this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. calls for prince andrew to hand back his duke of york title and questions over how he'll fund his out—of—court settlement with virginia giuffre, the woman who'd accused him of sexual assault. i would hope in this time of reflection which i trust he will enter into, he will certainly consider that as an action he could take into acknowledging the hurt that has been caused. what do you think of the deal he's done with virginia guiffre? he commended her bravery, accepted she was a vicimt of sexual abuse, admitted no liability and has always denied her allegations. let me know — victoria@bbc.co.uk. or message me on social media — @vicderbyshire. as ukrainians mark their national unity day, nato defence ministers meet to assess the threat from russia to ukraine.

that is not normal military exercising, you don't surround a country with 100 plus, 16% of the whole of russia's land forces on its borders if you are just going for an exercise. so far we have not seen any de—escalation on the ground, on the contrary, _ de—escalation on the ground, on the contrary, it— de—escalation on the ground, on the contrary, it seems russia has a military— contrary, it seems russia has a military build—up. here in the uk, your money will buy less today than it did last month, uk official figures show the cost of living is up, again, with inflation now at 5.5 % every 18—year—old who leaves care in wales will get £1600 a month for two years in a new experiment. as parts of the uk brace for the arrival of storm dudley, we look at the impact of winter storms on our woodlands.

hello, and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. there are calls for clarity over prince andrew's role in public life and how he will fund a financial settlement, after he agreed a deal in the us civil sexual assault case brought by virginia giuffre. the sum is being kept secret. as part of the settlement, prince andrew accepted his accuser ms giuffre had suffered as a victim of abuse. he made no admission of liability and has always denied the allegations. this morning the mp for york central has called on prince andrew to give up his title as the duke of york. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. for all the show of public defiance that he was determined to fight the case in court, it was always thought by lawyers and others that he would have to settle out of court and that's exactly what andrew has now done. without, importantly for him, any admission of liability over virginia giuffre�*s central assertion against andrew of sexual assault,

but with the promise of a substantial donation to ms giuffre�*s charity in support of victims�* rights. a statement filed to the civil court in new york said... the statement contrasts sharply with andrew's newsnight interview, when he expressed no sympathy for epstein�*s victims, and said he had no regrets about his friendship with epstein. do you regret the whole friendship with epstein? er... now, still not, and the reason being is that the people that i met,

and the opportunities that i was given to learn — either by him or because of him — were actually very useful. for andrew, it was vital in the settlement not to admit any liability — for virginia giuffre, to have had her ordeal at the hands ofjeffrey epstein to be fully recognised. whatever he lost as a result of this can never compare to what the victims of epstein, maxwell, and the men that we were trafficked to have lost from our lives. there's no amount of money that could compensate for that. and i think that, in negotiating her settlement, virginia was very wise in going after things that are much more important than money. buckingham palace has offered no comment, but one thing is certain,

this out—of—court settlement will be a huge relief to the royal family. the prospect of a court case hanging over the queen's platinum jubilee was not one they relished, to put it mildly. his reputation has been shredded. he is no longer an official member of the royal family, he's lost hrh, he's lost his patronages, and that privacy that the royal family always seek to maintain from the press, you know, if anyone tried to run something on a member of the royal family's private life, the palace are very quick to stamp down on any errant journalist who might try and publish something like that, that's over for prince andrew. anyone who comes forward with a tale of badgering staff, that will now be open to his reputation. i don't think his reputation can ever recover, and i don't see a return ever to public life for him. quite what andrew's future is now is unclear. in the court statement, he says he will work to support the fight against the evils of sex trafficking.

nicholas witchell, bbc news. i've been speaking to labour mp for york central, rachael maskell. i started by asking ms maskell what she thought about prince andrew being still known as the duke of york . the fact that the title, the duke of york, does have an ambassadorial role across the globe and as england's only human rights city, people have said they want this disconnection of the dukedom with our city. disassociation is important as day by day we are fighting the battle against the violence of women and girls which clearly is really endemic in society. there were clear associations with mr epstein and miss maxwell and we see this payout today. money doesn't bring reparation to the harm this young woman as she was at the time experienced, who has bravely spoken out. what we need to see

is a societal and cultural shift which acknowledges misogyny, the harassment and violence which women experience at home, online and across society on a day by day basis and address it. prince andrew has denied the allegations that virginia giuffre made. he hasn't accepted liability in the statement. he has said he wants to support victims of sex trafficking. he has already given up many titles, been forced to give up many patronages. why would he need to give up the title of duke of york? we've got to look at why that title continued, that was because the queen didn't have the powers to remove that title. there is a piece of legislation back in ancient history about how to remove these titles. it can either be through parliament itself coming and passing new legislation, of which it could have acknowledgement to a geographical location where that title is related,

or indeed bestowing more powers on her majesty the queen to be able to remove that title which she couldn't do herself. there is some unfinished business that needs to be addressed. that is a message for parliament, really, to you and your colleagues. do you think there is a consensus from people who live in york that they want this to be removed? they want to remove the association with prince andrew? a poll carried out by a local paper identified 88% of people in our city no longer wanted the continuity of that title and therefore, the simplest way would be for andrew to simply say, i don't want to be known as the duke of york any more. i would hope in his time of reflection, which i trust he will enter into, he consider that as action he could take in acknowledging the hurt that has been caused. that is interesting. you are calling on prince andrew to give up this title voluntarily? it is something that i believe

he could do as another way of acknowledging the pain women across all of our communities are experiencing as they are survivors of violence and harassment and so much more. we've got to come to a point as a society to say that this has got to stop, this violence against women has got to end, and when people of power and privilege can use that for the benefit of women, we need to see that as opposed to using it for harm. the associations that andrew had with individuals who exploited women, trafficked women, that has got to be acknowledged as well. joining me now is duncan simpson, from the tax payers�* alliance, a group which campaigns for lower taxes. do taxpayers have a right to know how prince andrew is settling his

financial settlement? i how prince andrew is settling his financial settlement?— how prince andrew is settling his financial settlement? i think they -robabl financial settlement? i think they probably d0- _ financial settlement? i think they probably d0- at — financial settlement? i think they probably do. at this _ financial settlement? i think they probably do. at this stage, - financial settlement? i think they probably do. at this stage, we i financial settlement? i think they i probably do. at this stage, we may never know the exact details or how this will be funded, there are two main sources of income which go to the royal family, the first is called the duchy of lancaster, the private estates effectively owned by the queen, so these are profits and interest and rants from a series of lands and properties of the north west of england. the bigger chunk comes from the sovereign grant. this replaces what was known as the civil system, where direct disbursements agreed by parliament to the royal family for living costs and so forth. the sovereign grant is the profits from a portion of the profits from a portion of the profits from a portion of the profits from the crown estate, the crown estate owned lands which are sort of owned by the royal family but not, importantly we do know about a year—and—a—half ago the treasury said they were to be topping up the sovereign grant is because the value of that property

portfolio fail because of the covid—i9 in this country. it is very much a taxpayer matter now because we know some of the income from the royal family is directly related to taxpayers. it is a big caveat, the details of this estimate may well never come out of the public domain but if it is the case of it is from the sovereign grant, it is important the sovereign grant, it is important the royal family let people know, be that through the annual report or through more normal press release. part of the sovereign grant was used to do at the cottage that harry and megan lived in frogmore cottage, and they pay that back. that megan lived in frogmore cottage, and they pay that back-— they pay that back. that is correct, it started last _ they pay that back. that is correct, it started last year, _ they pay that back. that is correct, it started last year, definitely - it started last year, definitely after they moved to california, it was between £2 million and £3 million which is paid back by prince harry. a payment like that might be occurring where the asset under the properties of prince andrew may in due course be used to cover the cost

of a settlement. i don't know, we don't know the actual cost. it does speak to a wider issue, we know prince andrew is not carrying out public duties, he has lost quite a few of his military titles and one would expect because it is not out and about, the security cost might be curtailed. we don't know how much the security costs are for the royal family. some estimates say it is up to £100 million. his family. some estimates say it is up to £100 million.— to £100 million. his security car set u- to to £100 million. his security car set up to minister _ to £100 million. his security car set up to minister to _ to £100 million. his security car set up to minister to be - to £100 million. his security car set up to minister to be £100 i set up to minister to be £100 million? ., , ., , ., million? no, it is an estimate, the total cost for _ million? no, it is an estimate, the total cost for the _ million? no, it is an estimate, the total cost for the whole _ million? no, it is an estimate, the total cost for the whole of - million? no, it is an estimate, the total cost for the whole of the - total cost for the whole of the royal family. total cost for the whole of the royal family-— total cost for the whole of the royal family. total cost for the whole of the r0 alfamil . ., .,~ ., royal family. you make a good point. he has given — royal family. you make a good point. he has given uo _ royal family. you make a good point. he has given up his— royal family. you make a good point. he has given up his titles, _ royal family. you make a good point. he has given up his titles, he's - royal family. you make a good point. he has given up his titles, he's not. he has given up his titles, he's not doing public duties, and yet he receives a fixed income from the queen each year which is known as a stipend and that is reported to be “p stipend and that is reported to be up to £250,000 a year. for what?

indeed. up to £250,000 a year. for what? lndeed- he — up to £250,000 a year. for what? indeed. he lives _ up to £250,000 a year. for what? indeed. he lives in _ up to £250,000 a year. for what? indeed. he lives in a _ up to £250,000 a year. for what? indeed. he lives in a large - up to £250,000 a year. for what? | indeed. he lives in a large property within royal windsor park. it is the prerogative of the queen to determine if he or she wants to give her own income. the more forward facing public facing roles, he is not doing any more. quite a few minor members of the royal family cousins of the queen, they undertake public duties but their security costs are lower, quite a bit lower. when they are out on the road, they have security but it is much more curtailed and scaled back. my understanding is that isn't the case for prince andrew. if he is not to be a public facing member of the royal family any more, why is he still getting quite an exorbitant amount of security.— still getting quite an exorbitant amount of security. you've given us lots of information _ amount of security. you've given us lots of information to _ amount of security. you've given us lots of information to absorb. - amount of security. you've given us lots of information to absorb. i - lots of information to absorb. i still don't know, could this be taxpayers paying for or not? i’m taxpayers paying for or not? i'm afraid we taxpayers paying for or not? i“n afraid we don't know. there is... the sovereign grant is the majority

of the income to the royal family. and that comes from the treasury, and the treasury guess that's from the taxpayers. and the treasury guess that's from the taxoayers-_ and the treasury guess that's from the taxpayers. indeed. most of it is the taxpayers. indeed. most of it is the rofits the taxpayers. indeed. most of it is the profits from _ the taxpayers. indeed. most of it is the profits from the _ the taxpayers. indeed. most of it is the profits from the crown - the taxpayers. indeed. most of it is the profits from the crown estate i the profits from the crown estate but we do know that some of that at top that. within the legislation for the sovereign grant we know that the sovereign grant fell in value, and we know because they are not tied to the properties. covid—19 meant there was a drop in property values. there is a portion of taxpayer money which has gone directly to the royal family. it has gone directly to the royal famil . , ., has gone directly to the royal famil. family. it is also reported the settlements _ family. it is also reported the settlements might _ family. it is also reported the settlements might be - family. it is also reported the settlements might be being l family. it is also reported the i settlements might be being paid family. it is also reported the - settlements might be being paid from the proceeds from this ski chalet that prince andrew owns in switzerland. is that... i don't know how it got the money to buy that either. ., , ., either. indeed, there was a long-running _ either. indeed, there was a long-running back - either. indeed, there was a long-running back and - either. indeed, there was a| long-running back and forth either. indeed, there was a - long-running back and forth between long—running back and forth between the previous owner who sold it to

prince andrew. my understanding is a portion was paid upfront and i'm not sure that there was a special loan system agreed but my understanding is, they wear is back and forth of a payment. i believe it has been sold again. some of the many which will come from that property sale. the overall details of the funding for this will likely never come out fully in the light of day but i would strongly encourage the royal family to disclose this be this through the annual accounts which they publish or in the public forum. why would you strongly encourage them to do that? it is why would you strongly encourage them to do that?— them to do that? it is a taxpayer issue. them to do that? it is a taxpayer issue- many _ them to do that? it is a taxpayer issue. many of— them to do that? it is a taxpayer issue. many of the _ them to do that? it is a taxpayer issue. many of the normal- them to do that? it is a taxpayer- issue. many of the normal day-to-day issue. many of the normal day—to—day operations of the royal family are slightly met by taxpayers. we have a right to know and if it is indeed an assessment of that size, reports vary its between £10 million and £12

million, it is a substantial amount of money. when we have seen inflation figures out this morning, the cost of living in this country is getting worse and when people are struggling to such a degree whether it is quite right at their taxes are potentially funding the settlements, people have a right to know. thank ou ve people have a right to know. thank you very much- _ joining me now is alex mccready, head of reputation and privacy at law firm vardags. there's nothing he can do, is there? there's nothing he can do, is there? there is nothing prince andrew can do? i think he has done everything he could to minimise what could have been a catastrophic public trial and i think everyone, although there have been a lot of brinksmanship in recent weeks saying he wanted a public vindication i wanted to go to trial, all lawyers were expecting the settlement account. it'll be a relief to his team that it has. in

terms of his reputation going forward? it's over, isn't it? i think most people would say it is very difficult for him to envisage a situation where he could return to public duties are rehabilitated reputation. the statement that was issued as quite a strong one and quite an about turn on his part. he has condemned his relationship with jeffrey epstein, he is recognised virginia giuffre was a victim of abuse and paid substantial damages. that does speak volumes. in terms of the risk of going to trial an unsettling, that would have been even more catastrophic.- unsettling, that would have been even more catastrophic. thank you ve much even more catastrophic. thank you very much for— even more catastrophic. thank you very much for talking _ even more catastrophic. thank you very much for talking to _ even more catastrophic. thank you very much for talking to us. - there's no evidence to back russian claims that they have begun to withdraw some troops from the ukraine border, according to western leaders including president biden. he says a russian invastion of ukraine remains a distinct possibility. this morning the russian ministry of defence has released more footage of what it says are tanks leaving crimea on a train after completing military drills.

