and closing a road, to save the toads. the community doing everything it can to help them breed safely. and coming up on bbc news: bayern munich — and harry kane — look to bounce back in the champions league later, as they look to put bundesliga disppoinment behind them. dispapoinment behind them. good afternoon. inflation — the rate at which prices are rising — remained unchanged last month at 4%, despite an increase in the energy price cap. the figures from the office of national statistics show that prices are still going up month on month, but at exactly the same rate as december. a fall in the cost of things like food, furniture and household goods helped to offset the higher price of energy. our business reporter

peter ruddick reports. a trip to the market for shoppers in warrington. it's an experience that has been getting more and more expensive. that's a problem for traders, too, whose own costs have also been on the rise. historically, shoe repairs should sort of increase on times like this, really, but we're just not seeing it. i think largely down to the of lack of footfall, really. people are people just haven't got the money. things have moved along and got steady, but like i say again, cheese went through the roof and they're all slow to come down because obviously it's costing a fortune to manufacture. a lot of price rises, price rises to me whether that's . electric, staff wages again in april van insurance anything - or come look to me but also

for wallets to loosen, prices need to ease. inflation soared to a ao—year high 16 months ago driven by a surge in energy costs. it ticked up a surge in energy costs. it ticked up last year. today confirmation there was no repeat of that surprise rise last month. inflation remained at 4% in january. rise last month. inflation remained at 4% injanuary. although that is still double the bank of england's 2% target. the headline may be no change, but for the first time in more than two years, average food prices fell. however, the chancellor said tin nation battle was far from won. ., ., ., , ., won. inflation never falls in a straiaht won. inflation never falls in a straight line. _ won. inflation never falls in a straight line. and _ won. inflation never falls in a straight line. and although . won. inflation never falls in a straight line. and although it| won. inflation never falls in a l straight line. and although it is welcome that it hasn't gone up today, it is still double the target level of 2%. and we are not going to be able to relieve pressure on families until we hit that target and the bank of england feels able

to reduce interest rates.— to reduce interest rates. labour's shadow chancellor _ to reduce interest rates. labour's shadow chancellor said _ to reduce interest rates. labour's shadow chancellor said prices - to reduce interest rates. labour's i shadow chancellor said prices were still rising, even if the rate of price rises were static. it isn't just shopping bills making life difficult, energy bills are the main reason inflation stayed put last month. those bills are due to come down in april, so could a cut in interest rates come sooner rather than later?— than later? the bank of england won't think— than later? the bank of england won't think we _ than later? the bank of england won't think we are _ than later? the bank of england won't think we are out _ than later? the bank of england won't think we are out of - than later? the bank of england won't think we are out of woods| than later? the bank of england i won't think we are out of woods yet and will be looking at the level of domestic inflation and expect that to come down further first. that domestic inflation and expect that to come down further first.- to come down further first. at the market, to come down further first. at the market. the _ to come down further first. at the market, the impact _ to come down further first. at the market, the impact of _ to come down further first. at the market, the impact of inflation i to come down further first. at the market, the impact of inflation is| market, the impact of inflation is clear. , , market, the impact of inflation is clear. , ~ , ., clear. just keeping head above water, ticking _ clear. just keeping head above water, ticking over. _ clear. just keeping head above water, ticking over. not - clear. just keeping head above water, ticking over. not so - clear. just keeping head above i water, ticking over. not so much like progressing forward in a sense. joining me now is our chief economics correspondent dharshini david. what will this mean for interest rates?

that is the key question, isn't it? as borrowers may hope for a valentine's day present, but frankly inflation, it is stick a swan, there is nothing much to see, unchanged on the surface, but so much going on beneath. you have things like furniture and clothing prices, you may have seen big discounts, because retailers are trying to clear the shelves after the poor run up to christmas, because consumers are feeling the bite of interest rises. inflation likely to go below 2% in the spring as energy prices come down. should we think that is it? no, the bank of england looks at other factors, no, the bank of england looks at otherfactors, things no, the bank of england looks at other factors, things like no, the bank of england looks at otherfactors, things like hotel stays and restaurant meals, those

prices have been inching up and it looks at wage growth. that has been slowing. but not as much as i wants to see. rate cuts are likely, but perhaps not until the summer. if you're hoping for a hot date, you might have to wait until then. thank ou. more than a hundred families have told the bbc that the nhs is failing to provide enough vital support for severely ill adults and children living outside hospital. many say they are desperate, amid ongoing battles to get help and a huge variation in the availability of care, depending on where people live. nhs england says funding decisions are made on a case—by—case basis, following government guidelines. our social affairs editor alison holt has been to meet one of those families. can you say hello? margaret's grown up children are both severely disabled. they've just returned to their bridlington home from the day centre... see you tomorrow. ..and for the next six hours the 78—year—old will be providing all their care on her own.

