this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. the headlines at eight... labour leader sir keir starmer says he'll resign if he's given a fixed penalty notice by the police for any lockdown breaches last year. if the police decide to issue me with a fixed penalty notice, i would, of course, do the right thing and step down. buckingham palace announces that the queen won't be able to attend the state opening of parliament tomorrow due to ill health. the democratic unionist party says it will not nominate ministers to the northern ireland power—sharing executive until decisive action is taken on post—brexit trading arrangements. vladimir putin claims his invasion of ukraine was to protect russia, during a major address in moscow at a parade to mark

victory over nazi germany. we'll also have a special report from the east of ukraine, where the fighting in this war, is most intense. the big picture here in the donbas is that the kremlin�*s offensive is largely stalled. they've taken hardly any significant towns, and the ukrainians are making them pay a heavy price for every scrap of land. and bbc news has revealed how untreated sewage is being dumped illegally in rivers across the uk, putting health and nature at risk. and birmingham airport admits it was chaos this morning as thousands queued for hours to get through security.

good evening. welcome to the programme. the labour leader sir keir starmer says he will quit if he's fined by durham police for breaking covid rules last year during lockdown. he's been under pressure after the police announced they would be investigating an event at which he drank beer and had a curry with party workers at an mp's office. in a statement this afternoon sir keir insisted repeatedly that no laws were broken — but that as a matter of principle and integrity he will stand down if he is issued with a fixed penalty notice. the deputy leader angela rayner has confirmed she will step down if she too is fined. here's our political correspondent ben wright. the questions were not going to stop. mr starmer, will you resign if you are fined? sir keir starmer has been at the back foot since friday when durham police said it would begin an inquiries into this, an indoor gathering for party workers involving beer and curry last april. the labour leader has always said he didn't break the covid rules in place, but today he suddenly

raised the stakes. if the police decide to issue me with a fixed penalty notice, i would, of course, do the right thing and step down. it's a gamble intended to draw a stark contrast with boris johnson. we've seen 50 fines in downing street, we have seen a prime minister who won't not step down. we are not all the same, i'm different and i've set out today how i'm different. it was a day of campaigning in durham last year that has left the labour leader with a thumping political head eight, while his team insists the beer and a takeaway curry were an essential part of their working day, sir keir starmer was quick to demand borisjohnson�*s resignation when police in london decided to investigate lockdown breaking parties in downing street.

the british public are not. either never believed a word of it. they think the prime minister should do the decent thing and resign. you have portrayed yourself again today as a politician of integrity, you are a former director too of public prosecutions. how embarrassed are you, angry are you, that your career as labour leader now hangs on the outcome of the police investigation? ben, first and foremost no rules were broken. i don't actually believe that those who are accusing me believe that rules were broken. they are trying to simply drag all politicians into a place where the public think we are all the same. putting out the bunting for uk businesses in downing street today, borisjohnson shows no sign of quitting over lockdown breaking parties in number 10. he's already been issued with one fine and the police are still investigating. and ministers have been reluctant to say that labour's leader should resign. he made a great deal of the fact that there were other investigations on other people under way when he probably knew all the time that he may also have potentially come in for investigation himself so that is absolutely a matter for him, and let's wait

for the investigation to proceed to see what else might come out of this. sir keir starmer has tried to put the pressure back on borisjohnson by putting his career on the line. police in durham now have a very big call to make. ben wright, bbc news, westminster. and we can speak now tojohn mcternan, who was tony blair's director of political operations when he was prime minister between 2005 and 2007. good evening to you. good evening. so what you — good evening to you. good evening. so what you make _ good evening to you. good evening. so what you make of _ good evening to you. good evening. so what you make of this, _ good evening to you. good evening. so what you make of this, did - good evening to you. good evening. so what you make of this, did sir . so what you make of this, did sir keir starmer have to make this announcement? he keir starmer have to make this announcement?— announcement? he had to say something. — announcement? he had to say something, because _ announcement? he had to say something, because this - announcement? he had to say something, because this was i announcement? he had to say - something, because this was becoming a whole process. it wasn't really about the event, it was becoming what would you say and when will you said, tomorrow is the queen's speech, the beginning of the tory government's relaunch after the elections, their policy, and keir had to be able to say tomorrow morning, tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening, there is nothing

in the queen speech about the cost of living, about health. this would have drowned it out unless he had done this, and so now he will be able to go onto the attack on areas where the government are as uncomfortable as they are about partygate, but probably it will have more lasting impact on the public and therefore will probably be more important for the next election. 50 important for the next election. so ou important for the next election. so you think he is in the clear for you think he is in the clearfor tomorrow, but this story won't simply disappear, will it? no, but when peeple _ simply disappear, will it? no, but when people asked _ simply disappear, will it? no, but when people asked the _ simply disappear, will it? no, but when people asked the question, | simply disappear, will it? no, but. when people asked the question, he can said, there is an investigation, there will be one question every press conference asking this, but they can always then pivot straight back to, but what about the cost of living, what about doing what labour is proposing, windfall tax, £600 per household, £10 a week on universal credit. he can always pivot out of one question, because he can point to i made a statement i've said what i think, and go and speak to the prime minister, go and speak to the

chancellor, go and speak to all the people in number 10. but chancellor, go and speak to all the people in number10._ chancellor, go and speak to all the people in number10. but isn't part ofthe people in number10. but isn't part of the problem _ people in number10. but isn't part of the problem here _ people in number10. but isn't part of the problem here whatever - people in number10. but isn't part of the problem here whatever the l of the problem here whatever the differences, and labour have been clear in highlighting the differences between what has happened with borisjohnson and sir keir starmer, but whatever the difference is, the defence so fast as the same. we remember the prime minister saying similar things when he was at this stage of the investigation, and so if you are a casual observer, the damage is done. the difference is that has been an investigation already, and keir starmer has been cleared once, and i'm confident he will be cleared a second time. the difference with the government is, minister was that the civil servant to investigate him came up with so much evidence she had to stop and give a dossier to the police. i get that the tory strategy is to throw mud at the labour party, throw mud at

