in the bronze they would still be in the bronze medal match tomorrow and if they were to win, they would be going to try to win the first olympic curling gold for great britain in 20 years. laura, thank you and good luck to them. the queen's platinum jubilee celebrations have begun with a bang, as gun salutes were fired across the country to mark her 70—year reign. at noon the king's troop royal horse artillery, named by the queen's father king george vi, fired a iii—gun salute from london's green park. events will be held over the coming year in honour of the queen. gun salutes were also fired in edinburgh and outside the tower of london. time for a look at the weather. here's susan powell. good afternoon. it feels springlike outside, sunshine in the east of the

uk, in the west, more cloudy, but temperatures slightly above where we would anticipate at this point of the year. definitely springlike to start the week. this is the cloud pushing and at the moment, part of a bigot system to the north—west of the uk and this is what is coming our way for the rest of the week. we start with spring and this is where the front in the days ahead will slowly descend across us and as it does so ushering in cold arctic air. quite a transition across now and thursday. this afternoon, still some decent spells of sunshine across eastern england, bigger cloud in the west, perhaps breaking as the hours go by. patchy rain across the hills and mountains. scotland, more persistent rain in the north west, eastern scotland keeps the sunshine, temperatures ten or 11 degrees. overnight we start to see this weather from sinking south, the milder air to the south, colder air to the north, rain to come for

northern england, in the south of the uk, it is mild, 6—9, northern england, in the south of the uk, it is mild, 6—9 , not too extensive a frost in scotland but the lower end of single figures again. tuesday, the weatherfront very slowly drifting south across the uk, for northern england, pretty persistent cloud, rain through the day especially for western areas, in scotland, beautiful sunshine but cold in the westerly wind which will be gusty. feeding in showers which could be wintry across the hills. in the south, some sunshine and milder air in place, temperatures or perhaps up to 14 degrees. still creeping south, the weather front, and by wednesday it's barely clinging on to southernmost counties. the lion's share of the uk starting to shift into the colder air. southern counties, it's cloudy, drizzly rain, temperatures probably still 12 or 13 degrees, elsewhere on the way down into single figures and you see the change and the way

things look to the north of the uk, wintry showers crowding into scotland. thursday, friday, we are in the cold arctic air and this is something we will need to watch on thursday, the theory of low pressure as it runs across scotland. small in size but potentially big in terms of the trouble it could make, gusty damaging winds for northern scotland, heavy and more persistent snow but i think a lot of sunshine generally is the weak closes but it will feel so much colder. thank you. a reminder of our top story... the government confirms exams will go ahead this summer in england, as exam boards release advance information on what pupils can expect to be tested on. that's all from the bbc news at one — let's nowjoin the bbc�*s news teams where you are. good afternoon.

no medals yet for team gb at the winter olympics... but bruce mouat and jen dodds are attempting to guarantee one right now. they're taking on norway in the curling mixed doubles semi finals. gb were 11—2 up after half of the 8 ends. but kristen skaslien and magnus nedregotten fought back to take three with the hammer on end 6. we are on that eighth and final end. we are on that eighth and final end. we will try and bring it to you before i say goodbye. earlier, teenager kirsty muir has qualifed for the final of the women's big air competition — being held at a former steel mill in beijing. muir's first run was her best. however, katie summerhayesjust missed out — finishing 13th. only the top 12 went through to tomorrow's final. james woods also failed to make the men's final.

and history was made at the speed skating. ireen wust has become the first athlete to win an individual gold at five different olympics. it's a sixth gold and 12th medal overall at the games for wust. the dutch skater won the 1500 metres in beijing to retain the title she claimed four years ago. the 35—year—old has said these games will be her last before retiring. and here is the moment 15—year—old kamila valieva became the first female figure skater to land a quadruplejump at the winter olympics — as the russian olympic committee won team gold. the uk and republic of ireland football associations will not bid to host the 2030 world cup. but instead focus on a joint bid for euro 2028. it comes after a uk government feasibility study, that cost nearly 3 million pounds, into the world cup bid. it looked at the economic impact and costs of hosting the tournament.

