this is bbc news. i'm clive myrie. the headlines: an inquest jury finds jack merritt and saskia jones were �*unlawfully killed' at fishmongers�* hall by convicted terrorist usman khan. the inquest concluded that a string of failures by the authorities contributed to the deaths of the two graduates who were killed at a prisoner rehabilitation event. he carried out his deadly attack before being chased down by members of the public on london bridge. the famil of of the public on london bridge. the family ofjack merritt reacted to family of jack merritt reacted to the findings. we had this hugely dangerous person and they— we had this hugely dangerous person and they lost sight of him being dangerous relief from the beginning. all that _ dangerous relief from the beginning. all that information you would have thought _ all that information you would have thought that — all that information you would have thought that the _ all that information you would have thought that the authorities - all that information you would have thought that the authorities would i thought that the authorities would have put— thought that the authorities would have put in— thought that the authorities would have put in place _ thought that the authorities would

have put in place a _ thought that the authorities would have put in place a system - thought that the authorities would have put in place a system to - have put in place a system to monitor — have put in place a system to monitor and _ have put in place a system to monitor and manage - have put in place a system to monitor and manage him - have put in place a system to - monitor and manage him effectively and to— monitor and manage him effectively and to keep — monitor and manage him effectively and to keep the _ monitor and manage him effectively and to keep the public— monitor and manage him effectively and to keep the public safe, - monitor and manage him effectively and to keep the public safe, and - and to keep the public safe, and they failed — and to keep the public safe, and they failed to _ and to keep the public safe, and they failed to do _ and to keep the public safe, and they failed to do that. _ a single—dose covid vaccine made byjanssen is approved for use in the uk by the medicines regulator. as cases of the indian variant of coronavirus double in a week ministers consider the further easing of restrictions due next month. there's nothing in the data that will delay the date, we have said we are always reviewing the data and we will come to a final conclusion on whether to reopen on the 21st of june onjune the 14th. and nicola sturgeon hasjust announced that glasgow is to stay at level three restrictions — describing cases as uncomfortably high. fairer prices for people who stay loyal to their insurance companies — new rules mean existing customers mustn't pay more for renewing their home and car insurance.

in the last hour an inquestjury has found that jack merritt and saskia jones were unlawfully killed by the convicted terrorist usman khan at fishmongers hall in 2019. the jury decided omissions and failures by agencies of the state in the management of khan while on probation, contributed to the deaths of mr merritt and msjones. the jury had been hearing testimony for around seven weeks.

the jury had been hearing testimony for around seven wet merritt and to the deaths of jack merritt and saskia jones. they answered yes. they were asked to explain the answer. the rort there had been an unacceptable management and lack of accountability by those agencies, there were serious deficiencies in

there were serious deficiencies in the management of usman khan, insufficient training or people involved, there was a blind spot, they said, in terms of his unique risk due to his poster boy image. and they said there was a lack of psychological assessment. they were also asked to answer the question whether there had been a failure in the sharing of information by agencies responsible for monitoring him and investigating him and whether those failures led to the deaths of jack merritt and saskia jones and again that they said yes. by jones and again that they said yes. by way of explanation they said they had been missed opportunities to give guidance by those with expertise, that was the answer. finally, they were asked whether there had been failures in the organisation of and security around that event at fishmongers�* hall. again, they said yes and they said there had been a lack of communication and accountability and inadequate consideration of the key guidance between the different parties, and a failure of risk assessment by both fishmongers�* hall

and the organisers of that event, the prison education charity learning together. daniel sanford has been looking into the background of this case. convicted terrorist usman khan heading to london alone on a train, still considered very high—risk and only recently out of prison. there'd been intelligence that he was planning an attack, but the probation team who had approved the trip hadn't been told. it ended with hand—to—hand fighting on london bridge, just outside fishmongers hall. while inside, two young people, saskia jones and jack merritt, were dying. both had been involved in the prison education organisation learning together, that had tried to help khan. jack merritt�*s parents told me the deaths were the result of an unforgivable failure by a system that was not fit for purpose. they had this hugely dangerous person and they lost sight of him being dangerous, really from the beginning. with all that information, you'd

have thought that the authorities would have put in place a system to monitor and manage him effectively, and keep the public safe and they failed to do that. usman khan was jailed as a teenager for trying to set up a terrorist training camp. after eight years in prison, he was still a high—risk category a inmate, seen as a violent, radicalising leader of prison extremists. a month before he was freed, there was intelligence, recorded in capital letters, that he intended to carry out an attack after his release. in prison, he mixed with the killer of lee rigby, the leaders of two major al-qaeda bomb plots and the infamous preacher abu hamza. a ruling by seniorjudges meant that khan had to be released, rather than being kept in prison, to protect the public. injail, khan had been allowed

to study with cambridge university's learning together scheme, this was seen as positive but ultimately gave him his chance to attack. after his release, living in his flat in stafford, khan stuck to the rules, lulling the police and probation into a false sense of security. but mostly he spent the days alone, playing violent video games. a prison psychologist had warned probation to be careful if he started isolating. once he knew he'd be allowed to travel alone to london, khan started to prepare, shopping for four large knives. that same month, the public protection panel responsible for him met to discuss his case, but didn't even consider the risk of him taking a train by himself to the capital. mi5 had not told mapa about the intelligence, warning that khan might be intending an attack.

that was the piece of intel that they had and so to not share that one piece is unforgivable. and so, the scene was set for khan's brutal attack at an iconic london location. as people including jack merritt arrived at fishmongers�* hall for the event, there were no metal detectors. later, hiding the belt under his bulky coat, khan sat chatting to saskia jones who he would stab to death after lunch usman khan slipped out to the men's toilets and strapped two knives to his hands and he then set about attacking the people he knew, first jack merritt and then saskia jones, he nearly killed another young woman before a porter, a civil servant, prisoner on day release and ex prisoner intervened. the first to take khan on wasjohn crilly, who tried to challenge him

in a desperate effort to stop him stabbing people. questions like, what you think you are doing? what is going on here? he just replied to me, i'm going to kill you will blow you all up. and stupidly, i told him to blow it then, get on with it. and he said, i am waiting for the police to come, i will blow it then. working with a prisoner on day release and a civil servant, john crilly drove khan out onto london bridge where the three of them tackled him to ground using an ornamental tusk and a fire extinguisher and waited for help. as the police arrived as we were taking the knives off khan, obviously he said he was waiting for the police to blow the belt, so ijust went into shock, ijust didn't know what they were waiting for, ijust want them to shoot him. he just killed two beautiful people. i wanted him dead, i wanted it over. jack merritt and saskia jones had been murdered by a man he was known

to have had a terrorist past and was still under active investigation by mi5. this is an appalling tragedy, the jury this is an appalling tragedy, the jury at work you are, they could not have been clearer, having heard all the evidence over seven weeks, their message was clear, that the management of this man had been a complete disaster but before we go to you we are going to go straight to you we are going to go straight to the families of mrjones. this is dave and an speaking about their son. helping people less fortunate than him to improve the education and self esteem, through the learning together programme. following his death we received many letters from serving and former prisoners he had worked with telling us how jack had

a positive impact on their lives. jack understood the factors that had led many of the people that he worked with to end up in prison and he understood the value of kindness and friendship in helping damaged people repair their lives. jack would have described himself proudly as woke, the opposite, by definition, being ignorant. jack was a do—gooder in the best possible sense of that term. this inquest has answered many of our questions about how jack came answered many of our questions about howjack came to be answered many of our questions about how jack came to be killed. it is clear the arrangements put in place for managing usman khan after his release from prison were not fit for purpose, despite the authorities having had six years to plan for this from the time his sentence was changed from an indeterminate sentence to an extended sentence in 2013. the process did not operate effectively. rules and response abilities were unclear,

communication between agencies was inadequate and leadership and coordination work week. probation and police teams directly responsible for his supervision was staffed by officers with little or no experience of terrorism offenders. the security services and west midlands counterterrorism police were complacent and passive in the face of khan's extreme and continuing threat. we welcome the changes implemented by the probation services any manager of terrorism offenders and post—release, smaller course loads, —— small caseloads and smaller teams and experienced officers. we hope all other agencies and organisations involved with the khan won't learn the lessons highlighted by the inquest and will make changes to their systems —— we hope they will learn from the lessons. jack saw first—hand the

transformative effect it had on the lives of prisoners and students alike. we support the work of learning together at and hope it continues in the future with due regard to the issues highlighted by this inquest. we are sorry for saskia jones�*s a family next to whom we stood in solidarity and sorrow throughout this process. we would like to thank our legal team, kate maynard, nick armstrong, jesse nichols and lizzie norton for their expertise, humanity and good humour and they have helped us through the most difficult and traumatic time of our lives. thank you also to dci brown of the metropolitan police's counterterrorism unit and his team for an extremely thorough and professional investigation. and for his kindness and support. thank you to toby and sue our police family liaison officers, who have been with us from the start and who could not have been kinder or more considerate. we'd like to thank the

coroner, qc, counsel to the inquest and his team for their professionalism in managing this very long and complex inquest. finally thank you to the members of thejury for giving up finally thank you to the members of the jury for giving up your time and all your hard work. thank you. dave and an meritt, making it clear that lessons must be learned as a result of the killing, unlawful killing, as the jury has found, of their son and of course of saskia as well. they made it clear that their sonjack believed in transforming the lives of ex offenders and prisoners and they are extremely proud of him. we are expecting the uncle of saskia jones, philipjones, to make a statement a

little bit later on as well. we also had a statement from the inquest jury had a statement from the inquest jury which was read to the families ofjack merritt and jury which was read to the families of jack merritt and saskia jones. some of thejurors of jack merritt and saskia jones. some of the jurors were in tears as the statement was read out. we are going to go back to the

coroner's court and speak to our correspondent who has been following the trial, the inquest. through the seven weeks it has been taking place. before that statement from dave and ann meritt i was suggesting to you thejury dave and ann meritt i was suggesting to you the jury could not have been clearer after having heard all the evidence the management of usman khan had been a complete disaster and they are pointing the finger of blame at the number of agencies, multiple failures throughout this whole mess. that's right. let's remember that there were a number of agencies involved in this case. when usman khan was released from prison in late 2018, he was a convicted terrorist, when he was released he was considered to be category e, high—risk offender, to put that into context there are only 70 prisoners are considered to be that dangerous

—— category meritt. released into the community and immediately —— he was category a. the police had intelligence in late 2018 shortly before his release that he was intending to carry out a terrorist attack. now, what we discover that during this inquest is that not everyone involved in this case even knew that that intelligence existed. certainly, the probation service who were responsible for managing him, they did not know. there was something called mapa, it was a meeting that took place every six weeks, public protection is what it was about, protecting the public from usman khan. the number of agencies were at that meeting, staffordshire police,

west midlands counterterrorism police, sometimes m15 were there, and the national probation service. what we discovered is that that meeting, the people attending that meeting, the people attending that meeting did not know about this intelligence. that was one of the central questions, this is what the jury central questions, this is what the jury were asked to look at, the point about the lack of sharing of information. this is an issue that has come up in other terrorism cases, and as you say the jury were unequivocal, they felt the lack of information sharing contributed to the deaths of jack merritt and saskia jones. there was another question that we were looking at in this inquest that the jury were asked to consider, and that was why was it that usman khan travelled from stafford that day to london, unescorted? why was it, how was it that he was able to put on that fake suicide belt on the train which is where the police put it on, to be

carrying three knives, to get to fishmongers�* hall and carry out that attack? who was involved in that decision making? it turns out a number of agencies were involved, mapa talked about the event but it turns out they never talked about the risk associated with him travelling or the minutes from these mapa meeting showed they talked about how he was going to get there, not about the risk assessment. the risk of him going. fishmongers�* hall is next at london bridge, an iconic venuein is next at london bridge, an iconic venue in london, iconic landmark, and yet there was no discussion of the risk. we also know that there was a meeting that took place between west midlands counterterrorism police and m15 between west midlands counterterrorism police and misjust a few days before the attack and again the issue of him attending

this event was discussed. and yet those two agencies did not think it was, did not seek to prevent him going, they did not see the risk. unequivocal from the jury that all those agencies failed those two families. 50 those agencies failed those two families. . ., , families. so much of this case be cars families. so much of this case beggars belief. _ families. so much of this case beggars belief. zoe, - families. so much of this case beggars belief. zoe, thank- families. so much of this case i beggars belief. zoe, thank you. families. so much of this case - beggars belief. zoe, thank you. zoe conway at the guildhall in london. much more on this continuing study throughout the next couple of hours. in other news, a single—dose covid vaccine made byjanssen has been approved for use in the uk by the medicines regulator. trials show it's 85% effective in stopping severe illness. 20 million doses have been ordered for the uk and will arrive later this year. it will be the fourth vaccine to be used in the uk to protect 0ur health correspondent dominic hughesjoins us now, good news onjanssen. good news on janssen. it is good

news. good news on janssen. it is good news- this _ good news on janssen. it is good news- this is _ good news on janssen. it is good news. this is a _ good news on janssen. it is good news. this is a vaccine _ good news on janssen. it is good news. this is a vaccine that - good news on janssen. it is good news. this is a vaccine that has l news. this is a vaccine that has already been approved for use in the eu and the united states. i think it was expected that it would be found by the medicines regulator here in the uk to be safe and effective and that the decision that they've reached today. it's useful because it is a single shot vaccine, all, the other three vaccines approved at the other three vaccines approved at the moment, as everyone, an increasing number will know... i am going to have to interrupt you, let's go straight back to central london, philipjones, the uncle of saskia jones. who have worked tirelessly on our behalf and always with saskia at the heart of their work. furthermore we acknowledge sincere gratitude the work of our family liaison officers, particularly darren and rob, who supported the family through the past 19 months without whom life would be far more difficult. during the inquest we had evidence from many witnesses including some brave

individuals who risk their own safety to try to avoid any further injury or loss of life. we pay tribute to those people who are put in harms way by their employers with little attention paid to their safety. some of these individuals paid a heavy price, for the decision is made or not made by their employers. we were particularly concerned after hearing the evidence given by the learning together directors which allowed an insight to the attitude and the scant regard they had for the fundamental safety of their staff, volunteers and attendees at the event at fishmongers' hall. it could be said their single—minded view of the rehab of offenders using usman khan in our view, as a poster boy, for their programme, significantly clouded theirjudgment. it seems there was no intent on their part to listen or take notice of what they were dealing with in working with such a high—risk individual.

learning together declined the opportunity to learn more about usman khan and the risk factors. this may have contributed to a failure to take account of the steps necessary to protect the safety and well—being of everyone involved. this view appears to have remained unchanged despite the events of fishmongers' hall in november 2019. their refusal when giving evidence at the elite to review past behaviours with another organisation and to consider that they may have done things differently is astounding and insulting to the family. likewise the same approach was demonstrated by the fishmongers company stock who also sought to exonerate themselves of responsibility and refused to accept even with hindsight they could have avoided the murder of saskia with a little more common sense relating to simple security measures. there are clearly other individuals and organisations and encompassed within the state agencies that must take a

share of responsibility for the events. there will be some detail we will never know and it is for those who hide behind the cloak of secrecy to search their own conscience and review their own potential failings. however it is beyond understanding and astonishing that not one of the state agencies sufficiently considered the risk associated and therefore questioned the wisdom of sending usman khan unaccompanied to london. whilst we appreciate where witnesses have reviewed their part and accepted feelings it has been unsavoury and distressing to hear a number of witnesses trying to avoid proper consideration of their part in the death and injury of innocent people. the apparent unwillingness of some of those involved in the management or usman khan and the organisation of the event at fishmongers' hall to take any responsibility and show remorse in

the presence of the family has been a very frustrating and ultimately distressing for us. the conclusion of the inquest does not ease the pain of our loss of saskia and leaves a number of unanswered questions relating to failures of a number of organisations and individuals. it's important to us that we ensure saskia's at legacy is not undermined by any association that she had with learning together which. it that she had with learning together it is clear to us saskia's idea of rehabilitation was not compatible with the philosophy of learning together. saskia's priority had been supporting survivors, particularly survivors of sexual violence. saskia was in the process of securing her first steps into what we know it would have been a successful and demanding career in victim support services within west midlands police

force. where we are sure she would have been a positive influence. we now wish to reflect on the findings of the inquestjury and will continue to work with those who are helping to help build a suitable legacy for saskia. we asked the press and media respect our wish for privacy hereafter. thank you very much. that was philip jones, much. that was philipjones, the uncle of saskia jones, unlawfully killed by usman khan at fishmongers' hall. he said there were several unanswered questions about the failure of multiple agencies in the management of usman khan, who, of course, had been convicted terrorist. and was on parole. mrjones made it clear that he was very critical of the management of usman khan.

