this is bbc news i'm martine croxall — the headlines at eight. the deadline has passed for officials named in sue gray's report into lockdown breaches in downing street to respond or object, ahead of its long awaited publication this week. energy company, eon, is warning that unless the government intervenes, the number of its customers in fuel poverty could reach a0 percent by the autumn. it is very significant impact and thatis it is very significant impact and that is why we have called upon the government to take more action. we do need more intervention and it has be substantial. the ukrainian government says it won't agree to a ceasefire with russia that involves giving up territory — in an apparent hardening of its position. more than 300 scotrail services have been cancelled for the third sunday in a row — it comes on the eve of major timetable cuts across the country

cheering and manchester city win the premier league title byjust one point. and coming up at 8.30, trips to cambodia, amsterdam and a crystal cave in spain — that's all on the travel show. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the deadline for downing street officials to object to being named in sue gray's report on lockdown parties has passed.the senior civil servant, who has led the investigation, is expected to publish her findings within days. this morning, the education secretary, nadhim zahawi, defended a meeting which took place last month between ms gray and borisjohnson — insisting it would not have influenced the outcome

of the inquiry. our political correspondentjonathan blake has the latest. borisjohnson, the prime minister whose political fate could rest on the findings of a report by the senior civil servant sue gray. weeks ago, the two held a meeting. who called it, what was discussed — depends on who you ask. one cabinet minister says the row doesn't matter, as sue gray has complete control over her inquiry and the prime minister would never interfere. i don't know why they had that meeting a couple of weeks ago. all i can say to you, i don't believe it's material to the outcome of the investigation. why? let me tell you why. because the pm has always said that sue gray can take the report to wherever the evidence takes her. sue gray's doing this independently. the prime minister will not interfere or intervene. more than 500 photos have been gathered as evidence by sue gray's team, investigating just how widely rules were broken on boris johnson's watch. some argue all of that should be

published to show the public the inquiry has done itsjob. sue gray makes that decision, sue gray has complete control over this. i haven't seen the report. she will publish that report... but you would welcome it? i would absolutely welcome it. it's the right thing to do. labour are leading calls for all evidence to be put out in the open. their leader, sir keir starmer, is under police investigation himself for possibly breaking lockdown laws, but his supporters say it can't be compared to what went on in whitehall. the statement he made the other week showed real integrity and leadership. he's a former director of public prosecutions, he takes adherence to the law extremely seriously. and if you contrast that to the culture that has been exposed both by what the met has uncovered and by what we're likely to see in sue gray's report, you see that culture comes from the top. the most senior civil servant in government — the cabinet secretary simon case —

had to step back from leading the government inquiry after reports of a christmas party in his office. a deadline for officials expected to be named in the report to challenge its findings has passed. if there are no objections it will be released within days. jonathan blake, bbc news. 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 — our guestsjoining me tonight are kevin schofield, politics editor at huffpost uk — and john stevens, deputy political editor at the mail. the boss of one of the uk's biggest energy companies, e.0n, has called on the government to take "very substantial action" to help households struggling with bills — after revealing that 20 percent of its customers are now in fuel poverty. michael lewis told the bbc�*s sunday morning programme, that recent price increases had led to one million of the firms accounts, being in arrears. what we know is there are around about1 million of our 8 million

accounts that are already in some kind of arrears. now, not all of that turns into bad debt, some people arejust late payers. but we expect that number to increase by about 50% in october when the price rises again. it is a very, very significant impact and that is why we have called upon the government to take more action. we do need more intervention in october and it has to be very substantial. our business reporter, simon browning, has more on the significance of what the e.0n boss had to say. the words that wrung out time and time again, significant intervention, government help and poverty. intervention, government help and ove . , . intervention, government help and ove _ , ., , intervention, government help and ove . , . , , poverty. these are big comments cominu poverty. these are big comments coming from _ poverty. these are big comments coming from the _ poverty. these are big comments coming from the boss _ poverty. these are big comments coming from the boss of - poverty. these are big comments coming from the boss of e.0n. i poverty. these are big comments| coming from the boss of e.0n. he said the word intervention four times calling on the government to help its customers. 20% of those are facing fuel poverty and the expectation is that could rise to 40% in october when the price cap

