according to business chiefs. increasing costs are coming from every side — raw materials, energy, labour costs. i mean, it's a perfect storm, so we've got two key asks for the chancellor. one is delay the national insurance increases that are coming in april, and let's find a way to protect businesses from at least some of the energy price rises with an sme price cap. the government tonight said it recognised the impact gas prices are having on businesses and is looking for the best ways to support them. this global crisis is making economic and political waves right here at home. simonjack, bbc news, south shields. despite continued speculation about the future of chelsea football club, they're through to the quarter finals of the champions league. what a goal!

they led lille 2—0 after the first leg at stamford bridge, and although the french side got one back, chelsea's goals sealed a 4—1 aggregate win. the formula 1 season gets under way this weekend, with the opening grand prix in bahrain on sunday. it comes after a dramatic end to last season, when max verstappen controversially pipped lewis hamilton to the title. our sports correspondent, natalie pirks, has been speaking to the reigning champion in dubai. he'd always eyed the world title, but for max verstappen, finally seeing his name in lights was far from straightforward. with mercedes�* sir lewis hamilton closing in on his eighth world title, a crash brought a hugely contentious end to the abu dhabi grand prix that ultimately saw verstappen crowned champion. the title was deserved, but the fallout is still fresh. when you were a kid, you must have, obviously, dreamt of that moment, of winning the world championship. how does the reality match the fantasy? of course i said to myself, "one day i want to become a world champion,",

but i never really thought about how i need to celebrate or whatever it's going to be like. so nobody could have predicted how the whole season would go. the way it happened, did that take any of the shine off that moment for you? it didn't. i mean, you have to look at it through the whole season and i think overall it was just an amazing season for everyone and a very tough and, you know, demanding season, as well. so then it's even more rewarding to win it. had you allowed yourself at that point to think that it was over? you know, if we're going to lose it, i don't want to make it look too easy, right, so ijust kept pushing, i kept trying everything i could but then, of course, i didn't really think about a miracle or whatever but luckily, of course, it happened. and do you have any sympathy for lewis with the way things ended, if you'd have been in his shoes? i think what can heal the pain a little bit more is that he has won already seven, you know? yeah. do you think it's really time, now, for the sport to heal? is this a good

opportunity to do that? i think the sport doesn't need to heal. i mean, those are just dramatic moments which are part of the sport as well. who do you look at at the moment, in that paddock, and think, "i've got my eye on you"? the ones who look very comfortable and always quick, it's definitely ferrari, but, i mean we are sure that mercedes will be the as well. lewis says they are not competitive. look at every article from 17, 18, 19, 20, 21. it's the same story. so, they will be there. what does that first championship mean to you? it's what you always wanted to achieve in the sport, and, of course, i hope i can win more, but it's very important to at least win one. natalie pirks, bbc news. max verstappen speaking to natalie pirks there. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are sian griffiths, education editorfor the sunday times and rob merrick, deputy political editor for the independent. tomorrow's front pages. starting with. .. some good news on the front pages — a story that is almost universally covered in all the papers. the telegraph leads with the words of nazanin zaghari ratcliffe�*s daughter gabriella — �*mummy really is coming home�* same story in the mail — with those words of gabriella on its front page. remember, she was a toddler when she last spent time with her money mummy in this country.

with her money mummy in this country. the guardian highlights the six years nazanin spent detained in iran — and reflects on the british dual national anoosheh ashoori — who's also been freed from prison in iran the metro leads on that story too — nazanin is expected to land in the uk in the early hours this morning. the financial times leads on a possible end to the war in ukraine — it says that a peace deal with russia would involve kyiv declaring neutrality and limits on its armed forces. so let's begin... the telegraph, i think the same story you covered on and off virtually since it began. yes. we have been _ virtually since it began. yes. we have been covering _ virtually since it began. yes. we have been covering it _ virtually since it began. yes. we have been covering it on - virtually since it began. yes. we have been covering it on the - virtually since it began. yes. we - have been covering it on the sunday times and it's been a long time, it six years nearly sense nazanin zaghari ratcliffe was first detained in iran. in that six years that richard radcliffe has campaigned tirelessly for her release. so this is incredibly good news today. i'm really glad it's on all the front

