today at one... warnings that higher prices are really beginning to bite as the economy shrank in march. people are spending less as the cost of living rises, but the chancellor says the economy is still resilient and there may be more help for those stuggling. but, look, this is really important. i have always said i stand ready to do more as we learn more about the situation. i'm out every single week, talking to people across the country. in our other main story today — police issue around 50 more fines for lockdown—breaking parties in downing street and whitehall. also in the programme... doctors and paramedics tell the bbc long waits for ambulances are having a "dangerous impact" on patient safety. cambodia calls on the british government to return statues that it says were stolen from its temples.

and the story of the passenger—turned—pilot who safely landed a plane. and coming up on the bbc news channel, celtic get the point they needed to be crowned champions of scotland once again. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the uk economy shrank by 0.1% in march, as households began to feel the impact of rising prices and cut back on spending. the office for national statistics says although the economy grew by 0.8% in the first three months of the year, growth stalled in february —

and the latest figures show the cost of living is �*beginning to bite�*. our economics correspondent andy verity reports. a cheshire market in buckinghamshire, danny is hoping the upcoming jubilee celebrations will give sayles a lift. the ponting is going up in more ways than one. every day he talks to his wholesaling is the same message. everything has gone up, everything i sell has gone up in price. what sell has gone up in price. what about these — sell has gone up in price. what about these dog _ sell has gone up in price. what about these dog beds? - sell has gone up in price. what about these dog beds? that i sell has gone up in price. what. about these dog beds? that dog sell has gone up in price. what - about these dog beds? that dog bed there, i about these dog beds? that dog bed there. i sell— about these dog beds? that dog bed there. i sell it _ about these dog beds? that dog bed there, i sell it for _ about these dog beds? that dog bed there, i sell it for 1999 _ about these dog beds? that dog bed there, i sell it for 1999 at _ there, i sell it for 1999 at christmas. it is now 2999. with wanes christmas. it is now 2999. with wages not _ christmas. it is now 2999. with wages not keeping _ christmas. it is now 2999. with wages not keeping up - christmas. it is now 2999. with wages not keeping up with prices, customers are not spending like they used to. this market survived the incident and the pandemic but with pricesjumping and business down incident and the pandemic but with prices jumping and business down an estimated 30%, half the traders have walked away. east estimated 3096, half the traders have walked away-— walked away. cost of living has gone u - , walked away. cost of living has gone u, all walked away. cost of living has gone up. all these — walked away. cost of living has gone

up, all these people _ walked away. cost of living has gone up, all these people are _ walked away. cost of living has gone up, all these people are they - walked away. cost of living has gone up, all these people are they have i up, all these people are they have to limit living and their stop has gone up. to limit living and their stop has one u. ., to limit living and their stop has one u -. . ., , gone up. even in a relatively prosperous _ gone up. even in a relatively prosperous commuter- gone up. even in a relatively prosperous commuter town | gone up. even in a relatively i prosperous commuter town like chesham, there is a toxic combination of soaring prices and stagnating activity. stagflation is causing real economic pain. food banks are more in demand now than they were at the start of the pandemic, even though this is only a slow down and that back then was the biggest recession in 300 years. it is not in that crisis but in its aftermath and in the shadow of war that would know households are feeling the pinch most. while the economy did grow by 0.7% injanuary official estimates say there was no growth in february and activity unexpectedly shrank in march. that is before consumers were hit by higher taxes and bills at the start of april. since then consumers have cut back sharply on nonessential spending. stricken small businesses are demanding government action. in