increases again, up to potentially £3000. these are significant comments and there is no doubt there is a big call on the government to help customers in the cost of living crisis. in the interview he talked about the suggestions the government could do, in terms of helping with the warm homes discount and in greece in universal credit payments and he says government needs to tax those with the broader shoulders. there was no discussion about the windfall tax, the question came back to government intervention and the need to do that. later on the sunday morning programme withjo coburn, nadeem is howie appeared and she asked him about the comments made by mr lewis, no firm decisions but he said the chancellor will make decisions in the short term and he will deliver help and go even further. the government has already provided help with energy bills, a £20 billion package but they are under pressure to provide more and the comments will add to that. the ukrainian government says it won't agree to any ceasefire or peace deal with moscow that

would involve giving up terrority. a senior adviser to president zelensky said any concessions would backfire — because russia would escalate future attacks. from kyiv, joe inwood has the latest. in the donbas, diplomacy feels a distant prospect. russian forces are advancing towards the strategic city of severodonetsk, trying to encircle the ukrainian defenders. heavy artillery and overwhelming force, which eventually won them the ruins of mariupol, still their tactic. a senior adviser to ukraine's president says only force of arms will end this conflict. translation: russia sells nothing but war. | it's only interested in expansion. today it attacks ukraine, tomorrow it could attack any other country on the perimeter — georgia, moldova and so on. there is no otherformula but to subdue russia today, to an end to the war on ukraine's terms.

but for the last few days, at least, it is the russians who have been getting their way. in the south of the country, the occupation administration there was keen to show off the hydropower dam they now control. and water has played a role in the build—up to this conflict. for eight years, the annexed crimean peninsula was denied an important supply of it. russia's invasion has got it flowing again. here in the capital, despite russian gains on the battlefield, the mood remains defiant. now that is in no small part due to the horrors that have emerged from areas retaken from the russians. places like irpin, where two thirds of buildings were destroyed. 0r moschun, once a village, now a wasteland. back in the donbas, even amid the horror, people seem to find a moment to reflect.

translation: what are they fighting for? - what are we fighting for? two brotherly people. pull a soldier out of the trench and ask him, he would not even be able to tell you what he's fighting for. but that fighting is continuing, even as they pray, maybe for a peace that seems as far away as ever. joe inwood, bbc news, kyiv. as we've been hearing, eastern ukraine remains where the most intense fighting is taking place — a region which has been ukraine's old industrial heartland. coal mines in the donbas region were crucial for the soviet union during its existence — but the war means most have now closed. our correspondent andrew harding has been to one of the few where miners are still at work — at toretsk — very close to the frontline. it's not what you might expect to encounter, right on ukraine's front lines. an active coalmine. but today, within earshot

of the war, the work goes on, at least in a handful of mines. dangerous enough at the best of times, but with missiles now hitting this area every day, it's hard to know which is safer — above ground or below. "i'm scared like everyone else, but we still need to work," says ira yusko, a medic, waiting beside the lift shaft. wages here are low, but a third of the workforce has chosen to stay on at the toretsk mine, at least for now. the miners here arejust starting their shift. they are going to be heading underground, 800 metres below the surface, to dig for coal. and it's extraordinary to think that the front lines are just four kilometres away from here. there is a mixture of russian and ukrainian speakers at the mine, but they're a close—knit community and prefer to talk about anything rather than president putin and his invasion.