you've not bee well, today, have you, my love? natalie has cerebral palsy, and andrew has a genetic brain condition that means he has uncontrolled seizures. he needs total care, somebody with him all the time. you can predict signs, but not always, because sometimes theyjust happen out of the blue — no warning. natalie gets some council funded support, but andrew's needs are so high he's eligible for nhs continuing healthcare, which funds support outside hospitals. as with many of the families who've contacted us, margaret says getting enough nhs help is a constant battle. i feel there's no understanding of circumstances, no understanding whatsoever — there's no empathy. the support provided also varies hugely depending on where you live. they used to live in dorset, where andrew got 24/7 care. for two months after they moved to north yorkshire, they got no help at all. his needs hadn't changed. i was having to care

for both of them full time. everything? everything, 24/7 care. i would just fall asleep in a chair whenever i sat down. and i'd be, i'd wake up and they'd be sitting here waiting for dinner. more than 100 families have been in touch with us, and several things really stand out from what they say. there is huge variation in the support that people get, depending on where they live. what appears to be the arbitrary nature of many decisions and, really worryingly, the sheer desperation of those families. nhs data demonstrates the postcode lottery faced by families trying to get continuing health care. in some parts of england, 50% of adults who apply will receive funding. in other areas is just 10%. let's have a look. the nhs in north yorkshire now provides andrew with weekday

and overnight care and it's looking for staff to help at weekends. it says it endeavours to provide the most appropriate support. margaret calculates she's still on her own caring for 60 hours a week, and that's having an impact on her physical and mental health. it's my son and daughter and i love them to pieces and i've cared for them all their life. but you just feel you're alone. the government says eligibility for help varies because local areas have different health needs and the nhs, which isjuggling rising demand and staff shortages, says decisions are based on individual cases with government guidelines ensuring a consistent approach. alison holt, bbc news. ukraine claims to have destroyed another russian warship. it released footage of the moment it says it hit the cesar kunikov with naval drones, off the coast of russian—occupied crimea. powerful explosions were heard early this morning, according to local social media. ukraine has repeatedly hit russia's black sea

fleet in the region. 0ur defence correspondent jonathan bealejoins us now from brussels where nato are discussing continuing military support for ukraine. jonathan — how significant is this attack? well, it is significant in the terms of this is the second successful attack the ukrainians have mounted against russian war ships in the past month and its having an effect in the sense it is limiting the russian navy�*s ability to operate and allowing ukraine to export its grain in the black sea, which is essential to its economy. but these acts on their own won't win the war or reshape the battle lines in ukraine and that is why nato defence ministers here in brussels are focussed on continuing that military support for ukraine, ramping up production of ammunition not least

and key to that is the us. now after months of negotiations, an aid package, military aid package, has been passed by the us senate, that is worth $60 billion, but the chief of nato saying, appealing to the house of representatives that they do the same. that will be more difficult. the one positive message from here is more countries in the alliance are spending more on defence. just two countries had spent 2% on defence. now it will be 18. i'm sure donald trump will take some of the credit. the reality is the reason why their minds are focussed is because of what vladimir putin is doing in ukraine.— putin is doing in ukraine. thank ou.

