this is bbc news. prime minister rishi sunak says comments by his former deputy chairman were wrong and unacceptable.

chaotic scenes in brussels ahead of a meeting of eu ministers as farmers burn tyres and block roads. those scenes in brussels continue to be dramatic and we can go there now, people throwing what looks like bottles and riot police responding with water cannon. we have seen from our correspondent a short time ago lines of tractors blocking the roads, going back as far as the eye can see with dozens of protesters in front of them and some just throwing them at police, what looks like bottles. these scenes have been going on for hours now as agriculture ministers from across europe meet to discuss the ongoing complaints and anger from lots of farmers who say they are protesting against competition from cheap

imports, excessive environmental laws and subsidies favouring large firms and we understand some farmers have been invited to talk with agriculture ministers to discuss the concerns but a stand—off in the heart of brussels right now. there is a warning people living with a rare eating disorder are being overlooked by the health service. the charity says calls to its helpline for the condition or seven times higher than five years ago and they say it's vital people with the condition receive support and extra funding is available for eating disorder services. the sheep is gone. the sheep has gone, yes. the sheep has gone. the sheep. sheep, baa. he was the most happiest, smiliest little boy i've ever come across. his soul was just kind, and he was soft and he was just so beautiful. on the bus.

0h, on the bus. the sheep went on the bus. you cheeky monkey. there are memories of lucy's son, alfie anthony, everywhere you turn in their house. he was diagnosed with autism when he was three. although alfie was behind on a lot of things that i was aware of as a mother, the one thing that always, always worried me was his eating. he struggled to eat anything with texture or lumps, relying on just a few safe foods. and i kept voicing. he's losing weight. he wasn't alfie. he just wasn't alfie, he was a poorly, poorly boy. and again, he... it got put down to his autism. lucy asked for help, but didn't receive support. i was really fighting. like i thought, like, i don't know what i thought. ijust thought... it was in my head, or like, nobody�*s... like i'm screaming out

and nobody was listening. in 2021, he passed away at the age of seven. his cause of death was malnutrition. it was only after he died that alfie was diagnosed with arfid, an eating disorder that can be caused by sensitivity to food textures or smells. an inquest found healthcare professionals didn't pay enough attention to his diet. together we were invincible. no—one else could come close. i shut myself away from those who i love the most. poetry has helped jess cope since she developed arfid. you have become my biggest secret, but i couldn't keep it up for long. she has a phobia of vomiting. one day she was sick after a meal. pretty much overnight, i stopped eating. my relationship with food automatically changed overnight, in, while everyone else needed food in order to survive, all of a sudden i was learning how

to survive without it. she went for three years without support until she met gemma from the eating disorder charity seed. hello, how are you? i'm good, how are you? oh, god, it's been too long. i feel like i'm starting to get back on track again. obviously, there's going to be ups and downs, but i feel like i'm feeling positive again and i've got a bit of a spark back. it's about treating the person and not the eating disorder, i and that it's so important - to like remember thatjess isjess. recovery is not a one—way street, like it's a recovery _ after recovery after recovery. so i'm just really proud of you. ijust can't thank you all enough for saving my life. so we need to get a meeting in then, i guess, ideally this week. nicole and stacey both have loved ones with arfid. they were shocked at the lack of awareness and support available.

in response, they set up the first dedicated arfid charity in the uk. if you can imagine going online and there being basically nothing about arfid, it was an information black hole, essentially. that was part of the frustration that i was experiencing is that i was dealing with doctors, paediatricians, dietitians who had never actually heard of arfid before. ready? steady. since alfie's inquest, stockport nhs trust has said they're deeply sorry they missed opportunities and have introduced new guidelines. hello. come here. lucy is now calling for better awareness of arfid, especially around its links to autism. i really, really want a pathway for understanding and knowledge for children on the spectrum. i don't want it to happen to anybody else.