themselves almost to make it look as though all politics is in the gutter. politics is not in the gutter. politics is not in the gutter except when it is taken there by this government, by this prime minister, by this cabinet, and that is what keir has done today, he has said there are politicians who have integrity and act in this way, they take responsibility, the act in this way. if that is the message that gets across, that is a message that the country to hear. there is a choice between two different types of leader, two different types of leadership, two different types of government, and that is really what the next two years is about. 0k. government, and that is really what the next two years is about. ok. you know a thing — the next two years is about. ok. you know a thing or _ the next two years is about. ok. you know a thing or two _ the next two years is about. ok. you know a thing or two about _ the next two years is about. ok. you know a thing or two about managing | the next two years is about. ok. you | know a thing or two about managing a labour leader. how do you think this whole affair has been managed by those around him in the labour party? i those around him in the labour pa ? ., ., ., , , ~' party? i am of one type, i think --eole party? i am of one type, i think people should _ party? i am of one type, i think people should go _ party? i am of one type, i think people should go straight - party? i am of one type, i think people should go straight at - party? i am of one type, i think people should go straight at an| people should go straight at an issue, knock it over, speed kills. i would do was get everything out really quickly and then move on and burn up the road. however, all

politicians have to act in a context. keir had an amazing victory to celebrate on friday morning. 0ne to celebrate on friday morning. one and westminster. even the poll tax couldn't move wandsworth and westminster couldn't move them to labour. even tony blair couldn't move them to labour. he then had to do a tour to cumberland, to worthing, to the sea wall seats that are coming back to labour, you can completely see why you schedule things, but today he had to clear this off the table, box it off so that tomorrow he can go on the attack on the queen speech. thank ou so attack on the queen speech. thank you so much _ attack on the queen speech. thank you so much for— attack on the queen speech. thank you so much for coming _ attack on the queen speech. thank you so much for coming on - attack on the queen speech. thank you so much for coming on the - you so much for coming on the programme, appreciated. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are annabel denham, who's director of communications at the iea , the institute

of econonomic affairs, and the broadcaster, john stapleton. dojoin us for that do join us for that if we can. next, buckingham palace has announced that the queen will not carry out tomorrow's state 0pening the queen will not carry out tomorrow's state opening of parliament. they say that she won't attend because of ill health. let's get a few more details on that. 0ur correspondent greg mckenziejoins me. what have the palace been saying? the state 0pening what have the palace been saying? the state opening of parliament usually marks the beginning of the parliamentary year with the queen's speech setting out the agenda of the government, and the laws in which they wish to bring in. normally the speech is conducted by the monarch as head of state. this won't be the case tomorrow, and only twice before has the queen had to cancel that visit. the last time that happened was back in 1959, and 1963, because of pregnancies. this time around, it is simply because of what buckingham

palace have described as episodic mobility problems. so they have issued a statement, and this is literally it. "the queen continues to experience episodic mobility problems and in consultation with her doctors has reluctantly decided that she will not attend the state 0pening that she will not attend the state opening of parliament tomorrow. at her majesty's request and with agreement of the relevant authorities, the prince of wales will read the queen's speech on her majesty's behalf the duke of cambridge also in attendance." now, the queen will carry on her royal duties from windsor castle. she is already scheduled to carry out a number of virtual events, including a meeting with the privy council and a meeting with the privy council and a consultation with the current prime minister.— a consultation with the current prime minister. ., ~ , ., , . prime minister. thank you very much for brinuain prime minister. thank you very much for bringing us _ prime minister. thank you very much for bringing us that, _ prime minister. thank you very much for bringing us that, great. _

the russian president vladimir putin told a huge victory day military parade in moscow today that troops fighting in ukraine, were "defending the motherland". he said the invasion of the country was necessary and had been provoked by the west. but he didn't make any major announcement related to the war, or suggest when or how it might end. the victory day parade commemorates the anniversary of the defeat of nazi germany in 19115. 0ur russia editor, steve rosenberg reports now from moscow. it is the annual pomp to showcase russian power. across red square they marched, thousands of soldiers, in a parade marking a glorious victory, the defeat of nazi germany. but today there is no peace. vladimir putin has invaded ukraine. back from there, parading too, paratroopers, who moscow says took

part in the russian offensive. a war of conquest, says the west. the kremlin disagrees. translation: the defence of our motherland, - when its destiny was at stake, has always been sacred. as in the past, you, our soldiers, are today fighting for our people in donbas, for the security of our motherland, for russia. on display, lots of firepower. and yet in ukraine, moscow has suffered military setbacks. what russia does next isn't clear. you can march thousands of soldiers across red square, you can parade your very latest military hardware. but that does not automatically make you an internationally recognised superpower. the point is that the kremlin's decision to attack ukraine has sparked global condemnation and sanctions, and is turning russia into a pariah.

and that has consequences. doused with paint, russia's ambassador to poland at a soviet military cemetery today. the crowd is calling the russian officials fascists. moscow has launched an official complaint. there were individual protests in russia too, no to the new war, says the sign. it didn't last long. others came to victory day events with signs that said "this is not what they fought for." and what about those who fought in world war ii? maria sidorova who is 100 years old says all she wants is peace. "the war i fought in we understood, but this war now, well, maybe i'm old, there is something not quite right about it. i hope it ends soon." vladimir putin wants russians

to believe the decisions he takes are right. this giant victory day event portrayed him as the father of the nation. but in a system built around one man, if he gets it wrong, that's dangerous. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. ukraine's president zelensky has released his own video message, commemorating the victory over nazi germany, saying his country will win its war with russia. much of the fighting is taking place in the east and south of the country, with russia's defence ministry, saying 200 targets have been hit today, mainly in the donbas region, the former industrial heartland, that hugs the border with russia. but, despite the attacks, the russian offensive overrall, appears to have stalled in the east, with reports of heavy losses. the bbc�*s andrew harding, has sent us this report, from eastern ukraine and a warning, it contains pictures you may find distressing.

