this is bbc news, i'mjane hill. the headlines... insiders tell the bbc that lockdown parties in downing street were routine as pictures are released of the prime minister during lockdown. what was it like the morning after? a mess, there were bottles, empties, rubbish in the bin but overflowing. 0r indeed sometimes left on the table. the prime minister's official spokesman says that borisjohnson takes revelations about what happened in downing street during lockdown "very seriously." a 14—year—old boy is found guilty of the murder of 12—year—old ava white in liverpool last year. the energy regulator ofgem says

the price cap is expected to reach £2,800 this october that's an increase of more than £800 on the current cap. thousands of photographs are uncovered from the heart of china's highly secretive system of incarceration of uyghurs and other minorities it includes evidence of a shoot to kill policy. and west ham defender kurt zouma pleads guilty to kicking and slapping a cat admitting two offences under the animal welfare act. and the train pulling in is three years late and four billion pounds over budget crossrail opens for business, as the first passengers catch the elizabeth line. it was a long wait, but it is here now. we are on it.— it was a long wait, but it is here now. we are on it. that “ourney time blew my mind. h

good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. speaking for the first time, insiders who attended gatherings in downing street during covid lockdowns have told bbc news that they would arrive at work to find bins overflowing with empty bottles from the night before, and that parties were routine. they say staff sat on each other�*s laps at a leaving do in november 2020, where the prime minister has now been pictured and that security guards were laughed at when they tried to stop one party from taking place. borisjohnson is facing fresh questions about his attendance at the leaving party and the metropolitan police are facing calls to explain why

the prime minister wasn't issued with a fine. the prime minister's official spokesman has said that borisjohnson takes revelations about what happened in downing street during lockdown "very seriously." 0ur political correspondent ben wright reports. boozy lockdown breaking parties in downing street have led to more than 100 fines, and big questions for borisjohnson. with number ten braced for the official report into the partygate scandal, panorama has spoken to three insiders who attended lockdown gatherings in number ten. their words are spoken by actors. what was it sometimes like the morning after? a mess. there were bottles, empties, rubbish, in the bin but overflowing. 0r, indeed, sometimes left on the table. you would go into work in the morning in 10 downing street and find empty bottles littered around the place? yep. for the first time, people who were there described what the culture was like.

they were every week. the event invites for friday press office drinks were just _ nailed into the diary. there were actually invites, there was a weekly regular invite to press office drinks on friday nights? yes, wine time fridays. invites that were in everyone's . calendar for every friday at 4pm. four o'clock in the afternoon was wine time? yes. two of the people who have spoken to the bbc on condition of anonymity have received for attending events that broke the law. 0ne staffer said they felt borisjohnson had given permission for the events to take place because of his attendance. he was there. he may have just been popping through on the way to his flat, because that's what would happen. he wasn't there saying this shouldn't be happening. he wasn't saying, can everyone break up and go home? can everyone socially distance, can everyone put masks on? no, he wasn't telling anybody that. he was grabbing a glass for himself.

he was certainly at this gathering. pictures released by itv news show the prime minister at a leaving party in november 2020. at least one person who attended was fined, but borisjohnson wasn't. a staffer who was there described the do. there was about 30 people if not more in a room. - everyone was stood l shoulder to shoulder. some people on each other's laps. people were sitting on each other's laps? yes, one or two people. a government source said the prime minister attended that event in a work capacity, a message repeated by ministers this morning. he probably was coming out of his office, carried the red boxes in, raised a glass to say thank you to a leaving member of staff who he would have been working closely with all the way through, and then presumably left. and the police will have had all of that information, which is why they didn't issue him a fixed penalty notice in this case. unemployment is now down. to its lowest level since 1974.

at cabinet this morning, boris johnson was talking about the latest job figures, but his own conduct in office caused disbelief, in the words of one staffer, when the prime minister first told parliament there were no parties. so, when you and your colleagues in government saw borisjohnson say none of the rules had been broken...? we were watching it live and we just sort of looked at each other in disbelief like, why? why is he denying this when we've been with him this entire time? we knew that the rules have been broken, we knew these parties happened. the government has declined to respond to the testimony ——the prime minister has promised to make a statement to parliament as soon as the sue gray report is published. now the met�*s investigation is over, labour's london mayor has said the police have some explaining to do. i've not asked questions about this,

i've kept away from this, but i think it's important when it comes to trust and confidence, when it comes to policing by consent, when it comes to questions being asked about the integrity of an investigation, that the police explain why they've reached the conclusions they have. and borisjohnson will soon have to explain to mps and voters how all of these gatherings were allowed to happen and who, if anyone, should take responsibility. let's speak to our political corresponent helen catt. in the last hour or so, we have had a brief response from the pm's office about all this.— office about all this. yes, we have. the prime — office about all this. yes, we have. the prime minister's _ the prime minister's spokesperson says borisjohnson takes accusations about what happened during lockdown very seriously. and that sucre's interim report, remember, there was a document that was put out a couple of months ago that raised some of these challenges and at wholesale channel take neck changes are made as a result. —— sue gray. the

spokesperson added that there were further changes to come. as you heard be say there, they are concerned about dressing it in full ones the sue gray report is published. and things like what we saw in the photos last night. the scottish tory leader saying that the prime minister needed to outline why he thought that was acceptable. the prime minister is also due to address backbenchers tomorrow evening the committee of conservative backbenchers. so far the pre—minister has said he wanted to wait for the sucre to —— her too, but is not the only one who has been waiting for the sue gray report. if you think back to a couple of months when there was all of that very intense speculation about his future, but what conservative mps might do, how they might react, many of them that we spoke to her pointing to the publication of the sue gray report as the point where they would make up their mind. so