"whether you want putin or not, we all need to live and work," says vitaly vahorder. "russians, ukrainians, and those still loyal to the old soviet union, we all share the same sky." but there are other challenges here in the donbas, a region that once fuelled the soviet union. this mine is 90 years old now, and it shows. many of the ageing mines have now shut down, but the war has made it impossible to maintain them properly. the management are worried that polluted ground water could soon start flooding out. "an ecological threat now hangs over our town," says anatoly sholokhov. "if the water floods to the surface, it will poison the soil and the rivers, it could be catastrophic." but that's a longer term threat.

as the morning shift crowds into the cage there are more immediate concerns — the war above ground and the danger still lurking far below. andrew harding, bbc news, in eastern ukraine. we can now speak to andrew d'anieri, an assistant director at the atlantic council's eurasia center. and you, thank you forjoining us on bbc news. why is ukraine refusing to give up territory, what is the thinking behind that refusal? == thinking behind that refusal? -- andrew. thinking behind that refusal? » andrew. part of it comes from the fact that the kremlin has shown absolutely no interest in good faith negotiations. there were some discussions in the first month or first few weeks of the whole scale invasion and that ukraine sent a serious delegation and the kremlin

sent their culture minister. in that sense, russia has really shown no interest in negotiations and if you are ukraine, your sovereignty has been violated by full—scale war, built upon eight years of low level conflicts with the east of ukraine, you would not have any interest in negotiating either and i think that is the big part of why they do not want to negotiate now. in a strategic sense, there is an interesting angle here, the places where russia has been more successful are in occupied areas like donbas. if you are a ukrainian official there, like donbas. if you are a ukrainian officialthere, it like donbas. if you are a ukrainian official there, it does not make much sense to give the russians any more ground from which to launch further attacks.— further attacks. how important is the regional— further attacks. how important is the regional support _ further attacks. how important is the regional support from - further attacks. how important is the regional support from the - further attacks. how important is i the regional support from the baltic countries, from poland, in ensuring that ukraine feels confident enough to keep pushing back and refusing to concede territory? it is

to keep pushing back and refusing to concede territory?— concede territory? it is absolutely essential. countries _ concede territory? it is absolutely essential. countries like - concede territory? it is absolutely essential. countries like poland i concede territory? it is absolutely l essential. countries like poland and the baltic states understand the threat of russian aggression better than any other western countries. to have the baltic states and poland in institutions like the eu and nato has really pushed in some sense the policy to a much smarter position regarding russia, a much stronger position, that has resulted in more stronger and sensible support for ukraine in the west.— stronger and sensible support for ukraine in the west. given that in negotiations _ ukraine in the west. given that in negotiations everyone _ ukraine in the west. given that in negotiations everyone needs - ukraine in the west. given that in negotiations everyone needs to l negotiations everyone needs to concede something, what concessions can volodymyr zelensky safely offer to vladimir putin? that can volodymyr zelensky safely offer to vladimir putin?— to vladimir putin? that is the million dollar _ to vladimir putin? that is the million dollar question - to vladimir putin? that is the million dollar question right l to vladimir putin? that is the - million dollar question right there and i think it is really tough to say at this stage, because the other side, putin and the kremlin has really made no indications of anything that would be attractive to

him, otherthan anything that would be attractive to him, other than the complete demeaning of ukraine. when those of the stakes, you really cannot even outline a position, because the other side wants to annihilate you. we appreciate your time. thank you for talking to us. the headlines on bbc news: the deadline has passed for officials named in sue gray's report into lockdown breaches in downing street to respond or object, ahead of its long awaited publication this week. energy company aeon is warning that unless the government intervenes, the number of its customers in fuel poverty could reach 40% by the autumn. the ukrainian government says it won't agree to a ceasefire with russia that involves giving up territory — in an apparent hardening of its position. (pres)sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre,

after an extraordinary final day, manchester city have won the premier title. they fought back from two goals down to beat aston villa 3—2 to stay ahead of liverpool, who are the bridesmaids again. ben croucher reports. as the sun sets on a dramatic premier league season, the blue moon rises, a day that ended in tears of the happy count at least. manchester city are kings of england once again in a manner that left us all breathless. if you want attention, the final day was always going to deliver it, huff, puff, scarf, it was not pretty, but for a time it was not pretty, but for a time it was enough. city were well below par, they are for the taking, so aston villa cashed in. tension turned up. it did not help the blood pressure of 50 or so thousand here,

