the assailant, valdo calocane, is now awaiting sentencing. also tonight... why measles cases are on the rise across europe as well as in the uk. rishi sunak tells mps the latest air attacks on houthi fighters in yemen were in self defence. how a simple blood test could be the key to revolutionising alzheimer's care. a big night for middlesbrough fans as they aim to reach their first cup final in nearly 20 years. i don't know if we can be trusted with such a weapon. and cillian murphy, up for best actor in this year's oscars, as the film oppenheimer tops the list of nominations. coming up on bbc news... fresh from winning his first darts tournament, teenager luke littler will play luke humphries on the opening night of the premier league in a rematch of the pdc world championship final.

good evening. "these children were just walking home from a great night out" — the words of a father whose daughter was one of three people stabbed to death in a stranger attack in nottingham lastjune. today the killer, valdo calocane, had his manslaughter plea accepted on grounds of diminished responsibility due to a serious mental illness. two 19—year—old students, grace o'malley—kumar and barnaby webber, and a 65—year—old school caretaker ian coates died in the attack. our midlands correspondent navteonhal reports. first came the shock. then the sadness. and then the support. on the 13th ofjune, the city of nottingham was scarred by a killer who left

three people dead. they were 19—year—old students barnaby webber and grace o'malley—kumar and school caretaker ian coates, who was 65. and this is the man who took their lives. valdo calocane, a 32—year—old dual guinea—bissau portuguese national with settled status in the uk. his first victims were the university of nottingham students. we're walking the same route that grace and barnaby were walking on their way home after a night out clubbing at around four in the morning. they were just five minutes from their student accommodation when they were stabbed to death. he attacked barnaby with a dagger first. grace tried to protect her friend and fight calocane off, but he then attacked her too, leaving them both dead. someone said, "we're going to send two officers down to london to speak to you." and that's the moment that i realised something really, truly very wrong had happened.

we drove up to nottingham, to a police station, and that's where we were confirmed and told that it was our daughter. i've notjust lost my older sister, but my best friend. someone i'd to go through about everything. i was so proud, i would always speak about her. it's a joy for me to be able to say that she's my older sister. it's a privilege. calocane then walked to a hostel a mile away and tried unsuccessfully to break in before attacking his next victim. ian coates, who was just a few months away from retirement, was killed on his way to work. his van was stolen and then driven by calocane back into the city centre where he used it to hit three pedestrians, one of whom was critically injured. calocane has pleaded guilty to three counts of manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility and guilty to three counts of attempted murder.

in an emotionally charged day here in court during the sentencing hearing, which is expected to last another day or two, we learned more about the killer who gave the name adam mendez point at the court heard about his history of mental illness and the fact that he had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. but in powerful victim impact statements, the grieving and angry families caught in a selfish monster and a coward and vowed to never forgive him. in a selfish monster and a coward and vowed to neverforgive him. and in that highly charged atmosphere, calocane appeared to show no emotion throughout. thank you, navtej calocane appeared to show no emotion throughout. thank you, navteonhal reporting. just a day after storm isha caused travel chaos and left thousands without power, the uk is bracing itself for more severe weather, with storm jocelyn due to hit this evening. major disruption to transport is expected and no trains in scotland will operate after seven o'clock tonight.

the met office has issued yellow weather warnings — meaning disruption — because of wind and rain across most of the uk, with only east anglia and southern england likely to escape the worst of storm jocelyn. an amberwarning — meaning more widespread disruption — is in place for parts of western and northern scotland and orkney. our north of england correspondent danny savage sent this report from york. another day, another storm. the rivers of the north have responded. this is the ure in boroughbridge in north yorkshire. it depends what happens up the dales, you know, snowmelt and the rivers up the dale affects boroughbridge quite a lot. but, you know, with the climate change, we just don't know. we feel these incidents are going to become more and more, unfortunately. not so far away is the river swale, in flood. hardly a surprise when you look at the conditions upriver over the last couple of days. both of those rivers you've just seen merge into this, the river ouse, and one of its pinch

points is here in the centre of york. now, this is not an unusual sight, but the river level is expected to come up a bit more, and people here are being told to prepare forflooding. for me, for my garage side, where that sign is, if that red cover goes off... that's your barometer. it's bad news, really bad news. chris lives over the other side, in an apartment above the water. you can't go in for a beer there. that's somebody's business who... they've got children to feed. it's... got to make money and they can't. yeah, yeah, yep. in northern ireland, they're still clearing up after yesterday's storm. it badly damaged power lines in places and thousands of homes are still being reconnected. at the height of the outages, we had 53,000 customers off supply. we have managed to restore supply to 10,000 of those customers, leaving 6,000 that we are still working very hard to get back on supply as quickly as possible.

