of your surviving victims and the families of them all. but relatives of the victims are angry calocane was charged with manslaughter instead of murder. true justice has not been served today. we as a devastated family have been let down by multiple agency failings and ineffectiveness. yes, there was plenty of fury and disappointment from the families of victims _ disappointment from the families of victims as_ disappointment from the families of victims as the man who killed their loved _ victims as the man who killed their loved ones — victims as the man who killed their loved ones were sentenced here. the other main stories on the programme this lunchtime... scotland's former first minister nicola sturgeon sent expletive—laden whatsapp messages during the pandemic, calling borisjohnson a clown. a court hears how a baby died after her parents went missing

and lived off grid in a tent. deep backward square. goes straight in the manner that only stokes can! and a captain's innings from ben stokes, but england make hard work of it on the first day of their test series in india. and coming up on bbc news, aryna sabalenka is into the final of the australian open. the defending champion gets past coco gauff in straight sets in melbourne. good afternoon. the killer who stabbed to death three people in nottingham has been told by a judge he will very probably spend the rest of his life in a high—security hospital. valdo calocane was suffering paranoid schizophrenia when he killed two students — barnaby webber and grace o'malley—kumar — and a school caretaker, ian coates.

but relatives of the victims say they are angry calocane was convicted on a charge of manslaughter through diminished responsibility instead of murder. "true justice has not been served today," said the mother of barnaby webber. our correspondent navtej johal is at nottingham crown court. seven months on from the day that devastated nottingham, the city's crown court today heard the sentence passed for the man who brought horror to the streets. but his sentence has also brought fury and disappointment from the families of the victims who believe true justice has not been done after the events of that terrible day. taser, taser. stay where you are! this is the moment valdo calocane, a killer who caused carnage on the streets of nottingham, was caught. an hour and a half earlier,

cctv footage shows his first two victims, barnaby webber and grace o'malley—kumar, 19—year—old students walking back from a night out, unaware that they will never make it home. the night before, calocane, who's 32, arrived back late in nottingham by train from london. he walks around the city for several hours before his attacks begin at 4am in the morning. emergency, what's the emergency? there has been a stabbing, i somebody lying on the street. i think they are dead. it was awful. he emerged from the alleyway and without any sort of warning whatsoever, he launched an attack on barnaby to begin with, incredible bravery that grace showed. she tried to intervene, she tried to help her friend, she tried to help barnaby. and the defendant then turned on her and began stabbing her, at her. calocane then walked across the city. he tries to break into a building housing vulnerable adults but is pushed off by a resident.

meanwhile, 65—year—old school caretaker ian coates is in his van on his way to work. the defendant causes ian to stop in his van and again seemingly without any sort of warning or any sort of conversation he attacks ian and he launches, you know, an equally ferocious attack on him. calocane then drives ian coates�* van towards the city centre and hits three pedestrians. they were wayne birkett, marcin gawronski and sharon miller. they were all injured but survived. minutes later, the van is tracked down and the killer is arrested. calocane pleaded guilty to three counts of manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility and guilty to three counts of attempted murder. the court heard he has had a history of mental illness, was in and out of hospital since 2020, and has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.

he was known to mental health services in nottingham and had been sentenced four times. —— section four times. but the police have admitted that more should have been done to arrest calocane prior to the stabbings, after a warrant had been issued for his arrest nine months earlier. a psychiatrist who assessed him told the court that calocane said that voices in his head told him that if he didn't carry out the attacks they would kill his family. your sickening crimes both shocked the nation and wrecked the lives of your surviving victims and the families of them all. i therefore make an order under all six counts of the indictment that you will be readmitted and detained at ashworth high security hospital. nottinghamshire police admitted yesterday that more should have been done to arrest calocane prior to the stabbings after a warrant had been issued for his arrest nine months earlier. true justice has not been served today. | we, as a devastated family, have been let down by - multiple agency failings and ineffectiveness. - to the assistant chief constable, rob griffin, who finally _

