often caused by vehicles changing lanes and the sheer volume of traffic. the works are supposed to remedy that. but the temporary diversions are significant. cobham vets is one business that has been dealing with issues for over a year. few clients have now left. they have gone to practices closer to them. there is no way they can get in or out. it will be gridlock. the diversion is visually coming past our front door. people living nearby were advised to go to the shops last week, rather than today. they are worried about contingency plans. what if the work doesn't all get done? and what then happens on a monday morning when people have to go to school, have to go to work? that is a real concern — that there's no plan b.

they're also worried about needing to go to hospital or work — how will they get there? because we are literally expecting a gridlock. concerns, too, that lorry drivers coming in from europe might not have got the message — this is a well—worn route for those coming in from the channel ports. several closures between now and the end of the year are planned. national highways advised commuters to take the train instead, and to plan in advance. but the advice this weekend? avoid, avoid. frances read, bbc news. to our correspondent, mark ashdown. there have been dire warnings. what sense do you get of the predicted traffic chaos? this sense do you get of the predicted traffic chaos?— traffic chaos? this is an unprecedented - traffic chaos? this is an l unprecedented moment. traffic chaos? this is an - unprecedented moment. looking traffic chaos? this is an _ unprecedented moment. looking behind me, even at this time of day this

would normally be absolutely heaving with traffic. eight lanes of the m25, normally 8000 vehicles coming through, but today absolutely nothing. i'd say it's tranquil but one of the diversion routes is running right past me, the traffic you are hearing here. this section to give you an idea of where we are, the m25 is like a clock face around london, we are around six to seven in surrey. thejunction london, we are around six to seven in surrey. the junction ten to 11 is closed. that five mile stretch is shut yesterday at 9pm, not opening until monday. that would be a 6am. expecting some difficult and frustrating day for drivers. we've been told by national highways to

avoid the area if at all possible. it's a drastic measure, closing off such a big section of the m25. remind us why this was deemed necessary. remind us why this was deemed necessary-— remind us why this was deemed necessa .~ ., ,, , necessary. anybody who uses this neck of the _ necessary. anybody who uses this neck of the words _ necessary. anybody who uses this neck of the words to _ necessary. anybody who uses this neck of the words to travel - necessary. anybody who uses this j neck of the words to travel around the m25 will tell you, this is notorious for traffic jams and congestion, a red line on your satnav when you get here. and sadly quite a few accidents as well. national highways are doing a major upgrade, costing about £317 million. it has been going on for about a year but these are big moments in the project, so overnight they be removing one of the bridges and putting in a gantry. and so lot easier to do that with no traffic passing beneath. this closure going on all weekend. the roots are not really designed for 6000 cars an hour to be going through so they have done a few things, firstly

telling people not to travel through here unless you have two and created a diversion route. you can see behind me, this is the traffic that would be on the m25 passing through this area. people are being told, stick to this route. it's actually running quite freely at the moment, no trafficjams running quite freely at the moment, no traffic jams yet. running quite freely at the moment, no trafficjams yet. people have been told to follow the route that has been advertised because if you try to go off in your satnav and go around, you probably will become unstuck because these roads are not designed for the traffic we are expecting. looking at the motorway again, pretty unprecedented to see this. it is a crucial route in this part of the world, linking all major airports around london and a vital route to the channel ports for people travelling to the continent. this affects freight, lorries coming in from europe and manyjourneys, people trying to get to sporting events and getting their little ones to sports clubs. people being told not to travel unless absolutely

necessary but the bad news is there are four more weekend closures planned between now and september. and everyone crossing fingers that the work finishes on time because if it is still closed at 6am on monday morning, that will be pretty disastrous for a lot of people. what yes, people been texting asking me, can i get to work on monday morning? the good news is it supposed to open as usual 6am, progressing pretty well. it is a hive of activity, massive cranes and drills going off everywhere. lots of workers. it should be open again but if you're travelling this week, that is a crucial thing. travelling this week, that is a crucialthing. national travelling this week, that is a crucial thing. national highways said this is a good time to do diy are in the house, don't have around here unless you absolutely have to. sadly there is engineering work on the trains i'm afraid so you may come unstuck if you're trying to travel by train is as well. the

