editing photographs. it follows questions over this picture released yesterday. several news agencies withdrew it — concerned it had been digitally manipulated. we have been looking at the problems with this image and what is likely to have caused them. also on the programme this lunchtime: former tory deputy party chairman lee anderson defects to reform uk, saying he wants his country back. unfortunately, the conservative party and the labour party won't fight back — this party'll fight back. how people have been tricked into buying homes on holiday parks where they have no right to live. and ken steals the show at the oscars, but it's oppenheimer that's the big winner.

and a special programme on the oscars at half past one and reaction to the fashion and the moments from the ceremony. good afternoon. the princess of wales has admitted sometimes editing pictures. it comes after questions about this picture — released yesterday — of her with her three children. several news agencies had withdrawn the photo, over concerns it had been digitally manipulated. in a statement, the princess said: "like many amateur photographers, i do occasionally experiment with editing." and she apologised for any confusion. kensington palace says it won't release the original, unedited photograph. here's helena wilkinson.

the photograph of a smiling princess of wales with her three children, which is now at the centre of a royal controversy. it was released to mark mother's day. but some suggest the image has inconsistencies, in particular the alignment in charlotte's wrist. in a rare move last night, four major picture agencies withdrew the photograph. the associated press issued what is knowns a kill notification, it said at closer inspection it appears the source has altered the image. today, pa media, the uk's biggest news agency has also withdrawn the photograph. in the last few hours the princess of wales has responded on social media. she said:

it is actual lay good photograph in terms of emotion, trying to get three children to smile is difficult. and it is a great photograph from that point of view. visually. it is when you zoom in and see the technicalities. i think prince william likes to control the photographs that are going out, because he's determined to stop the paparazzi approach that ruined his mother's life. the paparazzi approach that ruined his mother's life.— paparazzi approach that ruined his mother's life. . ,, ., , mother's life. the princess of wales was last seen _ mother's life. the princess of wales was last seen in _ mother's life. the princess of wales was last seen in public— mother's life. the princess of wales was last seen in public on _ mother's life. the princess of wales was last seen in public on christmas day. injanuary, she was admitted to

hospital for day. injanuary, she was admitted to hospitalfor abdominal surgery. hospital for abdominal surgery. princess catherine's surgery, there has been speculation about her health. this photograph was meant to be an informalfamily health. this photograph was meant to be an informal family picture and intended to reassure the public, but it appears to have backfired. the princess of wales' explanation about the photograph, will it be enough to calm the speculation? so, what made the news agencies suspicious about the picture in the first place and what were the clues it had been edited in some way? nick eardly at bbc verify has been investigating. there is always that frenzied speculation about the royals online and there have been a lot of unsubstantiated speculation about the princess of wales' health. so this image yesterday was the first time we have seen her officially this year, after that surgery in january. but, a number of people noticed discrepancies in the photograph that are actually

obvious. look at this, princess charlotte's sleeve. you can see this bit and this bit doesn't match up. the same is true here, you can see this is the princess of wales' zip. it doesn't line up between here and here. and then here is a third example, this hand is a bit blurry. there are other examples too, which are a bit less obvious. but after theseissues are a bit less obvious. but after these issues were widely discussed online, a number of picture agencies removed the image. that is not normal and led to that statement today from the princess of wales apologising for the confusion caused, saying she experimented with editing. we have spoken to a number of photography experts, a lot before that statement about the issues with this picture. all of them have said it is consistent with amateur editing. perhaps on an application like photo shop. they say there is

no sign of ai being used. so that matches with the explanation from kensington palace. the hope is admitting there were edits will end the debate over this picture. but one final thing that is important, so far we don't have the initial original picture from kensington palace. they have said they're not going to publish it. so we can't be certain about what changes have been made in the image that we have seen. thank you. our correspondent charlotte gallagher is at westminster abbey this afternoon, where prince william will be appearing today for a commonwealth event. charlotte, how embarrassing is all this for the royal family? i'd say at best this is embarrassing. the photograph sparked

thousands ofjokes and internet memes. lots of people talking about that. at worst this is a question of trust. and do the public trust what the royal family tell them and show them? if people don't, that is a huge problem for the royals. this has fed into conspiracy theories about the health of princess of wales. when the royals released the photograph, they were hoping to reassure about the health of the princess of wales and the situation and what was going on. in fact, it's done the opposite. this has been dises a frous for the royal family —— disastrous for the royal family and questions have been asked about why they allowed this photograph to be relessed when leased when some of

