n\nBut the competition kicked off in earnest with Ronela Hajati - Albania's answer to Madonna, whose song Sekret was about a romantic tryst with a boy \"who came from the mountains\".\n\nHer high-octane routine, full of hair whipping and shirtless male dancers, was a suitably bombastic opening, but failed to attract enough votes to progress.\n\nThe same fate befell Latvia's technicolour whirlwind Citi Zēni, whose song attempted to convince viewers that \"being green is sexy\".\n\nBBC Three hosts Scott Mills and Rylan Clark were forced to apologise for the band, after fans in the arena shouted out swear words that had been censored from the song during their performance.\n\nCiti Zēni's failure to qualify suggested fans had grown tired of novelty... until Norway secured a place in the final\n\nMaro's delicate song of grief proved popular, with a simple but effective staging\n\nPortugal's Maro, who brought a delicate intimacy to the competition with her touching ballad Saudade, Saudade, which is dedicated to her late grandfather.\n\nThe chorus of the song featured a mournful, meditative repetition of the word \"saudade\" - which doesn't have a direct translation in English, but which the singer says represents \"the desire to have someone back when you know you can't\".\n\nVoters were obviously in the mood for a ballad, with the similarly chilled-out Icelandic folk act Systur, unexpectedly gaining a place in the final.\n\nThe band, whose song Með Hækkandi Sól translates as \"with the rising sun\", is formed of three sisters Sigríður, Elísabet and Elín Eyþórsdóttir, making them the Haim of Eurovision 2022.\n\n\"We're a small nation, we get lost in Europe, so it means the world to us,\" said Sigríður in a press conference after the semi-final.\n\n\"We were just focusing on the message of the song, and we wanted to bring hope to people that are going through hard times, like Ukraine, and all of us that have been struggling through Covid.\"\n\nBut perhaps the best reaction in the arena went to Norway's Subwoolfer - a group formed \"4.5 billion years ago on the moon\", whose brilliantly deranged Give That Wolf A Banana brought a much-needed dose of Eurovision madness.\n\nThe band, who are rumoured to include Ben Adams from the British boyband A1, hide their identities behind giant yellow wolf masks.\n\nEqually in keeping with Eurovision's comical side were Moldovan act Zdob și Zdub and Advahov Brothers, whose song Trenulețul is about the rail link between the Moldovan capital, Chișinău, and Bucharest in Romania. (No, really.)\n\nThe folk-punk curio was another surprise qualifier for Saturday's final, although it's worth bearing in mind that Zdob și Zdub have prior form at Eurovision, coming sixth in 2005 and 12th in 2011.\n\nThe UK's Sam Ryder will make his debut during Thursday's second semi-final... although he is guaranteed his place in the final.\n\nThe TikTok star has risen to become second favourite to win the competition after a series of impressive rehearsals in Turin, but almost any position would be an improvement on the last two contests, where the UK came last.\n\nWatch the first Eurovision Semi-Final on BBC iPlayer, now.\n\nWatch the second Eurovision Semi-Final on BBC iPlayer.\n\nWatch the Eurovision Song Contest Final on BBC iPlayer and BBC One, at 20:00 BST on Saturday 14 May.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "A report from an independent watchdog says it's very concerned about the \"precarious state\" of England's environment.\n\nThe Office for Environmental Protection says that existing laws are failing to slow the damage to land, air and water.\n\nProtecting the environment should have the same urgency as efforts to reach net zero emissions, the study says.\n\nThe government says current laws will make a real difference and put nature on the road to recovery this decade.\n\nThe Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) was set up under the 2021 Environment Act to hold the government and other public bodies to account in England and Northern Ireland.\n\nIts first report, described as a \"polite demolition\" of the government's track record, paints a picture of environmental crises on land, in the air and in the seas and rivers.\n\nAmong the issues identified by the OEP are the state of England's inland rivers and waterways. They face pollution from multiple sources including agricultural runoff and discharges from sewage treatment works.\n\nWhile the government is praised for putting in place a 25-year environment plan in 2018, the OEP says that progress on delivery has been far too slow, and, so far, it has failed to halt the loss of species or the unsustainable use of resources.\n\n\"The 25-year environment plan was an ambitious attempt to confront the challenges facing the environment, yet we continue to see worrying and persistent trends of environmental decline,\" said Dame Glenys Stacey, chair of the OEP.\n\n\"Our rivers are in a poor state, bird and other species numbers are in serious decline, poor air quality threatens the health of many, and our seas and sea floor are not managed sustainably.\"\n\nOf even greater concern are the potential for \"tipping points\", where long term, slow declines become irreversible. The OEP identifies a number of these points, including the decline in fish stocks and the widespread use of nutrients on farmland.\n\nTo tackle the problems, the report says the government needs to urgently \"take stock\" and set out an \"ambitious vision\".\n\nThe OEP highlights six \"building blocks\" that it believes are needed to help turn around environmental decline. These include a better understanding of environmental pressures and drivers, setting more effective targets, and having a coherent strategy and policy.\n\nProtestors demand that sewage runoffs into the rivers and seas should end\n\n\"Our argument is that with the resources that are already available to government, for protecting, restoring and enhancing the environment, a much better job could be done, if the building blocks that we highlight are considered,\" said Dame Stacey.\n\n\"If there is a persistent effort, and a real attention to prioritisation in relation to environmental matters, we'll get a long way,\" she said.\n\nIn response to the new study, Environment Minister Rebecca Pow said: \"We welcome this report, which acknowledges that our Environment Act gives us new tools to make a real difference to our environment, putting it at the heart of government and transitioning us to a sustainable future with nature on the road to recovery during this decade.\n\n\"Six months on from the Act gaining Royal Assent, we are currently consulting on legally binding environmental targets which include a world-leading target to halt species decline by 2030. We have launched a consultation to deliver the largest programme in history to tackle storm sewage discharges and we have taken action to transform the way that we deal with waste.\"\n\nThe government says it will formally respond to the OEP's recommendations this summer.", "Elon Musk says if his bid to buy Twitter is successful he will reverse Donald Trump's ban from the platform.\n\nThe richest man in the world agreed a $44bn (£34.5bn) takeover bid with the Twitter board last month.\n\nBut he said it was not a done deal and that ideally it would be completed in the next two to three months.\n\nTwitter's decision to ban the former US president was \"morally wrong and flat-out stupid\", Mr Musk told the Financial Times Future of the Car summit.\n\nIn January 2021, Twitter said Mr Trump's account was \"permanently suspended... due to the risk of further incitement of violence\" following the storming of the Capitol.\n\nBut the Tesla owner said: \"I would reverse the permanent ban but I don't own Twitter yet so this is not a thing that will definitely happen.\"\n\nHe said the ban had not silenced Mr Trump, but by making him move onto his own Truth Social site, it had amplified his voice among the right.\n\nHe pointed out that Mr Trump had previously said he would not return to Twitter even if his account was reinstated.\n\nMr Musk said he had spoken to Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey on the subject of locking users out of their social media accounts in response to offensive tweets.\n\n\"He and I are of the same mind that permanent bans should be extremely rare and reserved for accounts that are bots or scam accounts,\" he said.\n\nMr Musk said if someone tweeted something \"illegal or otherwise destructive to the world\" there should be temporary suspension or the post should be made invisible.\n\nHe said Twitter needed to build more trust by sharing its algorithm and asking people to make suggestions on how to improve it.\n\nHe said the company had a strong left bias because of its origins in the San Francisco tech community and needed to be \"more even-handed\".\n\n\"Victory would be the far right 10% and the far left 10% are equally upset,\" he said.\n\nDr Catherine Flick, an expert in computing and social responsibility at De Montfort University, told the BBC's Today's programme her team had \"very strong evidence to suggest [Mr Musk] is completely wrong\" about the impact of Mr Trump being removed from Twitter.\n\n\"Removing Donald Trump from Twitter actually decreased the amount of polarisation,\" she said. \"It removed a platform for him to stoke animosity and division between people within the platform.\"\n\nMs Flick added there were a \"lot of people\" who were worried about Mr Musk \"essentially having the keys to this... social media platform to reign over it like a king or an emperor like he seems to want to do at the moment\".\n\nLast week activist groups wrote an open letter to Twitter advertisers warning that under Mr Musk's management, \"Twitter risks becoming a cesspool of misinformation, with your brand attached\".\n\nIn the US, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that the Biden administration wants online platforms to protect freedom of speech but also ensure they are not forums for disinformation.\n\nMs Psaki said allowing Mr Trump back on Twitter or not would be a decision for the private sector company to make.\n\nThis is the furthest Mr Musk has gone - saying in the strongest terms that he thought Mr Trump's ban was wrong.\n\nHowever, for those anticipating the former President's imminent return to Twitter, think again.\n\nTo start with, Donald Trump has said that he doesn't want to come back to Twitter, preferring instead to post on his own social media platform, Truth Social.\n\nOf course, Mr Trump might revisit that decision if he made a tilt at the US presidency in 2024.\n\nBut there are other hurdles too. For one the world's richest person made it clear that the deal was far from being done.\n\nMr Musk came across as less confident about the acquisition than previous statements. He emphasised that there hadn't been a shareholder vote on the deal and that lots of questions still needed to be answered.\n\nThat might reflect the fact that his financial position is looking slightly more precarious than before.\n\nMost of Mr Musk's vast fortune is tied to Tesla stock - which has fallen in value by $350bn since he announced he had acquired shares in Twitter on 4 April.\n\nThe door then is certainly ajar for Mr Trump's return. It is as open as it has been since the Capitol Hill riots. But don't expect him to be tweeting anytime soon.\n\nSpeaking via video link, the Tesla boss said the company's goal of making 20 million electric vehicles by 2030 was an aspiration not a promise.\n\nBut he said: \"I'm confident that we will be able to sell all the cars we can make.\"\n\nHe added: \"At the moment the lead time is ridiculously long, so our issue is not demand, it's production.\"\n\nMr Musk said Tesla could stop taking orders beyond a certain period of time.\n\nEarlier on Tuesday, Twitter shares fell to a level that indicated the stock market believed it was unlikely that Musk would make the acquisition for $44bn, as he originally agreed.\n\nMr Musk's decision to go after Twitter has concerned some Tesla investors and put pressure on the stock.\n\nAddressing concerns that his planned takeover of Twitter could distract him from his chief executive job at Tesla, he said he would remain at the car company \"as long as I can be useful.\"\n\nHe said China would account for 25% to 30% of Tesla's sales long term. He said he was not expecting to open any additional plants in China in the near future but would be expanding the Shanghai Factory.\n\nMr Musk has an estimated net worth of around $250bn, mostly due to his Tesla stake.\n\nHe also has a controlling stake in the rocket company SpaceX, which is estimated to be worth $100bn.\n\nHe said it was his aim to get an uncrewed vehicle known as Starship to Mars in three to five years with a crewed mission before the end of the decade.\n\nCorrection 23rd May: This article has been amended to make clear that Elon Musk referred to how Donald Trump's Twitter ban and move to his own Truth Social site had amplified his voice among \"the right\" rather than the \"far-right\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Deborah James \"can't really do anything more\" to fight cancer\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are among those to donate to podcaster Deborah James' new cancer research fund, as donations surpassed £3m.\n\nThe Bowelbabe fund launched on Monday, after James said she was now receiving end-of-life care for bowel cancer.\n\nShe was diagnosed in 2016 and has spoken candidly about treatment on the BBC's You, Me and the Big C podcast.\n\n\"Thank you for giving hope to so many who are living with cancer,\" Prince William and Catherine wrote on Twitter.\n\nThe couple described the mother-of-two's \"tireless efforts\" raising awareness of cancer as inspirational.\n\n\"Every now and then, someone captures the heart of the nation with their zest for life & tenacious desire to give back to society. @bowelbabe is one of those special people,\" they wrote.\n\nIn revealing her prognosis, the former deputy headteacher launched the fund to support research into personalised medicine for cancer patients, and to support campaigns to raise awareness of bowel cancer.\n\nThe Royal couple described James' \"tireless efforts\" to raise awareness of cancer and \"end the stigma of treatment\" as inspiring.\n\nThey said they were sad to hear her news, but they were \"pleased to support\" the new fund.\n\n\"Deborah, our thoughts are with you, your family and your friends. Thank you for giving hope to so many who are living with cancer.\"\n\nThe fund, named after the 40-year-old's online handle @bowelbabe, will work with the charity Cancer Research UK, Bowel Cancer UK and the Royal Marsden, to allocate the money.\n\nPrince William is patron of the Royal Marsden, a specialist cancer hospital in London, where James has been treated.\n\nThousands of donations flooded in after she revealed the news, surpassing £1m in less than 24 hours - smashing James initial goal for the fund of £250,000.\n\nIn an interview with BBC Breakfast on Wednesday, James said the news had made her feel \"utterly loved\", adding: \"It makes me feel like we're all kind of in it at the end together and we all want to make a difference.\"\n\nShe also said that her dying wish was to help raise money for the \"things that gave me life\", explaining that were it not for experimental treatments she would have died at least two years ago\n\n\"Ultimately what I really want to happen is I don't want any other Deborahs to have to go through this,\" James said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Deborah James speaks about her diagnosis to raise awareness (May 2019)\n\nJames began co-presenting You, Me and the Big C alongside Lauren Mahon and BBC Radio 5 Live newsreader Rachael Bland in 2018, with the show earning praise for its frank discussion of cancer.\n\nThey spoke to celebrity guests and addressed practical matters including hair loss, tips for dealing with finances and telling your nearest and dearest.\n\nBland died at the age of 40 six months after the show launched. She had been diagnosed with breast cancer two years earlier.\n\nIn her final episode of the podcast, released on Tuesday, James said her liver had stopped working over the past six months and doctors had advised that more treatment was \"fruitless\" because her \"body does not want to play ball\".\n\nAsked what hosting the podcast meant to her, James said it had given purpose back to her life after being diagnosed, adding the show had made her realise the influence she could have \"saving another life or making someone not feel alone\".\n\n\"Yes I would give my cancer up in a second just to have a normal life again. But to be able to do it and feel like you've had an impact is kind of one of the best feelings you can have.\"\n\nAfter thanking listeners for their support over the years, she said: \"Please, please just enjoy life because it's so precious. All I want right now is more time and more life.\"\n\nShe ended the show with a customary caution for people to \"check your poo\" for signs of bowel or other cancers, adding: \"Come on, I can't leave on on any other word.\"\n\nIf you have been affected by any of these issues in this story you can visit BBC Action Line.", "Frank Meehan has retired to Helensburgh on the west coast of Scotland after years as a Cold War diplomat\n\nFrank Meehan, who has died at the age of 98, had an incredible life and played a key role in some of the most notable events of the Cold War - including the prisoner exchange which inspired the hit film Bridge of Spies.\n\nFew people seeing pensioner Frank Meehan make his way through the Scottish west coast town of Helensburgh on his mobility scooter could have guessed at the life he had led.\n\nThis modest and unassuming man was a retired Cold Warrior, whose brilliant career in the US foreign service spanned almost the entire length of the east-west stand-off which so defined the 20th Century.\n\nHis parents were from Clydebank and moved to the US in hope of a better life in New Jersey. Francis John was born there on St Valentine's Day 1924.\n\nThis brought him US citizenship, a quirk of the US system which would play a key part in his life.\n\nThe family returned home to the Clyde when he was a young boy and the Second World War was a constant presence in his teenage years.\n\nFrank was born in the US but grew up in Clydebank\n\nHe survived the Clydebank Blitz, an aerial bombardment by the Luftwaffe which killed 500 and destroyed thousands of homes.\n\n\"There was a bad attack on the shipyards in March 1941,\" he told a BBC documentary.\n\n\"I was 17. We were in a shelter and the bombing started quite far away but you could hear them getting closer. The house next door got incendiary-bombed and was destroyed.\n\n\"I worked clearing the rubble of houses that had been burned. I carried a bricklayer's hod. I was not much good at that. Maybe that's what made me think of the Foreign Service.\"\n\nIn fact, Frank attended the University of Glasgow and was embarking on a career in journalism when that US citizenship changed his life.\n\nHe was drafted in 1945 and spent two years in the US army, travelling across Germany and helping re-build the shattered country.\n\nFrank Meehan joined the US State Department as a diplomat after the war\n\nTowards the end of his time he responded to an advert for the US Foreign Service. He claimed it was to get a weekend off in Berlin.\n\nIn fact, he aced the exams and after a period in Washington DC working on the Marshall Plan - the US scheme to fund and coordinate the rebuilding of western Europe - joined the US State Department.\n\nLike many of his generation, Frank's career was dominated by the Soviet Union. He became fascinated by what was then seen as the great enemy.\n\n\"I think once you get the Russia bug you never lose it,\" he said.\n\n\"Who are these people who had almost collapsed under German attack and then fought their way from Stalingrad to Berlin? I wanted to understand.\"\n\nBy 1960, he was based at the US embassy in Moscow when Soviet forces shot down a top secret US spy plane and captured its pilot Gary Powers.\n\nThe existence of the U2 spy programme had never been acknowledged by the US, so the Soviets put the wreckage on public display and the pilot through a show trial.\n\nFrank was sent to take a look.\n\n\"I was pretty tense,\" he said.\n\n\"I thought there might be some kind of manufactured incident.\n\n\"But I went to the head of the long line of people waiting to view it and the Russian guard looked at my pass and grinned and said, in Russian: 'Be my guest! It's your plane after all'!\"\n\nThe remains of the U2 spy plane flown by American pilot Gary Powers, which was shot down over Soviet airspace\n\nThe imprisonment of Gary Powers would lead to perhaps the most dramatic and well-known incident in Frank's career, when he played a key part in the Bridge of Spies drama.\n\nHe was stationed in Berlin when Moscow offered to swap Gary Powers for a Soviet agent called Rudolf Abel, who'd been caught spying in Brooklyn.\n\nThe Americans also asked for the release of a young American student called Frederic Pryor as part of the deal.\n\nPryor had been studying in East Germany and had been arrested by the Communist regime there and accused of espionage.\n\nThe incident was dramatised by Steven Spielberg in the 2015 film Bridge of Spies, starring Tom Hanks.\n\nGary Powers, accused of espionage over Russia in his U2 airplane, on trial in Moscow\n\nThe Glienicke bridge in Berlin after US pilot Gary Francis Powers was swapped for Soviet spy Rudolf Abel in 1962\n\nWhile Powers and Abel were swapped at the Glienicke Bridge, Pryor was handed over to Frank at Checkpoint Charlie in the centre of the city.\n\nAfter a tense wait among what he called \"East German goons\", Frank walked Frederic Pryor to his freedom in the west.\n\nNone of Frank's part in this made it into the Hollywood version, which he regarded as well-made and \"mostly\" accurate.\n\nOver the course of the next 25 years, Frank became US ambassador in Czechoslovakia, and then, in 1980, Poland.\n\nHe arrived in Warsaw right at the birth of Solidarity, the democracy movement that had emerged from strikes at the Gdansk shipyard.\n\nFrank met Pope John Paul II in his role as a US ambassador\n\nHe grew to admire the movement's leader, Lech Walesa, regarding him as a clever and moderate political operator.\n\nHis final posting as ambassador was to East Germany and he retired just a year before Communism crumbled across Europe.\n\nHe moved with his wife Margaret to Helensburgh, in what was their 23rd family home. They had four children.\n\nIn retirement, he remained puzzled as to why the Soviet regimes collapsed as they did.\n\nHe said: \"I still have difficulty understanding exactly what happened to the Russians - why they decided to pack in and leave Eastern Europe. It's to me an inexplicable decision.\"\n\nMargaret died in 2015. Two years later, Frank was the subject of a BBC Scotland documentary, Scotland's Cold Warrior, in which he looked back over his life with the journalist Allan Little.\n\nBy then into his 90s, he remained an astute critic of world affairs.\n\n\"What strikes me about Russia today is the tremendous sense of loss they have - of power and position.\n\n\"That explains Putin's hold over them. But Putin can't last forever.\n\n\"The more I look at Russia today the more I'm reminded of the last days of the Czars, Russia between 1900 and 1917.\"\n\nThey were the words of a diplomat and a man with a razor sharp analytical mind, qualities which took him right to the centre of the cold war.\n\nHe retired having made a major contribution to shaping the world which came after.\n• None The pensioner who was a Bridge of Spies cold warrior", "US scientists say they have discovered what caused thousands of soldiers who served in the 1991 Gulf War to fall sick with mysterious symptoms.\n\nThey have pinned the blame on the nerve agent sarin, which was released into the air when caches of Iraqi chemical weapons were bombed.\n\nMany veterans have complained of a range of debilitating symptoms which developed after their service.\n\nBut for decades the cause of Gulf War Syndrome has remained elusive.\n\nSarin is usually deadly, but lead researcher Dr Robert Haley said the gas that soldiers were exposed to in Iraq was diluted, and so not fatal.\n\n\"But it was enough to make people ill if they were genetically predisposed to illness from it.\"\n\nDr Haley said the key to whether somebody fell ill was a gene known as PON1, which plays an important role in breaking down toxic chemicals in the body.\n\nHis team found veterans with a less effective version of the PON1 gene were more likely to become sick.\n\nThe latest study - largely funded by the US government - involved more than 1,000 randomly-selected American Gulf War veterans.\n\nDr Haley, of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, said: \"This is the most definitive study.\n\n\"We believe it will stand up to any criticism. And we hope our findings will lead to treatment that will relieve some of the symptoms.\"\n\nMore than 50,000 British troops served in the war which followed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait.\n\nThe Royal British Legion said research suggests up to 33,000 UK Gulf War veterans could be living with the syndrome, with 1,300 claiming a war pension for conditions connected to their service in the Gulf.\n\nOver the past three decades, the veterans say they have struggled to have their illness taken seriously.\n\nBefore the war, Kerry Fuller from Dudley, West Midlands, was a fit 26-year old who loved climbing and went to the gym several times a week. Now it's a daily battle simply to get out of bed.\n\nAt the age of 40, he had a stroke. Now 58, he says he has such excruciating muscle and joint pain that he screams so loudly when he moves in the night that he wakes his whole household. He suffers from problems with his balance, memory and speech.\n\n\"Even when I was still in the military, I was getting illness after illness, breathing problems, chronic fatigue,\" he said.\n\n\"And when I questioned whether it could be anything to do with my service in the Gulf or what we were exposed to, the military line was 'You're talking nonsense, there's no evidence. Two paracetamol. Crack on'.\"\n\nThe National Gulf Veterans and Families Association, a charity working with British ex-soldiers who are ill, welcomed the study.\n\n\"For 30 years they have been disowned, ignored and lied to by consecutive governments, with no positive answers to their questions about exposure to toxic substances and gases and the affect it had on them both physically and mentally,\" it said in a statement.\n\n\"We hope the UK government takes this report on board and will respond by offering Gulf veterans access/opportunity to have the tests.\n\n\"This will hopefully lead to more meaningful and proper medical treatment which they have for too long been denied.\"\n\nThe Ministry of Defence said: \"We continue to monitor and welcome any new research that is published around the world and financial support is available to veterans whose illness is due to service through the MoD War Pensions and the Armed Forces occupational pension schemes.\"\n\nBut the Royal British Legion said there had been \"little meaningful research\" on Gulf War Syndrome in the UK.\n\nProfessor Randall Parrish, of the University of Portsmouth, published a study last year which ruled out depleted uranium as a cause.\n\nHe said: \"I think this is a great example of an issue that has required a long-term effort to solve, but which only a few scientists have persisted in - others giving up and assuming it is either not a real illness or too complex to solve, and funding agencies not wanting to wade too deeply in the politics of it.\"", "Encanto is about a family called the Madrigals who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia\n\nWalt Disney has reported another jump in sign-ups for its streaming services, escaping the slowdown that hit arch rival Netflix.\n\nMore than 9 million people subscribed to the firm's online video platforms in the first three months of the year, most of them to its flagship Disney+.\n\nThe parks business also boomed, extending a rebound from the pandemic.\n\nDisney's performance was under scrutiny after Netflix reported a fall in subscribers last month.\n\nNetflix, an early pioneer in streaming, has been having a harder time signing up new members, as it tries to build from an already massive 220 million base and more competitors enter the industry.\n\nBut analysts had worried that its troubles might be more widespread and signal a wider slowdown in consumer demand for streaming.\n\n\"A huge sigh of relief for Disney\", said Paolo Pescatore, PP Foresight analyst.\n\nDisney has poured investment into its streaming services, seeing them as key to the future of its business, as movie attendance wanes and more people turn from traditional television.\n\nSince launching in 2019, the number of Disney+ subscribers has reached nearly 138 million, drawn by hits such as Marvel's \"Moon Knight\" series and Pixar movie \"Turning Red\". The firm also owns Hulu, ESPN and Hotstar in India.\n\nDisney executives said subscriber growth over the last six months was stronger than they had expected.\n\nThey said that may slow in coming months, as the firm enters markets, like Poland, where the war in Ukraine is affecting sentiment. But they said they remained confident that they will hit sign-up goals.\n\n\"We still do expect an increase in growth,\" said chief financial officer Christine McCarthy.\n\nMr Pescatore said the company's growth was likely to remain strong, as the company launches in more markets overseas. The company is also planning an ad-supported service.\n\n\"For now, take-up for its direct-to-consumer services like Disney+ remains robust and will continue to do so,\" he said. \"Ultimately, it is in a different phase of growth compared to rivals including Netflix, akin to a start-up.\"\n\nOverall Disney revenues in the first three months of the year rose 23% from a year ago to $19.25bn, boosted by its amusement park business, which saw revenues more than double.\n\nProfits fell to $470m, down from roughly $900m last year.\n\nThe streaming business is still losing money; the company was also hit by a $1bn charge it paid to end distribution deals for movies and television so they could put the content on their own services.\n• None Have we had enough of Netflix?", "Holiday giant Tui has said it expects summer bookings to \"almost reach\" 2019 levels this year, but warned there will be \"no last minute\" low price deals.\n\nThe company said bookings had surged in the past six weeks as people planned for summer breaks after the easing of Covid travel restrictions.\n\nBut it warned the impact of Covid and the Ukraine war on customer behaviour remained \"difficult to predict\".\n\nTui's boss warned of price rises and limited offers due to high fuel costs.\n\n\"There will be practically no last minute offers at low prices this summer,\" said Fritz Joussen.\n\nTui's losses halved to €614.5m (£525m) in the six months to March, as it hailed a strong recovery in customer demand.\n\nAs a result, the company told its shareholders it could return to profit by the end of the year.\n\n\"The high demand for travel and the very good business performance confirm our forecasts,\" said Mr Joussen.\n\n\"2022 will be a good financial year. Capacity almost reaches pre-corona level of 2019.\"\n\nHe added: \"After two years of crisis, we expect Tui to become profitable again in the current financial year... This is the basis for new growth.\"\n\nTui told the BBC Greece was its most popular destination currently, closely followed by the Canary and Balearic Islands and Turkey.\n\nIn the past three months, 1.9 million customers flew with Tui which was an increase of 1.7 million compared to the same period in 2021 when global travel was on its knees due to the pandemic.\n\nThe firm said bookings for summer holidays were currently at 85% of 2019 levels, with reservations from UK customers up 11% on two years ago.\n\nWith Covid travel restrictions receding, demand for overseas summer holidays is coming back with a bang.\n\nAnd for Tui, UK holidaymakers are leading the way back to the beach.\n\nThe tour operator says people are spending more on summer trips, for example going for longer and taking more package tours.\n\nThe optimism isn't completely un-clouded. Tui - like other travel businesses - will be keeping an eye on how the Ukraine war, inflation and any future travel restrictions affect consumers' behaviour.\n\nMany airports and some airlines had a tricky Easter holiday period. Some simply didn't have enough staff to cope with the sudden surge in demand.\n\nBut this is another sign that lots of people still want to go away, and they are getting booking.\n\nIn fact, people trying to book summer trips or hotels at the last minute might find their options limited as lots of other people have got there first.\n\nThe phasing out of UK testing rules in February has resulted in growing demand for flights and holidays. However, some countries still expect travellers to follow isolation and testing requirements.\n\nOn Tuesday, Heathrow Airport said it had seen strong demand in April and forecast that passenger numbers will grow this summer.\n\nHowever, the UK's biggest airport said demand would only hit 65% of pre-pandemic levels overall for the year as rising prices force customers to cut back.\n\nThe Bank of England expects inflation - the rate at which prices rise - to breach 10% later this year, putting the UK at risk of recession.\n\n\"The ongoing war in Ukraine, higher fuel costs, continuing travel restrictions for key markets like the United States and the potential for a further variant of concern creates uncertainty going forward,\" the airport said.", "694,000 tonnes of household waste was recycled in Wales in 2020\n\nWales was the only UK nation to keep up its recycling rate during the pandemic and has now outperformed the other nations for at least 10 years running.\n\nWales recycled 56.5% of household waste in 2020, ahead of the UK average of 44.4%.\n\nIt was also the only UK nation to reach the minimum 50% target set by the European Union.\n\nClimate Change Minister Julie James said Wales must \"continue to raise our ambitions to reach zero waste by 2050\".\n\nWales continues to outperform other UK nations in household recycling\n\n\"Despite the pandemic and all the challenges it brought with it, local authorities managed to prioritise recycling, the collectors worked heroically all the way through, and the fantastic people of Wales continued to recycle,\" Ms James added.\n\nIn 2020 Wales generated 1.228 million tonnes of household waste, of which 694,000 tonnes was recycled.\n\nIt is aiming for a 70% recycling rate by 2024-2025.\n\nRecycling rates in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland all dropped in 2020.\n\nFood waste has been collected separately across Wales for the last decade\n\nAn effort has been made to recycle food waste in particular, with separate collections from households from across Wales for the past decade.\n\n\"When sent to landfill, the hot and compressed conditions convert food waste into methane gas, which is 30 to 80 times more damaging to climate change than carbon dioxide emissions,\" the Welsh government said.\n\nFood waste is sent to anaerobic digestion plants and converted to energy\n\n\"If food waste were a country, it would be the world's third biggest carbon emitter behind China and India. That's why food waste is ranked by the United Nations as one of the main target areas to limit runaway climate change.\"\n\nIn Wales, food waste from 22 local authorities is sent to one of five anaerobic digestion plants around the country and converted into 7 MW of energy.\n\nThat's enough to power around 12,000 homes, according to the Welsh government.\n\nIt says the high rate of household recycling in Wales saves more than 400,000 tonnes of CO2 per year from being released into the atmosphere.\n\n\"Most people in Wales now deem it unthinkable to scrape their food waste directly into the rubbish bin instead of their food caddy. This amazing change in behaviour by the Welsh public stops emissions from being released into the atmosphere that accelerate climate change,\" Ms James said.\n\nThe Welsh government wants to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050 to tackle climate change \"in earnest\".", "The government is pausing its controversial planning reforms in England amid an angry backlash from Conservative MPs, government sources have told the BBC.\n\nMichael Gove - who was given the role of housing secretary on Wednesday - is said to want to address MPs' concerns.\n\nThe government has pledged to build 300,000 new homes a year.\n\nAnd ministers had insisted the planning rules needed a radical shake-up to ensure more homes could be delivered.\n\nUnder their proposals, the current system - where local planning officials assess applications case-by-case - would be replaced with new rules based on zones.\n\nCouncils in England would have to classify all land in their area as \"protected\", for \"renewal\", or for \"growth\".\n\nIn protected areas, including areas of natural beauty, places at risk of flooding, and the green belt, development would generally remain restricted.\n\nBut councils would have to look favourably on development in \"renewal\" areas, whilst in \"growth\" zones, applications conforming to pre-agreed local plans would automatically gain initial approval.\n\nLocal residents would get a say on new 10-year plans underpinning the zones, but their ability to comment on individual applications would be curtailed.\n\nCouncils would have to plan for a share of homes from the government's 300,000 annual house building target for England.\n\nPoliticians have generally agreed on the need for more affordable homes in England.\n\nIn 2020 research conducted by the BBC found that the difference between the current housing stock and the number needed for everyone to have a decent home to live in is more than one million homes\n\nHowever, the plans had been met by resistance from the government's own MPs as well as the opposition.\n\nIn a Commons debate last year, former Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May described the proposals as \"ill-conceived\" and warned that it would \"build up planning permissions, but not houses\".\n\nEarlier this year, the Conservatives lost their previously safe seat of Chesham and Amersham, in part due to local concerns over increased house building.\n\nLabour's shadow communities secretary Steve Reed said the reforms should be \"scrapped altogether\" adding that they risked \"selling out communities and gagging residents from having a say over development in their area\".\n\nAnother Conservative MP, Bob Seely, who had been highly critical of the changes welcomed the pause. He told the BBC he and other MPs would be meeting Mr Gove next week.\n\nHe said change was needed but expressed concern that the current proposals would give \"too much power to developers\".\n\nTheresa May has been a prominent critic of the government's planning proposals\n\nAnother critic, Conservative Sir Roger Gale, said: \"The zoning concept has got to go and I want a clear undertaking that there will be presumption that top quality agricultural land will not be developed on.\"\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's World at One, Gemma Burgess, a Cambridge University housing expert, said the pause would \"create a period of uncertainty\" and developers and house builders were likely to get \"nervous\" because \"we don't know what's coming next\".\n\nAndrew Whitaker, of The Home Builders Federation, said the \"very inefficient\" current system needed reform because it allowed people too many \"bites of the cherry\" when it came to objecting developments.\n\nHe added that there were \"too many local authorities, particularly in the south-east of England… who don't care about delivering the number of houses that they need in their local area\".\n\nThe appointment of Mr Gove to the housing department, has been met with apprehension in some quarters, given his reputation as a radical reformer.\n\nOne Conservative MP told the BBC: \"We can't tell whether he's been appointed to build any and everywhere regardless of the opposition, or whether he's been appointed to deliver some sort of compromise.\"\n\nA Labour councillor expressed concern Mr Gove would override any opposition to changes, adding \"the fear is he'll fly in, make his mark, and fly out like he did in education\" - a reference to his school reforms and battles with the teachers' unions.\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Gove has faced calls to return £100,000 in donations from a property developer on 6 August to avoid any conflict of interest.\n\nParliamentary records show that he received two donations of £50,000 each from Zachariasz Gertler, a British/German developer.\n\nLiberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said: \"The Tories are much more interested in taking developers' cash than they are in building affordable and social housing.\"\n\nA spokesperson for the Housing, Communities and Local Government said all donations made to Mr Gove \"have been declared publicly and the proper process followed\".", "Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis was questioned in the House of Commons earlier\n\nThere will be \"proper investigations\" which comply with human rights obligations as part of the government's plan to deal with Troubles legacy cases, Brandon Lewis has said.\n\nThe secretary of state has been giving evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee at Westminster.\n\nThe plan proposes ending all criminal investigations, prosecutions, inquests and civil actions.\n\nDespite opposition, the government intends to bring forward legislation.\n\nMr Lewis said it would be \"feasible\" to have legislation enacted by parliament before next year's summer recess.\n\nUnder the proposals, an independent truth recovery body would be created, aiming to provide victims and bereaved families with as much information about incidents as possible.\n\n\"We are not stopping investigations … the idea of this body is to really get into investigations,\" Mr Lewis said.\n\nHe said it would comply with article two of the European Convention of Human Rights and adequate investigations into killings.\n\nHe referenced as a template the Operation Kenova model, an outside team currently looking into several Troubles-era cases under Jon Boutcher, the former chief constable of Bedfordshire.\n\nThe legacy plan has been strongly criticised as a de facto amnesty by Northern Ireland political parties and victims' groups.\n\nMr Lewis said there had been 14 \"sessions\" with stakeholders around legacy since July, and the Northern Ireland Office had met 75 groups or individuals as part of its deliberations.\n\nHe added that the government's commitment to the information body would result in a level of disclosure by the state \"that has never happened before\".\n\nMr Lewis told the committee that he hoped the Irish government would \"match-up\" to an information recovery process also.\n\nEarlier in Parliament, Mr Lewis said legislation would \"provide certainty to the many veterans who served courageously to defend the rule of law during the Troubles\".\n\nBut he added that the move was also about \"addressing the needs of victims and veterans at the same time\".\n\nMr Lewis came under pressure from Conservative MP Mark Francois, who accused him of \"delivering nothing\" on legacy despite repeated promises.\n\nHe said this had followed several pledges in Conservative Party election manifestos and a \"hand-signed promise in The Sun newspaper from the prime minister\".\n\nBut Mr Lewis said the government would deliver on its commitment by introducing the legislation this autumn.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn July, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the legacy proposals would allow Northern Ireland to \"draw a line under the Troubles\".\n\nAt the time, Mr Lewis told Parliament it was a decision that had not been taken lightly.\n\nHe said it was \"the best way to help Northern Ireland move further along the road to reconciliation\" and outlined a \"statute of limitations, to apply equally to all Troubles-related incidents\".\n\nParties and victims' groups have expressed opposition to the proposals.\n\nNorthern Ireland's five main political parties, the Irish government and several victims' groups have been highly critical of any suggested blanket ban on prosecutions.\n\nIn August a group which represents 200,000 Army veterans who served in Northern Ireland said it fully supported the legacy plan.\n\nRepresentatives of the Northern Ireland Veterans Movement (NIVM) said it would bring its \"full strength to bear\" in support of the proposals.", "Last updated on .From the section Scottish Premiership\n\nCeltic have won the Scottish Premiership title for the 10th time in 11 seasons after drawing with a gutsy Dundee United at Tannadice.\n\nGiorgos Giakoumakis' second-half header was cancelled out by a stunning Dylan Levitt goal, but a point is enough to reclaim the crown from Rangers, while United clinch European football.\n\nHaving built an almost completely new Celtic side, manager Ange Postecoglou has reversed a 25-point deficit to Rangers from last term to claim the league at his first attempt.\n\nIt has been a remarkable turnaround for the club as they restored themselves to the top of Scottish football on the same ground where they meekly ceded their 10-in-a-row hopes 14 months ago.\n\nUnited head coach Tam Courts has also had an impressive debut season, with his side now assured of Europa Conference League football next season.\n• None Title has 'taken every ounce' of Postecoglou\n• None The seven victories that won the title\n• None Podcast: 'There's so much for Celtic to look forward to'\n\nBut the most joyous celebrating was done by Celtic, who extended their unbeaten league run to 31 games and complete a relentless turnaround after trailing Rangers by six points in the title race on Boxing Day.\n\nIt was not clinched with their usual attacking verve and intensity as Postecoglou rotated his front three, but Giakoumakis rose to head home Anthony Ralston's terrific cross and spark wild celebrations from the Celtic fans.\n\nBut whether through nerves, or relief at having the title in their grasp, Celtic were loose and United hit the woodwork twice through 16-year-old striker Rory MacLeod and Tony Watt, before Manchester United loanee Levitt smashed in a fantastic equaliser from 25 yards.\n\nRyan Edwards could have delayed the title party until Sunday but headed wide from just a few yards out in the closing stages, but Celtic had plenty of chances to win the game too.\n\nGiakoumakis slid a shot past a post at 1-0, and Reo Hatate, Daizen Maeda, and Jota all went close.\n\nIn the end, all that matters is they have got the job done and Postecoglou was visibly emotional at full-time, having come in to a club in turmoil and managed to overcome three defeats in their first six league games to become champions.\n\nWhat did we learn?\n\nPostecoglou has completely transformed Celtic in less than a year. Last March, they lost their nine-year grip on the league trophy with a completely toothless display against United as Rangers disappeared over the hill.\n\nOnly McGregor was in the XI that day; the Australian has built a whole new team since. Almost every new signing has worked, and he has improved players such as Ralston and Greg Taylor, who were marked as surplus to requirements by many.\n\nMuch has been made of their relentless attacking play. But they have improved so much at the back, with centre-backs Cameron Carter-Vickers and Carl Starfelt - suspect at the start of the season - also transformed under Postecoglou's guidance.\n\nThe fact Celtic have not conceded as late as they did at Tannadice in any league game since the first day of the season is testament to their resilience, and there have been a few late winners to get them over the line.\n\nEven when the club was engulfed in crisis at the start of the season following their worst ever start to a campaign, Postecoglou stayed calm and guided them through without his own coaching staff and without a head of recruitment in place at the club.\n\nWith the League Cup won as well, it feels like the Celtic boss is just getting started, but he will know improvement is needed in the summer if they want to compete in the group stages of the Champions League next season.\n\nAs for United, Courts can be mightily pleased with his first season's work as a full-time manager. Guiding United to Europe for the first time in 10 years is no mean feat, and he has proved effective at setting up a team.\n\nTheir policy of playing youth - evidenced one against by a first start for striker MacLeod at Tannadice - is admirable and Courts' willingness to give them a chance and help them improve has been clear.\n\nThey were fantastic in the second half here and deserved their point. However, they will also know they need to improve again, having won just four of their 23 league games since November. With one game left, they are only one point better off than at the end of last season, when they finished ninth under Micky Mellon.\n\nWhat they said\n\nDundee United manager Tam Courts: \"When you run with a small squad, thankfully we've got versatility and young players who are talented and hungry for the opportunity.\n\n\"For me, the medium- to long-term future of this club is really bright, and in the short term we secured top six and now Europe and we have a chance to finish it off and get fourth position.\"\n\nCeltic manager Ange Postecoglou: \"We've been focused all season, not getting distracted by anything. The players were really good at dealing with what was in front of them - and that's not easy to do.\"\n\nCeltic will lift the Premiership trophy after their home game against Motherwell on Saturday (12:15 BST) while United will hope the champions win so they can leapfrog the Fir Park side into fourth with a draw or win against Ross County in Dingwall.\n• None Attempt missed. Daizen Maeda (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Greg Taylor.\n• None Attempt missed. Ryan Edwards (Dundee United) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Scott McMann following a set piece situation.\n• None Attempt missed. Scott McMann (Dundee United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Nicky Clark with a headed pass following a set piece situation.\n• None Attempt missed. Jota (Celtic) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Tomas Rogic.\n• None Offside, Dundee United. Kieran Freeman tries a through ball, but Nicky Clark is caught offside.\n• None Attempt blocked. Tomas Rogic (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt blocked. Charlie Mulgrew (Dundee United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA passenger with no flying experience landed a plane in Florida after the pilot passed out.\n\nIn a audio recording from the flight, the passenger, Darren Harrison, can be heard telling air traffic control a \"serious situation\" was unfolding.\n\nAn air traffic controller - who also teaches new pilots - helped guide the man down to Palm Beach International Airport just after noon on Tuesday.\n\nThe two later met on the tarmac for a hug.\n\nThe pilot of the Cessna 208 had been flying to Florida from the Bahamas when he told his two passengers he wasn't feeling well, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).\n\nHe fell against the controls, putting the small aircraft into a nosedive and a sharp turn.\n\nThe nature of the medical emergency has not been revealed, but the pilot is being treated in hospital.\n\nAn on-board conversation between Mr Harrison and air traffic control caught the drama:\n\nHARRISON: \"I've got a serious situation here. My pilot has gone incoherent. I have no idea how to fly the aeroplane.\"\n\nHARRISON: \"I have no idea. I can see the coast of Florida in front of me but I have no idea.\"\n\nCONTROL: \"Maintain wings level and just try to follow the coast, either northbound or southbound. We're trying to locate you.\"\n\nRobert Morgan, an air traffic controller at Palm Beach International Airport, was on his break when a colleague came to alert him to the situation.\n\nA long-time flight instructor with more than 20 years' experience in air traffic control, Mr Morgan had never flown the specific model - a single-engine Cessna 208 - but was able to use a map of the aircraft's cockpit to give instructions to the flier.\n\n\"I knew the plane was flying like any other plane. I just knew I had to keep him calm, point him to the runway and tell him how to reduce the power so he could descend to land,\" Mr Morgan told WPBF-TV.\n\nHe told the FAA the surreal experience was \"like a movie\".\n\nIn the recording, Mr Morgan is heard teaching the man to \"push forward on the controls and descend at a very slow rate\" as he approaches for landing.\n\nAfter the plane landed, Mr Morgan can be heard in the recording praising the heroic passenger to other pilots on the tarmac.\n\n\"Did you say the passengers landed the airplane?\" the pilot responded. \"Oh, my God. Great job.\"\n\nThe passengers had planned to land at Boca Raton in Florida, but Mr Morgan instead guided Mr Harrison to Palm Beach airport because it had a longer runway, was less congested, and had much-needed radio coverage, the FAA said.\n\nUnder Mr Morgan's tutelage, Mr Harrison flew the plane into its final approach, successfully landing the aircraft at 16:37 local time. Neither passenger had any injuries.", "BTecs in engineering and health and social care are to be scrapped for teenagers in England, as part of a move to T-level technical qualifications.\n\nThe government has published a draft list of 160 qualifications it says overlap with T-levels.\n\nPlans to withdraw funding for most BTecs and other applied general qualifications from 2024 were criticised last year.\n\nOther BTec Nationals on the list include:\n\nIt is estimated more than 230,000 students completed BTec Nationals in 2021.\n\nT-levels, studied over one or two years and each worth three A-levels for university applications, were introduced in 2020.\n\nThe 10 courses available so far include:\n\nBTecs can also be used for university applications, although many use them to gain occupation-specific skills.\n\nThe engineering and health-and-social-care BTecs are popular at Leyton Sixth Form College, in London, principal Gill Burbridge says, and scrapping them would be \"a real cause for concern\".\n\nT-levels are important, she says, and she is introducing the college's first in September - but she is concerned about the pace of the rollout - because they require \"an awful lot of preparation\".\n\n\"We're not going to be in a position to rapidly expand our T-level provision, which means that other vocational qualifications - particularly the applied generals - are absolutely key in insuring that young people can access the right educational programme for them,\" Ms Burbridge says.\n\nAnd the changes could restrict students' choice, as it is possible to take only T-Level at a time.\n\n\"How confident are you at 16 to know with that degree of precision, 'I want to work within this sector?'\" Ms Burbridge asks.\n\nShe is also worried about the ability to find work-experience placements for the pupils - and the financial impact on those who may have to find courses elsewhere.\n\n\"That may not be an option that they have because of the cost of travel,\" she says.\n\nSkills Minister Alex Burghart said this was the \"next step\" in the rollout of T-levels and about 175 colleges would offer them from September.\n\n\"Young people deserve a clear path and understanding of the qualifications and training routes that will lead to great careers,\" he said.\n\nAnd \"retiring\" some qualifications would \"help end the confusion and complexity we know puts some young people off studying technical options\".\n\nAwarding organisations with qualifications on the provisional list can appeal and a final list is due to be published in September.\n\nSixth Form Colleges Association chief executive Bill Watkin is pleased only a \"small proportion\" of more than 2,000 level-three applied general qualifications are on the list.\n\nBut he said: \"Although only 160 qualifications appear on today's list, some - like the BTec diploma in health and social care - are enormously popular and are well respected by universities and employers and the impact of their removal will be felt by a significant number of young people.\"\n\nBTecs \"have a vital role to play in the future qualifications landscape\", Mr Watkin added.\n\nHe has previously called the shake-up \"a hammer-blow for social mobility\".\n\nOriginally, funding for most BTecs was due to be phased out between 2023 and 2025.\n\nBut a campaign to stop them being scrapped so soon won the backing of MPs and peers from across the parties in October.\n\nThe move was then delayed by a year, with education leaders warning scrapping the qualifications was \"reckless\" and would harm the prospects of poorer pupils.\n\nEducation Secretary Nadhim Zahawi also announced the English and maths requirements for T-Levels would be removed so the government did not \"unnecessarily inhibit talented students\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lee Anderson MP: \"There's not this massive use for food banks in this country.\"\n\nA Tory MP has been branded \"out of touch\" for saying people needed to learn how to cook and budget \"properly\", rather than use food banks.\n\nAshfield MP Lee Anderson made the comments in the Commons while praising a \"real food bank\" in his local area.\n\nHe claimed there was \"not this massive use for food banks in this country\", and those who knew how to cook and budget could make meals for 30p a day.\n\nLabour's Karen Buck said his remarks were \"beyond belief\".\n\nBut fellow Tory MP Brendan Clarke-Smith said his colleague was \"absolutely spot on\", tweeting a link to an article claiming that learning to cook was \"one of the best ways of fighting poverty and combating obesity\".\n\nA Tory council leader and mayor in Kent have also come under fire for posing for a photograph and cutting a ribbon at the opening of a local food bank.\n\nDartford Borough Council leader Jeremy Kite defended himself on LBC, saying the picture and the ribbon cutting were \"entirely\" the idea of the people who ran the centre.\n\nAsked by presenter James O'Brien if the smiling picture was appropriate, he said: \"If the people at the food bank volunteering for it, running it, organising it, thought it was appropriate, then frankly as a guest it is not for me to suggest that I would do this, [and] not do that.\"\n\nThe pictures were later removed from the Mayor of Dartford Rosanna Currans' social media.\n\nThe two incidents come as soaring inflation and energy costs have hit the pockets of UK households.\n\nThe Trussell Trust charity said it had distributed over 2.1 million emergency food parcels to people in crisis in the past year, with growing numbers visiting food banks across the country as a result of the cost of living hikes.\n\nMr Anderson invited MPs to visit a food bank in his Nottinghamshire constituency where he said people \"have to register for a budgeting course and a cooking course\" if they receive parcels.\n\n\"We show them how to cook cheap and nutritious meals on a budget,\" he added. \"We can make a meal for about 30p a day and this is cooking from scratch.\"\n\nAsked by an opposition MP if there should even be food banks \"in 21st century Britain\", the Tory MP replied: \"He makes a great point but that is exactly my point.\n\n\"There's not this massive use for food banks in this country. We've got generation after generation who can not cook properly... they can not budget.\"\n\nThe comments led to a backlash on social media, with poverty campaigner Jack Monroe saying: \"You can't cook meals from scratch with nothing. You can't buy cheap food with nothing.\n\n\"The issue is not 'skills', it's 12 years of Conservative cuts to social support.\"\n\nShadow work and pensions minister Ms Buck added: \"In the world where people actually live, we now hear daily stories of families going without food and others unable to turn their ovens on in fear of rising energy bills.\n\n\"The idea that the problem is cooking skills and not 12 years of government decisions that are pushing people into extreme poverty is beyond belief. Out of touch doesn't even cover it.\"\n\nPosting on his Facebook page following the criticism, Mr Anderson said: \"I did not say poor people can not cook or there is no need for food banks.\n\n\"I said there is not the need currently being parroted out by the MSM [mainstream media].\"", "Alistair Wilson was shot on the doorstep of his family home almost 18 years ago\n\nConversations in a pub in the days leading up to the murder of a father-of-two could be significant in solving the case, police have said.\n\nBank manager Alistair Wilson was shot on the doorstep of his home in Nairn in 2004. He later died in hospital.\n\nMr Wilson had objected to a large decking area outside the Havelock Hotel opposite his house shortly before he was shot.\n\nDetectives believe his objection was openly discussed in the hotel.\n\nLast month, Police Scotland's major investigation team said it believed the planning dispute was the likely motive for the murder.\n\nDetectives said that two new witnesses had come forward with further information about the planning application and the building of the decking.\n\nThe decking at the Havelock Hotel was built in the spring of 2004 without the required planning consent.\n\nIt was the subject of a retrospective planning application at the time of the murder.\n\nDecking at the Havelock Hotel (pictured in 2008) was built in 2004 without the required planning consent\n\nMr Wilson lodged a written objection with Highland Council, and police said a copy of the letter was sent to the hotel on Friday - two days before the shooting.\n\nDet Supt Graeme Mackie said: \"We understand through our inquiries that Alistair's objection was openly talked about in the Havelock Hotel bar from Friday 26 November up until his murder on Sunday 28 November, and would urge anyone who was present over this period, or knows who was there, to please come forward and speak to us.\n\n\"We want to know what was being said about it and who else was there as this may be significant to our investigation.\n\n\"I would ask anyone with information, no matter how insignificant they think it might be, to please come forward.\"\n\nOn the evening of the shooting, Mr Wilson's wife Veronica answered the door to a stocky man wearing a baseball cap who asked for her husband by name.\n\nMr Wilson, who had been reading to his two sons, went downstairs to speak to the man and was handed an empty blue envelope with the name Paul on it.\n\nMr Wilson went inside briefly and then returned to the door for a second time when he was shot.\n\nPolice Scotland has asked anyone who believes they can assist the investigation to contact 101 quoting incident 515 of 4 March 2022 and Operation Sorn or they can e-mail a dedicated inbox at SCDHOLMESAberdeen@scotland.pnn.police.uk\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Alistair Wilson murder: ‘My only memory of my dad was when he was shot’\n• None Decking row likely motive in murder, say police", "Labour MP Stella Creasy has said she was subjected to sexual harassment and threats of rape as a student politician at Cambridge University.\n\nMs Creasy said she was \"admonished\" by college authorities after reporting the alleged abuse in the 1990s.\n\nShe said sexual harassment remains an issue in universities and \"that culture\" was not unique to Parliament.\n\nThe behaviour of some male MPs has come under scrutiny after a series of misconduct allegations.\n\nIn an interview with GB News, Ms Creasy, the MP for Walthamstow and a prominent campaigner for women's rights, said she was speaking out about the alleged abuse she received at university for the first time.\n\nCambridge University said in a statement that it was \"extremely sorry to hear of the horrific ordeal which Stella Creasy experienced\", and it had taken action in recent years to improve support for victims.\n\nThe MP said her first experience of sexual harassment was during her first year at Magdalene College. She said it took place from 1996 to 1998 and included a campaign of abusive posters when she ran for the role of president of the college's student council.\n\nMs Creasy told GB News: \"I'll never forget the night that I was in a room with them all and they threatened to gang rape me, let alone the posters that they put up around the college when I had the temerity to stand for a position in the student union, telling people not to vote for me because of who I'd slept with, and that happened at a Cambridge college.\"\n\nIn the interview with broadcaster and former Labour MP Gloria De Piero, Ms Creasy said she was reprimanded by college authorities when she made a complaint.\n\n\"I was held up and I was admonished by the college authorities at the time because they chose to believe the idea that I was probably 'a wronged woman',\" Ms Creasy said.\n\n\"And, as I say, it took public humiliation, and posters, and finally other people coming forward, and me collating the evidence - of all the notes, the spitting in my room, the rubbish that was thrown at me, the sexual abuse and harassment if I tried to walk into the bar, that came from this group of young men.\"\n\nLabour MP Stella Creasy has campaigned for maternity leave for MPs\n\nMs Creasy, who studied social and political sciences at Cambridge, said she remained \"terrified\" of seeing the men who allegedly abused her.\n\n\"I'm in my mid-40s now and it's the first time I've really felt even willing to talk about it.\n\n\"It was terrifying at the time, I'm terrified I'll ever run into those young men again.\n\n\"And I say that because, several years after I left university, I did exactly that - I walked into a bar and they were all sat there, and I collapsed inside and left as soon as I could.\"\n\nMs Creasy, who entered the Commons in 2010 and has campaigned for maternity leave for MPs, has said the abuse will always affect her.\n\n\"But one of the things I want to say to women who have experienced those things in life and to the women in Parliament now, is that you will find allies, you will find those of us prepared to stand with you because we know what it's like, we know how hard it is and we know the impact it can have on you,\" she said.\n\nShe said there was a \"privilege and entitlement\" in Parliament, where politicians have recently been sharing allegations of misconduct.\n\nA Cambridge University spokesman said: \"Sexual harassment of any sort has absolutely no place at the university.\n\n\"In recent years the university has taken significant steps in order to provide support for victims of sexual misconduct, to improve systems for reporting any incidents, and to take action as a result.\n\n\"We urge anyone who experiences any form of harassment or abuse to report it so that they can be offered support and action can be taken.\"", "A proposed statute of limitations would end all prosecutions in Troubles-related cases up to April 1998\n\nThe UK government has delayed bringing forward controversial Troubles legacy legislation - but does it mean a rethink is taking place?\n\nNo bill materialised before Christmas, despite one being promised by late autumn.\n\nIt means it will be difficult getting the amnesty plan on to the statute books before the next Stormont assembly election.\n\nAnd probably most certain of all, it will not be in place before the next trial involving an Army veteran.\n\nTo recap: In July, the government proposed drawing a line under the past with a statute of limitations that would mean no more criminal investigations or prosecutions related to the conflict period.\n\nIt would apply across the board, to former security force members and paramilitaries alike.\n\nThere are about 1,200 unresolved Troubles killings sitting with the Police Service of Northern Ireland's (PSNI) legacy investigations branch.\n\nThe government also planned to end all related inquests and civil actions, of which there are about 1,000 in the court system at various stages.\n\nA substitute process of information recovery would be established, with the aim of delivering investigative reports for bereaved families and victims.\n\nBoris Johnson says the legacy proposals would allow Northern Ireland to \"draw a line under the Troubles\"\n\nThe government insists that will comply with its human rights obligations.\n\nThe Irish government, Northern Ireland political parties and victims' organisations flatly reject the proposals, with some sharply critical of the consultation process that has been taking place.\n\nCriticism has also extended to the Council of Europe commissioner for human rights, Dunja Mijatović, and the UN Human Rights Council.\n\nDespite the delay in bringing forward legislation, few engaged in the process believe it signals any change of heart by London on the central idea of an amnesty.\n\nInstead it seems to be down to the nitty gritty of how the information recovery body would work.\n\nAs reported by the Daily Telegraph recently, the government appears to be examining ways to compel former paramilitaries to participate with information gathering.\n\nIt is thought that could involve being prosecuted for failure to co-operate.\n\nOne source told BBC News NI: \"There's a certain irony here. You won't be prosecuted for murder but you can be prosecuted for not coming forward to the information body.\"\n\nThey added that the \"only good thing\" that has come out of the limited engagement with government is that everybody has told them they oppose what is proposed.\n\nAnother source said while they felt the government still wanted to press ahead, it is possible that things drift and nothing gets done because of more urgent priorities.\n\nHowever, they felt that would not be sustainable long term as the legacy problem requires solving.\n\nThe debate about how to deal with legacy of the Troubles looks like it will continue well into the future\n\nThe view is that any legislation would take six months to progress through Parliament, under full scrutiny of both houses, rather than being raced through under accelerated passage.\n\nThat would mean it would come into force later than the government intended - it had seen \"a window of opportunity\" before this May's assembly election.\n\nIt also puts any legislation the other side of the next trial involving an Army veteran - and protecting former soldiers has been a significant factor in the formulation of the government's approach.\n\nDavid Holden is due to go on trial in January over the manslaughter of Aidan McAnespie, who was shot at an Army checkpoint near Aughnacloy in County Tyrone in 1988.\n\nIt is one of seven legacy cases at prosecution stage.\n\nThe Public Prosecution Service (PPS) is, however, seeking to discontinue two of them - Soldier F over Bloody Sunday and Soldier B over the shooting of Daniel Hegarty, also in Londonderry in 1972.\n\nThe PPS is also yet to decide whether to prosecute another 11 Troubles cases, three of them involving a total of 12 former soldiers.\n\nThose cases do not include consideration of the Operation Kenova investigation into the Army agent within the IRA known by the codename Stakeknife.\n\nDuring the past 12 months, Troubles legacy cases have made many headlines.\n\nThey will continue to do so in 2022.\n\nBut to borrow Boris Johnson's phrase, will it be the year that \"a line is drawn under the Troubles\" by way of controversial legislation?", "President Macron was on his first foreign trip since re-election in late April\n\nFreshly re-elected Emmanuel Macron chose 9 May to come to dinner in Berlin. An auspicious date in EU circles.\n\nNicknamed \"Europe Day\", it commemorates the signing of the post World War Two Schuman declaration promoting peace between European nations.\n\nA very different vision of Europe to that of Vladimir Putin, the French president noted.\n\nTogether, he said, France and Germany carried the ambition for a stronger, more sovereign, more democratic, more united EU, able to rise to the challenges currently facing the continent.\n\nIt's EU tradition for French and German leaders to visit each other as the first trip abroad following their election. An intentionally symbolic display of the bloc's Franco-German motor purring, even roaring ahead.\n\nAt least, they hope that's the message transmitted.\n\nBut how united and influential are France and Germany in today's EU?\n\nI'd argue the Russia-Ukraine crisis has fundamentally shifted not only EU security dynamics, but the balance of power in the bloc too. And it's no longer just about France and Germany.\n\nWhen Mr Macron first came to Berlin back in 2017, he was a rookie compared to then Chancellor Angela Merkel.\n\nBut her successor Olaf Scholz has handled Russia sanctions and weapons deliveries to Ukraine slowly and clumsily during the current crisis - frustrating voters at home and allies abroad.\n\nGermany's chancellor has defended his response to the war, appearing with President Macron in front of a Brandenburg gate illuminated in Ukraine's national colours\n\nI asked Mr Scholz at his press conference with Mr Macron whether he was concerned about Germany's reputation and leadership role in Europe as a result.\n\nHe robustly defended Germany's record. Berlin in the end moved dramatically to reverse its reliance on Russian energy (moving from a 35% to a 12% reliance on Russian oil within a few weeks).\n\nIt put historical angst and innate risk-aversion aside, (belatedly) delivering heavy weapons to Ukraine. And Mr Scholz turned German defence priorities on their head early on in the crisis, promising to invest €100bn ($100bn; £85bn) in modernising the armed forces and increasing defence spending to the 2% of GDP requested by Nato.\n\nBut by huffing and puffing and dragging its heels before taking action, the impression Germany has given is of a reluctant or backseat member of the Western alliance when it comes to countering the Kremlin.\n\n\"We should send signals of strength not weakness to the Kremlin. This just encourages the Russian president to do what he is doing,\" according to Peter Beyer, a Christian Democratic Union MP and member of the German Parliament's defence committee.\n\n\"I don't want to be critical just because my party is now in opposition,\" he insisted to me But, he said, Olaf Scholz seems always to have to be pushed into action by others, by public opinion or by criticism from European partners.\n\n\"And why should that be? We're Germany. We shouldn't just lead economically but also politically but [Mr Scholz] isn't in the driving seat.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: EU ban on Russian oil will not be easy, says von der Leyen\n\nIndeed in the diplomatic, defence, economic and energy crisis Europe currently finds itself in - where as one EU leader after another notes Russia has brought war and the threat of nuclear attack back to the continent - mighty power Germany has conspicuously failed to take the lead.\n\nAnd so Mr Macron believes this to be his moment. Time for Germany to play sous-chef, he thinks, while he drives the EU initiative.\n\nAngela Merkel rather squashed his reformist zeal, but Macron's ideas of promoting EU sovereignty in new technologies, defence, energy and food production have now been gaining traction. A result of Russia's belligerence in Ukraine and the strain on global supply chains caused by the Covid pandemic.\n\nFrance currently holds the EU's rotating presidency. Before coming to Berlin on Monday, Mr Macron addressed the European Parliament on his vision for the bloc's future.\n\nThis included the not entirely new idea of establishing an outer EU circle of like-minded nations including \"those who have left the EU\" (a clear nod to the UK) and others waiting to join, like Ukraine and countries in the western Balkans.\n\nAnd while there's smouldering resentment that Germany has been too soft for too long on Moscow - driven largely, it's believed, by economic interests - many of the same critics are also impatient with Mr Macron for repeatedly pursuing diplomatic openings with Vladimir Putin.\n\nPoland and the Baltic nations along with other hawkish former communist countries like the Czech Republic have pushed to take the lead in Nato and EU defence decisions during the Russia-Ukraine crisis.\n\nThe Slovenian, Polish and Czech prime ministers, together with Poland's ruling party leader, were the first Western leaders to visit Kyiv\n\nHungary has risen to prominence too. As a not entirely unexpected spanner in the works of EU sanctions.\n\nPrime Minister Victor Orban, known for his good relations with Mr Putin, is holding the EU hostage over plans for oil sanctions. Refusing to sign on the dotted line until his Russian-energy dependent country gets a favourable deal.\n\nProjecting a united and determined Western front against Mr Putin is of paramount importance to the EU and Nato right now. But neither Paris nor Berlin have been able to rein in Mr Orban. The European Commission President flew to Budapest on Monday night to try - to no avail.\n\nOf course keeping 27 countries united on sanctions when each one is impacted in a different way is a huge challenge and this is interpreted by Mr Putin as a weakness.\n\nThink back to the eurozone and, specifically, the Greek debt crisis. Angela Merkel would bash EU heads together, or at least keep them in the same room until a solution was found.\n\nShe wasn't loved for that but she was respected.\n\nNow Brussels is beginning to ask whether the EU rule that foreign policy decisions, including sanctions packages, must be unanimous is now outdated in these unpredictable and dangerous times.", "An employment bill had been expected to allow workers to keep all their tips\n\nThe omission of measures to improve workers' rights from the Queen's Speech has been criticised.\n\nUnions accused the government of \"turning its back\" on workers while industry groups said they were disappointed the bill had been omitted.\n\nFlexible working rights, protections against pregnancy discrimination, and rights for staff to keep all tips had been hoped for in an Employment Bill.\n\nPlans for the bill were first announced by the government in 2019.\n\nA planned Employment Bill was first announced in the Queen's Speech in December 2019, but no firm legalisation has been brought forward to date.\n\nThere had been concerns that workers' rights could be watered down after the UK left the EU, and worries about treatment of employees in the gig economy had also led to calls for reform.\n\nTUC head Frances O'Grady said the lack of the Employment Bill in Tuesday's Queen's Speech meant \"vital rights that ministers had promised - like default flexible working, fair tips and protection from pregnancy discrimination - risk being ditched for good\".\n\nShe claimed by shelving the legislation, ministers had \"sent a signal that they are happy for rogue employers to ride roughshod over workers' rights,\" adding it would see \"bad bosses celebrating\".\n\nWhen first announced, the bill had promised:\n\nThe government said it had a \"strong track record in supporting workers\" as well as \"protecting and enhancing their rights\".\n\n\"Our ambitious legislative programme includes a comprehensive set of bills which enable us to deliver on priorities like growing the economy, which will in turn help address rising living costs and get people into good jobs,\" it added.\n\nAlthough there was no Employment Bill announced in the speech, the government did confirm plans to introduce legislation banning ferries from docking at UK ports if workers aren't being paid the equivalent of National Minimum Wage.\n\nThe move comes after P&O Ferries' sacked 800 seafarers without notice.\n\nThe Department for Transport said the Harbours Bill aimed to deter companies from repeating P&O Ferries' actions, by closing loopholes used by some firms operating in and out of UK ports.\n\nThe British Ports Association said the policy could work, but said it wasn't happy that ports were being asked to enforce it.\n\nRos Bragg, director of maternity rights charity Maternity Action, said she was \"deeply disappointed and frustrated\" that the Employment Bill did not feature in the Queen's Speech.\n\nShe said pregnant women and new mothers needed \"urgent legal protections from unfair redundancies\", which she said had \"dramatically increased\" since the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nShe called on ministers to adopt the bill put forward by former cabinet minister Maria Miller, who has proposed legalisation to prevent firms from sacking women during pregnancy or six months afterwards.\n\n\"We'd also urge strengthening legal protections for insecure workers - who are predominantly women, and who are currently bearing the brunt of the poverty crisis,\" Ms Bragg added.\n\n\"Ministers have promised women stronger legal protection, and they now need to urgently deliver on that promise.\"\n\nNeil Carberry, chief executive of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation, said it was \"incredibly disappointing\" the government had \"chosen to kick the Employment Bill into the long grass again\".\n\n\"It is now two and a half years since the Employment Bill was first promised, and five years since the Taylor review into modern working practices - the government must prove its commitment to this issue and bring forward this bill as soon as possible.\"\n\nVerity Davidge, director of policy at manufacturing organisation Make UK, said: \"Business will be frustrated that, yet again, three years after having promised it there was no Employment Bill. This is a major omission given how fast the world of work is changing, a trend accelerated by the pandemic.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Ben Willmott, head of policy for the CIPD, which represents HR professionals, said the omission of the bill left the government with \"very little time to meet its promises to protect and enhance workers' rights\".\n\nMr Willmott added it was a \"missed opportunity\" to protect workers rights, particular those in lower paid jobs dealing with rising household costs.\n\n\"The recent sacking of workers, without notice, by P&O Ferries shows that much more needs to be done to ensure unscrupulous employers cannot ignore their legal responsibilities and undercut employment standards in the UK,\" he said\n\n\"It will also be hugely disappointing for working carers that there is no progress on legislating to give them new rights to take time off to manage their caring responsibilities.\"", "Louise Dar paid the Post Office £44,000 which was wrongly deemed to have gone missing from her business\n\nFormer sub-postmasters have told an inquiry they had to pay tens of thousands to the Post Office after being wrongly accused of fraud.\n\nMore than 700 sub-postmasters and mistresses in the UK were accused of theft and false accounting because of flaws in the organisation's IT system.\n\nSome ended up in prison while others lost their jobs.\n\nThe scandal has been described as \"the most widespread miscarriage of justice in UK history\".\n\nA public inquiry into the cases, which date back to between 2000 and 2014, opened in London earlier this year.\n\nIt is now hearing two days of evidence in Glasgow.\n\nThe Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission - which looks into miscarriages of justice - has written to 73 potential victims in Scotland and is currently investigating eight cases.\n\nLouise Dar told the inquiry she was forced to pay £44,000 which was wrongly deemed to have gone missing from her sub-post office in Lenzie, East Dunbartonshire.\n\nMrs Dar, 39, said she and her family regularly worked late into the night trying to clear up shortfalls which didn't actually exist.\n\nShe said: \"It was out of control. Every day I was paying in £20, £40 or £100 to make up the shortfall.\n\n\"It was just money going into a black hole.\n\n\"Customers would come in the next day and say, is that you having problems again with the Post Office because I saw the light on last night.\n\n\"We thought, we'll sort it, we'll get there, but it was fighting a losing battle.\"\n\nOf the hundreds of former sub-postmasters accused of fraud, only 72 have had their names cleared so far\n\nAnother witness, Vinod Sharma, paid £28,000 after a Post Office audit at his newsagents in Balornock, Glasgow.\n\nMr Sharma, who became a sub-postmaster in 1977, said: \"You wake up the middle of the night and think, God, what's happened? What are we going to do - what can we do?\n\n\"You soldier on but you do suffer a lot.\"\n\nAround the year 2000, the Post Office installed a whole load of new software, from tiny branches to big offices right across the UK.\n\nEveryone had their system upgraded from the big book ledgers that were used in many places up until that point.\n\nWhat sub-postmasters and the Post Office didn't know at the stage when the system went live was that there were bugs, errors and glitches within it.\n\nGradually, the Post Office realised that money looked like it was going missing from a number of offices.\n\nRather than believe the sub-postmasters, who were saying the money was still physically there in the post office and just looked like it was missing from the system, the Post Office decided to believe the software and use it as evidence in court.\n\nA number of whistle-blowers have come forward and said: \"Yes, at different stages we were told there were bugs and errors in the IT process.\"\n\nSo this public inquiry is trying to find out who was responsible, who knew and why those convictions carried on happening - even when the Post Office, and indeed the government, eventually knew what was going on behind the scenes.\n\nAlthough 72 former sub-postmasters in the UK have had their names cleared so far, many are yet to receive compensation.\n\nIn 2007, Mary Philp was suspended by the Post Office over allegations of missing funds at her sub-post office branch in Auchtermuchty, Fife.\n\nShe died in 2018, at the age of 83, before the first court case was won by the sub-postmasters.\n\nFormer sub-postmistress Mary Philp died in 2018, at the age of 83, before the first court case was won\n\nHer daughter Myra, who worked with her mother at the Auchtermuchty branch in 2001, said she was a proud and honest woman and the accusations had a devastating impact on her.\n\nMyra said: \"It totally destroyed her, to be accused of something she wasn't doing.\n\n\"My mum tried everything to point out there was some kind of error. Not to be believed, and to be treated that way, meant she lost her confidence.\n\n\"She didn't work again and any time anyone mentioned it to her, she would well up and cry.\n\n\"Somebody should be made to stand up and pay for it.\n\n\"Not just financially. They need to take responsibility and they need to take it more quickly.\"\n\nFurther inquiry witnesses will include Keith Macaldowie, who ran a post office in Greenock until he was forced to resign in 2011.\n\nAn audit had uncovered a £10,000 shortfall which was later found to be caused by problems with the Post Office's Horizon IT system.\n\nMr Macaldowie told BBC Scotland the \"massive injustice\" had life-changing effects on his mental health.\n\nHe said: \"This is actually the first time I've talked about it in the 11 years since it happened - I tried to keep it quiet.\n\n\"But I have social anxieties through it, I have depression through it and I'm on medication.\n\n\"The justice system is innocent until proven guilty, but according to the Post Office it's guilty until proved innocent.\n\n\"And you couldn't prove yourself innocent because you couldn't get your hands on any of the evidence to then go through it.\"", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nLiverpool remain in the hunt for a historic quadruple after winning the FA Cup following another Wembley penalty shootout against Chelsea.\n\nJurgen Klopp's side repeated their Carabao Cup final victory in February, the decisive moment coming when Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson saved Mason Mount's spot-kick, leaving Kostas Tsimikas to secure Liverpool's second trophy of the season.\n\nThe Reds are still in the Premier League title race and have the Champions League final to come against Real Madrid.\n\nLiverpool had the better of an eventful final, with the outstanding Luis Diaz and Andrew Robertson hitting the woodwork, although it may come at a price with Mohamed Salah going off injured in the first half and Virgil van Dijk going off after 90 minutes.\n\nIt is a devastating blow for Chelsea and manager Thomas Tuchel to lose in this manner yet again as they had chances - with Marcos Alonso hitting the post and also being denied by Alisson - but become the first side to lose three successive FA Cup finals.\n\nLiverpool come through again\n\nWhen Edouard Mendy saved Senegal team-mate Sadio Mane's penalty in the shootout, when the Liverpool forward only needed to score to win the FA Cup, it just seemed for one moment that the Reds' assault on four trophies might just be interrupted.\n\nAlisson put Liverpool back on course when he saved from Mount, who was inconsolable as Tsimikas sent the Liverpool fans wild by converting the final penalty.\n\nOnce again Liverpool had prevailed against fiercely disciplined and determined opponents, even though they lost Salah to what looked like a muscle injury before half-time and Van Dijk did not emerge for extra time.\n\nIt remains to be seen how serious those problems are but at present it looks like Liverpool can overcome most obstacles put in front of them, even though it once again took penalties to claim their first FA Cup since 2006.\n\nDiaz was the game's outstanding player, running Chelsea ragged and peppering Mendy's goal with efforts until he was substituted, exhausted, to a standing ovation.\n\nKlopp refers to his players as \"mentality monsters\" and this illustrates why. Players from both sides gave so much that they were almost out on their feet at the final whistle.\n\nManchester City remain favourites in the Premier League, three points ahead and with a superior goal difference, and this was a strength-sapping occasion that will have taken much out of Liverpool before they face Southampton at St Mary's on Tuesday.\n\nWhat we do know, though, is that Liverpool possess remarkable powers of resilience and recovery as they continue their march on history.\n\nChelsea manager Tuchel thought redemption was at hand when Mendy saved from Mane, bringing the shootout scoreline back level after Cesar Azplicueta had hit the post earlier.\n\nIt was not to be though and the German understandably looked utterly disconsolate as he walked up to collect another Wembley losers' medal.\n\nThis was a chance to set the record straight after losing the EFL Cup final on penalties in February, instead it was only more agony for Tuchel and his players after they gave everything in search of victory.\n\nIt will be of no consolation whatsoever that Chelsea have now matched Liverpool in two Wembley finals - and drawn both Premier League games - only to end empty-handed when it came to the four main trophies on offer this season.\n\nChelsea have won the Club World Cup and the Uefa Super Cup but they will not be factored into what has ultimately been a disappointing season.\n\nThey had their chances once again but could not cash in, with both Mount and Alonso denied crucially by Alisson.\n\nTuchel gave Romelu Lukaku a start but once again the £97.5m striker could not deliver. There was no lack of effort but no spark and he was eventually substituted.\n\nThere will now be a period of rebuilding, with Antonio Rudiger off to Real Madrid and captain Azpilicueta also expected to leave as the club embarks on a new era under new ownership once Roman Abramovich's sale of the club has been completed.\n\nChelsea will have a place in next season's Champions League as reward for their efforts this term but, make no mistake, this will have been a very bitter pill for Tuchel and his players to swallow.\n• None Goal! Chelsea 0(5), Liverpool 0(6). Konstantinos Tsimikas (Liverpool) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.\n• None Penalty saved! Mason Mount (Chelsea) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.\n• None Goal! Chelsea 0(5), Liverpool 0(5). Diogo Jota (Liverpool) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.\n• None Goal! Chelsea 0(5), Liverpool 0(4). Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.\n• None Penalty saved! Sadio Mané (Liverpool) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.\n• None Goal! Chelsea 0(4), Liverpool 0(4). Jorginho (Chelsea) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.\n• None Goal! Chelsea 0(3), Liverpool 0(4). Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.\n• None Goal! Chelsea 0(3), Liverpool 0(3). Ross Barkley (Chelsea) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.\n• None Goal! Chelsea 0(2), Liverpool 0(3). Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.\n• None Goal! Chelsea 0(2), Liverpool 0(2). Reece James (Chelsea) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.\n• None Goal! Chelsea 0(1), Liverpool 0(2). Thiago (Liverpool) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.\n• None Penalty missed! Still Chelsea 0(1), Liverpool 0(1). César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) hits the right post with a right footed shot.\n• None Goal! Chelsea 0(1), Liverpool 0(1). James Milner (Liverpool) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.\n• None Goal! Chelsea 0(1), Liverpool 0. Marcos Alonso (Chelsea) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Find out what really happened in the 90s: Robert Carlyle takes us back to moments we missed that shaped the world today\n• None 'She may have a secret sister': Stacey Dooley visits a woman who wants to find out if her dad fathered a child as a prisoner of war", "Saudi Aramco has posted its highest profits since its 2019 listing as oil and gas prices surge around the world.\n\nThe state-owned energy giant saw an 82% jump in profits, with net income topping $39.5bn (£32.2bn) in the first quarter.\n\nIn a press release, the firm said it had been boosted by higher prices, as well as an increase in production.\n\nThe invasion of Ukraine has seen oil and gas prices skyrocket.\n\nRussia is one of the world's biggest exporters but Western nations have pledged to cut their dependence on the country for energy.\n\nOil prices were already rising before the Ukraine war as economies started to recover from the Covid pandemic and demand outstripped supply.\n\nOther energy firms including Shell, BP and TotalEnergies have also reported soaring profits as a result, although many are incurring costs exiting operations in Russia.\n\nAramco's president and chief executive, Amin Nasser, said on Sunday that the company was \"focused on helping meet the world's demand for energy that is reliable, affordable and increasingly sustainable\".\n\n\"Energy security is vital and we are investing for the long-term,\" he added.\n\nIn March, the oil and gas producer pledged to ramp up investment and boost output significantly over the next five to eight years.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson visited the world's biggest oil exporter that month to try to persuade it to release more oil into world markets in the short-term.\n\nSaudi Arabia is the largest producer in the oil cartel Opec (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) and by raising production it could help to reduce energy prices.\n\nBut the country has been condemned for a range of human rights abuses: its involvement in the conflict in neighbouring Yemen, the murder in 2018 of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, for jailing dissidents and for widespread use of capital punishment.\n\nAramco itself also faces security challenges because of the conflict in Yemen, with Huthi rebels targeting some of its sites and temporarily knocking out a big portion of the kingdom's crude production.\n\nIts latest set of results come days after Aramco reclaimed the top spot as the world's most valuable company from Apple for the first time in almost two years.\n\nAramco also announced on Sunday it would issue 20 billion bonus shares to shareholders - one share for every 10 shares already owned.", "Simon Lightwood promised to fight \"tooth and nail\" for the constituency if elected\n\nLabour has selected its candidate for the Wakefield by-election prompted by Tory MP Imran Ahmad Khan's resignation after his sexual assault conviction.\n\nNHS worker Simon Lightwood who was chosen to contest the seat urged the Conservatives to set an election date.\n\nHowever, the executive committee which runs the local Labour Party walked out of the final selection meeting.\n\nThe group resigned last week after objecting to the way the final two candidates had been shortlisted.\n\nThe by-election was prompted by the resignation of Khan after his conviction for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy.\n\nThe seat is seen as a key target for Labour, which had held it for more than 87 years before the Conservatives won it in 2019 with a majority of 3,358.\n\nMr Lightwood, a member of Labour's National Policy Forum, had been shortlisted alongside Kate Dearden, who works for trade union Community.\n\nSpeaking after his selection, he said he was honoured to have been chosen.\n\n\"Twenty years ago I joined the Labour Party here in Wakefield, and for 10 years I lived, studied and worked in this great city,\" he said.\n\n\"Times are much tougher than they should be for hardworking people across our constituency,\" he said, promising to fight \"tooth and nail\" for the area.\n\nThe outgoing executive committee did not stay at the meeting today to vote for the party's candidate\n\nAt the hustings today, Wakefield's outgoing executive committee walked out, saying in a statement it \"could not support the unfair and anti-democratic selection process\" imposed on party members.\n\nThey said to have stayed and voted would have \"condoned the processes\" used and they did not want to take part in a process they believed breached Labour Party rules.\n\nThe group said turnout for the hustings had been low, claiming only 23% of members locally were there.\n\nThe BBC has asked the Labour Party for its reaction to the executive committee's comments.\n\nA date for the Wakefield by-election has not yet been set.\n\nMr Lightwood said: \"Wakefield has been without an MP and a voice at Westminster for over a year. The Conservatives now need to call this by-election so local people can finally get the representation they deserve.\"\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nNearly nine million people in the UK watched the Eurovision Song Contest on BBC One on Saturday, which saw the UK come second to winners Ukraine.\n\nFigures were considerably up on last year, when an average of 7.4 million watched as the UK scored \"nul points\".\n\nTV audience numbers for the Turin show peaked at 10.6 million, the BBC said\n\nThe Eurovision broadcast followed on the heels of BBC One's coverage of the FA Cup final, which drew an average audience of nearly six million.\n\nViewing numbers soared in the final half hour of the match at Wembley, which saw Liverpool beat Chelsea 6-5 on penalties - peaking at eight million.\n\nThere were also four million stream requests for the coverage across the BBC's digital platforms.\n\nThe live game was also shown on ITV1 where the audience averaged 1.6m. peaking at 2.6m.\n\nLiverpool\"s Kostas Tsimikas celebrated with the trophy after a tense conclusion to the game\n\nHigh hopes accompanied this year's British entry to the Eurovision.\n\nSam Ryder was one of the favourites to win the competition with his song Space Man - and topped the jury vote midway through proceedings on Saturday night, after two consecutive years of the UK coming last.\n\nBut, at close to midnight BST, a huge surge of public support in the popular vote propelled Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra to victory.\n\nTheir winning song, Stefania, combined old Ukrainian folk melodies and traditional flute with contemporary rap and hip-hop beats.\n\nIn a statement, the BBC said: \"Sam's performance was simply out of this world and we couldn't be prouder of him.\"\n\n\"Kalush Orchestra's performance was incredible and generated a reaction both in the arena and around the globe like no other - we offer huge congratulations to Ukraine on their win.\"\n\nAn average of 8.9 million people tuned in to watch the competition on BBC One - a 55.5% share of the available audience, the corporation said.\n\nQuestions remain as to whether Ukraine will be able to host the contest next year, as tradition dictates.\n\nEurovision broadcaster EBU has said the situation presents \"unique challenges\" but Ukraine's President Zelensky has said his country will do its best to fulfil its hosting duties.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ahead of the final on Saturday, the BBC put Sam Ryder's Eurovision knowledge to the test.\n\nSomething strange is happening at Eurovision: bookmakers are predicting a good result for the UK.\n\nAfter two years of finishing in last place, and more than a decade since we made the top 10, Sam Ryder is second favourite to win with his uplifting power ballad Space Man.\n\nBut Ryder is trying to ignore the mounting excitement.\n\n\"I don't want to get to a point where I start believing the hype,\" he says. \"I just want to do everyone proud, and do the best job I possibly can.\"\n\nFormer winner Conchita Wurst is more willing to speculate on his chances.\n\n\"The buzz in the Eurovision community is, 'Oh, the UK is participating again,'\" she told the BBC last month.\n\n\"No offence to all the other artists who have come before... but this year it feels like, 'They mean business.'\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Conchita Wurst won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2014. How does she rate Sam Ryder's chances?\n\nRyder appeared at last night's Eurovision semi-final in Turin, but he did not have to compete to secure his spot in Saturday's final. Free passes are given to the \"big five\" - France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK - who pay the most towards keeping the contest going, along with the host nation.\n\nA former construction worker, the 32-year-old was already a huge sensation on TikTok before the contest, with stars like Alicia Keys, Sia and Justin Bieber reposting his videos.\n\nHe was then selected for Eurovision by TAP Management, the management company behind Lana Del Rey and Ellie Goulding, who helped the BBC choose this year's entry.\n\nSince then, he's been on a whirlwind tour of Europe, building up support for his song - which was co-written by Amy Wadge, whose other credits include Ed Sheeran's Thinking Out Loud and Camila Cabello's First Man.\n\nIt's a long way from his childhood in the countryside, near Malden in Essex. \"It was proper Huckleberry Finn vibes,\" he recalls, \"swimming in rivers and building dens.\"\n\nBefore Saturday night's grand final, we grabbed him to chat about his chances in the competition, his favourite Eurovision memory, and the injury that nearly ruled him out of the competition.\n\nThe singer has one of the most ambitious stages of any Eurovision acts\n\nHey Sam, how are you feeling?\n\nYou know what? I feel good.\n\nI'm ready to soak it all in and be there and be present for the experience. Because if you let nerves get the better of you, or you start overthinking everything a bit too much, you can miss this gorgeous thing you're lucky enough to be involved in.\n\nWhat was your first experience of music?\n\nMy parents weren't musicians, but they played records constantly: Earth Wind and Fire, Beautiful South, Queen. Even now they listen to the same records full blast. And I mean full blast. My neighbours will know, if they were mowing the lawn, they'd play the records so loud they could still hear it over the lawnmower.\n\nYou must have been popular with the neighbours.\n\nI mean, God bless my neighbours because I used to practise guitar in the garden of that house, and I'd sing my head off with the windows open over lockdown. But everyone was so patient. I often thought I could hear them shouting requests.\n\nYou first found fame on TikTok. What made you start posting videos there?\n\nI'd been working in construction for years, and then I started singing at weddings. And it took lockdown to happen for me to think, \"I want to I don't want to stop singing just because the weddings are cancelled\".\n\nAnd I guess TikTok was kind of a digital way of me flicking through my record collection. There was no strategy or anything like that. Singing into my phone brought me the same amount of happiness as playing a live show.\n\nThe first video was Hit Me Baby One More Time by Britney Spears. I sang it as high as I could in my mom's kitchen. And it all started snowballing from there.\n\nRyder has more than 12m followers on TikTok\n\nHow did you react when Sia and Justin Bieber commented on your videos?\n\nThat was mind blowing. I was in my shed trying to sing Chaka Khan's I'm Every Woman and it was boiling hot, so every 10 minutes I'd have to run out and put my head in the freezer before I filmed another take.\n\nAnd it was in one of those freezer breaks that I got a DM from Justin Bieber saying he'd just sent my video to Sia. And I looked at Sia's account, and she'd posted my cover of [her song] Elastic Heart with this really lovely kind, encouraging comment underneath it.\n\nThat was just incredible, because Sia is a vocal hero.\n\nUntil Ed Sheeran joined TikTok last year, you were the app's most-streamed British artist. How much do you hate him now?\n\nOh, you can't stop Ed! Ed is a force. If ever there's a silver medal to take, I'll take this one.\n\nWhat prompted you to write a Eurovision song?\n\nActually, the song was written a year and a half ago with no intention of Eurovision in our minds. It was a gorgeous, boiling hot day in London, so naturally, we were in a studio with no windows and Space Man just seemed to come out of space… man.\n\nI heard it only took you 10 minutes.\n\nYeah, we smashed it! As a songwriter you sometimes get those hole-in-ones, and I'm just so grateful because it's not overdramatic for me to say that it changed my life.\n\nPeople were really encouraging about my covers on TikTok and Instagram, but it wasn't enough to open any doors. Record labels want to see that you can write songs, and have your own sound - and Space Man was the song that did that.\n\nThe fact you didn't write it for Eurovision feels significant. For too long, the UK has tried to work with a preconceived idea of what a Eurovision song \"should\" sound like.\n\nYeah, if you get given a brief, sometimes you hit it too on the nose. As a songwriter, I prefer to write whatever is coming to you on that particular day.\n\nHow did the song get selected, then?\n\nI got a call from the BBC in January, and they said, \"Hey, we heard your song Space Man.\" God knows how, but they said, \"How do you fancy singing it at Eurovision\" and obviously I'm a big fan, so I said yes.\n\nIt has to be when Lordi won it for Finland with Hard Rock Hallelujah. Do you remember Lordi, with the prosthetics and the bat wings and platform boots and the battle axes? In any other context, it would be bonkers - but because it's Eurovision, it's like yeah, bat wings, whatever.\n\nYou've been performing Space Man all over Europe… but it nearly came to a sticky end, didn't it?\n\nI know! I've been go-karting and surfing and snowboarding and skydiving while we toured - but the thing that got me was a scooter in Madrid!\n\nWe'd just done a performance and I was going back to the hotel, wind in my hair, big smile on my face, when I came down this hill into a tight turn. And I thought, 'OK, I need to brake now' but the brakes were dangling off. There was no way I could stop. It was too fast to put my foot down. And I came off and crashed straight into this metal bar.\n\nI was really, really lucky because it hit my neck on my chest and then my knee. But if it had got me in my jaw, I wouldn't have been in the competition any more.\n\nWell, thankfully you're here… But what's it like after 10 days in Eurovision-land? It must be overwhelming.\n\nThat's definitely something that you need to watch out for. Sometimes you are in it so much that you can't see the wood from the trees, it's good to take breaks.\n\nYou need to get distance from all this to regain your focus and remember what it's all about. And that is that three minutes of singing and sharing your song and connecting with a stranger in the audience.\n\nThe UK has come last twice in a row. Does that put more pressure on you, or give you complete freedom, because you can't do any worse?\n\nI think if you tell yourself you're under pressure, you're starting off on the wrong foot. It's hard to break out of that. So instead, I'm telling myself I'm excited and grateful and thankful to have the opportunity.\n\nAnyway, singing, song-writing and performing shouldn't be about a scoreboard. The celebration of music can exist without that.\n\nWatch the first Eurovision Semi-Final on BBC iPlayer, now.\n\nWatch the second Eurovision Semi-Final on BBC iPlayer now.\n\nWatch the Eurovision Song Contest Final on BBC iPlayer and BBC One, at 20:00 BST on Saturday 14 May.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Witnesses to a racially-motivated attack at a New York state supermarket have been describing the horrific moment an 18-year-old white man pulled out a gun and began a shooting spree that left 10 people dead.\n\nThe attacker, dressed in military gear, drove into the car park at Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo at about 2.30pm (19:30 BST) and began livestreaming his rampage via a camera on his helmet.\n\n\"When I first saw him shooting he shot a woman, he shot a deacon, he shot another woman... and then he went in the store and he started shooting again,\" eyewitness Grady Lewis told reporters.\n\nKatherine Crofton, a retired firefighter and doctor, told the local paper she had been playing with her dog and smoking a cigarette when she heard a shot from her front porch.\n\n\"I didn't see him at first, I turned around and I saw him shoot this woman,\" she said.\n\n\"She was just going into the store. And then he shot another woman. She was putting groceries into her car. I got down because I did not know if he was going to shoot me.\"\n\nThe suspected gunman has been identified in court documents as Payton Gendron, of Conklin, New York.\n\nOf the 13 people shot, police said 11 were black. The authorities say it was a racially motivated attack in what is a predominantly black neighbourhood.\n\nInside the \"packed\" supermarket, operations manager Shonell Harris told Buffalo News she was putting out groceries when the shooting happened.\n\n\"I heard a noise, and then it got louder and closer, and everybody started running\", she said.\n\nThe gunman was arrested after the shootings outside the Tops Friendly Market store\n\nA small vigil is set up across the street to the crime scene\n\nHearing the gunshots, Ms Harris said she made for the back exit, and ran around to the front of the store to look for her daughter, who was also working inside the supermarket.\n\nAt the front of the store, she said she saw the gunman, clothed \"like he was dressed for the army\", shoot another person.\n\nShe then ran back around to the back exit, where she found her daughter. \"I just grabbed her, I hugged her,\" she said.\n\n\"It's like a nightmare... you see this on TV, you hear about it on TV... but I never thought I would be one of them.\"\n\nThree people were shot dead in the car park and the other seven were killed inside the supermarket, police said.\n\nAs the shooter entered the store, a security guard named by local media as Aaron Salter - a retired police officer - fired multiple shots, but the gunman's bulletproof vest stopped one that hit him, police said. He then killed the guard and stalked through the store firing at other people.\n\nThe local paper has named two others who died in the attack - supermarket customers Ruth Whitfield and Katherine Massey. A vigil was held for Ms Whitmore, 86, on Saturday night.\n\nA church deacon who worked as a driver was also killed, Buffalo News reports.\n\nJennifer Tookes, who had been shopping in the store with her cousin when the shooting started, told NBC News that her cousin had hidden in the supermarket's freezer until the gunfire stopped.\n\nMs Tookes added that she saw three bodies lying outside the car park when she escaped outside: \"One was right by the door. One man was by his car. Another girl was right there.\"\n\nKen Stephens, a member of a local anti-violence group who was at the scene, told the New York Times: \"Bodies were everywhere.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Mayor speaks of pain in wake of deadly shooting\n\nWitness Katherine Crofton said that after the shootings inside the supermarket, the gunman came outside.\n\n\"The guy walked out of the store, the cops were just screaming at him, and he just stood there,\" she said. \"It was like he wanted them to shoot him.\"\n\nThe attacker was arrested by police and has been charged with first-degree murder.\n\nAfterwards, local residents gathered at the scene. Among them was Marilyn Hanson, 60, who told The New York Times she had raced to the store after hearing the news to make sure her daughter, who lived nearby, was not hurt.\n\nFinding her safe, Ms Hanson - who shops at the store often - said: \"My daughter was so scared because that could've been me in that store.\"\n\n\"If a black man did this, he'd be dead, too,\" she added, referring to the fact that the suspect had surrendered and had been taken into custody by police.\n\nA member of the local government council, Ulysees Wingo Sr, said most of the shoppers at the supermarket were black and that he knew some of the victims.\n\n\"This is the largest mass shooting to date in the city of Buffalo,\" he told reporters.\n\n\"I don't think anyone here in the city of Buffalo thought that something like this could ever happen, would ever happen.\"\n\nSaturday's attack in Buffalo is thought to be the worst mass shooting so far in the US in 2022, and will also further inflame the bitter political battle about gun control in the US.\n\nSome 40,000 deaths a year involve firearms in America, a figure that includes suicides.\n\nMeanwhile, hate crimes in the US hit a 12-year high in 2020, with over 10,000 people reporting offences related to their race, gender, sexuality, religion or disability.\n\nCrimes against Asian and black Americans in particular surged that year, FBI figures suggest - although as police are not mandated to submit hate crime data to the FBI, those numbers are thought likely to be an undercount.\n• None Ten killed in racially motivated attack at US store", "EasyJet is to offer new and existing cabin crew a £1,000 bonus at the end of the summer holiday season, as airlines battle to retain and recruit staff.\n\nThe airline said the payments would acknowledge crews' contributions to what it expects to be a busy summer, with travel at near pre-Covid levels.\n\nIt was revealed last month that British Airways is offering the same amount to new joiners as a \"golden hello\".\n\nThe UK's ending of travel restrictions has seen demand for holidays soar.\n\nThe aviation industry shed thousands of jobs during the pandemic and airports and airlines have been racing to recruit staff for months, as they plan for a bumper summer. However, some have struggled to hire new staff quickly enough.\n\nBoth EasyJet and British Airways have cancelled hundreds of flights amid workforce shortages, which have been compounded by Covid absences.\n\nSome airports, including Manchester and Birmingham, have also blamed a lack of staff for incidents of long queues, some of which have resulted in passengers missing flights.\n\nThe UK's aviation watchdog the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) wrote to airports in April expressing concern over the impact of staff shortages.\n\nBritish Airways' recruitment efforts this year have included inviting back some workers who previously left but had expressed an interest in returning.\n\nEasyJet said last week that it planned to take out the back row of seats on some aircraft, so they could fly with three cabin crew instead of four. This would still comply with the CAA's regulations.\n\nThe budget airline has so far hired 1,700 crew, up from its initial target of 1,500.\n\nHowever, getting new aviation staff trained and through security clearance can take months.\n\nThe government is set to allow the training of new staff to begin before background checks have been completed, in an effort to speed up recruitment. The law change is due to come into effect from 20 May.", "In-person exams were cancelled in 2020 and 2021\n\nHead teachers are warning of disruption in this summer's school exams amid a shortage of invigilators, fuelled by fears of catching Covid.\n\nThe Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) says staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are being moved from other work to oversee exams.\n\nSome parents, too, are being asked to help, according to some school staff.\n\nThe Department for Education (DfE) does not expect major problems as schools should have \"robust contingency plans\".\n\nMore students than ever are sitting in-person A-levels and GCSEs for the first time this week, after the last two years of traditional assessments were cancelled because of the pandemic.\n\nBut fewer invigilators are returning to oversee them because they are worried about Covid or have moved on to other work, unions say.\n\nThere is also a higher demand because more students with anxiety are asking to take exams in separate rooms.\n\nSome schools have been asking parents to step in, while the ASCL says others \"have had no choice\" but to train other members of staff.\n\nBut the DfE says it does not expect \"general disruption\". A spokeswoman said: \"Schools and exam centres are well prepared to handle any challenges, having been asked to have robust contingency plans in place.\"\n\nKatherine McDiarmid, exams officer at Kendrick School in Reading, has put \"constant adverts out\" for invigilators this year, and has trained two part-time librarians and some parents.\n\n\"People who were your really experienced key room leads - that could do the job standing on their heads - have left,\" she said.\n\nThe librarians are volunteering outside their normal working hours, so it will not affect their jobs.\n\nBut ASCL general secretary Geoff Barton said invigilator shortages had left some schools with \"no choice\" but to train their own staff and redeploy them from their normal duties, which, he said, was \"likely to have an impact on provision\".\n\nNormally, one invigilator must be present in written exams for every 30 students, but this requirement has been relaxed to one-for-40 because of the shortages.\n\nTeachers are also being allowed to invigilate exams in their own subjects, which is not normally permitted.\n\nSchools have been advised that they can delay exams or split students into groups if they cannot find enough invigilators.\n\nMr Barton said even more invigilators were needed to satisfy the growing number of students wanting to sit their exams in rooms away from the main exam hall because of \"high levels of stress and anxiety\".\n\nHelen Albers, a school medical officer and invigilator, says she has seen students shake with anxiety in the exam hall\n\nLeanne Turner, deputy head teacher at The Deanery Church of England High School in Wigan, has set up rooms for those who have asked to sit exams separately since Covid - some because they need additional support, such as scribes, but others for reasons of wellbeing.\n\nShe said she needed \"a lot more\" invigilators to oversee those extra rooms.\n\n\"The thought of returning to school for some children was just too much to bear,\" she said.\n\n\"Going into the sports hall, being there with another 250 children, sitting still for all that time, walking into that actual room - it's a bridge too far for many of them that are already feeling wobbly.\"\n\nAmong those invigilators is Helen Albers, who is also the school's medical officer and is used to spotting signs of anxiety.\n\n\"I'll see their legs are shaking, their breathing might get a little bit faster - so [I'll] just go over to those children and let them know that we're here,\" she said.\n\nLexie said her exam earlier went better than she thought it would\n\nAt Hethersett Academy in Norfolk, Year 11 student Lexie told the BBC she was \"really nervous\" before her computer science GCSE exam earlier, but having had advance information about the questions - one of the adjustments brought in this year - helped.\n\n\"Once I opened the paper and looked through the questions I thought, 'yeah this is what I've been revising'. It was a nice feeling to know that I could answer the questions,\" she said.\n\nIt was \"peace of mind\" to know the exams \"were actually in line with the pre-released material\", she added.\n\nJugjit Chima, chief executive of the National Association of Exams Officers, said the situation had been made worse because many members had not experienced an exam season before.\n\nAnd some schools had been late to recruit invigilators because they had not been convinced that exams would go ahead this year following the cancellation of summer exams in 2020 and 2021.\n\n\"We've almost had a perfect storm this year,\" he said.\n\nMr Chima voiced concern about the potential for \"malpractice\" if invigilators were trained at short notice, as they might not have a thorough understanding of the rules.\n\nA spokesman for the Joint Council for Qualifications said exams boards \"fully appreciate the difficulty some schools and colleges have faced in securing invigilators\".\n\nIt is encouraging schools to use social media, parent newsletters and an invigilator vacancy and recruitment map to fill gaps.\n\nHow is your school preparing for exams this year? Are you a parent who will be invigilating? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney says the EU is flexible and want to compromise\n\nUnilateral action by the UK government to change post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland could undermine the peace process, Ireland's foreign minister has warned.\n\nSimon Coveney accepted there was a need to address unionist concerns about how the protocol was working.\n\nHe said there would be a \"consequence\" if the UK's actions created significant uncertainty on the island of Ireland.\n\nA UK minister said an EU trade war with the UK would be \"self-defeating\".\n\nThe prime minister will visit Northern Ireland to speak to parties on Monday.\n\nBoris Johnson is expected to tell political leaders any action on the protocol must restore power-sharing.\n\nMr Johnson's visit coincides with increased speculation that the UK government is poised to introduce legislation to strip away parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\nThe protocol - now under fresh scrutiny following the 5 May assembly election - was designed to ensure free trade could continue across the Irish land border.\n\nThe election cemented a majority for assembly members who accept the protocol, including the new largest party, Sinn Féin, but it has been opposed by unionist politicians.\n\nFollowing the election, the anti-protocol Democratic Unionist Party has refused to engage with the assembly.\n\nA new administration cannot be formed without them.\n\nMr Coveney said the way to deal with the problems around the protocol was continued dialogue between the EU and UK.\n\nHe also warned that any move by London to walk away from the arrangements would \"send headlines around the world that Britain is prepared to break international law\".\n\n\"What I see at the moment is a British government making statements and briefing against the EU, and creating a lot of tension in my country, your closest neighbour, and also potentially being on the verge of making a decision that could fundamentally undermine the functioning of the institutions of the peace process in Northern Ireland,\" he told Sophy Ridge on Sunday on Sky News.\n\nMost politicians elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly want the protocol to remain\n\nMr Coveney said the EU was flexible and wanted compromise.\n\n\"What's happening at the moment has forced Ireland into taking a much more strident position and responding honestly to the unhelpful briefing that we're getting from very, very senior levels of the government this week,\" he added.\n\nHe said the briefings \"seems to be laying the groundwork for a decision, I believe, could be deeply harmful to the relationship between Britain and Ireland if we don't see sense in the next few days\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The business secretary says he does not think there will be a trade war if the UK overrides the Northern Ireland protocol\n\nBut Mr Kwarteng said the government's priority was political stability in Northern Ireland, adding \"if that means re-looking at the protocol, we absolutely have to do that\".\n\n\"I don't think there is going to be a trade war. There has been a lot of talk, a lot of threats about what the EU will or won't do. That is up to them,\" he told the BBC's Sunday Morning programme.\n\nSimon Hoare, chairman of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, has accused the government of \"testosterone sabre rattling\" in the dispute over the protocol.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio 4's The World This Weekend, the Conservative MP said Foreign Secretary Liz Truss had been a \"little too muscular\" in negotiations with the EU.\n\nHe admitted the protocol was not perfect but the way to improve it was through \"dispute resolution mechanisms\" already agreed.\n\n\"It's frankly a naive nonsense for the government to ask anybody to believe… that it didn't understand what it signed up to,\" he added.\n\n\"You sign agreements, you understand the small print and if you don't you shouldn't be signing it.\"\n\nThe protocol, a part of the UK-EU Brexit deal which keeps Northern Ireland aligned with the EU single market for goods, puts a trade border in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.\n\nThe DUP has argued the protocol has eroded the foundations devolution has been built upon and undermined Northern Ireland's position in the UK.\n\nThe EU has acknowledged that the protocol has caused difficulties for Northern Ireland businesses and it put forward proposals in October to try to ease that burden - it said they would mean a reduction in paperwork and checks on goods entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain.\n\nHowever, last week the UK rejected these plans saying they would make things worse.\n\nA spokesperson for No 10 said Mr Johnson would hold private meetings with the parties and the UK government would \"play its part to ensure political stability\".\n\nThe prime minister is expected to say there is \"no substitute for strong local leadership\".\n\nOn Monday, Mr Johnson will say that the UK and EU's shared objective should be for a reformed protocol to enjoy a majority support when it faces a consent vote at Stormont in 2024.\n\nSir Jeffrey Donaldson says his party will not support the election of a Speaker and deputy speakers until their concerns are resolved\n\nThe DUP's move to block the election of a speaker on Friday means the Northern Ireland Assembly cannot function.\n\nThe party said its actions sent a clear message about its opposition to the protocol.\n\nOn Saturday, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald accused the prime minister of being \"in cahoots\" with the DUP.\n\nMs McDonald said the protocol was going nowhere and both she and would-be first minister Michelle O'Neill would be telling Mr Johnson so on Monday.", "Welsh government minister Julie James says she is \"disappointed\" at the UK government's \"England-only\" approach\n\nThe Welsh government should focus on its own response to the cladding crisis, rather than political rows with Westminster, campaigners have said.\n\nIn England about 40 construction firms have signed a UK government pledge to fund any required fire safety work.\n\nClimate Change Minister Julie James said she was \"disappointed\" at the UK government's \"England-only\" approach.\n\nThe UK government said building safety was devolved but urged the Welsh government to take similar action.\n\nHowever, leaseholders said the political arguments were not helping those living with the problems \"24/7\".\n\nFollowing the 2017 Grenfell Tower tragedy in London, a number of apartments blocks in Wales were found to have fire safety defects and remediation work is yet to be carried out on many of them amid rows over who should pay.\n\nMs James said the UK government's approach to addressing building safety issues in England was making it harder to ensure developers in Wales were taking their responsibilities seriously.\n\nSeventy-two people died in the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire, which spread due to inflammable cladding\n\nIn England the building safety levy introduced by Levelling Up Minister Michael Gove will see the industry raise £3bn over the next 10 years to address issues.\n\nMs James has called on the UK government to extend the developers' pledge and the levy beyond England.\n\n\"The UK government's unilateral approach to building safety issues makes it harder to ensure all developers take their responsibilities to contribute towards the cost of fixing building safety problems in Wales seriously,\" she said in a written statement to Members of the Senedd (MSs) on Thursday.\n\nHowever campaigners frustrated by what they regard as a lack of action by the Welsh government accused Ms James of \"missing the fundamental point\".\n\nThe Celestia development in Cardiff Bay has been identified as having fire safety defects, including with the cladding.\n\nMark Thomas, chair of the Celestia Management Company, which is responsible for the running of the 450 apartment complex, said: \"There's a lot discussion about conflicts between the Welsh government and the English [UK] government and consequential funding and Mr Gove's unilateral actions, but that doesn't actually help us living with the problem on a 24/7 basis\".\n\nCelestia's Mark Thomas accused Welsh ministers of failing to deal with the situation as a \"matter of urgency\"\n\nWelsh Conservative MS Janet Finch-Saunders accused Ms James - who also holds responsibility for housing - of a \"petulant abdication of responsibility\".\n\n\"Devolution cannot mean taking responsibility when ministers fancy it - it is their duty and the job for which they are more than well paid,\" she added.\n\nRedrow - the developer behind the Celestia complex, and one of the signatories to the developers' pledge in England - said it would look to treat its customers in England and Wales \"fairly\" while a Welsh government plan was developed.\n\nIn a statement, Redrow said: \"We have consistently said that we believe the housebuilding industry, alongside main contractors and material suppliers, should play its part in resolving the issue of legacy fire safety in high rise buildings and that the financial burden should not be borne by leaseholders.\"\n\nLaing O'Rourke - which was contracted to build the Celestia buildings - said it had \"engaged proactively\" with Redrow and the management company.\n\nThe Welsh government said work has already been carried out, or is planned, to remove non-compliant aluminium composite cladding from all affected buildings in Wales.\n\nIt has also set up a Welsh Building Safety Fund worth £375m and a Leaseholder Support Scheme to help those facing \"extreme hardship\" as a results of costs connected to building defects.\n\nA UK government spokesman said: \"We have been working with the devolved governments to help shape building safety policy and are in regular dialogue with the Welsh government on the issues raised.\n\n\"Our new industry wide agreement in England will make sure developers pay to fix the problems they created, including both cladding and non-cladding defects.\n\n\"While building safety is a devolved matter, we encourage the Welsh government to introduce the same legal protections as those under the Building Safety Act and are committed to supporting them in this task.\"\n\nYou can see more on the story on BBC Politics Wales on Sunday 15 May at 10:00 BST on BBC One Wales, or on the iPlayer.", "Train services across Scotland continue to be affected by a shortage of drivers linked to an ongoing pay dispute.\n\nAbout 300 services were cancelled on Sunday with dozens still disrupted on Monday as a new timetable was launched.\n\nScotRail, which was nationalised last month, has apologised to customers for the disruption.\n\nLast weekend, a total of 110 services were affected. The union Aslef has now balloted its members for strike action after rejecting a 2.2% pay offer.\n\nIt said it had been left with no option and urged ScotRail and the Scottish government to get back round the negotiating table.\n\nKevin Lindsay, Scottish organiser for Aslef, told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme the problem would escalate if a settlement could be reached.\n\n\"When you take off the recent increase in National Insurance, 2.2% leaves us with around a £4 or £5 a week increase, when we are faced with increases in our council tax, fuel, electricity and spiralling food costs,\" he said.\n\n\"There is a cost-of-living crisis and there is no way Aslef members are going to sit back and take derisory offers, either from ScotRail or their bosses in the Scottish government.\"\n\nMr Lindsay said the union would give ScotRail formal notice of any strike action at the end of this month and - for legal reasons - announce the result of the ballot on 11 July.\n\n\"That gives ScotRail and the Scottish government plenty of time to return to the negotiating table in a fair and even manner,\" he added.\n\n\"The problem we have just now is ScotRail are trying to run a service on overtime. There's not a business in this land that is going to be successful where it has to be run on overtime.\"\n\nThe Scottish government took over ScotRail from Abellio on 1 April\n\nTransport Minister Jenny Gilruth told BBC Radio Scotland's Sunday Show the shortages were causing \"significant disruption\" across the network.\n\nDavid Simpson, ScotRail service delivery director, encouraged passengers to check their journey before travel.\n\nHe said: \"We are experiencing a driver shortage, which means some services will be cancelled.\n\n\"We are very sorry for the disruption and inconvenience this will cause and understand customer frustration when this happens.\n\n\"Unfortunately, since the drivers' union Aslef announced it would ballot for strike action, a significant number of drivers, but not all, have declined to make themselves available for overtime or rest day working.\"\n\nMr Simpson acknowledged rest day working is \"entirely voluntary\" but he added it means the operator does not have enough drivers to run a full timetable.\n\nHe added: \"We are currently reliant on drivers working overtime or on their rest days because of delays to training new drivers caused by the pandemic.\n\n\"This is something experienced by all operators across Britain.\"\n\nOn the issue of pay, Mr Simpson said ScotRail's offer could be worth 7%, based on a 2.2% pay rise and a top-up revenue sharing arrangement.\n\nIt is understood this would apply where revenue targets are exceeded.\n\nMs Gilruth described the practice of rest day working as \"outdated\" and said the Scottish government was looking to phase it out.\n\nShe also said ScotRail would not have to rely on it when the delayed driver training has been completed but this was expected to take a few months.\n\nMs Gilruth told BBC Radio Scotland's The Sunday Show: \"We want ultimately our rail unions to have a vested interest, a stake, in the vision of the new ScotRail and what that looks like, what that means for them and their members and the staff who work on our trains. I think that is hugely important.\n\n\"At the moment rest day working continues to be needed. We are looking to phase out that practice.\"\n\nShe also told the programme the new timetable would see about 150 additional services added compared to the current timetable but stressed services were not at the same level as they were before Covid.\n\nScottish Labour's transport spokesman Neil Bibby said Ms Gilruth's BBC interview provided \"no answers and no update\".\n\nHe added: \"Rail services are being cancelled daily, drivers on strike and fares escalating.\n\n\"This was an opportunity for the minister to give Scots reassurances but instead showed a minister, and a government, running out of steam.\"\n\nScotRail went back into public ownership in April for the first time in 25 years. The previous operator, Abellio, had its franchise ended early amid criticism of the quality of the service.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Sam Ryder topped the jury vote at Eurovision, ultimately coming second to Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra\n\nFifteen years ago, I landed in Finland to cover my first ever Eurovision Song Contest.\n\nThat year, the British entry was Scooch's Flying The Flag (For You), a trifling three minutes of kitsch nonsense.\n\nAnd on the taxi drive from Helsinki Airport, my driver had something to say about it.\n\n\"Oh, you're from England?\" he inquired. \"Your song is a joke.\"\n\nScooch finished joint 22nd (out of 24), tying with France on 19 points. Malta later admitted they'd awarded 12 of those points in a symbolic protest over vote trading in Eastern Europe.\n\nScooch in 2007: Let us never talk of this again\n\nFor the next decade and a half, the UK didn't fare much better. In 2019 and 2021, our acts took last place.\n\nWhen I arrived in Turin last week, however, the taxi driver was delighted to see me.\n\n\"England! England is going to win,\" he declared, before treating me to his interpretation of Sam Ryder's Space Man.\n\nIn the end, Sam didn't quite top the scoreboard, but he came close: taking the silver medal position and earning the UK's best result since Imaani came second in 1998.\n\nSo how did the UK break its losing streak?\n\n\"I think it's just a flip in attitude,\" says Amy Wadge, who co-wrote Sam's song, as well as hits for Ed Sheeran, Camila Cabello, Kylie and Alicia Keys.\n\n\"For a long time we, as Brits, built this thing up of, 'Well, we're just going to lose'.\n\n\"But this year the thinking was, 'How about we don't do that, and we look at it with the sort of respect that other countries do?\"\n\nAmy Wadge won a Grammy for her work with Ed Sheeran\n\nAnd that's the key. When Britpop was in its ascendancy in the 1990s, the UK decided Eurovision wasn't worth the effort. It was outdated, irrelevant, and nothing to do with contemporary music.\n\nRecord labels stopped putting acts forward for the contest and, in turn, the standard of our entries dropped. By the mid-2000s, we'd entered a cycle of self-imposed decline, unable to escape the bottom of the scoreboard (with the notable exception of Jade Ewen and Andrew Lloyd Webber's effort in 2009).\n\nFaced with those disastrous results, the music industry distanced itself even further. Eurovision was a \"poisoned chalice\", one record label executive told me. If you had spent thousands of pounds developing an act, why expose them to the risk of coming last and ending their career before it began?\n\nFaye Tozer from Steps summed it up, when I asked if her band would put themselves forward for the 2021 contest.\n\n\"In an ideal world, everybody has this vision of Steps going to Eurovision and being the perfect act, with the perfect song, and we turn it around for the UK,\" she said.\n\n\"But I think in reality, [winning] is just never, ever going to happen so it's weighing up whether it's worth that risk to us or not.\"\n\nAmongst the press and the public, conspiracy theories started to circulate about the UK's lack of success.\n\nEastern European countries were voting for each other to win, they said, conveniently ignoring victories by Germany, Norway and Sweden.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThen it was Brexit. \"Angry Europeans to use Eurovision to punish UK for leaving,\" ran a typical headline in the Express in 2017.\n\nBut the UK's average position in the three years before Brexit was 22. In the three years after, it was... 22.\n\nNo, the real explanation was more simple: Our songs were bad.\n\n\"Without being disrespectful to the artists who represented us for the past few years, it has been a case of 'will this do'?\" says Eurovision expert Jonny Carey.\n\n\"Very often, it has just been a case of churning something out that isn't very Eurovision-friendly.\"\n\nAnd while the UK's back was turned, Eurovision was becoming more credible. Acts like Loreen, Måns Zelmerlöw and Duncan Laurence were scoring genuine hits and establishing careers.\n\nThen, in 2021, Måneskin won. The Italian rock band became an international success story, touring with the Rolling Stones, winning MTV Awards and achieving one billion streams of their hit song Beggin'.\n\n\"Having a band like that win, then have chart success around the world - and also breaking America - made people in the UK sit up and listen,\" says Dan Shipton, who has designed the staging for the UK's Eurovision entrant five times (including this year).\n\n\"It made people realise there is a place for Eurovision. There's been a massive energy shift and it's really exciting to be a part of.\"\n\nManeskin are the most successful act to emerge from Eurovision in recent years\n\nMåneskin's victory also coincided with the UK getting the dreaded \"nil points\". That night the BBC's Eurovision producer drowned his sorrows with his Spanish counterpart in a bar in Rotterdam.\n\nTogether, they made a pact to do better next year.\n\nFor the UK, that meant teaming up with TaP Management, the company who look after Lana Del Rey, Ellie Goulding and (until recently) Dua Lipa.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nTheir chief executive, Ben Mawson, felt the UK had been wasting a golden opportunity; and offered the BBC the resources of his company - which has in-house designers, choreographers and recording studios in addition to its talent management arm.\n\n\"Our conclusion was [Eurovision] is not as political as people think,\" he told Radio 1's Newsbeat last October. \"And I think we should focus on getting some really special music and a really special artist that represents Britain in the best possible way.\"\n\nThe search was on... and by January, TaP and the BBC had found the man for the job.\n\nSam Ryder rose to fame on TikTok during the lockdown, amassing 12 million followers for his covers of Britney Spears and Queen.\n\nArtists like Alicia Keys, Sia and Justin Bieber all reposted his videos. Until Ed Sheeran joined TikTok at the end of last year, he was the platform's most-streamed British artist.\n\nTaP discovered him through Dua Lipa's producer Koz, who had been working with Sam on new music. Crucially, he had already written and recorded Space Man.\n\n\"The song was written a year and a half ago with no intention of Eurovision in our minds,\" says Sam. \"It was a gorgeous, boiling hot day in London, so naturally, we were in a studio with no windows and Space Man just seemed to come out of space… man.\"\n\n\"We did it entirely over Zoom,\" adds Amy Wadge. \"It was the first song that we ever wrote together - and in an hour and a half we landed on something, and I was quite excited about it.\"\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by Eurovision Song Contest This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nSpace Man pays homage to the music Sam grew up with in Maldon in Essex. You can hear elements of Elton John's Rocket Man, David Bowie's Space Oddity and Brian May's guitar work with Queen in the song's DNA.\n\nThat familiarity - an explicit acknowledgement of Britain's rich musical legacy - paid dividends with Eurovision voters.\n\nFor Amy, it also explains why the song came together so quickly,\n\n\"I'm 46 and I spend most of my life trying to think like a young artist,\" she says, \"and I suddenly had an opportunity to write a real classic rock song, which is always a bit of a gift. It was lovely for once to be able to really dig into the Elton John part of my personality.\"\n\nSpace Man had already earned Sam a record deal when TaP approached him to enter Eurovision. But it wasn't just the song that impressed them. It was his ability to sing it live.\n\n\"I've been doing management for about 10 years now and I honestly haven't come across a voice like it,\" says David May, who started managing Sam in 2019.\n\n\"The delivery, the control, his tone. Everything about it is absolutely phenomenal.\"\n\n\"He's got a terrific vocal range, and his songwriting is distinct as well,\" agrees Radio 2's Ken Bruce, who's been commentating on the Eurovision Song Contest since 1986.\n\n\"His TikTok success is all about great recordings by great artists - and those artists all turned around and got back to Sam and said, 'You're fantastic, you're doing a great job on my song.'\"\n\nAfter Eurovision, Sam Ryder has plans to release new music, as well as a tour with Paloma Faith\n\nSam and David only needed a moment's pause before accepting the task of representing the UK.\n\n\"It was something that we hadn't particularly thought about,\" David says. \"But the convincing factors were the excitement of the BBC, TaP's enthusiasm for changing the narrative, and the love everyone had for Sam and for Space Man.\"\n\nOf course, a second place finish isn't solely about a good song by a good singer. Sam was sent to every corner of Europe, familiarising fans with his song, and building up a unshakeable buzz.\n\nNext, Eurovision veterans Dan Shipton and Marvin Deetman were brought in to design a stage show that would sell the song to a TV audience of 200 million.\n\n\"It was a team effort,\" Dan says, \"but the idea was to place Sam in a world of stars without using the digital screens\n\n\"The song has a real British heritage sound, so we wanted to draw on our inspirations of Queen and Bowie and how they used lighting and filters to produce 'stars' on camera.\n\n\"That was our starting point - to put him in a world of light and have him literally floating in space.\"\n\nSam's elaborate set was the biggest prop on stage at Eurovision, with three petal-shaped lighting rigs that were 6m (19.6ft) and 3m wide\n\nAnd so the puzzle was complete: A great song, a performer who could sell it, a production that caught the eye, and a months-long diplomatic tour.\n\nThe result, as we all found out on Saturday night, was the UK's best result at Eurovision since 1998. \"A fairytale ending,\" as Graham Norton put it,.\n\n\"It's entirely deserved,\" says Ken Bruce. \"The feeling is that the UK has broken the taboo.\"\n\nAnd the BBC is determined not to squander that opportunity.\n\n\"We have to carry on,\" says Andrew Cartmell, head of the UK delegation to Eurovision. \"This cannot just be one off. We must continue.\n\n\"The British music industry is perhaps the best music industry in the world. This is the result we should have been having, and we have to make sure the UK is a powerhouse of Eurovision for years to come.\"\n\n\"Watch this space,\" says Sam. \"The UK is going to be a force next year. It's gonna be mad. The UK is going to bust down doors to be a part of Eurovision next year.\n\n\"I can't wait to see it.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Mayor speaks of pain in wake of deadly shooting\n\nAn 18-year-old white man has shot dead 10 people in a black neighbourhood of New York state in what authorities are calling a racially motivated attack.\n\nThe man, named as Payton Gendron in court papers, was arrested after a stand-off at the scene - a supermarket in the city of Buffalo.\n\nHe began firing in the store's car park before entering and continuing his rampage, streaming the attack online.\n\nUS President Joe Biden condemned what he described as an \"abhorrent\" act.\n\n\"We are investigating this incident as both a hate crime and a case of racially-motivated violent extremism,\" said Stephen Belongia, from the FBI's Buffalo office, adding there was evidence of \"racial animosity.\"\n\nCBS news reported that the attacker shouted racial slurs during the shooting and suggested that he had a racial slur written on his weapon. He also apparently posted a manifesto online which included racist language and ideas.\n\nThe suspect is believed to have driven for some 200 miles to reach the predominantly black area of the city.\n\nThree people were shot dead in the car park and the other seven were killed inside the supermarket, police said. Most of the victims were black.\n\n\"He exited his vehicle. He was very heavily armed. He had tactical gear. He had a tactical helmet on. He had a camera that he was live-streaming what he was doing,\" Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia told reporters.\n\nHe said the suspect surrendered his weapon after a tense stand-off and was taken into custody. He later appeared in court charged with first degree murder.\n\nThree more people, all supermarket staff, were wounded in the shooting but did not sustain life-threatening injuries.\n\nA retired police officer, named in local media as Aaron Salter, was working as a security guard in the store and was shot dead in the attack. Police said he had tried to shoot the suspect, who then shot him dead.\n\nTwo of the other people killed have been named in the local paper as Ruth Whitfield and Katherine Massey. A church deacon who worked as a driver was also killed, Buffalo News reports.\n\n\"This is the worst nightmare that any community can face and we are hurting, we are seething right now,\" Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown told reporters.\n\n\"We cannot let this hateful person divide our community or our country,\" he added.\n\nGrady Lewis, who witnessed the attack from across the street, told local media that he saw the man open fire. \"I saw the guy go in, army-style, bent over, just shooting at people,\" he said.\n\nShonnell Harris, who was working in the shop during the attack, told Buffalo News that she heard more than 70 shots as she ran to escape the building through a backdoor.\n\n\"The store was full. It was the weekend,\" she said. \"It feels like a nightmare.\"\n\nDescribing the aftermath of the attack, one police officer told Buffalo News: \"It's like walking onto a horror movie, but everything is real. It is Armageddon-like\".\n\nLater on Saturday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul said the suspect was a \"white supremacist who has engaged in an act of terrorism\".\n\nThis was \"a military style execution targeting people who simply wanted to buy groceries in a neighbourhood store,\" she said while visiting Buffalo.\n\nIn a statement, US President Joe Biden said he and the First Lady were praying for the victims and their families.\n\n\"A racially-motivated hate crime is abhorrent to the very fabric of this nation,\" he said. \"We must do everything in our power to end hate-fuelled domestic terrorism.\"\n\nHate crimes in the US hit a 12-year high in 2020, with over 10,000 people reporting offences related to their race, gender, sexuality, religion or disability. Crimes against Asian and black Americans in particular surged that year, FBI figures suggest.\n\nAs police are not mandated to submit hate crime data to the FBI, those numbers are thought likely to be an undercount.\n\nSaturday's attack in Buffalo is thought to be the worst mass shooting so far in the US in 2022, and will also further inflame the bitter political battle about gun control in the US.\n\nSome 40,000 deaths a year involve firearms in America, a figure that includes suicides.", "A man was left with life-threatening injuries following a stabbing outside Castle Court shopping centre in Caerphilly\n\nThree people who were arrested after a man was stabbed in a town centre have been released from police custody.\n\nGwent Police said the victim, 32, was in a stable condition in hospital after he was stabbed outside Castle Court shopping centre in Caerphilly at about 01:25 BST on Saturday.\n\nOf the three people held on suspicion of attempted murder, a girl, 17, has been released on bail.\n\nA man, 27, and a boy, 17, were released without charge.\n\nDuring the assault, police said the man was stabbed in the stomach and the woman sustained head injuries.\n\nHe was taken to the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff where his injuries were originally described as life-threatening.\n\nThe woman also received treatment at the hospital but has been discharged.\n\nA Gwent Police statement said: \"We're keen to speak to anyone who was in the area between 01:00 and 01:30, or those who have information that could help our ongoing investigation.\"\n• None Three held after man seriously injured in stabbing", "Here in Ukraine, people have been describing the country's win as a \"victory\".\n\nAs soon as Kalush Orchestra were announced as the winners, fans flocked to Telegram in order to share their excitement at the news.\n\nMany people shared popular phrases such as \"glory to the heroes\".\n\n\"We definitely have a victory ahead,\" one person wrote.\n\nOthers thanked friendly countries for voting and sharing their support for Ukraine.\n\n\"Thank you to all who supported. We are waiting and we believe in another victory. Glory to Ukraine!\", one person wrote on Instagram.", "Russia's forces were not prepared for the resistance posed by Ukraine\n\nNato's secretary general says Russia's war in Ukraine is not going to plan and that its attempt to capture the eastern Donbas region has \"stalled\".\n\nJens Stoltenberg also said Ukraine could win the conflict.\n\nBritain's Ministry of Defence (MoD) estimates Russia has lost about a third of its ground combat force since the war began in February.\n\nThe Russian invasion has been hampered by stiff Ukrainian resistance and logistical issues.\n\nIts initial goal appeared to be to sweep across the country and topple the Ukrainian government. Instead, Russia has withdrawn from areas around the capital Kyiv after failing to capture it and since mid-April has been focusing its efforts on two eastern provinces.\n\nIn Ukraine's second city of Kharkiv, officials say Russian forces have withdrawn from to the border and that residents were returning.\n\n\"Russia's war in Ukraine is not going as Moscow had planned,\" said Mr Stoltenberg.\n\n\"They failed to take Kyiv, they are pulling back from around Kharkiv, their major offensive in Donbas has stalled. Russia is not achieving its strategic objectives.\"\n\nMr Stoltenberg was speaking at a meeting of Nato foreign ministers.\n\nOn top of the military setbacks, another consequence of the invasion is that Russia will likely face an expanded Nato with Sweden and Finland set to join.\n\nRussia's President Vladimir Putin sees Nato as a security threat to Russia and invaded Ukraine in part to stop it joining Nato.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn its assessment, the MoD's estimate of Russia's losses cover men killed or wounded and equipment destroyed or captured.\n\nThe MoD said Russia's Donbas offensive had \"lost momentum and fallen significantly behind schedule\".\n\nIt said Russia was constrained by \"continued low morale and reduced combat effectiveness\".\n\nThe British Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss, said Ukraine's allies must keep up their military support to help it \"push Russia out\".\n\nOn the ground. Ukrainian forces are counterattacking in the city of Izyum, regional governor Oleh Sinegubov said, something that could complicate Russian plans to capture the Donbas.\n\nHowever Ukraine's military also acknowledged setbacks in its latest updates, saying Russia was advancing in several areas in the region.\n\nThere has been no let up for the remaining Ukrainian forces in Mariupol, with Russia continuing its bombardment of the steelworks where they are holed up. Video purportedly from inside showed men checking their phones and playing chess.\n\nAnd in western Ukraine, the governor of the Lviv region said missiles had targeted military infrastructure.", "Last updated on .From the section Women's Football\n\nChelsea defended their Women's FA Cup crown and completed the Double in dramatic fashion as Sam Kerr scored the winner against Manchester City in extra time in front of a record crowd at Wembley Stadium.\n\nKerr, who put Chelsea 1-0 up in the first half, kept her cool to slide in a deflected winner after City had twice come from behind.\n\nEmma Hayes' side, who won a third successive Women's Super League title last weekend, were 2-1 up in normal time before substitute Hayley Raso netted an 89th-minute equaliser.\n\nThat came after Erin Cuthbert's stunning strike had put Chelsea in front, following Lauren Hemp's curler for City on the stroke of half-time.\n\nCity had several chances throughout the match - Hemp was denied by goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger, Laura Coombs fired inches over the bar, while Caroline Weir and Georgia Stanway had efforts deflected wide.\n\nChelsea's resilience and determination to put bodies on the line was crucial in their victory as Jess Carter's sliding intervention stopped Ellen White from scoring for City in extra time before Kerr's decisive goal.\n\nThe Blues, who have now won this competition four times under Hayes, celebrated completing the domestic Double in front of a crowd of 49,094 - the highest in Women's FA Cup history.\n\nIt is their second piece of silverware in seven days and is the perfect send-off for departing trio Ji So-yun, Drew Spence and Jonna Andersson, who have all played their role in Chelsea's success this season.\n• None Chelsea 'will go down in history' says boss Hayes\n• None Why Wembley is fitting stage for Ji exit\n\nIt was a tight encounter at Wembley between two sides who have developed a strong rivalry in the WSL, but until this season had not met in a domestic cup final.\n\nGareth Taylor's side beat Chelsea to silverware in March when they won the League Cup after coming from behind, and they threatened to do the same again.\n\nMoments of quality in normal time kept the teams level - Kerr headed in Millie Bright's deep cross for the opener, Hemp cut inside before curling in an equaliser, Cuthbert struck home off the underside of the crossbar, before Raso's smart run in behind made it 2-2 with minutes remaining.\n\nBut it was a swift counter-attack - and Kerr's unwavering form in front of goal - which proved the difference.\n\nKerr and Jessie Fleming were both through on goal with only Alex Greenwood back for City, and despite the defender's best efforts she could do nothing to stop the shot nestling into the bottom corner.\n\nCity will be disappointed as they had plenty of chances at Wembley, but Kerr has now scored in Chelsea's past three domestic cup finals and once again will dominate the headlines.\n\nChelsea's players fell to the ground at full-time after a gruelling 120 minutes, while manager Hayes punched the air on the sidelines - the Blues' dominance of English football continues.\n\n'The best FA Cup final I have witnessed' - analysis\n\nFormer England goalkeeper Rachel Brown-Finnis on BBC One:\n\nEvery player was willing to do anything and everything to get their team over the line.\n\nEverything that epitomises women's football at this moment in time was on display this afternoon. That is the best FA Cup final I have ever watched.\n\nWhat an epic encounter - not one team ever lying down. Both were going toe-to-toe right to the very end. Every bit of energy has been spent between those two teams.\n\nEngland and Everton midfielder Izzy Christiansen on BBC One:\n\nThe athleticism and hunger and desire, the desire to put yourself on the line and do anything you can for your team.\n\nThe job Sam Kerr does off the ball for the team is remarkable. To have someone like that in your team is amazing.\n• None Sam Kerr (Chelsea Women) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt missed. Caroline Weir (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.\n• None Hayley Raso (Manchester City Women) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Lucy Bronze (Manchester City Women) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt blocked. Sam Kerr (Chelsea Women) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt saved. Sam Kerr (Chelsea Women) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jonna Andersson with a cross.\n• None Attempt missed. Laura Coombs (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Thunderstorms could bring damage to homes and flooding across parts of south Wales, forecasters have said.\n\nThe Met Office warning comes into force at 20:00 BST on Sunday and runs until 05:00 on Monday.\n\nIt said there is a slight chance of power cuts, while spray and sudden flooding could lead to difficult driving conditions and road closures.\n\nThe warning covers an area from Swansea in the west to Monmouthshire in the east.\n\nThe Met Office said the following areas are likely to be affected: Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Neath Port Talbot, Newport, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Swansea, Torfaen and Vale of Glamorgan.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The atmospheric disturbance in the form of Lamb waves circled the globe. Video looped three times. (Himawari-8/JMA/NCEO/@simon_sat)\n\nThe eruption of the Tonga volcano in January has been confirmed as the biggest explosion ever recorded in the atmosphere by modern instrumentation.\n\nIt was far bigger than any 20th Century volcanic event, or indeed any atom bomb test conducted after WWII.\n\nThe assessment comes in a pair of scholarly papers in the journal Science that have reviewed all the data.\n\nOf recent history, it's likely only the Krakatoa eruption of 1883 rivalled the atmospheric disturbance produced.\n\nThat catastrophic event in Indonesia is thought to have claimed more than 30,000 lives. Fortunately, the 15 January climactic eruption of the underwater volcano at Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai (HTHH) in the south Pacific resulted in very few deaths, even though it too produced large tsunamis.\n\n\"Tonga was a truly global event, just as Krakatau was, but we've now got all these geophysical observation systems and they recorded something that was really unprecedented in the modern data,\" Dr Robin Matoza, from the University of California, Santa Barbara, told BBC News. He is the lead author on one of the papers.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nScientists now have access to an extraordinary array of ground-based and spaceborne instruments, including atmospheric pressure sensors, seismometers, hydro-phones, and a fleet of satellites that monitor the Earth across the entire light spectrum.\n\nThe colossal Tonga explosion, which came at the end of of several weeks of activity at the seamount, produced several types of atmospheric pressure waves that propagated vast distances.\n\nIn the audible range of frequencies, people 10,000km away in Alaska reported hearing repeated booms.\n\nThe global network of detectors set up to monitor compliance with the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty picked up the infrasound signal. Infrasound has frequencies that are just below what humans are capable of hearing.\n\nThe network's data indicated the Tonga volcano blast produced an atmospheric pressure wave comparable with that from the biggest ever nuclear explosion - the Tsar bomb detonated by the Soviets in 1961 - but lasted four times longer.\n\nThe papers discuss at length the perturbations driven by so called Lamb waves, named after the early 20th Century mathematician Horace Lamb.\n\nThese are energetic waves in the air that propagate at the speed of sound, along a path guided by the surface of the planet. They are also non-dispersive, in other words they maintain their shape as they move and so are conspicuous over a long time.\n\nThe Lamb wave pulses produced by the Tonga eruption were seen to circle the Earth at least four times.\n\nIn the UK, which is some 16,500km from Tonga, these pulses began arriving on the evening of the 15th, about 14 hours after the climactic eruption on the other side of the planet.\n\nThey lifted the clouds over the UK.\n\n\"At the time, we had a laser cloud-base recorder looking at the cloud base and as the wave went through the cloud was perturbed,\" recalls Prof Giles Harrison, an atmospheric physicist at the University of Reading and co-author on one of the papers.\n\n\"If ever you wanted evidence that the atmosphere is a remarkably interconnected thing, this was it. And what happens on one side of the planet can propagate around to the other side at the speed of sound.\"\n\nWhere the Lamb waves coupled with ocean waves, they were able to generate tsunami - not just in the Pacific Ocean, but in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea as well.\n\nScientists are still investigating the generation of near-field tsunamis that ran up coastlines in the Tongan archipelago. Some were undoubtedly crafted by pressure waves from the volcano pushing down on the water surface, but investigations are on-going to determine whether collapse of part of the volcano also made a significant contribution.\n\nThis will be evident from the seafloor mapping projects that are due to report their results in the coming weeks.", "Ukraine has won the Eurovision song contest 2022, with the Kalush Orchestra coming out on top with a huge show of support for their song Stefania.\n\nThe UK's Sam Ryder came second place for his performance of Spaceman, landing the UK's best result since 1998.\n\nAlong the way these top acts competed against some strong competition from the likes of Norway's SubWoolfer and Sweden's Cornelia Jakobs.\n\nHere are the highlights of the night.", "Dame Deborah said Prince William went out of his way to speak to her family\n\nDame Deborah James has thanked Prince William for \"going above and beyond to make a very special memory\" in visiting her family home to confer her damehood.\n\nPodcaster Dame Deborah, 40, revealed last week she was receiving end-of-life care for bowel cancer, adding the five days since had been the \"most surreal, mind blowing, humbling\" of her life.\n\nShe has raised nearly £6m for cancer research since revealing her prognosis.\n\n\"Can't quite believe im actually a Dame!\" she wrote on social media.\n\nDame Deborah has received widespread praise for her no-nonsense approach to talking about her cancer publicly - particularly as co-presenter on the BBC's You, Me and the Big C podcast - and has shared her experiences of treatment and daily life with her social media followers since her diagnosis in 2016.\n\nThe Duke of Cambridge visited the mother of two at her parents' home, where she is spending her remaining time with her family, on Friday to present her with the honour.\n\nWriting on Instagram, Dame Deborah said: \"My family are being amazing and as emotional as it all is, we are finding so much to smile about in the sadness.\"\n\nShe explained she was \"getting weaker and more tired\" and had been \"running off pure adrenaline\" over the last few days.\n\n\"But my word, I always said I wanted to slide in sideways when my time is up, with a massive smile, no regrets and a big glass of champagne! Still my intention!!!\"\n\nShe launched the fund - to pay for research into personalised medicine for cancer patients and to support campaigns to raise awareness of bowel cancer, on Monday - with an initial goal of £250,000.\n\nIt came after she revealed she did not know how long she had left to live after stopping treatment and moving to hospice-at-home care.\n\nAfter Prince William conferred the damehood on Friday, the former deputy headteacher wrote: she was \"utterly honoured\" at being joined by him for afternoon tea and champagne, adding he had \"spent a generous amount of time talking to my whole family\".\n\n\"It's quite surreal having a royal pop in at home, and yes you can imagine the cleaning antics and preparation went off the scale - but it was all irrelevant because William was so kind and he put us all at ease,\" she added.\n\nPrince William is a patron of the Royal Marsden Hospital, a specialist cancer treatment centre that will be one of the main beneficiaries of Dame Deborah's new fund, alongside Cancer Research UK and Bowel Cancer UK.\n\nAfter his visit, she noted the prince was \"clearly passionate\" about improving cancer treatment outcomes a the hospital, adding he was \"welcome back anytime\".\n\nDamehoods and knighthoods are usually announced as part of the New Year Honours or the Queen's Birthday Honours.\n\nBut, in exceptional circumstances, some are announced at other times of the year - as happened with NHS fundraiser Captain Sir Tom Moore's knighthood.\n\nThe visit by the duke was arranged similarly quickly, as he had just returned from a two-day visit to the west of Scotland with his wife Catherine.\n\nWilliam and Catherine - who donated to Dame Deborah's research fund - said earlier this week that her \"tireless efforts\" in raising awareness of cancer were inspirational, and thanked her for \"giving hope\" to those living with the disease.\n\nDame Deborah began co-presenting You, Me and the Big C alongside Lauren Mahon and BBC Radio 5 Live newsreader Rachael Bland in 2018, with the show earning praise for its frank discussion of cancer.\n\nThey spoke to celebrity guests and addressed practical matters, including hair loss, tips for dealing with finances and telling your nearest and dearest about illnesses.\n\nBland died at the age of 40, six months after the show launched. She had been diagnosed with breast cancer two years earlier.", "Universities minster Michelle Donelan and Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi say the NUS must speak for all students\n\nThe government is cutting ties with the National Union of Students because of concerns about anti-Semitism.\n\nUniversities minister Michelle Donelan said it meant the NUS would not be eligible for government funding.\n\nShe said she was horrified some Jewish students might feel ostracised by a group that should be a voice for all.\n\nLast month the union announced it was allowing an independent investigation to take place, following a number of complaints by Jewish students.\n\nEducation Secretary Nadhim Zahawi said he was \"seriously concerned\" at the number of reports of alleged anti-Semitism linked to the NUS.\n\n\"Jewish students need to have confidence that this is a body that represents them, and we need to be sure that the student bodies that we engage with are speaking fairly for all students,\" he said.\n\nThe government said it did not currently provide any funding to the NUS, and it was unclear how much funding it has provided up to now.\n\nThe move will also involve removing the NUS from all Department for Education groups - and replacing them with individual student unions or alternative bodies such as the Office for Students' student panel.\n\nThe government has said the decision will be kept under review.\n\nA spokesperson for the NUS, which says it represents seven million students, said it was disappointed the universities minister had put the news in a press release rather than speak to it directly.\n\nThe government's decision comes as the Community Security Trust (CST), a charity that protects British Jews from anti-Semitism and related threats, reported that the number of anti-Semitic incidents on campuses had returned to pre-pandemic levels.\n\nDuring this academic year, the CST said it has received reports of a total of 45 university-related anti-Semitic incidents so far, compared with 26 from the previous academic year.\n\nThere were 48 anti-Semitic campus incidents reported to the CST in the 2019-20 academic year, and 32 the previous academic year.\n\nThe charity's director of policy, Dave Rich, said the number incidents reported by Jewish students and staff \"hit record levels\" last year, and have continued in 2022.\n\nMr Rich said the NUS invited the rapper Lowkey to perform at its national conference in March 2022, days after the rapper claimed that mainstream media had \"weaponised the Jewish heritage\" of Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky.\n\nThe Union of Jewish Students (UJS) complained and former NUS president Larissa Kennedy allegedly said Jewish students could go and sit in a safe room where they would not hear any anti-Semitism that was expressed.\n\n\"UJS understandably felt that this was an insulting and insensitive reply that didn't address the main issue,\" Mr Rich said.\n\nThe NUS later issued a statement saying that Lowkey had decided to pull out of the event.\n\nAt the same NUS conference, Mr Rich added that a new NUS president was elected, Shaima Dallali, who he said has a past record of \"fairly extreme views\".\n\nIn 2012, Dallali post a tweet that included an Arabic chant that referenced a massacre of Jews in the year AD 628, which she has since apologised for.\n\n\"It is not a coincidence that at a national level, NUS is failing to support Jewish students and its national leadership seems incapable of understanding how their own inflammatory language may be contributing to the problem,\" he said.\n\n\"Jewish students deserve to enjoy their university experience just as much as anybody else, and when anti-Semitism happens they have a right to expect their own institutions, and their national union, to take their side.\"\n\nHe said support for Jewish students from the government was welcome, but \"it shouldn't have come to this\".\n\n\"The NUS leadership needs to step up and address this problem, but past evidence has shown an inability to recognise and understand modern anti-Semitism, much less deal with it,\" Mr Rich added.\n\n\"It is vital that the inquiry announced by NUS has the full confidence of Jewish students, and that no areas of concern, including the past statements of the incoming NUS president, should be off-limits.\"\n\nThe NUS said: \"Following a complaint about anti-Semitism we launched an independent investigation. We will be appointing a QC, in consultation with UJS, next week.\n\n\"We have sought to undertake the investigation in a serious and proper way, and are working in collaboration with UJS at every step of the way.\n\n\"Once the QC has been appointed we will be able to update on the process and timeline. We look forward to working with the government constructively on this matter.\"\n\nHave you been affected by any of the issues raised here? You can get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "People had been travelling by train because the road was too dangerous\n\nGunmen who abducted dozens of train passengers in northern Nigeria have released one of the hostages - a heavily pregnant woman.\n\nIn a video message circulating on social media, the woman said the abductors told her she had been freed on \"compassionate grounds\".\n\nShe was among those kidnapped in March when armed men blew up the railway and attacked a busy train traveling between the capital, Abuja, and Kaduna.\n\nAt least nine people were killed.\n\nIt is not yet clear exactly how many people were kidnapped but pictures released last month by the gunmen showed at least 62 captives.\n\nKaduna state commissioner for internal security Samuel Aruwan has confirmed to the BBC the release of the hostage, saying she would given medical treatment.\n\nLocal media have reported that another of the hostages gave birth in captivity last month.\n\nThe hostage-takers had earlier freed a bank executive, also supposedly on compassionate grounds given his old age - although sources said a ransom had been paid in his case.\n\nThe Nigerian authorities have blamed the attack on elements from the Islamist militant group Boko Haram who had teamed up with kidnapping gangs operating in north-western Nigeria.\n\nThe kidnappers have said they were not seeking a ransom but that the authorities knew their demands, without giving details.\n\nAnalysts say they might be demanding a prisoner swap - in exchange for some of their colleagues arrested by the Nigerian security forces.\n\nThe Abuja-Kaduna highway is one of the most dangerous roads in the country, and consequently more commuters had started using the railway, which opened in 2016.\n\nAfter the hijacking it was announced that military aircraft will escort the trains once repair work on the 190km (120-mile) track is completed. It is not known exactly when services will resume.\n\nKidnapping for ransom has become commonplace across Nigeria.\n\nA report by security research and intelligence firm Beacon Consulting Ltd said that in the first three months of this year, more than 3,500 people were killed and many more kidnapped by armed groups.", "It is alleged that some of Mr Taimoor's assaults happened while he was at work\n\nA teacher has been charged with sexually assaulting several schoolgirls, police said.\n\nMuhammad Taimoor, of Richmond Road, Birmingham, is charged with causing or inciting child sexual exploitation.\n\nThe 28-year-old is also charged with sexual activity while in a position of trust and two counts of trafficking within the UK.\n\nIt is alleged some assaults happened while he was at work, West Midlands Police said.\n\nThe trafficking charge is in connection with an accusation Mr Taimoor drove girls around in his car with the intention of sexually assaulting them, the force added.\n\nHe was initially arrested on 9 May on suspicion of sexual assault and released on conditional police bail.\n\nPolice then re-arrested him in the early hours of Saturday at his home.\n\nThe school has suspended Mr Taimoor from his job, the force said.\n\nA spokesman added: \"Our trained officers are supporting pupils at the school and we are working with partners to ensure safeguarding is in place while the investigation continues\".\n\nHe is due to appear at Birmingham Magistrates' Court on Monday.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Demonstrators in Belfast hold signs in protest against the journalist's killing\n\nA vigil has been held in Belfast to protest against the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Aqla in the West Bank.\n\nAbu Aqla, 51, was shot dead while reporting on an Israeli military raid in Jenin on Wednesday.\n\nThe UN Security Council has called for an immediate investigation into her death.\n\nThe National Union of Journalists said the whole world had been shocked by the killing.\n\nRobin Wilson, chair of the Belfast and District branch, said they supported calls for an independent investigation.\n\nShireen Abu Aqla was known to millions for her coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict\n\nHe said Abu Aqla was \"just going about her business in the occupied territory engaging in what journalists should do which is fair and accurate reporting\".\n\n\"Our heart goes out to the family of the murdered journalist but also we're very conscious that there are many other journalists who have been threatened, who have been injured, who have been killed, of course including in Northern Ireland with Martin O'Hagan and Lyra McKee,\" he said.\n\nRobin Wilson supported calls for an independent investigation into the killing\n\n\"What happens all to often is there are people who seem inclined to shoot the messenger when they don't like the message,\" Mr Wilson added.\n\nThe Belfast demonstration was held in Writer's Square, with another held in Londonderry on Saturday.\n\nDuring Abu Aqla's funeral on Friday, her coffin almost fell as police, some using batons, waded into a crowd of Palestinians gathered around it.\n\nFootage showed a standoff between police and Palestinians gathered around the coffin in a hospital compound, before officers pushed the crowd back, with some beating and kicking mourners. Police said officers \"were forced to use riot dispersal means\" after they had been pelted with stones.\n\nAbu Aqla, a 51-year-old Palestinian American, had reported on the Israel-Palestinian conflict for two decades.\n\nA preliminary report by the Palestinian public prosecution service said the sole source of gunfire that killed the journalist on Wednesday was from Israeli forces, which were conducting a raid in the city of Jenin.\n\nPalestinian authorities have already described her death as an assassination by Israel, which for its part has said that it remains unclear whether she died from Israeli or Palestinian fire.\n\nAn Israeli military interim report on Thursday said the fatal shot could have come from \"massive fire from Palestinian gunmen\", or possibly from \"a few bullets\" fired by a soldier \"at a terrorist who was firing at his vehicle\".", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nFormer Australia cricketer Andrew Symonds has died aged 46 after being involved in a car crash.\n\nThe all-rounder played 26 Tests, 198 one-day internationals and 14 Twenty20s for Australia between 1998 and 2009.\n\nA powerful batter, canny bowler and fine fielder, Symonds was part of two 50-over World Cup wins and Australia's Ashes victory over England in 2006-07.\n\nQueensland police said early information indicated Symonds' car \"left the roadway and rolled\".\n\nA statement added: \"Emergency services attempted to revive the 46-year-old driver and sole occupant, however, he died of his injuries.\n\nSymonds' wife Laura told the Brisbane Courier Mail: \"We are still in shock - I'm just thinking of the two kids.\"\n\nCricket Australia said it was \"shocked and saddened by the news\".\n\nBorn in Birmingham but raised in Australia, Symonds played county cricket in the UK for Gloucestershire, Kent, Lancashire and Surrey.\n\nHe also played for Queensland for 17 seasons, and for Deccan Chargers and Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League.\n\nSymonds' exploits with Gloucestershire, who he had initially represented as a domestic player, earned him a call-up for an England A tour in 1995 - but he declined the offer and chose to pursue his ambitions to play for Australia, making his ODI debut three years later.\n\nHe had jointly held the record for most sixes hit in a County Championship innings - he hit 16 in a knock for Gloucestershire against Glamorgan in 1995 - until Ben Stokes bettered his total last week.\n\nHis passing is another significant loss for Australian cricket, following the deaths of former wicketkeeper Rod Marsh and legendary leg-spinner Shane Warne earlier this year.\n\nCricket Australia chair Lachlan Henderson said: \"Australian cricket has lost another of its very best. Andrew was a generational talent who was instrumental in Australia's success at World Cups and as part of Queensland's rich cricket history.\n\n\"He was a cult figure to many who was treasured by his fans and friends.\"\n\nCEO Nick Hockley added: \"Andrew was a much-loved and admired cricketer in Australia and around the world.\n\n\"He was a prodigious talent from an early age in Queensland with his clean ball-striking ability, shrewd spin bowling and brilliant fielding.\n\n\"He will be sadly missed by the Australian cricket community and particularly his very close friends at the Queensland Bulls where he was a popular and much-admired team-mate and friend.\n\n\"Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this devastatingly sad time.\"\n\nSymonds, who could bowl off-spin or medium pace, was best known for his exploits in ODI cricket, in which he scored 5,088 runs at an average of 39.75 and also took 133 wickets.\n\nHe scored his first of two Test hundreds in the Boxing Day Ashes Test of 2006, hitting 156 as Australia won by an innings and 99 runs in Melbourne.\n\nBut his career was not without controversy. In 2009, he was sent home from the World Twenty20 in England for disciplinary reasons, which precipitated the end of his international career.\n\nEarlier, during the 2005 tour of England, he was dropped for two ODIs after turning up drunk to a match against Bangladesh in Cardiff.\n\nIn August 2008, he was sent home from Australia's one-day series against Bangladesh in Darwin after missing a compulsory team meeting in order to go fishing.\n\nTributes to Symonds, who was nicknamed \"Roy\", have poured in from around the cricketing world, including from former Australia wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist and fast bowler Jason Gillespie - team-mates of Symonds at the 2003 World Cup.\n\nFormer England captain Michael Vaughan also expressed his sadness at the news.\n\nEx-India captain Anil Kumble sent his condolences to Symonds' family, adding it was \"tragic news\", while former Australia seamer Damien Fleming said it was \"devastating\" .\n\nOther players and teams from around the world also paid tribute, while a minute's silence was held before the start of Sunday's first Test between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in Chittagong and the final day of the County Championship match between Symonds' former teams Kent and Surrey at Beckenham.\n\nDavid Fulton, who captained Symonds during his spell with Kent, told BBC Sport: \"He was a wonderful guy to play with, the kind of guy that you would want to have in the trenches with you.\n\n\"He could win a game with bat, ball, in the field, with his sheer physical presence. Off the field he was good fun, good company, just a larger than life guy who never took the game too seriously, whether he was playing in a World Cup final or in the street with his mates he'd approach it in exactly the same way. He'll be incredibly missed.\"", "Festivals across the UK have signed up to help tackle the issue of sexual violence\n\nMore than 100 UK festivals - including Parklife and Boardmasters - have committed to tackling sexual violence.\n\nThe festivals have pledged to take a survivor-led approach and that all allegations will be taken seriously.\n\nDr Hannah Bows from Durham University said research has shown sexual violence is a \"common experience for festival attendees - especially for women\" and is \"often minimised or ignored\".\n\nThe criminal law professor said the move was an \"important first step\".\n\nNearly half of female festival goers under 40 said they have faced unwanted sexual behaviour at a music festival, a YouGov survey from 2018 suggested.\n\nAssociate professor for criminal law, Dr Bows, said despite stories of rape and sexual assault \"hitting the headlines most summers there has been little attention paid to the issue by festivals\".\n\nShe said it was critical for all festivals to \"recognise their responsibility\" and \"create a cultural change\" to tackle broader issues of misogyny and sexism.\n\nCharities including Rape Crisis England and Wales, Good Night Out and Safe Gigs For Women have provided input and guidance for the initiative, which was originally launched in 2017.\n\nThe charter of best practice that 103 festivals in the UK have signed up to, states that all allegations of sexual assault, violence and harassment will be taken seriously, acted on promptly and investigated.\n\nThe festivals, also including Reading and Leeds, El Dorado and Latitude, will strive to deliver a safe environment for audiences, performers and workers.\n\nAs a result of the coronavirus pandemic, numerous festivals in the UK were cancelled or postponed in 2020 and 2021.\n\nKelly Bennaton from Rape Crisis England and Wales said: \"Festival goers deserve to know that if they report sexual assault they will be listened to and believed.\"\n\nThey deserve to know that event workers are \"equipped\" to handle reports and that festivals are taking a \"proactive approach in preventing sexual assault\", she said.\n\nMore widely than festivals, police in England and Wales recorded 63,136 rape offences in the year to September 2021 - the highest recorded annual figure to date.\n\nThese led to just 1,557 prosecutions, compared with 2,102 in the previous 12 months.\n\nThe Association of Independent Festivals' (AIF) Safer Spaces At Festivals campaign also commits participating festivals to providing health guidance and connections to local services - as well as promoting the principle of consent.\n\n\"Festivals are microcosms of society and sexual violence is a problem that persists in our society\", said Phoebe Rodwell from AIF.\n\nShe said \"understanding and approaches\" to tackling theses issues evolve \"all the time\" so it was important to renew the campaign to help festival organisers \"fulfil their duty of care at events\".", "The singer made the announcement to her Instagram followers\n\nBritney Spears has announced she has suffered a miscarriage, a month after revealing her pregnancy.\n\nThe singer told her Instagram followers that she and partner Sam Asghari had \"lost our miracle baby\".\n\nIt comes months after she escaped a legal arrangement that gave her father control over many aspects of her life, including her reproductive health.\n\nThe 40-year-old, who has two teenage sons, previously said she wanted a family with personal trainer Asghari.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Sam Asghari talks marriage, family and public support for Britney Spears before the pregnancy announcement\n\n\"It is with our deepest sadness we have to announce that we have lost our miracle baby early in the pregnancy,\" she wrote in a post on Saturday.\n\nShe continued: \"This is a devastating time for any parent.\n\n\"Perhaps we should have waited to announce until we were further along, however, we were overly excited to share the good news.\n\n\"Our love for each other is our strength. We will continue trying to expand our beautiful family.\"\n\nIn 2008 Spears' father set up a form of legal guardianship, known as a conservatorship, after she experienced a public mental health crisis.\n\nSpeaking against the conservatorship in court last year, she told a judge the arrangement prevented her from marrying or removing her birth control.\n\nAnnouncing her pregnancy in April, she said it would probably be \"hard\" as she had previously experienced perinatal depression - the medical term for depression occurring any time between becoming pregnant to about a year after giving birth.\n\nThe singer, who has two children from her marriage to Kevin Federline, said it had been \"absolutely horrible\" and was rarely talked about in the past.", "Boris Johnson is to tell Northern Ireland's leaders that any move to change post-Brexit trade rules must also restore power-sharing at Stormont.\n\nThe prime minister is visiting Northern Ireland on Monday amid a political crisis sparked by tensions over the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\nFollowing the 5 May election, the anti-protocol Democratic Unionist Party has refused to engage with the assembly.\n\nA new administration cannot be formed without them.\n\nA spokesperson for No 10 said Mr Johnson would hold private meetings with the parties and the UK government would \"play its part to ensure political stability\".\n\nThe prime minister is expected to say there is \"no substitute for strong local leadership\".\n\nHe will urge members of the Stormont assembly to \"get back to work to deal with the bread-and-butter issues\".\n\nBut the prime minister will also tell political leaders that \"there will be a necessity to act\" on the protocol if the EU does not change its position.\n\nSinn Féin's President Mary Lou McDonald and vice president Michelle O'Neill say the protocol is going nowhere\n\nMr Johnson's visit coincides with increased speculation that the UK government is poised to introduce legislation to strip away parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\nThe protocol, a part of the UK-EU Brexit deal which keeps Northern Ireland aligned with the EU single market for goods, puts a trade border in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.\n\nIt was designed to ensure free trade could continue across the Irish land border, but it has been opposed by unionist politicians.\n\nThe DUP has argued the protocol has eroded the foundations devolution has been built upon and undermined Northern Ireland's position in the UK.\n\nThe EU has acknowledged that the protocol has caused difficulties for Northern Ireland businesses and it put forward proposals in October to try to ease that burden - it said they would mean a reduction in paperwork and checks on goods entering NI from Great Britain.\n\nHowever, last week the UK rejected these plans saying they would make things worse.\n\nOn Monday, Mr Johnson will say that the UK and EU's shared objective should be for a reformed protocol to enjoy the broadest possible cross-community support when it faces a consent vote at Stormont in 2024.\n\nThe Northern Ireland Assembly election on 5 May cemented a majority for politicians who accept the protocol, including the new largest party, the republican party Sinn Féin.\n\nThe DUP's move to block the election of a speaker on Friday means the Northern Ireland Assembly cannot function.\n\nThe party said its actions sent a clear message about its opposition to the protocol.\n\nIts leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said the prime minister must \"outline what he intends to do\".\n\nSir Jeffrey Donaldson says his party will not support the election of a speaker until there is action taken over the protocol\n\nOn Saturday, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald accused the prime minister of being \"in cahoots\" with the DUP.\n\nMs McDonald said the protocol was going nowhere and both she and would-be first minister Michelle O'Neill would be telling Mr Johnson so on Monday.\n\n\"The DUP have not simply called a halt to the formation of an executive, they have equally attempted to place a veto on the operation of the assembly,\" she said.\n\n\"The British government have assisted the DUP in these blocking tactics.\"\n\nBy refusing to support the election of a speaker, the DUP - previously the largest party in Stormont and holder of the post of first minister - has blocked a government from forming.\n\nWithout a speaker, there can be no debates in the assembly, no committees can be held, and the actions of ministers, currently acting in a caretaker capacity, cannot be scrutinised.", "Mr Cool was the first British guide to lead a client to the summit of K2\n\nBritish mountaineer Kenton Cool has successfully completed his record-breaking 16th summit of Mount Everest.\n\nThe climber on Saturday became the first non-Nepali person to complete the 8,849m (29,032ft) peak 16 times.\n\nIn his previous 15 trips up Everest, he has been a guide to other well-known mountaineers, including Sir Ranulph Fiennes and broadcaster Ben Fogle.\n\nMr Fogle said for the 48-year-old \"to climb Everest once was a trial - to climb it 16 times is heroic.\"\n\nKami Rita Sherpa and Lhakpa Sherpa are credited as the people who have climbed the mountain the most times.\n\nHe was the first person to complete the Everest triple crown, comprising Everest, Lhotse and Nuptse, in one push without returning to base camp.\n\nHe was also the first British guide to lead a client to the summit of K2, the world's second highest mountain.\n\nMr Cool, from Gloucestershire, was told he would never walk again unaided after he shattered both heel bones in a rock-climbing accident in 1996.\n\nHe has defied those predictions after a year of surgery and therapy, but still has chronic pain.\n\nAhead of his push to the summit, Mr Cool said conditions were looking good, with a \"great weather forecast\" and a \"great team\".\n\n\"Overconfidence on a mountain like Everest is a dangerous thing, so nothing is assured until you're back down at base camp,\" he said.\n\n\"Fingers crossed we'll be at base camp in about three days and we might be able to crack a beer and celebrate Rebecca's first summit, my 16th summit and a successful descent by all the Sherpa team.\"\n\n\"Kenton and Team have reached the summit of Chomolungma, Sagarmatha, Mt Everest.\n\nFollow BBC West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: bristol@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "One of our planet's most stunning sights is coming to the skies - a super blood Moon.\n\nIn the year's only full lunar eclipse, Earth will come between the Sun and the Moon.\n\nFalling fully into Earth's shadow, the Moon will slowly darken before turning dusky red.\n\nIt will be visible with the naked eye before dawn on Monday in most of Europe. The Americas will get a great view on Sunday evening.\n\nThe Moon will appear larger than usual because it will be at its closest point to Earth of its orbit, giving it the name super Moon.\n\nIt will also be called a super flower blood Moon. In the Northern Hemisphere, a full moon in May is often called a flower Moon because it coincides with the Spring flowers.\n\nThe only sunlight reaching the Moon during the full eclipse will be passing through the Earth's atmosphere.\n\nThis light will be blood red, from all Earth's sunrises and sunsets reflected on to the Moon's surface, explains Dr Gregory Brown, astronomer at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London.\n\n\"You'll actually be seeing every sunrise and every sunset occurring around the Earth at once. All of that light will be projected on to the Moon,\" he told BBC News.\n\nOn Monday, western parts of Europe will get a good but short view as the Moon will set during the eclipse. Look low on the horizon between 0230 and 0430 BST and you'll see the moon falling into shadow before glowing red. It should be visible in Africa too.\n\nIn the UK watching from a high vantage point like a hill or tall building will be essential because of the Moon's very low position in the sky.\n\nThe UK will get a better view of the earlier part of the eclipse, Dr Brown explains.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAs Earth's shadow starts to cover the Moon, it slowly takes a bite out of it. The Moon will be fully eclipsed and red at 0429 BST. It will then set, though the eclipse will continue until 0750 BST.\n\nThe Americas will be treated to the full spectacle, lasting 84 minutes. If you're in western US and Canada, the time to watch the horizon is Sunday evening as the Moon rises.\n\nYou can see it with the naked eye, while looking through binoculars or a small telescope will enhance the red colour.\n\nOf course, the very best vantage point for witnessing this eclipse is a place very few people have been lucky enough to visit - the Moon itself.\n\n\"If you were an astronaut standing on the Moon, looking back towards Earth, you'd see a red ring running around the outside of our planet,\" Dr Brown explains.", "Sweden joining Nato is supported by most of the country's political parties\n\nSweden and Finland have confirmed they will apply for Nato membership in a historic shift that comes as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.\n\nIn Sweden, the governing Social Democrats said they backed joining the Western security alliance, paving the way for the country to apply.\n\nThe announcement came soon after Finland formally announced it too would apply to join the grouping.\n\nRussia sees Nato as a security threat and has warned of \"consequences\".\n\nSweden stayed neutral in World War II and for more than two centuries has avoided joining military alliances.\n\nFinland shares a 1,300-km (810-mile) border with Russia. Until now, it has stayed out of Nato to avoid antagonising its eastern neighbour.\n\nIn a statement, Sweden's Social Democrats said they would \"work toward\" membership, something supported by the public and most opposition parties. A formal application is likely within days.\n\nBut the Social Democrats added that they were opposed to stationing nuclear weapons or hosting Nato bases.\n\nAt a subsequent press conference, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said her party believed joining the alliance was \"best for Sweden's and the Swedish people's security\".\n\n\"For us Social Democrats, it is clear that the military non-alignment has served Sweden well, but our conclusion is that it won't serve us as well in the future,\" she added.\n\nShe also said Sweden would be left in a \"vulnerable position\" if it was the only country in the Baltic region that was not a Nato member.\n\nFinland's President Sauli Niinisto earlier confirmed his country would apply, calling it a \"historic day\".\n\nHe spoke to Russia's President Vladmir Putin about the decision, saying he wanted to \"say it straight\".\n\n\"I, or Finland, are not known to sneak around and quietly disappear behind a corner,\" he said.\n\nRussia's president had previously told Finland it would be a \"mistake\" to join Nato, which was founded in 1949 to counter the threat from the Soviet Union.\n\nPresident Putin mentioned Ukraine's intention to join the alliance as one of the reasons for the invasion.\n\nThe Social Democrats chose to announce their decision to back Nato membership with a low-key statement, half an hour before a scheduled news conference. But their decision is monumental, paving the way for Sweden to move away from a position of military neutrality for the first time in two centuries.\n\nThe announcement isn't surprising. Social Democrat ministers backed the findings of a cross-party report on Friday which concluded that membership would increase security in northern Europe and would be unlikely to trigger an armed attack from Russia.\n\nMeanwhile public support for formally joining Nato has grown steadily since Russia invaded Ukraine. Most opposition parties are in favour, with just months to go until Sweden's next general election.\n\nStill there are some within the Social Democrats - and in the opposition Left and Green parties - who are anxious about joining. Not everyone's convinced it makes military aggression from Russia less likely.\n\nOthers are already mourning the loss of a national identity as a neutral, peaceful nation that's used to staying out of major global conflicts.\n\nForeign ministers of Nato countries, who are meeting in Berlin, have pledged to provide security guarantees for both Finland and Sweden while their bids to join Nato are being ratified by all member states - a process that can take up to a year.\n\nGerman Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said there could not be a \"transition period, a grey zone, where their status is unclear\".\n\nMeanwhile both US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said they were confident of overcoming Turkish objections to both Finland and Sweden's membership.\n\nTurkey, a Nato member state, accuses both Nordic countries of having given support to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has been waging an armed struggle against the Turkish government for decades.\n\nOn Sunday Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Sweden and Finland must stop supporting terrorists in their countries, provide clear security guarantees and lift export bans on Turkey.\n\nBut he added that Turkey was not threatening anybody or seeking leverage.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Blinken said he had heard strong support for the Nordic countries \"almost across the board\" and he had held talks with his Turkish counterpart - \"If that's [joining Nato] what they choose to do, I'm very confident that we will reach consensus on that,\" he said.\n\nMr Niinisto has said he is ready to hold talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish media reported.\n\nBoth Sweden and Finland have Kurdish communities, and in Sweden's case some parliamentarians have Kurdish origins. Turkey has not provided proof that these communities have links with the PKK.", "Finland has increased its military budget in recent years\n\nRussian President Vladimir Putin has warned his Finnish counterpart that joining Nato and abandoning Finland's neutral status would be a \"mistake\".\n\nHe told Sauli Niinistö there was no threat to Finland's security.\n\nThe exchange came during a phone call made by the Finnish president, ahead of a formal request which Finland is expected to announce very soon.\n\nSweden has also indicated its intention to join the Western alliance, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.\n\nFinland shares a 1,300-km (810-mile) border with Russia. Until now, it has stayed out of Nato to avoid antagonising its eastern neighbour.\n\nMr Putin did not make a specific threat of retaliation over Finland's move, but the Russian foreign ministry has indicated there will be retaliation.\n\nRussia's decision to suspend electricity supplies to Finland is being seen as an early sign, however.\n\nIn its statement, Russian energy supplier RAO Nordic mentioned problems with payments.\n\nFinland national grid executive Reima Paivinen told the BBC the Russian suspension had not caused any problems.\n\nHe said Russian imports accounted for around 10% of national supply, adding that they could be replaced from alternative sources.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFollowing the phone call between Mr Niinistö and Mr Putin on Saturday, the Kremlin said the Russian leader had stressed the \"end of the traditional policy of military neutrality would be a mistake since there is no threat to Finland's security\".\n\nIt added: \"Such a change in the country's political orientation can have a negative impact on Russian-Finnish relations developed over years in a spirit of good neighbourliness and co-operation between partners.\"\n\nMr Niinistö said he had told Mr Putin how recent moves by Russia, along with the invasion of Ukraine, \"have altered the security environment of Finland\".\n\n\"The conversation was direct and straight-forward and it was conducted without aggravations. Avoiding tensions was considered important,\" he said.\n\nA possible stumbling block to Swedish and Finnish membership of Nato is Turkey, after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused both countries of harbouring \"terrorist organisations\" and said he did not support their applications.\n\nIt was seen as a reference to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which Turkey regards as a terrorist organisation. For decades the PKK has fought with Turkey for a Kurdish homeland.\n\nTurkey also objects to a Syrian Kurdish militia called the People's Protection Units (YPG) ,which they say is an extension of the PKK - even though they have been allied with the US in the fight against so-called Islamic State.\n\nBoth Sweden and Finland have Kurdish communities, and in Sweden's case some parliamentarians have Kurdish origins. President Erdogan did not provide any proof that these communities had links with the PKK.\n\nForeign ministers from Sweden, Turkey and Finland are meeting to try to iron out their differences.\n\nAhead of the talks, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu echoed the comments of his president but signalled a willingness to talk.\n\n\"A big majority of the Turkish people are against the membership of those countries who are supporting PKK terrorist organization ... but these are the issues that we need to talk of course with our NATO allies as well as these countries,\" AFP quoted him as saying.\n\nNato, a Western military alliance, was founded in part to ward off threat from the Soviet Union in 1949.\n\nPresident Putin has mentioned Ukraine's intention to join the alliance as one of the reasons for the invasion of its neighbour.", "Olivia Riley was walking her three golden retrievers when the incident happened, police said\n\nA woman who died with her three dogs after they were hit by a car has been named by police.\n\nOlivia Riley, 41, from Suffolk, was found dead after officers and paramedics were called to Cheyne Walk in Chelsea at about 06:20 BST on Saturday, the Metropolitan Police said.\n\nHer three golden retrievers also died as a result of injuries suffered.\n\nA 26-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.\n\nThe force said it was called to reports of \"a road traffic collision involving a car and pedestrian\".\n\n\"It appears she had been walking her three dogs, all golden retrievers, at the time of the incident,\" officers said.\n\n\"They also died as a result of their injuries.\"\n\nThe force has appealed for anyone with information or dashcam footage to contact officers.\n\nFollow BBC London on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hellobbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n• None Woman and three dogs die after being hit by car\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe sister of a black man who died in police custody has told the BBC that she believes Scotland is a racist country.\n\nSheku Bayoh, 31, died after being restrained by officers in Kirkcaldy, Fife, in 2015.\n\nAt a public inquiry into his death last week, his sister Kadi Johnson said she no longer feels safe in Scotland.\n\nShe told BBC One Scotland's The Sunday Show that she now regrets encouraging her brother to move from London.\n\nMr Bayoh's family believe that race played a part in his death.\n\n\"Scotland is a place that I once loved and I felt safe in, but since my brother's death I don't feel safe anymore,\" Ms Johnson said.\n\nAsked if Scotland was a racist country, she replied: \"For me I will say yes, I'm afraid I'll say yes because the way we have been treated.\"\n\nShe said she had lost trust in the police since the death of her brother and accused officers of failing to tell her the truth about his death.\n\nBut she added that racism was also evident in other walks of life.\n\n\"Scotland still has a lot of work to do around racism,\" Ms Johnson said.\n\n\"We who are in it, feel it. We know what we are going through on a daily basis. It is different from a white person and we have seen it in our workplaces, our schools.\"\n\nResearch by charity Show Racism the Red Card published last year revealed there were 2,251 racist incidents reports in Scotland's schools in the previous three years.\n\nIn one incident a pupil shouted \"Isis\" to a group of girls wearing headscarves; in another a child wrote KKK on a black pupil's locker, according to the charity.\n\nThe Scottish government has since provided a new package of support materials for teachers to \"embed anti-racism and race equality\" in school life.\n\nMs Johnson said the issue should be tackled first in schools.\n\n\"For this to change, it starts from the grassroots, which is the schools,\" she said. \"Start from the schools and work your way up because it's happening there.\n\n\"Black and ethnic minority children are experiencing that and it goes up to us, the adults.\"\n\nSheku Bayoh's mother and sister with lawyer Aamer Anwar outside the public inquiry last week\n\nLast week the public inquiry into Mr Bayoh's death heard that Chief Constable Iain Livingstone believes that Police Scotland needs to be \"anti-racist\".\n\nHis QC Maria Maguire told the hearing: \"The chief constable is aware that it is not enough to be alert to racism and deal with it on a case-by-case basis.\n\n\"Nor is it enough simply to be non-racist. Police Scotland needs to be anti-racist.\"\n\nThe public inquiry opened a year after the Kenmure Street protests, when hundreds of people surrounded an immigration enforcement van in which two Indian nationals were detained.\n\nLawyer Aamer Anwar, who also appeared on the programme, said that despite incidents like that there remained a \"significant minority\" of people in Scotland who are racist.\n\nHe said little had changed for people of colour in Scotland in the last 20 years.\n\n\"I stood on the steps of the high court 20-odd years ago after the murder of Surjit Singh Chhokar - a racist murder that took 17 years to get justice - and asked how many black judges, how many black senior prosecutors, how many black senior police officers, how many black senior executives in public bodies?\n\n\"And the answer still today is pretty much zero. It hasn't changed that much in reality for the black or Asian minority ethnic community.\"\n\nA spokesman for the Scottish government said it would await the findings of the independent inquiry before making further comment.\n\n\"Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Mr Bayoh, who have shown remarkable dignity and perseverance during their five-year wait for an inquiry into his death,\" he added.\n\nMobile phone footage of police restraining Sheku Bayoh was obtained by BBC Panorama\n\nPolice were called out in the early hours of 3 May 2015 after Sheku Bayoh was seen behaving erratically with a knife in a Kirkcaldy street. He had earlier taken drugs which friends said altered his behaviour.\n\nAccording to police statements, when officers arrived he no longer had the knife, but failed to obey instructions to get down on the ground.\n\nThe officers used force on Mr Bayoh, including CS Spray and batons. He then punched PC Nicole Short, who fell to the ground.\n\nTwo officers, PC Craig Walker and PC Ashley Tomlinson, later told investigators that Mr Bayoh carried out a violent stamping attack on PC Short. However, evidence obtained by the BBC's Panorama programme suggested these accounts may have been false.\n\nMr Bayoh was restrained for five minutes before falling unconscious. He was pronounced dead in hospital a short time later.", "The freeze in charges will help ease some of the cost of living pressures, says Health Secretary Sajid Javid\n\nNHS prescription charges in England are to be frozen for the first time in 12 years, the government has confirmed.\n\nSingle prescription charges, which the Department of Health said would normally rise \"in line with inflation\", will remain at £9.35 until next year.\n\nHealth Secretary Sajid Javid said freezing the costs would \"put money back in people's pockets\".\n\nCampaigners welcomed the move but pointed out that 90% of prescriptions dispensed are already free of charge.\n\nPeople eligible for free prescriptions include those on state benefits, pregnant women and new mothers, people with specified medical conditions or disabilities, the over-60s and under-16s.\n\nPrescriptions are free for everyone in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nThe cost of a single prescription in England has risen from £7.65 in 2012-13 to £9.35 in 2021-22, including an increase of 20p from 2020-21.\n\nHowever, the government had indicated in March that prescription charges in England, which are reviewed annually, would not be increased this year and Sunday's announcement confirms that move.\n\nThe Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said the freeze meant prescription charges would not increase until at least April 2023 and would save patients who pay prescription charges in England £17m.\n\nThe freeze also applies to the £30.25 for a three month prescription prepayment certificate (PPC), and the 12-month charge, which can be paid in instalments, will stay at £108.10.\n\n\"The rise in the cost of living has been unavoidable as we face global challenges and the repercussions of Putin's illegal war in Ukraine,\" Mr Javid said.\n\n\"Whilst we can't completely prevent these rises, where we can help - we absolutely will.\"\n\nThe freeze means prescription charges will not be increasing until at least April 2023\n\nThe announcement comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked ministers to come up with measures to ease the pressure on household budgets.\n\nHowever, Faith Angwet, a single mother of two, said she had to choose between paying for prescriptions to treat for her high blood pressure, or using that money to feed her children.\n\nShe said the price freeze \"won't go far\" because \"it's not necessarily the outgoings affecting me, everything is going up in price and I'm not able to afford everything I use to be, including my prescription\".\n\nAnd Claire Anderson, of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, said people who do not qualify for free prescriptions because of their income, age, or medication type, often had to make decisions about which medicines they need.\n\n\"Those medicines are prescribed for a reason because that patient needs that treatment,\" she told the BBC.\n\nAnd Laura Cockram, chairwoman of the Prescription Charges Coalition, who welcomed the freeze, said the government should review the list of those who qualified for free prescriptions.\n\nShe said the prescription exemption charge list was put together more than 50 years ago, when conditions like HIV \"didn't even exist\" and at a time there \"weren't life saving treatments for things like asthma, Parkinson's and MS\".\n\nThe government recently proposed increasing the age for free prescriptions from 60 to be in line with the stage pension age - 66 for men and women - but the DHSC said no decisions have been made on this.\n\nGP Dr Sarah Jarvis said this would make the cost living crisis harder for older people, who the \"vast majority\" of medicines are prescribed to, because \"they're the ones who are most likely to have multiple medical conditions\".", "The Mayor of Buffalo in the US state of New York has spoken about how the community is \"hurting and seething\" in the wake of a shooting that killed ten people.\n\nAn 18-year-old man has been detained following what is being treated as a racially-motivated hate crime.\n\nMayor Brown went on to say that the suspect is not local to Buffalo.", "David Tennant and Catherine Tate are to return to Doctor Who, the BBC has confirmed.\n\nThe pair are currently filming for the sci-fi show's 60th anniversary, which it will celebrate in 2023.\n\nTennant played the 10th Doctor on the time travel drama from 2005-2010, while Tate played companion Donna Noble.\n\nThe news comes a week after the BBC announced that Sex Education star Ncuti Gatwa will be the next Doctor.\n\nTennant and Tate's involvement means they will be reunited with returning Doctor Who head writer Russell T Davies.\n\nDavies, who was in charge of Doctor Who when it was successfully revived in 2005, left at the same time as Tennant. Their last episode together was broadcast in 2010.\n\nTennant has briefly returned before, joining then-Doctor Matt Smith for the programme's 50th anniversary in 2013.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ncuti Gatwa: \"It's been tricky trying to keep this under wraps, because I've got a big mouth\"\n\nIt's not clear at this stage whether this return will be a similar one, with Tennant and Tate appearing alongside Gatwa.\n\nDavies has teased fans, saying: \"Maybe this is a missing story. Or a parallel world. Or a dream, or a trick, or a flashback. The only thing I can confirm is that it's going to be spectacular, as two of our greatest stars reunite for the battle of a lifetime.\"\n\nTennant and Tate's 2008 series of Doctor Who is the most successful that the show has had since its revival in 2005, with an average audience of more than eight million viewers per episode.\n\nThe 13-episode run also enjoyed a high degree of critical acclaim, and was nominated for best drama at that year's Bafta TV Awards.\n\nThe pair's popularity may well provide a ratings boost for a show which has seen its audience fall in the last two years, albeit against a background where all linear TV viewing has been dropping significantly.\n\nAnnouncements such as this are often made ahead of Doctor Who imminently filming in public places. Revealing information ahead of shooting is a strategy that the show has used before.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: A look back at David Tennant and Catherine Tate's appearances on Doctor Who\n\nJodie Whittaker's current incarnation of the Doctor will appear in one more special episode later this year, as part of a collection of programmes celebrating the BBC's centenary. The show will then return in 2023.\n\nSince leaving Doctor Who, Tennant has appeared in TV series including Good Omens, Around the World in 80 Days and Broadchurch. In 2021, he won a National Television Award for playing serial killer Dennis Nilsen in Des.\n\nTate has appeared in sitcoms like Big School, and has continued performing her well known Nan character - most recently in The Nan Movie released earlier this year.\n\nThe pair have also recorded a number of Doctor Who audio adventures which have been released by audio drama company Big Finish.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The UK won the jury vote before Ukraine stormed into the lead following huge public support\n\nUkraine's Kalush Orchestra have won the Eurovision Song Contest, in a symbolic show of public support following the country's invasion by Russia.\n\nThe rap-folk band, who were given special permission to leave the war-torn country, soared to first place with 631 points.\n\nThey ended their performance in Turin with a plea: \"Please help Ukraine, help Mariupol, help Azovstal right now.\"\n\nSam Ryder came second for the UK, the country's best result since 1998.\n\nA former construction worker, he had been keenly favoured ahead of the competition thanks to his soaring power ballad, Space Man, which evoked the classic British pop of Queen and Elton John.\n\nIt topped the jury vote, amassing 283 points, but was pipped at the post when public votes were added to the total. (The UK came fifth with the public, with Ukraine receiving the most points).\n\nHowever, his second place position reverses a long decline in the UK's Eurovision fortunes. The country hasn't been in the top 10 since Jade Ewen came fifth in 2009. In both 2019 and 2021, the UK came last.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"This is the tip of an iceberg,\" he told the BBC afterwards. \"The UK is going to be a force next year. It's gonna be mad.\"\n\n\"This is a red letter moment,\" added Graham Norton, who presented the contest on BBC One. \"I am so happy for [Sam], for the UK and for the BBC who have worked so hard to turn our fortunes.\"\n\nSpain also enjoyed a dramatic recovery in its fortunes, coming third with the slickly-choreographed SloMo.\n\nPerformed flawlessly by Cuban-Spanish singer Chanel Terrero, it was the country's first top 10 placing since 2014.\n\nThe top five looked like this:\n\nBut nobody could compete with Ukraine's act, who had been favourites to win for weeks.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Kalush Orchestra asked the audience to help Ukrainian forces in besieged Mariupol\n\nTheir winning song, Stefania, was originally written as a tribute to frontman Oleh Psiuk's mother, but it has been re-purposed as a rallying cry for Ukraine amidst the Russian invasion.\n\nA unique combination of old Ukranian folk melodies and traditional flute with contemporary rap and hip-hop beats, its lyrics about \"broken roads\" and fields \"turning grey\" seemed oddly prescient given the devastation facing the country's citizens.\n\n\"After it all started with the war and the hostilities, it took on additional meaning, and many people started seeing it as their mother, Ukraine, in the meaning of the country,\" Psiuk said last week. \"It has become really close to the hearts of so many people in Ukraine.\"\n\nReceiving the coveted trophy, Psiuk declared: \"Thank you for supporting Ukraine. This victory is for every Ukrainian. Slava Ukraini.\"\n\nSpeaking backstage, the singer said he hoped Ukraine could stage the contest in 2023.\n\n\"I'm sure that next year Ukraine will be happy to host Europe in a new, integrated and happy Ukraine.\"\n\nRussia, meanwhile, was banned from this year's contest, with organisers saying the country's participation could \"bring the competition into disrepute\"\n\nSeveral artists expressed solidarity with Ukraine, waving flags and making brief statements on the stage. \"Peace for Ukraine! We love you!\" announced Iceland's Systur after their performance.\n\n\"Don't lose your hope for a better tomorrow,\" added Estonian singer Stefan, as he finished playing his country-tinged ballad, Hope.\n\nThe show even opened with a rendition of John Lennon's Give Peace A Chance, performed by 1,000 musicians on the streets of Turin, driving home the night's message of unity.\n\nElsewhere the competition was its usual mix of crazy, kitsch pop and overwrought ballads.\n\nNorway's Give That Wolf A Banana was a big favourite amongst fans\n\nNorway's Subwoolfer dressed in yellow wolf costumes for their surreal retelling of Red Riding Hood, titled Give That Wolf a Banana.\n\nKonstrakta, representing Serbia, sat at a hand basin obsessively washing her hands, as she sang In Corpore Sano - a song that critiqued the lack of healthcare for artists in her homeland, which ended up in fifth place.\n\nSweden's Cordelia Jakobs earned fourth place with her aching end-of-the-night pop anthem Hold Me Closer.\n\nOther highlights included Finland's The Rasmus, whose visuals drew inspiration from the horror film It; and Portugal's Saro, whose low-key ballad Saudade, Saudade was a tribute to her late grandfather.\n\nItaly's Mahmood and Blanco, meanwhile, were almost drowned out by fans as they sang Brividi, a tender song about the need for vulnerability.\n\nSweden's Cordelia Jakobs had one of the night's most simple stagings, focusing attention on her bittersweet pop song\n\nLast year's winners Maneskin also returned to the stage to perform their new single Supermodel - despite missing all the dress rehearsals after frontman Damiano David tore a ligament in his ankle shooting a music video.\n\nThe singer was seen hobbling around on crutches backstage, but managed to get through his performance unaided... if largely immobile.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHe also got one of the night's biggest laughs, after being asked to give advice to this year's contestants.\n\n\"Have fun and don't get close to the table,\" he deadpanned, referencing the controversy that arose last year when he was falsely accused of snorting cocaine in the green room.\n\nEarlier this week, it was revealed that President Macron of France had tried to get Maneskin disqualified from the contest as a result of the incident.\n\nThe singer denied the claims and subsequently passed a voluntary drug test.\n\nHosts Laura Pausini and Mika also performed medleys of their hits; and Italy's first Eurovision winner Gigliola Cinquetti gave a moving rendition of her winning song from 1964, No Ho L'Eta.\n\nDuring the competition, the European Broadcasting Union made an announcement that there had been irregular voting from six countries during the second Eurovision semi-final on Thursday night.\n\nAs a result, votes from countries including Azerbaijan and Georgia were read out by the EBU's executive supervisor of the contest, Martin Österdahl, instead of their jury.\n\nThe EBU did not say whether the voting irregularities had affected the outcome of the semi-final, which saw Ireland eliminated from the competition.\n\nUkraine's win raises a question over who will host next year's Eurovision ceremony.\n\nThe winning country usually stages the show, but Ukraine is unlikely to have that capability, after its state broadcaster, UA:PBC, was targeted in the opening days of the war.\n\nWhen a country is unwilling or unable to run the show, another broadcaster usually steps in... most recently in 1980, when the Netherlands took over from Israel, who declined to host the contest after winning for two years in a row.\n\nIn a statement on Saturday night, organisers the EBU said no decision had been made for 2023.\n\n\"Obviously, there are unique challenges involved in hosting next year's competition. However, as in any other year, we look forward to discussing all the requirements and responsibilities involved in hosting the competition with UA:PBC and all other stakeholders to ensure we have the most suitable setup for the 67th Eurovision Song Contest.\"\n\nBut Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed he would stage the contest if at all possible: \"We will do our best to one day host the participants and guests of Eurovision in Ukrainian Mariupol. Free, peaceful, rebuilt!\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Queen attends A Gallop Through History performance at the Royal Windsor Horse Show\n\nThe Queen has attended the final night of an equestrian extravaganza show to celebrate her Platinum Jubilee.\n\nThe 96-year-old was met with a standing ovation as she arrived in the castle arena at the Royal Windsor Horse Show.\n\nCelebrities including Tom Cruise, Helen Mirren and Katherine Jenkins appeared in the open air celebration.\n\nIt has been running since Thursday night and is the beginning of celebrations to mark the Queen's 70-year-reign.\n\nCrowds of people cheered as the smiling Queen arrived for the final night of the show marking her 70-year-reign\n\nThe Queen and the Countess of Wessex attended the 90-minute performance at the Royal Windsor Horse Show\n\nThe crowd cheered as the smiling Queen arrived and made her way to the royal box, accompanied by the Earl and Countess of Wessex.\n\nShe has mobility problems and has had to cancel a number of recent public appearances.\n\nThe Queen was spotted on Friday at the horse show, where one of her own horses was announced as a supreme champion.\n\nOn Tuesday, she missed the annual reading of the Queen's Speech for the first time since 1963.\n\nDame Helen Mirren, playing Queen Elizabeth I, was among the stars featured in the show\n\nThe show, called A Gallop Through History, featured more than 500 horses and 1,000 performers.\n\nBilled as a \"personal tribute to our monarchy\", the production takes the audience through more than five centuries of history.\n\nIt features international and national military, equestrian and dance displays.\n\nThe display featured more than 500 horses and 1,000 performers\n\nThe show featured international and national military, equestrian and dance displays\n\nTom Cruise announced the performance of the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery as \"one of the most enthralling, thrilling, heart-in-mouth displays\".\n\nThe Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force's steel drum troupe performed a rhythmic version of Abba's Dancing Queen - which the Queen appeared to enjoy.\n\nShe was also seen clapping during a traditional display from the Royal Cavalry Oman, a show of horsemanship that saw horses lying down on command.\n\nKatherine Jenkins performed at the show held at the arena close to Windsor Castle\n\nThursday 2 June - Queen's birthday parade and Trooping the Colour takes place - as Platinum Jubilee Beacons across in 2,000 towns and cities light up\n\nFriday 3 June - National Service of Thanksgiving is held at St Pauls. Ringing of Great Paul, the restored biggest church bell in the country\n\nSaturday 4 June - The Derby at Epsom Downs Racecourse - and BBC Platinum Party at the Palace\n\nSunday 5 June - Big Jubilee Lunch and street parties. Platinum Jubilee Pageant, a procession and performance in central London, involving 10,000 people and the Gold State Coach", "The attack happened at a home on a farm in a rural area of Rochdale\n\nA three-year-old boy has died in a \"devastating\" dog attack at a farm in Greater Manchester.\n\nThe young child was outdoors with a number of dogs in Carr Lane, in the town of Milnrow, before being found with serious injuries, police said.\n\nHe was treated by paramedics but later pronounced dead at hospital.\n\nGreater Manchester Police said several dogs had been seized and one was humanely destroyed. No arrests have been made.\n\nThe force said it was looking at previous incidents involving dogs at the home, close to the M62 motorway, and had referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct \"due to previous contact\".\n\nPolice have sealed off the rural area close to the M62 motorway\n\nThe lane leading to the farm, which is in a rural area of Rochdale, has been sealed off by officers.\n\nA forensic tent was seen near the home as well as two discarded police shields used by officers for protection from the dog when they arrived.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Scott Green said: \"A thorough investigation is ongoing to establish the full circumstances surrounding this incident and review other incidents of note.\n\n\"Due to previous contact, GMP's Professional Standards Branch is making a referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct.\n\nHe said the force was aware of speculation on social media and asked people to \"refrain from engaging in speculation\".\n\nDet Supt Jamie Daniels said it was a \"tragic, devastating incident\" and officers thoughts were with the family.\n\n\"Our enquiries to find out what happened will be thorough and are very much in their infancy,\" he said\n\n\"I understand this is an extremely distressing incident for all concerned and this news will rock the local community.\"\n\nHe said detectives were keeping an open mind in terms of what may have happened.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The decades-long spy conflict between Russia and the West is intensifying over the Ukraine war. But what are Russia's intelligence services suspected of doing and how will their officials' expulsion from capitals affect Putin's clandestine overseas operations?\n\nWhen Russia first targeted its military forces on Ukraine in 2014 it also unleashed its intelligence services on the West - from interfering with the US elections using cyber attacks to poisonings and sabotage in Europe.\n\nBut in recent months the spy war has intensified as Western countries have sought to hit back and inflict lasting damage on the ability of Russian intelligence to carry out covert operations. This is symbolised by the unprecedented expulsion of 500 Russian officials from Western capitals.\n\nFormally, these officials are described as diplomats, but the majority are believed to be undercover intelligence officers. Some will have been carrying out traditional espionage - cultivating contacts and recruiting agents who can pass on secrets - something Western countries do inside Russia too.\n\nBut some were believed to be carrying out what Russians call \"active measures\". These range from spreading propaganda, to more aggressive covert activity. Poland said the 45 Russians it expelled were involved in actions to \"undermine the stability\" of the country.\n\nSince 2014, Western intelligence agencies have been working to identify Russian spies involved in such activities. One of those is GRU Unit 29155 of Russian military intelligence, which is believed to be tasked with sabotage, subversion and assassination.\n\nIt took nearly seven years to find out the unit were behind a huge explosion that tore apart an ammunition depot in a Czech forest in October 2014. They included some of those later involved in the UK's Salisbury poisonings of 2018.\n\nThe same team also tried to poison an arms dealer in Bulgaria who had stored weapons in the Czech depot - one theory was that the blast and poisoning was linked to his supply of weapons for Ukraine where the conflict had just begun.\n\nMembers of that unit were also involved in getting pro-Russian leaders out of Ukraine in 2014. It remains closely watched by Western intelligence.\n\nBut man-marking individual spies is expensive work. While Western spies in Russia have long been subject to round-the-clock surveillance, their Russian counterparts in Western capitals have not.\n\n\"The larger the presence is, the more difficult it is to keep a lid on exactly what they are up to,\" one US official told the BBC.\n\nBut this may now be changing. Western officials say the recent expulsions are more than a symbolic gesture of protest but part of the wider push to degrade Russia's capacity to do harm. Some spy-catchers also say the mass expulsion is long overdue. The Russians have been laughing at us for our tolerance of their presence, says one official.\n\n\"We are trying to inflict a cost on Russia to reduce its offensive capabilities and its ability to project threat against its neighbours and the West,\" one official says. \"A number of European nations have taken action to reduce the Russian intelligence service capability across Europe. All of these are steps designed to reduce its threats to us.\"\n\nSome countries are believed to have had a particularly significant presence. Berlin expelled 40 Russians. However, a Western intelligence official said they believed Germany had previously housed closer to 100 Russian intelligence officers, acting like an \"aircraft carrier\" for their operations.\n\nWhy has the UK not expelled anyone? Officials say all of them were kicked out after Salisbury and the only spies left are \"declared\" officers who act as liaisons for formal contacts. They are likely to be watched by MI5 for any sign they are carrying out any covert acts on the side.\n\nIn the US, expulsions are based on investigations into each individual. \"All the determinations on who to expel are based on intelligence collected by the FBI based on what they are doing,\" explains a US official. Western countries have been co-operating to ensure anyone expelled cannot simply apply for a visa in another country.\n\nIntelligence officials hope the large-scale expulsions will make espionage more difficult for the Russians\n\nSecurity officials say they believe the volume of expulsions over a short period will have a \"debilitating\" impact on Russian intelligence as it scrambles to work out how operations can be continued and who can be placed where.\n\nRussia has retaliated by expelling Western diplomats. In practice, more of these are likely to be \"real\" diplomats rather than spies. One of the complaints from Western security services has long been the imbalance in the number of Russian diplomats in Western countries, and the proportion who are spies compared to those from the West serving in Moscow. Russia expelled 40 Germans but that makes up around a third of the entire diplomatic presence in its capital.\n\nThe invasion of Ukraine may offer other opportunities. Past events like the crushing of the Prague Spring by Moscow in 1968 caused disillusionment among some within the secret state in Moscow, opening the way for their recruitment as Western agents.\n\nIn Washington DC, the FBI has targeted online advertisements to people in close proximity to the Russian Embassy, according to a Washington Post report. They encouraged them to talk to the FBI, using footage of Vladimir Putin publicly embarrassing the head of Russia's foreign intelligence agency, the SVR.\n\nSince 2014, Ukraine has also been the epicentre for a more brutal covert struggle, with each side trying to recruit and root-out spies but also with assassinations of high-ranking Ukrainian officials.\n\nWestern intelligence agencies and special forces have also been training Ukrainian counterparts for years, alongside more overt military assistance. They have helped catch Russian spies and offered training in covert action, including by the CIA's Ground Branch.\n\nThe spy battles could still escalate, particularly as covert activity presents one option for Moscow to target supply lines bringing in military aid for Ukraine. A missile strike on convoys or facilities in Poland would be highly risky as it could trigger NATO's Article 5 self-defence principle leading to all-out conflict.\n\nBut Western intelligence officials say they have concerns that the kind of sabotage operation seen in the Czech Republic in 2014 could be attempted in Poland given its key role as a staging post for supplies going into Ukraine.\n\nThese type of clandestine operations are often carried out by Russians who travel in and out of a country rather than diplomats. But embassies provide the enabling infrastructure for their activities to take place, one Western intelligence official explains.\n\nAnd the hope will be that the large-scale expulsions will make that, as well as traditional spying, much harder now, not least because there will be fewer spies to keep tabs on.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ed Miliband: It's shameful not to bring in a windfall tax\n\nLabour will call for a vote on Tuesday to introduce a windfall tax on oil and gas companies, saying it is shameful not to introduce the measure to help tackle the rising cost of living.\n\nShadow minister Ed Miliband told the BBC it was obscene the government had refused to bring in the policy.\n\nA windfall tax is a one off levy on companies enjoying unexpected profits.\n\nBusiness Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said it was a bad idea that would deter firms from investing in the UK.\n\nBut a Treasury source said the option was \"not off the table\".\n\nOpposition parties have repeatedly touted the idea of a windfall tax on the record profits of oil and gas companies, saying the money raised could be used to help those struggling the most with rising living costs.\n\nAnd Conservative chair of the Treasury Committee Mel Stride said although he would normally oppose it, the current \"extraordinary circumstances\" meant there was a case for looking at \"a one-off windfall tax\".\n\nHe said the companies had made \"super-normal profits\" and some of that money should be \"channelled to those who are really struggling\".\n\nMinisters had dismissed the policy, but attitudes within government appeared to warm this week, with Chancellor Rishi Sunak threatening to introduce the measure if the firms did not invest enough in new projects.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson also said the government would have to look at the proposal if not enough investment was made.\n\nDespite Mr Kwarteng's comments, a Treasury source told the BBC that the chancellor remained pragmatic about the idea and he still held the same position as earlier in the week.\n\nLabour's shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, accused the cabinet of being in \"complete chaos\" over whether to back the tax.\n\nHouseholds in the UK are being hit with rising costs when it comes to fuel, energy and food, as inflation reaches a record high in the country.\n\nLabour, the SNP and the Liberal Democrats have all proposed using a windfall tax to raise money to support the hardest hit.\n\nA debate on the Queen's Speech is to be held on Tuesday, and Labour will put forward an amendment to allow the Commons to vote for or against the measure.\n\nShadow climate change secretary - and former party leader - Mr Miliband told the BBC's Sunday Morning programme it would give Conservatives MPs a choice, saying: \"You can vote for a windfall tax or you can explain to your constituents why you are refusing to provide them the help that they need.\"\n\nHe added: \"I think it is obscene, frankly, that we have as a result of surging energy bills, oil and gas companies making billions of pounds in our country and the government refuses to put a windfall tax on them. It is shameful.\n\n\"The case for a windfall tax now is unanswerable... Everyday that goes by is sleepless nights for millions of people with this government refusing to help.\"\n\nMr Kwarteng said the government had already put forward £9bn of support for those struggling with their bills, including a £150 council tax rebate for rate payers.\n\nHe said it was right for the chancellor not to \"take anything off the table\" four months ahead of the government's next budget.\n\nBut despite hints at a change of direction from the government, the business secretary told Sunday Morning his own view was that he did not believe in windfall taxes.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Kwarteng added: \"What you are taxing is investment in jobs, you are taxing investment in wealth creation, you are taxing investment in new technologies.\n\n\"And that is what we want to see, we want to see more investment. We don't want to see taxes that essentially act against any incentive to invest.\"\n\nThe minister said also called the policy a bad idea, and an old one, saying: \"I am not surprised that a Labour frontbencher is saying we should put up taxes - that's not something that is new to me.\"", "The individuals live together but are not linked to the case announced on 7 May, according to the UK Health Security Agency\n\nTwo more people have been diagnosed with monkeypox in England, the UK Health Security Agency said.\n\nThe individuals live together in the same household but are not linked to the previous case announced on 7 May.\n\nOf the two new cases, one was receiving care at St Mary's Hospital in London and the other was isolating, the agency said.\n\nMonkeypox is a rare viral infection from which most people recover in a few weeks, according to the NHS.\n\nThe UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) announced on 7 May that a person who had recently travelled to Nigeria had contracted the infection.\n\nIt was believed they contracted the illness in Nigeria before travelling to the UK.\n\nThey were being treated at the Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in London, the agency said.\n\nDr Colin Brown, director of clinical and emerging infection at the UKHSA, said the two new monkeypox cases were not linked to the case announced on 7 May.\n\n\"While investigations remain ongoing to determine the source of infection, it is important to emphasise it does not spread easily between people and requires close personal contact with an infected symptomatic person,\" he said.\n\n\"The overall risk to the general public remains very low.\"\n\nDr Brown said the agency was contacting \"any potential friends, family or contacts in the community\" as well as \"healthcare contacts\" of the two new cases.\n\nA rash can also develop, which usually starts on the face before spreading to other parts of the body. It eventually forms a scab which falls off.\n\nThe UKHSA says monkeypox does not spread easily and most patients recover within a few weeks, but it can cause severe illness in some people.\n\nFollow BBC London on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hellobbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The restoration of Parliament will cost billions\n\nThe government has vetoed a proposal for the House of Lords to temporarily relocate to a building opposite Parliament - and told peers to move outside London instead.\n\nThe House of Lords could be forced to leave Parliament while extensive restoration works are carried out.\n\nPeers wanted to use the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in Westminster - minutes away from Parliament.\n\nBut Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove has said he will not support the plans.\n\nHis department owns the freehold and the body which runs the QEII Centre - a large conference and exhibition space with views of Big Ben and Westminster Abbey.