today at 5pm: millions of people are seeing a steep rise in their energy bills from today — the largest in living memory. it's a very worrying time. in fact, you know, i'm feeling rather depressed about it all, because i am not a magician. i can't conjure this extra money up out of thin air. britain's insolvency service has started formal criminal and civil investigations into p&0 ferries, after 800 workers were fired without notice last month. russian officials say ukrainian helicopters have carried out a strike on a fuel storage facility in the west of russia. the ukrainian foreign minister had this to say. i can neither confirm nor reject

the claim that ukraine was involved in this. the bbc has gained access to an area recently held by russian forces, just hours after their retreat — and found evidence that could point towards war crimes. and also on the programme — england are among the top seeds for the world cup draw that takes place in doha shortly. wales and scotland are also included in the draw. hello, and a very good evening, i'm jane hill.

the biggest rise in energy prices in living memory has come into effect in britain, just as millions of households face increases in other bills and national insurance payments. on average, gas and electricity bills will cost an extra £700 a year — a sum charities say millions of households will struggle to pay. the chancellor, rishi sunak, has previously pledged to "take the sting out" of the price rises. higher energy prices are not the only way households and businesses will feel a squeeze on their finances, as the cost of living increases. council tax bills are also on the rise across england, scotland, and wales, with the majority of households seeing total hikes of around 3% — an average of £67 a year. to offset energy price rises, the government is offering a £150 pound rebate for around 20 million households in england, in bands a to d. water bills are also rising by an average of about £7 a year in england and wales.

on the 6th of april, national insurance contributions will go up byi.25%, which the government says will help clear the nhs backlog and contribute towards social care costs. and for 2.5 million workers on the minimum wage, they'll see their income rise by 59p an hour, to £9.50. with more on the unprecedented rise in energy bills, here's our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith. there's more chances of us going into debt with the rises of the electricity and water bill, the council tax, everything is having a rise, plus the petrol. mum of three qurat is making small changes in the house to try and keep those energy bills under control. my washing, i normally do it throughout the week but now i'm doing it over the weekend.

so it's a big wash. i've stopped using my hairdryer because it takes about 45 minutes to dry my hair. what the kids do is reach up to the heating, "mummy, we're cold, mummy, we're cold," so where are they supposed to go? at westminster primary on the other side of town, they already give food parcels to some families. but now they've started collecting blankets, dressing gowns, and hot water bottles to give out, too. we're totally expecting that, as the energy prices really bite, that more of our families will be pushed into a poverty situation and therefore the children will be coming to us having maybe not eaten a warm meal every day, they may be coming from a cold home or not slept properly. and the impact on that then for their education is quite extreme. the uk's biggest supplier is british gas. the boss says they make very little profit from customers, but their oil and gas extraction has made a lot more money. 80% of the additional profits have gone to the government. so i think the profits have gone up

byjust over 500 million, and the tax bill has gone up byjust over 400. that is exactly right. i'm looking for no sympathy, that's how the system should work. and i'm very comfortable. the question is how government uses those additional funds. the government have already announced a couple of things to try and help with those energy price rises. they're taking £150 off most people's council tax bill in england, and from september, there will be £200 available to most households in england, scotland and wales, and that will be through your energy bill, but it's a loan so you have to pay it back. even if you qualify for both of those things, that will still only cover around half of the rise that we are seeing in a typical household's energy bills. it's either feed them or heat my house. or i don't eat and they eat. so, yeah. it's not great, it's over £300 a month now. yeah, yeah, it's ridiculous, isn't it? it's ridiculous, the price of it now. got a text this morning,

funnily enough, off british gas, asking me to send my reading in. must be preparing us for the worst. crazy. and with bills going up again in the autumn, people will keep trying to cut back where they can. people are really struggling. they bring their washing in, they normally leave it for washing and drying, but nowadays, they wash it at home and they leave it for dry, or they get it washed here and they take it home to dry. with qurat�*s energy bills going up by at least £30 a month, she doesn't think the government to help will cover the extra. it's not enough. £200, it won't make up to the months that we will be paying for. it's not going to help. so in this home, their lights are going off to keep the bills down. coletta smith, bbc news, in bradford. so with huge pressures on household budgets, what more can the government do to alleviate the financial burden? here's our political correspondent helen catt. the price rises today are just the start of what is likely to be

a long—running debate over how the government should help people with the higher cost of living. the measures already announced by the chancellor, rishi sunak, are worth billions of pounds. ministers say there have to be limits. it's going to be hard, and we're all going to have to work together to get through it. i know that the chancellor of the exchequer is looking very closely, on an almost daily basis, at the impact it's having on individuals and theirfamilies, and across the economy, and trying to balance the assistance we give within the financial constraints we have got, with an economy, don't forget, that has just come out of a pandemic, having spent £400 billion keeping people going through two extremely tough years. but will those who are facing rising bills find it's enough? the labour leader has been meeting people in dewsbury and he says not. the government response has been utterly pathetic, no real response to that, no comfort to people who are so worried. what we, the labour party, have said is look, the oil and gas companies in the north sea have made excess profits over and above what they expected

