this is bbc news. the headlines... the european football super league has collapsed. after furious backlash from fans, all six english teams and several european sides pull out. i want to apologise to all the fan supporters of liverpool football club for the disruption i caused over the past 48 hours. it goes without saying but should be said that the project put forward was never going to stand without the support of the fans. after derek chauvin is found guilty of murdering george floyd, his family hail the verdict as a turning point and president biden promises it's just the start. george's legacy will not be just about his death

but about what we must do in his memory. borisjohnson is challenged about texts which show he offered to fix tax rules to encourage businessman sirjames dyson to make ventilators for the nhs. the coroner in the inquest of nine—year—old ella adoo—kissi—debrah says the government should look at setting legally binding targets for pollution in line with world health organization guidelines. and the queen says thank you for the support and kindness she's been shown since the death of the duke of edinburgh in a message issued on her 95th birthday. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. one of the architects of football's

breakaway european super league, the chairman ofjuventus, has admitted the project can no longer go ahead after all six english clubs and two european sides withdrew and another distanced itself from the proposal in the face of a furious backlash from fans, players and politicians. this morning, liverpool's owner apologised and said the scheme would never have worked without the support of fans. here's our sports correspondent, andy swiss. after 48 hours of fury across football, the proposed breakaway is breaking down. as their fans protested last night, it emerged chelsea were withdrawing and the five other english teams quickly followed. manchester city, arsenal, manchester united, tottenham and liverpool. when approached in boston liverpool's american owner was reluctant to speak.

but later in a message to the clubs�* supporters he said he had let them down. i want to apologise to all the fan supporters of liverpool football club for the disruption i caused over the past 48 hours. it goes without saying but should be said that the project put forward was never going to stand without the support of the fans. no one ever thought differently. over these 48 hours, you were very clear that it would not stand. with the english clubs out the head of the italian giantsjuventus said the super league could not now go ahead. i remain convinced of the beauty of that project, of the creation of the best competition in the world, but, no, i don't think that project is now still up and running. for all of english football's so—called big six, this has been a pretty humiliating climb—down.

at manchester united, they say they have listened to the reaction of their fans but many are asking how these famous clubs could misjudge things so badly. the concept of a ring—fenced european elites sparked an unprecedented backlash. uniting supporters, players and even politicians. at prime minister's questions, there was relief on all sides. mr speaker, i welcome the decision taken by the six english football teams not to join the european super league. the announcement was the right result for football fans, clubs and communities across the country. even as an arsenal season ticket holder, can ijoin him in his comments about the super league which would have destroyed football? we now need to get on with the other changes necessary. clubs outside are warning the sport faces a fractious future. some of those relationships will be difficult to repair- because people have lied to us.

they haven't told the truth _ on committees and they haven't come clean and they have been off- in a zoom paradise, a zoom bubble, plotting everybody's downfall. on the continent, more clubs are withdrawing, the latest atletico madrid and inter milan. for the super league there is surely no way back. for england's big six clubs who have enjoyed so much success over the years, this has become the most dismal of failures. andy swiss, bbc news. in a moment we will speak to our correspondent nick beake in rome, but first to our sports correspondent laura scott, who is outside the tottenham hotspur stadium in north london. what a car crash! did think this might be the response of the fans and this might be where it all ends

up and this might be where it all ends up cut many people i have spoken to are echoing that exact sentiment, why was this not thought through, why was this not thought through, why was this not thought through, why was the feeling of the fans are not considered? that why was the feeling of the fans are not considered?— not considered? that is how many --eole not considered? that is how many peeple today _ not considered? that is how many people today feel. _ not considered? that is how many people today feel. now _ not considered? that is how many people today feel. now that - not considered? that is how many people today feel. now that the l people today feel. now that the super league lies in tatters, the question is what happens next? earnest and there are three clear areas of focus here, one with focal —— football authorities both at home and abroad although uefa's president suggested the clubs might be welcomed back painlessly, then whether fellow premier league shareholders who have accused the clubs of dishonesty and arrogance, and then the group they will be most keen to engage with other fans, many of whom have spent the last few nights protesting against the controversial super league concept. many will wonder if the turmoil of

the last few days will lead to lasting change and oliver dowden said he will not halt his scrutiny of governance of football just because the super league is over. he wants to ensure that fans are empowered and the heritage of football is protected, and on the football is protected, and on the football front, these clubs have been dented but remain hopeful and it seems unlikely their desire for change will have evaporated with the super league. i'm outside spurs, who play tonight, as do manchester city, but sunday's carabao cup final at wembley might provide a clear indication of what supporters think because there will be fans watching that and that could be a litmus test of the damage done over the last few days butjust how long it might take to repair. now to nick beake in rome. what are the various sentiments you are picking up their? there was a

perception among the people who wanted to make this league success that having on board the top three clubs, the giants of italian football who have dominated the top league for the last 20 years or so, would guarantee the success of this new venture but what we have seen is one by one top clubs who said they would take part and have stepped back from eight following the example of the six english clubs last night, first of all it was inter milan saying they would not take part, then had ac milan, not explicitly saying they would step back but saying they listened to the concerns of fans across the world, and then as we have been hearing the chairman ofjuventus, the club that has won the top flight football here for the last nine seasons, the man at the top, saying it's not practical to go on in this way with the new competition. an interesting reflection of how football and business in the world of money are so interconnected. on monday,

despite his chorus of condemnation and angerfrom fans, the despite his chorus of condemnation and anger from fans, the stock price, the share price ofjuventus went up i7%, today it has come down 12%, it went up i7%, today it has come down i2%, it has come down as quickly as these plans seem to have fallen away, they have imploded, and anyone who has watched european football can rememberfantastic who has watched european football can remember fantastic games who has watched european football can rememberfantastic games but i think lots of us are struggling to recall such a spectacular own goal, the fact it seems this was not thought through and the fans for once have prevailed, it seems their voices have been heard and the people who make the money, the people who make the money, the people who make the money, the people who own the clubs, do realise they made a spectacular mistake. president biden has said the conviction of a white former police officer for the murder of george floyd, an unarmed black man, can be a "giant step forward" in helping to achieve racialjustice. derek chauvin was found guilty of murdering george floyd in minneapolis last year after kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes.

the civil rights activist martin luther king iii told the bbc the verdict is encouraging. lebo diseko reports. we the jury in the above entitled matter as to count i, unintentional second degree murder while committing a felony, find the defendant guilty. derek chauvin convicted of two counts of murder and one of manslaughter. the former policeman led from court in handcuffs. cheering. it was a result many hadn't dared to believe was possible. in these types of cases, you know, justice has not gone in the way of victims, when victims are african—americans, at the hands of the police. so to hear that he was guilty on all three of the charges, itjust seemed like a dream. it's a beautiful day. it's a sad day because george floyd isn't here any more with us. but it's a beautiful day. because justice was served. mr floyd's family called it a victory for anyone who has

ever been pinned down. he showed me how to be strong. he showed me how to be respectful. he showed me how to speak my mind. i'm going to miss him. but now i know he's in history. what a day to be a floyd, man. wow! it was a death that shook the world. but much of the evidence was not gathered by police but by the local community who documented it, filming and begging. and demonstrating that officers as derek chauvin knelt on george floyd's neck for nearly nine and a half minutes. it was a murder in the full light of day and it ripped the blinders off for the whole world to see. "i can't breathe. "

those are george floyd's last words. we can't let those words die with him. this crime might never have come to trial had it not been for this community who documented it. trauma collectively relived through the trial. but for now, some relief as people take in the victory. many here believe that this is not a case of problem solved rather an opening for real change when it comes to how black people are treated by police in america. lebo diseko, bbc news, minneapolis. gary o'donoghue is in george floyd square in minnesota. that is one of the points here, but

there is much more to be done. —— it is not problem solved. this there is much more to be done. -- it is not problem solved.— is not problem solved. this is necessary _ is not problem solved. this is necessary but _ is not problem solved. this is necessary but not _ is not problem solved. this is necessary but not sufficient, | is not problem solved. this is i necessary but not sufficient, this was a test for the black community, a huge test, one of the biggest tests in decades, and to this extent the justice system passed that test, but their view is that in many other circumstances the justice system simply does not pass that test and that there is root and branch reform needed of policing in america right across the board, whether it be the individual tactics that police officers are allowed to employ when they detain people, the equipment they detain people, the equipment they use, the kinds of protection police officers enjoy under law, all these things are required to change according to those campaigners who have been behind this and across the country and other cities too. and to

that extent, there is legislation being proposed in congress that is politically difficult of course, not march meeting of minds there ever, but you do get individual police departments in states across the country starting to move down this road and of course for those people who have come into contact with the police every day and have these kinds of problems, they will want to know that this really marks a real change in attitude. the rules can change in attitude. the rules can change but do the attitudes change? the headlines on bbc news... the european football super league has collapsed after furious backlash from fans, all six english teams and several european sides pull out. after derek chauvin is found guilty of murdering george floyd,

his family hail the verdict as a turning point and president promises it's just the start. borisjohnson is challenged about texts which show to fix tax rules to encourage businessman sirjames dyson to make ventilators for the nhs. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has challenged borisjohnson about a series of texts revealed by the bbc in which the prime minister offers to fix tax rules on behalf of the businessman sirjames dyson. in the messages, sent in march last year in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, borisjohnson assures sirjames that neither his singapore—based company nor its senior employees would have to pay more uk tax if they were to make ventilators for the nhs. here's our political correspondent, damian grammaticas. have you and other ministers broken the rules?

under scrutiny, the prime minister for direct text messages in which he promised to fix a problem for a businessman close to the conservatives. concerning borisjohnson and the billionaire sirjames dyson. early in the pandemic, the uk had made an urgent appeal for ventilators including a direct approach to sirjames from the prime minister. sirjames had moved his headquarters to singapore in 2019, his concern if staff spent time in the uk working to development they and a firm might have to pay more tax. the company had written to the treasury to ensure usual tax rules would not apply but did not get an answer so he raised it with boris johnson. in direct text messages, the prime minister responded promising i will fix it tomorrow. then sent a message saying the chancellor says it is fixed.

did borisjohnson follow the rules governing ministers�* conduct? it was a pandemic, an urgent situation. but contact should be reported and civil servants present if official business is discussed. keir starmer said those with ministers for numbers could get special treatment. what does the prime minister think is the right thing to do if he receives a text message from a billionaire conservative supporter asking him to fix tax rules? i make no apology at all for shifting heaven and earth and doing everything i possibly could, as any prime minister would in those circumstances. there is a pattern to this government. the prime minister is fixing tax breaks for his friends. the chancellor is pushing the treasury. the health secretary is meeting greensill for drinks and david cameron is texting. sleaze, sleaze, sleaze,

and it's all on his watch. with this scandal now firmly centred on him, how on earth does he expect people to believe that he is the person to clean this mess up? captain hindsight snipes continually from the sidelines. this government gets on with delivering on the people's priorities. the prime minister told the commons he had shared all relevant details with his officials. in a statement, sirjames says he was discussing compliance with rules. 450 staff worked on the project, costing £20 million. ventilators were never ordered and he said he and his company did not benefit. we did it and we were ready to go and produce it- and we bought the componentsj

and then the cabinet office said they did not need it. outside downing street today the labour party tried to keep the focus on what has been happening behind closed doors. questions about cosy links and private lobbying. damian grammaticas, bbc news. downing street has scrapped plans to hold daily white house—style press conferences despite spending £2.5 million on a new venue to host them. the prime minister and other members of the government will continue to give regular briefings instead of an official spokeswoman, allegra stratton, who was recruited to the role last year. she will now become the spokesperson for the cop26 climate conference that the uk is hosting in november. the queen has expressed her thanks for all the "support and kindness" she's been shown following the death of the duke of edinburgh. issuing the statement on her 95th birthday, the queen said...

ona human on a human level, heartbreaking to think of someone reaching the remarkable age of 95, but so recently widowed.— recently widowed. yes, sad, certainly. — recently widowed. yes, sad, certainly. on _ recently widowed. yes, sad, certainly, on her— recently widowed. yes, sad, certainly, on her behalf. - recently widowed. yes, sad, i certainly, on her behalf. today recently widowed. yes, sad, - certainly, on her behalf. today is her 95th birthday but clearly not a moment this year for celebration. she will have contact clearly with other members of the family but there is a limitation to the opportunities there, so this will be

a low—key, private birthday celebration, although not a celebration. in terms of the statement you have read through it so there's not much point in me repeating the wording of that but certainly a moment four days after the funeral of the duke whilst at the funeral of the duke whilst at the queen will continue to reflect, her mind still love full of memories but in that statement expressing thanks for all the messages and mentioning how much that has been a support and comfort to her and indeed stressing it is a comfort to all the members of the family during this period of great sadness for them, but we should say she will continue with the business as a constitutional monarch, the red boxes will continue to arrive at windsor castle and she will continue to work on them i have no doubt, and not so very far away now if the state opening of parliament on the

11th of may which she will perform her function as the head of state, reading the queen's speech from the throne accompanied on this occasion by the prince of wales. a coroner has called for a change in the law after air pollution led to the death of a nine—year—old girl. ella adoo—kissi—debrah, who lived near the south circular road in london, died in 2013. a new report says targets for particulate matter would reduce the number of deaths from air pollution and it's calling on the government to take action. richard galpin reports. ella adoo—kissi—debrah was just nine years old when she died. her death, the first in this country in which air pollution was listed as the cause. it sparked a long and successful campaign to warn people of the dangers of air pollution. it was led by her mother. she wouldn't believe it,

actually, but i am really, really pleased, ultimately, although she lost her life, i hope that thousands upon thousands of lives will be saved, notjust in the uk but worldwide. that's an astonishing achievement. in today's reports on preventing future deaths, coroner philip barlow said there is concern about a lack of legally binding air—quality targets based on world health organization guidelines. he also says there needs to be greater awareness around air pollution. it is estimated 200,000 people in the uk had severe asthma, a debilitating condition which can require hospital treatment. there are things that people can do to avoid some levels of air pollution, and you can avoid busy roads if you are walking to school or work. if you have a lung condition, really looking after yourself. so using your reliever inhaler and making sure to use your preventer inhaler

if you have one. it was here in south east london that ella lived. she walked regularly along these streets, to and from school. air pollution levels here particularly high. she was breathing in illegally high levels of nitrogen dioxide, high levels of particles because she was living and moving along the south circular road, one of the most polluted roads in london, probably the most polluted in north europe. this on a day—to—day basis meant her asthma control was worse. the government says it is delivering a 5.8 billion plan to clean up transport and tackle nitrogen dioxide pollution. richard galpin, bbc news. jemima hartshorn is the founder of mums for lungs, a campaign group based in london which aims to increase awareness amongst parents on how to reduce exposure of children to pollution.