\n\nIn a letter seen by the BBC, Mr Gove said he \"cannot endorse\" a plan for peers to \"decamp to a temporary home a mere 200 yards from the Palace of Westminster\".\n\nMr Gove suggested they looked at alternative buildings in the North of England, the Midlands, the South West, Scotland or Wales.\n\nBut crossbench peer Baroness Hayman called his plans \"bonkerooney\", claiming it was \"punishment\" from the government for recent rebellions against its legislation when it came to the Lords.\n\nCities across the UK would welcome the peers, says Michael Gove\n\nThe restoration of Parliament will cost billions - but the price will go up considerably if MPs or peers stay put in the building.\n\nEarlier this year, a report said the restoration could take up to 76 years if MPs were not moved, with the price tag for repairs reaching £22bn.\n\nThe project's sponsor body and delivery authority said the cheapest option would involve a \"full decant\" of the palace for between 12 and 20 years, leading to the work costing between £7bn and £13bn.\n\nThis method would cut the restoration time to between 19 and 28 years.\n\nThe Lords had begun working on plans for a relocation to the QEII.\n\nBut Mr Gove told the Lord Speaker Lord McFall: \"It is clear to me that the House of Lords moving elsewhere, even for a temporary period, would be widely welcomed.\n\n\"I know cities and towns across the UK would be pleased to extend their hospitality to peers,\" he added.\n\nAny plan will be subject to a final vote by Parliament.\n\nThe idea of moving the Upper Chamber out of London first emerged in January 2020.\n\nDowning Street said it would demonstrate its commitment to levelling up to spread decision-making outside London.\n\nYork was considered as an option - but several leading peers said it was impractical to separate the Lords from the Commons.\n\nThe then Lord Speaker, Lord Fowler, said it was \"gesture politics\" while Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle said the idea was \"great PR\" but questioned how it would work.\n\nBy the summer of that year, the relocation of peers to York was effectively axed.\n\nAfter the letter was published, Baroness Hayman told BBC Radio 4's The World This Weekend that Mr Gove's plan was \"worse than\" tokenism and not a \"sensible or grown-up way to address\" the problem.\n\nShe added: \"I think it's more that the government is very grumpy with the House of Lords at the moment because we did a job during the last session and we actually challenged and made the government think again on important legislation.\n\n\"A government that has a big majority in the House of Commons always thinks that because it's easy there it should be easy everywhere. So I think they are really quite angry with the House of Lords at the moment and therefore, kick them out, it's punishment.\"", "After all the hype, this year's Eurovision Song Contest didn't disappoint, with some eclectic performances and costumes to match. Here's some of the most memorable from the final.\n\nUkraine were the favourites to win, and they did. But no-one could begrudge them their victory, which was helped by a huge boost from the public vote, beating the UK's Sam Ryder into second place.\n\nSam Ryder made the UK proud, having led the vote for the majority of the evening. The set design was pretty spectacular - not to mention his celestial jumpsuit.\n\nMika's Grace Kelly was a tune, let's be honest. It was a bit of a blast from the past, seeing him co-host and perform a medley of his hits in Turin surrounded by dancers while elevated on a podium.\n\nMoldova's folk punk band Zdob şi Zdub, also known as ZSZ, saved the day - after a slew of ballads mid-show, they lifted the mood with a classic bonkers upbeat Eurovision track.\n\nSheldon Riley represented Australia this year with his song Not The Same, coming 15th. He wore a mask for much of his performance, only revealing his face right at the end as he belted out the final note.\n\nSpain's Chanel put in a very energetic - and gymnastic - performance, singing SloMo. She came third behind Sam Ryder, with just seven points fewer.\n\nNorway's Subwoofer garnered a lot of publicity in the run up to the big night thanks to their wolf head yellow masks hiding their identity. Their song - Give That Wolf A Banana - ended up in 10th position.\n\nWhat's the secret of Meghan Markle's healthy hair, I hear you ask? Well after tonight, you may wonder no more. According to Serbia's eccentric entry, Konstrakta, it's because it's so hydrated. There was a lot of hand washing on stage as well. The song has been interpreted by some as a critique of Serbia's public healthcare system. We may never know.\n\nRomania's WRS performed Llámame - the outfits were certainly eyebrow-raising, with cut-out side panels, crop tops and skin-tight PVC trousers.\n\nAnd we leave you with Sam Ryder flying the flag across the stage as the UK - at last - ends the night on a high. What a relief.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Kalush Orchestra were given special permission to leave Ukraine while the war continues.\n\nUkraine's Kalush Orchestra are through to the final of the Eurovision Song Contest, cementing their position as favourites to win the competition.\n\nThe folk-rap band jumped to their feet, waving the Ukrainian flag as it was announced they had qualified from the first semi-final in Turin.\n\nEarlier, they gave an energetic performance of their song Stefania.\n\n\"Thank you for supporting Ukraine,\" said founder member Oleh Psiuk as they finished their performance.\n\nThe audience at the Pala Alpitour responded with a mixture of joy and emotion. Deafening applause was accompanied by genuine tears.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Ukrainian fans celebrate in Turin as the Kalush Orchestra qualify for Eurovision final\n\nSupport for the band has swelled since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC before the semi-final, Psiuk said a victory would send a message of support to the country's besieged citizens, and the estimated 12 million people who have fled the country.\n\n\"For our country it is so important to have victories in all ways,\" he said. \"So if we win, it will be another opportunity to show Ukraine to the world, to remind people about Ukraine, and to increase morale in the whole country.\"\n\nBut the band were at pains to point out that their success isn't just an expression of solidarity.\n\n\"Even before the war, we were in fifth position according to bookmakers,\" they said in a press conference last week, \"which means this Ukrainian song is already enjoyed by Europeans.\"\n\nTheir song, Stefania, was written in tribute to Psiuk's mother, but emotive lyrics like \"I will always walk to you by broken roads\" have been re-interpreted as a rallying cry.\n\nSpeaking after the semi-final, Psiuk thanked everyone who voted and said Lakush Orchestra were \"totally focused\" on the final, \"because we are here to show that Ukrainian culture is alive\".\n\nRussia, meanwhile, has been banned from competing in this year's contest, with organisers saying the country's participation could \"bring the competition into disrepute\".\n\nSibling trio Systur qualified for the final for Iceland\n\nTuesday's semi-final allowed 10 acts to progress to Saturday's final. They were (in no particular order):\n\nThat meant popular songs like Latvia's \"vegetarian anthem\" Eat Your Salad and Austria's EDM banger Halo failed to make the cut. The other countries whose journey ended on Tuesday were Albania, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Croatia and Denmark.\n\nTen more acts will progress to the main competition after Thursday's second semi-final. The \"Big Five\" countries, who contribute the most financially to the competition (France, Germany, Spain, the UK and Italy) qualify automatically.\n\nRonela Hajati had been expected to progress to the final, but Eurovision watchers say acts that perform earlier in the show are often at a disadvantage\n\nThe first semi-final opened with a set-piece song and dance number called The Sound of Beauty which incorporated elements of Puccini's Nessun Dorma and last year's winning song Zitti E Buoni, by Italian rock band Måneskin.\n\nBut the competition kicked off in earnest with Ronela Hajati - Albania's answer to Madonna, whose song Sekret was about a romantic tryst with a boy \"who came from the mountains\".\n\nHer high-octane routine, full of hair whipping and shirtless male dancers, was a suitably bombastic opening, but failed to attract enough votes to progress.\n\nThe same fate befell Latvia's technicolour whirlwind Citi Zēni, whose song attempted to convince viewers that \"being green is sexy\".\n\nBBC Three hosts Scott Mills and Rylan Clark were forced to apologise for the band, after fans in the arena shouted out swear words that had been censored from the song during their performance.\n\nCiti Zēni's failure to qualify suggested fans had grown tired of novelty... until Norway secured a place in the final\n\nMaro's delicate song of grief proved popular, with a simple but effective staging\n\nPortugal's Maro, who brought a delicate intimacy to the competition with her touching ballad Saudade, Saudade, which is dedicated to her late grandfather.\n\nThe chorus of the song featured a mournful, meditative repetition of the word \"saudade\" - which doesn't have a direct translation in English, but which the singer says represents \"the desire to have someone back when you know you can't\".\n\nVoters were obviously in the mood for a ballad, with the similarly chilled-out Icelandic folk act Systur, unexpectedly gaining a place in the final.\n\nThe band, whose song Með Hækkandi Sól translates as \"with the rising sun\", is formed of three sisters Sigríður, Elísabet and Elín Eyþórsdóttir, making them the Haim of Eurovision 2022.\n\n\"We're a small nation, we get lost in Europe, so it means the world to us,\" said Sigríður in a press conference after the semi-final.\n\n\"We were just focusing on the message of the song, and we wanted to bring hope to people that are going through hard times, like Ukraine, and all of us that have been struggling through Covid.\"\n\nBut perhaps the best reaction in the arena went to Norway's Subwoolfer - a group formed \"4.5 billion years ago on the moon\", whose brilliantly deranged Give That Wolf A Banana brought a much-needed dose of Eurovision madness.\n\nThe band, who are rumoured to include Ben Adams from the British boyband A1, hide their identities behind giant yellow wolf masks.\n\nEqually in keeping with Eurovision's comical side were Moldovan act Zdob și Zdub and Advahov Brothers, whose song Trenulețul is about the rail link between the Moldovan capital, Chișinău, and Bucharest in Romania. (No, really.)\n\nThe folk-punk curio was another surprise qualifier for Saturday's final, although it's worth bearing in mind that Zdob și Zdub have prior form at Eurovision, coming sixth in 2005 and 12th in 2011.\n\nThe UK's Sam Ryder will make his debut during Thursday's second semi-final... although he is guaranteed his place in the final.\n\nThe TikTok star has risen to become second favourite to win the competition after a series of impressive rehearsals in Turin, but almost any position would be an improvement on the last two contests, where the UK came last.\n\nWatch the first Eurovision Semi-Final on BBC iPlayer, now.\n\nWatch the second Eurovision Semi-Final on BBC iPlayer.\n\nWatch the Eurovision Song Contest Final on BBC iPlayer and BBC One, at 20:00 BST on Saturday 14 May.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Ukrainians are celebrating winning this year's Eurovision amid the Russian invasion\n\n\"When they said that we had won, I shouted at the whole apartment,\" said Ivanna Khvalyboga, who was forced to flee Ukraine following the invasion.\n\nSpeaking from Poland, she told the BBC the win meant \"incredible happiness for Ukraine and Ukrainian people\".\n\nKalush Orchestra won the competition, beating the UK and Spain to clinch the top spot.\n\nThe group had been predicted to take the title as support rose following Russia's invasion.\n\nUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky congratulated Kalush Orchestra and said Ukraine's courage \"impresses the world\".\n\nIn a post on Instagram, he vowed one day to host Eurovision in a \"free, peaceful and rebuilt\" Mariupol, referencing the port city that is mostly under Russian control.\n\nKalush Orchestra talked about Mariupol and the Azovstal steelworks at the end of their performance, a move praised by people online.\n\n\"I'm sure many people will search the internet for information about Mariupol and Azovstal and it's great,\" one person wrote on the messaging service Telegram. \"We need attention, a lot of attention.\"\n\nUkrainians had been on tenterhooks throughout the ceremony\n\nYura Solodzhuk, the administrator of a Ukrainian Eurovision fan page, who was forced to flee his country, told the BBC he was shocked at the win but said it would \"help attract the world's attention again\".\n\n\"It's important to remind the world about us again and again, that Ukrainian music and culture exists,\" he said.\n\nThe group's song Stefania was written as a tribute to lead singer Oleh Psiuk's mother, but its emotive lyrics have been interpreted as a rallying cry and tribute to the nation.\n\n\"Stefania is heard every day on the front line of our fighters as a call for freedom,\" Ann Fedirko told the BBC from Ukraine. \"Every soldier remembers his mother, who prays for him at night and he has to win a free life for her.\"\n\n\"This song is like our blood, which is now on the lips of every Ukrainian,\" she added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ukraine stormed into the lead following huge public support\n\nCelebrations are mainly muted with people unable to celebrate in public places due to curfews in place across the country. Many people watched the contest from home.\n\nIn one flat in Kyiv where seven friends gathered for their annual Eurovision watch party, emotions ran high.\n\nAfter a nail-biting wait for results, the friends rejoiced and hugged while waving Ukrainian flags and spraying a bottle of prosecco.\n\n\"It is something that unites us with the whole Europe,\" said Denys. \"For us it is very important to be a part of this. Especially this year.\"\n\nNo parties in a bar or a club are possible in Ukraine because of a curfew that's been in place since the Russian invasion in February. So the group of friends are staying locked in together until the early hours.\n\nOne group of friends celebrated Ukraine's victory whilst under curfew in Kyiv\n\n\"I feel happy, there was so much tension!\" Alina, who is hosting the party, said. Her message to the viewers who chose Ukraine as the winner? \"You voted for peace, for freedom and future.\"\n\n\"In Ukraine we have war and some say it's not a time to have fun,\" her friend Natalia explained. \"But we need to have fun, we need to live and have understanding and feeling of life.\"\n\n\"Now we see support of the whole world and it feels great.\"\n\nNow Ukraine have won, there will need to be a discussion about where next year's Eurovision event could be hosted.\n\nThe winner usually hosts the show the following year, but depending on the situation in Ukraine, the European Broadcasting Union will have to come to a decision as to where it could be held.\n\nBut for now, Ukrainians are focused on what it feels like to be victorious and what it could symbolise for the future.\n\nAs refugee Ivanna Khvalyboga, who is currently in Poland, put it: \"We have won Eurovision, we will win the war with Russia!\"\n\nAdditional reporting by Hanna Chornous and Siobhan Leahy in Kyiv", "Last updated on .From the section Scottish Premiership\n\nCeltic celebrated receiving the Scottish Premiership trophy by ending their season with a scintillating six-goal victory against Motherwell.\n\nAfter 20 minutes of probing the away defence, Kyogo Furuhashi fired in the opener before guiding in a fine finish on the volley either side of David Turnbull's drilled effort.\n\nJota slotted in a fourth, with Giorgos Giakoumakis' brace from the bench sealing an emphatic final-day win, ensuring Celtic end the league campaign with a 32-game unbeaten streak.\n\nAnge Postecoglou's men last tasted Premiership defeat at Livingston in September.\n\n\"We wanted to finish off in the best way,\" the Celtic manager told BBC Scotland. \"I couldn't have scripted it better. The back half of this season has been unbelievable with the relentlessness of the boys.\n\n\"We get a lot of rewards for what we do, there are a lot of pressures, but this is the special bit. The nature of this football club, I want to come back better and be successful again. It never stops, but I love it.\"\n\nThe loss drops Motherwell, who secured European football with victory over Hearts on Wednesday, to fifth after Dundee United came from behind to win at Ross County.\n\nThat means Graham Alexander's side will enter the Europa Conference League at the second round of qualifying, while Celtic will start their European campaign next term in the Champions League group stage.\n\nEven with the league done and dusted, Postecoglou called for his players to put on a show worthy of their champion status, and his side looked to crank up the party atmosphere early against a packed Motherwell defence.\n\nFor the first 20 minutes, the visiting backline dug deep and dealt with everything thrown their way as the hosts probed relentlessly.\n\nBut after Victor Nirennold - making his first start for the away side - made a mess of clearing a corner, the ball was picked up by Kyogo, who rifled low past Liam Kelly at his near post to break the deadlock.\n\nTom Rogic, making his final Celtic appearance, was treated to a standing ovation on the 18th minute by the home crowd, and the Australian almost had them on their feet again moments later when he struck the right-hand post.\n\nIt was instead fellow midfielder Turnbull who doubled the advantage when he sold his marker a dummy before charging into the box to drill into the bottom-left corner against his former club.\n\nAnd four minutes later it was three when Anthony Ralston's inch-perfect ball over Jake Carroll was met by Kyogo, who guided in a delightful finish across Kelly on the volley.\n\nMotherwell were camped in their half for the most part but did come close in the first half through Bevis Mugabi, Callum Slattery and Dean Cornelius.\n\nAside from that, it was their defence who were doing all the work as Jota buried a fourth after Daizen Maeda's heavy touch found the winger, who appeared to be half a yard offside.\n\nThere was a break in Celtic's unforgiving attacking play when Rogic's substitution on the hour left the Australian overwhelmed with emotion as he left the pitch.\n\nSubstitute Nir Bitton, also playing his last game for the club, was just as inconsolable when entering the field for the last time.\n\nWhen play resumed, Postecoglou's free-flowing side looked to add to their tally, with Giakoumakis adding the fifth and sixth.\n\nThe Greek striker, whose two goals look set to see him finish as the league's joint-top scorer, was allowed to finish acrobatically all too easily, before bundling in to complete a double in injury time, sealing a dazzling season-ending victory.\n\nWhat did we learn?\n\nWhat now for Celtic, then? Wheels seem to be in motion in terms of the club's summer business, as long-serving Rogic and Bitton make way after decorated spells.\n\nWith the lucrative finances the Champions League will bring, securing the permanent services of Benfica loanee Jota and Tottenham Hotspur's Cameron Carter-Vickers must become a priority.\n\nThroughout Postecoglou's career, his second seasons have brought his greatest successes. With what the Australian has achieved after a huge rebuild, and without his own staff, it will be intriguing to see how much Celtic can progress next term.\n\nSo with just three wins in 2022, Motherwell end the season in fifth and have European football to look forward to.\n\nIt has been a strange old season, but will anyone in their dressing room, or in the stands at Fir Park, care how they achieved it with a trip abroad to look forward to? Probably not.\n\nBut without trying to tinge a successful season with pessimism, Alexander must ensure their 2022 form doesn't creep into next campaign.\n\nWhat did they say?\n\nCeltic midfielder Tom Rogic: \"I couldn't contain my emotion, it was hard. It's a special club, it's been an enormous part of my life.\n\n\"I came here when I was 20, now 29 I've experienced so many memories in that time. [This title win] is right up there. Off the back of last season, it's enormous. It's a special season to go out on.\"\n\nMotherwell manager Graham Alexander: \"I thought we made a good start, but conceding the [first] goal from a set piece is really disappointing.\n\n\"Celtic showed why they're champions, they're a brilliant team and their manager has done a fantastic job. It wasn't about today, though, what we've achieved this season is something to be proud of.\"\n• None Goal! Celtic 6, Motherwell 0. Giorgos Giakoumakis (Celtic) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Daizen Maeda with a headed pass.\n• None Jota (Celtic) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt blocked. James McCarthy (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.\n• None Ricki Lamie (Motherwell) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nLiverpool boss Jurgen Klopp said he \"could not be prouder\" of his quadruple-chasing side after they beat Chelsea on penalties to win the FA Cup.\n\nThe Reds replicated their shootout win over Chelsea in the Carabao Cup final by triumphing 6-5 on spot-kicks after a goalless 90 minutes and extra time.\n\n\"I couldn't be more proud of my boys, the shift they put in, how hard they fought,\" Klopp told BBC Sport.\n\n\"It was an incredible game, a nerve-wracking shootout, my nails are gone.\"\n• None Follow reaction and relive the FA Cup final as it happened\n• None Player Rater: Who was your FA Cup final star man?\n• None Watch all of the latest FA Cup highlights and reaction here\n\nKlopp, 54, became the first German manager ever to lift the FA Cup after edging out compatriot Thomas Tuchel in a Wembley final for the second time in less than three months.\n\nAs in February's final, the shootout went to sudden death with Alisson's save from Mason Mount handing Liverpool the advantage before Konstantinos Tsimikas slotted home the winning penalty.\n\n\"It was intense - Chelsea would have deserved it exactly the same way we did, just like in the Carabao Cup - that's how small the margins are,\" added Klopp.\n\n\"Chelsea played outstanding but in the end there must be one winner and that was us today.\"\n\nThe dramatic win kept alive Liverpool's slim quadruple hopes - although the Premier League title may well elude them - with two games left, they trail leaders Manchester City by three points and have a goal difference that is inferior by seven.\n\n\"The quadruple thing is absolutely outstanding that we can talk about it. It's crazy,\" added Klopp. \"It's out of this world - this was game number 60 in an intense season.\"\n\nKlopp has famously christened his side \"mentality monsters\" for the way they have responded to setbacks as they chase glory on four fronts this season.\n\nBut the Reds boss said Tuchel's Chelsea also merited that moniker after playing their part in another absorbing encounter between the two clubs.\n\nThe sides traded gilt-edged chances during a rollercoaster period of normal time and each struck the woodwork - Luis Diaz and Andy Robertson for Liverpool and Marcos Alonso for Chelsea.\n\n\"I really feel for Chelsea - for the second time, 120 minutes and you get nothing, that's too hard. But for us I'm pretty happy,\" added Klopp.\n\n\"We are mentality monsters but there were mentality monsters in blue as well - it was one penalty that was the difference.\"\n\nWhile Klopp was full of praise for the beaten finalists, BBC Sport pundits marvelled at his Reds side after they secured the second trophy in their quadruple quest.\n\n\"What a team Klopp has put together,\" former England striker Alan Shearer told BBC One. \"To have two trophies already and the way they have done it - that takes belief, incredible.\"\n\nIt was the fourth time this season the sides could not be separated in 90 minutes although Liverpool again prevailed on penalties to claim their eighth FA Cup, equalling Chelsea's tally in the process.\n\nEx-Tottenham midfielder Jermaine Jenas added: \"They were pushed all the way. They were tested. The questions were asked and they've come out on top again.\"\n\nSalah injury could be 'big blow' to Reds' ambitions\n\nVictory might well have come at a cost for Liverpool, however, with Klopp forced to withdraw top scorer Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Robertson at various stages during the final.\n\nVan Dijk failed to re-emerge for extra time, although Klopp later claimed the defender suffered a \"hurt muscle\" but was \"fine\" while Robertson's issues appeared to be cramp-related.\n\nMost concerning, though, was the sight of a disconsolate Salah trudging off in the first half, with the Premier League title race approaching its conclusion and just a fortnight before the Champions League final with Real Madrid.\n\n\"It was a big blow with Mo going off,\" Reds captain Jordan Henderson told BBC Sport.\n\n\"But that's what we're all about. The attitude to dig deep and to win it on penalties is incredible.\n\n\"We're here to lift trophies, we work so hard all season. It's a big moment for us, we haven't come this far, [and been] in this final, for some time, so to win it was special.\n\n\"It's incredible some of the talent we have got and the personalities in the dressing room. You put that together and you win trophies.\"\n\nWhile the destiny of the Premier League title remains firmly in Manchester City's hands, Liverpool will hope to at least repeat their 2001 feat of two domestic cups and a European trophy.\n\n\"We've won two so far this season - we have three big games left and hopefully we can win all three and finish the season on a high,\" Henderson added.", "The woman was found dead after officers and paramedics were called to Cheyne Walk, the Met said\n\nA woman and her three dogs have died after being hit by a car in London.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said officers and paramedics were called to Cheyne Walk in Chelsea at about 06:20 BST.\n\nA 41-year-old woman was found dead at the scene and three golden retrievers \"died as a result of injuries suffered in the collision\", the force said.\n\nA 26-year-old man who was driving an Audi involved in the incident has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.\n\nA crime scene has been put in place and police advised motorists to avoid the area.\n\nThe force has appealed for anyone with information or dashcam footage to contact officers.\n\nFollow BBC London on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hellobbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Putin's warnings to Finland and Sweden not to join Nato have gone unheeded. His invasion of Ukraine has triggered something he does not want: further enlargement of Nato right up to Russia’s borders. So how could he respond?\n\nFor now, President Putin has his hands full in Ukraine so he is unlikely to make any sudden moves in Finland or Sweden’s direction. Russian troops close to the 800-mile(1300km) border with Finland have been redeployed south.\n\nIn time though, he is likely to move both troops and missiles nearer to Finland’s border and mount aggressive air and naval patrols\n\nCyber-attacks and cyber-espionage have been going on for some time, aimed at most European states.\n\nThese can now be expected to be directed specifically at Finland and Sweden if they join Nato, accompanied by the usual official denials of culpability.\n\nPutin likes to play a long game and he may well decide that these two Nordic countries’ historic neutrality means any decision to join Nato can be reversed.\n\nIn time, he may opt to try to shape public opinion against Nato with the help of online bots and fake accounts.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: Hiral Varsani says she was traumatised by her treatment during the birth of her first child\n\nBlack and Asian women are being harmed by racial discrimination in maternity care, according to an inquiry.\n\nThe year-long investigation into \"racial injustice\" was conducted by the charity Birthrights.\n\nWomen reported feeling unsafe, being denied pain relief, facing racial stereotyping about their pain tolerance, and microaggressions.\n\nThe government has set up a taskforce to tackle racial disparities in maternity care.\n\nHiral Varsani says she was traumatised by her treatment during the birth of her first child.\n\nThe 31-year-old from north London developed sepsis - a potentially life-threatening reaction to an infection - after her labour was induced, which she says was only spotted after a long delay.\n\n\"I was shivering, my whole body was aching, my heart was beating really fast and I felt terrible. But everyone kept saying everything was normal,\" she says.\n\n\"It was almost 24 hours later before a doctor took my bloods for the first time and realised I was seriously ill.\"\n\nHiral had an emergency C-section and her daughter was taken into intensive care after also contracting sepsis.\n\nShe believes her race played a role in her care: \"I experienced microaggressions and was stereotyped because of the colour of my skin.\n\n\"The staff would say 'hello princess', and while I was having contractions in a corridor a midwife walked past and said, 'Oh, you're definitely going to need an epidural'. I had never even met her before.\n\n\"I was repeatedly ignored, they just thought I was a weak little Indian girl, who was unable to take pain.\"\n\nWhile death in pregnancy or childbirth is very rare in the UK, there are stark racial disparities in maternal mortality rates.\n\nBlack women are more than four times more likely to die in pregnancy or childbirth than white women in the UK, while women from Asian backgrounds face almost twice the risk.\n\nTinu Alikor was terrified she would become one of those statistics when she gave birth to her daughter 14 months ago.\n\nTinu Alikor feared she might die while pregnant with her daughter\n\nThe mother-of-three from Kent says she was \"mistreated and unheard\" during her maternity care each time, but says her most recent experience was perhaps the worst.\n\nDuring Tinu's second trimester, she had heavy, unexplained bleeding, and said she begged for an examination.\n\n\"The blood was getting worse, I was scared, I thought I was losing my baby. I've have had two miscarriages before.\n\n\"The doctors refused to examine me and just said I had a UTI. I was told I still had four days till the end of my antibiotics course, and I remember saying, 'four days to what - till I bleed to death'?\"\n\nWhen Tinu was eventually examined, she was immediately taken to hospital because of a serious bleed coming from her bladder, and she needed several blood transfusions.\n\n\"If I had not have been hospitalised, I don't think I'd be sitting here right now. And I don't think my daughter would be. I've met some amazing midwives and doctors but I think all my experiences in my pregnancies and labour have been tainted by my race.\n\n\"With all three of my labours, I wasn't given any pain relief. I had to beg for it during my first two births, and even then, I was only ever given gas and air.\n\n\"Racial stereotyping has got a lot to do with it. There is an assumption that black women have a higher pain tolerance. I don't know where this comes from. It doesn't hurt any less because I'm black.\"\n\nThe Birthrights investigation - supported by the law firm Leigh Day - found common themes across the testimony it heard. These included:\n\nMelissa Brown, a midwife and officer for Birthrights, said maternity services were facing immense challenges.\n\n\"We did hear positive examples of maternity care, but there is racism and racial discrimination at a structural and individual level which is putting black, brown and mixed ethnicity women at harm. There are many complex reasons for poorer health outcomes for ethnic minorities, and racism and discrimination is definitely playing a role.\"\n\nThe Birthrights report - which will be sent to MPs - highlights the need for urgent action, including training for health care professionals which highlights diversity.\n\nA Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said the Maternity Disparities Taskforce would \"level up maternity care for all women\".\n\n\"It will address factors linked to unacceptable disparities in quality of care, experiences and outcomes.\"", "The Ukrainian government says it will not agree a ceasefire deal with Russia that involves giving up territory.\n\nThe apparent hardening of Ukraine's position comes a day after President Volodymyr Zelensky said the war could be resolved only through diplomacy.\n\nPresidential adviser Mykhaylo Podolyak said concessions would lead to an even larger and bloodier Russian offensive.\n\nHis comments come as Russia continues attempts to encircle Ukrainian forces defending Severodonetsk in the east.\n\nIn another development, Polish President Andrzej Duda has become the first foreign leader to address the parliament in Kyiv in person.\n\nHe received a standing ovation as he declared that only Ukrainians themselves could decide their future.\n\nHe added that Poland would do everything it could to help Ukraine join the EU.\n\nHowever, France's Europe Minister, Clément Beaune, said in a radio interview on Sunday that it would probably take \"15 or 20 years\" for Ukraine to be accepted as an EU member.\n\nAs fighting continued, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said in its daily update that Russian forces were trying to break through Ukrainian defences to reach the administrative borders of the country's easternmost Luhansk region.\n\nLuhansk regional governor, Serhiy Haidai, said Russia had attempted to break into Severodonetsk from four separate directions.\n\nWriting on the Telegram messaging app, he said the attempts had been unsuccessful, but shelling of residential areas was continuing.\n\nHe added that a bridge connecting the city to nearby Lysychansk had been destroyed.\n\nIt was not possible for the BBC to verify the claims independently.\n\nThere have been calls in some Western nations for a ceasefire that could involve Russian forces remaining in some of the territory they have occupied in the south and east of Ukraine since Moscow invaded the country on 24 February.\n\nMost recently, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi told his country's Senate on Thursday that a ceasefire \"must be achieved as soon as possible\".\n\nBut Mr Podolyak said that any such moves would backfire.\n\n\"The war will not stop. It will just be put on pause for some time,\" he said. \"They'll start a new offensive, even more bloody and large-scale.\"\n\nThe BBC's Joe Inwood in Kyiv says there is currently no middle ground between what the Russians want and what the Ukrainians would accept.\n\nOur correspondent says that while both sides feel they have a fighting chance, negotiations are unlikely.", "To Ukrainians it was clear from the very start of Russia's invasion that this was no \"special operation\" to liberate the Donbas region, as Vladimir Putin had declared. It was all-out war.\n\nBut in Russia it's a crime to call it that.\n\nDozens of people have already been prosecuted under the \"fake news\" law, as it's known. They face up to 15 years behind bars for challenging the official line on Russia's invasion or criticising the military.\n\nIt's a dramatic increase in censorship in Russia, where Vladimir Putin has spent his two decades in power removing opponents, stifling free speech and silencing the independent media: a dismantling of democracy that is having devastating consequences here in Ukraine.\n\nVladimir Kara-Murza tried to warn of the danger.\n\nThe whole world now sees what the Putin regime is doing to Ukraine\n\nIn a speech in the US in March, the Russian opposition activist lambasted Western leaders for seeking constant \"resets\" in relations with Mr Putin, allowing their countries to act as havens for tainted money and looking the other way even as Russia became ever less free.\n\n\"The whole world now sees what the Putin regime is doing to Ukraine,\" Mr Kara-Murza told the Arizona House of Representatives, a fortnight into the war. \"The bombing of maternity wards and hospitals and schools. The war crimes. These are war crimes.\"\n\nBut in Russia uttering such words is also a crime now.\n\nA month after his speech, Mr Kara-Murza was picked up by police in Moscow and later charged with \"spreading false information\" about Russia's military. He's still in custody. The law he is accused of breaking was passed in March, soon after the invasion.\n\nAnd yet Ukrainian prosecutors have already registered more than 11,000 alleged war crimes. A Russian soldier has admitted in court to shooting a civilian. And the BBC has gathered its own evidence, including CCTV footage of the shooting of two civilians by Russian forces.\n\nThose returning to salvage what they can from the wreckage of Andriivka have more, powerful testimony.\n\nWhen Russia invaded Ukraine, many families fled Kyiv for nearby villages like this, thinking they would be safer away from the capital. Instead they spent weeks cowering in cold cellars as occupying soldiers drove tanks into their yards and dug trenches in their vegetable plots.\n\nAfter the Russians withdrew, in April, the village elder says the bodies of 13 residents were found here.\n\n\"They had their hands tied behind their backs and had been shot in the head,\" says Anatoliy Kibukevych. He then names every one of the victims.\n\nThe main road - the route taken by Russian tanks ordered to seize Kyiv - is lined with the rubble of homes: heaps of singed bricks with metal bedframes or pots and pans oddly marooned in the middle of them. Painted pleas that read \"Children!\" or \"People!\" on garden gates have been pierced by shrapnel.\n\nPainted pleas in Andriivka: \"People live here\" (left) and \"People live here - kids\"\n\n\"Truth is the regime's main enemy,\" says Evgenia Kara-Murza, Vladimir's wife, from Washington DC, where she lives for safety reasons. \"That's why I believe this regime is using this law to crush all dissent in Russia and to scare people into silence,\"\n\n\"I'm sure Vladimir realised the risks were high. They have never been low for him,\" she says, with a reminder that her activist husband was poisoned twice in the past and nearly died.\n\nBut he kept returning to Russia and speaking out.\n\n\"He believes there comes a moment where you can't be afraid anymore and need to show to other people that they shouldn't be either.\"\n\nWhen the war in Ukraine started, Lilia Yapparova felt compelled to cover it.\n\n\"I couldn't sleep, because people started to die… and I needed to be there,\" she told me in Kyiv, where for a while she was the only Russian reporter on the ground in Ukrainian-controlled areas.\n\nThere are only three even now - all women from independent media outlets. It's a tiny contingent compared with the Russian state TV correspondents who stride through eastern Ukraine in military clothing, \"Z\" patches on their arms in support of Russian soldiers, talking about \"denazification\" and the \"liberation\" of cities like Mariupol.\n\nMs Yapparova wanted to at least dent that solid wall of propaganda.\n\nI can't hide facts, but am I going to jail for that?\n\n\"The only thing that matters for me right now is for the war to stop and for people from Russia to see what's really going on,\" she says.\n\nBut that's a battle of its own, on top of the danger of working on Ukraine's frontlines.\n\nMeduza, the news site Ms Yapparova writes for, has been banned in Russia, like almost all independent outlets. Journalists and media have been labelled as \"foreign agents\" while Facebook and other social media are blocked.\n\nMeanwhile, state TV channels have all switched to wall-to-wall coverage of Russia's \"special operation\".\n\n\"For now we lost the war with propaganda,\" Ms Yapparova concedes, describing how even people she knows personally are absorbing the official line. She feels a sense of responsibility for that, although the odds were stacked impossibly against her.\n\nAnd now she knows that every word she writes from Ukraine - true stories about the shooting of civilians, mass graves, terrible destruction - is putting her at risk of prosecution for \"fake news\".\n\n\"I am ready for that. I am not covering my eyes. I see the law for what it is,\" the journalist says. \"But I couldn't allow myself not to be here.\"\n\nIt doesn't stop her worrying, though.\n\n\"Constantly. It hurts sometimes to write because I can't hide facts, but am I going to jail for that? Anything can happen.\"\n\nFor Michael Nacke the danger is already real.\n\nThe young journalist left Russia before the war, escaping an environment that became increasingly repressive.\n\nHe is now a wanted man for telling the truth.\n\n\"I used the word 'war' instead of 'special operation',\" he says of his \"crime\" as set-out by Russian investigators in a 91-page statement. \"It doesn't matter which law they use against you, it's just to make you shut up.\"\n\nThe prosecution is based on an episode on his YouTube channel in which he discusses how Russian tanks fired on a nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia. The incident was widely condemned, including at an emergency session of the UN Security Council. But Moscow claims Ukrainian forces set the fire themselves so in Russia that makes reporting anything else illegal.\n\n\"The one thing that I understand after this is that the work I do really matters,\" Mr Nacke says of the criminal case against him. \"I used to ask myself: 'Is my work effective to stop the war?' Now I see that it makes sense.\"\n\nThe risks and consequences of this war are far more severe for Ukrainians, as every shattered inch of Andriivka shows.\n\n\"We've been through so much. Fear and horror,\" Alina Petrovna tells me, as her son nails tarpaulin over the holes left in their roof by the shockwaves of heavy shelling. The elderly lady lived in the family vegetable cellar for 29 days after Russian troops took over her village. She was terrified.\n\nA team from the UN interviewing residents of Andriivka as they collect testimony of alleged war crimes\n\nThere are bullet holes in the front door where soldiers shot their way through to loot from them. The only thing they left untouched were her icons.\n\n\"Let the Russian people come and see what they did to us!\" Her eyes fill with angry tears. \"Fear and horror,\" she repeats.\n\nBut most in Russia will never even hear about such suffering. Because Vladimir Putin has not only launched a war on Russia's neighbour, he has declared a war on truth.\n\nWatch Sofya's Story, how a Russian anti-war protester fled the country to escape persecution.", "Israel, Switzerland and Austria are the latest countries to confirm cases of monkeypox, bringing the total number of nations reporting outbreaks to 15.\n\nIsrael and Switzerland both said they identified one infected person who had recently travelled abroad. Israel is investigating other suspected cases.\n\nMonkeypox does not tend to spread easily between people and the illness is usually mild.\n\nThe virus is most common in remote parts of Central and West Africa.\n\nMore than 80 cases have been confirmed in the recent outbreak in Europe, the US, Canada and Australia.\n\nThis outbreak has taken scientists by surprise, but the risk to the wider public is said to be low. Most people who catch the virus recover within a few weeks, according to the UK's National Health Service.\n\nThe World Health Organization has said a number of other suspected cases are being investigated - without naming the countries involved - and warned that more infections are likely to be confirmed.\n\nAsked about the outbreak as he finished a visit to South Korea, US President Joe Biden said that if the virus were to spread more widely it would be \"consequential\", adding that \"it is something that everybody should be concerned about\".\n\nHe said the US was \"working hard\" on its response and what vaccines in might use.\n\nAfter the outbreak was first identified in the UK, the virus began to be detected across Europe - with public health agencies in Spain, Portugal, Germany, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Italy and Sweden all confirming cases.\n\nThe UK Health Security Agency has identified 20 cases so far and its chief medical adviser Dr Susan Hopkins told the BBC's Sunday Morning programme: \"We are detecting more cases on a daily basis.\"\n\nShe said the virus is now spreading in the community - with cases detected which have no contact with anyone who has visited West Africa, where the disease is endemic.\n\nBut the risk to the general population remains \"extremely low\", with cases so far mostly found in some urban areas and among gay or bisexual men, Dr Hopkins said.\n\nAlthough there is no specific vaccine for monkeypox, several countries have said they are stocking smallpox vaccines, which are about 85% effective in preventing infection because the two viruses are quite similar.\n\nIn a statement on Friday, the WHO said that the recent outbreaks were unusual in that they were occurring in countries where the disease was not endemic.\n\nIt is not yet clear why this unexpected outbreak is happening now.\n\nOne possibility is that the virus has changed in some way, although currently there is little evidence to suggest this is a new variant.\n\nAnother explanation is that the virus has found itself in the right place at the right time to thrive.\n\nMonkeypox may also spread more easily than it did in the past, when the smallpox vaccine was widely used.\n\nThe WHO's regional director for Europe, Hans Kluge, has warned that \"transmission could accelerate\" during the summer season, as people gather for festivals and parties.\n\nIn addition to the European cases, Australia has confirmed that one man who had travelled to the UK contracted the virus.\n\nIn North America, health authorities in the US state of Massachusetts said one man who recently travelled to Canada had tested positive for the virus.\n\nCanada's Public Health Agency said it had identified two cases in Quebec, but said it was not clear if the US traveller had been infected before or during his visit to Montreal.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson: I'm not attracted intrinsically to new taxes\n\nBoris Johnson says \"no option is off the table\" to tackle rising living costs as pressure grows to impose a windfall tax on oil and gas firms.\n\nThe policy, as proposed by opposition parties, would see a one-off levy on company profits, with proceeds used to support hard-hit households facing surging bills.\n\nThe prime minister said he was \"not attracted intrinsically to new taxes\".\n\nBut he said the government was \"going to put our arms round people\" to help.\n\nMr Johnson told reporters: \"There is more that we are going to do... you'll just have to wait a little bit longer.\"\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said part of the answer to tackling the cost of living was a windfall tax and it was \"staring the prime minister in the face\".\n\nHe said ministers needed to address the situation, adding: \"Every day they dither and delay, more people are struggling, really struggling, with their bills.\"\n\nEarlier, the chief secretary to the Treasury, Simon Clarke, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme he was not \"philosophically attracted\" to a windfall tax, but he could not rule it out.\n\nHe insisted the government would be pragmatic, and added that it was \"looking at the situation with real urgency and intent\".\n\nA windfall tax is a one-off tax imposed by a government on a company or group of companies - the idea being is to target firms that were lucky enough to benefit from something they were not responsible for - in other words, a windfall.\n\nLabour, the Liberal Democrats and the SNP have all called for a such a levy on oil and gas firms, which have seen record profits since the economy restarted after the pandemic.\n\nThe parties said the money could be used to support those worse affected by the rising cost of living, with bills for food, fuel and energy rocketing, and inflation hitting a 40-year high.\n\nThe government had initially rejected the idea, warning it could deter investment from energy companies into the UK.\n\nBut as costs continue to rise - and another energy price hike looms in the autumn - the language from Downing Street has softened, with both the prime minister and chancellor leaving the policy on the table.\n\nA number of Conservative backbenchers have also come out in favour of a windfall tax, increasing pressure on the government to act - with former Treasury minister Jesse Norman telling Today it was needed in these \"extraordinary times\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Keir Starmer: Government needs to \"get a grip\" and bring in a windfall tax\n\nAsked if a windfall tax went against Conservative values, Mr Johnson said: \"I don't like new taxes.\"\n\nHe added: \"No option is off the table, let's be absolutely clear about that.\n\n\"I'm not attracted, intrinsically, to new taxes.\n\n\"But as I have said throughout, we have got to do what we can - and we will - to look after people through the aftershocks of Covid, through the current pressures on energy prices that we are seeing post-Covid and with what's going on in Russia and we are going to put our arms round people, just as we did during the pandemic.\"\n\nThe PM pointed to support on offer already, including £9bn of funding targeted at energy bills, saying the government was providing a \"continuing stream of effort to shield people\".\n\nAfter that once in a century pandemic and the colossal economic intervention that followed, now the question is about this almighty economic crunch and what to do about it.\n\nWhat we are seeing in public - and it rages in private too - is philosophy and ideology smashing into reality. In other words Conservatives instinctively don't like windfall taxes appropriating the profits of a sector that has just happened to do very well.\n\nBut the energy companies have had a genuine windfall, and senior figures in government are pretty grumpy that in various meetings with the oil companies, they just don't seem to get it - they have raked in enormous profits and not really helped themselves, as someone put it to me last night.\n\nSo this U-turn looks increasingly likely, but there is some hesitation in grabbing the handbrake - there is a discussion on whether to do it, how to do it, when to do it and then what to do with the money that's raised.\n\nPlus there is a nervousness too that it is it not a panacea - that if it happened, people would be back at the government's door next week saying, 'what are you going to do next?'.\n\nThere is a battle going on internally between pain relief, as it is described - short-term fixes that can help people right now; and what is seen as surgery - boosting the economy for years to come, with an argument that if you spend a pound now, you can't spend that pound again on a new train line or power station later.\n\nThe government is also facing calls from a former Conservative Party leader to increase universal credit in line with inflation.\n\nSir Iain Duncan Smith told BBC Radio 4 that the biggest problem the country faced was a recession which would \"hit the poorest the hardest\".\n\nAnd he criticised the Treasury's \"group think\" for delaying the support that was needed.\n\nSenior Tory backbencher Bernard Jenkin went even further, calling for a £13.5bn package of support to ease the cost of living crisis - including reviving the £20 a week uplift to universal credit that was introduced in the pandemic.\n\nHe told BBC Essex on BBC Essex that he did not believe \"the Labour party or the Treasury yet get how serious this crisis is\".\n\nTreasury minister Mr Clarke said the government had already taken \"decisive action\" on universal credit by changing the taper rate - the amount lost by working claimants if they earn more money.\n\nBut he ruled out the return of the £20 uplift.", "Hundreds of people have been left stranded at Belfast International Airport after an Easyjet flight to Portugal was cancelled.\n\nFlights to Bristol and from Gatwick were also cancelled.\n\nOne passenger, who had been due to fly to Faro, said passengers have been given no information from the airline.\n\n\"We've heard nothing from no one, they just put up a sign saying flight cancelled,\" said Danielle McLaughlin, from Londonderry.\n\nShe added: \"There's no EasyJet representative in the actual airport and there's no flights out for tomorrow.\"\n\nIn a statement, Easyjet confirmed its flight to Faro was cancelled due to earlier delays which it said resulted in the \"crew reaching their maximum working hours\".\n\nIt apologised for the inconvenience and said customers could transfer to an alternative flight or receive a refund.", "Raheem underwent six hours of surgery to try and save his finger\n\nEquality campaigners have voiced outrage that a boy lost his finger after reportedly fleeing bullies.\n\nRaheem Bailey, 11, caught his finger climbing a fence to escape, and it could not be saved despite surgery.\n\nHis mother Shantal said her son, a pupil at Abertillery Learning Community in Blaenau Gwent, had been subjected to \"racial and physical abuse\".\n\nBoxer Anthony Joshua and footballer Jadon Sancho are among those to send messages of support to Raheem.\n\nAn online fundraising campaign set up by Ms Bailey has already received more than £94,000 in donations.\n\nRace Council Cymru chief executive Prof Uzo Iwobi said she worried people still did not believe black lives mattered.\n\nAll campuses at Abertillery Learning Community were shut on Monday on health and safety grounds and students used blended learning instead.\n\nBlaenau Gwent council said: \"Due to the serious nature and content of some of the social media activity over the past few days, a decision was made on Sunday evening on health and safety grounds to move all Abertillery Learning Community campuses to blended learning on Monday 23 May.\n\n\"The safety and well-being of all learners and staff remains paramount. We have continued to closely monitor and review the situation and can confirm that all campuses at Abertillery Learning Community will be open to learners as normal on Tuesday 24 May.\"\n\nRaheem's mother Shantal said she was just happy that Raheem was alive\n\nMs Bailey said her son was \"truly brave\" but had been \"in utter agony\".\n\n\"The whole time [he was] telling me 'I'm sorry, I'm sorry Mummy. I just couldn't, I couldn't stay there, like why does no-one like me? Why did they pick on me?\"\n\n\"These are things that my child, while being in pain, is constantly having to ask me, 'Mummy, why does no-one like me? Like why? Why did they pick on me?\"'\n\nProf Iwobi said: \"When will we know black children are going to come home alive and with their fingers and toes attached? I am in fear for all of our children that they could come back in a box.\"\n\n\"I'm absolutely disappointed, disgusted and outraged that this is the experience of black children in Wales.\n\n\"I feel nothing has improved. Teachers and the educational leaders of schools need to be especially sharp to detect racism and racial harassment and they are not doing that.\n\nEducation Minister Jeremy Myles said in a statement that he was \"shocked and saddened\" to hear of the incident.\n\nHe added the Welsh government condemned bullying and harassment in any form, including any form of racist bullying or harassment.\n\n\"Every one of our education settings in Wales should be an inclusive, engaging environment where everyone's well-being is considered and everyone feels accepted, safe and ready to learn,\" Mr Myles said in a statement.\n\n\"We expect allegations and incidents of bullying and racism to be fully investigated by schools, with appropriate action taken to address the matter and prevent further instances from happening.\"\n\nProf. Iwobi, whose own children have faced racism in school while growing up, said: \"This boy could have lost his life trying to get away.\"\n\nShe added: \"The question I want to ask every teacher and local educational authority is 'When will black lives matter?'\n\n\"This boy will have four fingers for the rest of his life. His life is now marked by a racist incident and all he did was go to school.\"\n\nRaheem is recovering at home following surgery\n\nMs Bailey has said her son was \"attacked\" on Tuesday by a group of children who kicked him when he was on the floor.\n\nShe explained how he caught his finger in the fence trying to escape and after surgery it was decided that it had to be amputated.\n\n\"I am grateful and happy he's alive,\" she said.\n\n\"He actually said he was worried and thought that he could have died, he just couldn't get away no matter what he did.\"\n\nHadassah Radway, an education consultant for Black History Wales, told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast she cannot imagine what Raheem is going through.\n\nShe said: \"This is going to be haunting him for the rest of his life and also his younger siblings. What must they be thinking?\n\n\"They might be thinking, this is going to be my lot, is going to be my situation in going into a school system that should be looking after them.\"\n\nWales' children's commissioner Rocio Cifuentes said it was \"heart-breaking\" what had happened to Raheem, and she will be looking into the case \"with urgency\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Rocio Cifuentes This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMs Bailey said Anthony Joshua, Jadon Sancho and footballer Ashley Williams - a former Wales captain - have all sent messages of support for Raheem through Instagram.\n\nMs Bailey said Raheem also received messages from football manager Chris Hughton, pundit Gary Neville and Olympic BMX biker Kye Whyte.\n\n\"Here's so many people just in different places that have been so generous, and I did not expect what has happened so I am truly, truly grateful for it,\" said Ms Bailey.\n\nShe said the messages he has received mean so much, as people tell him \"how strong he is and that this does not define him\".\n\nFormer heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua is among those who have sent messages of support for Raheem\n\nSpeaking about the wider issue of bullying and racism in schools, Ms Bailey added: \"Why should I send my child into school to be a punching bag?\"\n\nGrowing tearful, she said: \"It is difficult, as a mum, having to tell your child that people might not like you because of your skin - not because you're mean, not because you're horrible, but just because of the skin he was born into.\"\n\nPolice are investigating the incident at Abertillery Learning Community\n\nGwent Police said said the alleged attack was reported to it at about 13:00 BST on Wednesday, 18 May,\n\nIt said it was working with the school as part of its inquiries.\n\nAbertillery Learning Community said it was working with the police and the council.\n\nA Welsh government spokesperson said: \"We condemn bullying and racial harassment in any form and expect allegations and incidents of bullying and racism to be fully investigated by schools, with appropriate action taken to address the matter and prevent further instances from happening.\"", "Prime Minister Boris Johnson did not explicitly apologise to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe after she criticised his handling of her six-year detention in Iran, her husband has said.\n\nMrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe asked the PM why it took so long to get her home as she met him at Downing Street.\n\nHer husband Richard said she told the PM his erroneous comments about her in 2017 had left a \"lasting impact\".\n\nShe was freed in March after the UK settled a historic debt to Iran.\n\nMr Ratcliffe said the meeting was \"warm\", but when asked if the prime minister had apologised for \"mistakes\" he had made in the case, he said: \"Not explicitly.\"\n\nIn 2017, when Mr Johnson was foreign secretary in Theresa May's government, he erroneously said Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe had been training journalists in Iran.\n\nMr Johnson has previously apologised in parliament for the remarks he made in 2017, telling MPs he acknowledged \"the words I used were open to being misinterpreted\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Richard Ratcliffe on wife Nazinin's release: \"It did not need to take six years.\"\n\nRecalling what his wife told the prime minister, Mr Ratcliffe said: \"I just want you to know the mistake, the comments in 2017, had a lasting impact.\"\n\n\"She said I lived with that for ages and I knew it was a mistake, but it lingered.\"\n\nLabour MP Tulip Siddiq, who also attended the meeting, said Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe had \"very clearly and categorically\" told the prime minister that his words had had a \"big impact\" on her and that she \"lived in the shadow\" of them for four and a half years.\n\nMs Siddiq said the prime minister \"looked quite shocked\".\n\nMr Ratcliffe said \"late is a lot better than never\" but there were \"lessons to learn\" in the handling of his wife's detention in Iran.\n\n\"We talked about the mistakes made at the end,\" he told reporters outside Downing Street.\n\n\"It was rough at the end, and I think, when Nazanin is ready to talk about it, that is something that we need to go through.\"\n\nMs Siddiq, who is the family's local MP, said the prime minister would consider giving evidence to the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee inquiry into Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's case.\n\nMs Zaghari-Ratcliffe did not speak to reporters as she left the meeting.\n\nAt a news conference in March, Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe said it should never have taken the government so long to secure her release from prison in Iran.\n\nNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and her family met the prime minister in Downing Street on Friday\n\nMrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested on spying charges while visiting her parents in Iran, with her then two-year-old daughter Gabriella, in April 2016.\n\nWhile in Iran in September 2016, Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a project manager for the Thomson Reuters Foundation, was accused of plotting to overthrow the Iranian government and was given a five-year sentence.\n\nThen, in April 2021, she was sentenced for another year on charges of propaganda against the government.\n\nMrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe has always denied those allegations and said that she was only in Iran to visit her family.\n\nHer release came after the UK government paid a £400m debt to Iran dating back to the 1970s, although both governments have said the two issues should not be linked.\n\nAnother British-Iranian national, Anoosheh Ashoori, was released at the same time as Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe.\n• None Why has Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe been freed now?", "The hospital was supporting the family, a spokesperson said\n\nA health worker has been arrested on suspicion of administering poison with intent to endanger life after a child died at Birmingham Children's Hospital.\n\nThe 27-year-old woman was arrested on Thursday, hours after the death, and has since been suspended from her role at the hospital.\n\nA spokesperson for the hospital said the child was being treated in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit.\n\nThe woman has been released while investigations continue.\n\nForensic tests are also being examined, West Midlands Police said.\n\n\"The woman was arrested on Thursday evening at a property in the West Midlands area on suspicion of administering poison with intent to endanger life,\" a spokesperson for the force said.\n\n\"The family of the child are being supported by specially trained officers.\"\n\nA spokesperson for Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust said it was \"supporting the infant's family at this distressing time and ask that privacy is respected during this process\".\n\n\"Following the death of an infant at our Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at Birmingham Children's Hospital, we have asked West Midlands Police to examine what has happened, in line with our own safeguarding policy,\" it added.\n\n\"The staff member involved has been suspended by the trust following the national process on the sudden unexpected death of a child.\"\n\nBirmingham Children's Hospital is a leading centre for specialist paediatric care and treats children and young people up to the age of 16.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "BBC weather presenter Carol Kirkwood has revealed that she is engaged live on air.\n\nHer eagle-eyed colleague Sally Nugent spotted Kirkwood's \"giant rock\" engagement ring during a weather forecast on Monday morning and said she'd been struggling to keep the happy news a secret.\n\nWatch as Kirkwood describes how the proposal happened.", "Timetable changes mean the last train on many routes departs before 20:00\n\nScotRail and the train drivers' union Aslef have said they will return to talks in an ongoing dispute over pay.\n\nAbout 700 daily services were cut on Monday after the train operator issued a temporary timetable to cope with driver shortages.\n\nAslef said informal talks would take place on Tuesday ahead of formal negotiations on Thursday.\n\nDrivers have refused to work overtime and on rest days, after the union rejected a 2.2% pay offer.\n\nBoth sides had been in deadlock after the union said it was balloting members for strike action over the pay offer.\n\nThe RMT union, whose members include other railway workers who have been balloted over strike action, will also be part of the talks.\n\nEarlier, Aslef's Scottish organiser Kevin Lindsay called on ScotRail to get back to the negotiating table so the \"ridiculous timetable cuts\" could be withdrawn.\n\nHe told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland: \"I need somebody from ScotRail or Transport Scotland to come along with the authority to make a deal so we can move forward because this is damaging Scotland's economy.\n\nHe added: \"I appreciate other sectors and other workers may not be on the same salaries or may not be making the same demands, but this isn't a race to the bottom, my job is to protect the terms and conditions of train drivers.\n\n\"Train drivers are telling me quite clearly they are looking for a sensible settlement that we can actually move forward on to deliver for the passengers of Scotland.\"\n\nTimetable changes mean the last train on many routes departs before 20:00\n\nMr Lindsay said he had also written to the first minister asking her to provide \"positive political intervention\" in bringing the recently nationalised train operator back to talks.\n\nScotRail began cancelling trains earlier this month amid the pay dispute, after many drivers chose not to work overtime or on rest days.\n\nDue to delays in training new staff during the pandemic, it relied on drivers working extra hours in order to run normal services.\n\nScotRail's original Summer 2022 timetable had about 2,150 weekday services. This has now been reduced to 1,456 in the temporary timetable. The changes also mean the last train on many routes departs before 20:00.\n\nA typical ScotRail driver salary is more than £50,000.\n\nWith drivers being offered a 2.2% pay rise and the opportunity to participate in a revenue share arrangement, the Scottish government says this would take the total package to 5%.\n\nScotRail's service delivery director David Simpson told BBC Scotland the operator was \"always open to negotiation\".\n\nHe said: \"Both sides need to find a way to move this forward, to find a way to recognise the difficult financial position the industry is in after the pandemic, with a large gap between cost and revenue that the tax payer is currently filling.\n\n\"We all share the wish to get round the table, to find a way to compromise and move forward and start returning the railway to normal.\"\n\nOn Monday evening both ScotRail and Aslef confirmed they would meet again for further talks.\n\nThe union said it would be making no further comment until after formal negotiations on Thursday.\n\nThe RMT union, which had agreed a backdated pay rise of 2.5% in October, also declined the year's deal and is balloting members over strike action.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ukrainian families in Wales say settling has been harder as their pets are not with them\n\nUkrainian families in Wales have said settling has been harder because their pets cannot be with them.\n\nUnder Welsh rules, many animals brought over have to be in quarantine centres for up to four months.\n\nElsewhere in the UK they can quarantine in homes after health checks.\n\nThe Welsh government said it wants to reduce the risk of rabies and has \"concerns about how the current home isolation process can be monitored and enforced effectively\".\n\nMarianna Koniushenko, 18, who fled to Cardiff with her family, said her two dogs would help the trauma and anxiety she suffers after escaping Bucha in Ukraine.\n\nAlong with brother Roman, 14, and mother Larysa Martseva, she managed to escape, despite people in cars in front and behind them being killed by Russian troops.\n\nBut they had to leave their Rhodesian Ridgebacks Trisha and Vinchi in Dover when they arrived the UK on 26 April.\n\nThe family's dogs are about 220 miles away in Blackpool\n\nThey are now in kennels in Poulton-le-Fylde, south of Blackpool and they do not know when they will be reunited.\n\nMs Koniushenko said she is suffering from trauma following their experiences, adding: \"I think the dogs could help me. I can hug them and tell them all about my problems.\n\n\"I feel really upset. It's like a part of me. The dogs are a part of our family.\"\n\nHer mum said: \"My children have lost a huge part of their emotional support. Their lives - their happy lives in their country - changed just like that.\n\n\"They had a nice life and it's very important for all of us to be all together.\"\n\nThe family are settling into life in Cardiff - but important members are missing\n\nThe family has been sent photos of the dogs by staff at the kennels, but Ms Martseva added: \"I was crying when I saw the photos because it's like giving children to an orphanage.\n\n\"We love Wales and our host family but half of our family isn't here.\"\n\nThe family pleaded \"please let the dogs be with us\", with Ms Martseva saying: \"They are a five hour drive away. At least it would be great if the kennels were in Wales we're ready to drive to see them every day but we can't.\"\n\nIn Montgomery, Powys, on the border with England, three generations of the Komrokova family now live with a host family.\n\nTheir three cats Senia, Charly and Flora are in a cattery, and they are trying to secure a temporary home for them nearby, in England, so they can visit them.\n\nThe Komrokova family want their cats to be moved to quarantine nearer where they are staying\n\nRita, eight, who has additional learning needs, finds comfort from spending time with the cats.\n\nMark Michaels, who is hosting the family, said: \"We're a stone's throw from England here. You look out of the window and England is there it just seems desperately unfair. They would have chosen to be in England if they'd known they couldn't be with their animals.\"\n\nVladyslav Sdarikov, 24, who lives in Conwy, said he and his girlfriend, Darya Holodiak would have thought of different options if they had known their one-year-old pug Taylor had to quarantine in a kennel.\n\nMr Sdarikov said: \"We cannot have him because of this invisible border for animals.\"\n\nMarianna and Roman want to be reunited with their dogs\n\nRural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths said she worked closely with the chief veterinary officer when considering the rules.\n\n\"We haven't had rabies in this country for 100 years,\" she said.\n\n\"This is about protecting the animal that arrives from Ukraine. It's about protecting animals here in Wales and of course it's about public health as well.\n\n\"England and Scotland have chosen home confinement as a form of quarantine - how do you enforce that? How do you ensure that it absolutely takes place? It's impossible in my view.\"\n\nRoman and Larysa made the journey with their dogs\n\nA Welsh government spokesman said: \"We understand how important people's pets are to them and we want to do everything we can to ensure people seeking refuge in Wales are reunited with their pets safely and as quickly as possible.\n\n\"We also need to take steps to protect the health and welfare of all animals in Wales by reducing the risk of exposing them to diseases such as rabies.\n\n\"We have concerns about how the current home isolation process can be monitored and enforced effectively.\"\n\nHe said this is why the decision was taken, adding: \"We fully recognise the distress this can cause pet owners, particularly those who have come to Wales after fleeing the atrocities in Ukraine.\n\n\"We will continue to assess different options to keep the time their pets are in quarantine to a minimum.\"\n\nThe spokesman added there are quarantine places in Wales currently in use and efforts are being made to create more spaces.\n\nThe UK government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said it had increased resources and streamlined processes to make sure those fleeing Ukraine with pets are not delayed.\n\n\"We have introduced a new rapid rabies blood test to cut quarantine times, and lower risk animals are being moved into isolation,\" he added.\n\n\"We are continuing to review processes and increase quarantine capacity - whilst maintaining our biosecurity standards.\"", "The palms of a patient with skin lesions due to monkeypox\n\nThe world is facing \"formidable\" challenges, including Covid, the war in Ukraine and monkeypox, the head of the World Health Organization has warned.\n\nTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was speaking in Geneva, where the UN health agency's experts were discussing the monkeypox outbreak in 15 nations outside Africa.\n\nMore than 80 cases have been confirmed in Europe, the US, Canada, Australia and Israel.\n\nHowever, the risk to the wider public is said to be low.\n\nMonkeypox - the virus that is most common in remote parts of Central and West Africa - does not tend to spread easily between people and the illness is usually mild.\n\nMost people who catch the virus recover within a few weeks, according to the UK's National Health Service.\n\nThe outbreak has taken scientists by surprise, and UK health officials have issued new advice, saying high-risk contacts of cases should self-isolate for three weeks. Belgium became the first country to announce a three-week quarantine for infected persons on Friday.\n\nMore confirmed cases are expected to be announced in the UK on Monday, the Guardian newspaper reports.\n\nSpeaking at Sunday's opening of his agency's World Health Assembly, Dr Tedros said: \"Of course the [Covid] pandemic is not the only crisis in our world.\n\n\"As we speak our colleagues around the world are responding to outbreaks of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, monkeypox and hepatitis of unknown cause and complex humanitarian crises in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, the Syrian Arab Republic, Ukraine and Yemen.\n\n\"We face a formidable convergence of disease, drought, famine and war, fuelled by climate change, inequity and geopolitical rivalry,\" the WHO head added.\n\nThe WHO earlier said that a number of other suspected monkeypox cases were being investigated - without naming the countries involved - and warned that more infections were likely to be confirmed.\n\nAfter the outbreak was first identified in the UK, the virus began to be detected across Europe - with public health agencies in Spain, Portugal, Germany, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Italy and Sweden all confirming cases.\n\nFurther cases were confirmed in Austria and Switzerland on Sunday.\n\nThe UK Health Security Agency has identified 20 cases so far and its chief medical adviser Dr Susan Hopkins told the BBC's Sunday Morning programme: \"We are detecting more cases on a daily basis.\"\n\nShe said the virus was now spreading in the community - with cases detected which have had no contact with anyone who has visited West Africa, where the disease is endemic.\n\nBut the risk to the general population remains \"extremely low\", with cases so far mostly found in some urban areas and among gay or bisexual men, Dr Hopkins said.\n\nAlthough there is no specific vaccine for monkeypox, several countries have said they are stocking smallpox vaccines, which are about 85% effective in preventing infection because the two viruses are quite similar.\n\nIt is not yet clear why this unexpected outbreak is happening now.\n\nOne possibility is that the virus has changed in some way, although currently there is little evidence to suggest this is a new variant.\n\nAnother explanation is that the virus has found itself in the right place at the right time to thrive.\n\nMonkeypox may also spread more easily than it did in the past, when the smallpox vaccine was widely used.", "The virus can cause symptoms include a high temperature, aches, and a rash of raised spots\n\nMonkeypox can be contained in countries outside of Africa where the virus is not usually detected, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.\n\nMore than 100 cases of the virus - which causes a rash and a fever - have been confirmed in Europe, the Americas and Australia.\n\nThat number is expected to rise still, but experts say the overall risk to the broader population is very low.\n\nThe virus is most common in remote parts of Central and West Africa.\n\n\"This is a containable situation,\" the WHO's emerging disease lead Maria Van Kerkhove said at a news conference on Monday.\n\n\"We want to stop human-to-human transmission. We can do this in the non-endemic countries,\" she added - referring to recent cases in Europe and North America.\n\nThe virus has now been detected in 16 countries outside Africa.\n\nDespite being the largest outbreak outside of Africa in 50 years, monkeypox does not spread easily between people and experts say the threat is not comparable to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\n\"Transmission is really happening from skin-to-skin contact, most of the people who have been identified have more of a mild disease,\" Ms Van Kerkhove said.\n\nAnother WHO official added that there was no evidence the monkeypox virus had mutated, following earlier speculation over the cause of the current outbreak.\n\nViruses in this group \"tend not to mutate and they tend to be fairly stable\", said Rosamund Lewis, who heads the WHO's smallpox secretariat.\n\nMeanwhile, a top EU health official has warned that some groups of people may be more at risk than others.\n\n\"For the broader population, the likelihood of spread is very low,\" said Dr Andrea Ammon of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.\n\n\"However the likelihood of further spread of the virus through close contact for example during sexual activities amongst persons with multiple sexual partners is considered to be high\".\n\nMonkeypox has not previously been described as a sexually transmitted infection, but it can be passed on by direct contact during sex.\n\nDr Ammon suggested that countries should review the availability of the smallpox vaccine which is also effective against monkeypox.\n\nA person is considered at high risk of having caught the infection if they have had household or sexual contact with someone with monkeypox, or have changed the bedding of an infected person without wearing personal protective equipment (PPE).\n\nSymptoms, which include a high temperature, aches, and a rash of raised spots that later turn into blisters, are typically mild and for most people clear up within two to four weeks.", "There is a shortage of some HRT products in Northern Ireland\n\nThe Department of Health has said it is actively considering allowing pharmacists to substitute certain hormone replacement therapy (HRT) products with \"safe alternatives\".\n\nThe move is in response to concerns regarding the shortage of some HRT products in Northern Ireland.\n\nIn England, pharmacists have been given temporary power to make swaps without a new prescription from a doctor.\n\nThis includes the gels Oestrogel and Sandrena.\n\nUrgent action is being taken across the UK to address what is widely recognised as a national shortage.\n\nWhen asked if pharmacists in Northern Ireland would be given the same authority, a spokesperson for the Department of Health said a similar move was \"under active consideration\".\n\nHormone patches, which tend to be in better supply, could be swapped when gels are not available.\n\nIn a statement to BBC News NI, the Department of Health said it had recently \"authorised a number of serious shortage protocols (SSP) which enable pharmacists to limit dispensing of prescriptions for HRT which are in short supply to a maximum of three months\".\n\nIt added that by \"empowering pharmacists to make this change without needing to seek authorisation from the prescriber this saves time for patients, pharmacists and prescribers\" which would help even out distribution.\n\nHowever, some women told BBC News NI that they were often limited to one month supply which was \"very difficult to manage\".\n\nThe government has appointed a new HRT tsar, Madeline McTernan, to look into what is happening.\n\nHer appointment came after a large number of women went public about how distressed and ill they had become when unable to access their prescribed medication.\n\nThe Department of Health in Northern Ireland described the current short supply of certain products as \"temporary\".\n\nWomen who are experiencing difficulties in getting HRT products on prescription are advised to consult with the GP who will be able to advise them about the most appropriate alternative HRT options if required, the Department of Health said.\n\nThe British Menopause Society has information on choosing HRT products, as does the health advisory body the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.", "Vadim Shishimari, 21, watched proceedings silently from a reinforced glass box in the Kyiv courtroom\n\nA court in Ukraine has jailed a Russian tank commander for life for killing a civilian at the first war crimes trial since the invasion.\n\nCaptured soldier Sgt Vadim Shishimarin was convicted of killing Oleksandr Shelipov, 62, in the north-eastern village of Chupakhivka on 28 February.\n\nHe admitted shooting Mr Shelipov but said he had been acting on orders and asked forgiveness of the man's widow.\n\nMany other alleged war crimes are being investigated by Ukraine.\n\nAnd in a conflict where the deliberate targeting of civilians has become one of the defining features, Monday's outcome sets a significant legal precedent.\n\nMoscow has always denied its troops have targeted civilians, despite a wealth of evidence to the contrary, while Ukraine says more than 11,000 crimes may have occurred.\n\nUkraine, however, is likely to bring more cases like this to unpick Moscow's blanket denials.\n\nThis sentencing is unlikely to lead to an immediate change in tactics from the invading forces, but it does bring Oleksandr Shelipov's widow Kateryna Shelipova justice.\n\nImposing the life sentence, Judge Serhiy Agafonov said Shishimarin, 21, had carried out a \"criminal order\" by a soldier of higher rank.\n\n\"Given that the crime committed is a crime against peace, security, humanity and the international legal order... the court does not see the possibility of imposing a [shorter] sentence of imprisonment,\" he said.\n\nShishimarin, wearing a blue and grey hooded sweatshirt, watched proceedings silently from a reinforced glass box in the courtroom and showed no emotion as the verdict was read out.\n\nHis lawyer said an appeal would be lodged against the verdict.\n\nThe Kremlin's response is already in motion, with laws being drafted and courts being set up in Russia to try some Ukrainian prisoners as war criminals.\n\nThis suggests both countries could soon find themselves in a legal tit-for-tat while the conflict rages on.\n\n'What did my husband do to you?' widow Kateryna Shelipova asked the Russian soldier during the trial\n\nShishimarin served in Russia's Kantemirovskaya tank division. At the time of the killing, he and other soldiers were travelling in a car they had seized after their convoy came under attack and they became separated from their unit.\n\nWhen they spotted Mr Shelipov he was speaking on his phone, Shishimarin told the court. He said he was told to shoot him with an assault rifle.\n\nHis defence lawyer told the court on Friday that Shishimarin had only fired after twice refusing to carry out the order to shoot and that only one out of three to four rounds had hit the man.\n\nHe said Shishimarin fired the rounds out of fear for his own safety and he questioned whether the defendant had intended to kill.\n\nIn one dramatic moment, the victim's widow Kateryna Shelipova confronted Shishimarin. \"Tell me please, why did you [Russians] come here? To protect us?\" she asked, citing Russian President Vladimir Putin's justification for the invasion of Ukraine.\n\n\"Protect us from whom? Did you protect me from my husband, whom you killed?\"\n\nThe soldier had no answer to that. Asking forgiveness of the widow earlier, he said: \"But I understand you won't be able to forgive me.\"\n\nMs Shelipova told the BBC: \"I feel very sorry for him but for a crime like that - I can't forgive him.\"\n\nSince President Putin sent Russian troops into Ukraine on 24 February, at least 3,838 civilians have been killed and 4,351 injured, according to the UN.\n\nAmong the dead are numerous suspected victims of war crimes in occupied towns such as Bucha.\n\nEarlier this month, the BBC obtained CCTV footage of the killing of two civilians in cold blood allegedly by Russian soldiers, a case now being investigated by prosecutors as a suspected war crime.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBBC Panorama investigates alleged war crimes in Ukraine in Hunting Putin's War Criminals, which airs on Monday 23 May at 20:30 in the UK.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Queen has visited the Chelsea Flower Show in London - using a buggy for the first time at the event, as she toured the gardens and exhibits.\n\nThe 96-year-old monarch, who has mobility problems, was driven around the annual flower show.\n\n\"Adjustments have been made for the Queen's comfort,\" said a Buckingham Palace spokeswoman.\n\nAfter cancelling a series of events earlier this year, the Queen has been much more visible in recent weeks.\n\nShe attended the Royal Windsor Horse Show and made a surprise visit last week to officially open the Elizabeth Line.\n\nThe Queen used a buggy from a Danish manufacturer of luxury golf carts\n\nOn Monday afternoon the Queen arrived at the Royal Horticultural Society's showcase, the day before it opens to an expected 140,000 public visitors.\n\nThe engagement was the first official outing for the Queen's buggy. It had a Garia logo, a Danish firm which makes luxury electric golf carts.\n\nThe Queen has been a regular visitor to the Chelsea Flower Show\n\nThe monarch was last seen using a buggy to get around in 2013, at an event in the gardens of Buckingham Palace, and before that during a visit to Australia in 2011.\n\nThe Queen has attended the Chelsea Flower Show more than 50 times before, with 39 gardens and 80 exhibits on display this year.\n\nThis includes a Platinum Jubilee floral tribute to her 70-year reign.\n\nShowing her around was Keith Weed, president of The Royal Horticultural Society.\n\nThe show was cancelled by the Covid pandemic in 2020 and rescheduled to September in 2021 - but is now back in its usual Spring season for the first time since 2019.\n\nThe flower show has returned to its traditional dates in May, after the disruption of Covid\n\nEarlier on Monday a rose was planted in the garden of Buckingham Palace named after John Ystumllyn, believed to have been one of Britain's first black gardeners.\n\nThe rose, named after the 18th Century horticulturalist, is claimed to have been \"the first in the country named after an individual from an ethnic minority background\".\n\n\"The rose has been bred as a mark of friendship and community, and I hope guests and visitors to the garden will have the opportunity to reflect on what this rose represents for many years to come,\" said a message from the Queen.\n\nAmong the show gardens is a recreation of a beaver wetland, complete with a beaver lodge, dam, streams and natural wildflower planting.\n\nAnd garden designer and TV presenter Joe Swift has returned to the show with a garden for the first time in 10 years, designing a bee friendly-focused exhibit called the BBC Studios Our Green Planet and RHS Bee Garden.\n\nTV chef Ainsley Harriott was seen helping his sister after she fell into the water feature on the bee garden as they visited the Chelsea Flower Show.\n\nHe later tweeted his thanks to other people who helped her after her fall, and said: \"She's doing fine and all is well.\"", "The crash happened at the end of the school day, close to the town's primary and secondary schools\n\nFour children are in stable condition in hospital after being hit by a school bus.\n\nThe bus crashed into a group of primary school children at about 15:25 BST on Monday in Llanfair Caereinion, Powys.\n\nThree children were airlifted to hospital with another child and the male bus driver both taken by ambulance.\n\nA fifth child was discharged at the scene. The bus had no passengers.\n\nThe bus mounted the kerb and crashed into metal fencing on School Lane, just off Neuadd Lane.\n\nIt has since been removed for forensic examination and the road has reopened.\n\nA service will be held at Capel Moreia in Llanfair Caereinion later on Tuesday for \"quiet reflection and prayers\".\n\nThe bus has now been removed from the scene of the crash\n\nYsgol Uwchradd Caereinion High School and Llanfair Caereinion Primary School are on either side of Neuadd Lane.\n\nDyfed Powys Police have confirmed that school community police officers will be attending the pupils' school on Tuesday to provide support.\n\nPowys council said its school service officers were in the town \"providing support to both the high school and primary school\".\n\nNo passengers were on the bus at the time of the crash", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League", "Anthony Albanese (centre) was sworn in alongside key cabinet members (from left) Jim Chalmers, Penny Wong, Katy Gallagher and Richard Marles\n\nAnthony Albanese has been sworn in as Australia's new leader and will fly immediately to an international summit.\n\nMr Albanese's Labor Party defeated Scott Morrison's conservative government in an election on Saturday.\n\nIt remains unclear whether Mr Albanese will form a majority or govern with the support of crossbenchers.\n\nThe prime minister left for Tokyo on Monday to meet the leaders of the so-called Quad nations - the US, India and Japan.\n\nEarlier in the day, he was sworn in with four key cabinet members, including new Foreign Minister Penny Wong, who is travelling with him to Japan.\n\nRichard Marles is the new deputy prime minister and employment minister, Jim Chalmers is treasurer, and Katy Gallagher is attorney-general and finance minister.\n\nIt is Australia's first Labor government in almost a decade. The party has won 74 lower house seats but counting continues to determine whether they can get the 76 needed to form a majority.\n\nBut the primary vote for both major parties fell - almost a third of Australians put the Greens, independents and other minor parties as their first preference.\n\nThe Quad group is seen as largely aiming to counter growing Chinese influence in the Indo-Pacific region.\n\nIt will meet on Tuesday following recent diplomatic tensions in the Pacific, after the Solomon Islands last month signed a security pact with China.\n\nThe US and Australia hold fears the deal could allow China to build a naval base there.\n\nIn a statement ahead of the meeting, Mr Albanese said: \"The Quad Leaders' Summit brings together four leaders of great liberal democracies - Australia, Japan, India, and the United States of America - in support of a free, open and resilient Indo-Pacific.\"\n\nMs Wong signalled that they would bring \"new energy and much more to the table\" on climate action, after \"a lost decade\".\n\nClimate change played a huge role in the election result, with a surge in support for candidates wanting urgent action.\n\nMr Morrison's government had committed to a 2030 emissions reduction target of 26%-28% - about half that of the UK and US. Mr Albanese's government has a target of 43%.\n\nThe Greens have picked up seats in Queensland, usually considered a conservative heartland\n\nThe Greens are expected to pick up four lower seats, adding to seven climate-focused independents. They could put pressure on Labor to take even stronger action, especially if it fails to reach a majority.\n\nMr Morrison's unpopularity and his party's stance on climate have been blamed by some Liberal MPs for wiping out their vote.\n\nMr Morrison stepped down as party leader on Saturday and former defence minister Peter Dutton is the favourite to succeed him.\n\nMr Dutton - from the party's right - has been a controversial figure at times. Some question whether he could rebuild Liberal support in more progressive, metropolitan areas.\n\nIt's been a busy few days for Mr Albanese. Since Saturday he has won an election, been sworn in as PM, and is now on his way to the Quad.\n\nIt's fitting that Australia's new leader would hit the ground running. There's a lot to get to domestically and globally.\n\nMr Albanese has said the Quad alliance is an absolute priority for Australia. This meeting comes at a crucial and tense time in the region with a growing Chinese influence that's making Australia and its allies nervous.\n\nThe recent China defence deal with the Solomon Islands is seen as a threat to Australia's status as a strategic partner to Pacific nations. But there's a fine balance Mr Albanese needs to strike.\n\nHe needs to address China's expansion in the Indo-Pacific while also repairing a relationship with Beijing that's fractured significantly since the beginning of the pandemic when Australia called for an investigation into the origins of the Covid virus.\n\nChina is now a very angry strategic trade partner. And the other Quad members will need to be reassured that Mr Albanese has a plan to manage the complicated relationship.\n\nThe prime minister says this trip is a chance for Australia to send a message globally that it is changing its approach on crucial policies such as climate change.\n\nThis is now being called the climate election. Mr Albanese wants to tell his allies and the world that under his leadership they'll be dealing with a new and more globally-engaged Australia.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: New Australian PM says climate action \"shouldn't be controversial\"\n• None The outsiders who could shape Australia's election", "Amber Heard's legal team has called their next witness to the stand: Kathryn Arnold, an entertainment consultant.\n\nA source close to Amber Heard has confirmed that her team will no longer call Johnny Depp to the witness stand so we are pausing our live coverage.\n\nWant to catch up on the latest? Here's some of our coverage of the Depp and Heard trial:\n• 'Love of my life': Heard makes claims of drunken rages\n• A star is born: Depp's lawyer becomes an internet celebrity", "Routes out involve uncertainty at Russian checkpoints or the risk of attack on back roads across the front lines\n\nAlexander is used to following tracks that are not shown on maps.\n\nKnuckles white, he holds the steering wheel tightly as the van jolts down mud tracks and through undergrowth. These paths were once used by tractors or for scenic bike trips. Now any inch of them or the open fields could be mined, hit by shells or surrounded by military.\n\nAlexander is just one of the volunteer drivers crossing the front line to evacuate civilians from Kherson and other Russian-controlled areas in eastern Ukraine.\n\nQuietly spoken, in his early twenties, he used to work in advocacy before the war.\n\n\"We can go along one road on the way in, but by the time we go back there's a crater from an explosion,\" he tells me. \"Then we know that the enemy shells have arrived. Then we pray, you can shell a little to the left, a little to the right. Just leave us a corridor in the middle so we can get people out.\"\n\nIn the last few weeks the volunteers say they have seen more demand from people wanting to leave Kherson as Russia tightens its grip on occupied territory. Arrivals tell stories of intimidation by Russian police, soaring food prices and fear of kidnap by the authorities. Despite the risks, they say, many still want to make the journey out.\n\nEvacuating the city has been difficult. The UN and the Red Cross told us they have not run any evacuation routes as they've been unable to get safety guarantees from both sides.\n\nInstead, volunteer drivers like Alexander negotiate the checkpoints and routes without any formal agreements. We are using false names for both drivers travelling into Kherson to protect their identities.\n\n\"You must have a cold mind and a firm heart,\" says Oleg. \"Otherwise, you won't get to the final destination.\"\n\nOleg used to be a builder. He greets us with a broad smile and a piece of salted fish, a gift from Kherson that he carried in the glove compartment. He returned last night. It was a tough journey.\n\n\"Every new ride gets harder and harder. The old routes are closed and we must look for new ones.\"\n\nEvacuees from Kherson like these people can get stuck for days at Russian checkpoints\n\nOleg explains the process he follows, checking all the passengers' passports and documents, carrying a first aid kit. But following a plan is nearly impossible. For the last two days they arrived at the checkpoint at 05:00, only to wait until evening along with what he estimates to be around 2,000 other vehicles. No one, he says, was let through.\n\n\"We decided to go the way that is not yet open, because there are active battles there. It's a very fast route and because the women and children were so exhausted, we had to take risks. It was agreed by all passengers.\"\n\nTwo other vans are still in Kherson, trying to make the journey out. One is driven by Alexander. They haven't been heard from since last night.\n\nThe drivers are part of a volunteer organisation that sprung up from a Telegram channel called Odessa As It Is. In the group's evacuation hub, volunteers pile vegetables, fruit, bread, cereals and nappies into rescue packs for new arrivals.\n\nJulia Pogrebnaya, one of the key co-ordinators here, flicks anxiously through her phone as she shows us around. Normally the first to smile and laugh, today she is tense.\n\n\"I don't sleep,\" she says. \"I feel like I can't breathe out until the drivers are back. I worry about everything. We have a lot of responsibility.\"\n\nDoes she worry that they are encouraging people to take big risks?\n\n\"We have to do it. As we speak now we have about 5,500 people on the list that want to be evacuated from Kherson, not even counting from the surrounding villages.\"\n\nJulia tells us she will let us know about the drivers. As we leave, I spot her sitting at her desk, one hand holding her phone, the other brushing away tears.\n\nKherson was the first city to be seized by Russian troops\n\nIt was the first day of the war when Puryshev Mykhailo made the decision to go to Mariupol. He arrived with humanitarian products and left with evacuees. That was the first of his seven trips.\n\n\"If I had waited for a safe corridor, I probably would have waited until now,\" he tells me. \"After I spent six days in a bomb shelter watching what children in the city were going through, something broke in me. At that moment I decided I would continue to do these trips.\n\n\"I just do it because I feel like it needs to be done. And to be honest, I would never have imagined that I was capable of such a thing.\"\n\nPuryshev has filmed much of the last few weeks, from the smiling faces of the children he's evacuated to sheltering from shelling during a pick-up.\n\n\"Driving through the road, it can be difficult to distinguish what is dirt and what is a corpse,\" he says quietly.\n\n\"Sometimes it is both mixed together. I saw bodies wrapped in carpets, others buried right next to the entrance of the house. You try not to dwell on it because you have a goal, to take people out alive.\"\n\nIn Odessa, there is news of the drivers.\n\nAfter frantic calls to the military, the hub have heard that both drivers were hit. Following the same path Oleg had taken a few hours before, one driver was in Russian territory, they tell us, when he was shelled. He is in hospital in Ukrainian-held territory with a severe head injury, his skull fractured and part of his ear severed. One passenger died, another is also in hospital.\n\nA few hours later, Alexander left Kherson travelling in convoy with a car, only to come across a tank that turned them back. The driver of the car, Alexander's friend, was shot in the head by a sniper. Alexander survived, rescuing a passenger from the car to his van before escaping through shelling.\n\nWhen I speak to Julia, the team is shaken, but say they will continue.\n\n\"We had calls from people, crying for us to come,\" she tells me. \"We have no choice, but to help them.\"", "Family gather around the car where Colonel Sayad Khodai was shot dead\n\nIran's president has promised to take revenge after a colonel in the powerful Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) was shot dead in Tehran on Sunday.\n\nTwo gunmen on a motorbike opened fire at Sayad Khodai as he sat in a car outside his home, state media reported.\n\nCol Khodai was a member of the elite Quds Force, the IRGC's shadowy overseas operations arm, they said.\n\nPresident Ebrahim Raisi blamed \"the hands of global arrogance\" - a reference to the US and its allies.\n\n\"I call on security officials to seriously investigate the crime and I have no doubt that revenge on criminals for the pure blood of this honourable martyr is inevitable,\" he said.\n\nIRGC spokesman Ramazan Sharif said the killing of Col Khodai would strengthen its determination to \"defend security, independence and national interests and to confront the enemies of the Iranian nation\"\n\nNo group or country has claimed it was behind the killing, which was the most high-profile in Iran since the top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was shot dead in an attack on his convoy outside Tehran in November 2020.\n\nIran blamed that assassination on Israel. Israel neither confirmed nor denied involvement, although the former head of its Mossad intelligence agency said last year that Fakhrizadeh had been a target \"for many years\".\n\nIran's state news agency, Irna, reported that Col Khodai was shot with five bullets as he was getting out of his car in eastern Tehran at around 16:00 (11:30 GMT) on Sunday.\n\nIt published photos showing a man slumped in the driver's seat of a Saipa Pride. The front passenger side window appeared to have been shot out.\n\nIrna provided no details about Khodai's role within the Quds Force, although he was called a \"defender of the shrine\" - a term used to describe Iran military personnel and Iran-backed militia fighters operating in Syria or Iraq.\n\nThe Quds Force oversees the Shia Muslim militias that have fought alongside President Bashar al-Assad's troops in Syria's civil war.\n\nIt is also believed to direct several Shia militias in Iraq which have developed significant power since helping defeat the Islamic State group.\n\nThe US accuses the Quds Force of arming, financing and training terrorist groups across the Middle East, being responsible the deaths of hundreds of American troops in the region, and of plotting many attacks elsewhere. It has designated both the IRGC and the Quds Force as terrorist organisations.\n\nIn January 2020, the US assassinated the Quds Force's top commander, Gen Qasem Soleimani, in a drone strike in Iraq's capital, Baghdad.\n\nIsraeli media reported on Monday, without giving their sources, that Col Khodai was involved in planning attacks on Israeli and Jewish targets worldwide.\n\nThe Haaretz newspaper said it was \"likely\" that he was behind an alleged Iranian plot to kill businesspeople in Cyprus, including the billionaire Teddy Sagi, as well as attempts to harm other Israeli businesspeople in Africa, South America and Turkey.\n\nIt also mentioned a recent alleged plot to kill an Israeli consulate employee in Turkey, which Israeli officials said was foiled by the Mossad.\n\nRam Ben-Barak, a former deputy Mossad chief who is now chairman of the Israeli parliament's foreign affairs and defence committee, meanwhile said he was \"familiar\" with Khodai's name.\n\n\"I don't want to get into the details of what happened or who did what. An assassination happened,\" he told Kan radio. \"Should I say I'm sorry he's no longer with us? I'm not sorry.\"\n\nThere was no official comment from the Israeli government.", "Same sex couples would be able to marry in a church ceremony officiated by a Church of Scotland minister\n\nThe Church of Scotland has voted to allow clergy to conduct same-sex marriages for the first time.\n\nMembers of the General Assembly in Edinburgh voted to change church law following years of campaigning.\n\nIt means same-sex couples will be able to marry in church in services conducted by ministers.\n\nMinisters and deacons will be able to apply to become celebrants of same sex marriage, but they will not be forced to take part.\n\nThe results of the vote were: 274 for and 136 against.\n\nRt Rev Dr Iain Greenshields, moderator of the General Assembly, said: \"The Church of Scotland is a broad church and there are diverse views on the subject of same-sex marriage among its members.\n\n\"There has been a lengthy, prayerful and in-depth discussion and debate about this topic for many years at all levels of the Church to find a solution that respects diversity and values the beliefs of all.\n\n\"The Church is committed to ensuring that debates on this subject are held in a spirit of humility and grace, the tone and tenor of discussions are civil and people are respectful of those who hold opposing views.\"\n\nBefore Monday's vote, members of the assembly expressed a range of opinions on the change.\n\nAmong them was Rev Scott Rennie, who in 2009 became the first openly gay clergyman in the Church of Scotland to have his appointment approved - despite protests by some sections of the Kirk.\n\nHe was not able to marry his husband in a religious ceremony, as he would have wanted.\n\nHe told the General Assembly: \"I sincerely hope the assembly will find it in itself to support the deliverance, even those who have their doubt.\"\n\nRev Scott Rennie, the Kirk's first openly gay clergyman, was unable to have a Christian ceremony when he married his husband\n\nHe acknowledged those within the Church who did not support the issue.\n\nHe said: \"I want to say that marriage is a wonderful thing. My marriage to my husband Dave nurtures my life and my ministry.\n\n\"Frankly, I couldn't be a minister without his love and support. It is much the same as opposite sex marriage in its joys and its glories.\"\n\nLast year, the Methodist Church became the largest religious denomination in the UK to permit same-sex marriages.\n\nIt is not allowed in the Church of England or the Roman Catholic Church, but is welcomed in the Scottish Episcopal Church, the United Reformed Church and the Quakers.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Susan Cord 🌻 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nRev Susan Cord announced on social media that she has already applied to become a celebrant of same-sex weddings.\n\nThe minister of Killearnan & Knockbain parishes near Inverness told BBC Scotland: \"We make a choice based on what the scripture tells us. There will be colleagues who will decide not to conduct these ceremonies and I will respect that.\n\n\"But for me it is about choice and if a couple, irrespective of gender, whether it is a man and a man, a woman and a woman or a man and a woman, if they love one another and want to show commitment, I want to help them do that.\n\n\"This opens up the choice. People will have held off getting married in civil partnerships because they are Church of Scotland and wanted to wait to be married in their own church.\"\n\nThe Covenant Fellowship Scotland, a think tank of evangelicals within the Church of Scotland, issued a statement accusing the Church of making a \"serious mistake\"\n\nIt said: \"The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, in converting an overture permitting ministers and deacons to officiate at same-sex marriages into an Act of the Church, has acted in a way which is both unbiblical and sinful.\n\n\"We all have a deep pastoral care and concern for those who wish to enter into same sex marriages, and we understand the pastoral impulse of ministers and deacons who wish to help people at life's key moments.\n\n\"But we must nevertheless point to the complete absence of any compelling or persuasive biblical evidence that might permit ministers and deacons of the Church of Scotland to officiate at same sex marriages.\"\n\nIt continued: \"This decision contradicts everything the Bible has to say about the complementary nature of men and women, and of the character and purposes of marriage.\n\n\"Instead of following the clear and unambiguous teaching of God's written word, the Bible, the Church of Scotland continues to follow popular opinion.\"\n\nRt Rev Dr Iain Greenshields, Moderator of the General Assembly, said there had been a lengthy, prayerful and in-depth debate about same-sex marriage\n\nPublic figures have welcomed the decision, including former Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson, and former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale, who are both in same-sex relationships.\n\nBaroness Davidson tweeted: \"Delighted to see that the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland has voted for ministers to be able to conduct same-sex weddings.\n\n\"Thanks to those who have shown grace and care as the church edged closer and closer to this point.\"\n\nMs Dugdale described it as \"tremendous news and progress\".\n\nSame-sex weddings could take place in Church of Scotland buildings later this year.", "A crossbar was broken during crowd disorder at the Etihad\n\nTwo men have been charged over crowd disorder after fans invaded the pitch following Manchester City's Premier League title win.\n\nThousands of City fans poured on to the Etihad pitch as the club won its fourth title in five seasons after beating Aston Villa 3-2.\n\nGreater Manchester Police said the force was also investigating the assault of Villa keeper Robin Olsen.\n\nA man, 28, from Knowsley has been charged with throwing a pyrotechnic.\n\nA 37-year-old man from Salford has been charged with going on to the pitch.\n\nFlares were thrown as some fans went on the pitch\n\nBoth have been bailed ahead of court appearances, police said.\n\nFans rushed on to the pitch with flares and a crossbar was broken as some climbed on it.\n\nIt is the latest pitch invasion following games at the end of the season.\n\nOn Thursday, Crystal Palace boss Patrick Vieira was involved in an altercation with an Everton supporter during a pitch invasion following his side's Premier League defeat at Goodison Park.\n\nOn the same night, Swindon Town players were \"physically and verbally abused\" after their League Two play-off semi-final defeat by Port Vale.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Wilf Davies farms alone and has the same dinner every night\n\nA documentary about a Welsh sheep farmer has beaten over 7,000 films to earn a place at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York.\n\nHeart Valley follows a day in the life of Wilf Davies, 73, from Cellan, near Lampeter in Ceredigion.\n\nDirector Christian Cargill pitched the film to Mr Davies after reading a feature in the Guardian about his life and devotion to his flock of 70 sheep.\n\nMr Cargill said the farmer was \"humbled\" the film had been selected.\n\nMr Davies never leaves his home area in the Teifi Valley, works alone and eats the same meal of fish, baked beans, onions and a fried egg every evening.\n\nMr Cargill said he thought the film would resonate with people who experienced claustrophobia during lockdown.\n\n\"He is archetypically disconnected,\" he said. \"He doesn't have a phone, he doesn't have the internet. It's almost a Victorian life he has.\n\n\"When we've been trapped in cities in our flats, everyone was desperate to leave and have space. He fully achieves that every single day and really appreciates that.\n\n\"He feels so much gratitude to life that he gets to be out in a field every single day, whatever the weather.\n\n\"I think that really relates to people that have struggled and felt trapped and claustrophobic over the last two years.\"\n\nHeart Valley follows a day in the life of farmer Wilf\n\nHe will be joined at the festival by four students and two lecturers from the theatre, film and TV department at Aberystwyth University.\n\nDr Kate Woodward, a lecturer, said Heart Valley showed a film \"so rooted in a location - geographically and culturally - can transcend boundaries\".\n\nIt is the fifth year students from the university have been able to attend the Tribeca Film Festival, which was set up by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff in 2002 to help revitalise lower Manhattan following the 11 September attacks.\n\nSecond-year student Molly Clark said: \"The opportunity to go to New York, where so many films are set, and being able to rub shoulders with film-makers and directors is really inspiring.\"\n\nDr Kate Woodward said the film showed \"very local stories can resonate globally\"\n\nWhile Tayjib Kerstan, a third year, said the festival was a \"huge opportunity\".\n\nMr Cargill said Mr Davies was \"quietly flattered\" that the film has been chosen for the festival and heard about the news during lambing season.\n\n\"He is certainly humbled by it,\" he said. \"He had a bit of a cry and we all had a laugh together, then he went back to his business.\n\n\"I think he's touched that people are interested in his life. I really hope it serves as an appropriate legacy for him one day, of being a snapshot of this wonderful person.\"\n\nThe Tribeca Film Festival runs from 8 to 19 June.", "Casey, seen here in a village near Kharkiv, has been in Ukraine for two months Image caption: Casey, seen here in a village near Kharkiv, has been in Ukraine for two months\n\nMore now on Severodonetsk - a strategically vital city in the eastern Donbas region that is being bombarded by Russian forces.\n\nDallas Anthony Casey is an American combat medic who has been volunteering in Ukraine for more than two months. He has been carrying out various roles including giving medical training to Ukrainian forces.\n\nHe is currently in Dnipro after returning from Severodonetsk, where he has been helping evacuate people remaining in the besieged city.\n\nShelling of the city is \"constant\", he tells me.\n\n\"Never a moment where there wasn’t. We’d be driving down the road to one location and watch a building get hit. We'd stop and run into the building and see if anyone could be saved,\" Casey says.\n\n\"Two days ago one of the volunteer ladies was hit when going door to door. She lost the lower half of her leg and lost a lot of blood before we could get to her. We had to do CPR, but we were unsuccessful,\" he adds.\n\nDespite the constant shelling and complete devastation of the city, many civilians remain.\n\n\"When we’d drive through you’d see people on their bikes or on a stroll while the building right next to them gets blown up. No rush or hurry, they’d just carry on with what they were doing.\"\n\nThe people remaining roughly fall into two groups, Casey says.\n\n\"Some think the Russians will come and take over and their life will be much better,\" he says.\n\n\"We convinced some people to come with us and they’d be shamed on their way out of the shelter.\"\n\n\"Then the other group of people are in complete shock. You go to their door, ask them if they want to be evacuated and they’d be too scared to leave their homes,\" he says.\n\n\"They’d tell you: 'This is all I have, where am I going to go?'\"", "Emergency services were called to the property on Monday morning\n\nA 62-year-old has died after being bitten by a dog in north Wales.\n\nEmergency services were called to reports of a medical emergency on Holt Road, Wrexham, at about 11:30 BST.\n\nThe man died at the scene from a cardiac arrest, despite efforts to rescue him. Other dogs kept at the property have been removed by police.\n\nNorth Wales Police said the dog was put down by a vet at the scene after being \"securely contained\". The breed of the dog is not yet known.\n\nThe force added that the victim's family has been informed.\n\nThe Welsh Ambulance Service said it sent three emergency ambulances, two rapid response vehicles and the Wales Air Ambulance to the scene.", "Boris Johnson has been pictured drinking at an event in Downing Street during lockdown.\n\nITV News has published four photos, saying they were taken on 13 November 2020 at a leaving do for the PM's director of communications, Lee Cain.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police have issued fines relating to No 10 gatherings on that date.\n\nA No 10 spokeswoman said the Cabinet Office and the police had had access to information, including photographs.\n\nThe BBC has been told that at least one person who attended has been fined by the police. Mr Johnson himself was not.\n\nAfter the leaked pictures were published, Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner said the PM had \"demeaned his office\" and \"the British people deserve better\".\n\nShe added: \"Boris Johnson said repeatedly that he knew nothing about law-breaking - there's no doubt now, he lied. Boris Johnson made the rules, and then broke them.\"\n\nLiberal Democrat deputy leader Daisy Cooper said the images show Mr Johnson \"has taken the British people for fools\" while the SNP's Ian Blackford called him a \"charlatan and a liar\"\n\nBoth called on Conservatives MPs to remove Mr Johnson from office.\n\nThe former leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Ruth Davidson, said the prime minister's position was untenable, while veteran Tory MP Sir Roger Gale said the new images were \"damning\" and suggested Mr Johnson should quit.\n\nScottish Conservatives leader Douglas Ross, who had previously urged Mr Johnson to quit over the party controversy, said: \"The prime minister must outline why he believes this behaviour was acceptable.\"\n\nA No 10 spokeswoman said that with the Met's investigation concluded, senior civil servant Sue Gray would be publishing her report into the gatherings \"in the coming days, at which point the prime minister will address Parliament in full\".\n\nThe pictures obtained by ITV News show Mr Johnson toasting colleagues, while standing by a table on which wine bottles, wine glasses and what appears to be a hand sanitiser container can be seen.\n\nA second lockdown was in force in England at the time the picture was taken, and the rules prohibited indoor gatherings of two or more people. An exception was allowed if the gathering \"was reasonably necessary\" for work purposes.\n\nITV published four photos from the event, including this one showing the PM's red box, used for official papers\n\nA raft of allegations about gatherings held in Downing Street and Whitehall throughout the pandemic led to a Metropolitan Police investigation into 12 events.\n\nThe inquiry concluded last week, with a total of 126 fixed penalty notices being issued to 83 individuals for parties held over eight separate dates.\n\nMr Johnson, his wife Carrie, and Chancellor Rishi Sunak all received one fine each for attending a birthday party thrown in the PM's honour in June 2020.\n\nBut No 10 confirmed the PM was not facing any additional fines from the police.\n\nThe Liberal Democrats have written to the Independent Office for Police Conduct, questioning why the prime minister had not received more fines and asking them to examine the police's original investigation.\n\nOn 8 December 2020, Labour MP Catherine West asked Mr Johnson in the Commons if a party had taken place in Downing Street on 13 November - though it is not clear if she was referring to the event photographed.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Angela Rayner on PM drinking images: \"I think they are appalling.\"\n\nHe replied: \"No - but I am sure that whatever happened, the guidance was followed and the rules were followed at all times.\"\n\nThe prime minister faces a further inquiry by the Commons' Privileges Committee about whether he deliberately misled MPs when he previously told them no Covid rules had been broken in Downing Street.\n\nUnder government guidelines, ministers who knowingly mislead Parliament are expected to resign.\n\nMPs are also awaiting the outcome of an investigation by Durham Police into a gathering in the city on 30 April 2021 attended by Labour leader Keir Starmer and his deputy Ms Rayner.\n\nSir Keir has said he will resign if he is fined for attending the event.\n\nThere have always been two big questions at the heart of 'Partygate': Did the prime minister himself break the law and has he been completely candid about what he knew about law-breaking in Downing Street?\n\nResponding to these latest pictures, No 10 is pretty bullish.\n\nIt says that the police would have seen these photos and didn't fine him.\n\nOn the second point though, things may get a little trickier for Boris Johnson.\n\nThese pictures show him at an event for which somebody else was fined so can his insistence that he thought all the rules had been followed hold?\n\nAnd there are two big audiences which really matter: MPs and the public.\n\nThere will be huge scrutiny of exactly what the prime minister said to Parliament about this and whether or not it was misleading.\n\nThe outcome of that could have a very swift impact on his prime ministerial future.\n\nBeyond that though, pictures like these pose a potentially longer-term issue.\n\nWhile there will be plenty of people who won't be bothered by them, the risk is that others will be and more may lose trust in Boris Johnson.", "Miss. Tic's works came to be shown in galleries across France and abroad\n\nThe influential French street artist Miss. Tic has died in Paris aged 66, her family has announced.\n\nIn a short statement her family said the artist, whose real name was Radhia Novat, passed away on Sunday after suffering from an unspecified illness.\n\nMiss. Tic is seen as one of the pioneers of stencil art and her graffiti of enigmatic female figures became a common sight in Paris.\n\nShe was briefly arrested in 1997 on charges of defacing public property.\n\nBut her works came to be shown in galleries in France and abroad. She also collaborated with the fashion brands Kenzo and Louis Vuitton.\n\nOne of the hallmarks of Miss. Tic's work was a heroine with flowing black hair who resembled the artist herself\n\nTributes have been paid to the artist from across France.\n\nWriting on Twitter, France's newly appointed Culture Minister Rima Abdul Malak saluted Miss. Tic's \"iconic, resolutely feminist\" work, saying it \"will continue to poetize our streets for a long time\".\n\nAnd street artist Christian Guemy, who goes by the alias C215, hailed \"one of the founders of stencil art\". The walls of the 13th arrondissement of Paris — where her images are a common sight — \"will never be the same again\", he wrote on Twitter.\n\nMiss. Tic was born in the Montmartre district of Paris in 1956 to a Tunisian immigrant father and a mother from Normandy.\n\nShe studied applied arts and street theatre before moving to California.\n\n\"I had a background in street theatre, and I liked this idea of street art,\" she is quoted by AFP as saying in an interview in 2011.\n\n\"At first I thought, 'I'm going to write poems'. And then, 'we need images' with these poems. I started with self-portraits and then turned towards other women,\" she said.\n\nHer family have announced that her funeral, the date of which has yet to be announced, will be open to the public.", "Boris Bondarev has released a scathing public statement after quitting in protest at the war\n\nA Russian diplomat has quit his job in protest at the \"bloody, witless\" war \"unleashed by Putin against Ukraine\".\n\nBoris Bondarev, whose LinkedIn says he worked at the Russian mission to the UN in Geneva, told the BBC he knew his decision to speak out may mean the Kremlin now considers him a traitor.\n\nBut he stood by his statement which described the war as \"a crime against the Ukrainian people\" and \"the people of Russia\".\n\nMoscow has not yet commented.\n\nRussia has cracked down on those who are critical of or veer from the official narrative surrounding the war, which it refers to only as \"a special military operation\".\n\nIn the letter posted on social media and shared with fellow diplomats, Mr Bondarev explained he had chosen to end his 20-year career in the service because he could no \"longer share in this bloody, witless and absolutely needless ignominy\".\n\n\"Those who conceived of this war want only one thing - to stay in power forever,\" he wrote.\n\n\"To achieve that, they are willing to sacrifice as many lives as it takes,\" he continued. \"Thousands of Russians and Ukrainians have already died just for this.\"\n\nThe letter does not hold back over his former employer either, accusing Russia's Foreign Ministry of being more interested in \"lies and hatred\" than diplomacy.\n\nAs resignation letters go, this one was scathing.\n\nDiplomat Boris Bondarev didn't hold back in his criticism of President Putin, Foreign Minister Lavrov and the Russian offensive in Ukraine.\n\n\"The aggressive war… the most serious crime… warmongering, lies and hatred…\"\n\nIt's rare to hear such words from a Russian official. In the three months since Vladimir Putin launched what he's still calling his \"special military operation\" in Ukraine (what most of the world calls Russia's war) there have been few signs of open dissent in Russian state institutions.\n\nEmbarrassing for the Russian authorities? Absolutely. They like to make out that the state machine here is fully behind President Putin's decision to invade Ukraine.\n\nBut one resignation does not automatically mean that many more will follow. Mr Bondarev admitted to me that he's in the minority. He believes that, for now, most officials in the Russian Foreign Ministry back the official line and support the Kremlin's 'special operation.'\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, Mr Bondarev said he had \"not seen any alternative\" than to resign: \"I don't think it will change a lot, frankly, but I think it may be one little brick into the bigger wall which would eventually be built. I hope so.\"\n\nMr Bondarev revealed that the invasion had initially been met by colleagues with \"happiness, delight, euphoria\" at the fact Russia had \"taken some radical steps\".\n\n\"Now they're less happy with that, because we're facing some problems, with the economy first of all,\" he told the BBC. \"But I don't see that many of them would repent and change their views.\n\n\"They may become a little bit less radical, less aggressive quite a bit. But not peaceful.,\" he said.\n\nIn contrast, Mr Bondarev said in his open letter he had \"never been so ashamed of my country\" as he was on 24 February, the day the invasion began.\n\nIt is unclear if he is the first diplomat to resign from the mission, although no one else has spoken out publicly.\n\nMr Bondarev is under no illusions that Moscow will now see him as a traitor, but notes he hasn't \"done anything illegal\".\n\n\"I just resigned and spoke my mind,\" he said. \"But I think I have to be concerned about my safety of course.\"", "The theatre has often been described as the heart of the city\n\nAfter almost three months of relentless assault, Mariupol has fallen. Ukraine's military says its combat mission in the besieged port is over. More than any other Ukrainian city, Mariupol has come to symbolise the ferocious brutality of Russia's assault and the stubbornness of Ukraine's resistance.\n\nOn Wednesday 23 February, Ivan Stanislavsky left his camera bag at the office. He was on his way to see the layout of his new book on Mariupol's Soviet-era murals at a colleague's house, and didn't want to lug the gear around. He could always pick it up the next day.\n\nBut on Thursday, as he stood in the street outside his locked and deserted office, he could hear thunderous sounds rolling in from the east. The city was under fire.\n\nAs the conflict intensified, and gunfire became audible to the west too, Ivan moved his mattress into the hall. He piled up his large collection of art books - including the Encyclopaedia of Ukrainian Rock Music - against the windows of his flat in the district of Primorsky.\n\n\"Let's say it was not a waste of a library,\" says the 36-year-old photographer, who is also a press officer at Ukrainian premier league football club FC Mariupol.\n\nIvan Stanislavsky loved to photograph his city of Mariupol\n\nAcross town in the neighbourhood of Kalmiusky, businessman Yevhen was also taking precautions. The 47-year-old had told his family to pack so they could escape the city. But when he returned from the office, he found no packing had been done. His family refused to leave.\n\nIn an apartment in the same block, metallurgists from the nearby steelworks, Nataliia, 43, and Andrii, 41, were already slicing the last two loaves they had been able to buy, leaving them to dry out so they could eat them piece by piece over the weeks ahead.\n\nThe Illich steel plant dominates this view of Mariupol\n\nVolodymyr, a 52-year-old paramedic in Kalmiusky, was also in his kitchen, trying to absorb the news. When reports came in of Russians marching through the village of Chonhar - on a strategic road out of Crimea to the west - he choked. This was a coordinated attack, he realised.\n\nThe ambulance dispatcher was on the phone. She instructed Volodymyr to ignore routine calls. \"Find the wounded\", he was told.\n\nTwenty-two-year-old engineering graduate Mariia thought the first explosion she heard was simply a storm. Then she heard a second.\n\n\"We didn't know what to do,\" says Mariia, who like Ivan, lived in Primorsky. \"I didn't have time to think about my future, my plans. I had to think about what I'd eat and drink... [And] what to do with the cats.\"\n\nIt suddenly dawned on her why, in the past few days, soldiers had appeared in the paint shop where she worked, asking to buy blue and yellow tape. They needed it to mark their uniforms.\n\nFour days into the war, with the fighting closing in, Ivan and his wife sought shelter in a basement underneath his local supermarket. It offered good protection, and Ivan found that the muffling of sound dulled his sense of mounting anxiety.\n\nDaily life was being stripped down to bare essentials.\n\n\"We lived like primitive people,\" he told the BBC from Lviv, where he has now fled. \"We broke trees, made fires, cooked food on fires. I even heard of people eating pigeons.\"\n\nHe watched as order gradually broke down all around him. He kept a vivid diary, later published online.\n\n\"The Stone Age has arrived,\" he says in his 6 March entry.\n\nHe writes of watching his fellow Ukrainian citizens raiding abandoned shops, making off with everything from computers and freezers to swimsuits and underwear.\n\nOne evening a drunk woman interrupts a session of evening gossip in the basement. \"Treat yourself,\" she says, as a flashlight revealed a bottle of Californian Merlot, taken from Wines of the World on nearby Italiiska Street.\n\nBut aware that even medical supplies and cash tills were being taken, Ivan says he felt disgust.\n\n\"We are our own worst enemies,\" he writes.\n\nBut is this, he wonders, how the fittest survive? After a while, each day became a \"combat mission\".\n\nOver a few short weeks, Mariupol fell apart. The Russian military laid siege to the city, attacking power and water supplies. A Russian airstrike hit the maternity hospital on 9 March, and a plane bombed its theatre - clearly marked as a civilian shelter - a week later.\n\nIvan was stunned at how quickly it all happened.\n\nThe theatre after it was bombed\n\n\"The whole city, all its infrastructure, supply system, logistics, energy supply were destroyed in a matter of days,\" he says.\n\nSitting underground at night, he sensed people becoming passive.\n\n\"You can only wait in the shelter,\" he writes in his diary. \"Some are waiting for spring, some - for the morning to come, some - for the end of the war. And someone is waiting for the bomb to come and kill everyone.\"\n\nAnd all this just as Mariupol had seemed destined to turn a corner. Money began to pour in, adding lustre to a city previously associated mainly with heavy industry - and war.\n\n\"It was a city aspiring to something,\" Ivan says. It hadn't always been this way.\n\nLong before this year's invasion, Mariupol had a ringside seat to Ukraine's simmering conflict with Russian-backed separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk, the two regions that make up the neighbouring area known as Donbas.\n\nAn activist guards a barricade outside the Mariupol government building seized by pro-Russia activists on 17 April 2014\n\nWhen fighting first broke out there in 2014, the government briefly lost control of Mariupol after clashes with pro-Russian protesters. In January 2015, a devastating rocket attack by the rebels on the eastern edge of the city killed almost 30 civilians.\n\nEven though the war gradually receded, the sound of artillery booming in the distance was part of Mariupol's daily soundscape.\n\nBut the city moved on. The Ukrainian government briefly made Mariupol the administrative capital of the Donetsk Oblast. People migrated from rebel-held areas and the city started attracting investment.\n\n\"It started receiving all of the resources and all of the attention,\" Ivan says.\n\nA view of Mariupol along its coast\n\nPublic buildings were renovated, cafés opened, and new parks created. In a podcast last October, the city's mayor Vadym Boychenko boasted of creating the best municipal services in the country, opening an IT school, and promoting contemporary art and sports.\n\nPlans were afoot, he said, for the largest water park in Ukraine and a version of Disneyland \"which will probably be called Mariland\". In fact, Mariupol was declared Ukraine's \"Big Capital of Culture\" in 2021.\n\nBut while Mariupol flourished, rebel-held Donetsk mouldered. When the rebels returned to Mariupol, Volodymyr, the paramedic, believed they were driven by revenge to destroy the city.\n\n\"'If we live in shit, then you will live in shit as well,'\" Volodymyr says they told him at a checkpoint as he finally escaped the city. \"They just looked at us and envied how we lived.\"\n\nVolodymyr thinks the Russian-backed separatists were motivated by revenge\n\nYevhen, the businessman, describes life in Mariupol in the past five years as \"a fairytale\". \"The city was being reconstructed,\" he says, \"all roads were renovated, public transport was improved.\"\n\nHis buildings restoration firm was responsible, among other projects, for the reconstruction of Mariupol's iconic water tower in time for the city's 240th birthday.\n\n\"This is a city of hard workers… It was hard for me to explain that my workers should finish at 6pm - they wanted to work longer.\"\n\nLike many others, weekends would be spent with family in the city's revived parks or on the seafront.\n\n\"For me, this is a [key] question - if you want to capture the city, why destroy it? [The Russians] don't need thinking people, they need territory,\" he says.\n\nAnd, he adds, he is now getting calls from the Russians to return to Mariupol to help rebuild it.\n\n\"But if Mariupol is occupied by Russia, there will be no future there… there will be nothing to live for. To live in unrecognised territory is to bury your children's future.\"\n\nAbout 150,000 people remain in the city, from a population of almost half a million. Most of those left there, he says, are also trying to escape.\n\n\"I left Mariupol but my soul is there,\" he says, tears in his eyes.\n\nBusinessman Yevhen is already getting calls from Russians to rebuild Mariupol\n\nNataliia and her husband Andrii worked at the Illich plant, one of two iron and steel works which tower over the city's skyline and loom large in Ivan Stanilavsky's photographs.\n\nThey spent long days at work, and leisure time was precious.\n\n\"The city authorities laid out marble tiles, made piers [so that] it was possible to sit on a bench right in the sea,\" Andrii says.\n\n\"It was a wonderful warm city with parks, concerts, fountains,\" his wife says. \"A European city.\"\n\nThis recent blossoming was captured by Ivan, but as a photographer with a passion for his city's past, his pet project was documenting Mariupol's remarkable collection of Soviet murals, one of the most extensive in Ukraine.\n\nThe cultural importance of preserving such remarkable works seems undeniable, but in Mariupol nostalgia for the Soviet Union jostled uneasily with Ukraine's modern, increasingly European identity, Ivan says.\n\n\"Politics was already preventing this cultural heritage from being integrated into Ukraine's artistic context,\" he says.\n\nSo inevitably, when the war came, culture found itself fought over too.\n\nOn 28 April, Mariupol's city council denounced the alleged theft by Russia of more than 2,000 exhibits from the city's museums, including ancient icons, a handwritten Torah scroll and more than 200 medals.\n\nThe director of Mariupol's Local History Museum, Natalia Kapustnikova, later told Russian newspaper Izvestia that she had personally handed over paintings to the Russians by Ivan Aivazovsky and Arkhip Kuindzhi, and claimed that Ukrainian \"nationalists\" had burned 95% of the museum's exhibits.\n\nShe wasn't the only local official harbouring pro-Russian sentiments. On 9 April, Ukraine's prosecutor general charged a member of Mariupol's city council, Kostyantyn Ivashchenko, with treason after he was declared mayor by pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk.\n\nIvashchenko's pro-Russian party had been well supported in the city's last elections, coming second, while President Volodymyr Zelensky's party came a distant fifth place.\n\nIn a poll conducted just before the elections by the Kyiv-based Centre for Social Indicators, almost half the city's population identified themselves as \"Russian\", though 80% also described themselves as \"Ukrainian\".\n\nMore tellingly, perhaps, fewer than 20% self-identified as \"European\", while more than 50% said they were \"Soviet\".\n\nMariia says that after the invasion she began to hate all things Russian\n\nNataliia, whose father is Russian, says she asked her husband for forgiveness when the bombing started. \"I was ashamed that I was Russian.\"\n\nMariia, the engineer, says that before the war her first language was Russian, but when the bombing began \"I started to hate all things Russian - language, movies, objects\".\n\nMariupol's complex identity is hardly unique in today's Ukraine, a country which formed an integral part of the Soviet Union until the collapse of communism at the end of the 1980s. And it's doubtful that any of those who described themselves as \"Russian\" or \"Soviet\" wanted to see their city destroyed in a violent effort to pull it back into Moscow's orbit.\n\nIronically, when the moment arrived to defend the city from Russian invaders, it was another part of Mariupol's Soviet-era legacy that came to play an almost iconic role.\n\nThis legacy, buried deep underground, is the maze of bunkers beneath Mariupol's other steel works, Azovstal, built by the Soviet authorities during the Cold War.\n\nThe 36 bomb shelters provided room for more than 12,000 people. After independence in 1991, no-one thought that much about them. But then the fighting in 2014 began.\n\n\"We started thinking about what we would do if fighting spread further into the city,\" Enver Tskitishvili, Azovstal's director general, says.\n\nTraining on the use of the bunkers and their connecting tunnels went on every day for years.\n\nIn early February, as the fear of renewed conflict loomed larger, preparations swung into high gear. Food and water were brought in the week before Russia's invasion.\n\nOfficials at the plant knew the bomb shelters would soon be occupied, but had little idea that Azovstal, surrounded by water on three sides, would become the scene of Mariupol's last stand.\n\nAn injured Ukrainian serviceman inside the Azovstal iron and steel works factory\n\nAs the days went by, the war got closer and closer to Ivan Stanislavsky's apartment. Excursions in search of food, even to the nearby Dzerkalnyy store, just 400m up the road, were increasingly perilous. Sometimes, a Ukrainian mortar team would arrive by truck, fire off a few rounds, and leave before the inevitable Russian reply.\n\nThere was little communication between civilians and soldiers.\n\nOne day, a tank from the Azov Regiment arrived near Dzerkalnyy, sending locals running, fearful of an impending battle. The regiment emerged in 2014 as a highly effective volunteer militia with far right and, in some cases, neo-Nazi affiliations, before being folded into Ukraine's National Guard.\n\nVladimir Putin has made extensive use of the Azov's controversial origins, in an effort to bolster his argument that he is trying to \"de-Nazify\" Ukraine. Ukrainian authorities say the regiment's origins are a thing of the past and points out that far-right parties have had very little electoral success.\n\nIn his diary Ivan describes the members he knows as a motley assortment of Mariupol natives - bikers, lawyers, football hooligans, and an amateur actor - driven not by ideology, but by a fierce hatred of those who were trying to ruin their lives.\n\n\"Together they formed a 'Nazi' battalion and intimidated the entire Russian army,\" he writes.\n\nIntimidating and effective, but not enough, eventually, to stem the Russian tide.\n\nWhile the city's defenders fought their losing battle, Ivan heard voices in his basement starting to curse President Zelensky for leaving Mariupol to its own devices.\n\nPresident Volodymyr Zelensky (L) and children play in a fountain during his first official visit to Mariupol on 15 June 2019\n\nFor all the praise heaped on the city's defenders, it was clear from the start that Mariupol was not the government's main priority. Faced with Russian threats on a number of fronts, the Zelensky government chose to secure the capital, thwarting what was arguably Vladimir Putin's top priority.\n\nUltimately, that meant letting Russian forces achieve another of their pre-war goals: the establishment of a land corridor between Crimea - annexed by Moscow in 2014 - and the separatists in the Donbas.\n\nBut for those trapped in the city, fighting or just trying to survive, it was a bitter pill.\n\n\"Some say Mariupol was given the status of a hero city,\" Ivan wrote in his diary on 13 March.\n\n\"It looks like the award will be posthumous.\"\n\nIvan's photo of the inside of the water tower\n\nBy now, Ivan couldn't stand any more. Outside Dzerkalnyy supermarket, he saw corpses neatly stacked under a wall. People who once queued for food were now in \"the queue of the dead\", waiting to be buried.\n\nSo on 15 March Ivan bundled four family members and his cat into his miraculously unscathed Skoda Fabia and joined a convoy for the tortuous journey north-west to government-held Zaporizhzhia.\n\nAt an observation point on Markelova St looking towards the port and the beach, Ivan allowed himself a brief moment of reflection.\n\n\"In my head I'm saying goodbye to this place,\" he writes in his diary. \"I have a feeling we will never return here.\"\n\nA day later, Mariia and five relatives also left by car, carrying just personal belongings and the family's dog. As they made their way out of Mariupol, their convoy came under attack and the cars had to accelerate out of danger, headed first to Zaporizhzhia, then to Dnipro.\n\nThe following day, Nataliia and Andreii left, after a neighbour offered them a space in his car. The couple eventually reached the city of Khmelnytskyi where they have been selling the family's coin collection in order to survive.\n\nIn that same convoy, Yevhen travelled with his wife and two other relatives. He's now in Dnipro, helping other residents who escaped Mariupol, and trying to reach those who remain.\n\nThe apartment block where Ivan lived has been destroyed\n\nVolodymyr, the paramedic, stayed in Mariupol as long as he could, to look after his elderly mother. But deprived of food and special medicine, she died. He then left the city on 21 April, and is volunteering at a hospital in Dnipro.\n\n\"There are thousands and thousands of families like mine,\" he says. \"How many people have died? How many families have been lost?\"\n\nTwo months after escaping, Ivan is still watching the death throes of Mariupol from the relative safety of Lviv.\n\nIn his diary's poignant epilogue, he writes of flashbacks, text messages about deaths or lucky escapes, and phone calls that go unanswered.\n\n\"The subscriber is out of range.\"\n\nWith additional reporting by Kateryna Khinkulova and Illia Tolstov", "Then imagine doing that in a war zone.\n\n\"It's scary, but what can you do? We don't have many other options,\" said Ukrainian nurse Ira Yusko, 30, smiling grimly, as she switched on her headlamp at the Toretsk coal mine in the eastern Donbas region.\n\nAround her, more than a dozen miners - their faces already smeared with grime - shuffled forwards in the dark towards a rattling iron elevator that stood waiting to take the group 800 metres underground for a six-hour shift.\n\n\"We try to be positive. But it's hard on the soul. Depressing. These are terrible times. It's sad at home too - my wife is gone,\" said Vitaly Vahorder. He's spent half his life working at the Toretsk mine. His family recently joined the exodus heading west to safer locations.\n\nOutside, the occasional boom and crunch of artillery fire echoed across the wheat fields from the front lines 4km to the east and south, where Russian troops are struggling to gain ground against fierce Ukrainian resistance in Donbas.\n\n\"People go down the mine knowing they may not come back up. And when you do come back up, anything can happen - the town is constantly being bombed,\" said Anatoly Sholokhov, deputy head of Toretsk's coal miners' association, as he watched the elevator door slide shut. The 69-year-old miner was born in the town and was once its mayor.\n\nAfter years of conflict, most of eastern Ukraine's mines have been forced to close\n\nThe coal mines, their steep-sided slag heaps dotting the horizon like dark pyramids, have been a defining feature of eastern Ukraine for well over a century. They provided the Russian Empire, and then the Soviet Union, with much of its raw energy. But the collapse of the USSR in 1991, the past eight years of separatist conflict with pro-Russian militias, and the Kremlin's new offensive have combined to force most of the mines to close.\n\nOne of many concerns today is that the latest mine closures are happening abruptly, and without proper safety measures, causing old shafts to flood with highly toxic water that threatens to poison local rivers.\n\n\"The danger comes when you stop several mines at once,\" said Anatoly. \"You can't control where the ground water goes. It would be a disaster if it comes to the surface. This whole area would become uninhabitable. So, an ecological crisis looms over our town. May God prevent these mines from stopping. If the work stops and water begins to flood the mines, it could cause a catastrophe,\"\n\nOnly two mines are still working here in Toretsk - formerly called Dzerzhynsk in honour of the founder of the Communist secret police.\n\nThe front lines are just four miles from the mine\n\nDriving in from the west, past Ukrainian army checkpoints and roadblocks and into the near-empty town with its Soviet-era architecture and monuments, is like stepping back into the past. A Soviet red star still clings to the top of one of the oldest towers at the Toretsk mine, which first began producing coal in the 1930s, and was badly damaged during World War Two. The mine appears to have experienced few improvements, or even licks of paint, since it was refurbished in 1955.\n\nOne sunny morning last week, staff showed visitors around the site. Giant pieces of rusting machinery sat beside doodle-like swirls of rail track, where a lone female worker was busy pushing mine carts into a wooden shed by hand. Two giant slag heaps behind the mine were partially covered with trees and undergrowth. A huge tree grew through one ancient winding wheel. Overhead, floorboards creaked ominously as staff walked along a footbridge from the shaft back to the communal shower block - currently without water, like the rest of the town, due to blockages on a nearby canal which locals blamed on the war.\n\nOnly a third of the mine's staff remain since the Russian offensive began\n\n\"There's no water anywhere in this town. You go to the toilet - but how do you flush? When it rains, everyone in our apartment block goes out to collect rainwater,\" said Vitaly.\n\nOnly a third of the mine's staff have stayed on in the town since the Russian offensive began earlier this year - some out of loyalty to the mine itself, but mostly for financial reasons.\n\n\"I've been working here for twenty years. I went straight to the mines after school. We don't have any other professions here. No factories. We earn 8,000 to 10,000 hryvnias a month (£220 - £275, $275 - $343) and with the current prices that's nothing, tiny, no better than a student's stipend,\" said Yuri Podlutsky.\n\nAs a group, the miners appeared reluctant to pass judgement on the war or President Putin directly. Many of them are Russian-speaking and appeared keen to avoid territory that could cause frictions within a tight-knit community. But several men acknowledged a strong nostalgia for the Soviet era and the times when Ukrainians and Russians worked side by side in the mines.\n\n\"Whether you want Putin or not, we still need to live and work. There are a lot of 'Soviets' here,\" said Vitaly. \"I consider myself simply a local. Some of us speak Russian as our first language. But we all share the same sky.\"", "The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) says it has detected 36 additional cases of monkeypox in England.\n\nAdding in a new case found in Scotland on Monday, it brings the total number of infections in the UK to 57.\n\nThe rare virus - which causes a rash and a fever - has been seen around the world in recent weeks, which is unusual.\n\nHealth experts stress that the overall risk remains low, and that the disease can be contained.\n\nNorthern Ireland's Public Health Agency and Public Health Wales each said they have had no confirmed cases.\n\nDowning Street has said there are no plans to hold a meeting of the Cobra emergency committee over monkeypox, or to impose any travel bans.\n\nChelsea and Westminster Hospital in London has said \"around 10\" staff in its sexual health clinic are self-isolating at home after coming into close contact with a patient with monkeypox.\n\nDr Claire Dewsnap, president of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV, told the BBC that \"up to 10 staff\" at a second sexual health clinic were also self-isolating. The location has not been revealed.\n\nClinics have now brought in stringent Personal Protective Equipment requirements when dealing with the virus.\n\nAbout 100 confirmed cases have been recorded globally so far.\n\nThe World Health Organization's (WHO) emerging disease lead Maria Van Kerkhove said we should expect to see more in the coming days, but that we have the tools to stop the virus.\n\n\"This is a containable situation, particularly in the countries where we are seeing these outbreaks that are happening across Europe, in North America as well,\" she said.\n\nThe virus does not usually spread easily between people, but it can be passed on through close person-to-person contact. That includes:\n\nDr Susan Hopkins, from the UKHSA, urged people to be aware of any unusual rashes, or lesions and to contact a sexual health service if they have any symptoms.\n\n\"A notable proportion of recent cases in the UK and Europe have been found in gay and bisexual men so we are particularly encouraging these men to be alert to the symptoms,\" she said.\n\nAndy Seale, an adviser to the WHO, said: \"While we're seeing some cases in men, this is not a 'gay disease' as some people and social media have labelled it.\n\n\"It seems clear it's linked to close contact, whether through social contact or possibly sexual contact,\" he added in a social media session that was set up to answer questions from the public.\n\nAnyone at the highest risk of having caught monkeypox - those who live with someone who has it, for example - will be asked to isolate at home for up to 21 days, in line with official guidelines.\n\nThe government has confirmed that it has bought supplies of a smallpox vaccine, and this is being offered to identified close contacts of anyone diagnosed with monkeypox to reduce the risk of symptomatic infection and severe illness.\n\nMost cases will be mild and get better within a few weeks.\n\nIf you become infected with monkeypox, it usually takes between five and 21 days for the first symptoms to appear.\n\nA rash can develop, often beginning on the face, then spreading to other parts of the body. The rash changes and goes through different stages - a bit like chicken pox - before finally forming a scab, which later falls off.\n\nWhat are your questions about Monkeypox? You can get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: New Australian PM says climate action \"shouldn't be controversial\"\n\nAustralia's new leader has vowed to take the country in a new direction, with a big shift in climate policy.\n\nAnthony Albanese, who won Saturday's election with the opposition centre-left Labor Party, said Australia could become a renewable energy superpower.\n\nHe is to be sworn in as PM on Monday, but it is not clear whether his party will have a majority in parliament.\n\nClimate change was a key concern for voters, after three years of record-breaking bushfire and flood events.\n\nOutgoing PM Scott Morrison, the leader of an ousted Liberal-National coalition, thanked the \"miracle of the Australian people\" after conceding.\n\nVote counting is still going on and he is still a few seats short of the 76 that Labor needs to secure a majority in the 151-member lower house of parliament.\n\nFinal results may not be known for several days, as electoral officials have just started counting nearly three million postal votes.\n\nIf the election results in a hung parliament, Greens and independents - who have been campaigning for radical climate change action - could wield greater influence in framing the new government's policies on the issue.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Shaimaa Khalil shortly after his election victory, Mr Albanese, 59, said: \"We have an opportunity now to end the climate wars in Australia.\n\n\"Australian businesses know that good action on climate change is good for jobs and good for our economy, and I want to join the global effort.\"\n\nMr Albanese, who will be heading Australia's first Labor government in almost a decade, also promised to adopt more ambitious emissions targets.\n\nHowever, he has so far refused calls to phase out coal use or to block the opening of new coal mines.\n\nAnthony Albanese has vowed to \"end the climate wars\" that have poisoned Australia's will for emissions cuts in the past decade.\n\nHe now has a mandate. The rejection of Scott Morrison's government in the big cities was seismic. It's a clear repudiation of policies that have made Australia a climate laggard among rich nations.\n\nYet Labor has not been the biggest vote beneficiary. Unlike when the party last left opposition in 2007 on a big swing to Kevin Rudd, dubbed the \"Ruddslide\", this result has been separately claimed as a \"tealslide\" and a \"Greenslide\".\n\nThe surge in vote for those candidates has reshaped Australia's political landscape. Teal independents picked up key seats in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth.\n\nPerhaps most incredibly, the Greens are on track to win three seats in Brisbane. While it is a different story regionally, the result has upended many perceptions of Queensland as Australia's most conservative state.\n\nThe teals and Greens want even stronger climate action than Mr Albanese, whose election pledges included a commitment to coal.\n\nSome have already suggested they will lobby him for more ambitious goals. If Mr Albanese fails to secure a majority, their voices will be even louder.\n\nMr Albanese will fly to Tokyo on Monday for a summit with the leaders of Japan, India and the US, known as the Quad. As he will be representing Australia as its prime minister, he will be sworn into office before his departure.\n\n\"Obviously the Quad leaders meeting is an absolute priority for us,\" he told journalists on Sunday.\n\n\"It's an opportunity for us to send a message that there is a change of government and that there will be a change of policies on things like climate change.\n\n\"I will return to Australia on Wednesday and then we'll get down to business.\"\n\nHe said he wanted to \"change the country and change the way that politics operates in this country\".\n\nOne of Australia's longest-serving politicians, Mr Albanese served briefly as deputy prime minister to Kevin Rudd in 2013 and has long been a favourite of his party's left wing. Since becoming opposition leader in 2019, he has positioned himself more towards the centre.\n\nAfter taking over from Malcolm Turnbull in 2018, Mr Morrison led Australia through a period dominated by natural disasters and the pandemic.\n\nHe had been expected to narrowly lose the election, but the result showed a collapse in his vote.\n\nThe Coalition shed crucial seats to so-called \"teal\" independents, mostly women, in traditional inner-city Liberal strongholds. They had campaigned on platforms of climate action and integrity in politics.\n\nMr Morrison congratulated Mr Albanese and said he would step down as Liberal leader after the defeat.\n\nHe said it had been \"a time of great upheaval\".\n\n\"What Australians have endured over these past few years has shown a tremendous depth of character and resilience and strength,\" the outgoing prime minister said.\n\nMr Morrison, 54, is the first prime minister to serve a full term in office since John Howard in 2007.\n\nFormer Defence Minister Peter Dutton is seen as favourite to take over as Liberal leader, after former Treasurer Josh Frydenberg seemed set to lose his seat.\n\nUS President Joe Biden called Mr Albanese on Sunday to congratulate him on his victory.\n\nThe two countries are part of the Quad group, along with Japan and India, which is holding a summit in Tokyo on Tuesday. Mr Albanese has said he will be there, a decision welcomed by Mr Biden.\n\n\"President Biden reaffirmed the United States' steadfast commitment to the US-Australia alliance and his intent to work closely with the new government to make it stronger still,\" the White House said.\n\nUK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he looked forward to working with Mr Albanese \"in the weeks, months and years ahead as, together, we tackle shared challenges and demonstrate the importance of our shared values\".\n\nNew Zealand's PM Jacinda Ardern said she had \"a warm conversation\" with Mr Albanese, describing Australia as \"our most important partner\".\n\nIndian PM Narendra Modi also congratulated Mr Albanese on his party's election victory.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Zahawi in heated exchange over who set up Sue Gray meeting\n\nThe deadline for Downing Street officials to object to being named in Sue Gray's report on lockdown parties has passed.\n\nThe senior civil servant, who has led the investigation, is expected to publish her findings within days.\n\nEducation Secretary Nadhim Zahawi told the BBC Ms Gray had \"complete control\" over the details revealed.\n\nBut Labour insisted the report should be published \"in full and with all accompanying evidence\".\n\nThe officials set to be named as having attended or organised gatherings had until 17:00 BST on Sunday to register their objections.\n\nWhitehall sources had told the BBC that challenges could potentially delay publication of the report.\n\nBBC political correspondent Iain Watson said that, with no one yet known to have taken out a legal challenge, it was likely that the report would be published in the next few days.\n\nA separate investigation by the Metropolitan Police concluded this week with a total of 126 fines being issued to 83 people, including one to Prime Minister Boris Johnson.\n\nMs Gray has gathered evidence including 510 images during her own investigation.\n\nThe BBC understands it is unlikely all the images will be released, although it is possible some will be published to illustrate the nature of the gatherings.\n\nAsked on BBC One's Sunday Morning programme whether all the evidence gathered by Ms Gray would be included in her report, Mr Zahawi replied: \"I would absolutely welcome it. It's the right thing to do.\"\n\nHe said the prime minister had his \"full confidence\", telling host Jo Coburn: \"Sue Gray makes that decision [over what to include in her report]. Sue Gray has complete control over this.\"\n\nThe publication of Sue Gray's full report was delayed when the Metropolitan Police launched an investigation into Downing Street parties\n\nOn Friday it emerged that the prime minister and Ms Gray had met several weeks earlier over the report, although there are conflicting accounts of what was discussed.\n\nMr Johnson is facing calls to explain the meeting from opposition parties, who say it threatens to undermine public confidence in the investigation.\n\nBut Mr Zahawi said: \"The prime minister would never interfere in the outcome of the investigation.\"\n\n\"The prime minister, throughout the process, has allowed Sue Gray to conduct herself independently,\" he added.\n\nDowning Street said Mr Johnson had been \"clear throughout\" that the report should be \"completely independent\", and its findings had not been discussed.\n\nThere hasn't been a renewed clamour among Conservative MPs for the prime minister to go, now that police have confirmed the scale of the fines imposed on officials and politicians in Downing Street.\n\nBut Boris Johnson's long-standing critics will pore over the Sue Gray report to assess whether his initial assertion that Covid guidance and rules were followed was credible.\n\nThe devil for Mr Johnson will be in the as-yet-unseen detail of the Downing Street gatherings. If, for example, she were to provide descriptions - or even possibly, in some cases, images - of events that weren't socially distanced, that could potentially inflict more damage on the prime minister.\n\nBut if Mr Johnson, in the statement he will make to MPs when the report becomes public, can convince colleagues he was the victim of bad advice from his officials, then his next challenge will come in June.\n\nThat's when voters will get a chance to have their say in two crucial by-elections in Conservative held seats.\n\nFor Labour, shadow Treasury minister Pat McFadden told Sky News: \"I've got every faith in Sue Gray's integrity and she is a civil servant of the highest integrity.\n\n\"We don't know the details of that meeting, it's not clear who called it, there's different accounts of that, so it's hard for me to say what was said there.\"\n\nAn interim version of Ms Gray's report, published in January, did not name individuals but criticised \"failures of leadership and judgement\" and said some events should not have \"been allowed to take place\".\n\nThe publication of her full findings was delayed when the Met Police launched its own investigation.\n\nThe prime minister faces a further inquiry by the Commons' Privileges Committee about whether he knowingly lied to Parliament when he previously told MPs that no laws had been broken in Downing Street.\n\nUnder government guidelines, ministers who knowingly mislead the House of Commons are expected to resign.", "The gap between the pay of company executives and other workers is set to widen this year after falling during the height of the Covid pandemic, research by a think tank suggests.\n\nThe High Pay Centre said cuts to executive pay led to a fall in the median pay gap between bosses in FTSE 350 firms and employees last year.\n\nBut it said early data indicated that the gap will widen again in 2022.\n\nPay ratios were widest in retail and lowest in media and financial services.\n\nUnions called for maximum pay ratios to \"bring some fairness back\" to the system.\n\nLuke Hildyard, director of the High Pay Centre, said the think tank's report indicated companies showed \"some sensitivity to the need to treat workers fairly and reduce vast pay inequalities during the pandemic\".\n\n\"However, as the Covid-19 emergency hopefully reduces, it would be a shame if the spirit of solidarity it generated fades away as well,\" he added.\n\n\"With the dire outlook for the UK economy, how we share existing resource will become increasingly important.\"\n\nHouseholds are currently being hit by the rising cost of living, with food, fuel and energy prices all biting into budgets.\n\nPrices were already rising as economies opened following pandemic restrictions, but war in Ukraine has led to further increases and wages are failing to keep pace.\n\nUK inflation, the rate at which prices rise, jumped to 9% in the 12 months to April, up from 7% in March and is forecast to rise further by the end of the year.\n\nHowever, the governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey has previously urged workers to not ask for big pay rises - to try and stop inflation spiralling out of control.\n\nBut Mr Hildyard said major employers had \"a key role to play balancing their pay awards so that high, middle and low earners are all paid fairly and proportionately\".\n\nAcross 69 companies that disclosed pay ratios in the first months of 2022 to the High Pay Centre, the average chief executive to average employee pay ratio was 63:1 - almost double the ratio for the same group of companies in 2021, at 34:1.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Today programme, Mr Hildyard said: \"For many households the cost of living's rising, their economic situation is getting a lot worse not better, but that doesn't seem to be stopping the big companies that are making big profits from paying vast amounts to their chief executives and people at the top while not necessarily awarding pay rises to lower earning workers who are struggling with that cost of living.\"\n\nMubin Haq, chief executive of the abrdn Financial Fairness Trust, which contributed to the research, said the previous narrowing of the pay gap during the height of the pandemic showed \"change is possible\".\n\n\"As inflation starts to bite, it's more important than ever that companies do the right thing and pay is distributed fairly,\" he said.\n\n\"Going back to past practice, where pay ratios increase year-on-year, is one area where we do not want to see a return to normal following the pandemic. However, this increasingly seems unlikely as evidence from a number of companies shows pay at the top rebounding.\"\n\nMr Haq said wage growth for those on lower incomes would be \"critical\" to ensure \"millions can weather the cost-of-living crisis we are now facing\".\n\nHowever, Emily Fielder, head of communications at the Adam Smith Institute, said while \"fretting about CEO pay might make for a good headline, getting involved would do little to increase workers' wages and benefits to shareholders\".\n\nShe claimed research into \"unexpected executive deaths and the effect that this had on the companies they represent\" had shown that bosses of big firms \"have a real impact on a company's performance\".\n\n\"The UK should be adopting policies which will get the economy growing again, rather than undertaking a PR exercise in the politics of envy,\" she added.\n\nThe High Pay Centre's most recent chief executive pay analysis said the average FTSE 100 boss was paid £2.69m in 2020.\n\nThe figure was 86 times the average full-time UK worker but was a 17% drop from £3.25m in 2019.\n\nTUC general secretary Frances O'Grady said: \"Pay inequality has gone much too far.\"\n\n\"Even for the best-performing executives, pay can be out of all proportion compared to hard-working staff on the frontline,\" she said.\n\n\"It's time we had maximum pay ratios to bring some fairness back.\"", "Approximately 9,500 people have been given or offered a booster vaccine in Wales despite not being eligible\n\nAlmost 10,000 people have been offered a Covid booster jab in Wales despite not being eligible for one after an error.\n\nIn a statement Health Minister Eluned Morgan said the mistake occurred due to different eligibility criteria for the spring booster campaign.\n\nAll of those incorrectly identified as eligible for the booster are considered high risk of severe illness.\n\nThe incorrect offers for a booster jab will be honoured, Ms Morgan confirmed.\n\nIn a statement Ms Morgan said the potential discrepancy between those deemed eligible and those turning up for the booster had been identified by health boards on 16 May.\n\nThe Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) states that only those aged 75 years and over, care home residents and individuals aged 12 years and over who are immunosuppressed - with conditions or undergoing treatment specified in the \"green book\" - should be offered a spring booster.\n\nHowever in the system used in Wales to manage and record vaccinations, some people were offered the booster who were not in this category, the Welsh government said.\n\nThe 9,500 wrongly offered the jab were at risk of severe illness if they were to catch Covid, but they did not meet the stricter criteria, set out by the JCVI needed to qualify for the spring booster.\n\nThe Welsh government said that all those incorrectly offered the jab were included in the clinically extremely vulnerable cohort of people eligible for antiviral and antibody treatment should they get Covid.\n\nBut there are differences between the criteria for vaccination and treatment.\n\nEluned Morgan has been Wales' health minister since 2021\n\nMs Morgan said: \"It is important to note that all these individuals are at high-risk of developing severe illness if they get Covid-19.\"\n\nShe said she had decided to honour the offers due to \"potential confusion and anxiety\" which would be caused by withdrawing the offer at this stage.\n\nHowever, she added that this decision \"does not represent a decision to extend our programme beyond the eligibility criteria advised by the JCVI\".\n\nShe added: \"We have sufficient supply of vaccine in Wales to provide additional appointments and booster vaccines and we do not expect this decision to have any impact on eligibility for vaccination in the autumn.\"\n\n\"We will make sure all individuals affected are aware of the situation and we will apologise for the error.\"", "Henrietta, in care from 14, says her life would have been different if her mother had been offered help earlier\n\nTens of thousands more children could end up in care without radical changes to child protection, a \"once-in a generation\" review has warned.\n\nThe review of England's council-run children's services says struggling families need early intervention to ensure they do not reach crisis point.\n\nThe recommendations include phasing out young offender institutions and a drive to recruit more foster parents.\n\nMinisters promised \"ambitious and detailed\" plans before the end of 2022.\n\nBut Labour and the British Association of Social Workers both blamed government austerity measures since 2010 for stripping away services for vulnerable families.\n\nAnd the Independent Children's Homes Association, representing private providers of residential care, accused the review of \"overreaching\".\n\nThe Independent Review of Children's Social Care's lead Josh MacAlister called for £2.6bn over five years to transform the system and prevent the number of children in care - already at record levels - rising above 100,000.\n\nIt follows the killing of toddlers Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and Star Hobson, who died in separate incidents in 2020. The trials of their killers highlighted the inadequacies of the social system meant to protect at-risk children.\n\nA separate report on the failings in both cases is expected soon.\n\nThe landmark review's recommendations have also called for:\n\n\"I was always walking with a black bin bag,\" says Henrietta Imoreh, of being moved from placement to placement five times during her first weeks in care at the age of 14.\n\nYouth worker Henrietta, now 27, says the sort of early intervention recommended in the report could have transformed her life. Being in care \"felt like a never-ending storm\", she says.\n\nIt disrupted her education, she was bullied and got into fights.\n\n\"Where is the support for families right at the start, when they're struggling?\" she asks.\n\nShe says: \"There were so many moments in my childhood where my mum was suffering and nobody offered support... Maybe we wouldn't have gone into care and maybe our stories would have been different.\"\n\nMr MacAlister, a former teacher who led the government-commissioned review, told the BBC: \"I've walked away from this feeling a mixture of inspiration at times - seeing what families have been able to do and where children have been able to get despite the circumstances - but also rage.\n\n\"Some of the things going on in the system are outrageous and are not acceptable.\"\n\nHe said £2.6bn was needed for a five-year programme to change the system fundamentally, and improve the lives of children and their families.\n\nWithout that, he said, the number of children in care - already at a record 80,000 - would grow.\n\n\"Carry on as we are and we'll have nearly 100,000 children in care by this time next decade, and the costs per year will be £15bn [up from £10bn]... and it won't be achieving better outcomes for anybody.\"\n\nHe suggested some of the money could be raised by a windfall tax on the 15 largest providers of residential children's care and foster care, who he said had \"done very well out of market failure\" by capitalising on demand.\n\nMr MacAlister said: \"What we found is that this is a system - the children social care system - that needs a radical reset, because at the moment it is in a cycle where problems escalate, costs rise, outcomes continue to be too poor, and that's getting worse and worse over time.\"\n\nMr MacAlister (centre) and his team spoke to more than 2,000 people with personal experience of the care system\n\nAnother key recommendation is extra financial support for relatives taking on the care of a child to avoid them going into children's homes, or being fostered.\n\n\"Children have told us, having been in care, that they desperately would have liked to stay with their grandparents or that uncle or family friend,\" Mr MacAlister said.\n\nBut too often relatives' housing is unsuitable or budgets won't stretch to the cost of taking on an extra child, says the report, which argues for kinship carers to be paid the same amount as foster carers.\n\nLisa, whose baby granddaughter was adopted last year, wishes she could have taken her in instead - but she says the social workers who handled the case were \"negative and nit-picking\" and not on her side.\n\nShe already has a special guardianship order for the baby's older brother, but when she applied for the second child, she was told that a condition was giving up her job to focus on her granddaughter's emotional wellbeing.\n\nLisa says she had no choice but to allow her granddaughter to be adopted\n\nLosing her income would have plunged the whole family into poverty, so Lisa felt she had no choice.\n\n\"It was the hardest decision I've ever made... I think I will take to my grave whether it was the right one or not.\"\n\nLisa says special guardians need better help.\n\n\"We are an afterthought. We don't get the support that foster carers get. We don't get the support adopters get - and yet we're the most successful placements for a child. It doesn't make sense.\"\n\nIn a statement, ministers said they were committed to \"major reforms to improve the lives of England's most vulnerable children and families\".\n\nInitial measures set out by the government include:\n\n\"This is the start of a journey to change the culture and dramatically reform the children's social care system,\" said Education Secretary Nadim Zahawi, who pledged detailed plans for \"bold and ambitious change\" within months.\n\nLabour called the poor outcomes for children in care \"a source of shame for our country and our government\".\n\n\"A decade of Conservative governments have stripped away the early help services that children and families rely on,\" said Helen Hayes, Labour's shadow minister for children and early years.\n\nThe British Association of Social Workers said: \"Public service austerity has not only driven social care services to breaking point, it has fundamentally undermined social protection for the poorest and most marginalised.\n\n\"While tackling poverty and funding cuts are in the review report, it needs to be unequivocal in asking government to act on poverty and structural underfunding of preventive and universal services, which is increasing demand on social services and inequalities between areas.\"\n\nThe Independent Children's Homes Association said it was \"stunned\" at the review's call for \"the destruction of more than 30 years in the children's social care sector, work that has produced one of the leading care systems in the world, while demonstrating an alarming lack of knowledge of the sector, poor examination of evidence, and misleading interpretation of critical data\".\n\nHave you been affected by any of the issues raised here? You can share your experience by emailing: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Last updated on .From the section West Ham\n\nWest Ham defender Kurt Zouma will appear in court after being accused of three offences under the Animal Welfare Act for allegedly harming his cat.\n\nZouma's brother Yoan, who plays for Dagenham and Redbridge, has been accused of two offences following an RSPCA investigation.\n\nYoan, 24, filmed 27-year-old Kurt allegedly kicking and slapping one of his pets.\n\nThey will appear at Thames Magistrates' Court on Tuesday for a first hearing.\n\nAfter the video appeared in February, the RSPCA removed two cats from Kurt's home and began liaising with Essex Police about the incident.\n\nThe RSPCA continues to care for the two cats.\n\nKurt is accused of two counts of causing \"unnecessary suffering\" to the cat by kicking it in the abdomen and slapping it in the head.\n\nHe is also alleged to have failed to protect the cat from \"pain suffering, injury or disease\".\n\nYoan is accused of two counts of \"aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring\" Kurt to commit the offence of causing unnecessary suffering to the cat.\n\nKurt was fined a reported £250,000 and was dropped by a number of sponsors, but continued to play for West Ham.\n\nYoan has not played for Dagenham and Redbridge since 29 January.", "Basic goods and services for a typical family with two young children are about £400 a month more expensive than they were last year, new data suggests.\n\nEnergy prices added about £120 to families' monthly costs as price caps rose and cheap tariffs ended.\n\nPay is rising more slowly than prices, forcing many families to make tough spending choices.\n\nThe data from Loughborough University is based on what focus groups deem a minimum acceptable standard of living.\n\nAs well as the essentials needed to survive, like food, rent and heating, the budgets include things the focus groups believe are needed to take part in society, such as internet access, school trips and an annual family holiday in the UK.\n\nGas and electricity costs have gone up sharply over the past year, especially for those on the lowest tariffs, because of rises in the energy price cap and the disappearance of cheap deals.\n\nTransport costs, including petrol and parking charges, added at least £85 to families' outgoings, while childcare costs rose by £66 a month.\n\nStacey Sherwood, a single mother of two from Leicester, says she is constantly having to scale back.\n\nStacey, who has two children, says: \"I work, I should be able to pay for things myself\"\n\n\"Day trips out with the kids, outings - all of that's gone,\" she says.\n\nMs Sherwood, who works for a window company, sends her two-year-old daughter Arabella-Rose to nursery three days a week. She'd like to send her full-time, but can't afford to, so her parents help with childcare.\n\nRising bills have forced the family to limit showers and share baths, and she can no longer afford to take her nine-year-old son Oliver on outings, such as trips to the bowling alley.\n\n\"Once you've paid for bowling, food and so on, you've spent £100 and we simply can't afford that anymore,\" she says.\n\n\"I don't want to be saying no. It makes me feel like a failure, like a bad mum. I work, I should be able to pay for things myself.\"\n\nThe cost of these basic household budgets - known as the Minimum Income Standard - has often gone up faster than inflation, which is calculated using prices across the whole economy.\n\nWith inflation reaching a 40-year high of 9% in April 2022, families with two children face costs 13% higher than they did in the same month last year. Budgets for other household types, including those without children, are set to be published later this year.\n\nPeter Matejic from anti-poverty charity the Joseph Rowntree Foundation says low-income households are hit the hardest by price rises: \"Families in poverty are feeling the worst effects of the frightening jumps we are seeing in the cost of living, because more of their budget goes on essential items and their incomes just can't keep up.\n\n\"The government has the power to close the gap by uprating benefits now, ensuring that the worst off are not pulled under.\"\n\nThe government has said it is supporting families struggling financially in the face of rising prices, including a £150 council tax discount and a £200 loan for energy bills in the autumn.\n\nBut Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak is under increasing pressure to offer more support to households, including a windfall tax on oil and gas companies' profits, a cut to VAT and further financial help with energy bills.\n\nPrices are rising for everyone - especially as increases are being driven by the cost of energy, such as heating and lighting our homes.\n\nBut the impact is clearly more acute for those whose household budgets are already very tight.\n\nSo far, government support has been a mix of broad, general assistance, such as council tax rebates, and more targeted policy - such as allowing those on universal credit to take home more of what they earn.\n\nThe prime minister and chancellor have said they stand ready to offer more help. The debate in the weeks ahead will not only be about how generous, but also how specifically directed, that support could be.\n\nAre you a family struggling with the rising cost of living? How have you been affected by the issues in this story? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has said it should never have taken the government so long to secure her release from prison in Iran.\n\nShe told a news conference she had been overwhelmed with emotion to be reunited with her husband and daughter, describing the reunion as precious.\n\nBut she said \"what's happened now should have happened six years ago\".\n\nThe British-Iranian was speaking for the first time since her dramatic return to the UK last week.\n\nMrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested on spying charges while visiting her parents in Iran, with her then two-year-old daughter Gabriella, in April 2016. Last week, she was freed after spending six years in detention.\n\nHer release came after the UK government paid a £400m debt to Iran dating back to the 1970s, although both governments have said the two issues should not be linked.\n\nSpeaking to the media in Westminster, Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe thanked all those who had worked to get her released, paying tribute to her \"amazing, wonderful\" husband, Richard Ratcliffe, who she said had campaigned tirelessly. She also thanked her daughter \"for being very, very patient with mummy\".\n\nBut she took issue with the credit her husband had granted Foreign Secretary Liz Truss for her release, saying: \"I have seen five foreign secretaries change over the course of six years. How many foreign secretaries does it take for someone to come home?\"\n\nShe added: \"We all know… how I came home. It should have happened exactly six years ago.\"\n\nDescribing her arrival back in the UK, Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe recalled the \"precious\" and \"glorious\" feeling of stepping off the plane and seeing her daughter again.\n\n\"I had been waiting for that moment for such a long time,\" she said.\n\n\"It was lovely to get to hold her, to braid her hair and to brush her hair. That was a moment that I really, really missed.\"\n\nShe said she was looking forward to getting to know Gabriella better again and doing everyday things like taking her to school.\n\nAlso speaking at the news conference, Mr Ratcliffe joked that it was \"nice to be retiring\" from his role as a campaigner, and thanked everyone for \"making us whole again\".\n\n\"I'm so pleased she's back home, that she came home to us. We're still negotiating whether daddy's allowed in the same bed as Gabriella and Nazanin. We'll get there.\"\n\nMr Ratcliffe continued: \"I think we'll do this and then we will disappear off and heal a bit.\"\n\nMrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe declined to speak about her ordeal, saying it would always haunt her.\n\nBut she added: \"I always felt like I was holding this black hole in my heart all these years... I am going to leave that black hole on the plane.\"\n\nWhile in Iran in September 2016, Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a project manager for the Thomson Reuters Foundation, was accused of plotting to overthrow the Iranian government and was given a five-year sentence.\n\nThen, in April 2021, she was sentenced for another year on charges of propaganda against the government.\n\nMrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe has always denied those allegations and said that she was only in Iran to visit her family.\n\nSpeaking on Monday, she said she had been told by Iranian authorities shortly after her arrest that they wanted \"something off the Brits\", and that they would not let her go until they had got it.\n\n\"And they did keep their promise,\" she said.\n\nEarlier during her visit to Westminster, Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe met Speaker of the House Sir Lindsay Hoyle in his parliamentary rooms.\n\nSir Lindsay gave Gabriella a Speaker Bear fluffy toy, which she decided to call Speechless\n\nThe Speaker told her \"the whole nation rejoiced\" when she returned to the UK.\n\nHe added: \"You have achieved something that many others before you have not - in uniting the House in their efforts and hope to get you home.\"\n\nAnother British-Iranian national, Anoosheh Ashoori, was released at the same time as Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe.\n\nBut Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe also used the event to draw attention to the plight of other dual nationals still detained in Iran.\n\nMorad Tahbaz, who has British, Iranian, and American citizenship, remains in detention, and there are numerous people from other countries who are being held on various allegations of working to undermine the Iranian regime.\n\nMr Tahbaz's daughter, Roxanne, also appeared at the conference, and said her family felt her father had been \"abandoned and left behind\" in Iran.\n\nShe said they had been told by the Foreign Office that Mr Tahbaz would be included in any deal to release hostages in Iran, and called on the prime minister and the foreign secretary to continue to work for his release.\n\n\"I believe that the meaning of freedom is never going to be complete until such time that all of us who are unjustly detained in Iran are reunited with our families,\" Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe said.\n\n\"There are so many other people - we don't know their names - who have been suffering in prison.\"\n\nTulip Siddiq, Labour MP for Hampstead and Kilburn, has called on the Foreign Affairs Select Committee to investigate why the debt the UK had with Iran took \"so long\" to be paid.\n\nMs Siddiq - who represents Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's constituency and has called herself the \"Nazanin MP\" - said she had written to the chair of the committee, Tom Tugendhat.\n\nMr Ratcliffe welcomed the investigation and said it would be \"really valuable for Parliament to take up that challenge and to talk it through\".", "No 10 has confirmed it initiated a meeting between the PM and Sue Gray - the senior civil servant leading a much-anticipated report into lockdown parties in government offices.\n\nThe meeting took place weeks ago but only came to light over the weekend.\n\nOn Monday morning, Treasury Minister Simon Clarke said it had been instigated by Ms Gray.\n\nHowever, the PM's spokesman later clarified that No 10 officials had suggested the meeting.\n\nHe said the aim had been to discuss the \"timings and publication process\" of the report - and that while it had been \"minuted in the usual way\", the notes would not be released as it was a private meeting.\n\nExplaining the confusion, the spokesman said the \"technical request\" had come from Ms Gray's office.\n\nNo 10 also insisted Boris Johnson did not support allegations, attributed to his allies, accusing Ms Gray of \"playing politics\".\n\nSpeaking to reporters, the prime minister said he would not be giving a \"running commentary\", but insisted Ms Gray was able to act independently.\n\nHowever, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer accused the government of trying to \"undermine\" Ms Gray and her report.\n\n\"That's what we've seen going on...in recent days - a new low for the government,\" he said.\n\nAnd Lib Dem chief whip Wendy Chamberlain said: \"The public would be rightly angry if it turns out Boris Johnson put pressure on Sue Gray to water down her report into illegal Downing Street parties.\"\n\nThe release of the Ms Gray's full report, expected within days, had been delayed until an inquiry by the Metropolitan Police wound up last week.\n\nThe four-month police inquiry led to 83 people, including PM Boris Johnson, sharing 126 fines for Covid breaches.\n\nA deadline for top officials Ms Gray wants to name in her report to lodge objections has now passed.\n\nThe BBC understands that no one is yet known to have lodged a complaint - something that has the potential to further delay the report's release.\n\nMs Gray's inquiry was established by the prime minister, and the terms of reference are set by him.\n\nThe prime minister is among those who received fines for lockdown breaches\n\nMs Gray's report is expected to be critical of those overseeing a culture in No 10 in which lockdown breaches could occur.\n\nAn interim version, published in January, did not name individuals but did criticise \"failures of leadership and judgement\", and said some events should not have \"been allowed to take place\".\n\nThe Met inquiry began in January after Ms Gray's inquiry passed on a trove of evidence, including 300 photos, to the force.\n\nThe BBC understands it is unlikely all the images will be released in the report, although it is possible some will be published to illustrate the nature of the gatherings.\n\nThe prime minister faces a further inquiry by the Commons' Privileges Committee about whether he deliberately misled MPs when he previously told them no Covid rules had been broken in Downing Street.\n\nUnder government guidelines, ministers who knowingly mislead Parliament are expected to resign.", "The Queen has used a a golf buggy to tour the annual Chelsea Flower Show in London, which includes a Platinum Jubilee floral tribute to the monarch's 70 year reign.\n\nA Buckingham Palace spokesperson said, \"adjustments have been made for the Queen's comfort\".\n\nAfter cancelling a series of events earlier this year, the Queen has been much more visible in recent weeks.", "ScotRail's new timetable, which will see almost 700 fewer train services a day, has been rolled out as the deadlock over driver pay continues.\n\nThe move, which will see the last train on many routes departing before 20:00, follows a third Sunday of disruption.\n\nDrivers' union Aslef has argued a 2.2% pay rise is not acceptable at a time of soaring inflation.\n\nEmployment minister Richard Lochhead said he understood the pressures but urged \"sensible\" pay claims.\n\nHundreds of trains have been cancelled since 8 May when many drivers opted not to work overtime.\n\nAslef and the RMT union are both balloting members for strike action after rejecting the pay offer.\n\nMinisters insist that scaling back the number of services under the new temporary timetable will reduce the need for cancellations.\n\nBut hospitality and entertainment businesses have warned the transport situation will affect their income, while some commuters have also raised concerns.\n\nThe original May 2022 timetable had approximately 2,150 weekday services, but from Monday this will be reduced temporarily by a third to 1,456.\n\nOpposition politicians have criticised the move which comes after a Scottish government owned company took over the running of ScotRail last month.\n\nThe previous operator Abellio had its franchise ended early amid criticism of the quality of the service.\n\nMore than 300 services were cancelled on Sunday before the temporary timetable came into place.\n\nScotRail's service delivery director David Simpson conceded that the temporary timetable would see a reduction in service but said it would also provide customers with \"a level of certainty and reliability\".\n\n\"I hope we have this in place for as short a time as possible because we recognise the disruption it is causing to people,\" he told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme.\n\n\"We need to sit down and talk against the background where everyone is clear that we need to compromise. The demands of 10, 11% are just not sustainable in the current economic climate of the railway. We need to find a way round that.\"\n\nHe said ScotRail needed to demonstrate \"taxpayer value\" in the way the company operated.\n\n\"We think the offer we have made is a strong one,\" Mr Simpson added. \"It's 2.2% on basic plus 5% through the revenue share. We think that reflects the current economic position of the industry but also offers good package for drivers and other grades that allows them to share in the success of ScotRail as they move forward.\"\n\nThe operator has been dependent on drivers working extra hours, following delays in training new staff during the Covid pandemic.\n\nMr Simpson said ScotRail could return to a full timetable if drivers returned to the previous level of rest-day working, but added that its training scheme for new drivers was \"going very well\" with 130 new drivers currently going through the programme.\n\nThe Scottish government has said a train driver in Scotland typically earns more than £50,000 a year, and has urged the rail unions to negotiate with ScotRail.\n\nBut Aslef has said it was \"not sensible\" to offer a 2.2% pay increase with inflation running at the current levels.\n\nScottish organiser Kevin Lindsay has now written to the first minister asking her to provide \"positive political intervention\" in bringing ScotRail back to the negotiating table to end an impasse over wages.\n\nHe said: \"We urgently need to see progress and a de-escalation of this situation. The Scottish public demand it. They need to get to and from work, leisure, and important cultural and sporting events satisfactorily and this needs a full service that is invested in, not cut.\n\n\"We have said repeatedly we want to return to talks - we stand ready whenever they are called to meet with ScotRail and the Scottish government anytime, anyplace and anywhere.\"\n\nHe added: \"Sadly, up until now there has been negative political interference, it is now time for positive political intervention and leadership from you with an instruction to ScotRail to enter as a matter of urgency meaningful pay talks with the full intention to sensibly settle these pay negotiations.\"\n\nAsked on the BBC's The Sunday Show if the unions were making reasonable demands, Employment Minister Richard Lochhead said: \"My message to all workers in Scotland, in all these sectors, is that we have to sensible.\n\n\"Everything has to be affordable because the country is in a very precarious position at the moment and if we take wrong decisions we could end up with a recession.\"\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said last week she hoped the timetable would get back to normal \"as quickly as possible\".\n\nTransport Minister Jenny Gilruth has said she expects 38 new drivers to be qualified by the end of the summer, 55 by the end of the year, and 100 by June 2023.\n\nShe has previously described the practice of rest day working as \"outdated\" and that the Scottish government was looking to phase it out.\n\n\"I would encourage both partners to sit round the table today,\" she said on Monday. \"We need to see negotiations move on and that means compromise on both sides.\"\n\nShe added: \"We need to make nationalisation a success. I want the railway unions to be part of that success.\"\n\nGraham Simpson, the Scottish Conservatives transport spokesman, said there were \"serious questions to answer\" about why negotiations were not taking place on Monday.\n\n\"Jenny Gilruth might have the luxury of her ministerial car to get around, but others do not,\" he added. \"She needs to start showing leadership and ensure that passengers do not continue to suffer this miserable and disastrous service on our trains.\"\n\nHow have you been affected by the scaled back timetable? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The French international defender is accused of rape, sexual assault and attempted rape\n\nManchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy has entered not guilty pleas to nine charges of sexual offences against six women.\n\nMendy, 27, of Prestbury, Cheshire, denied all the charges, which include seven of rape, at Chester Crown Court.\n\nThe French international is also accused of sexual assault and attempted rape.\n\nThe offences are alleged to have taken place at his home between October 2018 and August 2021.\n\nThe defender is due to face trial at the court on 25 July.\n\nHi co-defendant Louis Saha Matturie, of Eccles in Salford, also entered not guilty pleas to 12 charges.\n\nThe 40-year-old denied eight counts of rape and four counts of sexual assault, relating to alleged attacks on eight women between July 2012 to August 2021.\n\nMendy, who has made 50 Premier League appearances for Manchester City since joining from Monaco in 2017 and has 10 international caps for France, was suspended by the club after being charged.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Tonga underwater volcano that produced a spectacular eruption in January remains astonishingly intact.\n\nA New Zealand-led team has just finished mapping the flanks of the seamount, which many people thought might have been torn apart in the ferocity of the event.\n\nBut structurally, Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha'apai hasn't changed that much.\n\nThe Tonga eruption produced the biggest atmospheric explosion recorded on Earth in more than a century.\n\nIt generated tsunamis across the Pacific and in other ocean basins around the world. It even lifted the clouds over the UK, 16,500km away. Mercifully, only a handful of people lost their lives in the kingdom of Tonga.\n\nNew Zealand's National Institute for Water and Atmospheric (NIWA) Research has now managed to get in close with a ship to map the post-eruption shape of Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha'apai (HTHH) and of the surrounding seafloor.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAlthough there's clearly been a lot of ash deposition and movement of sediment, the volcano continues to stand tall.\n\nThe expedition leader, NIWA marine geologist Kevin Mackay, said he was taken aback by what he'd seen in the Research Vessel (RV) Tangaroa's sonar data.\n\n\"Given the violence of the eruption on 15 January, I'd expected the edifice to either have collapsed or been blown apart, and this is not the case,\" he explained.\n\n\"While the volcano appeared intact, the seafloor showed some dramatic effects of the eruption. There is fine sandy mud and deep ash ripples as far as 50km away from the volcano, with gouged valleys and huge piles of sediment.\"\n\nThe Tangaroa in front of the two parts of the caldera rim that sit above the ocean surface\n\nFrom its 22,000-sq-km survey, the Tangaroa team calculates that about 6 to 7 cubic km of material have been added to the seafloor.\n\nThis is ash and rock that was initially ejected by the volcano into the air but which then fell back down into the water and descended the flanks of the submarine mountain to run out over the ocean bottom.\n\nThese density, or pyroclastic, flows were the major factor in generating the tsunami waves that inundated local islands, Mr Mackay told BBC News.\n\nThe volcano and surrounding seafloor was last mapped in 2016\n\nThe 1.8km-high HTHH was last surveyed in 2016. Combining the previous data with Tangaroa's new information has allowed scientists to make a \"difference map\".\n\nThe deposition of all the new material is marked in red (see top image). Blue indicates where material has been lost. This is mostly from around the neck of the volcano. The researchers say 2 to 3 cubic km has come away from the upper portions of HTHH.\n\nIn addition to the sonar survey, the Tangaroa's crew also studied the local ocean ecosystem.\n\nOn seamounts to the south of HTHH, sealife continues to flourish\n\nUnsurprisingly, the flanks of the volcano are now devoid of biology, but the team only had to travel about 15km to find fish and mussels thriving on other seamounts.\n\n\"Both of these examples imply a resilience of animal populations in the region,\" said NIWA fisheries expert Dr Malcolm Clark. \"And this is important because it can give insights into how the eruption can affect the surrounding sealife and what the possible chances of recovery might be.\"\n\nThe researchers also tested the water column for physical and chemical characteristics, including temperature, nutrients and oxygen concentration. In places, the ash-fall has had a fertilisation effect and triggered plankton blooms. But the flip side is that researchers could identify, too, zones where oxygen in the water has become depleted.\n\nThe team has a big collection of samples for further study\n\nThe team took thousands of pictures and collected hundreds of samples during the cruise, including 115 sediment cores and 250kg of rock, some of which was newly formed in the eruption.\n\nThe RV Tangaroa did not survey directly over Hunga-Tonga's opening, or caldera.\n\nThis will be left to a robot boat developed by the UK company Sea-Kit International. The 12m uncrewed surface vessel, called Maxlimer, is currently in Singapore en route to Tongatapu, the main island in the Tongan archipelago.\n\nBecause the boat can be controlled at a distance, it will be permitted to operate for extended periods over the caldera. The caution is warranted because the volcano appears still to be active.\n\nNIWA marine ecologist Dr Sarah Seabrook said this was evident from a persistent ash layer near the volcano at a depth of about 200m.\n\n\"Our initial analyses on the origin of the ash layer suggest that it is not a remnant of the January eruption, but may instead show the volcano is still venting. That is, it's actively releasing volcanic ash, albeit on a far smaller scale,\" she explained.\n\nThe information from Maxlimer's multi-beam sonar equipment is expected to be particularly instructive. A naval ship that sailed across the caldera recently found the depth of water over the caldera had increased dramatically.\n\nPre-eruption there was only 150-200m of seawater. Post-eruption there is now 800m or more of water. HTHH's magma chamber was hollowed out.\n\n\"Maxlimer definitely has the ability to measure that deep,\" said Mr Mackay. \"And what we're really hoping is that once we get a really accurate map of the caldera, we can confirm those volumes of material that we've already initially indicated.\"\n\nThe RV Tangaroa's month-long mapping project was funded by the Nippon Foundation of Japan and organised by NIWA, together with Seabed2030, which is an international effort to properly chart Earth's ocean floor.", "The power of the image. Or four of them, to be precise.\n\nJust when the prime minister might have hoped the bumpy moments of Partygate might be beginning to ease, these pictures emerge.\n\nHe's raising a glass. He's holding forth. There's a table festooned with wine bottles, and what looks like a bottle of hand sanitiser.\n\nWe already knew about the event in question.\n\nUntil today, though, we'd not seen pictures from it or known for certain that at least one person there was fined, but the prime minister was not.\n\nThere's one thing knowing about a party, something else seeing pictures from it. Pictures of partying when the rest of the country was in lockdown.\n\nThe Liberal Democrats are now demanding to know how Boris Johnson escaped a fine for being at a do at least one fellow attendee was fined for being at.\n\nThe big question, though, is how much does it matter? How many minds will move, particularly among Conservative MPs who, remember, have the capacity to remove a party leader if they choose?\n\nLet's be clear: Very few Tory MPs will find looking at these pictures comfortable. Very few will hurtle enthusiastically towards TV cameras to defend them.\n\nBackbencher Steve Baker archly tweeted a public health poster from the time. A patient is being helped to breathe. 'Look her in the eyes. And tell her you never bend the rules.'\n\nFellow Conservative MP Tom Tugendhat told the BBC he hopes \"very much that people will be considering how they act\" in the coming days when asked whether it was time for a change of leadership.\n\n\"I think those pictures show, I'm afraid, what many of us have known for a long time - which is that some aspects of this government are not serious,\" he said.\n\nITV published four photos from the event, including this one showing the PM's red box, used for official papers\n\nTo which aspects could he be possibly be referring?\n\nBut I'm not sure in and of themselves these pictures will magnify the mellow to the mega-aggrieved on the Tory frontbench or backbenches.\n\nI'm not sure it'll turn a Tory MP irritated, even angry, at their boss's behaviour into one now determined to topple him.\n\n\"I think colleagues are finding it all very tedious and don't think it will affect Boris any more,\" one cabinet minister told me, adding that the prime minister had been \"unfairly treated\" and \"will survive\".\n\nThere is, though, the report from the senior civil servant Sue Gray to come, with some in government anticipating receiving it on Wednesday morning, before a statement from Mr Johnson after Prime Minister's Questions at lunchtime.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Angela Rayner on PM drinking images: \"I think they are appalling.\"\n\nAnd after that will come a parliamentary inquiry into whether he intentionally misled the Commons — something he denies.\n\nAny prime minister would prefer to not have days like this, but as things stand, the point of most pressing imminent danger to Mr Johnson over Covid rule-breaking does seem to have passed.\n\nBut the long-term consequences of this stream of revelations - on perceptions of his trust, integrity and believability - will be exploited by his opponents for years to come.", "Rail unions have reacted with fury to a government threat to make strike action illegal unless a minimum number of train staff work during a walkout.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said a law would protect freight shipments of goods such as food and fuel.\n\nBut unions vowed \"fierce resistance\" to any curb on the right to strike, calling the move \"authoritarian\" and \"desperate nonsense\".\n\nSome 40,000 rail workers are being balloted over taking industrial action.\n\nThe ballot of National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) members closes on Tuesday and the results are likely to be known the following day.\n\nThe RMT claims that the strike - involving members of 15 train operating companies and Network Rail - could be the biggest \"in modern history\" and bring the country \"to a standstill\".\n\nMr Shapps told The Sunday Telegraph that unions were using strikes as a first resort rather than a last measure.\n\nHe cited a promise that the Conservative Party made in its 2019 manifesto that it \"will require that a minimum service operates during transport strikes\".\n\nHe told the newspaper: \"We had a pledge in there about minimum service levels. If they really got to that point then minimum service levels would be a way to work towards protecting those freight routes and those sorts of things.\n\n\"We very much hope they will wake up and smell the coffee.\"\n\nHowever, RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said \"any attempt\" by Mr Shapps to \"make effective strike action illegal on the railways will be met with the fiercest resistance from RMT and the wider trade union movement\".\n\nHe was joined by Unite general secretary Sharon Graham who said the union \"will confront head-on and by whatever means necessary, any further attacks on the right to strike\".\n\nShe called it \"a cynical, authoritarian move\", adding: \"A worker's right to withdraw their labour is inalienable in any democracy worth its name.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Manuel Cortes, general secretary of the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association, said: \"What we are seeing here is desperate nonsense from the Tories who have chosen to attack working people in our union who kept the railways running every single day of the pandemic.\"\n\nIn its manifesto, the Conservatives said: \"Rail workers deserve a fair deal, but it is not fair to let the trade unions undermine the livelihoods of others.\"\n\nThe RMT said the strike is over pay, terms and conditions as well as planned job cuts. It said its members are facing \"pay freezes, threats to jobs and attacks on their terms and conditions\".\n\nNetwork Rail plans to shed 2,500 maintenance jobs in order to make £2bn worth of savings.\n\nNetwork Rail - which maintains the railways and carries out vital functions such as signalling - has not been involved in a national strike since 1994. There are concerns a walkout by its workers could affect both passengers and the movement of goods by train, such as fuel and food.\n\nAlthough rail makes up a relatively small proportion of all freight, this has been increasing because of the lorry driver shortage, and environmental considerations.", "Gene-edited tomatoes that boost vitamin D are among the foods that could be commercially developed\n\nTomatoes that boost the body's vitamin D could be among the first gene-edited crops allowed on sale in England.\n\nResearchers in Norwich created the plants by turning off a specific molecule in their genetic code.\n\nA bill will be introduced on Wednesday to allow commercial growing of gene-edited crops in England.\n\nThe technique is currently not used for food production in the UK because of rules set by the EU but Brexit has enabled the UK to set its own rules.\n\nOne in six people in the UK are deficient in vitamin D, which is vital to strong bones and muscles and helps reduce risk of cancer.\n\nProf Cathie Martin, who led the research at the John Innes Centre, said that the development, published in Nature Plants, could be hugely beneficial.\n\n\"With humans, half an hour in the sunshine every day is enough to make enough vitamin D. But a lot of people don't have that time outside and that's why they need supplements. The tomatoes themselves could provide another source of vitamin D in their diet.\"\n\nIf government legislation gets through Parliament successfully, the vitamin-boosting fruits could be among the first gene-edited crops allowed on supermarket shelves in England.\n\nGene editing is a relatively recent technology. It involves switching genes on and off by snipping out a small section of the plant's DNA. The older technique of genetic modification involves putting genes in, sometimes from a completely different species.\n\nEU restrictions mean both methods have been effectively banned in Europe for a quarter century.\n\nBoth methods are used in other countries, to produce food. But the EU set stringent regulations on GM crops 25 years ago because of safety concerns and public opposition to the technology. Gene-edited crops are covered by the same regulations.\n\nThe UK currently follows European Union regulations on both technologies.\n\nAny new GM or GE crop must undergo a scientific safety assessment, which can take around five years. Plant breeders believe that to be too onerous and expensive and so do not invest in the technology in Europe. In addition, any new variety that passes the EU's safety tests must then be approved by a majority at the European Parliament.\n\nPlant breeders believe that political opposition is too strong for the approval of new GM or GE varieties. The regulations, say the plant industry, effectively prevented the commercial production of GM foods in Europe.\n\nThe UK government has decided that gene editing is safe to use and is to introduce a bill on Wednesday to allow its commercial development in England. The regulations on GM crops will not be relaxed at this stage.\n\nThe Environment Secretary George Eustice told BBC News that the change in the law was necessary to combat the impact of climate change.\n\n''The reality is we're going to need more drought resistant plants and as we try and reduce the use of chemical pesticides, we need to breed in the natural resistance of plants to diseases and this precision breeding technology gives you the ability to do that; it gives you the ability to change traits in a plant faster than you could by conventional breeding but it's not the same as genetic modification''.\n\nA new variety of barley being tested by KWS plant breeders in Hertfordshire will take twelve years to come to market using conventional breeding techniques. The firm claims that gene editing will significantly reduce that time.\n\nThe development has been welcomed by Nigel Moore, of KWS, a plant-breeding firm in Hertfordshire which produces wheat and barley.\n\n\"With the varieties we see in England, it generally takes us 12 years to produce those new ones. With gene-editing, we can respond to changing farmers' much faster.\"\n\nKWS has been developing new varieties of wheat and barley for farmers for 150 years using traditional cross-breeding techniques. Mr Moore says that the firm needs to use gene-editing to produce the new varieties farmers are asking for.\n\n\"If we think about the pace of change: climate change, the need to reduce nitrogen fertilizer, need to use less pesticides; the faster we get the genetic changes we need, the faster we are able to adapt to all of that changing world around us\".\n\nCritics of the technology, such as Liz O'Neill, who is the director of the campaign group, GM Freeze, says that the government is being too hasty in lifting restrictions for gene-edited crops.\n\nProtestors trampling a GM crop trial in 1988 over safety concerns about the technology.\n\n\"Mistakes happen. Other changes can get made. Genetics is not like Lego. It is a new set of techniques, and it has developed very quickly which means that there is an awful lot that could go wrong.\n\nThe process does involve putting genetic material in, in order to take it out, and there is a deliberate oversimplification in the description of the process in order to make people feel comfortable about it.\"\n\nMs O'Neill also wonders how the relaxation of regulations, which apply to England only, won't happen in other parts of the UK, which will make their own decisions about the use of the technology.\n\n\"The food chain doesn't operate only in England. It operates across the UK. Who is going to keep gene-edited food out of the food in Scotland and Wales?\n\nCustomers want informed choice and can only get that if GMOs in the food chain are traceable\".\n\nNigel Moore from KWS responds by saying that new gene-edited crop varieties are analysed to ensure that there is no new DNA in them before they are approved for use and that a number of scientific assessments have judged gene-editing technology to be safe.\n\nHe also believes that English-grown GE foods won't find their way to other parts of the UK.\n\n\"Agricultural supply chains are already very competent in delivering brand requirements such as gluten free and organic foods to very high standards.\"\n\nThe Scottish Government has a long standing opposition to GM crops. Their argument is that they want to protect the \"purity\" of Scotland's food and drinks sector. But this is now is direct opposition to NFU Scotland which says it puts Scottish farmers at a competitive disadvantage.\n\nA Welsh Government spokesperson said: \"We have no plans to revise the existing GMO Deliberate Release Regulations in Wales and will maintain our precautionary approach towards genetic modification.\n\nGM crop growing in Northern Ireland was banned at the same time as in Scotland and Wales, back in 2015, and it was said then that that decision would hold for the foreseeable future.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The 06:16 service from Edinburgh became the first passenger train to stop at Reston for more than 50 years\n\nPassenger rail services are stopping at a Borders village for the first time in 58 years.\n\nA new multi-million pound station will help link Reston north to Edinburgh and south towards Newcastle.\n\nIt is the conclusion of a lengthy battle to secure the stop on the East Coast Main Line.\n\nVillagers in Reston - which has about 200 homes - said it would provide a major boost for connectivity from the south-east of Scotland.\n\nAnne Barrett says the station could encourage more people to come and live in the area\n\nAnne Barrett, 70, has lived in the area for 26 years and is chairperson of the village hall trustees.\n\nNow retired, she said the new station would transform daily life and encourage more people of all ages to come and live in the area.\n\n\"As I get older, like many, I am aware that I may not wish to drive into Edinburgh or Newcastle, so look forward to being able to use the train,\" she said.\n\n\"Having the station open is going to allow people in Reston and the area the opportunity of remaining in the area and travelling outwith to work and socialise.\n\n\"We now have more young families moving into the village.\"\n\nBetter transport links to jobs and education will be a boost, according to Dawn Inglis\n\nDawn Inglis, 56, is a supply teacher at Eyemouth High School and a relief librarian.\n\nShe has also lived in Reston for more than 20 years and said the new station would let her visit relatives more easily.\n\n\"I'm really excited about the station reopening,\" she said.\n\n\"It means I will be able to travel south to Berwick-upon-Tweed and Newcastle, where I have family, without the need for using the busy and often dangerous A1.\n\n\"Also, my daughter is off to university in Edinburgh after the summer, so I will be able to visit her directly by train.\"\n\nMs Inglis said she believed the reopening of the station would also benefit others.\n\n\"For the wider community it will mean better transport links to jobs, both locally at Berwick and further afield,\" she said.\n\n\"The young people will benefit from access to further education by using the train service.\n\n\"The local area - particularly Coldingham and St Abbs - are very popular tourist destinations and if the bus service links up with the trains, holidaymakers could access these beauty spots without using a car.\"\n\nAn investment of about £20m has been made in constructing the station\n\nThe return of passenger services comes after a lengthy battle to improve rail services in the area.\n\nMore than a decade ago a feasibility study looked at the possibility of reopening a station on the East Coast Main Line.\n\nA funding package for the project has since been put together with backing from Scottish Borders Council and the Scottish government.\n\nNetwork Rail said the £20m facility could cater for 10-carriage trains and the footbridge was the first of its kind to be fitted on the UK rail network.\n\nNetwork Rail said the station would serve the wider Berwickshire area\n\n\"Reston station is an investment in transport but also in our economy, communities and our environment,\" it said in a statement.\n\n\"It will deliver significant benefits by enhancing the public transport network, improving active travel networks and developing economic, leisure and tourism potential.\n\n\"It will serve the village and wider Berwickshire area and will enable easy access to Edinburgh and Newcastle and onwards across the national rail network.\n\n\"As well as improving transport connectivity, it will help transform the economic outlook of the area it will serve.\"\n\nThe station will be served by both LNER and TransPennine Express services\n\nTransport minister Jenny Gilruth, who travelled on one of the first services to stop at the station, said she was delighted to see it open.\n\n\"We know that reconnecting communities to rail isn't just about transport,\" she said.\n\n\"It's opening up employment opportunities, it's driving investment and it's creating opportunity for future generations.\n\n\"This investment will change the lives of the people of Reston for the better.\"\n\nThere has been some criticism ahead of the reopening of the number of services stopping at the station and the timing of them.\n\nNetwork Rail said it would be served by eight trains per weekday in each direction - mainly run by TransPennine Express but one by London North Eastern Railways.\n\nThe first of those services called shortly after 06:00 on Monday.\n\nIt was a moment they have long waited for in this corner of south east Scotland.\n• None Station return approved after more than 50 years\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "American Justin Thomas staged a record-equalling fightback before beating Will Zalatoris in a play-off to win the US PGA Championship at Southern Hills.\n\nThomas trailed by seven at the start of the day but posted a three-under 67 to set the clubhouse target at five under.\n\nChile's Mito Pereira looked set to win a first major title but double-bogeyed the 18th after hitting his tee shot into a creek to finish at four under.\n\nEngland's Matt Fitzpatrick (73) and Tommy Fleetwood (67) ended three under.\n\nNorthern Ireland's Rory McIlroy, who led the tournament after a five-under-par 65 on the opening day, closed with a 68 to finish eighth at two under in Oklahoma.\n\nThomas was one over after six holes on Sunday but had four birdies in his final 10 holes to fire his way to the top of the leaderboard, with Zalatoris hanging on to also finish on five under and capitalise on Pereira's capitulation.\n\nBut it was the world number nine who prevailed in the three-hole shootout, making a decisive birdie on the 17th to claim his second major after also winning this event in 2017.\n\n\"It was a bizarre day,\" said Thomas, who equalled John Mahaffey's record of coming from seven behind to win the 1978 US PGA title, also in a play-off, at Oakmont.\n\n\"Bones [Thomas' caddie] did an unbelievable job of just keeping me in the moment. We just tried to play the golf course for what it is..\n\n\"It's funny, I was asked earlier in the week about what lead is safe, and I said, 'no lead'. This place is so tough. But if you hit the fairways you can make birdies and I stayed so patient, I just couldn't believe I found myself in a play-off.\"\n\nThe nerve-shredding moments that will define this major for Pereira came on the 17th green and 18th tee.\n\nA birdie putt that would have handed him a two-shot lead going down the last pulled up a couple of centimetres short before his drive a few moments later found water, ultimately sinking the world number one hundred's hopes of becoming the first Chilean to win a major title.\n\n\"I don't know what happened. I thought I hit it really good,\" the 27-year-old said of his last tee shot. \"On Monday, I just wanted to make the cut. On Sunday, I just wanted to win.\"\n\nAs his ball was settling in the creek, Zalatoris was on the 18th green rolling in a gutsy par putt to match Thomas on five under, while the former champion immediately headed to the driving range in preparation for a play-off.\n\nPereira only made the switch from the PGA Tour's feeder Korn Ferry Tour last summer and his best finish of 2022 before this event was a share of 13th at last month's Texas Open, but he started the day with a three-stroke lead over Fitzpatrick on just his second major start.\n\nZalatoris, also a relative newcomer but now with five top-10s in eight major starts, had wiped that out by the time he reached the sixth tee, only to bogey the tricky par-three hole in bizarre circumstances.\n\nAn errant tee shot led to a 15-minute discussion with a rules official over where to drop his ball and he eventually made a superb up-and-down from a cart path.\n\nFrom there it became a grind for the leaders, with Pereira just about keeping his nose in front despite Cameron Young briefly joining the lead and Thomas appearing on the horizon thanks to his bogey-free back nine.\n\nThat was until the par-four 18th, where Pereira's unravelling led to a six that saw him miss out on the play-off, leaving Zalatoris and Thomas to scrap it out over three holes.\n\nBoth birdied the par-five 13th before Thomas drove the green at the 302-yard 17th and two-putted for a birdie that Zalatoris could not match, before holding his nerve with a par on the 18th to clinch his second Wanamaker Trophy.\n\n\"I've been knocking on the door in these majors for a little while and one's going to come soon,\" said Zalatoris. \"To come up one short, it stings, but I know we're going to get one soon.\"\n\nFitzpatrick has an off day\n\nFitzpatrick, playing in the final pairing, began the day with genuine hope he could become the first Englishman to win this championship since Jim Barnes in 1919.\n\nThat was dampened when the 27-year-old bogeyed his opening hole and despite cancelling that out with a birdie at the fourth, he played himself out of the mix with further dropped shots at six, 10 and 11.\n\nWith those ahead of him toiling, Fitzpatrick greeted a birdie on the 15th with a huge fist pump in the knowledge he was once again two strokes off the lead, only for a bogey at 17 to kill off his chances as the Yorkshireman signed for a three-over 73 that took him to three under for the tournament.\n\n\"It's tough to take,\" said Fitzpatrick. \"I just didn't hit very well, wasn't a good day. It's disappointing knowing that you're two shots outside of a play-off and you feel like you've got the game to make the play-off and go on to win.\n\n\"I shoot level par and I win it outright. If someone had said that before the round, I'd have fully prepared myself to do that. You know your target and get it around. It wasn't the day that I wanted and it is what it is unfortunately.\"\n\nCompatriot Fleetwood also finished at three under and McIlroy was one further back but they left Southern Hills in very different moods - Fleetwood buoyant after five birdies in his final seven holes and saying he was \"happy wherever I finish\", McIlroy rueing another missed opportunity.\n\nMcIlroy had ended round one with a one-stroke lead, bucking his recent trend in majors of starting slow, but the damage for the four-time major champion was done with a one-over 71 on Friday, followed by a 74 on Saturday.\n\nWhen the world number seven holed four successive birdies from the second, it looked like he might be putting together a similar final round to the one he compiled at the Masters in April, but that run ended with a bogey at the par-three sixth - which he had double-bogeyed 24 hours earlier.\n\nThe 33-year-old failed to card another birdie in a two-under 68 and left the course without speaking to the media.\n\nFleetwood, meanwhile, made seven birdies in a final-day 67 that also included four straight bogeys through the turn to climb into a surprise share of fifth.", "Downing Street has said there are no plans to hold a meeting of the Cobra emergency committee over monkeypox, or to impose any travel bans.\n\nAsked about travel restrictions from affected countries before the 36 new UK cases were announced, the prime minister's official spokesman said: \"No, no considerations of that kind. What we're seeing at the moment is community transmission not linked to travel.\"\n\nHe said vaccines were being offered to close contacts but there were no plans for an \"at scale\" vaccination programme.\n\n\"We do have vaccines procured at significant numbers but given the nature of this and how we know it's spreading, it's thought to be no clinical requirement for that sort of at scale campaign,\" he said.", "Starbucks is leaving Russia after 15 years, the latest Western corporation to quit the country after the war in Ukraine.\n\nThe coffee chain will now retreat entirely from the Russian market, after suspending trading there in March.\n\nIt said it would continue to pay nearly 2,000 staff working at its shops in the country for six months.\n\nStarbucks joins firms such as McDonald's and Renault in permanently exiting the country.\n\nUS and Western allies responded to the war by hitting Russia with wide ranging economic sanctions aimed at isolating it economically and cutting it off from the global financial system. The rules make it difficult for Western companies to operate there.\n\nStarbucks entered Russia in 2007 and had grown to include 130 coffee shops, owned and operated by a licensee.\n\nThe company had stopped shipments to Russia in March. It said it had now \"made the decision to exit and no longer have a brand presence in the market\".\n\nIt did not give details of the financial impact of the decision, but said it would provide assistance to its staff \"to transition to new opportunities outside of Starbucks\".\n\nA spokeswoman for Starbucks said the stores would close.\n\nThe Kuwait-based Alshaya Group, which owns and operates the Starbucks stores, said the decision to leave was a \"Starbucks announcement\" and referred questions to the coffee chain. It did not say whether it would seek to sell its stores or reopen under a new brand.\n\nLast week, McDonald's announced that it was selling its nearly 850 restaurants in Russia to a current licensee, Russian businessman Alexander Govor, who is expected to rebrand the restaurants.\n\nEarlier this month, French carmaker Renault also said its business had been nationalised and would be run by Russian government entities, who said they hoped to revive production under a Soviet-era car brand.\n\nThe mayor of Moscow last month estimated that about 200,000 people in that city alone risked losing their jobs as Western companies left the country.", "Millionaires Marlene Engelhorn and Phil White joined a Davos protest calling for higher taxes on the wealthy\n\nA handful of wealthy attendees gathered in Davos are calling on world leaders to tackle the cost of living crisis by pushing up taxes for people like them.\n\nThey took to the streets on Sunday alongside left-wing activists to call for fairer tax systems worldwide.\n\nPolitical and business leaders are at the first in-person World Economic Forum (WEF) since the pandemic began.\n\nBut criticisms are mounting over the way the wealthy have profited in the last two years.\n\nUK millionaire Phil White said: \"While the rest of the world is collapsing under the weight of an economic crisis, billionaires and world leaders meet in this private compound to discuss turning points in history.\n\n\"It's outrageous that our political leaders listen to those who have the most, know the least about the economic impact of this crisis, and many of whom pay infamously little in taxes. The only credible outcome from this conference is to tax the richest and tax us now.\"\n\nMr White, who represents a group called Patriotic Millionaires, made his money as a business consultant. He said he was joining left-wing and anti-poverty campaigners calling for change at the annual meeting of influential business people and political leaders because the current economic system was failing.\n\nOver the past decade, a growing number of millionaires and billionaires in the US and Europe have spoken out, calling for governments to impose higher taxes, including wealth levies on the richest.\n\nWhile only a small number of millionaires were in Davos to attend the protest, the campaigners have sent an open letter to all Davos delegates, signed by more than 150 millionaires in several countries.\n\nNew signatories to the letter, which was initially sent in January, include the American actor Mark Ruffalo. Among the earlier supporters of the movement are Disney heiress Abigail Disney, Nick Hanauer, a US entrepreneur and early investor in online giant Amazon, and Morris Pearl, a former managing director at investment firm BlackRock.\n\nMarlene Engelhorn, another millionaire at the protest, said: \"As someone who has enjoyed the benefits of wealth my whole life, I know how skewed our economy is and I cannot continue to sit back and wait for someone, somewhere, to do something.\n\n\"We have hit the end of the line when another quarter of a billion people will be pushed into extreme poverty this year.\"\n\nThe charity Oxfam, which issues a report on inequality during the Davos forum each year, claims that over the last two years a new billionaire had been created every 30 hours.\n\nAt the other end of the income spectrum, Oxfam expects around one million people to fall into extreme poverty every 33 hours this year, the charity's international executive director Gabriela Bucher told the BBC.\n\n\"Inequality between countries had been reducing over the last couple of decades,\" she said.\n\n\"During the pandemic it had increased and with the rates we're seeing now it looks like it's going in extreme directions that are creating these catastrophic conditions and they reflect in people's lives.\"\n\nEnergy prices began to rise towards the end of last year, but grew more steeply following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Prices for food and other goods are also sharply higher.\n\nGeopolitical tensions are making it harder resolve tensions over trade, and growth has slowed in much of the world.\n\nThe world's richer countries collectively grew by just 0.1% in the first three months of this year, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, with the US, Italy and Japan shrinking in the quarter, and France experiencing zero growth. The UK's economy grew by 0.8%.\n\nAhead of the WEF meeting, the head of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, said the global economy was facing a \"confluence of calamities\" with trade fragmenting.\n\nThis WEF meeting is taking place later in the year than usual, meaning the 2,000 leaders, experts and business people attending will not be able to enjoy skiing in their spare time in the Swiss resort.\n\nTopics on the agenda include the war in Ukraine, pandemic recovery and climate change.", "Cantwell was remembered as being \"smart in ways most people dream of\"\n\nColin Cantwell, the artist who designed many of the spacecraft in the Star Wars films, has died at the age of 90.\n\nCantwell's first credit came on Stanley Kubrick's 1968 sci-fi movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.\n\nStar Wars creator George Lucas then asked him to design and make prototypes for the Death Star, X-Wing, TIE fighter and Imperial Star Destroyer.\n\nCantwell's cousin Shannon Eric Denton said he \"brought a lot of joy to the world with his art\".\n\nDenton added on social media: \"And for all of us that knew him he brought a lot of joy being himself.\"\n\nCantwell, who also came up with the original design for the Millennium Falcon, was \"an incredibly kind human and smart in ways most people dream of\", Denton wrote.\n\nCantwell pictured in 2017 with some of his designs\n\nCantwell was born in Colorado in 1932 and gained a degree in animation before going on to study architecture.\n\nDuring the 1960s space race between the US and Russia, Cantwell worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Nasa, helping the American public to better understand the flights.\n\nThis led to him working alongside TV journalist Walter Cronkite during his historic Moon landing broadcast in 1969, providing a link between him and the astronauts.\n\nCantwell's interest in both architecture and space saw him prosper in Hollywood, where he worked in special photographic effects for 2001: A Space Odyssey, helping to create the film's dramatic space opening scene.\n\nStar War director Lucas then recruited him, alongside other designers like Ralph McQuarrie, to help create initial models for the original 1977 film.\n\n\"The beginning of the film after the scroll, the ship coming by was like one giant dart,\" Cantwell explained in an interview. \"It kept coming and it kept coming.\n\n\"This is what had to compound itself in the first half hour of the film,\" he added. \"It had to be all so absurd and different and insanely joyous and perilous that the audience wouldn't leave. They would want to be in it. The first half hour had to be extraordinarily successful and beyond reason.\n\n\"It had to be a strange kind of joyous. It is all the impossibilities that are playing together, and that is what makes it Star Wars. It is so many layers that the different characters showed that they are different but doing this giant parody at the same time.\"\n\nCantwell also worked on technical dialogue for Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind, was a computer graphics design consultant for WarGames in 1983, and wrote two sci-fi novels.\n\nHis long-time partner Sierra Dall confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that he died at his Colorado home on Friday.\n\nShe posted her own tribute online shortly before his death. \"I have been so lucky to be able to spend 24 years with this amazing man,\" she wrote. \"We have travelled the world together and made many wonderful friends.\n\n\"I will try to preserve his legacy as best I can.\"", "Amber Heard took the stand earlier in the trial\n\nAmber Heard's team will not call Johnny Depp to the stand, a source close to Ms Heard said, a strategic U-turn in the last days of the high-profile trial.\n\nMs Heard's team had planned to call Mr Depp for more questioning on Monday, but changed course without explanation at midday.\n\nMr Depp, 58, sued his ex-wife for $50m (£40m) for a column she wrote in which she claimed to be a victim of domestic abuse. Ms Heard, 36, has countersued.\n\nThe case is expected to wrap this week.\n\nBritish supermodel Kate Moss, a former girlfriend of Mr Depp, is among witnesses expected to take the stand in the remaining days of the defamation trial.\n\nOn Monday, the court in Fairfax, Virginia, heard from several witnesses called by Ms Heard's team, including psychologist David Spiegel.\n\nDr Spiegel testified that Mr Depp \"has behaviours that are consistent with someone that both has substance use disorder as well as behaviours of someone who is a perpetrator of intimate partner violence\".\n\nAbout 40-60% of intimate partner violence is committed under the influence of alcohol or substance use disorders, Dr Spiegel told jurors.\n\nMr Depp's lawyers sought to undermine this testimony on cross-examination, highlighting that Dr Spiegel had reached his conclusions without any direct contact with Mr Depp.\n\nKate Moss and Johnny Depp in Cannes in 1998\n\nAlso on Monday, a hand surgeon testified it was unlikely that Mr Depp's finger was cut during a fight with Ms Heard in Australia in the way that he has described.\n\nMr Depp has said the tip of his middle finger was severed when Ms Heard threw a vodka bottle at him.\n\nThe jury saw graphic images of Mr Depp's injured finger as Dr Richard Moore said that the damage was more consistent with being pinched by a closing door.\n\nDr Moore did not physically examine Mr Depp at the time of the injury.\n\nMs Heard's team is expected to rest its case early this week before Mr Depp's team takes its final chance to sway the jury.\n\nThe testimony from the two medical doctors on Monday was just the latest in a long line of competing expert testimony. One psychologist, called by Mr Depp's team, testified that Ms Heard suffers from two personality disorders.\n\nAnother, called by Ms Heard's team, rejected this finding and said instead that Ms Heard had post-traumatic stress disorder.\n\nMs Heard and Mr Depp have each testified in the weeks-long battle, offering starkly different accounts of their brief, tempestuous marriage.\n\nMs Heard claimed Mr Depp was prone to alcohol and drug binges, easily triggered by feelings of jealousy and often consumed by violent rages.\n\nMr Depp, in turn, alleged he was the victim of Ms Heard's volatile moods, telling jurors he routinely endured her verbal, emotional and physical abuse.", "Former Wakefield Conservative MP Imran Ahmad Khan was found guilty in April of sexually assaulting the teenager in 2008\n\nA former Conservative MP has been jailed for 18 months following his conviction for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy.\n\nAt a trial last month, Imran Ahmad Khan, 48, who was elected as Wakefield MP in 2019, was found guilty of groping the boy at a party in 2008.\n\nKhan was expelled by the Conservative party following his conviction and later stood down as an MP.\n\nThe judge said he did not accept Khan had \"any remorse\" for what he had done.\n\nPassing sentence at Southwark Crown Court, Mr Justice Jeremy Baker said the victim had been \"profoundly psychologically affected\" by Khan's actions.\n\nHe added: \"The only regret you feel is towards yourself for having found yourself in the predicament you face as a result of your actions some 14 years ago.\"\n\nMr Justice Baker said there was a \"significant degree of brutality\" in the lead-up to Khan's assault on the teenager.\n\n\"I am satisfied the complainant was particularly vulnerable. Not only was he 15 years of age at the date of the offence, but I accept his mother's description that he was not very worldly and very young for his age,\" he said.\n\nThe judge told Khan: \"Although it may well be, over the years, you had let yourself believe you had got away with having committed this offence, I am sure you were aware from the outset there was a risk there would be a day of reckoning.\"\n\nHowever, Mr Justice Baker went on to say that he did not consider Khan's offence to be \"sufficiently severe enough to place the assault into the most severe category\".\n\nFormer Wakefield Conservative MP Imran Ahmad Khan was sentenced at Southwark Crown Court\n\nThe jury at Khan's trial heard he had forced the boy to drink gin at the party in Staffordshire, then dragged him upstairs and asked him to watch pornography before assaulting him.\n\nThe victim, now 29, told the court he was left feeling \"scared, vulnerable, numb, shocked and surprised\" after Khan touched his feet and legs, and was within \"a hair's breadth\" of his genitals.\n\nThe court was told that a police report was made at the time, but no further action was taken because the youngster did not want to make a formal complaint.\n\nHowever, the victim told jurors \"it all came flooding back\" when he learned Khan was standing in the December 2019 general election and he went on to file a complaint.\n\nArriving in court with a walking stick, suitcase and carrier bag from an exclusive London parfumerie, he sat in the dock looking straight ahead throughout the hearing.\n\nHis victim sat directly behind him in the public gallery throughout the 90-minute hearing - often emotional and reacting to much of the mitigating arguments from Khan's barrister by shaking his head in disbelief.\n\nDescribing Khan as \"that man\" during his impact statement, he spoke of his increasingly deteriorating mental health.\n\nThe judge noted that Khan had remained remorseless throughout the trial and said the only sorrow he'd shown had been for himself and his reputation.\n\nOn a number of occasions, his barrister spoke of a life and career in tatters, but made no reference to the life of the victim.\n\nAs he was told of his custodial sentence, Khan remained emotionless, calmly getting to his feet as he was escorted from the court during which his victim kept his eyes locked on the back of the ex-MP.