this is bbc news with the latest headlines... ministers are strengthening a bill that will force social media companies to take down harmful content more quickly. a parent, whose daughter took her own life, wants the heads of these firms to be held to account. this is talking about human lives and you can't excuse anything that doesn't prevent that. as another former minister, submits a letter of no—confidence in the prime minister, the former international minister, liam fox, says mps should wait for the outcome of the met police investigation. this is a time where we actually need to give our full focus to the issues affecting the country. it's not a time for the conservative party to indulge in one of its bouts of navel—gazing. emergency workers in morocco say they're hopeful

of reaching a five year old boy who's spent four days trapped in a well. and the queen hosts a reception at sandringham house for members of the local community ahead of the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government is strengthening the law to force social media companies to take down illegal content without waiting for it to be reported by users. under the online safety bill, firms will have to remove a number of categories of illegal material — with several more now being added, including drugs and arms dealing, and forums that encourage suicide. sanchia berg reports. the online world can seem like a lawless space.

this bill — a first attempt to regulate it — is expected before parliament soon. tech companies had already been told they'd face fines of up to 10% of turnover if they didn't take down child abuse material and terrorism content. now that will apply to drugs and arms dealing, encouraging suicide, fraud, and revenge porn. the government says it will be able to bring the full weight of the law against people using the internet as a weapon to ruin other people's lives. those who send threatening messages — like the racist abuse of england's footballers last year — will face prosecution, as will people at the companies themselves. the organisations will have to name individuals who will be responsible within those organisations for complying with the legislation. if they continue to flout that legislation, those named individuals will be responsible and could face up to five years�* imprisonment.

labour's welcomed the bill, but warns it may not be enough. the whole point here is that we're really going to have a regulator in ofcom, and the big tech companies, who are massive international mammoths — you've really got a david—and—goliath situation when it comes to being able to hold these companies to account. many say children need specific protection. what we need is a statutory code i that protects children whereverl they are online and we need - privacy—preserving age assurance, so we make sure that we know who the kids are and we - treat them accordingly. lawyers to say this is one of the most important and most complicated pieces of legislation of the last 20 years. no surprise that it's been delayed before — they wonder whether the culture secretary will be able to get it through as fast as she's promised. because balancing these new protections with freedom of

speech can be extremely difficult. sanchia berg, bbc news. judy thomas's daughter, frankie took her own life in 2018 after accessing inappropriate content, online. she told me what she wants from any new legislation. the online harms safety bill must not only introduce age verification — and it doesn't matter whether it's going to affect people trying to do their shopping or whatever. ithink, you know, this is talking about human lives. and you can't excuse any, anything that doesn't prevent that. joining me now is andy burrows, head of child safety online policy at the nspcc. thanks so much forjoining me. what kind of protection are needed? what kind of protection are needed? what we need to see _ kind of protection are needed? what we need to see is _ kind of protection are needed? what we need to see is that _ kind of protection are needed? twat we need to see is that government kind of protection are needed? iii�*ué�*ii we need to see is that government go much further than the bill that we are expecting them to bring forward in the next few weeks. we are very

draft legislation has a number of very significant gaps that mean that platforms that tech companies will not be made to do everything that is necessary if we are going to be able to tackle entirely preventable harm online and we heard the culture secretary in the package they“re speaking about criminal sanctions. unfortunately, the criminal sanctions that are being proposed really are all back and very little bite because they mean that named bosses will not be personally accountable for harmful algorithms that push out damaging content. they will be responsible for negligence that results in continued... and child abuse on their platforms. criminals sanctions will actually only apply for a very narrow procedural reasons, if example a company fails to cooperate or submit information to the regulator. it a information to the regulator. if a kid is at home, _ information to the regulator. if a kid is at home, let say they are 13 or m kid is at home, let say they are 13 or 1a and have got access to a mobile phone or computer, which many do, what kind of protections are

there to make sure that they don't access site which could be extremely harmful to them?— harmful to them? well, we've seen that until regulation _ harmful to them? well, we've seen that until regulation is _ harmful to them? well, we've seen that until regulation is on _ harmful to them? well, we've seen that until regulation is on the - that until regulation is on the statute book, tech companies simply won't do enough to protect children and we have seen the scale and complexity of online harms that children face just continue to grow in scale and complexity over recent years. we know that gleaming on child sexual abuse offences have at record levels. we sing, you know, growing problems with children being exposed to suicide and self—harm content. that algorithms on social networks push out. and i think what's concerning is that the legislation that dcms are bringing forward won“t address some of the dynamics of the problem that we can see happening right now so, for example, we know that abuse and harm doesn“t example, we know that abuse and harm doesn't happen on a silo basis on one particular platform. we know that gleaming, for example, will start on a site like instagram or facebook and then move across to

encrypted messaging platforms, platforms, and all the indications are that the government isn“t prepared to strengthen the bill and plays very clear responsibilities and companies to work together to address the risks and tackling cross—platform. address the risks and tackling cross-platform.— cross-platform. what kind of conversations _ cross-platform. what kind of conversations have _ cross-platform. what kind of conversations have you - cross-platform. what kind of conversations have you at. cross-platform. what kind of| conversations have you at the cross-platform. what kind of- conversations have you at the nhs, nspcc had the social media companies? it nspcc had the social media companies?— nspcc had the social media companies? nspcc had the social media com anies? ., , , ., ., companies? it has been over four ears companies? it has been over four years since _ companies? it has been over four years since we've _ companies? it has been over four years since we've secured - companies? it has been over four years since we've secured a - years since we've secured a commitment from the government to legislate during that time we have tried to hold tech companies to account but it is very clear this is not something companies will do for themselves. fatah often in conversations we have with these big tech giants it is very clear that child safety is not a core part of their business model, but they are simply not prepared to do enough to identify the risks that children face on their platforms and then to ensure they are reasonably mitigated thatis ensure they are reasonably mitigated that is only if we see really tough