explain what the organisation aims to do around this topic. what explain what the organisation aims to do around this topic.— to do around this topic. what we want to do _ to do around this topic. what we want to do is _ to do around this topic. what we want to do is campaign - to do around this topic. what we want to do is campaign on - to do around this topic. what we want to do is campaign on this i want to do is campaign on this issue, we have been doing so for the past four years. we want to raise awareness amongst everyone about air pollution, how they can reduce their own exposure and hope that that will result in strong action by policyholders who have the powers to change the situation of a pollution across the country.— across the country. what can you actually advise _ across the country. what can you actually advise someone - across the country. what can you actually advise someone to - across the country. what can you actually advise someone to do i across the country. what can you - actually advise someone to do though if they happen to live near a very busy road? that was the situation in this case that we are so sadly now all very familiar with, they lived near an exceptionally busy road in the capital, south london. if someone doesn't have the money or the situation to be able to leave that address, i wonder what you can advise beyond that.—

advise beyond that. there are a few thins advise beyond that. there are a few things people _ advise beyond that. there are a few things people can — advise beyond that. there are a few things people can do _ advise beyond that. there are a few things people can do that _ advise beyond that. there are a few things people can do that might - advise beyond that. there are a few. things people can do that might have some effect in reducing their own exposure which would be thinking about when you open your windows so you don't do that during rush hour and trying to walk on routes where there are less cars and if the pavement is wider trying to walk as far away as the cars from possible. all of those measures have an impact in reducing your exposure to air pollution and what many people don't know is that often air pollution inside a car will be higher than outside as well, but ultimately the responsibility is a clear, it's up to government to take the real action needed to protect us all. and action needed to protect us all. and liven that action needed to protect us all. and given that then, i assume you are pleased this recommendation has at least been made today? i am pleased, but it is a very — least been made today? i am pleased, but it is a very terrifying _ but it is a very terrifying situation that a little girl died and all my respect and admiration is

with her mother who continues to fight for clean airfor all with her mother who continues to fight for clean air for all children in london and beyond. but it is going to be very helpful and i hope that government will take the action and other policymakers as well. and it will clean up air by changing legislation, increasing awareness and making sure that health professionals advise the public more strongly on air pollution how to reduce it. �* , ., ,., strongly on air pollution how to reduce it. �* , ., ., reduce it. and is there also an emphasis _ reduce it. and is there also an emphasis on _ reduce it. and is there also an emphasis on improving - reduce it. and is there also an - emphasis on improving technology, speeding up the progress of electric cars, vehicles that one day will not give up the sort of emissions we all know they give out today? yes. give up the sort of emissions we all know they give out today? yes, there is a stron: know they give out today? yes, there is a strong call _ know they give out today? yes, there is a strong call that _ know they give out today? yes, there is a strong call that we _ know they give out today? yes, there is a strong call that we do _ know they give out today? yes, there is a strong call that we do need - is a strong call that we do need more electric vehicles on our roads to replace diesel vehicles, but we must not forget that pellet —— particular matter comes from tire and roadway as well, and that is one of the biggest pollutants and was mentioned in this report today that

needs to have much more stronger limits, so we cannot have one car replaced by a better car, we need cleaner and less cars's roads. eu leaders and policy—makers have reached a deal on a new climate law. the bloc has agreed to cut carbon emissions by at least 55% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. the agreement comes in advance of a key climate conference being hosted by president biden in washington tomorrow where the us will unveil its targets. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. a weak weather front moving south is taking a bit of cloud with it but if you want rain it's frustrating because there's barely any rain left on this, the odd shower the days go on. a patch of club on sunny spells

in northern ireland, plenty of sunshine, in scotland sunshine more widespread. in northern england a north—easterly breeze turning things cooler, warmer in the strong april sunshine, clearskies cooler, warmer in the strong april sunshine, clear skies overnight leading to another widespread frost going into tomorrow, western fringes of wales, cornwall, western most parts of scotland and northern ireland avoiding the frost, and tomorrow cloud around northern scotland and northern and western as producing showers, most places they will see plenty of sunshine. but we are not as pronounced on the north sea coast but still noticeable easterly in the southern parts of england and wales but temperatures higher tomorrow and it will feel warm and at sunshine. —— in that sunshine.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the european football super league has collapsed — after furious backlash from fans, all six english teams and several european sides pull out. i want to apologise to all the fan supporters of liverpool football club for the disruption i caused over the past 48 hours. it goes without saying but should be said that the project put forward

was never going to stand without the support of the fans. after derek chauvin is found guilty of murdering george floyd — his family hail the verdict as a turning point, and president biden promises it'sjust the start. george's legacy will not be just about his death but about what we must do in his memory. borisjohnson is challenged about texts which show he offered to fix tax rules — to encourage businessman sirjames dyson to make ventilators for the nhs. the coroner in the inquest of nine—year—old ella adoo—kissi—debrah says the government should look at setting legally binding targets for pollution in line with world health organization guidelines. and the queen says thank you for the support and kindness she's been shown since the death of the duke of edinburgh, in a message issued on her 95th birthday.

we'll talk more about the george floyd verdict in the us, but right now we will catch up with all the latest sports news. good afternoon. more teams have followed the lead of the six premier league sides by pulling out of the proposed european superleague. spanish side atletico madrid, and italy's inter milan and ac milan now won't be competing. inter say they're "committed to giving fans the best football experience", while atletico claim sporting merits must prevail over any other criteria. well, the fallout continues in england, with many answers now expected of the owners of the six clubs who signed up to the league. liverpool ownerjohn w henry initially wasn't forthcoming when the bbc apprached him in boston, but he did later apologise to fans in a video released by the club. i want to apologise to all the fans and supporters of liverpool football club for the disruption i caused over the past 48 hours.

it goes without saying but it should be said, that the project put forward was never going to stand without the support of the fans. no—one ever thought differently in england. over these 48 hours, you were very clear that it would not stand. we heard you, i heard you. the withdrawal by the english sides from the proposed super league has been hailed by many a result of fan power, but the former liverpool and england playerjohn barnes believes stopping the super league won't necessarily end the dominance of the richest clubs in the top flight. this has been going on since 1992. after that what fans what it was multi—billionaire people coming into the clubs. we expect them to understand the nature of football, but it's the other way around. football has to understand the nature of big business, and that's about money, based on finance and nothing else, this is where we are caught in between the two, where we

are happy for these multimillionaire owners to owner clubs but we want them to do what we say. that is not how they made decisions based solely on finance. the fans have nothing to do with this, this is a power struggle between elite groups, uefa, fifa, sky, everyone who runs football now, and a new group can coming in. and it's the right to exploit football and exploit the masses. i don't know how they have one, they may feel they've won, but the winner is the status quo which has been for years. and team gb will face canada, chile, and the hosts japan, in their women's football tournament group, at this summer's tokyo olympics. the side will led by interim england coach hege riise, after phil neville departed for the mls in america earlier this year. it'll be gb�*s second appearance at the tournament, and will begin with japan against canada at the sapporo dome on the 21stjuly. the afternoon session of snooker�*s world championship at the crucible

is just getting under way with former winners mark selby and judd trump in action. this morning three—time champion mark williams secured a narrow 5—4 advantage over debutant sam craigie. on the other table it was just as tight with shaun murphy trailing mark davis by a single frame. britain's simon yates has retained the lead at the tour of the alps after stage three, as he prepares for the giro d'italia next month. italy's gianni moscon, in the dark blue of the british ineos grenadiers team, was fastest to finish from a breakaway to win stage three. yates finished safely in the main group, saving energy for the hardest stage of the race tomorrow. he currently leads by 45 seconds. that's all the sport for now. president biden has urged americans to come together to confront systemic racism, after a white police officer was found guilty of murdering

an unarmed black man george floyd. mr biden said the conviction of derek chauvin could be a giant step forward in the march towards justice in america. chauvin had been filmed kneeling on the neck of mr floyd for more than nine minutes during his arrest in the city last may. the sentencing is due to take place in eight weeks, with the most serious charge carrying a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison. relatives of george floyd have been speaking to cbs this morning, george floyd's brother philonise floyd described the moment he heard the verdicts read out. before i went in the courtroom i was pacing back and forth and before i went and i started praying because it took 30 minutes for the judge and jury to come out but the i heard guilty,

guilty and guilty i was excited and happy because african—american people feel that we never get justice, we feel it is just us all the time. earlier the us, network cbs spoke to donald williams, who witnessed the murder. what did you think when you heard the verdict yesterday, did you think it was even possible? yeah... you know, i had a little worry on it but you know, i actually sat there and prayed, me and my kids, right before the verdict. and we watched it and our prayer came through and, yes... we heard your 911 call during the court. you were clearly moved to tears by that. what was it like for you to see derek chauvin in person in the court room?

yeah, it was a tough and emotional situation to actually see him for the first time from the incident, and just actually having eye connection and to be in the same presence, it was tough and a little challenging. but we were able to get through it. what did you think, donald, when the defence tried to portray you... it seemed like they were trying to portray you as mr angry black man on the scene. i thought that you... i know, it's funny now, isn't it? it wasn't so funny, i thought, at the time. but what did you think of that characterisation of you, because you clearly were not having it? yeah, i... definitely, i'm smiling now. i realised it was coming and ijust put a smile on my face and, you know, ijust think it's terrible that as a black man we get painted as an angry person or an angry black man, and it sucks that i had to go up there and endure that. and now the world sees that as well, that they paint us out

as an angry person even when we are telling the truth. all i am doing is telling the truth and what i saw in my side of the story, and he tried to paint me out as being angry for speaking up for floyd's life and trying to stop the murder that i witnessed. let's discuss the ramifications of this case. let's speak to dr halima begum, director of the runnymede trust — a race and equality think tank here in the uk. good afternoon. i'm interested for your personal response when you heard the verdict, as so many of us did, late last night. i heard the verdict, as so many of us did, late last night.— did, late last night. ithink, like many others. — did, late last night. ithink, like many others, personally, - did, late last night. ithink, like many others, personally, i- did, late last night. i think, like - many others, personally, i shivered when i heard, because so many of us have been carrying so much emotion about this murder which we witnessed, we all this murder, and we felt a sigh of relief, to finally

see a verdict come through that appears to show thatjustice was served publicly. iam appears to show thatjustice was served publicly. i am feeling very emotional at the moment, just listening to family members, and i hope that george floyd's family feel they receive the rightjustice yesterday. they receive the right 'ustice yesterdayfi they receive the right 'ustice esterda . �* ., ., ~ yesterday. and you have to think, evenin: yesterday. and you have to think, evening listening _ yesterday. and you have to think, evening listening to _ yesterday. and you have to think, evening listening to some - yesterday. and you have to think, evening listening to some of - yesterday. and you have to think, | evening listening to some of those brief interviews from cbs, that reminds us the crucial role bystanders played in this incident. yes, it was a very private tragedy, a public tragedy, and it's one where the nation just really was broken over the question of racial relations and civil rights in the us. it would be a watershed moment that children, future children in the us learn about. how did america reckon with the killing of george floyd, a black man in america who did not deserve to be killed on that unlawful way? so i think it's a

watershed moment, the public, for the family, and i think as president biden has said, this isjust the beginning, and that is why bystanders are public, the international public at large are looking in today, showing solidarity to fellow americans, both the public, president biden, but the police and the institution of forces that collaborated to bring about this verdict as well. it takes a whole nation to work together and to heal over a tragedy, so i think we are all feeling the ramifications of this. and i hope it can be the beginning of another seismic step of the civil rights in america, and those of us here in the uk can learn something from it as well. and those of us here in the uk can learn something from it as well. and from our something from it as well. and from your perspective. — something from it as well. and from your perspective, how _ something from it as well. and from your perspective, how does - something from it as well. and from your perspective, how does this - your perspective, how does this translate to our own situation in the uk, other lessons to learn, what are the ramifications here?— are the ramifications here? lessons to learn are — are the ramifications here? lessons to learn are around _ are the ramifications here? lessons to learn are around the _ are the ramifications here? lessons to learn are around the aspects - are the ramifications here? lessons to learn are around the aspects of l to learn are around the aspects of accountability. did we see

accountability. did we see accountability served within the criminaljustice accountability served within the criminal justice system accountability served within the criminaljustice system in the us? and the whole notion around institutional racism and accountability being shared across the institution is on trial here really. it wasn't one bad apple and one police officer on trial, it was the whole system and the apparent notion ofjustice that was on trial. and i think we still have some work to do there and that is why i think president biden has said this is the start of a conversation, not the end. looking back to the uk, i hope we can begin to look at institutional racism in a more thorough way. tomorrow is the 28th anniversary of stephen lawrence's murder, and it took 18 years to seek a conviction for stephen lawrence's murder, and only last year the metropolitan police said the murder of stephen lawrence in that case was inactive. that did not satisfy his family, did not satisfy a lot of people, and i think there is a lot

of work to do on institutional racism. but it provides a healing opportunity of the british public as well to do the right thing on racism, and i look forward to working with the government and campaigners and the public to heal us as well so we can take the right steps in the uk.— steps in the uk. people watching will know that _ steps in the uk. people watching will know that you _ steps in the uk. people watching will know that you say _ steps in the uk. people watching will know that you say all - steps in the uk. people watching will know that you say all this - will know that you say all this against a backdrop of that government report only a matter of weeks ago which so many people in this country felt did not represent their lived experience when it talked about there not being barriers to access and to promotion because of your skin colour. there was anger about that report. correct, and there is always anger about racism. racism is not an un—emotive subject, it is something that causes emotion, upset, and it will always come with upset and emotion. i think the government is listening, i think they are hearing that public reaction against the

report, i do think the commissioners are listening quite hard, but i don't think we should use this as an opportunity to cause division. i think we should be using the verdict from george floyd and also the response from the report as well as an opportunity to heal and bring together a national consensus on how we resolve institutional racism. i think we saw again, as we did with the reaction to george floyd's murder, both nationally and in america and internationally, the public is often head of government sentiment and will. the public eye demonstrating what needs to be done on black lives matter, and the government needs to listen and i think the government is listening, it would be nice if the government would be a bit more responsive, but it shows the restraints of the rip mature democracy of the public will is listen to, and i hope the government is listening and will learn lessons from george floyd's murder and the subsequent conversations around institutional racism in the uk.—

the headlines on bbc news... the european football super league has collapsed — after furious backlash from fans, all six english teams and several european sides pull out after derek chauvin is found guilty of murdering george floyd — his family hail the verdict as a turning point; and president biden promises it'sjust the start: borisjohnson is challenged about texts which show he offered to fix tax rules — to encourage businessman sirjames dyson to make ventilators for the nhs. in just over two weeks' time, voters around britain will be heading to the polls. in scotland and wales there are parliamentary elections, whilst in england voters will be choosing who will sit on their local councils. five live s anna foster is on the road this week and will be bringing us an insight into what voters want from their elected representatives and what local issues will be

sending people to the polling stations in these elections. today she s in darlington and has been speaking to researchers at the centre for process innovation, the cpi. this is one of the places that they are doing some really innovative work when it comes to coronavirus variants. now, in the north—east of england it's got a real history of heavy industry, of course, but things like chemicals and scientific industries as well. and here in darlington there's been a lot of investment in this particular centre, which at the moment is looking for ways to deal with those coronavirus variants that we are hearing about, and making sure that vaccines can get to market as quickly as possible. now, juliana haggerty is here with me, one of the people who runs this place. i feel like we should start by talking about this lab and what is going on in here and what you are doing. ok, so this is kind of one of our innovation labs, and it allows us to develop and test and optimise and scale up processes,

and that could be for vaccines, it could be for other therapies and treatments, such as antibody treatments that are also used to potentially treat coronavirus. so that's the kind of thing we do in this lab, so it's looking at new technology, it's making sure it's the best it can be, it's scaling it up so it is suitable for mass manufacture. it's important to point out as well that even though you are working on coronavirus variants and vaccines in here, people might notice that nobody is wearing masks. we are wearing ppe but no masks. and that's because there is not actually any live virus in here, and we are practising full social distancing. absolutely. so the particular vaccine technology that we are working on is based around mrna, and that particular tech, you don't need any of the actual virus itself. so we never have any virus

within the facility in order to make the vaccine. so, really, the safety procedures we've got in place are around distancing, and so that is the same throughout the office and the lab areas. and how quickly can you help the industry respond to different variants? because we are hearing so much about them now, the indian variant�*s in the news particularly today, so how do you help speed up the response to that? ok, so this is the whole reason behind this vaccine variant library. so as soon as we have identified variants of concern, we can act now to basically bank up the dna and the rna versions of those vaccines, and we can just store those in the freezer. and every time a new variant that might become a problem is identified, we can create that and put it in our library. then, once we actually get that signal and that data that this

particular variant is really becoming a problem, it's becoming very prevalent all we know that our immunity is not enough to protect us against it, within a week, because we've done that pre—work on the library, we can manufacture enough doses to run a clinical trial. and so it's about really getting ahead of the game, so that we are using all the knowledge we've got now to build that library and then it's much, much quicker to get to the point where we are actually treating patients. as fast as a week? yes. yeah, it's a really, really innovative technology. because you are not growing using cells, which grow quite slowly, which other vaccine technologies use, you can actually manufacture and put this in vials within a week. and talking about the fact that there is only a couple of weeks to the local elections, and particularly in this area of the north—east there's been