it's led the republic of ireland, england, northern ireland, wales and scotland to decide on a joint bid for the european championship. just months after england hosted the euro 2020 final at wembley where there were serious issues with fan trouble but digital, culture, media and sport committee chairjulian knight tweeted: i welcome the news that the fa have decided to focus on the euro 2028 bid rather than that of the 2030 world cup. however, as i said last year, it is great pity millions were wasted on this vanity project of a bid we were never going to win. and paul collingwood has said he ”can't wait to get started”, after being appointed as interim head coach of the england men's cricket team. he'll take charge for the three—match test series against west indies next month. chris silverwood left the role following england's 4—0 ashes defeat in australia. collingwood also took charge of england's t20 series defeat in the caribbean last month. the test squad will be announced later this week. just to let you know there are four stones are still to come in the

semifinal of the mixed double carolling at the winter olympics in beijing. it is tied, with the stone is still to go, it will be decided who wins the gold medal match. you can keep up—to—date on the bbc sports website. it is currently on bbc television as well for you to enjoy. we will be back with the result, and more, later. thank you. let's get more now on that delay in a wide—ranging plan from nhs england to tackle the long backlog of routine surgery. an announcement had been expected today. the prime minister has been speaking about this during a visit to a hospital in kent. we have got a situation now, the uk is coming out of the covid very fast, and as a result of the booster jab programme we put in, the fastest economic growth in the g7 and so on, lots of things are going well. but the problem is that it has been a

huge backlog in the nhs. one in nine of us is on an nhs waiting list in this country. 6 million people or more. huge numbers. unfortunately, that number is going to keep going up. we are doing all sorts of things to clear the covid backlog and we are putting it million pounds more into electives, we are hiring 50,000 more nurses, we have got about 45,000 more nurses, we have got about 115,000 more people working in the nhs now than there were last year. and on top of that we are now working with the nhs to set some tough targets so that we are able to deliver for patients and also for the taxpayer. as you know, we are putting huge sums in. well, no, what we have got is some things we can see today. we are going to be

producing more in the course of the week. what we can see already is that we want to make sure that when it comes to cancer, i am here at the kent and medway oncology centre, they have done an amazing job and they have done an amazing job and they kept going very fast through they kept going very fast through the pandemic and they kept the level of treatment up virtually the same as they were before covid. we want everywhere in the country to match that success. what we are seeing is we want the vast majority of people who think they may have cancer to have a diagnosis either confirming or confirming the do or they do not have cancer within 20 days. we want three in four to have that. and we are also saying that by march of 2023, by spring next year, we want nobody to be waiting more than two months. there was a very tough

targets. we have got to make sure the nhs delivers them. to help us do that and to help the whole system, we are introducing today an advance cold my planned care, which means that if you are due for an operation or any other treatment and you look around and you can see that you could get that treatment, that operation faster at somewhere like this place, that has no waiting list and does things fast, you can take advantage of it and you can use patient choice to try and drive that waiting list as well. the labour leader sir keir starmer said the government's failure to deliver the nhs plan was proof of the chaos in downing street. he was speaking on a visit to the princes trust in south east london. this is a massive problem. we have 6 million people on the waiting list. we desperately need a plan. the government said it was going to come up government said it was going to come up with a plan and now it has not.

it is yet more evidence that the chaos and incompetence of particularly the last three or four months, where everybody has been broiled in allegations of party gait, there is a price for that, the government not getting on with the job and when we need a plan, we have not got one from the government. many people on waiting lists have been dismayed this morning. i5 many people on waiting lists have been dismayed this morning. is it not better to _ been dismayed this morning. is it not better to get the plan are right and put it in place when it is ready and put it in place when it is ready and the government needs time to do that? ., ., ~ , that? the longer it takes, the . reater that? the longer it takes, the greater will— that? the longer it takes, the greater will be _ that? the longer it takes, the greater will be the _ that? the longer it takes, the greater will be the waiting - that? the longer it takes, the | greater will be the waiting list. that? the longer it takes, the - greater will be the waiting list. we have had people on waiting lists not only during covid, but before then we had a waiting list that are too high. it is not going to cut very much ice with those on the waiting list. it is a price to be paid by government who is distracted, and the price is being paid by the people waiting for the operations, the six—man people. the people waiting for the operations, the six-man people.— the six-man people. the prime minister has _ the six-man people. the prime minister has made _ the six-man people. the prime minister has made a _

