this is bbc news, the headlines... moroccan officials say a five—year—old boy who was rescued from a 30 metre deep well has died. rayan had been trapped since falling into the well on tuesday. new appointments at number ten as the prime minister shakes up his team after the resignations over downing street parties. ministers in the uk are strengthening legislation that will force global 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. 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.

the operation to rescue a five—year—old boy trapped in a well in morocco since tuesday has ended in tragedy. emergency workers were able to reach the boy, rayan awram, earlier this evening but about an hour ago, the moroccan authorities confirmed that he had died. moroccan journalist hassan alaoui has been following the story. he gave us his reaction to tonight's news. we were hoping to have some good news, even if it doesn't make sense for this story to end in a good manner because if you spent five days in the bottom of a well, and you are only a five—year—old boy, it is very unlikely that you can survive this terrible experience. so, tonight, at around 9:30pm

local time, 8:30pm gmt, the ambulance came to the front door of this cave, and...the rescue team just put the body there of rayan and left. and we didn't know at the time what was happening. but, then, we had the breaking news, the king himself, king mohammed vi, himself called the father and mother of rayan and presented his condolences to them live on television. this is something that never ever happened in the history of morocco, that the king himself expresses his condolences to a family live on television.

after that, i sawjust a short bit of the news at nine o'clock here, and there was an official statement from the palace itself. and it confirmed the bad news, unfortunately, and it said that the king is very sad to know about the outcome of this experience for rayan. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this that story will have been followed all around the world. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are rob merrick,

deputy political editor of the independent and property and finance commentator, anne ashworth. borisjohnson has held a telephone call with the french president emmanuel macron about the situation in ukraine. downing street says the two leaders updated each other on their discussions with other international partners, including the prime minister's visit to kyiv last week. they also agreed that nato must be united in the face of russian aggression and a diplomatic solution to the current tensions must remain the overriding priority. a greater manchester police officer has been charged with sexual assault. pc james holt — who's 32 — has been placed on restricted duties. he's due to appear in court next month. the comedianjimmy carr is facing criticism for a joke he made about europe's traveller communities being murdered during the holocaust. he made the joke in a comedy special released on netflix. travellers groups, mps, and the holocaust memorial day trust are among those to express their disgust.

borisjohnson has appointed two new members of his back—room staff at downing street — in a move he said in a statement would strengthen the role of my cabinet and backbench colleagues and accelerate our defining mission to level up the country. the cabinet office minister steve barclay becomes the prime minister's chief of staff, while formerjournalist guto harri is made his director of communications. it follows the departures of five senior members of borisjohnson�*s staff in the last few days. mo hussein is a former chief press officer at number ten under david cameron. he's been telling me what he makes of these appointments. well, i think this is an attempt by the prime minister and his allies to come third on the change narrative that was promised in terms of him saying, i'll get it, i'll fix it, i'll make these changes. they moved relatively quickly to try and fill

these roles, given the exodus we saw from number ten a few days ago. so, there were a lot of questions about who would want these jobs now, given the atmosphere in the building, what is happening, this daily drip drip we have seen of new revelations and new unforced errors. i think it draws a line under that, to some extent, but it also raises a lot more questions around how these people are going to be able to actually work. stephen barclay is a capable minister but he is already a minister, he is a constituency mp, chief of staff as a full—time job at number ten, so how can he do all of that effectively remains to be seen. forgive me if this is a naive question but what does the chief of staff actually do?— staff actually do? well, in number ten, it is staff actually do? well, in number ten. it is very _ staff actually do? well, in number ten, it is very much _ staff actually do? well, in number ten, it is very much overseeing - staff actually do? well, in number| ten, it is very much overseeing the entire operation, it is seven day a weekjob, making sure that the prime minister knows all of the things he knows nash needs to attend the —— at