yesterday, russia said that it was moving troops back to their bases as planned once they were no longer needed for these exercises. nato defence ministers are meeting in brussels this morning to discuss their response to the build—up of russian troops. speaking to the bbc ahead of the meeting, the secretary of state for defence, ben wallace said that an invasion was still possible. i've never talked about one date or another, because fundamentally, as i've also always consistently said, as actually has the united states that president putin hadn't made a decision yet and until a decision is made, none of us will really know what will happen next. what we do know is that the disposition of 130,000 plus troops on the border of ukraine, naval ships surrounding it in the black sea, exercising in belarus, building of field hospitals, all of that has been and is taking place. the latest was yesterday and the day, before russian troops moving from assembly areas

to effectively assault positions, is that on the ground the physical observations that we see show the opposite of some of the recent rhetoric coming out of the kremlin, and i think it would be absolutely the right thing to say is that, that is not normal military exercising. you don't surround a country with 100 plus, you know, 60% of the whole of russia's land forces on its borders if you'rejust going for an exercise. jens stoltenberg is the head of nato. he spoke ahead of the defence ministers' meeting in brussels , so far we so farwe are so far we are noticing any russian de—escalation. but of course we are closely— de—escalation. but of course we are closely monitoring and following what are — closely monitoring and following what are doing. if they really start to withdraw forces, that is what we will welcome. that remains to be seen _ will welcome. that remains to be seen they— will welcome. that remains to be seen. they have always moved forces back and _

seen. they have always moved forces back and forth. we see movement of forces _ back and forth. we see movement of forces doesn't confirm a real withdrawal. let's go live to brussels where our correspondent jonathan beale is ahead of the latest meeting of nato defence ministers. what is the point of them getting together today to hopefully achieve what? , ., ., ., ,. ,, what? they are going to discuss the next steps- — what? they are going to discuss the next steps. there _ what? they are going to discuss the next steps. there are _ what? they are going to discuss the next steps. there are a _ what? they are going to discuss the next steps. there are a number- what? they are going to discuss the next steps. there are a number of. next steps. there are a number of potential next steps, the first is the hope that diplomacy can continue, russia will engage, sit down and talk and will provide evidence, proof they are going to have a sustained withdrawal. there is plenty of scepticism here that they are withdrawing forces. as you heard there. the other thing they are doing is talking about bolstering me to defences on the eastern flank, putting battle groups in countries like bulgaria and romania. remember, we did that after the russian invasion of crimea in 2014, the british pose a thousand troops in estonia, britain is

talking about reinforcing that number in estonia but they are looking at other countries as well in the alliance, again, to send a clear message to russia. they are not saying these troops are anything but for the defence and deterrent but for the defence and deterrent but they want to send a message to russia and indeed the secretary general said yesterday because of russia's military build—up they will be long—term security consequences and the alliance will respond. thank ou ve and the alliance will respond. thank you very much. _ and the alliance will respond. thank you very much, jonathan. _ here's our moscow correspondent caroline davies with the latest on the movement of troops on the ukraine border. more information coming out from the ministry of defence in russia about what is happening with these military drills. let's take it back to last week, that is when the kremlin spokesperson said when these deals were finished, those russian troops would go back to their bases. plenty of people said, we will believe it when we see it and i russia providing footage of what it says are these troops moving back. yesterday we had some footage, it

wasn't clear that geographical location, the russian side these whether western military districts they were finishing with their drills and returning to the bases. today we've had more footage which looks like it is found overnight, of tens of tanks leaving what russia has said, leaving crimea, going back to its bases in russia. in terms of what this tells us, we've had a lot of scepticism about these troop movements from the west. we've heard from borisjohnson, we've heard from the defence secretary, ben wallace, talking about the fact they haven't seen any evidence of a de—escalation and we heard from president biden saying something similar. exactly what this might mean for the peace process, for diplomatic processes is difficult to know. the other thing to bear in mind is that same kremlin spokesperson who spoke last week was also asked about this again yesterday and he said, yes, this wasn't surprising to some returning

to their bases. that is what he said would happen. but he pointed out russia at the right to remove its troops around around its borders whenever it wanted to, not necessarily a sign of de—escalation. ukraine's leading channels are carrying a patriotic tv marathon this morning to mark unity day, declared by president volodymyr zelensky amid reports that today could be the date of a potential russian invasion. ukrainians paraded a 200—meter—long national flag at the national olympic stadium in kyiv to celebrate that national day. the country's president volodymyr zelensky also appeared in a televised ceremony saluting the national flag as it was raised in kyiv. let's talk to our diplomatic correspondent paul adams in kyiv. we talk to him every day. why is this symbolism to ukrainians today? i'm not sure how important it is, this was something that volodymyr zelensky announced two days ago and he picked today because as you

mention just there, this he picked today because as you mentionjust there, this is he picked today because as you mention just there, this is the day that kept getting mentioned as the possible start of a russian invasion. this was almost an off—the—cuff remark in the united states which became this date we've all fixated on of wednesday. president zelensky is through that dates back to face, he said you want to make us feel scared about innovation, we will have a day of national unity. we were out and about this morning and are part of this enormous flag flying, there is precious little evidence of anyone really marking the day. at ten o'clock, they were people, the national anthem was played outside public buildings, we were outside the fire station when the crew lined up the fire station when the crew lined up and saluted the flag. then are flights flying on street corners but it isn't a public holiday, the people of kyiv are going about their business. i think they are

appreciative of presence zelensky gesture and it is important. he feels it is important to be rallying the country. he is off on a world wind tour of ukraine today. i don't think it is, it doesn't feel like a day of enormous emotion because the steady drumbeat of this crisis is kind of grinding people down psychologically. anyway, they want to carry on doing what they are doing. to carry on doing what they are doinu. . . , to carry on doing what they are doinu. . ., , , , doing. the uncertainty must be horrendous. _ doing. the uncertainty must be horrendous. thank— doing. the uncertainty must be horrendous. thank you - doing. the uncertainty must be horrendous. thank you very - doing. the uncertainty must be . horrendous. thank you very much, paul. matthew smith is director of analysis at shephard media — which provides news and information to the defence industry. what information are you providing the defence industry about the imminence or otherwise of a russian invasion? ~ ., ., , invasion? morning. one of the things that is evident _ invasion? morning. one of the things that is evident is _ invasion? morning. one of the things that is evident is there _ invasion? morning. one of the things that is evident is there is _ invasion? morning. one of the things that is evident is there is a _ invasion? morning. one of the things that is evident is there is a lot - invasion? morning. one of the things that is evident is there is a lot of - that is evident is there is a lot of scepticism across nato about what these troop movements mean. but from

a russian perspective, what we are looking at is vladimir putin trying to keep his options open. these movements don't take anything off the table for him but they do open at the prospect or keep the prospect going that they could be successful in negotiations. it is by vladimir putin keeping his options open. brute putin keeping his options open. we spoke to the former chief of military staff and i asked him do you think russia will invade ukraine, he said, no. itis you think russia will invade ukraine, he said, no.- you think russia will invade ukraine, he said, no. it is a clear statement _ ukraine, he said, no. it is a clear statement there. _ ukraine, he said, no. it is a clear statement there. if— ukraine, he said, no. it is a clear statement there. if you - ukraine, he said, no. it is a clear statement there. if you look - ukraine, he said, no. it is a clear statement there. if you look at, l ukraine, he said, no. it is a clear. statement there. if you look at, and i can see where he is coming from, the forces russia has been investing in, the fact it is deployed across ukraine, this is a military that is focused on high intensity warfare

capability. that capability would be extremely effective in the initial stages of ukraine. but it isn't well suited for conducting counterinsurgency in a complex long—term environment for them if you were to look at, two years down the line, if there was a successful invasion of ukraine by russia, it is possible that with quite quickly turn into a complex operation which, as we know from our experiences in iraq and afghanistan, is a very, very different prospect from high testing conflict. it is costly in terms of lives, in terms of resources and difficult to get out of at the end of it. from a russian perspective, vladimir putin will be very much weighing up the costs and benefits of an invasion.— benefits of an invasion. thank you very much — benefits of an invasion. thank you very much for— benefits of an invasion. thank you very much for talking _ benefits of an invasion. thank you very much for talking to _ benefits of an invasion. thank you very much for talking to us. - when the price of things we buy,

from a cup of coffee to a new top, to petrol to a packet of dried pasta all increase, it's called inflation. it means we can buy less for a pound today than we could buy yesterday. when the price of things we buy, from a cup of coffee to a new top, in the uk, the latest measure of monthly inflation figure is out, and it's 5.5 %, up from 5.4% in december. that's the highest since march 1992. clothing and footwear price increases pushed up the overall total this month. our correspondent elaine dunkley spent the day with leah griffiths in manchester leah is a busy mum of three. she is a care worker. it's a demanding job with long hours. i leave my house at 6:00am every morning, sometimes 5:30am. and sometimes i don't get home until 10:00pm at night. you are going ice skating with church next week as well. i forgot to tell you. when your wages go into the bank you think, i've got this much left to budget with for the month. like many families, she has noticed a big increase in the price of her weekly shop. we were only talking last week at morris dancing about the price of beans and another lady said

to me, they've gone up by 16p a can. everything has shot up in price. you used to be able to get pasta for 20p a bag. that's now 40p a bag. all the staple foods like tinned tomatoes, things you would use to bulk out meals, that has all shot up. leah is constantly trying to reduce her shopping bill, but buying cheaper alternatives isn't always an option. my son only eats a particular brand ofjam because he's got additional needs and the price of the jam has gone up by 40p a jar. just down the road in wythenshawe is the factory where the jam is made. we've arranged a visit for leah to find out why her store cupboard essentials have gone up in price. i am just wondering why are the prices ofjam going up as much as they are at the minute? it's down to a number of things. it's shipment costs, so that's getting the raw materials from around the world to the uk. that's a massive part of it.

it's the cost of those raw materials. it's also the packaging materials, which is largely driven by energy costs. we have seen our costs increase by around £8 million over a 12 month period. we can't absorb those costs. i'm working all this weekend. i'm on back to back apart from sunday. next stop for leah is the bideford community centre in wythenshawe. she volunteers here. during the pandemic, it was a lifeline for her family when her husband was made redundant. today, she is bringing in donations, but is also on the lookout for a bargain. i tend to say to kirsty, "have you got a sale on?" and she will say "yeah" and i can get the really expensive, nice body wash for 50p. so it's not worth going to the supermarket and paying £1.75 when kirsty has got it here. even though we are technically on paper above the poverty line, once you take out the mortgage and the rising cost of the gas and electric, it's harderfor us because we have still have to pay

for school dinners, we don't get any help with them. and they have gone up in price as well. we saw numbers rise rapidly through the pandemic. - thousands of people every week are at that gate. - i would say in recent months- we thought we had seen the worst of what we are going to see and then we got the cost of living _ crisis and we are now i going straight back up. we are seeing lots of working families and people _ need to ask for help. pride can't get in the way. they need to say, i'm struggling. the government says it's providing support to put on average £1,000 a year more into the pockets of working families. leah says it's places like this that are making a real difference in helping those on low incomes struggling with the rising cost of living. this place represents the community. you give to your community and they give back to you. elaine dunkley, bbc news, wythenshawe. something that the headlines on bbc news...

calls for prince andrew to hand back his duke of york title — and questions over how he'll fund his out—of—court settlement with virginia giuffre — the woman who'd accused him of sexual assault. as ukrainians mark their national unity day, nato defence ministers meet to assess the threat from russia to ukraine here in the uk your money will buy less today than it did last month — official figures show the cost of living is up, again, with inflation now at 5.5 % every 18—year—old who leaves care in wales will get £1600 a month for 2 years in a new experiment. an investigation by the bbc�*s global disinformation team has found that thousands of private photos of women are being shared, without their consent, on the social media app telegram. the app now has more than 500 million users worldwide. the investigation found nude pictures shared in telegram channels in more than 20 countries, despite the platform's claims that it moderates public spaces and removes illegal pornography.

this story has some some sexual content. sara is from havana, cuba's capital city. she comes here to find calm ever since she found out that a nude photo she'd taken and shared with one other person had been posted on the social media app telegram. we've changed her name for her safety. she doesn't know for sure how it ended up in a group with 18,000 followers, many of whom are from her neighbourhood, and may all have seen her naked. translation: i saw super vulgar comments about how hot i was, l asking if there were more photos of me. sara reported the picture of her to telegram, but got no response. our investigation has found groups with pictures you like sara's in more than 20 countries shared with tens of thousands of people on telegram, and there's very should little these women can do about it.

nigar is from azerbaijan, but she now lives in exile. her brother has a youtube channel where he openly criticises azerbaijan's president. that made nigar a target. translation: my mum started crying and told me there - is a video, it was sent to me. i was devastated. absolutely devastated. the videos showed nigar and her husband having sex. they were posted in a telegram group with over 40,000 members. she says she was secretly filmed to blackmail her brother. the group that posted footage of nigar has since been shut down. but this kind of action from the platform is rare, as we found out for ourselves. we reported 100 images as porn to telegram. one month later, 96

images were still there. telegram did not agree to an interview, and their statement didn't refer to ourfindings. they insist they have teams who proactively monitor public spaces. but as the platform continues to grow, there are fears that more women could be targeted and their bodies and lives exposed. hannah gelbart, bbc news. and you can watch a longer version of this investigation on the bbc news youtube channel. uk doctors have now been treating covid patients for more than two years — and it's fair to say it's been a steep learning curve. as well as the vaccines, huge progress has been made in the use of anti—viral drugs — which mean more people can be treated at home rather than admitted to hospital. 0ur medical editor fergus walsh has been to the royal victoria infirmary in newcastle to find out more. at the start of the pandemic, there were no drugs for covid. how things have changed. screen five patients who are eligible for paxlovid... a key focus now is on anti—viral

pills like paxlovid. in trials, it was 88% effective at preventing hospital admission. it's being sent to patients who've just tested positive for covid and are considered high—risk. like emily, who has a weakened immune system. the paxlovid's been really effective. i've taken it for about two days now. i'm already feeling much better. and it's been quite reassuring that i've been able to get this medication so quickly from the nhs. the government says it's procured nearly five million courses of anti—virals — more per head than any other country in europe. just part of the armoury of treatments against covid available here at newcastle's royal victoria infirmary. we've got the anti—virals that are protecting people from coming into hospital once they've got coronavirus, and when someone is admitted to hospital, we've got a significant number of drugs that can help

people and stop them from going to intensive care, and even treat them while they're on intensive care. are you normally all right getting your blood done? there wouldn't be any drugs without trial volunteers like colin — who tested one of the covid vaccines, and is still having his antibodies monitored. more than 52 million people in the uk are vaccinated, and those jabs remain the main shield against covid. 0micron being milder has helped, too — but doctors warn it still poses a threat to the unvaccinated. covid will not disappear completely, but even if new variants emerge, they should be kept in check by a combination of vaccines and the increasing number of effective drug treatments. we're just going to do a test to see how fast and how much you can blow out. but even though covid hospital admissions have fallen sharply, there is a growing problem of long covid. blow, blow, blow — keep going...

last month, a record one in 50 people in the uk said they were living with lingering symptoms of covid. danielle still suffers fatigue and brain fog — nearly two years after being infected. there is no doubt that this has an enormous impact on the individuals affected. a huge impact. that's a problem for them, but it's also a problem for society because these are people who have been taken out of the workforce as a consequence. covid has been the biggest challenge everfaced by the nhs. two years on, hospitals can begin to plan for a future not completely free of the disease, but one where it no longer dominates health care and society. fergus walsh, bbc news. we have some breaking news. the

chair of british racing independent judicial— chair of british racing independent judicial panel has improved and interim — judicial panel has improved and interim suspension after a video appeared — interim suspension after a video appeared mark told hitting a horse with what — appeared mark told hitting a horse with what looks like a branch. this snapension _ with what looks like a branch. try 3 suspension means that while investigations continue into the circumstances, he will not be able to race in great britain or internationally. he has said it was him and he recognises his action and has agreed to the interim suspension. wales has become the first uk nation to offer the covid vaccine to all children aged five to eleven. the welsh government says it's following a recommendation from the uk'sjoint committee on vaccination and immunisation — which has yet to be published. no timetable has been set out for the vaccination programme. every 18—year—old leaving the care system in wales is to be given £1,600 a month for two years as part of a new basic income scheme. the pilot project will start later this year and is expected to cost up to 20—million pounds over 3 years.