regulation that has the teeth necessary to take on some of the largest companies in the world that we are going to see this situation change. and we are talking about harm and abuse of our children and young people that can be prevented. we shouldn't be fatalistic about this. this is harm that is taking place as a result of the poor design decisions coming from tech companies that we have seen over many, many years. that we have seen over many, many ears. ~ . that we have seen over many, many ears, ~ ., , ., that we have seen over many, many ears. ~ ., , ., , years. what should parents do? parents will _ years. what should parents do? parents will be _ years. what should parents do? parents will be concerned - years. what should parents do? parents will be concerned about years. what should parents do? - parents will be concerned about the scale and extent of the risks that children face and our advice, actually, to parents is very simple. try and have regular conversations with your child. work with them to understand the risks that they might face and so give them the practical tips though, for example, have they got the highest privacy settings on their accounts, adding a safe as they possibly can be and that is really important because if it nspcc we hear from really important because if it nspcc we hearfrom children who perhaps haven't had those trusting conversations and then if the worst does happen they don't feel that they can disclose the parent of another trusted adult and

unfortunately that is where the very worst hands and child abuse can unfortunately escalate —— very worst harms. and if you're affected by any of the issues we“ve just been discussing — information is avalaible from the bbc action line — that's at bbc.co.uk/actionline you are watching bbc news. is 3:09pm. senior conservatives have insisted that the majority of their party's mps support the prime minister. it comes as another conservative politician called for borisjohnson to resign. former schools minister nick gibb is the latest to submit a letter of no confidence in the row over parties held at number 10 during lockdown. earlier, i spoke to our political correspondent helen catt but we can never say for sure where we are. we know that nine mps have publicly said that they had submitted a letter. it is a secret process, so it is entirely up to an mp to say whether they have they haven't.

there's also no way of checking whether that in there, as well. so, this is a secret process. we know nine mps have said that they had. the threshold for triggering a vote of confidence is 5a, 15% of the conservative parliamentary party, 15% of conservative mps. we know that hasn't yet been reached or certainly not been announced it has been reached because they haven't told us, so we know we're not there yet but, said, what we have seen over recent days as a trickle of people coming forward and saying we put of a letter in, the latest of which is nick gibb, and he is quite interesting. he's a former schools minister who served under david cameron, theresa may and borisjohnson until he was sacked in a reshuffle last year, and he is not exactly

known as a firebrand rebel in westminster — he is quite quiet and not in the papers all the time, so the fact that he has chosen to make it public feels quite, sort of, significant in itself. and he has also written an article in the daily telegraph which is pretty blunt in which he says it was inaccurate of the prime minister to tell the house of commons there was no party in downing street. he says his constituents in bognor regis and littlehampton are furious about the double standard, asking, "can we trust him?" and he ends this article with, "to restore trust we must remove the prime minister. we know that some of his other colleagues are mulling over whether they agree with that analysis. plenty of conservative mps do not. either they want to keep borisjohnson in place or certainly don't want to get video of him now. either they want to keep borisjohnson in place or certainly don't want to get rid him now. have a listen to liam fox, the former cabinet minister. yes, you've got some unhappy mps but yet,

they've not even reached the 15%. in other words, 85% of my colleagues are still willing to give the prime minister the benefit of the doubt. the fact we've lost some of these officials from downing street is actually an opportunity for a reset. liam fox there. helen, what happens on a weekend like this? it was a breakneck four or five days during the week. is this a breather? are the whatsapp groups going crazy? talk us though this kind of weekend. you do often get this pause moment when everything is gone away from westminster and, yes, i imagine the whatsapp groups have been pinging and he will be thinking about these things. the former minister stephen hammond is talking to bbc today and he will be thinking carefully about what he does next over the weekend. he has suggested some

of his colleagues would be wrestling with their consciences. there is that sort of thinking time before everyone is back in the white heat of westminster again next week and then we will see whether that trickle is turning into more of a momentum or if actually they are waiting to see if the prime minister can do that they set liam fox was talking about and he can make the changes he has promised and see if they will keep him in post. helen catt, our political correspondent, thank you so much. let's talk to two young conservative councillors, who have different views about borisjohnson as prime minister. joe porter, is a conservative councillor for staffordshire moorland“s district council. and hannan sarwar is the uk“s youngest muslim councillor. he sits on a wilmslow town council. easy question to start. do you believe and trust the primates to? yes, i believe and trust boris johnson. i believe he should remain as prime minister.— johnson. i believe he should remain as prime minister. why? i believe he was civen as prime minister. why? i believe he was given a — as prime minister. why? i believe he was given a very _ as prime minister. why? i believe he was given a very strong _ as prime minister. why? i believe he was given a very strong mandate ends got a majority in 2019 to deliver change for british people. we have obviously had a global pandemic which is cause a lot of disruption and take politics and i think the prime minister now needs to be given chance to put things right because there is a lot gone wrong and stuff happening in downing street that the parties and all of that like a lot of people i'm disgusted with and i think the prime minister is has quite rightly apologised and he now