there is a lot to watch over the next 2a hours, of course, that's not quite the end of the story in this chain of events that has built up over the last couple of months. there is, of course, a privileges committee investigation pending into whether or not the prime minister deliberately misled parliament when he spoke about parties in the commons. that has been expected to come after sue gray. we don't yet know when. come after sue gray. we don't yet know when-— come after sue gray. we don't yet know when. , , ., ~ , i. know when. helen, plenty to keep you bus in know when. helen, plenty to keep you busy in these — know when. helen, plenty to keep you busy in these coming _ know when. helen, plenty to keep you busy in these coming hours. _ know when. helen, plenty to keep you busy in these coming hours. thank- busy in these coming hours. thank you very much for now. helen at westminster and we will stay with us and discuss the role of the civil service and get civil service reaction as well, dave pending jen i'm joined now by dave penman, general secretary of the fda civil service union. these eyewitness accounts that we've heard and more on panorama tonight, had many of your members, what conversations have you have it them since this came out? what are peoples responses to this? well, i don't want — peoples responses to this? well, i don't want to _ peoples responses to this? well, i don't want to talk _ peoples responses to this? well, i don't want to talk about _ peoples responses to this? well, i don't want to talk about what - don't want to talk about what members have told us either in terms

of detail or their views on it. what we need to get is the facts, obviously panorama have got eyewitness accounts from people who were in number ten. what we really need to see is the full picture, which is sue gray's report. that is about evidence, that is about what she has been asked to do, and i think it will paint a broad picture around what is going on and hopefully give us some idea of why as well as what actually happened. i can't hear him properly. apologies, dave, i'm having a slight problem hearing you on some of that. but i am interested in what role you feel, are there questions to answer among some civil servants as well, because one of the people that laura spoke to was quite specific in terms of the attitude there, what was going on, that sense that some members of staff had that all of this was ok because the prime minister was popping in, that's one of the phrases that was used, but they didn't only talk about the

pre—minister, one formerstaffer pre—minister, one former staffer said pre—minister, one formerstaffer said particularly younger members of the team didn't think they were breaking the rules because not only was the prime minister at them, some of the most senior civil servants in the country where at them. what is the follow—up for you there? bern; the follow-up for you there? every civil servant _ the follow-up for you there? every civil servant from _ the follow-up for you there? every civil servant from the _ the follow-up for you there? every civil servant from the most - the follow-up for you there? every civil servant from the mostjunior i civil servant from the most junior to civil servant from the mostjunior to the most senior has to be held accountable for their conduct, just like every member of the public was, just like the prime minister and minister is a special advisers to as well, no one can be exempt from the laws of the country or the guidance or the rules. everyone has to account for the decisions that they took. there is also a context here for people for people who would say that this wasn't just any workplace commit was the work where the prime minister lived and worked, and therefore if he was taking part, then people may be able to see, actually, thought that gave it a kind of 0k to be able to attend, but was also quite clear in some people didn't, some people thought this

wasn't right. some people pushed back, and sue gray's initial report said some people objected to it. nearly everyone does have to be accountable, but that accountability has to apply fairly. everyone, whether you are a civil servant for the prime minister has to be not only accountable, but also for the conduct, so civil servants may well face disciplinary action as a result of what's happened, but the prime minister can veto an investigation in the ministerial code into his own behaviour, so that accountability has to apply equally and fairly. indie has to apply equally and fairly. we will talk again in the coming days when i'm sure the sue gray report finally emerges. thank you so much, dave, general secretary of the fda, apologies, slight problems with the sound air, but many thanks to dave. in terms of those conversations that laura has been having to mejust remind you, that is part of a wider panorama programme. you can see that

tonight. �*partygate: inside the storm' on bbc two tonight at 7pm or the bbc iplayer. there's also more online at bbc.co.uk/news. we will now take a look at some of today's other main stories on a very busy day. a 14—year—old boy has been found guilty of the murder of 12—year—old ava white in liverpool last year. ava died after she was stabbed in the city centre while out with friends. 0ur correspondentjudith moritz gave us this update from liverpool crown court. this is a horrific case involving children. the victim, as you say ava white, just 12—years—old, and the boy became for legal reasons because he's too young to be named to be named publicly, who has been found guilty of her murder, just 1a years old.

essentially, what we understand what happened is on the night that the christmas lights were being turned on here in liverpool, just on the road from here at the city centre, two groups of children as young as 11—years—old and teenagers where eight enjoying the evening. ava was in one group in the 14—year—old boy was in another, what has been heard in court is that the group of boys were filming ava on their phones. one of them was filming ava on their phone. she objected to that. there was an argument, and in the course of that argument, the 14—year—old boy pulled out a flick knife, which he been which he been carrying, and stabbed ava in the neck. there was an attempt secure in the city centre to save her. she was taken to hospital, but tragically she died very short time later. now, the bully concerned initially denied even being in the city centre and then he accepted that he had

in fact been here and had the knife, but he said it was something that he'd done, but he said it was something that he'd done the stabbing in self—defense. that is what the jury have rejected and they found him guilty of murder. there were some incredibly emotional scenes in the courtroom here a short time ago. ava white's family cheering and screaming when that verdict came in, and the 14—year—old boy who has now been convicted wasn't in the courtroom. he was appearing by video link, and he put his head in his hands and stared at the floor when the verdict was passed. he will be required to go back in front of the court on the 11th ofjuly. he is now being held in secure custody, from the 11th ofjuly, he will be sentenced for the murder of ava white. judith moretz there. in the last hour, director superintendent for merseyside police gave this statement.— merseyside police gave this statement. ., ., ., , ., statement. today, our thoughts are ve much statement. today, our thoughts are very much with _ statement. today, our thoughts are very much with the _ statement. today, our thoughts are very much with the family _ statement. today, our thoughts are very much with the family of- statement. today, our thoughts are very much with the family of ava . very much with the family of ava white. her mum and dad and sister are still completely devastated by what has happened to ava. it has been heartbreaking for them to relive her final moments during

