of what are suspected to be hundreds of treasures from the british museum. the gallery confirmed in august that a large number of objects were missing. a police investigation is underway. here's our culture editor, katie razzall. danish antiquities dealer ittai gradel is the man who first warned the british museum that an insider was stealing its treasures. three pieces i am bringing back to the museum. he'd bought these ancient gems and hundreds of others in good faith. but when he realised they may be stolen, and tried to raise the alarm, the museum brushed him off. these items were sold for such measly amounts that this suggested to me that what i'd discovered was only the tip of a much larger iceberg. eventually, one of its senior curators, peter higgs, was sacked. he denies any wrongdoing, and the police are still investigating. we've been hunting down

artefacts the british museum says have disappeared. we've discovered that two gems were unwittingly put on display at another museum in germany. we've also established that around 260 ended up in washington, dc — the fbi has been investigating. but many of the objects hadn't been catalogued, which means the museum hasn't yet been able to prove they were actually stolen. it's since begun to register all its objects, and has improved security. the truth is, mistakes were made. but i think in life it's how you respond to those mistakes that matters. the museum today — a couple of years on — as a result of this saga, i think is much more open, much more transparent. of the 1,500 items it believes were taken, the british museum has got back almost half. but others — including ancient gold jewellery and other treasures missing from its collection — will likely never be found. katie razzall, bbc news.

you can watch the full documentary, �*thief at the british museum', which airs on bbc two at 7.00pm this evening. you can also listen to all episodes of the accompanying podcast on bbc sounds. a family from the uk say they were forced off a plane to turkey after they asked fellow passengers around them not to eat nuts because of their daughter's severe allergy. the airline has defended the decision by the captain, saying it could not guarantee a nut—free environment as our reporterjoe campbell explains. this was the holiday georgie palmer and daughter rosie had been looking forward to, but he couldn't have got off to a worse start. arriving for the flight from gatwick as they boarded the plane, they asked if cabin crew could request other passengers refrain from eating peanuts because of rosie's nut allergy.

the crew's answer — a flat no. so they talked to one of the ground handling team. she said, "look, why don't you just tell the passengers yourself?" i sit at the front of the plane, so the rows that could hear me — i simply said, "please, could you not eat nuts on the plane because of our daughter's severe allergy? airborne nut particles have the capacity to provoke a very bad reaction." and then, without asking, one by one, row by row by row, people turned to the row behind them, to the row behind them, until it reached the back of the plane. the captain of the sunexpress flight reacted altogether differently when he heard what had happened. the pilot from the cockpit started shouting at me — i assume he was shouting at me in turkish — and told us we had to get off the plane. and that was that. back in the terminal, rosie's dad had to console her. when we got the news that we had been booted off the plane, then itjust... ..it hit hard, it felt

very embarrassing. the parents of natasha ednan—laperouse began campaigning after the 15—year—old died when she ate a sandwich containing sesame on a flight in 2016. they say some airlines have made strides in addressing the problem, but describe the response in this case as appalling. some airlines are actually really, really good. and, in fact, some airlines also have a no—nut policy — they have no nuts served of any sort on board in any of their food. and that is, you know, a clear statement that they obviously take, for example, nut allergies very seriously, and they show that by their actions and their policies. other airlines — i think this case is possibly one of the worst we've ever heard of — they're actually mistreating customers. a spokesman for sunexpress said, "we refrain from making these kinds of announcements as, like many other airlines, we cannot guarantee an allergen—free environment on our flights, nor prevent other passengers from bringing food items containing allergens on board."

they say the captain of the flight decided it would be safest if the passengers�* group did not travel. the family finally made it to turkey on another airline, but have found themselves considerably out of pocket. police in delhi have arrested a doctor after a blaze in which babies died. an investigation found that the fire safety license of the hospital had expired in march and it was operating without fire extinguishers or emergency exits. 12 babies were in the building when the fire broke out and five of them are now being treated at another hospital.

here's our south asia editor, anbarasan ethirajan with more on what the authorities are saying. police say that their initial investigation showed that the building should have obtained or renewed their fire safety license because all the buildings, especially hospitals above certain heights, should have a no objection certificate from the fire department. this had expired in march and they had not renewed it. they also found out that there was no fire extinguisher in the building and also no emergency exits. there was only one staircase, according to police. now they're also investigating what was the cause of the fire. some people say that it could have started because of an oxygen cylinder explosion. the video of the building burning with people running around trying to save the babies has really horrified and triggered anger among people in india. this all came just a day after another massive fire incident in the western indian city of rajkot in which 28 people were killed. many of them were under the age of 12.

children. this also focuses, highlights what are the safety measures required in india because most of the buildings do not follow proper fire safety measures. also enforcement of rules. that is a major issue, whether the authorities are doing enough to enforce building safety rules. again and again they are witnessing these incidents and this is what the authorities now need to have a look at. it's a famous sporting event which attracts competitors from all over the world, but it's not one you should try to recreate at home. we are, of course, talking about the annual cheese—rolling competition in gloucestershire, which sees contestants throwing themselves down a very steep hill chasing a wheel of double gloucester. here's andy howard. all i can say when you're up here is "wow". no camera will ever do thatjustice, will it?

