this is bbc news, and these are the top stories developing at 11am. yulia skripal — the daughter of the poisoned former russian spy sergei skripal — is discharged from hospital. i also want to take this opportunity to wish yulia well. this is not the end of her treatment but marks a significant milestone. president trump promises a forceful response to a suspected chemical attack in syria — other nations are weighing their options. over four million households will see their fuel bills increase, as british gas raises its prices for some customers. also coming up — 20 years since the good friday agreement was signed. the deal was a milestone in the northern ireland peace process — after a conflict which killed more than 3,500 people. i'm live in belfast as the main players in the good friday agreement gathered to mark its 20th anniversary. and shooting stars at the commonwealth games — england, wales and scotland take gold, silver and bronze in the queen's prize. good morning.

it's tuesday the 10th of april. welcome to bbc newsroom live. yulia skripal — the daughter of the poisoned former russian spy sergei skripal — has been discharged from hospital. ms skripal and her father were poisoned by a nerve agent in march and sergei skripal remains under the care of doctors at the hospital. it's understood yulia skripal left hospital yesterday and has been taken to a safe location. a short while ago salisbury hospital released a statement about the condition of both yulia and sergei skripal. both patients have responded exceptionally well to the treatment we have been providing. but equally both patients are at different stages in their recovery. we have now discharged yulia from salisbury district hospital.

yulia has asked for privacy from the media and i want to reiterate her request. i also want to take this opportunity to wish yulia well. this is not the end of her treatment but marks a significant milestone. her father has also made good progress. on friday i announced that he was no longer in a critical condition. although he is recovering more slowly than yulia, we hope that he too will be able to leave hospital in due course. our home affairs correspondent duncan kennedy is in salisbury. making it very clear that yulia skripal is to be left alone. very much so. the second time the hospital have said that into state m e nts hospital have said that into statements today and one a few days ago, that she does very much want to be left alone. where she has gone we

simply do not know, the bbc understand she has been taken to a secure location. what we mean is that we do not know. literally her security we imagine because she has come bittencourt up in what amounts to assassination attempt. but also secured to continue her recuperation. as you heard she has ongoing medical needs and they will need to be attended to. similarly for her father who is still in hospital, he is expected to be released at some point. he too will have ongoing medical needs. we know the russians want to speak to yulia and sergei skripal, particularly yulia because shirts is a russian citizen. she could now go back to russia, there is also speculation she could end up getting a new identity in the united states although the state department has said that is just speculation at this moment. all kinds of questions for her know she has been released. she will almost probably have been

spoken to by investigators investigating this nerve agent attacks because we know she has been able to speak for a few days. there may be more debriefing on that, some other information that comes to light, she might start to recall more once she has been released from hospital. but certainly five weeks and one day ago there was no chance anybody was saying that these people would even pull through this attack, or all kinds of reports that this would be a deadly attack, but now here we are and yulia skripal has been released from hospital and is doing well and her father is expected to follow in due course. thank you. our security correspondent frank gardner is here. duncan mentioned that russia wants access to yulia skripal, how likely is it that the british authorities will give that? i think extremely unlikely. we the public and the media are not being told where she is going to be held so the immediate

short—term she will have been taken to anyone of several government owned and controlled secure locations. it could be in a block of flats, it could be a country house with a garden. who knows. but in the short—term she will be kept well out of the public eye. actually, it is almost irrelevant saying don't bother her because nobody will be able to get access to her. longer term, there is the issue of where does she go back to. she is a russian citizen, the russians say they want consular access to her. at they want consular access to her. at the moment there is no indication that she wants to talk to or be interviewed by her own government or the russian embassy. but if she does they will have to allow it. will she wa nt to they will have to allow it. will she want to go back to russia? we had a curious incident a few days ago of the phone call by her cousin victoria where they seems to have a relatively normal conversation and victoria said she would like to

bring her back to russia. i think it is unlikely that yulia skripal will wa nt to is unlikely that yulia skripal will want to leave her father. she won't wa nt to want to leave her father. she won't want to leave her father. she won't want to leave him behind. the early prognosis was that he probably wouldn't pull through, that this nerve agent was so wouldn't pull through, that this nerve agent was so toxic that it would cause multiple organ failure and there was a very real risk of that in nearly stages. she had a lesser dose so it was always hoped that she might pull through. as duncan says, the majority of the debriefing has already been done with her. there is not much more at this stage she can tell the investigators. how would you characterise the diplomatic situation between written and russia in the light of this? there has been a lot of toing and froing with bits of information from both sides and the tone is very different from both. it is absolutely toxic. there is no other word for it. forgive the

pun. there is no common ground at all. the two have completely different narratives. as far as russia are concerned they did not do it. according to whitehall, russia has come up with 26 different narratives ranging from series it was the mother—in—law that did it, that it was to distract from brexit, that it was to distract from brexit, that the swedes did it, that the czechs did it, that britain did it to itself. britain says this is nonsense. they say they have enough intelligence that they have shown to nato and other allied partners to convince them to carry out those expulsions. russia says this is all pa rt expulsions. russia says this is all part of a campaign to vilify russia. so we the public and the media we are not seeing what this intelligence is, there have been a number of stories that have come out, one which i am told is complete nonsense about an intercept that was in the papers a few days ago. no one in whitehall that i am speaking to

is standing that story up at all. so thatis is standing that story up at all. so that is odd as to where it has come from if it is being denied by whitehall, assuming they are telling the truth about that. thank you. the former us president bill clinton is among the international figures travelling to belfast today for events to mark the twentieth anniversary of the good friday peace agreement. the deal was the most significant breakthrough in the northern ireland peace process — after a conflict which killed more than three and a half thousand people. let's cross now to tara mills who is in belfast. two decades ago today something quite extraordinary happened here in northern ireland. sworn enemies came together to largely support a peace deal which brought to end 30 years of violence. effectively it was a series of compromises and a plan for devolved government. 0ur ireland correspondence reports. for three decades in the late 20th century violence was the normality

in this part of the united kingdom, but 20 years ago today politicians struck a once unthinkable peace deal. the two governments and the political parties of northern ireland have reached an agreement. it didn't completely stop the bloodshed, but that agreement was a huge step towards ending the conflict. police have been used to being under fire. this former officer has written a book about his colleagues' stories. he remembers how the troubles somehow became routine. well, i was shot at five times during the course of working, and actually attended my own murder. my car was just out from the car that the victim was driving. the whole idea behind the agreement was that you don't want a police force ever having to go through that again. one of the most controversial aspects of the deal was that loyalist and republican paramilitary members were released early from jail.

many victims of violence were angered by pictures like these. but former prisoners say their support for the deal was important. there are many perspectives on the conflict and its legitimacy, or illegitimacy. from my perspective, and from my community's perspective, it was a good thing to do, the release of the prisoners. when we have a look at what the contribution is which we made, we've not only supported the good friday agreement, we proactively promote the good friday agreement. that agreement was put to a public vote. this was perhaps the moment of the campaign. the u2 singer bono brought the leaders of unionism and nationalism, david trimble and john hume, onto the stage at a special concert. it was kind of electric. it was something that nobody had ever seen before. michael was at that gig, but matsuyama is concerned

about northern ireland and the collapse of its power—sharing government last year. —— but now he is concerned. we live in a post—traumatic stress society, and we all suffer from that. and nothing's been done to recognise that. you know, if northern ireland's population was a person, it needs treatment. but it seems like everybody‘s just arguing about what we should do. for these students at queen's university, belfast, the agreement is history rather than a memory, but they are contemplating how it will affect their futures. are there are flaws in the good friday agreement? yes, but considering all that went on in the troubles i think it is the best we could have done. i think the best achievement would be to just take all the politicians out and put new ones in, because again people are just putting a long hard lines and i don't think it's really going to get better until people start moving towards the centre ground. the northern ireland in which the students of today have grown up is incredibly different to the place of the 1970s, 80s and 90s. the 20th anniversary of the good friday agreement is reminding people here that the piece is precious, but also that deep divisions remain.