around 500 people will be eligible. critics argue the money would be better spent on support services. to talk about about this new scheme is jane hutt, minister for socialjustice at the welsh government. thank you for talking to us. what is the thinking behind this? it is thank you for talking to us. what is the thinking behind this?— the thinking behind this? it is a commitment we _ the thinking behind this? it is a commitment we made - the thinking behind this? it is a commitment we made in - the thinking behind this? it is a commitment we made in her i the thinking behind this? it 3 —. commitment we made in her programme for government about committing to actually testing out the basic income, a basic income pilot, and looking at the most vulnerable young people where they are going through the all important transition from childhood to adulthood, care leavers, investing in them with engagement and involvement in a basic income this is global, the basic income this is global, the basic income this is global, the basic income pilot is going on all over the world, we have got

tremendous support from experts in the field, but it is actually designed to ensure that we can support these young people, give them the strength, the power, the self esteem and the opportunities with a basic income, a decent basic income. i am very pleased that our young people, young care leavers are willing and interested and positive about this base up income pilot we are progressing. find about this base up income pilot we are progressing-— are progressing. and after two ears? are progressing. and after two years? we _ are progressing. and after two years? we need _ are progressing. and after two years? we need to _ are progressing. and after two years? we need to evaluate i are progressing. and after two i years? we need to evaluate and monitor as _ years? we need to evaluate and monitor as we _ years? we need to evaluate and monitor as we improve - years? we need to evaluate and monitor as we improve the - years? we need to evaluate and | monitor as we improve the pilot. years? we need to evaluate and i monitor as we improve the pilot. it is an decent income they will have, equivalent to the living wage. there will be support and engagement with the young people as there is already in terms of prospects for them. the transition forward, we hope this will be a success and then, of course, governments, and we in

government want to see if it's successful, we could take this forward. and it will be a learning lesson not only for governments across the uk, but also across the world as well.— across the uk, but also across the world as well. when you say take it forward, world as well. when you say take it forward. do — world as well. when you say take it forward. do you _ world as well. when you say take it forward, do you mean _ world as well. when you say take it forward, do you mean expanded i world as well. when you say take it forward, do you mean expanded to | forward, do you mean expanded to more care leavers? 0ther forward, do you mean expanded to more care leavers? other 18 euros? make it longer? we more care leavers? other 18 euros? make it longer?— make it longer? we are at the start of an income _ make it longer? we are at the start of an income pilot, _ make it longer? we are at the start of an income pilot, and _ make it longer? we are at the start of an income pilot, and monitoring| of an income pilot, and monitoring evaluation through that pilot will be crucial to see a success... financially, it is a commitment that we have made over the next three years for the welsh government, but we will then obviously want to share this across the board so it could be considered, not only in terms of young people, care leavers, in her pilot, but there are many questions about universal basic income across the world in terms of other

prospects. the president of catalonia is doing one, i would be interested to learn and share experience. interested to learn and share experience-_ interested to learn and share exerience. ., , ., experience. how is the government -a in: for experience. how is the government paying for it? _ experience. how is the government paying for it? we — experience. how is the government paying for it? we have _ experience. how is the government paying for it? we have put - experience. how is the government paying for it? we have put it - experience. how is the government paying for it? we have put it into i paying for it? we have put it into our budget. _ paying for it? we have put it into our budget. very _ paying for it? we have put it into our budget, very tough - paying for it? we have put it into our budget, very tough times, i our budget, very tough times, austerity has been a real hit over the last ten years of the uk government, but we have made the commitment in our budget, our ministerfor commitment in our budget, our minister for social justice, commitment in our budget, our minister for socialjustice, to commitment in our budget, our ministerfor socialjustice, to back it by the welsh government, and our budget, this is included in our budget, this is included in our budget for the next three years. let me read some messages, on twitter lots of people say it is amazing. 0n e—mail, i have got this message, how far will the country go to encourage young people to be reliant on hand—outs? another message, i think it is great that care leavers are being looked after but what about middle—aged people like me? i have

lost myjob to covid—19, i have a mortgage, i only have £320 a month from universal credit.— from universal credit. brilliant feedback already. _ from universal credit. brilliant feedback already. it _ from universal credit. brilliant feedback already. it is - from universal credit. brilliant feedback already. it is not - from universal credit. brilliant feedback already. it is not a i feedback already. it is not a hand—out. it is an entitlement. itruihat hand-out. it is an entitlement. what is the difference? _ hand-out. it is an entitlement. what is the difference? an _ hand-out. it is an entitlement. what is the difference? an entitlement, . is the difference? an entitlement, 500, is the difference? an entitlement, 500. across _ is the difference? an entitlement, 500, across the _ is the difference? an entitlement, 500, across the whole _ is the difference? an entitlement, 500, across the whole of - is the difference? an entitlement, 500, across the whole of wales, i is the difference? an entitlement, | 500, across the whole of wales, in all their diversity, it is an entitlement to them. , ., , entitlement to them. sorry, what is the difference _ entitlement to them. sorry, what is the difference between _ entitlement to them. sorry, what is the difference between a _ entitlement to them. sorry, what is the difference between a hand-outl the difference between a hand—out and an entitlement? it is the difference between a hand-out and an entitlement?— the difference between a hand-out and an entitlement? it is about how ou and an entitlement? it is about how you engage — and an entitlement? it is about how you engage with _ and an entitlement? it is about how you engage with young _ and an entitlement? it is about how you engage with young people - and an entitlement? it is about how| you engage with young people which we are doing in terms of developing this pilot. they want to see this success. there are many to two, and we gave support from local authorities, but some care leavers face uncertain times. and it could be for many of them, they were going

to need other services. it is an investment in the young person. it is an entitlement. they want to see that as part of our welsh government commitment to the united nations, for children's rights. the middle—aged person, yesterday, we announced £330 million to address the cost of living crisis, we are investing, unlike the uk government, a bespoke winterfuel investing, unlike the uk government, a bespoke winter fuel support scheme, £200 to every of working age who are on benefit, we are doing everything we can in terms of support directly for council taxpayers and we want to support all our population, but this is a very visible pilot for those care leavers, some of our most important young people and want to make a contribution to society and this is how we are doing it.— contribution to society and this is how we are doing it. thank you very much for talking _ how we are doing it. thank you very much for talking to _ how we are doing it. thank you very much for talking to us. _

how we are doing it. thank you very much for talking to us. i _ how we are doing it. thank you very much for talking to us. i suppose i much for talking to us. i suppose the uk chancellor might say he is giving people discount on their energy bills depending what council tax band they are in. rail services across scotland are being cancelled after a met office warning of 80mph winds during storm dudley. scotrail said some train journeys would stop from 4pm when the worst of the weather is expected. parts of northern england and northern ireland will be affected too. it's just the latest in a series of storms to cause havoc and a huge amount of damage, including eight million felled trees. our environment correspondent claire marshall has been to meet some of those trying to pick up the pieces. the met office has issued a rare red weather warning. some very strong winds, particularly affecting coastal areas. rail services across scotland are being cancelled conditions really are brutal — there's driving rain, - dropping temperatures and winds that are forecast to potentially gust - to up to 90 miles an hour. it's relentless. 0ne winter storm after another blasting the landscape. millions of trees have been brought down. the northeast of england has

been hit really hard. at great knott here in cumbria, which is one of our larger woods, we've lost over a third of the woodland. this is the heart of the lake district. that's the tree up there. kelvin archer manages the woodland trust's forests in the north of england. it's a big oak, isn't it? it's a real shame it's gone. he spends most of his time now assessing damage — his dog always with him. predominantly, this normally happens in scotland, which this year has been hit horrendously hard by the storms. it doesn't normally come down this far. we had the beast from the east a few years ago that did hit us here, but this last couple of years we've been hit again and again. northeast is starting to look a bit like scotland for wind blow and wind damage and storm damage, and now we're getting it over in cumbria. so there's a clear pattern of change. close to the shore of lake windermere, this is wray castle. there's clearing up happening here, too. the storms have cost the national trust around £4 million — the charity says already it's been the worst season for 40 years. it says that, in a huge blow

to british heritage, many iconic trees have been lost. so this is a national champion crested beech. it's a champion of britain and ireland because it's the biggest tree of that species in terms of girth. when you lose any big — really big, prominent tree, it's sad, and this one particularly, because it's been at wray castle for a long time. it's an important tree because it's the biggest, and to see it blown over is really sad. i think it's probably a douglas fir. richard takes us deep into the worst—hit area — it's still closed to the public. many of these trees have been weakened, and his team hasn't yet been able to make it safe. this is the kind of hidden damage that forest managers are really worried about. across the uk, there are hundreds of thousands of giant trees like this that have fallen. many of the felled trees can be sold for timber, but there are so many of them that they're likely to fetch a lower price.

but storm damage can have its benefits. bonnie waring is a senior lecturer at imperial college london. when a tree falls down, it creates a gap in the canopy that lets light through. that helps light—dependent species thrive, and the dead tree itself is a really important habitat for species that are of conservation concern. however, richard admits finding the scale of the restoration work ahead daunting and depressing. if you look at all the smashed tops of the trees, kind of reminds you a bit of those photos you see of a battlefield. i've never seen a battlefield, but the pictures you see, the trees sort of look like that. itjust looks like somebody�*s set off a bomb. and now storm dudley is on its way. the horizon is darkening once again. winter isn't over yet. can the survivors stay standing? claire marshall, bbc news, cumbria. colleges are reopening

in the indian state of karnataka after being shut after confrontations over the wearing of the hijab in classrooms. hindu and muslim students have been on opposing sides of protests, that have spread to other parts of the country. it's left the state polarised, and the high court is continuing to hear arguments before making a ruling on the issue. bbc�*s divya arya reports from udupi in karnataka. muskaan khan wears at home what brought so much tension at college. she is the most recent emblem of india's politics of the hijab. i just saw the crowd of youngsters who were wearing their shawls, i was just passing, i thought some would go for the class. but then they all started attacking me. and they were holding their shawls and telling me to go back, you are not allowed for the class by wearing burka. they were giving the slogan "jai shri ram". they were coming and telling me that remove this burka and go back.

it was one front in the last week in an escalating row. although people can wear the hijab in the classrooms in the southern state of karnataka, demand for islamic head dresses was met by wearing saffron shawls — a symbol of hinduism — and the respective slogans came to the fore. i was angered and a little bit i was scared and then i shouted louder so that i get carried. — courage. muskaan still went to college, something women say they have been doing in the past wearing hijabs, despite state government words to the contrary. translation: recently, some girls decided to wear the hijab to school. that is when we started fixing the problem. the school management explained to students that we have a right to decide on the uniform. according to the state education act of 1995, the institution has the right to prescribe the uniform and students must follow it.

he cited the state high courtjudgment backing it up. now, karnataka's high court has to decide on the latest dispute. this college is one of the many in the state where students wore saffron scarves to protest muslim women's demand to be allowed to wear head scarves inside college. all high schools and colleges have been shut this week to difuse passions while they wait for the court to come to a decision. but critics say the state administration has done little to engage the students in dialogue. instead, allowing opinions to pulverise. pulverisation that has led to, at times, violent protests across the country. that is about more than outward appearances. particularly for india's 200 million muslims. who, while great in number, are a minority.

kanataka's authorities have prohibited gatherings of more than four people, but that does not stop often hostile debate from flourishing online. my humble wish to everyone, please do not update the status, as like hindi versus muslims, i have stood not only for the muslim, but for all the non—muslims and muslim girls. everyone should stand for their rights. online, and in real life, rights and beliefs are in a painful contradiction. the us writer and satirist pj o'rourke has died at the age of 74. best known for books including "republican party reptile", "eat the rich" and "give war a chance" — written in a style that a specific cause of his death has not been revealed but his publisher said mr o'rourke had been ill in recent months. david willis has more from los angeles.

pj o'rourke was one of the most prolific and one of the most widely quoted american writers. often defined as a political satirist, if you like, but his work went well beyond the political. indeed, he wrote more than 20 books on subjects as diverse as politics, economics, etiquette, cars and so on. he was a hippie in the 60s and he started working on underground newspapers and magazines before making his way to national lampoon which in the 1970s here in america was a very influential humour magazine. from there, he went on to write for publications such as rolling stone and the atlantic monthly. and as you mentioned, his work was once likened to and i quote here, a cross between the hedonism of hunter s thompson and the patrician mockery of tom wolfe. he was a conservative republican, of course, he once said, "god is a republican, santa claus is a democrat"

but in 2016, he announced that he would not be voting, he would be voting for hillary clinton, not donald trump, having said of hillary clinton, she is wrong about absolutely everything but she is wrong within normal parameters. that was seen as somewhat of a criticism of donald trump, her opponent, whom pj o'rourke regarded as unstable. but throughout his career, his chief target was self—importance, whether it was his own or other people's and indeed that won him support from both sides of the political divide. he was working, it is said, on a book, prior to his death, about the united states viewed from his hometown of toledo in ohio, that is a place he once called one of the junkyards of american capitalism. that's it from me for now, you can contact us by using hashtag bbc your questions

and there's plenty more on the bbc news website and app. you've been watching bbc news. as we go through the next few days, some windy and stormy conditions. storm dudley crosses our shores today and storm eunice on friday. at the storm comes in, you can see all the storm comes in, you can see all the rain, some of it heavy, but a mild day, especially across england, wales and northern ireland and some parts of the south east could see temperatures of 17 degrees. in northern scotland it will be colder. the wind is going to strengthen. these gusts give you an idea of how strong it will be in the afternoon. the met office has an amber warning in force, meaning an increased

likelihood of impacts due to severe weather, inland gusts of 60 to 70 mph, 80 or 90 mph with exposure. this evening and overnight, the rain clears but left with a lot of blustery showers, some hill snow, and it is going to be windy across the board. colder than last night, relatively mild for the time of year in southern areas. tomorrow, storm dudley pushes onto the near continent, but look at the isobars, it will be windy for a time before the isobars open up and the wind eases. then comes storm eunice. thursday starts of windy, dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine, still a few showers, gradually the wind will ease, temperatures are lower than today. storm eunice is waiting in the wings. this area of low pressure will quickly push across as bringing rain and snow. as

you can see from the isobars, it will be very windy and there is the potential of widespread damaging winds on friday than we are looking at today from storm eunice with gusts of 60 to 70 mph and some snow, so blizzards. the track is not nailed on yet but this is what we think at the moment. snow coming in across northern ireland, scotland, northern england and wales going east, coupled with the strong winds, and that combination means blizzards for some.

this is bbc news, i'm annita mcveigh. the headlines at 11... the russian defence ministry says some of its units are returning to their bases after exercises in crimea — but nato defence ministers meeting in brussels warn that russia still poses a threat to ukraine. that is not normal military exercising, you don't surround a county with 100 plus, 16% of the whole of a country with 100 plus, 16% of the whole of russia's land forces on its borders if you are just going for an exercise. so far we have not seen any de—escalation on the ground, on the contrary, it seems russia has a military build—up. calls for prince andrew to hand back his duke of york title — and questions over how he'll fund his out—of—court settlement with virginia giuffre — the woman who'd accused him of sexual assault.

i would hope in this time of reflection which i trust he will enter into, he will certainly consider that as an action he could take into acknowledging the hurt that has been caused. your money will buy less today than it did last month — official figures show the cost of living is up, again, with inflation now at 5.5%. every 18—year—old who leaves care in wales will get £1600 a month for two years in a new experiment. as parts of the uk brace for the arrival of storm dudley, we look at the impact of winter storms on our woodlands.

hello and welcome to bbc news. russia says it's preparing to withdraw more troops from the ukrainian border, but the head of nato has said the number is increasing steadily. jens stoltenberg, speaking ahead of a meeting of nato defence ministers in brussels, says the alliance is still preparing for a russian invasion. more than 100,000 russian troops are massed along the border with ukraine. and yesterday — us presidentjoe biden warned a russian attack on ukraine was "still very much a possibility." ukraine is marking a day of unity as fears continue that russian forces massed on its borders could be poised to launch an attack. this morning the russian ministry of defence has released more footage of what it says are tanks leaving crimea on a train after completing military drills. yesterday russia said that it was moving troops back to their bases as planned once they were no longer needed for these exercises. speaking to the bbc before the nato meeting in brussels, defence secretary ben wallace said that an invasion was still possible.

i've never talked about one date or another, because fundamentally, as i've also always consistently said, as actually has the united states that president putin hadn't made a decision yet and until a decision is made, none of us will really know what will happen next. what we do know is that the disposition of 130,000 plus troops on the border of ukraine, naval ships surrounding it in the black sea, exercising in belarus, building of field hospitals, all of that has been and is taking place. the latest was yesterday and the day, before russian troops moving from assembly areas to effectively assault positions, is that on the ground the physical observations that we see show the opposite of some of the recent rhetoric coming out of the kremlin, and i think it would be absolutely the right thing to say is that, that is not normal military exercising. you don't surround a country with 100 plus, you know, 60% of the whole of russia's land forces on its borders

if you'rejust going for an exercise. jens stoltenberg is the head of nato. he spoke ahead of the defence ministers' meeting in brussels, about russia's claims that it had been withdrawing forces. so far we have not seen any russian de—escalation. but of course we are closely monitoring and following what are doing. if they really start to withdraw forces, that is what we will welcome. that remains to be seen. they have always moved forces back and forth. we see movement of forces doesn't confirm a real withdrawal. our defence correspondent jonathan beale is in brussels — and explains what could happen next.

