we reveal a hidden waiting list for nhs treatment in england which may include millions of patients not included in the officialfigures. and the winner is... if i can read it! oppenheimer. and oppenheimer is the big winner at the bafta film awards — but box office smash hit barbie walks away with nothing and come bbc news, crystal palace in the spotlight later, manager roy hodgson is in the hospital as they take on everton tonight. —— coming up take on everton tonight. —— coming up on bbc news. good afternoon. the widow of alexei navalny — the russian opposition leader who died injail last week — has accused the russian president

vladimir putin of killing him. and in a video statement, yulia navalnaya said the russian authorities are hiding her husband's body. she promised that she'll continue his fight for a free russia. our correspondent bethany bell reports now from brussels where mr navalny�*s widow is meeting european foreign ministers. alexei navalny�*s widow yulia says she will continue to fight for a free russia. she said her husband was killed because the russian president vladimir putin couldn't break him. translation: another erson break him. translation: another person should _ break him. translation: another person should be _ break him. translation: another person should be here _ break him. translation: another person should be here in _ break him. translation: another person should be here in my - break him. translation: another person should be here in my place| person should be here in my place but that person was killed by vladimir putin. we know exactly why putin called alexei three days ago, we will tell you soon. at the most important thing we can do for him and for ourselves is to go on fighting. i will continue alexei

navalny�*s work. fighting. i will continue alexei navalny's work.— fighting. i will continue alexei navalny's work. fighting. i will continue alexei navaln 's work. �* ., ., , navalny's work. alexei navalny died in this prison _ navalny's work. alexei navalny died in this prison camp _ navalny's work. alexei navalny died in this prison camp in _ navalny's work. alexei navalny died in this prison camp in the _ navalny's work. alexei navalny died in this prison camp in the arctic- in this prison camp in the arctic circle. prison authorities say he suffered sudden death syndrome. the kremlin has denied involvement in his death, calling the accusations frankly approaches. it says there are no results yet in the investigation into the death. ——: the accusations frankly obnoxious. earlier alexei navalny's mother was blocked from entering a mortuary where his body was believed to be. today yulia navalnaya is in brussels meeting with eu foreign ministers. the upas micro—foreign policy chief says they are considering punishment against those considered responsible for mr navalny's treatment —— eu foreign policy chief. we for mr navalny's treatment -- eu foreign policy chief.— foreign policy chief. we are considering _ foreign policy chief. we are considering sanctions - foreign policy chief. we are considering sanctions for i foreign policy chief. we are i considering sanctions for sure against those responsible. the person responsible is bitton himself. , , ~

himself. other ministers said mr navaln 's himself. other ministers said mr navalny's death _ himself. other ministers said mr navalny's death underlines - himself. other ministers said mr navalny's death underlines the l himself. other ministers said mr- navalny's death underlines the wider threat posed by russia in ukraine. —— putin himself. eli threat posed by russia in ukraine. -- putin himself.— -- putin himself. eu ministers are keen to sunport — -- putin himself. eu ministers are keen to support the _ -- putin himself. eu ministers are keen to support the political- keen to support the political opposition in russia and honour alexei navalny's memory. there are also calls to punish those responsible for his treatment. but with so many other sanctions already in place at their options are somewhat limited. bethany bell, bbc news, brussels. live now to moscow and our russia editor steve rosenburg. and, steve, some angry reaction from the kremlin today to the claims that it was responsible for mr navalny's death. yes, absolutely. the suggestions by western leaders that the russian leadership was behind the death of alexei navalny have not gone down well in the kremlin.— alexei navalny have not gone down well in the kremlin. today president putin's spokesman _ well in the kremlin. today president putin's spokesman dmitry _ well in the kremlin. today president putin's spokesman dmitry peskov i putin's spokesman dmitry peskov described such accusations as obnoxious and absolutely