edits were obvious.— lee anderson, the former deputy chairman of the conservative party, has defected to reform uk. mr anderson was suspended as a tory mp after refusing to apologise for his claim that the mayor of london is controlled by islamists. he becomes reform uk's first ever mp. well, this afternoon the home secretary james cleverly has said lee anderson has made a "real mistake". our political correspondent helen catt reports. just two months ago lee anderson was a senior conservative, the deputy chair of the party. since then he has quit that post, been suspended and this morning was presented to the cameras as the first mp for reform uk. the cameras as the first mp for reform uk-_ the cameras as the first mp for reform ur— the cameras as the first mp for reform uk. ., , _ ., �* reform uk. people will say that i've took a gamble _ reform uk. people will say that i've took a gamble and _ reform uk. people will say that i've took a gamble and i'm _ reform uk. people will say that i've took a gamble and i'm prepared - reform uk. people will say that i've took a gamble and i'm prepared to l took a gamble and i'm prepared to gamble, as i know from my mail bag how many people support reform uk. like millions of people, all i want is my country back. he like millions of people, all i want is my country back.— like millions of people, all i want is my country back. he was suspended

b the is my country back. he was suspended by the conservatives _ is my country back. he was suspended by the conservatives last _ is my country back. he was suspended by the conservatives last month. - is my country back. he was suspended by the conservatives last month. he . by the conservatives last month. he refused to apologise for claiming that the london mayor was controlled by islamists. i that the london mayor was controlled by blemish-— by islamists. i made some remarks about the london _ by islamists. i made some remarks about the london mayor. _ by islamists. i made some remarks about the london mayor. for- by islamists. i made some remarks about the london mayor. for whichj by islamists. i made some remarksl about the london mayor. for which i was stripped of the whip from the conservative party. let me be clear now, i will not apologise.— now, iwill not apologise. reform's leadin: now, iwill not apologise. reform's leading believes _ now, iwill not apologise. reform's leading believes that _ now, iwill not apologise. reform's leading believes that he _ now, iwill not apologise. reform's leading believes that he will- now, iwill not apologise. reform's leading believes that he will win i leading believes that he will win them voters who switched to the tories from labour. we them voters who switched to the tories from labour.— them voters who switched to the tories from labour. we are going to net lee tories from labour. we are going to get lee re-elected _ tories from labour. we are going to get lee re-elected as _ tories from labour. we are going to get lee re-elected as reform - tories from labour. we are going to get lee re-elected as reform uk's i tories from labour. we are going to i get lee re-elected as reform uk's mp get lee re—elected as reform uk's mp and the _ get lee re—elected as reform uk's mp and the second part of the dials lee will be _ and the second part of the dials lee will be a _ and the second part of the dials lee will be a fantastic champion of the red wall— will be a fantastic champion of the red wall and we will replace the tories _ red wall and we will replace the tories as— red wall and we will replace the tories as the alternative to keir slarmer — tories as the alternative to keir starmer. . ::' ' ~ h, starmer. elected in 2019 anderson has often hit _ starmer. elected in 2019 anderson has often hit the _ starmer. elected in 2019 anderson has often hit the headlines - starmer. elected in 2019 anderson has often hit the headlines for - starmer. elected in 2019 anderson has often hit the headlines for his | has often hit the headlines for his opinions and built on that high profile as a paid presenter on gb news. a former miner he was previously a labour activist. and as

a an mp rose to the top. a minister played down his defection. lee a an mp rose to the top. a minister played down his defection.- played down his defection. lee is someone i _ played down his defection. lee is someone i have _ played down his defection. lee is someone i have worked - played down his defection. lee is someone i have worked with, - played down his defection. lee is someone i have worked with, i i played down his defection. lee is i someone i have worked with, i like him personally. ithink someone i have worked with, i like him personally. i think he has made a real mistake. because as he has said, in his own words, a reform is not the answer and a vote for reform will only let in a labour government.— will only let in a labour government. ~ ., , ., , , government. what this reveals is the chaos in the — government. what this reveals is the chaos in the conservative _ government. what this reveals is the chaos in the conservative party, - government. what this reveals is the chaos in the conservative party, a . chaos in the conservative party, a government divided from top to bottom — government divided from top to bottom and rishi sunak too weak to assert— bottom and rishi sunak too weak to assert authority.— assert authority. country, constituency _ assert authority. country, constituency and - assert authority. country, constituency and then - assert authority. country, i constituency and then party. assert authority. country, - constituency and then party. mr anderson gave a spiky defence, but he will prove a thorn in the side of his former colleagues. a 25 year old man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in what's said to be the uk's biggest catfish child abuse investigation. catfishing is when online scammers use a fake identity to trick their victims.