chris page, bbc news, belfast. today's event here at the university isa today's event here at the university is a who's who of the key players and involved in the good friday agreement. bill clinton, tony blair and others will gather with members of the local parties here in northern ireland and one man who was a key observer of the agreement was the form ireland correspondence. what are your reflections that my 20 yea rs what are your reflections that my 20 years ago? i knew at the time that i was reporting history. there had been some quite significant advances during the years long process that led up to the agreement but i would not call it historic until they made the overall agreement. but i remember standing in the car park after they had made the agreement and thinking this is the biggest story i will ever cover, and it is the biggest i ever covered. it was

historic and it is a strike to this day. and of course you have covered many years of the bloodshed as well, so was many years of the bloodshed as well, so was there a many years of the bloodshed as well, so was there a sense many years of the bloodshed as well, so was there a sense of this is it, this will end the violence, or was ita this will end the violence, or was it a few years after that before that sense became tangible?” it a few years after that before that sense became tangible? i felt it at the time which was a slightly false hope. but about 150 people conflict related deaths since the agreement, but had the agreement not been made something like 2000 more people would now be dead, men, women and children and theirfamilies would now be suffering the pain the others did through the previous 30 yea rs. others did through the previous 30 years. so that is a huge legacy by itself. it would be impossible i think for one political agreement to com pletely think for one political agreement to completely end violence after centuries, don't forget that there had been one serious outbreak of conflict in ireland at least once a century since the 1500. maybe even before that. so it was a landmark

day that with any luck to the government out of irish politics for ever. obviously there are difficulties at the moment but what you think it was about the atmosphere then that allowed the politicians on all sides to rise to the challenge? they said the difference then was they weren't just hearing and seeing the other quysv just hearing and seeing the other guys' point of view, they were going out of their way to protect it. it was meant to be, we are going to in as far as we can look out for you. the atmosphere you have now with the smaller parties who used to be in the executive, the cabinet if you like, of the assembly, it means you just have those two huge parties. the problem is they are trying to outdo the other. they are trying to win. and it is whenever they get past that, when they resolve this last outstanding issue and get past that i think you get back to devolution. do you think that can

happen or is the atmosphere just so strained now that you cannot imagine the two sides coming together? the atmosphere is awful but it is not as bad as it was before good friday. there were several attempts by paramilitaries with acts of violence to stop those talks. in that atmosphere people like trimble and mallon were saying this is not going to stop us talking which ten years before it might have. they were saying it just makes before it might have. they were saying itjust makes us more determined. the atmosphere, bad as thatis determined. the atmosphere, bad as that is is not as bad as it was. the real difficulty is brexit, albeit off while that is still unsettled. i think once brexit has happened and is starting to bed in then you will see the politicians getting back together again. the only real way to run northern ireland is power—sharing devolution. run northern ireland is power-sharing devolution. thank you very much. certainly there is a sense in northern ireland today of commemoration rather than celebration. the us and russia have traded

accusations over syria at an emergency meeting of the united nations security council. president trump says the us is planning to respond "forcefully" within 2a hours to the suspected chemical attack in the syrian city of douma. russia blocked calls for a new inquiry into the use of chemical weapons in syria, warning that any action against its ally would have "grave repercussions". 0ur north america correspondent david willis reports. they are the images which are pressing western leaders to act, but the tangle of alliances in syria's escalating civil war makes avenging what is thought to be a chemical weapons attack a potentially precarious proposition. nonetheless, president trump is promising a swift response. we're going to make a decision tonight or very shortly thereafter, and you'll be hearing the decision. but we can't let atrocities like we all witnessed, and you can see that,

and it's horrible, we can't let that happen. but america's efforts to stop the violence might only serve to inflame it. as well as the regime of bashar al—assad, the us is pointing the finger at two of his staunchest allies, russia and iran. the russian regime, whose hands are all covered in the blood of syrian children, cannot be ashamed by pictures of its victims. we've tried that before. we must not overlook russia and iran's roles in enabling the assad regime's murderous destruction. prompting russia's ambassador to the un to warn of grave repercussions should the us take military action in syria. translation: the tone of the way this is being done has gone beyond the threshold of what is acceptable, even during the cold war. america went it alone last year, firing tomahawk missiles at a syrian air base in retaliation for the killing of dozens

of civilians in a sarin gas attack. this time, it would like britain or france to also be part of any military action. but the assad regime has strengthened its position since that attack, and it is widely thought to be stronger now than at any time since the seven—year civil war began — making the dilemma of how to respond this time around all the greater. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. the headlines on bbc newsroom live: yulia skripal — the daughter of the poisoned former russian spy sergei skripal — is discharged from hospital. president trump promises a forceful response to a suspected chemical attack in syria — other nations are weighing their options. 0ver four million households will see their fuel bills increase, as british gas raises its prices for some customers. in sport there have been lots more

medals for the home nations on day six of the commonwealth games on australia's gold coast. in the last half hour ben prout retained his commonwealth title in the 50 metres freestyle. tom daley won't defend his ten metre platform title, he has a hip problem but still hopes to can tend in the synchronised event. snyder champions league manchester city need to overturn liverpool's 3-0 city need to overturn liverpool's 3—0 advantage if they are to reach the semifinals. we will have a commonwealth games update for you in the next 15 minutes. british gas has announced that it's increasing energy bills for its dual fuel customers on its standard variable tariff by around 5% a year. around four million households will be affected. ben thompsonjoins me now. why are they doing it? a number of reasons and they are familiar reasons. they say they are being asked to pay more due to government

regulation and legislation that makes them responsible for things like installing smart meters, meeting emissions targets, and therefore they say the cost of that will have to be borne by us as consumers. as you touched on 4.1 million people affected by this, but we should be clear it only affects people on the standard variable ta riffs people on the standard variable tariffs so maybe you have come off a fixed deal, and that has run out, you are on error. it will only affect those people. but it is a significant increase, up by 5.5%. it will add about £60 a year to an average bill. this is applicable to both gas and electricity. and also critics are very keen to point out that this follows a 12.5% increase that this follows a 12.5% increase that we got for electricity at british gas in september of last year. so to substantial increases in around six months. they say they are being asked to pay more and more as far as education is concerned, they have to pass it on to us as customers. how likely is it that other companies will follow suit?

pretty lightly, because they asked all subject to the same cost increases. they also said it will be related to the cost of generating electricity as well, that has also gone up for them. but all of the industry is susceptible to the same pressures , industry is susceptible to the same pressures, prices going up. there has been a lot of criticism about how the industry ‘s recoups the energy costs and whether it should be part of the bill, whether paying for smart meters should go on the bill or whether it should come out of general taxation. the energy firms themselves say it would be much more transparent if this was pa rt much more transparent if this was part of general taxation so they could try to keep bills lower, i don't think that will change any time soon but you are right, i don't ——ido time soon but you are right, i don't —— i do think other firms will be subject to the same pressures. but just to be clear at british gas are the first to increase its prices in this latest round. but it will take the average dualfoil this latest round. but it will take the average dual foil bill —— dual fuel bill up about £60 over the ear.