because of the high level of pricing across the world. that windfall tax should be used to take up to £600 off people's bills. that would deter investment, says the government, at a time when it is also looking to the north sea to help secure energy supply. in hull, the liberal democrat leader said vat should be cut. we want to give extra help for people's energy bills if they are on benefits orstruggling, disabled and so on, and that would be hundreds of extra pounds. so, we have a very different policy from the conservatives who i think are letting people down and not taking the action that's needed in this cost of living emergency. there are real worries in westminster, including among conservative mps, about what's going to happen as costs keep going up over the coming months. the impact of the national insurance rise, which starts next week, will be reduced injuly when further changes come into force, but then in the autumn it's also expected the energy price cap will rise again, so there is a pretty widespread expectation

that the government is likely to have to offer more at some point. instead of offering a £200 loan, which the government plans to claw back in future bills, things like that need to be converted into grants and if the government can't do anything about the wholesale price of energy, which we accept oil and gas are internationally traded commodities, then it needs to be doing more to take the edge off people's bills and put money in people's pockets. and as bills keep increasing, so will the political heat. helen catt, bbc news, westminster. earlier, my colleague ben boulos spoke to yvonne de burgo, a retired receptionist who's worried about the increasing cost of living and the impact it will have on her life. well, it's a very worrying time, in fact, you know, i'm feeling rather depressed about it all because i'm not a magician. i can't conjure this extra

money up out of thin air. i do get pension credit, which, when i first got it, gave me a better standard of life. now, with all these rises, it'sjust wiped out and i'm back to where i was before five years ago. and, you know, ijust despair that at this age, 76, i should be enjoying life, not worrying about every penny and how i'm going to heat my home. i'm disabled and i have a condition, fibromyalgia, where i have to keep warm. if i don't, then i'm in so much pain. so what am i to do? and presumably, getting around, if you have a disability, you rely on being able to run a car. and that's getting more expensive, as well. well, yes, i mean, i'm lucky enough that i have a motability car, which is like a lease that you get.

and all i have to do is put fuel in — but the price of fuel, and it really annoys me, because the chance that i've put it down 5p, but round here where i live, it's still the price it was before he put it down. they're quick to put the prices up, but very slow to bring them back down again. so, you're not seeing that 5p cut in fuel duty being reflected in the price that you pay at the pump? no, no, i'm not. and i'm really annoyed about that, because i need my car for hospital appointments, to get shopping, to go to doctors appointments. all these appointments i have to attend and, you know, i've got to put fuel in my car to be able to get there. i mean, the cost isjust going through the roof. yvonne, isuppose, you know, when you look at what the chancellor announced within the last couple of weeks in the spring statement,

things like, well, there was that 5p cut in fuel duty. we know that the pensions go up with inflation as it was a time ago, not the current rate of inflation. there's the council tax rebate to help with the energy bills. does all of that make much of a difference to you? it doesn't make any difference at all. it's just nonsensical. i mean, why give that — that's going to be swallowed up by everything else. how long is there, you know, £150 off your council tax going to last? it's not going to last very long. that's like one week's income for pensioners, most pensioners. and you know, it could continue on until october. so that is a pittance, and i really feel that the government and ministers do not understand what it's like to live on a fixed income, and have all this going up in price.

i bet they spend more on one meal dining out than i do on what i've got to live on for a week, and pay all my bills with. and yvonne, just to put this in context, because people, people may think, "0h, cutting back is is maybe forgoing a weekend break somewhere" — but from what i understand, it's more than that. it's cutting back on little moments, like going out for a coffee. yes, exactly. and i'd just like to state that i haven't been on holiday for 23 years. i can't afford to, not even a weekend break. and the fact that i can't, you know, go out for a cup of coffee with friends and socialise, it's making my life very isolated. i've already been through the pandemic and had to isolate for 12 weeks at the start, and then, be very careful ever since. and it'sjust putting me back there. my life is not improving. i'm getting to the point where i

feel that what the government wants us all to do is pop on clothes, and we won't be a problem. yvonne speaking earlier to my colleague. the insolvency service has started formal criminal and civil investigations in p&0 ferries, after it fired 800 staff without notice, in order to replace them with agency staff. last week, the chief executive admitted the company had probably broken employment law by not informing unions that their workers were at risk of losing theirjobs. the transport secretary grant shapps has called on peter hebblethwaite to resign. joining me now is our transport correspondent, katy austin. what does this actually mean then, with the insolvency service getting involved? what does that mean? what involved? what does that mean? what we know is that — involved? what does that mean? what we know is that last _ involved? what does that mean? “await we know is that last week, the

business secretary wrote to the insolvency service asking them to undertake an urgent inquiry into what had happened when p&0 ferries made those workers redundant. to determine whether the law had been complied with — his letter said he requested prompt and appropriate action where there had not been. today the insolvency service has replied, i got a copy of the letter here. they say they can confirm that the insolvency service has initiated both formal criminal and... investigations into the redundancies made by p&0 fairies. they haven't commented today, but what we do know is some of the key issues that have been highlighted over the past couple of weeks are, as you are saying in the introduction there, that p&0 ferries has admitted that it did not consult with trade unions before announcing these redundancies. another issue that has

been raised is whether the relevant authorities were notified, the uk secretary of state wasn't — although the vessels involved were flagged in other countries and piano fairies as claimed and notified them only on the date —— p&0 ferries. 0ne expert i was speaking to said the fears were whether they would be any prosecution for failure to notify the relevant authorities, it would very much depend what happened to them. but if there was a prosecution and conviction, that could result in and conviction, that could result in an unlimited fine. i should say the insolvency service has not given any detail today, insolvency service has not given any detailtoday, but insolvency service has not given any detail today, but that is one of the key issues that experts have highlighted. and that labour law expert i was speaking to and from the university of bristol also said that if there was criminal liability there it could extend to directors, as well. so those are the kinds of things potentially at play here, but

