tonight at ten: a serving police officer is arrested on suspicion of murder after the disappearance of a woman in south london. sarah everard, who was 33, was last seen a week ago on her way home from a friend's house in the clapham area. police revealed tonight that searches near ashford in kent have found human remains, and they confirmed details about the suspect who's in custody. the news today that it was a metropolitan police officer who was arrested on suspicion of sarah's murder has sent shock waves and anger through the public, and through the met. we'll have more from kent and the latest from scotland yard. also tonight...

the test—and—trace scheme has cost a staggering amount and made little difference, according to a highly critical report by a parliamentary committee. a new survey shows that, on child—caring and home—schooling, women have carried a far heavier burden than men during the pandemic. ghislaine maxwell, accused of helping the convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein, is being held injail in degrading conditions, according to her brother. and in tonight's european football, liverpool finally find some form to reach the champions�* league quarterfinals. and coming up in sport on bbc news... manchester city put five past southampton to open up a m point gap at the top of the premier league.

good evening. a serving metropolitan police officer has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the disappearance of a woman in south london a week ago. sarah everard, who was 33, was making her way home from a friend's house. the metropolitan police commissioner, dame cressida dick, revealed tonight that "what appear to be human remains" have been found near ashford in kent, but those remains have not yet been identified. dame cressida said the news that the man arrested was one of her officers had sent shock waves and anger throughout the force. let's join our special correspondent lucy manning, who's in ashford with the latest. sarah everard, described by her family as amazing, lovely, fantastic. fora family as amazing, lovely, fantastic. for a week say: on to hope that she would be found alive. —— for a week, they clung onto. off

the beaten track, surrounded by woodlands, police searched all day as a colleague sat in custody under suspicion of her murder and kidnap. this evening, detectives and search teams investigating syrah�*s disappearance, have found, very sadly, what appears to be human remains. —— investigating sarah's disappearance. the discovery was made in an area of woodland in ashford in kent. the news today that it was a metropolitan police officer that was arrested on suspicion of sarah's murder has sent shock waves and anger through the public and through the met.— and anger through the public and through the met. sarah everard was last seen a week _ through the met. sarah everard was last seen a week ago, _ through the met. sarah everard was last seen a week ago, walking - through the met. sarah everard was last seen a week ago, walking from | through the met. sarah everard was. last seen a week ago, walking from a

friend's house in south london to her house. as many women do on many nights out, walking alone. she did not make it home. the police officer under arrest is in his 405, his house in deal in kent wa5 under arrest is in his 405, his house in deal in kent was searched, police removing a car. he was a diplomatic protection officer, but instead of protecting embassies he is facing questions about a possible merger. a woman was also arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender. at about 4am i heard cardoza, i assumed it was night worker5, people going to work, and i saw some activity with the police down there. sarah, a marketing executive, had been at her friend's house close to clapham common in south london. she left at around 9pm to return to her

home in brixton, one hour's walk away. police believe that she went across clapham common. thi5 footage acro55 clapham common. thi5 footage on a door bell camera shows her on poynder5 road at around 9:30pm. it was the last time she was seen. her family want the public to come forward with anything they know. the police officer arrested wa5 forward with anything they know. the police officer arrested was off duty at the time of her disappearance and it is not known whether or not he was connected to sarah. she was just 33 years old, ju5t enjoying london life and walking home. how could that end here, where the week—long agony of herfamily that end here, where the week—long agony of her family has only identified. —— intensified? when a woman disappears after walking home alone, so many people, women especially, hold their breath, hoping she will

be found. it seems tonight that after the searches in these isolated dark field5, but everything that sarah's family hoped for, that she would be found, has not been possible. it was an a5h would be found, has not been possible. it was an ash and faced commissioner of the metropolitan police now leading a murder inquiry when the main 5u5pect police now leading a murder inquiry when the main suspect is one of her officers. studio: thank you, lucy manning. in her statement this evening, the metropolitan police commissioner 5aid londoner5 should know it was "incredibly rare" for a woman to be abducted from the capital's streets, and her thoughts were with sarah everard's family. let's go to scotland yard and our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford. daniel, what is the latest you have for us? , ~ , ., for us? first, i think there is an uruent for us? first, i think there is an urgent sense — for us? first, i think there is an urgent sense of— for us? first, i think there is an urgent sense of a _ for us? first, i think there is an urgent sense of a need - for us? first, i think there is an urgent sense of a need to - for us? first, i think there is an . urgent sense of a need to reassure the people of london that it is