information from so—called "paedophile hunters" was used by police in england and wales to charge at least 150 suspects last year, a bbc investigation has found. evidence from vigilante groups has seen more than a seven—fold increase in two years — despite police saying the tactics used present "significa nt risks". phil bodmer reports. an angry confrontation between a group of paedophile hunters and neighbours of a 53—year—old man who it is claimed has been grooming an under—age girl. you've been speaking to one of our decoys. have you got a sexual interest in kids? nope. so why are you talking to a 13—year—old child? in this case, however, the middle—aged suspect has been exchanging explicit messages with a woman. she is a member of predator exposure, and a decoy using a fake account. the group based in yorkshire was set up in 2016 to bring paedophiles tojustice. so anything you say, we record all this. we pass it all over to the police. what you say to us, what we say to you. following a bbc freedom

of information request, 29 of the 43 police forces in england and wales told us, in 2015, they used evidence from so—called paedophile hunters to charge suspects on 20 occasions. by 2017, that number had risen to 150 — a more than sevenfold increase in just two years. all stay safe, and let's go catch ourself a baddie. predator exposure says it rejects accusations of vigilantism. this isn't entrapment. they‘ re entrapping themselves. we don't go and start talking to them, they come on and start talking to us, start sending us vile messages, start sending us rude pictures. police say so—called paedophile hunters are taking risks they don't necessarily understand, and could potentially disrupt a wider undercover investigation. but, with more evidence being used to bring perpetrators tojustice, it is unlikely they will give up their quest to expose more online predators anytime soon. police have named a man they want to speak to in connection

with a burglary in south london where another man was fatally stabbed. billyjeeves is wanted after two men broke into the home of 78—year—old richard 0sborn—brooks. suspected burglar, henry vincent was fatally stabbed during a struggle in mr brooks' kitchen. fbi agents have raided the office and home of president trump's personal lawyer. mr trump described the actions as "a disgrace". michael cohen is reported to be under investigation for finance violations relating to the 2016 presidential campaign. 0ur correspondent lebo diseko has more. a furious donald trump accused the fbi of breaking into the office of his attorney. the presidnet says this is a "total witch hunt". and it's a disgrace, it's frankly a real disgrace. it's an attack on our country, in a true sense, it's an attack on what we all stand for. so when i saw this and when i heard it — i heard it like you did — i said that is really now in a whole new level of unfairness.

when agents searched cohen's residence, hotel room and office, they were acting in part on a referral from special counsel robert mueller. he's the man investigating suspected russian meddling in the 2016 election. among the items seized, according to his lawyer, privileged communication between cohen and his clients, files relating to the porn star stormy daniels, and files relating to the $130,000 that cohen admits paying her. mr cohen's lawyer says the fbi's action was completely inappropriate and unnecessary, but necessary or not, a raid on the personal lawyer of the president of the united states is certainly significant. lebo diseko, bbc news. facebook boss, mark zuckerberg will testify before the us congress for the first time later on tuesday — he can expect some tough questions in the light of the company's huge data breach.

he's acknowledged that the company didn't do enough to stop misuse of its users' data, which was shared with cambridge analytica. dave lee reports. make no mistake, this is an event mark zuckerberg had really wanted to avoid adding to his calendar — a trip to washington to face tough questions about how he runs the most powerful social network in the world. it going to wear a suit and tie and clea n it going to wear a suit and tie and clean work—shy? is he going to behave like an adult? politicians had wanted to speak to mr zuckerberg before but until now, he has sent lawyers and other members of facebook‘s team to do the job. when it comes the 2016 election i wa nt when it comes the 2016 election i want to be clear, we take what happened on very seriously. in two days of hearings, he will answer questions about the cambridge analytica scandal and whether there are others who may have done the same thing. he will be asked about election

meddling, what the company is doing about it, and why it did not act sooner. it is notjust in the us that facebook is under scrutiny. the facebook apology road show will travel to the uk and europe, australia and canada. don't step forward, please. thank you. in washington, dc, mr zuckerberg will have one goal — to ride out the storm. a strong performance could see facebook‘s stock rise, reversing a loss in value since this scandal took hold. most observers say it will be the beginning of tighter regulation on facebook and other companies like it, that have made enormous businesses out of personal data. you can't protect our privacyjust on the basis of somebody telling you that they will protect it. so does that they will protect it. so does that mean law? yes. does that mean regulation? yes. the question is will that

regulation be enforced ? the rest of silicon valley is watching very closely. and we'll have special coverage of mark zuckerburg's appearance before the senate live from washington with katty kay from 7pm tonight here on bbc news. and now a look at the weather. we had a pretty wet start to the day. lots of heavy rain moving northwards. that rain is continuing to spread its way into scotland and northern ireland, but further south is drying out now. in london as you can see it is still quite cloudy but soon there will be brighter spells developing across the far south. meantime this rain spreads into scotland, it will become quite patchy there and awesome northern ireland. heavy showers totally across the south—west. as sunshine in the south—east, look at the

contrast of the green colours in the north—east of england. temperatures struggling there. it will stay rather damp and perhaps drizzly across those north sea coasts, misty and murky conditions. more rain spreading into east anglia and the midlands by the end of the night and that will continue during wednesday. a lot of cloud across the uk. some rain in those central and southern parts and again still pretty cool along the north sea coasts. this is bbc news — our latest headlines: yulia skripal, who was poisoned with a nerve agent in salisbury last month, has been discharged from hospital. president trump says america will respond "forcefully" within 24 hours to the suspected chemical attack in the syrian city of douma. and a bbc investigation has revealed police used information from so—called "paedophile hunters" in england and wales to charge at least 150 suspects last year. the former us president bill clinton is among the international figures meeting

in belfast for the 20th anniversary of the good friday peace agreement. we will be live in the city in the next few minutes. time now to get the latest on the commonwealth games from the gold coast. hello and welcome to day six of the commonwealth games here on the gold coast. we have all the lastest from the aquatics centre and we will look back at the events throughout the day but first let's cross to the carrara stadium. ben proud has lived up to his name. in the last few minutes, he successfully defended his 50 metre freestyle title. victory brought to

ben proud, his second one in the freestyle silver. he was disqualified in the 50 metre butterfly for a false start. elsewhere in the last few minutes, a brilliant silver in the main's 200 individual medley. duncan scott in that one. holly habit won silver. eleanor falk won her fourth bronze medal. wales had to settle for bronze in the women's 50 metres backstroke after winning gold in glasgow. plenty more action to come in the swimming. then the diving ta kes in the swimming. then the diving takes over tomorrow after the swimming finishes tonight. bad news. tom daley won't defend his 10 metre platform individual commonwealth title. he has a hip problem and says

he's "truly devastated" but he still hopes to compete with dan goodfellow in the sychronised event on friday. i have mentioned the swimming. what is coming up tomorrow? there is some rain in the air. that is not dampening the atmosphere where the athletics is taking place in the stadium. we can speak to al. not happening for the home nations yet. andy pozzi went into this with good form. world indoor champion and european champion. this looked to be his year, but sadly it wasn't his race. he went in with a fast time but he did not get off to a good start. he could not make up for that

93p- start. he could not make up for that gap. he was pretty disappointed but not making any excuses. he just has to move on to the next one. john lane in the decathlon needs to make up lane in the decathlon needs to make up some points on the leaders. he is still may be a bronze prospect. the headline billing later on will come in the women's1500. the favourite going into that and a couple of home nations favourites vying for bronze. before that will be the men's 400. you might remember controversially in the world championships, he was not allowed to race because the organisers but he had not a virus. he is in good form. plenty of entertainment if not quite enough medal prospects for home nations tonight. thank you. i can offer the

home team some encouragement when it comes to the medals table. when it comes to the medals table. when it comes to the shooting. the home teams do very well at the shooting at the commonwealth games. although in the next commonwealth games it will not feature. let's hear about the two shooting goals for england and wales. the beauty of the commonwealth games, some medals are won at full tilt, some are one standing dead still. the sharpest eye and the steadying hand belonged to welshman david phelps who celebrated turning 41 with the best president —— president of the lot. no wonder he punches the air. england's ken park. the gold coast isa england's ken park. the gold coast is a place to hit the open road. take in the sights. he had the clock

to beat and his brother charlie. he beat both to take silver. what a great run by harry tanjug.|j beat both to take silver. what a great run by harry tanjug. i took a lot of ice with me. i had good legs at the end of the day, pretty happy. hayley sermons paced her way onto the podium later. want to know how much a bronze means? when he is not ca rt much a bronze means? when he is not cart wheeling, she can be found french pressing weights. this is 160 kilos and wait its worth in bronze. louise sugden only took up the sport nine months ago. more medals in the boxing ring. a semifinal place is enough to reach the gold coast podium. northern ireland's michaela

walsh. plenty more to come in the rest of today. a full round—up at 6:30pm. now we go back to the studio. yulia skripal — who was poisoned with a nerve agent in salisbury last month — has been discharged from hospital. herfather, sergei — a former russian spy who was also targeted in the attack — is still receiving treatment, but his condition is improving. it's understood that ms skripal, was moved to a secure location yesterday. the deputy chief executive of salisbury district hospital, made this statement. we have now discharged yulia from salisbury district hospital. yulia has asked for privacy from the media and i want to reiterate her request. i also want to take this opportunity to wish yulia well. this is not the end of her treatment but marks a significant milestone. her father has also made good progress. on friday, i announced that he was no longer in a critical condition.