we will have to see where these investigations go and whether or not any prosecution is brought. absolutely, a quick thought about passengers, what it means for people who might have tickets coming up to some schools, breaking up holidays — what does it mean for passengers is might have routes been operating normally from a passenger perspective? normally from a passenger perspective?_ normally from a passenger --ersective? , ., ., , , ., perspective? the short answer is no, they haven't — perspective? the short answer is no, they haven't been _ perspective? the short answer is no, they haven't been operating - they haven't been operating normally. today's letter doesn't have any bearing on whether services are up and running now. most of the fairies still are not running, for example in the dover and calais root, they will have to go through safety inspection before they can get up and running again —— calle route. a couple of the fairies have actually failed their first inspections. but it's also worth thinking about whether this move from the insolvency service means anything for the workers who were

sacked. i can't say that it does actually because yesterday was the deadline for those nearly 800 sexy fair is to respond to the redundancy office they had. and actually all of them —— seafarers. it doesn't look like anything that has happened today will give them theirjobs back or put them in a different situation. it's more about whether, and it's a big weather at this stage, whether any action is then taken against p&0 ferries and any of its directors in the future for what's happened. we its directors in the future for what's happened.— its directors in the future for what's happened. we will wait to see, what's happened. we will wait to see. thank _ what's happened. we will wait to see. thank you — what's happened. we will wait to see, thank you very _ what's happened. we will wait to see, thank you very much. - the headlines on bbc news... millions of people will see a steep rise in their energy bills from today — the largest in living memory. britain's insolvency service has started formal criminal and civil

investigations into p&0 ferries. it follows the company's decision to fire hundreds of workers without notice last month. russian officials say ukrainian helicopters have carried out a strike on a fuel storage facility in the west of russia. we will talk more about that story. russian officials say ukrainian helicopters have carried out a strike on a fuel storage facility in the west of russia. emergency services say 170 personnel are trying to put out a fire in belgorod. ukraine hasn't commented, but ukrainian aircraft haven't hit targets in russia before. the kremlin says the attack will hinder peace talks. 0ur correspondent in moscow, jenny hill, gave us this update. this is the first time since the invasion began that russia has reported a successful ukrainian

attack on its territory. we've not been able to independently verify that this was indeed an attack. this came from the governor of the belgorod region this morning, who said that overnight, two ukrainian military helicopters carried out air strikes and hit this fuel depot, sparking this great fire which emergency services are still trying to put out. he said that two workers had been injured, but there were no other casualties. as i say, there is no independent verification as yet, although there is footage, unverified, circulating in media and on social media. but i think what's perhaps the most interesting feature of this development so far is the rather muted response we've had from moscow. the kremlin would usually seize any opportunity to cast ukraine as the aggressor — and we are not really seeing that kind of belligerent language being used as yet. we did hear from the governor of the neighbouring region,

which also borders ukraine, who said he was going to put his security forces on high alert. but beyond that, really the language, the tone has been somewhat muted. it's really tempting to speculate about the reasons for that — it may be that moscow is simply trying to establish exactly what happened. but there is a possibility, of course, that having boasted of achieving air superiority over ukraine, the russians are seeing this as a rather humiliating alleged attack on their territory. it's perhaps not something they really want to go into detail about. we will have to wait and see, and the kremlin did say, as you mentioned, that this will not do the peace talks any good. again, the language there is reasonably soft — a spokesperson for the kremlin earlier said that the development won't create comfortable conditions for the continuation of those negotiations, which are, of course, going on this afternoon in an online format.

speaking in the last couple of hours, the ukrainian foreign minister had this to say, when asked whether his country was behind the attack. i can either confirm nor reject the claim that ukraine was involved in this, simply because i do not possess all the military information. a brief statement from ukraine's foreign minister about that. let's get more now on the efforts to evacuate civilians from the besieged city of mariupol in southern ukraine. 0ur correspondent wyre davies is in zaporizhzhia, from where an international committee of the red cross convoy was due to leave to co—ordinate the evacuation. this is a reception centre in the town of zaporizhzhia.

it's important to say that over recent weeks and days, people have been making their way out from those russian—controlled areas like mariupol on their own, in bomb—damaged cars, sometimes in large numbers, but what is being attempted today is the first real mass evacuation of mariupol itself, and this morning, a very small red cross convoy left here bound for mariupol with the intended aim of getting into the city and facilitating the evacuation on government—provided buses of hundreds of people. but it was interesting that even though there has been a sort of temporary ceasefire and those red cross vehicles are being allowed in, two trucks the red cross wanted to take in laden with medical aid and some food aid, that was not permitted to travel by the russians, so those three red cross vehicles with the staff on board are trying to facilitate the evacuation of the city, but in the last couple of hours we have heard from the mayor's office in mariupol that the city itself is still too dangerous for anyone to enter or to leave.