needs to be given the opportunity to put things right, to have more inclusive moral leadership and to take the country forward after pandemic. i think that is what needs to be happening now.— to be happening now. exactly the same question _ to be happening now. exactly the same question to _ to be happening now. exactly the same question to you. _ to be happening now. exactly the same question to you. do - to be happening now. exactly the same question to you. do you - to be happening now. exactly the - same question to you. do you believe and trust the payments to? i same question to you. do you believe and trust the payments to?— and trust the payments to? i used to believe in the _ and trust the payments to? i used to believe in the fineness _ and trust the payments to? i used to believe in the fineness there - and trust the payments to? i used to believe in the fineness there but - and trust the payments to? i used to believe in the fineness there but i i believe in the fineness there but i think_ believe in the fineness there but i think his — believe in the fineness there but i think his position is untenable. i don't _ think his position is untenable. i don't trust — think his position is untenable. i don't trust him any more. i think she is— don't trust him any more. i think she is constantly lying to the british— she is constantly lying to the british public and parliament and it is time _ british public and parliament and it is time for— british public and parliament and it is time for him to go. we need prime minister— is time for him to go. we need prime minister who— is time for him to go. we need prime minister who we can trust to actually— minister who we can trust to actually deliver and right now boris johnson _ actually deliver and right now boris johnson is — actually deliver and right now boris johnson is a liability for the conservative party.- johnson is a liability for the conservative party. joe, your conservative _ conservative party. joe, your conservative colleague - conservative party. joe, your conservative colleague has i conservative party. joe, your. conservative colleague has said conservative party. joe, your- conservative colleague has said that the primacy deserves time to perform and put things right. would you be willing to give the fineness of that kind of time? ha. willing to give the fineness of that kind of time?— willing to give the fineness of that kind of time? no. i think the prime minister throughout _ kind of time? no. i think the prime minister throughout the _ kind of time? no. i think the prime minister throughout the pandemic l kind of time? no. i think the prime i minister throughout the pandemic led a fear_ minister throughout the pandemic led a fear campaign. he said to was publicly— a fear campaign. he said to was publicly do— a fear campaign. he said to was publicly do not let a coffee cost lives _ publicly do not let a coffee cost lives vet — publicly do not let a coffee cost lives yet it is ok for him to have a bottle _ lives yet it is ok for him to have a bottle of— lives yet it is ok for him to have a bottle of beer in his flat in downing street with over 13 different parties. how many more times— different parties. how many more times as — different parties. how many more times as the prime minister need?

sue grav— times as the prime minister need? sue gray update clearly says failures _ sue gray update clearly says failures in downing street is under investigation by the police for breaking locked angles. how much more _ breaking locked angles. how much more time — breaking locked angles. how much more time to need? it is time for him to— more time to need? it is time for him to do— more time to need? it is time for him to do the honourable thing, step aside _ him to do the honourable thing, step aside and _ him to do the honourable thing, step aside and allow the summit of on the countrv _ aside and allow the summit of on the countrv joe— aside and allow the summit of on the count . g ., ., aside and allow the summit of on the count ., ., ., i. aside and allow the summit of on the count .�* ., ., y., ., aside and allow the summit of on the count ., ., ., i. ., ., country. joe porter, you have heard his words there. _ country. joe porter, you have heard his words there. i _ country. joe porter, you have heard his words there. i persuaded? - country. joe porter, you have heard his words there. i persuaded? i - his words there. i persuaded? i respect what he hasjust said. a lot respect what he has just said. a lot of stuff has gone one. these downing street party should never have happened. although i think it is with knowledge in downing street obviously it is a massive complex and you have got around 400 employees who all work there. 0bviously, employees who all work there. obviously, the prime minister can't control everything that happened but obviously the buck does stop with him because he is the prime minister but what he is doing is creating a department, an office of the prime minister, which will hopefully help to introduce a new formal structure which will help to ensure that this proper transparency and accountability within that complex structure which clearly hasn“t structure which clearly hasn't happened and i think that is long

overdue. 0bviously, happened and i think that is long overdue. obviously, we have seen overdue. obviously, we have seen over the last few days he has been clearing out some of his downing street staff, which is what he promised he would do... fine street staff, which is what he promised he would do... one left in rotest. promised he would do... one left in protest that _ promised he would do... one left in protest. that is _ promised he would do... one left in protest. that is not _ promised he would do... one left in protest. that is not really _ promised he would do... one left in protest. that is not really a - promised he would do... one left in protest. that is not really a clear. protest. that is not really a clear out. she left in protest because he didn't apologise over his false didn“t apologise over his false labelling of keir starmer andjimmy labelling of keir starmer and jimmy savile labelling of keir starmer andjimmy savile in parliament. i labelling of keir starmer and jimmy savile in parliament.— savile in parliament. i mean, that was unfortunate. _ savile in parliament. i mean, that was unfortunate. i _ savile in parliament. i mean, that was unfortunate. i mean, - savile in parliament. i mean, that was unfortunate. i mean, she - savile in parliament. i mean, thatj was unfortunate. i mean, she was savile in parliament. i mean, that. was unfortunate. i mean, she was a very long serving member of his team, somebody who is, you know, very loyal and very hard—working very loyal and very ha rd—working public very loyal and very hard—working public servant but obviously, you know, changes necessary and quite a few of the others have gone because there is clearly a restructure happening within downing street and thatis happening within downing street and that is what the prime minister is doing and also the fineness of his saying there has been a new series of committees for mps to input into the policy direction of the government which i think is a more inclusive style of leadership and i am wanting to be given time to put that in place because, you know, he is obviously delivered a world

