this is bbc news, i'm carole walker. the headlines at 8pm. an apology from the fire service after it's revealed it took two hours for firefighters to reach victims of last year's manchester arena terror attack. firstly the fire service simply were out of the loop as they made a misjudgement at the beginning and therefore were two hours late really getting to the fire. theresa may tells mps that 25 of britain's allies have now expelled russian diplomats over the poisoning of sergei skripal, as his family speak for the first time. translation: i don't wear there to be this massive conflict between our two countries. for all this to get worse and for it to happen because of my family. in siberia, thousands protest over the deaths of more than 60 people in a fire at a shopping centre, accusing officials of corruption. also in the next hour, british homeowners used to move

house three or four times in a lifetime. but the changing face of the property market means we're staying put much more often, we'll look at why. and australia sends three of its cricketers home from south africa over ball—tampering, including captain steve smith. officials say the players will face ‘significant sanctions‘. these sanctions will reflect the gravity with which we —— which we viewed... and the damage it has done to australian cricket. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. a fire chief has apologised for the long delays in helping survivors of the manchester arena suicide bomb last year.

the bomb went off at 10:30pm at night. but a major report has revealed that firefighters weren't allowed onto the scene until well after midnight because senior officers feared a gunman was still on the loose. 22 people died that night and more than 100 were injured. the review, led by lord kerslake, found that the fire service was ‘out of the loop‘ and played ‘no meaningful role' for nearly two hours after the attack. there were poor communications between the police and fire crews and a helpline phone system provided by vodafone completely failed. it also said the fire service ‘felt they had let down the people of greater manchester‘ that night. judith moritz reports. it was just chaos, people everywhere on the floor. we were barely alive.

ijust went on the floor. we were barely alive. i just went around the best on the floor. we were barely alive. ijust went around the best i could. for those that were there, the memories are still fresh. those like rob grew, who heard the sound of the blast and ran inside the building. an ordinary member of the public who gave first aid in the foyer where the bomb went off, whilst most of the bomb went off, whilst most of the emergency services were kept out. apart from the three paramedics that were doing a greatjob, that is as far as it went until he realised that no more support was coming from the medical team. do that no more support was coming from the medicalteam. do you that no more support was coming from the medical team. do you think that more people could have been saved if that help had been there mozilla definitely in the first 15 minutes, definitely in the first 15 minutes, definitely more could have been done. police and paramedics rushed to the arena, but fire crews took two hours to arrive, held back by

their senior officers who now except they left —— let the people down —— city down. they help evacuate or treat the injured. this firefighter who wishes to remain anonymous was undue pressure on duty but not sent. paramedics asked where we were. why we re we paramedics asked where we were. why were we there? we were just helpless, because when you are in a uniform service, you do it you are told to do, and we were not told to do anything. the fire service has a new chief officer, and she knows that front—line officers wanted to help. we spoke to one of them who is furious, there is a huge amount of anger amongst the rank and file. firefighters did feel let down that night by some of the decisions made by the senior leaders. and i can understand their frustration, because they really did want to respond. they show self deficit —— discipline and followed orders, and they followed the processes, even though every fibre in their body, they wanted to respond to the incident. we had a very limited kit

for a huge number of patients to treat. there is praise for those who went to help, like the first doctor to respond, michael daly, who helped set up an area for casualties at a train station next door stopped off they were starting to be brought down in larger numbers. notjust on stretchers, but barriers, billboards we re stretchers, but barriers, billboards were being used as a makeshift strategy by the arena staff. just to get people out of the foyer and into the concourse. the national emergency helpline for such situations failed completely. a restricted —— local number was only set up four hours later. its operator has apologise. martyn hett was at the concert, and his family realised he was missing. it took hours to realise he had died.|j tried to phone that number that was given initially on the television, like so many others. publicly 26

times by phone until i went through. and martin's friends frantically we nt and martin's friends frantically went from hospital to hospital trying to find him. the report authors say the story of how the city responded is overwhelmingly positive amah and that the whole country can learn from the mistakes that were made. as well as celebrating the things that went well, it is vital that we learn the lessons of what went less well. this matters for the people of greater manchester and beyond, who were caught up in the terrible events that night. but also from other places that might experience an attack in the future. the public donated millions of pounds to a charity appeal for those affected, but the report also asks the government to consider financial support for victims of terror. is something the government must look at, beyond party politics, can we come to an agreement about what

