having a vote on your neighbour's extension. plans to give people more say over housing developments in england. the government says the levelling up and regeneration bill will give communities more power to improve their surroundings. it's no kind of success simply to hit a target if the homes that are built are shoddy, in the wrong place, don't have the infrastructure required, and are not contributing to beautiful communities. new warnings that more than a million households across the uk will struggle to pay their bills over the next 12 months, if they don't receive more government help. the treasury says it is providing support to households. we'll have the latest. also this lunchtime. vladimir putin is preparing for a long war, says us intelligence, as ukraine says it has

pushed out russian forces near the key city of kharkiv. borisjohnson is visiting sweden and finland to discuss the war in ukraine, as both nations consider whether to apply to join nato. more could be done to help people with long term chronic pain, say specialists, as a bbc survey suggest a quarter of uk adults live with the condition. it doesn't matter how hard i try, or how much i wish or how much i pray. it isn't, or most likely isn't going to change. and, ukraine qualifies for the final of the eurovision song contest. the folk—rap band are favourites to win this weekend's competition. and coming up on the bbc news channel. the pga tour have said they will refuse to release players to take part in golf's saudi—backed invitational series.

hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. people in england are to be given the right to vote on proposed property extensions in their neighbourhood as part of new planning reforms. the levelling up secretary michael gove said the levelling up and regeneration bill, which is being introduced in parliament today after yesterday's queen's speech, will help "build communities that people love". labour has said the queen's speech didn't contain enough measures to help people with the rising cost of living, but michael gove dismissed suggestions that an emergency budget could be held, and said ministers were looking at ways to help. our political correspondent

helen catt has the latest. the pomp and ceremony of the queen's speech is over. now the work on what it announced begins. among the first items, a levelling up the bill which will change planning rules. it promises to give communities more control over development. it isn't the big overhaul that ministers had previously put forward and which caused a backlash among tory mps, and the levelling up the secretary appeared to step back from the government's pledged to build an extra 300,000 homes per year by the mid—20 20s. h0 extra 300,000 homes per year by the mid-20 2os-— mid-20 20s. no kind of success siml to mid-20 20s. no kind of success simply to hit — mid-20 20s. no kind of success simply to hit the _ mid-20 20s. no kind of success simply to hit the homes - mid-20 20s. no kind of success simply to hit the homes that - mid-20 20s. no kind of success| simply to hit the homes that are built are shoddy, in the wrong place, don't have the infrastructure required and are not into beating the beautiful communities. dawn the beautiful communities. down insisted the _ the beautiful communities. down insisted the government - the beautiful communities. down insisted the government remains committed to the target. ministers want to introduce design codes to

allow local communities more say over materials used in a development and the layout. there would be street votes to allow neighbours to vote on extensions, and new locally set levies after brand—new houses are sold to help build infrastructure. there has been criticism that these measures will not do enough to help those struggling to find a home. a charge levelled at other parts of the queen's speech as well. 30 odd measures. _ queen's speech as well. 30 odd measures, all— queen's speech as well. 30 odd measures, all of _ queen's speech as well. 30 odd measures, all of them - queen's speech as well. 30 odd measures, all of them very - measures, all of them very small, few of them focusing on the cost of living crisis. they seem more interested in stoking the kind of culture wars that divide the country because they think a divided country is good for the conservative party. what we need is a government that will bring this country back together. will bring this country back together-— will bring this country back touether. ~ , . ., together. the prime minister chaired the first meeting _ together. the prime minister chaired the first meeting of _ together. the prime minister chaired the first meeting of the _ together. the prime minister chaired the first meeting of the cost - together. the prime minister chaired the first meeting of the cost of - the first meeting of the cost of living committee of senior ministers last night, but the interstates is tweaking rules on things like mot is to bring down costs, not more big spending. to bring down costs, not more big sendina. ., ., ,