a lot of investment, we know that the novavax vaccine is being produced just a few miles away at billingham, how important is this particular part of england when it comes to scientific innovation and investment, the kind of place that people are looking at to be at the forefront of that? absolutely, we've got a really long history in this region, whether it's in the chemical industry, really going back to the railways, when you think we are in darlington today, but pharmaceutical manufacture has long been a really strong industry around the north—east and contributes a great deal to our economy here. and i think what is great to see now is some of the more innovative technology, so people notjust wanting to manufacture here but thinking about doing research, innovation, that creates all these highly skilled jobs and opportunities for the guys you see in the lab right now. that was juliana haggerty from the centre for process innovation in darlington,

speaking to anna foster. and you can find out what elections are taking place in your area — and see all the candidates by heading to the bbc news wesbite — bbc.co.uk/news concerns have been raised by health experts about social media influencers promoting an appetite stimulant called apetamin. it's taken as a quick fix to try to achieve an extreme hourglass figure — and even though it's illegal to sell it in the uk, it can be bought relatively easily. its misuse is believed to be causing serious harm, as anna collinson reports. for many, the pressure to have an hourglass figure is relentless. from celebrities, to song lyrics. he says he don't like them bony. he wants something he can grab. # don't like them bony. # he wants something he can grab. the so—called slim thick body means a woman has a small

waist with a larger bum, hips and thighs. it can take a lot of work. to try and achieve this look, thousands of women around the world have been trying to gain weight quickly by taking a syrup called apetamin. the appetite stimulant is regularly promoted by social media influencers. if you're out there struggling how to gain weight. get yourself apetamin, mate! but selling apetamin in the uk is illegal. it is not licensed so hasn't undergone essential safety checks. yet the bbc has found it can easily be bought online... and in shops. apetamin is developed by til health care in india. the pharmaceuticalfirm told us it's not exporting the product of uk and has no information on its availability here. its sale in the uk is now being investigated by our medicines regulator, the mhra. doctors say this using the syrup can cause fatigue, jaundice,

and even liver failure. these women say they've experienced other problems too. i was probably overdosing myself. i collapsed in the street and they brought me into hospital. i couldn't even write my name on a piece of paper. my hands were shaking that much. it even hurt my eyes to be awake. i was told taking the apetamin would only make me gain weight round my bum and my hips and my thighs. and to be honest with you, it's quite daft of me to think that. one influencer in the us claims apetamin caused her to pass out, which led to this... as the unlicensed medicine's popularity on social media grows, so does concern. what particularly worries me about apetamin is the way it is marketed. it is marketed as a vitamin supplement, which implies that it is safe, that it is natural. you know, although on the bottle it very nicely tells you how much of each ingredient is in there, there's no regulating body that is actually ensuring

that there is that much of each ingredient in the apetamin. following this investigation, amazon, youtube, instagram and depop have all taken down accounts selling apetamin. model altu used to think the apetamin risks were worth it if it boosted her curves. but now she regrets promoting it to her followers. through that video, someone might buy apetamin, start taking it, misusing it perhaps, and then perhaps they could get liver failure as well. that would be because of me. it's really sad to think, you know, there's girls endangering their lives just to look a certain way. anna collinson, bbc news. you can watch the full bbc three documentary — dangerous curves ? on the iplayer. a salvage operation is underway at the university

of cape town's historic library, after it was badly damaged by fire. the 200—year—old library housed unique collections of african books and archives — including more than 85,000 items. courtney bembridge reports. this is all that's left of cape town university's historic library. the reading room has been gutted, and thousands of rare books, dictionaries and films have been lost. it was horrifying. it was a deep—seated sadness that this had to happen because there are some things that are irreplaceable. the fire started on the slopes of table mountain at the weekend, and soon swept across the university campus. smoke billowed from the roof of the library as firefighters tried to limit the damage, while the mayor spelled out what was at stake. this one is a major problem for us. it's a library with lots and lots of old, ancient valuables in the library. the library's collections

include unique manuscripts, and the personal papers of prominent south africans dating back to the 18th century, as well as photographs and anti—apartheid pamphlets. it's thought some items may have been saved by five steel doors, which were triggered by the fire alarm and stopped the fire spreading further. library workers are trying to salvage what they can but water damage is making that difficult. courtney bembridge, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather. after yet another frost in scotland a glorious day has followed plenty of sunshine, not like that across the uk. the same weather system that brought us, the northern ireland cloud only in yesterday's impacting parts of anyone and wales. a frustrating day here but there

isn't more rain falling from the cloud because there barely any rain left on the weather front and behind it a new edge of high—pressure building in promising plenty of dry weather staying with us in the coming days. the recent satellite pictures is the contrast, between conditions in the west midlands and highlands of scotland. plenty of sunshine in scotland through the rest of the day, sunny spells in northern ireland, brightening more widely across northern england and indeed when you have the cloud breaks and that, may be a shower in south—west england and wales, a brisk north—easterly wind coming in from the north sea holding temperatures down, maybe eight or nine and some spots, 16 or 17 in the south—west. generally feeling cooler, plenty of clear skies overnight and that translates into another widespread frost. temperatures down to —4 or —5 in the coldest parts of scotland and northern england

as we start tomorrow. the new area of high pressure across the uk, maybe an early mist and fog patch, soon cleaning, and after the chilly and frosty start temps will head up and plenty of sunshine, some cloud across the north and a few showers during the day and an easterly wind across particularly england and wales will be noticeable but on the north sea coast a bit higher and some spots getting towards 17. thursday evening, plenty of dry and clear weather with the exception of northern scotland again on friday a bit more cloud and the chance of catching a shower o a spot of rain whrereas elsewhere we continue with sunshine, still quite breezy and southern england and wales and the english channel into northern ireland but temperatures heading up a few degrees, 18 or 19 on friday. high pressure staying with us this weekend, plenty of sunshine and still chilly nights with the risk of frost.

this is bbc news. the headlines... the european football super league has collapsed after furious backlash from fans. all six english teams and several european sides pull out. i want to apologise to all the fan supporters of liverpool football club for the disruption i caused over the past 48 hours. it goes without saying but should be said that the project put forward was never going to stand without the support of the fans. after derek chauvin is found guilty of murdering george floyd, his family hail the verdict as a turning point. the moment i heard guilty, guilty

and guilty, i was excited, i was happy because african—american people, we feel that we never get justice. borisjohnson is challenged about texts which show he offered to fix tax rules to encourage businessman sirjames dyson to make ventilators for the nhs. the coroner in the inquest of nine—year—old ella adoo—kissi—debrah says the government should look at setting legally binding targets for pollution in line with world health organization guidelines. and the queen says thank you for the support and kindness she's been shown since the death of the duke of edinburgh in a message issued on her 95th birthday. good afternoon and

welcome to bbc news. one of the architects of football's breakaway european super league, the chairman ofjuventus, has admitted the project can no longer go ahead after all six english clubs and two european sides withdrew and another distanced itself from the proposal in the face of a furious backlash from fans, players and politicians. this morning, liverpool's owner apologised and said the scheme would never have worked without the support of fans. here's our sports correspondent, andy swiss. after 48 hours of fury across football, the proposed breakaway is breaking down. as their fans protested last night, it emerged chelsea were withdrawing and the five other english teams quickly followed — manchester city, arsenal, manchester united, tottenham and liverpool. when approached in boston, liverpool's american owner, john henry, was reluctant to speak. any word for the fans, please?

but later in a message to the clubs' supporters he said he'd let them down. i want to apologise to all the fan supporters of liverpool football club for the disruption i caused over the past 48 hours. it goes without saying but should be said that the project put forward was never going to stand without the support of the fans. no one ever thought differently in england. over these 48 hours, you were very clear that it would not stand. and with the english clubs out, the head of the italian giants juventus said the super league couldn't now go ahead. i remain convinced of the beauty of that project, of the value it would have developed to the pyramid, of the creation of the best competition in the world but, admittedly, no, i don't think that project is now still up and running. for all of english football's so—called big six, this has been

a pretty humiliating climb—down. here at manchester united, they say they've listened to the reaction of their fans, but many are asking how these famous clubs could misjudge things so badly. the concept of a ring—fenced european elite sparked an unprecedented backlash uniting supporters, players and even politicians. at prime minister's questions today, there was relief on all sides. mr speaker, i welcome the decision taken by the six english football teams not to join the european super league. the announcement was the right result for football fans, for clubs and for communities across the country. even as an arsenal season ticket holder, can ijoin him in his comments about the european super league which would have destroyed football? we now need to get on with the other changes that are necessary. but clubs outside the proposed super league are warning the sport still faces a fractious future. some of those relationships

will be difficult to repair- because people have lied to us. they've sat in committees - and they haven't told the truth and they haven't come cleanl and they've been off in a kind of zoom paradise, a zoom bubble, plotting everybody's downfall. - on the continent, meanwhile, more clubs are withdrawing — the latest atletico madrid and inter milan. for the super league, there's surely no way back. and for england's big six clubs, who have enjoyed so much success over the years, this has become the most dismal of failures. andy swiss, bbc news. earlier i spoke to our corresondent in rome nick beake, and first to our sports reporter, laura scott. why was this not thought through? why was this not thought through? why was this not thought through? why was the feeling of the fans are not considered? now that the super league lies in tatters are leaving

in its wake a gulf between the billionaire club owners and fans, the question is, what happens next? the repairjob for the shameless sex begins in earnest and there are three clear areas of focus here, one with football authorities both at home and abroad, although uefa's president suggested that the clubs might be welcomed back painlessly, then with a fellow premier league shareholders who have accused the clubs of dishonesty and arrogance, and then the group they will be most keen to engage with other fans, many of whom have spent the last few nights protesting against the controversial concept. many will wonder if the turmoil of the last few days will lead to lasting change and the culture secretary said he will not halt his scrutiny of governance a football just will not halt his scrutiny of governance a footballjust because the super league is over, he wants to ensure that fans are empowered and the heritage of footballers protected, and on the football

front, these clubs have been dented but they remain powerful and it seems unlikely that their desire for change will have evaporated with the super league. i'm outside spurs who play tonight, as do manchester city, but sunday's carabao cup final at wembley might provide the clearest indication of what supporters think because there will be fans inside the ground to watch that and that could be a litmus test of the damage done over the last few days atjust how long it might take to repair. let's head to rome, nick beakers there. what is the various sentiments you are picking up their? there was a perception among the people who wanted to make this league success that having on board the top three clubs, the giants of italian football, who have dominated the top league for the past 20 years orso the top league for the past 20 years or so would guarantee the success of this new venture but what we have is one by one the top clubs who said

they would take part have been stepping back from it following the example of the english clubs, first of all it was inter milan saying it would not take part, then we had ac milan, not explicitly saying they were stepping back but saying they had listened to concerns of fans across the world, and then as we have been hearing to the chairman of juventus, the club that has won the top flight football here for the past nine seasons, the man at the top there saying it's not practical top there saying it's not practical to go on in this way with a new competition. an interesting reflection of how football and business in the world of money so interconnected. on monday, despite this chorus of condemnation, all of the angerfrom the this chorus of condemnation, all of the anger from the fans, that share price ofjuventus went up 17%, to date has come down 12%, it has come down as quickly as these plans seem to have fallen away, have imploded, and anyone who has watched european

football can remember fantastic games but i think lots of us are struggling to recall such a spectacular own goal, the fact that it does seem this will simply not thought through and the fans for once, they have certainly prevailed in their voices have been heard on the people who make the money, the people who own the clubs, do realise they made a spectacular mistake. lode they made a spectacular mistake. we will talk more about that after half past. president biden has said the conviction of a white former police officer for the murder of george floyd, an unarmed black man, can be a "giant step forward" in helping to achieve racialjustice. derek chauvin was found guilty of murdering george floyd in minneapolis last year after kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes. the civil rights activist martin luther king iii told the bbc the verdict is encouraging. lebo diseko reports.

we the jury in the above entitled matter as to count 1, unintentional second degree murder while committing a felony, find the defendant guilty. derek chauvin convicted of two counts of murder and one of manslaughter. the former policeman led from court in handcuffs. cheering. it was a result many hadn't dared to believe was possible. in these types of cases, you know, justice has not gone in the way of victims, when victims are african—americans, at the hands of the police. so to hear that he was guilty on all three of the charges, itjust seemed like a dream. it's a beautiful day. it's a sad day because george floyd isn't here any more with us. but it's a beautiful day. because justice was served. mr floyd's family called it a victory for anyone who has ever been pinned down. he showed me how to be strong. he showed me how to be respectful. he showed me how to speak my mind.

i'm going to miss him. but now i know he's in history. what a day to be a floyd, man. wow! it was a death that shook the world. but much of the evidence was not gathered by police but by the local community who documented it, filming and begging. and demonstrating that officers as derek chauvin knelt on george floyd's neck for nearly nine and a half minutes. it was a murder in the full light of day and it ripped the blinders off for the whole world to see. "i can't breathe. " those are george floyd's last words. we can't let those words die with him.

this crime might never have come to trial had it not been for this community who documented it. trauma collectively relived through the trial. but for now, some relief as people take in the victory. many here believe that this is not a case of problem solved rather an opening for real change when it comes to how black people are treated by police in america. lebo diseko, bbc news, minneapolis. we are hearing via cbs news that the us attorney general has just announced an investigation into minneapolis policing practices following on from the verdicts that

came through last night, so the us attorney generaljust came through last night, so the us attorney general just announcing that the justice department will conduct a similar investigation into the force to see whether there has been a pattern or practice of unconstitutional policing, so that is coming via cbs news radio in the states, reporting that announcement from the justice states, reporting that announcement from thejustice department, so if further investigation into the overall minneapolis police department. sonia gipson rankin is a professor of law at the university of new mexico and also a former president of the new mexico black lawyers association. good afternoon. i would of course like to hear first of all your personal response, what went through your mind when you heard those guilty verdicts were read out? i

think like a lot of people in the united states i was surprised and i still felt a heaviness in my heart because it should not have come to this last breathtaking nailbiter moment. i think that is where a lot of people are right now. and moment. i think that is where a lot of people are right now.— moment. i think that is where a lot of people are right now. and one of the many things — of people are right now. and one of the many things that _ of people are right now. and one of the many things that i _ of people are right now. and one of the many things that i think - of people are right now. and one of| the many things that i think perhaps we have been struck following this in this country is the role here of bystanders, the fact that so much of the evidence, the video footage came from members of the public who just happen to be there. i’m from members of the public who 'ust happen to be therefi happen to be there. i'm so proud of the ouna happen to be there. i'm so proud of the young lady _ happen to be there. i'm so proud of the young lady who _ happen to be there. i'm so proud of the young lady who took _ happen to be there. i'm so proud of the young lady who took the - happen to be there. i'm so proud of the young lady who took the time i happen to be there. i'm so proud of| the young lady who took the time to document. she did not even fully know what she was watching but she was part of history and part of the reason that we got to this conviction. without that video, would we have gotten to a conviction? would have been more misdirection and things that have