\n\nReading an impact statement in court, Khan's victim said he had had \"suicidal thoughts\" and had suffered difficulties in his relationship and at work due to the assault.\n\n\"Because of this assault, throughout my teenage years I found being touched in any way difficult,\" he said.\n\n\"My mental health has deteriorated rapidly since deciding to come forward and having to constantly relive an event I tried to bury for such a long time.\n\n\"I have struggled with the guilt of dragging my family back into a horrible ordeal they would rather forget, and watch them struggle with their own guilt for allowing that man into the house.\"\n\nKhan's defence lawyer said the former MP's \"fall from grace has been spectacular\"\n\nIn mitigation, Khan's defence lawyer Gudrun Young QC said the former MP had gone from \"high public office\" to being \"utterly and completely disgraced, with his life and career in ruins, shamed and humiliated at every turn\".\n\n\"To say his reputation is in tatters does not do the matter justice. It has been completely destroyed,\" she said.\n\n\"Mr Khan's fall from grace has been spectacular. He will always be known as a disgraced former MP and he will take that to his grave.\"\n\nIn a statement issued after the sentencing, the NSPCC said: \"We hope seeing Khan face justice for the sexual assault he committed over a decade ago offers some solace to the brave young man who spoke out against his abuser.\n\n\"Abuse can have a profound and long-lasting effect on children and young people, but no matter who the perpetrator is, it is important to remember it is never too late to speak out and get support.\"\n\nEarlier this month, Khan formally lodged an appeal against his conviction.\n\nA by-election is due to be held on 23 June to elect a new MP for Khan's former constituency.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Designed as a car park with a railway station, Bristol Parkway was built 50 years ago.\n\nTo entice the public to use it customers were offered a lift to the station in a car at a standard charge of 40p if they lived in the catchment area.\n\nThe out-of-town format was replicated elsewhere in the country and the name parkway was adopted by each subsequent model.\n\nFollow BBC West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: bristol@bbc.co.uk", "Last updated on .From the section Boxing\n\nKatie Taylor edged Amanda Serrano on points with a split-decision victory in an instant classic at Madison Square Garden in New York.\n\nThe Irishwoman retained her undisputed lightweight title in a fight brimming with action, heart and excellence.\n\nTwo of the three judges saw it for Taylor in a fight that lived up to every prediction and every hope.\n\nTaylor got the verdict on two cards, by 97-93 and 96-93 margins, with one judge scoring it 96-94 to Serrano.\n• None Can Taylor pull off one more miracle with Irish homecoming?\n• None Taylor-Serrano one of best fights at MSG - Hearn\n\n'Look what we've just done'\n\nIt was the first time two females had headlined the famous venue and after the first fight smashed every expectation, an even bigger rematch is surely in the works, with Dublin's Croke Park mentioned as a potential venue.\n\n\"Absolutely. We have to do this again,\" Taylor said after the result.\n\n\"It was an absolute war for 10 rounds. I'm grateful to be in this position and sell out Madison Square Garden. Look what we've just done.\n\n\"I said before that when you think Madison Square Garden, you think Muhammad Ali v Joe Frazier, but now everyone will be thinking of Katie Taylor v Amanda Serrano.\n\n\"I knew I was going to have to dig deep and go to the trenches. I have the heart as well as the skill. I knew I was going to be able to pull through.\n\n\"She's a phenomenal fighter. A great, great person. It was a privilege to fight her again.\"\n\nOn such a seminal night for women's boxing, two of its greatest servants delivered. Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn might talk a big game but he could never have envisioned selling out Madison Square Garden, 19,187 tickets to be exact, with Taylor.\n\nThe build-up was dominated by the significance of the event, but Taylor and Serrano's performances showcased women's boxing's incredible rise.\n\nIt has been the talent of the fighters and Taylor's unshakable resolve that has dragged women's boxing out of the shadows and into the spotlight.\n\nThe fight quickly took shape in the first four rounds, Serrano the aggressor as the southpaw and Taylor looking to counter at speed.\n\nSerrano would move in close and fire off big shots, with Taylor happy to let the challenger advance on her, falling back on her renowned ability to respond in volume in a blink of an eye.\n\nThe dangerous strategy from Taylor appeared to be working as she landed some clean shots, but then came the fifth round.\n\nSerrano cornered Taylor against the ropes and fired off crunching shots, connecting with the head of Taylor and drawing blood. With the referee watching closely, an unsteady Taylor pushed forward in reply and managed to bring the fight further into the ring.\n\nTaylor might have been swinging, but for only the second time in her stellar career she looked one punch away from hitting the deck. The first was in this same venue against Delfine Persoon in 2019 when Taylor was lucky to retain her titles. Three years on Taylor was unsteady on the MSG canvas again, but did brilliantly to survive the round.\n\nShe met more fire in the sixth as Serrano was able to plant her feet when she needed to, hurting Taylor repeatedly with heavy hooks. Again the Irishwoman withstood the onslaught and appeared to rediscover her feet in the seventh.\n\nTaylor could control the fight in the middle of the ring if she kept moving and finally it seemed like Serrano took her foot off the gas. After her slowest round, Serrano came out swinging again in the eighth, eager to re-establish herself.\n\nSerrano backed Taylor into a corner post but this time the defending champion pivoted away from danger, learning her lesson from earlier exchanges.\n\nInto the final two rounds and Taylor was yet to hurt Serrano, but that was soon to change.\n\nThe ninth round saw Taylor manage to take some sort of control but it was short-lived. The final round was a scintillating affair of back and forth. Serrano swinging from the hips at times while Taylor responded with painful counters.\n\nThere was now blood on Serrano's face, but the Puerto Rican refused to step back and so punches flew from every direction. The final 10 seconds was a remarkable feat of power and cardio from the two women.\n\nTaylor had Serrano hurt but was then cracked by a powerful shot. Both women were unsteady on their feet but swinging when the final bell arrived.\n\nThe tension was almost indescribable as both teams stood in the centre of the ring waiting to hear the results. Taylor was lucky to keep her titles three years ago and it was a nervous wait again under the bright lights of MSG.\n\nTaylor edged it in a fight that was in truth very close, and Serrano's apparent lead might have slipped away in the moments she slowed down.\n\nOpinions will be split on who won the fight and the debate will likely rage on until the two champions step in the ring again.\n\nDeafening noise on a night like no other at Madison Square Garden\n\nBoxing has seen many nights like these, but never for two female headliners. Inside MSG, the support for both fighters was feverish, loud and constant.\n\nEvery punch was cheered like a knockout blow. The noise rose and fell, but never dropped below near-deafening levels.\n\nThe applause was as relentless as the action in the ring. Who wants to watch women's boxing? Everyone, it seems.\n• None Was the Kremlin behind Navalny's poisoning?:\n• None Which is the best derby in English football?:", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nManchester City produced the perfect response to Premier League title rivals Liverpool by outclassing Leeds United to regain top spot.\n\nCity needed the win after Liverpool had overtaken them earlier in the day with victory at Newcastle - and they produced a highly impressive display in Elland Road's hothouse that also prolonged the relegation worries for Jesse Marsch's side.\n\nThe reigning Premier League champions went ahead in the 13th minute when Rodri glanced home Phil Foden's free-kick and while Leeds were spirited, they barely tested visiting keeper Ederson until the game was lost.\n\nCity doubled their advantage nine minutes after the break from another set-piece, Nathan Ake pouncing from close range when Foden's corner was headed down by Ruben Dias.\n\nFoden was City's brilliant orchestrator and he was involved again when he set up the third for Gabriel Jesus with 12 minutes left, before Fernadinho added the fourth with virtually the last kick of the game.\n\nThe win means City are a point ahead of Liverpool, with four games left for both teams.\n• None Go straight to all the best Leeds United content\n\nIt is now a case of who blinks first in the title race. Liverpool put the pressure on Manchester City by going to in-form Newcastle United and winning in the lunchtime game.\n\nFor the late game, manager Pep Guardiola had to consider not only the challenges posed by the traditional fearsome atmosphere inside Elland Road and a Leeds United side desperate for the points, but also this coming Wednesday's Champions League semi-final second leg against Real Madrid.\n\nGuardiola left Kevin de Bruyne, Bernardo Silva and Riyad Mahrez on the bench to keep them fresh for the test of protecting a 4-3 lead in Spain.\n\nThe strategy worked as City came through in relative comfort in what was always going to be a tough physical examination.\n\nCity were helped by Leeds' struggles to defend those set-pieces, with Rodri glancing home the first goal with ease early on and Ake being allowed too much time to turn in the second.\n\nThe pressure will be on every game for City now, with Liverpool also showing no signs of slipping up, but this was imperious from Guardiola's men, who were simply too good for a Leeds side who showed lots of commitment but lacked quality and threat.\n\nFoden was behind all of City's best work, a spectacular talent, a creator who adds a tireless work-rate and strength to his many other qualities.\n\nWith their Premier League lead restored, City's pursuit of glory now moves on to the Bernabeu.\n• None Premier League relegation run-in: Everton, Leeds, Burnley - fixtures & who will go down?\n\nLeeds have experienced something of a bounce since the sacking of the beloved Marcelo Bielsa in February, and his replacement with Marsch, but they are still in real danger of the drop.\n\nBurnley's remarkable renaissance since sacking Sean Dyche and replacing him with Mike Jackson has set nerves jangling at Elland Road - and even louder at Everton.\n\nLeeds showed their spirit was intact and the magnificent, noisy support of their followers can never be doubted as they continued to give deafening backing to their side even with the game gone.\n\nMarsch, however, needs to somehow find goals in the latest absence of main striker Patrick Bamford and the loss of the influential Stuart Dallas to what looked like a serious injury when he flew into a challenge on Jack Grealish.\n\nDallas, under-rated outside Leeds, is the glue which helps to hold the side together and he will be a major loss.\n\nLeeds cannot allow this comprehensive defeat by a side of City's class to inflict too much damage on morale. There is no time for that and there is no shame in being beaten by such quality.\n\nThey must refocus for two tough upcoming games, away to Arsenal and at home to Chelsea. Everton may have two games in hand, but have a tough run-in of their own - and Leeds have what might be five crucial extra points on the board.\n• None Goal! Leeds United 0, Manchester City 4. Fernandinho (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.\n• None Attempt saved. Joe Gelhardt (Leeds United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mateusz Klich with a cross.\n• None Attempt missed. Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Gabriel Jesus.\n• None Attempt blocked. Joe Gelhardt (Leeds United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt blocked. Sam Greenwood (Leeds United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt blocked. Daniel James (Leeds United) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Joe Gelhardt with a through ball.\n• None Offside, Manchester City. Aymeric Laporte tries a through ball, but Oleksandr Zinchenko is caught offside.\n• None Attempt saved. João Cancelo (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bernardo Silva with a through ball.\n• None Attempt blocked. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Our coverage of your Premier League club is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment", "Prince Charles announced a project to protect 70 ancient woodlands and 70 trees to mark the Queen's Jubilee\n\nThe Prince of Wales has urged people to protect \"dwindling\" ancient trees in honour of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.\n\nA network of 70 ancient woodlands and 70 ancient trees is being dedicated to the Queen, marking her 70-year reign.\n\nThe woodland that inspired the 100 Acre Wood in Winnie the Pooh and the apple tree where Sir Isaac Newton discovered gravity are among those included.\n\nWe need to \"protect the precious ancient woodland habitats for generations to come\", the prince said.\n\nThe Queen's Green Canopy, of which Prince Charles is patron, has been encouraging people to plant a tree for the Jubilee and create a legacy to the Queen.\n\n\"If we are to create the ancient trees of the future we must plant more trees and hedgerows, in fields, churchyards and avenues,\" the prince added.\n\nAs Prince Charles unveiled the collection of woodlands and trees due to be protected across the UK, he asked for the \"dwindling\" historic natural habitat to be renewed.\n\nHe said woodlands and trees do not only exist for \"everyone to enjoy\", but also to support biodiversity and provide materials for craft workers.\n\nThe dedication of ancient trees and woodlands aims to honour the Queen and raise awareness of the importance of conserving ancient trees and woodlands.\n\nPrince Charles said their steadfast and reassuring presence was \"a reminder of our long-serving sovereign and her enduring dedication\".\n\n\"Let us ensure that in her name we can now protect and strengthen this wonderful living canopy for the next 70 years and, hopefully, way beyond,\" he added.\n\nThe ancient trunks of the yews framing the North Door of St Edward’s Church, Stow-on-the-Wold, are said to have inspired the magical Doors of Durin in JRR Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring\n\nUnder an apple tree at Woolsthorpe Manor in Lincolnshire, Isaac Newton wondered why objects always fall downwards\n\nThe Crom Castle Yew, County Fermanagh, is a female yew conjoined with a much younger male tree\n\nThe range of locations - from rural to urban - being dedicated to the monarch reflects \"the unique diversity of all corners of the United Kingdom\", he said.\n\nThe chosen locations also reflect a range of themes including history, children, education, creative arts and science.\n\nPrince Charles launched the project in a video message recorded under one of the ancient trees. The old Sycamore tree at Dumfries House in Scotland was planted around the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and King James VI.\n\n\"It is remarkable that this ancient tree is as old as Shakespeare's Hamlet and Caravaggio's David and Goliath,\" he said.\n\nThe Birks of Aberfeldy, near the Falls of Moness, was immortalised in song by the poet Robert Burns\n\nThe so-called Pulpit Yew in St James Churchyard, Denbighshire, is home to a flight of steps leading to a seat and podium within the hollow of the tree\n\nHe said more than one million trees had already been planted as part of the \"treebilee\" campaign for the jubilee.\n\nIt has also been announced that primary school children in the UK will be given a book to mark the jubilee, which includes famous quotes from the Queen and details about significant Commonwealth figures such as Nelson Mandela.\n\nThe book will be handed out to children in state-funded primary schools, the Department of Education said.", "There are around 300 betting shops in Northern Ireland\n\nBetting shops and bingo halls in Northern Ireland will be able to open later for the first time on a Sunday following the introduction of new gambling laws.\n\nThe new legislation also means they can open on Good Friday from next year.\n\nIt brings gambling laws into line with the rest of the UK and the Republic of Ireland.\n\nThe NI Turf Guardians' Association (NITGA) described Sunday openings as \"a positive development\".\n\nHowever the organisation, which represents a number of bookmakers in Northern Ireland, said that as the law change had not been expected until later in the spring, many betting shops may not be able to open later.\n\n\"The timing of the law coming into force is earlier than anticipated and it had been expected this would not take place until mid to late May,\" a spokesman said.\n\n\"Preparation is now under way for Sunday opening, which is expected to lead to the creation of up to 250 part-time jobs.\"\n\nThe Department for Communities confirmed the legislation had been given Royal Assent earlier this week having passed through the Stormont Assembly in early March.\n\n\"This means that from 27 April, premises-based bookmakers here can trade on Sundays and Good Fridays,\" a department spokeswoman said.\n\nThe change to Sunday opening also applies to bingo halls\n\nIt is considered the biggest change to gambling laws in Northern Ireland in almost 40 years.\n\nThe previous laws - contained in the Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Northern Ireland) Order - date back to 1985.\n\nNITGA said the law change addresses \"a longstanding anomaly whereby customers were able to place bets online, on a racecourse, or at a bookmaker shop across the border on Sundays but were unable to go to a bookmaker shop in Northern Ireland\".\n\n\"Given that such a significant number of sporting events take place on a Sunday, demand had to be met elsewhere, including through illegal betting in pubs and clubs,\" a NITGA spokesman added.\n\nThe NI Turf Guardians' Association represents the majority of betting shops trading in Northern Ireland, of which there are about 300, with 1,500 staff employed.", "Judd's death was announced the day before she was due to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame\n\nTributes have been paid to US country music star Naomi Judd, who has died at the age of 76.\n\nThe Kentucky-born singer was part of the Grammy award-winning duo The Judds, performing with her daughter Wynonna.\n\nThe pair had a string of hits, including Love Can Build a Bridge, and were due to be inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday.\n\nBut Judd's death was announced a day earlier by Wynonna and her other daughter Ashley, an actor.\n\nIn a statement, the sisters said they had lost their \"beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness\" and were \"navigating profound grief.\"\n\nNo further details have been released about the cause of her death.\n\nA host of industry voices, including singer-songwriter Carrie Underwood, have paid their respects to Judd on social media.\n\nJudd (right) and her daughter Wynonna (left) recently announced a new musical tour earlier this year\n\nThe Academy of Country Music has also said it is \"deeply saddened\" by the \"heartbreaking news\".\n\nActress Kristen Johnston tweeted that she remembered Judd as \"lovely, warm and fun\".\n\n\"The thing I remember best was how proud she was of her daughters,\" added Ms Johnston. \"My heart breaks for her family.\"\n\nFormer Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee said in a tweet that he was also \"devastated\" by her death.\n\n\"I loved her candour and humour,\" said Mr Huckabee, a former presidential nominee. \"She is irreplaceable.\"\n\nThe Judds released six studio albums during a career spanning three decades, winning them many prestigious accolades - including five Grammys and nine Country Music Association Awards.\n\nAfter Naomi was diagnosed with Hepatitis C, Wynonna began a solo career but they have occasionally reunited for performances. Earlier this year they announced a new arena tour, due to start in the autumn - their first in over a decade.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A female candidate in the NI Assembly election has been assaulted while canvassing.\n\nA female candidate in the Northern Ireland Assembly election has been physically and verbally assaulted while canvassing, her party has said.\n\nHannah Kenny, from People Before Profit, was subjected to sectarian and misogynistic abuse in east Belfast, according to a party spokesperson.\n\nThree men gripped her arm and throat in an estate on Saturday 23 April.\n\nPolice received a report of a woman being verbally abused and threatened as she gave out election material.\n\n\"The report included allegations of physical and verbal assault, including both sectarian and misogynistic comments,\" a police spokesperson said.\n\nSIGN UP FOR ALERTS: Get extra updates on BBC Northern Ireland election coverage\n\nMs Kenny said she was \"deeply distressed\" at the level of aggression shown towards her for \"simply delivering election material\".\n\n\"The fact these men told me I had been identified from the election campaign posters in the area before going on to assault me has been deeply disturbing,\" she said in a statement.\n\n\"Unfortunately, there exists a minority intent on polarising this election along familiar lines; we have seen other election candidates attacked and threatened, with posters being damaged in various places.\n\n\"These aren't just attacks on individuals like myself, they are attacks on the democratic process intended to take us backward.\"\n\nThe attackers also threatened her with violence if she returned to the area, according to the party.\n\nCh Insp Mark Roberts said: \"The Police Service of Northern Ireland is committed to doing everything we can to ensure all candidates can participate fully in the forthcoming Northern Ireland Assembly election free from harassment, intimidation and other forms of criminality.\n\n\"We have contacted the political parties to proactively offer briefing sessions and information for candidates on crime prevention and personal safety, and our officers will continue to offer support and advice at a local level.\"\n\nMs Kenny is standing for election in the Belfast East constituency.\n\nA full list of candidates for the election on 5 May can be found here.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. More information about these elections Who won in my area? Enter your postcode, or the name of your English, Scottish or Welsh council area or Northern Ireland constituency to find out.\n\nThe candidates standing in Belfast East are:", "Martin Withers said the crew had to wait 24 hours to find out of the raid was successful\n\nFalklands War veterans have gathered in Lincolnshire to remember their part in a special mission.\n\nThe event marked the 40th anniversary of an RAF raid on Port Stanley airport by Vulcan bombers.\n\nOperation Black Buck was so complicated that 11 tanker planes were needed for refuelling, and it was all put together in two weeks with an aircraft due for retirement.\n\nPilot Martin Withers said it was the first such raid he had ever done.\n\n\"I'd only ever seen World War Two movies,\" the retired squadron leader said.\n\n\"I'd never done any bombing like this before or been fired at.\"\n\nThe overnight attack which began on 30 April 1982 was the first of seven raids on the airfield which had been held by Argentine forces after their invasion on 2 April.\n\nThe bomber crew had to fly 3,700 miles (6,900 km) from RAF Waddington near Lincoln to Ascension Island in the South Atlantic and then another 3,300 miles (6,100 km) to the Falkland Islands.\n\nTanker aircraft refuelled the Vulcan mid-flight as it made its way to and from the target.\n\nThe Vulcan bomber that carried out the first raid is being restored at RAF Waddington\n\nMr Withers said the crew did not know if the raid had been successful after releasing the bombs.\n\n\"We weren't very confident that we had hit the target but we knew we had done a good attack and we were safe and on our way home,\" he said.\n\n\"It wasn't more than 24 hours later that we actually got a film that showed that we had put one big crater in the runway.\"\n\nThe islands were recaptured when Argentine forces surrendered on 14 June.\n\nThe Vulcan bomber that carried out the first raid is undergoing restoration at RAF Waddington.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Conservative MP Michael Fabricant has apologised for suggesting teachers and nurses enjoyed a \"quiet drink\" in staff rooms during lockdown.\n\nHe had made the comments in a BBC interview while defending Boris Johnson over so-called Partygate allegations.\n\nIn a letter to the NAHT school leaders' union, the Lichfield MP said it was not his intention to demoralise or offend anyone.\n\nNAHT general secretary Paul Whiteman said he welcomed the apology.\n\nMr Fabricant said in the interview earlier this month that he did not think the prime minister knew he was breaking the law when he attended a gathering in Downing Street in June 2020 to celebrate his 56th birthday.\n\n\"He thought just like many teachers and nurses who after a very long shift would go back to the staff-room and have a quiet drink,\" he added.\n\nNursing and teaching bodies went on to heavily criticise the MP, describing his comments as \"wholly inaccurate\".\n\nIn the letter published on the NAHT website Mr Fabricant said he did not mean to cause offence \"and I apologise if I have genuinely done so\", while accepting any after-work drinks remained among a small minority.\n\n\"I applaud the work of nurses, GPs, and others in the medical and teaching professions who worked long hours under difficult, and sometimes impossible, conditions during the height of the Covid pandemic to keep us all safe and to educate our children,\" he added.\n\n\"My error in one part of the programme - which was repeated on TV - was to give the impression this was general practice by nurses and teachers - this was never the case.\"\n\nMr Fabricant also called for more \"tolerance\" for everyone who had been in a \"stressful\" work environment during lockdown and had met with colleagues afterwards.\n\nIn response, Mr Whiteman said he was \"pleased\" the MP had expressed regret for his comments which were \"unjustified, unhelpful and damaging\" and added that the organisation did not recognise the picture Mr Fabricant painted of teachers during lockdown.\n\nAt its annual conference in Telford this weekend, the NAHT will discuss condemning Mr Fabricant's comments and applauding the \"swift public intervention\" of Mr Whiteman, who wrote to Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi to criticise the remarks.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk", "The steelworks is a vast industrial area full of underground tunnels and other fortifiable locations\n\nA group of about 20 civilians has left the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol, the final part of the southern city still in the hands of Ukrainian troops.\n\nThey are the first group to leave since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the vast industrial area sealed off last week.\n\nTalks are ongoing about freeing the reported 1,000 civilians still trapped inside.\n\nRussia is meanwhile said to be stepping up its offensive in the east.\n\nMore than a week ago, after saying Mariupol had been captured, President Putin told his troops: \"Block off this industrial area so that a fly cannot not pass through.\"\n\nBut Russian media have reported that 25 civilians managed to leave the Azovstal plant on Saturday, including six children under the age of 14 - but did not say where the group had been taken.\n\nThat was confirmed by soldiers inside the steelworks, who put the number at 20 women and children.\n\nThe deputy commander of the Azov regiment, Sviatoslav Palamar, said they were \"transferred to a suitable place and we hope that they will be evacuated to Zaporizhzhia, on territory controlled by Ukraine.\"\n\nMariupol's mayor, Vadym Boychenko, told the BBC that people there were \"on the borderline between life and death\".\n\n\"[People] are waiting, they are praying for a rescue… It's difficult to say how many days or hours we have to save their lives.\"\n\nTaking Mariupol would aid Moscow's plans to seize the entire south coast of Ukraine, which would unite pro-Russia separatist regions such as Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine with Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014. It would also increase access to the pro-Russia Transnistria area across Ukraine's western border in Moldova.\n\nOn Saturday, three loud explosions were heard in the south-west port city Odesa, which officials said destroyed the runway of the airport rendering it unusable.\n\nA Ukrainian Defence Ministry spokesperson, Oleksandr Motuzyanyk, said Russian troops \"are gradually increasing the intensity of their offensive in eastern Ukraine simultaneously along all directions\".\n\nMoscow withdrew its troops from regions around the capital, Kyiv, weeks ago to redeploy them to the east of Ukraine.\n\n\"There are signs that the aggressor is preparing for an even bigger activation of military actions,\" Col Motuzyanyk said.\n\nWestern officials have said Moscow is facing significant challenges in the east.\n\nThe UK Ministry of Defence said Russia has been \"forced to merge and redeploy depleted and disparate units from the failed advances\" and \"many of these units are likely suffering from weakened morale\". That echoed statements by US officials overnight that Russia was \"at least several days behind where they wanted to be\".\n\nThe Russian defence ministry said it had hit 17 military targets in Ukraine on Saturday with missiles and air strikes, killing more than 200 Ukrainians along with 23 armoured vehicles and other military equipment.\n\nEach side in the conflict makes regular claims - which cannot be verified by the BBC - about the losses inflicted on the other.", "Last updated on .From the section Winter Sports\n\nEve Muirhead completed the full set of international titles as she and Bobby Lammie won the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.\n\nThe duo beat hosts Switzerland 9-7 in the final for an 11th consecutive win, having topped their qualification group before overcoming Germany in the semis.\n\nScotland led 4-0 after the first end, but had to hold off a spirited revival after the Swiss fought back to 7-6.\n\nThe Scots retain the title won by Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Mouat in 2021.\n\n\"It's been a phenomenal year,\" said Muirhead, who led Team GB to Winter Olympics gold in February.\n\n\"To cap it off playing with Bobby was really special. Absolutely delighted to get another gold medal and I'm sure we'll enjoy the celebrations.\"\n• None Was the Kremlin behind Navalny's poisoning?:\n• None Which is the best derby in English football?:", "An aid organisation has said Paul Urey and Dylan Healy have been captured by the Russian military\n\nTwo British volunteers providing humanitarian assistance in Ukraine have been captured by the Russian military, an aid organisation has said.\n\nThe non-profit Presidium Network said Paul Urey and Dylan Healy were detained at a checkpoint in southern Ukraine on Monday.\n\nThe Foreign Office is said to be urgently seeking more information.\n\nMr Urey's mother said she was extremely worried for his welfare, because he has type 1 diabetes and needs insulin.\n\nMeanwhile, Russia has released a video of a man who it says has surrendered to Russian troops.\n\nThe man, who is wearing a military camouflage uniform, said he was called Andrew Hill, from Plymouth, and has children and a partner.\n\nIn the video, the man who is shown with a cast on his arm, asked if he was safe and if he could be taken to a hospital.\n\nThe video has not been verified by the BBC and it is not clear whether the man is speaking under duress.\n\nThe city of Zaporizhzhia took in many people fleeing besieged Mariupol, but was also shelled itself\n\nThe two captured aid workers are believed to have been working independently, but were in touch with the Presidium Network.\n\nThey were said to be trying to rescue a family from a village south of the city of Zaporizhzhia at the time of their capture.\n\nIn a statement passed on by Presidium, Mr Urey's mother Linda said she was \"extremely worried\".\n\nSpeaking to the BBC at her home near Preston, she said she had not been able to eat or sleep.\n\n\"I miss him, I can't cope with it,\" Ms Urey said. \"Please give him back, he's a family man, he's my carer.\"\n\nMs Urey said before leaving the UK, her son, who is in his 40s, said he could not sit there and \"watch people dying\".\n\n\"Please let him come home to me, to his kids, to his dog,\" she said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: 'Let him come home to me' - captured aid worker's mum\n\nPresidium said Mr Urey, who is is from Warrington, Cheshire, had previously spent eight years as a civilian contractor in Afghanistan. He had been living in Leyland, Lancashire, prior to travelling to Ukraine.\n\nMr Healy is described as a chef by training, originally from Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire. He was driving the car at the time of the men's capture, Presidium said.\n\nPresidium Network's founder, Dominik Byrne, told the BBC it had taken the men six hours of negotiation to get through the last Ukrainian checkpoint and into Russian-controlled territory, where they were detained.\n\nMr Byrne said he was making an appeal on behalf of the captured men \"to get the support we need from the UK government and from the international community, as well as on the ground\".\n\nHe said he also wanted \"to get clarification about how they are and how safe they are\" and to know whether they were being \"treated properly\".\n\nOn Thursday, the government confirmed that one Briton had been killed in Ukraine and another was missing.\n\nSources in Ukraine told the BBC the dead man is Scott Sibley, who is understood to have been fighting for Ukrainian forces.\n\nTwo other British men, Aiden Aslin, 28, and Shaun Pinner, 48, were captured earlier this month while fighting in the south-eastern city of Mariupol and shown on Russian state TV with apparent facial bruising.", "Runners began the marathon at Stormont Estate on Sunday morning\n\nThousands of runners have taken part in the Belfast City Marathon, as it returned to its traditional date during the May Day bank holiday weekend for the first time in three years.\n\nThe event was put on hold due to the pandemic but came back last October.\n\nIrish Olympic athlete Paul Pollock won the men's race in a time of two hours, 16 minutes and 13 seconds.\n\nThe Holywood man had to speed away from the finish line as his wife is expecting the couple's second child.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis year's event, which is celebrating its 40th year, is being held for the second time on the Sunday of the May Day holiday weekend.\n\nThe decision to change days was made in 2019, after a request from the Belfast Chamber of Trade and Commerce - it said the first May bank holiday should be a significant trading day and a Sunday event would boost visitor numbers.\n\nThe race started from Prince of Wales Avenue at the Stormont Estate at 09:00 BST.\n\nThe 26.2 mile-long (42.1 km) race takes runners across east, north, west and south Belfast, before finishing in Ormeau Park.\n\nRunners faced a rainy start when the raace got under way at 09:00\n\nRoads along the route have been closed since 06:00 and will reopen again once all runners have passed.\n\nA relay and wheelchair race is following the same route as the marathon, and there is also an eight mile (12.8km) walk.\n\nThe marathon began at Stormont and ends at Ormeau Park more than 26 miles later\n\nLast October's men's marathon was won by Irish Olympian Mick Clohisey, while Fionnuala Ross was first in the women's race.\n\nIt was Northern Ireland's largest mass participation sporting event since the pandemic began and attracted a record number of entrants.", "A mysterious art installation in St Petersburg which translates as \"we will replace\"\n\nNo one knows who put it here. But something rather odd has appeared in the centre of St Petersburg.\n\nA bizarre art installation made up of one word: \"ZAMESTIM\" (\"We will replace\").\n\nEach letter is the first letter of an international brand that has suspended operations in Russia. Their company logos are featured, too.\n\nZ is for Zara. A is for Adidas. M means McDonald's…\n\nHundreds of international companies have pulled out of Russia in protest at the Kremlin's offensive in Ukraine. Officials here have been trying to sound upbeat, claiming that Russia will find local replacements for foreign items no longer available.\n\nBut the disappearance of global products and services adds to Russia's growing sense of international isolation.\n\nThat seems a strange thing to be saying in St Petersburg. After all, Emperor Peter the Great designed and built this city to make Russia feel like a part of Europe.\n\nMural on the side of a building in St Petersburg\n\nOut of marshland he created a breathtakingly beautiful Russian Amsterdam or Venice, with myriad canals and stunning palaces.\n\nWith the help of European artists and architects rose an imperial capital with a European face. Yet three centuries on, the gulf between Russia and Europe grows wider by the day.\n\nDo Russians care? Many here claim not to.\n\n\"Russia's not Europe. Russia is Russia,\" says Lubov, who has stopped to chat to me by the \"ZAMESTIM\" art installation. Lubov tells me she doesn't follow what's happening in Ukraine.\n\n\"It's an unpleasant news story,\" she says. \"So, I try not to watch TV. So that I don't get upset.\"\n\nMy next conversation next to \"ZAMESTIM\" is with Raisa. She gets all her news from Russian TV.\n\n\"The Ukrainians are to blame for the violence,\" Raisa says. \"They're ganging up on us. Those nationalists are deploying weapons on our border. How certain are you that what Russian TV is telling you is the truth?\" I ask.\n\n\"Knowing the Russian people like I do, I'm 100% sure.\"\n\nHow many Raisas are there in Russia? What percentage of the Russian public support what President Putin calls his \"Special Military Operation\" in Ukraine?\n\nMore than 80%, according to recent surveys. I'm sceptical. In an authoritarian country like Russia, the accuracy of public opinion polling is questionable. Fear skews results.\n\nOver the past two months, most of the Russians we have approached on the streets for interview have declined to speak about Ukraine, preferring to keep their opinions to themselves. Of those who did express views on the record, many repeated almost word for word what state TV has been telling them, reproducing the parallel reality created by the Kremlin.\n\nThey speak of Russian troops \"liberating Ukraine\" and \"fighting Nazism in Ukraine.\"\n\nBut when I take a stroll through the historic centre of St Petersburg, I discover a very different picture. Among the city's famous courtyards, I find plenty of anti-war graffiti. In some cases, anti-Putin slogans, too, have been scrawled on walls.\n\nThere are other forms of protest. Earlier this month St Petersburg artist Sasha Skochilenko was arrested and charged with spreading fake news about the Russian armed forces. She is accused of replacing price tags in a supermarket with anti-war messages. Sasha is being held in pre-trial detention.\n\n\"This shows that free speech in our country is being stamped out,\" Sasha Skochilenko's partner, Sonia Subbotina, tells me. \"It shows that political repression is getting worse and that people with anti-war views are being persecuted and put in prison.\"\n\nSasha Skochilenko has been charged with spreading fake news\n\n\"There was protest activity in Russia. People were coming out to protest. But each protest is a major risk. You can be arrested, you can be beaten, you can be put in jail. Right now I feel completely lost. I don't know if anything can be done.\"\n\nThose in power in Russia are demanding unflinching support from the Russian people: for the direction in which the Kremlin is taking Russia, away from Europe; for the anti-Western rhetoric emanating from Moscow; and for Russia's military offensive in Ukraine - no matter what the consequences here at home.", "Russian military vehicles on the streets of Kherson.\n\nThe Russian rouble will be used in Kherson from Sunday, according to Russia-backed forces that have taken control of the southern Ukrainian city.\n\nHowever, Kherson's Ukrainian mayor, Ihor Kolykhaiev, who has now been overthrown by Russian authorities, has said that he doesn't believe this will be possible while the only working banking system in the region is Ukrainian, not Russian.\n\nDespite being occupied for 60 days, many residents are trying to find small ways to defy the Russian forces - like exchanging any roubles they receive back into Ukraine's currency, the hryvnia.\n\nBut there are very few ways to safely snub the Russian army when it occupies your streets.\n\nZ signs - a Russian pro-war symbol - have appeared around the city. Russian flags hang above Kherson's government buildings. Ukrainian TV has been mostly cut off, changed to Russian news. Russian soldiers drive armoured vehicles through the city centre, between a network of check points.\n\nNow, changing the region's currency is yet another bid to erase Ukrainian identity from the city.\n\n\"I think most people will leave here if the rouble is introduced,\" Olga, who didn't want to use her real name, told me from inside Kherson.\n\n\"At the moment there are still currency exchanges operating in the city. If I am paid in roubles, I think I will just go and exchange it for hryvnia, I think others will too. It's just a small act of protest.\"\n\nOlga is not the only one with this plan. Ukrainian news reports have said that some pensions have been handed out in roubles around Kherson, but that people have already exchanged it back into Ukrainian hryvnia.\n\nLife in Kherson has become increasingly difficult. Many now feel nervous about even speaking to a journalist. When we reach Olga and ask how she is feeling, she sighs.\n\n\"I'm alive and I have food,\" she says.\n\nAround 40% of the population have fled in the two months since this key, strategic city was taken by Russia, according to the mayor.\n\nMany residents tell us about their struggle to pay for what few goods there are, as supermarket shelves lie empty. They say that shops, restaurants and businesses have closed and parts of the economy have ground to a halt, cut off from much of the world.\n\nEarlier this week, Russian forces appointed a new administration in Kherson because Mr Kolykhaiev was \"not cooperating\" with the occupied forces, according to Russian state news agency Ria.\n\nThe Ukrainian mayor of Kherson, Ihor Kolykhaiev, has now been replaced with a Russian administration\n\nSpeaking on video call from somewhere in the region, with piles of binders and a toy camouflage jeep sitting on shelves behind him, Mr Kolykhaiev says he has not stopped working. He is sceptical of whether Russia can successfully introduce the rouble.\n\n\"I have no confirmation that it's been introduced,\" he says. \"When can it appear? When the treasury and the banking system of Ukraine will stop working? Anything can happen under occupation, I can't get into Russia's head to find out what they are thinking. If they do try to introduce the rouble zone here, we would be plunged back into 1992 when Ukraine gained its independence.\"\n\nUkrainian authorities had suggested that Russia could try to hold a referendum in the region on 1 May, asking voters whether they want independence from Ukraine. Any attempt to do this would be seen as a way to legitimise Russia's intervention, suggesting that residents no longer want to be part of Ukraine and painting Russia as liberators.\n\nRussia held a referendum in Crimea after Moscow annexed it in 2014, and also in the Russian-backed separatist areas of Donetsk and Luhansk. Russia has denied plans to hold a vote in Kherson, and for now residents in the city say they've seen no sign of it.\n\nRumours swirl on social media channels about what could happen. Some Ukrainians are worried that Russia will simply fake the result and use records of their identity documents - which they fear the Russians could gain access to in the administrative buildings they now occupy - to back it up.\n\n\"I'm not sure they even need the population here to know that there is a referendum,\" says Olga. \"I guess they can do it without us. Maybe I already voted.\"\n\nSeveral people inside Kherson told us that the routes out to safer parts of Ukraine have now been shut altogether. The only road available is through Crimea which means travelling into Russian territory, something several Ukrainians told us they would not be prepared to do.\n\nMaxim felt this was his only route to safety. He didn't want his name to be used as his family are still inside the city. At the border he was subject to a long interrogation as a security guard inspected his body for tattoos.\n\n\"It was like a film,\" he said. \"You sit on a suitcase under the scorching sun to be interrogated. I would never have imagined I would have to go through this. I was really horrified, because it's scary - people with machine guns are walking past you.\"\n\nHis favourite artist almost got him into difficulties.\n\n\"They were asking me the same questions on repeat,\" he says. \"I have a David Bowie lightning tattoo and they asked me 'Is that Azov?'\" The Azov battalion are a controversial regiment that was originally a far-right group later incorporated into Ukraine's National Guard.\n\nMany supermarket shelves in Kherson are empty\n\nMaxim says that many of the cars in the queue had Kherson number plates. He has since safely travelled through Georgia and on to Europe.\n\n\"Reaching Georgia was like being released from jail,\" he says. \"You feel like you've got your human rights back.\"\n\nFor those still in Kherson there are deep fears about the future.\n\n\"I am afraid of a humanitarian catastrophe,\" says Mr Kolykhaiev. \"I am worried for the people who are still in the city today. They are all hostages.\n\n\"It's like we started with 100 litres of petrol in the car tank and we are driving until the gas runs out. I want to calculate how long we can keep driving. How long can we carry the city?\"", "The UK's ambassador to Ukraine has said she is back in Kyiv and feels \"comfortable\" working there, although she has extra security protection.\n\n\"I wasn't sure I'd make it back to Kyiv so coming back is an extraordinary thing,\" Melinda Simmons said in an interview with the Observer.\n\n\"It absolutely feels like the right place to be,\" she said, although she acknowledged the potential risks.\n\nRussia has previously made threats against diplomats based in Kyiv.\n\nEarlier this week, a Russian statement said forces were primed to carry out strikes against \"decision-making centres in Kyiv\". It added that the presence of foreign advisers in those sites \"will not necessarily be a problem to Russia deciding to take retaliatory action\".\n\nBritain started withdrawing some embassy staff from Kyiv in January, shortly before the war started. Ms Simmons left Kyiv in late February, although stayed in Ukraine for a little while longer before returning to London.\n\nBut Boris Johnson announced last month that the British embassy in Kyiv would be reopening.\n\nMs Simmons told the newspaper that as she drove into the city on Friday she got \"a real sense of what was going on... and it's truly shocking\".\n\n\"But what is equally extraordinary is to see how Ukraine kept Russia out of Kyiv. Every way in which Ukraine has been able to do that is a thing to celebrate and to treasure,\" she said.\n\nRussian forces withdrew from around Kyiv after failing to seize the city, and is now instead focusing its assault on the eastern Donbas region.\n\nMs Simmons said she expected the war would likely last \"certainly through this year and probably through next year\", which chimes with other warnings from the West that they must be prepared for the long haul.\n\nAnd she made clear she was not minimising the risk facing her, adding: \"I am here with a heightened level of security protection and bearing in mind that potential risk, but for now I feel comfortable working under those circumstances.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Melinda Simmons This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAlthough the PM said the embassy was reopening soon, Ms Simmons said the Kyiv embassy had not yet reopened and they were not running a consular service.\n\nShe also repeated the British government's advice that UK citizens should not travel to Ukraine. Earlier this week, the Foreign Office announced one British national was killed and another was missing.\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Johnson spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky over the phone on Saturday, and was given an update on the fighting in eastern Ukraine, as well as the situation in the southern port city of Mariupol.\n\nMr Johnson confirmed the UK would continue to provide additional military aid for Ukraine to defend themselves, Downing Street said.\n\n\"The leaders also discussed progress of the UN-led effort to evacuate Mariupol and concern for the injured there. The prime minister offered the UK's continued economic and humanitarian support,\" a Downing Street spokesperson added.", "Katie Kenyon has not been seen since the morning of 22 April\n\nA body has been found by police searching for a woman who went missing more than a week ago.\n\nKatie Kenyon, a 33-year-old mother of two, was last seen getting into a Ford Transit van in Burnley on 22 April.\n\nLancashire Police made the discovery on Friday night after a reported sighting of the van led them to prioritise searching in the Forest of Bowland.\n\nAndrew Burfield, 50, of Todmorden Road, Burnley, has been charged with Ms Kenyon's murder.\n\nHe appeared at Preston Crown Court on Friday and will face trial on 14 November.\n\nA spokesman for Lancashire Police: \"At this stage, although we are not in a position to formally confirm the woman's identity, we do believe the body is that of Katie.\n\n\"Her family have been told and they continue to be supported by specially trained officers.\n\n\"Our thoughts are with them at this time.\"\n\nA post-mortem examination will now be carried out to establish the cause of death.\n\nPolice and mountain rescue teams searched parts of Gisburn Forest on Wednesday\n\nOn Thursday, forensic searches were focused on a particular area in the Forest of Bowland to determine whether it could be linked to Ms Kenyon's disappearance.\n\nSearches had previously been held in Gisburn Forest in the Ribble Valley, with more than 60 specialist officers from four police forces scouring the dense woodland.\n\nFire service officers, dog teams, mounted police, mountain rescue volunteers and drones were also deployed.\n\nMs Kenyon's family had earlier described her disappearance as out of character.\n\nThis breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nNeil Parish has told the BBC he is resigning as an MP after admitting he watched pornography twice in Parliament.\n\nMr Parish, who has represented Tiverton and Honiton in Devon since 2010, said it had been a \"moment of madness\".\n\nHe said the first time was accidental after looking at a tractor website, but the second time - in the House of Commons - was deliberate.\n\nHe was suspended by the Conservative Party on Friday over the allegations.\n\nTwo female colleagues claimed they had seen him looking at adult content on his phone while sitting near them.\n\nIn an exclusive interview with BBC South West, Mr Parish said: \"The situation was that funnily enough, it was tractors I was looking at.\n\n\"I did get into another website that had a very similar name and I watched it for a bit, which I shouldn't have done.\n\n\"But my crime - biggest crime - is that on another occasion I went in a second time.\"\n\nHe admitted that second time had been deliberate and that it happened in the House of Commons while he was sitting waiting to vote.\n\nMr Parish said what he did \"was absolutely totally wrong\", adding: \"I will have to live with this for the rest of my life. I made a huge terrible mistake and I'm here to tell the world.\"\n\nHe said it was a \"moment of madness\" but denied watching the material in a way where he hoped other people would see it, saying he was trying to be discreet.\n\n\"I was wrong what I was doing, but this idea that I was there watching it, intimidating women, I mean I have 12 years in Parliament and probably got one of the best reputations ever - or did have,\" he said.\n\nAsked about why he decided to watch the material in the Commons, Mr Parish said he did not know and that he must have \"taken complete leave of my senses\" and \"sense of decency\".\n\nHe appeared emotional as he said he was standing down after seeing the furore and damage it was causing his family, his constituency and local association.\n\n\"I was wrong, I was stupid, I lost sense of mind,\" he said, adding that he was making a \"total full apology\" for his actions.\n\nNeil Parish said last night that he would remain an MP while his conduct was investigated. But overnight, under significant pressure, he has changed his mind.\n\nIt would have been impossible for Mr Parish to avoid further questions about his conduct and he said he would quit because of the impact it would have on his family, constituency and local party.\n\nThe decision will trigger a by-election in what has been a safe Tory seat.\n\nThe party took 60% of the vote at the last election - but already the Liberal Democrats are talking up a rural backlash akin to North Shropshire.\n\nThe bigger picture here matters too. Westminster has been rocked by allegations of a sexist culture this week.\n\nThis story - and others - have damaged Parliament's reputation.\n\nThey've also damaged the Conservative party. Both will be hoping Mr Parish's resignation will help them start to move on.\n\nBut many will want a far bigger review of the culture in the Commons.\n\nMr Parish's resignation will trigger a by-election in his Devon constituency, in which the Conservatives held a 24,239 majority over Labour in the 2019 general election.\n\nShadow Commons leader Thangam Debbonaire said it was \"the right decision\" for Mr Parish to quit and that the people of Tiverton and Honiton \"deserve better\".\n\n\"It's shocking that the Conservatives have allowed this debacle to drag out over many days,\" she said.\n\nAngela Rayner, the Labour deputy leader, tweeted: \"He was looking for tractors but ended up with porn actors? Neil Parish must think you were all born yesterday.\"\n\nThe deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats called on the Conservatives to \"swiftly call a by-election\".\n\n\"It is appalling that Neil Parish had to be pushed to resign after those in charge of the Conservative Party spent days dragging their feet,\" said Daisy Cooper.\n\nScotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon said there could have been no other outcome than Mr Parish's resignation and that his actions had been \"unacceptable\".\n\nMr Parish's local party, Tiverton and Honiton Conservatives, said it supported his decision to step down and thanked him for his service.\n\nQuestioned by the BBC about his wife Sue finding out about the situation through the media, Mr Parish said: \"I know I should quite rightly be ashamed of that.\"\n\nHe said she had been \"amazingly supportive\" but admitted it was not something he \"particularly wanted to discuss with her\".\n\nIn an earlier interview with the Times, Mrs Parish said the allegation was \"very embarrassing\" and described her husband as \"quite a normal guy\" and \"a lovely person\".\n\n\"If you were mad with every man who looked at pornography, you would not have many wives in the world,\" she said.\n\nMr Parish - who was also chair of the environmental select committee - had been facing an investigation by Parliament's standards commissioner.\n\nMPs found to have violated the code of conduct can face punishments including apologising to the Commons, or being suspended or expelled.\n\nSenior Tory MP Caroline Nokes had criticised the delay by the Tory whips office to act and suspend Mr Parish from the Conservative party, saying the whips office was \"still too blokey\".\n\nNeil Parish was first elected as an MP in 2010\n\nOn Wednesday, it emerged that a female minister had reported a male colleague for viewing pornographic material while sitting beside her in the Commons chamber. The female minister said she had also seen the MP watching pornography during a hearing of a select committee, The Times reported.\n\nA second female Tory MP said she had tried unsuccessfully to capture video proof of him doing so.\n\nThe allegations were subsequently revealed to have been made about Mr Parish.\n\nThe government's safeguarding minister Rachel Maclean denied that the Conservative Party was institutionally sexist, saying: \"I think there is clearly a problem in the House of Commons. And I think it extends to all parties actually.\"", "French singer, actress and self-proclaimed inventor of the discotheque Regine has died aged 92.\n\nThe star died peacefully at 1100 local time (0900 GMT) on Sunday, her granddaughter Daphne Rotcajg told AFP.\n\n\"The queen of the night has left,\" Regine's friend, the comic Pierre Palmade, said in a statement on behalf of Regine's family.\n\nRegine's claim she invented the disco originates from the first nightclub she opened in Paris in the 1950s.\n\nThe venue in the city's Latin Quarter, which featured turntables and DJs, differed from dance venues with a jukebox, which were commonplace at the time.\n\nThis style of nightclub caught on, and later became a multimillion dollar empire for the singer. It comprised 22 venues at its height, with clubs in New York, Rio de Janeiro and Kuala Lumpur.\n\nRegine, whose full name was Regine Zylberberg, \"had the stars of the whole world dancing in her nightclubs\", Mr Palmade said.\n\nHe also recalled how Regine's name \"became synonymous with the crazy nights that lasted until the small hours\" and how the singer herself \"hit the dance floor until closing time\".\n\n'The queen of the night' continued to perform and make public appearances in her 80s\n\nRegine also starred in several films including Robert and Robert, directed by Claude Lelouch, and My New Partner by Claude Zidi.\n\nThe singer was born to Polish Jews in Brussels in 1929. During her childhood, she was forced to hide from the Nazis in occupied France.\n\nHer father Joseph ran what Regine described as a \"working-class Jewish café\".\n\nThis, she said, spurred her on to have her own venue, where she would choose the customers.\n\n\"I wanted counts and dukes - people with titles,\" she told the BBC in 2005.\n\nThe star told how she went on to teach the former King Edward VIII to dance and later danced with Prince Charles at an embassy ball.", "Nikita Horban sits in a medical facility in Zaporizhzhya. \"It still hurts,\" he said. \"The wounds are still fresh.\"\n\nNikita Horban was sitting cross-legged on an old-fashioned steel hospital bed, running his fingers over the flat part of the bandage where his toes used to be.\n\nHe was still wearing the clothes the Russians sent him home in - a military green t-shirt and tracksuit bottoms. He looked pale and gaunt, older than 31.\n\n\"I have lost a lot of weight,\" he said, looking down. \"I don't look good.\"\n\nHe shifted position on the bed. It had been about two weeks since he'd been able to stand, and he had to move his legs regularly to stop them aching. It was a bright spring day in Zaporizhzhia, in the south of Ukraine, but the Russians were running bombing raids in the region and the windows in the hospital were blacked out. The air on the ward was hot and stale.\n\nNikita had been handed back to Ukraine just three days earlier, as part of a prisoner exchange, and brought to this hospital with another man. They had spent three grim weeks in a prison in Russia. The other man, Serhiy Vasylyha, 28, was returned with both feet amputated. \"He was not as lucky as me,\" Nikita said.\n\nThe prisoner swaps are being negotiated by Ukraine's deputy prime minister, Iryna Vereshchuk, who confirmed that Nikita had been sent back from Russia. \"There were badly injured people in this exchange - amputated limbs, sepsis, other severe injuries,\" Vereshchuk told the BBC.\n\n\"There were clear signs of torture,\" she said. \"The stories they told us are terrible.\"\n\nFor five days after he was returned, Nikita had to wear the clothes he was sent back in, with Russian markings.\n\nNikita's ordeal began in early March when the Russian army rolled into Andriivka, a small village west of Kyiv. Nikita, a lab assistant at a Kyiv hospital, was hiding in a cold, damp cellar under the garden with his father Sasha, their wives, and Nikita's five-year-old son. Sasha was really Nikita's stepfather, but the distinction had long faded. They called each other father and son.\n\nThe Russians were going house to house, Nikita said, and they pulled the two men out of the cellar and beat them. \"There was shooting, people in the village were being killed, it was terrifying,\" he said.\n\nNikita and Sasha were blindfolded and taken at gunpoint to what seemed like a field, where they were tortured. Nikita has a fresh scar on his knuckle, which he said was caused by the Russians tightening a wrench around the knuckle and turning it until the skin tore open. He could hear others around him, but he didn't know how many or who.\n\n\"All I can remember thinking is where is my father? What if he is not with me anymore?\"\n\nThe Russians took away their boots, filled them with water and put them back on. Then the prisoners were forced to lie face down on the field in the freezing cold. \"We lay like that for three or four nights, under the rain, getting colder and colder,\" Nikita said.\n\nSasha and Nikita's house in Andriivka. They were pulled from the basement by Russian soldiers.\n\nWhen he could no longer hear the Russians nearby, Nikita called out quietly, \"Dad are you there?\" And Sasha's voice came quietly back. They were together. From that point, they would keep talking whenever it seemed safe, reassuring each other they were close.\n\nAs they lay in the field, a deep cold set into Nikita's feet. Soon he could not feel them at all. Then shells started falling close to them, announcing themselves with earth-shaking booms. \"We lay for a long time like that on the ground, saying goodbye to our lives over and over again,\" Nikita said.\n\nEventually, they were hauled up from the ground and loaded onto trucks. Blindfolded, Nikita struggled to gauge how much time was passing. At some point, they were combined with another group of prisoners and loaded onto helicopters. Hunger was setting in - they had only been given one bowl of porridge, a piece of bread and a biscuit since they were taken, Nikita said.\n\nFrom the helicopters they were transferred onto a cargo plane. Nikita felt the engines revving and the plane speeding down the runway and taking off. He guessed he was with about 10 or 12 other prisoners.\n\n\"Are you OK?\" he said aloud, over the sound of the engines.\n\nNadia Holumenkov holds pictures of her grandson Nikita, left, and son Sasha, right, both with Nikita's son Artem.\n\nBack in the village, Nikita and Sasha's wives, Nadia and Svitlana, and Nikita's son Artem had moved from their cellar to a bigger shelter under the neighbour's house. They had no idea where their husbands were.\n\nA few houses over, Sasha's parents, Nadia and Volodymyr, were also beginning to worry. Sasha had stopped answering their calls, but it was impossible to venture out of the house to find out if he was safe. Shells were raining down around the village, and during pauses in the bombardment Russian soldiers would ransack houses. For more than a month, during the occupation, no family group would know if any other was alive.\n\nAt some point, Nikita and Sasha crossed into Russian airspace, and the cargo plane began to descend. They were taken to a detention camp where their blindfolds were finally removed and they saw each other. They embraced. The Russians had also used the wrench on Sasha's knuckle, Nikita said, but worse, and one of his fingers was hanging by a small amount of tissue and skin. He was taken to a field hospital for treatment.\n\nWith the blindfold off, Nikita could finally see his feet. His toes had turned black. He knew he was getting severe frostbite from the cold and he asked for medical attention. At the field hospital, they dried and bandaged his toes but that was it. They put his boots back on and after five days in the camp the prisoners were transported by truck to the Pre-Trial Detention Centre Number 1 - a prison in the Russian city of Kursk.\n\nVolodymyr Holumenkov at Sasha and Nikita's home in the village. \"Everyone here is going through their own grief,\" he said.\n\nThe new inmates were put in uniforms and had their hair cut and were told they would be \"vaccinated\", which turned out to be a euphemism for a beating, Nikita said. By the time he and Sasha were locked in a cell with 10 others, Nikita was becoming convinced he could lose both his legs.\n\n\"That first night I realised I could neither feel nor control my feet at all,\" he recalled. \"And they had started to smell awful.\"\n\nOthers were facing the same grim situation. Some would later lose entire limbs. The care at the prison was minimal - an antibiotic shot and bandage changes once every three days. According to Nikita, the prison doctor told him: \"We have good medicine and medical treatment here, but it is not for you.\"\n\nThe prisoners kept each other entertained in the cell by talking about their families and telling jokes. They were forced to learn patriotic Russian songs by heart and perform them for the guards, Nikita said. \"The anthem of Russia, another disgusting Putin-glorifying song. They gave them to us in the morning and told us to learn them by lunchtime,\" he said.\n\nThey were interrogated two or three times a day and beaten, he said. Afterwards they were forced to sign documents declaring they had been treated and fed well and not harmed, which is how they learned where they were, because the documents were stamped \"Kursk Pre-Trial Detention Centre 1\".\n\nAfter three weeks in the prison, the condition of Nikita's feet had worsened dramatically, and he was finally transferred to hospital with two others. A surgeon told him he was going to have all his toes amputated. \"They were in such bad condition by then that during the examination one of my toes just fell off,\" Nikita said.\n\nHe spent a week in the hospital after his surgery, before an official there told him that he and several other badly wounded men would be sent home \"to be taken care of by your families instead\".\n\nVereshchuk, the deputy prime minister, told me the Russians had tried to exchange civilian hostages for Russian military prisoners in Ukraine - a move forbidden by the Geneva Convention. \"That's why they captured all these hostages - civilians, women, employees of local councils, to try and use them,\" she said.\n\n\"We know there are more than a thousand hostages there - including almost 500 women. We know they are in prisons and pre-trial detention centres in Kursk, in Briansk, in Riazan, in Rostov.\"\n\nNikita was never taken back to the prison in Kursk, where he had last seen Sasha. From the hospital, he was loaded once again onto a cargo plane, this time to Simferopol in Crimea. The Russian authorities told Vereshchuk they had no ambulances spare, so gravely injured prisoners were put in the back of empty flatbed trucks for the five-hour drive to the exchange.\n\nNikita will have to relearn to walk after his toes were removed in Russia.\n\nAt the meeting point, the Russians laid the wounded men on the highway on their stretchers and walked away, and Ukrainian soldiers came and picked them up. Nikita still didn't believe he was in Ukraine, he said, right up until the moment one of the soldiers looked him in the eyes and said in Ukrainian, \"Welcome back buddy.\"\n\n\"I was in pieces,\" he said. \"I knew I was back in my homeland.\"\n\nBut he didn't know if his family was alive. He knew nothing of what had happened in Ukraine in the past month. Nikita gave a Ukrainian official the number for his wife Nadia and waited, his heart pounding in his chest.\n\n\"I was just waiting for the dialling sound, to know at least that her phone was alive,\" he said. \"Then it started dialling and she declined the call, and I knew she was alive.\"\n\nOn the second attempt, Nadia picked up. She told him she was in Belgium with Artem and they were safe. \"For five minutes we just cried into the phone,\" Nikita said. \"We tried to talk to each other but we couldn't. There were tears running down my cheeks. I just heard her say hello and I couldn't take a breath.\"\n\nNadia called Sasha's brother Vyacheslav, and his parents Nadia and Volodymyr, to let them know the news. But there was a big piece still missing. \"We know now that Sasha was alive when Nikita left but that was two weeks ago,\" his mother Nadia told me. \"So we are still here waiting and hoping. We are still not doing good.\"\n\nSasha's brother Vyacheslav and his wife, at Sasha and Nikita's house in the village.\n\nSince his arrival in back in Ukraine, Nikita had been trying to arrange a transfer from Zaporizhzhia to the hospital in Kyiv where he worked. It appeared to be stalled. Then suddenly, early on Tuesday morning, a nurse came in to tell him he was going home.\n\nAfter a long ambulance journey across the country, Nikita was wheeled in to a hero's welcome from his colleagues at the Kyiv Civilian Hospital No 5. He was taken up to a private room with a large open window overlooking pine trees. About mid-morning on Wednesday, the chief of medicine and chief surgeon came to visit him. They had been waiting nervously for news of Nikita, and they were both brought to tears by his return. Two of their other colleagues, a married couple, had recently been killed with their children by a Russian shell.\n\n\"It means everything to us to have him back,\" said the surgeon, Yuriy Shylenko. \"He will need to relearn to walk, but we are going to do everything for him.\"\n\nNikita put on a pair of hospital slippers and showed off his progress by standing and taking a few steps. The doctors were talking through his recovery plans. But he wasn't really listening. \"I have only one thing on my mind,\" he said, after they'd left. \"Going to my wife and son.\"\n\nNikita Horban sits on his hospital bed in Kyiv. He has begun to take a few steps.", "Germany has filed a case against Italy at the UN's highest court over attempts within Italy to claim compensation for Nazi-era war crimes.\n\nIn a submission to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Germany says Italy continues to allow cases in its domestic courts despite a 2012 ruling that such claims were inadmissible.\n\nIt says that, since that ruling, over 25 new cases have been filed in Italy.\n\nIn some of those, the courts have ruled that Germany should pay compensation.\n\nBerlin says it is bringing the complaint now because of two ongoing cases that could see properties in Rome owned by the German state seized to finance compensation payments.\n\nA court in Italy says it will decide by 25 May whether to force the sale of certain buildings, some of which house German cultural, historical, and educational institutions.\n\nThe dispute dates back to 2008, when Italy's highest court ruled that Germany should pay around €1m (£840,000) to relatives of nine people who were among 203 killed by German forces in Tuscany in 1944.\n\nGermany argues it has already paid out billions of euros to countries impacted by World War II since the conflict ended in 1945.\n\nIts filing cites a part of the 2012 ruling that says that, by allowing the claims in its courts, Italy had \"violated its obligation to respect the immunity which the Federal Republic of Germany enjoys under international law\".\n\nIt can take years for the ICJ to issue rulings, but Germany has asked the court to take measures to stop Italy auctioning off any property while its broader case is being considered.\n\nThe ICJ, based in The Hague, the Netherlands, is the principal judicial body of the UN, with one of its primary roles being the resolution of legal disputes between states.", "Officers were called to a property on Perth's Campsie Road\n\nA man has been arrested following a standoff with armed police officers in Perth.\n\nOfficers were called to a property in the city's Campsie Road at 05:45 BST after reports of concern for a person.\n\nThe road was closed for more than six hours. A fire engine and a Scottish Ambulance Service incident response unit were also at the scene.\n\nPolice Scotland said a 41-year-old man had been arrested and no firearms were discharged.\n\nOfficers were called to a property in the city's Campsie Road,", "US President Joe Biden has resumed the tradition of speaking at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner after a six-year presidential hiatus.\n\nHe is the first leader to speak at the event, where the president faces friendly mocking in front of an audience of journalists, since 2016.\n\nIt was cancelled for two years due to the pandemic and was boycotted by Donald Trump when he was in office.\n\nComedian and The Daily Show host Trevor Noah headlined the event.\n\nCelebrities joined renowned journalists and high-ranking US officials for the gala - an American press tradition dating back to 1921.\n\nKim Kardashian, Pete Davidson, Drew Barrymore and Chris Tucker were among the celebrity guests.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Celebrities and politicians on the red carpet at the 2022 White House Correspondents' dinner\n\nMr Biden addressed the fact that he is the first president to attend the event since 2016 with a barb aimed at Donald Trump.\n\n\"This is the first time a president has attended this dinner in six years. It's understandable, we had a horrible plague followed by two years of Covid,\" he said.\n\nWhen he took to the stage later, Noah added: \"It's actually nice to, once again, have a president who is not afraid to come to the White House Correspondents' Dinner and hear jokes about himself.\"\n\nThe president also faced his share of roasts.\n\nNoah told Mr Biden: \"Ever since you've come into office, things are really looking up. Gas is up, rent is up, food is up. Everything.\"\n\n\"President Biden's lack of a filter does get him into hot water sometimes,\" he added. Last month he caused a huge international incident saying that Vladimir Putin should be removed from power.\n\n\"It was very, very upsetting to Russia. Until someone explained to them that none of the stuff Biden wants actually gets done.\"\n\nUS President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden\n\nCovid-19 cases in Washington have risen in recent weeks, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Organisers have required that guests be tested for the virus, and some top officials, including infectious disease expert Dr Antony Fauci, 81, dropped out.\n\nThe president skipped the dinner portion of the evening and attended only the speakers program.\n\nIn recent weeks, Mr Biden has mostly not worn a mask at crowded White House events. However, those occasions had lower attendance than Saturday's dinner, which was expected to seat about 2,600 people.\n\nHe poked fun at Fox News hosts in attendance - many of whom have shared scepticism of vaccines on air - by pointing out they had to prove their vaccination status in order to attend.\n\nHe could also not resist a jab at Russian President Vladimir Putin in his closing remarks, before handing over to host Trevor Noah.\n\n\"Trevor, the really good news is, now you get to roast the president of the United States. And unlike in Moscow, you won't go to jail.\"\n\nSecretary of State Antony Blinken and his wife Evan Ryan, White House Cabinet Secretary\n\nAttorney Benjamin Crump, who has represented the families of some of the most high-profile victims of police violence, including George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Daunte Wright", "Mike Ireland (with ball) and his seven sons made up a full scrum for Heaton Moor\n\nA veteran amateur rugby player scrummed down with all seven of his sons for his last match before hanging up his boots.\n\nHeaton Moor third XV captain Mike Ireland, who also has eight daughters, said the experience made for \"an absolutely fantastic day\".\n\nThe 56-year-old from Stockport said he \"held out\" from retirement until his youngest son Joel turned 18 so they could all play together.\n\nIt was worth the wait, with Heaton Moor thrashing Wythenshawe 65-7 on Saturday.\n\nMr Ireland, who only started playing when he was 41, said: \"I didn't play sport myself as a kid but it was great to get them to do something and do it along with them\".\n\n\"During the years I've played many games for the Mighty Threes - as we call them - and I've played with one or two, three or maybe four of my sons.\n\n\"But I've never had them all on the field at the same time, so I'm really grateful to the people at the club who made it happen.\n\n\"It was a great treat for an old man retiring.\n\n\"I'm not the most amazing rugby player in the world, and some of my sons are very good and play for the first team, but rugby's not about that, it's a very big family thing, especially at grass roots level and everyone's welcome of all abilities.\"\n\nThe club tweeted: \"A rugby first, an amazing thing to be a part of as a club.\n\n\"Thanks for everything Mike, happy retirement. What a way to go!\"\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Ukraine's MiG-29s are not as advanced as some of Russia's fighters\n\nUkraine's fighter pilots are vastly outnumbered by the Russians, and have become legendary - thanks in part to the story of an alleged flying ace called the \"Ghost of Kyiv\".\n\nThis hero is said to have downed as many as 40 enemy planes - an incredible feat in an arena where Russia controls the skies.\n\nBut now the Ukraine Air Force Command has warned on Facebook that the \"Ghost of Kyiv is a superhero-legend whose character was created by Ukrainians!\".\n\n\"We ask the Ukrainian community not to neglect the basic rules of information hygiene,\" the message said, urging people to \"check the sources of information, before spreading it\".\n\nEarlier reports had named the ace as Major Stepan Tarabalka, 29. The authorities confirmed that he was killed in combat on 13 March and honoured with a Hero of Ukraine medal posthumously.\n\nNow, the air force stresses that \"Tarabalka is not 'Ghost of Kiev', and he did not hit 40 planes\".\n\nIt describes the \"Ghost of Kyiv\" as \"a collective image of pilots of the Air Force's 40th tactical aviation brigade, who defend the sky over the capital\", rather than a single man's combat record.\n\nFor weeks, Ukrainians did not have a name to go with the \"Ghost of Kyiv\" - but that did not stop the story going viral on social media.\n\nIt was used as a marketing brand by a Ukrainian model aircraft manufacturer, while Ukrainian Iryna Kostyrenko showed off a military badge inspired by the legend.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Defence of Ukraine This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by Defence of Ukraine\n\nMilitary experts told the BBC they doubted that one pilot could have downed as many as 40 Russian planes.\n\nUkrainian military historian Mikhail Zhirohov described the Ghost of Kyiv story as \"propaganda for raising morale\". Speaking to the BBC from Chernihiv, he said that early on in the war the Russians dominated Ukrainian airspace, so a Ukrainian pilot \"could only shoot down two or three\".\n\n\"It's essential to have this propaganda, because our armed forces are smaller, and many think we can't be equal to them [the Russians]. We need this in wartime,\" he said.\n\nThe fact that Ukrainian pilots are still denying Russia total mastery of the skies, flying inferior, older Russian-designed MiG-29s, inspired this modern legend.\n\nWith all its military might, Russia has had more than two months to knock out Ukraine's air defences - and failed.\n\nThe Ukrainian authorities fuelled the Ghost of Kyiv legend just days into the war.\n\nThe Ukraine Security Service (SBU) showed a fighter pilot on the Telegram messaging service, with a caption calling the \"Ghost of Kyiv\" an \"angel\" for downing 10 Russian planes. But it did not name the \"angel\", and media reports later said the photo used was an old one.\n\nOn 27 February Ukraine called the \"Ghost of Kyiv\" an \"angel\" for downing 10 Russian planes\n\nA Ukrainian military expert who requested anonymity told the BBC the Ghost of Kyiv story \"has helped to raise morale at a time when people need simple stories\".\n\nUkraine's morale has also been boosted by the Moskva story.\n\nFirst, Ukrainian border guards defied the Russian missile cruiser with a rude gesture, commemorated with a popular postage stamp. Then Ukraine allegedly sank it - the pride of Russia's Black Sea Fleet - with two Neptune missiles. Russia admitted there was a fire on board, and that the ship sank, but made no mention of a missile attack.\n\nHeroic fighter pilots have entered the national mythology of other countries too. The UK celebrates the brave Royal Air Force pilots who outwitted the mighty Nazi Luftwaffe in the 1940 Battle of Britain.\n\nAnd Russia itself glorifies the sacrifices of its World War Two pilots, who were outgunned by the Germans. Some deliberately crashed into enemy planes after running out of bullets.\n\nLegends like the Ghost of Kyiv are not surprising when there are such contrasting figures given for Russian and Ukrainian losses: there is plenty of room for embellishment.\n\nOn 30 April, the Ukrainian Armed Forces General Staff said that in the war so far Russia had lost 190 planes and 155 helicopters.\n\nBut independent military analysts Oryx reckon the Russian losses to be 26 planes and 39 helicopters, as well as 48 drones (UAVs).\n\nBoth Russia and Ukraine are very secretive about their own losses. Counting is difficult, because aircraft often crash in Russian-held territory, and some manage to land in Russia.\n\nPortable anti-aircraft missiles are a key part of defending the skies\n\nExperts agree that in most cases Russian aircraft were downed with surface-to-air missiles, especially man-portable air defence systems (Manpads).\n\nJustin Crump of the security consultancy Sybilline says the Ghost of Kyiv legend is important because in our social media age \"people need myths, heroes and legends, to provide cohesion and meaning\".", "Food prices will keep rising, and stay higher \"for quite some time\" due to the high cost of raw materials, Asda chairman Lord Rose has said.\n\nMany families struggling with the cost of living crisis are \"going to suffer\", the Conservative peer warned - although retailers will try to keep costs down.\n\nThe Bank of England expects price inflation to hit 8% this spring.\n\nBut Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said inflation would not necessarily be long term.\n\nFamilies in the UK have been struggling as energy, fuel and food costs rise rapidly.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC Sunday Morning programme, the Asda chairman said he feared that food prices \"are going to go higher, and they are going to stay high for quite some time\".\n\nPressures on prices include the war in Ukraine and a resurgence of Covid in China, said Lord Rose.\n\nOil and gas prices were already rising rapidly before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but the war has pushed prices up further.\n\nIn turn, this is ramping up raw materials costs for manufacturers and retailers - including for meats like chicken and staples such as pasta - with the price hikes being passed on to consumers.\n\n\"Chicken feed is going up, and all the other associated costs are going up,\" he said. \"I see no quick solution to this.\n\n\"Pasta is made from durum wheat, and durum wheat has gone up in price, so that's an inevitable cost increase.\"\n\nCo-op chief executive Steve Murrells told the Sunday Times that chicken could become as expensive as beef due to the war in Ukraine.\n\nFast food chain Nando's, which specialises in chicken, said that some of its prices had gone up in April.\n\nAsda chairman Stuart Rose said consumers will suffer from fresh price rises\n\nLord Rose said retailers \"will do what we can\" to shield customers from raw materials cost increases, but added they were \"not immune from cost increases ourselves\" and would pass them on.\n\nHe said supermarkets have staff, electricity, fuel, insurance and transport costs, alongside raw materials costs.\n\n\"If you're baking biscuits or baking cakes, [energy] goes into the cost of the raw material that you have to pass on [to consumers],\" he said. \"What we have to try and do is mitigate that.\"\n\nThere is a danger of long-term effects on the economy from high inflation including \"a wage spiral\" and \"stagflation\" - where prices and wages go up, but the economy doesn't grow.\n\n\"They are both evil, and the government has got a very difficult and tricky road to navigate,\" Lord Rose said.\n\nHe added that 90% of Asda customers were \"very worried about the cost of living, and how they are going to make ends meet\".\n\nKwasi Kwarteng said it was not possible to predict how long inflation would remain high\n\nBusiness Secretary Mr Kwarteng said there was \"obviously an issue with cost of living increases\", but \"we don't know how long that will last\".\n\n\"Who can say how long any inflation will last?\" he said. \"It's a global issue, there's no doubt that every economy in the world is looking at the high prices and greater inflation.\"\n\nHe the government was \"dealing with it by creating jobs.\"\n\nHigh inflation will not necessarily go on for years, Mr Kwarteng added, due to the government's \"energy security strategy\", which includes new nuclear and offshore wind power generation.\n\nLabour has repeated calls for a windfall tax on oil and gas companies to subsidise energy bills.\n\nMr Kwarteng said he was against a windfall tax because it would discourage investment, but he said Chancellor Rishi Sunak had not ruled it out.\n\nMr Sunak is \"going to look at all options\", Mr Kwarteng added.\n\nTalking about Labour's windfall tax proposals, its leader Sir Keir Starmer told Sky News: \"We are not talking about taxing the profits they expected to make. This is the profits they didn't expect to make.\n\n\"We would then use that to reduce energy bills by up to £600.\"\n\nLabour's shadow foreign secretary David Lammy told the BBC that families dealing with cost of living pressures should not have to face a rise in National Insurance. The government has said this rise will help the NHS recover from Covid and fund social care in England.\n\n\"It's absolutely the wrong time for people to face a National Insurance rise,\" he said. \"Let's be clear, we've had 15 tax rises over the last decade from this Conservative government, at a time when four in 10 people are buying less groceries.\"\n\nLiberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said inflation would be high for \"at least a year or two\".\n\n\"Millions of pensioners and families are really worried about the cost of living,\" he said. \"They're pretty annoyed that the Conservative government seem to be making it worse with tax rises.\"\n\nScotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: \"This week, as most people received their pay packet, they finally see the reality of the Tory-made cost of living crisis - a hike in National Insurance, soaring bills and no support from Westminster.\"", "Sri Lanka has sharply increased prices of commonly used medication, the second such rise in six weeks, as it struggles to deal with an economic crisis.\n\nAntibiotics, certain painkillers and medication for heart conditions are among those hit by a 40% mark-up.\n\nSri Lankans have had to take short courses of medicines or look overseas for supplies.\n\nThe government says it has no other option than to increase the cost of pharmaceutical products.\n\nIt follows measures to help slow the depletion of foreign exchange reserves amid a crippling financial crisis.\n\nAmong the measures were restrictions or bans on the import of some essential goods, including foods and medicines.\n\n\"This is not something that government is doing willingly,\" Nalaka Godahewa, Sri Lanka's minister for mass media, told the BBC.\n\nHe said the devaluation of the rupee and the fact that most medicine is imported by the private sector meant the government had no choice, otherwise there would be a serious shortage.\n\nHealth professionals are worried that the scarcity of medicine is forcing people to buy less than the prescribed limit.\n\n\"The situation is bad. Sometimes antibiotics are prescribed for five days. Now my customers are saying give me the antibiotics only for two or three days. How will it work?\" Ruchira Hewawasam, who runs a pharmacy in Colombo, said.\n\nSome fear that even for those willing and able to pay higher prices, some medication is in short supply.\n\nVelupillai Wigneswaran who lives in the central Ratnapura district, has been trying to find prescription tablets for his sister, who suffers from a serious neurological disorder, for the past year.\n\n\"We tried several pharmacies but the medicines are not available. Doctors have advised us not to take different medicine. We are trying to get the tablets from India through our friends,\" he said.\n\nHealth workers fear that medicine shortages are forcing people to buy less than they are prescribed\n\nWithout the medicine, Mr Wigneswaran said his sister was suffering and he was not sure what will happen to her health.\n\n\"The crisis we are facing in the pharmaceutical sector is unprecedented. The sharp increase in medicine prices will take its toll,\" Azam Jaward, Vice President of Sri Lanka Chamber of Pharmaceutical Industry, told the BBC.\n\nAntibiotics for paediatrics, life-saving antibiotics, steroids are among the medicines difficult to obtain.\n\nThis comes against the backdrop of explosive public anger at the rising prices of other essential items such as cooking gas, milk powder and fuel.\n\nThousands of people have been protesting against the worsening shortages and calling for the government to resign.\n\nIndia has offered to supply medicines as part of a loan programme. But that process has been slowed down due to bureaucratic hurdles.\n\nThe government has approached international agencies like the World Bank to help buy essential items like medicines.\n\n\"They have already told us something like $600 million will be coming forth and when that comes we should be able to bring some of these prices down,\" Mr Godahewa said.", "Col Mamady Doumbouya (centre) overthrew the elected government in a coup in September 2021\n\nThe head of Guinea's military government has announced the country will return to civilian rule after a 39-month transition period.\n\nSpeaking on television, Col Mamady Doumbouya, said the proposal would now be put to Guinea's parliament.\n\nHis army ousted the elected president in a coup last year - a move many Guineans initially welcomed.\n\nBut there has been growing discontent as the military junta failed to hand over power to civilian rule.\n\nThe announcement came after the regional bloc of West African nations, Ecowas, set last Monday as a deadline for the army to give its timeline - or face immediate sanctions.\n\nThe deadline was missed but the junta asked for more time and said it was considering a transition period of between 18 and 52 months.\n\nOn Saturday, Col Doumbouya said the 39-month period - three years and three months - was the \"median proposal\".\n\nGuinea's National Transition Council (CNT), an 80-member body set up after the coup to act as a parliament, is also tasked with setting a date for the country's next election - but is yet to do so.\n\nCol Doumbouya has promised that no-one taking part in the interim government, including himself, will be allowed to stand in future elections that will determine the next civilian government.\n\nIn September 2021, the army overthrew and detained President Alpha Condé, 84, accusing him of rampant corruption and human rights abuses. Mr Condé had become increasingly unpopular after he changed the constitution so he could stand for a third term as president.\n\nA former French legionnaire, Col Doumbouya was sworn in as Guinea's interim president the following month, and promised to form a new \"union\" government with civilian leaders within weeks - but failed to do so.\n\nMany Guineans saw the coup as a chance for a fresh start, and crowds were chanting the military leader's name in the street. However the UN, African Union and Ecowas condemned the military takeover and demanded immediate return to civilian rule.\n\nA series of coups - both failed and successful - have rocked West Africa in recent years. The most recent was in Guinea-Bissau in February, which failed and left several people dead. There have been two military takeovers in Mali and a failed attempt in Niger.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Guinea coup: What has been the reaction?\n• None The former French legionnaire who took power in Guinea", "Jason Donavan and Kylie Minogue both shot to fame after appearing in the soap opera in the 1980s\n\nKylie Minogue and Jason Donovan will return to long-running Australian TV soap opera Neighbours for its finale after more than 30 years away.\n\nThey will resume their roles as much-loved characters Scott Robinson and Charlene Mitchell in the fictional Melbourne suburb of Erinsborough.\n\nTheir return to Ramsay Street comes after it was announced that the show will end this summer after 37 years.\n\nThe pair were a favourite with viewers before their departure in the 1980s.\n\nSharing a message on the show's official Twitter account, executive producer Jason Herbison said they would play \"a very special part\" in the show's finale.\n\n\"Scott and Charlene are the ultimate Neighbours couple and it would not feel right to end the show without them,\" he added.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Neighbours This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMinogue and Donovan, both 53, also posted a photo of what appeared to be a glimpse of a Neighbours script on their Instagram accounts.\n\nNeighbours was first aired in 1985 and the pair played Scott and Charlene until their departures in 1989 and 1988 respectively.\n\nTheir wedding episode was watched by more than two million Australian viewers when it first aired in 1987 and it later attracted almost 20 million people when it was shown in the UK the following year.\n\nScott and Charlene's wedding episode was watched by millions of people\n\nBoth Minogue and Donovan shot to fame after appearing in the soap opera.\n\nMinogue - who has then had a successful pop career with hits including I Should be so Lucky, Confide in Me and Spinning Around - said she would be \"forever grateful\" for her time on the show as mechanic Charlene.\n\nLast year Minogue confirmed she was moving back to Australia after 30 years in the UK\n\nDonovan also moved to a career in music with hits including Ten Good Reasons, Happy Together and Especially for You - his duet with Minogue. He has also appeared in musicals, including taking the lead role in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat in the 1990s.\n\nNeighbours has aired on Channel 5 for more than a decade, having previously been broadcast on the BBC.\n\nEarlier this year Channel 5 announced it was dropping the show from its schedules.\n\nDonovan previously said it was sad to see the show come to an end\n\nThat decision left producers with a funding gap, as the British network was a key broadcast partner in the series.\n\nProducers later said they were \"so sorry\" but had \"no option but to rest the show\".\n\nWhen the news came that Neighbours was ceasing production, Donovan said it was \"sad\" but that it was \"time to celebrate\" the soap.\n\nHis father Terence used to star on the show, as Doug Willis, and his daughter Jemma is part of the current cast, playing Harlow Robinson.\n\nThe programme has also launched careers of Hollywood stars Margot Robbie, Liam Hemsworth and Guy Pearce, as well as singers Natalie Imbruglia and Delta Goodrem.", "Ukrainians have been honouring dead friends and relatives, as is traditional on the first Sunday after Orthodox Easter.\n\nAlla Krotkikh comforts her 10-year-old son Savelii, as they mourn his father Ihor Krotkikh, 47, who she says was a soldier killed by shelling Image caption: Alla Krotkikh comforts her 10-year-old son Savelii, as they mourn his father Ihor Krotkikh, 47, who she says was a soldier killed by shelling\n\nAnatolii and Olena visit the grave of their son Oleksandr, a soldier, as part of the Easter tradition known as Hrobki or Provody Image caption: Anatolii and Olena visit the grave of their son Oleksandr, a soldier, as part of the Easter tradition known as Hrobki or Provody\n\nCrosses and floral wreaths are seen in a cemetery in Irpin, outside Kyiv, which saw intense fighting earlier in the war Image caption: Crosses and floral wreaths are seen in a cemetery in Irpin, outside Kyiv, which saw intense fighting earlier in the war\n\nDisabled athletes were among those in Lviv mourning soldier Dmytro Sydoruk, who also coached soldiers with disabilities for the Invictus Games Image caption: Disabled athletes were among those in Lviv mourning soldier Dmytro Sydoruk, who also coached soldiers with disabilities for the Invictus Games\n\nMourners visit Tairovske Cemetery in Odesa, where graves have been damaged and destroyed by a Russian missile strike Image caption: Mourners visit Tairovske Cemetery in Odesa, where graves have been damaged and destroyed by a Russian missile strike", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAhead of Victory Day, Moscow was full of rumour and speculation.\n\nWas Vladimir Putin preparing a major announcement on Russia's offensive in Ukraine? Would he declare some kind of victory? Or signal an escalation?\n\nIn the end, he did neither.\n\nIn his Red Square address to Russian troops - and the Russian nation - the Kremlin leader repeated his frequently voiced justification for attacking Ukraine: an argument that appears to blame everyone but Russia for what's happening.\n\nHe criticised (as usual) America, Nato and the government in Kyiv, claiming that their actions had put the security of Russia itself in danger. He made references (as usual) to \"neo-Nazis\" in Ukraine. We hear that a lot from Russian officials, who regularly voice the baseless claim that Ukraine has been overrun by fascists, ultra-nationalists and Nazi sympathisers.\n\nPresident Putin admitted that Russia had suffered military losses, but he gave no details. The last official figures released by Russia's defence ministry were 1,351 Russian soldiers killed. But that was six weeks ago. There has been no update since.\n\nCuriously, Mr Putin didn't employ his familiar phrase - \"Special Military Operation\" - to describe Russia's offensive. Neither did he call it a war. But he tried to draw parallels between current hostilities and World War Two. An attempt, perhaps, to mobilise patriotic sentiment over Hitler's defeat to boost support amongst the Russian public for the invasion of Ukraine.\n\nThere was plenty of military hardware on show on Monday, although less than in 2021\n\nFollowing the speech, thousands of Russian soldiers marched across Red Square, although there were fewer troops here than in last year's Victory Day parade. Military hardware was put on show, too. But a planned military fly-over was cancelled, officially due to poor weather.\n\nThe Kremlin had been expecting a swift victory in Ukraine, possibly within days of sending in its troops. It didn't happen.\n\nMany here believe President Putin's Plan B was to secure a victory by 9 May. That hasn't happened, either.\n\nWhere does President Putin go from here? There were few clues in today's speech. But there was no signalling of an end to hostilities. For now, they will continue.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nRussian President Vladimir Putin said Russian forces in Ukraine were fighting for the future of their motherland, in his annual address marking victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two.\n\nDespite rumours he would make a major announcement his speech stuck largely to defending Russia's invasion.\n\nHe tied the war in Ukraine to victory in 1945, blaming the West and Nato for rejecting security demands.\n\nAlmost 10 weeks into the invasion, civilian casualties continue to mount.\n\nA Russian attack on a school on Sunday is thought to have claimed the lives of 60 civilians and Ukrainian towns in the Luhansk region came under further bombardment on Monday.\n\nFlanked by military top brass, Russia's leader spoke of Ukrainians as fascists, repeating his false claim that the democratic government in Kyiv was run by neo-Nazis.\n\nDefending the motherland had always been sacred, he said, referring to the eastern region which is now the main focus of Russia's assault: \"Today you are fighting for our people in Donbas, for the security of Russia, our homeland.\"\n\nHe also made unfounded allegations against Nato and Ukraine and described the invasion as a pre-emptive rebuff: \"They were preparing a punishing operation in Donbas to intrude on our historic lands. In Kyiv they were saying they might get nuclear weapons and Nato started exploring the lands close to us, and that became an obvious threat to us and our borders.\"\n\nUkrainian presidential official Mykhailo Podoliak later responded, tweeting that there were no rational grounds for the war: \"Nato countries were not going to attack Russia. Ukraine did not plan to attack Crimea.\"\n\nThere had been speculation that Russia's president may be considering a change of military strategy, either a full declaration of war, rather than the current so-called special military operation, or a mobilisation of Russian men to boost the armed forces.\n\nInstead he said he was signing a decree for families of the dead and wounded in Ukraine to receive special support. During a meeting later in the day with the father of a serviceman killed in eastern Ukraine, he said everything was going according to plan and the \"result will be achieved\".\n\nRussian T-90M and T-14 Armata tanks were part of the Victory Day parade in Moscow\n\nThere was a minute of silence, including for the fallen in Ukraine, and he ended his 11-minute address with the words: \"Glory to our armed forces - for Russia, for victory, hurrah\", at which the assembled forces responded with a big cheer.\n\nThe parade was more modest than in recent years. Russian news agencies said 11,000 troops and 131 armoured vehicles took part in the event, including Russia's widely feted Armata tanks, which have not been considered combat-ready for the war in Ukraine.\n\nThere was no sign of chief of staff Valery Gerasimov, who according to some unconfirmed reports may have been wounded on a recent visit to the front line in Donbas.\n\nNot everything went according to plan. A flypast by the air force had to be cancelled shortly before the parade because of \"weather conditions\", according to the Kremlin.\n\nAhead of Victory Day, warplanes had rehearsed over Red Square in a Z-formation, the motif used by the Russian state during its war in Ukraine. Smaller parades took part in cities across Russia and the weather was also blamed for similar cancellations of flypasts in Yekaterinburg, Rostov and Novosibirsk.\n\nAround 11,000 Russian troops took part in the Victory Day march on Red Square\n\nThere was no mention in Vladimir Putin's speech of Mariupol, the southern Ukrainian port city where a small group of Ukrainian forces continue to hold out in a maze of tunnels under the Azovstal steelworks. Ukrainian officials said Russian forces were trying to storm the plant backed up by tank and artillery fire.\n\nBut Russia was able to claim limited success on Monday in Kherson, the one Ukrainian city it can claim to have fully occupied.\n\nState-run news agency Ria Novosti showed footage of a Victory Day march in memory of those who died in the war. It was led by Volodymyr Saldo, a pro-Russian local official who has been named Kherson governor and is now being investigated for treason by Ukraine.\n\nRussia's ambassador to Poland Sergei Andreev was covered with red paint as protesters targeted him at a cemetery in Warsaw\n\nWhat was then the Soviet Union lost 27 million lives during World War Two, with Ukraine accounting for eight million of them.\n\nIn a separate message marking 9 May, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Nazis had been expelled in 1945 and Ukraine would not allow anyone to \"annex this victory\". Very soon, he said, Ukraine would have two victory days to celebrate.\n\nSmall acts of protest did take place in Russia. Programme guides on smart TVs were hacked with an anti-war message saying \"on your hands is the blood of thousands of Ukrainians\". The front page of news website Lenta was also sabotaged with 10 detailed stories with headlines including \"Russia leaves the corpses of its soldiers in Ukraine\".\n\nIn Poland, Russian ambassador Sergei Andreev was doused with red paint as he tried to lay a wreath at a military cemetery.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Hikers divided over tnew £7.50 fee to park at the foot of mountain\n\nWalkers going up one of Wales' most popular mountains, Pen y Fan in the Brecon Beacons, will soon be charged £7.50 to park at the site.\n\nIt will be introduced by National Trust Cymru at Pont ar Daf car park at the foot of south Wales' highest peak.\n\nMore than 350,000 people visit the mountain each year, and that has often led to parking problems on the nearby A470.\n\nMembers of the trust will be able to park for free.\n\nThe plan has been announced as the trust prepares to start work on improving facilities at the car park.\n\nTrust bosses have said \"improvements have long been needed\".\n\nWalking charity Ramblers Cymru said pressures on the mountain \"seem to be unsustainable\" given its popularity and it would \"like to see improved and greener public transport links\" from nearby towns.\n\nAbout 200 more extra parking spaces will be made available to walkers\n\nWalker Karen Jones, who was visiting the area from Birmingham, said she thought £7.50 was a reasonable price for additional parking.\n\n\"You park here for quite a while,\" she said. \"It will stop all the congestion of the roads. I'd be quite happy to pay.\"\n\nBut National Trust member Mickey Sontrop said she thought the £7.50 charge depended on what other facilities were available at the car park, otherwise visitors might \"find a spot along the road\".\n\n\"I think it's quite expensive,\" she added.\n\nThe new car park will add about 200 more spaces, giving visitors access to a total of 260 car parking spaces away from the nearby road, the A470.\n\nThe improvements will include disabled parking spaces, and electric vehicle charging points, as well as room for minibuses, coaches and cyclists.\n\nThere will also be an area for the emergency services.\n\nThere are also plans for new visitor facilities, including toilets with disabled access, a Changing Places toilet and baby changing facilities - some of which will be available 24 hours a day.\n\nImprovements to signage, footpaths and information will also allow people to better plan their day.\n\nAlan Kearsley-Evans, general manager of National Trust Cymru Brecon Beacons and Gower, said: \"These planned improvements have long been needed and will transform the visitor welcome at Pont ar Daf at the foot of this iconic mountain.\n\nMore than 350,000 people visit Pen y Fan each year, which has led to parking problems on the A470\n\n\"Improving the car park is a key part of our work in looking after the Brecon Beacons, caring for the land around Pen y Fan and for the network of over 70km of footpaths so that thousands of people can continue to enjoy walking in this area.\"\n\nRamblers Cymru president Will Renwick said: \"On the one hand, we don't want to see any barriers which deter people from getting outside and enjoying nature, but then, on the other hand, we know that the huge footfall on Pen y Fan creates a significant amount of work to maintain and repair eroded paths, particularly to the summit from Pont ar Daf.\n\nVisitors to will soon be charged £7.50 to park at the bottom of the mountain\n\n\"We welcome safer parking options and improved facilities for walkers, but if there is a charge for parking, we'd want this to be reinvested into improving paths and access in the area,\" he said.\n\n\"Ideally we would like to see improved and greener public transport links such as park and ride options to the site from Brecon and Merthyr.\n\n\"This would help alleviate parking issues, be better for the environment, and also bring economic benefits to these communities.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nWork is scheduled to take place over the summer and autumn, with a completion date of next winter.\n\nThe trust said disruption to current parking and facilities will be minimal.", "Jagtar Singh Johal, from Dumbarton, is being held under India's anti-terror law\n\nThe detention of a Scottish Sikh man in India has no legal basis, according to human rights investigators at the UN.\n\nJagtar Singh Johal, from Dumbarton, was arrested on alleged terror offences in 2017 and is yet to stand trial.\n\nNow the United Nation's Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has said that Mr Johal has been detained \"arbitrarily\" and should be released immediately.\n\nThe Indian government said his detention was based on \"sufficient prosecutable evidence\".\n\nIt also said Mr Johal's rights had been \"duly honoured\".\n\nThe working group is a panel of experts which investigates whether a person's detention breaches accepted standards in international human rights law.\n\nIn a damning new finding on the case, it stated that there had been \"violations of international human rights norms and standards in the arrest and detention of Mr. Johal\" as well as \"multiple violations of [his] right to a fair trial.\"\n\nIt called on the Indian government \"to take urgent action to ensure the immediate unconditional release of Mr. Johal\" and \"accord him an enforceable right to compensation and other reparations, in accordance with international law.\"\n\nGurpreet Singh Johal has campaigned for his brother's release since he was first arrested and has also criticised the UK government's response to the case.\n\nHe told BBC Scotland: \"We've known from the start that there's no good reason for Jagtar's imprisonment and the Indian authorities haven't produced any evidence against him.\n\n\"The UK government hasn't listened to us, but perhaps it will listen to the UN and call for his release.\n\n\"There have been so many setbacks but on a day like this, we're dreaming of the moment my brother steps off a plane in Scotland to be reunited with his family.\"\n\nGurpreet Singh Johal has criticised the UK government's response to his brother's case\n\nMr Johal was arrested in India's northern region of Punjab in November 2017 while celebrating his wedding.\n\nHis family said he was snatched from the street by plain-clothes officers while out shopping with his wife and had a bag placed over his head.\n\nHe has remained in detention in a series of Indian prisons ever since, accused of funding the purchase of weapons used to assassinate a number of right-wing Hindu religious and political leaders in the Punjab.\n\nAlmost five years on, Mr Johal has not stood trial in any of the cases against him and has insisted he has been \"falsely implicated\" in the killings.\n\nHe alleges that he was beaten, electrocuted and tortured while in the initial custody of the Punjab Police, and that he was forced to sign blank documents.\n\nIn December 2017, a month after his arrest, the 35 year-old appeared in a video from custody - broadcast on Indian TV outlets - allegedly confessing to participating in the crimes.\n\nHis family and supporters say this confession was coerced and Mr Johal has been targeted by the Indian authorities due to his Sikh faith and his online activism highlighting the historical persecution of Sikhs in the Punjab.\n\nJagtar got married in India in 2017\n\nThe Indian government denies Mr Johal has been tortured or mistreated and says there have been no human rights violations against him.\n\nBut the new report by the UN Working Group's investigators directly calls that into question.\n\nIt found Mr Johal had been \"interrogated repeatedly in the absence of legal counsel and in incommunicado detention\" saying that any confession obtained in these conditions should not be admissible in any trial.\n\nIt also said he was \"not presented with a warrant at the time of his various arrests… was denied the presumption of innocence; was subjected to torture and refused medical treatment; was not granted prompt consular assistance; was not brought promptly before a tribunal; and was judged behind closed doors without the presence of his lawyer and his diplomatic representative.\"\n\nOn the allegations of torture, the group says \"the burden of proof rests on the government to prove that [Mr Johal's] statements were given freely, which it has not done in this case.\"\n\nIt added that Mr Johal's case had now been forwarded to the UN's Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment for further investigation, and that it wanted an update on his release within six months.\n\nFinally, the investigators concluded that Mr Johal's detention without trial was \"on discriminatory grounds, owing to his status as a human rights defender and based on his political activism, religious faith and opinions,\" something Mr Johal's family have asserted since he was first arrested in 2017.\n\nThe Indian government said under the country's laws no discrimination was made based on religion.\n\nMr Johal is supported by the legal and human rights charity Reprieve. Its director Maya Foa said the UN Working Group's report was a \"watershed moment\" in the case and called on the UK government to do more to achieve his release.\n\nShe told BBC Scotland: \"[It] means is his detention is unlawful.\"\n\n\"There is no longer any excuse for the government's continued failure to call for Jagtar's release and return. When a British citizen is tortured and held in pre-trial detention for four years, facing a potential death sentence, the prime minister's responsibility is clear. What is Boris Johnson waiting for?\"\n\nA UK government spokesperson said: \"We have consistently raised our concerns about Mr Johal's case with the government of India, including his allegations of torture and mistreatment and his right to a fair trial.\n\n\"The prime minister raised the case with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, when they met in Delhi on 22 April.\"", "Actor Dennis Waterman, known for his roles in TV shows including Minder, The Sweeney and New Tricks, has died, his family have said. He was 74.\n\nA statement said: \"We are deeply saddened to announce that our beloved Dennis passed away very peacefully in hospital in Spain.\"\n\nHe died on Sunday afternoon with wife Pam at his side, they said.\n\n\"The family kindly ask that our privacy is respected at this very difficult time,\" they added.\n\nDennis Waterman played the title role in William in 1962\n\nBorn in London and educated at the Corona Theatre School, Waterman began his career in a role for the Children's Film Foundation, after which, at the age of 12, he was invited to join Stratford's Royal Shakespeare Company.\n\nHe went on to find fame in his teens in William, the BBC's adaptation of Just William.\n\nHe became one of the best-known faces on British television in the 1970s when he played Det Sgt George Carter opposite John Thaw in ITV's police drama The Sweeney.\n\nJohn Thaw and Dennis Waterman in The Sweeney\n\nHe enjoyed more success in Minder from 1979 to 1989 as Terry McCann, the bodyguard and partner to George Cole's wheeler dealer Arthur Daley.\n\nWaterman went on to star in the comedies On the Up and Stay Lucky, before another popular and long-running role as another Cockney detective in New Tricks, which ran from 2003 to 2015.\n\nAs Gerry Standing, he starred alongside fellow acting stalwarts James Bolam and Alun Armstrong.\n\nWaterman with Judy Buxton in On the Up\n\nWaterman became well-known for singing the theme songs to many of his shows, and was caricatured by David Walliams in Little Britain as a result.\n\nThroughout his acting career, he continued to pursue his interest in music, and had number one hits in Australia and New Zealand, and got to number three in the UK charts with I Could Be So Good For You, the theme song from Minder.\n\nPaying tribute, actor and comedian Matt Lucas tweeted: \"I grew up watching Dennis Waterman's iconic performances in The Sweeney and Minder.\n\n\"His guest appearance in our Little Britain Live show at Hammersmith Apollo - in which he hilariously duetted with David's absurd impersonation of him - remains the absolute highlight of my career.\"\n\nWaterman, Walliams and Matt Lucas on stage during a special Comic Relief performance of Little Britain\n\nIn 2009, he starred in the BBC's hard-hitting drama Moses Jones, a role he said at the time he relished because it cast him in a different light.\n\n\"I really enjoyed it, because it was a very different kind of character - and that's important,\" he explained.\n\n\"On television in Britain, I'm sort of the cheeky chappie, everybody's mate, but I've never played anything like that in the theatre.\n\n\"It's strange that you get cast as different things in different parts of the media.\"\n\nHis last film role was in Never Too Late in 2020, which was filmed in Australia.\n\nWaterman had been married several times, including to actress Rula Lenska until 1998. In 2012, he was criticised after admitting he had hit her \"one time\", but said she was not \"a beaten wife\".\n\nHis daughter, Hannah, became a TV star in her own right, landing a role in EastEnders as Laura Beale.\n\nWaterman and Thaw with comedy legends Ernie Wise and Eric Morecambe in 1978\n\nTributes have flooded in for the star, with broadcaster Kay Burley describing him as a \"brilliant actor who was a staple on our screens throughout the 70s and 80s\".\n\n\"Loved The Sweeney. Loved Minder more,\" she tweeted.\n\nLarry Lamb, who replaced Waterman in New Tricks in 2015, also paid tribute to his \"mate\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Larry Lamb This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nDIY SOS presenter Nick Knowles remembered a charity golf trip to Bermuda alongside Waterman: \"I'm not much of a golfer - he was - but it was time spent with him between rounds that were well worth the trip. A genuinely lovely guy.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Democratic Unionist Party says it will not join a power-sharing government without action on the protocol\n\nThe DUP will not go back into government in Northern Ireland until its concerns about post-Brexit trading arrangements are resolved, the party's leader has said.\n\nSir Jeffrey Donaldson was among the party leaders to meet NI Secretary Brandon Lewis in Belfast on Monday.\n\nWould-be first minister Michelle O'Neill said there could be no attempt by the DUP to \"punish the public\".\n\nMs O'Neill and Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald held talks with Mr Lewis, who also met the leaders of the Alliance Party, Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP).\n\nThe Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is resisting pressure from the UK and Irish governments, as well as Northern Ireland's other main parties, to nominate ministers after the dramatic election result.\n\nFor months, the DUP has protested against the Northern Ireland Protocol, part of the UK's Brexit deal with the European Union which retains free trade across the Irish border.\n\nIt has angered some unionists for introducing new checks on some goods moving across the Irish Sea.\n\nThey also say it undermines Northern Ireland's place in the UK.\n\nIn his meetings on Monday, Mr Lewis urged the party leaders to respect the outcome of the election on Thursday and re-establish Stormont as soon as possible.\n\nHe said the government would have to address issues relating to the protocol and \"continue to press the EU to agree the crucial changes that are urgently needed\".\n\nThe NI Secretary stated that he will remain in close contact with all the party leaders over the coming days.\n\nSinn Féin, whose ultimate goal is for Northern Ireland to leave the UK and become one country with the Republic of Ireland, won the most seats - 27 out of 90 - after Thursday's vote.\n\nThis means the party can nominate Northern Ireland's first minister, an unprecedented move for a nationalist party, but it is reliant on the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) taking up its position as deputy first minister.\n\nThe roles form a joint office, with equal responsibility, however, the allocation of the titles is regarded as symbolically important.\n\nSir Jeffrey said his party would not nominate ministers until there had been \"decisive action\" on the protocol.\n\n\"They (UK government) gave a firm commitment to protect our place in the UK internal market,\" Sir Jeffrey said.\n\n\"They have not done so, they have failed over the last two-and-a-half years to honour that commitment.\"\n\nBut Ms O'Neill said the DUP and the UK government must respect the election's outcome, and that it was down to Boris Johnson and the EU to resolve differences over the protocol.\n\n\"Brinkmanship will not be tolerated where the north of Ireland becomes collateral damage in a game of chicken with the European Commission,\" she said.\n\n\"Make no mistake, we and our business community here will not be held to ransom.\"\n\nWhile some assembly members (MLAs) were at Stormont on Monday, the legislative body will hold its first sitting on Friday, when members will register and designate as unionist, nationalist or other.\n\nOn Monday, Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Micheál Martin said the DUP was wrong to place conditions on power-sharing.\n\n\"The mandate they all got was to take their assembly seats and get into the executive,\" he told broadcaster RTÉ.\n\nMr Martin said the EU had signalled its intention to make the Northern Ireland Protocol work more effectively, but that it would not be removed.\n\nToday is a mixture of first day of school, a wedding and a wake - a lot of people all dressed up with nowhere really to go.\n\nThe only meeting some would say Brandon Lewis needs to have is with the DUP.\n\nThere is also an interesting leaders' meeting which will be led by Michelle O'Neill, the would-be first minister if there was anybody to be deputy first minister.\n\nBut all of that will lead nowhere unless someone can persuade the DUP to set aside its difficulties on the protocol.\n\nMLAs are due to sign the Stormont register on Friday (the 13th if you're superstitious).\n\nIf that goes well, they will elect the speaker and are supposed to elect the first and deputy first ministers - and that is where the first big problem happens.\n\nIreland's Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney is expected to meet Brandon Lewis later.\n\nMeanwhile, the EU's chief negotiator Maroš Šefčovič has urged the UK to \"dial down the rhetoric\" about the protocol.\n\nHe said the UK needed to \"be honest\" about what it had committed to.\n\nKellie Armstrong, from the Alliance Party, said there would be a \"zombie assembly\" if the DUP did not respect the outcome of the election.\n\n\"If they really cannot abide being deputy first minister then they have the option of opposition and then they can hold the government to account,\" she told BBC Radio Ulster's Talkback programme.\n\n\"But for goodness sake at least let the rest of us get on with doing some work.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Alliance leader Naomi Long said that to get a functioning executive, the DUP needed to step up to the plate\n\nUlster Unionist Party (UUP) leader Doug Beattie said that if the Northern Ireland Protocol was the obstacle to a functioning executive at Stormont, then it needed to be dealt with.\n\n\"We all know what the landing zone is, no checks on goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland if they are staying in Northern Ireland. That gets rid of the border down the Irish Sea.\n\n\"The EU Commission know this, the UK government know this and all five political parties who would form the executive know this also.\"\n\nOn Monday, SDLP leader Colum Eastwood said his party was now in opposition as it does \"not have a mandate for government\".\n\nThe party lost four seats and returns to the assembly with eight MLAs.\n\nMr Eastwood, the Foyle MP, said his party would not replace its deputy leader Nichola Mallon, who lost her seat, as infrastructure minister.\n\nThe victory for Sinn Féin in this election does not mean a vote on Irish unification - also known as a border poll - is imminent.\n\nThe Northern Ireland Act 1998 - which followed the signing of the Good Friday Agreement peace deal - stated that Northern Ireland remained part of the United Kingdom and \"shall not cease to be so without the consent of a majority of the people of Northern Ireland voting in a poll\".\n\nIt also stated that the Northern Ireland secretary should agree to hold a poll if it appeared likely that a majority of people wanted a united Ireland.\n\nSuccessive opinion polls suggest that is not yet the case, with the most recent, published in April, putting support at about a third.\n\nAlthough Sinn Féin's vote rose at the election, the combined vote for the main parties which support a border poll - Sinn Féin, the SDLP, People Before Profit and Aontú - fell.\n\nSinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said planning for a unity referendum would come within a \"five-year framework\".\n\nAfter her meeting with the NI secretary on Monday, she said she expected mention of Irish Language legislation in Tuesday's Queens Speech.\n\nIt is still not clear whether the DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, who is currently an MP, will take his seat at Stormont, or hand it over to a party colleague and stay at Westminster.\n\nIf he decides to remain as a member of parliament, it will be seen as a sign that he feels the Stormont stalemate will continue for the foreseeable future.\n\nThe DUP lost three seats in last week's election but fared better than some opinion polls had predicted.\n\nThe only party to gain seats after the election was the cross-community Alliance Party, now Stormont's third largest, after it more than doubled its representation to 17 seats.\n\nElsewhere, the UUP also lost a seat, finishing with nine MLAs, while the Green Party lost its two seats.\n\nTraditional Unionist Voice (TUV) leader Jim Allister retained his place at Stormont, as did Gerry Carroll of People Before Profit and two independent unionists, Claire Sugden and Alex Easton.\n\nAlthough Sinn Féin is the largest party, there are still more unionists than nationalists at Stormont, 37 to 35.\n\nThe new assembly is the seventh to be formed since the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.", "Scotland rugby hero Scott Hastings has said he has been inundated with support after revealing that he is being treated for cancer.\n\nThe 57-year-old former British and Irish Lions player has received chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.\n\nHe says his cancer is treatable and not life-threatening.\n\nHastings tweeted pictures of himself, saying the only problem he had with his treatment was going temporarily bald.\n\nSmiling Scott Hastings sports a wig for a picture which he put on social medial\n\nThe 65-times capped Scotland player said: \"My cancer is very treatable and non life-threatening.\n\n\"Thanks for all your supportive messages that are helping me get through my chemo.\n\n\"I am halfway through treatment which is going well apart from hair!\"\n\nHis wife Jenny said: \"Every day is a gift.\"\n\nHastings, the younger brother of former Scotland rugby captain Gavin, played at centre for Scotland from 1986 to 1997.\n\nHe earned his first cap on 17 January 1986 in a match against France.\n\nWhen he retired, he was Scotland's most-capped player ever.\n\nHe now regularly works as a pundit and co-commentator on TV.", "William and Catherine last visited Wales in March\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and other senior royals will tour the UK over the Bank Holiday Jubilee weekend, Buckingham Palace has announced.\n\nPrince William and Catherine will visit Wales, the Earl and Countess of Wessex will go to Northern Ireland, and the Princess Royal will visit Scotland.\n\nThe Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall will likely attend events in London during next month's celebration.\n\nThe Queen's attendance at Platinum Jubilee events will be confirmed later.\n\nBut this will not take place until nearer the time, or even on the day of the event itself, after mobility problems led the 96-year-old to cancel a number of appearances in recent months.\n\nEvents commemorating the Queen's 70-year reign will take place over a four-day bank holiday from 2 to 5 June.\n\nThe senior royals touring the UK for the occasion will be following in the footsteps of the monarch and her late husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, who travelled around the country for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 2012.\n\nThe Jubilee weekend celebrations will start on 2 June with the Queen's birthday parade and Trooping the Colour.\n\nThe Jubilee balcony line-up is going to be more limited than this gathering in 2019\n\nIt was announced last week that only royals undertaking public engagements on behalf of the Queen would join her on the Buckingham Palace balcony for the event, meaning Prince Andrew and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will be omitted from the line-up.\n\nPrince Harry and his wife Meghan have said they will travel from the US to the UK for the Jubilee with their two children, Archie and Lilibet.\n\nA National Service of Thanksgiving will be held at St Paul's Cathedral on 3 June. Along with viewing Trooping the Colour, the Queen also plans to attend the Epsom Derby on 4 June.\n\nThe Platinum Jubilee pageant in central London on 5 June with see the reappearance of the Gold State coach used to carry the Queen to her coronation in 1953.\n\nThursday 2 June - Queen's birthday parade and Trooping the Colour takes place - as Platinum Jubilee Beacons across in 2,000 towns and cities light up\n\nFriday 3 June - National Service of Thanksgiving is held at St Pauls. Ringing of Great Paul, the restored biggest church bell in the country\n\nSaturday 4 June - The Derby at Epsom Downs Racecourse - and BBC Platinum Party at the Palace\n\nSunday 5 June - Big Jubilee Lunch and street parties. Platinum Jubilee Pageant, a procession and performance in central London, involving 10,000 people and the Gold State Coach", "Cave had already lost his teenage son, Arthur, in a tragic accident\n\nNick Cave has announced the death of his eldest son, Jethro Lazenby, at the age of 30.\n\n\"With much sadness, I can confirm that my son, Jethro, has passed away,\" the musician said in a statement.\n\n\"We would be grateful for family privacy at this time.\"\n\nLazenby, who worked as an actor and model, had recently been jailed for a violent attack on his mother, Beau Lazenby, at her home in Melbourne, Australia.\n\nHis death comes less than seven years after Cave's son Arthur died, aged 15, after falling from a cliff in Brighton.\n\nAn inquest heard that the teenager had taken LSD before the fall, which the coroner ruled as accidental.\n\nCave later wrote about the \"vastness\" of his grief, and said he felt Arthur with him all the time.\n\n\"I hear him talk to me, parent me, guide me, though he may not be there.\"\n\nThe musician, who is best known for his work with The Bad Seeds, later moved to Los Angeles with his wife because \"Brighton had just become too sad\".\n\n\"We did, however, return once we realised that, regardless of where we lived, we just took our sadness with us,\" he reflected.\n\nJethro Lazenby had recently been diagnosed with schizophrenia\n\nJethro Lazenby was born in Melbourne in 1991 and only learnt that Cave was his father at the age of eight.\n\nHe began modelling after being scouted in the city and had acting roles in the 2007 film Corroboree and 2011's My Little Princess, which starred Isabelle Huppert. He had also worked more recently as a photographer.\n\nHe had only been released on bail from Melbourne Remand Centre last Thursday, 5 May, after a magistrate instructed that he must undergo substance abuse treatment and avoid contact with his mother for the next two years.\n\nPreviously, a court had heard how Beau found her son at her front door on 7 March, 2022, and let him stay for the night.\n\nThe following morning, the pair had an argument, during which Lazenby kneed his mother in the face, leaving her bleeding and bruised.\n\nShe fled to a local pub and asked them to call the police, the court was told.\n\nLazenby's lawyer, Sean Ghattas, said that he had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, which had affected his judgement.\n\nHe had previously spent time in jail in 2018 for a number of violent attacks on his then-girlfriend.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.\n• None Nick Cave: If we love, we grieve", "Morrisons now looks set to clinch a last ditch deal to buy the convenience store chain McColl's.\n\nThe supermarket has been in a two-way battle with EG Group, the Blackburn-based petrol station empire owned by the billionaire Issa brothers.\n\nMcColl's is poised to go into administration, but in what's known as a pre-pack deal the business will immediately be sold to a new owner.\n\nMcColl's has more than a thousand small stores and 16,000 workers.\n\nNo formal announcement has been made but it is understood that Morrisons has secured the winning bid.\n\nMorrisons is McColl's key wholesale supplier. It has also formed a tie-up with the chain to convert hundreds of McColl's shops to Morrisons Daily convenience stores. There are already more than 200 operating, and these have been performing well.\n\nIt emerged last week however that the convenience chain store as a whole was in trouble and close to collapse. That led to a tit-for-tat bidding war over the weekend. Both Morrisons and EG Group filed final offers for the business on Sunday.\n\nKey to securing the winning bid has been a willingness to repay McColl's banks around £170m, as well as taking on responsibility for the company's pension scheme which has 2,000 members.\n\nThe trustees of the McColl's pension schemes have written to the Business Secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, urging him to do whatever he can to make sure pension scheme members are protected.\n\nThe convenience store sector as a whole has done relatively well during the pandemic, as people shopped closer to home.\n\nHowever, McColl's has run into difficulties as it attempted to update the range of food it sold, a process made harder by Covid-related supply chain problems.\n\nMorrisons and EG Group have declined to comment.", "MPs are calling for more protection for social media influencers and the children who follow them.\n\nThe Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Committee says the growth of online culture has rapidly outpaced current employment and advertising regulations.\n\nTheir report details how some child influencers are at risk of exploitation.\n\nThey also warn that influencers are not complying with advertising rules.\n\nDCMS Committee Chairman Julian Knight said: \"If you dig below the shiny surface of what you see on screen you will discover an altogether murkier world, where both the influencers and their followers are at risk of exploitation and harm online.\"\n\nThe Committee found the market for child influencers is booming, with many young people earning income through sponsorships and brand partnerships.\n\nThe report says many of these accounts on TikTok, YouTube and Instagram are being run and managed by their parents - which raised concerns that the children were being exploited to make money.\n\nPosting content about children can also affect their privacy and bring security risks - something MPs say should be addressed, along with ensuring a right to erasure.\n\nBut it is not just children as influencers that is a concern - it is also children as viewers.\n\nThe report warns that those who are developing digital literacy are in particular danger online.\n\nInfluencer content on social media is becoming an increasingly popular media genre for children, particularly on YouTube. According to Ofcom, in 2021 up to half of children said they watched vloggers or YouTube influencers.\n\nDisinformation and harmful messages are also a problem for those online and under 18, who are more vulnerable to embedded advertising.\n\nThe DCMS Committee recommends that the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) should strengthen disclosure standards for adverts online targeting children.\n\nSocial media influencing is becoming a popular career choice. Of the 511 British children surveyed as part of the inquiry, more than 32% said they would consider becoming an influencer.\n\nMr Knight continued: \"The explosion in influencer activity has left the authorities playing catch-up, and exposed the impotence of advertising rules and employment protections designed for a time before social media was the all-encompassing behemoth it has become today.\n\n\"This report has held a mirror up to the problems which beset the industry, where for too long it has been a case of lights, camera, inaction.\n\n\"It is now up to the Government to reshape the rules to keep pace with the changing digital landscape and ensure proper protections for all.\"\n\nThe Online Safety Bill is a landmark piece of legislation which aims to keep people safe on the internet.\n\nThe Government says it will encompass everything from eradicating hate speech, protecting young people from \"eating disorder\" content, clamping down on scammers and fining the big tech firms if they fail to comply.\n\nThe DCMS Committee recommends the Government use the Online Safety Bill to ensure that reporting and complaints mechanisms are tailored to meet the specific nature of harms faced by influencers.\n\nThe MPs say there should also be a comprehensive study into the UK's influencer ecosystem, so the Government can more effectively regulate the industry as it grows.\n\nInfluencers often spend a long time producing financially lucrative content for other people without fair reward, say the MPs, noting that most work for themselves, and so have uneven earnings and a lack of employment protections.\n\nInfluencers are still failing to clearly label their paid for or sponsored content, according to the report.\n\nThe MPs recommend more powers are given to the ASA to enforce the law. The body is currently not allowed to impose fines on those who do not comply,\n\nThe ASA said: \"We will consider carefully the recommendations in the DCMS Committee Report on Influencer Culture that relate to advertising.\"\n\nThe Competition and Markets Authority told the inquiry that influencer compliance rates with UK advertising regulations are still unacceptably low.\n\nIn 2020, a monitoring exercise by the ASA found that just 35% of 24,000 marketing posts on the Instagram accounts of 122 UK-based influencers were clearly labelled as adverts..", "Supermarket group Morrisons has won a battle to rescue McColl's, the convenience store and newsagent chain, and taken on all 16,000 staff members.\n\nMorrisons beat a rival offer from EG Group, the petrol station empire, owned by the billionaire Issa brothers.\n\nMorrisons will pay off McColl's £170m debts and take on its 1,160 shops and pension schemes, with 2,000 members.\n\nThe supermarket's boss said the deal offered stability and continuity for the business, its staff and pensioners.\n\nMcColl's was put into administration by PwC on Monday and was immediately sold to Morrisons.\n\nRob Lewis, joint administrator and partner at PwC, said the deal provided \"much needed certainty to McColl's 16,000 staff after a period of understandable concern\".\n\nThe threat of McColl's going into administration had raised fears that if a buyer was not found there could be UK-wide store closures and job losses.\n\nMorrisons' first offer was knocked back and the Issa brothers looked close to clinching the deal.\n\nThe companies battled it out over the weekend. Morrisons matched EG Group's offer to pay off McColl's debts in full and straight away and take on all its stores and staff.\n\nMorrisons' chief executive, David Potts, said: \"Although we are disappointed that the business was put into administration, we believe this is a good outcome for McColl's and all its stakeholders.\n\n\"This transaction offers stability and continuity for the McColl's business and, in particular, a better outcome for its colleagues and pensioners.\"\n\nMcColl's ran into difficulties as it attempted to update the range of food it sold and came up against Covid-related supply chain problems.\n\nWhen it emerged last week that the chain was close to collapse a bidding war began.\n\nMorrisons already had a partnership with McColl's as it supplies its convenience stores with stock.\n\nIt has also formed a tie-up to convert hundreds of McColl's shops to Morrisons Daily convenience stores. There are already more than 200 operating and these have been performing well.\n\nMeanwhile, the Issa brothers co-own supermarket chain Asda, while their EG Group owns thousands of petrol stations and convenience shops in the UK, Ireland, Europe, Australia and the US.\n\nBoth Morrisons and EG Group filed final offers for the business on Sunday.\n\nThis is undoubtedly a good outcome for McColl's and its staff.\n\nAlthough unsecured small creditors will likely lose out, it's hard to recall a deal of this kind where so many stakeholders will get everything they're owed.\n\nMorrisons almost let the deal slip away but thanks to a delay in administrators being appointed it was able to come back with a final and better offer.\n\nIts existing relationship with McColl's will have helped it pip its rival to the post.\n\nIt now has the opportunity to roll out its own-brand convenience stores which have been doing well.\n\nBut it also has some big challenges ahead. Sorting out McColl's and its mixed bag of stores will take time and money.\n\nMorrisons has to figure out what to do with quite a lot of underperforming stores and old-fashioned newsagents where it's harder these days to make money selling cigarettes and booze.\n\nIn the longer term, it will have to decide how many shops it ultimately wants to keep.\n\nIt had offered on Thursday only to take on \"the vast majority\" of stores and staff. It's had to fight tooth and nail to win, matching EG's pledges.\n\nBut right now, at least, McColl's staff must be breathing a big sigh of relief.\n\nAs McColl's future hung in the balance questions arose around what would happen to its two defined benefit pension schemes. In the end both bidders agreed to support the pension funds and Morrisons was successful.\n\nA spokesperson for McColl's Pension Schemes said: \"The trustees will continue to engage with all stakeholders to ensure that members' benefits are protected following the completion of the transaction.\"\n\nAdam Leyland, editor-in-chief of The Grocer magazine, said Morrisons wanted McColl's for two reasons.\n\n\"It was set to lose an estimated £130m if McColl's had gone into administration,\" he said. \"And it would also have put a potentially terminal hole in its wholesale arm, just as it was starting to make a profit.\"\n\nHe said he did not know if Morrisons would keep all of McColl's stores but that it had committed to take them on for now.\n\n\"Crucially what this allows is for the Morrisons Daily rollout to continue,\" he said. \"Those stores are less than a quarter of the total McColl's estate but adding five a week it will be a sizeable chain in the not too distant future and those stores are definitely profitable. The challenge will be disposing of the rump of rubbish ones. But Morrisons is in a better position to do that than McColl's was.\"\n\nIn July 2021, Morrisons accepted a £6.3bn ($8.7bn) takeover bid by a US investment group led by the owner of Majestic Wine\n\nThe Morrisons takeover was the most reassuring outcome for employees, according to Catherine Shuttleworth founder of Savvy Marketing.\n\n\"The Issa brothers will be disappointed not to get it but Morrisons can't let this slip through their fingers,\" she said.\n\n\"Winning the bid gives Morrisons flexibility with the new Morrisons Daily idea and ownership will give them a lot more freedom to move the business forward,\" she added.\n\n\"Like any retail business there's a strong will to keep as many stores as possible but it's a tough time for retailers and ultimately the number of stores will likely have to come under review at some point.\"\n\nA former senior head of department at McColl's told the BBC some staff felt let down that the rescue had come so late in the day.\n\n\"This isn't just a deal, it's people's lives,\" he said. \"McColl's is so important to so many local communities.\"\n\nSpeaking to the BBC under the condition of anonymity he said he was surprised to see Morrisons take over.\n\n\"Morrisons have tried in the local arena before and it hasn't been successful so I'm apprehensive to how this will actually work out,\" he said.\n\n\"It's a deal with very low margins, high labour costs and high rent and business rates,\" he added.\n\n\"Morrisons are going to have to work very hard and fast to turn this around.\"\n\nDo you work at a McColl's store? Give us your thoughts by emailing: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nLarger-than-life chef and rapper Big Zuu was among the big winners at the Bafta TV Awards, sharing top honours with hard-hitting dramas Time and Help.\n\nBig Zuu beat the likes of Graham Norton and Michael McIntyre to the prize for best entertainment performance, and his Big Eats series won the features award.\n\nJodie Comer and Cathy Tyson won acting prizes for Covid care home drama Help.\n\nSean Bean was named best actor for playing a prisoner in Time, which was also named best mini-series.\n\nBig Zuu celebrated his Bafta victories with co-stars Tubsey and Hyder\n\nThe other winners at the British television industry's most prestigious ceremony included Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, The Lateish Show With Mo Gilligan, Motherland, In My Skin and The Chase.\n\nSir Billy Connolly was given the prestigious Bafta fellowship.\n\nIn Big Zuu's Big Eats, on the Dave channel, the chef and his schoolfriends and sidekicks Tubsey and Hyder cook up food for different celebrities.\n\nDescribing how the trio's families had been immigrants to the UK, he told the audience in his features acceptance speech: \"Representation is so important.\n\n\"Growing up, there weren't many chefs or people that looked like me on telly. And now, there's young people watching us doing our ting, going, 'You know what, if these wastemen can win a Bafta, surely we can'.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by BAFTA This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBig Zuu, who recently started a new ITV Sunday breakfast show, was more shocked to be named best entertainment performer, saying: \"I kind of let it all out in the first speech.\"\n\nHis upbeat personality was in contrast with the tone of some of the other winners.\n\nTogether, which won best single drama, followed a couple played by James McAvoy and Sharon Horgan as they grappled with life during Covid.\n\nCathy Tyson won best supporting actress for the Covid drama Help\n\nIn his acceptance speech, its writer Dennis Kelly read a letter from campaign group Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice calling for a public inquiry into the government's handling of the crisis to start as soon as possible.\n\nComer won best actress for playing a young care home worker out of her depth in Help, another one-off Covid drama.\n\nShe thanked the carers who had helped with research, saying: \"The biggest reward is that they felt truly represented with the telling of this story.\"\n\nBest actress winner Jodie Comer thanked care home workers in her speech\n\nRose Ayling-Ellis and Giovanni Pernice collected the viewer-voted Must-See Moment award for Strictly Come Dancing\n\nTyson was named best supporting actress for her performance as a care home resident with dementia in the same Channel 4 show.\n\nShe was among those to pay tribute to the broadcaster as the government prepares to privatise it.\n\nShe said: \"I remember being a teenager when Channel 4 was born and it has had many good things to do with it, like diversity, and it was a voice for the people who were unheard at the time and it's still continued to do that.\"\n\nOthers to use the Bafta stage to raise concerns about the privatisation included Gogglebox producer Stephen Lambert, whose show won best reality and constructed factual.\n\nHe said: \"Gogglebox might have ended when it started nine years ago because it got quite a modest audience, but a publicly-owned, risk-taking Channel 4 believed in it and they've stuck with it.\"\n\nMo Gilligan said his show, which won best comedy entertainment programme, \"would not have been possible without Channel 4\"\n\nThe government has said a change of ownership is \"necessary to give Channel 4 the best possible tools to innovate and grow at pace without asking the taxpayer to effectively underwrite the business\".\n\nChannel 4's acclaimed 1980s Aids drama It's A Sin led the nominations, although it went home empty-handed on the night.\n\nIt was beaten in the hotly-contested best mini-series category by Jimmy McGovern's three-part prison drama Time.\n\nAnd Time's Bean beat It's A Sin's Olly Alexander, among others, to the best actor award.\n\nBean was not at Sunday's ceremony, but his co-star Stephen Graham told the audience at London's Royal Festival Hall: \"This is the reason why I wanted to be an actor as a kid, to tell stories which had a social commentary.\"\n\nMatthew Macfadyen won best supporting actor for his role in US media dynasty drama Succession. He was eligible after a rule change this year that allowed British actors to be nominated for performances in foreign-made shows.\n\nMeanwhile, Sir Billy sent a pre-recorded video message, saying he was \"very proud\" to accept his honorary Fellowship, and that \"life is good\".\n\n\"I couldn't be happier,\" he said, joking: \"It has made me such a happy man getting these good attendance medals now my career is out the window.\"\n\nOther winners included Strictly Come Dancing, which took the Must-See Moment prize - the only one voted for by the public - for Rose Ayling-Ellis and Giovanni Pernice's routine in which the music was silenced as a tribute to the deaf community.\n\nThe Bafta ceremony, hosted by Richard Ayoade, was held in person and with a full audience for the first time since 2019.", "Russia is \"mirroring the fascism and tyranny\" of World War Two Nazis in its invasion of Ukraine, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has said.\n\nSpeaking as Russia staged a military parade marking the anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany, he accused Russian generals of hijacking their \"forebears' proud history\".\n\nMr Wallace said the generals must face war crimes trials.\n\nThe defence secretary said there \"can be no victory day, only dishonour\".\n\nHe accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of \"ripping up both Russia's past and its future\".\n\nMr Putin has been attending Russia's annual 9 May Victory Day parade in Moscow, as he attempts to rally public support for the war in Ukraine.\n\nThe event commemorates the anniversary of the Soviet victory over the Nazis in 1945. While VE Day is marked on 8 May in most of Europe, the 1945 surrender was signed after midnight Russian time.\n\nUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of forgetting everything that was important to the victors.\n\nIn a speech at the National Army Museum, Mr Wallace said: \"Putin, his inner circle and generals are now mirroring the fascism and tyranny of 77 years ago, repeating the errors of last century's totalitarian regimes.\"\n\nHe continued: \"So let's call out the absurdity of Russian generals - resplendent in their manicured parade uniforms and weighed down by their many medals - for being utterly complicit in Putin's hijacking of their forebears' proud history of defending against a ruthless invasion, of repelling fascism, of sacrificing themselves for a higher purpose.\n\n\"Instead now, they are the ones inflicting needless suffering in the service of lowly gangsterism.\"\n\nHe said the Russian army's actions \"dishonour\" the country's World War Two fighters and called for Russian generals to face court martial over their actions during Russia's \"illegal invasion\".\n\nMr Wallace pointed to attacks on civilians, the targeting of women and children and instances of sexual violence. He said all professional soldiers \"should be appalled\" at the Russian army's behaviour.\n\nSpeaking at a separate event at King's College London later, Mr Wallace said Russia's \"brutality\" in Ukraine could send an \"incredibly dangerous\" message if Mr Putin was successful.\n\nThe defence secretary said if a country won a war after its military had committed murder and rape, and bombed civilian territories, it would indicate to powers around the world that they \"just need to be more brutal\" than others to achieve their aims.\n\n\"If Putin is successful in Ukraine, then watch out,\" he said.\n\nPointing to the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, Mr Wallace said Russia was \"not interested in occupying\" the area and had simply been destroying it.\n\nRussia began its invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, describing it as a \"special military operation\" which aimed to \"demilitarise and de-Nazify Ukraine\".\n\nMr Putin has said he wants to protect people after what he described as eight years of bullying and genocide from Ukraine's government. The claims are completely unfounded but part of a narrative repeated by Russia for years.\n\nRussian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu takes part in the Victory Day military parade in Moscow\n\nSpeaking during the Moscow parade, Mr Putin claimed the West had been \"preparing for the invasion of our land, including Crimea\".\n\nBut Mr Wallace denied the West intended to invade, saying the Russian president had been making \"fairy-tale claims for months\". He said while Mr Putin claimed to be \"surrounded\", countries in the Nato military alliance accounted for only 6% of Russia's land border.\n\nThe defence secretary said Mr Putin \"is believing what he wants to believe\", adding: \"Let me put on the record categorically: Nato, Britain, Eastern Europe is not planning to invade Russia and never has done.\"\n\nThe prime minister's spokesman said the UK would continue to provide Ukraine with military and financial support and that the government was \"in this for the long haul\".\n\nHowever, the spokesman said that the UK was not looking for regime change in Russia, but is \"focused on getting Putin to change course in Ukraine\".\n\nSpeaking in a recorded address posted on Twitter, Boris Johnson said he has \"never been more certain that Ukraine will win\".\n\nThe prime minister said: \"As we celebrate victory over fascism in the Second World War, a great European nation is fighting for survival against a brutal invasion.\"\n\nMr Johnson said Ukraine has the UK's \"unflinching support\" and that Ukrainians \"ask for nothing except to live in peace and freedom in their own land\".\n\nMeanwhile, the UK has announced a fresh package of sanctions on Russia and Belarus, targeting £1.7bn of trade.\n\nThe Department for International Trade said new import tariffs would apply to goods including platinum and palladium - used to make parts for mobile phones and computers.\n\nExport bans will also target chemicals, plastics, rubber and machinery. It takes the value of products subject to UK sanctions to more than £4bn.", "Sir Keir Starmer is not avoiding answering questions over claims he broke lockdown rules, shadow health secretary Wes Streeting has said.\n\nThe Labour leader, who drank beer and ate curry in an MP's office during a visit before a by-election last year, has cancelled an appearance on Monday.\n\nMr Streeting told the BBC Sir Keir was a man of \"decency and honesty\" and was not \"dodging\" scrutiny.\n\nBut the Tories have accused Sir Keir of double standards.\n\nSir Keir - who has previously called for Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak to resign over attending Downing Street lockdown events - drank beer and ate curry in the constituency office of City of Durham Labour MP Mary Foy during a visit in April last year when lockdown restrictions were in place.\n\nDurham police have launched an inquiry into whether Covid rules were broken, having previously ruled this out.\n\nA Labour Party spokesperson said: \"Keir was working. A takeaway was made available in the kitchen, and he ate between work demands. No rules were broken.\"\n\nAnd Ms Foy dismissed allegations that some people who had been in her office were drunk as \"untrue\", adding: \"I do not believe either I or my office staff broke any [Covid] rules.\"\n\nSir Keir was due to make a speech and take questions from journalists on Monday afternoon at an event organised by the Institute for Government (IoG) think tank, but he has cancelled his appearance.\n\nThe IoG said it had received no explanation for this, but Sir Keir's spokesperson said: \"Plans change.\"\n\nMr Streeting told BBC Breakfast: \"I have no idea why he cancelled the event and I certainly didn't ask before I came on because I think it's such a trivial issue.\n\n\"The idea that Keir has been dodging questions... I mean he's been out all weekend, even after a local election campaign where we did very well, he's been out thanking Labour teams, particularly in the places that we did particularly well in these elections.\"\n\n\"The idea that Keir is somehow ducking scrutiny is simply not true,\" he added, saying he would not \"even entertain the idea\" that the Labour leader would be found to have broken Covid rules and fined for this.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Footage shows Sir Keir Starmer drinking beer with colleagues in Durham on 30 April 2021\n\nSir Keir has said the visit in Durham in April 2021 had been within the rules.\n\nAn internal memorandum for the trip, obtained by the Mail on Sunday, scheduled time for \"dinner\", after which the visit would conclude.\n\nAsked on Sky News whether Sir Keir should resign, Conservative MP and Universities Minister Michelle Donelan said: \"This is a decision for him. He's going to have to search his soul after making this a top priority over the last few months at the expense of key issues like the rising cost of living.\"\n\n\"My takeaway is that it does smack of sheer hypocrisy,\" she added.\n\nSir Keir has said he will lead Labour - which picked up more than 100 councillors in last week's local elections in England, Scotland and Wales - into the next general election.\n\nThe coronavirus rules in place when the drinks took place in Durham on 30 April last year meant it was illegal in England to socialise indoors with people from outside one's own household or support bubble.\n\nThere was an exemption for \"work purposes\", although working from home was recommended in the guidance, but the rules did not mention socialising at work.", "Sinn Féin vice-president Michelle O'Neill said the executive needed to be formed immediately\n\nThe US, UK and Irish governments have urged political parties in Northern Ireland to re-establish a devolved administration.\n\nSinn Féin secured the most seats in the assembly election, a first for a nationalist party in Northern Ireland.\n\nSinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill is in line to become first minister, if the DUP nominate a deputy first minister.\n\nHowever, Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis has played down the prospect of a border poll being called.\n\nThe Northern Ireland secretary said the election results were \"significant\", but pointed out that unionists still have more seats than nationalists at the Northern Ireland Assembly.\n\n\"So I think the focus at the moment quite rightly is on getting Stormont back up and running,\" he told BBC NI's Sunday Politics programme.\n\nMs O'Neill, who leads the party in Northern Ireland, said on Saturday that the party will be at Stormont on Monday, ready to form an executive.\n\nShe said \"other parties\" need to be ready to form an executive and that there should be \"no excuses\" or \"time wasting\".\n\nNorthern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis has the power to call a border poll\n\nUnder the terms of the Good Friday Agreement, the decision on when to call a border poll rests with the Northern Ireland secretary.\n\nSinn Féin's ultimate goal is for Northern Ireland to leave the UK and become one country with the Republic of Ireland, but that does not mean a border poll is imminent.\n\nWhen asked what the criteria is for calling such a poll, Mr Lewis did not answer the question directly, but referred to the results of the assembly election.\n\nHe said he intends to meet Stormont party leaders on Monday to try to ensure the power-sharing executive resumes.\n\nPoliticians in Belfast have big decisions to make and the world is watching.\n\nWhen governments in London, Dublin and Washington start making statements about Northern Ireland, it is always a sign that a critical moment has been reached.\n\nThere is no immediate sign of a power-sharing executive being restored at Stormont following the election.\n\nBehind the scenes, the talking began even before the votes were all counted.\n\nAttention is focused on the DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson to see whether anything can be done to persuade him to return his party to the executive.\n\nMichelle O'Neill is ready to become the first republican to hold the top post at Stormont in the 101-year history of Northern Ireland.\n\nUnless something dramatic happens in the next week, it could be a long wait.\n\nNorthern Ireland has been without a power-sharing executive for several months after the DUP collapsed the institutions as part of its protest against the Northern Ireland Protocol - part of the Brexit deal.\n\nHe previously said he would be meeting party leaders over the coming days and would urge them to restore the Stormont institutions, starting with the nomination of an assembly speaker within eight days.\n\nWhile the office of the first and deputy first minister is an equal one with joint power, the allocation of the titles is regarded as symbolically important.\n\nAlthough Sinn Féin can now nominate a first minister, they cannot take up the office unless the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) - the biggest party from the unionist bloc - agrees to nominate a deputy first minister.\n\nIts leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has not yet made a decision on whether the party will do that.\n\nOn Saturday, Sir Jeffrey said his party would respect the result of the election, however there needed to be changes made to the protocol.\n\nOn Sunday, DUP MLA Jonathan Buckley told the BBC the party had \"stood on a manifesto which was the removal of the Northern Ireland Protocol\".\n\n\"Either the secretary of state wants an executive, or a protocol - he can't have both,\" he said.\n\nSir Jeffrey Donaldson (centre) withdrew Paul Givan (left) as NI's first minister in February in protest against the NI Protocol\n\nThe US State Department called on the parties \"to take the necessary steps to re-establish a power-sharing executive\".\n\n\"Critical and immediate challenges concerning the economy, health, and education are best addressed through the collective efforts of a devolved government chosen by, and accountable to, its people,\" spokesperson Ned Price said.\n\nTaoiseach (Irish prime minister) Micheál Martin said it was \"incumbent\" on all elected representatives to deliver on their mandate through the nomination of a first and deputy first minister.\n\n\"A new power-sharing executive is vital for progress and prosperity for all in Northern Ireland,\" he added.\n\nA unionist party had always been the largest in the assembly, and previously the Stormont Parliament, since the formation of Northern Ireland in 1921.\n\nFor Sinn Féin to be installed in the role of first minister, the majority of unionist assembly members have to agree to form a power-sharing coalition.\n\nThe party's director of elections, John Finucane MP, told the BBC's Sunday Politics programme: \"We want to sit down and work with every party... to sit down and figure out how we get the executive back up and running.\"\n\nIn her acceptance speech on Saturday, Michelle O'Neill said the \"executive needs to be formed immediately\" and that people \"struggling with the cost of living are relying on us to get on with things and do our jobs\".\n\nThe executive is at the heart of Northern Ireland's devolved government, made up of ministers nominated to oversee key departments such as health, finance and justice.\n\nFor the first time, the Alliance Party has become the third-biggest in the Northern Ireland Assembly.\n\nThe centre-ground party won 17 seats - up from the eight it won in 2017 - and 13.5% of first preference votes.\n\nThe Alliance Party, led by Naomi Long seen in the centre, made big gains in the election\n\nThe party took a number of seats in the assembly election at the expense of the DUP and Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP).\n\nSDLP leader Colum Eastwood has said he believes that in some areas his party's supporters also \"lent their votes to Sinn Féin\".\n\n\"I think there's a tide there and people wanted to send a message, they wanted to kick the DUP and I think this is how they decided to do it,\" he told BBC News NI.\n\nMore than a third of the MLAs elected to the assembly are women.\n\nThirty-two of the 90 MLAs are female, compared with 27 who were elected in 2017.", "Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of hypocrisy after saying he would not resign, despite being the target of a police investigation into potential Covid rule-breaking.\n\nDeputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab said the Labour leader was guilty of \"rank double standards\" because he had previously called for Boris Johnson to step down over breaking lockdown rules.\n\nOn Friday, Durham police announced they would investigate an event held in April 2021 at the office of a Durham MP, where the Labour leader was filmed having a beer.\n\nAsked about the event, Sir Keir told reporters: \"I was working in the office. We stopped for something to eat. There was no party\".\n\n\"There was no party, no breach of rules, I am confident of that.\"\n\nLabour frontbenchers have rejected calls for Sir Keir to resign, with shadow levelling-up minister Lisa Nandy saying it was a work event during which food and drink was consumed and not comparable to the PM's \"serial partying\" and \"lying\".\n\nHere is a timeline of what the Labour leader and his deputy, Angela Rayner - who was also at the event in Durham - have said on the subject, including calls for the prime minister's resignation.\n\nAfter a video came to light showing Downing Street staff joking about lockdown parties, Mr Johnson said he was asking the cabinet secretary - the top civil servant - Simon Case to \"investigate exactly what happened\" adding there would be \"consequences for those involved if the rules were broken\".\n\nMr Case was later replaced by Sue Gray (another senior civil servant) as it became clear one of the events under investigation took place in Mr Case's office.\n\nSir Keir accused the prime minister of \"taking the public for fools\" and questioned if he had \"the moral authority to lead\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Video obtained by ITV News shows Downing Street staff joking about a No 10 Christmas party during a mock press conference\n\nIn mid-January, an email emerged in which the prime minister's principal private secretary invited about 100 people for \"socially distanced drinks\" on 20 May 2020 in the No 10 garden.\n\nWitnesses told the BBC that both the prime minister and his wife were among the 30 people who attended.\n\nFollowing the revelations, Boris Johnson apologised for attending the drinks party but added he believed it was a work event, which \"could be said to technically fall within the guidance\".\n\nSir Keir responded by accusing the prime minister of \"months of deceit\" over lockdown parties in Downing Street and asked if he would \"do the decent thing and resign\".\n\nHe later said the prime minister had offered \"a series of ridiculous denials, which he knows are untrue\" and argued this was a \"clear breach\" of the ministerial code, which says ministers who knowingly mislead Parliament are expected to offer their resignation.\n\nHe also tweeted: \"The party is over Boris Johnson. Resign.\"\n\nThe Labour leader again called on Mr Johnson to resign after No 10 apologised to the Queen for two parties held in Downing Street the night before Prince Philip's funeral.\n\nBoris Johnson was not at either party but his spokesman said the events were \"deeply regrettable\".\n\nIn response, Sir Keir tweeted: \"This shows just how seriously Boris Johnson has degraded the office of prime minister.\n\n\"An apology isn't the only thing the prime minister should be offering the palace today. Boris Johnson should resign.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: What has Boris Johnson said before about alleged No 10 parties?\n\nOn 25 January, the Metropolitan Police announced it would be investigating Covid rule-breaking at Downing Street parties.\n\nThen-Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said it would \"not normally be a proportionate use of time\" for the force to investigate rule breaches as far back as two years, but police would look at allegations that \"appeared to be the most serious and flagrant breach\" of regulations.\n\nLabour's deputy leader Angela Rayner said: \"With Boris Johnson's Downing Street now under police investigation, how on earth can he think he can stay on as prime minister?\n\n\"Boris Johnson is a national distraction. Conservative MPs should stop propping him up and he should finally do the decent thing and resign.\"\n\nEchoing his deputy's comments a few days later, Sir Keir tweeted: \"Honesty and decency matter. After months of denials the prime minister is now under criminal investigations for breaking his own lockdown laws.\n\n\"He needs to do the decent thing and resign.\"\n\nFollowing the news that the PM and his chancellor had been fined for breaking Covid rules, Sir Keir said: \"Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have broken the law and repeatedly lied to the British public. They must both resign.\"", "People in England are struggling to get dental treatment, as dentists close to new NHS patients, a watchdog says.\n\nHealthwatch England, the NHS body representing patients, said the problem was made worse by the rising cost of living and needed \"urgent attention\".\n\nIt said some people were living in pain, unable to speak or eat properly, because they could not find treatment.\n\nAnd it warned the poorest were suffering most as they were least able to afford to pay for private dentistry.\n\nHealthwatch England said the issue was creating a two-tier system - dividing the rich and the poor - and called on the government to take action.\n\n\"There is now a deepening crisis,\" said Louise Ansari, of Healthwatch England.\n\n\"With millions of households bearing the brunt of the escalating living costs, private treatment is simply not an option - and even NHS charges can be a challenge.\n\nThe government said it was increasing investment in services to improve access as well as looking to reform the system.\n\nAnd a spokesman for the Department of Health and Social Care added ministers were \"committed\" to addressing the issues as part of the levelling up agenda.\n\nRyan Herrmann is in constant pain. One of his fillings fell out two years ago, during the first lockdown.\n\nDentists were closed during lockdown, so he soldiered on. Eventually the pain became too much and he went to an emergency service and was given a temporary filling.\n\nThat filling later fell out, however. But when dental services were fully open again, he could not find an NHS dentist in the area willing to accept new patients. He had recently moved to Wiltshire from London and had not had the opportunity to register at a new practice.\n\n\"Tooth pain sends you mad,\" he said. \"You feel irritable, can't relax and are constantly on edge. I'm angry - really angry.\n\n\"If I had money I could afford private treatment next week. It feels like we're being told, if you're poor -you're not worthy of treatment.\"\n\nThe recent warning by Healthwatch England comes after the NHS body commissioned a survey of more than 2,000 adults in England. The survey was then examined, alongside feedback from local NHS teams.\n\nThe poll found around half of those surveyed had visited an NHS dentist in the past two years.\n\nOf those that had not seen an NHS dentist, the majority either did not need treatment, chose not to go to the dentist or were prepared to pay for private care.\n\nBut more than a fifth - 21% - said they had wanted to get NHS treatment, but had been unable to find any dental services locally.\n\nHealthwatch said a combination of factors appear to be contributing to the problem - with a long-standing shortage of NHS provision exacerbated by more dentists closing their lists to NHS patients during the pandemic, as well as some staff retiring.\n\nThe rising cost of living was also making it more difficult for people to pay for treatment, both privately and on the NHS, which typically only subsidises treatment rather than providing it for free.\n\nThe British Dental Association said there had been inadequate funding for NHS dentistry for the past decade, calling the current contract \"dysfunctional\", as it provided insufficient reward for treating patients.\n\nBDA chair Shawn Charlwood added: \"Shameful inequalities are set to widen. For over a decade this services has been running on empty, with patients paying more just so the Treasury can pay less.\n\n\"Choices made by government mean dentists are now walking away from the NHS.\"", "Boris Johnson has promised to get the country \"back on track\" as the government unveils its plans for the year ahead in the Queen's Speech.\n\nThe speech is expected to focus on boosting economic growth, but the PM will say that the UK cannot spend its way out of trouble and will need to grow the economy.\n\nIn all, 38 parliamentary bills are due to be unveiled.\n\nLabour said the Tories were not up to the challenge of growing the economy.\n\nA senior government source defended the lack of new direct help with the fast-rising cost of living in the Queen's Speech, telling the BBC: \"There's been enough pain relief. It's time for the surgery the economy needs.\"\n\nMinisters will also recommit to tougher penalties for protest groups, like Insulate Britain and Extinction Rebellion, who use disruptive tactics.\n\nThe Prince of Wales will deliver the address to Parliament at 11:30 BST, after the Queen pulled out on Monday, for the first time since 1963, due to what Buckingham Palace called \"episodic mobility problems\".\n\nThe Queen's throne will remain empty, with Prince Charles, the Duchess of Cornwall and Prince William expected to be seated in front of assembled politicians.\n\nThe Sword of State and the Imperial State Crown have been transported from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster, in order to allow the ceremony to begin.\n\nThe speech will open with a promise to grow the economy, ease the financial burden on households and pursue the government's levelling up programme, aimed at tackling regional disparities in the UK.\n\nBut there will be no bill specifically aimed at tackling the cost of living.\n\nIn a House of Commons debate following the speech, the prime minister is expected to argue the government \"cannot simply spend our way out of the country's problems\", arguing that the answer lies instead in creating highly paid, highly skilled jobs.\n\nThe comments will follow a recent prediction from the Bank of England that inflation is likely to rise to around 10% later this year, with food and energy price rises placing a particularly high burden on households.\n\nThe Household Cavalry take part in ceremonies\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said: \"Times are tough for working people. But they are much tougher than they should be. Some 12 years of the Conservatives have meant low economic growth, high inflation, and high taxes.\n\n\"Because the Tories are not up to the challenge of growing the economy, all those tax hikes aren't going into improving public services. Never before have people been asked to pay so much for so little.\"\n\nLiberal Democrat rural affairs spokesman Tim Farron urged the government to use the speech to help the countryside by protecting farmers from being undercut by global trade deals.\n\nAnd SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford accused ministers of a \"deafening silence\" over the cost of living, saying they had to \"deliver desperately needed support to put money into people's pockets\".\n\nAn activist is led away from the blockade of the Tyburn fuel depot in Birmingham\n\nIn the Queen's Speech there will be seven bills which ministers argue deliver the benefits of Brexit, and a Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill is expected to change planning rules in England after previous proposals led to a backbench rebellion.\n\nA Public Order Bill would create a new criminal offence - aimed at protest groups - with a maximum sentence of 12 months for \"interfering with key national infrastructure\" such as airports, railways and printing press. This would also make it illegal to obstruct major transport works such as HS2.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said the powers would clamp down on the \"outrageous behaviour\" of \"disruptive protests carried out by a \"self-indulgent minority who seem to revel in causing mayhem and misery\".\n\nBut the Liberal Democrats called the plans \"dangerous and draconian\", with home affairs spokesman Alistair Carmichael arguing that police already had the powers to stop \"guerrilla protesters\".\n\nThe new police powers were originally announced last autumn, after campaign group Insulate Britain began blocking major roads and motorways.\n\nMinisters then tried to add the powers as amendments to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill - but failed after Labour and other opposition peers teamed up to oppose them.\n\nBecause the changes were introduced after the bill had passed all its stages in the Commons, the government did not have another opportunity to add them before the previous session of Parliament ended last month.\n\nThe government will be confident of getting the measures through Parliament in this session as it has a large majority in the House of Commons.", "Alliance leader Naomi Long with Eóin Tennyson and Kate Nicholl at the party's manifesto launch - both Tennyson and Nicholl were elected to Stormont\n\nWhen I first started covering council elections in Northern Ireland in 1989, I realised pretty quickly it would be a good idea to get chatting to the Alliance activists.\n\nThe interminable counts involved in proportional representation elections are baffling, but the small middle-of-the-road party seemed replete with more than its fair share of \"geeks\" - election nerds who could explain to an inexperienced reporter the arcane mysteries of quotas and transfer votes.\n\nIn addition, they knew all about the art of tallying - the parallel operation by which party workers note down voters' preferences in order to get a picture of how a contest is going long before the results are officially announced.\n\nWhy was Alliance such a repository of psephological wisdom?\n\nPerhaps because - apart from their first council elections in 1973 (when they got nearly 14%) - they never did very well.\n\nThe party eked out an existence on single-digit shares of the vote, getting seats only during the final stages of counts, thanks to the scraps thrown from the tables of the major parties.\n\nAlliance volunteers got used to hanging around counts longer than anyone else, developing an expertise on where those scraps might come from.\n\nIn first-past-the-post elections, people tended to say Alliance meant well but then pronounced it a \"wasted vote\".\n\nNaomi Long with husband Michael at the Titanic count centre\n\nIn 1996, when an election was held to select negotiators for peace talks, Alliance was well back in fifth place on just 6.5% of the vote.\n\nThat's why the eventual deal secured in the Good Friday Agreement treated them as an afterthought.\n\nUnionists and nationalists were given the powerful posts and blocking vetoes, while the \"others\" in the middle didn't get the same kind of clout over key financial and political decisions.\n\nIt was a disappointing result for the peace broker parties, the SDLP and UUP, with the SDLP's Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon losing her seat\n\nFast forward to 2022, and it's the brokers of the peace deal, the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), who are bringing up the rear.\n\nAlliance, for so long a \"minor\" party, is now sitting on 13.5% and through clever vote management has more than doubled its team at Stormont.\n\nAlliance actually made its key breakthrough three years ago in the 2019 European, local council and Westminster elections.\n\nThe liberal pro-European party capitalised on opposition to Brexit and exasperation over a long period of political paralysis at Stormont.\n\nNaomi Long's 105,928 vote haul in the European election was a testament to the Alliance leader's personal popularity.\n\nThen-first minister Peter Robinson shakes hands with Naomi Long after losing his east Belfast seat to her in 2010\n\nA long-term advocate of building a shared society and making Northern Ireland work, Alliance has benefited from annoyance at the prospect of yet more gridlock at Stormont.\n\nOn the protocol, it now acknowledges the need for flexibility but blames Brexit rather than the EU for Northern Ireland's latest ills.\n\nNaomi Long addresses media alongside MLA Paula Bradshaw and MP Stephen Farry in 2019. Alliance has capitalised on their pro-European position\n\nIn addition Alliance has tapped into the concerns of younger voters more worried about climate change, abortion law reform, tackling domestic violence and securing LGBT rights than wrangling over Northern Ireland's constitutional status.\n\nHowever, it's worth noting Alliance doesn't have a monopoly on these issues.\n\nThe Greens, who tick all the same boxes, just found themselves wiped off the Stormont map.\n\nIn the forthcoming negotiations, Alliance will argue there's no reason the Stormont executive shouldn't get up and running while issues like the Brexit protocol are dealt with in parallel.\n\nThe party will also be looking for an end to Stormont's designation system: the green-orange voting rules which prevent Alliance and other MLAs becoming swing voters in many important matters.\n\nThe argument in favour of change might be clear, but Alliance can expect pushback from those parties who enjoy the current safeguards and vetoes.\n\nDespite its elevated status, if Alliance is to reform the Stormont rules it will need to win over the British and Irish governments and build partnerships with some of the other parties.\n\nIt might be good for all those politicians to remember that while the current rules don't favour Alliance, the centre-ground constituency the party represents will be key should there be a vote on the Brexit protocol in 2024 and crucial in any future border poll on Irish unity.\n\nWhether they are trying to assemble a coalition for change within the forthcoming talks or preparing for a fresh election in the event of a breakdown, the psephological geeks and nerds of Alliance now have a stronger hand to play.\n\nThey won't need reminding of Lyndon B Johnson's famous aphorism that the first rule of politics remains knowing how to count.", "The sister of Sheku Bayoh has said she no longer feels safe in Scotland, after her brother's death in police custody.\n\nMr Bayoh, 31, died after being restrained by officers in Kirkcaldy, Fife, in 2015.\n\nKadi Johnson was addressing the public inquiry into her brother's death. The family believes race played a part, and say they have yet to hear the truth.\n\nAnother sister broke down in tears as she recalled her brother as a \"fun-loving, cheeky boy\" as child.\n\nThe public inquiry was announced in 2019 after it was confirmed there would be no criminal charges in the case.\n\nA minute's silence was observed in memory of Mr Bayoh at the start of the first day of the hearings on Tuesday.\n\nThe inquiry chairman, Lord Bracadale, said the first statements would focus on the person Mr Bayoh was, and the impact his death had on his family.\n\n\"This is not their evidence to the inquiry,\" he said. \"The focus today is on Sheku Bayoh himself and what he meant to those he left behind.\"\n\nThe hearing was briefly suspended after one of Mr Bayoh's sisters, Adama Jalloh, broke down in tears as she remembered growing up with brother.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Kosna Bayoh says the pain of losing her brother is still there\n\nA video was then shown in which family members and friends paid fond tributes to Mr Bayoh, who came to the UK from Sierra Leone as a child, and was training to be a gas engineer at the time of his death.\n\nAnother sister Kadi Johnson later told the hearing that she persuaded her brother to join her in Scotland from London when he was 17 because of the \"joy, love and freedom\" she had experienced, and because she felt it was a safer place for a young black man to grow up.\n\n\"I did not know my brother's life would be cut short at the age of 31,\" she said.\n\nShe went on to say she now felt differently about Scotland and worried for the safety of her family.\n\n\"I don't feel safe anymore here in Scotland. I feel nervous and worried for my children, I fear for the safety of my nieces and nephews. Why should I have to feel this way?\" she said.\n\nKadi Johnson told the inquiry her brother's death had left her feeling unsafe in Scotland\n\nThe family's lawyer Aamer Anwar also read a statement from Mr Bayoh's partner Collette Bell, in which she told of their plans for marriage and the impact on his youngest son who was only an infant when Mr Bayoh died.\n\nThe day began with a vigil outside the inquiry venue in Edinburgh, attended by more than 100 people including Mr Bayoh's mother who has travelled from Sierra Leone for the hearing.\n\nMr Anwar told those gathered that seven years and seven days had passed since Mr Bayoh died in police custody.\n\nHe said his sister Kadi had no doubt her brother and family would have been treated differently \"had Sheku been white\".\n\nThe family's solicitor Aamer Anwar read a statement on behalf of Mr Bayoh's family before they gave evidence\n\nHe continued: \"Kadi has described Sheku as Scotland's George Floyd, but 'taking the knee' and 'Black Lives Matter' will mean nothing, if Scotland fails to support justice for Sheku.\n\n\"Unlike George Floyd it wasn't one police officer restraining Sheku but at least seven police officers and unlike George Floyd's case, no police officer has ever faced trial for the Sheku's death in custody.\"\n\nHe urged the police officers involved to give a \"full and frank\" testimony to the inquiry.\n\n\"Sheku Bayoh's family have waited a very long time to hear the truth and that is the very least they are entitled to,\" he said.\n\nPolice had been called in the early hours of 3 May 2015 after Mr Bayoh was spotted behaving erratically with a knife in the streets of his home town.\n\nHe had taken drugs the previous night, which friends said dramatically altered his behaviour.\n\nAccording to police statements, by the time the officers arrived at the scene Mr Bayoh no longer had the knife, but he failed to obey instructions to get down on the ground.\n\nEach of the officers used force on Mr Bayoh within seconds of encountering him, including CS Spray and batons.\n\nHe then punched PC Nicole Short, who fell to the ground.\n\nSheku Bayoh was restrained on the ground for five minutes before falling unconscious\n\nTwo officers, PCs Craig Walker and Ashley Tomlinson, later told investigators that Mr Bayoh then carried out a violent stamping attack on PC Short while she lay on the ground, a claim reported widely in the media.\n\nHowever, evidence obtained by the BBC's Panorama programme suggested these accounts may have been false.\n\nMr Bayoh was restrained on the ground for five minutes before falling unconscious. He was pronounced dead at hospital a short time later.\n\nThe inquiry began its work in November 2020. It was set up to examine:\n\nEarlier this year, lawyers for a number of police officers asked for a guarantee that statements would not be used in any future prosecution.\n\nThis was backed by inquiry chairman Lord Bracadale, who said such a step would let officers give \"full and frank\" evidence to the inquiry - but was opposed by Mr Bayoh's family.\n\nHowever, the requests were rejected by Solicitor General Ruth Charteris QC, who said the Crown reserved its right to prosecute in all matters related to the case.\n\nIn addition, Police Scotland refused to give an assurance that it would not seek to rely on evidence given to the inquiry by an officer in any future disciplinary proceedings against that officer.\n\nThe public inquiry hearings are due to continue on Wednesday with opening statements from the main participants, including Police Scotland and the Lord Advocate, Scotland's top law officer.\n• None 'Why did my brother Sheku die in police custody?'", "Haiti's police force has struggled to contain gang violence\n\nA Haitian gang infamous for kidnappings for ransom has seized at least 17 people from a tourist bus they were travelling in.\n\nEight of the passengers are reportedly Turkish nationals, the remaining eight are Haitian and the driver is from the Dominican Republic.\n\nThey were kidnapped in the same area outside the capital, Port-au-Prince, in which a Dominican diplomat was abducted last month.\n\nThe diplomat was freed after four days.\n\nDominican newspaper El Día described the Turkish nationals as \"missionaries\" who had crossed into Haiti from neighbouring Dominican Republic.\n\nBut the Turkish consul in Haiti said they were \"with an organisation promoting education\".\n\nHaitian media said they were seized in Croix-des Bouquets, the stronghold of the 400 Mawozo gang.\n\nKidnappings for ransom have surged in Haiti in the past two years.\n\nMore than 1,200 people, 81 of them foreign nationals, were abducted last year, according to Haiti's Center for Analysis and Research on Human Rights.\n\nAmong the foreigners kidnapped last year were 17 Christian missionaries from the US and Canada. The 400 Mawozo gang demanded $1m (£800,000) for the release of each of them.\n\nThe missionaries were eventually all freed after four months in captivity but it is not clear if any ransom payments were made.\n\nBut while the kidnappings of foreigners have shone a spotlight on the power of Haiti's gangs, it is Haitians themselves who are feeling the brunt of the violence.\n\nUnited Nations children's agency, Unicef, warned last week that half a million children have lost access to education after 1,700 schools closed in the capital and the surrounding area due to gang shoot-outs.\n\n\"No child can go to school while bullets are flying in the air,\" Unicef's representative in Haiti, Bruno Maes, said.\n\nThe spike in violence follows the assassination by mercenaries of President Jovenel Moïse in July 2021 as rival factions fight to gain control of the country in the face of a struggling police force.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Protesters outside the home of Supreme Court Judge Samuel Alito on Monday night\n\nUS law enforcement agencies are beefing up security for Supreme Court justices after a leak suggested they may overturn legalised abortion.\n\nThe US Marshals Service said on Monday it was helping the agencies normally tasked with the judges' protection.\n\nA protest was held on Monday night at Justice Samuel Alito's house in Alexandria, Virginia. Activists chanted: \"Abort the court!\"\n\nRallies were held outside the homes of two other justices this weekend.\n\nOn Saturday night, a group of about 100 people marched from the home of Justice Brett Kavanaugh to Chief Justice John Roberts' house nearby in Chevy Chase, Maryland.\n\nShut Down DC, the left-wing group behind Monday's demonstration outside Justice Alito's house, said the plan was to \"hold a moment of silence for the rights we know are ours\".\n\nSeparately, an anti-abortion centre suffered an arson attack on Sunday.\n\nOn Monday, the US Senate unanimously passed a bill that would provide police protection to the immediate families of the nine Supreme Court justices and other officers of the court, if deemed necessary by the Marshals Service. The bill will still need to go before the US House of Representatives.\n\nThe White House said earlier on Monday that demonstrations should never include \"violence, threats or vandalism\".\n\nProtesters outside the home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Saturday night\n\n\"[President Biden] strongly believes in the constitutional right to protest,\" said a statement from his press secretary Jen Psaki.\n\n\"But that should never include violence, threats, or vandalism. Judges perform an incredibly important function in our society, and they must be able to do their jobs without concern for their personal safety.\"\n\nOn Monday, the US Marshals Service announced it was helping the police agencies normally tasked with the security of the Supreme Court's nine justices.\n\nThe US Marshals Service said the decision to back up the justices' security detail came \"in response to increased security concerns stemming from the unauthorised release of the draft opinion\".\n\nA draft opinion leaked last week suggests a majority of the Supreme Court would overturn US women's federally protected right to abortion.\n\nSuch a move would hand the issue of abortion rights over to individual US states, many of which are planning laws to ban the procedure.\n\nThe court's final ruling is expected in June.\n\nThe leaked document, penned by conservative Justice Alito, called the 1973 Roe v Wade decision - which legalised abortion across the US - \"egregiously wrong from the start\".\n\nThe message at Wisconsin Family Action's building in Madison\n\nMeanwhile, vandals set fire on Sunday morning to the headquarters of Wisconsin Family Action, an anti-abortion group, in what police called a targeted attack.\n\nA message was spray-painted outside the building: \"If abortions aren't safe then you aren't either.\" A Molotov cocktail was thrown into the building.\n\nA non-profit organisation in Texas that provides pregnant women with free health assistance and encourages them not to get abortions was also targeted by spray-paint over the weekend.\n\nAccording to the Denton Record-Chronicle, the words \"not a clinic\" and \"forced birth is murder\" were daubed outside the entrance.\n\nIf Roe is overturned, a ban on almost all abortions would go into effect in 13 states straight away, with others expected to follow. Abortion would still be legal in around half of US states, it is forecast.\n\nLawmakers in New York announced new legislation to expand abortion access on Monday. Several other left-leaning states have taken similar actions.\n\nNew York also said it plans to offer funding to groups that help people travel to the state for abortions.\n\nBoth pro- and anti-abortion protesters have rallied at the steps of the Supreme Court in Washington DC since the leak.\n\nIn scenes reminiscent of the unrest following the attack at the US Capitol last year, 8ft high fencing has been erected around the building.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIt has become an annual event - the military parade in Red Square in Moscow and cities across Russia on 9 May, marking victory over Nazi Germany in 1945.\n\nUnder Vladimir Putin, Victory Day has become a show of strength of troops and military hardware, as well as a chance to remember the sacrifices of World War Two. Twenty-seven million Soviet citizens died, by far the greatest loss of any country, in what Russians call the Great Patriotic War.\n\nThis year, the event has taken on a significance of its own. Far from liberating Europe, Russia has waged months of war against its neighbour Ukraine and is devoid of any real form of military victory that it can celebrate.\n\nRegiments that played a key role in the war will parade in front of the top brass and the president, whose address will echo across Red Square and be scrutinised for what to expect next. Russia's leader often uses this moment to send messages of intent.\n\nThe Victory Day parade was occasionally marked in the Soviet era and revived by President Boris Yeltsin for the 50th anniversary in 1995, but it was Vladimir Putin in 2008 who made it an annual event featuring military hardware. Russian identity has been largely created with Victory Day in the background, with schoolbooks and history books focusing on Russia as Europe's wartime liberators.\n\nVladimir Putin was prime minister when the Victory Day parade began featuring military hardware\n\n\"Even in a normal year it's a huge show of Russia strength, of Putin's control and everything he stands for,\" says Ammon Cheskin of Glasgow University. \"And that's just amplified this year.\"\n\nClaims that he will declare an end to the campaign have been denied, as have reports that he will announce a full declaration of war or a mobilisation of Russian men. Russia's military would not \"artificially adjust\" its actions to any particular date, said Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.\n\nSomething short of full mobilisation could be announced, in response to Russia's big losses on the battlefield. Dozens of ads have appeared on job websites in recent weeks looking for \"specialists in mobilisation work\", but such a step could hit the president's popularity and 9 May might not be the right time to announce it.\n\nAfter Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, Vladimir Putin marked Victory Day with a speech in Red Square about defeating fascism, before flying to the Black Sea port of Sevastopol to celebrate his new victory in front of thousands of onlookers.\n\nIn 2014, President Putin celebrated the annexation of Crimea by travelling to Sevastopol on Victory Day\n\n\"This year the primary objective was to announce the victory that was supposed to happen in February,\" says Ernest Wyciszkiewicz of the Centre for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understanding. \"They are preparing a PR stunt for Monday: it's important for Russians to see that the special military operation they have been hearing about has led to something tangible.\"\n\nInstead of celebrating the overthrow of Ukraine's government, the Kremlin will have to settle for the capture of most of Mariupol. The city may lie in ruins, but Russia has repeatedly talked of \"de-Nazification and demilitarisation\" of Ukraine and it may claim defeat of the Azov battalion, which it has falsely portrayed as Nazi. That would resonate on a day marking World War Two.\n\n\"In Russian cities and regional capitals we can see signs with the Victory Day symbol,\" says Olga Irisova, co-founder of analysis group Riddle Russia. \"Usually the signs say 9 May 1945 but this year it's 1945/2022, so they're trying to provide people with the idea that once again they're standing up to Nazis.\"\n\nMariupol is in ruins - but a PR stunt involving the city may feature in the events\n\nIn Mariupol itself there will be no Victory Day parade because of apparent security threats. Russia's proxy leader in the region, Denis Pushilin, has said a parade will have to wait until Mariupol becomes part of his so-called Donetsk People's Republic.\n\nThere will be unspecified festive events, though, and it could feature prominently in Russian coverage. In the run-up to 9 May the city has had visits from Kremlin TV spin doctor Vladimir Solovyov and a delegation from the Kremlin led by the president's deputy chief of staff, Sergei Kiryenko.\n\nWar in Ukraine: More coverageWhy 9 May is so important for Russia\n\nThe Red Square Victory Day parade is about aesthetics too, and military hardware in particular. It is a chance for the Kremlin to show off its latest weaponry.\n\nIt was the Armata T-14 tank that turned heads on Victory Day in 2015, but it has been conspicuous by its absence in the war in Ukraine, because it is not yet ready for frontline combat. Ukraine says it has destroyed well over 1,000 less modern Russian tanks on the battlefield.\n\nThere will be less hardware and fewer troops this year than in 2021. But there will still be some 10,000 troops and 129 pieces of military equipment, according to an analysis by BBC Russian. Gone will be one of Russia's newest tanks, the T-80BVM, as well as the Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile system.\n\nThe aerial display will be just as big as before, with 77 planes and helicopters, and the air force has been rehearsing over Red Square in a Z-formation - the controversial symbol adopted by invading forces.\n\nThese Russian warplanes were pictured flying over the Kremlin in Z-formation\n\nBut there will be no foreign leaders this year, which the Kremlin puts down to the 77th anniversary not being a significant event in itself.\n\nMost of the messaging around Victory Day is directed at the Russian population anyway, says Olga Irisova. By harnessing the Nazi narrative from World War Two, the Kremlin is able to stir up strong feelings because most Russians have relatives who either died or struggled in the war.\n\nWhile events will take place across Russia, in neighbouring countries 9 May has become less and less significant. Ukraine saw some of the greatest losses in the war and a recent opinion poll suggested that the date should be seen as a day of remembrance rather than victory.\n\nKazakhstan has cancelled its military parade for a third year running and Latvia has declared it a day of remembrance - for victims of Russia's war in Ukraine.", "A famous sea-front in the Sri Lankan business capital Colombo has become a rallying point for thousands of anti-government protesters.\n\nFor a month, men, women, Buddhist monks, priests and Muslims have been bringing placards, posters and banners to Galle Face expressing their anger against the rising cost of living and worsening shortage of basic supplies like fuel and food.\n\nThe demonstrators say the government has mismanaged the economy and want President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the cabinet to step down.\n\nThe BBC’s Anbarasan Ethirajan and Neha Sharma spent a night with protestors at Galle Face.", "Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill (second left) with party leader Mary Lou McDonald and returning assembly members Emma Sheerin (left) and Linda Dillon (far right)\n\nThere was a time in Northern Ireland when Sinn Féin voices were silenced.\n\nBanned from the airwaves by the government to combat IRA propaganda.\n\nThe BBC even employed an actor to voice the words of the then Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams.\n\nBut this weekend Sinn Féin voices were in high demand as broadcasters scrambled to get them on air.\n\nThey all wanted to hear from the one-time political pariahs who are now the political powerbrokers at Stormont.\n\nAnd pose the question: Does its victory push Northern Ireland closer to a border poll and possibly Irish unity?\n\nCommunication is no longer a problem for Sinn Féin as its message struck a chord with a quarter of a million voters.\n\nSinn Féin firstly played down the prospects of being the largest party, mindful of overplaying its hand too early.\n\nBut the party ramped it up the week before the poll, even pushing Michelle O'Neill as a \"first minister for all\" in a presidential-style pitch.\n\nThough much of the ground work paving the way for Sinn Féin's success was already laid by the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).\n\nThe slogan - vote Jeffrey to avoid getting Michelle - worked for both parties.\n\nJeffrey Donaldson won't say if he will rubberstamp Michelle O'Neill's appointment to the first minister role\n\nIt energised some DUP voters to stick with Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, despite what the polls predicted.\n\nBut crucially it also stoked nationalist voters to row in behind Sinn Féin like never before to push unionists off the Stormont summit for the first time.\n\nThough the swing behind Sinn Féin came at a high cost to the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) as it lost four seats leaving it on an all-time low of just eight.\n\nThe party's deputy leader Nicola Mallon is among the casualties.\n\nA divided unionist vote also cleared the way for Sinn Féin, which returned with the same number of seats it held going into the poll.\n\nThe party is now entitled to the keys of the first minister's office.\n\nThough it comes with no extra power, the post has huge symbolic significance for unionists who've held it for 24 years.\n\nBut Michelle O'Neill will only get the keys to her new office if the DUP agree to her nomination.\n\nSir Jeffrey says he will respect the outcome of the poll - but he has so far refused to confirm if he will rubberstamp Michelle O'Neill's appointment by accepting the post of deputy first minister.\n\nMichelle O'Neill at the party's manifesto launch with leader Mary Lou McDonald\n\nUntil he does, the Stormont stalemate will continue, with no power-sharing executive.\n\nThat means the outgoing caretaker ministers will continue to run departments.\n\nBut with no overarching executive, their powers will be limited.\n\nThey won't be able to use a £300m pot to help families deal with the cost of living crisis, although the DUP insists the money can be handed out.\n\nThe parties have six months to agree a new power-sharing executive and history tells us they are likely to take every minute.\n\nBut if the executive returns then it will have a new look courtesy of the Alliance surge.\n\nThe party with 17 seats will be entitled to two ministerial posts which is likely to include the justice portfolio.\n\nIt is also likely the SDLP and Ulster Unionists will end up on the opposition benches, leaving just three parties in the executive.\n\nThat will change the dynamic but will it mean better delivery and fewer stand-offs?\n\nIt has been a bruising election for the DUP and Ulster Unionists with a drop in their vote and seats.\n\nUUP leader Doug Beattie retained his seat - but it's been a disappointing election for his party\n\nThough the Traditional Unionist Voice party (TUV) broke new ground, increasing its vote by more than 5%, it failed to secure transfers to add to the sole seat held by party leader Jim Allister.\n\nHis party's increase appears to have come from disillusioned DUP voters whose votes then transferred back to Sir Jeffrey's party.\n\nIt's a move which the DUP says played into the hands of Sinn Féin and no doubt it will be used to warn unionist voters again.\n\nThe DUP warning about Sinn Féin using its new Stormont status to push for a border poll will also be tested before the next poll.\n\nWhile Sinn Féin was reluctant to promote its border poll ambitions during the election campaign, expect it to be back on the agenda now.\n\nBut the party says it will be a decade-long plan at least which will only come after an island-wide conversation.\n\nThe decision to hold a border poll is for the Northern Ireland secretary of state, when he or she feels there is more of an appetite for Irish unity.\n\nBut you may now find talk of a border poll will slowly fade if a power-sharing executive returns and no votes are on the line.\n\nThough the 2022 assembly election will be remembered for the Sinn Féin breakthrough and Alliance advance, it may also mark a turning point in how Stormont functions - if and when it fully returns.", "Dominic Raab has accused Sir Keir Starmer of \"hypocrisy\" after police launched an investigation into whether he breached Covid rules in 2021.\n\nThe deputy PM stopped short of calling for the Labour leader to quit over what he called \"rank double standards\".\n\nBut he said Sir Keir had \"a bunch of questions to answer\" about the event.\n\nLabour's Lisa Nandy said the gathering at a Labour MP's office was a work event and it was \"absurd\" to compare it to Boris Johnson's \"serial partying\".\n\nWhen the Metropolitan Police launched an investigation into Covid rule-breaking in No 10 in January, Sir Keir said the PM should quit.\n\nAsked if Sir Keir should resign, Ms Nandy told the BBC's Sunday Morning show the two situations were \"not the same\".\n\n\"Downing Street was under investigation for 12 separate gatherings which we now know included karaokes, celebrations, leaving drinks, garden parties, pub quizzes and suitcases of wine,\" added the shadow levelling up secretary.\n\nShe argued that to compare that with \"a work meeting where people stopped to eat\" was \"pretty desperate\" and accused the Conservatives and \"their cheerleaders in the media\" of \"flinging mud\".\n\nAnd she insisted that as a former director of public prosecutions - in charge of the Crown Prosecution Service - Sir Keir was \"not the sort of man to tear up the rulebook\". In a Sky News interview, she described her leader as \"Mr Rules\".\n\nBut Justice Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister Mr Raab said the Labour leader was guilty of \"complete hypocrisy\" and had \"a bunch of questions to answer\" about the Durham event.\n\nHe avoided saying whether he thought the Labour leader should resign, saying the government was focused on issues that mattered more to voters, such as the cost of living.\n\nLabour has cancelled an event for Monday in which Sir Keir was due to give a speech and take questions from journalists ahead of Tuesday's Queen's Speech.\n\nThe Institute for Government think tank, which was hosting the event, was not given any specific reasons for why Labour had cancelled it.\n\nThe Labour Party has declined to comment.\n\nSir Keir Starmer is in an excruciatingly uncomfortable position.\n\nThere were Labour gains in Thursday's local elections, but the focus is now not on those, or Conservative losses. It's on him.\n\nSir Keir has tried to present himself as a contrast to Boris Johnson, highlighting his own past prosecuting lawbreakers as the head of the Crown Prosecution Service. Earlier today, one of his shadow cabinet members dubbed the Labour leader \"Mr Rules\".\n\nAnd Sir Keir wasted no time in calling on Mr Johnson to resign when the PM came under police investigation.\n\nBut now, while he waits for Durham Police to complete their new investigation into his behaviour, he's hamstrung. He's unable to criticise the prime minister on the issue.\n\nThe Conservatives are in a tricky position too. The police are still investigating Mr Johnson and multiple events in Downing Street, and the PM has already been found to have broken the law.\n\nIf they now say the Labour leader should go, how can they defend their own prime minister?\n\nUntil the police complete their inquiries it's messy for all involved.\n\nIn April 2021, Sir Keir was filmed drinking a beer in the constituency office of a Durham MP in the run-up to the Hartlepool by-election.\n\nThe Labour leader has insisted the visit was within in the rules as it was a work event - with food and drink being consumed in between doing work.\n\nBut an internal memo for the trip, obtained by the Mail on Sunday, scheduled an hour and twenty minutes for \"dinner\" - after which, the visit would conclude.\n\nThe coronavirus rules in place at the time meant it was illegal for people in England to socialise indoors with people from outside their household or support bubble.\n\nThere was an exemption for \"work purposes\", although working from home was recommended in the guidance, but the rules did not mention socialising at work.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Footage shows Sir Keir Starmer drinking beer with colleagues in Durham on 30 April 2021\n\nDescribing the April 2021 meal earlier this week, Sir Keir said that \"at various points people went through to the kitchen, got a plate, had something to eat, and got on with their work\". He has also previously insisted he returned to work afterwards.\n\nDurham police reviewed the footage in February and said they did not believe an offence had been committed.\n\nBut after Thursday's local elections, the police said they had received \"significant new information over recent days\".\n\n\"We can confirm that an investigation into potential breaches of Covid-19 regulations relating to this gathering is now being conducted,\" the force said in a statement.\n\nAsked about the Labour leader's future, Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said no-one was \"above the law\" and that it would be \"extremely difficult\" for a politician to continue after being fined by the police.\n\nSpeaking to reporters on Saturday, Sir Keir said he would not resign and that he would lead Labour into the next general election.\n\nHowever, senior Labour backbencher Diane Abbott - a close ally of Sir Keir's predecessor Jeremy Corbyn - said he should consider his position if he receives a police fine.\n\nIn January, the Labour leader tweeted: \"after months of denials the prime minister is now under criminal investigations for breaking his own lockdown laws. He needs to do the decent thing and resign\".\n\nThe Metropolitan Police are continuing their investigation into 12 gatherings held in Downing Street and the Cabinet Office during 2020 and 2021.\n\nLast month, Mr Johnson, his wife Carrie and the Chancellor Rishi Sunak, were fined by the police for attending a birthday gathering in Downing Street in June 2020.", "The new import tariffs proposed by the UK will cover £1.4bn of goods, including platinum and palladium\n\nThe UK has announced a fresh package of sanctions on Russia and Belarus in response to the invasion of Ukraine - targeting £1.7bn of trade.\n\nThe Department for International Trade said new import tariffs will apply to goods including platinum and palladium.\n\nThe metals are used to make parts for mobile phones and computers\n\nExport bans will target chemicals, plastics, rubber and machinery. It takes the value of products subject to UK sanctions to more than £4bn.\n\nThe new import tariffs will cover £1.4bn of goods while the planned export bans are intended to impact products worth more than £250m in sectors of the Russian economy most dependent on UK goods.\n\nThe announcement came after G7 leaders held a video call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the US and Canada also imposed new sanctions.\n\nInternational Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan said: \"We are determined to do our utmost to thwart Putin's aims in Ukraine and undermine his illegal invasion, which has seen barbaric acts perpetrated against the Ukrainian people.\n\n\"This far-reaching package of sanctions will inflict further damage on the Russian war machine.\"\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak said: \"Putin's illegal invasion of Ukraine is causing suffering on an enormous scale. His barbaric war must be stopped.\"\n\nHe said the new import and export sanctions would do \"significant damage to Putin's war effort\".\n\nThis third round of trade sanctions announced by the UK government - excluding gold and energy - would see more than 96% of goods imports from Russia hit by restrictions and more than 60% of goods exports to Russia under whole or partial restrictions, said the DIT.\n\nThe latest move comes as Russia celebrates Victory Day, the commemoration of the Soviet Victory over Nazi Germany in 1945, which is being marked with the annual military parade in Moscow's Red Square, despite many forces being deployed in Ukraine.\n\nThe war in Ukraine also means this year's event has taken on different significance, with Vladimir Putin's speech likely to be closely analysed.\n\nThe latest sanctions were announced on a public holiday in Russia, commemorating the country's victory in World War Two\n\nWestern countries have introduced increasingly widespread sanctions against Russia - targeting individuals, banks, businesses and major state-owned enterprises, and exports, among others. Among the high-profile individuals to be targeted has been Roman Abramovich, the billionaire owner of Chelsea Football Club.\n\nChris Weafer, senior partner at Moscow-based business consultancy Macro Advisory, said sanctions were now starting to have a visible effect.\n\n\"These latest sanctions, of themselves, are relatively modest, but of course they add to previous sanctions,\" he told the BBC's Today Programme. \"It is the accumulation of sanctions that really is having the impact on the economy.\"\n\nCompanies are unable to import vital components and spare parts and have used up inventories during the last two months, Mr Weafer said. Some firms were warning of job losses or temporary shutdowns.\n\n\"The broader impact on people's incomes and on retail sales and across the broader economy is now starting to be felt,\" he said. \"People have been faced with high, double-digit inflation for the last couple of months. And there's a great deal of uncertainty as to what's going to happen next, particularly with regards to job security and income.\"\n\nThe UK has excluded key Russian banks from the UK financial system, frozen the assets of all Russian banks, barred Russian firms from borrowing money, and placed limits on deposits Russians can make at UK banks. Other sanctions have been implemented by the US and the EU.\n\nAnd more than 1,000 international companies have either suspended trading in Russia, or withdrawn altogether - including McDonald's, Coca-Cola and Starbucks.\n\nBelarus has been targeted with the UK government saying its leader Alexander Lukashenko had aided and abetted Russia's invasion.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Video shows the school mostly destroyed after the bombing\n\nAround 60 people were killed after a bomb hit a school in east Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.\n\nEarlier, the governor of Luhansk region, Serhiy Haidai, said 90 people had been sheltering in the building in Bilohorivka, and 30 were rescued.\n\nMr Haidai said a Russian plane had dropped the bomb on Saturday - Russia has not commented.\n\nLuhansk has seen fierce combat as Russian troops and separatist fighters seek to surround government forces.\n\nMuch of the region has been under the control of Russia-backed separatists for the past eight years.\n\nBilohorivka is close to the government-held city of Severodonetsk, where heavy fighting was reported in the suburbs on Saturday. One Ukrainian newspaper, Ukrayinska Pravda, says the village became a \"hot spot\" during fighting last week.\n\nThe blast brought down the building which caught fire and it took firefighters three hours to extinguish the blaze, according to the governor, writing on Telegram.\n\nHe said almost the entire village had been sheltering in the basement of the school.\n\nThe final death toll would only be known when the rubble had been cleared, the governor said.\n\nThe UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said he was \"appalled\" by the deadly attack, adding: \"civilians must always be spared in times of war\".\n\nElsewhere in the country, Ukrainian fighters at a steelworks in the port of Mariupol have told the world they will not surrender to Russian forces and have appealed for help to evacuate their wounded.\n\nRussia has besieged the area for weeks, calling on defenders from the Azov battalion to lay down their arms.\n\nBut in a live news conference from the partially destroyed plant, members of the battalion said they would not give in.\n\nOne of them, Lt Illia Samoilenko, said: \"Surrender for us is unacceptable because we can't grant such a big gift to the enemy.\"\n\nHe added: \"We are basically dead men. Most of us know this. It's why we fight so fearlessly.\"\n\nThe fighters also criticised the Ukrainian government, saying it had failed in the defence of Mariupol. But President Volodymyr Zelensky hit back, saying Ukraine did not have the heavy weaponry needed to unblock the city and that it was his own diplomatic efforts that had secured the evacuation of all civilians trapped inside the steelworks.\n\nThe International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), responsible for coordinating evacuations from Mariupol alongside the UN, said 170 civilians arrived in the relatively safe city of Zaporizhzhia from Mariupol on Sunday.\n\nIn a statement, the international arm of the Red Cross said the four-day operation, which began on 5 May, \"included the evacuation of 51 civilians from Azovstal\".\n\nEarlier in May, around 500 people were evacuated from Azovstal and the Mariupol area to Zaporizhzhia, the ICRC said.\n\nAlso on Sunday, in a speech commemorating World War Two, President Zelensky accused Russia of implementing \"a bloody reconstruction of Nazism\" and said the Russian army was replicating wartime \"atrocities\".\n\nFootage in the Ukrainian leader's video address showed him against a backdrop of destroyed residential buildings.\n\nAt the same time, Western governments have continued to show their support for Ukraine's struggle.\n\nLater on Sunday, Ukraine's president held talks with G7 leaders - including US President Joe Biden and the UK's Boris Johnson - via video conference.\n\nAfter the meeting, the leaders pledged their continuing support to Ukraine and their determination to wean themselves off Russian oil supplies. Payments for Russian energy amount to millions of dollars each day and help fund Russia's war effort.\n\nThe prime minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, also met Mr Zelensky in person after making an unannounced visit to the town of Irpin, near Kyiv, that was ravaged by Russian forces early in the invasion.\n\nAt a news conference afterwards, Mr Trudeau announced further military help for Ukraine.\n\nThe speaker of the German Bundestag met Mr Zelensky in Kyiv on Sunday, too, while US First Lady Jill Biden crossed into Ukraine from Slovakia to meet Mr Zelensky's wife, Olena Zelenska.\n\nSince Russia's invasion began on 24 February, the UN has recorded at least 2,345 civilian deaths and 2,919 injured in Ukraine, the High Commissioner for Human Rights said in an update last month. Thousands of combatants are also believed to have been killed or injured on both sides.\n\nMore than 12 million people are said to have fled their homes since the conflict began, with 5.7 million leaving for neighbouring countries and another 6.5 million people thought to be displaced inside the war-torn country itself.", "Maros Sefcovic urged politicians to \"dial down the rhetoric\"\n\nThe EU's chief negotiator has urged the UK to \"dial down the rhetoric\" on the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\nIt comes after UK ministers refused to rule out legislation to override the protocol in UK law.\n\nMaros Sefcovic said the UK needed to \"be honest\" about what it had committed to in the protocol.\n\nNorthern Irish business groups are understood to be working on a plan to encourage political parties to reach a consensus position on the protocol.\n\nThey hope that a common position could bring new momentum to talks between the EU and UK.\n\nThe plan is in its early stages and there is no guarantee that it will succeed.\n\nThe protocol is a special Brexit deal for Northern Ireland designed to prevent the return of a hard land border with the Republic of Ireland.\n\nIt was agreed between the UK government and the EU in 2019, put into domestic law by the UK Parliament and came into force in January 2021.\n\nSome unionists say businesses in NI are being affected by the Irish Sea trade border\n\nIt works by keeping Northern Ireland inside the EU's single market for goods.\n\nThis means Northern Ireland continues to follow some EU laws and there are new checks and paperwork for certain goods which are imported into Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK.\n\nUnionist parties say this undermine Northern Ireland's position in the UK.\n\nOn Sunday, the deputy prime minister said nothing was off the table in the UK's attempt to \"fix\" the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\nDominic Raab told the BBC the protocol was an \"obstacle to stability\" in the country.\n\nHe added that the EU has proposed \"durable solutions\" to improve the operation of the deal.\n\nHowever the largest unionist party, the DUP, says it may prevent the creation of a new executive in Northern Ireland until protocol issues are resolved to its satisfaction.\n\nThe Northern Ireland Assembly elections cemented a majority for parties which accept the protocol.\n\nThe UK government has accused the EU of applying the protocol too rigidly, while Brussels accepts it is causing difficulties for businesses and has proposed a package of measures to reduce its practical impacts.\n\nThe BBC understands the government will signal its willingness to change the law on the protocol in Tuesday's Queen's Speech, without committing to do so immediately.\n\nMr Sefcovic said the UK should \"show genuine determination and good faith to make the protocol work, rather than looking for ways to erode it\".\n\nHe added that the EU has \"an unshakeable and longstanding commitment to peace, stability and prosperity in Northern Ireland\".\n\n\"It has absolutely no interest in interfering in the UK's internal affairs.\"\n\nMr Sefcovic said the UK should \"show genuine determination and good faith to make the protocol work, rather than looking for ways to erode it\".\n\nHe added that the EU has \"an unshakeable and longstanding commitment to peace, stability and prosperity in Northern Ireland\".\n\n\"It has absolutely no interest in interfering in the UK's internal affairs.\"\n\nSince October, the UK and EU have been engaged in technical negotiations on the protocol but there has been little tangible progress.\n\nThe EU has recently changed its laws to guarantee the supply of medicines from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.\n\nThe two sides broadly agree that other goods from Great Britain which are staying in Northern Ireland should be treated with a lighter touch than those which are moving on to the Republic of Ireland and the wider EU.\n\nHowever there is no agreement on how this should work in practice.\n\nThe protocol is not currently being fully implemented as originally negotiated due to \"grace periods\".\n\nUnder the protocol, checks are required on goods coming into Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK\n\nThe position of business groups is broadly that the protocol should ultimately be at least no more onerous than the current grace periods - it is around this in particular that they are trying to build consensus.\n\nMaking grace periods permanent would require further movement from the EU.\n\nThe business groups hope that a consensus on what outcomes the protocol should produce would be difficult to ignore.\n\nAlthough the NI parties have sharply different views on Brexit and the protocol there have been joint statements in the past.\n\nIn August 2016, the then first and deputy first ministers, Arlene Foster and Martin McGuinness, wrote to the prime minister with agreed priorities for NI in the Brexit negotiations.\n\nIn November 2020, the then first and deputy first ministers, Arlene Foster and Michelle O'Neill, wrote to the European Commission around concerns that the planned introduction of checks would damage supermarket supply chains", "A Ukrainian mine-sniffing dog has been given a medal for his services to the country since Russia's invasion.\n\nPatron, a Jack Russell terrier, was presented with the award by Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at a ceremony in Kyiv.\n\nThe two-and-a-half-year-old has been credited with helping minesweepers find more than 200 devices.\n\nHe has also become something of a national hero, a symbol of Ukraine's resistance against Russia.\n\n\"I want to award those Ukrainian heroes who are already clearing our land of mines. And together with our heroes - a wonderful little sapper Patron who helps not only to neutralize explosives, but also to teach our children the necessary safety rules in areas where there is a mine threat,\" President Zelensky said during Sunday's ceremony.\n\nThe conference was also attended by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who was visiting the country on Sunday, announcing that Canada would be sending more weapons and equipment to Ukraine.\n\nAs Patron and his owner Myhailo Iliev were presented with their medals, Prime Minister Trudeau patted his pockets as if he was looking for dog treats.\n\nPatron has become a focal point of Ukrainian patriotism and regularly features in videos on official Ukrainian social media channels.\n\nHe has inspired a number of artworks by fans across the country, ranging from illustrations to knitted animal replicas.\n\nAmong them is a sketch of Patron urinating on a Russian missile wearing his signature safety vest.\n\nAnother features Patron in front of two backgrounds - one half showing a grassy park next to a ball, while the other features the remnants of a bombed building.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Ukraine's President Zelensky uses WW2 speech to hit out at Russia's 'evil' invasion\n\nUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of implementing \"a bloody reconstruction of Nazism\".\n\nIn a speech commemorating World War Two, he said the Russian army was replicating Nazi \"atrocities\" during its invasion of his country.\n\n\"Darkness has returned to Ukraine and it has become black and white again,\" he said in his video address.\n\nFootage in the video showed the Ukrainian leader against a backdrop of destroyed residential buildings.\n\n\"Evil has returned, in a different uniform, under different slogans, but for the same purpose,\" he added.\n\nThe video also featured archive footage of World War Two and black-and-white footage of Russia's invasion.\n\nWhen Ukraine was invaded by Russia in late February, Moscow maintained its operation was in part to \"de-Nazify\" the country.\n\nRussian President Vladimir Putin returned to the theme in his own address congratulating former Soviet nations on the 77th anniversary of Nazi Germany's defeat, saying that \"as in 1945, victory will be ours\".\n\nUkrainian officials fear Russia may step up its attacks ahead of Russia's Victory Day commemorations on Monday.\n\nMr Zelensky appealed to European nations, including the UK, France and the Netherlands, by likening Nazi bombings of their towns and cities to Russian strikes on urban areas in Ukraine.\n\nMeanwhile, more than 60 people are feared dead after a Russian bomb hit a school in eastern Ukraine on Saturday, local authorities said.\n\nThe governor of Ukraine's Luhansk region, Serhiy Haidai, said around 90 local residents had been sheltering in the school in the village of Bilohorivka, near the frontline in the Donbas region.", "Ava White was stabbed in Liverpool city centre while out with friends\n\nA teenager stabbed a 12-year-old girl to death after she objected to being filmed, a court has heard.\n\nAva White died from her injuries after she was stabbed in Liverpool city centre while out with friends on 25 November 2021.\n\nLiverpool Crown Court heard a 14-year-old boy killed Ava with a knife with a 7.5cm (2.9in) blade after they met by chance at a Christmas lights switch-on.\n\nThe boy has pleaded guilty to having an offensive weapon but denies murder.\n\nCharlotte Newell QC, prosecuting, said: \"That knife was used to stab Ava, causing her fatal wound.\n\n\"That was done after they argued over the fact that he and his group had, without permission, filmed the antics of Ava and others in her group.\n\n\"Ava in particular was appalled and angry that they were filming her and was quite insistent that they delete the footage.\"\n\nThe boy laughed and ran away after the attack before attempting to cover his tracks, the prosecutor said.\n\nShe said Ava and her friends, all aged between 11 and 15, had shared some alcohol and had been \"messing around\" near the city's Royal Court Theatre before being told to move on by security staff at about 20:15 GMT.\n\nThey moved to Richmond Street, where the defendant and his friends saw them and he began to film a video which he would later share on Snapchat, Ms Newell said.\n\nAva and a friend approached the boys and asked them to stop filming and delete the footage, before being joined by more of her friends, including two older boys.\n\nThe jury was told the older boys left but the defendant and his friends then \"jeered\" at Ava, causing her to run towards them.\n\nA 20-second clip showing the stabbing in School Lane was played to the court, which showed Ava approach the defendant.\n\nFamily members were in tears in the public gallery as the footage was played.\n\nBalloons were released at the start of the vigil in memory of Ava in December\n\nMs Newell said Ava had approached the defendant but did not \"inflict any violence upon him greater than a push, nor did she produce or have any weapon\".\n\nShe said the boy's reaction was not to turn and run or to slap or punch her.\n\nMs Newell told the court: \"Instead it was to thrust a knife into the neck of this unarmed child with what the pathologist was to determine was moderate force, the force of a firm punch.\"\n\nShe said the defendant now claimed he was acting in self-defence, fearing he would be assaulted or stabbed.\n\nThe prosecutor added: \"However, his reaction at the time was to smirk, to laugh and to run away, leaving Ava to die whilst he sought to distance himself from his actions.\"\n\nThe court heard he \"began a conscious cover-up\" of the crime, discarding his knife, phone and coat.\n\nMrs Justice Yip told the jury the defendant had attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and they may see him using a fidget toy to help his concentration.\n\nThe defendant, who cannot be named due to his age, also denies an alternative count of manslaughter.\n\nThe trial is expected to last three weeks.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Home Secretary Priti Patel was speaking to Metropolitan Police officers at a specialist training facility in Kent on Monday\n\nThe plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda will \"take time\" to bring into force, Home Secretary Priti Patel says.\n\nShe said the plan to send some to apply for asylum in the east African country would send a \"clear signal\" that there would be no right to remain in the UK.\n\nThe Home Office has said it will begin to inform people they will be relocated to Rwanda soon, but acknowledged delays were expected over legal challenges.\n\nMs Patel said lawyers would create \"hurdles and barriers\" to block it.\n\nShe added that the government was committed to implementing the scheme and would use \"every tool and every piece of legislation at our disposal\" to remove anyone who arrives \"illegally\".\n\nUnder the scheme, people who are seeking asylum after being deemed to have entered the UK unlawfully will be flown to the African country, where their application will be processed.\n\nIf successful, they would then have the option of long-term accommodation in the African country.\n\nAsked whether she was confident the plan would work and how long it would take to begin, Ms Patel said: \"I've said from day one, even when I signed the agreement and announced the partnership, that this will take time and it will take time for a range of reasons.\n\n\"We see various hurdles and barriers, mainly from specialist law firms that want to block the removal of individuals that have no right to be in our country.\"\n\nMs Patel added that the government's new nationality and borders bill granted \"greater powers and greater means\" to remove people who did not have a legal right to remain in the UK.\n\nThe Home Office said the first group of people, which will include migrants who crossed the Channel, will be informed of the intention to relocate them to Rwanda this week.\n\nThe department said the government \"has the power to detain individuals pending their removal from the UK\", adding the first flights were expected to take place in the coming months.\n\nHowever, the it said lawyers for some of those to be flown to Rwanda are anticipated lodge claims to stop their removal.\n\nThe home secretary also said the ongoing issue of small boat crossings was \"exactly why we changed our laws\" and why the agreement with the Rwandan government was struck.\n\nShe said: \"It's sending out a clear signal that those that come to our country illegally will have no right to remain in our country, and we will use every tool and every piece of legislation that we have at our disposal to make sure that we can remove them.\"\n\nFollowing the scheme's announcement, the government said it would be a major blow to people smugglers and would stop people dying on dangerous routes to the UK.\n\nThe decision followed a drastic rise in the number of small boat crossings across the English Channel, with more than 6,000 people crossing so far this year.\n\nHome Office figures suggest 28,526 people made the crossing in 2021, up from 8,466 the year before.\n\nHowever, the policy has also come under significant criticism, with questions raised about its ethics, legality, cost and efficacy.\n\nAmong the critics are more than 160 charities, the Archbishop of Canterbury, opposition parties and senior Conservative Party backbenchers, including former Prime Minister Theresa May.\n\nMs Patel insisted the plan's critics had \"no answers\" to the problem of dangerous small boat crossings.\n\nLast week, Prime Minister Boris Johnson was criticised for speaking out against \"liberal lawyers\" bringing challenges against the deal.", "The Pride of Kent has been cleared to resume sailing on the Dover to Calais route\n\nA second P&O ferry has passed its safety inspection, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has said.\n\nThe Pride of Kent can now join the Spirit of Britain, which the MCA cleared to sail on 23 April, after it was detained for two weeks.\n\nSafety fears were raised after P&O replaced nearly 800 seafarers with cheaper agency staff in March.\n\nP&O tweeted on Monday evening that it would be running a one ship schedule until 12 May.\n\nA spokesperson for the MCA said: \"The Pride of Kent has been released from detention and can commence operations when P&O Ferries are ready.\"\n\nThey added no further inspections of P&O ferries are planned at the moment, but will be carried out at the request of the company.\n\nP&O operates four ferries on the Dover to Calais route, with the remaining two vessels the Pride of Canterbury and the Spirit of France still out of service.\n\nLast month it's vessel the European Causeway, which operates on the Irish sea route, spent hours adrift after losing power, having been cleared to sail by the MCA.\n\nThe company said it was down to a \"temporary mechanical issue\".\n\nProtests against P&O's sacking of 800 seafarers have been held in ports such as Dover\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps has called for P&O to repay the £11m in government money it had received to furlough staff during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe RMT union has organised several demonstrations up and down the country, in protest at the sacking of the seafarers by P&O.\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "High Street chemists have run out of some hay-fever medicine, as a UK industry-wide shortage hits supplies.\n\nStocks of chlorphenamine maleate, the active ingredient in brands such as Piriton, are limited, Boots says.\n\nThe chain said it still had a large range of other hay-fever medicines in stores and online.\n\nPollen counts will remain medium to high across much of the UK this week, the Met Office says.\n\nA Boots official said: \"There are a very small number of lines that are currently out of stock due to a current, industry-wide shortage of the active ingredient.\n\n\"However, we are expecting this to be resolved soon and new deliveries are expected in the coming weeks.\"\n\nBoots says it has over 90 hay fever relief products - four are impacted by the shortage.\n\nSome hay-fever medication, including chlorphenamine, can cause drowsiness.\n\nThose affected should avoid driving, riding a bike and using tools or machinery.\n\nAs well as a variety of pills, shops sell nasal sprays and eye drops that can relieve symptoms, such as itchy eyes and runny nose.\n\nMedicine shortages are not new and can be due to manufacturing issues, global demand or disruption with the supply chain. Royal Pharmaceutical Society president Claire Anderson said pharmacists and pharmacy teams were used to managing and dealing with them.\n\nAt the end of April, the government appointed a hormone-replacement therapy (HRT) tsar to tackle drug shortages affecting products used by about a million women in the UK to treat menopause symptoms.\n\nHay fever, also known as allergic rhinitis, affects almost 10 million people in England, of all ages. That's almost one in four adults and one in 10 children.\n\nIt is caused by an allergic response to allergens, such as pollen. Some people are triggered by tree pollen - typically around March to mid-May - and others by grass or weed pollen which come slightly later in the season.\n\nWhen this happens, the body makes a chemical called histamine.\n\nDrugs called antihistamines - chlorphenamine is an antihistamine - can help with the symptoms.\n\nSome of the symptoms of hay fever overlap with those of Covid.\n\nIf you think you may have a respiratory infection, such as Covid, try to avoid contact with other people, especially those at higher risk of becoming seriously unwell.\n• None How often should you change your bed sheets?\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "New legislation would boost the schools regulator's powers to crack down on unregistered schools operating illegally in England, ministers say.\n\nThe government says its Schools Bill will also introduce compulsory registers so children not receiving a full education can be identified.\n\nEducation Secretary Nadhim Zahawi said the bill would ensure \"every child has access to an education they deserve\".\n\nBut Labour said the Conservatives were \"failing our children\".\n\nShadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson said the government was \"obsessing over structures instead of improving children's experience in the classroom\".\n\nShe said there was \"no plan\" to improve teaching or \"tackle the exodus of school staff from our classrooms\" and that Labour had proposals to boost new teacher numbers by 6,500.\n\nThe government's new Schools Bill will be formally announced in Tuesday's Queen's Speech - where Her Majesty will read out the legislation ministers intend to introduce during the next session of Parliament.\n\nReleasing details of the bill ahead of that speech, the government said it would give the schools regulator Ofsted more powers to tackle illegal unregistered schools.\n\nOfsted defines an unregistered school as \"an educational establishment that meets the legal definition of an independent (private) school, but is not registered with the Department for Education\".\n\nIn 2019, Ofsted estimated that a fifth of unregistered schools were faith schools including 36 Islamic, 18 Jewish and 12 Christian schools. Other unregistered educational settings include alternative provision for children excluded from school.\n\nLast year, the regulator warned that unregistered schools \"intentionally operate\" outside of regulations that protect children's welfare, safety and education standards.\n\nAn Ofsted team has been working for several years to identify such schools. Some have been closed down following successful prosecutions.\n\nChris Russell, from Ofsted, said the buildings were often \"unsafe and squalid\" and that many of the settings' offered a \"narrow curriculum\" that failed to meet children's educational needs.\n\nHe said legislation had not \"kept up with the reality on the ground\" and that institutions were \"exploiting loopholes\" in the law.\n\nThese plans could broadly be summed up as \"steady as we go\", rather than being a radical rethink coming out of the pandemic.\n\nSo you can expect to hear more about:\n\nThis includes building on the work of an existing Ofsted team that shuts down small education settings that have failed to register as a school.\n\nBut the money going into helping education in England recover, just under £5bn, is only a third of that called for by those advising the government.\n\nThe most radical shift of all is the promise to future 18-year-olds of a learning fund they can dip into throughout their lives, to study for higher qualifications.\n\nHumanists UK, a group which has campaigned against illegal schools for years, said it was \"delighted\" with the government's proposals.