a quiet village in the donbas is saying farewell to ivan naduti. killed by a scrap of russian shrapnel. the 30—year—old builder volunteered to fight the day after putin's invasion. his wife begged him not to go. now his father is lost in grief. but something else is stirring in this village and across this region. a burning sense of defiance. "he was defending freedom for every one of us," says a village elder, his lip trembling. "glory to our heroes." a lonely ukrainian warplane thunders overhead. the front lines are just a town away to the north. and a defiant blitz spirit is growing here too,

as the bombs fall at random in places like kramatorsk. seizing this corner of eastern ukraine, with its close ties to russia, was supposed to be an easier task for the kremlin's blundering army. but the blundering goes on. "my shop is hardly a strategic target," says lilia, with contempt. and all this is stiffening the resolve of ukrainian soldiers. we met this tank unit, holding their ground at a spot where russia has been trying to break through. they badly need better equipment, but they have other strengths. we are united. we fight for our independence from russia. russians soldiers fight for money. they are not motivated as we. the russians have been pounding these front line positions for weeks now,

but the big picture here in the donbas is that the kremlin's offensive has largely stalled. they have taken hardly any significant towns, and the ukrainians are making them pay a heavy price for every scrap of land. further out, in no—man's land, ukrainian volunteers collect the abandoned bodies of russian soldiers. too many to count, according to alexei. "i can't see how the russian army can keep going, it is losing so many men," he says. "i don't understand this madness." back at the village, ivan's father is still inconsolable. but his widow brings their five—year—old son to the graveside. "he was a stubborn man and a good man," she tells us, sounding resolute now, as the struggle for the donbas grinds on. andrew harding, bbc news,

in eastern ukraine. ijust want i just want to bring you ijust want to bring you a quick bid of breaking news concerning the home office and that scheme involving the wonder. the home office has confirmed that the first group of illegal migrants will this week be informed of the government's intention to relocate them to rwanda as part of its deportation policy. migrants who cross the channel will be among those who will be notified by the home office that they face a one—way ticket now to rwanda. the department added that the government has the power to detain individuals pending their removal from the has the power to detain individuals pending their removalfrom the uk, and that the first flights are expected to take place in the coming months. so that is news that the home office has confirmed that the first group of migrants will this week could be informed of the government's intention to rwanda, so just a couple of lines on that. as we get any more details, we will

bring them to you. now it is time for the sport, and we can get a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. good evening, we start tonight with the second leg of the play—off final at hillsborough, sunderland went into the tie against sheffield wednesday a goal up. after half an hour played, it is goalless on the night. the winner will play wycombe at wembley next saturday for the chance to be promoted to the championship. ansah big transfer news for you. erling haaland's transfer from news for you. erling haaland's transferfrom borussia dortmund to manchester city could be announced this week. an announcement is expected soon in germany. city are refusing to respond to the widespread reports. liverpool boss jurgen widespread reports. liverpool bossjurgen klopp has denied suggestions from pep guardiola that everyone wants

liverpool to win the premier league. city are back at the top of the table after beating newcastle united 5-0, it table after beating newcastle united 5—0, it means they need just seven points from their three remaining games to be crowned champions again. afterwards guardiola said he thought there was bias from the media towards liverpool, butjurgen klopp says he feels the opposite. shatter says he feels the opposite. after caettin says he feels the opposite. after getting out _ says he feels the opposite. after getting out of— says he feels the opposite. after getting out of the _ says he feels the opposite. he getting out of the champions league, thatis getting out of the champions league, that is already difficult enough to take, but then of course liverpool made it to the final, then you have these kind of things, yes, but they played villarreal, and we played real and these kinds of things, you say what you say. i have no idea of the whole country is supporting us, it is not the feeling i get, actually, when we go to other places and play there, actually the opposite. but yes, maybe he knows more about it than me.

england have been knocked out of the cerebral palsy world cup. they have sealed their place in the last four. and disappointment for dan evans, who has been knocked out in the first round of the italian open, he was beaten by nicholas basilashvili of georgia, he won the first set but went on to lose the next two. cameron norrie and emma raducanu were both playing tomorrow. and mo farah has played out of the great manchester run later on this month, he has made the decision after a disappointing second place finish at the vitality london 10k last weekend when he was beaten by an amateur club runner. mo farah says he needs another month of training to reach a competitive level. and that is all the sport for now, more for you later, but for now back to you. talks are taking place in belfast between the northern ireland secretary brandon lewis

and the stormont assembly's five main parties to try to break the current political deadlock. last week's elections saw sinn fein winning the most seats for the first time in northern ireland's history. it means the nationalist party is entitled to the role of first minister — but that depends on the second largest party, the democratic unionists — or dup — nominating a deputy. and the dup is refusing to do so unless the government removes all trade barriers with the rest of the uk that have arisen out of brexit. our ireland correspondent chris page has more michelle o'neill has the keys to the first minister's office but she can't unlock the door unless her political rivals become her partners. applause. the sinn fein vice president is in line to be the first irish nationalist to take the job. it would be a hugely symbolic moment for the party which wants northern ireland to leave the uk.

it's time for us all, as political leaders, to have the courage to step forward with unity of purpose and determination, to deliver a stable power—sharing coalition, one that works, and mostly, one that delivers. the people want government and we all want change. and i am committed to both. but the democratic unionist party is committed to changing the brexit trading arrangements, which it says have created an economic barrier with england, scotland and wales. the northern ireland protocol means certain goods like milk, eggs, medicines and parcels are inspected when they arrive here from great britain. the arrangement was put in place to keep open the border with the republic of ireland. it's the only land frontier between the uk and the eu, and brussels wants to prevent any goods which aren't in line with eu standards from reaching the european single market. after talks with the northern ireland secretary the dup has insisted again there will be no devolved government unless the protocol is scrapped.

i'm not going to say one thing to the electorate and the day after the election do a volte—face. i'm not going to do that. i gave my word, i sought a mandate on the basis of sorting out the protocol. i'm committed to doing that. the sooner it happens the better. the dup is hoping its stance will put pressure on borisjohnson to take action to remove the protocol on his own if he can't reach an agreement with the eu that deals with unionists' concerns. other parties here at stormont have accused the dup of holding the people of northern ireland to ransom. the irish prime minister has denied a claim by london that the eu is being inflexible about how the trade border should work. we do hear the concerns from unionism and from other quarters in relation to the operation of the protocol, but it is our view that those concerns can be addressed. amidst the uncertainty, there have been celebrations and snaps for newly elected politicians today. none of them can know when, or even if, they will get to govern northern ireland.