unacceptable, but added that these comments would not damage president putin. he was also asked by a reporter, why has the kremlin we do not come in personally on mr navalny's das? —— the kremlin leader not coming to the response, i have nothing more to it. and now the russian authorities have nothing more to add on the cause and circumstances of alexei navalny's death, saying the investigation is ongoing. as for russian media, is also saying very little about what happened. some of the tape is that russian newspaper said absolutely nothing about alexei navalny. —— some of the tape is like newspapers. others covered it but only briefly. it seems as if the kremlin wants russians to forget all about alexei navalny. but as we have been hearing in that report, yulia navalnaya, mr navalny's widow, is determined not to let that happen.— to let that happen. steve, thank ou. to let that happen. steve, thank you- steve _ to let that happen. steve, thank you. steve rosenberg, - to let that happen. steve, thank you. steve rosenberg, russianl you. steve rosenberg, russian

editor. an english channel migrant who piloted a dinghy, four of whose passengers drowned, has been found guilty of their manslaughter after two trials. ibrahima bah, who is from senegal, was convicted by a majority of ten to two at canterbury crown court. dominic casciani reports. a light in the dark. cries in the distance. the early hours of december 2022, a fishing boat in the english channel discovers a sinking migrants' dinghy. men swim for their lives. 39 saved. at least four drowned. this man in the blue coat, ibrahima bah, accused of their manslaughter. he agreed to pilot the inflatable to england. over two trials, prosecutors said he was criminally responsible for the deaths. when it began taking on water, he could have taken the dinghy back to france. one of the survivors from that night told the bbc everyone feared they would drown.

people stood up inside the boat and then the boat collapsed. i don't know whether he is a smuggler, a refugee, asylum seeker, but he helped us and he saved us. i don't know what to say. he was speeding the boat in order to get closer to the fishing boat, and also turned or swerved the boat in a way that helped us. and this is why the crossings are so dangerous. this boat is a similar size and construction the one that ibrahima bah was in. the border force have got it out to show us and filled it with the items they find, typically, in every rescue. you've got buoyancy aids, used on canoes on lakes and rivers, totally unsuitable for the job. you've got fuel bottles. you've got foot pumps. and look at this, the construction. it's basically a bouncy castle. and that's why they say these are a death trap. jurors were told smugglers had offered ibrahima bah a free seat in return for the piloting,

so prosecutors argued the deaths occurred as part of a criminal enterprise, the senegalese man was responsible for everyone's safety and could have foreseen the tragedy. but bah said he had no choice — the smugglers threatened to kill him when he had second thoughts. this manslaughter trial has been unprecedented. more than 140 other people have been prosecuted for piloting boats since 2022 — boats that have brought 30,000 men, women and children on dangerous journeys. a trade the government is under huge political pressure to stop. and dominicjoins me now. you're just saying there, an unprecedented trial. what is the significance of this case and this verdict? i significance of this case and this verdict? ~ �* , ., , verdict? i think it's really significant _ verdict? i think it's really significant for _ verdict? i think it's really| significant for prosecutors verdict? i think it's really - significant for prosecutors and certainly the government, whilst taking nojoy from certainly the government, whilst taking no joy from this, certainly the government, whilst taking nojoy from this, we'll certainly the government, whilst taking no joy from this, we'll see this as an important message to smugglers on the other side of the

english channel, that they will take all necessary steps to try to stop these boats, and in this case what makes this so unusual is the way this conviction has come about. ibrahima bah was accused of manslaughter by gross negligence, that's normally an accusation that is reserved for something like a doctor who has been grossly noah jupe doctor who has been grossly noah jupe negligence in a hospital operating accident, something like this —— grossly negligent. thejury were told that ibrahima bah had a duty of care towards the other passengers and the disaster was reasonably foreseeable. ibrahima bah said, i was simply another migrant on the boat, i took the tiller, we were all trying to get to the uk to claim asylum. but with the jury, it ultimately did not wash, 10—2 majority found him guilty because they felt he had this responsibility and failed to live up to it and that's why he was convicted. he will be sentenced on friday, i think it will be a very significant case going forward, because if there are others like him, they will potentially now face the same jeopardy of ending up in court. dominic, thank you. dominic