extremely rare for people to be abducted by strangers and even more rare for it to turn into a possible merger, and if they police officer is involved, that would essentially be unique. the other word used around here this evening as well as reassurance and shock is betrayal, because although this investigation could take another pass, nobody has been charged, after all, but if it turns out a police officer was involved that there will be a very sought —— microstructure sense of betrayal throughout this organisation, that they have been betrayed and the people of london have been betrayed, because they feel great pride that theirjob is to protect the people of london, and now an officer is suspected of giving the exact opposite in the worst possible way.— giving the exact opposite in the worst possible way. many thanks, daniel sandford _ worst possible way. many thanks, daniel sandford at _ worst possible way. many thanks, daniel sandford at scotland - worst possible way. many thanks, daniel sandford at scotland yard. | worst possible way. many thanks, . daniel sandford at scotland yard. we will now move onto some of the day's other main stories. the nhs test and trace system,

which is likely to cost the taxpayer £37 billion, failed to prevent lockdowns and there is "no clear evidence" that it had cut the number of coronavirus infections. those are the findings of the house of commons public accounts committee, which has published a highly critical report on scheme. the mp5 said the cost was "staggering" and that taxpayers were being treated like a cash machine. but the prime minister defended the system, as our health editor hugh pym reports. a testing site today now part of everyday life, but it has cost a lot of money to get where we are and a highly critical report by mp5 has fuelled a new debate on what test and trace has achieved. it was raised at prime minister's questions. the government is throwing a staggering 37 billion at a test and trace system that we know has made barely any difference. the prime minister defended its performance. it is thanks to nhs test and trace that we are able to send kids back to school and begin cautiously and irreversibly to reopen our economy and restart our lives.

the £37 billion budget is over two years. the report says it isn't clear that is making a measurable difference. it says the system has too many expensive contractors, including private consultants. 2,500 were still on the books more than £6,000 a day. -- 2500 —— 2500 were still on the books last month, with one page more than £6,000 a day. lots of money was being thrown at lots of projects and, you know, in many cases there are big questions about how that money has been allocated, how it is being spent. it is worth remembering that early on in the first wave there was nothing like this. the test and trace network had to be created from scratch. the key issue is, has it been as effective as it should have been? there were long waits at testing centres and for results when infections rose rapidly in september and october, and the system failed to keep up, with people sometimes ask to drive 100 miles or more to get a test. it is an absolute joke. i have had to bring my three kids out of school. i willjust have to go back home

and try again, i guess. the performance figures have improved since those problems last year. nearly 83% of test results came back in 24 hours in the last reported week in february, compared with only around 33.5% one week in october. the proportion of close contacts reached was more than 93% in late february, compared with about 60% back in october. the number of daily tests carried out has more than doubled since the new year to over a million yesterday, though this includes those done in schools, which have reopened. yes, we do a very large number of tests. we successfully reach a very large number of people to ask them to self—isolate. that is what test and trace was set up to do, so this report accuses us of delivering what we said we were going to do, to build the service that the country's needed in this extraordinary crisis that we are all facing. some argue that local council officials knocking on doors rather than a national call centre system is the best way to reach contacts of those who test positive.

health leaders in england say both approaches are required. hugh pym, bbc news. the latest figures on coronavirus shows 5,926 new infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period, which means that, on average, the number of new cases reported per day in the last week is 5,734. across the uk, latest data shows the number of patients in hospital with coronavirus is 9,435. 190 deaths were reported — that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—i9 test. on average, 172 people have died every day in the last week from coronavirus — the lowest it's been since 2ist 0ctober. the total number of deaths so far across the uk is 124,987. a5 for vaccinations, more than 217,000 people have had their first dose of a covid

vaccine in the latest 24 hour period. it means more than 22.8 million people have had theirfirstjab, and over 1.25 million people have had both doses of the vaccine. women have carried a far heavier burden than men in relation to childcare, home—schooling and housework during the pandemic, according to new analysis of data from the office for national statistics. it also suggests women have experienced significantly poorer levels of personal well—being, and are more likely to have been furloughed. 0ur health correspondent catherine burns has been talking to some women about their experience of life over the past year. it's an experience that really allows feelings of anxiety, loneliness, to fester. we've been having tojuggle home—schooling our five—year—old and looking after our 18—month—old. it was brutal, to be honest, i and definitely not sustainable. it's stressful for all of us but, you know, we'vejust got to work through this.