although he is recovering more slowly than yulia, we hope that he too will be able to leave hospital in due course. let's talk to alistair hay — professor of environmental toxicology at the university of leeds. thank you very much forjoining us this morning. let's look then at how likely it is you are to recover from a nerve agent like novichok. we know much less about novichok than other nerve agents. for people exposed to other nerve agents and being exposed to high concentrations of them, most of them have made a good recovery. the complications tend to be one surround psychological problems and some people having effects like post—traumatic stress disorder. some people having effects like post-traumatic stress disorder. but generally physical recovery is good.

how much of that is down to the speed by which the problem is identified? lots of it is done by identification of the agent as quickly as possible. the credit he goes to the paramedics who were on the scene. what you have do ensure is that there is continuing oxygenation of the brain and heart. the paramedics would have done that, they would have kept the airways clear, made sure the couple were breathing and made sure their circulation was working and then they made assessment of what the situation was. you mentioned that she will, yulia skripal will need ongoing treatment. what will she need? there will probably have been counselling. people who have nerve agent or have been exposed to nerve agents in the past frequently complain of psychological problems. clearly someone has tried to kill her in this instance. so there are

all sorts of issues to deal with. the physical ones, they will be physiotherapy and possibly the couple will be a week afterwards. because they have had such long bed rest. so there might be physiotherapy to ensure that that progress is maintained and walking and whatever. but it will be generally and more often and more likely be psychological counselling. we know from the hospital that sergei skripal is improving, he is still in hospital. what are the factors that determine your recovery? good treatment, clearly, is essential and maintaining all of the blood electrolytes and ensuring circulation and breathing is maintained. 0ne circulation and breathing is maintained. one of the problems with nerve agents is you have convulsions. so you want to try and ensure, you have to ensure that does not happen. and treatment to prevent thatis

not happen. and treatment to prevent that is crucial. they may have been maintained ina that is crucial. they may have been maintained in a sedative state for quite some time to ensure the activity that happens in the brain is kept low. you also have two just make sure that it is general recovery and intensive care is where you want someone to be. you may need assisted breathing and that is what you get and intensive care. thank you get and intensive care. thank you very much for talking with us today. you are welcome. more now on the the 20th anniversary of the good friday agreement, which is taking place in northern ireland. the former us president bill clinton is among the international figures travelling to belfast today for events to mark the occasion. the deal was the most significant breakthrough in the northern ireland peace process — after a conflict which killed more than 3,500 people. 0ur correspondent tara mills is in belfast. we canjoin we can join her we canjoin her now. we can join her now. as you say, 20

yea rs we can join her now. as you say, 20 years ago today something extraordinary happened here and northern ireland. sworn enemies came together to sign a peace deal to bring an end of 30 years of violence. it was a series of compromise deals and a plan for devolution. today's guestlist at queens university is a who's who of key players. with me now as professor richard english from queens university. you have brought all the key players here on one day. we wanted to mark the significant —— historic significance of the day. we wanted an opportunity to reflect on what had been achieved. to think about where we are now 20 years on, we felt this was a good opportunity for the university to provide an opportunity for the day. what are

your recollections of 20 years ago? my your recollections of 20 years ago? my sense was that even in the last run—up to 1998, there was a sense that it might not happen. while we look back and assume it was inevitable, it was an uncertain contingent at the time. one of the things i remember is you can make progress. you have politics were people's injuring differences ended peacefully rather than in violence and bloodshed. hopefully that will bring forward a different either for a new generation. is it you are disappointed that it is we are commemorating are not celebrating it rather in this current climate?m would be better if there was greater harmony and progress. i do not think we should take for granted the

enormous situation that was where we could have unionists and nationalists, involve peacefully in this agreement. the things we consider a crisis in 2018 would have been a crisis that people would have welcomed in 20 years ago. a lot of observers her saying, the good friday agreement has led to globalisation. it was less about... it would not have been the case. bertie ahern, tony blair, without these national and international players would have been difficult for what was a local compromise to be secured. there is a sense that there is disappointment we are no further forward, but we should not ta ke further forward, but we should not take for granted what has occurred and that northern ireland has become

and that northern ireland has become a more normal society. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. we will bring you a sense of all the key players and their messages throughout the day. a council in west london is set to vote on whether it will be the first in the country to create a buffer zone outside an abortion clinic to prevent patients being intimidated. ealing council has been looking at a range of options for the marie stopes clinic after local women set up a petition. staff at the centre say there have been complaints about anti—abortion protestors for three decades. the victoria derbyshire programme spoke earlier to katherine 0'brien from the british pregnancy advisory service — one the country's biggest abortion providers who are campaigning for vigils to be banned, and isabel vaughan—spruce who runs the anti—abortion campaign group that holds vigils outside clinics. for a number of years, fora number of years, we for a number of years, we have tried to work with local groups that organise the vigils and local police forces to try and move the protest directly away from clinic doors

where women were reporting feeling harassed, distressed and indeed clinic staff as well were reporting feeling very intimidated by these groups. so would it be all right with you to be moved back say 100 metres, 200 metres. you can still carry a protests peacefully or otherwise, but you are just not hanging around the door where women enter? i think it is important to make it clear we are not there to protest, we are there to offer help and alternatives. however you describe it, i am asking you about being further away. if we are further away, we cannot offer help to the individuals and couples. what difference would it make if for example ealing council decides tonight to vote for a buffer zone outside this clinic? it will make a huge difference to the women of ealing and those who need to access that clinic. we know the government

are looking at buffer zones around the country and that is what we need to see to ensure that all women and all clinic staff are protected. in a moment, a summary of the business news this hour, but first the headlines on bbc newsroom live. yulia skripal — the daughter of the poisoned former russian spy sergei skripal — is discharged from hospital. president trump promises a "forceful response" to a suspected chemical attack in syria — other nations are weighing their options. and dignitaries are gathering in belfast to mark 20 years since the good friday agreement — which helped bring an end to 30 years of sectarian conflict. i'm ben thimpson — in the business news...

british gas is to increase energy prices for those on standard tariffs by an average of 5.5% — that's around £60 a year. the rise, which applies to both gas and electricity, will see the average annual dual—fuel bill go up to £1,161. the beast from the east kept shoppers away from shops in march. uk retail sales rose by 1.4% last month, compared to the year before — although they remained volatile because of the cold weather. supermarket chain iceland is to stop using palm oil in own—brand products by the end of 2018. the chain — the first major uk supermarket to ban palm oil — said it was used in more than half of its products, from biscuits to soap. it says growing demand for the oil was devastating tropical rainforests across southeast asia. as you've been hearing, british gas is to increase the energy prices for those on standard tariffs by an average of 5.5% — or £60 a year. the rise, which applies to both gas and electricity, will see the average annual dual—fuel bill go up to £1,161. the company, the uk's largest energy supplier,

said that 4.1 million of its customers would be affected. the increase will take effect from 29 may and means british gas is the first of the major suppliers to raise prices this spring. joining us now is sarah coles, a personal finance analyst, at hargreaves lansdown. explain why this is happening. we have heard a lot of energy prices going up of late, why do they see the need to do it? they are talking about two things. first is the wholesale cost of energy which has been increasing. that makes about 34% of the cost of energy. when you get a cold snap, you get more demand and that pushes up the price of wholesale energy. gas and oil prices have been increasing steadily. they