casciani, home and legal correspondence. police investigating the deaths of three children in bristol this weekend say the victims were a boy aged seven, a girl who was three, and a ten—month—old baby. a 42—year—old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder. she was treated in hospital for injuries and remains in custody. our correspondent danjohnson is at the scene, and, dan, some more details about this terrible tragedy emerging this morning. yes. we know the police were called here by a member of the public who was concerned about the welfare of those children, and when officers arrived at the semidetached property just behind me, just after midnight, the early hours of yesterday morning, they found those three children dead and that 42—year—old woman injured. this morning they've confirmed the very young ages of those children and that has only added to the shock and sadness that

everyone here is feeling at what has been described as a terrible, terrible tragedy. the police this morning have been reflecting on the impact this has had on everybody here in this area. the death of such young children is a great shock to the whole community and this incident has had a profound and deep impact on all of us in the police. we'll be making sure that all those involved in the response and the subsequent investigation are given any welfare support that they may need. i know people will be eager to have answers but the major crime investigation team are in the very early stages of what will be a highly sensitive, complex and thorough investigation and it will take time to establish all of the facts. neighbours have told us that this family was originally from sudan but they have been living here for at least the last four or five years, that they were well—known and well liked in the area. there is a huge amount of shock about what has happened. members of the sudanese community have been coming together

in a churchjust community have been coming together in a church just round the corner to support each other and share this awful experience. there are questions about exactly what happened here, what the police involvement was, what the social services' involvement may have been, and the independent office for police conduct, the police watchdog, is now reviewing some interaction that avon and somerset police had with this household in last month. then, thank you. danjohnson, reporting. a search has resumed after a two—year—old boy fell into a river in leicester. emergency services were called to the river soar in the aylestone area late on sunday afternoon, but so far haven't been able to find the boy who was with his family at the time he fell into the water. a minister in israel's war cabinet has warned that israeli forces will launch an offensive in rafah in southern gaza unless hamas releases all of its hostages by the 10th of march. more than a million palestinians have fled to rafah. humanitarian groups are warning there is nowhere left for them to go. international shipping

experts have confirmed a strike on a british ship by yemen s iran—backed houthi rebels. the rubymar was hit by two missiles and severley damaged in the gulf of aden. the crew are reported to have abandoned the vessel after an explosion. it's said to have suffered extensive damage and is at risk of sinking. there are not thought to have been any injuries. the bbc has discovered that many nhs patients in england are stuck on hidden waiting lists, potentially running into millions. people who are referred to a specialist for treatment for cancer or heart failure, for example, are no longer counted on the main waiting lists. our health correspondent dominic hughes has this report. rigby, come on. rigby! here. sit. good boy! margaret is living with the knowledge she has skin cancer, and yet has not had any treatment for years. good boy! she was diagnosed and referred to see a specialist, then nothing. the waiting has taken a toll.

you can hit really low spots. i think my kids and my grandchildren and my husband as well, they are what keep me going, because i think i would have given up before now. you think, well, i can't do any more. every month we report on the latest waiting times for nonurgent treatment in the nhs in england. currently that figure is around 7.6 million people. but once you've been referred to a specialist, you're no longer counted on that main nhs waiting list. and you could end up like margaret, one of potentially tens of thousands of people who are waiting for follow—up treatment. now, that could be things like physiotherapy, cancer checks, regular treatment to help preserve eyesight, even surgery. it's not known exactly how many people are facing delays on these hidden waiting lists, as nhs england doesn't collect the figures. every month around 1.4 million people are taken off