so there is a real expectation that perhaps that red cross convoy will not make it to mariupol. having said all of that, there are areas in the russian—controlled south where there are still a lot of refugees and where the red cross and those government buses should be able to get to so at points throughout the day today, there are towns along the coast, berdyansk is one town in particular, where those vehicles, those buses, should be accepting refugees, some of whom have escaped from mariupol and are coming here to this reception centre in zaporizhzhia. we do not know what the final situation will be, but this is not the first attempt to establish a humanitarian corridor into and out of mariupol. every time it has been tried in the past, the ceasefire or the agreement to stop firing has collapsed and vehicles have been attacked on the roads around mariupol, so it has proved far too dangerous in the past and it might prove to be the case again today. i think as long as the fight

for mariupol continues, most of the city now is controlled by russian troops, but there is a part of the centre of the city which is still being defended by ukrainian troops. they are completely surrounded by land and by sea by russian forces and i do not think the russians are going to give ground too much on ceasefires and accepting aid in until they fully control the city. we know people inside mariupol do not have food, water, people are drinking water from the pipes that feed radiators. they are drinking waste water, the conditions are terrible inside mariupol itself, we know that dead bodies are lying in the streets, people are trying to bury their neighbours by the road verges, so it is a humanitarian crisis inside mariupol, there is absolutely no question about what is happening there. but until aid agencies can get in and really assess the situation, you can really only imagine what the situation is like. we have all seen those aerial photographs, those drone shots,

which show how much of the city has been devastated by this russian bombardment. 0ur correspondent talking about the efforts to get people out of the city of mariupol. at the beginning of march, footage showing russian troops shooting a man with his hands up in kyiv, was shared around the world. now that the russians have been pushed out of the area, the bbc�*sjeremy bowen has been to see the grim aftermath of their short—lived occupation. hejoins us now from kyiv, and a warning that some of the details we will be discussing are very distressing. correct me if i'm wrong, jeremy, you've been to this area really only within a matter of hours of the

russian forces pulling out or retreating, and explain what you seen and where you've been. yes. seen and where you've been. yes, it's about ten _ seen and where you've been. yes, it's about ten miles _ seen and where you've been. yes, it's about ten miles to _ seen and where you've been. yes, it's about ten miles to the - seen and where you've been. yes it's about ten miles to the west of the city, along quite a big dual carriageway. we weren't able to drive down and because the russians are still on it part of the way, but we took a big loop around to get there. and yes, we found ourselves at that particular pointjust there. and yes, we found ourselves at that particular point just a there. and yes, we found ourselves at that particular pointjust a few hours after the russians had partly withdrawn and partly been kicked out, it was a combination of the two, i think, out, it was a combination of the two, ithink, i out, it was a combination of the two, i think, i think with more information on being —— emphasis on being kicked out by the ukrainians. and, as well as seeing a vast amount of damage, it became clear that along the road, there was first of all, the burnt out car and the remains of those two people, it was a couple, who were killed that day,

and it was all seen by the drone. in the car also was their six—year—old son who survived, and a family friend, they managed to get out. they have said subsequently that when he went out with his hands in the air, he was shouting, "there's a child in the car," but the russians shot him dead and there's clear evidence of that because you can see it in the drone footage. but as well that, going down the road a couple hundred yards, i counted 11 other bodies, a total of 13. so 11 other bodies, a total of 13. so 11 other bodies who had also been shot mostly in their cars, there were some bodies rotting on the road. but many of them had been piled up and they'd put tires around them, clearly trying to burn them up. those two original ones, when they were killed, because we've got the drone footage, we know that their car wasn't burnt out, but now it is.

what's left of their bodies were scarcely recognisable. and so, the hypothesis has to be that the russians were killing people on the road, and they were trying to burn the evidence to get rid of it. now of those bodies, there were only three, and i look very closely at them all, there were only three wearing recognisable military uniforms. everybody else was in civilian clothes. find uniforms. everybody else was in civilian clothes.— uniforms. everybody else was in civilian clothes. and therefore the deduction is _ civilian clothes. and therefore the deduction is that _ civilian clothes. and therefore the deduction is that these _ civilian clothes. and therefore the deduction is that these are - civilian clothes. and therefore the deduction is that these are all - civilian clothes. and therefore the deduction is that these are all the j deduction is that these are all the micro—ordinary people, members of the public, in the case of the young man you're talking about, the husband had his hands in the air, the symbol of surrender — and they were killed anyway, not military forces, just ordinary people and they were killed.— forces, just ordinary people and they were killed. yes. yes, i mean, that is, i would _ they were killed. yes. yes, i mean, that is, i would say, _ they were killed. yes. yes, i mean, that is, i would say, a _ they were killed. yes. yes, i mean, that is, i would say, a hypothesis. l that is, i would say, a hypothesis. we don't have drone footage of the other incidents. but you know, it

appears there's a pattern emerging because you can see where the tank was from which the firing came that killed the first two on the drone footage. and yes, it looks to me as though that was what what's going on. this is evidence that could well amount to war crimes — i'm not a court of law, i can't say so myself — and it needs to be properly investigated. in at the moment, the evidence is all there, it's a crime scene. because there is a body of law which many countries have signed up law which many countries have signed up to which protect civilians, civilians are meant to be protected people under the laws of war, i:e., you're not meant to kill them like that. g , �* ., you're not meant to kill them like that, , �* ., ., ., ., ~ that. jeremy bowen for now, thank ou ve that. jeremy bowen for now, thank you very much- _ that. jeremy bowen for now, thank you very much. jeremy _ that. jeremy bowen for now, thank you very much. jeremy and - that. jeremy bowen for now, thank. you very much. jeremy and his team seeing some very distressing scenes

