this is bbc news. the headlines at six. heavy shelling in southern ukraine prevents another evacuation of people trapped in mariupol. 100 women and children were allowed to leave the steelworks yesterday. translation: the scariest part is when they are shelling, _ when you see a shell exploding and people dying. eu leaders are discussing whether to cut themselves off from russian oil and gas, but have so far been unable to agree a plan. more than 350 migrants have crossed the english channel in small boats in the past two days, following 11 days without any crossings. 4 million people struggled to see an nhs dentist last year after more than 2000 dentists left the health service.

hello and welcome. efforts to evacuate the devastated port of mariupol and its massive azovstal steel plant have been delayed. ukrainian officials said russian forces were blocking humanitarian corridors near the plant where people have been sheltering, and shelling had resumed after a ceasefire over the weekend. hundreds are still trapped in the steelworks. elsewhere in the city, civilians have spent hours waiting for evacuation buses that were originally due early in the morning. meanwhile, the un refugee agency says more than 5.5 million people have now fled ukraine. 0ur ukraine correspondentjoe inwood has the latest.

after weeks living in the most appalling conditions, they emerged into the light, freed after negotiations that took place in the darl. that took place in the dark. there was much secrecy around the talks brokered by the united nations, but the sight of a small number of civilians walking through the wasteland that used to be one of the world's biggest steel plants shows they achieved what many thought impossible. thought impossible — a ceasefire held and around 100 people made it to relative safety. translation: i can't believe it, two months of darkness. - when we were in the bus, i told my husband we will not have to go to the toilet with a torch and use a bag as a loo. this baby is just six months old, nearly half of his life has been spent underground in a bunker. for ukraine's present, a moment of relief.

translation: ukrainians, - our defenders, today we have finally managed to start the evacuation of people from azovstal. after many weeks of negotiations, after many attempts, different people, meetings, because, countries, proposals, finally, there was not a day when we did not try and save our people. after leaving the plant, civilians were loaded and taken to this village, in the direction of russia. but, accompanied by un and red cross staff, it seems they have now been allowed to head back towards ukraine. they will be coming here, a reception centre the town of zaporizhzhia. initiallyjust one private car arrived, greeted by the world's media, waiting for the azovstal convoy, everyone caught in the siege of mariupol has suffered terribly. translation: the scariest part is when they are shelling, - when you see a shell exploding and pe0ple dying _ it's reported that as soon as the evacuation had finished, russian forces resumed

their shelling of azovstal. indeed, there has been no letup in the fighting, both on the ground and in the skies. the kremlin released these shots showing an iskander missile launch. they claim it strikes a command post. a command post, while the ukrainian military say this shows the destruction of two russian patrol boats by one of the drones. russian patrol boats by one of their drones. despite the success of the talks over evacuations, few people think diplomacy will be bringing this conflict to an end any time soon. are correspondentjoe are correspondent joe inwood. just are correspondentjoe inwood. just a couple of breaking news related to events, we've been told the international sporting community — we've seen a number of sanctions against teams in russia— russia's national soccer team will be banned from european competition next season. you may remember uefa and

fifa have already suspended the new teams. now clarification that they will be banned from next season, too. russia's bid to host both euro 2028 and euro 2032, both of those bids have now been declared ineligible. that's based on... they've issued a statement saying their decision to roll out russia as a host have followed its regulations that each bidder not acting in a manner that could bring you a file or the bidding profile into disrepute —— uefa. russia will not be a eligible to host euro 2028 or 2032, alongside banning as national soccer team from next season's competition. let's return to those

events. the first buses carrying evacuees from the azovstal industrial site have reached a safe distance away from the fighting in the city. some of them have been sharing their experiences of living in the underground bunkers during the conflict. translation: the soldiers came and i escorted the first 11 people out - i those who were seriously ill, had asthma or needed insulin, and also three of us randomly. more than a0 people, including little children, are left there. for a month, we were eating, over a0 of us, six food tins. we had two buckets of soup, and that was it for the whole day. we were assured that there was a bomb shelter there, a well—constructed one. we thought it's only for two to three days, and we've been there since the 24th of february. translation: there | is no house any more, of course there isn't. it cannot be intact, as there were bombings every day. all the time we spent

in the bunker, they were bombing. 0ur correspondent laura bicker is in zaporizhia, where the evacuees are expected to arrive in the coming hours. we know the convoy had 100 women and children is on its way to this centre, but it has been hit by delays. we aren't sure what they are and we don't know what the holdup is. we do know they have hundreds of miles to travel, they have to go through a number of checkpoints, and the road is partially rubble, essentially. so, it could be quite a difficultjourney. we have seen pictures of them on their way, but whether or not they'll make it today, we aren't quite sure. when they get here, they are processed just like many other refugees that have arrived from all over the south of ukraine.