historically happened in these cases? so people who are willing to get on the stand and testify about what was so wrong about what they saw really powerful. find what was so wrong about what they saw really powerful.— saw really powerful. and president biden sa s saw really powerful. and president biden says this _ saw really powerful. and president biden says this is _ saw really powerful. and president biden says this is the _ saw really powerful. and president biden says this is the beginning . saw really powerful. and president biden says this is the beginning of| biden says this is the beginning of something, this is a reset, if you like, of race relations. your thoughts on that.— like, of race relations. your thoughts on that. like, of race relations. your thou~hts on that. . �*, ., , ., thoughts on that. that's a big word! a big explanation _ thoughts on that. that's a big word! a big explanation for _ thoughts on that. that's a big word! a big explanation for what - thoughts on that. that's a big word! a big explanation for what has - thoughts on that. that's a big word! a big explanation for what has been j a big explanation for what has been happening in the united states, and i will continue to remain hopeful, and i hope that it does notjust happen here in criminaljustice and policing but it expands to health care and education and economic entrepreneurship and opportunities in this country, that this is a time to unpack every instance of disparity and discrimination that happens against black americans in the united states. but happens against black americans in the united states.— the united states. but as you are su: arestin the united states. but as you are suggesting is _ the united states. but as you are suggesting is an _ the united states. but as you are suggesting is an awful— the united states. but as you are suggesting is an awful lot - the united states. but as you are suggesting is an awful lot to - the united states. but as you are suggesting is an awful lot to ask| suggesting is an awful lot to ask and expect as a result of one single

judicial case. i and expect as a result of one single judicial case-— judicial case. i think you're so very right- — judicial case. i think you're so very right- ten _ judicial case. i think you're so very right. ten miles - judicial case. i think you're so very right. ten miles away . judicial case. i think you're so i very right. ten miles away from where this happened, someone else was killed by the police and while the verdict was being unpacked yesterday there was another police shooting of a 16—year—old black girl in ohio, this is a systemic thing that's happening in nation, and even when it was not impacting the response of law enforcement on black communities across the nation. what communities across the nation. what would ou communities across the nation. what would you advocate _ communities across the nation. what would you advocate and _ communities across the nation. what would you advocate and what would you want to see from here? in the states the system is different to here in the uk, individual states and jurisdictions have much greater power than perhaps in this country, so some of what we are talking about will come down to state level, it's not a big federal government decision, what can and should individual states and police departments be doing to tackle something that has troubled the nation notjust

something that has troubled the nation not just for something that has troubled the nation notjust for decades but for centuries? nation not 'ust for decades but for centuries? ., ., ., ., centuries? now we get to dream, now we aet centuries? now we get to dream, now we net to centuries? now we get to dream, now we get to put — centuries? now we get to dream, now we get to put it _ centuries? now we get to dream, now we get to put it into _ centuries? now we get to dream, now we get to put it into effect, _ centuries? now we get to dream, now we get to put it into effect, and - we get to put it into effect, and all of the things that scholars and legal analysts have been requesting for years, legal analysts have been requesting foryears, immunity legal analysts have been requesting for years, immunity is a huge deal, this is the time to look at the police unions and really encourage and find better ways to invent the law enforcement that serves the community into the community. what was just community into the community. what wasjust mentioned community into the community. what was just mentioned about the us attorney general and the federal investigations that will happen, this is a great time for the united states federal government to step in and require national registries of police misconduct, talk about better data collection so we can understand what is happening in this nation and we can undo all these instances of systemic racism against the black community. so systemic racism against the black community-— systemic racism against the black community. so you think that that announcement _ community. so you think that that announcement that _ community. so you think that that announcement that has _ community. so you think that that announcement that has just - community. so you think that that announcement that hasjust been | announcement that has just been made, you think a report like that could be useful? i

made, you think a report like that could be useful?— made, you think a report like that could be useful? i hope so. i hope it aoes could be useful? i hope so. i hope it goes from _ could be useful? i hope so. i hope it goes from the _ could be useful? i hope so. i hope it goes from the attorney - could be useful? i hope so. i hope it goes from the attorney general| it goes from the attorney general over to congress and that many of the acts that have been proposed through the senate will really catch traction and we will start to see significant police reform act federal state and municipality levels. , ., ., ., ~ ., levels. very good of you to talk to us here on — levels. very good of you to talk to us here on the _ levels. very good of you to talk to us here on the bbc. _ the headlines on bbc news... the european football super league has collapsed. after furious backlash from fans, all six english teams and several european sides pull out. after derek chauvin is found guilty of murdering george floyd, his family hail the verdict as a turning point and president biden promises it's just the start. borisjohnson is challenged about texts which show he offered

to fix tax rules to encourage businessman sirjames dyson to make ventilators for the nhs. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has challenged borisjohnson about a series of texts revealed by the bbc in which the prime minister offers to fix tax rules on behalf of the businessman sirjames dyson. in the messages, sent in march last year in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, borisjohnson assures sirjames that neither his singapore—based company nor its senior employees would have to pay more uk tax if they were to make ventilators for the nhs. here's our political correspondent, damian grammaticas. have you and other ministers broken the rules, prime minister? _ under scrutiny today the prime minister for direct text messages in which he promised to fix a problem for a businessman close to the conservatives. the latest revelations concern borisjohnson and the billionaire sirjames dyson

of vacuum cleanerfame. early in the pandemic, the uk had made an urgent appeal for ventilators, including a direct approach to sirjames from the prime minister. sirjames had moved his headquarters to singapore in 2019, his concern, if staff spent time in the uk working to develop them, they and the firm might have to pay more uk tax. the company had written to the treasury asking it to ensure usual tax rules would not apply but hadn't got an answer, so he'd raised it with borisjohnson. in direct text messages seen by the bbc, the prime minister responded to sirjames, promising, i will fix it tomorrow, then sent a message saying, the chancellor says it's fixed. sirjames, looking for a formal treasury response, wrote, i'm afraid we really need a response to our letter. mrjohnson replied, i am the first lord of the treasury and you can take it that we are backing you to do what you need. so did borisjohnson follow the rules governing ministers�* conduct? it was a pandemic, an urgent

situation, but contact should be reported and civil servants present if official business is discussed. today, the labour leader, sir keir starmer, said it showed those with ministers�* phone numbers could get special treatment. what does the prime minister think is the right thing to do if he receives a text message from a billionaire conservative supporter asking him to fix tax rules? i make absolutely no apology at all, mr speaker, for shifting heaven and earth and doing everything i possibly could, as any prime minister would in those circumstances. there�*s a pattern to this government. the prime minister is fixing tax breaks for his friends. the chancellor is pushing the treasury to help lex greensill. the health secretary is meeting greensill for drinks. and david cameron is texting anybody who�*ll reply. sleaze, sleaze, sleaze, and it�*s all on his watch. with this scandal now firmly centred on him,

how on earth does he expect people to believe that he is the person to clean this mess up? captain hindsight snipes continually from the sidelines! this government gets on with delivering on the people's priorities, mr speaker. in a statement, sirjames said he was only discussing compliance with rules, 450 staff worked on the project, costing £20 million, ventilators were never ordered, and he said he and his company didn�*t benefit. we did it. we got it working between fourl and six weeks in spite of change in the specification. we were ready to go and ready to produce it and we bought i the components, and then the cabinet office said - they didn't want it, j they didn't need it. and outside downing street, labour today was trying to keep the focus on what�*s been happening behind closed doors — questions about cosy links and private lobbying. damian grammaticas, bbc news.

downing street has scrapped plans to hold daily white house—style press conferences despite spending £2.5 million on a new venue to host them. the prime minister and other members of the government will continue to give regular briefings in the briefing room instead of an official spokeswoman, allegra stratton, who was recruited to the role last year. she will now become the spokesperson for the cop26 climate conference that the uk is hosting in november. ajury has heard how a civil servant used a narwhal tusk to fight off the fishmongers hall attacker usman khan and then held him down to stop him detonating a suspected suicide device. zoe conway is following the inquest

for us at london�*s guildhall. explain what evidence today. darryn frost ave explain what evidence today. darryn frost gave a — explain what evidence today. darryn frost gave a very — explain what evidence today. darryn frost gave a very detailed _ explain what evidence today. darryn frost gave a very detailed and - explain what evidence today. darryn frost gave a very detailed and at - frost gave a very detailed and at times emotional account of how he took on usman khan that day and try took on usman khan that day and try to prevent him from hurting others. he said that when he first heard the screams of those injured it was a call to action, he grabbed a whale task of the wall, he then headed towards where the screams and shouts were coming from, he came face—to—face with usman khan appointed the task him, he said that at that distance what looked like an explosive device around his waist looked very convincing. with usman khan then said to darryn frost, i�*m not here for you, i�*m waiting for the police. darryn frost and several others then chased him onto london bridge. ijumped onto as man come�*s

back, i had my arms outstretched, my hands on his wrists so he could not swipe anyone, my face was practically next to his face as i held his wrists, he said, the police were repeatedly telling darryn frost to get off usman khan but he would not let him go. he said he was worried the device could go off and hurt police officers. i have got his hands, i will not let him kill anyone else, he said. darryn frost believed as man khan wanted to die that day and he did not want the police to give usman khan the satisfaction. i saw the chaos he had caused in the hall, he said, i did not want him to have the satisfaction of his choice when he had taken that away from others, he said. there were several men confronting usman khan on the bridge that day but it was darryn frost who was the last to let him go, and a coroner today thanked darryn frost for his astonishing bravery.

alex salmond has launched the alba party�*s election manifesto, saying his party is the only one that is �*taking scottish independence seriously�*. the former snp leader said his party has a �*proper plan�* for scotland to leave the union and promised alba would �*bring urgency into the timetable�* of independence if it wins seats in next month�*s polls. a coroner has called for a change in the law after air pollution led to the death of a nine—year—old girl. ella adoo—kissi—debrah, who lived near the south circular road in london, died in 2013. a new report says targets for particulate matter would reduce the number of deaths from air pollution and it�*s calling on the government to take action. richard galpin reports. ella adoo—kissi—debrah was just nine years old when she died. her death the first in this country

in which air pollution was listed as the cause. it sparked a long and successful campaign to warn people of the dangers of air pollution. it was led by her mother. she wouldn�*t believe it, actually, but i am really, really pleased, ultimately, although she lost her life, i hope that thousands upon thousands of lives will be saved, notjust in the uk but worldwide. that�*s an astonishing achievement. in today�*s reports on preventing future deaths, coroner philip barlow says there is concern about a lack of legally binding air—quality targets based on world health organization guidelines. he also says there needs to be greater awareness around air pollution. it�*s estimated 200,000 people in the uk had severe asthma, a debilitating condition which can require hospital treatment. there are things that people

can do to avoid some levels of air pollution, and you can avoid busy roads if you are walking to school or work. if you have a lung condition, really looking after yourself. so using your reliever inhaler and making sure to use your preventer inhaler if you have one. it was here in south east london that ella lived. she walked regularly along these streets to and from school. air pollution levels here particularly high. she was breathing in illegally high levels of nitrogen dioxide, - high levels of particles _ because she was living and moving along the south circular road, | one of the most polluted roads in london, probably the most polluted in north europe. - this on a day—to—day basis _ meant her asthma control was worse. the government says it is delivering a £3.8 billion plan to clean up transport and tackle nitrogen dioxide pollution. richard galpin, bbc news. eu leaders and policymakers have reached a deal

on a new climate law. the bloc has agreed to cut carbon emissions by at least 55% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. the agreement comes in advance of a key climate conference being hosted by president biden in washington tomorrow, where the us will unveil its targets. the queen has expressed her thanks for all the "support and kindness" she�*s been shown following the death of the duke of edinburgh. issuing the statement on her 95th birthday, the queen said...

nicholas witchell explained how this birthday is not now one of celebration. sad, certainly come on her behalf. todayis sad, certainly come on her behalf. today is her 95th birthday, but not a moment this year for celebration. you will have contact with other members of the family. but the pandemic, there is a limitation to the opportunities there, and so this will be a low—key, private birthday celebration, though not a celebration. but certainly a moment, four days after the funeral of the duke, while the queen will continue to reflect, her mind still full of memories, but in that statement issued from windsor castle today, expressing thanks for all of the

messages, and mentioning how much that has been a support and a comfort to her. indeed stressing that it comfort to her. indeed stressing thatitis comfort to her. indeed stressing that it is a comfort to all the members of the family during this period of great sadness for them. but, we should say, she will be continuing with the business as a constitutional monarchy. the red boxes will continue to arrive at windsor castle and she will continue, i have no doubt, to work on them. not so very far away now is the state opening of parliament, on the state opening of parliament, on the 11th of may, when she will be performing herfunction the 11th of may, when she will be performing her function as the head of state, reading the queen�*s speech from the throne, accompanied on this occasion by the prince of wales. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with nick miller. a weak weather front moving south is taking a bit of cloud with it but if you want rain it�*s frustrating because there�*s barely any rain left on this,

the odd shower the days go on. into parts of wales and north—west england. the patch of cloud and sunny spells in northern ireland. plenty of sunshine in scotland, becoming more widespread in northern england. a north—easterly breeze turning things cooler along north sea coasts. still warm when you are in the strong april sunshine. clear skies overnight leading to another widespread frost going into tomorrow. just western fringes of wales, cornwall, western most parts of scotland and for many in northern ireland, avoiding the frost. tomorrow there will be some cloud around in northern scotland, the northern and western isles reducing a few showers. many places, most places, will see plenty of sunshine. the wind is not quite as pronounced on the north sea coast. still a noticeable is to be across the southern half of england and for wales. temperatures will be a bit higher tomorrow and it will feel warm in the sunshine. hello this is bbc news with jane hill.

the headlines... the european football super league has collapsed — after furious backlash from fans, all six english teams and several european sides pull out i want to apologise to all the fan supporters of liverpool football club for the disruption i caused over the past 48 hours. it goes without saying, but should be said, that the project put forward was never going to stand without the support of the fans. after derek chauvin is found guilty of murdering george floyd, his family hail the verdict as a turning point. at the moment i heard guilty, guilty and guilty, i was excited, i was happy. because african—american people, we feel that we never get justice. borisjohnson is challenged about texts which show

he offered to fix tax rules to encourage businessman sirjames dyson to make ventilators for the nhs. the coroner in the inquest of nine—year—old ella adoo—kissi—debrah says the government should look at setting legally binding targets for pollution in line with world health organization guidelines. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here�*s gavin. following the withdrawal of the six premier league sides, three more clubs — spanish team atletico madrid and italy�*s inter and ac milan — have pulled out of the european super league. juventus chairman andrea agnelli, who was one of the chief architects of the plans, has admitted the project cannot proceed. has admitted the project he resigned from his position as chairman of the european clubs�* association on sunday. he was realistic about why it couldn�*t go ahead. to be frank and honest, no. evidently that is not the case. so, i mean, iwould not be

evidently that is not the case. so, i mean, i would not be talking so much about where that project has gone. i remain convinced of the beauty of that project, of the value that would have developed in the pyramid, and of the creation of the best competition in the world. but admittedly, no, idon�*t best competition in the world. but admittedly, no, i don�*t think that project is now still up and running. well, despite contrition shown by some of the owners of six clubs who signed up to the super league the crystal palace chairman steve parish is surprised that none of them have stepped down. this was an attempted coup. this was a coup to try to steal football. and what happened was, which was fascinating, was the fans, the players, the staff, said we are going to fight for the right to lose. we don�*t want to be in some kind of elite where there is no jeopardy and no risk. a win is nothing without that. the best banner i saw was we want our rainy,

cold nights in stoke. on the miscalculation of this is quite spectacular. and i see this morning, some of them still haven�*t stood down, which is extraordinary. two of those premier league clubs who pulled out last night are involved in the premier league this evening. in the late kick off, manchester city go to aston villa looking to pull further away at the top of the table. before that, ryan mason will become the youngest person to lead a premier league team when he takes charge of tottenham at home to southampton, following the sacking ofjose mourinho. the 29—year—old is the interim manager and will also be the first person under 30 to manage a club in the division. one thing! one thing i can guarantee is that i will give my all in the next seven games to prepare this group of players to win football matches. the pride i feel is amazing. it�*s one of those where i will probably won�*t be able to take it fully in until the seasonis able to take it fully in until the season is done. but, of course, the moment, ifeel immense pride. team gb will face canada, chile, and the hosts japan in their women�*s football tournament

group, at this summer�*s tokyo olympics. the side will led by interim england coach hege riise — after phil neville departed for the mls in america earlier this year. it�*ll be gb�*s second appearance at the tournament and will begin with japan against canada at the sapporo dome on the 21stjuly. world championjulian alaphilppe has won the one—day classic fleche—wallonne race in belgium. primoz roglic, who�*s one of the favourites for this year�*s tour de france, launched himself clear of the pack on the final climb. but alaphilippe, wearing the rainbow stripes of the world champion, managed to catch and pass him, to win fleche—wallonne for the third time. britain�*s tom pidcock was sixth. just to remind you of the latest from the crucible, as the snooker world championship first round continues. mark selby leads in his match with kurt maflin, and world number onejudd trump, looking for victory over liam highfield in his match, 9—3 is the score in that one. catch up with that on the bbc sport website. president biden has urged

americans to come together to confront systemic racism, after a white police officer was found guilty of murdering an unarmed black man, george floyd. mr biden said the conviction of derek chauvin could be a giant step forward in the march towards justice in america. chauvin had been filmed kneeling on the neck of mr floyd for more than nine minutes during his arrest in the city last may. the sentencing is due to take place in eight weeks, with the most serious charge carrying a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison. speaking to cbs this morning george floyd�*s brother philonise floyd described the moment he heard the verdicts read out. before i went in the courtroom i was pacing back and forth my my wife was just, like, be

comfortable, do what you have to do. the moment i got into the courtroom, i started praying. the moment i got into the courtroom, istarted praying. i prayed the moment i got into the courtroom, i started praying. i prayed for 30 minutes because it took 30 minutes for the judge and minutes because it took 30 minutes for thejudge and jury to minutes because it took 30 minutes for the judge and jury to come out. the moment i heard guilty, guilty and guilty, i was excited, i was happy. and guilty, i was excited, i was happy, because african—american people, we feel that we never get justice. we feel like it�*sjust people, we feel that we never get justice. we feel like it�*s just us all the time. earlier the us network cbs spoke to donald williams, who witnessed the murder. what did you think when you heard the verdict yesterday, did you think it was even possible? yeah... you know, i had a little worry on it but you know, i actually sat there and prayed, me and my kids, right before the verdict. and we watched it and our prayer came through and, yes... we heard your 911 call during the court. you were clearly moved to tears by that.

