this is bbc news, i'm clive myrie, the headlines at eight: a bbc investigation has found that youtube stars are being paid to help students cheat course work. youtube says it's taken some of the videos down. don't waste your time doing your essays, let these people do it for you, and you go and enjoy your time. thousands of patients treated for neurological conditions in northern ireland, need their cases reviewed, over concerns about the work of a consultant. a court hears how four children, aged between three and 15, died when their house was fire—bombed as they slept. also in the next hour, from today scotland introduces a minimum price of alcohol. it becomes the first country in the world to bring in minimum pricing on alcohol. the government hopes it will save lives. and how doctors in glasgow have made history after a pioneering operation on a baby. good evening and

welcome to bbc news. schoolchildren and students are being urged to cheat by youtube stars who are being paid to promote an essay—writing service. a bbc investigation has found youtube stars taking money to promote a website called edubirdie. the universities minister, sam gyimah, says it's advertising that makes cheating seem cool and youtube must act to stop it. youtube says it has taken some of the videos down. our education editor, branwen jeffreys, has this exclusive report. youtube channels reach millions each day. i'm back with another prank.

we're checking out a compilation of really stupid people. the creators have huge influence. influence that business wants to buy. want to give a shout—out to all of you. i'm going to ask for 5k likes if you want a part two this time. our investigation has uncovered the youtube stars selling cheating, paid by a company in ukraine, promoting a service to students that could land them in serious trouble. targeting teenagers, using the people they trust. and don't waste your time doing your essays. let these people do it for you. if you guys are struggling in school or college, check this out, have a super—smart guy do your essays for you. plagiarism—free. we're helping you cheat. you won't get in any trouble, guaranteed. it's going to get you an a+. this is clearly wrong, it's clearly wrong, because it is enabling cheating —

potentially on an industrial scale. it's normalising cheating. we're not talking about the video ads you usually see. these are youtubers themselves, talking about pranks, gaming, dating, then they tell you about a company ok, so i'm going to interrupt this video and give a shoutout to the sponsor, edubirdie, if you're playing too much and have no time to write your essays... go to edubirdie.com, 100% plagiarism free. this is for every school kid watching my videos, i know that there is loads of you out there. we found more than 250 channels with videos sponsored by edubirdie. videos viewed hundreds of millions of times, and that is just the ones in english. some youtubers say they would never accept this kind of sponsorship. how do you balance studies with social life? these students at cambridge university promote hard work

and study on youtube channels. having seen the edubirdie ads, were they in any doubt this was the selling of cheating? no, not at all. in plain sight, i think as soon as you hear it, whether they mention cheating or not, you know, i'm not doing this work, i'm about to hand in work that i did not write, it's not copy and pasted, it won't be plagiarised but it's not my work, it's cheating. how powerful is that message when it comes from a youtuber you trust? you will see big youtubers saying it, that can influence small youtubers to promote it as well, then it will have a massive impact on young children and teenagers, and then imagine you have all these essays to do, and then you have a solution that is being promoted by your favourite person. so how easy is it for students to buy essays? we asked edubirdie.com to write two from scratch — one english gcse, the other degree level. we got them marked. a c for the english essay and 60%

for the university assignment. not quite the a+ promised on youtube. edubirdie told us youtubers had creative choice and total freedom in what they said. and it was clear that anything obtained through the website should only be used as a sample or a reference. but it's notjust adults being offered cash. this 15—year—old is one of several children who have accepted edubirdie money. they basically write your essays for you, and it is 100% plagiarism—free. his mum told us she was shocked — she didn't know her son was taking sponsorship. it's so insidious. making it look like it's cool, actually, it is a lifestyle choice. we showed some of the videos to the universities minister. these are the people who do it for you, written by doctors... cheating is wrong, it undermines

quality and standards, never mind what edubirdie says, it is wrong. this is something that is corrosive to education, and youtube has got to step up to the plate and exercise some responsibility. i wanted to speak to someone at youtube‘s london headquarters, where some of their most successful channels are on display. instead, in a statement, the company said... and, the company added, they would be working with youtubers. and, the company added, they would be working with youtubers so they better understand that in—video promotions must not so they better understand that in—video promotions must not promote dishonest activity. probably the coolest website i have ever seen. fully confidential. if you can't be bothered to write your essays. the perfect option for you! we contacted youtube more

than a week ago, but new edubirdie ads are appearing almost every day. branwen jeffreys, bbc news. an nhs trust in northern ireland is recalling 2,500 thousand neurology patients following a review of the work of a consultant. concerns were raised a year and a half ago about the diagnosis and treatment of patients who'd been seen by dr michael watt, who's employed by the belfast health trust. there are fears of misdiagnosis in some cases. emma vardy reports. patients with serious conditions such as parkinson's and ms were under the care of dr watt and now it is feared that some may have been misdiagnosed. one patient who received a letter this morning asked to speak anonymously. it leaves you very uneasy. it is an unsettled feeling. you are unsure... of what is going on, what is going to happen... will i have to do lots of tests again?