tonight, though, it's storm jocelyn that will need watching. a relatively small area of north yorkshire and cumbria has a heavy rainfall warning. these pictures show why, and all that water has to flow down through already swollen river systems. the worst effects of this may still be a day or two away. danny savage, bbc news. the world health organization says measles cases last year increased 30—fold across europe compared with 2022. officials said it was an "alarming rise", which had "accelerated in recent months". let's speak to our health editor, hugh pym. what is behind this? well, i should sa that what is behind this? well, i should say that bristol, _ what is behind this? well, i should say that bristol, where _ what is behind this? well, i should say that bristol, where i _ what is behind this? well, i should say that bristol, where i am - what is behind this? well, i should say that bristol, where i am now, | say that bristol, where i am now, has not had any reported cases of measles at this stage the concern is much more been about the west midlands of england with increases there but pharmacies like this one

and gp practices in every region are being sent information about possible symptoms and infection control measures if they are needed because of a worry it could spread to other communities. the worry really is that fewer children have been vaccinated with the mmr vaccine, as it's known, the two doses offering very good protection, according to the authorities. and in fact, nhs england has drawn up an estimate suggesting that 3.4 million children under the age of 16 are not fully protected with the doses available to them depending on their age. that is why we have had a series of warnings, including today's from the who, for the whole of europe, calling for urgent measures from the authorities to deal with this problem and that means getting more children and adults, if they had not had the vaccine already, getting them fully vaccinated, getting out into communities, spreading the message and providing more information, just

making it more accessible to ensure that the increases we have seen are not repeated. that the increases we have seen are not repeated-— not repeated. thank you for that, huh not repeated. thank you for that, hugh pym- _ the prime minister has said thejoint uk and us air strikes on houthi rebel positions in yemen were carried out in "self—defence" and in the face of what he called a persistent threat from the military group. rishi sunak told mps he wasn't prepared to let continuing attacks by iranian—backed houthis on shipping in the red sea go unchallenged. much of the east—west container shipping trade to europe usually travels through the red sea. now many companies are having to redirect their container ships to the longer and more costly route around the cape of good hope. our defence correspondent jonathan beale reports. is this to become a recurring mission? rafjets loaded with guided bombs flew from cyprus last night, for the second time within a fortnight. the aim, once again, to prevent

the houthis from launching drones and missiles at merchant shipping in the red sea. the prime minister making clear, as before, that, if necessary, they will do it all again. we are not seeking a confrontation. we urge the houthis and those who enable them to stop these illegal and unacceptable attacks. but if necessary, the united kingdom will not hesitate to respond again in self defence. it is a us—led operation — the bulk of the firepower coming from an american aircraft carrier in the region. britain was the only other nation to directly participate. the impact of the strikes soon visible from the ground. this is what they've been trying to stop — video posted on social media, believed to show the moment a houthi missile hits a cargo ship in the red sea. they've damaged several others.

and so far, air strikes are not halting these attacks. the pentagon said they conducted air strikes at several locations overnight aimed at degrading the houthis�* military capabilities. that included bombing a weapons storage bunker underground. remember, this is the second set of strikes the us and uk have conducted. so what's been the impact so far? this graph shows houthi attacks on merchant shipping. they started in november — the houthis say in response to israel's war in gaza. the black dotted line marks the moment when the uk and us first carried outjoint air strikes, nearly two weeks ago. but look since then — the houthi attacks have only increased. there have been another eight. even president biden admits they won't stop the houthis. are the air strikes in yemen working? well, when you say "working", are they stopping the houthis? no.