january our businesses were telling us that despite increasing costs their order books were strong. in their order books were strong. in the last month they have seen those order books decline and that is what we are worried about, we are worried that we are at a tipping point in going into recession and that is why we need to see the government act now with three key measures, reversing national insurance increases, decreasing vat on energy and bring in free covid testing for businesses. and bring in free covid testing for businesses-— businesses. today the bbc's economics — businesses. today the bbc's economics editor _ businesses. today the bbc's economics editor asked - businesses. today the bbc's economics editor asked the l economics editor asked the chancellor why he wasn't doing more in treating this as an emergency. what i would say is i am completely aware of what the challenge is that people are facing are. stare aware of what the challenge is that people are facing are.— people are facing are. are you takin: people are facing are. are you taking action _ people are facing are. are you taking action right _ people are facing are. are you taking action right now - people are facing are. are you taking action right now that i people are facing are. are you taking action right now that is| taking action right now that is needed by so many millions? we have taken action — needed by so many millions? we have taken action already _ needed by so many millions? we have taken action already but _ needed by so many millions? we have taken action already but what - needed by so many millions? we have taken action already but what i - needed by so many millions? we have taken action already but what i have i taken action already but what i have always said is i stand ready to do more. . ,., . always said is i stand ready to do more, ., , ., always said is i stand ready to do more. . , . . more. labour is demanding an emergency — more. labour is demanding an emergency budget _ more. labour is demanding an emergency budget to - more. labour is demanding an emergency budget to tackle i more. labour is demanding an emergency budget to tackle a | more. labour is demanding an - emergency budget to tackle a crisis thatis emergency budget to tackle a crisis that is only likely to worsen in the coming months. with the economy already shrinking, the risk of a full—blown recession this year is on

the rise. andy verity, bbc news, cheshire. the metropolitan police have issued more than 50 new fines for breaches of covid rules in downing street and other government buildings. these fixed penalty notices are in addition to more than 50 handed out last month, including to borisjohnson and chancellor rishi sunak. neither mrjohnson nor his wife carriejohnson are among those to be fined this time. our political correspondent ben wright reports. are you shocked at the scale of lawbreaking in number ten, are you shocked at the scale of lawbreaking in numberten, prime minister? how could you let that happen? the fallout from whitehall will break and has followed the prime minister to stoke. for a cabinet away day. cabinet secretary, can you confirm you have been fined by the police? the police have issued more than 100 fines to people who partied in number ten and government offices during lockdown. the met has said it will not name those who have been fined as it investigates a dozen events that happened when covid restrictions

were in force. we do know that boris johnson, his wife carrie and the transfer rishi sunak were given a fixed penalty notices last month. over a birthday party held for the prime minister injune 2020. the ballooning list of party vines means tory mps cannot escape the prime minister wasn't present that this event, this latest event that we are hearing about but it is quite clear that the prime minister has apologised, he has changed a lot of senior staff at downing street. i think that is absolutely what is needed to happen and i'm glad that culture shift has happened. this fictional party — culture shift has happened. this fictional party was _ culture shift has happened. this fictional party was a _ culture shift has happened. this fictional party was a business meeting _ fictional party was a business meeting. it was not so she distanced.— meeting. it was not so she distanced. ~' ., .. distanced. the link video of the prime minister's _ distanced. the link video of the prime minister's then _ distanced. the link video of the prime minister's then press - prime minister's then press secretaryjoking about prime minister's then press secretary joking about a prime minister's then press secretaryjoking about a downing street christmas party ignited the scandal and a source has told the bbc that some of the fines issued were given to people who attended the do on the 18th of december 2020. the prime minister was not at it but

labour wants to keep the pressure on him. , . .. him. they have reached the distinction _ him. they have reached the distinction of _ him. they have reached the distinction of racking - him. they have reached the distinction of racking up - him. they have reached the l distinction of racking up more him. they have reached the - distinction of racking up more fines than any other location in britain yet he is refusing to do the decent thing. i think that is quite extraordinary considering he made the rules, then broke the rules on a record scale. flit the rules, then broke the rules on a record scale-— record scale. of course a labour event is also _ record scale. of course a labour event is also being _ record scale. of course a labour event is also being investigated | record scale. of course a labour i event is also being investigated by durham police and the party's leader has said he will resign if he receives a fixed penalty notice. unlike the prime minister who has swatted away calls to quit, this morning number ten said neither borisjohnson nor the cabinet secretary had received fines today but this remains a life police investigation and a smouldering political views. mps will investigate whether borisjohnson misled parliament about all this and a full report will be published by the civil servants so grey. judging by the novel finds no issue, that is likely to be a long and incendiary read. ben wright, bbc news,