alexander mccartney, from newry in northern ireland, has admitted more than 180 charges, including the manslaughter of a 12—year—old girl who took her own life after being blackmailed by him. at the court was sara girvin and shejoins us now. sara, what s the background to this case? well, following today's admission to manslaughter, alexander mccartney has admitted 185 charges involving more than 60 victims. those victims are spread across the uk and around the world, as far away as new zealand and america. this came to light back in 2018 when police in scotland contacted the police service in northern ireland about the case of a young girl who had

been befriended by alexander mccartney on social media. she had sent him a naked picture and he told her if she didn't do what he asked her if she didn't do what he asked he would upload the picture on—lin. that led to a search of his home and devices being seized. on those devices being seized. on those devices were thousands of pictures of young girl bes. some clothed, some naked. it was then that the sheer scale of his offending came to light. he will be sentenced in may and we heard from the judge today who said that it would be a complex sentencing exercise.— a bbc investigation has found people have been tricked into buying mobile homes and caravans on holiday parks after being wrongly promised they could live on the sites full time. buyers told the panorama programme they've been cheated out of their life savings. our reporter rory carson has more details. come on into the show home! thank you. wyre country park in lancashire. this is how the mobile home swindle works. these are here for

the next 50 years. so, it's been handed down to family, friends, relatives whatever it happened to be. these are holiday homes. no—one's allowed to live in them full—time. but that's not what the sales manager tells panorama's undercover reporter. i'm looking for somewhere permanent, somewhere i can stay in and live in all year round. they all do. yeah, they all live here. wyre council has only given the site a holiday licence. even when the undercover reporter raises that, the sales manager says it's fine. we are open 12 months of the year. nobody has to leave. but they will not grant us full residential licence. they grant us 12 months. do they know that people live here? yes. the council says living permanently on this holiday park contravenes planning permission and the site licence. the time now is 20 past 6. 20 past six on a sunday morning.

but some residents are trapped. mike and his wife paid £180,000 for their home in 2019. me and my wife moved here. we decided we wanted to retire somewhere nice, somewhere pleasant, somewhere a bit more rural. they say the park owner, david walsh, falsely promised they could live at wyre full—time. mike's now working as a delivery driver to raise cash to take legal action. it's heartbreaking. absolutely heartbreaking. and that's why i've got to — that's why i'm doing what i'm doing, and that's why i want to raise money, and that's why i want to fight these people, because they've got to be stopped. david walsh denies misleading buyers. he says the signs and sales agreements make it clear that wyre is a holiday park. the sales manager didn't respond.

if there are any questions or anything, just give me a ring. it's notjust happening here. there are other holiday parks where people have been falsely told they can live full—time. i think this is a really big issue because there are so many people that have fallen down this trap. i'm not saying i've heard from one or two people that have lost their life savings. i've heard from countless people that have lost their life savings. they've all bought properties they can never call home. rory carson, bbc news. panorama s the mobile home swindle is on bbc one tonight at 8pm and is available on the iplayer. the oscars now and oppenheimer was the big winner, scooping no fewer than seven awards, including best picture and best actor for cillian murphy,

seen here on the far right alongside some of his fellow winners. but ryan gosling stole the show dressed in glittering pink and performing i'mjust ken. barbie was last year's highest grossing film, but it only won a single award for best song. the other character who stole the show was messi the dog as colin paterson now reports. oppenheimer. these were the oppenheimer oscars. cillian murphy. the biographicalfilm about the father of the atomic bomb won seven, with cillian murphy becoming the first—ever irish—born winner of best actor. for better or for worse, we're all living in oppenheimer�*s world, so i would really like to dedicate this to the peacemakers everywhere. christopher nolan, oppenheimer. christopher nolan was best director. movies are just a little j bit over 100 years old. i mean, imagine being there 100 lyears into painting or theatre — i

we don't know where this incredible journey is going from here. - robert downey jr! while robert downeer won his first oscar more than 30 years after he was first nominated. i'd like to thank my terrible childhood... laughter. ..and the academy in that order. and while oppenheimer won the big awards, the night's standout moment belonged to the other half of the barbenheimer phenomenon. # i'm just ken, anywhere else i'd be a ten... ryan gosling bringing the kenergy with slash from guns n' roses. # a life of blonde fragility... # i used to float, now ijust fall down... and barbie did win one oscar — best song — billie eilish becoming the youngest ever double oscar winner at the age of 22. emma stone. there was a second best actress oscar for emma stone at the age of 35 for the twisted fantasy poor things. my dress is broken!