the six-man people. the prime minister has made a change - the six-man people. the prime minister has made a change to| the six-man people. the prime i minister has made a change to his team, is he getting his house in order? ~ . , , ., order? we have been here before. this time last _ order? we have been here before. this time last year, _ order? we have been here before. this time last year, we _ order? we have been here before. this time last year, we were - order? we have been here before. this time last year, we were told l this time last year, we were told the prime minister had learnt the lessons, and only a few weeks ago we were told he will make changes and it will make a difference. i personally think nothing will really change until the person at the top changes because all routes leave to the prime minister and that is what we need to see now. the the prime minister and that is what we need to see now.— we need to see now. the health secretary has — we need to see now. the health secretary has called _ we need to see now. the health secretary has called a _ we need to see now. the health secretary has called a on - we need to see now. the health secretary has called a on carrie | secretary has called a on carrie johnson as misogynistic and sexist. what is your view? i approach politics on the basis we should treat people with respect, we could profoundly disagree but we should treat people with respect. i would take that approach with carrie johnson. differences of opinion but i do not go along with the idea that we should drag everybody into the gutter.

former employees of instagram have warned that the way the social media platform is designed can lead vulnerable users to see more and more potentially harmful content. they make the claims in a new documentary — called the instagram effect — which is on bbc three tonight. the programme features abby, who says she was encouraged to self—harm on instagram, as cristina criddle reports. end of year ten, year 11, i started really wanting to hurt myself and i would, but i think apart from that, then, like, before i didn't really want to and i was just doing it because on instagram it's glamourised and it's meant to be like... people make it look good. like, everything on instagram's glamourised whether it's the positive life and going shopping and having loads of money or self harm. 17—year—old abbyjoined instagram in 2016. she became involved in what's known as the anti recovery community on instagram. groups of accounts that promote self—harm.

you get added in the groups and people were telling us to go and kill myself and they'd want to do it together, and they would want a video call to self—harm together, which is just corrupt. instagram's algorithm, how it uses technology to order its content, can lead vulnerable users down dangerous paths. former facebook staff told the bbc... you might have a low day, a single, low day and you might go and search for something on instagram you might not otherwise search for. suddenly, the algorithm has a little seed. it can start to grow a little tiny glimmer and instagram will pull. algorithms in particular, they predict behavior. like, think about the risk of using prediction to rank things in terms of physical, public square and when you come into the square, the first thing that happens is you're handed a particular leaflet and then how you react to that leaflet determines which leaflet you're handed next. once you start down a particular

route through that square, the leaflets that you see are going to be more and more related to each other. and that might be a good thing. it might be that you get shown a cat leaflet and you really like that cat leaflet. so then you get shown more cat leaflets. but it might also be a dangerous thing. what that means is that you have to have the determination to give the ranking model the same signals consistently over time that you are not in fact interested in that thing that you were interested before, and it'll test to see if you're still not interested in them. so it takes real will and resolve to break the self—reinforcing dynamic of using prediction to rank things. it's not impossible, but it asks a real life test of human psychology. abby was hospitalized for self—harm and had her phone taken off her. she remains in supervised accommodation. i think there must be a way that instagram can monitor things that are happening on there. they must know and possibly

turn a blind eye. it's happening every day to everyday kids, and we are very lucky abby is still here. i think people need to take responsibility for what they're posting and acknowledge how it can impact others. instagram could try and monitor this a lot more closely and try and tackle this problem as soon as possible. meta, instagram's parent company, said while we do on the advice of experts, allow people to talk about their own experiences with these issues. we've never allowed people to promote or glorify suicide or self—harm. we've built sophisticated technology to help us find and remove this content more quickly, and we're in discussions with regulators about bringing this technology to the uk. cristina criddle, bbc news. let's head back to ukraine. as the prospect of a russian invasion looms, many ukranians are reassessing their cultural and lingistic ties to their neighbours.