should be provided in the circumstances? it should not be left purely to the generosity of the people of greater manchester, as much as i appreciate that, for support to be provided. the review does not establish whether lives could have been saved if things had been dubbed differently. that will been dubbed differently. that will be considered when the inquests are held. it was said today that this report was commissioned because the city wanted the whole truth, no matter how paint is painful. and it does make for some difficult reading, but there‘s also much be positive about. the review teams say that it barely scratches the surface of the hundreds, if not thousands of a cts of the hundreds, if not thousands of acts of individual bravery and selflessness that was seen in the city. judith mauritz, bbc news, manchester. and we‘ll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow‘s front pages at 10:1i0pm this evening in the papers. our guestsjoining me tonight are the guardian columnist jane martinson and the political strategist jo tanner. nato has expelled seven russian

diplomats from its headquarters in brussels, as part of the continuing international response to the nerve agent attack in salisbury. more than two dozen countries have now taken action, with australia among the latest. the former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter remain critically ill. his niece has spoken exclusively to the bbc. she says her family feels tortured because they‘re being told nothing about the attack. from moscow, steve rosenberg reports. russia is starting to feel boxed in, besieged. more than 20 countries have expelled russian diplomats. relations between russia and the west at a standstill now over the salisbury attack. russia‘s foreign minister hit back. ‘the expulsions‘, sergei lavrov said, ‘were the result of colossal blackmail by washington‘.

but could a diplomatic war morph into something more dangerous? one of the most influential voices on russia‘s foreign policy admits he‘s worried. this confrontation has certain logic, and this logic is to step up. each next move should be stronger than the previous one. and with this, we can reach pretty dangerous situation, when militarisation of behaviour will be inevitable. the one expression you hear more and more to describe the growing tension between russia and the west is ‘new cold war‘, but in fact what we have now is potentially more dangerous than the cold war because back in the days of communism against capitalism both sides stuck to the rules of the game. today, it seems, there are no rules. meanwhile, sergei and yulia skripal remain in a critical, but stable condition in a salisbury hospital. the relatives back home have said

little about this drama. but in her first tv interview, sergei‘s niece, victoria, has told the bbc russian service that political tensions are the last thing her family wants. translation: i don't want there to be this massive conflict between our two countries, for all this to get worse and for it to happen because of my family. the family still hasn‘t told sergei‘s mother, who is unwell, that her son has been poisoned. translation: she doesn't know, and she won‘t find out until this situation reaches its logical conclusion. there is all this scandal in the media at the moment, and it‘s painful for us. the nerve agent attack in salisbury is a family tragedy and a political crisis. it has put russia and the west at loggerheads, on the path to confrontation.

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. a police inspector has beenjailed for the murder of his wife, who also worked in the police force. darren mckie was sentenced to at least 19 years in prison after being found guilty at chester crown court. he had denied murder but admitted manslaughter towards the end of his trial. leanne mckie was found strangled in poynton lake in cheshire on the 29th of september. a 21—year—old man from leicester has been jailed for life for deliberately running over a muslim somali woman in what prosecutors say was an attempt to avenge two terror attacks in london. nottingham crown court was told that paul moore laughed as he knocked down zaynab hussein, and then drove over her as she lay helpless. she suffered life—changing injuries. moore will serve a minimum of 20 years in prison. a british yachtsman who fell overboard in the southern ocean on monday during a round—the—world

race is now presumed to have been lost at sea. 47—year—old john fisher, who was originally from southampton, but was living in australia, was competing in the ‘volvo ocean race‘ when he went missing 1,400 miles west of cape horn. the russian president, vladimir putin, has declared a national day of mourning after 64 people, most of them children, were killed in a fire at a shopping centre in siberia on sunday. today, he visited the scene in the city of kemer—of—er where thousands of people have held a protest over the fire, he promised angry residents that those responsible would be punished harshly. from moscow, paul adams sent this report grief turning to fury on the streets of this siberian mining town. two days after the fire, people want answers. chanting. ‘resign, resign‘, they say. local officials are surrounded and bombarded with questions.

how many people really died? were children really locked inside? why were the fire alarms not working? the crowd smells corruption. the sign over over the mayor‘s assistant reads, ‘how much are your closed eyes worth‘? sergei lost his mother and his two children in the fire. translation: we could identify my children because they were suffocating somewhere. other children that were brought, they were without hands and legs. inside what‘s left of the winter cherry shopping complex, a scene of utter devastation. this place was packed on sunday, when the fire broke out it swept through the building with appalling speed. on one of the upper floors, what‘s left of the cinema. this is where many of the children died. the man leading the investigation says those responsible for safety simply ran away. the view from above is equally shocking. parts of the roof simply collapsed.