but what happened next would make hearts sink. philip continue there. this is the etihad stadium, the final day, so you know what happens next. gundogan came back on and two minutes later, rodri threading a new stage in the rich tapestry of manchester city, now for the finishing touch. come back complete. coming back like that, i think it was an incredible achievement. the happiness is visible.— was an incredible achievement. the happiness is visible. when you are a kid, ou happiness is visible. when you are a kid. you dream _ happiness is visible. when you are a kid, you dream of— happiness is visible. when you are a kid, you dream of playing _ happiness is visible. when you are a kid, you dream of playing in - happiness is visible. when you are a kid, you dream of playing in the - kid, you dream of playing in the premier— kid, you dream of playing in the premier league and once you play in the premier— premier league and once you play in the premier league, the next aim is to win _ the premier league, the next aim is to win it_ the premier league, the next aim is to win it and — the premier league, the next aim is to win it and to do that today, it is amazing _ to win it and to do that today, it is amazing. in to win it and to do that today, it is amazing-— to win it and to do that today, it is amazinu. , .,, ., ., is amazing. in this most hard-fought of title races. _ is amazing. in this most hard-fought of title races, pushed _ is amazing. in this most hard-fought of title races, pushed to _ is amazing. in this most hard-fought of title races, pushed to the - is amazing. in this most hard-fought of title races, pushed to the very - of title races, pushed to the very limits of the very brink, city macro did it the hard way, but they did

it. cheering. one sour note today, though, was when aston villa's goalkeeper robin olsen was assaulted by a manchester city fan after the final whistle. city have apologised and launched an investiagtion. city's title win, of course, means disappointment for liverpool. their chances of an historic quadruple now gone, but not a bad season and still the champions league final to come. here's what their fans had to say. obviously they have got quality players but i think we did begin to believe. this club never loses heart or spirit and we will come again next saturday. i or spirit and we will come again next saturday.— or spirit and we will come again next saturday. i thought it was a aood next saturday. i thought it was a good game. _ next saturday. i thought it was a good game. but _ next saturday. i thought it was a good game, but it _ next saturday. i thought it was a good game, but it does - next saturday. i thought it was a good game, but it does not - next saturday. i thought it was a i good game, but it does not matter next saturday. i thought it was a - good game, but it does not matter if we did _ good game, but it does not matter if we did not_ good game, but it does not matter if we did not win the premier league,... it we did not win the premier league-"— we did not win the premier leaaue,... , we did not win the premier leaue,... , ., league,... it is sad, we could have won and at— league,... it is sad, we could have won and at one _ league,... it is sad, we could have won and at one point _ league,... it is sad, we could have won and at one point we _ league,... it is sad, we could have won and at one point we were - won and at one point we were excited, — won and at one point we were excited, we _ won and at one point we were excited, we thought - won and at one point we were excited, we thought it - won and at one point we were

excited, we thought it was . won and at one point we were i excited, we thought it was going to happen, _ excited, we thought it was going to happen. but— excited, we thought it was going to happen, but unfortunately, - excited, we thought it was going to happen, but unfortunately, we i excited, we thought it was going to. happen, but unfortunately, we could not do _ happen, but unfortunately, we could not do it _ happen, but unfortunately, we could not do it i— happen, but unfortunately, we could not do it. , ., ., not do it. i 'ust had a feeling we were not do it. ijust had a feeling we were going _ not do it. ijust had a feeling we were going to — not do it. ijust had a feeling we were going to do _ not do it. ijust had a feeling we were going to do it _ not do it. ijust had a feeling we were going to do it and - not do it. ijust had a feeling we were going to do it and we i not do it. ijust had a feeling we were going to do it and we havej were going to do it and we have worked so hard this year to get to where we are and we could not have played any better. so let's take a look at confirmation of the table — and the top — with manchester city champions, ahead of liverpool by a single point, in what's been a stunning finish to the season, pushed all the way. chelsea and tottenham make up the final positions for the champions league spots. arsenal and manchester united have to settle for the europa league. and at the bottom, burnley are relegated. they lost 2—1 at home to newcastle and leeds beat brentford 2—1 to rise above burnley and escape the drop. watford and norwich, already relegated, join them in the championship next season. max verstappen has taken the lead in the formula one drivers championship after winning the spanish grand prix in barcelona. the dutchman suffered misfortune by going off on the ninth lap and then had problems with his car that meant he couldn't get past george russell's mercedes.