labour has said it will block anyone who is not fit to be an mp, as it responds to the row about comments made by its candidates about the israel gaza war. the party has removed its backing from azhar ali, who remains on the ballot for the rochdale by—election later this month, and has suspended graham jones, who was due to stand at the general election in nearby hyndburn. 0ur political correspondent hannah millerjoins us now from westminster. how challenging is this for the party? well a third local councillor has now been called in for a discussion with the party. it is important to say he has not been suspended and there is no suggestion that he said anything offensive, although he was at the meeting. there have been calls this morning for, from the jewish labour movement for anyone who attended that meeting to be suspended from the party for being a by stander to the anti—semitic comments that azhar ali apparently made. this question has raised

questions about the party's vetting process as well. it had to insist today that it does do due diligence on its candidates. at the same time as highlighting the need to tackle anti—semitism, which keir starmer has pledged to eradicate, he knows that he needs to be seen to allow criticism of israel when he is thinking about the decisions that are made, because there are mps who believe that the party has lost the trust of some muslim voters over the stance it has taken on gaza. and there is also a political issue here, because the labour party wants to claim that it has changed under keir starmer�*s leadership and the conservatives will use every opportunity to claim that they haven't. ., ~' , ., yesterday we reported that andy mcdonald — the mp for middlesbrough — had been suspended by labour for an alleged anti—semitic remark.

this was incorrect. he was suspended for what the labour party called "deeply offensive comments" relating to the israel—gaza war. mr mcdonald denies this. we apologise for the error. train drivers at five train companies have voted to continue industrial action for a further six months. aslef announced that its members on chiltern, c2c, east midlands, northern and transpennine railways have backed carrying on with strikes in their long—running dispute over pay and conditions. an investigation has been opened into an islamic charity after the bbc uncovered footage of "death to israel" being chanted during an event in west london. the charity commission said it was examining "serious concerns over the misuse of charity premises" at the al—tawheed charitable trust. the group's trustees say the event had been organised by a third party. our special correspondent ed thomas joins us from our salford newsroom. ed? yes, last month we obtained

video inside _ ed? yes, last month we obtained video inside the _ ed? yes, last month we obtained video inside the al-tawheed - ed? yes, last month we obtained i video inside the al-tawheed islamic video inside the al—tawheed islamic centre in london. the record was to remember the life of iran's military commander who had been killed in a us air strike. during this event repeated chants of "death to israel" could be heard. this was in 2020. at the time of his death the man was a top member of iran's revolutionary guards. the charity commission said al—tawheed said it was a religious tolerance event and not organised by the charity. the regulator said it has significant concerns and will examine what controls are in place

at the charity for events and speakers and it has prohibited the charitable trust from allowing that third party from using its premises. which got a statement from the al—tawheed trust and they said they acknowledged the gravity of the allegations and said it was dedicated to working with the commission and upholding the charity's values and restoring trust and reassuring the public.- and reassuring the public. thank ou. the time is 13.16. our top story this afternoon. inflation, the rate that prices are rising, remains at 4% — despite the cost of our energy bills going up. and a0 years after winning olympic gold, torvill and dean say they'll soon be hanging up their skates. coming up on bbc news. mark wood is back for england, as they look to regain the lead, in the series with india. the third test starts tomorrow —

with captain ben stokes in line for his 100th test appearance. the number of violent attacks against uk shop workers rose by 50 per cent last year, to an average of1 1,300 per day. the british retail consortium's annual survey said incidents of shoplifting doubled from 8 million — to more than 16 million. it comes as some charity shops in wales say they ve been forced to remove changing rooms from their stores because of a rise in people using them to steal stock. 0ur reporter will fyfe has more. knocks on door. shoplifting offences went up by more than a third in wales last year. in newport, gwent police say shoplifting now accounts for 10% of all crime. this man had been wanted on a recall to prison for shoplifting offences and had continued to offend

since he got out. businesses say this is typical of what they see, repeat offenders stealing on a daily basis. major retailers and in particular meat and alcohol products are key targets, but seemingly nowhere is safe. it's a constant problem for us. i mean, every day the staff will find empty hangers where something's been taken. and if you account for one item in every shop taken every day, that's £87,000 a year we lose in the charity. in cardiff a cancer charity says it's had to start removing changing rooms at some of its stores in an attempt to stop the thefts. i think there's a mix of people stealing from us out of necessity because they don't have any clothes to put on their child. they don't have a winter coat, and they need one. but equally it's about the organised crime gangs. this woman is already known to supermarket staff. so she waits until

she can't be seen. but while filling her bag, she's spotted by the manager. and the following struggle appears to show the desperation on both sides, as staff do their best to reclaim the stolen goods. it can make a perfectly viable business question whether they can actually continue. i'm aware of other retailers who have taken that decision and are close to taking the decision to close their business on the basis that they cannot deal with theft. the answer for filco was to pile investment into a new security system which uses artificial intelligence and facial recognition to help it spot shoplifters. back in gwent, police are running daily operations aimed at targeting the problem. most of our offenders have got some sort of ailments, whether that be a drug or alcohol dependency. i'm sure they're not offending because they want to. there's a reason behind their offending. we're looking at more sort of preventative angles.