there on the outskirts of ukraine's capital, and there is a lengthy piecejeremy has written capital, and there is a lengthy piece jeremy has written for us capital, and there is a lengthy piecejeremy has written for us on the bbc website about what he and his team have found as well. the now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. thanks a lot, jane. today has been another chilly day, cold winds and we've had a familiar mix of sunshine and wintry showers. here's one of those snow flurries coming down, right on the seafront of hastings and east sussex, right down to very low levels and we've had some very threatening skies as well at times. as though shares have been moving in, you can see on the radar picture the extent of those showers pushing and across england and wales, we've got some rain moving into scotland, snow across the highest mountains here. this little weather front sliding southwards bringing rain from northern ireland into western areas of wales. no it mightjust get

in london far enough to give us snow across the hills of pembrokeshire, and maybe the moors of the southwest, but it depends on the track really. for most areas of the cold night with widespread frost, and where we see those showers by day or by night, we've got the enhanced risk of seeing some icy stretches into saturday morning. saturday, another lovely star of the day for many of you, spells of sunshine, but we will see those showers developing through the day. some could become heavy and thunder, hail mixed in. still the prospect of a few wintry showers mixed in. most amateurs coming up 8—10 c quite widely, the winds not quite as strong so as those are average for a time of year, perhaps not feeling quite as bitter as it has the last couple days or so. that's the latest weather. this is bbc news. the headlines... millions of people will see a steep rise in their energy bills from today — the largest in living memory.

it is a very worrying time. in fact, i am feeling rather depressed about it all because i am not a magician, i cannot conjure this extra money up out of thin air. the insolvency service has started formal criminal and civil investigations into p&0 ferries. it follows the company's decision to fire hundreds of workers without notice last month. russian officials say ukrainian helicopters have carried out a strike on a fuel storage facility in the west of russia. the ukrainian foreign minister had this to say: i can neither confirm nor reject the claim that ukraine was involved in this. the bbc has gained access to an area previously held by russian forces, just hours after their retreat — and found evidence that

could point towards war crimes. in football, england are among the top seeds for the world cup draw that takes place in doha today. wales and scotland are also included in the draw. more right now in the world of sports. forall of more right now in the world of sports. for all of that, more right now in the world of sports. forall of that, let's more right now in the world of sports. for all of that, let's head over to the studio. only one place to start — and that's in doha where the wait is very nearly over — and the draw for this year's winter world cup in qatar isjust about to get underway. our sports news correspondent andy swiss is watching alongside me. andy — remind us what this draw could mean for england — and potentially scotland and wales too? as he say, that draw is due to get under way in the next few minutes. just to explain very briefly how it will work. the teams have been split

into four different pots. so pop one has all the top seeds, the likes of defending champions, france, brazil, england, and the hosts. and not —— the next pot has the next and all the next pot has the next and all the way down to part four. the teams will be split into eight groups of four containing one team from each pact. the good news as i england is that they are among the top seeds, so they cannot be drawn against any of the strongest teams on paper. it could be kind, could see for example up could be kind, could see for example up against their great rivals. senegal who went the africa cup of nations and peru, that would potentially be a tricky drive for them. and of course they could potentially face either wales or scotland if one of those teams qualify for the finals through their delayed player. worth bearing in mind that playoff winner, so if wales and scotland to go through, it's going to be potentially a very tough draw for them indeed. it’s

tough draw for them indeed. it's excitin: tough draw for them indeed. it's exciting stuff, and i will let you get on with watching the dry when it actually happens very, very soon. thank you, andy. harry mcguire will be expected —— well harry maguire will be expected to play a key role for england at this year's tournament — despite not impressing fans at wembley in midweek. the manchester united defender was booed by england fans just before kick off — an incident that england manager gareth southgate and captain harry kane have both criticised. today, maguire has also received the full support of his club manager too. he's been a very valuable player and the captain of the team of the club, also my captain, so i didn't understand what was going on actually at wembley, but i'm pretty sure this will not happen in our stadium, the red army behind the team, and the club also behind the captain is a very important player. to cricket and yorkshire's interim managing director darren gough says it's time for the club to move forward after structural reforms

at the club were approved. thursday's changes mean yorkshire can host international matches again, having met criteria set out by the england and wales cricket board. the ecb suspended the club's right to stage england games over its handling of the azeem rafiq racism scandal. it came to the club injanuary can i think the members have been magnificent. i was pretty confident that would go ahead last night and it would be positive and shows they are committed as members as we are as a cricket club in making this a fantastic club once again. that chevron championship in california. she's hit in early brady, but she still two shots off the lead held by thailand's contender who is also the defending champion. she's hit too early brady

is to move to seven under par overall. natasha hunt has been named in this we can's england squad. it would be herfirst start when they play italy and the women six nations on sunday. she stepped back from international rugby in 2021 because she was unhappy in the england camp. conclusion this weekend means she can now win a place in 0ctober�*s world cup squad. don't forget, the world cup draw is live now. you can watch it on bbc1 and the bbc sport website but that's all the sport for now. lisa, thank you very much indeed. we are keeping an eye on the world cup draw their in doha. to bring you up—to—date with the time, 5:38pm, an update that has just come through from the red cross, this of course