we've seen people here mariupol, from kharkiv, we know that they can make it here. but many of them make it in private vehicles. scavenging the parts together to get it to work. we've seen taped up windows, bits of vehicles, and every single part is crammed full of belongings that they've managed to gather. they are given food and some shelter if they need it, and then they can go on their way. this is a bit of a crossroads. you get here and you are safe, but at the same time, where do you move on to? i think that's what many people arriving here have that division to make. when it comes to the steelworks, we heard there may be several hundred people still within the steelworks. there's thought to be around 500 servicemen. talks are on the way to get another deal to get those people out safely. talks are under way to get another deal to get those people out safely.

deal to get those people out safely, but that may prove difficult. earlier, my colleague ben brown spoke to sergei 0rlov, who is the deputy mayor of mariupol and asked him about the evacuation. we will all continue this procedure. there are hundreds of civilians who look for safe place in bomb shelter. among them a lot of children, and they are always waiting. i think we need to finish this procedure and start making negotiations, even before. it absolutely should be next to save our citizens. but why has the evacuation stopped now? we have those 100 people who came out, but since then, there's been no more. is that because the russians have stopped the evacuation procedure?

what's happening? i cannot comment a lot because it's on high level because it's on high level with the ukrainian government with a lot of informational organisations. as i understand, it was 25, the next one, 25. in general, 101 civil citizens have possibility to leave azovstal and all of them are in the process. for movement to zaporizhzhia. now they are _ for movement to zaporizhzhia. now they are on — for movement to zaporizhzhia. now they are on the way.

european energy ministers are holding an emergency meeting to discuss whether to ban the import of russian oil and gas. hungary has already said it's opposed to the move, but poland called for immediate sanctions on russia, and said it wanted to help countries which rely on imports. 0ur europe correspondent, bethany bell, has been following the meeting. bethany, hello to you, and given what we know about how reliant the eu is on that energy that comes from russia, how feasible is it that a ban will be agreed?— russia, how feasible is it that a ban will be agreed? well, there are a number of — ban will be agreed? well, there are a number of things _ ban will be agreed? well, there are a number of things that _ ban will be agreed? well, there are a number of things that have - ban will be agreed? well, there are a number of things that have been l a number of things that have been in conversation today. the meeting they were holding today was specifically about the question of gas, and you may remember last week, poland and bulgaria were cut off after the russian energy giant cut them off. this was a way of trying to help poland and bulgaria today, also a sign of solidarity because the eu's energy commission said the move by russia to cut off poland and

bulgaria was a way of trying to divide the eu, and she said that it didn't divide them. it was a way of trying to make them more determined to wean themselves off russian energy. at the same time, the eu was also trying to look at ways to form also trying to look at ways to form a new six package of sanctions against russia, and under consideration is the question of a ban on russian oil. this is something that would be very painful for countries such as hungary, which is continuing to say it will oppose any such sanctions. poland, though, very much for it, and is trying to find out ways where it can help other countries. what we understand from the european commission is they may try to phase in a ban and maybe have an exemption for countries like

hungary and slovakia. quite have an exemption for countries like hungary and slovakia.— hungary and slovakia. quite clearly, those are resistant _ hungary and slovakia. quite clearly, those are resistant to _ hungary and slovakia. quite clearly, those are resistant to any _ hungary and slovakia. quite clearly, those are resistant to any band. - hungary and slovakia. quite clearly, those are resistant to any band. you touched on it there, poland offering touched on it there, poland offering to help reliant countries. what sort of help can offer? is not as though it has massive reserves of its own that will make up the shortfall. it's very, very complicated. you don't even have to go to a country like hungary, which is dependent incredibly on russian gas. austria gets 80% of its gas from russia, and the problem for them, it doesn't have a seaport. where can it bring in other segments of gas to supply the needs for its industry? so, this is a very, very complex question. the oil question, we're told could be something that could be more easily decided than the gas, but very, very complicated times ahead.