how can we put things in place to stop them from re—offending? the hope from gwent and other police forces is that by offering support as well as punishment, they might find a way to break the cycle. will fyfe, bbc news. the high court has refused to say whether or not universities owe their students a duty of care, with a judge deciding a ruling on the issue is "not necessary". it's in response to legal action by the parents of 20—year—old natasha abrahart, who took her own life while studying at the university of bristol. the family says such a ruling would save lives. 0ur education correspondent hazel shearing joins me now from our birmingham newsroom. what does this all mean for students? we are not going to see legislation any time soon outlining a duty of care owed by universities to their students. it is important to look back at the case of natasha

abrahart, and the day she died she had social anxiety and was due to give a talk on a large lecture hall. in 2022 after some earlier proceedings a judge ruled the university failed to make reasonable adjustments for natasha in the situation. but it stopped short of saying the university owed a duty of care to natasha and said that was not clear. that is something that her parents have campaigned for and appealed and that's what the high court has been considering today. the idea that universities and students a duty of care calls into question their remit, what are they responsible for. but today the student campaigners you may expect to have voiced their opinions on this have actually said it is quite difficult for them to back it. for charities to back the idea of a duty of care because it is a theoretical concept. thejudge

of care because it is a theoretical concept. the judge today said that he appealed but a labelling that the university failed to make reasonable adjustments for natasha and it is also important to note that the university of bristol says it prioritises its students mental health. but on the duty of care we are no closer to getting an answer. hazel shearing, many thanks. the highly secretive state of north korea has hacked into the personal emails of a member of the south korean president s team. the security breach happened in the run up to president yoon suk yeol�*s state visit to the uk last year. the president met king charles and queen camilla, as well as the prime minister rishi sunak. 0ur correspondentjean mackenzie is in the south korean capital, seoul. is in the south korean jean, how much sensitive information did they manage to access? president yoon suk yeol but the royal treatment in london last november for the state visit, dining with the king and queen and he was

welcome to downing street by rishi sunak. but it is reported today that this north korean hacker who was able to access the e—mails of one of the aids was able to get hold of closely guarded details of his schedule and was even able to access some e—mail sent by the president himself. we have spoken to the presidential office today and they confirmed to us that this did take place but would not disclose exactly what information was stolen. they did say, and they were keen to stress it did not mean that their security systems had been breached. they blamed this on what they called the careless actions of one of their employees who have been using his personal e—mails to do what business, planning parts of the trip essentially through his personal e—mail account. essentially through his personal e—mailaccount. north essentially through his personal e—mail account. north korea has been increasingly relying on cyber hacking and its methods are becoming more and more sophisticated. it tends to have two reasons for doing it, the first is so it can steal money to fund the regime and likely

its nuclear weapons programme and the second is to cell it can get its hands on sensitive state secrets so like this case today, and hopefully access, to important advanced weapons technology. jean mackenzie, many thanks. now a look at some other stories making the news today. unofficial early results in indonesia's presidential election have given a clear lead to the defence minister, prabowo subianto. human rights groups have voiced concerns about the former general�*s past — he's accused of ordering the abduction of democracy activists in the 1990s. takeaway delivery drivers are to stage a valentine's day strike to demand better pay and improved working conditions. the action, which will affect food apps including deliveroo and uber eats, is to take place between 5 and 10pm this evening. ultra processed foods should be labelled more clearly, according to experts. the scientists say the warnings are needed because some ultra

processed foods may be healthier than thought — meaning they could sit in the green category of the traffic light system. the ice skaters torvill and dean are using the fortieth anniversary of their olympic gold in sarajevo, to announce that they'll retire from skating together next year. they won the title on valentine's day in 1984, dancing to ravel�*s bolero in what was seen at the time as a groundbreaking performance. they're planning one final farewell tour before hanging up their skates for good. patrick gearey has more. they are four minutes away from olympic gold. valentine's day, 1984. jayne torvill and christopher dean were about to embark on the dance of so many lifetimes. when we skated, i felt like we were in a bubble. it was like an out—of— body experience. we just wanted to skate well and not make any mistakes. they did more than that.