chris page reporting. joining me now is northern ireland political commentator mark devenport. try and pick through exactly where we go from here.— we go from here. good evening. i think we probably _ we go from here. good evening. i think we probably go _ we go from here. good evening. i think we probably go into - we go from here. good evening. i think we probably go into weeks l we go from here. good evening. i | think we probably go into weeks if not months of difficult negotiations, because we have got on the one hand the unionists, the dup, saying that they want to do away with the northern ireland protocol that chris has just described, and on the other, the majority of mlas, assembly members that have just been returned to stormont, whilst they might not be fans of the protocol in a completely unchanged form, then maybe want some kind of flexibility built into it in order to help local businesses, they would prefer to haveit businesses, they would prefer to have it there than not have it there, so there is the conundrum for there, so there is the conundrum for the government, and the government is notjust looking at of course

here in relation to this, it also has to deal with the eu, because the protocol as part of an international agreement that governs trading relationships with the uk and the eu as a whole. , ., , relationships with the uk and the eu as a whole. , . , . , as a whole. given that, is there any chance of having _ as a whole. given that, is there any chance of having the _ as a whole. given that, is there any chance of having the changes - as a whole. given that, is there any chance of having the changes that l chance of having the changes that the dup are asking for? is there any sign that anything could be in the queen's speech, for example? we don't queen's speech, for example? - don't think that there is going to be anything as specific as we might be anything as specific as we might be led to believe in the queen's speech, but certainly there have been noises being made from london, reports in the newspapers that the government is considering doing something unilaterally, perhaps saying that it is not going to enforce the train checks which are required by the protocol, trying to move towards the system of having green channels and wren channels, you will be familiar with those at airports and ports, and letting any kind of uk going circulate in northern ireland, but introducing stiff penalties if anybody wants to try to export them further into the

irish republic and the eu, and if they do do that unilaterally, they can expect a response i would have thought from brussels. find can expect a response i would have thought from brussels.— thought from brussels. and all this would require _ thought from brussels. and all this would require a _ thought from brussels. and all this would require a great _ thought from brussels. and all this would require a great deal- thought from brussels. and all this would require a great deal of- thought from brussels. and all this would require a great deal of time, j would require a great deal of time, one would have thought, to kind of pick through these level of details. does this mean that the people of northern ireland effectively are not going to have a traditional working executive? i going to have a traditional working executive? . . , going to have a traditional working executive? . ., , 4, executive? i certainly think in the short term _ executive? i certainly think in the short term that _ executive? i certainly think in the short term that is _ executive? i certainly think in the short term that is the _ executive? i certainly think in the short term that is the case. - executive? i certainly think in the short term that is the case. we i executive? i certainly think in the | short term that is the case. we do have emergency legislation that was put in place in order to deal with the situation which will mean that quite a few of the ministers who ran the various departments here at stormont before the election can stay in place in a kind of caretaker or sometimes turn a zombie capacity, but they can't meet in the way that the power—sharing executive is meant to meet, and they can't introduce new policies, for instance new policies to defence with some of the money that has been provided by the uk treasury for dealing with the cost of living crisis, at the moment

some of the initiatives that have been made elsewhere in the uk have not been rolled out here. irate been made elsewhere in the uk have not been rolled out here.— not been rolled out here. we will be talkin: not been rolled out here. we will be talking about _ not been rolled out here. we will be talking about this _ not been rolled out here. we will be talking about this for _ not been rolled out here. we will be talking about this for a _ not been rolled out here. we will be talking about this for a while, - not been rolled out here. we will be talking about this for a while, it - talking about this for a while, it seems. mark devenport, thank you very much for talking to us. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz. good evening. it has been a wet day in northern ireland and scotland, and now some of that rain is spreading into england and wales. here is the picture through the evening, some of that rain still across northern england, wales, central parts of england and i think by the end of the night we will have some light rain in the south as well, but it will be mild overnight in the south, 1a degrees, fresher in scotland. and here is the picture for tomorrow, for a time some rain in the morning in east anglia and the south—east, then it brightens up in the afternoon for all of us is looking most blustery in the

north—west with frequent showers, but also some good sunny spells, the of the weather will be further south. and in the following couple of days, changeable for most of us, but warmer weather, much warmer weather, expected to come the weekend. hello this is bbc news with lewis vaughanjones. the headlines: labour leader sir keir starmer says he will resign if he is given a fixed penalty by the police over any lockdown breaches last year. if the police decide to issue me with a fixed penalty notice, i would, of course, do the right thing and step down. buckingham palace announces this evening that the queen won't be able to attend the state opening of parliament tomorrow due to ill health. prince charles will stand in for her. the democratic unionist party says

it will not nominate ministers to the northern ireland power—sharing executive until decisive action is taken on post—brexit trading arrangements. vladimir putin claims his invasion of ukraine was to protect russia, during a major address in moscow at a parade to mark victory over nazi germany. and bbc news has revealed how untreated sewage is being dumped illegally in rivers across the uk, putting health and nature at risk. morrisons has secured a last—minute deal to buy the convenience store chain mccoll�*s, which has more than 1,000 small stores and 16,000 workers. with me now is dr sarah montano, retail expert and senior lecturer at the university of birmingham. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for coming on the programme-— thank you for coming on the rorramme. ., ~ i. ,., thank you for coming on the rorramme. ., ~ . programme. thank you ever so much aood programme. thank you ever so much

