this is bbc news. the headlines at 4.00pm. trouble at the white house as president trump's national security advisor michael flynn resigns. as soon as this person lost the president's trust, the president asked for his resignation, and that was the right thing to do. donald trump now faces questions about how much he knew and when. we'll have the latest. also this hour: a bump in the price of fuel pushes inflation to its highest rate for two and half years, to1.8% and talks are under way that could see the car—maker vauxhall bought by the french company, peugeot. vauxhall employs about 35,000 people in the uk. police in malaysia have confirmed that the half—brother of the north korean leader kimjong—un has died in kuala lumpur. reports suggest kim jong—nam may have been poisoned. the duke it bleeder paul nuttall

admits that a claim on his website that he lost close personal friends in the hillsborough disaster isn't true. —— the ukip leader.” in the hillsborough disaster isn't true. -- the ukip leader. i haven't lost a nyo ne true. -- the ukip leader. i haven't lost anyone who was a close personal friend, i lost people who i knew through football and things like that. and in the next hour: the queen opens a new national centre designed to improve britain's resilience against cyber attacks. the government says hackers are increasing in their frequency and the new centre will make britain the safest place to live and work online. and back on track, it's full steam ahead for the first time—tabled train service featuring a traditional locomotive. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the white house is facing questions about what it knew about the national security adviser's

discussions on us sanctions with russia before he resigned. general mike flynn stepped down after he admitted inadvertently misleading the vice president and other white house officials about his contacts with the russian ambassador before mr trump took office. in his resignation letter mr flynn admitted giving incomplete information about the phone calls but said it was inadvertent. the kremlin has refused to comment, describing the matter as an internal affair for the trump administration. meanwhile president trump has given his reaction on twitter, and president trump is due to speak to theresa may in about half an hour's time. no other details are known but it follows the two leaders meeting in washington last month. 0ur correspondent andy moore reports. it isa it is a classic political tactic, when you are on the back foot change the battle ground and go on the attack. instead of addressing the reasons for michael flynn ‘s resignation mr trump tweeted. .. this was michael flynn at the white

house just before his this was michael flynn at the white housejust before his resignation, a lonely figure on a front row of a press c0 nfe re nce . lonely figure on a front row of a press conference. then a cool handshake from the vice president, mike pence, the man he has been accused of misleading. it was flynn ‘s close links with the kremlin that got him in trouble. here he is in 2015 at a dinner in moscow with president putin. is it illegalfor a private zoos and to conduct us diplomacy? mr flynn denied he spoke to the russian president about sanctions before mr trump became president and mike pence went on national television to defend him.|j can confirm that those conversations that happened to occur around the time that the united states took action to expel diplomats had nothing whatsoever to do with those

sanctions. in his resignation letter mr flynn said he had held numerous phone calls with foreign counterparts. unfortunately went on, because of the fast pace of events i inadvertently briefed various people with incomplete information regarding my phone calls with the russian ambassador. his decision to go has been supported by some of those in his own party. you cannot have a national security adviser misleading the vice president and others said the president was right to ask for his resignation. i believe it was the right thing to do. mr flynn 's resignation came after a series of contradictory state m e nts after a series of contradictory statements from the white house. he e njoys statements from the white house. he enjoys the full confidence of the president. do you have full confidence in him? soon after the white house spokesman said the president was evaluating the situation. he is speaking to the

president and vice president regarding the conversation he had with general flynn. since news of the resignation broke the official reaction from the kremlin been muted. kremlin spokesman said the affair had nothing to do with russia and was an internal matter for the trump administration. the chairman of the foreign affairs committee in the upper house said russia serbia has permeated the new administration from top to bottom. —— russophobia. 0ur moscow correspondent steve rosenberg explained what the reaction has been from russia. this is extraordinary. look at what happened today, the resignation of an american national security advisor has politicians here in russia reacting furiously and jumping to his defence. the upper

house to the russian parliament saw one senator this morning tweet that flynn was a victim of paranoia and a witchhunt and the head of the russian affairs foreign affairs committee said either that donald trump had been driven into a corner 01’ trump had been driven into a corner or his administration has been permeated with russophobia from top to bottom. the language is colourful and angry and it is because the russians had high hopes for michael flynn. they saw him as someone who championed closer ties between moscow and washington and he was known to moscow and he had attended a gala dinner here a few years ago and sat at the same table as vladimir putin. i detect not only disappointment in moscow but also embarrassment. as late as yesterday the kremlin was

continuing to insist that before donald trump stepped into the white house there had been no discussions 01’ conversations house there had been no discussions or conversations between moscow and washington about sanctions and today the kremlin ‘s comment on all of this was no comment. let's speak to michael schueur who worked for the cia for more than 20 years. hejoins me on webcam from north virginia. this is not what any president once so soon into his administration, did he have to go? sure. i think the american president did exactly the right decision to do that. two intelligence officers have now worked forforeign intelligence officers have now worked for foreign governments and there should be a law against that but that is further down the road. the president cut off the diseased arm, if you well and it is a good thing that he did it. wouldn't this disease dumps have realised that any conversation he had with the russian ambassador might have been monitored? it is a combination of either a stupid man or a arrogant man or a man with a bit of both. anyone talking to the russian ambassador to the united states in