beating vaccine roll—out, he has got brexit done, you know, we have done fantastic stuff on things like the environment with cop26 last year. you know, the prime minister has achieved a lot of great things over the last two years, you know, there is clearly a lot more needs delivering with things like for example the levelling up programme which he outlined this week and i think she needs to be given the time to implement that because that is what the british people voted the conservative party into deliver. let“s cross over now. when you're out and about in wilmslow what kind of conversations can do you have with people that he might have voted for conservatives knowing the boris johnson was a leader?— for conservatives knowing the boris johnson was a leader? there is a lot of frustration _ johnson was a leader? there is a lot of frustration within _ johnson was a leader? there is a lot of frustration within the _ johnson was a leader? there is a lot of frustration within the general- of frustration within the general public and i think the primer to forget is a lot of frustration within the general public and i think the primary to forget that, you know, these northern seats never voted for the conservative party prior but they trusted the conservative party to deliver and we haven't done that. like to mention, the prime minister is doing all

these new initiatives to revamp downing street and take out all the bad policy making decision mechanisms. he is doing that to save his ownjob. he is only doing this to get conservative mps to back him up to get conservative mps to back him up and not get a letter of no confidence in him. if you really cared, he would have reformed downing street years ago. he would have opened these new committee systems months ago to allow mps likely have involvement in policy—making. he is doing all this to save hisjob. his power hungry. hejust wants to to save hisjob. his power hungry. he just wants to keep his job. to save hisjob. his power hungry. hejust wants to keep hisjob. he is not delivering his election promises. he is not putting his words were his money is and that is why he needs to go. he hasn't told the truth, his light of the public, many, many times in these drastic failures in the honourable thing to do is allow conservative member of parliament to become the leader of the conservative party to what to actually deliver hourly election pledges. we have the main elections coming up and it will be a stark reality will be three voters won“t reality will be three voters won't actually vote for the conservative party because the primer is a“s

actions. party because the primer is a's actions. . ., party because the primer is a's actions. ., ~ , ., party because the primer is a's actions. ., ~ . you might have followed the story about the five—year—old boy who fell down a well shaft in a village in morocco. since then, overthe down a well shaft in a village in morocco. since then, over the last few days there has been an intensive effort by the authorities to try to find him. you can see the number of crowds that there are bare. essentially, the well shaft is 30 metres deep where the five—year—olds at the bottom of that shaft. it is too narrow, simply, to go down it so what they've had to do is turn on their way through rocky and sandy soil next to the well and then dig a tunnel and we think that might be a tunnel and we think that might be a tunnel which is going to go horizontally into the well shaft where the boy is. they had several metres to take this morning. these are live pictures there and you can see rescuers, some of whom have been working overnight to try to tunnel their way sideways into where the

boy has been trapped since tuesday. we know that rescuers have been able to get oxygen down to him and have been able to provide him with water as well but the place he is trapped in is incredibly narrow which means that adults can't get in and this is the latest that we can see from the rescue effort. as things develop, we will bring those pictures to you. former us vice—president mike pence has dismissed claims by donald trump that he could have stopped joe biden becoming president last year. mr pence said mr trump was wrong to suggest he had had the right to overturn the election. a mob stormed the capitol as lawmakers met to confirm presidentjoe biden“s poll win on 6th january last year. 0n the eve of the 70th anniversary of her reign, the queen has held a special reception at the sandringham estate to mark her platinum jubilee. she welcomed volunteer groups and fellow members of the local women's institute. 0ur royal correspondent daniela

relph is at sandringham. yes, this was an event that was hosted by the queen in the ballroom in the main house here on the sandringham estate. as you say, she met with local volunteers and members of local charities, all of whom she has a connection with over the years and many of them told us how we remember them and she talks about time to admit before and work organisations are done on previous visits they are bean soup to these organisations they represented. it was a very relaxed affair. despite previous visits they had been to. the queen was using now a quite significant walking stick to steady herself and stay mobile around the ring but she looked very well and she seemed an incredibly good spirits ahead of the plas in germany —— stay mobile around the room. afterwards, i spoke to some of the people who the queen herself and when asked them what the means to

them. i can't imagine life without the queen, she's been here since i was... well, i was born after she came to the throne and she's been a great part of my life and it'sjust wonderful. important to celebrate the platinum jubilee? the platinum jubilee is the most fantastic thing to be able to celebrate with our monarch. head of this country, - she is absolutely fantastic. i personally look up to her- you know, with great admiration. she's done so well considering the changes that she's had to go through and that we've all gone through, the whole country's gone through and she's still smiling. there was genuine delight in the room it seemed the queen today and for those people in their being part of this very special weekend for her in these moments that we see the queen are significant. we haven't