yes, the eu says it is looking for other sources of energy, other sources of gas and oil, but they also have the problem, and this is something that was touched on by ministers today, what happens if the eu has a ban on russian oil? what does that then due to global oil prices generally? will other countries try and buy russian oil instead? a lot of very complicated things to work out.— things to work out. absolutely. i know you'll _ things to work out. absolutely. i know you'll keep _ things to work out. absolutely. i know you'll keep an _ things to work out. absolutely. i know you'll keep an eye - things to work out. absolutely. i know you'll keep an eye on - things to work out. absolutely. i | know you'll keep an eye on those talks. thanks very much, bethany bell there. more than 350 migrants are believed to have crossed the english channel in the past 48 hours, in what have been the first arrivals for 11 days. the figure has yet to be confirmed by the ministry of defence, which took charge of the response to small boat crossings last month. 0ur correspondent simonjones has spent the day in dover. we've seen a steady stream of people

making the journey today. this is the area in dover where people are brought when they're picked up in the channel. a second day of calm weather has meant a second day of crossings in large numbers. we've seen women and children being brought to shore, but the vast majority of people we've seen have been young men. we haven't yet had any figures for today confirmed by the ministry of defence, but i think they're likely to be similar or perhaps even higher than yesterday's, when we saw 254 people arrive on seven boats. that's more than 35 people per boat on average. it gives you a sense of the scale of the issue we're talking about here. but as you say, before yesterday, we haven't seen any crossings for a period of 11 days, which is quite unusual in the channel at the moment. but some people have been suggesting this was perhaps down to the rwanda deterrent, the government's plan to send some asylum—seekers 4000 miles from kent to rwanda could possibly be putting

people off from making the journey. but i think it is largely in truth down to the weather, calm today, lots of crossings yesterday, lots of crossings, not calm over the previous 11 days and no crossings at all. a record 2.7 million people have been referred for cancer checks, by nhs england, in the last year, following a dramatic fall in numbers during the pandemic. at least 30,000 people are still waiting to start their treatment. charities have welcomed the increase in referrals, but warned of the "devastating" impact that the covid backlog has had on cancer care. millions of people are finding themselves without national health care because so few surgeries will take non—paying patients. the guardian newspaper reports today that "dental deserts" are emerging across england after more than 2,000 dentists quit the nhs last year. joining us now is paul woodhouse, the principal dentist at the grange dental practice in stockton and a member

of the british dental association. thanks for being with us. why are so many dentists leaving the nhs was yellow the same issue we've been facing for years, down to the on worker contract that the nhs provides. —— unworkable. no government since then has done anything to change it. talk government since then has done anything to change it.— government since then has done anything to change it. talk to me about some _ anything to change it. talk to me about some of _ anything to change it. talk to me about some of the _ anything to change it. talk to me about some of the challenges - anything to change it. talk to me | about some of the challenges that poses day—to—day for those dentists, and what they are dealing with on a daily basis. it’s and what they are dealing with on a dail basis. �* . . and what they are dealing with on a dail basis. 3 . , . and what they are dealing with on a dail basis. �*, . _ , i. daily basis. it's a system where you aet a daily basis. it's a system where you get a certain _ daily basis. it's a system where you get a certain amount _ daily basis. it's a system where you get a certain amount of _ daily basis. it's a system where you get a certain amount of money - daily basis. it's a system where you. get a certain amount of money every yearfrom the government get a certain amount of money every year from the government as long as you do a certain amount of work, and thatis you do a certain amount of work, and that is reported in a points—based system. you get one for a checkup, three for a feeling and 12 for a crown. but if you've managed to have a patient who needs ten fillings, root canals, extractions, you get