which was quite traumatic already at the time. it leaves you in limbo, really. not good. concerns about dr watt‘s work were first raised by a gp in 2016. belfast health trust now wants to reassess everyone in his care. recalling some 2,500 patients is a huge task, among them are children with brain conditions and people living in pain. the review may also be extended to consider patients of dr watt‘s who have died. this is certainly a significant number, and within the neurosciences division, we have never been involved in a recall of this scale. these are patients with a wide range of neurological conditions, some of which are debilitating, complex, and significantly serious. the trust says dr watt has not seen any patients sincejune last year but that he remains an employee.

from saturday, 200 extra clinics will provide appointments for patients to be reassessed — many anxious to know whether the medication they are on is correct. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, is here. concerns were raised in 2016, but the recall is now? it remains a mystery why it took so long. the trust said it had to go through due process , trust said it had to go through due process, the concerns were raised by a single gp, so they had to look in the round and talk to various people. the doctor concerned hasn't seen patients since june people. the doctor concerned hasn't seen patients sincejune last year, they called in the royal college oppositions to do a review. even so, people will think, it is a long time on from the middle of last year to 110w. on from the middle of last year to now. ashley royal college of nursing is. most people, i expect, were

taken by surprise, and this recall has been announced. i think there have been quite a few unanswered questions. is it about a single co nsulta nt questions. is it about a single consultant making mistakes, not doing things, or otherwise issues, maybe be workload, there are long waits across the health service in northern ireland, and it could affect patients in different ways. and ms patient, if there was a late diagnosis, that would have meant they didn't get access to drugs in a timely manner, it could mean the patient missed reviews of their condition, there could be misdiagnosed as, people on the wrong drugs. it remains a bit of a mystery. so what happens now? the royal college of physicians has got this report it did, it is not clear whether that will be published, i think there will be pressure on the

trust to get that published. there are reports that there is a further review going on across the whole neurology department, suggesting that maybe there is a desire to see if it goes wider than a single consultant. and in the meantime, these 2500 patients have to be seen in12 these 2500 patients have to be seen in 12 weeks, these 2500 patients have to be seen in12 weeks, and these 2500 patients have to be seen in 12 weeks, and the trust is having to buy in extra neurological support from the private sector, a big task, particularly when many others are waiting for their appointments, and those waiting lists are getting longer. manchester crown court has been hearing how four children — aged between three and 15 — all died in a fire when they became trapped in their home which had been petrol—bombed while they were asleep. zak bolland, who's 23, has pleaded guilty to starting the fire in walkden last december. but mr bolland, his girlfriend and another man all deny murder and attempted murder. judith moritz was in court. little leah pearson was the baby of the family,

giggling with her brother, brandon. here he is again, playing in the street with seven—year—old lacey. they all looked up to their teenage sister, demi pearson. the four children were all asleep at home last december when fire swept through their house. petrol bombs were thrown through a smashed back window, it is said, flames took old at the bottom of the stairs, and the children were trapped in their bedrooms on the first floor. their mother michelle is still in hospital with terrible injuries and has recently learned that the four children were killed. surrounded by security guards, zak bolland and his girlfriend, courtney brierley, are charged alongside theirfriend david worrall. the court heard that the fire was the ultimate consequence of a tit—for—tat feud between zak bolland and the children's brother, kyle pearson. the two had smashed each other‘s windows and threatened each other with weapons. the prosecution say that zak bolland's threats to set fire to the pearson house had prompted michelle pearson to call the police and the fire service to block

up her letterbox to stop petrol being poured through. kyle pearson survived and gave evidence to the court by video link. he said he woke up to hear his mother shouting, "fire, fire," and having jumped out of the window, looked back to see his sister coughing in the smoke before disappearing from view. zak bolland alone has admitted reckless arson. he and the other defendants and nine other charges, including murder. from today, you'll pay a lot more for many alcoholic drinks in scotland than you will in the rest of the uk. the scottish government has become the first country in the world to introduce a minimum price for alcohol to try to stop excessive drinking. the cost of some of the cheapest drinks has now tripled. critics say the move will hit people on low incomes disproportionately. all of the evidence says

while it's not going to solve the problem on its own, without action that targets the affordability of alcohol, then we won't make the progress we need to see. it started off about four cans of beer a day, and then that started to progress to crates of beer every day, then it was a bottle of wine every night, and some beer, and then it was like maybe... you could get three bottles for a tenner. when alcohol prices rise,