\n\n\"These plans should finally see the authorities given the tools they need to take enforcement action,\" said spokesman Robert Cann.\n\nThe government says introducing compulsory registers would ensure the \"system can identify those who are not receiving a suitable full-time education\".\n\nThe bill would also place a duty on local authorities to provide support to home-schooling families so that \"no child falls through the cracks\".\n\nIn October 2021, the Association of Directors of Children's Services estimated that there were around 81,2000 registered home educated children in England - although this was based on partial responses from local authorities.\n\nThe government says its Schools Bill would put in place proposals outlined in its white paper - a policy document - including implementing changes to how funding is allocated, requiring schools to publish an attendance policy to ensure children consistently attend school and supporting schools to become part of multi-academy trusts.\n\nAcademy schools are state-funded directly by government and run independently from local councils. At the moment, 52% of pupils are at academies.\n\nA Higher Education Bill is also expected to be included in the Queen's Speech. The legislation will introduction of the lifelong loan entitlement - allowing people to access a loan to retrain.", "Railways are increasingly being targeted by Russian forces in the war in Ukraine, but one line close to Kyiv has been restored in just a month.\n\nA railway bridge that connected the once Russian-occupied towns of Irpin, Bucha and Borodyanka with the capital has now been rebuilt – a symbol of hope for devastated communities.\n\nBBC Kyiv correspondent James Waterhouse has been on the first train on the restored route.\n\nCamera and editing by Duncan Stone, produced by Hanna Chornous and Siobhan Leahy.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThousands of travellers have faced hours of long queues at Birmingham Airport.\n\nPassengers described the situation as \"absolute chaos\" and \"manic\" as lines snaked outside of the airport terminal.\n\nBirmingham Airport said queues were long on Monday morning, but only 23 out of 7,500 passengers missed flights.\n\nTravellers at Manchester Airport have also reported long queues on social media. Bosses there have previously blamed staff shortages.\n\nBirmingham Airport said the decision was taken to run queues for security outside the terminal building to prevent those becoming \"tangled\" with check-in queues.\n\nThe scenes come just over two months before Birmingham hosts the 2022 Commonwealth Games, with more than one million spectators expected at events across the region.\n\nSpeaking on Monday, one traveller said it took her \"two hours to get through check-in and security\".\n\nAnother said they feared missing their flight due to a \"lack of management\".\n\nA member of staff at Terry's Taxis in Hednesford, Cannock, said \"in all my years in the taxi business I've never seen anything as bad.\"\n\nA video showing the queues outside the airport was filmed by one of the company's drivers.\n\n\"Most people have been booking 30 to 40 minutes earlier than normal but now customers have seen that we've been inundated by them bringing their bookings forward,\" he said.\n\nBirmingham Airport said it was expecting 15,000 passengers on Monday, but half of those were booked on flights departing around its \"busy dawn peak\".\n\nIn a later statement, a spokesperson said 23 passengers out of 7,500 missed their flights due to the queues.\n\n\"Of the 7,500 customers booked to fly out of Birmingham Airport's in today's dawn peak, 99.7% successfully caught their flights,\" they said.\n\n\"Anyone who missed was rebooked.\"\n\nLong queues have become a regular feature in recent weeks at several airports, including Manchester, Heathrow and Stansted.\n\nA number of factors have been blamed, including staff shortages, a lack of Border Force officials and the spike in demand for travel as Covid-19 restrictions were lifted in the UK and further afield.\n\nWith the disruption over the Easter holidays largely blamed on staff shortages, airports insist new recruits - such as security staff - are starting to come through the system.\n\nAnd a law change aimed at speeding up the process should come into effect later this month.\n\nBut the fact we're still seeing queue flare-ups in some places, shows the issues caused by the workforce crunch cannot be solved overnight.\n\nThe industry will be hoping that things become smoother by the summer holidays.\n\nAviation businesses desperately need a successful peak season - and do not want passengers to be put off booking by pictures of lengthy queues.\n\nBirmingham Airport said although 43% of its staff were made redundant during the pandemic, it had started a recruitment drive in November and extra security officers were expected to be on duty soon after completing training.\n\nIt emerged over the weekend that easyJet is removing six seats from about 50 of its aircraft to enable it to operate them with three members of cabin crew rather than four, as the airline battles a shortage of staff.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Olga was dug out of a Nazi grave pit\n\nThe last time war came to Uman, the city was occupied by the Nazis.\n\nNow 83, Olga was only two years old when the soldiers arrived in her village.\n\nWe are sitting around a table in a Jewish community centre in Uman, a city slightly west of the centre of Ukraine. The walls of the centre are covered in smiling photos of family gatherings and a box of matzah stapled to a display of a shabbat meal.\n\nOlga watches the tea in her cup gradually turn a bitter dark brown. She doesn't touch the biscuits on the table. She lives just a few miles from where she was brought up.\n\n\"We were taken 5km [three miles] to a field. I was with my mum and my grannie,\" she tells us. \"When we came to the field ditches were already dug. They began to shoot. We were surrounded by the dogs, by policemen, to stop anyone from running away.\n\n\"People started to fall into the ditch. Alive, dead, wounded. They started in the morning and it went on until midday. Then they sprinkled a little earth and left.\n\n\"Two boys, aged six and seven, survived. They started to look for other survivors. They dug me out with their hands.\"\n\nOlga survived, kept hidden by a family until the war ended.\n\nDmytro's family lived in a forest to escape the Nazi\n\nShe's one of three Holocaust survivors at the table. The other stories are similarly shocking. Dmytro's family lived in a forest to escape the Nazis. Yevhen remembers narrowly escaping from a basement when Nazi soldiers attempted to gas him with exhaust fumes. Only his mother and he survived the war.\n\nRussian President Vladimir Putin's repeated accusations that Ukraine needs to be de-Nazified feel particularly insulting to a group that lived through the occupation.\n\n\"I have many relatives in Russia. They start telling me that we have a lot of Nazis,\" says Dmytro. \"I tell them, if this is true, then I am also a Nazi. You can kill me too.\"\n\n\"Putin has no business here,\" says Olga. \"The way he mocks peaceful people is simply unimaginable.\"\n\nNazis attempted to gas Yevhen with exhaust fumes during the war\n\nNow in their 80s, they find their home city facing a new threat.\n\nThe city of Uman is well known as a place of pilgrimage for Orthodox Jews visiting the grave of Rabbi Nachman, the founder of Breslov Hasidic movement. Every year, during the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, thousands of worshipers arrive in the city.\n\nFor now, the streets close to the grave are quiet. Posters in Hebrew, advertising PCR tests, blow gently in the breeze. We are told that of around 2,000 Breslov Jews that live in the city year round, only between 50 and 100 have stayed. Uman was hit by a missile in the first days of the war, killing a cyclist. It was enough for many to decide to leave.\n\nUman is less than 160km from the Moldovan border. With roads leading from Dnipro in the east, Odesa in the south and Kyiv in the north, many evacuees passed through the city as they fled their country. Some of the Jewish community that stayed behind began to help.\n\n\"We decide to give them a place to sleep, the hotel and the medical centre,\" says Rabbi Nathan Ben Nun, president of the Rabbi Nachman foundation. \"War is not good, but we must make lemonade from lemons you know?\"\n\nRabbi Nathan Ben Nun is president of the Rabbi Nachman foundation, which has been helping evacuees\n\nOne of the largest synagogues in Europe, the Breslov Hasidic synagogue can hold thousands of worshippers across its three floors. Usually only full during Rosh Hashanah, now this cavernous space is used as a welcome centre, open to all regardless of religion as a first port of call when they arrive in the city. The space is used for clothing donations - piles of jumpers, woolly hats and T-shirts are spread out over its pews - and volunteers cook meals for anyone who needs it. The synagogue's basement, usually used for ceremonial washing - Mikveh - is now a bunker. Mattresses are piled up on the wooden changing benches.\n\n\"We've had up to 200 people staying here,\" says Irina Rybnitskaya, lawyer at the Rabbi Nachman foundation who has helped organise the response at the synagogue. \"Some sleeping all night. On the first day of the war everyone was afraid. No one knew what to do. A lot of people came to us, so we were hosting them with tea and coffee.\"\n\n\"The Hasidic community and Ukrainians became much closer. They don't differentiate between Jewish people or not Jewish. It doesn't matter.\"\n\nMany evacuees left in a hurry with few possessions, money or idea of where they would go. In some of the city's concrete block hotels, usually packed only once a year by pilgrims, families have been found rooms, paid for by Jewish foundations.\n\nIn one hotel, housing over 100 families, all now reliant on the kindness of strangers, we meet the seven members of the Yeremets family. They escaped from the Russian-occupied city of Kherson around two weeks ago. Piled up in the corner of their hotel room are three tool boxes.\n\nThe Yeremets family found refuge at the foundation\n\n\"I work in IT, but I can make furniture too,\" said one family member, Dmytro. \"I thought perhaps wherever we end up, it might be useful.\"\n\nThey were planning to sleep in their car when they stumbled across the foundation.\n\n\"I'm almost 70,\" says grandfather Victor. \"But I've never seen anything like this in my life. They just said - here's everything you need. We did not expect this.\"\n\n\"As long as I live, I will be so grateful to these people,\" says his daughter Ina.\n\nIn the hotel dining room, we find Rabbi Liron Ederi. As well as organising the hotel accommodation, he has also left his city of Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's home town. Rabbi Ederi says he's been thinking about his own mother, an Auschwitz survivor, and what she would have thought of the invasion, the violence, the fear, all carried out by Russia in the name of ridding Ukraine of Nazis.\n\n\"I believe that a person who accuses someone of something should first look in the mirror,\" he says.", "A demonstration against the bill was held outside Parliament as peers debated the proposed law\n\nThe government has suffered a series of defeats in the House of Lords over its plans to clamp down on disruptive and noisy protesters.\n\nOpposition peers voted against a range of measures in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, with Labour calling some of the plans \"outrageous\".\n\nPeers also voted to make misogyny a hate crime in England and Wales.\n\nNo 10 said it was disappointed peers voted against measures to combat the \"guerilla tactics\" of some protesters.\n\nThe bill now faces going back and forth between the Commons and Lords. The government is likely to continue fighting for its proposals.\n\nThe bill is a huge piece of legislation that covers major proposed changes on crime and justice in England and Wales.\n\nThe most controversial part of it is on the planned changes to protests - which the government proposed in response to environmental activists who have blocked roads, glued themselves to trains and stopped printing presses in recent years.\n\nThe government was hoping to get the Lords to support its proposals, but in a series of votes lasting until the early hours of Tuesday morning, peers repeatedly voted against the government.\n\nMinisters were defeated, by 261 votes to 166, over plans to give the police new powers to stop protests in England and Wales if they are deemed to be too noisy and disruptive.\n\nAnd the Lords also backed, by 238 votes to 171, a Liberal Democrat amendment to strip out the power to impose conditions on protests on noise grounds.\n\nAsked if measures against noisy protests would be reintroduced in the Commons, Mr Raab told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"We'll look very carefully at all of that, but, yes, absolutely.\n\n\"In relation to noise, of course we support the right of peaceful and rambunctious protest, but it cannot be allowed to interfere with the lives of the law-abiding majority.\"\n\nThe prime minister's official spokesman said it would \"reflect\" on the votes before the bill returned to the Commons.\n\nHe added: \"It is disappointing the Lords did not back the public order measures that will ensure the everyday lives of the overwhelming majority are not disrupted by a selfish minority of protesters whose actions endanger lives and cost the public millions of pounds.\"\n\nThe government lost 14 votes in the House of Lords on the detail of the Police, Crime Sentencing and Courts Bill on Monday night, to add to the five previous defeats in earlier debates.\n\nMost of these are reversible in the Commons because they represent changes to the bill, but the government was also trying to add in some changes of its own, introducing a series of new public order offences aimed at preventing a recurrence of last year's Insulate Britain and Extinction Rebellion protests.\n\nBecause the Lords blocked these from becoming part of the bill, they won't be sent back to the Commons.\n\nLabour had approached this issue warily, conscious that they could be accused of allowing the rights of protesters to trump the rights of ordinary people to go about their lives, so they proposed what they regarded as a more focused alternative - but ended up helping vote down the government's new clauses as unacceptable on civil liberties grounds.\n\nMy best guess is that the government's proposals will resurface as a free standing public order bill, when the new Parliamentary year begins in April.\n\nOther amendments on subjects like misogyny, noise at demonstrations, drink-spiking, the Police duty of candour, the repeal of the Vagrancy Act and many more, will have to be agreed by MPs.\n\nThis is what's known as \"Parliamentary ping pong\", in which a bill bounces between the Commons and the Lords until both have agreed on its final form, and it can run on for quite a while.\n\nIt will have to be completed before the end of the current parliamentary session, expected in late March or April.\n\nPeers also voted against measures which would make it illegal for protesters to lock themselves to things and to give police officers powers to stop and search people in an attempt to prevent them taking part in illegal protests.\n\nGreen peer Baroness Jones described the government's plans as \"oppressive\" and \"plain nasty\".\n\n\"How do you seriously think a protest is going to happen without noise?\" she asked.\n\nThe drumming outside Parliament of protesters opposed to the bill could be heard inside the chamber\n\nLabour's Lord Hain called the move \"the biggest threat to the right to dissent and the right to protest in my lifetime\" adding that it would have \"throttled\" protests by the suffragettes.\n\nBut the government's Home Office minister in the Lords, Baroness Williams, defended the plans, telling peers that the police would only use the powers where \"necessary\" and \"appropriate\".\n\nShe urged peers to consider the different contexts in which a noisy protest could take place.\n\nThroughout the debate, drum noises from a demonstration outside Parliament against the bill could be heard in the Lords' chamber, but the minister said no-one would try to stop that.\n\nHowever, she said noisy anti-vaccination protests outside a school or nursing home were a different matter - and that police should have the powers to intervene if necessary.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Several hundred people marched in London chanting \"kill the Bill\"\n\nThe government also suffered a defeat over a separate issue when peers voted to make misogyny a hate crime in England and Wales - a move that would enable judges to impose stronger penalties if prejudice against women is proved to be the motivation.\n\nThe proposal was added to the bill as an amendment against the government's wishes and led by Conservative peer Baroness Newlove - a former victims' commissioner.\n\nBaroness Newlove said: \"As a society we have rightly taken steps to acknowledge the severity of racist or homophobic crimes, but have not yet acted on crimes driven by hatred of women.\"\n\nCrossbench peer Baroness Fox, the former Brexit Party MEP, argued against the proposal, saying the data collected would be \"almost entirely based on subjective perceptions\" of what constituted misogyny.\n\nShe warned that police resources would be wasted if they got \"tangled up in the reporting and monitoring of stats and data which I do not think is reliable\".\n\nHome Office Minister Baroness Williams pointed to a report by the Law Commission last year which concluded that making misogyny a hate crime would not solve the problem of hostility towards women.\n\nThe amendment had support from Labour and the Liberal Democrats and it was backed by 242 votes to 185.\n\nPeers voted against the government's plans to:\n\nPeers voted for new amendments to the bill that would:", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: If I get Covid fine, I will go - Starmer says he'll step down as leader\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said he will quit if given a fine by Durham police for breaking lockdown rules.\n\nDeputy leader Angela Rayner also confirmed she would step down if fined.\n\nThe opposition leader has been under pressure after police announced a probe into an event in April 2021, when he had curry and beer at an MP's office during an election campaign visit.\n\nSir Keir has insisted rules were not broken and Labour says it has evidence showing it was a work event.\n\nResponding to Sir Keir's statement, Culture Minister Chris Philp accused the Labour leader trying to \"pressure the police into clearing him\", which he called \"deeply inappropriate\".\n\nConservatives had previously accused Sir Keir of \"rank double standards\" as the opposition leader had called for Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak to resign over attending Downing Street lockdown events.\n\nDurham police launched their inquiry on Friday after the local elections, having previously said they did not believe an offence had been committed.\n\nIt's thought the police investigation could last up to eight weeks.\n\nThe event under investigation took place at the constituency office of City of Durham Labour MP Mary Foy, where Sir Keir drank beer and ate curry, while lockdown restrictions were in place.\n\nThere was an exemption for \"work purposes\" - and Labour have said Sir Keir was eating \"between work demands\".\n\nThe party says it has \"documentary evidence\" that people worked before and after the meal on the night in question.\n\nA source said the party had evidence Sir Keir's team worked until 01:00, as first reported by the Guardian.\n\nThis is a massive gamble from Sir Keir Starmer - but one where circumstance, in his judgement, made the alternative worse.\n\nSay nothing and be politically crippled for up to two months, while the police decide what to do.\n\nA former director of public prosecutions, steeped in the law, who called for the prime minister and chancellor to resign for breaking the rules, unwilling to confirm what he'd do if the same thing happens.\n\nInstead Sir Keir has said if he's fined he'll resign.\n\nThis means he can reclaim - at least some - moral high ground and say the moral bar he set for others is the one he'll hold himself to.\n\nIt places a colossal responsibility on the shoulders of Durham police: their decision could finish the political career of a man who hopes to be the next prime minister.\n\nIt means in the short term Keir Starmer has some political room for manoeuvre.\n\nIn the long term, if he avoids a fine, it could help define him - and his character - in the public's mind.\n\nIf he doesn't, it's curtains for him, and a Labour leadership race will beckon.\n\nAddressing the police inquiry on Monday, Sir Keir said he had \"always followed the rules\" and outlined how Covid rules had prevented him from offering support to his father-in-law when his wife's mother died.\n\n\"Barely a day has passed when we haven't agonised over that decision,\" he said.\n\nHe reiterated his insistence that he had not broken the rules and suggested his opponents \"didn't believe it themselves\" but were simply trying \"to get the public to believe all politicians are the same\".\n\n\"I'm here to say they are not - I believe in honour, integrity and the principle that those who make the laws should follow them,\" he added.\n\n\"If the police decide to issue me with a fixed-penalty notice, I would of course do the right thing and step down.\"\n\nAsked what he would do if he were found to have breached the regulations, but not fined, Sir Keir replied: \"The penalty for a Covid breach is a fixed penalty notice - I've set out what the position is for that.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Footage shows Sir Keir Starmer drinking beer with colleagues in Durham on 30 April 2021\n\nLabour sources told the BBC's political editor Chris Mason, that the party leader sought advice from senior figures within the party before making his statement - there were strongly-held differences of opinion about what he should do, but he decided go with what was his own initial instinct.\n\nHis supporters hope, if he's not fined, this will help define Sir Keir in the public's mind, and, as one put it, be a \"clear dividing line\" with the prime minister.\n\n\"He could come to personify what the British people like - decency and fairness,\" one said, adding, \"if he falls he does for Boris as well\".", "More people in the UK are struggling to afford to eat every day as food prices rise, according to research by charity the Food Foundation.\n\nAround one in seven adults live in homes where people have skipped meals, reduced meal sizes or gone hungry, an online survey suggested.\n\nFood has become more expensive as producers push their rising energy costs on to consumers.\n\nPrices are rising by 7% a year in the UK - the highest rate for 30 years.\n\nThe Bank of England has warned inflation might reach 10% within months, as the rising prices of fuel and food put pressure on household budgets.\n\nThe Food Foundation also said that people had increasingly opted to take more cold food from food banks because of fears that cooking items would increase their energy costs.\n\nThe research by YouGov saw 10,674 adults surveyed online between April 22 and 29.\n\nIt found the number of people struggling to buy food has risen by 57% in three months.\n\nNearly 14% of survey respondents said they or someone in their household had eaten smaller meals or skipped meals because they were not able to afford it during the past month. This was up from 8.8% of the survey respondents in January.\n\nAnna Taylor, executive director of the Food Foundation said the situation is \"rapidly turning from an economic crisis to a health crisis\" which food banks should not \"possibly be expected to solve\".\n\n\"The government needs to realise the boat is sinking for many families and it needs to be fixed. Bailing out with emergency food parcels is not going to work,\" she added.\n\nA government spokesman said: \"We recognise the pressures on the cost of living and we are doing what we can to help, including spending £22bn across the next financial year to support people with energy bills and cut fuel duty.\n\n\"For the hardest hit, we're putting an average of £1,000 more per year into the pockets of working families on Universal Credit, have also boosted the minimum wage by more than £1,000 a year for full-time workers and our Household Support Fund is there to help with the cost of everyday essentials.\"\n\nShadow work and pensions secretary Jonathan Ashworth said: \"These are devastating findings that reveal the acute levels of hunger impacting families and children nationwide caused by the Conservative cost-of-living crisis.\"\n\nProf Sir Michael Marmot, director of the UCL Institute of Health Equity, said the survey's findings suggest society is \"failing in a fundamental way\".\n\n\"These figures on food insecurity are all the more chilling because the problem is solvable. But, far from being solved, it is getting worse,\" he added.\n\nAre you struggling with the rising cost of living? Email: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Rising temperatures are linked to more extreme weather events such as these floods in China\n\nThe likelihood of crossing a key global warming threshold has risen significantly, according to a new analysis.\n\nUK Met Office researchers say that there's now around a fifty-fifty chance that the world will warm by more than 1.5C over the next five years.\n\nSuch a rise would be temporary, but researchers are concerned about the overall direction of temperatures.\n\nIt's almost certain that 2022-2026 will see a record warmest year, they say.\n\nThe Met Office is the UK's national meteorological service.\n\nAs levels of warming gases in the atmosphere have accrued rapidly over the past three decades, global temperatures have responded by rising in step.\n\nIn 2015, the world's average temperature first went 1C above the pre-industrial levels, which are generally thought of as the temperatures recorded in the middle of the 19th century.\n\nThe recent heatwave in India has impacted millions of people\n\nThat was also the year that political leaders signed the Paris climate agreement, which committed the world to keeping the rise in global temperatures well below 2C while pursuing efforts keep them under 1.5C.\n\nAt COP26 in Glasgow last November, governments re-iterated their commitment to keeping \"1.5C alive.\"\n\nFor the past seven years, global temperatures have stayed at or around that 1C mark, with 2016 and 2020 essentially tied as the warmest years on record.\n\nScientists say that with around 1C of warming the world is already experiencing significant impacts such as the unprecedented wildfires seen in North America last year, or the drastic heatwaves currently hitting India and Pakistan.\n\nThis update from the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), carried out by the UK Met Office, says that the chances of temporarily going over 1.5C in one of the next five years have never been higher.\n\nThe study suggests that temperatures between 2022 and 2026 will be between 1.1C and 1.7C higher than pre-industrial levels.\n\nThe Met Office researchers predict that for any one year in the period, the likelihood of breaching the 1.5C level is around 48%, or close to 50:50.\n\nRising temperatures are linked to more extreme weather events such as these floods in China\n\n\"The basic thing that's changing is that the carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, are slowly creeping up,\" said Dr Leon Hermanson from the Met Office, the lead author of the report.\n\n\"I think people are already quite concerned about climate change and it is worrying, it is showing that we continue to warm the planet and we're getting closer to this first threshold that was set in the Paris agreement - and we need to continue doing everything we can to cut the use of fossil fuels.\"\n\nThe researchers say that going over 1.5C for one year isn't the same as a sustained rise where temperatures don't fall below this figure. The likelihood is that if it is exceeded in the next five years, it will fall below 1.5C again. However there is now little room for complacency.\n\n\"For as long as we continue to emit greenhouse gases, temperatures will continue to rise,\" said Prof Petteri Taalas from the WMO.\n\n\"And alongside that, our oceans will continue to become warmer and more acidic, sea ice and glaciers will continue to melt, sea level will continue to rise and our weather will become more extreme,\" he said.\n\nAccording to the study, the Arctic region will likely feel a greater impact of warming over the next five years compared to the rest of the world. The researchers say that the difference in temperatures from the long-term average will be three times as large in these areas.\n\nThe researchers also believe that one of the coming years will likely break the 2016 and 2020 record for warmest year.\n\nAt COP26 in Glasgow, political leaders reaffirmed their commitment to keep warming under 1.5C\n\nThat will happen, most likely in an El Niño year.\n\nThat's a natural, meteorological phenomenon associated with an unusual warming of the surface waters of the eastern Pacific ocean that can impact weather all over the world.\n\n\"The year we do exceed 1.5 degrees temporarily will probably be an El Niño year,\" said Dr Hermanson from the Met Office.\n\n\"It's on top of climate change, kind of like the wiggles on top of the trend, if you like, and the next record year will probably be an El Niño year, like 2016 was.\"\n\nThe Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update can be found here.", "Cora is a 12-seat restaurant above the Milkwood cafe in Pontcanna\n\nA law firm has launched an investigation after allegations senior members of staff treated a Cardiff restaurant manager badly.\n\nLily Griffith, 22, had served the group of six at Cora, Pontcanna, where they spent £1,000.\n\nOwner Lee Skeet called it his \"biggest bill ever\" - but gave the money to Ms Griffith, saying what happened to her \"broke my heart\".\n\nLaw firm Ince said it was aware of allegations and was investigating.\n\nLily served the group last Wednesday and complained about their conduct after they left, having spent £1,000 on food and drink.\n\nMr Skeet said he initially intended to give the money back, minus £100 as he said the group had not tipped, and ask them never to return to his restaurant.\n\nBut he later decided to give it to Lily, and shared a screenshot of the email he sent to one of the customers, complaining about their behaviour.\n\n\"Lily means a lot more to me than money. I also think you should assess the people you surround yourself with,\" it read.\n\nMr Skeet described the period since the allegations were made as \"a whirlwind\", saying they have been the \"hardest of my working life by a million miles\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by 𝕃𝕖𝕖 𝕊𝕜𝕖𝕖𝕥 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"It's been hell for us both, but I couldn't be more proud of how Lily has handled herself,\" he posted on social media.\n\n\"She's talked confidently and with class to countless journalists on TV and radio whilst not missing a minute of running the restaurant to the highest level. I've just hidden away and cooked.\"\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio Wales Drive last week, Lily said she was \"proud\" of her boss for \"calling out rich people\".\n\n\"I have a lot of support. I'm lucky in the fact that my boss has backed me up,\" Lily said.\n\n\"I already respected him before but I respect him a lot more now that he's not accepted that kind of behaviour that hospitality workers, speaking from experience, have always endured.\n\n\"It's not acceptable and it's about time that people like Lee have made a massive deal about it and not accepted it and not welcomed that behaviour again, stopping the chain of events.\"\n\nMr Skeet has asked the customers never to return to his restaurant\n\nShe said it was an isolated incident, but it needed to be called out.\n\nLily has worked at Cora for six months and said most people had been \"so nice and warm\", describing the group as \"one out of a thousand\".\n\n\"My mum and my sister are both in the industry and we experience a lot of power dynamics, particularly with men. The majority of the table were men in suits,\" she said.\n\n\"You don't need to be a man in a suit for respect - it's a mutual thing. Everyone deserves respect. Just because I'm a young lady in the restaurant manager role it doesn't mean that I deserve any less respect and I won't tolerate it - and neither will Lee.\"\n\nInce has teams of legal and business services professionals based in offices around Europe, the Middle East and Asia, including a legal office on Charles Street, Cardiff.\n\nA spokesman said: \"The company has been made aware of allegations in the media in relation to senior staff attending a dinner on Wednesday evening.\n\n\"The independent directors have therefore initiated a formal investigation. Whilst it is ongoing it would be inappropriate to comment further.\"", "Eilidh Barbour tweeted that the event had made her feel \"unwelcome\"\n\nAn organisation representing Scottish sports writers has apologised after an awards event speech prompted a walkout.\n\nTV presenter Eilidh Barbour was among guests who left Sunday's Scottish Football Writers' Association (SFWA) gala dinner in Glasgow in protest.\n\nMs Barbour tweeted that she had \"never felt so unwelcome in the industry\" while others have described the jokes as \"sexist, racist and homophobic\".\n\nThe SFWA said it apologised to anyone \"offended or upset\" by the speech.\n\nIt has also promised to review and improve the format of the annual dinner, which involves the presentation of awards including player and manager of the year.\n\nThe controversy centred on jokes made in a speech by Bill Copeland, a lawyer who works on the after-dinner speaking circuit.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBBC and Sky Sports presenter Barbour was among two tables of guests who were so offended that they walked out in protest.\n\nJournalist and author Gabriella Bennett, who was at one of the tables, told BBC Radio Scotland's Lunchtime Live programme she had heard misogynistic comments at previous SFWA events, but that Sunday's speech was \"the next level\".\n\n\"I walked out after about five minutes of maybe a 20-minute speech, and within those five minutes it was rammed with sexist jokes,\" she said.\n\nShe said she finally decided to go after hearing an \"offensive racial slur\".\n\nMs Bennett continued: \"My table stood up to leave and I saw Eilidh Barbour and people on her table stand up to leave - but it's also worth pointing out there were lots of people laughing at these jokes.\n\n\"We were two tables in an enormous room and lots of people found it really funny.\"\n\nFormer Scotland international Leanne Crichton said she was \"disheartened\"\n\nMs Bennett, a member of the Women in Journalism group, said the incident was part of a wider problem in sports journalism where only three out of 95 staff writers in the print side of the industry are women.\n\nShe added: \"What those three women told us - and maybe other women who are working in sports journalism, maybe in broadcasting - would make your hair stand on end.\n\n\"Some really, really, shocking testimonials from everything from intimidating atmospheres at football press boxes to sneering attitudes to women in sports.\"\n\nFormer Scotland international Leanne Crichton, who was also at the dinner, said she left the event feeling \"disheartened\".\n\n\"I don't think it was reflective of everyone who was in the room, and there are lots of positive strides,\" she told the BBC.\n\nBut she added: \"There's still a long way to go and I think last night was a stark reminder of that.\"\n\nKick it Out, a campaign against racism in football, and Women in Football issued a joint statement describing the remarks at the dinner as \"sexist, racist and homophobic\".\n\nIt said: \"Woman face sexism and misogyny in society and this is often exacerbated when they play a role in football or other sports - whether they're a player, a pundit or fan. That must change.\n\n\"Racism and homophobia continue to be a stain on the game, and we must continue to challenge it and eradicate it.\".\n\nAileen Campbell said misogyny should not be tolerated\n\nAileen Campbell, chief executive of Scottish Women's Football, told the BBC it was a disappointing incident, but said the general direction of travel in the game was positive.\n\nShe said: \"You think what a shame - we make great strides and then fall back a few paces as well.\n\n\"For me, it's as Leanne said - people are empowered enough now to call it out. We don't want to tolerate misogyny, nor should we.\"\n\nThe speaker, Bill Copeland, has been approached for comment. A speakers' agency that represents him said he stood by the SFWA's statement.\n\nIt said: \"The Scottish Football Writers' Association apologises to anyone offended or upset by material from one of our after-dinner speakers at last night's annual awards dinner.\n\n\"We have agreed unanimously that this will act as a catalyst to review and improve the format of our future events to make it an enjoyable and inspirational event for all.\"\n\nThe SFWA was formed more than 60 years ago to look after the interests of professional football writers in Scotland.\n\nHearts keeper Craig Gordon was named player of the year and Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou manager of the year at the ceremony, while Manchester City's Caroline Weir was winner of the inaugural women's international player of the year. Former Man Utd manager Sir Alex Ferguson received a lifetime achievement award.\n• None The campaign against sexism in football", "Ukrainian troops map their position in the Kharkiv region Image caption: Ukrainian troops map their position in the Kharkiv region\n\nUkraine claims to have liberated four settlements in the north-eastern Kharkiv region.\n\nCherkasy Tyshky, Ruski Tyshky, Rubizhne and Bayrak were all snatched back from Russia, said the latest update from the armed forces.\n\nRussia was continuing to intensify its offensive in Ukraine's east, the update said. The greatest activity was observed in the directions of Slobozhanske and Donetsk.\n\nRussian troops were reportedly replenishing ammunition and logistics while a battle for Izyum rages on.\n\nBut their advances in multiple other areas were said to be proving unsuccessful.\n\nThe update also confirmed that Russian efforts in Mariupol were focused on assaulting the Azovstal metal works, where more than 1,000 Ukrainian fighters are thought to be sheltering.\n\nIt was not possible for the BBC to independently confirm the armed forces' claims.", "Hannah Deakin is among those worried about the impact of transferring to universal credit\n\nPlans to forcibly move millions of people off legacy benefits and onto universal credit begin on Monday, amid calls for the process to be halted.\n\nSome 2.6 million claimants will begin to receive letters urging them to apply for universal credit.\n\nBut leading charities warn the enforced switchover could leave some vulnerable people \"unable to pay their bills\".\n\nMinisters insist the move to \"a benefit system suited to the 21st century\" will be \"carefully managed\".\n\nThe Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) aims to move all claimants to universal credit by the end of 2024.\n\nThe letters - to be sent out from Monday onwards - will give claimants a deadline, usually of three months, to apply for universal credit.\n\nBut charities say they have received no assurances that vulnerable people who do not respond in time will not have their existing benefits cut off.\n\nIn an open letter to Work and Pensions Secretary Thérèse Coffey, more than 20 charities say the whole process risks pushing thousands of vulnerable people - particularly those with mental health problems and learning disabilities - into destitution.\n\n\"Those too unwell to engage with the DWP could be left unable to pay their rent, buy food or pay their rising energy bills,\" warns Paul Farmer, chief executive of the mental health charity Mind.\n\n\"The DWP should halt this process.\"\n\nThe government's own analysis suggests almost half of the 2.6 million people who will be required to move to universal credit are in receipt of the main sickness benefit, Employment and Support Allowance, with a further million people currently receiving tax credits.\n\nThe DWP's latest projections suggest that following the move to universal credit:\n\nFormer floor layer Phil Wayland has been receiving Employment and Support Allowance for 10 years since being diagnosed with anxiety and depression.\n\nHis condition is often so severe he is unable to leave his home, making work impossible.\n\nPhil Wayland, from Rochford in Essex, is unable to work due to anxiety and depression\n\nPhil, 41, is apprehensive about the change: \"You've got roughly about a 50:50 chance of going either way,\" he says.\n\nBut money isn't his primary concern: \"Universal credit is more focused on forcing you into work, regardless of your point in recovery from your condition.\"\n\nHe is better than he was, he says, but fears being made to return to work too soon could set back his mental health.\n\nHannah Deakin, a 31-year-old wheelchair user from Surrey, hopes the government has learned lessons from the \"trials and traumas\" of many disabled people since Personal Independence Payments (PIPs) were introduced in 2013.\n\nHannah is in severe pain and cannot walk. She receives Employment and Support Allowance and enhanced PIP payments; she works 10 hours a week over several days.\n\nShe, like Phil, worries about being forced to take on more work than she can cope with, in order to secure a benefit which has not been designed specifically for disabled and chronically ill individuals.\n\n\"I hope this will not mean there is a lack of understanding that some disabled people can't work, or can work a few hours only. They are not lazy, they are just not able to, due to their symptoms, illnesses or disabilities.\"\n\nThe change, called managed migration, will start with around 500 claimants being contacted before being expanded.\n\nThe process was meant to be fully trialled in a pilot programme set up in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, in 2019, but the pandemic led to the experiment being stopped in early 2020 - after just 38 people had been \"migrated\".\n\nThe DWP has since decided not to restart the pilot but to proceed to moving everyone who remains on legacy benefits to universal credit.\n\nA previous plan to pause and assess the process after 10,000 people had been moved has also been dropped.\n\nMichelle Birley, who works for the Guinness Partnership Housing Association, took part in the Harrogate pilot, describing it as a \"positive experience\".\n\nAmong the key lessons was \"to find a time where there are no life events coming up, for instance, a birthday, so you can help them move from budgeting perhaps weekly or fortnightly to budgeting monthly\", she says.\n\nJames Taylor, director of strategy at the disability equality charity Scope, warned: \"This is a bad move at a terrible time, and hundreds of thousands of disabled people are in the firing line.\n\n\"It means that as costs ramp up, support slides down.\"\n\nThe government says people who lose out in the move will get a top-up payment called \"transitional protection\", but this will erode in value as it will not rise in line with inflation.\n\nWelfare experts are currently advising people on legacy benefits who fear losing out not to move voluntarily as they will not be eligible for the top-up.\n\n\"It's better to wait until the DWP contacts you. This way you'll get some short-term support with your income to help you manage the change,\" says Morgan Wild, Citizens Advice head of welfare policy.\n\n\"Once you've moved, you won't be able to go back to your previous benefits, so it's really important to understand how the move to universal credit will affect you, especially in the long term.\"\n\nA DWP spokesman said: \"Over five million people are already supported by universal credit.\n\n\"We know work is the best route out of poverty and universal credit is a dynamic system which adjusts as people's earnings change, is more generous overall than the old benefits and simplifies our safety net for those who cannot work.\"\n\nThe spokesman said moving to universal credit would boost the incomes of 1.4 million people by a total of £4bn a year.", "Deon and Heather Barnard had never spent more than two days apart\n\nCouples kept in separate countries by a visa backlog say the Home Office has failed to tell them how long delays might be.\n\nBritish citizens told BBC News they had not seen their spouses for six months - twice the usual processing time.\n\nSome spouses were told only days before the end of the three months there would be a delay so had already quit their jobs or ended rental contracts.\n\nThe Home Office says the delays are due to the war in Ukraine.\n\n\"We are prioritising Ukraine Family Scheme and Homes for Ukraine applications in response to the humanitarian crisis caused by [Russian President Vladimir] Putin's barbaric invasion of Ukraine, so applications for study, work and family visas have taken longer to process,\" an official told BBC News.\n\n\"We are working at pace to ensure these are issued as quickly as possible.\"\n\nBut more than 150 people have contacted BBC News to raise the issue of delays.\n\nAnd according to a crowdsourced spreadsheet containing the details of more than 200 couples - set up by an applicant in Los Angeles and shared with BBC News - some have been waiting more than double the expected time.\n\nDeon Barnard, 49, and Heather, 54, grew up in South Africa and have been together for 13 years. They got married in a Lord of the Rings-themed ceremony five years ago.\n\nBefore applying for the spousal visa, they had only ever spent two days apart.\n\nThe couple married five years ago, in a Lord of the Rings-themed ceremony\n\nDeon's mother was British, and he was granted British citizenship three years ago. The couple then decided to relocate to the UK for better work opportunities and quality of life.\n\nThey submitted their application on 23 December 2021 and Deon moved to Uxbridge, west London, to start a new job.\n\n\"We were expecting, according to our calculations and according to our [immigration] agents as well, about 28 March would've been our date of receiving our [visa],\" he told BBC News.\n\n\"Heather would've been on a plane the next day.\n\n\"On about 26 March, we got a letter from the [Home Office] that, due to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, visa applications were now paused.\n\n\"And there was no information, no date, no expectations set, nothing - that was just the end of the story.\n\n\"And we've been waiting ever since.\"\n\nFor an initial fiance or spousal visa, the non-British partner in a couple has to apply from their home country, while their British partner has to already be living and working in the UK.\n\nApplicants in some countries can usually pay an extra £500 to £800 for priority services, which allow them to receive a decision within a few weeks.\n\nBut in March, all priority services were suspended for people applying from abroad.\n\nOnce granted their visa, the partners have a limited time - 30 days - to move to the UK.\n\nMany, including Heather, were told of the delays only after they had given notice to their employers and landlords - and they now face an indefinite wait alone, without a job or a home.\n\n\"She's living on beds on the floor at her parents', then she'll go spend two weeks at her sister's, then go spend two weeks at her brother's... in a complete state of limbo,\" Deon said.\n\n\"She can't start anything, she can't get a job.\n\n\"It's an admin issue - but that admin issue has now just stopped life.\"\n\nThe couple also had to sell all of their assets in South Africa to pay for their application, which has cost them several thousand pounds.\n\n\"It's an enormous amount of money, a spousal visa,\" Deon says. \"If you're wealthy and you own a business or something, then it's a different situation - but we're just regular working people.\"\n\nThey are supportive of Ukrainians coming to the UK, but say more people should be hired to tackle the extra demand, rather than allowing the backlog to grow.\n• None Pakistan:Where most people who were given family visas last year were from\n• None 60working days - about three months - is how long a standard spousal visa usually takes to process\n• None Over 130working days - or over six months - is how long some applicants have been waiting due to Ukraine-related delays\n\nOthers who contacted BBC News said the process was \"uniquely cruel and unbearable... we are directly being forced to be apart... with no clear end in sight\".\n\nOne young woman's fiance missed the birth of their first child.\n\nAnother, in New York, unable to afford private maternity care in the US, terminated an early pregnancy.\n\nAn applicant who paid for priority service at the start of the year said the Home Office \"will not allow me any information on ETA [estimated time of arrival] or even confirm I am still in any kind of priority queue\".\n\nMariam Khaliq, immigration head at law firm Bishop and Sewell, was one of several immigration solicitors to tell BBC News the problem was affecting \"the majority\" of clients.\n\n\"Whether applicants are applying inside the UK or outside the UK... there just seem to be delays throughout the Home Office,\" she said.\n\nAnother couple, James and Adriana - who, worried speaking out could jeopardise their application, asked for their names to be changed - also struggled to find the money to apply.\n\nThey had to take out a loan to pay the fees, which they say has cost them more than £5,000.\n\n\"When we applied, we were told it would be 60 [working] days,\" James said. \"Now here we are, almost 100 working days later.\"\n\nThe couple married in November 2021, in Gibraltar.\n\nAdriana returned to Brazil to submit her application, while James waited for her at his home in Essex. Both of them moved back in with their parents to save money.\n\nAnd like Heather, Adriana had to give notice to her employer.\n\nIf they had an idea of how long the delays would be, the process would be \"way easier\", James says.\n\n\"We'd be frustrated - but we could deal with it, we could plan.\"\n\nBut because of the stress, James and Adriana, who is having regular anxiety attacks, have both started seeing therapists.\n\n\"I honestly feel like I've been punished because I've fallen in love with someone who's not British or European,\" he said.", "The Queen has traditionally travelled by carriage to open Parliament - but not this year\n\nAfter a bruising set of local election results and with questions about the prime minister's leadership lingering, the Queen's Speech is meant to be a relaunch moment for Boris Johnson's government.\n\nHe will try to convince Conservative MPs - and the country - that he can deliver on his promises, and with the next general election expected within two years it's one of the last chances to set out a legislative plan to do so.\n\nThe cost of living is said to be at the \"forefront\" of the prime minister's mind - he has promised measures to drive economic growth and ease the burden on families and businesses.\n\nThere's likely to be announcements about maximising so-called Brexit opportunities; amending or removing EU law that was carried over after Brexit and cutting back on regulation in the hope of energising the economy.\n\nThat will please some Conservative MPs, not least those who've been concerned about the level of state intervention since the pandemic.\n\nOne backbencher said: \"It's about time. It's been frustrating that we've not looked at Brexit gains in that way. We've been necessarily big state and big spend for the past two years, but it's becoming increasingly uncomfortable. \"\n\nBut some fear the Queen's Speech will fall far short on direct measures to tackle the rising cost of living, in particular energy bills.\n\nOne senior Tory MP said: \"I don't get many get constituents emailing me on Brexit opportunities, but I do get businesses emailing me worried about going bust and individuals emailing about not being able to feed their families.\n\n\"The government needs to do something substantial. It's not sustainable not to.\"\n\nWith Labour set to claim the government lacks ideas and action on the cost of living, Boris Johnson's challenge will be persuading his party and voters that in this Queen's Speech, he does have some answers.\n\nThe prime minister promoted British food at a Downing Street event on Monday\n\nLevelling-up is expected to feature heavily; the pledge to address regional inequalities that Levelling-Up Secretary Michael Gove said was even more important with the cost of living crisis set to deepen inequality.\n\nExpect plans to tackle empty high street shops and vacant second homes, the possibility of more protection for tenants and a schools bill that's intended to raise standards.\n\nFor some Conservative MPs the emphasis must be on action as much as ambition.\n\nOne said: \"We've talked a lot about how much we're investing in disadvantaged areas and levelling-up, but for a lot of people that's quite abstract until they see spades in the ground or physical changes.\n\n\"A lot of it is about skills and longer term stuff, but it's a balance between that and people being able to see outcomes, because otherwise they're not going to believe us.\"\n\nThe other challenge for Boris Johnson is holding together the coalition of support that swept him to power in 2019; delivering for voters who turned from Labour in the Midlands and north of England, without alienating the traditional Tory voters in parts of the south.\n\nThere are nerves in the Conservative Party about the progress the Liberal Democrats made in the recent local elections.\n\nIt all adds up to there being a lot riding on this Queen's Speech.\n\nWith confidence in Boris Johnson dented after the partygate saga and some MPs still contemplating his long-term future, the prime minister needs to convince his party and the country he has a plan - and then prove he can deliver.", "The boss of Scottish Power has warned that millions of customers face an horrific winter unless there is a major government intervention in energy firms.\n\nKeith Anderson, chief executive of Scottish Power, told the BBC that another expected rise in energy bills in October to between £2,500 and £3,000 a year could see huge losses for suppliers and many customers unable to pay their bills.\n\nHe warned regulator Ofgem that setting the new price cap too low could risk suppliers collapsing or the foreign owned firms leaving the market.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak told the BBC: \"Where we can make a difference, particularly for those who really need our help, that's what we're going to do.\"\n\nMr Anderson has put some flesh on the bones of a plan he first mentioned in a frank exchange with a committee of MPs three weeks ago.\n\nHe has called for ten million households to have their energy bills reduced by £1,000 this October.\n\nHe said the government's plan to give each household £200 towards their energy bill - a sum that will need to be paid back - would not be enough.\n\n\"We need to be realistic about the gravity of the situation - around 40% of UK households, potentially 10 million homes, could be in fuel poverty this winter,\" Mr Anderson explained.\n\nThe price cap is set to be increased again in October.\n\nTo date, the government has said it will offer extra relief of £150 in April via the council tax system in England, and in October customers in England, Scotland and Wales will receive a £200 rebate on their energy bills.\n\nThey will have to repay this at £40 a year for five years, starting in April 2023.\n\nHowever, Mr Anderson said a £10bn tariff reduction fund could be paid for by adding £40 annually to all household energy bills for the next decade. He said this would be the most effective to avoid fuel poverty for the most vulnerable.\n\nMr Anderson said that such a fund would directly tackle the biggest cause of the cost of living crisis in a way that other measures - such as the recent 5p cut to fuel duty or a possible cut to the frequency of MOT testing - do not.\n\nHouseholds on pre-payment meters and those in receipt of benefits would be eligible for the discount.\n\nGerard Barwick said he was concerned about being able to afford potential energy price rises in October\n\nGerard Barwick lives in Newcastle with his partner and their granddaughter. He's a DJ, but lost his business during the pandemic.\n\nAt the moment they're relying on a single wage to pay their bills, and April has been particularly tough.\n\n\"We used to be able to afford the odd night out. Now we can't afford to do anything,\" said Mr Barwick, who is receiving help from the charity National Energy Action.\n\n\"We've cut back on putting the heating on, we're not using as much electricity, we're cutting back on meals. But there's only so much you can cut back on,\" he said.\n\n\"We're really worried about our bills right now. Come October, we might have to find another £1,000.\n\n\"We're already looking at an empty purse, and you can't pull any more money out of an empty purse,\" he said.\n\nMr Anderson also said more energy companies could collapse if their customers were unable to pay their bills.\n\nScottish Power is owned by Spanish firm Iberdrola and Mr Anderson fears that foreign owned energy suppliers - including EDF, Eon and his own - might struggle to persuade their parent companies to continue to subsidise loss-making UK subsidiaries and exit the UK market.\n\nScottish Power is also concerned that energy companies will sustain further big losses if Ofgem sets the new energy price cap - due to take effect in October - too low.\n\nWholesale gas prices have fallen sharply since the all time records set in March.\n\nHowever, many energy companies bought the gas they will supply this winter at prices much higher than current levels.\n\nIf Ofgem does not recognise this when it sets the new cap, some firms will have to sell at a significant loss threatening them with further distress or collapse which would further destabilise the market, according to Scottish Power.\n\n\"We need to find a way to help those that need it in time for winter in a way that doesn't exacerbate the issues we've already seen in the industry with supplier failures and very real concerns about billpayers running up unsustainable debts,\" Mr Anderson continued.\n\nEnergy suppliers concede that further government support would help them as well as their customers.\n\nMeanwhile, government officials privately say that it is hard to distinguish between genuine potential financial distress for the energy companies and intense lobbying.\n\nOfgem responded that it is \"too soon\" to predict the level of the price cap from October. However, it said that new measures earlier this year will allow it in \"exceptional circumstances\", to update the price cap more frequently than once every six months, to \"ensure that the price cap continues to reflect the true cost of supplying energy\".\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak said people will have to wait until the autumn for any further help with their energy bills.\n\nSpeaking at an event promoting small businesses in Norwich, Mr Sunak told the BBC the government \"stands ready to do more as the situation requires it\" but said the Treasury would need to wait for \"better clarity on what energy prices will be in the autumn\".", "An anniversary regarded by unionists as a cause for celebration, the creation of a life raft for those intent on preserving their British identity as the rest of the island broke away from the UK.\n\nHowever nationalists viewed the moment as a time to deeply regret the partition of Ireland they hope will one day be reversed.\n\nUnionists wanted a memorial stone erected at Stormont, but Sinn Féin said no.\n\nIn their view there's already quite enough unionist statues and plaques scattered around the estate.\n\nFor 100 years, the words Stormont and unionism have tripped off the tongue together.\n\nThe old unionist-dominated parliament was suspended in the early years of the Troubles and unionists had to be carried out of it loudly protesting.\n\nThe new power-sharing administration ushered in by the Good Friday Agreement proved a very different beast.\n\nEven so, in the quarter of a century since then a unionist always occupied the first minister's position, first via the Ulster Unionist David Trimble, then courtesy of Ian Paisley and his Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) successors.\n\nUnder the 1998 deal, Stormont's power couple were elected as a team.\n\nBut when the DUP and Sinn Féin agreed to share power in 2007, those rules were changed to enable automatic appointments to be made based on party strengths.\n\nThat opened the door to Michelle O'Neill's latest potential promotion.\n\nIt's true the powers and responsibilities of the first and deputy first ministers are exactly the same, but you can point that out in vain.\n\nNorthern Ireland is a place where titles and symbolism count.\n\nFor the DUP, the election outcome is a shock to the system.\n\nBut it's hardly surprising after all its internal bloodletting over the controversial post-Brexit trading arrangements which put a trade border between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.\n\nTreating Northern Ireland as, economically, another country from the rest of the UK was always going to raise unionist hackles.\n\nThe DUP were kingmakers after the 2017 General Election - but those days are long ago\n\nFirst Arlene Foster and then Edwin Poots fell from grace, leaving Sir Jeffrey Donaldson to pick up the pieces.\n\nThe DUP's halcyon days, when its MPs held the Westminster balance of power, seem long ago, even though the choices made then sowed the seeds which Sir Jeffrey is reaping now.\n\nThe DUP and unionism in general will take some time to absorb this election outcome.\n\nIt may take weeks or months to find a formula which assuages unionist concerns over the Brexit protocol while keeping the election victors, Sinn Féin, onside.\n\nExpect a tug-of-war between those unionists and loyalists who insist only a hard line will deliver the complete removal of the protocol, and those prepared to settle for pragmatic fixes.\n\nEdwin Poots was elected in South Belfast, Sir Jeffrey in Lagan Valley\n\nBeyond these immediate protocol concerns, unionism is struggling with a long-term picture in which demographic trends have led to a growing nationalist community.\n\nMoreover many younger voters find the DUP's stances on social, cultural and identity issues unattractive and are increasingly rejecting traditional orange and green politics altogether.\n\nAlthough the DUP now represents only 21% of the vote, unionism as a whole still accounts for just over 40%.\n\nBut nationalism is also on roughly 40%, while the centre-ground Alliance Party makes up the vast bulk of the other 20% - potentially a key swing vote in any future referendum on Irish unity.\n\nUnionists can no longer stroll around Stormont as if they own the place, as they did in the early decades of the parliament.\n\nMichelle O'Neill (left) and Sinn Féin leader Mary-Lou McDonald - it's been a historic election for the party\n\nSome who once scorned the Good Friday Agreement are now glad it incorporated minority safeguards, but annoyed they weren't applied to the protocol.\n\nAlthough a border poll on Irish unity remains some considerable way off, the future of unionism seems uncertain.\n\nDisputes over the first minister's job title, or whether a plaque or a memorial stone is installed somewhere, may in time be the least of their worries.", "A rusted barrel close to where a gunshot victim was found last week\n\nMore human remains have been found in Lake Mead, just one week after the body of a suspected murder victim was found in the rapidly shrinking reservoir.\n\nThe latest remains were reported to park rangers on Saturday. On 1 May, a body was found in a barrel stuck in the mud of the lake's receding shoreline.\n\nThe largest US reservoir, Lake Mead supplies drinking water to 20 million people from Las Vegas to Los Angeles.\n\nPolice warn that more bodies will probably be found as the lake recedes.\n\nLake Mead levels have been declining since 2000 - droughts have been getting worse in recent years, with scientists saying climate change is exacerbating the situation.\n\nInvestigators say the body found last week by boaters belonged to a person who was fatally shot in the 1970s or 80s.\n\nLas Vegas homicide detective Lt Ray Spencer told local media the timing was determined due to the victim's clothes and shoes, which were sold at Kmart stores at the time.\n\nFurther research is being conducted to study the corroded metal of the barrel for more evidence.\n\n\"It's going to be a very difficult case,\" Lt Spencer told CBS News in Las Vegas after the first discovery. \"I would say there is a very good chance as the water level drops that we are going to find additional human remains.\"\n\nAnd this weekend, that prediction proved accurate.\n\nThe National Park Service, which patrols Lake Mead, said the latest discovery of \"human skeletal remains\" was reported by witnesses on Saturday afternoon.\n\n\"The investigation is ongoing. No further information is available at this time,\" park officials said in a press release.\n\nSaturday's discovery was made by two sisters who were paddleboarding, they told local media, adding they thought it was a large rock before finding bones.\n\n\"At first I thought it was a bighorn sheep and then we started digging around a little bit and as we discovered the jaw, we realised it was human remains,\" Lindsey Melvin told CBS.\n\n\"For the longest time I was in disbelief. Like I did not think that we actually found human remains,\" her sister Lynette Melvin added.\n\nLas Vegas police said on Monday that no foul play is suspected in the second death at this point, but they \"will investigate if it is determined to be a homicide or a suspicious death\".\n\nLake Mead, which is on the Nevada-Arizona state border, was created by the Hoover Dam in the 1930s.\n\nThe grisly discoveries come as the lake once again sinks to its lowest level since it was first filled.\n\nLast month, water levels at Lake Mead dipped low enough to expose a water intake valve that began supplying water to customers in the region in 1971.\n\nIn February, researchers concluded that the drought in the US southwest is the worst it has been in at least a millennium.\n\nNot all droughts are due to climate change, but excess heat in the atmosphere is drawing more moisture out of the earth and making droughts worse.\n\nThe world has already warmed by about 1.2C since the industrial era began and temperatures will keep rising unless governments around the world make steep cuts to emissions.", "The match was being played at the Forest Recreation Ground in Nottingham\n\nA 13-year-old boy has died after a \"medical emergency\" during a junior football match.\n\nNottinghamshire Football Association (FA) said Samuel Akwasi was playing for FC Cavaliers against West Bridgford Rossoneri in the Young Elizabethan Football League on Saturday.\n\nHis club said he was \"very well respected by all his team members\" and had played for them since the Under 9s.\n\nThe county's FA sent its condolences to all Samuel's friends and family.\n\nIt said on Twitter it was saddened to announce the young boy had passed away \"following a medical emergency during a youth game\".\n\n\"We send our condolences to Samuel's friends, family and team mates at this extremely difficult time,\" it added.\n\nThe match was played at Forest Sports Zone at the Forest Recreation Ground in Nottingham.\n\nA spokesman for the Young Elizabethan Football League said on Facebook it was \"devastated\" to report \"the tragic events that unfolded\" during Saturday's match.\n\n\"A young Cavaliers player, Samuel Akwasi, collapsed on the pitch after suffering a Sudden Cardiac Arrest.\n\n\"Despite the best efforts of those present and the quick application of a defibrillator along with the speedy response of the emergency services, Samuel sadly passed away in the QMC,\" he said.\n\nHe added: \"Our hearts and prayers all go out to his family and friends as well as FC Cavaliers at this awful time.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Svetlana Kravchenko says karma will catch up with anyone in Bakhmut who supported the Russian offensive.\n\nA clash of loyalties is dividing opinion among residents in Bakhmut - a town on the front line in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region.\n\nSometimes it slips out as a whisper. More often, it is hidden behind euphemisms and shrugs - and carefully ambivalent replies. And then, once in a while, a fiercely pro-Russian sentiment is simply blurted out, like the crack of a gunshot, here in the rolling green hills of the Donbas.\n\n\"This is Russian territory. Ukraine is the occupier here,\" said a man in overalls, standing with a group of council workers. They had been clearing weeds in Bakhmut - a Ukrainian town currently within easy earshot of Russian artillery.\n\nAnd the man was not alone in his apparent contempt for Ukraine's territorial integrity. Beside him, 65-year-old Yelena merely couched her views in more ambiguous terms.\n\n\"I don't know Putin personally, so I can't tell you what I think of him. But I don't see Russia as the enemy. We all lived together in the Soviet Union. So, let's see what happens [if Russia occupies the town],\" she said.\n\nThe notion that Ukraine stands resolutely united in opposition to Russia's invasion may hold true for much for the country. But here in the Donbas, there is a large ethnic-Russian minority, a painful history of eight years of separatist conflict with Russian-backed militias and - particularly for an older generation - a powerful nostalgia for the USSR.\n\nThe result is an increasingly fraught clash of loyalties, with at least some residents of Bakhmut - a key hub for people fleeing from the Luhansk region further east - unashamedly supportive of the latest Russian invasion.\n\n\"Putin is a clever guy, a clever KGB man,\" said an 80-year-old retired engineer, as she sat in the kitchen of a local cafeteria peeling potatoes. If Russians seized the town, it would \"make no difference to me,\" she whispered, before falling quiet when a colleague came into the room.\n\n\"I'm a creation of the Soviet Union. We all lived together in those days and I have relatives everywhere. I'm not going to tell you what I think of Putin,\" said another elderly ethnic-Russian woman who was part of the work group preparing to plant rows of young trees at the entrance to Bakhmut.\n\nSome Ukrainians here have brushed aside these pro-Russian comments as the harmless grumblings of an out-of-touch generation - of a handful of elderly pensioners who are reluctant to leave their homes, and whose opinions are unlikely to have any significant impact on the course of this war.\n\nBut in other parts of Ukraine, recently liberated from Russian occupation, there is evidence that collaborators may have actively assisted the Kremlin's troops. And today, in front-line towns like Bakhmut, there are concerns that pro-Russian sentiment could pose a real risk, particularly if it is shared by officials in local administrations.\n\n\"These guys are trying to have it both ways - win or lose,\" said a local businessman, Dmytro Kononets, describing what he claimed was the attitude of some figures in the town council.\n\nHe contrasted the relatively low-key public comments of the town's Mayor, Reva Oleksiy, to the loudly defiant tone struck by many of Ukraine's younger regional governors and public officials, and asked why the council was busy employing people to dig up weeds when they could be digging trenches instead.\n\n\"Obviously, they don't really want to prevent [Russia from seizing the town]. It's like they're just pretending. It's just ridiculous,\" said Kononets, adding that he knew many locals who got all their news from Russian television and believed \"that nonsense\".\n\nBut the council's supporters said such suspicions were misplaced. They defend the beautification campaign being carried out on the town's streets as a inspiring and defiant display of business-as-usual in the face of Russian aggression.\n\n\"This is our form of resistance,\" one of the council workers involved told us.\n\n\"The mayor is firmly pro-Ukrainian, without doubt,\" said a town councillor, who nonetheless asked that we not print his name.\n\nThe mayor himself declined to give an interview. He has held the same post for more than 30 years. His deputy, Maxim Sutkovyi, dismissed suggestions that the mayor might be less than loyal to Ukraine as \"beneath contempt\".\n\n\"Bakhmut is part of Ukraine. Our job is to protect daily life here, to keep doing our jobs and not collapse into hysterics. No doubt there are [collaborators] here, but it is up to the security services to root them out,\" said Sutkovyi.\n\nWhile most families in Bakhmut have already left the town, following official advice, there are plenty of local volunteers, in uniform, who have stayed on to fight any Russian attack.\n\n\"We'll defend this place to the death,\" said one farmer, Slava, who joined the home guard and was busy loading supplies into his car to take to colleagues manning trenches on the edge of town.\n\nSvetlana and other residents pray in a Ukrainian Orthodox Church, situated in the basement of her charity's office.\n\nBut with air raid sirens wailing across the town, Russian forces poised to take full control of Popasna, 30km (19 miles) to the east - and the Russians also pushing forwards from the north and the southeast - it is no surprise that old suspicions and new tensions are surging here.\n\n\"Karma will quickly catch up with them,\" said Svetlana Kravchenko, 57, of anyone in Bakhmut who supported the Russian offensive.\n\nShe helps run a small charity collecting food and other supplies to distribute to the town's soldiers and to elderly civilians in the surrounding villages. Their basement office is also home to a Ukrainian Orthodox Church, where she and others pray daily. Most of the more traditional churches in Bakhmut are still officially linked to the Russian Orthodox church, whose leadership has publicly endorsed President Putin's invasion.\n\n\"Everyone makes their own choice. And they will have to answer for that. Maybe some people here want to surrender [to the Russians]. But when this conflict is over, when the shelling and shooting stops, then the traitors will be punished, either in this world or the next,\" said Kravchenko.", "Dominic Raab said the Northern Ireland Protocol was an \"obstacle to stability\" in the country\n\n\"Nothing is off the table\" in the UK's attempt to \"fix\" the Northern Ireland Protocol, Dominic Raab has said.\n\nThe deputy prime minister told the BBC the protocol was an \"obstacle to stability\" in the country.\n\nHe was speaking after Sinn Féin secured the most seats in the assembly election, a first for a nationalist party in Northern Ireland.\n\nThe protocol - agreed between the UK and EU - is a post-Brexit deal aimed at preventing a hard border in Ireland.\n\nIt keeps Northern Ireland inside the EU's single market for goods, but it also creates a new trade border with the rest of the UK.\n\nThe Democratic Unionist Party, who are opposed to the protocol, arguing it undermines Northern Ireland's place in the union, say they will not allow the formation of a government in Northern Ireland unless there are changes to the deal.\n\nThe UK government has accused the EU of applying the protocol too rigidly, while Brussels accepts it is causing difficulties for businesses and has proposed a package of measures to reduce its practical impacts.\n\nThe protocol is opposed by unionists, who argue it undermines Northern Ireland's place in the UK\n\nSpeaking on the BBC's Sunday Morning show, Mr Raab said: \"We cannot have the disruption that we've seen to trade flows between Northern Ireland and the rest of Great Britain and the impact that has on the constitutional integrity of the UK.\n\n\"That is itself what is putting at risk the Good Friday Agreement, and we have now got to fix it.\"\n\nThe Good Friday Agreement was a peace deal signed in 1998 that helped end decades of violence in Northern Ireland. It included setting up a power-sharing Northern Ireland Assembly.\n\nMr Raab refused to say whether action on the Northern Ireland Protocol would be included in Tuesday's Queen's Speech.\n\nBBC political correspondent Chris Mason understands the government will signal its willingness to change the law on the protocol in the Queen's Speech, without committing to do so immediately.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Northern Ireland's Sunday Politics, Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis said he will meet with the leaders of the Stormont parties to discuss re-establishing the assembly.\n\nMr Lewis added: \"The UK government's position is we want to secure a deal [on the protocol] with the EU - we're very clear about that. We have worked very hard on that for over a year now across a series of conversations, we made proposals.\n\nThe deadlock could increase tensions with Brussels.\n\nIreland's Europe minister Thomas Byrne called on the UK to \"engage in a renewed way with the European Union\" on the issue.\n\nHe added that \"a decisive majority\" of assembly members elected to Stormont want to make the protocol work.", "It's the end of the road for counting Image caption: It's the end of the road for counting\n\nOn what is now a third day of counting we have finally had all 90 candidates elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly.\n\nIt's been a momentous election, with Sinn Féin winning the largest number of seats for the first time, returning 27 candidates, the same number as the last assembly election.\n\nThe DUP slipped into second place with 25, but the big gains were for Alliance, which won 17 seats - more than double the eight it won in 2017.\n\nThe UUP dropped by one seat to nine, the SDLP lost four to drop to eight.\n\nTUV and People Before Profit each had one candidate elected.\n\nTwo independent unionists were also elected, while the Green Party lost both its seats.\n\nWhat happens next is not clear.\n\nSinn Féin can nominate a first minister to lead the Northern Ireland Executive, but as it's a joint office a first minister can not exist without a deputy first minister.\n\nThe DUP can nominate a deputy first minister, but party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has already said he will not nominate any ministers without changes to the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\nThere will be more reaction on BBC One Northern Ireland and iPlayer from 10am with Sunday Politics, and from the same time on BBC Radio Ulster there will be an election special. You can catch up with that later on BBC Sounds as well.\n\nThat's all from us, goodnight.", "Whatever else Russia's Victory Day parade is supposed to represent, it won't be any sort of victory over Ukraine, regardless of the spin President Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin will try to put on it, writes defence analyst Michael Clarke.\n\nThis war is one that Russia cannot win in any meaningful sense.\n\nPutin's foreign military successes around the world after 2008 were all achieved by using small units of elite forces, mercenaries and local militia groups alongside Russian air power.\n\nThis gave Moscow considerable leverage at low cost during interventions in Georgia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Syria, Libya, Mali and twice in Ukraine during 2014, first in illegally annexing Crimea and then in creating self-declared Russian statelets in Luhansk and Donetsk.\n\nIn every case, Russia moved swiftly and ruthlessly in ways the western world was unable to counter except through graduated sanctions regimes - nothing that could reverse the reality. Putin was adept at creating \"new facts on the ground\".\n\nIn February he tried the same again on the grandest possible scale in Ukraine - to grab governmental power within about 72 hours in a country of 45 million people occupying the second biggest land area in Europe. It was an astonishing and reckless gamble and it failed completely in the first crucial week.\n\nPutin now has few options but to keep going forward to make this war bigger - either bigger in Ukraine or bigger by advancing beyond its borders. Escalation is built into the current situation and Europe has reached a very dangerous moment in its recent history.\n\nHaving failed with Plan A to seize the government in Kyiv before President Zelensky's forces, or the outside world, could react, Moscow then switched to a Plan B. This was a more \"manoeuvrist\" military approach to surround Kyiv and move in on other Ukrainian cities - Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Mariupol and Mykolaiv and simply snuff out Ukrainian armed resistance while Kyiv itself would be threatened with capitulation or destruction.\n\nThis, too, failed. Kherson was the only major city that fell under Russian control and has since continued to resist Russian administration. The fact is that Russian forces were too small to dominate such a big country; they performed very poorly for a mixture of reasons; they were badly led and dispersed around four separate fronts, from Kyiv to Mykolaiv, with no overall commander.\n\nAnd they turned out to be up against a determined and well-trained Ukrainian army who fought them to a standstill in a classic demonstration of \"dynamic defence\" - not holding a line but rather hitting the attackers at points of maximum vulnerability.\n\nIn frustration, Russia has now moved to \"plan C\", which is to give up on Kyiv and the north, instead concentrating all its forces for a major offensive in the Donbas region and across the south of Ukraine, probably as far as the port of Odesa in the south-west - effectively to landlock the country.\n\nThis is the campaign we now see being played out in the east around Izyum and Popasne, Kurulka and Brazhkivka.\n\nRussian forces are trying to surround Ukraine's Joint Forces Operation, (JFO) - about 40% of its army that has been dug in opposite the breakaway Luhansk and Donetsk \"republics\" since 2014. Key Russian objectives are to take Slovyansk and, a little further south, Kramatorsk. They are both crucial strategic points for control of the whole Donbas region.\n\nAnd the war has moved into a different military phase - a struggle in more open country, during better weather, with tanks, mechanised infantry and, above all, artillery - designed to devastate an opponent's defence lines before armoured forces sweep in.\n\nBut the process is not so simple.\n\nRussia's offensive got off to a staggered start and Ukraine's JFO has held the Russian offensive well short of the lines Russian commanders would have expected to reach by now. The Ukrainians have bought themselves some valuable time. A \"race of the heavy metal\" is under way as each side tries to bring in its heavy fighting equipment before the battle is fully joined. We can expect to see this develop over the next couple of weeks.\n\nWhat happens in the Donbas, however, offers Putin only a choice between different types of defeat.\n\nIf the battle reaches an autumn stalemate, he will have precious little to show for so much loss and pain. If the military momentum shifts and his forces get pushed back, even more so. And even if the Russians succeed in overrunning the whole of the Donbas and all across the south, they still have to hold those territories for the indefinite future in the face of several million Ukrainians who don't want them there.\n\nAny significant Russian military success will likely create a major, open-ended insurgency that will get bigger for every district Russian forces may overrun. Putin went for broke in February with Plan A. The failure of that scheme means that plans B, C or any subsequent plans still leaves Russia going for broke - needing to suppress some or all of a very big country.\n\nOne way or another, Russia will have to keep fighting in Ukraine, either against the population, or against the Ukrainian army, and quite possibly both simultaneously. And as long as Kyiv sticks to its current line that demands Russian withdrawal before any concessions can be contemplated, there is not much Putin can do but carry grimly on.\n\nThe western powers will keep supplying weapons and money to Kyiv, and will not be lifting powerful sanctions on Russia any time soon. Once Europe's energy dependency on it is greatly lessened, Russia has so little that Europe really needs, the US and Europe will be able to leave crippling sanctions in place with small cost to their own economies.\n\nThere is no way back for Vladimir Putin personally and he may even be indicted as a war criminal. His only political strategy is to make the war in Ukraine into something else - part of a struggle for Russia's very survival against the \"Nazis\" and \"imperialists\" of the West who relish the chance to take Russia down.\n\nThat's why it suits him to toy with the dangerous idea that Russia is facing a \"Great Patriotic War 2.0\" with the rest of Europe. We will probably hear a lot more about this on Victory Day. President Putin will claim to see light at the end of a very dark and long tunnel into which he has steered his own country.", "A female prison guard who went on the run with a murder suspect from an Alabama jail has died after shooting herself as the pair were caught, police say.\n\nVicky White, 56, died in hospital after she and Casey White (no relation), 38, were arrested in Indiana following an 11-day manhunt.\n\nThe two had vanished from a prison in Lauderdale County on 29 April.\n\nThey are believed to have been romantically involved.\n\nAccording to officials, they were last seen as she was transporting him to a bogus mental health evaluation.\n\nIt was Ms White's last day at work before retirement. She had recently sold her home and told colleagues she planned to spend more time at the beach.\n\nLate on Monday, the Vanderburgh County Coroners Office confirmed that Vicky White died in a local hospital after shooting herself during the arrest.\n\nMore information on her death is expected to be released on Tuesday following an autopsy.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe US Marshals Service said Ms White had been spotted leaving a hotel in Evansville, Indiana with a wig on before getting into a car driven by Casey White.\n\nA police chase ensued, ending when a marshal rammed his vehicle into the couple's Cadillac, at which point Casey White surrendered, saying his \"wife\" had shot herself and needed help.\n\n\"We got a dangerous man off the street today. He is never going to see the light of day again,\" Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton said.\n\nAt least one gun was found inside the vehicle, police said.\n\nAccording to US Marshals, the two had previously been last seen on Friday driving a copper-coloured Ford Edge with an Alabama registration plate.\n\nOn Monday, Sheriff Singleton described the 6ft 9in Casey White as \"extremely dangerous\" and advised law enforcement not to \"take any chances\" with him.\n\nMeanwhile, Ms White had a spotless record as a prison guard.\n\n\"I would have trusted Vicky with my life. I really mean it,\" Lauderdale County District Attorney Chris Connolly told reporters. \"If we needed something from the jail, she was our go-to person, solid employee. That's why it's so shocking.\"\n\nCasey White was charged in September 2020 with murder over the stabbing of 58-year-old Connie Ridgeway. He was already serving 75 years for a series of violent crimes in 2015, including burglary, vehicle theft and a police chase.\n\nHe allegedly confessed to the murder, but later pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, and was awaiting trial at the Lauderdale County Jail when he disappeared, authorities added. He faces execution if convicted.\n\nThe prisoner also now faces an escape charge and will be returned to the Alabama corrections system.", "Olena Zelenska, left, and Jill Biden met at a school in the border town of Uzhhorod\n\nUS First Lady Jill Biden has met her Ukrainian counterpart Olena Zelenska in Ukraine as Washington announced further sanctions on Moscow.\n\nThe two first ladies met at a school in the border town of Uzhhorod.\n\nIt was Mrs Zelenska's first appearance in public since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February.\n\nThe US imposed new sanctions - including visa curbs on 2,600 Russian and Belarusian individuals - in response to the Russian invasion.\n\nThree Russian TV stations and executives from Gazprombank were also sanctioned by Washington.\n\nMeanwhile, G7 leaders said they were committed to phasing out or banning Russian oil.\n\nMrs Zelenska said it had been a \"courageous act\" of her US counterpart to visit Ukraine\n\nThe meeting between the two first ladies took place at a school which is currently being used as a temporary shelter for displaced people.\n\nMrs Biden said she wanted \"to show that the people of the United States stand with the people of Ukraine\", adding that the war - now in its third month - had been \"brutal\" and had to stop.\n\nMrs Zelenska said it had been a \"courageous act\" to visit Ukraine while it was at war.\n\nShe added that the visit, on Mother's Day in Ukraine and in the US, was very symbolic.\n\n\"We feel your love and support during such an important day.\"\n\nThe two women later sat down and played with some of the dozens of children who are currently housed at the school, making tissue paper bears - the symbol of the local province.\n\nThe announcement of new sanctions came after G7 leaders held a video call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.\n\nA senior US official said the new US sanctions would hit 27 Gazprombank executives. However, the measures do not freeze the firm's assets or outlaw transactions with it.\n\nIt is unclear who is on the list of 2,600 Russian and Belarusian individuals to be hit with visa restrictions.\n\nThe US announcement came at the end of a day of diplomatic events, which included visits to Ukraine by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the speaker of the German Bundestag and Mrs Biden.\n\nMr Trudeau announced that Canada was sending new weapons and equipment for Ukraine's army, as well as imposing its own range of new sanctions on Russian individuals and companies.\n\n\"What Putin needs to understand is that the West is absolutely determined and resolved to stand against what he is doing,\" Mr Trudeau later told Reuters in an interview.\n\n\"His illegal war, his escalations, his crossing of red lines by choosing to further invade Ukraine means that we will do as a world everything we can to make sure that he loses.\"\n\nThe UK also announced a fresh package of sanctions on Russia and Belarus, targeting £1.7bn ($2.1bn) of trade.\n\nThe EU is currently finalising a sixth round of sanctions on Russia but has so far been unable to agree on the measures, including a phased ban of Russian oil.\n\nDiplomats said Hungary was still preventing progress on finalising the measures.\n\nEU countries are split on how soon they can wind down dependence on Russian energy supplies. Europe gets about 40% of its natural gas from Russia.\n\nThe new US and Canadian sanctions were announced on the eve of Victory Day in Russia, which celebrates the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany.\n\nIn a statement, the G7 denounced Russia's President Putin, saying that \"his actions bring shame on Russia and the historic sacrifices of its people\".", "Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has decisions to make on whether the DUP enters the Northern Ireland executive\n\nThere is now an office at Stormont with his name on it, but will he take the keys or give them to someone else?\n\nThat is Sir Jeffrey Donaldson's dilemma as the DUP leader returns to the hill on Monday along with the 89 other freshly-elected MLAs (members of the legislative assembly).\n\nSir Jeffrey is no stranger to the blue benches having previously served as MLA for Lagan Valley for seven years.\n\nHe stepped down in 2010, when double jobbing for MPs was no longer allowed.\n\nThen he opted for Westminster over Stormont and the question is will he now do the same again?\n\nWhen asked after his election in Lagan Valley on Friday, the DUP leader insisted he remained committed to leading his party at Stormont.\n\nBut will that be from day one?\n\nSir Jeffrey is to due to meet party officers this week to work out the \"choreography\".\n\nCould that mean his return to Stormont might be stage managed?\n\nMight he signal his intention to return but not just yet and opt instead to co-opt a caretaker MLA?\n\nOn Monday he emphasised that his party would not be nominating a deputy first minister until the British government took action on the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\nIf he opts for a caretaker MLA, he has a ready-made stand in.\n\nDUP councillor Paul Rankin kept the Lagan Valley bench warm when co-opted to replace Edwin Poots after he moved to South Belfast.\n\nIf Sir Jeffrey does delay his return, how might he explain that to the 12,636 voters who expect him to be their man at Stormont from day one?\n\nHe could easily argue the biggest battle for unionism is against the Northern Ireland Protocol and that fight is happening in London.\n\nBut opting for Westminster over Stormont would remove a much bigger risk for the party.\n\nThe prospect of defending the DUP seat in a Lagan Valley by-election against a surging Alliance Party is not something the party would relish.\n\nSorcha Eastwood received a 16.1% share of first preference votes in Lagan Valley\n\nAlliance has further increased its vote in the constituency, claiming an extra seat, and the gap with the DUP is now down to about 5,000 votes.\n\nComing out of an election after shedding votes and seats, Sir Jeffrey cannot really afford another quick return to the polls.\n\nOn the surface, it is a political no-brainer, but the challenge will be convincing his voters who might feel let down by their homecoming leader.\n\nDUP opponents will also line up to accuse him of betraying his voters.\n\nIf Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, the longest-serving MP in Northern Ireland, does opt to stay in the seat he has held for 25 years, it will raise questions about the future of Stormont.\n\nWe may end up with more than one empty office on the hill.", "Mahinda Rajapaksa served two terms as president before returning as PM under his brother\n\nSri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has resigned amid mass protests at the government's handling of a deepening economic crisis.\n\nThe move came as the island was placed under curfew after violent clashes between Rajapaksa supporters and anti-government protesters in Colombo.\n\nFive people have died, including a ruling party MP, and more than 190 injured in violence in the capital.\n\nThere have been protests over soaring prices and power cuts since last month.\n\nThe island nation is facing its worst economic crisis since gaining independence from Britain in 1948.\n\nMr Rajapaksa, 76, sent his resignation letter to his younger brother President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, saying he hoped it would help resolve the crisis, but the move is highly unlikely to satisfy government opponents while the latter remains in power.\n\nIn a nation facing a crisis of economic uncertainty, Mahinda Rajapaksa's resignation was no surprise. There had been days of speculation he'd go - after reports his brother had told him he needed to quit.\n\nIn the last few days Mahinda Rajapaksa held on, with the view that as the more popular of the brothers, he shouldn't be the one to go - but in the end he was.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Clashes between pro and anti-government protesters flare in Sri Lanka\n\nBefore he said goodbye, he addressed his loyal supporters at a rally in the morning - some of them were later seen attacking anti-government protesters.\n\nAs news of the PM's departure reached Colombo's sea front promenade, Galle Face Green, demonstrators danced with glee. For weeks they've been demanding the Rajapaksa family, which has ruled on and off for decades, resign.\n\nBut this is seen as just a partial victory - their real target is the president. He shows no signs of quitting, which means the protests will continue.\n\nOn Monday night AFP news agency reported that shots had been fired inside the grounds of the prime minister's residence as police struggled to stop protesters from getting inside the inner security ring of the home where Mr Rajapaksa is holed up with some loyalists.\n\nEarlier, police and army riot squads were deployed following violence outside the prime minister and president's offices in Colombo. Police fired tear gas and water cannon at hundreds of ruling party supporters after they breached police lines and attacked anti-government protesters using sticks and poles.\n\nPolice were deployed to keep demonstrators and government supporters apart outside the president's office\n\nAfter pulling down tents of protesters outside the PM's Temple Trees residence, the Rajapaksa supporters then stormed the nearby \"Gota go home\" camp on the promenade.\n\n\"We were hit, the media were hit, women and children were hit,\" one witness said.\n\nJust outside the capital in the town of Nittambuwa, police said thousands of protesters surrounded the car of an MP from the governing party. He opened fire, killing one man. The MP himself was later found dead, as was his bodyguard, police told AFP.\n\nAnother MP in the southern town of Weeraketiya also opened fire on protesters at his house, killing two and wounding five others.\n\nMobs set fire to several properties of ruling party politicians and local government officials were attacked, according to reports.\n\nSince demonstrations erupted in early April, protesters have been camped noisily but peacefully outside President Rajapaksa's office at Galle Face Green, demanding he quit.\n\nPeople are furious because the cost of living has become unaffordable.\n\nSri Lanka's foreign currency reserves have virtually run dry, and it can no longer afford essential items including food, medicines and fuel.\n\nGovernment supporters beat an anti-government protester during clashes near the prime minister's house\n\nThe government has requested emergency financial help. It blames the Covid pandemic, which all but killed off Sri Lanka's tourist trade - one of its biggest foreign currency earners.\n\nBut many experts say economic mismanagement is to blame.\n\nThe prime minister's letter said his resignation was intended to clear the way for an \"all-party government to guide the country out of the current economic crisis\", AFP reports.\n\nOpposition parties have so far refused to do so and have also called on the president to quit.\n\nMahinda Rajapaksa's resignation marks an ignominious change in fortune for a man who for years was simply Sri Lanka's most powerful person.\n\nHis decade as president saw him oversee the crushing of the Tamil Tiger rebels in 2009, but he was dogged by allegations of serious human rights abuses, as well as claims - which he strenuously denies - that he was corrupt while in power.\n\nHe was denied a third term as president in 2015. But less than five years later he was back - although this time as prime minister, serving as the right-hand man of younger brother Gotabaya.\n\nThe allegations of corruption have added fuel to the current protests - many people believe Mahinda Rajapaksa paved the way for his family to plunder the country's wealth for their own financial gain.\n\nBillboards and chants demanding the family return the country's \"stolen money\" are a common sight at the protests across Sri Lanka.", "The Queen, seen at last year's State Opening of Parliament, will miss it for the first time in 59 years\n\nThe Queen has pulled out of this year's State Opening of Parliament and the reading of the Queen's speech, Buckingham Palace has announced.\n\nThis will be the first time since 1963 that the Queen will have missed this constitutional ceremony, which sets out the government's legislative plans.\n\nPrince Charles will deliver the speech on Tuesday for the Queen.\n\nThe 96-year-old monarch has mobility problems and has had to cancel a number of recent public appearances.\n\nUntil Monday evening Buckingham Palace had been saying the Queen hoped to attend, but has now confirmed she will not go to the ceremony in Westminster, because of \"episodic mobility problems\".\n\nA statement said the Queen, in consultation with her doctors, had reluctantly decided not to attend the State Opening.\n\nPrince Charles and Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, have jointly been given the authority to open Parliament on her behalf.\n\nDuring her 70-year reign, the Queen has until now only missed two State Openings\n\nThe Imperial State Crown will still be brought to Parliament - and the Queen's throne will remain empty, with Prince Charles, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, and Prince William expected to be seated in front of the assembled parliamentarians.\n\nThe Queen's absence follows her missing events at Easter, including the Maundy Service, and the announcement that she would not host royal garden parties this year.\n\nThe thanksgiving service for Prince Philip in March has been the only public event outside of royal residences that she has attended so far this year.\n\nBut it is understood that the Queen is planning to go ahead with other appointments this week, including regular meetings with the Prime Minister and Privy Council, held virtually or by phone, and some private engagements.\n\nThe State Opening of Parliament marks the start of the parliamentary year, with the Queen's speech setting out the agenda of the government and the laws that it wants to introduce.\n\nThe speech is usually read out by the monarch, as head of state, with the Queen only missing it twice during her 70-year reign, in 1959 and 1963, because of pregnancies.\n\nOn those occasions the speech was delivered by the Lord Chancellor, but the Prince of Wales will stand in for the Queen this year.\n\nThere have been adaptations of the State Opening in recent years - with the Queen not wearing the heavy Imperial State Crown or ceremonial robes and there was a more scaled-back ceremony last year because of Covid restrictions.\n\nBut this will mark the first time in 59 years that the Queen will not have attended.\n\nPrince Charles will open Parliament with Prince William in their capacities as \"counsellors of state\", allowing them to undertake such official duties if the monarch is temporarily unwell.\n\nTwo of these counsellors have to be present to carry out this duty on behalf of the head of state.\n\nThere are four counsellors of state - the other two being Prince Andrew, who has stepped down from royal duties, and Prince Harry, who is also no longer carrying out royal duties and lives in the US.\n\nThe authority for the counsellors of state to open Parliament has been provided by a \"Letters Patent\", issued by the Queen and enabling Prince Charles and Prince William to carry out that role.\n\nA No 10 spokesman said: \"The prime minister fully respects the wishes of Her Majesty and is grateful to the Prince of Wales for agreeing to deliver the speech on her behalf.\"", "Callum Wheeler has admitted killing Julia James, but denies her murder\n\nA man killed police community support officer Julia James after \"ambushing\" her in woodland while she walked her dog, a court heard.\n\nJurors were told Mrs James, 53, was subjected to a \"brutal attack\" in woods in Snowdown, Kent, in April last year.\n\nCallum Wheeler admitted responsibility for the death at Canterbury Crown Court, but denied murder.\n\nThe court heard Mrs James was murdered with a \"railway jack\", which was later found in the 22-year-old's bedroom.\n\nProsecutor Alison Morgan QC told the jury: \"The evidence suggests that her attacker was waiting in the woods for someone to attack and then ambushed her.\n\nShe said a \"heavy, blunt object\" was used to murder Mrs James, and alleged \"the weapon was a large railway jack\".\n\nThis item was later found in the defendant's bedroom, Ms Morgan said.\n\nMrs James's dog, a Jack Russell called Toby, was found by her side\n\nProsecutors allege Mr Wheeler was seen wandering around the area carrying the rail jack 24 hours before Mrs James' death.\n\nA man called Neil McMahon saw a man walking along the verge of Spinney Lane towards Aylesham carrying a long blue bag with a bright object protruding from it on the afternoon of 26 April.\n\nMs Morgan said, if it is correct the object was the rail jack: \"It means the defendant was roaming around this area armed with that metal bar 24 hours before he came to attack Julia James.\"\n\nThe jury heard the day after Mrs James' death, Mr Wheeler was seen walking around with a blue holdall with a long object protruding from it, covered with a Tesco carrier bag.\n\nMs Morgan said: \"The defendant went out again carrying the weapon he had used to kill Julia James. Why he did that is known only to him.\n\n\"It could be he was goading the police who were in the vicinity, or it could be he was looking for somewhere to dispose of the weapon.\n\n\"He kept a check on the police cordon. He ran away from police officers and concerned members of the public.\n\n\"You will want to consider why he was behaving in that manner.\"\n\nCallum Wheeler, pictured during an earlier hearing, had been seen by Mrs James prior to her death, the court heard\n\nMs Morgan told the court Mr Wheeler barricaded himself in his room when officers went to his house in Aylesham.\n\nShe said: \"He made comments that amounted to clear denials, saying he was not guilty and someone had ratted on him.\n\n\"But then other comments saying things like: 'Sometimes I do things I cannot control'.\"\n\nShe told the court Mr Wheeler said to one officer: \"Five of you ran in here and I didn't even use a... weapon, when there was a weapon right there\", allegedly referring to the railway jack.\n\nMs Morgan went through forensic evidence found on the jack and Mrs James' clothing, including Mr Wheeler's DNA found on her boots, jacket and the white vest she was wearing underneath a jumper.\n\nThe court heard forensic evidence links Mrs James with the alleged murder weapon\n\nThe court also heard Mrs James had seen a man who is alleged to be her killer, Mr Wheeler, in the woods in the months prior to her death.\n\nMs Morgan told the jury Mr Wheeler repeatedly visited Ackholt Wood, where Mrs James walked her dog. She was found with her Jack Russell dog Toby by her side.\n\nShe said on one of those occasions \"he saw and was seen by Julia James herself\".\n\nMrs James had been \"aware of the presence of a strange male\" and had described the man to her husband Paul as a \"really weird dude\", she added.\n\nShe later pointed the man out to Mr James during a walk together about two months before her death.\n\nIt was claimed the moment Mrs James tried to escape her killer was captured in heart rate and walking speed data recorded by her Apple Watch, which had been tracking her movements and biometrics.\n\nMs Morgan said Mrs James's heart rate had been \"relatively stable\" at 97 beats per minute prior to the attack.\n\nMoments later it had \"launched\" to 145 beats per minute, she said, adding: \"And that launch is something I will come back to as to where she was and details the escape she was doubtless trying to make at that moment.\n\n\"It was at that point that her heart rate surged.\"\n\nMs Morgan said of Mr Wheeler: \"Although he denied responsibility for the killing for some time, he does now accept he was the person that killed Julia James, however he does not accept he is guilty of the offence of murder.\"\n\nThe prosecution claims he intended to kill her or at least cause her really serious harm.\n\nMs Morgan told the court: \"He waited for Julia James or another vulnerable female to be in those woods. Waited to ambush her. He chased her down.\n\n\"She ran, desperate to get away from her attacker. Unable to outrun him, caught by surprise wearing wellington boots, he struck her.\n\n\"She fell to the ground, she broke her wrist.\n\n\"Then when she was face down on the ground he struck her again and again. She had no chance of survival.\n\n\"When he hit her in that way repeatedly using that weapon he knew that and he intended it.\"\n\nSeveral members of Mrs James's family have attended court to hear the prosecution open the case.\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Northern Ireland's political parties are back at Stormont after Thursday's historic election.\n\nThere was a freshers' week feel on the hill but it does not look like they will be able to get down to business any time soon.\n\nThe Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) says it will not re-enter the Stormont power-sharing executive without \"decisive action\" from the UK Government on Brexit trading arrangements.\n\nSinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill with her party's newly-elected assembly members following the historic poll result at the weekend.\n\nSinn Féin's female assembly members take a selfie - 32 out of 90 seats at Stormont are now filled by women, compared to 27 in the last election.\n\nDUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson pictured after his meeting with Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis. He has said his party will not go back into government in Northern Ireland until its concerns about post-Brexit trading arrangements are resolved.\n\nThe new SDLP team - the party lost four seats and returns to the assembly with eight MLAs (members of the legislative assembly).\n\nUlster Unionist leader Doug Beattie, pictured outside Erskine House, says if the protocol is the obstacle to a functioning executive then it needs to be dealt with", "Second-hand car sales have risen this year, boosted by a sharp increase in the number of used electric vehicles on the market.\n\nSales of used cars in the UK rose 5.1% between January and March, compared to the same three months last year.\n\nBut the market for electric cars, which only makes up a small percentage of the overall second-hand market, more than doubled in size.\n\nElectric car sales were \"energising\" the market, the SMMT said.\n\nThe most popular models overall were the Ford Fiesta, Vauxhall Corsa, and Volkswagen Golf. But consumers appeared keen to snap up more environmentally-friendly cars where possible, the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) showed.\n\n\"Zero emission vehicles [are] starting to filter through in larger numbers to consumers looking forward to driving the latest and greenest vehicles,\" Mike Hawes, SMMT chief executive, said.\n\n\"Although there is some way to go before we see the recent growth in new EVs replicated in the used market, a buoyant new car market will be vital to help drive fleet renewal which is essential to the delivery of carbon savings,\" he said.\n\nSales of used battery electric vehicles (BEVs), which run purely on electric power, grew from 6,625 to 14,586 in the first three months of the year, a rise of 120.2% from a year earlier.\n\nPlug in hybrids (PHEVs) and hybrids (HEVs) which together make up a larger share of the used car market also changed hands in greater numbers, totalling just under 50,000 vehicles.\n\nSmaller models continued to be more popular for buyers in the second-hand market. Larger multi-purpose vehicles (MPVs) , declined by 7.5%, followed by luxury saloons which were down 3.4%.\n\nBlack was the most popular colour choice accounting for one in every five cars sold.\n\nA shortage of semiconductors and other electronic components was holding back supply in the new car market, said David Leggett, editor of specialist news site Just Auto.\n\nHe said it was therefore unsurprising that there had been a boom in the second-hand market. \"The prices of used cars soared over last 12 months,\" he said.\n\nThe ramp up in sales of second-hand electric vehicles in particular was set to continue over the next few years as more new stock fed through to the used car market, Mr Leggett added.\n\n\"We are at a fairly early stage still in terms of the impact of BEVs on the new car market and seeping through to the stock of cars out there,\" he said.\n\nAs challenges within the electric car market over charging and consumer hesitation over adapting to the technology recede, he predicted a \"transformation\" of first the new and then used car markets.\n\nUsed car prices have risen, generally, by 30-40% in the last two years, according to KPMG.\n\nRichard Peberdy, UK Head of Automotive, KPMG, said: \"Used car prices have been soaring like never seen before.\"\n\n\"The increasing cost of living is cooling the used car market slightly, but demand still remains high and is likely to continue to until the issues impacting new car production are resolved and more supply enters the used car market. That is unlikely to be this year,\" he said.", "Rebekah Vardy leaving the Royal Courts of Justice in London on Thursday\n\nThe case against Rebekah Vardy is based on \"conspiracy theories\", her lawyer said on the final day of her High Court libel trial against Coleen Rooney.\n\nHugh Tomlinson said on Thursday his client had suffered \"public abuse and ridicule on a massive scale\" and is entitled to \"substantial damages\".\n\nMrs Vardy is suing Mrs Rooney for libel for alleging online she had leaked private stories about her to the Sun.\n\nThe claimant has denied this and her team said she has nothing to hide.\n\nMr Tomlinson addressed the court after his counterpart David Sherborne had earlier agued that Mrs Vardy was an unreliable witness.\n\nHe said she had brought the case as she wanted to be \"vindicated\" as there was no real evidence, he claimed, proving she had leaked the stories.\n\nMrs Vardy's barrister suggested that the libel dispute with Mrs Rooney was a \"very simple case\" when \"one clears away the conspiracy theories\".\n\n\"Has Mrs Rooney proved that Mrs Vardy leaked the information from her post that she's accused of leaking?\" he asked.\n\n\"Mrs Vardy's case is and always has been that she did not leak the information nor did she authorise anyone else to leak.\"\n\n\"She does not know to this day what happened,\" he added. \"She does not know where this information came from.\"\n\nMrs Rooney has defended herself on the basis of truth and public interest, but Mr Tomlinson said the latter did not apply in this case, adding: \"This is really a falling-out between two individuals over what is essentially a private matter.\"\n\nThe lawyer said his client now accepted it was possible that her former agent Caroline Watt was the source of the leaked stories from Mrs Rooney's private Instagram account.\n\n\"She doesn't want to be in the position of accusing her friend and former long-term agent of doing something wrong,\" he said.\n\n\"She sees, as everybody does, the indications that point that way. Her fundamental position is she doesn't know what happened.\"\n\nHe said Mrs Vardy had asked Mrs Rooney, from the get-go, to \"send me the evidence, send me the posts.\"\n\n\"The suggestion that she is trying to hide something is quite wrong\".\n\nAcknowledging how the defendant, Mrs Rooney, had said she thought Mrs Vardy was suspiciously friendly, Mr Tomlinson countered that \"people behave in different ways.\"\n\nColeen Rooney, pictured with Wayne Rooney outside the court earlier this week, did not attend the last day of the trial\n\nHe noted how the Sun was \"a newspaper that she [Mrs Rooney] clearly loathes\" and that she may disapprove of how Mrs Vardy has sometimes featured in it, but that it was \"not a basis for making an allegation of the kind that was made\".\n\nMr Tomlinson challenged the idea that messages between Mrs Vardy and Ms Watt showed they were \"obsessed\" with Mrs Rooney and said they were merely \"gossiping\".\n\n\"There is very little about the Rooneys\" in the many of the conversations given in evidence, he said.\n\n\"We don't have two women who are obsessed with Mrs Rooney, we have two women who over a period of two years mention her on a few occasions.\"\n\nThe court heard that Mrs Vardy had wanted to call journalists from The Sun to give evidence but they \"changed their mind having taken legal advice,\" Mr Tomlinson said, suggesting their absence \"can't be of itself evidence that Mrs Vardy is the source of the stories\".\n\n\"Mrs Vardy has made mistakes,\" Mr Tomlinson added. \"Perhaps the most serious of these may have been to trust Ms Watt as her agent.\n\nMs Watt did not give evidence at the trial either as she was deemed unwell. The fact that the agent's phone, containing now lost messages between her and a Sun journalist, had fallen into the North Sea had nothing to do with Mrs Vardy, the barrister said.\n\n\"We have no idea as to whether this is a genuine accidental loss of a device or whether it was something done cynically and deliberately to avoid inspection during the disclosure process. We just don't know,\" he went on.\n\n\"From Mrs Vardy's point of view, she does not know either.\"\n\nEarlier on Thursday, David Sherborne, representing Mrs Rooney, told the court Mrs Vardy lied under oath and deliberately deleted evidence.\n\nColeen Rooney (left) and Rebekah Vardy, pictured at a Euro 2016 match in France\n\nMrs Vardy walked out of the court during Mr Sherborne's comments, returning after roughly an hour, having left it carrying her laptop, with one of her legal team.\n\nMr Tomlinson said the argument that his client had a \"conspiracy to delete\" was an \"incredible theory\", adding that a \"completely innocent loss of messages\" had occurred on both sides.\n\n\"There was an export of a very large number of WhatsApp messages,\" he told the court. \"Why would Mrs Vardy, if she was destroying evidence, do it in that selective and complex way?\"\n\n\"If she was a wicked litigant who was trying to deceive the court by getting rid of damaging evidence, the idea she would do it by getting rid of images and not text simply beggars belief.\"\n\nThe barrister said the exchanges that the court had heard had taken place between Mrs Vardy and Ms Watt were simply \"exchanges between two people who do not know who is leaking the stories, or at least Mrs Vardy does not know who is leaking the stories.\"\n\nHe said the only exception to this was a post by Ms Watt which seemed to suggest she was the leak of a story about Mrs Rooney being involved in a car crash. \"On analysis, it does not help the defendant's case at all,\" he said.\n\n\"What they show is the contemporaneous evidence that Mrs Vardy does not know what information is going to the Sun.\"\n\nIn his closing statement on Thursday morning, Mr Sherborne said Mrs Vardy had given \"implausible, throwaway explanations\" and was \"lacking in candour.\"\n\nMrs Rooney's barrister David Sherborne set out his closing argument on Thursday morning\n\nMrs Rooney and her husband, the ex-footballer Wayne, did not attend the court due to a \"long-standing travel arrangement\" booked before the trial over-ran, and their apologies were passed to Mrs Justice Steyn.\n\nMrs Vardy's libel action was sparked by a viral social media post from October 2019, in which Mrs Rooney said she had carried out a sting operation to find out who had been passing information about her life, taken from her private Instagram account, to the Sun newspaper.\n\nShe said the fake stories she had posted on her Instagram stories in an effort to find the perpetrator had only been viewed by \"Rebekah Vardy's account\".\n\nMrs Vardy has continually denied leaking the stories in question to the press.\n\nThe fake stories featured Mrs Rooney travelling to Mexico for a \"gender selection\" procedure, planning to return to TV and the basement flooding at her home.\n\nMrs Rooney was called \"Wagatha Christie\" by many people online as a result of her private investigation. Wag is a term used to describe the wives and girlfriends of footballers, while Agatha Christie was a famous English detective novelist.\n\nThe case has now ended and the judge will reserve her ruling to a later date.", "The UN says around 20 million tonnes of grain are currently stuck in Ukraine from the previous harvest\n\nRussia's invasion of Ukraine could soon cause a global food crisis that may last for years, the UN has warned.\n\nSecretary-General Antonio Guterres said the war had worsened food insecurity in poorer nations due to rising prices.\n\nSome countries could face long-term famines if Ukraine's exports are not restored to pre-war levels, he added.\n\nThe conflict has cut off supplies from Ukraine's ports, which once exported vast amounts of cooking oil as well as cereals such as maize and wheat.\n\nThis has reduced the global supply and caused the price of alternatives to soar. Global food prices are almost 30% higher than the same time last year, according to the UN.\n\nSpeaking in New York on Wednesday, Mr Guterres said the conflict - combined with the effects of climate change and the pandemic - \"threatens to tip tens of millions of people over the edge into food insecurity followed by malnutrition, mass hunger and famine\".\n\n\"There is enough food in our world now if we act together. But unless we solve this problem today, we face the spectre of global food shortage in the coming months,\" he added.\n\nHe warned that the only effective solution to the crisis was reintegrating Ukraine's food production, as well as fertiliser produced by both Russia and Belarus, back into the global market.\n\nMr Guterres also said he was in \"intense contact\" with Russia and Ukraine, as well as the US and the EU, in an effort to restore food exports to normal levels.\n\n\"The complex security, economic and financial implications require goodwill on all sides,\" he said.\n\nHis comments came on the same day the World Bank announced extra funding worth $12bn (£9.7bn) for projects addressing food insecurity.\n\nThe move will bring the total amount available for such projects to more than $30bn over the next 15 months.\n\nRussia and Ukraine produce 30% of the world's wheat supply and - prior to the war - Ukraine was seen as the world's bread basket, exporting 4.5 million tonnes of agricultural produce per month through its ports.\n\nBut since Russia launched its invasion in February, exports have collapsed and prices have skyrocketed. They climbed even further after India banned wheat exports on Saturday.\n\nThe UN says around 20 million tonnes of grain are currently stuck in Ukraine from the previous harvest which, if released, could ease pressure on global markets.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Ros Atkins on why the war in Ukraine is pushing up food prices - and the likely impact on poorer countries\n\nWhile the number of people facing food insecurity had been growing even before the invasion, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, accused Moscow of making a difficult situation even worse on Wednesday.\n\n\"Russia has launched a grain war, stoking a global food crisis,\" Berlin's top diplomat said. \"It is doing so at a time when millions are already being threatened by hunger, particularly in the Middle East and Africa.\"\n\nMeanwhile, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the world faced the \"greatest global food security crisis of our time\" which had been exacerbated by what he called Russian President Vladimir Putin's \"war of choice\".", "Sarah Murphy has been the MS for Bridgend since 2021\n\n\"I wouldn't have come out, I would have died,\" said Sarah Murphy, reliving her experiences as a scared 14-year-old battling anorexia.\n\nShe described a doctor treating her like a \"freak\" as plans were made to send her to an adult psychiatric unit.\n\nSarah believes if her parents had not found the money for private treatment she \"wouldn't be here\".\n\nIn a tearful Senedd debate speech, the MS gave harrowing details of her experiences.\n\n\"I was thinking about this, and I think what would have happened is honestly, because when I said I wouldn't have come out, I would have died,\" she told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast.\n\n\"Because even at that time, my circulation was very, very poor, my periods had stopped, I was dis-associating, I was very cold all the time.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"I was very, very physically unwell as well as mentally unwell.\"\n\nShe told her story during a debate calling for improved mental health services for young people - including exploring the possibility of establishing an eating disorder unit.\n\nSarah explained why her experiences are still so raw, saying: \"It is because I've never really spoken about it and that is because there is so much shame and stigma around particularly anorexia nervosa, but also, as I said in my speech yesterday (Wednesday), I actually only found out about the fact they were going to commit me to an adult psychiatric unit very recently.\n\nMs Murphy wants to see a specialist unit set up to so people can be treated locally\n\n\"My mum had never told me that, she has wanted to shield me from that. So my emotion yesterday was very much, a part of it, like 14 year old me feeling that fear, that fear of they might have done that and ripped me away from my family and everything.\n\n\"Also, just my heart going out to people who are going through this right now. It's very, very, very scary.\"\n\nShe described her experiences of medical treatment as \"awful\", saying \"nobody knew what to do\".\n\nHer GP gave her antidepressant Prozac, while by the time she was sent to be assessed at a hospital paediatric unit, she had lost half a stone.\n\n\"When I went in, the consultant, this is going to sound awful, it was almost like his eyes lit up, because people can be quite fascinated by it, because it's so rare,\" she added.\n\nSarah Murphy was elected in the 2021 Senedd elections\n\n\"He brought in a load of student doctors, I just remember being prodded and poked, whilst lying on a bed, feeling like a real freak.\n\n\"They tried to draw blood, I was crying my eyes out, my dad holding my hand and I remember them weighing me, sat in a chair.\n\n\"My weight showed up behind me as if I didn't weigh myself 10 times a day, or I didn't drink 10 pints of water before going in there to disguise my true weight.\"\n\nSarah remembers seeing the \"terrified\" looks in her parents' faces and thinking about the doctors \"you're meant to be the ones helping me and you haven't got a clue what you're doing\".\n\nShe said this was when the \"fear set in\", adding: \"Up until then, I thought I was in control of it, but I realised I wasn't and nobody knew what they were doing.\"\n\nMs Murphy's family had to pay for her to have effective treatment\n\nThe way she got better, she said, was not through NHS treatment, but her parents ringing everyone they knew, and finding a a private counsellor.\n\n\"I don't know how they found the money but if they hadn't done it, I don't think I'd be here,\" she added.\n\nSarah believes the trauma of being sent to an adult psychiatric unit would have meant she would never have recovered.\n\n\"This is not the way to do this. The only way I was treated was when I got to have a say. It wasn't done to me, it was done with me. It was the only way I was going to get better,\" she said.\n\nSarah said \"it just doesn't make sense\" there is no specialist facility in Wales, saying people need to make the decision they want to get better, setting targets and goals, but need the right environment to be monitored.\n\nIf she had been sent to a unit in Bristol, she would have felt \"so far away from everything\" at a time when she needed her parents and brother.\n\nSarah has chatted to her brother about it recently and he told her that while she was \"weird\" and \"fixated\" on things, but she was still \"sweet\" and his sister.\n\nShe believes this is the most important thing for families dealing with the illness, adding: \"We must always remember the person is still in there.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAn MI5 spy used his status to terrorise his partner before moving abroad to continue intelligence work while under investigation, the BBC has found.\n\nA video shows the man threatening to kill the woman and attacking her with a machete.\n\nThe foreign national cannot be named, despite evidence he is a threat to women, after the government took the BBC to court to block publication.\n\nEvidence shows that he is a right-wing extremist with a violent past.\n\nIn an unprecedented legal battle, the corporation argued that women had a right to know his identity and it would protect potential victims from harm.\n\nBut the BBC successfully resisted the government's attempt to stop publication of the wide-ranging investigation.\n\nBeth, a British national, met the agent on a dating site. The couple went on to live together in the UK.\n\nAt first, she says, he was \"charming\". They appeared to have a lot in common.\n\nBut over time, he was revealed to be a misogynist and extremist, obsessed with violence and cruelty. Beth - not her real name - says he sexually assaulted her, and was also abusive and coercive.\n\nShe says he used his position with the British security services to terrorise her.\n\n\"He had complete control. I was a shadow of who I am now,\" she says.\n\nAs the relationship became more abusive, Beth's mental health deteriorated.\n\n\"At the end of the relationship he dictated my every waking hour - where I went, who I saw, how I worked, what I did at work, what I wore.\"\n\nX made her \"feel absolutely worthless\" and used \"the fact that I had mental health problems to bully me and to make me feel more vulnerable\".\n\nHe collected weapons and made her watch terrorist videos of executions and murders, she says.\n\n\"There was so much psychological terror from him to me, that ultimately culminated in me having a breakdown, because I was so afraid of everything - because of how he'd made me think, the people that he was involved with, and the people who he worked for.\"\n\nShe says X told her that he worked as a paid informant for the British security services - an agent or covert human intelligence source (CHIS), to use the formal term - infiltrating extremist networks. She was aware that he was having meetings with his handlers, receiving money, and being given equipment.\n\nInitially, she said, he kept his real name hidden from her. Our investigation has established that X spent years working as a CHIS for MI5, using several aliases.\n\nThe security service runs agents in terrorist networks, informants who secretly work with their handlers, MI5 officers. Controversial powers authorise its agents to commit crimes as part of their cover, but only to access life-saving intelligence, disrupt more serious crime, or ensure an agent's safety.\n\nBut this should not cover actions in their private lives.\n\nShe says he told her she wouldn't be able to report his behaviour because of his status.\n\n\"It meant that I couldn't speak out about any of his behaviour towards me, any of the violence I went through, sexual or physical, because he had men in high places who always had his back, who would intervene and who would actively kill me, if I spoke out.\"\n\nX was paid to inform on networks of right-wing extremists, but evidence we've seen shows his own alarming views are genuine.\n\nBeth says X praised various white supremacist mass murderers and stated his intent to commit similar acts.\n\nAt home, his violence was directed towards Beth. In one video, the MI5 agent is seen attacking her with a machete.\n\nThe incident was filmed by Beth on her mobile phone. In the lead-up to the attack, she is heard voicing concern about being killed and saying his treatment of her was unacceptable.\n\nBeth filmed the attack on her mobile phone\n\nX states he will kill her, leaves the room, and returns holding a machete - which he then raises above her head.\n\nWhen she is heard telling him the film could be handed to police, X launches an attack with the weapon and his fists. The video cuts out amid her screams.\n\nShe managed to fight him off, but he tried to attack her again hours later with a knife, attempting to cut her throat. She says she bit his hand in order to stop him.\n\nPolice visited their home after the attack, but our investigation has uncovered serious issues with the response.\n\nX was arrested, charged with assaulting Beth and appeared in court. However, while he was at court, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) dropped the case.\n\nBeth says X returned to the property and continued to mistreat her.\n\nThe police did not take a full statement from Beth or obtain the video of her being attacked. The CPS quickly discontinued the prosecution.\n\nThe police force concerned and the CPS insist the case was discontinued due to lack of evidence.\n\nAfter returning home, Beth says X claimed the security services would support him and that she was \"nothing\".\n\nA separate video, covertly filmed by Beth, captured exchanges in which X suggested she might get killed for asking too many questions.\n\nIn the video, Beth asks if he will be the one to kill her. His reply implies that he had almost done just that during a previous violent episode.\n\nLounging smugly on a sofa, he continues: \"It's constantly in me. This murderous thing is always in me.... I always imagine how I bludgeon someone to death... It's always been me.... I've been doing it since I was like six... I'm overly aggressive, I know that myself.\"\n\nThe couple would not remain together for much longer - X threw Beth out of their property and disappeared while another investigation against him was ongoing.\n\nWhile at the home after the machete attack, local police officers saw extremist material - including X's personal propaganda.\n\nThe BBC has seen a police log showing the evidence found by officers, such as a private diary in which X had written about killing \"Jews\". He had also written about killing Beth.\n\nLocal officers called in counter-terror detectives, who in turn seized various items. A terrorism investigation into X ensued, but he left the UK while it was ongoing.\n\nWithin weeks of him leaving, Beth had a mental breakdown and was hospitalised.\n\nWhile she was there, items of hers that had also been seized by counter terror officers were returned to a member of her family by a man who did not identify himself. The relative assumed the man was an associate of X. Neither Beth nor her family knew of the terrorism investigation.\n\nThe family were disturbed by this visit - concerned about how the stranger knew the address and came to have Beth's possessions.\n\nWe have established the visitor was an MI5 officer. Material seized by a police investigation, under a police warrant, had been given to MI5.\n\nThe highly unusual move is consistent with interference in a criminal process by the security service. X's own items were also handed by police to MI5, it is understood.\n\nCounter terror police say no criminality was identified during their enquiries, but have apologised for the fact Beth's possessions were not passed directly to her.\n\nFollowing her release from hospital, Beth complained to the local police force, asking why the case was dropped, why her property was taken, and why it was returned by a stranger.\n\nPolice took over a year to interview her, but have since claimed there is nothing to look into as everything was investigated previously. It was not.\n\nDuring the course of a complaint process with the police, Beth was told the force did not hold information about her property being seized but could see from \"notes\" that some property had been taken and returned to X. Police said they did not seize any items as part of their own investigation, and were \"unable to advise when or why these were taken\".\n\nThis was untrue, as the police force concerned was responsible for calling in counter terror officers.\n\nThe police claim that property had been returned to X was also untrue - the material had been given to MI5.\n\nWe have established that, after X disappeared, he moved abroad and began working for a foreign intelligence agency.\n\nBut X also has a history of appalling abuse in that country - with his extremist and violent behaviour long predating him becoming an MI5 agent.\n\nWe located and spoke to a former partner in the same foreign country. Her account of X's behaviour is equally alarming as Beth's. The two women have never met or communicated.\n\nRuth - not her real name - says X seemed normal at first, but he eventually began abusing and terrorising her.\n\nHe also threatened her life and that of her child.\n\n\"He said he would be able to kill me and my daughter, too, and then put our bodies somewhere and no-one would ever know who I am.\"\n\nFearing for her safety, she sought help from a medical organisation and was taken to a refuge. The trauma had left her unable to even speak at the time, and she was admitted to hospital.\n\n\"I was psychologically broken, really broken,\" she says.\n\n\"I kept wondering why he changed so much, but he once told me that this is his true face and that he'd been acting the whole time.\"\n\nWe tracked down a professional who had helped care for Ruth. He corroborated her account and described the events as perhaps the most disturbing he has ever encountered.\n\nHe remembered a notebook in which X had set out his desire to kill. Ruth separately described the same item, saying it contained fantasies involving \"blood, bones, flesh. Human flesh. Eating children's flesh\".\n\nHe threatened to kill and sexually abuse female children known to both Ruth and Beth.\n\nPolice in the foreign country were made aware of X and the threat he posed.\n\nIn a disturbing echo of the way he later abused his MI5 connection, X had used the spectre of a criminal organisation to which he was linked to terrify Ruth, telling her its members could have her killed.\n\nX eventually disappeared, leaving her only his financial debts.\n\nWe've found he subsequently spent years in Britain using her name, as a way of hiding his real identity, while in the pay of MI5.\n\n\"I think it's not fair and I'm angry,\" Ruth says. \"I'm very hurt. I feel cheated. You can't have trust. There is no justice.\"\n\nOur investigation found evidence independent of both women that corroborates their descriptions of X.\n\nWe obtained writings in the which X boasted about severely sexually exploiting women - using language that is too offensive to repeat.\n\nIn other writings, he expressed approval for a young girl being raped and murdered.\n\nHe openly joined a site, looking for British women, under an alias used for his MI5 work. Consistent with this, Beth says he had described searching online for women to exploit.\n\nGiven the BBC was able to establish that X had a history of violence and abuse, MI5 should, similarly, have been aware.\n\nLast year a serving police officer grossly exploited his position to coerce, rape and murder Sarah Everard.\n\nThere was overwhelming public concern - also voiced by government ministers - about how such a tragedy could have occurred, as well as about the state's wider response to violence against women and girls.\n\nAn inquiry into her death has been announced, with the home secretary saying it \"will shine a light on the failings that allowed a serving police officer to abuse his power in such a horrific manner and make recommendations for change within policing\".\n\nThe warning signs displayed by X are stark. Both of the women we interviewed think he is capable of murder.\n\nBut, when we put our findings about X to the government, it took us to the High Court, trying to stop this story being made public.\n\nThe court legally prevented us from naming X, because of an apparent risk to him from other extremists.\n\nThe government said it \"will not comment on security or intelligence\", but the court order is \"aimed at protecting national security and avoiding a real and immediate risk to life, safety and privacy.\"\n\nHowever, the BBC wanted to identify X so that women he is in contact with already, or those who meet him in future, could be warned.\n\nThis is the story of a dangerous MI5 agent, which the government tried to keep secret.\n\nAvailable now on BBC iPlayer\n\nDo you have information about this story that you want to share?\n\nGet in touch using SecureDrop, a highly anonymous and secure way of whistleblowing to the BBC which uses the TOR network.\n\nOr by using the Signal messaging app, an end-to-end encrypted message service designed to protect your data.\n\nPlease note that the SecureDrop link will only work in a Tor browser. For information on keeping secure and anonymous, here's some advice on how to use SecureDrop.", "Jennifer says she never knows when the attacks will begin or end (stock image)\n\nA transgender woman from Belfast has said she is considering relocating due to six years of attacks on her home.\n\nIt comes as the latest police statistics show that reported racist, homophobic, disability and transphobic motivated hate crimes are at their highest since 2004/2005.\n\nJennifer told the BBC the repeated attacks were \"soul destroying\".\n\nShe said her windows had been broken, things had been thrown at her house and there had been threats to kill her dog.\n\n\"I just want to be me and go out and have fun, do a bit of shopping and have a bit of craic,\" she told BBC Radio Ulster's Evening Extra programme.\n\nShe said she never knew when the attacks would begin or when they would end.\n\n\"The abuse could start tomorrow and go on for a week, then it could stop for months and then start up again and go on for five months,\" she said.\n\n\"Every time you think, 'Great it's over, it won't happen anymore,' it starts up again.\"\n\nShe said it had been mentally draining.\n\n\"I try to fight and get up because before my surgery I know what my mental health was like, so I always try to keep myself up and happy and try keep a good outlook on life,\" she told Evening Extra.\n\n\"It just gets to you. It's soul destroying - it just saps you.\"\n\nJennifer said the perpetrators were a \"small minority\".\n\n\"They are picking me out and thinking, 'Oh - let's go have some fun'.\n\n\"I can't understand their mentality. I'm not harming them and I didn't even know they existed before this all started.\"\n\nIf the attacks stopped, she said she could \"relax and be able to go out without worrying\" if she was going to see the perpetrators in the street.\n\nIf she was able to give the perpetrators a message, she would ask them to stop.\n\n\"I don't know whether they know about the hurt they're causing,\" she told the programme.\n\nHomophobic and transphobic-motivated hate crimes are at their highest since 2004/2005, according to police figures\n\nJennifer said she had initial hesitations about contacting the police.\n\n\"When it started, from a trans point of view, I was worried they wouldn't do anything.\n\n\"I have come along from that though and I now report every single incident.\n\n\"It was important for me to speak up because it's underreported, not by the media, but in that people are maybe scared to come forward or they won't be believed.\n\n\"I spoke up to encourage more people to stand up and say: 'No, I'm not going to let this happen anymore.'\n\n\"Whether you think it constitutes a hate crime or not, if anything is done against you or your property, I would immediately pick up that phone.\"\n\nThe Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Hate Crime lead Supt Sue Steen commended Jennifer's \"courage for telling her story\".\n\nA hate crime is any criminal offence which is perceived by the victim or any other person as being motivated by prejudice or hostility.\n\nShe said while it is concerning that figures are at a high, she was also encouraged by the number of people who are now reporting alleged hate crimes.\n\n\"We hope the increase in figures can also be attributed to an increase in people coming forward,\" she added.\n\nHowever Supt Steen said many homophobic and transphobic incidents may still go unreported.\n\n\"We're not going to sit and rest on our laurels and say that we know the full picture, we don't,\" she said.\n\n\"My message to those who have been the victim of an incident or a crime, I want to reassure them that if they make that courageous step to come forward to police that it will be investigated, they will be believed, they will be supported and they will not be judged.\"\n\nShe told the programme that in 2020/21 the outcome rate (prosecution rate) for homophobic hate crimes was 16% and 2021/2022 it was 23%.\n\n\"It is increasing, but it's not where we want it to be,\" she said.\n\n\"It means we are only able to bring someone to justice on a quarter of the occasions it was reported as a crime.\n\n\"We want to improve that and we will continue to work at. It's absolutely something we need to get better at.\"\n\nIf you've been affected by any of the issues raised in this story, help and support is available via the BBC Action Line.", "The framed apology is on display in the pub\n\nA village pub has received a framed apology from the publishers of one of the world's biggest fashion magazines.\n\nThe Star Inn at Vogue pub in Cornwall had been asked to change its name by Vogue magazine's publishers as it might \"cause problems\".\n\nPublishers Conde Nast later apologised and the pub has now received a framed version of the apology.\n\nThe parcel included a handwritten note that said: \"From one Vogue to another - please accept our apologies.\"\n\nPub landlord Mark Graham said the response to the story has been \"absolutely mind-blowing\".\n\n\"It's gone worldwide. I was speaking to the Washington Post last night, and Australian TV for their 'Have I Got News for You' type show over there this morning.\"\n\nThe programme offered him 500 Australian dollars to donate to a charity of his choice.\n\n\"To be honest I don't think they [Vogue Magazine] have done too badly out of this mistake either. We are all friends now.\n\n\"But we still have some ideas to poke a bit of fun at them.\"\n\nThe pub is in the village of Vogue near Redruth\n\nHe said the ideas included starting a parish magazine called Vogue Magazine, and also a rearranged version of Madonna's song Vogue, to be performed by \"some of the village's larger, hairier men in skimpy clothing\" at the ale festival later this year.\n\nConde Nast said in its apology that its team \"regularly monitor\" the use of the name Vogue and was alerted through Companies House.\n\nThe letter said: \"You are quite correct to note that further research by our team would have identified that we did not need to send such a letter on this occasion.\"\n\nMr Graham said: \"I'm not expecting to hear anything but now we have opened a dialogue with each other maybe, on a friendly basis, we could start working in tandem together.\n\n\"We could invite them to come and do a fashion shoot down here - we could both enjoy this mistake a little bit and have a good laugh about it.\"\n\nHe said people had been in touch from around the world including Germany, Holland, Australia and America and offered support.\n\n\"I received a letter this morning from a man in his 90s in a care home in London, an ex-Penzance man who said it has brought a little tear in his eye because it reminded him of Cornwall and how rebellious the Cornish are, and how you can't push them around.\"\n\n\"A few people have said, I've never heard of your pub, but if I'm in Cornwall it is now on my bucket list to come and visit you\".\n\nFollow BBC News South West on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to spotlight@bbc.co.uk.", "Margaret Keenan, the first person in the UK to receive a Covid vaccine, was given a booster this spring\n\nAt-risk groups should be given a booster Covid vaccine dose this autumn, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has advised.\n\nThe body suggested jabs should be offered to over-65s, health and care staff and clinically vulnerable adults aged 16-64.\n\nThe JCVI said this would top up levels of protection for the winter.\n\nThe provisional guidance is designed to give the NHS and care homes time to plan.\n\nAt the moment, a narrower group is being offered a spring booster:\n\nThose are the people considered to be the most vulnerable to severe disease and death should they catch Covid.\n\nMost receiving a booster now will be offered a further vaccine in the autumn, roughly six months later.\n\nThe wider group - of less vulnerable older adults, frontline health and social care workers and those who have health conditions but are not severely immune compromised - will be receiving their booster roughly a year on from their last jab.\n\nProf Jonathan Ball, a virologist at the University of Nottingham, said it seemed like a \"sensible approach\".\n\n\"We know that immunity to Covid-19 following vaccination or indeed infection contracts over time\", he said, and this would give people most at risk from severe disease a \"boost just before virus circulation is likely to pick up during autumn and winter months\".\n\nBut, he added, timing was important to make sure people received their extra jabs before virus circulation started to rise.\n\nThe JCVI offers recommendations to the whole of the UK, but leaders in the four nations each decide whether to act on it.\n\nThe Scottish, English and Welsh governments have confirmed their plans to act in line with the vaccine committee's advice.\n\nA spokesperson for the Department of Health and Social Care said the government had asked NHS England \"to begin preparations\" and to ensure vaccines were ready for those eligible.\n\nAfter being offered three doses, the JCVI is not currently recommending that younger people and those who aren't at high risk receive a booster at this point.\n\nBut the body said it would continue to review the situation.\n\nCovid vaccination committee chairman Prof Wei Shen Lim said: \"Last year's autumn booster vaccination programme provided excellent protection against severe Covid-19, including against the Omicron variant.\n\n\"As we continue to review the scientific data, further updates to this advice will follow.\"\n\nThough they make up a small fraction of the population, unvaccinated people account for a disproportionately large number of intensive-care admissions.\n\nNorthern Ireland's government has not yet confirmed to the BBC whether it plans to take up the recommendations.", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nFemale referees will officiate matches at this year's men's World Cup for the first time in the tournament's history.\n\nFrance's Stephanie Frappart, Rwanda's Salima Mukansanga and Japan's Yoshimi Yamashita have been selected to take charge of games in Qatar.\n\nThey will be supported by three female assistant referees.\n\nPremier League referees Michael Oliver and Anthony Taylor have also been chosen for the tournament, which begins on Monday, 21 November.\n\nTaylor refereed the Euro 2020 match between Denmark and Finland, and was praised for reacting quickly to ensure Christian Eriksen received urgent medical attention after collapsing on the field.\n\nIn total, 36 referees, 69 assistant referees and 24 video match officials have been chosen for this year's tournament.\n\n\"As always, the criteria we have used is 'quality first' and the selected match officials represent the highest level of refereeing worldwide,\" said the chairman of Fifa's referees committee Pierluigi Collina.\n\n\"This concludes a long process that began several years ago with the deployment of female referees at Fifa men's junior and senior tournaments.\n\n\"In this way, we clearly emphasise it is quality that counts for us and not gender.\n\n\"I would hope that in the future, the selection of elite women's match officials for important men's competitions will be perceived as something normal and no longer as sensational.\"\n• None The best Premier League derbies are debated and ranked", "Volodymyr Zelensky has said an operation to \"save the defenders of Mariupol\" has started, but added the work will require \"discretion and time\".\n\nUkraine's defence ministry says 264 fighters have left the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol and been taken to areas held by Russian-backed rebels.", "Twitter has said it plans to put misleading tweets from official accounts about the Ukraine war behind warning notices.\n\nThe change follows heightened scrutiny of the social media platform after the war unleashed a new surge of misinformation, sometimes from government sources.\n\nBut it also faces free speech concerns.\n\nUnder the company's new \"crisis\" policies, Twitter will prioritise labelling false posts from accounts with wide reach, like state media or official government accounts, while preserving them for \"accountability\" reasons.\n\nUsers will be required to click through the warning notice to view the post and Twitter will disable the ability to like, retweet or share the content.\n\nTwitter said it would also change its search and explore features to avoid amplifying false tweets.\n\n\"While this first iteration is focused on international armed conflict, starting with the war in Ukraine, we plan to update and expand the policy to include additional forms of crisis,\" Yoel Roth, Twitter's head of security and safety wrote in a blog post announcing the changes.\n\nTwitter said examples of problematic posts included false or misleading allegations of war crimes, false information regarding the international response and false allegations regarding use of force.\n\nThe company said it would rely on multiple sources to determine when claims are misleading. Strong commentary and first person accounts are among the types of tweets that would not be challenged by the policy, it said.\n\nTwitter has approved a $44bn takeover by billionaire Elon Musk, who has criticised its content moderation policies\n\nThe new policies come just weeks after Twitter's board agreed to a $44bn (£34.5bn) takeover offer from billionaire businessman Elon Musk, who has called for less moderated speech on the platform.\n\nHe has said he would revoke Twitter's controversial ban of former US President Donald Trump, whom Twitter suspended citing the risk that he would incite further violence.\n\nSocial media companies don't want to act as referees of the truth, but they now have so much power over what we see that they feel increasingly compelled to act as information judge and jury.\n\nTwitter's new crisis policies are geared towards war and conflict. It's hard not to see them through the lens of war in Ukraine, where there's been an intense information war.\n\nBut of course there are other conflicts where these rules might apply - take Myanmar, where a civil war rages and where social media played a key role in a deadly slaughter, according to the UN.\n\nAnnouncing a rule is one thing, but implementing it is another. The company uses automated systems but user reporting is rather limited. Twitter has only rolled out its misinformation reporting tool to the US and handful of other countries.\n\nAnd of course, there's another event on the horizon that could easily change things.\n\nYou may have heard Twitter might have a new owner soon - one whose views tend to be more laissez-faire than the current management.\n\nWe don't yet have a very clear idea of what Elon Musk will do about moderation - if he does eventually take control.\n\nMr Roth said Twitter had started working on the new policies for crisis situations before the invasion of Ukraine, though the conflict had highlighted their importance.\n\nEarly in the war, the company took steps to limit the reach of Russian media accounts. But it did not have a clear approach to disinformation spread by political figures or government accounts.\n\nWhile moderators did remove some posts, experts called the lack of strategy regarding government propaganda a \"critical gap\" in the firm's moderation policies.\n\nLast month Twitter said it had identified more than 300 Russian government accounts that it would stop recommending in timelines, notifications or elsewhere on the site.\n\nOn a call with reporters, Mr Roth said the firm had seen \"both sides share information that may be misleading and/or deceptive\".\n\n\"Our policy doesn't draw a distinction between the different combatants,\" he said. \"Instead, we're focusing on misinformation that could be dangerous, regardless of where it comes from.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Katerina spent more than two months beneath the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol\n\nKaterina closed her eyes and took a breath when I asked about her husband, a fighter, who is still thought to be in the maze of tunnels beneath the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol.\n\nShe'd been calm and composed until now. She too spent more than two months in one of the bunkers under the vast industrial facility with her two sons where the bombardment felt like it would never end.\n\n\"The missiles were so heavy it felt like the bunker walls were moving and the rooms themselves became smaller,\" she told me.\n\n\"Sometimes there was a one-hour break and we hoped maybe that's it. Maybe that's the end of it. But no. They carried on.\"\n\nBehind us, her two boys, aged 6 and 11, were playing with guns made from paper and duct tape.\n\nKaterina first took her two sons to the Azovstal steel plant in early March\n\n\"They are adapting to being outside again,\" said Katerina.\n\n\"Seeing them running around in the sun again is the best feeling in the world.\"\n\nShe remembers all three of them being \"blinded by light\" as they finally emerged after two months in their dark refuge under the steel plant.\n\nAs the two boys duck and dive behind the trees in the park, they pretend they're fighting Russians. At one point they drop to the ground and shout 'cover your ears'. One gives the shout of 'all clear' and they stand up and get going again.\n\nEven the games with the guns feel realistic as they practice putting in a fresh magazine of bullets. They have obviously seen this up close.\n\nKaterina believes their father is still at the plant. She heard from him earlier this week and he was his usual upbeat self.\n\n\"He is a very strong man, strong in spirit. He has been supporting me all my life.\"\n\nIt was love at first sight, she told me with a smile. Their hometown of Mariupol has now been hollowed out by Russian bombs.\n\nThe steelworks is a vast industrial area full of underground tunnels and other fortifiable locations\n\nKaterina first took her two boys to the Azovstal steel plant in early March, just after the first strikes on the port city. She thought they would use it as a shelter for maybe one or two days - a week at most. But as the bombing intensified, they had to stay below ground for more than 60 days.\n\nSupplies dwindled. Food and water became scarce - along with information. As Russian forces encircled the city, she and around 30 others in their bunker were cut off.\n\nOccasionally she would get a visit from her husband as he and around 1,000 other Ukrainian fighters continued to defend the steel plant - their last holdout.\n\n\"Whenever he visited us there, he would always tell us to hang in there, boosting everyone's morale, joking, laughing, cheering, telling us that we should not worry and that everything is fine.\n\n\"It was frightening because they were coming and leaving under shelling. It was weird to see them that cheerful, but I don't think there was any other way. In terms of morale and spirit, I think he is one of the strongest there.\"\n\nKaterina was finally brought above ground during an operation to free civilians organised by the Red Cross and the United Nations.\n\nI first met her at the evacuation centre in Zaporizhzhia. When she stepped off the bus she had everything she owned stuffed in a rucksack on her back.\n\n\"There were several times when we were losing hope that we would ever get out,\" she told me back then.\n\nNow, two weeks on, she is trying to plan a future for her family.\n\nHer home has been destroyed, she has spent two months in a cold and fetid bunker beneath a steel plant and now she is watching and waiting for news for her husband.\n\nAnd yet she remains upbeat - resilient.\n\n\"I am confident that it will be fine for us. I'm confident that Ukraine is going to win and stay and independent state.\"", "Bobbi-Anne McLeod was abducted from a bus stop in Leigham in November 2021\n\nA man fascinated with serial killers has been jailed for a minimum of 31 years for murdering an 18-year-old woman he abducted from a bus stop.\n\nBobbi-Anne McLeod's body was found in woodland near Plymouth in November.\n\nCody Ackland, 24, pleaded guilty to murder at an earlier hearing.\n\nThe court heard he was obsessed with serial killers, in particular Ted Bundy, and had searched the internet for Fred West and Ivan Milat in the weeks before the murder.\n\nSumming up, Judge Robert Linford said Ackland was a \"highly dangerous person\" who may never be released.\n\nHe said the defendant's interest in serial killers went \"beyond morbid fascination\".\n\nJudge Linford said: \"She had the whole of her life in front of her until it was brutally and savagely snuffed out by you.\"\n\nHe continued: \"She was a young, popular and much-loved person, you caused outrage and fear in this part of the country and with good reason, it was utterly motiveless.\"\n\nProsecuting at the sentencing hearing, Richard Posner told Plymouth Crown Court Ackland had searched DIY stores for tools including hammers, crowbars and cutting tools.\n\n\"He held such an unhealthy fascination and desire to imitate serial killers. His fascination was to become an unimaginable wicked reality for Bobbi-Anne.\"\n\nThe bus stop where Bobbi-Anne McLeod was last seen\n\nPolice uncovered 3,216 images on Ackland's phone, many of a \"disturbing and dark nature\" and reminiscent of horror films.\n\nSome also depicted dismembered or dead bodies, post-mortem examinations and murder scenes.\n\nThe court heard Ackland struck Miss McLeod on the head with a claw hammer at the bus stop in Leigham as she waited for her bus between 18:05 and 18:15 GMT.\n\nHe took her in his car, a red Ford Fiesta, and drove to Bellever Forest car park on Dartmoor where he repeatedly attacked and then murdered the teenager.\n\nMr Posner told the court Ackland burned her handbag nearby along with other items from the vehicle.\n\nAckland travelled to Bovisand where he stripped Miss McLeod and left her body in undergrowth.\n\nThe next day he drove to Tamerton Foliot in Plymouth and threw the hammer into the River Tamar, the court heard.\n\nThe defendant also threw a carrier bag containing his and her blood-stained clothing into nearby allotments in Coombe Lane.\n\nAckland then went for pizza with a friend, played guitar at a practice with his indie bandmates, got a takeaway and drank into the early hours of the next day with friends at a pub lock-in.\n\nFriends recalled him being \"happier than usual\", Mr Posner said.\n\nOn Tuesday 23 November, Ackland left work at a valeting department of a Plymouth garage about midday, the court heard.\n\nAt 13:30 he walked into Charles Cross Police Station and confessed to the murder.\n\nCody Ackland handed himself into the police and confessed to carrying out the murder\n\nIn police interviews, Ackland said he was \"solely responsible\" and claimed he had turned himself in \"to help the police and Bobbi-Anne's family\".\n\nThe court heard he asked for a map and told detectives where he had disposed of Miss McLeod's body.\n\nHe told police the killing was not on his mind because it was \"so out there... like a film or fantasy\".\n\nHe admitted that he did not know how he felt about the murder and it felt like someone else had done it.\n\nAt about 15:45 GMT on 23 November detectives found Miss McLeod's body in vegetation down a steep incline halfway down the densely wooded lane.\n\nShe had died from multiple injuries to her head and face inflicted during a \"prolonged and frenzied\" attack, Mr Posner said.\n\nReading from a prepared statement, Mr Poser said on behalf of the family that Miss McLeod was a \"beautiful girl\" who \"lit up\" their lives, and life would \"never be the same without her\".\n\nThey said Miss McLeod had \"so many life plans\", and those had been taken away from her and her family.\n\n\"We can't even contemplate a future without her in it. There will never be anything the justice system can impose that will ever come close to what he deserves,\" the statement said.\n\nMiss McLeod's body was found in a woodland area near Bovisand beach\n\nRay Tully QC, mitigating, said Ackland had come forward and confessed and \"some victims' families never get to hear that\".\n\n\"Some perpetrators of offences choose to hide their terrible secrets and they never engage in at least divulging the true horror of what they have done,\" Mr Tully said.\n\n\"Some might think silence is better, I don't profess to know - that will depend on the individual receiving the information as to whether they would rather know or not know.\"\n\nDet Insp Stephanie Blundell, senior investigating officer from Devon and Cornwall's major crime investigation team, said the \"senseless and evil acts\" have \"devastated\" the family's lives.\n\nShe said: \"I hope the community can now focus on healing and recovery, knowing that Ackland will be in prison for a substantial length of time.\"\n\nFollow BBC News South West on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to spotlight@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Four more Ukrainian orphans from Dnipro have made it to Scotland to be reunited with their families.\n\nThe small group of children arrived in Glasgow on Monday and were whisked to join their orphanage families who are being cared for in Edinburgh.\n\nThe children had stayed behind in the war-torn country while others were evacuated following the Russian invasion in February.\n\nThey remained to complete medical recuperation in the city of Odesa.\n\nHowever, like the operation to evacuate the original group, the journey to get them to the UK was long, frustrating and hampered by red tape.\n\nDnipro Kids charity spokesman, Steven Carr, told BBC Scotland that in the end, the children's orphanage mothers - their official guardians - had to leave Edinburgh and travel back to Poland and across the Ukraine border to bring the children out of the country.\n\nMr Carr said three youngsters from one orphanage and one from another in Dnipro had been receiving medical care in Odesa, in the south-west of Ukraine.\n\n\"A decision was made for the children to stay there until the end of their recovery. Then the children were transferred back to Dnipro while they organised visas etc to get to the UK,\" he said.\n\n\"The biggest problem was leaving Ukraine because their legal guardians were not with them. They were already in Scotland.\"\n\nThe charity spent a long time pulling new paperwork together, but after having documents signed by the Ukrainian consulate in Edinburgh the children were turned away at the border because their legal guardians were not there in person.\n\nMr Carr said: \"We thought we had everything in place but had to send them back to Lviv. It ended up our only option was to get two of the orphanage mums back to Poland, then a bus back into Ukraine to bring the children over the border.\"\n\nThe delay cost them weeks, with Lviv subject to missile attacks by the Russians.\n\nThe group of 52 children and their guardians made headlines when the Dnipro Kids charity fought red tape to bring them to safety in Scotland.\n\nAfter a month in Callander, near Stirling, they moved to Edinburgh where they have started school and settled into their new, temporary lives.\n\nThe first group of Dnipro young people in Scotland have settled into school\n\nThe new children will shortly be enrolled in school with their orphanage brothers and sisters.\n\nThe Dnipro refugees have settled well, but frustration remains over government bureaucracy.\n\nThe charity has been waiting for two months to receive biometric residence permits for about half of the Ukrainians it brought to Scotland.\n\nMr Carr said: \"We have received little contact from the Home Office. For two months they have been waiting for these residence permits.\n\n\"They need these to be able to open a bank account and apply for benefits or assistance with housing - all the things we are entitled to as residents.\"\n\nWhen asked about the issue with the permits, a UK government spokeswoman said: \"We're delighted that the children have safely arrived in the UK and we are making sure they have everything they need to welcome them during their stay.\"", "Bruno Tonioli is leaving Strictly Come Dancing for good, with Anton Du Beke taking over his seat as a judge.\n\nThe Italian, who also appears on the US version of the show, has not been on the BBC panel in person for two years because of Covid travel restrictions.\n\nTonioli told BBC One's The One Show on Thursday he will now concentrate on his role as a judge on Dancing with the Stars, which is filmed in Los Angeles.\n\nBut he added he was sad to leave Strictly, saying: \"I miss it so much.\"\n\nHe said that during the pandemic, doing both was \"impossible because the rules changed, getting through the airport was not like it used to be, it created a situation that was unsustainable\".\n\nExplaining his current situation, he said: \"Unfortunately Dancing with the Stars has moved to Disney+, which is a big deal. Because of the travel situation, I will be there.\"\n\nThe 66-year-old appeared via video link in the 2020 series of Strictly, while Du Beke took his place last year.\n\nTonioli's permanent exit leaves Craig Revel Horwood as the only judge to remain since Strictly's launch in 2004.\n\nTonioli (left) on series one in 2004 with fellow judges Arlene Phillips, Len Goodman and Craig Revel Horwood\n\nTonioli's exuberance and enthusiasm, often jumping to his feet when delivering his verdicts, provided a balance to Revel Horwood's more strict demeanour, and made him popular with viewers and dancers.\n\nHe travelled back and forth between the UK and US to appear on both Strictly Come Dancing and Dancing with the Stars for 14 years, but that became impossible when the pandemic took hold.\n\nDu Beke will keep his seat after moving behind the judges' desk last year following 16 years as one of the show's professional dancers.\n\nTonioli praised Du Beke, saying: \"I think Anton has done a fantastic job. He deserves to be on that seat. It's a 10 from me. Carry on. Do me proud.\"\n\nDu Beke said in a statement: \"Everyone knows how much I absolutely love the show and I'm utterly delighted to be continuing as a regular judge.\"\n\nAnton Du Beke is \"utterly delighted\" to be carrying on as a judge on the show\n\nTonioli also offered messages to the other judges - Shirley Ballas, Motsi Mabuse and Revel Horwood - saying: \"The panel were so good last year. They were brilliant. They have all my support, so hopefully we will do something else [together].\n\n\"Shirley my love, you will be much safer with Anton. Motsi, don't worry about Craig, he is just jealous because he cannot wear your clothes.\n\n\"Craig is just Craig and behind the scene he is more fun than me. He is so cool and laid back.\"\n\nThe next series will also be without two other familiar faces, Aljaž Škorjanec and Oti Mabuse, who have announced their departures as pro dancers.\n\nTonioli added that he may not have disappeared from the show altogether, saying: \"I may do the tour. I am not gone forever. Don't count me out. I will always be part of the family. We created the show.\"\n\nStrictly's 20th series is expected to begin in the autumn.", "Stormont's Department of Health must start setting up a fully-funded abortion service for Northern Ireland \"within days to weeks\", Brandon Lewis has said.\n\nThe Northern Ireland secretary has taken new powers to remove the need for the executive to approve plans first.\n\nAbortion is a devolved matter but commissioning a service has been held up due to political deadlock.\n\nBut Mr Lewis said his latest step means that \"barrier\" has now been removed.\n\nThe UK government had indicated it would act after the assembly election, if an executive was not restored by then.\n\nNow Mr Lewis has done that, saying he had a \"legal and moral duty\" to intervene due to the lack of progress.\n\nHe gave details of the plan to Parliament on Thursday in a written ministerial statement.\n\n\"The Department of Health has said the main thing that has held them up is not being able to get this through the executive - we've taken that away, they can now crack on and deliver it,\" he told BBC News NI.\n\n\"I think this has taken far too long already, it's a complicated legal area... we will allow the department a little bit of time to deliver on this.\"\n\nBrandon Lewis previously said there would be \"no further barriers\" in commissioning abortion services\n\nThe secretary of state declined to give a firm deadline but said the Department of Health needed to move quickly, adding: \"I am talking days to weeks.\"\n\nIf that does not happen, Mr Lewis has also taken other powers that will allow the government to then set up the services itself.\n\nAccess to abortion has been available in Northern Ireland since April 2020 after new laws came into force, but it is largely limited to early medical terminations up to 10 weeks of pregnancy.\n\nThose seeking abortion services not yet provided by NI Health Trusts can access services in Great Britain through arrangements that are funded by the Department of Health.\n\nLast year, the NI Secretary ordered the Department of Health to get approval from the executive to establish services by no later than March 2022.\n\nThe Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is anti-abortion and vowed to block the proposals.\n\nThe party also withdrew Paul Givan as first minister in February, leading to the collapse of the power-sharing executive which he jointly chaired.\n\nThe Department of Health said Robin Swann - who remains in place as caretaker health minister - was unable to bring draft commissioning proposals forward without a functioning executive.\n\nThe health minister said the new regulations would be given \"careful consideration\" by the department.\n\nMr Swann said: \"I will be seeking further legal advice, including with regard to a Northern Ireland minister of health's legal responsibilities under the ministerial code\".\n\nSinn Féin vice-president Michelle O'Neill welcomed the intervention by Mr Lewis, saying abortion services \"must be provided now\".\n\n\"Finally women will receive the modern compassionate health care they are entitled to. The commissioning of abortion services has been blocked to this point,\" she wrote in a tweet\n\n\"No more delays. It must be provided now.\"\n\nDUP MP for Upper Bann Carla Lockhart said devolution should be respected.\n\n\"This should be for the people of Northern Ireland to decide what services they want, if any,\" she told BBC Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster programme.\n\n\"It is for our department and our executive to do just that\".\n\nMs Lockhart said the UK government should \"spend time on other issues\", like making changes to the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\n\"It is absolutely vitally important that the UK government step back from this roughshod approach, take action on the issues that they need to take action on and then let the executive decide on this devolved issue\".\n\nThe DUP has refused to return to Stormont since the assembly election on May 5.\n\nIt blocked the election of a Speaker to a new assembly, meaning it cannot function, until its concerns about post-Brexit trading arrangements are resolved.\n\nMr Lewis has rejected suggestions that his actions could be interpreted as a step by Westminster towards reintroducing direct rule.\n\n\"I've been very clear about my first choice, to see this done the way it should be done at Stormont,\" he said.\n\n\"It's a balance for us as this is a devolved area but we will strain every sinew to work with the Department of Health to get this done.\"\n\nIt is understood it could cost about £5m per year to run a permanent, fully-funded abortion service for Northern Ireland.\n\nMr Lewis insisted it was \"within the budget the Department of Health has got\", without further funding from Westminster.\n\n\"£5m is a lot of money - but it's not a lot of money when you look at the several hundreds of millions of pounds that hasn't been spent, that the executive has already had,\" he added.\n\n\"So they've definitely got the money for this, but they have to have the determination to deliver for women in Northern Ireland.\"\n\nThe Department of Health said it would consider the implications of Mr Lewis's latest intervention.\n\nIt also said limited abortion services for up to 10 weeks of pregnancy were already available to all women in Northern Ireland.", "The MV Hebrides hit a pier at Lochmaddy, North Uist, on Wednesday night\n\nIslanders in Uist have been left with no dedicated ferry service to mainland Scotland.\n\nSouth Uist's boat, MV Lord of the Isles, was withdrawn from service on Tuesday for essential repairs to its firefighting system.\n\nOn Wednesday night, North Uist's MV Hebrides struck a pier and all its sailings on Thursday were cancelled.\n\nFerry operator CalMac apologised and said it was considering moving boats around its network.\n\nWestern Isles local authority Comhairle nan Eilean Siar has reacted with anger at Uist being left without a service.\n\nIslanders are now facing journeys of more than five hours, involving multiple ferry crossings, to get to the mainland.\n\nNormally South Uist's Lochboisdale to Mallaig crossing is a three hour and 45 minute journey, while North Uist's Lochmaddy to Uig ferry trip takes one hour and 45 minutes.\n\nBut now the options available to people wanting to travel from the Uists to the mainland are:\n\nThese times do not factor in the waits for different ferries, the 30 to 45 minute check-ins for the larger boats and some of the driving to the ports.\n\nThe MV Hebrides struck the pier at Lochmaddy in North Uist on Wednesday night.\n\nThis led to the cancellation of all Thursday's sailings between Uig on Skye, Tarbert on Harris and Lochmaddy.\n\nSkye provides a link to the mainland via its road bridge.\n\nThe MV Lord of the Isles was withdrawn from the Mallaig-Lochboisdale route on Tuesday, and could be out of action for more than a week.\n\nComhairle nan Eilean Siar has called on CalMac to charter a catamaran ferry as cover for disrupted islands sailings.\n\nCalMac said engineers were assessing the extent of the damage to the MV Hebrides.\n\nA spokeswoman said: \"We are extremely sorry for the disruption that this will cause to our passengers.\n\n\"Investigations are currently being carried out into the extent of the repair required, and we will provide updates regarding services for tomorrow later today.\n\n\"Options such as moving vessels around the network are also being investigated.\"\n\nTransport Scotland said the MV Hebrides was an operational matter for CalMac.\n\nThe MV Lord of the Isles was withdrawn from its route earlier this week\n\nThe comhairle said Western Isles ferry services were in crisis and problems had affected lifeline services for at least the last five years.\n\nA spokesman said: \"The community of Uist is left without a ferry service to the mainland with both MV Hebrides withdrawn from her service to Uig on Skye and MV Lord of the Isles in Greenock for repairs rather than on her service from Lochboisdale to Mallaig.\"\n\nThe comhairle urged CalMac to hire a catamaran called the MV Pentalina.\n\nThe ferry had been looked at as cover for island services last year, but a deal fell through.\n\nThe MV Hebrides situation is the latest in a series of disruptions affecting CalMac's west coast network, many due to its ageing fleet and delays to the delivery of new boats.\n\nThe Lord of the Isles has been withdrawn from the Mallaig-Lochboisdale route for an estimated eight days for repairs to its firefighting system.\n\nCalMac said a relief boat was unavailable while the ferry was out of service. Repairs to the boat were said to be progressing well.", "The theatre has often been described as the heart of the city\n\nAfter almost three months of relentless assault, Mariupol has fallen. Ukraine's military says its combat mission in the besieged port is over. More than any other Ukrainian city, Mariupol has come to symbolise the ferocious brutality of Russia's assault and the stubbornness of Ukraine's resistance.\n\nOn Wednesday 23 February, Ivan Stanislavsky left his camera bag at the office. He was on his way to see the layout of his new book on Mariupol's Soviet-era murals at a colleague's house, and didn't want to lug the gear around. He could always pick it up the next day.\n\nBut on Thursday, as he stood in the street outside his locked and deserted office, he could hear thunderous sounds rolling in from the east. The city was under fire.\n\nAs the conflict intensified, and gunfire became audible to the west too, Ivan moved his mattress into the hall. He piled up his large collection of art books - including the Encyclopaedia of Ukrainian Rock Music - against the windows of his flat in the district of Primorsky.\n\n\"Let's say it was not a waste of a library,\" says the 36-year-old photographer, who is also a press officer at Ukrainian premier league football club FC Mariupol.\n\nIvan Stanislavsky loved to photograph his city of Mariupol\n\nAcross town in the neighbourhood of Kalmiusky, businessman Yevhen was also taking precautions. The 47-year-old had told his family to pack so they could escape the city. But when he returned from the office, he found no packing had been done. His family refused to leave.\n\nIn an apartment in the same block, metallurgists from the nearby steelworks, Nataliia, 43, and Andrii, 41, were already slicing the last two loaves they had been able to buy, leaving them to dry out so they could eat them piece by piece over the weeks ahead.\n\nThe Illich steel plant dominates this view of Mariupol\n\nVolodymyr, a 52-year-old paramedic in Kalmiusky, was also in his kitchen, trying to absorb the news. When reports came in of Russians marching through the village of Chonhar - on a strategic road out of Crimea to the west - he choked. This was a coordinated attack, he realised.\n\nThe ambulance dispatcher was on the phone. She instructed Volodymyr to ignore routine calls. \"Find the wounded\", he was told.\n\nTwenty-two-year-old engineering graduate Mariia thought the first explosion she heard was simply a storm. Then she heard a second.\n\n\"We didn't know what to do,\" says Mariia, who like Ivan, lived in Primorsky. \"I didn't have time to think about my future, my plans. I had to think about what I'd eat and drink... [And] what to do with the cats.\"\n\nIt suddenly dawned on her why, in the past few days, soldiers had appeared in the paint shop where she worked, asking to buy blue and yellow tape. They needed it to mark their uniforms.\n\nFour days into the war, with the fighting closing in, Ivan and his wife sought shelter in a basement underneath his local supermarket. It offered good protection, and Ivan found that the muffling of sound dulled his sense of mounting anxiety.\n\nDaily life was being stripped down to bare essentials.\n\n\"We lived like primitive people,\" he told the BBC from Lviv, where he has now fled. \"We broke trees, made fires, cooked food on fires. I even heard of people eating pigeons.\"\n\nHe watched as order gradually broke down all around him. He kept a vivid diary, later published online.\n\n\"The Stone Age has arrived,\" he says in his 6 March entry.\n\nHe writes of watching his fellow Ukrainian citizens raiding abandoned shops, making off with everything from computers and freezers to swimsuits and underwear.\n\nOne evening a drunk woman interrupts a session of evening gossip in the basement. \"Treat yourself,\" she says, as a flashlight revealed a bottle of Californian Merlot, taken from Wines of the World on nearby Italiiska Street.\n\nBut aware that even medical supplies and cash tills were being taken, Ivan says he felt disgust.\n\n\"We are our own worst enemies,\" he writes.\n\nBut is this, he wonders, how the fittest survive? After a while, each day became a \"combat mission\".\n\nOver a few short weeks, Mariupol fell apart. The Russian military laid siege to the city, attacking power and water supplies. A Russian airstrike hit the maternity hospital on 9 March, and a plane bombed its theatre - clearly marked as a civilian shelter - a week later.\n\nIvan was stunned at how quickly it all happened.\n\nThe theatre after it was bombed\n\n\"The whole city, all its infrastructure, supply system, logistics, energy supply were destroyed in a matter of days,\" he says.\n\nSitting underground at night, he sensed people becoming passive.\n\n\"You can only wait in the shelter,\" he writes in his diary. \"Some are waiting for spring, some - for the morning to come, some - for the end of the war. And someone is waiting for the bomb to come and kill everyone.\"\n\nAnd all this just as Mariupol had seemed destined to turn a corner. Money began to pour in, adding lustre to a city previously associated mainly with heavy industry - and war.\n\n\"It was a city aspiring to something,\" Ivan says. It hadn't always been this way.\n\nLong before this year's invasion, Mariupol had a ringside seat to Ukraine's simmering conflict with Russian-backed separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk, the two regions that make up the neighbouring area known as Donbas.\n\nAn activist guards a barricade outside the Mariupol government building seized by pro-Russia activists on 17 April 2014\n\nWhen fighting first broke out there in 2014, the government briefly lost control of Mariupol after clashes with pro-Russian protesters. In January 2015, a devastating rocket attack by the rebels on the eastern edge of the city killed almost 30 civilians.\n\nEven though the war gradually receded, the sound of artillery booming in the distance was part of Mariupol's daily soundscape.\n\nBut the city moved on. The Ukrainian government briefly made Mariupol the administrative capital of the Donetsk Oblast. People migrated from rebel-held areas and the city started attracting investment.\n\n\"It started receiving all of the resources and all of the attention,\" Ivan says.\n\nA view of Mariupol along its coast\n\nPublic buildings were renovated, cafés opened, and new parks created. In a podcast last October, the city's mayor Vadym Boychenko boasted of creating the best municipal services in the country, opening an IT school, and promoting contemporary art and sports.\n\nPlans were afoot, he said, for the largest water park in Ukraine and a version of Disneyland \"which will probably be called Mariland\". In fact, Mariupol was declared Ukraine's \"Big Capital of Culture\" in 2021.\n\nBut while Mariupol flourished, rebel-held Donetsk mouldered. When the rebels returned to Mariupol, Volodymyr, the paramedic, believed they were driven by revenge to destroy the city.\n\n\"'If we live in shit, then you will live in shit as well,'\" Volodymyr says they told him at a checkpoint as he finally escaped the city. \"They just looked at us and envied how we lived.\"\n\nVolodymyr thinks the Russian-backed separatists were motivated by revenge\n\nYevhen, the businessman, describes life in Mariupol in the past five years as \"a fairytale\". \"The city was being reconstructed,\" he says, \"all roads were renovated, public transport was improved.\"\n\nHis buildings restoration firm was responsible, among other projects, for the reconstruction of Mariupol's iconic water tower in time for the city's 240th birthday.\n\n\"This is a city of hard workers… It was hard for me to explain that my workers should finish at 6pm - they wanted to work longer.\"\n\nLike many others, weekends would be spent with family in the city's revived parks or on the seafront.\n\n\"For me, this is a [key] question - if you want to capture the city, why destroy it? [The Russians] don't need thinking people, they need territory,\" he says.\n\nAnd, he adds, he is now getting calls from the Russians to return to Mariupol to help rebuild it.\n\n\"But if Mariupol is occupied by Russia, there will be no future there… there will be nothing to live for. To live in unrecognised territory is to bury your children's future.\"\n\nAbout 150,000 people remain in the city, from a population of almost half a million. Most of those left there, he says, are also trying to escape.\n\n\"I left Mariupol but my soul is there,\" he says, tears in his eyes.\n\nBusinessman Yevhen is already getting calls from Russians to rebuild Mariupol\n\nNataliia and her husband Andrii worked at the Illich plant, one of two iron and steel works which tower over the city's skyline and loom large in Ivan Stanilavsky's photographs.\n\nThey spent long days at work, and leisure time was precious.\n\n\"The city authorities laid out marble tiles, made piers [so that] it was possible to sit on a bench right in the sea,\" Andrii says.\n\n\"It was a wonderful warm city with parks, concerts, fountains,\" his wife says. \"A European city.\"\n\nThis recent blossoming was captured by Ivan, but as a photographer with a passion for his city's past, his pet project was documenting Mariupol's remarkable collection of Soviet murals, one of the most extensive in Ukraine.\n\nThe cultural importance of preserving such remarkable works seems undeniable, but in Mariupol nostalgia for the Soviet Union jostled uneasily with Ukraine's modern, increasingly European identity, Ivan says.\n\n\"Politics was already preventing this cultural heritage from being integrated into Ukraine's artistic context,\" he says.\n\nSo inevitably, when the war came, culture found itself fought over too.\n\nOn 28 April, Mariupol's city council denounced the alleged theft by Russia of more than 2,000 exhibits from the city's museums, including ancient icons, a handwritten Torah scroll and more than 200 medals.\n\nThe director of Mariupol's Local History Museum, Natalia Kapustnikova, later told Russian newspaper Izvestia that she had personally handed over paintings to the Russians by Ivan Aivazovsky and Arkhip Kuindzhi, and claimed that Ukrainian \"nationalists\" had burned 95% of the museum's exhibits.\n\nShe wasn't the only local official harbouring pro-Russian sentiments. On 9 April, Ukraine's prosecutor general charged a member of Mariupol's city council, Kostyantyn Ivashchenko, with treason after he was declared mayor by pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk.\n\nIvashchenko's pro-Russian party had been well supported in the city's last elections, coming second, while President Volodymyr Zelensky's party came a distant fifth place.\n\nIn a poll conducted just before the elections by the Kyiv-based Centre for Social Indicators, almost half the city's population identified themselves as \"Russian\", though 80% also described themselves as \"Ukrainian\".\n\nMore tellingly, perhaps, fewer than 20% self-identified as \"European\", while more than 50% said they were \"Soviet\".\n\nMariia says that after the invasion she began to hate all things Russian\n\nNataliia, whose father is Russian, says she asked her husband for forgiveness when the bombing started. \"I was ashamed that I was Russian.\"\n\nMariia, the engineer, says that before the war her first language was Russian, but when the bombing began \"I started to hate all things Russian - language, movies, objects\".\n\nMariupol's complex identity is hardly unique in today's Ukraine, a country which formed an integral part of the Soviet Union until the collapse of communism at the end of the 1980s. And it's doubtful that any of those who described themselves as \"Russian\" or \"Soviet\" wanted to see their city destroyed in a violent effort to pull it back into Moscow's orbit.\n\nIronically, when the moment arrived to defend the city from Russian invaders, it was another part of Mariupol's Soviet-era legacy that came to play an almost iconic role.\n\nThis legacy, buried deep underground, is the maze of bunkers beneath Mariupol's other steel works, Azovstal, built by the Soviet authorities during the Cold War.\n\nThe 36 bomb shelters provided room for more than 12,000 people. After independence in 1991, no-one thought that much about them. But then the fighting in 2014 began.\n\n\"We started thinking about what we would do if fighting spread further into the city,\" Enver Tskitishvili, Azovstal's director general, says.\n\nTraining on the use of the bunkers and their connecting tunnels went on every day for years.\n\nIn early February, as the fear of renewed conflict loomed larger, preparations swung into high gear. Food and water were brought in the week before Russia's invasion.\n\nOfficials at the plant knew the bomb shelters would soon be occupied, but had little idea that Azovstal, surrounded by water on three sides, would become the scene of Mariupol's last stand.\n\nAn injured Ukrainian serviceman inside the Azovstal iron and steel works factory\n\nAs the days went by, the war got closer and closer to Ivan Stanislavsky's apartment. Excursions in search of food, even to the nearby Dzerkalnyy store, just 400m up the road, were increasingly perilous. Sometimes, a Ukrainian mortar team would arrive by truck, fire off a few rounds, and leave before the inevitable Russian reply.\n\nThere was little communication between civilians and soldiers.\n\nOne day, a tank from the Azov Regiment arrived near Dzerkalnyy, sending locals running, fearful of an impending battle. The regiment emerged in 2014 as a highly effective volunteer militia with far right and, in some cases, neo-Nazi affiliations, before being folded into Ukraine's National Guard.\n\nVladimir Putin has made extensive use of the Azov's controversial origins, in an effort to bolster his argument that he is trying to \"de-Nazify\" Ukraine. Ukrainian authorities say the regiment's origins are a thing of the past and points out that far-right parties have had very little electoral success.\n\nIn his diary Ivan describes the members he knows as a motley assortment of Mariupol natives - bikers, lawyers, football hooligans, and an amateur actor - driven not by ideology, but by a fierce hatred of those who were trying to ruin their lives.\n\n\"Together they formed a 'Nazi' battalion and intimidated the entire Russian army,\" he writes.\n\nIntimidating and effective, but not enough, eventually, to stem the Russian tide.\n\nWhile the city's defenders fought their losing battle, Ivan heard voices in his basement starting to curse President Zelensky for leaving Mariupol to its own devices.\n\nPresident Volodymyr Zelensky (L) and children play in a fountain during his first official visit to Mariupol on 15 June 2019\n\nFor all the praise heaped on the city's defenders, it was clear from the start that Mariupol was not the government's main priority. Faced with Russian threats on a number of fronts, the Zelensky government chose to secure the capital, thwarting what was arguably Vladimir Putin's top priority.\n\nUltimately, that meant letting Russian forces achieve another of their pre-war goals: the establishment of a land corridor between Crimea - annexed by Moscow in 2014 - and the separatists in the Donbas.\n\nBut for those trapped in the city, fighting or just trying to survive, it was a bitter pill.\n\n\"Some say Mariupol was given the status of a hero city,\" Ivan wrote in his diary on 13 March.\n\n\"It looks like the award will be posthumous.\"\n\nIvan's photo of the inside of the water tower\n\nBy now, Ivan couldn't stand any more. Outside Dzerkalnyy supermarket, he saw corpses neatly stacked under a wall. People who once queued for food were now in \"the queue of the dead\", waiting to be buried.\n\nSo on 15 March Ivan bundled four family members and his cat into his miraculously unscathed Skoda Fabia and joined a convoy for the tortuous journey north-west to government-held Zaporizhzhia.\n\nAt an observation point on Markelova St looking towards the port and the beach, Ivan allowed himself a brief moment of reflection.\n\n\"In my head I'm saying goodbye to this place,\" he writes in his diary. \"I have a feeling we will never return here.\"\n\nA day later, Mariia and five relatives also left by car, carrying just personal belongings and the family's dog. As they made their way out of Mariupol, their convoy came under attack and the cars had to accelerate out of danger, headed first to Zaporizhzhia, then to Dnipro.\n\nThe following day, Nataliia and Andreii left, after a neighbour offered them a space in his car. The couple eventually reached the city of Khmelnytskyi where they have been selling the family's coin collection in order to survive.\n\nIn that same convoy, Yevhen travelled with his wife and two other relatives. He's now in Dnipro, helping other residents who escaped Mariupol, and trying to reach those who remain.\n\nThe apartment block where Ivan lived has been destroyed\n\nVolodymyr, the paramedic, stayed in Mariupol as long as he could, to look after his elderly mother. But deprived of food and special medicine, she died. He then left the city on 21 April, and is volunteering at a hospital in Dnipro.\n\n\"There are thousands and thousands of families like mine,\" he says. \"How many people have died? How many families have been lost?\"\n\nTwo months after escaping, Ivan is still watching the death throes of Mariupol from the relative safety of Lviv.\n\nIn his diary's poignant epilogue, he writes of flashbacks, text messages about deaths or lucky escapes, and phone calls that go unanswered.\n\n\"The subscriber is out of range.\"\n\nWith additional reporting by Kateryna Khinkulova and Illia Tolstov", "Sri Lanka has defaulted on its debt for the first time in its history as the country struggles with its worst financial crisis in more than 70 years.\n\nA 30-day grace period to come up with $78m (£63m) of unpaid debt interest payments expired on Wednesday.\n\nThe governor of the South Asian nation's central bank said the country was now in a \"pre-emptive default\".\n\nLater on Thursday, two of the world's biggest credit rating agencies also said Sri Lanka had defaulted.\n\nDefaults happen when governments are unable to meet some or all of their debt payments to creditors.\n\nIt can damage a country's reputation with investors, making it harder for it to borrow the money it needs on international markets, which can further harm confidence in its currency and economy.\n\nAsked on Thursday whether the country was now in default, central bank governor P Nandalal Weerasinghe said: \"Our position is very clear, we said that until they come to the restructure [of our debts], we will not be able to pay. So that's what you call pre-emptive default.\n\n\"There can be technical definitions... from their side they can consider it a default. Our position is very clear, until there is a debt restructure, we cannot repay,\" he added.\n\nSri Lanka is seeking to restructure debts of more than $50bn it owes to foreign creditors, to make it more manageable to repay.\n\nThe country's economy has been hit hard by the pandemic and rising energy prices, but critics say the current crisis has been of the previous government's own making.\n\nA chronic shortage of foreign currency and soaring inflation have led to a severe shortage of medicines, fuel and other essentials.\n\nProfessor Mick Moore from the University of Sussex and former consultant on Sri Lanka for the Asian Development Bank said even though it looked like Sri Lanka was struggling from the effects of global economic problems, it was \"emphatically not that\".\n\n\"This is the most man-made and voluntary economic crisis of which I know,\" he told the BBC's Today programme.\n\nProf Moore said the previous administration had borrowed money for infrastructure projects and then \"insisted in this very macho fashion\" on repaying mounting the debts, rather than restructuring them with creditors.\n\nHe said the then government \"went along in this way until about six months ago and basically they had given away virtually all the foreign exchange they could command\".\n\n\"This is egregious incompetence,\" he added.\n\nProf Moore said the country faced a \"very critical situation\".\n\nIn recent weeks, there have been large, sometimes violent, protests against President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his family due to the growing crisis.\n\nThe country has already started talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over a bailout and needs to renegotiate its debt agreements with creditors.\n\nLater on Thursday, an IMF spokesman said the current talks on a potential loan programme were expected to conclude on Tuesday.\n\nSri Lanka's government has said previously that it needs as much as $4bn this year.\n\nMr Weerasinghe warned that Sri Lanka's already very high rate of inflation was likely to rise further.\n\n\"Inflation obviously is around 30%. It will go even [higher], headline inflation will go [up] around 40% in the next couple of months,\" he said.\n\nHe was speaking after Sri Lanka's central bank held its two key interest rates steady following a seven percentage points rise at its last meeting.\n\nThe country's main lending rate remained at 14.5%, while the deposit rate was kept at 13.5%.\n\nIn many ways this wasn't a surprise. The warning sirens of a potential default were already blaring a few weeks ago.\n\nBut much more than that, on the streets of Sri Lanka, where this crisis is biting, nobody is shocked.\n\nAs petrol queues run for miles, with fuel being sold on the black market for eye-watering amounts, as lines for handouts of free bread get longer by the day, the island's inability to pay back debts is being painfully felt.\n\nIn his first interview since taking office last week, the country's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told me things would get worse before they improve in Sri Lanka, but even he wasn't able to predict just how bad.\n\n\"No-one has got all the details… so I will be like a doctor who's opening up the patient for the first time.\"\n\nToday's default is a depressing diagnosis for a nation facing more economic turmoil, even as talks with the IMF and other nations continue.\n\nOn Thursday, ratings agency Moody's Investors Service said Sri Lanka had \"defaulted on its international bonds for the first time\".\n\nMoody's said it expected the country to eventually reach an agreement over an IMF bailout.\n\n\"However, finalising the programme will likely take several months given the need for staff level agreement on both sides, followed by parliamentary approval in Sri Lanka and approval by the IMF's executive board,\" the firm added.\n\nAlso on Thursday, Fitch Ratings lowered its assessment of Sri Lanka to a \"restricted default\" after a grace period for payments had expired.\n\nS&P Global Ratings did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the BBC.\n\nCredit ratings are intended to help investors understand the level of risk they face when buying a financial instrument, in this case a country's debt - or sovereign bond.\n\nLast month, S&P and Fitch credit rating agencies warned Sri Lanka was about to default on its debts.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nLast week, President Rajapaksa's elder brother Mahinda resigned as prime minister after government supporters clashed with protesters. Nine people died and more than 300 were wounded in the violence.\n\nOn Friday, Sri Lanka's new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told the BBC that the economic crisis was \"going to get worse before it gets better\".\n\nHe also pledged to ensure families would get three meals a day.\n\nAppealing to the world for more financial help, he said \"there won't be a hunger crisis, we will find food\".", "UK inflation is at a 40-year high as energy, food and fuel prices soar\n\nThe chancellor must act now and not wait for the Autumn Budget to help people with the soaring cost of living, say business groups and unions.\n\nThe Confederation of British Industry said: \"There are some choices about what you do now and what you do later. You have to help the hardest hit now.\"\n\nRishi Sunak has said the government will act where it can but said it will not be easy to cut costs for families.\n\nUK inflation is at a 40-year high of 9% as energy, food and fuel prices soar.\n\nMr Sunak told the annual CBI dinner on Wednesday evening that the government was \"ready to do more\" to aid households.\n\n\"The next few months will be tough,\" he said. \"But where we can act, we will.\"\n\nThe plans will involve \"cutting costs for families\" but also cutting how much government spending outpaces the income from taxes, Mr Sunak said.\n\nIt is understood that he is considering ways to help people with their energy bills in July or August as well as announcing tax cuts in the Autumn Budget to support businesses.\n\nBut Tony Danker, director-general of the CBI, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme it was important to act now.\n\n\"Helping people with heating bills and eating bills will not fuel inflation and you need to stimulate business investment now. That's not going to overheat the economy, it is going to make sure that any downturns in our fortunes will be short and shallow because growth is coming soon.\"\n\nThe inflation rate in April reached its highest level since 1982, while recent data showed the UK economy shrank in March, raising concerns the country is heading for a recession.\n\nThe TUC's Kate Bell urged the government to increase state benefits now as opposed to next April and dismissed claims that IT issues prevented it from bringing forward the uplift.\n\n\"What I think we saw during the coronavirus crisis was when the economy is in trouble or when we're facing an emergency we do need to protect people and that is the best way to protect the economy.\n\n\"I think that is what we need to see now and when people hear the government saying 'the computer says no', I think they are pretty clear that is an excuse, we can act if we want to,\" said Ms Bell.\n\nThe Resolution Foundation think tank said that although everyone is affected by rapidly rising food and energy prices, the poorest households are hit hardest, because they have to spend a bigger share of their budgets on essentials than people with more money.\n\n\"The scale of the cost-of-living crisis requires urgent action,\" said Jack Leslie, senior economist at the Resolution Foundation. \"Our benefits system is designed to get support out quickly to the low-and-middle income families at the heart of this crisis, and is the obvious way to deliver further support.\"\n\nMeanwhile, the British Independent Retailers Association (Bira) said that small businesses are facing a \"tsunami\" of cost increases, with energy bills more than doubling, wages going up, \"double digit supply chain inflation\", and \"business rates increased in real terms by 100%\".\n\nAndrew Goodacre, the chief executive of Bira, called for the government to look to reduce business rates \"as a matter of urgency\".\n\n\"Reducing business rates down to 2021 levels would give £6,000 on average to small businesses, and help retailers survive in the autumn, when energy prices are set to rise again,\" Mr Goodacre said.\n\nThe prices of fuel, energy and food have surged in recent months, driven in part by the Ukraine war.\n\nIn April, gas and electricity prices had the biggest impact on inflation after a higher energy price cap - which limits what suppliers can charge per unit - kicked in. Homes using a typical amount of gas and electricity are now paying £1,971 per year on average, up £700 from the previous cap.\n\nOn Wednesday, Citizens Advice said \"the warning lights could not be flashing brighter\" and the government needed to offer households more support with their energy bills.\n\nBoss Dame Clare Moriarty said some people faced \"desperate\" situations, with \"parents skipping meals to feed their kids\" and others \"washing in their kitchen sinks because they can't afford a hot shower\".\n\nMeanwhile, petrol and diesel prices hit new records of £1.68 and £1.81 per litre this week. The RAC said a family car that used diesel now cost nearly £100 to fill up.\n\n\"While wholesale prices dropped on Wednesday, indicating we may have passed the peak, drivers should brace themselves for further pump price rises as retailers who have had to buy new stock this week pass on their increased costs in the coming days,\" said RAC fuel spokesman Simon Williams.\n\n\"Drivers badly need further help from the government, particularly as the Treasury is benefitting considerably from the windfall that 20% VAT brings them on these record high prices,\" he added.\n\nOpposition parties have been calling for a windfall tax on the profits of big oil and gas firms and for the money to be used to offset energy bills.\n\nBut on Tuesday Conservative MPs voted down the idea, having argued it could discourage investment.", "Female presenters - faces uncovered - have become common on screen in recent years\n\nThe Taliban have ordered female Afghan TV presenters and other women on screen to cover their faces while on air.\n\nMedia outlets were told of the decree on Wednesday, a religious police spokesman told BBC Pashto.\n\nThe ruling comes two weeks after all women were ordered to wear a face veil in public, or risk punishment.\n\nRestrictions are being tightened on women - they are banned from travelling without a male guardian and secondary schools are shut for girls.\n\nOne female Afghan journalist working for a local TV station in Kabul, who did not want to be named, said she'd been shocked to hear the latest news.\n\n\"They are putting indirect pressure on us to stop us presenting on TV,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"How can I read the news with my mouth covered? I don't know what to do now - I must work, I am the breadwinner of my family.\"The new decree will take effect from 21 May, Reuters news agency reported, quoting a spokesman for the Taliban's Ministry for the Prevention of Vice and Promotion of Virtue.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. (From August 2021) Female presenters return on Afghanistan's Tolo News, with one interviewing the Taliban\n\nThe spokesman referred to the ruling as \"advice\" - it is not clear what will happen to anyone who fails to comply.\n\n\"Based on information received by Tolo news, the order has been issued to all media outlets in Afghanistan,\" the news channel reported.\n\nThe decision is being widely criticised on Twitter, with many calling it another step by the Taliban to promote extremism.\n\n\"The world deploys masks to protect people from Covid. The Taliban deploys masks to protect people from seeing the faces of women journalists. For the Taliban, women are a disease,\" one activist tweeted.\n\nThe private Shamshad news channel posted a photo of its news presenter wearing a mask, and other similar images are being shared on social media.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Wali Arian This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nDuring their first stint in power in the 1990s the Taliban forced women to wear the all-encompassing burka in public.\n\nThe hardline Islamist movement was driven from power by US-led troops in 2001, after which many restrictions eased. Women appearing on television showing their faces became a common sight.\n\nAfter retaking power last August, following the withdrawal of foreign forces, the Taliban had held off issuing new laws on what women should wear.\n\nThis raised hopes they would govern Afghanistan, a deeply conservative and patriarchal country, more flexibly this time.\n\nThe burka was enforced by the Taliban in the 1990s and still worn by many women\n\nMany women still wore the burka, but in bigger cities it was also common to see women continuing to wear headscarves.\n\nHowever in early May the Ministry for the Prevention of Vice and Promotion of Virtue announced that all women would have to cover their face in public, and indicated that a burka would be the ideal garment to achieve this.\n\nAnyone refusing to comply with the ruling risks an escalating series of punishments.\n\nMost Muslims around the world do not consider women covering their face mandatory, or oppose them working.\n\nWomen are still employed in some jobs in Afghanistan, such as healthcare and education, but many others have been told not to return to work now the Taliban are back in power.\n\nThe country has been plunged into economic crisis and famine under Taliban rule.\n\nWestern diplomats have indicated that resuming development funding and unlocking frozen cash depends on better treatment of women.\n\nBut early hopes the Taliban might relax their approach have been eroded amid signs influential hardliners in the group have the upper hand.\n\nThe journalist in Kabul who spoke to the BBC wanted the international community to put pressure on the Taliban.\n\n\"They should tell them you have 10 days to change otherwise we are going to cut off relations and aid.\"\n\nShe said she believed the Taliban planned to stop women doing all kinds of work outside their homes. \"They want women to live like prisoners at home. Every day they issued decrees against us - I don't think we can survive.\"", "The world faces a \"human catastrophe\" from a food crisis arising from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, World Bank president David Malpass has said.\n\nHe told the BBC that record rises in food prices would push hundreds of millions people into poverty and lower nutrition, if the crisis continues.\n\nThe World Bank calculates there could be a \"huge\" 37% jump in food prices.\n\nThis would hit the poor hardest, who will \"eat less and have less money for anything else such as schooling\".\n\nIn an interview with BBC economics editor Faisal Islam, Mr Malpass, who leads the institution charged with global alleviation of poverty, said the impact on the poor made it \"an unfair kind of crisis... that was true also of Covid\".\n\n\"It's a human catastrophe, meaning nutrition goes down. But then it also becomes a political challenge for governments who can't do anything about it, they didn't cause it and they see the prices going up,\" he said on the sidelines of the IMF-World Bank meetings in Washington.\n\nThe price rises are broad and deep, he said: \"It's affecting food of all different kinds oils, grains, and then it gets into other crops, corn crops, because they go up when wheat goes up\".\n\nThere was enough food in the world to feed everybody, he said, and global stockpiles are large by historical standards, but there will have to be a sharing or sales process to get the food to where it is needed.\n\nMr Malpass also discouraged countries from subsidising production or capping prices.\n\nInstead, he said, the focus needed to be on increasing supplies across the world of fertilisers and food, alongside targeted assistance for the very poorest people.\n\nThe World Bank chief also warned of a knock on \"crisis within a crisis\" arising from the inability of developing countries to service their large pandemic debts, amid rising food and energy prices.\n\n\"This is a very real prospect. It's happening for some countries, we don't know how far it'll go. As many as 60% of the poorest countries right now are either in debt distress or at high risk of being in debt distress,\" he said.\n\n\"We have to be worried about a debt crisis, the best thing to do is to start early to act early on finding ways to reduce the debt burden for countries that are on have unsustainable debt, the longer you put it off, the worse it is,\" he added.\n\nThe acknowledgement by the World Bank president that we have to be worried about a developing country debt crisis, is very significant.\n\nThe combination of massive pandemic debts with rising interest rates, and rising prices is truly toxic.\n\nThe talk on the sidelines here at the IMF and World Bank meetings is that the rich countries told emerging economies not to worry about borrowing in order to spend to help suppress the pandemic.\n\nNow those countries are wondering if these record debts will be written off.\n\nCampaigning groups are preparing mobilisations over a pandemic debt jubilee. But there is silence from the rich country lenders, so far.\n\nAnd there is a very new dynamic these days. The bankers to whom these sums are owed are no longer just in the West.\n\nChina is now, very broadly, owed as much as the entire collection of Western creditors known as the Paris Club.\n\nHow will it respond to calls for leniency on the repayment of loans?\n\nMr Malpass says of China: \"They have different rules, for example, contracts that have non-disclosure clauses, meaning you can't share the terms with other people that makes it very hard to restructure those debts\".\n\nChina has also secured its lending against ports and natural resources. Sri Lanka is a case in point right now.\n\nThe unwinding of all of this might not be orderly, and could have significant geopolitical consequences.\n\nEarlier this month, the United Nations said that the Ukraine war had led to a \"giant leap\" in food prices, as they hit a new record high in March.\n\nIt came as the war cut off supplies from the world's biggest exporter of sunflower oil and the cost of alternatives climbed.\n\nUkraine is also a major producer of cereals such as maize and wheat which have risen sharply in price too.\n\nThe UN said \"war in the Black Sea region spread shocks through markets for staple grains and vegetable oils\".\n\nThe UN Food Prices Index tracks the world's most-traded food commodities - measuring the average prices of cereal, vegetable oil, dairy, meat, and sugar.\n\nFood prices are at their highest since records began 60 years ago, according to the index, after they jumped nearly 13% in March, following February's record high.\n\nFood commodity prices were already at 10-year highs before the war in Ukraine, according to the index, because of global harvest issues.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Ros Atkins on why the war in Ukraine is pushing up food prices - and the likely impact on poorer countries", "Fighters evacuated from the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol arrived in the nearby town of Novoazovsk.\n\nUkraine's defence ministry said 53 heavily injured fighters were taken there and another 211 were sent to Olenivka. Both areas were captured by Russian-backed separatists in 2014.\n\nUkraine said some fighters remain trapped at the steelworks, and efforts to rescue them are ongoing.", "The Metropolitan Police have issued more than 50 new fines for breaches of Covid rules in Downing Street and other government buildings.\n\nThe Fixed Penalty Notices follow more than 50 handed out last month, including to Boris Johnson, wife Carrie Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak.\n\nNeither the PM nor Mrs Johnson are among those to be fined this time.\n\nThe latest penalties are thought to involve a Christmas party in December 2020, which Mr Johnson did not attend.\n\nNo 10 has promised to reveal any further fines imposed on the prime minister.\n\nThe Met have been investigating 12 gatherings, at least three of which Mr Johnson is known to have attended.\n\nAs he arrived for a special cabinet meeting taking place at a pottery in Staffordshire, the prime minister was asked whether he was \"shocked\" at the scale of law-breaking in No 10.\n\n\"We'll have plenty to say about that when the thing's finished,\" he replied.\n\nIn a statement, the Met said the investigation \"remains live\". Further fines are expected to follow, but no timescale has been given.\n\nThe latest Met update screams two things: scale and culture. Covid law-breaking, involving loads of people, happened for months on end, at the heart of a government led by Boris Johnson.\n\nWhile millions of people made colossal sacrifices to live within rules devised in Downing Street, behind that door, and others in Whitehall, the rules were being ignored, broken.\n\nAnd we are far from the end of the revelations about what has become known as Partygate.\n\nSo what does Labour make of all this?\n\nWell, it's been rather muted. Leader Sir Keir Starmer, his deputy Angela Rayner and others are themselves under investigation by Durham police.\n\nWhile they've said they'll resign if they're fined, that twist appears to have dialled down, if not neutered, the moral outrage we've heard from them on all this in the past.\n\nSenior civil servant Sue Gray and the House of Commons privileges committee are also running inquiries into what has become widely known as Partygate.\n\nOpposition parties have called for Mr Johnson and Mr Sunak to resign, but Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has also come under pressure after he was filmed drinking beer in City of Durham MP Mary Foy's constituency office during coronavirus restrictions in April last year.\n\nDurham police launched an investigation last week and Sir Keir - who denies any rule-breaking - has said he will resign if he is found to have been in breach of regulations in place at the time.\n\nLast month, Mr Johnson, Mrs Johnson and Mr Sunak were each fined £50 over a surprise birthday party for the PM that took place in Downing Street's Cabinet Room in June 2020.\n\nThe latest set of penalties are thought to relate, in part, to the 18 December 2020 Christmas party, which Downing Street staff were filmed joking about a few days later.\n\nAllegra Stratton, the prime minister's former press secretary, resigned in December last year, after the footage was revealed by ITV News. She had not been at the party but was filmed joking with officials who had attended.\n\nSpeaking in the House of Commons on the day Ms Stratton quit, Mr Johnson said he had been \"repeatedly assured\" that \"there was no party\" on 18 December 2020 and \"no Covid rules were broken\".\n\nHe later added that guidance and regulations had been \"followed at all times\".\n\nResponding to the latest fines, Labour's shadow House of Commons Leader Thangam Debbonaire accused the prime minister of presiding over \"industrial scale\" rule-breaking.\n\nShe added that Downing Street and Whitehall were the \"most fined location anywhere in Britain\".\n\nLiberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said: \"Boris Johnson stood up in Parliament and said Covid rules were followed in No 10 at all times.\n\n\"Now 100 fines have been issued by the police over Partygate. It shows the shocking scale of the law-breaking in Johnson's Downing Street and the extent of his lies.\"\n\nBut Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries and Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi both backed the prime minister as they arrived for Thursday's cabinet meeting.\n\nAsked if they still had faith in Mr Johnson, Ms Dorries replied: \"We do.\"\n\nThe publication of Ms Gray's full report has been delayed by the Met Police investigation.\n\nBut her interim findings, released in February, criticised \"failures of leadership and judgement by different parts of No 10 and the Cabinet Office\" and said that \"some of the events should not have been allowed to take place\".", "Greek composer Vangelis, who was known for his celebrated film themes for Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner, has died at the age of 79.\n\nHe won an Oscar for the stirring score to 1981's Chariots of Fire.\n\nPaying tribute, the film's producer Lord Puttnam told the BBC Vangelis had created \"a new musical landscape\".\n\nOthers sharing their memories ranged from French musician Jean-Michel Jarre to Dutch trance DJ Armin van Buuren, who said he was \"a big inspiration\".\n\nVangelis was \"one of my heroes\" and \"just a beautiful person\", Van Buuren wrote on Twitter, adding: \"I still listen to his albums a lot.\"\n\nJarre wrote in a tribute: \"We will all remember your unique touch and your moving melodies forever.\n\n\"You and I have always shared the same passion for synthesizers and electronic music since so long.\"\n\nGreek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis tweeted: \"Vangelis Papathanassiou is no longer with us. The world of music has lost the international (artist) Vangelis.\"\n\nUS composer Austin Wintory wrote on Twitter that Vangelis \"changed an entire era of music\".\n\nFellow composer Bear McCreary wrote that he was \"a true musical pioneer\", saying: \"Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner were among the most innovative and influential scores in the history of the medium.\"\n\nOscar-nominated British musician Daniel Pemberton said it was \"hard to underestimate the colossal impact of Vangelis on modern film music\".\n\nHe added: \"It is also hard to understand how groundbreaking Chariots of Fire was. A period British film with a phenomenal synth score.\"\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by VangelisVEVO This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. 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YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nVangelis's Chariots of Fire theme famously accompanied shots of athletes running along the beach in St Andrews, Scotland, at the start of the film, which was set before the 1924 Olympics.\n\nIt went to number one in the US, and later topped the UK's classical singles chart in 2012 after being performed by Mr Bean at the opening ceremony of the London Olympic Games.\n\nLord Puttnam, who also won an Oscar for the film, said: \"I think Vangelis created a new landscape, a new musical landscape, that many other composers have taken advantage of.\"\n\nHe said that when he and his wife first heard the score \"every single hair at the back of my neck stood up\".\n\nVangelis was nominated for a Golden Globe and Bafta for his score on Sir Ridley Scott's science fiction thriller, Blade Runner.\n\nCharles de Lauzirika, who produced the 1982 film, said: \"His music, not just in Blade Runner, was otherworldly in beautiful and haunting ways I lack the words to describe.\n\n\"He created lush dream states I still love getting lost in.\"\n\nIn addition to Blade Runner, the composer was nominated for Baftas for his scores for Missing and Chariots of Fire.\n\nThe official Bafta account tweeted that he was a \"trailblazing composer\" and that its thoughts were with Vangelis' family and friends.\n\nHis other film credits included The Bounty, Francesco, Bitter Moon, 1492: Conquest of Paradise and Alexander.\n\nVangelis first tasted fame as the keyboardist in the band Aphrodite's Child with singer Demis Roussos in the late 1960s.\n\nHe went on to be an acclaimed and ground-breaking electronic solo artist beyond his work in film, and also enjoyed chart success with Yes frontman Jon Anderson under the name Jon and Vangelis.\n\nThe pair reached the UK top 10 with I Hear You Now in 1980, and again with I'll Find My Way Home the following year.\n\nThe musician released his most recent albums with the Decca record label, whose presidents Tom Lewis and Laura Monks said: \"The world has lost a genius. Vangelis created music of extraordinary originality and power, and provided the soundtrack to so many of our lives.\n\n\"We will miss him enormously. His music will live on forever.\"\n\nThe Greek composer once said: \"My interest was not to create a symphony orchestra, which I can very easily, but to go further than that and do things that the symphony orchestra can't do.\n\n\"And I think that I succeeded to create something like this.\"", "The Conservative MP accused of rape and sexual assault will not attend Parliament while police carry out their investigation, the Speaker has said.\n\nThe unnamed man in his 50s was arrested on Tuesday over allegations dating back to between 2002 and 2009.\n\nHe has been released on bail to a date in mid-June pending further enquiries.\n\nLabour is calling on the Conservatives to suspend the man from the parliamentary party, meaning his identity would become public.\n\nA spokesman for Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said it was a \"matter for the Conservative Party\" but that the \"nature of the allegations\" meant it \"doesn't seem to be sustainable to argue that he shouldn't be suspended from the whip\".\n\nThe spokesman added that removing the whip would \"inevitably\" mean the individual would be named publicly.\n\nHe confirmed that Sir Keir would suspend a Labour MP if they were facing the same allegations.\n\nThe man is not being named by media outlets.\n\nThe police do not usually name individuals until they are charged and Parliament is not required to identify MPs who've been arrested.\n\nEarlier this year, the Supreme Court strengthened the right to privacy for people who are under investigation but have not been charged.\n\nA spokeswoman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the vast majority of MPs behaved appropriately, but added the behaviour of a minority was \"not acceptable\".\n\nIn a Commons statement, Sir Lindsay Hoyle said he took \"the safety of our staff and parliamentary community as a whole very seriously\".\n\nSir Lindsay also warned MPs against naming the individual in the Commons chamber, saying he believed it would be \"wholly inappropriate for any further reference to be made to this matter in the House\".\n\nThe Conservatives confirmed on Tuesday that their chief whip had asked the MP to stay away from the parliamentary estate during the police inquiry.\n\nLabour's shadow Home Office minister Jess Phillips said there were difficulties about an individual being named.\n\n\"If I was a constituent in this MP's or any of the previous cases of MPs' constituencies, I might feel I had a right to know.\n\n\"Because there's nothing that can stop them seeing their constituents completely in private, completely on their own...I might want to empower myself to make that decision.\n\n\"But that is a finely balanced thing and what you don't want is trial by media.\"\n\nIn a statement on Wednesday, the Met said: \"In January 2020, the Met received a report relating to alleged sexual offences having been committed between 2002 and 2009.\n\n\"The offences are alleged to have occurred in London.\n\n\"An investigation is ongoing, led by officers from Central Specialist Crime.\n\n\"A man, aged in his 50s, was arrested on suspicion of indecent assault, sexual assault, rape, abuse of position of trust and misconduct in public office.\n\n\"He was taken into custody and has since been bailed pending further enquiries to a date in mid-June.\"", "A Scottish national treasure once owned by Mary, Queen of Scots, has been bought for £1.8m.\n\nThe silver casket has been secured by National Museums Scotland for the nation.\n\nThe casket, which was made in Paris between 1493 and 1510, will go on display at the National Museum of Scotland.\n\nThe rare work of early French silver is believed to have once contained letters which played a role in Mary's downfall.\n\nIn December 1568, a similar chest was produced at a hearing ordered by Elizabeth I against Mary at Westminster.\n\nThis contained what would become known as the Casket Letters.\n\nThese love poems and letters, allegedly from Mary to her third husband, the Earl of Bothwell, implicated them both in a conspiracy to murder Mary's second husband, Lord Darnley.\n\nThe museums body said the casket was a \"superb and extremely rare\" work of early French silver, very little of which survives, even in France. It is likely that its long-standing association with Mary has kept it preserved for over 450 years.\n\nFor three centuries, it was owned by the family of the Dukes of Hamilton, following its acquisition, around 1674, by Anne, Duchess of Hamilton.\n\nAccording to a handwritten note stored with it from the late 17th century, she bought the casket, previously owned by Mary, Marchioness of Douglas, on the understanding that it had belonged to Mary, Queen of Scots.\n\nThe note records the belief it is the genuine article involved in the Lord Darnley conspiracy.\n\nThe silver casket is believed to have been owned by Mary Queen of Scots, who was held in captivity for 19 years before she was executed\n\nThe casket was acquired by National Museums Scotland from Lennoxlove House Ltd, its owner since the middle of the 20th Century.\n\nThe £1.8m cost was met with support from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, the Scottish government and several trusts, foundations and individual donors. The sale was managed by Sotheby's.\n\nDr Chris Breward, director of National Museums Scotland said: \"This extraordinary casket is truly one of Scotland's national treasures.\n\n\"Venerated as a relic of Mary for centuries, it is believed to represent a momentous and disastrous moment in her turbulent life.\n\n\"Beyond this, the magnificence of the piece speaks to a queen at the height of her powers, wealth and position.\n\n\"I am delighted that this beautiful object has been acquired for the nation.\"\n\nIt is thought that the casket was given to Mary by her first husband, François II of France, and came to Scotland with her in 1561 after his death in 1560. Her inventories from this time listed multiple examples of precious jewellery and other such valuable objects.\n\nA casket first appeared in records following Mary's arrest in 1567 by the rebellious Confederate Lords, when it was discovered in the hands of Lord Bothwell's servant.\n\nIt was brought before the Scottish Privy Council where its lock was struck off to reveal its contents. What these were at the time is unknown. However, a year later, when the Earl of Moray produced the same casket at Westminster, it now contained the damning Casket Letters.\n\nThe authorship of the letters remains a subject of debate, but it is widely thought that they were doctored. Following the hearing at Westminster, Mary remained in English captivity for 19 years, until she was executed in 1587 for her involvement in the Babington Plot to assassinate Elizabeth I, and place Mary on the English throne.\n\nThe National Heritage Memorial Fund contributed £810,000 towards the acquisition.\n\nA spokesman said: \"Not only will memorial funding bring an object of great national importance into public ownership, it will bring to life the story and secrets of the casket and of Mary Queen of Scots to a whole new generation of visitors at the National Museums of Scotland .\"\n\nCulture Minister Neil Gray said: \"I'm delighted that the Scottish government's contribution of £200,000 to the National Museums Scotland Acquisitions Fund has helped to secure this exquisite casket for the nation.\n\n\"Quite apart from the colourful history associated with the item, given the belief that it belonged to Mary, Queen of Scots, the silver casket is a stunning work of art in its own right.\"\n\nLennoxlove House said the casket's sale would enable the long-term maintenance of the house and its contents.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Nurses at Ysbyty Gwynedd have complained about working conditions\n\nA review into the treatment of nurses at a Welsh hospital is underway after claims of bullying and burnout.\n\nNurses at Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor reported \"unreasonably long working hours\" and increased pressure to move from specialist areas to other wards.\n\nRhun ap Iowerth MS said some nurses told him they had left the profession.\n\nBetsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB)'s chief executive said it had launched an immediate review into the claims.\n\nOne nurse, who did not want to be named, told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: \"Burnout is at an all time high at the site amongst nurses and other healthcare workers, and staff morale has never been so low.\n\n\"Many have chosen to leave their posts. We already work long hours and then feel pressured to take on more shifts - often redeployed to areas where we do not specialise - to help with staffing shortages.\n\n\"The situation has been escalating for years and has now reached a crisis stage with no solution.\"\n\nMr ap Iowerth, member of the Senedd for Ynys Mon and Plaid Cymru's health spokesman, has written to BCUHB's chief executive calling for an independent probe into working conditions at the hospital.\n\nHe said: \"I was deeply saddened to learn about the very serious concerns of our nurses.\n\n\"Initially one nurse gathered together evidence from her colleagues and passed them to me anonymously, they were so fearful of repercussions.\"\n\n\"What's hugely worrying is the impact that the current working conditions are having on staff numbers and morale.\n\n\"Some have concluded that they want to leave their posts, many have already left.\n\n\"At a time when we face staff shortages following the pandemic, we need to be looking at new ways of attracting new nurses to the profession and increasing training places.\"\n\nSeveral staff have left Ysbyty Gwynedd, Rhun ap Iowerth says\n\nBCUHB chief executive Jo Whitehead said: \"We are committed to ensuring that all staff feel safe to raise concerns in a way that enables us to improve as an organisation and as an employer.\n\n\"It is clear that not all staff feel that it is safe to speak out. It is important to us that we continue to improve the confidence of colleagues that their concerns will be addressed in a constructive way.\"\n\nShe added that a new process for raising issues anonymously had been introduced.", "Iceland is to launch a new discount for shoppers who are over 60, as soaring prices hit household budgets.\n\nThe supermarket chain said it would offer over-60s 10% off every Tuesday to support its older customers through the cost of living crisis.\n\nThe move comes as supermarkets battle for customers, with prices rising at their fastest rate for 40 years.\n\nMorrisons and Asda, which have been losing shoppers to discounters Aldi and Lidl, have already cut prices.\n\nGrocery prices were 5.9% higher in April than a year ago, according to research company Kantar.\n\nThat figure was the biggest increase since December 2011, with supply chain issues, increased raw material costs and the war in Ukraine all contributing to rising food prices.\n\nIceland's new discount will be launched from 24 May, with anyone aged 60 or over able to use it every Tuesday in-store at branches of Iceland and The Food Warehouse.\n\nShoppers will need to show proof of age, such as a driving licence or senior bus or rail pass, and the discount will cover all products, with no minimum spend.\n\nIceland said it was the first UK supermarket to introduce such a discount and decided to do so after research by Age UK found three-quarters of older people in the UK were worried about the rising cost of living.\n\nLast Christmas, Iceland also ran a regional trial offering £30 vouchers to those receiving state pension and the company said it was now exploring a national rollout ready for this summer.\n\nRichard Walker, managing director at Iceland, said the chain had a \"long history\" of supporting older customers, including offering dedicated shopping hours for elderly and vulnerable people during the pandemic.\n\n\"The cost of living crisis has made support for these customers even more important, which is why I'm proud that we're finding new ways to support them, including the launch of this discount. We hope it will help all those in this age category to cut costs where they can,\" he said.\n\nUK inflation - the rate at which prices rise - jumped to 9% in the 12 months to April, up from 7% in March.\n\nThe surge was driven by higher electricity and gas bills, after millions of people saw an unprecedented £700-a-year increase in energy costs last month.\n\nIncreased fuel and food costs also contributed, according to the Office for National Statistics.\n\nResearch from Kantar suggests shoppers are turning to discount retailers as pressure on budgets grows, with Aldi the fastest growing supermarket at the beginning of this year, followed by Lidl.\n\nMany rivals have also cut their prices to compete.\n\nIn March Asda said it would bring out a budget range called \"Just Essentials\" in May.\n\nIts announcement came after the supermarket was criticised by food poverty campaigner and chef Jack Monroe for raising the prices of its value products or removing them from some stores.\n\nMeanwhile, last month Morrisons said it would offer an average 13% price cut on more than 500 goods.\n\nSainsbury's also said it was trying to limit price increases despite facing higher costs from suppliers, lowering the prices of 150 of its most popular products.", "The Queen visited the Coast Guard station headquarters in Bangor, Northern Ireland, back in May 2009\n\nEight new cities have been named for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, with at least one in every UK nation - and on the Falkland Islands and Isle of Man.\n\nMilton Keynes in England, Dunfermline in Scotland, Bangor in Northern Ireland and Wrexham in Wales all get the title.\n\nIt is a first for places in an Overseas Territory - Stanley, in the Falklands - and a crown dependency - Douglas, in the Isle of Man - to win city status.\n\nColchester and Doncaster complete the list getting the royal honour.\n\nThe Platinum Jubilee civic honours competition required applicants to show their cultural heritage and royal links as well as how their local identity and communities meant they deserved to be granted city status.\n\nThe new cities can expect a boost to local communities and the opening up of new opportunities for people who live there, the Cabinet Office said.\n\nIt cited research that suggested previous winner Perth, in Scotland, saw the local economy expand by 12% in the decade it was granted city status, after it put them on the international map as a place to do business.\n\nThe last competition to win civic honours in 2012 marked the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. For the first time this year, Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories were allowed to apply.\n\nThe announcement of the latest civic honours takes the number of official cities in mainland UK to 76, with 55 in England, eight in Scotland, seven in Wales and six in Northern Ireland.\n\nCity status is often associated with having a cathedral, university, or large population, but there are no set rules for being granted the status, which is awarded by the monarch on advice of ministers.\n\n\"It's about the place rather than the numbers,\" said government minister Jacob Rees-Mogg when asked about the size of the smaller places on the list.\n\nThe winners and details from their bids for city status include:\n\nDue to its location at the mouth of the Belfast Lough, Bangor was a key site for the Allies during the Second World War\n\nColchester Castle was built on the foundations of a Roman temple\n\nThe Flying Scotsman locomotive was built in Doncaster\n\nMilton Keynes is the home of MK Dons, formed in 2004\n\nThe Whalebone arch in Stanley was erected in 1933 to mark a century of British administration\n\nWrexham Football Club is one of the oldest professional football clubs in the UK\n\nAlmost 40 locations submitted bids for city status when applications opened last year.\n\nChelmsford, in England, Lisburn in Northern Ireland and Newport in Wales were among previous winners of the competition for city status - which has taken place during each of the last three jubilee years.\n\nEach new city will receive the award formally through a Letters Patent, which will be presented later in the year.\n\nMeanwhile, the city of Southampton has won the competition for Lord Mayoralty status - which means the mayor can be called Lord Mayor - joining the ranks of previous Jubilee competition winners including Chester, Exeter and Armagh.", "New York state's top prosecutor has launched an investigation into the role social media companies played in Saturday's mass shooting in Buffalo.\n\nThe inquiry will look at the extent that social platforms were \"used to stream, promote, or plan the event\", the attorney general's office said.\n\nThe state's governor has argued tech firms share some blame for the attack.\n\nCritics say the companies were too slow to remove the alleged gunman's violent posts.\n\nAnnouncing the investigation on Wednesday, Attorney General Letitia James said: \"The terror attack in Buffalo has once again revealed the depths and danger of the online forums that spread and promote hate.\"\n\nThe suspect, who is white, allegedly posted a manifesto on Google and livestreamed the fatal shooting of 10 people at a supermarket in a predominantly black neighbourhood on Twitch, a company owned by Amazon.\n\n\"The fact that an individual can post detailed plans to commit such an act of hate without consequence, and then stream it for the world to see is bone-chilling and unfathomable,\" Ms James said.\n\nThe stream was taken down less than two minutes after the violence began, Twitch said, but was duplicated on other streaming sites despite the removal.\n\nFacebook did not remove a link to the copied video for more than 10 hours, by which time it had been shared more than 46,000 times on the platform. A copy uploaded elsewhere was viewed more than three million times before being taken down.\n\nMs James said the investigation would also target online forums 4chan, 8chan, and Discord where the gunman reportedly posted about his plans.\n\nThe inquiry was ordered by Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul, who also directed the New York State Police to create a unit dedicated to monitoring social media for extremist threats.\n\nShe is also asking the state legislature to pass tougher gun control measures. Her Republican critics in the state assembly have condemned her for not doing more to prevent mass shootings ahead of the attack.\n\nThe US Department of Justice is investigating the attack as a hate crime.", "Diana Ross said the Queen \"continues to be such an incredible inspiration to so many across the world\"\n\nDiana Ross, Queen and Adam Lambert, Duran Duran and Sir Rod Stewart will perform at a star-studded concert to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.\n\nAlicia Keys, Hans Zimmer, Mabel and Eurovision singer Sam Ryder will also appear in front of Buckingham Palace.