wood between paddington and abbey wood will run monday to saturday with trains every five minutes. seamless end—to—end travel will come by may next year. we are on board one of the new elizabeth line trains, they are pretty state—of—the—art and 200 metres long. each can carry up to 1500 passengers. the crossrail project is opening three and a half years later, one new station, bond street, is still not ready, and the budget has swelled to £18.5 billion, but it is still seen as a hugely impressive engineering achievement. the crossrail elizabeth line is really important for us to all be proud of, but don't believe it has gone down beautifully well in leeds, liverpool and manchester where they want a share of the investment kick, and i think there will be big discussions in future. passenger numbers forecast _ discussions in future. passenger numbers forecast for _ discussions in future. passenger numbers forecast for the - discussions in future. passenger. numbers forecast for the elizabeth line's first few years have been

scaled back, but transport for london insists it is still needed. this railway is not built for today or tomorrow but for the next 100 to 150 years, we believe it is a catalyst propose pandemic recovery. you can see the reaction of customers are wild by the railway, we think it will drive customers back onto the railway.- we think it will drive customers back onto the railway. there was a celebratory — back onto the railway. there was a celebratory atmosphere _ back onto the railway. there was a celebratory atmosphere as - back onto the railway. there was a celebratory atmosphere as the - back onto the railway. there was a | celebratory atmosphere as the new railway arrives with a promise to transform travel across london on the south—east. it is not clear when something like this might be built again. katy austin, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's stav da naos. probably best to stay below ground today, don't be fooled by the sunny spells, the ominous sky behind me means there is pretty heavy showers about, some heavy and thundery. this is a weather watcher from greater london. most of the heavy showers should become confined to the midlands and eastern england later that you can see the latest radar

satellite picture across the whole country, scattered showers, thundery downpours through the midlands and southern and south—eastern england, they will rumble over the next few hours, torrential downpours in places but lovely spells of warm sunshine in between, increasing sunshine in between, increasing sunshine out west as high—pressure starts to build. temperatures around what we expect that this time of year, the mid to high teens, 18 or 19 across the south—east. the showers will rumble for a while across central and eastern areas, turning dry under the ridge of high pressure, the next weather front approaches is wetter, windier and milder, a bit cooler. this next frontal system spreads across the country on wednesday, it will be a weakening feature so by the time it reaches the east of the country it will be very weak, just a band of cloud with patchy rain. skies brightening for much of the country,

sunshine and showers, some heavy showers like much of these across western scotland. the cloud might hold on across east anglia and the south—east, temperatures in the mid to high teens. the pressure charge for wednesday and thursday shows high—pressure to the north, low—pressure to the south, outbreaks of showery rain to northern ireland, northern england, the midlands and wales, but supplied generally across england and wales through thursday, limited sunshine. scotland and northern ireland will have sunshine and showers, some heavy. winteriness over the very high mountain tops as the air will be cooler across scotland for a while. friday and into the weekend, high—pressure building, more sunshine across the southern half of the country, still quite windy with sunshine and showers across much of north—east scotland, temperatures in the mid—teens in the north, 20 in the south, fining to the weekend pertaining cooler.— south, fining to the weekend

pertaining cooler. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, good afternoon, it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. west ham's kurt zouma has admitted kicking and slapping his pet cat. the defender pleaded guilty to two counts under the animal welfare act when he appeared at thames magistrates' court in east london this morning. he was filmed on social media in february kicking and mistreating his pet by his younger brother yoan who plays for dagenham and redbridge — who also admitted one offence during the hearing. the animals are still being cared for by the rspca which raised the investigation. west ham have made an inquiry about signing england forward jesse lingard.

his manchester united contract is due to expire at the end of next month. the 29—year—old had an impressive loan spell with the club at the end of the 2020—21 season. moyes has tried to buy him twice since then but now the player is expected to leave his boyhood club this summer, despite the arrival of new manager erik ten hag. the everton striker dominic calvert—lewen says talking about mental health saved his life. the england player missed much of the season with injuries, but scored the goal that ensured everton�*s premier league survival writing on instagram he said... "to all the young kings suppressing emotion i advise you to talk, to a friend, family member, or someone that will listen. talking saved my life. the paradox of true strength is being able to face your weaknesses". danil medvedev has begun his french open with a straightforward win. the world number two encountered few problems against argentina's facundo