deaths from alcohol fall and when alcohol prices rise, deaths from alcohol fall. every time. so people may think they're not influenced by price, but they definitely are. we have a lot of customers who are on a low income and don't have a lot of money to spend and maybe on a friday or saturday they want a bottle of cheap cider, because that is all they can afford, and i think it's quite unfair on them. and there's more on the

minimum—pricing story on our website, including a 0&a, that's at bbc.co.uk/news. and at 8:30, we will be discussing this further when i will be joined by kate smith, a senior research economist at the institute for fiscal studies, and alison douglas, chief executive of alcohol focus scotland. the headlines on bbc news: a bbc investigation has found that youtube stars are being paid to promote an essay—writing service for students — in effect, helping them to cheat. youtube says it has taken some of the videos down. more than 2,500 patients being treated for neurological conditions in northern ireland now need their cases re—examined. it's because of concerns over the work of a consultant. a court hears how four children aged between three and 15 all died

when their house was set on fire with petrol bombs while they slept. also this hour, jamie oliver and hugh fearnley—whittingstall have urged a group of mps to tackle childhood obesity, and they describe it as an emergency. sport now, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's hugh woozencroft. good evening. well, the champions league is back, and we're one small step away from a place in the main event in kiev in a few weeks' time with the first of the semifinal second legs. and it doesn't get much bigger than real madrid real went into their home leg leading 2—1 from the game in munich and had an ominous start when joshua kimmich gave bayern a vital away goal in just the third minute. but it didn't take long for real to calm fears as they aim for a third—straight champions league. karim benzema equalised

on the night. it means real lead 3—2 on aggregate with an hour to go. liverpool or roma await the victors of that tie. the second leg of their semifinal is in rome tomorrow. today italian police calmed fears of hooliganism, saying they can "guarantee the safety of liverpool's fans" if they stick within their guidelines. roma players today trained in "forza sean" shirts in support of sean cox, the liverpool supporter who was seriously injured after being attacked by roma fans outside anfield before the first leg between the sides. i think they already showed something fantastic, when they were training at anfield. the memorial place at anfield, the 96, and that is great, and they showed something

here, two teams that both deserve to be here because of football, both to show the maximum respect for the other side. and in these moments, at least all football fans, and we are professionals but still fans, should really stay together and show this kind of respect. steven gerrard says he has held "positive talks" with rangers over their vacant manager's position. he could replace graeme murty who was sacked today, just 48 hours after their 5—0 thrashing by old firm rivals celtic in the scottish premiership. former england captain gerrard is currently in charge of liverpool's under—18s but has no top—level experience as a manager. in a statement released today, rangers say they "hope to be in a position to comment further on the managerial position in the near future." brighton have asked police to investigate reported monkey chants aimed at their players during their match with burnley at turf moor last weekend. brighton's gaetan bong was booed during the match

by home fans, having accused west brom's burnley—born forward jay rodriguez of racially abusing him in a match injanuary. brighton manager chris hughton has called it shameful, with the club now asking sussex police to investigate. fitness permitting, andy murray will face a tough opening match at wimbledon if, as expected, he's unseeded for the draw. the two—time champion hasn't played competitively since losing in last year's wimbledon quarterfinals. he has since undergone hip surgery and is currently ranked outside the world's top 32. that means he could potentially be drawn to play roger federer in the opening round. he could, he could, and that would be an interesting match! who does the jewel? it was that? sadly, be an interesting match! who does thejewel? it was that? sadly, it is me. it will be a pressure moment if

andy's name is in the hat, not amongst the 32 seeded players, and then that is the beauty of the draw, it could be anybody. seven—time champion serena williams will be able to use her protected ranking and could well be seeded, possibly at number one, despite currently only being just inside the world's top 500 after taking time away to have herfirst child. that's all the sport for now. don't forget you can follow the quarterfinals of the world snooker championship now live via the red button and the bbc sport website. kyren wilson continues his match with mark allen, while the new favourite ding junhui is in trouble trailing 8—1; against barry hawkins. you can follow it all on the website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. a court has heard that an army sergeant accused of trying to kill his wife by tampering with her parachute believed he would get a £120,000

life—insurance payout. emile cilliers denies attempted murder and criminal damage. duncan kennedy reports. emile cilliers, on the left, is a sergeant in the army, and is accused of twice trying to kill his wife in the space of six days. victoria and emile cilliers were married, but the court heard he wanted to get rid of her and treated her with absolute contempt. mrs cilliers came to give her evidence for the first time today, in this retrial of her husband. in april 2015, at the netheravon airfield in wiltshire, mrs cilliers jumped out of an aircraft, but both her main and reserve parachutes failed to open. she fell 4,000 feet and landed in a field. the prosecution say it was her husband, emile cilliers,