the national waiting list because they've started treatment. we contacted 30 of the biggest hospital trusts in england, around a quarter of the total, to ask whether they keep a check on that backlog of delayed care. but only three trusts could provide us with data showing they were recording the number of patients affected. there are patients who might have chronic conditions which could, if they were left untreated, deteriorate further, so for example, patients with certain kinds of eye diseases where they might lose their sight. it is very difficult to get an idea of the number of patients who are waiting for everyday appointments. for ——overdue appointments. it's not quite clear which hospitals record it, and which ones don't. so, really, we have no idea, but i would guess that it's in the millions. a spokesman for nhs england says there's clear guidance that if treatment becomes overdue, and a patient is left waiting, they should be added back onto the waiting list and would then be included in the nationalfigures. when she had a stroke a few years ago, margaret experienced the very

best of the nhs's emergency care. but now, waiting months for treatment, she feels trapped and anxious. the emergency services are great. anything else, i'm terrified. you know, it's one of those things now... you know, when something else goes wrong... when you're young and healthy, you don't think about these things but when things start going wrong it's frightening. dominic hughes, bbc news. and we can go live to dominic now. how big do you think this problem of a hidden waiting list is? that how big do you think this problem of a hidden waiting list is?— a hidden waiting list is? that is recisel a hidden waiting list is? that is precisely part _ a hidden waiting list is? that is precisely part of _ a hidden waiting list is? that is precisely part of the _ a hidden waiting list is? that is precisely part of the problem. | a hidden waiting list is? that is i precisely part of the problem. the main waiting lists we often talk about and which viewers might be familiar with, 7.6 million, that reflects people waiting to be referred for treatment. once you are

referred for treatment. once you are referred for treatment. once you are referred for treatment, you fall off that list, you are not recorded in the statistics. but the nhs guidance says very clearly that if you face long delays for ongoing care you should go back onto the list and be reflected in those statistics once again. but we have been told that nhs trusts are routinely ignoring that guidance, that advice. when we found these 30 nhs trusts and asked them how many of them are collecting data and monitoring the lists, only three of them said they were. we have been told, that is what is difficult to say exactly how many people are affected, but we have been told it is a significant issue for the nhs and affects millions of people each year and all these people each year and all these people need that ongoing care. if they don't get it, their health could suffer.— they don't get it, their health could suffer. . , ., could suffer. dominic hughes, our health corresponded. _ our top story this afternoon... the widow of alexei navalny accuses russia's president vladimir putin of killing him.

coming up, why african leaders have had to ban the slaughter of millions of donkeys for their skins. coming up on bbc news... will manchester united land their man? dan ashworth is placed on gardening leave at newcastle united, after the sporting director tells the club he wants to join the new regime at old trafford. african leaders have agreed to help protect the continent's donkeys from being stolen, trafficked and slaughtered. it's beleived that every year nearly six million donkeys are killed for their skins to meet demand for a traditional chinese medicine. now that practice has been banned in more than 50 african countries and animal welfare charities have welcomed the move, as our science correspondent victoria gill reports. this donkey is much more than raziki's companion. translation: without my donkey life

would be incredibly challenging. - with their strength and ability to work in heat and drought, these animals mean the difference between a livelihood and destitution for millions of people in poor, rural communities around the world. they can be a lifeline. but these photographs tell another story. donkeys taken to slaughter for their skins. animal welfare campaigners in africa say the trade in donkey skin has decimated the population of the animals and fuelled an increase in donkey theft. hides are exported to china and used to make a popular, traditional medicine. it's called ejiao and the skins are boiled down to make it in liquid, powder or edible form and it is believed to have benefits from strengthening the blood to aiding fertility. to understand the extent of the trade i sat down with experts at the donkey sanctuary who have been examining its impact across africa. what are the effects of this huge demand for donkeys for their skin? from 2016 to 2019 almost half the population of donkeys in kenya had been slaughtered.

completely unsustainable. this is affecting very negatively the livelihood because if somebody loses their donkey, then there is no way of making a livelihood. one reason for that decline is donkeys don't breed well in intensive farms, so countries with large populations of working donkeys are targeted by the trade. now in response to shrinking donkey populations and public outcry leaders of 55 african states have banned the slaughter of donkeys for their skin. this gives protection to over 33 million donkeys and of course the communities that depend upon them for their livelihood. but some say banning donkey exports in one part of the world could just shift the trade elsewhere. what we really want to see is investment in sustainable alternatives such as producing collagen in labs. they can provide a source material for this trade without the need to have to eliminate the product that is so culturally significant, but removing the need for suffering.