washington is likely to have a conversation recorded by someone, whether it is the fbi or nsa or somebody else. what is interesting is looking at that conversation there was clearly a wish to ease sanctions against russia but no one is looking at that at the moment. that is exactly what should be done. we have no problems with the russians and putin would never have taken the crimea unless the european union and 0bama and clinton didn't work to overthrow the pro—russian government in the ukraine in the favour of democracy. there is no issue between us and the russians in the ukraine, that is entirely a european problem. what does this tell us about donald trump? european problem. what does this tell us about donald trump7m european problem. what does this tell us about donald trump? it tells us tell us about donald trump? it tells us he behaves as a businessman. anyone who will crimp your profits through negligent or ludicrous behaviour probably is going to get the axe unless he is your son or cousin. i think he did exactly the

right thing and i think it is time for it. the other thing it exposes that nobody talks about is that somebody leaked this information and if you leaker signals intelligence, which this was, it is a very serious offence against us espionage laws so the president is entirely right, the government is full of people who opposed not only him but any american president who intends to change the course of us policy away from endless wars towards a more noninterventionist situation and i think that is what the president intends to do. it is interesting mitty tweeted in the last few hours that no one is raising the question about illegal leaking of information from washington, just as he said.|j wa nt to from washington, just as he said.|j want to pick up one of tweet that we also saw from michael flynn that he it is unfair he has been made the sole scapegoat for what happened.

who else could he be talking about? i thought when i heard that he was talking about the democrats were going to use something called the rogan act which was an early 20th—century piece of legislation that said that no private individual can engage in diplomacy or substantive policy discussions with the foreign lane —— leader or government official. if that is what he was talking about, i presume it is but i am not entirely positive, then he would be right. jimmy carter should be imprisoned, jesse jackson, and all of the us congress should be imprisoned because they conduct their own diplomacy with benjamin netanyahu their own diplomacy with benjamin neta nya hu every their own diplomacy with benjamin neta nyahu every time their own diplomacy with benjamin netanyahu every time it comes here orany netanyahu every time it comes here or any israeli prime minister, so if is what flynn was talking about then i think he is entirely correct. if there is one thing that we learn from history than it is not so much the actor gets a person in trouble but the attempt to cover it up afterwards. are we looking at a

bigger scandal here? afterwards. are we looking at a bigger scandal here ?|j afterwards. are we looking at a bigger scandal here? i wouldn't think so. i think if there was a bigger scandal he would not have cut him loose like that. the president is not stupid, no president is really stupid. if he had sent flynn to do this, he would've had to keep in close somehow, make him an ambassador or met send him to another department in the united states, somewhere away from classical government. he cut his head off and if you resign you are fired. he knew that if flynn was sent by the president to do this then he has mighty reasons for revenge and we will see what happens but i do not think the president would have reacted quite the same if he had been involved in it. thank you for your time this afternoon. it isa you for your time this afternoon. it is a pleasure. thank you. and we'll have more on all the latest developments from the trump white house tonight at 7.00pm in our programme 100 days,

with katty kay in washington and christian fraser in london. that's at 7.00pm here on the bbc news channel. we will also be looking at the phone call between theresa may and donald trump. inflation has risen to its highest level since june 2014. the rate, as measured by the consumer price index, rose from 1.6% in december to 1.8% last month. the office for national statistics says the increase was driven by higher global oil prices and the fall in the value of sterling. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity reports. prices may be up, but it is not yet the consumer who is being squeezed hardest. it is the company that sells you the goods, and even more so the companies that produce them. following the devaluation caused by the brexit vote, this east london brewery is paying much more in pounds for the same raw materials imported from abroad. it has boosted prices by 5% but the costs have risen twice as fast. for all small businesses but equally so for us, we have auto—enrollment for the pensions coming in this

year, a huge business rate increase this year, we're a london living wage employer so staff overheads are significant. we now have a weaker pound on top of that so our raw material prices are going up and up for raw materials imported, so it is a real the office for national statistics says the increase was driven are going up and up for raw materials imported, so it is a real crunch point for us. today's inflation rate is still below the bank of england target at 2% with prices rising 1.8% in the shops, but pressure is coming through the pipeline. prices at the factory gate are up 3.5% and producers passing on the much higher cost of raw materials, up by more than a fifth. also driving prices up is a 17% rise in the cost of petrol and diesel. with that come higher transport costs, but the government point out that inflation is still comfortably within the target range. i would remind you that the inflation figure announced this morning, 1.8%, is still below the bank of england's target.

the bank of england monetary policy committee is seeking to manage inflation to maintain itself at or around 2%. when inflation is at this level, the economy should be working well. the economy is growing much more strongly than opponents of brexit predicted, and on financial markets in the city, the next move in interest rates is expected to be up. the market sees a real possibility rates may have to increase before the end of this year. very much a reflection of the fact that economic activity has been so strong coming into 2017, and the consumer has held up relatively well. until recently, price rises for consumers were tamer than they had been since the 1960s. the price of fish, for example, is only back to where it was three years ago. so far consumers have been shielded from higher costs, but inflation above the 2% target now looks inevitable. andy verity, bbc news. the car maker vauxhall could be taken over by the french company, peugeot.