who sabotaged her parachute at the airbase the day before the incident. the jury has seen this video reconstruction from the prosecution, which they say shows how emile cilliers could have tampered with her parachute in a toilet cubicle. victoria cilliers was today questioned about this by the prosecution. she was asked if she thought emile had spent a long time in the toilet. "not particularly," she replied. the prosecutor said that was not what she had told the police after the accident. mrs cilliers said that she was angry when she spoke to the police and said she was not completely telling the truth, and wanted to paint him, emile, in a bad picture. the prosecution also claimed that emile cilliers had tried to kill his wife a week before the parachute incident. they say he tampered with a gas fixture in the kitchen of their home in amesbury. emile cilliers denies all the charges against him. the prosecution say he was leading a

double life, that he had a secret girlfriend, was having sex with his former wife and was in contact with a number of prostitutes. he denies all the charges against him. royal bank of scotland is to close more than 160 branches in england and wales. the bank, which is three—quarters owned by the taxpayer, says almost 800 jobs would go. rbs says it's streamlining operations, because too many branches were too close to each other. a man from kent has appeared in court, charged with preparing a terror attack in london. lewis ludlow, who's 26 from rochester, is also accused of swearing an oath of allegiance to the islamic state group. now, the court of appeal has

begun hearing a challenge to the ban on assisted dying from a man who's terminally ill. noel conway has motor neurone disease and he says he fears being entombed by his illness. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. this is the man who says that he wants to die with dignity. noel conway from shropshire was too ill to make it to court in london, so with his wife carol he went to telford to watch proceedings by video link. he says assisted dying can work if there are safeguards. it isn't a slippery slope to euthanasia, which is the last thing that i would want. but what we do want is the recognition of our human rights and for those not to be ignored. but outside court in london, those opposed to assisted dying set up these mock gravestones, representing the lives of disabled

people they claim would be put at risk if the law was changed. safeguards will not work. in every other country, they stopped working, and vulnerable people are going to be unprotected. i don't want to live in a country where this danger is there. the rights and safeguards surrounding end—of—life care are key issues for society. at present, doctors can in certain cases withdraw medical treatment, knowing that it will lead directly to a patient‘s death. but they can never prescribe drugs with the express intention of killing — even if a patient wants that. inside court, the legal team said that this was an unjustified breach of human rights. they want assisted dying available to those with less than six months

to live who are of sound mind. each case would be reviewed by a judge. mps already rejected these proposals three years ago, and whatever the judge rules, it is parliament that will always have the final say on such a crucial moral issue. noel conway's health is slowly failing, and he knows that this case and any appeals may continue past his death, but he says that he is fighting not just for himself but for others in the future. fergus walsh, bbc news. president trump has suggested that details for his talks with the north korean leader, kimjong—un, will be released in the next few days. speaking at an event to honour the bravery of those involved in the recent southwest airline incident, in which one women died, donald trump was asked to reflect on a comment made by the south korean president who suggested that mr trump should be awarded the nobel peace prize. president moon was very nice when he

suggested it, iwant president moon was very nice when he suggested it, i want to get peace, thatis suggested it, i want to get peace, that is the main thing, we want to get peace. it was a great problem, andi get peace. it was a great problem, and i think it will work out well, we are setting up meetings right now, i think it will probably be announced over the next couple of days — location and date. but i thought it was very generous president moon to make that statement, and i appreciate it. but the main thing is to get it done, i wa nt to the main thing is to get it done, i want to get it done. the taxi company uber has had its application to renew its operating licence in brighton and hove turned down. the council said it had "significa nt concerns" about the taxi app's data breach. it emerged last november that uber, which has 75 million users across the world, had concealed a hack that affected 57 million customers and drivers in 2016. uber said it intended to appeal the council's decision. the owners of a bakery in northern ireland who were found guilty of discrimination for refusing to make a cake with a pro—gay marriage message on it have had their appeal against the decision heard in the supreme court in belfast today. their lawyer said the ca ke's message was against the couple's religious views. time for a look at the weather news

with tomasz schafernaker. the weather has been stunning in parts of the country, but rain is sweeping in, reaching western parts, it has been raining in northern ireland, and tomorrow there will be more rain, but only for a time, and this is the weather front that is moving across the uk right now, this is the rain bearing cloud sweeping through northern ireland, part of scotland, and through the course of this evening other cities in the south—west and the west of the uk will get the rain. but it looks as though the extreme east of the country should just about stay dry all through the night, so norwich no rainforyou. mild all through the night, so norwich no rain for you. mild compared to last night, last night it was down to minus five in rural areas, this coming night around six or seven for most of us. the rainfall time tomorrow is most of us. the rainfall time tomorrow is across most of us. the rainfall time tomorrow is across eastern and south—eastern areas, it clears away the norfolk coast some time in the