so although this hopefully will help other families, i will continue being his mum, and i'll keep being his voice. just sadly i wasn't heard then, but i'll make sure i'm heard now. let's speak with tom quinn, on what these figures mean for people who suffer with the disorder. thank you so much for being with us and tell us what you think there's been an uptick, dramatic uptick in this condition. uptick, dramatic uptick in this condition-— uptick, dramatic uptick in this condition. �* , , ., condition. it's been huge and the truth is we _ condition. it's been huge and the truth is we don't _ condition. it's been huge and the truth is we don't really _ condition. it's been huge and the truth is we don't really know, - condition. it's been huge and the truth is we don't really know, we| truth is we don't really know, we don't know whether the condition itself is increasing because more people are developing the illness or we think more people are aware of it, it'sjust we think more people are aware of it, it's just that there aren't

enough statistics and there is no enough statistics and there is no enough information about arfid and eating disorders as a whole and we know the pandemic had a huge impact on the prevalence of eating disorders but we are starting to scratch the surface and understand why people develop this illness. you are representing an eating disorder charity so please explain what you would like to see being done about this specific eating disorder. we need this specific eating disorder. - need more support from the nhs. we speak to so many individuals and so many parents that say it's just impossible to get help on the nhs. we did a research project, we looked at every eating disorder service website in england, eight out of ten of them, it was very unclear whether arfid support was unavailable and how to get help and we speak to so many families who are desperate and given that we have seen in the last five years a sevenfold increase in

people contacting us it is clear more help is needed, we need investment, training, to make sure that everyone gets the support they need as quickly as possible. maw; need as quickly as possible. many sa there need as quickly as possible. many say there is _ need as quickly as possible. many say there is a _ need as quickly as possible. many say there is a general— need as quickly as possible. many say there is a general lack - need as quickly as possible. many say there is a general lack of - say there is a general lack of support and help for people with all kinds of eating disorders across the spectrum. i guess you would agree with out but what needs to change, is itjust about money, is it about a lack of healthcare professionals? it is both. we need more investment but it is also true in some areas of the country, services have sought to recruit a qualified and the train staff they need and they have not had any applications for those vacancy so what we need is a long—term workforce strategy to make sure that people are being supported through their medical training, through their medical training, through third nursing training to actually go into eating disorders but we also need more creativity. we believe in some areas actually

nonclinical staff, properly trained and supervised can provide a big support so we need more doctors and nurses practising in eating disorders but we need a little bit more innovation to plug the gaps. people find it hard to navigate when they have a loved one suffering from an eating disorder, how to access the right kind of help if there is help available so what advice do you have for those available who realise perhaps there is an issue in their family? perhaps there is an issue in their famil ? �* , ., , family? because we have recognised an increase in _ family? because we have recognised an increase in arfid _ family? because we have recognised an increase in arfid over _ family? because we have recognised an increase in arfid over the - family? because we have recognised an increase in arfid over the last. an increase in arfid over the last few years we have significantly improved the content and support we have on our website. and the helpline which is open this afternoon and evening and every day of the year, people can call us and get support. what i would really emphasise the importance of getting help quickly. arfid like other eating disorders, the longer you

have at the order it is to treat and the harder it is to get over that illness so i would really encourage parents watching, people worried about themselves to get help quickly, go to see your gp and if you want support first come to us because we have lots of help available. because we have lots of help available-— because we have lots of help available. ., ,, ., ,, , ., available. tom quinn, thank you. if ou have available. tom quinn, thank you. if you have been _ available. tom quinn, thank you. if you have been affected _ available. tom quinn, thank you. if you have been affected by - available. tom quinn, thank you. if you have been affected by any - available. tom quinn, thank you. if you have been affected by any of. available. tom quinn, thank you. if| you have been affected by any of the issues we've been talking about then help is available on the bbc action line. the details are on screen. more now on one of the breaking stories, rishi sunak describing comments made by mp lee anderson about the mayor of london as wrong and unacceptable. mr anderson, the former conservative deputy chairman said the london bear was controlled by islamist and he lost the tory whip when he refused to apologise. sadik khan who represents the labour party said the comments were anti—muslim, islamophobic and racist. we have a spokesperson for