yeah. especially the first, like, ten metres. then it sort of mellows out. and then from here, you can't really tell, but then it drops away again. that's why the girl who won last year knocked herself out. that's good to know! when you start the race, you've just got to run and almost lean backwards and try and dig your heels in. i try and sort of aim dead centre if i can, and then as you get about three quarters of the way down, then head off to the right. just watch it where it'll be slippy. i didn't wear the best shoes. when you start the race, you've just got to run and almost i've got wellies — i mean, is that... is that good, bad? no, i'd wear something similar to this, but with a bit more grip on, like a sort of trail trainer. like, the cheese goes down here at 70 miles an hour. we probably get up to 30, a0 miles an hour running down here. whey! hang on, sorry, just on my backside there. there was a guy last year who was — i think he was from japan. he went down like a rocket,

but he come down far right hand side... right. ..in all the stinging nettles and the brambles and the stones. see, i hadn't even considered the stinging nettles. you could probably run from here. you probably could. remember the first time you tried it? er... remember the first time going down here, but i wouldn't say i was trying it. so i come up here with my brothers and a couple of friends and we were just climbing up the hill, and my brotherjust grabbed me by the arm and just threw me down. 0h! and then... yeah, just all sort of stemmed from there. it's like climbing down a cliff! be careful if you get any momentum, because you won't stop. do you have to be slightly mad? i think you have to have a...slight disregard for your own safety. how many times do you think you've gone down this hill at pace? probably 100 times. your worst injury? probably bruised kidneys. i did break my ankle the first time i won. but the bruised kidneys, i suffered

with that for a few months. got to the bottom, smashed my face on the floor, and then i come round on a stretcher. so... well, there we go. my first trip down coopers hill, 200 yards. he does it in ten seconds, it took me 15 minutes and i've got a very wet backside. thank you. i think that's the word. yeah, no problem. sure you don't want to run down? i'm absolutely positive... ..but thanks for the offer. andy howard, bbc news, at the bottom of coopers hill. we do have a dedicated life page, where we are showing special coverage of this annual event. this is cooper's hill, gloucester, where we will be bringing that cheese rolling competition. i believe it starts at midday. this is the

special programme that is going out and we will be running that actual event live from midday, so you can enjoy that. here's something not to try unless you know what you are doing. take a look at this. the season opening event in the cliff diving world series has taken place in athens. each diverjumps from 27 metres into the water below. canada's molly carlson won the women's event, whilst in the men's category last year's winner, constantin popovici from romania, continued where he left of last season with a win. this year is the 15th anniversary of the men's series, with the 10th year the women have taken part.

not for the faint—hearted! stunning, nonetheless. we know that the weather will be stunning in athens, but what is doing the uk? hello again. as we go through this week, temperatures will be roughly where we expect at this time of year. there will be heavy showers in the forecast but it looks like it will turn drier later in the week as low pressure loses its grip and high pressure takes over. low pressure is firmly in charge today, with a weather front to the north—east, enhancing the showers, especially later in the day. for most, a mixture of bright spells, sunshine and showers, slow—moving showers across the north and north—east of scotland, they could be heavy and sundry with hail. later the cloud thickens across the isles of scilly and cornwall, bringing in some rain. if you in the sunshine and light breezes, temperatures up to 17 degrees will feel quite pleasant. this evening, the showers fade quickly. clear skies, a weather front towards the west, continues to bring in rain, pushing northwards and eastwards.

under the band of cloud and rain, relatively mild but cooler, chillier than last night in the east. this is the weather front coming our way. there is another one hot on its heels, all connected to low pressure and although we start off dry and sunny in some eastern areas, we can see where there are two weather fronts, they will be pushing northwards and eastwards. you may hear thunder as well. as they clear from the south—west, we see a return to sunshine and showers. these are our temperatures, 1a to 18 degrees. wednesday, we have a low pressure with us pulling steadily eastwards. wednesday itself, showery outbreaks of rain, that moving southwards across england and wales but through the afternoon showers turning quite heavy. push further west, drier, the driest conditions in northern ireland where we have highs of up to 17 degrees, but widely it will be 13

to about 19 degrees. towards the latter part of the working week, the low pressure moves away allowing high pressure to move in for a time, so that means the weather will start to settle down. on thursday we have sunshine and showers, fewer showers on friday and then looking drier into the weekend.

live from london. this is bbc news. in his first major speech of the uk election campaign, the labour leader sir keir starmer says his party will deliver security and stability. we will also provide the certainty that working people, businesses and communities need. a clear direction, not the endless spinning around that successive tory governments have subjected us all to. we'll talk live to our correspondents travelling with the labour and conservatives leaders for the latest from the campaign trail. and we speak life to tom baldwin who have just published a book to the mac a book on keir starmer. papua new guinea now estimates

that more than 2,000 people were buried by a devastating landslide