activity dolomite you get rewarded for one item, not the entire course. what is the solution? is an overhaul of that payment system about what distance are paid for?— distance are paid for? absolutely. it's chronically _ distance are paid for? absolutely. it's chronically underfunded. - distance are paid for? absolutely. it's chronically underfunded. it's l it's chronically underfunded. it's punitive to dentists, and actively discourages dentists to take up nhs work. you can't even open a practice without the local commission giving you funding. permission from the to do that. for you funding. permission from the to do that. ., ,. , you funding. permission from the to do that. ., ,., , ., ., do that. for the patients that are at the centre _ do that. for the patients that are at the centre of _ do that. for the patients that are at the centre of all _ do that. for the patients that are at the centre of all of _ do that. for the patients that are at the centre of all of this, - do that. for the patients that are at the centre of all of this, one . at the centre of all of this, one would assume that means they're being left without a dentist. i assume that means the problem gets worse. ~ , ,., y assume that means the problem gets worse. absolutely. it's a ludicrous osition worse. absolutely. it's a ludicrous position for _ worse. absolutely. it's a ludicrous position for a _ worse. absolutely. it's a ludicrous position for a fraud _ worse. absolutely. it's a ludicrous position for a fraud work -- - worse. absolutely. it's a ludicrous position for a fraud work -- first l

position for a fraud work —— first world country. to allow patients to suffer with the dental pain. infections can lead to horrible things. it ultimately includes sepsis. it's so short—sighted to not properly fund dental care that it beggars belief. pare properly fund dental care that it beggars belief-— properly fund dental care that it be cars belief. �* , ., , beggars belief. are you seeing many more patients _ beggars belief. are you seeing many more patients assuming _ beggars belief. are you seeing many more patients assuming they - beggars belief. are you seeing many more patients assuming they can - more patients assuming they can afford to pay for private care, coming with problems that could have been tackled earlier?— been tackled earlier? yeah, we've not. .. been tackled earlier? yeah, we've got- -- we — been tackled earlier? yeah, we've got- -- we do _ been tackled earlier? yeah, we've got... we do open _ been tackled earlier? yeah, we've got... we do open up— been tackled earlier? yeah, we've got... we do open up slots - been tackled earlier? yeah, we've got... we do open up slots for - got... we do open up slots for patients, but the ones we're seeing our disaster zones that haven't accessed care for x number of years. it's equally important to. it’s accessed care for x number of years. it's equally important to.— it's equally important to. it's been really interesting _ it's equally important to. it's been really interesting to _ it's equally important to. it's been really interesting to hear- it's equally important to. it's been really interesting to hear your - really interesting to hear your thoughts. paul, thank you. grateful foryourtime thoughts. paul, thank you. grateful for your time this evening.

new york is gearing up for its annual night of celebrity, showbiz and fashion with the met gala returning to fifth avenue. this year the theme of the ball, led by vogue veteran anna wintour, is �*in america: an anthology of fashion', and the dress code is gilded glamour and white tie. previous years have seen flamboyant outfits from stars including kim kardashian, megan fox, harry styles, and billie eilish. i love that one. let's get all the latest from the sports sent us —— a sinner. good evening. bank holiday weekend is coming to a close. uefa have told russia they won't be

allowed to compete at this summer's women's euros in england, as part of their sanctions amid the continued invasion of ukraine. in a statement european football's governing body says portugal — who were beaten by russia in the playoffs — will take russia's place at the tournament. also part of a long list of sanctions — the russian bids to host euro 2028 or euro 2032 are now ineligible — england have bid to host those tournaments too. those tournaments, too. there'll be no russian teams in next season's uefa club competitions either. it means the scottish premiership champions will go straight into the group stages of the champions league. elsewhere, fulham are closing in on the championship title — they host play—off chasing luton, knowing a win see them win the league in their penultimate game of the season. they're 2—0 up in front of a packed—house, fantastic goals, too — tom cairney and kenny tete with the two strikes for marco silva's side as they've surpass the 100 goal mark in the campaign. the second half is is just starting.

having already secured promotion to the premier league. manchester city goalkeeper karen bardsley has announced she's retiring from the game after an illustrious 20—year career for both club and country. the 37—year—old won eight major trophies during her time with city and played 81 times for england. she also represented great britain at the 2012 olympics. bardsley will be honoured at wednesday's women's super league home game against birmingham city. she's revealed that failing to fully recoverfrom a hamstring injury picked up during the 2019 world cup has forced her to quit the game. in just over half an hour's time, the final session of the world snooker championship will begin, and it's heading to a dramatic conclusion tonight, withjudd trump on the comeback charge against ronnie 0'sullivan. trump started the day seven frames behind with some even wondering if this final would last into the evening session. but the 2019, champion has won six of the eight frames this afternoon and now trails by only three, helped by this remarkable red in the last frame before the break.