before that statement we were talking to our health correspondent dominic hughes about the announcement that the regulator has allowed the use of the single dose janssen coronavirus vaccine for use in the uk. let's go back to dominic. my in the uk. let's go back to dominic. my profuse apologies, dominic, for cutting you off in your prime. we were talking about the fact that this new covid vaccine, one shot, now approved for use, good news as far as the overall roll—out of the vaccine programme is concerned. yeah. because it is going to be the fourth vaccine approved for use in the uk, the uk government has already ordered 20 million doses of this vaccine which should arrive later in the year. it is then perhaps it will come into its own because the health secretary matt hancock has already suggested it might form part of a possible ought

potential booster programme. already it's been used in a research trial to see whether it can be used effectively in that way. that could be useful because it is that single shot vaccine, it can be stored in a normalfridge, it works shot vaccine, it can be stored in a normal fridge, it works on that same sort of basis as the astrazeneca vaccine, probably going to be more usefulfor vaccine, probably going to be more useful for the vaccine, probably going to be more usefulfor the older part vaccine, probably going to be more useful for the older part of the population. that is when it could really come into its own as part of that autumn booster programme if that autumn booster programme if thatis that autumn booster programme if that is something that it is that we need to do. i suppose many people might be asking, this janssen vaccine, do we know the efficacy in relation to variance, particularly the indian one?~ variance, particularly the indian one? ~ ~' ., variance, particularly the indian one? ~ ~ ., variance, particularly the indian one? ~ ., , variance, particularly the indian one? ~' ., , , ., variance, particularly the indian one? ~ ~ ., , , ., ., variance, particularly the indian one? ~ ., , , ., ., , one? we know it has been shown to be 6796 effective — one? we know it has been shown to be 6796 effective overall _ one? we know it has been shown to be 6796 effective overall at _ one? we know it has been shown to be 6796 effective overall at preventing - 67% effective overall at preventing moderate to severe covid—19, 85% effective in preventing severe

disease on admission to hospital. those are the figures from before the indian variant appeared. if it follows the same trajectory as, say, the astrazeneca 0xford vaccine, which it uses the same sort of technology is that, then it will also be effective against the indian variant because we know the oxford astrazeneca vaccine is around 60% effective according to some of the latest data. dominic hughes, thanks. nicola sturgeon has announced that glasgow will remain under increased coronavirus restrictions due to a high level of cases. glasgow is the only part of scotland currently under level 3 lockdown rules, prohibiting nonessential travel out of the area and imposing greater restrictions on socialising, hospitality and businesses. lorna gordon is in glasgow.

nicola sturgeon in this briefing today gave an idea of how complicated and finely balanced the decisions that the government are making, they are and she said she hoped scotland was in the middle of a transition phase were some aspect gave cause for concern and other aspects that give cause for optimism. the cause for optimism comes from the fact the vaccination programme is continuing apace. the cause for concern comes from the fact that case numbers here in scotland are rising and the r number could be as high as 1.3 driven significantly by the situation in glasgow. she said that meant although it was a very difficult, it would be premature for now to move glasgow out of level three. that means for now all these restrictions that glasgow has been facing, among them, the fact that for nine months now, something that 270 days people have not been able to mix in each of

thefor now, that continues. case numbers in glasgow, i can't say anything other than this, they are uncomfortably high but we are seeing signs of progress. so the view of the national management team is twofold. firstly, that it would be permitted to move glasgow out of level three immediately this week while the situation remains so fragile and secondly, if incidents continue to stabilise and assuming levels of hospitalisation remain reasonably stable, the incident management team has made clear to me that they would support a move to level two from the end of next week, so this time next week. 50. level two from the end of next week, so this time next week.— so this time next week. so, some frustration. _ so this time next week. so, some frustration. i— so this time next week. so, some frustration, i think— so this time next week. so, some frustration, i think it _ so this time next week. so, some frustration, i think it is _ so this time next week. so, some frustration, i think it is fair - so this time next week. so, some frustration, i think it is fair to - frustration, i think it is fair to say, here in glasgow at the announcement today. the federation of small businesses said glasgow businesses are struggling under the

threat of ongoing restrictions for the first minister did say that in a sign that the situation is stabilising here in glasgow, particularly looking at the conversations in the areas of those postcodes in the south side of the city who were earliest affected by the indian variant. she said that the indian variant. she said that the public health measures do seem to be having an effect and they will make a decision about whether glasgow can move into level two by wednesday at the latest, but if the situation does continue to stabilise she hopes that will happen next saturday. 0k, lorna, thank you for that. lorna god in their life in glasgow. much more coming up including, of course, reaction to that unlawful killing verdict in relation to the deaths of those two people at fishmongers hole. now, of course, it is time for the weather news and here is thomas. —— lover gordon, fishmonger�*s hall. hangin hang in there and see where that

cloud is if you have grey skies. the weather is in the process of settling down and is going to take some time in some parts of the country. through the course of this afternoon and this evening across western areas the uk will remain cloudy in the best of the weather will be further east and north and actually, even into tonight and tomorrow morning it will remain fairly cloudy across most of the uk. the course of tomorrow morning, the clouds will start to break up after that murky start but, again, we're not talking about clear blue skies everywhere. it is going to be a mixture of sunny spells, maybe one or two showers around as well but warmer, look at that 20 degrees expected in glasgow and edinburgh. sunday, we are expecting a stunning day with blue skies are many areas and warmest on monday. sport now... good afternoon. first to portugal where the countdown continues

to tomorrow's all english champions league final. manchester city and chelsea are in porto. thousands of fans have made their way there... we are going to have to leave the spot and take you straight to central london with the head of counterterrorism police. —— clear i offer my deepest condolences to the families ofjack offer my deepest condolences to the families of jack and offer my deepest condolences to the families ofjack and saskia enter their many friends. so the survivors of this attack he suffered the most appalling injuries and to all those who have been traumatised. i must highlight in place the bravery of everyone involved in responding to the attack you put themselves in grave danger. as the coroner said in his summary of the evidence, this is a case of which lives were saved by the emergency response. i would also like to thank the governor and the jersey for their careful examination of the circumstances surrounding the attacked —— recover ne and the

journey. and also thanked london's counterterrorism command for the painstaking work in supporting the coroner. there was a multi—agency system in place to manage violent offenders in the community and together with our partners we asked significantly strengthening how terrorist offenders are managed within that system. 0ver terrorist offenders are managed within that system. over the past few years, we have work to ensure that increasing numbers of individuals who pose a threat of serious harm are both identified and imprisoned before they can carry out terrorist attacks but, in recent years, some of these individuals reach the end of their sentences we have realised that the way in which terrorism offenders were managed could be improved and we had identified this and were making changes before the attack took place, but the terrible events on the 29th of november 2019 have only served to ensure that we have redoubled our efforts. and, since then, the government has changed the law. the minister ofjustice has

strengthened the person the provision of services and we have developed a much stronger national offender management model but the changes can never provide a 100% guarantee that they will, in my opinion, better protect the public and terrorist offenders. the governor heard that this work was a wholly new initiative devised by counterterrorism policing, when that has not been seen anywhere in the world. but that we are making these changes after this attack will, i suspect, be of little or no comfort to jack and saskia's family. the fact that, as the jury determined, there were emissions of failures in there were emissions of failures in the management of the attack and in the management of the attack and in the sharing of information and guidance by the agencies responsible is simply unacceptable and i'm deeply sorry that we weren't better than this and november 2019. but, even with the new changes in place, it remains true that managing the risk posed by terrorist offenders is an incredibly challenging job for all of the agencies involved. the

stark reality is that we can never guarantee that we will stop every attack but i promise we will do absolutely everything we can to try. the journey has today concluded that jack and saskia were unlawfully killed, and this reflects the fact that whilst we along with our partners must improve, the ultimate responsibility for this barbaric act lies with the attacker. he deceived and betrayed almost everyone he spoke to. he lied. he alone chose to attack and murder some of the very people who are trying to help him. help him have the opportunity to live a better life, which brings me back to jack and saskia. they had both chosen to do something good with their lives, to make tremendously positive contributions to our society, and it is precisely our precious society and the incredibly humane and beautiful people in it like jack and saskia that terrorists want to destroy. but, as i've said, we will never cease trying to stop them and, collectively, all of us will stop

that happening by standing against the evil of terrorism and its perverse ideologies. and i promise those of us who work working counterterrorism will seek to be the best we possibly can but the public, the incredibly brave public who helped us on the 29th of november 2019, well, i know the public for help us again. the assistant commissionerfor the help us again. the assistant commissioner for the city of london police will now make a statement. thank you. police will now make a statement. thank yon-— police will now make a statement. thank ou. _, ., ., ., ., i. thank you. good afternoon, everyone. on the 29th — thank you. good afternoon, everyone. on the 29th of — thank you. good afternoon, everyone. on the 29th of november— thank you. good afternoon, everyone. on the 29th of november 2019, - thank you. good afternoon, everyone. on the 29th of november 2019, once l 0n the 29th of november 2019, once again. _ 0n the 29th of november 2019, once again, london experienced an appalling terrorist attack in which two young people had their lives tragically cut short. the fact that saskia _ tragically cut short. the fact that saskia jones and jack may were trying _ saskia jones and jack may were trying to— saskia jones and jack may were trying to help the very person who attacked _ trying to help the very person who attacked and killed them makes it even more horrific. —— jack merritt. in even more horrific. —— jack merritt. in behatf— even more horrific. —— jack merritt. in behalf of— even more horrific. —— jack merritt. in behalf of the city of london police. —

in behalf of the city of london police. i— in behalf of the city of london police, i would like to once again extend _ police, i would like to once again extend our— police, i would like to once again extend our most sincere sympathy and condolences to their family and friends — condolences to their family and friends and to others who were injured — friends and to others who were injured or— friends and to others who were injured or caught up in the attack. as emergency services, we constantly exercise _ as emergency services, we constantly exercise and _ as emergency services, we constantly exercise and train for incidents such— exercise and train for incidents such as — exercise and train for incidents such as this. whilst, of course, hoping — such as this. whilst, of course, hoping that— such as this. whilst, of course, hoping that we never have to put that preparation into practice. but, on that— that preparation into practice. but, on that day, — that preparation into practice. but, on that day, officers from the city of london — on that day, officers from the city of london police, the metropolitan police _ of london police, the metropolitan police service, british transport poiice _ police service, british transport police and — police service, british transport police and the london ambulance service _ police and the london ambulance service worked as one team to save lives and _ service worked as one team to save lives and protect the public which is, of— lives and protect the public which is, of course, or primary responsibility. i'm particularly proud — responsibility. i'm particularly proud of— responsibility. i'm particularly proud of my offices and all those from _ proud of my offices and all those from the — proud of my offices and all those from the emergency services who work so hard _ from the emergency services who work so hard to— from the emergency services who work so hard to try— from the emergency services who work so hard to try to save the lives of jack and — so hard to try to save the lives of jack and saskia and who gave life—saving first aid to those who suffered — life—saving first aid to those who suffered serious injuries. in his evidence, _ suffered serious injuries. in his evidence, professor deakin said that they did _ evidence, professor deakin said that they did a _ evidence, professor deakin said that they did a superbjob

evidence, professor deakin said that they did a superb job and evidence, professor deakin said that they did a superbjob and did everything he possibly could have done _ everything he possibly could have done in _ everything he possibly could have done in the circumstances to provide n1edicai— done in the circumstances to provide medical care. we also saw outstanding bravery from members of the public— outstanding bravery from members of the public and those attending the event _ the public and those attending the event you — the public and those attending the event you put themselves in danger to try— event you put themselves in danger to try and _ event you put themselves in danger to try and prevent others being harmed — to try and prevent others being harmed. but also like to recognise them _ harmed. but also like to recognise them for— harmed. but also like to recognise them for their efforts on saving lives _ them for their efforts on saving lives on — them for their efforts on saving lives on this day. of course, this is not _ lives on this day. of course, this is not the — lives on this day. of course, this is not the end of the process. next week— is not the end of the process. next week of— is not the end of the process. next week of a — is not the end of the process. next week of a second inquest starts into the death— week of a second inquest starts into the death of the terrorist, where the death of the terrorist, where the actions of my officers and others — the actions of my officers and others will be examined and scrutinised. again, iwill address that outcome at its conclusion. today. — that outcome at its conclusion. today. i— that outcome at its conclusion. today, i want to rememberjack and saskia _ today, i want to rememberjack and saskia who — today, i want to rememberjack and saskia who devoted themselves to trying _ saskia who devoted themselves to trying to _ saskia who devoted themselves to trying to make a better and more cohesive — trying to make a better and more cohesive society and the members of the public— cohesive society and the members of the public his selfless actions were so courageous. and also the officers and medicat— so courageous. and also the officers and medical staff whose determination and commitment to

public— determination and commitment to public service is so much more important _ public service is so much more important than the cowardly actions of one _ important than the cowardly actions of one individual. and, lastly, as a thank— of one individual. and, lastly, as a thank you — of one individual. and, lastly, as a thank you to — of one individual. and, lastly, as a thank you to the coroner and to the duvet _ thank you to the coroner and to the duvet and _ thank you to the coroner and to the duvet and to— thank you to the coroner and to the duvet and to the judge for all of their— duvet and to the judge for all of their hard — duvet and to the judge for all of their hard work on this inquest. thank— their hard work on this inquest. thank you _ their hard work on this inquest. thank yon-— their hard work on this inquest. thank ou. , ., ., ,, ., thank you. assistant commissioner behralistair— thank you. assistant commissioner behr alistair sutherland _ thank you. assistant commissioner behr alistair sutherland of - thank you. assistant commissioner behr alistair sutherland of city - thank you. assistant commissioner behr alistair sutherland of city of l behr alistair sutherland of city of london police paying tribute to the emergency services. also praised the... so many lives were saved on that terrible day in november 2019. and we also heard from the head of counterterrorism police who made it clear that there had been problems that had been known by the authorities for several years in dealing with convicted terrorist offenders coming to the end of their sentences, and that they, the authorities, were apparently trying to improve the situation in dealing

with the management of such convicted terrorists, and that the system was beginning to change but, clearly, not quick enough and not fast enough. for this particular tragedy. emissions in information information sharing and management were appalling, he said, and he said were appalling, he said, and he said we must improve, and that damning assessment, frankly, other lots of the agencies that he is responsible for and the probation service, those managing usman khan, m15, multiple failures by multiple agencies that contributed according to the inquest iury contributed according to the inquest jury after hearing seven weeks of testimony. multiple failures that contributed to the deaths of jack merritt and saskia jones. we heard the assistant commissioner and then make it clear that we have got

another inquest, of course, beginning next weekend that involves analysis by a jury around the circumstances surrounding the death of usman khan. surgeons are calling for specialist hubs to be set up in england to tackle what they say is a colossal backlog of non—urgent operations, caused by covid—19. the royal college of surgeons wants to create a network of sites where surgery will be able to continue, even if there's another wave of coronavirus. nearly 5 million patients are waiting for procedures such as hip and knee replacements. i'm nowjoined by professor neil mortensen who is the president of the royal college of surgeons of england — who you heard from in laura's report. just some up for us, could you, how difficult the situation is. well,