pages put you up pictures of nazanin zaghari ratcliffe on a yellow dress boarding a plane that is can you bring your own later this evening or the early hours of tomorrow morning finally to be reunited with richard and their daughter gabriella who is now nearly eight. just a toddler when her mum was first detained in tehran airport after a family visit on her way, she was supposed to be coming home to her husband in london and she was at the airport with her daughter and she was detained. that was the beginning of the six—year nightmare that this family has endured. i nightmare that this family has endured. , , ,.,, nightmare that this family has endured. , , , , , endured. i suppose the best they can a- reciate endured. i suppose the best they can appreciate as — endured. i suppose the best they can appreciate as they — endured. i suppose the best they can appreciate as they have _ endured. i suppose the best they can appreciate as they have time - endured. i suppose the best they can appreciate as they have time to - appreciate as they have time to spend together quietly and rebuild the relationships that have been fractured. thankfully not destroyed but fractured with this long. and all the stress that all three of them must�*ve been under. rob gonna it's a story based but not byjust a

great quote but a great photograph. i haven't seen a contemporary photograph of nazanin zaghari ratcliffe smiling, hardly surprising. ratcliffe smiling, hardly surprising-— ratcliffe smiling, hardly surrisinu. ., ., , surprising. no. the wonderful news of course that _ surprising. no. the wonderful news of course that she _ surprising. no. the wonderful news of course that she was _ surprising. no. the wonderful news of course that she was followed - of course that she was followed immediately by this picture. i'm sure _ immediately by this picture. i'm sure everybody felt the same sense of thrill _ sure everybody felt the same sense of thrill and relief and some disbelief after all that she's been through— disbelief after all that she's been through it has been so long. there was to— through it has been so long. there was to prove she was coming home. talking _ was to prove she was coming home. talking about wonderful photos but also richard being such of the hero with what_ also richard being such of the hero with what has happened and he has fought— with what has happened and he has fought so_ with what has happened and he has fought so hard and suffer of his own is what he's — fought so hard and suffer of his own is what he's seeing the government bungling _ is what he's seeing the government bungling over this. two hunger strikes — bungling over this. two hunger strikes are now within a few hours they will— strikes are now within a few hours they will he — strikes are now within a few hours they will be reunited. so many people — they will be reunited. so many peopie on— they will be reunited. so many people on today's show had had to deal and _ people on today's show had had to deal and report on the horrors of tonight we — deal and report on the horrors of tonight we get some good news. absolutely. we talk about something thatis

absolutely. we talk about something that is on remitting the positive. it's also quite interesting because it opens up, we get a sense from the daily mailfront page it opens up, we get a sense from the daily mail front page which is that those two photographs but basically the same photograph, the same quote, there is really only one story the papers and centre on a day like today for tomorrow morning. the male describes it as six years in hell. you talk about the campaign that richard is photographed with their daughter has wage. it has been a remarkable campaign, has ended. in terms of his ability to leave, media attention, public sympathy and even political engagement at a time when there were so many other things that might have pushed this to the back of the list of concerns that the government had in the public was aware of. this government had in the public was aware of. �* , , ., aware of. as i understand it it was very much — aware of. as i understand it it was very much his _ aware of. as i understand it it was very much his brave _ aware of. as i understand it it was very much his brave decision - aware of. as i understand it it was very much his brave decision to i aware of. as i understand it it wasi very much his brave decision to go puhiic on — very much his brave decision to go puhiic on his— very much his brave decision to go public on his wife's plight which

would've — public on his wife's plight which would've been against the foreign office _ would've been against the foreign office advised that maybe if it wasn't — office advised that maybe if it wasn't for him we wouldn't know about— wasn't for him we wouldn't know about this — wasn't for him we wouldn't know about this debt, this payment has finally— about this debt, this payment has finally reduced to eight produces happy— finally reduced to eight produces happy result. certainly the foreign office _ happy result. certainly the foreign office wants keep things under wraps — office wants keep things under wraps. he obviously recognised that that wasn't— wraps. he obviously recognised that that wasn't could produce any success, _ that wasn't could produce any success, that it wasn't... the other side _ success, that it wasn't... the other side of— success, that it wasn't... the other side of the — success, that it wasn't... the other side of the coin away from a happy story— side of the coin away from a happy story is— side of the coin away from a happy story is surely there must be some sort of— story is surely there must be some sort of inquiry into what has happened and how on earth it is taken _ happened and how on earth it is taken so — happened and how on earth it is taken so long for the the other striking — taken so long for the the other striking thing tonight is that the government is acknowledging that this payment is made which iran is a quote _ this payment is made which iran is a quote of— this payment is made which iran is a quote of a _ this payment is made which iran is a quote of a legitimate debt. the question— quote of a legitimate debt. the question everybody's asking if it is legitimate debt why has it taken six years— legitimate debt why has it taken six years to _ legitimate debt why has it taken six years to pay a? i heard jeremy hunt acknowledging earlier that they simply— acknowledging earlier that they simply taken fartoo acknowledging earlier that they simply taken far too long to find a way through it. it must be four years— way through it. it must be four years since _ way through it. it must be four years since he became foreign secretary— years since he became foreign secretary and he got the message from iran— secretary and he got the message from iran that it was primarily

