this is bbc news. the headlines at 8:00pm: we report from eastern ukraine, where whole towns are forced to live underground because of the war. residents tell us they no longer care who wins, they just want the conflict to end. translation: my brain hurts. two idiots are fighting. _ translation: my brain hurts. two idiots are fighting. two _ translation: my brain hurts. two idiots are fighting. two old - translation: my brain hurts. two idiots are fighting. two old men. i idiots are fighting. two old men. all of them are guilty. all of them. meanwhile across ukraine, five railway stations have been struck by russian missiles, leaving at least five dead and more than a dozen injured. a young star in the making — but she is one of several accusing their british gymnastics coach of mistreatment. a man in his late 20s has been arrested on suspicion of murder after four people were found stabbed to death in south london.

in the past few minutes, it has been announced, the world's which person, elon musk, has bought the social media some twitter a full £34 billion. borisjohnson says comments made about labour deputy leader, angela rayner, in a newspaper article are intolerable. the paper said some tory mps had suggested she tried to distract the prime minister in the commons by crossing and uncrossing her legs. and after emmanuel macron is re—elected as french president, he promises to unite the country after defeating marine le pen. hello and a very warm welcome to the programme. russian attacks have

continued across ukraine, with train stations in the central and western parts of the country struck by missiles. it comes on a day senior us officials visited kyiv and offered more help. in key developments today, at least five people were killed and 18 wounded in rocket attacks in central ukraine, according to ukrainian officials. five railway stations were hit in what appear to be efforts to disrupt supply lines. and a proposed humantitarian corridor to evacuate civilians from mariupol failed to materialise. it came as the us secretary of state, anthony blinken, and us defence secretary, lloyd austin, made the highest profile visit to ukraine in the war so far. anthony blinken said russia is trying to brutalise parts of ukraine, but failing in its war aims. and the uk defence secretary, ben wallace, said about 15,000 russian troops have been killed in the fighting so far. meanwhile, russian attacks continue in the eastern donbas region. there's been fighting

there since 2014 between ukrainian forces and separatists who want closer ties with russia. as the constant shelling wreaks huge damage on towns and cities there, many people are sheltering in basements, desperately short of food and water. 0ur defence correspondent, jonathan beale, reports from donbas. birdsong. explosion. the first signs of spring, now drowned out by heavy shelling. the first sounds of spring, now drowned out by heavy shelling. in eastern ukraine, their battered flag still flying. but signs of life are vanishing fast in the face of a renewed russian offensive. russia is making small gains, but creating widespread chaos and devastation right across the region. most have already fled the towns and cities of the donbas. it's the few, like valentina, who've stayed behind. we found her trying to find food

during a lull in the fighting. translation: of course it's dangerous. _ everybody is scared. now we are even afraid of silence. you never know what will happen next. this is now her home. lysychansk has become an underground city. she shares a dark, dank shelter with another 50 people. they say they're running out of clean water and food, and some don't even care which side is winning. translation: my brain hurts. two idiots are fighting, two old men. all of them are guilty. all of them. distant bangs. but there is no peace from the constant barrage of artillery. it's becoming yet another russian war of attrition.

they're trying to break ukrainian forces along a front line that stretches for 300 miles. we have bomb attacks, rocket attacks every day. every day, every time, every day, every house, all day. if we lose, lose not only ukraine, lose all world. and your countries, and other countries too. here, they're still relying on mostly old soviet weaponry. they proudly show off their one british—supplied anti—tank missile, the nlaw. they've already used the other one to destroy a russian tank. we need that weapon for our freedom, for a win, for that war. we need that weapon. and when we have more that weapon, war is ending. do you have enough of them? that position? yeah.

this position? no. ukrainian forces have been holding the line here since 2014 against russian—backed separatists. they're still holding the line, but this time against the russian army. and what has been sporadic fighting over the last eight years has now turned into a full blown war, and they are being pounded by russian artillery. this war is grinding down life in the donbas. deserted towns and cities slowly being destroyed as we travel through the region. from lysychansk to slovyansk, to lyman in the north. the only certainty — this will be costly and brutal for whoever wins this war. jonathan beale, bbc news, eastern ukraine. let's get a little more now on the russian missile attacks on railways in central and western

ukraine. dan johnson sent this report from lviv. this is the result of a strike on a substation providing power for the railway near krasne in the west of ukraine. firefighters had it under control by the time we arrived. they confirmed nobody was hurt, but the damage was significant. ukraine's military says it also shot down a missile this morning. we found some debris close to the attack. this is one of the main routes between lviv, kyiv and the rest of the country. attacks on the railway network were expected because these tracks have become the vital arteries maintaining the flow of weapons into ukraine, over to the east and onto the front lines, and the trains are still running. there were five strikes on the railway network across ukraine. disrupted trains also mean delays for people trying to get away from the fighting in the east, and the timing of these attacks could also be significant. the us secretary of state

visited kyiv yesterday, promising more support. the bottom line is this. we don't know how the rest of this war will unfold, but we do know that a sovereign, independent ukraine will be around a lot longer than vladimir putin's on the scene and our support for ukraine going forward will continue. it will continue until we see final success. the ukrainian president seemed pleased to have seen the most senior us diplomat. translation: our talks i with him were long enough, more than three hours, and meaningful, encouraging and effective. i am grateful to the people of the united states and personally to president biden for the strong and sincere support we receive, things that strengthen not only our state, but democracy as a whole. there are more images from beneath mariupol�*s azovstal steelworks, showing how people are sheltering alongside ukrainian soldiers,

but the bombardment of the plant, the city and much of the east of ukraine has continued over the weekend, meaning more loss of life. danjohnson, dan johnson, bbc news. at westminster, the defence secretary, ben wallace, said britain would supply a small number of armoured vehicles fitted with anti—air missile launchers, to improve ukraine's short—range anti—air capabilities. he also updated mps, on the military situation in the country. it is our assessment that approximately 15,000 russian personnel have been killed during their offensive. alongside the death toll and the equipment losses, and in total a number of sources suggest that to date over 2000 armoured vehicles have been destroyed or captured. this includes at least 530 tanks, 530 armoured personnel carriers and 560 infantry fighting vehicles. russia has also lost over 60 helicopters and fighter jets. the offensive that was supposed

to take a maximum of a week has now taken weeks. last week, russia admitted that the slavo class cruiser, moskva, has sunk, the second key naval asset they have lost since invading, significantly weakening their ability to bring their maritime assets to bear from the black sea. as i said in my last statement, russia has so far failed in nearly every one of its objectives. in recognition of this failure, the russian high command has regrouped, reinforced and changed focus to securing donetsk and lu ha nsk—0blask. a failure of the russian ministry of defence at all a failure of the russian ministry of defence commander control at all levels have now meant they have appointed one overall commander... at the start of this conflict russia had committed over 120 battalion tactical groups, approximately 65% of its entire ground combat strength.