seen that much of have in recent months. she had been unwell at the end of last year. she had these problems with her back and we don't often see have at events like the one today at lunch times and it is really important to see her at these kind of events talking to people, engaging with the public and the mood music today was very positive, very optimistic, and she seemed very well. daniela sandringham, thank you very much. now it's time for a look at the weather with alina. hello. it's a wet and windy afternoon for many, the best of any sunshine across the far east and southeast of england. meanwhile, for scotland, snow becomes an increasing hazard over the next 24 hours, this cold front sliding its way south and eastwards, the snow showers piling into scotland. notice the squeeze in the isobars, so we've got some strong winds to deal with through this afternoon and into tomorrow. gusts perhaps 50, 55 mph for some western coasts. for many, it“s milder compared to yesterday, butjust mid—single figures

as a high across scotland. and here further snow showers piling in through the evening and overnight. coupled with those gusty winds, we“re likely to see blizzards. this band of rain continues south and eastwards across england and wales, and heavy rain across parts of wales and southwest england, for many a much milder night. temperatures close — if not below — freezing across parts of scotland, so we have the ice and snow risk. this band of rain clearing from east anglia and south east england through the morning. behind it, then, it's a day of sunshine and showers, but plenty of snow showers piling into scotland and perhaps into northern england too. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: ministers are strengthening a bill that will force social media companies to take down harmful content more quickly.

a parent, whose daughter took her own life, wants the heads of these firms to be held to account. as another former minister, submits a letter of no—confidence in the prime minister, the former international minister, liam fox, says mps should wait for the outcome of the met police investigation. emergency workers in morocco say they're hopeful of reaching a five—year—old boy who“s spent four days trapped in a well. and the queen hosts a reception at sandringham house for members of the local community ahead of the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne. now on bbc news, time for click.

this week, lara“s doing something unusual. she“s left the city to join someone special on a walk. she's in the new forest national park with wildlife tv legend chris packham. what a beautiful scene. tell me about this area. well, we're in the new forest national park here, which is famous for various habitats, its valley moors, its sandy lowland heath, but also, its ancient woodland, and there are a number of veteran trees here, a significant number, so we're talking about trees that are 5, 6, 6.5, maybe even 700 years old, and because there's been woodland here for that amount of time, it means that it supports a lot of other life — there is a great richness of biodiversity. the bird fauna here is really important too — we've got a number of national rarities. you can hear the birds — this isn't a sound i'm used to living in the city! no, what we got? hold on. we've got a bit of robin going.

a blue tit~ _ yeah, there's blue tits and great tits calling. i mean, it's a lovely, sunny, pre—spring day. they're loving the sunshine and they're pumping out some song. but unfortunately, not all birds are left alone in their natural habitats, and wildlife trafficking, mainly perpetrated online, is having a major impact on the world's biodiversity crisis. carl miller has been looking at the problem. we've had catastrophic declines of whole suites of bird communities. without large tracts of forest, they“re silent — they“re silent forests, because the birds have been trapped out of these environments. so trapped out, in fact, that 40% of all bird populations in the world are now in decline. to find out a bit more, i came to london zoo, where some of these species

have found a home. we have our blue—crowned laughingthrushes, you know, which are a species from china. there“s less than 250 of those birds left in the wild. we actually have more in captivity. the species is more threatened than the giant panda because of the trapping for the pet trade. the illegal pet trade is a major factor in declining bird numbers. what may come as a surprise to many is that most endangered of all groups of birds are parrots. what would be less surprising, though, is that the pet trade is a majorfactor in their decline. einstein could sure fit the bill because she loves to dance. can you get down? laughter let's get down for everybody. come on now. she“s gonna make me do it too. imitates dance music 0oh—ooh! bird imitates dance music this is an african grey parrot, famous for its intelligence and the most popular one to be kept as pets. even though many are bought in legitimate ways, their popularity fuels the illegal trade too. these birds have been almost wiped out

in some of their native countries. so, five years ago, they were given the highest category of international protection. it means all international trade of any wild african grey became illegal, and there were serious restrictions on any transaction involving captive—bred birds as well. in short, it became illegal to capture and sell african greys. so we went undercover to investigate how online trafficking still carries on under the radar, particularly on social media. we followed one of these ads, which took us to bangladesh — one of the major hubs in south—east asia for the trafficking of african greys. we set up a meeting with faiz ahmed, a trader whose social media led us to investigate possible illegal activity alongside his legitimate business. we operated under the pretext of wanting to start a breeding farm.

the conversation started over legal captive—bred parrots, but faiz was also prepared to sell us wild african greys. he was confident that he would be able to get around customs import restrictions, and also advised it would be a lucrative business. recently, a global initiative was set up to understand the scale of the problem and a new system was designed to give conservationists a data—driven view of

possible illegal trades online. no—one is able to give us an authoritative answer to how much of this is online and everywhere that it is occurring — it's too dynamic, the online space is too fragmented. the system's mission is to identify online trading hot spots in the hope of disrupting a business that's worth £15 billion a year. although many online sites have worked to remove illicit content, the system's found around 10,000 classified ads all over the world for the sale of potentially endangered species and their parts. we showed our film to rowan martin of the world parrot trust, whose expertise in parrots and trafficking is helping the project's researchers. so, rowan, that was obviously undercoverfilming that colleagues of ours did in bangladesh. what do you think of all that? a lot of those would be endangered species, but it might not necessarily be illegal trade.