westminster. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is at new scotland yard. another batch of fines. where are we in this process? the another batch of fines. where are we in this process?— in this process? the police are sa in: in this process? the police are saying very — in this process? the police are saying very little, _ in this process? the police are saying very little, even - saying very little, even unofficially about their investigation. that is of the political insensitivity is sensitivities. it is not a murder or counter terrorism investigation where they are appealing to the public for help. we do not know where they have got to. we know they are investigating 12 or so parties, we think fines have been issued for at least four of those parties, we know the prime minister, his wife and also the chancellor have all been among those who have received fines, but what is not clear is how much more that is to go. there is a slight change in language, they talked about the go about having a significant amount of material to go through. today theyjust significant amount of material to go through. today they just talked about it being a live investigation so maybe were coming towards the end of it. there was certainly a hope

that it would be finished by the end of this month at one point and it may be that we are getting there, but in the end, the only solid thing we know it's more than 100 people who attended events in downing street and the cabinet office have now been signed.— our political correspondenet nick eardley is in stoke—on—trent where the prime minister held his cabinet meeting this morning. bad news on the economy today and now the announcement of these fines — tricky times for the government? that cabinet meeting is actually running quite late and just getting under way now. but this issue of fines just throws back into the spotlight something that has been really uncomfortable for downing street for months. yes, the prime minister and his wife are not among those being fined again at the

moment and that will be a relief, i think for number ten, but this process goes on. there are more events being looked at as the potential of more fines to come and there is that second sue gray report which is widely expected to be highly critical of what was going on in downing street. it is extremely uncomfortable still for the prime minister. what is also uncomfortable is the pressure the prime minister is the pressure the prime minister is under to come up with more answers on the cost of living. the cabinet is discussing how to ease the burden, they want to do things like remove red tape and loosen some rules to try and get rid of some costs that families and households are facing, but they are under huge pressure to do more. windfall taxes are something that is not being ruled out by the government, it is something senior ministers do not want to do because they would rather persuade energy companies to invest more money but they know the pressure is such on this issue that they cannot rule it outjust now. income tax, a reduction in income

tax is something many tory mps want, think the private estate may be tempted to do but at the moment, the treasury are still saying that is not something they are doing itjust yet. a lot has been kept on the table but in terms of concrete action, the pressure is still there but we don't exactly know what it will be. know what it will be. doctors and paramedics say long waits for ambulances across the uk are having a "dangerous impact" on patient safety. bbc research found the number of serious safety incidents involving ambulances in england rose by 77% over the past year, compared to before the pandemic. our health correspondent jim reed reports. i rememberjust lying down on my mum's lap. we needed to go to the hospital as soon as possible. ten—year—old willow spent four nights in hospital last year after falling off her bike. isaid, "help! i can't breathe!" that's all i said, that's what came to my mind. yeah, she was screaming for help and we couldn't really move her because she was in a real

mess, like a car accident rather than a bike accident. but when a passer—by called an ambulance, they were told it would be a ten—hour wait for help, well above the two hour target for an accident like this. the family had to make their own way to hospital. we kept getting told by consultants that we should not have moved her because her back and her neck injuries could have been quite severe. it's the first time i've ever had to phone for an ambulance. when i really needed it, it wasn't there to help and it should be. the ambulance service said it was under significant pressure that day because of high demand. it apologised and said willow should have been assessed differently and paramedics assigned more quickly. ambulance response times have been rising sharply over the last year. in england the most serious life—threatening cases should be seen within seven minutes. in april the average was more than nine minutes. for so—called category two emergencies, like strokes or heart attacks, the target is 18 minutes. the average is now