as of now, we assess that over 25% of these have been rendered not combat effective. ukraine is an inspiration to us all. their brave people have never stopped fighting for their lands, they have endured indiscriminate bombardment, war crimes and overwhelming military aggression. but they have stood firm, galvanised the international community and beaten back the army of russia in the north and the north—east. we anticipate that this next phase of the invasion will be an attempt by russia to occupy further the donbas and connect via mariupol the crimea, so it is urgent that we in the international community ensure ukraine gets the aid and weapons it so much needs. some breaking news in the last few minutes now. the billionaire entrepreneur elon musk has agreed a

$44 billion deal to buy the social giant, twitter. elon musk, who owns the electric car company tesla, said in his words, he will unleash twitter�*s potential. he has criticised the platform over its moderation and free speech policies. jim clayton is in san francisco for us and james, tell us more about what we know about this potential deal. ~ ., , deal. well, twitter have 'ust announced this, i deal. well, twitter have 'ust announced this, their h deal. well, twitter have just announced this, their chief l announced this, their chief executive has just tweeted it, announced this, their chief executive hasjust tweeted it, so it is officially happening. twitter is going to be taken, completely private and elon musk is going to own 100% of the company, lock, stock and barrel. the statement says it will be wholly owned by elon musk, so elon musk will now be the king of twitter and were able be able to do whatever he wants to it and he will pretty much know what he is going to do, he says that he is a fundamentalist when it comes to three speech, so we are going to see a lot less moderation, i can imagine a lot less moderation, i can imagine a lot less moderation, i can imagine a lot of people who have been banned

on twitter will be allowed back onto twitter, the most obvious one could be donald trump. so this move has hugely consequential implications, not just for hugely consequential implications, notjust for big tech and silicon valley here, but also for us politics and you already see on twitter lots of people on the right are waving their hands around, overjoyed by this moment, where elon musk, who is a self—proclaimed libertarian, now owns twitter. it is twitter�*s plaything for him and he can do whatever he wants to it. so a hugely consequential moment here. some would argue, though, that companies like twitter started off potentially having that propensity towards allowing free speech and then realised thatjust doesn't work in reality. do think there are some out there who believe that elon musk may not have thought this through completely about how it is going to work practically? i completely about how it is going to work practically?— work practically? i think a lot of --eole work practically? i think a lot of people think — work practically? i think a lot of people think that. _ work practically? i think a lot of people think that. i _ work practically? i think a lot of people think that. i mean, - work practically? i think a lot of people think that. i mean, if. people think that. i mean, if twitter tried, as you are right to say that, twitter tried no censorship, but the problem is these

platforms can be overrun by disinformation, hate speech. you only have to look at these absurd claims that the election was stolen after the us election of 2019, to look at how a platform can be used to spread all sorts of problems and actually undermine democracy itself. elon musk says free speech is part of democracy. well, actually the free speech on social media platforms can have the exact opposite effect, so yes, this is very controversial for elon musk to try and have such a light touch moderation system and if you look at the platforms that have no moderation, 4chan, 8chan, they can be extremely bad places, so that is bad for business. so i am sure in practice they will be rules and policies like other social media platforms. 0ne policies like other social media platforms. one thing to say on that,

donald trump is my platform, which is a free speech platform, has a whole list of things you can and cannot say, so the definition of a free speech platform is up for grabs, just because someone says they are up for free speech doesn't mean they will not be rules like they're on twitter. it is mean they will not be rules like they're on twitter.— they're on twitter. it is a tough one and we _ they're on twitter. it is a tough one and we have _ they're on twitter. it is a tough one and we have had _ they're on twitter. it is a tough | one and we have had something they're on twitter. it is a tough - one and we have had something coming one and we have had something coming on in the last few minutes, saying that trump will not return to twitter, despite elon musk�*s purchase of the platform and will continue using his own platform. that is coming in from fox news. who knows whether that is going to be the case in the end or whether the former president trump will be ending up going back on twitter. what do you think president trump —— former president trump is putting that out there right now to quell any rumours or do think we will see him back on their soon? i any rumours or do think we will see him back on their soon?— him back on their soon? i think the issue donald _ him back on their soon? i think the issue donald trump _ him back on their soon? i think the issue donald trump now _ him back on their soon? i think the issue donald trump now has - him back on their soon? i think the issue donald trump now has an - him back on their soon? i think the | issue donald trump now has an ace him back on their soon? i think the i issue donald trump now has an ace if he goes back onto twitter his platform is dead. it had a terrible roll—out, hardly anyone is on it and

people were waiting for donald trump to actually start tweeting on his own platform. if he comes back to twitter, his social media platform, truth social, is dead, so as a result of that donald trump may decide he wants to give his own platform a go first before he comes back onto twitter, so we may have a situation where donald trump is invited back on, but he doesn't tweet. how realistic that is i'm not sure because truth social is a platform that is not doing very well, whereas twitter is hugely influential, even now, and i can imagine that even though donald trump is saying that you could well see him come back onto the platform in the coming months or at least if he does try to make a tilt at the us presidency in 2024.— he does try to make a tilt at the us presidency in 2024. let's talk about mone , presidency in 2024. let's talk about money. elon _ presidency in 2024. let's talk about money, elon musk _ presidency in 2024. let's talk about money, elon musk is _ presidency in 2024. let's talk about money, elon musk is not _ presidency in 2024. let's talk about money, elon musk is not the - presidency in 2024. let's talk about | money, elon musk is not the world's richest man for nothing. he is good at making money, how is he going to make money from twitter? he at making money, how is he going to make money from twitter?— at making money, how is he going to make money from twitter? he says he doesnt make money from twitter? he says he doesn't care — make money from twitter? he says he doesn't care about _ make money from twitter? he says he doesn't care about making _ make money from twitter? he says he doesn't care about making money - make money from twitter? he says he | doesn't care about making money from twitter, he says he doesn't care about the economics, that was his