you have already quoted 5 million on the waiting list, over 400,000 now waiting more than 52 weeks and the fear that with the hidden number of patients who haven't yet declared themselves, maybe haven't been diagnosed, maybe haven't gone to hospital for a diagnosed, maybe haven't gone to hospitalfor a review, that figure will even bigger and that is a massive, massive record backlog, a colossal number of patients waiting for planned surgery, so we've developed this new deal for surgery proposal and we want to see sustained spending of1 billion a yearfor the next sustained spending of1 billion a year for the next five years so that we can make the surgical servants is pandemic pay. these surgical hubs in every part of the country will help us carry on operating on patients evenif us carry on operating on patients even if something else intervenes again. pandemic— proof. you heard earlier in your programme that the pandemic is over. not interestingly,

we at the same time did a poll and were surprised, in a way, to find that the vast majority of patients would be perfectly happy to travel to a surgical hope if it meant they had their surgery sooner and more safely, even if it meant moving away from the immediately local hospital. this is really interesting, professor. are you saying that pandemic planning in the future should actually take into account the possibility that you will have procedures and you will have surgery thatis procedures and you will have surgery that is bound to be put off because society will have to deal with the actual pandemic itself, and if you are not planning for that eventuality, then you are not really dealing with anything? exactly. as you will remember, back in march and april 2020 surgery completely stopped apart from emergencies and we have struggled to get going again. we are around 80%, probably not that much, it is certainly not business as usual and

evenin certainly not business as usual and even in 2018 we had a paucity months in planned surgery, so this is nothing new. we need to make search of a pandemic influenza or in some way proof of any other public health disaster we might come across because we can't afford for this waiting list to get even bigger. have you made representations to the government along these lines in recent times, that if they are planning ahead, which they are bound to be now, that they have got to have this at the forefront of their mind? ~ , ., ., ,, have this at the forefront of their mind? ~ ,., ., ,, ., mind? well, so far the nhs england has been promised _ mind? well, so far the nhs england has been promised a _ mind? well, so far the nhs england has been promised a billion - mind? well, so far the nhs england has been promised a billion for- has been promised a billion for elective recovery. we have not yet heard whether there is any more money after that. the problem about the kinds of arrangements is that you need to have long—term funding to make long—term changes in the provision of surgical care and we've also said look at our doctored numbers, look at our numbers, 0ecd

averages, wheel well below those, we need to future proof the system. surgery has lots and lots of wonderful things to offer our patients, will cycle the little miracles of surgery. having a hip done already read on is often described as just routine surgery but it is not, it is actually transformative if you are in pain on high doses of analgesia, if you can't walk, if you can't do yourjob because of a joint problem it is a major problem in the surgery we know works and can be transported. interesting, you know, that he had suggested that people buy in large would have no problem travelling so this is a burden that could be spread across the country. it is, and i think in the past it has been somewhat of a political issue in the sense that mps have been willing to say... local hospital. we're not saying close anything, we'rejust hospital. we're not saying close anything, we're just saying hospital. we're not saying close anything, we'rejust saying how hospital. we're not saying close anything, we're just saying how they deal, for example, a trust might

have hospitals and one hospital could do might devote itself to acute emergency care and another hospital could devote itself to the planned elective care and, indeed, in some places that is already happening because of an accident of geography. in london, for example, during the pandemic, the royal national 0rthopaedic during the pandemic, the royal national orthopaedic hospital was able to carry on doing some orthopaedics and the royal marsden carried on doing cancer. we have got that kind of idea in mind to promote throughout the country so that if something happens we can still carry on doing surgery in a safe environment.— on doing surgery in a safe environment. , , environment. very interesting indeed. professor, _ environment. very interesting indeed. professor, it- environment. very interesting indeed. professor, it is- environment. very interesting indeed. professor, it is good i environment. very interesting l indeed. professor, it is good to talk to you. thank you forjoining us. ministers say there is currently no reason to suggest england's end to lockdown on 21 june might be delayed, but that the situation remains under review. last night matt hancock announced that the variant first identified

in india is now believed to be responsible for up to three—quarters of new covid cases in the uk and the office for national statistics also says it is now seeing signs of rising cases linked to the indian variant. 0ur health correspondent jim reed reports. in hounslow in west london, 18 cases of the india variant of coronavirus has been confirmed so far. there's extra testing and a drive to vaccinate as many as possible. on monday, this site at twickenham stadium will open with an extra 15,000 jabs on offer. the target is to fill every single one of those spaces in the first instance. we have had really good uptake of vaccination across the board here in hounslow but it masks that in some communities uptake has been less.

the number of confirmed cases of the india variant in england has more than doubled since last week, rising to almost 7000. the worst—affected parts of the country continue to be bolton, bedford and blackburn but seven other areas each have more than 100 infections. those confirmed figures, though, are based on genetic sequencing in a laboratory, which can take weeks to process. the government says that, according to more recent estimates, the new strain now makes up at least a half and perhaps as much as three quarters of all new cases in england. there is the potential for a further wave of infections and potentially hospital admissions to start to rise again, so we need to gather as much evidence as we can over the next week or two to really understand what's going on with this new variant, how much more it is spreading and then try to predict what we expect may happen should thisjune 21 relaxation go ahead. new figures form the office for national statistics today point to signs of a wider rise in cases as the india variant becomes more prevalent but so far the vaccination campaign appears to be holding up well. hospital admissions are still low and most of those being sent to in covid in places like bolton have not yet had their two jabs.

scientists say all this means the government's aim of lifting the last remaining covid restrictions in england onjune 21 is now in the balance. as far as i can see, there's nothing in the data that will delay the date, but we have said we are always reviewing the data and will come to a final conclusion on whether to reopen on the 21st of june on june the 14th. it comes as health secretary matt hancock continues to face pressure. are you worried about yourjob as health secretary? - 0ver allegations he lied to ministers about testing in care facilities at the start of the pandemic. he denies lying and said he was clear it would take time to build testing capacity. people working in the sector said the idea that homes were adequately protected last year was not true. there was no protective shield. we know that, we were working the floor.

if there had been a protective shield, there would have been a plan to support the most vulnerable people, the people that we look after. ministers say their attention is on the vaccine roll—out. this afternoon, a new single dose jab made by the american firm janssen has been approved in the uk with 20 million doses on order. the government says it remains on track to offer all adults a vaccine by the end ofjuly. jim reed, bbc news. sport now...and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's chetan. i'm interrupting so many people today so apologies for that. first to portugal where the countdown continues to tomorrow's all english champions league final. manchester city and chelsea are in porto. thousands of fans have made their way there... as has our senior sports news reporter laura scott.

logistics of the final have been hastily arranged and it was only need to istanbul to put to a few weeks ago but the stage is now set and we were down on the waterfront last night where supporters of both clubs were in high spirits and many of them have told us they have actually made the journey without tickets. local police dismissed a couple of minor skirmishes nothing special. we know the numbers will grow over the next day or so and thousands of fans have been restricted to special charter flights which have to fly in and out on the same day but here in the fun day will make the loan the atmosphere was building. the teams are training at the stadium a couple of miles away from here this afternoon and we will hear from both managers. will it be as second champions league title for chelsea of a long—awaited first for manchester city? wales manager ryan giggs will go on trial injanuary accused of headbutting his ex—girlfriend and controlling her. the former manchester united player is accused of assaulting kate greville last november. he appeared in court this morning where he confirmed his identity

and the date was set. he previously issued a statement saying he "looks forward to clearing his name." liverpool have agreed a deal to sign french defender ibrahima konate from rb leipzig for £35 million on a long term deal. the 22—year—old centre back is part of france's squad for the u21 european championships which start on monday. he's passed his medical now and agreed personal terms. the move means liverpool aren't expected to sign defender 0zan kabak on a permanent basis. massimiliano allegri has returned as manager ofjuventus — after the italian club sacked andrea pirlo this morning, afterjust one season in charge. the 42—year—old was a surprise choice to replace maurizio sarri last summer. under pirlojuventus finished fourth in serie a and onlyjust qualified for next season's champions league on the final day. allegri was previously in charge

ofjuve between 2014 and 2019 winning five successive league titles and reaching the champions league final on two occasions. there are renewed fears over whether this summer's olympic games can go ahead. the japanese government is preparing to extend the current state of emergency in tokyo and other areas ofjapan untiljune the 20th. that'sjust over a month before the games are due to begin. 0rganisers have also said that athletes from south asian countries will be allowed to compete but will be subjected to stricter measures amid concerns of the indian variant of covid spreading into japan. that's all the sport for now. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomas. some others are stuck under the cloud again today with some damp weather

bounty but this is only temporary and we are expecting the weather to improve the weekend. it will become increasingly sunny and warm. now, the latest satellite picture actually shows a lot of clear weather around the uk but in the heart of the british isles we have got this cloudy and damp weather and thatis got this cloudy and damp weather and that is because a weather front is stuck out towards the west and it is stopped because of this high pressure here. in fact, when funds are trying to come in off the atlantic with this high pressure, thinks it is a mountain, well, it was mixed stopping the weather systems from moving through. they are slowing down as they approach the uk. so, there is very little wind to move this weather front around. we basically have to wait for it to rain itself out in the clouds to break up. best of the weather through friday, eastern and northern areas. so, this is what happens to the course of friday night into saturday, still a lot of cloud, list and work out towards the west, damp weather too, and that does mean that for many of us

saturday morning is going to be quite grey. it will take time for the clouds to break up, and even if they do, for many of us, it may actually end up being a fairly cloudy day. we'll have to waitjust that little bit longer. the sun will come, i promise you. this is what it looks like on saturday. still a fair bit of cloud around, especially out towards the west. might even be some show is is turning warmer, 21 in london, 20 in holland 20 20 expected in glasgow. high pressure is light overs on sunday, the little wind, very little cloud and, in fact the uv levels are high so steady if you are out in the park and you could easily burn in remembering whether you burn or not it's nothing to do with a temperature just the emotive subject we get but it will be born, temperatures of 23 expected in liverpool. bank holiday monday, high pressure firmly in charge of the weather across a large chunk of europe the weather fronts can come in any further because the high pressure is intense and, in fact, that high pressure is drawing on warmth in the south which is spreading all the way towards the north to scotland and even the northern isles so our temperatures on monday, 18 degrees in the north of scotland, mid 20s in the south.

this is bbc news. the headlines: an inquestjury finds jack merritt and saskia jones were �*unlawfully killed' at fishmongers hall by convicted terrorist usman khan. mr merrit�*s parents say they died because of �*unforgivable' failures by the authorities. they have these hugely dangerous person and they lost sight of him being dangerous from the beginning. with all that information you would have thought the authorities would have thought the authorities would have put— have thought the authorities would have put in place a system to monitor — have put in place a system to monitor and manage him effectively and keep— monitor and manage him effectively and keep the public safe and they failed _ and keep the public safe and they failed to— and keep the public safe and they failed to do that. khan killed the two at a prisoner rehabilitation near london bridge in 2019. khan was chased down by members of the public. the inquest concluded a string of failures by the authorities

contributed to the deaths of the two graduates. the fact that as the jury determined there were admissions our failures in that management of the attacker and in the sharing of information and in the sharing of information and guidance by the agencies responsible is simply unacceptable and i am so deeply sorry we were not better than this in november 2019. . a single—dose covid vaccine made byjanssen is approved for use in the uk by the medicines regulator. as cases of the indian variant of coronavirus double in a week — ministers consider the further easing of restrictions due next month. there is nothing in the data that will delay the date but we are always revealing the dates we will come to a final conclusion on whether to reopen on the 21st of june or onjune the 14th. and nicola sturgeon hasjust announced that glasgow is to stay at level 3 restrictions — describing cases as uncomfortably high.

an inquestjury has found that jack merritt and saskia jones were unlawfully killed, by the convicted terrorist usman khan, at fishmongers hall in 2019. the jury decided omissions and failures by agencies of the state in the management of khan while on probation, contributed to the deaths of mr merritt and msjones. the jury had been hearing testimony for around seven weeks. this report from daniel sandford convicted terrorist heading to london alone on a train. still considered very high risk and only recently out of prison. there had

been intelligence that he was planning an attack but the probation team who had approved for a trip have not been told. it can fade with hand—to—hand fighting on london bridgejust outside fish hand—to—hand fighting on london bridge just outside fish is called. while in fact the two young people were buying, both had been involved in the prisoner education organisation learning together and have been trying to help usman khan. their parents told me that that's why the results of an unforgivable failure by a system that was not fit for purpose. failure by a system that was not fit for purpose-— for purpose. they had this hugely dancerous for purpose. they had this hugely dangerous person _ for purpose. they had this hugely dangerous person and _ for purpose. they had this hugely dangerous person and they - for purpose. they had this hugely dangerous person and they lost i for purpose. they had this hugely . dangerous person and they lost sight of him being dangerous from the beginning. of him being dangerous from the bearinnin. ~ ., of him being dangerous from the beaiannin. ~ ., ., ., beginning. with all of that information _ beginning. with all of that information you _ beginning. with all of that information you would - beginning. with all of that | information you would have beginning. with all of that - information you would have thought the authorities would have put in place _ the authorities would have put in place a _ the authorities would have put in place a system to monitor and manage effectiveiy _ place a system to monitor and manage effectively and keep the public safe and they _ effectively and keep the public safe and they failed to do that.- and they failed to do that. usman khan was jailed _ and they failed to do that. usman khan was jailed as _ and they failed to do that. usman khan was jailed as a _ and they failed to do that. usman khan was jailed as a teenager - and they failed to do that. usman khan was jailed as a teenager for| khan was jailed as a teenager for trying to set up a terrorist training camp. after eight years in

prison, he listed a high risk category a inmate. seen as a parent radicalising leader of prisoners. a month before he was freed there was intelligence recorded in capital letters that he intended to carry out an attack after his release. in prison he mixed with others who killed and leaders of two major al-qaeda bomb plots and the infamous preacher. a ruling by senior appeal courtjudges meant usman khan see here while at teenager follower had to be released rather than be kept in prison to protect the public. in jail, usman khan had been allowed to study with cambridge university learning to get a scheme. this was seen as positive but ultimately gave him his chance to attack. after his release, living in his fact, stuck to the rules leading the police and probation into a false sense of security but mostly he spent the day playing violent video games. a

prison psychologist want probation to be careful or if you started isolating. 0nce to be careful or if you started isolating. once he knew he would be allowed to travel alone to london, usman khan started to prepare, shopping forfour large usman khan started to prepare, shopping for four large knives and materials to make a fake suicide belt. that month, the public potential panel that was responsible for him met to discuss his case. but did not consider the risk of him taking a train by himself to the capital. m15 had not told them about the intelligence warning that usman khan might be intending an attack. that was the piece of income that they had and so do not share it that's one piece is unforgivable. and so, the scene was set for usman khan's brutal attack at an iconic london location as people including jack arrived at fishmonger is hall for the learning together it then, there were no metal detectors. later, hiding the belts under his

coat he sat chatting tojones who he was stabbed to death after lunch. he slipped out to the men's toilet and strap two night to his hands then he set about attacking the people he knew from learning together. first jack and ben jones. knew from learning together. first jack and benjones. he nearly killed another young woman before i report to, a civil servants, a prisoner on day release and an express in their intervenes. the first to take usman khan on whichjohn remembers trying to challenge him in a desperate effort to stop him from stabbing people. he effort to stop him from stabbing a-eole. ., effort to stop him from stabbing neale, ., y., 4' people. he said what you think ou're people. he said what you think you're doing- _ people. he said what you think you're doing. what's _ people. he said what you think you're doing. what's going - people. he said what you think you're doing. what's going on | people. he said what you think - you're doing. what's going on here. and he replied to me i'm going to kill you and bill you all up and i told him to blow it and get on with it. at which point he said i'm waiting for the police to come. i'll

