oh, yes. probably an understatement, really. many felt they were exaggerating the problems. 30 years on, i met one of the councillors who'd had his own tussles with the sons. many people in the town thought they were barmy and bad for business, didn't they? well, yes, yes, they did do. and they were characters. but, there again, i suppose i was a character. and, you know, this is democracy. they were right, weren't they? let's say 90%. and now, it's all going to be turned into a film and it would be fair to say they're rather pleased. they want to spread a message. we want other people to do what we did and, believe me, it works, it works. the sons of neptune — the happy victors of scarborough�*s sewage war. david sillito, bbc news, scarborough.

time for the weather. here's helen willetts. not one for swimming the next days with the sea is very rough with two storms coming in and likely we will see damage and disruption with the storms, dudley and their newness. today the first of all and then we will get to the details. wet weather outside. quite miserable outside across the south—east. plenty of sunshine further north and thunderstorms with showers in scotland and wintry over the hills but decent dry weather out there at the moment. you might say the calm before the storm because we have lively weather to come and that is likely to cause disruption. we will see rain coming through ahead of the system overnight and snow over the hills. several centimetres could be a hazard. as the sky clears, it will

be windy and the wind will escalate. pushing the rain away quickly. and then towards morning across northern ireland, it will sweep eastwards with snow on the hills. temperature is quite remarkable in the south. 16-17. but the is quite remarkable in the south. 16—17. but the story is about the wind. from tomorrow afternoon, the met office have an amber warning for storm dudley. it will affect all parts of the uk. there will be a core of strong winds, up to 70 mph but as high as 80—90, which could bring down power lines and trees. as you can see from the yellow warning, it will affect more areas, it is where we expect the strongest wind to be. and with it some snow on the hills. it will ease down through thursday, briefly. but again, the calm before the storm. friday looks

nasty. this is storm eunice. it will develop rapidly. a powerful storm. a lot of energy to release. a double whammy. we are concerned about the strength of the wind, as with dudley, but with eunice we have the added complication of significant snow and blizzards in the north. and the wind widely in highly populated areas and during the day. from morning onwards the wind causing concern as the storm whipped through. there are numerous warnings but rest assured, these storms will have a significant impact and please stay tuned to the forecast. that's all from the bbc news at one. it's goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc�*s news teams where you are. you're watching bbc news, i'm olly foster

with the latest from the bbc sport centre. the russian figure skater kamila valieva has claimed that a failed drugs test in december was down to contamination from her grandfather's heart medicine. the court of arbitration for sport ruled yesterday that a provisional suspension should not be re—imposed so she can carry on competing at the winter olympics. she is due on the ice shortly in the individual event and her particiaption hasn't been welcomed by a member of the usa coaching team. it is shocking and it is disappointing. in the history of the olympics, somebody with a positive test has been allowed to compete. i think it brings the integrity of the olympics, i think people at home are left scratching their heads. i think all of our hearts are breaking that this is a 15—year—old girl. all around it is a sad situation, for her and all of the competitors here.

great britain's natasha mckay had a fall in her first routine in the short programme. there are 30 competitors in all with around 25 likely to progress to the free skate. britain's first medal won't come in the two—man bob. that's after brad hall and nick gleeson flipped over on their penultimate run. they lost control towards the end and slid over the finish line, both appeared to be ok. they had started the final day of competition in 11th place after the first two runs, almost a second and a half off the lead. britain's best hopes of a medal lie with the curlers, the women beatjapan this morning 10—4 to keep their hopes alive. they're in the top four in their round robin group, and that's where they need to stay to reach the semi—finals with two more matches to play against china