the conversation switches from this sort of legal side of things to more grey areas, where he is offering up or explaining how he can import large wholesale quantities of wild core african grey parrots into bangladesh. and that would be illegal under international law? yeah, that would be illegal under international law. back in bangladesh, faiz was getting cold feet. he told us the authorities were getting stricter, so the birds could still be imported but he couldn't take responsibility for them at airport customs. when later called up by the film's producer in the uk, faiz at first denied offering to trade african greys, and then claimed he didn't know that their import was now illegal. 0ur reporter contacted other sellers based in africa and asia and secured promises of shipments via transit countries.

but for every one of these traders who we have highlighted, there are countless others using tricks online to avoid detection. they use clever things like sharing memories of something that maybe happened back when it was legal, but that might then stimulate a discussion amongst traders about whether or not something was still available. so they might not have been directly advertising, butjust indicating that these things are available. or, more specifically, school people within these groups about how to talk about the trade without it being flagged. this is all made worse by the way in which social media allows pockets of communities to form, who actively evade any enforcement efforts that do exist. they are using sort of new private channels which might only be viewable to friends and only available for a short period. these platforms aren“tjust sort of passively hosting a problem, they're actually

acting to amplify that problem. that's where the system is aiming to outwit illegal sellers by figuring out the tactics being used in specific markets. on these indonesian posts, for example, it's cracked a code of letters and numbers used by sellers to represent the asking price for each bird. and in other cases, it“s found a slang familiar to enthusiasts which might be used in possible sales, such asjitot for a bird which is fully tamed, and raw for those that are wild and in plentiful numbers. we showed some of the posts selling endangered birds to the platforms hosting them, pointing out that in many cases, their existence was breaking their own site guidelines and policies. of those that responded, meta, the umbrella company of facebook and instagram, said that they: people are not going to huge lengths to hide behind tor browsers and on the dark web, because they don't need to.

and i've seen it for myself in these birds that often get mutilated. they're crammed in these really crowded boxes, dying of dehydration. it's a slow, painful, miserable death for a lot of these birds. lara: back in the new forest, i asked chris about the wider impact of the illegal wildlife trade. we are in the middle of a climate and biodiversity crisis, which is really, really seriously impacting on our lives — even if we haven't felt it here in uk yet — so stamping out illegal wildlife crime is absolutely critical. the principal culprits here for me are not those poachers — sometimes people living in poverty that can't do anything but capture birds in the forest to feed their family — and tackling that part of the crime would be extraordinarily difficult. the easier part would be dealing with those platforms. they have the technological capacity to stop this, i believe, overnight if there was a will.

what do you feel that conservationists could do to help with this cause? frankly, i can't write code, i don't understand algorithms. i understand birds and birdsong. but in order to protect those birds and that birdsong, i need young, smart people with their fingers on the buttons of that technological capability to act in our interest. i mean, frankly, if i had my finger in the conservation purse at the moment, i“d spend a lot more money on buying more nature reserves, so on and so forth. i“d spend certainly a significant sum on tackling these tech—led issues because we are underestimating how much damage they're doing and we've got to change that. and that's it for the shortcut of click for this week. of course, the full—length version is waiting for you on right now iplayer. and you can keep up with the team on social media. find us on youtube, instagram, facebook and twitter — @bbcclick. thanks for watching. we'll see you soon. bye— bye.

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to friday but across scotland, high single figures as a top temperature. it is across scotland we see snow showers piling on this evening and overnight. coupled with strong winds, blizzards and the risk of ice. furthersouth winds, blizzards and the risk of ice. further south this band of rain stepping up across parts of wales and south—west england. for many there is a much milder night and for this part of scotland it could be freezing or a few degrees below. we have a yellow warning for the met office for the snow across scotland. 0ver office for the snow across scotland. over the hills we could see ten to 15 centimetres tonight and overnight. maybe a couple of centimetres at lower levels. 0n centimetres at lower levels. on sunday we have this band of rain pulling away south and east was. we have some sunshine developing behind it but also showers. essentially tomorrow is a day of sunshine and showers and snow showers piling into scotland and perhaps northern england. notice the strength of the win, it will be another blustery day with blizzards across scotland and another cold feeling day across

scotland and northern ireland. but still on the mild side further south. tomorrow evening, though snow showers do slowly start to diminish but we will see some cloud and rain pushing into south—west england. this is how the new week starts. a warm front pushing in from the west that will bring outbreaks of rain into northern and western areas and cloud will gradually push its way eastwards. it should be a quieter day for money and also a milder start to the new week with the risk of snow diminishing across scotland. more likely to see rain here, particularly in the north and west. to start the week there will be rain across northern and western areas under either further south and east you are. mild to start, but turning colder later in the week.

good afternoon. the government wants tougher laws forcing social media companies to take down illegal content — without having to wait for users to report it. the online safety bill would compel the removal of material under a wide range of categories, including drugs and arms dealing and forums that encourage suicide. here“s katie prescott.