do it then. waiting for the police to come. i'll do it then-— waiting for the police to come. i'll do it then. ~ ., ,, ., , do it then. working with a prisoner on daily release _ do it then. working with a prisoner on daily release and _ do it then. working with a prisoner on daily release and the _ do it then. working with a prisoner on daily release and the civil - on daily release and the civil servants, he went on to london bridge where the three of them tackled him to the ground in an ornamental task and a fire extinguisher and waited for help. when the police arrived and we took the knife off him, obviously he said he's waiting for the police to blow the belt so ijust don't know what they were leaving for, i'm screaming at them to shoot him. he just cleared two beautiful people. jack and jones have been murdered by a man who was known to have a terrorist past and rested active investigation by m15. let us go to the car in his court and talk to our correspondent has been following the inquest throughout the seven week duration. again thank you for

joining us. theyjerry had to rule on the deaths of jack and joining us. theyjerry had to rule on the deaths ofjack and jones joining us. theyjerry had to rule on the deaths of jack and jones but they were rather specific areas that they were rather specific areas that they needed to consider in reaching their overall verdict. take us through that.— their overall verdict. take us through that. their overall verdict. take us thranh that. , ., ,~' ., through that. they were asked to answer a series _ through that. they were asked to answer a series of _ through that. they were asked to answer a series of questions - through that. they were asked to answer a series of questions by l through that. they were asked to l answer a series of questions by the coroner. as we just heard answer a series of questions by the coroner. as wejust heard in daniel's piece, there were a number of agencies involved in managing usman khan in the community and there was also an overt investigation —— covert investigation —— covert investigation by m15 and counterterrorism police into him. a number of government agencies involved. they were asked whether there had been a failure in the management of usman khan as an offender in the community by agencies of the state and whether that failure contributed to the deaths of jack and saskia. they were asked to answer yes or no and they said yes. they were asked to give an

explanation about why they had reached that answer and they said they had been a unacceptable management and a lack of accountability by those agencies but there have been serious deficiencies in the management of usman khan. insufficient training of the people involved in his case. there had been a blind spot to his unique risk due to his poster boy image. and they also pointed out that there was a lack of psychological assessment of usman khan. they were also asked whether there had been a failure in the sharing of information by agencies responsible for monitoring him and investigating him. and whether that failure had contributed to the jack merritt and saskia jones's death. they answered yes. and base that bear had been a missed opportunity to give guidance by those with expertise. in other words they had been a failure to share intelligence and to share information. they were also asked whether there had been failures in

the organisation and the security measures around that event at fishmonger is hall. and they said that they had and they said there had been a lack of communication, a lack of accountability, inadequate consideration of key items between the parties, a failure of risk assessment by both fishmonger hall, the company in charge of fishmonger hall and learning together. that's the prison education charity that organised the event. so unequivocal and making it clear that they felt that jack merritt and saskia jones and the other victims had been let down by those agencies and those organisations.— down by those agencies and those organisations. m15, the police, the arobation organisations. m15, the police, the probation service, _ organisations. m15, the police, the probation service, you _ organisations. m15, the police, the probation service, you mentioned. probation service, you mentioned learning together, we will talk about them in a moment. thejerry being very clear as what is coming to their verdict of unlawful killing that there is a level of culpability as regards a number of agencies in

relation to the facts. fine as regards a number of agencies in relation to the facts.— relation to the facts. one of the key issues _ relation to the facts. one of the key issues that _ relation to the facts. one of the key issues that the _ relation to the facts. one of the key issues that the inquest - relation to the facts. one of the i key issues that the inquest looked at was the issue of the sharing of intelligence. m15 had intelligence intelligence. m15 had intelligence in may 2018 around that time of usman khan's release from prison that he intended to carry out a terrorist attack. they had back intelligence. when he was released from prison, a joint meeting of different agencies, probation service, the police, and sometimes mis service, the police, and sometimes m15 radar as well convened every six weeks to assess the risk that usman khan posed. public protection, protecting the public from usman khan. what we discovered in the inquest is that all of the people around that table apart from m15, they did not know that the second

piece of intelligence about usman khan, this key piece of intelligence existed. they knew there had been some intelligence and night returned to his old ways but they did not know there was intelligence out there that he intended to carry out a terrorist attack and that was a key point that was discussed in this inquest is why had that intelligence not being shared. why didn't the probation service by the parties are bound at people know about it. and the probation officer in charge of usman khan had said it would have made a difference to his thinking and it would've made a difference to how they manage usman khan if he had known. in the of a key issue here is why is it that usman khan was allowed to travel that day from stafford to london. he was on he had three knives in his bag, he had a suicide belt strapped to him, how was it that he was allowed to travel that day and what we discovered was

that day and what we discovered was that in those meetings there was no discussion about the risk a posed ambient be scary the jury in its findings did not think that was good enough either. the findings did not think that was good enough either-— findings did not think that was good enough either. the prison education chari , enough either. the prison education charity. learning _ enough either. the prison education charity, learning together, - enough either. the prison education charity, learning together, you - charity, learning together, you mentioned thatjust charity, learning together, you mentioned that just then. charity, learning together, you mentioned thatjust then. philip jones, the uncle of my in a statement that he gave an hour ago, he seemed to be pretty —— critical of this charity. what more do we know and what are your thoughts having covered the inquest overrated the seven weeks that it's blasted, what are your thoughts on what he had to say? it what are your thoughts on what he had to say?— had to say? it was really striking 'ust how had to say? it was really striking just how much — had to say? it was really striking just how much criticism - had to say? it was really striking just how much criticism and - had to say? it was really striking i just how much criticism and family had for that charity. they accused learning together, these prison education charity of having scans regard for the safety of the students that were studying under them. learning together operated in various prisons in the country including whitemore where there are

some of the most dangerous prisoners in the country or inmates including usman khan. he was one of the students on this course and the family really feel that learning together got completely carried away. they saw him as a poster boy, they saw him as a reformed character and the reason why i think this is significant is because it affected an awful lot of the thinking along the chain in terms of managing usman khan. there are a lot of people at this inquest from the prison service, from the probation service, the police and even m15 all saying they thought that learning together was a positive and usman khan's life but more than that, that as he was studying with them it was actually reducing his risk and that pointless

challenged by one of the lawyers who said what is this based on? what evidence do you have? that he was a reformed character as a result of studying with learning together? but it was clearly a factor in allowing him to go. that was very clear in the evidence over the seven weeks that all the various people who had to make that decision about whether he should attend the event saw it as a positive even m15 yet they had seen as a positive and that was one of the central reasons why he was allowed to go to that event. thank ou for allowed to go to that event. thank you for that- _ allowed to go to that event. thank you for that. the _ allowed to go to that event. thank you for that. the inquest - allowed to go to that event. thank you for that. the inquest jury - allowed to go to that event. thank you for that. the inquestjury has i you for that. the inquestjury has ruled that saskia jones and jack merritt were unlawfully killed by dead convicted terrorist one. the parents of jack merritt gave this statement outside the guildhall, where the inquests were held. this inquest has answered many of

our questions about how jack this inquest has answered many of our questions about howjack came to be killed. it's clear to us the arrangements put in place by managing usman khan after his release from prison in 2019 were not fit for purpose. despite the authorities having had six years to plan us from the time his sentence was changed from an indeterminate sentence to an extended sentence in 2013. that process did not operate effectively. roles and responsibilities are unclear, communication between the agencies was inadequate and leadership and coordination were weak. probation and police teams directly responsible for usman khan this condition were staffed with little or no evidence of terrorist and security services and west midlands counterterrorism police were complacent and pass it in the face of usman khan continuing threats. we welcome the changes implemented by the probation service in the management of terrorism offenders

post release especially steams with a focus on terrorism, smaller caseloads, especially training and experience offices and with access to psychological analysis of offenders. we hope all other agencies and organisations involved with usman khan will learn the lessons highlighted by the inquest. and will make changes to their systems and working practices as appropriate. in the last hour, philipjones, uncle of saskia jones, read a family statement that was critical of the organisation learning together, which ran the event at fishmongers hall in november 2019. the conclusion of the inquest does not in any way ease the pain of our loss of saskia, and leaves a number of unanswered questions relating to failures of a number of organisations and individuals. it is important to us that we ensure that saskia's legacy is not undermined by any association she had with learning together. it is now clear to us that saskia's idea of rehabilitation was not consistent with the philosophy of learning

together. saskia's key focus and priority had always been in relation to supporting survivors, particularly those survivors of sexual violence in the context of violence against women and children. saskia was in the process of securing her first steps into what we know would have been a successful and demanding career in victim support services within west midlands police force, where we are saskia was in the process of securing her first steps into what we know would have been a successful and demanding career in victim support services within west midlands police force, where we are sure she would have been a positive influence. we now wish to reflect on the findings of the inquestjury and will continue to work with those who are helping us to build a suitable legacy for saskia. we ask now that the press and media respect our wish for privacy hereafter. thank you very much. the national lead for counter terrorism policing at scotland yard, metropolitan police assistant commissioner neil basu, also made a statement after the verdicts.

saskia jones and jack merritt were extremely bright and talented young people, and through the evil actions of the attack of their lives were tragically cut short. in behalf of the metropolitan police and counterterrorism policing, i offer my deepest condolences to the families ofjack and saskia and to their many friends. to the survivors of the shocking attack he suffered the most appalling injuries and all those who have been traumatised. i must highlight and praise the bravery of everyone involved in responding to the attack, who put themselves in grave danger. as the coroner said in his summary of the evidence, this is a case in which lives were saved by the emergency response. i would also like to thank the coroner and the jury for their careful examination of the circumstances surrounding the attack, and thank the investigation team from london's counterterrorism command, led by dci dan brown,

for their painstaking work in supporting the coroner. you are watching bbc news. our top stories for you. an inquest jury finds jack merritt and saskia jones were "unlawfully killed" at fishmongers' hall by convicted terrorist usman khan. mr merrit�*s parents say he died due to "unforgivable" failures by the authorities. khan killed the two at a prisoner rehabilitation near london bridge in 2019. khan was chased down by members of the public. the inquest concluded a string of failures by the authorities contributed to the deaths of the two graduates. in other news: a single—dose covid vaccine made byjanssen has been approved for use in the uk by the medicines regulator. trials show it's 85% effective in stopping severe illness. 20 million doses have been ordered for the uk and will arrive later this year. it will be the fourth vaccine

to be used in the uk to protect against covid—19. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes explained its significance. it is going to be the fourth vaccine thatis it is going to be the fourth vaccine that is now being approved for use in the uk. the uk government has already ordered 20 million doses and which should arrive later in the year and eighth and perhaps it would become into its own because the health secretary, matt hancock, already suggested it might form part of a possible potential booster programme data in the year. it already being used in a research trial to see whether it can be used effectively in that way. and that could be useful because it is that single shot vaccine and it can be stored in a normalfridge single shot vaccine and it can be stored in a normal fridge and single shot vaccine and it can be stored in a normalfridge and it works on the same basis as the astrazeneca vaccine. so it's going to be more usefulfor the older astrazeneca vaccine. so it's going to be more useful for the older part of the population but that's when it

could really come into its own as part of that booster programme if thatis part of that booster programme if that is something it was thought to me that the deal. it's shown to be 67% effective overall at preventing moderate to severe covid—19. 85% effective in preventing severe disease or admission to hospital. those are the figures from before the indian variance appeared. if it follows the same trajectory as say the astrazeneca, 0xford vaccine which uses the same sort of technology as that and if you will also be effective against the indian variance because we know the astrazeneca, 0xford vaccine is around 60% effective according to some of the latest data. you around 6096 effective according to some of the latest data.— some of the latest data. you may remember _ some of the latest data. you may remember the _ some of the latest data. you may remember the name, _ some of the latest data. you may remember the name, the - some of the latest data. you may remember the name, the new. some of the latest data. you may - remember the name, the new adviser on ministerial standards has been looking into various issues concerning the ministerial code and whether or not that prime minister may have broken that as a result of

the refurbishment of the downing street flat at number ten and he's also been looking into. the health secretary matt hancock interest as well and he has come out with a ruling that the health secretary was guilty of a minor breach of the ministerial code. this is, as i say, according to the adviser on ministerial interest. he looked into mr hancock shares which is owned and run by the secretary of state's sister and brother—in—law. he cleared mr hancock by saying that he acted properly and honestly and in promptly declaring his financial interests. he also looked into whether the health secretary should have declared an interest in the company was awarded a framework contract with nhs shared business services limited and he concludes, i assess this earlier failure to

declare the interest was as a result of his lack of knowledge and in no way deliberates and therefore in technical terms a minor breach of the ministerial code. i have advised the ministerial code. i have advised the prime minister accordingly. in coming to this finding i recognise that mr hancock acted with integrity and the annual report by the independent adviser in relating to these issues. throughout this whole event and said no way impede when his good character or ministerial record. in short, he is saying the health secretary did, was involved in a minor breach of the ministerial code but they should not impede when he's good character or ministerial record in relation to an interest he had in a company run by his sister and the awarding of an nhs teamwork

contract. that is the latest there. the independent adviser on ministerial standards. nicola sturgeon has announced that glasgow will remain under increased coronavirus restrictions due to a high level of cases. glasgow is the only part of scotland currently under level 3 lockdown rules, prohibiting nonessential travel out of the area and imposing greater restrictions on socialising, hospitality and businesses. the first minister made her announcement during the daily briefing — our correspondent lorna gordon was listening the first minister said case numbers are rising across scotland and they are rising across scotland and they are a number could not be as high as 1.3 given significantly by the situation here in glasgow. she said it was a very difficult decision, glasgow had to remain in level three, four, and it means that people cannot mix indoors in each other�*s houses. that has been in

place for a 270 days since september and it means alcohol cannot be served indoors in hospitality and it means there is a fan of travelling in and out of the city for nonessential reasons continues. case numbers in glasgow, _ nonessential reasons continues. case numbers in glasgow, i _ nonessential reasons continues. case numbers in glasgow, i can't do anything — numbers in glasgow, i can't do anything other than this, they are uncomfortably high but we are seeing si-ns uncomfortably high but we are seeing signs of— uncomfortably high but we are seeing signs of progress. the view of the national— signs of progress. the view of the national management team is twofold. for to _ national management team is twofold. for to he _ national management team is twofold. for to be that it would be premature to move _ for to be that it would be premature to move glasgow out of level three immediately this week while the situation — immediately this week while the situation remains so fragile. however— situation remains so fragile. however a and secondly, if incidents continue _ however a and secondly, if incidents continue to— however a and secondly, if incidents continue to stabilise and a levels of authorisation remain reasonably stahie _ of authorisation remain reasonably stable the — of authorisation remain reasonably stable the incident management team has made _ stable the incident management team has made clear to me that they would support— has made clear to me that they would support a _ has made clear to me that they would support a move to a level two from the end _ support a move to a level two from the end of— support a move to a level two from the end of next week. so this time next week — the end of next week. so this time next week-— the end of next week. so this time next week. . ., ., ,, ., , next week. nicola sturgeon said they will take a decision _

next week. nicola sturgeon said they will take a decision by _ next week. nicola sturgeon said they will take a decision by wednesday . next week. nicola sturgeon said they will take a decision by wednesday at| will take a decision by wednesday at the latest and she said the hope is that the situation continues to stabilise and people living here in glasgow she said don't lose heart, take hearts with the progress being made. ministers say there is currently no reason to suggest england's end to lockdown on 21 june might be delayed, but that the situation remains under review. last night matt hancock announced that the variant first identified in india is now believed to be responsible for up to three—quarters of new covid cases in the uk and the office for national statistics also says it is now seeing signs of rising cases linked to the indian variant. 0ur health correspondent jim reed reports. in hounslow in west london, 18 cases of the india variant of coronavirus has been confirmed so far. there's extra testing and a drive to vaccinate as many as possible. on monday, this site at twickenham stadium will open

with an extra 15,000 jabs on offer. the target is to fill every single one of those spaces in the first instance. we have had really good uptake of vaccination across the board here in hounslow but it masks that in some communities uptake has been less. the number of confirmed cases of the india variant in england has more than doubled since last week, rising to almost 7000. the worst—affected parts of the country continue to be bolton, bedford and blackburn but seven other areas each have more than 100 infections. those confirmed figures, though, are based on genetic sequencing in a laboratory, which can take weeks to process. the government says that, according to more recent estimates, the new strain now makes up at least a half and perhaps as much as three quarters of all new cases in england. there is the potential for a further wave of infections and potentially hospital admissions to start to rise again, so we need to gather as much evidence as we can over the next week or two to really understand what's going on with this

new variant, how much more it is spreading and then try to predict what we expect may happen should thisjune 21 relaxation go ahead. new figures form the office for national statistics today point to signs of a wider rise in cases as the india variant becomes more prevalent but so far the vaccination campaign appears to be holding up well. hospital admissions are still low and most of those being sent to a&e with covid in places like bolton have not yet had their two jabs. scientists say all this means the government's aim of lifting the last remaining covid restrictions in england onjune 21 is now in the balance. as far as i can see, there's nothing in the data that will delay the date, but we have said we are always reviewing the data and will come to a final conclusion on whether to reopen on the 21st ofjune onjune the 14th. it comes as health secretary matt hancock continues to face pressure.