the muslim council of great britain, can i ask you what you made of the comments by lee anderson? the comments _ comments by lee anderson? the comments were _ comments by lee anderson? tue: comments were clearly comments by lee anderson? tte: comments were clearly racist comments by lee anderson? "tt2 comments were clearly racist and unacceptable and islamophobic and it is worrying that the prime minister of our country, the deputy prime minister of our country and cabinet ministers are coming out and are unwilling to call it racist and call a spade a spade. what does that mean? there seems to be a denial of the real challenge that we face. how can they deny islamophobia in front of them and that is something i hope they will be able to answer. the prime minister _ they will be able to answer. the prime minister said the comments were wrong and unacceptable and he said racism or prejudice of any kind is unacceptable and not british so what would you like to say? each of these different _ what would you like to say? each of these different players, _ what would you like to say? each of these different players, the - what would you like to say? each of these different players, the prime l these different players, the prime minister, deputy prime minister and mark harper who has been out in the studios this morning, none of them have been willing to say what lee

anderson said was racist and anti—muslim, they have been challenged on this again and again and refuse to call at that. you cannot call a spade a spade, that is a serious issue, that is the first step, acknowledging the issue before you deal with it and now we have a real problem because if you cannot acknowledge it, what about understanding why this is the case and why a number of mps within the conservative party seem to be thinking that suspending lee anderson for these comments or not apologising for these comments is actually wrong? the rot, as was talked about earlier this weekend, throughout the party, this type of view is considered not warranting a suspension and i do not understand how that can happen. mit? suspension and i do not understand how that can happen.— how that can happen. why do you think they are _ how that can happen. why do you think they are refusing _ how that can happen. why do you think they are refusing to - how that can happen. why do you think they are refusing to work. how that can happen. why do you | think they are refusing to work use words like islamophobic around these comments? tt words like islamophobic around these comments? , ., .,

comments? if they want to call it anti-muslim _ comments? if they want to call it anti-muslim then _ comments? if they want to call it anti-muslim then they _ comments? if they want to call it anti-muslim then they can - comments? if they want to call it anti-muslim then they can but i comments? if they want to call it l anti-muslim then they can but they anti—muslim then they can but they seem to not want to call it that because they recognise the scale of the problem that they face but unfortunately this problem is not just with lee anderson, that is the tip of the iceberg and in reality, many others even this week engaged in this type of language and we quite clearly understand saying esler must have taken over london, thatis esler must have taken over london, that is obviously wrong, the language of white supremacist on the far right and we know it is wrong. so well a government, the former home secretary said esler must have control over the whole of britain right now. no action has been taking. and when asked about this, the conservative party said it did not warrant an apology. —— somelip government. let's try and keep the focus only anderson for now rather than recognising it as a much bigger problem. when you look at this one

case of lee anderson, but also others such as the former home secretary, such as liz truss, such as nick timothy, paul marshall, understanding a lot of these individuals have engaged in islamophobia in different ways and no action has been taken against any of them and if you want to deal with islamophobia and said this will not be a problem in our party then why not deal with it? all the instances, draw a line under the issue and move forward. but they are not even willing to call a spade a spade, not willing to call a spade a spade, not willing to call it islamophobia and it is a problem and i really, really hope that will change going forward. obviously we do not have any of those specific people here to respond to the criticisms but we so appreciate you being with us. thank you. bbc verify has uncovered how

car insurance quotes were one third more expensive in some areas of england with the biggest minority ethnicity populations even if road accident and crime levels were similar. we have more from the verify hull. the world of car insurance helps can be hard to get your head around, insurance companies do not provide much information about how they arrive at courts. we have been trying to find out more and what factors could lead to you paying a lot more and if you live in an area with a lot of people from ethnic minorities, you could be paying what has been dubbed by some as an ethnicity penalty, in other words you pay more. let me explain about how we arrived at these figures using this screen. we have looked out thousands of addresses in every local authority in england. we have gone to a price comparison website and got quotes for each of these addresses. all of the details we used with the same, a 30—year—old teacher driving a ford fiesta. the

only thing we changed was the address. and if you live in an area with more people from ethnic minority backgrounds, your costs go up minority backgrounds, your costs go up and they go up a lot. have a look at this example. just outside birmingham, an area called sandwell. these two areas in sandwell are pretty similar, they have similar levels of crime and similar levels of car accidents but the big difference is the number of people from ethnic minorities, you can see in this area just over io%, down herejust under 45%. we in this area just over io%, down here just under 45%. we went online insurance comparison website and got quotes for both of these areas. have a look at the difference. appear in princes and with its lower ethnic minority population we were quoted just under £2000. down here in great bridge, a higher ethnic minority population, the quote was £800 more,

