good morning, welcome to bbc news, i'm victoria derbyshire, here are your headlines: the mail on sunday's editor refuses to meet the speaker of the house of commons over the paper's article about angela rayner. russia has stopped supplies of gas to poland and bulgaria because they're both refusing to pay in roubles as demanded by moscow. leaving so called "vampire devices" switched on at the wall is costing us £2.2 billion a year. the bbc says it's shocked" at multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against the former radio one dj tim westwood.

the editor of the mail on sunday has turned down a meeting with the speaker of the house of commons to discuss the newspaper's controversial article about labour's deputy leader. the piece quoted an unamed conservative mp claimed angela rayner tried to distract borisjohnson by crossing and uncrossing her legs in parliament, and has been condemned as sexist, classist and misogynystic. the paper's editor, david dillon, says it should be up to journalists to decide what they report. we can cross live to westminster and our chief political correspondent adam fleming: the meeting was going to happen, what has changed? they have written today that they had initially accepted this invitation to speak to the house of commons speaker but they changed their mind for two reasons, the said public comments have been made about the case and the reporting so they say they would

not get a fair hearing and secondly, the newspaper claims that three further conservative mps have come forward to the conservative party to corroborate the original story. no word yet from the conservative whips whether that is the case, but those are the two reasons being given publicly by the management of the newspaper about why they are not going to have the meeting. what newspaper about why they are not going to have the meeting. what was the seaker going to have the meeting. what was the speaker intending _ going to have the meeting. what was the speaker intending to _ going to have the meeting. what was the speaker intending to do - going to have the meeting. what was the speaker intending to do if- going to have the meeting. what was the speaker intending to do if he - the speaker intending to do if he had met them? he the speaker intending to do if he had met them?— the speaker intending to do if he had met them? , ., ., , ., had met them? he put out a statement esterda in had met them? he put out a statement yesterday in the — had met them? he put out a statement yesterday in the face _ had met them? he put out a statement yesterday in the face of _ had met them? he put out a statement yesterday in the face of a _ had met them? he put out a statement yesterday in the face of a lot _ had met them? he put out a statement yesterday in the face of a lot of - yesterday in the face of a lot of questions about westminster journalist, he defended the freedom of the press, the freedom of expression and the importance of journalists having access to parliament to report on proceedings but he said he wanted to clear the air and make sure there was a common understanding about the nature of misogyny unfair reporting. the fact that he felt he had to issue that statement meant that he was under pressure from parliamentary journalist, probably from other newspapers as well. you

journalist, probably from other newspapers as well.— journalist, probably from other newspapers as well. you very much. joining me now is charlotte tobitt the uk editor of the media trade magazine, press gazette. has the mail on sunday done the right thing by making the declaration? it’s right thing by making the declaration?— right thing by making the declaration? �* , ., ., declaration? it's not the right or wron: declaration? it's not the right or wrong thing. — declaration? it's not the right or wrong thing. it _ declaration? it's not the right or wrong thing, it is _ declaration? it's not the right or wrong thing, it is definitely - declaration? it's not the right or wrong thing, it is definitely the l wrong thing, it is definitely the right thing for them, i think, and a lot ofjournalists share these press freedom concerns. it is completely unprecedented to be like this and obviously, journalists are not part of, mps are not in charge of journalists and traditionally, very much not support to tell journalists what to write, so i'm completely not surprised that the 22 on sunday would not want to do it. timer;r surprised that the 22 on sunday would not want to do it. they were auoin to would not want to do it. they were going to bat _ would not want to do it. they were going to bat their _ would not want to do it. they were going to bat their reasons - would not want to do it. they were going to bat their reasons are - going to bat their reasons are because they say angela rayner herself brought this comparison up with sharon stone in basic instinct on a podcast earlier this year and

three other unnamed conservative mps have come forward to corroborate the original story. what did you think when you first heard the speaker had summoned the editor of the mail on sunday to a meeting? i summoned the editor of the mail on sunday to a meeting?— summoned the editor of the mail on sunday to a meeting? i thought, wow, i've not heard — sunday to a meeting? i thought, wow, i've not heard that _ sunday to a meeting? i thought, wow, i've not heard that before. _ sunday to a meeting? i thought, wow, i've not heard that before. also - sunday to a meeting? i thought, wow, i've not heard that before. also the . i've not heard that before. also the question about whether he could revoke the political editor's lobby, that would be quite a big step, obviously, it would make people concerned. there have been a request to revoke the pass of another journalist at the times last week, a lot of this is going on so i understand why a lot ofjournalists were quite worried and worked up about it. if were quite worried and worked up about it. , ., . were quite worried and worked up about it. ,, . , , . were quite worried and worked up about it. ., , , . ., about it. if you are the sub'ect of an article that is i about it. if you are the sub'ect of an article that is widely _ about it. if you are the subject of. an article that is widely considered misogynistic, sexist, classist, offensive, hurtfuland painful, misogynistic, sexist, classist,

offensive, hurtful and painful, what should you do? the offensive, hurtful and painful, what should you do?— should you do? the mail and most national newspapers _ should you do? the mail and most national newspapers are _ should you do? the mail and most national newspapers are signed i should you do? the mail and most national newspapers are signed up should you do? the mail and most i national newspapers are signed up to a regulator, the independent press standards organisation, and we know lots of people have complained to them by first thing monday morning. they had had 5500 complaints which is a huge amount. you know, usually it is a trickle, this was a flood of complaints. by our reckoning, we think there are probably two clauses in the editor's code which potentially could be triggered. one is accuracy but obviously, the complainants would have to argue why it was not true and the publisher would have to say we have got these people saying it is true. so i'm not sure if that one would work or not. the other one is discrimination. which does say the press must avoid