released this information publicly yesterday, - i say this. you have blood on your hands. if you had done yourjob properly, there is a very good chance my beautiful boy would be alive today. - there are questions from the families, still remaining to be answered, around this incident. could this have been predicted? could this have been predicted? could it have been prevented? could moore have been done to stop calocane committing these acts? there will be a review set up by nhs england, independent review, looking into their interactions with calocane. as you heard, the families want to see people, agencies, authorities, held accountable for what happened. thank you, navtej johal, at nottingham crown court. the trial of an aristocrat and her partner accused of manslaughter over the death of their baby daughter has started this morning. 36—year—old constance marten and mark gordon, who's a9, were charged after baby victoria was found dead on an allotment

in brighton last march. the defendants deny the charges against them. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, is at the old bailey. bring us up—to—date. constance marten and mark gordon face five charges from manslaughter to causing or allowing the death of a child, cruelty, concealing the death of a child, perverting the course of justice. thejury child, perverting the course of justice. the jury heard they had had four previous children taken into care and they carried the newborn baby girl who died around in a reinforced read bad for life from lidl. this morning the prosecution began the case against them —— bag. last march a week's old baby was found dead in a disused shed in brighton. the baby was in a shopping bag covered in rubbish. it was, the prosecution say, an entirely

avoidable death. the baby's parents were mark gordon and constance marten and the prosecution said the baby would be alive had it not been for their reckless, utterly selfish, callous, cruel, arrogant and ultimately grossly negligent conduct. constance marten�*s mother and brother tobias marten came to court this morning to watch the case start, but constance marten herself was not at court. her partner, mark gordon, was in the dock to hear the prosecution say that the couple had put their relationship and their view of life before the life of a little baby girl. soon after the birth of the baby, the couple had been camping in freezing and what the prosecution said were obviously dangerous conditions on the south downs near brighton. they were living off—grid with hardly any clothes and insufficient food and equipment in the middle of a cold winter. the precise date of the birth of the baby girl is unknown. the jury heard that the dead baby was the couple's fifth child. their previous four children had all been

taken into care after extensive social services interaction and the prosecution say they concealed the birth of the fifth child because they knew she would be taken into care too. but then their suzuki car caught fire on the m61 near manchester in january last year. police found a placenta in the car wrapped in a towel. it triggered a nationwide missing people's inquiry that ultimately led to the baby being found in the disused shed almost two months later. thejury the jury was told that when the couple first went missing, they travel to liverpool, and by taxi where they checked into a hotel near to the international port, using a false name. then they travel to london and in argos bought a flimsy tent, sleeping bags and pillows. they also bought a pushchair which they got rid of soon after and they took another taxi down to the south coast and went camping on the south

downs. the couple deny all the charges. thank you, daniel sandford at the old bailey. the covid inquiry has heard how former scotland first minister nicola sturgeon sent expletive—laden messages about borisjohnson in which she called him a clown. nicola sturgeon also accused him of utter incompetence and said his address announcing a lockdown in 2020 was excruciating. her comments about the former prime minister came in whatsapp messages between her and her chief adviser. 0ur scotland correspondent, lorna gordon, reports from edinburgh. for yea rs for years she was nicola sturgeon�*s right—hand woman, chief of staff, advisor, sounding board. is it right-hand woman, chief of staff, advisor, sounding board.- advisor, sounding board. is it fair to say you _ advisor, sounding board. is it fair to say you were _ advisor, sounding board. is it fair to say you were one _ advisor, sounding board. is it fair to say you were one of _ advisor, sounding board. is it fair to say you were one of her - advisor, sounding board. is it fair| to say you were one of her closest confidence?— to say you were one of her closest l confidence?_ liz confidence? yes, i would say so. liz llo d said confidence? yes, i would say so. liz lloyd said that _ confidence? yes, i would say so. liz lloyd said that than _ confidence? yes, i would say so. liz lloyd said that than first _ confidence? yes, i would say so. liz lloyd said that than first minister i lloyd said that than first minister stress tested ideas with her on how to respond to the pandemic. advisers advise, politicians decide, the saying goes. liz lloyd was asked if