what was it like for you to see derek chauvin in person in the court room? yeah, it was a tough and emotional situation to actually see him for the first time from the incident, and just actually having eye connection and to be in the same presence, it was tough and a little challenging. but we were able to get through it. what did you think, donald, when the defence tried to portray you... it seemed like they were trying to portray you as mr angry black man on the scene. i thought that you... i know, it�*s funny now, isn�*t it? it wasn�*t so funny, i thought, at the time. but what did you think of that characterisation of you, because you clearly were not having it? yeah, i... definitely, i'm smiling now. i realised it was coming and ijust put a smile on my face and, you know, ijust think it's terrible that as a black man we get painted as an angry person or an angry black man,

and it sucks that i had to go up there and endure that. and now the world sees that as well, that they paint us out as an angry person even when we are telling the truth. all i am doing is telling the truth and what i saw in my side of the story, and he tried to paint me out as being angry for speaking up for floyd's life and trying to stop the murder that i witnessed. donald williams, speaking to cbs news earlier today. we will have continuing coverage and continuing reaction to those verdicts handed down late last night. we are going to stay in the us. we are going to talk about coronavirus. particularly about one nurse�*s experience. a yearago, a nurse, grover nicodemus street, treated one of the first coronavirus in patients in the us. he is what�*s known as a travel nurse in the us and has since worked

in emergency wards and intensive care wards across the country. he�*s written a book about his pandemic experience, in the hope of educating people about the virus and importance of getting vaccinated. we can speak now to grover who joins me with his sister in—law, ja—ne de abreu, who helped him write the book. good to have you with us. i think i�*m right in saying that your first... the first patient you saw who had coronavirus in a hospital setting was in newjersey. is that correct? explain what you experienced, what are you, nurses and other medics in that hospital thought, what was going on at that stage? how much did you know? well. stage? how much did you know? well, at the time. — stage? how much did you know? well, at the time. we — stage? how much did you know? well, at the time, we didn't _ stage? how much did you know? well, at the time, we didn't know _ stage? how much did you know? -ii at the time, we didn't know a whole at the time, we didn�*t know a whole lot about coronavirus. it hit the scene early that year, and this guy

came in around the time when most patients would visit the emergency room for flu—like symptoms, just the normal flu sentence. he tested negative for influenza and he was very, very ill when he came back a few days later. that is when i was told by an occupational medicine doctor, i got a call at the end of my shift, the second time he came back, and he told me i needed to go into quarantine. i was a little concerned. like, ok, forwhat? he said, the patient was positive for coronavirus. so, immediately they put me in quarantine and i was four hours. they tested me, my tests came back negative. they sent me home on a 14 day quarantine, i was on my way back to new york, i was standing the bronx. so, the city started closing down. there were no cars on the

road. it was a very eerie feeling that day. road. it was a very eerie feeling that da . ~ ~ road. it was a very eerie feeling thatda . ~ ~ ., ., , that day. we think back to the early sta . es of that day. we think back to the early stages of the _ that day. we think back to the early stages of the pandemic _ that day. we think back to the early stages of the pandemic here - that day. we think back to the early stages of the pandemic here in - that day. we think back to the early stages of the pandemic here in this| stages of the pandemic here in this country, and at that time we had a lot of reports that some hospitals didn�*t have enough protective equipment for all of their staff. what was your situation in that regard. i suppose i am saying how safe or unsafe did you and your colleagues feel? that safe or unsafe did you and your colleagues feel?— safe or unsafe did you and your colleagues feel? at the time, there was enough — colleagues feel? at the time, there was enough ppe — colleagues feel? at the time, there was enough ppe initially, _ colleagues feel? at the time, there j was enough ppe initially, especially when i was in new york. i actually stayed on an assignment for 12 weeks. i went to new york, to a hospital there. and every day we got a fresh n95 mask. in other hospitals that wasn�*t the case and you had to wear the same n95 mask until it broke, or it became soiled, and then you were issued another n95. we also

had to wear the same isolation gown in the patient�*s room, which was kind of unusual. new york was different. again, they had tonnes of ppe. we have plenty of gowns and that wasn�*t an issue for us that hospital facility that i worked at the time. �* ., ., ., ., hospital facility that i worked at thetime. ., ., ., ., �* the time. i'm glad to hear that. but ou will the time. i'm glad to hear that. but you will have _ the time. i'm glad to hear that. but you will have seen _ the time. i'm glad to hear that. but you will have seen and _ the time. i'm glad to hear that. but you will have seen and experienced j you will have seen and experienced things that are distressing, in many cases. and you have travelled all over the us. what was your impetus for doing that? you over the us. what was your impetus for doing that?— for doing that? you know, it is our mission as — for doing that? you know, it is our mission as health _ for doing that? you know, it is our mission as health care _ for doing that? you know, it is our mission as health care workers, i for doing that? you know, it is ourj mission as health care workers, as nurses, doctors, respiratory therapists. all those people that are not recognised, like the respiratory specialists, we all have a mission. it is our duty to take care of patients, no matter what the circumstances are. i have seen a lot of health care workers quit, i�*ve seen a doctor walk off the shift. he

said he can�*t handle it. there were 100 nurses quit in two weeks, the first to market weeks i was at a hospital, 100 nurses quit, staff and travellers. theyjust couldn�*t travellers. they just couldn�*t handle travellers. theyjust couldn�*t handle the stress of coronavirus patients. handle the stress of coronavirus atients. ~ ., �* , ., patients. wow, i'm struck that you sa ou patients. wow, i'm struck that you say you wanted — patients. wow, i'm struck that you say you wanted to _ patients. wow, i'm struck that you say you wanted to write _ patients. wow, i'm struck that you say you wanted to write a - patients. wow, i'm struck that you say you wanted to write a book i patients. wow, i'm struck that you i say you wanted to write a book about your experiences of the last year, because you wanted to particularly encourage people in terms of taking up encourage people in terms of taking up the vaccine. explain what you have experience that made you think that you needed to do that. yes. that you needed to do that. yes, even from _ that you needed to do that. yes, even from the _ that you needed to do that. yes, even from the beginning, - that you needed to do that. fie: even from the beginning, when it first started, minorities in particular were afraid and there were conspiracy theorists going around, that the government is trying to kill all the black people, hispanics, that�*sjust trying to kill all the black people, hispanics, that�*s just not true. america is not built like that. we are built on people. we, the people, you know? it is the preamble to the constitution. we need to stand together and get through it together like this. going back to your

question, that was... it was a difficult time, you know? and having people take the vaccine and wearing a mask, social distancing, that is what the book is about, you know? and i want to take everybody that doesn�*t know what is going on in a hospital into the hospital, and see what we see through our eyes, as health care workers. you will see patients dying, through my eyes, from the time they come into the hospital. some of the patients that are intubated, unfortunately, the facilities i worked out, we would have 40 deaths a day. and we would run out of body bags. it�*s another eerie feeling when you run out of body bags in a hospital. that was rampant, throughout last year. yes. and we can — rampant, throughout last year. yes. and we can hear _ rampant, throughout last year. yes. and we can hear the _ rampant, throughout last year. yes. and we can hear the emotion in your voice. ja—ne, i want to bring you in, you are grover�*s sister—in—law, but you helped him write this. i wonder how many of his

recollections, his stories, his experiences shock to you. was he going through things that you simply didn�*t realise were part of his work over the last year? didn't realise were part of his work over the last year?— over the last year? yes, i had no idea. it over the last year? yes, i had no idea- it was _ over the last year? yes, i had no idea. it was hard _ over the last year? yes, i had no idea. it was hard sometimes i over the last year? yes, i had no idea. it was hard sometimes for| over the last year? yes, i had no i idea. it was hard sometimes for me to work_ idea. it was hard sometimes for me to work on— idea. it was hard sometimes for me to work on this. because usually i would _ to work on this. because usually i would work— to work on this. because usually i would work on it at night, and it was hard — would work on it at night, and it was hard for me to sleep. after knowing — was hard for me to sleep. after knowing that immense suffering of the patient's end of the health care workers _ the patient's end of the health care workers it— the patient's end of the health care workers. it is absolutely devastating. and to know that most of this— devastating. and to know that most of this was— devastating. and to know that most of this was preventable.— of this was preventable. grover, dare we still _ of this was preventable. grover, dare we still have _ of this was preventable. grover, dare we still have grover? i i of this was preventable. grover, dare we still have grover? i was| dare we still have grover? i was going to ask you very briefly before we let you go, are you still working, how are you doing? we all know the enormous toll that this has taken on health care workers across the world over the last year. it has. you know, there will be a lot of ptsd over this, from notjust health care workers, but it is something that has affected every

single soul on the planet. i needed a little rest. i needed to spend time with my family, my wife, who is a cancer survivor. she is immunocompromised, so it is dangerous for me to get out there in the trenches again. it is something, like i said, it�*s my duty. and if it calls on me again, they send me to the critical areas where i am needed the critical areas where i am needed the most. so i make sure that i get in and do my due diligence, and my duty. i do what i need to do to get thejob done. and i wish duty. i do what i need to do to get the job done. and i wish everybody, all the nurses and health care workers, do their part as well. as far as people in the world, just wear a mask, social distance, get the vaccine so we can win this war on coronavirus. grover, thank you forjoining us on the bbc and everything you are doing. the co—authors of chasing the

surge. the second wave of coronavirus is spreading rapidly in india, with many hospitals facing a chronic shortage of beds and oxygen. there�*s also concern that people are rushing to leave the country for the uk before india goes onto the travel red list on friday. just to warn you, this report from davina gupta contains distressing images from the start. the final farewell, in the holy city of varanasi, where the last rites of covid patients are being performed. it is a grim sign of a struggling india, where more than 2,000 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours. with the daily cases reaching nearly 300,000, those who can are trying to leave the country. many are trying to get to the uk before india is added to the red list of countries. figures from public health england show 3,300 people travelled to the uk from india between the 25th of march and the 7th of april, nearly 5% tested positive. this sudden surge has left the already stretched health care infrastructure in shambles. in major cities, hospitals are fast

running out of beds and oxygen. these people in the central indian state of mati pradesh, desperate for scarce oxygen, have resorted to looting cylinders to treat their families. india�*s capital where i am is one of the worst affected cities. in the last 24 hours, eight major hospitals have asked for support, claiming that they will exhaust their oxygen supply in 6—7 hours. the situation is worse in smaller cities, prompting the country�*s prime minister to appeal to everyone to stay indoors at covid hotspots but stopping short of a national lockdown. translation: we have - to save our country from going into a complete lockdown. i urge the state governments to consider lockdowns only as the last option. but critics have questioned this message by coming after a lightning campaign,

where he addressed masked gatherings recently, despite warnings over social distancing. india is now firmly in the grip of the virus. many here say more lives could have been saved if the government had acted sooner. davina gupta, bbc news, delhi. concerns have been raised by health experts here about social media influencers promoting an appetite stimulant called apetamin. it�*s taken as a quick fix to try to achieve an extreme hourglass figure — and even though it�*s illegal to sell it in the uk, it can be bought relatively easily. its misuse is believed to be causing serious harm, as anna collinson reports. for many, the pressure to have an hourglass figure is relentless. from celebrities, to song lyrics. he says he don�*t like them bony. he wants something he can grab. # don't like them bony. # he wants something he can grab.

the so—called slim thick body means a woman has a small waist with a larger bum, hips and thighs. it can take a lot of work. to try and achieve this look, thousands of women around the world have been trying to gain weight quickly by taking a syrup called apetamin. the appetite stimulant is regularly promoted by social media influencers. if you�*re out there struggling how to gain weight. get yourself apetamin, mate! but selling apetamin in the uk is illegal. it is not licensed so hasn�*t undergone essential safety checks. yet the bbc has found it can easily be bought online... and in shops. apetamin is developed by til health care in india. the pharmaceuticalfirm told us it�*s not exporting the product of uk and has no information on its availability here. its sale in the uk is now being investigated by our medicines regulator, the mhra.

doctors say this using the syrup can cause fatigue, jaundice, and even liver failure. these women say they�*ve experienced other problems too. i was probably overdosing myself. i collapsed in the street and they brought me into hospital. i couldn't even write my name on a piece of paper. my hands were shaking that much. it even hurt my eyes to be awake. i was told taking the apetamin would only make me gain weight round my bum and my hips and my thighs. and to be honest with you, it's quite daft of me to think that. one influencer in the us claims apetamin caused her to pass out, which led to this... as the unlicensed medicine�*s popularity on social media grows, so does concern. what particularly worries me about apetamin is the way it is marketed. it is marketed as a vitamin supplement, which implies that it is safe, that it is natural. you know, although on the bottle it very nicely tells you how much

of each ingredient is in there, there�*s no regulating body that is actually ensuring that there is that much of each ingredient in the apetamin. following this investigation, amazon, youtube, instagram and depop have all taken down accounts selling apetamin. model altu used to think the apetamin risks were worth it if it boosted her curves. but now she regrets promoting it to her followers. through that video, someone might buy apetamin, start taking it, misusing it perhaps, and then perhaps they could get liver failure as well. that would be because of me. it�*s really sad to think, you know, there�*s girls endangering their lives just to look a certain way. anna collinson, bbc news. you can watch the full bbc three documentary — dangerous curves — on the iplayer.