about— from iran that it was primarily about the _ from iran that it was primarily about the debt. he concluded it would _ about the debt. he concluded it would not be seen as ransom money if it was— would not be seen as ransom money if it was paid _ would not be seen as ransom money if it was paid it— would not be seen as ransom money if it was paid. it was money owed to iran it was paid. it was money owed to iran and yet— it was paid. it was money owed to iran and yet it's taken this long. just on — iran and yet it's taken this long. just on that, the behind the scenes manoeuvring on this are really interesting because there's been suggestions that at one point she nazanin zaghari ratcliffe may well have been freed earlier but the american said to the british, can you hold on? we are trying to get our people out as well. we need to do this in lock step with no progress was made by the american side and getting their people out, still hasn't been. and the implication is that maybe liz truss broke with the procedure, the convention left the foreign office said followed, staying in lockstep under previous offices including jeremy hunt and that allowed the breakthrough. in a sense were having to prepare for and the americans are prepared for taking this on the chin. in the end you have to look after your own people.—

chin. in the end you have to look after your own people. yes, i think there is a story _ after your own people. yes, i think there is a story that _ after your own people. yes, i think there is a story that will _ after your own people. yes, i think there is a story that will come - after your own people. yes, i think there is a story that will come outl there is a story that will come out in the coming days about the negotiations behind the scenes and whether there was the british broke step on the americans with us was not to be honest, nazanin zaghari ratcliffe has been waiting six years to be released, she was imprisoned on trumped up charges and it's not a moment too soon. she's flying home to herfamily. as you moment too soon. she's flying home to her family. as you say anoosheh ashoori also coming home to his family, another british iranian dual national wrongly imprisoned, held in prison under terrible conditions which he has described cockroaches, covid ripping through the prison at one point he too is coming home to his family. ijust one point he too is coming home to his family. i just think nobody can be a these families being reunited with their loved ones after so long. i think it has been rigid red cliffs

relentless campaigning. his absolute determination to tell the truth about hostage diplomacy. this was, these were prisoners who were taken hostage. they were held because i read wanted britain to settle this for hundred million pound arms debt which is finally been settled. you're right, at the beginning the foreign office didn't want richard to talk about that. many families were told to stay quiet about it and they did say quiet. and richard refused to do that. as a result i think, this is why it nazanin zaghari ratcliffe is coming home today. and other british iranian nationals are being released. rab. nationals are being released. rob, should we give _ nationals are being released. rob, should we give the _ nationals are being released. rob, should we give the last _ nationals are being released. rob, should we give the last word to matt? and you see the cartoon on the front of the telegraph? what matt? and you see the cartoon on the front of the telegraph?— front of the telegraph? what does it sa ? i front of the telegraph? what does it say? i haven't— front of the telegraph? what does it say? i haven't got _ front of the telegraph? what does it say? i haven't got it. _ front of the telegraph? what does it say? i haven't got it. it— front of the telegraph? what does it say? i haven't got it. it says - say? i haven't got it. it says something like warning viewers not