russia‘s newly re—elected president was in kemerovo this morning. he‘s offered condolences and promised a thorough investigation. what happened, he says was ‘inexcusable‘. translation: an investigation group of 100 people is working here. they will go through the whole chain, starting with those who issued licences and up to those who were responsible for safety. what began as a local tragedy now has the potential to turn into a national scandal. fires like this are not uncommon in russia, and behind them there‘s often a story of corruption, fast money and lax oversight. this disaster raises a host of difficult questions. pauladams, bbc news, moscow. the headlines on bbc news. an apology from the fire service after it‘s revealed it took two hours for firefighters to reach victims of last year‘s manchester arena terror attack. theresa may tells mps that more

than two dozen of britain‘s allies have now expelled russian diplomats over the poisoning of a former double agent in the uk. in siberia, thousands protest over the deaths of more than 60 people in a fire at a shopping centre, accusing officials of corruption. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here‘s holly hamilton. we start with the news that there we re we start with the news that there were three australian players involved in ball tampering, they have been sent home. james sunderland said an investigation into that will continue before so it does further sanctions are handed down to the captain steve met best c smith, david warner, and batsman cameron bancroft stopped on behalf

of cricket australia, i wanted half —— apologise on behalf of all australians. in particular to those who love cricket and idolize the players. i this has african fans, that this issue has overshadowed what otherwise should have been a wonderful series. as the chairman has said in his statement earlier tonight, we recognise that this issue goes beyond the technical nature of the offences and various codes of conduct. it is about the integrity and reputation of australian cricket and australian sport. ultimately it is about whether australians can feel proud of their national sporting teams.

football lines england face a tough test against italy tonight, and what is their last international game... it is still 0—1 at wembley, where alex mcleish is on it —— the hunt for his first win since... they‘re currently in on hungary where it is i-o currently in on hungary where it is 1-0 to currently in on hungary where it is 1—0 to the visitors after ryan frazier‘s cross was taken by matt phillips, just after the break to make it his first international goal. and also the first of mcleish‘s second rain. we are 59 minutes into the second half, and it remains 1—0 budapest. we have had 29 internationalfamilies in remains 1—0 budapest. we have had 29 international families in total today. —— friendly‘s. russia was beaten 3—1 by france, and brazil are in berlin where they‘re currently facing germany for the first time since their 7—1 humiliation. still no score in that game, and in ten minutes‘ time, will massey will return for argentina against spain.

england‘s under 20 ones have taken a massive step towards european championship qualification after beating ukraine 2—1. it was a narrow victory after dominic calvert—lewin‘s first—half goal was cancelled out to that 83rd minute, but substitute dominic so came to give them a late winner, and it moves them five points clear at the top of the group with four games in qualifying. england women‘s women‘s captain... missed what she‘d believes with an ankle injury. she returns with vice captainjordan knobs, they take on wales and southampton on april six before an away game against bosnia on the tenth. anthonyjoshua away game against bosnia on the tenth. anthony joshua has away game against bosnia on the tenth. anthonyjoshua has said he fully expects to knock outjoseph parker in their unification fight this weekend, but he has a contingency plan in place if he has taken the contingency plan in place if he has ta ken the distance contingency plan in place if he has taken the distance for the very first time. the pairfight taken the distance for the very

first time. the pair fight this saturday with the wba, ibf, ibm, and wbo heavyweight titles on the line, and joshua says he deftly prepared for a 12 round fight, which is not a problem. but parker believes he has the tools to win. i can't walk -- way to walk in front of people and put in the best performance of my life. we love challenges, the challenge of defeating an undefeated fighter, the challenge of fighting away from our home, and the challenge of fighting other people. it‘ll be a great experience to embrace and make the most of. who knows what you‘ll be able to express it again? i am prepared for £12 —— 12 rounds, but he is going down. and if he doesn‘t go down, i will chase them until i get him out of your. that‘s all the spore for now, i will have more for you at sports day at 10:30pm. a hospital has temporarily cancelled all elective operations, including those for cancer and other urgent medical needs, after experiencing exceptional

numbers of patients needing admission. addenbrooke‘s in cambridge is temporarily diverting ambulances to other hospitals. it‘s also asking patients attending accident and emergency not to bring large numbers of people with them because there is a shortage of available seating. the prime minister has announced the government is to set out what she called a ‘multi—year funding settlement‘ for the national health service in england. addressing the liaison committee of senior mps, theresa may said she recognised the importance for the health service of escaping from needing ‘annual top ups.‘ we need to get away from the annual approach we see to the nhs budget, recognise that for the nhs to plan effectively, we need to get away from those annual top ups of the