court proceedings. 0n relive her final moments during court proceedings. on that terrible night on thursday the 25th of november, the family have suffered immeasurable distress and grief since that time. today, a 14—year—old boy has been convicted of her murder, but the conclusion of the legal proceedings by no means brings to an end to their grief and sadness. i wanted to take this opportunity to thank the members of the public and the staff from liverpool one who came to ava's eight on the night. also the paramedics and the medical staff who did everything they could to try and save her life. i also wanted to think merseyside police officers and detectives in the crime prosecution service who have worked tirelessly to bring this case to court. finally, i wanted to say how cruel

he ava's death has brought to our attention the devastation that can be caused by carrying and using knives and that merseyside police will continue to work to combat knife crime. thank you. that will continue to work to combat knife crime. thank you.- will continue to work to combat knife crime. thank you. that is dead detective superintendent _ knife crime. thank you. that is dead detective superintendent for - detective superintendent for merseyside police following that verdict today. all police officers and staff in forces across england and wales are to be given anti—racism training, as part of a new national plan to tackle discrimination against black people. but campaigners say the plan falls short of real change. our community affairs correspondent adina campbell reports. july 2020. this video of team gb athlete bianca williams and her partner went viral on social media, showing the moment they were stopped and searched by police in london. just two months before that, the murder of george floyd in the us led to the global resurgence

of the black lives matter movement. and earlier this year, protests were held after the shocking case of child 0, the 15—year—old black girl who was strip searched by police at school without an appropriate adult present. the way black people are treated by police across the uk continues to raise serious questions. trust is broken. confidence is low. and these teenagers in east london say they are scared. me personally, i think the word that comes to me is fear. i feel like even when you see videos of people sort of acting up or being aggressive towards the police, i feel it all stems from fear. they put the gun to our face. yeah, that's one of my... second experience with the police. my first experience was actually in oxford street. i was shopping. stopped and searched me. and they let me go cos i didn't do anything wrong. but today, senior police officers

say they are committed to real change, with the announcement of a new national action plan to address racial inequality. we have launched today a plan specifically targeting black communities that recognises we are falling short, and we are falling short because confidence is low right now. black people in england and wales are seven times more likely to be stopped and searched compared with white people according to government figures. this new plan aims to address the disproportionate use of these powers as well as recruit more black officers to help rebuild trust in marginalised communities. but human rights campaigners aren't convinced by these new measures. their commitments made in the report are at complete odds with the announcements made by the government just last week, so the home secretary announced that the government would be creating new stop and search powers in the public order bill. it's expanding suspicion of stop and search in the police, crime sentencing and courts act. it's rolling out taser

to volunteer police officers. these are exactly the powers and tools that disproportionately target and harass young black men. the action plan will take shape over the coming months with more details expected at the end of the year. adina campbell, bbc news. the bbc has investigated the case of one 15—year—old girl 0ften often said that is more than £800 before the cap, jonathan told them that the cap could get even higher in the future. our personal—finance correspondent explained more about the price cap. this correspondent explained more about the price cap-— the price cap. this price cap is actually the — the price cap. this price cap is actually the unit _ the price cap. this price cap is actually the unit price - the price cap. this price cap is actually the unit price per - the price cap. this price cap is - actually the unit price per energy, so that's every six months at the moment, and what that is used to do is to calculate what a typical using a typical amount of energy ——and so that's set every six months at the moment, and what that's used

to do is to calculate what a typical household, using a typical amount of energy, will pay for their gas and electricity. and that is the figure that mr brearley used there, saying that that typical household could be paying £2,800 a yearfrom 0ctober. now, remember, these are households — 23 million of them across england, wales and scotland — who have been told and since april have been paying £700 a year more. that took it up to the £2,000 a year or so mark, but now we've got used to bills shocks, i guess, with our gas and electricity, but this is probably the biggest of all, because they're saying that in october, that typical household could be paying another £800 a year for their gas and electricity, taking it up to £2,800 a year. so, mr brearley said these are once—in—a—generation price rises and clearly all connected to the war in ukraine, because, as we look to the future, it may be that the conflict there could put even more pressure on the energy market, on the prices that suppliers pay, and clearly that gets passed on to us as consumers.

0ur personal—finance correspondent explained more about the price cap. puk's withdrawal last year was a betrayal of britain's eyes and according to an inquiry by mps. the foreign affairs committee says there is a fundamental lack of planning and leadership before and during the taliban's takeover of kabul. they report caused by the resignation of the foreign office's type civil servant who stayed on holiday as catalyst following. their report calls for the resignation of the foreign office's top civil servant, who stayed on holiday as kabulfell. 0ur correspondent paul adams has this report. the west's withdrawal from kabul was chaotic and, for vast numbers of afghans desperate to leave, profoundly traumatic. it was also, mps say, a betrayal of britain's allies, a catastrophic failure of intelligence, diplomacy and planning. knowing that american forces were soon going to leave, the report says the government

failed to respond. well, it's clear that what we could have done, really from 18 months out when the warning started, is begun the really serious preparations, knowing who we needed to evacuate, planning on how we would get them out and where we would take them, but instead i'm afraid that's not what happened. at a hearing last december, the foreign office's top civil servant struggled to explain why he and others, including the foreign secretary, stayed on holiday while kabulfell. i have reflected a lot since august on my leave, and if i had my time again i would have come back from my leave earlier. today's report suggests mr barton should consider his position. it says many of the british officials and soldiers sent to try and manage the terrible situation at kabul airport worked under enormous pressure. but it criticises what it calls misleading statements about the evacuation process,