afternoon, but for most of us a day of sunshine and a few passing showers. bye—bye. this is bbc news, our latest headlines: 0ur our top stories for you now: a bbc investigation finds that youtube stars are being paid to promote essay writing services for students, in effect helping them to cheat. youtube says it has taken down some of the videos. do not waste your time doing your essays, let these people do it for you. and you go enjoy your time out in the cinemas, with your friends, out partying. more than two and a half thousand patients being treated for neurological conditions in northern ireland, now need their cases re—examined. it's because of concerns over the work of a consultant. a court hears how four children aged between three and 15 all died when their house was set on fire with petrol bombs while they slept. drinks in scotland now cost significantly more than elsewhere in the uk. it becomes the first country

in the world to bring in minimum pricing on alcohol. the government hopes it will save lives. and the tv chefs, jamie oliver and hugh fearnley—whittingstall, have urged a group of mps to tackle childhood obesity and they describe it as an emergency. an nhs trust in northern ireland is recalling two—an—a—half thousand neurology patients following a review of the work of a consultant. concerns were raised a year—an—a—half ago about the diagnosis and treatment of patients who'd been seen by dr michael watt, who's employed by the belfast health trust. there are fears of misdiagnosis in some cases. dr mark mitchelson from the belfast health trust spoke to marie—louise cononolly about the action being taken. concerns were raised by doctors

about management of patients by an individual consultant. as a result of this we undertake an internal investigation and subsequently we instigated and external and independent review. as a result of this we are recalling all of the current patients, numbering 72,500. it isa current patients, numbering 72,500. it is a huge recall of patients. thousands of patients, very serious competitions that you have to get through. how serious is that? is anything like this, have you been involved in anything about scalable for? certainly this is a significant numberand for? certainly this is a significant number and within the neurosciences division we have never been involved with a recall of this scale. these are patients with a wide range of neurological conditions. some of which are deep to lift eating, complex and significantly serious. so for some patients how serious could this be if they are about to

get perhaps a different diagnosis? could it be more serious than what they believe they are living with? while we hope this will only affect a very small number of patients, the change of diagnosis could potentially be very significant and we understand that this must be incredibly anxious for them and we are deeply sorry for any distress that has been calls. equally it is absolutely vital that we are prudent and cautious in dealing with any patients and tens we are recalling peace patients to be seen. concerns we re peace patients to be seen. concerns were first raised at the end of 2016. that is a good 18 months ago. what would you say to criticism that perhaps the trust has not acted quickly enough? as soon as we became aware of the concerns we took in active step to ensure patient safety. as i mentioned, this included the external, independent

review. the results of which we received on thursday the 26th, just last week. and it is because about that we are acting to patients that they are on the best treatment course possible. that was dr mark mitchelson from the belfast health trust talking there to our reporter mary louise connolly. scotland has become the first country in the world to bring in minimum unit pricing for alcohol sales. retailers must now ensure a unit of alcohol is not priced below 50p, in a government bid to reduce the high number of alcohol—related deaths. it means a bottle of wine can be sold forjust under £5, and four cans of 9% lager will cost just under £8. the scottish government claims it will save around 400 lives over the next five years. with me is kate smith, a senior research economist at the institute for fiscal studies and i'm alsojoined from edinburgh by alison douglas, chief executive of alcohol focus scotland. it is good to see you both. thank

you for being with us. if i could start with you, kate, does this make sense? the minimum unit price? the thing to recognise about the unit price is that scotland is constrained in the policy it can implement and that it does not have control over alcohol taxation powers so those powers reside with westminster. the fact that the scottish government was concerned about the cheap alcohol being sold in cheap siders which are disproportionately bought by heavy drinkers, it is a reasonable start in terms of trying to deal with that kind of problem drinking and the associated costs of society. a reasonable start, allison? absolutely. in the first year alone we are expecting 60 lives to be saved and if that builds over time, it will become more effective as it

brings in on the longer turn conditions that develop over many years of drinking. it is gradual have a profound effect on public health it will have the biggest rate through from the public smoking ban. what about moderate drinkers who are poor will be hit the hardest. they will only pay an extra £2 a year. that seems to be a very small price to pay for a huge benefit, notjust the drinkers but the families and communities who are profoundly affected by alcohol and frankly the taxpayer who picks up the cloud for all the public services that we require, the criminaljustice, social work, health service and to deal with this huge, huge problems. at answering that problem, some people point out that poorer drinkers are going to be the ones who are hit the hardest. is there perhaps a feeling that duty might be the way to go about doing this