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stores, so of course, this gives morrisons a bit more of an opportunity to get into some of that market. �* ., ., market. and what went wrong with mccoll's in the _ market. and what went wrong with mccoll's in the first place? - market. and what went wrong with mccoll's in the first place? sorry, i mccoll�*s in the first place? sorry, i don't know if you had been there, what went wrong with the business originally that meant we were in the position where morrisons had to come in and buy at?— in and buy at? yes, i think we are all aware that _ in and buy at? yes, i think we are all aware that it _ in and buy at? yes, i think we are all aware that it has _ in and buy at? yes, i think we are all aware that it has actually - in and buy at? yes, i think we are all aware that it has actually been all aware that it has actually been a really difficult trading environment over the last two years so come of course, there has obviously been a pandemic, so the vast majority of consumers are changed their shopping habits, so a lot of people were just going and doing a lot of people were just going and doing one one in a shop, really staying of course, one of the things that mccall's would be quite useful for is if you wanted a daily newspaper something like that —— mccoll�*s. we know that sales of physical newspapers have declined. people are getting their news

online, they are using newspaper apps, etc, so it has a sort of reduced the number of reasons that you might have go to your local store. ., ~ you might have go to your local store. ., ,, , ., you might have go to your local store. ~ " , ., , you might have go to your local store. ., ,, i. , . store. indeed. thank you very much for coming — store. indeed. thank you very much for coming on _ store. indeed. thank you very much for coming on talking _ store. indeed. thank you very much for coming on talking so _ store. indeed. thank you very much for coming on talking so that, -- i for coming on talking so that, —— talking us through that. thousands of travellers have faced hours of long queues at birmingham airport. passengers described the situation as "absolute chaos" and "manic" as lines snaked outside of the airport terminal. flights were delayed as people battled to get through security. taxi driver daniel batkin was dropping off passengers at the airport and witnessed what was going on. the atmosphere, obviously, was a bit raw and, obviously, people were moaning, unsure if they were going to catch their flight or not, not knowing how long the queue was actually taking to get through. raw sewage was discharged

into england's rivers nearly 375,000 times by water companies last year, according to the environment agency. the government has announced plans to overhaul the sewer system to tackle the problem and has promised a 40% reduction in discharges by 2040. but in west sussex, some volunteers frustrated by the high levels of pollution have been taking samples from the waterways near their homes to find outjust how much sewage and other chemicals are in the water. zoe conway has been to find out more. chichester harbour, an area of outstanding natural beauty. people here may love being on the water, but many worry about what could be in it. i find it upsetting when we're out and we see condoms, toilet paper and excrement floating in the sea. this community is taking matters into their own hands. they call themselves citizen scientists. they're collecting water samples to be analysed for pharmaceuticals and pesticides. why notjust leave this

to the environment agency? they keep on saying that, you know, they're going to do something about it and year after year passes and it still seems to be the same problems. but it's notjust the harbours people are concerned about. nearby is the river lavant. this is a chalk stream, considered to be one of the rarest and most precious rivers in england. yet for more than six months last year, untreated sewage was discharged into this river from the local treatment works. citizen scientist rob bailey has been watching the works discharging for days on end. the heart drops, doesn't it, when one sees things - that sort of thing? and one starts to realise the negative impact it'sl having on the environment. the environment agency says the treatment works is being overwhelmed by ground

water, which is rainfall that made its way underground. it's getting into broken pipes, it's mixing with the sewage, and then it's discharging untreated into the river. so that is a film of bacteria. so they're feeding off the faeces that's coming out of that sewage treatment plant. but there's loads of other chemicals coming out of there. and the other thing that's obvious just a little way further upstream, you can see a lot of greenery on the riverbed, but then downstream of this sewage treatment plant is just devoid of any plant life. southern water says, "we know that we need to do more to deliver the environmental improvements our customers expect and we're spending £2 billion across our network to make these changes as quickly as possible." last year, southern water was fined £90 million was fined £90 million for what the judge called a "shocking and wholesale disregard for the environment". the environment agency says, "agriculture is a major contributing

factor to pollution in chichester harbour." they say, "we're currently reviewing our enforcement approach to the situation at the lavant wastewater treatment works." and they say, "we're working with southern water to reduce the impact to the river lavant." the water is such an important part of people's lives here. they're determined to protect it. they�* re impatient for change. zoe conway, bbc news, west sussex. well, three pilot projects are under way aimed at improving river water quality. one is on the river chess, a chalk stream in buckinghamshire. joining me is pauljennings, chairman of the river chess association. good evening to you. good evening. let's start with how the river has been at its worst. can let's start with how the river has been at its worst.— been at its worst. can you 'ust ascribe it �* been at its worst. can you 'ust ascribe it to i been at its worst. can you 'ust ascribe it to me? i been at its worst. can you 'ust ascribe it to me? over i been at its worst. can you just ascribe it to me? over the - been at its worst. can you just| ascribe it to me? over the last been at its worst. can you just - ascribe it to me? over the last two years, we have had constant discharges of sewage from the local sewage treatment works at chesham,

mainly due to very high ground water levels which have been getting into the sewage system and really delivering too much material to the sewage works for them to actually manage properly. so they have had no other choice but to discharge it and when they have discharged it, this is notjust when they have discharged it, this is not just a when they have discharged it, this is notjust a single event, it can sometimes go on for days and sometimes go on for days and sometimes in cases four weeks. it sounds pretty unpleasant. what are the kind of thing that can be done about it? ~ ., ., , about it? well, there are a number of thins. about it? well, there are a number of things. firstly, _ about it? well, there are a number of things. firstly, there _ about it? well, there are a number of things. firstly, there has - about it? well, there are a number of things. firstly, there has to - about it? well, there are a number of things. firstly, there has to be l of things. firstly, there has to be investment in the infrastructure, we know ground water is getting into the infrastructure so they have to find ways to stop that from happening and they are already starting to do that, the operator thames water has started a programme of work to do that. we have seen an improvement, without question. this time last year, we had probably about 30 or a0 events by this point in the year, but we had none this year. that is an improvement. the jury year. that is an improvement. the jury is still out on that because a lot of the reason for last year's events was high ground water. this