pertains to ukraine. we've been talking about that effort on the part of the international committee of the red cross to try to get a team down to the port city of marriott paul because we know so many people are still trapped in that city which really has been under siege, a very grim situation there, but the red cross hasjust sent this update, bad news essentially saying that the team has had to turn back, essentially. it had to turn back, essentially. it had been on its way to the city of mariupol, but the arrangements and conditions made it impossible for that convoy to proceed. it couldn't reach mariupol and it couldn't facilitate the safe passage of civilians today. they will try again on saturday to get people out of mariupol. it says for the operation to succeed it is critical that the parties respect the agreements and provide the necessary conditions and security guarantees. sounds as if

thatis security guarantees. sounds as if that is clearly my detail to come in that, but it sounds as if it simply wasn't saving him. that's my deduction from what we are getting so far. itjust deduction from what we are getting so far. it just wasn't safe enough of the team to get there, and so many people in desperate need of help and wanting to get out of what remains of that port city. that is the latest from the committee for the latest from the committee for the red cross. we will bring you more details on that as and when we get them. now, some news back here. the metropolitan police say they are introducing a pilot scheme in the boroughs of hackney and tower hamlets, that would modify their strip search policy. it follows calls from the mayor of hackney who has asked for an urgent action plan following the case of child 0. that's the name given to a 15—year—old girl who is suing her school and the met after a safeguarding report found a strip—search she was subjected to was unjustified and racism was "likely" to have been a factor. to tell us more, i'm joined

by our correspondent, celestina 0lulode. a new policy or a pilot scheme, says the net, explain more about what's happening here. as he said earlier, they are going to review their policy around— they are going to review their policy around they are going to review their oli around . , ., . , ., policy around intimate searches of under 18, policy around intimate searches of under 18. but _ policy around intimate searches of under 18, but let's _ policy around intimate searches of under 18, but let'sjust _ policy around intimate searches of under 18, but let'sjust remember| under 18, but let's just remember some of the key details of this case. child cue was 15 years old when she was strip—searched, her intimate body parts exposed. —— chid q. intimate body parts exposed. —— chid 0. please as she was on her period when police told her to take off her sanitary towel. no adult wasn't available —— around at the time. and she was wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis. it’s she was wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis.— she was wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis. it's been very different -- _ carrying cannabis. it's been very different -- distressing. - carrying cannabis. it's been very different -- distressing. it - carrying cannabis. it's been very different -- distressing. it been| different —— distressing. it been protests in the local area now about all of this. so the pilot scheme today, what are the changes, what difference does it make? what is the force saying? this

difference does it make? what is the force saying?— difference does it make? what is the force saying? this new pilot scheme, what it means _ force saying? this new pilot scheme, what it means that _ force saying? this new pilot scheme, what it means that in _ force saying? this new pilot scheme, what it means that in hackney, - force saying? this new pilot scheme, | what it means that in hackney, under eight teams will need, if there is an intimate search that will take place at them, the police will need to get the authorisation of a police inspector. now the mets police's current position requires a conversation with a supervisor and an appropriate adult present. we also understand that a delta vacation training is going to be rolled out across the front line of the met in hackney. identification of course is this racial bias, racial prejudice which means that adults can sometimes reveal black children is older than they actually are and that banning safeguarding review found that that was highly likely to have been a factor in this case. ~ . , likely to have been a factor in this case. . . , , ., , case. we are 'ust reminding people this airl case. we are 'ust reminding people this girl was — case. we are just reminding people this girl was 15 _ case. we are just reminding people this girl was 15 years _ case. we are just reminding people this girl was 15 years old. _ case. we are just reminding people this girl was 15 years old. 15 - case. we are just reminding people this girl was 15 years old. 15 years l this girl was 15 years old. 15 years old i know it adult present, so there has been a debate about detoxification which is making assumptions about younger people. so

this is what we are hearing from them that now in response. at other responses are you picking up on? well, the public outrage is there. i saw it at a rally outside the police station. i sighed outside tower hamlet, hackney town hall as well. and in the last three minutes, i've been speaking to a community group called the hackney account. they work with young people to hold the police to account and they have told me, and i quote, we have heard it all before, the police are disregarding the trauma of the incident and that the action plan does not speak for what the community once. i should also remind you that there are questions as well around the handling of this case. we know that on the 17th of march, that is when the officers involved in this case were taken on front—line duties. that is three days after that damning safeguard review was published and over 15 months since

when the incident actually took place which was in december of 2020. we will be talking more about this case, i'm quite sure, but thank you very much for now for that update. that is our correspondent they with the latest on the chid q that is our correspondent they with the latest on the chid 0 story. let's return, i think, to ukraine because we've just been talking about the international community —— international committee of the red cross that it's been unable to reach the city of mariupol to carry out that operation there. today it had planned to link up its aid vehicles with a fleet of ukrainian buses which were on hand to get civilians out of that city. my colleague spoke a little earlier this afternoon. who arrived at luton airport from kyiv with her six—year—old son. she has joined her university roommate on the isle of wight. after finally

fleeing ukraine. yesterday we arrived to the isle of wight with my six—year—old son, and, ok, it's very difficult for me to talk about this. i'm so sorry. it's ok, you don't need to apologise. it's a traumatic thing you've been there. just take your time in your own words. 0k. so, when the war started from the very beginning, when the war began, on the 1st of march, we moved from kyiv to lviv, and then from lviv to poland by train. we crossed the border and then we stayed for some time with a wonderful polish family. they give us, you know,

shelter and also clothes. and they took care of us for some time. but unfortunately i couldn't find a job in poland and my roommate, tania, called me and just told me that she is in the isle of wight and she proposed to move to this place, and ijust take my son and go to this place. it must be a huge relief after the arduous weeks of travelling, of uncertainty, to finally reach where you are trying to get to. yes. you know, my husband, he's, we left him in ukraine.