there are a number of as you heard from jens stoltenberg there. the other thing they are doing is talking about bolstering natal defences on the eastern flank, putting bottle but groups into countries like bulgaria and romania. after the russian invasion of crimea in 2014 the british put 1000 troops around estonia, britain talking also about reinforcing that number in estonia but looking at other countries in the south—east of the alliance to send a clear message to russia. they are not saying these trips are anything but for defence and deterrence but they want to send a message to russia and indeed jens stoltenberg yesterday was making clear that because of russia's military build—up there will be long security consequences and that the

alliance will respond. the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has been speaking this morning — and warned western countries including britain against bringing in new sanctions. we know how london is accustomed and how it likes to play a role of provocateur in the relations between russia and the west, i really hope that other western countries are more responsible actors and this attempt to provoke a new wave of the sanction, so they will see through it and they won't support it. but in any case, i would like to emphasise these both the russian government and our parliament. they won't be idle when they see such things are happening in the west. here's our moscow correspondent caroline davies with the latest on the movement of troops on the ukraine border.

more information coming out from the ministry of defence in russia about what is happening with these military drills. let's take it back to last week, that is when the kremlin spokesperson said when these deals were finished, those russian troops would go back to their bases. plenty of people said, we will believe it when we see it and now russia providing footage of what it says are these troops moving back. yesterday we had some footage, it wasn't clear that geographical location, the russian side these were western military districts they were finishing with their drills and returning to the bases. today we've had more footage which looks like it is filmed overnight, of tens of tanks leaving what russia has said, leaving crimea, going back to its bases in russia. in terms of what this tells us, we've had a lot of scepticism about these troop movements from the west. we've heard from borisjohnson, we've heard from the defence secretary, ben wallace, talking about the fact they haven't seen any evidence of a de—escalation

and we heard from president biden saying something similar. exactly what this might mean for the peace process, for diplomatic process is difficult to know. the other thing to bear in mind is that same kremlin spokesperson who spoke last week was also asked about this again yesterday yesterday and he said, yes, this wasn't surprising troops were returning to their bases. that is what he said would happen. but he pointed out russia had the right to remove its troops around around its borders whenever it wanted to, not necessarily a sign of de—escalation. we have just had some comments from the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskiy, he is touring the country today on this day of unity in ukraine and he has been speaking to sarah raynsford or russia correspondent and he said, this is

his first reaction to reports from russia that it is pulling some trips back to base away from russia's border with ukraine. speaking to the bbc at a military training ground in the west of ukraine resident zelenskiy said, "to be honest we react to reality we have and we don't see any withdrawal yet, we just about it. i think all normal people expect a de—escalation, as will a threat i have said many times that we are, but any threats because we remember that all this did not start yesterday was that this has been happening for many years because we see it, that is it, when the troops to withdraw everyone will see that. not only reconnaissance or the military, we will all see it but for now it is just statements." that is coming in from our moscow correspondent, the comments made by president zelenskiy of ukraine to the bbc and the president is on a tour of ukraine today on this day of unity in the country. we will be bringing you more coverage on what is happening in ukraine very soon,

but now one of the day's other main stories. there are calls for clarity over prince andrew's role in public life and how he will fund a financial settlement, after he agreed a deal in the us civil sexual assault case brought by virginia giuffre. the sum is being kept secret. as part of the settlement, prince andrew accepted his accuser ms giuffre had suffered as a victim of abuse. he made no admission of liability and has always denied the allegations. this morning the mp for york central has called on prince andrew to give up his title as the duke of york. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. for all the show of public defiance that he was determined to fight the case in court, it was always thought by lawyers and others that he would have to settle out of court and that's exactly what andrew has now done. without, importantly for him, any admission of liability over virginia giuffre's central assertion against andrew of sexual assault, but with the promise of a substantial donation to ms giuffre's charity in support of victims' rights.

a statement filed to the civil court in new york said... the statement contrasts sharply with andrew's newsnight interview, when he expressed no sympathy for epstein's victims, and said he had no regrets about his friendship with epstein. do you regret the whole friendship with epstein? er... now, still not, and the reason being is that the people that i met, and the opportunities that i was given to learn —

either by him or because of him — were actually very useful. for andrew, it was vital in the settlement not to admit any liability — for virginia giuffre, to have had her ordeal at the hands ofjeffrey epstein to be fully recognised. whatever he lost as a result of this can never compare to what the victims of epstein, maxwell, and the men that we were trafficked to have lost from our lives. there's no amount of money that could compensate for that. and i think that, in negotiating her settlement, virginia was very wise in going after things that are much more important than money. buckingham palace has offered no comment, but one thing is certain, this out—of—court settlement will be a huge relief to the royal family. the prospect of a court case hanging

over the queen's platinum jubilee was not one they relished, to put it mildly. his reputation has been shredded. he is no longer an official member of the royal family, he's lost hrh, he's lost his patronages, and that privacy that the royal family always seek to maintain from the press, you know, if anyone tried to run something on a member of the royal family's private life, the palace are very quick to stamp down on any errant journalist who might try and publish something like that, that's over for prince andrew. anyone who comes forward with a tale of badgering staff, that will now be open to his reputation. i don't think his reputation can ever recover, and i don't see a return ever to public life for him. quite what andrew's future is now is unclear. in the court statement, he says he will work to support the fight against the evils of sex trafficking. nicholas witchell, bbc news. joining me now is tim nelson, the ceo of hope forjustice,

a charity which works with victims and survivors of human trafficking around the world, including in the uk and united states. thank you for your time today. how do you feel about this settlement, which we will see a substantial donation we are told to go to virginia giuffre's charity for victims rights.. virginia giuffre's charity for victims rights. ._ virginia giuffre's charity for victims rights.. virginia giuffre's charity for victims riahts.. _, ., ., victims rights.. good morning. i think we welcome _ victims rights.. good morning. i think we welcome this - victims rights.. good morning. ii think we welcome this settlement victims rights.. good morning. i - think we welcome this settlement in how it is being reported, because they financial amount that will go to the victims, to support them as they turn to survivors, is not normal, it is not something we see internationally. there are so many victims internationally we don't get any form of recompense, whether in civil litigation like this or criminal cases and we would welcome that because it can help to rebuild the lives of those individuals who have gone through such horrific trauma of such great crimes of. but no da in

trauma of such great crimes of. but no day in court as such. when you look more broadly at victims of trafficking and abuse, how important is it to them that that day in court happens? is it to them that that day in court ha ens? , . ., is it to them that that day in court hauens? , . ., . ,., happens? justice for victims of human trafficking _ happens? justice for victims of human trafficking and - happens? justice for victims of - human trafficking and modern-day human trafficking and modern—day slavery is so very important. the estimates are that there are over a million individual held in forms of sexual exploitation globally. just report released yesterday said that last year was the worst year on record for online sexual abuse. 2000 individual transactions a minute going through. for all of those victims, the only way to see justice is when you see perpetrator is being held to account for what they have done and to see those individuals but in present. but done and to see those individuals but in present.— done and to see those individuals but in present. but do you see this as one form _ but in present. but do you see this as one form of _ but in present. but do you see this as one form ofjustice, _ but in present. but do you see this as one form ofjustice, the - as one form ofjustice, the settlement, the day in court might be another form ofjustice? settlement, the day in court might be anotherform ofjustice? the be another form of 'ustice? the exact facts h

be another form of 'ustice? the exact facts of h be another form of 'ustice? the exact facts of what _ be another form ofjustice? tue: exact facts of what went on be another form ofjustice? tye: exact facts of what went on between prince andrew and virginia giuffre are between them and certainly this civil case by being settled doesn't give us any transparency on what has happened. what we are aware of is thatjustice itself can come in many types of forms and for virginia giuffre to accept that this is something she and her lawyers want to take as a settlement, it is one form of recompense. the sad reality we see so many individuals internationally who are not seeing any form of recompense, or any form ofjustice, we would call on more individuals that may find themselves who have gone through these types of horrific trauma to be in contact so we can see more prosecutions happening and more individuals set free. i happening and more individuals set free. . , , happening and more individuals set free. ., , , ., ., free. i am presuming that hope for 'ustice will free. i am presuming that hope for justice will very — free. i am presuming that hope for justice will very much _ free. i am presuming that hope for justice will very much support - free. i am presuming that hope for justice will very much support the l justice will very much support the individual�*s choice in what they want today, whether it is to go to

court, whether it is to accept a settlement of.— court, whether it is to accept a settlement of. ., , , . settlement of. that is very much the case. we settlement of. that is very much the case- we want _ settlement of. that is very much the case. we want to _ settlement of. that is very much the case. we want to support _ settlement of. that is very much the case. we want to support every - case. we want to support every single victim and to acknowledge every person's circumstances are very different. we want to try and make sure whether working in the uk or the us or anywhere internationally that the individual is treated bespoke way. we have individuals we are independent modern slavery at the crickets who work tirelessly mixture they can work tirelessly mixture they can work through the journey of restoration, helping them through the trauma they have been through and on the steps of recovery. for individuals all over the world we would hope to see more individuals be set free because a sad reality is are now more people expected to be a victim of modern—day slavery, human trafficking than there have ever been at any point in time in human history and want to see single one of them set free, all over the world. i of them set free, all over the world. ., ,., of them set free, all over the world. ., ., ., ., ., world. i also want to ask you what ou make world. i also want to ask you what you make of _ world. i also want to ask you what you make of the _ world. i also want to ask you what you make of the fact _ world. i also want to ask you what you make of the fact that - world. i also want to ask you what you make of the fact that prince i you make of the fact that prince andrew has said going forward he wants to work to try to make sure

that victims of abuse, their voices are heard. obviously he has not admitted any liability in this case or over the accusations that virginia giuffre made against him. and he has paid, he will be paying this settlement. how do you feel therefor about him saying that he wants to in the future be a voice for victims? wants to in the future be a voice forvictims? i wants to in the future be a voice for victims?— for victims? i think the financial settlement _ for victims? i think the financial settlement that _ for victims? i think the financial settlement that has _ for victims? i think the financial settlement that has been - for victims? i think the financial - settlement that has been discussed and he has talked about in the media today, about going to the victims of those individuals who are held against their will, it has to be welcomed, because the sad reality is if we added up the sum total of everyone who was rescued last year globally it was just over 118,000 by all organisations working in this field, but there are estimates of over 40.3 million people, so all money that can go into this area to try and help support has to be welcomed and i would encourage anyone who feels that way that they want to help support it, whether

hope forjustice or another organisation globally to get behind this mission to try and see an end to this heinous crime and to see so many more victims set free. [30 to this heinous crime and to see so many more victims set free. do you think though _ many more victims set free. do you think though that _ many more victims set free. do you think though that prince _ many more victims set free. do you think though that prince andrew- think though that prince andrew should be doing that or would you prefer as many people saying they want to see him live an entirely private existence and not be involved as an advocate for this or indeed any other cause?— involved as an advocate for this or indeed any other cause? there is a difference between _ indeed any other cause? there is a difference between an _ indeed any other cause? there is a difference between an advocate i indeed any other cause? there is a | difference between an advocate and an investment financially. i would encourage prince andrew and all people who want to give financially to see an end to this crime, in terms of what this looks like for individual victims, we know we can see more people set free if we have the resources to put the specialist teams in place to find the victims who are held against their will. the issues around online sexual exploitation show that even for the report that came out yesterday, 75% of all sexual abuse victims have been trafficked online first, so

funding like is being discussed will make a huge difference to being able to find victims and see their lives restored. . ~ to find victims and see their lives restored. ., ,, , ., , . ., restored. thank you very much for 'oinin: us restored. thank you very much for joining us today- _ well if you've been affected by any of the issues we've discussed, you can find more information and resources on the bbc action line at bbc.co.uk/action line. breaking news, scotland is to follow the same path as wales and offering covid vaccinations in all 5—11 —year—olds. whilst the first nations in the uk to announce it would offer those jabs to a five to 11—year—olds, and nicola sturgeon has been tweeting. we can bring you that about this. nicola sturgeon

saying... wales also saying that although that official advice from the jcvi hasn't been published yet, they have received advice and will be working on that basis to offer vaccinations to all five to 11—year—olds, scotland doing the same now. when the price of things we buy — from a cup of coffee to a new top, to petrol to a packet of dried pasta — all increase, it's called inflation. it means we can buy less for a pound today than we could buy yesterday. in the uk, the latest measure of monthly inflation figure is out — and it's 5.5%, up from 5.4% in december.

that's the highest since march 1992. clothing and footwear price increases pushed up the overall total this month. about 500 barrels of oil has leaked from a pipe off the north wales coast. the incident took places about 20 miles north of rhyl. the pipe, which runs between two platforms named conwy and douglas, was shut off following the leak on monday and remains closed. gordon white is the countryside officer for sefton council, which is warning that balls of tar may start washing up on its coastline. thank you forjoining us, are you seeing any of these tar balls yet? thanks for giving the opportunity to speak to you. we haven't seen any land. for. the predictions we were sold yesterday were suggesting there would be a land within the boundaries of our local authority at sefton sometime from yesterday

evening but as i speak to you now have staff out on site continuing to monitor the condition of the tide and the incoming tide, we are at high tidejust about and the incoming tide, we are at high tide just about now, so i and the incoming tide, we are at high tidejust about now, so i am expecting some reports are coming from them in the next 15 minutes. tell us a little bit more about your plans to deal with any contamination, monitoring at the moment, but then if these tar balls start to wash up, what next? we have been having — start to wash up, what next? we have been having discussions _ start to wash up, what next? we have been having discussions and _ start to wash up, what next? we have been having discussions and will- been having discussions and will continue to have discussions with the company run and operate the offshore facility in liverpool bay, as well as others agencies and organisations, about the general standard of what happens when there is a spill of this type. so we will continue to do that and amend those plans as necessary depending on what actually does come ashore. it is possible that we intercept and may have a very lucky escape but that

doesn't mean there isn't going to be a problem somewhere else along the coastline further along that the modelling is also suggesting as time goes on there is likely to be problems further up the coastline further north from sefton, so we are talking about places like lancashire and the ribble estuary and that kind of area. i and the ribble estuary and that kind of area. ~' ., ., and the ribble estuary and that kind of area. ~ ., ., i. and the ribble estuary and that kind of area. ~ ., ., ,, ., and the ribble estuary and that kind of area. ~ ., ., ., ., . of area. i know that you have advice or a warning — of area. i know that you have advice or a warning for _ of area. i know that you have advice or a warning for members _ of area. i know that you have advice or a warning for members of - of area. i know that you have advice or a warning for members of the - or a warning for members of the public if they are out walking and they happen to see any of this oil, these tar balls washing up. we have ut some these tar balls washing up. we have put some posters — these tar balls washing up. we have put some posters out _ these tar balls washing up. we have put some posters out to _ these tar balls washing up. we have put some posters out to guide - these tar balls washing up. we have put some posters out to guide and i put some posters out to guide and advise members of the public who are constantly visiting the coastline in sefton and that guidance is initially for people in sefton to contact us in the first instance, we can verify anything they might want to report and provide us with the location and we can then report that

on to the company who we are working closely with along with all the other agencies who are landowners along the coastline and who have interest in oil pollution so we are talking about organisations like the maritime and coastguard agency, natural england who the government advisers and regulators for conservation, landowners like the national trust, and the rspb also have a reserve at myreside so we are also very concerned about the potential impacts on sensitive wildlife and sensitive habitats and species that we have here on sefton coast, an awful lot of them, and we are concerned that they could be very negative impacts for them as well. ,., ., .~' very negative impacts for them as well. ,., ., w ., very negative impacts for them as well. ,., ., .~' ., , ., well. good luck with whatever you face when you _ well. good luck with whatever you face when you try _ well. good luck with whatever you face when you try to _ well. good luck with whatever you face when you try to deal- well. good luck with whatever you face when you try to deal with - well. good luck with whatever you | face when you try to deal with that pollution. thank you.— let's return to tensions on the ukraine—russian border. russia say it is pulling troops from the region after the completion

of military drills — but speaking to the bbc — the ukraine president zelenskiy says 'we don't see any russian withdrawal yet.�* it comes as defence ministers for nato countries meet in brussels. let's speak to mark galeotti — who is a senior research fellow at rusi. thank you forjoining us. eur the view that military action is very much president putin's plan b or plan c, talk about your thought process. plan c, talk about your thought rocess. ~ . , , plan c, talk about your thought rocess. ~ ., , , , process. what is interesting is we have seen on _ process. what is interesting is we have seen on the _ process. what is interesting is we have seen on the one _ process. what is interesting is we have seen on the one hand - process. what is interesting is we have seen on the one hand he - process. what is interesting is we | have seen on the one hand he has built up this massive force which is absolutely capable unfortunately of defeating the ukrainians on the battlefield, occupying the country would be it a different matter but even though he has that, we have seen notjust negotiations but we have seen cyber attacks, subversion, all kinds of other non—kinetic means being used to try and force ukraine to make some kind of concessions. so i think it is clear that putin is well aware of the massive costs of any escalation, but he is hoping