\n\nThe Platinum Party at the Palace will be watched by 22,000 people live and will be broadcast on BBC One on 4 June.\n\nQueen guitarist Brian May will return, 20 years after he famously performed on the palace roof for the Golden Jubilee.\n\nQueen's Brian May performed on the roof of Buckingham Palace for the Golden Jubilee in 2002\n\nThe legendary pop group and their frontman Lambert will open the concert to mark the monarch's 70 years on the throne.\n\nMay hinted that he may pop up in an unexpected location this time, saying in a statement: \"There was a moment when I wondered, after Buckingham Palace roof where can you go? Well… you will see!\"\n\nThe show will be closed by veteran soul singer Ross, who said she was \"absolutely delighted to receive an invitation to perform on such a momentous and historic occasion\".\n\nOther musicians on the bill include Craig David, Ella Eyre, Elbow, Jax Jones, Celeste, Andrea Bocelli, Sigala and Nile Rogers.\n\nSam Ryder's Space Man finished second at last week's Eurovision Song Contest\n\nSir Elton John will take part too, although his performance will be pre-recorded because he is currently on a European tour.\n\nIn addition to the musical performances, there will be appearances from film, TV and sports stars such as Sir David Attenborough, Emma Raducanu, David Beckham, Stephen Fry and Dame Julie Andrews. Some will be there in person, with others seen on screen.\n\nThe BBC said the evening would \"pivot around global themes that have been born, or evolved, during the breadth of Her Majesty's reign\". Those themes include fashion, sport, the environment and pop music and musicals from the last 70 years.\n\nComposers Andrew Lloyd Webber and Lin-Manuel Miranda will help celebrate musicals, as will the casts of The Phantom of the Opera, Hamilton, Six, The Lion King and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.\n\nSir David Attenborough will appear at the concert, but the details of his involvement are not yet known\n\nThe concert will be one of the centrepieces of the Jubilee celebrations, which will take place over a festive four-day bank holiday weekend in June.\n\nOther events will include a carnival pageant on the streets of London, featuring performances by Ed Sheeran and Sir Cliff Richard; while the weekend will also see Jubilee lunches and the lighting of beacons across the world.\n\nThe two-and-a-half-hour Platinum concert will feature three stages and 3D projections across the face of the palace.\n\nA mock-up of how one of the three stages will look in front of Buckingham Palace\n\nRoss's performance at the event will kick off a series of live UK gigs, including a slot at the Glastonbury Festival on 26 June.\n\nIn a statement, the singer said: \"I have had the honour of meeting The Queen many times throughout my life, including when I was with my family. Her Majesty has and continues to be such an incredible inspiration to so many across the world.\"\n\nKirsty Young and Roman Kemp will host live coverage of the concert, which will be broadcast on BBC One, iPlayer and Radio 2.\n\nOf the 22,000 attendees, 10,000 received tickets in a public ballot, while more than 7,500 tickets have been given to key workers, members of the Armed Forces, volunteers and charities.", "Geraint John says he wants to make Wales' coastline the \"envy of the world\"\n\nOne man is embarking on the \"mammoth\" task of cleaning the beaches of Wales as he walks the 700-mile coastline.\n\nGeraint John, 51, of Maesteg, Bridgend county, said he wanted Wales' coastline to be the \"envy of the world\".\n\nAfter a five-month cycle around the UK last year, the amount of beach litter he saw did not sit right with him.\n\n\"All the fantastic places I went... the image that was stuck in my head was all the rubbish that's around the coastline of Britain,\" he said.\n\n\"I started going to my local beach, whenever I could. But I just felt it wasn't enough,\" said Geraint, who started his journey in the Mumbles, Swansea, on 13 May.\n\nHe said anywhere east of Swansea had too much rubbish for one man to collect, so he turned his sights west - heading towards Pembrokeshire and Cardigan Bay.\n\nGeraint said, even if communities regularly clean their beaches, more rubbish gets washed up by the tide\n\n\"Some beaches have been busy. I was down Rhossili and Llangennith beaches and I had about 26 black bags of rubbish from the five days I was there,\" he added.\n\nMr John is currently in Ceredigion, roaming the beaches of Llangrannog, Cwmtydu and New Quay. But away from these popular beaches he said the smaller more remote coves were more of a challenge.\n\n\"The vast majority of the Welsh coastline isn't accessible, but rubbish doesn't care where it washes up.\n\n\"You could spend half a day cleaning this beach and around the corner, there could be 10 tonnes of rubbish just sitting in some secluded cove.\"\n\nGeraint will be walking around 700 miles during his litter-picking mission\n\nAs part of his walk he is trying to raise money in order to buy a boat to be able to get to \"all the places that you can't get to on foot where all the rubbish likes to hide\".\n\nThe impact of plastic waste on the wildlife in Wales is clear to see, according to Sarah Perry from the Wildlife Trust, who said Geraint's task was a \"mammoth one\".\n\n\"Species like birds or seals can get entangled in sea fishing line or whatever's been discarded,\" she said.\n\n\"Other impacts are less obvious, because you can't really see them. We talk a lot these days about microplastics, they're like really tiny particles of plastic and that can be in the marine environment.\n\n\"Species like fish and birds, they will consume the microplastics and that then gets into their bodies and that can disrupt all sorts of bodily functions. \"\n\n\"We should be taking a leaf out of Geraint's book,\" said Sarah Perry of the Wildlife Trust\n\nMs Perry said these microplastics could cause birds to starve to death as they think they are full, but their stomachs are actually just \"full of rubbish\".\n\n\"Some of the areas [Geraint is] trying to reach aren't easily accessible. But his determination is absolutely fantastic, brilliant. It's a great effort.\"", "The prices of parcels and stamps are likely to rise again as Royal Mail tries to cover higher costs, including wages, energy and fuel expenses.\n\nThe firm said it would try to \"mitigate\" the costs through \"price increases and growth initiatives\".\n\nEarlier this year, the firm hiked first class stamp prices by 10p to 95p and second class stamps by 2p to 68p.\n\nThe warning comes after Royal Mail warned it was facing \"significant headwinds\" from rising costs.\n\nIt said it will need to cut costs more as a result, increasing its target to over £350m from £290m previously.\n\nA spokeswoman said: \"We haven't made decisions on future prices, but we always carefully consider the impact on our customers and ensure that any changes help to secure the sustainability of the Universal Service.\"\n\nRoyal Mail said it was also continuing to change the business to cope better as its parcel business becomes more important than letter delivery.\n\nLetter volumes have fallen by more than 60% since their peak in 2004-05 and by about 20% since the pandemic began. Meanwhile, parcel deliveries increased during the pandemic.\n\nSimon Thompson, chief executive of Royal Mail, said: \"As we emerge from the pandemic, the need to accelerate the transformation of our business, particularly in delivery, has become more urgent.\n\n\"Our future is as a parcels business, so we need to adapt old ways of working designed for letters and do it much more quickly to a world increasingly dominated by parcels.\"\n\nMr Thompson said that the focus would now be to \"work at pace\" with staff and trade unions to \"reinvent this British icon for the next generations\", give customers \"what they want\" grow the business sustainably and \"deliver long-term job security\".\n\nThe price hike warning came as the business reported an 8.8% drop in pre-tax profit to £662m for the year to the end of March.\n\nRoyal Mail is also facing an ongoing pay dispute with its largest labour union.\n\nIn January it said around 700 management roles would be cut. The company also axed a fifth of its managers - around 2,000 posts - in June 2020, shortly after the start of the pandemic.\n\nEarlier this year the company was heavily criticised for delivery disruptions over Christmas and January. Citizens Advice estimated that 2.5 million Royal Mail customers didn't receive important documents such as health appointments, fines or bills.\n\nRoyal Mail said the wave of Omicron infections meant that thousands of staff members had to take time off over Christmas and January. But it said the \"vast majority\" of post was delivered on time.", "Last updated on .From the section Europa League\n\nRangers suffered an agonising penalty shootout defeat in their fifth European final as Eintracht Frankfurt triumphed in an absorbing Europa League decider.\n\nRafael Borre crashed in the decisive spot kick after Aaron Ramsey was denied just moments earlier in front of a colossal Rangers support in the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium.\n\nThose fans had been euphoric when the Scots took the lead through Joe Aribo's ice-cool second-half finish in the sweltering cauldron in Seville.\n\nHowever, Borre detonated raucous scenes in a jam-packed Eintracht end 12 minutes later as he steered in a soft equaliser to send this energy-sapping contest to extra time and penalties.\n\nAnd Rangers' players crumpled to their feet as the 11th-placed side in the Bundesliga prevailed in the shootout, executing five composed penalties to claim their second European trophy and a place in next season's Champions League group stages.\n• None How Ramsey's Ibrox move soured - but can he save it?\n• None The outsider who came of age in Europa League run\n• None Podcast: 'You thought it was written in the stars'\n\nUnder a humid Spanish sky, this one seemed written in the stars for Rangers. Their only previous win in Spain came in the 1972 European Cup Winners' Cup final, when the Barca Bears stormed past Dynamo Moscow for their first European trophy.\n\nThe pilgrimage to Seville in the hope of repeating the feat of Jardine, Stein, Greig and Johnstone was a long and arduous one.\n\nIt started in the Champions League qualifiers against Malmo last summer for the players and for the men, women and children who spilled into Seville from the four corners of the world to support them. This was their chance to see the class of 2022 become immortal, and over 100,000 made the trip in hope and expectation.\n\nWell before kick-off, the ground swarmed with light blue. An original allocation of just under 9,500 looked fanciful when the sides entered to a cacophony so loud it could wake the dead.\n\nAround two thirds of the stadium swayed, rocked and roared with Scots, leaving their German counterparts and their flag display looking a little humble. Frankfurt were brighter on the pitch, though. They were quick and aggressive, while Rangers appeared nervous.\n\nJames Tavernier had flashes on the right, but the intensity which stung Dortmund, Braga and Leipzig was missing. Ansgar Knauff drew a tremendous save from Allan McGregor, then Djibril Sow went close as the German fans raised the noise level in appreciation.\n\nRangers retaliated through Aribo. Time stopped dead as he wrapped his foot around the ball on the edge of the area. The sight of it flashing by the far post by a foot will race through his mind for a while yet.\n\nBoth teams exchanged jabs before Rangers, who survived a VAR penalty scare courtesy of a rash Connor Goldson lunge, landed an incredible blow.\n\nFootball may be a game of tactics, money and talent, but at times it can offer up the inexplicable. There is little explanation for Sow's flopped header towards his own goal. Or the stumble from Tuta which allowed Aribo to bustle in on goal.\n\nThe Rangers fans held their breath before bursting into life as the ball hit the net after a low finish. Giovanni van Bronckhorst punched the air and roared into the night sky.\n\nRangers were in control now and that will make the anguish of defeat hurt so much more. The slap in the face came just 12 minutes later, Borre stealing in between Connor Goldson and Calvin Bassey to force home a teasing but cheap cross.\n\nExtra time beckoned as Eintracht went for a knockout blow, but Rangers - and their support - roused themselves and should have won it two minutes before penalties.\n\nSubstitute Kemar Roofe charged to the goal-line and his deflected cutback fell for Ryan Kent with the goal gaping, but Kevin Trapp's save expelled a giant gasp from the crowd. Tavernier's arcing free-kick in the dying seconds was also palmed away.\n\nRamsey was a late edition to the match with penalties in mind. The on-loan Juventus man had the opportunity to make it 4-3 in the shootout after Tavernier, Steven Davis and Scott Arfield slotted Rangers' first three kicks, but the Welsh midfielder's tame effort down the middle was whacked away by Trapp.\n\nIt would be the only miss of the shootout, as Rangers' marathon run in Europe came to the most agonising of ends in a flurry of white bedlam.\n\nWhat does this mean?\n\nThe golden glitter was still falling from the winners' podium as Rangers' players remained sat on their hunkers inside an emptying stadium.\n\nThe haunted look on the face of McGregor - in what might even be the final game of his career - told its own story. This was the cruellest of endings on what should have been the closing chapter of their finest moment.\n\nThe teams beaten along the way, and the manner in which they were dealt with, made this run iconic and at times defied logic. Reality went out the window as Borussia Dortmund were stormed past. Braga were overcome in extra-time drama. And the Ibrox roof nearly crashed in on itself as RB Leipzig were put to the sword.\n\nThis one will sting, given the game was in their hands after Aribo's opener. Eintracht, who knocked out Barcelona and West Ham, threatened to wilt under the pressure. Rangers had them, but the door was left open.\n\nThe spurned chances at the death of extra time also offer a cruel pang of \"what if\" to the punched gut of emotions that will be churning its way through the Rangers team as their flight heads home on Thursday.\n\nIn time, that will subside and they will rightly focus on the pride of a team from Scotland making it to a European final from so far back. It's an incredible feat.\n\nYet, with the Scottish Cup final in just three days, there will be little time for Van Bronckhorst's side to salve the sting of this one.\n• None Eintracht become the first German team to win the Uefa Cup/Europa League since Schalke in 1996-97.\n• None It is their second major European trophy, 42 years after winning the Uefa Cup against Borussia Monchengladbach.\n• None This was Rangers first shootout defeat in Europe since the 1999-00 Uefa Cup (v Borussia Dortmund in the round of 32).\n• None Rangers had four shots on target in the second half of extra time - double the amount they had in the first 105 minutes\n• None Aribo's goal was his first in the Europa League this season. He became just the second Nigerian player to score in the final of a major European competition, after Alex Iwobi in the 2019 Europa League.\n• None McGregor became the oldest player to feature in a Uefa Cup/Europa League final (40y 107d). Meanwhile, he's just the third player aged 40+ to play in a major European final, after Dino Zoff in the 1983 European Cup (41y 86d), and Edwin van der Sar in the 2011 Champions League (40y 211d).\n• None Goal! Eintracht Frankfurt 1(5), Rangers 1(4). Rafael Borré (Eintracht Frankfurt) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.\n• None Goal! Eintracht Frankfurt 1(4), Rangers 1(4). Kemar Roofe (Rangers) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.\n• None Goal! Eintracht Frankfurt 1(4), Rangers 1(3). Filip Kostic (Eintracht Frankfurt) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.\n• None Penalty saved! Aaron Ramsey (Rangers) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.\n• None Goal! Eintracht Frankfurt 1(3), Rangers 1(3). Daichi Kamada (Eintracht Frankfurt) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.\n• None Goal! Eintracht Frankfurt 1(2), Rangers 1(3). Scott Arfield (Rangers) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.\n• None Goal! Eintracht Frankfurt 1(2), Rangers 1(2). Ajdin Hrustic (Eintracht Frankfurt) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.\n• None Goal! Eintracht Frankfurt 1(1), Rangers 1(2). Steven Davis (Rangers) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.\n• None Goal! Eintracht Frankfurt 1(1), Rangers 1(1). Christopher Lenz (Eintracht Frankfurt) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.\n• None Goal! Eintracht Frankfurt 1, Rangers 1(1). James Tavernier (Rangers) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.\n• None Attempt saved. James Tavernier (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.\n• None Attempt blocked. Scott Arfield (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMcDonald's has found a local buyer for its Russian business, after the war in Ukraine pushed it to quit the country.\n\nAlexander Govor, who currently operates 25 McDonald's restaurants in Siberia, will take on the firm's restaurants and staff, operating them under a new brand, the fast food giant said.\n\nIt did not disclose the sale price, but has warned investors it would take a more than $1bn hit from the exit.\n\nMcDonald's had operated in Russia for more than 30 years.\n\nThe opening of its first restaurant in Moscow in 1990 came to symbolise a thaw in Cold War tensions.\n\nA year later, the Soviet Union collapsed and Russia opened up its economy to companies from the West. More than three decades later, however, it is one of a growing number of corporations pulling out as the war in Ukraine and Western sanctions make it difficult to operate.\n\nMcDonald's, which had nearly 850 restaurants in the country, most of them directly owned, said it expected the deal, which is subject to regulatory approval, to close in coming weeks.\n\nMr Govor has been a licensee of McDonald's since 2015. He is also co-founder of Neftekhimservice, a refining company, and a board member of another firm that owns the Park Inn hotel and private clinics in Siberia.\n\nRussia's Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov said the deal was the result of a \"long and difficult\" negotiation process and the government would provide Mr Govor with all the necessary assistance to set up operations.\n\nThe terms provide for McDonald's 62,000 staff in Russia to be retained for at least two years, with their existing pay and Mr Govor will pay the salaries of corporate staff in Russia until the deal is completed.\n\nMcDonald's will retain its trademark in the country, it said, while the restaurants will be stripped of their menu, logo and other branding.\n\nAnnouncing plans for the sale earlier this week, chief executive Chris Kempczinski called the decision \"extremely difficult\".\n\n\"However, we have a commitment to our global community and must remain steadfast in our values. And our commitment to our values means that we can no longer keep the arches shining there,\" he said.\n\nMcDonald's suspended operations at the restaurants it owned in Russia in March, citing the \"humanitarian crisis\" and \"unpredictable operating environment\" caused by the Ukraine war.\n\nThe move drew outrage among Russian politicians and prompted threats the business would be seized.\n\nA patent application for an \"Uncle Vanya\" restaurant chain was filed with Russian authorities shortly after. The name, the same as the famous work by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, was one of several brand knock-offs of Western companies to surface.\n\nLast year, Russia and Ukraine accounted for about 9% of McDonald's revenue.\n\nThe move by McDonald's came after French carmaker Renault sold its majority stake in carmaker Aftovaz to a state research institute for a symbolic sum, while its Renault Russia business was taken over by the city of Moscow. Manufacturing at the Renault plant is expected to resume under a Soviet-era brand.", "A fan has been jailed after running on to a pitch and headbutting a footballer at the end of Nottingham Forest's play-off match with Sheffield United.\n\nBilly Sharp, Sheffield United's captain, was attacked after his side lost to Forest on penalties.\n\nSharp was knocked to the ground and required four stitches to his lip.\n\nForest season ticket holder Robert Biggs, 30, pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm and was jailed for 24 weeks.\n\nAt Nottingham Magistrates' Court on Thursday, Biggs, from Church View, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, was ordered to pay £500 compensation to Sharp, £85 in costs and a £128 victim surcharge.\n\nBiggs, who Nottingham Forest have said will be banned for life, was also given a 10-year football banning order.\n\nProsecutor Marianne Connally said the attack was caught by cameras covering the Championship semi-final for live television.\n\n\"Mr Sharp hadn't directly participated in the game. He appears to be standing with his hands in his pockets,\" she said.\n\n\"Mr Biggs can be seen to run along the pitch. He then headbutts Mr Sharp.\n\n\"The crown's case is that this is a deliberate and senseless act of violence. It's an assault on an employee, effectively in his place of work.\"\n\nCrowds poured on to the pitch at the end of the penalty shootout\n\nIn sentencing, District Judge Grace Leong said: \"The video clip proves to me that you were running towards Billy Sharp and that you dodged all the other spectators to get towards him.\n\n\"I am of the view that it was a targeted act of aggression... even if it was not premeditated.\n\n\"You must have seen him fall over but you did not stop to check if he was all right or whether he was seriously injured.\"\n\nThe judge had been urged to hand down a suspended sentence on Biggs, who claimed he and his girlfriend would not be able to keep up monthly mortgage repayments if he was jailed.\n\nBut the judge said: \"Given the gravity of this offence, where thousands were present to witness it, there has to be an element of deterrence.\"\n\nThe judge added the attack could have \"given rise to further incidents\".\n\nDefence solicitor Rachel Gowans said Biggs handed himself in to police in the early hours of Wednesday after seeing video footage of the attack on social media.\n\nShe told the court Biggs had drunk \"a quantity of alcohol\" at a pub near the City Ground and \"just followed\" two friends on to the pitch.\n\nMs Gowans said: \"He says that in effect he got carried away in the moment... as did a number of people. His sole intention was to get to the tunnel. He remembers running towards the players but to the left of Billy Sharp, looking at the crowd... and then running straight into somebody.\n\n\"He accepts that he has collided with the right side of the player's cheek. It's not targeted on the player.\"\n\nBiggs was told a separate charge of illegally entering the playing surface had been dropped.\n\nRobert Biggs said he had downed six pints of beer before the game and another at half-time, according to police\n\nAfter the hearing, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it was working with footballing bodies to explain what evidence was required to charge offenders to help clubs protect players.\n\nThe CPS said this would ensure they had the evidence they needed \"to build the strongest case possible\".\n\nDouglas Mackay, of the CPS, said: \"Over recent years and months there has been a significant rise in football-related criminality compared to pre-pandemic levels.\n\n\"There is no place for violent criminal acts in football, and incidents such as these have a significant impact on victims.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, on Twitter, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "John Peel was the longest serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting from 1967 until his death in 2004\n\nRare items from the late veteran BBC DJ John Peel's collection - including a signed record from John Lennon and Yoko Ono - are to go under the hammer.\n\nJohn Peel was BBC Radio 1's longest-serving original DJ until his sudden death in 2004 at the age of 65, and lived near Stowmarket, Suffolk.\n\nHis radio shows helped many music careers, including those of David Bowie, Queen and the Sex Pistols.\n\nHis family said items had been carefully chosen for the 14 June sale.\n\nThe music legend would broadcast from his home studio in Suffolk - with his old gramophone one of the treasured pieces for sale\n\nPeel's real name was John Ravenscroft and he was born in Heswall, Cheshire and went to Shrewsbury School as a boarder.\n\nHis widow and children said he had collected a \"wealth of souvenirs\" through his close access to stars and events.\n\n\"In going through the accumulation of 40 years of pop music moments, we decided that some of the most interesting items might find a home, with fans of his programme or of the artists whose music he played,\" they said.\n\n\"We hope these items find the attention and appreciation that we're sure John/Dad would feel they warranted.\n\n\"We had no desire to split up his beloved record collection but have included in the sale a selection of particularly rare or unique records that do not take away from the integrity of his archive.\"\n\nPeel had amassed thousands of records in his personal home collection, with some items now being auctioned off\n\nIn the 1980s, the broadcaster was a presenter on Top Of The Pops and regularly covered the Glastonbury Festival, with The John Peel Stage being dedicated to him in 2004.\n\nObjects from his collection, including records, personal correspondence and memorabilia, will be auctioned at Bonhams Knightsbridge on 14 June - the week before Glastonbury's 50th anniversary.\n\nJohn Lennon and Yoko Ono signed the inner sleeve of their specially-pressed album\n\nOne item, with an estimate of between £15,000 and £20,000, is a mono pressing of Lennon and Ono's 1968 LP Two Virgins, 1968, which famously had them pictured naked on the cover.\n\nOther pieces include a signed Rolling Stones 1969 promo LP, estimated to go for £6,000-8,000, a Queen LP that comes with a letter from Freddie Mercury, with an estimate of £1,000-1,500, and a Joy Division single and letter - estimated at £4,000-£6,000.\n\nKatherine Schofield, of Bonhams, said: \"John Peel had an incredible impact on the new music landscape.\n\n\"Without his passionate advocacy of emerging talent, generations of music lovers may never have heard the sounds of The Fall, The Undertones, The Sex Pistols, and countless others.\"\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Labour leader wants to know if Boris Johnson backs his party's plan for a one-off tax on oil and gas companies.\n\nBoris Johnson has been urged by Labour to stop dithering and impose a one-off windfall tax on energy giants' profits to tackle the cost of living crisis.\n\nSir Keir Starmer said that every day the PM delays his \"inevitable U-turn\" he was \"choosing to let people struggle when they don't need to\".\n\nThe PM accused the Labour leader of having a \"lust to raise taxes\".\n\nBut he did not rule out a windfall tax, telling MPs he would \"look at all sensible measures\" to help families.\n\nThe pair clashed at Prime Minister's Questions as UK inflation rose to 9%, the highest rate for 40 years, on the back of soaring energy bills.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak has repeatedly hinted at the introduction of a one-off windfall tax on oil and gas firms, who have seen a sharp rise in profits since Russia invaded Ukraine.\n\nBut there have been mixed signals from other members of the cabinet over the policy, which is backed by Labour, the SNP and Liberal Democrats.\n\nAmong Tory MPs, Conservative chair of the Treasury Committee Mel Stride has said that although he would normally oppose it, the current \"extraordinary circumstances\" meant there was a case for looking at \"a one-off windfall tax\".\n\nAt PMQs, Sir Keir said \"a one-off tax on huge oil and tax profits would raise billions of pounds, cutting energy bills across the country\".\n\nHe accused Mr Johnson of doing the \"hokey-cokey\", ruling it out one minute and backing it the next, adding: \"Whilst he dithers British households are slapped with an extra £53m on their energy bills every single day.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ian Blackford calls for Rishi Sunak to be sacked if he does not deliver an emergency budget\n\n\"Meanwhile, every single day North Sea oil and gas giants rake in £32m in unexpected profits.\n\n\"Doesn't he see that every single day he delays his inevitable U-turn - he's going to do it - he's choosing to let people struggle when they don't need to.\"\n\nDuring the leaders' exchanges, one Labour frontbencher even taunted Boris Johnson, spelling out the letter 'U' with their finger, our political correspondent David Wallace Lockhart reports.\n\nMr Johnson said: \"We're already helping people with the cost of living in any way that we can.\"\n\nHe added: \"In July, we will have the biggest tax cut for 10 years, £330 cut on average for 30 million people who are paying National Insurance contributions and the reason we can do that is because we have a strong and robust economy.\n\n\"I'm going to look at all measures in future to support, of course I am, but the only reason we can do that, the only reason our companies are in such robust health is because of the decisions that this government has taken.\"\n\nBut he also stressed that the Conservatives were \"not in principle in favour of higher taxation\", in contrast to what he said was Labour's \"lust to raise taxes\".\n\n\"We don't relish it, we don't want to do it, of course we don't want to do it, we believe in jobs and we believe in investment and we believe in growth,\" he added.\n\nMinisters are still weighing up the idea of a windfall tax on energy companies.\n\nThe idea is a one-off levy on extra profits, which could be used to help people struggling with energy bills.\n\nThe Conservative party has been debating the merits.\n\nAnd we know that because ministers and MPs have been doing it in public.\n\nThe businesses secretary told the BBC on Sunday that they're a bad idea, the prime minister agrees in principle but isn't taking it off the table, the chancellor won't rule it out and appears to be coming around to the idea, while a few Tory MPs have broken rank to back one.\n\nLabour is absolutely convinced the government will agree in the next few weeks.\n\nA considerable number of Conservative backbenchers now believe the same - and were less than happy at having to vote against the proposal in Parliament on Tuesday evening.\n\nSNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford said that if Chancellor Rishi Sunak does not deliver an emergency budget to address the cost of living crisis, the prime minister should sack him.\n\n\"For weeks the prime minister has been briefing that it is the Treasury who are to blame for blocking financial support for struggling families.\n\n\"Well, prime minister, it's time to stop sniping from the side lines. If this chancellor won't deliver an emergency budget, it's time for the prime minister to sack the Treasury, to sack the chancellor, and to put somebody else in office that will act.\"\n\nMPs clashed over economic growth after PMQs, on the final day of debate on the Queen's Speech.\n\nA Labour amendment calling for an emergency budget to tackle the cost of living crisis was defeated by 312 votes to 229.\n\nA Lib Dem amendment calling for VAT to be reduced from 20% to 17.5% was also rejected.", "Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been told he faces no further action after police closed their investigation into Downing Street parties, No 10 says.\n\nMr Johnson's wife, Carrie, will also not receive a second fine.\n\nThey were both issued with £50 Fixed Penalty Notices last month for breaking Covid laws at a birthday party for Mr Johnson in Downing Street in June 2020.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said the inquiry into lockdown breaches in and around Downing Street had now ended.\n\nIt issued a total of 126 fines to 83 people, for events happening across eight different dates.\n\nIt had been widely expected that Mr Johnson, who reportedly attended up to six of the gatherings investigated, would be fined again.\n\nPolice examined 510 photographs, as well as CCTV images, emails, logs of entries into buildings, diary entries and witness statements.\n\nThey also studied 204 questionnaires from people who had attended events.\n\nFollowing the investigation, the UK's top civil servant, Cabinet Secretary Simon Case, has been told he will not be fined, sources have told the BBC.\n\nIn December, he was forced to step aside from his role leading an inquiry into lockdown parties, after it emerged an event had been held in his own office.\n\nThe ending of the police investigation paves the way for the publication of the full report by senior civil servant Sue Gray, who took over the inquiry into lockdown gatherings from Mr Case. This is expected to happen next week.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Metropolitan Police's Helen Ball on Partygate inquiry: \"We carried out an impartial investigation.\"\n\nAn interim version of Ms Gray's report, published in January, criticised \"failures of leadership and judgement\" in No 10 and the Cabinet Office.\n\nSome Conservative MPs have previously said they are reserving judgement on Mr Johnson's future until the final document is published.\n\nThe BBC is aware of about 20 who have called for a vote of confidence in Mr Johnson's leadership over the Partygate revelations.\n\nMr Johnson also still faces investigation by a Commons committee over claims he misled Parliament about parties during lockdown.\n\nSome are wondering how Boris Johnson managed not to accumulate one or two more fines.\n\nBut we now know that isn't going to happen. The Metropolitan Police's role in all this is done.\n\nYou might be reading this boiling with anger about what went on. Or perhaps you are past caring, or never really cared at all.\n\nBut this mattered: morally to some, legally to others and politically to plenty, and it still does.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the number of fines showed there had been \"industrial-scale lawbreaking in Downing Street\".\n\nHe added that his opinion of the prime minister had not changed and that \"of course he should resign\".\n\nA separate inquiry by Durham police into whether Sir Keir broke Covid laws at a Labour campaign event in the city in 2021 remains ongoing.\n\nSir Keir has pledged he will quit as Labour leader if he receives a Fixed Penalty Notice over that event.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nLiberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said: \"The full Sue Gray report should now be published without delay, and the parliamentary inquiry should be launched into Johnson's lies.\n\n\"The public made huge sacrifices while Boris Johnson partied. They deserve the full truth.\"\n\nThe end of the police inquiry means the prime minister has not been fined for a garden party in Downing Street he attended in May 2020, to which about 100 people were invited.\n\nThe Met confirmed other people had been fined over their presence at this event.\n\nMr Johnson has previously apologised for attending the garden party for 25 minutes, saying he \"believed implicitly\" it was a work event.\n\nThe gatherings that resulted in fines took place between May 2020 and April 2021, with different Covid rules in place at different times.\n\nActing Met Police Deputy Commissioner Helen Ball said whether an event had taken place in \"someone's home\" or not had been a factor in deciding whether to issue fines.\n\nThe Met said it would not be identifying any recipients of fines from its investigation, which had involved 12 detectives and cost £460,000, and that there had been no interviews under caution.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A singer who taught himself through YouTube almost steals the show from Michael Bublé\n\nFrankie Mack was working as a holiday rep in Tenerife when a recently-bereaved man asked him to sing his late wife's favourite song on stage.\n\nHe spent all afternoon practising for the evening show, then gave it his best shot.\n\n\"I was absolutely terrible,\" he says. \"I'm embarrassed at how bad I was at singing.\"\n\nBut his performance of Dean Martin's Little Ole Wine Drinker Me went down so well with the widower and the hotel guests it set Frankie on a new course.\n\nHe set about learning how to sing by watching YouTube videos - and he now earns a living as a professional singer.\n\nThe 28-year-old, from Edinburgh, taught himself by searching for breathing tips and vocal exercises.\n\nFrankie Mack is now a professional singer after teaching himself to sing from YouTube\n\n\"I would also study how my favourite singers such as Robbie Williams, Freddy Starr and Michael Buble would sing, and even their mannerisms,\" he says.\n\n\"I was learning a song a week until I had about 45 minutes worth of material.\"\n\nAt the age of 22, he finished the season in Tenerife and flew back to the UK, where he auditioned for a singing job on a cruise ship.\n\nHowever, 13 people auditioned and Frankie was the only one who did not receive a job offer.\n\nHe went back to Edinburgh and was sitting in a pub in Leith when he told the bar owner of his bad luck at missing out on the cruise ship jobs.\n\n\"She told me I was not to give up,\" he says. \"I was to buy some equipment and do it myself.\n\n\"She then said I could even sing in her pub every Friday.\"\n\nFrankie bought a speaker and a microphone and started singing in her pub, then in care homes in the area.\n\n\"I absolutely loved it,\" he says. \"I loved singing in the care homes and loved meeting people.\"\n\nFrankie decided to fly back to Tenerife as a singer, where he ended up winning best newcomer at the Tenerife Entertainment Awards in 2019.\n\n\"All the singers and entertainers in the Canaries enter this award, so to win best newcomer was just incredible - especially after teaching myself from YouTube in such a short space of time,\" he says.\n\nHis social media followers surged and he decided to try to make it in the US.\n\nHe entered the Reel Awards in Las Vegas in 2020, where he won the rising star accolade for his swing tribute.\n\nThe Vegas Reel Awards are held over three days for hundreds of singers and impersonators from around the world. Frankie performed six songs in his set.\n\nFrankie Mack, using a cigarette prop, singing with Kenny Washington in Tenerife\n\n\"This was the point I realised I belonged on a stage,\" he says.\n\n\"I was bringing joy to the audience and it felt like it was the reason why I'm here in the world.\"\n\nFrankie has returned to Scotland as part of a 15-date UK tour. He will then go back out to Tenerife where he has been working for three years.\n\nHe also has a Facebook Live page where about 20,000 fans watch him do a show every Sunday.\n\n\"I'm recognised all the time when I'm walking in the street all over the UK, it's very overwhelming and surprising,\" he says.\n\n\"It's a weird sensation when people you don't know start speaking to you like they know you.\n\n\"They know that I grew up in Leith and that I was a shy overweight teenager. Just a few years ago I wasn't even a singer.\"\n\nFrankie Mack (L) was working as a rep in Tenerife when he was asked to sing on stage by a guest\n\nFrankie now has a string of swing and jazz songs in his repertoire.\n\nA video of the time he sang with Michael Buble at one of the star's shows has reached more than 87,000 views on social media.\n\nFrankie says he had met the singer at a hotel pool - that video has had 1.4 million views.\n\n\"He asked which row I was sitting in at his show that night, and got me to sing with him at his concert in Las Vegas,\" Frankie says.\n\n\"I felt incredible. I literally played that moment 10,000 times in my head before I even went to the show.\n\n\"I told people I was going to sing with him and everyone laughed. When it happened I couldn't really believe it myself.\"\n\nFrankie says he was proud at the response from the audience - and Michael Buble himself had quipped: \"You're not taking my gig.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "As we reported earlier, Ukrainians are marking Vyshyvanka Day - a celebration of Ukrainian folk culture, particularly the wearing of traditional embroidered shirts.\n\nHere are some images taken as people came out to celebrate, despite the continuing war in the country.\n\nThe designs on some vyshyvankas have meanings such as hope, fertility and protection Image caption: The designs on some vyshyvankas have meanings such as hope, fertility and protection\n\nChildren were among those who gathered in Lviv Image caption: Children were among those who gathered in Lviv\n\nOnce traditionally white, vyshyankas are now made in a wide range of colours Image caption: Once traditionally white, vyshyankas are now made in a wide range of colours\n\nThis performance took place in the western city of Lviv Image caption: This performance took place in the western city of Lviv\n\nSewing lessons were on offer in Odesa Image caption: Sewing lessons were on offer in Odesa\n\nThree refugee sisters, together with friends and their host, marked the occasion with a giant shirt in Cambridge in the UK Image caption: Three refugee sisters, together with friends and their host, marked the occasion with a giant shirt in Cambridge in the UK", "The BBC is to be prevented from naming a man it says exploited his status as an MI5 informant to abuse a partner and poses an ongoing threat to women.\n\nA High Court judge has ruled that identifying the man, known only as X, would create a \"real and immediate\" risk he would be killed or injured.\n\nThe judgement proceeds on the basis that X is a danger to women, but it makes no formal finding.\n\nThe BBC said it would still be able to report key parts of its story.\n\nIn a statement, it said it had fought the case because it was \"important journalism\" about \"matters of the highest public interest\".\n\nAttorney General Suella Braverman applied for an injunction preventing the identification of X by a planned BBC story.\n\nWithout confirming or denying whether X was an MI5 agent - a covert human intelligence source - she said the story would place X at risk of harm or death and damage national security by making people less likely to work as agents.\n\nIn such circumstances, she submitted there could be no balancing of X's interest against the interests of others, including the interests of any women who might potentially in future be harmed by him.\n\nThe BBC did not accept that revealing X's identity would give rise to a real or immediate risk to him - and argued the only people to be deterred from working as agents would be those engaged in similarly abusive conduct.\n\nThe corporation argued X had exploited his intelligence status to coerce and terrify a former partner, abused a separate woman, and that identifying him would protect other women.\n\nIt also argued MI5 should have known about X's behaviour and realised it was inappropriate to use him.\n\nMuch of the government's evidence was heard in secret, without the BBC or its lawyers present.\n\nSecurity-cleared barristers, known as special advocates, were appointed to act on its behalf in the closed sessions, but they could not communicate directly with the BBC after seeing the sensitive material.\n\nAttorney General Suella Braverman applied for the injunction, arguing naming X would put him at risk and harm national security\n\nMr Justice Chamberlain, granting an interim injunction, said he was satisfied that if the alleged agent's identity became public \"there would be a real and immediate risk that X would be killed or seriously injured\".\n\nThe senior judge said he relied on a \"closed\" MI5 statement containing a \"detailed and nuanced assessment of the risks to X and others\".\n\nHe said he had borne in mind that, according to the BBC, X chose to tell one former partner he worked for a security or intelligence agency.\n\nAs a result of evidence heard in secret, he also ruled that if X were named it was likely that measures would be taken to protect him, which would undermine the potential protective effect for other women of naming him.\n\nThe judge does not describe the measures, but possibilities might include a change of identity or appearance.\n\nThese measures would undermine one of the main public interest justifications for publicising his identity, the judgement says.\n\nMr Justice Chamberlain concluded that disclosure of X's identity would have a wider damaging effect on national security because an agent who became aware of the BBC's story \"would not necessarily assume that the story was accurate in every respect\" and might conclude \"it was based principally on the say-so\" of one of the women.\n\nThe judge said this risked discouraging people from acting as agents, as they might think the trigger for disclosure of their identity was the making of an allegation, whether true or not.\n\nThe BBC's evidence included a video showing X attacking one of the women with a \"dangerous weapon\" and the two women - given the pseudonyms Beth and Ruth - gave statements to court saying they considered that X was serious danger to others. The women have never met.\n\nRuth said: \"I consider that [X] is dangerous enough to kill a woman and I fear that he will do so if he is not challenged and exposed.\"\n\nThe judge also ruled that the BBC journalist working on the story took \"proper steps to assess whether its various elements were true\".\n\nHe said the attorney general nevertheless suggested there was evidence, which cannot be referred to without risk of identifying X, that cast doubt on Beth's \"reliability, credibility and motivation\".\n\nThe judge said that while it was not his role to decide the truth of the claims, the BBC's investigation \"comfortably\" met the test of showing the allegations it sought to broadcast were \"serious and have a credible evidential basis\".\n\nThe BBC said it would report the key elements of the story, without identifying X, after clarification of the precise restrictions, expected next week.\n\nIt said \"we fought the case to try and tell as fully as possible\" two women's stories of their alleged abuse.\n\n\"This is because we firmly believe these are matters of the highest public interest - the issues of coercive control of women, male abuse of power and the failure of state institutions to address these problems,\" the statement said.\n\nThe broadcaster added that it \"does not fully know the reasons why\" the court decided to protect X's identity \"and nor will the public\" due to the \"highly unusual\" closed proceedings.\n\nIt said the secret procedures are a \"significant departure from the principles of open and natural justice, as the judge himself states\".", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nEverton 3-2 Crystal Palace: 'One of the greatest nights of my career' - Frank Lampard Everton secured their Premier League status with an incredible fightback where they came from two goals down to beat Crystal Palace. The hosts, who will continue their 68-year stay in the top flight, looked like they were heading for defeat after Palace scored twice in the first half through Jean-Philippe Mateta and Jordan Ayew. But conjuring up a fighter's spirit once more and spurred on by their vociferous support, Everton turned the game around in the second half, thanks to a more attacking approach. Nine minutes after the break Michael Keane smashed in to give Frank Lampard's side hope, and when Richarlison found the bottom corner with a deflected shot with 15 minutes left, it sent Goodison Park into raptures as a precious point looked likely. Yet the best was to come with five minutes left. Dominic Calvert-Lewin, who scored his first goal since August against Brentford on Sunday during an injury-hit season, sparked pandemonium with a diving header from Demarai Gray's free-kick. The excitement boiled over as fans descended on the pitch to celebrate, with blue mist shrouding the stadium as smoke flares were let off. The crucial result avoided the kind of final-day nerves that Everton fans had to experience in 1998 and 1994, where the team also preserved their Premier League status. This time, with a trip to Arsenal on Sunday, they can at least enjoy the fact that however tortuous this season has been, they will remain in the top flight, and will hope to build on the spirit shown in the closing stages of the campaign.\n• None 'A special night in Everton history - but we can't be here again'\n• None Go straight to all the best Crystal Palace content The party started at the final whistle, with thousands of fans flooding onto the pitch, letting off more smoke flares, saluting their team and manager Lampard. But he and the club will hope they will never have to cope with a similar scare again given lavish spending on players and a move to a new stadium in 2024. Spirit from fans and players save Everton again Everton fans ran onto the pitch when safety was confirmed Lampard described this game as \"all or nothing\" given Everton's wretched away record, which has seen them win once on the road in the league since August. And despite a poor showing in the first period, where once again Everton looked inferior to their opponents, they somehow managed another second-half turnaround, which has been crucial in keeping them in the Premier League. The scenes at the final whistle were in stark contrast to those before the break where a tempestuous game boiled over on the pitch and left a livid feeling in the stands. After the introduction of Dele Alli at the break and a move to a more attacking formation, Everton matched their second-half showings against Newcastle, Leicester and Chelsea, which earned two wins and a draw. Lampard may well question why his side have to play poorly to find the inspiration, but boosted by a support which has had a massive role in their survival, they turned the game around against a Palace side which had beaten them twice already this season. Jean-Philippe Mateta scored his seventh goal of the season Sunday's defeat by Brentford threatened to derail Everton's momentum gathered by their superior home form, but the hand that supporters have played in keeping the Toffees up cannot be underestimated. Lampard and fans tried to evoke the spirit of recent matches from the start, with the team coach greeted by a wall of blue smoke outside the stadium. That almost boiled over early on as Anthony Gordon and Wifried Zaha squared up to each other, causing a melee, but once Palace settled they quickly picked off an Everton side who struggled to keep the ball. Lampard again favoured a 3-5-2 formation, but when his side retreated into a back five, Patrick Vieira's visitors were able to enjoy plenty of possession and control the game. There were moments in first half for Everton's fans to get excited about, like Richarlison's free-kick that hit the bar. But for the most part the passionate home support turned to anger as Mateta scored his seventh goal of the season before helping to create Palace's second. The fact it came from Ayew was contentious. He had hacked down Gordon shortly before but only received a yellow card and was then on hand to take advantage as both Vitaliy Mykolenko and Abdoulaye Doucoure somehow failed to connect with the ball on the line following Zaha's shot. That silenced the crowd, who must have felt like relegation was staring them in the face. But a half-time switch to a back four by Lampard, who replaced the ineffective Andre Gomes with Alli, breathed life into Everton. Nine minutes after the break, Keane fired in after Mykolenko's free-kick was headed back to the centre-back by Mason Holgate. And with 15 minutes left, Everton managed to conjure up another goal. Alli had a hand in it, crossing the ball, but when the Palace defence failed to clear Richarlison's shot ended up in the bottom corner, setting off wild celebrations. That seemed minor compared to Calvert-Lewin's winner. Everton fans could not contain their delight, running onto the pitch, with Zaha seeming to take issue with some supporters' attentions. The pitch was eventually cleared, but there was little hope for the stewards as thousands celebrated with their heroes at the final whistle. Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford was surrounded by fans after full time Everton will start next season as a top-flight club for a 69th consecutive campaign, with only Arsenal currently on a longer run of consecutive seasons in the English top flight The celebrations continued into the Everton dressing room after the game\n• None Goal! Everton 3, Crystal Palace 2. Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Demarai Gray with a cross.\n• None Séamus Coleman (Everton) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Offside, Crystal Palace. Eberechi Eze tries a through ball, but Wilfried Zaha is caught offside.\n• None Offside, Crystal Palace. Joachim Andersen tries a through ball, but Christian Benteke is caught offside.\n• None Abdoulaye Doucouré (Everton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Conor Gallagher (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the right wing. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Our coverage of your Premier League club is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment", "Vadim Shishimarin is a 21-year-old tank commander in the Russian armed forces\n\nA 21-year-old Russian soldier has pleaded guilty to killing an unarmed civilian, in the first war crimes trial in Ukraine since the war started.\n\nVadim Shishimarin admitted shooting a 62-year-old man a few days after the invasion began. He faces life in jail.\n\nThe prisoner was brought into the tiny Kyiv courtroom in handcuffs, flanked by heavily armed guards. He looked nervous, and kept his head bowed.\n\nThe widow of the man killed was sitting just a couple of metres from him.\n\nShe wiped tears from her eyes as the soldier entered court, then sat with hands clasped as the prosecutor set out his case, describing the moment Kateryna's husband, Oleksandr Shelipov, was shot in the head.\n\n\"Do you accept your guilt?\" the judge asked. \"Yes,\" Shishimarin replied.\n\n\"Yes,\" he replied quietly from behind the glass of his grey metal-and-glass cage.\n\nProsecutors say Shishimarin was commanding a unit in a tank division when his convoy came under attack.\n\nHe and four other soldiers stole a car, and as they travelled near Chupakhivka, they encountered the 62-year-old on a bicycle, they said.\n\nAccording to prosecutors, Shishimarin was ordered to kill the civilian and used a Kalashnikov assault rifle to do so.\n\nThe Kremlin said earlier it was not informed about the case.\n\nShishimarin's trial was adjourned shortly after the civilian's widow heard for the first time the Russian soldier admit to the murder. This high profile hearing will restart on Thursday in a larger courtroom.\n\nOleksandr's widow told the BBC how she was coping, before she left the court for the day.\n\n\"I feel very sorry for him [Shishimarin],\" she said. \"But for a crime like that - I can't forgive him.\"\n\nUkraine has so far identified more than 10,000 possible war crimes committed by Russia.\n\nThe country's chief prosecutor Iryna Venediktova tweeted: \"By this first trial, we are sending a clear signal that every perpetrator, every person who ordered or assisted in the commission of crimes in Ukraine shall not avoid responsibility,\"\n\nMoscow has denied its troops have targeted civilians, but investigators have been collecting evidence of possible war crimes to bring before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.\n\nThe ICC is sending a team of 42 investigators, forensics experts and support staff to Ukraine. Meanwhile, Ukraine has also set up a team to preserve evidence to enable future prosecutions.\n• None Ukraine tries first Russian soldier for war crimes", "The theatre has often been described as the heart of the city\n\nAfter almost three months of relentless assault, Mariupol has fallen. Ukraine's military says its combat mission in the besieged port is over. More than any other Ukrainian city, Mariupol has come to symbolise the ferocious brutality of Russia's assault and the stubbornness of Ukraine's resistance.\n\nOn Wednesday 23 February, Ivan Stanislavsky left his camera bag at the office. He was on his way to see the layout of his new book on Mariupol's Soviet-era murals at a colleague's house, and didn't want to lug the gear around. He could always pick it up the next day.\n\nBut on Thursday, as he stood in the street outside his locked and deserted office, he could hear thunderous sounds rolling in from the east. The city was under fire.\n\nAs the conflict intensified, and gunfire became audible to the west too, Ivan moved his mattress into the hall. He piled up his large collection of art books - including the Encyclopaedia of Ukrainian Rock Music - against the windows of his flat in the district of Primorsky.\n\n\"Let's say it was not a waste of a library,\" says the 36-year-old photographer, who is also a press officer at Ukrainian premier league football club FC Mariupol.\n\nIvan Stanislavsky loved to photograph his city of Mariupol\n\nAcross town in the neighbourhood of Kalmiusky, businessman Yevhen was also taking precautions. The 47-year-old had told his family to pack so they could escape the city. But when he returned from the office, he found no packing had been done. His family refused to leave.\n\nIn an apartment in the same block, metallurgists from the nearby steelworks, Nataliia, 43, and Andrii, 41, were already slicing the last two loaves they had been able to buy, leaving them to dry out so they could eat them piece by piece over the weeks ahead.\n\nThe Illich steel plant dominates this view of Mariupol\n\nVolodymyr, a 52-year-old paramedic in Kalmiusky, was also in his kitchen, trying to absorb the news. When reports came in of Russians marching through the village of Chonhar - on a strategic road out of Crimea to the west - he choked. This was a coordinated attack, he realised.\n\nThe ambulance dispatcher was on the phone. She instructed Volodymyr to ignore routine calls. \"Find the wounded\", he was told.\n\nTwenty-two-year-old engineering graduate Mariia thought the first explosion she heard was simply a storm. Then she heard a second.\n\n\"We didn't know what to do,\" says Mariia, who like Ivan, lived in Primorsky. \"I didn't have time to think about my future, my plans. I had to think about what I'd eat and drink... [And] what to do with the cats.\"\n\nIt suddenly dawned on her why, in the past few days, soldiers had appeared in the paint shop where she worked, asking to buy blue and yellow tape. They needed it to mark their uniforms.\n\nFour days into the war, with the fighting closing in, Ivan and his wife sought shelter in a basement underneath his local supermarket. It offered good protection, and Ivan found that the muffling of sound dulled his sense of mounting anxiety.\n\nDaily life was being stripped down to bare essentials.\n\n\"We lived like primitive people,\" he told the BBC from Lviv, where he has now fled. \"We broke trees, made fires, cooked food on fires. I even heard of people eating pigeons.\"\n\nHe watched as order gradually broke down all around him. He kept a vivid diary, later published online.\n\n\"The Stone Age has arrived,\" he says in his 6 March entry.\n\nHe writes of watching his fellow Ukrainian citizens raiding abandoned shops, making off with everything from computers and freezers to swimsuits and underwear.\n\nOne evening a drunk woman interrupts a session of evening gossip in the basement. \"Treat yourself,\" she says, as a flashlight revealed a bottle of Californian Merlot, taken from Wines of the World on nearby Italiiska Street.\n\nBut aware that even medical supplies and cash tills were being taken, Ivan says he felt disgust.\n\n\"We are our own worst enemies,\" he writes.\n\nBut is this, he wonders, how the fittest survive? After a while, each day became a \"combat mission\".\n\nOver a few short weeks, Mariupol fell apart. The Russian military laid siege to the city, attacking power and water supplies. A Russian airstrike hit the maternity hospital on 9 March, and a plane bombed its theatre - clearly marked as a civilian shelter - a week later.\n\nIvan was stunned at how quickly it all happened.\n\nThe theatre after it was bombed\n\n\"The whole city, all its infrastructure, supply system, logistics, energy supply were destroyed in a matter of days,\" he says.\n\nSitting underground at night, he sensed people becoming passive.\n\n\"You can only wait in the shelter,\" he writes in his diary. \"Some are waiting for spring, some - for the morning to come, some - for the end of the war. And someone is waiting for the bomb to come and kill everyone.\"\n\nAnd all this just as Mariupol had seemed destined to turn a corner. Money began to pour in, adding lustre to a city previously associated mainly with heavy industry - and war.\n\n\"It was a city aspiring to something,\" Ivan says. It hadn't always been this way.\n\nLong before this year's invasion, Mariupol had a ringside seat to Ukraine's simmering conflict with Russian-backed separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk, the two regions that make up the neighbouring area known as Donbas.\n\nAn activist guards a barricade outside the Mariupol government building seized by pro-Russia activists on 17 April 2014\n\nWhen fighting first broke out there in 2014, the government briefly lost control of Mariupol after clashes with pro-Russian protesters. In January 2015, a devastating rocket attack by the rebels on the eastern edge of the city killed almost 30 civilians.\n\nEven though the war gradually receded, the sound of artillery booming in the distance was part of Mariupol's daily soundscape.\n\nBut the city moved on. The Ukrainian government briefly made Mariupol the administrative capital of the Donetsk Oblast. People migrated from rebel-held areas and the city started attracting investment.\n\n\"It started receiving all of the resources and all of the attention,\" Ivan says.\n\nA view of Mariupol along its coast\n\nPublic buildings were renovated, cafés opened, and new parks created. In a podcast last October, the city's mayor Vadym Boychenko boasted of creating the best municipal services in the country, opening an IT school, and promoting contemporary art and sports.\n\nPlans were afoot, he said, for the largest water park in Ukraine and a version of Disneyland \"which will probably be called Mariland\". In fact, Mariupol was declared Ukraine's \"Big Capital of Culture\" in 2021.\n\nBut while Mariupol flourished, rebel-held Donetsk mouldered. When the rebels returned to Mariupol, Volodymyr, the paramedic, believed they were driven by revenge to destroy the city.\n\n\"'If we live in shit, then you will live in shit as well,'\" Volodymyr says they told him at a checkpoint as he finally escaped the city. \"They just looked at us and envied how we lived.\"\n\nVolodymyr thinks the Russian-backed separatists were motivated by revenge\n\nYevhen, the businessman, describes life in Mariupol in the past five years as \"a fairytale\". \"The city was being reconstructed,\" he says, \"all roads were renovated, public transport was improved.\"\n\nHis buildings restoration firm was responsible, among other projects, for the reconstruction of Mariupol's iconic water tower in time for the city's 240th birthday.\n\n\"This is a city of hard workers… It was hard for me to explain that my workers should finish at 6pm - they wanted to work longer.\"\n\nLike many others, weekends would be spent with family in the city's revived parks or on the seafront.\n\n\"For me, this is a [key] question - if you want to capture the city, why destroy it? [The Russians] don't need thinking people, they need territory,\" he says.\n\nAnd, he adds, he is now getting calls from the Russians to return to Mariupol to help rebuild it.\n\n\"But if Mariupol is occupied by Russia, there will be no future there… there will be nothing to live for. To live in unrecognised territory is to bury your children's future.\"\n\nAbout 150,000 people remain in the city, from a population of almost half a million. Most of those left there, he says, are also trying to escape.\n\n\"I left Mariupol but my soul is there,\" he says, tears in his eyes.\n\nBusinessman Yevhen is already getting calls from Russians to rebuild Mariupol\n\nNataliia and her husband Andrii worked at the Illich plant, one of two iron and steel works which tower over the city's skyline and loom large in Ivan Stanilavsky's photographs.\n\nThey spent long days at work, and leisure time was precious.\n\n\"The city authorities laid out marble tiles, made piers [so that] it was possible to sit on a bench right in the sea,\" Andrii says.\n\n\"It was a wonderful warm city with parks, concerts, fountains,\" his wife says. \"A European city.\"\n\nThis recent blossoming was captured by Ivan, but as a photographer with a passion for his city's past, his pet project was documenting Mariupol's remarkable collection of Soviet murals, one of the most extensive in Ukraine.\n\nThe cultural importance of preserving such remarkable works seems undeniable, but in Mariupol nostalgia for the Soviet Union jostled uneasily with Ukraine's modern, increasingly European identity, Ivan says.\n\n\"Politics was already preventing this cultural heritage from being integrated into Ukraine's artistic context,\" he says.\n\nSo inevitably, when the war came, culture found itself fought over too.\n\nOn 28 April, Mariupol's city council denounced the alleged theft by Russia of more than 2,000 exhibits from the city's museums, including ancient icons, a handwritten Torah scroll and more than 200 medals.\n\nThe director of Mariupol's Local History Museum, Natalia Kapustnikova, later told Russian newspaper Izvestia that she had personally handed over paintings to the Russians by Ivan Aivazovsky and Arkhip Kuindzhi, and claimed that Ukrainian \"nationalists\" had burned 95% of the museum's exhibits.\n\nShe wasn't the only local official harbouring pro-Russian sentiments. On 9 April, Ukraine's prosecutor general charged a member of Mariupol's city council, Kostyantyn Ivashchenko, with treason after he was declared mayor by pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk.\n\nIvashchenko's pro-Russian party had been well supported in the city's last elections, coming second, while President Volodymyr Zelensky's party came a distant fifth place.\n\nIn a poll conducted just before the elections by the Kyiv-based Centre for Social Indicators, almost half the city's population identified themselves as \"Russian\", though 80% also described themselves as \"Ukrainian\".\n\nMore tellingly, perhaps, fewer than 20% self-identified as \"European\", while more than 50% said they were \"Soviet\".\n\nMariia says that after the invasion she began to hate all things Russian\n\nNataliia, whose father is Russian, says she asked her husband for forgiveness when the bombing started. \"I was ashamed that I was Russian.\"\n\nMariia, the engineer, says that before the war her first language was Russian, but when the bombing began \"I started to hate all things Russian - language, movies, objects\".\n\nMariupol's complex identity is hardly unique in today's Ukraine, a country which formed an integral part of the Soviet Union until the collapse of communism at the end of the 1980s. And it's doubtful that any of those who described themselves as \"Russian\" or \"Soviet\" wanted to see their city destroyed in a violent effort to pull it back into Moscow's orbit.\n\nIronically, when the moment arrived to defend the city from Russian invaders, it was another part of Mariupol's Soviet-era legacy that came to play an almost iconic role.\n\nThis legacy, buried deep underground, is the maze of bunkers beneath Mariupol's other steel works, Azovstal, built by the Soviet authorities during the Cold War.\n\nThe 36 bomb shelters provided room for more than 12,000 people. After independence in 1991, no-one thought that much about them. But then the fighting in 2014 began.\n\n\"We started thinking about what we would do if fighting spread further into the city,\" Enver Tskitishvili, Azovstal's director general, says.\n\nTraining on the use of the bunkers and their connecting tunnels went on every day for years.\n\nIn early February, as the fear of renewed conflict loomed larger, preparations swung into high gear. Food and water were brought in the week before Russia's invasion.\n\nOfficials at the plant knew the bomb shelters would soon be occupied, but had little idea that Azovstal, surrounded by water on three sides, would become the scene of Mariupol's last stand.\n\nAn injured Ukrainian serviceman inside the Azovstal iron and steel works factory\n\nAs the days went by, the war got closer and closer to Ivan Stanislavsky's apartment. Excursions in search of food, even to the nearby Dzerkalnyy store, just 400m up the road, were increasingly perilous. Sometimes, a Ukrainian mortar team would arrive by truck, fire off a few rounds, and leave before the inevitable Russian reply.\n\nThere was little communication between civilians and soldiers.\n\nOne day, a tank from the Azov Regiment arrived near Dzerkalnyy, sending locals running, fearful of an impending battle. The regiment emerged in 2014 as a highly effective volunteer militia with far right and, in some cases, neo-Nazi affiliations, before being folded into Ukraine's National Guard.\n\nVladimir Putin has made extensive use of the Azov's controversial origins, in an effort to bolster his argument that he is trying to \"de-Nazify\" Ukraine. Ukrainian authorities say the regiment's origins are a thing of the past and points out that far-right parties have had very little electoral success.\n\nIn his diary Ivan describes the members he knows as a motley assortment of Mariupol natives - bikers, lawyers, football hooligans, and an amateur actor - driven not by ideology, but by a fierce hatred of those who were trying to ruin their lives.\n\n\"Together they formed a 'Nazi' battalion and intimidated the entire Russian army,\" he writes.\n\nIntimidating and effective, but not enough, eventually, to stem the Russian tide.\n\nWhile the city's defenders fought their losing battle, Ivan heard voices in his basement starting to curse President Zelensky for leaving Mariupol to its own devices.\n\nPresident Volodymyr Zelensky (L) and children play in a fountain during his first official visit to Mariupol on 15 June 2019\n\nFor all the praise heaped on the city's defenders, it was clear from the start that Mariupol was not the government's main priority. Faced with Russian threats on a number of fronts, the Zelensky government chose to secure the capital, thwarting what was arguably Vladimir Putin's top priority.\n\nUltimately, that meant letting Russian forces achieve another of their pre-war goals: the establishment of a land corridor between Crimea - annexed by Moscow in 2014 - and the separatists in the Donbas.\n\nBut for those trapped in the city, fighting or just trying to survive, it was a bitter pill.\n\n\"Some say Mariupol was given the status of a hero city,\" Ivan wrote in his diary on 13 March.\n\n\"It looks like the award will be posthumous.\"\n\nIvan's photo of the inside of the water tower\n\nBy now, Ivan couldn't stand any more. Outside Dzerkalnyy supermarket, he saw corpses neatly stacked under a wall. People who once queued for food were now in \"the queue of the dead\", waiting to be buried.\n\nSo on 15 March Ivan bundled four family members and his cat into his miraculously unscathed Skoda Fabia and joined a convoy for the tortuous journey north-west to government-held Zaporizhzhia.\n\nAt an observation point on Markelova St looking towards the port and the beach, Ivan allowed himself a brief moment of reflection.\n\n\"In my head I'm saying goodbye to this place,\" he writes in his diary. \"I have a feeling we will never return here.\"\n\nA day later, Mariia and five relatives also left by car, carrying just personal belongings and the family's dog. As they made their way out of Mariupol, their convoy came under attack and the cars had to accelerate out of danger, headed first to Zaporizhzhia, then to Dnipro.\n\nThe following day, Nataliia and Andreii left, after a neighbour offered them a space in his car. The couple eventually reached the city of Khmelnytskyi where they have been selling the family's coin collection in order to survive.\n\nIn that same convoy, Yevhen travelled with his wife and two other relatives. He's now in Dnipro, helping other residents who escaped Mariupol, and trying to reach those who remain.\n\nThe apartment block where Ivan lived has been destroyed\n\nVolodymyr, the paramedic, stayed in Mariupol as long as he could, to look after his elderly mother. But deprived of food and special medicine, she died. He then left the city on 21 April, and is volunteering at a hospital in Dnipro.\n\n\"There are thousands and thousands of families like mine,\" he says. \"How many people have died? How many families have been lost?\"\n\nTwo months after escaping, Ivan is still watching the death throes of Mariupol from the relative safety of Lviv.\n\nIn his diary's poignant epilogue, he writes of flashbacks, text messages about deaths or lucky escapes, and phone calls that go unanswered.\n\n\"The subscriber is out of range.\"\n\nWith additional reporting by Kateryna Khinkulova and Illia Tolstov", "Prince Charles met Assembly of First Nations (AFN) national chief RoseAnne Archibald at a reception in Ottawa\n\nIndigenous leaders met Prince Charles in Canada and asked for an apology from the Queen over the \"assimilation and genocide\" of indigenous schoolchildren.\n\nRoseAnne Archibald, Assembly of First Nations national chief, said the prince \"acknowledged\" failures in handling the relationship with indigenous people.\n\nCanada is dealing with a scandal which saw indigenous children die or be abused in residential schools.\n\nThere have been calls for the Queen to apologise over the issue.\n\nThe Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall have been on a three-day tour of Canada - where the Queen is head of state - to mark the 96-year-old monarch's Platinum Jubilee.\n\nMs Archibald appealed directly to Prince Charles for an apology on behalf of the Queen during a reception in the capital Ottawa, attended by indigenous leaders, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and others.\n\nThe royal couple went to a reception in the capital Ottawa attended by indigenous leaders, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and others.\n\nShe said: \"I asked for an apology from his mother the Queen, the head of the Anglican church, for whatever happened in the institutions of assimilation and genocide.\n\n\"I also asked for an apology for the failures of the Crown in that relationship that we have with them, in our treaty relationship with them.\"\n\nCalls for the Queen to apologise on behalf of the Anglican Church and Crown pre-date this visit, and so the request cannot have been a surprise to Prince Charles.\n\nOn this brief tour, there has been no shying away from acknowledging and highlighting the scandalous way many indigenous peoples have been treated in Canada.\n\nPrince Charles has been commended for the efforts he has made - stretching back decades - to get to know Canada and its indigenous peoples.\n\nTheir deep understanding of the land and sustainability are values close to his heart.\n\nHis message is one of listening, learning and reflecting. He has acknowledged Canada's dark past but not offered an apology.\n\nThat is enough for some but not all.\n\nThe First Nations chief added that the prince did not apologise but \"acknowledged\" failures by Canadian governments in handling the relationship between the Crown and indigenous people, which she said \"really meant something\".\n\nShe said this alone was \"not enough\" but \"a first step\" and that when an apology happened it would represent \"one step on the road to healing for First Nations\".\n\nCassidy Caron, Metis National Council President, who had said before the event she would also ask for an apology from the Queen, said the prince was \"listening\" and \"acknowledging\" what had happened in Canada's past which was \"very important\" for the country.\n\nThe discovery of evidence of human remains at former church-run schools last year triggered a national reckoning over Canada's legacy of residential schools - where indigenous children had been forcibly relocated to for decades.\n\nThe government-funded boarding schools were part of a policy which attempted to assimilate indigenous children and destroy indigenous cultures and languages.\n\nIn a speech on the first day of his tour of Canada, the prince pledged to listen to and learn from the country as it starts the process of reconciliation with indigenous communities.\n\nOn the first day of their trip to Canada, Prince Charles and Camilla observed a moment of silence to honour indigenous children who attended residential schools\n\nPrince Charles and Camilla also visited a Heart Garden in the east coast settlement of St John's, dedicated to the victims of the residential school scandal, and met survivors during a ceremony of remembrance.\n\nThe Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby recently visited Canada and apologised for the \"terrible crime\" of the Anglican Church's involvement in the country's residential schools - and for his church's \"grievous sins\" against the indigenous peoples of Canada.\n\nThe royal couple will conclude their tour of Canada on Thursday by travelling to the Northwest Territories, where the prince will visit its ice road passage and Yellowknife Bay to see the impact of climate change on local communities.\n\nHe will also visit the Canadian Rangers to mark the organisation's 75th anniversary, while the duchess will tour a local school in Dettah to learn about teaching their indigenous language.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nadine Dorries says which media outlets she appears on is her choice while being questioned about the sale of Channel 4,\n\nChannel 4 News has sometimes not done itself \"any favours\" in terms of impartiality, Nadine Dorries has said.\n\nThe culture secretary - who is pushing for the network to be privatised - rejected claims she was seeking vengeance against it as \"laughable\".\n\nBut she told MPs she would not \"justify a news organisation whose anchor went out to shout obscenities at Tories\" - a reference to claims about Jon Snow.\n\nMs Dorries also told MPs she shared her Netflix account with others.\n\nSpeaking to the Commons culture committee, the minister praised the streaming service's \"incredibly generous system\".\n\n\"I mean my mum has access to my account. I have Netflix but there are four other people who can use my Netflix account in different parts of the country.\"\n\n\"Am I not supposed to do that?\" she added with a laugh.\n\nNetflix has previously said users sharing their passwords with others was \"something you have to learn to live with\".\n\nHowever, following a fall in subscribers, the company has suggested it wants to crack down on the practice.\n\nThe culture secretary also defended her decision to privatise Channel 4, arguing it would prevent the network from being too reliant on revenues from advertising.\n\nPressed on why she had not recently appeared on the broadcaster's evening news show, she said she got on \"really well\" with Cathy Newman, one of the presenters, but that invitations to appear often came at \"really short notice\".\n\nShe said the programme was \"edgy\", but added: \"I'm not going to justify a news programme whose new anchor went out shouting obscenities about the Conservative Party.\n\n\"So they didn't do themselves any favours sometimes on the news programme and I think that is probably as much as I want to say about that.\"\n\nChannel 4 stars including Derry Girls' Saoirse-Monica Jackson has spoken out against privatisation\n\nIn 2017, Conservative MPs attacked the programme's presenter Jon Snow, after a claim he shouted obscenities about Conservatives - although Mr Snow said he did not have any recollection of the incident.\n\nBut Ms Dorries, said it was \"laughable\" when asked if selling Channel 4 was \"vengeance\" for its news coverage.\n\nChannel 4 News editor Esme Wren said the network's output was \"internationally-renowned for the depth and quality of its coverage ranging\".\n\n\"Since the start of 2022, Channel 4 News has seen the biggest increase in audience share across all the public service broadcasting national main news programmes and is up by 43% among younger viewers aged 16-34 year-on-year.\"\n\nChannel 4 has objected to the government's privatisation plans, saying it was \"disappointing\" that ministers had made their decision despite \"significant public interest concerns\".\n\nMs Dorries insisted the move would allow Channel 4 to raise investment and that it was \"a great time to sell\".\n\nChief executive Alex Mahon said privatisation would \"make a negative impact on the creative industries across the UK\".\n\nDuring the committee hearing, Ms Dorries also told MPs a review of how the BBC is funded would start before Parliament's summer recess at the end of July.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Damian Green asks if the BBC funding review is a \"sham” as Nadine Dorries has \"already come to a very firm conclusion\".\n\nThe minister told MPs she was looking for an independent chair to lead the review and would be \"completely hands-off\".\n\nAsked whether she personally still wanted to abolish the licence fee, Ms Dorries replied: \"Yes, the licence fee is an unfair way of funding the BBC.\"\n\nConservative MP Damian Green asked the minister if, given she had made up her mind, the consultation was \"a sham\".\n\nMs Dorries insisted it was not, adding that it was \"time for a modern, fair way of funding the BBC - what that is, I don't have an opinion\".", "A High Court ruling will allow the BBC to publish a story about a man it says exploited his status as an MI5 informant to abuse his partner.\n\nThe BBC said the decision will allow it to tell a story that is \"firmly in the public interest\".\n\nAn injunction still bans the corporation identifying the man, known in court proceedings as X.\n\nBut in a final ruling, the judge said the BBC can decide which details can be made public without identifying him.\n\nAttorney General Suella Braverman had applied for an injunction preventing X from being identified by the publication of a planned BBC story.\n\nShe claimed that - without confirming or denying that he was an MI5 agent - the story could put him at risk of harm or death and jeopardise national security.\n\nThe BBC wanted to name the man who it says used his intelligence status to coerce and terrify a former partner and poses an ongoing threat to women.\n\nIt argued that MI5 should have known about his behaviour and it was inappropriate to use him as an agent or a covert human intelligence source.\n\nA private section of Wednesday's ruling placed some restrictions on the BBC's reporting.\n\nBut in the public judgment, Mr Justice Chamberlain said the \"experience and expertise\" of the corporation and its experienced investigative journalist meant it was well-placed to make decisions about which other details risked identifying X.\n\nIn a statement, the BBC said: \"This ruling enables us to tell a story we believe is firmly in the public interest, and it is a vindication of the BBC's investigative journalism.\"\n\nThe BBC is planning to run the story in the coming days.\n\nThe attorney general has been asked for comment.", "All 90 seats in the Assembly are up for grabs with five Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) being elected in each of the 18 constituencies\n\nThe counting of votes has started following elections to the Stormont Assembly.\n\nAll 90 seats in the assembly are up for grabs with five Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) being elected in each of the 18 constituencies.\n\nThe first of the 90 MLAs are expected to be returned by Friday afternoon but the counting is set to continue into the early hours of Saturday.\n\nVotes are being counted at three centres - Titanic Exhibition Centre in Belfast, Ulster University in Jordanstown and Meadowbank Sports Arena in Magherafelt.\n\nYou can follow all the results as they come in on the BBC News NI website, which will feature a live page, stage-by-stage results and live streams, as well as on our Twitter page.\n\nYou can follow online rolling coverage on the BBC Northern Ireland special election live page from 11:30, covering every twist and turn throughout the day, as well as as the latest analysis and reaction from the count centres.\n\nYou'll also be able to see the full results constituency by constituency, with breakdowns of every single vote for each candidate stage-by-stage.\n\nAnd we'll be back on Saturday to do it all again, as we size up what a huge couple of days for politics in Northern Ireland.\n\nSo check out the BBC News NI website or the BBC News app to make sure you don't miss a thing.\n\nBBC One Northern Ireland will air an election special from 12:15 on Friday 6 May to bring you every result, with instant reaction and interviews from party leaders and winning candidates.\n\nHost Mark Carruthers will be joined in the studio by political editor Enda McClafferty and BBC Newsline reporter Sara Girvan, while news correspondent Mark Simpson will have the latest graphics.\n\nCoverage continues on BBC One Northern Ireland from 10:00 on Saturday 7 May and with an hour-long election special on Sunday Politics the following day at 10:15.\n\nBBC Radio Ulster's election special begins at 12:15 on Friday, hosted by Chris Buckler and Sarah Brett.\n\nIt'll also be streamed on the website and you'll be able to listen and watch the studio for the very first time.\n\nWilliam Crawley, Joel Taggart and Catherine Morrison will be live from the three count centres along with political pundits and experts to bring you the very latest information and analysis.\n\nWilliam Crawley and Sarah Brett will continue the coverage from 10:00 on Saturday, with a special hour-long roundup following at 12:00 on Sunday 8 May with Chris Buckler.\n\nOn BBC Radio Foyle, coverage begins at 13:00 presented by Elaine McGee, Richard O'Reilly and David Hunter.\n\nYou can follow all the latest results, news and up-to-the-minute analysis from our election teams on Twitter and on Facebook.\n\nPush alerts can also be sent directly to your smartphone by signing up below.\n\nTap here to receive the alerts.\n\nThis feature is only available to UK app users.\n\nYou can download the latest versions of the BBC News app here on the Android Play Store or here on the iOS App Store.", "Actress and Strictly Come Dancing champion Rose Ayling-Ellis is to become the first celebrity to sign a CBeebies bedtime story this Sunday.\n\nAyling-Ellis, 27, who has been deaf since birth, will tell the tale Can Bears Ski? in British Sign Language (BSL), to mark Deaf Awareness Week.\n\nThe story of a young bear draws on the author's own experience to show how it feels to be deaf in a hearing world.\n\nAyling-Ellis said she hoped it would inspire children to learn to sign.\n\nCan Bears Ski? was written by Raymond Antrobus and illustrated by Polly Dunbar, and follows the journey of a son and father as they discover and manage deafness.\n\nIt will be the first ever BSL-signed story on CBeebies and it will see Ayling-Ellis only speaking twice throughout the entire programme. Once at the beginning to introduce the story, and at the end to wish the audience goodnight. The story will also have subtitles.\n\nAyling-Ellis said: \"I am super excited to read my first CBeebies bedtime story in British Sign Language and it's even more wonderful to share a story written by a deaf writer.\n\n\"I hope deaf children enjoy the story and it inspires hearing children to want to learn BSL more.\"\n\nAyling-Ellis found fame starring as Frankie Lewis in BBC soap EastEnders and went on to become the first deaf contestant to win Strictly.\n\nShe was also nominated for the Must See Moment of the Year at the 2022 Bafta Awards for her Couple's Choice dance routine with partner Giovanni Pernice, which included a section where the pair danced without music to honour of the deaf community.\n\nWhile competing in Strictly, Ayling-Ellis performed a touching routine with partner Giovanni Pernice during which they paused the music and danced in silence\n\nThe actress has actively campaigned for BSL to be recognised as an official language and to be given legal status in the UK.\n\nHer story will air on Sunday to mark the end of Deaf Awareness Week, and will be the first of two stories she has recorded for CBeebies.\n\nOther readers of the CBeebies Bedtime Story have included Dolly Parton, Tom Hardy and Ed Sheeran - who read a story about a boy with a stutter, as he did as a child.\n\nIn 2018, Catastrophe actor Rob Delaney became the first person to tell a CBeebies Bedtime Story in Makaton - which was another first for the programme.\n\nThe Duchess of Cambridge became the first royal to present the show earlier this year.\n\nCBeebies Bedtime Stories airs daily at 18:50, with episodes signed by a BSL interpreter shown every Saturday and Sunday.", "The investigation relates to patients on the stroke unit at Blackpool Victoria Hospital\n\nFive healthcare staff have been charged with criminal offences as part of a major investigation into the ill-treatment of hospital patients.\n\nConcerns had been raised over the welfare of some patients on the stroke unit at Blackpool Victoria Hospital.\n\nThree nurses and two healthcare assistants will appear at court for offences including unlawful sedation of patients and theft, police said.\n\nThe charges relate to a period between August 2014 and November 2018.\n\nThe investigation is not related to a separate murder investigation into the death of a patient, or an investigation into alleged sexual assaults at the hospital, police said.\n\nThose charged are Catherine Hudson, 52, of Coriander Close, Blackpool; Charlotte Wilmot, 47, of Bowland Crescent, Blackpool; Matthew Pover, 39, of Bearwood Road in Smethwick; Victoria Holehouse, 31, of Riverside Drive, Hambleton, and Marek Grabianowski, 45, of Montpelier Avenue, Bispham.\n\nThey face charges including ill-treatment or wilful neglect, encouraging a nurse to sedate a patient, theft, supplying drugs and perverting the course of justice.\n\nThey are all due to appear at Blackpool Magistrates' Court on 31 May.\n\nDet Ch Insp Jill Johnston said the charges relate to \"the care provided to often elderly and vulnerable people\" and had been happening \"over a number of years\".\n\nShe added: \"This is a complex investigation. The safety of patients and the public remains our absolute priority.\n\n\"Our investigation remains ongoing and we continue to provide support to the many families affected.\"\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Queen plans to attend the state opening of Parliament next week, Buckingham Palace has said.\n\nThe monarch is aiming to deliver her speech, which sets out the government's policies and proposed legislation for the new session, on Tuesday.\n\nBut the palace spokesman said attendance of the 96-year-old, who has been experiencing mobility issues, would be confirmed on the day.\n\nShe has cut back on several engagements in recent months.\n\nThe palace earlier announced she would not attend the traditional palace garden parties when they return this summer.\n\nThe Queen has opened Parliament all but two times during her reign - missing the event in 1959 and 1963 when she was pregnant.\n\nIf the monarch was unable to attend it is likely that the Prince of Wales would step in to read the Queen's Speech.\n\nThe ceremony was not held in 2020 and last year a reduced capacity Covid-secure state opening of Parliament was staged with the Queen present.\n\nThe Queen was accompanied by her son, the Prince of Wales, at last year's event\n\nIn recent years the Queen has mainly taken a car, rather than a carriage, to the Palace of Westminster.\n\nThe monarch has missed several engagements in recent months, including the Easter Sunday service.\n\nOther members of the Royal Family will take her place at the garden parties, following the announcement that the Queen will not attend.\n\nThe first garden party in the Queen's Platinum Jubilee year is set to take place next Wednesday at Buckingham Palace, with others following on 18 and 25 May, as well as on 29 June at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, her official residence in Edinburgh.\n\nBecause of the pandemic, it is the first time in three years members of the public have been invited to the Queen's home for the garden parties - which are used to recognise public service.\n\nLast October, the monarch spent a night in hospital and for three months was under doctors' orders to only carry out light duties, missing a number of prominent events.\n\nThe Queen has been using a walking stick in public since last October, when she attended a service marking the centenary of the Royal British Legion.", "The Moskva patrolling the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Syria\n\nThe US provided intelligence that helped Ukraine sink the Moskva, Russia's flagship Black Sea missile cruiser, several US media report.\n\nUnnamed officials said Ukraine had asked the US about a ship sailing to the south of Odesa.\n\nThe US said it was the Moskva and helped confirm its location. Ukraine then struck it with two missiles.\n\nThe Pentagon has not commented. But a spokesman said the US gave intelligence to help Ukraine defend itself.\n\nThe unnamed US officials quoted in media reports said they did not know that Ukraine would target the Moskva after helping determine its location.\n\nThe 510-crew missile cruiser had led Russia's naval assault on Ukraine, and its sinking was a major symbolic and military blow.\n\nAt the time, the Russian defence ministry said ammunition on board the Moskva exploded in an unexplained fire and the ship tipped over while being towed back to port.\n\nThe US is yet to directly address the reports about the Moskva.\n\nHowever Pentagon spokesman John Kirby denied earlier media reports that the US was providing information about the locations of senior Russian generals on the battlefield, so that Ukrainian forces could kill them.\n\n\"We do not provide intelligence on the location of senior military leaders on the battlefield or participate in the targeting decisions of the Ukrainian military,\" he said.\n\nMr Kirby said Ukraine combined information that the US and others provided with their own battlefield intelligence.\n\n\"Then they make their own decisions, and they take their own actions,\" he said.\n\nThe White House National Security Council (NSC) also denied the US was helping Ukraine target senior Russian officers. \"We do not provide intelligence with the intent to kill Russian generals,\" NSC spokesperson Adrienne Watson said.\n\nThe Biden administration is ramping up support for Ukraine. President Biden has asked Congress for $33bn (£27bn) in military, economic and humanitarian assistance to support Ukraine, while insisting that the US was not \"attacking Russia\".\n\nThe sum is more than twice as much as the US has already spent on providing military equipment and humanitarian aid.\n\nThe BBC's North America Editor Sarah Smith says Mr Biden wants to show he is undeterred by vague threats about the possible use of nuclear weapons, and a warning from Vladimir Putin that there could be retaliatory strikes against countries that intervene in Ukraine.\n\nRussia's foreign ministry has said Western military support for Ukraine threatens \"the security of the continent\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe SNP has again finished as the biggest party in the Scottish council elections - with Labour finishing second after the Conservatives suffered big losses.\n\nThe SNP secured an overall majority in Dundee, while Labour won control of West Dunbartonshire.\n\nBut the Conservatives lost more than 60 councillors across the country.\n\nParty leader Douglas Ross said he believed public anger over Partygate had played a big part.\n\nMore than 1,200 councillors have been elected across the country's 32 councils.\n\nEach council is divided into smaller areas known as wards, with every ward electing up to five councillors.\n\nThe SNP recorded strong results in many areas of the country, increasing its total number of councillors by 22 to 453.\n\nThe party won 15 of the 29 seats to take control of Dundee and gained four seats in neighbouring Angus to become the largest party from Labour.\n\nSNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, the country's first minister, said the result was a \"quite incredible outcome\" for her party after 15 years in government.\n\nShe added: \"We have not only won the election - an eighth consecutive election victory since I've been leader - but won it overwhelmingly.\n\n\"We have increased our share of the vote and the number of councillors we have and I think we're going to be the largest party in more councils than before.\"\n\nLabour - which finished third behind the SNP and Conservatives in 2017 - picked up an additional 20 seats and finished well ahead of the Tories on 282 seats to 214.\n\nThe party won an overall majority in West Dunbartonshire, where the SNP had previously been the largest party and had formed the administration, after returning 12 councillors - four more than previously.\n\nNo party held a majority in any local authority area in Scotland after the last election.\n\nLabour had been aiming to overtake the SNP as the largest party in Glasgow after picking up seats in the early results, but fell one seat short - with the SNP on 37 and Labour 36.\n\nLeader Anas Sarwar said the results were the best Scottish Labour had seen in a decade, with his party finishing the day \"comfortably\" in second place across Scotland as a whole.\n\nThe Conservatives finished second last time - but finished well behind Labour in third place this time\n\nBut the Conservatives lost 63 seats, with their share of the vote falling by more than 10% in several wards.\n\nScottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross said he was \"deeply disappointed\" by the results, which he said had seen the public send a clear message that \"they are not happy with the prime minister, they are not happy with partygate\".\n\nHe refused to call for Boris Johnson to resign, saying the situation in Ukraine called for stability in the UK government.\n\nThere was better news for the Conservatives in Moray, where they gained three seats to overtake the SNP as the largest party.\n\nWe've got used to the SNP winning elections in Scotland. In this contest they continue to resist electoral gravity. The party has gained seats and has won an 11th successive national victory.\n\nThey are not the only party with something to celebrate. After years of decline, Labour has also made gains including taking overall control of West Dunbartonshire council.\n\nLabour has regained second place from the Conservatives, who have suffered significant losses.\n\nSome Scottish Tories are blaming Boris Johnson and partygate, with others highlighting the Scottish party leader, Douglas Ross's flip-flop over whether the PM should resign.\n\nThe Liberal Democrats have also picked up seats as have the Greens who seem to have benefited from their power-sharing deal with the SNP in the Scottish government.\n\nThe Scottish Greens won their first seat in the Scottish Borders and almost doubled their total number of councillors across the country to 35.\n\nGreen candidate Holly Bruce finished first in the ward of the SNP's Susan Aitken, who was the Glasgow City Council leader - although Ms Aitken was also elected after finishing with the second-highest number of first preference votes.\n\nThe Liberal Democrats also done better than expected, winning an additional 20 seats across the country to take their total to 87, but Alex Salmond's Alba Party failed to have any of its candidates elected.\n\nMeanwhile, the SNP's Susan Thomson and Frances Murray were elected the Western Isles' first female councillors since 2012.\n\nLabour leader Anas Sarwar said his party's result was its best in a decade\n\nAlthough the number of councillors elected for each party is now known, it will probably be next week before it becomes clear who will have control over most councils.\n\nThis is because in many councils no party has won a majority of seats and so groups of councillors will work together to form coalitions. It can take a few days for these arrangements to be made.", "The Jubilee balcony line-up is going to be more limited than this gathering in 2019\n\nPrince Harry and Prince Andrew will not appear on the Buckingham Palace balcony as part of opening celebrations for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.\n\nThe monarch will be joined on 2 June only by \"members of the Royal Family who are currently undertaking official public duties\", Buckingham Palace said.\n\nDespite not appearing on the balcony, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will travel to the UK for the Jubilee.\n\nThe Queen, 96, plans to attend some Jubilee events, the palace said.\n\nBut her attendance won't be confirmed until nearer the time, or even on the day, after mobility problems led her to cancel a number of appearances in recent months.\n\nHarry and Meghan will not be on the balcony this time, but are travelling to the Jubilee\n\nA spokesperson for the Duke and the Duchess of Sussex said they would be coming to the UK for the Jubilee with their two children, Archie and Lilibet.\n\nThe couple were said to be \"excited and honoured to attend the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations\".\n\nThe Platinum Jubilee events, marking the Queen's 70-year reign, will take place over a four-day bank holiday on 2 to 5 June.\n\nThere had been speculation about who would take part in the iconic royal balcony scene at the start of the Jubilee weekend, watching a flypast and waving to the crowds at Trooping the Colour.\n\nBut Buckingham Palace said the Queen had decided that appearances on the balcony would be limited to \"working royals\", who carry out official royal duties, and their children - effectively ruling out Prince Andrew, Prince Harry and Meghan.\n\nPrince Andrew stepped down from royal duties in the wake of the now-settled civil sex assault case brought against him in the United States.\n\nThe Queen's decision reflects the principle that there will not be \"half-in, half-out\" royals - and will mean a changed line-up for such balcony appearances for the Royal Family.\n\nOn the balcony, along with the Queen, will be the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and their children.\n\nThere will be music and entertainment at the BBC Platinum Party at the Palace\n\nThe group will also include the Earl and Countess of Wessex and their children, and Anne, the Princess Royal, and her husband, Sir Timothy Laurence, plus the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke of Kent and Princess Alexandra.\n\nWhile Prince Harry and Prince Andrew, and his daughters Beatrice and Eugenie, will not be part of the balcony scene, they could attend other Jubilee events, such as the Jubilee Lunch or the thanksgiving service.\n\nThe Queen, who has mobility problems, has had to pull out of a number of recent events - and there have been questions about how much she will be able to participate in Platinum Jubilee celebrations.\n\nThe latest update leaves the question open - with the Queen planning to take part in some of the events, but with nothing being confirmed until much closer to the time.\n\nThis includes the National Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral - and if the Queen attends she will not take part in a ceremonial procession to get there.\n\nThe Gold State Coach, used in the Queen's coronation, will be part of the Jubilee Pageant\n\nAlong with viewing Trooping the Colour, the Queen also plans to attend the Epsom Derby, which takes place on 4 June, during the long Jubilee bank holiday weekend.\n\nThe Platinum Jubilee Pageant will see the re-appearance of the Gold State Coach, not seen on the streets of London for more than 20 years.\n\nThis was the 18th Century horse-drawn carriage used to carry the Queen to her coronation in 1953.\n\nThursday 2 June - Queen's birthday parade and Trooping the Colour takes place - as Platinum Jubilee Beacons are lit in 2,000 towns and cities.\n\nFriday 3 June - National Service of Thanksgiving is held at St Paul's Cathedral, London. Ringing of Great Paul, the restored biggest church bell in the country\n\nSaturday 4 June - The Derby at Epsom Downs Racecourse - and BBC Platinum Party at the Palace\n\nSunday 5 June - Big Jubilee Lunch and street parties. Platinum Jubilee Pageant, a procession and performance in central London, involving 10,000 people and the Gold State Coach\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Recovery efforts under way after Havana hotel blast\n\nAt least 26 people have died and more than 60 have been hospitalised after a massive explosion rocked one of Cuba's most exclusive five-star hotels.\n\nIt is believed a gas tanker which was parked outside the Saratoga Hotel in Old Havana ignited, causing an explosion which destroyed several floors of the building.\n\nThe historic hotel was set for a post-pandemic reopening in four days.\n\nIt now lies in ruins, with much of its outer wall torn off.\n\nSearch and rescue operations are currently under way to locate people trapped under the debris.\n\nThe Cuban presidency said the dead included a pregnant woman and a child.\n\nThe injured are being treated at nearby hospitals.\n\nYazira de la Caridad, who lives a block from the hotel, told CBS News she \"thought [the explosion] was an earthquake\".\n\nWitnesses said they saw plumes of black smoke and clouds of dust billowing into the sky following the explosion.\n\nSearch and rescue operations are underway at the Saratoga Hotel\n\nA school which is located directly behind the hotel was unaffected, with local officials confirming all its children have been safely evacuated.\n\nCuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel has visited the damage site, which sits opposite the government's old congressional building. The president said: \"It was not a bomb or an attack, it's an unfortunate accident.\"\n\nThe incident comes as tourism in the country was re-emerging from two difficult years caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nThe Saratoga Hotel, a landmark in the colonial district of the capital, had been closed for refurbishment during much of this period.\n\nThe 19th century building is synonymous in Havana with visiting celebrities - after stars such as Madonna, Beyonce and Mick Jagger stayed there during the thaw between Havana and Washington under President Barack Obama.", "Alliance Party leader Naomi Long is a good spirits at the Jordanstown count centre - and with good reason - her party has increased its first preference vote by about 44,000 to 116,681.\n\n\"We have had a really positive day. We are still in contention for a number of seats and I think it's going to be a very good election for the Alliance Party.\n\n“We are still positive about Lagan Valley - it takes a long time in terms of votes and STV and seeing how the transfers go but it’s possible we will take a second seat in Lagan Valley,\" she tells the BBC's Stephen Walker.\n\nAs for East Antrim she is \"optimistic\".\n\n\"There is a real opportunity for us to take those two seats we are trying to get - you have to wait and see how the votes shake out.\"\n\nAt this stage she says she thinks her party can take at least three, and doesn't rule out more than that.\n\nWhere have her party's votes come from?\n\n\"Ultimately they came from people who believed that by voting Alliance they would get positive, progressive politics and they would get people committed to delivery and would be able to start to move beyond managing division towards focusing on delivery,\" she says.\n\n“That's what we sold as an election manifesto and that's what we want to deliver. That’s where our votes have come from - people who are sick of the stop-go nature of our politics,\" she adds.", "The Queen last hosted a Buckingham Palace garden party in 2019\n\nOther members of the Royal Family will stand in for the Queen when the traditional garden parties return this summer, Buckingham Palace has said.\n\nThe Queen, who is 96 and has mobility problems, has cut back on several engagements in recent months.\n\nMore than 30,000 people are usually invited each year to Buckingham Palace or the Palace of Holyroodhouse.\n\nA Palace spokesman said details of which royals would attend would be confirmed later.\n\nThe first garden party in the Queen's Platinum Jubilee year is set to take place next Wednesday at Buckingham Palace, with others following on 18 and 25 May, as well as on 29 June at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, her official residence in Edinburgh.\n\nBecause of the pandemic, it is the first time in three years members of the public have been invited to the Queen's home for the garden parties.\n\nThe parties are used by Buckingham Palace to recognise and reward public service, with guests nominated by a network of sponsors including Lord-Lieutenants, government departments, the armed forces and faith groups.\n\nThe Queen, a former private secretary once quipped, was \"as strong as a yak, had very good legs and could stand for a long time\". And the garden parties require a lot of standing.\n\nA selection of guests is gently shepherded into semi-circles and the hosting royal makes their way around the group chatting with each one.\n\nIt is a fair amount of time on one's feet for anyone. For a 96-year-old it is a big ask. And for a 96-year-old with mobility issues, it is just too much. Today's announcement is among the least surprising of the royal year.\n\nThe Queen is not immobile. She made her way, on her son Prince Andrew's arm, to her seat at Westminster Abbey a month ago for the service of thanksgiving for Prince Philip.\n\nPhotos of her meeting and greeting officials and visiting politicians are put out pretty regularly by the Palace.\n\nBut an hour or so of walking, standing and chatting at a garden party is currently beyond her.\n\nAn appearance at the State Opening of Parliament next week - with its long public walk to the throne - must be unlikely, as the Queen prepares to celebrate her 70th Jubilee in early June.\n\nThe decision for other royals to host the parties comes after the Queen reached the 70th year of her reign in February and overcame a bout of Covid in the same month.\n\nShe celebrated her 96th birthday privately on 21 April at her Sandringham estate.\n\nSince the pandemic began, the Queen has spent most of her time living at Windsor Castle, rather than at Buckingham Palace.\n\nThe Queen met Holocaust survivor and educator Gena Turgel at a garden party in 2015\n\nLast October, the monarch spent a night in hospital and for three months was under doctors' orders to only carry out light duties, missing a number of prominent events.\n\nThe Queen has been using a walking stick in public since last October, when she attended a service marking the centenary of the Royal British Legion.\n\nThere has been no announcement yet about whether the Queen will attend the State Opening of Parliament on Tuesday.\n\nAfter that, there will be a series of events to mark the Platinum Jubilee over an extended bank holiday weekend between 2 and 6 June.\n\nPub opening hours in England and Wales will be extended to 01:00 BST and, on 2 June, more than 1,400 soldiers, 200 horses and 400 musicians will take part in Trooping the Colour on the Queen's official birthday.\n\nOn 4 June, 10,000 members of the public will attend a concert in front of Buckingham Palace, with George Ezra among the performers.\n\nAre you due to attend one of the garden parties this summer? Have you attended one before and met the Queen? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Jessie, Lilly and Evie are all flying the flag for the Wrexham 2025 culture bid at this year's Focus Wales festival\n\nHundreds of music artists and thousands of fans have been flocking to back Wales' bid to host the 2025 City of Culture.\n\nWrexham is one of just four places left in the race for the title, with judges arriving in the town within days.\n\nThe Focus Wales festival is a key part of the bid as Wrexham face Bradford, County Durham and Southampton.\n\nThe UK government will announce the winner later this month.\n\nFestival co-founder Neal Thompson said it was an honour to be part of the City of Culture bid\n\n\"We've been in it since the beginning. We're really happy to support the City of Culture bid,\" said co-founder of the Focus Wales festival, Neal Thompson.\n\n\"Obviously Focus Wales is based in Wrexham, but we represent artists from across Wales, so this City of Culture bid is the Wales bid as well really.\n\n\"So we're very supportive of that and the benefit it will bring to the area and the whole country.\"\n\nWrexham is bidding for the 2025 title as an entire county, after rules for this competition were changed to allow areas of the UK to enter.\n\nAfter an initial 20 bids, Wrexham was the only one from Wales to make it to the finals, and still hopes it can take the title and become the next City of Culture after the current holders, Coventry.\n\nEntrepreneur Joanna Swash, who runs the hugely successful global office outsourcing firm Moneypenny in Wrexham, has chaired the bid team since the county threw its hat into the ring.\n\n\"I feel really, really confident,\" she said as she visited the Focus Wales festival.\n\n\"We have got an extraordinary bid, an awful lot of detail, and I'm really proud of what the team has been able to put together in such a short space of time.\"\n\nShe said the bid \"stands out\" because the entire community of Wrexham is behind it - including the music festival.\n\nJoanna Swash believes they have a convincing bid for the 2025 title\n\n\"Focus Wales is a key part of our bid and we are very excited about the reach it will have as part of the City of Culture.\"\n\nThe festival's reach does appear to be growing year-on-year - even after an enforced break for the Covid pandemic.\n\nThis year it has attracted big names including pop legends Echo and the Bunnymen, who headline the final night.\n\nCanadian diplomat Jonathan Sauvé was on his first visit to Wales to launch a major new arts project\n\nIt was also chosen by the Canadian government as its launch pad for a year-long programme recognising the cultural and artistic links between Wales and Canada.\n\n\"The Welsh people basically helped build Canada,\" said High Commission of Canada diplomat Jonathan Sauvé.\n\n\"In this post-Covid era, I think there is much to celebrate, and what better way to do it than through arts and culture.\"\n\nDelwyn \"Sheep\" Derrick is a vocal supporter of the town, and said it was the people of Wrexham who have made the culture bid a success.\n\nDelwyn \"Sheep\" Derrick said Wrexham has nothing to fear from the judges' visit\n\nHe set-up the charity Belle Vue Football Club, to help those struggling against person adversity or living in poverty.\n\n\"Wrexham is a fascinating place. It's never one thing or one person that makes Wrexham stand out,\" he argued.\n\n\"It's a multi-faceted town, a multi-talented town. We've got so much to offer and I'm excited to see what comes next.\n\n\"Wrexham is not a town - it's a people.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Belarus charged Sofia Sapega with criminal offences after her arrest\n\nA court in Belarus has sentenced a Russian student to six years in jail, one year after she and her dissident journalist partner were removed from a Ryanair plane and arrested.\n\nSofia Sapega was travelling with Roman Protasevich to Lithuania when their flight was forcibly diverted to Minsk.\n\nThe case sparked worldwide condemnation and fresh sanctions against the government of Alexander Lukashenko.\n\nThe court said she was guilty of inciting social enmity and discord.\n\nShe was also found guilty of illegally collecting and disseminating information about the private life of an unnamed person without his consent.\n\nThe authorities in Belarus had previously accused her of organising riots.\n\nMr Protasevich was editor of the Nexta Telegram channel, based in Poland, which published videos and information from the wave of giant street protests against President Lukashenko that began in the summer of 2020.\n\nOpposition journalist Roman Protasevich and his girlfriend Sofia Sapega were detained when the plane's 126 passengers disembarked in Minsk\n\nThe mass protests were prompted by anger after Mr Lukashenko secured a sixth term in office in what the opposition said was a rigged presidential election.\n\nMr Lukashenko denied that the election was fixed and cracked down on the opposition, whose leading members were either jailed or forced to flee the country.\n\nMr Protasevich himself fled Belarus in 2019 and had known Ms Sapega for about six months at the time of their arrest.\n\nHe is still to go on trial and the status of the investigation against him is not clear.\n\nThe opposition activist was among the \"most wanted\" people in Belarus. But the move in May 2021 to declare a bomb threat on board his flight across Europe shocked the world.\n\nWestern countries accused Belarus of hijacking the plane after a Mig fighter jet forced it to change its course and land in Minsk.\n\nBefore their arrest, Ms Sapega had travelled with Mr Protesavich to Athens, where he attended an economic forum in mid-May.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Roman Protasevich's father tells the BBC he is fearful his son may be tortured", "The billionaire Issa brothers are poised to rescue the convenience chain McColl's when it enters administration.\n\nPwC are set to become administrators for the company and it is understood a sale to the Issa brothers' EG Group could come soon after.\n\nIn a letter from McColl's to its employees, seen by the BBC, the firm said it hoped all staff would transfer to the new owner.\n\nMcColl's currently employs 16,000 people across its 1,100 stores.\n\nThe Issa brothers also co-own supermarket chain Asda, while EG Group owns thousands of petrol stations and convenience shops in the UK, Ireland, Europe, Australia and the US.\n\nAccountancy firm PwC are expected to be appointed as administrators when the courts reopen on Monday morning. Any sale could only be completed once administrators have been formally appointed.\n\nIn a statement earlier, McColl's said PwC intended to look for a buyer \"as soon as possible\".\n\nIt comes after supermarket chain Morrisons proposed a rescue deal on Thursday to try to safeguard the chain. However, this was rejected by lenders.\n\nMorrisons is already in a partnership with McColl's, which operates more than 200 Morrisons Daily convenience stores.\n\nMcColl's said that while discussions with Morrisons had \"made significant progress\", its lenders had made clear they would not reach a conclusion that was acceptable to them.\n\n\"In order to protect creditors, preserve the future of the business and to protect the interests of employees, the board was regrettably therefore left with no choice other than to place the company in administration,\" McColl's said.\n\nMorrisons described this as \"a very disappointing, damaging and unnecessary outcome\".\n\n\"We put forward a proposal that would have avoided today's announcement that McColl's is being put into administration, kept the vast majority of jobs and stores safe, as well as fully protecting pensioners and lenders,\" the company said in a statement.\n\nMorrisons and McColl's signed a deal five years ago which involved Morrisons being the convenience store chain's sole supplier for grocery products, including the relaunched Safeway brand.\n\nThe billionaire Issa brothers are behind petrol station giant EG Group\n\nMcColl's raised £30m from shareholders last year to invest in expanding its Morrisons Daily convenience stores.\n\nThe company had been moving towards making more of its shops into Morrisons Daily stores, but had not moved quickly enough to take advantage in the boom in local shopping during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nWith £170m of debt to service, the business had been running out cash.\n\nMorrisons had been talking to McColl's and its creditors for a number of weeks as it aimed to thrash out a rescue.\n\nAfter being knocked back Morrisons made an improved offer on Thursday evening which was thought to include taking on McColl's pension commitments and its £170m debt.\n\nNewspaper and magazine distributor Smiths News said McColl's \"represents a bad debt risk\" of between £6m and £7m to its business, £1.2m of which is overdue.\n\nSmiths News said it was \"closely monitoring the current situation and considering options for reducing the current risk, including the return of unsold stock\".\n\nThe Post Office, which has branches in 600 McColl's stores, also said it was monitoring the situation closely and had undertaken contingency planning \"to minimise the impact on customers should any branches be affected\".\n\nA spokesperson for McColl's pension schemes called on bidders for the firm to \"respect pension promises\" made to 2,000 scheme members.\n\n\"The two pension schemes are relatively small compared to the McColl's business, and funding them would clearly be manageable for the ongoing business, or for anyone who acquires it,\" the spokesperson said.\n\nA pre-pack administration - which allows an insolvent firm to sell assets to bidders - could break the link between the pensions schemes and the firm, they said.\n\nEG Group is reportedly preparing to take over McColl's via a pre-pack administration, according to Sky News.\n\nThis \"would represent a serious breach of the pension promises made to staff who have served the business loyally over many years, and risks causing the schemes to enter the Pension Protection Fund with a resulting reduction in benefits,\" the spokesperson said.\n\nThe Pension Protection Fund takes on certain types of pension scheme when an employer collapses.\n\nThe fund, which is paid for in part by a levy on other pension funds, pays pensioners and protects those yet to reach pensionable age.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Liberal Democrats have taken back control of Hull City Council, ending a decade of rule by the Labour Party.\n\nThe Lib Dems now control 29 of the council's 57 seats with Labour, previously the biggest party, on 27, with one independent.\n\nLabour gained the single Conservative seat on the council, one of the party's few successes of the evening.\n\nThe city's Liberal Democrat leader, councillor Mike Ross, said it was \"an emphatic vote for change in Hull\".\n\nHe told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS): \"We thank the thousands that voted Liberal Democrat today, they sent a message no-one can ignore.\"\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, Mr Ross said: \"Locally people are fed up with a Labour council that they felt was no longer listening to them.\n\n\"We recognise that being put in this position of power isn't about power, it's about responsibility and serving the public of Hull.\n\n\"That means doing what is in their interest and working with them to make sure that is what the council does.\"\n\nAneesa Akbar kept hold of Central Ward for Labour\n\nLabour went into polling day with 29 seats, a working majority of one, to the Lib Dems' 26.\n\nThe Liberal Democrats, who had been fighting to regain power since 2011, toppled cabinet member Gwen Lunn in the University ward and John Black in Longhill and Bilton Grange.\n\nThe latter was Labour's longest-serving council member.\n\nWinning Mr Black's seat, Tim Kemp thanked voters and said: \"It's clear that we can make change happen.\"\n\nDaren Hale, leader of the Hull Labour Group, described the party's defeat as \"a great disappointment\".\n\n\"With power actually comes the need to make decisions so there's no hiding place now.\n\n\"You can't please all the people all the time.\n\n\"I look forward to all the roadworks being completed in the middle of the night by magic pixies with no disruption to the public but we'll see.\"\n\nLeader of Hull Labour Group Daren Hale said the party would fight for control of the council in the next election\n\nMr Hale apologised to voters for \"losing power\" and added: \"But they're renting the city and we'll get it back next year.\"\n\nCllr John Fareham ended his stint as the Conservatives' sole councillor with his defeat in the Bricknell ward.\n\nRecent years have seen the Liberal Democrats chip away at Labour's lead on Hull City Council.\n\nNow the Lib Dems are back in charge after more than a decade in opposition, and could be described as the comeback kids.\n\nMany commentators would argue the party has long since been \"detoxified\" since the days when Nick Clegg shared power with David Cameron and the coalition government's austerity measures.\n\nBut the Lib Dems must prove they are more than just an opposition party and can govern again, albeit at a local level.\n\nSome tough decisions lie ahead on issues such as the future of the controversial bus and cycle lanes in Hull.\n\nLabour say the Lib Dems are \"renting\" the city and they will get it back next year.\n\nExpect another fierce battle for control of the Guildhall when the ballot boxes are brought out of storage again in 12 months' time.\n\nFollow BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Samaritans ambassador Scarlett Moffatt has revealed that she used the suicide prevention charity for support after feeling low and lonely.\n\nThe TV celebrity, who shot to fame after appearing on Gogglebox and I'm A Celebrity, hopes that sharing her story will help others who may be struggling.\n\nSamaritans says the Covid pandemic has led to more people calling its helpline about loneliness and isolation.\n\nIt is an issue affecting all ages.\n\nNearly a third of all callers contacting the charity during the pandemic mentioned it. Prior to that, it was about a quarter.\n\nOfficial statistics suggest loneliness during the Covid lockdown has been much more intense in poorer, urban areas and places with a higher proportion of young people. The Office for National Statistics data found people aged between 16 and 24 were the most likely to report feeling lonely.\n\nAlice Gray, a producer from Cardiff, told the BBC last year how sociable singledom turned into lockdown loneliness, and left her craving human touch after months of no hugs.\n\nShe said: \"Being alone in a pandemic without any of my loved ones went against every instinct I had, and I felt like my tank was running on empty in terms of how much longer I could cope.\n\n\"Even when I was at really difficult points, there was no-one to turn to.\"\n\nCelebrating the last birthday of her 20s alone, Alice missed her friends and family\n\nScarlett has said she felt \"lost and lonely\" after moving to the capital following her I'm A Celebrity win in 2016.\n\nShe said: \"I remember feeling guilt when I felt lonely - because to many people I have no reason to feel alone, but loneliness affects us all.\n\n\"Sometimes it can feel like there is a negative stigma around admitting that you're lonely, but it's something that most people will have experienced at one point in their life. There is no shame in feeling alone, and it's OK to talk about it.\n\n\"In the world of social media, it's not always clear to see when people are feeling sad or lonely.\"\n\nScarlett says she rang Samaritans for support and would urge anyone else struggling to do so too.\n\n\"Talking to someone who didn't know me, or judge me, really helped when I wanted to talk about how I was feeling.\"\n\nChannique, from Manchester, who has been a listening volunteer for Samaritans for three years, said: \"Loneliness is a normal human feeling, but if these feelings persist, it can make you feel disconnected from those around you and affect your mental wellbeing. I frequently hear just how challenging it can be during my shifts.\n\n\"Most of us will feel lonely at some point in our lives. You don't have to be alone to feel lonely. There's no shame in recognising feelings of loneliness - or seeking support if you are struggling.\"\n\nWhile most of us want to spend some time alone, loneliness is about feeling disconnected from the people around you to the point it affects your mental wellbeing.\n\nYou can feel it in a crowd of friends or by yourself.\n\nTips if you are feeling lonely:\n\nIf you have been affected by any of these issues in this story you can visit BBC Action Line.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The drug was hidden among bags of coffee beans\n\nSwiss police say they have seized 500kg of cocaine from a shipment of coffee that was sent to a Nespresso factory.\n\nWorkers at the plant in Romont alerted the authorities after finding white powder in sacks of coffee beans.\n\nPolice later found more of the drug in five shipping containers. An initial investigation suggested the shipment had come from Brazil.\n\nA Nespresso statement said production of coffee capsules at the plant had not been contaminated by the drug.\n\n\"We want to reassure consumers that all our products are safe to consume,\" the coffee company said.\n\nThe seized cocaine was 80% pure and had an estimated street value of nearly €50m ($53m; £43m).\n\n\"It's definitely a big seizure for the canton of Fribourg, one can say an extraordinary catch,\" said Marc Andrey, head of security for the region.\n\nThe cocaine was probably destined for the European market, police said.\n\nThe cocaine had an estimated street value of nearly €50m", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Conservatives have suffered significant losses at Thursday's local elections, losing almost 500 seats and control of 11 councils.\n\nThe party shed support to the Liberal Democrats in southern England, and lost key London councils to Labour.\n\nThe Tories also saw losses in Scotland, where the SNP won the most seats, and in Wales to a resurgent Labour. The PM said it had been \"tough\" in some areas.\n\nSinn Féin is on track to win the most seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly.\n\nThe party won the most first-preference votes, and has the largest number of candidates returned so far, with 18 of the 47 seats declared. More results are to follow on Saturday.\n\nThe results come after votes to elect 200 councils in England, Wales and Scotland, and the devolved Stormont assembly in Northern Ireland.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson argued the results had been mixed overall.\n\nLabour gains were more modest outside London, with limited breakthroughs for the party in its traditional heartlands in northern England.\n\nWith nearly all results in, Labour has gained 139 seats, with leader Sir Keir Starmer saying his party was \"on track\" to win the next general election.\n\nBut his day was overshadowed by news that police are investigating whether he breached Covid rules at an event in Durham last year.\n\nThe BBC projects Labour would take 35% of votes and the Tories 30%, had all parts of Britain gone to the polls.\n\nThe projection gave Labour its biggest local election lead in a decade, and could lead to renewed criticism of Mr Johnson within his own party.\n\nThe findings - based on the results declared so far from areas which voted on Thursday - put the Liberal Democrats on 19% and other parties on 16%.\n\nIn the BBC's collection of key wards, the Conservative vote is down on average by seven points since 2018 in the south of England, compared to four points in both London and the Midlands and just two points in the North.\n\nThe local elections don't hold up a perfect mirror to the whole country's desires, or exactly what would happen if a general election had just happened.\n\nBut they are a valuable measure of the state of the battle of the two main parties who seek to govern us all. Caveats aside, the events of the last 24 hours do matter.\n\nSpin back a few weeks, and some Conservatives feared these elections would end in absolute calamity after months of extraordinary revelations about what had been going on in Downing Street during lockdown.\n\nNow that nearly everything has been counted, the Tories have lost nearly 500 seats across the UK. It represents a rejection of the Conservatives in many parts of the country they see as home.\n\nThe losses are without question at the worse end of pundits' expectations.\n\nYet right now it doesn't seem like the kind of wipe-out that will explode Number 10. And after 12 years in government, losses like this in a mid term are not without precedent.\n\nAhead of the elections, the Conservatives had been braced for big losses in England, as they faced attacks over the rising cost of living and the ongoing Partygate scandal, including the prime minister's fine for breaking lockdown rules.\n\nSpeaking on a visit to Ruislip, north-west London, Mr Johnson said: \"It is mid-term. It's certainly a mixed set of results.\n\n\"We had a tough night in some parts of the country, but on the other hand, in other parts of the country you are still seeing Conservatives going forward and making quite remarkable gains in places that haven't voted Conservative for a long time, if ever.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson: Tough night for Tories in some places\n\nAlthough Conservative losses are not as bad as some in the party had warned, there was still criticism of Mr Johnson from his own side, with several Conservative council leaders blaming him after they suffered defeats locally.\n\nVisiting Barnet in north London earlier, Sir Keir told party supporters: \"This is a big turning point... From the depths of the 2019 general election, we're back on track.\"\n\n\"We've sent a message to the prime minister: Britain deserves better,\" he added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Labour leader says the local elections are a \"big turning point\" for the party.\n\nLiberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said the results would be a \"turning point\" for his party's fortunes.\n\nHe added that voters had \"had enough\" of the Tories amid the squeeze on living standards, and his party were the \"real challengers\" in Conservative-held areas.\n\nThe first results were declared in England, where the Liberal Democrats saw almost new 200 councillors voted in, taking control of Woking, Gosport and Hull councils.\n\nThe Greens performed well too, gaining 84 seats across Britain overall, most of which were in England.\n\nFor Labour, significant results came in London, where they took the councils of Wandsworth, Westminster and Barnet, ending decades of Conservatives control in each.\n\nIn Scotland, Labour won control of West Dunbartonshire and overtook the Conservatives, but was a distant second to the SNP, which increased its councillors by 22 to 453.\n\nSNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, the country's first minister, said the result was a \"quite incredible outcome\" for her party after 15 years in government.\n\nIn Wales, the Conservatives lost 86 seats and overall control of Monmouthshire, their only council there.\n\nLabour remains the biggest party in Wales, while nationalist party Plaid Cymru gained three councils with strong results.\n\nWelsh Labour leader Mark Drakeford said it had been a \"good day for Labour\" while Senedd Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies said he accepted things \"might not have gone our way\".\n\nIn Northern Ireland, all 90 members of the assembly are up for election.\n\nThe result could herald a historic political shift if Sinn Féin - a nationalist party - becomes the largest party for the first time in Northern Ireland's history.\n\nThe party has won the most seats so far, with 18 of the 47 seats declared.\n\nSo far 198 of 200 councils across England, Wales, and Scotland have declared. The last two are set to be confirmed on Saturday, when full results for the Northern Ireland Assembly are also due.", "Last updated on .From the section Crawley\n\nCrawley Town have parted company with manager John Yems in the wake of racism and discriminatory conduct allegations.\n\nYems had been suspended indefinitely last month following \"serious and credible\" accusations about his behaviour from playing staff.\n\nThe Football Association said on Wednesday it was investigating allegations of discriminatory words and conduct by the 62-year-old.\n\nThe League Two club said Yems will leave immediately by mutual consent.\n\nYems declined to comment when approached by BBC Radio Sussex on Friday.\n\nCrawley suspended Yems on 23 April, stating the club will \"never tolerate racism or discrimination of any kind\" after allegations had been reported to them.\n\nThe Professional Footballers' Association is also conducting its own inquiry and providing support to players who have reported claims of racism to them.\n\nThe Daily Mail reported some of the detail of the allegations against Yems, who still had a year to run on his contract, on Wednesday.\n\nIt included the use of discriminatory language towards black and Asian players at the club, and an allegation that the training ground was segregated.\n\nAssistant manager Lewis Young will continue to serve as interim manager and take charge of the final match of the season against Oldham Athletic on Saturday.\n\nCrawley were taken over by US cryptocurrency investors WAGMI United last month and new co-chairman Preston Johnson said the club would begin a \"global search\" for their new manager.\n\n\"We're looking forward to the next era of Crawley Town Football Club,\" he told the club website.\n\n\"We're eager to partner with our players and supporters as we build a team and community that Red Devils fans can continue to be proud of - both on and off the pitch.\"", "Nearly all the councils in England that held an election on Thursday have declared their results, while all the results in Scotland have been published too.\n\nThey have produced the much-anticipated reverse in electoral fortunes for the Conservatives. The BBC's projected national share, which estimates what the result would have been if all Britain had been voting yesterday, puts the party on 30%. That represents a six-point drop on the equivalent estimate for last year and is five points down on 2018 when the seats were previously up for grabs.\n\nThe results confirm that the party is now electorally weaker than at any point since Boris Johnson won his majority of 80 in 2019.\n\nHowever, as was also anticipated, this fall in support has not resulted in spectacular losses of seats. That reflects the fact that the Conservatives were defending many fewer wards than Labour. Even so, the loss of nearly 350 seats in England represents about one in four of the seats the party was trying to defend.\n\nMeanwhile, although the party has so far only lost control of 11 councils, among those are the totemic councils of Wandsworth and Westminster, where hitherto the local Tories' low council tax policy had seemingly helped them keep control - even when the national tide was running against their party. Elsewhere in London, Labour have also wrestled Barnet from Conservative control, though Harrow went in the other direction.\n\nIndeed, the results across England indicate that Tory councils with relatively low council tax rates did not perform better at the ballot box - a pattern that the party might want to bear in mind in future local election campaigns.\n\nHowever, the loss of support for the Conservatives did not simply translate into Labour advance. Although at 35%, its projected share is six points up on last year, it is no better than what the party achieved in 2018 when Jeremy Corbyn was still party leader. The party did no more than maintain its 2018 vote in London, secure a small increase in the South of England, but was down three points in the north of England.\n\nIts tally of just over 50 net gains of seats (most of them in London) is a reflection of the decline in Conservative support rather than of any electoral advance by Labour themselves since 2018.\n\nIn fact, the Conservative decline has helped the Liberal Democrats even more than Labour. Coupled with the modest three point increase to 19% in the party's projected national share since 2018, the party has enjoyed a net gain of 200 seats and gained control of Kingston-upon-Hull from Labour and of Somerset and Gosport from the Conservatives.\n\nOf particular note is the average increase of eight points in the Liberal Democrat vote in places where the party started off in second place to the Conservatives, a performance that the party will hope augurs well for winning so-called blue wall parliamentary seats, where the party is breathing down the Conservatives' neck.\n\nOverall, other than the 2019 local elections when the party also scored 19% in the projected share, the result represents its best performance in local elections since it entered into coalition with the Conservatives after the 2010 general election.\n\nHowever, perhaps the least anticipated success has been that of the Greens in gaining over 50 seats, enough to more than double the party's representation on the councils that had elections on Thursday. The party won an average of 12% in those wards that it fought, up four points on 2018, though not quite matching its previous best ever local election performance in 2019.\n\nAlthough much concern was expressed before the election that the various recent scandals at Westminster would serve to depress turnout, in the event it was only down by a point or two on other recent local elections. There is no sign that particularly large falls in turnout were occasioned by Tory voters staying at home.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. More information about these elections Who won in my area? Enter your postcode, or the name of your English, Scottish or Welsh council area or Northern Ireland constituency to find out.\n\nAll in all, Boris Johnson might feel that his party's losses have not been as bad as he might have feared. He will doubtless argue that governments often lose ground in the middle of a parliamentary term, and in the past the damage has often been worse than this.\n\nThat said, these results illustrate the sharp decline in Conservative support over the last 12 months, not least in the wake of the recent partygate scandal and the ongoing cost of living crisis.\n\nTory MPs might be particularly concerned about the fact that party's vote fell most heavily in the south of England outside London, where many of them have their seats, and a pattern illustrated by the loss of five councils located south of Birmingham.\n\nMeanwhile in Scotland the party came third behind Labour for the first time since 2016, while the pro-independence SNP and Greens both made progress. That does not seem like a recipe that will help facilitate the party mount a robust defence of the Union.\n\nOn the other hand, Tory MPs may feel comforted by Labour's failure not to make more progress in England than they did.\n\nIn any event, the question the party now has to address is how it thinks it can best regain the ground that it has lost before the next general election, a contest which now may be less than two years way.\n\nYour device may not support this visualisation\n\nThis story was written together with the BBC's psephological team of Patrick English, Stephen Fisher, Robert Ford and Eilidh Macfarlane.", "Italy has ordered the seizure of a $700m yacht linked to Russia's President Vladimir Putin.\n\nThe Scheherazade has been undergoing repairs at a port in Tuscany since September last year.\n\nItaly's finance ministry said that the boat's owner had ties to \"prominent elements of the Russian government\".\n\nIt is being seized under EU sanctions brought over Russia's invasion of Ukraine that have seen other vessels confiscated.\n\nThe exact owner of the Scheherazade has not been established but US officials told the New York Times it could belong to Russia's president.\n\nSupporters of the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have also linked the 140m vessel to President Putin.\n\nOther reports suggest that the yacht, which has two helicopter landing pads and a swimming pool inside, is owned by Eduard Khudainatov, the former chief of Russian energy giant Rosneft who is not currently a target of EU sanctions.\n\nMany superyachts are linked to Russian billionaires but ownership is shrouded in secrecy - they are often registered through a series of offshore companies.\n\nSeveral have already been seized by Western countries.\n• None What sanctions are being imposed on Russia?", "We have been hearing that Sinn Féin has secured the most first-preference votes in Northern Ireland's Assembly election. So how does the system work?\n\nWhile UK general elections allow voters to choose just one candidate in their local area, NI Assembly elections see voters rank multiple candidates.\n\nUnder the Single Transferrable Vote (STV) system, voters can choose as many candidates as they like and rank them in order of preference by writing a number next to their name.\n\nFor each constituency, a quota of votes is calculated using a mathematical formula, based on the number of seats and the number of votes cast. Candidates who reach this number of votes from 'first preference votes' (where voters choose them as number one) are elected.\n\nIf these candidates get votes above the quota number, their extra votes are transferred to other candidates - so the candidate marked \"2\" on those ballot papers gets those votes instead.\n\nThe candidate with fewest votes is eliminated and their second preferences get transferred to other candidates.\n\nThe same process continues round by round with the lowest candidate being knocked out and their votes being transferred to candidates who are still in the race.\n\nYou can read more on this here.", "Amazon is taking legal action against four companies it has accused of deliberately flooding its shopping platform with fake reviews.\n\nThree of the firms had nearly 350,000 reviewers on their books.\n\nThe companies act as unofficial brokers between Amazon sellers and individuals who write reviews, the tech giant says.\n\nThe reviewers get free products and a small fee in return for each review, and the firm charges the seller a fee for boosting its ratings on Amazon.\n\nThe sellers are not necessarily aware that this is being done by using fake reviews, Amazon said.\n\nThe firms it has threatened legal action against are accused of collectively targeting its platforms in the US, UK, Europe, Japan and Canada. It targeted three of them earlier this year, and has now confronted another.\n\nOne has ceased trading as a result. In a note on its website, Matronex says it has \"completely shut down\" following Amazon's actions.\n\nOn the website of one of the firms which is still in business, there is advice for customers whose reviews have been rejected by Amazon. The potential reasons it lists for this happening include:\n\n\"Please write your reviews truthfully and not too often,\" it adds.\n\nAmazon says that as part of its settlement, one firm has agreed to share data about who its customers are. It claims this will help it track them down on its platform.\n\nIt admitted they can be difficult to identify because the exchange does not take place on Amazon itself. In 2020 it claims to have stopped 200 million reviews which it believed to be fake, from being published.\n\nReviews heavily influence online shopping decisions - the UK government says that the average household spends £900 per year on products based on what others say about them.\n\nUnder new proposals currently under consideration in the UK it would become illegal to pay someone to write or host fake reviews.\n\nA recent investigation by the consumer watchdog Which? found that nine out of 10 of the top-rated headphones on Amazon earlier this year had glowing reviews for a range of unrelated products.\n\nWhich? said it welcomed Amazon's actions.\n\n\"However, our recent investigation found that there are still unscrupulous businesses exploiting weaknesses with Amazon's review system, leaving shoppers at risk of buying products boosted by thousands of bogus five-star reviews,\" said Rocio Concha, director of policy and advocacy.\n\n\"The Competition and Markets Authority's ongoing fake reviews investigation must root out any unfair practices being used to manipulate shoppers, and ensure people are protected when they are using major shopping sites.\"", "Fifty civilians were able to leave the Mariupol steelworks on Friday\n\nAny peace deal with Russia would depend on Russian forces pulling back to their pre-invasion positions, Ukraine's president says.\n\nSpeaking to a London think tank, Volodymyr Zelensky said that was the minimum that his country could accept.\n\nHe said he was the leader of \"Ukraine, not a mini-Ukraine\". But he did not mention Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014.\n\nRussia is currently battling to take full control of the city of Mariupol.\n\nThere are still Ukrainian forces along with some civilians in the south-eastern city's vast Azovstal steelworks, which has been subjected to a furious Russian onslaught.\n\nFinally taking Mariupol would be Russia's biggest achievement in two months of war and would give Russia's President Vladimir Putin something to celebrate on 9 May, which is Victory Day in Russia - the day the country marks the Soviet victory over the Nazis in World War Two.\n\nHowever speaking from Kyiv to the Chatham House think tank in London, Mr Zelensky said there could be no question of Russia holding on to territory it has conquered since it invaded Ukraine.\n\n\"To stop the war between Russia and Ukraine the step should be regaining the situation as of 23 February,\" he said in response to a question from the BBC, referring to the day before the war began.\n\n\"I was elected by the people of Ukraine as president of Ukraine, not as president of a mini Ukraine of some kind. This is a very important point,\" he added.\n\nThe reference to the situation as of 23 February suggests Ukraine may not insist on retaking Crimea before making peace with Russia. The peninsula was annexed by Russia eight years ago.\n\nMr Zelensky called for the resumption of diplomatic dialogue between Russia and Ukraine: \"Despite the fact that they destroyed all our bridges, I think not all the bridges are yet destroyed, figuratively speaking,\" he said.\n\nRussia, for its part, has described that process as being in a \"state of stagnation\".\n\nOn Friday a further 50 civilians including 11 children were evacuated from the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol, Russia and Ukraine said, in an operation coordinated by the UN and Red Cross. More are believed to still be trapped in the Soviet-era tunnels and bunkers beneath the sprawling factory.\n\nUkraine's Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said the operation had been slowed by fighting and what she called \"provocations\". She said evacuations would resume on Saturday.\n\nRussia had earlier announced a daytime ceasefire at the plant for three days, starting Thursday.\n\nFootage release by Ukraine's Azov regiment shows the Mariupol steelworks being shelled\n\nMeanwhile Mr Zelensky said he was inviting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to visit Ukraine on 9 May. The German leader's presence in Ukraine on the day Russia commemorates the Soviet sacrifice in World War Two would be highly symbolic.\n\n\"He can make this very powerful, wise political step, to come here on 9 May, to Kyiv,\" Mr Zelensky said. \"I am not explaining the significance, I think you're cultured enough to understand why.\"\n\nThe Ukrainian leader has previously been critical of Germany's stance during the war.\n\nIn a BBC interview in April he accused Germany of blocking efforts to embargo sales of Russian energy and said European countries that continued to buy Russian oil were \"earning their money in other people's blood\".\n\nThe same month a planned visit to Kyiv by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier was cancelled at the last minute because of Germany's economic ties to Russia.\n\nAlso on Friday US President Joe Biden announced $150m (£120m) in new military aid to help Ukraine defend itself.\n\nA senior US official told reporters the aid included artillery rounds, counter-artillery radars used for detecting the source of enemy fire, electronic jamming equipment and spare parts.\n\nBut Mr Biden warned that current funding was close to running out and urged Congress to authorise more.\n\nThe US says it is also providing intelligence to Ukraine, and US media reports have quoted officials as saying US intelligence helped Ukraine sink Russia's flagship missile cruiser the Moskva.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Depp 'slapped and kicked' Heard on a plane over 'affair'\n\nAmber Heard says a perceived affair with fellow actor James Franco led to ex-husband Johnny Depp assaulting her on a cross-country flight in 2014.\n\nTaking the stand for a second day as part of a multi-million dollar defamation trial, Ms Heard cast Mr Depp as deeply troubled by jealousy and drugs.\n\nMr Depp is suing Ms Heard for $50m (£40m) over an article in which she said she was a victim of abuse.\n\nShe is countersuing for $100m.\n\nOn Thursday, Ms Heard alleged that much of her ex-husband's anger was caused by his belief that she was seeing James Franco, whom she said Mr Depp \"hated\".\n\nMr Franco starred alongside Ms Heard in Pineapple Express and The Adderall Diaries.\n\nThat jealousy, she claimed, led an angry Mr Depp to repeatedly question her on a flight from Boston to Los Angeles, in which he allegedly kicked her.\n\n\"He just kicked me in the back. I fell on the floor,\" she said. \"No one said anything. No one did anything. It's like you could hear a pin drop on that plane.\"\n\nJames Franco and Amber Heard, pictured in April 2015 in New York City\n\nThe court also heard a recording allegedly of Mr Depp on the flight, which Ms Heard said showed him \"howling\" while suffering from the effects of drug use.\n\nFollowing the incident, Ms Heard said he met her in New York to apologise and to prove he was sober and committed to change.\n\nJurors have repeatedly heard about the incident on the flight. In his own testimony, Mr Depp said that he took Oxycodone pills and fell asleep to avoid her.\n\nDuring her testimony, Mr Depp could sometimes be seen closing his eyes or donning his sunglasses. At one point, he shook his head quietly.\n\nMs Heard alleged she had the fight with Mr Depp after an argument about his daughter Lily-Rose, who was about 14 at the time.\n\n\"She was so young,\" Ms Heard said. \"I felt protective.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Depp 'slapped me across the face' over Wino tattoo\n\nMs Heard also recounted exchanging wedding vows in Mr Depp's mother's living room, followed by a ceremony on his private island.\n\n\"It was complicated but he was the love of my life,\" she said of her desire to marry him.\n\nDetailing a discussion over a prenuptial agreement with Mr Depp, she claimed that Mr Depp told her that \"the only way out of this is death\".\n\n\"I didn't care either way, but I did feel it [the agreement] would eliminate suspicion or doubt, and it would make things easier,\" she added.\n\nEarlier in the trial, Mr Depp claimed he never struck Ms Heard, or any women. Instead, he said she was often abusive herself and had a \"a need for conflict\".\n\nAt several points in her testimony, Ms Heard claimed that Mr Depp attempted to control her career, becoming angry at her efforts to find new roles.\n\nThese arguments, she added, would often end in Mr Depp taking things \"too far\" by striking her or breaking things in their home before leaving and eventually apologising.\n\nHis abuse \"was always so much worse when I went to work,\" she said.\n\n\"He would never have to deal with the clean-up. He would never have to deal with the destruction, or see me or the house that he'd destroyed,\" she added.\n\nBefore she wore dresses to red carpet events, she said she would check for bruises on her body first.\n\nIn one apology e-mail shown to jurors, Mr Depp described himself as \"savage\" who was sorry for the disappointment he caused. She said this was \"typical\" of his apologies.\n\n\"I was encouraged because I thought it meant he could really hurt me,\" she added. \"Sometimes I didn't think he understood how much he could hurt me.\"\n\nThe defamation cases stems from a December 2018 opinion piece in the Washington Post, in which she said she was a victim of abuse but did not name Mr Depp.\n\nHis lawyers have said that the piece \"incalculably\" damaged his career prospects.", "UK health officials say they are still no clearer on the cause of a rise in liver inflammation, or hepatitis, in children.\n\nA common adenovirus is thought to play a role, but other possibilities are still being investigated.\n\nIn the UK, 163 cases have now been identified, and 11 children have received liver transplants.\n\nCases have been detected in 20 countries worldwide, with nearly 300 children affected, and one death.\n\n\"It's important that parents know the likelihood of their child developing hepatitis is extremely low,\" said Dr Meera Chand, from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).\n\nShe said parents should still be alert to the signs - particularly jaundice, a yellow tinge in the whites of the eyes - and they should contact a doctor if concerned.\n\nSince last week, another 18 children in the UK with hepatitis have been identified - 118 live in England, 22 in Scotland, 13 in Wales and 10 in Northern Ireland.\n\nThe children's most common symptoms were jaundice and vomiting - and most have been under five years old.\n\nThe UKHSA's latest report on cases says there is \"some apparent reduction in confirmed cases in the past two weeks overall in the UK\".\n\nWhat's puzzling scientists is that the most likely cause - adenovirus - doesn't normally make children seriously unwell. Passed from person to person via coughs and sneezes, it can cause colds, vomiting and diarrhoea.\n\nHowever, it's very unusual for adenovirus to be a cause of severe hepatitis in otherwise healthy children, but it has been circulating at high levels since the start of the year after virtually disappearing during the pandemic.\n\nGenetic analysis of samples from some children has found a type of virus called AAV-2 - but it doesn't typically cause illness either, the report says.\n\nScientists are also keeping a close eye on another type of adenovirus, called F41.\n\n\"Our investigations continue to suggest that there is an association with adenovirus, and our studies are now testing this association rigorously,\" Dr Chand said.\n\n\"We are also investigating other contributors.\"\n\nThese include whether a new variant of adenovirus has developed which is making children more ill, or whether a previous infection, such as Covid, could be a factor.\n\nAnother possibility is that the pandemic, by delaying young children's exposure to a number of different viruses because of reduced social mixing, may have made them more prone to becoming ill.\n\nAnd health officials are also exploring whether there could be a link with dogs. A number of families affected said they owned dogs or had come into contact with them, but UKHSA also acknowledges that having a pet dog is common in the UK.\n\nThe UKHSA says there is no evidence of any link to the Covid-19 vaccine, because most children with hepatitis were too young to receive it.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Convenience store chain McColl's is on the brink of collapse, placing thousands of UK jobs at risk.\n\nThe retailer said it was \"increasingly likely\" it would fall into administration unless talks around a rescue deal were successful.\n\nIt said that discussions about securing the future of the business are ongoing.\n\nMore than 16,000 people are employed by McColl's, which has a partnership agreement with the supermarket chain Morrisons.\n\nMcColl's said that without any fresh funding in the short-term, the group would likely \"be placed into administration with the objective of achieving a sale of the group to a third-party purchaser and securing the interests of creditors and employees\".\n\nOn Friday, Sky News reported that Morrisons had proposed a deal to McColl's lenders which involved injecting funds into the struggling retailer.\n\nIt reported that it would stop McColl's collapsing and save many jobs by keeping most of its 1,400 shops open.\n\nMorrisons declined to comment when contacted by the BBC.\n\nMcColl's has a wholesale tie-up with Morrisons, as well as Martin's newsagents, with a strategy centred around an image of a \"neighbourhood retailer\".\n\nAccording to its website, it serves about five million customers each week, having been founded in Glasgow in 1901.\n\nBut earlier this week, the listed company warned that its shares would be suspended because it was unable to meet the deadline for filing its annual results.\n\nMcColl's said that its accounts would not be signed off in time to meet the deadline.\n\nTeresa Wickham, a former director at Safeway, told the BBC's Today programme that McColl's had been \"caught in a difficult place, particularly with Covid\".\n\nShe said the pandemic came at a time when the firm was shifting its business model from running traditional convenience stores to selling more fresh produce in its partnership with Morrisons.\n\nStores that had done this had done well, Ms Wickham said, as shopping habits shifted to buying more locally in the coronavirus crisis, but the chain had lacked investment, and only a small proportion of its stores had made the shift.\n\n\"They didn't quite have enough fresh produce, and also at the time during the pandemic we switched very quickly to online shopping,\" she said.\n\n\"It will survive, but whether all of it survives is a difficult thing to say.\"\n\nMcColl's successfully raised £30m from shareholders last year to invest in driving the expansion of its Morrisons Daily convenience stores, but at the time it warned that footfall had been hit by the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nAround the same time, it and other firms also faced allegations from the government that it had failed to pay some of its workers the UK minimum wage.\n\nMcColl's, Pret and Welcome Break said the underpayments were historic errors and staff had been swiftly reimbursed.\n\nThe businesses were made to pay back the money as well as being fined £3.2m over breaches, such as deducting pay from wages for uniforms and expenses, or failing to pay the correct apprenticeship rate.", "Smoke rises above the steelworks on Thursday\n\nA third operation to pull civilians from Mariupol is due on Friday, the UN says, as more fighting was reported for control of a steelworks where the last Ukrainian defenders are holding out.\n\nAbout 200 civilians are also believed to be hiding in bunkers in the plant.\n\nUN chief Antonio Guterres said everything should be done to \"get people out of these hellscapes\".\n\nRussia's Vladimir Putin said his forces are ready to give civilians safe passage, but fighters must surrender.\n\nThe Russian president has already declared victory in Mariupol, ordering his forces to seal off the sprawling industrial site - which was designed during the Cold War to serve as a nuclear bunker and has a network of tunnels deep below ground - rather than try to take control of it.\n\nHowever the remaining Ukrainian forces inside the steelworks - fighters from the Azov regiment, some marines, border guards and police - say Russian attacks are continuing.\n\nIn his overnight address Ukraine's President Zelensky also said that Russian shelling and attempts to wrest control of the steelworks were ongoing.\n\n\"Just imagine this hell. And there are children! More than two months of constant shelling, bombing, constant death nearby,\" he said.\n\nThe Azov regiment released drone footage showing explosions at the steelworks, but the date of the footage could not be verified. Earlier on Thursday Sviatoslav Palamar, an Azov regiment commander, said Ukrainian defenders were fighting \"difficult, bloody battles\" with Russian troops who had managed to enter part of the complex.\n\nBut the Kremlin denied its forces had tried to storm the plant and insisted that a humanitarian corridor was open as part of a three-day ceasefire that started on Thursday.\n\nMr Guterres said a third operation to evacuate civilians from the city was under way and would arrive in the city on Friday. Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on social media that this would happen at about midday.\n\nAt least 20 children are thought to be among the remaining civilians in the steelworks, and food and water supplies are dwindling fast.\n\nOn Sunday an initial group of civilians was evacuated from the plant. Footage showed mainly women and children being helped to walk over piles of rubble, and boarding a bus with missing windows.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: One woman who left the Azovstal steelworks earlier this week said she did not see any sunlight for two months\n\nRussia launched its invasion of Ukraine 10 weeks ago but has not yet gained full control over any of Ukraine's major cities.\n\nAre you or your family in Mariupol? Are you affected by events in the region? Please share your experience if it is safe to do so by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Gareth Robbins was given an 18-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months\n\nA man cycling home from work died after a colleague drove his car up beside him to say \"see you in the morning\", Cardiff Crown Court has heard.\n\nFitness enthusiast Paul Heenan, 40, cycled to work at a factory in Ebbw Vale for the first time in April 2020 because of Covid restrictions on gyms.\n\nHe took some good-humoured \"ribbing\" from his co-workers before Gareth Robbins, 33, caused the fatal crash.\n\nRobbins admitted causing the death of his friend by careless driving.\n\nA trial jury had found him not guilty on two counts of causing the death of Mr Heenan by dangerous driving, by driving too close to Mr Heenan and deliberately towing him.\n\nOn Friday, Robbins, of Clos Gwaith Dur, Ebbw Vale, was given an 18-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months.\n\nThe court heard how Mr Heenan, a keen gymgoer, decided to cycle to work at the Yuasa Battery Factory on the Rassau Industrial Estate because the gyms were closed due to lockdown.\n\nAfter they had finished work, he and Robbins left the factory at about the same time.\n\nMr Heenan engaged in some horseplay as he rode his bike and Robbins drove his Peugeot car.\n\nThey both then set out on the road towards Merthyr Tydfil riding and driving normally.\n\nThe court heard that Robbins then went to overtake Mr Heenan and pulled up alongside him before turning to him through the open passenger window to say: \"See you in the morning.\"\n\nIt was at that point that there was contact between the handlebars of Mr Heenan's bike and Robbins' car causing him to fall from his bike.\n\nMr Heenan, who was not wearing a helmet, fell and suffered a traumatic brain injury. He died the following day.\n\nAt court, Mr Heenan's partner of 22 years, Rebecca, read out a victim impact statement.\n\nShe said: \"It was always Paul's dream to be a dad. Paul was the most devoted daddy. Apart from going to work and to the gym he spent every waking minute with our children. His whole world revolved around them.\"\n\nShe added: \"On the evening of 10 April 2020 my whole world went dark.\"\n\nShe said now she feels like she's an \"empty shell\" and is \"just existing\".\n\nRobbins' defence counsel, Clare Wilks, said her client was \"very sorry for his actions\".\n\nShe said: \"[He] wishes to apologise to the family of the deceased. If he could turn the clock back he would.\"\n\n\"He is someone who is genuinely remorseful for his actions on the day,\" she said, adding that he had only pulled close to Mr Heenan's bike to greet him.\n\nSentencing Robbins, His Honour Judge Vosper QC said: \"It will do little to assist Mr Heenan's partner and family other than to bring a conclusion to the proceedings and I hope that both you and they are able to continue with your lives despite the grief that they must feel and the guilt that you must feel.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Karine Jean-Pierre has taken to the press secretary's podium on a few occasions but has never held the top role\n\nPresident Biden has named Karine Jean-Pierre as his new top spokesperson - the first time a black, or openly gay, person has held the role.\n\nMs Jean-Pierre, 44, has served as the administration's principal deputy press secretary since Mr Biden was elected.\n\nShe will replace outgoing press secretary Jen Psaki, 43, in the top role at the end of next week.\n\nPress secretaries conduct daily news briefings with White House reporters, meaning the role can be high-profile.\n\nMs Psaki is taking up a job at the left-leaning MSNBC cable news outlet.\n\nOn Twitter, she called her successor a \"remarkable woman\" with \"a moral core\".\n\n\"I can't wait to see her shine as she brings her own style, brilliance and grace to the podium,\" she said.\n\nThe White House press secretary is a presidential administration's face to the national media and, by extension, to the country and the world.\n\nThe individual can become an instantly recognisable figure in times of national crises or political scandal. They often develop cult-like followings among some - and are the butt of jokes for others.\n\nFor the first time in US history, the face of an administration will be that of a black woman, and of one who is openly gay.\n\nThe groundbreaking announcement underscores a Biden administration that has placed an emphasis on putting black women - frequently considered an essential, but politically invisible part of the Democratic Party coalition - in positions of power.\n\nShe joins Vice-President Kamala Harris, incoming Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Domestic Policy Council chair Susan Rice, UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, and a handful of other officials and judges in prominent roles.\n\nWhile press secretaries do not set policy, they help shape the public perception of an administration. Jean-Pierre has a challenging high-wire act ahead of her.\n\nMs Jean-Pierre, previously an analyst at MSNBC, brings more than two decades of experience in Democratic politics to the role.\n\nBorn on the French Caribbean island of Martinique and raised in Queens, New York, she was a key political director in the Obama administration.\n\nDuring the 2016 presidential election, she was the national spokeswoman for MoveOn, a major liberal advocacy group.\n\nBefore joining the White House press team, she served as chief of staff to Kamala Harris, after she was chosen as Mr Biden's vice-presidential nominee.\n\nMs Jean-Pierre's appointment comes ahead of crucial mid-term elections this November that will determine how the rest of Mr Biden's presidency turns out.", "The local elections don't hold up a perfect mirror to the whole country's desires, or exactly what would happen if a general election had just happened.\n\nBut they are a valuable measure of the state of the battle of the two main parties who seek to govern us all. Caveats aside, the events of the last 24 hours do matter.\n\nSpin back a few weeks, and some Conservatives feared these elections would end in absolute calamity after months of extraordinary revelations about what had been going on in Downing Street during lockdown.\n\nThe party feared an angry public would punish them at the ballot box. And rising anxiety about making ends meet would translate too into a kicking for the government.\n\nAfter all the turmoil, the prime minister's allies fretted. And some of Boris Johnson's detractors darkly hoped a meltdown would give them reason to act to oust him.\n\nNow that nearly everything has been counted, the Tories have lost nearly 500 seats across the UK. That represents around a quarter of the council seats they contested.\n\nThe prime minister acted out his usual jollity at a photo op in a primary school in his constituency on Friday morning. Yet the reality is a deeply uncomfortable set of results that has got steadily worse throughout the day. It represents a rejection of the Conservatives in many parts of the country they see as home.\n\nAs one cabinet minister had predicted, \"we will do badly but it won't be Armageddon. Labour will do well but won't blow our socks off\".\n\nThe losses are though without question at the worse end of pundits' expectations. It will make Tory MPs in southern seats and London nervous.\n\nIn Scotland and Wales, Conservatives are in retreat. Yet right now it doesn't seem like the kind of wipe-out that will explode Number 10. And after 12 years in government, losses like this in a mid term are not without precedent.\n\nIn election studios we heard local council leaders draw lines between their losses and Mr Johnson's performance, but there's no troop of Tory rebels visibly on the verge of trying to take him out.\n\nLabour's move forward was notable. Impressive and symbolic wins in London. Seats from Cumbria to Southampton, second place in Scotland, where SNP had another impressive performance with their incredible years of dominance.\n\nYet on these results Labour is not progressing far or fast enough for them to be sure they're on track for Number 10. Where the Tories were losing, they were often losing to the Liberal Democrats, who had a great outing, but are not their main rival.\n\nLabour leader Keir Starmer went to Barnet to congratulate winning councillors from his party\n\nThere's an electoral metaphor you hear privately so often from Labour MPs. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and his team have stopped the rot, and improved the party's fortunes after such a low ebb under its former leader Jeremy Corbyn.\n\nBut again and again, they whisper they're not quite sure if they have the force and passion to make the huge strides that could secure Number 10.\n\nFamiliar too though is a plea from Labour frontbenchers to understand just how bad things were, in their views, when they took over. One shadow cabinet minister said it was as if the party had \"long Corbyn\", an unfortunate metaphor for the long-term effects of his leadership.\n\nIt's almost as if the two main political tribes are locked together in a mutually uncomfortable status quo.\n\nThe Conservatives are suffering, but the situation is not dreadful enough to provoke backbenchers to act, or Number 10 to take radical steps to change or to meet their critics' demands.\n\nLabour is showing progress, but less than they'd like. Yet quite separately to the results, \"events\" suddenly changed the balance of the last 24 hours, just as Sir Keir was on tour celebrating the gains that he had made.\n\nThe irony is that, during the approach to these elections, it was Mr Johnson's future in question. Labour was regularly calling for him to quit because of revelations about parties in Number 10.\n\nSuddenly, after weeks of claims and rising political pressure from Conservatives and some of the press, Durham Police announced after all, that they would look at the beer and curry the Labour leader was said to have had with aides.\n\nHe's always said he did nothing wrong. He's said tonight that he's confident no rules were broken. Yet with the police investigation into Sir Keir's lockdown behaviour now taking place, the jeopardy of Downing Street's party saga that he prospered from applies in part to him too.", "Marvin Rees is the current mayor of Bristol and will stay in place until 2024\n\nVoters in Bristol have decided to abolish its directly elected mayor following a referendum.\n\nThe city was given the choice of having a mayor or a committee system in which decisions are made by groups of councillors.\n\nSome 56,113 voted to scrap the post. The turnout for the referendum was 29%.\n\nBristol currently has a Labour mayor, Marvin Rees, who will hold the position until 2024. He was preceded by independent George Ferguson.\n\nMary Page, centre, from the 'Scrap the Mayor' campaign thanked those who had come out to vote\n\nMary Page, the co-founder of the campaign for change, said: \"I'd like to start by thanking the people of Bristol who came out to vote, this is their victory, it was about them, because it is our city, it belongs to us, the people of Bristol, and that is what it is all about.\n\n\"The committee system will allow more people to be involved, to be engaged in democracy.\"\n\nWith slightly more than 56,000 residents casting a ballot to introduce the committee system, 38,439 people wanted to retain the existing model of an elected mayor, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.\n\nThat equates to about 59% in favour of scrapping the mayor against 41% who preferred to maintain the status quo.\n\nIt means that from 2024, the political set-up at the local authority will change for at least the next decade.\n\nMarvin Rees, right, said he hoped his \"fears\" for the committee system would not be realised\n\nSo a decade after Bristol narrowly opted to have an elected mayor, it is being abandoned.\n\nThe role was controversial from the start. The first mayor was an independent, without a phalanx of supporting councillors, who took a lot of flak in the council chamber.\n\nThe present Labour mayor, Marvin Rees, has also clashed with councillors over the location of a long-awaited entertainment arena.\n\nWhat ultimately made the difference was Labour losing its majority in the chamber.\n\nGreens, Conservatives and Liberal Democrats co-operated to bring about this referendum.\n\nThey then got out on the ground to get voters to back their call for change.\n\nReacting to the result, announced shortly before 03:30 BST, Mr Rees said he hoped his \"fears\" for the committee system would not be realised.\n\n\"I've shared that I think the committee system is a very poor system,\" he said.\n\n\"I hope I am wrong, because certainly the city faces all these challenges and the city needs a leadership that can lead it in the face of the challenges and opportunities.\"\n\nGiving some advice to those taking over, he added: \"Work hard, get some clarity on what the committee system actually is, how it will work, stay absolutely focused on delivery.\n\n\"This is not just about self-congratulatory times on the campaign, now you've got to take responsibility.\"\n\nThe turnout was 28.59% – 94,937 voters out of an electorate of 332,028, including 379 spoiled ballot papers\n\nThe mayoral post was first created in 2012.\n\nBristol City Council said the result was likely to be ratified by councillors at a meeting later in May.\n\nWork will now begin on the transition phase to a system where full council and a series of committees of councillors, such as for housing, transport, adult social care and children's services, will take over the decisions that have been made since 2012 by a mayor and cabinet.\n\nFollow BBC West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: bristol@bbc.co.uk\n• None As it happened: Election results in the West\n• None Referendum on how Bristol City Council is run The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Will Young describes the pain of losing his twin brother to alcoholism and suicide\n\nSinger Will Young has spoken candidly about the pain of losing twin brother Rupert to suicide in 2020, after two decades of his sibling's alcoholism.\n\nSpeaking to BBC One's Breakfast on Friday, he said: \"I miss my brother, he was my twin and my best friend, but I don't miss the alcoholic.\"\n\nHe also described caring for Rupert alongside a \"woefully underfunded\" NHS.\n\nYoung explores the \"complex\" realities of his family's experience in a Channel 4 documentary to be screened next week.\n\nIn the Breakfast interview, he told the BBC's Colin Paterson: \"I don't think alcoholism is spoken about enough and it is important to speak out about what it is like to live with someone who has alcoholism in the family, and what that can do to a family.\n\n\"We are a very private family but we were all on the same page about wanting to tell our story in a non-sensationalised way to show people that they are not alone.\"\n\nYoung's brother's alcoholism was an issue the family dealt with throughout the two decades that he himself found fame, following his victory on Pop Idol in February 2002.\n\nRupert lived with his famous brother for four years from 2016 up until he took his own life aged 41.\n\nDiscussing in graphic detail the difficulties of caring for his brother towards the end of his life, Young said he would often have to clear up \"sick, urine and faeces\" in the mornings.\n\n\"It was difficult, but it is amazing what we do out of love for people. I just didn't want my brother to die. In the end I didn't manage to keep him alive, and that is part of my grief process.\"\n\nIf you have been affected by any of these issues in this story you can visit BBC Action Line.\n\nThe singer said one of the biggest care struggles had been navigating and accessing NHS support for his brother, which he described as \"woefully underfunded\".\n\nHe said that his brother was brought into hospital three days before he died after threatening a suicide attempt in public.\n\nYoung said: \"He wasn't even seen by an assistant psychiatrist, and he left, and he killed himself. And I have heard this [type of] story so many times.\"\n\n\"Feeling suicidal is not deemed strong enough to be sectioned. That seems extraordinary to me\", added the star, echoing previous remarks he made at the inquest into his brother's suicide.\n\nIn response, a statement from the Department of Health and Social Care told the BBC that \"improving access to mental health care is a top priority\" and said the government will be investing an additional £2.3bn a year into services by next year.\n\nWill Young with twin Rupert in 2008\n\nAsked what advice he would give families in the same situation, Young said it was important to remember grief will \"find its way through the rocks\", adding \"there is no set way to grieve\".\n\nYoung also admitted he had struggled with the fact the last time he saw his brother had ended in an altercation, but that therapy had helped him work through the emotions.\n\n\"But it's a thing that one has to sit with - and trust that it will find its way out.\"\n\nHe said he hoped the forthcoming documentary - which he said had made him remember what an \"amazing\" person his brother was - would help \"get rid of the shame around grief\".\n\n\"It occurred to me when Rupert passed that there could be five people on my street who are either alcoholics or dealing with alcoholics that I don't even know, so I think it's important for me to share that story [for them]\".\n\nYoung added that he hoped the documentary will act as a \"legacy\" for Rupert and the work he did to raise mental health awareness when he was alive.\n\n\"I know it is something he would truly sanction,\" he said of his brother.\n\nWill Young: Losing my Twin Rupert is on Channel 4 at 10pm on Tuesday 10 May\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.\n• None Will Young questions why twin was not sectioned", "Andrew Fahie was arrested in Miami by US authorities on drug and money laundering charges\n\nThe premier of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has been replaced following his arrest in the US on drug smuggling charges.\n\nA no-confidence motion in Andrew Fahie, 51, was backed by the overseas territory's assembly on Thursday.\n\nHis deputy Natalio Wheatley has been sworn in as the new premier of the islands with the approval of its governor John Rankin.\n\nA recent report has said the UK should take direct control of BVI.\n\nThe inquiry's recommendation, which was unrelated to Mr Fahie's arrest, came amid concerns about corruption on the islands.\n\nMr Wheatley said his swearing in represented an \"important and necessary step in renewing our cherished democracy\" and reforming the BVI's institutions.\n\nHe said: \"It is my hope that this day will be remembered as the day we began a new era of democratic governance.\"\n\nMr Rankin, who is the UK government's top official in the territory, said he had revoked Mr Fahie's mandate following the no-confidence vote.\n\nHe said he would join the new premier in pledging to \"work together in partnership to improve governance\".\n\nThe now ex-premier Mr Fahie was arrested in Miami a week ago along with senior BVI port official Oleanvine Maynard in a sting by US law enforcement on suspicion of drug smuggling and money laundering.\n\nAuthorities said the pair, along with Ms Maynard's son Kadeem Maynard, were charged with conspiracy to import more than 5kg (11lb) of cocaine into the US.\n\nMr Fahie's lawyer has indicated he intends to plead not guilty to the charges.", "The mayor of Mariupol says Russian President Vladimir Putin is determing who lives, who leaves and who dies in the city.\n\nVadym Boichenko told the BBC that the 100,000 people still living in the besieged port city need a permit to move around - and a separate permit to leave.\n\nMr Boichenko also claims that around 2,000 men are being held in so-called “filtration centres” in Bezymenne and Kozatske, and not being allowed to return to their homes unless they are sick or injured.\n\n“They are being used as labour to clear the rubble, collect the dead bodies of those the Russians have killed, and cover up evidence of war crimes,” he says.\n\nThe BBC has not independently verified these claims.\n\nCapturing Mariupol - now dominated by Russian forces, aside from the Azovstal steelworks - will allow the Russians to complete a land bridge between Crimea and the Donbas region, as well as giving them full control of more than 80% of Ukraine's Black Sea coastline.\n\nBut in their quest to do so, they have pummelled Mariupol with artillery, rockets and missiles - damaging or destroying more than 90% of the city.\n\nOnce a thriving port with a promising future, Mr Boichenko shares a thick booklet of plans compiled last year for Mariupol. It's full of glossy images of parks, pavement cafes, universities and schools.\n\n“I worked there for seven years, putting my heart and soul into it, \" he tells the BBC.\n\n\"My home is there, my parents’ home is there. They took everything away from us, “ he says. “My heart and soul are gone.”\n\nPresident Zelensky says diplomatic efforts are continuing over the evacuation of military personnel from Mariupol's Azovstal steelworks Image caption: President Zelensky says diplomatic efforts are continuing over the evacuation of military personnel from Mariupol's Azovstal steelworks", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nLiberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has hailed the local election results as a \"turning point\" for his party's prospects.\n\nThe party has gained over 220 new councillors across England, Wales and Scotland - the biggest net gain of any party.\n\nThey won seats at the expense of the Tories across swathes of their heartlands in southern England.\n\nAnd they took control of Hull City Council, after a decade of Labour rule.\n\nWith nearly all results declared, the Lib Dems have gained 191 councillors in England, 20 in Scotland and 11 in Wales.\n\nBoris Johnson has said the Conservatives had had a \"tough night\" in some areas, but argued results overall had been \"mixed\".\n\nThe Lib Dems have gained seats in traditional Tory areas including Wokingham, where the Tories have lost control after two decades in charge.\n\nThe same was in true in West Oxfordshire, while the Lib Dems have also displaced the Tories as the largest party in Tunbridge Wells in Kent.\n\nThe Lib Dems also took overall control in Somerset and in Westmorland and Furness, new single-tier authorities that had been targets for the party.\n\nThe party has also taken back control of Hull City Council from Labour, where they had been fighting to regain power since 2011.\n\nPolling expert Sir John Curtice said the Lib Dems' gains reflected its relatively poor performance in 2018, when most of the seats up for grabs this time were last contested.\n\nHe added that the Lib Dems' gains reflected the decline in Conservative support since then, with its advance most prominent in areas where it was in second place to the Tories.\n\nThe BBC projects the Lib Dems would take 19% of the votes had all parts of Britain gone to the polls - matching its best local election performance since it entered coalition government with the Conservatives in 2010.\n\nIt has also been a good set of elections for the Greens, who have gained over 84 councillors across Great Britain.\n\nThe Liberal Democrats had entered the local elections hoping to build on by-election successes over the Tories in Chesham and Amersham and North Shropshire last year.\n\nSpeaking to party activists in Wimbledon, south-west London on Thursday, Sir Ed said the victories for his party were an \"almighty shockwave that will bring this Conservative government tumbling down\".\n\nHe added that voters had \"had enough\" of the squeeze on living standards, along with the government's decision to raise National Insurance from April.\n\nHe also said voters had responded positively to his party's plans to cut VAT using the proceeds from a windfall tax on the profits of oil and gar companies.\n\nLabour, which has also backed a windfall tax on energy companies, had also put the cost of living at the centre of its campaign.\n\nIt gained symbolically important London councils from the Conservatives such as Westminster and Wandsworth, with leader Sir Keir Starmer saying it put his party \"on track\" for the next general election.\n\nLabour also gained seats in Wales and finished ahead of the Tories in Scotland - but failed to make a breakthrough in areas of England outside the capital.\n\nSpeaking to reporters on Thursday, Boris Johnson admitted the Conservatives had endured a \"tough night in some parts of the country\".\n\nBut, arguing the results overall were \"mixed\", he added: \"In other parts of the country you are still seeing Conservatives going forward and making quite remarkable gains in places that haven't voted Conservative for a long time, if ever.\"\n• None What are the election results in my area?", "Large tech companies such as Google and Facebook will have to abide by new competition rules in the UK or risk facing huge fines, the government said.\n\nThe new Digital Markets Unit (DMU) will be given powers to clamp down on \"predatory practices\" of some firms.\n\nThe regulator will also have the power to fine companies up to 10% of their global turnover if they fail to comply.\n\nBesides boosting competition among tech firms, the rules also aim to give users more control over their data.\n\nThe BBC approached several of the big tech firms, including Apple, Meta and Google, but has received no response.\n\nThe Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) said as well as large fines, tech firms could be handed additional penalties of 5% of daily global turnover for each day an offence continues.\n\nFor companies like Apple that could be tens of billions of US dollars.\n\n\"Senior managers will face civil penalties if their firms fail to engage properly with requests for information,\" the government said.\n\nHowever, it is unclear when exactly the changes will come into force, as the government has said the necessary legislation will be introduced \"in due course\".\n\nDigital minister Chris Philp said the government wanted to \"level the playing field\" in the technology industry, in which a few American companies have been accused of abusing their market dominance.\n\n\"The dominance of a few tech giants is crowding out competition and stifling innovation,\" he said.\n\nAs well attempting to hold Big Tech to account, the DMU will look to give people more control over how their data is used by tech firms - for example with targeted personalised adverts.\n\nIt will also make it easier for people to switch between phone operating systems such as Apple iOS or Android and social media accounts, without losing data and messages.\n\nCritics have called such closed systems \"walled gardens\" that lock consumers into using products from a specific company.\n\nGoogle's search engine, which is currently the default search engine on Apple products, will also be looked at by the regulator, the government said.\n\nIt added it wants news publishers to be paid fairly for their content - and will give the regulator power to resolve conflicts.\n\nThis move is in response to friction between Meta, Google and news publishers. The argument is that while many local and national news organisations struggle to survive, Big Tech companies are posting record profits - and raising advertising revenue from the stories they produce.\n\nMeta and Google argue that the relationship is symbiotic, that they direct traffic towards news organisations.\n\nLast year the situation escalated, when a proposed law in Australia looking to \"level the playing the field\" resulted in Facebook temporarily blocking Australian news organisations - before an agreement was reached.\n\nThe UK government said its new rules could increase the \"bargaining power\" of national and regional newspapers.\n\nThe issue of big tech and competition has been troubling the authorities for quite some time.\n\nThere's no question that a handful of giants hugely dominate the market and hoover up considerable profits.\n\nThey have a captive market and they don't want to share it. Google search is so popular \"to google\" is a commonly used verb. Around 90% of all internet searches are on Google's search engine. But many have queried whether one company should have such a dominant position over a crucial part of the internet.\n\nIt also leaves businesses with little choice. Want to advertise to people searching for football boots in your area? Google would be the obvious choice. But critics argue that that its monopoly means the company can charge what it likes - and that's ultimately bad for a healthy and competitive economy.\n\nThe UK's new regulator has decided to focus the minds of these firms with eye-watering fines for not allowing fair competition - 10% global turnover and an extra 5% per day if the offence continues. That is mega money - even for companies worth trillions of dollars. It's enough to get their attention.\n\nAlso included in the plans is a move to give firms like Meta and Apple \"strategic market status\", which will mean they will have to report takeovers before they complete to the Competition Markets Authority (CMA) for potential investigation.\n\nBig Tech has long been criticised for buying up competition, as part of a strategy to \"copy, acquire, kill\".\n\nThe criticism here is that fledgling business are bought up before they have the chance to get too big - and threaten the monopoly position of these companies.\n\nSeparately, it had been rumoured that the DMU would not be given a legal footing - and would therefore lack bite, however the government has said it will introduce legislation to put the regulator on a statutory footing in \"due course.\"\n\nThe consumer group Which? said it was \"essential that the Digital Markets Unit is properly empowered\" for the \"sake of UK consumers and businesses\".", "You can get extra news, analysis and in-depth reporting on the Northern Ireland Assembly election from the BBC's team direct to your smartphone by signing up below.\n\nTap here to receive the alerts.\n\nThis feature is only available to UK app users.\n\nYou can download the latest versions of the BBC News app here on the Android Play Store or here on the iOS App Store.", "Dave Chappelle was performing at the Netflix is a Joke comedy festival\n\nThe man accused of attacking US comedian Dave Chappelle on stage at the Hollywood Bowl has been charged with four counts of misdemeanour and will no longer face felony charges.\n\nLos Angeles City Attorney's Office has now hit Isaiah Lee, 23, with charges including battery and possession of a weapon with intent to assault.\n\nProsecutors concluded that the evidence did not constitute felony conduct.\n\nBut added that the alleged criminal attack must \"have consequences\".\n\n\"My office takes protecting public safety extremely seriously and we are going to vigorously prosecute this case,\" added city attorney Mike Feuer online.\n\nIn the US, crimes classified as felonies are considered more serious than misdemeanours and carry a more severe penalty, although the latter can still result in fines or prison terms.\n\nA spokesman for the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office said that after reviewing the evidence, prosecutors determined that while criminal conduct occurred, the evidence did not constitute felony conduct.\n\nOther charges made against the accused include gaining unauthorised access to the stage area during a performance, and commission of an act that delays an event or interferes with a performer.\n\nChappelle, 48, was performing at the Los Angeles venue on Tuesday evening as part of the inaugural Netflix Is A Joke festival comedy when a man rushed on to the stage and charged at him.\n\nThe Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) later arrested Lee, who was carrying a replica gun containing a knife blade, on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.\n\nChappelle was unharmed, but the suspect was taken to a local hospital for medical treatment.\n\nRepresentatives for the headline comedian - who recently sparked outrage with comments made about transgender people in a prior Netflix special - released a statement afterwards saying he \"refuses to allow\" the alleged incident \"to overshadow the magic of this historic moment\".\n\nThey noted how fellow stars Jamie Foxx and Chris Rock had helped \"calm the crowd with humour\" in the aftermath of the incident.\n\nRock reportedly jokingly referenced his own attack at the hands of actor Will Smith at the recent Oscars ceremony.\n\nA Netflix spokesman this week told the BBC: \"We care deeply about the safety of creators and we strongly defend the right of stand-up comedians to perform on stage without fear of violence.\"", "Prime Minister Boris Johnson acknowledged his party had a 'tough night' as Sir Keir Starmer dubbed the election results a 'massive turning point' for Labour.", "Online coverage of election night comes from the BBC newsroom in central London\n\nThe BBC, like other broadcasters, is not allowed to report details of campaigning or election issues while polls are open on Thursday for elections in England.\n\nThe BBC is required by electoral law to adopt a code of practice, ensuring fairness between candidates, and that is particularly important on polling day.\n\nThe code of practice is contained in more detailed election guidelines which are written and published for each election, and they include guidance about polling day.\n\nOn polling day, the BBC does not report on any of the election campaigns from 00:30 BST until polls close at 22:00 BST on TV, radio or bbc.co.uk, or on social media and other channels.\n\nHowever, online sites do not have to remove archived reports, including, for instance, programmes on iPlayer. Any lists of candidates and the guide to parties' policies remain available online during polling day.\n\nCoverage of what is happening on the day is usually restricted to uncontroversial factual accounts, such as the appearance of politicians at polling stations, or the weather.\n\nIt tends to focus on giving information that will help voters with the process of going to polling stations.\n\nSubjects which have been at issue or part of the campaign - or other controversial matters relating to the election - must not be covered on polling day itself; it's important that the BBC's output cannot be seen to be directly influencing the ballot while the polls are open.\n\nThe BBC, however, is still able to report on other political events and stories which are not directly related to the elections.\n\nNo opinion poll on any issue relating to politics or the election can be published until after the polls have closed.\n\nWhile the polls are open, it is a criminal offence to publish anything about the way in which people have voted in that election.\n\nFrom 22:00 BST normal reporting of the election resumes.", "Westminster City, the local council responsible for Downing Street, is now run by Labour\n\nIn 1990 Conservative success in Wandsworth and Westminster enabled then party chairman Kenneth Baker to spin disastrous results overall into a kind of victory.\n\nNow we've seen the inverse of that.\n\nWhile there may be some reasons for Boris Johnson to be cheerful in parts of the North and the Midlands, it will be eclipsed by the loss of these totemic London councils.\n\nIt is a dangerous political moment for him.\n\nMayor of London Sadiq Khan listed every one of the previous Tory leaders who managed to hang on to them - even in bleak times.\n\nHe has more reason than most to understand the Labour agony it's entailed. As a local councillor, Mr Khan fought - and failed - to dislodge the Tories from Wandsworth over more than a decade.\n\nTory candidates departed the count ashen-faced, declining to comment leaving their outgoing leader to front up.\n\nRavi Govindia, elected in 1978, said it was too soon for a meaningful analysis - but there was no getting away from the irritation among voters at recent political distractions.\n\nHis efforts to urge erstwhile supporters to focus on what he and his fellow \"local Conservatives\" could actually do something about, fell on deaf ears.\n\nThere was Labour delight in Westminster, where it took control of the council for the first time...\n\n... but Conservative despair in the capital as party lost control of key councils\n\nWandsworth alone would have been a major victory, but Westminster was arguably even more sacrosanct for the Conservatives.\n\nLabour run Westminster Council. Even writing that out feels extraordinary.\n\nAlways Tory, even a huge gerrymandering scandal - where leader of the council Dame Shirley Porter was accused of selling off council homes in marginal wards in exchange for votes - couldn't loosen the grip.\n\nThe Conservatives now felled by what looks at this stage to be a toxic mix of economic woes and distaste for Partygate and the Covid lockdown antics at the heart of its own SW1 postcode - layered over existing unhappiness about Brexit.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. More information about these elections Who won in my area? Enter your postcode, or the name of your English, Scottish or Welsh council area or Northern Ireland constituency to find out.\n\nWith Labour also winning Barnet for the first time, at least partly due to the effect of neutralising claims of anti-Semitism, they now control a record 24 of the capital's councils.\n\nAfter their defeat in 2018, the Labour group on Barnet Council lobbied the party and the council to adopt the full International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism.\n\nIt publicly welcomed Sir Keir Starmer's acceptance of the recommendations made in an Equality and Human Rights Commission report into allegations of harassment - and the subsequent suspension of former leader Jeremy Corbyn for contesting the findings.\n\nAnd during the campaign itself Labour candidates reinforced Sir Keir's apologies for the harm done.\n\nThis is surely a really dangerous political moment for Mr Johnson.\n\nHis party now only controls four London councils, not seen since the dying days of John Major's government. The Tories' councillor base is decimated, dropping sharply from the 511 councillors which was already a record low in 2018.\n\nThey've lost 10 out of 11 councillors in Richmond - now offering barely a squeak of opposition to the Lib Dems, who also made gains at Tory expense in Labour-dominated Merton.\n\nThe Conservatives also lost a handful of seats too in Hillingdon, the borough where Boris Johnson is an MP.\n\nHis Tory parliamentary neighbour David Simmonds went on the radio this morning, saying he needed to know how Mr Johnson would take responsibility for these electoral outcomes.\n\nQuite a few of his parliamentary colleagues in London constituencies will be alarmed.", "The majority of results are in following Thursday's elections across the UK.\n\nSearch below to see the results in your area.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. More information about these elections Who won in my area? Enter your postcode, or the name of your English, Scottish or Welsh council area or Northern Ireland constituency to find out.\n\nNearly all of England's 146 councils that had an election have declared. More than 4,000 council seats were being contested. The Liberal Democrats gained the most seats, while Labour gained control of the most councils. The Conservatives lost more than 300 seats.\n\nThe Mayor of South Yorkshire has also been elected alongside six other local authority mayors.\n\nIn Scotland, all results for the 32 councils have been declared, with the SNP finishing as the largest party. In Wales, Labour has gained the most seats, while Plaid Cymru took control of three councils.\n\nIn Northern Ireland, voters are electing all 90 MLAs to the Stormont Assembly. Sinn Féin received the most first-preference votes by a wide margin.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. More information about these elections Who won in my council area? Enter your postcode, or the name of your English, Scottish or Welsh council area to find out. There are no council elections in Northern Ireland.\n• Scroll with two fingers to move on the map\n• Pinch to zoom in and out on the map\n• Click on an area in the map to see the results\n• Use one finger to scroll past the map There are no council or mayoral elections in Northern Ireland, but there are National Assembly elections. See the results in full on the BBC website Refresh the page to load the latest results", "Rangers' dream season in Europe will culminate in a Europa League final against Eintracht Frankfurt after they swept aside RB Leipzig on another emotionally charged and memorable night at Ibrox.\n\nTrailing 1-0 from the first leg, Rangers turned the semi-final on its head within 25 minutes through goals from James Tavernier and Glen Kamara.\n\nChristopher Nkunku's 32nd goal of the season levelled the tie again before John Lundstram shook Ibrox with 10 minutes left after sweeping home.\n\nLeipzig, despite their talented squad, could find no answer in the closing stages amid a cauldron of noise as a depleted Rangers side completed their remarkable run from the play-off round to the final.\n\nGiovanni van Bronckhorst's men will meet Eintracht Frankfurt in Seville on 18 May with a tantalising chance to win the club's first European trophy for 50 years and claim a place in next season's Champions League group stage.\n• None Listen: Rangers 'must believe' for final\n\nWhen the full-time whistle arrived, the Rangers players looked on in utter disbelief at their incredible achievement, but it was a performance worthy of winning any European tie.\n\nUsing the emotion of Ibrox, as they have throughout the campaign, just days after the passing of club icon and kitman of 30 years Jimmy Bell, they stormed out the blocks and into a 2-0 lead despite the absence of key strikers Alfredo Morelos and Kemar Roofe.\n\nFirstly, Kamara held up a long ball he had no right to retain, and offloaded to Ryan Kent who picked out Tavernier at the back post for his seventh goal of the Europa League campaign.\n\nThe fans behind the goal cascaded towards the pitch in sheer elation, but it got even better six minutes later when Kamara caressed a shot with his weaker foot into the back of the net.\n\nLeipzig, a club with a turnover about six times that of Rangers, were completely rattled and should have fallen three goals down before the break as Joe Aribo sclaffed a volley in the air from five yards.\n\nThat came so close to capping a perfectly executed first-half display from Rangers, and after the break they showed the guts and determination that has characterised their run to the final.\n\nAfter seeing Aribo and Ryan Jack limp off injured, they were picked apart by Angelino's delicious cross from the left and Nkunku's gorgeous first-time finish and the momentum seemed to have swung away from Van Bronckhorst's side.\n\nBut despite the Germans cranking up the pressure and legs tiring, Rangers somehow got themselves up the pitch.\n\nThe lively Kent ghosted past his man and hung a cross into the box which almost dropped in, and Lundstram was lurking to drill home the clearance for the winning goal to send Ibrox rocking from its foundations.\n\nFashion Sakala should have put it to bed in stoppage time when clean through, but it did not matter as Rangers saw out the final minutes in relative comfort having knocked the stuffing from Leipzig, who managed only two shots on target all night.\n\nWhat did we learn?\n\nThis was an astounding performance from Rangers. Away from home they parked the bus and made sure they came back to Ibrox with a chance, and they put in the perfect display in front of their own fans to finish the job.\n\nThis was not a backs-against-the-wall effort, they swarmed Leipzig and completely outplayed them for the first hour and, even with key players missing and forced off, they somehow got the job done.\n\nThis is a team that has gone to extra time against Celtic and Braga in the last month, played Motherwell with 10 men for over an hour, and gone toe-to-toe with Leipzig all with a squad stretched to its limit.\n\nBut somehow they keep coming up with the answers in Europe. It has been a superhuman effort.\n\nYou could have picked any player in a blue shirt for man of the match, but Lundstram's performance in defence and midfield was totemic and he popped up with the winning goal.\n\nKamara - not known for his attacking threat - also stepped up massively to create and score the first two goals, while Kent seems to just come alive on European nights.\n\nThey will not fear Frankfurt in the final having already taken down Borussia Dortmund and now Leipzig, and Van Bronckhorst has shown he can adapt the team's game plan for all different types of opponents.\n\nWhat a thrill it has been for them, and now there is one final job.\n\nWhat they said\n\nRangers captain James Tavernier on BT Sport: \"We wanted to do it for Jimmy. He will be looking down proud of us. It's unbelievable. Towards the end Lunny [John Lundstram] came up with the goods. A European final, it's what you dream of.\n\n\"We'll go there [Seville] full of confidence. Frankfurt got there for a reason, but it's one game and we'll fully back ourselves. We're in this to win it. We want to make all the fans proud.\"\n\nWhat the stats say\n• None RB Leipzig are only the fifth side in the Europa League since 2009-10 to be eliminated in the semi-finals despite winning the first leg after Benfica in 2010-11, Sporting Lisbon in 2011-12, Fenerbahce in 2012-13 and Villarreal in 2015-16.\n• None Giovanni van Bronckhorst has become the first Dutch manager to reach the final of the Uefa Cup/Europa League in charge of a non-Dutch side since Dick Advocaat in 2008, whose Zenit St Petersburg side faced Rangers in that year's final, winning 2-0.\n• None RB Leipzig have now lost on each of their previous two visits to face Scottish sides in European club competition (exc. qualifiers); it is the first time the German side have lost on each of their first two such visits to sides from a specific nation.\n• None James Tavernier has now scored seven goals in the Europa League this season; the outright most by a Rangers player in a single season in European club competition. Indeed, he is also the third Englishman to score at least 10 goals in the Europa League (excluding qualifiers), with only Jermain Defoe and Harry Kane scoring more (both 11).\n• None John Lundstram scored his second Europa League goal of the season in 13 appearances, with both coming against German opposition (also against Borussia Dortmund). In the Scottish Premiership this season, he has only scored once in 26 games.\n• None Attempt blocked. Benjamin Henrichs (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Christopher Nkunku.\n• None Offside, Rangers. John Lundstram tries a through ball, but Fashion Sakala is caught offside.\n• None Attempt missed. Josko Gvardiol (RB Leipzig) header from the right side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai with a cross following a corner.\n• None Goal! Rangers 3, RB Leipzig 1. John Lundstram (Rangers) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.\n• None Fashion Sakala (Rangers) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Offside, Rangers. James Tavernier tries a through ball, but Fashion Sakala is caught offside.\n• None Goal! Rangers 2, RB Leipzig 1. Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Angeliño with a cross.\n• None Attempt saved. Konrad Laimer (RB Leipzig) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Christopher Nkunku. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Police are still hunting for the attackers\n\nThree people have been killed and others wounded in what police say is a suspected terror attack in the central Israeli city of Elad.\n\nIsraeli media reported that two attackers, armed with knives, axes, or both, targeted passers-by in a park.\n\nA manhunt is under way, with police setting up roadblocks and searching vehicles.\n\nThe attack came on Israel's Independence Day, a public holiday marking the country's founding.\n\nA volunteer medic said the \"incident will be deeply etched in my heart\".\n\nMoti Tsinvert told The Jerusalem Post the victims were people \"who went out just to breathe fresh air in the park, and their lives were ended so harshly\".\n\nLocal authorities in Elad have ordered residents to stay indoors.\n\nMost of the city's population are members of Israel's ultra-Orthodox Jewish community.\n\n\"The joy of Independence Day was cut short in an instant. A murderous attack in Elad that shocks the heart and soul,\" said Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, posting on Twitter.\n\nUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken said at a press briefing on Thursday that the US \"vehemently condemns\" the \"horrific attack targeting innocent men and women\".\n\nThe incident follows a spate of deadly attacks carried out by Palestinians and Israeli Arabs in recent weeks, the deadliest period of attacks in Israel since 2006.\n\nSeventeen Israelis, including an Israeli Arab policeman, and two Ukrainians have been killed in the attacks in Israel and the West Bank in the latest flare-up.\n\nIsrael has responded by raiding Palestinian towns, sparking clashes that left at least 26 people dead, including bystanders.\n\nThere has also been Israeli-Palestinian violence at a flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem revered by Muslims as the al-Aqsa mosque compound and by Jews as the Temple Mount.\n\nIsrael holds memorial ceremonies each year before Independence Day, marking its wartime losses and victims of deadly attacks.\n\nThe Jewish state was founded on 14 May 1948, and anniversaries are calculated in accordance with the Hebrew calendar.\n\nOn 15 May, Palestinians mark the creation of Israel with a day of mourning called al-Naqba, Arabic for \"catastrophe\".", "Nicola Sturgeon insists the SNP's \"astonishing\" council election victory confirms the party continues to \"command the trust\" of people in Scotland.\n\nThe first minister also brushed off what she described as opponents' attempts to \"de-legitimise\" votes and election victories for the SNP with constitutional arguments as \"really desperate\".\n\nShe said the SNP won a mandate for an independence referendum in the Scottish Parliament elections last year \"so that stands and we are taking forward preparations for that\", but that support for her party was not just about independence.\n\nQuote Message: \"People are voting for the SNP because they judge our record and judge we are the best party to lead Scotland forward, nationally and locally. Crucially, they also judge our opponents and conclude they don’t have the leadership or ideas to take Scotland in the right direction. After 15 years of government, the SNP is the clear, emphatic winner of this election - on vote share and on numbers of councillors. That is pretty astonishing for a party that has been in government as long as we have.\" from Nicola Sturgeon First Minister \"People are voting for the SNP because they judge our record and judge we are the best party to lead Scotland forward, nationally and locally. Crucially, they also judge our opponents and conclude they don’t have the leadership or ideas to take Scotland in the right direction. After 15 years of government, the SNP is the clear, emphatic winner of this election - on vote share and on numbers of councillors. That is pretty astonishing for a party that has been in government as long as we have.\"", "Supermarket giant Morrisons has proposed a last-minute rescue deal for McColl's, the convenience store chain which is on the brink of collapse.\n\nMcColl's warned last night that unless it secured more funding, administration was increasingly likely.\n\nA deal with Morrisons would potentially secure 16,000 jobs at the embattled retail chain.\n\nMorrisons is already in a partnership with McColl's which operates more than 200 Morrisons Daily convenience stores.\n\nThe BBC understands that the aim of the deal would be to save as many stores and jobs as possible.\n\nThe improved offer, made on Thursday evening, is thought to include taking on McColl's pension commitments and its £170m debt. Morrisons declined to comment.\n\nMorrisons has been talking to McColl's and its creditors for weeks as it aims to thrash out a rescue.\n\nMcColl's is running out of cash and needs an injection of funds to stay afloat.\n\nThe potential rescue, which was first reported by Sky News, would involve its lenders being repaid.\n\nMcColl's, which has 1,400 stores, has a wholesale tie-up with Morrisons and Martin's newsagents.\n\nIt raised £30m from shareholders last year to invest in expanding its Morrisons Daily convenience stores, but at the time it warned that footfall had been hit by the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nConvenience stores are thriving, especially during the pandemic, and people want to shop locally.\n\nSo, many of McColl's problems were self inflicted.\n\nIt has slowly been moving away from old fashioned newsagents into convenience stores with more fresh food and ready meals. But it hasn't happened fast enough and some of its stores are still pretty uninspiring.\n\nIn 2017 it decided to change suppliers, ditching Palmer & Harvey (P&H) for a deal with Morrisons.\n\nP&H collapsed shortly afterwards leaving McColl's with big supply chain disruption as it then hastily switched to Morrisons. Covid has exacerbated those problems. McColl's has struggled to get hold of stock and found it harder and harder to make money with profit margins also being squeezed.\n\nIts partnership with Morrisons to transform hundreds of existing stores into Morrisons Daily convenience stores has been a success in driving sales. But they haven't been able to roll them out quickly enough. And with £170m of debt to service, the business is now running out cash.\n\nMorrisons and McColl's signed a deal five years ago which involved Morrisons being the convenience store chain's sole supplier for grocery products, including the relaunched Safeway brand.\n\nMorrisons' previous foray into convenience stores - known as M Local - came to an end in 2015.\n\nIt launched Morrisons Daily shops soon after selling its struggling M Local sites, and in 2019 McColl's started to rebrand stores as Morrisons Daily as part of its supply deal.\n\nTeresa Wickham, a former director at Safeway, told the BBC's Today programme that McColl's had been \"caught in a difficult place, particularly with Covid\".\n\nShe said the pandemic came at a time when the firm was shifting its business model from running traditional convenience stores to selling more fresh produce in its partnership with Morrisons.\n\nStores that had done this had done well, Ms Wickham said, as shopping habits moved to buying locally in the coronavirus crisis but only a small proportion of McColl's shops had made the shift.\n\n\"They didn't quite have enough fresh produce, and also at the time during the pandemic we switched very quickly to online shopping,\" she said.", "Sherrilyn Speid used her car to try to move Insulate Britain protesters on the M25\n\nA woman has been banned from driving after using her car to try to move protesters who were blocking the road while she was on the school run.\n\nSherrilyn Speid, 35, of Grays, pleaded guilty to a charge of dangerous driving when she appeared at Southend Magistrates' Court in October.\n\nShe was at the wheel of a Range Rover when she came across a sit-in near the M25 on 13 October at about 08:30 GMT.\n\nShe was disqualified from driving for a year.\n\nDuring sentencing at Basildon Magistrates' Court she was also handed a community order and ordered to pay £240.\n\nProsecutor Ashley Petchey said Speid got out of her car and \"remonstrated\" with three demonstrators who were sitting across the road in a scene that was filmed.\n\nHeavily bleeped clips, which were shown in court, captured Speid getting out of her car before swearing and shouting at protesters.\n\nShe could be heard saying: \"I don't care what the issue is.\n\n\"My son... needs to get to school today so move out the way and let me get my son to school.\"\n\nIn a separate video clip, the car could be seen jerking forward into the backs of protesters sitting on the road.\n\nMr Petchey said Speid was \"clearly very angry and agitated by the situation\".\n\nShe was not using \"excessive speed\" and \"was using the brakes quite harshly\", he added.\n\nThe prosecutor also played the court a clip of an interview Speid did with LBC the day after she pleaded guilty where she said she felt criminal proceedings against her were an \"injustice\".\n\nHowever, Lauren Hebditch, defending, told the court that Speid was an \"inspiring\" woman who was \"under severe pressure and stress\".\n\nInsulate Britain activists have been calling for government to commit to providing insulation for 29 million homes\n\nMs Hebditch said the footage clearly showed Speid was \"anxious\" and \"stressed\".\n\nShe added Speid accepted her actions and was \"mortified\" by the footage.\n\nOne of the protesters had written to the court saying they did not support the prosecution and did not want proceedings to continue, the court heard.\n\nMs Hebditch challenged the driving ban as it would mean Speid could no longer shop for her mother, who has multiple sclerosis, drive to work, or drop off her son at school or football.\n\nHowever chairman of the bench Susan Hawkins said the offending was \"serious enough\" to warrant a ban.\n\nShe ordered Speid to pay £240 - a £40 fine, £95 victim surcharge and £105 in costs.\n\nSpeid was also told that she would have to retake her driving test.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "The porpoise is teetering on the brink of extinction\n\nThe world's rarest sea mammal still has a chance of survival, despite numbering only about 10 in the wild, according to a genetic study.\n\nThe vaquita porpoise is teetering on the brink of extinction, but scientists say DNA tests show the population is still genetically viable.\n\nThe tiny silvery porpoise lives only in Mexico's Gulf of California.\n\nHowever, it faces an existential threat from being caught in large weighted nets, known as gillnets.\n\n\"Our study very clearly shows that the vaquita has a really good chance of avoiding extinction, if we are able to protect it, by removing the gillnets from its habitat,\" said study researcher, Dr Jacqueline Robinson of the University of California, San Francisco.\n\nThere was no reason to think the vaquita was \"doomed\" simply because it has small population sizes or low genetic diversity, she said. \"It really comes down to our choices and actions in terms of giving the vaquita the best chance at surviving.\"\n\nAn undated photo shows a dead vaquita porpoise entangled in a gillnet set for a totoaba\n\nSome had given up on saving the vaquita, thinking that even if the species could be protected from fishing pressures, the health effects of in-breeding would wipe it out.\n\nBut the study, published in Science, found the vaquita is not \"genetically compromised\" and should be able to bounce back from near extinction, if its habitat is fully protected.\n\n\"They have a very high chance of making it over the next 50 years, if they receive complete protection,\" said Dr Robinson.\n\nThe researchers analysed DNA from vaquitas caught between 1985 to 2017, which are closely related to the ones alive today. And they developed a computer model to predict how the population might change over the next 50 years, based on their genetic findings.\n\nBecause the species has been rare for a long time, with naturally low levels of genetic variation, the risks from in-breeding are reduced, the researchers say. And they believe there are lessons for other endangered species, such as those living on islands or with a limited range.\n\nBut saving the vaquita will not be easy, given past tensions between conservationists and locals, and diplomatic friction over the enforcement of fishing bans by the Mexican government.\n\nAttempts to ban gillnets have met opposition from fishing communities. And illegal trade in a fish called the totoaba has contributed to the demise of the vaquita and other marine species, which get entangled in the nets.\n\nTotoaba was a food source before it was placed on Mexico's endangered list.\n\nThe swim bladder, an organ that helps the fish stay afloat, is highly prized in China for its perceived - though unproven - medicinal properties.", "The average UK house price hit a fresh record in April but growth is set to slow this year as inflation and interest rates rise.\n\nThe Halifax said house prices rose 1.1% in April compared with March.\n\nWhile it said prices had grown for 10 months in a row - the longest run since 2016 - it said \"the headwinds facing the wider economy cannot be ignored\".\n\nHikes in the cost of living and higher interest rates will squeeze household budgets, the mortgage lender predicted.\n\nThe Halifax, which is part of Lloyds Banking Group, said that house prices had risen by 10.8% in a year, taking the average value to £286,079.\n\nOn Thursday, the Bank of England warned of an economic downturn as it raised interest rates to the highest level in 13 years.\n\nHome owners on fixed-rate mortgages have been cushioned from rate rises so far, the Halifax said.\n\nBut Russell Galley, managing director at the Halifax, said the house price to income ratio was already at its highest ever level.\n\n\"With interest rates on the rise and inflation further squeezing household budgets, it remains likely that the rate of house price growth will slow by the end of this year,\" he added.\n\nIn the short-term, property sales and purchases and mortgage approvals are still above pre-pandemic levels, and the Halifax expects the market to remain buoyant for now.\n\nHouse prices are being driven up because there are more people looking to buy than there are properties for sale, it said.\n\nThe biggest demand is for larger, family homes, rather than smaller properties such as flats.\n\nOver the past year, prices for detached and semi-detached properties have risen by over 12%, compared to just 7.1% for flats, according to the Halifax figures.\n\nAnd the net cash increase for detached properties, at just under £50,000 over the past year, is nearly five times more than for flats.\n\nThe price of the average house in London reached £537,896 - a new record for the city.\n\nLooking ahead Martin Beck, chief economic adviser to the EY Item Club, said: \"The squeeze on real incomes from high inflation means fewer people will be able to afford to borrow the necessary amount they need to buy at higher mortgage rates.\"\n\nHe said cost of living pressures weigh heaviest on low-income households, who disproportionately rent, than on the better-off, who primarily own or in the market to buy.\n\nThose with incomes high enough to be in a position to buy a property are more likely to have accumulated unplanned savings during the pandemic to put towards a deposit, Mr Beck said.\n\nThe dominance of fixed-rate mortgages means it will take time for higher mortgage rates to affect the finances of homeowners, he added.", "The mother of Baby P could be released from prison within weeks after the Parole Board rejected a government challenge against its ruling.\n\nTracey Connolly was jailed in 2009 after admitting causing or allowing the death of 17-month-old son Peter at home in Tottenham, north London, in 2007.\n\nKnown publicly as Baby P, he had suffered more than 50 injuries.\n\nJustice Secretary Dominic Raab condemned the decision and said the Parole Board needed an \"overhaul\".\n\nMr Raab, who had asked the Parole Board to reconsider its decision made in March, described the actions of Connelly, now aged 40, as \"pure evil\".\n\n\"The decision to release her demonstrates why the parole board needs a fundamental overhaul, including a ministerial check for the most serious offenders, so that it serves and protects the public,\" he said.\n\nTracey Connelly admitted causing or allowing the death of her 17-month-old son\n\nConnelly's review by the Parole Board in March was her fourth since she was jailed for a minimum of five years in 2009.\n\nShe had been let out on licence in 2013 but was recalled to prison in 2015 for breaching her parole conditions.\n\nThe Parole Board had also considered her case in 2015, 2017 and 2019 but refused to release her or move her to an open prison.\n\nFollowing the board's decision in March that Connelly should be released, Mr Raab had asked it to re-examine its ruling under the so-called reconsideration mechanism.\n\nBut the board has now said that application has been rejected and the original decision upheld.\n\nA Parole Board spokesman said in a statement: \"Following the reconsideration application from the secretary of state, a judge has ruled that the decision made by independent Parole Board members to release was not irrational, as stated in the reconsideration application, and the original decision is upheld.\"\n\nConnelly will be subject to restrictions on her movements, activities and who she contacts, and faces 20 extra licence conditions.\n\nThey include living at a specified address, wearing an electronic tag, adhering to a curfew and having to disclose her relationships.\n\nHer use of the internet and a phone will be monitored, and she has been told she cannot go to certain places to \"avoid contact with victims and to protect children\".\n\nBaby P died on 3 August 2007 at the hands of his mother as well as her boyfriend, Steven Barker, and their lodger Jason Owen, who was Barker's brother.\n\nBarker was jailed for life with a minimum term of 10 years for raping a two-year-old girl and given a 12-year term to run concurrently over his role in his death.\n\nOwen got an indefinite sentence with a minimum term of three years, later increased to a fixed six-year term.\n\nOver the final eight months of his life, Baby P received 60 visits from social workers, police and health professionals and was on the at-risk register.\n\nA series of reviews identified missed opportunities when officials could have saved the toddler's life if they had acted properly on the warning signs.\n\nFollow BBC London on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hellobbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Several Conservative council leaders have blamed Boris Johnson after they suffered heavy local election defeats.\n\nJohn Mallinson, who lost in the new Cumberland Council, said voters did not feel the PM could be \"relied upon to tell the truth\".\n\nWandsworth leader Ravi Govindia said \"national issues\" had caused the loss of the flagship council.\n\nBut Conservative party chairman Oliver Dowden said it was not time to change leader.\n\nMr Johnson said he took responsibility for the results, adding it was clear voters wanted his government to focus on issues that mattered to them.\n\n\"This government is absolutely determined to keep going with every ounce of compassion and ingenuity that we have, get people through the economic aftershocks,\" he said.\n\nBut council leaders in formerly Tory-dominated areas cited the scandal surrounding alleged parties in Downing Street during Covid restrictions as impacting votes.\n\nThey said the furore damaged public opinion about the prime minister and concern about the cost of living had overshadowed local issues.\n\nMr Mallinson, leader of Carlisle City Council, which is being replaced by Cumberland, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that Mr Johnson \"bears a lot of the responsibility\" for the \"very poor\" results in local elections.\n\nIf things remain the same at the next general election, \"I think we'll pay for it,\" he added, describing Mr Johnson as a \"poor option\" to lead the Tories into the next general election.\n\nHe said voters in local elections were preoccupied with national issues such the cost of living and distracted by controversies like the so-called \"Partygate\" scandal.\n\nBut Mr Mallinson added: \"I think it is not just Partygate, there is the integrity issue. Basically I just don't feel people any longer have the confidence that the prime minister can be relied upon to tell the truth.\"\n\nLabour won 30 of the 46 seats in Cumberland, which brings together Conservative-run Copeland and Allerdale as well as Carlisle.\n\nIn the former Conservative flagship of Wandsworth in London, Labour gained eight councillors to bring their total to 35 - winning control.\n\nOutgoing leader Mr Govindia did not blame Mr Johnson directly, but said: \"Let's not be coy about it, of course national issues were part of the dilemma people were facing.\"\n\nIn Portsmouth, which remains with no party in overall control but where Conservatives lost four seats, Tory leader Simon Bosher said Mr Johnson should \"take a good, strong look in the mirror\".\n\nHe said of the losing candidates: \"Those are people that are actually bearing the brunt on the doorstep of behaviour of what's been going on in Westminster\".\n\nMr Dowden, who as Conservative chairman is in charge of election campaigning, acknowledged the party had suffered some \"difficult results\" but said it was not time for a change at the top.\n\n\"Labour are certainly not on the path to power and I believe that Boris Johnson does have the leadership skills, in particular the energy and the dynamism that we need during this difficult period of time,\" he said.", "Some ballot boxes are still sealed.\n\nBut contours have emerged overnight around England that point to the eventual outcome of the choices made on Thursday by millions of voters.\n\nThere's been a rebuff for Boris Johnson from some parts, notably London, with some warnings from the grassroots that economic pressures and the conduct of government combined to make life difficult for Tories trying to keep voters onside.\n\nThe signs are not, however, of a Conservative rout, even after more than a decade in government, even after the prime minister was fined for lockdown rule-breaking.\n\nSo far, this is not a set of results likely to push privately disgruntled Tory MPs to air their grievances in public, or try to move against Mr Johnson.\n\nYet it is an important staging post for Labour, on course to take the biggest national share of the vote in an election since 2016.\n\nThe party has been able to take steps forward with some gains in important pockets of the country, not just piling up votes in London.\n\nBut the margin is likely to be narrow, not convincing enough for the opposition to be confident they are set for No 10.\n\nThere were happy surprises instead for the Liberal Democrats and the Greens.\n\nBut there's neither a sense of disaster for the Tories nor jubilation for Labour. One successful Labour council leader told us of his victory: \"It's not us being wonderful; it's the Tories being disappointed.\"\n\nThat could prove to be an astute description.\n\nThere are, however, many results yet to come. Can the SNP retain its dominance when Scottish voters are counted? What will happen in Wales, where the Labour first minster was praised for his handling of the pandemic?\n\nAnd don't forget the crucial counts in Northern Ireland which could usher in a real era of uncertainty there, and for the UK.", "The results emerging from Wales confirm the worst fears of the Welsh Conservatives.\n\nThey were always expecting to suffer losses, but not on a scale that could wipe out all the gains they made in the last council elections five years ago.\n\nTheir leader, Andrew RT Davies, blames the issues that have plagued Boris Johnson's government in Westminster - the cost of living crisis and Partygate.\n\nHe says he still supports the prime minister but \"he has to use the summer months to build the confidence of the party\" going forward to the next general election.\n\nIn north-east Wales, where the party routed Welsh Labour in the 2019 election, the Tories have fallen from the largest party in one council, Denbighshire, to fourth.\n\nA result that will do nothing to calm Welsh Tory nerves about Mr Johnson's ability to keep those 2019 Conservative converts on board.\n\nIn the south, in true blue Monmouthshire, the only council where they had overall control, they have lost their majority and Labour are now the largest party.", "George W Bush at an event marking the 11 September attacks last year\n\nAn Islamic State sympathiser planned to murder former US President George W Bush but the plot was discovered by the FBI, US authorities have revealed.\n\nThe suspect, a resident of Ohio, allegedly sought to have Iraqi operatives smuggled into the US from Mexico for the operation.\n\nHe is now in custody and appeared at a federal court in Ohio on Tuesday.\n\nThe FBI used informants and electronic surveillance to foil his plan.\n\nAccording to court documents, the suspect - identified as Shihab Ahmed Shihab, 52 - is an Iraqi national who has been in the US since 2020 and had a pending asylum application.\n\nThe FBI claims that Mr Shihab told a confidential source, a purported people smuggler, that he belonged to a group known as Al-Raed - Arabic for thunder - which is based in Qatar.\n\nIn conversations with the FBI source, Mr Shihab said he wished to murder Mr Bush for \"killing many Iraqis\" and \"breaking apart\" Iraq.\n\nHe added that he hoped to take part in the operation personally \"and did not care if he died, as he would have been proud to be involved\".\n\nMr Shihab was allegedly seeking fake police badges and was inquiring about whether militants could be smuggled across the Mexican border to conduct the operation and then smuggled back out to escape.\n\nTwo people he hoped to smuggle in to the US were described as former Iraqi intelligence agents with experience in assassination operations.\n\nMr Shihab was also allegedly in touch with a second FBI source who claimed to be a client for the faux smuggler. Both informants recorded meetings with him.\n\nMr Shihab allegedly told the sources he hoped to use the people smuggling service to bring Islamic State members into the US, though he is not accused of being a member of the terror group.\n\nIn one instance, Mr Shihab and one of the informants drove to Dallas, Texas to take video of Mr Bush's residence and the George W. Bush Institute.\n\nIn March 2022, he allegedly held a meeting in a Columbus, Ohio hotel room to look at weapons and fake law enforcement uniforms.\n\nHe now faces 10 years in prison for attempting to bring someone illegally into the US, and another 20 for aiding and abetting the attempted murder of a former US official.\n\nA spokesman for Mr Bush said the former president \"has all the confidence in the world in the United States Secret Service and our law enforcement and intelligence communities\".\n\nThe BBC has asked the FBI for comment.", "Almost one in five UK workers say they are likely to change jobs in the next 12 months as they seek better pay and job satisfaction, a survey suggests.\n\nAccounting giant PwC said workers were starting to \"assert their power\" at a time when many bosses are struggling to recruit.\n\nIt found younger and highly skilled workers were most likely to be unhappy in their jobs or seeking a raise.\n\nSome 60% also said they would prefer to work fully or mostly from home.\n\n\"The economic outlook may be uncertain but highly skilled workers are in hot demand and employers can't be complacent,\" said PwC boss Kevin Ellis.\n\n\"Employees will vote with their feet if their expectations on company culture, reward, flexibility and learning are not being largely met.\"\n\nMany workers changed jobs or left the workforce during the pandemic in what economists dubbed the \"Great Resignation\", and PwC said the trend showed no sign of slowing.\n\nBetween January and March there were more job vacancies than unemployed people in the UK for the first time since records began, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).\n\nThe number moving from job-to-job also hit a record high \"driven by resignations rather than dismissals\", while regular wages (excluding bonuses) rose by 4.2%, though not as fast as the cost of living.\n\nSome 59% of workers said they would prefer to work fully or mostly from home in the next 12 months\n\nIn March PwC surveyed more than 2,000 UK workers from a range of industries and found that:\n\nOverall, Gen Z (those aged 24 and under) and Millennial workers (25 to 40-year-olds) were most likely to be seeking new jobs, raises or promotions, PwC said. Those in management positions were found to be more content with their current jobs than those in non-management roles.\n\nPwC also found demand for better pay was highest in sectors such as technology and lowest in the public sector.\n\nLara Bywater says care homes are seeing competition for staff from the hospitality industry\n\nLara Bywater runs LDC Care Company, a group of care homes for people with learning disabilities in Kent. She said recruitment was always tough but had got harder after the pandemic.\n\n\"We have an amazing workforce but they are working extra hours and they are tired. We are recruiting in small numbers but more staff are leaving us,\" she told the BBC.\n\nShe blamed generally low pay rates in the care sector due to underfunding, and the loss of foreign workers due to Brexit.\n\nShe added: \"Many people felt burnt out by Covid and now want a different work life balance or have left the workforce. We're also seeing huge competition from industries like hospitality who have pushed up pay rates to attract workers.\"\n\nMartin McTague, national chair of the Federation of Small Businesses, told the BBC: \"The 'great resignation' has piled on more pressure in a labour market already beset by chronic skills shortages.\n\n\"On top of supply chain disruption, surging operating costs, and consumers cutting back, this is really hampering expansion plans.\"\n\nBeing able to work from home is also a priority for workers, PwC found, although a majority want to mix it with at least some time in the office.\n\nAccording to latest ONS figures, around one in seven working adults in the UK (14%) said they were purely doing their jobs from home offices in late April and early May.\n\nAnother 24% said they had adopted \"hybrid\" working patterns where they are in an office or other workplace part of the time.\n\nJust 17% said they would prefer to be working full-time or mostly in the office.\n\nSarah Moore, people and organisation leader at PwC, said: \"Temporary solutions to business problems, such as hybrid working, have turned into employee preferences and expectations.\"", "Amber Heard took the stand earlier in the trial\n\nAmber Heard's team will not call Johnny Depp to the stand, a source close to Ms Heard said, a strategic U-turn in the last days of the high-profile trial.\n\nMs Heard's team had planned to call Mr Depp for more questioning on Monday, but changed course without explanation at midday.\n\nMr Depp, 58, sued his ex-wife for $50m (£40m) for a column she wrote in which she claimed to be a victim of domestic abuse. Ms Heard, 36, has countersued.\n\nThe case is expected to wrap this week.\n\nBritish supermodel Kate Moss, a former girlfriend of Mr Depp, is among witnesses expected to take the stand in the remaining days of the defamation trial.\n\nOn Monday, the court in Fairfax, Virginia, heard from several witnesses called by Ms Heard's team, including psychologist David Spiegel.\n\nDr Spiegel testified that Mr Depp \"has behaviours that are consistent with someone that both has substance use disorder as well as behaviours of someone who is a perpetrator of intimate partner violence\".\n\nAbout 40-60% of intimate partner violence is committed under the influence of alcohol or substance use disorders, Dr Spiegel told jurors.\n\nMr Depp's lawyers sought to undermine this testimony on cross-examination, highlighting that Dr Spiegel had reached his conclusions without any direct contact with Mr Depp.\n\nKate Moss and Johnny Depp in Cannes in 1998\n\nAlso on Monday, a hand surgeon testified it was unlikely that Mr Depp's finger was cut during a fight with Ms Heard in Australia in the way that he has described.\n\nMr Depp has said the tip of his middle finger was severed when Ms Heard threw a vodka bottle at him.\n\nThe jury saw graphic images of Mr Depp's injured finger as Dr Richard Moore said that the damage was more consistent with being pinched by a closing door.\n\nDr Moore did not physically examine Mr Depp at the time of the injury.\n\nMs Heard's team is expected to rest its case early this week before Mr Depp's team takes its final chance to sway the jury.\n\nThe testimony from the two medical doctors on Monday was just the latest in a long line of competing expert testimony. One psychologist, called by Mr Depp's team, testified that Ms Heard suffers from two personality disorders.