this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm. to british women are among those hospitalized in the deadly volcanic eruption on a new zealand island this morning. coincide! five people are known dead. authorities say there are unlikely to be any survivors after the eruption. to those who have lost either friends oi’ those who have lost either friends orfamily, we those who have lost either friends or family, we share those who have lost either friends orfamily, we share in those who have lost either friends or family, we share in your unfathomable grief in this moment in time in your sorrow. political fallout over the photo of a four—year—old sleeping on the floor ofa four—year—old sleeping on the floor of a leeds hospital. serial sex attackerjoseph mccann is sentenced to 33 life sentences. the judge says he will always be a danger to

society. and russia is banned again from all major sporting events for doping — this time, the band will last for years. and coming up at 8:30pm, a question time special with an audience entirely made up of under 30. that's live on bbc one in the news channel at 8:30pm. hello, good evening to you. if you're just joining hello, good evening to you. if you'rejustjoining us, welcome to bbc news. at least five people have been killed and eight more are missing assumed dead after a volcano erupted off the coast of new zealand. live images from the volcano showed a group of visitors the british high commissioner, laura

clark, has announced that teams are offering assistance. up to 50 people are believed to have been on the island at the time live images from the volcano showed a group of visitors inside the crater before the picture suddenly went dark. up to 50 people are believed to have been on the island at the time 23 have been rescued. fears of further eruptions means emergency services aren't able to get to the island they've flown over it and say there is no sign of survivors. shaimaa khalil is there and has sent this report. it is in the bay of plenty of around 30 miles off the post of fort walker tony. shaimaa khalil is there and has sent this report. the extraordinary few moments after the volcano on white island erupted. the extraordinary few moments after the volcano it hit briefly and fiercely, filling the air with huge plumes of smoke and smouldering ash. the people on this boat had left just moments before the eruption. the boat operators were not taking any chances. go inside, go inside, go inside!

these pictures of the steaming crater were filmed by tourists half an hour earlier. after getting in their boat and seeing the blast, the group returned to the island to look for survivors. they found this sightseeing helicopter destroyed by the eruption. the ash was still building, and further down the beach, a large group could be seen waiting to be rescued. translation: it was hot, so everyone had burns. some were seriously burned, others a bit less, and i'm not sure if they managed to rescue everyone. 23 people were picked up. of those, five are now confirmed dead. others are still unaccounted for. including this group, seen on the monitoring camera at the rim of the volcano just moments before the eruption. the island is unstable. the possibilities of further

eruptions, and actually the physical environment is unsafe for us to return to the island. helicopters transferred those who were critically ill to specialist hospitals, but rescue and recovery efforts had to be suspended. i know there will be a huge amount of concern and anxiety for those who have loved ones on or around the island at the time, and i can assure them, police are doing everything they can. white island may be new zealand's most active volcano, but it's also popular with tourists. local scientists say the volcano had been more active in recent weeks. about three weeks ago, we raised the alert level to indicate that there were signs of increased unrest and therefore a slightly higher probability of an eruption. but really, that goes down to the tourist operators who informed the tourists and decide

whether they should go or not. police say aircraft have been searching the island for signs of life. so far, they've found none and save they are assuming there are no more survivors. the new zealand prime minister updated the media on the identities of the missing a couple of hours ago. at this stage, we can confirm that... who were part of the tour operation and tourists from australia, the united states, the united kingdom, china, and malaysia. to the best of our knowledge. to those who have lost or are missing family and friends, we share in your unfathomable grief in this moment of time, and your sorrow. we grieve