and says the leadership at the foreign office should be ashamed that two civil servants risked their careers to bring the situation to light. the foreign office defends its record. "our staff worked tirelessly," a spokesperson said, "to evacuate over 15,000 people from afghanistan within a fortnight. "this was the biggest uk mission of its kind in generations "and followed months of intensive planning and collaboration "between uk government departments." the report urges the government to commit to a serious strategy for dealing with afghanistan in the future. a failure to do that, it says, would abandon afghan women and girls to the biggest single reversal of rights in a generation. paul adams, bbc news. let's get a reaction to that report. joining me is member of parliament for tottenham, david lammy. did he mean to you. as he watched kabul fall last did he mean to you. as he watched kabulfall last summer as did he mean to you. as he watched

kabul fall last summer as we all dead, did you have that sense, did you have an awareness that the lack of planning is as egregious as they sit inquiry has found? haee of planning is as egregious as they sit inquiry has found?— sit inquiry has found? have to say that the 22 _ sit inquiry has found? have to say that the 22 years _ sit inquiry has found? have to say that the 22 years i've _ sit inquiry has found? have to say that the 22 years i've been - sit inquiry has found? have to say that the 22 years i've been a - sit inquiry has found? have to say . that the 22 years i've been a member of parliament, this is the most shocking select committee report i've ever read. it's important to remember that our select committees are a cross grouping of mps will stop what we saw in afghanistan was britain's failure to influence its major ally, the united states, a failure to plan, despite having 18 months to organise that evacuation and a failure of the evacuation itself. i'm afraid ourforeign policy at that point was in shambles. it was chaotic and it appeared lazy with both the secretary of state and junior ministers, and of course, the permanent secretary on holiday refusing to come back off holiday.

i'm afraid this is a shocking, shocking episode in major modern british history, and it's not to be coming of our great nation. the prime minister _ coming of our great nation. the prime minister has says he stands by the civil servant in question, sir philip barton. what is your response to that? ., philip barton. what is your response to that? . ., _ philip barton. what is your response to that? . ., ., to that? have to say that the secretary _ to that? have to say that the secretary of _ to that? have to say that the secretary of state, _ to that? have to say that the secretary of state, list - to that? have to say that the | secretary of state, list trusts, should have come to the house of commons today to explain what action she is now taking in her department will stop i am very reluctant ever to blame civil servants for the situation that has taken place when clearly ministers themselves were also absolutely at the helm, or should've been at the home of this crisis. she has not come to the house, she should come to the house, what we need now is a very clear plan of action, given that we've had in our country both the foreign office and the old department for

international development emerged, that merger has not gone well and, of course, we are facing a world in which there are likely to be more crisis, crisis management requires leadership, it requires planning and it requires action. that is what we now need to. it requires action. that is what we now need to-_ it requires action. that is what we now need to. ., ., . 'j~ now need to. you mentioned that 18 month period. _ now need to. you mentioned that 18 month period, exactly _ now need to. you mentioned that 18 month period, exactly as _ now need to. you mentioned that 18 month period, exactly as you - now need to. you mentioned that 18 month period, exactly as you say . month period, exactly as you say committee inquiry talks about that saying that there was no plan for those afghan people who had supported the british mission, even though it had been known for 18 months that evacuations might be necessary. what was labour saying and doing in that period? where you flagging this? fit and doing in that period? where you flagging this?— flagging this? of course weaver flan um: flagging this? of course weaver flagging this _ flagging this? of course weaver flagging this in _ flagging this? of course weaver flagging this in parliament. - flagging this in parliament. everyone knew this, the report also highlights, of course, how other countries, countries like france were able to plan ahead given those 18 months. yes, we should've sought to influence donald trump and then joe biden to plan for a plan b, what could taken place but didn't, yes,

absolutely it was the case that those who had served our country should have been supported. i raised issues about the judges, judges that we had worked with, help support and educate all of them left abandoned in the country as we did this shambolic exit. of course, our staff, local staff working for the british embassy, this happens right across the world. these people rely on us and this undermines our foreign policy going forward. why should other countries take this seriously? we work generally speaking, a country where our word meant something. this is fundamentally... like that before i let you go, may i ask you briefly about the domestic political story of the day, you have heard some of that, i'm sure, the insiders have spoken to bbc panorama about what they witnessed during the various covid lockdowns that this country has lived through pour covid lockdowns that this country

has lived througt_ covid lockdowns that this country has lived through your thoughts on what they said _ has lived through your thoughts on what they said was _ has lived through your thoughts on what they said was routine - has lived through your thoughts on | what they said was routine partying and that sense that younger members of staff in particular felt that it was ok to operate in that fashion because the prime minister would sometimes pop into these parties. what are your thoughts on what should happen now at number ten? leadership comes from the top. seeing photo images of borisjohnson raising a glass and hearing that report of friday night for a clock wine parties routinely happening is shocking. i hope that the next can explain in greater detail why boris johnson has not been subjected to more fines. of course, parliament awaits both the sue gray report and the parliamentary inquiry that can now begin that must take these issues very, very seriously. we cannot live in a country where our laws do not apply to everyone who ever you are, and there is a whiff

today that if you are the prime minister, if you have an elite background, you canjust brush minister, if you have an elite background, you can just brush the stuff off, despite the fact that the british people were expected to make very, very serious sacrifices indeed. i hope that this is not a case ofjunior civil servants being case of junior civil servants being thrown case ofjunior civil servants being thrown under the bus i boris johnson. ., ~ , ., , thrown under the bus i boris johnson. ., ,, , . johnson. david, thank you very much for now. labour's dated, shadow foreign secretary, of course. much more coming up in the next half hour, but we arejust going coming up in the next half hour, but we are just going to pause as we always do at this time, because it's time to catch up at the weather. hello. i lost count as the number of showers we had when i got past five at my house earlier on today. i'm sure it's been like that for you. particularly across eastern areas, some of the storms have been especially lively, some thunderstorms around, some heavy downpours, a bit of hail mixed—income reports of funnel cloud. that's a tornado. it hasn't quite reached the ground. that was from some of these showers moving across parts of kent. you can see the showers have been extensive today can at their heaviest across