it was really the case. if saying goes. liz lloyd was asked if it was really the case.— it was really the case. if the first minister has _ it was really the case. if the first minister has a _ it was really the case. if the first minister has a strong _ it was really the case. if the first minister has a strong enough - it was really the case. if the first i minister has a strong enough mind that if— minister has a strong enough mind that if she — minister has a strong enough mind that if she had felt that my advice was not _ that if she had felt that my advice was not the right advice, she would have said _ was not the right advice, she would have said so. the was not the right advice, she would have said se— have said so. the virus is spreading even faster— have said so. the virus is spreading even faster than _ have said so. the virus is spreading even faster than the _ have said so. the virus is spreading even faster than the reasonable - even faster than the reasonable worst _ even faster than the reasonable worst case _ even faster than the reasonable worst case scenario _ even faster than the reasonable worst case scenario and - even faster than the reasonable worst case scenario and so - even faster than the reasonable worst case scenario and so now| even faster than the reasonable i worst case scenario and so now is the time — worst case scenario and so now is the time to— worst case scenario and so now is the time to take _ worst case scenario and so now is the time to take action _ worst case scenario and so now is the time to take action because l the time to take action because there _ the time to take action because there is— the time to take action because there is no_ the time to take action because there is no alternative. - the time to take action because there is no alternative. the- the time to take action because there is no alternative. the inquiry was shown — there is no alternative. the inquiry was shown messages _ there is no alternative. the inquiry was shown messages between - there is no alternative. the inquiry was shown messages between liz| there is no alternative. the inquiry - was shown messages between liz lloyd and nicola sturgeon from that night. nicola sturgeon said, it is beyond awful, we are not perfect, but we don't get enough credit for how much better done than we are. she called borisjohnson a clown, using an expletive. the inquiry was shown more messages between the two, liz lloyd said she... a public argument over policy differences. i am over policy differences. i am definitely — over policy differences. i am definitely looking... - over policy differences. i am definitely looking... clearly | definitely looking... clearly looking to air the issue strongly and publicly and as i say in the

vague hope that my get us an answer, yes. vague hope that my get us an answer, es, ., ., " ., ., vague hope that my get us an answer, es. ., .,, , . vague hope that my get us an answer, yes. looking for a public spat? i am lookin: yes. looking for a public spat? i am looking for— yes. looking for a public spat? i am looking for a — yes. looking for a public spat? i am looking for a public _ yes. looking for a public spat? i am looking for a public spat _ yes. looking for a public spat? i am looking for a public spat for - yes. looking for a public spat? i am looking for a public spat for a - looking for a public spat for a purpose. liz looking for a public spat for a --urose. ., ., purpose. liz lloyd told the hearing she had lost _ purpose. liz lloyd told the hearing she had lost whatsapp _ purpose. liz lloyd told the hearing she had lost whatsapp messagesl she had lost whatsapp messages before september 2020. she couldn't say whether she had actively deleted them. the current first minister humza yousaf will appear in front of the inquiry this afternoon. his informal messages are also likely to be scrutinised. the inquiry tries to build a picture of how pandemic decisions were made. we heard about colourful language in that report, but liz lloyd was clear that this was articulating a sense of frustration shared between her and nicola sturgeon about what they saw as a shambolic day on the part of the uk government, a day on which borisjohnson announced something boris johnson announced something which borisjohnson announced something which was applicable to england and

not to scotland and therefore perhaps a confusing message to people here in scotland. what didn't feel like any kind of coincidence at the time, the questions were being raised that the inquiry, humza yousaf announced in the scottish parliament that the whatsapp debacle has not been the scottish government's finest hour and i would be an external review into whatsapp messaging. humza yousaf has arrived here at the inquiry in the last few minutes. he will be questioned this afternoon. lorna, thank you very much, lorna gordon reporting. ukraine's president, volodymr zelensky, has called for an international investigation into the downing of a russian military plane, which moscow says was carrying 65 ukrainian prisoners of war. it's not yet clear why the aircraft crashed yesterday in the belgorod region of south—west russia, which borders ukraine. moscow has accused ukraine of shooting it down. 0ur eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford is in ukraine.