quote. so he may not. he is worth northwards of $250 billion, so he may not have to worry about making money from it. there are different models you could use, you could use a subscription model, so people, could pay for twitter, so that is kind of the obvious one because twitter is not very good at selling advertising. twitter does not know that much about you in the way that method does, and advertisers want to know about you. that is the problem twitter has always had, that it has always been very difficult to monetise the platform, though they might go for subscription, but i don't think economics are centre in elon musk�*s mind. 20 years ago he might have bought a newspaper, in 2022 you would buy a social media platform, and that is the situation we are in now. platform, and that is the situation we are in now-— platform, and that is the situation we are in now. ok, james, thank you very much — we are in now. ok, james, thank you very much and _ we are in now. ok, james, thank you very much and we — we are in now. ok, james, thank you very much and we will— we are in now. ok, james, thank you very much and we will give _ we are in now. ok, james, thank you very much and we will give you - we are in now. ok, james, thank you very much and we will give you more | very much and we will give you more on that story as we get it here on bbc news without breaking story of elon musk buying the social media platform, twitter. thank you very

much again, james. and here is marc edwards for the sport. good evening. remember the short—lived, but highly controversial european superleague which provoked fury among football fans? and clubs such as bury fc collapsing through financial mismanagement? now the government hopes to put a stop to all that by giving english football fans a greater say in decision making in their clubs and appointing an independent regulator. joe wilson has the details. this is football outrage. fans who pay whatever it takes to support their club forgotten. the reaction when the richest clubs try to break away to join a european super league. elsewhere, clubs, so often the heart of communities, have been mis—run towards extinction. derby county, once english champions, on the brink of liquidation. bury fc, in existence since the 1880s, expeued in existence since the 1880s, expelled from the football league and in financial crisis. there are

other examples. the government now says an independent regulator must oversee the game. do you think we had reached the point where you simply cannot trust football to run itself? ., ., , ., , itself? unfortunately we have been waitin: itself? unfortunately we have been waiting quite _ itself? unfortunately we have been waiting quite a _ itself? unfortunately we have been waiting quite a long _ itself? unfortunately we have been waiting quite a long time _ itself? unfortunately we have been waiting quite a long time for - waiting quite a long time for football to sort out some of these issues and unfortunately they have failed, so we have had to intervene. there is a lot of support for the changes we are announcing today from fans up and down the country. it was fans up and down the country. it was a former sports _ fans up and down the country. it was a former sports minister _ fans up and down the country. it was a former sports minister tracey - a former sports minister tracey crouch who led the funds review. her recommendations may have been accepted by government, but she knows the premier league rejects the need for an independent regulator. i think the premier league needs to accept there have been some feelings in the regulations and with the structures they have overseen in the last, you know, 20 years and that it is now time for a reform. cheering and applause hewitt says it football success story, brentford. their route to the premier league involved substantial investment, but when the club moved to this new and still local stadium, the fans were consulted and the

involvement of supporters at board level at brentford to retain the club's tradition is one important example for football reformers. because while some clubs move toward sustainability, the general picture, support is one, is alarming. we looked at _ support is one, is alarming. we looked at the 2020 figures and this is before _ looked at the 2020 figures and this is before the pandemic, remember, 52% of— is before the pandemic, remember, 52% of the _ is before the pandemic, remember, 52% of the clubs in the top four leagues— 52% of the clubs in the top four leagues are technically insolvent, so all— leagues are technically insolvent, so all those clubs are one bad owner or one _ so all those clubs are one bad owner or one bad _ so all those clubs are one bad owner or one bad decision away from disappearing altogether. so or one bad decision away from disappearing altogether. so often we hear that fans _ disappearing altogether. so often we hear that fans are _ disappearing altogether. so often we hear that fans are at _ disappearing altogether. so often we hear that fans are at the _ disappearing altogether. so often we hear that fans are at the very - hear that fans are at the very centre of football. so often they feel distant from the decisions which affect them, the idea is to change that are not law yet. joe wilson, bbc news. big game for leeds united at the bottom of the premier league this evening. burnley�*s win at the weekend means leeds are just four points above the relegation zone. they're away at crystal palace this evening, they're not completely safe themselves.

you have got about 20 minutes on the clock at selhurst park and it is still goalless. well, in 24 hours' time the football world will be watching a clash of real heavyweights in the champions league semi—finals. pep guardiola's been speaking ahead of his manchester city side's first leg against real madrid, and he says they'll need two perfect performances. we will try to be ourselves, compete good and we will have to do to exceptional gains to reach the final and hopefully we can do it, we can do the games —— good games, and be ourselves and to back it is unnecessary to say how much we respect real madrid, how good they are. and that is all. well, after stuart bingham became the latest former champion to make it to the quarter—finals of the world snooker championship this afternoon, two more second round matches will reach a conclusion this evening. in the last few minutes, a remarkable moment for neil robertson, who is up against it,

trailing to... jack lisowski. .. he still trails by ten frames to nine and in the other match anthony mcgill trails. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more for you on the bbc news channel later on. thank you very much indeed. let's turn out to our breaking news, the billionaire elon musk has agreed a $44 billion deal to buy the social media giant, twitter. it took to this technology analyst, are you surprised by this? i this technology analyst, are you surprised by this?— this technology analyst, are you surprised by this? i feel like with elon musk. _ surprised by this? i feel like with elon musk, nothing _ surprised by this? i feel like with elon musk, nothing is _ surprised by this? i feel like with | elon musk, nothing is surprising, surprised by this? i feel like with i elon musk, nothing is surprising, so no, but i also would not have been surprised if he had pulled out at the last minute either. what surprised if he had pulled out at the last minute either.- surprised if he had pulled out at the last minute either. what do you make of his — the last minute either. what do you make of his reasons _ the last minute either. what do you make of his reasons for— the last minute either. what do you make of his reasons for wanting i the last minute either. what do you make of his reasons for wanting to l make of his reasons for wanting to take over twitter? he says, look, make of his reasons for wanting to take overtwitter? he says, look, i am an advocate of free speech, i don't agree with moderation on this