eastern areas. they will tend to fade away over the next few hours. later on in the night, though, looking at the next weather system coming in off the atlantic to bring a tornado. it hasn't quite reached the ground. that was from some of these showers moving across parts of kent. you can see the showers have been extensive today can at their heaviest across eastern areas. they will tend to fade away over the next few hours. later on in the night, though, looking at the next weather system coming in off the atlantic to bring outbreaks tomorrow, looking at a low pressure in charge, this weather front is going to push its way eastwards, driven along by some fairly gusty winds. gusts of around 30-40 fairly gusty winds. gusts of around 30—110 mph. the rain not amounting to do much across parts of eastern england. there will be an improvement in the weather as we go through the day. sunny spells and showers follow our main band of rain through across the north and west of the country. temperatures are most of a 17—18 celsius out of the wind, and ascension, probably won't feel to that. that is the latest. hello, you're watching bbc news. i'm jane hill. these are the latest headlines: insiders tell the bbc that lockdown parties in downing street were routine as pictures emerge

of the prime minister with alcohol at an event during lockdown. what was it sometimes like the morning after? a mess. there were bottles, empties, rubbish, in the bin but overflowing, or indeed sometimes left on the table. the prime minister's official spokesman says that borisjohnson takes revelations about what happened in downing street during lockdown "very seriously." a 14—year—old boy is found guilty of the murder of 12—year—old ava white in liverpool last year. the energy regulator ofgem says the price cap is expected to reach £2,800 this october — that's an increase of more than £800 on the current cap. it is time to catch up on the latest sports news. here is chetan. hello!

i know you are a tennis fan, but we are going to start with football. england have called up west ham united forward jarrod bowen forjune's nations league matches against hungary, germany and italy. bowen's first cap is a reward for scoring 18 goals and providing 13 assists for west ham this season. the 25—year—old was in contention for the previous england squad in march but was ruled out by a fractured foot bone. there's also a first—time call—up for leicester city's james justin. the full squad is on the bbc sport website. england manager gareth southgate was also asked today for his thoughts on the recent fan disorder seen at football matches. there have been a number of pitch invasions after games in england in recent weeks, with incidents of supporters attacking players. that included here at the etihad stadium on sunday, when aston villa goalkeeper robin olsen was assaulted. southgate believes it speaks to a wider problem in society. we don't want to go back to fences

up we don't want to go back to fences up and the type of environment that created. the game has been more inclusive over the last 20 years and a better place for families and women to attend and completely more diverse audience, so really positive. we don't want to step back, but football reflects society, so it'll be easy for some people just to put it onto football, but that's not the reality of it. i repeat, football has got a responsibility and we have to do our bit and we have to do that right. west ham united defender kurt zouma has pleaded guilty to kicking and slapping his pet cat, in a video that also showed him saying "i swear i'll kill it." zouma appeared in court in east london this morning. his younger brother yoan, who filmed the video and plays for dagenham and redbridge, also admitted one offence during the hearing. the animals are still being cared for by the rspca which brought the prosecution. our sports correspondent natalie pirks was at thames magistrates�* court. kurt zouma pleaded guilty to two

counts of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal. his younger brother pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the unnecessary suffering for kherson had already been fined a quarter million pounds ljy been fined a quarter million pounds by his club and lost lucrative sponsorships, but the prosecution argued that he caused the cat fear, pain and anxiety and that the suffering was deliberate. zuma has agreed for his two cats to be rehomed by the rspca, which said it welcomed the guilty plea, and the brothers will be sentenced next month. next to the french open, where there's been an emotional farewell for the home favourite and two—time wimbledon semifinalistjo wilfred tsonga, who's retired from the sport at the age of 37 after losing in the opening round. tsonga, who said this would be his last tournament, struggled with injury during the match and was beaten by norway's casper ruud in straight sets.

tsonga understandably overcome with emotion at the end, kissing the clay at rolling garros, the crowd applauding him. he reached the quarterfinals or better in all four grand slams, including the final of the us open back into thousand eight. —— back in 2008. 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. in cricket, warwickshire says there is "no timescale" on chris woakes' return from a knee injury. he is one of seven england fast bowlers that will miss the first test against new zealand next week through injury. woakes hasn't played since the final test against west indies in march. that is all from me. join holly if you can at six of the pms for sportsday. for now, back to you, jane —— at 6:30pm. a very good evening, you are

watching bbc news. the time is 5:36pm. let's turn to a really grim story. thousands of photographs from the heart of china's highly secretive system of mass incarceration of uyghurs and other minorities in the xinjiang region are part of a huge collection of data that's been handed to the bbc. it was hacked from police computer servers in the region and includes evidence of a shoot to kill policy for anyone who tried to escape. the foreign secretary liz truss has called the information shocking. here's our correspondent, john sudworth. these are the faces china never intended us to see, from inside its system of mass incarceration in xinjiang. the government has long denied it's running detention camps for uyghurs, insisting instead they are vocational schools for willing students. the photos, almost 3,000 of them,

show the reality of how whole swathes of uyghur society have been swept up person by person. the oldest was 73 at the time of her detention. the youngest, just 15. the uyghurs, with their turkic language, islamic traditions and roots in a region with a history of separatism and violence, have long faced cycles of tightening government control. and with mounting criticism over the camps, the authorities have taken journalists on tours, showing them uyghurs celebrating their culture and, they say, being guided away from extremism. yes, this is classified internal government information. the files, said to have been hacked from police computer servers in xinjiang by a source whose identity is unknown, were first passed to dr adrian zenz, a xinjiang scholar, who in turn shared them with the bbc — and they raise serious questions about china's narrative.