and the russian olympic committee. in an exclusive interview, novak djokovic has told the bbc he'd rather miss major touranments than be forced to take a covid vaccine. the 20—time grand slam champion, was deported from melbourne ahead of the australian open last month, after initailly being granted entry with a medical exemption. he has distanced himself from the anti—vax movement but says that �*deciding what goes into his body is more important than any title'. the rules are moving in his direction _ the rules are moving in his direction full if you are coming from _ direction full if you are coming from the — direction full if you are coming from the eu and djokovic is currently— from the eu and djokovic is currently resident in spain, you would — currently resident in spain, you would not — currently resident in spain, you would not actually need to isolate an arrival— would not actually need to isolate an arrival in fronts any more and similarly— an arrival in fronts any more and similarly those wanting to arrive in england _ similarly those wanting to arrive in england to — similarly those wanting to arrive in england to play wimbledon. there is no longer— england to play wimbledon. there is no longer a — england to play wimbledon. there is no longer a requirement to self—isolate. the united states has been causing problems. there is

still been causing problems. there is slill this— been causing problems. there is still this requirement to have a vaccine — still this requirement to have a vaccine certificate, and there are two very— vaccine certificate, and there are two very prestigious tournaments coming _ two very prestigious tournaments coming up — two very prestigious tournaments coming up in a matter of weeks. yandell— coming up in a matter of weeks. yandell wells —— indiana. there are a string _ yandell wells —— indiana. there are a string of— yandell wells —— indiana. there are a string of tournaments in north america — a string of tournaments in north america in— a string of tournaments in north america in the build—up to the final grand _ america in the build—up to the final grand slam — america in the build—up to the final grand slam of the year and the us open _ grand slam of the year and the us open in— grand slam of the year and the us open in new york which starts at the end of— open in new york which starts at the end of august. if the rules do not change. — end of august. if the rules do not change. he — end of august. if the rules do not change, he could find himself in the us open— change, he could find himself in the us open as — change, he could find himself in the us open as he did in the australian open _ us open as he did in the australian open at _ us open as he did in the australian open at the — us open as he did in the australian open at the start of the year. england's women will play a test against south africa for the first time in 20 years this summer. it will be played at taunton and will be followed by three one—day internationals and three t20s before a limited overs series against india. england's last test was the draw against australia in the ashes series last month. that is all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour.

good afternoon you are watching bbc news. i amjane hill. let's get more on our top story. russia's defence ministry says some troops positioned on the border with ukraine are returning to their bases after completing drills. these pictures are from the russian defence ministry. the move raises hopes of a possible de—escalation, although large—scale drills continue and it's unclear how many units are actually being withdrawn. this is what the russian defence minister has said. translation: the armed forces of the russian federation - are continuing a series of large—scale operational training activities for troops and forces. almost all military districts, athletes and airborne fleets and airborne troops, are taking part. as the training comes to an end, the troops, as usual, will march back to their home stations.

units from the southern and the western military districts that completed their tasks already, have started loading on trains and motor vehicles. they will start moving to their home bases. individual units will march on their own in military columns. nato secretary generaljens stoltenberg said he hasn't seen any signs of reducing russian military presence on the ukrainian borders. there are signs from moscow that the diplomacy should continue. this gives grounds for cautious optimism. but so far, we have not seen any sign of de—escalation on the ground. the prime minister has been chairing a cobra meeting on the crisis in ukraine this morning and after the meeting spoke to the media —

let's take a listen. last night, going into today, clearly there are signs of a diplomatic opening. there has always has been an opportunity to talk, there are grounds for a conversation about ukraine, with ukraine, and that is good. we are seeing a russian openness to conversations. on the other, the intelligence we are seeing today is still not encouraging. we have got russian field hospitals being constructed near the border with ukraine in belarus, that can only be construed as preparation for an invasion. you have got more battalion tactical groups being brought closer to the border with ukraine, according to the intelligence that we are seeing. so mixed signal, i think, at the moment and all the more reason, therefore, for us to remain very tough and united and particularly