that he can avoid that and basically get what he wants with rattling is very large cyber. so get what he wants with rattling is very large cyber-— get what he wants with rattling is very large cyber. so his plan a you think is more _ very large cyber. so his plan a you think is more about _ very large cyber. so his plan a you think is more about for _ very large cyber. so his plan a you think is more about for example, l very large cyber. so his plan a you i think is more about for example, you have mentioned already, cyber attacks, other means of beating ukraine in a position where it feels it needs to make some concessions. yes, and to be perfectly honest he is trying to put the west into a position where it will try to leverage ukraine into making concessions. there is already a certain sense that europe in particular would like ukraine to basically make some kind of moves which will satisfy putin and therefore the threat will go away. whether or not ukraine will be willing to do so because they probably would be frankly lethal fort zelenskiy�*s government as a whole other matter but that is unfortunately what is going on be any scenes and what putin is hoping clearly to induce us to do. we heard from jens stoltenberg _

clearly to induce us to do. we heard from jens stoltenberg ahead - clearly to induce us to do. we heard from jens stoltenberg ahead of- clearly to induce us to do. we heard from jens stoltenberg ahead of the i from jens stoltenberg ahead of the meeting in brussels earlier saying that nato hadn't seen a response to written proposals that were sent to russia on the 26th of january, suggesting topics that they might talk about to find a way forward, a political, diplomatic way forward, so what are your thoughts on the hopes for diplomacy at this point? i think they are quite high. we saw a couple of days ago this very carefully staged meeting between putin and his foreign minister sergei lavrov in which he said there are still reasons to negotiate and putin says ok, as long as it doesn't go on too long, continue talking, the one thing is this, the russians will want to be talking to the americans, as far as they are concerned firstly that is important for their own sense of place, one great power and negotiates with another, and secondly they think the americans decide everything when it comes to nato and european security. in some ways we shouldn't be surprised nato hasn't really heard back, as long as there are

continuing contacts but between the russians and the americans and in the context of the so—called normandy group about some kind of peace settlement in ukraine, they would still seem to be hope. if either of those two channels seem to get bogged down that is when it putin may feel he has no recourse except to escalation because he can't back down with nothing. itruihat can't back down with nothing. what is auoin to can't back down with nothing. what is going to save _ can't back down with nothing. what is going to save face _ can't back down with nothing. what is going to save face and all of this? what solution will be brought forward that could save face because i am presuming for both sides that is actually really important, if they are to back away they have to back away and be able to say to their people, look, we got this out of the events, i know the situation on the border of ukraine has been going on for years, but this latest situation, this is what we got from it. �* , ., , , , ., it. let's assume there is no progress — it. let's assume there is no progress made _ it. let's assume there is no progress made on - it. let's assume there is no progress made on the i it. let's assume there is no | progress made on the minsk it. let's assume there is no i progress made on the minsk to it. let's assume there is no - progress made on the minsk to make peace deal which is meant to be thing that solves a conflict, it is

deadin thing that solves a conflict, it is dead in the water, without this a lot of this will be packaging issues which are frankly already on the table like talks on intermediate—range nuclear missiles, taking them look like a concession to moscow, it will stick in our crow to be effectively acting as putin pulls like pr people but nonetheless he has to be given the opportunity to be able to claim some kind of victory at home. the other prospect is some kind of deal with said that although ukraine will still have the aspiration ofjoining nato there will not beat nato troops on ukrainian soil because that is clearly something putin fears, ukraine being some kind of nato forward base even if it is not a member, so maybe there is graham's there. it is not going to happen quickly, negotiations can take a long time, but nonetheless i think there is still some reason for optimism. there is still some reason for optimism-— there is still some reason for otimism. ., ,, , . every 18—year—old leaving the care

system in wales is to be given £1600 a month for two years as part of a new basic income scheme. the pilot project will start later this year and is expected to cost up to £20 million over 3 years. around 500 people will be eligible critics argue the money would be better spent on support services. from york, amy mookjoins us to talk about how this system could have made a change in her life. you are a care you are a care leave you are a care leave studying for a phd in psychology. ii you are a care leave studying for a phd in psychology-— you are a care leave studying for a phd in psychology. if you have this money available _ phd in psychology. if you have this money available when _ phd in psychology. if you have this money available when you - phd in psychology. if you have this money available when you left i phd in psychology. if you have this. money available when you left care, what difference would it have made? hello, i think it would have made an immense impact. it would have meant i would not have had to be dependent on my foster parents. i was fortunate they were able to give me some financial support that was missing. another thing is york

council has a better financial support than other local authorities. i think that money would have given me the financial freedom to explore avenues i wanted to take and not worry about the cost of living, which is rising substantially, and not have to go on universal credit for part of my life, and to have that scope and freedom without worry. unless anyone has struggled financially, they will never fully understand the toll on mental health that struggling with finances can have. i think this money can give care leavers, fresh out in the world, not understanding what they are doing, this could give them the opportunity to find themselves and not be burdened. i suppose the counterargument to that and we had it in the introduction,

some people say the money would be better going into a general part for support services, rather than going to individuals and i guess there are questions about whether every care lever would have the money skills to manage that amount of income each month. what do you make of that? i can understand that and the concerns about potentially chucking money away. but if you consider the alternative and create a pot of money you will have what is happening at the moment, which is a geographical lottery. where local authorities offer different amount of support and different requirements for that support. at the moment, i do not think money is being spent on the actual people efficiently. what we are seeing at the moment is young people turning 18 and shown universal credit services, being given a council

house and that is the path of least resistance for a lot of social workers and care leavers. later down the line, if they want to pursue university, anything, they do not have the financial understanding then, either. ithink have the financial understanding then, either. i think the worry then is to go to university and do something different because they might lose the council house and have nowhere to go back to. the way i see it, we consider kids in care to be looked after by the system. they are corporate parents. in the same way that parents now are having kids at home, well into their 30s, they are giving them a financialbacking and the government needs to step up and put us on more of a level playing field, so we can

have that financial support and consider our options differently, if that makes sense. it consider our options differently, if that makes sense.— consider our options differently, if that makes sense. it does make sense and ou that makes sense. it does make sense and you have — that makes sense. it does make sense and you have come _ that makes sense. it does make sense and you have come a _ that makes sense. it does make sense and you have come a long _ that makes sense. it does make sense and you have come a long way, - and you have come a long way, studying for a phd. how unusual is that in your experience for care leavers to stick with education and do as well as you are doing? i think it is very unusual. _ do as well as you are doing? i think it is very unusual. i _ do as well as you are doing? i think it is very unusual. i have _ do as well as you are doing? i think it is very unusual. i have personal. it is very unusual. i have personal friends who have avoided going to university in the first place, never mind pursuing a phd after a degree. it is unusual. the retain meant is unusual, which is usually low. the stats are kids in care are more likely to go to prison than university. whatever we are doing at the moment is not working. why not take a leaf out of finland's book and out of wales and do something

different? giving someone trust and responsibility of that income, with which they can do whatever they want, it can be positive for their mental health they are trusted with that money, where a lot of care leavers have never seen that much money in their life. but i think it is only positive. if they have financial support and guidance into that, that is the only caveat. teaching people as well as giving them this income.— teaching people as well as giving them this income. amy, thank you. reau them this income. amy, thank you. really interesting _ them this income. amy, thank you. really interesting to _ them this income. amy, thank you. really interesting to hear _ them this income. amy, thank you. really interesting to hear your i really interesting to hear your thoughts. good luck with the rest of your studies. thank you. sport and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. good morning. there was no fairytale finish for dave ryding on the slopes in beijing today. at his fourth olympic games,

he finished down in 13th in the men's slalom. he was 16th after his first run following a slight mistake, but he improved with his second and was leading for a time, only to be ultimately pushed out of the top 10. he was unable to improve on his previous best, that was 9th place at the last games in pyeongchang. he's 35 now so this could well be his last olympics. i left myself way too much to do on the first run. for some reason, i didn't have my best skiing today. slightly disappointing, but, at the same time, you know, very tight. ijust knew that i wasn't... i didn't have it. i didn't have something. but c'est la vie, you know, i live and fight on and go home to my fiancee and have a couple of days off and that's the most important thing at the end of the day, you know, there are more things in the world than the olympics. so where could that elusive first medalfor team gb potentially come from? the women's curling team, led by skip eve muirhead lost to china 8—4 this morning.

it means progress is out of their hands — they will have to beat the russian olympic committee in their final round—robin match if they're to finish in the play off places and hope results elsewhere go their way. and talking of beating the russian olympic committee — that's just what the men's curling team have done today. they're already guaranteed a semi—final spot, and won 8—6. they're one of the best remaining medal hopes and are still on course to potentially contest the gold medal match on saturday. it's fair to say it's not been a memorable olympic games for team gb so far. here are thr thoughts of team gb's chef de mission georgie harland. we would love to be on the medal table at this stage of the games but i think the athletes more than anyone are disappointed with that. if you look back, we have had some promising results. look into the

future. but we will not shy away from some that are disappointing but right here, right now, we still have competition ahead. we still have athletes to have their moments so rightfully, they have our focus and attention and energy. an update on kamila valieva. her antidoping sample has showed traces of three drugs that can be used to treat heart conditions, according to a new york times report. the 15—year—old is being allowed to compete at beijing 2022 despite testing positive for banned angina drug. the report said it also showed substances which are not banned. united states anti—doping chief travis tygart says the combination of substances prompted a lot of red flags. it has undermined the confidence of the system. we have heard from athletes and they are asking how can we trust the system, yet again

letting us down? they are having to relive the rush of doping horror story once again. it is the sixth time in a row, going back to london 2012, when the russians have seriously and may be irreparably damaged games and its credibility. it is time to say what more has to happen before the ioc and wada wake up happen before the ioc and wada wake up and decide to do the right thing? sir mark todd has been given an interim suspension by the british horseracing authority after a video on social media appeared to show him hit a horse with a branch. the former olympic equestrian champion—turned—racehorse trainer — will be unable to race horses while investigations continue. the 65—year—old, who trains in wiltshire, has apologised for his actions. on sunday, the bha condemned the video. it appears to show todd strike the horse multiple times while attempting to coax it towards the waterjump in a cross—country schooling session. he's since apologised. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for

you in the next hour. some rail companies are warning of disruption to services because of strong winds from storm dudley. scotrail said some of its trains would not run from four o'clock this afternoon, after the met office said winds of 80 miles an hour were expected. an amber warning has been issued for parts of scotland, england and northern ireland, until midnight. our weather presenter ben rich is with me. tell us more about dudley. it has been showing up on the weather chart for quite a few days. this storm is bearing down on the uk. the wind has started to pick up and you can see the cloud on the satellite picture. to the western side of the uk and where you see the hook shape to the west of scotland and northern ireland, that is the centre of low pressure that will pass eastwards as we go through today. the wind has started to pick up. we will see

gusty wind as the isobars squeezed together. some quite squally winds as rain and maybe thunderstorms move through. that is the area for the amber warning. through. that is the area for the amberwarning. gusts through. that is the area for the amber warning. gusts inland up to 70 mph and exposed parts of the coast could see up to 80 mph. we heard of disruption on trains and there will be travel disruption. damage is likely with those wind strengths. the broader yellow warning area covering southern scotland, northern ireland, some parts of england and wales, gusts up to 70 mph. following that, storm unit _ wales, gusts up to 70 mph. following that, storm unit on _ wales, gusts up to 70 mph. following that, storm unit on friday? _ wales, gusts up to 70 mph. following that, storm unit on friday? the i that, storm unit on friday? the atlantic is _ that, storm unit on friday? the atlantic is just _ that, storm unit on friday? tue: atlantic is just spawning storm after storm. very strong jet stream high in the atmosphere. 200 mph the wind high above our head in thejet stream. low pressure and this on

friday, looking at this, ifeel concerned because we are looking at a deep low. the more white lines squashed together, the stronger the wind. this is going to affect parts of the country that may be are less used to strong wind. parts of southern england, wales, east anglia. we could see inland spots in gusts of 80 mph. that does not happen every day and has not happened every winter. the coast of wales and south—west england could see gusts up to 100 mph according to the warning. hugely strong and damaging winds. if you have travel plans, you will want to stay tuned to the forecast. one more thing to show you. not only strong wind, significant snow possible in scotland, northern ireland, may be northern england. wet snow is sticking to power lines that could

cause power cuts. 20—30 centimetres blowing around in blizzard conditions. friday is the day to watch. �* conditions. friday is the day to watch. ~ ., ., conditions. friday is the day to watch. �* ., ., ., watch. and pay attention to the forecasts- _ watch. and pay attention to the forecasts. thank _ watch. and pay attention to the forecasts. thank you. _ let's return to the calls for clarity over prince andrew's role in public life and how he will fund a financial settlement, after he agreed a deal in the us civil sexual assault case brought by virginia giuffre. the sum is being kept secret. as part of the settlement, prince andrew accepted his accuser ms giuffre had suffered as a victim of abuse. joining me is royal biographer and commentator angela levin. some of the questions we have posed, do you think it is inevitable that we will learn more about this settlement because of those calls, insistent calls for clarity? trio. settlement because of those calls, insistent calls for clarity?— insistent calls for clarity? no, i do not think— insistent calls for clarity? no, i do not think we _ insistent calls for clarity? no, i do not think we will. _ insistent calls for clarity? no, i do not think we will. we i insistent calls for clarity? no, i do not think we will. we might| do not think we will. we might scrounge one or two pieces of

information, but i think the royal family will try to keep as much as possible private. it is very humiliating. anything to do with money and people who are very rich spending vast amounts on saving their son's appalling behaviour is beyond embarrassing.— their son's appalling behaviour is beyond embarrassing. prince andrew has said in this _ beyond embarrassing. prince andrew has said in this statement _ beyond embarrassing. prince andrew has said in this statement he - beyond embarrassing. prince andrew has said in this statement he wants i has said in this statement he wants in the future to be a voice for victims. it seems a juxtaposition to say that and at the same time perhaps if not directly, allow some information about the settlement to emerge. some of the money is going to virginia giuffre's charity, which supports victims.— to virginia giuffre's charity, which supports victims. yes, that is true and that is — supports victims. yes, that is true and that is a _ supports victims. yes, that is true and that is a good _ supports victims. yes, that is true and that is a good thing. - supports victims. yes, that is true and that is a good thing. he i supports victims. yes, that is true and that is a good thing. he also i and that is a good thing. he also has to pay her in addition to this. i thought yesterday it was tied up together but it is not. she wants

money for herself. and then it is the cost of lawyers and virginia's lawyer was going to do it for nothing. he wanted to do it as a way of helping her. now that prince andrew has given in, as it were, he may have to pay his costs and those are believed to be between 5-6,000,000. we will are believed to be between 5—6,000,000. we will not hear exactly about that, either. i think it will be carefully hidden. we will know when he sells his chalet in switzerland. that was due to be sold for about £16 million. but there was a legal matter on that one and he still owed the person he bought it from about 6 million. so he probably will be left with ten and that might do it. but then he will not have anything left for himself. i imagine

the queen will hand over money that comes from her own pocket. she is worth herself £350 million. i am sure, as a mother, not as a dutiful queen, she will i am sure help her son out of trouble. that queen, she will i am sure help her son out of trouble.— son out of trouble. that is the big ruestion son out of trouble. that is the big question many — son out of trouble. that is the big question many want _ son out of trouble. that is the big question many want the - son out of trouble. that is the big question many want the answer i son out of trouble. that is the big i question many want the answer to. where is this money coming from? you outline the sale of the property, you are not sure it will cover all of the costs, but the money that might come from the queen, you say as a mother, rather than as the queen, where precisely might it come from in terms of her income? from investments or her private property? she has a large area of land and lots of investments that are done on her behalf. they are quite money