have been increasing steadily. they have been increasing steadily. they have been blaming some of the government policies, smart meters and carbon emissions. the effect british gas because they produce, they distribute gas and electricity to about a third of uk customers. they say they want to push those costs into general taxation. what can we do in the meantime because there is that danger, you're not happy with what you are paying with one supplier, you move there and they are bills go up. once one supplier raises prices, other suppliers will follow. there are about 30 tanners affected at the moment. it is important to go online and find something better. british gas have been a legacy supplier so many people have never moved. if anyone knows someone who need some help shopping around, it is worth getting in touch with them. on that

issue of shopping around, there is that feeling we cannot be bothered to change suppliers. why are more people not doing it? it is partly because even though you can save £300, it is not money you feel in your pocket immediately. 0ne £300, it is not money you feel in your pocket immediately. one thing your pocket immediately. one thing you can change that, if you go through a website, some offer an additional cash back. you are not just saving cash immediately, you have an incentive. it only takes one hour and saving £300 is worth taking the time. it is good to talk to you. thank you for explaining that this morning. we have had a word from the government, they are disappointed by the announcement by british gas. the government, the ministerfor the announcement by british gas. the government, the minister for energy says customers are already paying more than they need to. a robust

criticism there from the government on those by .5% price rises from british gas. the supermarket chain iceland has announced it will stop using palm oil in its own brand products by the end of 2018. products likely to be affected include biscuits and soap. the frozen food specialist says it was alerted to the threats of palm oil on wildlife by the environmental campaign group greenpeace. earlier we spoke to richard walker, the managing director of iceland foods. it is going to cost us for sure because we will not be passing a single penny to our consumers. this is something we will swallow ourselves because we are a private british business and we think it is the right thing to do. so we are happy to do it. let me show you what the markets are doing so far today. the markets trying to work out two things. that war of words between china and the united states over tariffs and

whether a full—blown trade war will erupt. and then what happens with facebook. we will hear from the boss of facebook. he is due to give evidence in the united states to policymakers there. there could be quite a concern for regulation, whether it means policymakers and lawmakers hold tighter regulation. that will not be good for their share price. more on that you a little later on morning. britain's largest mechanical puppet will come to life later as part of a uk tour celebrating the mining industry. tomos morgan reports from merthyr tydfil. rising from slumber once again. it takes ten minutes for this, britain's largest mechanical puppet, to unfold into its full glory.

unfolding to the chance of thousands looking on at man engine's magnificence. it's really good, it's big. when it went to full height, it was absolutely amazing, awe—inspiring, wasn't it? it was amazing how it was built and how it went. have you ever seen anything like this before? no, not really. weighing in at nearly 40 tonnes, he needs ten skilled workers to work freely. two years ago, he toured the south—west of england. he was built originally to represent those miners that worked in that area but the man engine's significance is relevant here in the south wales valleys as many other places around britain. this is the first time the people of wales will have witnessed this puppet first—hand. those looking on, a chance to remember how their communities

were forged by their forefathers. through the eyes of mechanical construction of the future. how do you tell the queen that she has made a mistake? you can rely on sir david attenborough to know how to do it without causing offence. it happened when he was strolling through the gardens of buckingham palace with her majesty for a new documentary, the queen's green planet. let's take a look. i suppose actually that a lot of the trees with which you will be presented are going to change with our climate changes, and that there will be all kinds of different trees growing here in 50 years maybe. there might easily be, yes. i won't be here, though. i was going to say, a sundial, neatly planted in the shade. isn't it good, yes? had we thought of that? that it was planted in the shade?

it wasn't in the shade originally, i'm sure. maybe we could move it. it depends whether you want to know the time or not. the headlines are coming up on the bbc news channel. first we leave you with for a look at the weather. it has been a wet start to the day. we have had big puddles out there this morning and some fields looking muggy. as you can see from this photo in shropshire. you can see the whole mass of rain which has been clearing and moving its way northwards and west. it is tending to break up now so becoming more patchy. southern and eastern areas will start to see some sunshine. it is hard to spot, but there are some blue skies they are and you will

start to get some sunshine in that south east corner. you see the patchy rain spreading into scotland and northern ireland into this afternoon. drier in england and wales. temperatures here could reach 16-18 wales. temperatures here could reach 16 — 18 celsius. cooler in the north—east, temperatures eight celsius. look at the contrast between the oranges and greens. tonight that rain will spread north across scotland, further outbreaks of rain into east anglia, midlands and towards wales as well. cloud tonight and temperatures staying at around nine celsius. let's look at the pressure picture. low—pressure situated to the south, giving late—season snow and parts of northern spain. high pressure over scandinavia and an easterly wind. we can track it back towards italy and greece, so milder conditions across

the uk. it will be milderfor all of us, but with the sea temperature around 6 degrees in the north sea, it will feel chilly. north—east england, scotland, misty and murky conditions. cloud on wednesday, further showery rain in central and southern areas. temperatures not quite so high, where you get sunshine not feeling too bad. temperatures about 10 celsius across the north sea coast. this is their stay‘s forecast. there will still some showery rain. scotland and northern ireland. there will be brighter spells, towards the west of scotla nd brighter spells, towards the west of scotland and the south there could be brighter spells. temperatures up to 16 degrees here. elsewhere, similar conditions but chillier in the north sea coast. that is all from me. have a good afternoon. this is bbc news, and these

are the top stories developing at midday. yulia skripal — the daughter of the poisoned former russian spy sergei skripal — is discharged from hospital. i also want to take this opportunity to wish yulia well. this is not the end of her treatment but marks a significant milestone. president trump promises a forceful response to a suspected chemical attack in syria — other nations are weighing their options. 0ver four million households will see their fuel bills increase, as british gas raises its prices for some customers. also coming up — 20 years since the good friday agreement was signed. the deal was a milestone in the northern ireland peace process — after a conflict which killed more than three and a half thousand people. i'm live in belfast where we'll hear from senator george mitchell who chaired the talks that led to the good friday agreement. the prime minister is to announces new funding and research to fight prostate cancer —

which currently hits 40,000 new people a year in the uk. good afternoon. it's tuesday the 10th of april. welcome to bbc newsroom live. yulia skripal — the daughter of the poisoned former russian spy sergei skripal — has been discharged from hospital. ms skripal and her father were poisoned by a nerve agent in march and sergei skripal remains under the care of doctors at the hospital. it's understood yulia skripal left hospital yesterday and has been taken to a secure location. a short while ago salisbury hospital released a statement about the condition of both yulia and sergei skripal (sot) about the condition of both yulia and sergei skripal. both patients have responded exceptionally well to the treatment we have been providing. but equally both patients are at different stages in their recovery. we have now discharged yulia

from salisbury district hospital. yulia has asked for privacy from the media and i want to reiterate her request. i also want to take this opportunity to wish yulia well. this is not the end of her treatment but marks a significant milestone. her father has also made good progress. on friday i announced that he was no longer in a critical condition. although he is recovering more slowly than yulia, we hope that he too will be able to leave hospital in due course. earlier i spoke to our security correspondent frank gardner. we the public and the media are not being told where she is going to be held so in the immediate short—term she will have been taken to any one of several government owned and controlled secure locations. it could be in a block of flats, it could be a country

house with a garden. who knows? but in the short—term she will be kept well out of the public eye. actually, it is almost irrelevant saying "don't bother her" because nobody will be able to get access to her. longer term, there is the issue of where does she go back to. she is a russian citizen, the russians say they want consular access to her. at the moment there is no indication that she wants to talk to or be interviewed by her own government or the russian embassy. but if she does they will have to allow it. will she want to go back to russia? we had a curious incident a few days ago of the phone call by her cousin victoria where they seemed to have a relatively normal conversation, and victoria said she would like to bring her back to russia. i think it is unlikely that yulia skripal will want to leave her father. she won't want to leave him behind at this stage.

