successfully ta ken off. it hopes to gain a foothold in the commercial satellite launching business. and as london fashion week kicks off for its 40th year, we take a look at some of the creations. here in the uk, the prime minister, rishi sunak, has urged what he calls the "conservative family" to come together. it's in the wake of the tory party's defeats in thursday's by—elections. labour won two seats overturning conservative majorities in kingswood and wellingborough. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent charlotte writght, earlier i spoke to our political correspondent charlotte wright, and asked her what message the prime minister rishi sunak is trying to send to his party. well, i think he's trying to say, "stick with me." it was a bruising day yesterday for the conservatives. two big losses in those by—elections in wellingborough and kingswood. labour won both taking

the seats off the tories. and many conservative mps are feeling despondent at the very least about it, about their experience and about their chances at the next election, which we know is due later this year. so rishi sunak took to the telegraph, which is a newspaper that is read by a lot of conservative party members, activists, and crucially, mps to say, "stick with me, stick with my plan." and he's calling for the "conservative family", as he calls it, to come together and back his plan. it's clearly a message directly to conservative party members, but also his own mps in a week when, you know, they've been having a pretty tricky time. it seems like a bit of a kind of rallying cry to say, "support me, don't think about anything else. you know, stick with me and my plan." and charlotte, this comes off the back of the by—election defeats to labour and reform uk came third in both votes. yes, so labour won

both by—elections. but reform uk are a party that the conservatives are worried about. they're the former brexit party, their honorary president is nigel farage and they came third in both of these by—elections. and it's the first example really that we've seen of this party taking support from the conservatives, something that many conservatives had been worried about. well, at this electoral test, these two electoral tests, the party of reform uk did just that. we heard a little earlier from the deputy leader of reform uk. this is what he's had to say. kingswood is a particularly telling by—election because it was a seat in which we didn't expect to do well. it was it's quite a sort of liberal democratty area and we were expecting rupert lowe who stood not to do as well as he did, but to get 10% from a standing start in kingswood really tells you the small—c conservative vote in this country is extremely disillusioned with the conservative party.

and of course in wellingborough i did slightly better than rupert and i got 13% of the vote. the entire swing of the conservative voter basically was to reform uk to the extent that they came out, they came out for reform uk. well, you heard there, reform uk, the deputy leader, feeling very pleased about their performance in those two by—elections. it has prompted some conservative mps to to speak out, in particular mps who call themselves the new conservatives, one grouping within the party, to say that the prime minister needs to go further on things like tackling immigration and bringing down taxes. crucially, though, there doesn't seem to be a threat, an imminent threat to his leadership at the moment. we have talked about that in previous weeks and months, but it seems that the judgement from conservative mps at the moment is that to have a leadership election right now wouldn't work this close to a general election. and in fact, lord howard, michael howard, the former leader of the conservative party,

has also written in the telegraph saying a leadership election, now would be madness. so for rishi sunak, it doesn't seem like there's a threat to his authorityjust at the moment. but clearly the party is feeling very despondent about those by—election results and he's got a lot to do to bring them back around the table. a senior inspector has warned that "deteriorating mental health" and "boredom" among asylum seekers housed at a former military base in essex, could lead to violent disorder. in a letter to the government, the independent chief inspector of borders david neal says ministers are not acting with sufficient speed to keep residents safe at wethersfield. the home office says it takes the safety and welfare of asylum seekers extremely seriously and disputes the findings. police in bristol have launched a new operation to tackle youth knife crime, following several fatal stabbings in recent weeks. 16—year—old darrien williams has

been named as the latest victim — he died on wednesday evening. he is the third teenager to die from stab wounds in the city within the last three weeks. tributes to 16—year—old darrien williams, who died after being stabbed in bristol. two teenagers, boys aged 15, have been arrested on suspicion of murder. forensics are still at the park. we saw fresh searches taking place, police activity clear for everyone to see. all patrols in the area, but some dedicated officers that are protected to deliver some targeted enforcement and disruption. we've got some intelligence capacity that's been built in as well so we can look to identify who's out there and who's involved in this criminality and also some investigative capacity. so when we do bring people into custody, we're making sure we're delivering the highest quality of investigations to get the best criminaljustice outcomes. police have also begun a new operation to tackle knife crime, welcomed by people like shadeen,

