together" to "combat the forces of division". three people have been injured in a shooting in clapham in south london. the incident happened in a busy area, full of restaurants and bars, next to clapham common. so far there have been no arrests. counting begins in iran's parliamentary elections. officials say the turnout was about 40% — the lowest since the islamic revolution in 1979. these are the first elections since anti—government protests were held in 2022. the world changed on october 7th. etched into all our memories are scenes from the nova music festival — where hamas launched some of its most brutal attacks. hundreds of people killed, many others were taken hostage. now, a documentary featuring eyewitness accounts and testimony from survivors, is getting its uk premiere. earlier i spoke to noa kalash —

who survived that day, but two of her close friends were killed. i began by asking her how the film came about. the film came from the need to show the world what we have been through, like the pure truth of what happened on october 7th through our eyes, through documentaries that the survivors took that day without editing anything and interpretations, just pure truth. what will people see when they watch the film? it's not an easy film to watch. it's combining the documentaries that the survivors took along with the documentaries of the terrorists so you can actually see a full image of what happened that day and all the time line from 6:30 in the morning and even the preparations before the party all the way to the end.

you say it isn't an easy film to watch. why for you is it important for people to see it? because sometimes people need to see the faces. i mean, hearing rumours and stories is not as powerful as seeing the visual films from that day. when you see this film, you can actually feel like you are there. it's so powerful. the sound of the shooting and bombs all over the place, and hearing people run and hearing me talking to the camera saying, "i miss my family, i want to go back home, i really want this to end." it's the most powerful thing that can come out, so people can understand what happened that day. was it hard for you to watch the film? i thought i was ready because it's been, i think, two months when i watched it the first time.

but it threw me back to that day in a second. just hearing the sounds again and seeing my friends that are no longer with us in that video, it was difficult. who would you really like to see this film and to experience what it has to show? i think the entire world needs to see it. this is a very powerful way. every citizen needs to see this. i could be your daughter, someone�*s sister. it first started in israel, butt the world is next. you mentioned friends who you lost, tell us about them.

we lost the finest and best people possible. people that were part of my heart. my best friend from work. she is just a my heart. my best friend from work. she isjust a big smile. she was the meaning of life. she always used to dance. it is hard to imagine life without her. i still can't figure that. and one of my best childhood friends, we used to live together and dance together. i knewi used to live together and dance together. i knew i was going to meet her at that party and didn't even make it seeing her because everything happened so fast. the ri le everything happened so fast. the ripple effects of october seven we have seen around the world. how does that present difficulties in showing people this film where people have heard snippets of information here and there, may have an opinion, may not have an opinion, all you want to do is tell the story of that day.

how do you do that around an event that's had such international implications? myjob here is to show my face and tell my story, and the friends that i have lost, show their faces. and tell their stories. and without doing anything more than just show the truth of that day. that is what the movie does. without telling opinions and talking about politics or solutions or anything about it. it is just, that is what happened that day. go, take a look. that's what we have been through. that was noa kalash, one of the survivors of the attack on the nova music festival. the documentary she is talking about is called nova and has its premiere tomorrow at 7:30pm in north london. unofficial figures from iran's parliamentary elections held

on friday put the turnout at about 40% — which would be the lowest since the islamic revolution in 1979. iran's rulers had been pressing for high participation to help repair the regime's reputation after nearly two years of demonstrations — sparked by the death in custody of the young woman, mahsa amini. the bbc hasn't been allowed to report from iran for five years — but now our correspondent caroline davies has been given rare permission. the marks, made. the polls are closed, but the question is how many voted. at a central tehran polling station, a celebratory mood. this is one of the polling stations where both foreign and local media are directed to come, which means that for some, it's also a place that they come to if they want to be seen to be voting. a newly married couple, former ministers and families like mr rohani's, out to cast their votes here. translation: those who don't vote

are cutting themselves off— from their own fate. they are saying, "we don't want to decide the future of our country". for me, it's not the right choice. early polling suggested that this could be a record low turnout across iran, but officials are optimistic. translation: the presence of people today proves that all the threats - to the country and all the negative propaganda of the foreign media has failed. still, people have come out. iran has suggested that failing to vote risks undermining the country's security, but some have other reasons not to. shoppers were nervous to speak to foreign media today. one woman agreed, but anonymously. translation: the economy is very bad.