strong advice as to avoid the area if you can. strong advice as to avoid the area if you can-— strong advice as to avoid the area if oucan. ., �* , if you can. thank you. i'm sure lots of --eole if you can. thank you. i'm sure lots of people will— if you can. thank you. i'm sure lots of people will be _ if you can. thank you. i'm sure lots of people will be taking _ if you can. thank you. i'm sure lots of people will be taking the - of people will be taking the opportunity to paint those sheds. and we've been telling about vaughan gething being elected as the next first minister for wales. all updates and reaction on the bbc news website. looking at it now, the show that gething won very narrowly. to give you a breakdown of the figures, they show that vaughan gething got 51.7% of the votes versus 48.3% for jeremy miles. the guidance from bbc wales says welsh labour never shares exactly how many members it has so all we have of those percentages. those figures again to give you a sense ofjust how close their vote was between the two candidates,

vaughan gething got 51% .7% of the vote versus 49.3% forjeremy miles. all reaction and news from that as and when we get it. moving to another story at the moment, the supermarket chain sainsbury�*s has reported technical issues meaning it will not be able to teach fulfil the vast majority of its grocery delivery today. the supermarket has apologised on social media to say it will proactively reschedule deliveries but added that technical issues are affecting some stores and their ability to contact customers. with more on this, straight to our reporter in the newsroom. what can you tell us about what has gone wrong and how widely this is impacting shoppers? sainsbury's

a - eared impacting shoppers? sainsbury's appeared to _ impacting shoppers? sainsbury's appeared to be _ impacting shoppers? sainsbury's appeared to be as _ impacting shoppers? sainsbury's appeared to be as confused - impacting shoppers? sainsbury's appeared to be as confused as i impacting shoppers? sainsbury's - appeared to be as confused as some customers, some tweets saying they will proactively contact customers to reschedule. another tweet here, telling a customer they should themselves go make a booking on monday. there is a bit of confused messaging but here is the official line from sainsbury's because this is a national problem. impacts of the people expecting to envision a busy saturday. the statement says that due to an error with the update, there are issues with contactless payments. all stores are open as usual accepting chip and pin and cash payments. unfortunately, this also means we will not be able to deliver the vast majority of today's grocery orders. we are currently unable to contact customers directly but will as soon as we can to rebook orders. there is as we can to rebook orders. there is a confusion that they say we apologise to customers for the inconvenience and are working hard to fix the issue. no doubt they are

working hard. we visited some local stores and found one was only accepting cash rather than cards statements but the official statements but the official statements as they are accepting them. we are keeping a noun this and will keep it updated on the app and also on bbc news on the website. but at the moment, the difficulty for sainsbury's, one can really sympathise, they are presumably in situation where they want to proactively contact customers and talk to them but for whatever reason they are unable to do that at the moment. looking at their confused messaging, it is clear they are very apologetic about the issue affecting so many people. apologetic about the issue affecting so many people-— apologetic about the issue affecting so many people. thank you, i'm sure there are many _ so many people. thank you, i'm sure there are many people _ so many people. thank you, i'm sure there are many people looking - so many people. thank you, i'm sure there are many people looking to - there are many people looking to sort this problem out but as you say come updates on the bbc news website. right back to our top story. the announcement in the last half an hour or so that vaughan gething will be the new first

minister for wales. let's talk to carwyn jones, minister for wales. let's talk to carwynjones, former first minister of wales. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. just listening to his acceptance speech, him saying he is the first black leader in any european country, quite a moment. quite remarkable and i thought the speech was excellent. it set the right tone. in summary we can celebrate here in wales, in terms of what he has achieved, and now looking forward to moving forward in thejob. looking forward to moving forward in the 'ob. ~ ., ., i. looking forward to moving forward in the 'ob. ~ ., ., ~ ., ., the job. what do you know of him? what ou the job. what do you know of him? what you know _ the job. what do you know of him? what you know of _ the job. what do you know of him? what you know of mr _ the job. what do you know of him? what you know of mr gething? - the job. what do you know of him? - what you know of mr gething? reading statistics, and incredibly close vote, almost 50—50, not quite obviously or he would not have one but are close vote between him and

jeremy miles. it but are close vote between him and jeremy miles-— but are close vote between him and jeremy miles. it was and showed how both candidates _ jeremy miles. it was and showed how both candidates were _ jeremy miles. it was and showed how both candidates were really _ jeremy miles. it was and showed how both candidates were really good. - both candidates were really good. many candidates found it difficult to make a choice, both as perfectly credible and plausible ministers. i've known vaughan since he was a student so it's been a long time. i've seen him grow over the years in politics, representing his constituents and becoming more experienced. now is the right time for him to take over the job and of course he was the health minister at the time of everything that happened with covid. so he has expressly drawn. ~ , ., i. with covid. so he has expressly drawn. ~ , ., ,, ~' drawn. why do you think he edged it? is difficult to — drawn. why do you think he edged it? is difficult to know. _ drawn. why do you think he edged it? is difficult to know. he _ drawn. why do you think he edged it? is difficult to know. he tried _ drawn. why do you think he edged it? is difficult to know. he tried again - is difficult to know. he tried again against mark drakeford so he has the experience but i also think at the time the context came down to different styles, most preferred his style and will be a strong first