who helps young people stay away from crime and runs a knife amnesty. well, the main focus is knives at the moment, obviously, because that's the current issue that we're dealing with. but our aim is to expand that out further with the support of avon and somerset to stamp out this problem. how big a problem is it at the moment? it's absolutely massive. i mean, the young people are actually in fear for their safety. police have said there is nothing to indicate any connection between the attack this week and what happened recently in knowle west. but darrien�*s death has again raised the temperature on knife crime in the city. the uk government is considering plans to allow dentists from abroad to work in england without taking an exam to check their education and skills. the proposal, which is subject to a three—month consultation,

aims to address the severe shortage of nhs dentists. it is hoped a quicker process would attract more dentists. but the british dental association has accused the government of avoiding the issues "forcing" dentists to quit. let's speak now to eddie crouch, who is chairman of the british dental association. thank you for your time. we are talking about medical care so in your view, what are the risks? irate your view, what are the risks? we know a your view, what are the risks? - know a significant number of people who set the current examination are unsuccessful so there is a cohort of people taking the current exams that the gdc deem unfit to join the register. but the significant problem here is the government are trying to fix a problem by filling up trying to fix a problem by filling up a bucket, a leaky bucket of people leaving the profession and

there is absolutely no guarantee that these overseas graduates when they come to the uk to work will enjoy the system in the nhs any more than home—grown dentists. and they too will end up perhaps leaving the nhs. the gdc say there is no guarantee by importing more dentists that it will solve the problem within the nhs dentistry and that needs to be fixed first. but within the nhs dentistry and that needs to be fixed first.— within the nhs dentistry and that needs to be fixed first. but do you a . ree needs to be fixed first. but do you auree as needs to be fixed first. but do you agree as the _ needs to be fixed first. but do you agree as the government - needs to be fixed first. but do you agree as the government would i needs to be fixed first. but do you - agree as the government would argue, there is a severe shortage of dentists and actions like these, perhaps not that you agree with, but action is needed to solve the issue? i agree, or urgent action is needed but that is fixing the contract that nhs dentists work too. we have a situation where we have a record number of dentists on the register with the gdc but what we have not got is a record number of dentists

who want to stay within the nhs. we need to fix the nhs contract rather than importing people in two a system that is poor. find than importing people in two a system that is poor.— than importing people in two a system that is poor. and in terms of atients system that is poor. and in terms of patients right _ system that is poor. and in terms of patients right now, _ system that is poor. and in terms of patients right now, what _ system that is poor. and in terms of patients right now, what is - system that is poor. and in terms of patients right now, what is the - patients right now, what is the reality? could you illustrate for audiences what are they facing when they need dental care? how long have they need dental care? how long have they been waiting? what are anecdotes you have been hearing? sadly, matter conference in bristol today and only last week there where people queueing around the block all day to get access to nhs service. there are people sadly taking their teeth out at home because they can't get access. the government introduced a package last week we thought was completely unambitious, there is no new investment into the package at all. and i feel really sorry for patients who are struggling to gain access at the moment where probably only one in ten of my colleagues are actually

taking on new patients. that may change with changes they made last week but they won't save the problem for the 12 many people out there who want access to nhs dentists. thank ou for want access to nhs dentists. thank you for that — want access to nhs dentists. thank you for that information. _ want access to nhs dentists. thank you for that information. there - want access to nhs dentists. thank you for that information. there is l you for that information. there is also the bbc documentary that goes into some of what you are explaining there, the sad account of people in there, the sad account of people in the uk removing some of their own teeth at home. it's clearly an urgent problem. thank you very much for your time. since the creation of the nhs in 1948, people from all over the world have travelled to britain to work for the service — but their vital roles have been largely ignored. now, an exhibition is telling their personal stories through photography, film and interactive storytelling. cathy killick has the story. hello! it's 30 years since jan and gloria have seen each other, but they share a bond no woman forgets. back in 1994, jan gave birth to her son, and gloria was her midwife. we were a team.