you have police officers in heavy riot gear standing next to some of the men. some of the men have their arms in a funny position as if they were handcuffed, so this is really very powerful. i was looking through these images on my laptop in the living room and had to get up and go somewhere else and take a break. i was overwhelmed. the hacked files also contain hundreds of spreadsheets, row upon row of draconian jail sentences often targeting expressions of islamic faith, as a parallel method alongside the camps for detaining uyghurs en masse. just for growing a beard, this man was sentenced to 16 years injail. his chosen expression of uyghur identity forcibly removed. by speaking to members of the uyghur diaspora in places like turkey, the bbc has been able to verify the data, showing it to contain real people.

this man, for example, knew his eldest son had beenjailed — but the database tells him for how long. 15 years for terrorism offences. although as evidence, only his son's devout islamic faith is listed. in response to questions, the chinese embassy in the us issued a statement, saying... in the face of the grave and complex counterterrorism situation in xinjiang, the authorities had taken a host of decisive, robust and effective deradicalisation measures so that people could live a safe, happy and fulfilling life — although there was no attempt to address any of the hacked data directly. it includes these images, once again from deep within the system that appear to offer further evidence of the harsh detention and indoctrination of a people, not for what they have done, but for who they are.

john sudworth, bbc news. the bbc has investigated the case of one 15—year—old girl who was strip—searched by police and left traumatised by the incident. she later tried to kill herself, her mother says. olivia — not her real name, but one we are using to protect her identity — was handcuffed and had her underwear cut off in the presence of male officers. this happened to olivia, who is mixed—race, in december 2020, the same month as child o, a 15—year—old black pupil who was strip—searched at school after she was wrongly accused of possessing drugs. jane deith has been working on the file on a documentary. jane, in fact, for those who perhaps are not familiar, just remind us what happened in terms of child o, what happened in terms of child 0, first of all. ., ,, what happened in terms of child 0, first of all. . ,, ., , what happened in terms of child 0, first of all. . . ., , ., first of all. yeah, child o was a 15-year-old _ first of all. yeah, child o was a 15-year-old black _ first of all. yeah, child o was a 15-year-old black schoolgirl - first of all. yeah, child o was a 15-year-old black schoolgirl in | 15—year—old black schoolgirl in hackney, taking to the school medical room one day because

teachers thought, wrongly, that they could smell cannabis on her, and inside that room, the teachers stood outside, inside were two female police officers who strip—searched her while she was on her period, and a safeguarding of you said that racism was likely a factor in the strip search of child o and it was completely unjustified. fight! strip search of child o and it was completely unjustified.— strip search of child o and it was completely unjustified. completely un'ustified. and now you have completely unjustified. and now you have uncovered _ completely unjustified. and now you have uncovered information - completely unjustified. and now you have uncovered information about . completely unjustified. and now you i have uncovered information about the case of olivia, as we are calling her, and you've been talking her mother. , , , ., , mother. yes, said this is a case that has had — mother. yes, said this is a case that has had no _ mother. yes, said this is a case that has had no publicity, - mother. yes, said this is a case that has had no publicity, but . mother. yes, said this is a case that has had no publicity, but itj that has had no publicity, but it happened in the same month as child o. happened in the same month as child 0. olivia is a girl with autism and some learning difficulties and she was also strip—searched by the magical than police in a police station from. there are some similarities. she was also 15, she was also on her period, and again, her mother, just as for child o, was not informed she was going be

strip—searched. she was taken into a police station after interest, due to an alleged robbery — that allegation is later dropped. after her arrest, she handed to police a small knife she carried, sadly to self—harm, and while she was in the police station and getting undressed for a shower, a small prick also she use that to self—harm, and at that point, a group of officers, including male officers, pinned olivia down and cut her underwear away. olivia down and cut her underwear awa . , , ., ., ., away. they pinned her to the floor and used. — away. they pinned her to the floor and used. i _ away. they pinned her to the floor and used, i don't _ away. they pinned her to the floor and used, i don't know, _ away. they pinned her to the floor and used, i don't know, whether. away. they pinned her to the floorj and used, i don't know, whether it was a _ and used, i don't know, whether it was a knife — and used, i don't know, whether it was a knife or a pair of scissors, to cut _ was a knife or a pair of scissors, to cut off— was a knife or a pair of scissors, to cut off her— was a knife or a pair of scissors, to cut off her underwear and from these _ to cut off her underwear and from these grown male officers, which i feel it's _ these grown male officers, which i feel it's not — these grown male officers, which i feel it's not right. any strip-searched - feel it's not right. any strip-searched not. feel it's not right. any . strip-searched not reveal feel it's not right. 2'ny strip—searched not reveal anything. the officers did not find anything

—— and of the strip search did not. olivia's mum rung the police station when she knew her daughter was taken there, to say, she has mental health difficulties, she has autism, i am really concerned about her, call me back. nobody did. in the end, after almost 2a hours with no news, she got in the car, drove to the police station and passed a police car the other way with her daughter in the back, and that is when she learned about what happened to olivia. she told me how she felt.— told me how she felt. absolutely furious, absently _ told me how she felt. absolutely furious, absently fuming, - told me how she felt. absolutely furious, absently fuming, and i l told me how she felt. absolutely i furious, absently fuming, and i was even _ furious, absently fuming, and i was even more — furious, absently fuming, and i was even more shocked because i'd made a point of telling the police when i ran. point of telling the police when i rang them that my child's autistic —— absolutely fuming. she doesn't like people — —— absolutely fuming. she doesn't like people touching her, and yet they strip—searched her. not only have _ they strip—searched her. not only have they — they strip—searched her. not only have they strip—searched her, they have _ have they strip—searched her, they have handcuffed her to do it. some very powerful— have handcuffed her to do it. some very powerful testimony _ have handcuffed her to do it. some very powerful testimony from - have handcuffed her to do it. ”he very powerful testimony from her mother there. what is the magical and police saying about this, jane?