prejudicial or reference to race colour sex and sexual identity. that kind of covers it. on accuracy, anyone can complain, but on other causes including discrimination, someone directly affected has to complain. eitherangela someone directly affected has to complain. either angela rayner herself or a representative group if it is considered a serious enough breach or in the public interest. that could be for example women in journalism or another women's group. yes, obviously, it is too soon to say what they are considering it under. ., ~' , ., , . russia has cut off gas supplies to poland and bulgaria. in a statement, the state energy giant gazprom says it has completely stopped gas deliveries to both countries. it comes after russia demanded payments in its own currency, the rouble, which both poland and bulgaria refused to do. both receive a large amount

of their gas from russia — but they insist they will be able to cope without russian gas, which is a major source of income for the kremlin. andrew plant has more. ukrainian armoured vehicles heading towards the front line. donbas in eastern ukraine, where russian bombing is increasing by the day. russia, fighting notjust ukrainian resistance but pushing back now against countries helping ukraine, from today cutting off its gas supplies to poland and bulgaria retaliation for sanctions imposed on russian companies. translation: we have received threats from the russian - federation, from gazprom. poland had previously prepared to diversify gas supplies. we will be able to protect our economy, protect households and poles against such a dramatic step by russia. as thousands continue to flee the fighting, russia has now said it has the right to attack specific targets in ukraine even if a western adviser

is present, as tensions between russia and the west increase. germany has now said it will send around 50 anti—aircraft tanks to the fight, a major change in its policy. meanwhile uk foreign secretary liz truss, in a speech later today, will vow to support ukraine for the long haul and say britain and other western powers should send war planes to the country, something ukraine has repeatedly called for. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky, after meeting the head of the international atomic energy agency, issued a warning to the world that russia, he said, should no longer be trusted with nuclear facilities. translation: no-one in the world can feel safe knowing how— many nuclear facilities, nuclear weapons and related facilities and technology the russian state has. we need global control over russia's nuclear facilities and nuclear technology.

in kyiv, demolition work has started on a monument symbolising the historic ties between russia and ukraine. the hope is still for negotiation to end this war. russia, though, showing no sign of changing course. andrew plant, bbc news. ukraine s president zelensky says russian special services are behind a series of blasts in a pro—russian breakaway region of moldova. transnistria ? which borders ukraine ? has seen a number of attacks in the last few days. two radio masts were destroyed. a military unit was attacked. the state security ministry was reportedly hit with a grenade launcher. the region s russian—backed government has gone on terrorism red alert. but ukraine claims these are so—called false flag operations

and — a quick reminder — we'll be taking your questions on the war in ukraine, tomorrow at 12:30 bst. we'll have guests able to answer a range of aspects of the war — from the battle raging in the east of the country; the consequences for civilians —— and what more western countries could or should be doing to stop russia. you can get in touch on twitter using the hashtag bbc your questions — and you can email us on yourquestions@bbc.co.uk a high courtjudgement is expected today on claims that the government failed to put proper measures in place to protect care home residents in england at the beginning of the pandemic. the case has been brought by two women whose fathers died in care homes in 2020. our social affairs editor, alison holt, has been to meet them. two women challenging the government over what they see as its failure to protect their fathers from covid. both men lived in care homes.

today a court will tell the families whether or not key decisions made early in the pandemic were unlawful. he was larger than life, he had a fantastic character, great fun. wicked sense of humour. and a bit mischievous at times. don harris was living in a nursing home in hampshire at the start of the pandemic. just before lockdown, the 89—year—old was doing well. a month later, he developed covid and died. his daughter believes this followed the discharge of hospital patients who had the virus into his care home. a wider policy which she says failed residents like her father. i just think they were totally expendable. i don't think they were regarded at all. my dad worked all of his life to the age of 75, paid national insurance. he had a right to life and they had a duty of care, and he was failed.

the last time that i was able to see my father was about 24 hours before he died. doctor cathy gardner's father michael gibson died in an oxfordshire care home in early april 2020. he was in a ground—floor room so i was able to see him through a window. i was lucky that i could do that because i know many families, they couldn't see their loved ones at all. doctor gardner started the legal action because she believes care homes largely had to fend for themselves in the first months of the pandemic. her work has included the study of viruses, she believes the need for more protection for older and disabled people should have been clear. i believe that lives could have been saved in care homes if the government had acted differently. if they had pursued a policy involving quarantine, testing, proper training on infection control and ppe, all of those things, they could have saved lives. and it's important to remember that it wasn'tjust the old and vulnerable that died, that care home staff died as well.

the government rejects the claim that it failed to protect care home residents. it says each death is a tragedy but that it worked tirelessly to protect people during the pandemic. pouring billions of pounds into supporting care services including with protective equipment and infection control. alison holt, bbc news. we will bring you thatjudgment as soon as we get it. the headlines on bbc news... the mail on sunday's editor is refusing to meet the speaker of the house of commons over the paper's article about angela rayner. russia has stopped supplies of gas to poland and bulgaria because they're both refusing to pay in roubles as demanded by moscow. bulgaria and poland say it's fine, they'll cope leaving electronics switched on at the wall is costing households £147 a year. police searching for missing

mother katie kenyon from burnley are now treating the case as murder. a 50—year—old man — who was arrested on suspicion of kidnap — is now being questioned about killing the 33—year—old. ian haslam reports. more than 60 specialist officers from fourforces have beenjoined by lancashire fire service and local mountain rescuers in the search for katie kenyon. dogs and a helicopter have also spent the day scouring the gisburn forest in the ribble valley. 33—year—old katie was last seen on friday, leaving an address in burnley with a man in a silver transit van. officers are still appealing for anyone with information about the vehicle's movements to contact them. a 50—year—old man, who is said to be known to katie and who was being held on suspicion of kidnap, has now been further arrested and is being questioned in connection with murdering the mother of two. katie is white, five foot nine inches tall, with shoulder length strawberry blonde or ginger hair. she was last seen wearing a blue shirt orjacket