in sarajevo, torvill and dean was skating on the frontier. ice dancing had never seen this before. music and movement intertwined so gracefully, their sport, and their lives, would never be the same again. 40 years later, they're back at the scene of that famous four minutes 28. we're in the place where we performed bolero, won the olympic gold medal, which was, you know, a launch pad for the next 40 years, basically. we didn't know that we'd still be talking about bolero all these years on. and the fact that it still has lived on is why it's nice to hear the youngsters talking about it and being aware of it. what they achieved that day was more precious than gold. they still inspire young skaters born a generation later. bolero echoes across the years, and around the world. this is the working men's club in calverton, a former mining

village where dean grew up. when he was about, i'm going to say four or five—year—old, _ i can remember him with a pair of skates round his neck. - yeah. with his mum. they are rewatching history here, as entranced as they were 40 years before. just waiting for it to be performed in nottingham so we could all see it live. it makes you proud that you live in nottingham, same as them. i bolero and sarajevo made torvill and dean famous. ever since, the world has wanted to see them perform. but now we're approaching the final twist. i think it's the right time for us to want to do our last celebration tour around the country. we just hope that people will come along and celebrate with us because the tour is a celebration of our careers, really. and it's the last time. and the last dance. so next year that famous

music will finish. but if there's one thing torvill and dean are good at, it's a spectacular ending. and on valentine's day, a story where animal attraction is getting a helping hand. a road in bath has been closed for six weeks to help toads return to their breeding grounds in safety. hundreds of volunteers are helping the toads and other amphibians including newts and frogs reach their ancestral breeding lakes. 0ur west of england correspondent danjohnson reports. if you've got toads on your road, you need toad patrol, an after dark volunteer protection force. they like it best when it's not too cold. so it's over seven degrees and it's like this, raining. really got to get your eye in and sort the leaves from the frogs and the toads. so the daily exercise is running down the road in front of cars. and this one fortunately wasn't going too fast.

so i rescued the toad. it's notjust toads.. that's a toad, and that's a frog? yeah. ..a wet evening brings all the amphibians to the pond. if we didn't do it, then i think there'd be a lot of casualties down the lane. so we're doing our bit. we're helping these guys down to their lake. oh! it's mating season. but the road poses a risk... it's a slippery one! ..until these hands help ensure a safe hop across. is it alive? yeah! it's very still. oh! it's a frog. it's a frog! what have you found? a dead frog. not everyone makes it, as sisters isidora and iris sadly found out. we're looking for. frogs, toads, newts. they're kind of migrating - to where they were born to mate. because of this road, they get run over. cause of death is clear, but species can be in question.

we found a dead frog in the road. it was a toad, iris. i think it was a frog. no, it was definitely a toad. it was a frog. that was definitely a toad. it was a frog. no, it was definitely a toad. it was big, warty and adorable! residents are still using this lane. so kids are discouraged from the nocturnalfrog hunt. they�* re pretty fortunate here because they can actually close the road for six weeks, but that's not possible everywhere. so there are other toad patrols out and about trying to save these guys from the traffic. last year, 115,000 toads and frogs and newts were saved. so that's actually quite a lot, if you think about it. but they're individually being picked up and taken across the road by volunteers all around the countryjust thinking, "we need to do something, we can't have them getting squashed on the road." so in here we've got four toads. before long, it's a deluge. they've had 500 in one night. i was going to put them outjust up the lane a little bit. thousands will be saved over these

next few weeks, just here alone. you can see him from above. oh, there we go. one... you don't want to go in the bucket and you don't want to go out! another one's released, having made it to safety, without croaking. donjohnson, bbc news, bath. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. i will start with a view of the northern lights from last night, a very colourful scene helped by those clear skies and temperatures as low as —4 c. much more cloudy elsewhere and graham seen here in cumbria. quite a bit of mist and low cloud affecting the hills and we do have cloud through the rest of the day with bits and pieces of light rain or drizzle. still chilly in the far north of mainland scotland. but look at the temperatures, widely 14

degrees across england and wales