rather than in cell increase?” think it is important for the government to think carefully, particularly the uk government that has control of alcohol taxation. any policy that adjusts prices via a minimum unit price or taxation does have to think about the trade—off between the potential benefits to society to reducing public drinking to that people have to pay higher prices including people whose consumption is not worried about. the price introduced in scotland is going to affect almost 70% of units sold in the uk, and i mean those sold in the uk, and i mean those sold less than 50p and of those units we will expect to see on average a 35% price increase. these are nontrivial price increase is being discussed but to go back to the point of the difference between duty and minimum unit price, the

minimum unit price is not a tax. the revenue raised from this because people are paying higher prices will go to the retailers and the alcohol manufacturers and industry and not the government. if we were interested in props using some of this revenue to help the nhs or introduce alcohol harm programmes in this kind of thing, this is not going to be the best way to do that. so the uk government should think carefully on tax review first. if you did have tax orfirm and some kind of duty or whatever, that money could go to the treasury and could be used in public awareness programmes and help the nhs in scotla nd programmes and help the nhs in scotland which is paying for the problems of alcohol of views to the point of 6.3 billion a year. it is a huge cost to us all and we would strongly support a public health tax that brings some of that revenue back into the public first. but the

model that sheffield university dead on which minimum prices based also look at what kind of tax increase you would need to bring in in order to deliver the same benefit in a concluded you need a 20% tax increase. when does any political party talk about any tax increase of that magnitude? because of heavy drinkers, they are not swayed by a rise in 50p, are they? they are responsive to price. hazardous and harmful drinkers are responsive to price and the benefit is most significantly felt amongst those groups. amongst harmful drinkers, it is estimated this will reduce their consumption by 7%. that might not sound like a lot but it means there is an awful lot of people who would otherwise die or be hospitalized who will have better health as a result,

this cost me. i would like to come back to the schofield modelling, because it is interesting but what they considered in their study was an across—the—boa rd increase they considered in their study was an across—the—board increase in duty. and what we are suggesting is that we have duty that varies across different alcohol and currently the duty on the cider is almost equivalent to beer, particularly the stronger siders and so what we're saying is the government could undertake tax reform, not necessarily by increasing the duty across all products but actually bringing the tax on cider online with on beer and our research found that we can have a larger reductions in social cost of drinking but also raising revenue that would go to the exchequer.m

you could tell me white as such a problem in scotland? and secondly if there's one other thing you would do to add to this measure of minimum pricing what would that be?” to add to this measure of minimum pricing what would that be? i think alcohol consumption is a problem throughout the western world and it is linked to affluence and so it is the upward ability of alcohol that helps to cause harm but why is scotland drinking more than england or wales, there has to be a conversation about that but in terms of what the raw sponsors do, the international evidence is really clear that price, increasing the price, restricting the availability and alcohol marketing is the best policy. thank you. the tv chefs, jamie oliver and hugh fearnley—whittingstall, have told a group of mps that childhood obesity is now a "catastrophe" and an "emergency."

they've been giving evidence to the commons health committee, urging the government to introduce a range of measures, including restrictions on junk food adverts. jamie oliver pushed for former prime minister david cameron to introduce reforms to tackle childhood obesity and spoke of the lack of action in the government's former strategy. when i look over the last childhood obesity strategy that was published, when i go for the basics of doing words with my seven—year—old son, there was not many doing words in a planned. it with a lot of suggestion and a lot of i would like and a lot of the old rhetoric around personal responsibility and people that should do things. and i feel like the world has changed since then. and hugh fearnley—whittingstall told the committee it was "may day" for the uk's obesity crisis. we have seen an arms race between the big food brands, competing with each other in a game they are extremely good about, backed by a huge amount of money

and they are raising for our appetites and we are ultimately the losers, so we have a big problem now. i have seen that there are a lot of different levers to pull, there are a lot of areas where action can be taken for the better. so i am right withjamie and we need to see all of these levers being pulled. chapter two shouldn't be a prelude to chapter three, four, five... chapter two should be the lets fix it now chapter. today is the 1st of may. this is may day for the obesity crisis. before he went into parliament, jamie oliver spoke to our health editor hugh pym and explained why he thought it was important for the government to act now. first of all, how important is it that the government does act soon on this issue? i think it is an incredible moment in time where, not

the conversation of obesity or child health, all the things around that, we have known about it for a long, long time but the appetite for addressing it has got closer to maybe coming of age. and what does that mean? it means that if we do not address child held really soon ina not address child held really soon in a multipronged, multifaceted way, like an attack, using all resources, using all the levers and every single ministry of government, then we are going to be in a really dark place and 15—20 years. we are going to be in a really dark place and 15-20 years. let's look at some specifics, the way food is sold in supermarkets, the way it is displayed in aisles, what you want to see there? you could see what is jamie trying to take away? nothing. i want to get british people to better value real food. it i want to get british people to better value realfood. it is i want to get british people to better value real food. it is about what you get. by moore, emr, weighs more and spend more, that is the