spending. there are millions, families and _ spending. there are millions, families and pensioners - spending. there are millions, families and pensioners who l spending. there are millions, i families and pensioners who are already— families and pensioners who are already struggling. they know it's going _ already struggling. they know it's going to _ already struggling. they know it's going to get worse in the autumn when _ going to get worse in the autumn when energy bills go up again. and the prime — when energy bills go up again. and the prime minister literally offered nothing _ the prime minister literally offered nothing yesterday. in the prime minister literally offered nothing yesterday.— the prime minister literally offered nothing yesterday. in the commons esterda , nothing yesterday. in the commons yesterday. the _ nothing yesterday. in the commons yesterday, the prime _ nothing yesterday. in the commons yesterday, the prime minister - yesterday, the prime minister suggested he and the chancellor would be saying more in the coming days but the treasury then said that did not mean an emergency budget. indie did not mean an emergency budget. - are constantly looking at ideas in order to ensure that we relieve the pressure on people who are facing incredibly tough times. but that doesn't amount to an emergency budget, which is what some people immediately thought that it did. it is an example of some commentators chasing their own tails and trying to take a statement that is commonsensical, turning it into, a major, capital letters, news story, and in fact when the treasury quite rightly say, "calm down". this and in fact when the treasury quite rightly say, "calm down".— rightly say, "calm down". as costs continue to — rightly say, "calm down". as costs continue to go _ rightly say, "calm down". as costs continue to go up, _ rightly say, "calm down". as costs continue to go up, the _ rightly say, "calm down". as costs continue to go up, the pressure i rightly say, "calm down". as costs| continue to go up, the pressure for action is likely to continue. the government has laid out its plans for the new parliament question is

if it will be enough to meet expectations. and helenjoins me now from westminster. it certainly sounds as if there is not going to be any kind of emergency budget any time soon. ida. emergency budget any time soon. no, the emergency budget any time soon. iirr, the government has repeatedly said it is phasing in support over time because prices keep going up. it points to the fuel duty cut earlier this year and things like the council tax rebate which will be starting to be paid out to people in band a to d last month, and the 200 levy on energy bills in autumn to come with the expected price cap rise there. there has been a strategy of phasing support. but people are already struggling and there is pressure to do more now. we are told this lunchtime that boris johnson has told his ministers to go faster and be creative in finding ways to help people with the cost of living. there are calls for more to be done. 0pposition parties want to see a windfall tax. the government is not minded to do that but it has not taken it of the table as an

option. there are also called in some quarters for rishi sunak to bring forward the income tax cuts he has promised in 202a. as an aside, there has been some witticism of michael gove this morning for that clip you saw there where he put on different voices, suggest a is —— some criticism of michael gove, suggesting he undermined the situation. the prime minister's spokesman said he is an effective cabinet communicate with a variety of means of getting his message across today. new research suggests 1.5 million households will struggle to pay their food and energy bills over the next 12 months. the national institute of economic and social research has predicted that the uk will fall into recession this year. our business correspondent ramzan karmali is here. he has been looking at this report. does the organisation have any solutions of what to do about all of this? , ,., , , solutions of what to do about all of this? , ,, , ., solutions of what to do about all of this? , , ., . , ., this? they say they have cuts to ideas, this? they say they have cuts to ideas. the _ this? they say they have cuts to ideas, the first _ this? they say they have cuts to ideas, the first one _ this? they say they have cuts to ideas, the first one is _ this? they say they have cuts to ideas, the first one is that - ideas, the first one is that universal credit should be increased by £25 per week from now until

october. secondly, they say are one 0ctober. secondly, they say are one of £250 payment should be given to 11.3 low—income households. this would cost £42 billion. the government say, hang on, we have already given billions of pounds to help people with energy bills, lowering the tapering rate on universal credit as well. but the institute pointed to the office for budget responsibility�*s analysis of those numbers that were given to us in the spring statement, the 0br is an independent body which looks at the government's finances. they say, actually, there is room there for spending. rishi sunak has set his own fiscal rules where he says he does not want to borrow any money for day—to—day spending, and they say under these rules, he still had 20 early in pounds of headroom. so the institute —— 20 billion in headroom. don't forget in the research as well, there is some

pretty ugly reading. they took about half a million households potentially having to make a choice between heating and eating. we have just heard today from 0fgem saying it is inevitable bills will rise again in october.— it is inevitable bills will rise again in october. it is inevitable bills will rise aain in october. ., ~ ., ., again in october. thank you, ramzan karmali. russia's president vladimir putin is preparing for a long war in ukraine, and even victory in the east may not end the conflict. that's the warning from us intelligence, as fierce fighting continues in the eastern part of the country, where russia is trying to take territory. ukraine says their counteroffensive has pushed out russian forces north of kharkiv, recapturing some villages around that key city. 0ur kyiv correspondentjames waterhouse sent this report. a turning of the tide in the kharkhiv region. this t—90 tank, russia's most advanced, destroyed. ukrainian counterattacks have forced the invaders out of some villages, but this war is stagnating

and ukraine's leader knows it. translation: i also want to urge| all our people and especially those not on the frontline, not to get carried away. we should not put moral pressure and expect some victories weekly and even daily. russia doesn't have the air superiority it once had over ukraine, according to the us. instead launching shoot and scoot missions from inside the country. vladimir putin's latest aim is to take the whole of the eastern donbas region. today, though, a warning. a shift in focus, yes. but not a shrinking of ambition. the next month or two of fighting will be significant as the russians attempt to reinvigorate their efforts. but even if they are successful, we are not confident that the fight in the donbas will effectively end the war. we assess president putin is preparing for prolonged conflict in ukraine, during which he still intends to achieve goals beyond the donbas.