\n\nAnother, called by Ms Heard's team, rejected this finding and said instead that Ms Heard had post-traumatic stress disorder.\n\nMs Heard and Mr Depp have each testified in the weeks-long battle, offering starkly different accounts of their brief, tempestuous marriage.\n\nMs Heard claimed Mr Depp was prone to alcohol and drug binges, easily triggered by feelings of jealousy and often consumed by violent rages.\n\nMr Depp, in turn, alleged he was the victim of Ms Heard's volatile moods, telling jurors he routinely endured her verbal, emotional and physical abuse.", "Last updated on .From the section Chelsea\n\nThe Premier League has approved the £4.25bn takeover of Chelsea by a consortium led by LA Dodgers co-owner Todd Boehly.\n\nThe league says the consortium has passed its owner's and directors' test.\n\nThe Premier League club was put up for sale before owner Roman Abramovich was sanctioned over his links to Russian president Vladimir Putin.\n\nThe purchase remains subject to the Government issuing the required sale licence.\n\nThe final stages of the transaction will then need to be completed.\n\nThe government does not want Abramovich to make any proceeds from the sale but sources are optimistic about a deal being finalised on Tuesday night.\n\n\"We now believe everyone will be ready to issue the necessary licences\" said one insider.\n\n\"The last remaining hurdle boils down to a number of final technical details that are being discussed with the club.\"\n\nEarlier this month the deal had seemed close to collapse over concerns proceeds would not reach good causes as promised by Abramovich.\n\nAbramovich denied that he had asked for his £1.5bn loan to Chelsea be repaid when the club was sold.\n\nSeveral parties expressed an interest but Chelsea agreed to sell to the Boehly-led consortium earlier in May.\n\nThe consortium is led by Boehly but Clearlake Capital, a Californian private equity firm, would own a majority of the shares in Chelsea. Other investors include US billionaire Mark Walter, also a co-owner of the LA Dodgers, and Swiss billionaire Hansjoerg Wyss.\n\nChelsea have been allowed to continue operating under a special government licence which expires on 31 May.\n\n26 February: Roman Abramovich gives \"stewardship and care\" of club to charitable foundation\n\n2 March: The Chelsea owner says he plans to sell the club\n\n5 May: Abramovich denies he has requested a £1.5bn loan he made to Chelsea is repaid\n\n7 May: Todd Boehly agrees a £4.25bn deal for the club\n\n16 May: Government insider says the deal is close to collapse\n• None Our coverage of Chelsea is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment\n• None Everything Chelsea - go straight to all the best content", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nEmma Raducanu is the only British woman to reach the second round at Roland Garros this year Coverage: Live text and radio commentaries of selected matches across BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, the BBC Sport website and app Emma Raducanu showed fight and spirit to come back from a set down and win on her senior debut at the French Open against Czech teenager Linda Noskova. British number one Raducanu, 19, twice trailed by a set and a break, but dug deep to eventually win 6-7 (4-7) 7-5 6-1 on the Roland Garros clay. \"It was an absolute battle. I'm proud of the way I fought,\" Raducanu said. The US Open champion will face Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus in the second round. Raducanu, seeded 12th, sealed a memorable victory on her first match point with a forehand winner that wrongfooted 17-year-old Noskova. It left the Briton jumping for joy in celebration after coming through a scrap that ranks as one of her finest victories since winning the Grand Slam title in New York last year. \"Linda really came out there firing and as soon as I dropped my ball speed she was all over me,\" Raducanu said. \"It was really challenging in the second set - I'm really proud of how I fought but all props to Linda.\" While Raducanu has achieved so much already in her short professional career, she continues to break new ground and the latest is playing among the world's best at Roland Garros. The 19-year-old only made her top-level debut on the clay during Great Britain's Billie Jean King Cup tie against the Czech Republic last month, following that up with some positive performances in Stuttgart and Madrid. This was Raducanu's best win on the surface yet. Not only because she came back from a losing position against a talented opponent but also considering a back injury had \"thrown into doubt\" her participation at the clay-court Grand Slam. Raducanu broke serve in the first game of the match and threatened to move into a 3-0 lead before Noskova held off three break points to escape with a gritty hold. Noskova, who won the 2021 girls' title at Roland Garros, levelled at 2-2 after a poor service game meant the Briton's encouraging start was not reflected on the scoreboard. Conditions turned as rain started to come down on a chilly Paris afternoon and Raducanu - because of her back issue - appeared keen to go off court rather than wait around for a decision. \"I was quite surprised we stayed on. It was quite slippery at the baseline and I just wanted to be extra cautious. I didn't want to take any risks,\" she said. \"I am pretty pleased with how I was out there physically and I feel really good.\" Despite the shower, the players remained on court and it was Noskova who dealt better with the change of weather. From holding a 4-2 lead, Raducanu found herself 5-4 behind and Noskova went on to win the tie-break following a flurry of winners off both wings. \"It was difficult because the balls and court were so heavy, so it wasn't doing much,\" Raducanu said. \"Then in the second and third sets the conditions sped up a little bit, it was less windy and less rain, so it was about adapting.\" Rare position as the experienced player sees Raducanu through Raducanu (right) was playing a younger opponent for the first time on the WTA Tour As a teenage phenomenon herself, Raducanu will not often face a younger opponent and perhaps not one this year as talented as Noskova. In the end it was Raducanu's experience which told as she avoided losing to a teenage qualifier - like she was herself in New York. \"She is pretty young but she's in great form - and qualifiers are definitely pretty dangerous,\" said Raducanu. \"I know she's new to the tour, but in a way that helps if when you are brand new - you're just swinging, you're free, and I think she definitely was doing that. \"I knew that if I got through some really tough moments in the second set, it might get to her. And I think in the third set I definitely was able to keep pushing. \"Eventually I was dominating more and more.\" Raducanu twice fell a break behind in the second set, but immediately wiped out the deficit each time as the drama and quality ramped up. At 6-5, Noskova's backhand began to break down and, after three set points were saved by the Czech, Raducanu levelled at the fourth opportunity with a rare and perfectly executed drop shot. That gave added momentum to Raducanu going into the decider. Resisting pressure on her serve at 1-1 further deflated Noskova, who was appearing to tire and no longer finding the same accuracy with her shots. Raducanu continued to play smartly and ruthlessly broke twice more as she moved into the second round.\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n• None The Rise of the Premier League: The story of how England's new top flight was formed, told by its stars", "Railway workers have voted to go on national strike threatening major summer travel disruption across the UK.\n\nMembers of the RMT union have voted in favour of strike action across Network Rail and 13 train operating companies.\n\nGeneral secretary Mick Lynch said \"members want a decent pay rise, job security and no compulsory redundancies\".\n\nThe Department for Transport said strikes should always be the last resort not the first.\n\nA spokesperson said: \"It is hugely disappointing and premature that the RMT is calling for industrial action before even entering discussions.\"\n\nThe RMT union said its leaders would meet to discuss a timetable for strike action from mid-June.\n\n\"We sincerely hope ministers will encourage the employers to return to the negotiating table and hammer out a reasonable settlement with the RMT,\" said Mr Lynch.\n\nNetwork Rail, which maintains the railway, voted in favour of strike action and action short of strike. Its workers have not taken part in a national strike since 1994.\n\nThe company plans to shed 2,500 maintenance jobs as it tries to make £2bn of savings over the next two years.\n\nIf its staff, which include signallers walked out, that would affect both passenger services and the movement of goods by train, including bulk consignments of fuel, and some food.\n\nIt is possible that trains would only run for part of the day, such as from 07:00 to 19:00 BST and only on main lines.\n\nServices could be reduced to around a fifth of the normal weekday timetable.\n\nNetwork Rail's chief executive Andrew Haines warned \"everyone loses if there's a strike\".\n\nHe said: \"We urge the RMT to sit down with us and continue to talk, not walk, so that we can find a compromise and avoid damaging industrial action.\"\n\nNational strike action could cause widespread travel disruption over the summer\n\nThe Rail Delivery Group said that while disruption would be inevitable if industrial action takes place, train companies will do all they can to keep as many people and goods moving as possible.\n\nEarlier on Tuesday, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the government would prioritise the supply of food, goods and energy in the event of widespread strikes.\n\nThe strike ballot of National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers saw 89% vote in favour of a strike and 11% against. Some 71% of RMT's 40,000 members voted.\n\nRMT workers at 13 train companies also voted in favour. These were:\n\nGTR (including Gatwick Express) voted only for action short of a strike. And Island line on the Isle of Wight voted against either.", "Democratic Congressman Dan Kildee says the only way forward is face-to-face negotiation\n\nUnilateral action on the Northern Ireland Protocol \"will not work\", a delegation of US politicians has told the UK government.\n\nDemocratic congressman Dan Kildee urged Foreign Secretary Liz Truss to have face-to-face negotiations with Brussels.\n\nThe group met Irish premier Micheál Martin on Monday in Dublin, and will later visit Northern Ireland.\n\nBut the DUP said their view of the protocol was \"one-sided\".\n\nOn Monday, Mr Martin said there was \"a deep well of support\" for a \"joint, pragmatic solution\" to concerns over the protocol.\n\nHe was speaking alongside Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, who said the EU had \"shown maximum flexibility\" in negotiations.\n\nA nine-strong team led by Congressman Richard Neal is visiting to discuss the post-Brexit trading arrangements.\n\nMr Kildee, who met Ms Truss over the weekend, said there was no indication the UK Government intends to \"change course\".\n\n\"It's important, and we stress this, that the (UK Government) negotiate and that they not take unilateral action,\" Mr Kildee told RTE Morning Ireland.\n\n\"The only way we can come to agreement, the only way we protect the incredible progress that's represented with the Good Friday Agreement, is face-to-face negotiation.\n\n\"We think unilateral solutions will not work, face-to-face negotiation to work out some of these technical questions can be achieved.\"\n\nSpeaking in Kerry on Sunday, Mr Neal said the US would be \"unwavering\" in its support of the Good Friday Agreement.\n\nGordon Lyons said his party would have a difficult task explaining its views on the protocol to the US politicians\n\nBut the DUP says the protocol will destroy the agreement.\n\nEconomy Minister Mr Lyons said it was \"not going to be an easy task\" to explain that view to the US delegation.\n\nBut speaking on BBC News NI's Good Morning Ulster programme on Monday, Mr Lyons said his party would be very clear when it meets with the US team, that \"rather than protecting the Good Friday Agreement and its successor agreements, the protocol actually damages them\".\n\n\"It is not going to be an easy task,\" Mr Lyons said.\n\n\"I previously met with Congressman Neal in Washington and reminded him and [House of Representatives Speaker] Nancy Pelosi of the problems with the protocol.\n\n\"It is fair to say they weren't interested and we're going to have a particular challenge with Congressman Neal.\"\n\nMr Lyons said Mr Neal was a supporter of Irish unification and that he had worked closely with Friends of Sinn Féin.\n\n\"So yet again we're dealing with more American politicians who are one sided and that adds to the challenges too,\" he added.\n\nMr Lyons said his party wanted to see movement on the protocol but also accused the EU of being \"painfully slow\" at recognising issues surrounding the post-Brexit trading mechanism.\n\nThe protocol is a special arrangement that keeps Northern Ireland aligned with the EU single market for goods, avoiding a hard border with the Republic of Ireland.\n\nThe arrangement ensured free trade could continue across the Irish land border, which is a sensitive issue because of the history of conflict in Northern Ireland.\n\nBut it brought in some new checks on goods moving between Great Britain and Northern Ireland and has been criticised by unionist politicians since its introduction in 2021.\n\nThey say it has undermined Northern Ireland's place in the UK and that it has led to increased costs for consumers.\n\nFollowing the meeting, Ms McDonald tweeted: \"The USA stands resolute in defence of the Good Friday Agreement and the protocol. It is imperative that the executive is formed. No delay.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Mary Lou McDonald This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOn a visit to County Kerry in the Republic of Ireland on Sunday, Mr Neal described the United States as a \"guarantor of the Good Friday Agreement\".\n\n\"The Good Friday Agreement has worked, and it's worked quite well,\" he said.\n\nMs Truss announced on Tuesday that new legislation would be introduced to change the protocol.", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nThe fan disorder seen at football matches is a \"reflection of where we are as a country at the moment\", says England manager Gareth Southgate.\n\nThere have been a number of pitch invasions after games in England in recent weeks with incidents of supporters attacking players.\n\nA fan was jailed after headbutting Sheffield United captain Billy Sharp, while Aston Villa keeper Robin Olsen was assaulted at Manchester City.\n\n\"It is of concern,\" Southgate said.\n• None Pitch invasions and violence - what is happening?\n\n\"There is clearly a responsibility within football because, when it is in our environment, we have to do all we can to make sure it doesn't happen.\n\n\"But it's a wider problem and it is behaviour. It's a reflection of where we are as a country at the moment.\n\n\"It's a difficult time for people. We are going to have more difficult times because of the economy and the situation we are in, but we have to look at what we are doing in terms of parenting and how we want to be viewed as a country.\"\n\nLast week, Crystal Palace boss Patrick Vieira was also involved in an altercation with an Everton supporter during a pitch invasion following his side's Premier League defeat at Goodison Park and Swindon Town players were \"physically and verbally abused\" after their League Two play-off semi-final defeat at Port Vale.\n\nThe FA said it was \"reviewing our regulations to help stamp this behaviour out and to ensure the safety of everyone inside a stadium\".\n\n\"It is not a good look,\" Southgate said. \"We don't want to go to fences up and the environment that created.\n\n\"Football is reflective of society so it would be easy to put it on football. That is not the reality of it. Football has a responsibility and we have to do our bit.\"\n\nThe pitch invasions have come at the end of the first full season with fans present in stadiums since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020.\n\nSouthgate said he had witnessed an increase in problems since the pandemic began.\n\nPolice data released to BBC Sport in January showed arrests at football matches across the top five English leagues are at their highest levels in years.\n\nEngland's Nations League match against Italy on 11 June will be played behind closed doors as a punishment for the unrest at Wembley before the Euro 2020 final.\n\n\"What happened here before the Euro 2020 final, that wasn't just football supporters,\" Southgate added.\n\n\"That was people who were unable to behave and control themselves when consuming alcohol so there are many broader parts to it.\"", "Millie Court and Liam Reardon won series seven of the reality show\n\nLove Island's decision to dress contestants in second-hand clothes from eBay could spark a change in viewers' shopping habits, fashion experts say.\n\nThe show had attracted criticism from sustainability advocates for promoting fast fashion with previous sponsors like Missguided and I Saw It First.\n\nBut a new partnership with eBay UK could change the way its viewers shop, said fashion consultant Natalie Binns.\n\nThe show's bosses said it was striving to be \"a more eco-friendly production.\"\n\nMs Binns, a fashion buying and sustainability consultant, said promoting second-hand clothing on the popular TV show would make viewers think and shop differently.\n\n\"This is going into the homes of normal people who may have never considered the impact of their clothing before,\" she told BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour.\n\n\"Regardless of whether [viewers] are ready to make a change, there's going to be a change forced upon them as previously you could buy what [contestants] were wearing immediately after or even during the show whereas you're not going to be able to do that anymore.\"\n\nIn the past, clothes worn by contestants have sold out in minutes on fast fashion retailers' websites.\n\nThis year, viewers will be able to access a \"shop the look\" tab via the Love Island app or eBay website where they can buy similar items to those seen on screen.\n\nAlthough eBay sells both new and second hand clothing, it confirmed that anything sourced from eBay for the purpose of the campaign will be second hand.\n\nContestants in this year's show will dress in a mix of new and preloved clothing. Jemma Tadd, head of fashion at eBay, said this reflected the way young people in particular are increasingly choosing to dress.\n\n\"Our goal with this partnership is get people to consider switching up their shopping habits with pre-loved fashion - whether that's taking baby steps and adding one or two items to your wardrobe, or selling something you no longer wear to make way for something else,\" she said.\n\nThe contestants of Love Island 2021 were all dressed in clothes by fast fashion retailer and show sponsor I Saw It First\n\nDr Amna Khan, senior lecturer in consumer behaviours and retail at Manchester Metropolitan University, said the move was in response to the changing values of shoppers.\n\n\"The perception of preloved clothing has changed. Where it was once a case of only buying it if you couldn't afford anything else, it's now become trendy to wear second-hand,\" Dr Khan explained.\n\nResearch from eBay UK showed it saw one sale of second-hand clothing for every second of 2022.\n\nDr Khan went on to say that the cost of living had played a big part in the popularity of buying second hand.\n\n\"Consumers have never had to think that buying clothes are a luxury,\" she said. \"Now they are having to reconsider the way they approach shopping and how they can get the most for their money.\"\n\nFamous for the many outfit changes that the contestants undergo each day, Justine Porterie, global head of sustainability at Depop, previously labelled the show \"fast fashion's biggest advocate.\"\n\nMany former contestants of the show have also gone on to high-profile partnerships with fast fashion brands.\n\nMolly-Mae Hague became creative director of Pretty Little Thing, Maura Higgins signed with Boohoo and Amber Gill with MissPap - further emphasising the show's ties to the fast fashion industry.\n\nLove Island contestant Molly-Mae Hague became creative director of retailer Pretty Little Thing\n\nThe announcement of the partnership with eBay UK is a move to make the reality TV show \"a more eco-friendly production\" according to Love Island's executive producer Mike Spencer.\n\nThe impact of fast fashion on the environment is widely documented with Oxfam reporting that 13 million items of clothing goes to UK landfill every week.\n\nAccording to the European Environment Agency in March this year, clothes use in Europe had on average the fourth highest impact on the environment and climate, exceeded only by food, housing and transport.\n\nEve Williams, chief marketing officer at eBay, said the firm is hoping to \"inspire the nation to think differently and make more conscious choices\" when it comes to their wardrobes.\n• None 'Everyone' has to face fashion's climate impact", "Fossilized remains from a giant flying reptile the size of a bus have been discovered in Argentina.\n\nThe Dragon of Death, as scientists have dubbed the new species, hunted prey from Earth's skies around 86 million years ago.\n\nWhen fully extended, its wings measured a massive nine metres (30 ft) from one tip to the other.\n\nThe sheer size of the predator paints a \"terrifying vision\", the scientist behind the find told the BBC.\n\n\"This species had a height similar to that of a giraffe,\" project leader Leonardo Ortiz said, with a wingspan that \"defies the limits of our biological understanding\".\n\nIts remains had been preserved in rocks in the Andes mountains for 86 million years, which means the flying creature lived alongside dinosaurs.\n\nBones and fossils belonging to the newly identified pterosaur had been buried in rocks for 86 million years\n\nProf Ortiz was one of the palaeontologists who originally discovered the reptile's fossils during an excavation in Argentina back in 2012.\n\nHe chose the species' name - Thanatosdrakon amaru - because it combined the Greek words for death and dragon.\n\n\"It seemed appropriate to name it that way,\" Prof Ortiz said in an earlier interview. \"It's the dragon of death.\"\n\nPalaeontologist Leonardo Ortiz beside a life-size replica of the newly discovered species\n\nThe reptile is believed to be one of the first predators to use their wings to hunt prey - flying through Earth's prehistoric skies before the evolution of birds.\n\nDespite that, Prof Ortiz told the BBC that this hunter likely spent most of its time on the ground.\n\nDetails of the creature's prehistoric lifestyle are scant - but he added that the fact a pair of differently sized specimen were discovered together is evidence that the predator lived in groups.\n\nThe fearsome reptile lived some 20 million years before an asteroid hit the earth in a catastrophic extinction event, wiping out three-quarters of animal and plant life and marking the end of the Cretaceous Period.\n\nIn 2017 fossils belonging to an even older pterosaur, dating 170 million years ago to the Jurassic period, were discovered on the Scottish island of Skye with an estimated wingspan of 2.5m (8ft).\n\nA team of palaeontologists discovered the remains in Argentina's Andes mountain range in 2012", "Vladimir Putin is \"weaponising Ukraine's crops\" as \"a blackmail tool\" for the rest of the world, Poland's prime minister said at the World Economic Forum in Davos.\n\nMateusz Morawiecki told the BBC it was like what \"Stalin did in 1933\".\n\nIn a wide-ranging interview, he also warned that \"only Putin\" would be \"happy\" with a UK-EU trade war over the Brexit deal for Northern Ireland.\n\nUkraine's inability to export its grain has led to global food prices soaring.\n\nIt has also raised the prospect of famines in the countries which depend on its exports.\n\nMr Morawiecki said that this was \"part of [Mr Putin's] strategy\" in order to \"create ripple effects in Northern Africa and huge migration waves\".\n\nHis warning was echoed by the European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, who told delegates in Davos that Russia was using \"hunger and grain to wield power\".\n\n\"Global co-operation is the antidote to Russia's blackmail,\" she said.\n\nFears are rising that the Black Sea blockade is causing a global food crisis.\n\nOn Monday, Ukraine's deputy Prime Minister urged the international community to create a \"safe passage\" to enable the millions of tons of grain stuck in Ukraine to leave the country.\n\nYuliia Svyrydenko, First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, told the BBC that some sort of \"corridor\" was needed.\n\nA UK government spokesperson said the country was working \"intensively\" with partners to find ways to allow grain exports to resume.\n\nHowever, there are \"no current plans\" for Royal Navy warships to help break Russia's blockade, the spokesperson added.\n\nA satellite image shows a bulk carrier ship loading grain at the port of Sevastopol\n\nSatellite images taken by Maxar Technologies have emerged purportedly showing grain shipments being moved to a Russian ship at the port of Sevastopol, Crimea.\n\nThe BBC has not been able to independently verify the pictures.\n\nMr Morawiecki said he expected an agreed EU oil embargo on Russia within days or weeks, with some carve outs for the Czechs, Slovakia, Hungary and Austria.\n\nAnd he called for the Nordstream One gas pipeline from Russia to Germany to be shut down this year.\n\nMr Morawiecki said that \"Russia is under real pressure\" from existing sanctions but this would have its impact over the medium and long term.\n\nHe suggested the Russian president was relying on rising energy and food prices draining support in the West for Ukraine, and politicians needed to explain and mitigate the impact on prices.\n\n\"We have to explain to the public opinion what are the consequences of the war,\" he said. \"Putin's main tool is intimidation, fear, illusions and propaganda.\"\n\nOn the possibility of a trade war between the UK and EU, Mr Morawiecki said it would be \"lose-lose\".\n\n\"Only Putin and our enemies will be happy with yet another disagreement between such close partner partners as the United Kingdom and the European Union,\" he said.\n\nHe said there was room for compromise between Brussels and London and he was trying \"to calm down the situation between France and the United Kingdom as much as possible\".\n\nUrsula von der Leyen said Russia is using \"hunger and grain to wield power\"\n\nWhen pushed about what would happen if the UK unilaterally breaks the deal, as is currently being planned for, the Polish PM replied: \"In the current circumstances in particular, where we have such a brutal invasion, it should be a wake up call for those who want to disagree on anything.\n\n\"United, we are strong. Divided we are very weak.\"\n\nBut the Polish PM also had some criticism for his EU colleagues.\n\nAsked if he was worried about noises emerging from Paris and Berlin about compromise with Russia, he pointedly replied: \"Some Western European leaders wanted to have cheap, natural resources and peace. And what they got is very expensive raw materials and natural resources and war.\n\n\"So they should bear in mind that Putin is first working to divide us and second to make us impatient and make us tired with everything.\"\n\nMr Morawiecki added that, as with other wars, including the Second World War, \"we have to be prepared for a long war, unfortunately, and we have to make public opinion knowledgeable about what is going on in Ukraine\".", "Guns overtook car crashes to become the leading cause of death for US children and teenagers in 2020, new research shows.\n\nData from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that over 4,300 young Americans died of firearm-related injuries in 2020.\n\nWhile suicides contributed to the toll, the data shows that homicides form the majority of gun-related deaths.\n\nMore than 390 million guns are owned by US civilians.\n\nAccording to the research - which was published this week in the New England Journal Medicine - the rise in gun-related deaths among Americans between the ages of one and 19 was part of an overall 33.4% increase in firearm homicides nationwide.\n\nOver the same time period, the rate of firearm suicides in the US rose by 1.1%.\n\nThe overall rate of gun deaths of all reasons - suicide, homicide, unintentional and undetermined - among children and teenagers rose by 29.5%, more than twice that of the wider population.\n\n\"We continue to fail to protect our youth from a preventable cause of death,\" said a research letter published in the journal on Wednesday.\n\nThe rate of gun-related deaths per 100,000 residents rose among both men and women and across ethnic demographics between 2019 and 2020, with the largest increase among black Americans.\n\nIn past years, gun-related deaths were second only to car crashes as the leading cause of death among young Americans. Car deaths, however, have fallen over time and in 2020 approximately 3,900 Americans under 19 died in vehicle crashes.\n\nIncidents of drug overdoses and poisonings rose 83.6% between 2019 and 2020, and now are the third leading cause of death in that age group. A separate study published earlier in April found that 954 young people died of overdoses in 2020, compared to 492 in 2019.\n\nGun violence in the US has increased since the Covid-19 pandemic began in early 2020.\n\n\"The reasons for the increase are unclear,\" the research letter said. \"It cannot be assumed that firearm-related mortality will later revert to pre-pandemic levels\".\n\nA separate study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine in February, found that 7.5 million US adults - just under 3% of the population - became first-time gun owners during the pandemic between January and April 2021.\n\nThis, in turn, exposed 11 million people to household firearms, including five million children.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Timetable changes mean the last train on many routes departs before 20:00\n\nScotRail and the train drivers' union Aslef have said they will return to talks in an ongoing dispute over pay.\n\nAbout 700 daily services were cut on Monday after the train operator issued a temporary timetable to cope with driver shortages.\n\nAslef said informal talks would take place on Tuesday ahead of formal negotiations on Thursday.\n\nDrivers have refused to work overtime and on rest days, after the union rejected a 2.2% pay offer.\n\nBoth sides had been in deadlock after the union said it was balloting members for strike action over the pay offer.\n\nThe RMT union, whose members include other railway workers who have been balloted over strike action, will also be part of the talks.\n\nEarlier, Aslef's Scottish organiser Kevin Lindsay called on ScotRail to get back to the negotiating table so the \"ridiculous timetable cuts\" could be withdrawn.\n\nHe told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland: \"I need somebody from ScotRail or Transport Scotland to come along with the authority to make a deal so we can move forward because this is damaging Scotland's economy.\n\nHe added: \"I appreciate other sectors and other workers may not be on the same salaries or may not be making the same demands, but this isn't a race to the bottom, my job is to protect the terms and conditions of train drivers.\n\n\"Train drivers are telling me quite clearly they are looking for a sensible settlement that we can actually move forward on to deliver for the passengers of Scotland.\"\n\nTimetable changes mean the last train on many routes departs before 20:00\n\nMr Lindsay said he had also written to the first minister asking her to provide \"positive political intervention\" in bringing the recently nationalised train operator back to talks.\n\nScotRail began cancelling trains earlier this month amid the pay dispute, after many drivers chose not to work overtime or on rest days.\n\nDue to delays in training new staff during the pandemic, it relied on drivers working extra hours in order to run normal services.\n\nScotRail's original Summer 2022 timetable had about 2,150 weekday services. This has now been reduced to 1,456 in the temporary timetable. The changes also mean the last train on many routes departs before 20:00.\n\nA typical ScotRail driver salary is more than £50,000.\n\nWith drivers being offered a 2.2% pay rise and the opportunity to participate in a revenue share arrangement, the Scottish government says this would take the total package to 5%.\n\nScotRail's service delivery director David Simpson told BBC Scotland the operator was \"always open to negotiation\".\n\nHe said: \"Both sides need to find a way to move this forward, to find a way to recognise the difficult financial position the industry is in after the pandemic, with a large gap between cost and revenue that the tax payer is currently filling.\n\n\"We all share the wish to get round the table, to find a way to compromise and move forward and start returning the railway to normal.\"\n\nOn Monday evening both ScotRail and Aslef confirmed they would meet again for further talks.\n\nThe union said it would be making no further comment until after formal negotiations on Thursday.\n\nThe RMT union, which had agreed a backdated pay rise of 2.5% in October, also declined the year's deal and is balloting members over strike action.", "Jackdaws use a \"democratic\" process to decide when to leave their roosts en masse, scientists have discovered.\n\nThousands of jackdaws can suddenly take to the morning skies in winter, creating a whirling black cloud of creatures.\n\nResearchers have now found that the birds call out when they want to leave.\n\nThen when the noise reaches a critical level, it signals the roost is ready to depart, and the birds fly away.\n\nIt's a rare insight into how animals make group decisions, Alex Thornton, professor of cognitive evolution at University of Exeter, told BBC News.\n\n\"When a bird calls, it's casting a vote or signalling it wants to leave,\" Prof Thornton explains. The collective decision to depart then rests on two things.\n\nThe first is noise volume and the second is the crescendo or how rapidly the noise levels increase.\n\nOnce the birds reach consensus, the roost of thousands launches from the tree within five seconds on average, forming one of the famous winter UK spectacles.\n\nWhen the noise levels rise more rapidly, the roost leaves earlier, the researchers say.\n\nIn Norfolk roosts of 40,000 jackdaws have been observed leaving trees en masse.\n\nJackdaws want to leave the trees together because it protects them against predators or is useful for \"information-sharing\", Prof Thornton suggests.\n\n\"If you're flying off altogether, you might notice that another individual is particularly well-fed or you can tell from their calls that they've eaten. You might realise that's a bird worth following to find a good place for a meal,\" Prof Thornton explains.\n\nTo observe the birds' behaviour, scientists attached audio recorders to trees where jackdaws roost in Cornwall over two winters.\n\nLed by Masters student Alex Dibnah, the researchers analysed the sounds and compared the noise to times at which the birds left the trees.\n\nTo test their findings, the scientists played back the recordings at jackdaws and observed that the roosts responded to the sounds, departing six minutes earlier on average.\n\nWhen wind noises were played instead, the birds did not leave, indicating that jackdaws responded specifically to calls rather than simply noise disturbance.\n\nOther birds may behave similarly but scientists haven't yet studied it in detail, Prof Thornton explains.\n\nThe findings will help scientists understand the effect of human activities on animal populations, he says.\n\nPeople are increasingly creating disturbances to birds through light and noise pollution, which may be interfering with animals ability to communicate with each other.\n\n\"Imagine a big roost near a town or busy road. If the birds can't hear other other and can't form a consensus to leave together, it could have big impacts on their population,\" Prof Thornton explains.\n\nThe research is published in the journal Current Biology.", "There is a shortage of some HRT products in Northern Ireland\n\nThe Department of Health has said it is actively considering allowing pharmacists to substitute certain hormone replacement therapy (HRT) products with \"safe alternatives\".\n\nThe move is in response to concerns regarding the shortage of some HRT products in Northern Ireland.\n\nIn England, pharmacists have been given temporary power to make swaps without a new prescription from a doctor.\n\nThis includes the gels Oestrogel and Sandrena.\n\nUrgent action is being taken across the UK to address what is widely recognised as a national shortage.\n\nWhen asked if pharmacists in Northern Ireland would be given the same authority, a spokesperson for the Department of Health said a similar move was \"under active consideration\".\n\nHormone patches, which tend to be in better supply, could be swapped when gels are not available.\n\nIn a statement to BBC News NI, the Department of Health said it had recently \"authorised a number of serious shortage protocols (SSP) which enable pharmacists to limit dispensing of prescriptions for HRT which are in short supply to a maximum of three months\".\n\nIt added that by \"empowering pharmacists to make this change without needing to seek authorisation from the prescriber this saves time for patients, pharmacists and prescribers\" which would help even out distribution.\n\nHowever, some women told BBC News NI that they were often limited to one month supply which was \"very difficult to manage\".\n\nThe government has appointed a new HRT tsar, Madeline McTernan, to look into what is happening.\n\nHer appointment came after a large number of women went public about how distressed and ill they had become when unable to access their prescribed medication.\n\nThe Department of Health in Northern Ireland described the current short supply of certain products as \"temporary\".\n\nWomen who are experiencing difficulties in getting HRT products on prescription are advised to consult with the GP who will be able to advise them about the most appropriate alternative HRT options if required, the Department of Health said.\n\nThe British Menopause Society has information on choosing HRT products, as does the health advisory body the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.", "Victims of fraud have no idea how long they will be stuck on the phone trying to report the crime to their bank, an investigation has found.\n\nAverage waiting times can range from 16 seconds to more than 30 minutes - depending on the bank, according to tests by the consumer group Which?.\n\nMore priority should be given to distressed victims, it said.\n\nThe Co-operative Bank, which recorded the worst times in the exercise, said it had faced staff recruitment issues.\n\nIt added that retention of workers had also been a problem, as had sickness levels as a result of the pandemic.\n\nWhich? tested 11 banks and building societies by calling each of them 12 times at different times of the day over the course of a week in March.\n\nIt dialled the phone numbers listed on each bank's website for reporting current account fraud - only some of which are dedicated hotlines. Monzo was excluded as it told people to use an in-app chat function. Six of 11 banks' helplines charged a fee, Which? said.\n\nThe call to be answered fastest lasted only 10 seconds. That was made to First Direct - a bank designed to communicate with customers primarily over the phone. First Direct also had the shortest average call waiting time of 16 seconds.\n\nOne call to the Co-operative Bank went on for more than an hour before being answered. Its average waiting time was the longest, at 31 minutes and 40 seconds.\n\nTypically, across all the calls to all the banks, the testers from Which? had to wait for 10 minutes and 51 seconds before speaking to someone.\n\nRocio Concha, Which? director of policy and advocacy, said: \"The feeling of being scammed is already stressful enough for victims, without having to wait long periods just to get through to your bank.\n\n\"Victims are told to contact their bank immediately because every second counts. Some firms taking longer than half an hour to answer victims' calls shows the lack of support with which certain banks have treated fraud victims for far too long.\"\n\nTony Hutt says he waited for some time for his bank to answer\n\nTony Hutt is among those to have faced a long wait trying to deal with a potential fraud on his account.\n\nThe 71-year-old had spotted a suspicious transaction on his balance and called his bank to stop what looked like a fraudulent subscription.\n\nAfter three or four attempts, including waiting for over an hour, he eventually got through. The web-chat system he tried directed him to the same phone number.\n\n\"I'm sure I wouldn't have had to wait for more than an hour if I was in a branch,\" he said.\n\nA spokeswoman for UK Finance, which represents the banking industry, said: \"We know the devastating impact that fraud can have on victims and so firms always strive to respond to calls in good time.\n\n\"Given fraud cases are often complex an appropriate amount of time needs to be spent on each call so customers get the right support, which can have an impact on call times.\"\n\nHundreds of millions of pounds a year are stolen in so-called authorised push payment fraud - when victims transfer money to a business or organisation they believe to be genuine but is actually a con-artist.\n\nSome victims have got their money back from banks, while others have lost out.\n\nProposed legislation in the Queen's Speech should mean there is a consistent approach to refunds in the future. It will be up to the Payment Systems Regulator to frame those rules, after banks were unable to do so between themselves.\n\nAt present, some banks have signed up to the 159 pilot scheme. It encourages customers to hang up from a phone call that might be a scam, for example one that asks for personal information or money, and to dial 159 to speak to their bank.\n\nCitizens Advice urges anyone who believes they are the victim of a scam to protect from further loss by resetting passwords, reporting the issue to their bank immediately - and possibly to the police on the 101 number - and checking if they are entitled to the money back.", "It’s an unfortunate reality that by the time big infrastructure is completed in the UK - usually late and more expensive than first envisaged - the people who first made things possible tend to have been forgotten.\n\nSo credit where it’s due and big Elizabeth line shout-outs to the following:\n\nKen Livingstone: London’s first elected mayor was passionate about transport and intent on securing the kind of investment the capital needed. The big Crossrail breakthrough happened under him.\n\nHe persuaded then prime minister Tony Blair and - as important - chancellor Gordon Brown that this rail link was a no-brainer.\n\nCrucially, to get government backing and a commitment to a share of funding, he offered to raise a much bigger amount (the lion’s share) from London businesses through an extra chunk on business rates as well as a special infrastructure levy.\n\nNegotiations were tough, and some say it got to a stage when a gap of several hundred million pounds seemed to stand between approval and rejection of the project.\n\nMichael Snyder: He was chairman of the policy and resources committee at the City of London Corporation - equivalent to council leader in the wealthiest district in the country. The City wanted Crossrail for the practical benefits it brought to its many thousands of employees as well as for what it said about the intentions of a serious global city with a world-beating financial sector. But you don’t get money out of the Square Mile unless your business case sings and your sums add up.\n\nSnyder - working closely with the ‘Red Ken’ who never turned out so horrid to business after all - got agreement that City firms would stump up several hundred millions of pounds.\n\nHeathrow airport and Canary Wharf also paid up.\n\nIt signified a gap filled, a deal sealed. And Gordon Brown signed it off.\n\nBut then electoral upheaval intervened and for a while uncertainty prevailed.\n\nLivingstone was defeated by Boris Johnson in 2008 and Gordon Brown lost in 2010, replaced by the David Cameron-led Coalition government which embraced austerity, reviewed everything in the pipeline and insisted nothing was guaranteed.\n\nThat was a moment for the then head of Transport for London to step up to the mark.\n\nPeter Hendy: Appointed by Livingstone, and retained by new London mayor Boris Johnson, Hendy played a key role in persuading the new Tory mayor of the value of Crossrail.\n\nWith chancellor George Osborne supposedly needing to be convinced, he and Johnson successfully made the case that this was a vital investment in the future, not just for the capital but for the UK as a whole.\n\nThe coalition chancellor then slashed £1bn from the budget.\n\nAs mayor, Mr Johnson got to preside over some early symbolic drill-in-the-ground moments. Mr Cameron and Mr Osborne too found opportunities to go underground, donning their hard hats as construction progressed.\n\nIt then became a question of time… and more time.\n\nBut today - albeit later and pricier than planned - it has finally happened.", "A government plan to help support people with the rising cost of living could come as soon as Thursday, the BBC understands.\n\nThe PM and chancellor have been under growing pressure to act as prices for fuel, food and energy continue to soar.\n\nBut BBC political editor Chris Mason said the government was also desperate to shift the agenda on from Partygate.\n\nDowning Street denied the announcement was timed to distract from Sue Gray's report into lockdown gatherings.\n\nThe senior civil servant's report into events held in Downing Street is expected to be sent to No 10 on Wednesday.\n\nThe Prime Minister is to meet Chancellor Rishi Sunak soon to finalise plans, with an announcement possible on Thursday.\n\nMr Johnson has in recent days invited a collection of economists with a range of views to explore the options available to him, the BBC understands.\n\nSources told the BBC that Mr Johnson spoke on Tuesday about the need to balance any further government spending and intervention with not \"raising inflation\" further.\n\nIt is also understood Policing Minister Kit Malthouse repeated calls at cabinet to swiftly return to a \"low tax\" society.\n\nLast week, inflation reached a 40-year high and on Tuesday the energy regulator Ofgem warned the energy price cap - which limits how much providers can raise prices - is expected to increase to £2,800 a year in the autumn.\n\nOpposition parties have continued to push for a windfall tax on oil and gas firms - a one-off levy on the record profits the companies have recorded - saying the proceeds could be used to support the hardest hit.\n\nBut while attitudes towards the idea in government appear to have softened, neither Mr Johnson nor Mr Sunak have committed to the move.\n\nRishi Sunak has long argued - privately and publicly - that help for the most vulnerable could only be properly designed once the scale of the problem was measurable.\n\nTuesday's intervention from Ofgem provides that.\n\nThe question now is precisely what help is offered, and at what cost.\n\nTargeted possibilities include uprating benefits or a lump sum payment to some of the poorest households.\n\nThere is then the quandary of whether to offer something that a greater proportion of people benefit from - could the first £40 repayment of the government's Energy Bills Support Scheme be postponed or cancelled?\n\nOther options in the months ahead include changes to the Warm Homes Discount and the Winter Fuel Payment.\n\nBut any combination of these possibilities could easily be way more costly than the revenue generated from any windfall tax on the oil and gas companies.\n\nAn intervention that is noticeable won't come cheap.\n\nA number of ministers have also raised concerns about the idea of a windfall tax, with Mr Johnson saying he was not \"attracted\" to the measure in principle.\n\nBut he told reporters \"no option is off the table\" to tackle rising living costs, adding: \"There is more that we are going to do... you'll just have to wait a little bit longer.\"\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer has called on the government to \"get a grip\" and introduce the levy.", "Last updated on .From the section West Ham\n\nWest Ham United defender Kurt Zouma has pleaded guilty to kicking and slapping his pet cat in a video that also showed him saying \"I swear I'll kill it\".\n\nThe 27-year-old admitted two offences under the Animal Welfare Act at a hearing at Thames Magistrates' Court.\n\nZouma's brother Yoan, who plays for Dagenham and Redbridge, admitted one offence after an RSPCA investigation.\n\nYoan, 24, filmed the incident, which was posted on social media. Sentencing has been adjourned to 1 June.\n\nThe brothers' addresses were withheld following a court order.\n\nThe court was told about disturbing footage of the incident, which was filmed at the West Ham player's home and posted on Snapchat with 'laughing' emojis by his brother on 6 February.\n\nIt was later seen by a woman who had been messaging Yoan, and she raised concern.\n\nZouma could be seen volleying the Bengal cat across his kitchen, before throwing a pair of shoes at it and slapping its head.\n\nProsecutor Hazel Stevens told the court Kurt could be heard saying: \"I swear I'll kill it, I swear I'll kill it.\"\n\nHe admitted two counts of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal.\n\nYoan admitted one count of aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring his older brother to commit an offence.\n\nThe woman who saw the clip was so shocked that she called off their date, telling him: \"I don't think hitting a cat like that is OK - don't bother coming today.\"\n\nStevens said the offences appeared to be carried out after the cats were deemed responsible for damaging a chair in the home.\n\n\"Kurt Zouma is determined to chastise or carry out some sort of retribution for the damage caused,\" she said.\n\n\"Since this footage was put in the public domain there has been a spate of people hitting cats and posting it on various social media sites.\"\n\nThe court heard the Premier League defender, who apologised for his actions, has since agreed for his two Bengal male cats to be rehomed.\n\nAn independent vet, who assessed the cats later and watched the video, said there were \"no remaining signs of injuries\" to the animals when he examined them but that being hit and kicked would have caused suffering while being chased would have caused fear or distress.\n\nDefending the West Ham player, Trevor Burke QC said his client had been fined £250,000 by his club and lost a \"substantial\" sponsorship deal with sportswear firm adidas.\n\nZouma had also not been picked for the France national team.\n\nBurke said his client had been of previously impeccable character, and nine animal charities had benefited from his fine.\n\nHe said the defender had suffered abuse, including threats and racial slurs, which has \"totally disrupted his life\".\n\nKurt arrived at court in chaotic fashion as several security guards emerged from a vehicle holding umbrellas to form a protective shield from camera crews and photographers around the defendant as he entered the court building.\n\nOne other charge against each brother was withdrawn after their guilty pleas.\n\nRSPCA chief inspectorate officer Dermot Murphy said: \"It's never acceptable to treat an animal in this way and we were shocked when the video was first brought to our attention.\n\n\"What makes this case even more sad is the way the video was filmed and shared, making light of such cruelty.\n\n\"We hope this case will serve as a reminder that all animals deserve to be treated with kindness, compassion and respect, and that we will not tolerate cruelty by anybody.\"\n• None Is muscle-lengthening more effective than muscle-contracting?\n• None Delve into the history of reality TV and its effects on our lives", "A 15-year-old girl who was strip-searched by police was left traumatised by the incident and later tried to kill herself, her mother says.\n\nOlivia* was handcuffed and had her underwear cut off in the presence of male officers, she added.\n\nLondon's Metropolitan Police has referred itself to the police watchdog.\n\nThis case follows that of Child Q - a 15-year-old black pupil who was strip-searched at school after she was wrongly accused of possessing drugs.\n\nOlivia - who is mixed race and autistic - was strip-searched in December 2020, the same month as Child Q.\n\nOlivia's mum, who we are calling Lisa to protect her daughter's anonymity, said she was given no warning that her child was going to be forcibly strip-searched.\n\nShe told Radio 4's File on 4 programme that Olivia had already spent more than 20 hours in custody when she was searched.\n\nShe said Olivia had been out with some friends when they had an argument with two boys, who called the police and alleged they were the victims of an attempted knife-point robbery. She was searched by police at the scene and nothing was discovered. Olivia and her friends were then arrested.\n\nAt the time, Lisa was isolating with Covid-19, but says she spoke to the police on the phone and told them about her daughter's autism and learning difficulties, and warned them she had been self-harming.\n\nHer mum says Olivia handed over a small blade used for self-harming to police. Then, after spending more than 20 hours in custody, she was told she could have a shower.\n\nA sharpened stick - also used for self-harming - fell from her clothing as she changed. Lisa says it was at that point six officers handcuffed Olivia, forcibly stripped her and carried out an intimate search in the presence of male officers.\n\nProtests were held in London following reports about Child Q\n\n\"Olivia was actually on her period at the time too. And they cut off her underwear in front of these grown male officers.\" She added: \"She was absolutely distraught.\"\n\nLisa said her daughter's experience had a devastating impact on her mental health. \"She became quite reclusive,\" she added.\n\n\"She spent a lot of time in her room and she continued to self-harm in secret. And then a few weeks later, she attempted suicide.\" Olivia later appeared in court accused of possession of a bladed weapon and was found not guilty after magistrates accepted the items were used for self-harming.\n\nHer family is now bringing a civil case against the force. Lawyer Gail Hadfield Grainger, who is representing them, says there are a number of rules that must be followed when searching minors.\n\n\"The legal guardian, the person that has responsibility for that child, needs to be informed,\" she said. \"The strip-search needs to be done in front of same-sex staff only, not same-sex staff with the opposite sex on-looking.\n\n\"And that culture is set to protect your dignity, save you from embarrassment, and to put in order exactly how these things should be done correctly.\"\n\nWhat are the police rules for strip-searching children?\n\nThe Met's Deputy Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor said a force investigation was looking into how appropriate the search was and how it was conducted.\n\nThe force has also referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct, the police watchdog, following a complaint.\n\nMr Taylor told File on 4 that strip-searches helped to keep children safe while in custody.\n\nHe added: \"(The) worst case scenario would be that we stop strip-searching in its entirety and a young child dies in custody because they are in possession of a knife or drugs that they use to harm themselves.\n\n\"And we have a big responsibility to people coming into our custody environment. We're responsible for their safety.\"\n\nIn a statement released later, he acknowledged the \"distress\" strip searches can cause young people and said the force was working hard to take a \"safeguarding first\" approach.\n\n\"This means we must always consider whether the child being searched could be a vulnerable victim of exploitation by others involved in gangs, County Lines and drug dealing or if they might be concealing weapons as they are at risk of self-harm,\" he added.\n\nOne pilot scheme at the Met involves getting the authority of an inspector before a search can take place, he said.\n\nFigures obtained by the BBC have revealed police carried out more than 13,000 strip-searches of young people aged under 18 over the past five years.\n\nThe BBC sent Freedom of Information requests to 43 police forces in England and Wales, plus the British Transport Police, asking for the number of strip-searches between 2017 and 2021. However, the true number of searches is likely to be significantly higher, as only 31 of 44 forces provided data.\n\nSeparate data revealed 75% of the children who were strip-searched by the Met in custody over the past three years were from ethnically diverse backgrounds, prompting allegations of racism.\n\nMr Taylor defended the force's record. He said the disproportionality of young people from ethnically diverse backgrounds being searched was based on \"intelligence-led policing\" - both around offending rates and those falling victim to crime, including knife crime.\n\n\"It's absolutely right that police focus where that harm exists,\" he added.\n\nCorrection: A previous version of this story stated Olivia was 14 at the time of the search. She was 15.\n\n*Some of the names of people mentioned in this piece have been changed to protect their anonymity.\n\nListen to File on 4: Searching Questions at 20:00 BST on BBC Radio 4 or download the podcast on BBC Sounds.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Undercover filming by Wales Investigates shows the five men discussing the spot-fixing with journalists\n\nA footballer has been secretly filmed helping to recruit players to spot-fix matches.\n\nA BBC undercover investigation showed former Llanelli footballer Emile N'Goy, his brother Hermes N'Goy and three European players discussing the illegal activity with undercover journalists.\n\nSpot-fixing sees players manipulate moments in games, such as red cards, so criminals can defraud bookmakers.\n\nHermes N'Goy has denied he and the other four planned to spot-fix.\n\nEmile N'Goy and the three European players - Idris Laib, Jean-Francois Mbuba and Julien Vercauteren - have been approached individually but have not responded.\n\nEmile and Hermes N'Goy are originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo and grew up in France.\n\nEmile N'Goy is currently without a team but has played in lower league clubs across the UK, including Llanelli Town AFC, Stranraer FC, Brechin City FC and Dorchester Town FC as well as clubs in Portugal and Italy.\n\nThere is no suggestion spot-fixing took place at any of these clubs, nor that any other players at these clubs were involved.\n\nFollowing a tip-off that Emile N'Goy may have links with professional match fixers, undercover journalists for BBC Wales Investigates secretly filmed four meetings over a 20-month period with him and Hermes.\n\nEmile is currently without a team but has played in lower league clubs across the UK\n\nEmile was first approached by an undercover journalist at a Llanelli match and told he was looking for investment opportunities for illicit, black market funds.\n\nEmile said he would talk to his brother about it.\n\nAt a later meeting, Hermes tells the undercover reporter: \"But you know that is not legal... so you have to be very cautious when you do this kind of thing.\"\n\nHe then suggested recruiting three players - a defender, midfielder and a striker.\n\nHe later suggested recruiting another two players and two members of staff to help run the operation - including a man who once worked for Italy's newly-crowned champions AC Milan, who he said had fixed before.\n\nAsked if that man had ever fixed at AC Milan, Hermes said: \"No, he did the fixing with another club.\"\n\nHe added the man did not yet know about the spot-fixing plans being discussed.\n\nHermes said he would find the players in the lower leagues of Europe where there was less scrutiny.\n\nAt a later meeting in a Kent hotel, Hermes brought along his brother Emile and three other players from domestic league clubs in France and Belgium.\n\nIdris Laib, Jean-Francois Mbuba and Julien Vercauteren all told the journalists they had spot-fixed before.\n\nOne of the journalists told them: \"We're not trying to push or force anyone. So, if anybody's not happy, we don't want them to be involved.\"\n\nAll decided to stay and discussed taking part in a spot-fixing scheme that Hermes would manage.\n\nHermes told the journalists they should expect to pay the players an annual salary of 20,000-25,000 Euros (£17,000-£21,400) each. One player asked if he would be paid for the fixes in cash.\n\nAt a later meeting, he said the undercover journalists would need to pay an additional 500 Euros (£430) for every throw-in, corner or free kick they caused.\n\nHe said red and yellow cards would be more expensive: 1,000 Euros (£850) for a yellow and 2,000 Euros (£1,700) for a red.\n\nHermes added: \"It's not like, 'you have to lose this match'. It's not like big match-fixing. It's a small thing, very invisible.\"\n\nAll players apart from Emile said they had taken part in spot-fixing before but Hermes reassured the journalists his brother Emile would be involved.\n\nInvestigator Terry Steans said spot-fixing could be very hard to detect\n\nTerry Steans, who worked as an investigator for Fifa with responsibility for rooting out corruption and fixing across the world, was shown the undercover footage.\n\n\"The fact they're there, they're listening and they're agreeing to what has been proposed... they shouldn't be there and they shouldn't be even listening to that kind of chat.\n\n\"So that's evidence in itself, that they're in the room, that they're willing to take part.\n\n\"And he's got players on board, like-minded that will do what he wants them to do, already. So I think he's deadly serious.\"\n\nHe said spot-fixing could be very hard to detect as it was hard to investigate without the full weight of a police force.\n\nHermes was approached on the street by BBC reporter Wyre Davies\n\nHermes was expecting to meet the undercover journalists again to complete the deal.\n\nInstead, he was approached by BBC reporter Wyre Davies.\n\nHe denied any wrongdoing, saying: \"I don't know nothing about that. I don't know what you're talking about\", before walking away.\n\nHe later contacted the BBC and said his brother Emile and the three other players also strongly denied doing anything illegal.\n\nIf the plan had gone ahead and they and been caught, the consequences would have been serious.\n\n\"You're talking long bans, years... seven years for a first time match-fixing offence, so essentially, the end of their career,\" said Kevin Carpenter, a lawyer specialising in sports integrity.\n\nHe said corruption had always been around football.\n\n\"Top-tier football is a billion-dollar industry with players earning millions, but the other end of the scale, at the lower league clubs, players are paid just a few hundred pounds a game.\n\n\"Obviously, you only hear about things at the top level of the sport. But actually, when you get further down the levels, that's where the real corruption seems to happen.\"\n\nPeople are able to place bets on almost anything in football matches, such as the number of yellow cards, if a player will be sent off, the number of corners in the first half or how many throw-ins there will be in the first five minutes of the game.\n\nSpot-fixing sees criminal gangs pay players or officials to do exactly what they want - known as fixing.\n\nThey then place bets, already knowing what is about to happen.\n\nBBC Wales Investigates goes undercover to examine corruption in lower league football and reveals the hidden story behind the collapse of an historic Welsh football team run by a wannabe pop star.", "The woman arrived in North East under the Homes for Ukraine scheme (image posed by an actor)\n\nA Ukrainian refugee rehomed under a government scheme has claimed she and her teenage son were left homeless after being manipulated by their hosts.\n\nThe woman, 45, who fled Bucha, north of Kyiv, came to north-east England on 16 April but said she was asked for money and told to leave after three weeks.\n\n\"I am fleeing the war and all of a sudden I am on the street,\" she said.\n\nThe government said Homes for Ukraine had helped more than 33,000 people, with very few unsuccessful cases.\n\nThe mother and her 13-year-old son - whose identities are being protected - are being helped by a Sunderland-based charity and are in temporary accommodation while waiting to be matched with a new family.\n\nShe told BBC Look North she thought her hosts would be kind and caring, but within weeks she \"did not feel safe or secure\".\n\n\"Our host approached us and said 'I need money',\" she said.\n\nShe said the family told her: \"We spent so much money on you - look how expensive you are, look how much you have cost us - I want money.\"\n\nThe hosts set up an online fundraising page purported to be for the benefit of the exiled mum and son - which raised more than £850 - although the woman says she never saw any of the money.\n\nShe added: \"All of a sudden I am fleeing the war and all of a sudden I am on the street.\"\n\nThe mother and son fled the town of Bucha which was the scene of numerous war crimes\n\nThe mother and son were offered help by charity the International Community Organisation of Sunderland (ICOS) after a local chaplain came to their aid.\n\n\"Mentally I feel better, even though we still have suitcases packed, we still don't have a place on our own but we are safe and psychologically I feel so much better,\" the mum added.\n\nOlena Davis, from ICOS, said such cases were not unique.\n\n\"She already went through a lot, she has lost her dad [while she was staying with the host family] and she has left her husband behind,\" she said.\n\n\"She travelled all the way to England and when I found out she was homeless it broke my heart and I just couldn't believe it.\"\n\nA government official said \"stringent safeguarding measures\" were in place for the Homes for Ukraine scheme, including security checks, and councils must also make at least one in-person visit to a sponsor's property.\n\nA Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities spokesperson added: \"Thanks to the generosity of the British public more than 33,000 people have arrived through the Homes for Ukraine scheme.\n\n\"Very few sponsorships are breaking down. Where they do, councils are able to provide support or find a more suitable sponsor.\"\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n• None Dept for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA seemingly rich new owner steps in to buy a city's struggling football club, promising to bring back its glory days.\n\nStaff were overjoyed when their new wannabe YouTube pop star owner signed foreign professional players on big wages, compared to other teams in the league.\n\nTheir club was at the heart of the community and had once played Atletico Madrid and Napoli in Europe, but had fallen on hard times and had dropped out of Wales' top league.\n\nAfter the takeover, some fans dared to hope their once-proud footballing days would return.\n\nAt first, their new Italian owner seemed like the \"great saviour\" - but the dream at Bangor City turned into a nightmare.\n\nWithin three years, one of the UK's oldest football clubs has ceased playing football, is tens of thousands of pounds in debt and its future is bleak.\n\nNow players and staff have told BBC Wales Investigates that owner Domenico Serafino didn't pass on all of the furlough money claimed by the club during Covid - up to £375,000.\n\nBangor had been one of the most successful sides in the Welsh pyramid\n\nSome players who moved to north Wales from as far as South America for a decent wage were left \"abandoned\" and not always paid, especially during the pandemic.\n\n\"We were without food so we'd come together because we lived on the same street, cooked big meals together to save money,\" said Mathew Jones, 23, a member of Bangor's backroom staff.\n\n\"There was a player who had a baby here, a family was created in Bangor. And he was worrying about how he was going to feed his baby, how he's going to feed his wife.\n\n\"It was horrible, horrible position. A lot of the players were suffering.\"\n\nIt's not just in the bright lights and billionaire owners of European football's top divisions where fans are sold false dreams, it's happening at grassroots level too.\n\nDomenico Serafino, in a YouTube video for Universo, a song he released in 2013\n\n\"There were players who weren't paid for two or three months, others who went without a salary for five or six months,\" said goalkeeper Mariano Barufaldi, who came over from Argentina to play for Bangor.\n\n\"We saw that some of us were paid as normal. Others weren't paid, others were paid months late. It was very unfair and very unequal.\"\n\nThe financial troubles at the club, a founding member of the Welsh Premier League 30 years ago, led to it being suspended from the Cymru North league last year, before withdrawing in February with unpaid debts of £53,000.\n\nBBC Wales Investigates goes undercover to examine corruption in lower league football and reveals the hidden story behind the collapse of an historic Welsh football team run by a wannabe pop star.\n\nThe BBC's investigation also found Domenico Serafino, 55, who owned a second football club on Italy's east coast called AS Sambenedettese Calcio, worked with an accountant who once had Mafia links.\n\nIgnazio Spinnato was convicted in 2010 over his role in a multi-million pound drug trafficking and money laundering operation run by Italy's most powerful and dangerous organised crime group, the 'Ndrangheta Mafia.\n\nBBC Wales Investigates has seen a message in which the convicted accountant is referred to by Serafino as his \"business adviser\".\n\nHis firm's address is also linked to Serafino's company.\n\n\"There was a lot of things that Ignazio Spinnato and Serafino had to explain about the past of Spinnato,\" said Italian journalist Pier Paolo Flammini, who has also been looking at what happened in Italy.\n\nSerafino, a self-styled Italian musician and music producer, is originally from Italy but who had been living in Argentina for around 10 years.\n\nHis link to Bangor came through his son Francesco, a striker, who joined the club in 2019, a season after their demotion from Wales' top flight.\n\nPlayers moved from as far afield as South America on the promise of professional football in Bangor\n\nIt was a far cry from their trophy-laden past where they won three successive Welsh Cups and a Welsh league title less than 15 years ago.\n\nAfter a barren few years and off the field issues, like winding-up orders and trouble paying utility bills, some were hoping new management would transform the club.\n\nEspecially after big rivals TNS had just won their eighth successive Cymru Premier title.\n\nIt proved to be a false dawn.\n\nThe new owner left behind allegations of financial irregularities and a proud footballing city without their beloved club, as well as psychologically-scarred players.\n\n\"I was very wounded, many of those guys have now left football altogether, they've cut their losses,\" added Barufaldi, who has now gone to play football in Italy.\n\n\"We're very disillusioned because it seemed like such a big opportunity.\"\n\nIt's a tragedy for the town, for the beautiful country of Wales and for a club with such a history\n\nYet while the players have returned home, Bangor City's fans are left without their favourite pastime.\n\n\"He was seen as the great saviour because he did come in and, at the time, he steadied the ship,\" recalled Matthew Jones, Bangor's former media officer.\n\nSerafino made all the right noises initially.\n\nHe promised to connect the club to its community again, get them back in the Welsh top division and raised hopes by announcing links with Italian giants Inter Milan and unveiling a World Cup winner as new manager.\n\n\"I thought that's something I want to get behind, because it's my boyhood club,\" said Mr Jones.\n\n\"He didn't really speak much on how it'd be financed. He just said, you know, from making music for documentaries and films.\n\n\"At the time, I didn't really question it. I was swept up with the excitement of it all.\"\n\nSerafino said he had investment from Korean-American businessman Kim Dae Jung, who made his fortune investing in vegan foods. But when Bangor's players started to privately question why they weren't being paid, it was announced Serafino had also taken over a club in his home country of Italy.\n\nKim, 50, also helped finance Serafino's takeover of Sambenedettese, who were an Italian third division club in San Benedetto del Tronto on Italy's Adriatic coast.\n\nBBC Wales Investigates understands that he invested more than €2m (£1.7m) in both clubs and never saw a return.\n\nWithin a year, the Italian club was declared bankrupt and Serafino was suspended for six months by Italian football authorities from being a director of clubs in Italy.\n\n\"That was the first alarm bell,\" said fan and club volunteer Chris O'Neal, 44.\n\nVegan businessman Kim Dae Jung claims he has not seen anything from his £3.5m investment\n\n\"It was quite apparent what had happened, like non-payments of players and it's a duplicate of what happened here.\"\n\nHardcore Bangor fans had by this time had enough and formed a breakaway club. But the impact Serafino had runs deep.\n\n\"He steadied the ship and then crashed it, even worse, the lasting effect is scarring,\" said Mr Jones.\n\nSerafino took over Sambenedettese in 2020 but was kicked out within a year by the football authorities in Italy\n\n\"A lot of the players are without clubs, a few of them have retired - young, talented players. I know that the mental health issues that have been passed on to these players and myself has been horrible.\n\n\"I've not seen [Serafino] since he jumped on the plane and fled for Italy. He abandoned us.\"\n\nMr Serafino said he had not returned to Wales after leaving in 2020 because of health problems as a result of long Covid.\n\nWhen asked about claims of missing furlough payments, he said he had passed on all of the money to the players.\n\nMr Jones said: \"It's really sad. We'd created this amazing family with players from all over the world, playing good football.\n\n\"And to have this family and friends ripped from underneath you, it's depressing to think about.\"\n\nIt's a shame what Bangor City's come to, but that history and passion has just carried on\n\nFor some lifelong fans, what happened to their club was so difficult to bear, they've transferred all of their devotion into new club Bangor 1876.\n\nFrida Fernley, 19, said it was a \"shame\" what had happened to Bangor City but \"that history and passion\" had carried on with Bangor 1876.\n\n\"It's still there and we're still a part of it,\" she said. \"It's just sort of changed, as things do over time.\"\n\nBangor fans said they trusted the football authorities in Wales to ensure the man taking over their club had the means and backing to take on one of the most historic clubs in Wales.\n\nBangor has struggled with off-the-field issues since moving to their Nantporth ground in 2011\n\n\"I initially thought he was a wealthy man and he's coming into my local football club, is going to spend money and there's no need for me to do anything,\" said Mr O'Neal.\n\n\"Surely it was up to the authorities to check, not individuals to check, where the money had come from?\n\n\"Looking at it now, I think I sort of have to accept some responsibility myself. I knew the players were getting big sums of money. Should I have asked more questions?\"\n\nQuestions are being asked over whether enough is being done to vet football club owners in Wales.\n\nWhile English league clubs have an owners and directors test, in Wales they don't.\n\nBangor forward Les Davies was nominated alongside superstars Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in Uefa's best player in Europe award in 2012\n\n\"I think that the Welsh FAW, certainly for the top three tiers, need to have a fit and proper person's test for ownership of any club,\" said 62-year-old Bangor 1876 fan Dylan Fernley, Frida's dad.\n\nFormer Fifa investigator Terry Steans believes rules in Wales should be tightened after what happened at Bangor.\n\n\"Who was looking into him and his finances?\" he said.\n\n\"Who verified that he had the funds to buy and maintain that club? Someone has to be accountable.\"\n\nDomenico Serafino said he did everything he could to get Bangor back in the Cymru Premier,\n\nThe Football Association of Wales said its code of ethics safeguarded the integrity and reputation of football in Wales.\n\nAs for an owners and directors test, it said it would examine lessons from the new independent regulator in football, which is for England only.\n\nDomenico Serafino said he did everything he could to get Bangor back in the Cymru Premier, but the pandemic and unexpected debts he'd inherited stopped that from happening.\n\nHe blamed Kim Dae Jung for conspiring to undermine the Welsh and Italian clubs for his own financial gain.\n\nFans want the football authorities in Wales to learn from what happened at Bangor City\n\nMr Kim said he was unable to comment for legal reasons.\n\nAsked about his links to Ignazio Spinnato, Mr Serafino said he had always used his \"artistic activities\" to fight corruption and the Mafia.\n\nFor former Bangor keeper Mariano Barufaldi, he isn't just sad he lost out, he still feels for the fans and the game in Wales, which has lost one of its biggest clubs.\n\n\"It's a tragedy for the town, for the beautiful country of Wales and for a club with such a history,\" he said.", "Vadim Shishimari, 21, watched proceedings silently from a reinforced glass box in the Kyiv courtroom\n\nA court in Ukraine has jailed a Russian tank commander for life for killing a civilian at the first war crimes trial since the invasion.\n\nCaptured soldier Sgt Vadim Shishimarin was convicted of killing Oleksandr Shelipov, 62, in the north-eastern village of Chupakhivka on 28 February.\n\nHe admitted shooting Mr Shelipov but said he had been acting on orders and asked forgiveness of the man's widow.\n\nMany other alleged war crimes are being investigated by Ukraine.\n\nAnd in a conflict where the deliberate targeting of civilians has become one of the defining features, Monday's outcome sets a significant legal precedent.\n\nMoscow has always denied its troops have targeted civilians, despite a wealth of evidence to the contrary, while Ukraine says more than 11,000 crimes may have occurred.\n\nUkraine, however, is likely to bring more cases like this to unpick Moscow's blanket denials.\n\nThis sentencing is unlikely to lead to an immediate change in tactics from the invading forces, but it does bring Oleksandr Shelipov's widow Kateryna Shelipova justice.\n\nImposing the life sentence, Judge Serhiy Agafonov said Shishimarin, 21, had carried out a \"criminal order\" by a soldier of higher rank.\n\n\"Given that the crime committed is a crime against peace, security, humanity and the international legal order... the court does not see the possibility of imposing a [shorter] sentence of imprisonment,\" he said.\n\nShishimarin, wearing a blue and grey hooded sweatshirt, watched proceedings silently from a reinforced glass box in the courtroom and showed no emotion as the verdict was read out.\n\nHis lawyer said an appeal would be lodged against the verdict.\n\nThe Kremlin's response is already in motion, with laws being drafted and courts being set up in Russia to try some Ukrainian prisoners as war criminals.\n\nThis suggests both countries could soon find themselves in a legal tit-for-tat while the conflict rages on.\n\n'What did my husband do to you?' widow Kateryna Shelipova asked the Russian soldier during the trial\n\nShishimarin served in Russia's Kantemirovskaya tank division. At the time of the killing, he and other soldiers were travelling in a car they had seized after their convoy came under attack and they became separated from their unit.\n\nWhen they spotted Mr Shelipov he was speaking on his phone, Shishimarin told the court. He said he was told to shoot him with an assault rifle.\n\nHis defence lawyer told the court on Friday that Shishimarin had only fired after twice refusing to carry out the order to shoot and that only one out of three to four rounds had hit the man.\n\nHe said Shishimarin fired the rounds out of fear for his own safety and he questioned whether the defendant had intended to kill.\n\nIn one dramatic moment, the victim's widow Kateryna Shelipova confronted Shishimarin. \"Tell me please, why did you [Russians] come here? To protect us?\" she asked, citing Russian President Vladimir Putin's justification for the invasion of Ukraine.\n\n\"Protect us from whom? Did you protect me from my husband, whom you killed?\"\n\nThe soldier had no answer to that. Asking forgiveness of the widow earlier, he said: \"But I understand you won't be able to forgive me.\"\n\nMs Shelipova told the BBC: \"I feel very sorry for him but for a crime like that - I can't forgive him.\"\n\nSince President Putin sent Russian troops into Ukraine on 24 February, at least 3,838 civilians have been killed and 4,351 injured, according to the UN.\n\nAmong the dead are numerous suspected victims of war crimes in occupied towns such as Bucha.\n\nEarlier this month, the BBC obtained CCTV footage of the killing of two civilians in cold blood allegedly by Russian soldiers, a case now being investigated by prosecutors as a suspected war crime.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBBC Panorama investigates alleged war crimes in Ukraine in Hunting Putin's War Criminals, which airs on Monday 23 May at 20:30 in the UK.", "The crash happened at the end of the school day, close to the town's primary and secondary schools\n\nFour children are in stable condition in hospital after being hit by a school bus.\n\nThe bus crashed into a group of primary school children at about 15:25 BST on Monday in Llanfair Caereinion, Powys.\n\nThree children were airlifted to hospital with another child and the male bus driver both taken by ambulance.\n\nA fifth child was discharged at the scene. The bus had no passengers.\n\nThe bus mounted the kerb and crashed into metal fencing on School Lane, just off Neuadd Lane.\n\nIt has since been removed for forensic examination and the road has reopened.\n\nA service will be held at Capel Moreia in Llanfair Caereinion later on Tuesday for \"quiet reflection and prayers\".\n\nThe bus has now been removed from the scene of the crash\n\nYsgol Uwchradd Caereinion High School and Llanfair Caereinion Primary School are on either side of Neuadd Lane.\n\nDyfed Powys Police have confirmed that school community police officers will be attending the pupils' school on Tuesday to provide support.\n\nPowys council said its school service officers were in the town \"providing support to both the high school and primary school\".\n\nNo passengers were on the bus at the time of the crash", "Women in China's \"re-education\" camps for Uighurs have been systematically raped, sexually abused, and tortured, according to detailed new accounts obtained by the BBC.\n\nYou may find some of the details in this story distressing.\n\nThe men always wore masks, Tursunay Ziawudun said, even though there was no pandemic then.\n\nThey wore suits, she said, not police uniforms.\n\nSometime after midnight, they came to the cells to select the women they wanted and took them down the corridor to a \"black room\", where there were no surveillance cameras.\n\nSeveral nights, Ziawudun said, they took her.\n\n\"Perhaps this is the most unforgettable scar on me forever,\" she said.\n\n\"I don't even want these words to spill from my mouth.\"\n\nTursunay Ziawudun spent nine months inside China's vast and secretive system of internment camps in the Xinjiang region. According to independent estimates, more than a million men and women have been detained in the sprawling network of camps, which China says exist for the \"re-education\" of the Uighurs and other minorities.\n\nHuman rights groups say the Chinese government has gradually stripped away the religious and other freedoms of the Uighurs, culminating in an oppressive system of mass surveillance, detention, indoctrination, and even forced sterilisation.\n\nThe policy flows from China's President, Xi Jinping, who visited Xinjiang in 2014 in the wake of a terror attack by Uighur separatists. Shortly after, according to documents leaked to the New York Times, he directed local officials to respond with \"absolutely no mercy\". The US government said last month that China's actions since amounted to a genocide. China says reports of mass detention and forced sterilisation are \"lies and absurd allegations\".\n\nFirst-hand accounts from inside the internment camps are rare, but several former detainees and a guard have told the BBC they experienced or saw evidence of an organised system of mass rape, sexual abuse and torture.\n\nTursunay Ziawudun, who fled Xinjiang after her release and is now in the US, said women were removed from the cells \"every night\" and raped by one or more masked Chinese men. She said she was tortured and later gang-raped on three occasions, each time by two or three men.\n\nZiawudun has spoken to the media before, but only from Kazakhstan, where she \"lived in constant fear of being sent back to China\", she said. She said she believed that if she revealed the extent of the sexual abuse she had experienced and seen, and was returned to Xinjiang, she would be punished more harshly than before. And she was ashamed, she said.\n\nTursunay Ziawudun was able to flee to Kazakhstan, and then on to relative safety in the US\n\nIt is impossible to verify Ziawudun's account completely because of the severe restrictions China places on reporters in the country, but travel documents and immigration records she provided to the BBC corroborate the timeline of her story. Her descriptions of the camp in Xinyuan county - known in Uighur as Kunes county - match satellite imagery analysed by the BBC, and her descriptions of daily life inside the camp, as well as the nature and methods of the abuse, correspond with other accounts from former detainees.\n\nInternal documents from the Kunes county justice system from 2017 and 2018, provided to the BBC by Adrian Zenz, a leading expert on China's policies in Xinjiang, detail planning and spending for \"transformation through education\" of \"key groups\" - a common euphemism in China for the indoctrination of the Uighurs. In one Kunes document, the \"education\" process is described as \"washing brains, cleansing hearts, strengthening righteousness and eliminating evil\".\n\nThe BBC also interviewed a Kazakh woman from Xinjiang who was detained for 18 months in the camp system, who said she was forced to strip Uighur women naked and handcuff them, before leaving them alone with Chinese men. Afterwards, she cleaned the rooms, she said.\n\n\"My job was to remove their clothes above the waist and handcuff them so they cannot move,\" said Gulzira Auelkhan, crossing her wrists behind her head to demonstrate. \"Then I would leave the women in the room and a man would enter - some Chinese man from outside or policeman. I sat silently next to the door, and when the man left the room I took the woman for a shower.\"\n\nThe Chinese men \"would pay money to have their pick of the prettiest young inmates\", she said.\n\nSome former detainees of the camps have described being forced to assist guards or face punishment. Auelkhan said she was powerless to resist or intervene.\n\nAsked if there was a system of organised rape, she said: \"Yes, rape.\"\n\n\"They forced me to go into that room,\" she said. \"They forced me to take off those women's clothes and to restrain their hands and leave the room.\"\n\nSome of the women who were taken away from the cells at night were never returned, Ziawudun said. Those who were brought back were threatened against telling others in the cell what had happened to them.\n\n\"You can't tell anyone what happened, you can only lie down quietly,\" she said. \"It is designed to destroy everyone's spirit.\"\n\nMr Zenz told the BBC that the testimony gathered for this story was \"some of the most horrendous evidence I have seen since the atrocity began\".\n\n\"This confirms the very worst of what we have heard before,\" he said. \"It provides authoritative and detailed evidence of sexual abuse and torture at a level clearly greater than what we had assumed.\"\n\nGulzira Auelkhan makes tea at home in her village. She was detained for 18 months\n\nThe Uighurs are a mostly Muslim Turkic minority group that number about 11 million in Xinjiang in north-western China. The region borders Kazakhstan and is also home to ethnic Kazakhs. Ziawudun, who is 42, is Uighur. Her husband is a Kazakh.\n\nThe couple returned to Xinjiang in late 2016 after a five-year stay in Kazakhstan, and were interrogated on arrival and had their passports confiscated, Ziawudun said. A few months later, she was told by police to attend a meeting alongside other Uighurs and Kazakhs and the group was rounded up and detained.\n\nHer first stint in detention was comparatively easy, she said, with decent food and access to her phone. After a month she developed stomach ulcers and was released. Her husband's passport was returned and he went back to Kazakhstan to work, but authorities kept Ziawudun's, trapping her in Xinjiang. Reports suggest China has purposefully kept behind and interned relatives to discourage those who leave from speaking out. On 9 March 2018, with her husband still in Kazakhstan, Ziawudun was instructed to report to a local police station, she said. She was told she needed \"more education\".\n\nAccording to her account, Ziawudun was transported back to the same facility as her previous detention, in Kunes county, but the site had been significantly developed, she said. Buses were lined up outside offloading new detainees \"non-stop\".\n\nThe women had their jewellery confiscated. Ziawudun's earrings were yanked out, she said, causing her ears to bleed, and she was herded into a room with a group of women. Among them was an elderly woman who Ziawudun would later befriend.\n\nThe camp guards pulled off the woman's headscarf, Ziawudun said, and shouted at her for wearing a long dress - one of a list of religious expressions that became arrestable offences for Uighurs that year.\n\n\"They stripped everything off the elderly lady, leaving her with just her underwear. She was so embarrassed that she tried to cover herself with her arms,\" Ziawudun said.\n\n\"I cried so much watching the way they treated her. Her tears fell like rain.\"\n\nZiawudun identified this site - listed as a school - as the location where she was held. Satellite images from 2017 (left) and 2019 (right) show significant development typical of camps, with what look like dormitory and factory buildings\n\nThe women were told to hand over their shoes and any clothes with elastic or buttons, Ziawudun said, then taken to cellblocks - \"similar to a small Chinese neighbourhood where there are rows of buildings\".\n\nNothing much happened for the first month or two. They were forced to watch propaganda programmes in their cells and had their hair forcibly cut short.\n\nThen police began interrogating Ziawudun about her absent husband, she said, knocking her on the floor when she resisted and kicking her in the abdomen.\n\n\"Police boots are very hard and heavy, so at first I thought he was beating me with something,\" she said. \"Then I realised that he was trampling on my belly. I almost passed out - I felt a hot flush go through me.\"\n\nA camp doctor told her she might have a blood clot. When her cellmates drew attention to the fact that she was bleeding, the guards \"replied saying it is normal for women to bleed\", she said.\n\nAccording to Ziawudun, each cell was home to 14 women, with bunk beds, bars on the windows, a basin and a hole-in-the-floor-style toilet. When she first saw women being taken out of the cell at night, she didn't understand why, she said. She thought they were being moved elsewhere.\n\nSecret filming obtained by the Bitter Winter activist group showed cells with bars and cameras\n\nThen sometime in May 2018 - \"I don't remember the exact date, because you don't remember the dates inside there\" - Ziawudun and a cellmate, a woman in her twenties, were taken out at night and presented to a Chinese man in a mask, she said. Her cellmate was taken into a separate room.\n\n\"As soon as she went inside she started screaming,\" Ziawudun said. \"I don't know how to explain to you, I thought they were torturing her. I never thought about them raping.\"\n\nThe woman who had brought them from the cells told the men about Ziawudun's recent bleeding.\n\n\"After the woman spoke about my condition, the Chinese man swore at her. The man with the mask said 'Take her to the dark room'.\n\n\"The woman took me to the room next to where the other girl had been taken in. They had an electric stick, I didn't know what it was, and it was pushed inside my genital tract, torturing me with an electric shock.\"\n\nZiawudun's torture that first night in the dark room eventually came to an end, she said, when the woman intervened again citing her medical condition, and she was returned to the cell.\n\nAbout an hour later, her cellmate was brought back.\n\n\"The girl became completely different after that, she wouldn't speak to anyone, she sat quietly staring as if in a trance,\" Ziawudun said. \"There were many people in those cells who lost their minds.\"\n\nGulzira Auelkhan, centre, at home in her village. She was forced to restrain women in the camps, she said\n\nAlongside cells, another central feature of the camps is classrooms. Teachers have been drafted in to \"re-educate\" the detainees - a process activists say is designed to strip the Uighurs and other minorities of their culture, language and religion, and indoctrinate them into mainstream Chinese culture.\n\nQelbinur Sedik, an Uzbek woman from Xinjiang, was among the Chinese language teachers brought into the camps and coerced into giving lessons to the detainees. Sedik has since fled China and spoken publicly about her experience.\n\nThe women's camp was \"tightly controlled\", Sedik told the BBC. But she heard stories, she said - signs and rumours of rape. One day, Sedik cautiously approached a Chinese camp policewoman she knew.\n\n\"I asked her, 'I have been hearing some terrible stories about rape, do you know about it?' She said we should talk in the courtyard during lunch.\n\n\"So I went to the courtyard, where there were not many cameras. She said, 'Yes, the rape has become a culture. It is gang rape and the Chinese police not only rape them but also electrocute them. They are subject to horrific torture.'\"\n\nThat night Sedik didn't sleep at all, she said. \"I was thinking about my daughter who was studying abroad and I cried all night.\"\n\nSayragul Sauytbay, a teacher, said she witnessed a harrowing rape. She was later accused of crossing illegally into Kazakhstan\n\nIn separate testimony to the Uyghur Human Rights Project, Sedik said she heard about an electrified stick being inserted into women to torture them - echoing the experience Ziawudun described.\n\nThere were \"four kinds of electric shock\", Sedik said - \"the chair, the glove, the helmet, and anal rape with a stick\".\n\n\"The screams echoed throughout the building,\" she said. \"I could hear them during lunch and sometimes when I was in class.\"\n\nAnother teacher forced to work in the camps, Sayragul Sauytbay, told the BBC that \"rape was common\" and the guards \"picked the girls and young women they wanted and took them away\".\n\nShe described witnessing a harrowing public gang rape of a woman of just 20 or 21, who was brought before about 100 other detainees to make a forced confession.\n\n\"After that, in front of everyone, the police took turns to rape her,\" Sauytbay said.\n\n\"While carrying out this test, they watched people closely and picked out anyone who resisted, clenched their fists, closed their eyes, or looked away, and took them for punishment.\"\n\nThe young woman cried out for help, Sauytbay said.\n\n\"It was absolutely horrendous,\" she said. \"I felt I had died. I was dead.\"\n\nZiawudun broke down in tears as she identified footage and images of the camps\n\nIn the camp in Kunes, Ziawudun's days drifted into weeks and then months. The detainees' hair was cut, they went to class, they underwent unexplained medical tests, took pills, and were forcibly injected every 15 days with a \"vaccine\" that brought on nausea and numbness.\n\nWomen were forcibly fitted with IUDs or sterilised, Ziawudun said, including a woman who was just about 20 years old. (\"We begged them on her behalf,\" she said.) Forced sterilisation of Uighurs has been widespread in Xinjiang, according to a recent investigation by the Associated Press. The Chinese government told the BBC the allegations were \"completely unfounded\".\n\nAs well as the medical interventions, detainees in Ziawudun's camp spent hours singing patriotic Chinese songs and watching patriotic TV programmes about Chinese President Xi Jinping, she said.\n\n\"You forget to think about life outside the camp. I don't know if they brainwashed us or if it was the side effect of the injections and pills, but you can't think of anything beyond wishing you had a full stomach. The food deprivation is so severe.\"\n\nDetainees had food withheld for infractions such as failing to accurately memorise passages from books about Xi Jinping, according to a former camp guard who spoke to the BBC via video link from a country outside China.\n\n\"Once we were taking the people arrested into the concentration camp, and I saw everyone being forced to memorise those books. They sit for hours trying to memorise the text, everyone had a book in their hands,\" he said.\n\nThose who failed tests were forced to wear three different colours of clothing based on whether they had failed one, two, or three times, he said, and subjected to different levels of punishment accordingly, including food deprivation and beatings.\n\n\"I entered those camps. I took detainees into those camps,\" he said. \"I saw those sick, miserable people. They definitely experienced various types of torture. I am sure about that.\"\n\nAnalysts say the policy against the Uighurs flows directly from President Xi Jinping\n\nIt was not possible to independently verify the guard's testimony but he provided documents that appeared to corroborate a period of employment at a known camp. He agreed to speak on condition of anonymity.\n\nThe guard said he did not know anything about rape in the cell areas. Asked if the camp guards used electrocution, he said: \"Yes. They do. They use those electrocuting instruments.\" After being tortured, detainees were forced to make confessions to a variety of perceived offences, according to the guard. \"I have those confessions in my heart,\" he said.\n\nPresident Xi looms large over the camps. His image and slogans adorn the walls; he is a focus of the programme of \"re-education\". Xi is the overall architect of the policy against the Uighurs, said Charles Parton, a former British diplomat in China and now senior associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute.\n\n\"It is very centralised and it goes to the very top,\" Parton said. \"There is absolutely no doubt whatsoever that this is Xi Jinping's policy.\"\n\nIt was unlikely that Xi or other top party officials would have directed or authorised rape or torture, Parton said, but they would \"certainly be aware of it\".\n\n\"I think they prefer at the top just to turn a blind eye. The line has gone out to implement this policy with great sternness, and that is what is happening.\" That left \"no real constraints\", he said. \"I just don't see what the perpetrators of these acts would have to hold them back.\"\n\nAccording to Ziawudun's account, the perpetrators did not hold back.\n\n\"They don't only rape but also bite all over your body, you don't know if they are human or animal,\" she said, pressing a tissue to her eyes to stop her tears and pausing for a long time to collect herself.\n\n\"They didn't spare any part of the body, they bit everywhere leaving horrible marks. It was disgusting to look at.\n\n\"I've experienced that three times. And it is not just one person who torments you, not just one predator. Each time they were two or three men.\"\n\nLater, a woman who slept near Ziawudun in the cell, who said she was detained for giving birth to too many children, disappeared for three days and when she returned her body was covered with the same marks, Ziawudun said.\n\n\"She couldn't say it. She wrapped her arms around my neck and sobbed continuously, but she said nothing.\"\n\nThe Chinese government did not respond directly to questions from the BBC about allegations of rape and torture. In a statement, a spokeswoman said the camps in Xinjiang were not detention camps but \"vocational education and training centres\".\n\n\"The Chinese government protects the rights and interests of all ethnic minorities equally,\" the spokeswoman said, adding that the government \"attaches great importance to protecting women's rights\".\n\nTursunay Ziawudun at home in the US with her landlady, who supports her\n\nZiawudun was released in December 2018 along with others who had spouses or relatives in Kazakhstan - an apparent policy shift she still doesn't fully understand.\n\nThe state returned her passport and she fled to Kazakhstan and then, with the support of the Uyghur Human Rights Project, to the US. She is applying to stay. She lives in a quiet suburb not far from Washington DC with a landlady from the local Uighur community. The two women cook together and take walks in the streets around the house. It's a slow, uneventful existence. Ziawudun keeps the lights low when she is in the house, because they shone brightly and constantly in the camp. A week after she arrived in the US, she had surgery to remove her womb - a consequence of being stamped on. \"I have lost the chance to become a mother,\" she said. She wants her husband to join her in the US. For now, he is in Kazakhstan.\n\nFor a while after her release, before she could flee, Ziawudun waited in Xinjiang. She saw others who had been churned through the system and released. She saw the effect the policy was having on her people. The birth rate in Xinjiang has plummeted in the past few years, according to independent research - an effect analysts have described as \"demographic genocide\".\n\nMany in the community had turned to alcohol, Ziawudun said. Several times, she saw her former cellmate collapsed on the street - the young woman who was removed from the cell with her that first night, who she heard screaming in an adjacent room. The woman had been consumed by addiction, Ziawudun said. She was \"like someone who simply existed, otherwise she was dead, completely finished by the rapes\".\n\n\"They say people are released, but in my opinion everyone who leaves the camps is finished.\"\n\nAnd that, she said, was the plan. The surveillance, the internment, the indoctrination, the dehumanisation, the sterilisation, the torture, the rape.\n\n\"Their goal is to destroy everyone,\" she said. \"And everybody knows it.\"\n\nReaders in the UK affected by sexual abuse or violence can find support information via the BBC website here.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. China's ambassador Liu Xiaoming: \"There is no such concentration camp in Xinjiang\"", "Same sex couples would be able to marry in a church ceremony officiated by a Church of Scotland minister\n\nThe Church of Scotland has voted to allow clergy to conduct same-sex marriages for the first time.\n\nMembers of the General Assembly in Edinburgh voted to change church law following years of campaigning.\n\nIt means same-sex couples will be able to marry in church in services conducted by ministers.\n\nMinisters and deacons will be able to apply to become celebrants of same sex marriage, but they will not be forced to take part.\n\nThe results of the vote were: 274 for and 136 against.\n\nRt Rev Dr Iain Greenshields, moderator of the General Assembly, said: \"The Church of Scotland is a broad church and there are diverse views on the subject of same-sex marriage among its members.\n\n\"There has been a lengthy, prayerful and in-depth discussion and debate about this topic for many years at all levels of the Church to find a solution that respects diversity and values the beliefs of all.\n\n\"The Church is committed to ensuring that debates on this subject are held in a spirit of humility and grace, the tone and tenor of discussions are civil and people are respectful of those who hold opposing views.\"\n\nBefore Monday's vote, members of the assembly expressed a range of opinions on the change.\n\nAmong them was Rev Scott Rennie, who in 2009 became the first openly gay clergyman in the Church of Scotland to have his appointment approved - despite protests by some sections of the Kirk.\n\nHe was not able to marry his husband in a religious ceremony, as he would have wanted.\n\nHe told the General Assembly: \"I sincerely hope the assembly will find it in itself to support the deliverance, even those who have their doubt.\"\n\nRev Scott Rennie, the Kirk's first openly gay clergyman, was unable to have a Christian ceremony when he married his husband\n\nHe acknowledged those within the Church who did not support the issue.\n\nHe said: \"I want to say that marriage is a wonderful thing. My marriage to my husband Dave nurtures my life and my ministry.\n\n\"Frankly, I couldn't be a minister without his love and support. It is much the same as opposite sex marriage in its joys and its glories.\"\n\nLast year, the Methodist Church became the largest religious denomination in the UK to permit same-sex marriages.\n\nIt is not allowed in the Church of England or the Roman Catholic Church, but is welcomed in the Scottish Episcopal Church, the United Reformed Church and the Quakers.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Susan Cord 🌻 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nRev Susan Cord announced on social media that she has already applied to become a celebrant of same-sex weddings.\n\nThe minister of Killearnan & Knockbain parishes near Inverness told BBC Scotland: \"We make a choice based on what the scripture tells us. There will be colleagues who will decide not to conduct these ceremonies and I will respect that.\n\n\"But for me it is about choice and if a couple, irrespective of gender, whether it is a man and a man, a woman and a woman or a man and a woman, if they love one another and want to show commitment, I want to help them do that.\n\n\"This opens up the choice. People will have held off getting married in civil partnerships because they are Church of Scotland and wanted to wait to be married in their own church.\"\n\nThe Covenant Fellowship Scotland, a think tank of evangelicals within the Church of Scotland, issued a statement accusing the Church of making a \"serious mistake\"\n\nIt said: \"The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, in converting an overture permitting ministers and deacons to officiate at same-sex marriages into an Act of the Church, has acted in a way which is both unbiblical and sinful.\n\n\"We all have a deep pastoral care and concern for those who wish to enter into same sex marriages, and we understand the pastoral impulse of ministers and deacons who wish to help people at life's key moments.\n\n\"But we must nevertheless point to the complete absence of any compelling or persuasive biblical evidence that might permit ministers and deacons of the Church of Scotland to officiate at same sex marriages.\"\n\nIt continued: \"This decision contradicts everything the Bible has to say about the complementary nature of men and women, and of the character and purposes of marriage.\n\n\"Instead of following the clear and unambiguous teaching of God's written word, the Bible, the Church of Scotland continues to follow popular opinion.\"\n\nRt Rev Dr Iain Greenshields, Moderator of the General Assembly, said there had been a lengthy, prayerful and in-depth debate about same-sex marriage\n\nPublic figures have welcomed the decision, including former Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson, and former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale, who are both in same-sex relationships.\n\nBaroness Davidson tweeted: \"Delighted to see that the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland has voted for ministers to be able to conduct same-sex weddings.\n\n\"Thanks to those who have shown grace and care as the church edged closer and closer to this point.\"\n\nMs Dugdale described it as \"tremendous news and progress\".\n\nSame-sex weddings could take place in Church of Scotland buildings later this year.", "Alicia Watson and Nathaniel Pope blamed each other for Kemarni's death\n\nA man who murdered his partner's three-year-old son after inflicting more than 20 rib fractures over weeks of beatings has been jailed for at least 24 years.\n\nAlong with Pope's life term, Kemarni's mother Alicia Watson received 11 years at Birmingham Crown Court for causing or allowing Kemarni's death.\n\nMrs Justice Tipples said he had died after \"a severe and sustained assault\".\n\nThe judge told 32-year-old Pope it would \"have caused extreme distress and pain and that would have been obvious to you\".\n\n\"Kemarni was not your son and he did not mean anything to you. You saw him as a nuisance who got in the way of your relationship,\" she said.\n\nThe judge told the former warehouse worker she was sure he had been under the influence of cannabis when he killed the three-year-old in June 2018.\n\nJudge Mrs Justice Tipples said the physical abuse of Kemarni \"became an accepted course of conduct in the flat\"\n\nPope has previous convictions for burglary and possession of heroin with intent to supply. In 2011 he was jailed for four months for an attack on a young mother on a London bus.\n\nThe judge told Watson, 31, she had known Pope had been injuring Kemarni with punches and kicks and had done nothing to stop it; and she had also \"regularly beat him hard\" with her hands.\n\nDuring the trial, it emerged Watson had bought cannabis and spent money on driving lessons, as Kemarni lost his nursery place due to lack of funds.\n\nMrs Justice Tipples said it had been \"a particularly distressing and tragic case\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nPathologists found four rib fractures on Kemarni which they believe were caused up to four weeks before he was killed at his home in Beaconview Road, West Bromwich.\n\nThe trial was told Kemarni would already have been in pain from serious injuries when, hours before he was beaten to death, he was taken by Watson to a walk-in health centre, where he was given medicine for a suspected stomach bug.\n\nKemarni's father Darren Darby told the start of the sentencing hearing on Monday Pope and Watson had left him suffering \"a true life sentence\".\n\nIn a statement about Kemarni, he said: \"He had the potential to be so much. I will not get to be involved in the key moments of his life.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. CCTV footage shows the last time Kemarni was pictured alive\n\nPope, from Wolverhampton, and Watson, of Handsworth, Birmingham, were also found guilty of child cruelty charges.\n\nSpeaking after the pair were jailed, Giovanni D'Alessandro, of the Crown Prosecution Service, said: \"This was a deeply disturbing case of two people who were supposed to be protecting a defenceless three-year-old boy but instead subjected him to cruelty and repeated bouts of violence.\n\n\"Rather than take responsibility for their actions, both Watson and Pope repeatedly lied and sought only to blame one another for all of these crimes.\"\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Casey, seen here in a village near Kharkiv, has been in Ukraine for two months Image caption: Casey, seen here in a village near Kharkiv, has been in Ukraine for two months\n\nMore now on Severodonetsk - a strategically vital city in the eastern Donbas region that is being bombarded by Russian forces.\n\nDallas Anthony Casey is an American combat medic who has been volunteering in Ukraine for more than two months. He has been carrying out various roles including giving medical training to Ukrainian forces.\n\nHe is currently in Dnipro after returning from Severodonetsk, where he has been helping evacuate people remaining in the besieged city.\n\nShelling of the city is \"constant\", he tells me.\n\n\"Never a moment where there wasn’t. We’d be driving down the road to one location and watch a building get hit. We'd stop and run into the building and see if anyone could be saved,\" Casey says.\n\n\"Two days ago one of the volunteer ladies was hit when going door to door. She lost the lower half of her leg and lost a lot of blood before we could get to her. We had to do CPR, but we were unsuccessful,\" he adds.\n\nDespite the constant shelling and complete devastation of the city, many civilians remain.\n\n\"When we’d drive through you’d see people on their bikes or on a stroll while the building right next to them gets blown up. No rush or hurry, they’d just carry on with what they were doing.\"\n\nThe people remaining roughly fall into two groups, Casey says.\n\n\"Some think the Russians will come and take over and their life will be much better,\" he says.\n\n\"We convinced some people to come with us and they’d be shamed on their way out of the shelter.\"\n\n\"Then the other group of people are in complete shock. You go to their door, ask them if they want to be evacuated and they’d be too scared to leave their homes,\" he says.\n\n\"They’d tell you: 'This is all I have, where am I going to go?'\"", "Some of the first commuters told the BBC they had been waiting years for this moment\n\nMore than 130,000 passengers piled aboard the first trains running on the new £18.9bn Elizabeth line within hours of its launch on Tuesday.\n\nTransport enthusiasts gathered at Paddington station and Abbey Wood, in south-east London, to be on the first morning services.\n\nA slight hitch came as Paddington, a major hub on the route, was evacuated due to a fire alarm at 08:30 BST.\n\nLondon Fire Brigade (LFB) gave the all clear about 30 minutes later.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The delayed and over-budget Crossrail project has finally opened to passengers\n\nLFB said the alarm had been set off accidentally.\n\nAmid a celebratory atmosphere, London mayor Sadiq Khan said he felt like \"the little boy before Christmas\" as he boarded a train at Paddington.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Paul Powlesland This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Elizabeth line links Reading to the west with Essex to the east, via central London.\n\nA Transport for London (TfL) spokesman said about half the journeys on the morning of the launch involved the new central section between Paddington and Abbey Wood. The journey times between these stations have been nearly halved.\n\nThere will also be quicker travel to places like Bristol due to the Paddington connection.\n\nThe first train left the terminus of the new line, Abbey Wood, at 06:30, where eager commuter Paul Powlesland had arrived two hours earlier to claim his spot.\n\nThe barrister said he was thrilled to be the first one there, in plenty of time to get a selfie with the station manager and be given a commemorative badge.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nWoolwich was the next stop, where a queue had also built up by 06:00, before the shutters were raised.\n\nAs they streamed into the new station, commuters were celebrating their new journey times.\n\nThe first train from south-east London rolled into Paddington at 06:58, 28 minutes after its departure from Abbey Wood.\n\nA \"loud and hearty\" cheer greeted the train's maiden Elizabeth line journey as it arrived on time - unlike the project itself.\n\nThere was an upbeat mood as passengers finally got the chance to take an Elizabeth line train\n\nThose arriving at Paddington were greeted by staff sporting large purple Elizabeth line fingers, while passengers wore wearing all manner of purple clothing.\n\nSocks, badges and even purple hair were flaunted to show appreciation for the line named in honour of the Queen.\n\nLen Goody was among those sporting purple garb for his first Elizabeth line journey.\n\n\"No screeching\", said an appreciative Len Goody\n\nHe was particularly pleased about the smooth and quiet tracks and said it was \"nice to know you're the first person to travel on the first service\".\n\n\"You don't get an opening of a new line very often so when something like this comes along you've got to have a go, try it out and see what it's like,\" he said.\n\n\"It's smooth and ever so quiet. There's no screeching like the normal Tube lines. It obviously isn't a Tube line but it's lovely, really nice.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Harry Low This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIt's 06:00, it's raining and a line is forming, which gives those gathered at Abbey Wood in south-east London an opportunity to combine two national pastimes: queuing and complaining about the weather.\n\nFor the first time in recent memory, though, one could not hear any complaints about delays to Crossrail.\n\nThat's because for the first time throughout this whole project, transport bosses can legitimately claim to have delivered on time, with the first train arriving at Paddington from Abbey Wood at 06:58 - 28 minutes after departing.\n\nThe challenge now will be to maintain that performance before the line fully opens from one end to the other next year, by which time it's hoped a seven-day-a-week service will be operating.\n\n\"Quick and cool\" was the verdict from Raphael\n\nBBC London also spoke to \"really excited\" 10-year-old Raphael, who was one of those on board first on the Paddington-bound train.\n\n\"It's very quick and cool, and you can sit back and relax as the train goes through the tunnel,\" he said, adding he would 100% be using the service again in the future.\n\nThe line isn't operating from one end to the other yet - but those on board were celebrating the realisation of a long-held ambition for transport bosses: running a new east-west railway with paying customers without any major hiccups.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 4 by Anna O'Neill This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Khan, who travelled on the first train from Paddington, said the Elizabeth line was a \"game-changer\" that would \"transform our city\".\n\nLondon's mayor added the trains were \"fit for a Queen\" - the monarch visited Paddington last week to mark the completion of the Crossrail project.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The Queen makes surprise visit to Elizabeth line and is given an Oyster card\n\nAlthough there was praise for the engineers involved, the ticketing system was described as a \"dog's breakfast\" by Manuel Cortes, general secretary of the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA) trade union.\n\nHe has called on the government to simplify the complicated fares structure outside the TfL zones 1-6.\n\nElizabeth line fares are the same as those on the London Underground. Services currently operating as TfL Rail will remain unchanged, although there will be a £7.20 premium on journeys to and from Heathrow.\n\nPeak-fare single journeys to Heathrow Airport from central London (weekdays between 06:30-09:30 and 16:00-19:00) will cost £12.70 and be £2 cheaper at other times (peak and off-peak Tube fares currently cost £5.50 and £3.50 respectively, while the Heathrow Express costs £25).\n\nContactless pay-as-you-go transactions are accepted across the Elizabeth line, while daily and weekly capping also apply.\n\nFollow BBC London on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hellobbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Emergency services were called to the property on Monday morning\n\nA 62-year-old has died after being bitten by a dog in north Wales.\n\nEmergency services were called to reports of a medical emergency on Holt Road, Wrexham, at about 11:30 BST.\n\nThe man died at the scene from a cardiac arrest, despite efforts to rescue him. Other dogs kept at the property have been removed by police.\n\nNorth Wales Police said the dog was put down by a vet at the scene after being \"securely contained\". The breed of the dog is not yet known.\n\nThe force added that the victim's family has been informed.\n\nThe Welsh Ambulance Service said it sent three emergency ambulances, two rapid response vehicles and the Wales Air Ambulance to the scene.", "Boris Johnson has been pictured drinking at an event in Downing Street during lockdown.\n\nITV News has published four photos, saying they were taken on 13 November 2020 at a leaving do for the PM's director of communications, Lee Cain.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police have issued fines relating to No 10 gatherings on that date.\n\nA No 10 spokeswoman said the Cabinet Office and the police had had access to information, including photographs.\n\nThe BBC has been told that at least one person who attended has been fined by the police. Mr Johnson himself was not.\n\nAfter the leaked pictures were published, Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner said the PM had \"demeaned his office\" and \"the British people deserve better\".\n\nShe added: \"Boris Johnson said repeatedly that he knew nothing about law-breaking - there's no doubt now, he lied. Boris Johnson made the rules, and then broke them.\"\n\nLiberal Democrat deputy leader Daisy Cooper said the images show Mr Johnson \"has taken the British people for fools\" while the SNP's Ian Blackford called him a \"charlatan and a liar\"\n\nBoth called on Conservatives MPs to remove Mr Johnson from office.\n\nThe former leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Ruth Davidson, said the prime minister's position was untenable, while veteran Tory MP Sir Roger Gale said the new images were \"damning\" and suggested Mr Johnson should quit.\n\nScottish Conservatives leader Douglas Ross, who had previously urged Mr Johnson to quit over the party controversy, said: \"The prime minister must outline why he believes this behaviour was acceptable.\"\n\nA No 10 spokeswoman said that with the Met's investigation concluded, senior civil servant Sue Gray would be publishing her report into the gatherings \"in the coming days, at which point the prime minister will address Parliament in full\".\n\nThe pictures obtained by ITV News show Mr Johnson toasting colleagues, while standing by a table on which wine bottles, wine glasses and what appears to be a hand sanitiser container can be seen.\n\nA second lockdown was in force in England at the time the picture was taken, and the rules prohibited indoor gatherings of two or more people. An exception was allowed if the gathering \"was reasonably necessary\" for work purposes.\n\nITV published four photos from the event, including this one showing the PM's red box, used for official papers\n\nA raft of allegations about gatherings held in Downing Street and Whitehall throughout the pandemic led to a Metropolitan Police investigation into 12 events.\n\nThe inquiry concluded last week, with a total of 126 fixed penalty notices being issued to 83 individuals for parties held over eight separate dates.\n\nMr Johnson, his wife Carrie, and Chancellor Rishi Sunak all received one fine each for attending a birthday party thrown in the PM's honour in June 2020.\n\nBut No 10 confirmed the PM was not facing any additional fines from the police.\n\nThe Liberal Democrats have written to the Independent Office for Police Conduct, questioning why the prime minister had not received more fines and asking them to examine the police's original investigation.\n\nOn 8 December 2020, Labour MP Catherine West asked Mr Johnson in the Commons if a party had taken place in Downing Street on 13 November - though it is not clear if she was referring to the event photographed.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Angela Rayner on PM drinking images: \"I think they are appalling.\"\n\nHe replied: \"No - but I am sure that whatever happened, the guidance was followed and the rules were followed at all times.\"\n\nThe prime minister faces a further inquiry by the Commons' Privileges Committee about whether he deliberately misled MPs when he previously told them no Covid rules had been broken in Downing Street.\n\nUnder government guidelines, ministers who knowingly mislead Parliament are expected to resign.\n\nMPs are also awaiting the outcome of an investigation by Durham Police into a gathering in the city on 30 April 2021 attended by Labour leader Keir Starmer and his deputy Ms Rayner.\n\nSir Keir has said he will resign if he is fined for attending the event.\n\nThere have always been two big questions at the heart of 'Partygate': Did the prime minister himself break the law and has he been completely candid about what he knew about law-breaking in Downing Street?\n\nResponding to these latest pictures, No 10 is pretty bullish.\n\nIt says that the police would have seen these photos and didn't fine him.\n\nOn the second point though, things may get a little trickier for Boris Johnson.\n\nThese pictures show him at an event for which somebody else was fined so can his insistence that he thought all the rules had been followed hold?\n\nAnd there are two big audiences which really matter: MPs and the public.\n\nThere will be huge scrutiny of exactly what the prime minister said to Parliament about this and whether or not it was misleading.\n\nThe outcome of that could have a very swift impact on his prime ministerial future.\n\nBeyond that though, pictures like these pose a potentially longer-term issue.\n\nWhile there will be plenty of people who won't be bothered by them, the risk is that others will be and more may lose trust in Boris Johnson.", "Boris Bondarev has released a scathing public statement after quitting in protest at the war\n\nA Russian diplomat has quit his job in protest at the \"bloody, witless\" war \"unleashed by Putin against Ukraine\".\n\nBoris Bondarev, whose LinkedIn says he worked at the Russian mission to the UN in Geneva, told the BBC he knew his decision to speak out may mean the Kremlin now considers him a traitor.\n\nBut he stood by his statement which described the war as \"a crime against the Ukrainian people\" and \"the people of Russia\".\n\nMoscow has not yet commented.\n\nRussia has cracked down on those who are critical of or veer from the official narrative surrounding the war, which it refers to only as \"a special military operation\".\n\nIn the letter posted on social media and shared with fellow diplomats, Mr Bondarev explained he had chosen to end his 20-year career in the service because he could no \"longer share in this bloody, witless and absolutely needless ignominy\".\n\n\"Those who conceived of this war want only one thing - to stay in power forever,\" he wrote.\n\n\"To achieve that, they are willing to sacrifice as many lives as it takes,\" he continued. \"Thousands of Russians and Ukrainians have already died just for this.\"\n\nThe letter does not hold back over his former employer either, accusing Russia's Foreign Ministry of being more interested in \"lies and hatred\" than diplomacy.\n\nAs resignation letters go, this one was scathing.\n\nDiplomat Boris Bondarev didn't hold back in his criticism of President Putin, Foreign Minister Lavrov and the Russian offensive in Ukraine.\n\n\"The aggressive war… the most serious crime… warmongering, lies and hatred…\"\n\nIt's rare to hear such words from a Russian official. In the three months since Vladimir Putin launched what he's still calling his \"special military operation\" in Ukraine (what most of the world calls Russia's war) there have been few signs of open dissent in Russian state institutions.\n\nEmbarrassing for the Russian authorities? Absolutely. They like to make out that the state machine here is fully behind President Putin's decision to invade Ukraine.\n\nBut one resignation does not automatically mean that many more will follow. Mr Bondarev admitted to me that he's in the minority. He believes that, for now, most officials in the Russian Foreign Ministry back the official line and support the Kremlin's 'special operation.'\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, Mr Bondarev said he had \"not seen any alternative\" than to resign: \"I don't think it will change a lot, frankly, but I think it may be one little brick into the bigger wall which would eventually be built. I hope so.\"\n\nMr Bondarev revealed that the invasion had initially been met by colleagues with \"happiness, delight, euphoria\" at the fact Russia had \"taken some radical steps\".\n\n\"Now they're less happy with that, because we're facing some problems, with the economy first of all,\" he told the BBC. \"But I don't see that many of them would repent and change their views.\n\n\"They may become a little bit less radical, less aggressive quite a bit. But not peaceful.,\" he said.\n\nIn contrast, Mr Bondarev said in his open letter he had \"never been so ashamed of my country\" as he was on 24 February, the day the invasion began.\n\nIt is unclear if he is the first diplomat to resign from the mission, although no one else has spoken out publicly.\n\nMr Bondarev is under no illusions that Moscow will now see him as a traitor, but notes he hasn't \"done anything illegal\".\n\n\"I just resigned and spoke my mind,\" he said. \"But I think I have to be concerned about my safety of course.\"", "Dr David Phillips is holding appointments over the phone to reduce the risk of monkeypox spread\n\nThe monkeypox virus has been found in 14 more people in England, bringing the total number of cases in the UK to 71, health officials say.\n\nThey are tracing high-risk close contacts of the cases to advise them to isolate at home for 21 days.\n\nA smallpox vaccine is being offered to prevent them developing symptoms.\n\nAnyone with unusual rashes or lesions on any part of the body should contact NHS 111 or their local sexual health service.\n\nDr David Phillips, a sexual health consultant in south London, said clinics were still \"open for business\" even though some staff are isolating, and appointments are being held by phone to reduce the risk of monkeypox spreading.\n\nHe said some patients were getting frustrated, but urged them to \"be patient with us\".\n\nDr Phillips calls back anyone with an unusual rash and can see them face-to-face if wearing mask, goggles, gown and gloves.\n\nHe said his clinic had seen a very small number of monkeypox cases.\n\nThe UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) says many of the 71 people infected so far have been gay, bisexual or men who have sex with men - and it has been asking these groups in particular to be aware of the symptoms.\n\nBut monkeypox is not a sexually-transmitted disease, and experts stress the illness does not affect one community more than any other, so there should be no stigma.\n\nThe virus, which is usually a mild infection, spreads through close contact with scabs on the skin, bedding and towels used by an infected person - and through their coughs and sneezes.\n\nThe overall risk to the public is low, the UKHSA says, despite the rise in cases amid the largest outbreak of monkeypox outside Africa.\n\nSo far in this outbreak, which started in early May, there have been 131 cases of monkeypox in more than 15 countries.\n\nMost are in Europe, where it is rarely seen, although there have been more than 1,200 cases in recent months in West Africa, where it is always present. In the UK, all the cases are in England, apart from one in Scotland. No cases have been found in Wales or Northern Ireland.\n\nMore than 1,000 doses of the smallpox vaccine Imvanex are being sent to NHS Trusts, and another 3,500 doses are in the UK.\n\nThe World Health Organization says the outbreak is \"containable\" and it is providing advice to countries on how to tackle the situation.\n\nThe rash changes and goes through different stages, and can look like chickenpox or syphilis, before finally forming a scab, which later falls off\n\nMonkeypox is usually associated with travel to Central or West Africa, but some of the cases which have been occurring outside these countries have had no travel link.\n\nIt does not spread easily between people, but it can be spread through:\n\nIf you get infected with monkeypox, it usually takes between five and 21 days for the first symptoms to appear.\n\nA rash can develop, often beginning on the face, then spreading to other parts of the body. The rash changes and goes through different stages - a bit like chicken pox - before finally forming a scab, which later falls off.\n\nRead more about the virus here.", "The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) says it has detected 36 additional cases of monkeypox in England.\n\nAdding in a new case found in Scotland on Monday, it brings the total number of infections in the UK to 57.\n\nThe rare virus - which causes a rash and a fever - has been seen around the world in recent weeks, which is unusual.\n\nHealth experts stress that the overall risk remains low, and that the disease can be contained.\n\nNorthern Ireland's Public Health Agency and Public Health Wales each said they have had no confirmed cases.\n\nDowning Street has said there are no plans to hold a meeting of the Cobra emergency committee over monkeypox, or to impose any travel bans.\n\nChelsea and Westminster Hospital in London has said \"around 10\" staff in its sexual health clinic are self-isolating at home after coming into close contact with a patient with monkeypox.\n\nDr Claire Dewsnap, president of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV, told the BBC that \"up to 10 staff\" at a second sexual health clinic were also self-isolating. The location has not been revealed.\n\nClinics have now brought in stringent Personal Protective Equipment requirements when dealing with the virus.\n\nAbout 100 confirmed cases have been recorded globally so far.\n\nThe World Health Organization's (WHO) emerging disease lead Maria Van Kerkhove said we should expect to see more in the coming days, but that we have the tools to stop the virus.\n\n\"This is a containable situation, particularly in the countries where we are seeing these outbreaks that are happening across Europe, in North America as well,\" she said.\n\nThe virus does not usually spread easily between people, but it can be passed on through close person-to-person contact. That includes:\n\nDr Susan Hopkins, from the UKHSA, urged people to be aware of any unusual rashes, or lesions and to contact a sexual health service if they have any symptoms.\n\n\"A notable proportion of recent cases in the UK and Europe have been found in gay and bisexual men so we are particularly encouraging these men to be alert to the symptoms,\" she said.\n\nAndy Seale, an adviser to the WHO, said: \"While we're seeing some cases in men, this is not a 'gay disease' as some people and social media have labelled it.\n\n\"It seems clear it's linked to close contact, whether through social contact or possibly sexual contact,\" he added in a social media session that was set up to answer questions from the public.\n\nAnyone at the highest risk of having caught monkeypox - those who live with someone who has it, for example - will be asked to isolate at home for up to 21 days, in line with official guidelines.\n\nThe government has confirmed that it has bought supplies of a smallpox vaccine, and this is being offered to identified close contacts of anyone diagnosed with monkeypox to reduce the risk of symptomatic infection and severe illness.\n\nMost cases will be mild and get better within a few weeks.\n\nIf you become infected with monkeypox, it usually takes between five and 21 days for the first symptoms to appear.\n\nA rash can develop, often beginning on the face, then spreading to other parts of the body. The rash changes and goes through different stages - a bit like chicken pox - before finally forming a scab, which later falls off.\n\nWhat are your questions about Monkeypox? You can get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Nazanin tells BBC she was forced to sign confession in Iran\n\nNo British official forced Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe to sign a false confession, the UK government has said.\n\nIn a statement in the Commons, Foreign Office minister Amanda Milling said the UK official simply passed on the Iranian authorities' request.\n\n\"Iran made clear they would not allow her to leave Tehran airport unless Nazanin signed a document,\" she said.\n\nMrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe revealed to the BBC on Monday a UK official was present when she signed the statement.\n\nHer lawyers have accused the UK of \"apparent complicity\" in the false confession.\n\nThe mother-of-one was detained in Iran for six years accused of plotting to topple the government. She was reunited with her husband and seven-year-old daughter in the UK after being released in March.\n\nFellow British-Iranian national Anoosheh Ashoori, detained since 2017 on spying charges, was released at the same time.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Emma Barnett on Woman's Hour, Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe questioned why the UK did not challenge Iran over forcing her to admit to crimes she did not commit as a condition of her release.\n\nShe described being taken away by Iranian Revolutionary Guards without seeing her parents and \"made to sign the forced confession at the airport in the presence of the British government\".\n\nShe added that she was told she would not be allowed to get on the plane back to the UK without signing the confession and said Iranian officials filmed the whole process.\n\nSpeaking in Parliament, Ms Milling told MPs: \"A UK official was present to help facilitate both Nazanin and Anoosheh Ashoori's departure, and passed on the message from the IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) that she needed to sign a confession.\n\n\"Given the situation Iran put Nazanin in at the airport, she took the decision to sign the document. No UK official forced Nazanin to do so.\"\n\nDescribing Iran's treatment of Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe as \"horrendous\", Ms Milling said Iran had a practice of insisting detainees sign documents before their release.\n\n\"Nothing about the cruel treatment by Iran of detainees can be described as acceptable, including at the point of release,\" she added.\n\nOn Monday it was revealed Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's lawyers had written to Foreign Secretary Liz Truss claiming the UK's lead negotiator told her a confession would have no value and she needed to sign the document if she wanted to get on the plane.\n\nHuman rights organisation Redress, acting on behalf of Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, said the UK's \"apparent complicity\" in the false confession left her \"deeply distressed\".\n\nIn a letter, Redress wrote: \"Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe had resisted intense pressure to make a false confession on many occasions during interrogations and during her eight-and-a half months in solitary confinement.\n\n\"The UK's actions would have appeared to Iran as the UK agreeing to play by its rules.\n\n\"This emboldens Iran to continue its abuse in other cases.\"\n\nGovernment minister Amanda Milling said Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe took the decision to sign the document\n\nTulip Siddiq, MP for Hampstead and Kilburn who campaigned for her constituent's release, said: \"It was only when a UK official told her that she had to sign it if she was going to board the plane that was waiting to take her home, that she finally caved and gave Iran what they wanted.\n\n\"Nazanin returned home but the toll this took on my constituent after six years of detention is unimaginable and unacceptable and I do not accept what the minister is saying, that no-one forced her.\"\n\nShe also asked whether the prime minister or foreign secretary authorised UK officials to advise Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe to sign the false confession.", "Ava White died after the Christmas light switch-on in Liverpool\n\nA boy who stabbed a schoolgirl in a row over a Snapchat video has been found guilty of her murder.\n\nAva White, 12, was fatally stabbed in Liverpool city centre after a Christmas lights switch-on on 25 November 2021.\n\nThe 14-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told Liverpool Crown Court he accidentally stabbed her in self-defence.\n\nHe had pleaded guilty to possessing an offensive weapon but was convicted of murder after a trial.\n\nMrs Justice Amanda Yip told the boy that in light of the verdict, he would face a life sentence, but she was still to decide \"what the shortest amount of time that you will have to serve in custody is\".\n\nThe court was told the knife which the boy used to stab Ava had a 3ins (7.5cm) blade\n\nThe court heard Ava and her friends became involved in an argument with the teenager and three of his friends after the boys recorded Snapchat videos of her group.\n\nThe boy told the jury he heard one of Ava's group threaten to stab his friend if he did not delete a video of Ava.\n\nHe claimed he had wanted to \"frighten her away\" and had not meant to stab her.\n\nAva's friends said the boy \"grinned\" after attacking her in School Lane before fleeing.\n\nThe court heard he then discarded the knife and took off his coat, which was later found in a wheelie bin.\n\nShortly after, CCTV showed him and his friends in a shop where the boy took a selfie and the group bought butter, which he said was for crumpets.\n\nHe then went to a friend's home and when his mother contacted him to tell him police wanted to speak to him, he told her he was playing a computer game.\n\nThe youth was arrested at about 22:30 GMT, a few hours after the stabbing, and initially told his mother he was \"not going the cells\".\n\nHe told police he had not been in the city centre, but in later interviews, he went on to blame another boy for the stabbing.\n\nA week after Ava was murdered, Liverpool and Everton fans paid tribute to her at the Merseyside derby\n\nHe told the court he had lied to police because he thought he would \"get away with it\", adding: \"I was scared I was going to go to jail.\"\n\nThe boy admitted possessing the knife, which the court heard had a blade measuring 3ins (7.5cm), but denied murder and an alternative charge of manslaughter.\n\nThe jury heard edited transcripts of five police interviews carried out in the days following his arrest.\n\nFollowing legal discussions, the jury was not told that in one interview, he told an officer to \"shut up\" and called him a derogatory term, while in another, he referred to \"smoking weed\".\n\nThe jury delivered its verdict after deliberating for two hours eight minutes, with one jury member wiping away a tear as they were discharged by Mrs Justice Yip.\n\nMore than 20 members of Ava's family cheered as the verdict was passed, while the boy, who was appearing on video-link, had his head in his hands.\n\nAdjourning the case for sentencing on 11 July, the judge told the boy that \"in light of the jury's verdict, I think you know I can only impose a life sentence, but what I have to do is decide what the shortest amount of time that you will have to serve in custody is\".\n\nBalloons were released at the start of the vigil in memory of Ava in December\n\nSpeaking outside court, Det Supt Sue Coombs said Ava's mother, father and sister were \"completely devastated\".\n\n\"Since that dreadful night they have suffered immeasurable grief and sadness,\" she continued.\n\n\"It has been heartbreaking for them to witness Ava's final moments during this court process.\"\n\nThe detective thanked the members of the public, retail staff and medics \"who did everything they could to try save Ava's life\".\n\nLiverpool Mayor Joanne Anderson said the city council's thoughts were also with Ava's family and friends.\n\n\"We can only hope that the verdict brings them some comfort,\" Ms Anderson added.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe BBC has apologised after a message appeared on the news channel saying \"Manchester United are rubbish\".\n\nThe text mistakenly popped up on the news ticker at the bottom of the screen during a tennis update just after 0930 on Tuesday.\n\nLater in the morning, presenter Annita Mcveigh apologised to any Manchester United fans who may have been offended.\n\nShe said the mistake had occurred as someone was learning how to operate the ticker and was \"writing random things\".\n\nAnother message which appeared on the ticker read simply: \"Weather rain everywhere.\"\n\nMcveigh told viewers: \"A little earlier, some of you may have noticed something pretty unusual on the ticker that runs along the bottom of the screen with news making a comment about Manchester United, and I hope that Manchester United fans weren't offended by it.\n\n\"Let me just explain what was happening: behind the scenes, someone was training to learn how to use the ticker and to put text on the ticker, so they were just writing random things not in earnest and that comment appeared.\n\n\"So apologies if you saw that and you were offended and you're a fan of Manchester United.\n\n\"But certainly that was a mistake and it wasn't meant to appear on the screen. So that was what happened, we just thought we'd better explain that to you.\"\n\nAn official BBC statement added: \"There was a technical glitch during training with our test ticker, which rolled over to live programming for a few seconds.\n\n\"We apologised for any offence caused on air.\"\n\nBBC presenter and Manchester City fan Clive Myrie tweeted he \"had nothing to do with this!!\" with the hashtag MCFC, after City won the Premier League title on Sunday.\n\nManchester United have struggled by their standards in recent seasons and missed out on a Champions League spot, coming sixth in the table. Their new manager and former Ajax boss, Erik Ten Hag, is United's fifth permanent boss since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013.", "The highly coercive and potentially lethal systems of control used against minority groups in China’s internment camps have been revealed in a giant cache of secret documents shared with the BBC. China insists the network of secure facilities built across its far western region of Xinjiang are simply “schools” for combatting extremism to which “students” sign up willingly. But the contents of the leaked Xinjiang Police Files suggest a different story. Taking information from the leaked documents, the BBC has reconstructed one of the camps – the Shufu County New Vocational Skills Education and Training Centre - to reveal the methods used inside. Keep scrolling to find out more\n\nThe camp is just south of the city of Kashgar. The documents show it holds 3,722 “students”, guarded by more than 366 police officers.\n\nThe camp is just south of the city of Kashgar. The documents show it holds 3,722 “students”, guarded by more than 366 police officers.\n\nPolice are stationed at the front gate… …and each of the main buildings. Twenty five of them are armed with guns. Watchtowers, the documents say, are guarded by two police officers. They are equipped with sniper rifles and machine guns. Exercise yards are fenced off and watched over by seven officers. Inside the building, “students” are overseen during lessons by police.\n\nPolice are stationed at the front gate… …and each of the main buildings. Watchtowers, the documents say, are guarded by two police officers. Exercise yards are fenced off and watched over by seven officers. Inside the building, “students” are overseen during lessons by police.\n\nThe leaked papers detailing the protocols, or rules, for guarding the camps are part of a cache of tens of thousands of documents, mostly dated from 2017 and 2018. The Xinjiang Police Files - the title given to the cache by a consortium of international journalists of which the BBC is part – include classified speeches by senior officials, thousands of images of Uyghur detainees, spreadsheets detailing their internment status, and the personal information of hundreds of police officers. An anonymous source, who claims to have hacked, downloaded and decrypted the files from a number of police computer servers in the Xinjiang region, first passed them to the US based Xinjiang scholar, Dr Adrian Zenz, who in turn shared them with the BBC. The painstakingly detailed police work rosters, training manuals and instructions for guarding the camps show more than just the presence of guns. In the most significant document in this part of the dataset, officers are ordered to be prepared to use the weapons in the event of an escape. When the alarm is triggered, the papers say, the perimeter roads must be sealed off, the buildings locked down and the camp’s own armed police “strike group” sent in. After a warning shot is fired, if the “student” continues to try to escape, the order is clear: shoot them dead. The documents also state that any apprehended escapees should then be taken away “for interrogation”, while camp management should focus on “stabilising other students’ thoughts and emotions” to ensure the school is “safe and stable”. The police protocol documents also describe the rules for transfers from one facility to another. Those being transferred should be blindfolded with their “hands cuffed” and their “feet shackled”, the papers say. The documents reveal that even the sick must be restrained and escorted by four staff – again while wearing cuffs and shackles. This is an approach used in other countries only for highly dangerous prisoners. The above instructions on transferring detainees between facilities bear a strong resemblance to footage seen in 2018, which China vehemently denied had anything to do with the camps, but now appears to be given further weight as a result of the hack. There’s a striking similarity between the instructions for moving the sick and an image from the hacked files, showing the highly controlled circumstances under which medical procedures are carried out, not in a camp, but in a detention centre. China insists that the camps provide grateful and willing Uyghurs and other Turkic minorities with lessons that steer them away from the dangers of terrorism and extremism. In some regards, they bear a passing resemblance to schools, with the rote learning of Chinese and the reciting of propaganda slogans. But the cache goes further than ever before in showing the harsh, involuntary nature of these facilities designed to target almost any aspect of Uyghur identity, and replace it with an enforced loyalty to the Communist Party. Although the police protocols - which are written in simple Microsoft Word files - are difficult to independently verify, they sit alongside many other documents that are far easier to authenticate. The hacked data contains thousands of photographs of people who have been incarcerated – many of which also show evidence of a high degree of control with officers carrying batons visible in some of the images. These images can be verified by being shown to contain real people, identified as the missing relatives of a number of overseas Uyghurs approached by the BBC. The BBC has also been able to verify the spreadsheets containing the photographs, ID numbers and cell phones for camp police officers. Although security personnel in Xinjiang are known to be under orders not to answer calls from overseas, after dialling the numbers listed for more than 150 police officers and government officials, several picked up and confirmed their names, roles and respective offices. Hello, is that police officer [name] ? Are you the police officer who works at the Tokzak Township police station? May I ask, have you worked at the Shufu Industrial Park Vocational Skills Education and Training Centre? I would like to verify a piece of information with you. What do you want to verify? Who are you? I am the person who is calling you. What the [expletive] do you want to verify?! In 2019 China began to claim that most of its re-education camps were closing and the “students” had all graduated. But the evidence suggests that many remain operational or have simply been renamed as formal prisons or detention centres, in an attempt to dampen the international criticism. After approaching the Chinese government for comment about the hacked data, with detailed questions about the evidence it contains, the media consortium received a written response from the Chinese Embassy in Washington DC. “In the face of the grave and complex counter-terrorism situation, Xinjiang has taken a host of decisive, robust and effective deradicalisation measures,” the statement said. “As a result, Xinjiang has seen no terrorist case for several years in a row,” it went on, claiming that “a large amount of false information had been spread on the Xinjiang issue” in recent years. “The local people are living a safe, happy and fulfilling life,” it added. But the statement offered no detailed responses to any of the specific evidence raised by our questions, such as one document that suggests that responsibility for the highly coercive methods of control and the shoot-to-kill policy rests with some of the Communist Party’s most senior officials. The cache contains the transcript of a secret speech given in May 2017 by Chen Quanguo, until recently Xinjiang’s Communist Party secretary. On the one hand, Mr Chen insists that Uyghurs are the beneficiaries of the great love of the party, but on the other, he urges his audience to treat those returning from abroad “as criminals” to “arrest, detain, handcuff and shackle them without exception\". And he tells the assembled police and military officials that they should “shoot dead” anyone who even attempts to escape.", "Senior civil servant Sue Gray has delivered her completed report into Downing Street lockdown parties to the prime minister.\n\nThe final report - which is 37 pages long plus photos - had been delayed by the Met police inquiry that ended last week.\n\nAn interim version, released in January, criticised leadership within No 10.\n\nIt added that some events in government offices should not have taken place.\n\nThe government has confirmed Prime Minister Boris Johnson will give a statement to the Commons later.\n\nHe is currently reading a print out of the report, as he prepares to face Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer at PMQs at 12.30 BST.\n\nMs Gray contacted senior civil servants she intends to name in her final report over the weekend. It is understood the report has pictures of the PM, Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Cabinet Secretary Simon Case.\n\nBBC political editor Chris Mason says Mr Case, the UK's most senior civil servant, is not resigning and will not be sacked.\n\nAnd our political editor says that the prime minister is expected to tell the Commons that he commissioned the report to set the record straight and \"allow us all to move on\".\n\nMr Johnson is likely to add: \"I accept full responsibility for my failings. I am humbled by the whole experience. We have learned our lesson.\"\n\nPublication of Ms Gray's report comes after further revelations in recent days about gatherings held in Downing Street during lockdown, with photos of the PM raising a glass at a leaving do leaked to ITV and insiders revealing the extent of the gatherings to the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg.\n\nIn a BBC Panorama report, people who attended the events told of how staff crowded together and sat on each other's laps and how party debris was left out overnight.\n\nThe insiders also said parties went on so late that, on occasion, some ended up staying in Downing Street all night, and that staff mocked others who tried to stop what was going on.\n\nThe revelations have sparked fresh claims from opposition MPs and others that Mr Johnson knowingly misled Parliament when he previously told the Commons no Covid rules had been broken in Downing Street.\n\nThere have also been calls for the Metropolitan Police to explain why Mr Johnson did not receive a fine for attending the leaving do, when at least one person at the event was fined.\n\nSpeaking ahead of the report's publication, Environment Secretary George Eustice said he \"absolutely acknowledges\" public feeling adding: \"It's not just the optics, it's understandable that people will feel anger because there were instances where people couldn't attend funerals of close friends, couldn't visit loved ones.\"\n\nPlenty of Conservative MPs acknowledge privately the revelations of the last six months have permanently damaged the prime minister's reputation in the eyes of many.\n\nHis character, his judgement, his integrity. Bluntly, whether he tells the truth.\n\nThe government is braced for a difficult day.\n\nBut the volcanic anger of many Tory MPs just a few months ago has cooled; their appetite for revolution, replacing him, significantly dimmed.\n\nYou can read Chris's full blog here.\n\nNo 10 appointed the UK's top civil servant, Simon Case, to lead an inquiry into gatherings held in Downing Street and Whitehall during the pandemic after a raft of allegations emerged at the end of last year.\n\nHowever, he was forced to step aside in December after it was revealed a party took place in his own office.\n\nMs Gray took on the job, examining 16 events over a dozen dates between May 2020 and April 2021.\n\nBut her report was delayed in January when the Metropolitan Police launched its own investigation into 12 of the gatherings.\n\nAn interim report published by Ms Gray, days later, pointed to \"failures of leadership and judgement\" by parts of No 10 and the Cabinet Office.\n\nBut now the Met has completed its investigation - which resulted in 126 fines, including one for the prime minister for attending a birthday party - Ms Gray can publish her full findings.\n\nAs well as his appearance in the Commons, the prime minister will face a meeting of the Tory backbench 1922 committee in the afternoon.\n\nMr Johnson has managed to keep the support of the majority of his party so far, but many Conservatives have said they were waiting to read Ms Gray's full report before deciding on his future as their leader.\n\nTory MP Charles Walker told the BBC that the report would \"make uncomfortable reading\", but the \"seminal moment\" for the PM had been when the police report concluded and he faced no more fines.\n\n\"My suspicion is - actually my strong inclination is - the prime minister is through the worst of it,\" he added.\n\nFellow Tory MP Stuart Anderson also said: \"People have moved on from this.\"\n\nAsked if he was nervous of the report, he added: \"I'll be glad when it's done. Nobody wants to be in this scenario, but let's get it done and move forward.\"\n\nOthers have been more critical since the revelations, however, with former Justice Secretary Sir Robert Buckland saying Mr Johnson will have to resign if he knowingly misled Parliament.\n\nHe told BBC Radio Wiltshire: \"Legitimate questions have to be raised, and that's why I want to see the fullest explanation.\"\n\nHow were you and your family affected by the pandemic? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "A man arrives for morning prayer in Kashgar, Xinjiang, a mostly Muslim region in north-western China\n\nChina has imprisoned or detained at least 630 imams and other Muslim religious figures since 2014 in its crackdown in the Xinjiang region, according to new research by a Uyghur rights group.\n\nThe research, compiled by the Uyghur Human Rights Project and shared with the BBC, also found evidence that 18 clerics had died in detention or shortly after.\n\nMany of the detained clerics faced broad charges like \"propagating extremism\", \"gathering a crowd to disturb social order\", and \"inciting separatism\".\n\nAccording to testimony from relatives, the real crimes behind these charges are often things like preaching, convening prayer groups, or simply acting as an imam.\n\nThe UHRP, working with rights group Justice for All, tracked the fates of 1,046 Muslim clerics — the vast majority of them Uyghurs — using court documents, family testimony and media reports from public and private databases.\n\nWhile all 1,046 clerics were reportedly detained at some point, in many cases corroborating evidence was not available because of China's tight control over information in the region.\n\nAmong the 630 cases where it was, at least 304 of the clerics appeared to have been sent to prison, as opposed to the network of \"re-education\" camps most closely associated with China's mass detention of the Uyghurs.\n\nWhere information was available from court documents or testimony about the length of the prison sentence, the punishments reflect the harsh nature of Xinjiang justice: 96% sentenced to at least five years and 26% to 20 years or more, including 14 life sentences.\n\nA closed down mosque near Kashgar, with barbed wire and a surveillance camera in the foreground\n\nThe database, which drew on research by the Uyghur activist Abduweli Ayup, as well as the Xinjiang Victims Database and Uyghur Transitional Justice Database, is by no means exhaustive — representing only a fraction of the total estimated number of imams in Xinjiang — and much of the data cannot be independently verified.\n\nBut the research shines a light on the specific targeting of religious figures in Xinjiang, appearing to support allegations that China is attempting to break the religious traditions of the Uyghurs and assimilate them into Han Chinese culture.\n\nChina denies those allegations, saying the purpose of its so-called \"re-education\" programme in Xinjiang is to stamp out extremism among the Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities.\n\nChina is believed to have detained more than a million Uyghurs and other Muslims in Xinjiang, a large region in north-western China that is home to various ethnically Turkic peoples. The state has been accused of human rights abuses in the region, including forced labour, sterilisation and rape.\n\nMost of those detained in Xinjiang are sent to \"re-education\" facilities — prison-like camps where they are held for indeterminate periods of time without charge. But others have been given formal prison sentences, the number and severity of which have increased dramatically since 2017.\n\nPublicly available detention or charging documents are rare, but those that do exist demonstrate how the state has worked to tie ordinary religious expression in Xinjiang to extremism or political separatism.\n\nAccording to the arrest notice for Oken Mahmet, a 51-year-old Kazakh imam from Qaba in Xinjiang, Mahmet was charged with \"propagating extremism\". According to testimony collated by the Xinjiang Victims Database, his family says he was arrested for leading Friday prayers and officiating marriages at a mosque.\n\nMahmet's initial detention notice says he was detained for \"inciting people to violate national laws pertaining to the reading of marriage vows, education, and public governance, as well as making and propagating items related to extremism\". His sentence was reportedly eight to 10 years.\n\nBaqythan Myrzan, a 58-year-old state-approved imam from Hami prefecture, was also arrested for \"propagating extremism\". Myrzan was detained in August 2018 and held at a detention facility until May 2019, when he was sentenced to 14 years at the Bingtuan Urumqi Prison. Myrzan's family says his only crime was going about his duties as an imam.\n\nAnd the only clues to the alleged offence committed by Abidin Ayup, a prominent scholar and imam from Atush city, were a few lines that appeared in a long court document from a separate case against a Han Chinese official. The official was accused of allowing Ayup's son to visit him at a hospital detention facility after he was arrested. The court document refers to Ayup, who was 88 when he was detained in 2017, as a \"religious extremist\".\n\nAyup's niece Maryam Muhammad told the BBC the imam was a \"kind, hardworking, charitable man, cultured and knowledgeable, who encouraged young people to study not only religion but all the school subjects\".\n\nMuhammad, who is now in the US, said nearly 60 members of her extended family had been detained since Ayup's arrest, including her husband and all of the imam's eight children.\n\nAn excerpt from a verdict against a Han official - the only clue to the charges against Abidin Ayup\n\nExtremism charges were being issued on a \"flimsy legal basis\" in Xinjiang for \"offences that shouldn't even qualify as offences\", said Donald Clarke, a professor at George Washington University who specialises in Chinese law.\n\n\"Setting to one side for a moment whether you accept 'propagating extremism' as a valid charge, the question is do the facts make a plausible case for that charge?\" he said. \"And the alleged offences we have seen — things like having a beard, not drinking, or travelling abroad — suggest they don't.\"\n\nThe real reason imams were being targeted was \"because of their ability to bring people together in the community\", said Peter Irwin, senior programme officer at the Uyghur Human Rights Project.\n\n\"The state has been carefully dealing with imams for a long time because it knows the influence they have,\" he said. \"The detentions and imprisonments of the past few years are just the culmination of three decades of repression designed to constrict Uyghur culture and religion.\"\n\nA spokesman for the Chinese government told the BBC that Xinjiang \"enjoys unprecedented freedom of religious belief\".\n\n\"Xinjiang's 'de-radicalisation' effort has effectively contained the spread of religious extremism and made a great contribution to global 'de-radicalisation' efforts,\" he said.\n\nAbidin Ayup was detained in 2017. His family believes he is in a hospital detention facility\n\nTargeting of the Turkic ethnic groups in north-western China is not a new phenomenon. Muslim minorities suffered long periods of repression between the 1950s and 1970s, when Qurans were burned, mosques and cemeteries desecrated, and traditional dress and hair styles prohibited.\n\nThe 1980s brought a period of relative openness and revival. Damaged mosques were repaired and new mosques built; religious festivals allowed and imams and other figures permitted to travel; and the Quran translated for the first time into Uyghur, by the prominent Uyghur scholar Muhammad Salih Hajim.\n\nBut a violent uprising by Uyghur militants in 1990, in the town of Baren in Xinjiang, precipitated a crackdown by the Chinese state and the beginning of a two-decade period of gradually tightening control. Imams, seen by authorities as influential community figures, were increasingly required to demonstrate loyalty to the state.\n\nIn the early 2000s, many imams were compelled to attend formalised education courses that foreshadowed the mass \"re-education\" programmes pursued today against the general population. According to Human Rights Watch, roughly 16,000 imams and other religious figures underwent \"political re-education\" between 2001 and 2002.\n\nAmong them was Tursun, an imam who was first detained in 2001 for translating prayers from Arabic into Uyghur for his congregation, according to his niece.\n\nChinese soldiers outside the Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar, where an imam was killed by assailants in 2014\n\nTursun's two-year stint in a \"re-education through labour\" camp marked the beginning of a two-decade ordeal at the hands of the state, his niece told the BBC from outside China. Her uncle was freed from the labour camp in 2002 but constantly harassed by police, she said, and frequently taken away again for two-week periods of \"study\". Then in 2005, he was detained again but this time sentenced to four years in prison.\n\n\"We were not given any notice from the court,\" his niece said. \"My family went to the police station to enquire about his fate and the police gave them a handwritten note containing information about his prison sentence and the address of the prison.\"\n\nTursun was released from prison in 2009, only to be detained again in 2017 after the hardline politician Chen Quanguo was put in charge of Xinjiang and escalated the campaign against the Uyghurs.\n\nAs appears to be the case with other imams in the region, Tursun's family was subsequently targeted en masse, said his niece, who had left China by that time.\n\n\"After I heard the news of my uncle and his wife's arrests, I heard that my mother and many of my relatives were also arrested. Anyone over 14 was taken away,\" she said. \"For the last four years I have been trying to find information regarding their whereabouts, especially my mother.\"\n\n\"Propagating extremism\" is a common charge levied against imams, for a variety of perceived offences\n\nAbout a month ago, Tursun's niece learned that her mother had been sentenced to 13 years in prison and her younger brother to five years. She doesn't know what the charges were. Her father is already serving a life sentence, she said, issued in 2008 for \"illegal preaching\" and \"separatism\".\n\n\"My mother was a simple housewife and she was sentenced to 13 years,\" she said. \"I cannot imagine how long my uncle has been sent to prison for.\"\n\nThey were targeted \"because of their invisible authority\", she added. \"The state has tried everything to break them, to destroy them. And not only the religious leaders but also those who practise Islam quietly, and take pride in being Uyghur. They have made every effort to dig them out and destroy them.\"\n\nSome that disappear into detention never come out. Eighteen imams named in the database were reported to have died while in custody or shortly after.\n\nNurgazy Malik, a father of two, graduate of the official Xinjiang Islamic Institute and editor-in-chief of a state-approved religious magazine, reportedly died in detention in November 2018. Unconfirmed reports say Chinese authorities acknowledged his death to his family, but did not produce a body — a situation echoed in other, similar reports. Malik's friends and relatives held a funeral for him in Kazakhstan all the same.\n\nUyghur men pray at an open air mosque in old Kashgar, Xinjiang, in 2014\n\nIn late 2019, as its network of \"re-education\" camps drew intense international scrutiny, China claimed it had released everyone from the system. Significant numbers had been released, into house arrest or into the otherwise controlled environment of Xinjiang, but rights groups say many were simply transferred to formal prisons.\n\nThere is also evidence that many thousands had been in prison all along. Incarceration rates exploded in Xinjiang in 2017 and 2018, according to reporting by the New York Times and others, sweeping up at least 230,000 people — about 200,000 more than in previous years.\n\nAccording to Chinese government data, criminal arrests in Xinjiang accounted for 21% of the country's total in 2017, despite the region having about 1.5% of the population.\n\nUnlike the \"re-education\" system, formal prison sentences should create a paper trail. But the court documents are \"nowhere to be found\", according to Gene Bunin, the researcher behind the Xinjiang Victims Database.\n\nAccording to Bunin, only 7,714 criminal verdicts are available for Xinjiang for 2018, despite the region logging 74,348 criminal cases that year. The near total absence of verdicts on charges typically levied against religious Uyghurs, like \"propagating extremism\" and \"inciting separatism\", suggests China is intentionally scrubbing the record.\n\nWhere official documents are available and contain details, offences can be shocking in their innocuity.\n\nExperts say about 16,000 mosques have been destroyed in Xinjiang — two thirds of the total\n\nIn one 2018 verdict, now deleted from the government records but archived by the Xinjiang Victims Database, a 55-year-old Uyghur farmer already serving 10 years for \"propagating extremism\" had his sentence doubled after he \"used a disguised and simplified method to perform the namaz prayer in the prison dormitory\".\n\nEssentially, Ismayil Sidiq secretly prayed in prison. He was reported by a cellmate and charged with \"illegal religious activities\" and \"inciting ethnic hatred and discrimination\" — the latter charge for allegedly shouting that Uyghurs should not inform on one another. He will be eligible for release in 2038.\n\nThose who are detained in camps stand a better chance of release after a few months or years, but release in Xinjiang does not necessarily mean freedom.\n\nMemet, a Uyghur who fled Xinjiang, told the BBC his father was detained in 2017 after many years serving peacefully as an imam. Memet had been able to learn news of his family over the years from an acquaintance in Xinjiang — someone distant enough from the family that she felt safe messaging abroad from her WeChat account — but Memet heard virtually no news of his father's condition for four years.\n\nThen recently he heard his father had been released, and Memet imagined speaking to him for the first time in years. He asked the family acquaintance if she would be willing to find his father and connect them again via her phone.\n\nOn the appointed day, Memet received a message on his WeChat account from the acquaintance. She said she had found his father, but he had told her it would be better if he didn't speak to his son. And after she sent the message, she blocked Memet from contacting her again.\n\nSome names have been changed.", "The Queen has used a a golf buggy to tour the annual Chelsea Flower Show in London, which includes a Platinum Jubilee floral tribute to the monarch's 70 year reign.\n\nA Buckingham Palace spokesperson said, \"adjustments have been made for the Queen's comfort\".\n\nAfter cancelling a series of events earlier this year, the Queen has been much more visible in recent weeks.", "Mr Biden made his comments a day after he warned China over the Taiwan issue\n\nThe world is \"navigating a dark hour in our shared history\" with Russia's invasion of Ukraine, US President Joe Biden told key Asian allies.\n\nThe war has now become a \"global issue\" underscoring the importance of defending international order, he said.\n\nJapanese PM Fumio Kishida echoed his comments, saying that a similar invasion should not happen in Asia.\n\nMr Biden was meeting the leaders of Japan, Australia and India in Tokyo in his first visit to Asia as president.\n\nThe four countries known collectively as the Quad discussed security and economic concerns including China's growing influence in the region - and differences over the Russian invasion.\n\nMr Biden's comments came a day after he warned China that it was \"flirting with danger\" over Taiwan, and vowed to protect Taiwan militarily if China attacked, appearing to contradict a long-standing US policy on the issue.\n\nIt was later reported that Russian and Chinese warplanes had approached Japanese airspace as part of a joint military patrol, prompting Tokyo to announce it had scrambled jets in response.\n\nRussian officials said the flight over the Sea of Japan and East China Sea was part of an annual military exercise.\n\nMr Kishida told a news conference that planning the exercise to coincide with today's summit was \"provocative\".\n\nIn his opening remarks at Tuesday's summit, Mr Biden said their meeting was about \"democracies versus autocracies, and we have to make sure that we deliver\".\n\nThe Ukraine war, he said, \"is going to affect all parts of the world\" as Russia's blockade of Ukraine grain exports aggravates a global food crisis.\n\nMr Biden promised the US would work with allies to lead the global response, reiterating their commitment to defend international order and sovereignty \"regardless of where they were violated in the world\" and remaining a \"strong and enduring partner\" in the Indo-Pacific region.\n\nAfter their meeting, Mr Kishida told reporters that all four countries \"including India\" agreed on the importance of the rule of law, sovereignty and territorial integrity; and that \"unilateral attempts to change the status quo by force will never be tolerated\".\n\nIndia is the only Quad member that has refused to directly criticise Russia for the invasion, and, in what appeared to be a concession to Delhi, there was no mention of Russia in the joint statement issued at the end of the talks.\n\nThere was also no direct reference to China or its activities, but the Quad nations announced a new maritime monitoring initiative that is expected to step up surveillance of Chinese activity in the region, along with a plan to spend at least $50bn (£40bn) on infrastructure projects and investment over the next five years.\n\nAustralia's Anthony Albanese, US' Joe Biden, Japan's Fumio Kishida and India's Narendra Modi met on Tuesday\n\nFormally referred to as the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, the Quad began as a loose grouping of countries following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that banded together to provide humanitarian and disaster assistance. The group fell dormant before it was resuscitated in 2017.\n\nSince then however, the top leaders have gathered four times in less than two years, meeting once in Washington last September and twice virtually.\n\nAnalysts say the steady decline in each Quad nation's bilateral ties with China in the past few years appears to have given the grouping more impetus.\n\nThere has been mounting discomfort with China's growing assertiveness in the region, with ongoing maritime disputes between China and several countries, and a land boundary conflict with India.\n\nBeijing's heavy investment in strengthening its navy and its recent security pact with the Solomon Islands has stoked fears in Australia, while Japan has become increasingly wary of what it calls routine \"incursions\" from the Chinese navy in its waters.\n\nOn Monday, Mr Biden unveiled the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF), a US-led trade pact aiming to promote regional growth that includes 13 countries, mostly in Asia.\n\nUS Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said it would provide countries \"an alternative to China's approach\". Officials said it would set standards in the areas of trade, supply chains, clean energy and infrastructure, and tax and anti-corruption.\n\nThe IPEF has been widely seen as a way for the US to re-engage with the Indo-Pacific after former US President Donald Trump's abrupt withdrawal from the Trans Pacific Partnership - a regional trade pact - in 2017.", "The town of Bakhmut has been heavily shelled\n\nThe Ukrainian army is under more pressure than at any time since the first desperate weeks after the Russian invasion.\n\nIt could be fighting a losing battle in Luhansk, the northern part of Donbas region.\n\nThe Ukrainian General Staff says the Russians appear to be concentrating their forces for another push.\n\nIn the last day the Russians have intensified their attacks across the Donbas front line - getting closer to completing the encirclement of Severodonetsk, a city of 80,000 before the invasion.\n\nThe Ukrainians, as usual, are fighting with stubborn determination. Reinforcements are being poured into the battle.\n\nIn just a few minutes I saw about 20 armoured personnel carriers, with soldiers riding on them, driving to the front line - along with tanks on transporters and multiple rocket launchers.\n\nUkrainian soldiers have slowed the Russian offensive in Donbas\n\nThey have slowed the Russians down but have not stopped the offensive grinding forward. The Russians are inflicting heavy casualties.\n\nA military source in the 57th Brigade told me that one of their units went into the line with 240 men and came out with about 140 - the rest of them killed, wounded and captured.\n\nUkraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has said the Russians could be killing up to 100 Ukrainian soldiers a day in Donbas.\n\nNot far from Severodonetsk, Bakhmut is a town getting slowly eaten by the war. This week it is about three miles from the Russians, well within range. Next week it might be much closer.\n\nCivilians with somewhere to go have left. In the ruins in Donbas, the victory in Kyiv in March - the euphoria, glory and sacrifice - feel distant.\n\nBakhmut has been heavily shelled. Standing in front of his damaged house, a man in his 40s called Mitri showed defiance, apprehension and frustration. He had no idea what to expect in his town.\n\n\"I'm not Nostradamus. Why did Putin attack? It's all political games.\"\n\nMitri said President Zelensky's predecessor Petro Poroshenko would have reached a ceasefire agreement by now.\n\n\"At least there was peace before, they were negotiating. It's a pity about the people who died, the soldiers. It is a real shame.\"\n\nIt was, he said, President Zelensky's fault. He had missed an opportunity.\n\nThousands of civilians are still in Severodonetsk as Russians encircle the last Ukrainian soldiers in the oblast of Luhansk\n\nMitri shrugged and sucked angrily on his cigarette when I asked him if he would accept a deal that allowed Russia to control all of Donbas, compared to roughly a third of the territory it controlled before the invasion.\n\n\"I don't know. What could it change for me? The main thing is to stay alive. This is just the beginning, everything is still to come. If we survive, we'll see how it goes.\"\n\nThousands of civilians are still in Severodonetsk, as the Russians fight to encircle the last Ukrainian soldiers in the oblast of Luhansk, the northern side of Donbas.\n\nAt the railway station in Pokrovsk, a safe distance from the battle, I spoke to Lida, an elderly woman who uses a wheelchair. She had just been evacuated from Severodonetsk.\n\nWith other disabled and wounded civilians, she was being evacuated to the relative safety of western Ukraine on a special train, turned into an ambulance and intensive care unit by the medical organisation MSF, Doctors without Borders.\n\nLida, who radiated defiance and cigarette smoke, was rescued by soldiers who took her and other civilians through heavily shelled areas.\n\n\"They bombed everything, we barely escaped. Glass is smashed, everything is scattered around. And I am not able to walk at all. Disabled. That's how it is.\n\n\"Nine storey buildings, the upper floors are destroyed. All ruined.\n\n\"Putin's a scoundrel. We used to live peacefully. There was a Soviet Union and so be it. They divided Ukraine and Russia. So that's why the problems began.\"\n\nPeople have been fleeing the town of Bakhmut\n\nIf President Putin's forces can encircle Severodonetsk, their next targets would most likely be the key cities of Kramatorsk and Slovyansk in the Donetsk Oblast, the other side of Donbas.\n\nThen he might declare victory in the battle for Donbas.\n\nI saw lines of freshly dug trenches near the two cities, as the Ukrainians prepared fall back positions. If they fell, and it is no certainty as they are both heavily defended, President Putin would be able to declare his first significant victory of the war.\n\nRussia would control a belt of territory stretching along its border south from Donbas and along most of Ukraine's coastline.\n\nPresident Zelensky says that only diplomacy can end the war, but he has said that Russia must return to the positions it held before the invasion.\n\nHis allies, led by the US and UK, want to weaken Putin's Russia permanently. They have said Russia must not win.\n\nTheir critics say they'll fight to the last Ukrainian.\n\nThe currency of war is blood. As families bury their dead, more Ukrainians, like Mitri in Bakhmut, will question the blood price they are paying, and ask whether it is better to pay for a ceasefire with land - or lives.", "Relatives of children at the school gathered at a nearby civic centre to wait for news\n\nNineteen young children and two adults have died in a shooting at a primary school in south Texas.\n\nThe gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary School - which teaches children aged seven to 10 - in the city of Uvalde before he was killed by law enforcement, officials said.\n\nThe 18-year-old suspect had a handgun, an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and high-capacity magazines, investigators say.\n\nThe teenager is suspected of shooting his grandmother before the rampage.\n\nLocal media report he may have been a high school student in the area.\n\nUvalde Consolidated Independent School District Chief of Police Pete Arredondo said the shooting began at 11:32 local time on Tuesday, and that investigators believe the attacker \"did act alone during this heinous crime\".\n\nTexas Governor Greg Abbott said the shooter, whom he named as Salvador Ramos, abandoned a vehicle before entering the school to \"horrifically, incomprehensibly\" open fire.\n\nAn Uvalde school district police officer, who worked at the school, saw Ramos emerge from the vehicle carrying a rifle and wearing body armour, according to Erick Estrada from the Texas Department of Public Safety, who was speaking to CNN.\n\nThe officer \"engaged\" the suspect but was unable to stop him, Mr Estrada said. Two more officers from Uvalde Police Department also attempted to stop Ramos but were unable to do so, and called for back-up.\n\nSeveral of the children who died have been identified.\n\nFamily members confirmed the deaths of 10-year-olds Xavier Lopez and Amerie Jo Garza in statements on Tuesday night.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Dillon Collier This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAngel Garza said on Facebook that his daughter Amerie had been killed.\n\n\"My little love is now flying high with the angels above. Please don't take a second for granted. Hug your family. Tell them you love them,\" he said.\n\nThe two adults who died were both teachers - Irma Garcia and Eva Mireles.\n\nAccording to the school district's website, Mrs Garcia is a mother-of-four and had been a teacher for 23 years. The same website says that Ms Mireles had been a teacher for 17 years, has a daughter in college and loved running and hiking.\n\nNearly 500 pupils are enrolled in the predominantly Hispanic school around 85 miles (135km) west of the city of San Antonio.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Biden: When \"are we going to stand up to the gun lobby?\"\n\nThe Associated Press news agency reports that a US Border Patrol official who was nearby when the shooting began rushed into the school and shot and killed the gunman, who was behind a barricade.\n\nBorder Patrol is a federal agency that guards US ports of entry. Uvalde, which is fewer than 80 miles from the border with Mexico, is home to a Border Patrol station.\n\nTwo border agents were reportedly shot in an exchange with the gunman. One agent was shot in the head, officials say, adding that both were now in a stable condition in hospital.\n\nAccording to CBS News, the attacker was wearing body armour as he carried out the attack. Another 18-year-old who is suspected of attacking a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, on 14 May was also wearing body armour and carrying a semi-automatic rifle - both of which are commercially available in the US.\n\nThe Uvalde Memorial Hospital posted on Facebook earlier that 13 children had been taken to hospital \"via ambulances or buses\".\n\nA 66-year-old woman and a 10-year-old girl were in a critical condition at a hospital in San Antonio, University Health hospital officials said.\n\nThis is a profoundly shocking tragedy, yet in America it is also depressingly familiar. The grief and sympathy being expressed around the country is genuine. But no one is genuinely surprised that this could happen.\n\nThere have already been 27 school shootings this year alone. Young school children routinely rehearse what to do if a gunman enters their classroom.\n\nIt's only 10 days since 10 people were killed in a mass shooting in New York.\n\nPoliticians recognise this a problem almost unique to America, where guns have overtaken car crashes as the leading cause of death for children and teenagers. But it's a problem that politics seem incapable of solving. Deeply entrenched views on gun control are not changed in response to events like the tragedy in Uvalde.\n\n\"Why do we keep letting this happen?\" asked President Biden. \"Why are we willing to live with this carnage?\"\n\nBut there is no sign that Democrats will get any closer to passing tighter gun control legislation. Some Republicans are already accusing them of using this latest school shooting to cynically further their own political objectives.\n\nRobb Elementary School will join the roll call of school shootings along with Sandy Hook and the Parkland shooting. The killing of innocent schoolchildren has reignited the debate over guns in America, but has not brought it any closer to a resolution.\n\nAs evening fell police remained outside the community centre in Uvalde braving an intense rainstorm.\n\nEarlier, cries and sobs could be heard from outside as family members who gathered there received the devastating news that their children had been killed.\n\nOthers were asked to give DNA samples to help identify some of the young victims.\n\nJust a few blocks from the Robb Elementary school, a small vigil was held for the victims and survivors of the attack.\n\nKarla Bohman's voice cracked as she told the group about a family friend whose young daughter, a student at the school, was among those still unaccounted for.\n\n\"They don't know if she's in surgery or one of the fatalities, but they know she's a victim of some sort because she's missing,\" Bohman cried. \"I can't believe this.\"\n\nCheryl Juhasz, a lifelong resident of Uvalde, quietly wept during the prayer.\n\n\"You can't comprehend evil like this. No matter where it happens, but it's harder when it happens at home.\"\n\nSchool district superintendent Hal Harrell said the school year had been ended early in the wake of the shooting.\n\nIn a speech from the White House, US President Joe Biden said he was \"sick and tired\" of responding to mass shootings, as he called for gun control.\n\n\"How many scores of little children who witnessed what happened - see their friends die, as if they're in a battlefield, for God's sake,\" he said. \"They'll live with it the rest of their lives.\"\n\nHe ordered that flags at the White House and other US federal buildings be flown at half-mast in honour of the victims in Uvalde.\n\nSchool shootings have become recurring emergencies in the US, with 26 recorded last year, according to EdWeek, an education trade publication.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr condemns gun violence in the US\n\nActive shooter lockdown drills are a common part of the school curriculum, from primary to high school.\n\nThe 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut was the deadliest such attack. Twenty of the 26 victims were between the ages of five and six.\n\nSpeaking on the floor of the US Senate in Washington DC on Tuesday, Connecticut Democratic Senator Chris Murphy begged his colleagues to pass gun control legislation.\n\n\"These kids weren't unlucky,\" he said. \"This only happens in this country. Nowhere else, nowhere else do little kids go to school thinking that they might be shot that day.\"\n\nBut Texas Senator Ted Cruz, a Republican, rejected the calls for gun control. He said restricting the rights of \"law-abiding citizens... doesn't work. It's not effective. It doesn't prevent crime.\"\n\nGuns overtook car crashes to become the leading cause of death for US children and teenagers in 2020, according to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last month.\n\nOn Monday, an FBI report found that \"active shooter\" rampage attacks have doubled since the coronavirus began in 2020.\n\nWere you in the area? Did you witness the incident? If it is safe to do so email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The power of the image. Or four of them, to be precise.\n\nJust when the prime minister might have hoped the bumpy moments of Partygate might be beginning to ease, these pictures emerge.\n\nHe's raising a glass. He's holding forth. There's a table festooned with wine bottles, and what looks like a bottle of hand sanitiser.\n\nWe already knew about the event in question.\n\nUntil today, though, we'd not seen pictures from it or known for certain that at least one person there was fined, but the prime minister was not.\n\nThere's one thing knowing about a party, something else seeing pictures from it. Pictures of partying when the rest of the country was in lockdown.\n\nThe Liberal Democrats are now demanding to know how Boris Johnson escaped a fine for being at a do at least one fellow attendee was fined for being at.\n\nThe big question, though, is how much does it matter? How many minds will move, particularly among Conservative MPs who, remember, have the capacity to remove a party leader if they choose?\n\nLet's be clear: Very few Tory MPs will find looking at these pictures comfortable. Very few will hurtle enthusiastically towards TV cameras to defend them.\n\nBackbencher Steve Baker archly tweeted a public health poster from the time. A patient is being helped to breathe. 'Look her in the eyes. And tell her you never bend the rules.'\n\nFellow Conservative MP Tom Tugendhat told the BBC he hopes \"very much that people will be considering how they act\" in the coming days when asked whether it was time for a change of leadership.\n\n\"I think those pictures show, I'm afraid, what many of us have known for a long time - which is that some aspects of this government are not serious,\" he said.\n\nITV published four photos from the event, including this one showing the PM's red box, used for official papers\n\nTo which aspects could he be possibly be referring?\n\nBut I'm not sure in and of themselves these pictures will magnify the mellow to the mega-aggrieved on the Tory frontbench or backbenches.\n\nI'm not sure it'll turn a Tory MP irritated, even angry, at their boss's behaviour into one now determined to topple him.\n\n\"I think colleagues are finding it all very tedious and don't think it will affect Boris any more,\" one cabinet minister told me, adding that the prime minister had been \"unfairly treated\" and \"will survive\".\n\nThere is, though, the report from the senior civil servant Sue Gray to come, with some in government anticipating receiving it on Wednesday morning, before a statement from Mr Johnson after Prime Minister's Questions at lunchtime.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Angela Rayner on PM drinking images: \"I think they are appalling.\"\n\nAnd after that will come a parliamentary inquiry into whether he intentionally misled the Commons — something he denies.\n\nAny prime minister would prefer to not have days like this, but as things stand, the point of most pressing imminent danger to Mr Johnson over Covid rule-breaking does seem to have passed.\n\nBut the long-term consequences of this stream of revelations - on perceptions of his trust, integrity and believability - will be exploited by his opponents for years to come.", "Luc Besson has consistently denied the allegations against him and has described his accuser as a \"fantasist\"\n\nThe Paris Court of Appeal has dismissed a series of rape accusations against French film director Luc Besson.\n\nThe director of The Big Blue and Nikita was accused by Dutch-Belgian actress Sand Van Roy in 2018 of repeatedly raping her over two years.\n\nProsecutors dropped the case in early 2019, citing a lack of evidence, but re-opened inquiries later that year when Ms Van Roy made new allegations.\n\nMr Besson's lawyer said the court had confirmed his client's innocence.\n\n\"About ten procedural initiatives by Ms Van Roy all ended in the same way. Luc Besson regrets these four lost years,\" Thierry Marembert added.\n\nMs Van Roy's lawyer, Antoine Gitton, said the case had become a \"a sordid news item\" and announced his intention to appeal against the decision.\n\nThe case was one of the highest-profile controversies of the #MeToo era in France, AFP news agency notes.\n\nMs Van Roy had accused Mr Besson of raping her just hours after they met at a hotel in Paris in May 2018.\n\nBut the original investigation ended when French prosecutors said there was not enough evidence to pursue a case.\n\nIn December, an investigating magistrate issued a dismissal order against the case citing \"the absence of any material element to support the statements\" of Ms Van Roy and prosecutors asked for it to be dropped last month.\n\nAt least three other women accused the 63-year-old of sexual misconduct during testimony heard in court.\n\nMr Besson always denied these accusations. In 2019 he described the case against him as a \"lie from A to Z\".\n\nThe director has previously described Ms Van Roy, who appeared in his films Taxi 5 and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, as a \"fantasist,\" though he did admit to having a sexual relationship with her.\n\nMr Besson, a director, producer and screenwriter, is also known for his films Subway, Leon and The Fifth Element.", "Gene-edited tomatoes that boost vitamin D are among the foods that could be commercially developed\n\nTomatoes that boost the body's vitamin D could be among the first gene-edited crops allowed on sale in England.\n\nResearchers in Norwich created the plants by turning off a specific molecule in their genetic code.\n\nA bill will be introduced on Wednesday to allow commercial growing of gene-edited crops in England.\n\nThe technique is currently not used for food production in the UK because of rules set by the EU but Brexit has enabled the UK to set its own rules.\n\nOne in six people in the UK are deficient in vitamin D, which is vital to strong bones and muscles and helps reduce risk of cancer.\n\nProf Cathie Martin, who led the research at the John Innes Centre, said that the development, published in Nature Plants, could be hugely beneficial.\n\n\"With humans, half an hour in the sunshine every day is enough to make enough vitamin D. But a lot of people don't have that time outside and that's why they need supplements. The tomatoes themselves could provide another source of vitamin D in their diet.\"\n\nIf government legislation gets through Parliament successfully, the vitamin-boosting fruits could be among the first gene-edited crops allowed on supermarket shelves in England.\n\nGene editing is a relatively recent technology. It involves switching genes on and off by snipping out a small section of the plant's DNA. The older technique of genetic modification involves putting genes in, sometimes from a completely different species.\n\nEU restrictions mean both methods have been effectively banned in Europe for a quarter century.\n\nBoth methods are used in other countries, to produce food. But the EU set stringent regulations on GM crops 25 years ago because of safety concerns and public opposition to the technology. Gene-edited crops are covered by the same regulations.\n\nThe UK currently follows European Union regulations on both technologies.\n\nAny new GM or GE crop must undergo a scientific safety assessment, which can take around five years. Plant breeders believe that to be too onerous and expensive and so do not invest in the technology in Europe. In addition, any new variety that passes the EU's safety tests must then be approved by a majority at the European Parliament.\n\nPlant breeders believe that political opposition is too strong for the approval of new GM or GE varieties. The regulations, say the plant industry, effectively prevented the commercial production of GM foods in Europe.\n\nThe UK government has decided that gene editing is safe to use and is to introduce a bill on Wednesday to allow its commercial development in England. The regulations on GM crops will not be relaxed at this stage.\n\nThe Environment Secretary George Eustice told BBC News that the change in the law was necessary to combat the impact of climate change.\n\n''The reality is we're going to need more drought resistant plants and as we try and reduce the use of chemical pesticides, we need to breed in the natural resistance of plants to diseases and this precision breeding technology gives you the ability to do that; it gives you the ability to change traits in a plant faster than you could by conventional breeding but it's not the same as genetic modification''.\n\nA new variety of barley being tested by KWS plant breeders in Hertfordshire will take twelve years to come to market using conventional breeding techniques. The firm claims that gene editing will significantly reduce that time.\n\nThe development has been welcomed by Nigel Moore, of KWS, a plant-breeding firm in Hertfordshire which produces wheat and barley.\n\n\"With the varieties we see in England, it generally takes us 12 years to produce those new ones. With gene-editing, we can respond to changing farmers' much faster.\"\n\nKWS has been developing new varieties of wheat and barley for farmers for 150 years using traditional cross-breeding techniques. Mr Moore says that the firm needs to use gene-editing to produce the new varieties farmers are asking for.\n\n\"If we think about the pace of change: climate change, the need to reduce nitrogen fertilizer, need to use less pesticides; the faster we get the genetic changes we need, the faster we are able to adapt to all of that changing world around us\".\n\nCritics of the technology, such as Liz O'Neill, who is the director of the campaign group, GM Freeze, says that the government is being too hasty in lifting restrictions for gene-edited crops.\n\nProtestors trampling a GM crop trial in 1988 over safety concerns about the technology.\n\n\"Mistakes happen. Other changes can get made. Genetics is not like Lego. It is a new set of techniques, and it has developed very quickly which means that there is an awful lot that could go wrong.\n\nThe process does involve putting genetic material in, in order to take it out, and there is a deliberate oversimplification in the description of the process in order to make people feel comfortable about it.\"\n\nMs O'Neill also wonders how the relaxation of regulations, which apply to England only, won't happen in other parts of the UK, which will make their own decisions about the use of the technology.\n\n\"The food chain doesn't operate only in England. It operates across the UK. Who is going to keep gene-edited food out of the food in Scotland and Wales?\n\nCustomers want informed choice and can only get that if GMOs in the food chain are traceable\".\n\nNigel Moore from KWS responds by saying that new gene-edited crop varieties are analysed to ensure that there is no new DNA in them before they are approved for use and that a number of scientific assessments have judged gene-editing technology to be safe.\n\nHe also believes that English-grown GE foods won't find their way to other parts of the UK.\n\n\"Agricultural supply chains are already very competent in delivering brand requirements such as gluten free and organic foods to very high standards.\"\n\nThe Scottish Government has a long standing opposition to GM crops. Their argument is that they want to protect the \"purity\" of Scotland's food and drinks sector. But this is now is direct opposition to NFU Scotland which says it puts Scottish farmers at a competitive disadvantage.\n\nA Welsh Government spokesperson said: \"We have no plans to revise the existing GMO Deliberate Release Regulations in Wales and will maintain our precautionary approach towards genetic modification.\n\nGM crop growing in Northern Ireland was banned at the same time as in Scotland and Wales, back in 2015, and it was said then that that decision would hold for the foreseeable future.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Diamond's song has become an enduring classic, selling 1.2m copies in the UK alone\n\nThe nation is being encouraged to sing Neil Diamond's soft rock classic Sweet Caroline to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee next month.\n\nThe song was chosen by listeners of Zoe Ball's Radio 2 Breakfast Show as an \"uplifting, happy\" melody everyone can sing at street parties on 5 June.\n\nAnnouncing the campaign, Ball described the 53-year-old hit as \"a song of togetherness\".\n\nIt is hoped that 10 million people will join the singalong.\n\n\"We're hoping also that loads of grassroots music groups and choirs and school bands and brass bands will learn the song and perform it too,\" said Ball.\n\n\"We really want to encourage the country to all come together.\"\n\nZoe Ball announced the campaign in a live link-up between Radio 2 and BBC One\n\nDiamond wrote the hit for his second wife Marcia Murphey in 1969.\n\nHowever, he needed a three-syllable name to fit the melody (\"Sweet Marcia\" didn't work), and settled on the name Caroline after seeing a picture of John F Kennedy's daughter Caroline in a US magazine.\n\nReleased in the UK in 1971, it reached number eight in the charts, selling more than 1.2 million copies.\n\nIt has since become a wedding disco staple and an unlikely sports anthem, adopted by fans of the England football team and the Boston Red Sox.\n\nBall said it had emerged as a clear favourite from the \"hundreds and hundreds\" of suggestions sent in by Radio 2 listeners.\n\nOther popular suggestions included Paul McCartney's We All Stand Together and Queen's We Are The Champions.\n\nRadio 2's campaign to get the nation singing enlisted the help of the Together Coalition - which organised last year's \"Thank You Day\" for people who helped the nation through the pandemic.\n\nThis year's Thank You Day will take place on the last day of the Jubilee celebrations, 5 June, to pay tribute to the Queen after 70 years of service, as well as saying thank you for \"the millions of tiny individual acts of kindness that make our communities the special places they are.\n\n\"Music is a great way of bringing people together, and this is a fantastic song,\" said Brendan Cox, co-founder of the coalition. \"We'll be doing everything we can to get Sweet Caroline ringing out all over the country on 5 June.\"\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nWhere it began, I can't begin to knowing\n\nBut then I know it's growing strong\n\nAnd spring became the summer\n\nWho'd have believed you'd come along\n\nReaching out, touching me, touching you\n\nGood times never seemed so good\n\nTo believe they never would\n\nLook at the night and it don't seem so lonely\n\nWe filled it up with only two\n\nHow can I hurt when holding you\n\nReaching out, touching me, touching you\n\nGood times never seemed so good\n\nTo believe they never would\n\nGood times never seemed so good\n\nI believe they never could\n\nGood times never seemed so good\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.\n• None How Sweet Caroline became an accidental football anthem", "London Mayor Sadiq Khan has asked the Met Police for a \"detailed explanation\" of how it decided who to fine during its investigation into No 10 parties.\n\nThe mayor's spokesperson said Mr Khan was concerned a \"lack of clarity\" was eroding \"trust\" in the police.\n\nThe police completed their inquiry last week having issued 126 fines, including one for the prime minister.\n\nHowever, photos of Boris Johnson at a leaving do have raised questions about why he did not receive a second fine.\n\nPictures obtained by ITV News are believed to show the prime minister at a leaving party for his communications chief Lee Cain on 13 November 2020.\n\nThe BBC has been told that at least one person who attended the event was fined, but the PM was not.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said the pictures were \"difficult to look at\" but added that the police would have \"thoroughly investigated\" the event.\n\nFollowing the release of the photographs on Monday evening, the Liberal Democrats wrote to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) asking the body to investigate the police's inquiry.\n\nThe IOPC confirmed it had received the complaint, and had sent it to the Met, asking the force \"to confirm to us how it intends to handle it\".\n\nNow, Labour London Mayor Mr Khan has written to the acting commissioner of the Met, Sir Stephen House, to \"seek a detailed explanation of the factors which were taken into account by investigating officers when decisions were made about whether to take action in individual cases in the Downing Street 'Partygate' investigation\".\n\nPictures of Boris Johnson at Lee Cain's leaving do were published by ITV\n\nHis spokesman said he had asked the police \"to take steps to also reassure Londoners by making this explanation to them directly, because he is concerned that the trust and confidence of Londoners in the police is being further eroded by this lack of clarity\".\n\n\"The mayor has been clear he cannot and would not intervene in operational decisions, however with the investigation now complete, he has made this request in accordance with the Policing Protocol Order 2011 paragraph 23(g).\"\n\nA No 10 spokeswoman has said the police had been given access to information, including photographs, for its investigation.\n\nThe inquiry concluded, with a total of 126 fines - also called fixed penalty notices - being issued to 83 individuals for parties held over eight separate dates.\n\nLast month, the police issued fines to Mr Johnson, his wife Carrie and Chancellor Rishi Sunak for attending a birthday party for the prime minister in June 2020.\n\nThe prime minister apologised and said \"people had the right to expect better\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHowever, he is facing continued questions, after one insider who attended lockdown events told the BBC's Panorama they felt like they had the prime minister's permission to socialise even it meant breaking the rules because \"he was there\".\n\nA long-anticipated report from senior civil servant Sue Gray into rule-breaking events in government buildings during the coronavirus lockdown is expected to be published soon.\n\nA government source has also told the BBC there will be a statement to Parliament and a press conference by the prime minister, once the report is published.\n\nMr Johnson is also expected to address a meeting of his backbenchers at the 1922 Committee.\n• None Insiders tell of packed lockdown parties at No 10", "Starbucks is leaving Russia after 15 years, the latest Western corporation to quit the country after the war in Ukraine.\n\nThe coffee chain will now retreat entirely from the Russian market, after suspending trading there in March.\n\nIt said it would continue to pay nearly 2,000 staff working at its shops in the country for six months.\n\nStarbucks joins firms such as McDonald's and Renault in permanently exiting the country.\n\nUS and Western allies responded to the war by hitting Russia with wide ranging economic sanctions aimed at isolating it economically and cutting it off from the global financial system. The rules make it difficult for Western companies to operate there.\n\nStarbucks entered Russia in 2007 and had grown to include 130 coffee shops, owned and operated by a licensee.\n\nThe company had stopped shipments to Russia in March. It said it had now \"made the decision to exit and no longer have a brand presence in the market\".\n\nIt did not give details of the financial impact of the decision, but said it would provide assistance to its staff \"to transition to new opportunities outside of Starbucks\".\n\nA spokeswoman for Starbucks said the stores would close.\n\nThe Kuwait-based Alshaya Group, which owns and operates the Starbucks stores, said the decision to leave was a \"Starbucks announcement\" and referred questions to the coffee chain. It did not say whether it would seek to sell its stores or reopen under a new brand.\n\nLast week, McDonald's announced that it was selling its nearly 850 restaurants in Russia to a current licensee, Russian businessman Alexander Govor, who is expected to rebrand the restaurants.\n\nEarlier this month, French carmaker Renault also said its business had been nationalised and would be run by Russian government entities, who said they hoped to revive production under a Soviet-era car brand.\n\nThe mayor of Moscow last month estimated that about 200,000 people in that city alone risked losing their jobs as Western companies left the country.", "Wayne Couzens appeared at the Old Bailey via video-link\n\nSarah Everard's killer Wayne Couzens has denied exposing himself four times while he was a serving Metropolitan Police officer.\n\nThe 49-year-old is accused of four counts of indecent exposure in Swanley, Kent, in January and February 2021.\n\nThe case could have been tried at a magistrates' court but Couzens requested a jury trial last month.\n\nHe entered a not guilty plea at the Old Bailey on Tuesday via video-link from Frankland Prison in Durham.\n\nCouzens, from Deal in Kent, is serving a whole-life sentence for the kidnap, rape and murder of 33-year-old marketing executive Ms Everard in March last year.\n\nHe is accused of four counts of \"intentionally exposing his genitals intending that someone would see them and be caused alarm and distress\", alleged offences that happened in the months before Ms Everard's murder.\n\nFollow BBC London on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hellobbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The typical household energy bill is set to rise by about £800 a year in October, the energy regulator warns.\n\nOfgem boss Jonathan Brearley said the energy price cap, which limits how much providers can raise prices, is expected to increase to £2,800 a year, due to continued volatility in gas prices.\n\nMr Brearley said the price rises were a \"once in a generation event not seen since the oil crisis in the 1970s\".\n\nHe added the number of households in fuel poverty may double to 12 million.\n\nA household is in fuel poverty when it has to spend 10% or more of its disposable income on energy.\n\nThe energy price cap already rose sharply in April to £1,971, meaning that homes using a typical amount of gas and electricity are now paying an extra £700 per year on average.\n\nMr Brearley told the business select committee of MPs that Ofgem was only part way through reviewing prices ahead of setting the next cap in October, but added: \"We are expecting a price cap in the region of £2,800.\"\n\nIt means the typical household bill could rise by £800 per year.\n\nOfgem's price cap covers England Wales and Scotland. Northern Ireland does not have a price cap, but households have also been witnessing sharp price rises.\n\nMr Brearley said that conditions in the global gas market had \"worsened\" following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which has led to concerns about potential supply issues.\n\nHe warned that the price cap could rise beyond £2,800 if Russia - one of the world's largest exporters of natural gas - decided to disrupt supplies.\n\n\"We are really managing between two versions of events,\" he said. \"One where the price falls back down to where it was before, for example if there's peace in Ukraine, but one where prices could go even further if we were to see, for example, a disruptive interruption of gas from Russia.\"\n\nEurope gets about 40% of its natural gas from Russia, so sudden supply cuts could have a huge economic impact.\n\nWhile the UK would not be directly impacted by supply disruption as it imports less than 5% of its gas from Russia, it would be affected by prices rising on global markets as demand in Europe increased.\n\n\"The price changes we have seen in the gas market are genuinely a once-in-a-generation event not seen since the oil crisis of the 1970s,\" Mr Brearley told the Business select committee.\n\nBut the Ofgem boss apologised for regulatory shortcomings and admitted had financial controls been in place sooner for suppliers, fewer firms would have gone bust due to being unprepared for the sharp rise in wholesale prices.\n\nWe are all getting used to bill shocks when it comes to paying for gas and electricity - but this could be the biggest of all. Regulators do not usually give such early indications of the costs to come, which makes the seriousness of the situation all the more obvious.\n\nSome 23 million households have their domestic energy bill governed by the price cap. In April, they typically started paying £700 a year more. In October, according to Mr Brearley, it could be a further annual rise of £800.\n\nThe trouble is, the old way of tackling this is as a billpayer was to shop around for a better tariff. That option is no longer available. Analysts say the average price of the cheapest 10 fixed tariffs on the market is £3,685 a year - clearly a poor financial choice.\n\nSo that leaves people to budget and use savings as best they can, and leaves ministers under even greater pressure to offer more support, especially during the colder, darker, more expensive months ahead.\n\nLater on Tuesday, the Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng told MPs people will have to \"wait and see what's forthcoming\" from the chancellor and the prime minister on further help on energy bills as he said economic growth was the \"time honoured way\" to help people.\n\nMr Kwarteng said the government had put forward £9.1bn in support for energy bills, including council tax and energy bill rebates, and an extension of the Warm Home Discount. He added that the government had been waiting to see where gas prices were heading before making a decision on further assistance.\n\n\"What we see now isn't the full picture. Both the prime minister and the chancellor say there is more to do, and we have to see what is forthcoming\", Mr Kwarteng told the committee.\n\nThe Labour committee chairman, Darren Jones, asked the business secretary if he thought \"bill payers are happy with that answer? Just wait and see?\".\n\nMr Kwarteng acknowledged it was \"a difficult time\" and \"people are under huge stress\" but added that \"nobody is suggesting that the government can pay the entirety of the energy bill\".\n\n\"What we are committed to is giving support, and that's what we're doing,\" he said.\n\nAsked by Mr Jones what he thought about the prospect of a one-off windfall tax on oil and gas companies, Mr Kwarteng said he didn't think it supported investment.\n\nIn response to Ofgem's price cap forecast, Downing Street acknowledged that energy prices were a \"significant challenge\", but said the government was \"actively looking at what more could be done in this space\".\n\nMeanwhile, Labour's shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves questioned: \"How many more alarm bells does the chancellor need to hear before he acts?\n\n\"The government have got to get a grip on this crisis and to protect families and our economy.\"\n\nMs Reeves repeated her party's call for a windfall tax on oil and gas firms' profits to help lower bills for households.\n\nRecently, Shell reported a record £7bn profit in the first three months of this year while BP made £5bn, the highest for 10 years.\n\nHow have the energy price rises affected you and what will an increase in October do to your finances? Email: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Millionaires Marlene Engelhorn and Phil White joined a Davos protest calling for higher taxes on the wealthy\n\nA handful of wealthy attendees gathered in Davos are calling on world leaders to tackle the cost of living crisis by pushing up taxes for people like them.\n\nThey took to the streets on Sunday alongside left-wing activists to call for fairer tax systems worldwide.\n\nPolitical and business leaders are at the first in-person World Economic Forum (WEF) since the pandemic began.\n\nBut criticisms are mounting over the way the wealthy have profited in the last two years.\n\nUK millionaire Phil White said: \"While the rest of the world is collapsing under the weight of an economic crisis, billionaires and world leaders meet in this private compound to discuss turning points in history.\n\n\"It's outrageous that our political leaders listen to those who have the most, know the least about the economic impact of this crisis, and many of whom pay infamously little in taxes. The only credible outcome from this conference is to tax the richest and tax us now.\"\n\nMr White, who represents a group called Patriotic Millionaires, made his money as a business consultant. He said he was joining left-wing and anti-poverty campaigners calling for change at the annual meeting of influential business people and political leaders because the current economic system was failing.\n\nOver the past decade, a growing number of millionaires and billionaires in the US and Europe have spoken out, calling for governments to impose higher taxes, including wealth levies on the richest.\n\nWhile only a small number of millionaires were in Davos to attend the protest, the campaigners have sent an open letter to all Davos delegates, signed by more than 150 millionaires in several countries.\n\nNew signatories to the letter, which was initially sent in January, include the American actor Mark Ruffalo. Among the earlier supporters of the movement are Disney heiress Abigail Disney, Nick Hanauer, a US entrepreneur and early investor in online giant Amazon, and Morris Pearl, a former managing director at investment firm BlackRock.\n\nMarlene Engelhorn, another millionaire at the protest, said: \"As someone who has enjoyed the benefits of wealth my whole life, I know how skewed our economy is and I cannot continue to sit back and wait for someone, somewhere, to do something.\n\n\"We have hit the end of the line when another quarter of a billion people will be pushed into extreme poverty this year.\"\n\nThe charity Oxfam, which issues a report on inequality during the Davos forum each year, claims that over the last two years a new billionaire had been created every 30 hours.\n\nAt the other end of the income spectrum, Oxfam expects around one million people to fall into extreme poverty every 33 hours this year, the charity's international executive director Gabriela Bucher told the BBC.\n\n\"Inequality between countries had been reducing over the last couple of decades,\" she said.\n\n\"During the pandemic it had increased and with the rates we're seeing now it looks like it's going in extreme directions that are creating these catastrophic conditions and they reflect in people's lives.\"\n\nEnergy prices began to rise towards the end of last year, but grew more steeply following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Prices for food and other goods are also sharply higher.\n\nGeopolitical tensions are making it harder resolve tensions over trade, and growth has slowed in much of the world.\n\nThe world's richer countries collectively grew by just 0.1% in the first three months of this year, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, with the US, Italy and Japan shrinking in the quarter, and France experiencing zero growth. The UK's economy grew by 0.8%.\n\nAhead of the WEF meeting, the head of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, said the global economy was facing a \"confluence of calamities\" with trade fragmenting.\n\nThis WEF meeting is taking place later in the year than usual, meaning the 2,000 leaders, experts and business people attending will not be able to enjoy skiing in their spare time in the Swiss resort.\n\nTopics on the agenda include the war in Ukraine, pandemic recovery and climate change.", "Obama wiped away tears in 2012 as he spoke about the children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School Image caption: Obama wiped away tears in 2012 as he spoke about the children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School\n\nWe have a statement now from former President Barack Obama.\n\n“Across the country, parents are putting their children to bed, reading stories, singing lullabies - and in the back of their minds, they’re worried about what might happen tomorrow after they drop their kids off at school, or take them to a grocery store or any other public space,” he says.\n\nHe and his wife Michelle \"grieve\" for the families, he said, adding: \"We’re also angry for them.\n\n\"Nearly ten years after Sandy Hook - and ten days after Buffalo - our country is paralysed, not by fear, but by a gun lobby and a political party that have shown no willingness to act in any way that might help prevent these tragedies.”\n\n“It’s long past time for action, any kind of action,\" says Obama.\n\nIn 2015, as he was preparing to leave office, the Democratic president told BBC News that his administration's failure to enact new gun reforms was the greatest frustration of his presidency.\n\n\"For us not to be able to resolve that issue has been something that is distressing,\" he told the BBC's Jon Sopel.", "Airbnb is shutting down its domestic rentals in China, where a \"zero-Covid\" policy has meant lockdowns are ongoing.\n\nAll listings for homes and experiences in the country will be removed from the company's website by summer, a source familiar with the matter told the BBC.\n\nStays within China made up only 1% of Airbnb's revenue over the last few years.\n\nThe company is expected to instead focus on Chinese residents travelling abroad to other destinations.\n\nBefore the pandemic, Chinese travellers heading abroad had tripled in less than a decade, reaching 155 million journeys in 2019, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation.\n\nBut since 2020, China has had some of the toughest Covid restrictions in the world, making travel into and around the country extremely difficult.\n\nAirbnb set up its business in China in 2016. Since then, some 25 million guests have booked stays there through the online home rental company.\n\nBut a source familiar with the company's decision said the domestic rental operation for travellers visiting China had been complicated and expensive to run even before the pandemic.\n\nFor example, guest's details were sent to the Chinese government in line with local laws and regulations, and the company has faced strong competition from native Chinese home-rental platforms.\n\nIn 2017, as part of its bid to expand, it renamed the Chinese operation Aibiying (爱彼迎) - meaning to welcome each other with love - which is easier to pronounce for Mandarin speakers.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nInsiders who attended events at Downing Street during lockdown have told the BBC how staff crowded together and sat on each other's laps and how party debris was left out overnight.\n\nFor the first time, insiders who were at some of the events have told BBC Panorama in detail what they saw.\n\nThey describe arriving for work the morning after a get-together to find bottles lying around parts of the building, bins overflowing with rubbish and empties left on the table.\n\nThey also tell of events with dozens of staff crowded together, and parties going so late that, on occasion, some ended up staying in Downing Street all night.\n\nAnd they say staff mocked others who tried to stop what was going on.\n\nThe prime minister's official spokesman said that Boris Johnson took revelations about what happened in Downing Street during lockdown \"very seriously\".\n\nHe said that the interim report by Sue Gray \"raised some of these challenges\" and that \"wholesale changes\" in how No 10 operated were made as a result, adding there were \"further changes to come\".\n\nThe accounts come a day before the senior civil servant Ms Gray is expected to deliver her report on lockdown parties in No 10.\n\nLast week, the Metropolitan Police concluded its own investigation into rule-breaking, after issuing 126 fines - including one for the prime minister for attending a birthday party in June 2020.\n\nHowever, both the police and the prime minister are facing fresh questions after ITV News obtained pictures believed to show the prime minister at a leaving party for his communications chief Lee Cain on 13 November 2020.\n\nSpeaking anonymously, three insiders have opened up about a world behind No 10's famous front door where the lockdown rules the country was living by were routinely ignored, and socialising was regular, with, they felt, the prime minister's implicit permission.\n\nOne staffer describes director of communications Lee Cain's leaving do, the event on 13 November 2020, where the prime minister has been pictured raising a glass, but for which he has not been fined.\n\nOthers have been judged to have broken the law for being there and received penalties.\n\nMr Johnson attended and made a speech to thank Mr Cain, but as the party developed \"there were about 30 people, if not more, in a room. Everyone was stood shoulder to shoulder, some people on each other's laps…one or two people.\"\n\nAt the party on the eve of Prince Philip's funeral on 16 April 2021, they portray a \"lively event... a general party with people dancing around\".\n\nThe gathering becoming so loud that security guards in the building told them to leave the building and go into the No 10 grounds.\n\n\"So everyone grabbed all the drinks, the food, everything, and went into the garden,\" one source says.\n\n\"We all sat around the tables drinking. People stayed the night there.\"\n\nThey now concede what went on was \"unforgivable\".\n\nPictures of Boris Johnson at Lee Cain's leaving do were published by ITV\n\nThe insiders admit that events were routine.\n\n\"They were every week,\" one says. \"The event invites for Friday press office drinks were just nailed into the diary.\"\n\nThe invitation was known as \"WTF\" - meaning \"Wine-Time Friday\" and a reference to a less polite acronym.\n\nThe drinks were often scheduled in No 10 for 4pm. Sources say Friday drinks had been a tradition in Whitehall for some time.\n\nBut drinking wasn't limited to Fridays. One former official describes turning up at work in No 10 often to find \"A mess! There were bottles, empties, rubbish - in the bin, but overflowing - or indeed sometimes left on the table.\"\n\nNearly six months since the allegations about the parties first emerged, it is still almost impossible to believe that socialising was taking place on a regular basis in the buildings where the rules that stopped the rest of the country doing so had been set.\n\nIt's clear too that some staff were worried about what was going on, describing the \"foolish\" now notorious BYOB - bring-your-own-bottle - email sent by the prime minister's top civil servant, Martin Reynolds.\n\nInstant messages were flying around between staff questioning what on earth was going on.\n\nBut a former staffer says how difficult it felt to raise concerns.\n\nWatch Laura Kuenssberg's Panorama, Partygate: Inside the Story, on BBC Two at 19:00 BST or later on the BBC iPlayer\n\nAnother insider describes how a custodian, a Downing Street security guard, was mocked when they tried to stop a party in full flow.\n\n\"I remember when a custodian tried to stop it all and he was just shaking his head in this party, being like, 'This shouldn't be happening'.\"\n\n\"People made fun of him because he was so worked up that this party was happening and it shouldn't be happening.\"\n\nHow did it happen then, when the rest of the country was living under strict lockdown?\n\nAll three paint a picture of a Downing Street as a parallel universe. \"We saw it as our own bubble\" where the rules didn't really apply, says one.\n\n\"Everything just continued as normal. Social distancing didn't happen. We didn't wear face masks. It wasn't like the outside world.\"\n\nAnother even describes the events as a \"lifeline\" for staff who were working long hours, especially if they lived alone.\n\nBut all three point to the culture set by the prime minister himself, suggesting he \"wanted to be liked\" and for staff to be able to \"let their hair down\".\n\nOne suggests they felt like they had the prime minister's permission to socialise even it meant breaking the rules because \"he was there.\"\n\n\"He may have just been popping through on the way to his flat because that's what would happen,\" they add. \"You know, he wasn't there saying this shouldn't be happening.\n\n\"He wasn't saying, 'Can everyone break up and go home? Can everyone socially distance? Can everyone put masks on?'\n\n\"No, he wasn't telling anybody that. He was grabbing a glass for himself.\"\n\nMr Johnson has been fined for attending one event and denies that he broke the law on other occasions, or was aware that rules were being broken in Downing Street.\n\nBut it's clear as insiders speak out for the first time that some of those who were working in No 10 at the time find that account hard to accept.\n\nThe prime minister urged households not to mix\n\nOne staffer describes what happened when they watched the prime minister denying, in the House of Commons, that anything had gone wrong.\n\n\"We were watching it all live and we just sort of looked at each other in disbelief like - why?\" they say.\n\n\"Why is he denying this when we've been with him this entire time, we knew that the rules had been broken, we knew these parties happened?\"\n\nThe political consequences of Partygate have been profound for the prime minister.\n\nThe government has been battered by the scandal for months. Trust in him has been damaged, and he is facing renewed calls from his party to quit.\n\nHe has so far survived, with a majority of his MPs reluctant to act. He only received one fine and his backers believe the public care far more about making ends meet than how many glasses of warm Prosecco the prime minister may or may not have briefly drunk with his staff.\n\nAs Downing Street braces for the findings of the official Whitehall inquiry into what happened, which raises the tension again, the personal consequences for those who are caught up in the mess is clear.\n\nMany dozens of staff and former staff have been fined, including two of those who opened up to Panorama, and there is hurt and confusion about how they have been treated.\n\nOne former staffer says that particularly younger members of the team \"did not think they were breaking the rules at the time because the prime minister was at [the events], some of the most senior civil servants in the country were at them - and were indeed organising some of them\".\n\nSome feel they have been let down and \"subject to this witch hunt\" while more senior officials and politicians have found it easier to carry on.\n\nThere's embarrassment but sadness at the saga too. \"It's been very distressing and shaming and, particularly because that whole period was just quite traumatic, it was really difficult to work on every single day.\n\n\"We were learning that people were dying in hospital beds and people were dying needlessly…So it was quite difficult to look back at that period now and think this is what will define that - not the vaccine programme or the food parcels for shielding people.\n\n\"It will be 'What were you doing on 20 May in the garden?'\"\n\nIt is a saga that the government knows many members of the public won't forget.\n\nMr Johnson's future will be shaped by whether they are willing to forgive.", "Former Wakefield Conservative MP Imran Ahmad Khan was found guilty in April of sexually assaulting the teenager in 2008\n\nA former Conservative MP has been jailed for 18 months following his conviction for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy.\n\nAt a trial last month, Imran Ahmad Khan, 48, who was elected as Wakefield MP in 2019, was found guilty of groping the boy at a party in 2008.\n\nKhan was expelled by the Conservative party following his conviction and later stood down as an MP.\n\nThe judge said he did not accept Khan had \"any remorse\" for what he had done.\n\nPassing sentence at Southwark Crown Court, Mr Justice Jeremy Baker said the victim had been \"profoundly psychologically affected\" by Khan's actions.\n\nHe added: \"The only regret you feel is towards yourself for having found yourself in the predicament you face as a result of your actions some 14 years ago.\"\n\nMr Justice Baker said there was a \"significant degree of brutality\" in the lead-up to Khan's assault on the teenager.\n\n\"I am satisfied the complainant was particularly vulnerable. Not only was he 15 years of age at the date of the offence, but I accept his mother's description that he was not very worldly and very young for his age,\" he said.\n\nThe judge told Khan: \"Although it may well be, over the years, you had let yourself believe you had got away with having committed this offence, I am sure you were aware from the outset there was a risk there would be a day of reckoning.\"\n\nHowever, Mr Justice Baker went on to say that he did not consider Khan's offence to be \"sufficiently severe enough to place the assault into the most severe category\".\n\nFormer Wakefield Conservative MP Imran Ahmad Khan was sentenced at Southwark Crown Court\n\nThe jury at Khan's trial heard he had forced the boy to drink gin at the party in Staffordshire, then dragged him upstairs and asked him to watch pornography before assaulting him.\n\nThe victim, now 29, told the court he was left feeling \"scared, vulnerable, numb, shocked and surprised\" after Khan touched his feet and legs, and was within \"a hair's breadth\" of his genitals.\n\nThe court was told that a police report was made at the time, but no further action was taken because the youngster did not want to make a formal complaint.\n\nHowever, the victim told jurors \"it all came flooding back\" when he learned Khan was standing in the December 2019 general election and he went on to file a complaint.\n\nArriving in court with a walking stick, suitcase and carrier bag from an exclusive London parfumerie, he sat in the dock looking straight ahead throughout the hearing.\n\nHis victim sat directly behind him in the public gallery throughout the 90-minute hearing - often emotional and reacting to much of the mitigating arguments from Khan's barrister by shaking his head in disbelief.\n\nDescribing Khan as \"that man\" during his impact statement, he spoke of his increasingly deteriorating mental health.\n\nThe judge noted that Khan had remained remorseless throughout the trial and said the only sorrow he'd shown had been for himself and his reputation.\n\nOn a number of occasions, his barrister spoke of a life and career in tatters, but made no reference to the life of the victim.\n\nAs he was told of his custodial sentence, Khan remained emotionless, calmly getting to his feet as he was escorted from the court during which his victim kept his eyes locked on the back of the ex-MP.\n\nReading an impact statement in court, Khan's victim said he had had \"suicidal thoughts\" and had suffered difficulties in his relationship and at work due to the assault.\n\n\"Because of this assault, throughout my teenage years I found being touched in any way difficult,\" he said.\n\n\"My mental health has deteriorated rapidly since deciding to come forward and having to constantly relive an event I tried to bury for such a long time.\n\n\"I have struggled with the guilt of dragging my family back into a horrible ordeal they would rather forget, and watch them struggle with their own guilt for allowing that man into the house.\"\n\nKhan's defence lawyer said the former MP's \"fall from grace has been spectacular\"\n\nIn mitigation, Khan's defence lawyer Gudrun Young QC said the former MP had gone from \"high public office\" to being \"utterly and completely disgraced, with his life and career in ruins, shamed and humiliated at every turn\".\n\n\"To say his reputation is in tatters does not do the matter justice. It has been completely destroyed,\" she said.\n\n\"Mr Khan's fall from grace has been spectacular. He will always be known as a disgraced former MP and he will take that to his grave.\"\n\nIn a statement issued after the sentencing, the NSPCC said: \"We hope seeing Khan face justice for the sexual assault he committed over a decade ago offers some solace to the brave young man who spoke out against his abuser.\n\n\"Abuse can have a profound and long-lasting effect on children and young people, but no matter who the perpetrator is, it is important to remember it is never too late to speak out and get support.\"\n\nEarlier this month, Khan formally lodged an appeal against his conviction.\n\nA by-election is due to be held on 23 June to elect a new MP for Khan's former constituency.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Buy now pay later firm Klarna has announced plans to cut around 700 staff as it warned of a \"likely recession\".\n\nThe Swedish firm blamed a combination of rising prices, a change in consumer sentiment and the war in Ukraine for the move.\n\n\"What we are seeing now in the world is not temporary or short-lived, and hence we need to act,\" said chief executive Sebastian Siemiatkowski.\n\nThe cuts equate to around 10% of Klarna's 7,000-strong workforce.\n\n\"When we set our business plans for 2022 in the autumn of last year, it was a very different world than the one we are in today,\" said Mr Siemiatkowski.\n\n\"Since then, we have seen a tragic and unnecessary war in Ukraine unfold, a shift in consumer sentiment, a steep increase in inflation, a highly volatile stock market and a likely recession.\"\n\nIn a blog, Mr Siemiatkowski advised staff - who the company refers to \"Klarnauts\" - to \"take care of yourselves and each other\".\n\nKlarna is one of many tech companies warning that the months ahead will be difficult and taking steps to cut jobs or freeze hiring, as consumer spending weakens and ad sales slow.\n\nSocial media firm Snap shares tumbled roughly 40% on Tuesday after it cut sales and profit targets set a month ago.\n\nThe owner of the Snapchat messaging app said it would slow its rate of hiring after it said \"macroeconomic environment has deteriorated further and faster than anticipated\".\n\nThe update prompted a wider sell-off, with shares in Facebook-owner Meta down roughly 10%, Google-owner Alphabet falling 8% and smaller firms such as Pinterest down 26%.\n\nIn the UK, the central bank has warned the economy could fall into recession - defined as the economy getting smaller for two consecutive quarters - after official figures revealed the economy shrank in March.\n\nKlarna boss Sebastian Siemiatkowski says it has been \"a very tumultuous year\"\n\nHigher prices are beginning to bite into household budgets and people have started spending less and cutting down on car journeys due to high fuel costs.\n\nSoaring energy bills and food prices are also having an impact and inflation - the rate at which prices rise - jumped to 9% in April and is expected to reach more than 10% by the end of the year.\n\nCommenting on the cuts, Klarna said its affected employees in Europe will be offered \"to leave Klarna with an associated compensation\", but added outside of the continent, \"the process for impacted employees will look different depending on where you work\".\n\nKlarna staff were asked to work from home this week \"in consideration of the privacy of the people affected by these changes\".\n\nMr Siemiatkowski said it had been \"a very tumultuous year\" so far.\n\nIt contrasts with 2021 when, thanks to the shift in consumer spending to online during Covid restrictions, Klarna saw the value of the company soar to $46bn when it raised millions of dollars from investors.\n\nSince then, however, The Wall Street Journal has reported it is seeking a new round of investment and its valuation could sink by as much as $16bn to $30bn. Klarna dismissed the report as \"pure speculation\".\n\nBuy-now-pay-later providers should have a pretty good insight of consumer sentiment. After all, it is a product that has been used by 17 million people in the UK, including 30% of those aged in their 20s.\n\nNo doubt Klarna has decided that those customers are likely to tighten their belts, spending less on fashion and the like as food and fuel take a bigger and bigger chunk out of their disposable incomes.\n\nBut there are likely to be wider factors at play here too.\n\nFirstly, this kind of credit is facing greater scrutiny from regulators. Will shoppers think twice about clicking the Klarna box if they know that, in doing so, other potential lenders will be aware of how they are funding their purchases or they have to undergo affordability checks?\n\nSecondly, Klarna has expanded fast, but so have its losses, and those in charge need to chart a sustainable course for the business.\n\nOver its last financial year, Klarna's operating losses swelled to 6.58bn Swedish krona (£540m) from 1.62bn Swedish krona.\n\nIn its annual report, the company said losses were growing but that was \"entirely explained by Klarna's growth, expansion to new markets and massive inflow of new customers\".\n\nDanni Hewson, financial analyst for AJ Bell, said Klarna's job cuts \"might be the sensible option even if it takes a great big chunk out of the company's valuation\".\n\n\"Markets are adjusting, those sky-high market caps that some growth businesses have attained over the last couple of years are coming under considerable scrutiny and many investors are deciding they don't hold up,\" said Ms Hewson.\n\n\"Klarna's caught between a rock and hard place as it needs to keep up its expansion momentum if it's to grow revenue and start generating profits.\n\n\"It could delay fundraising, wait for a more favourable moment, but there's no telling how long that wait would be particularly when recession is looming over the global economy.\"\n\nBuy-now-pay-later is now a popular payment method across many stores, especially for people in their 20s.\n\nHowever, one in 10 people using them already had debt arrears elsewhere, a review by the Financial Conduct Authority last year found.