now it�*s time for a look at the weather with nick miller. after yet another frost in scotland a glorious day has followed with plenty of sunshine, not like that across the uk. the same weather system that brought scotland and northern ireland cloud is impacting england and wales. frustration that there isn�*t more rain falling from the cloud, because there is barely any left on this with a friend. behind it, a new weather front coming with a friend. behind it, a new weatherfront coming in, promising lots of dry weather staying with us in coming days. the satellite picture is a contrast between conditions in the west midlands on the highlands of scotland. plenty of sunshine in scotland, through the rest of today. sunny spells in northern ireland, brightening up more widely across northern england. and, indeed, where you have the cloud there will be some breaks in that, may be a shower in south—west

england and wales. this is a brisk north easterly wind coming from the north sea, holding temperatures down along the north sea coast. may be eight or 9 degrees in some spots. still 16 or 17 in parts of south wales and south—west england. generally, a coolerfeeling day out there. plenty of clear skies on the way overnight tonight. that translates into another widespread frost. temperatures down to —4 or —5 in the coldest parts of scotland and northern england as we start the day tomorrow. so, here is that new area of high pressure, right across the uk. there may be an early mist and fog patch soon clearing in the morning. after that chilly, frosty start, temperatures will head up in plenty of sunshine. some cloud in scotland on the western isles giving a few showers during the day. an easterly wind across particularly england and wales will be noticeable, but even on the north sea coast, temperatures are a bit higher and some spots again getting towards 17 celsius. as we go through

thursday evening, plenty of dry, clear weather, with the exception of northern scotland where again, on friday, there will be a bit more clout around on the chance of catching a shower or a spot of rain. elsewhere, we continue with plenty of sunshine. still quite breezy, southern england, parts of wales on the english channel into northern ireland, but temperatures are heading up a few degrees, 18 or 19 degrees somewhere on friday. high pressure staying with us this weekend. plenty of sunshine. chilly nights with a risk of frost.

this is bbc news, i�*m clive myrie. the headlines at 4... the usjustice department has announced a probe into the minneapolis police department following the conviction of derek chauvin for george floyd�*s murder. the family say the verdict is a "turning point in history" for america and justice has been done for their brother. the moment i heard "guilty, guilty and guilty", i was excited, i was happy because african—american people, we feel that we never get justice. the european football super league has collapsed. after a furious backlash from fans, all six english teams and several european sides pull out. i want to apologise to all the fan supporters of liverpool football club

for the disruption i caused over the past 48 hours. it goes without saying but should be said that the project put forward was never going to stand without the support of the fans. borisjohnson is challenged about texts which show he offered to fix tax rules to encourage businessman sirjames dyson to make ventilators for the nhs. the coroner in the inquest of nine—year—old ella adoo—kissi—debrah says the government should look at setting legally binding targets for pollution in line with world health organization guidelines. and the queen says thank you for the support and kindness she�*s been shown since the death of the duke of edinburgh in a message issued on her 95th birthday.

good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the usjustice department has announced an investigation into the minneapolis police department and its practices. it comes less than 24 hours after the conviction of a white police officer, derek chauvin, for the murder of the unarmed black man, george floyd. speaking in the past hour, the attorney general said building trust between community and law enforcement will take time and effort. more on his comments shortly, but first this report on the reaction to the chauvin verdict from our correspondent, lebo diseko. we the jury in the above entitled matter as to count 1, unintentional second degree murder while committing a felony, find the defendant guilty. derek chauvin convicted of two counts of murder and one of manslaughter, the former policeman led from court in handcuffs. cheering. it was a result many hadn�*t dared to believe was possible. in these types of cases, you know, justice has not gone in the way of victims, when victims are african—americans

at the hands of the police. so to hear that he was guilty on all three of the charges, itjust seemed like a dream. it's a beautiful day. it's a sad day because george floyd isn't here any more with us, but it's a beautiful day because justice was served. mr floyd�*s family called it a victory for anyone who�*s ever been pinned down. he showed me how to be strong. he showed me how to be respectful. he showed me how to speak my mind. i�*m going to miss him, but now i know he�*s in history. what a day to be a floyd, man. wow! it was a death that shook the world, ripping open america�*s unhealed wounds on racism and police brutality. but much of the evidence of this crime was not gathered by police. instead, it was the local community who documented it, filming, begging.

and remonstrating with officers as derek chauvin knelt on george floyd�*s neck for nearly nine and a half minutes. it was a murder in the full light of day and it ripped the blinders off for the whole world to see. "i can�*t breathe." those are george floyd�*s last words. we can�*t let those words die with him. this crime might never have come to trial had it not been for this community who documented it, trauma collectively relived through the trial. but for now, some relief as people take in the victory. many here believe that this is not a case of problem solved, rather an opening for real change when it comes to how black people are treated by police in america. lebo diseko, bbc news, minneapolis.

us attorney general merrick garland has announced that the justice department is opening an investigation into policing practices by the minneapolis police department. the investigation will look at everything from excessive use of force to whether it discriminates against people with behavioral health disabilities. i strongly believe that good officers do not want to work in systems that allow bad practices. good officers welcome accountability because accountability is an essential part of building trust with the community, and public safety requires public trust. i have been involved in the legal system in one way or another for most of my adult life. i know thatjustice is sometimes slow, sometimes elusive and sometimes never comes.

the department ofjustice will be unwavering in its pursuit of equaljustice under law. the challenges we face are deeply woven into our history. they did not arise today or last year. building trust between community and law enforcement will take time and effort by all of us, but we undertake this task with determination and urgency, knowing that change cannot wait. the actor and activist imarn ayton, who was one of the organisers of the black lives matter protests in london last year, joins us now. when you heard the verdict, what were your thoughts? i got when you heard the verdict, what were your thoughts?— when you heard the verdict, what were your thoughts? i got so many thou:hts, were your thoughts? i got so many thoughts. i — were your thoughts? i got so many thoughts, i don't _ were your thoughts? i got so many

thoughts, i don't know— were your thoughts? i got so many thoughts, i don't know how - were your thoughts? i got so many thoughts, i don't know how long i thoughts, i don�*t know how long you�*ve got, but i will try to keep it brief for you. the first thing i thought was what a momentous moment in history, just like when george floyd�*s family said it is a pivotal moment in history, and of course it is. first and foremostjustice for door —— for george floyd, his family, for everyone who loves him, for everyone who watched him die, but it also represents that turning point for every single person that is black, white, that has empathy, that has genuinely been waiting for, notjust that has genuinely been waiting for, not just for years but for decades and centuries, and it�*s that turning point where police brutality is no longer tolerated in america and hopefully in the west. it�*s a time where we have transitioned where

police brutality would no longer goes unnoticed, and police brutality no longer going unpunished, and that is the only thing i can focus on right now, the fact that we have genuinely transitioned, so i�*m so grateful to justice for george genuinely transitioned, so i�*m so grateful tojustice for george and grateful to justice for george and we grateful tojustice for george and we are transitioning, a new chapter, new time. ~ . we are transitioning, a new chapter, new time. . . , we are transitioning, a new chapter, new time. ~ . , ., , new time. 0k! which is great. i 'ust wonder, new time. 0k! which is great. i 'ust wonder. you — new time. 0k! which is great. i 'ust wonder, you helped i new time. 0k! which is great. i 'ust wonder, you helped organise i new time. 0k! which is great. ijust wonder, you helped organise some | new time. 0k! which is great. i just i wonder, you helped organise some of the blm marches last year in the uk, what do you think the effect of the verdict on the whole case will be on us here in britain? i verdict on the whole case will be on us here in britain?— us here in britain? i think it's a nice slap _ us here in britain? i think it's a nice slap in _ us here in britain? i think it's a nice slap in the _ us here in britain? i think it's a nice slap in the face _ us here in britain? i think it's a nice slap in the face to - us here in britain? i think it's a nice slap in the face to racism. | nice slap in the face to racism. that race report gas lighted, that regards teresa�*s disparity and of

ultimately giving us a light on whether there is institutionalised racism in this country or not, let me categorically say there is, but of course this report gas lighted every single person that lives in the uk that is black and british, so now i feel like it�*s an opportunity to grow, the perfect opportunity, because the reality is the west ultimately thrives off of racism, that as a whole other debate, but also america deals with extremely bad overt racism and the uk deals with extremely bad covert racism, so what is interesting for me in terms is that america deals with one of the worst forms of racism, it has actually said, we will prosecute one of our own, we will prosecute a police officer, charge him and sent him to jail. which means that in my

humble opinion if one of the most racist countries on the planet can ultimately prosecute a police officer, then so can we because the last time that we successfully prosecuted a police officer in this country was 1969, so it�*s ironic that that report, that recent report, ultimately declared that we were leading the way in regards to racism but let me tell you institutionalised racism is a fact and secondly we can hardly lead the way when the last time we prosecuted a police officer was 1969, and america, who is dealing with the most overt forms of racism, has just prosecuted derek, so let�*sjust most overt forms of racism, has just prosecuted derek, so let�*s just say hopefully we can grow and learn from this moment and stepped up to the plate like america is just done. where does the black lives matter movement then go in this country? you talked about that report that

was released it has to be said to a lot of criticism, the government is going to give its formal response to it at some point in the summer. what are you hoping for from that? and where does the blm movement go from here in the uk? 50. where does the blm movement go from here in the uk?— here in the uk? so, first and foremost. — here in the uk? so, first and foremost, just _ here in the uk? so, first and foremost, just so _ here in the uk? so, first and foremost, just so everyone l foremost, just so everyone understands in regards to the movement, we have been put into a box, and i say we because i feel comfortable saying that there are many different ideologies within the blm movement in the uk, so the movement became polarised, left versus right, however i was one of the people that organised the blm protests in london and i believe... i don�*t speak up for abolishing the police or anti—capitalism but yet the whole movement was put into this box, the first thing i will say is

please acknowledge that the blm movement within the uk comprises of many different ideologies, abolition, i�*m not sure, ijust want black equality and reform, that�*s me, so many different ideologies, so moving forward it�*s about understanding ground zero, where are we? we deal with racism, we know that racism is very much a part or interwoven into british society, and we now need to understand what other forms of racism because like i said the same way everyone puts blm uk and blm movement into this homogeneous box is the way that people tend to put racism into this homogeneous box. the reality is racism has three different forms, over it, covert, institutionalised, and the effect that the black community completely differently. what we different —— what we

witnessed in the us was overt racism but here, what is more prevalent is covert, subtle, discreet, so it�*s about understanding the different forms of racism because we can�*t move forward until we have an actual understanding of how racism manifests itself in our society, so thatis manifests itself in our society, so that is first and foremost, get a better understanding of racism, overt, covert, institutionalised, england is covert, america is overt and what we both have in common is institutionalised, get that into your head, that�*s how it works. what your head, that's how it works. what should the government's response be should the government�*s response be to report? that should the government's response be to re ort? . , should the government's response be to reort? . , ., should the government's response be to reort? . ,., , should the government's response be to reort? . , ., .., , ., to report? that it is a complete and utter insult. — to report? that it is a complete and utter insult, the _ to report? that it is a complete and utter insult, the fact _ to report? that it is a complete and utter insult, the fact that _ to report? that it is a complete and utter insult, the fact that one, i to report? that it is a complete and utter insult, the fact that one, it i utter insult, the fact that one, it is the single reason, it did insinuate that we as black and brown people are the problem, our culture, the way that we are, the way that we live, that is the problem and is why

we are repressed, not because there is a force that very much connects to history and has completely and utterly played out up until this moment, that has been completely and utterly negated from this report, so i�*m hoping that borisjohnson will be smart in this moment and realise he has an opportunity to grow, like america, and if he chooses not to, he is truly making a mistake, not just for him and the 97%... but in terms of the world and growing an understanding racism and how we combat it, so i hope that he completely dismisses it and says, right, let�*s actually focus on speaking to people like those involved in the runnymede and those who have sense and lets try to tackle it the right way, but the

report was never about that, it was about setting a narrative, but that�*s another conversation to be had. that's another conversation to be had. .. , that's another conversation to be had. ,,., , ., �* that's another conversation to be had. , ., �* ., ., had. sadly, we don't have enough time for that _ had. sadly, we don't have enough time for that conversation. - had. sadly, we don't have enough time for that conversation. it's i time for that conversation. it�*s good to talk to you, thanks for joining us. our correspondent, gary o�*donoghue, is in minneapolis. we saw a lot ofjubilation frankly yesterday after those verdicts were delivered by the judge and returned ljy delivered by the judge and returned by the jury. has the atmosphere eased a little as a result of that, calmed down a little there? i think so, for calmed down a little there? i think so. for sure- _ calmed down a little there? i think so, for sure. this _ calmed down a little there? i think so, for sure. this was _ calmed down a little there? i think so, for sure. this was a _ calmed down a little there? i think so, for sure. this was a verdict i so, for sure. this was a verdict that the community around here where i am now was looking for and it got that clean sweep without any ambiguity and a sense thatjustice was served. but of course the

questions immediately turned to what happens next, it was a moment in time, huge moment in time, it was called a selma moment in time for black america, but the question is what change will it bring about? today we have had the announcement by the us attorney general of a pattern and practices investigation into the minneapolis police department, that will go ahead in terms of its structures and whether it has a racist bent to it. the difference in this case of course was that many of those officers, they testified against their own officers including the chief of police here, but you could see a break—up of the department, reconstitution, as we have seen in other parts of america. the focus will now turn to perhaps some of that legislative action going on in washington, can there be in

agreement on the george floyd policing bill? there are controversial elements that some republicans particularly in the senate will not like, but the expectations and are huge about using this moment, using george floyd�*s death for the positive change that america is so badly needs, but we know we have been here before and some other circumstances, things have not changed and that these divisions and winds are incredibly deep, these go back generations and generations, write to the founding of this republic. one wonders, with the policing bill, nationwide, a federal response to what happened with george floyd, one wonders if the result from yesterday�*s trial may be able to convince some of those perhaps democrats in red states and hard

right republicans that this is the moment for change. it�*s right republicans that this is the moment for change. it's possible, and ou moment for change. it's possible, and you saw _ moment for change. it's possible, and you saw some _ moment for change. it's possible, and you saw some of _ moment for change. it's possible, and you saw some of that - moment for change. it's possible, and you saw some of that after. and you saw some of that after george floyd�*s death last year, you saw some republicans start to talk about the need for change in this area, but then of course we have got the election and in some ways the politicisation of those protests and the use of those two really doubled down on a law and order message by donald trump and the republicans, and that�*s when you start to the divisions re—emerge. you put police reform on one side and law and order on the other that you get this kind of political tension that cannot be resolved, so i think there are huge problems ahead. the one thing that is true is that policing is hugely devolved in this country, down to the state level, the individual police authority level, so there has been change in some places, they

have done these reforms, started to do them, and changing the rules and the structure is one thing, the much bigger challenge is how you change the attitudes and frankly that can take generations.— take generations. thank you for that. the latest uk coronavirus statistics have just been released. a further 2,396 people have tested positive in the past 24 hours — and the deaths of a further 22 people have been confirmed — that�*s people who tested positive for coronavirus in the past 28 days. one of the architects of football�*s breakaway european super league, the chairman ofjuventus, has admitted the project can no longer go ahead after all six english clubs and two european sides withdrew and another distanced itself from the proposal in the face of a furious backlash from fans, players and politicians. this morning, liverpool�*s owner apologised and said the scheme would never have worked without the support of fans.

here�*s our sports correspondent, andy swiss. after 48 hours of fury across football, the proposed breakaway is breaking down. as their fans protested last night, it emerged chelsea were withdrawing and the five other english teams quickly followed — manchester city, arsenal, manchester united, tottenham and liverpool. when approached in boston, liverpool�*s american owner, john henry, was reluctant to speak. any word for the fans, please? but later in a message to the clubs�* supporters he said he�*d let them down. i want to apologise to all the fan supporters of liverpool football club for the disruption i caused over the past 48 hours. it goes without saying but should be said that the project put forward was never going to stand without the support of the fans. no one ever thought differently in england. over these 48 hours, you were very clear that it would not stand.