year, we have not had any where near as high ground water, so we're not sure whether it is at the weather thatis sure whether it is at the weather that is helping us or whether it is at the improvements. so that is helping us or whether it is at the improvements.— at the improvements. so are you effectively _ at the improvements. so are you effectively waiting _ at the improvements. so are you effectively waiting to _ at the improvements. so are you effectively waiting to see - at the improvements. so are you effectively waiting to see when i at the improvements. so are you i effectively waiting to see when the wet weather comes, what comes with it? ~ , ,., , wet weather comes, what comes with it? ~ , ,., y ., wet weather comes, what comes with it? ~ y ., , it? absolutely. that is when we will know for certain _ it? absolutely. that is when we will know for certain whether _ it? absolutely. that is when we will know for certain whether the - it? absolutely. that is when we will l know for certain whether the problem has been fixed. we do know that it has been fixed. we do know that it has improved and we know that a work is being carried out, so that it is a very positive thing. bud a very positive thing. and what about the scalable _ a very positive thing. and what about the scalable basic? - a very positive thing. and what. about the scalable basic? because obviously it is notjust where you are, it is across the whole country —— the scale of this. it are, it is across the whole country -- the scale of this.— -- the scale of this. it requires hue -- the scale of this. it requires huge investment, _ -- the scale of this. it requires huge investment, presumably. -- the scale of this. it requires - huge investment, presumably. we are —— it does. where we are it is a ground water issue and that has large swathe of the east of england where you're sitting on top of talk aquifers and that is a lot of north—west london and iran to the south has built —— chalk aquifers. there are other issues where you

have a big, heavy storm events that occur and that gets into the system and into a manhole covers and finds its way to the sewage treatment works and under those circumstances, you have these very, short, sharp impacts of sewage being discharged. a lot needs to be done to that and it is notjust at a lot needs to be done to that and it is not just at the a lot needs to be done to that and it is notjust at the sewer systems, we need to look at our road networks because they convey huge amount of road run off either directly into the river or sewers and then into the river or sewers and then into the river. so a lot of things have changed, i think i'm over the last 30-a0 changed, i think i'm over the last 30—a0 years, our weather has certainly changed and it has put a lot of stress and i would also say over the last 30—a0 years, it has —— there has been underinvestment in there has been underinvestment in the whole network that needs to change. we the whole network that needs to chance. ~ ., ., change. we will leave it there, paul jenn , change. we will leave it there, paul jenny. thank _ change. we will leave it there, paul jenny. thank you — change. we will leave it there, paul jenny, thank you very _ change. we will leave it there, paul jenny, thank you very much - change. we will leave it there, paul jenny, thank you very much for - jenny, thank you very much for coming on it exciting that to us. —— pauljennings. the headlines on bbc news... the labour leader sir keir starmer says he'll resign if he's given a fixed penalty notice by police for any lockdown breaches last year.

buckingham palace announces this evening that the queen won't be able to attend the state opening of parliament tomorrow, due to ill health. the democratic unionist party says it will not nominate ministers to the northern ireland power—sharing executive until decisive action is taken on post—brexit trading arrangements. let's stay with the balance in northern ireland were sojeffrey donaldson has insisted his party will not return to the northern ireland power—sharing executive unless the uk government amends the bus brexit northern ireland trade protocol. it is after northern ireland's historic election so should they become the largest party. with me as the former special adviser to two northern ireland secretaries, thank you for coming on the programme. we saw the current

secretary talking about talks today, talking to the various different parties to try and get things up and running. how confident are you that will actually happen? hat running. how confident are you that will actually happen?— will actually happen? not confident in the short term. _ will actually happen? not confident in the short term. we _ will actually happen? not confident in the short term. we are - will actually happen? not confident in the short term. we are coming l in the short term. we are coming into the marching season where orangemen march down their traditional roots and it does not generally a sezer time of year when hardline protestants like to negotiate so i think it will be the autumn before anything tangible happens. there's also the question of political will on the side of the uk government, previously between 2017 and 19 the dup were propping up a theresa may's government and they certainly held their fire on many aspects of brexit. they do not have that power any more because of the conservative majority so whether borisjohnson and liz conservative majority so whether boris johnson and liz truss conservative majority so whether borisjohnson and liz truss as foreign secretary and others will really go all out to try to solve this and whether the europeans will in any way help is another matter entirely. so in any way help is another matter entirel . ., ., ., ., entirely. so there are a lot of movin: entirely. so there are a lot of moving parts _ entirely. so there are a lot of moving parts and _ entirely. so there are a lot of moving parts and is - entirely. so there are a lot of moving parts and is also - entirely. so there are a lot of moving parts and is also a i entirely. so there are a lot of| moving parts and is also a lot entirely. so there are a lot of. moving parts and is also a lot of moving parts and is also a lot of moving parts and it feels like it all adds and points towards a lot of delay. can you just explain to us

what happens in this period were effectively nothing is happening in northern ireland? 50 effectively nothing is happening in northern ireland?— northern ireland? so there is a caretaker _ northern ireland? so there is a caretaker administration i caretaker administration essentially. the ministers who were previously imposed before the election continue on a caretaker basis, no new policies are put forward but they remain in post. at one of those ministers in the coalition government in northern ireland, which had five parties at it, she actually lost her seat, so there is a question over what happened there, but what was essentially there before continues for up to six months and if there is no nomination forfirst for up to six months and if there is no nomination for first and deputy first minister, which would presumably make michelle o'neill the leader of sinn fein at the first minister in northern ireland and jeffrey donaldson the leader of the dup deputy first minister, if that does not happen within six months, another election happens, so it will really be a race against time to try to get the executive up and running. a lot of frustration there, bread and butter issues in regards to customising, the health service and

people want is to move on. the protocol is not something i never�*s nine —— in regards to cost of living. nine -- in regards to cost of livina. , , , ., , ., living. the presumption is that eve one living. the presumption is that everyone wants _ living. the presumption is that everyone wants to _ living. the presumption is that everyone wants to avoid i living. the presumption is that| everyone wants to avoid having another set of elections again in six months' time. so that acts as a pretty good deadline because if nothing is agreed by then, wejust have a whole other set of elections. that could potentially happen and then we would be in the same situation after those elections if nothing is happening on the protocol? fir nothing is happening on the protocol?— nothing is happening on the rotocol? ., , ., ., protocol? or even worse than that, that is a scenario, _ protocol? or even worse than that, that is a scenario, but _ protocol? or even worse than that, that is a scenario, but even - protocol? or even worse than that, that is a scenario, but even worse i that is a scenario, but even worse is if legislation was brought in to say, just extend the deadline again, which is often the case at what happens in regard to the northern ireland police process where we are, in northern ireland, happily largely a piece —— northern ireland peace process but sometimes it needs time to catch up with where the public eye. to catch up with where the public e e. , ., ., ., to catch up with where the public