vladimir putin is relying on western governments and the european union losing interest, and having to focus on other issues so that he can capitalise in this war. and he is not against a long—term campaign. let's remember there were eight years of russian aggression and war in the east before this invasion even happened. this war is still brutal. look at mariupol. hundreds of ukrainian fighters trapped in tunnels under the azovstal steel plant in the destroyed city. they're calling for the wounded to be helped out. while the others refuse to surrender. james waterhouse, bbc news, in kyiv. borisjohnson is in sweden to discuss the war in ukraine, and will visit finland later, as the two nations consider whether to apply to join nato. the prime minister has signed a mutual security agreement with sweden, promising to support

its armed forces if they come under attack. speaking in the last few minutes he said the agreement was more important than ever given the war in ukraine. ~ ., ., ,_ important than ever given the war in ukraine. ~ ., ., _ ., ukraine. what we are saying and doinu ukraine. what we are saying and doing now _ ukraine. what we are saying and doing now is _ ukraine. what we are saying and doing now is in _ ukraine. what we are saying and doing now is in some _ ukraine. what we are saying and doing now is in some ways - ukraine. what we are saying and doing now is in some ways no i ukraine. what we are saying and i doing now is in some ways no more than a statement of the obvious, in the event of a disaster or a military attack, what we are saying today that upon request from the other party, we would come to the other party, we would come to the other party's assistance. and it's vital to state that, now ever more important to state that, now in the grim circumstances in which we find ourselves with the russian attack on ukraine. meetings have been taking place at harpsund, the swedish prime minister's country residence. from our diplomatic correspondent, james landale told us more. borisjohnson is offering sweden and finland mutual security assurances. and what that means britain is offering to support sweden and finland's armed forces if they come under attack. that's not an automatic

or legal thing like you get as being a member of nato, but it's essentially a political declaration of commitment that britain will come to the aid of finland and sweden in the circumstances. in practical terms that will mean things like sharing intelligence, more of that. there will be more joint military exercises. the prime minister is going to offer to deploy more british military forces into the region. now, the prime minister insists this is a long—term commitment, it is not a short—term stopgap. but it could be crucial for both countries, sweden and finland, if they choose to join nato. cos there is a little awkward moment after application, before they become members, when they get the full security guarantees, when this kind of assurance could be helpful. 0ur europe correspondentjenny hill is in moscow for us. what sort of kremlin response is there to these debates, discussions

about countries joining nato potentially? about countries 'oining nato potentially?— about countries “oining nato otentiall ? , ., potentially? the kremlin spokesman has said that — potentially? the kremlin spokesman has said that moscow _ potentially? the kremlin spokesman has said that moscow is _ potentially? the kremlin spokesman has said that moscow is keeping - potentially? the kremlin spokesman has said that moscow is keeping a i has said that moscow is keeping a very close eye on what's happening. moscow has of course previously warned against such a move saying it would create instability and insecurity in europe. the great irony, of course, is that one of the reasons vladimir putin gave for invading ukraine was that he was worried about itjoining nato. the consequence of his war may be that he faces enlarged alliance right on his doorstep. in the meantime, mr putin remains, it seems, hell—bent on some expansion of his own. keep an eye on kerr's on in the south of ukraine, currently —— kherson in the south of ukraine, currently occupied ijy south of ukraine, currently occupied by russian troops, and pro—russian allies and said they wanted to become part of russia. don't let that distract you from the east of the country where mr putin's troops have yet to achieve his most

recently stated aim, to take the whole of the donbas region. us intelligence sources are saying that mr putin is preparing for a very prolonged conflict. this is not the quick and easy victory he had wanted and dissipated. he continues to insist that his special military operation is going according to plan and he will succeed. but i recently asked one of his former speech writer is whether mr putin regretted in his opinion having invaded ukraine and quick as a flash, without even thinking about it, he came back and said, of course. jenny, thank you. the government has rejected eu proposals to reduce the impact of the post—brexit northern ireland protocol, saying they would make things worse. the foreign secretary, liz truss, said she wanted a "negotiated solution", but warned she could take unilateral action. she'll meet with the vice president of the european commission tomorrow for further talks on the issue. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page is at belfast port for us.