i should say, olivia was actually charged over the knife in the sharpened stick, but the magistrates accepted those instruments, she used them to self—harm, she was found not guilty on those charges. the metropolitan police have said she cannot talk about olivia's case in detail because she has made a complaint that they are investigating, but have said today actually that they are now referring themselves to the independent office for police conduct, the police watchdog, over the strip search of olivia, because, they say, they accept that some of the allegations she has made will be concerning to londoners. , ., she has made will be concerning to londoners— londoners. jane, thank you very much. jane _ londoners. jane, thank you very much, jane deith, _ londoners. jane, thank you very much, jane deith, who - londoners. jane, thank you very much, jane deith, who has- much, jane deith, who has investigated that case. just a reminder now of the headlines here on bbc news. insiders tell the bbc that lockdown parties in downing street were routine as pictures emerge of the prime minister with alcohol

at an event during lockdown. what was it like the morning after? a mess, there were bottles, empties, rubbish in the bin but overflowing, or indeed sometimes left on the table. the prime minister's official spokesman says that borisjohnson takes revelations about what happened in downing street during lockdown "very seriously." and in other news, a 14—year—old boy has been found guilty of the murder of a 12—year—old girl, ava white, in liverpool last year. —— ava white. and... the health security agency says the risks to the public is low but to have anyone who has a rash call 111. a doctorfrom but to have anyone who has a rash call 111. a doctor from the agency told us people should not be concerned about another pandemic. this is a very different infection. it does not spread that easily

between individuals. we are seeing it spread through direct contact with skin lesions or scabs, especially if the skin is broken, contact with clothing or linen used ljy contact with clothing or linen used by summary with a rash and occasionally from cost and sneezes, but we are seeing this as a transmission with very close contact that which is significantly different. and that is one reason we are following up all of this contacts, to be able to provide appropriate advice to them, to help try and control this. {lilia appropriate advice to them, to help try and control this.— try and control this. 0k, and you 'ust try and control this. 0k, and you just updated _ try and control this. 0k, and you just updated the _ try and control this. 0k, and you just updated the numbers. - try and control this. 0k, and you just updated the numbers. 71, i l just updated the numbers. 71, i think you said, was the number of cases in the uk at the moment? 3�*1ih cases in the uk at the moment? 71 in the uk, and — cases in the uk at the moment? 71 in the uk. and as— cases in the uk at the moment? 71 in the uk, and as of— cases in the uk at the moment? 71 “i the uk, and as of yesterday, no cases identified in wales or northern ireland. dr

cases identified in wales or northern ireland. , ~ . . ., northern ireland. dr william welfare there from the _ northern ireland. dr william welfare there from the uk _ northern ireland. dr william welfare there from the uk health _ northern ireland. dr william welfare there from the uk health security i there from the uk health security agency. a conservative former northern ireland secretary has criticised the government's controversial bill to change how killings during the northern ireland conflict are investigated. victims�* groups are strongly opposed to the legislation, which would mean suspects who cooperate with a fact—finding investigation wouldn't be prosecuted. speaking in the commons as mps began their first debate on the legislation, julian smith urged the government to "look again" and gave the example of one victim and his family. on the 24th of october 1990, patsy, who was 42 years of age, was abducted by the ira from his family home. patsy was chained to a lorry containing a large bomb and forced to drive to an army checkpoint. he shouted a warning to the soldiers just as the ira detonated a bomb. it killed patsy and five young soldiers in the kings regiment. the ira opened fire from across the border. many soldiers were injured.

but many were saved because of patsy�*s warning. kathleen has never had a full investigation. she's devastated that the men and women who did this to her husband will now walk free. madam deputy speaker, today, many victims feel that they have been hit by a double whammy with this bill — their route to justice cut off and, at the same time, their route to the truth restricted. julian smith, mp, in the commons. our ireland correspondent chris page has been getting reaction to the bill from victims of the troubles and their families. every day when i waken, i waken in pain. notjust physical pain, but emotional pain. if my dad hadn't have been murdered, i wouldn't have been anywhere near the bomb that night. andrea brown is living with a legacy of tragedy and trauma.

when she was 12, her father eric, a police officer, was shot dead. five years later, she was severely injured in a bombing which killed six soldiers at a fun run. andrea's strongly against the government's new legislation dealing with the conflict. there's nowhere else in the world that would try to make a law that murderers and serial killers do not have to facejustice. war criminals are being tried, but the terrorists over here won't have to answer anything. more than 3,500 people died during the period known as the troubles. the legislation will create a commission led by a judge which will gather information on crimes. cases can be brought to it by bereaved families,

the government and some others. suspects who cooperate won't face a criminal investigation, but those who refuse can still be prosecuted if there's enough evidence. in northern ireland, history still hurts, and the question of how the past should be investigated is hugely complex and contentious. but the vast majority of victims�* groups agree the government�*s plan is wrong. raymond mccord�*s son, who was also called raymond, was murdered by loyalist paramilitaries. it's nonsense. it won't work. the murderers all of a sudden are going to walk in the room and tell people, "i killed him. "i killed him." do the british government really believe that? the current system is failing everybody. the government says it wants to give families the best opportunity to get to the truth. we as uk government will be making information and documentation available in a way we haven�*t done before with a proper independent investigatory body working through these things, so more people get to the truth and an understanding of what