and a white vest top, black leggings and flip flops. her family, who say her disappearance is out of character, are being supported by specially trained officers. now we're all aware of the surging cost of electricity. but could we save hundreds of pounds a year, by switching off so—called "vampire devices" ? they're the tech — such as smart tvs, laptops, even microwaves — which when plugged into the wall, keep on drawing power, even when left on standby. our technology correspondent marc cieslak explains. in ashby—de—la—zouch, leicestershire, for mother of one, sarah, money is tight. her partner often works away from home and she is retraining as a paramedic. it wasn't good news when her latest electricity bill arrived. before the price increase, the bill would be between 70 and £80. this month when it came in, it wasjust over £220, a lot of tears

had from that, a lot of nights lying awake in bed, just going," i don't know how we're going do it." like many of us, sarah's home has its fair share of technology and devices powered by electricity. i already see there's plenty of devices out here. there's quite a lot of devices. i've got alexa, a smart metre, phone charger all on that side. what have we got going on in here? is this a smart tv? yes. do you leave it on standby? yes, we do. and why do you eave it on standby? i mean, you don't think it's going to cost a lot because it's not doing anything. but our technology—filled homes are a big part of the problem. every time we switch this tech to stand by, we are victim to so—called vampire devices. this is technology which still draws power even when it's not in use or it's in standby mode. individual devices don't use that much electricity, but, when we multiply it by all of the consumer electronics that fill our homes, it all starts to add up. britain's largest electricity supplier,

british gas, has carried out a new study which found, on average, £147 of our annual household electricity bills is down to devices left on standby. that is the equivalent of two months' worth of electricity charges. and with another big energy price rise planned for october, vampire devices could amount to £200 worth of that annual bill. top vampire devices that are costing the uk households the most are your set—top boxes and your televisions. combined, they can cost on average around £50 per year on standby. also, your microwaves. around £16 per year, also on standby. so the greatest solution to this is really just simply switching off at the plug when not in use. this is the office. yes. and this, i can see here from the light there, that is on standby. there are a lot of items in this room that could be switched off at the wall. a lot of people will do this

with their bedside tables where they have their mobile phones on charge. they use it as an alarm clock, things like that, so even though there aren't phones plugged into either of those chargers, the chargers themselves are still drawing power. 0k. so do you think you might do something about that? yes, it's an easy switch to switch them off. if something doesn't need to be on, then you should switch it off at the wall or unplug it. if you just try and make it as easy as possible to turn it off. if you have got a whole bunch of stuff plugged in behind the television, you maybe want to plug them all into one extension lead. saving money by switching devices off will not solve cost of living problems overnight. but in the same way that every bit of power used adds up to a bigger bill, every bit of money saved can relieve a tiny bit of that pressure. marc cieslak, bbc news. love bug! joining me with more on this claire bradbury, an environmentalist and sustainability expert and author of dwellbeing: finding home in the city.

it is straightforward, isn't it? we switch it off, we save money and it is good for the environment. it is as simle is good for the environment. it is as simple and — is good for the environment. it is as simple and as _ is good for the environment. it 3 as simple and as complicated as that. the good news is we are dealing with an easy switch as we just heard. but it is about rewiring those household habits that have become ingrained. in the meantime, we have had the stealthy increase of smart technology within the home. when i look at the figures, it is quite interesting. bear with me, £23 a year from turning quite interesting. bear with me, £23 a yearfrom turning off quite interesting. bear with me, £23 a year from turning off your set top box, games consoles, £12 a year, computers, 11p, microwave, £16, phone charges £1 a year. and the television is £24 a you could save nearly £150 a year on average depending on your bills. how is that helping the environment? i am

depending on your bills. how is that helping the environment?— helping the environment? i am glad ou asked helping the environment? i am glad you asked because _ helping the environment? i am glad you asked because a _ helping the environment? i am glad you asked because a lot _ helping the environment? i am glad you asked because a lot of - helping the environment? i am glad you asked because a lot of this - helping the environment? i am glad you asked because a lot of this is i you asked because a lot of this is not about us saving money, it is cost to the environment as we are all seeking to reduce our carbon emissions. we have as the uk pledged to reach net zero, we have firm targets, this issue runs entirely concurrently with the energy bill crisis. i don't want to get into, not to fall into the trap of thinking that somehow the climate crisis is at loggerheads with this because it isn't. d0 crisis is at loggerheads with this because it isn't.— crisis is at loggerheads with this because it isn't. do you think we as consumers — because it isn't. do you think we as consumers have _ because it isn't. do you think we as consumers have any _ because it isn't. do you think we as consumers have any idea _ because it isn't. do you think we as consumers have any idea about - because it isn't. do you think we as l consumers have any idea about what you call energyjustice? can you explain it? you call energy 'ustice? can you explain in— you call energy 'ustice? can you ex-lain it? . , ., , explain it? the concept of energy 'ustice is explain it? the concept of energy justice is a _ explain it? the concept of energy justice is a very — explain it? the concept of energy justice is a very important - justice is a very important dimension of the climate crisis, it means ensuring that everybody regardless of where they live our circumstances or income can reduce