are you worried about yourjob as health secretary? - 0ver allegations he lied to ministers about testing in care facilities at the start of the pandemic. he denies lying and said he was clear it would take time to build testing capacity. people working in the sector said the idea that homes were adequately protected last year was not true. there was no protective shield. we know that, we were working the floor. if there had been a protective shield, there would have been a plan to support the most vulnerable people, the people that we look after. ministers say their attention is on the vaccine roll—out. this afternoon, a new single dose jab made by the american firm janssen has been approved in the uk with 20 million doses on order. the government says it remains on track to offer all adults a vaccine by the end ofjuly. jim reed, bbc news. i was telling you a few seconds ago

about the independent new adviser on ministerial standards ruling in the case of matt hancock where he has also ruled in relation to the prime minister's interest concerning the refurbishment of the number ten flight and he made it clear that he has found that the prime minister knew nothing about payments for refurbishment work on his downing street flat until reports in the media surfaced. in his reports released in the last few seconds he said that the prime minister should have been more rigorous about the funding of the relations and he said i have also spoken to the prime minister who confirms he knew nothing about such payments made by the tory donor until immediately prior to media reports in february 2021. at that point, the prime minister immediately sought the necessary advice about his interests

and as a consequence settled the full amount himself on march the 8th 2021. therefore pretty much in conclusion there prime minister did not break them ministerial code in relation to the refurbishment of this fact. let's get more on this now from our correspondent. two rulings in relation to matt hancock, the first in relation to the prime minister. effectively saying the prime minister did not break the merit badge ministerial code but he should have known about what was going on. should have known about what was aoain on. ., v v should have known about what was aoain on. . �*, �*, ., going on. that's right. it's a really interesting _ going on. that's right. it's a really interesting thing - going on. that's right. it's a really interesting thing to i going on. that's right. it's a i really interesting thing to read this report because it finds that when the pie minister moved in to downing street when he became a minister he looked into this refurbishment, a trust was set up, a tory donor ended up paying for that for the initial invoice on that refurbishment and that it was not until february this year that the prime ministerfound until february this year that the prime minister found out that it

happened. he waited in the media and at that point he had to take steps to pay the money himself. the main findings in the top line is that borisjohnson acted unwisely in not knowing that earlier and not having a better grip on how the fact refurbishment was being funded but that ultimately that's not a breach of the ministerial code. the rules that ministers have to follow. matt hancock, that ministers have to follow. matt hancock. a — that ministers have to follow. matt hancock, a little _ that ministers have to follow. matt hancock, a little bit _ that ministers have to follow. matt hancock, a little bit more critical in terms of him and a possible conflict of interest?— in terms of him and a possible conflict of interest? yes. this is all to do with _ conflict of interest? yes. this is all to do with a _ conflict of interest? yes. this is all to do with a company - conflict of interest? yes. this is all to do with a company that i conflict of interest? yes. this is i all to do with a company that matt hancock's sister doll, you might remember earlier this year and some stories emerged emerged that company being given a contract by the nhs of wales which mr hancock has nothing to do with but was also given a place on a list of preferred suppliers by the nhs in england. now, they report finds that mr

hancock did declare his interest in the company this year at the right time and whether that should have actually happened earlier when this company was given that preferred status as a supplier to the nhs. and he finds that there was a technical breach of the ministerial code. basically an accidental breach, not something the minister had intended to do. but he basically did not follow the rules because he had not realised what those wills were. that's according to the wording of this reports. set up a technical breach of the rules that minister have to follow. the view in downing street and the view from the pie minister is that both of these issues are not dealt with. because it's a technical breach, mr hancock does not have to resign. sometimes ministers are expected to resign when there is a breach of the ministerial code. the view of the

prime minister is that this is not a resignation matter. now, i know the weather is not perfect everywhere today. if you have got the grey skies, light rain or drizzle and you are longing for some sunshinejust hang in or drizzle and you are longing for some sunshine just hang in there, and see whether cloud is. the weather is in the process of settling down that is going to take some time to some parts of the country. the cost of this afternoon and this evening across western areas of the uk will remain cowardly. the best of the weather will be further east and north and, actually, even into tonight and tomorrow morning it will remain fairly cloudy across most of the uk. through the course of tomorrow morning, the clouds will start to break up after that murky start but, again, we're not talking about clear blue skies everywhere. it is going to be a mixture of sunny spells,

maybe one or two showers around as well but warmer, look at that 20 degrees expected in glasgow and edinburgh. sunday, we are expecting a stunning day with blue skies in many areas and will miss on monday. lovely news from tomasz schafernaker there with the weather report and now for the sports news. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's chettan. good afternoon. i have there is a big game? i have there is a big game? i think there is anything you might be watching it. first to portugal. pep guardiola's just been telling the media he feels priviledged to be there ahead of tomorrow's all english champions league final. manchester city will be looking to win the trophy for the first time in their history when they take on chelsea. thousands of fans have made their way to porto — as has our senior sports news reporter laura scott. settling into a foreign city to watch their team play. covid has made this a novelty for fans. by tomorrow night, more than 11,000

chelsea and manchester city supporters will have flown in to portugal from the uk to see their sides vie for european glory. it might be the third all english champions league final but the circumstances make this one unique. it has been nearly 18 months since i've been in a stadium. mystic but happy to be here and looking forward to saturday. it happy to be here and looking forward to saturda . , ., ., , ., to saturday. it should have been at wemble . to saturday. it should have been at wembley. definitely _ to saturday. it should have been at wembley. definitely should - to saturday. it should have been at wembley. definitely should have i to saturday. it should have been at. wembley. definitely should have been at wembley but it is nice to get a bit at wembley but it is nice to get a hit of— at wembley but it is nice to get a hit of sun — at wembley but it is nice to get a bit of sun. it at wembley but it is nice to get a bit of sun. at wembley but it is nice to get a bit of sun-— bit of sun. it might not look like it from the _ bit of sun. it might not look like it from the elaborate _ bit of sun. it might not look like i it from the elaborate decorations, but porter was actually supposed to be hosting this final, only stepping in a fortnight ago when the game had to move from istanbul due to travel restrictions but locals are spoken to a split between those welcoming the additional business and others concerned with a potential spike in cases. irate concerned with a potential spike in cases. ~ ., , concerned with a potential spike in cases. . . , ., cases. we were leading the pen of actina cases. we were leading the pen of acting year — cases. we were leading the pen of acting year and — cases. we were leading the pen of acting year and now _ cases. we were leading the pen of acting year and now it _ cases. we were leading the pen of acting year and now it is _ cases. we were leading the pen of acting year and now it is a - cases. we were leading the pen of acting year and now it is a big - acting year and now it is a big opportunity to make the kick—off another moment. that opportunity to make the kick-off another moment.— opportunity to make the kick-off another moment. . ., , ., another moment. that has to get here haven't been — another moment. that has to get here haven't been limited _ another moment. that has to get here haven't been limited to _ another moment. that has to get here haven't been limited to the _ another moment. that has to get here haven't been limited to the fans - haven't been limited to the fans that she had champions chelsea

overcame real madrid thanks to young talent. meanwhile, manchester city are eyeing more silverware to add to that recent premier league title, having reached the can's first premier league final. if i had to make a guess, i would say perley�*s and say it is going to go all the way. if you look at the way chelsea don't give away goals in the way champions league finals are gone for chelsea, this is the daughter of the other two went to penalties, so don't be shocked again. it is a big night in club football but also a big test of how safe combining international travel with nice bosses. the price of the outcome is sizable on both counts. lover scott, bbc news, porto. wales manager ryan giggs will go on trial injanuary accused of headbutting his ex—girlfriend and controlling her. the former manchester united player is accused of assaulting kate greville last november. he appeared in court this morning where he confirmed his identity and the date was set. he previously issued a statement saying he "looks forward to clearing his name"

liverpool have agreed a deal to sign french defender ibrahima konate from rb leipzig for £35 million pounds on a long—term deal. the 22—year—old centre back is part of france's squad for the u21 european championships which start on monday. he's passed his medical now and agreed personal terms. the move means liverpool aren't expected to sign defender 0zan kabak on a permanent basis. massimiliano allegri has returned as manager ofjuventus — after the italian club sacked andrea pirlo this morning, afterjust one season in charge. the 42—year—old was a surprise choice to replace maurizio sarri last summer. under pirlojuventus finished fourth in serie a and onlyjust qualified for next season's champions league on the final day. and the women's tennis association has released a statement following naomi 0saka's declaration that she won't be doing press conferences at next weeks french open — because of the effect they have on her mental health. the wta said mental health

is of the utmost importance to them and that they welcome futher discussions with players. they went on to say "professional athletes have a responsibility to their sport and their fans to speak to the media surrounding their competition, allowing them the opportunity to share their perspective and tell their story." that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. more from pep guardiola and others in the afternoon. people who renew their home or car insurance with the same company each year should no longer be penalised for their loyalty. the financial conduct authority has announced that from january, existing customers must be offered a price that is no higher than that paid by customers who are new to the insurer. but the new rules could see the cheapest deals disappear. kevin peachey has more. whether it's insurance for your house or for your car, loyalty doesn't pay, as mike discovered.

it was only when he retired that he realised how bad a deal he was getting. the crunch came when i got the renewal notice for the car in february of this year and it had gone up 20%. and one of our daughters said, dad, you've really got to get on the internet and find yourself a better quote than that. so i did. mike had been a victim of the loyalty penalty — getting charged more for staying with the same insurer, even though his chances of making a claim were the same. the fca estimates 6 million people have been paying £200 more than they need each year, and those aged over 65, or without access to technology, were most likely to suffer, as many found it hard to shop around. the loyalty penalty is something that's been going on for years, this systemic overcharging of people just for staying loyal to the same company. and it has been costing people, well, we estimated £4 billion a year — notjust in insurance,

but in markets like broadband and mortgages as well. it causes huge difficulty for people, which is why it's right that the fca have taken the action that they have today. the fca says from january, existing, loyal motor and home insurance customers will pay the same as they would if they were a new customer. cancelling an automatic renewal will also be easier. in all, this should save people £4.2 billion in the next ten years. but insurers warn some of the cheapest deals may disappear. some of the current deals on offer may not be as widely available in the future because this is, in effect, a redistribution of prices between one set of customers — those who shop around — and the other set of customers — those who, for whatever reason, don't — because as the regulator has said, this is a sector that is not making excessive profits. customers could still see prices rise if their insurer thinks their risk has increased, but they can still shop around providers for cheaper deals.

and for those not chasing the cheapest price, they should at least get a fair one.

continued for such a long time? is the spokesperson for the saying, so, overall, then, what does this

mean for consumers and principally, i suppose, those who are entering the market looking for insurance you might have got a cheaper deal in the past? certainly those who are the super savoury ones that go and switch, do their research every year, haggle with their insurance, they will find that their prices have increased. because the saving that they were making by buying a policy that was effectively at a loss of an insurer is being distributed over all customers, no matter their tenure. but that still doesn't mean that you shouldn't be shopping around and taking advantage of price comparison sites and looking for new deals. you should still be able to haggle with the other and looking for new deals. you should still be able to haggle with your insurer if you your hands as a consumer to make sure that you find the best deal for your car and home insurance, but the initial price for new customers may be a little pricier than before. i suppose the evolved messages, you know, shop around. don't be too loyal if you can get a cheaper deal but ijust wondered, this has been ruled, now, as something that was, frankly, out of order. why was it a system that continued for such a long time? as the spokesperson for the citizens advice was saying,... companies need to treat their customers fairly come people who have bought the products

year than in year out and exchange that the fca is introducing as a way of them saying that model that used to rely on is not working in customers interests and we are going to come in and force you to change your ways, and that is a very positive step. it is really crucial that the regulator monitors this over the coming years to make sure it really is working in consumers favour. �* it really is working in consumers favour. . , ., , , ., , favour. and visitors binary as it seems? you — favour. and visitors binary as it seems? you know, _ favour. and visitors binary as it seems? you know, if— favour. and visitors binary as it seems? you know, if you - favour. and visitors binary as it seems? you know, if you treat| seems? you know, if you treat customers who are loyal fairly, then those who are new are going to end “p those who are new are going to end up having a big problem here? is it as simple as that? i up having a big problem here? is it as simple as that?— as simple as that? i think if you treat customers _ as simple as that? i think if you treat customers fairly _ as simple as that? i think if you treat customers fairly you - as simple as that? i think if you | treat customers fairly you create as simple as that? i think if you i treat customers fairly you create a further market and that will enable insurers to be competitive with each other... if prices of a little bit more expensive than a little bit more expensive than a little bit more similar than they will compete with each other on the innovations in that they offer within their policies on the level of cover, so hopefully we will see things improve for consumers that were paying over the odds for their cover and, indeed, equality of the cover that people are getting.— people are getting. gareth shaw, head of money — people are getting. gareth shaw, head of money at _ people are getting. gareth shaw, head of money at which? - people are getting. gareth shaw, | head of money at which? thanks, gareth. surgeons are calling for specialist hubs to be set up in england to tackle what they say is a colossal backlog of non—urgent operations, caused by covid—19. the royal college of surgeons wants to create a network of sites where surgery will be able to continue, even if there's another wave of coronavirus. nearly 5 million patients are waiting for procedures such

as hip and knee replacements. 0ur health correspondent laura foster reports. when the pandemic began, hospital trusts had to cancel planned surgeries, such as hip and knee replacements, to ensure there were enough staff and resources to look after covid—19 patients. but it meant both waiting times and lists grew longer. brian used to love hiking all over the world but now he feels his whole life is on hold, as he's been stuck waiting for a knee operation since 2019. putting up with the pain on a daily basis causes me problems, getting about and mobility. i can't do what i would normally like to do. go out, walk for quite a few distances, because i quite enjoyed walking out in the country, and so on, like that. and, yeah, it's a realfrustration. brian's not the only one. 14 months on from the first lockdown, latest figures for england show almost 5 million people are on the waiting list. more than 400,000 of them have been waiting for more than a year. a similar proportion of the population is on waiting lists in scotland, and a higher percentage in wales and northern ireland. a lot of people's condition will be getting worse

while we don't treat it. and surgery is very a much preventative thing — to get people back to work, to get people back to the quality of life that they should be having and that they deserve. and at the moment, we've got an enormous mountain to climb to be able to get there. it's why the royal college of surgeons says around 40 dedicated hubs should be created on sites away from other hospital services. it argues this setup will mean operations wouldn't have to stop if there was another wave of coronavirus or a bad flu season. the college says patients are willing to travel further if their surgeries happen sooner. these are the worst waiting time figures ever recorded, _ and we all understand that stuff had to be put on hold whilst _ there was the pandemic, - but now the pandemic is beginning to recede, we need a serious approach to getting - into this backlog.