so many questions about this. yes, hue so many questions about this. yes, huge number _ so many questions about this. yes, huge number of _ so many questions about this. 1a: huge number of questions of course. picking your way through the information coming out is something of a complicated task. certainly the claims from moscow have been the red and they have been strong from the very beginning —— the central one is a plain, a russian transport plane they say was carrying reliable information about ukrainian prisoners of war being on the plane and usually when there is an exchange planned, russia gives ukraine information about the kind of transportable use, where the prisoners will be moved about, so it can keep them safe. it is saying this time it did not happen. russia has added to give warning that ukraine has reiterated once again it

no information about soldiers being moved around.— moved around. sarah, thank you. sarah rainsford _ moved around. sarah, thank you. sarah rainsford reporting - moved around. sarah, thank you. sarah rainsford reporting there. l the latest police recorded crime figures for england and wales show that offences including knives or sharp instruments increased by 5% to almost 19,000 in the year to last september. but they remain lower than the year ending march 2020, at the start of the covid pandemic. the policing area with the worst statistics and highest overall crime rate for its population was, once again, cleveland. our home affairs correspondent, june kelly, reports from hartlepool. it can be very scary at night. we've got three padlocks on our back gate. i got broken into last year. i didn't want to go to work. i was getting my neighbours to check on my house while i was at work, in case they came back. hartlepool, a town with a strong sense of community, but in some areas, people speak of a constant worry, and they won't go on camera because they're frightened of reprisals. what about the police response?

i rang the police, they never came out, nothing. took a crime number and that's it. nothing happened. today's figures show that the cleveland force, which covers hartlepool, is top of the league for police recorded crime, including burglary and shoplifting. at the annexe community centre, there's hot food, afternoon bingo and plenty of local life experience. two and seven, 27. you daren't go anywhere, just in case. you could just be walking the streets and somebody could jump on you or anything. and years ago, did you not feel like that? no, no. i'd say the last five years, it's really gone bad in hartlepool. we've had our car broken into and stolen twice since i've lived where i'm at. never got nowt done. 0utside at the back, david doesjoinery work. he doesn't want to be on camera. he says much of the crime is down to one thing. drugs, drugs are the key.

he knows. he's been an addict. when you say you had a drugs habit, how much was that costing you a day? £50, £100. do anything you can. stealing, lying, shoplifting, just to feed yourself, feed your habit. presumably some of these were just local shops, just guys trying to make a living, yeah? yeah, small businesses, paper shops. your neighbours suffer, everybody suffers. you don't think nothing of it. and what do you think about it now? bad. i shouldn't have done it. i've come out the other side though. he's done this with the support of the annexe centre team, but when he first left prison he was homeless and living in a tent. you're coming out to nothing and you're expected to keep your head above water, behave and go to all your appointments when you can't even sleep at night and you're waking up freezing cold. caroline robinson, from the annexe, says this is why offenders trying to go straight need a combination of practical help and emotional support. sometimes people still find it difficult to break that cycle

of almost like a rinse and repeat, in and out of prison, in and out of offending. we offer an option of forgiveness, redemption and try and give them something else to do, let's break that cycle. and that benefits them, obviously, but also benefits communities. massively benefits the community, yeah, if we can reduce the amount of crime that's taking place, everyone wins. in this election year there will be a sharper focus on police priorities and the underlying challenge of how you stop perpetrators damaging their own communities. june kelly, bbc news, hartlepool. rishi sunak has been warned he will be breaking international law if his government ignores emergency court orders intended to stop asylum seekers being sent to rwanda. the prime minister has vowed not to let the european court of human rights block the plan, but its president said there was clear legal obligation to comply with the law. our legal correspondent dominic casciani joins me now. a pretty clear warning from the court's president.