website. it don't agree with moderation on this website. , ., ., ., ,, don't agree with moderation on this website. , ., ., .,~ ., website. it is hard to take some of that are seriously _ website. it is hard to take some of that are seriously in _ website. it is hard to take some of that are seriously in the _ website. it is hard to take some of that are seriously in the sense i website. it is hard to take some of that are seriously in the sense of, | that are seriously in the sense of, sure, we all have things we don't like about social media, but we don't all go by a company that is running social media, so the real question is he is a businessman at the end of the day and i am sure he has reasons for doing it, he would not do it if he didn't think it had opportunity for him to extract value and make even more money and traditionally probably with twitter, compared to its competitors it has been far less profitable, so it is possible he generally also sees a business case for this that also aligns with his free speech values. so you don't believe him when he says, look, this is not about economics at all? i says, look, this is not about economics at all?— says, look, this is not about economics at all? i mean, it is entirely possible _ economics at all? i mean, it is entirely possible that - economics at all? i mean, it is entirely possible that this i economics at all? i mean, it is entirely possible that this is, l economics at all? i mean, it is i entirely possible that this is, you know, he is the world's richest person, so for him this is perhaps the equivalent of buying a really nice handbag or something that he just really wants. who knows what is going on in his mind? i think what we want to think about quite seriously is whether or not he's going to really push that free

speech platform that he is thinking about forward and what that means for doing things like potentially reigniting former us president donald trump back onto the platform because twitter famously of course was the first company to shut him down after the insurrection in january of 2021.— down after the insurrection in january of 2021. former president trump has — january of 2021. former president trump has said — january of 2021. former president trump has said already, - january of 2021. former presidentj trump has said already, according january of 2021. former president i trump has said already, according to some news outlets, that he is not going to go back to twitter, he's going to go back to twitter, he's going to go back to twitter, he's going to stay on truth social. weill. going to stay on truth social. well, as we know. _ going to stay on truth social. well, as we know. he _ going to stay on truth social. well, as we know, he always _ going to stay on truth social. well, as we know, he always tells i going to stay on truth social. well, as we know, he always tells the i as we know, he always tells the truth and never changes the story, so i am sure that is true.— so i am sure that is true. let's talk about _ so i am sure that is true. let's talk about the _ so i am sure that is true. let's talk about the moderation i so i am sure that is true. let's talk about the moderation element because if you look at the way twitter works right now, there is a good reason why it is being moderated and some of it actually is financial because in the past it has been fined for some of the content. there will be regions like the eu, countries around the world that have rules and regulations to do with what can go out on social media. do you think elon musk is going to have a wake—up call when he realises how difficult that is in reality? yes. difficult that is in reality? yes, content regulation _ difficult that is in reality? yes, content regulation is _ difficult that is in reality? yes, content regulation is an i

difficult that is in reality? 1a: content regulation is an absolute nightmare to do if you are a multinationalfirm, which nightmare to do if you are a multinational firm, which critter is, it is operating in several jurisdictions, all of which have laws regulations that will have to be respected, so he espouses a view thatis be respected, so he espouses a view that is particularly libertarian and based on a very american libertarian interpretation of what we even mean by free speech. not every country in the world shares that view. so it will be really interesting from an academic perspective to see what actual challenges he's going to encounter. it is all well and good with what he is saying now, but once the regulators get involved at court cases are brought forward, it is going to get a lot messier. d0 cases are brought forward, it is going to get a lot messier. do you think it is going — going to get a lot messier. do you think it is going to _ going to get a lot messier. do you think it is going to put _ going to get a lot messier. do you think it is going to put a _ going to get a lot messier. do you think it is going to put a lot i going to get a lot messier. do you think it is going to put a lot of- think it is going to put a lot of people off twitter? what is this going to do to the company? some people say it is not going to change anything and he is going to realise pretty quickly that he can't make the changes he wants and then just move on mentally. the changes he wants and then 'ust move on mentally.i the changes he wants and then 'ust move on mentally. well, i mean, lots of --eole move on mentally. well, i mean, lots of people were _ move on mentally. well, i mean, lots of people were really _ move on mentally. well, i mean, lots of people were really against - of people were really against facebook after cambridge analytic ad there was a whole delete facebook movement and facebook has now got more users than ever at the share

price is fine. whether or not people have very strong feelings about it today, certainly if they work in twitter they may have different views than elsewhere, but is it going to affect most people's user experience? it depends. is it going to be not as fun a place to use or if it becomes less convenient or annoying people feel like there previously is being violated, that might change it, but even then people are amazing at what they are willing to put up with if they are getting something in exchange, so it just depends if the increases the value proposition makes it more interesting for people to use. irate interesting for people to use. we 'ust interesting for people to use. we just don't know yet, it is too early to tell. do you think someone like elon musk has something different to offer to a company like twitter? he could take it somewhere different, potentially? could take it somewhere different, otentiall ? ~ could take it somewhere different, potentially?— potentially? well, he is talking about wanting _ potentially? well, he is talking about wanting to _ potentially? well, he is talking about wanting to authenticate l about wanting to authenticate humans, which i would really like him to expand and tell us what he means by that, and it looking at things like digital identity and removing the problem of anonymity, or is he somehow going to make it

where you could be anonymous and still not be yourself in twitter, you could be an avatar with a funky name and moving into crypto currency... wejust name and moving into crypto currency... we just need the detail on that, but if anybody can take this in an interesting direction it will be hidden, but he also sometimes has problems following through orjust changing his mind, so let's see what happens when the rubber meets the road. {lilia so let's see what happens when the rubber meets the road.— rubber meets the road. ok, dr stephanie _ rubber meets the road. ok, dr stephanie hare, _ rubber meets the road. ok, dr stephanie hare, thank - rubber meets the road. ok, dr stephanie hare, thank you i rubber meets the road. ok, dr stephanie hare, thank you for| stephanie hare, thank you for answering the questions and it was good to talk to you. other news now... sophiejamieson was a child star who dreamt of reaching the top of world gymnastics. but that dream turned sour after she was, she claims, expected to train in excruciating pain after injuries such as a dislocated knee. another child gymnast — just 12 — suffered a horrific injury when she fell doing the splits, but it was wrongly dismissed as a period. just some of the allegations against a former top coach of the british gymnastics team — liz kincaid. she categorically denies all the allegations against her. here's our sports correspondent, natalie pirks — and you may find some of the details

of this story distressing. these skills from amelie morgan helped britain's women land their first olympic team medal in gymnastics since 1928. oh, wow! what a routine! but missing from her side as she celebrated bronze last summer was her personal coach, liz kincaid. a wonderful team. kincaid, a hugely successful coach, was all set to be in tokyo, but just a few weeks out from the opening ceremony, a very serious allegation was made surrounding the mental health of one of her former gymnasts. a british gymnastics investigation was launched and she was pulled from the coaching squad. the official reason given was her retirement, but that complaint was not the only one the governing body had received about liz kincaid. sophiejamieson on the beam for the academy. three—time british champion sophiejamieson was one of liz kincaid's child stars.