these animals have carried people for millennia. the hope now is that they will be protected for the next generation. victoria gill, bbc news. there's new government guidance aimed at stopping children in england from using mobile phones at school. ministers say the purpose is to improve behaviour in the class room. the guidance reminds headteachers what they can do if they want to ban mobiles during both lessons and breaktime. but one headteacher�*s union has said most schools already have policies in place to deal with mobile phones. here's yunus mulla. good friends and in the first year of high school but with year seven there's also more time on their mobiles and screen time away from home. i can't phone my friends at school because we normally. because we normally, we sometimes have different lessons. sometimes i need to contact my parents.

perhaps no surprise to find talk of taking those devices away during school hours hasn't gone down well. like, when you are trying to learn it can be distracting, but, like, i don't really see the harm at, like, lunchtime or break. for parent olivia her daughter having a mobile away from home is reassuring and although the school has a strict policy, there are concerns. outside influences, i guess, having access to the internet, that worries me and that she is not concentrating at school. and again bullying is probably the biggest thing for me. many schools already have restrictions in place when it comes to using mobiles in classrooms and on school premises. the guidance is aimed to make the approach consistent across all schools and they will be supported. what we really want to do is have consistency, to reset the social more that there is no place for mobile phones in our schools all the way through the school day.

in recent weeks the mother of brianna ghey has called for tougher regulations on the use of social media. her daughter's killers had accessed and watched harmful and extremely violent material on their phones. i would like to see the law changed so that children only have access to children's mobile phones. that could look exactly the same as an adult�*s mobile phone but without the ability to download social media apps. the problem isn't the phones, the problem is what's on the phones. it's the social media and access to social media on the phones that is causing the issue. isn't it a sign that the government is making this a priority for you? i go into school and this is not going to be on the top of my to—do list. finding the next maths teacher or the next science teacher will be, balancing my next budget, where school funding has not kept up with inflation, that is on my to—do list. we implemented a mobile phone policy a long time ago. the move is being seen as bringing england in line with other countries, including france and italy,

but some will question if it is too little, too late. yunus mulla, bbc news. joining me now is our correspondent ellie price. so is it too little too late? the government has talked about banning mobile phones in schools for the last three years and say that guidance has finally come into schools in england, but it isjust schools in england, but it isjust schools in england and it isjust guidance, the government can't force head teachers to bring this in. as you heard, this is about making there is consistency across all schools, that there is no phone use throughout the whole of the school day. the education secretary cites government data which says half of the 24,000 government data which says half of the 211,000 schools in england apparently don't have a policy, but critics point to other polling that say fewer than 1% of schools have policies which allow students to use phones whenever they like. there is criticism, as you heard in that piece there, that this is a waste of time. some head teachers feel they have already got those rules in

place. the bigger issue is what is on the phone, what young people are accessing in terms of social media, and in terms of online bullying and that can be done out of hours. the online safety bill has recently been passed and they say measures in that will slowly be phased in and that will slowly be phased in and that will protect young people further. people around the world have started a project to mark the 80th anniversary of d—day thisjune. they're knitting scenes from the historic moment when allied forces launched the campaign to liberate europe during the second world war. the longest yarn, as its called, is being created by 80 knitters and it will initially be displayed in normandy, asjohn maguire reports. we are well used to seeing wars commemorated in bronze and in stone, but not perhaps in wool and yarn. it all started with these — post box toppers, knitted or crocheted for major royal, sporting or national events. so for a brit living in northern france, the idea to mark 80 years