any given moment, he is seeing the right people, in terms of getting advice, reacting quickly and effectively. there is a lot of management, in times —— in terms of the party. there has long been the feeling that there is some political and ten i lacking in number ten. in terms of avoiding potential new terms, in terms of political strategy, it will be a good thing, it shows he is listening. but as i say, this appointment also raises questions around how effectively do this full—time job can be done. questions around how effectively do this full—timejob can be done. 50. this full-time “ob can be done. so, that is the — this full-time job can be done. so, that is the role _ this full—time job can be done. so, that is the role of steve barclay, guto harri is another appointment, before we discuss him, i want to play a clip because he was a guest on the newscast last week. at the time, he was asked about the difficulties facing boris johnson time, he was asked about the difficulties facing borisjohnson in the wake of the downing street party is controversy. have a listen at what he had to say. the challenge

for boris, and _ what he had to say. the challenge for boris, and this _ what he had to say. the challenge for boris, and this will— what he had to say. the challenge for boris, and this will be - what he had to say. the challenge for boris, and this will be one - what he had to say. the challenge for boris, and this will be one of l for boris, and this will be one of the questions for his party now, there _ the questions for his party now, there is— the questions for his party now, there is no— the questions for his party now, there is no doubt he is one of those realty— there is no doubt he is one of those really creative players, a nifty tittte — really creative players, a nifty little winger, for those of you who like rugby. — little winger, for those of you who like rugby, who think that even when the team _ like rugby, who think that even when the team are doing badly and going backwards, and there are horrible conditions. — backwards, and there are horrible conditions, if only he gets the bait. — conditions, if only he gets the bait. he — conditions, if only he gets the ball, he can run through everything and score _ ball, he can run through everything and score a — ball, he can run through everything and score a try. that is great if you are — and score a try. that is great if you are a — and score a try. that is great if you are a winger and it is great for your— you are a winger and it is great for your glory— you are a winger and it is great for your glory but boris has always underestimated how critical it is to have ehtire — underestimated how critical it is to have entire cash to have a fantastic team _ have entire cash to have a fantastic team around him, and i don't think even _ team around him, and i don't think even if— team around him, and i don't think even if he — team around him, and i don't think even if he can draw this back he will be — even if he can draw this back he will be allowed to do it unless he promises — will be allowed to do it unless he promises to his party that he will overhaul— promises to his party that he will overhaul the machinery so the kind of nonsense that has happened in the bad stuff— of nonsense that has happened in the bad stuff that has happened over the last weeks and months will never happen— last weeks and months will never happen again. | last weeks and months will never happen again-— happen again. i don't know if you are able to _ happen again. i don't know if you are able to hear _ happen again. i don't know if you are able to hear that _ happen again. i don't know if you are able to hear that but - happen again. i don't know if you are able to hear that but it - happen again. i don't know if you| are able to hear that but it sounds like, potentially, a rugby tackle from one of his own new team. it does indeed and i think guto certainly has not held back in the

past as well, in terms of being critical of the prime minister, and of the decisions he has taken. but this goes back to the original point about who would want these jobs now. i think there were probably a lot of people in the frame and for other reasons, looking at perhaps a longer term career, personal issues, or just what is likely to happen over the next few weeks with this met police investigation part two of the sue gray report still hanging over people's heads, with 300 pictures which could be dripped out over the next few weeks as well as things that may or may not have happened at various parties, i don't think it is going to be the most attractive role for lots of people. guto's appointment is also friends being replaced by friends. it goes back to the point around is this really the change that was promised and change that people are expecting to see around doing things differently? maybe getting on somebody who was

going to challenge the prime minister a bit more, listen to that clip, it may well be that guto does do that but in terms of impact with this appointment, if you are a backbench mp who is still wavering, you may be on the one hand satisfied that there will be more political engagement, but is this really going to shift the dial as much as some of the other names that were put forward? ., , , ., forward? new appointments to the back room staff _ forward? new appointments to the back room staff gets _ forward? new appointments to the back room staff gets people - forward? new appointments to the | back room staff gets people excited at westminster and in journalistic circles but beyond that, for the rest of the country, what difference does it make who is in these roles, if any? i does it make who is in these roles, if an ? ~ ., does it make who is in these roles, if an ? ,, ., , does it make who is in these roles, if an ? ,, . , ., does it make who is in these roles, ifan? ,, . ._ if any? i think that is a really, really fair _ if any? i think that is a really, really fair point. _ if any? i think that is a really, really fair point. these - if any? i think that is a really, | really fair point. these people if any? i think that is a really, - really fair point. these people are not really heard of for most viewers and the role that they do is designed to not really be seen. they are important, they do whisper in the air at critical moments, they did give advice, they are in the