minister. as i say, we were fortunate to have such strong candidates but there was one that wasn't close, it was a really good contest between two can exceptional candidates. why mackie talked about wanting to build wells that can be proud of. the first thing is to give people a message of hope. news that is difficult for people day after day, no way out of the current economic situation across the uk. you can now say, i'm a new generation, looking for a way out. he was to make it easier. you have to give people the hope that there is a better time coming, a better period of time before it actually happens. this is a great chance for him to say, this is the path they want to follow and the path i think will take us to better times. he had

very clearly — will take us to better times. he had very clearly a _ will take us to better times. he had very clearly a close _ will take us to better times. he had very clearly a close relationship - very clearly a close relationship with the two candidates in the cabinet at the moment. are you expecting them to work together as they go forward? what will vaughan gething be doing? how will he build his new cabinet? to gething be doing? how will he build his new cabinet?— his new cabinet? to reach out is of course, his new cabinet? to reach out is of course. it's — his new cabinet? to reach out is of course, it's important _ his new cabinet? to reach out is of course, it's important to _ his new cabinet? to reach out is of course, it's important to bring - course, it's important to bring people in who are the strongest possible people regardless of who they support in the leadership campaign. that's what i did in 2009 and marketed in 2018. bear in mind that there are only 30 senate members, not the biggest institution. that is the best way to do it. bring people together after contact such as this and move together for the future of wales. thank you. doctors are warning that blood sugar monitors are unnecessary

for those who do not have diabetes and could put some at risk of eating disorders. the device are part of a trend for personalised nutrition is spearheaded by companies like zoe. 0ur spearheaded by companies like zoe. our health and disinformation reporter has been getting the details. blood glucose monitors like these have been used by people with diabetes for years. now, zoe is trying to bring them to people without the condition and you will find their trademark yellow logo everywhere, on social media, on bus stops and even branded yoghurt drinks in your local supermarket. but the health technology company is just one of several selling the promise of personalised diet advice, clearly tailored to your individual body. zoe says this can help you lose weight and get healthy but dieticians and doctors have told the bbc they are concerned these types of programmes have elements that are not based on strong evidence. they could even be harmfulfor some people. so, how does market leader zoe�*s programme work?

customers are given a gadget called a continuous glucose monitor to track what their blood sugar is doing. they're asked to wear it for two weeks and log everything they're eating. people doing the zoe programme are also asked to eat a special cookie high in fat and sugar and then do a blood test to see how much of the fat and sugar ends up in their blood. and they send a stool sample to zoe to test the bacteria in their gut. blood sugar monitoring isn't the only thing zoe focuses on but it's probably the thing that is gained the most attention. they are recommended for many people with diabetes but what about for people without the condition? i've spoken to doctor partha kar, the nhs's national diabetes adviser. there is huge evidence that use those continuous glucose monitors in people do have have diabetes — type one diabetes, type two diabetes. the evidence base beyond that for people without diabetes is extremely sketchy, if not poor. you really run into the risk of creating a degree of eating

disorder, so to speak — which we do see in some people — so i think it is important to bear that in mind and that is a worry. eating disorders are complex mental health conditions and there is no evidence there is a widespread reaction to the programme. zoe says that coaches are trained to support people through issues like food anxiety and they take their customers' well—being seriously. they say coaches can refer people onto other services if they it's necessary. they also told us that... ..and is continuing to... ..to improve its product for its members. i've spoken to zoe�*s chief scientist sarah berry. we're building a good picture. yes, we don't have of the evidence but i think it would actually be irresponsible to wait 40 years until we see these hard clinical evidences, especially given the food landscape we now live in where there is an excess of the types of food that we know cause these big increases in circulated blood