budget that we have seen. and we need to have a sustainable alternative plan. and so building on the work of the five—year forward view, we need to look beyond it, and the planned that realises the nhs to recognise it —— efficiency gains. so this year and recognise it —— efficiency gains. so this yearand in recognise it —— efficiency gains. so this year and in advance of next year‘s pending review, i want to come up —— forward with an alternative plan. i want that to be donein alternative plan. i want that to be done in conjunction with leaders of the nhs with clinicians and health experts, and the government will provide a multiyear funding settlement. in support of the plan, consistent with our fiscal alert rules and balanced approach, but ensure that the nhs can cope with the rising demand ahead of the spending review. labour‘s shadow health secretary, jon ashworth, has welcomed the investment plan, but says extra funding is still needed. the tories have staffed the nhs

funds for years. if they bring forward more investment, that is good, but we want an extra £5 billion of investment in the nhs, and an end to the privatisation agenda. the nhs england chief executive, simon stevens has called the announcement of a funded long term plan ‘very welcome, timely and significant‘. the facebook founder, mark zuckerberg, has refused to appear before mps to answer questions about how personal data belonging to millions of facebook users was gathered. one of his deputies will attend instead. meanwhile a whistle—blower from cambridge analytica, the company at the centre of the controversy has been giving evidence. our technology correspondent rory cellanjones reports. he‘s the founder of the social media giant facing its biggest crisis but facebook‘s mark zuckerberg doesn‘t want to talk about it to mps. he‘s turned down an invitation to answer questions about data privacy and offered to send one

of his senior executives instead. that didn‘t get a good response. i think it is absolutely astonishing that mark zuckerberg is not prepared to submit himself to questioning in front of a parliamentary hearing, given that these are questions of fundamental importance and concern to facebook users. this man was happy to speak to mps, christopher wiley, the whistle—blower who alleged that cambridge analytica used facebook data in its work to elect donald trump. but much of his evidence centred on the eu referendum campaign and the way data companies may have been involved. these are the complex links described by christopher wiley. he says cambridge analytica was closely tied to a canadian firm, aggregate iq, which had access to the facebook data held by cambridge analytica. we know that this firm worked for both the official vote leave campaign and got a substantial sum from beleave, a group set up by a young fashion student.

christopher wiley says the two groups coordinated their spending and that was illegal. mr wylie said even as a eurosceptic this felt wrong to him. you cannot call yourself a leaver, you cannot call yourself somebody who believes in british law and win by breaking british law. is that your belief as well, that the law was broken? absolutely. cambridge analytica says mr wylie left the firm in 2014. aggregate iq denies it‘s linked to the company. vote leave says that it won the referendum campaign fairly and ethically. one report says mark zuckerberg will testify before the us congress. he may be more comfortable in washington than westminster. rory cellan—jones, bbc news. the israeli prime minister, bejamin neta nyahu, has been taken to hospital, suffering from a high fever and a cough. his doctor is quoted as saying that mr netanyahu had not been able

to rest after an illness two weeks ago and as a result his symptoms had worsened. the state of arizona has banned uber from resuming tests on self driving cars following the death of a pedestrian last week. elaine herzberg died after being hit by a self driving car as she crossed the road outside a designated crossing area. uber has already had to halt tests in san francisco because it failed to obtain a required permit. the insolvency service is to take action against dominic chappell and three other ex—directors of bhs. it said it intends to ban the former executives from serving as a company director for up to 15 years, following its investigation into the retailer‘s collapse. former bhs owner sir philip green is not set to be subject to similar disqualification proceedings. british employers are concerned about their ability to recruit

workers from the eu after brexit according to new research by government advisers. the migration advisory committee heard from more than 400 business and organisations. they found that many businesses see european migrants as more motivated, flexible and willing to work longer hours than their british counterparts. our home editor, mark easton, reports from the west midlands. as british and stylish as james bond himself, the aston martin is one of the west midland‘s most iconic creations. only around 5% of workers here come from the european union, but the prospect of losing access to skilled engineers from outside the uk after brexit leaves the boss shaken, if not stirred. aston martin is a global company, we‘d need access to the best global talents. why can‘t we get british workers to do the jobs that you‘re employing foreigners for? i‘m sure we can. these are high skilled jobs, and we need to invest in the training.

and we are doing that now, we recruit more and more apprentices every year, but it takes ten years to create an engineer. today‘s migration report identifies widespread concern among employers that a post—brexit policy designed to reduce net migrations to the tens of thousands will damage growth and threatenjobs. today, the west midlands‘s mayor was in westminster, pressing the case for a policy to protect his region‘s economy. what i often hear is how there is already a skill shortage in engineering, the advanced manufacturing sector, and it is good we will be responsible for our own migration policy, but we will need to make sure that the people in really important roles are able to come in in the future. the government‘s migration advisers say their concern is not a short—term profit to uk business, but the long—term welfare of british people. and that might mean more training and better pay for home—grown workers in sectors where businesses exploit a ready and willing pool of foreign labour.