room when the big things happen. however, people have done these wells before and they have changed and moved on, there was a big change last year, just over a year ago when dominic cummings left, there was a cabinet reshuffle, this was designed to reset, and ackley hasn't worked, there is a limit to how much you can just rearrange the deck chairs in the background just for optics. and actually it is the outcome is that really matter, and it is how you change how you work and how you behave. the key thing here, though, is this is the prime minister strengthening his power base, the office of the prime minister. i spent four years working in number ten, i am spent four years working in number ten, iam not spent four years working in number ten, i am not convinced adding another government department is the best way of doing it. it could work well if it is done properly already but the office of the prime minister and expanding ministers in the cabinet office does seem to me to be creating an alternative power base to perhaps say an ever more robust

check treasury and chancellor, so i think the promised is thinking slightly long—term in this as well. a significant intervention from the queen, expressing her hopes for the monarchy when prince charles becomes king. i was told it had to be upside—down for the press. so, they can see it. laughter i don't mind! i don't matter. celebrating the 70th anniversary of her own accession, she says she'd like her daughter—in law, camilla, to become queen consort. it paves the way for the duchess of cornwall to be crowned at her husband's side. we'll be live at sandringham. also tonight... hoping to steady the ship...

borisjohnson adds new recruits to his inner circle at no 10. tougher laws to force the removal of harmful content from social media, including forums encouraging suicide. and in the six nations, ireland thrash champions wales in dublin, while scotland beat england, at murrayfield. good evening. in the last few minutes, the queen has announced her hopes for the monarchy, when prince charles becomes king. in a highly significant intervention, she's expressed her "sincere wish," that her daughter—in law, camilla, be known as queen consort, paving the way

for the duchess of cornwall to be crowned at her husband's side. the news comes tonight, on the eve of the 70th anniversary of her own accession to the throne. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports from sandringham. she's preparing to mark the 70th anniversary of the day she came to the throne. this morning, the queen greeted guests in the ballroom at sandringham, walking slowly and carefully, steadied with a stick. but alert and fully engaged. i was told it had to be upside—down for the press. so, they can see it. laughter. i don't mind! i don't matter. the queen seemed quite fit and well today, yes. she has actually had that little sparkle in her eye and, you know, her sense of humour was there, so, yeah, i'd say she was fine. a little frail, but terrific sense of humour she's got, which, l you know, really stands out. and very bright, and her. memory must be fantastic! and it's clear for the first time

how actively the queen is contemplating the arrangements for the future. probably be quite different because nowadays won't we do things quite differently? in a statement tonight she recalled the pledge she made at the time of her 21st birthday. i declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted your service. the queen made it clear there is no question of her stepping back from her role. she said... and then she turns to the transition to the reign of her eldest son, and says this...

until now, mindful of the sensitivities around camilla's role in the breakdown of charles�*s first marriage, it had been intended that she would become princess consort. now, the queen has made clear her wish that camilla should have the full status as the wife of a king and be known as queen. tonight, clarence house said charles and camilla were touched and honoured. just how significant is the queen of�*s intervention, announced in the last 15 minutes, about how camilla should be addressed? it is last 15 minutes, about how camilla should be addressed?— should be addressed? it is highly significant. _ should be addressed? it is highly significant. i _ should be addressed? it is highly significant, i think, _ should be addressed? it is highly significant, ithink, and - should be addressed? it is highly significant, ithink, and it - significant, ithink, and it indicates the queen is thinking about what happens after the end of her reign and it settles one of the big unresolved issues about charles, what would camilla be known as? and the queen is careful in her choice