with you and we grieve with the kiwis. jacinda ardern talking in the last few minutes. if we get any more information on those in the disaster from this country, we will bring it to you on bbc news. a row has broken out after a four—year—old boy with suspected pneumonia had to sleep for hours on the floor in a&e. when a journalist tried to show a picture of the boy at the hospital in leeds to the prime minister, mrjohnson initially refused to look at it and then took the journalist's phone and put it in his pocket. as other party leaders accused the pm ofjust not caring, the health secretary matt hancock was despatched to the hospital where he apologised for the boy's experience. but he was jeered by onlookers as he left. our political editor laura kuenssberg has the latest. not long left. borisjohnson wants to win and hopes he can do so by taking territory that has been labour forever. but where the majority voted to leave. people in this part of the country and across this country spoke and said they wanted

to leave the eu. now is the moment for us to get on and do it. beyond that familiar mantra, is he really in tune with millions of people who rely on public services and worry about them? like four—year—old jack's parents, whose son was pictured on the front of the mirror newspaper today after having to wait on the floor in a leeds hospital four hours. you've taken my phone and put it in your pocket, prime minister. his mother says the nhs is in crisis. what's your response? borisjohnson, awkward when an itv reporter asked him to respond directly to the photograph. although he was flanked by a former labour mp today, this is not safe ground for borisjohnson, not at all. why were fake websites set up? tricky questions on the tories‘ behaviour online, brexit and the tv licence fee. it certainly wasn't his home crowd. do you think after a decade of a significant squeeze on public

spending that you as a party understand the concerns of people in the north of england, especially since today you struggled to look at a picture of a four—year—old boy on the floor of an emergency department in a hospital in leeds? i'm very proud of what we are doing to rebuild leeds general infirmary, and it is one of the hospitals that we will rebuild from the beginning. it will be a fantastic project, and we are putting, as i say, the biggest ever investment into our nhs. borisjohnson is here trying to get people to vote tory in this part of the country. do you think it is going to happen? i hope not. we've had nine years of awfulness. but others are returning. i'm changing to tory. yeah. just to keep jeremy corbyn out. at this late stage, labour was given a big chance in front of a big crowd in bristol.

the daily mirror today shows this picture of a four—year—old boy suffering from pneumonia, being treated on the floor of a hospital. all the way through, they have attacked the tories on how they have dealt with the health service. the tories have had nine years to fund our nhs properly. it's time to bring their regime to an end. and elect a labour government that is determined to fund our nhs properly. the health secretary was dispatched to leeds general to help calm things down. it's not good enough, and i have apologised. i've got three small children myself, and i've spent too many evenings in a&e, and i know what it feels like. the health secretary was harangued by a small group of labour protesters on his way out. the two sides in this election are miles apart,

with only three days to go, tensions are on the rise. get out of here! laura kuenssberg, bbc news, in cou nty laura kuenssberg, bbc news, in county durham. this evening, borisjohnson is at a rally with conservative party members in gloucestershire. our political correspondent alex forsyth is on her way there. the obvious question is if conservative officials are concerned about the way this story appears to be playing out in the way it has followed the prime minister throughout the rest of his day in the north of england and down into the north of england and down into the west country? i think it is safe to say this wasn't part of the plan today. we were expecting boris johnson to do a tour of several seats in the labour and leave areas. ct should get if you want to get a majority. he's offering to resolve per exit quickly if he gets

reelected. —— brexiteers. but the coverage is all about how he refused to look at a picture of a little boy. labour's key messaging has been about the nhs. you saw boy. labour's key messaging has been about the nhs. you saneremy corbyn there saying that it has shifted the way the parameter wouldn't want. over the next three days or so, we should expect him trying to get the message back on track. up until this point, this was a campaign where there hasn't been any real mistakes oi’ there hasn't been any real mistakes or gaffes. i think today this will feel to the prime minister and his tea m feel to the prime minister and his team like this is exactly what they didn't want to happen, particularly into the last crucial days of the campaign before people make their decision on thursday. good luck with the rest of the journey. alex forsyth on the battle bus. more on the row over the little boy, four—year—old jack on the hospital