to the eastern city of dnipro to meet veterans who fought against the russian backed forces despite coming from a predominantly from a russian speaking city. it is 200 kilometres from the uk and front line. it is a region sent more people to fight in the east than any outside kyiv and it has also treated thousands of casualties.

the flow of casualties has slowed right down since the ceasefire several years ago but now russia has openly deployed thousands of recruits to ukraine's border. eight years of war have already left all sorts of scars here. this facility here was set up specifically to deal with war veterans and they can do all sorts of rehabilitation procedures here, massages, sports therapy, psychologist, too. there are 27,000 war veterans in this region alone. this place isjust a drop in the

that sense of betrayal seems more acute in this region, where people felt closer to russia before the war. the city has changed its name now to be more ukrainian. one of the consequences of all of the years of conflict with russia is actually a far stronger sense of ukrainian national identity in this country. we have been invited to make a band who have made a conscious decision to stop singing in russian, to focus only on ukrainian. that is quite a curious choice in a city like this,

were actually russian is the main language. questions of families, it is quite normal but when we speak about the self identification of a person who lives in ukraine and this person creates lyrics for songs, language, ukrainian language, it is an instrument and a weapon at the same time. ., ., the instrument and a weapon at the same time— the right - time. fighting for what? the right to be yourself— time. fighting for what? the right to be yourself and _ time. fighting for what? the right to be yourself and your _ time. fighting for what? the right to be yourself and your own - time. fighting for what? the right i to be yourself and your own country. but that isn't a battle everyone is ready to fight. people have more pressing worries here.

and the feelings about russia are complex, even now. and now it is time for across the uk. students across the west of england are still facing disruption to their education, as covid case rates among pupils and teachers remain high. many headteachers are being forced

to prioritise exam years and introduce virtual learning. laura jones has been to one school in bristol to see how they're managing. iam here i am here at the bradley stoke community school, a school that men across the west that is still suffering the effects of coronavirus. they have got 80 teaching staff, at its worst 20 has been off, which has a huge affect on the school. with me is dave baker, you help to look after this, amongst other schools, tell us how bad the situation is. my other schools, tell us how bad the situation is-_ other schools, tell us how bad the situation is— situation is. my team and support all ten schools _ situation is. my team and support all ten schools in _ situation is. my team and support all ten schools in the _ situation is. my team and support all ten schools in the trust - situation is. my team and support all ten schools in the trust and . all ten schools in the trust and since the return to normality, we have had ongoing issues with staff and student absence, it is impossible to get supply teachers so when staff are ill we have to reorganise and worst case, we have had to have year groups and classes working from home. that had to have year groups and classes working from home.—

working from home. that is not something _ working from home. that is not something we _ working from home. that is not something we have _ working from home. that is not something we have heard - working from home. that is not something we have heard that l working from home. that is not - something we have heard that much about. we have heard about pressures on the nhs, some people aren't aware that the situation in schools are still very, very difficult. if that the situation in schools are still very, very difficult.- still very, very difficult. if you have not _ still very, very difficult. if you have not got _ still very, very difficult. if you have not got children - still very, very difficult. if you have not got children and - still very, very difficult. if you have not got children and youj have not got children and you haven't experienced it, you may not be aware but it is challenging and there is a lot of anxiety and lot of organisational challenge. infers; organisational challenge. very stressful for _ organisational challenge. very stressful for teachers, - organisational challenge. very stressful for teachers, but how are people is dealing with the uncertainty? tote people is dealing with the uncertainty?— people is dealing with the uncertainty? people is dealing with the uncertain ? ~ . ., .,~ uncertainty? we have tried to make sure the year _ uncertainty? we have tried to make sure the year groups _ uncertainty? we have tried to make sure the year groups have _ uncertainty? we have tried to make sure the year groups have been - uncertainty? we have tried to make sure the year groups have been on. sure the year groups have been on remote learning on rotation, rather than out for a whole time. they have shown resilience and determination. is there anything you need as a trust to help, anything that could help to put things right here? i think in the longer term we are going to need financial support to make sure we can provide the recovery and support the young people need and it seems that a lot of people have chosen to work in