everything has gone very expensive and the salary we get is very low. even if i vote or not vote, my demands are not solvable. some analysts think a lost turnout means lost faith. low turnout means dissatisfaction — dissatisfaction on cultural issues, on political issues, on economic issues. you feel that people have lost their interest in politics in general, and this low turnout will be another sign of that too. final turnout is pending. today's ballot comes at a sensitive time for iran abroad, as the authorities are counting their popularity at home. caroline davies, bbc news, tehran. three people have been injured in a shooting in a busy area of south london full of restaurants and bars. there have been no arrests so far following last night's incident in clapham. our correspondent louisa pilbeam is at the scene. police are continuing to search

for two suspects who they believe were involved in a shooting here in clapham common. they say that one of the riders of a moped shot into the bellevue pub here. just take a look, you can see the hole in the window where police have told me that shotgun pellets were fired. we are not sure whether there were pedestrians at the time they were injured, we do know that two women were injured, one was shot in the head, and one was shot in the leg. their condition is not believed to be life—threatening, police have said. and a third person was injured by the moped in the incident. this whole area here in clapham common was completely shut off yesterday by police, a police cordon surrounded and closed off this whole area. there are shops, cafes and bars here in what would have been

an incredibly busy area here just opposite clapham common underground station, yesterday at around five o'clock when this shocking incident happened. commuter towns in england have seen some of the biggest rent rises of the last three years. new data from the property website zoopla show that rents have risen by more than a third, in areas such as bolton, wigan and newport. our business correspondent marc ashdown has more on the numbers. the bbc teamed up with zoopla, that property portal and we asked them to track rent rises over the past three years. between 2020 and 2023, they looked at 65 areas across the whole of the uk. cities, large towns. for the areas which have seen the biggest increases. this graph tells a story. this is the average amount rents have gone up across the uk, just under 31%. these are the areas that have seen

the biggest increases. the usual suspects. manchester, bolton, glasgow as you would expect. one interesting trend. six out of these ten are areas close to cities but not cities. bolton is obviously a city. these are towns within touching distance of cities. they have seen the biggest rent increases, luton, newport, bolton. bolton is one of these areas outside a city. bolton has seen the biggest rise. 39% of the past three years, rents have gone up in bolton. 15% in just the last year alone. one of the estate agents there we spoke to said in his 23 years, he hasn't seen anything like it, he described a staggering. he described as staggering. studio: does that mean that because of the pandemic, working at home became more prevalent and people are moving out or can we deduce something else from this? it is that kind of thing, our working practices have changed. people tend to be able to work from home more.

people work more flexibly, so they might not have to go to the office but so often. so people have been looking a bit further afield than cities. we know prices in cities are sky—high so they can look further out, places like wigan and newport which feed these big cities. bit more room for their money, and supply and demand, there is not enough property to go round for various reasons, landlords have been downgrading their property portfolios, so there are fewer homes available to rent. i will bring your attention to another graph here. rents versus earnings, they bumbled along at the same pace for many years, then in 2020 rents have soared whereas earnings have lagged behind. people are not earning as much but their rents are going up. that makes it more difficult to afford. a combination of things is pushing rent upwards and upwards. where do we think this is going to go next? is the trend at an end or will we see rents continue to rise?

this tells its own story, if people are struggling with earnings, and their rents are going up, they are going to find it harder on top of the other bills, bills going up across the board. one cohort that of particular concern is students, after the pandemic, lots returning to campus needing places to rent. a survey by save the students, a website, reported 58% struggled with the cost of rent. 20% said they struggled all the time. finally a bit of advice to get to the top of the queue if you are a renter and having to renew. some tips on the bbc website, start looking well before the tenancy ends. sign up with multiple agencies. have all your paperwork ready, payslips and references and previous landlord. build up relations with local agents, they will often give

you tips and be prepared to widen the search area. as we see there, people tending to move further afield. make sure you know your budget up front, you have to put down a deposit, and be aware for sneak peeks on social media. keep your eyes peeled for those deals. plenty more on bbc website. marc ashdown speaking to tanya beckett. let's stick with the cost of living. the price of stamps will rise again from wnd april — the fourth increase in two years for the cost of sending a letter first class. it will cost iop more for a first—class stamp, which is now priced at £1.35. second—class stamps are increasing as well by 10p to 85p, as emily brown reports. over the past two years we've seen the face of stamps in the uk transform from the late queen elizabeth ii, to our current king charles. but we've also seen a big change in the price of our stamps, too. and in one month from today, another price rise. in fact, it's the fourth increase since 2022 for the cost of sending a letter first class.