in leeds. let's get some more on all of this geraldine scott is the westminster correspondent for the yorkshire post and joins me from our bureau in leeds. this is turning into a very busy afternoon for you and your paper. what you think went wrong for the prime minister but this? his message has been good news on the nhs, more money, and a big new hospital in leeds. i think what has gone wrong is from the initial announcement, new hospitals dashed a0 new hospitals which was shown not to be a0 new hospitals. leeds is one of the places that was benefiting. the prime minister got off on the wrong foot this morning with one of my itv collea g u es foot this morning with one of my itv colleagues when he couldn't look at the photo of the little boy. matt hancock did not impress anyone this afternoon either, and it has not been a good day on the campaign trail. in terms of the reaction there's been, not least in the reaction from your own paper, your

editorial is pretty skating this evening. if i can quote from it because you'll give us some context of this, at the end of an election which began with mrjohnson misjudging his response to the south yorkshire floods, this raises little surprise that so many people are u nsettled surprise that so many people are unsettled by the conduct of the pm, and now his apology to the nhs, dispatching matt hancock to sue things over. how has this consent election gone for conservatives? seat wheatfield, which they were very optimistic of winning, and unapologetically at remainer mp there. how well is there ground game come so there. how well is there ground game come so far in spite of today's difficulties? it has been going quite well. if you look at polling and things like that, it does look like the tories will win a lot of seats in yorkshire, and this is

where seats are being won and lost. look at don valley, saja javid this morning and whole —— saja javid. they're putting lots of resources into winning the seats, and they're hoping that these areas that voted leave will vote along brexit lines. up leave will vote along brexit lines. up until then there's not been a massive stumbling block, but today we saw a potential turning point in the election. and if it doesn't dashed it might not change things but it may put a dent in the vote they get there. geraldine, thanks so much. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:a0pm and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are the spectator‘s deputy political editor, katy balls, and jack blanchard, editor of the politico london playbook. stay with us for that, he should make some very interesting reading.

the serial sex attacker joseph mccann has been sentenced to 33 life sentences and must serve a minimum of 30 years. he was convicted of a string of attacks on a total of 11 women and children across england. thejudge described him as as a classic psychopath who would always be a danger to society. he also called for an independent investigation into why mccann was released from prison in february. june kelly reports. joseph mccann — described today by the judge as a psychopath, a coward, a violent bully and a paedophile. his youngest victim was a boy of ii, his eldest a woman of 71. most were grabbed off the street by mccann. cctv captured him in his car as he spotted and targeted a 25—year—old. her identity is protected. mccann subjected her to what was described as ia hours of depravity.

she finally managed to free herself and another young woman after mccann went into this hotel in watford, leaving them both in the car. when he returned, she hit him over the head with a vodka bottle. today, her victim personal statement was read to the court by the prosecutor. she said, "my life as a young woman in her 20s looks very different to how it did." "i spend more time at home managing my trauma." she also disclosed that, since her ordeal at the hands of mccann, she had faced a wait of up to year for therapy and ended up paying for it herself. once again, joseph mccann exercised his legal right not to attend court. today's excuse was that he had a bad back. the judge described mccann as someone entirely obsessed with himself, who had never expressed a word of regret or concern for his victims. they were failed by the state. joseph mccann's mistaken release from prison gave a violent offender

the opportunity to rape women and children. today thejudge, mrjustice edis, said he feared some lives could be ruined by what mccann did, and the failings in this case should be made public. june kelly, bbc news, at the old bailey. the headlines on bbc news... two british women are amongst those in the hospital after a deadly explosion on a new zealand island this morning. the premise or is involved in a political row over a picture of a four—year—old boy sleeping on the floor of a hospital in leeds. mr mccann is sentenced to 33 life sentences. the judge says he will always be a danger. sport now, and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre.