other sectors because of money and it will cost us more to staff our schools in the way we need to. thank ou ve schools in the way we need to. thank you very much _ schools in the way we need to. thank you very much for — schools in the way we need to. thank you very much for talking _ schools in the way we need to. thank you very much for talking to - schools in the way we need to. thank you very much for talking to us - schools in the way we need to. thank you very much for talking to us this i you very much for talking to us this lunch time. we will find out more on the programme at 6:30pm. join us then. a year ago, when the country was still in lockdown, bbc northwest reported on amazing graze soup kitchen in blackpool. originally set up to help the homeless, it's seen the number of working parents using the service double during the pandemic. and the recent rise in the cost of living means volunteers there say they're now struggling to cope with demand. richard smirke reports. fill me up. let's go. rock and roll. look what fate does. food poverty is becoming much more apparent. families turning up, women in tears saying, sorry we are coming here, but we have no other choice. people are making this horrible decision of whether to put the heating on or put

food in their stomachs. it is a desperate situation. people cannot afford to donate. that is the stark fact. we have seen a massive decrease in the food donations. that is purely down to cost of living. we go home some nights in tears. there is no food left and we are trying to come up with food that is still there, there is still a queue. are you coming in? taking out. not a problem. come and get a set down. everyone has a choice. they can eat in or— everyone has a choice. they can eat in or they— everyone has a choice. they can eat in or they can— everyone has a choice. they can eat in or they can have a takeaway inside — in or they can have a takeaway inside we _ in or they can have a takeaway inside. we have got the eating area where _ inside. we have got the eating area where everyone can come in, get something — where everyone can come in, get something to eat and have a drink and just— something to eat and have a drink and just to — something to eat and have a drink and just to get some warmth for a while, _ and just to get some warmth for a while, really. and just to get some warmth for a while. really-_ while, really. this gentleman is sittinu while, really. this gentleman is sitting down- — while, really. this gentleman is sitting down. get _ while, really. this gentleman is sitting down. get him _ while, really. this gentleman is sitting down. get him in - while, really. this gentleman is sitting down. get him in a - while, really. this gentleman is sitting down. get him in a seat. while, really. this gentleman is l sitting down. get him in a seat. it has been difficult _ sitting down. get him in a seat. it has been difficult as _ sitting down. get him in a seat. it has been difficult as a _ sitting down. get him in a seat. it has been difficult as a mother - sitting down. get him in a seat. it has been difficult as a mother to. has been difficult as a mother to afford _ has been difficult as a mother to afford things and stuff like that.