the parent company of vauxhall, the american car giant general motors, is in talks with peugeot about gm's european operations. the french compa ny‘s shares jumped 5% following the reports of discussions. 0ur correspondent ben ando is in luton outside one of vauxhall‘s plants for us. how much more do we know at this stage? well, at the moment not a huge amount. this is where boxall make fa ns amount. this is where boxall make fans and its sales of vans and cars that have been slowly recovering for general motors. 0pel is the company in europe that owns vauxhall and it has been struggling. general motors have formed an alliance with the company that owns peugeot and citroen as well another appear to be talks going on about what they are

describing as closer links that could lead to the company that owns peugeot and citroen acquiring vauxhall and 0pel and consolidating its operations in europe. because it is such an early stage inevitably what we want to know with any potential impact on british workers? it employs a lot of people. yes, it does. 0ne it employs a lot of people. yes, it does. one of the areas it is said where gm, which is an american company, they also own cadillac chevrolet, one of the areas where they have struggled is that they have been trying to increase productivity and reduce costs in europe. the alliance they already have has led to sharing of components and parts between models in ranges involving peugeot and 0pel and vauxhall and that kind of synergy is something they want to continue but it is quite possible that gm feel they want to off—load vauxhall and 0pel to psa which is

more european focused on that company feels it can make better savings and better efficiency savings and better efficiency savings if it combines everything under one roof and what would not be clear then is exactly where it leaves workers here and elsewhere in the uk who build vauxhall cars, especially in opposed brexit economy. thank you very much. the latest there from luton. just to bring on a story that we have heard all day, the distressing story of a boy who died in redding yesterday at a topshop store. we have just had a statement from topshop who said that the board along with thousands of staff are deeply saddened by the accident that occurred in the store in reading yesterday afternoon. all our thoughts are with the family at this difficult time. it goes on to say we are thoroughly investigating all the events surrounding this extremely sad situation that happened at the store

ina reading situation that happened at the store in a reading in berkshire yesterday. should we hear any more about that we will let you know. you are watching bbc news and it is exactly 4:18pm. the kremlin is refusing to comment on the resignation of president trump's national security advisor. general michael flynn stepped down after it emerged he hadn't told the truth about his conversations with russian contacts. inflation has risen to its highest level since june 2014. the rate as measured by the consumer price index reached 1.8% last month up from 1.6% in december. talks are under way that could see the car maker vauxhall bought by the french company, peugeot. vauxhall employs about 35,000 people in the uk. in sport, manchester city might be missing their strikerjesus after he injured his foot last night against bournemouth.

england fly half george north will land at leicester tigers next season. he has agreed a deal to leave bath a year early with freddie burns moving in the opposite direction. and bad news for england cricket or around because david willey has been ruled out of the tour to the west indies with a shoulder injury and stephen glynn has replaced him. ukip leader paul nuttall has admitted claims he lost a close personalfriend in the hillsborough disaster are false. he was asked about the comments published on his website during an interview on a radio station in liverpool. 0ur political correspondent chris mason is in westminsterfor us. yes, this is awkward for paul nuttall, he is from merseyside and he isa nuttall, he is from merseyside and he is a liverpool fan. he has been coming under some scrutiny in the last couple of days about whether or not he was actually at hillsborough on the day in 1989, something he has

long said he was. there was an article in the guardian that cast doubt on that. it is the context in which he did an interview with radio city talk in liverpool and he said he was disgusted at the claims in the guardian but he was then presented with a press release on his own website. it would appear there were at least two website press releases that made this claim about the loss of close personal friends. we have one of them here that we can show you, in which he is reacting back in august 2011 to the ongoing story at the time about whether or not there would be a hillsborough enquiry and he describes what happened in south yorkshire as an appalling tragedy when 96 liverpool fans, including close personal friends of mine, lost their lives. in that context question was put to him by dave eason on radio city talk. davison was also at hillsborough on the day. take a look at this exchange. was also at hillsborough on the day.

take a look at this exchangem affects me everyday. i didn't lose anybody that day but you say you lost a close personal friend. anybody that day but you say you lost a close personalfriend. that is on your website. i haven't lost a close personal friend, i have lost someone that i know. january 2012 on your own site, lost close personal friends, that is on your website. it is on your own website, paul. that is absolutely... not... i am sorry, that is. i haven't lost anyone who was a close personal friend, it was people who i knew through football and things like that.|j people who i knew through football and things like that. i basically went your website last night and search for hillsborough and it is paul nuttall mep .com, that is your website. well, i am sorry about that but it is absolutely... i haven't put that out. that is wrong. do you see where this goes, with you being a politician and people will find

these things and whether you believe that or not, you are there to be shot at. i want to make it perfectly clear that i was there on the day andl clear that i was there on the day and i have got witnesses and people who would stand up in quarterback me 100%. it is cruel and it is nasty and it is making out as if my family are lying as well which is, which is, it's not fair or right. the political context of all of this is not only is paul nuttall now a party leader, he is now also his party ‘s candidate in a crucial parliamentary by—election in stoke—on—trent central a week on thursday. i have tried to get hold of him in the last hour and it would appear his phone is turned off. thank you. rolls—royce has posted one of the biggest corporate losses in history. the british aircraft engine manufacturer, which employs 23,000 people in the uk, lost £4.6 billion last year because of the instability of the pound, and penalties it had to pay uk and us authorities for bribery and corruption.