on the economic sanctions and there, the uk has been out in the lead for a while. what we are doing is targeting particular russian banks, russian companies and making sure that we take steps or take even more steps to unpeel the facade of russian property holdings, whether in this city or elsewhere, whether london or elsewhere, unpeel the facade of russian ownership of companies. and also take steps to stop russian companies from raising capital on london financial markets. that is a very, very tough package of sanctions, it is ready to go if russia is so rash, so reckless as to invade ukraine. i have got a question on that in a second, but first you mentioned intelligence, there are reports that the us intelligence believe that an invasion could happen at 1am. does that fit with

the uk's understanding? so we think that they have a huge preparation, ready to go at virtually any time. 130,000 troops or more, a huge number of, more than 90 battalion tactical groups and they are stationed around the ukrainian border. everybody can see what the potential routes in are, down to the south from belarus, encircling the ukrainian army in the east, around the area, the enclave in donbass or even coming up from the south, from the sea, taking odessa. that is the kind of thing. there are a lot of options that they have. therefore, what does vladimir putin need to do to reassure you and other western leaders, because you do not sound assured today.

i think what everybody needs to see a programme of de—escalation and we are hearing... what does that mean? that means withdrawing the battalion tactical groups away from a potential theatre of conflict, not constructing field hospitals on the border with belarus, between belarus and ukraine. a sense that things are being scaled back, scaled down. that the threat is over and that a conversation, a negotiation is beginning. we think there is an avenue for diplomacy. we have seen some positive signs from conversations between mr lavrov and others. if that is correct, then let's build on that. some critics argue that you and other western leaders may have been played by vladimir putin

because the fact so many politicians are travelling to russia, that russian demands are being discussed, some would argue that president putin has succeeded whatever happens here, what is your repsonse? that is why it is so important that we support ukraine. and that we show that we have a package of tough, very, very tough economic sanctions ready to go. that we support ukraine militarily in the way that we are. the uk has been out in the front in delivering defensive, but lethal military aid in the form of the anti—tank weapons as well as the training we have done over many years. the uk has been giving a lot of support to ukraine. final thing, this is a very difficult decision that we have just taken and that is to keep our embassy going in kyiv. and to continue to ask our fantastic ambassador to do what she is doing. now that is a balanced decision, we have to face the fact that there is a risk.

we will keep it under constant review but one of the things we want to do is to show the uk's continued support for ukraine, for stability in ukraine. and i believe that keeping our embassy going for as long as possible is an important symbol. finally, you talk about sanctions on top of money—laundering, some of your conservative colleagues, especially some senior figures in the back benches, see this government has not done enough to stop the flow of dirty money into this country. can you promise that the economic crime bill will be in the next queen's speech? i don't think that it is fair to say the uk hasn't done a huge amount on dirty money, weather it is from russia whether it is from russia or anywhere else. globally we have been in the lead. we have been out in the lead in tackling global corruption in tracing the sources of ill gotten gains. we have imposed some

very tough sanctions we have imposed some very tough sanctions if you recall, after the russian invasion, the annexation of crimea. those sanctions remain in place, we have sanctions against everybody involved in the poisoning of mr navalny. we want to strengthen now the package that we have, strengthen the measures we have against potential ill gotten russian money, whether here or anywhere for which we have responsibility, with new measures that will hit the companies and concerns that i've talked about. but also open up the... you know what i am talking about? so we are seeing who really owns the companies that we are talking about, who really owns the property that we are talking about on those measures, yes, we will be bringing forward from the economic crime bill. labour leader keir starmer

says there needs to be a "very tough line on sanctions" from the government after today's cobra meeting. it is not quite entirely clear what is happening on the border. anything that de—escalates this is welcome, but we do not know what this is yet. what i do know is that it is important for all of us allies to stand together in the face of this russian aggression. to be absolutely clear to be about our determination to face down this russian aggression. what i want to see coming out of that is a clear and united plan to stand up to the russian aggression here, standing with our allies, standing as one united kingdom and what ever other arguments and quarrels we may have with the prime minister, when it comes up to standing to the sovereignty of ukraine and standing up to russian aggression, we stand up as one united kingdom. so that is what i would like to see coming out. i would like to see a very tough