it‘s the faulty argument. birmingham‘s famous take on indian cuisine employs large numbers of migrant chefs. but why not train the local people instead ? it is a people that this leave activist believes should be asked about eu workers too. there are many opportunities that have arisen from brexit. if you have chefs who are trained in the these restaurants, for example, they have a certain skill set. what we need to do is have a system where that skill set is then transferred over to our younger people, because they are the future of our region and our generations. the west midlands‘s engine powers a quarter of all uk exports. but tuning the economy for a low migration post—brexitjourney will be challenging, with or without a james bond ejector seat. mark easton, bbc news, the west midlands. louise lear has the weather.

we got there in the end today after a grey and wet start, the story improved. in london after a miscible morning, we saw some sunny spells to close out the day. it does look as though we go through the night, continuing to see the cloud and rain sitting in the fog as far north of the country. temperatures here... the next batch of wet weather looks set to arrive. overnight lows are pretty on the chilly side, two or three degrees across the north, holding up around five — seven in the west. southwest england wales and into the midlands, with any elevation, we might see some wet snow, but it will be rain as it pushes its way into the midlands, east anglia. we see a sunny day of scattered showers across north and

west. further north we are looking at high values of around nine. this is bbc news, our latest headlines. an apology from the fire service after it‘s revealed it took two hours for firefighters to reach victims of last year‘s manchester arena bombing. firstly the fire service was simply out of the loop. they beat the misjudgement at the beaming and therefore work two hours late in getting to the fire —— they made a misjudgement. theresa may tells mps that more than two dozen of britain‘s allies have now expelled russian diplomats over the poisoning of the former double agent sergei skripal. centre fire join thousands in protest over the deaths of more than 60 people, accusing officials there of corruption.

australia is sending three cricketers home from south africa over ball—tampering, including team captain steve smith. officials say the players will face ‘significant sanctions‘. and coming up shortly, why we‘re moving home less often. the changing housing market has halved the number of times the average householder ups sticks. returning now to our top story. fire chiefs have apologised for their response to the manchester arena terror attack after poor communication led to a delay of nearly two hours in firefighters being deployed. it‘s one of the findings of a report carried out by lord kerslake on the way the emergency services reacted to the suicide bombing, which killed 22 people. a research consultant on the report review panel also identified a difference in culture between the emergency services, which he felt contributed to some

of the difficulties on the night. what was brought out for me was the culture of the different emergency services are very culture of the different emergency services are very different, it doesn‘t make any of the model but this is an extraordinary event. the plans failed. in a funny sort of way, might you say, have the normal processes followed of an incident going to the scene, we would have had a very different story to tell here. it is worth saying, i have made particular mention of this, the firefighters nearer the scene could see something is happening and actually wanted to go forward but we re actually wanted to go forward but were prevented from doing so. the fire service could not self deploy, that was not part of what they could

do. for more on this i‘m joined by chris phillips, who is the former head of the national counter terrorism security office. thank you for talking to us. it seems from what we have heard today that part of the problems, the reasons why the firefighters took so long to go was simply because they we re long to go was simply because they were following an agreed procedure. that‘s pretty worrying, isn‘t it? is the big issue here, carol, is terrorism is different from fires. as an example, terrorism... a terrorist attack can take many forms so it could be people with firearms, it could be multiple people with exploding devices, it could be suitcases being left. there are so many different variables when you are talking about terrorism that one plant rarely will suit any of the other scenarios so it‘s important that people are flexible, that the

teams are flexible, and i think that the criticism here is that the emergency services, which is a tried and tested think, for them to get together at a management level, get a security control point effectively, and then make sure they are all working off the same song sheet because these attacks can be very different. of course there will inevitably be confusion, some chaos when a big attack like this happens, but people would expect the emergency services to be on the scene and furthermore to have the right information because it seems that if the firefighters had known what the police had known, they could have got in there sooner. and i think that‘s the key point. the fa ct i think that‘s the key point. the fact there was a breakdown in communication between the emergency services, which is the last thing you need in a scenario like this, but we also have to bear in mind the kind of expect police, ambulance and

fire brigade to go into the scenarios but if you are dealing with someone with firearms or someone with an exploding belt or a bomb in some form, you can‘t expect the police, fire brigade or ambulance to send people into get killed. you have to go in with the right tools. you would expect the police officers to go in with firearms to deal with that situation so you can understand the difficulties they have, but of course that doesn‘t help. hindsight is always a great thing. you can look back at these events and say they should have done this, it‘s about learning lessons for the next time. i think the communities need to bear in mind that actually they are going to get a slightly different service than they would in other incidents. do you think that