are they going to continue? yes — air strikes may have destroyed some of the houthis�* arsenal, but by no means all. and this could all be repeated yet again, with no clear end. jonathan beale, bbc news. the israeli army says 24 of its soldiers were killed in gaza on monday. it makes it the deadliest day for its forces since its ground operation began. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, vowed the fighting would not stop until absolute victory. intense battles have been taking place in khan younis in the south of gaza in recent days. the hamas—run health ministry says more than 25,000 palestinians have died there since the war began. here's our middle east correspondent lucy williamson. he sings. a nation's deadliest day in this war, a family's darkest. sergeant hadar kapeluk,

a 23—year—old reservist serving on the gaza border, sent in on a mission without his family knowing. his brother, helpless with grief, promised to look after mum and dad. gunshots. he was at the border, he wasn't supposed to fight, he wasn't supposed to go in. we didn't know he went in. we didn't know we were supposed to worry about him. 2i reservists died yesterday in a rocket attack that detonated the mines they were laying. a new kind of loss for israel, a new kind of pressure at home. the wounds left by the hamas attacks here last october still haven't healed, kept raw by the daily reminder of hostages held inside gaza. these fresh losses have raised the price of a war many here support.

translation: we are in | the midst of an unjust war. in this war, there are great achievements, including today in completing the encirclement of khan younis. but there are also very heavy prices. the city of khan younis is now the focus of israel's offensive. it's underground tunnels, a refuge for hamas leaders. but yesterday's attack was outside the city, above ground, half a mile from the border. more than three months into its war in gaza, israel's army is still fighting for control. and as israel searches for hamas here, palestinians search for safety. residents and refugees in khan younis driven south by the war. the city's main hospital submerged by patients — now surrounded by israeli forces.

translation: most of the medical staff had evacuated, _ leaving only a few doctors to attend to the casualties. the situation is worse than a disaster. with no way out, families bury their dead in the sand outside the hospital. a war that feels close to home in israel has left gazans feeling there's nowhere to go. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. the uk covid inquiry has heard the first minister of scotland, humza yousaf, was advised to have a drink in his hand in order to avoid having to wear a face mask by the country's national clinical director, professorjason leitch. the exchange of messages seen by the inquiry was from november 2021. professor leitch has denied offering the then health secretary mr yousaf a way around the rules. our scotland editor james cook reports. thank you very much forjoining us, professor leitch. _ jason leitch is no

stranger to the limelight. for much of the pandemic, he was the public face of the scottish government's response. i swear by almighty god... but the inquiry is now hearing about his private discussions, including this exchange on a government group chat in which he wrote, "whatsapp deletion is a pre—bed ritual." i tried to do today's work today and if i could assure myself that that work had been managed and dealt with, then i deleted the informal messaging that had led to that moment. but this was a flippant exaggeration in an informal messaging group, and it wasn't done every day before i went to bed. some of the tone of some of the messages that i've seen suggest a rather enthusiastic adoption of the policy of deleting messages. would that be fair? it certainly wasn't my position. you'd have to ask others, clearly, but that wasn't my position. he was then asked about this

exchange with the man who is now first minister, humza yousaf, in which he said, "i know sitting at a table, i don't need my mask. if i'm standing talking to folk, do i need my mask on?" to which professor leach replied, "officially, yes, but literally no one does. have a drink in your hands at all times. then you are exempt." both men insist they followed the rules, but could they have done more to suppress the virus while waiting for a vaccine? more testing, tighter borders and better co—operation between edinburgh and london is this scientist's answer. to move to almost a cynical fatalism of, everyone is going to get it, - there's nothing we can do, let's build up the hospitalsj and prepare the public for this. episode, it felt too early to me, given what we had seen in other countries. - so, two big questions today. did politicians make the right calls and were they transparent? the former first minister nicola sturgeon is likely to be asked both when she appears before the inquiry next week. james cook, bbc news, edinburgh.

the time is 6:18pm. our top story this evening. a man who killed three people in nottingham last year pleads guilty to manslaughter with diminished responsiblity. still to come — the latest from the post office inquiry and the former subpostmasters who died before their convictions were overturned. and coming up on bbc news... its advantage middlesborough as they travel to stamford bridge to take on chelsea in the second leg of their league cup semifinal. an emerging online trend is fuelling illegal and antisocial behaviour with off—road bikes and quads. one police force told the bbc of a �*plague to society�* from dinger culture — where vehicles are stolen and driven recklessly for hits and likes on social media. jim connolly went out on patrol with cleveland police which saw over 6,000 calls from the public about these vehicles

in just the past year. revving up and down the country, communities are being terrorised by gangs on illegal off—road bikes and quads. and the police are warning an emerging new trend on social media is fuelling the problem. riders provoke the authorities, and getting likes on places like tiktok is what it is all about. tiktok told us it does not allow videos that promote breaking the law, and it removes those that do. the company says this is an issue across social media. last year, across the uk, nearly 24,000 bikes were stolen. often these vehicles are used anti—socially. a real problem in places like teesside. one thing high on senior officers' minds are self—styled dingers. they steal bikes to ride in an anti—social, illegal and dangerous way, often with showing off on