dependence on fossil fuels. it also includes fuel poverty which is the ability or not to heat and power the home. ., ., ability or not to heat and power the home. ., «i i. ability or not to heat and power the home. ., ,, ,, , ability or not to heat and power the home. ., «i i. , . we have been reporting that russia has cut off gas supplies to poland after asking for payment in roubles and poland have refused to do that and poland have refused to do that and they will be all right. our correspondence has been following the story. poland and bulgaria say they will be all right. we'll be? yes, there is no immediate danger that polish or bulgarian consumers will not have the gas flow when they turn on their stoves this morning. even though the supplies have been cut. the reason is that in poland,

they have been injecting gas into underground storage earlier this year because of the war in ukraine and it is three quarters full. both countries have alternative suppliers. overthe countries have alternative suppliers. over the years, especially poland, has been seeking to reduce dependency on russian gas and it does that by getting gas from the united states and qatar. liquefied natural gas, in tankers, not pipelines, and both countries are connected to the european gas grid so they can get gas from pipelines from western european countries as well. this replaces the russian gas. having said that, it is a significant challenge in the coming weeks and months. we are going into some are now so that is fortuitous. demand is lower than in winter. but if it continues in the months which it will continue,

because neither country has said they want to pay for the gas in roubles, they want to stop buying russian gas completely by the end of this year, both countries will be competing for a limited supply of russian gas with the rest of europe. because all of the european union countries are saying, we want to stop buying russian energy and there is a limited supply of gas in europe. all these countries will now be competing to get more of that gas which is known russian. that cause problems for poland and russia considering they are reliant on russian gas at the moment. in poland it is half of the demand, in bulgaria, it is 90% of its demand. in terms of russia cutting them off, is it going to hurt russia more because it will not get the income

from the supplies? that because it will not get the income from the supplies?— because it will not get the income from the supplies? that is true. in a broader sense _ from the supplies? that is true. in a broader sense of _ from the supplies? that is true. in a broader sense of the _ from the supplies? that is true. in a broader sense of the scale, - from the supplies? that is true. in a broader sense of the scale, with | a broader sense of the scale, with the russian invasion of ukraine, the whole of europe, there has been a fundamental mindset change about buying russian energy which has taken vladimir putin somewhat by surprise possibly because of europe's lukewarm response to the annexation of the crimea in 2014 and his earlier invasion of georgia. perhaps he thought he could get away with it. but there has been a sea change in european values when it comes to buying energy. it is not going to go back to the situation which was the case before the war. they are not going to buy energy in the volume is the before the war. the bbc says it is shocked at multiple allegations of sexual

misconduct against the former bbc radio one dj tim westwood. in a joint investigation with the guardian, seven women have detailed experiences of unexpected and unwanted sexual behaviour from the now 64—year—old. he has strenuously denied all the allegations in their entirety. our correspondent chi chi izundu reports. it's westwood! the dj tim westwood was an early champion of hip hop and has been a prominent figure in black music for more than 40 years. he presented bbc radio 1's rap show for nearly two decades, interviewing some of the biggest names on his programme. but now he is facing multiple allegations of sexual misconduct from women who say he abused his position in the music industry. one of the women, who we are calling nyla, met him in a club in london on new year's day in 2017. one of my friends and i were at the front, and he kind of shouts me out for being the pengest girl in the rave. i was just like, ok. but one of my other friends

wants a video with him, but as she's taking this video, he essentially moves his hand down my back and puts his hand up the back of my skirt. i step back because i'm a bit shocked from it, and i didn't really expect it to happen. ijust felt kind of like objectified, really. he calls me on snapchat the next day, asking if i want to like hang out. i'd love to hang out. ok, like, doing what, though? i'd love to see you. whatever you'd want, baby. i guess because at the time i was quite young, it does make me feel angry, to be honest. in a statement, a spokesperson for the 64—year—old said, he is a well respected and highly successful dj and that he strenuously denied in their entirety the serious allegations being made against him. chi chi izundu, bbc news. a samba group that highlighted prejudices against african—brazilian religions has been crowned the champions of this year's rio de

janeiro carnival parade. the grande rio samba school has won its first title with a song, costume and floats that paid tribute to exu, a yoruba god revered by many african cultures. the parade was cancelled last year because of covid and this year's event should have taken place during the carnival in february. but it was delayed due to the impact of a new variant of the coronavirus that spread across brazil earlier this year. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello there. rain will be in short supply over the next couple of days but we cannot say the same for cloud. we will see a lot of dry weather through the rest of today but it will often be quite cloudy. eastern areas have had a cloudy start to the day, an area of high pressure setting to the north of the uk has been feeding at these north—westerly winds and expansive cloud cover

across the eastern half of the uk. further west, we have had some sunshine, but we will see more cloud bubbling up as we head through the afternoon. the chance of one or two showers in northern ireland and scotland and the odd spot of rain from the thick cloud from east england. light winds, breezy for south wales and southern england and the channel islands. temperature is disappointing for the of year, between nine and 14 degrees celsius. pollen levels low for scotland and northern ireland, moderate across england and wales. this evening and tonight, a lot of cloud across eastern and central parts of england. also north—eastern parts of scotland. in the west, some clear spells, and like last night, it will turn chili and a touch of frost for some, you can see the blue shading on the temperature chart. tomorrow, a lot of cloud across eastern parts of scotland, central and eastern

parts of england. brighter in the west, but high cloud, hazy sunshine, we will see some areas of cloud through the day. temperatures if it is cloudy, 11 celsius, in the brighter areas, 16 celsius. friday, similar weather, a fair amount of cloud on central and eastern parts, the sunshine in the west, one or two showers across north—east scotland. temperatures between 11 and 16 degrees. at the weekend, the high pressure that has kept things mostly dry will loosen its grip, a small frontal system from the north—west which will bring rain for some of us but not all of us for the last day of april. the 1st of may, it looks like it will be largely dry, a lot of cloud, son spells of sunshine but not much rain in the forecast for the next few days.