how significant is it? yeah, very, very clearfrom yeah, very, very clear from the court's president. her pretty red press conference today, she had a slew of questions from journalists, including me, about what was the court's position on the government's plans to potentially ignore interim emergency injunctions in relation to rwanda, this is the injunction which backin rwanda, this is the injunction which back in 2020 to stop the first flight from taking off. unsurprisingly being a judge she said she wasn't going to comment on the plan which is going through parliament which gives ministers the power to potentially ignore injunctions, but she did say that the law is clear, there is a clear legal obligation on countries to comply with interim injunctions, the kind of thing which could stop flights. critically, she said these measures are only used in exceptional circumstances and she reminded the british journalists of the history of the uk's involvement in the court, that it's always

complied with these measures in the past and also referred to these measures when it says that other countries are breaking the law, so thatis countries are breaking the law, so that is not quite a shot across the bow was in political terms but it's putting a line in the sand about whatjudges at the european court think. downing street has pushed back a little bit but this is really now for the house of lords to see whether or not they are going to generally oppose this legislation. dominic casciani, thank you very much indeed. our top story this afternoon... a judge says the killer of three people in nottingham will probably spend the rest of his life in a high security hospital. and still to come... we meet a family who had to move 180 miles to access the right special—needs nursery for their son. coming up on bbc news, work to do for england after the opening day of the first test in india. ben stokes inspires them to 246. india's spinners were on form and they make a fast start to their reply in hyderabad.

a convicted murderer in the united states is expected to become the first person there to be executed with the untested method of nitrogen gas. kenneth smith's lawyers have said it would be a "cruel and unusual" punishment — and the united nations says it could amount to torture. smith has lost two last—minute court appeals to block the execution, in the state of alabama. tom bateman reports. a journey to the alabama jail where the first ever execution by nitrogen gas is due to happen. kenneth eugene smith has spent three decades on death row. he's already dodged death once — his executioners botched an attempt to kill him by lethal injection. and now he faces suffocation by the state. 0pponents see this as a crucial test case and are urging alabama's governor to stop it —

here led by smith's spiritual adviser, who will be in the execution chamber with him. so i need some assurance that this is safe. so this right here is an invitation to governor ivey to accompany me into the execution chamber. tv report: it was two weeks ago today... - smith was convicted in 1989 for his part in the murder of elizabeth sennett, the wife of a preacher who paid smith $1,000. the jury said he should get life injail, but thejudge sentenced him to death. 0ne medical expert against capital punishment explains that inhaling pure nitrogen will starve the body of oxygen, but could cause catastrophic mishaps. it's very likely if he doesn't die, he could be significantly injured by this experience. and for that matter, so could other people in the proximity of kenneth smith, because the nitrogen gas, some of it will be exhaled along with carbon dioxide.

some of it may leak out of the mask. the victim's family backs the death penalty. alabama's governor's office claims the method has been thoroughly vetted, saying it is ready to move forward, although the authorities haven't presented any plausible evidence of its safety. so far, urgent calls for a stay of execution, including from the un, have not been heeded. and smith, pictured on the left with his spiritual adviser this week, awaits death for a second time. many us states have been moving away from carrying out executions. alabama remains an outlier, and today's case is supercharging america's debate over state—sanctioned death. tom bateman, bbc news, atmore, alabama. the head of the nhs in england has warned of a significant increase in measles cases and urged parents to get their children vaccinated. amanda pritchard hasjust been speaking to the our health editor hugh pym.