but the department for health and social care says it's providing an extra £7 billion for health and care services this year and an additional billion to tackle the backlog, but it admits it's facing an unprecedented challenge. laura foster, bbc news. birmingham will next week become the latest uk city to charge drivers of more polluting vehicles to enter the city centre. a new clean air zone will mean an e8 daily charge for cars, taxis and vans that don't comply with emissions standards — and it will be £50 for lorries, buses and coaches that emit too much pollution. the scheme is dividing opinion, as phil mackie has been finding out. birmingham from above. and everything you can see would be part of the city's clean air zone.

that is from the beginning of next month. older or more polluting vehicles will be charged to enter. it will cost £8 per day for cars and vans, £50 for coaches and lorries. if your vehicle was bought before september 2015, you will probably be charged. this is the inner ring road which marks the boundary of the clean air zone. as long as you stay on that side, you're 0k. if you come into the city centre you will be liable for up to £8 a day if your vehicle is too old. lucy wood has severe asthma. she's been much better during the pandemic, because there's been less traffic. i am hoping that it's a real success, so they will widen it and do more campaigns. we do a lot of cycling, don't we? we only have one car. my husband cycles. today we cycled. yeah, we cycled to school today, didn't we? so we want to try our best as a family to contribute the best we can. but she is in a minority. most people are against the clean air zone. this florist thinks it's

a good idea in principle, but after losing most of the regular business during the pandemic, she will have to replace her two delivery vans which are too old. we have two perfectly good vehicles, taxed, insured, mot'd, but we have to get rid of them afterjust twelve month. that is a 30, maybe £40,000 cost. at the moment, just after the pandemic, we cannot afford it. another potential problem is the way people a choice. fees will run from midnight to midnight, so if you want to come into the city for a night out, you may have to pay twice. the night—time economy is really suffering. they can't recruit staff and fear people will be put off from coming out. a lot of our staff are students and do drive, and they drive older cars. we have entertainment on, and djs and live musicians, and for them, they couldn't use public transport. there are exemptions. if you earn less than £30,000 per year, you won't have to pay. and there's a scrappage scheme for people trading in older vehicles. we've got a public health crisis where hundreds of brummies are dying

prematurely because of illegal and unsafe levels of air quality. we have to introduce this to save those lives. there is a lot of opposition to this in birmingham. what do you say to people who object to it? i get that. but ijust want to remind them, 75% of the people that will drive in to the clean air zone today would not be impacted at all. they are driving compliant vehicles. traffic is back to 90% of pre—pandemic levels in the city. it's hoped the clean air zone will mean it's never as bad as it was before. phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham. the footballer marcus rashford has discussed the power young people have to change society, in a zoom meeting with barack 0bama. they also spoke about shared experiences, including being raised by a single mum. afterwards, the england footballer and child poverty campaigner said it had been "surreal" talking to the former us president, from his kitchen in manchester.. watch this... marcus, i think is way ahead of where i was at 23. i was still trying to figure it out. the meet,

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morning was not sure he could make it but mark, a former royal marine commando and triple mpp touch the mainland in plymouth sound having swam 1km across from drake island. great, you've made it! yeah, just, just! how was it? that last bit was rough. we got caught and we drifted off quite a bit because of the current and the tide. we had to swim into it which was pretty rough. we made it, so happy days. i can't speak — myjaw�*s too cold! the accident should have killed him. but he fought back and chose a new path. in march, while training

for a five km charity run footage of his fall and recovery went viral. it was stark evidence of his determination. and so, his next everest, the one—kilometre swim. we have been training in pretty awful conditions and as you can see today could not be better. so, a great team behind me literally. i'm motivated, i'm good to go, and excited. conditions looked perfect as he set off this morning, but he was to encounter unknown obstacles as one of the support team, fellow plymouthian and olympic silver medallist sharon told us mid—swim. he got hit by a jellyfish in this face! — by his side throughout has been another former marine. his primary trainer. i'm proud of him, his inspiration - and he kept me up in the morning and i gets me out so it's a joy to knowl

someone that pushes forward with life. he is raising money for a cause close to his heart. a charity that uses brazilian martial arts to help former military and emergency service personnel. throughout his challenges, mark has proved that with great, determination, and mentalfortitude, the overwhelming odds can be defeated. today he proved that once again. even in sea water, his iron will would not rust. john maguire, bbc news, plymouth. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomas we are expecting the weather to improve through the weekend and it will become increasingly sunny and warm. in the heart of the british isles we have got this cloudy and damp weather and that is because a weather front is stuck out towards the west and it is stuck as of this

high pressure here. in fact, whether funds are trying to come in of the atlantic with this high pressure, thinking it is a mountain, well, it was �*s stopping the weather systems from moving through, slowing down is the uk. we basically have to wait for it to rain itself out of the clouds to break up in the best of the weather through friday, eastern and northern areas. this is what happens through the course of friday night into saturday, still a lot of cloud and mist and murk out towards the west, some damp weather too, and that does mean that for many of us saturday morning is going to be quite grey stop it will cope time for the clouds to break up but even if we do for many others it may actually end up being a fairly cloudy day we will have to waitjust a little bit longer. the sun will come, from issue. this was it looks like on saturday. a fair bit of cloud was the less, mighty recent

show of warm and, 21 in london, 20 and 20 and whole, and 20 expected in glasgow. the high pressure is right over us on sunday, very little wind, very little cloud, and in fact the uv levels are high so steady if you are out in the park because you could easily burn and remember if you are not not is nothing to do with the temperature, it is a amount of sunshine we get, but it will be one, temperature 23 expected in liverpool. this is bank holiday monday, high—pressure firmly in charge of the weather across a large chunk of europe and the weather fronts can't comment any further andy share is intense and, in fact, that high—pressure is drawing in warmth in the south which is spreading all the way towards the north to scotland and even the northern isles so our temperatures on monday, 18 degrees in the north of scotland, mid 20s in south.

this is bbc news; the headlines: borisjohnson "unwisely" allowed the refurbishment of his downing street flat to go ahead without full regard for how it would be funded — according to a report — but he didn't break the ministerial code. the report also found that the health secretary, matt hancock, was guilty of a minor breach of the ministerial code over shares in a company owned by his sister and brother—in—law. an inquestjury finds jack merritt and saskia jones were �*unlawfully killed�* at fishmongers hall by convicted terrorist usman khan. mr merrit�*s parents say he died due to �*unforgivable�* failures by the authorities. they had leaked —— they had this hugely dangerous person and they lost sight of him being dangerous

really from the beginning. ilrrui’ith lost sight of him being dangerous really from the beginning. with all that information _ really from the beginning. with all that information you _ really from the beginning. with all that information you would - really from the beginning. with all that information you would have i that information you would have thought — that information you would have thought that the authorities would have put— thought that the authorities would have put in place a system to monitor — have put in place a system to monitor and manage them effectively and keep— monitor and manage them effectively and keep the public safe and they failed _ and keep the public safe and they failed to— and keep the public safe and they failed to do that. khan killed the two at a prisoner rehabilitation near london bridge in 2019. khan was chased down by members of the public. the inquest concluded a string of failures by the authorities contributed to the deaths of the two graduates. the fact that, as the jury determined, there were omissions or failures in the management of the attacker, and in the sharing of information and guidance by the agencies responsible, is simply unacceptable, and i�*m so deeply sorry we weren�*t better than this in november 2019. as cases of the indian variant of coronavirus double in a week — ministers consider the further easing of restrictions due next month.

good afternoon to you. you are watching bbc news. in the past hour borisjohnson has been cleared of breaking the ministerial code over the funding of the refurbishment of his downing street flat. but lord geidt, the independent adviser on ministerial standards has criticised him and the health secretary matt hancock over their conduct. in his report lord geidt cleared the prime minister of breaking the ministerial code over the funding of the refurbishment of his private flat above number 11 downing street. lord geidt has confirmed that the original bills were paid by the conservative party and then by the tory peer lord brownlow but that the prime minister had not been aware of those arrangements until february of this year. lord geidt said he accepted that at that point mrjohnson "took steps to make the relevant declarations and seek advice" and that he repaid the amounts

on the eighth march 2021. but he did say �*the prime minister — unwisely, in my view — allowed the refurbishment of the apartment at no 11 downing street to proceed without more rigorous regard for how this would be funded.�* lord geidt also looked into the health secretary and in particular mr hancock�*s shares in in topwood ltd, which is owned and run by his sister and brother—in—law. lord geidt cleared mr hancock who he said �*acted properly and honestly in promptly declaring his financial interest�*. but he also looked into whether the health secretary should have declared an interest when the company was "awarded a framework contract with nhs shared business services ltd". he said: �*i assess this earlier failure to declare the interest was as a result of his lack of knowledge and in no way deliberate, and therefore, in technical terms, a minor breach of the ministerial code. i have advised the prime minister accordingly.

in a letter to the health secretary borisjohnson said lord geidt had made clear in his report that matt hancock had "acted properly and honestly" in his declaration of interests and that the event should in no way "impugn" his good character. let�*s cross to westminster — our political correspondent nick eardley. that us deal with the prime minister first. acted unwisely but did not break the code? this first. acted unwisely but did not break the code?— first. acted unwisely but did not break the code? this goes back to when boris _ break the code? this goes back to when boris johnson _ break the code? this goes back to when boris johnson became - break the code? this goes back to j when boris johnson became prime when borisjohnson became prime minister and decided he wanted to do up minister and decided he wanted to do up the fact that he lives in in downing street. a trust was set up to pay for that and boris johnson basically left officials to deal with the trust. he did not ask many questions and let it all go ahead. part of this was when he was seriously airlift covid—19. what ended up happening was the trust that was set up was not in a position to pay for the

refurbishment that was done. some reports suggest that it could have been as much as £200,000 set a conservative donor, and mama called bernard brandonlava ended up being the initial sum of money in october last year to the barrel. now, what this report to the past found is that boris johnson this report to the past found is that borisjohnson basically did not know anything about it. perhaps unwisely he just allowed things to go ahead. that�*s a finding from this report specifically when he did find out it was in the newspaper is in february this year. and as a result he took steps to pay the money back. so to the top line, all of this is that the man who borisjohnson has put in the job of advising him that the man who borisjohnson has put in thejob of advising him on ministerial interest has said that pam is to acted unwisely and not looking further into how this refurbishment of the fact he was living in was being paid for. but ultimately, he did not break the

rules that ministers have to follow and thus did not break the ministerial code.— and thus did not break the ministerial code. that is boris johnson. now, _ ministerial code. that is boris johnson. now, the _ ministerial code. that is boris johnson. now, the health - ministerial code. that is boris - johnson. now, the health secretary matt hancock, because according to lauren kyte he did break the rules but it was a technical breach. this is another — but it was a technical breach. this is another pretty _ but it was a technical breach. try s is another pretty complicated one. matt -- matt is another pretty complicated one. matt —— matt hancock earlier this year declared he had a 20% shareholding in a company called top wood limited. it�*s run by his sister and brother—in—law involved in some nhs contracts in wales. 0n and brother—in—law involved in some nhs contracts in wales. on that lord geidt report said that matt hancock follow the rules. he registered things correctly. however, there is a question over whether he should have registered his interest in that company a lot earlier in 2019. when he became health secretary. that�*s because this company was put on a list of potential suppliers for the nhs and at the time matt hancock did

not put that in his ministerial interest in the conclusion that lord geidt has come to is that that is a technical breach of the rules and minister have to follow, the ministerial code. it�*s a bit of a slap on the race for the health secretary not seeing it�*s a serious issue in review of number ten we found out through this exchange of letters between the prime minister and the health secretary is that this is not a serious breach, it�*s not something that matt hancock, the prime minister believes should have to resign over but i think if you look at both of these things it�*s a bit embarrassing for the government and the new adviser on ministerial interest and only been at his job for months. the prime minister probably did not pay enough attention to how his fractal is being done up when he moved into downing street saying that was unwise even if it was a breach of the ministerial code and said the health secretary should have made

clear earlier that he had financial interest in this company that was trying to win nhs contracts and that was a technical breach of the ministerial code, i am embarrassing moment by the government but not a fatal one for either of them. an inquestjury has found that jack merritt and saskia jones were unlawfully killed, by the convicted terrorist usman khan, at fishmongers hall in 2019. the jury decided omissions and failures by agencies of the state in the management of khan while on probation, contributed to the deaths of mr merritt and msjones. thejury had been hearing testimony for around 7 weeks. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford looks back at the case: convicted terrorist usman khan heading to london alone on a train — still considered very high risk and only recently out of prison. there�*d been intelligence that he was planning an attack, but the probation team who�*d approved the trip hadn�*t been told.

it ended with hand—to—hand fighting on london bridge, just outside fishmongers�* hall, while inside, two young people — saskia jones and jack merritt — were dying. both had been involved in the prisoner education organisation learning together that had been trying to help khan. jack merritt�*s parents told me the deaths were the result of an unforgivable failure by a system that was not fit for purpose. they had this hugely dangerous person and they lost sight of him being dangerous really from the beginning. with all that information, you would have thought that the authorities would have put in place a system to monitor and manage him effectively and keep the public safe, and they failed to do that. usman khan was jailed as a teenager for trying to set up a terrorist training camp. after eight years in prison, he was still a high—risk category a inmate, seen

as a violent, radicalising leader of prison extremists. a month before he was freed, there was intelligence — recorded in capital letters — that he intended to carry out an attack after his release. in prison, he�*d mixed with michael adebowale, who killed lee rigby, leaders of two major al-qaeda bomb plots and the infamous preacher abu hamza. a ruling by senior appeal court judges meant khan — seen here while a teenage follower of anjem choudary — had to be released, rather than being kept in prison, to protect the public. injail, khan had been allowed to study with cambridge university�*s learning together scheme. this was seen as positive, but ultimately gave him his chance to attack. after his release, living in his flat in stafford, khan stuck to the rules, lulling the police and probation into a false sense of security. but mostly, he spent the days alone, playing violent video games. a prison psychologist had warned probation to be careful if he started isolating. once he knew he�*d be allowed

to travel alone to london, khan started to prepare, shopping for four large knives and materials to make a fake suicide belt. that same month, the public protection panel mappa that was responsible for him met to discuss his case, but didn�*t even consider the risk of him taking a train by himself to the capital. mis hadn't told mappa about the intelligence, warning that khan might be intending an attack. i mean, that was the piece of intel that they had, and so, to not share that one piece is... well, it�*s unforgivable. and so, the scene was set for khan�*s brutal attack at an iconic london location. as people, including jack merritt, arrived at fishmongers�* hall for the learning together event, there were no metal detectors. later, hiding the belt under his bulky coat, khan sat chatting to saskia jones, who he would stab

to death after lunch. khan slipped out to the men�*s toilets and strapped two knives to his hands. then he set about attacking the people he knew from learning together. first, jack merritt, then saskia jones. he nearly killed another young woman, before a porter, a civil servant, a prisoner on day release and an ex—prisoner intervened. the first to take khan on wasjohn crilly, who remembers trying to challenge him, in a desperate effort to stop him stabbing people. questions like, what do you think you�*re doing? what�*s going on here? hejust replied to me, i�*m going to kill you all and blow you all up. and then ijust, maybe stupidly, told him to blow it, then, get on with it. at which point, he said, i�*m waiting for the police to come, i�*ll blow it then. working with a prisoner on day release and a civil servant, john crilly drove khan out

onto london bridge, where the three of them tackled him to ground using an ornamental tusk and a fire extinguisher, and waited for help. so, as the police arrived as we were taking the knives off khan, obviously, he said he was waiting for the police to blow the belt, so ijust went into shock. i just didn�*t know what they were waiting for. i�*m screaming at them to shoot him. yeah, he�*s just killed two beautiful people and, yeah, i wanted him dead. i wanted it over. jack merritt and saskia jones had been murdered by a man who was known to have had a terrorist past and was still under active investigation by m15. after delivery their verdict, the inquestjury made a statement to the families ofjack merritt and saskia jones. some of the jurors were in tears as the statement was read out by the forewoman: the jury would like to send their heartfelt condolences to the families