hello, this is bbc news. i'm victoria derbyshire. the headlines: the mail on sunday's editor is now refusing to meet the speaker of the house of commons over the paper's article about angela rayner. russia has stopped supplies of gas to poland and bulgaria because they're both refusing to pay in roubles as demanded by moscow. leaving electronics switched on at the wall is costing households on average £147 a year. the bbc says it's shocked at multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against the former radio one dj tim westwood. and a bill making it illegal to get married if you're under 18 is set to become law in england and wales today. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn watson. thank you, victoria. good morning.

where else could we possibly start? it was a champions league classic last night, a seven goal thriller, as manchester city edged out real madrid 4—3 in the first leg of their semi—final. and there could have been more goals, city will hope they dont rue their missed chances. patrick gearey reports. in a city that loves a wild night, how about this for a mad one in manchester? an almost ridiculously entertaining evening started with a city dream sequence, a floating kevin de bruyne heading them in front inside two minutes. a spinning gabrieljesus doubled that lead inside ten. man city were rampant. real madrid's manager exhaled, their striker excelled. karim benzema only needed half a chance to half the deficit. the scoreline was misleading. city were superb. even fernandinho, their destroyer turned creator. phil foden made it three. but real, 13 times champions of europe, can recover by muscle memory. viniciusjunior responded immediately. in the pandemonium, city regained composure. bernardo silva especially, emphatically. 4-2.

but this first leg was twisted again by a late arm. real penalty, real pressure. so benzema did this. now city will need to stay cool in madrid. you have to perform really well in two games and we performed really well in the first one. we have to do it in the second one. it is a good test to show our personality as a team, and we are going to travel there to win the game. a wonderful evening but, for city, like many a great night, it might be sprinkled with regrets. tonight, it's liverpool's turn, the champions league one of four trophies they're chasing, having already lifted the league cup and they're into fa cup final as well. if last night was anything to go by, i'm not surejurgen klopp will be looking as relaxed later. they also face spanish opposition in the shape of villarreal, who knocked out bayern munich. liverpool in the semi—finals for the third time in five years.

this is absolutely special to be part of the semifinal, it's crazy, it's crazy, really. it's a massive game. so many coaches, so many players out there try and work their socks off their whole life and have no chance to be close to a semifinal. we are there so we have to cherish it, we have to appreciate it, of course, but we have to enjoy it as well. despite some criticism, the organisers of wimbledon say they had no choice but to ban russian and belarusian players from this summer's championships because, as they put it, they're not prepared "to be used to benefit "the propaganda machine of the russian regime". they also confirmed world number one novak djokovic will be able to defend his title because players won't need to be vaccinated. djokovic was barred from the australian open injanuary, as he hadn't beenjabbed. london irish have reached rugby union's premiership cup finalfor the first time, after thumping leicester 59—20. they ran in nine tries to upset the league leaders, and end leicester's hopes of winning

three trophies this season. irish will play gloucester or worcester, who meet tonight. and ronnie o'sullivan's eyeing another slice of history as he closes in on a record—equalling seventh world snooker title. the rocket leads stephen maguire 11—5 in their quarter—final at the crucible, needing just two more frames to win. so barring an extraordinary turnaround, he'll be in good shape to round things off when play resumes at 10 o'clock. there's coverage on bbc two, as well as the bbc sport website and app. that's all the sport for now. back to you, victoria. thank you, john. the united nations secretary general, antonio guterres has said his organisation is prepared to evacuate civilians stranded in the ukrainian city of mariupol. speaking during a visit to moscow, mr guterres said thousands of civilians there are in dire need of life—saving humanitarian assistance. its been a week since

russian forces allowed a humanitarian corridor out of mariupol in southern ukraine. our correspondent catherine byaruhanga is in the town of zaporizhzhia, where she s been speaking to families who crossed enemy lines to leave mariupol. smoke billows from the giant azovstal steelworks. ukraine says russia continues to bombard the plant, despite saying it wouldn't. the controversial nationalist azov regiment, which defends the facility, posted this video of an injured woman online. it says up to 1000 civilians are trapped in the azov style bunkers. but president putin insists there are no ongoing attacks and accuses ukrainian soldiers of using civilians as human shields. the united nations is calling for humanitarian access to mariupol. katerina escapes the city with her husband and two children. the youngest, anna, is two—years—old. they braved russian checkpoints

to get to ukrainian—held territory. translation: at the firstj checkpoint, the man there pointed his gun at us and wasn't letting us through until he saw that there was a child with us. it was frightening. i thought that that was it for us. natalia left mariupol a month ago. she hopes her home still stands — despite the shelling. an increasing number of residents, like natalia, say russian soldiers forced them out of their homes and took them to towns they controlled. she remembers the moment she and 100 of her neighbors were found hiding in a bunker. translation: i realised that something bad was going - to happen at that moment.

after that, everything collapsed. all my hopes collapsed. i realised that those were the people that i did not invite, did not expect, and did not want to come. natalia and her husband are now living in central ukraine. she says russian controls weren't too strict and they hitchhiked from a town called primorsky. katerina and her family are also safe, living in a shelter for now. but she tells me it's hard to believe the hell they've all been through. just listen to that. peace and quiet. a massive relief for families that have spent night after night under heavy shelling. but the volunteers here tell us that the number of people coming through their doors has fallen because of the siege of mariupol and the fact that people can't get out. they're likely spending another night under heavy bombardment.