i think it happened during i'mjust ken. and da'vinejoy randolph was best supporting actress for her role as a grieving mother in the holdovers. i thank you for seeing me. have a blessed night. thank you so much. while 20 days in mariupol about the russian invasion of ukraine was best documentary. this is the first oscar in the ukrainian history. talking points from the show included a naked john cena presenting best costumes, an appearance from anatomy of a fall's canine star, messi the dog... while earlier on the red carpet, the us media personality liza koshy took a nasty tumble... ohh! that's all right! ..but styled it out. the oscars are over. it was oppenheimer�*s night. but barbie once again won hearts and minds. colin paterson, bbc news.

congratulations to all the winners. our top story this afternoon... the princess of wales says she's sorry for any confusion — after this photo was withdrawn by news agencies. learning the ropes — we meet one of the uk's youngest bell—ringers. as ramadan gets under way we hear from london passed palestinians. and the most elaborate display of lego art ever, more than i the most elaborate display of lego art ever, more than 1 million the most elaborate display of lego art ever, more than! million bricks for an exhibition. air fryers and vinyl record sales have been recognised by statisticians who calculate the rising cost of living. they are just two items that have returned to the so called basket of goods used by the office

for national statistics to track prices and work out the rate of inflation. but hand sanitiser, a must—have of the covid years, has now been taken out. our cost of living correspodnent colletta smith joins us from warrington now. colletta, how are these things calcuated? well, once a month we report the inflation figures, how much prices are going up and down and which particular products that is happening to. the reason we are able to do that is because the uk's top stats team has an enormously long list of products that they track each month and once a year they have to update that list and that is what has happened at the moment. they have to make sure it is current and the products are still those people are buying the most of. what we have seen enter the list this year is air fryer is because of the energy crisis, a quick and cheaper way to cook goods than putting the oven on all the time. we are seeing cultural changes, it is notjust my shelves

that are heavy with vinyl records as current artists are releasing on vinyl as well as people update their back catalogue. we have seen food changes, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds and gluten free bread making the list for the first time. these are the products that have slipped off the list, the changes since the pandemic. if we look in this basket we are seeing items used for baking, when we were all stuck inside and using these a lot more common now not so much, and of course the hand sanitiser that was ubiquitous and everybody was my handbag no longer there. next week we will hear the latest inflation figures and it will be a week beyond that whether we can tell these products have been particularly increasing and by how much then. two people arrested in hull on suspicion of prevention of a lawful and decent burial remain in police custody. humberside police have removed the bodies of 3a people from premises run by legacy funeral directors and taken them to hull's main mortuary. danny savage is there for us this lunchtime.

just bring us up—to—date. just bring us up-to-date. this is lena just bring us up-to-date. this is legacy funeral _ just bring us up-to-date. this is legacy funeral director - just bring us up-to-date. this is legacy funeral director behind i just bring us up-to-date. this is i legacy funeral director behind me just bring us up-to-date. this is - legacy funeral director behind me in their premises here in hull, one of three promises they have in east yorkshire, another one in hull and another one or a few miles away in beverley. you can see the police vehicles parked outside, one on the pavement and several inside the car park, and have a dozen police vehicles and search people going into those premises as we speak at the moment. you may be able to see them over my shoulder. police are saying 3a bodies have now been taken near to the mortuary in hull for formal identification to take place. a dedicated phone line has been up and running since friday. they have had 350 calls from people who are concerned about relatives who were locked looked after by this company since then. we don't know the details of the investigation. the 46—year—old man and a 23—year—old woman were arrested on suspicion of

prevention and of an unlawful burial and a couple of other charges as well. humberside police have said they received a report on wednesday, a concern for care of the deceased. this is ongoing at the moment and the crux of the matter will be finding out exactly who those 3a people are who have been taken from ear to the mortuary in hull to see exactly what their identity is. danny savage reporting. the health minister in wales during the covid pandemic has said he is embarrassed that his whatsapp messages have been deleted. vaughan gething, health minister until may 2021, says he had tried to recover the messages which were lost after changing phone in 2022. he's been questioned at the latest hearing of the covid inquiry and hwyel griffiths has been watching. hywel, another government minister facing questions over how they used whataspp during the pandemic? yes, absolutely. this is not the first time the inquiry as it goes

around the uk trying to scrutinise different decisions made during the pandemic has hit upon the question of missing messages. vaughan gething was front and centre of the welsh response as health minister up until may 2021. the man looking at how the nhs was preparing, the man talking about infection control measures in cabinet. however, what he was saying to his colleagues and officials unofficially, there is no record of that. he said he used his whatsapp only really to blow off steam and to keep up morale with colleagues. he said no decisions were made informally in that way, but we have no way of scrutinising that. he says messages were lost injune 2022 when his phone was changed. he had created it with the senate it system but that meant an unfortunate mistake was made. i certainly do regret the fact that all those messages aren't available to you because you could see them and satisfy yourself that all of the information there is consistent with all the information in the records you do have in front of you.