bagnis, easing to a comfortable straight sets win — 6-2, 6-2, 6-2. later, former champion simona halep and 2021 runner—up stefanos tsitsipas will take to the court for their opening matches. next to the fallout from wimbledon�*s decision to ban russian and belarusian players this year because of the war in ukraine. the men's and women's tours have stripped wimbledon of ranking points, and rafa nadal says he wants the atp and wimbledon to find a compromise. nadal beatjordan thompson in straight sets at roland garros yesterday. speaking afterwards, nadal admitted the situation was difficult and didn't say whether he agreed or disagreed with the move to take ranking points away from wimbledon. unlike world number one novak djokovic, who called it the right decision, whilt four time grand slam champion naomi osaka said she might skip wimbledon entirely if there are no ranking points available. i respect and i understand wimbledon position, without awe doubt, but on the other hand i understand and respect to that the atp is

protecting their members, and that it is not that one is doing a negative thing and other one is doing the good thing, everyone have, in my personal opinion have good reasons to make the decisions that they make today, and hopefully, atp and wimbledon can be together and sit together, and negotiate a better future for both sides. former british turned jamaican international swimmer michael gunning has announced his retirement from the sport at the age of 28. gunning competed atjunior level for great britain before switching to the nation where he father was born and represented jamaica at two senior world championships. he narrowly missed out on the tokyo 2020 olympics but has passionately promoted lgbtq+ rights and diversity in the sport, areas he now aims to dedicated himself to further in retirement.

i i would have loved to qualify and gone to the commonwealth this summer, a home games which i am excited for and the olympics in paris, but, you know, reallyi excited for and the olympics in paris, but, you know, really i think myjourney in swimming, in competitive swimming is done, i feel like the impact i can make is helping the other side of sport. getting more people in swimming, carry on inspiring people in other ways and i think i am ready to almost spread my wings and see where is next for me outside of the water where is next for me outside that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. gareth southgate is set to announce his squad. i will have more later, but that is all for now. thank you. good afternoon. you are still watching bbc news, we will take look at a few stories making the news here this lunchtime and the oil giant bp says it believes enough jobs can be created in the alternative energy�*s business to replace those lost by a long—term

shift away from oil. concerns have been raised the number of new green jobs won't match those that will be lost, as part of the energy transition. well, as part of the beep's feature of oil day, our environment correspondent kevin keane has this report. it is a familiar sight at harbour in aberdeen. supply ships like this have kept oil platforms stocked for half a century. for the next generation, the changes ahead bring some challenge. obviously it is exciting, with renewable sector and it is a welcome and needed change, but i think oil and needed change, but i think oil and gas will be around for a long time. aberdeen harbour has been the beating heart of the oil and gas industry for many decades now. but even its changing to make room for these this new industry, not least these this new industry, not least the growing number of wind farms that are cropping up along the east coast. change is on the horizon here but it is still an oil town and that is by far the biggest source of

employment, although the numbers are gradually declining. the head of bp's operation here tells me that the biggest change will come in the next eight years. we will be about 60—a0 by 2030 in those two pillars. infavourof...? we will have a 40% reduction from today in the oil and gas business, so that will be about 60%, and then you will have the balance of it being the low carbon energy production streams. what does that transition mean forjobs in a place like aberdeen? can there be enough jobs created to replace the jobs that will be lost? absolutely, we are quite convinced about that. others, though, say that won't be the case across the industry, with these requiring fewer people to run them than a big oil installation. there is evidence that aberdeen is serious about embracing alternative energies. this centre now trains people to transfer from boats onto wind turbines in the middle of the sea. we all know the pace of energy transition is really

picking up and so we, like other businesses, just have to adapt to that. it is why we have made investments in new facilities specific to the renewables industry, for example. aberdeen is a city trying to shake its tag as europe's oil capital, in favour of europe's energy capital. but while oil peaked more than two decades ago, this is not a place that want to let go of it entirely any time soon. kevin keane, bbc news, aberdeen. wales education minister has told every school it must tackle bullying and aself after a pupil lost a finger. after reportedly fleeing bullies in south wales. jeremy miles says schools have to take a robust approach and anti—racism plan will be published seen. rahim bailly had surgery after catching his finger on a fence near his school but it couldn't be saved.