of words, it is her sincere wish, and it should be for the prime minister of the day to decide this, but who would argue? the queen, mindful of public opinion, and aware of the hostility that there has been towards camilla over the years from certain quarters, but mindful as well, as she says in her statement of how blessed she was to have prince philip as her consort. she clearly believes the country will now accept this and she clearly believes that charles and camilla deserve it. one important distinction, queen consort is the name given to the wife of the king, by a thousand years of custom, but it has no constitutional significance, unlike queen regnant which is what the queen is as the sovereign and head of state. one touching queen finished the statement issued on the eve of the 70th anniversary of her accession with the words, your servant,

elizabeth r.— with the words, your servant, elizabeth r. nicholas witchell, thanks forjoining _ elizabeth r. nicholas witchell, thanks forjoining us. - prince andrew will give evidence under oath in london next month to lawyers in the civil case, representing the woman accusing him of sexual assault. virginia giuffre claims as a 17 year old she was trafficked by the convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein, to have sex with the duke in the early 2000s. the prince strenuously denies the allegations. borisjohnson has announced two new major appointments to his downing street team, saying the shake—up will "improve how no 10 operates," following weeks of turmoil. the labour party have accused the prime minister of panicking and said the government is collapsing into chaos. 0ur political correspondent iain watson has the very latest. after another week of bad headlines, the loss of senior downing street staff and some of his own mps openly calling for him to go, tonight boris johnson was attempting

to get on the front foot. he has appointed the former bbc journalist guto hari as his director of communications. he worked for borisjohnson when he was london mayor and here he was just over a week ago setting out what the prime minister had to do. boris has always underestimated how critical it is to have a fantastic team around him and i don't think, even if he can pull this back, he will be allowed to do it unless he promises to his party that he is going to overhaul that machinery. and as part of that overhaul, unusually the new chief of staff in downing street won't be a civil servant but a politician, the former brexit secretary steve barclay. his job will be to ensure that the cabinet and mps feel more involved in decision—making, although tony blair's former chief of staffjonathan powell questioned whether a demanding full—time role as a government official really can be combined with the job of an mp. after so—called partygate, borisjohnson had to promise his mps behind closed doors that he'd make significant changes to the way that downing street was run.

and i'm told there will be an even bigger staff shake—up announced in the coming week. but he's also being pressed by seniorfigures in his party to make changes to his cabinet, to look beyond his natural allies. and i'm told that those discussions, or perhaps i should say, negotiations, are already under way. it is actually an opportunity for a reset, which i hope the prime minister takes, because it's a very important part of his premiership, that he actually builds bridges, notjust between downing street and the parliamentary party but across the parliamentary party. but will this be enough? more mps are considering submitting letters of no confidence and potential rivals to the prime minister seem to be limbering up. rebuilding trust with mps is one thing, but what voters think is rather more crucial. and here in plymouth, the prime minister still seems to have his work cut out. he's apologised, he's clearing out number 10. maybe he's doing his bit. he might be doing his bit, but he let a lot of people down. well, i don't think anybody else i could take over and do any better. borisjohnson is hoping

that the changes in downing street will convince his conservative critics not to change its occupant. iain watson, bbc news. the government's latest coronavirus figures, show cases in the uk remain high but stable. there were more than 60,000 new infections recorded, in the latest 24—hour period. on average, more than 85,000 cases were reported per day in the last week. just over 1a,500 people are in hospital with covid, and that number is falling. 259 deaths have been reported, that's of people who died within 28 days of a positive test, though some will have died of other causes. on average in the past week, 247 deaths were announced every day. 0n vaccinations, nearly 37.5 million people have now had a boosterjab, which means that more than 65% of those aged 12 and over, have had three vaccine doses. a five—year—old boy

who was trapped for four days after falling 32 metres down a well in morocco, has died. rayan awram's body was recovered, after a huge rescue effort, that had been hampered by fears of a landslide. he fell through the well�*s narrow opening while out playing on tuesday. the government wants tougher laws forcing social media companies, to take down illegal content, without having to wait for users to report it. the 0nline 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. . tech companies say they welcome the clear guidance from government and that they see the need for more regulation. they say that the internet needs to become a safer place, too, but there are concerns that this