catherine byaruhanga, bbc news, zaporizhzhia. a bill making child marriage illegal in england and wales is set to become law today. the minimum age for marriage is to become 18 — whereas it had been 16 with a parent's consent. campaigners hope the new law could help spur changes in other countries, including scotland, where under—18s are still allowed to marry. joining us now to talk about child marriage is bridget wall who got married at 16. bridget, because you said you were forced to buy your parents? it wasn't my parents, it was my auntie i was living with. my mum passed away when i was a kid and my dad was poorly so my auntie arranged my marriage. poorly so my auntie arranged my marriale. �* , , ., ., marriage. and why did she do that? it's kind of the —

marriage. and why did she do that? it's kind of the travellers _ marriage. and why did she do that? it's kind of the travellers way - marriage. and why did she do that? it's kind of the travellers way of - it's kind of the travellers way of life to marry young. they are brought up to be a wife. 50 life to marry young. they are brought up to be a wife. so what was it like for you. _ brought up to be a wife. so what was it like for you, tell— brought up to be a wife. so what was it like for you, tell us _ brought up to be a wife. so what was it like for you, tell us what _ it like for you, tell us what emotions you experienced when you found out you would be forced to marry someone you didn't want to marry. marry someone you didn't want to mar . ., , ., ., , marry someone you didn't want to mar. marry. coming up towards my wedding with him, i knew— marry. coming up towards my wedding with him, i knew i _ marry. coming up towards my wedding with him, i knew i was _ marry. coming up towards my wedding with him, i knew i was going _ marry. coming up towards my wedding with him, i knew i was going to - marry. coming up towards my wedding with him, i knew i was going to be - with him, i knew i was going to be married young, that is the way of life and completely normal. to be honest, i thought when i get married, i will have a better life and i will be allowed to do stuff with my family being so strict but it wasn't the case. it was a very abusive relationship. i5 it wasn't the case. it was a very abusive relationship. is it it wasn't the case. it was a very abusive relationship.— it wasn't the case. it was a very abusive relationship. is it true you didn't know _ abusive relationship. is it true you didn't know about _ abusive relationship. is it true you didn't know about the _ abusive relationship. is it true you didn't know about the wedding - abusive relationship. is it true you | didn't know about the wedding until the morning?— the morning? yeah. my auntie, she arranled the morning? yeah. my auntie, she arranged everything _ the morning? yeah. my auntie, she arranged everything and _ the morning? yeah. my auntie, she arranged everything and even - the morning? yeah. my auntie, shel arranged everything and even though i was quite shocked, it was still like really normal to me. i was quite shocked, it was still like really normalto me.- i was quite shocked, it was still like really normalto me. sure. talk us through — like really normalto me. sure. talk us through what _ like really normalto me. sure. talk us through what it's _ like really normalto me. sure. talk us through what it's like, _ like really normalto me. sure. talk us through what it's like, you - like really normalto me. sure. talk us through what it's like, you wake | us through what it's like, you wake up us through what it's like, you wake up that morning and who says what to you about today being the day you

get married? it you about today being the day you get married?— you about today being the day you get married? it was my auntie, she told me i get married? it was my auntie, she told me i was _ get married? it was my auntie, she told me i was getting _ get married? it was my auntie, she told me i was getting married - get married? it was my auntie, she. told me i was getting married today. i got married to her husband's nephew. so she knew him and all that stuff. where they were so strict of me, even though i was quite shocked, i was thinking when i get married i will be able to go to parties and be able to drink alcohol, like a normal 16—year—old. fiend able to drink alcohol, like a normal 1ti-year-old-_ 16-year-old. and did you know the luide? 16-year-old. and did you know the guide? no- — 16-year-old. and did you know the guide? no- i— 16-year-old. and did you know the guide? no. i had _ 16-year-old. and did you know the guide? no. i had seen _ 16-year-old. and did you know the guide? no. i had seen him - 16-year-old. and did you know the guide? no. i had seen him around| guide? no. i had seen him around laces guide? no. i had seen him around places that _ guide? no. i had seen him around places that other _ guide? no. i had seen him around places that other parties, - guide? no. i had seen him around places that other parties, but - places that other parties, but didn't really know him. right. i can't imagine _ didn't really know him. right. i can't imagine what _ didn't really know him. right. i can't imagine what that - didn't really know him. right. i can't imagine what that feels i didn't really know him. right. i i can't imagine what that feels like, then. i understand on one level you are thinking, ok, it means i'm basically an adult, i can do what i want. on the other hand, you are marrying someone you barely know and you are 16. marrying someone you barely know and ou are 16. , ' ~ marrying someone you barely know and ouare16. f", .,, marrying someone you barely know and ouare16. f", ., ,., you are 16. yes, 16 years old. it was horrible, _ you are 16. yes, 16 years old. it was horrible, the _ you are 16. yes, 16 years old. it was horrible, the relationship, l you are 16. yes, 16 years old. it i was horrible, the relationship, the whole way through. thank god i'm divorced now. only when i actually became an adult, i realised how bad

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marriage- _ kelly s, three children. from my marriage. from _ kelly s, three children. from my marriage. from your _ kelly s, three children. from my marriage. from your first - kelly s, three children. from my i marriage. from your first marriage? yes. what marriage. from your first marriage? yes- what ages _ marriage. from your first marriage? yes. what ages are _ marriage. from your first marriage? yes. what ages are they _ marriage. from your first marriage? yes. what ages are they now? i marriage. from your first marriage? yes. what ages are they now? my . yes. what ages are they now? my dau . hter yes. what ages are they now? my daughter is _ yes. what ages are they now? my daughter is eight, _ yes. what ages are they now? my daughter is eight, my _ yes. what ages are they now? my daughter is eight, my boy - yes. what ages are they now? my daughter is eight, my boy is i yes. what ages are they now? my daughter is eight, my boy is by i yes. what ages are they now? my| daughter is eight, my boy is by the my little girl is four. haifa daughter is eight, my boy is by the my little girl is four.— my little girl is four. how are they doinl ? my little girl is four. how are they doing? really _ my little girl is four. how are they doing? really well. _ my little girl is four. how are they doing? really well. i— my little girl is four. how are they doing? really well. i went - my little girl is four. how are they| doing? really well. i went through court to get _ doing? really well. i went through court to get them _ doing? really well. i went through court to get them back _ doing? really well. i went through court to get them back from i doing? really well. i went through court to get them back from the i doing? really well. i went through i court to get them back from the dad. that is why i am so excited for this law to change because he is set in that way where he would want it to get his daughters married at 16. welcome he won't be able to, it will be the —— against the law at the end of the day. thank you for talking to us. ., ~' of the day. thank you for talking to us. ., ~ i. ., ., of the day. thank you for talking to us. ., ,, , ., ., ., take us. thank you for having me. take care. a mum whose son was killed in a motorway collision is calling for all new vehicles to be fitted with emergency braking — which automatically slows down or stops a vehicle if its driver fails to respond.