more than twice that. in other parts of the uk, services are under similar pressure. we may have had crowding in emergency departments, it's worse now, but we've always been able to get ambulances and i think the fact that we are struggling to guarantee somebody an ambulance in a timely way moves us into a whole new territory of patient safety issues. hospitals are extremely busy for this time of year as doctors continue to deal with a backlog of health problems caused by the pandemic. that means ambulances are often having to queue outside, sometimes for hours, before they can drop off patients. all this comes at a time when the number of 999 calls has been rising to record levels. if ambulances have to queue outside hospitals like this, it might mean they can't get out quickly to the next person on the line who needs help and the concern is that could have a knock—on effect on patient safety. in the year before the pandemic, ambulance staff logged 312 serious

safety incidents where a patient could have died or permanently injured. over the past year that has risen to 551 reports. the nhs says it is working hard to free up hospital beds to see patients quickly. the government says it is providing billions of pounds to tackle the treatment backlog in england. doctors though say too many people who need emergency care are still left waiting. jim reed, bbc news. it has been recommended that the uk's covid inquiry examine the impact on mental health in children and young people. the inquiry was set up to assess the country's preparedness. our health correspondent is with us. it is scope has widened. it correspondent is with us. it is scope has widened.— correspondent is with us. it is scope has widened. it has. the draft terms of reference _ scope has widened. it has. the draft terms of reference were _ scope has widened. it has. the draft terms of reference were published l scope has widened. it has. the draft| terms of reference were published in

march and they included a long list of themes that would be examined comedy preparedness, the economy, how well hospitals and care homes were protected, the procurement of ppe, social distancing and masks but there is no mention of the impact of there is no mention of the impact of the pandemic on children and young people. they had been at very low risk of the virus but schools had been closed, their mental health has been closed, their mental health has been affected and wider well—being has been impacted. so now we have got today the final terms of reference and they do now include children and young people, alongside the wider impact on mental health of the wider impact on mental health of the whole population. there is also going to be a strength of focus on inequalities, the clarity —— inquiry said, so the impact on different members of society will be considered at all stages. the government has received legal advice it would now be lawful to override parts of the post—brexit treaty for northern ireland.

such a move could lead to the ending of checks on goods going from britain to northern ireland. but the eu has warned it could retaliate by introducing trade sanctions. our top story this lunchtime... warnings that higher prices are beginning to bite has the economy shrank in march. and day three of the so—called wagatha christie libel trial at the high court. coming up on the bbc news channel — we look ahead to one of the biggest north london derbies in recent memory, as tottenham take on arsenal. cambodia has asked britain to help it recover antiques that it says were stolen from the country and given to british museums. a bbc investigation has found more than 100 artefacts are currently held in uk museum collections.

many of them were taken from temples over the past 50 years. our asia pacific editor celia hatton reports. cambodia's most famous temple, angkor wat. this is one of asia's poorest countries but, even so, most cambodians will spend what they can to travel here at least once in their lives. these statues are more than just stone. they're thought to be living gods. but look closely and you'll realise something's wrong. angkor wat's been emptied. the head's been taken off. a hand's been taken off. you canjust imagine a looter would cut that, take it, smuggle it across a border, probably into thailand, and then on into some auction house. we simply don't know where this has gone. angkor was looted over 100 years ago, but thousands of other temples in cambodia were pillaged just in the last few decades. investigators are tracing

the looters who carried out this modern antiquities heist. the former looters — who've become government witnesses — have all been given code names to try to protect their identities. right now, we're on our way to see a man they call red horse. he leads me to the remains of an 11th—century temple. wow! these dead vines are covered in really sharp thorns. oh, and there are hornets too. red horse says he unearthed a statue in the 1970s. "this is the exact location," he tells me. "we dug and lifted it out, two people on each side." oh, i see, there's a few things... cambodian investigators are confident the statue red horse says he found... this thing? this is what you...? this is what you took? took it from inside there? ..is now in the british museum.