conscious in terms of getting the best out of the money they have and there are lots of accountants and advisers who tell her where to put her money. that is worth... two years ago it was less than that. so she has people who can make money for her. and this is what she can use in any way she likes. it will not be taxpayers' money. thank you very much- — not be taxpayers' money. thank you very much- a _ not be taxpayers' money. thank you very much. a line _ not be taxpayers' money. thank you very much. a line of _ not be taxpayers' money. thank you very much. a line of breaking i not be taxpayers' money. thank you very much. a line of breaking newsl very much. a line of breaking news to bring you. we do not have a lot of detail but the metropolitan police said it has launched an investigation into cash for honours allegations linked to the prince of wales' charity the prince's foundation. we will try to find more information. the met launching an investigation into what they

describe as cash for honours allegations linked to the prince of wales charity the prince's foundation. the cost of living has edged up again, reaching a 30—year high. inflation, as measured by the consumer prices index, grew in the year to january, to reach 5.5 per cent. the figure for december was 5.4 per cent. ian murray is shadow secretary of state for scotland. i presume people you represent are talking about the noticeable difference in how far their money goes? b. difference in how far their money oes? �* . ., , difference in how far their money noes? ~ , ., goes? a constituent said to me last week that everything _ goes? a constituent said to me last week that everything seems - goes? a constituent said to me last week that everything seems to i goes? a constituent said to me last week that everything seems to go i goes? a constituent said to me last. week that everything seems to go up apart from his pay and that sums up the mood of the country. i think the resolution foundation this morning said this is the biggest squeeze on pay packet since the 1940s, not helped by the government refusal to do anything tangible about the crisis and the increase in national insurance in april this year which

will make matters worse. brute insurance in april this year which will make matters worse. we know labour will make matters worse. we know labour has — will make matters worse. we know labour has called _ will make matters worse. we know labour has called for _ will make matters worse. we know labour has called for a _ will make matters worse. we know labour has called for a windfall- will make matters worse. we know labour has called for a windfall tax| labour has called for a windfall tax on energy firms. apart from that, what else would you want to do to try to help to ease the crisis? brute try to help to ease the crisis? we would not — try to help to ease the crisis? - would not put through the highest tax burden on working people since the 50s which is what is coming in april. and from small businesses. the oil and gas sector windfall tax would allow people to be helped with energy bills which are increasing by £700. we could give £600 to the least well off and £200 to everyone and what we would not do is give people a loan through the companies of their own money to be paid back. there are fundamentals in the economy. the conservatives have created a low growth, high inflation, low wage economy which means when a cost of living crisis hits it makes it more difficult to find a way through. we need a high

wage, highly skilled economy, looking at new technology like green technologies and dealing with the cost of living crisis. this has been a long time coming and we see inflation at a 30 year high. there will be a squeeze on people's pay and of their disposable income that will worry many families. hot and of their disposable income that will worry many families.— will worry many families. not all the factors _ will worry many families. not all the factors affecting _ will worry many families. not all the factors affecting inflation i will worry many families. not all| the factors affecting inflation are domestic. many are global. are you saying you would put off clawing back some of the money for the treasury that has been spent on the pandemic? would you put it off to try to deal with these other crises? the bottom line here is mps will hear from the bottom line here is mps will hearfrom people the bottom line here is mps will hear from people they represent who tell them stories about having to make a decision between heating and eating which makes the choices more easy to make in terms of where we go. 2022 and we are in a situation

whereby energy prices are spiking. we ask for those with the broader shoulders, oiland we ask for those with the broader shoulders, oil and gas companies who have said in terms of profits it was a momentous year and the energy sector at the moment is a cash machine for shareholders, we asked them to put more money on the part in a windfall tax to help people with high bills and get those with the broadest shoulders to contribute in a situation where people are having to decide between heating and eating which is not acceptable. prince andrew and the settlement he has agreed, do you think it is right more detail should be made public, including where the money is coming from? , ., , including where the money is coming from? ,., , ., _ from? there should be transparency on this. from? there should be transparency on this- the — from? there should be transparency on this. the victims _ from? there should be transparency on this. the victims here _ from? there should be transparency on this. the victims here have i on this. the victims here have always been at the bottom of the pile when discussing these issues and whilst a settlement has been made and a mutual agreement, we need transparency about where the money comes from and if any public money

is involved. prince andrew has maintained his innocence but will now not face a court to determine whether that is true or not. he and his legal team have degraded the women involved, try to trash their reputations and that has left a sour taste and nasty stain on prince andrew and the royal family and i think transparency in terms of the settlement and the money would go a small way in trying to resolve some of the damage they have created themselves. ian of the damage they have created themselves-— of the damage they have created themselves. . ~ ., ~' , ., themselves. ian murray, thank you. more detail — themselves. ian murray, thank you. more detail on _ themselves. ian murray, thank you. more detail on the _ themselves. ian murray, thank you. more detail on the news _ themselves. ian murray, thank you. more detail on the news i _ themselves. ian murray, thank you. more detail on the news i was i more detail on the news i was bringing you about the metropolitan police launching an investigation into what they call cash for honours allegations linked to the prince of wales charity the prince's foundation. more information on that. we are told the decision follows the assessment of a letter dated from september last year and

they say it relates to reporting of alleged offers of help made to secure honours and citizenship for a saudi national. the special inquiry team has conducted the assessment which has included they say contacting those believed to hold relevant information. officers liaised with the prince's foundation about the findings of an independent investigation into fundraising and said the foundation provided a number of documents that have been reviewed alongside other information and it is this assessment that has led to the met saying an investigation will begin. the metropolitan police has launched an investigation into cash for honours allegations linked in the prince of wales charity the prince's foundation.

an investigation by the bbc�*s global disinformation team has found that thousands of private photos of women are being shared, without their consent, on the social media app telegram. the app now has more than 500 million users worldwide. the investigation found nude pictures shared in telegram channels in more than 20 countries, despite the platform's claims that it moderates public spaces and removes illegal pornography. with me is sophie mortimer, manager of the revenge porn helpline who support and advise victims of intimate image abuse. tell us more about this app telegram and the vast number of images found on it. . ~ and the vast number of images found on it. ., ,, i. ., , ., on it. thank you. telegram is a new development _ on it. thank you. telegram is a new development in _ on it. thank you. telegram is a new development in this _ on it. thank you. telegram is a new development in this area. _ on it. thank you. telegram is a new development in this area. we i on it. thank you. telegram is a new development in this area. we are i development in this area. we are seeing increasing numbers of reports of people's internet content being shared across different channels and

group chats and private channels. unfortunately a lot of those are end—to—end encrypted which means unless you are in the conversation you cannot see what happens within it and it makes it difficult to report. it is not a behaviour we see on telegram, other platforms have done this, also smaller sites, message boards, file sharing sites, a behaviour we are seeing across the board. ,, . , ,, ., a behaviour we are seeing across the board. ,, . , ~ ., , board. since the first lockdown this behaviour has _ board. since the first lockdown this behaviour has been _ board. since the first lockdown this behaviour has been on _ board. since the first lockdown this behaviour has been on the - board. since the first lockdown thisl behaviour has been on the increase, tell us about your research? absolutely. with the first lock down the numbers went through the roof and in that first year of the pandemic, we saw a doubling in case numbers. case numbers have continued to rise and have neverfallen back. although in the early days we saw a shift to online and people working from home and people in abusive relationships probably being in a

more pressure cooker situation, what we are seeing now is this is entrenched behaviour. what we were seen before was the tip of the iceberg and now we are seeing more of it. ~ . . iceberg and now we are seeing more of it. ~ ., ., i. ., ., iceberg and now we are seeing more of it. ~ ., ., ., ., , iceberg and now we are seeing more ofit. ~ ., ., ., ., , ., of it. what are you doing to try to help people _ of it. what are you doing to try to help people get _ of it. what are you doing to try to help people getjustice _ of it. what are you doing to try to help people getjustice and i of it. what are you doing to try to i help people getjustice and perhaps get these images taken down? moving eo - le's get these images taken down? moving people's content _ get these images taken down? moving people's content when _ get these images taken down? moving people's content when shared - get these images taken down? moving people's content when shared without | people's content when shared without consent is the primary purpose. that is about building relationships with platforms and making them adhere to good policies and responding to reports from us or directly from clients. we are looking to technology to develop this and we spent a lot of time to design a new platform which will work to prevent the sharing of this content and the subsequent sharing. we are in conversations with other platforms and hope others willjoin us as a

means of protecting people long—term. means of protecting people long-term— means of protecting people iona-term. , ., , means of protecting people [on-term. , ., , ., long-term. these conversations, are ou seeinr long-term. these conversations, are you seeing them _ long-term. these conversations, are you seeing them making _ long-term. these conversations, are you seeing them making a _ long-term. these conversations, are | you seeing them making a difference, or is it a work in progress? it is you seeing them making a difference, or is it a work in progress?— or is it a work in progress? it is a work in progress. _ or is it a work in progress? it is a work in progress. so _ or is it a work in progress? it is a work in progress. so far, - or is it a work in progress? it is a work in progress. so far, the i work in progress. so far, the platforms involved with the new service are facebook and instagram, but we are in conversations with other platforms on social media and some message boards. the adult industry, where a lot of this content is shared. there are conversations to be had and politics to work through an technical detail but they are positive conversations and there is goodwill. there is work to do because platforms proliferate. where there was one today there will be ten tomorrow and 50 next week so we are always playing catch up. itruihat we are always playing catch up. what advice would — we are always playing catch up. what advice would you _ we are always playing catch up. what advice would you give _ we are always playing catch up. what advice would you give to women who discover images of themselves are shared without their consent? they must feel, in the face of the

proliferation of websites, helpless in that situation. thea;r proliferation of websites, helpless in that situation.— in that situation. they may do but m advice in that situation. they may do but my advice would _ in that situation. they may do but my advice would be _ in that situation. they may do but my advice would be called - in that situation. they may do but my advice would be called asked. | my advice would be called asked. there is help on things we can do and the sooner we start doing that work the sooner we can slow down the spread. you are not alone. it is an isolating thing to experience, but there is help and support available so please call us.— we will have more headlines at midday.

this is bbc news. the headlines... the russian defence ministry says some of its units are returning to their bases after exercises in crimea — but nato defence ministers meeting in brussels warn that russia still poses a threat to ukraine. that is not normal military exercising, you don't surround a county with 100 plus, 16% of the whole of a country with 100 plus, 16% of the whole of russia's land forces on its borders if you are just going for an exercise. so far we have not seen any de—escalation on the ground, on the contrary, it seems russia has a military build—up. calls for prince andrew to hand back his duke of york title — and questions over how he'll fund his out—of—court settlement with virginia giuffre — the woman who'd accused him of sexual assault. the metropolitan police says it's looking into cash—for—honours allegations linked to the prince

of wales's charity the prince's foundation. your money will buy less today than it did last month — official figures show the cost of living is up, again, with inflation now at 5.5%. scotland is to follow wales in offering covid jabs to all five to 11 year olds. the scottish first minister nicola sturgeon said she had accepted draught recommendations from advisers. as parts of the uk brace for the arrival of storm dudley, we look at the impact of winter storms on our woodlands. russia says it's preparing to withdraw more troops from the ukrainian border,

but the head of nato has said the number is increasing steadily. jens stoltenberg, speaking ahead of a meeting of nato defence ministers in brussels, says the alliance is still preparing for a russian invasion. more than 100,000 russian troops are massed along the border with ukraine. and yesterday — us presidentjoe biden warned a russian attack on ukraine was "still very much a possibility." ukraine is marking a day of unity as fears continue that russian forces massed on its borders could be poised to launch an attack. this morning the russian ministry of defence has released more footage of what it says are tanks leaving crimea on a train after completing military drills. yesterday russia said that it was moving troops back to their bases as planned once they were no longer needed for these exercises. speaking to the bbc before the nato meeting in brussels, defence secretary ben wallace said that an invasion was still possible.

i've never talked about one date or another, because fundamentally, as i've also always consistently said, as actually has the united states that president putin hadn't made a decision yet and until a decision is made, none of us will really know what will happen next. what we do know is that the disposition of 130,000 plus troops on the border of ukraine, naval ships surrounding it in the black sea, exercising in belarus, building of field hospitals, all of that has been and is taking place. the latest was yesterday and the day, before russian troops moving from assembly areas to effectively assault positions, is that on the ground the physical observations that we see show the opposite of some of the recent rhetoric coming out of the kremlin, and i think it would be absolutely the right thing to say is that, that is not normal military exercising. you don't surround a country

with 100 plus, you know, 60% of the whole of russia's land forces on its borders if you'rejust going for an exercise. jens stoltenberg is the head of nato. he spoke ahead of the defence ministers' meeting in brussels, about russia's claims that it had been withdrawing forces. so far we have not seen any russian de—escalation. but of course we are closely monitoring and following what are doing. if they really start to withdraw forces, that is what we will welcome. that remains to be seen. they have always moved forces back and forth. we see movement of forces, it doesn't confirm a real withdrawal.

our defence correspondent jonathan beale is in brussels — and explains what could happen next. there are a number of potential next steps. the first is the hope that diplomacy can continue, that russia will engage, sit down and talk and will provide evidence, proof that they are going to have a sustained withdrawl. there is plenty of scepticism that they are withdrawing forces as you heard from jens stoltenberg there. the other thing they are doing is talking about bolstering nato defences on the eastern flank, putting battle groups into countries like bulgaria and romania. after the russian invasion of crimea in 2014 the british put 1000 troops in estonia, britain talking also about reinforcing that number in estonia but also looking at other countries in the south—east of the alliance to send a clear message to russia. they are not saying these troops are anything but for defence and deterrence but they want to send a message to russia and indeed jens stoltenberg yesterday was making clear that because of russia's military

build—up there will be long—term security consequences and that the alliance will respond. the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov he has been speaking this morning — and warned western countries, including britain, against bringing in new sanctions. translation: we know how london is accustomed and how it likes i to play a role of provocateur in the relations between russia and the west, i really hope that other western countries are more responsible actors and this attempt to provoke a new wave of the sanction wars, so they will see through it and they won't support it. but in any case, i would like to emphasise both the russian government and our parliament, they won't be idle when they see such things are happening in the west. here's our moscow correspondent caroline davies with the latest on the movement of troops on the ukraine border. more information coming out

from the ministry of defence in russia about what is happening with these military drills. let's take it back to last week, that is when the kremlin spokesperson said when these drills were finished, those russian troops would go back to their bases. plenty of people said, we will believe it when we see it and now russia providing footage of what it says are these troops moving back. yesterday we had some footage, it wasn't clear the geographical location, the russian said these were southern and western military districts they were finishing with their drills and returning to the bases. today we've had more footage which looks like it is filmed overnight, of tens of tanks leaving what russia has said, leaving crimea, going back to its bases in russia. in terms of what this tells us, we've had a lot of scepticism about these troop movements from the west. we've heard from borisjohnson, we've heard from the defence secretary, ben wallace,

talking about the fact they haven't seen any evidence of a de—escalation and we heard from president biden saying something similar. exactly what this might mean for the peace process, for a diplomatic process is difficult to know. the other thing to bear in mind is that same kremlin spokesperson who spoke last week was also asked about this again yesterday yesterday and he said, yes, this wasn't surprising troops were returning to their bases. that is what he said would happen. but he pointed out russia had the right to remove its troops around within its borders whenever it wanted to, not necessarily a sign of de—escalation. labour leader keir starmer has asked what actions the uk government should be taking to combat russian influence in the uk. in should be taking to combat russian influence in the uk.— influence in the uk. in relation to russian aggression _ influence in the uk. in relation to russian aggression and _ influence in the uk. in relation to russian aggression and that i influence in the uk. in relation to russian aggression and that is i influence in the uk. in relation to i russian aggression and that is what you're talking about, it is very important we stand united with our allies, with nato, it is also important but in the uk our

political parties are united against russian aggression. but i do want to see the government going further in relation to sanctions. i don't think they can use the powers they have already got as much as they should have done and i don't think they have done and i don't think they have looked closely enough at their own donations. i think i denoting to the conservative party that have any link to putin should be looked at very carefully. i want to see further sanctions put in place as quickly as possible and been waiting for an economic crime book for some time, that needs to happen fast and we'll put a government away on this. some more news on that story the metropolitan police has announced it has boast an investigation into cash for honours allegations linked to the prince of wales's charity, the princes foundation, in a statement the met said the investigation related to allegations that offers of help are made to secure honours and citizenship for a

saudi national. we have a response from clarence house to tell you about. clarence house saying that the prince of wales had no knowledge of the alleged offer of honours for british citizenship on the basis of donation to his charities. a statement on behalf of the prince of wales from clarence house about these allegations. this investigation being carried out by the met, the prince of wales had no knowledge of the alleged offer of honours were british citizenship on the basis of donation to his charities. there are calls for clarity over prince andrew's role in public life and how he will fund a financial settlement, after he agreed a deal in the us civil sexual assault case brought by virginia giuffre. the sum is being kept secret. as part of the settlement, prince andrew accepted his accuser ms giuffre had suffered as a victim of abuse. he made no admission of liability and has always denied the allegations. this morning the mp for york central

has called on prince andrew to give up his title as the duke of york. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. for all the show of public defiance that he was determined to fight the case in court, it was always thought by lawyers and others that he would have to settle out of court and that's exactly what andrew has now done. without, importantly for him, any admission of liability over virginia giuffre's central assertion against andrew of sexual assault, but with the promise of a substantial donation to ms giuffre's charity in support of victims' rights. a statement filed to the civil court in new york said...