the early prognosis was that he probably wouldn't pull through, that this nerve agent was so toxic that it would cause multiple organ failure and there was a very real risk of that in the early stages. she had a lesser dose so it was always hoped that she might pull through. as duncan says, the majority of the debriefing has already been done with her. there is not much more at this stage she can tell the investigators. how would you characterise the diplomatic situation between britain and russia in the light of this? there has been a lot of toing and froing with bits of information from both sides and the tone is very different from both. it is absolutely toxic. forgive the pun. there is no other word for it. there is no common ground at all. the two have completely different narratives. as far as russia are concerned they did not do it. according to whitehall, russia has come up with 26 different narratives ranging from it was the mother—in—law that did it, that it was to distract

from brexit, that the swedes did it, that the czechs did it, that britain did it to itself. britain says this is nonsense. they say they have enough intelligence that they have shown to nato and other allied partners to convince them to carry out those expulsions. russia says this is all part of a campaign to vilify russia. so we the public and the media we are not seeing what this intelligence is, there have been a number of stories that have come out, one which i am told is complete nonsense about an intercept, that was in the papers a few days ago. no one in whitehall that i am speaking to is standing that story up at all. so that is odd as to where it has come from if it is being denied by whitehall, assuming they are telling the truth about that. the us and russia have traded accusations over syria

at an emergency meeting of the united nations security council. president trump says the us is planning to respond "forcefully" within 24 hours to the suspected chemical attack in the syrian city of douma. russia blocked calls for a new inquiry into the use of chemical weapons in syria, warning that any action against its ally would have "grave repercussions". 0ur north america correspondent david willis reports. they are the images which are pressing western leaders to act, but the tangle of alliances in syria's escalating civil war makes avenging what is thought to be a chemical weapons attack a potentially precarious proposition. nonetheless, president trump is promising a swift response. we're going to make a decision tonight or very shortly thereafter, and you'll be hearing the decision. but we can't let atrocities like we all witnessed, and you can see that, and it's horrible, we can't

let that happen. but america's efforts to stop the violence might only serve to inflame it. as well as the regime of bashar al—assad, the us is pointing the finger at two of his staunchest allies, russia and iran. the russian regime, whose hands are all covered in the blood of syrian children, cannot be ashamed by pictures of its victims. we've tried that before. we must not overlook russia and iran's roles in enabling the assad regime's murderous destruction. prompting russia's ambassador to the un to warn of grave repercussions should the us take military action in syria. translation: the tone of the way this is being done has gone beyond the threshold of what is acceptable, even during the cold war. america went it alone last year, firing tomahawk missiles at a syrian air base in retaliation for the killing of dozens of civilians in a sarin gas attack.

this time, it would like britain or france to also be part of any military action. but the assad regime has strengthened its position since that attack, and it is widely thought to be stronger now than at any time since the seven—year civil war began — making the dilemma of how to respond this time around all the greater. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. some breaking news regarding the former crewe alexander youth coach. he has appealed to 31 year sentence. he has appealed to 31 year sentence. he is of course the convicted paedophile who was convicted in february of 50 counts of indecent assaults against 12 men between 1979

and 1990. the judge assaults against 12 men between 1979 and 1990. thejudge at assaults against 12 men between 1979 and 1990. the judge at liverpool crown court sentenced him to send there were 31 years in prison but now he has applied to the court of appeal to have that sentence reduced. the former us president bill clinton is among the international figures gathering in belfast today for events to mark the twentieth anniversary of the good friday peace agreement. the deal was the most significant breakthrough in the northern ireland peace process — after a conflict which killed more than three and a half thousand people. let's cross now to tara mills who is in belfast. it was the political agreement which was to set northern ireland on a different path. sworn enemies came together to agree a peace agreement which would bring to an end 30 years of violence. 0ur ireland correspond and chris page reports. for three decades in the late 20th century violence was the normality in this part of the united kingdom, but 20 years ago today politicians struck a once unthinkable peace deal. the two governments

and the political parties of northern ireland have reached an agreement. it didn't completely stop the bloodshed, but that agreement was a huge step towards ending the conflict. police have been used to being under fire. this former officer has written a book about his colleagues' stories. he remembers how the troubles somehow became routine. well, i was shot at five times during the course of working, and actually attended my own murder. my car was just out from the car that the victim was driving. the whole idea behind the agreement was that you don't want a police force ever having to go through that again. one of the most controversial aspects of the deal was that loyalist and republican paramilitary members were released early from jail. many victims of violence were angered by pictures like these. but former prisoners say their support for the deal was important. there are many perspectives

on the conflict and its legitimacy, or illegitimacy. from my perspective, and from my community's perspective, it was a good thing to do, the release of the prisoners. when we have a look at what the contribution is which we made, we've not only supported the good friday agreement, we proactively promoted the good friday agreement. that agreement was put to a public vote. this was perhaps the moment of the campaign. the u2 singer bono brought the leaders of unionism and nationalism, david trimble and john hume, onto the stage at a special concert. it was kind of electric. it was something that nobody had ever seen before. michael was at that gig, but now he's concerned about northern ireland and the collapse of its power—sharing government last year. we live in a post—traumatic stress society, and we all suffer from that. and nothing's been done

to recognise that. you know, if northern ireland's population was a person, it needs treatment. but it seems like everybody‘s just arguing about what we should do. for these students at queen's university, belfast, the agreement is history rather than a memory, but they are contemplating how it will affect their futures. are there are flaws in the good friday agreement? yes, but considering all that went on in the troubles i think it is the best we could have done. i think the best achievement would be to just take all the politicians out and put new ones in, because again people are just voting a long hard lines and i don't think it's really going to get better until people start moving towards the centre ground. the northern ireland in which the students of today have grown up is incredibly different to the place of the 1970s, ‘80s and ‘90s. the 20th anniversary of the good friday agreement is reminding people here that the piece is precious, is reminding people here that the peace is precious, but also that deep divisions remain. chris page, bbc news, belfast. today's event at queens university

in belfast brings together the key players from the good friday agreement. bill clinton, bertie ahern, tony blair, and of course senator george mitchell who chaired the talks. 0ne senator george mitchell who chaired the talks. one of the local key players was the former leader of the ulster unionist party, lord trimble, i'm happy to save droid is on the programme. what are your recollections of that day 20 years ago? it went on to quite some time. nothing much happened in the morning, we were waiting for the final draft to appear. and then it occurs until half past four in the afternoon to go through that draft and to satisfy ourselves that this was something we could go with. so it was slow to start with, but plenty of things to do and think about afterwards. a lot of the discussion has been around you and the pressure you are under. how did you feel under pressure to come to an agreement, to bring a dilbert?” got a phone call from from bill

clinton and he started to make a general spiel to me about how important it was and i said, let me bring you up to date, we have a problem and the problem we have is related to decommission. i said we have a possible solution, i've just been speaking to tony blair, and i suggested some things to him and i'm expecting a letter from suggested some things to him and i'm expecting a letterfrom him. i said to him,i expecting a letterfrom him. i said to him, i would like mr president if you could speak to the other parties and asked them to hold back and to give this letter the opportunity to work. and he said he would get across that right away. in the letter came, and it worked, and we had an agreement. it wasn't without its controversy in terms of your own party at the time. do you feel regret now that some analysts say you did the heavy lifting, all the ha rd you did the heavy lifting, all the hard work and yet it cost you your political career locally? the day after the agreement we had a meeting with the council had endorsed the agreement by 72% vote with that.