of saskia and jack and to all who love and miss these two wonderful young people. they clearly touched the lives of so many, ours included. we wanted to convey to the families how seriously we have ta ken our collective responsibility. afterwards, the parents of jack merritt were critical of the level of supervision of usman khan. this inquest has answered many of our questions about how jack came to be killed. it�*s clear to us the arrangements put in place by managing usman khan after his release from prison in 2019 were not fit for purpose. despite the authorities having had six years to plan us from the time his sentence

was changed from an indeterminate sentence to an extended sentence in 2013. that process did not operate effectively. roles and responsibilities are unclear, communication between the agencies was inadequate and leadership and coordination were weak. probation and police teams directly responsible for usman khan this condition were staffed with little or no evidence of terrorist and security services and west midlands counterterrorism police were complacent and passive in the face of usman khan continuing threats. we welcome the changes implemented by the probation service in the management of terrorism offenders post release especially teams with a focus on terrorism, smaller caseloads, especially training and experience offices and with access to psychological analysis of offenders. we hope all other agencies

and organisations involved with usman khan will learn the lessons highlighted by the inquest. and will make changes to their systems and working practices as appropriate. philipjones, uncle of saskia jones, read a family statement criticising the organisation learning together, which ran the event at fishmongers hall in november 2019. the conclusion of the inquest does not in any way ease the pain of our loss of saskia, and leaves a number of unanswered questions relating to failures of a number of organisations and individuals. it is important to us that we ensure that saskia�*s legacy is not undermined by any association she had with learning together. it is now clear to us that saskia�*s idea of rehabilitation was not consistent with the philosophy of learning together. saskia�*s key focus and priority had always been in relation to supporting survivors, particularly those survivors of sexual violence in the context of

violence against women and children. saskia was in the process of securing her first steps into what we know would have been a successful and demanding career in victim support services within west midlands police force, where we are sure she would have been a positive influence. we now wish to reflect on the findings of the inquestjury and will continue to work with those who are helping us to build a suitable legacy for saskia. we ask now that the press and media respect our wish for privacy hereafter. thank you very much. the national lead for counter terrorism policing at scotland yard, metropolitan police assistant commissioner neil basu, also made a statement after the verdicts. saskia jones and jack merritt were extremely bright and talented young people, and through the evil actions of the attack of their lives were tragically cut short.

on behalf of the metropolitan police and counterterrorism policing, i offer my deepest condolences to the families ofjack and saskia and to their many friends. to the survivors of the shocking attack he suffered the most appalling injuries and all those who have been traumatised. i must highlight and praise the bravery of everyone involved in responding to the attack, who put themselves in grave danger. as the coroner said in his summary of the evidence, this is a case in which lives were saved by the emergency response. i would also like to thank the coroner and the jury for their careful examination of the circumstances surrounding the attack, and thank the investigation team from london�*s counterterrorism command, led by dci dan brown, for their painstaking work in supporting the coroner. ministers say there is currently no reason to suggest england�*s end to lockdown on 21june might be delayed, but that the situation remains under review. last night matt hancock announced that the variant first identified

in india is now believed to be responsible for up to three—quarters of new covid cases in the uk and the office for national statistics also says it is now seeing signs of rising cases linked to the indian variant. our health correspondent jim reed reports. in hounslow in west london, 80 cases of the india variant of coronavirus has been confirmed so far. there�*s extra testing and a drive to vaccinate as many as possible. on monday, this site at twickenham stadium will open with an extra 15,000 jabs on offer. the target is to fill every single one of those spaces in the first instance. we have had really good uptake of vaccination across the board here in hounslow but it masks that in some communities uptake has been less. the number of confirmed cases of the india variant in england has more than doubled since last week, rising to almost 7000. the worst—affected parts of the country continue to be

bolton, bedford and blackburn but seven other areas each have more than 100 infections. those confirmed figures, though, are based on genetic sequencing in a laboratory, which can take weeks to process. the government says that, according to more recent estimates, the new strain now makes up at least a half and perhaps as much as three quarters of all new cases in england. there is the potential for a further wave of infections and potentially hospital admissions to start to rise again, so we need to gather as much evidence as we can over the next week or two to really understand what�*s going on with this new variant, how much more it is spreading and then try to predict what we expect may happen should thisjune 21 relaxation go ahead. new figures form the office for national statistics today point to signs of a wider rise in cases as the india variant becomes more prevalent but so far the vaccination campaign appears to be holding up well.

hospital admissions are still low and most of those being sent to a&e with covid in places like bolton have not yet had their two jabs. scientists say all this means the government�*s aim of lifting the last remaining covid restrictions in england onjune 21 is now in the balance. as far as i can see, there�*s nothing in the data that will delay the date, but we have said we are always reviewing the data and will come to a final conclusion on whether to reopen on the 21st ofjune onjune the 14th. it comes as health secretary matt hancock continues to face pressure. are you worried about yourjob as health secretary? 0ver allegations he lied to ministers about testing in care facilities at the start of the pandemic. he denies lying and said he was clear it would take time to build testing capacity. people working in the sector said the idea that homes were adequately protected last year was not true. there was no protective shield. we know that, we were

working the floor. if there had been a protective shield, there would have been a plan to support the most vulnerable people, the people that we look after. ministers say their attention is on the vaccine roll—out. this afternoon, a new single dose jab made by the american firm janssen has been approved in the uk with 20 million doses on order. the government says it remains on track to offer all adults a vaccine by the end ofjuly. jim reed, bbc news. the latest data on the number of cases of covid 19 in the uk has just been released by the government, and they show that in the past 24 hours a further 4,182 cases were recorded, that up from 3,542 yesterday. there were also 10 further deaths within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test recorded in the past 24 hours. professor paul hunter

is professor in medicine at the university of east anglia. i think we can actually have a chat with you about the john i think we can actually have a chat with you about thejohn senden vaccine has been cleared by the regulator. i think that is the fourth one we have got over here in the uk, good news all around? absolutely. the big thing about the back seeing a piece a single dose vaccine so that for inspections of the community where you can�*t be sure you�*re going to be able to get to come back a second time, then thatjansen to come back a second time, then that jansen vaccine would be dead vaccine of choice. stand that jansen vaccine would be dead vaccine of choice.— vaccine of choice. and it would certainly fit — vaccine of choice. and it would certainly fit in _ vaccine of choice. and it would certainly fit in the _ vaccine of choice. and it would certainly fit in the gap. - vaccine of choice. and it would certainly fit in the gap. it - vaccine of choice. and it would certainly fit in the gap. it was. certainly fit in the gap. it was said that we have got on order more vaccine that we technically meeting this country but it�*s always good to have additional options. this country but it's always good to have additional options.— have additional options. especially a iven have additional options. especially riven that have additional options. especially given that it _ have additional options. especially given that it seems _ have additional options. especially given that it seems as _ have additional options. especially given that it seems as if _ have additional options. especially given that it seems as if two - have additional options. especially j given that it seems as if two doses of coronavirus vaccine is pretty

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data on the coronavirus genetics database at the moment the indian variance makes up about 56% of all sequences that were from samples taken in the weekend in last saturday so that�*s probably even higher now and maybe not yet 75% but heading that way and the variance is independent across the country as well. ., , ., well. the government says at the moment there _ well. the government says at the moment there is _ well. the government says at the moment there is nothing - well. the government says at the moment there is nothing in - well. the government says at the moment there is nothing in the i well. the government says at the i moment there is nothing in the data as they see it that could put off the road map and the unlocking of statistics as it were on the 21st of june. but these rising figures, they must be a cause for concern? absolutely. the issue is whether or not writing pieces translates into writing hospitalisations and that�*s

going to be the big question that needs to be answered before the decision is made aboutjune. today�*s figures don�*t look that�*s reassuring. hospitalisations have been increased by about 25% and it�*s beginning to rise, hospitalisations. looking at the age distribution at a lot of those hospitalisations have been the increase seems to be in younger age groups and the more vulnerable older more highly vaccinated age groups are not seeing as many infections as we would have expected. so, hopefully if this trend continues and we don�*t see a huge increase in hospitalisations and we are still well beyond their june relaxation but it is early and a lot of things to happen before then. ., . ., ,, a lot of things to happen before then. ., ., ., ,, ., then. you are talking about potentially _ then. you are talking about potentially by _ then. you are talking about potentially by the - then. you are talking about potentially by the time i then. you are talking about potentially by the time we | then. you are talking about - potentially by the time we reached the week beforejune the 21st it

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chelsea will play manchester city in a highly—anticipated all—english final. it�*s only the third time that two premier league sides have met in the biggest game in european club football. more than 16 thousand people will be allowed inside the stadium to watch, thousands of fans have been making their way to the portuguese city of porto. and our sports presenter 0lly foster is there now: iam one i am one of the philistines who is not fair, i am here, i am one of the philistines who is not fair, iam here, which i am one of the philistines who is not fair, i am here, which i am very jealous of you for i have to say. but yes, at least fans are being left in after everything that happened over the last few months in the last year. we happened over the last few months in the last year-— the last year. we are 27 and a half hours away- _ the last year. we are 27 and a half hours away. that's _ the last year. we are 27 and a half hours away. that's not _ the last year. we are 27 and a half hours away. that's not bad - the last year. we are 27 and a half hours away. that's not bad for i the last year. we are 27 and a half hours away. that's not bad for a i hours away. that�*s not bad for a photo opportunity, a giant inflatable champions league trophy that would look good in your back garden i am sure if you deserved to win it. manchester city they are in their first champions league final. that�*s what the whole pet project is

all about. you won it twice before with bicycle and of course and chelsea are in their third champions league final. they are in the third all english final when you go back to 2008 they lost to manchester united remember thatjohn terry slip and they wanted four years later against bayern munich for the first time but after all their domestic dominance this feels like a much bigger deal for them. dominance this feels like a much bigger dealfor them. you can take away from both sides that added bonus of qualifying for the champions league. chelsea finishing fourth and they are here for that huge prize, slightly smaller than a couple of miles away from here. but you are right, after the last year we have had for football fans and football watchers this feels really, really special. the fans and it�*s a

huge cup final and it�*s another massive step back towards normality when it comes to talking about and taking part in football. i am when it comes to talking about and taking part in football.— taking part in football. i am sure ou have taking part in football. i am sure you have been — taking part in football. i am sure you have been talking _ taking part in football. i am sure you have been talking to - taking part in football. i am sure you have been talking to some i taking part in football. i am sure| you have been talking to some of taking part in football. i am sure i you have been talking to some of the fans there and residual resentment perhaps they�*ve had to fly over to point to go and this is not being held in wembley considering the english side?— english side? uefa tried really hard. english side? uefa tried really hard- this _ english side? uefa tried really hard. this was _ english side? uefa tried really hard. this was supposed i english side? uefa tried really hard. this was supposed to i english side? uefa tried reallyj hard. this was supposed to be english side? uefa tried really i hard. this was supposed to be in istanbul but istanbul was on the travel list from the uk so that was out and ask you remember when they staged that champions league towards the latter stages when bayern munich be psg and portugal stepped in to save the day. they tried so hard but one sticking point to as the uk governments, yes letting some fans in and a few uefa officials but not the rest. they would not budge on all those quarantine restrictions to get into the uk at the moment. portugal is again and portillo are

really excited about putting this on for those 6000 fans from each team although chelsea handed back about 800 theyjust although chelsea handed back about 800 they just feel very, although chelsea handed back about 800 theyjust feel very, very lucky to be here, to of the fans getting in just to be here, to of the fans getting injust a to be here, to of the fans getting in just a few nights ago as well even though that did not turn out very well for them but we are not going to get the english double but we are going to get an english therapy and championed yet again. it therapy and championed yet again. it will be amazing. by the fans behaving themselves? there was a minor flashpoint _ behaving themselves? there was a minor flashpoint a _ behaving themselves? there was a minor flashpoint a mile _ behaving themselves? there was a minor flashpoint a mile away i behaving themselves? there was a minor flashpoint a mile away from | minor flashpoint a mile away from here and i bumped into some of the manchester city fans who are involved in that and they said it was publication from chelsea set of supporters. it was all in 60 seconds, juanfran needed to be hospitalised. the mayor said it was a minor scuffle to be expected when you have this number of fans altogether in the city contesting such a huge prize here. the

authorities and the parties and added security forces are going to be extra vigilant and all the bars for a three—day period are shutting at half past ten and they�*re going to bring that in any way around this match and waited that contribute to the trouble because of visiting the bars have been full since they opened this morning we will wait and see. there are a considerable larger number of police in the moment and there were last night. let�*s number of police in the moment and there were last night.— there were last night. let's hope it asses on there were last night. let's hope it passes on peacefully. _ there were last night. let's hope it passes on peacefully. good - there were last night. let's hope it passes on peacefully. good luck. there were last night. let's hope it passes on peacefully. good luck to chelsea and of course to manchester city. time for a look at the weather. i know the weather is not perfect everywhere today, if you have got the grey skies and light rain or drizzle and you are longing for some sunshine, just hang in there and see where the cloud is and whether it is in the process of setting down and to take some time in some parts of

the country and through the course of this afternoon and evening across western areas of the uk will remain cloudy, the best of the weather be north and even into tonight and tomorrow morning it will remain cloudy across most of the uk. through the course of tomorrow morning, it will start to break up after the murky start. again we are not talking about clear blue skies everywhere. it would be a mixture of sunny spells. 0ne everywhere. it would be a mixture of sunny spells. one or two showers around is all but 20 degrees expected in glasgow and edinboro. sunday we are expecting a stunning day with blue skies in many areas and warmer scale on monday. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines... borisjohnson "unwisely" allowed the refurbishment of his downing street flat to go ahead without full regard for how it would be funded —

according to a report — but he didn�*t break the ministerial code. the report also found that the health secretary, matt hancock, was guilty of a minor breach of the ministerial code over shares in a company owned by his sister and brother—in—law. an inquest jury finds jack merritt and saskia jones were �*unlawfully killed�* at fishmongers�* hall by convicted terrorist usman khan. mr merrit�*s parents say he died due to �*unforgivable�* failures by the authorities. hugely dangerous person and they lost sight of him being dangerous, really, from the beginning. with all that information, you would have thought that the authorities would have put in place a system to monitor and manage him effectively and keep the public safe, and they failed to do that. khan killed the two at a prisoner rehabilitation event, near london bridge in 2019. khan was chased down by members of the public. the inquest concluded a string of failures by the authorities contributed to the deaths

of the two graduates. the fact that, as the jury determined, there were omissions or failures in the management of the attacker, and in the sharing of information and guidance by the agencies responsible, is simply unacceptable, and i�*m so deeply sorry we weren�*t better than this in november 2019. as cases of the indian variant of coronavirus double in a week — ministers consider the further easing of restrictions due next month. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here�*s chetan. good afternoon. first to portugal.... where pep guardiola�*s been telling the media he feels privileged to be ahead of tomorrow�*s all—english champions league final.