the statement contrasts sharply with andrew's newsnight interview, when he expressed no sympathy for epstein's victims, and said he had no regrets about his friendship with epstein. do you regret the whole friendship with epstein? er... now, still not, and the reason being is that the people that i met, and the opportunities that i was given to learn — either by him or because of him — were actually very useful. for andrew, it was vital in the settlement not to admit any liability — for virginia giuffre, to have had her ordeal at the hands ofjeffrey epstein to be fully recognised. whatever he lost as a result of this can never compare to what the victims of epstein, maxwell, and the men

that we were trafficked to have lost from our lives. there's no amount of money that could compensate for that. and i think that, in negotiating her settlement, virginia was very wise in going after things that are much more important than money. buckingham palace has offered no comment, but one thing is certain, this out—of—court settlement will be a huge relief to the royal family. the prospect of a court case hanging over the queen's platinum jubilee was not one they relished, to put it mildly. his reputation has been shredded. he is no longer an official member of the royal family, he's lost hrh, he's lost his patronages, and that privacy that the royal family always seek to maintain from the press, you know, if anyone tried to run something on a member of the royal family's private life, the palace are very quick to stamp down on any errant journalist who might try and publish something like that, that's over for prince andrew.

anyone who comes forward with a tale of badgering staff, that will now be open to his reputation. i don't think his reputation can ever recover, and i don't see a return ever to public life for him. quite what andrew's future is now is unclear. in the court statement, he says he will work to support the fight against the evils of sex trafficking. nicholas witchell, bbc news. there are calls for more details of the financial settlement to be made public, including where the money to fund the payment is coming from. ian murray is labour's shadow scotland secretary. the victims here have always been at the bottom of the pile when discussing these issues and whilst there is a settlement been made and a mutual agreement, we do need transparency about where the money is going from, if there is any public money involved and that, and prince andrew has always maintained his innocence but will now not face

a court of law to be able to determine whether that was true or not. and his legal team have degraded the women involved, tried to drag their reputations, all that has left a very sour taste a very nasty stain on both prince andrew and the royal family and nasty stain on both prince andrew and the royalfamily and i think though transparency in terms of this settlement under the is going from meg were very small way in trying to results of the damage they have created themselves. the headlines on bbc news... the russian defence ministry says some of its units are returning to their bases after exercises in crimea — but nato defence ministers warn that russia still poses a threat to ukraine. calls for prince andrew to hand back his duke of york title — and questions over how he'll fund his out—of—court settlement with virginia giuffre — the woman who'd accused him of sexual assault. the metropolitan police says it's looking into cash—for—honours allegations linked to the prince of wales's charity the prince's foundation.

let's head back to the bbc sport centre. there was no fairytale finish for dave ryding on the slopes in beijing today. at his fourth olympic games he finished down in 13th in the men's slalom. he was 16th after his first run following a slight mistake, but he improved with his second and was leading for a time — only to be ultimately pushed out of the top 10. he was unable to improve on his previous best, that was 9th place at the last games in pyeongchang. he's 35 now, so this could well be his last olympics. i left myself way too much to do on the first run. for some reason, i didn't have my best skiing today. slightly disappointing, but, at the same time, you know, very tight. ijust knew that i wasn't... i didn't have it. i didn't have something. but c'est la vie, you know, i live and fight on and go home to my fiancee and have a couple of days off and that's the most important thing at

the end of the day, you know, there are more things in the world than the olympics. so where could that elusive first medalfor team gb potentially come from? the women's curling team, led by skip eve muirhead lost to china 8—1i this morning. it means progress is out of their hands — they will have to beat the russian olympic committee in theirfinal round robin match if they're to finish in the playoff places and hope results elsewhere go their way. and talking of beating the russian olympic committee — that's just what the men's curling team have done today. they're already guaranteed a semifinal spot, and won 8—6. they're one of the best remaining medal hopes and are still on course to potentially contest the gold medal match on saturday. sir mark todd has been given an interim suspension by the british horseracing authority after a video on social media appeared to show him hit a horse with a branch. the former olympic equestrian champion—turned—racehorse trainer will be unable to race horses

while investigations continue. the 65—year—old, who trains in wiltshire, has apologised for his actions. on sunday the bha condemned the video. it appears to show todd strike the horse multiple times while attempting to coax it towards the waterjump in a cross—country schooling session. he's since apologised. that's all the sport for now. you can head over to the bbc sport website will build up to the champions league matches. milan hoping... more for you champions league matches. milan hoping... more foryou in champions league matches. milan hoping... more for you in the bill desk at 1:30pm but for now back to you. when the price of things we buy — from a cup of coffee to a new top, to petrol to a packet of dried pasta — all increase, it's called inflation. — all increase, it's it means we can buy less for a pound today than we could buy yesterday.

in the uk, the latest measure of monthly inflation figure is out — and it's 5.5%, up from 5.4% in december. that's the highest since march 1992. clothing and footwear price increases pushed up the overall total this month. we've been finding out what is it like for families who are just about managing. our correspondent elaine dunkley spent the day with leah griffiths in manchester. leah is a busy mum of three. she is a care worker. it's a demanding job with long hours. i leave my house at 6:00am every morning, sometimes 5:30am. and sometimes i don't get home until 10:00pm at night. you are going ice skating with church next week as well. i forgot to tell you. when your wages go into the bank you think, i've got this much left to budget with for the month. like many families, she has noticed a big increase in the price of her weekly shop. we were only talking last week at morris dancing about the price of beans and another lady said to me, they've gone up by 16p a can. everything has shot up in price. you used to be able to get pasta for 20p a bag. that's now 40p a bag.

all the staple foods like tinned tomatoes, things you would use to bulk out meals, that has all shot up. leah is constantly trying to reduce her shopping bill, but buying cheaper alternatives isn't always an option. my son only eats a particular brand ofjam because he's got additional needs and the price of the jam has gone up by 40p a jar. just down the road in wythenshawe is the factory where the jam is made. we've arranged a visit for leah to find out why her store cupboard essentials have gone up in price. i am just wondering why are the prices ofjam going up as much as they are at the minute? it's down to a number of things. it's shipment costs, so that's getting the raw materials from around the world to the uk. that's a massive part of it. it's the cost of those raw materials. it's also the packaging materials, which is largely driven by energy costs. we have seen our costs increase by around £8 million over a 12 month period.

we can't absorb those costs. i'm working all this weekend. i'm on back to back apart from sunday. next stop for leah is the bideford community centre in wythenshawe. she volunteers here. during the pandemic, it was a lifeline for her family when her husband was made redundant. today, she is bringing in donations, but is also on the lookout for a bargain. i tend to say to kirsty, "have you got a sale on?" and she will say "yeah" and i can get the really expensive, nice body wash for 50p. so it's not worth going to the supermarket and paying £1.75 when kirsty has got it here. even though we are technically on paper above the poverty line, once you take out the mortgage and the rising cost of the gas and electric, it's harderfor us because we have still have to pay for school dinners, we don't get any help with them. and they have gone up in price as well. we saw numbers rise rapidly through the pandemic. - thousands of people every

week are at that gate. - i would say in recent months- we thought we had seen the worst of what we are going to see and then we got the cost of living _ crisis and we are now i going straight back up. we are seeing lots of working families and people _ need to ask for help. pride can't get in the way. they need to say, i'm struggling. the government says it's providing support to put on average £1,000 a year more into the pockets of working families. leah says it's places like this that are making a real difference in helping those on low incomes struggling with the rising cost of living. this place represents the community. you give to your community and they give back to you. elaine dunkley, bbc news, wythenshawe. louise reed is the owner of the online children's clothings and gift shop little nutkins. thank you very much forjoining us to talk about this story today. tell us how much more expensive is it for

you to buy in your stock? we us how much more expensive is it for you to buy in your stock?— you to buy in your stock? we have a mix of branded _ you to buy in your stock? we have a mix of branded stock _ you to buy in your stock? we have a mix of branded stock but _ you to buy in your stock? we have a mix of branded stock but also - mix of branded stock but also unlabelled —— own label products. we have seen an increase across both. from the branded stock the manufacturers and the brands we buy from they are increasing their products, it can be a few pence or a few pounds. also where we get a raw materials. the products we sell it tends to be well sourced environmental products, wooden toys, organic close, we have noticed especially in the organic side of things the products are going up usually and it makes it really hard for us to sell those products because i am a parent as well, i appreciate the costs of products and buying things for your kids, so i am torn in the middle because i don't want to put up the product costs and yet i am absorbing all these extra costs. . . ,

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it is really tough to know what is next. 50 it is really tough to know what is next, ., . ., it is really tough to know what is next. ., ,., it is really tough to know what is next. ., ., , next. so what can you do in this challenging _ next. so what can you do in this challenging environment, - next. so what can you do in this challenging environment, do . next. so what can you do in this| challenging environment, do you reduce the number of lines that you stuck, do you find other ways of cutting costs, what is your thinking on that? , , ., ., ., on that? definitely. i have had to do a bit of _ on that? definitely. i have had to do a bit of a _ on that? definitely. i have had to do a bit of a project _ on that? definitely. i have had to do a bit of a project rationalise i do a bit of a project rationalise what i am going through, the sales figures, making sure we keep hold of the bestsellers, the things that have been our good ones through thick and thin. also trying to look and do more of our own range products because generally own rangy have a bit more of a margin because you're not buying it in from a brand, who have had it made for them, so you're cutting out one part of the chain. but that is really hard because raw material costs are very high and cotton prices are very high, so it is not an easy thing to do and obviously that takes a lot more planning and knowledge and resource and things to get own label

things of the ground, so there is no easy way out of it. i want to make sure that we are competitive and not selling products that people can't afford to buy, but i need to make some money out of it at the end of the day and unfortunately it is basically my way to the one that will be squeezed most.- basically my way to the one that will be squeezed most. thank you so much for talking _ will be squeezed most. thank you so much for talking to _ will be squeezed most. thank you so much for talking to was _ will be squeezed most. thank you so much for talking to was full - will be squeezed most. thank you so much for talking to was full step - much for talking to was full step that. children between the ages of five and ii are to be offered a covid—i9 vaccine in scotland. it follows the same decision in wales. our health editor hugh pym is here to tell us more. we haven't had the official announcement that children of this age group will be offered a vaccine yet, have we? age group will be offered a vaccine yet. have we?— age group will be offered a vaccine yet, have we? know, nothing official has come through _ yet, have we? know, nothing official has come through and _ yet, have we? know, nothing official has come through and it _ yet, have we? know, nothing official has come through and it is _ yet, have we? know, nothing official has come through and it is slightly . has come through and it is slightly unusual. the normal sequence of events going back to previous decisions for different age priorities and then the 16 to 17 euros and i2 priorities and then the 16 to 17

euros and 12 to 15—year—olds has been the jcvi, euros and 12 to 15—year—olds has been thejcvi, the expert committee on vaccinations, have a remit to offer advice to all the uk nations, they come up with a recommendation and then ministers immediately say whether they are going to follow up in the nations and that has happened. what has happened this time is it seems thejcvi last on its advice to ministers at westminster, and there was frustration in the welsh government, so ministers said they are, that there hadn't been a quick announcement of what the findings were, so the welsh government said yesterday that given what they knew the advice was, which was to press on and on is that it was perfectly reasonable to vaccinate 5—ii —year—olds against covid, given that, that they would start introducing this and that caught everyone on the hop, this morning the scottish first minister nicola sturgeon has said based on thejcvi recommendations she is announcing what their recommendation is based on what she has seen. scotland would go ahead. we await a decision for

england and northern ireland. for england that could come any time now the day or in the next couple of days, so it is a slightly unusual way this has come out but it is extremely important because other countries have been doing this, we have seen eye levels of infections in schools and the arguments are quite finely balanced, children don't tend to get nearly as seriously ill as older age gives, a lot of them have had the virus anyway but again is that this does offer some protection against children having to miss school. could there be attention, and we have heard the westminster talk about perhaps going ahead with people not to isolate if they test positive for covid, only one and getting to children, parents of children aged 5—11, get your children aged 5—11, get your children vaccinated. there was suggestion at westminster they wanted to hold back the announcement until monday when we have been told by borisjohnson for

england it would be a big day, announcing the end of all legal restrictions, including the need to isolate legally. that this would have gone on at the same time as that. the other side of the argument is if the jcvi that. the other side of the argument is if thejcvi have come up with the recommendation and the other nations want to go ahead and announce it. i am told it is sensitive which is may be one factor. parents will not be told to get their children vaccinated, it will be portrayed as an offer. it is a sensitive issue and it is there for parents if they want to follow it up. better to let the jcvi, want to follow it up. better to let thejcvi, independent experts announce it before ministers. in announce it before ministers. in what sense do you have about the demand amongst parents for their children to be vaccinated at this stage of the pandemic? it is children to be vaccinated at this stage of the pandemic? it is hard to tell. i stage of the pandemic? it is hard to tell- i have — stage of the pandemic? it is hard to tell. i have spoken _ stage of the pandemic? it is hard to tell. i have spoken to _ stage of the pandemic? it is hard to tell. i have spoken to parents - stage of the pandemic? it is hard to tell. i have spoken to parents who l tell. i have spoken to parents who say bring it on wee —— we want our

childrenjabbed. i should say bring it on wee —— we want our children jabbed. i should say there are figures showing antibody levels amongst five and ii—year—olds are quite high, given they have not been vaccinated, based on previous infections. it is quite hard to tell but certainly it will be left to choice of each family rather than being imposed. choice of each family rather than being imposed-— choice of each family rather than being imposed. thanks. it is time for a look at _ being imposed. thanks. it is time for a look at the _ being imposed. thanks. it is time for a look at the weather. - hello again. we're in for a stormy couple of days today, we've got storm dudley crossing our shores. and on friday, storm eunice, now all this rain is associated with storm dudley. some of it will be heavy, but it's mild today, especially so in southern areas. we're in the southeast. we could have highs of 16 or 17 degrees, a bit fresher as we push further north. now the wind is going to continue to strengthen through the day. this gives you a rough idea of the kind of gust strength as we go through the afternoon.