any sense of resolution is getting any closer and is all of is still affecting northern ireland? itinfoil any closer and is all of is still affecting northern ireland? well not for the first time _ affecting northern ireland? well not for the first time northern _ affecting northern ireland? well not for the first time northern ireland i for the first time northern ireland feels as if it's on the front line of the fallout from brexit and one reason brexit has been contentious here is in many ways the various issues around it go to the heart of the political parties in the core reasons for being if you like. so now we are at an impasse in which the future of devolved government here depends following elections last week, democratic unionist party sticking to their position that they will not go back into power—sharing government and therefore prevent the formation of devolved government unless the checks on goods arriving here at belfast port from the rest of the uk are scrapped. they are in place because of the northern ireland protocol, the trade border in effect between northern ireland

and the rest of the uk. after brexit northern ireland basically remained inside the eu single market for goods. in order to prevent checks happening on the land border between here and the republic of ireland but that means a number of goods are inspected whenever they come here from england, scotland and wales because they have to conform to eu standards. so back in october the eu publish proposals which it said would reduce the number of cheques required at any other eu border but the government now, the foreign secretary liz truss has said the proposals by the eu would in effect make things worse so there is wholesale rejection of the eu proposals and suddenly there does not seem to be the likelihood of any negotiated settlement any time soon. people living with chronic pain aren't always receiving effective treatment, according to specialists who think more could be done to help patients manage their condition.

a survey carried out for bbc news suggests 26% of adults in the uk live with long term, persistent pain. nearly half of those said it impacted their daily life — simple things like doing the shopping, or going to work. 0ur health correspondent, dominic hughes, has been to meet two young women whose lives have been severely impacted by pain. i wish i could turn the clock back. but i also know that i didn't do this. five years ago, jen was a successful dental therapist, happy and fulfilled. hi, i'mjennifer. even starring in her practice's promotional videos. today, she's living a life dominated by pain. 0pioid patches, anti—inflammatories, nerve—pain medications. it started with back pain. it was how i would imagine being kicked in the back by a horse would be. erm, that really

acute, direct force. but now its spread through her body, and every dayjen lives with chronic, persistent pain. 0ur bodies are designed to protect us. and sometimes the system that protects us goes into overdrive. my life revolves around the pain. it doesn't matter how hard i try, or how much i wish, or how much i pray, it isn't — or most likely isn't — going to change. hiya, stella. come in. at a clinic in southport... grab a seat. ..dr chris barker leads a team — physios, psychologists, pharmacists — helping people to manage their pain better, focusing notjust on physical causes, but how the brain interprets and reacts to pain. great. cheers, see you again. thank you very much. you're welcome. but dr barker says the broader health system still doesn't have a good understanding

of chronic pain. it's not something that is commonly talked about. people... people kind ofjust get on with it. and it gets to a point where people become incredibly disabled and distressed. and i don't think we're equipped, either as a society or as a health care system, to deal with that. pain isjust — you probably know yourself, pain is huge. 0h, absolutely. yeah. libby is one of those who's worked with chris. now at university, she's lived almost half her life with pain, after developing chronic fatigue syndrome while still really young. the pain came to dominate her teenage years. but with help, libby is learning how to manage her condition. it's not something i can change. it's just something i can co—exist with. and, for me, that's kind of what acceptance is. it's just finding a way to co—exist. i'm sort of trapped in a body that's painful to be in. there's no nice way of putting it. it'sjust a bit... it sucks.

both libby and jen have at times felt badly let down by the health service. late or misdiagnoses, or simply not having their voices heard. both have also found people who understand their condition, and treat them with care and compassion. but in the end, it's come down to their own resilience, finding some strength despite their pain. dominic hughes, bbc news. in response to that report, nhs health boards and trusts across the uk say they are doing more to support people with chronic pain, including recruiting more specialist staff, and reviewing current programmes — though they acknowledge services are stretched. for more on the life changing impact of the condition, and how people can regain control of their lives, head to bbc iplayer and watch �*a life of pain' — available now. our top story this lunchtime. planning reforms are in the spotlight as the first of the new bills announced

in the queen's speech is set to be introduced to parliament giving people more say over housing developments in their area. and still to come — we'll have the latest on day two of the so—called wagatha christie libel trial at the high court. coming up on the bbc news channel. celtic could be crowned scottish premiership champions tonight, with only one point needed against dundee united. if you were with us yesterday, you'll know that the podcaster and cancer campaigner deborahjames was urging people to donate to herfundraising page for clinical trials and research — after revealing that she's now having end of life care at home. well more than 2.7 million pounds has been raised in a little over 24 hours. deborahjames was diagnosed with bowel cancer five years ago at the age ofjust 35. 0ur correspondent graham satchell has followed her story over the last few years,