could stifle people's access to information, if companies were to over moderate and remove too much content in order to comply. 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's criticism about whether the plans go far enough, they will mean a revolution in how the online world is policed. katie prescott, 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. here with all the sport,

it's karthi nganasegaram at the bbc sport centre. good evening. the opening day of rugby union's six nations was a successful one for scotland who have won back to back calcutta cup games against england for the first time in 38 years. scotland won a tight encounter at murrayfield by 20—17. while ireland had a comfortable 29—7 win over the defending champions, wales. joe wilson reports. this tournament has been waiting for them — supporters are back. welcome to the tradition, scotland versus england, best of rivals. it's a close relationship. when scotland made the most of this early opportunity, the man who crossed the line to score used to play for england's under 20s, ben white. 22 years old, and the number ten shirt, and with that try england led. here comes a decision...

a kick towards the scottish winger — luke cowan—dickie the only english defender. what happened ? well, scotland would have scored if cowan—dickie hadn't knocked on that ball deliberately, the referee ruled. yellow card, penalty try, the game was tied. then, with nine minutes left, finn russell had a penalty to put scotland three points ahead. it was there, and if scotland could hang on, if they could boot that ball, finally, anywhere safely, it was their game. well, beating england is always a joy of course, but it's becoming a regular occurrence for scotland. and now we see the team celebrating at the other end of the pitch. are scotland potential six nations champions? it means a lot to us but it means more for our country and the people. we delivered a winning performance but we know we can improve and we will have to improve if we want to win a trophy later this season.

well, the first weekend is about first impressions, and it took two minutes for ireland to score against wales, bundee aki with that finish. by the end of the game they had four tries. this was going out to garry ringrose. 29—7 against the defending champions. well, that's a statement. joe wilson, bbc news. it's officially the opening day of the winter olympics and great britain's mixed doubles curling team, who are the current world champions, are aiming for olympic gold. there was, though, disappointment for the snowboarder, katie 0rmerod, who was making her 0lympic debut in beijing. andy swiss reports. commentator: 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.

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 time to pop out of the room if you don't want to know today's fa cup results as match of the day follows soon on bbc one. kidderminster harriers, from the sixth tier of english football, were two minutes 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 on to win 2—1 in extra time. that's it. so, from me and the team, have a very good night. hello, there's a lot of weather to talk about this weekend. rain for many, strong winds, and also snow, particularly across scotland. it's all tied in with this frontal system. we have a cold front pushing its way southwards across the uk, colder air behind it, snow showers piling into scotland. notice the squeeze in the isobars as well. we keep those strong winds as we head through tonight and into sunday. and we will see more frequent showers pushing into scotland overnight, coupled with those strong and gusty winds, brings a risk of blizzards. further south we have that band of rain continuing on its journey southwards, pepping up through parts of wales,

the midlands, south—west england, some heavier rain here towards the end of the night but much milder compared to last night away from scotland where we will see temperatures close to if not below freezing. so a risk of ice here and also we have a yellow warning from the met office across parts of northern and western scotland and through the central belt for snow. 10—15 centimetres over higher ground, perhaps a couple of centimetres at lower levels, 3—5 centimetres, for example. we keep that risk of snow across scotland through tomorrow morning, some of those snow showers may push into northern england. across the midlands, east anglia, south—east england, that morning rain will clear away to reveal some sunshine but really, it is a day of sunshine and showers for many of us and those showers will be of snow through scotland and into northern england. still those gusty winds so it is going to feel colder than these temperatures suggest, that colder air starting to push across much of the uk. maybe 10 or 11 celsius across central and southern england, it may not feel that way, given the strength of the wind. most of the showers will tend to fade as we head through tomorrow evening and the risk of snow diminishes across scotland so some clearer skies, a cold and frosty night for many ahead of more cloud

and something milder starting to push in on monday.