11—year—old raheem bailey, recovering at home after a terrifying and life changing ordeal. last tuesday he spent hours undergoing surgery in hospital. raheem told his mum shantal that he had been attacked by a group of children in school and as he tried to escape the police, he caught his finger, injuring it badly. it was so severe it had to be amputated. he was really brave. he was. he was really brave. it is not me just saying it because it is nice, or... he was completely brave. he sat there in utter agony with just gas and air and occasionally having calpol and oramorph, but he sat there in agony. and the whole time telling, "i'm sorry, i'm sorry, mummy. "i just couldn't stay there. why don't no one like me?" there has been a huge response since people started to hear about raheem's story. his mum set up a fundraising page and so far it has

raised nearly £100,000 for raheem's future treatment. the boxer anthonyjoshua and footballerjadon sancho are among those to send private messages to him's family. seeing people's supporters helping. it has been amazing, because it's like another kind of boost of, there you go, you see, there is mean people but there is also a lot of nice people. today the secondary campus, as well as the four primary schools that make up abertillery learning community have been closed. the council says it was concerned about some of the comments on social media and felt it was necessary to keep pupils and staff safe. but the councilmen says all schools will reopen tomorrow. but the council says all schools will reopen tomorrow. in a statement, the education ministerjeremy miles said he was shocked and saddened when he heard about the incident, and said it was a key goal of the welsh government to improve the experiences of black, asian and minority ethnic pupils.

the children's commissioner for wales says making sure schools are equipped to tackle racist bullying needs to be a priority. previously the issue has not been taken as seriously as it should have, in my opinion, and the urgency is to start to put the regulatory framework in place, the resources, the training, the support for teachers to be able to deal effectively with incidents like this. raheem's mum says he's being brave, despite still being in pain. she says she is grateful that her son is alive. the time coming up to quarter to two. these are the headlines. insiders have told the bbc that llodra parties in downing street were routine. they say gatherings were routine. they say gatherings were common during the pandemic and staff felt they were permissible because the prime minister often p°pped because the prime minister often popped in. the energy regulator ofgem says the price cap is expected to reac £2,800

in october. an increase of more than £800 on the current cap. thousands of photographs have been uncovered from the heart of china's highly secretive system of incaringration of uyghurs and other minorities. it includes evidence of a shoot—to—kill policy. —— incarceration. football association of st wales has been accused of doing not enough to secrete nice who runs football clubs after a bbc wales investigation into the owner ship of bangor football club. it has been left on the verge of ex stingion.

players went unpaid, and details were uncovered about another club he owned in italy wyre davies has this report. argentine italian wannabe pop singer, domenico serafino. were were proud of bangor�*s history and it is deep embedded in the community here. virtually every person that lives round here will have connections. so this round here will have connections. so thi , ., , ., .,

round here will have connections. so thi , ., ., ., , this every game you go to, there is a ureat this every game you go to, there is a great sense _ this every game you go to, there is a great sense of— this every game you go to, there is a great sense of community, - this every game you go to, there is i a great sense of community, everyone there is_ a great sense of community, everyone there is all_ a great sense of community, everyone there is all friends. but a great sense of community, everyone there is all friends.— there is all friends. but not long after his arrive _ there is all friends. but not long after his arrive questions - there is all friends. but not long after his arrive questions were l after his arrive questions were being asked. after his arrive questions were being asked-— after his arrive questions were bein: asked. , ., ., ., being asked. players who had got wind. but not long after his arrival, questions were being asked. players who, i got wind quite early on, were on sums of money that dwarfed the normal wage bill in welsh football. he didn't really speak much on how it would be financed. he just said, you know, from making music for documentaries and for films, and stuff like that. i was sort of swept up with the excitement of it all. as the sort of weeks and months went by, it did sort of become — you know, we'd speak among ourselves and sort of think, this is a balloon that's getting blown up and blown up, and eventually it's going to pop. things came to a head at the club when players stopped being paid. staff and players say that furlough payments claimed by the club were not always passed on to them.

it'd be like a lottery every month, of who would get paid and who wouldn't get paid. where that furlough money went, i don't know. but it wasn't to our pockets. after failing to pay players tens of thousands of pounds, bangor city was suspended, and later withdrew from the league. serafino is still the club's owner on paper, but he left wales at the end of 2020, and is still making music, believed to be thousands of miles away in argentina. he knew that he didn't have the money to pay, and he abandoned us, and we've not seen him since. serafino said he did pass on all furlough money to players, and he hasn't returned to wales because of health problems. he blamed the club's financial problems on covid and unexpected debts. he also claimed that people were conspiring to undermine the club for their own financial gain. wyre davies, bbc news. there is more on that this evening