frankie was 15 when she took her own life in 2018. afterwards, her parents had her laptop forensically checked. and realised that, back earlier in the year, january, february, march of 2018, she had been accessing sites about self—harm, suicide. just appalling stuff. and we had no idea and the school had absolutely no idea. stories like these are behind plans to toughen up regulations online. tech companies will face fines of up to 10% of their turnover if they don't take down material relating to... those sending threatening messages, like the racist abuse of england's footballers last year, will face prosecution, as will people at the companies themselves. the organisations will have to name | individuals who will be responsible | within those organisations -

for complying with the legislation. if they continue to flout that - legislation, those named individuals will be responsible and could face up to five years' imprisonment. . social media companies have been tight—lipped about the changes today, but, in the past, facebook has said that it welcomes more guidance from government about what it should and shouldn't do, and that it also wants to see the internet become a safer place, while not losing the economic and social benefits that it brings. other important industries... experts say the challenge will be putting it into practice. on facebook platforms alone, people are posting more than 100 billion times a day. in 2017, facebook and instagram were taking down 35,000 posts a day about self—harm and suicide alone. so this is regulation not at a minor scale, but at an industrial scale. while there is criticism about whether the plans go far enough, they will mean a revolution in how

the online world is policed. katie precott, bbc news. and if you're affected by any of the issues in that report, there“s information available from bbc action line, at bbc.co.uk/actionline. the queen has hosted a reception, ahead of a series of events, to mark her platinum jubilee, marking the first time a british monarch has ruled for 70 years. the gathering was held at her sandringham estate in norfolk, where her father, king george vi, died in 1952, triggering her accession to the throne. here's our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. the pace of her life is slower now and she wanted to take things carefully but on this weekend are private memories, and her beloved father and her late husband, the queen was meeting local people in the ballroom at sandringham, and the conversation flowed. it the ballroom at sandringham, and the conversation flowed.— conversation flowed. it will be different because _ conversation flowed. it will be different because we - conversation flowed. it will be different because we do - conversation flowed. it will be | different because we do things

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imagine, or even grater than previous ones, because it is marking 70 years of her reign but the scope of her own involvement is inevitably, perhaps, likely to be rather less than it has been in the past. as she left to spend succession day herself privately, the band played congratulations, a musical tribute to a monarch who has reigned longer than any other. nicholas witchell, bbc news, at sandringham. the culture secretary, nadine dorries, insists the majority of conservative mps still support borisjohnson. it comes as the former schools minister, nick gibb, says he should resign following the controversy over lockdown parties in downing street. 0ur political correspondent, helen catt, is at westminster. certainly some pushback today from senior conservatives after a week in which we have seen resignations from downing street, some plan, some not, we have seen more letters being put

in by mps, and the latest of those from nick gibb, the former schools minister, sacked by borisjohnson last year but not someone who is in the papers every day being critical, but today he is. he talked about his constituency being furious at double standards and he says to restore trust we must remove the prime minister. plenty of conservative mps don“t minister. plenty of conservative mps don't agree with that analysis but the question is if there are enough to do to trigger a vote of no confidence, and the dean diaries today that the majority of conservative mps are supporting borisjohnson —— nadine dorries. most colleagues are willing to give borisjohnson the benefit of the doubt, it was said, while he resets, but we have got to see if that is still the case when they return next week. ., ., ., , a greater manchester police officer has been charged with sexual assault. pcjames holt, who“s 32, has been placed on restricted duties. he“s due to appear

in court next month. rescue workers in morocco have entered a tunnel through which they“re hoping to reach a five—year—old boy trapped in a well for the last five days. rayan awram is stuck 35 metres below ground. mechanical diggers have been working round the clock to try to reach him. with the sport, here“s karthi nganasegaram at the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. it's the opening day of the winter olympics and great britain's mixed doubles curling team ofjen dodds and bruce mouat who are the current world champions, are aiming for olympic gold. there was though disappointment for snowboarder, katie 0rmerod, who was making her 0lympic debut in beijing. andy swiss reports. we're under way. the first day of the games and the first gold up for grabs, in the gruelling sport of cross—country skiing. and, as the rest faded, norway's theresejohaug defied the minus 20 conditions to seal her place in olympic history. and at last!

but britain's hopes of an early lift—off didn't quite materialise. katie 0rmerod had high hopes in the snowboard slopestyle but a few costly errors meant she failed to qualify for tomorrow's final. after breaking her heeljust before the last games, though, at least she got down safely. all i wanted was to do my best today. you know, this course is really challenging and i definitely put it down when i needed to today. even though i'm not in the finals, i landed, which is better than not landing! not to be, then, for katie 0rmerod. she still has a second snowboarding event to come here, but her hopes of bringing britain an early medal have ended in disappointment. where will these stones end up? indeed, it was a tricky day for team gb. in the curling, bruce mouat and jen dodds beat the czech republic, but then lost to italy, while hopes came crashing down in the speed skating. kathryn thomson and niall treacy both taking tumbles.

but the ice proved far nicerfor the hosts. it looks like it's goingi to be a gold for china! a thrilling victory for china in the mixed team relay — their games are off to a glittering start. andy swiss, bbc news, beijing. it's also the opening day of rugby union's six nations tournament, with defending champions wales in action against ireland in dublin and scotland hosting england later at murrayfield, which is where our sports correspondentjoe wilson is. in elite sport we spend so much time worrying about sports psychology and marginal gains, but in edinburgh we havejust been worried marginal gains, but in edinburgh we have just been worried about the weather, it has been wet and windy, and inside murrayfield it feels quite sheltered, but these are conditions for experienced rather than experimentation, and remember it is england with a new young captain and a new young playmaker. marcus smith has been going through his visualisations listening to

music, very modern. we can now show you the first try at the six nations. bundee aki crossing the line for ireland against wales. ireland were winning 29—0 the last time i heard, so they are looking very good, but the big question is, are scotland potential champions? thanks forjoining us. scotland against england follows the news on bbc one. kidderminster harriers from the sixth tier of english football were seconds away from making fa cup history after scoring first and leading premier league side west ham until the 91st minute of theirfourth round match. but west ham equalised and went onto score in extra time to win 2—1. all of the fa cup latest scores are on the bbc sport website. that's it. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel, and i'll be back with the late news at 22:10. here on bbc one, time for the news where you are. bye for now.