she remembers training on a broken ankle, taken out of its cast too early at kincaid's request. 0ther mismanaged injuries followed. i dislocated my knee on beam. i looked down, and i rememberjust screaming in the gym. it was quite a horrific experience. i was in a big knee brace. she wanted me to carry on upper body training, swinging on bars and stuff. your legs still have to come up and ijust, i do remember that being absolutely excruciating. poppy says this footage of her at nine years old, when kincaid started coaching her, was the last time she truly loved gymnastics. many injuries followed, but her most disturbing came at the age of 12, when she fell from the bars in splits and tore her perineum. i went to liz, obviously i had blood dripping down my leg, she then took me into the office and gave me sanitary pads to effectively,

like, mop up the blood, i guess, and sent me back into the gym. poppy says her mum wasn't called, but when she collected her hours later, she realised something was badly wrong. poppy ended up spending the night in hospital. my mum had been told i'd just started menstruating and i didn't... i told my mum i had some sort of injury or accident, so she took a look and she was horrified by what...she said it was worse than childbirth. liz kincaid categorically denies all of the claims made in this piece and says... "the health, well—being and safety both poppy and sophie are now part of a civil claim against british gymnastics.

they have a clear message for the governing body. you need to take these investigations a lot more seriously and speed up the process because i see no change. she is still very capable of walking into a gym and coaching other gymnasts, and right now, i really don't think she should be. british gymnastics told the bbc it will embark on a programme of reform after next month's independent review looking into abuse in the sport, and added it is determined to learn from all those who bravely come forward and raised concerns. it's now been two years since the gymnastics abuse scandal was exposed. the wait for answers, though, has lasted much longer for too many. natalie pirks, bbc news. notice time for a look at the weather with helen willetts.

this does give the odd shower here and there. but the drive theme does continue and just feels a little bit cooler because we'll have more cloud and also getting more of a northerly breeze. the showers this evening will tend to fade away as we go through the night, temperatures will fall down to her close to freezing and low enough for a touch of grass frost more cloud across parts of scotland and limited sunshine and eastern areas probably more towards the southwest and northern ireland first thing in sunshine and the rest areas longest but strong sunshine and a high uv in the south tomorrow and a high uv in the south tomorrow and again, high levels of tree pollen here but will see the highest temperatures still eventually towards the north sea coast in the south tomorrow and again, high levels of tree pollen here but will see the highest temperatures still eventually towards the north sea coast and 89 celsius the continue this week as with the generally cloudy but mainly dry thing.

we report from eastern ukraine, where whole towns are forced to live underground, because of the war.. residents tell us they no longer care who wins, they just want the conflict to end. twitter is going to be taken completely private. is twitter is going to be taken completely private. is going to a rounder percent _ completely private. is going to a rounder percent of— completely private. is going to a rounder percent of the _ completely private. is going to a rounder percent of the company| completely private. is going to a i rounder percent of the company lock stock and barrel and they say it will be wholly—owned by elon musk. elon musk will not be the king of twitter and able to do whatever he wants to it. twitter and able to do whatever he wants to it— twitter and able to do whatever he wants to it. ~ ., ., , ., ., . wants to it. whole towns are forced to live underground _ wants to it. whole towns are forced to live underground because i wants to it. whole towns are forced to live underground because of i wants to it. whole towns are forced to live underground because of the | to live underground because of the war. residents tell us they no longer care who wins, theyjust want the conflict and. mr; longer care who wins, they 'ust want the conflict andi the conflict and. my brain hurts. two idiots _ the conflict and. my brain hurts. two idiots are _ the conflict and. my brain hurts. two idiots are fighting, - the conflict and. my brain hurts. two idiots are fighting, two i the conflict and. my brain hurts. two idiots are fighting, two oldl the conflict and. my brain hurts. i two idiots are fighting, two old men and all of them are guilty. all of them. meanwhile across ukraine, 5 railway stations have been struck

by russian missiles. the number of dead or injured is not yet known. a young star in the making. but she is one of several accusing their british gymnastics coach of mistreatment. a man in his late 20s has been arrested on suspicion of murder after four people were found stabbed to death in south london. elon musk, the roads which is man has bok twitter. for $44 billion. he has bok twitter. for $44 billion. he has tweeted in the past three hours, not in the past few minutes as far as i know. but this is what he tweeted, i hope that even my worst critics remain on twitter because thatis critics remain on twitter because that is what free speech means. referring to one of the reasons why it elon musk has said he wants to buy the social media giant is because he believes in free speech

and completely and utterly and isn't happy about the weight twitter is moderated. let's talk more now to the technology journalists to vote earlier today about what a takeover by elon musk might look like and what might it look like?- by elon musk might look like and what might it look like? strange new world. a what might it look like? strange new world- a very — what might it look like? strange new world. a very different _ what might it look like? strange new world. a very different twitter i what might it look like? strange new world. a very different twitter than l world. a very different twitter than the one we've gotten used to in the last few years. talking about free speech is more codewords for the return potentially some of his naysayers would say, of people like donald trump who remember the donald trump and his presidency used twitter is a huge megaphone with which he could connect to his voters and i think it was notable back in january 2021 after the capital insurrection that we saw twitter being the first social media platform to act and take trump off from his massive megaphone and so, i

think what we see here is potentially as republicans in the us and many people who believe in the right for people to say whatever they want social media as a new dawn for people like donald trump to return under this new twitter dominated on by elon musk. people like donald trump _ dominated on by elon musk. people like donald trump potentially i dominated on by elon musk. people like donald trump potentially being| like donald trump potentially being given a door reopen for them to come back but that would not be the reason why elon musk has done this. it's obvious of donald trump, is at? one thing that could potentially happen but what does he want to see twitter become? this happen but what does he want to see twitter become?— twitter become? this one of the challenging _ twitter become? this one of the challenging things _ twitter become? this one of the challenging things is _ twitter become? this one of the challenging things is that i twitter become? this one of the challenging things is that elon l twitter become? this one of the i challenging things is that elon musk is one of the roads were just man, roles most powerful men or the worlds most inscrutable men. i think on the mac or windows was in his mind. but he does have some ideas for what he wants twitter to be. it was notable in but he highlighted in the introduction to the study did highlight free speech being the