but verstappen's luck changed when his title rival charles leclerc, who looked like he was going to win, had to retire after his ferrari developed engine problems. a change of strategy saw verstappen move ahead of russell into second and was then handed victory when his red bull team ordered race leader sergio perez to let verstappen by to claim his fourth win of the season. he'll head to monaco next week with a six—point advantage over leclerc. russell finished third, with mercedes team—mate lewis hamilton fifth. matt fitzpatrick is out own course in the us pga. he was six under par overnight, he had dropped to five under on his first hole, but he is still well in contention behind the leader who starts on nine under par. there is much more on the website. a chief medical adviser at the uk

health security agency, doctor susan hopkins, says more cases of monkeypox are being detected on a daily basis. the latest number of confirmed cases in the uk is 20 but the disease is usually mild and doesn't spread easily, and the risk to the general public remains low. clearly this is a new infectious disease spreading in our community that we have not seen our communities before. therefore we will need to learn a lot about it in here and other countries over the coming weeks. we do know from reporting africa where this disease has circulated for many years that there are certain individuals who are much more at risk of severe disease, especially immunosuppressed individuals and young children. in adults, we think it is relatively mild but again, we will learn more. the risk to the general population remains extremely low at the moment. i think people need to be alert to it, we really want clinicians to be alert to it and send the tests if they are concerned. from the point of view of the general operation, if you are feeling unwell,

stay at home and avoid contact with others, if you develop a rash, immediately seek medical care, either by calling your gp or calling a sexual health clinic, whichever is more convenient for you. we are saying to people, if you have got symptoms, avoid close contact with others and seek medical attention. in australia, the new prime minister elect has vowed to take the country in a fresh direction and end what he called "the climate wars". anthony albanese — who will be sworn in tomorrow — said australia could become a renewables superpower. after recent bushfires and flooding, climate change was a key concern for voters. mr albanese will head straight to tokyo on monday for a meeting with the leaders of japan, india and the united states. obviously the quad leaders' meeting is an absolute priority for australia and it enables us to send a message to the world that we...

there is a change of government, there will be some changes in policy, particularly with regard to climate change and our engagement with the world on those issues. our correspondent in australia, shaima khalil, told us about the challenges mr albanese will face. australians have woken up to a new leadership but also to a huge shift in the political landscape of their country. this was a bruising defeat for scott morrison and his governing liberal national coalition. with voters, especially women, turning their backs on them. the independent candidates did really well in this election, and this is an indication of how frustrated voters have become with the two major party politics. the new leader, anthony albanese, wasted no time in saying that climate action, climate policies, are going to take centre stage for his government. in his acceptance speech, he said that australia could be a renewable energy superpower. it could be a leader in that field. and whether or not he forms

a majority or minority government with a coalition, he will have to work with green mps and independents who have put climate action at the centre of theircampaigning. but this is not going to be an easy task. remember, australia is a country that has been on the front line of climate disasters, whether that be the bush fires of 2019—2020, or the catastrophic floods that happened a couple of months ago. but it is also a country that is still very much economically wedded to fossil fuels. so to convince people, especially in the mining industry in regional australia, that have been economically dependent on this industry, is going to be difficult, but anthony albanese has called for change, has called for safe change, and i think it was a message for those areas as well that this is not going to happen overnight, there is going to be a plan to phase out fossil fuels.

a 58—year—old man and a 14—year—old girl have died in a house fire in distington, west cumbria. emergency crews were called to the blaze at toll bar, in the village near workington, at a.45am this morning. one person managed to escape. when we turned up, the house was well involved in fire, the fire had broken through the roof and there was two people unaccounted for. we quickly ascertained that there was one person found straightaway. the damage is very extensive. we believe the fire started to the rear of the building and on the ground floor, but as far as what caused it, the investigation is still getting under way. a woman has been arrested on suspicion of neglect after a two—year—old boy fell from a second—storey flat window in leicester. the ambulance service called the police to the apartments, at frog island, yesterday afternoon. the toddler had to be taken to hospital, but his injuries aren't thought to be life threatening. a 23—year—old woman remains in custody. the police are appealing for anyone with information to contact them.