manchester city will be looking to win the trophy for the first time in their history when they take on chelsea. thousands of fans have also made their way to porto — and despite the enormity of the occasion, guardiola insists he and his squad are in a relaxed mood. i know the way we want to play, with whom we are going to play, and i�*m not going to bother the match. it is an incredibly privileged to be here. i never respect, i talk personally and not on behalf of the players, but i never expect when i started my career to play not even one final champions league and now look here is another one. we are here and more than grateful how lucky all of us are and, yeah, i know exactly what i�*m going to tell them and i�*m going to express ourselves as much as possible and it is what we have to do. and the guy he will be anxious and nervous, iwant do. and the guy he will be anxious and nervous, i want to tell them it

is normal, you have to deal with that, and the guys who are more calm and relaxed, good as well, so everyone is going to try to handle the best way and go out there and play a game. celtic�*s search for a new manager continues. eddie howe has turned down the chance of taking over at celtic. the former bournemouth boss was the glasgow club�*s preferred candidate but has decided against the move. it�*s understood celtic are still hopeful of appointing neil lennon�*s successor in the coming days. wales manager ryan giggs will go on trial injanuary accused of headbutting his ex—girlfriend and controlling her. the former manchester united player is accused of assaulting kate greville last november. he appeared in court this morning where he confirmed his identity and the date was set. he previously issued a statement saying he "looks forward to clearing his name." liverpool have agreed a deal to sign french defender ibrahima konate from rb leipzig for 35 million pounds on a long term deal the 22

liverpool have agreed a deal to sign french defender ibrahima konate from rb leipzig for £35 million on a long—term deal. the 22—year—old centre back is part of france�*s squad for the u21 european championships which start on monday. he�*s passed his medical now and agreed personal terms. the move means liverpool aren�*t expected to sign defender 0zan kabak on a permanent basis. there are renewed fears over whether this summer�*s olympic games can go ahead. the japanese government is preparing to extend the current state of emergency in tokyo and other areas ofjapan untiljune the 20th. that�*sjust over a month before the games are due to begin. 0rganisers have also said that athletes from south asian countries will be allowed to compete but will be subjected to stricter measures amid concerns of the indian variant of covid spreading into japan. and the women�*s tennis association has released a statement following naomi 0saka�*s declaration that she won�*t be doing press conferences at next weeks french open — because of the effect they have on her mental health. the wta said mental health is of the utmost importance to them and that they welcome futher

discussions with players. they went on to say "professional athletes have a responsibility to their sport and their fans to speak to the media surrounding their competition, allowing them the opportunity to share their perspective and tell their story." simon yates has won stage 19 of the giro d�*italia, but remains third overall with just two days of racing left. the british rider attacked around four miles from the finish on the final climb and held on to take his first stage win at this year�*s race. egan bernal battled to take third to retain the leader�*s pinkjersey. yates is almost three minutes behind the colombian. the race finishes in milan on sunday. that�*s all the sport for now. let�*s return now to the findings of an inquestjury into the deaths of jack merritt and saskia jones who they concluded were unlawfully killed by the convicted terrorist usman khan, at fishmongers hall in central london in 2019.

well, we have just well, we havejust had well, we have just had some well, we havejust had some response in a statement from the home secretary priti patel who said my thoughts remain with jack and saskia�*s family and friends at this difficult time, and during the inquest we heard of their immense talents and positive contribution that they make to society at such a young age. now, this is important. the government and operational partners have taken important action since this tragic incident to strengthen the supervision of terror offenders on licence and the end of the automatic early release of terrorist prisoners. before the attack, work was already under way to improve information sharing on last year we announced the establishment of the world counterterrorism operations centre. the government and operational partners learn methods to prevent further incidents like this, and we will also consider the inquest

findings. —— it is important that the government... i will always do everything in my power to keep the british people say. remember that the team at all the agencies involved in the management of usman khan. rememberthat involved in the management of usman khan. remember that he was out on parole and was being looked after and managed by the security services, by the police, by the local authority and so on, but it has been deemed by the same question are we that all those agencies fails to share the kind of information that could have prevented the attack at fishmongers hole so that the home secretary pretty well making it clear that lessons need to be learned as a result of what happened. —— fishmongers hole. —— fishmongers�* hall. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford spoke to jack merritt�*s parents david and anne before the verdicts were given, and he asked them about the responsibility for managing usman khan...

ultimately, it�*s the government�*s responsibility, isn�*t it? it�*s said that it�*s the first responsibility of the government to keep its citizens safe. and... you know, we know that can, his sentence was changed in 2013, and he was given a release date, so he was originally due to be held indefinitely and only released when the parole board considered that it was safe to do so. he appealed in 2013 and the judge agreed that he posed a limited risk of doing what he was convicted for which was, you know, going abroad and setting up a terror cell, a training camp. and so he was given a release date. so, you know, the authorities, to use a broad term, had six years to decide what to do with him. they knew when he was going to be released, they knew what his record was in prison — which was terrible. you know, he was involved in violence and trying to radicalise other prisoners, threatening people, holding so—called sharia courts and all this sort of stuff. and. . . he was assessed by a psychologistjust before he was released as being a high risk, and...

in fact, more a risk than when he went in. that�*s right. they said he was more of a risk when he was released than went he when into prison, and that there was a definite threat that he would go back to his old ways and that he was planning an attack. you know, so, with all that information you would have thought that the authorities would have put in place a system to monitor and manage him effectively and keep the public safe. and they failed to do that. tells a bit about jack and his enthusiasm for the work he was doing and setting out on his chosen career. i think it�*s important to remember that jack wasn�*t all about learning together. you know, a lot of the focus has been on that, obviously, because he was killed doing thatjob and learning together is what brought him together with khan, but there was a lot more to jack than work.

you know, jack was hugely interested in music and food and travel. he had a huge friendship group, really, really good friends... you know, and what his friends talk about is, you know, his sense of humour, the fact that he was not a serious person. he was somebody who just absolutely lived life to the full. yeah. and was focusing as soon as he came out of work, he was focusing on what he was going to do with his friends and... you know, it wasjust such... it's a big part of everybody in terms of what you do and, you know, his interest in the criminaljustice system and miscarriages ofjustice has always been since he was quite a young teenager. i think he's always had that real interest in the law. but, ultimately, the person

he was was somebody who was empathetic and a great friend. yeah, he was loyal. a very loyal friend. yeah, yeah. his friends said that, you know, that he would go to great lengths to keep in touch with people, he would travel the length and breadth of the country to visit people and, you know, he�*d be the one getting everybody together and organising them and... he was just very caring. and he said, you know, lots of his friends have talked about how he supported them through some of their own, kind of, traumas that they've gone through, and he was just a very empathetic and caring person. as we�*ve been hearing, a single—dose covid vaccine made a single—dose covid vaccine

made byjanssen has been approved for use in the uk by the medicines regulator. trials show it�*s 85% effective in stopping severe illness. 20 million doses have been ordered for the uk and will arrive later this year. it will be the fourth vaccine to be used in the uk to protect against covid—19. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes explained its significance. it�*s going to be the fourth vaccine that�*s now been approved for use in the uk. the uk government has already ordered, i think, 20 million doses of this vaccine, which should arrive later in the year, and it�*s then, perhaps, tha it would come into its own, because the health secretary, matt hancock has already suggested it might form part of a possible autumn potential booster programme later in the year. it�*s already being used in a research trial to see whether it can be used effectively in that way. and that could be useful, because it is that single shot vaccine. it can be stored just in a normalfridge. it works on the same sort of basis as the astrazeneca vaccine, 0xford vaccine, so it�*s probably going to be more usefulfor the older part of the population, but that�*s when it could really come into its own, as part of that autumn booster programme if that�*s something that it�*s thought

we need to do. it�*s shown to be 67% effective overall at preventing moderate to severe covid—19. 85% effective in preventing severe disease or admission to hospital. so, those are the figures from before the indian variant appeared. if it follows the same trajectory as, say, the astrazeneca—oxford vaccine, which uses the same sort of technology as that, then it will also be effective against the indian variant, because we know that astrazeneca— 0xford vaccine is around 60% effective according to some of the latest data. domain cue use of opposing fuzz there. —— dominates use the vaccine deployment minister, nadhim zahawi, says the janssen jab would be "another weapon in our

arsenal to beat this pandemic." we have 20 million doses under order and they will come later than the year. we have added it to the booster studies so that we can actually see the impact of this vaccine in boosting the protection for those who we vaccinated. 0bviously, for those who we vaccinated. obviously, we began vaccinating on the 8th of december with pfizer—biontech and then 4th of january with asks that asprilla with an. the clinicians and the experts are looking at when we will be able to boost those antibodies and t—cell protection in people and this is an additional vaccine now approved in the uk by a regulator that goes into that arsenal of vaccines that we have available to us. that was the vaccines were minister nadhim zahawi. —— vaccine roll out minister. nicola sturgeon has announced that glasgow will remain under increased coronavirus restrictions due to a high level of cases.

the first minister said case numbers are rising across scotland and they r number could now be as high as 1.3, driven significantly by the situation here in glasgow. she said it was a very difficult decision, glasgow had to remain in level three, for another week. it means that people cannot mix indoors in each other�*s houses. that�*s been in place for 270 days now, since september. it means alcohol cannot be served indoors in hospitality and it means this ban on travelling in and out of the city for nonessential reasons continues. case numbers in glasgow — i can't

say anything other than this — they are uncomfortably high but we are seeing signs of progress. so, the view of the national management team is twofold. firstly, that it would be premature to move glasgow out of level 3 immediately this week while the situation remains so fragile. however, and secondly, if incidence continues to stabilise and assuming levels of hospitalisation remain reasonably stable the incident management team has made clear to me that they would support a move to a level two from the end of next week. so this time next week. nicola sturgeon says they�*ll take a decision by wednesday at the latest and she said the hope is that the situation continues to stabilise and to people living here in glasgow she said don�*t she said don�*t lose heart, take heart with the progress being made. lorna gordon there in glasgow.

a cryptocurrency "mine" which was stealing electricity worth thousands of pounds has been uncovered in the west midlands. police said they executed a drugs warrant at an industrial estate — after receiving intelligence that the site was being used as a cannabis farm — but they instead found a bitcoin mining operation. our technology correspondent is rory cellanjones. he has thankfully here to explain all this! 0k, a bitcoin mining. what is that? all this! ok, a bitcoin mining. what is that? , , ., all this! ok, a bitcoin mining. what isthat? , , ., _ all this! ok, a bitcoin mining. what isthat? , _ , is that? lets start by saying why the aolice is that? lets start by saying why the police thought _ is that? lets start by saying why the police thought it _ is that? lets start by saying why the police thought it was - is that? lets start by saying why the police thought it was a i is that? lets start by saying why i the police thought it was a cannabis farm. they had put a drone above this building and observed lots of people coming and going throughout the day and they still a lot of heat coming from the building and they assumed that meant it was a cannabis farm. they got inside, they found a bank of computer equipment, specialised equipment that is used for mining bitcoin, and that is the process of both recording transactions and earning new coins. it is an incredibly computer intensive, computer processing power intensive, computer processing power intensive process, and, obviously, as the price goes up of bitcoin it

becomes more and more popular to engage in it, but it is a kind of energy sucking war going on between people around the world trying to compete for the new bitcoin is to earn from each transaction. and this particular vehicle was using a vast amount of electricity, as they do, and, of course, not playing for it. it had been wired around the grid so they were getting the electricity for free. they were getting the electricity forfree. brute they were getting the electricity for free. ~ , , for free. we were 'ust seeing aictures for free. we were 'ust seeing pictures that _ for free. we were 'ust seeing pictures that have]— for free. we were just seeing pictures that have cables i for free. we were just seeing pictures that have cables and for free. we were just seeing i pictures that have cables and stuff coming out of this particular area. there we go. so, you need a lot of cable edged a nickel of electricity to, basically, minorstuff. cable edged a nickel of electricity to, basically, minor stuff. just make a lot of cable to make enough electricity. is this a crime that we are seeing more of as a result of bitcoin? , , , _, bitcoin? interestingly, bitcoin minina is bitcoin? interestingly, bitcoin mining is not _ bitcoin? interestingly, bitcoin mining is not a _ bitcoin? interestingly, bitcoin mining is not a crime. - bitcoin? interestingly, bitcoin mining is not a crime. it i bitcoin? interestingly, bitcoin mining is not a crime. it is i mining is not a crime. it is perfectly legal to do that. it has become illegal in china,

interestingly, where they are concerned about the process. there is general concern around the world about the sheer amount of energy being used in this process. there is anindex being used in this process. there is an index produced by cambridge university and they currently work out that more energy, more electricity is used in the mining of bitcoin then is used by the holder of the netherlands in a year, so a vast amount, a big impact on climate. these particular people, i put this picture up on twitter and say, any experts around? and they looked at this equipment and said that equipment is already out of date. it coasts a lot, it is out of date. it coasts a lot, it is out of date in six months because the whole process moves on. those people could not have made a profit if they had actually been paying for their relics civility.— relics civility. so, not the brightest _ relics civility. so, not the brightest of _ relics civility. so, not the brightest of criminals i relics civility. so, not the i brightest of criminals then, it suggests. brightest of criminals then, it sua rests. .., ., brightest of criminals then, it sua rests. _, ., ., ., brightest of criminals then, it sua rests. ., ., ., ., suggests. -- could not have made a arofit if suggests. -- could not have made a profit if they — suggests. -- could not have made a profit if they had _ suggests. -- could not have made a profit if they had actually _ suggests. -- could not have made a profit if they had actually been i profit if they had actually been paying for their electricity. so the crime here _

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the footballer marcus rashford has discussed the power young people have to change society, in a zoom meeting with barack 0bama. they also spoke about shared experiences, including being raised by a single mum. afterwards, the england footballer and child poverty campaigner said it had been "surreal" talking to the former us president, from his kitchen in manchester.. watch this... marcus, i think is way ahead of where i was at 23. i was still trying to figure it out. for me, being in sports, ijust knew that my life could change very, very quickly, and if i wasn't, like, mature enough, or, you know, at certain level in my own head, it makes stuff like fame and bits like that even more difficult. when you look at the history of big social movements and big social change, it's usually young people who initiate this. if you give someone a helping hand at a young age, they'll go on to do things that, you know, even they didn't think or believe that was achievable to accomplish. the former president and footballer. no time look for the weather news. some others are stuck under the

clever gimmick damp weather around to book this is only temporary and we are expecting the weather to inverted the weekend when it will become increasingly sunny and warm and the latest satellite picture actually shows a loss of clear weather around the uk but in the heart of the british isles we have got a cloudy and damp picture because the weather front is stuck out towards the west and it is stuck because of this high pressure here. in fact, weather fronts are trying to come of the atlantic with this high pressure, think of it as a mountain, is stopping the weather systems were moving through and they are slowing down as they approach the uk so there is very little wind to me this well front around. you basically have to wait for it to rain itself out and for close to break up. the best of the weather through friday, eastern and northern areas. 50, this is what happens to the course of friday night into saturday. still a lot of cloud and mist and work out towards the west. some doubt whether to, and that does mean that, for many evils, saturday

morning is going to be quite grey. —— some damp weather too. for many of us. it's will actually be a fairly cloudy day and we will have to wait just that little fairly cloudy day and we will have to waitjust that little bit longer. the sun will come, i promise you. this is what it looks like on saturday. still a fair bit of cloud around, set out towards the west. they might even be some showers around and it is turning warmer. 21 in london, 20 and hull in 20 expecting in glasgow. high pressure is right over us in sunday and there's very little wind and cloud and, in fact, there's very little wind and cloud and, infact, the there's very little wind and cloud and, in fact, the uv levels are high so be steady if you are out in the park because you correctly burn and remember whether you burn on us is nothing to do with the temperature, just the amount of sunshine we get, but it will be warm, temperatures 23 expecting liverpool. this is bank holiday monday, high pressure firmly in charge of the weather across a large chunk of europe. the weather fronts can come and any further, the high pressure is intense and, in fact, that high pressure is roaring in warmth on the south which is

spreading all the way towards the north to scotland and even the northern islands, so our temperatures on monday, 18 degrees in the north of scotland, mid 20s in the south.

this is bbc news. i'mjane i'm jane hill. the headlines: failings by the security services were partly to blame for the deaths of two people killed by convicted terrorist usman khan — a jury finds jack merritt and saskia jones were unlawfully killed at fishmongers hall in 2019. they had this hugely dangerous person and they lost sight of him being dangerous, really, from the beginning. with all that information, you would have thought that the authorities would have put in place a system to monitor and manage him effectively and keep the public safe, and they failed to do that. a report into borisjohnson's refurbishment of his downing street flat says he didn't break the ministerial code, but did act unwisely.

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