glucose and these big dips. diet specialists have told the bbc that the zoe programme contains plenty of sensible advice, like eating more whole foods and plants, but it's hard to separate out the effective meal plans, online support and coaching from their bolder claims that zoe tests can predict your health and personalise your diets. these are less evidence—based, researchers say, and make it harder to know which bits of the programme should be recommended to the general population. rachel schraer, bbc news. just to remind you that the reaction to the new welsh first minister vaughan gething, all details and reaction on the bbc news website. that includes quotes from the acceptance speech where he spoke of how he will be the first black leader in any european country. also

fascinating seeing the breakdown of votes between him and jeremy miles, 51.7% for vaughan gething versus 48.3% forjeremy miles. all details on the bbc news website. the school run can often be frustrating and dangerous for both drivers who are dropping off their children as well as forfamilies who dropping off their children as well as for families who walk or cycle. one initiative adopted is the school streets scheme which stops cars from using the road outside of school during drop—off and pick—up times. but the measures can provoke a mixed response as our reporter has been finding out in medway in kent. for some in medway today, the school run has just become significantly safer. for others, itjust got a lot more stressful. i have to park three streets away because this is blocked, this is blocked. i can't come through the road, it is one—way. they will be late.

it is chaos at school time was not a turnaround in a school zone. children running around. i think it is a fantastic idea. only issue because i live at the end of the road as the congestion - at the end of the road. everybody will be parking _ outside my house and i would be able to get out of my driveway. this isn't sanctioning for the sake of it. this is we want our schools need safer streets, which means better air quality and better traffic, better safety. so from my perspective this is a start on the fact that more schools want to participate, for me, says this is moving in the right direction. there are exemptions for residents and blue badge holders, but for two hours a day during drop—off and pick—up times, the number plate recognition cameras will monitor the entrances to the forbidden streets. for medway head teachers in the scheme, the morning saw a much improved school drop—off. it will mean that parents will need to give more time to collection and drop off. and i hope it doesn't

add too much stress. but i also hope is that actually that final walk into school, through the school gate, is much more pleasant rather than having to dodge traffic. absolutely brilliant. look how many cars there are. hardly any compared to what we normally have. normally they are reversing, running us over all the kids, and there is none of that. and how many more will walk to school? much better for them. a good start of the day. those that get caught will face a £70 fine, but there will be no fines to start with for the grandparents on the school run who hadn't heard about the change. i don't think the way it zig—zags you can't park, you have to park away from them, which is what i have done. i shouldn't get a fine. i would challenge it if i get a fine. have a good day. today medwayjoined a growing global movement that aims to make children safer. turning once again to breaking news

in wales where vaughan gething has been announced as the winner of the welsh labour leadership election. the outgoing first minister mark drakeford the outgoing first minister mark dra keford full step the outgoing first minister mark drakeford full step down from the post next week and vaughan gething and born in zambia and wells's first lack leader. he highlighted the historic nature of his win. today we turn a page — historic nature of his win. today we turn a page in _ historic nature of his win. today we turn a page in the _ historic nature of his win. today we turn a page in the book _ historic nature of his win. today we turn a page in the book of - historic nature of his win. today we turn a page in the book of the - turn a page in the book of the nation's history. history we write together. a generational dial has jumped to. like ken and jane, devolution is not something i have had to get used to or adapt to or apologise for. devolution, whilst

sioux solutions to welsh problems and opportunities is in my blood. it's what i've always known through my adult political life. and that is the same for a growing number of our citizens. i want us to use this moment as a starting point for a more confident march into the future. a march into the future on behalf of a generation but too often is being asked to pick up the pieces and bill for those who came before them. in wales, it often takes the worst times to get the best out of us. in adversity, you can't match us. in adversity, you can't match us. we will be there, fighting for the impossible to happen, for the underdog and oppressed. when your backis underdog and oppressed. when your back is against the wall, you want welsh people by your side. we will be there. ,,, ., ,, ., , welsh people by your side. we will be there. ,,, ., ~ ., , ., be there. speaking in the last half an hour or so _ be there. speaking in the last half an hour or so and _ be there. speaking in the last half

an hour or so and as _ be there. speaking in the last half an hour or so and as you - be there. speaking in the last half an hour or so and as you can - be there. speaking in the last half an hour or so and as you can see, | an hour or so and as you can see, the bbc news web page has analysis of his acceptance speech from our wales correspondent and if you want to listen to the acceptance speech again, you can on the bbc news website. sir lenny henry has fronted comic relief for the final time nearly four decades after co—founding the charity. last night he raised more than £40 million towards helping to tackle poverty in the uk and around the world. as he signed off, the comedian thanked the public for their generosity over the years. our reporter was watching. £1 , 602,539,154. sir lenny henry revealing the total amount raised by comic relief over