using targeted archaeological digs, coupled with newly discovered emails and shipping records, the authorities are tracking thousands of missing statues. their conclusion? many of cambodia's treasures were sold off during three decades of civil war and genocide, through to the late—1990s. in the remains of what was once cambodia's biggest temple complex, we meet another looter, the iron princess. translation: if we found something, we would stay until 5pm and come - back at seven or eight in the morning. back then, there was no other work besides looting. iron princess recognises items that are now in the victoria & albert museum. investigators are still looking into her claims.

the cambodian authorities have tracked vast numbers of objects into the uk. this is a time of conflict. large museums like the british museum or v&a, they shouldn't have accepted these pieces. they should have done proper due diligence. and they should have known that it was very questionable that these pieces were coming out. both museums told us they're transparent about the heritage of objects in their collections and that it's integral to them to confirm their provenance. few visit the temple where iron princess did most of her looting. anything worth seeing has been traded away. translation: i'm sad, because those statues l are part of our heritage. they belong to cambodians. if i can help in bringing them back, i will do so for my country. many here have decided — they want their gods to return home. celia hatton, bbc news, cambodia.

you can see more of that story on our world this saturday and sunday at 9.30pm on the bbc news channel and on iplayer. the leaders of finland have said the country should apply apply to join the defence alliance nato without delay, abandoning its traditionally neutral stance. finland shares an 800—mile border with russia and has seen a growth in public support forjoining nato since the invasion of the ukraine. our europe editor katya adler is in helsinki. just how big a change is this? it isa it is a massive change. up until now finland has preferred to work alongside rather than inside nato. it shares an 800 mile long border with russia, which has been very clear that it preferred finland not to join nato, clear that it preferred finland not tojoin nato, so for good neighbourly relations it really wasn't an issue here until russia

invaded ukraine. of course, that turned all of europe's post—cold war security order upside down but nowhere more so than here in the east. if you look at public opinion polls here, before russia's invasion they were about 20—30% in support forjoining nato. the latest poll stays 76% support. vladimir putin sees nato's eastward expansion as a threat so it's an own goal and an irony that finland and probably neighbouring sweden say they now want tojoin neighbouring sweden say they now want to join the military alliance. moscow has threatened retaliation. it says it won't make a europe more secure to have finland and possibly also sweden as nato members but ask people here, they want to be part of an alliance that has an all for one and one for all clause, an attack on one member is seen as an attack on all. . , . all. . �* all. ., �* , ~' au, ., , ~ ., ~ all. katya adler in helsinki, thank ou. in ukraine, the bbc has found clear evidence of possible war crimes committed by russian

soldiers in kyiv. in shocking images caught on cctv, two unarmed civilians are shot in cold blood at the height of the battle to take the capital. police have told the bbc dozens of civilians were found shot dead after the russians retreated. from kyiv, our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford has this report. these are russian soldiers on their way to loot and to kill. but their every move is caught on multiple cameras. and so is leonid, the security guard, as he approaches them. the men talk, even smoke, and then the soldiers leave. but suddenly, two turn back. they shoot leonid and a second man multiple times in their backs. leonid somehow survives. his boss dead, the guard staggers back to his hut and starts phoning for help. i met one of the friends leonid called that day. he told vasya the soldiers claim

they don't kill civilians. then they shot him. translation: i asked how he was. i said, "can you at least bandage yourself up?" and he said, "vasya, i barely crawled here. everything hurts so much. i feel really bad." so i told him to hang in there, and started calling the territorial defence. the russians drove a stolen van, daubed with their v symbol and the words "russian tanks special forces". and this is the man we saw shooting, now helping himself to a drink. he has no idea he's being filmed. no—one does, until it's too late. and all this time, leonid is hiding in here, bleeding heavily. weeks later, we found his clothes and mattress bundled up outside. he died before help could reach him. i met the men who tried to save leonid, sasha and kostya,

who sold air conditioning before the war. as they rushed to the scene that day, they tried to reassure leonid that he'd make it, but they were scared themselves. translation: we went there knowing the risk, under fire. _ we knew the russians would come back, and they had tanks and we only had our guns. so our chances were not equal. but we had to go and get him. they show me how the nearby road looked in those days, with russian tanks rolling past their positions. police have told us the russians shot at anything that moved here. they found the bodies of 37 civilians on just this stretch of road. it's notjust the burnt out buildings and businesses along this road that you see, but things like this.