in fact the guidelines that were there which meant the fire service considered it was too dangerous to send their people in, is that those guidelines were correct?|j send their people in, is that those guidelines were correct? i don't think they were wrong, this is the key point. the issue is they knew this was one person with a bomb, then that‘s when the situation changes. of course if it had been three people with bombs, and if you look at the attack in the paris stadium there were two people with bombs, and in the attacks in paris there were multiple people with guns. there‘s no point sending fire officers into a situation like that where they will just officers into a situation like that where they willjust get killed. the whole point of our emergency services to bring order to chaos. the police tried to do that but part of this really is working out exactly what‘s happening so that you can send the right response. if you all go piling into a scene where people have got bombs, you‘re just going to increase the number of

casualties. clearly all of involved and involved in this report are stressing the need to learn lessons from what has happened. do you think there will be a different approach, some different guidelines as a result of what happened in manchester? to be quite frank, we we re manchester? to be quite frank, we were talking ten years ago about the need to have lots of different plans. i still do this now, this is what i do to businesses. you cannot just have one set of plans. for example all businesses, or people of one set of plans to deal with a fire but someone with a gun, you need a different outcome. you need people to do different things and it‘s the same with the fire brigade, the police. you have to at some stage make a decision. are you going to go in or stay back? send people into danger or keep them out in case there‘s more bombs. the big issue is

firstly that they didn‘t work together as a unit and join together, that is the biggest missing link here, but also i think that you do have to have plans for different scenarios and u nfortu nately we have different scenarios and unfortunately we have been saying that for a while. they should really have got on top of that. the other problem that has been highlighted here is that relatives of victims or those who were caught up in this, faced extraordinary difficulties in trying to find out what had happened to their loved ones and this seems to their loved ones and this seems to have been exacerbated by the fact that for some reason even the emergency phone line didn‘t work. that is pretty unforgivable, isn‘t it? it is incredible but communications are always difficult in crisis situations. there‘s not an excuse for it. actually we have got the kit if you like to do this. that is really difficult to accept. i

think we do have to understand that with terrorism, with major crises, then chaos does consume and it is then chaos does consume and it is thejob of the then chaos does consume and it is the job of the police, the fire brigade and the ambulance to bring order to that and part of that, in fa ct a order to that and part of that, in fact a huge part of that is communications. it‘s not only government communications if you like, it is also into business communications, talking to staff, finding out if people are safe and there is much more we can do on this. there‘s lots of options for companies and i know the government, police and fire brigade are working on this but they need to get their act together because these attacks will probably start again very soon. indeed, and what would you say is the one most important change that should happen asa important change that should happen as a result of the failings we have been discussing? one is getting the communications right but the other is making sure the senior management teamsjoining

is making sure the senior management teams joining up their control rooms. there is nothing new about this, they know about this. this is what they plan and practice to do. something went wrong here and they need to make sure it doesn‘t happen again. don‘t forget this was in manchester, the next attack could be in another of our cities, as we saw in france last week, in a provincial town far away from the big cities. ok, town far away from the big cities. 0k, chris phillips, thank you very much indeed for talking to us. nato has announced the expulsion of seven russian diplomats in response to the poisoning of a former double agent in salisbury; more than two dozen countries have now taken action. theresa may addressed the liaison committee of senior mps this afternoon, and discussed the international response. just to update on the number of countries who have now expelled, because the number was going up last night, it is now further seven countries so we are up to 25

countries so we are up to 25 countries that have conducted expulsions and early the nato conducted a further action and i welcome the international support we have garnered. as i said in the house yesterday, this isn‘tjust a matter of the uk‘s position, i think it is in the national security interests of the individual countries concerned. that was theresa may earlier this evening. announcing the expulsion of seven russian diplomats, nato‘s secretary—general said the move would send a message to russia that there are "costs and consequences" for its behaviour. i have today withdrawn the accreditation of seven staff at the russian mission to nato. i will also deny the pending accreditation request for three others. and the

north atlantic council has reduced the maximum size of the russian mission to nato by ten people in line with my decision. this will bring the maximum size down to 20. this sends a clear message to russia that there are costs and consequences for its unacceptable and dangerous pattern of behaviour. earlier the former us ambassador to nato, ivo daalder, gave his reaction to the expulsion of russian diplomats. what we have been seeing in the last four or five years is a massive increase of russian intelligence operatives or throughout the united states and europe in nato at the european union and the expelling of these officers now is starting to reduce the intelligence presence there. we need ambassadors talking to each other and lower—level people

to each other and lower—level people to work together. what we don‘t need isa to work together. what we don‘t need is a lot of spying going on, and when we have seen the kind of activities we have seen in the past few weeks in britain in the past few yea rs by few weeks in britain in the past few years by russia, taking action that says no longer spying at nato territory, no longer spying in our ally capitals, it is time that you start behaving as a normal power showed. meanwhile three weeks meanwhile, three weeks after the nerve agent attack in salisbury, sergei skripal and his daughter yulia remain in a critical condition. back home in russia, one of their closest living relatives, sergei‘s niece viktoria skripal has spoken exclusively to olga ivshina from the bbc russian service about the investigation and how the family is coping. it used to be that british homeowners would move house 3 to 4 or even 5 times during their lifetime. but that has all changed according to new research as more and more people stay put. the findings show that across the uk people are now moving half as often as they used to.