\n\nIt has led to criticism the schemes encourage shoppers to buy more than they can afford.\n\nEarlier this month, Klarna announced it would start telling credit agencies who pays on time and who falls behind.\n\nFrom June, banks and credit card firms will be able to see people's Klarna habits when making credit checks.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nNearly nine million people in the UK watched the Eurovision Song Contest on BBC One on Saturday, which saw the UK come second to winners Ukraine.\n\nFigures were considerably up on last year, when an average of 7.4 million watched as the UK scored \"nul points\".\n\nTV audience numbers for the Turin show peaked at 10.6 million, the BBC said\n\nThe Eurovision broadcast followed on the heels of BBC One's coverage of the FA Cup final, which drew an average audience of nearly six million.\n\nViewing numbers soared in the final half hour of the match at Wembley, which saw Liverpool beat Chelsea 6-5 on penalties - peaking at eight million.\n\nThere were also four million stream requests for the coverage across the BBC's digital platforms.\n\nThe live game was also shown on ITV1 where the audience averaged 1.6m. peaking at 2.6m.\n\nLiverpool\"s Kostas Tsimikas celebrated with the trophy after a tense conclusion to the game\n\nHigh hopes accompanied this year's British entry to the Eurovision.\n\nSam Ryder was one of the favourites to win the competition with his song Space Man - and topped the jury vote midway through proceedings on Saturday night, after two consecutive years of the UK coming last.\n\nBut, at close to midnight BST, a huge surge of public support in the popular vote propelled Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra to victory.\n\nTheir winning song, Stefania, combined old Ukrainian folk melodies and traditional flute with contemporary rap and hip-hop beats.\n\nIn a statement, the BBC said: \"Sam's performance was simply out of this world and we couldn't be prouder of him.\"\n\n\"Kalush Orchestra's performance was incredible and generated a reaction both in the arena and around the globe like no other - we offer huge congratulations to Ukraine on their win.\"\n\nAn average of 8.9 million people tuned in to watch the competition on BBC One - a 55.5% share of the available audience, the corporation said.\n\nQuestions remain as to whether Ukraine will be able to host the contest next year, as tradition dictates.\n\nEurovision broadcaster EBU has said the situation presents \"unique challenges\" but Ukraine's President Zelensky has said his country will do its best to fulfil its hosting duties.", "Witnesses to a racially-motivated attack at a New York state supermarket have been describing the horrific moment an 18-year-old white man pulled out a gun and began a shooting spree that left 10 people dead.\n\nThe attacker, dressed in military gear, drove into the car park at Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo at about 2.30pm (19:30 BST) and began livestreaming his rampage via a camera on his helmet.\n\n\"When I first saw him shooting he shot a woman, he shot a deacon, he shot another woman... and then he went in the store and he started shooting again,\" eyewitness Grady Lewis told reporters.\n\nKatherine Crofton, a retired firefighter and doctor, told the local paper she had been playing with her dog and smoking a cigarette when she heard a shot from her front porch.\n\n\"I didn't see him at first, I turned around and I saw him shoot this woman,\" she said.\n\n\"She was just going into the store. And then he shot another woman. She was putting groceries into her car. I got down because I did not know if he was going to shoot me.\"\n\nThe suspected gunman has been identified in court documents as Payton Gendron, of Conklin, New York.\n\nOf the 13 people shot, police said 11 were black. The authorities say it was a racially motivated attack in what is a predominantly black neighbourhood.\n\nInside the \"packed\" supermarket, operations manager Shonell Harris told Buffalo News she was putting out groceries when the shooting happened.\n\n\"I heard a noise, and then it got louder and closer, and everybody started running\", she said.\n\nThe gunman was arrested after the shootings outside the Tops Friendly Market store\n\nA small vigil is set up across the street to the crime scene\n\nHearing the gunshots, Ms Harris said she made for the back exit, and ran around to the front of the store to look for her daughter, who was also working inside the supermarket.\n\nAt the front of the store, she said she saw the gunman, clothed \"like he was dressed for the army\", shoot another person.\n\nShe then ran back around to the back exit, where she found her daughter. \"I just grabbed her, I hugged her,\" she said.\n\n\"It's like a nightmare... you see this on TV, you hear about it on TV... but I never thought I would be one of them.\"\n\nThree people were shot dead in the car park and the other seven were killed inside the supermarket, police said.\n\nAs the shooter entered the store, a security guard named by local media as Aaron Salter - a retired police officer - fired multiple shots, but the gunman's bulletproof vest stopped one that hit him, police said. He then killed the guard and stalked through the store firing at other people.\n\nThe local paper has named two others who died in the attack - supermarket customers Ruth Whitfield and Katherine Massey. A vigil was held for Ms Whitmore, 86, on Saturday night.\n\nA church deacon who worked as a driver was also killed, Buffalo News reports.\n\nJennifer Tookes, who had been shopping in the store with her cousin when the shooting started, told NBC News that her cousin had hidden in the supermarket's freezer until the gunfire stopped.\n\nMs Tookes added that she saw three bodies lying outside the car park when she escaped outside: \"One was right by the door. One man was by his car. Another girl was right there.\"\n\nKen Stephens, a member of a local anti-violence group who was at the scene, told the New York Times: \"Bodies were everywhere.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Mayor speaks of pain in wake of deadly shooting\n\nWitness Katherine Crofton said that after the shootings inside the supermarket, the gunman came outside.\n\n\"The guy walked out of the store, the cops were just screaming at him, and he just stood there,\" she said. \"It was like he wanted them to shoot him.\"\n\nThe attacker was arrested by police and has been charged with first-degree murder.\n\nAfterwards, local residents gathered at the scene. Among them was Marilyn Hanson, 60, who told The New York Times she had raced to the store after hearing the news to make sure her daughter, who lived nearby, was not hurt.\n\nFinding her safe, Ms Hanson - who shops at the store often - said: \"My daughter was so scared because that could've been me in that store.\"\n\n\"If a black man did this, he'd be dead, too,\" she added, referring to the fact that the suspect had surrendered and had been taken into custody by police.\n\nA member of the local government council, Ulysees Wingo Sr, said most of the shoppers at the supermarket were black and that he knew some of the victims.\n\n\"This is the largest mass shooting to date in the city of Buffalo,\" he told reporters.\n\n\"I don't think anyone here in the city of Buffalo thought that something like this could ever happen, would ever happen.\"\n\nSaturday's attack in Buffalo is thought to be the worst mass shooting so far in the US in 2022, and will also further inflame the bitter political battle about gun control in the US.\n\nSome 40,000 deaths a year involve firearms in America, a figure that includes suicides.\n\nMeanwhile, hate crimes in the US hit a 12-year high in 2020, with over 10,000 people reporting offences related to their race, gender, sexuality, religion or disability.\n\nCrimes against Asian and black Americans in particular surged that year, FBI figures suggest - although as police are not mandated to submit hate crime data to the FBI, those numbers are thought likely to be an undercount.\n• None Ten killed in racially motivated attack at US store", "EasyJet is to offer new and existing cabin crew a £1,000 bonus at the end of the summer holiday season, as airlines battle to retain and recruit staff.\n\nThe airline said the payments would acknowledge crews' contributions to what it expects to be a busy summer, with travel at near pre-Covid levels.\n\nIt was revealed last month that British Airways is offering the same amount to new joiners as a \"golden hello\".\n\nThe UK's ending of travel restrictions has seen demand for holidays soar.\n\nThe aviation industry shed thousands of jobs during the pandemic and airports and airlines have been racing to recruit staff for months, as they plan for a bumper summer. However, some have struggled to hire new staff quickly enough.\n\nBoth EasyJet and British Airways have cancelled hundreds of flights amid workforce shortages, which have been compounded by Covid absences.\n\nSome airports, including Manchester and Birmingham, have also blamed a lack of staff for incidents of long queues, some of which have resulted in passengers missing flights.\n\nThe UK's aviation watchdog the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) wrote to airports in April expressing concern over the impact of staff shortages.\n\nBritish Airways' recruitment efforts this year have included inviting back some workers who previously left but had expressed an interest in returning.\n\nEasyJet said last week that it planned to take out the back row of seats on some aircraft, so they could fly with three cabin crew instead of four. This would still comply with the CAA's regulations.\n\nThe budget airline has so far hired 1,700 crew, up from its initial target of 1,500.\n\nHowever, getting new aviation staff trained and through security clearance can take months.\n\nThe government is set to allow the training of new staff to begin before background checks have been completed, in an effort to speed up recruitment. The law change is due to come into effect from 20 May.", "In-person exams were cancelled in 2020 and 2021\n\nHead teachers are warning of disruption in this summer's school exams amid a shortage of invigilators, fuelled by fears of catching Covid.\n\nThe Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) says staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are being moved from other work to oversee exams.\n\nSome parents, too, are being asked to help, according to some school staff.\n\nThe Department for Education (DfE) does not expect major problems as schools should have \"robust contingency plans\".\n\nMore students than ever are sitting in-person A-levels and GCSEs for the first time this week, after the last two years of traditional assessments were cancelled because of the pandemic.\n\nBut fewer invigilators are returning to oversee them because they are worried about Covid or have moved on to other work, unions say.\n\nThere is also a higher demand because more students with anxiety are asking to take exams in separate rooms.\n\nSome schools have been asking parents to step in, while the ASCL says others \"have had no choice\" but to train other members of staff.\n\nBut the DfE says it does not expect \"general disruption\". A spokeswoman said: \"Schools and exam centres are well prepared to handle any challenges, having been asked to have robust contingency plans in place.\"\n\nKatherine McDiarmid, exams officer at Kendrick School in Reading, has put \"constant adverts out\" for invigilators this year, and has trained two part-time librarians and some parents.\n\n\"People who were your really experienced key room leads - that could do the job standing on their heads - have left,\" she said.\n\nThe librarians are volunteering outside their normal working hours, so it will not affect their jobs.\n\nBut ASCL general secretary Geoff Barton said invigilator shortages had left some schools with \"no choice\" but to train their own staff and redeploy them from their normal duties, which, he said, was \"likely to have an impact on provision\".\n\nNormally, one invigilator must be present in written exams for every 30 students, but this requirement has been relaxed to one-for-40 because of the shortages.\n\nTeachers are also being allowed to invigilate exams in their own subjects, which is not normally permitted.\n\nSchools have been advised that they can delay exams or split students into groups if they cannot find enough invigilators.\n\nMr Barton said even more invigilators were needed to satisfy the growing number of students wanting to sit their exams in rooms away from the main exam hall because of \"high levels of stress and anxiety\".\n\nHelen Albers, a school medical officer and invigilator, says she has seen students shake with anxiety in the exam hall\n\nLeanne Turner, deputy head teacher at The Deanery Church of England High School in Wigan, has set up rooms for those who have asked to sit exams separately since Covid - some because they need additional support, such as scribes, but others for reasons of wellbeing.\n\nShe said she needed \"a lot more\" invigilators to oversee those extra rooms.\n\n\"The thought of returning to school for some children was just too much to bear,\" she said.\n\n\"Going into the sports hall, being there with another 250 children, sitting still for all that time, walking into that actual room - it's a bridge too far for many of them that are already feeling wobbly.\"\n\nAmong those invigilators is Helen Albers, who is also the school's medical officer and is used to spotting signs of anxiety.\n\n\"I'll see their legs are shaking, their breathing might get a little bit faster - so [I'll] just go over to those children and let them know that we're here,\" she said.\n\nLexie said her exam earlier went better than she thought it would\n\nAt Hethersett Academy in Norfolk, Year 11 student Lexie told the BBC she was \"really nervous\" before her computer science GCSE exam earlier, but having had advance information about the questions - one of the adjustments brought in this year - helped.\n\n\"Once I opened the paper and looked through the questions I thought, 'yeah this is what I've been revising'. It was a nice feeling to know that I could answer the questions,\" she said.\n\nIt was \"peace of mind\" to know the exams \"were actually in line with the pre-released material\", she added.\n\nJugjit Chima, chief executive of the National Association of Exams Officers, said the situation had been made worse because many members had not experienced an exam season before.\n\nAnd some schools had been late to recruit invigilators because they had not been convinced that exams would go ahead this year following the cancellation of summer exams in 2020 and 2021.\n\n\"We've almost had a perfect storm this year,\" he said.\n\nMr Chima voiced concern about the potential for \"malpractice\" if invigilators were trained at short notice, as they might not have a thorough understanding of the rules.\n\nA spokesman for the Joint Council for Qualifications said exams boards \"fully appreciate the difficulty some schools and colleges have faced in securing invigilators\".\n\nIt is encouraging schools to use social media, parent newsletters and an invigilator vacancy and recruitment map to fill gaps.\n\nHow is your school preparing for exams this year? Are you a parent who will be invigilating? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Blackpool's Jake Daniels said his decision to come out as the UK's only openly gay active male professional footballer would allow him to be \"free and confident\".\n\nThe Championship club forward is the first professional in the UK men's game for more than 30 years to come out while still playing.\n\nSpeaking to Sky Sports, the 17-year-old said: \"Now is the right time to do it.\n\n\"I feel like I am ready to tell people my story.\"\n• None Why Daniels coming out is a watershed moment\n\nHe added: \"Since I've come out to my family, my club and my team-mates, that period of overthinking everything - and the stress it created - has gone. It was impacting my mental health. Now I am just confident and happy to be myself finally.\n\n\"I have been thinking for a long time about how I want to do it, when I want to do it. I know now is the time. I am ready to be myself, be free and be confident with it all.\"\n\nJustin Fashanu was the last active men's professional footballer in the UK to come out during his playing career, featuring for clubs in England and Scotland after announcing in October 1990 that he was gay.\n\nAdelaide United player Josh Cavallo is the only current openly gay top-flight male professional footballer in the world, having come out last October.\n\nDaniels' announcement drew instant reaction, with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeting: \"Thank you for your bravery Jake. It would have taken huge courage to come out and you will be an inspiration to many both on and off the pitch.\"\n\nThe football world also reacted swiftly, with the Premier League tweeting \"the footballing world is with you\", while Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea all said they were \"proud\" of Daniels.\n\nTrevor Birch, chief executive of the EFL, said: \"We hope that this moment helps take us forward to a time where LGBTQ+ representation at all levels of the men's professional game is the norm.\"\n\n'I've been hiding who I am'\n\nDaniels said he had known he was gay since the age of five or six and that his girlfriends in school were \"a massive cover-up\".\n\nHe said: \"In school people even used to ask me: 'Are you sure you aren't gay?' And I would reply, 'no, I'm not'. I wasn't ready and it was a struggle but I just don't want to lie any more.\"\n\nHe says the fact he scored four goals in a youth fixture the day after telling his mother and sister showed the \"massive relief\" he was feeling.\n\n\"Of course I am aware that there will be a reaction to this and some of it will be homophobic, maybe in a stadium and on social media,\" Daniels added.\n\n\"It's an easy thing for people to target. The way I see it is that I am playing football and they are shouting stuff at me, but they are paying to watch me play football and I am living my life and making money from it. So shout what you want, it's not going to make a difference.\"\n\nDaniels - who has been with Blackpool since the age of seven and now has a professional contract - made his first-team debut earlier in May and said his announcement came at the end of what he said has been a \"fantastic\" season for him.\n\n\"But off the pitch I've been hiding the real me and who I really am,\" he told Blackpool's website. \"I've known my whole life that I'm gay, and I now feel that I'm ready to come out and be myself.\n\n\"It's a step into the unknown being one of the first footballers in this country to reveal my sexuality, but I've been inspired by Josh Cavallo, Matt Morton and athletes from other sports, like Tom Daley, to have the courage and determination to drive change.\"\n\nDaniels said he had confided in youth-team players, who have supported and embraced his decision.\n\n\"I've hated lying my whole life and feeling the need to change to fit in,\" he added. \"I want to be a role model myself by doing this.\n\n\"There are people out there in the same space as me that may not feel comfortable revealing their sexuality. I just want to tell them that you don't have to change who you are, or how you should be, just to fit in.\"\n\nBefore Daniels' announcement, Fashanu was the only male footballer to have come out as gay while playing professionally in the UK.\n\nSpeaking on behalf of the foundation set up in memory of her uncle, who killed himself in 1998, Amal Fashanu said there is still homophobia in football and called for it to be treated with \"zero tolerance\".\n\nShe added: \"Jake's announcement will come as a huge comfort to the many footballers at all levels of the game, from grass roots to the professional leagues, still secretly living as gay and who still feel unable to come out.\"\n\nThere are a number of openly gay players in women's football, and several men's players have come out once their playing careers were over.\n\nFormer England international Casey Stoney said Daniels had shown \"guts and courage\".\n\nShe added: \"Good for you for stepping out of the mould and for being authentically you. Wouldn't it be great if we got to a place where we didn't have to use the words 'guts and courage' to describe someone being comfortable being themselves.\"\n• None Justin Fashanu: 30 years since footballer came out (October 2020)\n\nFormer Aston Villa, Stuttgart, West Ham and Everton player Thomas Hitzlsperger - who came out as gay in 2013, shortly after retiring - congratulated Daniels.\n\n\"Well done Jake Daniels,\" he tweeted. \"Have a wonderful career! Great to see the support of Blackpool FC and Stonewall UK to make this possible.\"\n\nThe Premier League partners with charity Stonewall's Rainbow Laces campaign, which is aimed at encouraging more acceptance of LGBT+ diversity.\n\nBlackpool said it has worked closely with Stonewall to \"support\" Daniels and that the club \"is incredibly proud that he has reached a stage where he is empowered to express himself both on-and-off the pitch\".\n\nThe club added: \"It is vital that we all promote an environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves, and that football leads the way in removing any form of discrimination and prejudice.\"\n\nStonewall director Liz Ward added: \"Our Rainbow Laces campaign has taught us that, while there is still a way to go, attitudes towards LGBTQ+ people in sport are changing.\n\n\"We are moving towards a world where players can live openly as their true selves, both on and off pitch - and that is something we can all take pride in.\"", "A film actress and her martial arts instructor husband have been jailed for child sex offences.\n\nZara Phythian - who appeared in Doctor Strange with Benedict Cumberbatch - sexually abused a 13-year-old girl together with her husband Victor Marke.\n\nMarke also sexually abused a 15-year-old girl on his own.\n\nAt Nottingham Crown Court, Phythian, who is 37, was jailed for eight years while her husband, 59, was sentenced to 14 years in prison.\n\nJudge Mark Watson said Marke was the \"driving force behind the abuse\".\n\nAddressing Phythian, the judge added: \"Whilst you denied in cross-examination that you were besotted with Victor Marke, on the evidence I have heard I am in no doubt that your deviance was shaped by the influence that he had upon you from an early age.\"\n\nPhythian got the part of \"brunette zealot\" in Doctor Strange, which starred Benedict Cumberbatch in the title role\n\nThe court heard the couple met when he was her martial arts instructor, and Phythian went on to have a successful career in martial arts, as a stuntwoman, and actress.\n\nMarke, from Mavis Avenue, Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire, was charged with four counts of indecently assaulting a child between 2002 and 2003.\n\nThe pair were jointly charged with 14 counts of sexual activity with a child between 2005 and 2008.\n\nThey both denied the offences but were found guilty by a jury and sentenced at the same court on Monday.\n\nMarke was sentenced to four years for abusing the girl on his own and a further 10 years for the abuse of the second victim with Phythian, from Taurus Close, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.\n\nPhythian - who was tried under her married name of Zara Marke - was jailed for eight years for her part in the abuse of the second victim.\n\nThe judge said Marke was the \"driving force behind the abuse\"\n\nThe first victim told the court that what Marke did to her \"nearly broke my mum\".\n\nIn a victim impact statement read to the court, the second victim thanked the first woman for telling the police.\n\nShe added she had been a \"cheeky and socially awkward\" 13-year-old who was an easy target for the pair.\n\n\"You robbed me of my innocence, corrupted me... leaving me unable to create good and balanced relationships,\" she said.\n\nAs she was led away to the cells, Phythian waved at the public gallery where a woman shouted: \"I love you, Zara.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Fighters evacuated from the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol arrived in the nearby town of Novoazovsk.\n\nUkraine's defence ministry said 53 heavily injured fighters were taken there and another 211 were sent to Olenivka. Both areas were captured by Russian-backed separatists in 2014.\n\nUkraine said some fighters remain trapped at the steelworks, and efforts to rescue them are ongoing.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nUkraine has confirmed that hundreds of its fighters trapped for more than two months in Mariupol's Azovstal steelworks have been evacuated.\n\nDeputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said 53 badly wounded soldiers were taken to the town of Novoazovsk, held by Russian-backed rebels.\n\nShe said another 211 were evacuated using a humanitarian corridor to Olenivka - also a rebel-held town.\n\nRussia earlier said a deal had been reached to evacuate the injured troops.\n\nAbout a dozen buses carrying Ukrainian fighters who were holed up beneath the besieged plant were seen leaving the huge industrial site in the southern port city on Monday evening, Reuters news agency reported.\n\nRussian state-run media outlets also posted footage of what they say were injured Ukrainian soldiers being evacuated from Azovstal.\n\nMs Maliar said the troops would be exchanged for captured Russian soldiers.\n\nIn his video address after midnight local time on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukrainian military, intelligence and negotiating teams, as well as the Red Cross and the UN were involved in the evacuation operation.\n\n\"Ukraine needs its heroes alive,\" he said.\n\nHowever, he cautioned that the Ukrainian troops may not be freed immediately and warned that negotiations over their release will require \"delicacy and time\".\n\nUkrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko told the BBC it is essential that the deal struck with Russia, with the help of the Red Cross and the UN, goes through and the soldiers are exchanged. Otherwise, she said, \"the fate of these very brave men will be absolutely unknown and will be in Russian hands, which is far far from an ideal situation\".\n\nOn Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Ukrainian soldiers evacuated from the steel plant will be treated \"in line with the relevant international laws\".\n\nPictures have emerged purportedly showing injured Ukrainian soldiers arriving in Novoazovsk, a town held by Russian-backed rebels\n\nHundreds of Ukrainian soldiers - Marines, the National Guard - including the Azov regiment - border guards, police and territorial defence units - as well as a number of civilians with young children have been holed up at the site since advancing Russian troops encircled the southern city in early March.\n\nThe sprawling four-square mile complex is a maze of tunnels designed to survive a nuclear war.\n\nLast month Mr Putin called off a planned assault on the site, citing fears of high Russian casualties. But heavy bombardment continued virtually non-stop, Ukrainian commanders have said.\n\nEarlier this month, dozens of civilians were evacuated from Mariupol to both Russia-controlled and Ukraine-controlled territory after weeks under siege.\n\nIt was not immediately clear how many people still remain in underground bunkers.\n\nMs Maliar, Ukraine's deputy defence minister, said Ukraine's military, intelligence, National Guard and Border Service were \"carrying out joint efforts to save\" those left behind.\n\nShe also hailed the actions of the plant's defenders, who she said had \"fully accomplished all missions assigned by the command\". But she noted that their position had become untenable after it became \"impossible to unblock Azovstal by military means\".\n\nIn a message posted to Facebook on Monday night, Ukraine's General Staff called the troops \"heroes of our time\" and said their efforts had helped Kyiv organise the defence of its southern flank.\n\n\"Maintaining their positions at Azovstal, they did not allow the opponent to shift the grouping of up to 17 battalion tactical groups (about 20,000 personnel) to other directions. Thereby hindered the implementation of the plan for the rapid capture of Zaporizhzhia,\" military chiefs said in the post.\n\nMeanwhile, the Azov regiment, a National Guard unit which once had links to the far right, appeared to confirm that its fighters had agreed in a social media post to lay down their arms.\n\nThe group's commander, Lt Col Denys Prokopenko said his priority was saving \"as many lives of personnel as possible\".", "Rosyth shipyard has won a £30m contract to maintain two Royal Navy aircraft carriers, helping to secure 300 jobs.\n\nThe 10-year agreement will see the HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales undergo dry-dock maintenance at the Babcock's facilities in Fife.\n\nBoth vessels were assembled at the yard.\n\nThe same yard won the contract to carry out the first dry-dock maintenance of HMS Queen Elizabeth in 2019.\n\nThe UK government said the latest contract would help sustain 300 jobs at the yard and the wider supply chain.\n\nJeremy Quin, defence procurement minister, said: \"The Queen Elizabeth class carriers are the flagships of our Royal Navy and it's crucial they remain ready to protect and defend the UK and our allies.\n\n\"Both carriers had their final construction in Rosyth, and I'm pleased they will return for their dry-dock maintenance, supporting vital jobs and skills in Scotland.\"\n\nThe 65,000-tonne carriers cost taxpayers £3bn each and are used to launch the F35 Joint Strike Fighter fast jets across the globe.\n\nHMS Prince of Wales recently supported Exercise Cold Response - the largest Arctic exercise in 30 years, which saw 2,000 British personnel join 26 other nations off the shores of Norway - while her sister ship HMS Queen Elizabeth has been carrying out training in waters close to the UK.\n\nSean Donaldson, Babcock's managing director of marine engineering and systems at the Rosyth site, said the yard was ideally placed to complete projects of this scale.\n\n\"The programme will also benefit from the extensive knowledge and expertise of Babcock's skilled workforce which is steeped in carrier experience. It's a really proud moment for us,\" he said.\n\nThe UK government said the contract was awarded by Defence Equipment & Support through a robust and transparent competition, encouraging strong bids from viable dockyards.\n• None New aircraft carrier sails for the first time", "As we reported earlier, Ukrainians are marking Vyshyvanka Day - a celebration of Ukrainian folk culture, particularly the wearing of traditional embroidered shirts.\n\nHere are some images taken as people came out to celebrate, despite the continuing war in the country.\n\nThe designs on some vyshyvankas have meanings such as hope, fertility and protection Image caption: The designs on some vyshyvankas have meanings such as hope, fertility and protection\n\nChildren were among those who gathered in Lviv Image caption: Children were among those who gathered in Lviv\n\nOnce traditionally white, vyshyankas are now made in a wide range of colours Image caption: Once traditionally white, vyshyankas are now made in a wide range of colours\n\nThis performance took place in the western city of Lviv Image caption: This performance took place in the western city of Lviv\n\nSewing lessons were on offer in Odesa Image caption: Sewing lessons were on offer in Odesa\n\nThree refugee sisters, together with friends and their host, marked the occasion with a giant shirt in Cambridge in the UK Image caption: Three refugee sisters, together with friends and their host, marked the occasion with a giant shirt in Cambridge in the UK", "Julia James supported victims of domestic violence in her work as a PCSO\n\nA man has been found guilty of murdering police community support officer Julia James while she was walking her dog in woodland.\n\nCallum Wheeler beat Mrs James to death with a railway jack after \"ambushing\" her near her Kent home in April 2021.\n\nWheeler, 22, was an \"angry, violent\" and \"strange man\" who had been seen roaming the woods, jurors were told.\n\nMrs James' husband Paul said: \"My heart literally broke in half, and I've been trying to fix it every day.\"\n\nHe also praised his wife for supporting victims of violence as part of her work with the police.\n\n\"She just helped everybody, she just couldn't do enough,\" he said.\n\nBethan Coles, Mrs James' daughter, said it had been like an \"out of body experience sometimes to be hearing these awful things and it to be your mum\".\n\nShe added: \"But we needed to see Callum Wheeler in that room and for him to be stood and be held accountable for what it is that he's done.\"\n\nCallum Wheeler was pictured near Ackholt Wood carrying the murder weapon\n\nProsecutor Alison Morgan QC told Canterbury Crown Court the attack was \"not a momentary and spontaneous act of violence\".\n\nIt was planned \"over many days and weeks\", she said, and was \"an ambush attack where the defendant intended to surprise his victim\".\n\nWheeler was seen walking around the countryside with the weapon the day before Mrs James died, and in the days after as hundreds of police officers scoured the area.\n\nHe will be sentenced at a later date.\n\nMrs James, a mother-of-two, was found dead alongside her Jack Russell Toby in Ackholt Wood near her home in Snowdown on 27 April.\n\nThe murder shocked the quiet, rural community, and sparked a vast and complex murder investigation.\n\nThe court was told Mrs James was \"subjected to a very violent and sustained assault to the head\".\n\nMs Morgan, who also described Wheeler as \"highly sexualised\", said: \"He knew that if he waited for the right moment there would be a lone female when nobody else was around, when he could commit this attack.\"\n\nPolice found the murder weapon wrapped up in plastic bags when they searched Wheeler's home\n\nMs Morgan said on one of those occasions Wheeler visited Ackholt Wood before Mrs James's death \"he saw and was seen by Julia James herself\".\n\nMrs James had been \"aware of the presence of a strange male\" and had described the man to her husband as a \"really weird dude\", she added.\n\nFollowing Mrs James's death, Kent Police said they were \"not 100 per cent sure\" what murder weapon was used, and they had no motive or suspect in the case.\n\nFollowing police appeals some 1,400 people came forward with information, together with 6700 hours of footage from CCTV, dashcams and doorbells.\n\nOne of those to come forward was gamekeeper Gavin Tucker who gave police a photo and dashcam footage of a man he had seen acting suspiciously in the area.\n\nWheeler was carrying a bag with what turned out to be the murder weapon covered with plastic bags.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nOn 7 May, detectives released a cropped image and issued a public appeal to find out who he was. Later that day Wheeler was arrested at his home in Aylesham.\n\nBloodstains matching the DNA of Mrs James were found on items seized from Wheeler's home, including a pair of his muddy black Nike trainers and the metal railway jack.\n\nPieces of adhesive from the jack were found in Mrs James' hair while Wheeler's DNA was found on her jacket and white vest.\n\nPC Ben Redpath, one of the officers present at his arrest, told the jury Wheeler had said: \"Sometimes I do things I cannot control.\"\n\nThe court also heard Wheeler told custody officers: \"She was a copper and deserved to die.\"\n\nCallum Wheeler was a loner with few friends, police said\n\nMrs James joined Kent Police in 2008, initially being posted to the Ashford district and then moving to Canterbury, nearer to her family, in 2018.\n\nShe went on to specialise in supporting victims and witnesses of domestic violence.\n\nHer husband said he was \"so proud\" of all the people she had helped in her work, particularly victims of domestic violence.\n\n\"She was just amazing, I was so proud of her. The work she did was just amazing, to help so many other people, women who were in danger from men, bad men,\" he added.\n\nData in Julia James' smart watch traced the route of her final dog walk\n\nDet Supt Gavin Moss, who led the hunt to find Mrs James' killer, said the case was particularly poignant for the force.\n\n\"The death of Julia had real ramifications throughout the whole organisation, because she was one of our own,\" he added.\n\n\"What needed to happen was that justice needed to prevail, and we needed to do what we did to catch Callum Wheeler, who was a particularly dangerous individual.\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Here are five things to bring you up to date about the coronavirus pandemic this Monday morning.\n\nAs more students sit in-person A-levels and GCSEs for the first time since exams were cancelled due to the pandemic, there are concerns about a shortage of invigilators. Fewer invigilators are returning to oversee exams due to Covid fears and because they have other jobs. So school staff are being diverted and some parents are being asked to help, according to the Association of School and College Leaders. Here's more on the story.\n\nA wave of Covid is sweeping North Korea. More than a million people have been stuck by a \"fever\", according to state media, and some 50 people have died - although it's unclear how many tested positive for the virus. Leader Kim Jong-un has ordered the army to help distribute medicine in the unvaccinated country.\n\nChina's unemployment rate in April almost hit the peak seen in the early part of the pandemic. April, as well as March, saw full or partial lockdowns imposed in dozens of cities including the country's commercial centre Shanghai. Official figures show the jobless rate rose to 6.1% - the highest level since February 2020.\n\nTakeaways, online shopping, streaming and online fitness gained popularity when Covid restrictions meant we were stuck indoors. But has the success that firms enjoyed during the period continued post-pandemic? We've taken a look.\n\nDuring the pandemic more people flew by private jets. For those who could afford it, it meant they could travel when many flights were grounded while being able to stick to their Covid bubbles. This led to the private jet flying high, but will it continue to soar? We've investigated.\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "Turkey's president has restated his opposition to Finland and Sweden joining Nato - just hours after they said they would seek membership.\n\nRecep Tayyip Erdogan said the two Nordic nations should not bother sending delegations to convince Turkey, a key Nato member, of their bids.\n\nHe is angered by what he sees as their willingness to host Kurdish militants.\n\nWithout the support of all Nato members, Sweden and Finland cannot join the military alliance.\n\nOn Monday, Sweden said Europe was living in a dangerous new reality, referring to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.\n\nRussian President Vladimir Putin said the move by Finland and Sweden to join the 30-member military alliance did not threaten Moscow directly - but stressed that any expansion of military infrastructure would trigger a response from the Kremlin.\n\nAt a news conference on Monday, Mr Erdogan said Turkey opposed the Finnish and the Swedish bids to join Nato, describing Sweden as a \"hatchery\" for terrorist organisations.\n\n\"Neither of these countries have a clear, open attitude towards terrorist organisation. How can we trust them?\" the Turkish president said.\n\nTurkey accuses the two Nordic nations of harbouring members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a group it views as a terrorist organisation, and followers of Fethullah Gulen, who Ankara accuses of orchestrating a 2016 coup attempt.\n\nAll member states must agree that a new country can join Nato, therefore Sweden and Finland require Turkey's support in their bid to join the military alliance.\n\nMr Erdogan said Swedish and Finnish delegations should not bother going to Ankara, Turkey's capital, to convince it to approve their Nato bid.\n\nHis government has also pledged to block applications from countries that have imposed sanctions on it.\n\nIn 2019, both Nordic nations slapped an arms embargo on Ankara after its incursion into Syria.\n\nSpeaking in parliament in Helsinki on Monday, Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said he was surprised by Turkey's stance, but added that his government was not interested in \"bargaining\" with Mr Erdogan.\n\nFinland formally announced its bid to join Nato last week.\n\nIt was joined by neighbour Sweden on Saturday in a move that will end the Scandinavian country's centuries-long military non-alignment.\n\n\"Nato will strengthen Sweden, Sweden will strengthen Nato,\" Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said at a briefing on Monday.\n\nShe said Europe was now living in a dangerous new reality, referring to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.\n\n\"We are leaving one era behind us and entering a new one,\" Ms Andersson told lawmakers during a debate in Stockholm, also on Monday.\n\nShe said a formal application could be handed in within several days and would be synchronised with Finland. Nato has signalled its willingness to admit the two new members.\n\nOn Tuesday, Sweden's Foreign Minister Ann Linde signed the formal application to join Nato\n\nHowever, Ms Andersson stressed that Sweden did not want permanent Nato bases or nuclear weapons on its territory.\n\nNorway, Denmark and Iceland - all Nato members - immediately said they were ready to support Sweden and Finland by all means necessary if they came under attack.\n\nThe UK, also a Nato member, has already given security guarantees to Sweden and Finland to cover the transition period.\n\nMonday's announcement by Sweden came as Nato began one of its biggest exercises in the Baltic region, involving some 15,000 troops. Named \"Hedgehog\", the drills in Estonia involve 10 countries, including Finland and Sweden.\n\nFor Finland and Sweden to join Nato, all 30 existing members must say yes. But for now, one is saying no.\n\nPresident Erdogan says he won't agree to admit countries which apply sanctions on Turkey.\n\nSweden suspended arms sales to Turkey three years ago, following Ankara's military intervention in Syria. And according to the official Turkish news agency, both Finland and Sweden have rejected dozens of requests to extradite Kurdish militants who Turkey describes as terrorists.\n\nBoth countries are sending delegations to Ankara to try and solve the problem, but President Erdogan says they shouldn't bother.\n\nHe seems determined to extract a price for his precious vote.\n\nOn Sunday, the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, said he was confident that Finland and Sweden would both join, despite Turkish objections.\n\nThe issue is likely to dominate discussions between Mr Blinken and his Turkish opposite number in Washington on Wednesday. Having encouraged the two Nordic countries to apply, Washington won't want to let them down at the 11th hour.\n\nDo you live in Finland or Sweden? What are your thoughts about possible Nato expansion? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Russia's forces were not prepared for the resistance posed by Ukraine\n\nNato's secretary general says Russia's war in Ukraine is not going to plan and that its attempt to capture the eastern Donbas region has \"stalled\".\n\nJens Stoltenberg also said Ukraine could win the conflict.\n\nBritain's Ministry of Defence (MoD) estimates Russia has lost about a third of its ground combat force since the war began in February.\n\nThe Russian invasion has been hampered by stiff Ukrainian resistance and logistical issues.\n\nIts initial goal appeared to be to sweep across the country and topple the Ukrainian government. Instead, Russia has withdrawn from areas around the capital Kyiv after failing to capture it and since mid-April has been focusing its efforts on two eastern provinces.\n\nIn Ukraine's second city of Kharkiv, officials say Russian forces have withdrawn from to the border and that residents were returning.\n\n\"Russia's war in Ukraine is not going as Moscow had planned,\" said Mr Stoltenberg.\n\n\"They failed to take Kyiv, they are pulling back from around Kharkiv, their major offensive in Donbas has stalled. Russia is not achieving its strategic objectives.\"\n\nMr Stoltenberg was speaking at a meeting of Nato foreign ministers.\n\nOn top of the military setbacks, another consequence of the invasion is that Russia will likely face an expanded Nato with Sweden and Finland set to join.\n\nRussia's President Vladimir Putin sees Nato as a security threat to Russia and invaded Ukraine in part to stop it joining Nato.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn its assessment, the MoD's estimate of Russia's losses cover men killed or wounded and equipment destroyed or captured.\n\nThe MoD said Russia's Donbas offensive had \"lost momentum and fallen significantly behind schedule\".\n\nIt said Russia was constrained by \"continued low morale and reduced combat effectiveness\".\n\nThe British Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss, said Ukraine's allies must keep up their military support to help it \"push Russia out\".\n\nOn the ground. Ukrainian forces are counterattacking in the city of Izyum, regional governor Oleh Sinegubov said, something that could complicate Russian plans to capture the Donbas.\n\nHowever Ukraine's military also acknowledged setbacks in its latest updates, saying Russia was advancing in several areas in the region.\n\nThere has been no let up for the remaining Ukrainian forces in Mariupol, with Russia continuing its bombardment of the steelworks where they are holed up. Video purportedly from inside showed men checking their phones and playing chess.\n\nAnd in western Ukraine, the governor of the Lviv region said missiles had targeted military infrastructure.", "The government is to give billions of pounds less in foreign aid to international organisations such as the United Nations.\n\nInstead, the Foreign Office will spend the aid money on individual projects and countries that are UK priorities.\n\nThe change is part of a new strategy designed to ensure aid spending does more to promote foreign policy.\n\nAid charities criticised the strategy for focusing more on boosting UK trade than ending extreme poverty.\n\nForeign Secretary Liz Truss said: \"In an increasingly geopolitical world, we must use development as a key part of our foreign policy.\"\n\nShe said the new strategy will ensure the UK's international development work has benefits across the globe and in the UK, improving economic security worldwide and increasing jobs and growth at home.\n\nThe UK currently spends about £11.5bn each year on aid - after cutting the budget by £3bn last year.\n\nAlmost 40% of the aid budget is currently given to the UN, the World Bank, European Union and other global bodies to spend on their own aid budgets.\n\nThe advantage is that these international organisations benefit from economies of scale by pooling the resources of many countries.\n\nBut under the new strategy, the Foreign Office will cut the percentage of UK aid spent on multilateral organisations down to just 25% by 2025.\n\nThe Foreign Office said the approach will mean it can \"focus funding on UK priorities and control exactly how taxpayers' money is used to support these\".\n\nThe UK will also offer developing countries what the Foreign Office called more \"reliable investment\" so they can be less dependent on the \"unsustainable debt\" of \"malign actors\".\n\nThe document does not mention China, but this is a reference to the increasing reliance of some developing countries on loans handed out by Beijing.\n\nThe Foreign Office said the aim was to bring \"more countries into the orbit of free-market economies\".\n\nIt added: \"This will help low and middle-income countries become our trade and investment partners of the future.\"\n\nMs Truss said: \"Malign actors treat economics and development as a means of control, using patronage, investment and debt as a form of economic coercion and political power.\n\n\"We won't mirror their malign tactics, but we will match them in our resolve to provide an alternative.\"\n\nFunding for girls' education in places such as Kenya is being restored after a year of cuts\n\nHowever, the Foreign Office was unable to say how the UK could compete with China's much bigger aid budgets.\n\nThe strategy also says a UK priority will be supporting women and girls with greater education, help with reproductive health and rights, and more protection from violence.\n\n\"We intend to restore funding for this vital work,\" the strategy says, a reference to the impact of last year's general aid cuts.\n\nHumanitarian aid will also be made a priority, with the Foreign Office promising to spend £3bn over the next three years.\n\nThe Foreign Office said it also aimed to cut bureaucracy in the way it delivered development aid, in particular giving greater autonomy to UK ambassadors to make decisions on the ground.\n\nLabour MP Sarah Champion, who chairs the House of Commons International Development Committee, said the new strategy document was \"a double whammy against the global poor\".\n\nShe said: \"Supporting the poorest in the world should not be conditional on a trade deal or agreeing to investment partnerships.\n\n\"The UK has rightly been hugely critical of China for such an approach, so I fail to see why we are following down the same road. It is depressing and disappointing that the UK would devise a strategy like this.\"\n\nLiberal Democrat foreign affairs spokeswoman Layla Moran said the strategy barely mentions the \"callous decision to slash aid spending\" which she said was \"harming the most vulnerable around the world\".\n\n\"The government's misguided new focus on 'aid for trade' is yet another blow for the world's poorest,\" she said.\n\nBond, the umbrella group for aid charities, criticised the Foreign Office strategy for failing to prioritise health, climate change and open societies.\n\nStephanie Draper, CEO at Bond, said: \"Though this strategy contains some positive elements, it seems largely driven by short-term political and economic interests rather than the attempt to tackle the root causes of global crises such as inequality, conflict and climate change, which impact us all.\n\n\"It's worrying that 'aid for trade' is at the heart of this strategy as this not only diverts money away from life-saving programmes but could see investors benefit at the expense of the marginalised communities it's supposed to serve.\"\n\nChristine Allen, director at international development charity Cafod, accused the government of \"raiding\" the foreign aid budget to bolster the UK's trade and investment:\n\n\"Britain's role on the global stage does not mean abdicating from our responsibilities to those who are suffering - whether that's responding to the looming famines in the Horn of Africa or the impacts of the climate crisis in Bangladesh,\" she said.\n\n\"It is definitely not reneging on existing aid commitments for a narrow self-interest on UK trade and business.\n\n\"Aid money is precious and transformative, it must be valued for the good that it does.\"", "The possibility of more rises in food prices is a \"major worry\" for the UK and other countries, the Bank of England governor has warned.\n\nApologising for sounding \"apocalyptic\", Andrew Bailey said the war in Ukraine was affecting food supplies.\n\nMr Bailey also defended the Bank's performance following criticism it has not done enough to try to rein in rising prices.\n\nInflation - the rate at which prices rise - is at a 30-year high.\n\nMr Bailey warned that a \"very big income shock\" from the increase in global goods prices would hit demand in the economy and push up unemployment.\n\nHe also said that difficulties shipping out food supplies from Ukraine could hit world supplies of wheat and cooking oil.\n\nWorld wheat prices have risen 25% over the past six weeks.\n\n\"There's a lot of uncertainty around this situation,\" Mr Bailey said.\n\n\"And that is a major, major worry and it's not just I have to tell you a major worry for this country. There's a major worry for the developing world as well. And so if I had to sort of, sorry for being apocalyptic for a moment, but that is a major concern.\"\n\nMr Bailey warned that price rises in food and energy would have a much bigger effect than any rise in interest rates.\n\nAndrew Bailey warned there is \"very real income shock\" coming\n\nWith the government coming under intense pressure over the cost of living crisis, there have been reports that some Cabinet ministers are unhappy with the Bank's performance and have questioned whether it should keep its independence.\n\nInflation hit 7% in March, and figures due out later this week are expected to show the rate climbed higher in April.\n\nThe Bank has warned inflation could hit 10% by the autumn, well above its 2% target.\n\nAppearing before the Treasury Select Committee, its chairman - Conservative MP Mel Stride - put to Mr Bailey the criticism that the Bank had been \"asleep at the wheel\".\n\nIn response, Mr Bailey emphasised that he was not happy about the high rate of inflation, adding: \"This is a bad situation to be in.\"\n\nBut he insisted that most of the above-target inflation was due to global prices not domestic factors.\n\n\"80% of the overshoots over the target... is due to energy and tradable goods,\" he said.\n\nAsked whether he has felt helpless given the situation, Mr Bailey admitted he had.\n\n\"It's a very, very difficult place for us to be in,\" he said.\n\nBut he defended himself against questions over whether he could have done things differently, saying: \"I don't think we could. I don't think we could foresee a war in Ukraine.\"\n\nHe pointed to a further wave of Covid, particularly in China, as another factor putting pressure on prices.\n\nOn the question of the Bank's independence, Mr Bailey said it was something he was \"always\" concerned about ensuring.\n\n\"This is the biggest test of the monetary policy framework that we have had in 25 years, no question about that,\" he said.\n\n\"What I would say to these people is that this is when both the independence of the Bank and the target framework and the nominal anchor matter more than ever, frankly. More than in the good times, the easy times as it were.\"\n\nThe surge in the cost of living has led to households cutting back their spending, which is hitting growth.\n\nThe Bank recently raised interest rates to try to stem the pace of rising prices.\n\nRates rose to 1% from 0.75% earlier this month, their highest level since 2009 and the fourth consecutive increase since December.\n\nThe Bank's policymakers now expect the UK economy to shrink rather than expand in the final three months of this year. It is also expected to contract by 0.25% in 2023, down from its previous forecast of 1.25% growth.\n\nWhile that would not technically be a recession - defined as the economy getting smaller for two consecutive quarters - it would leave the UK at a real risk of one.", "Since Russian forces were pushed back from Kyiv at the end of March, the bodies of more than 1,000 civilians have been discovered in the Bucha region - many hastily buried in shallow graves. The BBC has learned that around 650 people were shot in what a senior police official has described as executions. Sarah Rainsford has been investigating what happened at a children's summer camp - now being treated as a crime scene.\n\n*This report contains material some readers will find disturbing*\n\nIt is easy to miss the killing spot at first in the gloom. But in a cold, damp basement on the edge of the woods that made Bucha a popular get-away spot before the war, five Ukrainian men were forced to their knees and shot in the head.\n\nTo the right of the entrance, there are stones coated in blood that has turned dark red. Lying among that is a blue woollen hat with an exit hole in one side and its rim soaked in blood. In the wall, I counted at least a dozen bullet holes.\n\nA marker left by a forensics team in the basement\n\nA couple of steps away are the remains of a Russian military ration pack - an open can of rice porridge with beef and an empty packet of crackers. A name daubed in graffiti on a wall is a reminder that the scene is a children's camp. But when Russian troops moved into Bucha, just outside the capital, in early March, Camp Radiant became an execution ground.\n\nThe story of the summer camp killings is chilling but so is this detail: more than 1,000 civilians were killed in the Bucha region during a month under Russian occupation, but most did not die from shrapnel or shelling. More than 650 were shot dead by Russian soldiers, according to a senior police official.\n\nNow Ukraine is searching for their killers.\n\nVolodymyr Boichenko lived in Hostomel, just up the road from Bucha and near the airfield where the first Russian forces landed to try to overthrow Ukraine's government. When his sister Aliona Mykytiuk decided to flee before the fighting reached her, she pleaded with Volodymyr to join her. He was a civilian, not a soldier, but he wanted to stay and help. So he spent the days searching Hostomel for food and water to bring to neighbours, including children, who were trapped in their cellars by the constant shelling and Russian airstrikes.\n\nA chatty 34-year-old, who had travelled the world in the merchant navy, Volodymyr phoned his family from Hostomel most days to reassure them he was safe. Aliona would wait nervously for his brief calls: she knew he had to move to higher ground to get a connection and if the shelling was heavy it was impossible to leave the bomb shelter. As supplies ran low, she urged her brother to try to escape but by then the roads were blocked.\n\nThe last time Aliona heard from him was on 8 March. Volodymyr wasn't the demonstrative type, but that day he told his sister not to worry about him. \"He said 'I really love you,' and that was so painful to hear,\" Aliona sobs, rubbing her eyes hard but unable to stop the tears. \"There was fear in his voice.\"\n\nFour days later, Volodymyr was spotted by neighbours close to Promenystyi, as it's known here, or Camp Radiant. Then he disappeared.\n\nIn March, the fighting around Kyiv was intense and the small town of Bucha was at the epicentre. The withdrawal of Russian troops in early April revealed scenes that shocked the world: the bodies of residents slumped in the streets where they'd been shot.\n\nMoscow tells anyone who will listen that the killings were staged, an idea that is as twisted as it is patently false. Determined to hold those responsible to account, Ukrainian investigators are busy collecting the hard evidence on territory now back under their control.\n\n\"We don't know what Putin's plans are, so we are working as quickly as possible in case he drops a bomb and destroys all the proof,\" says Kyiv regional police chief, Andrii Niebytov.\n\nThat evidence includes a field full of civilian cars pierced with multiple bullet holes, now piled up on the edge of Bucha. They are vehicles that were shot at when families tried to flee. One still has a length of white cloth at the window, hung to show the soldiers that its occupants were no threat. Step too close, and you catch the sickly smell of death.\n\nA white flag did not prevent this car from being attacked\n\nWhen the bodies beneath Camp Radiant were discovered on 4 April, Volodymyr Boichenko was among them. Aliona had spent weeks frantically calling hospitals and morgues. That day she was sent a photograph to identify. She knew it was her brother before it had even downloaded.\n\n\"I hate them with every cell of my being,\" Aliona cries, about Volodymyr's killers. \"I know that's wrong to say about people, but they are not human. There was not one patch on those men's bodies that was not beaten.\"\n\nThe five men had been found crouching on their knees, heads down and hands bound behind their backs.\n\n\"We know they had been tortured,\" the police chief told the BBC. \"The Russian army has crossed the line of how war is conducted. They were not fighting the military in Ukraine, they were kidnapping and torturing the civilian population.\"\n\nNeither the Prosecutor's Office nor the SBU security service will disclose details of ongoing investigations, but some Russian military were so careless at covering their tracks that there are likely to be considerable clues to work with. Ukrainian territorial defence units have even discovered lists of soldiers at some abandoned positions. One appears to be part of a rota for litter duty, another includes passport details and mobile phone numbers.\n\nWith such a vast volume of work - more than 11,000 potential war crimes cases registered so far - Ukraine's security services have called on more digitally savvy civilians for help.\n\n\"I feel some call of duty,\" said Dmytro Replianchuk, a journalist at slidstvo.info who worked to expose corruption within Ukraine's law enforcement bodies before the war. Now he's joined forces with prosecutors, scouring the internet for extra data to help catch suspected war criminals.\n\n\"I understand it will be so hard and a lot of cases won't be solved. But in these weeks, it's important to find as much information as possible,\" Dmytro explained.\n\nWe found one potential clue among the litter at Camp Radiant - the wrapping from a parcel sent by a woman named Ksyukha to a Russian soldier whose own name and military unit are clearly marked. Unit 6720 is based in Rubtsovsk, in the Altai region of Siberia. It has been linked to Bucha before when soldiers from the town were caught on CCTV sending giant packages to relatives full of goods that they had looted from Ukrainian homes.\n\nA parcel addressed to a Russian soldier - the name has been blurred\n\nWe can't be sure yet whether soldiers from Rubtsovsk were based at the children's camp, or were there when the men were killed. The police first need to establish a more precise time of death.\n\n\"We are working on it, but it's not a quick thing,\" Mr Niebytov explains. \"But that camp was a headquarters so there would have been a commander. The soldiers could not have executed anyone without the commander's knowledge. So we will first find the organisers and then look for the implementers.\"\n\nAcross the road from Camp Radiant, behind a church spattered with shrapnel damage, a corner of Bucha is slowly showing renewed signs of life. Young boys run around the yard, while a man fixes sheets of wood to windows shattered when the town was being shelled, constantly. And a little shop has just reopened to serve others now trickling back to begin their own repairs.\n\nFresh graves are still being dug in Bucha\n\nAs neighbours cross paths, they discuss the days when Russian tanks rolled into their town, the soldiers who would shoot wildly and those who roamed the streets drunk, breaking into homes and stealing from them. And they remember the local man who escaped to their block of flats from the summer camp opposite, and who they had sheltered despite the risk.\n\nViktor Sytnytskyi didn't know Camp Radiant before, but all the details he gives match up. He's now in western Ukraine and told me his story over the phone, calling from his car so he wouldn't upset his mother.\n\nIt was early March when Viktor was grabbed by Russian soldiers on the street. They tied his hands and pulled his hat down over his eyes, then dragged him to a cellar that he's sure was on the grounds of the children's camp.\n\nCamp Radiant is decorated with mosaics of happy children playing - now it's a crime scene\n\nThere, the Russians poured water over his legs so he would freeze, and they held a gun to his head.\n\n\"They kept saying, 'Where's the fascists? Where's the troops? Where's Zelensky? One of them mentioned Putin so I said something rude and he hit me,\" Viktor recalls.\n\nHe remembers being angry at his captors as well as terrified. He had worked in Moscow in the past with men from Siberia and was horrified that Russians could now treat him with such brutality. Even more so, when one of the soldiers revealed that he, too, was from Siberia.\n\nViktor told him he was sad things had come to this.\n\n\"The sad thing is that our grandfathers fought together against the Nazis and now you're the fascists,\" was the Russian's angry reply.\n\n\"He told me: 'You have until the morning to remember what you've seen, and if not, you'll be shot.'\"\n\nThat night, Viktor got lucky. There was heavy shelling and when he realised his captors were no longer guarding him, he ran for his life.\n\n\"I calculated that I had more chance of surviving under shelling than if I stayed in that cellar. They'd already put the gun to my head. What would it cost them to pull the trigger?\"\n\nFrom a common grave beneath the children's camp, Volodymyr Boichenko has now been given a proper burial beneath the cherry blossom in the old cemetery of Bucha.\n\nAfter his funeral, Aliona says she finally saw her brother's face in her dreams again, as if he were comforting her.\n\nBut she still has many questions. The cross on Volodymyr's grave is marked only with his birthday, not the date of his death, because the family have no idea when he was shot.\n\nThey may never know, unless the Russian commander who took over Camp Radiant can be found.\n\nLike everyone in Bucha, though, they do know that civilians are not only caught up in this war. They are being targeted - by Russian soldiers who either don't know the rules of war, or don't care.\n\nPhotographs by Sarah Rainsford unless otherwise marked", "Sir Jeffrey Donaldson says his party will not support the election of a Speaker and deputy speakers\n\nFriday the 13th was originally a well-known cult movie, one that has become a film franchise synonymous with being a horror show.\n\nTo some, the events at Stormont on Friday the 13th will also be difficult viewing.\n\nThe DUP says it will not support the election of a Speaker and deputy speakers at Stormont.\n\nThis was meant to be a fresh start, instead events on Friday will simply pause political life here.\n\nThe Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, says his party will not support the election of Speaker and deputy speakers.\n\nIt is part of the party's ongoing opposition to the Northern Ireland Protocol. The move aims to put pressure on the UK government and the European Commission in the ongoing dispute over the protocol.\n\nWithout a Speaker, the Northern Ireland Assembly cannot meet or function.\n\nIt basically means, in the words of my colleague BBC Political Correspondent Jayne McCormack, that we have a \"silent assembly\".\n\nIn other words, it exists on paper but cannot operate.\n\nIt is one of the few moves left open to the DUP to try and apply pressure. In other words, the party is saying to London and Brussels you can have the protocol or Stormont - but you can't have both.\n\nThis is a big gamble for the DUP in the hope there will be movement on the protocol to allow the party to return to Stormont.\n\nWhat if there is no change? How long will the party stay away from the assembly and the executive? How will the public react?\n\nWhat of the fact that a majority of MLAs support the protocol and does this look like the DUP are holding people to ransom?\n\nEdwin Poots, a former DUP leader, told BBC Radio Ulster's The Nolan Show that \"sometimes when you have a problem and it is not being dealt with you have to bring it to a head\".\n\nThis is the DUP moving things up a gear.\n\nAlready their political opponents, who make up the majority in Stormont, have attacked this strategy and Sir Jeffrey Donaldson will also have to calculate whether public opinion will accept delays to the establishment of a fresh assembly and a new executive.\n\nWe have been here before.\n\nThere was much anger and criticism during the previous Stormont suspension from 2017 until 2020 after Sinn Féin left the executive.\n\nThe DUP are also gambling that after last week's election this is the most opportune moment to strike.\n\nThe party also hopes the political moves in London will assist them in their fight against the protocol. Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, who is an MP and was elected to the assembly last week, originally said he would give up his Westminster role to concentrate on Stormont matters.\n\nBut he has now said that will not take place.\n\nHe says he will remain as an MP until the protocol is sorted to his party's liking. His party colleague Emma Little-Pengelly will now take his place in the assembly.\n\nIt is a move that has been roundly criticised.\n\nFriday was meant to be a new beginning for politics.\n\nInstead, for seasoned political watchers, Friday the 13th - resembles another movie - Groundhog Day.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nIn 2008 a 14-year-old Laura Robson became the first Briton to win the Wimbledon girls' title for 24 years Laura Robson - the British player who won junior Wimbledon at 14 and an Olympic silver medal at 18 - has confirmed her retirement from tennis. The 28-year-old rose to 27 in the world rankings, and reached the fourth round at Wimbledon and the US Open. But then injury intervened - she had wrist surgery in 2014, and in recent years has had three hip operations. \"I went through every possibility of rehab and of surgery,\" Robson told BBC Sport. \"I had another hip surgery and probably did the best rehab block of my life - I went to all the best specialists and had some incredible people that I was working with just to get me back on court - and then the second time I hit, I just knew. \"It feels weird to say out loud, but I'm done, I'm retired. \"I've sort of known that for a while because of what I was told by the doctors last year, but I think it just took me so long to say it to myself, which is why it took me so long to say it officially.\" The LTA's former chief medical officer Dr Jo Larkin and Rob Hill, who worked as a senior physiotherapist for many years, were a constant support for Robson and were with her when the doctors delivered the news she had been expecting. \"We just sat down and cried together, but I know they are going to be in my life forever,\" she said. Robson was named WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2012 as she beat Grand Slam champions Kim Clijsters and Li Na in a run to the fourth round of the US Open. She also reached her only WTA final in Guangzhou that September (she was the first Briton to play in a WTA final for 22 years), and in early August partnered Andy Murray to a silver medal in the mixed doubles of the London Olympics. It was so nearly gold, but Victoria Azarenka and Max Myrni won the deciding tie-break 10-8 on Wimbledon's Centre Court. Laura Robson and Andy Murray were Olympic silver medallists in the mixed doubles at London 2012 \"I think I'm always going to have the feeling that I could have done more, unfortunately,\" Robson said as she considered her career. \"I feel like if I had just had another year or two of being healthy, I don't know what I could have achieved. \"But I'm really proud of the Olympics, of playing Fed Cup - playing for your country in any way was always one of my favourite weeks of the year - and I think playing Wimbledon and the US Open the time that I did well, I will have those memories forever.\" Robson's run to the fourth round of Wimbledon came in 2013, five years after she had won the girls' title at the age of just 14. \"The pictures that come up every year - I look so young. I can't even remember half of the things that happened, I was a baby,\" she says, and seems in no doubt the experience was overwhelmingly positive. \"It didn't harm me in any way, and I think it was really exciting and it was the first time I played on a big stadium. \"And the things that it brought me in life - the year after being able to open show court two at Wimbledon in the main draw - I wouldn't have had that opportunity had I not won the juniors. \"I think it opened my eyes to how tough it is, how much pressure was on my shoulders, and how to deal with tough things in your life. I wouldn't take it back for anything.\" Watching Robson in full flow was often an exhilarating experience. She had a potent lefty serve, a forehand she struck powerfully from the back of the court (often with little margin for error), and in the relatively short time her body allowed, the former British number one showed a taste and a temperament for the big occasion. What a huge shame, therefore, that her wrist first became a problem at almost exactly the age Emma Raducanu is now. Robson says she does not feel cheated, and now feels at peace with the hand life dealt her. \"But that took a long, long time because it's the difficulty of having it taken away from you rather than deciding yourself, as I would absolutely love to be out there still,\" she says. \"But ultimately what's happened has happened, and I think overall I'm a much nicer person from going through all of that. \"If I keep looking back and thinking 'what if', then I can't move forward.\"\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n• None What happens next as sport wrestles with a complex balance of inclusion, sporting fairness and safety?\n• None How do you become a football manager? Former Preston North End, Leeds United and Sunderland gaffer lets us in on the secret", "Festivals across the UK have signed up to help tackle the issue of sexual violence\n\nMore than 100 UK festivals - including Parklife and Boardmasters - have committed to tackling sexual violence.\n\nThe festivals have pledged to take a survivor-led approach and that all allegations will be taken seriously.\n\nDr Hannah Bows from Durham University said research has shown sexual violence is a \"common experience for festival attendees - especially for women\" and is \"often minimised or ignored\".\n\nThe criminal law professor said the move was an \"important first step\".\n\nNearly half of female festival goers under 40 said they have faced unwanted sexual behaviour at a music festival, a YouGov survey from 2018 suggested.\n\nAssociate professor for criminal law, Dr Bows, said despite stories of rape and sexual assault \"hitting the headlines most summers there has been little attention paid to the issue by festivals\".\n\nShe said it was critical for all festivals to \"recognise their responsibility\" and \"create a cultural change\" to tackle broader issues of misogyny and sexism.\n\nCharities including Rape Crisis England and Wales, Good Night Out and Safe Gigs For Women have provided input and guidance for the initiative, which was originally launched in 2017.\n\nThe charter of best practice that 103 festivals in the UK have signed up to, states that all allegations of sexual assault, violence and harassment will be taken seriously, acted on promptly and investigated.\n\nThe festivals, also including Reading and Leeds, El Dorado and Latitude, will strive to deliver a safe environment for audiences, performers and workers.\n\nAs a result of the coronavirus pandemic, numerous festivals in the UK were cancelled or postponed in 2020 and 2021.\n\nKelly Bennaton from Rape Crisis England and Wales said: \"Festival goers deserve to know that if they report sexual assault they will be listened to and believed.\"\n\nThey deserve to know that event workers are \"equipped\" to handle reports and that festivals are taking a \"proactive approach in preventing sexual assault\", she said.\n\nMore widely than festivals, police in England and Wales recorded 63,136 rape offences in the year to September 2021 - the highest recorded annual figure to date.\n\nThese led to just 1,557 prosecutions, compared with 2,102 in the previous 12 months.\n\nThe Association of Independent Festivals' (AIF) Safer Spaces At Festivals campaign also commits participating festivals to providing health guidance and connections to local services - as well as promoting the principle of consent.\n\n\"Festivals are microcosms of society and sexual violence is a problem that persists in our society\", said Phoebe Rodwell from AIF.\n\nShe said \"understanding and approaches\" to tackling theses issues evolve \"all the time\" so it was important to renew the campaign to help festival organisers \"fulfil their duty of care at events\".", "Mr Cool was the first British guide to lead a client to the summit of K2\n\nBritish mountaineer Kenton Cool has successfully completed his record-breaking 16th summit of Mount Everest.\n\nThe climber on Saturday became the first non-Nepali person to complete the 8,849m (29,032ft) peak 16 times.\n\nIn his previous 15 trips up Everest, he has been a guide to other well-known mountaineers, including Sir Ranulph Fiennes and broadcaster Ben Fogle.\n\nMr Fogle said for the 48-year-old \"to climb Everest once was a trial - to climb it 16 times is heroic.\"\n\nKami Rita Sherpa and Lhakpa Sherpa are credited as the people who have climbed the mountain the most times.\n\nHe was the first person to complete the Everest triple crown, comprising Everest, Lhotse and Nuptse, in one push without returning to base camp.\n\nHe was also the first British guide to lead a client to the summit of K2, the world's second highest mountain.\n\nMr Cool, from Gloucestershire, was told he would never walk again unaided after he shattered both heel bones in a rock-climbing accident in 1996.\n\nHe has defied those predictions after a year of surgery and therapy, but still has chronic pain.\n\nAhead of his push to the summit, Mr Cool said conditions were looking good, with a \"great weather forecast\" and a \"great team\".\n\n\"Overconfidence on a mountain like Everest is a dangerous thing, so nothing is assured until you're back down at base camp,\" he said.\n\n\"Fingers crossed we'll be at base camp in about three days and we might be able to crack a beer and celebrate Rebecca's first summit, my 16th summit and a successful descent by all the Sherpa team.\"\n\n\"Kenton and Team have reached the summit of Chomolungma, Sagarmatha, Mt Everest.\n\nFollow BBC West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: bristol@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "One of our planet's most stunning sights is coming to the skies - a super blood Moon.\n\nIn the year's only full lunar eclipse, Earth will come between the Sun and the Moon.\n\nFalling fully into Earth's shadow, the Moon will slowly darken before turning dusky red.\n\nIt will be visible with the naked eye before dawn on Monday in most of Europe. The Americas will get a great view on Sunday evening.\n\nThe Moon will appear larger than usual because it will be at its closest point to Earth of its orbit, giving it the name super Moon.\n\nIt will also be called a super flower blood Moon. In the Northern Hemisphere, a full moon in May is often called a flower Moon because it coincides with the Spring flowers.\n\nThe only sunlight reaching the Moon during the full eclipse will be passing through the Earth's atmosphere.\n\nThis light will be blood red, from all Earth's sunrises and sunsets reflected on to the Moon's surface, explains Dr Gregory Brown, astronomer at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London.\n\n\"You'll actually be seeing every sunrise and every sunset occurring around the Earth at once. All of that light will be projected on to the Moon,\" he told BBC News.\n\nOn Monday, western parts of Europe will get a good but short view as the Moon will set during the eclipse. Look low on the horizon between 0230 and 0430 BST and you'll see the moon falling into shadow before glowing red. It should be visible in Africa too.\n\nIn the UK watching from a high vantage point like a hill or tall building will be essential because of the Moon's very low position in the sky.\n\nThe UK will get a better view of the earlier part of the eclipse, Dr Brown explains.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAs Earth's shadow starts to cover the Moon, it slowly takes a bite out of it. The Moon will be fully eclipsed and red at 0429 BST. It will then set, though the eclipse will continue until 0750 BST.\n\nThe Americas will be treated to the full spectacle, lasting 84 minutes. If you're in western US and Canada, the time to watch the horizon is Sunday evening as the Moon rises.\n\nYou can see it with the naked eye, while looking through binoculars or a small telescope will enhance the red colour.\n\nOf course, the very best vantage point for witnessing this eclipse is a place very few people have been lucky enough to visit - the Moon itself.\n\n\"If you were an astronaut standing on the Moon, looking back towards Earth, you'd see a red ring running around the outside of our planet,\" Dr Brown explains.", "Sweden joining Nato is supported by most of the country's political parties\n\nSweden and Finland have confirmed they will apply for Nato membership in a historic shift that comes as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.\n\nIn Sweden, the governing Social Democrats said they backed joining the Western security alliance, paving the way for the country to apply.\n\nThe announcement came soon after Finland formally announced it too would apply to join the grouping.\n\nRussia sees Nato as a security threat and has warned of \"consequences\".\n\nSweden stayed neutral in World War II and for more than two centuries has avoided joining military alliances.\n\nFinland shares a 1,300-km (810-mile) border with Russia. Until now, it has stayed out of Nato to avoid antagonising its eastern neighbour.\n\nIn a statement, Sweden's Social Democrats said they would \"work toward\" membership, something supported by the public and most opposition parties. A formal application is likely within days.\n\nBut the Social Democrats added that they were opposed to stationing nuclear weapons or hosting Nato bases.\n\nAt a subsequent press conference, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said her party believed joining the alliance was \"best for Sweden's and the Swedish people's security\".\n\n\"For us Social Democrats, it is clear that the military non-alignment has served Sweden well, but our conclusion is that it won't serve us as well in the future,\" she added.\n\nShe also said Sweden would be left in a \"vulnerable position\" if it was the only country in the Baltic region that was not a Nato member.\n\nFinland's President Sauli Niinisto earlier confirmed his country would apply, calling it a \"historic day\".\n\nHe spoke to Russia's President Vladmir Putin about the decision, saying he wanted to \"say it straight\".\n\n\"I, or Finland, are not known to sneak around and quietly disappear behind a corner,\" he said.\n\nRussia's president had previously told Finland it would be a \"mistake\" to join Nato, which was founded in 1949 to counter the threat from the Soviet Union.\n\nPresident Putin mentioned Ukraine's intention to join the alliance as one of the reasons for the invasion.\n\nThe Social Democrats chose to announce their decision to back Nato membership with a low-key statement, half an hour before a scheduled news conference. But their decision is monumental, paving the way for Sweden to move away from a position of military neutrality for the first time in two centuries.\n\nThe announcement isn't surprising. Social Democrat ministers backed the findings of a cross-party report on Friday which concluded that membership would increase security in northern Europe and would be unlikely to trigger an armed attack from Russia.\n\nMeanwhile public support for formally joining Nato has grown steadily since Russia invaded Ukraine. Most opposition parties are in favour, with just months to go until Sweden's next general election.\n\nStill there are some within the Social Democrats - and in the opposition Left and Green parties - who are anxious about joining. Not everyone's convinced it makes military aggression from Russia less likely.\n\nOthers are already mourning the loss of a national identity as a neutral, peaceful nation that's used to staying out of major global conflicts.\n\nForeign ministers of Nato countries, who are meeting in Berlin, have pledged to provide security guarantees for both Finland and Sweden while their bids to join Nato are being ratified by all member states - a process that can take up to a year.\n\nGerman Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said there could not be a \"transition period, a grey zone, where their status is unclear\".\n\nMeanwhile both US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said they were confident of overcoming Turkish objections to both Finland and Sweden's membership.\n\nTurkey, a Nato member state, accuses both Nordic countries of having given support to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has been waging an armed struggle against the Turkish government for decades.\n\nOn Sunday Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Sweden and Finland must stop supporting terrorists in their countries, provide clear security guarantees and lift export bans on Turkey.\n\nBut he added that Turkey was not threatening anybody or seeking leverage.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Blinken said he had heard strong support for the Nordic countries \"almost across the board\" and he had held talks with his Turkish counterpart - \"If that's [joining Nato] what they choose to do, I'm very confident that we will reach consensus on that,\" he said.\n\nMr Niinisto has said he is ready to hold talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish media reported.\n\nBoth Sweden and Finland have Kurdish communities, and in Sweden's case some parliamentarians have Kurdish origins. Turkey has not provided proof that these communities have links with the PKK.", "Mediterranean countries in the EU are mostly keeping the face mask rule for now\n\nFace masks are no longer required for passengers flying to many EU destinations, but Germany, Greece, Italy and Spain are among countries keeping the mask rule.\n\nThe EU's easing from Monday is in line with changing Covid guidance on public transport across Europe.\n\nFrance has lifted the face mask obligation on planes, trains and buses.\n\nBut Italy requires passengers to keep wearing the more protective FFP2 masks on public transport until 15 June.\n\nIn the 27-nation EU, the other countries that still require face masks on flights are: Portugal, Austria, Cyprus, Estonia, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.\n\nThe EU-wide easing was announced last week by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), whose executive director Patrick Ky said \"it is a relief to all of us that we are finally reaching a stage in the pandemic where we can start to relax the health safety measures\".\n\nEASA says vulnerable passengers should continue wearing FFP2 masks and passengers generally should try to observe social distancing where possible.\n\nFace masks are no longer compulsory on flights to the UK and US.\n\nThe new guidance across the EU came with some cautionary advice from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).\n\nECDC director Andrea Ammon said that although the wearing of masks would no longer be compulsory, it was important to remember that \"together with physical distancing and good hand hygiene, it is one of the best methods of reducing transmission\".\n\n\"Further, as of 16 May 2022, aircraft operators, during their pre-flight communications as well as during the flight, should continue to encourage their passengers and crew members to wear face masks during the flight as well as in the airport, even when wearing a face mask is not required,\" the ECDC said.", "Renault has announced it is selling its majority stake in Russian carmaker Avtovaz, following pressure over its continued presence in the country.\n\nThe French carmaker said it would sell its 68% interest to a Russian science institute, while its shares in Renault Russia will go to the city of Moscow.\n\nMoscow said Renault's Russian assets had now become state property.\n\nIt is the first Russian nationalisation of a major foreign business since the invasion of Ukraine.\n\n\"Agreements were signed on the transfer of Russian assets of the Renault Group to the Russian Federation and the government of Moscow,\" Russia's industry and trade ministry said.\n\nFinancial details of the deal were not provided, but in April Russian Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov said Renault planned to sell its Russian assets for \"one symbolic rouble\".\n\nIn a statement on Monday, Renault Group said its board of directors had approved agreements to sell Renault Russia to the Moscow city entity, as well as its 67.69% stake in Avtovaz to the Russian Central Research and Development Automobile and Engine Institute (Nami).\n\nThe deal also included Renault's Moscow plant, Avtoframos, which makes Renault and Nissan models.\n\nMoscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said production at the plant would now resume under the Soviet-era Moskvich brand.\n\nRenault boss Luca de Meo said: \"Today, we have taken a difficult but necessary decision; and we are making a responsible choice towards our 45,000 employees in Russia, while preserving the group's performance and our ability to return to the country in the future, in a different context.\"\n\nThe agreement, which Renault said would cost the company an estimated €2.2bn ($2.29bn), includes an option for the group to buy back its interest in Avtovaz for six years.\n\nAvtovaz is Russia's largest carmaker and makes the country's popular Lada brand.\n\nIn March, Renault announced it was suspending operations at its Moscow factory.\n\nIt came after Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Renault and other French companies to leave Russia, accusing them of \"financing the murders of women and children\".\n\nRenault's chief executive Luca de Meo said the firm was making a responsible choice - but just how much choice did it actually have?\n\nIn the early stages of the conflict, the company prevaricated, choosing to remain in Russia while other international brands were leaving.\n\nBut after being name-checked by Ukraine's President Zelensky, who said Western firms in Russia were helping to finance Vladimir Putin's war, it suspended its operations in late March.\n\nAbandoning its Russian business will be costly - Renault's own estimate is $2.3bn. It will lose a major market once seen as a key avenue for growth. And it will lose Lada as well - a brand that was central to Renault's strategy for affordable cars.\n\nArguably, Renault could not remain in Russia. Yet the damage to its reputation has already been severe.\n\nHundreds of international brands including Starbucks, Coca Cola, Levi's and Apple have left Russia since the country invaded Ukraine in February, with many now looking to sell their businesses in the country.\n\nLast week energy giant Shell announced it had agreed to sell more than 400 of its petrol stations in Russia to the country's second largest oil producer, Lukoil.\n\nMoscow has previously warned it may nationalise production plants or factories where work has been suspended.", "The Mayor of Buffalo in the US state of New York has spoken about how the community is \"hurting and seething\" in the wake of a shooting that killed ten people.\n\nAn 18-year-old man has been detained following what is being treated as a racially-motivated hate crime.\n\nMayor Brown went on to say that the suspect is not local to Buffalo.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. COP26 climate summit president Alok Sharma says world leaders must deliver on the promises they made\n\nGlobal leaders have not done enough to honour commitments made at the COP26 climate summit, its president has said.\n\nAlok Sharma said more must be done to hit the targets agreed in Glasgow, warning that failure would be \"an act of monstrous self-harm\".\n\nSix months on from the event, he said countries needed to \"up the pace\" in the push towards carbon-neutral energy.\n\nScottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon also issued a warning over climate change, during a trip to the US.\n\nShe said that a failure to hit targets agreed at COP26 would be \"catastrophic\" for the planet.\n\nMr Sharma, a minister in the UK government's cabinet office, was in Glasgow to mark six months from last year's UN conference.\n\nHe said it was understandable that climate change was no longer on the front pages, amid the war in Ukraine and the cost-of-living crisis.\n\nBut he said these issues \"should increase, not diminish, our determination to deliver on what the world agreed in Glasgow\".\n\nGlasgow was the host of the COP26 summit\n\nThe summit was aimed at hammering out agreements that would hold average global temperature rises under 1.5C.\n\nHowever, scientists warn that there is a 6-10% chance of meeting this threshold, and that even if pledges are fully delivered the temperature rise will be closer to 2C.\n\nMr Sharma said \"the window of time we have left to act is closing fast\", with climate change \"already wreaking havoc\".\n\nHe said: \"Progress is of course welcome, but frankly we need to up the pace. Leaders have not done enough to deliver on their Glasgow commitments, and that must change.\n\n\"We need every nation to pick up the pace. We need every leader to show that their words were not hollow, that their commitments were made with integrity, and that they recognise that though the immediate challenges we face are grave, we will only inflame them if we falter.\n\n\"It is leaders who made promises, it is leaders who must honour them.\"\n\nIt isn't surprising Alok Sharma is worried about the world honouring the climate promises made in Glasgow in November.\n\nFood, energy and finance costs are soaring around the world.\n\nSri Lanka and Peru have already seen protests prompted by rising fuel, fertilizer and food costs.\n\nA United Nations insider told me last week it has a watchlist of 35 other countries it fears are also on the verge of widespread unrest, even uprisings.\n\nThe worry is climate promises will be put on the backburner while leaders deal with more immediate crises.\n\nMany countries which had made net zero pledges are now considering licensing new oil and gas projects - including the UK.\n\nAt the same time, oil and gas companies are enjoying bumper profits.\n\nIt has put paid - at least in the short run - to the idea that tumbling renewable energy prices would see the returns on fossil fuel investments collapse.\n\nMr Sharma's message today was that these headwinds must not derail the Glasgow Pact.\n\nLeaders have to honour their commitments and show, he said, that the international system is still taking the world towards \"a cleaner, safer and more prosperous future.\"\n\nMr Sharma told BBC Scotland that in the final moments of the Glasgow talks \"I genuinely thought there was a point where we weren't going to get a deal\".\n\nHe said \"we have to be hopeful\" that global temperature rises can be held down, while warning that \"we need to act now\".\n\nMs Sturgeon also highlighted her fears about the climate emergency when she addressed the Brookings Institute in Washington DC.\n\nShe said: \"Six months on from COP26, the world looks very different, but many of the challenges we faced then remain.\n\n\"As things stand, the world is on course to exceed both 1.5C of global warming and the 2C threshold - and scientific consensus is overwhelming that this will be catastrophic.\n\n\"We need to move at pace to develop clean energy sources and act in a way which shows solidarity with communities in our countries who might otherwise get left behind, and with the global south.\"\n\nNicola Sturgeon is focusing on climate change as part of her trip to the US\n\nLast week US climate envoy John Kerry said the war in Ukraine had not wrecked the Glasgow Climate Pact agreed in November.\n\nBoth Mr Sharma and Ms Sturgeon referenced the Russian invasion, with the Scottish first minister saying it is \"forcing countries in Europe to rethink long-held assumptions about energy policy and energy security\".\n\nAnd Mr Sharma highligted the \"danger of energy systems powered by foreign fossil fuel\", calling instead for a focus on \"low cost home grown renewables the price of which cannot be manipulated from afar\".\n\nAccording to a UN report, the world is on track to warm by 3.2C this century if countries only follow through on commitments made before the Glasgow summit.\n\nThis would lead to \"unprecedented heatwaves, terrifying storms, and widespread water shortages\".\n\nTo avoid that fate, the world must keep the rise in temperatures at or under 1.5C this century, researchers have said, and reach peak CO2 emissions by 2025.", "The price of wheat has jumped on international markets after India banned the export of the staple cereal.\n\nThe benchmark wheat index rose as much as 5.9% in Chicago, the highest it has been in two months.\n\nThe export ban comes after a heatwave hit India's wheat crops, taking domestic prices to a record high.\n\nThe cost of everything from bread and cakes to noodles and pasta has risen in recent months as wheat prices soared on world commodity markets.\n\nIndia's government said it would still allow exports backed by letters of credit that have already been issued, and to countries that request supplies \"to meet their food security needs\".\n\nGovernment officials also said the ban was not permanent and could be revised.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Ros Atkins on why the war in Ukraine is pushing up food prices - and the likely impact on poorer countries\n\nHowever, the decision has been criticised by agriculture ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) nations meeting in Germany.\n\n\"If everyone starts to impose export restrictions or to close markets, that would worsen the crisis,\" German food and agriculture minister Cem Ozdemir said.\n\nThe G7 is an organisation of the world's seven largest so-called \"advanced\" economies, which dominate global trade and the international financial system. They are Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the United States.\n\nAlthough India is the world's second-biggest wheat producer, it has not previously been a major exporter as most of its crop is sold on domestic markets.\n\nBut Ukraine's wheat exports plunged after the Russian invasion. And with droughts and floods threatening crops in other major producers, commodity traders were expecting supplies from India to make up for part of the shortfall.\n\nBefore the ban, India had aimed to ship a record 10 million tonnes of wheat this year.\n\nJust a week ago, senior officials from India's commerce ministry told me that they were bullish about increasing the country's wheat exports to meet the surge in global demand. They echoed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement that \"India was ready to feed the world\".\n\nSo, the ban does seem like a major policy U-turn. It also hints at the government's concerns over rising prices at home. But the decision could cause what one expert described as a foreign policy challenge for India.\n\nDelhi had been making noises to get a waiver from a World Trade Organization rule that makes it difficult for countries to export grains that - as the Indian government routinely does - are bought at a fixed price from farmers for official reserves. And some countries seemed willing to help India find a way to export wheat to the world.\n\nThe same countries are now likely to be upset.\n\nGlobal food prices hit a fresh record high in March after the Ukraine war caused a \"giant leap\", according to the United Nations (UN).\n\nThat came as the conflict cut off supplies from the world's biggest exporter of sunflower oil - Ukraine - which means the costs of alternatives also climbed. The country is also a major producer of cereals such as maize and wheat, which have risen sharply in price too.\n\nThe UN said that global food prices eased slightly in April but remain almost 30% higher than the same time last year.\n\nRising food prices, along with a jump in the cost of energy, have been pushing up inflation around that world.\n\nThat has forced major central banks, including the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England, to raise interest rates in an attempt to rein in rising prices.\n\nThat, in turn, has triggered concerns that the higher cost of borrowing could hit global economic growth, with some high-profile commentators warning of a recession.\n\nOn Sunday, Lloyd Blankfein, the senior chairman of Wall Street investment banking giant Goldman Sachs, said there is a \"very, very high risk\" of recession in the US, the world's biggest economy.\n\nMr Blankfein's comments on CBS's Face the Nation came on the same day as Goldman Sachs economists cut their US economic growth forecasts for this year and next.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Queen attends A Gallop Through History performance at the Royal Windsor Horse Show\n\nThe Queen has attended the final night of an equestrian extravaganza show to celebrate her Platinum Jubilee.\n\nThe 96-year-old was met with a standing ovation as she arrived in the castle arena at the Royal Windsor Horse Show.\n\nCelebrities including Tom Cruise, Helen Mirren and Katherine Jenkins appeared in the open air celebration.\n\nIt has been running since Thursday night and is the beginning of celebrations to mark the Queen's 70-year-reign.\n\nCrowds of people cheered as the smiling Queen arrived for the final night of the show marking her 70-year-reign\n\nThe Queen and the Countess of Wessex attended the 90-minute performance at the Royal Windsor Horse Show\n\nThe crowd cheered as the smiling Queen arrived and made her way to the royal box, accompanied by the Earl and Countess of Wessex.\n\nShe has mobility problems and has had to cancel a number of recent public appearances.\n\nThe Queen was spotted on Friday at the horse show, where one of her own horses was announced as a supreme champion.\n\nOn Tuesday, she missed the annual reading of the Queen's Speech for the first time since 1963.\n\nDame Helen Mirren, playing Queen Elizabeth I, was among the stars featured in the show\n\nThe show, called A Gallop Through History, featured more than 500 horses and 1,000 performers.\n\nBilled as a \"personal tribute to our monarchy\", the production takes the audience through more than five centuries of history.\n\nIt features international and national military, equestrian and dance displays.\n\nThe display featured more than 500 horses and 1,000 performers\n\nThe show featured international and national military, equestrian and dance displays\n\nTom Cruise announced the performance of the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery as \"one of the most enthralling, thrilling, heart-in-mouth displays\".\n\nThe Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force's steel drum troupe performed a rhythmic version of Abba's Dancing Queen - which the Queen appeared to enjoy.\n\nShe was also seen clapping during a traditional display from the Royal Cavalry Oman, a show of horsemanship that saw horses lying down on command.\n\nKatherine Jenkins performed at the show held at the arena close to Windsor Castle\n\nThursday 2 June - Queen's birthday parade and Trooping the Colour takes place - as Platinum Jubilee Beacons across in 2,000 towns and cities light up\n\nFriday 3 June - National Service of Thanksgiving is held at St Pauls. Ringing of Great Paul, the restored biggest church bell in the country\n\nSaturday 4 June - The Derby at Epsom Downs Racecourse - and BBC Platinum Party at the Palace\n\nSunday 5 June - Big Jubilee Lunch and street parties. Platinum Jubilee Pageant, a procession and performance in central London, involving 10,000 people and the Gold State Coach", "David Tennant and Catherine Tate are to return to Doctor Who, the BBC has confirmed.\n\nThe pair are currently filming for the sci-fi show's 60th anniversary, which it will celebrate in 2023.\n\nTennant played the 10th Doctor on the time travel drama from 2005-2010, while Tate played companion Donna Noble.\n\nThe news comes a week after the BBC announced that Sex Education star Ncuti Gatwa will be the next Doctor.\n\nTennant and Tate's involvement means they will be reunited with returning Doctor Who head writer Russell T Davies.\n\nDavies, who was in charge of Doctor Who when it was successfully revived in 2005, left at the same time as Tennant. Their last episode together was broadcast in 2010.\n\nTennant has briefly returned before, joining then-Doctor Matt Smith for the programme's 50th anniversary in 2013.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ncuti Gatwa: \"It's been tricky trying to keep this under wraps, because I've got a big mouth\"\n\nIt's not clear at this stage whether this return will be a similar one, with Tennant and Tate appearing alongside Gatwa.\n\nDavies has teased fans, saying: \"Maybe this is a missing story. Or a parallel world. Or a dream, or a trick, or a flashback. The only thing I can confirm is that it's going to be spectacular, as two of our greatest stars reunite for the battle of a lifetime.\"\n\nTennant and Tate's 2008 series of Doctor Who is the most successful that the show has had since its revival in 2005, with an average audience of more than eight million viewers per episode.\n\nThe 13-episode run also enjoyed a high degree of critical acclaim, and was nominated for best drama at that year's Bafta TV Awards.\n\nThe pair's popularity may well provide a ratings boost for a show which has seen its audience fall in the last two years, albeit against a background where all linear TV viewing has been dropping significantly.\n\nAnnouncements such as this are often made ahead of Doctor Who imminently filming in public places. Revealing information ahead of shooting is a strategy that the show has used before.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: A look back at David Tennant and Catherine Tate's appearances on Doctor Who\n\nJodie Whittaker's current incarnation of the Doctor will appear in one more special episode later this year, as part of a collection of programmes celebrating the BBC's centenary. The show will then return in 2023.\n\nSince leaving Doctor Who, Tennant has appeared in TV series including Good Omens, Around the World in 80 Days and Broadchurch. In 2021, he won a National Television Award for playing serial killer Dennis Nilsen in Des.\n\nTate has appeared in sitcoms like Big School, and has continued performing her well known Nan character - most recently in The Nan Movie released earlier this year.\n\nThe pair have also recorded a number of Doctor Who audio adventures which have been released by audio drama company Big Finish.", "The attack happened at a home on a farm in a rural area of Rochdale\n\nA three-year-old boy has died in a \"devastating\" dog attack at a farm in Greater Manchester.\n\nThe young child was outdoors with a number of dogs in Carr Lane, in the town of Milnrow, before being found with serious injuries, police said.\n\nHe was treated by paramedics but later pronounced dead at hospital.\n\nGreater Manchester Police said several dogs had been seized and one was humanely destroyed. No arrests have been made.\n\nThe force said it was looking at previous incidents involving dogs at the home, close to the M62 motorway, and had referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct \"due to previous contact\".\n\nPolice have sealed off the rural area close to the M62 motorway\n\nThe lane leading to the farm, which is in a rural area of Rochdale, has been sealed off by officers.\n\nA forensic tent was seen near the home as well as two discarded police shields used by officers for protection from the dog when they arrived.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Scott Green said: \"A thorough investigation is ongoing to establish the full circumstances surrounding this incident and review other incidents of note.\n\n\"Due to previous contact, GMP's Professional Standards Branch is making a referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct.\n\nHe said the force was aware of speculation on social media and asked people to \"refrain from engaging in speculation\".\n\nDet Supt Jamie Daniels said it was a \"tragic, devastating incident\" and officers thoughts were with the family.\n\n\"Our enquiries to find out what happened will be thorough and are very much in their infancy,\" he said\n\n\"I understand this is an extremely distressing incident for all concerned and this news will rock the local community.\"\n\nHe said detectives were keeping an open mind in terms of what may have happened.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "\"Help must come\" for those struggling to pay their bills amid rising prices, ex-Prime Minister John Major has said.\n\nAddressing a conference, Sir John said providing support would help bring \"trust and respect back to politics\".\n\nHe also warned that government couldn't raise spending while reducing tax and that \"hard choices\" had to be made.\n\nMinister Rachel MacLean said the government was putting help in place to ease short-term pressures, including through the Household Support Fund.\n\nShe also said that, over the long-term, government wanted \"to grow the economy and make sure that people are able to protect themselves better, whether that is by taking on more hours or moving to a better-paid job\".\n\nShe acknowledged these options might not work for everyone such as those \"already working three jobs\".\n\nThere's been criticism of her words, and Labour's shadow cabinet minister Ian Murray said her advice was \"ludicrous\" and \"out of touch\".\n\nNo 10 later defended the minister and accused critics of \"seeking to twist the words unhelpfully\".\n\nMeanwhile some Conservative MPs have urged the government to adopt opposition proposals to raise money to help those struggling by implementing a windfall tax on energy companies.\n\nTreasury Committee chair Mel Stride said he would normally oppose it but that current \"extraordinary circumstances\" meant there was a case for looking at \"a one-off windfall tax\".\n\nHe said the companies had made \"supra-normal profits\" and some of that money should be \"channelled to those who are really struggling\". His Conservative colleague Simon Hoare later tweeted his agreement.\n\nLabour has said it will call for a vote to introduce the tax on Tuesday.\n\nMinisters have previously rejected introducing a one-off tax on the profits of energy companies, arguing it would deter investment.\n\nHowever, recently the government has been hinting that it could change its mind with Treasury officials saying the idea was not off the table.\n\nA number of Tory MPs have privately expressed concerned that the government will make a U-turn - with one senior Tory saying they are \"really irritated\" about being made to vote against it on Tuesday.\n\nMaking a speech in Newcastle, Sir John - who led the Conservatives from 1990 to 1997 - joined in the debate saying that rising prices meant people would be \"utterly unable to meet the bills\".\n\nAddress the National Cathedrals Conference, he said: \"Help must come - and I hope it will come soon,\" adding that a lack of support would damage people's trust in government.\n\n\"Everyone needs to believe that The State cares about them - and not just the interests of the powerful, the motivators, and the elite.\n\n\"If the week lasts longer than the money, do the penniless believe The State cares about them?\"\n\nSir John also warned that the government's levelling up agenda - aimed at reducing regional inequalities - would demand ministers making \"hard choices\".\n\nHe said the policy needed money and had to be paid for either by higher taxes, borrowing or cuts to other budgets.\n\n\"It is an unwelcome truth that lower taxes for everyone - and higher spending - do not go together.\"\n\nThe former prime minister concluded his speech by praising the younger generation who he said were \"a force for good\" despite \"their habit of cutting holes in the knees of new jeans for the sake of fashion\".", "Coleen Rooney leaving the High Court on Monday after giving more evidence\n\nColeen Rooney has described messages Rebekah Vardy and her agent Caroline Watt exchanged about her as \"evil\".\n\nMrs Rooney gave evidence on day five of the High Court libel case brought by Mrs Vardy, who denies leaking private information about her to the Sun.\n\nThe court previously heard the pair had allegedly called Mrs Rooney \"attention seeking\" and a \"nasty [expletive]\".\n\nHowever, Mrs Vardy's barrister last week claimed that she had been referring to someone else.\n\n\"The messages that went on between them were just evil and uncalled for,\" Mrs Rooney said on Monday.\n\n\"There's no need for it, I've never done anything to them,\" she continued, adding that she had never met or spoken to Ms Watt, who is not well enough to give evidence in the trial.\n\nLast week, Mrs Vardy denied discussing with Watt on WhatsApp the possibility of using the anniversary of Mrs Rooney's late sister's death as a reason to contact her after she unfollowed her on Instagram.\n\nMrs Rooney previously said the pair's exchange had \"knocked me sick\" when hearing it read out in court.\n\nMrs Vardy's libel action was sparked by a viral social media post from October 2019, in which Mrs Rooney said she had carried out a sting operation to find out who had been passing private information about her life to the Sun.\n\nShe said the fake stories she had posted on Instagram in an effort to find the perpetrator had only been viewed by \"Rebekah Vardy's account\".\n\nMrs Vardy has continually denied leaking the stories in question to the press. She became tearful last week in the witness box recalling online abuse she and her family had received since the allegation.\n\nOn Monday, Mrs Rooney said her suspicions that Mrs Vardy was responsible for leaking stories about her had been raised after Mrs Vardy messaged her asking why she had been unfollowed on Instagram.\n\nMrs Rooney said that \"added to the suspicions that I had\" that Mrs Vardy was responsible for information being passed to the press.\n\nIn his cross examination, Mrs Vardy's lawyer Hugh Tomlinson put it to Mrs Rooney that Mrs Vardy had contacted her after she made her sting operation public, and that his client \"makes it clear to you that it [the leak] wasn't her, doesn't she?\"\n\n\"She [Mrs Vardy] says she has zero interest in what's going on in my life, which I believe is totally untrue,\" Mrs Rooney replied.\n\n\"She talks about me a lot... so that was a lie.\"\n\nMr Tomlinson noted how Mrs Rooney's now famous post had led to people calling her \"Wagatha Christie\".\n\n\"Yeah, which I just think is ridiculous,\" Mrs Rooney responded. \"I got a lot of people sending me pictures, screenshots and obviously people didn't realise how serious what was behind it was.\n\n\"I felt it was hard and people I trusted and people I had let into my circle were going against me.\"\n\nWhen Mr Tomlinson suggested she had revelled in the attention garnered as a result of the investigation, Mrs Rooney said she had \"hated every minute\".\n\nShe added that she had not spoken to anyone about her sting operation until deciding to go public, not even her husband, former footballer Wayne, or her brother and social media manager Joe McLoughlin (the co-publisher of the now famous post), who later confirmed this himself in the witness box.\n\nRebekah Vardy is suing Coleen Rooney for libel at the High Court in London\n\nAfter the weekend pause, Mrs Rooney told the resuming court she had wanted a \"totally untrue\" story about a so-called gender selection procedure in Mexico, which she had planted on Instagram, to be published in the press, as it would give her \"evidence\" in her sting operation.\n\nMrs Rooney, the court heard, was alerted by her PR at the time, Rachel Monk, that the Sun was planning on running the story, which the newspaper did four months later.\n\n\"I felt that would be an extra step if the papers run it, I would have my actual story in the paper,\" Mrs Rooney said\n\n\"I didn't want it out there, I wanted it for my own evidence... It was a story that was out there but it was completely untrue.\"\n\nGiving evidence, Ms Monk said she told a journalist from the Sun that the gender selection story was \"bonkers\".\n\nMrs Rooney has said she suspected Mrs Vardy to be leaking private stories to the Sun due to her alleged close relationship to the newspaper - she believes Mrs Vardy contributed to the Secret Wag column, which Mrs Vardy denies - and her sense the claimant was \"fame hungry\".\n\nIn week one of the trial, Mrs Vardy, who is married to Wayne Rooney's former England teammate Jamie, denied having moved seats during an England match at Euro 2016 in order to be photographed close to Mrs Rooney.\n\nHarpreet Robertson, a former ticketing manager and family liaison officer for the Football Association (FA), told the court on Monday she believed Mrs Vardy made a \"choice\" to sit in seats behind Mrs Rooney, which had been reserved for her and FA colleagues.\n\nShe said Mrs Vardy's claim that they were the only seats available was \"simply untrue\", and in her witness statement noted how two of Mrs Vardy's guests that day had been \"rude and abusive\" to her when asked to move.\n\nMrs Vardy left court early for the day, with her team saying she had another appointment to attend.\n\nThe trial continues, with Wayne Rooney expected to testify on Tuesday.\n\nRead more about what happened in week one of the trial", "Household energy bills could change every three months under new plans aimed at avoiding price shocks.\n\nCurrently gas and electricity bills are updated every six months.\n\nThe plans, proposed by the energy regulator Ofgem, would mean price falls and rises would be passed on to customers more quickly.\n\nIt comes as the UK cost of living is expected to rise further, prompting calls by Labour for a windfall tax on oil and gas firms to help households.\n\nThe price cap - which is the maximum price per unit that suppliers can charge customers - is updated twice a year in April and October.\n\nLast month, a typical energy bill jumped from £1,277 to £1,971 and is forecast to soar a further 32% when the cap is revised again in October.\n\nFor people on prepayment meters, the price of energy has now risen by an average £708 to £2,017 a year.\n\nOfgem's chief executive Jonathan Brearley said: \"The proposed change would mean the price cap is more reflective of current market prices and any price falls would be delivered more quickly to consumers.\n\n\"It would also help energy suppliers better predict how much energy they need to purchase for their customers, reducing the risk of further supplier failures, which ultimately pushes up costs for consumers.\"\n\nSince early last year, more than 30 UK energy companies have gone bust after firms found themselves unable to pass on the full cost of soaring wholesale gas to customers because of the price cap.\n\nIrrespective of whether Ofgem's plan is rubber-stamped, the next time your domestic energy price will change is in October - and it will be another rise.\n\nIndustry estimates suggest another £600 a year increase for a typical household, taking the annual bill to £2,600. After that, prices are expected to fall back, but not by much. Analysts at consultancy Cornwall Insight have predicted a drop to £2,300 in the spring, summer and winter of 2023-24.\n\nThese proposals do not mean that fall would be any greater, but it could come sooner.\n\nThere was discussion and debate about the frequency of changes to the price cap when it was first introduced. Now a more frequent price cap looks inevitable.\n\nBut how households manage to pay their bill, what support they receive to do so, and how long those bills stay high remain far more pressing issues.\n\nInternational wholesale gas prices jumped last year as demand outstripped supply. But they have remained elevated due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.\n\nRussia is a major gas supplier to many countries, but some have announced plans to wind down their dependence on the country for energy in response to its assault.\n\nOfgem said, following a consultation, it hopes to introduce quarterly price cap reviews from October to \"support the sector through a potentially challenging winter\".\n\nBut Justina Miltienyte, head of policy at price comparison site Uswitch.com, warned that a quarterly update after an expected sharp rise in bills in October \"could demand a swift revision to household budgets at one of the most expensive times of year\".\n\nShe said: \"Until now, the price cap has at best acted as a delay mechanism for the pain of rising wholesale prices, but it is unable to prevent harsh increases hitting customers altogether. A quarterly review means that the ability of the cap to delay the pain of rising prices is shorter.\n\n\"Conversely, if wholesale prices start falling, Ofgem would have the ability to pass these through to those on standard plans a little sooner.\"\n\nRising household energy bills have helped push up the UK inflation rate to 7%, and the Bank of England has warned that the cost of living could rise above 10% later this year.\n\nThe National Institute of Economic and Social Research think tank is estimating that 1.5 million households will struggle to pay energy and food prices in 2022.\n\nLabour is set to call for a vote this week on introducing a windfall tax on oil and gas companies who have benefitted from the sharp rise in energy prices.\n\nThe government is concerned a windfall tax on the likes of BP and Shell would prevent them from investing in the UK. However, the chancellor has said the option is \"not off the table\".\n\nOfgem also recently said that it is reviewing whether energy suppliers are raising customers' direct debit payments by \"more than is necessary\". If Ofgem finds any rules have been broken it could issue substantial fines.\n\nEnergy UK, which represents the industry, said: \"Suppliers are required to set [direct debits] at a fair and reasonable level based on the customer's individual circumstances, taking into account factors like previous energy use or record with previous payments.\"\n\nAre you and your family struggling with the rising cost of living? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMcDonald's has said it will permanently leave Russia after more than 30 years and has started to sell its restaurants.\n\nThe move comes after it temporarily closed its 850 outlets in March.\n\nThe fast food giant said it made the decision because of the \"humanitarian crisis\" and \"unpredictable operating environment\" caused by the Ukraine war.\n\nThe opening of McDonald's first restaurant in Moscow in 1990 came to symbolise a thaw in Cold War tensions.\n\nA year later, the Soviet Union collapsed and Russia opened up its economy to companies from the West. More than three decades later, however, it is one of a growing number of corporations pulling out.\n\n\"This is a complicated issue that's without precedent and with profound consequences,\" said McDonald's chief executive Chris Kempczinski in a message to staff and suppliers.\n\n\"Some might argue that providing access to food and continuing to employ tens of thousands of ordinary citizens, is surely the right thing to do,\" he added.\n\n\"But it is impossible to ignore the humanitarian crisis caused by the war in Ukraine. And it is impossible to imagine the Golden Arches representing the same hope and promise that led us to enter the Russian market 32 years ago.\"\n\nMcDonald's said it would sell all its sites to a local buyer and would begin the process of \"de-arching\" the restaurants which involves removing its name, branding and menu. It will retain its trademarks in Russia.\n\nThe chain said its priorities included seeking to ensure its 62,000 employees in Russia continued to be paid until any sale was completed and that they had \"future employment with any potential buyer\".\n\nMcDonald's said it would write off a charge of up to $1.4bn (£1.1bn) to cover the exit from its investment.\n\nIt really is the end of an era. I was in the queue when the first Russian McDonald's opened on Moscow's Pushkin Square in January 1990 - way back in the USSR.\n\nThere were so many people outside the restaurant, it took three hours to get inside. But what a sense of excitement.\n\nThose American burgers, fries and pies were a symbol of Moscow embracing the West. Hot food to help end a Cold War.\n\nThese are very different times. Russia and the West have lost their appetite for one another.\n\nRussia's attack on Ukraine has sparked international condemnation and sanctions, turning Moscow into a pariah.\n\nMeanwhile, the Kremlin - as it always does - points the finger back, accusing the West of plotting Russia's downfall.\n\nBack in March lots of international companies announced they were pausing operations in Russia, hoping the situation would resolve itself and they could then reopen.\n\nBut McDonald's decision to sell up and pull out shows the fast food giant recognises things will not return to normal and that what the Kremlin calls its \"special military operation\" in Ukraine has changed things long term.\n\nBig Macs are only the beginning. I predict we're going to see a lot more global brands leaving Russia.\n\nThe opening of McDonald's in Moscow in 1990 saw queues of Russians keen to try the American fast food chain\n\nThe move comes after Renault announced it was selling its business in the country. The French firm said its 68% stake in carmaker Avtovaz would be sold to a Russian science institute, while its shares in Renault Russia will go to the city of Moscow.\n\nMoscow said Renault's Russian assets had now become state property - marking the first nationalisation of a major foreign business since the invasion of Ukraine.\n\nLast year, Russia and Ukraine accounted for about 9% of McDonald's global sales.\n\nThe chain's 108 restaurants in Ukraine remain closed due to the conflict but the company is continuing to pay full salaries to all its employees there.\n\nMcDonald's initially faced criticism for being slow to halt its business in Russia, with some calling for a boycott of the company before it suspended operations in March.\n\nHundreds of international brands, including Starbucks, Coca Cola, Levi's and Apple, have left Russia or suspended sales there since the country invaded Ukraine in February.\n\nOther firms, including Burger King and Marks and Spencer, say they are unable to close stores due to complex franchise deals.", "Four more people in England have been diagnosed with monkeypox.\n\nThe UK Health Security Agency says the risk to the public remains very low, although it appears the individuals caught it in the UK.\n\nMonkeypox is usually associated with travel to West Africa.\n\nThe new cases - three in London and one in north-east England - do not have any known links with two other cases confirmed on 14 May or another case announced on 7 May.\n\nThe UKHSA says investigations are under way to establish links between the latest four cases, who all appear to have been infected in London.\n\nCurrently, common contacts have been identified for two of the four latest cases. All four self-identify as gay or bisexual.\n\nThe UKHSA says anyone with concerns that they could be infected should see a health professional, but make contact with the clinic or surgery ahead of a visit.\n\nIf you get infected with monkeypox, it usually takes between five and 21 days for the first symptoms to appear.\n\nA rash can develop, often beginning on the face, then spreading to other parts of the body. The rash changes and goes through different stages - a bit like chicken pox - before finally forming a scab, which later falls off.\n\nIt does not spread easily between people. But it can be spread through:\n\nRead more about the virus here.\n\nUKHSA chief medical adviser Dr Susan Hopkins said: \"This is rare and unusual. UKHSA is rapidly investigating the source of these infections because the evidence suggests that there may be transmission of the monkeypox virus in the community, spread by close contact. We are particularly urging men who are gay and bisexual to be aware of any unusual rashes or lesions and to contact a sexual health service without delay.\n\n\"We are contacting any potential close contacts of the cases to provide health information and advice.\"\n\nThose patients needing medical care are all in specialist infectious disease units at the Royal Free Hospital, Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle upon Tyne and Guys' and St Thomas'.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ed Miliband: It's shameful not to bring in a windfall tax\n\nLabour will call for a vote on Tuesday to introduce a windfall tax on oil and gas companies, saying it is shameful not to introduce the measure to help tackle the rising cost of living.\n\nShadow minister Ed Miliband told the BBC it was obscene the government had refused to bring in the policy.\n\nA windfall tax is a one off levy on companies enjoying unexpected profits.\n\nBusiness Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said it was a bad idea that would deter firms from investing in the UK.\n\nBut a Treasury source said the option was \"not off the table\".\n\nOpposition parties have repeatedly touted the idea of a windfall tax on the record profits of oil and gas companies, saying the money raised could be used to help those struggling the most with rising living costs.\n\nAnd Conservative chair of the Treasury Committee Mel Stride said although he would normally oppose it, the current \"extraordinary circumstances\" meant there was a case for looking at \"a one-off windfall tax\".\n\nHe said the companies had made \"super-normal profits\" and some of that money should be \"channelled to those who are really struggling\".\n\nMinisters had dismissed the policy, but attitudes within government appeared to warm this week, with Chancellor Rishi Sunak threatening to introduce the measure if the firms did not invest enough in new projects.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson also said the government would have to look at the proposal if not enough investment was made.\n\nDespite Mr Kwarteng's comments, a Treasury source told the BBC that the chancellor remained pragmatic about the idea and he still held the same position as earlier in the week.\n\nLabour's shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, accused the cabinet of being in \"complete chaos\" over whether to back the tax.\n\nHouseholds in the UK are being hit with rising costs when it comes to fuel, energy and food, as inflation reaches a record high in the country.\n\nLabour, the SNP and the Liberal Democrats have all proposed using a windfall tax to raise money to support the hardest hit.\n\nA debate on the Queen's Speech is to be held on Tuesday, and Labour will put forward an amendment to allow the Commons to vote for or against the measure.\n\nShadow climate change secretary - and former party leader - Mr Miliband told the BBC's Sunday Morning programme it would give Conservatives MPs a choice, saying: \"You can vote for a windfall tax or you can explain to your constituents why you are refusing to provide them the help that they need.\"\n\nHe added: \"I think it is obscene, frankly, that we have as a result of surging energy bills, oil and gas companies making billions of pounds in our country and the government refuses to put a windfall tax on them. It is shameful.\n\n\"The case for a windfall tax now is unanswerable... Everyday that goes by is sleepless nights for millions of people with this government refusing to help.\"\n\nMr Kwarteng said the government had already put forward £9bn of support for those struggling with their bills, including a £150 council tax rebate for rate payers.\n\nHe said it was right for the chancellor not to \"take anything off the table\" four months ahead of the government's next budget.\n\nBut despite hints at a change of direction from the government, the business secretary told Sunday Morning his own view was that he did not believe in windfall taxes.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Kwarteng added: \"What you are taxing is investment in jobs, you are taxing investment in wealth creation, you are taxing investment in new technologies.\n\n\"And that is what we want to see, we want to see more investment. We don't want to see taxes that essentially act against any incentive to invest.\"\n\nThe minister said also called the policy a bad idea, and an old one, saying: \"I am not surprised that a Labour frontbencher is saying we should put up taxes - that's not something that is new to me.\"", "Amber Heard in court on 16 May\n\nAmber Heard feared her ex-husband Johnny Depp would accidentally kill her during an alleged assault on their honeymoon, a US court has heard.\n\nTestifying in a defamation case Mr Depp has brought against her, Ms Heard, 36, painted a picture of the actor as an abuser plagued by drug addiction, jealousy and self-harm.\n\nMr Depp is suing Ms Heard for $50m (£40m) over an article in which she claimed she was the victim of domestic violence.\n\nHe has repeatedly denied any abuse.\n\nThe high profile case in Virginia has resumed for a fifth week after a pause, before which Mr Depp had told his side of the story and Ms Heard had begun some of her testimony.\n\nIn court on Monday, Ms Heard tearfully told jurors that she believed she'd likely \"not survive\" if she had remained married to Mr Depp, 58.\n\n\"I was so scared that it was going to end really badly for me,\" she said. \"I really didn't want to leave him. I loved him so much.\"\n\nMs Heard has accused Mr Depp of repeated instances of physical abuse. On Monday, she alleged that he attacked her while aboard the Orient Express train in Asia after their February 2015 wedding, claiming that he struck her and held her by the neck while in their sleeper compartment.\n\n\"He was squeezing my neck against the railway car for what felt like a very long time,\" she said.\n\nShe said she recalled thinking he could \"kill me\".\n\n\"I remember being scared that he wouldn't mean to do it,\" she said.\n\nIn another instance, Ms Heard described a \"week of hell\" after Mr Depp allegedly became jealous after she was offered a role with James Franco. She claimed he punched her and threw her into furniture.\n\nWhile Ms Heard said that the marriage was \"at times, very loving\", it deteriorated over time to a point in which tension and violence became \"almost normal\". They divorced in 2017, after two years.\n\nDuring their increasingly frequent arguments, Ms Heard claimed that Mr Depp would frequently self-harm.\n\n\"In fights he often would cut his arms or hold his knife to his chest or draw blood, superficially at first,\" she said. \"He also put cigarettes out on himself.\"\n\nLawyers for Mr Depp challenged Ms Heard's version of events as they began their cross-examination on Monday afternoon.\n\nAttorney Camille Vasquez skewered the witness' prior testimony, questioning why there were so few photos and medical records to back up claims of physical injuries from her alleged beatings.\n\nMs Heard countered that, embarrassed to be a victim of abuse, she did not seek medical treatment \"other than my therapist\", relying instead on makeup to cover bruises and ice to reduce swelling.\n\nIn a heated back-and forth, Ms Vasquez forced Ms Heard to acknowledge that she had \"pledged\" to donate the entirety of her $7m divorce settlement with Mr Depp to charity but was yet to make any donation.\n\nShe also noted that her client had not once looked Ms Heard in the eye over the course of the trial. \"He can't,\" Ms Heard responded.\n\nIn his own testimony earlier in the trial, Mr Depp said that he never struck Ms Heard and told jurors that she had a \"need\" for conflict and violence.\n\nOn Monday, jurors heard a number of audio clips of the former couple arguing. In one clip - which went viral ahead of the trial - Ms Heard can be heard saying she hit Mr Depp.\n\n\"I was hitting you. I was not punching you,\" she can be heard saying. \"You're not punched.\"\n\nAccording to Ms Heard, she sometimes \"reactively\" hit Mr Depp and claimed that she was referring to the \"disparity\" of their strength.\n\nThe defamation case against Ms Heard stems from a 2018 piece she wrote for the Washington Post in which she characterised herself as a victim of abuse. The piece did not name Mr Depp.\n\nHis attorneys, however, have said that the article \"incalculably\" damaged his reputation and career. She has countersued him for $100m.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Amber Heard and Johnny Depp - the trial so far, in their own words", "The Moon turned a deep shade of copper-like red as it passed through the Earth's shadow\n\nStargazers have been treated overnight to a stunning and unusual sight - a super blood Moon.\n\nShortly after 03:30 GMT on Monday, Earth's orbit meant that for several minutes our planet was positioned directly between the Sun and the Moon.\n\nIn that time the Moon fell completely into Earth's shadow - temporarily turning it a dusky shade of dark red.\n\nIts hue was created by sunlight being projected through Earth's atmosphere onto the Moon's shadowed surface.\n\nThe lunar eclipse coincided with a separate event - a super Moon. This is when the Moon is at its closest point to Earth in its orbit and so appears larger than usual.\n\nThe super blood Moon sets over hilltops in the Republic of North Macedonia\n\nThose watching out for the resulting super blood Moon got the best view from 03:29 GMT, the moment the full lunar eclipse started and the event became visible in the Western hemisphere.\n\nFor almost one and a half hours afterwards, the only sunlight reaching the Moon had passed through the Earth's atmosphere turning it red.\n\nIn Greece, spectators gathered at the Temple of Poseidon near Athens to watch the Moon before the full eclipse\n\nIn Europe, the phenomenon was only visible for some of that time because of the Moon beginning to set. But in the Americas areas under clear skies were treated to the full spectacle.\n\n\"You'll actually be seeing every sunrise and every sunset occurring around the Earth at once. All of that light will be projected on to the Moon,\" explained Dr Gregory Brown, astronomer at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, ahead of the event.\n\n\"If you were an astronaut standing on the Moon, looking back towards Earth, you'd see a red ring running around the outside of our planet,\" he told the BBC.\n\nDid you manage to film or photograph the super blood Moon? Send your images and video to us here: Upload pictures or video\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:", "Investment bank Goldman Sachs has said its senior staff will be allowed to take as much holiday as they want.\n\nThere will be no cap on paid leave under the bank's new \"flexible vacation\" plans which are designed to promote \"rest and recharge\".\n\nJunior bankers, however, will still only be entitled to a fixed amount of holiday.\n\nThe bank has been accused of overworking younger staff in the past.\n\nIn a memo sent to staff globally, the bank said workers would be required to spend at least three weeks on leave annually from next year, with at least one week of consecutive days off.\n\n\"As a firm, we are committed to providing our people with differentiated benefits and offerings to support wellbeing and resilience,\" the firm wrote.\n\n\"As we continue to take care of our people at every stage of their careers and focus on the experience of our partners and managing directors, we are pleased to announce enhancements and changes to our global vacation programme designed to further support time off to rest and recharge.\"\n\nVery few employers currently offer unlimited leave, but the policy is gaining in popularity.\n\nLinkedIn, Bumble and Netflix now offer the perk. And the bank Citigroup has offered junior workers in Malaga eight hour days with no weekend work for half of the $100,000 starting salary offered for the same roles in London and New York.\n\nClaire McCartney, inclusion and resourcing adviser for the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), said that unlimited leave could be a way to \"empower\" employees and \"may help to attract and retain talent\".\n\nHowever, she said the policy needs \"careful\" management and could be \"open to abuse\".\n\n\"There's a risk that it could prove counter-productive, some people could take less leave which could lead to stress and burnout,\" she added.\n\n\"It's also important for it to be fair. If it is only open to certain employees, for instance, senior staff, that could lead to the rest of the workforce feeling undervalued and resentful.\"\n\nLast year, people who had recently joined Goldman though its graduate recruitment scheme said they would quit unless their gruelling working conditions improved.\n\nAn internal survey among 13 employees showed they averaged 95 hours of work a week and slept just five hours a night.\n\nIn the survey, all of the respondents said the job had negatively affected their relationships with friends and family, while 77% said they had been victims of workplace abuse.\n\nWorking conditions were described as \"inhumane\" and \"abusive\" in the survey, which was seen by the BBC.\n\nAt the time, a spokeswoman for the bank told the BBC it was \"listening to their concerns and taking multiple steps to address them\".\n\nThe bank also said it had reinforced its \"Saturday Exception\" policy - which means that employees cannot work from 9 pm on Friday to 9am on Sunday except in certain circumstances - and was moving to automate certain tasks for junior staff.\n\nDo you or your organisation have an unlimited holiday policy? Share your thoughts and experiences. Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Volodymyr Zelensky has said an operation to \"save the defenders of Mariupol\" has started, but added the work will require \"discretion and time\".\n\nUkraine's defence ministry says 264 fighters have left the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol and been taken to areas held by Russian-backed rebels.", "UK diesel prices rose to a record of just over £1.80 a litre as efforts to stop importing fuel from Russia pushed up costs for retailers, the RAC said.\n\nAfter the previous record of £1.79 was set in March following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, prices dipped but have risen again in recent weeks.\n\nThe RAC said petrol prices went up by nearly 3p a litre since the start of May and were £1.66 a litre on average.\n\nIt said if EU members agreed to ban Russian oil, prices could rise further.\n\nThe EU has been focusing for weeks on how to wean itself off Russian energy and has plans to phase out Russian crude oil over six months.\n\nHowever, countries are split on how soon they wind down dependence - Hungary has rejected the proposal as unacceptable and the Czech and Slovak governments want a transition period.\n\nThe UK is not as dependent on Russian oil as the EU is, however, almost a fifth of all UK diesel consumption was provided by Russian imports in 2020.\n\nThe UK is also affected when global prices rise, despite its plans to stop Russian oil imports by the end of the year.\n\n\"Efforts to move away from importing Russian diesel have led to a tightening of supply and pushed up the price retailers pay for diesel,\" said RAC fuel spokesman Simon Williams.\n\n\"Unfortunately, drivers with diesel vehicles need to brace themselves for yet more pain at the pumps.\"\n\nIn recent weeks, fuel sales have fallen as drivers have cut back on the number of journeys they make due to higher pump prices\n\nPetrol station operator Ascona Group, which owns 60 UK petrol stations, said the amount of fuel it sold had dropped by 200,000 litres a week compared to pre-pandemic levels.\n\nManaging director Darren Briggs said customers were making £20 to £30 fuel purchases \"last a little bit longer\".\n\nThe Office for National Statistics revealed last week that the UK's economy shrank by 0.1% in March and said higher prices, including those at the petrol pumps, were \"really beginning to bite\".\n\nThe downturn came ahead of the impact of higher energy bills in April, which has sparked fears from analysts that the UK economy is at risk of a recession - defined as the economy getting smaller for two consecutive three-month periods - later this year.\n\nCutting energy imports from Russia is a vital part of the West's plan to put the squeeze on the Putin regime and its war machine.\n\nBut when it comes to diesel, it's particularly tough - not least for the UK.\n\nDiesel is produced by refining crude oil, and before the war, much of the UK's diesel supply was made in Russia and shipped to Britain in tankers.\n\nDiesel supplies across the world were low before the crisis began, and the uncertainty surrounding the latest round of EU sanctions is helping to push those prices higher.\n\nMost European countries are already reducing their imports of Russian oil and diesel - and imports from the Middle East and elsewhere are taking up some of the slack. But securing those extra supplies means paying higher prices.\n\nThe latest figures from the data firm Vortexa showed that just over half Europe's diesel imports were still coming from Russia.\n\nAnd the Asian head of the major oil trading firm Vitol, Mike Muller, warned earlier this month that EU rules which came into force on Sunday could make trading with Russia even harder, for instance by making it impossible to pay Russian suppliers.\n\nThat's not likely to mean pumps running dry in the UK, says analyst Neil Crosby, who follows the diesel market for OilX.\n\n\"The UK itself may manage more or less to get by, but retail prices are not liable to cool any time soon,\" he said.\n\nIn a bid to curb rising fuel prices, Chancellor Rishi Sunak cut the fuel duty by 5p a litre after previous record prices were seen in March.\n\nThe RAC said then the cut was \"a drop in the ocean\" and now claimed drivers would be better off if had Mr Sunak reduced VAT on fuel.\n\n\"Had Mr Sunak reduced VAT to 15% as we called on him to do instead of cutting duty by 5p, drivers of diesel vehicles would be around 2p a litre better off, or £1 for every full tank,\" Mr Williams said.\n\n\"As it is, drivers are still paying 27p VAT on petrol and 29p on diesel, which is just the same as before the Spring Statement.\"\n\nThe Treasury said it had introduced the \"biggest ever cut to all fuel duty rates - worth £5bn when taken together with the fuel duty freeze\".\n\n\"It will save the average UK car driver around £100, van driver around £200 and haulier over £1,500, based on average fuel consumption,\" a statement said.\n\nThe government said businesses in general pay VAT on their sales but recover the tax on their purchases, meaning many can reclaim any VAT incurred when buying fuel.\n\nThe price of Brent crude oil - the global benchmark for prices - has soared in recent months after Russia's invasion of Ukraine raised concerns of potential global supply issues.\n\nAhead of the invasion, fuel prices had already been rising after demand increased following the reopening of economies from coronavirus lockdowns.", "Alex Preston said the diagnosis completely destroyed his life\n\nA hospital trust is investigating after a patient was incorrectly diagnosed and treated for Alzheimer's disease for seven years.\n\nAlex Preston, from Anstey, Leicestershire, was 54 at the time and said the diagnosis completely destroyed his life and made him feel suicidal.\n\nHe was then re-examined in the pandemic and told that diagnosis was a mistake.\n\nLeicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) said it was undertaking an independent review of the case.\n\nMr Preston said he was having problems concentrating at work in 2014.\n\n\"The doctor thought I had low mood and anxiety,\" he said.\n\nMr Preston, now 62, was sent to the Bradgate Mental Health Unit where he underwent a series of tests and was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.\n\n\"That's when my life was completely destroyed.\n\n\"As soon as we were told that diagnosis, everything me and Susan had planned just went,\" he said.\n\nFor seven years he said he thought he was living with the disease and took part in fundraising for Alzheimer's charities.\n\nIn 2019 his wife Susan died from cancer and at the time Mr Preston said doctors would not talk to him about it because of his condition.\n\nBut when the pandemic hit, he said he heard less from the hospital and was able to get on with life without having anyone around to reinforce this false diagnosis.\n\n\"Friends would ring me and say 'you seems like you're doing well' and I thought it was just them being nice,\" he said.\n\nHe had a visit from a nurse who suggested he went to see a consultant again.\n\nFriends would tell Mr Preston how well he was doing before he was re-examined\n\nMore tests were carried out and he was finally told the original diagnosis was wrong.\n\nMr Preston said: \"It was good but it was terrible at the same time because my wife wasn't there to see it.\n\n\"Since I've come off the medication I've become a completely different person - I now want answers.\"\n\nLPT said it was investigating Mr Preston's complaint and carrying out a review.\n\nIn a statement it said: \"The trust has been liaising closely with Mr Preston since the complaint was first raised.\n\n\"We are currently undertaking an independent review of the case, with an independent clinical witness from outside of our trust; it would be inappropriate to comment further until this review has been concluded and shared with Mr Preston.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, on Twitter, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Ellen Barkin's testimony, recorded in 2019, was played in court\n\nJohnny Depp was controlling and jealous and once threw a wine bottle across a room, one of his ex-girlfriends and co-stars said in a video played during his court case against Amber Heard.\n\nIn the video, actress Ellen Barkin said Mr Depp was \"drunk a lot of the time\" during their relationship in the 1990s.\n\nThe testimony, filmed in 2019, was played in court, where Mr Depp is suing his former wife for defamation.\n\nMs Heard has accused the Hollywood star of being violent, which he has denied.\n\nThe trial's jury watched the recorded testimony from Ms Barkin, who said her relationship with the Pirates of the Caribbean actor lasted between three and six months.\n\nShe said: \"He's just a jealous man, controlling - 'Where are you going? Who are you going with? What did you do last night?'\n\n\"I had a scratch on my back once that got him very, very angry because he insisted it came from me having sex with a person who wasn't him.\"\n\nShe added that the actor \"was always drinking and or smoking a joint\".\n\nMs Barkin said the incident with the bottle happened while she and Mr Depp were filming the 1998 film Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, adapted from the book by Hunter S Thompson.\n\n\"Mr Depp threw a wine bottle across the room, the hotel room in Las Vegas,\" she said. \"I don't know why he threw the bottle.\"\n\nHowever, she recalled that he may have had an argument with friends or an assistant.\n\nAlso on Thursday, Mr Depp's former agent Tracey Jacobs told the trial that his career suffered after 2010 because of \"unprofessional behaviour\" including drug and alcohol use and consistently showing up late on set.\n\nAnd the star's former business manager Josh Mandel said he became \"extremely concerned\" about Mr Depp's financial situation in 2015, with the actor spending $300,000 (£193,000) a month on full-time staff at one point.\n\nThe trial is due to resume next week.", "Rebekah Vardy leaving the Royal Courts of Justice in London on Thursday\n\nThe case against Rebekah Vardy is based on \"conspiracy theories\", her lawyer said on the final day of her High Court libel trial against Coleen Rooney.\n\nHugh Tomlinson said on Thursday his client had suffered \"public abuse and ridicule on a massive scale\" and is entitled to \"substantial damages\".\n\nMrs Vardy is suing Mrs Rooney for libel for alleging online she had leaked private stories about her to the Sun.\n\nThe claimant has denied this and her team said she has nothing to hide.\n\nMr Tomlinson addressed the court after his counterpart David Sherborne had earlier agued that Mrs Vardy was an unreliable witness.\n\nHe said she had brought the case as she wanted to be \"vindicated\" as there was no real evidence, he claimed, proving she had leaked the stories.\n\nMrs Vardy's barrister suggested that the libel dispute with Mrs Rooney was a \"very simple case\" when \"one clears away the conspiracy theories\".\n\n\"Has Mrs Rooney proved that Mrs Vardy leaked the information from her post that she's accused of leaking?\" he asked.\n\n\"Mrs Vardy's case is and always has been that she did not leak the information nor did she authorise anyone else to leak.\"\n\n\"She does not know to this day what happened,\" he added. \"She does not know where this information came from.\"\n\nMrs Rooney has defended herself on the basis of truth and public interest, but Mr Tomlinson said the latter did not apply in this case, adding: \"This is really a falling-out between two individuals over what is essentially a private matter.\"\n\nThe lawyer said his client now accepted it was possible that her former agent Caroline Watt was the source of the leaked stories from Mrs Rooney's private Instagram account.\n\n\"She doesn't want to be in the position of accusing her friend and former long-term agent of doing something wrong,\" he said.\n\n\"She sees, as everybody does, the indications that point that way. Her fundamental position is she doesn't know what happened.\"\n\nHe said Mrs Vardy had asked Mrs Rooney, from the get-go, to \"send me the evidence, send me the posts.\"\n\n\"The suggestion that she is trying to hide something is quite wrong\".\n\nAcknowledging how the defendant, Mrs Rooney, had said she thought Mrs Vardy was suspiciously friendly, Mr Tomlinson countered that \"people behave in different ways.\"\n\nColeen Rooney, pictured with Wayne Rooney outside the court earlier this week, did not attend the last day of the trial\n\nHe noted how the Sun was \"a newspaper that she [Mrs Rooney] clearly loathes\" and that she may disapprove of how Mrs Vardy has sometimes featured in it, but that it was \"not a basis for making an allegation of the kind that was made\".\n\nMr Tomlinson challenged the idea that messages between Mrs Vardy and Ms Watt showed they were \"obsessed\" with Mrs Rooney and said they were merely \"gossiping\".\n\n\"There is very little about the Rooneys\" in the many of the conversations given in evidence, he said.\n\n\"We don't have two women who are obsessed with Mrs Rooney, we have two women who over a period of two years mention her on a few occasions.\"\n\nThe court heard that Mrs Vardy had wanted to call journalists from The Sun to give evidence but they \"changed their mind having taken legal advice,\" Mr Tomlinson said, suggesting their absence \"can't be of itself evidence that Mrs Vardy is the source of the stories\".\n\n\"Mrs Vardy has made mistakes,\" Mr Tomlinson added. \"Perhaps the most serious of these may have been to trust Ms Watt as her agent.\n\nMs Watt did not give evidence at the trial either as she was deemed unwell. The fact that the agent's phone, containing now lost messages between her and a Sun journalist, had fallen into the North Sea had nothing to do with Mrs Vardy, the barrister said.\n\n\"We have no idea as to whether this is a genuine accidental loss of a device or whether it was something done cynically and deliberately to avoid inspection during the disclosure process. We just don't know,\" he went on.\n\n\"From Mrs Vardy's point of view, she does not know either.\"\n\nEarlier on Thursday, David Sherborne, representing Mrs Rooney, told the court Mrs Vardy lied under oath and deliberately deleted evidence.\n\nColeen Rooney (left) and Rebekah Vardy, pictured at a Euro 2016 match in France\n\nMrs Vardy walked out of the court during Mr Sherborne's comments, returning after roughly an hour, having left it carrying her laptop, with one of her legal team.\n\nMr Tomlinson said the argument that his client had a \"conspiracy to delete\" was an \"incredible theory\", adding that a \"completely innocent loss of messages\" had occurred on both sides.\n\n\"There was an export of a very large number of WhatsApp messages,\" he told the court. \"Why would Mrs Vardy, if she was destroying evidence, do it in that selective and complex way?\"\n\n\"If she was a wicked litigant who was trying to deceive the court by getting rid of damaging evidence, the idea she would do it by getting rid of images and not text simply beggars belief.\"\n\nThe barrister said the exchanges that the court had heard had taken place between Mrs Vardy and Ms Watt were simply \"exchanges between two people who do not know who is leaking the stories, or at least Mrs Vardy does not know who is leaking the stories.\"\n\nHe said the only exception to this was a post by Ms Watt which seemed to suggest she was the leak of a story about Mrs Rooney being involved in a car crash. \"On analysis, it does not help the defendant's case at all,\" he said.\n\n\"What they show is the contemporaneous evidence that Mrs Vardy does not know what information is going to the Sun.\"\n\nIn his closing statement on Thursday morning, Mr Sherborne said Mrs Vardy had given \"implausible, throwaway explanations\" and was \"lacking in candour.\"\n\nMrs Rooney's barrister David Sherborne set out his closing argument on Thursday morning\n\nMrs Rooney and her husband, the ex-footballer Wayne, did not attend the court due to a \"long-standing travel arrangement\" booked before the trial over-ran, and their apologies were passed to Mrs Justice Steyn.\n\nMrs Vardy's libel action was sparked by a viral social media post from October 2019, in which Mrs Rooney said she had carried out a sting operation to find out who had been passing information about her life, taken from her private Instagram account, to the Sun newspaper.\n\nShe said the fake stories she had posted on her Instagram stories in an effort to find the perpetrator had only been viewed by \"Rebekah Vardy's account\".\n\nMrs Vardy has continually denied leaking the stories in question to the press.\n\nThe fake stories featured Mrs Rooney travelling to Mexico for a \"gender selection\" procedure, planning to return to TV and the basement flooding at her home.\n\nMrs Rooney was called \"Wagatha Christie\" by many people online as a result of her private investigation. Wag is a term used to describe the wives and girlfriends of footballers, while Agatha Christie was a famous English detective novelist.\n\nThe case has now ended and the judge will reserve her ruling to a later date.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMcDonald's has found a local buyer for its Russian business, after the war in Ukraine pushed it to quit the country.\n\nAlexander Govor, who currently operates 25 McDonald's restaurants in Siberia, will take on the firm's restaurants and staff, operating them under a new brand, the fast food giant said.\n\nIt did not disclose the sale price, but has warned investors it would take a more than $1bn hit from the exit.\n\nMcDonald's had operated in Russia for more than 30 years.\n\nThe opening of its first restaurant in Moscow in 1990 came to symbolise a thaw in Cold War tensions.\n\nA year later, the Soviet Union collapsed and Russia opened up its economy to companies from the West. More than three decades later, however, it is one of a growing number of corporations pulling out as the war in Ukraine and Western sanctions make it difficult to operate.\n\nMcDonald's, which had nearly 850 restaurants in the country, most of them directly owned, said it expected the deal, which is subject to regulatory approval, to close in coming weeks.\n\nMr Govor has been a licensee of McDonald's since 2015. He is also co-founder of Neftekhimservice, a refining company, and a board member of another firm that owns the Park Inn hotel and private clinics in Siberia.\n\nRussia's Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov said the deal was the result of a \"long and difficult\" negotiation process and the government would provide Mr Govor with all the necessary assistance to set up operations.\n\nThe terms provide for McDonald's 62,000 staff in Russia to be retained for at least two years, with their existing pay and Mr Govor will pay the salaries of corporate staff in Russia until the deal is completed.\n\nMcDonald's will retain its trademark in the country, it said, while the restaurants will be stripped of their menu, logo and other branding.\n\nAnnouncing plans for the sale earlier this week, chief executive Chris Kempczinski called the decision \"extremely difficult\".\n\n\"However, we have a commitment to our global community and must remain steadfast in our values. And our commitment to our values means that we can no longer keep the arches shining there,\" he said.\n\nMcDonald's suspended operations at the restaurants it owned in Russia in March, citing the \"humanitarian crisis\" and \"unpredictable operating environment\" caused by the Ukraine war.\n\nThe move drew outrage among Russian politicians and prompted threats the business would be seized.\n\nA patent application for an \"Uncle Vanya\" restaurant chain was filed with Russian authorities shortly after. The name, the same as the famous work by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, was one of several brand knock-offs of Western companies to surface.\n\nLast year, Russia and Ukraine accounted for about 9% of McDonald's revenue.\n\nThe move by McDonald's came after French carmaker Renault sold its majority stake in carmaker Aftovaz to a state research institute for a symbolic sum, while its Renault Russia business was taken over by the city of Moscow. Manufacturing at the Renault plant is expected to resume under a Soviet-era brand.", "Sue Gray wants to name top officials who broke Covid rules at lockdown parties in and around Downing Street.\n\nThe senior civil servant is now free to publish her full report on the parties after the Metropolitan Police wound up their investigation.\n\nThe Met have not named any of the 83 individuals who have been fined.\n\nBut Ms Gray is contacting the ones she wants to name, ahead of the publication of her report, which is expected to be next week.\n\nThose expected to be named by Ms Gray have been given until 5pm on Sunday to respond to information she intends to publish about them, it is understood.\n\nThe prime minister is expected to be among 30 people she is contacting.\n\nBoris Johnson said it would be \"entirely up to Sue Gray\" whom she names when publishing her report, adding: \"fingers crossed, that will be very soon.\"\n\nShadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said Mr Johnson had shown a \"lack of leadership,\" and he should take \"personal responsibility\" for what happened.\n\nDowning Street last month revealed that Mr Johnson, his wife Carrie, and Chancellor Rishi Sunak were fined for breaking Covid laws at a June 2020 birthday party for Mr Johnson in No 10.\n\nIt had been widely expected the PM could be fined again over other parties, but he has been told he will face no further action.\n\nThe Met has revealed some officials are facing fines for being at a party in the No 10 garden in May 2020 attended by Mr Johnson, for which he did not receive a fine.\n\nThe force has not said how many events in total attracted fines, or explained in detail the circumstances that led to individuals receiving them.\n\nIts probe, which lasted four months and cost £460,000, led to 126 fines being issued for events in and around Downing Street.\n\nSome Conservative MPs have previously said they are reserving judgement on Mr Johnson's future until the full Gray report is published.\n\nIf the individuals Ms Gray plans to name in her report object to what is being said about them, it could delay publication.\n\nA source familiar with the report told the BBC her assessment could be that there were trails of evidence to suggest the prime minister was badly advised, and not necessarily aware of what events he was stumbling into.\n\nAn interim version of her report, published in January, did not name individuals but criticised \"failures of leadership and judgement\" and said some events not have \"been allowed to take place\".\n\nDave Penman, boss of the FDA union representing senior civil servants, told the BBC there had been \"no rationale\" to name people in the Met inquiry.\n\nBut he added there would be a \"harder line to tread\" for Ms Gray in her report, where she would need to balance \"sensitivity around naming someone publicly against the important need for public scrutiny of senior officials\".\n\nHowever, he expressed greater concern over junior officials being named.\n\nMs Gray does not intend to name junior civil servants. But we're told there has been a \"lively debate\" on which senior names will appear in her report.\n\nNo official is under any obligation, even internally in government, to admit to receiving a fine.\n\nBut if their names are associated in the Gray report with one of the eight events for which fines have been issued, then some fear they will face disciplinary action - hence attempts to keep names to a minimum.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the number of fines showed there had been \"industrial-scale lawbreaking in Downing Street\".\n\nHe added that his opinion of the prime minister had not changed and that \"of course he should resign\".\n\nSir Keir is still facing an inquiry into whether he broke Covid laws at a Labour campaign event in the city in 2021. He has promised to quit as Labour leader if he is fined.\n\nCabinet minister Jacob Rees-Mogg said he thought Sir Keir's pledge was a \"mistake\", adding breaching Covid laws was not a \"resigning matter\".\n\n\"The rules were broadly followed in Downing Street, some mistakes were made,\" he added.\n\n\"I think this has now brought the issue to a conclusion, and that frankly too much time has been spent on it.\"\n\nThe Met began their investigation in January, after Ms Gray's team passed evidence amassed during their investigation to the force.\n\nMs Gray's team said 16 gatherings fell within their remit - with police going on to look at 12 of those they identified.\n\nDuring their inquiry, officers examined 510 photographs, CCTV images, emails, logs of entries into buildings, diary entries and witness statements.\n\nThe BBC has been told that in her final report Ms Gray is likely to reveal details of events that the police either didn't investigate, or didn't issue fines for.\n\nGovernment sources have suggested that Downing Street does expect photographs to be published in the report.", "Micheál Martin said he had always been critical of any moves to \"collapse the assembly\"\n\nThe Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) cannot be allowed to block the Northern Ireland Assembly the Irish PM has said.\n\nTaoiseach Micheál Martin has met the main Stormont parties to discuss the Northern Ireland Protocol and the assembly crisis.\n\nThe DUP is refusing to return to power-sharing unless its issues with the protocol are resolved.\n\nMr Martin said those issues can be resolved, but only in a negotiated settlement between the UK and EU.\n\nThe assembly is not sitting after the DUP refused to support the election of a new Speaker following the election on 5 May as part of its ongoing protest against the protocol.\n\nThe party took the action as part of its ongoing protest over the post-Brexit trade arrangement known as the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\nWithout the election of a new Speaker, assembly members (MLAs) cannot take their seats at Stormont.\n\nAfter his meetings, Mr Martin said all parties had indicated a \"desire\" to have the assembly running and an executive formed.\n\n\"It's my view, that after any election in any democratic part of the world, the natural follow-on is the convening of the parliament that has been elected by the people,\" he said.\n\nThe taoiseach said he accepted there are some issues with the Northern Ireland Protocol, but said they could only be resolved with \"substantive, serious negotiations between the European Union and the UK government\".\n\nReferring to the DUP, Mr Martin said the party was willing to take up the post of deputy first minister in any new executive, but their issues with the protocol were preventing that happening.\n\nMr Martin added that \"the assembly and the executive should operate in parallel with the UK government and the EU in the context of substantive negotiation to resolve issues with the protocol\".\n\nThe SDLP said it had a \"good\" chat with the taoiseach\n\nIt is the first time the DUP leader, Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) leader Doug Beattie and Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) leader Colum Eastwood, have met the taoiseach in person since the assembly election.\n\nSDLP leader Colum Eastwood said his party and the taoiseach both agreed the assembly and the executive needs to formed immediately.\n\nHe said: \"People have real priorities out there. The cost of living crisis is crippling families all across the north - we know the number of people who are on health waiting lists - and Jeffrey Dondaldson is playing a political game about an issue he cant resolve.\n\n\"Playing these sorts of games will not sort anybody's problems out, so it's over to Jeffrey Donaldson now.\n\n\"He can sit back and let the pressure build on him if he wants. My view is we should be sitting down together, working on the people's priorities.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Simon Coveney This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nForeign Secretary Liz Truss and Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney also met on Friday.\n\nFollowing the meeting, Mr Coveney tweeted that he had \"made clear\" to Ms Truss \"Ireland's opposition to the UK breaching international law\".\n\n\"The UK needs to get back to talks with the EU,\" he added.\n\nIt comes as the US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the protocol must remain.\n\nMrs Pelosi said the UK government's suggestion it could act unilaterally to change the post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland was deeply concerning and could negatively affect the Good Friday Agreement.\n\nResponding to Mrs Pelosi, DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said it was \"absolutely evident\" that the protocol was undermining the agreement.\n\n\"It has made it impossible to have power-sharing on the basis of consensus,\" he told the BBC's Good Morning Ulster.\n\n\"If Nancy Pelosi wants to see the agreement protected then she needs to recognise that in fact it's the protocol that is harming and undermining the agreement and that's why we have to deal with it.\"\n\nUUP leader Doug Beattie said Mrs Pelosi's comments \"are not just deeply regrettable and misinformed, but are completely wrong\".\n\nHe told the BBC's Talkback programme the comments \"would harden people's positions\" .\n\n\"It is more negative than positive, I think we all have to watch our language in regards to these negotiations, but what we do need to do is make sure we keep negotiating,\" he said.\n\nMr Beatie said he would support the UK government changing the rules to allow an assembly Speaker to be elected.\n\nUnder existing rules, both unionists and nationalists must agree to a Speaker, which is why the DUP have been able to stall the process.\n\nMichelle O'Neill said it was important for Micheál Martin to assert his role as co-guarantor of the Good Friday Agreement\n\nAhead of his meeting with the taoiseach, Sir Jeffrey said \"the unionist viewpoint can no longer be ignored\".\n\nIn a statement, Sir Jeffrey added that power-sharing \"only works with the consent of unionists and nationalists\" and while he wanted to see Stormont's political institutions working fully, that could only happen by \"building consensus\".\n\nSinn Féin deputy leader Michelle O'Neill said Mr Martin had \"a very significant role in terms of being the co-guarantor\" of the Good Friday Agreement and it was important for him to \"assert\" that role at a time when \"democracy is being denied\".\n\nShe said the DUP was \"holding up progress\" and it was \"unacceptable\" that money could not be put into the pockets of people to deal with a cost of living crisis because there was no executive.\n\nRead more: Guide to the Brexit border problem\n\nOn Thursday, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said she had a \"good conversation\" with Mr Martin.\n\nShe said the EU and Ireland were on \"the same page\" when it came to the protocol and they agreed \"international agreements cannot be disapplied unilaterally\".\n\nMr Martin also held an hour-long video call with Alliance Party leader Naomi Long on Thursday.\n\nEarlier this week he met Sinn Féin deputy leader Michelle O'Neill in Dublin, ahead of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's visit to Belfast.\n\nOn Friday, Ms O'Neill met with Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in Edinburgh, to discuss what she called \"a number of shared priorities\", as well as the political developments at Stormont.", "Finland imports most of its gas from Russia but says it can cope with the disruption\n\nRussia has halted its gas supply to Finland - the latest escalation of an energy payments row with the West.\n\nRussia's gas giant Gazprom confirmed it had completely halted exports to Finland at 04:00 GMT on Saturday.\n\nFinland said all the deliveries had stopped, but added there would be no disruption to customers.\n\nHelsinki has been refusing to pay for its supplies in roubles. But the cut-off also follows an announcement that Finland will apply for Nato membership.\n\nDespite its invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, Russia continues to supply gas to many European countries.\n\nAfter Western powers sanctioned Russia over the war, Russia said \"unfriendly\" countries must pay for gas using the Russian currency, a move the EU considers blackmail.\n\nReliance on Russian energy is a contributing factor in the cost-of-living crisis faced by many consumers.\n\nFinland imports most of its gas from Russia but gas accounts for less than a tenth of the country's energy consumption.\n\nOn Saturday, the Finnish state-owned company Gasgrid Finland said in a statement that gas supplies through the Imatra entry point were stopped on 21 May.\n\n\"The amount of gas needed by the Finnish gas market is imported into the Finnish gas system through Balticconnector entry point in accordance with the nominations made by the market parties. Gasgrid Finland has directed gas imports in Balticconnector and the gas system is currently in balance,\" it said.\n\nEarlier, the Finnish state-owned energy firm Gasum described the Russian move as \"highly regrettable\".\n\n\"However, we have been carefully preparing for this situation and provided that there will be no disruptions in the gas transmission network, we will be able to supply all our customers with gas in the coming months,\" Gasum CEO Mika Wiljanen said in a statement.\n\nAsked about the matter, a Kremlin spokesman said \"it is obvious that nobody is going to deliver anything for free\".\n\nLast Sunday, Russia also cut electricity supplies to Finland. It had threatened retaliation should Finland apply to join Nato.\n\nIn a separate development, Russia's state-owned oil company Rosneft said on Friday that former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder had informed them he would no longer serve on their board.\n\nMr Schröder has faced increasing public outrage over the lucrative role. He has refused to criticise Russia's President Vladimir Putin, who he counts as a personal friend, over his decision to invade Ukraine.", "A university has been told to pay more than £50,000 in damages for discriminating against a student who killed herself in 2018.\n\nNatasha Abrahart was found dead on the day she was due to take part in a group presentation in a 329-seat lecture theatre at the University of Bristol.\n\nThe 20-year-old's parents took action over the university's failure to make adjustments for her social anxiety disorder.\n\nThe university said it might appeal.\n\nMiss Abrahart's father Robert said their family \"finally have the truth\"\n\nJudge Alex Ralton, who heard the case at Bristol County Court, said: \"In my judgement there can be no doubt that there was direct discrimination, especially once the university knew or should have known that a mental health disability of some sort was preventing Natasha from performing.\"\n\nIn a 46-page written judgement, he found the university had breached its duties to make reasonable adjustments to the way it assessed Miss Abrahart and treated her unfavourably because of the consequences of her disability.\n\nHe found these breaches led to the physics student's death, noting that \"it was accepted by the medical experts that the primary stressor and cause of Natasha's depressive illness was oral assessment\".\n\nHe listed occasions when Miss Abrahart, who was described as \"hard-working and high-achieving\", was given a succession of poor marks - including 0 out of 100 - for failing to attend lab interviews or answering questions at oral assessments poorly.\n\n\"Her poor performance would likely have been down to being unable to orally answer questions,\" he said.\n\nAn inquest into Miss Abrahart's death in May 2019 found she had been neglected by mental health services\n\nMiss Abrahart had made a previous suicide attempt in the winter term before her death in April, and university staff were aware she was struggling.\n\nBefore the presentation, known as a laboratory conference, Miss Abrahart had struggled to complete one-on-one interview-based assessments, attending only two out of five.\n\nThe court heard in February 2018 she emailed one university employee, saying: \"I've been having suicidal thoughts and to a certain degree attempted it.\"\n\nAn inquest into Miss Abrahart's death in May 2019 found she had been neglected by mental health services but the coroner ruled the adequacy of support provided by the university was outside of the inquest's scope.\n\nSpeaking after the ruling, Miss Abrahart's father Robert, a retired university lecturer from West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, said: \"Today, 1,481 days after Natasha took her own life on the day of an assessment she simply couldn't do, after years of protestations from the university that it did all it could to support her, after having battled our way through an inquest and a civil trial, we finally have the truth.\n\n\"The University of Bristol broke the law and exposed our daughter to months of wholly unnecessary psychological trauma, as she watched her grades plummet, and her hopes for the future crumble before her eyes.\"\n\nMiss Abrahart's mother Margaret said she hoped the university \"recognise that now is the time for change\"\n\nHer mother Margaret added: \"We really hope the University of Bristol will finally take its head out of the sand and recognise that now is the time for change.\n\n\"We hope they will apologise for the role they played in Natasha's death and will take us up on our offer of help.\"\n\nA University of Bristol spokesperson said: \"Our whole university community has been deeply affected by Natasha's tragic death and we would once again like to extend our sympathies to her friends and family.\n\n\"We believe staff in the School of Physics worked incredibly hard and diligently to support Natasha during her time with us, and it was due to their efforts that she was receiving specialist mental health support from the NHS.\n\n\"Our staff's efforts also included offering alternative options for Natasha's assessments to alleviate the anxiety she faced about presenting her laboratory findings to her peers. We are very grateful to them for their endeavours on Natasha's behalf and for their unwavering commitment to our students.\n\n\"Given the significant impact this decision could have on how all higher education providers support their students, we are reviewing the decision carefully, including whether to appeal.\"\n\nIf you have been affected by any of the issues in this story, you can visit the BBC's Action Line.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.", "Jodie Stalker took up golf for something to do outdoors during the pandemic because she could no longer play netball indoors.\n\nThe 27-year-old said her new hobby was due to the frustration at her usual routine being disrupted.\n\nHer story is not uncommon, as recent data has suggested there are now more people playing golf in Scotland than before the pandemic.\n\nThere are now more than 200,000 golfers registered across the country.\n\nGolf is one of Scotland's most famous exports.\n\nIn July, The Open Championship will be held at the sport's birthplace at St Andrews.\n\nThe oldest major marks its 150th tournament this year, returning to the fabled Old Course for the first time in seven years.\n\nRecent data from Scottish Golf and the R&A - the organisation that governs golf worldwide - found that 5.3 million adult golfers played nine or 18 holes in Great Britain and Ireland in 2020.\n\nThe latest figures for 2021 show the figure dropped to 4.8 million, still considerably higher than the 3 million recorded in 2019, prior to the pandemic.\n\nIt is thought much of the surge in players has been down to the sport's ability to be played safely outdoors while other sports including football and rugby were subject to Covid restrictions.\n\nOpen champion Collin Morikawa will defend his title at St Andrews\n\nTeaching assistant Ms Stalker, from Ellon in Aberdeenshire, took up the game early last year.\n\n\"I couldn't go to netball - golf was something I could go and do instead,\" she told BBC Scotland.\n\n\"It was outdoors and you didn't have the fear of catching Covid or taking Covid back to my family.\n\n\"It was a bit daunting as there's a lot of golf etiquette - you're just this numpty on the golf course that's hitting your ball into the long grass.\n\n\"But everyone has been very supportive and now I'd go to any golf club and play.\"\n\nKarin Sharp, chief operating officer of Scottish Golf, described the situation as \"hugely encouraging\".\n\nShe said: \"There's no secret that over the last 10 years membership numbers across the game in Scotland have been in decline.\n\n\"However, 2020 saw an uplift of just under 7% and last year saw a further uplift of more than 7%.\n\n\"We now have a total playing membership of 208,000 golfers registered across Scotland and that's the highest its been since 2012. It's great to see and hopefully it can be sustained moving forward.\n\n\"It's now on us as a sport to ensure that the people who have come back into golf taken up golf in the past couple of years, that we work with clubs to keep those players engaged in the game.\"\n\nBen Zanre said golf was accessible to all\n\nIt has been a real shot in the arm for Scotland's 550 golf courses.\n\nInverurie Golf Club in Aberdeenshire has seen an increase of more than 100 members during the pandemic to 760.\n\nAshley Wilson, the club manager, said: \"Demand for golf increased significantly. We actually had to curtail our members and enforce a restriction of three rounds per week per member because the demand was that significant.\"\n\nMuch of the success at Inverurie has been down to its junior programme.\n\nBefore the pandemic, there were only two junior members at the club and now more than 100 young players attend weekly training sessions, run by dozens of qualified coaches and volunteers.\n\n\"It's the future of the club,\" said Ben Zanre, the junior convenor.\n\n\"I think mums and dads after the strictest restrictions were lifted wanted to get their kids doing activities outside\n\n\"I think there's a perception that golf isn't accessible to all. However, I think it's as accessible as it ever has been and golf clubs across Scotland are crying out for juniors.\"\n\nNow that life has largely returned to normal, competition has once again ramped up to secure people's time.\n\nHowever, it is hoped major competitions such as The Open being held in Scotland will encourage even more people to take up an interest in the sport.", "The revised operating date is June 2027 and the budget has increased by £3bn\n\nThe nuclear power station being built at Hinkley Point will start operating a year later than planned and will cost an extra £3bn, EDF has said.\n\nThe revised operating date for the site in Somerset is now June 2027 and total costs are estimated to be in the range of £25bn to £26bn.\n\nEDF said it would have no cost impact on British consumers or taxpayers.\n\nThe French energy giant developing the site largely put the delays down to the impact of the pandemic.\n\nEDF has published the findings of a review into the cost and schedule of the power station, taking into account the continuing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nBoth EDF and the government said the delay and extra cost would have no cost impact on British consumers or taxpayers\n\nA reduction in workers allowed on site due to Covid safety measures had resulted in the loss of more than half a million days of critical work in 2020 and 2021, it said.\n\nStuart Crooks, managing director of Hinkley Point C, said they had to \"suddenly cut numbers on site from more than 5,000 to around 1,500\".\n\nHe added this meant \"we had no choice but to become less efficient\" with the supply chain \"also hit hard\".\n\n\"In April 2020, 180 suppliers were fully shut down, but even as late as February this year, more than 60 suppliers were operating with reduced productivity due to Covid,\" he said.\n\nLooking ahead EDF said the power station was \"needed more than ever\"\n\nMr Crooks said that in January 2021, EDF estimated a six-month Covid impact, assuming an imminent return to normal conditions, but then a second wave of Covid-19 hit.\n\n\"In total, the start date for Unit 1 has gone back 18 months since construction started in 2016.\n\n\"In such a complex project, it wouldn't be credible to say we can measure exactly how much of this is due to Covid-19 impact, but it is clearly in excess of 12 months.\"\n\nMr Crooks said \"other factors have affected the schedule and costs\" and the firm is \"facing the same issues as other major projects with UK-wide supply and labour shortages and inflation\".\n\nA government spokesman confirmed: \"While the Covid pandemic has understandably led to delays, the revised Hinkley Point C construction forecast will have no impact on British billpayers or taxpayers, with any increase in costs borne entirely by the developers.\"\n\nThe spokesman continued: \"We will continue to work closely with EDF to bring Hinkley Point C to completion, the first new nuclear power station in a generation, which has created and supported over 22,000 jobs across the UK.\n\n\"New nuclear power is essential to the UK's energy security, providing clean and affordable homegrown power.\"\n\nFollow BBC West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: bristol@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe government's independent adviser on tackling violence against women and girls has suggested her calls for street harassment to be made a crime are being blocked.\n\nNimco Ali, a friend of Boris and Carrie Johnson, told the BBC's Political Thinking with Nick Robinson podcast that her plan had endured \"pushback\".\n\nShe also hinted the prime minister had not fully supported it.\n\nBut No 10 insisted tackling violence against women was a top priority.\n\nAsked if an offence of street harassment was still being considered, the Downing Street spokesman said: \"We will continue to look at where there may be gaps and how a specific offence could address those.\"\n\nDuring the interview, Ms Ali also described the \"abuse\" the prime minister's wife receives as \"horrific\" and \"incredibly painful\".\n\nMrs Johnson has reportedly been nicknamed Lady Macbeth and Princess Nut Nut. She has also been accused of having undue influence over her husband.\n\nAsked about criticism, Ms Ali said: \"There's a lot of insecure men around in this world.\"\n\nCarrie Johnson and the prime minister married in 2021\n\nMs Ali, who was appointed by Home Secretary Priti Patel in 2020, is pushing for street harassment - such as wolf-whistling, catcalling, staring persistently or telling a stranger to smile - to be made a crime, with on-the-spot fines for offenders.\n\nShe said Ms Patel was \"very much behind\" her campaign but \"then you meet other people saying no\".\n\n\"It's been frustrating and it's been disappointing,\" she added, claiming she had received \"pushback\" from other parts of government.\n\nAsked if this had come from the prime minister's advisers, she replied that the source had been \"a lot closer than that\", adding people would be able to interpret \"my silence\".\n\nMs Ali said failing to make street harassment a crime meant \"that we are actually corroding society and we are allowing young women to be subjected to lived experiences which are going to have a massive detriment to their health on a day-to-day basis\".\n\nA survey by pollsters YouGov for the BBC, published in March, suggested two-thirds of women did not feel safe walking alone at night, at least some of the time.\n\nThe murder of Sarah Everard, who was abducted while walking home in south London last year, has also increased concerns over women's safety and attitudes towards women.\n\nShe also said the UK government was \"falling behind on being a global leader\" on women's rights.\n\nWhen she was appointed as an adviser, Ms Ali said more needed to be done to curb violence against women.\n\nShe helped Ms Patel draw up a strategy, published in July 2021, to \"ensure women and girls are safe everywhere\".\n\nNick Robinson asked Ms Ali whether the \"energy\" to defend women and girls had dissipated.\n\n\"No, it hasn't gone,\" she said. \"Just because it's not in the mainstream media at the moment, it doesn't mean that the home secretary and also the minister for women's safety, Rachel Maclean, are not committed to this.\"\n\nA government spokesperson said tackling violence against women and girls remained one of its \"top priorities\".\n\n\"Since July we have delivered on our commitments, including the first ever national police lead for violence against women and girls, implementing the landmark Domestic Abuse Act and the pilot Safety of Women at Night Fund, along with a further £25m for Safer Streets projects.\n\n\"In March the prime minister launched a new £20m business partnership to continue to improve girls' access to education in developing countries, and the UK has been clear it supports women's reproductive rights globally, including the right to access safe and legal abortion.\"", "Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been told he faces no further action after police closed their investigation into Downing Street parties, No 10 says.\n\nMr Johnson's wife, Carrie, will also not receive a second fine.\n\nThey were both issued with £50 Fixed Penalty Notices last month for breaking Covid laws at a birthday party for Mr Johnson in Downing Street in June 2020.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said the inquiry into lockdown breaches in and around Downing Street had now ended.\n\nIt issued a total of 126 fines to 83 people, for events happening across eight different dates.\n\nIt had been widely expected that Mr Johnson, who reportedly attended up to six of the gatherings investigated, would be fined again.\n\nPolice examined 510 photographs, as well as CCTV images, emails, logs of entries into buildings, diary entries and witness statements.\n\nThey also studied 204 questionnaires from people who had attended events.\n\nFollowing the investigation, the UK's top civil servant, Cabinet Secretary Simon Case, has been told he will not be fined, sources have told the BBC.\n\nIn December, he was forced to step aside from his role leading an inquiry into lockdown parties, after it emerged an event had been held in his own office.\n\nThe ending of the police investigation paves the way for the publication of the full report by senior civil servant Sue Gray, who took over the inquiry into lockdown gatherings from Mr Case. This is expected to happen next week.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Metropolitan Police's Helen Ball on Partygate inquiry: \"We carried out an impartial investigation.\"\n\nAn interim version of Ms Gray's report, published in January, criticised \"failures of leadership and judgement\" in No 10 and the Cabinet Office.\n\nSome Conservative MPs have previously said they are reserving judgement on Mr Johnson's future until the final document is published.\n\nThe BBC is aware of about 20 who have called for a vote of confidence in Mr Johnson's leadership over the Partygate revelations.\n\nMr Johnson also still faces investigation by a Commons committee over claims he misled Parliament about parties during lockdown.\n\nSome are wondering how Boris Johnson managed not to accumulate one or two more fines.\n\nBut we now know that isn't going to happen. The Metropolitan Police's role in all this is done.\n\nYou might be reading this boiling with anger about what went on. Or perhaps you are past caring, or never really cared at all.\n\nBut this mattered: morally to some, legally to others and politically to plenty, and it still does.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the number of fines showed there had been \"industrial-scale lawbreaking in Downing Street\".\n\nHe added that his opinion of the prime minister had not changed and that \"of course he should resign\".\n\nA separate inquiry by Durham police into whether Sir Keir broke Covid laws at a Labour campaign event in the city in 2021 remains ongoing.\n\nSir Keir has pledged he will quit as Labour leader if he receives a Fixed Penalty Notice over that event.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nLiberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said: \"The full Sue Gray report should now be published without delay, and the parliamentary inquiry should be launched into Johnson's lies.\n\n\"The public made huge sacrifices while Boris Johnson partied. They deserve the full truth.\"\n\nThe end of the police inquiry means the prime minister has not been fined for a garden party in Downing Street he attended in May 2020, to which about 100 people were invited.\n\nThe Met confirmed other people had been fined over their presence at this event.\n\nMr Johnson has previously apologised for attending the garden party for 25 minutes, saying he \"believed implicitly\" it was a work event.\n\nThe gatherings that resulted in fines took place between May 2020 and April 2021, with different Covid rules in place at different times.\n\nActing Met Police Deputy Commissioner Helen Ball said whether an event had taken place in \"someone's home\" or not had been a factor in deciding whether to issue fines.\n\nThe Met said it would not be identifying any recipients of fines from its investigation, which had involved 12 detectives and cost £460,000, and that there had been no interviews under caution.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA man who used a machete to stab a stranger in front of panicked passengers on the London Underground has been convicted of attempted murder.\n\nRicky Morgan, of no fixed address, launched the unprovoked attack on James Porritt on a train near Green Park on 9 July last year.\n\nAn Old Bailey jury heard Mr Porritt describe what happened as like being in a \"horror movie\".\n\nMorgan, 34, will be sentenced on 22 July at the same court.\n\nDuring the trial, jurors heard how Morgan told frightened onlookers, \"This is not a terror attack, I only want him\" as he attacked Mr Porritt on the busy train.\n\nIn a video played in court, Mr Porritt is shown minding his own business as he sat in the carriage of the Jubilee line train in central London when Morgan launched his assault.\n\nMr Porritt suffered a severe injury to his right hand as he tried to protect himself, as well as bone-deep cuts to his head and shin.\n\nJames Porritt had visited a gym and was on his way to meet his girlfriend and her father in west London\n\nThe jury heard him describe it as like the Arnold Schwarzenegger sci-fi film Terminator. \"I genuinely thought he was going to kill me,\" he said.\n\n\"He was relentless. He said he did not want anybody else, he just wanted me. He was fixated with me.\"\n\nMr Porritt managed to get away and through a carriage door, while holding the severed parts of his hand together.\n\nHe added: \"I don't know how I escaped. I was scared I was going to lose my little finger and I held it together.\n\n\"I just knew, fight or flight. I just ran for my life. It was like a stampede, people were terrified.\"\n\nBritish Transport Police's firearms officers were soon at the scene and Morgan was taken into custody.\n\nHe told the arresting officers it was \"a road issue\" not a \"terrorist attack\", adding: \"If I had known it would cause this much drama, I would not have done it.\"\n\nMorgan was to tell a psychiatrist he had been carrying the machete and a lock-knife around for some time in his rucksack.\n\nThe 34-year-old, who denied attempted murder on grounds of insanity, was also found guilty of two counts of possessing bladed articles.\n\nHe declined to give evidence during the trial.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Twenty cases of monkeypox have now been confirmed in the UK\n\nMonkeypox could have a \"massive impact\" on access to sexual health services, doctors have warned.\n\nStaff at clinics are already having to isolate if they have come into contact with anyone infected.\n\nIn London, where most of the UK's 20 identified cases have been detected, sexual health clinics have stopped people walking in altogether.\n\nThe British Association for Sexual Health and HIV said it was concerned about the effect on other infections.\n\nCases of monkeypox, which is generally mild, are rare outside Central and West Africa, but about 80 cases have been confirmed in at least 12 countries, the World Health Organization says.\n\nInfections were confirmed in Italy, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, the US and Canada, as well as the UK - where the first European case was reported.\n\nThe WHO says another 50 suspected cases are being investigated.\n\nMonkeypox can be spread when someone is in close contact with an infected person. The virus can enter the body through broken skin, or through the eyes, nose or mouth.\n\nIt has not previously been described as a sexually transmitted infection, but it can be passed on by direct contact during sex.\n\nAnd the most recent UK cases are in gay or bisexual men which has prompted the UK Health Security Agency to encourage men who have sex with men to be aware of any unusual rashes or lesions.\n\nThey are being asked to contact their local sexual health service if they have concerns.\n\nDr Claire Dewsnap, a consultant in genitourinary medicine and president of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV, said staff in sexual health clinics were \"already under significant pressure\" and monkeypox was making that situation worse.\n\n\"It is already stretching the workforce and will have a massive impact if staff have to isolate if they are in close contact with someone who's infected,\" Dr Dewsnap said.\n\n\"I am concerned about the potential impact on access to sexual health generally.\"\n\nIn London, clinics are asking all patients to contact staff in advance and tell them their symptoms before being offered an appointment.\n\nThis is so those with monkeypox symptoms can be kept away from waiting rooms or clinics where other people are present.\n\nClinics elsewhere are asking only those with an unusual rash to call ahead so they can be seen in separate areas.\n\nSome staff in sexual health clinics have already received a smallpox vaccine to help protect them against monkeypox - a smallpox jab offers some good protection since the two viruses are quite similar.\n\nThe rash changes and goes through different stages, and can look like chickenpox or syphilis, before finally forming a scab, which later falls off\n\nMonkeypox is usually associated with travel to Central or West Africa, but some of the cases that have been occurring outside these countries have had no travel link.\n\nIt does not spread easily between people, but it can be spread through:\n\nIf you get infected with monkeypox, it usually takes between five and 21 days for the first symptoms to appear.\n\nA rash can develop, often beginning on the face, then spreading to other parts of the body. The rash changes and goes through different stages - a bit like chicken pox - before finally forming a scab, which later falls off.\n\nRead more about the virus here.\n\nTwenty cases of monkeypox have now been confirmed in the UK, with a further 11 announced on Friday, and most have been mild.\n\nHowever, the disease can be more severe, especially in young children, pregnant women, and people who have weakened immune systems.\n\nHealth Secretary Sajid Javid said on Friday that the UK was stocking up on smallpox vaccine doses to help protect some groups against the virus.\n\nA smallpox jab offers some good protection against monkeypox since the two viruses are quite similar.\n\nTen other countries, including the US, Portugal, Spain and Canada, have also detected cases.\n\nThe World Health Organization is convening an emergency meeting with experts about the spread of the virus which is normally found in remote parts of central and west Africa.\n\nSir Peter Horby, director of the Pandemic Sciences Institute at Oxford University, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that \"it is an unusual situation where we seem to have had the virus introduced but now ongoing transmission within certain communities\".\n\nHe said that the key message to people with symptoms was to \"seek attention, get diagnosed and then to be isolated in some way at home so that they don't spread it on\".\n\nAsked how effective current treatments are, he said there was a post-exposure prophylaxis that can be given to close contacts and an anti-viral drug was also being tested in central Africa \"so there's a lot that can be done\".", "The prince spent time learning from indigenous communities during his tour of Canada\n\nThe Prince of Wales has urged nations to learn lessons from indigenous communities to help save the planet, as he visited a remote Canadian outpost battling with climate change.\n\nPrince Charles said leaders should work with \"indigenous knowledge-keepers\" to \"restore harmony with nature\".\n\nHis comments came on the final leg of a three-day royal tour of Canada.\n\nHe and Camilla visited the country - where the Queen is head of state - to mark the monarch's Platinum Jubilee.\n\nThe prince also met survivors of Canada's residential schools system, which saw indigenous children die or be abused over decades.\n\nEarlier in the tour, he faced calls from an indigenous leader for the Queen to apologise for the \"genocide\" of indigenous schoolchildren.\n\nSpeaking in Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories, the prince said he was \"deeply moved\" after speaking to survivors and \"acknowledged\" their suffering.\n\n\"We must listen to the truth of the lived experiences of indigenous peoples, and we should work to understand better their pain and suffering,\" he told local residents.\n\nThe school system saw indigenous children forcibly relocated to government-funded boarding schools, as part of a policy which attempted to assimilate indigenous children and destroy indigenous cultures and languages.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nDuring his speech, he said time was \"rapidly running out\" to deal with climate change and biodiversity loss.\n\n\"\"I can only say how strongly I would encourage the leadership of the Northwest Territories to address this challenge by working alongside indigenous knowledge-keepers to restore harmony with nature,\" he said.\n\n\"We simply must learn practical lessons from traditional knowledge, through deep connections to land and water, about how we should treat our planet.\"\n\nPrince Charles sat astride the snowmobile, which costs 25,000 Canadian dollars (about £15,600)\n\nThe prince examined a rifle used by the Rangers\n\nPrince Charles and Camilla joined in a Feeding the Fire Ceremony", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAn MI5 spy used his status to terrorise his partner before moving abroad to continue intelligence work while under investigation, the BBC has found.\n\nA video shows the man threatening to kill the woman and attacking her with a machete.\n\nThe foreign national cannot be named, despite evidence he is a threat to women, after the government took the BBC to court to block publication.\n\nEvidence shows that he is a right-wing extremist with a violent past.\n\nIn an unprecedented legal battle, the corporation argued that women had a right to know his identity and it would protect potential victims from harm.\n\nBut the BBC successfully resisted the government's attempt to stop publication of the wide-ranging investigation.\n\nBeth, a British national, met the agent on a dating site. The couple went on to live together in the UK.\n\nAt first, she says, he was \"charming\". They appeared to have a lot in common.\n\nBut over time, he was revealed to be a misogynist and extremist, obsessed with violence and cruelty. Beth - not her real name - says he sexually assaulted her, and was also abusive and coercive.\n\nShe says he used his position with the British security services to terrorise her.\n\n\"He had complete control. I was a shadow of who I am now,\" she says.\n\nAs the relationship became more abusive, Beth's mental health deteriorated.\n\n\"At the end of the relationship he dictated my every waking hour - where I went, who I saw, how I worked, what I did at work, what I wore.\"\n\nX made her \"feel absolutely worthless\" and used \"the fact that I had mental health problems to bully me and to make me feel more vulnerable\".\n\nHe collected weapons and made her watch terrorist videos of executions and murders, she says.\n\n\"There was so much psychological terror from him to me, that ultimately culminated in me having a breakdown, because I was so afraid of everything - because of how he'd made me think, the people that he was involved with, and the people who he worked for.\"\n\nShe says X told her that he worked as a paid informant for the British security services - an agent or covert human intelligence source (CHIS), to use the formal term - infiltrating extremist networks. She was aware that he was having meetings with his handlers, receiving money, and being given equipment.\n\nInitially, she said, he kept his real name hidden from her. Our investigation has established that X spent years working as a CHIS for MI5, using several aliases.\n\nThe security service runs agents in terrorist networks, informants who secretly work with their handlers, MI5 officers. Controversial powers authorise its agents to commit crimes as part of their cover, but only to access life-saving intelligence, disrupt more serious crime, or ensure an agent's safety.\n\nBut this should not cover actions in their private lives.\n\nShe says he told her she wouldn't be able to report his behaviour because of his status.\n\n\"It meant that I couldn't speak out about any of his behaviour towards me, any of the violence I went through, sexual or physical, because he had men in high places who always had his back, who would intervene and who would actively kill me, if I spoke out.\"\n\nX was paid to inform on networks of right-wing extremists, but evidence we've seen shows his own alarming views are genuine.\n\nBeth says X praised various white supremacist mass murderers and stated his intent to commit similar acts.\n\nAt home, his violence was directed towards Beth. In one video, the MI5 agent is seen attacking her with a machete.\n\nThe incident was filmed by Beth on her mobile phone. In the lead-up to the attack, she is heard voicing concern about being killed and saying his treatment of her was unacceptable.\n\nBeth filmed the attack on her mobile phone\n\nX states he will kill her, leaves the room, and returns holding a machete - which he then raises above her head.\n\nWhen she is heard telling him the film could be handed to police, X launches an attack with the weapon and his fists. The video cuts out amid her screams.\n\nShe managed to fight him off, but he tried to attack her again hours later with a knife, attempting to cut her throat. She says she bit his hand in order to stop him.\n\nPolice visited their home after the attack, but our investigation has uncovered serious issues with the response.\n\nX was arrested, charged with assaulting Beth and appeared in court. However, while he was at court, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) dropped the case.\n\nBeth says X returned to the property and continued to mistreat her.\n\nThe police did not take a full statement from Beth or obtain the video of her being attacked. The CPS quickly discontinued the prosecution.\n\nThe police force concerned and the CPS insist the case was discontinued due to lack of evidence.\n\nAfter returning home, Beth says X claimed the security services would support him and that she was \"nothing\".\n\nA separate video, covertly filmed by Beth, captured exchanges in which X suggested she might get killed for asking too many questions.\n\nIn the video, Beth asks if he will be the one to kill her. His reply implies that he had almost done just that during a previous violent episode.\n\nLounging smugly on a sofa, he continues: \"It's constantly in me. This murderous thing is always in me.... I always imagine how I bludgeon someone to death... It's always been me.... I've been doing it since I was like six... I'm overly aggressive, I know that myself.\"\n\nThe couple would not remain together for much longer - X threw Beth out of their property and disappeared while another investigation against him was ongoing.\n\nWhile at the home after the machete attack, local police officers saw extremist material - including X's personal propaganda.\n\nThe BBC has seen a police log showing the evidence found by officers, such as a private diary in which X had written about killing \"Jews\". He had also written about killing Beth.\n\nLocal officers called in counter-terror detectives, who in turn seized various items. A terrorism investigation into X ensued, but he left the UK while it was ongoing.\n\nWithin weeks of him leaving, Beth had a mental breakdown and was hospitalised.\n\nWhile she was there, items of hers that had also been seized by counter terror officers were returned to a member of her family by a man who did not identify himself. The relative assumed the man was an associate of X. Neither Beth nor her family knew of the terrorism investigation.\n\nThe family were disturbed by this visit - concerned about how the stranger knew the address and came to have Beth's possessions.\n\nWe have established the visitor was an MI5 officer. Material seized by a police investigation, under a police warrant, had been given to MI5.\n\nThe highly unusual move is consistent with interference in a criminal process by the security service. X's own items were also handed by police to MI5, it is understood.\n\nCounter terror police say no criminality was identified during their enquiries, but have apologised for the fact Beth's possessions were not passed directly to her.\n\nFollowing her release from hospital, Beth complained to the local police force, asking why the case was dropped, why her property was taken, and why it was returned by a stranger.\n\nPolice took over a year to interview her, but have since claimed there is nothing to look into as everything was investigated previously. It was not.\n\nDuring the course of a complaint process with the police, Beth was told the force did not hold information about her property being seized but could see from \"notes\" that some property had been taken and returned to X. Police said they did not seize any items as part of their own investigation, and were \"unable to advise when or why these were taken\".\n\nThis was untrue, as the police force concerned was responsible for calling in counter terror officers.\n\nThe police claim that property had been returned to X was also untrue - the material had been given to MI5.\n\nWe have established that, after X disappeared, he moved abroad and began working for a foreign intelligence agency.\n\nBut X also has a history of appalling abuse in that country - with his extremist and violent behaviour long predating him becoming an MI5 agent.\n\nWe located and spoke to a former partner in the same foreign country. Her account of X's behaviour is equally alarming as Beth's. The two women have never met or communicated.\n\nRuth - not her real name - says X seemed normal at first, but he eventually began abusing and terrorising her.\n\nHe also threatened her life and that of her child.\n\n\"He said he would be able to kill me and my daughter, too, and then put our bodies somewhere and no-one would ever know who I am.\"\n\nFearing for her safety, she sought help from a medical organisation and was taken to a refuge. The trauma had left her unable to even speak at the time, and she was admitted to hospital.\n\n\"I was psychologically broken, really broken,\" she says.\n\n\"I kept wondering why he changed so much, but he once told me that this is his true face and that he'd been acting the whole time.\"\n\nWe tracked down a professional who had helped care for Ruth. He corroborated her account and described the events as perhaps the most disturbing he has ever encountered.\n\nHe remembered a notebook in which X had set out his desire to kill. Ruth separately described the same item, saying it contained fantasies involving \"blood, bones, flesh. Human flesh. Eating children's flesh\".\n\nHe threatened to kill and sexually abuse female children known to both Ruth and Beth.\n\nPolice in the foreign country were made aware of X and the threat he posed.\n\nIn a disturbing echo of the way he later abused his MI5 connection, X had used the spectre of a criminal organisation to which he was linked to terrify Ruth, telling her its members could have her killed.\n\nX eventually disappeared, leaving her only his financial debts.\n\nWe've found he subsequently spent years in Britain using her name, as a way of hiding his real identity, while in the pay of MI5.\n\n\"I think it's not fair and I'm angry,\" Ruth says. \"I'm very hurt. I feel cheated. You can't have trust. There is no justice.\"\n\nOur investigation found evidence independent of both women that corroborates their descriptions of X.\n\nWe obtained writings in the which X boasted about severely sexually exploiting women - using language that is too offensive to repeat.\n\nIn other writings, he expressed approval for a young girl being raped and murdered.\n\nHe openly joined a site, looking for British women, under an alias used for his MI5 work. Consistent with this, Beth says he had described searching online for women to exploit.\n\nGiven the BBC was able to establish that X had a history of violence and abuse, MI5 should, similarly, have been aware.\n\nLast year a serving police officer grossly exploited his position to coerce, rape and murder Sarah Everard.\n\nThere was overwhelming public concern - also voiced by government ministers - about how such a tragedy could have occurred, as well as about the state's wider response to violence against women and girls.\n\nAn inquiry into her death has been announced, with the home secretary saying it \"will shine a light on the failings that allowed a serving police officer to abuse his power in such a horrific manner and make recommendations for change within policing\".\n\nThe warning signs displayed by X are stark. Both of the women we interviewed think he is capable of murder.\n\nBut, when we put our findings about X to the government, it took us to the High Court, trying to stop this story being made public.\n\nThe court legally prevented us from naming X, because of an apparent risk to him from other extremists.\n\nThe government said it \"will not comment on security or intelligence\", but the court order is \"aimed at protecting national security and avoiding a real and immediate risk to life, safety and privacy.\"\n\nHowever, the BBC wanted to identify X so that women he is in contact with already, or those who meet him in future, could be warned.\n\nThis is the story of a dangerous MI5 agent, which the government tried to keep secret.\n\nAvailable now on BBC iPlayer\n\nDo you have information about this story that you want to share?\n\nGet in touch using SecureDrop, a highly anonymous and secure way of whistleblowing to the BBC which uses the TOR network.\n\nOr by using the Signal messaging app, an end-to-end encrypted message service designed to protect your data.\n\nPlease note that the SecureDrop link will only work in a Tor browser. For information on keeping secure and anonymous, here's some advice on how to use SecureDrop.", "Farm robots that operate autonomously are becoming a reality\n\nModern \"smart\" farm machinery is vulnerable to malicious hackers, leaving global supply chains exposed to risk, experts are warning.\n\nIt is feared hackers could exploit flaws in agricultural hardware used to plant and harvest crops.\n\nAgricultural manufacturing giant John Deere says it is now working to fix any weak spots in its software.\n\nA recent University of Cambridge report said automatic crop sprayers, drones and robotic harvesters could be hacked.\n\nThe UK government and the FBI have warned that the threat of cyber-attacks is growing.\n\nJohn Deere said protecting customers, their machines and their data was a \"top priority\".\n\nSmart technology could soon see even delicate crops like asparagus routinely picked by machines\n\nSmart technology is increasingly being used to make farms more efficient and productive - for example, until now the labour-intensive harvesting of delicate food crops such as asparagus has been beyond the reach of machines.\n\nThe latest generation of agricultural robots use artificial intelligence, minimising human involvement. They may help to plug a labour shortage or increase yield, but fear of the inherent security risk is growing, adding to concern over food-supply chains already threatened by the war in Ukraine and Covid.\n\nChris Chavasse, the co-founder of Muddy Machines, which is trialling an autonomous asparagus-harvesting robot called Sprout, said: \"There is a real risk that people anywhere in the world could try and take control of these machines,\" he said. \"to get them to do whatever those people want, or just prevent them from operating.\"\n\nHe said potentially someone could drive Sprout into a hedge or a ditch, or prevent it from working at all, so they are working with security researchers to address any vulnerabilities.\n\nAsparagus farming is unlikely to be a prime target, but Mr Chavasse believes malicious hackers could threaten \"mission critical\" agricultural infrastructure.\n\nEven the largest companies aren't safe from cyber gangs. Some use ransomware: malicious code that can encrypt data and lock systems.\n\nLast year, one of the world's biggest meat processing company, JBS, paid $11m in ransom to resolve a cyber attack. This month, top US agriculture firm, AGCO, was hit by a ransomware attack that affected production.\n\nIn April, a group of official governmental cyber security authorities including ones from the UK, US and Australia, warned that Russian state-sponsored hackers could target supply chains as a vital part of Western national infrastructure.\n\nOne self-styled ethical hacker, who goes by the name Sick Codes and asked to remain anonymous, told the BBC he had discovered weaknesses in John Deere's software, which he had reported. He said he found a way to access company information and machine data through websites and apps.\n\nSick Codes said he had also found vulnerabilities in systems used by CNH Industrial, which manufactures New Holland Agriculture machinery.\n\nHe fears it's just a matter of time before a sophisticated hacker finds critical vulnerabilities and causes major disruption to already vulnerable food supply chains.\n\n\"That's what we're trying to prevent - stalling something during the most important times, particularly seeding or harvesting. If you can't move your tractor during that time, or if you can't pick or take the crop out of the ground, you can imagine what happens. It just stops, the whole thing,\" he said.\n\nTechnology expert Benjamin Turner believes food and farming should be considered \"critical infrastructure\"\n\nJames Johnson, John Deere's global chief information security officer, told the BBC that the company had been liaising with a number of ethical hackers on vulnerabilities they have found.\n\nHe said those found so far by Sick Codes did \"not pose a threat to customers or their machines\".\n\nHe added, \"No company, including John Deere, is immune to vulnerabilities, but we are deeply committed and work tirelessly to safeguard our customers, and the role they play in the global food supply chain.\"\n\nA spokesperson for CNH Industrial said it took security very seriously, and added: \"We continuously invest in improving our security posture.\"\n\nBenjamin Turner, chief operating officer at Agrimetrics, one of four UK government-backed agri-tech centres of agricultural innovation, sad: \"Hacking into one tractor, you can upset a farmer and maybe damage their profitability for a season.\n\n\"Hacking into a fleet of tractors, suddenly, you've got the power to affect the yield in whole areas of the country.\"\n\nRichard Heady fears harvesting could be threatened by a cyber attack\n\nMeanwhile out in the fields, even everyday farm machinery uses systems that are potentially vulnerable.\n\nRichard Heady, a beef and arable farmer in Buckinghamshire whose tractor can be steered by a GPS positioning system, said: \"Everything is so interlinked now, just by bringing down one system it can stop deliveries coming to us or stop tractors moving at all. If we are in a busy harvesting window we can't just have tractors sitting around.\n\n\"We have seen empty shelves because of Covid - we could see the same thing happen if we get a cyber attack.\"", "Two Secret Service employees have been put on a plane back to the US after their involvement in an \"altercation\" in South Korea.\n\nThe duo - part of the advance team ahead of President Joe Biden's visit to the country - were bar-hopping in Seoul on Thursday night, US media reports.\n\nOne of the employees is said to have got into a physical altercation with a local taxi driver.\n\nNo one was detained or arrested but Seoul police investigated the incident.\n\nThe agency \"is aware of an off-duty incident involving two employees which may constitute potential policy violations\", Anthony Guglielmi, a Secret Service spokesman, said in a statement.\n\nHe said both employees have been placed on administrative leave and their absence will have no impact on Mr Biden's trip.\n\nThe president's trip to Seoul is the first leg of a four-day swing through Asia amid growing concern over sabre-rattling in the region by China and North Korea.\n\nSources confirmed to the BBC's US partner CBS News that the Secret Service pair - a special agent and a security specialist - were sent home on Friday afternoon, barely an hour before the president's official arrival in the South Korean capital.\n\nAccording to CBS, the administration will investigate whether they were intoxicated at the time of the incident, rather than the incident itself.\n\nIt is unclear how the altercation with the taxi driver began.\n\nThe employees were returning to the Grand Hyatt Hotel after their night out when the incident took place.\n\nLocal police, hotel security and two other individuals are said to have been involved.\n\nSeoul police investigated one of the Secret Service employees and interviewed the other parties but decided not to make an arrest or file charges.", "As we reported earlier, Ukrainians are marking Vyshyvanka Day - a celebration of Ukrainian folk culture, particularly the wearing of traditional embroidered shirts.\n\nHere are some images taken as people came out to celebrate, despite the continuing war in the country.\n\nThe designs on some vyshyvankas have meanings such as hope, fertility and protection Image caption: The designs on some vyshyvankas have meanings such as hope, fertility and protection\n\nChildren were among those who gathered in Lviv Image caption: Children were among those who gathered in Lviv\n\nOnce traditionally white, vyshyankas are now made in a wide range of colours Image caption: Once traditionally white, vyshyankas are now made in a wide range of colours\n\nThis performance took place in the western city of Lviv Image caption: This performance took place in the western city of Lviv\n\nSewing lessons were on offer in Odesa Image caption: Sewing lessons were on offer in Odesa\n\nThree refugee sisters, together with friends and their host, marked the occasion with a giant shirt in Cambridge in the UK Image caption: Three refugee sisters, together with friends and their host, marked the occasion with a giant shirt in Cambridge in the UK", "Bruno Tonioli is leaving Strictly Come Dancing for good, with Anton Du Beke taking over his seat as a judge.\n\nThe Italian, who also appears on the US version of the show, has not been on the BBC panel in person for two years because of Covid travel restrictions.\n\nTonioli told BBC One's The One Show on Thursday he will now concentrate on his role as a judge on Dancing with the Stars, which is filmed in Los Angeles.\n\nBut he added he was sad to leave Strictly, saying: \"I miss it so much.\"\n\nHe said that during the pandemic, doing both was \"impossible because the rules changed, getting through the airport was not like it used to be, it created a situation that was unsustainable\".\n\nExplaining his current situation, he said: \"Unfortunately Dancing with the Stars has moved to Disney+, which is a big deal. Because of the travel situation, I will be there.\"\n\nThe 66-year-old appeared via video link in the 2020 series of Strictly, while Du Beke took his place last year.\n\nTonioli's permanent exit leaves Craig Revel Horwood as the only judge to remain since Strictly's launch in 2004.\n\nTonioli (left) on series one in 2004 with fellow judges Arlene Phillips, Len Goodman and Craig Revel Horwood\n\nTonioli's exuberance and enthusiasm, often jumping to his feet when delivering his verdicts, provided a balance to Revel Horwood's more strict demeanour, and made him popular with viewers and dancers.\n\nHe travelled back and forth between the UK and US to appear on both Strictly Come Dancing and Dancing with the Stars for 14 years, but that became impossible when the pandemic took hold.\n\nDu Beke will keep his seat after moving behind the judges' desk last year following 16 years as one of the show's professional dancers.\n\nTonioli praised Du Beke, saying: \"I think Anton has done a fantastic job. He deserves to be on that seat. It's a 10 from me. Carry on. Do me proud.\"\n\nDu Beke said in a statement: \"Everyone knows how much I absolutely love the show and I'm utterly delighted to be continuing as a regular judge.\"\n\nAnton Du Beke is \"utterly delighted\" to be carrying on as a judge on the show\n\nTonioli also offered messages to the other judges - Shirley Ballas, Motsi Mabuse and Revel Horwood - saying: \"The panel were so good last year. They were brilliant. They have all my support, so hopefully we will do something else [together].\n\n\"Shirley my love, you will be much safer with Anton. Motsi, don't worry about Craig, he is just jealous because he cannot wear your clothes.\n\n\"Craig is just Craig and behind the scene he is more fun than me. He is so cool and laid back.\"\n\nThe next series will also be without two other familiar faces, Aljaž Škorjanec and Oti Mabuse, who have announced their departures as pro dancers.\n\nTonioli added that he may not have disappeared from the show altogether, saying: \"I may do the tour. I am not gone forever. Don't count me out. I will always be part of the family. We created the show.\"\n\nStrictly's 20th series is expected to begin in the autumn.", "A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 13 - 20 May.\n\nSend your photos to scotlandpictures@bbc.co.uk. Please ensure you adhere to the BBC's rules regarding photographs that can be found here.\n\nPlease also ensure you take your pictures safely and responsibly.\n\nConditions of use: If you submit an image, you do so in accordance with the BBC's terms and conditions.\n\nI'm very frond of you: Lyndsey Fairnie took this tranquil photo at the Water of Leith in Edinburgh after a spell of heavy rain. She said: \"It was hard to tell where the trees ended and the reflections began.\"\n\nRock and roll: David Gray said there were \"stunning conditions\" on Ben More Assynt and Conival above Inchnadamph during a climb with friends.\n\nCan't see the wood for the trees: Susan Morrison said Ballathie Wood in Perthshire was \"looking wonderful\".\n\nHuffin' and a puffin: Liam Yule took a wander along the cliffs at RSPB Fowlsheugh in Aberdeenshire and was \"delighted to see this little guy posing at the top of the cliffs\".\n\nArgy-bargy: Ken Dow took this shot during the shinty match between Glasgow Mid-Argyll and Inveraray in the Glasgow Celtic Society Cup semi-final.\n\nCowabunga: Marcus Cleaver-Smith said he saw these Highland Cows in Strathy in Sutherland.\n\nRock formation: Stewart Beattie took this picture of the 'Old Man of Storr' on Skye at sunrise.\n\nResident Weasel: Alana Willox saw this Pine Marten, which is a member of the weasel family, heading home with its young near Keith in Moray.\n\nAiring your dirty laundry: Alan Robertson took this picture after a fishing trip to Dalnaha Cottage on the Ulbster Estate, Thurso.\n\nOwl or nothing: Walter McGillivray saw this barn owl at the Bemeryde Moss Scottish Wildlife Centre in Melrose.\n\nYamaha..ah: Bob Smart said his family enjoyed Sunday at Knockhill racing circuit in Fife, where part of the day's entertainment was a motorcycle stunt team….\"they put on quite a show\".\n\nPitch perfect: Stuart McMillan took his seven-year-old daughter, Iona, walking from the Cairngorm carpark up to the summit of Ben Macdui before sleeping in Bivvi bags at the top.\n\nMothballs: Geoff Der was tending his allotment when this beautiful little emperor moth landed on the netting covering some plants.\n\nNervous wreck: Pete Livingstone loves the Old boat of Caol.\n\nStoatin' aboot: John Bointon saw this stoat at Braes, Skye.\n\nThe train event: Lorna Pirrie said the Jacobite steam train leaving Banavie station was under the watchful eye of Ben Nevis.\n\nLet's just wing it: Jonathan Percy saw this swallow on the Forth and Clyde Canal near Glasgow.\n\nHappy camper: David Millar said it was a great night for a wedding reception in Gorebridge - \"the weather was perfect\".\n\nFeather in your cap: Adam Mitchell said this moorhen tried all the tricks to evade getting photographed…even camouflage.\n\nWithin beach: Douglas T Coutts got a nice picture from height of the New Lossiemouth Bridge.\n\nYou're nut getting in: Katherine Whyte saw this squirrel in Strachur, Argyll.\n\nA sun deal: Gillian Greer was at Loch Lomond to capture this beautiful shot.\n\nFly the coop: Angela Pearson said these long-tailed tit babies at Birnie loch, Fife, were \"cuteness personified\".\n\nSeed between the lines: Gosia Tyma McCallum said she thought the colours were beautiful at Drummond Gardens.\n\nLike water off a duck's back: Nicole Grant took this picture of a Goosander on the Rive Dee, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire.\n\nPeaks my interest: Tony Sharp spent an evening at Loch Leven while walking the West Highland Way.\n\nA piece of snake: Julia Smith took this picture of an adder in a hedgerow while walking near Dunragit in Wigtownshire.\n\nKnot on my watch: Gordon Bain captured the Invergordon Lifeboat on exercise at Chanonry Point.\n\nCast in stone: Scott Pryde caugh the sunset at the Ring of Brodgar at Stromness.\n\nJust in space: Filip Barche said he saw \"the beautiful nature and city of Aberdeen in Scotland\".\n\nHave a mice day: Ria Carle said they have \"a wee mouse that we often find hiding in the birdseed box in our shed\". While she was working in the garden in Fort William, she spotted it \"keeking\" out from behind a planter.\n\nPath of inner peace: Stuart Hannah said there is a \"magnificent show\" of May blossoms at Ross Priory with Ben Lomond in the far distance.\n\nWe're heron our own: Sylvia Beaumont saw these two young Herons at the edge of a pond at North Berwick that were making a clicking sound with their beaks.\n\nThere's a hare in your eye: Freck Fraser said they were \"lucky\" to have this leveret’s mother use their garden as a creche this past week in Culloden Moor.\n\nMotherly love: Victor Tregubov said this mural in Glasgow at St Enoch is the best.\n\nMoo-ve over: Margaret Sargent was fascinated by these cows at Roy Bridge.\n\nFloat your boat: Patrick Prosser said Tthalassa in Campbeltown Loch was unable to make it safely to harbour due to a strong wind.\n\nJust clicking: Walter Baxter photographed these bottlenose dolphins from a boat off the Berwickshire Coast.\n\nAnd that's a wrap: Colin Mackie was looking over at Easdale Island and the Isle of Mull, from Seil Island.\n\nPlease ensure that the photograph you send is your own and if you are submitting photographs of children, we must have written permission from a parent or guardian of every child featured (a grandparent, auntie or friend will not suffice).\n\nIn contributing to BBC News you agree to grant us a royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to publish and otherwise use the material in any way, including in any media worldwide.\n\nHowever, you will still own the copyright to everything you contribute to BBC News.\n\nAt no time should you endanger yourself or others, take any unnecessary risks or infringe the law.\n\nYou can find more information here.\n\nAll photos are subject to copyright.", "Patrick Vieira: Police & FA investigating after Crystal Palace boss involved in altercation with fan Last updated on .From the section Crystal Palace\n\nPremier League managers talking during the 2021-22 season on pitch invasions and fan violence Police and the Football Association are investigating after Crystal Palace boss Patrick Vieira was involved in an altercation with a fan following their Premier League defeat at Everton. Television footage showed him being taunted by an Everton supporter as fans ran on to the pitch at full-time. The Frenchman appeared to kick out at the fan before being ushered away by other supporters. Police say they have not received a formal complaint about the incident. \"Merseyside Police is investigating an altercation on the pitch at Goodison Park following the Everton v Crystal Palace match on Thursday,\" the force said in a statement. \"We are working with Everton to gather all available CCTV footage and are speaking to witnesses. \"No formal complaint has been received and enquiries into the incident are ongoing.\" Everton staged a stunning comeback to win and retain their top-flight status. \"I have nothing to say about that,\" Vieira said when asked about the incident during his post-match news conference. Everton manager Frank Lampard said: \"I feel for Patrick. I didn't get him at the end. I would have said, 'come in with us' - although he might not have wanted that. \"Of course he ran 80 yards across the pitch and it's not easy.\" Everton fans poured on to the Goodison Park pitch at full-time after the Toffees secured their Premier League status in dramatic fashion The FA said it is \"very concerned about the rise in anti-social behaviour from fans\". \"Football stadiums should always be a safe and enjoyable space for everyone, and these incidents are completely unacceptable and have no place in our game,\" said the FA in a statement on Friday. \"It is illegal to enter the pitch area in any stadium and these actions are putting players, fans and people who run the game at great risk. This simply cannot continue and we can confirm that we are investigating all of the incidences.\" The Premier League also issued a statement on Friday, saying it is \"concerned about fan behaviour at grounds\", but \"recognises that reckless actions are carried out by a small minority of fans and the majority of supporters attend and watch matches in a safe and respectful way\". \"The Premier League has encouraged clubs to remind supporters that it is illegal for them to enter the pitch at any time and may result in a criminal record and stadium bans. We will continue to discuss and address the ongoing issue of fan behaviour with The FA, EFL and other football partners ahead of the start of next season to ensure matches are safe environments for all.\" A Crystal Palace source told BBC Sport that the security was a \"joke\" and that striker Christian Benteke was \"slapped\" during the first, smaller pitch invasion that followed Everton's third goal. The source said: \"At the end of the game they [the fans] were goading players and staff which is unacceptable. \"Is it going to take another Billy Sharp incident or worse before people say fans shouldn't be allowed on the pitch?\" The source also claimed that Palace boss Vieira told the officials it \"wasn't safe\" after the first pitch invasion - but despite those \"warning signs\" the away team was \"left to their own devices\" to get off the pitch. On the pitch invasion, Lampard added: \"It was pure elation of fans who have come on the pitch after avoiding relegation. \"If it is done in the right way let them stay on the pitch, let them have their moment. As long as they behave, no problem.\" Speaking on Sky Sports, former England striker Dion Dublin said: \"We know how overjoyed the Everton fans are but you can't be doing that. You can't be pushing managers and pushing players, touching players and shouting in their faces. \"We know it is only one or two who spoiled it for everyone else. Having fans on the pitch is not the way forward. We need to stop letting fans, or allowing fans to get on the pitch. It is too dangerous.\" Vieira's confrontation at Goodison Park comes amid rising concerns over pitch invasions in English football following a number of recent high-profile incidents. Footage on social media also appeared to show Swindon players involved in a confrontation with Port Vale fans following Vale's League Two semi-final shootout win on Thursday. The other League Two semi-final, played on Wednesday, also ended in a pitch invasion with Mansfield boss Nigel Clough saying such incidents are \"getting concerning\" after his player Jordan Bowery appeared to be shoved by a fan late on in their win at Northampton. Earlier on Thursday, a fan was jailed after running on to the pitch and headbutting Sheffield United captain Billy Sharp at the end of the Blades' Championship play-off semi-final shootout defeat by Nottingham Forest on Tuesday.\n• None Our coverage of Crystal Palace is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment\n• None Everything Palace - go straight to all the best content", "Greek composer Vangelis, who was known for his celebrated film themes for Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner, has died at the age of 79.\n\nHe won an Oscar for the stirring score to 1981's Chariots of Fire.\n\nPaying tribute, the film's producer Lord Puttnam told the BBC Vangelis had created \"a new musical landscape\".\n\nOthers sharing their memories ranged from French musician Jean-Michel Jarre to Dutch trance DJ Armin van Buuren, who said he was \"a big inspiration\".\n\nVangelis was \"one of my heroes\" and \"just a beautiful person\", Van Buuren wrote on Twitter, adding: \"I still listen to his albums a lot.\"\n\nJarre wrote in a tribute: \"We will all remember your unique touch and your moving melodies forever.\n\n\"You and I have always shared the same passion for synthesizers and electronic music since so long.\"\n\nGreek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis tweeted: \"Vangelis Papathanassiou is no longer with us. The world of music has lost the international (artist) Vangelis.\"\n\nUS composer Austin Wintory wrote on Twitter that Vangelis \"changed an entire era of music\".\n\nFellow composer Bear McCreary wrote that he was \"a true musical pioneer\", saying: \"Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner were among the most innovative and influential scores in the history of the medium.\"\n\nOscar-nominated British musician Daniel Pemberton said it was \"hard to underestimate the colossal impact of Vangelis on modern film music\".\n\nHe added: \"It is also hard to understand how groundbreaking Chariots of Fire was. A period British film with a phenomenal synth score.\"\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by VangelisVEVO This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. 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YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nVangelis's Chariots of Fire theme famously accompanied shots of athletes running along the beach in St Andrews, Scotland, at the start of the film, which was set before the 1924 Olympics.\n\nIt went to number one in the US, and later topped the UK's classical singles chart in 2012 after being performed by Mr Bean at the opening ceremony of the London Olympic Games.\n\nLord Puttnam, who also won an Oscar for the film, said: \"I think Vangelis created a new landscape, a new musical landscape, that many other composers have taken advantage of.\"\n\nHe said that when he and his wife first heard the score \"every single hair at the back of my neck stood up\".\n\nVangelis was nominated for a Golden Globe and Bafta for his score on Sir Ridley Scott's science fiction thriller, Blade Runner.\n\nCharles de Lauzirika, who produced the 1982 film, said: \"His music, not just in Blade Runner, was otherworldly in beautiful and haunting ways I lack the words to describe.\n\n\"He created lush dream states I still love getting lost in.\"\n\nIn addition to Blade Runner, the composer was nominated for Baftas for his scores for Missing and Chariots of Fire.\n\nThe official Bafta account tweeted that he was a \"trailblazing composer\" and that its thoughts were with Vangelis' family and friends.\n\nHis other film credits included The Bounty, Francesco, Bitter Moon, 1492: Conquest of Paradise and Alexander.\n\nVangelis first tasted fame as the keyboardist in the band Aphrodite's Child with singer Demis Roussos in the late 1960s.\n\nHe went on to be an acclaimed and ground-breaking electronic solo artist beyond his work in film, and also enjoyed chart success with Yes frontman Jon Anderson under the name Jon and Vangelis.\n\nThe pair reached the UK top 10 with I Hear You Now in 1980, and again with I'll Find My Way Home the following year.\n\nThe musician released his most recent albums with the Decca record label, whose presidents Tom Lewis and Laura Monks said: \"The world has lost a genius. Vangelis created music of extraordinary originality and power, and provided the soundtrack to so many of our lives.\n\n\"We will miss him enormously. His music will live on forever.\"\n\nThe Greek composer once said: \"My interest was not to create a symphony orchestra, which I can very easily, but to go further than that and do things that the symphony orchestra can't do.\n\n\"And I think that I succeeded to create something like this.\"", "The MV Hebrides hit a pier at Lochmaddy, North Uist, on Wednesday night\n\nIslanders in Uist have been left with no dedicated ferry service to mainland Scotland.\n\nSouth Uist's boat, MV Lord of the Isles, was withdrawn from service on Tuesday for essential repairs to its firefighting system.\n\nOn Wednesday night, North Uist's MV Hebrides struck a pier and all its sailings on Thursday were cancelled.\n\nFerry operator CalMac apologised and said it was considering moving boats around its network.\n\nWestern Isles local authority Comhairle nan Eilean Siar has reacted with anger at Uist being left without a service.\n\nIslanders are now facing journeys of more than five hours, involving multiple ferry crossings, to get to the mainland.\n\nNormally South Uist's Lochboisdale to Mallaig crossing is a three hour and 45 minute journey, while North Uist's Lochmaddy to Uig ferry trip takes one hour and 45 minutes.\n\nBut now the options available to people wanting to travel from the Uists to the mainland are:\n\nThese times do not factor in the waits for different ferries, the 30 to 45 minute check-ins for the larger boats and some of the driving to the ports.\n\nThe MV Hebrides struck the pier at Lochmaddy in North Uist on Wednesday night.\n\nThis led to the cancellation of all Thursday's sailings between Uig on Skye, Tarbert on Harris and Lochmaddy.\n\nSkye provides a link to the mainland via its road bridge.\n\nThe MV Lord of the Isles was withdrawn from the Mallaig-Lochboisdale route on Tuesday, and could be out of action for more than a week.\n\nComhairle nan Eilean Siar has called on CalMac to charter a catamaran ferry as cover for disrupted islands sailings.\n\nCalMac said engineers were assessing the extent of the damage to the MV Hebrides.\n\nA spokeswoman said: \"We are extremely sorry for the disruption that this will cause to our passengers.\n\n\"Investigations are currently being carried out into the extent of the repair required, and we will provide updates regarding services for tomorrow later today.\n\n\"Options such as moving vessels around the network are also being investigated.\"\n\nTransport Scotland said the MV Hebrides was an operational matter for CalMac.\n\nThe MV Lord of the Isles was withdrawn from its route earlier this week\n\nThe comhairle said Western Isles ferry services were in crisis and problems had affected lifeline services for at least the last five years.\n\nA spokesman said: \"The community of Uist is left without a ferry service to the mainland with both MV Hebrides withdrawn from her service to Uig on Skye and MV Lord of the Isles in Greenock for repairs rather than on her service from Lochboisdale to Mallaig.\"\n\nThe comhairle urged CalMac to hire a catamaran called the MV Pentalina.\n\nThe ferry had been looked at as cover for island services last year, but a deal fell through.