u nfortu nately agreement by 72% vote with that. unfortunately there were individuals in the party who did not accept our own pa rty‘s in the party who did not accept our own party's democratic process. and i think they have got something to a nswer i think they have got something to answer in terms of their behaviour. yes, at the end of the day the directorate do not like divided parties, and that had an effect, and the electorate were also fed up with the electorate were also fed up with the way in which the process was operating in that it was operating in an unbalanced way. they did not like the way tony blair was handling it and the early winner could send a message to him was by defeating me. because tony didn't put up any candidates for them to vote against an elections here. when you look back, what is your overriding sense? 0ne back, what is your overriding sense? one of bitterness, disappointment? no. that agreement was very important. it lays out the constitutional framework for and island before the united kingdom and

a close ridge above the neighbour, and that is as it were the basic format for northern ireland into the future as well. and it has been a, if you look back over the last 20 yea rs, if you look back over the last 20 years, at the development there has been, at the relative peace we have, i think there is a lot to be grateful for and it is i think there is a lot to be gratefulfor and it is going i think there is a lot to be grateful for and it is going to continue because despite the difficulties it is robust. it has had difficulties in terms of implementation, there are difficulties at the moment, but the agreement will still be there. thank you very much. surely we will hear from senator george mitchell who chaired those talks. the headlines on bbc newsroom live: yulia skripal — the daughter of the poisoned former russian spy sergei skripal — is discharged from hospital. president trump promises a forceful response to a suspected chemical attack in syria — other nations are weighing their options. 0ver four million households will see their fuel bills increase, as british gas raises its prices for some customers. time for a look at the sport now.

good morning, good afternoon. success for england in the pool at the commonwealth games. ben proud living up to his name. after breaking the game's record and qualifying, he successfully defended his title that his second medal of the game is adding 24 by 100 metres relay silver. thank you very much. i am very pleased with that. last night was all that time, today was about getting a medal. i felt very controlled, very relaxed, and i devise hit 21 and three in the sort of conditions i am very positive of the year. there has been a brilliant silver in the men's 200 metres individual medley of scotland's duncan scott. 19 one hundredths of a

second separating him from australia's mitch larkin who won his fourth gold of the games. in women's 400 metres freestyle holly hibberd won silver whilst england team—mate won silver whilst england team—mate won her third bronze in these games. 17—year—old arianna titmuss of australia winning her third gold in that race. george davies of wales had to settle for bronze in the women's 50 metres backstroke after having won gold in glasgow. 0vernight there were two shooting golds for the home nations. david phelps took the men's 50 metres prone rifle title for wales and there was also gold for england in there was also gold for england in the queens prize pairs. tom daley will not be defending his ten metre platform individual commonwealth title. he has a hip problem, says he is truly devastated but he does still hope to compete with dan goodfellow in the synchronised event on friday. more bad news, it english

sprinter adam gemili has confirmed it will be out of action for two weeks as a result of his home in wealth games being overcome he withdrew from the 100 metres final on monday after struggling with a thigh injury on the track. it didn't quite work out that andrew pozzi in the hurdles either, he could only manage six in the final having won gold in the indoor championships 60 metres last month. jamaica's ronald leavey won the race. away from the commonwealth games, in the champions league manchester city will have it all to do if they are to reach the semifinals. liverpool will have to hold on. they lead 3—0 from the first leg. it will take one of the great champions league comebacks we re great champions league comebacks were pep guardiola's side to a town that deficit. it is something the manager says as possible. you know what we have to do to try to attack, we have 90 minutes plus extra time

and what we show in this year even in the last game we were able to create a lot of chances in few minutes, and we know that, and the opponents know that. and that is all the sport now. we will be back with more at around 130. british gas is increasing energy bills for dual fuel customers on its standard variable tariff by around five—per cent a year. around four—million households will be affected. the company has blamed rising wholesale energy costs, and government policies. earlier our business correspondent ben thompson explained why british gas were putting up their prices. a number of reasons they are familiar reasons. they say they are being asked to pay more and more due to government regulation and legislation that makes them responsible for things like installing smart meters, meeting emissions targets. and therefore they say the cost of that will have to be borne by us as consumers. 4.1 million people affected by this. but

we should be a clear, it only affects people on the standard variable tariff. so maybe you have come off a fixed deal, had your price fixed for of years, that has now run right, you'll be honest error. so it will only affect those people but it is a significant increase up by 5.5%. it will add about £60 a year to an average bill. this is applicable to both gas and electricity. and also critics are keen to point out this follows a 12.5% increase that we had for electricity at british gas in september of last year. to substantial increases in around six months. they say they are being asked to pay more and more as far as registration is concerned, they have to pass it on to us. how likely is it that other companies will follow suit? pretty likely. they are all subject to the same cost increases. they have also said it will be related to the cost of generating a literacy as well, that has gone up to them as well. but all of the industry is susceptible to the same

pressures . industry is susceptible to the same pressures. prices going up. there's been a lot of criticism about how the energy companies recoup some of the energy companies recoup some of the cost. and whether actually it should be part of the bill, whether paying for smart meters should go one bell or whether it should come out of general taxation. the energy firms themselves say it would be much better and more transparent if this was part of general taxation so we can try to keep bills lower, i don't think that will change any time soon but you are right, i do think otherfirms will time soon but you are right, i do think other firms will now be in a position to say we're subject to the same pressures, we have to raise prices as well. to be clear, british gas are the first to increase its prices in this latest round but it will take the average dual fuel bill now to over £1000, £1160. up about £60 per year. the prime minister is today announcing new plans to help tackle prostate cancer in the uk. prostate cancer is the most common form of the disease in men — with over 40,000 new cases diagnosed every year. theresa may met nhs staff in cambridgeshire to discuss the challenges they face and to announce new the new research and funding which will focus on early diagnosis

and new treatments. dr iain frame is the director of research at prostate cancer uk and joins me in the studio. how important is the announcement today? hugely important and very welcome. prostate cancer uk has been talking about needing extra funds going into research for a long time now. this is really a great result for us. has been compared with other cancers? not necessarily. we there isa cancers? not necessarily. we there is a lot more spent on breast cancer and we're very envious of that and the results from that have had huge benefits and rewards they the same benefits and rewards they the same benefits and rewards they the same benefits and prostate cancer. what is the prognosis is the men who are diagnosed with prostate cancer? this is the important thing about today's announcement, there are far too many men diagnosed when prostate cancer cells are spread around the body

which makes it difficult to judge cancer. we want to get early and accurate diagnosis is up there upfront and that is what we need to be investing in research for. how much difference does early diagnosis mate? a huge amount. at the moment the diagnostic tests we have not good enough to lead to a screening programme, not good enough to detect all the cancers we want to detect and they sometimes detect cancers that are not aggressive and will not kill. so we have to get better and earlier at that. how does this country compared to other parts of the world? very similar. in terms of the world? very similar. in terms of the states for example, they have until recently have a much more ink aggressive policy of testing in men but even they have stopped that. we are very similar alongside other countries as far as i am aware. we often hear that men are not as good as women are going to the doctors if they have a concern. what should they have a concern. what should they look out for? quite often the

issue as there are no symptoms. i would say family history, age, over 50, ethnicity, black men are more at risk than white men, and really looking at port you're in flow or getting up during the night, perhaps lower back pain. but quite often it is symptomless. it used to be quite a taboo to talk about cancer. our search engine? i think with prostate cancer uk raising awareness and getting them to talk about it more freely is raising awareness and getting people along to gps, getting it into the health system. it is just a slow burn but getting more people into talking about it. thank you very much. information from so—called "paedophile hunters" was used by police in england and wales to charge at least 150 suspects last year, a bbc investigation has found. evidence from vigilante groups has seen more than a seven—fold increase in two years —

despite police saying the tactics used present "significa nt risks". phil bodmer reports. an angry confrontation between a group of paedophile hunters and neighbours of a 53—year—old man who it is claimed has been grooming an under—age girl. you've been speaking to one of our decoys. have you got a sexual interest in kids? nope. so why are you talking to a 13—year—old child? in this case, however, the middle—aged suspect has been exchanging explicit messages with a woman. she is a member of predator exposure, and a decoy using a fake account. the group based in yorkshire was set up in 2016 to bring paedophiles tojustice. so anything you say, we record all this. we pass it all over to the police. what you say to us, what we say to you. following a bbc freedom of information request, 29 of the 43 police forces in england and wales told us, in 2015, they used evidence from so—called paedophile hunters to charge suspects on 20 occasions.