physically, we know that covid is more of a risk for men. between march last year and january this year, the office for national statistics registered almost 64,000 deaths of men involving covid. over the same time, just over 53,000 women died — that's a difference of almost 18%. but the 0ns says men are less likely to worry about the impact of the pandemic on their life. lockdown seems to have hit women harder. they're more likely to say that they feel lonely and have consistently reported higher levels of anxiety and depression than men. sophie elwin graduated university last summer. she loves her firstjob but has never met her team and finds working from home hard on her mental health. it's just horrible and then, you know, you lie awake at night thinking, oh, my goodness, is myjob even secure? what if i've messed up too much? suze patel is back on the school run

this week but before this — like seven in ten women and five in ten men — she's spent this term home—schooling, and she did it while running a company with her husband at the same time. i'm the one that tends to step back a little bit in the businessjust because my husband's more of the business—headed one and i'll be doing most of the home—schooling with our little one. keisha shah's also trying to keep a business running and look after her three—year—old. the 0ns found that women have done more unpaid childcare and housework than men across the pandemic and that the gap has widened as time's gone by. i found myself in this constant struggle between the desire to pursue my own dreams, to pursue this business, my own ambitions, and also the unwillingness to put my child in second place, and the result was that i often worked through the night. women have been more likely to be put on furlough. it's happened to jenny chessman twice.

i've had to sort of do more in the house and quite rightly so, my husband and my son have been put under massive pressure being, you know, key workers. these figures reflect the first year of coronavirus. the question is if things will be more balanced when we finally get through the pandemic. catherine burns, bbc news. the duchess of sussex has reportedly filed a formal complained with itv about the conduct of presenter piers morgan and the alleged effect of his comments on those suffering with mental health issues. piers morgan resigned yesterday as host of good morning britain, after saying he didn't believe a word of meghan markle's interview with oprah winfrey. 0ur media editor amol rajan has been looking at the way morgan's brand of personality—led news is changing the media landscape. from the conversation of, "he won't be given security"... from race to mental health,

and progressive californian values to the british monarchy... and also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he's born. what? ..every element of this story about prince harry and meghan markle is catnip for the frenzy and theory of today's culture wars, in which all of us are pitched against each other and expected to take a side. has she said anything about... sometimes it boils over. i don't think she has and yet you continue to trash her. i ok, i'm done with this. broadcaster piers morgan left itv yesterday, unwilling to apologise for saying he didn't believe meghan�*s claims. morgan was bullish this morning. i believe in freedom of speech, i believe in the right to be allowed to have an opinion. if people want to believe meghan markle, that's entirely their right. into this heady brew, britain is about to launch a new experiment, partly inspired by america. and while piers was busy throwing a fit before he quit,

the all white teenybopper trump fan club was getting equally hysterical about the interview. in the us, cable news is no longer regulated. it prioritises personality and opinion in prime—time slots, from the liberal msnbc to the right—wing fox news. britain still has a broadcast regulator, 0fcom, but is moving in the same direction. more than 30 years after he was the launched chairman of sky, former sunday times editor and ex—bbc broadcaster andrew neil is playing the same role for gb news, a soon—to—launch centre—right antidote to established broadcasters. will we be different from the existing networks? yes, because they all do the same thing. so what's the point in doing what they do? will we cover stories a different way? yes. will we give voices to people outside the metropolitan consensus? yes. do we have any interest in fox news? no. disinformation? no. conspiracy theories? no. gb news will exploit the subtle

but significant distinction between impartiality within programmes and balance across a network that the likes of radio station lbc have navigated. in an age of super abundant information, our attention becomes the most precious resource. and the momentum within our news culture is with those who can best grab that attention. but generating noise is easy. generating news is hard and expensive. gb news will galvanise british broadcasting, but it will do so mainly by accelerating trends that we're already seeing online and in america, toward big personalities. we do not need further division by creating a system of broadcasting where people only see the opinions that they like. i must listen to opinions i don't agree with and i don't like, that's how i come to know the truth. once upon a time, the news was the star. in the new world, it's the stars