line on sanctions as well, because i think it is very important that russia knows there will be serious consequences if it does take action. we are keeping an eye on the situation. all day today they are various talks. we will keep an eye on that. before that we will take a look at studies around the uk. —— mike storey. —— stories. willa change in immigration rules solve the staffing shortage in the care sector? a combination of covid, brexit and a need to be double

vaccinated saw many eu workers leave, a rule that's since been reversed. but from today people from overseas can now obtain visas to fill vacancies in care homes. so will they return? shaun peel reports from suffolk. it was announced on christmas eve, and unsurpisingly, not many people noticed. immigration rules would be relaxed for overseas care workers to be added to the government's shortage occupation list, along with pipe welders and ballet dancers. they have a year from today to get work here, just like luba did 17 years ago, when we had freedom of movement. she was teacher in slovakia who became a senior carer at melford court in suffolk. brexit changed a lot. government didn't make it easy forforeigners. i think it's a good idea, but i think we have to be a little bit more careful not to open the borders for everyone. we need also more qualified people in social care here from abroad. staff from overseas can't just turn up, though, they need to be sponsored first by providers, like stow healthcare. but will they come?

i'm afraid that as a country, i don't think the government has made it very attractive for people to come and work here. it's going to cost us an extraordinary amount as an employer to sponsor and attract overseas workers. it's a massive issue for us that prior to brexit, we wouldn't have had. those on the health and care visa will have to get a minimum salary of £20,480 — £10.10 per hour. that will mean many overseas staff will be better paid. that sort of has its own challenges in terms of can you discriminate between domestic staff and migrant staff by paying migrant staff a higher wage? and the answer is, no, you can't. raj sehgal already sponsors overseas staff, but these are more senior workers who were on the shortage—occupation list, anyway. people like preeti singh from india. the first thing is the long hours. because here, we are working a stretch from 12 to 14 hours a day and it isjust not a cup of everybody's tea, you see.

and that becomes a point where people are just living significantly. the government wants employers to invest in the domestic workforce in the long term. it's put £462 million into that. but with 87% of providers saying they have staffing issues now — the long term may have to wait. shaun peel, bbc look east. next to cornwall, and on the day new figures confirm that wage growth is continuing to lag behind the rising cost of living, a charity that helps people who are struggling to pay their bills says demand for its services is rocketing. the charity says it's seeing ever more people who are in work but still struggling to cope. from newquay on the north cornwall coast, kevin hay reports. during the first lockdown, matthew's chimney sweeping business went bust. he's struggled to find full—time employment since. he is here picking up free food because his benefits won't come through for another month. there are people that fall under the breadline,

there are people who fall through the cracks, there are those who are still working and still can't afford to make ends meet. with rent prices going up, with bills and everything like that, there is no increase in wages, so even those who are earning money still need to subsidise that. in the last two years, this newquay—based charity has provided over 500,000 meals for people in need and demand is still rising. before covid, it was about 50 people a week. now it can be up to 1,500 people a week that we are helping. and it's getting worse. as well as food, the charity has started giving out top up credit for people who just can't pay their phone, electricity and gas bills. i find it inhumane, the way people are being treated at the moment, and people will say, "why don't they get a job?", and actually these are people that are working, and that is the frustration behind it for me. these are mums, dads,

individuals that are actually working but they can't make ends meet. they are the new poor. although originally set up to help people in newquay, the charity now delivers meals as far away as bodmin and says it has families travelling in from launceston and penzance to collect food parcels. without people like this, we would be stuck. i dread to think, really. i would be starving. i genuinely would be. that was matthew webber, speaking to kevin hay. a campaign's been launched to promote better mental health among farmers. researchers say many agricultural workers have suffered from stress and isolation during the covid—19 pandemic, on top of pressures linked to brexit and climate change. the yellow wellies campaign aims to help farmers deal with those pressures. our rural affairs correspondent david gregory—kumar reports. farming can be a hugely