meera naran's son dev was just eight years old when a lorry crashed into his grandfather's car. she's now urging the government to adopt "dev�*s law". navtej johal reports. i'm going to make a rocket when i get big and it's going to go to another planet. dev was just full of life. it's the one sentence i could use for him over and over again. he just loved learning, he loved people. he loved his school, he loved his friends. he just loved everything about everything. he was just the light of our life. it's been four years since dev naran was killed when his grandfather's car was struck by a lorry on the m6. the eight—year—old from leicester was on his way home from visiting his critically ill older brother in hospital. when i sat in hospital that night, i had one son fighting for his life. and my other son was dead. it didn'tjust break

me, it destroyed me. it destroyed everything i knew and who i was. and i had no idea where i was going to go from there. it was devastating. meera decided to channel her grief into campaigning for road safety. and she is now urging the government to adopt what she's calling dev�*s law — legislation to make it compulsory for all new cars to be fitted with aeb, autonomous emergency braking. technology that she says could prevent future deaths like her son's. there were so many elements that failed. and it led to the catastrophic outcome of losing dev. aeb was one part of it. if it were there, it maybe could have saved him. i think it's disappointing that we haven't done it already, we haven't mandated aeb as law already. however, i'm always optimistic

that they will do the right thing. john works at a local garage and deals with cars that have aeb installed. he says the technology is proven and effective. how does the brake in a car normally work and how is that different to aeb? you press that brake pedal, that energy is then transferred to this pad, which then hits that disc. it clamps together with another pad this side and obviously slows you down accordingly. aeb works alongside a lot of different systems on a vehicle. you have a little camera in the front of this one that you can see just there. then you have radar built into the car, as well. and if that car sees an object that it thinks you are going to hit, it will slow you down accordingly. it's a safety feature. it's brilliant, it works. it wants to be on every car. meera's campaign is being supported by the aa. the european commission has voted to introduce it and it will be -

introduced on all new cars - from july, but the uk government hasn't decided to support that. we think, in terms of safety, it could be a gamechanger, i so we are encouraging _ the government, alongside meera, to get this introduced. the department for transport says it is currently considering the vehicle safety provisions within the eu's general safety regulation, which includes advanced emergency braking, to determine requirements that are appropriate for new vehicles in great britain. if dev could see your campaigning, what do you think his reaction would be? i can only pray and hope that wherever he is, he is supporting, he is guiding me. and one day, i'm going to meet him again. and i want to proudly say, "dev, mummy tried her best, she tried her everything, and i hope it made you proud while you are watching." navteonhal, bbc news, leicester.

next to myanmar. a court has sentenced aung san suu kyi, the country's deposed civilian leader, to five years injailfor corruption. the 76—year—old has already been sentenced to six years in prison on other charges, including breaching covid rules and she also faces many more. ms suu kyi was ousted from power in an army take over last year. she's been in detention ever since. our reporter in singapore, suranjana tewari, told us what she's thought to be accused of. a lot of conflicting information is coming out because it is myanmar, but what we do know is she was, as you said, sentenced to five years on these corruption charges. it's related to a case where she's accused of taking gold and money to the amount of $600,000 from the chief minister of yangon, the largest city

in that region in myanmar. of course, she calls the claims absurd. now the case that was held today was delayed by two days and the judge actually handed out the sentence within five minutes of convening the court. lawyers have told the bbc that they were unable to meet ms suu kyi and, of course, this is — again, this isjust one case and there are many more charges against her relating to corruption, relating to inciting violence, to even breaking covid rules. so this is certainly not the end for her. the world bank says the price of goods could remain at historically high levels until the end of 2024 because of the war in ukraine. wheat — one of the country's main exports — is predicted to soar by more than 40%. it says energy prices will increase more than 50%, as europe tries to wean itself off russian supplies.

the european union and the uk have warned elon musk that twitter must continue to protect its users from harmful content. the entrepreneur struck a deal to buy the social media giant for $44 billion. he has vowed to relax content restrictions, which has worried some human rights groups. a new report warns that the prison service in england and wales is failing to recognise the dangers of islamist gangs inside jails. the independent reviewer of terrorist legislation has urged officials to pay more attention to the influence of convicted terrorists on other inmates. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, reports. the terrifying moment when a man who had just stabbed two people to death was tackled to the ground on london bridgejust outside fishmonger�*s hall. usman khan had been released from a prison sentence for terrorism less than a year earlier and was still on licence.