thank you, start with russia who have been given a worldwide ban by the anti—doping association. it is a story that has been rumbling on for five years now and goes back to russia's state—sponsored doping scandal at the winter olympics in sochl scandal at the winter olympics in sochi. the committee met today and voted unanimously to impose the ban after russia's on anti—doping agency was found to have manipulated laboratory data. some say that sanctions don't go far enough and are calling for a blanket band. you can say this is not enough, but what i would say is this. every world championship for the last four years, notjust championship for the last four years, not just any other games, championship for the last four years, notjust any other games, but every world championship — there won't be a russian president there, fio won't be a russian president there, no government officials, no team. neutrally athletes only, no russian flag. that is a significant sign and message that says you, by your conduct, have forfeited your place

at the top of world sport. that's not enough and we may have to go next time. but yes, we want to try and geta next time. but yes, we want to try and get a message across without punishing innocent, or innocent athletes. there is one match in the premier league tonight. arsenal haven't won in nine matches in all competitions and are at the london stadium, where west ham haven't won in four games. it is currently goalless with nearly 20 minutes played. hector bellerin was injured in the warm up. centuries from danni wyatt and tammy beaumont helped england's women to a 75—run win over pakistan. that was in the first one—day international in kuala lumpur. the pair shared a first wicket stand of i88, as england made 28a—6. kate cross then took four pakistan wickets. these three one—dayers are the last fixtures in the icc women's championship. i'm really happy with that, and

certainly happy for danny white today, for her to get her first international one day 100 as wealth is not that one was really tough and really ha rd. is not that one was really tough and really hard. out there in the heat — i thought it was a hard wicket, but obviously she was playing differently, and even pakistan have a good rate at the end there. so that's one of the more ugly runs as a bit ofa that's one of the more ugly runs as a bit of a tag, but you just have to get it in sometimes. johnny sexton has been ruled out of leinster‘s champions cup game at home to northampton on saturday with a knee injury. the captain was forced off in their win over the saints at the weekend. the extent of his injury hasn't been revealed yet. sexton was sent for a scan this afternoon. baroness tanni grey—thompson, the 11—time paralympic champion, says labelling disabled athletes and inspiration can be insulting. —— as inspirational can be insulting. she has been telling us why the term can be problematic. just being disabled doesn't mean to say you're inspirational. and i

think it is quite hard for some people understand why a lot of disabled athletes feel really strongly about this. but in my day—to—day life, i don't think i am inspirational. it always feels a bit strange to be called that. however it is nice as an athlete to think that you've done something to change the world for disability sports. so it's a really company and argument. but for me, sport should be covered by sport, and would people are competing and we talk about sports, and around the edges you can talk about how someone became disabled or why they are impaired. she talked to us in more detail about that, as well as about the discrimination she faced when she was pregnant. you can hear that interview in full on sportsday at 10:30pm. see you then. as we've just been hearing, the world anti—doping agency has again banned russia from all major sports events. the last time was in 2015, this time it's for four years including the next olympics and the football world cup. an investigation found that the russian authorities

had tampered with data from an anti—doping laboratory. let's get some more reaction to this from john jackson, who won bronze in the captain four men bobsleigh in sochi in 201a. but only after russian competitors we re but only after russian competitors were eliminated were these medals awarded. thanks for being with us, john. it is one of those moments in your career you can never john. it is one of those moments in your career you can never get john. it is one of those moments in your career you can never get back. being given the metal is great, but not getting it there on the podium in sochi the day you achieved it — that must still hurt. yes, i mean i think we are over it as a team. we realise we can't get that moment back, and i don't think we realised what we had missed. it sunk in for me when i was at pyeongchang commentating for bbc, and the rules started to come in from the athletes, and i was at that point where i thought that was the moment that we missed. so we had a special

moment when it was presented to us two and a half weeks ago. it is still relatively recent, and that's a long time, five years of scapula well, it was five years and nine months, but we finally have the metal now. it has been a long, frustrating road for us, and it is still frustrating to see that this whole russian doping scandal is still going on. what do you make of the decision announced today?” think it was what i was expecting. i don't necessarily think it is strong enough. i certainly get the whole thing behind and the athletes being able to compete, the clean athletes to compete. but what i would like to see at the next olympics, they are not allowed to compete under the olympic athletes of russia, because i still think that identity has to