our business editor simonjack has been following the story. rolls—royce sends its engines and crucially their service contracts on those engines for 20 years at a time and always, or usually, in dollars. the company ‘s big risk is that the dollar falls the company ‘s big risk is that the dollarfalls in value the company ‘s big risk is that the dollar falls in value of those reve nu es dollar falls in value of those revenues when you translate them into sterling drug bill —— dwindle as the dollar falls. if the opposite happens those insurance policies that they make against that, and the pound has fallen short be against the dollar, then the opposite happens and you have charge on paper that propels it towards a loss so it is in cash they are actually handing out. if you strip it out and look at the underlying earnings it is not so bad. they not grout —— they are not great, profits as hard as old engines are not selling as well to airlines and they have trouble with

their offshore business in oil but it is not as bad when you look at underlying and the future looks brighter. the chairman of japanese electronics giant toshiba has resigned, after the firm posted a loss of more than three billion dollars. shares in the company have lost nearly 50% since late december when it first warned about the extent of its problems. the losses are linked to toshiba's us subsidiary, westinghouse electric, which bought a nuclear construction and services business from chicago bridge & iron in 2015. the half—brother of north korean leader kim jong—un has been killed in malaysia. kim jong—nam, who was 45 was targeted at the airport in the capital, kuala lumpur. a source has told the bbc, poison was involved in his death. earlier i spoke to our seoul reporter kevin kim. well, the details are just emerging and the details are scarce but based on early reports an investigation

could head towards a deliberate attempt at poisoning. north korea is known to have tried this method before in assassinations, using poison tipped darts, based on early unconfirmed reports kim jong—nam, the older brother of kim jong—il was rushed to the hospital but was already deceased. some analysts believe it could have been an deliberate attempt at assassination by the leadership in pyongyang. this isa man by the leadership in pyongyang. this is a man whose name we would all be familiar with because he very nearly became the leader of north korea until something happened? yes, most north koreans themselves in the country don't know this but kim jong—il, the father of the current leader, had many wives and many children from his numerous spouses. ever since he died five years ago his elder simon, kim jong—nam,

ever since he died five years ago his elder simon, kimjong—nam, spent most of his time overseas, mostly in asia. many believe this was not by choice but from an enforced exile based on rivalry with his younger half brother kim jong—un. based on rivalry with his younger half brother kimjong—un. he is based on rivalry with his younger half brother kim jong—un. he is the current leader of north korea. the fourth kim jong—un came to current leader of north korea. the fourth kimjong—un came to power most north korean observers believe the eldest, kim jong—nam, most north korean observers believe the eldest, kimjong—nam, was being considered as the heir to pyongyang leadership. circumstances change when he was captured injapan in 2001 travelling on a fake passport. a p pa re ntly 2001 travelling on a fake passport. apparently he was trying to visit disneyland. some wonder if kim jong—nam had ever been close to his half brother. in an interview with the japanese media in recent years he was critical of kim jong—un and questioned his legitimacy. the current leader of the north, kim jong—un has a record for ruthlessness. he is believed to have ordered the execution of his uncle who died in 2012. kevin kim their

reporting. we have a few details just coming in from the unite union about strikes on british airways. it isjust from the unite union about strikes on british airways. it is just one pa rt on british airways. it is just one part of ba but you might know there isa part of ba but you might know there is a fairly long running dispute of sam cam —— with some cabin crew. they have announced a date for fresh stripes. it could be a fresh wave of four strikes from february 22. that is the date we have been given. 2900 members of unite are in dispute of high rates of pay for members of the mixed fleet. this would appear to be on top of four days of action that they announced starting on the 17th of february. that is in three days' time. this strike appears to be escalating so we will be talking to our correspondent and getting more detail on it a bit later. around 200,000 people living close

to america's tallest dam have been told its still not safe for them to return home. the area around the 0roville dam in northern california was evacuated after a hole was found in one of its emergency overflow channels, prompting fears it could collapse. authorities have now managed to lower the water levels, but they still don't know how long it will be before residents are allowed back. time for the weather with john hammond. there he is. yes, here i am. i have good news if you don't like cold weather, the mild pain continues for the rest of this week and temperatures on the rise generally. it has still been a bit chilly in some places today but temperatures continue to rise and some of us have had a fantastic day to day in the sunshine. west of scotla nd to day in the sunshine. west of scotland made it up into the mid teens but there has been patchy rain