as soon as you become pregnant and you come to see me. i'm part of that pregnancy. gloria made an unforgettable impact onjan�*s life, providing care and support at a momentous time. and over her 30+ years as a midwife, she helped thousands of expectant mothers. she came to the uk from st kitts in 1968, aged just 18, and fought hard to be trained as a state—registered nurse. oh, i look back at it very fondly. i have enjoyed my training and i was trained very well in the nhs and i've enjoyed working in the nhs. gloria's contribution is celebrated in a pop—up exhibition in trinity leeds, called migration and the making of the nhs. it tells the stories of the immigrants who gave their working lives to the health service. the nhs wouldn't really exist from its beginning, but also still now without migration.

and a lot of what we learn is in textbooks and history books, but these are reallyjust stories of everyday people. vmcsovsk: a nigerian| nurse was working when the pictures were taken. while the nhs depended on these new workers, for many, life was tough. they faced prejudice and discrimination, trying to find homes and despite being fully trained, some patients were openly racist. it's a really emotional exhibition. i mean, lots of people have welled up and cried. some of the stories, itjust brings disappointment that these things have happened. and for me, it makes me want to be part of ensuring that this doesn't continue. i found that quite shocking, l and it really upset me to read that gloria had some negative - experiences from people who, quite frankly, are just so ignorant. i couldn't have chosen anybody better to be my midwife. - gloria is rightly proud of her career and has kept her delivery kit. she's part of a living history — at last, getting the recognition it has long deserved.

it's a long time coming because we've given so much. but it should be there as a legacy to see how we've helped to build the nhs. prince harry has spoken publicly for the first time since his father, king charles, was diagnosed with cancer. while visiting canada to promote the invictus games, he told a us television station that he "jumped on a plane" as soon as possible after being told the news and was grateful for the time spent with his father. how was that visit for you emotionally? look, i love my family. an illness in the family can have a galvanising or sort of unifying effect for a family. is that possible in this case? yeah, i'm sure. i've got other trips planned that would take me through the uk or back to the uk.

so, you know, i'll stop in and see my family as much as i can. in the last four years, reports of romance fraud have risen by nearly 60% in england and wales. scammers often steal real—life photos to set up fake social media profiles — before forming relationships and convincing people to send them money. our reporterjosie hannett has been speaking to one woman who was scammed out of thousands of pounds — and the man whose picture was used to dupe her. itjust kind of seduced me, even though my head was saying, "this is a scam." they are so convinced they are engaged with me, whatever i say when they write me, they attack me, i'm the fake guy. mary and christian have one thing in common — they were both targeted by romance scammers. mary and her husband julian were together for 23 years.

he died in 2020 and a couple of years later, she felt ready to get back into dating. a teacher and actor from sussex, she was approached on facebook by a man claiming to be a trauma surgeon called danny. this man just seemed to know exactly what to say to push the right buttons and i was open, totally receptive. hejust lured me in to his... his — it was like a spider's web. i was =, you know, or like a moth to the flame. i was really missing that — that intimacy but notjust the intimacy but the sharing and, you know, saying what i'd done in my day and all that kind of stuff. he asked mary for money for medical research and gift cards for his son. she sent him nearly £1000 before her bank intervened. there were lots of things that made me think, "ah, this is a bit weird" and one day, he said, "0h, here i am!" and i thought, "where are you? it's so dark, i couldn't see anything!

and ijust couldn't quite make out if his lips were in sync with what i was hearing. i mean, it wasjust lying all the time. i lied my stepson because he said, "oh, it sounds like this may be a scam" and i said, "yeah, it might be a scam" and he said, "he hasn't asked you for money, has he?" and i said to him, "no, no, no, of course he hasn't". danny isn't the man in these pictures. this is christian boving. these are real images of him. he's a doctor and he's is from denmark. but scammers have been using these pictures for years and even photoshopped them to make him look like he is in hospital, and with messages to try to convince people the relationship is real. every day, i'm reporting new profiles. it has been hard. yeah, i was — i think i was nearly going into a depression because i felt used, misused. i feel degraded. couldn't get help from anywhere and i was — i was — also, i didn't want to tell people about it in the beginning.