royal mail said the price of a first class stamp would rise by 10p to £1.35. meanwhile, second class stamps would increase by 10p to 85p. that's the same price as a first class stamp two years ago. it's been a difficult time for royal mail, which made a loss of £419 million last year and was late in delivering more than a quarter of all first class post. and royal mail could be allowed to scrap saturday postal deliveries as part of a review by ofcom, which will outline how the company can save hundreds of millions of pounds. ofcom, the regulator, has to hold royal mail to account, actually start fining it properly when it misses these targets. and it can't be right that the company is just increasing prices when they're failing so badly on deliveries. royal mail said it considers price

changes very carefully, but costs have increased due to a dramatic reduction in letter volumes over recent years. the company said that adults typically spend less than £7 a year on stamped letters and the cost of stamps remain below of stamps remained below european averages. the changes will come into effect from 2nd april, so you still have four weeks to beat yet another hike. but the question remains, is it the last post for our letters? emily brown, bbc news. it's been almost a year since teenagers tilly seccombe, harry purcell, and their friend frank wormald were killed in a car crash near shipston—on—stour — devastating their families and the community. now, tilly and harry's parents are backing a campaign for tighter rules for young drivers — started by crystal owen whose son harvey died when the car he was in overturned in wales last year. our reporterjoan cummins has the story.

16—year—old tilly seccombe, 17—year—old harry purcell and 16—year—old frank wormald were all passengers in a car that crashed near shipston—on—stour last year. their deaths have left their mothers united in grief. i keep going over the time when she asked me to get in, you know, the car. as a parent, it's your worst nightmare. i've lost everything. my life isjust not the same. the tragedy stunned the south warwickshire community. i want to try to be a part of preventing other families — such as, you know, bereaved families going through what we are going through. the pain is tangible. the pain that we are experiencing on a daily basis — you know, your life is put on hold.

in total, more than 1,300 young people were killed or seriously injured in road collisions last year. a petition started by crystal owen, whose son was killed in wales, is calling for greater restrictions on young drivers, preventing them carrying passengers aged under 25. it has prompted the mums to speak out. there's been other bereaved mums who have been in contact with me, and i know they have had petitions going. why can't we all add our petitions together, because we're all working for the end result? why does it take 100,000 signatures before they will take notice? you know, do you want 100,000 deaths before you will do anything about it? i just wouldn't want anybody to go through the pain that we are going through. why wouldn't you sign this petition? why wouldn't you want to try to protect our young drivers, our young passengers in the car and,

you know, and just save lives? all the parents say they know it is too late for their children but they hope a change in the law will help someone else avoid heartbreak. joan cummins with that report. now, a new species of sea slug has been discovered in british waters — by two marine researchers. one of the scientists shared his story with us. these were a serendipitous discovery, i think it is the best word. it was a bit of a double—take moment where you have to challenge your own assumptions, very quickly and quite excitingly, we had encountered something different. at that time, we didn't know it was a new species but we definitely knew it was something different and something we weren't familiar with. on the right—hand side of the animal, there is a very delicate but beautiful feathery—like structure,

looks a bit like a canoe paddle. and this is actually the gill of the sea slug. that was the first thing we noticed, the presence of this gill on the side of the animal which is quite unusual for a sea slug. the gills are normally on the middle of the animal on the back. it has taken since 2018 when we first challenged the identification of this animal, so it has taken us a fair while to get to this point and it is really rewarding and we are really pleased to be at the stage where we can share this with notjust the wider scientific community but with everyone. now to france and paris fashion week and victoria beckham's show has been disrupted by animal activists. members of the peta group stormed the catwalk to protest against the use of animal skins in the fashion industry. victoria beckham's brand doesn't use fur or exotic skins — but peta says some designs use leather. it's called on the former spice girl to use more eco—friendly fabrics. victoria beckham made a brief appearance at the end of the show using crutches —

following a recent foot injury. dua lipa, blur and kylie minogue are all up for prizes at the brit awards tonight — but there's one star who's made history before the ceremony has even started. the singer raye has broken records by receiving the most nominations in a single year. our music correspondent mark savage has been taking a look at her achievement, and at who else could be ones to watch this evening. and the brit award goes to... and the winner is... billie eilish! from billie eilish and taylor swift to the rolling stones and blur, the nominees for this year's brit awards cover decades of pop. # and baby, baby, - you could go ahead...# but the biggest name on the shortlist is raye. no—one in the history of the brits has been nominated as many times in a single year. she's already been named

songwriter of the year and has seven other nominations, including best album and best artist. # i don't want to feel how i did last night...# it's a vindication for the pop star, who had to fight to be freed from her record label after they refused to release her debut album. as far as the industry was concerned i was down and out. never in my wildest dreams did i feel like trying again would mean seven brit nominations! # watch me dance!# this year, the best artist category has been expanded to ten nominees, after criticism of an all—male shortlist in 2023. six of this year's nominees are women, including jesse ware, olivia dean, and dua lipa, who will perform at the show. also performing is nigerian star rema, who is up for best international single, recognising the increasing

popularity of african genres like amapiano and afrobeats. long overdue, you know? but i feel like everything has its own time, and, you know, this is the best time for this to happen, because we're ready to take on the world. # disconnect from everything that's on your mind!# there is also a big presence for uk drum and bass, which is currently enjoying an unexpected renaissance. chase & status will perform with becky hill at the show, and newcomer venbee is up for best single for messy in heaven. i feel like it still hasn't really sunk in, to be honest. like, last year i went to the brits just to watch, and this year i've been nominated, it is a dream come true. i cried and called my mum.