ee., ., ., ., ., to catch up with where the public ee. ., ., ., ., .,~ eye. great to have your own, thank ou so eye. great to have your own, thank you so much _ eye. great to have your own, thank you so much for talking to - eye. great to have your own, thank you so much for talking to us. i eye. great to have your own, thank you so much for talking to us. -- l you so much for talking to us. —— aware the public are. the soaring cost of feed for farm animals is forcing some farmers to make the difficult decision to sell up and leave the industry. once profitable farms find themselves facing the prospect of running up hundreds of thousands of pounds in debt. some believe it'll be the end of many traditional family farms in the midlands. david gregory—kumar visited one pig farm which has made the difficult decision to call it a day. on a farm just west of shrewsbury, these pigs are at the sharp end of a nationalfarming crisis. in the 50 plus years i've been farming, this is the hardest it's ever been. if something doesn't change, then... ..then it's pretty terminal for the british pig industry. this is the end of warwick farm. they once raised around 5,000 pigs a year here for bacon for sale in a well—known supermarket. all right, well, this is our winter accommodation. the breeding sows have gone,

the housing is now empty, hosed down, ready for sale. soon the remaining pigs will follow. so what went so badly wrong here? well, it's a perfect storm of events, and it starts with the price of food for the pigs themselves. sadly, the last six months, feed prices have gone through the roof. they've gone up about a8—50%. at the same time, the price of pork, the final value of the animals, plummeted. almost overnight, this farm went from profit to potential losses in the hundreds of thousands of pounds. keeping going, let alone expanding, made no financial sense. closing the farm, of course, means getting rid of the pigs, and then you run into another problem that the industry is facing at the moment. because of brexit, there's been a lack of abattoir workers and that means it's been hard to get the animals off the farm. and the moment they go over the weight the industry wants, you start to lose £70 to £80 an animal. ask around and you'll find others

in the industry making this same tough decision. i think probably one of the problems with the current situation is that, you know, there won't be the place for small family farms like ours. we employed a small team of staff here and they've all had to go, unfortunately, so... so that's it. yeah, there will continue to be pork products in the supermarket, but it won't be british, it won't be to the high standards, and it won't be sort of investing in the british countryside. until very recently, the plan was to expand the farm and hand it from father to son—in—law. and yet, almost overnight, soaring feed prices have ended that dream. david gregory—kumar reporting there. the average cost of full—time childcare in england is estimated to be £7,000 a year and climbing, with more than half of nurseries and

preschools reporting noticeable cost increases and many needing to pass these on to parents or change their terms. our reporter has visited a ymca nursery in bedford having to do just that. feeding small hungry mouths adds up, but for these parents ping nursery fees next month, is going to get a lot harder. petrol and diesel is going up, shopping is going up, did you expect the fees to go up? absolutely not. we are realistic to know there may have been some degree of change in pricing within the current landscape, but i think this significant level of the increase, as i said, mine personally has gone up as i said, mine personally has gone up 500. what this will have is an increase in costs, £6,000 per annum. henry and his baby sister annabel, along with abbey, go to a nursery in

whitton, one of three run by the ymca in bedford. but staff shortages and rising business costs has met the charity has been forced to change its terms, it says. —— its terms and fees. in terms of the impact it will have on your day—to—day life, it is notjust finding somewhere for your kids to 90, finding somewhere for your kids to go, it will affect your work as well. , ., ., ., ., , well. yes, i have had to move my workin: well. yes, i have had to move my working hours— well. yes, i have had to move my working hours around _ well. yes, i have had to move my working hours around because i well. yes, i have had to move my. working hours around because that not only that, for me... my mum has obviously offered to take annabel, but she does not live here and doesn't drive so if i don't have my mum, i would either have to quit my job or get myself into a debt paying for childcare until henry went to school in september. to for childcare until henry went to school in september.— for childcare until henry went to school in september. to that, the ymca says _ school in september. to that, the ymca says it _ school in september. to that, the ymca says it is — school in september. to that, the ymca says it is in _ school in september. to that, the ymca says it is in an _ school in september. to that, the ymca says it is in an unavoidable| ymca says it is in an unavoidable position with the charity facing losses of its own. we position with the charity facing losses of its own.— position with the charity facing losses of its own. we are not here to see families _ losses of its own. we are not here to see families in _ losses of its own. we are not here to see families in insignificant i to see families in insignificant challenge. and we will work with them _ challenge. and we will work with them as— challenge. and we will work with them as flexibly as we possibly can, but we _ them as flexibly as we possibly can, but we have — them as flexibly as we possibly can, but we have to recognise there is a significant — but we have to recognise there is a significant funding pressure here and the —

significant funding pressure here and the way that we are able to carry— and the way that we are able to carry on— and the way that we are able to carry on to _ and the way that we are able to carry on to deliver the sort of care that we _ carry on to deliver the sort of care that we want to to payments and their— that we want to to payments and their children can only be funded by a change _ their children can only be funded by a change in — their children can only be funded by a change in this business model. outside — a change in this business model. outside of— a change in this business model. outside of the queen's park nursery, we find tom and his son benjamin, staging a one—man protest. it attracts other patents. i staging a one-man protest. it attracts other patents. i looked at the mass they _ attracts other patents. i looked at the mass they gave _ attracts other patents. i looked at the mass they gave us _ attracts other patents. i looked at the mass they gave us and - attracts other patents. i looked at the mass they gave us and i i attracts other patents. i looked at i the mass they gave us and i thought, there is no point. there is no point if you work it out, because i can't afford it, they want payment a month in advance. if you are on benefits, they pay you a month behind, you have to pay months first. no one can afford that. ., have to pay months first. no one can afford that-— afford that. compared to how he was when he first — afford that. compared to how he was when he first started, _ afford that. compared to how he was when he first started, his _ when he first started, his friendship groups have grown, and he is really— friendship groups have grown, and he is really excited about coming to nursery — is really excited about coming to nursery. we would be absolutely devastated to actually say to him, sorry, _ devastated to actually say to him, sorry. you — devastated to actually say to him, sorry, you can't go to nursery and the upset _ sorry, you can't go to nursery and the upset that will cause. joe