if i afford things and stuff like that. if i did _ afford things and stuff like that. if i did not have the support of year. — if i did not have the support of year. i— if i did not have the support of year, i would if i did not have the support of year, iwould not if i did not have the support of year, i would not be able to eat. the cost — year, i would not be able to eat. the cost of — year, i would not be able to eat. the cost of living is having a massive _ the cost of living is having a massive impact on all families, on all single — massive impact on all families, on all single mothers, in blackpool, and it_ all single mothers, in blackpool, and it is— all single mothers, in blackpool, and it is a — all single mothers, in blackpool, and it is a struggle. | all single mothers, in blackpool, and it is a struggle.— and it is a struggle. i can never understand _ and it is a struggle. i can never understand heat _ and it is a struggle. i can never understand heat or _ and it is a struggle. i can never understand heat or eat - and it is a struggle. i can never| understand heat or eat because and it is a struggle. i can never i understand heat or eat because i have _ understand heat or eat because i have been— understand heat or eat because i have been self _ understand heat or eat because i have been self employed - understand heat or eat because i have been self employed for - understand heat or eat because i have been self employed for a i understand heat or eat because i- have been self employed for a number of years— have been self employed for a number of years and _ have been self employed for a number of years and i— have been self employed for a number of years and i have _ have been self employed for a number of years and i have never— have been self employed for a number of years and i have never been - have been self employed for a number of years and i have never been in i of years and i have never been in this situation. _ of years and i have never been in this situation. i— of years and i have never been in this situation. i understand i of years and i have never been in this situation. i understand it i of years and i have never been in i this situation. i understand it now. i this situation. i understand it now. i forked _ this situation. i understand it now. i forked out — this situation. i understand it now. | forked out £320 _ this situation. i understand it now. i forked out £320 on _ this situation. i understand it now. i forked out £320 on the _ this situation. i understand it now. i forked out £320 on the gas - this situation. i understand it now. i forked out £320 on the gas bill. i forked out £320 on the gas bill and i_ i forked out £320 on the gas bill and i only— i forked out £320 on the gas bill and i only have _ i forked out £320 on the gas bill and i only have one _ i forked out £320 on the gas bill and i only have one radiator. ii and i only have one radiator. i would — and i only have one radiator. i would not _ and i only have one radiator. i would not he _ and i only have one radiator. i would not be able _ and i only have one radiator. i would not be able to - and i only have one radiator. i would not be able to eat i and i only have one radiator. i would not be able to eat if i and i only have one radiator. i would not be able to eat if it i and i only have one radiator. i- would not be able to eat if it were not for _ would not be able to eat if it were not for mark— would not be able to eat if it were not for mark and _ would not be able to eat if it were not for mark and what _ would not be able to eat if it were not for mark and what he - would not be able to eat if it were not for mark and what he does i would not be able to eat if it were i not for mark and what he does here. it is just before tpm. it is time for a look at the weather. hello. this week it is something of a case

of the battle of the seasons across the uk. e—mailstart of the battle of the seasons across the uk. e—mail start to the week. it has been springlike. we are keeping our eye to the north of the uk and behind this band here for a colder air that will try and sink its way south through the week ahead. after monday, the majority of us will be in the mild air. this weather front starting to push into the north—west and will show rain into scotland and northern ireland and the colder air will follow on behind. here is the weather front, for the evening and overnight, rain foreign scotland and northern ireland and into england. wintry showers moving into scotland. in westerly wind by the end of the night. the colder air arrives. not cold enough for a frost. to the south, a mild night. do you see, this weather front which straddles

the uk and it is basically like a dividing line. to the south, brighter spells. dividing line. to the south, brighterspells. mild dividing line. to the south, brighter spells. mild once again. temperatures 13 or 1a celsius. to the north, bright and crisp. wintry showers coming in on the breeze. temperatures in the meat range of single figures for many. more cloud and some patchy, but quite persistent, rain here. it stays with us until wednesday. it does slide somewhat further south. for wednesday, more cloud around across southern britain. rain tending to fizzle out during the day. it will stay mild for the southernmost counties. quite a few snow showers possible for the north—west of the uk. wednesday into thursday, we are all going into the arctic here and we will keep an eye on this area of low pressure that runs across

northern britain. number one, there could be quite significant snowfall. number two, strong and gusty, damaging winds across scotland for a time. that drop off in temperatures for thursday and friday.

this is bbc news, i'm tim wilcox. the headlines at 2pm: exam boards say gcse and a level students will be graded more generously this year to account for covid. hospital chiefs speak of their frustation at delays to a plan to tackle the nhs waiting list backlog in england. the 15—year—old killed at a holiday park on the north wales coast. amanda selby�*s19—year—old brother admits her manslaughter. french president emmanuel macron heads to moscow for talks with vladimir putin about the ongoing crisis in ukraine. medical pioneer — the spinal implant that has helped a paralysed man become a dad. also coming up — the uk and republic of ireland will focus on a joint bid to host euro 2028, after abandoning plans to host

the 2030 football world cup.