further south which will travel to the north overnight. it will be quite a murky night for fog patches. heavy rain arrives across the far south of england just in time for brea kfast. south of england just in time for breakfast. it could be a grey and misty start where you are but hopefully things will pick up but not for all. wade across the south—west and wet weather spilling into wales. eventually sound rain into wales. eventually sound rain into western scotland and on either side of that there will be mist and fog patches. 0n side of that there will be mist and fog patches. on thursday all the action is in the north. further south and nice day to come. double figures in many places and the mild theme continues to the weekend. hello. this is bbc news with jane hill and simon mccoy. the headlines at 4.30pm:

president trump's national security adviser, michael flynn, has resigned after misleading the vice—president about the extent of his contacts with russian leaders. inflation has risen to 1.8% — its highest rate in two and half years. the rising cost of fuel and food, coupled with a fall in the value of the pound, has contributed to the increase. talks are under way that could see the car—maker vauxhall bought by the french company, peugeot. vauxhall employs about 35,000 people in the uk. police in malaysia confirm that the half—brother of the north korean leader, kimjong—un, has died in kuala lumpur. reports suggest kim jong—nam may have been poisoned. the ukip leader, paul nuttall, admits that a claim on his website that he lost close personal friends in the hillsborough disaster is not true. i haven't lost anyone who is a close personalfriend. i haven't lost anyone who is a close

personal friend. there were i haven't lost anyone who is a close personalfriend. there were people i knew through football and things like that. the queen has opened a new centre designed to improve britain's resilience against cyber attacks. the sport is coming up in a moment. we're hearing that north korea's ambassador to the uk has been summoned to the foreign office following the country's testing of a ballistic missile. north korea's ambassador summoned to the foreign 0ffice. north korea said that the ballistic missile test was a success. it is time for the sports news. tim hague has that. manchester city have confirmed theirjanuary signing gabrieljesus, fractured his right metatarsal in last night's 2—0 win at bournemouth. he'll have a scan on his foot after going off injured, and reports suggest he might be out

of action for three months. that would be a huge blow for a city side who are eight points behind league leaders chelsea, and still involved in the champions league as well as the fa cup. jesus cost city £27 million from palmeiras — and he's been in fantastic form since making his debut injanuary. the brazil international has settled in really quickly, scoring three goals in just five appearances so far. manager pep guardiola says sergio aguero is a more than useful replacement though. we know how important he is. i did it yesterday the day before and the last week and the last month. he is an important player. in the last game he didn't play because the three guys in front were amazing. now the cup is next week and the champions league is there and the premier league is still there to fight to qualify for the champions league next season will be a tough

battle for everybody. so that's why, of course, we need him. he's important for us. leicester tigers have re—signed england fly—half george ford for next season with freddie burns moving in the opposite direction as part of the deal. leicester have agreed to buy ford out of the final year of his contact at bath. he came through the tigers‘ academy, before moving to bath in 2013. his return to welford road means he'll play alongside england scrum—half, ben youngs. it was about this financial agreement between leicester and bath and bruce craig the bath owner being willing to let ford go with a year left of his contract. 0nce willing to let ford go with a year left of his contract. once the terms we re left of his contract. once the terms were aid greed ford was always likely to opt for leicester as his preferred destination. a return to the club where he came through the ra nks the club where he came through the ranks and that issue about playing with his england scrum—half ben youngs week in and week out which is what he'll do at welford road. a

highly significant move for leicester and one of the biggest clu b leicester and one of the biggest club rune moves we have seen in recent memory. david willey has been ruled out of england's upcoming tour of the west indies through injury. the yorkshire all—rounder will be replaced by steven finn. willey‘s had surgery to repair a torn shoulder tendon and will be out of action until april. england play three one—dayers against the west indies in march, two in antigua and one in barbados. the windies also tour england in the summer. tennis and great britain have been drawn away to romania in their fed cup play—off in april. johanna konta and heather watson won the deciding doubles rubber as great britain beat croatia at the weekend and that secured their place in april's play—offs against a romanian team that could include world number four simona halep. if anne keothavong's side win the tie, they'll be promoted to world group 2 for the first time since 1993. ronnie 0'sullivan's title defence at the welsh 0pen snooker has started well. he has beat tom ford four frames 4—1. ford took the first,

but that was it, as 0'sullivan won the next four to get the victory. the rocket didn't look at his best, but still made one century on his way to the second round. there's further coverage from cardiff on bbc two wales and the red button. banned cyclist lance armstrong has lost his bid to block the us government's £79 million lawsuit against him. it's alleged armstrong defrauded the government by taking performance enhancing drugs while riding for the publicly funded us postal service team. he was stripped of his seven tour de france titles and banned for life in august 2012. the case is clear to go to trial. that's all sport for now. more details. we have had a statement from unite. this is about the extra strikes on some british airways services. it is a further four days of strikes. you may know

that there are currently strikes running from 17th to 20th february and the union as part of its continuing dispute with the airline announcing another four days. members of the mixed fleet, they have taken 11 days of action this yearin have taken 11 days of action this year in protest at poverty pay. unite says its members at the airline were piling on the pressure by striking repeatedly. an inquest has been hearing that a colleague of two murdered police officers filled in his own death report, before he was found dead in a park. andrew summerscales was believed to be one of the first people on the scene after dale cregan killed pcs fiona bone and nicola hughes in 2012. mr summerscales was found dead in august 2016. i'm joined from salford by our reporter david guest. it isa it is a desperately sad story. explain little bit dave and how he