bedrock of any democracy and he wanted that to return to twitter but it's thrown out a lot of other ideas like donald trump, he uses twitter as a sounding board in a way that he contacts people to get ideas for what he thinks could be coming. so, we know he is interested this and we also know that he is very, very keen on the idea of opening up to more people having the algorithm which is the computer code that deliver certain posts to users available for people to look through and make sure that it's functioning correctly. what is interesting is that he worries about the impact of this algorithm because frankly, all of us do on whether or not we have speech directed and one political way or another and it's worth noting that twitter releases an academic bit of research just about two weeks ago,

twitters algorithm tends to amplify more people on the right wing politics than the left. what we are doing is potentially an open book for elon musk because we don't really know what to do. i'm not usually convinced that he knows what he wants to do tomorrow, and he leads by instinct which is gotten very far on the road of business and twitter has millions of users and potentially impacted by every single decision that he now makes.- decision that he now makes. you're almost making _ decision that he now makes. you're almost making it _ decision that he now makes. you're almost making it sound _ decision that he now makes. you're almost making it sound like - decision that he now makes. you're almost making it sound like he i decision that he now makes. you're almost making it sound like he is i almost making it sound like he is just a normal twitter user like you and i with a lot of money and just wants to change a few things just to do that. if wants to change a few things 'ust to do that. ., , ., ~:: ,~ do that. if only we had 260 yard billion dollars _ do that. if only we had 260 yard billion dollars to _ do that. if only we had 260 yard billion dollars to spend - do that. if only we had 260 yard billion dollars to spend on i do that. if only we had 260 yard billion dollars to spend on this. | do that. if only we had 260 yard l billion dollars to spend on this. it is notable that elon musk is essentially a twitter power user. 80 million followers on the app. any he mentions you, you see huge numbers

of people coming to his defence and congregating and coalescing in conversation around what he says. and it is a good sign in one way because frankly, i think very few people used twitter and a way that elon musk does and very few people use twitter more than elon musk does. it is a big concern that those who have seen some of his past business decisions and is more instinctual decisions may be worried a bit about it stop by this been a bit of negative response from twitter employees that we've heard over the past few days. [30 twitter employees that we've heard over the past few days.— over the past few days. do you think the 'll over the past few days. do you think they'll make — over the past few days. do you think they'll make a _ over the past few days. do you think they'll make a difference? _ over the past few days. do you think they'll make a difference? i - over the past few days. do you think they'll make a difference? i think i they'll make a difference? i think ultimately you — they'll make a difference? i think ultimately you have _ they'll make a difference? i think ultimately you have to _ they'll make a difference? i think ultimately you have to follow i they'll make a difference? i think ultimately you have to follow the | ultimately you have to follow the bosses. we have seen huge discontent and of the last three weeks because we have only been in this kind of psychodrama for the last three weeks since april the 5th when it first came out that michael had taken the stake in the company, we saw that as he tried to grow its power to take

over richardson on the board and control everything, that there were rumblings of discontent within the company. we've spoken to a couple of people who are enormously pleased by the idea of elon musk taking over we know about the twitter board and how they were willing to fight off his attempt but something has changed and something is actually part the money. and that's the thing, we are talking about this week, ten disco when elon musk said he want to buy twitter and he put in this 43, 40 $4 billion offer and it was uncertain whether or not he could actually get the cash. he has big reserves but he did not necessarily have the money to have. he managed to get a few others into supporting him and suddenly, when the money is there, you start to take notice. is suddenly, when the money is there, you start to take notice.— you start to take notice. is been really good _ you start to take notice. is been really good to — you start to take notice. is been really good to talk _ you start to take notice. is been really good to talk to _ you start to take notice. is been really good to talk to you. i you start to take notice. is been really good to talk to you. thinkj really good to talk to you. think everything the time to speak to us.

there's been a lot of reaction to this news, hasn't there? people have been talking — this news, hasn't there? people have been talking about _ this news, hasn't there? people have been talking about this _ this news, hasn't there? people have been talking about this for _ this news, hasn't there? people have been talking about this for days. it i been talking about this for days. it is absolutely astonishing that we've gone from elon musk being elon musk, doing a grand gesture saying he's going to buy twitter and they're like yes, for sure and now, here he is, he's made a proposal, he is been brutal about the proposal is the only offer, not going to negotiate, not going to compromise i think this is what you should take and twitter try to get out of it at first, didn't it? else looking at alternative buyers, looking at how it might be or to block them from getting the majority of note said, $40 billion is a lot of money to turn down and eventually, i think that's the decision they have come to. �* . . , �* ~' that's the decision they have come to. ,�* ,, ., that's the decision they have come to. , �* ~ ., to. because i'm like a hostile takeover _ to. because i'm like a hostile takeover and _ to. because i'm like a hostile takeover and twitter - to. because i'm like a hostile takeover and twitter was i to. because i'm like a hostile i takeover and twitter was making to. because i'm like a hostile - takeover and twitter was making was to go against it but it's almost like you just changed his mind over the last few days.— the last few days. what's amazing about the story, _

the last few days. what's amazing about the story, story _ the last few days. what's amazing about the story, story of- the last few days. what's amazing i about the story, story of unrequited love. elon loves twitter, he tweets all the time, he gets himself and his companies into trouble on twitter but is never stepped away from it. twitter is very wary of elon musk for those very reasons. he is a billionaire, very successful entrepreneur, is also a rule breaker, doesn't really believe in boundaries is a very loose cannon i think some the things he says he wants to do, he free up the platform, he was to promote more freedom of speech, have less moderation. if you have regulators breathing down your neck because of regulation, because of moderation, then this is going to make you extremely nervous.— then this is going to make you extremely nervous. then this is going to make you extremel nervous. .., . extremely nervous. some could argue that he hasn't — extremely nervous. some could argue that he hasn't quite _ extremely nervous. some could argue that he hasn't quite thought _ extremely nervous. some could argue that he hasn't quite thought this i that he hasn't quite thought this through, and terms of how difficult having no moderation is in practical terms. ., .., having no moderation is in practical terms. ., ., ., , having no moderation is in practical terms. ., . . , . terms. you could argue that. he is a multi-billionaire _ terms. you could argue that. he is a multi-billionaire coming _ terms. you could argue that. he is a multi-billionaire coming he, - terms. you could argue that. he is a multi-billionaire coming he, jeff- multi—billionaire coming he, jeff bates us is also a billionaire who goes into space. —— bezos. how many