we work with a company called scamalytics who work across all the dating platforms to remove profiles and disrupt those fraudsters because that one profile or that one image or, most importantly lots of profiles created from the same ip address, may be being used - across multiple websites. are you happy, ready to meet her? yes, of course. 0k, right, let's bring her in. mary thought she was in relationship with christian for months but now is the first time they've ever actually met. mary. can you see me now? we can see you! this is... hi, mary! this is so weird, christian! that you're there in real life! i'm actually a real person! i'm so sorry to hear about your story and... well, i'm just so sorry for you that it's been going on for ten years! i'm so pleased to meet you, mary, and good to get, like, a real you on the screen as well.

yeah, i'm very pleased to meet you, having seen your picture, and that's what i've seen! poor man! it's unbelievable! we sent 1a fake profiles pretending to be christian to facebook�*s owner meta. within 2a hours, they've removed the accounts. the most important thing for these two victims is raising awareness of the crime to prevent scammers from striking again. josie hannett, bbc news. this weekend the biggest names in fashion will strut their stuff on the catwalk, as london fashion week gets underway. among them, will be the daisy chain charity — whose creations have been made from thousands of bags of old clothes and fabrics — to showcase the problem of fashion waste. gerryjackson has this report. just a couple of the 2000 bags of clothing and accessories that arrive at the daisy chain warehouses every week. some can be sold on but what can't might still be useful.

we know that we're kind of the last stop for these textiles before they might end up in landfill so we decided to do something with the textiles that would give them a bit more longevity and a bit more life in the fashion world. neuthreads is this charity's answer to our global throwaway culture, using every fabric, textile, even handbags and luggage straps — new clothing can be created that's not only unique but good enough to catch the eye of the fashion industry's trendsetters. this dress is made from a duvet cover. some of you might know and recognise this. and then we got the cuffs from a child's jacket and we used it as the sleeves. we also used the zips from handbags and we used the zips from other things that we put onto these to create the whole design, so every one is unique in its own way. unique and sustainable and the ambition doesn't end there. all profits are being ploughed back into causes supporting northeast people with autism and other neurodivergent

gent conditions. conditions. as far as i'm aware nobody does what we do. certainly no—one does this in the northeast of england — for design and environmental design but also ethical where we are ploughing the money back, straight back into social enterprise which affects people's lives in the northeast of england, to enable them to live a better life if you're neurodiverse. there's lots more where this came from, but sadly, what they're actually taking to london fashion week is a fairly closely—guarded secret. national lottery money has helped get them this far but it's hoped their own catwalk at fashion week could really make success materialise. it's just beyond our wildest dreams. we just never thought this something like this would happen, with hundreds of people coming to see our designs in the biggest stage in the uk for fashion so we don't know where this could go. it could only go up, we hope, so it's just going to get bigger and bigger. gerry jackson, bbc news. a huge step forward

in the treatment of parkinson's disease could transform the lives of nearly a thousand people. nhs england is to roll out produodopa, a new system that uses a pump to steadily release medicine into the bloodstream around the clock. many patients currently need to take more than 20 pills a day to control their symptoms. professorjames palmer is nhs england's medical director for specialised services. he told me more about the new treatment. yeah, it's a great step forward for a whole host of patients with parkinson's disease. levodopa is actually quite an old drug — it came out in the 1960s, and the difference now is that this drug company has managed to make that drug very soluble so it can be given into the skin, so it can be infused as a continuous infusion. why that such a leap forward is that when patients with advanced parkinson's

disease take their tablets, they have periods of time when they are getting an overdose of drug, or periods of time where they are getting an underdose of drug, and it can wreck their day, so they can have moments where they can hardly move, and other moments where they are moving far too much. this infusion by a special pump that goes under the skin allows that drug to just be continuously delivered at a steady rate and makes such a major difference to a patient�*s day. and at what point do you believe that all people with the disease can actually benefit from this treatment? it's not for everybody. there are oral drugs for parkinson's disease, in the early parts of parkinson's disease, that work just as well. it's the fact that when you get through into the more advanced stages of parkinson's disease, you have to have more and more drugs, because the body becomes more tolerant to the drugs — you need more dosing, which makes the issue of over—dosing and under—dosing.