to get— something like warning viewers not to get you — something like warning viewers not to get you used to happy news normal service _ to get you used to happy news normal service will— to get you used to happy news normal service will be continuing soon. i'm sure he _ service will be continuing soon. i'm sure he encapsulated just what everybody feels. really good news and the _ everybody feels. really good news and the realisation that it probably won't _ and the realisation that it probably won't be _ and the realisation that it probably won't be repeated too much in the coming _ won't be repeated too much in the coming days. won't be repeated too much in the coming days-— won't be repeated too much in the cominu da s. , �* ., ., coming days. sadly. although having said that, you've _ coming days. sadly. although having said that, you've linked _ coming days. sadly. although having said that, you've linked us _ said that, you've linked us seamlessly to the ft. rob, moscow and kyiv improve policy plan in peace talks. finally they are being described as peace talks. it might not amount to much yet but there is some sense that may the ground has shifted in the relationship between the two countries a bit? it shifted in the relationship between the two countries a bit?— the two countries a bit? it does seem as if _ the two countries a bit? it does seem as if it's _ the two countries a bit? it does seem as if it's only _ the two countries a bit? it doesj seem as if it's only the financial time _ seem as if it's only the financial time giving in norma's prominence to the stocks— time giving in norma's prominence to the stocks tonight. certainly we forgot — the stocks tonight. certainly we forgot... certainly there is interesting detail in the ft story about— interesting detail in the ft story about what the deal to negotiate a

settlement might be whereby russia would _ settlement might be whereby russia would agree to a cease—fire and withdraw— would agree to a cease—fire and withdraw troops. absolutely essential for top of the other side and ukraine would agree to neutrality to limits on military bases — neutrality to limits on military bases and on the armed forces that it has _ bases and on the armed forces that it has. perhaps that could be the basis _ it has. perhaps that could be the basis of— it has. perhaps that could be the basis of a — it has. perhaps that could be the basis of a deal, it says is a 15 point — basis of a deal, it says is a 15 point plan _ basis of a deal, it says is a 15 point plan. that seems to be some detail— point plan. that seems to be some detail for— point plan. that seems to be some detail for the five people involved in the _ detail for the five people involved in the talks that until the ft about this _ in the talks that until the ft about this i_ in the talks that until the ft about this ithink— in the talks that until the ft about this. i think the paper itself is acknowledging that there's a heck of acknowledging that there's a heck of a long _ acknowledging that there's a heck of a long way— acknowledging that there's a heck of a long way to go. there's the ins shoe _ a long way to go. there's the ins shoe with— a long way to go. there's the ins shoe with the eastern breakaway republics — shoe with the eastern breakaway republics and their status. and whether— republics and their status. and whether russia is really serious about _ whether russia is really serious about this. is pugin engaging in these _ about this. is pugin engaging in these dark simply trying to buy time for himself— these dark simply trying to buy time for himself so that he can regroup, rearrn _ for himself so that he can regroup, rearrn -- — for himself so that he can regroup, rearrn -- put— for himself so that he can regroup, rearm. —— put in. you know he's in trouble, _ rearm. —— put in. you know he's in trouble, you — rearm. —— put in. you know he's in trouble, you know he's tried to bring _ trouble, you know he's tried to bring in — trouble, you know he's tried to bring in mercenary ease to bolster all of— bring in mercenary ease to bolster all of those — bring in mercenary ease to bolster all of those to replace those that have _ all of those to replace those that have been killed. that will be the fear that — have been killed. that will be the fear that putin is blaming everybody's fault. it�*s

fear that putin is blaming eve bod 's fault. �* , , everybody's fault. it's interesting in this detail, _ everybody's fault. it's interesting in this detail, a _ everybody's fault. it's interesting in this detail, a couple _ everybody's fault. it's interesting in this detail, a couple of - everybody's fault. it's interesting in this detail, a couple of quite . in this detail, a couple of quite intriguing points about the relationship, i remembersomebody relationship, i remember somebody saying relationship, i remembersomebody saying to me of course ukraine give up saying to me of course ukraine give up the nuclear weapons it inherited with the collapse of the soviet unit in turn for guaranteed securities from russia. as a 1994 treaty torn up from russia. as a 1994 treaty torn up by the russian invasion. yet, it looks like if this is accurate that ukraine could effectively say, not only we will remain neutral, we won't allow any foreign bases on our site and we look except some kind of security guarantee from russia, the country that's just invaded. weill. security guarantee from russia, the country that's just invaded.- country that's 'ust invaded. well, i think the country that'sjust invaded. well, i think the detail _ country that'sjust invaded. well, i think the detail in _ country that'sjust invaded. well, i think the detail in the _ country that'sjust invaded. well, i think the detail in the financial - think the detail in the financial times piece, the fees that stood out for me was the ukrainian officials being quite sceptical that pugin was committed to this deal and that it's notjust —— putin. a sort of buying time to regroup and continue his