\n\nThe MV Hebrides situation is the latest in a series of disruptions affecting CalMac's west coast network, many due to its ageing fleet and delays to the delivery of new boats.\n\nThe Lord of the Isles has been withdrawn from the Mallaig-Lochboisdale route for an estimated eight days for repairs to its firefighting system.\n\nCalMac said a relief boat was unavailable while the ferry was out of service. Repairs to the boat were said to be progressing well.", "Drivers have declined to work rest days but the system is heavily reliant on the practice to function fully\n\nRailway workers in Scotland are to be balloted on strike action after the RMT union rejected ScotRail's 2.2% pay offer as \"derisory\".\n\nThe announcement came just days before the operator cuts almost a third of train services to cope with a dispute with the train drivers' union Aslef.\n\nSome drivers are declining to work overtime on rest days while the pay dispute remains unresolved.\n\nThe RMT said the timing of its strike ballot would be set out in due course.\n\nScotRail - which was nationalised by the Scottish government seven weeks ago - will begin a temporary timetable on Monday which it said would \"give certainty\" to passengers during the driver shortage.\n\nThe new timetable will cut about 700 services per day and the last train on many routes will leave up to four hours earlier than usual.\n\nHospitality and entertainment businesses fear the transport situation will affect their income, while commuters are concerned they could be struggling to get home using the rail network.\n\nIt is believed ScotRail needs 130 new drivers to end its reliance on rest-day working.\n\nJenny Gilruth said the railway network was dependent on rest-day working at present\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme, Transport Minister Jenny Gilruth said 38 drivers were expected to be trained by the end of this summer, with the figure rising to 55 by the end of the year and to 100 by June 2023.\n\nShe was asked if that meant the reduced timetable would be in place until the summer of next year.\n\nThe minister said: \"Absolutely not. We want trade unions to come back to the table. But it is absolutely true to say that the network is dependent on rest-day working at the present time.\n\n\"We need to phase out that practice. I know the unions are supportive of that. And I think too it's time for the unions to come back to the table to work with ScotRail.\"\n\nShe added: \"We need to get to a resolution on pay and I am absolutely committed to doing so with our trade union partners.\"\n\nA typical ScotRail driver salary is more than £50,000, with drivers being offered a 2.2% pay rise and the opportunity to participate in a revenue share arrangement which would take the total package to 5%.\n\nNow the RMT, which agreed a backdated pay rise of 2.5% in October, has also rejected this year's pay offer.\n\nUK inflation, the rate at which prices rise, jumped to 9% in the 12 months to April, the highest for 40 years.\n\nThe RMT union said workers had already been subject to repeated pay freezes and real terms cuts in living standards.\n\nRMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: \"ScotRail needs to put its hands deeper into its pockets and start rewarding their staff properly.\n\n\"We are in the midst of a brutal cost of living crisis for workers, but it is still party time for shareholders, speculators and big business executives.\n\n\"All we are asking for is a pay award that reflects the value of railway workers and the service they provide to the public day in, day out.\"", "America's top negotiator has insisted UK trade talks are moving in the right direction but she refused to make a firm commitment to a free trade deal.\n\nKatherine Tai urged the UK and the EU to work together to ensure that the risk from Brexit to the Northern Ireland peace process is eliminated.\n\nHer comment came at the end of two days of talks in Aberdeen and London with UK counterpart Anne-Marie Trevelyan.\n\nThe UK government is keen to get a US deal, to show post-Brexit progress.\n\nPlans have been floated for an Act of Parliament that would effectively revoke the protocol agreed with the European Union, risking the return of border posts around Northern Ireland and a destabilisation of the Good Friday peace agreement.\n\nTo provide building blocks to help improve trade relations, the Department for International Trade is pushing for agreements with individual US states and cities, although they have limited powers to change the rules of trade.\n\nOn the question of the plans for an Act of Parliament, Ambassador Tai told BBC Scotland: \"This is a matter for the UK and for UK people to decide.\"\n\n\"We're watching closely and feel very, very strongly about the legacy of peace and prosperity on the island of Ireland and we care very much about the fate of all the people here.\"\n\nShe added: \"Let me affirm that it's a big issue. We are watching, but it's actually a big issue for the UK and for Europe as well.\n\n\"There's a lot of interest in the US, from the president and from leading members of Congress, and also from our very, very large Irish-American population.\n\n\"We are fully supportive of the UK and EU continuing to bring co-operation and courage to the conversations between them.\"\n\nAsked if the threat to repudiate the protocol is making the job of getting new free trade agreements more difficult, Ms Trevelyan responded: \"The ambassador and I have discussed this at some length, and I have also with many members of Congress.\n\n\"We're all committed to the Good Friday agreement remaining absolutely solid, and that's in very large part about trade. So it's so important that the US and UK continue to have these conversations.\"\n\nWith the US agenda for trade talks expected to focus on farm subsidies, Katherine Tai said she and the US agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack, had been working closely, and wanted to remove the negative perceptions of free trade, to present it to trading partners as benefiting all sides.\n\nAsked what message she would send to Aberdeenshire farmers about reducing subsidies, she said: \"Agricultural trade is very important.\n\n\"We all support our farmers, but we all have an interest in international global trade in agriculture. It's important to food security, to all of our abilities to provide, and to promote prosperity and a sense of security for our citizens.\n\n\"We are very focused on approaches to trade in agriculture that are going to strengthen the economies of our respective trading partners and ourselves, and also the flow of agricultural trade around the world.\n\n\"So, in trade discussions, when we talk about agriculture, when this is seen as a difficult and contentious issue, there has to be a win-win approach to how we approach the production of food and trade in agriculture.\"\n\nThe NFU reiterated its position that any negotiations must not undermine standards or protections, given the different regulatory approaches.\n\nNFU President Minette Batters said: \"Any trade deal between the UK and US must be balanced and provide wins for both sides.\n\n\"The US is already a major market for UK exports, with almost £2bn worth of exports sent in 2021. A trade deal could provide an opportunity for farmers to sell more great British food overseas.\n\n\"However, it's crucial our farmers are allowed to compete on fair terms. There are significant challenges in these negotiations that should not be underestimated, particularly the very different regulatory approaches to food safety, environmental protection and animal welfare between the UK and US.\"\n\nThe visit to Aberdeen included discussions with business leaders, representing Walker's Shortbread and American investors in the Glendronach distilleries group, along with a visit to energy engineering specialist Enpro-Subsea.\n\nAlso attending was Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham, who was there to discuss improving US trade links with the north of England.", "Boris Johnson - seen here with DUP politicians - was in Northern Ireland on Monday to encourage the parties to re-form Stormont\n\nEvery high-wire act needs a safety net and Stormont is no different.\n\nIt came in the form of legislation designed to ensure that no matter what happened, the facade of government would survive.\n\nAll the bases were covered or so officials thought.\n\nBut that safety net, carefully woven at Westminster, fell apart when the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) blocked the election of a Speaker as part of its protest against the protocol.\n\nBut is the DUP defiance now starting to soften?\n\nThe government's pledge to legislate \"within weeks\" to override parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol changed the mood on the DUP benches.\n\nSir Jeffrey Donaldson said it was a \"significant\" first step but not significant enough to bring back the assembly.\n\nThe protocol is a special arrangement that keeps Northern Ireland aligned with the EU single market for goods\n\nInstead, he pointed to a \"graduated\" response from his party.\n\nThat could mean if and when the government protocol legislation is laid at Westminster, DUP assembly members returning to Stormont to support the election of a Speaker.\n\nIf as promised by the government the legislation is moved within weeks, that could pave the way for the assembly's return in June.\n\nBut do not expect the DUP to take their seats around the executive table.\n\nThat card will likely be held until the legislation passes its final hurdle, or if a deal is reached with the EU on protocol changes which the DUP can live with.\n\nScrapping the protocol is not on the radar and it was noted how both the DUP leader and the Foreign Secretary Liz Truss talked about \"revised\" arrangements.\n\nBut there is little prospect of a deal anytime soon and negotiations are likely to run in tandem with the protocol-busting legislation passing through parliament.\n\nSo while we may see assembly members back in the chamber before the summer recess we are unlikely to see a fully-functioning executive restored.\n\nThat will bring pressure at a time when energy bills are set to soar in the autumn.\n\nThat will also bring us closer to the 24-week deadline to form an executive and the point when the secretary of state, Brandon Lewis, is legally bound to call an election.\n\nAnother poll cannot be ruled out, but if by then Sinn Féin vice-president Michelle O'Neill has still been denied the keys to the first minister's office, expect the green vote to be energised like never before.\n\nHolding out for another election carries many risks for the DUP.\n\nHolding out for the prime minister to deliver on a protocol promise is also high risk, but it may be the easier option as it buys some time.", "Category A-listed Dunfermline Abbey was built between 1128 and 1150\n\nDunfermline is to become Scotland's eighth city after being granted the status as part of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations.\n\nThe town in Fife was chosen along with seven others across the UK and overseas territories.\n\nIt joins Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee, Perth, Stirling and Inverness on the list of Scottish cities.\n\nDunfermline, which was once Scotland's capital, was the birthplace of Charles I and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.\n\nAbout 40 locations applied for city status and were evaluated by a panel of experts and Cabinet Office ministers, before a recommendation was put to the Queen.\n\nThey were judged on their royal associations and cultural heritage, as well as the uniqueness of their communities and distinct local identity.\n\nDunfermline was successful in its bid alongside Bangor in Northern Ireland, Colchester, Doncaster and Milton Keynes in England, Douglas in the Isle of Man, Stanley in the Falkland Islands and Wrexham in Wales.\n\nFife provost Jim Leishman - the colourful former manager of local football team Dunfermline Athletic whose name has become synonymous with the town - said he hoped its new city status would help Dunfermline grow economically, and attract more tourism to the city and its surrounding area.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Fife provost Jim Leishman and other local people welcome Dunfermline's city status\n\nHe said: \"It's fantastic. The people of Dunfermline are so proud of the achievement. It's a great honour.\n\n\"Dunfermline is a great place, one of the best places in Scotland to come and visit. Everyone will be so excited.\"\n\nHe added: \"Perth was the last town to become a city and I think their economy has increased by 12%. That's fantastic news for our shop owners and businesses.\"\n\nThe competition for city status has taken place in each of the last three jubilee years but this year a record number of awards were given out.\n\nThis was also the first time the competition was open to applications from the Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories.\n\nThe new city was first recorded in the 11th Century with the marriage of Malcolm III, King of Scots, and Saint Margaret at the church in Dunfermline, which evolved into the A-listed abbey.\n\nDunfermline Abbey was later established as a royal mausoleum for the Scottish Crown with a total of 18 royals, including seven kings buried there - from Queen Margaret in 1093 to Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany, in 1420.\n\nRobert The Bruce, otherwise known as Robert I, became the last of the seven Scottish kings to be buried there in 1329 - although his heart was taken to Melrose - and his name is carved into the top of Dunfermline Abbey.\n\nA number of British monarchs were born in Dunfermline Palace. These include David II of Scotland, who was the son of Robert The Bruce, James I of Scotland and Charles I, who was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1625 until his execution in 1649.\n\nThe Union of the Crowns in 1603 ended Dunfermline's town's connections when James VI relocated the Scottish Court to London.\n\nAndrew Carnegie, who was born in Dunfermline, gave away about 90% of his fortune\n\nPhilanthropist Andrew Carnegie was born in Dunfermline in 1835 and went on to lead the expansion of the American steel industry, becoming one of the richest Americans in history.\n\nDuring the last 18 years of his life, he gave away about $350m (£280m) - roughly worth $5.5bn (£4.4bn) in 2021 - to charities, foundations and universities. This was almost 90% of his fortune.\n\nHe donated the Pittencrieff Estate to the town, later to be converted into Pittencrieff Park, as well as a free library and public swimming baths.\n\nThe new Dr Who, Ncuti Gatwa, went to Dunfermline High School\n\nNotable people from popular culture who were born or grew up in Dunfermline include the new Dr Who, Ncuti Gatwa, who attended Dunfermline High School after moving from Rwanda as a refugee.\n\nSinger Barbara Dickson, Jethro Tull's frontman Ian Anderson, and Nazareth's Pete Agnew were all born in Dunfermline.\n\nBig Country singer Stuart Adamson moved there from nearby Crossgates as a teenager, while film director and former Skids frontman Richard Jobson also attended Dunfermline High School.\n\nCritically acclaimed author Iain Banks, and poet and novelist John Burnside are also from Dunfermline.\n\nDunfermline has an estimated population of 58,508\n\nScottish Secretary Alister Jack congratulated Dunfermline on its new status, adding: \"Being awarded city status can give places a real boost, from helping grow the local economy, to raising its profile, to instilling civic pride.\n\n\"For a place with such rich royal history, it is fitting that Dunfermline is becoming a city as we celebrate our longest-serving monarch's Platinum Jubilee. Its lovely green spaces and fantastic cultural attractions will ensure that this new city thrives well into the future.\"\n\nPerth had been Scotland's newest city, having been granted city status in 2012, with Stirling having been given the status in 2002 and Inverness in 2000.\n\nThe Scottish bids that missed out this time around were Dumfries, Elgin, Greenock, Livingston, Oban, St Andrews and South Ayrshire.\n\nPerth and Inverness also submitted entries to secure Lord Provost or Lord Mayor status but that title was granted to Southampton.\n\n\"Letters Patent\" will now be prepared and will be presented to winners later in the year.", "Twelve fire engines and two aerial platforms are at the scene\n\nFirefighters are tackling a huge blaze at the old Odeon cinema in Preston.\n\nTwelve fire engines and two aerial platforms are at the scene of the fire in Church Street, close to Fishergate.\n\nPlumes of smoke can be seen for miles and surrounding roads have been cordoned off. Residents are being advised to keep windows and doors shut.\n\nIt is the second major fire in the city in a week after an old orphanage was damaged. The leader of Preston City Council said it was \"very disturbing\".\n\nSurrounding roads have been closed and residents have been told to close windows and doors\n\nIt is the second major fire in less than a week in the city\n\nThe smell of acrid smoke is all around the Avenham Park area of Preston and plumes of black smoke can be seen all over central Lancashire.\n\nThe fire is raging at the former Odeon cinema and the old Tokyo Jo's nightclub site.\n\nA lot of the streets are cordoned off - you can't go down Fishergate in Preston city centre.\n\nAerial platforms are spraying huge jets of water on to the blaze.\n\nThe building has no roof left at all, and the fire is still raging.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA woman who was terrorised and abused by an MI5 agent is taking legal action against the security service.\n\nBeth, not her real name, has lodged a formal complaint with the watchdog for the intelligence agencies, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT).\n\nOn Thursday, a BBC investigation revealed her then partner used his security status to coercively control her.\n\nHe also attacked her with a machete and threatened to kill her.\n\nThe Centre for Women's Justice (CWJ) said Beth was asking the IPT to investigate MI5's recruitment and handling of the agent, X, and whether any steps were taken to address the clear risk of harm he posed.\n\nShe will also argue that MI5's conduct may have breached her human rights by \"enabling X to subject her to serious violence and abuse with impunity\".\n\nThe IPT is an independent, official panel that considers complaints about conduct by or on behalf of MI5, MI6 and GCHQ.\n\nThe IPT has the power to consider alleged breaches of human rights by intelligence agencies.\n\nIf it ultimately ruled that MI5 failed to take appropriate action to protect Beth from harm, that could impact all the UK's intelligence and security agencies that recruit and task undercover informants.\n\nIn practical terms that could force more detailed assessments of the risks that agents pose. It could potentially mean agencies decide some informants are too dangerous to recruit, no matter the value of the intelligence they may have.\n\nIn a recent ground-breaking case against the police, the IPT awarded £230,000 compensation to a woman who had been tricked into a sexual relationship with an undercover officer.\n\nAnd so a ruling against MI5 in this case would almost certainly lead to damages for Beth.\n\nIf the IPT decides to examine the complaint, its panel will have to balance human rights considerations with wider questions about why the information provided by X was thought to be operationally vital.\n\nBehind closed doors, the tribunal would be likely to examine MI5's paperwork and witness evidence about why this agent was important.\n\nThe questions Beth's case raise mean its outcome could become a major moment in the law governing undercover operations.\n\nThe CWJ said it was also exploring possible action against a police force which \"failed to take action against the perpetrator despite repeated reports\".\n\nDeputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab has described the findings of the BBC investigation as \"harrowing and horrific\".\n\nHe said no one should be in any doubt how seriously ministers took violence against women or girls, but he could not comment further \"because of national security\".\n\nHis cabinet colleague Jacob Rees-Mogg praised the BBC for performing a \"public service.. in bringing this story to light\", but added that \"the national security card does sometimes have to be played\".\n\nThe High Court has ruled X can not be named for security reasons.\n\nLabour's Yvette Cooper said Home Secretary Priti Patel needed to ensure there was an independent assessment of \"this very troubling case and how it has been handled\".\n\nThe shadow home secretary said this should include looking at safeguarding responsibilities, the way that concerns about domestic abuse are handled by MI5, and the criminal investigation that took place.\n\nDomestic violence charity Refuge said the government's determination to protect X's identity was \"terrifying\".\n\nX also made threats about killing and sexually abusing young girls, the BBC investigation found.\n\nA video filmed by Beth shows him attacking her with a machete.\n\nThis is the story of a dangerous MI5 agent, which the government tried to keep secret.\n\nAvailable now on BBC iPlayer\n\nPolice evidence seen by the BBC shows that he is a right-wing extremist with a violent past.\n\nHe moved abroad to work for a foreign intelligence agency while under police investigation.\n\nAt the High Court, the BBC argued that women had a right to know his identity and it would protect potential victims from harm.\n\nThe government said disclosing his identity would threaten national security and endanger his life.\n\nA judge backed that - but ruled that details of the case could be revealed.\n\nRefuge, a charity which helps victims of domestic violence, said it was horrified by the BBC's revelations.\n\nChief executive Ruth Davison said women were often told no one would believe them. \"Imagine those words being spoken by someone who works for the security service.\"\n\nShe said the news that the agent had used his status to perpetrate domestic abuse was abhorrent, and the fact that his identity was being protected while he was expressing \"murderous intents\" was \"terrifying for women and girls\".\n\nFormer Attorney General Dominic Grieve, who also used to chair Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee, told Today the committee would be entitled to investigate whether MI5 had handled the case correctly according to its rules.\n\nBut he added he would have been \"astonished\" if the security service had not tried to protect the agent's identity.\n\nIf it hadn't, Mr Grieve said, it would have exposed the man to serious risk, and would not be able to recruit agents in future.\n\nHe said it was naive to think that vital information necessary to protect the public would always come from \"individuals living within the law\".\n\nDo you have information about this story that you want to share?\n\nGet in touch using SecureDrop, a highly anonymous and secure way of whistleblowing to the BBC which uses the TOR network.\n\nOr by using the Signal messaging app, an end-to-end encrypted message service designed to protect your data.\n\nPlease note that the SecureDrop link will only work in a Tor browser. For information on keeping secure and anonymous, here's some advice on how to use SecureDrop.", "Sales of alcohol and tobacco were the main driver behind a surprise rise in overall UK retail sales in April.\n\nDespite the rising cost of living hitting household budgets, sales volumes jumped 1.4% last month, following a fall of 1.2% in March.\n\nHowever, official figures revealed a longer downward trend of sales overall.\n\nThe Office for National Statistics said off-licences saw a boost in sales last month, which it suggested meant people were staying in to save money.\n\nDanni Hewson, a financial analyst for AJ Bell, said the \"big uptick\" in food and drink spending in supermarkets \"might indicate that people are choosing their kitchen tables over pubs and restaurants as they look to save money\".\n\n\"Whilst food spend has been largely unchanged, which suggests people are still being cautious, spend on alcohol and tobacco has soared,\" she added.\n\n\"Life's little luxuries... will have to come in under budget as those budgets are tested.\"\n\nExperts had expected sales in April to fall further as consumers cut back in the face of rising living costs.\n\nEarlier this week, the latest official figures showed inflation, the rate at which prices rise, hit 9% in the 12 months to April - the highest rate for 40 years.\n\nApril saw the first impact of the latest jump in energy costs, with millions of people facing an unprecedented £700-a-year increase in bills.\n\nHowever, prices have been rising for months, as fuel, energy and food prices surge higher due to the pandemic and the Ukraine war, while wages have been failing to keep pace. The rate of inflation is expected to continue to rise this year.\n\nThe ONS has previously said that people had begun to cut back on spending and use their cars less due to record petrol and diesel prices.\n\nOver the three months to the end of April, sales overall edged down by 0.3%, which revealed a longer downward trend, the ONS said.\n\nHowever, while sales volumes at non-food stores were down in April, online sales rose by 3.7% and the proportion of retail sales online remained substantially higher than pre-pandemic levels, said Heather Bovill of the ONS.\n\n\"Clothing sales had a strong month especially online, with some retailers suggesting consumers were purchasing clothes for summer holidays and weddings,\" she said.\n\nAJ Bell's Ms Hewson said summer would be the time for \"postponed events and much anticipated holidays\".\n\n\"After a couple of years where only the top half was visible to most of the world people are updating their wardrobes,\" she added.\n\nBut she warned the boost might be short-lived, saying: \"People can only spend a pound once and when that pound is worth significantly less than a year ago people have to make choices.\"\n\nSurveys also suggest consumer confidence has taken a hit. The long-running GfK consumer confidence index fell by two points in May to -40, the lowest score since the survey began in 1974.\n\nGfK's Joe Staton said May's result was one point lower than the previous record set in July 2008.\n\n\"This means consumer confidence is now weaker than in the darkest days of the global banking crisis, the impact of Brexit on the economy, or the Covid shutdown,\" he said.\n\nHowever, Nicholas Farr, assistant economist at Capital Economics, said April's rise in retail sales suggested the higher cost of living had not caused consumer spending to collapse and meant \"the economy may have a little more momentum than we thought\".\n\nHe added that rising inflation could not be solved without the Bank of England having to increase interest rates further.\n\nThe Bank's response to rising prices has been to raise interest rates to try and cool them. The idea is that when borrowing is more expensive, people will have less money to spend which dampens demand.\n\nHowever, it has has faced criticism from MPs for not doing enough to tackle the crisis. This week Bank governor Andrew Bailey defended its response, insisting inflation was being driven by global forces that limited what the Bank could do.", "Iceland is to launch a new discount for shoppers who are over 60, as soaring prices hit household budgets.\n\nThe supermarket chain said it would offer over-60s 10% off every Tuesday to support its older customers through the cost of living crisis.\n\nThe move comes as supermarkets battle for customers, with prices rising at their fastest rate for 40 years.\n\nMorrisons and Asda, which have been losing shoppers to discounters Aldi and Lidl, have already cut prices.\n\nGrocery prices were 5.9% higher in April than a year ago, according to research company Kantar.\n\nThat figure was the biggest increase since December 2011, with supply chain issues, increased raw material costs and the war in Ukraine all contributing to rising food prices.\n\nIceland's new discount will be launched from 24 May, with anyone aged 60 or over able to use it every Tuesday in-store at branches of Iceland and The Food Warehouse.\n\nShoppers will need to show proof of age, such as a driving licence or senior bus or rail pass, and the discount will cover all products, with no minimum spend.\n\nIceland said it was the first UK supermarket to introduce such a discount and decided to do so after research by Age UK found three-quarters of older people in the UK were worried about the rising cost of living.\n\nLast Christmas, Iceland also ran a regional trial offering £30 vouchers to those receiving state pension and the company said it was now exploring a national rollout ready for this summer.\n\nRichard Walker, managing director at Iceland, said the chain had a \"long history\" of supporting older customers, including offering dedicated shopping hours for elderly and vulnerable people during the pandemic.\n\n\"The cost of living crisis has made support for these customers even more important, which is why I'm proud that we're finding new ways to support them, including the launch of this discount. We hope it will help all those in this age category to cut costs where they can,\" he said.\n\nUK inflation - the rate at which prices rise - jumped to 9% in the 12 months to April, up from 7% in March.\n\nThe surge was driven by higher electricity and gas bills, after millions of people saw an unprecedented £700-a-year increase in energy costs last month.\n\nIncreased fuel and food costs also contributed, according to the Office for National Statistics.\n\nResearch from Kantar suggests shoppers are turning to discount retailers as pressure on budgets grows, with Aldi the fastest growing supermarket at the beginning of this year, followed by Lidl.\n\nMany rivals have also cut their prices to compete.\n\nIn March Asda said it would bring out a budget range called \"Just Essentials\" in May.\n\nIts announcement came after the supermarket was criticised by food poverty campaigner and chef Jack Monroe for raising the prices of its value products or removing them from some stores.\n\nMeanwhile, last month Morrisons said it would offer an average 13% price cut on more than 500 goods.\n\nSainsbury's also said it was trying to limit price increases despite facing higher costs from suppliers, lowering the prices of 150 of its most popular products.", "Sweden and Finland have the \"full, total and complete backing\" of the US in their decision to apply for Nato membership, President Joe Biden says.\n\nBoth countries submitted their applications to be part of the Western defence alliance this week, marking a major shift in European geopolitics.\n\nTo join the alliance, the two nations need the support of all 30 Nato member states.\n\nBut the move by the Nordic nations has been opposed by Turkey.\n\nSpeaking alongside Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and Finnish President Sauli Niinisto at the White House on Thursday, Mr Biden called Sweden and Finland's applications \"a watershed moment in European security\".\n\n\"New members joining Nato is not a threat to any nation,\" he said. The president added that having two new members in the \"high north\" would \"enhance the security of our allies and deepen our security co-operation across the board\".\n\nRussia has repeatedly said it sees Nato as a threat and has warned of \"consequences\" if the block proceeds with its expansion plans.\n\nTurkey has accused both Sweden and Finland of hosting suspected militants from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a group it views as a terrorist organisation.\n\nHowever, both Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and British Defence Minister Ben Wallace have expressed confidence that these concerns will eventually be addressed.\n\nMr Biden's comments came as the US Senate voted to approve a new $40bn (£32bn) bill to provide military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine. It is the biggest emergency aid package so far for Ukraine.\n\nThe bill - which was passed by the House of Representatives with broad bipartisan support on 10 May - was expected to be passed earlier this week, but was blocked by Kentucky Republican Rand Paul over a dispute about spending oversight.\n\nBut the Republican's Senate leader Mitch McConnell dismissed these concerns and told reporters that Congress had a \"moral responsibility\" to support \"a sovereign democracy's self-defence\".\n\n\"Anyone concerned about the cost of supporting a Ukrainian victory should consider the much larger cost should Ukraine lose,\" Mr McConnell said.\n\nLast week, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Congress to approve the package and warned that the US military only had enough funds to send weapons to Kyiv until 19 May.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. From May: Sweden and Finland formally submit Nato applications\n\nUkraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky praised the aid package as \"a significant US contribution to the restoration of peace and security in Ukraine, Europe and the world\".\n\nThe package brings the total US aid delivered to Ukraine to more than $50bn, including $6bn for security assistance such as training, equipment, weapons and support.\n\nAnother $8.7bn will be allocated to replenish stocks of US equipment already sent to Ukraine.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nEverton 3-2 Crystal Palace: 'One of the greatest nights of my career' - Frank Lampard Everton secured their Premier League status with an incredible fightback where they came from two goals down to beat Crystal Palace. The hosts, who will continue their 68-year stay in the top flight, looked like they were heading for defeat after Palace scored twice in the first half through Jean-Philippe Mateta and Jordan Ayew. But conjuring up a fighter's spirit once more and spurred on by their vociferous support, Everton turned the game around in the second half, thanks to a more attacking approach. Nine minutes after the break Michael Keane smashed in to give Frank Lampard's side hope, and when Richarlison found the bottom corner with a deflected shot with 15 minutes left, it sent Goodison Park into raptures as a precious point looked likely. Yet the best was to come with five minutes left. Dominic Calvert-Lewin, who scored his first goal since August against Brentford on Sunday during an injury-hit season, sparked pandemonium with a diving header from Demarai Gray's free-kick. The excitement boiled over as fans descended on the pitch to celebrate, with blue mist shrouding the stadium as smoke flares were let off. The crucial result avoided the kind of final-day nerves that Everton fans had to experience in 1998 and 1994, where the team also preserved their Premier League status. This time, with a trip to Arsenal on Sunday, they can at least enjoy the fact that however tortuous this season has been, they will remain in the top flight, and will hope to build on the spirit shown in the closing stages of the campaign.\n• None 'A special night in Everton history - but we can't be here again'\n• None Go straight to all the best Crystal Palace content The party started at the final whistle, with thousands of fans flooding onto the pitch, letting off more smoke flares, saluting their team and manager Lampard. But he and the club will hope they will never have to cope with a similar scare again given lavish spending on players and a move to a new stadium in 2024. Spirit from fans and players save Everton again Everton fans ran onto the pitch when safety was confirmed Lampard described this game as \"all or nothing\" given Everton's wretched away record, which has seen them win once on the road in the league since August. And despite a poor showing in the first period, where once again Everton looked inferior to their opponents, they somehow managed another second-half turnaround, which has been crucial in keeping them in the Premier League. The scenes at the final whistle were in stark contrast to those before the break where a tempestuous game boiled over on the pitch and left a livid feeling in the stands. After the introduction of Dele Alli at the break and a move to a more attacking formation, Everton matched their second-half showings against Newcastle, Leicester and Chelsea, which earned two wins and a draw. Lampard may well question why his side have to play poorly to find the inspiration, but boosted by a support which has had a massive role in their survival, they turned the game around against a Palace side which had beaten them twice already this season. Jean-Philippe Mateta scored his seventh goal of the season Sunday's defeat by Brentford threatened to derail Everton's momentum gathered by their superior home form, but the hand that supporters have played in keeping the Toffees up cannot be underestimated. Lampard and fans tried to evoke the spirit of recent matches from the start, with the team coach greeted by a wall of blue smoke outside the stadium. That almost boiled over early on as Anthony Gordon and Wifried Zaha squared up to each other, causing a melee, but once Palace settled they quickly picked off an Everton side who struggled to keep the ball. Lampard again favoured a 3-5-2 formation, but when his side retreated into a back five, Patrick Vieira's visitors were able to enjoy plenty of possession and control the game. There were moments in first half for Everton's fans to get excited about, like Richarlison's free-kick that hit the bar. But for the most part the passionate home support turned to anger as Mateta scored his seventh goal of the season before helping to create Palace's second. The fact it came from Ayew was contentious. He had hacked down Gordon shortly before but only received a yellow card and was then on hand to take advantage as both Vitaliy Mykolenko and Abdoulaye Doucoure somehow failed to connect with the ball on the line following Zaha's shot. That silenced the crowd, who must have felt like relegation was staring them in the face. But a half-time switch to a back four by Lampard, who replaced the ineffective Andre Gomes with Alli, breathed life into Everton. Nine minutes after the break, Keane fired in after Mykolenko's free-kick was headed back to the centre-back by Mason Holgate. And with 15 minutes left, Everton managed to conjure up another goal. Alli had a hand in it, crossing the ball, but when the Palace defence failed to clear Richarlison's shot ended up in the bottom corner, setting off wild celebrations. That seemed minor compared to Calvert-Lewin's winner. Everton fans could not contain their delight, running onto the pitch, with Zaha seeming to take issue with some supporters' attentions. The pitch was eventually cleared, but there was little hope for the stewards as thousands celebrated with their heroes at the final whistle. Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford was surrounded by fans after full time Everton will start next season as a top-flight club for a 69th consecutive campaign, with only Arsenal currently on a longer run of consecutive seasons in the English top flight The celebrations continued into the Everton dressing room after the game\n• None Goal! Everton 3, Crystal Palace 2. Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Demarai Gray with a cross.\n• None Séamus Coleman (Everton) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Offside, Crystal Palace. Eberechi Eze tries a through ball, but Wilfried Zaha is caught offside.\n• None Offside, Crystal Palace. Joachim Andersen tries a through ball, but Christian Benteke is caught offside.\n• None Abdoulaye Doucouré (Everton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Conor Gallagher (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the right wing. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Our coverage of your Premier League club is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment", "Selected others: Level +1 S Scheffler (US), C Morikawa (US), J Rose (Eng), T Fleetwood (Eng); +3 +4\n\nRory McIlroy got his bid to end an eight-year major drought off to a solid start as he finished day one of the US PGA Championship with a one-shot lead.\n\nNorthern Ireland's four-time major champion closed with a birdie to card a five-under 65, and then watched as late starters toiled in windier conditions.\n\nAmericans Tom Hoge and Will Zalatoris are McIlroy's nearest challengers on four under at Southern Hills, Oklahoma.\n\nEngland's Matt Fitzpatrick is also in contention after a two-under-par 68.\n\n\"Overall, it was a great day,\" said McIlroy, who is chasing a third US PGA title. \"Great to get off to a great start at a major championship for a change.\n\n\"I came in here knowing my game is in good shape so it is a matter of executing the shots you know you can - I need to replicate that and not get ahead of myself.\"\n\nMcIlroy was in a marquee group alongside Americans Tiger Woods, who signed for a four-over 74, and Jordan Spieth, who finished with a two-over 72.\n\nWorld number 40 Hoge, who won his first PGA Tour event at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am earlier this year, and Zalatoris also enjoyed the best of the early conditions.\n\nThe wind made the course play about a shot harder in the afternoon but world number nine Justin Thomas bucked the trend, birdieing the last for a three-under 67. He sits level with Matt Kuchar and Abraham Ancer, who both completed their rounds in lighter winds.\n\nThe world's three top-ranked players - Masters winner Scottie Scheffler, US Open victor Jon Rahm and Open champion Collin Morikawa - were among those who struggled in the afternoon and all finished over par.\n\nStarting from the 10th tee, McIlroy's putter was as fiery as the sweltering Tulsa heat and his nerve as cold as the staggeringly priced on-site refreshments as he made four successive birdies to wrangle the lead after six holes.\n\nThe 33-year-old is looking to record a third PGA Championship win, with the second of his Wanamaker Trophy successes coming in August 2014 at Valhalla, just a few weeks after he had won his first Claret Jug at The Open.\n\nIt was McIlroy's fourth major title and the great Jack Nicklaus proclaimed afterwards that the fresh-faced prospect could go on to \"win 15 or 20\" of golf's elite prizes.\n\nEight years later and McIlroy is yet to add to that tally - instead he has 14 top-10 finishes and a runner-up place at last month's Masters.\n\nHe would couch that by pointing out, as he did to BBC Radio 5 Live's All About: The Open podcast, that he has won pretty much everything else in that time, but his recent major form has been characterised by sluggish starts that have shot him out of contention.\n\nHeading into this event, McIlroy was a cumulative 35 over par in the first rounds of major championships since his last title in 2014, having been 19 under for his opening rounds in the four years before that.\n\nOn Thursday - in the absence of defending champion Phil Mickelson, the man McIlroy edged out for his last major victory - he maintained his early charge by nudging in another birdie at the 500-yard par-four second, his 11th, to move two strokes clear of the field and then salvaged par on the next hole.\n\nShowing his daughter Poppy an old picture of himself on the media centre wall earlier this week, McIlroy is reportedly said to have joked to her that \"that was when daddy was good\".\n\nA fifth major title would certainly reinforce that he still is and, despite missing a birdie chance on his 13th, McIlroy clipped out of the greenside bunker on the par-five fifth and rolled in the putt to extend his advantage to three strokes.\n\nBut his momentum was stunted with the first blemish on his card at the par-three sixth moments later, squirrelling a par putt narrowly wide, and a wayward drive followed as McIlroy's stellar opening round threatened to unravel down the stretch.\n\nHe scrambled for par before a second bogey of the day allowed Hoge and Zalatoris to take a share of top spot, only to then roll in his seventh birdie from 20 feet on the final hole to sign for his joint second-lowest opening round in a major - only going lower with a 63 at the Open in 2010, when he finished joint third.\n\nWorld number one Scheffler looked set to repeat some of the magic that saw him slip on the Green Jacket at Augusta National last month when he eagled the par-five fifth to get to two under, but he was unable to build any momentum on a blustery afternoon.\n\nThe 25-year-old cancelled out a bogey at nine with a birdie at 10, only to drop a stroke after a remarkable series of shots on the 12th - the American found a route between two trees following a miscued drive and then flopped out of a bunker, but missed his par putt.\n\nFour bogeys either side of another birdie followed for Scheffler, who then drove his tee shot into a stream on the 18th but managed to salvage par and finish at one over.\n\n\"That's what happens when you play late in the day,\" said Scheffler. \"Today was windy so the course was challenging, and I didn't keep myself in position on the back nine and paid the price for it.\"\n\nPlaying partners Morikawa and Rahm also failed to reach their usually impeccable standards, with Morikawa ending the day two over and Spain's Rahm finishing at three over.\n\nFitzpatrick fared better, opening his round with successive birdies and seeing two more wiped out by a couple of dropped shots as he stayed within touching distance of the lead.\n\nCompatriot Tyrrell Hatton finished level, alongside Scotland's Robert MacIntyre and Irishman Shane Lowry, while English duo Justin Rose and Tommy Fleetwood were both one over.\n\nWoods made a remarkable comeback at the Masters in April, 14 months after a career-threatening car crash that left him unable to walk for three months.\n\nThe world number 818 said that felt like \"Everest\" and, after more time on the golf course, insisted that he was now ready to contend.\n\nHe started brightly with birdies on his first and fifth holes.\n\nBut the 15-time major champion appeared to be struggling the deeper into his round he got, wincing after tee shots, and he closed with successive bogeys to finish four over.\n\n\"It has felt better before. It's a little sore right now,\" said Woods about his leg. \"Lots of treatment, lots of ice baths, and try and get the inflammation out and try and get ready for tomorrow.\"\n\nSpieth, who needs to win this major to complete a career grand slam, had a mixed round in which he carded two birdies and four bogeys.", "The Queen visited the Coast Guard station headquarters in Bangor, Northern Ireland, back in May 2009\n\nEight new cities have been named for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, with at least one in every UK nation - and on the Falkland Islands and Isle of Man.\n\nMilton Keynes in England, Dunfermline in Scotland, Bangor in Northern Ireland and Wrexham in Wales all get the title.\n\nIt is a first for places in an Overseas Territory - Stanley, in the Falklands - and a crown dependency - Douglas, in the Isle of Man - to win city status.\n\nColchester and Doncaster complete the list getting the royal honour.\n\nThe Platinum Jubilee civic honours competition required applicants to show their cultural heritage and royal links as well as how their local identity and communities meant they deserved to be granted city status.\n\nThe new cities can expect a boost to local communities and the opening up of new opportunities for people who live there, the Cabinet Office said.\n\nIt cited research that suggested previous winner Perth, in Scotland, saw the local economy expand by 12% in the decade it was granted city status, after it put them on the international map as a place to do business.\n\nThe last competition to win civic honours in 2012 marked the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. For the first time this year, Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories were allowed to apply.\n\nThe announcement of the latest civic honours takes the number of official cities in mainland UK to 76, with 55 in England, eight in Scotland, seven in Wales and six in Northern Ireland.\n\nCity status is often associated with having a cathedral, university, or large population, but there are no set rules for being granted the status, which is awarded by the monarch on advice of ministers.\n\n\"It's about the place rather than the numbers,\" said government minister Jacob Rees-Mogg when asked about the size of the smaller places on the list.\n\nThe winners and details from their bids for city status include:\n\nDue to its location at the mouth of the Belfast Lough, Bangor was a key site for the Allies during the Second World War\n\nColchester Castle was built on the foundations of a Roman temple\n\nThe Flying Scotsman locomotive was built in Doncaster\n\nMilton Keynes is the home of MK Dons, formed in 2004\n\nThe Whalebone arch in Stanley was erected in 1933 to mark a century of British administration\n\nWrexham Football Club is one of the oldest professional football clubs in the UK\n\nAlmost 40 locations submitted bids for city status when applications opened last year.\n\nChelmsford, in England, Lisburn in Northern Ireland and Newport in Wales were among previous winners of the competition for city status - which has taken place during each of the last three jubilee years.\n\nEach new city will receive the award formally through a Letters Patent, which will be presented later in the year.\n\nMeanwhile, the city of Southampton has won the competition for Lord Mayoralty status - which means the mayor can be called Lord Mayor - joining the ranks of previous Jubilee competition winners including Chester, Exeter and Armagh.", "The theatre has often been described as the heart of the city\n\nAfter almost three months of relentless assault, Mariupol has fallen. Ukraine's military says its combat mission in the besieged port is over. More than any other Ukrainian city, Mariupol has come to symbolise the ferocious brutality of Russia's assault and the stubbornness of Ukraine's resistance.\n\nOn Wednesday 23 February, Ivan Stanislavsky left his camera bag at the office. He was on his way to see the layout of his new book on Mariupol's Soviet-era murals at a colleague's house, and didn't want to lug the gear around. He could always pick it up the next day.\n\nBut on Thursday, as he stood in the street outside his locked and deserted office, he could hear thunderous sounds rolling in from the east. The city was under fire.\n\nAs the conflict intensified, and gunfire became audible to the west too, Ivan moved his mattress into the hall. He piled up his large collection of art books - including the Encyclopaedia of Ukrainian Rock Music - against the windows of his flat in the district of Primorsky.\n\n\"Let's say it was not a waste of a library,\" says the 36-year-old photographer, who is also a press officer at Ukrainian premier league football club FC Mariupol.\n\nIvan Stanislavsky loved to photograph his city of Mariupol\n\nAcross town in the neighbourhood of Kalmiusky, businessman Yevhen was also taking precautions. The 47-year-old had told his family to pack so they could escape the city. But when he returned from the office, he found no packing had been done. His family refused to leave.\n\nIn an apartment in the same block, metallurgists from the nearby steelworks, Nataliia, 43, and Andrii, 41, were already slicing the last two loaves they had been able to buy, leaving them to dry out so they could eat them piece by piece over the weeks ahead.\n\nThe Illich steel plant dominates this view of Mariupol\n\nVolodymyr, a 52-year-old paramedic in Kalmiusky, was also in his kitchen, trying to absorb the news. When reports came in of Russians marching through the village of Chonhar - on a strategic road out of Crimea to the west - he choked. This was a coordinated attack, he realised.\n\nThe ambulance dispatcher was on the phone. She instructed Volodymyr to ignore routine calls. \"Find the wounded\", he was told.\n\nTwenty-two-year-old engineering graduate Mariia thought the first explosion she heard was simply a storm. Then she heard a second.\n\n\"We didn't know what to do,\" says Mariia, who like Ivan, lived in Primorsky. \"I didn't have time to think about my future, my plans. I had to think about what I'd eat and drink... [And] what to do with the cats.\"\n\nIt suddenly dawned on her why, in the past few days, soldiers had appeared in the paint shop where she worked, asking to buy blue and yellow tape. They needed it to mark their uniforms.\n\nFour days into the war, with the fighting closing in, Ivan and his wife sought shelter in a basement underneath his local supermarket. It offered good protection, and Ivan found that the muffling of sound dulled his sense of mounting anxiety.\n\nDaily life was being stripped down to bare essentials.\n\n\"We lived like primitive people,\" he told the BBC from Lviv, where he has now fled. \"We broke trees, made fires, cooked food on fires. I even heard of people eating pigeons.\"\n\nHe watched as order gradually broke down all around him. He kept a vivid diary, later published online.\n\n\"The Stone Age has arrived,\" he says in his 6 March entry.\n\nHe writes of watching his fellow Ukrainian citizens raiding abandoned shops, making off with everything from computers and freezers to swimsuits and underwear.\n\nOne evening a drunk woman interrupts a session of evening gossip in the basement. \"Treat yourself,\" she says, as a flashlight revealed a bottle of Californian Merlot, taken from Wines of the World on nearby Italiiska Street.\n\nBut aware that even medical supplies and cash tills were being taken, Ivan says he felt disgust.\n\n\"We are our own worst enemies,\" he writes.\n\nBut is this, he wonders, how the fittest survive? After a while, each day became a \"combat mission\".\n\nOver a few short weeks, Mariupol fell apart. The Russian military laid siege to the city, attacking power and water supplies. A Russian airstrike hit the maternity hospital on 9 March, and a plane bombed its theatre - clearly marked as a civilian shelter - a week later.\n\nIvan was stunned at how quickly it all happened.\n\nThe theatre after it was bombed\n\n\"The whole city, all its infrastructure, supply system, logistics, energy supply were destroyed in a matter of days,\" he says.\n\nSitting underground at night, he sensed people becoming passive.\n\n\"You can only wait in the shelter,\" he writes in his diary. \"Some are waiting for spring, some - for the morning to come, some - for the end of the war. And someone is waiting for the bomb to come and kill everyone.\"\n\nAnd all this just as Mariupol had seemed destined to turn a corner. Money began to pour in, adding lustre to a city previously associated mainly with heavy industry - and war.\n\n\"It was a city aspiring to something,\" Ivan says. It hadn't always been this way.\n\nLong before this year's invasion, Mariupol had a ringside seat to Ukraine's simmering conflict with Russian-backed separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk, the two regions that make up the neighbouring area known as Donbas.\n\nAn activist guards a barricade outside the Mariupol government building seized by pro-Russia activists on 17 April 2014\n\nWhen fighting first broke out there in 2014, the government briefly lost control of Mariupol after clashes with pro-Russian protesters. In January 2015, a devastating rocket attack by the rebels on the eastern edge of the city killed almost 30 civilians.\n\nEven though the war gradually receded, the sound of artillery booming in the distance was part of Mariupol's daily soundscape.\n\nBut the city moved on. The Ukrainian government briefly made Mariupol the administrative capital of the Donetsk Oblast. People migrated from rebel-held areas and the city started attracting investment.\n\n\"It started receiving all of the resources and all of the attention,\" Ivan says.\n\nA view of Mariupol along its coast\n\nPublic buildings were renovated, cafés opened, and new parks created. In a podcast last October, the city's mayor Vadym Boychenko boasted of creating the best municipal services in the country, opening an IT school, and promoting contemporary art and sports.\n\nPlans were afoot, he said, for the largest water park in Ukraine and a version of Disneyland \"which will probably be called Mariland\". In fact, Mariupol was declared Ukraine's \"Big Capital of Culture\" in 2021.\n\nBut while Mariupol flourished, rebel-held Donetsk mouldered. When the rebels returned to Mariupol, Volodymyr, the paramedic, believed they were driven by revenge to destroy the city.\n\n\"'If we live in shit, then you will live in shit as well,'\" Volodymyr says they told him at a checkpoint as he finally escaped the city. \"They just looked at us and envied how we lived.\"\n\nVolodymyr thinks the Russian-backed separatists were motivated by revenge\n\nYevhen, the businessman, describes life in Mariupol in the past five years as \"a fairytale\". \"The city was being reconstructed,\" he says, \"all roads were renovated, public transport was improved.\"\n\nHis buildings restoration firm was responsible, among other projects, for the reconstruction of Mariupol's iconic water tower in time for the city's 240th birthday.\n\n\"This is a city of hard workers… It was hard for me to explain that my workers should finish at 6pm - they wanted to work longer.\"\n\nLike many others, weekends would be spent with family in the city's revived parks or on the seafront.\n\n\"For me, this is a [key] question - if you want to capture the city, why destroy it? [The Russians] don't need thinking people, they need territory,\" he says.\n\nAnd, he adds, he is now getting calls from the Russians to return to Mariupol to help rebuild it.\n\n\"But if Mariupol is occupied by Russia, there will be no future there… there will be nothing to live for. To live in unrecognised territory is to bury your children's future.\"\n\nAbout 150,000 people remain in the city, from a population of almost half a million. Most of those left there, he says, are also trying to escape.\n\n\"I left Mariupol but my soul is there,\" he says, tears in his eyes.\n\nBusinessman Yevhen is already getting calls from Russians to rebuild Mariupol\n\nNataliia and her husband Andrii worked at the Illich plant, one of two iron and steel works which tower over the city's skyline and loom large in Ivan Stanilavsky's photographs.\n\nThey spent long days at work, and leisure time was precious.\n\n\"The city authorities laid out marble tiles, made piers [so that] it was possible to sit on a bench right in the sea,\" Andrii says.\n\n\"It was a wonderful warm city with parks, concerts, fountains,\" his wife says. \"A European city.\"\n\nThis recent blossoming was captured by Ivan, but as a photographer with a passion for his city's past, his pet project was documenting Mariupol's remarkable collection of Soviet murals, one of the most extensive in Ukraine.\n\nThe cultural importance of preserving such remarkable works seems undeniable, but in Mariupol nostalgia for the Soviet Union jostled uneasily with Ukraine's modern, increasingly European identity, Ivan says.\n\n\"Politics was already preventing this cultural heritage from being integrated into Ukraine's artistic context,\" he says.\n\nSo inevitably, when the war came, culture found itself fought over too.\n\nOn 28 April, Mariupol's city council denounced the alleged theft by Russia of more than 2,000 exhibits from the city's museums, including ancient icons, a handwritten Torah scroll and more than 200 medals.\n\nThe director of Mariupol's Local History Museum, Natalia Kapustnikova, later told Russian newspaper Izvestia that she had personally handed over paintings to the Russians by Ivan Aivazovsky and Arkhip Kuindzhi, and claimed that Ukrainian \"nationalists\" had burned 95% of the museum's exhibits.\n\nShe wasn't the only local official harbouring pro-Russian sentiments. On 9 April, Ukraine's prosecutor general charged a member of Mariupol's city council, Kostyantyn Ivashchenko, with treason after he was declared mayor by pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk.\n\nIvashchenko's pro-Russian party had been well supported in the city's last elections, coming second, while President Volodymyr Zelensky's party came a distant fifth place.\n\nIn a poll conducted just before the elections by the Kyiv-based Centre for Social Indicators, almost half the city's population identified themselves as \"Russian\", though 80% also described themselves as \"Ukrainian\".\n\nMore tellingly, perhaps, fewer than 20% self-identified as \"European\", while more than 50% said they were \"Soviet\".\n\nMariia says that after the invasion she began to hate all things Russian\n\nNataliia, whose father is Russian, says she asked her husband for forgiveness when the bombing started. \"I was ashamed that I was Russian.\"\n\nMariia, the engineer, says that before the war her first language was Russian, but when the bombing began \"I started to hate all things Russian - language, movies, objects\".\n\nMariupol's complex identity is hardly unique in today's Ukraine, a country which formed an integral part of the Soviet Union until the collapse of communism at the end of the 1980s. And it's doubtful that any of those who described themselves as \"Russian\" or \"Soviet\" wanted to see their city destroyed in a violent effort to pull it back into Moscow's orbit.\n\nIronically, when the moment arrived to defend the city from Russian invaders, it was another part of Mariupol's Soviet-era legacy that came to play an almost iconic role.\n\nThis legacy, buried deep underground, is the maze of bunkers beneath Mariupol's other steel works, Azovstal, built by the Soviet authorities during the Cold War.\n\nThe 36 bomb shelters provided room for more than 12,000 people. After independence in 1991, no-one thought that much about them. But then the fighting in 2014 began.\n\n\"We started thinking about what we would do if fighting spread further into the city,\" Enver Tskitishvili, Azovstal's director general, says.\n\nTraining on the use of the bunkers and their connecting tunnels went on every day for years.\n\nIn early February, as the fear of renewed conflict loomed larger, preparations swung into high gear. Food and water were brought in the week before Russia's invasion.\n\nOfficials at the plant knew the bomb shelters would soon be occupied, but had little idea that Azovstal, surrounded by water on three sides, would become the scene of Mariupol's last stand.\n\nAn injured Ukrainian serviceman inside the Azovstal iron and steel works factory\n\nAs the days went by, the war got closer and closer to Ivan Stanislavsky's apartment. Excursions in search of food, even to the nearby Dzerkalnyy store, just 400m up the road, were increasingly perilous. Sometimes, a Ukrainian mortar team would arrive by truck, fire off a few rounds, and leave before the inevitable Russian reply.\n\nThere was little communication between civilians and soldiers.\n\nOne day, a tank from the Azov Regiment arrived near Dzerkalnyy, sending locals running, fearful of an impending battle. The regiment emerged in 2014 as a highly effective volunteer militia with far right and, in some cases, neo-Nazi affiliations, before being folded into Ukraine's National Guard.\n\nVladimir Putin has made extensive use of the Azov's controversial origins, in an effort to bolster his argument that he is trying to \"de-Nazify\" Ukraine. Ukrainian authorities say the regiment's origins are a thing of the past and points out that far-right parties have had very little electoral success.\n\nIn his diary Ivan describes the members he knows as a motley assortment of Mariupol natives - bikers, lawyers, football hooligans, and an amateur actor - driven not by ideology, but by a fierce hatred of those who were trying to ruin their lives.\n\n\"Together they formed a 'Nazi' battalion and intimidated the entire Russian army,\" he writes.\n\nIntimidating and effective, but not enough, eventually, to stem the Russian tide.\n\nWhile the city's defenders fought their losing battle, Ivan heard voices in his basement starting to curse President Zelensky for leaving Mariupol to its own devices.\n\nPresident Volodymyr Zelensky (L) and children play in a fountain during his first official visit to Mariupol on 15 June 2019\n\nFor all the praise heaped on the city's defenders, it was clear from the start that Mariupol was not the government's main priority. Faced with Russian threats on a number of fronts, the Zelensky government chose to secure the capital, thwarting what was arguably Vladimir Putin's top priority.\n\nUltimately, that meant letting Russian forces achieve another of their pre-war goals: the establishment of a land corridor between Crimea - annexed by Moscow in 2014 - and the separatists in the Donbas.\n\nBut for those trapped in the city, fighting or just trying to survive, it was a bitter pill.\n\n\"Some say Mariupol was given the status of a hero city,\" Ivan wrote in his diary on 13 March.\n\n\"It looks like the award will be posthumous.\"\n\nIvan's photo of the inside of the water tower\n\nBy now, Ivan couldn't stand any more. Outside Dzerkalnyy supermarket, he saw corpses neatly stacked under a wall. People who once queued for food were now in \"the queue of the dead\", waiting to be buried.\n\nSo on 15 March Ivan bundled four family members and his cat into his miraculously unscathed Skoda Fabia and joined a convoy for the tortuous journey north-west to government-held Zaporizhzhia.\n\nAt an observation point on Markelova St looking towards the port and the beach, Ivan allowed himself a brief moment of reflection.\n\n\"In my head I'm saying goodbye to this place,\" he writes in his diary. \"I have a feeling we will never return here.\"\n\nA day later, Mariia and five relatives also left by car, carrying just personal belongings and the family's dog. As they made their way out of Mariupol, their convoy came under attack and the cars had to accelerate out of danger, headed first to Zaporizhzhia, then to Dnipro.\n\nThe following day, Nataliia and Andreii left, after a neighbour offered them a space in his car. The couple eventually reached the city of Khmelnytskyi where they have been selling the family's coin collection in order to survive.\n\nIn that same convoy, Yevhen travelled with his wife and two other relatives. He's now in Dnipro, helping other residents who escaped Mariupol, and trying to reach those who remain.\n\nThe apartment block where Ivan lived has been destroyed\n\nVolodymyr, the paramedic, stayed in Mariupol as long as he could, to look after his elderly mother. But deprived of food and special medicine, she died. He then left the city on 21 April, and is volunteering at a hospital in Dnipro.\n\n\"There are thousands and thousands of families like mine,\" he says. \"How many people have died? How many families have been lost?\"\n\nTwo months after escaping, Ivan is still watching the death throes of Mariupol from the relative safety of Lviv.\n\nIn his diary's poignant epilogue, he writes of flashbacks, text messages about deaths or lucky escapes, and phone calls that go unanswered.\n\n\"The subscriber is out of range.\"\n\nWith additional reporting by Kateryna Khinkulova and Illia Tolstov", "France warns it could take '15 or 20 years' for Ukraine to join EU\n\nA bid by Ukraine to join the EU could not be finalised for \"15 or 20 years,\" France's minister for European affairs has said. Speaking on Radio J in Paris, Clement Beaune said: \"We have to be honest. If you say Ukraine is going to join the EU in six months, or a year or two, you're lying. \"It's probably in 15 or 20 years, it takes a long time.\" His comments poured cold water on Volodymyr Zelensky's hopes for expedited entry to the bloc in the wake of Russia's invasion. Beaune repeated French President Emmanuel Macron's offer to create a looser \"European political community\" that could help integrate Ukraine sooner, adding: \"I don't want to offer Ukrainians any illusions or lies.\" Zelensky has turned down what he called \"such compromises\" and insisted on an immediate start of the process towards full EU membership. Beaune said Macron's proposal is not \"an alternative to joining the European political community\", emphasising: \"It doesn't prevent membership later on.\" Ukraine's aspirations to join the EU and Nato are seen as the main reason Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion. Macron's European political community initiative is due to be debated at an EU summit in June.", "At least another seven buses were seen leaving the Azovstal site on Tuesday and later arriving to a village held by Russian-backed rebels, Reuters reported\n\nUkraine is doing \"everything possible and impossible\" to save the remaining fighters trapped in Mariupol's Azovstal steelworks, a senior official has said.\n\nDeputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said Kyiv knew how many soldiers were still at the plant, but stressed that it was \"sensitive information\".\n\nOn Monday, 264 fighters - many badly wounded - were evacuated to areas held by Russian-backed rebels.\n\nOn Tuesday, another seven buses were seen leaving the site, Reuters said.\n\nIt added that the convoy later arrived in Olenivka, a village held by pro-Russian rebels in the eastern Donbas region.\n\nRussian prosecutors said they would question all the Ukrainian soldiers as part of an investigation into what Moscow describes as \"Ukrainian regime crimes against Donbas civilians\".\n\nUkraine wants its troops - the last defenders of the southern port city - to be exchanged for captured Russian soldiers as part of an evacuation deal confirmed by Moscow.\n\nHundreds of Ukrainian soldiers - Marines, the National Guard (including the Azov regiment), border guards, police and territorial defence units - as well as a number of civilians with young children have been holed up at the site since advancing Russian troops encircled Mariupol in early March.\n\nEarlier this month, dozens of civilians were evacuated from Mariupol to both Russia-controlled and Ukraine-controlled territory.\n\nAt Tuesday's briefing in Kyiv, Ms Maliar said only that \"we know this number\" when asked about how many Ukrainian fighters were still at the Azovstal site.\n\nThe sprawling four-square-mile complex is a maze of tunnels designed to survive a nuclear war.\n\n\"We understand the scope of the rescue operation, but it is also sensitive information, and it will not be disclosed until the rescue operation is completed,\" she added.\n\nDescribing the fighters as \"our heroes\", Ms Maliar stressed that the operation was the only way to save them, adding that a \"military deblockade\" was simply impossible.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn his video address on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian military, intelligence and negotiating teams, as well as the Red Cross and the UN, were involved in the evacuation operation. \"Ukraine needs its heroes alive,\" he said.\n\nHowever, he cautioned that the Ukrainian troops might not be freed immediately and warned that negotiations over their release would require \"delicacy and time\".\n\nUkrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko told the BBC it was essential that the deal struck with Russia, with the help of the Red Cross and the UN, went through and the soldiers were exchanged. Otherwise, she said, \"the fate of these very brave men will be absolutely unknown and will be in Russian hands, which is far from an ideal situation\".\n\nRussian President Vladimir Putin said Ukrainian soldiers evacuated from the steel plant would be treated \"in line with the relevant international laws\".\n\nHowever, Russia's lawmakers on Tuesday put forward plans to declare Azov regiment fighters \"Nazi criminals\" who must not be part of any prisoner swap with Ukraine.\n\nThe Azov regiment, set up as a volunteer militia in 2014 but now a National Guard unit, once had links to the far right.\n\nMeanwhile, the office of Russia's prosecutor general has asked the country's Supreme Court to declare the unit a \"terrorist organisation\" in an apparent attempt to prevent its fighters being treated as conventional prisoners of war.\n\nIn a separate development, both Ukraine and Russia on Tuesday admitted that peace talks were currently on hold, blaming each other for this.\n\nDo you have any questions about the war in Ukraine? 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Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "A union has accused ministers of bullying civil servants into working from the office, as figures show there are more workers at the Department for Education than available desks.\n\nEarlier this week, the department said it had 8,009 \"full-time equivalent\" staff but only 4,525 operational desks.\n\nMinisters have said they want more civil servants to return to offices.\n\nBut Schools Week has reported some have been forced to work in the corridors and canteen because of a lack of space.\n\nEarly on in the coronavirus pandemic, employees were told to work from home unless absolutely necessary.\n\nHowever as restrictions have eased, Jacob Rees-Mogg - the government's efficiencies minister - has argued that working in offices provides \"value for money\" and benefits staff's career development.\n\nIn April, he left notes on empty desks in his department saying: \"Sorry you were out when I visited. I look forward to seeing you in the office very soon.\"\n\nResponding to the desk space figures, Mark Serwotka - general secretary of the PCS trade union which represents many civil servants - said: \"Jacob Rees-Mogg's Post-It note stunt has been exposed for what it is - an unprofessional and unfair political attack on our members.\n\n\"To try to shame them back into the office when they have been working hard and successfully at home throughout the pandemic is bad enough, but when there aren't enough desks - when it's not physically possible - looks like the action of a bully.\"\n\nHe said civil servants should be \"treated with respect, not treated like naughty school children\".\n\nThe note, printed on government paper with Mr Rees-Mogg's title, were left at empty desks\n\nReplying to a written question, Education Minister Michelle Donelan said the department had 8,009 full-time equivalent (FTE) employed and 4,525 operational desks across 12 locations in the country.\n\nFTE calculates the total number of hours employees work and how many full-time employees that figure equates to.\n\nShe added that the staff headcount included some who \"regularly attend other 'work settings' as part of their role, for example schools, colleges and learning providers\".\n\nShe said the department had introduced a policy of hybrid working \"to capture the benefits of both remote working and office attendance\", but that numbers going into the office had \"steadily increased\" since January 2022 and daily occupancy was around 60-70% - similar to pre-pandemic occupancy levels.\n\nA government spokesperson said: \"Ministers have been clear that departments should make maximum use of office space and progress is being monitored.\"\n\nThe FDA union, which represents senior civil servants said: \"The reports about the lack of desk space for staff returning to the office at the Department for Education are hardly surprising given the way this matter has been handled.\"\n\n\"The edict to return to offices shows a complete lack of awareness of the impact on individuals.\"", "The UK's dispute with the European Union over Northern Ireland trade risks undermining Western unity during the Ukraine war, a senior US official says.\n\nDerek Chollet told the BBC the US hoped the row over Northern Ireland's post-Brexit trade deal could be resolved.\n\nHe said \"a big fight between the UK and the EU\" was \"the last thing\" Washington wanted.\n\nVladimir Putin would \"use any opportunity he can to show that our alliance is fraying\", he added.\n\nMr Chollet, the most senior adviser to US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, said: \"We want to see this issue resolved and we want to see the temperature lowered and no unilateral acts.\n\n\"And it's particularly important right now where we need to send a message of unity to the world and not undermine all the things that we've been so successful in working on together over the last several months and showing unity in Ukraine.\"\n\nMr Chollet's intervention is significant. It is rare for senior US officials to comment on the UK's domestic affairs given the historically close relationship between the two nations.\n\nBut his comments build on recent concerns expressed by senior US politicians, including President Joe Biden and US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, about the UK government threatening to override the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\nThese concerns have so far largely focused on what the US sees as the possible risks to peace in Northern Ireland.\n\nBut the senior State Department official is making a new argument, that now is not the time for the UK and the EU to be having a fight. There are bigger fish to fry over Ukraine.\n\nThe US wants its allies united, not scrapping over legacy Brexit issues.\n\nRead more: Guide to the Brexit border problem\n\nDerek Chollet, a senior adviser to the US secretary of state, has urged the UK and the EU to cool tensions\n\nOn Thursday Ms Pelosi said she was \"deeply concerned\" that the UK was seeking to \"unilaterally discard\" Northern Ireland's post-Brexit trade arrangements, set out in the protocol.\n\nShe said the US Congress would not support a trade agreement with the UK if its actions jeopardised the peace process in Northern Ireland.\n\nThe UK government has argued that changes to the way goods are shipped from Great Britain to Northern Ireland are needed to restore its devolved government.\n\nA power-sharing administration cannot be formed without the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), which has refused to join one until significant changes are made to the protocol.\n\nThe DUP says the protocol, which was agreed by the UK and the EU in December 2020, has created economic barriers between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.\n\nOn Tuesday Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said the UK government would introduce a law to change the protocol unilaterally should negotiations with the EU fail.\n\nMs Pelosi warned against any action that might endanger the Good Friday Agreement, the peace deal that ended decades of conflict in Northern Ireland.\n\nIn the first of several tweets, she wrote: \"Ensuring there is no physical border between the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland is necessary for upholding this landmark agreement, which transformed Northern Ireland.\"\n\nBut the UK's former Brexit minister, Lord Frost, has criticised Ms Pelosi for making what he called an \"ignorant\" statement about the situation in Northern Ireland.\n\nLord Frost, who negotiated the protocol with the EU, said there was no plan to put a physical border in place on the island of Ireland.\n\n\"Nobody's ever suggested that. So I don't know why she's suggesting that in her statement,\" Lord Frost told the Week in Westminster on BBC Radio 4.\n\nUS House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she was concerned about the UK's actions\n\nHe also denied that making changes to the arrangements would undermine the Good Friday Agreement.\n\n\"It is the protocol itself that's undermining [the Good Friday Agreement] and people who can't see that really shouldn't be commenting on the situation in Northern Ireland,\" said the former minister.\n\nOn Friday afternoon DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said he thought Ms Pelosi's contributions were \"entirely unhelpful, offer no solution, offer no help and merely repeat a mantra that frankly is hopelessly out of date.\"\n\nHe spoke as the Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin met Northern Ireland's main parties to discuss the protocol and the political crisis.\n\nMeanwhile, a US Congress delegation flew to Brussels for a meeting with European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic, who has been leading negotiations with the UK.\n\n\"We're equally committed to protecting the Good Friday (Belfast) Agreement,\" he tweeted. \"Joint solutions implementing the Protocol are the only way to do so.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sam Ryder said he would definitely go to space if Elon Musk paid\n\nSinger Sam Ryder has taken second place in the UK singles chart, a week after he claimed the runner-up spot at the Eurovision Song Contest.\n\nHis song, Space Man, was in a battle with Harry Styles to be this week's number one after his valiant performance for the UK on Saturday.\n\nBut Styles narrowly won out to claim his seventh week in a row at the top.\n\nBy reaching number two, Ryder has scored the highest chart placing for a UK Eurovision entry since 1996.\n\nThat was the year when Gina G reached the top spot with Ooh Ahh… Just A Little Bit.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSpace Man looked on course for number one when it edged ahead of Styles's As It Was earlier this week.\n\nBut the former One Direction singer clung on to his chart crown, despite a surge of support for the Eurovision song following Ryder's performance in the final in Italy.\n\nRyder, from Maldon, Essex, had hopes of victory when he topped the jury scoreboard. But he was overtaken by Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra when the public votes were added.\n\nTheir winning song, Stefania, has also entered the UK chart this week, at number 38.\n\nSpeaking to Scott Mills on BBC Radio 1's Official Chart Show on Friday, Ryder said he was \"emotional in the best possible way\", and that two was \"definitely my lucky number\".\n\nSpace Man was first released on 22 February 2022, and he was 22nd in the Eurovision running order.\n\nMeanwhile, Eurovision organisers have given details of \"unprecedented\" irregularities in the jury votes of six countries at the second semi-final of this year's contest but said they did not affect the qualifiers or final rankings.\n\nSuspicious jury voting patterns were detected in the scores from the San Marino, Georgia, Romania, Poland, Montenegro and Azerbaijan juries, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) said.\n\nOrganisers said the suspicious pattern was detected before the results were compiled and announced.\n\nThe six affected countries had their votes replaced by \"substitute aggregated result\" in the second semi-final and the grand final, based on the results of other countries with similar voting records.\n\nThe EBU said it had \"discussed the jury patterns with the relevant broadcasters and given them the opportunity to further investigate the jury voting in their countries\".", "The first minister said that she was experiencing \"mild symptoms\"\n\nScotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon has tested positive for Covid.\n\nShe said she was experiencing \"mild symptoms\" and would follow Scottish government guidance to work from home for the next few days.\n\nEarlier on Friday she had held talks with Sinn Féin vice president Michelle O'Neill at her Bute House residence in Edinburgh.\n\nMs Sturgeon also returned from a visit to the US this week, where she had issued a warning over climate change.\n\nShe addressed the Brookings Institute and met US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in Washington DC.\n\nIn a social media post, the first minister wrote: \"Unfortunately I've tested positive for Covid this evening after experiencing mild symptoms.\n\n\"In line with Scottish government guidance, I'll work from home over next few days, and hopefully be back out and about later next week.\"\n\nSinn Fein confirmed Michelle O'Neill had tested negative for Covid following the meeting with Ms Sturgeon.\n\nThe party said Ms O'Neill would be tested again on Saturday \"as a precaution\" and would be limiting her contacts over the coming days.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Nicola Sturgeon This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMs Sturgeon's positive test comes as the number of Covid-19 infections in Scotland continues to fall, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).\n\nThe ONS estimates there were about 104,400 positive cases in the week to 13 May - about one in 45 people.\n\nThe number of hospital patients testing positive for Covid and weekly deaths are also falling.\n\nRestrictions put in place over the pandemic were lifted as Scotland moved to living with Covid.\n\nFrom 1 May, public health advice has been to \"stay at home\" if you feel unwell or have a fever.\n\nPeople without symptoms are also no longer advised to take regular tests.\n\nPeople who have Covid symptoms, a fever or are what the Scottish government describes as \"too unwell to carry out normal activities\" are asked to stay at home until they get better.\n\nThere can be no one in Scotland better versed in how to avoid picking up Covid. For two years Nicola Sturgeon was the face of the public health campaign to limit the spread of the virus.\n\nShe issued daily advice on hand washing, social distancing, mask wearing and even had her vaccination on camera.\n\nIt seemed to work for her. Unlike the Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the first minister managed to stay Covid-free throughout the pandemic - until now.\n\nIt is not clear if she picked it up in Scotland or on her recent travels to the United States. But as restrictions have eased and normal life has resumed, the virus has had much greater opportunity to circulate.\n\nIf Nicola Sturgeon's period of self-isolation continues until later next week, she could be stuck at home on Wednesday when she becomes Scotland's longest serving first minister.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nPlayers will not receive ranking points at Wimbledon following the decision to ban Russian and Belarusian competitors from the tournament.\n\nPlayers from the countries have been banned by the All England Lawn Tennis Club from all UK grass-court events after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.\n\nHowever, events outside Wimbledon, such as Queen's and Eastbourne, will retain their ranking points.\n\n\"It is with great regret and reluctance that we see no option,\" said the ATP.\n\nThe WTA said it was a \"difficult decision\".\n\nThe International Tennis Federation (ITF) will not grant ranking points in the junior and wheelchair events at Wimbledon, which starts on 27 June.\n\n\"The stance we are taking is about protecting the equal opportunities that WTA players should have to compete as individuals,\" added the WTA, the women's governing body.\n\n\"If we do not take this stance, then we abandon our fundamental principle and allow the WTA to become an example to support discrimination based on nationality at other events and in other regions around the world.\"\n\nIn a statement, the All England Lawn Tennis Club expressed its \"deep disappointment\" and said it was considering its options.\n\nIt added: \"We believe these decisions to be disproportionate in the context of the exceptional and extreme circumstances of this situation and the position we found ourselves in.\n\n\"We remain unwilling to accept success or participation at Wimbledon being used to benefit the propaganda machine of the Russian regime, which, through its closely controlled state media, has an acknowledged history of using sporting success to support a triumphant narrative to the Russian people.\"\n\nThe ATP decision means Serbia's Novak Djokovic - the defending men's champion - is set to lose his status as the world number one.\n\nDjokovic, a six-time champion at the All England Club, will be unable to retain the 2,000 ranking points he earned by winning the title last year and is only 680 ahead of nearest rival Daniil Medvedev.\n\nSpeaking before the announcement, Djokovic said he had \"nothing more to add\" on the matter until it had been confirmed.\n\nAnnouncing the move, the ATP said: \"Unilateral decisions of this nature [by Wimbledon], if unaddressed, set a damaging precedent for the rest of the tour.\n\n\"Discrimination by individual tournaments is simply not viable on a tour that operates in more than 30 countries.\"\n\nIt added: \"We remain hopeful of further discussions with Wimbledon leading to an acceptable outcome for all concerned.\"\n\nUK Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries wrote to ATP and WTA bosses earlier this week urging them not to \"penalise the AELTC\" and said it would send a \"completely wrong message to both Putin and the people of Ukraine\".\n\nShortly before the decision was announced on Friday, British men's number two Dan Evans told the BBC he did not agree with ranking points being stripped.\n\n\"If we're sticking it solely on tennis and not politics there should be points for Wimbledon,\" he said in a pre-tournament interview at the French Open.\n\nThe men's ATP events include Queen's and Eastbourne in the build-up to Wimbledon, and there are three WTA tournaments in Nottingham, Birmingham and Eastbourne.\n\nRanking points are used to decide where a player is seeded and whether or not they can gain direct entry into a tournament.\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n\nWimbledon bosses consulted with the UK government before announcing the decision to ban players.\n\nThe Lawn Tennis Association then joined Wimbledon in barring players from domestic tournaments - but the stance has been criticised by a number of players.\n\nRussian world number two Medvedev, also speaking at Roland Garros, said there were \"a lot of mistakes\" behind the decision.\n\nThe US Open champion added he would accept the decision and had not considered taking legal action to reverse it.\n\nPlayers from both countries have been allowed to compete on the tennis tour, including at the upcoming French Open, but not under their national flags.\n\n\"We should be playing for ranking points at Wimbledon and it will be disappointing for me as a Brit if we're not,\" said Evans.\n\n\"I think the majority of the players think it is not ideal the other players can't play but there should still be points at Wimbledon. In my opinion they are only trying to protect the Russian players by letting them play.\n\n\"There are a lot of other people losing out because of a very small minority of players who are missing the tournament.\"\n\nRussia was previously banned from defending its Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup team titles after the country's invasion of Ukraine - a war supported by Belarus.\n\nThe ATP and the WTA have suspended their combined event scheduled to take place in Moscow in October.\n\nThe ITF has also cancelled its events in the country.", "The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have attended the premiere of Top Gun: Maverick in London.\n\nIts star Tom Cruise joined them on the red carpet in Leicester Square.\n\nThe original Top Gun movie was released more than 30 years ago.", "Boris Johnson's father Stanley says he has become a French national, telling a Belgium news website he wanted to keep \"a link\" with the EU after Brexit.\n\nMr Johnson, whose mother was French, told BFMTV getting citizenship was \"something precious\" and allowed him to \"claim part of my identity\".\n\n\"I count myself once again as an EU member - that's very good,\" he added.\n\nUnlike his son, who led the campaign to leave the EU, Mr Johnson voted Remain in the 2016 Brexit referendum.\n\nHowever, he later changed his mind, saying \"the time has come to bail\".\n\nBetween 1979 and 1984, Mr Johnson was a member of the European Parliament representing Wight and Hampshire East.\n\nDowning Street said his decision to accept French citizenship was \"a personal matter for the prime minister's father\".\n\nStanley Johnson announced he would be seeking French citizenship in December 2020 - a month before the UK fully left the EU.\n\nThe French Ministry of Justice has confirmed Mr Johnson acquired French nationality on Wednesday, having applied on 18 November 2021.\n\nSpeaking to PA News, the former environmental campaigner said: \"I'm absolutely delighted and have no idea at what level this decision was taken but I do think it was a very imaginative thing to do at this moment, at a time when relations with France and the EU are not necessarily the best.\"\n\nMr Johnson joked that he could stand for the European Parliament again, but this time for a French constituency.\n\nHe also said he had received a one word reply from his son, Boris - \"magnifique\".\n\nFrench law normally prevents the children of French citizens from claiming nationality if their French family member has lived outside the country for more than 50 years without making use of their rights.\n\nHowever, the justice department said Mr Johnson had been able to reactivate his right to French nationality under a clause for those with a \"cultural, professional, economic or family\" link to the country.\n\nIt added that Mr Johnson's French citizenship applied only to him, and did not extend to his descendants.\n\nThere is no requirement for British people becoming French citizens to give up their UK nationality.\n\nFollowing the Brexit referendum there was a surge in UK citizens acquiring the nationality of another EU country.\n\nIn 2017 13,141 UK citizens obtained the nationality of one of the 18 member states - compared with 5,056 in 2016 and only 1,826 in 2015.\n\nBecause he was born in New York, Boris Johnson was able to hold US citizenship, which he did for 25 years before giving it up in 2016.", "The world's richest man, Elon Musk, has denied claims that he groped and exposed himself to an employee at his SpaceX rocket company six years ago.\n\nA report in the Business Insider news outlet on Thursday alleged SpaceX paid the ex-flight attendant $250,000 (£200,000) to settle the claim.\n\n\"Those wild accusations are utterly untrue,\" he wrote on Twitter.\n\nThe SpaceX founder suggested the piece was intended to interfere with his stalled $44bn (£35bn) acquisition of Twitter and malign the recent shift in his politics.\n\nHe had used the social media site to announce he \"can no longer support\" the Democratic Party on Wednesday, saying he plans to vote for Republicans in future elections.\n\nShares in his electric car company, Tesla, dropped on Friday.\n\nAccording to Business Insider, SpaceX paid the unnamed woman a severance agreement that was settled out of court and, as part of the deal, she was not allowed to sue the company or talk about the alleged incident.\n\nThe magazine quotes an anonymous friend of the flight attendant, who it claimed had provided a signed declaration as part of the settlement process.\n\nThe friend said Mr Musk had exposed himself to the former employee - a cabin crew member on contract for SpaceX's corporate jet fleet - in 2016 while receiving a massage from her aboard his private jet.\n\nHe is said to have exposed his genitals to her, touched her leg without consent, and offered to buy her a gift if she would \"do more\" - referring to the performance of sex acts.\n\nThe BBC has not been able to confirm these reports independently.\n\nIn a series of tweets late on Thursday night, he alleged the friend quoted in the report was \"a far left activist/actress in [Los Angeles] with a major political axe to grind\" - and challenged her to verify the claims by describing his intimate body parts.\n\nNicholas Carlson, the magazine's editor-in-chief, defended his outlet's work, writing on Twitter: \"We stand by our story, which is based on documents and interviews and speaks for itself.\"", "Covid infections have fallen again to one in 50 people in the UK, according to the latest estimates from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).\n\nThat means around 1.27 million people had coronavirus in the week to 13 May - down 14% from the week before.\n\nInfections have been coming down steeply since the end of March, after the Omicron variant pushed up cases.\n\nOver-65s and health and care staff are among groups to be offered a vaccine in the autumn to top up protection.\n\nClinically vulnerable adults aged 16 to 64 will also be offered a Covid jab ahead of the winter, when the virus could spread more widely.\n\nA form of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, called BA.2, is the most common cause of Covid, but two others - BA.4 and BA.5 - have now been named 'variants of concern' by UK health officials.\n\n\"They are likely to have a growth advantage over BA.2,\" says the UK Health Security Agency in its latest report on variants.\n\nHowever, it cautions that this is based on a small number of cases, and there is still a lot of uncertainty.\n\nBA.4 and BA.5 are currently causing another Covid wave in South Africa. In the UK, levels are very low.\n\nCovid infections are now at their lowest level since mid-December, the ONS says, based on swab tests of thousands of people in households across the UK, whether they have symptoms or not.\n\nSince free testing has now ended in England, and is restricted in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the ONS survey is the most accurate picture of the spread of Covid-19.\n\nFrom the positive tests collected, the ONS estimates that infections fell in all four UK nations in mid-May.\n\nHowever, the ONS found that infections may no longer be falling in the south-east and south-west of England. And among under-35s, the drop in infections looks to be slowing down.\n\nSarah Crofts, head of analytical outputs for the Covid-19 Infection Survey, said: \"Today's figures continue to show a welcome decline in infections across the UK, reaching their lowest point in England since the start of December last year.\n\n\"While younger age groups continue to be the lowest infected, there are early signs of the decrease slowing for under-35s.\n\n\"We will continue to monitor these patterns over the coming weeks, since it is too early to say if this is part of a longer trend.\"\n\nOfficial figures from hospitals in the UK show the number of patients with Covid continues to fall, to levels last seen towards the end of 2021.\n\nDeaths are also decreasing, with 169 deaths within 28 days of a positive test reported on 19 May.\n\nIn total, more than 177,000 people have died in the UK since the outbreak of the virus.\n\nAt least one dose of a vaccine to protect against Covid-19 has so far been given to nine in 10 people aged 12 and over.\n• None Who can still get free Covid tests?", "Health Secretary Sajid Javid has said another 11 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in the UK.\n\nThe new cases come on top of the nine already identified in the country.\n\nMr Javid said \"most cases\" are mild. He has now updated G7 health ministers on the spread of the virus, which has been detected in nine other countries outside Central and West Africa.\n\nHe said the UK was stocking up on smallpox vaccines to help guard against monkeypox.\n\n\"I can confirm we have procured further doses,\" he said.\n\nA smallpox jab offers some good protection against monkeypox since the two viruses are quite similar.\n\nThe World Health Organization is convening an emergency meeting with experts about the spread.\n\nDr Hans Henri Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, is concerned that transmission could accelerate as countries enter the summer \"festival\" season.\n\nCases of the disease outside Central and West Africa are rare, but some have been occurring recently in Europe, USA, Canada and Australia.\n\nIt is not clear how much vaccine stock has been bought by the UK, or how many jabs might be given.\n\nReports say Spain is preparing to order thousands of doses of smallpox vaccine to use against monkeypox.\n\nEven without a vaccine, most cases clear up on their own within a few weeks. Severe cases sometimes can occur though.\n\nThe rash changes and goes through different stages, and can look like chickenpox or syphilis, before finally forming a scab, which later falls off\n\nMonkeypox is usually associated with travel to Central or West Africa, but some of the cases that have been occurring outside these countries have had no travel link.\n\nIt does not spread easily between people, but it can be spread through:\n\nIf you get infected with monkeypox, it usually takes between five and 21 days for the first symptoms to appear.\n\nA rash can develop, often beginning on the face, then spreading to other parts of the body. The rash changes and goes through different stages - a bit like chicken pox - before finally forming a scab, which later falls off.\n\nRead more about the virus here.\n\nThe UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) says the risk to the public remains very low.\n\nAnyone with concerns that they could be infected should see a health professional, but make contact with the clinic or surgery ahead of a visit. NHS 111 can also give advice.\n\nDr Susan Hopkins from the UKHSA said \"a notable proportion\" of the recent cases in the UK and Europe have been found in gay and bisexual men \"so we are particularly encouraging them to be alert to the symptoms and seek help if concerned\".\n\nHer colleague, Prof Kevin Fenton, said: \"We are asking everybody to be aware of the signs and symptoms, which include rashes around the mouth as well as around the genital area.\"\n\nThe Imvanex smallpox vaccine is about 85% effective in preventing monkeypox, studies suggest. Vaccination after a monkeypox exposure may help prevent the disease or make it less severe.\n\nVaccines work by teaching the immune system how to defend itself against a disease.\n\nRoutine smallpox vaccination ended in the 1970s in Britain, around the time the disease was eradicated, meaning many people have not got any protection or immune memory against these types of viruses.", "Chancellor Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty are estimated to be worth £730m\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty have made the Sunday Times Rich List of the UK's wealthiest 250 people for the first time.\n\nTheir joint £730m fortune ranks them at 222 of the paper's annual list.\n\nRecently, Ms Murty's tax affairs came under scrutiny after it was revealed she had \"non-dom\" status - meaning she did not pay UK tax on overseas income.\n\nMs Murty, the daughter of an Indian IT billionaire, later agreed to pay UK taxes on all her earnings.\n\nHer 0.9% stake in her father Narayana Murty's IT company Infosys, estimated to be worth around £690m, earned her £11.6m in dividend income last year.\n\nIt is estimated her use of non-dom status could have saved her £20m in taxes.\n\nThe Sunday Times said the couple had made their first appearance on the Rich List now because it was only able to confirm Ms Murty's stake in her father's business over the last year.\n\nMr Sunak was later cleared of breaching the ministerial code after referring himself to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's standards adviser to check if he had properly declared all his interests.\n\nA \"non-dom\" tax designation, short for \"non-domiciled individual\", is a term used for a UK resident whose permanent home, or domicile, is outside the UK.\n\nSomeone with the status only pays UK tax on money earned in the UK, but does not have to pay any tax to the British government on money made elsewhere in the world (unless they pay that money into a UK bank account).\n\nMeanwhile, the latest ranking of the 250 richest people in Britain also revealed a record 177 billionaires in the UK this year, the Sunday Times said.\n\nOverall, the richest individuals and families in the UK this year are worth £711bn, an 8% rise on last year's £658bn.\n\nThe expanding fortunes of Britain's wealthiest people comes amid a growing cost of living crisis, with UK inflation rising sharply to 9% in the year to April - meaning prices are rising at their fastest rate for 40 years.\n\nIn February, Mr Sunak announced a £9bn package of measures, including a £150 discount to council tax and a £200 loan for energy bills in the autumn, but he is under increasing pressure to offer more support to households as energy bills and food prices continue to rise.\n\nSri and Gopi Hinduja, who run the India-based conglomerate Hinduja Group, topped the list with their £28.47bn fortune - a growth of more than £11bn in a year.\n\nEntrepreneur Sir James Dyson and his family jumped to second in the rich list after a £6.7bn increase to £23bn.\n\nAccording to the Sunday Times, the 10 richest families and individuals in the UK, the estimated value of their fortunes and the primary source of their wealth are:\n\nRussian billionaire Roman Abramovich's ranking dropped sharply after being sanctioned over the Ukraine war\n\nHowever, Chelsea owner and Russian steel magnate Roman Abramovich's wealth halved in a year to £6bn - dropping him 20 places from his 2021 ranking to 28th on this year's rich list.\n\nThe oligarch is the biggest loser of all in this year's Rich List, the Sunday Times said.\n\nThe plummet in Mr Abramovich's fortunes followed his being sanctioned over the war in Ukraine, the enforced sale of Chelsea and the sharp fall in his shares in steel company Evraz.\n\nThe premier league club is expected to be sold in late May, after £4.25bn deal to purchase it was agreed with a consortium led by American businessmen Todd Boehly.\n\nAnother notable billionaire with ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin whose fortunes have suffered since sanctions were imposed, if not so dramatically, is Uzbek-born Russian oil oligarch Alisher Usmanov.\n\nHis estimated worth dropped by £3bn to £10bn, falling from sixth to 11th place.\n\nUpdate 30th August: We have removed Christoph Henkel and family from the top 10 after the Sunday Times issued a clarification advising that they changed their assessment of the Henkel's wealth since the publication of the Rich List in May 2022.", "Margaret Keenan, the first person in the UK to receive a Covid vaccine, was given a booster this spring\n\nAt-risk groups should be given a booster Covid vaccine dose this autumn, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has advised.\n\nThe body suggested jabs should be offered to over-65s, health and care staff and clinically vulnerable adults aged 16-64.\n\nThe JCVI said this would top up levels of protection for the winter.\n\nThe provisional guidance is designed to give the NHS and care homes time to plan.\n\nAt the moment, a narrower group is being offered a spring booster:\n\nThose are the people considered to be the most vulnerable to severe disease and death should they catch Covid.\n\nMost receiving a booster now will be offered a further vaccine in the autumn, roughly six months later.\n\nThe wider group - of less vulnerable older adults, frontline health and social care workers and those who have health conditions but are not severely immune compromised - will be receiving their booster roughly a year on from their last jab.\n\nProf Jonathan Ball, a virologist at the University of Nottingham, said it seemed like a \"sensible approach\".\n\n\"We know that immunity to Covid-19 following vaccination or indeed infection contracts over time\", he said, and this would give people most at risk from severe disease a \"boost just before virus circulation is likely to pick up during autumn and winter months\".\n\nBut, he added, timing was important to make sure people received their extra jabs before virus circulation started to rise.\n\nThe JCVI offers recommendations to the whole of the UK, but leaders in the four nations each decide whether to act on it.\n\nThe Scottish, English and Welsh governments have confirmed their plans to act in line with the vaccine committee's advice.\n\nA spokesperson for the Department of Health and Social Care said the government had asked NHS England \"to begin preparations\" and to ensure vaccines were ready for those eligible.\n\nAfter being offered three doses, the JCVI is not currently recommending that younger people and those who aren't at high risk receive a booster at this point.\n\nBut the body said it would continue to review the situation.\n\nCovid vaccination committee chairman Prof Wei Shen Lim said: \"Last year's autumn booster vaccination programme provided excellent protection against severe Covid-19, including against the Omicron variant.\n\n\"As we continue to review the scientific data, further updates to this advice will follow.\"\n\nThough they make up a small fraction of the population, unvaccinated people account for a disproportionately large number of intensive-care admissions.\n\nNorthern Ireland's government has not yet confirmed to the BBC whether it plans to take up the recommendations.", "For weeks the bombed out Azovstal steel mill was the last remaining site in Mariupol not under Russian control\n\nRussia has declared victory in its months-long battle to conquer the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol.\n\nThe last fighters defending the city's Azovstal steel plant have now surrendered, Moscow officials said.\n\nFor months the troops had been holed up in the huge complex, preventing Russia from establishing complete control over the city.\n\nFriday's evacuation marks the end of the most destructive siege of the war, with Mariupol now in complete ruins.\n\nThe city and its steel plant are now \"completely liberated\" after 531 Ukrainian troops left the site, the Russian defence ministry said.\n\n\"The underground facilities of the enterprise, where the militants were hiding, came under the full control of the Russian armed forces,\" it added in a statement.\n\nUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the site's last remaining defenders had been given permission to leave.\n\n\"Today the boys received a clear signal from the military command that they can get out and save their lives,\" he told a Ukrainian television channel earlier on Friday.\n\nA bus carries surrendered Ukrainian troops out of Azovstal under military escort on 20 May\n\nFor weeks the Azovstal site had been completely encircled.\n\nRussian forces blocked all humanitarian aid from entering, bombarded the site from the air and demanded its remaining defenders put down their weapons.\n\nMany of those trapped inside were civilians, including women, children and elderly people. Earlier this month they were completely evacuated following painstaking negotiations coordinated by the UN and Red Cross that lasted for weeks.\n\nBut the continued refusal of the site's Ukrainian defenders to surrender meant Russia was unable to command complete control over the strategic port city.\n\nFor many Ukrainians, it also turned the Azovstal defenders into national heroes who symbolised the country's stubborn resistance.\n\nThe hundreds of soldiers holed up inside included marines, the National Guard (including the Azov regiment), border guards, police and territorial defence units.\n\nCamped out with diminishing food supplies and no water, they lived for weeks in underground bunkers and tunnels without seeing daylight.\n\nThe sprawling four-square-mile complex is a maze of tunnels designed to survive a nuclear war.\n\nTheir commander said all wounded troops had now been taken away by Russian buses and ambulances.\n\nRussia says the steel plant's remaining 531 Ukrainian defenders surrendered on Friday\n\nAccording to Moscow officials, Friday's evacuation means a total of 2,439 Ukrainian fighters have now surrendered from the steel works in recent days.\n\nMoscow has released no information about where the soldiers who left on Friday are being evacuated to, but previous buses have been sent to Russian-controlled territories.\n\nA video released by the Russian defence ministry, which the BBC has been unable to verify, appears to show a line of unarmed men approaching Russian soldiers outside the plant and giving their names. The Russians then carefully search each man and their possessions.\n\nUkrainian officials hope they can be released as part of a prisoner exchange but that has not been confirmed by Moscow.\n\nRussian President Vladimir Putin said the soldiers would be treated \"in line with the relevant international laws\", but there is concern over what will happen to them if they remain in Russian custody.\n\nHowever, on Tuesday Russian lawmakers put forward plans to declare Azov regiment fighters \"Nazi criminals\" who must not be part of any prisoner swap with Ukraine.\n\nThe Azov regiment, set up as a volunteer militia in 2014 but now a National Guard unit, once had links to the far right.\n\nMeanwhile, the office of Russia's prosecutor general has asked the country's Supreme Court to declare the unit a \"terrorist organisation\" in an apparent attempt to prevent its fighters being treated as conventional prisoners of war.", "One adult can look after four two-year-olds at once in English nurseries, at the moment - but the government wants to change that\n\nNurseries and other childcare providers say plans to allow more children for each member of staff in England will not cut costs for parents.\n\nMost nurseries and pre-schools were opposed and would not increase numbers, the Early Years Alliance charity said.\n\nOne mother, whose two-year-old has severe allergies, told BBC News she did not want staff stretched further.\n\nThe government said it would consult on whether to allow each member of staff in England to look after more children.\n\nCurrently, in a nursery in England, one adult can look after four two-year-olds.\n\nIn Scotland, five are allowed.\n\nThe government is to ask parents and childcare providers' views on whether to do the same in England.\n\nBut a snapshot of views gathered by the Early Years Alliance, seen exclusively by BBC News, suggests strong opposition.\n\nOf the more than 5,800 nurseries and pre-schools that responded, 4,309 were strongly opposed, with a further 398 against the plans to some degree.\n\nChildminders were more divided, with just over half of the 2,146 who responded against the plans.\n\nWill Quince, Minister for Children and Families, has visited Scotland - where education is devolved - and is also looking at how other European countries operate before consulting the public on changes.\n\nReggie has been admitted to hospital with allergic reactions\n\nAshlie Walker has four children but the one she worries most about is Reggie.\n\nReggie, two, has severe allergic reactions that can be life threatening and has already ended up in hospital several times as a result.\n\nWith a new baby to care for, Ashlie has to trust nursery staff to look after Reggie a couple of days a week.\n\nShe is anxious about them being stretched any further by having more children to look after.\n\n\"That's too much for them,\" Ashlie says.\n\n\"It's piling too much pressure on them. It's not fair to ask that of them.\"\n\nThe parents of a toddler who died last year after a medical emergency at nursery have started a petition against the changes, which has already reached 59,000 signatures.\n\nFor most, formal childcare costs are highest before their child's second birthday, when the number of children each staff member can look after is lower.\n\nAllowing more over-twos would cut these costs, the government has said.\n\nBut nurseries say they are facing rising costs from increases to the National Living Wage and National Insurance, as well as energy and food prices.\n\nAlmost a quarter of families with a household income of between £20,000 and £30,000 a year spend more than £100 a week on childcare for one to two- year-olds, according to new analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).\n\nThe IFS says this amounts to more than 17% of their pre-tax income.\n\nIt warns that blanket measures, such as relaxing staff to child ratios, would mainly benefit high-earning parents of younger children, in the most expensive parts of the country.\n\nThere is also concern about the pandemic's impact on young children.\n\nAn Education Endowment Foundation study found fewer Reception pupils in England were fully ready for school this year\n\nOnly 59% of four- and five-year-olds were at the expected level for key markers such as social skills, speaking and understanding words or numbers, and physical development - down from 72% in 2019.\n\nAt Little Toes Nursery, in Nottingham, owner Rachel Buxton says lockdown babies need extra help to develop and there are rising wellbeing concerns\n\n\"Some of our children have got speech delay, so we're seeing more speech-and-language referrals,\" she says.\n\n\"They've not had the opportunity to socialise, they're not just alone at home with a parent anymore and they need help from an adult with those social skills.\"\n\nSo even if ratios are relaxed, Rachel has no plans to ask staff to look after more children.\n\nShe also fears a change in the rules could be used as a reason to hold down the hourly rate of funding for the free hours the government offers to parents.\n\nEarly Years Alliance chief executive Neil Leitch said the funding had already fallen behind costs and, amid a recruitment crisis, it was \"ridiculous\" to imagine any savings would be passed on to parents.\n\n\"When I talk to people who are leaving the sector, they say they are exhausted and undervalued, so they are completely opposed to the proposal they take on more and more children, give these children less and less time,\" he added.\n\nA government spokesman said more than £3.5bn had been spent in each of the past three years to support free hours of childcare, including the 30 hours a week for working parents of three- and four-year-olds.\n\n\"Ministers have been clear that supporting families with access to childcare and early education is a priority,\" he said.\n\n\"We are working with colleagues all over government to look for ways to improve the cost, choice and availability of childcare places.\"\n\nLabour says instead of altering the number of children for each staff member, it would quadruple the funding targeted at the poorest early years children.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Emergency services said they were working together to establish exactly what had happened\n\nTwo people have been taken to hospital and five more treated after reporting breathing difficulties at a Sainsbury's.\n\nAbout 150 people evacuated the store, with several other premises within a 50m cordon also cleared.\n\nA cordon was placed around the store on Longbridge Lane in Longbridge, Birmingham, after emergency services were called shortly before 10:00 BST.\n\nThe store was reopened on Friday evening.\n\n\"We would like to thank our customers and colleagues for their patience and understanding,\" Sainsbury's said.\n\nWest Midlands Fire Service crews left the scene shortly before 15:30 BST and said its detection equipment had highlighted nothing of concern.\n\nWest Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) said it was alerted to reports of six people suffering with breathing problems at the shop, with seven treated at the scene.\n\nPeople have been advised to avoid the area while emergency services remain at the scene\n\nTwo people were taken to hospital as a precaution, it said, while others described as \"worried but well\" received advice from ambulance staff.\n\nA nearby college building was not evacuated, the fire service said, but was advised to keep windows closed as a precaution.\n\nPeople were advised to stay away from the scene.\n\n\"Anyone who has been in the area and is feeling unwell should seek medical advice as a precaution,\" WMAS added.\n\nA 50m cordon has been placed around the supermarket\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk", "Cinderella cast members have expressed their frustration after finding out the musical's West End run was cancelled on social media.\n\nAndrew Lloyd Webber's show will end on 12 June, it was announced on Sunday.\n\nBut some cast members said they read the news on social media or news outlets before being told themselves.\n\nLord Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group said efforts were made to \"ensure that the message was distributed as widely as possible as quickly as possible\".\n\nThe theatre impresario said he was \"incredibly proud\" of the show but has not yet personally commented on the complaints about how the announcement was handled.\n\nNo official reason was given for the show's early closure, but the Cinderella website says anyone with tickets for performances after 12 June would not lose their money.\n\nThe cast of Cinderella were told about the show's early closure on Sunday afternoon, following a matinee performance.\n\nA message was then sent out to the show's actors and crew with producers thanking them for their \"immeasurable contribution to the show\" and confirming a statement was was being made to the press shortly.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Cinderella opens in the West End, but it's not what you're expecting\n\nHowever, some cast members, including the show's star Carrie Hope Fletcher, were absent from Sunday's matinee performance, which meant the story began to appear in the press before all performers had heard the news.\n\n\"I wasn't in the show today and I was only informed via other cast members and a member of the music team,\" Fletcher wrote on Instagram. \"I had no official call from the company to let me know before it was posted online.\"\n\nFurthermore, Cinderella - written by The Crown star Emerald Fennell - was due to welcome a new cast in the coming weeks.\n\nWhile many members of the current company were told in person, actors from the incoming cast complained that they were not informed at all.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn a 164-minute video on Instagram, actress Summer Strallen discussed the situation in detail, saying that, while her agent received an email, she \"basically got fired by social media, which is just not OK\".\n\nShe said she recently had a wig fitting ahead of her taking over the role of The Queen from Rebecca Trehearn, and claimed she only found out the show was cancelled when a friend sent her an article on Sunday.\n\nSpeaking later to BBC Radio 4's PM programme, she added people working in theatre \"feel so disposable\" and she feared being \"blacklisted\" for her Instagram video.\n\n\"I just feel so strongly that it's so unfair, not just to the cast but also the front-of-house staff, the backstage crew and the musicians. There has been no regard for that at all,\" she said.\n\nThe Really Useful Group, which is owned by Andrew Lloyd Webber and produces, licenses and promotes his shows, said it had made efforts to inform actors prior to the announcement, some via their agents.\n\nHowever, on the Sunday of a bank holiday weekend, many agents would not have been checking their work emails, several actors pointed out on Twitter.\n\nIn a statement to BBC News, a spokesperson for the Really Useful Group said: \"The entire company working yesterday were told in person after the matinee performance. There was no evening performance so this was not before a show last night.\n\n\"At the same time as the company were told, everyone not present was called or emailed by the wider RUG team. Every effort was made to ensure that the message was distributed as widely as possible as quickly as possible but clearly we had to move quickly as news was getting out on social media.\"\n\nAndrew Lloyd Webber said he would risk arrest to put on Cinderella amid a row over lockdown rules in England last year\n\nLord Lloyd Webber has not personally commented on the way the announcement was handled, but in his initial statement he said he was \"incredibly proud of Cinderella\".\n\n\"Not only did it get some of the best reviews of my career, but we led the charge to reopen the West End, ensuring that theatre and live entertainment remained relevant and in the news,\" he said.\n\nThe composer thanked \"everyone involved\" in the show, adding that it would now be revamped ahead of a Broadway transfer in March 2023.\n\nBut the disappointment and outrage from stars continued on social media over the following hours.\n\nCarrie Hope Fletcher plays the title role in Cinderella - described by critics as having a \"snappy contemporary edge\"\n\nStrictly Come Dancing finalist and TV chef John Whaite said he was due to join the cast in July and take over the role of Prince Charming and that the cancellation was \"heartbreaking\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAlice Fearn, who is currently starring in another West End show, Come From Away, said: \"No one, NO ONE should find out a job is no longer going ahead on social media.\"\n\nAn actor in the current cast, Tobias Charles, confirmed they were told on Sunday, adding: \"Our support should go to the team replacing us, and those who were extending [their contracts]\".\n\nActress Micha Richardson said: \"I can't believe we live in a day and age that we find out that our jobs are no longer happening through social media on a Sunday.\"\n\nCinderella opened at the Gillian Lynne Theatre in August 2021 - with its launch impacted by Covid-19 lockdown rules\n\nOutside of the cast and crew, other high-profile figures in the theatre community also expressed their support.\n\nPlaywright James Graham said producers should \"definitely make sure the people employed hear first\" ahead of any closure announcement.\n\nActor Robert Lindsay said the apparent lack of communication was \"shocking and unforgiveable\".\n\nPaul W Fleming, the general secretary of actors' union Equity, said in a statement to BBC News: \"Equity members made this show. They poured their hearts and skills into it through the worst two years in living memory. Now they're jobless, effectively sacked by press release.\n\n\"All unions are fighting forms of this practice right now - and Equity will get compensation for our members after the pain and distress this has caused them.\"", "Prince Charles announced a project to protect 70 ancient woodlands and 70 trees to mark the Queen's Jubilee\n\nThe Prince of Wales has urged people to protect \"dwindling\" ancient trees in honour of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.\n\nA network of 70 ancient woodlands and 70 ancient trees is being dedicated to the Queen, marking her 70-year reign.\n\nThe woodland that inspired the 100 Acre Wood in Winnie the Pooh and the apple tree where Sir Isaac Newton discovered gravity are among those included.\n\nWe need to \"protect the precious ancient woodland habitats for generations to come\", the prince said.\n\nThe Queen's Green Canopy, of which Prince Charles is patron, has been encouraging people to plant a tree for the Jubilee and create a legacy to the Queen.\n\n\"If we are to create the ancient trees of the future we must plant more trees and hedgerows, in fields, churchyards and avenues,\" the prince added.\n\nAs Prince Charles unveiled the collection of woodlands and trees due to be protected across the UK, he asked for the \"dwindling\" historic natural habitat to be renewed.\n\nHe said woodlands and trees do not only exist for \"everyone to enjoy\", but also to support biodiversity and provide materials for craft workers.\n\nThe dedication of ancient trees and woodlands aims to honour the Queen and raise awareness of the importance of conserving ancient trees and woodlands.\n\nPrince Charles said their steadfast and reassuring presence was \"a reminder of our long-serving sovereign and her enduring dedication\".\n\n\"Let us ensure that in her name we can now protect and strengthen this wonderful living canopy for the next 70 years and, hopefully, way beyond,\" he added.\n\nThe ancient trunks of the yews framing the North Door of St Edward’s Church, Stow-on-the-Wold, are said to have inspired the magical Doors of Durin in JRR Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring\n\nUnder an apple tree at Woolsthorpe Manor in Lincolnshire, Isaac Newton wondered why objects always fall downwards\n\nThe Crom Castle Yew, County Fermanagh, is a female yew conjoined with a much younger male tree\n\nThe range of locations - from rural to urban - being dedicated to the monarch reflects \"the unique diversity of all corners of the United Kingdom\", he said.\n\nThe chosen locations also reflect a range of themes including history, children, education, creative arts and science.\n\nPrince Charles launched the project in a video message recorded under one of the ancient trees. The old Sycamore tree at Dumfries House in Scotland was planted around the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and King James VI.\n\n\"It is remarkable that this ancient tree is as old as Shakespeare's Hamlet and Caravaggio's David and Goliath,\" he said.\n\nThe Birks of Aberfeldy, near the Falls of Moness, was immortalised in song by the poet Robert Burns\n\nThe so-called Pulpit Yew in St James Churchyard, Denbighshire, is home to a flight of steps leading to a seat and podium within the hollow of the tree\n\nHe said more than one million trees had already been planted as part of the \"treebilee\" campaign for the jubilee.\n\nIt has also been announced that primary school children in the UK will be given a book to mark the jubilee, which includes famous quotes from the Queen and details about significant Commonwealth figures such as Nelson Mandela.\n\nThe book will be handed out to children in state-funded primary schools, the Department of Education said.", "There are around 300 betting shops in Northern Ireland\n\nBetting shops and bingo halls in Northern Ireland will be able to open later for the first time on a Sunday following the introduction of new gambling laws.\n\nThe new legislation also means they can open on Good Friday from next year.\n\nIt brings gambling laws into line with the rest of the UK and the Republic of Ireland.\n\nThe NI Turf Guardians' Association (NITGA) described Sunday openings as \"a positive development\".\n\nHowever the organisation, which represents a number of bookmakers in Northern Ireland, said that as the law change had not been expected until later in the spring, many betting shops may not be able to open later.\n\n\"The timing of the law coming into force is earlier than anticipated and it had been expected this would not take place until mid to late May,\" a spokesman said.\n\n\"Preparation is now under way for Sunday opening, which is expected to lead to the creation of up to 250 part-time jobs.\"\n\nThe Department for Communities confirmed the legislation had been given Royal Assent earlier this week having passed through the Stormont Assembly in early March.\n\n\"This means that from 27 April, premises-based bookmakers here can trade on Sundays and Good Fridays,\" a department spokeswoman said.\n\nThe change to Sunday opening also applies to bingo halls\n\nIt is considered the biggest change to gambling laws in Northern Ireland in almost 40 years.\n\nThe previous laws - contained in the Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Northern Ireland) Order - date back to 1985.\n\nNITGA said the law change addresses \"a longstanding anomaly whereby customers were able to place bets online, on a racecourse, or at a bookmaker shop across the border on Sundays but were unable to go to a bookmaker shop in Northern Ireland\".\n\n\"Given that such a significant number of sporting events take place on a Sunday, demand had to be met elsewhere, including through illegal betting in pubs and clubs,\" a NITGA spokesman added.\n\nThe NI Turf Guardians' Association represents the majority of betting shops trading in Northern Ireland, of which there are about 300, with 1,500 staff employed.", "Judd's death was announced the day before she was due to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame\n\nTributes have been paid to US country music star Naomi Judd, who has died at the age of 76.\n\nThe Kentucky-born singer was part of the Grammy award-winning duo The Judds, performing with her daughter Wynonna.\n\nThe pair had a string of hits, including Love Can Build a Bridge, and were due to be inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday.\n\nBut Judd's death was announced a day earlier by Wynonna and her other daughter Ashley, an actor.\n\nIn a statement, the sisters said they had lost their \"beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness\" and were \"navigating profound grief.\"\n\nNo further details have been released about the cause of her death.\n\nA host of industry voices, including singer-songwriter Carrie Underwood, have paid their respects to Judd on social media.\n\nJudd (right) and her daughter Wynonna (left) recently announced a new musical tour earlier this year\n\nThe Academy of Country Music has also said it is \"deeply saddened\" by the \"heartbreaking news\".\n\nActress Kristen Johnston tweeted that she remembered Judd as \"lovely, warm and fun\".\n\n\"The thing I remember best was how proud she was of her daughters,\" added Ms Johnston. \"My heart breaks for her family.\"\n\nFormer Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee said in a tweet that he was also \"devastated\" by her death.\n\n\"I loved her candour and humour,\" said Mr Huckabee, a former presidential nominee. \"She is irreplaceable.\"\n\nThe Judds released six studio albums during a career spanning three decades, winning them many prestigious accolades - including five Grammys and nine Country Music Association Awards.\n\nAfter Naomi was diagnosed with Hepatitis C, Wynonna began a solo career but they have occasionally reunited for performances. Earlier this year they announced a new arena tour, due to start in the autumn - their first in over a decade.", "The benefits apply to some elective treatments further than 100 miles from an employee's home\n\nAmazon will reimburse staff in the US who travel for a wide range of non-life threatening medical treatments including elective abortions.\n\nA message to Amazon staff said that the firm will pay up to $4,000 (£3,201) in travel expenses each year for treatments not available nearby.\n\nSeveral other companies have announced plans that ensure staff have access to abortions.\n\nIt comes amid rising restrictions for the procedure nationwide.\n\nAmazon's new benefits are effective retroactively from 1 January.\n\nAccording to the announcement, first reported by Reuters, the new benefits will apply to treatments that are not available inside a 100-mile (161km) radius of an employee's home and for which virtual options are not available.\n\nAn Amazon spokesperson confirmed the benefit expansion to the BBC and said it also includes bariatric care, oncology, congenital anomalies from within 24 months of birth, mental health treatments and in-patient substance abuse disorder services.\n\nAmazon is one of the biggest private sector employers in the US, with 1.1m full and part-time workers in the country. It employs people nation-wide, with most workers in California, Texas, and Washington state - home to its global headquarters.\n\nThe benefits will be available to all employees enrolled in two different health plans offered by the company, including those working in offices or in warehouses.\n\nThe company also offers up to $10,000 (£8,002) for urgent, life-threatening medical issues.\n\nWhile the expansion of benefits by Amazon is not aimed specifically at allowing access to abortions, it comes at a time when several Republican state governments have passed laws restricting abortion access in their jurisdictions.\n\nNext month, the conservative-leaning Supreme Court will also rule on a case that could overturn Roe v Wade, a 1973 court ruling that legalised abortion in the US.\n\nIf the law is overturned, each US state could be permitted to determine its own abortion rules, with more than 20 states expected to limit abortion care or even ban abortions in most cases all together.\n\nIn Texas - which has one of the strictest abortion laws in the country and bans the procedure after six weeks of a pregnancy - a recent study found that some 1,400 Texans were traveling out of state for abortions monthly.\n\nCompanies including Yelp and Citigroup have recently said they will reimburse employees who travel to circumvent local abortion restrictions.\n\nCitigroup said the policy was \"in response to changes in reproductive healthcare laws in certain states\".", "The US tech giant denies it is stifling competition\n\nThe European Commission has accused Apple of abusing its market position for contactless smartphone payments.\n\nIn a preliminary finding, it said the US company may have broken competition law by preventing rivals from accessing its \"tap and go\" technology.\n\nApple denies the charge and has promised to engage with the Commission.\n\nIf the charges are upheld, it could be fined up to 10% of its global turnover of $36.6bn (£29.2bn) based on its revenue last year.\n\n\"We have indications that Apple restricted third-party access to key technology necessary to develop rival mobile wallet solutions on Apple's devices,\" EU Vice-President Margrethe Vestager said in a statement.\n\n\"We preliminarily found that Apple may have restricted competition, to the benefit of its own solution Apple Pay,\" the EU official who is in charge of competition policy said.\n\nAccording to the Commission, this behaviour from Apple has an \"exclusionary effect\" on competitors and \"leads to less innovation and less choice for consumers for mobile wallets on iPhones\".\n\nIn response, the tech giant said its payment system was only one of many options available to European consumers.\n\nIt added that it had \"ensured equal access\" to mobile payment technology, while \"setting industry-leading standards\" for privacy and security.\n\n\"We designed Apple Pay to provide an easy and secure way for users to digitally present their existing payment cards and for banks and other financial institutions to offer contactless payments for their customers,\" the company said in a statement.\n\n\"We will continue to engage with the Commission to ensure European consumers have access to the payment option of their choice in a safe and secure environment.\"\n\nHowever, the EU antitrust regulators said their investigation had not found \"any evidence\" that would point to a more open design posing a \"higher security risk\".\n\n\"On the contrary, evidence on our file indicates that Apple's conduct cannot be justified by security concerns,\" Ms Vestager said.\n\nThe Commission also accused Apple anti-competitive practices dating back to 2015 when it launched Apple Pay.\n\nMore than 2,500 banks in Europe use Apple Pay and Apple smartphones represent around a third of the market across Europe. Next year, the EU plans to implement new rules for technology firms, detailed in its Digital Markets Act.\n\nEU regulators also charged Apple last year, accusing the firm of distorting competition in music streaming markets after rival company Spotify lodged a complaint.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nataliia Roberts is trying to help a childhood friend\n\nHearing how her best friend's children were drinking rainwater from puddles to survive the war in Ukraine is why Nataliia Roberts wants her in the UK.\n\nYuliia and her three daughters used to run out of their basement shelter in the besieged city of Mariupol after it'd rained as they were so thirsty.\n\nIt wasn't just the basics of water and food, there was no toilet, shower or electricity in their refuge from bombs.\n\nNataliia now wants her childhood friend with her in the sanctuary of Wales.\n\n\"We had a small bowl [of soup] for three kids once per day,\" explained Yuliia. \"And one glass of water for three kids to clean themselves.\"\n\nAfter her home was destroyed by Russian bombs, Yuliia and her daughters - aged 11, six and three - had to find sanctuary in a communal basement which offered some shelter but she barely had any food to feed the children.\n\n\"The kids were asking for food so much, that's why she tried to feed them at bed time, so they felt full before bed,\" said worried friend Nataliia, watching on from her home in north Wales.\n\nTwo of Yuliia's children get some escapism as they watch a video on their mum's phone in their underground bunker\n\n\"When it started to rain first of all they were able to drink from the puddle and that water was so, so, tasty. Then they found some pans to fill with water.\"\n\nYuliia eventually had to leave her children hiding as she went to look for fresh water.\n\nYuliia and her family were happily enjoying life just months ago\n\n\"There was a well three kilometres [two miles] away. I had to run there under gunfire, under bombs,\" Yuliia recalls in a video diary for the BBC Wales Investigates programme.\n\nAnd when her middle daughter became unwell, there were no medicines.\n\nThe port city of Mariupol has been encircled by Russian troops since the start of March\n\nYuliia had to take refuge in an underground bunker after their apartment in Mariupol was destroyed by Russian bombs\n\n\"I had money but I couldn't buy anything because there was nothing anywhere, everything was broken, everything was looted and destroyed,\" she said.\n\nYuliia and Nataliia, who moved from Ukraine to Wales to be with her husband Dewi five years ago, have been close friends since school and had always kept in touch - until war broke out in Ukraine in February.\n\nNataliia speaks to Yuliia as often as she can to support her friend 2,000 miles away\n\nFor days, sometimes weeks, it wasn't safe for Yuliia to text or call her friend 2,000 miles away.\n\nNataliia had to make do with Yuliia's intermittent video diary updates from her underground bunker with her girls while her husband fought the Russians on the front line.\n\nYuliia and her three daughters hid out in their underground refuge for several weeks\n\nThe 32-year-old accountant has managed to get her mum and stepdad out of eastern Ukraine when the situation began to escalate and Liudmyla and Sasha now live with Nataliia, husband Dewi, four-year-old Julia and Jacob, one, in the safety of Caernarfon.\n\nNow Nataliia can't just look on as her friend struggles and is doing everything she can to help Yuliia and her young family become Ukrainian refugees in Wales.\n\nYuliia and her daughters are desperate to join their family friend Nataliia in north Wales\n\nYuliia and her girls are among 11 million Ukrainians forced to flee their homes before they eventually escaped Mariupol, under fire - weeks before the start of the United Nations-led evacuation from the strategically significant city.\n\nThe port city of Mariupol, which has been encircled since the start of March, is now mostly under the control of Russian forces - although several hundred Ukrainian troops remain in the Azovstal metal works factory in the south of the city.\n\nRussian forces have blockaded the sprawling industrial complex and are continuing their aerial bombardment of it, but no attempt has been made yet to clear Ukrainian troops from a network of tunnels beneath the factory.\n\nRussia has been accused of war crimes for its intense shelling of the city, with the local mayor saying at least 20,000 civilians have been killed. More than 100,000 people remain trapped in the city.\n\nBy train and then minibus, they headed for Poland, not knowing when they'd see her husband again, or whether they'd be able to join Nataliia and her family in Wales.\n\nBut it is the sights of war that are leaving their mark on Yulia.\n\nNataliia Roberts and her mum Liudmyla share a cup of tea in Nataliia's home in Caernarfon\n\n\"She did see dead people in Mariupol, the ones who were killed by rockets who had no hands, no legs, whose bodies were destroyed,\" said Nataliia.\n\n\"I would love to have Yuliia here in Wales. I was dreaming that one day we will have a cup of tea in our dining room altogether and they can see our life here and have a more happy life. I just would love it.\"\n\nAbout 27,000 Ukrainian refugees - out of the 86,000 approved visas - are in the UK and Wales has said it wants to be a \"nation of sanctuary\" for those fleeing the horrors of war in their home-land.\n\nAbout 10,000 Welsh households had offered homes to Ukrainian refugees but by the end of last month, the Home Office had issued 2,300 visas for those wanting to come to Wales.\n\nThe Welsh government has sponsored nearly 700 visa applications so far, but couldn't tell BBC Wales Investigates how many refugees had arrived in Wales, insisting it has asked the UK government for the data but been told it's unavailable.\n\nThe Home Office said it is working \"as fast as it can\" to provide the information for the devolved governments, adding more than 86,000 visas have been granted under various schemes and is simplifying forms and boosting staff numbers to speed up applications.", "Civilians arrive in Zaporizhzhia on Monday after travelling in a private vehicle from Mariupol\n\nAttacks have resumed on Mariupol's steel works, despite hundreds of civilians remaining trapped inside, a Ukrainian officer has said.\n\nThe Azovstal plant was being shelled by \"all kinds of weapons\", National Guard commander Denys Shlega said on Monday.\n\nOn Sunday a number of civilians who had sheltered inside the last resistance stronghold managed to escape.\n\nBut \"several dozen small children are still in the bunkers underneath the plant\", the commander said.\n\nThe shelling on the plant in the southern port city, which has been under intense Russian bombardment for weeks, began as soon as the civilians who had been evacuated left, he told Ukrainian television.\n\nOn Monday evening, footage emerged apparently showing a massive fire at the Azovstal, in what social media users said was a result of Russian bombardment.\n\nA first group of evacuees from the steelworks were expected to arrive in the Ukrainian-controlled city of Zaporizhzhia on Monday - but the rescue efforts have run into delays, the BBC's Laura Bicker, who is in the city, reports.\n\nIt is not clear what is causing the hold-up, she says. The convoy is on its way, but the buses have hundreds of miles to travel along a road which is - in part - rubble. They also have to go through a number of Russian checkpoints.\n\nThose who left Mariupol on Monday were evacuated with the support of the United Nations (UN) and the International Committee of the Red Cross, which organised an official convoy.\n\nRussia said some evacuees had been taken to a village controlled by Moscow-backed separatists. But state media later reported that they would be free to travel onwards to Ukrainian-held territory if they wanted to.\n\nUkraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed the news that around 100 people were heading for Zaporizhzhia, which is about 140 miles (230km) north-west of Mariupol.\n\n\"Grateful to our team! Now they, together with UN, are working on the evacuation of other civilians from the plant,\" he wrote on Twitter.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: One woman who left the Azovstal steel works said she did not see any sunlight for two months\n\nSome people have spent many weeks sheltering in the Azovstal steelworks, with reports suggesting food, water and medicine supplies are all running low.\n\n\"The situation has become a sign of a real humanitarian catastrophe,\" Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said.\n\nOne Russian news report estimated the number of civilians still in the plant was more than 500.\n\nA few evacuees from Mariupol who had not been sheltering in the steelworks arrived in Zaporizhzhia earlier on Monday after travelling independently.\n\n\"We lived in [our] basement starting from 27 February,\" Natalya Tsyntomirska told Reuters news agency. \"The whole time, we were shelled with mines, and then air strikes started. Our house is completely destroyed.\"\n\nAnother evacuee, who did not give a name, said she had been unable to reach the evacuation buses because of a blockade.\n\n\"Our city is divided between the left bank and right bank. The left bank was under a total blockade. We couldn't reach these buses,\" she said.\n\nLate on Monday, the Mariupol city council said an evacuation of civilians with the support of the UN and Red Cross had been agreed for Tuesday at 07:00 local time (04:00 GMT).\n\nRussia has so far made no public comments on the issue. A number of similar evacuation attempts have failed in recent days - with both Ukraine and Russia blaming each other for reneging on the agreed terms.\n\nA few civilians with their own cars are making use of the humanitarian corridor brokered by the United Nations and the Red Cross to get to the refugee centre.\n\nMost of the vehicles are battered, one even had its windscreen smashed. Others are using plastic film and sticky tape to hold parts of the car together.\n\nDaniil had to scramble through the city looking for spare parts for his car after it was hit by shrapnel from a shell which landed just five metres away. Peeking out the plastic film window from the passenger seat was his husky dog, Sly.\n\nAfter handing over his papers to officials, Daniil jumped out the car and threw his hands in the air. His fingers made the V for victory sign.\n\n\"It's been difficult, tough, frightening. I lived on a tugboat in the port in Mariupol. We couldn't even raise our heads. It was so scary to be there,\" he said.\n\n\"Mariupol used to have a wonderful park. It was a prospering city. Now it's all gone.\"\n\nI asked him what he will do now.\n\n\"I am going to leave. I am going to get as far from everything as possible.\"\n\nMariupol is almost fully under Russian control, with much of the city destroyed in weeks of heavy Russian bombardment and intense street fighting. Taking the port city is a key Russian war aim, and some of Russian troops there have already been released to join Moscow's wider offensive in the eastern Donbas region.\n\nHowever, Ukrainian soldiers have continued to defend the steelworks.\n\nAzovstal and its maze of of underground tunnels - surrounded by water on three sides - has become their fortress, plant director general Enver Tskitishvili told the BBC on Monday. It has 36 bunkers, some of them able to withstand a direct nuclear strike.\n\nThe Ukrainian government had updated Azovstal's bunker system in the wake of Russia's annexation of the southern Crimea peninsula and Moscow's backing of rebels in Donbas in 2014.\n\nEarlier this year, it even gave Ukrainian fighters details and maps of the underground network, and supplied the plant with 40,000 packages of food - each one enough for one person for one day.\n\n\"But we didn't expect such a genocide and inhumane war,\" Mr Tskitishvili said.", "Microfinance can be vital in keeping small businesses afloat\n\nBusinesses who are struggling post-pandemic need better access to small loans, experts say.\n\nCharity Purple Shoots said it had helped companies that might struggle to get finance from big banks.\n\nBusiness specialist Prof Dylan Jones-Evans said the Welsh government's development bank should offer more help to these businesses.\n\nThe Welsh government said it was committed to giving financial aid to small business.\n\nMicrofinance is the lending of relatively small amounts, often to small businesses or sole-traders.\n\nBanks usually focus on bigger loans but these little ones can allow firms to make small but meaningful improvements.\n\nAfter starting a candle business online during the pandemic, Nicky Stephenson decided to open a gift shop in Newbridge.\n\nMs Stephenson was hesitant to call the charity.\n\nNicky Stephenson needed money for cabinets when she opened a shop\n\n\"I was thinking that it would be another 'no' once I had filled out all the forms and everything,\" she said.\n\nBut Purple Shoots boss Karen Davies approved a loan to help Ms Stephenson's business in its new home.\n\nMs Stephenson said: \"Everybody else had said no, we were at our wits end.\n\n\"I can honestly say if it wasn't for Purple Shoots and that little bit of investment that they gave to us, we wouldn't be open today.\n\n\"So I'm eternally grateful for the help that they gave.\"\n\nMs Davies started Purple Shoots in Pontypridd in 2014 to help people start businesses.\n\n\"I had been in the financial services industry for most of my working life and had been frustrated by the number of people that weren't funded by those institutions,\" she said.\n\n\"Usually it was because they had been out of work a long time, didn't have any money to put in or maybe had a bad credit score.\n\nThose people were targeted by Purple Shoots. It has since helped small businesses across Wales.\n\nThe Welsh government's Development Bank of Wales also offers small loans and so do some banks.\n\nBut University of South Wales entrepreneurship expert Prof Jones-Evans, said the Welsh government's bank could play a bigger role in the microfinance market.\n\n\"There's no point in a publicly-owned bank competing with the high street banks to fund businesses,\" he said.\n\n\"Their role should be to fill the market gaps, and this is a massive market gap.\n\n\"Now, to be fair, there is some funding that goes towards some microbusinesses in Wales.\n\n\"But the problem is far bigger than that.\"\n\nProf Jones-Evans said many companies would not need hundreds of thousands of pounds but perhaps between £5,000 and £20,000.\n\n\"Just to make those differences to the businesses that makes them competitive and enables them to make that contribution to the economy and society,\" he said.\n\nThe Welsh government said it provided advice, support and finance to small businesses.\n\nProf Dylan Jones-Evans said the Welsh government had a role in plugging a microfinance market gap\n\nIt said its development bank played an important role in supporting Wales' economy and it had launched a £30m microloan fund in 2019. This provided loans from £1,000 to £50,000.\n\nA spokesman said: \"As of February 2022, DBW's (Development Bank of Wales) Wales microloan fund has supported 660 businesses, investing £14.5m directly and attracting over £4.3m of further private sector funds.\n\n\"The fund has created and safeguarded over 2,600 jobs, while also supporting 200 start-ups.\"", "Russian energy giant Gazprom says it has halted gas exports to Poland and Bulgaria over the countries' refusal to pay for supplies in roubles - but how worried should we be?\n\nBoth Poland and Bulgaria were already planning not to renew their contracts with Gazprom, which expire at the end of the year. In Poland's case, it had been filling its stores of gas ahead of time, which provides some cushion, especially as we approach the summer lull in use of gas.\n\nThis escalation is real, and justified by the Kremlin on the basis of a refusal to pay for gas by changing money into roubles in Russian bank accounts.\n\nBut the additional impact of today's news should be containable.\n\nGas prices in the UK are well down on their record peaks of £5 per therm last month, at about £1.70. UK terminals have been flooded with liquefied natural gas (LNG) - over 100 tanker-loads so far this year - with the largest amount coming from the US.\n\nBut it can't be stored here, and much is being re-exported to the European Union (EU). Indeed, market contacts suggest that the export pipeline of gas from the UK to continental Europe is currently at the limits of its capacity.\n\nThese UK prices are still consistent with further rises in gas bills in October - perhaps of a few hundred pounds a year.\n\nAll that would change, of course, if these moves today are the first skirmishes in an escalating European energy crisis that could see Germany cut off from Russian gas in the next few months. That would send prices spiralling across Europe and lead to a crisis of supply.\n\nThere is some helpful ambiguity in what is termed \"forcing buyers to pay for Russian gas in roubles\".\n\n\"Various governments and companies stating 'we will not pay in roubles' therefore are not providing any clarity as to whether they will use the new payment process or not, which in turn means there is ambiguity over upcoming supply to other, larger, markets,\" says Tom Marzec-Manser, head of gas analytics at market information provider ICIS.\n\nGerman firms are paying in euros that are then exchanged into roubles at a specific Russian bank. This arrangement allows all to continue the mutual gas trade dependence, but it is a precarious balance.\n\nGerman ministers say that they are not afraid of paying the economic price to eliminate the \"strategic mistake\" of energy dependence on the Kremlin, but that they just cannot do it any time soon.\n\nSo the actions of the Kremlin through Gazprom need to be put in perspective.\n\nIt has cut off some supplies as a result of refusal to change the terms of payment, but notably this was to two countries which had already said their contracts with Gazprom would be allowed to expire this year.\n\nAs the conflict continues, and Germany ups the ante in terms of supplies of weapons to Ukraine, the real question is about the flow of gas from Russia to Germany, which continued uninterrupted even during the height of the Cold War.\n\nThis move is designed as a Kremlin shot across the bows of Europe's biggest economies.\n\nWhile Germany, for example, has said it is willing to phase out Russian coal in the summer, and hinted Russian oil could follow over the next year, gas is another matter. Last week, Germany's finance minister told me it would be physically impossible to immediately phase out the 45% dependence of Germany on Russia for its gas.", "Runners began the marathon at Stormont Estate on Sunday morning\n\nThousands of runners have taken part in the Belfast City Marathon, as it returned to its traditional date during the May Day bank holiday weekend for the first time in three years.\n\nThe event was put on hold due to the pandemic but came back last October.\n\nIrish Olympic athlete Paul Pollock won the men's race in a time of two hours, 16 minutes and 13 seconds.\n\nThe Holywood man had to speed away from the finish line as his wife is expecting the couple's second child.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Lesley-Anne McKeown This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis year's event, which is celebrating its 40th year, is being held for the second time on the Sunday of the May Day holiday weekend.\n\nThe decision to change days was made in 2019, after a request from the Belfast Chamber of Trade and Commerce - it said the first May bank holiday should be a significant trading day and a Sunday event would boost visitor numbers.\n\nThe race started from Prince of Wales Avenue at the Stormont Estate at 09:00 BST.\n\nThe 26.2 mile-long (42.1 km) race takes runners across east, north, west and south Belfast, before finishing in Ormeau Park.\n\nRunners faced a rainy start when the raace got under way at 09:00\n\nRoads along the route have been closed since 06:00 and will reopen again once all runners have passed.\n\nA relay and wheelchair race is following the same route as the marathon, and there is also an eight mile (12.8km) walk.\n\nThe marathon began at Stormont and ends at Ormeau Park more than 26 miles later\n\nLast October's men's marathon was won by Irish Olympian Mick Clohisey, while Fionnuala Ross was first in the women's race.\n\nIt was Northern Ireland's largest mass participation sporting event since the pandemic began and attracted a record number of entrants.", "Anne Robinson on the set of Channel 4's Countdown with Rachel Riley (left) and Susie Dent\n\nAnne Robinson is stepping down as the host of Channel 4 quiz show Countdown after a year.\n\nThe former Weakest Link presenter, 77, joined the daytime staple in 2021, becoming its sixth presenter and the first woman to take the role.\n\nShe said she had a \"blast\" hosting the show but it was now time for \"an older woman to take the reins\".\n\nRobinson, who recorded 265 episodes, will appear in shows until the summer, Channel 4 said.\n\nShe said she had enjoyed hosting the \"wonderful show\" but had \"stayed longer than I signed up for\".\n\nRobinson added: \"I hope too I've encouraged TV bosses to realise that not all women at the wrong end of their 70s are in care homes playing bingo and watching conjuring tricks.\n\n\"In fact the genius of Countdown is that it's a brilliant way to keep the brain exercised. I run 5km most days of the week.\n\n\"And I can now do an anagram at twice the speed I could this time last year.\n\n\"But I have grandchildren, a large garden and a home in New York, all deserving more of my attention.\"\n\nShe joined mathematician Rachel Riley and lexicographer Susie Dent in an all female line-up on the daytime show, with her first instalment broadcast on 28 June.\n\nRobinson in her role as host on The Weakest Link\n\nRobinson followed in the footsteps of Richard Whiteley, Des Lynam, Des O'Connor, Jeff Stelling and Nick Hewer as the presenter of Countdown, which launched in 1982.\n\nA show spokesperson said: \"Quick-witted Anne has been a brilliant host on this iconic show.\"\n\nA former journalist, Robinson became known for her trademark-style of delivering cutting remarks to contestants when she presented Weakest Link, which ran from 2000 until 2012.", "Sergei Lavrov was asked how Russia could claim it was fighting to \"de-Nazify\" Ukraine\n\nIsrael has reacted with fury after Russia's foreign minister claimed that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler \"had Jewish blood\".\n\nSergei Lavrov made the comments to try to justify Russia's portrayal of Ukraine as \"Nazi\" despite the fact that its president is Jewish.\n\nIsrael's foreign ministry summoned Russia's ambassador for \"clarification\" and demanded an apology.\n\nNazi Germany murdered six million Jews in the Holocaust in World War Two.\n\nMr Lavrov made the remarks in an interview on Italian TV programme Zona Bianca on Sunday, days after Israel marked Holocaust Remembrance Day, one of the most solemn occasions in the Israeli calendar.\n\nWhen asked how Russia can claim that it is fighting to \"de-Nazify\" Ukraine when President Volodymyr Zelensky is himself Jewish, Mr Lavrov said: \"I could be wrong, but Hitler also had Jewish blood. [That Zelensky is Jewish] means absolutely nothing. Wise Jewish people say that the most ardent anti-Semites are usually Jews.\"\n\nThe minister's statement was met with outrage across Israel's political spectrum.\n\nIsraeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said: \"Such lies are meant to blame the Jews themselves for the most terrible crimes in history and thus free the oppressors of the Jews from their responsibility.\n\n\"No war today is the Holocaust or is like the Holocaust.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by יאיר לפיד - Yair Lapid🟠 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Lavrov was also condemned by the head of Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial, Dani Dayan.\n\n\"Most of his remarks are absurd, delusional, dangerous and deserving of any condemnation,\" he tweeted. \"Lavrov deals with the reversal of the Holocaust: turning the victims into criminals, based on the promotion of a completely unfounded claim that Hitler was of Jewish descent.\"\n\nIn a video address, President Zelensky said: \"I have no words... No one has heard any denial or any justification from Moscow. All we have from there is silence\".\n\nThe Ukrainian president added that the silence indicates the Russian leadership had either forgotten \"all the lessons of World War Two\" or \"perhaps they have never learned those lessons\".\n\nPresident Zelensky reacted to Mr Lavrov's words in his nightly video address\n\nUS State Department spokesman Ned Price said Mr Lavrov's comments showed \"the lowest form of racism\" and \"insidious lies\".\n\nHe added that \"the Kremlin is consistently proving that there is no floor when it comes to just how low they can stoop\", and Mr Lavrov's claims are \"the latest example of that\".\n\nThe BBC's Jon Donnison in Jerusalem says the strength of the reaction reflects just how deeply offensive and unconscionable Mr Lavrov's comments will be to Jews, both in Israel and around the world. Over recent months, Israel, which has a large Russian population, has tried at times to act as a mediator between Russia and Ukraine.\n\nBut, he says, the Israeli government has faced some criticism for not taking a tough enough line with President Vladimir Putin. Mr Lavrov's comments will test Israel's relations with Russia and while offensive to many, they reflect a common narrative amongst the Kremlin's supporters, our correspondent adds.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. From 2022: Ros Atkins on... Putin’s false Nazi claims about Ukraine\n\nUkraine's foreign minister rebuked Mr Lavrov, saying his remarks were evidence of Russia's own \"deep-rooted anti-Semitism\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Dmytro Kuleba This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThere have for decades been unproven claims that Hitler's unidentified paternal grandfather was Jewish, fuelled by an assertion by Hitler's lawyer Hans Frank.\n\nIn his memoir, published in 1953, Frank said he had been instructed by Hitler to investigate rumours that he had Jewish ancestry. Frank said he uncovered evidence that Hitler's grandfather was indeed Jewish - though the claim, which has gained ground among conspiracy theorists, has been treated with scepticism by mainstream historians.", "The singer stunned customers when he started to help out behind the bar\n\nSinger Rod Stewart surprised regulars at a Glasgow pub after getting behind the bar to give bar staff a hand.\n\nThe Celtic superfan jumped behind the bar at the Dirty Duchess in the city's Argyle Street after his team drew 1-1 with Rangers in the Old Firm derby.\n\nThe Maggie May singer was spotted at the match in Parkhead earlier on Sunday afternoon.\n\nHe was accompanied at Celtic Park by sons Alastair and Aiden and Scottish singer/songwriter John McLaughlin.\n\nThe pub posted a photo of the 77-year-old star on social media.\n\nMr Stewart was pictured talking to customers while leaning on the beer pumps beside freshly poured pints.\n\nThe post said: \"Great to have spare bartender Rod 'the mod' Stewart tonight!\"\n\nRod Stewart was seen earlier at the game with Rangers at Celtic Park\n\nIt is not the only time the singer has enjoyed the city's hospitality recently.\n\nHe was seen at Irish-themed Murphy's on Bell Street on 26 April.\n\nMr Stewart, a lifelong Celtic supporter, also cheered his team from a VIP box at Hampden Park on 17 April.\n\nThe star - whose father was Scottish - saw the Hoops take on Glasgow rivals Rangers during the Scottish Cup semi-final.", "Russian military vehicles on the streets of Kherson.\n\nThe Russian rouble will be used in Kherson from Sunday, according to Russia-backed forces that have taken control of the southern Ukrainian city.\n\nHowever, Kherson's Ukrainian mayor, Ihor Kolykhaiev, who has now been overthrown by Russian authorities, has said that he doesn't believe this will be possible while the only working banking system in the region is Ukrainian, not Russian.\n\nDespite being occupied for 60 days, many residents are trying to find small ways to defy the Russian forces - like exchanging any roubles they receive back into Ukraine's currency, the hryvnia.\n\nBut there are very few ways to safely snub the Russian army when it occupies your streets.\n\nZ signs - a Russian pro-war symbol - have appeared around the city. Russian flags hang above Kherson's government buildings. Ukrainian TV has been mostly cut off, changed to Russian news. Russian soldiers drive armoured vehicles through the city centre, between a network of check points.\n\nNow, changing the region's currency is yet another bid to erase Ukrainian identity from the city.\n\n\"I think most people will leave here if the rouble is introduced,\" Olga, who didn't want to use her real name, told me from inside Kherson.\n\n\"At the moment there are still currency exchanges operating in the city. If I am paid in roubles, I think I will just go and exchange it for hryvnia, I think others will too. It's just a small act of protest.\"\n\nOlga is not the only one with this plan. Ukrainian news reports have said that some pensions have been handed out in roubles around Kherson, but that people have already exchanged it back into Ukrainian hryvnia.\n\nLife in Kherson has become increasingly difficult. Many now feel nervous about even speaking to a journalist. When we reach Olga and ask how she is feeling, she sighs.\n\n\"I'm alive and I have food,\" she says.\n\nAround 40% of the population have fled in the two months since this key, strategic city was taken by Russia, according to the mayor.\n\nMany residents tell us about their struggle to pay for what few goods there are, as supermarket shelves lie empty. They say that shops, restaurants and businesses have closed and parts of the economy have ground to a halt, cut off from much of the world.\n\nEarlier this week, Russian forces appointed a new administration in Kherson because Mr Kolykhaiev was \"not cooperating\" with the occupied forces, according to Russian state news agency Ria.\n\nThe Ukrainian mayor of Kherson, Ihor Kolykhaiev, has now been replaced with a Russian administration\n\nSpeaking on video call from somewhere in the region, with piles of binders and a toy camouflage jeep sitting on shelves behind him, Mr Kolykhaiev says he has not stopped working. He is sceptical of whether Russia can successfully introduce the rouble.\n\n\"I have no confirmation that it's been introduced,\" he says. \"When can it appear? When the treasury and the banking system of Ukraine will stop working? Anything can happen under occupation, I can't get into Russia's head to find out what they are thinking. If they do try to introduce the rouble zone here, we would be plunged back into 1992 when Ukraine gained its independence.\"\n\nUkrainian authorities had suggested that Russia could try to hold a referendum in the region on 1 May, asking voters whether they want independence from Ukraine. Any attempt to do this would be seen as a way to legitimise Russia's intervention, suggesting that residents no longer want to be part of Ukraine and painting Russia as liberators.\n\nRussia held a referendum in Crimea after Moscow annexed it in 2014, and also in the Russian-backed separatist areas of Donetsk and Luhansk. Russia has denied plans to hold a vote in Kherson, and for now residents in the city say they've seen no sign of it.\n\nRumours swirl on social media channels about what could happen. Some Ukrainians are worried that Russia will simply fake the result and use records of their identity documents - which they fear the Russians could gain access to in the administrative buildings they now occupy - to back it up.\n\n\"I'm not sure they even need the population here to know that there is a referendum,\" says Olga. \"I guess they can do it without us. Maybe I already voted.\"\n\nSeveral people inside Kherson told us that the routes out to safer parts of Ukraine have now been shut altogether. The only road available is through Crimea which means travelling into Russian territory, something several Ukrainians told us they would not be prepared to do.\n\nMaxim felt this was his only route to safety. He didn't want his name to be used as his family are still inside the city. At the border he was subject to a long interrogation as a security guard inspected his body for tattoos.\n\n\"It was like a film,\" he said. \"You sit on a suitcase under the scorching sun to be interrogated. I would never have imagined I would have to go through this. I was really horrified, because it's scary - people with machine guns are walking past you.\"\n\nHis favourite artist almost got him into difficulties.\n\n\"They were asking me the same questions on repeat,\" he says. \"I have a David Bowie lightning tattoo and they asked me 'Is that Azov?'\" The Azov battalion are a controversial regiment that was originally a far-right group later incorporated into Ukraine's National Guard.\n\nMany supermarket shelves in Kherson are empty\n\nMaxim says that many of the cars in the queue had Kherson number plates. He has since safely travelled through Georgia and on to Europe.\n\n\"Reaching Georgia was like being released from jail,\" he says. \"You feel like you've got your human rights back.\"\n\nFor those still in Kherson there are deep fears about the future.\n\n\"I am afraid of a humanitarian catastrophe,\" says Mr Kolykhaiev. \"I am worried for the people who are still in the city today. They are all hostages.\n\n\"It's like we started with 100 litres of petrol in the car tank and we are driving until the gas runs out. I want to calculate how long we can keep driving. How long can we carry the city?\"", "Energy costs have risen since Russia's invasion of Ukraine\n\nEuropean Union countries are split on how soon they wind down dependence on Russian energy supplies.\n\nWhile sanctions have been applied to other areas of business, the EU remains heavily reliant on Russian oil and gas.\n\nGermany's economic minister said the country would be able to weather a Russian oil ban by the end of 2022, as he appeared to back tougher sanctions.\n\nHowever, Hungary has said it opposes such a move, stating it would not back measures that could endanger supplies.\n\nEU ministers met on Monday to discuss how to manage the situation, under intense pressure to reduce the revenue stream supporting President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine.\n\nThere are two main challenges faced by members states - how to pay for Russian energy in a way which doesn't breach or undermine EU sanctions, and also how to source and develop alternative supplies to move away from reliance on Russia.\n\nAt a press conference on Monday, the EU's energy policy chief Kadri Simson said Russia halting gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria had strengthened the bloc's will to become independent of Russian fossil fuels.\n\nBut according to the Centre of Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), the EU has imported about £37bn worth of fossil fuels since the conflict began. The two largest importers worldwide were Germany followed by Italy.\n\nEnergy giant Gazprom stopped gas exports to Poland and Bulgaria last week after those countries refused to comply with Russian demands to switch to payment in roubles, and many other member countries are set to face the same issue around mid-May.\n\nPoland and Bulgaria had planned to stop using Russian gas this year and say they can cope with the stoppage, but it has raised fears that other EU countries, including Europe's gas-reliant economic powerhouse Germany, could be next.\n\nMs Simson repeated the European Commission's view on Monday that paying for gas in roubles would be a \"violation\" of sanctions and \"cannot be accepted.\"\n\nShe said member states were building up gas storage supplies before winter.\n\nNathan Piper, head of oil and gas research at Investec, told the BBC it was \"pretty clear\" that the EU wanted to \"pivot away\" from Russian oil and gas, but added the lack of unity was being caused by the \"ability to actually make that happen\".\n\nEurope gets about 40% of its natural gas from Russia, which is also the bloc's main oil supplier, but some countries are more dependent Russian fossil fuels than others, so sudden supply cuts could have huge economic impact.\n\nFor example, Germany currently gets about 25% of its oil and 40% of its gas from Russia, Slovakia and Hungary received 96% and 58% respectively of their oil imports from Russia last year, according to the International Energy Agency.\n\nGermany's economic minister Robert Habeck said his country had \"managed to reach a situation where Germany is able to bear an oil embargo\" and was \"on course to do the same for gas\".\n\n\"Other countries need a bit more time,\" he added.\n\nDiplomatic sources told the BBC that compromises to a complete bloc ban were being looked at, particularly for countries such as Hungary and Slovakia.\n\nMr Piper said with oil, there were more options to get alternative supplies, compared to gas, which is transported most commonly through pipelines.\n\nHe added it is also \"trickier\" for landlocked EU states to find new sources.\n\nHe also warned while Germany might move to ban oil, switching off its Russian gas - which makes up 40% of its total imports - would \"take them years\".\n\n\"Russia could go 'if you want to go after our oil, how about we reduce our gas',\" he added.\n\n\"They could push up the price, reduce the volumes. They have a lot of bargaining power.\"\n\nElsewhere, energy research institute EWI said Germany should limit gas use now to prepare for the possibility of a future cut-off from Russia.\n\nUniper, one of Germany's biggest energy firms, also warned an EU ban on Russian oil could prompt Russia to halt westward gas flows.\n\nThe company said last week it would pay in euros which will be converted into roubles, meeting the Kremlin's demand for all transactions to be made in the Russian currency.\n\n\"We consider a payment conversion compliant with sanctions law and the Russian decree to be possible,\" a spokesman told the BBC.\n\nOther European energy firms are reportedly preparing to do the same amid concerns about supply cuts.\n\nIn late March, Russia said \"unfriendly countries\" would have to start paying for its oil and gas in roubles to prop up its currency after Western allies froze billions of dollars it held in foreign currencies overseas.\n\nUnder the decree, European importers must pay euros or dollars into an account at Gazprombank, the Swiss-based trading arm of Gazprom, and then convert this into roubles in a second account in Russia.\n\nThe majority - 97% - of EU companies' gas supply contracts with Gazprom stipulate payment in euros or dollars.\n\nSome countries are looking to turn to liquified natural gas (LNG), with the US agreeing to ship an additional 15 billion cubic metres to Europe by the end of the year.\n\nThe US has already banned Russian oil imports and the UK plans to phase them out by the end of the year.\n\nThe EU has previously laid out a strategy to make it independent of Russian fossil fuels by 2030, which includes greater use of greener sources of power.", "The UK's ambassador to Ukraine has said she is back in Kyiv and feels \"comfortable\" working there, although she has extra security protection.\n\n\"I wasn't sure I'd make it back to Kyiv so coming back is an extraordinary thing,\" Melinda Simmons said in an interview with the Observer.\n\n\"It absolutely feels like the right place to be,\" she said, although she acknowledged the potential risks.\n\nRussia has previously made threats against diplomats based in Kyiv.\n\nEarlier this week, a Russian statement said forces were primed to carry out strikes against \"decision-making centres in Kyiv\". It added that the presence of foreign advisers in those sites \"will not necessarily be a problem to Russia deciding to take retaliatory action\".\n\nBritain started withdrawing some embassy staff from Kyiv in January, shortly before the war started. Ms Simmons left Kyiv in late February, although stayed in Ukraine for a little while longer before returning to London.\n\nBut Boris Johnson announced last month that the British embassy in Kyiv would be reopening.\n\nMs Simmons told the newspaper that as she drove into the city on Friday she got \"a real sense of what was going on... and it's truly shocking\".\n\n\"But what is equally extraordinary is to see how Ukraine kept Russia out of Kyiv. Every way in which Ukraine has been able to do that is a thing to celebrate and to treasure,\" she said.\n\nRussian forces withdrew from around Kyiv after failing to seize the city, and is now instead focusing its assault on the eastern Donbas region.\n\nMs Simmons said she expected the war would likely last \"certainly through this year and probably through next year\", which chimes with other warnings from the West that they must be prepared for the long haul.\n\nAnd she made clear she was not minimising the risk facing her, adding: \"I am here with a heightened level of security protection and bearing in mind that potential risk, but for now I feel comfortable working under those circumstances.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Melinda Simmons This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAlthough the PM said the embassy was reopening soon, Ms Simmons said the Kyiv embassy had not yet reopened and they were not running a consular service.\n\nShe also repeated the British government's advice that UK citizens should not travel to Ukraine. Earlier this week, the Foreign Office announced one British national was killed and another was missing.\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Johnson spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky over the phone on Saturday, and was given an update on the fighting in eastern Ukraine, as well as the situation in the southern port city of Mariupol.\n\nMr Johnson confirmed the UK would continue to provide additional military aid for Ukraine to defend themselves, Downing Street said.\n\n\"The leaders also discussed progress of the UN-led effort to evacuate Mariupol and concern for the injured there. The prime minister offered the UK's continued economic and humanitarian support,\" a Downing Street spokesperson added.", "A woman who took up running after she lost her left leg to cancer has passed the Guinness World Record for most consecutive marathons.\n\nJacky Hunt-Broersma, 46, has run 26.2-miles every day since mid-January, normally taking around five hours.\n\nOn Saturday, she completed her 104th consecutive marathon in as many days - an achievement she expects to be certified by Guinness World Records.\n\nA spokesperson said certifying the record would take around three months.\n\nWaking up on Sunday - a day off at long last - was a bizarre experience for Jacky.\n\n\"Part of me was really happy to be done,\" she tells the BBC from her home in Arizona. \"And the other part kept thinking I need to go running.\"\n\nHer body is also recovering from the record-chasing effort, despite having stopped. \"I feel tighter than I have the whole 104 marathons,\" she admits.\n\nBut Jacky - who was born and raised in South Africa, and has also lived in England and the Netherlands - is grateful. Because running has given her the confidence she was afraid she would never regain.\n\nIn 2002, doctors in the Netherlands diagnosed her with Ewing's sarcoma, a rare type of bone cancer.\n\nWithin two weeks, they amputated her left leg to save her life. She was only 26 years old.\n\n\"It was a rollercoaster,\" she recalls. \"Everything happened so fast.\"\n\nFor the first couple of years, Jacky struggled with the change in her life. She was angry that she had got cancer and embarrassed to be different. She wore long trousers in public so people would not notice the prosthetic.\n\nAlmost on a whim, she took up running in 2016.\n\nShe had cheered her husband on at long-distance running events but had never considered doing it herself, thinking it was only \"for crazy people\".\n\nBuying a special prosthetic for long-distance runners, she signed up for her very first 10K (6.2 mile) run.\n\nOn the eve of the race, she switched her registration to the half-marathon category - and she has not looked back since, exploring longer distances and different terrains.\n\n\"I'm an all or nothing person, so I just threw myself in,\" she explains. \"I love pushing boundaries and seeing how far I can push.\"\n\nAt the beginning of the year, Jacky gave herself a new goal: the record for most consecutive marathons.\n\nThe female Guinness record stood at 95 - set two years go by Alyssa Amos Clark, a non-amputee runner from Vermont - who did it as a pandemic coping strategy.\n\nThe male Guinness record is held by Enzo Caporaso of Italy with 59 - although Spanish ultra-runner Ricardo Abad reportedly ran 607 consecutive marathons, finishing in 2012.\n\nSo Jacky - a mother of two who works as an endurance coach - started running with the record in mind, making sure she always ran at least the length of a marathon.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nShe did the world-famous Boston Marathon in Massachusetts and the Lost Dutchman in Arizona, but marathons are not scheduled every day, so she also ran on local dirt paths, neighbourhood trails and even her own treadmill at home.\n\nAnd when British runner Kate Jayden broke Alyssa's record by completing 101 runs, Jacky kept going to beat her and \"to round the month [of April] off\" with one final marathon.\n\nAll told, she ran 2,734 miles. Guinness World Records told the AP news agency it would take around 12 to 15 weeks to review the evidence and certify the record.\n\nDocumenting those runs on social media, Jacky has raised over $88,000 (£70,000) for Amputee Blade Runners, a non-profit organisation that provides running blades like hers to amputees.\n\nThe runs have been mostly a mental game, she says, but they have also taken a physical toll.\n\nShe has to wear liners and sweat socks with her blades, and needs to foam roll, stretch and ice her leg stump daily. Remarkably, she remained injury-free throughout the feat.\n\nIn fact, Jacky wishes she had started running earlier.\n\n\"Running has made such a difference on my mental state and it showed me how strong my body can be. It gave me a total new acceptance of who I am and that I can do hard things.\"\n\nAnd she is determined to keep going. Next up: the Moab, a gruelling 240-mile race in Utah this October.", "Last updated on .From the section Snooker\n\nRonnie O'Sullivan claimed his seventh World Championship title with an 18-13 win over Judd Trump to equal Stephen Hendry's record in the modern era.\n\nO'Sullivan, 46, becomes the oldest world champion in Crucible history, eclipsing Ray Reardon, who won his sixth title aged 45 in 1978.\n\nTrump won six of Monday afternoon's eight frames to battle back to 14-11.\n\nBut O'Sullivan sealed his victory and the £500,000 top prize as he took four of the evening's first six frames.\n\nThe 'Rocket' enjoyed runs of 82, 88, 75, and 85 - and shared an emotional embrace with Trump, which lasted more than a minute, at the end of the match before greeting his children who ran into the arena to share his special moment.\n\nO'Sullivan's triumph will add more fuel to any debate over who is the greatest snooker player of all time.\n\nThe Englishman has now won 39 ranking titles, holds almost every major record in the game and will finish the season as the world's top ranked player.\n\nAsked about emulating Hendry's record at the Crucible, which was set in 1999, O'Sullivan told BBC Sport: \"We can share it for a year. I tried to be as relaxed as I could, but that is probably the greatest result I've had against somebody like Judd [Trump].\n\n\"I've never bothered about records. When you get them, it's kind of nice. I don't have targets. I've loved every tournament this year, I've just loved playing.\n\n\"I like to win, but it's not the be-all and end-all. The Crucible brings out the worst in me. It's probably not the best idea but we'll probably go again next year.\"\n\nDespite having a significant seven-frame lead overnight, O'Sullivan's success was far from a formality, with Trump staging a superb fightback on Monday afternoon to claw a 12-5 deficit back to 14-11.\n\nIt saw O'Sullivan lose his first session of the Championship as Trump, who had toiled badly on Sunday, produced his best form of the final to eye the second biggest turnaround in Crucible history - after Dennis Taylor's famous revival from 8-0 down to win the 1985 final against Steve Davis.\n\nA wonderful 107 was a highlight as he took five of the day's first six frames and he applied further pressure with a sublime 105 after benefitting from a fluked red.\n\nBut in front of a raucous Crucible crowd, O'Sullivan immediately eased any pressure on himself as play got under way in the evening with several sizeable contributions after errors from Trump, who had adopted a policy of all-out attack.\n\nTrump, however, did deliver another moment of Crucible history with a record-breaking 109th century of the tournament - fittingly, with a clearance of 109 - to close the gap to 17-13, before O'Sullivan clinically rounded off his triumph in style.\n\n\"I was just glad to make a match out of it,\" Trump said. \"It's been a pleasure to share a table with him.\n\n\"It's an amazing achievement and he's the best player of all time - he keeps getting better and better. His determination and dedication are clear to see. He's been the best player in this tournament by quite a distance.\"\n\n'The longevity of his career is incredible' - analysis\n\nHe's playing in a field of players far stronger than in previous generations and that's why he's needed more years to maybe match Stephen Hendry's seven titles.\n\nThe longevity of his career is incredible because it didn't happen for me and it didn't happen for Stephen either.\n\nI think it is remarkable what he has achieved. There have been peaks and troughs along the way personally and professionally, but he has done brilliantly well to cope with everything.\n\nHe is the person everyone wants to ask questions of, but he has the talent. The pressure he withstands is astonishing.\n\nThe word 'genius' is bandied around a lot but he is a true genius of the game, and I think he has an eighth world title in him.\n\nO'Sullivan lost the 2014 final 18-14 to Mark Selby, his only defeat in a World Championship final\n• None This is the raw and honest story of Paul Gascoigne and his turbulent life\n• None Is buying an electric car worth the extra costs?: Look behind the claims and promises of changing to an electric vehicle\n\nSign up to My Sport to follow snooker news on the BBC app.", "Migrants were escorted in Dover Harbour by military personnel after being rescued while crossing the English Channel on Sunday\n\nAt least 350 migrants have been brought ashore from the English Channel in the past two days, according to witnesses and official figures.\n\nThe Ministry of Defence (MoD) said it found seven boats carrying 254 migrants on Sunday - witnesses said about 100 migrants have arrived so far on Monday.\n\nThe government is addressing the issue by \"cracking down on people smugglers\", the MoD said.\n\nIt is believed to be the first time there have been crossings in 11 days.\n\nSome commentators had suggested the prospect of asylum seekers getting sent to Rwanda was already acting as a deterrent.\n\nHowever, others had pointed out that as the weather had been windy in the Channel for the past 11 days that might have had a greater effect.\n\nThe aid charity and campaign group Care4Calais, which works directly with migrants camped in northern France, said it had surveyed 60 of them over the Rwanda plans, and said 75% of those waiting to try to cross to England would not be deterred by it.\n\nThe group, which wants people to be able to claim asylum from outside the UK, said several were sceptical of the Rwanda plan ever being put into place.\n\nLast month, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the MoD had taken command of the operational response to small boats crossings.\n\nResponding to the latest interceptions, the MoD described the rise in \"dangerous\" crossings as unacceptable.\n\nA spokesperson said: \"Not only are they an overt abuse of our immigration laws but they also impact on the UK taxpayer, risk lives and our ability to help refugees come to the UK via safe and legal routes.\"\n\nThe decision follows a drastic rise in the number of small boat crossings, with more than 6,000 people have crossing so far this year.\n\nThe latest Home Office figures suggest 28,526 people made the crossing in 2021, up from 8,466 the year before.\n\nI watched in Dover this morning as about 30 migrants were brought to shore just after 09:00 BST. The group was largely made up of young men, relieved finally to be on British soil.\n\nThey were put straight on a bus and taken for processing at Manston in Kent.\n\nConditions in the Channel today are once again calm - just like yesterday, but before then it had been windy at sea for more than a week.\n\nThis is likely to explain the temporary halt in crossings at the end of last month rather than the deterrent effect of the government's plans to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda.\n\nPierre Henri Dumont, the French national assembly member for Calais, told BBC Radio 4's World at One programme he did not believe the UK government's Rwanda programme would deter refugees from crossing the Channel.\n\nHe said: \"You leave your country because of war, because of starvation. You are not afraid of being held and sent back to another country. At least if you have a chance, you will try.\n\n\"Right now, even if this decision [from the UK government] will look backwards, that's something the migrants do not know. They hear the news and the smugglers are disturbing and transforming reality for them to make more money.\n\n\"I do have a sympathy and that's why I'm totally against what was a deal between France and the UK.\n\n\"The deal was 'we the UK give you money to keep the migrants', [but] I think you are paying us for something we cannot do. It is impossible to patrol the shore that much and to make sure there are no crossings.\"\n\nOn Monday Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said there needed to be \"an international co-ordinated criminal response\" to tackle the criminal gangs, he said, who were driving the migrant crisis.\n\nSpeaking in Worthing, West Sussex, he said: \"I have worked on international criminal organisations before when I was director of public prosecutions.\n\n\"I know what can be done if you've got teams working together across Europe all the way along those routes, absolutely bearing down on these criminal gangs.\"\n\nAt the same time as announcing it was giving operational control to the MoD, the government revealed plans to send some asylum seekers who cross the Channel to Rwanda on a one-way ticket.\n\nUnder the scheme, people deemed to have entered the UK unlawfully since 1 January could be flown there, where they will be allowed to apply for the right to settle in the east African country.\n\nThe government has said the policy would be a major blow to people smugglers and would stop people dying on dangerous routes to the UK.\n\nBut it has been criticised as cruel by opposition parties, charities and the Church of England.\n\nMore than 160 charities and campaign groups wrote an open letter urging the prime minister and Ms Patel to scrap the \"shamefully cruel\" policy.\n\nArchbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby used his Easter Sunday sermon to raise what he said were \"serious ethical questions\" about the scheme, before adding it was \"the opposite of the nature of God\".\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel has hit back at critics of the government's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, saying they have failed to offer solutions.\n\nMeanwhile, questions have also been raised about the possible cost and efficacy of the scheme.\n\nTheresa May, the former prime minister who also served as home secretary, said she did not support the policy due to her concerns over whether it met standards on \"legality, practicality and efficacy\".\n\nMs Patel defended the scheme being necessary to \"break the business\" model of people traffickers, prevent the loss of life and ensure \"protection for those who are genuinely vulnerable\".\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.", "Police Scotland has defended its handling of the Old Firm match at Celtic Park after missiles were thrown between fans at the end of the game.\n\nRangers said its supporters had been left \"unprotected\" and that elderly and disabled fans had been injured by bottles and other missiles.\n\nCeltic said its supporters and stewards were also hit by debris, including seats ripped from the stands.\n\nPolice Scotland said its plans had been \"proportionate\".\n\nA total of eight people were arrested for various offences including disorder, pyrotechnics and religiously aggravated offences.\n\nCh Supt Stevie Dolan said: \"We are aware of missiles being thrown between groups of supporters within the stadium, one of which struck a police officer who thankfully was not seriously injured.\n\n\"Any reports we receive from members of the public relating to match-related incidents will be investigated.\n\n\"Further inquiries into disorder on Fielden Street before the match are being carried and we will continue to work in partnership with football clubs to ensure that such events take place safely.\"\n\nIn a statement after the match, which ended in a 1-1 draw, Rangers said it was \"disappointed\" with the police response.\n\n\"Our support was left unprotected as they were attacked by bottles and other missiles,\" it said.\n\n\"Reports so far include injuries to elderly and disabled supporters. Furthermore, we are collating evidence of possible hate crimes which will be reported to Police Scotland as a matter of urgency.\n\n\"We intend to raise our concerns with Police Scotland and Celtic during the debrief.\"\n\nThe fallout from the most recent meeting between Scotland's two biggest clubs will probably surprise no-one. The avalanche of post-match statements relating to fan behaviour has become depressingly predictable.\n\nIn the last three fixtures alone we've witnessed bottles being thrown, a member of the Celtic backroom team needing treatment, broken glass being cleared from the pitch, fireworks being set off inside and outside stadia, widespread sectarian singing, seats being ripped up and used as missiles and various arrests for disorder.\n\nThe government has adopted a hands off approach - it has tried legislation in the past and it failed.\n\nThe police say they can't deal with the problem on their own and the football governing bodies shy away from tougher sanctions for the clubs.\n\nIn European competition, heavy fines and even stadium closures are used as a deterrent.\n\nStrict liability is something that is in place in many European countries where clubs can take a harsher line on unacceptable conduct. Scottish clubs have so far failed to adopt that.\n\nIf clubs can prove they've taken reasonable measures to prevent unacceptable conduct, then little to no action is taken. The reality is, if the clubs who issue statements demanding tougher action really want it, the power is in their own hands.\n\nCeltic said it was still \"working through the recent events at Ibrox\".\n\nDuring a match last month, a Celtic physiotherapist was hit on the head by a glass bottle and glass had to be removed from the Celtic penalty area.\n\n\"It is extremely regrettable that again our supporters have been targeted with missiles, including bottles and seating, ripped from our seating deck, resulting in injury to fans and stewards,\" said Celtic.\n\n\"We will be liaising with all relevant parties in order that a wide range of issues are fully addressed in the appropriate manner.\"\n\nAn SPFL spokesman said: \"We await the match delegate's report, and we would urge any supporters with information regarding these incidents to contact the police.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Championship\n\nRecord-breaking Aleksandar Mitrovic reached 43 goals in a season by scoring twice as Fulham clinched the Championship title in style with a 7-0 win over Luton Town.\n\nTom Cairney scored the team's 100th goal of the campaign with a thunderous first-half strike and a thumping long-range shot from Kenny Tete doubled the tally, as Luton crumbled under injuries and Fulham's dominance.\n\nFabio Carvalho made it three after the break, before Mitrovic scored his record-equalling 42nd goal of the campaign.\n\nBobby Decordova-Reid and Jean-Michael Seri extended the lead, before Mitrovic tapped in his second to set a new record for English league goals in a season post-1992 and Fulham's title celebrations began.\n\nThe defeat was Luton's heaviest of the season and sees them drop down a place to sixth. While a place in the play-offs is still in their hands, they need to beat Reading to ensure Middlesbrough cannot overtake them.\n• None Can Fulham buck the trend to stay in Premier League?\n\nHaving confidently dominated the season, Fulham seemed to stutter towards the finish line and went into the game having won only one of their previous five matches.\n\nThe Hatters started brightly and where Fulham were misfiring in the final third, Luton looked sharp with Kal Naismith forcing an early save from Marek Rodak.\n\nYet an omen for Luton's evening seemed to come before kick-off when Nathan Jones was forced to make a late change after Allan Campbell was injured in the pre-game warm-up.\n\nThe injury list grew longer when Fred Onyedinma pulled up running on the counter and he was still sitting on the ground when Harry Wilson picked out Cairney and the Fulham stalwart sent the ball rocketing into the net.\n\nTete then made it 2-0 with an impressive strike into the corner with his weaker left foot and from that point on it was just a case of how many they would score, with the home fans began cheering every Fulham pass after the break.\n\nWilson, whose tally for assists this season now stands at 20, flicked the ball on for Carvalho who curled it in for their third.\n\nAnd Mitrovic had the black and white scarves waving again when he ran into space from deep, saw his first shot blocked but tapped the rebound into the net to match Guy Whittingham's 1992-93 record of 42 goals in a season.\n\nLuton were still trying to regroup when Decordova-Reid ruthlessly made it 5-0, running between two defenders and slotting the ball beyond Matt Ingram.\n\nIngram was drafted in by Luton in an emergency loan just 24 hours before kick-off, but having already lost to Fulham twice for parent club Hull City, he has now seen 10 goals by the London club go past him this season.\n\nSeri scored his first goal of the season with another powerful shot from distance low into the corner, before Mitrovic added a seventh in injury time to become the most prolific scorer of a single campaign in the modern era.\n\nFulham have now scored 106 goals and are just two away from matching Manchester City, who were the last team to surpass 100 goals in English football's second tier with 108 in 2001-02.\n\nThey face Sheffield United away on the final day of the season, while sixth-placed Luton now find themselves among four clubs vying for the final two play-off places - with their goal difference now inferior to Middlesbrough and Millwall, the two clubs immediately below them.\n\nFulham first moved to the top of the table in early August and have been at the summit since 20 November, apart from one slip when Bournemouth briefly overtook them.\n\nPromotion to the Premier League is nothing new for a team that have yo-yoed between the divisions the past five seasons.\n\nBut this is the first time Fulham have won a second-tier title since Jean Tigana's side did so in 2000-01. The Frenchman guided them to the top flight for the first time in 33 years in his first year at the helm.\n\nThe former midfielder revolutionised the team's playing style and preparation and it produced wonders on the pitch, as they racked up 101 points.\n\nTheir tally of 90 goals was well short of the 106 Fulham have now scored this season, but while the class of 2021-22 has the unstoppable Mitrovic, Tigana's team had Louis Saha, who found the net 27 times, with Barry Hayles and Luis Boa Morte contributing 18 each.\n\nFulham wrapped up a promotion that had long seemed inevitable on 19 April, with a 3-0 win over Preston North End. Yet a draw with second-placed Bournemouth and defeat by Nottingham Forest meant the champagne was on ice when it came to them matching Tigana's champions.\n\nThe demolition of Luton finally put Fulham out of Bournemouth's reach and crowned a season to remember.\n\n\"The aim to be champions was always inside our dressing room. We knew what we wanted from the first day.\n\n\"It started to feel in October and November that we had been so dominant, we had to finish in this way.\n\n\"To score 106 goals is an amazing achievement for us and it's fantastic to see players growing with every match.\n\n\"The record of Mitro is fantastic and it was the best way to finish this game, the second from him.\"\n\n\"It was a tough game to watch but they're the best team in the league so congratulations to them.\n\n\"We've got nine first-team injuries. What we have to do is make sure we dust ourselves off and make sure we're ready to go at the weekend.\n\n\"It all boils down to one giant, mammoth, unbelievable game (against Reading) and we'd have all taken that at the beginning of the season.\n\n\"Let's look forward to that, rather than dwell on a poor performance - they were good, but we weren't aggressive, didn't defend our box well and in the end felt a bit a sorry for ourselves.\"\n• None Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.\n• None Goal! Fulham 7, Luton Town 0. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Harry Wilson following a fast break.\n• None Attempt missed. Jean Michaël Seri (Fulham) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.\n• None Attempt missed. Rodrigo Muniz (Fulham) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Antonee Robinson with a cross.\n• None Admiral Muskwe (Luton Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Harry Wilson (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt missed. Daniel Potts (Luton Town) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Henri Lansbury with a cross following a corner.\n• None Goal! Fulham 6, Luton Town 0. Jean Michaël Seri (Fulham) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.\n• None Attempt blocked. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Antonee Robinson. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nRussia have been barred from competing in this summer's women's Euro 2022, while Russian clubs will also be banned from Uefa competitions next season, says Europe's football governing body.\n\nUefa has announced that Russia's bid to host the men's Euro 2028 or Euro 2032 tournaments is now ineligible too.\n\nThe sanctions come amid Russia's continued invasion of Ukraine.\n\nIn February, Russian clubs and national teams were suspended by Fifa and Uefa \"until further notice\".\n• None Scottish Premiership winners to go into Champions League group stage\n\nOn Monday, Uefa announced that Portugal - who lost to Russia in the play-offs - will replace them at Euro 2022, which takes place in July.\n\nRussia's women's national team will also no longer compete in European qualification for the 2023 World Cup, while the men's side is barred from the 2022-23 Nations League.\n\nThey will automatically be ranked fourth in group two of League B, meaning they will be relegated at the end of the group phase.\n\nThe ban imposed on clubs means there will be no Russian teams in the men's and women's Champions League, Europa League, or Europa Conference League during the 2022-23 campaign.\n\nIn March, Uefa confirmed Russia had declared an interest in hosting Euro 2028 - as well as the UK and Ireland, and Turkey - and the 2032 edition.\n\nUK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Russia's interest was \"beyond satire\" and \"beyond comprehension\".\n\nUefa said the bid was ineligible in accordance with article 16.02 of the Bid Regulations, which states that \"each bidder shall ensure that it does not act in a manner that could bring Uefa, any other bidder, the bidding procedure or European football into disrepute\".\n\nUefa's latest sanctions also ban Russia from the 2021-23 European Under-21 Championship, as well as youth and futsal competitions.\n\nAn updated qualifying process for the Champions League has been published, which shows benefits for Scottish teams.\n\nThe Premiership champions will go directly into the competition's group stages, while the second-placed side will now go into the third round of qualifying rather than the second.", "French singer, actress and self-proclaimed inventor of the discotheque Regine has died aged 92.\n\nThe star died peacefully at 1100 local time (0900 GMT) on Sunday, her granddaughter Daphne Rotcajg told AFP.\n\n\"The queen of the night has left,\" Regine's friend, the comic Pierre Palmade, said in a statement on behalf of Regine's family.\n\nRegine's claim she invented the disco originates from the first nightclub she opened in Paris in the 1950s.\n\nThe venue in the city's Latin Quarter, which featured turntables and DJs, differed from dance venues with a jukebox, which were commonplace at the time.\n\nThis style of nightclub caught on, and later became a multimillion dollar empire for the singer. It comprised 22 venues at its height, with clubs in New York, Rio de Janeiro and Kuala Lumpur.\n\nRegine, whose full name was Regine Zylberberg, \"had the stars of the whole world dancing in her nightclubs\", Mr Palmade said.\n\nHe also recalled how Regine's name \"became synonymous with the crazy nights that lasted until the small hours\" and how the singer herself \"hit the dance floor until closing time\".\n\n'The queen of the night' continued to perform and make public appearances in her 80s\n\nRegine also starred in several films including Robert and Robert, directed by Claude Lelouch, and My New Partner by Claude Zidi.\n\nThe singer was born to Polish Jews in Brussels in 1929. During her childhood, she was forced to hide from the Nazis in occupied France.\n\nHer father Joseph ran what Regine described as a \"working-class Jewish café\".\n\nThis, she said, spurred her on to have her own venue, where she would choose the customers.\n\n\"I wanted counts and dukes - people with titles,\" she told the BBC in 2005.\n\nThe star told how she went on to teach the former King Edward VIII to dance and later danced with Prince Charles at an embassy ball.", "The leaders of Northern Ireland's five main political parties have clashed over the DUP's decision to collapse the executive.\n\nThis was over his claim that £300m left unspent could have been used without the executive meeting.\n\nWhile Alliance leader Naomi Long said his claim other parties were playing politics was \"a scurrilous allegation.\"\n\nBut the UTV debate - the first in this election campaign - also saw Michelle O'Neill come under pressure.\n\nThis was over a Sunday Times story which reported that two years ago Sinn Féin national chairperson Declan Kearney wrote to the political wing of the New IRA, the group behind the murder of journalist Lyra McKee, seeking a meeting to arrange a common strategy to pursue a border poll.\n\nWhen it was put to Ms O'Neill that her party had been \"found out\", she said: \"Firstly, let me say the tragic loss of Lyra McKee was shocking and still has ripples right across our society.\n\n\"No gangs who are involved in criminality, who are involved in armed actions, should exist today. So as political leaders we all have a responsibility to call it out and say no, nae, never, it shouldn't happen.\"\n\nHowever she said Declan Kearney \"reached out\" saying they must work towards Irish unity and change in the constitutional position, only by consent.\n\nBut Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, who has spent much of the campaign warning Sinn Féin would use an election victory to pursue its claims for a border poll, said the story proved what his party had been saying.\n\nHe commented: \"It's particularly an issue when you have Sinn Féin looking to build an alliance with people who are still committing murder on our streets to deliver their unity goal.\"\n\nSDLP leader Colum Eastwood said: \"These people will not be involved with me in trying to build a new Ireland. They have nothing to offer in that. They should be rejected and that's the way to deal with them.\"\n\nWhile the Ulster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie said: \"There's a real issue here and that's the issue of trust. The Real IRA are a dissident group which are still maiming and murdering people, our citizens, here in Northern Ireland.\n\n\"If people are doing stuff behind closed doors in order to create a coalition that is really concerning for us.\"\n\nThe Alliance leader and Justice Minister, Naomi Long, said \"When it comes to engaging with paramilitary organisations and those who front them up and speak on their behalf I have a fairly clear line on this.\n\n\"The only conversations we should be having with them, whether they are loyalists or dissident republicans, is a conversation about when they are going to stop.\"\n\nBut the most feisty clashes during the hour-long debate were over the DUP's decision to collapse the Executive.\n\nThere's a reason why this has been the dullest Northern Ireland election campaign in years.\n\nNo-one wants to drop the ball and make a mistake they will not recover from.\n\nAfter this first leaders' debate nothing has changed - no big blows landed and no new revelations.\n\nIt's as-you-were, wherever that is.\n\nMichelle O'Neill started off on the defensive over the Sunday Times story that her party wrote to the political wing of the New IRA a year after Lyra McKee's murder seeking a meeting over the pursuit of a border poll.\n\nThen it was the turn of Sir Jeffrey Donaldson to feel the heat over the DUP's decision to pull down the executive leaving unspent three hundred million pounds which could have gone to relieve the cost of living crisis.\n\nWe've heard most of it before. Maybe that will change when they do it all again on the BBC on Tuesday night at 9pm. But don't bet on it\n\nSir Jeffrey Donaldson said the £300 million unspent, because of the decision, could still have been used claiming he proposed at a party leaders' meeting the energy payment support scheme could have been extended to help working families.\n\nBut Ms O'Neill accused him of being \"absolutely dishonest\" adding the money could only be spent by a functioning Executive.\n\nHe interjected claiming that the money could have been spent by the Sinn Féin Finance Minister Conor Murphy, a claim rejected by Ms O'Neill.\n\nHe went on to accuse the other parties of \"playing politics\" with the issue. But that brought a sharp response from Naomi Long who called it a \"scurrilous allegation.\"\n\nShe added: \"All of us want to see money in people's pockets and want to help people with cost of living crisis. But it was very clear, in terms of the advice that we have received as ministers, that we cannot make decisions that are cross-cutting, that are significant and that are novel.\"\n\nMr Beattie said \"As politicians the bottom line is all of us have failed the people. It was £300m, it wouldn't have fixed all the problems but it would have given them money in their pockets in the short term and that was important. That's a failure, that's a failure of politics to help the people that we should be helping.\"\n\nA second leaders' debate will take place on BBC Northern Ireland on Tuesday at 9pm.", "Mike Ireland (with ball) and his seven sons made up a full scrum for Heaton Moor\n\nA veteran amateur rugby player scrummed down with all seven of his sons for his last match before hanging up his boots.\n\nHeaton Moor third XV captain Mike Ireland, who also has eight daughters, said the experience made for \"an absolutely fantastic day\".\n\nThe 56-year-old from Stockport said he \"held out\" from retirement until his youngest son Joel turned 18 so they could all play together.\n\nIt was worth the wait, with Heaton Moor thrashing Wythenshawe 65-7 on Saturday.\n\nMr Ireland, who only started playing when he was 41, said: \"I didn't play sport myself as a kid but it was great to get them to do something and do it along with them\".\n\n\"During the years I've played many games for the Mighty Threes - as we call them - and I've played with one or two, three or maybe four of my sons.\n\n\"But I've never had them all on the field at the same time, so I'm really grateful to the people at the club who made it happen.\n\n\"It was a great treat for an old man retiring.\n\n\"I'm not the most amazing rugby player in the world, and some of my sons are very good and play for the first team, but rugby's not about that, it's a very big family thing, especially at grass roots level and everyone's welcome of all abilities.\"\n\nThe club tweeted: \"A rugby first, an amazing thing to be a part of as a club.\n\n\"Thanks for everything Mike, happy retirement. What a way to go!\"\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Ukraine's MiG-29s are not as advanced as some of Russia's fighters\n\nUkraine's fighter pilots are vastly outnumbered by the Russians, and have become legendary - thanks in part to the story of an alleged flying ace called the \"Ghost of Kyiv\".\n\nThis hero is said to have downed as many as 40 enemy planes - an incredible feat in an arena where Russia controls the skies.\n\nBut now the Ukraine Air Force Command has warned on Facebook that the \"Ghost of Kyiv is a superhero-legend whose character was created by Ukrainians!\".\n\n\"We ask the Ukrainian community not to neglect the basic rules of information hygiene,\" the message said, urging people to \"check the sources of information, before spreading it\".\n\nEarlier reports had named the ace as Major Stepan Tarabalka, 29. The authorities confirmed that he was killed in combat on 13 March and honoured with a Hero of Ukraine medal posthumously.\n\nNow, the air force stresses that \"Tarabalka is not 'Ghost of Kiev', and he did not hit 40 planes\".\n\nIt describes the \"Ghost of Kyiv\" as \"a collective image of pilots of the Air Force's 40th tactical aviation brigade, who defend the sky over the capital\", rather than a single man's combat record.\n\nFor weeks, Ukrainians did not have a name to go with the \"Ghost of Kyiv\" - but that did not stop the story going viral on social media.\n\nIt was used as a marketing brand by a Ukrainian model aircraft manufacturer, while Ukrainian Iryna Kostyrenko showed off a military badge inspired by the legend.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Defence of Ukraine This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by Defence of Ukraine\n\nMilitary experts told the BBC they doubted that one pilot could have downed as many as 40 Russian planes.\n\nUkrainian military historian Mikhail Zhirohov described the Ghost of Kyiv story as \"propaganda for raising morale\". Speaking to the BBC from Chernihiv, he said that early on in the war the Russians dominated Ukrainian airspace, so a Ukrainian pilot \"could only shoot down two or three\".\n\n\"It's essential to have this propaganda, because our armed forces are smaller, and many think we can't be equal to them [the Russians]. We need this in wartime,\" he said.\n\nThe fact that Ukrainian pilots are still denying Russia total mastery of the skies, flying inferior, older Russian-designed MiG-29s, inspired this modern legend.\n\nWith all its military might, Russia has had more than two months to knock out Ukraine's air defences - and failed.\n\nThe Ukrainian authorities fuelled the Ghost of Kyiv legend just days into the war.\n\nThe Ukraine Security Service (SBU) showed a fighter pilot on the Telegram messaging service, with a caption calling the \"Ghost of Kyiv\" an \"angel\" for downing 10 Russian planes. But it did not name the \"angel\", and media reports later said the photo used was an old one.\n\nOn 27 February Ukraine called the \"Ghost of Kyiv\" an \"angel\" for downing 10 Russian planes\n\nA Ukrainian military expert who requested anonymity told the BBC the Ghost of Kyiv story \"has helped to raise morale at a time when people need simple stories\".\n\nUkraine's morale has also been boosted by the Moskva story.\n\nFirst, Ukrainian border guards defied the Russian missile cruiser with a rude gesture, commemorated with a popular postage stamp. Then Ukraine allegedly sank it - the pride of Russia's Black Sea Fleet - with two Neptune missiles. Russia admitted there was a fire on board, and that the ship sank, but made no mention of a missile attack.\n\nHeroic fighter pilots have entered the national mythology of other countries too. The UK celebrates the brave Royal Air Force pilots who outwitted the mighty Nazi Luftwaffe in the 1940 Battle of Britain.\n\nAnd Russia itself glorifies the sacrifices of its World War Two pilots, who were outgunned by the Germans. Some deliberately crashed into enemy planes after running out of bullets.\n\nLegends like the Ghost of Kyiv are not surprising when there are such contrasting figures given for Russian and Ukrainian losses: there is plenty of room for embellishment.\n\nOn 30 April, the Ukrainian Armed Forces General Staff said that in the war so far Russia had lost 190 planes and 155 helicopters.\n\nBut independent military analysts Oryx reckon the Russian losses to be 26 planes and 39 helicopters, as well as 48 drones (UAVs).\n\nBoth Russia and Ukraine are very secretive about their own losses. Counting is difficult, because aircraft often crash in Russian-held territory, and some manage to land in Russia.\n\nPortable anti-aircraft missiles are a key part of defending the skies\n\nExperts agree that in most cases Russian aircraft were downed with surface-to-air missiles, especially man-portable air defence systems (Manpads).\n\nJustin Crump of the security consultancy Sybilline says the Ghost of Kyiv legend is important because in our social media age \"people need myths, heroes and legends, to provide cohesion and meaning\".", "Food prices will keep rising, and stay higher \"for quite some time\" due to the high cost of raw materials, Asda chairman Lord Rose has said.\n\nMany families struggling with the cost of living crisis are \"going to suffer\", the Conservative peer warned - although retailers will try to keep costs down.\n\nThe Bank of England expects price inflation to hit 8% this spring.\n\nBut Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said inflation would not necessarily be long term.\n\nFamilies in the UK have been struggling as energy, fuel and food costs rise rapidly.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC Sunday Morning programme, the Asda chairman said he feared that food prices \"are going to go higher, and they are going to stay high for quite some time\".\n\nPressures on prices include the war in Ukraine and a resurgence of Covid in China, said Lord Rose.\n\nOil and gas prices were already rising rapidly before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but the war has pushed prices up further.\n\nIn turn, this is ramping up raw materials costs for manufacturers and retailers - including for meats like chicken and staples such as pasta - with the price hikes being passed on to consumers.\n\n\"Chicken feed is going up, and all the other associated costs are going up,\" he said. \"I see no quick solution to this.\n\n\"Pasta is made from durum wheat, and durum wheat has gone up in price, so that's an inevitable cost increase.\"\n\nCo-op chief executive Steve Murrells told the Sunday Times that chicken could become as expensive as beef due to the war in Ukraine.\n\nFast food chain Nando's, which specialises in chicken, said that some of its prices had gone up in April.\n\nAsda chairman Stuart Rose said consumers will suffer from fresh price rises\n\nLord Rose said retailers \"will do what we can\" to shield customers from raw materials cost increases, but added they were \"not immune from cost increases ourselves\" and would pass them on.\n\nHe said supermarkets have staff, electricity, fuel, insurance and transport costs, alongside raw materials costs.\n\n\"If you're baking biscuits or baking cakes, [energy] goes into the cost of the raw material that you have to pass on [to consumers],\" he said. \"What we have to try and do is mitigate that.\"\n\nThere is a danger of long-term effects on the economy from high inflation including \"a wage spiral\" and \"stagflation\" - where prices and wages go up, but the economy doesn't grow.\n\n\"They are both evil, and the government has got a very difficult and tricky road to navigate,\" Lord Rose said.\n\nHe added that 90% of Asda customers were \"very worried about the cost of living, and how they are going to make ends meet\".\n\nKwasi Kwarteng said it was not possible to predict how long inflation would remain high\n\nBusiness Secretary Mr Kwarteng said there was \"obviously an issue with cost of living increases\", but \"we don't know how long that will last\".\n\n\"Who can say how long any inflation will last?\" he said. \"It's a global issue, there's no doubt that every economy in the world is looking at the high prices and greater inflation.\"\n\nHe the government was \"dealing with it by creating jobs.\"\n\nHigh inflation will not necessarily go on for years, Mr Kwarteng added, due to the government's \"energy security strategy\", which includes new nuclear and offshore wind power generation.\n\nLabour has repeated calls for a windfall tax on oil and gas companies to subsidise energy bills.\n\nMr Kwarteng said he was against a windfall tax because it would discourage investment, but he said Chancellor Rishi Sunak had not ruled it out.\n\nMr Sunak is \"going to look at all options\", Mr Kwarteng added.\n\nTalking about Labour's windfall tax proposals, its leader Sir Keir Starmer told Sky News: \"We are not talking about taxing the profits they expected to make. This is the profits they didn't expect to make.\n\n\"We would then use that to reduce energy bills by up to £600.\"\n\nLabour's shadow foreign secretary David Lammy told the BBC that families dealing with cost of living pressures should not have to face a rise in National Insurance. The government has said this rise will help the NHS recover from Covid and fund social care in England.\n\n\"It's absolutely the wrong time for people to face a National Insurance rise,\" he said. \"Let's be clear, we've had 15 tax rises over the last decade from this Conservative government, at a time when four in 10 people are buying less groceries.\"\n\nLiberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said inflation would be high for \"at least a year or two\".\n\n\"Millions of pensioners and families are really worried about the cost of living,\" he said. \"They're pretty annoyed that the Conservative government seem to be making it worse with tax rises.\"\n\nScotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: \"This week, as most people received their pay packet, they finally see the reality of the Tory-made cost of living crisis - a hike in National Insurance, soaring bills and no support from Westminster.\"", "A London law firm has offered staff the option to work from home permanently, but the convenience comes at a price.\n\nThe firm, Stephenson Harwood, said it would allow staff to work remotely but pay them 20% less than their current salary.\n\nSince the start of the pandemic a debate has raged over who gains and who loses when staff work from home.\n\nEmployees save time and money, but employers can save too, on office space and costs.\n\nSome argue workers are less productive when unsupervised at home. Others say without the commute they work longer hours, often spilling over into evenings and weekends and face fewer distractions.\n\nMost recently cabinet office minister Jacob Rees-Mogg sparked controversy when he said all civil servants must stop working from home. and left notes on empty desks saying \"I look forward to seeing you in the office very soon.\"\n\nAcademic studies suggest remote working can boost productivity. And many private sector firms have found that hybrid working, allowing a combination of home and office work, frees up space and improves staff satisfaction.\n\nStephenson Harwood told the BBC that it had recruited some remote workers from outside London during the pandemic, on a lower pay package, reflecting the lower cost of not commuting into the capital.\n\nBut if they do need to go to the office remote workers could claim travel expenses, he said.\n\nThe firm is now extending the remote working option to existing staff, but also applying the salary difference between the two packages, the firm said.\n\nThe choice of full-time remote working is available to all employees but not to partners in the firm.\n\nStephenson Harwood said it didn't expect many people to take up the offer to work remotely full-time.\n\nA newly qualified lawyer, for example, starts on a salary of £90,000, at the law firm. But the chance of them choosing to take £72,000 instead to work from home were \"very slim\" as their role required experience of the office environment, he said.\n\nStephenson Harwood have decided staff who do not travel into London regularly will be paid less\n\nThe spokesman said the firm's current policy, where people can choose to work from home for up to two days a week, suited many of its 1,100 employees across offices in London, Paris, Greece, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea.\n\n\"For the vast majority of our people, our hybrid working policy works well,\" he told law firm news website RollOnFriday which first reported the story.\n\nStanford University academic Nicholas Bloom estimates that post-pandemic about 10% of employees will work fully remotely.\n\nHe argues that homeworking could boost productivity, narrow regional inequalities and help blue-collar workers win more flexibility.\n\nHowever, some firms are encountering resistance to a return to the office, even on a hybrid basis.\n\nA handful of Apple staff have reportedly told boss Tim Cook his plan for them to work from the office three days a week will make the company \"younger, whiter and more male-dominated\".\n\nIn an open letter they said a compulsory return to the office \"will change the makeup of our workforce\" and \"lead to privileges deciding who can work for Apple, not who'd be the best fit.\"\n\nIt said the office would be made up of staff who lived nearby, young people without family commitments and parents who had a stay-at-home partner.\n\nThe letter has around 200 signatures, just 0.1% of the firm's 165,000 staff.\n\nIt came in response to an email from Mr Cook which said returning to the office was \"a positive sign that we can engage more fully with the colleagues who play such an important role in our lives\".\n\nMr Cook said he was \"deeply committed\" to giving his staff support and flexibility.", "Thousands went on the pitch to celebrate Eid at the home of the former Premier League champions\n\nBlackburn Rovers has become the first football club in the UK to host Eid prayers as 2,000 people celebrated on the pitch.\n\nMen and women started arriving from 08:30 BST at Ewood Park to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan.\n\nExtra plastic sheeting had to be put down as more people arrived. Eid gatherings after a month of fasting are normally held in mosques.\n\nThe Championship side played at home on Saturday afternoon but lost 3-0.\n\nThey became the first football club in the UK to host Eid.\n\nYasir Sufi, integration manager at the club, said: \"We live and breathe, one town, one club, one community.\n\n\"An event like this shows this better than anything else.\n\n\"It shows that we are all one, no matter who you are or what your identity is, the football club is somewhere where you belong.\"\n\nSudan-born Ahmed Khalifa, 37, who moved to Blackburn from the UAE about four months ago, said he was \"so happy\" to see so many people at the Sky Bet Championship club's ground.\n\nHe said: \"Eid for Muslims is something very special, gathering all the relatives together. This time, for us especially, we miss our relatives so much.\n\n\"So it was a very big deal for us to have this group of people. So happy to see all these people there.\n\n\"The people of Blackburn, they all seem like part of a community, but for me coming new to this city - now I'm feeling like a part of the community.\"\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Kate and Gerry McCann pictured in 2017 during an interview with the BBC, 10 years after their daughter disappeared\n\nMadeleine McCann's parents say it is \"essential\" they find out what happened to their daughter, ahead of the 15th anniversary of her disappearance.\n\nIn a Facebook post, Kate and Gerry McCann said this year \"feels no harder than any other but no easier either\".\n\n\"Madeleine will always be our daughter and a truly horrific crime has been committed,\" they wrote.\n\nThree-year-old Madeleine disappeared during a family holiday in Portugal on 3 May 2007. She has never been found.\n\nLast month, Portuguese prosecutors made German man Christian Brueckner a formal suspect, although they did not formally reveal his name.\n\nOn the eve of the anniversary, the McCanns said: \"This year we mark fifteen years since we last saw Madeleine... It's a very long time.\n\n\"Many people talk about the need for 'closure'. It's always felt a strange term. Regardless of outcome, Madeleine will always be our daughter and a truly horrific crime has been committed. These things will remain.\n\n\"It is true though that uncertainty creates weakness; knowledge and certainty give strength, and for this reason our need for answers, for the truth, is essential.\"\n\nThey also expressed gratitude to the UK, Portuguese and German authorities for their ongoing work, and their supporters \"for their continued good wishes\".\n\n\"It is a huge comfort to know that regardless of time passed, Madeleine is still in people's hearts and minds. Thank you,\" they said.\n\nMadeleine McCann was three when she went missing in 2007\n\nAlongside the post, they included a quote from Winnie the Pooh author AA Milne which read: \"But the most important thing is, even if we're apart, I'll always be with you.\"\n\nTuesday marks exactly 15 years since Madeleine was reported missing, meaning under Portuguese law it will no longer be possible to declare someone a person of interest. Doing so is a necessary step to any criminal charges.\n\nHowever, a Portuguese official previously said the move to declare Brueckner an \"arguido\" was not driven by timing, but by \"strong indications\" of the practice of a crime.\n\nA picture of Christian Brueckner was released to the media\n\nBrueckner is currently serving a prison sentence for drug offences in Germany and was also given a seven-year term for raping a 72-year-old woman.\n\nThe 45-year-old has not been charged and strongly denies any involvement in Madeleine's disappearance.\n\nMeanwhile, the Metropolitan Police said it remained \"committed to doing what we can to find answers\".\n\nThe force launched its own investigation, Operation Grange, into Madeleine's disappearance in 2013.\n\nDetective Chief Inspector Mark Cranwell, who leads Operation Grange, said: \"Fifteen years on from Madeleine's disappearance in Praia Da Luz our thoughts, as always, are with her family.\n\n\"Officers continue to investigate the case and our dedicated team are still working closely with law enforcement colleagues from the Portuguese Policia Judiciaria as well as the German Bundeskriminalamt [federal police].\n\n\"At this time, the case remains a missing person's inquiry.\"\n\nMadeleine, from Rothley, Leicestershire, went missing from a holiday apartment block in Praia da Luz, sparking a heavily-chronicled missing person case.\n\nShe would be due to turn 19 later in May.", "Last updated on .From the section Sport Climbing\n\nBritain's most decorated elite climber Shauna Coxsey has defended her decision to continue the sport while pregnant.\n\nThe 29-year-old, who retired from competitive climbing after the sport's Olympic debut in Tokyo, is 38 weeks pregnant with her first child.\n\nBut her choice has led to some criticism on social media.\n\n\"Everyone assesses risk differently and I think people perceive me climbing as risky when I am actually climbing so well within my comfort zone,\" she said.\n\nSpeaking to Radio 5 Live, she added: \"It feels way more risky for me to walk down the street. I feel much more likely to trip over on a bumpy road than I do to go up an easy climbing wall.\"\n\nCoxsey created history in Tokyo as Britain's first competitor in the sport and finished 10th overall after being hampered by a back injury.\n\nThe double World Championship bronze medallist has been involved in the sport since she was three years old.\n\n\"If I don't climb for a week or so, my body feels quite clunky and everything gets a bit achy,\" she added.\n\n\"As soon as I get back on that wall and start stretching and moving again, my body feels more connected and good and strong and also my mental health as well.\n\n\"I can't imagine stopping if I didn't need to and I haven't needed to and it feels great. I've been really fortunate.\n\n\"I wouldn't put my baby in danger. People think I might be able to fall and land on my stomach - which is something I have never ever done or seen happen before.\n\n\"For me to share a bit and communicate how I have gone about this pregnancy and say it is possible to keep climbing in a safe way has been really important.\n\n\"It's frustrating that other women are getting this judgement and choosing to give up something that they love and are comfortable with because of the fear of judgement.\n\n\"It is such a sad position to be in - it is bullying.\"", "A church remains standing - but damanged - in the town of Malyn, near Kyiv Image caption: A church remains standing - but damanged - in the town of Malyn, near Kyiv\n\nWe'll be pausing our coverage shortly, so here's a recap of what's been happening in Ukraine today.\n\nThe day started with the EU announcing a new plan to penalise Russia financially. It wants a total ban on oil imports from Russia by the end of the year.\n\nBut several EU countries have voiced objections - most notably Hungary, who said it would veto the plan in its current form, as it would destroy the Hungarian economy.\n\nOn the ground, several explosions have been reported in various cities across Ukraine. The UK's Ministry of Defence says Russia is trying to stop Ukraine from replenishing its supplies.\n\nThere has been a suggestion that Russia will use its annual Victory Day celebrations - which it holds every year to mark victory against Nazi Germany in 1945 - to formally declare war on Ukraine. Russia has denied this. It is currently referred to as a special military operation.\n\nThere appears to be an escalation in fighting at the Azovstal steel plant, where the last of Ukraine's fighters in the city are holding out, along with hundreds of civilians.\n\nUkrainian officials say Russian troops have now entered the facility. Russia has said it will open a humanitarian corridor out of the plant tomorrow, but this has not been confirmed by Ukrainian officials.\n\nAlso in Mariupol, analysis by Associated Press suggests twice as many people as previously thought died in a Russian strike on a theatre in the city in March. Previous estimates put the death toll at 300, but the news agency now puts that at 600.", "Jason Donavan and Kylie Minogue both shot to fame after appearing in the soap opera in the 1980s\n\nKylie Minogue and Jason Donovan will return to long-running Australian TV soap opera Neighbours for its finale after more than 30 years away.\n\nThey will resume their roles as much-loved characters Scott Robinson and Charlene Mitchell in the fictional Melbourne suburb of Erinsborough.\n\nTheir return to Ramsay Street comes after it was announced that the show will end this summer after 37 years.\n\nThe pair were a favourite with viewers before their departure in the 1980s.\n\nSharing a message on the show's official Twitter account, executive producer Jason Herbison said they would play \"a very special part\" in the show's finale.\n\n\"Scott and Charlene are the ultimate Neighbours couple and it would not feel right to end the show without them,\" he added.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMinogue and Donovan, both 53, also posted a photo of what appeared to be a glimpse of a Neighbours script on their Instagram accounts.\n\nNeighbours was first aired in 1985 and the pair played Scott and Charlene until their departures in 1989 and 1988 respectively.\n\nTheir wedding episode was watched by more than two million Australian viewers when it first aired in 1987 and it later attracted almost 20 million people when it was shown in the UK the following year.\n\nScott and Charlene's wedding episode was watched by millions of people\n\nBoth Minogue and Donovan shot to fame after appearing in the soap opera.\n\nMinogue - who has then had a successful pop career with hits including I Should be so Lucky, Confide in Me and Spinning Around - said she would be \"forever grateful\" for her time on the show as mechanic Charlene.\n\nLast year Minogue confirmed she was moving back to Australia after 30 years in the UK\n\nDonovan also moved to a career in music with hits including Ten Good Reasons, Happy Together and Especially for You - his duet with Minogue. He has also appeared in musicals, including taking the lead role in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat in the 1990s.\n\nNeighbours has aired on Channel 5 for more than a decade, having previously been broadcast on the BBC.\n\nEarlier this year Channel 5 announced it was dropping the show from its schedules.\n\nDonovan previously said it was sad to see the show come to an end\n\nThat decision left producers with a funding gap, as the British network was a key broadcast partner in the series.\n\nProducers later said they were \"so sorry\" but had \"no option but to rest the show\".\n\nWhen the news came that Neighbours was ceasing production, Donovan said it was \"sad\" but that it was \"time to celebrate\" the soap.\n\nHis father Terence used to star on the show, as Doug Willis, and his daughter Jemma is part of the current cast, playing Harlow Robinson.\n\nThe programme has also launched careers of Hollywood stars Margot Robbie, Liam Hemsworth and Guy Pearce, as well as singers Natalie Imbruglia and Delta Goodrem.", "Inmate Casey White (L) and corrections officer Vicki White - the pair are not related\n\nUS police are searching for an escaped inmate who is facing murder charges, and a guard who may have helped him.\n\nInmate Casey White and corrections officer Vicki White were last seen on Friday morning at the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office in Alabama.\n\nMs White said she was taking him to a mental evaluation, but officials later realised it had not been scheduled.\n\nPolice now believe Ms White helped orchestrate the escape and have issued a warrant for her arrest.\n\nSpeaking at a news conference on Friday, Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton noted that Ms White had sold her house about a month ago and had \"talked about going to the beach\".\n\nFriday - the day the pair went missing - was supposed to be her final day at work.\n\nDespite their matching surnames, the pair are not related. Authorities say Casey White should be considered \"armed and extremely dangerous\" - in part because he may now have access to the officer's gun.\n\nMr Singleton said Ms White left the detention centre with the prisoner at about 09:30 CDT (15:30 BST).\n\nShe had told after colleagues she was going to drop him at the courthouse for a mental health evaluation.\n\nMs White said she would then get some medical attention because she was not feeling well, Sheriff Singleton added. Authorities now believe this appointment was not real and formed part of the escape plan.\n\nShortly after 11:00 someone found her vehicle in a shopping centre car park.\n\nAt about 15:30 officials realised the prisoner had not been returned to custody, and no one could contact the officer.\n\nOn Monday, Sheriff Singleton said that authorities believe the escape was \"orchestrated\", and that Ms White participated, although the exact circumstances remain unclear.\n\n\"Whether she did that willingly or was coerced somehow, we're not really sure,\" he said.\n\nLauderdale County Sheriff's Office released this image of Casey White, who is 6ft 9in tall, saying it is the most recent photo of him\n\nThe warrant against Ms White is for first-degree permitting of facilitating escape.\n\nThe US Marshals Service is offering a reward of up to $10,000 (£7,950) for information leading to Casey White's recapture and the location of Vicki White.\n\nMr Singleton described the 6ft 9in Casey White as \"extremely dangerous\" and advised police officers to not \"take any chances\" with him.\n\n\"He has nothing to lose,\" he added. \"I will emphasize as much as I can: we're concerned about everybody.\"\n\nMs White has been with the department for about 25 years. She is the assistant director of corrections, and part of her role involves arranging courthouse transportation.\n\nHer decision to take the prisoner to the courthouse by herself violated policy, he explained, as someone charged with such a severe crime would normally be accompanied by two deputies.\n\nAuthorities are now reviewing video footage and phone calls to determine whether she had a relationship with Casey White before the escape took place.\n\nSheriff Singleton had previously said Ms White had been voted employee of the year several times and was an \"exemplary employee\".\n\n\"This is not the Vicki White we know, by any stretch of the imagination,\" he said on Monday.\n\nIn an interview with Alabama network WAAY-TV on Monday, Ms White's mother appealed for her to daughter to come home.\n\nShe said that her daughter had been living with her for the past five weeks since selling her home, adding that she had never before heard of the inmate she is now accused of aiding.\n\n\"I never heard of him, never seen his picture, nothing. I didn't know anything about him,\" she said.\n\nCasey White, 38, was charged with two counts of capital murder in September 2020 over the stabbing of 58-year-old Connie Ridgeway, according to the US Marshals Service.\n\nThe US federal law enforcement agency said he was already serving time for a series of crimes in 2015, including burglary, vehicle theft, and a police chase.\n\nHe confessed to the murder and was awaiting trial at the Lauderdale County Jail when he disappeared, authorities added.\n\nWhite has planned to escape from prison before, Sheriff Singleton told ABC News. But officials found out about the plan - which involved taking a hostage - before he could attempt it in 2020.", "Ukrainians have been honouring dead friends and relatives, as is traditional on the first Sunday after Orthodox Easter.\n\nAlla Krotkikh comforts her 10-year-old son Savelii, as they mourn his father Ihor Krotkikh, 47, who she says was a soldier killed by shelling Image caption: Alla Krotkikh comforts her 10-year-old son Savelii, as they mourn his father Ihor Krotkikh, 47, who she says was a soldier killed by shelling\n\nAnatolii and Olena visit the grave of their son Oleksandr, a soldier, as part of the Easter tradition known as Hrobki or Provody Image caption: Anatolii and Olena visit the grave of their son Oleksandr, a soldier, as part of the Easter tradition known as Hrobki or Provody\n\nCrosses and floral wreaths are seen in a cemetery in Irpin, outside Kyiv, which saw intense fighting earlier in the war Image caption: Crosses and floral wreaths are seen in a cemetery 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