social media in mind. they are very much like a community bike, so they will pass it from one individual to another individual. so, a real plague to society. yeah, this car park and the field here. chris says his family's dream of a quiet life has been destroyed by off—road bikes, cars, and anti—social behaviour. you can see anything from 8 to 15 on a bad night. it scares my daughter because she has autism. we wanted the lovely, peaceful life. we wanted to wake up in the morning, look out the window and see the field and everything else. it's like hell living round here. cleveland police insist anti—social behaviour is a priority. we have been invited along to see what they are doing about it. they will target addresses of rival gangs and cause damage. it's generally over drugs.

we saw burnt out bikes, broken fences, and then, a quad came bombing down the pavement. there he is there. to the right. but he swerved down a side road when he saw us coming. what are we looking for, chris? yeah, he was going quite fast. to be fair, quads aren't very stable at speed. if he goes around a corner at 40 mph, there is a very high chance of it flipping over. what's really striking there is that the quad bike was going down the pavement, pitch black, no lights. if a pedestrian had come out, he would have been injured, potentially killed if it had hit him. in this case, he got away. but cleveland police seized more than 500 bikes last year. and for some, this was their fate. jim connolly, bbc news, redcar. dozens of former subpostmasters prosecuted in the horizon it scandal died before ever seeing their convictions overturned. today, a post office investigator who handled two of those cases has been giving evidence to the public inquiry. the widow of one of the victims, peter holmes said she wanted to know why her husband s concerns

about the horizon system weren't properly followed up. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. bill quarm and peter holmes, two sub—postmasters who died before seeing their convictions quashed. i swear by almighty god... robert daily was the post office investigator in both their cases. do you accept any personal responsibility for what happened to mr holmes? no, i was only doing myjob. and then questions about how he did it with peter's widow, marion, sitting feet away. was it normal to go into people's homes, go into their bedrooms and their drawers and take out statements from banks before a postmaster or an assistant had even been interviewed, mr daily? if you're asking me if i was comfortable doing that, no, i wasn't comfortable, but it was part of the job. they never found the £46,000 that was supposedly missing. what did you do to investigate whether in fact there had been a loss?

i think silence... i'm not really quite sure how to answer that, so... peter, a former police officer, suspected the horizon computer system from the start. nobody who knew him knew that he could possibly- have taken that money, i but nobody believed him. and it sounds like checks weren't made. no checks were made. "you are guilty, where| has the money gone?" a scandal that affected every far—flung corner of the uk. bill quarm ran this post office in the western isles. he pleaded guilty in 2010 to avoid going to jail. bill said to me, "i'll die if i go to prison." and the fear in his eyes... ..i'll neverforget it. robert daily says they were told horizon was robust, but knowing what he knows now, he says there shouldn't have been any investigations whatsoever. emma simpson, bbc news.

alzheimer s charities and scientists say we are getting closer to a blood test that could screen people for the condition in their 50s. it follows research in sweden. our medical editor fergus walsh is here. this sounds promising. this is a swedish study that found a commercially available blood test was able to pick up biomarkers for alzheimer's, and the biomarkers can go alzheimer's, and the biomarkers can 9° up alzheimer's, and the biomarkers can go up in the brains of patients with alzheimer's ten or 15 years before the first symptoms of cognitive decline emerge. the study found the blood test was just as accurate as the current gold standard which is either a lumbar puncture to get cerebrospinalfluid or a either a lumbar puncture to get cerebrospinal fluid or a specialised form of brain imaging known as a macro pet scan but only tiny proportions of alzheimer's patients get near one of those, so an

accurate blood test would be revolutionary and alzheimer's charities are looking at a range of tests and hoping to have one ready to roll out on the nhs and around five years, and it's so important now because there are two new drug is likely to be licensed this year which can slow alzheimer's, but only if given in the early stages, so early diagnosis is crucial. fergus, thank ou early diagnosis is crucial. fergus, thank you very — early diagnosis is crucial. fergus, thank you very much. _ middlesbrough fans are dreaming of victory against chelsea in the second leg of their league cup semi—final tie. if they do overcome the premier league side, they'll reach their first major cup final since 2006, as our sports correspondent katie gornall reports. look closely, you'll see some familiar faces. 20 years ago, gareth southgate and the whole of middlesbrough celebrated. they'd brought home the league cup — the first and only major trophy in the club's history. go on, find yourself in that. for those who were there, they were special times. you won't be able to spot me. i did have a full head of hair back in 2004 as well. the joy in actually winning something, having supported the team since the 1960s, and then to go and win