play resumes at 7 with 0'sullivan leading 14—11. he's chasing a seventh world title which would take him level with stephen hendry as the most successful player at the tournament. a shock at the vitality london 10,000m earlier — four—time olympic champion mo farah was beaten by a club runner. farah said he'll make decisions about his future on a "race—by—race" basis. it was his first competition since failing to qualify for the olympics last year. 25—year—old ellis cross had to pay the entry fee of 37 pounds to take part in the race. but he set a personal best as he beat the course record—holder, farah, to win. farah, a seven—time winner of the event, said before the race if he didn't feel he could compete at the highest level any more, then it'd be time to stop and retire from the sport. winner of the women's race eilish mccolgan missed out on breaking paula radcliffe's 19—year—old british record by just two seconds,

but she did beat her mum liz's scottish record. danny sidbury and sam kinghorn won the wheelchair races. mark cavendish will compete at the the giro d'italia for the first time since 2013. it starts in budapest on friday. cavendish is 37 this month and made a stunning return to the podium with the quick—step alpha vinyl team at last year's tour de france, having considered retirement after injury, illness and depression hampered his form. fellow briton simon yates, who finished third overall last year, will be aiming to win the pinkjersey, as the leader of the bikeexchange—jayco team. that's all the sport for now. now let's get the weather with louise lear. good evening. bank holiday weekend is coming to a close. it has been a cloudy affair for many. still stunning at times. take a look at this amazing weather watcher picture sent in from edinburgh.

but you can see the cloud at times was fairly threatening. there were a few isolated showers in eastern scotland. best of the sunshine through lincolnshire and cambridgeshire throughout monday afternoon, and in fact, temperatures here around 16 or 17, but you can see it was the exception, rather than the rule. the emphasis with the cloud and a few scattered showers from time to time. now, through this evening and overnight, we keep the cloud going and the risk of a few showers as well. a northerly breeze and slightly clearer skies into the far north—east of scotland. here, temperatures will fall down to low single figures, but elsewhere, it's going to be a mild start to tuesday, frost—free here. so, another grey start as well. and the cloud will be thick enough for a few showers first thing in the morning, particularly across scottish borders and then running down through the north—east of england and as we go through the afternoon, some through the midlands, down into wales and south—west england, may well turn heavy and thundery. a good deal of dry weather for most of us, however. brighter skies from time to time, so highest values once again in the sunshine of 17,

just that little bit cooler along the far north—east coast. we've still got weather fronts toppling across the high through the middle part of the week, still running the risk of some showers. we start off with showers moving out of scotland into the north of england. by the middle part of the afternoon, those showers will drive in through wales, central and sout—east england. and south—east england. with the best of any brighter weather further north and west. it will still be quite warm their down to the south, hence the reason for the thunderstorms and temperatures may well peak, into the high teens. now, we've got one or two fronts to clear away towards the end of the weekend and then into the weekend, high pressure is set to build in behind, quietening things down once again. so, no significant rain for the gardeners or growers across central and southern england, and in fact, with the wind direction coming from the south—westerly, on the whole, for the bulk of england and wales and northern ireland, it will stay on the warm side. so, yes, we have got the risk of some rain on friday with that front,

but once it clears through, and the high pressure builds, dry, settled, sunny and warm for many.

tonight — hundreds of men, women and children are still trapped in the steel plant in the southern ukrainian city of mariupol, after a ceasefire breaks down. those who managed to get out safely yesterday say living conditions in the plant were brutal. translation: for a month we are eating, over 40 - of us, six food tins. we boiled two buckets of soup out of them, and that was it for the whole day. we'll bring you the latest on the evacuation attempts. also tonight. a record 2.7 million people were referred for cancer checks last year but nhs england say at least 30,000 people are still waiting to start treatment. at least 350 people crossing

the channel on boats have been brought ashore in the past two days, according to witnesses