the past 39 years that he's been at the helm — and that's before including what was raised last night. i'm actually speechless. thank you all so much. long may it continue. and i thank you with every ventricle of my heart. never give up caring. emcee: sir lenny henry! the night began with tributes to the comedy legend. tonight being the last time lenny will host the show, i ladies and gentlemen. all: aw. it's been an amazing tour of duty. i've got to say, you are 100% totally and utterly — am i right here when i say — he's irreplaceable. cheering and applause. # i can't get enough of your love i can't get enough of your love # the public also had their say as they voted this their favourite lenny moment. # i'm just len. # chatting on the phone with james corden. # what will take for me

to leave these shows? # retire the nose, face destiny? sorry about that and, just to be clear, i had that planned way before gosling did it at the oscars. laughter. well, i'm backstage at comic relief — you can hear the show behind me. there's a lot of excitement but this year, a sense of sadness as well that it is sir lenny henry's very last time hosting the show. and through it all, the central message wasn't lost — raising funds to support thousands of small charities in the uk and around the world. sir lenny will continue his work behind the camera as life president of comic relief. all chant: lenny! noor nanji, bbc news.

a reminder of our breaking news, vaughan gething will be replacing mark drakeford as wells's first minister. he was born in zambia and will become wells's first black leader. once again, if you want to listen to his acceptance speech, it is on our bbc news website and there will be plenty more reaction to his election victory as we go through the day here and bbc news. now time for a look at the weather with helen. hello. there was plenty of sunshine to start the day, although it was frosty with some isolated freezing fog as well. but all is to change because we've got rain already getting into western areas that will linger overnight and into the start of sunday before we see a little sunshine come back. but some showers as well. this is yesterday's area of low pressure.

a brief ridge of high pressure brought the cold weather through the night, allowed temperatures to fall to freezing, but already the cloud sweeping in off the atlantic. low pressure with it will mean the winds will pick up as well through the day ahead. so lifting the mist and the fog and the frost, and the sunshine should hang out across northern eastern scotland. plenty of it to start across eastern areas. but even here, it will tend to fade later on as the thicker cloud sweeps in. probably the wettest weather for northern ireland and across ireland, some spots elsewhere through western and central parts of england, wales too. and despite all the cloud and the freshening wind, temperatures won't be as high as they were yesterday because it's been such a chilly start. so these sort of temperatures around about average for the time of year, but actually they'll continue to rise through the evening as the cloud trundles further north and east. it does look as if we will see some rain for the last day of the six nations in both cardiff and dublin. perhaps some heavier rain here, but probably staying dry in leon for france's game against england this evening. but this evening, across the united kingdom, we're going to have more cloud around. as i say, temperatures continue

to rise in the north and east. heavier rain arrives as well. more pulses of rain push in across southern and western areas, getting into central and eastern parts through the night. so with all the cloud and the rain, it will be a much milder night tonight. so as we start on sunday morning, it could be quite drab underneath this weather front, which still lingers across eastern scotland, much of england and perhaps parts of wales as well, with more to come later for northern ireland and western scotland. but what a dreary start, lots of misty low cloud because that's mild air on a relatively chilly sea. so it'll take a time for the brightness and sunshine to emerge, perhaps into the afternoon before that rain finally clears the east coast to reveal some sunshine. but come rain or shine tomorrow, it will be mild. temperatures will be well above average again, 14 to 16, perhaps 17 in some of the sunniest spots. and the milder weather should linger with us into next week. however, as you can see from the chart, it remains unsettled. there's more rain in the forecast.

live from london, this is bbc news. in the world's biggest democratic exercise, india will vote in national elections from the 19th april. vaughan gething is set to become the first minister of wales and first black leader in the uk. today, we turn a page in the book at our nation's history.

a history that we write together. notjust because i have the honour of becoming the first black leader in any european country, but because generational dial has jumped too. as the first ship bringing aid to gaza unloads its supplies, the us and un renew warnings about an israeli offensive in rafah, saying a ground assault would be a "humanitarian catastrophe". and here in the uk — a developing story — a major it glitch at one of the country's main supermarket chains leaves thousands without grocery deliveries. hello, i'm lauren taylor. in the world's biggest democratic exercise — india has just announced that it will vote in national elections from the 19th april. the chief election commissioner said the polls would be held in seven phases over several weeks.

the hindu—nationalist and incumbant prime minister, narendra modi,