we are seeing now significant increase in the number of children with measles, particularly in the west midlands and in london and that is a real cause for concern because it's such a contagious virus. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, is here. clearly, rising concern about measles from health officials. yes. measles from health officials. yes, health leaders _ measles from health officials. yes, health leaders have _ measles from health officials. yes, health leaders have said _ measles from health officials. 1a: health leaders have said they are worried about the scale of increasing particularly the west midlands and urged parents to get their children vaccinated if they haven't had two doses of the mmr jabs which we are told offer very good protection. now we have the head of nhs england saying the increases are significant and it's concerning and she's talking about measles cases but also the number of patients with measles who need to be in hospital. i'm told the numbers don't look that big at face value

but it's the scale of the increase that they are worried about. amanda prichard also told me the nhs in england have created 5000 more hospital beds than this time last year to cope with winter pressures, even so, figures today show hospitals are nearly full and we had critical incidents that some trusts over the last few days hugh pym, thank you, our health editor. councils and charities are warning that the number of nursery places for children with special educational needs will fall in england, when the government expands its free childcare scheme. a survey by the charity coram suggests that a third of councils expect there to be fewer places next year. the government says it's phasing in more funded hours for working parents, so the sector has time to prepare. 0ur education reporter vanessa clarke speaks to one family who have had to move across the country to access the right nursery care. joe is incredible. he struggles in the world, but he has his own way

of finding his way in the world. joe is one of thousands of children with special educational needs and disabilities, commonly known as send. for his parents, the road to getjoe into the right nursery has been long and tough, particularly when his first nursery in greater manchester told the family they could no longer support joe's needs. we got to the point where we were almost totally out, totally on our knees and being, like, we don't know what to do. but breakthrough came when craig visited a nursery nearly 200 miles from where they lived. the children were part of — you know, everything was around them, they weren't on the outside. it was, like, let's all be a community together, children with different needs, different abilities, but them all celebrating together and exploring and learning together. joe had found a place, but there are warnings there will be even fewer send spaces available

in england following the expansion of funded hours for working parents, which begins in april. i think quite a lot of local authorities are concerned about there being enough places. there's already not enough places for children with special educational needs and disabilities. and i think they are concerned about what these additional spaces that need to be created in the system — the impact that will have on how many providers are able to offer places to children with special educational needs and disabilities. with nurseries already struggling with staff leaving and funding issues, there are fears of more children being turned away. settings who are already cut to the bone for funding will look at a child with send and think if that child comes to me today, i might not get the funding for two months to give them the support they need, so i have to fund it out of my own money, which already isn't enough for that two—month period. so we have to improve the way it's funded, otherwise children will continue to be turned away. the government says it's committed to ensuring that children with send

are able to benefit equally from the childcare roll—out and funding is increasing. joe is now thriving. i can't state enough how vital these services are. it needs to be across the board. everybody needs to have access to this. with the demand on nursery places set to rise further, there are calls for the rising number of children with send not to be left behind. vanessa clarke, bbc news, newbury. england's players today began the hardest task in test match cricket — to try to win in india. 0n home soil india have won their last 16 test series — and they began this one strongly. 0n the first day of the first test, england won the toss and batted first — but they were all out for just 246. joe wilson reports. they may be the instigators of a whole new brand of test match

cricket, but could england do it on a warm thursday in hyderabad? against india's fast bowlers they played with familiar conviction and soon came the spinners and so fell the batters. edged and taken. some strong indian catching too, crawley gone 60—3. sometimes the bowling is too good. bowled him. axar patel dismissing jonny bairstow with the kind of delivery that's always inspired india on home soil. decent crowd in a big stadium. now, ben stokes was patient. there is a time and a place to attack. he chose wisely. this is a wonderful shot and he gets to his 50. stokes to 50 with a six. remember, he had a knee operation in late november. classic stokes resistance, untiljasprit bumrah. he gets up again. england 246 all out, stokes made 70. well, he'd made it a contest,

but now india were batting. tom hartley's very first delivery in test cricket. young yashasvi jaiswal made batting look easy, notably against hartley. india is the hardest place to win and he's just the latest to find out. india 119 at the close, just rohit sharma gone. england's captain will always believe the game can turn. i wonder if india's skipperfeels the same? joe wilson, bbc news. the latest on england's attempt to kick off their test series in india with a win. we are going to look at the weather forecast for you now, louise lear is with me now. not quite as sunny here as it is in india. no, january, cricket, it's alla bit weird, a bit like the weather, surreal extremes, we swapped recent

winter warmth and winter storms with some winter