but the met office has an amber weather warning that means increased likelihood of impacts due to the weather, and you can see why. inland, we're even looking at gusts of 60 to 70 miles an hour more than that with exposure. so these are the damaging and also potentially disruptive gusts of wind. the wind will continue through the course of the night and tomorrow, slowly easing through the day tomorrow and there'll be a lot of sunshine around some showers still wintry in the hills. but then we've got strong munis waiting in the wings for friday. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. the russian defence ministry says some of its units are returning to their bases after exercises in crimea — but nato defence ministers warn that russia still poses a threat to ukraine. calls for prince andrew to hand back his duke of york title —

and questions over how he'll fund his out—of—court settlement with virginia giuffre — the woman who'd accused him of sexual assault. the metropolitan police says it's looking into cash—for—honours allegations linked to the prince of wales's charity the prince's foundation. your money will buy less today than it did last month — official figures show the cost of living is up, again, with inflation now at 5.5 per cent scotland is to follow wales in offering covid jabs to all five to ii—year—olds. the scottish first minister nicola sturgeon said she had accepted draft recommendations from advisers. some rail companies are warning of disruption to services because of strong winds from storm dudley. scotrail said some of its trains would not run from four o'clock this afternoon, after the met office said winds of 80 miles an hour were expected. an amber warning has been issued for parts of scotland, england and northern ireland, until midnight. earlier i spoke to our weather presenter ben rich,

who gave us this update on the storm. this storm is bearing down on the uk. the wind has started to pick up and you can see the cloud on the satellite picture. to the western side of the uk and where you see the hook shape to the west of scotland and northern ireland, that is the centre of low pressure that will pass eastwards as we go through today. the wind has started to pick up. we will see gusty wind as the isobars squeeze together. some quite squally winds as rain and maybe thunderstorms move through. that is the area for the amber warning. gusts inland up to 70 mph, and exposed parts of the coast could see up to 80 mph. we heard of disruption on trains and there will be travel disruption. damage is likely with those wind strengths. the broader yellow warning area covering southern scotland, northern ireland, some parts of england and wales, gusts up to 70 mph.

and potentially thunderstorms. following that, storm eunice on friday? the atlantic is just spawning storm after storm. very strong jet stream high in the atmosphere. 200 mph, the wind high above our head in the jet stream. low pressure, and this on friday, looking at this, i feel concerned because we are looking at a deep low. the more white lines squashed together, the stronger the wind. this is going to affect parts of the country that may be are less used to strong wind. parts of southern england, wales, east anglia. midlands. we could see inland spots in gusts of 80 mph. that does not happen every day and has not happened every winter. the coast of wales and south—west england could see gusts up to 100 mph according to the warning.

hugely strong and damaging winds. they are possible. if you have travel plans, you will want to stay tuned to the forecast. one more thing to show you. not only strong wind, significant snow possible in scotland, northern ireland, may be northern england. wet snow sticking to power lines that could cause power cuts. 20—30 centimetres blowing around in blizzard conditions. friday is the day to watch. storms dudley and eunice are just the latest in a series of storms to cause havoc and a huge amount of damage, including eight million felled trees. our environment correspondent claire marshall has been to meet some of those trying to pick up the pieces. (tx of those trying to pick up the pieces. the met office has issued a rare red weather warning.

some very strong winds, particularly affecting coastal areas. conditions really are brutal — there's driving rain, - dropping temperatures and winds that are forecast to potentially gust - to up to 90 miles an hour. it's relentless. one winter storm after another blasting the landscape. millions of trees have been brought down. the northeast of england has been hit really hard. at great knott here in cumbria, which is one of our larger woods, we've lost over a third of the woodland. this is the heart of the lake district. that's the tree up there. kelvin archer manages the woodland trust's forests in the north of england. it's a big oak, isn't it? it's a real shame it's gone. he spends most of his time now assessing damage — his dog always with him. predominantly, this normally happens in scotland, which this year has been hit horrendously hard by the storms. it doesn't normally come down this far. we had the beast from the east a few years ago that did hit us here, but this last couple of years we've been hit again and again. northeast is starting to look a bit like scotland for wind blow and wind damage and storm damage, and now we're getting it over in cumbria. so there's a clear pattern of change. close to the shore of lake windermere, this is wray castle. there's clearing up

happening here, too. the storms have cost the national trust around £4 million — the charity says already it's been the worst season for a0 years. it says that, in a huge blow to british heritage, many iconic trees have been lost. so this is a national champion crested beech. it's a champion of britain and ireland because it's the biggest tree of that species in terms of girth. when you lose any big — really big, prominent tree, it's sad, and this one particularly, because it's been at wray castle for a longtime. it's an important tree because it's the biggest, and to see it blown over is really sad. i think it's probably a douglas fir. richard takes us deep into the worst—hit area — it's still closed to the public. many of these trees have been weakened, and his team hasn't yet been able to make it safe. this is the kind of hidden damage that forest managers are really worried about. across the uk, there are hundreds

of thousands of giant trees like this that have fallen. many of the felled trees can be sold for timber, but there are so many of them that they're likely to fetch a lower price. but storm damage can have its benefits. bonnie waring is a senior lecturer at imperial college london. when a tree falls down, it creates a gap in the canopy that lets light through. that helps light—dependent species thrive, and the dead tree itself is a really important habitat for species that are of conservation concern. however, richard admits finding the scale of the restoration work ahead daunting and depressing. if you look at all the smashed tops of the trees, kind of reminds you a bit of those photos you see of a battlefield. i've never seen a battlefield, but the pictures you see, the trees sort of look like that. itjust looks like somebody�*s set off a bomb. and now storm dudley is on its way. the horizon is darkening once again.

winter isn't over yet. can the survivors stay standing? claire marshall, bbc news, cumbria. our wales correspondent, hywel griffith, describes what this every is—year—old leaving the care system in wales will be given £1600 a month for two years as part of a universal basic income scheme. the pilot project is expected to cost 20 million over three years. 500 people will be eligible. critics say the money would be so —— would be better spent on services. our wales correspondent, hywel griffith, describes what this could mean for care leavers. it is something labour ministers here have been discussing for a long time. initially, looking at a universal basic income trial, and they've narrowed it down now to trying it with a specific group of people who they think deserve some more financial stability in their life, who are prone to falling into poverty and difficulties going into education and employment, so they think by guaranteeing them

this £1600 a month for 2h months, that will help support their lives as they become adults and try to enter the working world. we spoke before with amy cook, a care leaver in york, who told us about what a basic income would have made meant in her life. i think it would have made an immense impact. it would have meant i would not have had to be dependent on my foster parents. i was fortunate they were able to give me financial support that was missing. another thing is that york council has a better financial support offer than other local authorities. i think that money would have given me financial freedom to explore avenues i wanted to take and not worry about the cost of living, which is rising substantially, and not have to go on universal credit for part of my

life, and to just have that scope and freedom without worry. i think unless anyone has struggled financially, they will never fully understand the toll on your mental health that struggling with finances can have on your life. i think this money canjust give can have on your life. i think this money can just give care leavers that are fresh out in the world and not understanding what they are doing, this could give them the opportunity to find themselves and not be burdened. uk doctors have now been treating covid patients for more than two years — and it's fair to say it's been a steep learning curve. as well as the vaccines, huge progress has been made in the use of anti—viral drugs, which mean more people can be treated at home rather than admitted to hospital. our medical editor fergus walsh has been to the royal victoria infirmary in newcastle to find out more. at the start of the pandemic, there were no drugs for covid. how things have changed.

screen five patients who are eligible for paxlovid. a key focus now is on anti—viral pills like paxlovid. in trials, it was 88% effective at preventing hospital admission. it's being sent to patients who've just tested positive for covid and are considered high—risk. like emily, who has a weakened immune system. the paxlovid's been really effective. i've taken it for about two days now. i'm already feeling much better. and it's been quite reassuring that i've been able to get this medication so quickly from the nhs. the government says it's procured nearly five million courses of anti—virals — more per head than any other country in europe. just part of the armoury of treatments against covid available here at newcastle's royal victoria infirmary. we've got the anti—virals that are protecting people from coming into hospital once they've got coronavirus, and when someone is admitted to hospital, we've got a significant number of drugs that can help people and stop them

from going to intensive care, and even treat them while they're on intensive care. are you normally all right getting your blood done? there wouldn't be any drugs without trial volunteers like colin, who tested one of the covid vaccines and is still having his antibodies monitored. more than 52 million people in the uk are vaccinated, and those jabs remain the main shield against covid. omicron being milder has helped, too — but doctors warn it still poses a threat to the unvaccinated. covid will not disappear completely, but even if new variants emerge, they should be kept in check by a combination of vaccines and the increasing number of effective drug treatments. we're just going to do a test to see how fast and how much you can blow out. but even though covid hospital admissions have fallen sharply, there is a growing problem of long covid. blow, blow, blow — keep going...

last month, a record one in 50 people in the uk said they were living with lingering symptoms of covid. danielle still suffers fatigue and brain fog nearly two years after being infected. there is no doubt that this has an enormous impact on the individuals affected. a huge impact. that's a problem for them, but it's also a problem for society because these are people who have been taken out of the workforce as a consequence. covid has been the biggest challenge everfaced by the nhs. two years on, hospitals can begin to plan for a future not completely free of the disease, but one where it no longer dominates health care and society. fergus walsh, bbc news. an investigation by the bbc�*s global disinformation team has found that thousands of private photos of women are being shared, without their consent, on the social media app telegram.

the app now has more than 500 million users worldwide. the investigation found nude pictures shared in telegram channels in more than 20 countries, despite the platform's claims that it moderates public spaces and removes illegal pornography. sara is from havana, cuba's capital city. she comes here to find calm ever since she found out that a nude photo she'd taken and shared with one other person had been posted on the social media app telegram. we've changed her name for her safety. she doesn't know for sure how it ended up in a group with 18,000 followers, many of whom are from her neighbourhood, and may all have seen her naked. translation: i saw super vulgar comments about how hot i was, l asking if there were more photos of me. it made me feel horrible. i didn't want to go out. i didn't want to

speak to my friends. i became really anti—social. sara reported the picture of her to telegram, but got no response. she fears her nudes are still on the app. our investigation found groups with images like sara's in more than 20 countries shared with tens of thousands of people on telegram, and there's very little these women can do about it. the platform, where users can be totally anonymous, works like a combination of facebook and whatsapp. groups can have up to 200,000 people. experts say anonymity and a lack of moderation on the app are a deliberate choice. the owner of telegram declares himself as a libertarian, a person who follows libertarian ideology, that includes emphasis on freedom of expression to some high degree. nigar is from azerbaijan. her brother has a youtube channel

where he openly criticises azerbaijan's president. that made nigar a target. translation: my mum called me one evening. | she said, "nigar, i keep receiving messages today saying there is an explicit video of you." i said, "mum, it's not true. "my mum said, "no." they insist if my brother doesn't stop they will post this video on telegram." my mum started crying and told me, "there is a video, it was sent to me." i was devastated. absolutely devastated. the videos showed nigar and her husband having sex. they were posted in a telegram group with over 40,000 members. she claims her husband secretly filmed her to blackmail her brother. he denies it. she says she feltjudged wherever she went and had

to leave azerbaijan. the group that posted footage of nigar has since been shut down. but this kind of action from the platform is rare, as we found out for ourselves. we reported 100 images as porn to telegram. one month later, 96 images were still there. telegram did not agree to an interview, and their statement didn't refer to our findings. they insist they have teams who proactively monitor public spaces. but as the platform continues to grow, there are fears that more women could be targeted and their bodies and lives exposed. hannah gelbart, bbc news. it's not that unusual for actors, athletes and entertainers to get together and back a worthy cause. but the charity mencap has assembled a group of 18 high achievers with a difference. they all have a learning disability. dubbed the mythbusters, their mission is to tackle the stigma and stereotypes which they face all too often.

graham satchell has been to meet three of them. alastair smith on one of his many outdoor adventures. surfing, kayaking, skateboarding. alistair has profound and multiple learning disabilities, but is determined to live life to the full. i want people to see and treat me like an is—year—old. i want people not to be surprised when i do the same things other people my age do. i like to change people's mind about disability.

alastair speaks with the help of a tablet. he's been chosen as one of the new ambassadors for the charity mencap. i see some things getting better, but sometimes not with strangers. i want people to stop saying the wheelchair when referring to me. it's a big one, isn't it? what do people say? "excuse me, the wheelchair's coming through." really, they should say "this young guy needs to get past". it is important for me to have my own... in lockdown, alistair set up his own business, it's called smiling and waving. he designs, prints and delivers tshirts to online customers. people with learning disabilities can create their own jobs. i want to see full inclusion for people with learning disabilities. being a mencap ambassador makes me feel proud. what i do here, i usher people to their seats, and if they've got an issue, they come to us.

what do you like about it? just meeting different people from all walks of life, like, and just meeting audience members and just chatting to them. aisha has been working at the young vic theatre in london for three years. she was told at school that her disability would hold her back. they said that i would never get a job because of the way i was and am, but ijust said, i'm going to prove them wrong, you know? so, yeah. quite tough hearing that kind of thing, isn't it? yeah, for anyone — if anyone said that to them, then it will probably knock their confidence. but ijust told them it shouldn't knock your confidence because anyone could get a job. you just have to put the work in, you know, and just give everyone a chance. aisha has also become an ambassadorfor mencap, helping to bust myths about people with learning disabilities.

that's really good because as long as i can spread light, i'm really good about that. yeah. andrew self has down's syndrome. he's been dancing since he was 11. people with a learning disability deserve the same chances as everyone else. we have the same hopes and dreams, and just need a little bit of extra help. # i got this feeling inside my bones # it goes electric, wavy, when i turn it on. yes, andrew! this is andrew on the bbc programme the greatest dancer. it's absolutely amazing!

go on, andrew! i didn't believe it when the mirrors opened and everyone was cheering and happy. cheering. i was shocked. give it up for andrew! i made cheryl cole cry. # all you do is hide away # all you do, all. you do is hide away.

andrew is an assistant teacher with the group tailfeather dance. this is one of their videos. the group gives dance classes to young people with learning disabilities. it's important to see more people like me in the media so others can better understand a learning disability. being seen matters. good luck to them with that campaign. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. as we go through the next few days, we're going to be in for some rather windy

and for some stormy conditions. we have two named storms storm dudley crossing our shores today and storm eunice coming our way on friday. now as storm dudley comes in, you can see all the rain associated with it. some of this will be heavy, but it is going to be a mild day, especially across england, wales and northern ireland. some parts of the southeast could well see temperatures get up to 17 degrees, whereas across northern scotland it is going to be that bit cooler. but all the time the wind is going to strengthen, and these wind gusts give you an idea of how strong it will be as we head into the afternoon. the met office still has an amber weather warning in force across these areas. an amber weather warning means an increased likelihood of impacts due to severe weather, and we're looking at inland gusts of 60 to 70 miles an hour for some, 80 or 90 with exposure. now, as we head on through the evening and overnight, the rain clears, but we're left with a lot of blustery showers, some of them heavy with hail and also some hill snow. and it still is going to be windy across the board. colder night than last night,

but nonetheless still relatively mild for the time of year in southern areas. so as we head into tomorrow, storm dudley pushes the way onto the near continent. but look at that isobars left in its wake, so it still will be windy for a time before these ice devices start before these isobars to start to open up and the wind eases. but then we're just waiting for storm munis. so thursday starts off. on a windy note, there will be a lot of dry weather around a fair bit of sunshine, still a few showers and gradually the wind will ease. temperatures down a touch on today and here is storm eunice. now, storm younis is this area of low pressure that is quite now, storm eunice is this area of low pressure that is quite quickly going to be pushing across our shores, notjust bringing rain but also snow. and you can see from the east of us, it's also going to be very windy. if anything, there is the potential that we could have more widespread damaging winds on friday. with gusts 60 to 70 miles an hour, but also snow.

and that combination, of course, means blizzards. now the storm hasn't yet formed, so its track isn't nailed on yet. but this is what we think at the moment. but it could change so we could see some snow coming in across northern ireland, scotland, northern england and wales pulling towards the east, coupled with those strong winds. and that combination means blizzards for some.

inflation rises again, hitting another 30 year high — driven by a rise in the price of clothing, energy, and food. it means further pressure on many households to make ends meet — with more rises to the cost of living expected. i can't afford to live as it is. i'm getting rid of my car because i can't afford to keep it any longer. i'm happy to get buses and stuff moving forward. we'll bring you all the latest. also this lunchtime. prince charles' charity, the prince's foundation, is investigated by police over claims of cash for honours russia claims it's withdrawn more troops after months of tension over ukraine, but there's some scepticism from western leaders. a covid jab is to be offered to children aged 5—11 in scotland,