simon gompertz has the details. you could try to move house or you could do this. nearly doubled the size of the house and we‘ve gone up, out, in all directions possible. eddie, in south manchester, is expanding rather than buying something bigger saving, he reckons, £200,000. it costs so much money and there‘s nowhere to buy. in your lifetime, how many times do you think you‘ll move? i‘ve moved twice. probably maybe one more, to a care home, and that‘s it. some are still moving around here, but removal firms are having to fight for a share of the remaining work. it really affects us as a business because less people for us to go and move. we‘ve combated that by going into other industries. we‘ve started moving a lot more businesses, rather than domestic moves. we got the housing experts savills to calculate how much less packing up and moving is happening. if you go back before the credit crunch, so more than a decade ago, typically people moved around one, two, three, four times in their lifetimes after they‘d

bought their first property, but that‘s all changed. nowadays, it‘s more like just two times that they move. so even if they can afford to sell and buy, they‘re moving half as much. i don‘t know how so many estate agents have survived. this local agent says economic uncertainty and brexit are making families ultra cautious. people are reluctant to put their house on the market until they can see what they want to buy. in particular we‘re finding that with the older generation, who perhaps have a house too big for them, they want to downsize, they want to buy a bungalow and they just aren‘t available for them any more. you're going to have a room each, aren't we? there‘s obviously another option, and that‘s to rent. but many property owners feel unable to move, having to add what space they can. simon gompertz, bbc news, manchester. the headlines on bbc news:

an apology from the fire service after it‘s revealed it took two hours for firefighters to reach victims of last year‘s manchester arena terror attack. theresa may tells mps that more than two dozen of britain‘s allies have now expelled russian diplomats over the poisoning of a former spy in the uk. australia sends three of its cricketers home from south africa over ball—tampering, including captain steve smith. officials say the players will face ‘significant sanctions‘. in a moment...celebrating the oldest air force in the world. preparations to mark 100 years since the founding of the raf. the final shots of the falklands war rang out more than 35 years ago. since then, the remains of more than 100 argentine soldiers who weren‘t identified, have been marked with plaques

that read simply, ‘known only to god‘. but two years ago the argentine and british governments agreed to try to identify the remains. they succeeded for most of them, and on monday family members and loved ones were finally able to pay their respects. it was a very emotional day. it was a very emotional daylj looked for this moment for so long. since the falklands war ended, 121 argentinian soldiers have remained unidentified. now after dna testing, 90 bodies have been named. this is

the first time argentinian families have been able to visit the graves of their loved ones. translation: it was basically on certainty because at first they told us that he had disappeared and then some people told us he was in different places. on the one hand i‘m very happy and on the other i am sad but at least i know where he is now, at least we found him. it is the fifth time that i have come here to the island but this time it is absolutely different. i knew where he was fallen but now i know where he was fallen but now i know where he is laying. it was a very difficult process for sure but i definitely feel peace today. dna tests were possible because of a former british captain. at the end of the war, geoffrey cardoso carefully buried under mapped their

bodies. it's given the enormous pleasure but a tinge of sadness as well. these families have waited for 35 years with enormous patience and courage. they will never forget what happened. if you lose a child. but it will help them now to manage their grief. the royal air force, it‘s the oldest and longest serving air force in the world. and this sunday it will be celebrating 100 years since its formation. it was created towards the end of world war one, the first conflict in which aviation played a major role. since then the raf has been involved in countless operations and is currently serving in 31 countries. robert hall looks at the royal air force then and now. there was nothing but you and your guns.

you were alone, you know, and you fought alone and died alone. we flew like goldfish in a bowl, in all directions, swimming around the sky. sometimes standing on our tails, sometimes with our heads right down. the raf motto is "through adversity to the stars" — and the early flyers needed just that determination. most of them joined the raf‘s predecessor, the royal flying corps, inspired by the exploits of the first aviation pioneers and championed by this man, major hugh trenchard, known as the father of the royal air force. the royal flying corps was in action from the start of the first world war, inspiring others to seek this new adventure. facing the enemy was initially a gentlemanly affair, as pilots took aim with pistols or rifles, but soon the germans worked out how to add machine guns to the fight. here we have the interrupter gearfrom 1915. when it‘s engaged, as we‘ll see here, no bullets will be released from the gun at the moment, when the wooden propeller is in front of the gun. the war in the air became brutal and chaotic.