point of them, to make you spend more. and most of those are those unhealthy. so is it making it and unhealthier place, of course. we have a0 years of the food industry not by luck using sort of the psychology of marketing to sell more sugar and kind of less food. so even if you go right back to the school dinners 30 or a0 years ago, the icon of that became the turkey to his lair in the concept of fat is this and hundreds of other similar products. it is a sausage so it should have for ingredients, it had a9 and it is not much meat. metaphorically that is what we want the strategy to do. we want to get more realfood. should there be some controls on not so much how little

discount you can get on your treats. i think we all love treats but would it be morally fair that fresh food has an equal playing field? finally, what about exercise and the importance of making that a key part of this? public figures like yourself supporting it and doing it, what about that? getting out and about and finding things out is what it is all about. the daily mile is a piece of genius and costs schools zero and if you look at incredible research that has been done in the last ten years about even ten or 15 minutes of brisk walking and how it affects education. i do not know about you, but i can be all right, i can be 80% most days unless i have a hangover but an extra 10—15%. and there's always an excuse on why not to do something because you have no studio or a big gm dunnjam. to do something because you have no

studio ora big gm dunnjam. so i think the government needs to facilitate it and make it easier and more brilliant. we want chapter two to bea more brilliant. we want chapter two to be a wide, holistic, environmental change for good. jamie oliver and our reporter there. the headlines on bbc news: a bbc investigation finds that youtube stars are being paid to promote essay writing services for students, in effect helping them to cheat. youtube says it has taken down some of the videos. more than two and a half thousand patients being treated for neurological conditions in northern ireland, now need their cases re—examined. it's because of concerns over the work of a consultant. a court hears how a children aged between 3 and 15 all died when their house was set on fire with petrol bombs while they slept. an update on the market numbers for you, here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. and the dow and the nasdaq are a

mixed bag there. the armenian opposition leader has called for a general strike after the governing republican party voted against his election as prime minister. addressing crowds in the main square of the capital yerevan, nikol pashinyan said his supporters should block roads, railway stations and airports, starting tomorrow. he said the republican party has declared war on the people by refusing to support him. joining us now is our caucasus correspondent, rayhan demytrie. what has been happening today? what has been happening today7m has been such a dramatic day here in armenia. it started with lots of people turning up in the square and it is the country's biggest square, not far from where i am standing now. they come up with the balloons and flags and were hoping to

celebrate their victory by the end of the day. what would have marked this victory is the election of their candidate, this man led weeks of peaceful protests in armenia. he has been able to force the former prime minister out of power and was hoping to get elected as prime minister today. but it has been an excruciating wait for all these people in the square happy i am talking about thousands of people. the parliamentary session would last for nearly nine hours and throughout the day all of these people were standing in the square under the hot, sunny weather and waiting for the voting to take place. instead they saw members of their republican party criticising their candidate, criticising pashinyan in thing they did not think he was up for this job. is there any real sign that his supporters are going to take to the

streets tomorrow and protests? people are absolutely determined to continued their the struggle against the party. pashinyan turned up in the party. pashinyan turned up in the square and that he lost about 65 votes from parliamentarians but has the votes of tens of thousands of people in the square and based on what. .. i've managed people in the square and based on what... i've managed to speak to some people and he said absolutely we will continue the struggle. we know that we have one already. it is just a matter of time before we steal this victory and make the governing party recognise that we have one. thank you forjoining us. doctors in scotland have made history after carrying out a complicated operation, which it's thought has never been performed on someone so young before. noah connell from glasgow has a rare condition which could have stopped him from breathing. the operation involved inserting metal plates and pins into his face. catriona renton has been to meet

noah and his family. noah will celebrate his first birthday on saturday. he was born with a rare genetic condition that means he has trouble breathing and feeding. in his short life, he has already had a series of operations, including one that is believed to be the first of its kind in the world. basically the two wee pins on both sides are holding his jaw open. so the jaw doesn't fuse and they are attached to his skull, so they don't come off. noah's jaw has been broken and a kind of scaffolding put in place. the aim is to move his jaw forward. when the jaw moves forward two centimetres, the tongue won't fall back as much and meaning the airway won't shut and he can close at any time. so fingers crossed that this

will definitely help. what is rare in this case is how young noah is. but despite all he has been through, he keeps smiling. his young parents are just smitten. we wouldn't change him any way, we feel as if it has made us stronger and made us like... we are used to it. he is remarkable. he is an inspiration to everybody. in eight weeks the metal pieces will be removed and the family hope for success. for nearly 100 years cambridge university's library tower has been closed to the public and shrouded in mystery, sparking rumours and tall tales among students about what treasures may be housed within it. but now the tower‘s secrets are to be revealed to the public for the first time. tim muffett reports from cambridge. this is an uplifting story. it is about a building that dominates the cambridge skyline