two russian tanks just lodged in the forest. and you can see the vs painted on the front. and it's a really stark reminder of just how fierce the fighting was all along these roads into kyiv, and how terrified leonid must have been as he was lying there, bleeding and calling for help. leonid's daughter shared this image of her dad as she'd like him remembered. yulia is abroad now. she tells me she wants her father's killers to face justice. translation: my dad was not a military man at all. _ he was a pensioner. they killed a 65—year—old. what for? i'm not so much furious, as full of grief and fear. these damn russians are so out of control, that i'm afraid of what they might do next. leonid never returned to his home, or his pets.

another life stolen by russian troops, now notorious for their brutality. sarah rainsford, bbc news, kyiv. rebekah vardy is giving evidence for the second -- third —— third day at the high court, where she is being questioned about allegedly leaking stories to the sun newspaper. ms vardy is suing coleen rooney for libel, after rooney accused vardy of selling private stories. our correspondent colin paterson is at court. what has been happening today? rebekah vardy arrived at court without jamie vardy, her husband, who scored twice for leicester last night. this was about coleen rooney trying to establish links between rebekah vardy, paparazzi rebekah va rdy, paparazzi photographers rebekah vardy, paparazzi photographers and journalists at the sun newspaper. we heard about when

banks were photographed outside a restaurant in st petersburg, rebekah vardy denied orchestrating was accused of lying under oath because she couldn't rid to remember much about the evening because she had been drinking. we heard about stories that ended up in the sun including ones about coleen rooney. crucial is a mobile phone belonging to rebekah vardy�*s agent, which ended up in the north sea. coleen rooney's barrister expressed his frustration about this by saying it was with davyjones' lokko. rebekah vardy�*s reply, who is davyjones? she will be back in the witness box this afternoon.— this afternoon. colin paterson, thank you- _ it sounds like the plot of a hollywood movie — an air passenger with no flying experience has to land the plane when the pilot falls ill. but it was all too real for one man, who managed to land an aircraft safely in florida after the pilot passed out mid—flight. mark lobel reports. when the pilot of this florida—bound single engine cessna 208

suddenly got ill mid—air, he fell against the controls, sending the aircraft into a nosedive and sharp turn, leaving passenger darren harrison on a wing and a prayer 2,750 metres high. but despite having no experience of piloting a plane, he pulled it out of its nosedive and radioed air traffic control. with just the florida coast for reference, mr harrison was then given step—by—step instructions of what to do next.

at this point, formerflight instructor robert morgan was pulled off his break to help guide the plane down. when somebodyjust drops that bomb on you that you're not expecting, like, this is the situation, you're just like, whoa. ifelt like i was in a movie. but he wasn't. morgan'sjob now, to keep the passenger turned pilot calm and point him to a longer runway so he could land safely. he was calm all the way in. how am i looking? your altitude is good, you're 1000 feet, you're 600 feet, you're 300 feet, and then he disappeared off the radar stuff, so i was kind of like, "uh—oh, what do i do now?" so i wasjust, like, "hey, i don't see you any more on my radar. "i just want to make sure you're still there, "can you still hear me?" "yeah, i still hear you." after a bouncy landing, the plane was towed away. the man who brought the plane down safely hugged his unexpected instructor on the tarmac before rushing home to see his pregnant wife. the original pilot

was taken to hospital. his condition remains unknown.