in the hidden world of football on bbc one wales at 8pm and you can watch it where ever you are on iplayer later. the parents of a west sussex teenager who died after failings by nhs111 teenager who died after failings by nhs iii say they are horrified to learn that coroners had already warned about similar shortcomings. 16—year—old hannah right honourable lady died in 2020, after the nhs phone service failed to realise she was seriously ill. an investigation by the bbc has found concerns had already been raised about call centre software in 2019, after three children died. william mcclennan has this report. you happy hannah? yeah. this report. you ha-- hannah? yeah. , ., you happy hannah? yeah. geoff and ahn are haunted _ you happy hannah? yeah. geoff and ahn are haunted by— you happy hannah? yeah. geoff and ahn are haunted by the _ you happy hannah? yeah. geoff and ahn are haunted by the failings - you happy hannah? yeah. geoff and ahn are haunted by the failings that| ahn are haunted by the failings that contributed to the death of their lively and loving daughter. it has lively and loving daughter. it has been nothing _ lively and loving daughter. it has been nothing less _ lively and loving daughter. it has been nothing less than _ lively and loving daughter. it has been nothing less than sheer - lively and loving daughter. it i:s been nothing less than sheer agony. i haven't got over it. triage been nothing less than sheer agony.

i haven't got over it.— i haven't got over it. now two years later they have _ i haven't got over it. now two years later they have fresh _ i haven't got over it. now two years later they have fresh questions - later they have fresh questions after it emerged that the nhs had received similar warnings about the death of other children. timer;r received similar warnings about the death of other children.— death of other children. they said the were death of other children. they said they were going _ death of other children. they said they were going to _ death of other children. they said they were going to fix _ death of other children. they said they were going to fix it _ death of other children. they said they were going to fix it but - death of other children. they said they were going to fix it but they | they were going to fix it but they haven't. had they fixed it may be there was a chance hannah could have survived. ., ., there was a chance hannah could have survived. . . ., , ., , . there was a chance hannah could have survived. . . ., , . ., survived. hannah was autistic and stru: led survived. hannah was autistic and struggled to _ survived. hannah was autistic and struggled to talk. _ survived. hannah was autistic and struggled to talk. she _ survived. hannah was autistic and struggled to talk. she died - survived. hannah was autistic and struggled to talk. she died after. struggled to talk. she died after the 111 phone service failed to realise she was seriously ill with a twisted stomach. a coroner criticised the call centre software which rely on patients giving answers over the phone. but before hannah died similar failings answers over the phone. but before hannah died similarfailings had already been identified. in 2019, three coroners sent reports to prevent more deaths, in all cases serious abdominal issues were missed and in all cases, coroners had concerns that children struggled to communicate their symptoms of. two—year—old myla died of a twisted inetest tin. an inquest found she could have been saved. the family's

lawyer says it is heartbreaking to watch history repeat itself. it is watch history repeat itself. it is difficult when _ watch history repeat itself. it is difficult when you _ watch history repeat itself. it 3 difficult when you see the same mistakes repeat themselves, even years after, really alarming actually, and i think goes to show that there might be a wider issue here. ,, .,. that there might be a wider issue here. ,, , ., here. the nhs said each case had been thoroughly _ here. the nhs said each case had been thoroughly investigate - here. the nhs said each case had been thoroughly investigate and l here. the nhs said each case had - been thoroughly investigate and prop action had been taken. it said call handlers in additions deal with 20 million calls a year and the guidelines used by staff are regularly reviewed. hannah's parents believe broader changes are still needed. idietitian hannah's parents believe broader changes are still needed. when there is children that _ changes are still needed. when there is children that can't _ changes are still needed. when there is children that can't articulate - is children that can't articulate themselves, whatever it may be, there needs to be, that needs to be there needs to be, that needs to be the legacy because that is what will save lives. the time now nine minutes to two. and 50 years ago today, a birmingham landmark was officially opened. spaghetti junction which connected the suet south—east to the north—west mehdi vied opinion but it

is farmly part of the city's landscape. as it celebrates a milestone birthday our midland correspondent has been finding out who it is still so important. the view that reveals why the gravelly hill interchange is better known as spaghetti junction. over the course of half a century, the sprawling concrete arteries atjunction six of the m6 motorway have become part of the birmingham blood stream. and beneath the traffic, occasionally there is tranquillity. well, the reference cells look like they're working. helping to make things run smoothly for the 200,000 vehicles that use it every day, are this father and son. lewis, is there anybody who loves spaghetti junction as much as your dad? i don't think i can say i can. i think it's only him! mike has helped to maintain spaghettijunction for more than 30 years. lewis, the last seven.