knew those two police officers that we just knew those two police officers that wejust mentioned? knew those two police officers that we just mentioned? well, they worked at hyde police station. it is a small patch. a small team who knew one another as friends as well as colleagues. of course on that day in september 2012, those two police officers fiona bone and nicola hughes set out. what seemed like a routine callment they were murdered in cold blood and a grenade thrown at them by dale cregan, the first of their colleagues on the scene was andrew summerscales and the inquest today heard that he never got over what he saw that morning. his son joshua said his dad's life changed forever that day. there was evidence during the inquest that he was diagnosed with post—traumatic stress m e nt diagnosed with post—traumatic stressment he spent a year off work, but kept on suffering from bouts of depression especially around the anniversary of the murders. it was something that he just couldn't live with and so, in august of last year, 2016, he went to a local park in greater manchester, near to where he lived and hanged himself.

what more did the coroner say as pa rt what more did the coroner say as part of this? well, she said it was clear that this man had was no stranger to trauma. as a teenager had been in the crowd at hillsborough in 1989 on that terrible day when 96 liverpool fans we re terrible day when 96 liverpool fans were crushed to death in the hillsborough disaster. in 2015, hillsborough disaster and in 2015, before he left greater manchester police he was off duty walking through the park and found a man hanging virtually at the spot where he himself was to take his life the following the he himself was to take his life the following - the coroner said following year. the coroner said that she was satisfied that he had been visited by another bout of the depression which he had been suffering ever since the events of 2012 and she concluded they took his own life. dave guest, thank you. police are investigating the death of a ten—year—old boy at a branch of topshop in reading.

he suffered serious head injuries in an incident involving shop furniture and died later in hospital. the death is being treated as unexplained but not suspicious. from reading, our correspondent duncan kennedy reports. this was the scene at top shop this morning. these pictures though it shuttered with security guards outside. inside, the lights were on, but it wasn't clear if any staff or investigators were there. it was yesterday afternoon police and ambulances were called to the centre after reports of a ten—year—old boy being injured. the police say the incident involved what they called shop furniture. the police aren't being anymore more specific when they say the incident involved shop furniture. all they say is that the boy was taken to the royal berkshire hospital where he later died from serious head injuries. the reaction of local people who use the shopping centre was universally one of sadness. it's just centre was universally one of sadness. it'sjust horrible. ijust feel for his family, i really do. 0ur

feel for his family, i really do. our thoughts go out to them really. very sad. very, very sad. for the mother, for the parents.|j very sad. very, very sad. for the mother, for the parents. i feel quite bad for the parents because my daughter is eight. i think it is very sad actually. in a statement, reading borough council said, "our thoughts are with the family during this difficult time. we are contacting all the parties involved in order to carry out our investigation into this tragic incident." police say the boy's death is being treated as unexplained, but not suspicious and their inquiry into how a child could die ina their inquiry into how a child could die in a shop involving shop furniture is continuing. a statement from top shop regarding death of the boy. it says the top shop board together with thousands of staff are horrified by the

accident that occurred in our reading store yesterday. it says, "0ur reading store yesterday. it says, "our thoughts are very much with the family at this difficult time. we are thoroughly investigating all the events surrounding this." the queen has opened a new national centre designed to improve britain's resilience against cyber attacks. the government says hackers are increasing in their frequency, severity, and sophistication and the national cyber security centre will make the uk the safest place to live and work online. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera reports. a high—tech tour for the queen today as she formally launched the country's new national cyber security centre. she was shown round the new centre in london whose mission is to protect the country against a growing tide of cyber attacks. cyber attacks, it seems, are everywhere. russian involvement in efforts to hack information... the worst case is that all of our customers' data has been accessed.

china's activities in cyberspace is a significant source of concern. hacking that could hamper vote counting. hackers targeting governments, businesses, ordinary people. the head of the new centre told me the threat is real. we've had significant losses of personal data, significant intrusions by hostile state actors, significant reconnaissance against critical national infrastructure. and ourjob is to make sure we deal with that in the most effective way possible. so, what we've done here is create a room of the near future and we've got some devices that are all connected to the internet. the new centre is notjust there to protect government, but also people's homes. its technical director showed me how internet—connected items like lamps and coffee makers could be vulnerable, even a child's toy doll. more and more of our life is moving online. the uk is one of the most digitally—dependent economies in the world. a strength, but also a vulnerability.

and protecting it online in the future will be vital for economic as well as national security. in a moment a look at how the financial markets in europe closed the day, but first the headlines on bbc: the kremlin is refusing to comment on the resignation of trump's general security advisor. general michael flynn stepped after it emerged he hadn't told the truth about his contacts with russian counterparts. inflation rises. it reached 1.8% last month from 1.6% in december. union workers at british airways announce a further four days of strikes over pay bringing the total number of action days to eight. hello.