who will be the news. amol rajan, bbc news. a month after the military coup in myanmar that saw the government of aung san suu kyi overthrown, dozens of police officers have fled the country, refusing to carry out the orders of the army. the defectors have fled to india, fearing they would be forced to kill or harm civilians. violent protests have taken place across the country, during which demonstrators have been killed. 0ur south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan reports now from the indian state of mizoram, which lies on the border with myanmar. they fled the brutal crackdown in myanmar. these police men and women are now hiding in india. all in their 205, they're terrified. they say they were ordered by the military to use violence against their own people. "a5 protests were taking place, my boss ordered us

"to fire at the crowd. "i refused to shoot them. "i said i'd rather side with the people. "later, i told him i was going to visit my family. "that's when i ran away. "the military�*s becoming more and more brutal. he tells me he's left behind his wife and two daughters. the youngest is just six months. he's worried he may never see them again. the bbc couldn't independently verify the accounts of those we spoke to. a5 pro—democracy protests escalate, security forces in myanmar have been accused of killing at least 50 people and injuring hundreds more. some of the officers we met say they witnessed brutality first—hand. translation: people were beaten up. i had sleepless nights when i saw innocent people bleeding. my conscience wouldn't permit me to take part in such evil acts.

we travelled across the remote and mountainous state of mizoram, now refuge for those fleeing the violence, and more keep coming every day. this part of northeast india shares a 250 mile border with myanmar. even though it's patrolled by security forces, people are risking the crossing. well, i'm standing in the indian state of mizoram, but on the other side of the banks here is the country of myanmar. and this river makes up some of the border which separates the two countries, and it's across here that dozens of people have made thatjourney, fleeing the military crackdown and coming to india for safety. and we've been told that they're expecting many more to make a similarjourney. authorities in myanmar have asked india to return the defectors, to uphold friendly relations. but the officers we talked to say they can't go back. translation: they wanted us

to arrest our friends. _ if we continued to remain in myanmar, our lives would be in danger. we want peace to come quickly to the country and for the military to be defeated. local politicians say they'll provide temporary help to those arriving from myanmar, but as people flee to this corner of india, the national government has yet to decide what happens to them next. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, mizoram. the family of jack barnes, the 29 year—old who was unlawfully killed after being chased and pinned down by public transport workers in manchester, say they're "hugely disappointed" that the crown prosecution service will not be bringing charges of manslaughter. mr barnes was heard to say that he couldn't breathe and he later died of cardiac arrest. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has the story. get that arm up there! 0k. i can't breathe, bro.

this body—cam footage shows jack barnes being restrained, having been chased by four men for a kilometre. i can't breathe! excuse me, ring the police. over the course of 90 seconds, he tells them he can't breathe on eight separate occasions. please, just help me breathe, bro... no. he's ignored. one of the men says he's going to "put him to sleep". i tell you what, i'll just put him out... i'm going to put you out now, pal, you're all right. jack had a cardiac arrest and died some weeks later. a coroner ruled he'd been unlawfully killed. despite the entire incident being captured on camera, no one has been held accountable forjack barnes�* death. on three separate occasions, the crown prosecution service have reviewed the case and each time concluded there wasn't enough evidence to charge any of the men. this is former police officer stephen rowlands, the man who said "i'll put you out" to jack barnes. mr rowlands, would you like to say anything to the family of jack barnes? i've nothing to say, i'm sorry. sorry? i've nothing to say. you've nothing to say to the family of jack barnes? no, sir.

no...why did you chase him that night? why did you tell him you were going to put him out? what did you mean by that? after another review, the crown prosecution service now say the four men involved in the incident could now be charged with assault but prosecutors ruled out manslaughter charges, saying there was no medical evidence clearly linking jack's death to the men's actions. the coroner said you were out of control that night. jack barnes�* family lawyer said they were all hugely disappointed with the cps decision. the coroner was stinging of the men in question, that, you know, it was an unlawful act, it was a dangerous act and it seems, to us, to fit squarely within the criteria of what�*s described as unlawful act manslaughter. grab him! these were jack barnes�* last moments of consciousness. it's over. his family had vowed to pursue relentlessly those they blame for his death. michael buchanan, bbc news, manchester. ian maxwell, brother