be completely neutral. and there has been neutrality talks as a position for taking part. what else could be done? presumably unless you are going to have a situation where individual countries give up their rights over doing the testing themselves, it will have to be taken on trust at some point in the future that russia is playing by the rules? i think it will, and it is one of those sad situations where i think a lot of the anti—doping agencies around the world are maybe 2—3 steps behind the actual drug cheats. and if you look at all the major doping scenarios we've had recently, they've all come across because of whistle—blowers coming forward. so i think it isjust whistle—blowers coming forward. so i think it is just a difficult situation to be in, and sport is on a backward step and possibly losing fa ns a backward step and possibly losing fans because of it. your team is

gearing up for the next winter olympics? were still going, but i think some of us are getting just a bit too old. i canjust think some of us are getting just a bit too old. i can just sit and watch it from home. you can sit and watch it from home. you can sit and watch it from home. you can sit and watch it with the pride of your achievement. thanks for talking to us, and congratulation to you as a team. john us, and congratulation to you as a team. jothackson us, and congratulation to you as a team. john jackson there. one of the last surviving raf pilots who fought in the battle of britain during world war two has died aged 101. maurice mounsdon was one of only four remaining members of what churchill called the few — the 3,000 airmen who defended the skies above southern england from the nazis in 19a0. robert hall looks back at his life. their story has gripped us for over 75 years, the young men who defended their skiesagainst waves of german bombers in 19a0.

but now, one by one, the men who defended their country against overwhelming odds are passing into raf history. maurice mounsdon was 21 when hejoined up. less than a year after completing his training, he was in combat over kent. throuthuly and august, he flew relentless and exhausting missions, shooting down at least seven enemy aircraft. but his luck ran out, and at 1a,000 feet he was supposed to bail out of his blazing hurricane. —— forced to bail out. -- forced to bail out. i'd had a shot at one of the boys, and i was overtaking the squadron, so i turned it to come back and have another go when i was hit. he landed in these essex fields, his hands and legs were badly burned, and he endured months of treatment in hospital. the pain comes later, oh yes. burns are rather uncomfortable. hmm.

maurice mounsdon never flew again, but he did serve until the end of the war. nowjust three of his fellow pilots remain, all of them over 100. but the courage shown in that long and costly summer will outlive all of them. maurice mounsdon, one of the few, who's died, aged 101. coming up in a few moments, a question time special attended by those exclusively under 30. but now it's time for the weather. good evening. for many, monday is something often quieter. it we head into tuesday, able become wetter and windier. lots of clear skies to finish off the day, allowing temperatures to drop away quite sharply initially. but actually the winds will strengthen, for western

areas in particular in the cloud and rain moves in. here is the night progresses, temperatures will start to recover. parts of east anglia down towards the far southeast may hang on to clear skies for much of the night. for here we can have a patchy frost to start the day with temperatures close to freezing. but 10 celsius down to the west. winds really strong across the western coast, up towards the northern aisles, the rain in particular heavy for the western areas, gradually working its way eastwards. squally wins associate with the rain early in the afternoon. temperatures in double figures, but factor in the strength of the wind and it will still feel quite cool.

tonight, we are in york. welcome to question time election special. with us, robertjenrick, a former corporate lawyer and businessman, elected to westminster in 201a and now the housing secretary. a former ca re now the housing secretary. a former care worker trade unionist, she became an mp in 2015 and was appointed shadow secretary for education a year later, angela rayner. an mp by age 25 after a brief career in public relations, five months ago she became the first woman and the youngest person to be elected leader of the lib dems, jo swinson. humza yousaf, the first man from an ethic maniacally in the

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