and with the english clubs out, the head of the italian giants juventus said the super league couldn�*t now go ahead. i remain convinced of the beauty of that project, of the value it would have developed to the pyramid, of the creation of the best competition in the world but, admittedly, no, i don't think that project is now still up and running. for all of english football�*s so—called big six, this has been a pretty humiliating climb—down. here at manchester united, they say they�*ve listened to the reaction of their fans, but many are asking how these famous clubs could misjudge things so badly. the concept of a ring—fenced european elite sparked an unprecedented backlash uniting supporters, players and even politicians. at prime minister�*s questions today, there was relief on all sides. mr speaker, i welcome the decision

taken by the six english football teams not to join the european super league. the announcement was the right result for football fans, for clubs and for communities across the country. even as an arsenal season ticket holder, can ijoin him in his comments about the european super league which would have destroyed football? we now need to get on with the other changes that are necessary. but clubs outside the proposed super league are warning the sport still faces a fractious future. some of those relationships will be difficult to repair- because people have lied to us. they've sat in committees i and they haven't told the truth and they haven't come cleanl and they've been off in a kind of zoom paradise, a zoom bubble, plotting everybody's downfall. i on the continent, meanwhile, more clubs are withdrawing — the latest atletico madrid and inter milan. for the super league, there�*s surely no way back. and for england�*s big six clubs, who have enjoyed so much success over the years,

this has become the most dismal of failures. andy swiss, bbc news. the queen has expressed her thanks for all the "support and kindness" she�*s been shown following the death of the duke of edinburgh. issuing the statement on her 95th birthday, the queen said... let�*s speak to our royal correspondent, nick witchell.

kind and were hoping for after the death of the duke and of course with the queen�*s birthday now. —— kind words many were hoping for. the queen words many were hoping for. tie: queen marking her 95th birthday today at windsor castle, clearly not a moment the celebration given the sadness that surrounds it but it�*s a birthday nonetheless, it will be marked i�*m sure with family, although even the access to members of the family will be regulated by the covid restrictions, but it will be a low—key birthday and, yes, a very sad birthday, full of memories for the previous birthday is that she spent with her husband, but knowing the stoical nature of the queen, i�*m sure that she also will be reflecting on if you like the good fortune of having had 73 years of married life, of happily married life with the duke, of the fact that

he very nearly reached the age of 100, and i�*m sure that herfaith as well as the family will be sustaining her at this time. i recall that in a christmas broadcast in 2002 she said, i rely on my own faith to guide me through the good times and bad. and also of course she is being sustained as she said in a statement today all the messages of praise and all the tributes that have been paid to the duke she said, a period of great sadness, yes, but it has been a comfort to all of us to see and to hear the tributes paid to my husband, so i think that that is very heartfelt. she may not be doing too much state work today, this 95th birthday, or perhaps she is, perhaps that�*s one way of sustaining her at this particular time because the red boxes of government business state

business will be continuing and we know how beautiful she is, she continue with that work, and looking ahead, the state opening of parliament is on the 11th of may and she will be there for that, accompanied by the state opening to make the queen�*s speech by the prince of wales. i make the queen's speech by the prince of wales.— make the queen's speech by the prince of wales. i suppose you talk about that stoical _ prince of wales. i suppose you talk about that stoical nature _ prince of wales. i suppose you talk about that stoical nature and i prince of wales. i suppose you talk about that stoical nature and what | about that stoical nature and what sustains the queen, i suppose, throwing herself back into work is probably the way she would go about it, really. i probably the way she would go about it, reall . ~ ., , probably the way she would go about it, reall . ~ . , , , it, really. ithink that is, yes. it has been _ it, really. ithink that is, yes. it has been a _ it, really. ithink that is, yes. it has been a cornerstone - it, really. i think that is, yes. it i has been a cornerstone throughout her reign that she has put her work, the constitutional monarchy at the head of state at the centre of so much of her life, and i�*m sure that she will be focusing on that alongside reflecting on her loss and on the memories that she has had, and of course since he left hospital in march, we are told that they have spent a great deal of time together,

reflecting and reminiscing, perhaps they both knew that the end was approaching for the duke, so there was time after he left hospital on the 16th of march for them to just take time and look back at photographs and in a sense prepare for his loss although nothing can ever as the princess royal said, nothing really fully prepares you for that moment and that�*s something she will now be to. for that moment and that's something she will now be to.— she will now be to. indeed. many thanks. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has challenged borisjohnson about a series of texts revealed by the bbc in which the prime minister offers to fix tax rules on behalf of the businessman sirjames dyson. in the messages, sent in march last year in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, borisjohnson assures sirjames that neither his singapore—based company nor its senior employees would have to pay more uk tax if they were to make ventilators for the nhs. here�*s our political correspondent, damian grammaticas.

have you and other ministers broken the rules, prime minister? _ under scrutiny today the prime minister for direct text messages in which he promised to fix a problem for a businessman close to the conservatives. the latest revelations concern borisjohnson and the billionaire sirjames dyson of vacuum cleanerfame. early in the pandemic, the uk had made an urgent appeal for ventilators, including a direct approach to sirjames from the prime minister. sirjames had moved his headquarters to singapore in 2019 — his concern, if staff spent time in the uk working to develop them, they and the firm might have to pay more uk tax. the company had written to the treasury asking it to ensure usual tax rules would not apply but hadn�*t got an answer, so he�*d raised it with borisjohnson. in direct text messages seen by the bbc, the prime minister responded to sirjames, promising, i will fix it tomorrow, then sent a message saying, the chancellor says it�*s fixed. sirjames, looking for a formal treasury response, wrote, i�*m afraid we really need a response

to our letter. mrjohnson replied, i am the first lord of the treasury and you can take it that we are backing you to do what you need. so did borisjohnson follow the rules governing ministers�* conduct? it was a pandemic, an urgent situation, but contact should be reported and civil servants present if official business is discussed. today, the labour leader, sir keir starmer, said it showed those with ministers�* phone numbers could get special treatment. what does the prime minister think is the right thing to do if he receives a text message from a billionaire conservative supporter asking him to fix tax rules? i make absolutely no apology at all, mr speaker, for shifting heaven and earth and doing everything i possibly could, as any prime minister would in those circumstances. there�*s a pattern to this government. the prime minister is fixing tax breaks for his friends. the chancellor is pushing the treasury to help lex greensill. the health secretary is meeting greensill for drinks.

and david cameron is texting anybody who�*ll reply. sleaze, sleaze, sleaze, and it�*s all on his watch. with this scandal now firmly centred on him, how on earth does he expect people to believe that he is the person to clean this mess up? captain hindsight snipes continually from the sidelines! this government gets on with delivering on the people's priorities, mr speaker. the prime minister�*s spokesman has said he informed officials in a timely manner. in a statement, sirjames said he was only discussing compliance with rules, 450 staff worked on the project, costing £20 million, ventilators were never ordered, and he said he and his company didn�*t benefit. we did it. we got it working between fourl and six weeks in spite of change in the specification. we were ready to go and ready to produce it and we bought i the components, and then the cabinet office said i

they didn't want it, j they didn't need it. and outside downing street, labour today was trying to keep the focus on what�*s been happening behind closed doors — questions about cosy links and private lobbying. damian grammaticas, bbc news. a survivor of the grenfell tower fire has told the public inquiry the "stay put" fire policy was adopted by the building�*s managers for convenience rather than safety. let�*s get more from our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds. what more did we hear? well, clive, toda was what more did we hear? well, clive, today was about _ what more did we hear? well, clive, today was about evidence _ what more did we hear? well, clive, today was about evidence of - what more did we hear? well, clive, today was about evidence of a - today was about evidence of a breakdown in the relationship between the tenant management organisation which ran grenfell tower and all of the other properties in the royal borough of kensington and chelsea, and some of its campaigning residents. among those, one told the inquiry that he described the tmo as a mini mafia, a

non—functioning organisation. he said it was not a glib comment, that was his firm belief about how it dealt with their concerns. one of the concerns was the state put a policy of grenfell tower. he felt that the tower was lacking a plan if it had to be evacuated. of course, thatis it had to be evacuated. of course, that is something that later happen. there were other concerns, concerns about access for the fire service, concerns about a fire safety assessment that had been done and all sorts of other issues that they raised, him and other campaigners, for people living in the tower. during the refurbishment of grenfell tower there were issues as well. major concerns about how the residents could be consulted. mr daffarn said that he felt the chelsea and kensington management organisation had its back to residents and was not listening to them. there was a contrary view in

them. there was a contrary view in the evidence. one manager claimed there were disruptive elements at meetings held between the tmo and the residents, and mr daffarn was defined as one of those. mr daffarn responded that he was putting the case of residents, that he was not disruptive, he was not aggressive, but he accepted these were difficult meetings for the organisation. what happened in the end was, of course, the fire. and what we all read as reporters, the day after the fire, the morning after the fire, where these words. it is a truly terrifying thought that the grenfell action group firmly believes only a catastrophic event will expose the ineptitude and incompetence of our landlord, the kensington and chelsea tenant management association. well, mr daffarn wrote those words before the grenfell tower fire. tqm. mr daffarn wrote those words before the grenfell tower fire.— the grenfell tower fire. 0k, thank ou for the grenfell tower fire. 0k, thank you for that- _ now it�*s time for a look at the weather with nick. a weak weather front moving south is taking a bit of cloud with it but if you want rain it�*s frustrating because there�*s barely

any rain left on this, the odd shower the days go on. into parts of wales and north—west england. the patch of cloud and sunny spells in northern ireland. plenty of sunshine in scotland, becoming more widespread in northern england. a north—easterly breeze turning things cooler along north sea coasts. still warm when you are in the strong april sunshine. clear skies overnight leading to another widespread frost going into tomorrow. just western fringes of wales, cornwall, western most parts of scotland and for many in northern ireland, avoiding the frost. tomorrow there will be some cloud around in northern scotland, the northern and western isles reducing a few showers. many places, most places, will see plenty of sunshine. the wind is not quite as pronounced on the north sea coast. still a noticeable is to be across the southern half of england and for wales. temperatures will be a bit higher tomorrow and it will feel warm in the sunshine.

hello this is bbc news with clive myrie. the headlines... the usjustice department has announced a probe into the minneapolis police department following the conviction of derek chauvin for george floyd�*s murder. the family say the verdict is a "turning point in history" all six english teams and several european sides pull out. borisjohnson is challenged about texts which show he offered to fix tax rules — to encourage businessman sirjames dyson to make ventilators for the nhs. the coroner in the inquest of nine—year—old ella adoo—kissi—debrah says the government should look at setting legally binding targets for pollution in line with world health organization guidelines. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here�*s gavin.

more clubs have pulled out of the european super league. it comes after the juventus chairman european super league. it comes after thejuventus chairman admitted that the project cannot proceed. it was realistic about why it could not go ahead. to be frank and honest, no. that is not the case. i would not be talking so much about where that project has gone. i remain convinced of the beauty of the project, and the value that would have developed in the pyramid, of the creation of the best competition in the world. but, admittedly, no. idon�*t competition in the world. but, admittedly, no. i don�*t think that project is now still up and running. the withdrawal by the english sides from the proposed super league has been hailed by many a result of fan power. the chief executive of one premier league club now says football has an opportunity now to nurture parts of the game that are important to supporters. one thing that has been clear over

the past 24 or 48—hour is is just how much we value what we have. and i think the fans have made it very clear that they love the structure of our game, they love the fact that the smallest teams can be the biggest teams, or in our case last night, draw with the biggest teams. and they want that to continue. i think we all understand that there have been pressures on football, pressure is on the smaller clubs on the pyramid as a whole. but one of the pyramid as a whole. but one of the most precious things we have is that pyramid, and we got to retain it, look after it and nurture it. two of those premier league clubs who pulled out last night are involved in the premier league this evening.in the late kick off, pep guardiola�*s manchester city go to aston villa looking to pull further away at the top of the table. before that, ryan mason will become the youngest person to lead a premier league team when he takes charge of tottenham at home to southampton, following the sacking ofjose mourinho. the 29—year—old is the interim manager and will also be the first person under 30 to manage a club in the division. one thing i can guarantee is that i will give my all in the next seven

games to prepare this group of players to win football matches. the pride i feel is amazing. it�*s one of those where i will probably won�*t be able to take it fully in until the season is done. but, of course, the moment, ifeel immense pride. 29 years old. ryan mason has received the backing from harry kane. the spurs frontman tweeted — he knows how much it will mean for mason to take charge for the rest of the season, having come through the academy together. �*we�*ll give it everything we�*ve got, for these next 7 games�*, kane said. let�*s catch up with the latest from the crucible now — as the world snooker championship first round continues. world number onejudd trump got the better of liam highfield. trump winning 10 frames to 4, to progress to the second round. it was a dominant performance from trump — with the win sealing his place at the top of the world rankings at the season�*s end. he�*ll play 15th seed david gilbert in the second round. meanwhile, mark selby is in action against kurt maflin, who knocked outjohn higgins in last year�*s championship. selby current leads by 4 frames to 1.

britain�*s simon yates has retained the lead at the tour of the alps after stage 3. he prepares for the giro d�*italia next month. italy�*s gianni moscon, in the dark blue of the british ineos grenadiers team, was fastest to finish from a breakaway to win stage 3. yates finished safely in the main group, saving energy for the hardest stage of the race tomorrow. he currently leads by 45 seconds. that�*s all the sport for now. more now on the news that the usjustice department has announced a probe into the minneapolis police department following the conviction of derek chauvin for george floyd�*s murder. rashawn ray is fellow in governance studies at the brookings institution and professor of sociology who specialises in racial inequality and police reform.

hello to you. thanks forjoining us. it is good to see you. first of all, how usual is it for thejustice department to make this kind of intervention in a regional police force? ~ . ~' intervention in a regional police force? ~ ., ,, ., intervention in a regional police force? ., ., ., force? well, thank you for having me. it is force? well, thank you for having me- it is quite — force? well, thank you for having me. it is quite unusual. - force? well, thank you for having me. it is quite unusual. what i force? well, thank you for having i me. it is quite unusual. what people have to recognise is in the united states there is something called a consent decree. this is essentially an investigative agreement that the department ofjustice has made with a local police department. it doesn�*t happen a lot, it happened most under president obama�*s ten year, and even then we are talking about less than 15. there was zero under president trump. and that is significant because there are a tonne of investigation sitting at the department ofjustice, and preventing some of them, some of the high ranking officials from being approved by the senate is something that will store this. but i expect

them to investigate. truths; that will store this. but i expect them to investigate.— that will store this. but i expect them to investigate. why is it that so few consent _ them to investigate. why is it that so few consent decrees _ them to investigate. why is it that so few consent decrees signed i so few consent decrees signed limited? . so few consent decrees signed limited? , ., so few consent decrees signed limited? , . ,., limited? there is a high bar. often times it has — limited? there is a high bar. often times it has to _ limited? there is a high bar. often times it has to be _ limited? there is a high bar. often times it has to be a _ limited? there is a high bar. often times it has to be a series - limited? there is a high bar. often times it has to be a series of i times it has to be a series of things. the federal government often tries to allow their localities and municipalities, the cities, the councils, to deal with it. they then look at the state to see if there will be state intervention. often times what happens is that there have been enough high profile cases, or often times things that people don�*t know, particularly within the police department, about misconduct allegations, about racial disparities in gender disparities in discipline. so notjust in minneapolis, but in departments around the country, i think we will start to see more consent decrees coming out under the biden administration, because there were zero under the trump administration. is there an argument for having a centrally collated area where statistics involving police shootings and so on can be easily

accessed? . . shootings and so on can be easily accessed? , , ., , accessed? yes, it is vitally important- _ accessed? yes, it is vitally important. we _ accessed? yes, it is vitally important. we know i accessed? yes, it is vitally important. we know how. accessed? yes, it is vitally i important. we know how many accessed? yes, it is vitally _ important. we know how many people in the united states actually get killed byjellyfish. the centre for disease control collect it. but we do not have accurate information on how may people are killed by the police every year. i mean, that is just a travesty. not only do we need the department ofjustice, we need the department ofjustice, we need the federal bureau of investigation, we need the centers for disease control to be collecting data to work with researchers, to better gather information. and that is something that is desperately needed at the federal level to create a use of force database, about not only were use of force lies with civilians, but where police officers are more likely to be exposed to danger. are more likely to be exposed to dancer. �* , , �* ., are more likely to be exposed to dancer.�* , ,�* ., danger. but why isn't that system in lace? can danger. but why isn't that system in place? can you _ danger. but why isn't that system in place? can you explain _ danger. but why isn't that system in place? can you explain to _ danger. but why isn't that system in place? can you explain to our- place? can you explain to our viewers in the united kingdom why it is that any level of police brutality, criminality or whatever, isn't measured, isn't analysed, and