and yesterday he spoke to her again. for five years now, deborahjames has been recording, documenting, sharing her life with cancer. she has danced her way through most of it. # when you touch me like this # when you hold me like that...# her extraordinary positivity has been a real boost for other people living with cancer. but in her most recent post on social media, she said it's the message she never wanted to write. "we've tried everything," she says, "but my body simply isn't playing ball." deborah invited us in to come and see her. i have a really loving family who i adore and couldn't... i honestly... they are just incredible. and all i knew i wanted

was to come here and be able to relax, knowing everything was ok. and you always want to know as a mother, are your kids going to be ok? and my kids are going to be fine. but it doesn't mean that i'm not going to miss every chance that i could have had with them. deborah's openness, her honesty, her campaigning, has changed the lives of thousands of people living with cancer. but even as she nears the end, her determination to help others is undimmed. before i died the one thing i knew i wanted to do was set up a fund that can continue working on some of the things that gave me life. three, two, one. deborah's family shared these pictures with us. her daughter refreshing thejustgiving page as it reaches £1 million

in less than 24 hours. ijust cannot thank people enough for their generosity because itjust means so much to me. it means kind of... it makes me feel utterly loved. deborah doesn't know how long she has left but she will be surrounded by her family at the end. i have been having sleepovers with my sister. all in ourforties. you know, never left alone, which i think is great. like being kids again. and i can't think of a better way to go. you can hear more from deborah on her podcast. the latest recording of you, me and the big c was released last night — and is available on bbc sounds. a palestinian—americanjournalist has been shot dead while reporting for aljazeera on a raid by israeli

forces in the west bank. sherine abu aqla, who was 51, was shot by israeli troops — her tv channel said she was hit deliberately and in cold blood. the producer she was working with was also shot, and was wounded. scientists say they've established why tens of thousands of soldiers who served in the gulf war in 1991, including many from the uk, went on to suffer from chronic health problems. the say the cause was the deadly nerve agent sarin, which was released into the air when caches of iraqi chemical weapons were bombed. rebekah vardy has denied in court the suggestion that it was standard practice for her to leak private information to the sun newspaper, via her agent. ms vardy is suing coleen rooney for libel — after rooney accused vardy of selling private stories. 0ur correspondent colin paterson is following the case at the high court.

as rebecca via the wife of england footballerjamie vardy was in the witness box this morning being cross—examined and the focus was on exchanges she had with her agent caroline what with coleen rooney and her legal team claiming that they had leaked stories to be the newspaper. 0ne had leaked stories to be the newspaper. one said to be about the footballer riyad mahrez with her discussing a story that he turned up late to training and allegedly her agent said let's sell the story to the newspaper and she agreed. many examples were given from social media accounts one relating to

coleen rooney having her car damaged and rebecca vardy saying we should do a story on that. in court today coleen rooney sat beside her husband wayne rooney and focused on rebecca vardy throughout her questioning with her eyes hardly moving. also worth saying that there was a lot of swearing in court today all coming from reading extracts from those whatsapp messages. this afternoon rebecca vardy is in court and she will be in the witness box continuing to be questioned. ukraine has made it through to the eurovision song contest final, after last night's semifinal heat. the ukrainian folk, rap and hip hop group �*kalush 0rchestra' has become the favourite to win the competition this weekend. david sillito reports from this year's host city of turin. turin. the morning after the night before. a night that was all about ukraine, as the kalush 0rchestra

made its way to the final. there were many blue and yellow flags at the many gatherings across the city. this was a moment when eurovision becomes something more than just a song contest. it's a very emotional moment. but it's so much sad also. so it's really like a big family in europe and ukraine feels part of it. and this is really like celebration of this european union and all the values are european values. so it means a lot. but while they are the odds—on favourites, it's not over yet. turin has sprung a surprise in the betting. there could be, on saturday night, a few unionjacks flying along these famous streets. and if you are a film fan you might just recognise this location. you know, plucky brits carrying out a daring heist. and if you look at the betting,

there is a feeling that maybe, just maybe, this year there could be a 2022 uk italianjob! sam ryder, space man, is this year a real contender. he comes out of the darkness and he brings the light, literally. because he is in a kind of crystal maze structure with beams and bars of light. and it pays homage to rock, eltonjohn, freddie mercury, david bowie. i think older viewers will love that, but also his young tik—tok following. 12 million people, and notjust in the uk. so while ukraine has captured people's hearts, italy looks set to yield something rather better than nul points for the uk. # and i want to go home. #. david sillito, bbc news, turin.

time for a look at the weather. here's susan powell.