we left him in ukraine. he is a web designer. he is not a military guy, you know, so he had to protect us, and now he has to fight. i can tell, it's so difficult, it must be so difficult to even think about it. yes, i'm worried about him every day, and we talk rarely, but i guess he's 0k. he says so. he doesn't have any experience in combat, you know? but he's still trying to do his best to protect us, and now myself and my son, we are safe place, and we are very

we are in a safe place, and we are very thankful to the governments, great britain, for allowing us this possibility to move to such place. speaking earlier here on bbc news. hundreds of people in england who have type 1 diabetes are testing a potentially life—changing artificial pancreas. it uses a sensor under the skin to monitor blood sugar levels — which can mean better control of the condition, minimising the risks of high and low blood sugar levels that can lead to serious complications. 0ur medical editor fergus walsh has the story. just want to pull this down, just do your height. six—year—old charlotte from lancashire is one of 400,000 people in the uk with type 1 diabetes.

can i see? of course. her body can't make insulin, the hormone which regulates blood sugar levels. you can give me hand a bit of a squeeze on this side. as part of a trial she has a sensor on her arm which continuously monitors her blood glucose and sends readings to this pump, which automatically delivers the insulin she needs. it's had such a massive impact. prior to having the loop, everything was manual. we had to, we would be up all night, some nights, you know, every hour, every two hours to do finger pricks, whereas now she can be the social child she was before, and that's, thatjust makes me so happy. what is the the best thing... it is known as a hybrid closed loop system, a sort of artificial pancreas. i don't have to do finger pricks or needles any more. and it keeps her blood sugar from going too high or too low. i think it's absolutely fantastic.

i've been practising for 25 years in children's diabetes, and it is a game—changer. to be able to improve the quality of life, to be able to see that most of the blood glucose readings are within the target range is very exciting. so the sensor's on my arm and they loop back to each other. yasmin, from south london, is astounded how much her blood sugar levels have stabilised using the new technology. so it is liberating? definitely. there is nothing i can't do, there is no situation now that makes me anxious or scared. i really feel like, before, i really could have been at risk of some of those long—terms, especially the kind of heart stuff and things like that, whereas now, i don't really see that happening. good boy, wallace. if blood sugar levels are not kept under control, diabetes patients risk long—term damage to their heart, kidneys, eyes and nerves.

that is why this trial matters. if successful, it could mean patients like yasmin have longer and healthier lives. fergus walsh, bbc news. we will cross not have a quick look at the world cup dry happening in doha. i can tell you that england have been drawn in group b and it is very much continuing and has been quite a show. i have seen some sites out of the corner of my eye. it is continuing. we will keep an eye on that. more importantly so our people on our sports team who fire no —— to mark —— who know far more than i do. i can tell you england and in all seriousness drowning group b. we wait to see more. nine minutes now

to 6pm. protesters stretches during the presidents house, the countries in an economic crisis and there is outrage from the public who are suffering because of an acute shortage of essentials. archana shukla reports from colombo: their patience is running out. angry sri lankans tried to strum the presidents house late on thursday night. but where met with water cannon and tier gas. seems quickly turned violent with multiple rounds of tier gas fired and stones pelted in retaliation. injuries on both sides as protests continued. it’s sides as protests continued. it's very obvious — sides as protests continued. it�*s very obvious the people i hear, distressed. very obvious the people i hear, distressed-— very obvious the people i hear, distressed. the people who can actually do _ distressed. the people who can actually do something - distressed. the people who can actually do something just - distressed. the people who can | actually do something just leave distressed. the people who can - actually do something just leave the country. _ actually do something just leave the country, because this is enough.

translation — country, because this is enough. translation of country, because this is enough. translation o— translation of people are in the rueue translation of people are in the queue for— translation of people are in the queue for gas. _ translation of people are in the queue for gas, milk _ translation of people are in the queue for gas, milk powder, i translation of people are in the i queue for gas, milk powder, fuel, translation of people are in the - queue for gas, milk powder, fuel, we have never been this unhappy. this is outside. — have never been this unhappy. this is outside. in _ have never been this unhappy. this is outside, in a _ have never been this unhappy. this is outside, in a crowd of about a thousand people gathering here protesting prolonged power cuts in the country, the economic crisis, rising crisis and demanding that the government stepped down. the desperation has been palpable as sri lankans have been spending their days on the streets in cues to violates daily essentials at sky—high prices. i violates daily essentials at sky-high prices.— violates daily essentials at sky-high prices. i haven't had cookin: sky-high prices. i haven't had cooking gas — sky-high prices. i haven't had cooking gas for _ sky-high prices. i haven't had cooking gas for the _ sky-high prices. i haven't had cooking gas for the last - sky-high prices. i haven't had cooking gas for the last two l sky-high prices. i haven't had - cooking gas for the last two weeks. my cooking gas for the last two weeks. my husband is sick, i have to leave work to wait here. if i lose myjob, it's all over. i'm so tired. aha, work to wait here. if i lose my “ob, it's all over. i'm so tired.�* it's all over. i'm so tired. a dire shortage _ it's all over. i'm so tired. a dire shortage of— it's all over. i'm so tired. a dire shortage of fuel, food - it's all over. i'm so tired. a dire shortage of fuel, food and - it's all over. i'm so tired. a dire shortage of fuel, food and even medicines have caused prolonged power cuts and prices to skyrocket as a government with foreign