the average life expectancy of a pilot was 18—hours. but as the war ground on, technology and experience helped the allied flyers gain the upper hand. the case was made for the world‘s first independent air force. at the start of the first world war, the royal flying corps and the royal naval air service were onlyjust over 2,000 strong. by the end of the war, the new royal air force had over 300,000 personnel. there could be no going back. today‘s raf has reduced in size to around 31,000 trained regular personnel. its commander—in—chief says it is still a credible air force, but the challenges ahead will need more resources. the world is changing, it‘s adaptling very quickly. people have noticed where we‘re strong. they‘ve noticed, through recent conflicts, our strength in the air and they‘re working to deny us that strength in the future. so in order to continue being a credible airforce, i need to expand my capabilities, i need to thicken them up and provide more resilience,

and i need to stay at the front end of technology. as with its first 100 years, innovation and technology will be vital as the raf heads into its second century. robert hall, bbc news. an owl that‘s been trained to act as a ringbearer at weddings has caused a bit of a flap at a ceremony in cheshire. the bird delighted the congregation as it swooped over them to deliver the ring at the marriage ofjeni arrowsmith and mark wood. but then it defied wedding planners by attacking the best man, as sian lloyd reports. there were gasps of delight from the congregation as an owl, hired to bring an extra special moment to this wedding ceremony, swooped across the room. but as the congregation of family and friends

looked on, an unplanned drama was about to ensue. the barn owl landed on the outstretched arm of the best man to deliver the rings as intended. but as he seemed to struggle to unclip the pouch, the owl looked for somewhere else to land. seconds later, it saw the outstretched arm of the groom‘s second best man, connorjones, who was sitting in the front row. chairs went flying and he collapsed at the floor in surprise. people fell about laughing, including the bride and groom, jeni and mark wood, who both saw the funny side. i was chuckling that much, my stomach was hurting. the registrar tried to keep a straight face and calm everybody down to finish the vows, but everybody was just hysterical. as the guests retained their composure, the culprit found a perch and took stock.

no harm was done, and the couple say they have memories of their day they will never forget. sian lloyd, bbc news. that is on marriage clearly off to a flying start. louise lear has the weather. today was a tale of two halves, but the cloud and rain started to move steadily eastwards and we saw some men prove meant. that said, some of the rain was heavy and persistent for a time. here it will sit throughout the night. it did bring an improvement as you can see in the london area, we had sunshine to close out the afternoon. drizzly rain and dismaland

close out the afternoon. drizzly rain and dismal and to the day but it looks like the cloud and rain will continue through the night. behind this, skies were clear and it will turn chilly in the far north of the country, at the same time further south and west cloud and rain cover is another area of low pressure looks set to move in as we head towards wednesday. difference with the feel of then, chilly at 2 degrees in scotland and northern england. we will have a pulse of cloud and rain starting to push in from the south—west, this area of low pressure. as it continues bumping into the cold air, there‘s a level of uncertainty as to whether we will see wet snow. we are not too concerned about it, the cold air sits to the north but it looks like there could be sleet and snow with any elevation across the high ground of wales and maybe through the chilterns as well, but it will push steadily eastwards. further north is more straightforward, a case of sunny spells and scattered showers across the north and west, and

temperatures will struggle the torch. the cloud and rain will linger across the northern isles and the winds will remain blustery throughout the day but in terms of the feel of things, 7 degrees likely across the northern half of the country. nine further south. as we move into thursday, it looks like it‘s almost a repeat performance with another frontal system, low pressure sitting across the south—west bringing more outbreaks of rain at times across england and wales. further north the best of the drier and brighter weather. it may stay sunny before that rain arrives, but what is expected as we move towards the easter weekend? it will start school with rain at times, but don‘t write it off — in between there will be sunny spells as well. hello, i‘m karin giannone, this is outside source. moscow under pressure, as natojoins more than 20 countries expelling diplomats in response to the nerve agent attack in britain.

our actions reflect serious security concerns expressed by our allies, and are part of the coordinated national effort to respond to russia‘s behaviour. a former employee of data firm cambridge analytica says the company deliberately undermined democracies around the world, and may have proved decisive in the brexit referendum. a farewell over 35 years in the making, the families of argentine soldiers, killed during the falklands war, finally get to say goodbye. and we have the story of the mystery train that rolled into beijing,