almost £2800. this isn't an isolated example. this was happening all over england when we did the searches and on average, car insurance quotes were one third higher in most ethnically diverse parts of england compared with the least diverse. so what has the reaction been? we went to citizens advice who lived at the sort of thing before and we put the figure to them and this was their response. figure to them and this was their resonse. ~ . ., ~ ., response. we are talking about hundreds of— response. we are talking about hundreds of pounds _ response. we are talking about hundreds of pounds during - response. we are talking about hundreds of pounds during a i response. we are talking about l hundreds of pounds during a cost response. we are talking about - hundreds of pounds during a cost of living crisis when every single pound counts. that is why it is essential that insurers and the regulator is the financial conduct authority answered the question what is going on and what is driving this ethnicity penalty? we is going on and what is driving this ethnicity penalty?— ethnicity penalty? we put these findinus ethnicity penalty? we put these findin . s to ethnicity penalty? we put these findings to the _ ethnicity penalty? we put these findings to the association - ethnicity penalty? we put these findings to the association of i findings to the association of british insurers, the group that represents insurance firms and they pointed out insurers considered a wide range of what they called risk —related factors when working out

car insurance quotes. they also told us that insurers do not and cannot use ethnicity as a factor when setting prices but they added i am sorry, let me get that up here, these and other similar findings raise an important public policy debate. so that debate will continue not for the first time, raising questions about how exactly the insurance world works and stop its pretty secretive at this research suggests it can be pretty unfair to. that was nick eardley. let's take it to japan. let's go to japan, where for the first time ever, women are being allowed to take part in a ceremony dating back more than 1,200 years. it's called the hadaka matsuri, or the naked festival, and our correspondent shaimaa khalil was there. what you're looking at is one of japan's most ancient traditions. this is the matsuri or the naked festival,

essentially hundreds and hundreds of men, if not thousands, wearing next to nothing. they huddle together, they push and shove, all to try and touch the chosen man, a man chosen by the shrine. this is to bring in good luck and drive away evil spirits. it is freezing out here, i'm wearing so many layers and i am shivering. i don't know these guys are doing it. they're barely dressed. and to make things interesting, they're being sprayed with very cold water. in the more than 1,200 year history of this festival, women were never allowed to participate until now. for many years, women have been pushing to take part and it's finally happened. and no, they're not naked, and no, they're not in the men's big huddle, but they get to make their own offerings to the shrine, and that's no small feat. this is the moment. they're making their way to the shinto shrine to make their offerings. this is something no woman injapan has ever done before.

this has always been off limits for women. but for the first time, in more than a thousand years, women are now taking part in one ofjapan's most famous naked festivals. 0bviously, they�* re clothed. and after they give thanks and wish for good luck, the immensity of the moment sets in. japan's ageing population is a big issue for these festivals and one of the reasons organisers decided to include women. remember, the year started with an earthquake, a huge fire at haneda airport, and it's been announced that japan is now in recession. so frankly, the country needs

a whole load of good luck and all the help it can get from both men and women. you might have spent your younger years hitting the dance floor, but are your clubbing days behind you? how about if you could still party, and be back in time for your dinner? day fever is the brainchild of film—makerjonny 0wen and his wife, actor vicky mcclure. it started out as a play on words, with just a couple of afternoon events, and now day—discos are selling out across the uk. nataliejackson has more. they are nottingham's power couple. you know them as actor vicky mcclure and filmmakerjonny 0wen. what did we say? a disco for terry and june? george and mildred. i was going to say, i didn't know which one... it was a sitcom. but what you might not know about is their side hustle, which is sweeping the nation. and tell us a bit about day fever. yeah, it's...

it's a daytime nightclub, basically. it's as simple as that. i had this idea that sort of, you know, my generation, we grew up going to nightclubs, places like this, and we know that world, really, the music, have a pint if you want to, and you know, you know what to expect. and i had this idea maybe to do it in the afternoon rather than late in the night. it's not a great look for a man of my vintage to be walking at two o'clock in the morning with a kebab, but i could do it at seven o'clock in the evening, i think. you know what i mean, i'd get away with it then. so it started with two venues in sheffield and london, and now it's sold out in nine different cities across the uk, with more to come. i love to dance, you know? and it's one of those things where i think i've just got to that point in my life where i don't have a desire to go out clubbing at night. i've done it many, many times throughout the years in nottingham and had the best time. but, you know, there will be places that ijust won't recognise the music or it won't be the music that i want to dance all night to. and this is music from like 1975 to 2000.