since d—day took shape. and i thought, why don't i do a topper for my garden gate for the 80th anniversary? and then i mentioned it to someone and they said, what a great idea, and then we decided we'd do my front door, and then itjust sort of suddenly got bigger, and it suddenly went along the lines of the bayeux tapestry and ended up as 80 metres. but she needed an army of volunteers, which after seeing her idea online all signed up to help. among them, diana and jenny, old school friends who have reconnected in recent years and are sharing the workload on two panels. it's work that's taken more than 800 hours so far. they've been inspired by the creative challenge but also their own family stories. my husband's grandfather and uncle were killed in the australian army in the war in asia. so in fact you feel, again, we shouldn't forget. so it's quite a good way of keeping

people's memories alive. the detail is painstaking. in the original first panel we did was british soldiers, and we'd done about a0 of these soldiers, and we'd put them all in brown boots, and then we discovered through the historian who is with us that actually they should have all been black, so then we had to go around and change all the black bits. so a bit of a pain! the finished work will go on display in may in a large church in carentan. this labour of love telling the extraordinary story of the day will first see the light of day the longest day in normandy. john maguire, bbc news. there's no doubt about the big winner at last night's bafta film awards —

oppenheimer winning seven awards. poor things did well too with five awards including best actress for emma stone. but there was disappointment for barbie — which may have made a fortune at the box office but got nothing at all at the baftas. here's our culture editor, katie razzall. last night london was a who's who of the film world, britain and america united to celebrate movies with the irish out in force. all in front of the world's photographers and the president of bafta, the prince of wales. cheering. it is no exaggeration to say this room has in it the greatest actors in the world. inside the royal festival hall master of ceremonies david tennant got down to business. right, let's give out some baftas! best actress went to emma stone for poor things, the frankenstein—style fantasy walked away with five awards in all. i reallyjust want to thank my mum as she is the best person i know in the whole world and she inspires me every single day. and stone beat amongst others margot robbie.

barbie, the biggest grossing movie of the year, was entirely snubbed at the baftas. bradley cooper's maestro and martin scorsese's killers of the flower moon also walked away with nothing. the zone of interest. instead a british film in german about the holocaust triumphed. the zone of interest picked up three awards — best sound, outstanding british film and film not in english. the award for rising star went to mia mckenna—bruce whose performance in how to have sex has won so much praise. to kind of get to do the thing that i love most in the whole entire world would be like, "yeah, that's kind of cool." it's amazing. cillian murphy for oppenheimer. murphy's acclaimed director christopher nolan had never won a bafta. oppenheimer, his film about the father of the atomic bomb, now has seven. cillian murphy as best actor, robert downeyjunior as best supporting actor and nolan himself best director. this is an incredible honour being back home getting this from bafta in the festival hall

where my mum and dad used to drag me to make me have some culture. michaelj fox, diagnosed with parkinson's disease 30 years ago, got a standing ovation. a movie can change your day, it can change your outlook, it can even change your life. in a surprise appearance he handed out the biggest award, best film. oppenheimer. oppenheimer�*s night to celebrate, and it mayjust be repeated at the oscars in three weeks. katie razzall, bbc news. time for a look at the weather, here's stav da naos. it is pretty mild at the moment. a spring on the way? it is, it feels springlike, but towards the end of the week it will be a bit colder, temperatures closer to where we should be at this time of year. but you are right, it has been mild for a long time and it feels springlike out there. good spells of sunshine around. this is a

weather watcher in nottinghamshire. we have even got some daffodils coming through very early as well. the rest of the day stays dry for most of us with good sunny spells around and temperatures will be above the seasonal norm. it is tony abbott milky as we are seeing some hazy, higher cloud pushing in from the west. but we will still see sunshine through the afternoon, the best in england and wales. most places will be dry. a bit of a breeze in northern ireland and western scotland with a couple of showers from the atlantic. but those temperatures well above what it should be at this time of year, 11 to 14. this front spreads across scotland and northern england and it turns drier for a scotland and northern england and it turns drierfor a bit and the scotland and northern england and it turns drier for a bit and the wind picks up and the cloud picks up in western areas and this active weather front starts to push into the north—west of the uk by the end of the night. but clear skies in the east of england and the south—east

it could be quite