the attack, in which saskia jones and jack merritt died, was the first of four attacks in just seven months committed by serving prisoners or ones who'd been recently released. today, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, jonathan hall qc, said... allahu akbar! this week, the bbc was given rare access inside woodhill prison to see what is now being done to tackle the threat. woodhill has one of only three units in england called separation centres, where key radicalisers could be kept apart from the general population to reduce their pernicious influence. these separation centres are prisons within prisons, where the most ideallogically dangerous inmates can be isolated so they can't

radicalise other prisoners. the radicalisers even have their own separate exercise yard. but the separation centres are underused. so far, only 15 inmates have ever been in one because the system for referring them is so complex and because of concerns about challenges under the human rights act. thejustice secretary dominic raab says he wants to make it easier to send inmates to the centres, and he will try to change human rights legislation if necessary. this is about making sure that those that taint the well, poison the well inside prisons, radicalise more people, recruit more people to terrorist ranks, cannot do so. it's a very austere regime, it's different from what any other prisoner would experience in general population, it's very resource intensive, but it's absolutely the right thing to do to safeguard the public. also at woodhill prison

is an ultra—secure close supervision centre that we were not allowed to film in. behind these doors are the most violent inmates, including michael adebowale, who killed lee rigby. there are only around 50 cells like this in all of england, and the government plans to increase that to 60. daniel sanford, bbc news, in woodhill prison. it's been a long time since the glory days of the uk winning or even getting anywhere near the top of the scoring board at the eurovision song contest — but is that all about to change? most of you are too young to remember brotherhood of man or bucks fizz. but sam ryder — who found fame on tiktok during lockdown — is our entry this year with his song "space man". our music correspondent mark savage, has been to meet him. # up in space, man! # up in space, man. sam ryder, welcome to bbc breakfast. thank you so much for having me. are you ok? yeah, i'm good.

what about you, though? it's two weeks to go. mm-hm. what is still on your mental checklist before you go to italy? you know what? i feel good. touch wood. yep. i feeljust focused, calm, i'm just ready to soak it all in and be there and be present for the experience. for people who don't know the sam ryder story, tell us about... tell us about growing up. i grew up in a house of music, not that my parents were musicians, but theyjust loved music. records playing constantly. earth, wind and fire, beautiful south, queen. and even now, they listen to the same records, like, full blast. i mean, full blast, when they're like cleaning the house or mowing the lawn. my neighbours will know. the records will be playing so loud, so they can still hear it over the lawnmower. tell me aboutjoining tiktok and posting covers. what inspired you to do that? well, i'd been working in construction for years and years and then sort of started

singing at weddings. it took, you know, lockdown to happen for the weddings to be cancelled, all of us to be stuck indoors for me to sort of think i don't want to stop singing, just because i can't sing at people's weddings now. but how am i going to do that? it was, i guess, kind of a digital way of me flicking through a record collection. the first video was hit me baby one more time by britney spears. i sang it as high as i could in my mum's kitchen. and it all started snowballing from there. # lose my mind! # so give me a sign. # hit me baby one more time. and alicia keys? yeah. i thought it was deep fake stuff, like someone was messing with me. and like someone has figured out, i don't know, how to be alicia keys. # but everything means nothing. beautiful soul, beautiful person.

and they don't have to do that, you know? like, kind of encourage someone who is just an emerging artist coming through the ranks. it changes everything for that artist. on tiktok, up until ed sheeran joined last year, you were the most streamed british artist on the platform. how much do you hate him now? oh, mate, you can't stop ed. ed is a force. if ever there's a silver medal that i want, i'll take this one. of course, there's an ed sheeran connection to space man. yes. because amy wadge, who wrote thinking out loud, is a co—writer on your song. yeah, both an amazing team. ed is a genius, so is amy. you've taken the song all the way across europe in the last couple of weeks. you've performed in madrid, in germany, you've been in serbia. what's been the highlight? you know what?

actually, in all the cities we've been to, we've tried to do a green lamp session. so this isn't the original green lamp, but, in lockdown, when i was filming in the corner of my shed, there just so happened to be one of these in the corner. so i've started doing something called the green lamp sessions where, when we have time and we're in a new city, we'lljust drop like a 15—minute warning on instagram, like, hey, come and meet us here and we'll sing a couple of songs. and that has been an amazing highlight. # up in space, man. sam ryder. here's the weather with ben. hello there. rain will be in short supply over the next couple of days but we cannot say the same for cloud. we will see a lot of dry weather through the rest of today but it will often be quite cloudy. eastern areas have had a very cloudy start to the day, an area of high pressure sitting to the north of the uk has

been feeding at these north—westerly winds and expansive cloud cover across the eastern half of the uk. further west, we have had some sunshine, but we will see more cloud bubbling up as we head through the afternoon. the chance of one or two showers in northern ireland and scotland and the odd spot of rain from the thick cloud from east england. light winds, breezy for south wales and southern england and the channel islands. temperatures if anything a bit disappointing for the time of year, between nine and 14 degrees celsius. pollen levels low for scotland and northern ireland, moderate across england and wales. this evening and tonight, we keep a lot of cloud across eastern and central parts of england. also north—eastern parts of scotland. out west, some clear spells, and like last night, it will turn chilly and a touch of frost for some, you can see the blue shading here on our temperature chart. tomorrow, a lot of cloud across eastern parts of scotland, central

and eastern parts of england. brighter in the west, but high cloud, hazy sunshine, we will see some areas of cloud through the day. temperatures if it is cloudy, 10 or 11 celsius, in the brighter areas, 15 or 16 celsius. friday, similar weather, a fairamount of cloud in central and eastern parts, the sunshine in the west, one or two showers across north—east scotland. temperatures between 11 and 16 degrees. the weekend, the high pressure that has kept things mostly dry will loosen its grip, a small frontal system from the north—west which will bring rain for some of us but not all of us for the last day of april. the 1st of may, it looks like it will be largely dry, a lot of cloud, some spells of sunshine but not much rain in the forecast for the next few days.

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