ierassneck — the upset that will cause. ire: brassneck place should the upset that will cause. ir2 brassneck place should be —— child's place should be fun, but that may cost the parents dear. it's that time of year — when runny noses and itchy eyes become a problem for millions of hay fever sufferers as pollen counts climb. but some of the usual remedies are in short supply because high street chemists have run out of certain hayfever medicines. our health correspondent catherine burns reports. it's breezy, a bit overcast, but it's warm, so it feels like the start of the glorious british summertime. only it's not so glorious if you suffer from hay fever. it affects up to 25% of adults in the uk. itchy eyes, itchy nose, sneeze a lot. sunglasses are a must. itjust gets in your eyes, it gets in your throat, it makes you tired. yeah, it's, um... it's quite horrible. my eyes are very itchy, constantly

blowing my nose, tickly throat. i you can imagine the last couple of| years, constantly testing for covid! it shows that pack size of 30s and 60s, they're both out of stock. but there's an industry—wide shortage of a key ingredient for certain hay—fever medications. chlorphenamine maleate is in piriton and other brands. we use about four or five different manufacturers, wholesalers and stuff, but none of them have been able to provide them to us. but when people do come in, generally, we do offer them alternatives. generally, there are more of those alternatives than ever before — nasal sprays, eye drops, tablets. for context, high—street chemists often have around 90 options and, right now, are seeing shortages in four. and the missing active ingredient can make people feel sleepy, so it's not for everyone. hay fever is an allergic reaction to pollen and right now, across most of the uk, levels are either medium or high. in fact, this time of the year is essentially a bit of a double whammy for pollen because tree

pollen season started a few months ago and now grass pollen season isjust kicking in. drug shortages are already in the news because of problems getting hold of certain types of medicines to treat the menopause. the government has brought in a new hrt tsar to resolve this. medicine shortages are not a new problem. it's something that pharmacists and pharmacy teams have to deal with almost on a daily basis, and it's been going on for a long time. the hay—fever medicines affected are expected to be back in stock at the end of the month — just in time for summer to really get going. catherine burns, bbc news, in leicestershire. next to a rare and precious find — a tooth from one of the world's largest prehistoric sharks, a megalodon. it was found on the suffolk coast and could be up to 20 million years old. and the amateur fossil hunter who found this rare fossil? he's only six.

jo black reports. the tooth of one of the largest prehistoric sharks, extinct for roughly 3.5 million years. it's a discovery that any experienced palaeontologist would be thrilled with, but this megalodon tooth was unearthed by a six—year—old, and now sammy and his fossil are the talk of his school. sammy, i like your... i like your fossil. i think the tooth is heavy. it's really big and megalodons are from ages ago. but what does sammy make of it all? so it's, like, so big, i didn't know what it even was. and how did you find out what it was? my daddy told me. there were some clearly very serious fossil hunters down there with all the proper gear, and then me and sammy in muddy boots walking along the beach hoping to find a shark's tooth and, instead, turning up this megalodon tooth. megalodons are thought to be

the largest fish that ever lived. a megalodon's full body length can range from at least 13 metres up to a maximum of 18 metres, or almost the length of two double—decker buses. it was the last bank holiday weekend here in bawdsey, in suffolk, when sammy struck lucky. sammy has been to this beach before, but he was looking for shells. but inspired by talking to fossil hunters, he decided to try and look for sharks' teeth. so this was his first attempt at doing so and, of course, he found one. but at first, he didn't realise how special it was. there's a part of me that's been looking for a megalodon tooth since i was six, so i haven't found one yet! i'm very, very pleased that he's found one. sammy has now taken to sleeping with his special tooth. this might be a once—in—a—lifetime find but, for this six—year—old, he's determined it won't be his last. jo black, bbc news, bawdsey, in suffolk.

what an amazing find, well done to him. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz. good evening. it was a thoroughly wet day across some parts of the country — northern ireland, western scotland, for example. and in the week ahead, we have some mixed weather on the way. it's going to be quite blustery. the wettest of the weather will continue to be in western parts of scotland and mid—week we're expecting some rain in the south of the country. now, here's the cumulative rainfall through the course of the week, and notice a fair bit of rain, i think, pretty much across most north—western areas of the country, but here in western scotland, on the scale you can see here, up to around 90 to 100 millimetres of rain is possible. that's a lot of rain on the way. and it's as a result of these weather systems which will be blowing off the atlantic — one crossing the country right now. and you can see it here moving through northern parts of england and wales late in the evening and then heading a little bit further south and east through the early hours behind it, it's fresh atlantic air, breezy weather, temperatures around single figures first thing on tuesday, a little bit milder

ahead of the weather front in the south—east at around 1a degrees, which is a typical pattern we see with weather fronts. so here's tuesday, then, and a large area of low pressure across our neighbourhood. in fact, stretching all the way into scandinavia. it may well be cloudy and a little wet for a time in east anglia and the south—east before that cloud pushes out into the thames estuary and eventually the north sea. and then we're left with blustery conditions as a result of that low pressure anchored here, and showers circling around that low, but also frequent and prolonged spells of sunshine. still warm in the south, 20 degrees, but fresher elsewhere. now, here's tuesday night into wednesday. the low pressure is still with us across the northern isles. but this next weather front sneaks in. it could be a little bit further south, could be a bit further north, more or less rain on it, but the thinking is, i think, a spell of cloud and some rain expected in the south mid—week, and you can see in the afternoon it's right about across the isle

of wight, london, norwich. elsewhere, sunny spells, occasional showers, and fresh again — 1a in belfast, 15 expected in liverpool. now, here's the week ahead from around about tuesday onwards — warming up in the south. in fact, by the time we get to sunday and into next week, we're expecting temperatures up to — wait for it — the mid—20s.

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