isn't measured, isn't analysed, and isn't looked at in the united states? why doesn't that happen? well, it sounds blasphemous, it's ludicrous, to be honest with you. and part of what happened is that law enforcement agencies, there are roughly 18,000 in the united states. they are highly decentralised. they have guidelines, but they don't often times have stringent protocols and policies that they must abide by. so they are incentivised to do it. at only 40% of law enforcement agencies submit this information. in some cases, it is because they don't want to. at what i've often found is that there are a lot of small police departments, they have around ten officers or fewer, they simply do not have the resources to do it. if this is something we want to see in america, we need to allocate resources through the department of justice, and also through the states in order to collect this important information. do in order to collect this important information.— information. do you think that is the kind of— information. do you think that is the kind of thing _ information. do you think that is the kind of thing that _ information. do you think that is the kind of thing that might - information. do you think that is i the kind of thing that might happen under president biden? i the kind of thing that might happen under president biden?— under president biden? i think so. in fact, under president biden? i think so. in fact. this _ under president biden? i think so. in fact, this was _ under president biden? i think so. in fact, this was one _

under president biden? i think so. in fact, this was one of _ under president biden? i think so. in fact, this was one of the - under president biden? i think so. in fact, this was one of the things| in fact, this was one of the things that former president trump actually put into his executive order. so there is bipartisan support about this. part of what happens with policing in america, like all other aspects of america because of the way the federal government operates with the states, often times policy is mandated federally in diplomatic locally. what i think needs to happen is we need to have a body like the department ofjustice on the fbi working together to distribute researchers throughout the country, to collect this vital information. because it is very clear that we are in a continuous endemic as it relates to policing in america. , , ., ., ., america. very interesting, good to talk to yom — america. very interesting, good to talk to you. thanks _ america. very interesting, good to talk to you. thanks for _ america. very interesting, good to talk to you. thanks forjoining - america. very interesting, good to talk to you. thanks forjoining us. | in just over two weeks time voters around britain will be heading to the polls. in scotland and wales there are parliamentary elections whilst in england voters will be choosing who will sit on their local councils. 5 live's anna foster is on the road this week and will be bringing us an insight in to what voters want from their elected representatives and what local issues will be sending people to the polling stations in these elections. ? today

she sin darlington. anna. hi, good to see you. hello, clive, lovel to hi, good to see you. hello, clive, lovely to talk _ hi, good to see you. hello, clive, lovely to talk to _ hi, good to see you. hello, clive, lovely to talk to you. _ hi, good to see you. hello, clive, lovely to talk to you. it _ hi, good to see you. hello, clive, lovely to talk to you. it looks - lovely to talk to you. it looks beautiful here in darlington. blistering hot sun, blue sky. but there is a deceptively cold wind blowing through the market square, which is why i am wrapped up like it is the middle of winter. we are in darlington, because we are really focusing this week on the red wall seats. you will remember of the general election of december 2019 there were so many of those seats across the north of england that turned from labour to conservative. it was a real shock at the time. what is interesting is we go into the local elections and you see we have a mayoral election in this part of the world, and that was perhaps the first hint things were changing, backin the first hint things were changing, back in 2017 the inaugural metro mayorfor the back in 2017 the inaugural metro mayor for the tees valley was a conservative. 0ne mayor for the tees valley was a conservative. one thing that the government has been trying to do since then is keep the faith of people in this area. they've got their conservative votes, how do

they hold onto them? in this constituency of darlington, one of the things they have been doing is sending money their way, investment and jobs in particular. 0ne sending money their way, investment and jobs in particular. one thing you might have noticed in chancellor rishi sunak�*s budget was the announcement that a lot of treasury jobs will be moving to darlington. how does that resonate with people around there? is that the kind of investment and promised they were hoping for? doctorjoanna behr is with me, associate professor at durham university business school. it sounds like a really big statement from the government. but does it make people around here feel confident, for all their lives and jobs are being represented? i think it does. i think— jobs are being represented? i think it does. i think the _ jobs are being represented? i think it does. i think the statement - jobs are being represented? i think it does. i think the statement that l it does. i think the statement that was made — it does. i think the statement that was made is hugely exciting, as you say. was made is hugely exciting, as you saw i_ was made is hugely exciting, as you saw ithink— was made is hugely exciting, as you say. i think the statement itself was one — say. i think the statement itself was one that really did resonate. i think. _ was one that really did resonate. i think, however, that it brought with it a deep— think, however, that it brought with it a deep breath and a real sense that we _ it a deep breath and a real sense that we loved it. we were really, really— that we loved it. we were really, really pleased to hear it, and now we are _ really pleased to hear it, and now we are watching to make sure there

is some _ we are watching to make sure there is some real— we are watching to make sure there is some real follow—through, but it does _ is some real follow—through, but it does not _ is some real follow—through, but it does notjust mean 730 treasury tourists — does notjust mean 730 treasury tourists turning up on a monday and disappearing on a thursday back down south _ disappearing on a thursday back down south and _ disappearing on a thursday back down south. and that there is real intent to embed — south. and that there is real intent to embed senior civil servants, senior— to embed senior civil servants, senior treasury people here for the lon- senior treasury people here for the long run. _ senior treasury people here for the long run. to — senior treasury people here for the long run, to be part ofa senior treasury people here for the long run, to be part of a meaningful move _ notjust taking not just taking people from the treasury— not just taking people from the treasury and embedding them up north for a few— treasury and embedding them up north for a few years and then turning tail and — moving back down when there isa is a change of government, but bringing — is a change of government, but bringing people appear who are going to make _ bringing people appear who are going to make meaningful policy changes and he _ to make meaningful policy changes and be part of a meaningful policy team _ and be part of a meaningful policy team and — and be part of a meaningful policy team and are going to make meaningful moves in the north of england _ meaningful moves in the north of england for the whole country, so that we _ england for the whole country, so that we become part of the heart of

treasury _ that we become part of the heart of treasury torque and treasury activity. — treasury torque and treasury activity. notjust a peripheral part of that— activity. notjust a peripheral part of that conversation. the activity. notjust a peripheral part of that conversation.— of that conversation. the idea of treasury tourism _ of that conversation. the idea of treasury tourism is _ of that conversation. the idea of treasury tourism is an _ of that conversation. the idea of| treasury tourism is an interesting one. one thing darlington has in its favour is that we are only a mile or two back from the station. you have a direct route to london. it's probably the best connected place in the teesside county durham area for tourists. do you fear that could happen, that people will not move the lives and families, their children here? we the lives and families, their children here?— the lives and families, their children here? ~ ., , ., _ ., children here? we are very easy to net to children here? we are very easy to get to from — children here? we are very easy to get to from london, _ children here? we are very easy to get to from london, as _ children here? we are very easy to get to from london, as well - children here? we are very easy to get to from london, as well as - children here? we are very easy to | get to from london, as well as very easy to _ get to from london, as well as very easy to get — get to from london, as well as very easy to get to london from. and i am very. _ easy to get to london from. and i am very. very— easy to get to london from. and i am very, very hopeful that when we get the people — very, very hopeful that when we get the people coming up from the treasury. — the people coming up from the treasury, to work here, they will not take — treasury, to work here, they will not take very long to realise that we are _ not take very long to realise that we are arr — not take very long to realise that we are an extraordinarily welcoming part of— we are an extraordinarily welcoming part of the _ we are an extraordinarily welcoming part of the country. we are extraordinarily beautiful part of the country. there are some farrtastic— the country. there are some fantastic schools appear. there is an extremely high quality of life for a _ an extremely high quality of life for a relatively low cost. and there is a community of people who are not

only actively — is a community of people who are not only actively welcoming, but also hugely— only actively welcoming, but also hugely supportive in terms of the supply— hugely supportive in terms of the supply chain, for not just the treasury— supply chain, for not just the treasury but also we really, really hope _ treasury but also we really, really hope the — treasury but also we really, really hope the other companies that will 'oin hope the other companies that will join the _ hope the other companies that will join the treasury and become part of that economic cluster that will start— that economic cluster that will start to — that economic cluster that will start to be part of the real levelling up that i think that the north—east of england needs. 50, to level up— north—east of england needs. 50, to level up the — north—east of england needs. 50, to level up the north of england and to level up the north of england and to level up— level up the north of england and to level up the north of england and to level up the north—east of england actually— level up the north—east of england actually needs a bit of a tilt, not 'ust actually needs a bit of a tilt, not just a _ actually needs a bit of a tilt, not just a level. because it has been a long. _ just a level. because it has been a long. long — just a level. because it has been a long, long time since there was anything — long, long time since there was anything level about the balance between the north on the south. so we need _ between the north on the south. so we need a _ between the north on the south. so we need a little bit more of a shelf, — we need a little bit more of a shelf, i— we need a little bit more of a shelf, i think, we need a little bit more of a shelf, ithink, than we need a little bit more of a shelf, i think, than we we need a little bit more of a shelf, ithink, than we have had for quite _ shelf, ithink, than we have had for quite some — shelf, ithink, than we have had for quite some time. and that economic clustering _ quite some time. and that economic clustering is — quite some time. and that economic clustering is going to be really important. clustering is going to be really important-— important. doctor, thank you. associate _ important. doctor, thank you. associate professor _ important. doctor, thank you. associate professor at - important. doctor, thank you. | associate professor at durham university business school, and that will be one of the big tests in this part of the world, when the local elections happen. there is a by—election happening in hartlepool. people will be gauging things like

market squares and high streets, how much money they have in their pocket. it will be the first real test of whether or not the conservatives can hold onto those votes that they won in such a great number back in 2019. good to see you out there in the sun. we have heard from the top brass of liverpool and juventus over the farce that became the european super league. nowjoel glazer of the glazerfamily, owners of league. nowjoel glazer of the glazer family, owners of manchester united, they have put out a statement. it says come over the past few days we have all witnessed the great passion which football generates on the deep loyalty our fans have for this great club. you made very clear your opposition to the european super league, and we have listened. we got it wrong. we want to show that we can put things right. manchester united has a rich heritage and we recognise our responsibility to live up to its

great traditions and values. we also realise that we need to better communicate with you, our fans, because he will always be at the heart of the club. in closing, i would like to recognise that it is your support which makes this club so great, and we thank you for that. best regards, joel glazer. so, one of the glazer family, owners of manchester united, essentially doing what liverpool and john henry has done, and of the owners ofjuventus have done as well, and explaining that, frankly, they messed it up when they attempted to set up the european super league, angering not just fans and uefa, and the world governing body fifa, the premier league, their own leagues around europe and politicians as well. so, that, from joel glazer of the glazer family, the owners of manchester united. a coroner has called for a change in the law, after air pollution led to the death of a 9 year old girl.

ella adoo—kissi—debrah, who lived near the south circular road in london, died in 2013. a new report says targets for particulate matter would reduce the number of deaths from air pollution — and it's calling on the government to take action. richard galpin reports. ella adoo—kissi—debrah was just nine years old when she died. her death the first in this country in which air pollution was listed as the cause. it sparked a long and successful campaign to warn people of the dangers of air pollution. it was led by her mother. she wouldn't believe it, actually, but i am really, really pleased, ultimately, although she lost her life, i hope that thousands upon thousands of lives will be saved, notjust in the uk but worldwide. that's an astonishing achievement. in today's reports on preventing future deaths, coroner philip barlow says there is concern about a lack of legally binding air—quality targets based on world health organization guidelines. he also says there needs to be greater awareness around air pollution.

it's estimated 200,000 people in the uk had severe asthma, a debilitating condition which can require hospital treatment. there are things that people can do to avoid some levels of air pollution, and you can avoid busy roads if you are walking to school or work. if you have a lung condition, really looking after yourself. so using your reliever inhaler and making sure to use your preventer inhaler if you have one. it was here in south east london that ella lived. she walked regularly along these streets to and from school. air pollution levels here particularly high. she was breathing in illegally high levels of nitrogen dioxide, - high levels of particles _ because she was living and moving along the south circular road, | one of the most polluted roads in london, probably the most polluted in north europe. - this on a day—to—day basis _ meant her asthma control was worse. the government says it is delivering a £3.8 billion plan to clean up

transport and tackle nitrogen dioxide pollution. richard galpin, bbc news. an inquestjury has heard how a civil servant used a narwhal tusk to fight off the fishmongers hall attacker usman khan, and then held him down to stop him detonating a suspected suicide device. 0ur correspondent zoe conway is following the inquests in central london. darryn frost gave a very detailed and at times emotional account of how he took on usman khan that day and tried to prevent him from hurting others. he said that when he first heard the screams of those injured by usman khan it was a call to action, he grabbed a narwhal tusk, or whale task of the wall, he then headed towards where the screams and shouts were coming from.

he came face—to—face with usman khan and pointed the tusk at him,. he said that at that distance what looked like an explosive device around his waist looked very convincing. with usman khan then said to darryn frost, i'm not here for you, i'm waiting for the police. darryn frost, with several others, then chased him onto london bridge. ijumped onto usman khan's back, i had my arms outstretched, my hands on his wrists so he could not swipe anyone and couldn't set off the bomb. my face was practically next to his face as i held his wrists, he said. the police were repeatedly telling darryn frost to get off usman khan but he wouldn't let him go. he said he was worried the device could go off and hurt police officers. i've got his hands, i won't let him kill anyone else, he said. darryn frost believed usman khan wanted to die that day and he did not want the police to give usman khan the satisfaction.

i saw the chaos he had caused in the hall, he said, i did not want him to have the satisfaction of his choice when he had taken that away from others, he said. there were several men confronting usman khan on the bridge that day but it was darryn frost who was the last to let him go, and a coroner today thanked darryn frost for his astonishing bravery. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick. after yet another frost in scotland this morning, a glorious day has followed with plenty of sunshine, but not like that across the uk. the same weather system that brought scotland and northern ireland cloud and rain yesterday is impacting england and wales. frustration that there isn't more rain falling from the cloud, because there is barely any left on this weather front. behind it, a new area of high pressure coming in, promising lots of dry weather

staying with us in the coming days. the satellite picture is a contrast between conditions in the west midlands and the highlands of scotland. plenty of sunshine in scotland, through the rest of today. sunny spells in northern ireland, brightening up more widely across northern england. and, indeed, where you have the cloud there will be some breaks in that, maybe just a shower in south—west england and wales. this is a brisk north easterly wind coming from the north sea, holding temperatures down along the north sea coast. maybe 8 or 9 degrees in some spots. still 16 or 17 in parts of south wales and south—west england. generally, a cooler feeling day out there. plenty of clear skies on the way overnight tonight. that translates into another widespread frost. temperatures down to —a or —5 in the coldest parts of scotland and northern england as we start the day tomorrow. so, here is that new area of high pressure, right across the uk. there may be an early mist and fog patch soon clearing in the morning. after that chilly, frosty start, temperatures will head up in plenty of sunshine.

just some cloud in scotland on the western isles giving a few showers during the day. an easterly wind across particularly england and wales will be noticeable, but even on the north sea coast, temperatures are a bit higher and some spots again getting towards 17 celsius. as we go through thursday evening, plenty of dry, clear weather, with the exception of northern scotland where again, on friday, there will be a bit more cloud around and the chance of catching a shower or a spot of rain. elsewhere, we continue with plenty of sunshine. still quite breezy, southern england, parts of wales on the english channel into northern ireland, but temperatures are heading up a few degrees, 18 or 19 degrees somewhere on friday. high pressure staying with us this weekend. plenty of sunshine. chilly nights with a risk of frost.

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