you“re watching bbc news with mejames reynolds. this week the government published its eagerly awaited levelling up white paper, setting out plans to reduce regional inequality. its aim is to revitalise communities in places like rhyl — but critics claim lessons aren't being learnt from previous efforts — saying the focus should be on people rather than "shiny new buildings". 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. we've got the best seaside resort in wales, haven't we? we've got a lovely community living here in rhyl. there's this sense of hopelessness amongst the people and you can see it in people's eyes. the ebb and flow of debate about rhyl can mask a simple consensus. the town needs improving. florist, carol parr is fully aware of the town's reputation. not many people say a lot of good things about rhyl, which i can sort of understand based on crime, and there's a lot of trouble. but when she had to relocate her business three years ago,

she chose rhyl high street, an act of faith. over the last, say, two or three years, i have seen a change in rhyl. i think it's an upcoming town again. i'm very optimistic about rhyl, yeah. seagulls cry. that optimism can be hard to see at times, but plans are afoot to regenerate the high street to use the government's levelling—up fund to revitalize the town centre. there have been some decisions in the past locally that perhaps haven't been the best ones in terms of aiming for a very down—market approach. the local mp says a £10 million bid to update rhyl“s shopping precinct won“t simply make the town look better. just building something, bricks and mortar is not the answer. it needs to be a cleverly thought—through scheme that's going to boost economic activity. and do you think that's going to happen here? well, that's definitely the... that's definitely the plan. levelling up should mean lower crime, better health outcomes and more prospects. all are needed in rhyl, as is much more. there“s nowhere here to buy anything any more, really, is there?

there“s charity shops and chip shops, and that's it. i'm not quite sure how to put this. it's appalling. that's the only word i can use. shops closing, shutting arcades — rhyljust isn't what it used to be. we don't want any i more negative press. rhyl is growing. rhyl is going to boom. we're going to have... you wait till all of. these stores go up. over the years, tens of millions of pounds have been invested in rhyl, but it remains one of the poorest towns in the united kingdom. the lesson from previous regeneration projects across the country is that if you don't invest in the people, you won't see meaningful and lasting change. you need to inspire people to believe in their own potential. markjones runs one of seven food banks in rhyl. a christian pastor, too, he says the levelling—up efforts

need to feed the soul as well as the body. those plans need to show the people of rhyl that there is a hope and a future for them, that the plans actually give them an opportunity for better jobs, for example. it's ok to invest, but you've also got to inspire. for decades, it was known as "sunny rhyl" — a place where memories were made. but the town needs a future, not a past. reawakened, as much as regenerated. michael buchanan, bbc news, rhyl. time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. hello, there is a lot to pack into this forecast. we have rain, strong winds and for some, snow. behind all this, colderairwould winds and for some, snow. behind all this, colder air would snow showers piling into scotland and ahead of its milder air. we have some strong and gusty winds to deal with as well. through the rest of saturday well. through the rest of saturday we have this band of rain pushing its way southwards. behind it, the snow showers starting to pile into

scotland and there is strong and gusty winds, touching 40, 45 miles an hour and gusty winds, touching 40, 45 miles an hourand parts gusty winds, touching 40, 45 miles an hour and parts of western scotland and irish sea coast. for many it is a milder feel compared to friday but across scotland, high single figures as a top temperature. it is across scotland we will see further snow showers piling on this evening and overnight. coupled with the strong and gusty winds, we are likely to see blizzards on the risk of ice. these bands of rain will pack up across south—east wales and northern england. there is a much milder night but for parts of scotland those temperatures get too freezing or a few degrees below. we have a yellow warning for the met office for the snow across scotland. 0ver office for the snow across scotland. over the hills we could see ten to 15 centimetres and a couple of centimetres at lower levels as well. the sunday we have this band of rain pulling away south and east woods. behind it we will see some sunshine developing but also plenty of

showers. tomorrow is a day of and further snow showers piling into scotland and perhaps northern england. the strength of the wind, it will be a blustery day with blizzards across scotland under cold feeling day across scotland and northern ireland. but milderfurther south. as we head through tomorrow evening the snow showers do slowly start to diminish, but we will see some cloud and rain pushing into south—west england. this is how the new week starts, a warm front pushing in from the west and that will bring outbreaks of rain into northern and western areas. cloud will gradually push its way eastwards, but it should be a quieter day for many and also a milder start to the new week with the risk of snow diminishing across scotland, and more likely to see rain here, particularly in the north and west. to start the week there will be rain across northern and western areas, drier the further south and east you are. mild to start, but turning colder later in the week.

this is bbc news. the headlines at four... this is talking about human lives and you can't excuse anything that doesn't prevent that. as another former minister, submits a letter of no—confidence in the prime minister, the former international minister, liam fox, says mps should wait for the outcome of the met police investigation.