both messy in heaven and your debut zero experience and your debut ep zero experience are immersed in drum and bass. why do you think drum and bass is having such a big resurgence at the moment? ijust think it's brilliant, i think drum and bass is great, i think people are just starting to catch onto it now. drill artists headie one and k—trap are nominated for best group after they spontaneously recorded a collaborative album in a week—long burst of creativity. headie is no stranger to the brits, having performed in 2021. but he still finds the ceremony slightly surreal. i never thought i could — i'd get to this, i never thought that, that i could ever be on tv or anything like that. i used to watch it, like, growing up. i remember the performance from drake and rhianna at the brits. it's good to actually be there, live in the flesh, definitely. # like nothing matters, and you can hold me like he held us...#

another act who can't quite believe their luck are the last dinner party, who've already been named winners of the rising star prize. i guess it's hard to comprehend because we haven't seen any of these people, you know what i mean? it doesn't feel real, because these people in the industry have voted for you, but it doesn't feel real unless, you know, i think the only time it will sink in for us is if we are on a stage in front of a crowd of people who are looking at us, kind of engaging with the music and enjoying it. and this is one of the trophies that everyone wants to get their hands on tonight at the o2 arena. kylie minogue already knows she's going to walk away with one. she's being honoured with the global icon prize, in recognition of 37 years of chart hits. # ijust can't get you out of my head...# roman kemp, who's co—hosting the awards, says he can't wait for her performance. i think the dance routines are going to be there, i think

the outfits are going to be there. kylie's going to bring some real, i don't know, padam padam! # padam, padam...# and you can see what kylie and all the other brits nominees have in store when the ceremony kicks off tonight at 8:45pm. mark savage, bbc news. there will be a bbc news live page ahead of the ceremony on the red carpet beginning at 5pm. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz. hello. it's been quite a cold day, a lot of showers, frequent showers come across parts of england and wales but the skies are clearing across some parts of the country, a touch of frost on the way and some fog, but showers never too far away in northern england and scotland. let's start with the air mass saturday evening, the blue

colours indicating the relatively cold air over us. that will be in place in the short term. if we look at the recent snapshot of the satellite picture, these rugged, swirling cloud structures across england and wales and the same in scotland, shower clouds, but in between the gaps in the clouds will become bigger through the course of this evening. look at that, nine o'clock, 2 degrees in some spots in the midlands, still some wet weather around merseyside, southern scotland, but notice the persistent rain moving into central and eastern scotland, a bit of snow across the mountains. to the south of that, the sky is clear and temperatures early on sunday morning, even in some city centres as far south as the south bank of england could be around freezing or below. certainly a chilly start to sunday on the way. this is the weather map for sunday, weather fronts in the north sea and generally to the north of scotland. there is another one coming our way, we are in between weather systems. that implies it will be a slightly brighter day on sunday. remember a

chilly start, frost in places, and a bit of fog, too. through the day, generally bright or sunny skies out towards the southend west. perhaps a bit more cloud around east anglia, the south—east, may be the lincolnshire coast line with that weather front close by. but overall, brighter day for most of us and as a result it will feel a little bit, let's say, cold. into monday morning, underthe let's say, cold. into monday morning, under the weather front moves into south—western and western parts of the uk, so it moves across ireland, some rain, strengthening winds, too. but it tends to stall out towards the west during the day so that doesn't mean that many central and eastern areas, certainly eastern scotland, should have a dry and bright, if not sunny day. for example around aberdeenshire. how about the outlook for the week ahead? a bit of a mixed bag but the temperature is holding around double figures i think across most parts of the uk. that's it, bye.

live from london. this is bbc news. us military cargo planes have begun dropping aid into gaza. the un says many of the people injured in an aid convoy rush in gaza on thursday were wounded by gun shots. rishi sunak says islamist and far—right extremists are "two sides of the same coin"

who loathe britain. counting has begun in iran's parliamentary elections — with officials saying turnout was around 40% — a record low. and it's the killer whale versus the great white — as a solitary orca is seen making an "astonishing" attack hello, i'm rich preston. we begin with the conflict in gaza where it's reported that the us has carried out its first air drop of aid for the territory. thousands of meals have been parachuted in by three military planes. it follows a pledge on friday by president biden. egyptian sources say talks on trying to secure a ceasefire in gaza are due to resume in cairo on sunday. it's understood there's been some progress. but the violence continues — at least 13 palestinians,

including a medic, are reported to have been killed by an israeli air strike near a hospital.