now a look at how the markets in europe have ended the trading session. well, here they are. the ftse is in negative terry at the moment. travel firm tui was the biggest riser on the index, up 5.6% after it said first quarter losses had narrowed. rolls—royce shares have been down most of the day after it released its results for 2016. toshiba's chairman quit his job today after the company posted a loss. the situation has led some analyst to warn the company's future is at risk. there have been losses for engineering company rolls—royce, a dimp story here though. they have had to shell out for fines incurred in corruption cases in the us and the uk. it had to write down £4.5

billion from currency related contracts. we've had inflation figures outside today. it is at 1.8% for the fourth consecutive month of rises because of the increasing price of fuel. if you have been feeling the hit to your purse when you've been filling up at the petrol pump that's because of the price of fuel hitting a two year high. compensating for that is the price of shoes and clothes, they've fallen. jeremy cooke joins us now. let's start with the inflation figures. so it was 1.6% the previous month and now it is 1.8%, it is creeping up. is it cause for concern and also why is that clothes and shoes aren't getting higher?” and also why is that clothes and shoes aren't getting higher? i think it is cause for concern and we are anticipating inflation to run to about 3% to 3.5% by the end of the year and that's ok if you think that wages are going to continue to rise at that rate, but we don't think so. we think that the slowness of the uk economy post brexit will start to hit in the second half of the year.

we're seeing this inflation in certain industries, maybe not so much in clothing at the moment due to the fact that import costs have picked up as a result of the devaluation of the pound post brexit. people bringing in goods from italy orfrom china having to pay more for those and that's been passed on to consumers. let's move on to rolls—royce. they announced losses. they have had a year of lots fines incurred. this isn't surprising. why did the share price fall this morning? well, the share price is do you think they had to write off a fair amount of money. they've cut their dividend. rolls—royce is a share which a lot of people own purely for the income, the dividend that you get on a semi annual or annual basis, that's down to seven pence and the belief is if they continue their investment, they may have to cut the dividend further and therefore, that limits the attraction of buying into this company. they've - down a lot

company. they've written down a lot of money due to the fines, but also due to the difficulties that are in the airline, we have seen profit warnings from easyjet for example, there is a lot of over capacity in that sector at the moment and if you're not building more planes, you don't need more engines. what we we re don't need more engines. what we were talking about inflation creeping.and fuel costs. does that impact rolls—royce at all? creeping.and fuel costs. does that impact rolls-royce at all? it is the kind of thing if they have put appropriate hedging if place when oil prices were low then that's the kind of thing that will benefit them. but in the grander scheme of things, we have seen a lot of hedges, currency hedges for example, run out by the beginning part of this year, according to our data, 7596 this year, according to our data, 75% of the protective contracts that businesses put in place post the referendum ran out by the beginning of this year. so we are starting to see a volatile business for small and medium sized businesses and companies as large as rolls—royce. loss at toshiba and analyst are

warning the future isn't certain for them? no, it is not. this is due to them? no, it is not. this is due to the changes in the nuclear environment and certainly the belief that they do not want to commit as much money to their nuclear industry as they previous had expected to do so. pardon the pun, the explosion in shale operations that we have seen in the past couple of years have made gas and coal and oilfired energy a lot cheaper than nuclear energy a lot cheaper than nuclear energy and certainly when the investment landscape for nuclear was made three orfour years investment landscape for nuclear was made three or four years ago that wasn't the case. nuclear is expensive compared to its competitors and a huge over regulation of the industry means toshiba may have to step back and cut a large amount of their business asa cut a large amount of their business as a result. jeremy cooke there. let's look at markets. the ftse is a little bit flat there. the highest riser is tui, the travel company, because of rising demand for holidays in ireland and the uk.

that's it from me. there is a round—up of the other top business stories on our website. rising damp, holes in the front door and water coming through the roof. just a few of the problems that an investigation by bbc yorkshire has found in some social housing in england. councils have paid out more than £35 million in compensation and legal fees over the last five years. anna crossley reports. it's completely mouldy and the wall underneath is completely wet. and even our shoes are mouldy as well. as you can see here. it's horrible. katrina pays leeds city council around £270 a month to live in a flat which is riddled with mould. although she hasn't taken the council to court, hundreds of other tenants have. like ewan's mum, anne. she says he and his brother sound

like this all the time, even though they don't have colds. she claims it is because their rented house in leeds is so damp. social housing in leeds has such a bad reputation that claims management companies are now targeting the city, encouraging tenants to take the council to court. these firms identify properties which are in a poor state of repair, and then, for a finder‘s fee, pass on the tenant's details to a solicitor, who takes on the case. in a statement, leeds city council said: at a time when services are being cut, many will question why councils are spending millions on compensation instead of fixing the problems in the first place.