so a huge, old—school disco at a time when the entertainment industry is struggling and nightclubs are closing. we can see what's going off in nottingham and there is some really vulnerable things that are happening across the city. and as much as we can't help in those certain ...certain circumstances, we can bring joy. we have to all try and stay happy in certain ways, and this is our way of doing it across the country. obviously, i'm biased and can't wait to do it here at rock city. it is like... i mean, i look back at my days of coming here on a thursday night to love shack, and the sticky floor and just having the time of my life. so to know that we're putting on something that's, you know, our own creation, if you like, is a dream come true. it really is. a bit of daytime dancing and that was natalie jackson a bit of daytime dancing and that was nataliejackson reporting. taking him back to brussels, the

dramatic scenes and the stand—off between farmers and riot police, the burning smoke there is still wafting into the air with tires being set on fire and water cannon being fired by those riot police. this is former so are out on the streets of the belgian capital protesting against competition from cheap food imports, excessive environmental rules on what they say art subsidies favouring large firms. the reason they are focusing on brussels today as there is a meeting by agriculture ministers at the eu headquarters but there are protests happening across europe as there have been four weeks and four months with those farmers protesting over those several issues. although riot police have had the stand—off with protesters on the streets, protesters throwing things at police and setting things alight as you see. and there are rows and rows of tractors blocking the very centre of brussels. we will

keep an eye on developments and events in buses for you but now it is time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. we've had some heavy rain and strong winds affecting some southern areas during the course of the early part of today. the rain continuing to pull away, but what you will find is it will remain windy, a cold north—easterly wind, but for most it will be dry, with some sunshine and scattered showers. some of the showers being driven in and that wind will get across into the midlands and east wales, and the black circles represent the strength of the wind gusts. so temperatures today ranging from four in the north to ten in the south, but if you are exposed to the wind in the east, it will feel more like four or five against your skin. now heading on through the evening and overnight, there is the low pressure pushing away into the mediterranean. we have a ridge of high pressure across us, and then two weather fronts come in. as they come in, introducing cloud and some rain, the temperature will go up, but under clear skies we are looking at a widespread frost,

these being the lowest temperatures of the night. so tomorrow we start with some fog through the vale of york, lincolnshire, the midlands, south—east. that will lift through the morning. our two weather fronts continue to drift steadily southwards, bringing the cloud and increasingly patchy rain with them, and behind them we are looking at mixture of bright spells, sunshine and some showers as well. temperatures, 6 to about 10 or 11. moving then from tuesday into wednesday, our weather fronts eventually clear away from the south—east, it will be breezy in the north and we have got this next weather front coming our way. we start off with some fog in southern areas. a bright start, but as the weather front approaches the cloud ahead of it will build, then we start to see the rain coming in. that will be in the west initially, but it will push eastwards. temperatures 7—12 degrees. so from wednesday into thursday, you can see as our weather front pushes across, we are in this milder air, but then we have a cold front, so behind that the air starts to cool and it will cool further behind this weather front. so, as we head on into thursday,

our weather front will bring rain from the west towards the east, still relatively mild ahead of it. but then the air turns colder behind and we will see some of the showers wintry in the tops of the mountains and our temperatures six to eight in the west, but we are still looking at up to 11 in the south—east.

live from london. this is bbc news. chaotic scenes in brussels — as police clash with protesting farmers who have brought parts of the city to a standstill.

police have got a water cannon out and that has been trained on this fire here that the farmers have set up this morning. benjamin netanyahu says an assault on rafah will go ahead. the un says that would be disastrous. an offensive on the city would not only be terrifying for more than a million palestinian civilians sheltering there, it would put the final nail in the coffin of our aid programmes. prime minister rishi sunak says comments by his former deputy chairman — claiming the london mayor, sadiq khan, was controlled by islamists — were "wrong" and "unacceptable". demonstrations take place outside the european union headquarters in brussels. the protests have been triggered by what the farmers say

are cheap imports from outside the eu, excessively restrictive