when you go back to the designer, sir owen williams, who had the foresight to design it, and then contractors to build it, and now here i am, 50 odd years later, maintaining it, i really do feel very proud of it. i mean, spaghettijunction has been so important to the area. i really am proud of the job that i do, and i'm really proud of the work that i do to help maintain the structure. archive: and good news to for all you motorists. i the last seven mile stretch - of the midland links motorway will be officially opened at 10:30 this morning. i and already, reports are coming in of a build up of traffic around i great barr and salford. it appears that many drivers just lcan't wait to try out that multi,| multi—level interchange at gravelly hill. i declare this motorway open. back in 1972, it cost around £10 million to build and provided a non—stop link between the south east and the north—west. it was actually british

architecture in its heyday. they used concrete to such good effect. this is the crossroads for the country. if this structure wasn't here, it would be really difficult to understand just how difficult it would be to get around the uk without this structure being here. so, you know, it's been here for, say 50 years. so this structure has experienced so much in its lifetime, and will continue to do so. over the last 50 years, its iconic status has been cemented through a variety of tributes, including this a miniature replica made of lego. but despite that status, it still has the ability to divide opinion. - i actually find it quite scary, - especially going over with the kids! i don't like it! i purposely came here on train today to avoid driving through it. it serves a purpose, doesn't it? i think when you're the centre of the country, and it's a main hub, i imagine whoever designed that

though, i mean, i imagine there was lots of things going through their head when they designed it. but i think the name is quite apt, isn't it, spaghetti junction? it does look like a plate of spaghetti. this summer, the junction will be used by athletes and spectators from around the globe visiting birmingham for the commonwealth games, an occasion to celebrate what is unique about the city now. navtaonhal, bbc news, birmingham. we are edging up top weather time. ben brown will be with you from 2. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. hello there. it's looking fairly unsettled over the next few days with low pressure always dominating the weather scene. but towards the end of the week high pressure will start to build and that should turn things a little

bit drier with increasing amounts of sunshine. today's been one of those unsettled days of sunshine and heavy showers, some rumbles of thunder mixed into some of these showers, particularly through central and eastern parts of the country, though they'll be a fewer out west, there's a ridge of high pressure starts to build in. so some drier weather by the end of the day out west, the odd shower here, most of the showers further east. those temperatures around the seasonal norm range from 13 to around 18 or 19 degrees. now, this evening and overnight, it turns dry for a while for much of central and eastern parts of the country and that ridge of high pressure, a new area of low pressure, starts to push into the west. that'll bring increasing wind cloud, outbreaks of rain, so milder out west though there will be further east one or two cool spots under the clearer skies. so this frontal system works its way from west to east across the country during wednesday, and you'll notice more isobars on the chart, so it's going to be a blustery day pretty much across the board. so we'll have that weather front, outbreaks of rain turning their way eastwards through the morning, eventually clearing into the afternoon to leave another day of sunshine and blustery showers.

some of these will be heavy across the north and the west of scotland, but some good spells of sunshine in between in places. those temperatures again around the mid to high teens. so as we head into thursday, we've got low pressure to the north of the uk, higher pressure to the south, got this feature running through central parts of the country, through ireland, parts of northern england, the midlands and wales. that will clear away and we should see quite a bit of cloud around, i think, on thursday across england and wales, glimmers of brightness here and there, one or two showers. scotland, northern ireland will be another breezy day with sunshine and showers. some of these will be heavy across western scotland. again, the temperatures range from around 13 to 19 degrees. into friday, high pressure starts to push in from the southwest. in fact, it will bring quite a lot of dry weather around, i think, for much of southern scotland, northern ireland, much of england and wales, more sunshine across the south, so it'll feel warmer but still quite breezy across the north east of scotland. here we'll see further showers at times, temperatures around the low to mid teens. we could see the high teens

all touching 20 degrees across the south and the southeast. things turn a little bit cooler into the weekend. high pressure is dominating the scene, so it will be largely dry with some sunshine. we'll start to pick up a cooler northerly wind.

this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines: insiders tell the bbc that lockdown parties in downing street the routine. they said gatherings were common in during the pandemic and staff thought that they were permissible because the prime minister often popped in. he wasn't there saying — minister often popped in. he wasn't there saying this _ minister often popped in. he wasn't there saying this shouldn't - minister often popped in. he wasn't there saying this shouldn't happen i there saying this shouldn't happen that it should break up and everyone should go home. should everyone put masks on. no, he was not telling everyone that. he was grabbing a glass to himself.— glass to himself. ofgem had said that the price _ glass to himself. ofgem had said that the price cap _ glass to himself. ofgem had said that the price cap will _ glass to himself. ofgem had said that the price cap will reach - glass to himself. ofgem had said i that the price cap will reach £2800 this week —— this october. thousands of photographs are uncovered at the heart of china's highly secret in