are there, how many fail. it's not easy to navigate the popularity and the responsibility that doing that combines. and let's be honest, you know how old twitter is? 16 years old. and all the time, i been talking about twitter, it has got about 300 million users. itjust hasn't seen that massive growth, it's been massively overtaken by new kids on the block. may a little bit of elon musk magic stop i do think you'll be magic or mass? you know what twitter is like. i'm so pleased elon musk is coming, and then the next thing it is i'm deleting this account, i cannot stand it. he has a cult following and he has people that love him and love what he stands for in champion him. we will

be interesting to see, will he bring back donald trump because i will get some attention. irate back donald trump because i will get some attention.— some attention. we have heard from donald trump _ some attention. we have heard from donald trump according _ some attention. we have heard from donald trump according to _ some attention. we have heard from donald trump according to reports i some attention. we have heard froml donald trump according to reports we have heard from donald trump. they suggest that he is not willing to go back to twitter. fair suggest that he is not willing to go back to twitter.— suggest that he is not willing to go back to twitter. fair enough. yes is on social media _ back to twitter. fair enough. yes is on social media but _ back to twitter. fair enough. yes is on social media but it _ back to twitter. fair enough. yes is on social media but it is _ back to twitter. fair enough. yes is on social media but it is doing i back to twitter. fair enough. yes is on social media but it is doing all i on social media but it is doing all that well. —— he has his own. but with the new leadership, he may be very tempted to take that offer of because he was very hurt when he was banned and is often said that he needs that platform and he should have it, it is his right to be able to speak to people in the way that other world leaders and former world leaders are able to do and there's this ongoing suggestion that twitter�*s freedom of speech policies value left—wing views and right wing politicians have a harder time being heard because they're more likely to fall foul of the censorship. silicon valley is liberal place they would argue absolutely not and they are

neutral in their policies are not intended to be political in any way but many people may think differently and may welcome this idea that perhaps freeing up a more diverse range of speech, what we know is that you do not want to be ending up with stuff that breaks the law and a lot of free speech can be a blanket cover for stuff that is legal. a blanket cover for stuff that is le.al, , a blanket cover for stuff that is leal. , , a blanket cover for stuff that is leual. , , , legal. practicality, this offer is been accepted, _ legal. practicality, this offer is been accepted, he _ legal. practicality, this offer is been accepted, he will i legal. practicality, this offer is been accepted, he will be i legal. practicality, this offer is been accepted, he will be the | been accepted, he will be the complete owner of twitter, what does that mean for day—to—day users. we went to see any changes in the next few days or months. i went to see any changes in the next few days or months.— few days or months. i wish i could aet mind few days or months. i wish i could get mind of— few days or months. i wish i could get mind of elon _ few days or months. i wish i could get mind of elon musk. _ few days or months. i wish i could get mind of elon musk. it - few days or months. i wish i could get mind of elon musk. it would l few days or months. i wish i could | get mind of elon musk. it would be few days or months. i wish i could i get mind of elon musk. it would be a challenge. it may be bright but i don't think that will happen. the first thing is that the shares will be delisted in the company will be taken private, i don't think is going to take over before the end of the year so if you're expecting fireworks, you may get them but i suggest that in the immediate future, things may change

dramatically. maybe in early 2023 with mr to see this revolution began. with mr to see this revolution beran, , ., ., with mr to see this revolution beian, , ., with mr to see this revolution bean. , ., ., ~ with mr to see this revolution bean. ., ., ,, ., notice time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. a man in his 20s has been arrested on suspicion of murder, afterfour people — three women and a man were stabbed to death in a house in south—east london. police were called to the house in bermondsey in the early hours of this morning. police believe the man arrested and the four victims were all known to each other. 0ur correspondent, tom symonds, reports. about quarter to two this morning we were woken by the helicopter, and a load of flashing lights and that. 0ther neighbours heard screaming. very quickly the street was filled with police who forced their way into the house where four people had been stabbed. a large team of paramedics were unable to save them. venecia reid is a close relative. she said her aunt, dolet hill, was one of those who died.

she's very loving, very kind, very generous, she would do anything for you. yeah, she worked very hard in this country to support her two girls, and her two grandkids. she doesn't deserve this. the victims haven't been formally named. officers have been speaking to other family members today. police appear to be investigating killings within an extended family. a man and woman in their 60s, a woman in her 40s, and a third in her 30s. and significantly they have said two things about the man they have arrested — he knows the victims, and they aren't looking for anybody else. i want to offer my heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of all those concerned. this is a deeply shocking incident, and we will do everything we can to provide support to everyone affected. the search for clues continues. in the street outside the house, these evidence tents are likely protecting items found inside or dropped during the incident. police described this as a rare and terrible event for which they are now seeking an explanation.

tom symonds, bbc news, south london. the bbc learns how whole towns in eastern ukraine is offerfor is offer for social media giant twitter accepted in the last four minutes or four minutes ago as they pointed out, he tweeted surprise surprise and here it is. free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy...

that is the very latest tweet from elon musk on twitter about twitter. emmanuel macron has vowed to unite france and be a "president for all," after his re—election yesterday. he won a convincing victory over his rival, marine le pen, with 58% of the vote, the first president to be re—elected in two decades. but he acknowledged that france is divided and protests against his presidency have already begun. from paris, here's our europe editor katya adler. after a presidential vote full of passion and tension, it was back to everyday life in parris today, which the french see as full of challenges for their president at home and abroad. the world is burning, according to this graffiti. many we spoke to today here said they do feel insecure.