a drastically reduced rail timetable comes into force in scotland tomorrow, following a pay dispute between the newly nationalised scotrail and the aslef union. around 700 daily services will be cut across the country, as many drivers refuse to work overtime. alexandra mackenzie reports. many rely on the rail network, but the new temporary timetable means a significant cut to services. there's two reasons for this. the first is that the pandemic meant you couldn't train enough drivers. that's resulted in a driver shortage. and the second issue is that aslef, the train drivers' union, is in dispute with us over pay. that's meant fewer drivers are making themselves available for overtime and for rest days, and that's resulted in cancellations for our customers, which have been unacceptable. from tomorrow, the last train from edinburgh to glasgow queen street, which is usually at 23:45, will leave at 22:15. if you are travelling

from glasgow to dundee, the last train was at 23:10. that changes to 19:10. for the glasgow to mallaig train, the last one was at 18:21. that now leaves around lunchtime. and some services have already been affected. we checked last night, the train was still running. and we've come in today and they've cancelled it today because there's not enough drivers. unfortunately our only train has been cancelled, so we've had to get a refund on our tickets. i will probably choose not to take the train in the future. _ i willjust plan to take i the bus instead of a train. the reduced timetable is likely to impact scotland's world cup play—off against ukraine here at hampden on the 1st ofjune. the scottish conservatives have called on scotrail to lay on extra trains for thousands of fans. the scottish government has said plans are being worked up for events like this one. alongside this disruption, rail workers are to be balloted on strike action over pay.

every one of us is facing a cost of living crisis. we've seen our council tax, ourwater, oursewerage, our gas, electricity, food, all going up, ourfuel, everyone. we have a standard of living and we are trying to maintain that for our membership. scotrail says the temporary timetable would provide more certainty but it will take some time for more drivers to be trained, so the next few weeks could be challenging. alexandra mackenzie, bbc news, glasgow. events are being held to mark the fifth anniversary of the manchester arena bombing. 22 people died when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside an ariana grande concert on 22 may 2017. the names of the victims were read out at commemorations at victoria station, which is next to the arena, and at manchester cathedral. prince charles and the duchess of cornwall are to appear in a special platinum jubilee episode of eastenders. they visited the set of the bbc soap in march.

it's now emerged while there, they were filmed for an episode to be broadcast on the second ofjune. rhaya barton reports. eastenders theme. when tv royalty meets real—life royalty. this was the duke and duchess of cornwall visiting albert square back in march. but it wasn't just a social visit. we now know the royal couple will be starring in a specialjubilee episode of eastenders to celebrate the queen spending 70 years on the throne. cheering. they won't be tangling with the mitchells or setting up on the market, though. they will be dropping in on a street party celebration as themselves. it's one of the best days of my life, honestly. and i mean that. i'm such a royalist anyway, personally. so yeah, it was just wonderful. we are quite used to filming two months ahead, so for us we're often pretending it's summer when it's not summer.

yeah, if you get some shots of the trees you'll see - that the leaves are stapled on. it's not the first time royalty has graced the square. back in 2001, the queen paid a visit to the queen vic. i was lucky enough to meet her majesty last time she was here. accidentally came out of the tunnel and bumped into her as barbara windsor was bringing her behind the bar. and from the square to the cobbles, prince charles made his soap debut 22 years ago. we'll never hear the last of this. on the live 40th anniversary episode of coronation street he was seen in footage on a fictional news bulletin. we just give this onej a good yank, do we? camilla is also familiar with corrie. here she is in 2010 channelling her inner landlady, pulling pints in the rovers. cheers! you're a natural. back to the square, though. the duke and duchess will be making their starring role onjune

the 2nd at the start of the long bank holiday weekend.