rewarding job, but it can also be crushingly hard. notjust physically demanding, but mentally demanding too. especially on days like today. it can be very difficult. if there are sheep outside and you are crunching through mud and trying to feed... the sheep are not happy. if the sheep are not happy, i'm not happy. the yellow wellies campaign, backed by stratford insurer nfu mutual, is looking to focus more attention on the problems farmers face with their mental health. recently one or two people that i know fairly close have had issues, mentally, and unfortunately they have lost their lives, which is a really sad time. only young, as well. farming has the poorest safety record of any occupation in the uk. 34 farm workers lost their lives in fatal farm accident in the last year. but over a similar period, there were 44 suicides in farming and agriculture registered in england and wales.

there were other people who wanted to talk to us who work in farming and agriculture fought this story, but when they ask permission from their bosses or the landowner, the people who own the land of the farm is on, they weren't keen for them to talk to us. there is still real stigma around mental health and farming. in many ways, farm life has recently become even harder than usual. we almost have a perfect storm where you have folk who are under a tremendous amount of pressure and often spending large amounts of time working on their own, and they are really struggling to deal with their challenges. this campaign is all about making farming safer, focusing on the physical but also the mental challenges the industry faces. david gregory—kumar, bbc midlands today, south warwickshire.

much more coming up at two o'clock. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. good afternoon. we are likely to see some damaging and disruptive winds this week brought on to storms. already named storm dudley has an amber warning attached to it from the met office. that is in force for wednesday and eunice arrives on friday, really packing a punch. so to storms we are keeping a very close eye. one already brewing up in the atlantic. for the rest of the day we have average of high—pressure bringing rain and drierand average of high—pressure bringing rain and drier and brighter weather. the rain drags its heels further south east and brings its way before dusk. temperatures will be a smidgen higher than yesterday. temperatures not really the story, yes we will

have a temporary frost overnight in the north and we will seek heavy rain turned to snow briefly. temperatures above freezing even when the rain clears away because winds will pick up. the blow in more rain on wednesday, we could have issues of hill snow further north in the morning and then dampen drizzly weather comes in. the story is about the wind. even though it is very mild for many during the day on wednesday except the far north, the winds by the afternoon will be enforced. it will be felt by all but we expect the most damaging winds to be across parts of central and southern scotland, northern ireland and northern england. that is where the strongest winds are, 18 to 90 mph, causing damage and disruption but it will affect other parts of scotland and further south into england and wales as well. things

will then slowly quieten down during the day on thursday, a bit of a respite and it is relatively mild. but that respite does not last because this will develop very rapidly and it has got a lot of energy as it rises through the shore. in northern ireland, england, wales and southern scotland, you might notice significant blow —— snow blowing around. you can find out more detail on the website.

this is bbc news. the headlines: novak djokovic tells the bbc he'd rather miss out on tennis trophies than have a covid—19 vaccine. in an exclusive interview, the world men's number one says he's not anti—vaccine, but believes in personal choice. are you prepared to forgo the chance to be the _ are you prepared to forgo the chance to be the greatest _ are you prepared to forgo the chance to be the greatest player— are you prepared to forgo the chance to be the greatest player that- are you prepared to forgo the chance to be the greatest player that ever. to be the greatest player that ever picked _ to be the greatest player that ever picked up — to be the greatest player that ever picked up a — to be the greatest player that ever picked up a racket _ to be the greatest player that ever picked up a racket statistically - picked up a racket statistically because — picked up a racket statistically because you _ picked up a racket statistically because you feel— picked up a racket statistically because you feel so _ picked up a racket statistically because you feel so strongly i picked up a racket statistically - because you feel so strongly about thisjah? _ because you feel so strongly about this “ab? , russia says it's pulling back some of its troops from the border with ukraine, germany's chancellor is meeting president putin at the moment. new figures show although wages went up at the end of last year,

pay isn't keeping pace with rising prices.