it's a point of embarrassment and if i had been able to provide all of those records then i don't think this would really be the issue that i understand it is for a number of people. he has also been questioned about how seriously the welsh government took this pandemic in the early months before that big, national lockdown in march 2020. it was less than a month before that it was discussed in cabinet. vaughan gething says he was taking it seriously. this is a big week for him, he is in the running to become the next leader of welsh labour and the next leader of welsh labour and the next leader of welsh labour and the next first minister of wales. if he wins the vote, we will find out the result of that on saturday. the mother of murdered teenager brianna ghey, has met a parent of one of her daughter's killers. esther ghey met the mother of 15—year—old scarlettjenkinson who was jailed for life last month. the two women discussed the dangers of mobile phone use by children and the challenges of parenting.

sally nugent has been speaking to esther ghey. i know that all of these emotions and, like, feelings like hate — it's only going to impact me. i genuinely don't feel any of those towards scarlett�*s parents, and... i actually don't feel that towards scarlett, either. esther ghey talking about one of the teenagers who murdered her daughter. 16—year—old brianna was stabbed to death last february. scarlettjenkinson and eddie ratcliffe had watched videos of violence and torture online before killing her. now, just over a year later, esther has metjenkinson's mother. you instigated that meeting, why did you want to meet her? the crime that's been committed has impacted so many other people and, obviously, what they've gone

through is terrible, as well. and they've lost a child and they haven't only lost a child, but they've also got to live with what's happened now for the rest of their life. both of us are mothers who are trying to navigate something that nobody should ever have gone through. and i think, for that, i kind of feel...a bit of a connection to her, as well. and how was that meeting? it was emotional. we had a few, like, very personal... we spoke about very personal things, and she was very open with me and she was so respectful, as well. i think that her coming to see me shows a great deal of bravery on her part, as well. since her daughter's death, esther ghey has been campaigning for better online safety for children and for mindfulness to be taught to young people in schools. you talk about choosing to make something positive out of the most horrific thing that

could possibly happen. if you were able to cooperate or work in some way with scarlettjenkinson's mum, how much do you think you might be able to achieve? i imagine that might be quite a powerful combination. we're working together in a very private way. there is good out there and i think the level of support we've received across the uk, and the kindness that we've received from people as well as scarlett�*s family, as well, itjust show that there is that hope of unity and for people to be better to one another, as well. esther is hoping that working with the mother of her daughter's killer might help with her campaign to make society a safer place for young people. it's a job that goes back centuries, bell ringing. and in yorkshire, one of the uk's youngest bellringers has just

officially qualified for the role. her name is alice and she's13 years old and our reporter heidi tomlinson has been to see how she's, well, learning the ropes. trevor's going, she's gone. ringing practice at ripon cathedral. you might not expect to find a child holding the ropes but 13—year—old alice barrett is a fully—fledged member of the team. it is definitely more than just, like, pulling a rope, that's what most people think. it's much more complex, both physically and mentally. she has recently become one of the youngest qualified ringers in yorkshire, having spent the last three years in training. i am actually really proud of her. it has taken a long time for her to get from being a very small child to where she is now with the strength and the technique. just seeing her persevering and carry on all that time and nevergiving up. and it is about 30 up to the bells.

climbing the steep, ancient steps to the belfry is one of alice's favourite things to do. is it exciting to see what you are actually ringing? it is. and, like, the size of them is always really cool to see. installed almost 100 years ago, the 13 bells at ripon each weigh two thirds of a ton and of course they are dangerously loud close—up. when we hear the bells ring, we need to put our ear muffles on. these bells are incredibly loud up here, it is kind ofjet plane volume, 120 decibels up here when the bells are ringing. a majestic sound created by a skilled team. it takes strong arms to handle the bells and a certain height. standing on a box helps. the younger somebody learns then the quicker they pick up skills, the less afraid they are of the ropes and the bells

and the bells ringing and they make progress so much quicker.