of ghislaine maxwell, who�*s in jail facing trial in new york, has said his sister is being held in degrading conditions, which "amount to torture". ghislaine maxwell is seeking bail ahead of her trial on charges of helping the convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein. she denies the charges. our new york correspondent nada tawfik has the story. jeffrey epstein and ghislaine maxwell shared an intimate relationship. to epstein�*s alleged victims, the pair were a dangerous combination. ghislaine, they say, was the chief enabler of the convicted sex offender. and now herfamily is finally speaking out. ian maxwell defended his sister in an interview with the bbc. he said she was being treated in a fashion that amounted to torture. physically, she�*s a 59—year—old woman and we understand that she�*s losing her hair, and that she�*s also having trouble with her eyesight and her ability to concentrate,

because this is a tremendous pressure to be under. his comments come as his sister is seeking bailfor a third time, desperate to leave the federal prison here in brooklyn and to wait out the trial under home confinement. thejudge has previously ruled that she is a flight risk. ghislaine maxwell says she�*s innocent. her brother denies that she is seeking to flee or that she is a suicide risk. ghislaine is not a suicide risk. she has never been a suicide risk. there are daily mental evaluations of her. she has shown no indication that that is her intention. she�*s been completely overmanaged. and why is that? because jeffrey epstein, who was under federal custody at the time of his death, died in federal custody, and so this is a grotesque overreaction.

for her alleged victims, though, it�*s not. women that i represent, these 20 victims, many of them have suffered through so many years. they have, some of them, engaged in self—blaming, feel ashamed. they are understanding now that it's not their fault, but this has been a long, long process. ian maxwell says that he met epstein once fleetingly and that he only saw him and his sister together once. there are numerous photos, including this infamous one with prince andrew, which he was asked about in his bbc interview. i don�*t know anything about the photograph, other than that i�*ve seen it�*s been published. do you recognise the setting of that? was it taken in ghislaine's house in london? i do recognise that setting. he believes his sister still considers prince andrew a friend. the prince, meanwhile,

has stepped back from royal duties to reduce his public profile. with the trial drawing near, the world may finally get to uncover the truth about epstein, his associates and what�*s been called the most notorious sex trafficking ring in us history. nada tawfik, bbc news, new york. we�*ve reported regularly during the pandemic on the pressured working conditions for nhs staff. at king�*s college hospital in london, senior consultants and doctors from different departments have been drafted in to support their colleagues, and to liaise with the families of those patients whose survival is in doubt. reeta chakrabarti has been talking to the team about the new challenges ahead. it�*s been a year where all staff at king�*s college hospital have had to dig deep. for orthopaedic surgeon sarah phillips, this is her last day working on the specially—created team liaising with families of those in critical care. relieved that we�*re no longer

needed, because obviously the numbers have come down. but in some respects, i�*ll miss it. i learnt an awful lot. it�*s a very slow process... when relatives were barred from visiting their loved ones in hospital, sarah�*s team was a human lifeline, giving updates and support by phone and video calls. so, she�*s breathing for herself, so that�*s progression. for six long weeks, suna couldn�*t visit her husband, jamal. thank you. that�*s all right. she couldn�*t hold his hand and she was told his case was hopeless. in this desperate time, the family team where essential to her. it does help, it really does help. just to have that contact with somebody and to know that, you know, there's someone you can ask questions which will be relayed back. it was very comforting. they said it's like medicine to him. on one occasion after i left, they said his blood pressure actually went down, which was really good to know.

i know what it�*s like for a loved one not to be able to be seen or not to be able to be hugged. it�*s one of my lasting memories of something my mother said to me when my father died when i was very young, was that she wasn�*t able to hug him. helen tippett, like sarah, is a highly—skilled consultant — in her case orthodontics, and she too has devoted months to family liaison. but it was difficult sometimes, having that conversation with a relative when the patient's not doing so well. but i've had some life experiences that equip you better. just going to take that blood sample, ok? that's it, well done, well done. just going to suction you now as well. on the overnight shift, intensive care nurse grace struggles to hide her emotion when asked how hard this illness has been on the relatives. patients not have their families come in, it�*s very difficult

and it�*s quite emotionally tough and sometimes you feel like you take