there was outstanding. what would it mean to the town for boro to reach another cup final? in the last ten years, we've been pretty much a championship side barring one season. so to now have this again, it gets you excited thinking, "my days, this actually can happen. middlesbrough can do something again." however, what i will say is if we don't get there, so what? what this has done for the area and will continue to do for the football club beyond this, we've already won, in my eyes. these days, middlesbrough�*s biggest name is in the dugout, where michael carrick has built a young team with teesside at its core. it was here at the riverside two weeks ago that local lad hayden hackney, scored in that goal over there to give middlesbrough a slender 1—0 lead in this cup tie. now they travel to stamford bridge, hoping to upset the odds again. hi, mark. guess who i am. how are you? one middlesbrough legend knows the challenge that lies ahead. what do you think they have to do against chelsea? they've got to play probably some of the best football

in their whole lives. there's no doubting that chelsea are favourites, and i think overwhelming favourites. the cost of the squad, playing in the premier league, by comparison. but as we all know, that doesn't necessarily buy you success and doesn't mean that you have the better team. the job is only half done for middlesbrough against chelsea, but the players have fans dreaming once again. katie gornall, bbc news, middlesbrough. the epic film oppenheimer has swept the board for this year's oscar nominations, with 13 — including best director for christopher nolan, and best picture. the top grossing film of last year, barbie, was also nominated for best picture, but margot robbie and greta gerwig missed out on nominations for best actress and best director respectively, as our culture editor katie razzall reports. countdown to the 96th academy awards. the world will remember this day. and christopher nolan's spectacular film about the father of the atom bomb looks hard to beat.

oppenheimer is the juggernaut that's going through awards season at the moment, 13 nominations, i think on the night it could well scoop best film, best director, best actor for cillian murphy, best supporting actor, which would be robert downeyjunior, his first oscar. hi, barbie. hi, ken. but the barb—enheimer rivalry continues. barbie has eight oscar nominations, including best picture and best supporting actor for ryan gosling. but there's no directing nod for greta gerwig and margot robbie isn't up for best actress. i think it's actually great that there are so many snubs and surprises in the actress category. itjust shows how many meaty roles there are for actresses this year, which is very unusual and heartening, ithink. i am bella baxter. on that list, emma stone for her fearless performance in poor things. you talk too much. and killers of the flower moon's lily gladstone, who's made history as the first native american acting nominee. i cried a little. of course, it's a huge joy for us. french directorjustine triet is the only woman nominated for best director. anatomy of a fall is about a woman accused of murdering her husband.

i did not kill him. triet is the first ever french female directing nominee. things are changing for women. so i'm really proud for me and for all my team. and i'm not alone, of course, in this. any brits nominated ? yes. the british are coming again, storming down the red carpet. you've got carey mulligan and emily blunt. we've also got obviously christopher nolan up for oppenheimer, could win his first oscar. the holocaust drama the zone of interest is a british film with five nominations and a brit designed the costumes for the fantastical poor things and is now up for her first oscar. amazing, yeah. thrilling. delighted. it's a very rare opportunity as a costume designer to be able to be so creative. i feel incredibly grateful for the opportunity. others that could steal the show on oscars night, the 1970s tear—jerker the holdovers, and a pointed satire about racism, american fiction. katie razzall, bbc news. time for a look at the weather.

here's ben rich. another day, another storm. a couple of days ago we had one storm and now we have stormerjocelyn which has delivered huge amounts of rain to some parts of the uk and when i show you the satellite picture you will see why, a pipeline of poise —— moisture which is made for a wet day in places and around the centre of this swirl we have a particularly strong wind and there is an amber warning in force and parts of northern and western scotland have gusts of up to 80 mph across exposed coasts which could cause damage and disruption but it will be a broadly windy night, some hefty downpours blowing through on the strong winds, some of which will be thundery. there is an idea of the gusts we can expect and we have seen a gust of 75 mph across the coast of wales, so it is broadly windy but the strongest winds are likely to be across northern and western scotland, not a particularly cold night. we head

into tomorrow morning and