anna crossley, bbc news. stea m steam power returned to the railway this morning. a timetabled service will run between appleby and skipton over the coming days. if you haven't reserved a seat, then you may have to wait a while with tickets all, but sold out. the train passed by where our correspondent danny savage was waiting. there is a diesel engine. that's only there to supply electricity and power to the rest of the train, but just look electricity and power to the rest of the train, butjust look at electricity and power to the rest of the train, but just look at this long train here. eight coaches, all full. 500 people on this train

altogether. it is steaming away behind us with the safety valve going off, but that's normal. hello allen. let's have a word with this this gentleman here. alan has been riding up and down all day. alan we're live on the news channel. tell us we're live on the news channel. tell us how special has it been to be on service? really special. i the service? really special. i better get back on again. come and talk to us out through the window. it was built in darlington. you are a mountain yearand it was built in darlington. you are a mountain year and it is going through the snowcapped pennines. this is a service people should be using more? just come on it for the views. the views of yorkshire were fantastic this morning. i mean brilliant. a few minutes late away from appleby because lots of people wanting to get on? yeah. yeah. there

is still a few seats left on it as well. fantastic. i've got other work to do tomorrow in yorkshire. alan one of the passengers on the train here. it is trying to make up time. it is running a few minutes late. i'll get out of the way. the steam engine is down there. it is off to scholarship tonne. it will be back through here in a few hours' time. backwards and forwards with 6,000 seats available on this trip and most of those seats will be taken over the coming days as people travel on this train paying the normal fare that you'd pay on a normal fare that you'd pay on a normal timetabled service. danny savage with the best story of the day! we're envious of him. aberdeenshire council has apologised for planting dozens of trees in the middle of a football pitch!

the trees appeared on the playing field at logie durno over the weekend, sparking confusion among residents. we sent our reporter rebecca curran to investigate. tree upfront. an unusual formation in scottish football now, but not at this pitch. dozens of trees have been planted here and residents aren't happy. there is not really much to do in this area. everyone is saying get your kids out and do something active and all of a sudden we've got trees. aberdeenshire council says the plan was to turn over pa rt council says the plan was to turn over part of the area for biodiversity. whenever we take a football we always play here, not on the full—sized pitch. but i don't know why the council put them there. but they're good for dribbling around because it gives you good practise. aberdeen council couldn't

confirm how much it cost to plant the trees or how much it could be to remove them. the trees will stay where they are until an agreement is reached with residents. well, i'm certainly not dressed for the occasion and these are definitely not football boots, but it's just a ball and some trees, how hard could it be? chipping a lovely ball across. a great ball. laughter that's also a good story today. i didn't know it was a children's playground! laughter poor things. john has got the weather. john, hello. you're on your own there. i'll stick with the weather. we've lost the really cold air. it is a milder outlook for all of us. an atlantic influence, but we

know what an atlantic influence means, yes, loads of cloud. there will be a splash for most of us. here is a bit of rain pushing its way northwards across the country. it will be hit and miss. some places avoiding it and a murky night before more rain arrives across the for south—west of england. not desperately cold out there. but it will be a wet start to the day across parts of south—west england. some sharp bursts of rain and maybe the odd clap of thunder. ahead of that, yeah, it will abgrey start to the day. there will be some patches of fog around especially over the higher ground, but that should lift with time. showers getting into northern ireland, but no great amounts and for most of scotla nd no great amounts and for most of scotland it will be a dry start. there could be a touch of frost in the northern glens, but here some of the northern glens, but here some of the best of the sunshine on offer through the day. for the rest of us it will be a struggle to brighten up and we will see the rain pushing its

way up across parts of england and wales. don't take the exact position of the blobs of blue literally. there is a little bit of wriggle room as to where the worst of the rain will be, but again thunder mixed in with the showers. a mild day again. double figures in many places. that little feature clears out of the way. most of the action on thursday will be across the northern half of the uk. closest to this area of low pressure. there will be a gusty wind and blustery showers and parts of northern england too. again just to showers and parts of northern england too. againjust to reit showers and parts of northern england too. again just to reit tate a lot milder than it has been. 11 or 12 celsius in one or two spots. the area of low pressure eases away. a bump of high pressure pushing in. high pressure tends to mean dry weather and i think on friday, it will be dry, but the catch is, we could have scenes like this on friday. some fog around which could be loathe to clear, but most of us should brighten up with sunshine on friday. the best of that across eastern parts of the uk. further

west, the next atlantic system will be pushing in from the west with an increasing cloud and wind and some rain knocking on the door later ovenlt ahead of that, in the sunshine it doesn't look too bad. for the weekend, there will be rain, but there will be shine as well. the forecast will be found on the bbc weather website. i'll be back in half an hour. today at five: donald trump loses his first senior adviser. the national security adviser resigns, sparking talk of a white house in chaos. michael flynn was accused of misleading colleagues over his contacts with russian diplomats before the president took office. it's the first senior resignation since mr trump came to power and senior republicans say it was the right thing to happen. as soon as this person lost the president's trust, the president asked for his resignation and that was the right thing to do. we'll be asking what it could mean for the trump white house and where it leaves the questions still unanswered about the episode.

the other main stories on bbc news at five: rising food and fuel costs push inflation to its highest rate in two and half years. you say you lost a close friend? that you say you lost a close friend ? that is you say you lost a close friend? that is on your website.