there are other treatments available for parkinson's disease on the nhs, such as deep brain stimulation, other drug treatments, so it fits within a tool box of other treatments that are available, so it's not for everybody. and what have you heard from patients who are looking forward to this sort of treatment? some of the stories and anecdotes of how they suffered when they can't deal with other treatments? well, a great one is, because it's infusing all the time, right through the night, as well, patients with severe parkinson's disease can have periods of time at night when they can't properly turn over in bed because of their movement problems, or get up safely in the middle of the night, so these sorts of things allow patients to be able to do the simple things, and patients with severe parkinson's disease, they start their day, theyjust don't know, when are they going to be able to move, or when are they going to be able to do things? so, they can actually open the day with the infusion and actually plan to do something.

a firm of funeral directors in the uk has apologised, after sending valentine's day cards to elderly residents at a care home in surrey. about a0 cards were delivered to the care centre th sanders & sons said it deeply regretted causing any distress and accepted its efforts to connect with the community were �*misjudged.’ now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz shaffernaker. before that, here is a website with the latest on alexei navalny. the latest reaction from world leaders but also from people who knew alexei navalny, one of the most prominent and outspoken critics of president putin who has been confirmed to have died. his body is currently with investigators. hello. after a dry and mild start to the day, the afternoon for most of us isn't looking too bad,

but clouds will be thickening through the afternoon, and out towards the west it will already be raining by early afternoon, i think, and if you look at the satellite picture you can see a weather front sweeping towards the uk, and that clearer weatherjust ahead of it, so i think some brightness along the east coast, maybe around the midlands, the south—east, too, this is around four o'clock in the afternoon, but out in the west you can see it's wet. on top of that it's going to be quite windy, as well. where you see the green splodges, that is where the rain is heavier, for example, around the lake district, south—western scotland, through northern ireland and into the western isles, but notice that around the north—east of scotland, actually, it's still relatively bright on saturday, and those temperatures in the north about 10, but in the south it's closer to around 1a or 15 degrees. now, all of us are in for some rain tonight. it will be quite heavy, and particularly heavy i think in the south of the country through the early hours of sunday morning, and it's going to be a mild night. in scotland, in aberdeen, around 7 degrees, 10

expected in liverpool, that's the morning temperature on sunday, and 12 in the south. now, we are a little uncertain as to how soon this rain is going to clear from east anglia and the south—east, so, yes, a wet start for many of us, for sure, but that weather front could drag its heels around this corner of the country. i think that by the time we get to around early afternoon we should be all in mostly sunny weather, and certainly the further north and west you are. temperatures 12 in glasgow, 13 in birmingham, in plymouth it will also be about 13 — add a degree on top of that, i think, in the south—east. now, monday, a weak weather front will sweep across the country, and then this high pressure will build. here is that weak weather front in the morning. that will produce some rain, some showers for a time, then i think the skies will clear a little bit later on in the day. temperatures about what we have been used to, maybe a shade lower, say 9 in stornoway, about 10 in liverpool and 13 or so in london, and if you're planning the week it is looking unsettled. it's going to be often wet,

windy at times, temperatures still into double figures and then at the end of the week ahead it could turn a little bit colder. bye— bye.

live from london, this is bbc news. as demonstrations and vigils continue around the world, alexei navalny�*s spokeswoman confirms his death — and demands to know where his body is. and so we don't have any clue where he is now and what is happening to him. human rights activists say police arrest more than 100 people at navalny memorials across russia. at the munich security conference, volodymyr zelensky warns alexei navalny�*s death highlights the dangers of the putin regime.

putin kills whoever he wants, be it an opposition leader or anyone else who seems as a target exactly to him. the death of the russian political activist — alexei navalny — has been confirmed by his family and supporters. the russian prison service had announced it yesterday. an outspoken critic of president putin, he was serving a lengthy sentence inside a siberianjail. his spokeswoman — kira yarmysh — said navalny�*s mother had received an official notification and she called for the 47—year—old's body to be returned to his family "immediately". as vigils continue, more than 100 people are reported to have been detained in cities across russia. shrines in honour of mr navalny have appeared across russia,

in defiance of the authorities.