by 2017, that number had risen to 150 — a more than sevenfold increase in just two years. all stay safe, and let's go catch ourself a baddie. predator exposure says it rejects accusations of vigilantism. this isn't entrapment. they‘ re entrapping themselves. we don't go and start talking to them, they come on and start talking to us, start sending us vile messages, start sending us rude pictures. police say so—called paedophile hunters are taking risks they don't necessarily understand, and could potentially disrupt a wider undercover investigation. but, with more evidence being used to bring perpetrators tojustice, it is unlikely they will give up their quest to expose more online predators anytime soon. police have named a man they want to speak to in connection with a burglary in south london where another man was fatally stabbed. billyjeeves is wanted after two men broke into the home of 78—year—old

richard 0sborn—brooks. suspected burglar, henry vincent was fatally stabbed during a struggle in mr brooks' kitchen. let's take a look at the weather now. the weather is still changeable. really unsettled over the next few days. there is some good news for people living across the south—east and east anglia. it looks like it will be bringing up very soon, it might already be brightening up in kent and the temperatures will shoot up kent and the temperatures will shoot up to possibly 17 or 18. there will be some showers as well breaking out. further north a different story. the north—east of england, eastern scotland, it is cold, cloudy and rainy. you can see the wind blowing out of the north sea, the water temperature very low there so it feels very cold. chilly by day,

chilly by night, this is in the south temperatures will be around nine. wednesday could be quite a split day across the south, it may turn out the southern counties will have plenty of bright weather, the isle of wight could be sunny, but further north may be 30 or 40 miles it could be raining. the north—west of the country should be much brighter tomorrow. goodbye. this is bbc newsroom live — our latest headlines. yulia skripal — the daughter of the poisoned former russian spy sergei skripal — has been discharged from hospital in salisbury. president trump is promising a swift and forceful response to a suspected chemical attack in syria — other nations, including britain, are weighing their options. more than four million households are bracing for a fuel bill increase as british gas announces a hike of about £60 per year tough questions in the light

of the company's huge data breach. he's acknowledged that the company didn't do enough to stop misuse of its users' data, which was shared with cambridge analytica. dave lee reports. can americans trust facebook? make no mistake, this is an event marks zuckerberg had really wanted to avoid adding to his calendar — a trip to washington to face tough questions about how he runs the most powerful social network in the world. is he going to wear a suit and tie and a clean white shirt? that's my biggest question. is he going to behave like an adult? politicians have wanted to speak to mr zuckerberg before, though until now he has sent lawyers and other members of facebook‘s

team to do the job. when it comes to the 2016 election, i want to be clear — we take what happened on facebook very seriously. in two days of hearings, he will answer queries about the cambridge analytica scandal and whether there are others that may have done the same thing. he will be asked about election meddling, what the company is doing about it and why it didn't act sooner. but it's notjust in the us where facebook is under scrutiny. the facebook apology road show will travel to the uk and europe, australia and canada. 0h, don't step forward, please. please don't step forward. thank you. in dc, mr zuckerberg will have one goal — to ride out this storm. a strong performance here could see facebook‘s stock rise, reversing an almost $80 billion loss in value since the scandal took hold. but most observers think these hearings are a tipping point, the beginning of tighter regulation on facebook and other companies like it, firms that have built enormous businesses out of personal data. you can't protect our privacyjust on the basis of somebody telling

you that they are going to protect it. so does that mean law? yes. does that mean regulation? yes. are there more cambridge analyticas out there? the question is, what will that regulation actually be? and how will it be enforced? the rest of silicon valley will be watching very closely. dave lee, bbc news. we can speak to dr bernie hogan now — an internet sociologist and research fellow at the oxford internet institute for more on this. what kind of tone to you expect mark zuckerberg to strike? very conciliatory, apologetic, he will probably use the words care passionately a lot. according to our lot of his past behaviour when there has been privacy indiscretions. what

might we learn about facebook‘s tactics? i do not think we will learn too much, we will have a restated in a way that will be clear for congress and the american public and the world public. he has made a lot of the fact that facebook has done a great deal for communities around the world. how would you a nswer around the world. how would you answer that? i am around the world. how would you answer that? iam not around the world. how would you answer that? i am not sure that is necessarily the case. there have been internet forums before him and communities before it. facebook has gobbled up a lot of local news and small press. they cannot afford to run in theirown small press. they cannot afford to run in their own communities, it is a call or —— toll order to say they have helped communities. what could lawmakers in the united states decide to do? it might provide some level of oversight, a third—party ombudsman of some type that can

validate where our people's data going on the site? where is it going off the site and do people understand this. is it being stated toa understand this. is it being stated to a user in a clear way. you have deleted your facebook profile, why and how? id activated at -- it. it isa and how? id activated at -- it. it is a hidden url to delete it. on the way to delete it, facebook said my friends would miss me. i told them they would be fine. why i did it? i like to have interpersonal conversation is, face—to—face. the whole system of showing your personal data on a news feed kind of got in the way of life. it became more noise than signal. how do —— does other people care about it? they do not know how much they cared

about this. we should care a fair bit. what we are seeing is our personal data being used in dodgy ways for politics and soon we will see of other things, insurance, credit and health. we have got to get this —— on this now. credit and health. we have got to get this -- on this now. how do you control these big internet giants? they say often that they are not publishers, they are just platforms. 2; reinsw that: would are not too big to rein in. that would ta ke not too big to rein in. that would take a - enough view of time and take a long enough view of time and all this is going to disappear at sometime in the future. in the meantime, the states will have to workjointly on this, the eu and america and other places. i think sanctions are valid in this case. i think stockholders will be very unhappy to hear about sanctions and the stockholders and the market value of this will decrease. ultimately they are a capitalist

organisation so they would they will be interested. money will top. thank you for your time today. —— money will president trump's personal lawyer. mr trump described the actions as "a disgrace". michael cohen is reported to be under investigation for finance violations relating to the 2016 presidential campaign. 0ur correspondent lebo diseko has more. a furious donald trump accused the fbi of breaking into the office of his attorney. the presidnet says this is a "total witch hunt". and it's a disgrace, it's frankly a disgrace. it's an attack on our country, in a true sense, it's an attack on what we all stand for. so when i saw this and when i heard it — i heard it like you do — i said that is really now in a whole new level of unfairness.

when agents searched cohen's home, hotel room and office, they were acting in part on a referral from special counsel, robert mueller. he's the man investigating suspected russian meddling in the 2016 election. among the items seized, according to his lawyer, privileged communication between cohen and his clients, files relating to the porn star stormy daniels, and files relating to the $130,000 that cohen admits paying her. mr cohen's lawyer says the fbi's action was completely inappropriate and unnecessary, but necessary or not, a raid on the personal lawyer of the president of the united states is certainly significant. lebo diseko, bbc news. breaking news into the death of

ellie baker. she was killed by her father in 2013. the high courtjudge has ruled at the south london coroner ‘s court, ellie butler was unlawfully killed. despite failings by various agencies, they didn't in fa ct by various agencies, they didn't in fact contribute to ellie's death. there will be a prevention of further deaths notice issued. it is not clear if all the recommendations from the seediest review —— serious case review have yet been implemented and audited. the ruling they are, ellie butler was unlawfully killed by various agencies failings did not contribute to it. a council in west london is set to vote on whether it will be the first in the country to create a buffer zone outside an abortion clinic to prevent patients being intimidated. ealing council has been looking at a range of options for the marie stopes clinic after local women set up a petition.

staff at the centre say there have been complaints about anti—abortion protestors for three decades. the victoria derbyshire programme spoke earlier to katherine 0'brien from the british pregnancy advisory service — one the country's biggest abortion providers who are campaigning for vigils to be banned, and isabel vaughan—spruce who runs the anti—abortion campaign group