global warming and everything, it's a big problem, especially for young people. the problem is the inequality. social issues. security. international policy as far as ukraine is concerned and europe. last night, emmanuel macron arrived at his victory gathering to the sound of the eu anthem. for him, foreign and domestic priorities are clearly intertwined. translation: with me, - you have chosen an ambitious plan for france and for europe. there is a lot for us to do. the war in ukraine reminds us that we live in tragic times and france must make its voice heard. the war in ukraine has had a big impact here, too. like in the uk, it has pushed up fuel and food prices, a huge worry for france's most vulnerable. they mainly voted for emmanuel macron's nationalist rival yesterday or didn't vote at all. emmanuel macron knows he has a lot

to prove in france but not in brussels where he is beloved. after angela merkel left, that grande dame of europe, france has taken the leadership role, pushing for more eu independence in food production, energy, and defence, to complement not rival nato. and when it comes to ukraine, emmanuel macron believes he and his diplomatic relations could be key. the ukrainian and russian presidents called to congratulate him quickly last night. first he has a real strategic vision. a lot of others are going to kyiv, of course, to show solidarity, but there aren't so many leaders who are able to talk also to vladimir putin. so, i think he has a special role. kyiv and berlin are tipped to be emmanuel macron's first trips abroad. at home, his sights are on parliamentary

elections next month. he needs a good majority. if not, his grand plans for france could be scuppered. katya alder, bbc news, paris. the speaker of the house of commons has summoned the editor of the mail on sunday and the chair of parliament's press lobby after the paper published what many have called "mysogynistic" claims about labour's deputy leader angela rayner. the paper reported that some tory mps believe she crosses and uncrosses her legs to distract the prime minister in the commons. there's been loud condemnation from across westminster — including from the prime minister. 0ur deputy political editor vicki young reports. prime minister, how's it going? are you 0k? their confrontations in the commons are eagerly anticipated events. but today, boris johnson was offering labour's deputy leader support after a newspaper story that's been widely condemned as misogynistic. the mail on sunday the reported that unnamed conservative mps had said

angela rayner tried to distract the prime minister by the way she sat opposite him. mrjohnson denounced the report. i have to say, i thought it was the most appalling load of sexist, misogynist tripe, and i immediately got in touch with angela and we had a very friendly exchange. and if we ever find who was responsible for it, well, i don't know what we'll do with them but it'll be the terrors of the earth. the speaker of the commons said he was arranging a meeting with the editor of the mail on sunday. i express my sympathy to the right honourable member for ashton—under—lyme for the subject of this type of comment in being demeaning, offensive to women in parliament, and can only deter women who might be considering standing for election to the detriment of us all. there have, of course, been huge changes over the years as women joined the commons, but many female mps today face abuse, much of it threatening.

misogynistic language needs to be stamped out, says this senior mp. it's notjust a casual aside, it's actually trying to shut women up, to belittle them, and actually women in the house of commons are not going to be shut up. but i think it ought to be in breach of the code of conduct for any mp to do a briefing to a journalist which is misogynist. many mps think all this could simply put a new generation of women off entering public life. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. the british artist, sonia boyce has won the top prize, the golden lion at the venice art biennale, which hasjust opened. she had already made history by being the first black woman to represent britain at the international art exhibition. the other big award ? the golden lion for the best artist in the biennale s central exhibition was won by the black artist simone leigh. our culture editor, katie razzall reports from venice. the british pavilion and the venue has been transformed at the sound of

five black female musicians. i has been transformed at the sound of five black female musicians.— five black female musicians. i hope it is joyously _ five black female musicians. i hope it is joyously noisy _ five black female musicians. i hope it is joyously noisy experience. i five black female musicians. i hope it is joyously noisy experience. her| it is joyously noisy experience. her work here: — it isjoyously noisy experience. her work here: feeling her way is the latest stage in a wider project that shows the story of black women singers and musicians. whatever it britain. singers and musicians. whatever it britain- what _ singers and musicians. whatever it britain. what do _ singers and musicians. whatever it britain. what do you _ singers and musicians. whatever it britain. what do you feel— —— to represent britain, how do you feel about it? why has it taken so long, there's so many brilliant female british black artists out there. it female british black artists out there. , , ., there. it is her time in the sun now and she has _ there. it is her time in the sun now and she has joined _ there. it is her time in the sun now and she has joined the _ there. it is her time in the sun now and she has joined the likes of i and she has joined the likes of other british names to the very top of the price. other british names to the very top of the price-— of the price. there is a longer arc of the price. there is a longer arc of i-eole of the price. there is a longer arc of people that — of the price. there is a longer arc of people that we _ of the price. there is a longer arc of people that we need _ of the price. there is a longer arc of people that we need to i of the price. there is a longer arc of people that we need to keep l of people that we need to keep saying they are here. for of people that we need to keep saying they are here.— of people that we need to keep saying they are here. for more than a century. —

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this is the first black woman to represent scotland and venice. i represent scotland and venice. i think the world is still ready to accept — i would like to see them not be so scared _ i would like to see them not be so scared to — i would like to see them not be so scared to have _ i would like to see them not be so scared to have conversations i i would like to see them not be sol scared to have conversations about race _ scared to have conversations about race. t, scared to have conversations about race. ., ., ., ., " at the weather. temperatures were two or three degrees down over the weekend and that's because we've picked up a bit more clouded a few showers today and also a change in wind direction. mostly dry theme is going to continue to the rest of the week. we have more cloud but the reason for the dry weather is this high—pressure and parts of england and wales was about 13 or 14% of the average rainfall and weather will see much over the weekend. but the cloud will come and go today as we

seen quite a few first thing that we have sunshine coming through in england and wales and it is tending to cloud will over the series but those will fade away and temperatures again will tumble under the starry skies and furthermore cloud gathering of the north and east of scotland and so, less chance of frost here but temperatures elsewhere could get around close to freezing with a touch of frost by morning. so, a chilly start, but a bright and sunny one for much of england and wales, for northern ireland, parts of scotland and following that bank of cloud, some sunshine and a chilly breeze here. the best of the sunshine south will allow the temperatures to temperatures to rise to 15 or 16 celsius on the whole, they'll be quite a bit of cloud coming in and he of the art like shower here and there but from us, but we will find is high levels of uv and high levels of tree pollen once again for those who see. overnight, we continue to

follow our areas of cloud southwards and westwards being pushed in by the north northeast of the breeze with quite a bit of cloud is to go towards wednesday, as a predominantly dry but probably cloudy day on the whole of the lot of cloud gathering in eastern areas of cloud gathering in eastern areas of the best of the sunshine likely in the west but even here, sister to pick up a breeze for the english channel, temperatures may be a degree or so down because the court there is just filtering southwards in that breezes with us as going to thursday and friday and areas but again, for many, the breeze will be late, the pressure high and still dry lucy the ascension i think you'll be pleasant with sunshine the dry theme continues towards the end of april. goodbye.

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