happened than ever before. the politics of the present is always affected by the pain of the past here. the proposed change in the law is almost certain to be challenged in the courts. chris page, bbc news, belfast. hundreds of people queued in the rain this morning to be the first to travel on the elizabeth line in london. the crossrail project will eventually connect reading in the west with shenfield to the east. today, the central section opened to the public more than three years late and more than £4 billion over budget. our transport correspondent katy austin reports. just after 6am and the doors were finally open. passengers streamed into new stations, including here in woolwich in south—east london, to catch the first trains... good morning everyone and welcome to your brand—new elizabeth line service. ..as the country�*s newest

railway got up and running. i turned up really early, i have been waiting for nearly ten years for this thing to open. just shorter travel for me, - very convenient for me, yeah. once—in—a—lifetime opportunity. a transport line, in a city like london, opening, it probably won�*t happen again in my lifetime. the journey time between canary wharf and whitechapel blew my mind. the line links reading in berkshire with shenfield in essex, via central london. it is initially running in three separate parts. from today, the newly built section between paddington and abbey wood will run monday to saturday with a train every five minutes. seamless end—to—end travel will come later, 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 one can carry up to 1,500 passengers. the crossrail project is opening three and a half years late. one new station, bond street, still is not ready, and its budget

has swelled to £18.5 billion, but it is seen as a hugely impressive engineering achievement. the crossrail elizabeth line is a really important thing 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 cake, and i�*m sure there will have to be big discussions about that in future. use of public transport hasn�*t returned to pre—pandemic levels. passenger number forecasts 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 are very confident this is a catalyst now for the post—pandemic recovery. you can see the reaction of customers today, they are absolutely wowed by the railway, and we think it will drive customers back onto the railway. there was a celebratory atmosphere as the new railway arrived with a promise to transform travel across london and the south—east. it is not clear when something like this might get built again.

katy austin, bbc news. and finally, just to tell you that listeners to bbc radio 2 have chosen the song they want to help bring people together to celebrate the queen�*s platinum jubilee. thejubilee the jubilee thank you thejubilee thank you anthem is neil diamond�*s sweet caroline! # sweet caroline... diamond's sweet caroline! # sweet caroline. . .- diamond's sweet caroline! # sweet caroline... yes, we have been singing _ # sweet caroline... yes, we have been singing it — # sweet caroline... yes, we have been singing it all _ # sweet caroline... yes, we have been singing it all day _ # sweet caroline... yes, we have been singing it all day in - been singing it all day in the newsroom! listeners to zoe ball�*s breakfast show chose neil diamond�*s classic 53—year—old hit as an "uplifting, happy" melody that everyone can sing along to at the street parties on 5june. zoe ball said she hopes 10 million people willjoin the singalong. that earworm takes us into a look at the weather prospects. chris fawkes joins me with all of that. hi,

chris. , ., joins me with all of that. hi, chris. j . ., ~ ., chris. hi, jane. i do like a good thunderstorm, _ chris. hi, jane. i do like a good thunderstorm, i— chris. hi, jane. i do like a good thunderstorm, i have _ chris. hi, jane. i do like a good thunderstorm, i have to - chris. hi, jane. i do like a good i thunderstorm, i have to confess, chris. hi, jane. i do like a good - thunderstorm, i have to confess, and there been lows of them across england. thanks to marta later and for setting us that weather watcher picture, and some big storms —— marta n... you can see the vast majority of the thunderstorms have been across eastern areas of england. why? it is down to the jet stream. you see, we have got this trough in the jet stream moving across eastern areas of england, kicking those storms and making them get really lively as well. that trough continues to push its way eastwards, so very quickly is dominic this evening, it will drive across, but later in the night, cloud thickens up later in the night, cloud thickens up —— very quickly this evening. all courtesy of an atlantic weather system that is going to be bringing some rain as we head into tomorrow

as well. here is the? —— here is the question mark. looking atjust of around 30 miles per hour. the rain might not amount to much, to be honest, across eastern england, and either way, we are looking at much brighter conditions. a few showers across northwestern areas. any sunshine, probably not feeling too bad out of the wind. the weather will become drier for a the wind. the weather will become drierfor a time, but then the wind. the weather will become drier for a time, but then another weather front that is going be wiggling its way to northern ireland. there is a bit of uncertainty about how far north or south this area of rain actually comes in, and that is going to be a factor in the forecast for thursday as well. it looks like it is most likely across parts of england and wales we will see this rain. to the northwest, it is a day of sunshine and heavy showers, maybe if you

rebels of thunder. to the south east, some cloud, but sunny spells coming through that. into friday and the weekend, this area of high pressure is going to start to move in from the west. we will have some fairly brisk north or northwesterly winds and they will bring some showers to northern areas of scotland in particular, but i think for most of us the weather shows at least signs of settling down. as you can see from the temperatures, it won�*t be especially warm for the time of year, with temperatures in the mid to high teens in the sunny spells. that�*s a look at the weather. goodbye for now.

tonight at six, insiders who attended gatherings in downing street in lockdown tell the bbc of crowded, late—night events and parties that were routine. the revelations put further pressure on borisjohnson whose leadership at the time is called into question by one of those who was there. he was not there saying they should not be happening. he was not saying, can everyone break up and go home, can everyone break up and go home, can he wasn�*t saying because everybody go home, he wasn�*t telling people to put masks on, no, he was getting a glass himself. we will be asking where these new claims leave the prime minister. and our other main story this evening. another £800 rise in energy bills

is likely in the autumn, says the head of the industry watchdog, after a £700