and which contains one of the world's most remarkable collection of books. hey mark. hello tim. and welcome to the tower. 1a3 above cambridge city centre. the tower contains getting on for! million books. since 1710, cambridge university library has by law received a copy of every book published in the uk. but many were not deemed to be of academic interest so a tower was built to house them, where they could be stored and largely ignored. the tower was built in 193a it was designed by charles gilbert scott, who i think was better known for the red telephone box. the whole point of a library like this is we are not making judgements about whether things are significant or interesting. the stuff was published, we acquired it. it is just as mad diversity of stuff. you know there are school textbooks about trigonometry, there are storybooks there is stuff about naval battle. there is a book about 191a about life insurance, there is something about field sanitation.

there is a pamphlet arguing on whether we should have a channel tunnel in 191a. a new exhibition will allow visitors a rare access to the tower in to see some of the collection close—up. this is the first edition of tolkein's the hobbit published in 1937. initially this was just considered not that important, let's shove it in the tower. exactly, just one of the many thousands of books that came into the library that year. this is the first edition of ian fleming's casino royale, the first james bond book. we had to make the most of the academic material, the histories, the literature, but the popular novels that were coming into the library weren't considered important. and so they were put up in the tower. and it is hoped the exhibition will finally dispel one long—standing rumour. the most famous myth is it is stuffed to the roof with victorian pornography. it is actually not true but we are a legal deposit or copyright library so by law we have received a copy of every book published for over 300 years. so whether it is a knitting pattern

or you know a magazine about trainspotting, or an academic textbook or an article by steven hawking, will acquire it and hold it for the long—term. the latest chapter for remarkable building. people around the uk have been marking may day. in 0xford, nearly 30 thousand people gathered for the annual may day celebration of the ancient spring festival. the revellers enjoyed morris dancing, folk music and choir singing. morris dancers were also up at sunrise in bristol celebrating the day. the duke and duchess of cambridge have formally registered the birth of prince louis. his dad signed the birth register at kensington palace.the birth the birth certificate gives the young prince's full name, his royal highness prince louis arthur charles of cambridge. the royal mint has created a new five pound coin featuring images of prince harry and meghan markle, to commemorate

their wedding later this month. the basic coin is available for 13 pounds, silver proof for £82.50, and gold proof for £1,980. it is ms markle's first appearance on a uk coin. the pair will marry at st george's chapel in windsor on may the 19th. a remarkable likeness. let's join tomasz schafernaker for the forecast. hello there, the weather is a bit of a blip in the weather at the moment. we have some rain sweeping the country right now. soggy in northern ireland, western scotland and western parts of the uk. the rain will hang around for a wild and hopefully not too long if you don't wa nt hopefully not too long if you don't want the rain. here is the weather front moving across the uk right now. it will travel across the uk

during the night so hopefully it will not hang around tomorrow for too long. 0n the wednesday morning, or the west country and wales into eastern scotland but these guys are already starting to clear by don there in belfast. 6 degrees so not as cold as last night and the west. rush hour is looking a little on the 5°99y rush hour is looking a little on the soggy side but quickly improving in cardiff and birmingham as well. the last place to wave goodbye for though rain is nor h. the afternoon is looking fine for most of us. still fairly cool around 10—13d so not particularly warm and it has been a shockingly cold start to the wea k been a shockingly cold start to the weak and temperatures are starting to recover now. by thursday, jet streams to the north of us and you have the cold side of the jet and mild side of the jet. we will be on

the mild side eventually soak temperatures will start rising. and we are talking about a spell of very nice weather by the weekend. 0n thursday, we are still in the process of warming up. and actually a rather lot of clout, because the temperatures are rising does not mean that the sun is going to be out straightaway. and in fact far from it. it is a moist, south—westerly wind, dragging and layers of cloud across the uk and the layers will break up every now and then. but the best chance of more prolonged sunny spells i think are some eastern air, looking across the channel there. some decent weather and then come the weekend that is when the weather looks absolutely fine, through saturday and sunday and a snapshot at saturday. pushing that warmer air, warming up and it will be mostly dry but not completely. we are expecting a fair bit of sunshine. all in all, the outlook is

not looking bad at all. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is 0utside source. the battle's on to save or scrap the iran nuclear deal, after israel's claim that iran lied "big time". today the world's nuclear watchdog said that one of the projects that israel was highlighting it knew about already. armenia's protest leader calls on his supporters to block all roads and begin a general strike as its parliament fails to elect him prime minister. mark zuckerberg says it's been an intense year for facebook but that he's dealing with the privacy scandal. an app developer took data that people had shared with them and sold it. so we need to make sure that this never happens again. and we'll look at the second leg the roma—liverpool champions league semifinal.