reserves and a massive debt burden is unable to pay for imports of even the essentials. vegetable prices have increased 2.5 times since december. rice now costs double and milk powder four times more expensive than before forcing many families to even skip meals. the government has promised $17 per family for the new year celebration next month with no supplies to buy, citizens are uncertain if it will be spent in another keel. six minutes to six p:m.. i should explain, apologies if you are turning dashed tuning in c marker mode, the film review will be coming, that you will have to find it on i player a little bit later on. the film review will be on the bbc iplayer, of course. another story to bring you before six o'clock. half a century ago on a wet friday in the lake district ——

a small bus company launched a service to reconnect communities after public transport routes were cut. today, the mountain goat minibus is still a familiar sight — and the firm has marked its golden anniversary with a nostalgicjourney. 0ur reporterjudy hobson was on board. a day to celebrate a lake district icon. the mountain goat buses have been guiding tourists around this spectacular countryside for half a century. and today the fleet is recreating their first ever mountain goat route. it's the highest metalled road in the lake district. jim is our driver as we make our way over kirkstone pass to ullswater. i seem to be able to regurgitate odd facts which i didn't even know i knew. not put a lot of work in, really, i'm just interested in it, so it's not work. for the past eight years, the mountain goat company has run this pioneering service, carrying holiday— makers where the other bus services don't go. the buses were first launched

to link rural communities isolated by cuts in services, but it soon became apparent that there was a big market for tourists. this was the most famous bus, known as lil billy. the company's original mechanic still works for them now. they're much, much better today. everything has come in leaps and bounds to what it used to be. so back in the old days, you'd have been working on them all the time, really. oh, yeah. 80, 90 hours a week was just the norm. in 1980, this couple bought the 100,000th ticket. but they were not too sure about the price, a pair of goats. why have you decided you can't keep the goats? because they're too much of a tie i think, really. we've already a dog. it started with a single bus. now there are almost 30. as well as tourist routes, they still operate a public bus service including school runs. it's got to do many things, because it has to meet the needs

of its local community and what takes place in the area as well at the same time. which is tourism. and it needs to be working 12 months of the year. the buses link up with other forms of transport, and on board today, two regular mountain goat passengers. it's great because the drivers are all super, they're so knowledgeable, they know exactly everything about everywhere. a lot of different age groups use them. and they've been popular from what i remember for the last 20 years or so. at a time when we are all encouraged to be greener and use public transport, mountain goat buses are as relevant as ever. judy hobson, bbc news. fantastic. and world cup news, the usa have been drawn in england's group i am reliably informed. let's have a look at the weather. i don't think this week and will be

quite as cold. textron called windsor easing down. scenes and wintry showers coming in, mainly beating up the north sea into some eastern parts of england. the cloudy weather, windy weather that we've gotten a southee should tend to move away. this cloud is moving down into northern ireland bringing wet weather and rain, but also some snow to the hills of western parts of scotland. elsewhere, some sunshine, the scattering of showers, even developing in land for a while. those will tend to fade away this evening, mind you, we will see that wet weather and rain, but also some snow to the hills of western parts of scotland. elsewhere, some sunshine, the scattering of showers, even developing in land for a while. those will tend to fade away this evening, mind you, we will see that winter weather clearing away. pushing down into as in the southwest where we will see some snow over the hills of wales and over the moors as well. 0therwise clear skies and fewer showers. those will continue to run eastern coast of england. looks frosty for much of england and also scotland, but nowhere near as cold as it was last night for northern ireland and wales. the back of that wet weather for wales in the southwest of england, some sunny spells, cloud bubbling up. a scattering of showers

coming in, particularly across england and wales. fewer showers for scotland and northern ireland, it may stay dry here. those temperatures creeping up to nine 10 degrees. we are seeing fewer showers this weekend because this area of high pressure is building towards the uk. esco is a weather system that will push down from the north, and that will increase the cloud on sunday for scotland and northern ireland and bring with it some outbreaks of rain later as well. england and wales starts cold and frosty, plenty of sunshine, the cloud will bailed. 0ne frosty, plenty of sunshine, the cloud will bailed. one or two showers, but for many places, i think it will be dry. thus temperatures continue to creep up a little bit more 10—11 degrees in the afternoon. heading into the start of next week, that's weather front continues to push down from the north bringing with it some rain. in between those weather friends is what we call a warm sector, warmer air, cloudy air, and he can see on monday there will be a lot of cloud around. some rain from time to time and a stronger wind as well, perhaps touching gale force in some parts of

scotland. those temperatures are going to be higher. we could start monday without a frost which will probably make a nice change, temperatures getting up to 13 or 14 degrees. the rest of the week looks very unsettled. rise in energy prices in living memory. the increase in the energy price cap, a whopping 54%. yet another burden for households, struggling, with the rising cost of living. iam i am scared to see how that will go. am i going to be able to afford to eat, to wash my pots and also have my heating on? all this as car and council taxes, as well as water bills, went up today. covid—19 infections in the uk hit a record high. nearly 5 million had the virus last week. in ukraine, evidence of intense fighting, as russian troops retreat, with civilians killed