thank you. that's it. goodbye from me. this is bbc news. these are the latest headlines at seven o'clock. after the uvalde mass shooting police admit they waited too long to respond to the call for help. for the benefit _ respond to the call for help. for the benefit of _ respond to the call for help. lit?" the benefit of hindsight, where i am sitting now, of course it was not the right decision, it was the wrong decision period. there have been majorfailings in maternity services forced the regulator to intervene at one nhs trust. distraught families speak out. we knew something terrible had gone wrong because she was a perfectly healthy baby and how do they not survive more pressure on the prime minister as a ministerial aide at the home

office resigns and another mp submits alert of no confidence about the prime minister. will the chancellor's subsidy for energy cost stoke further the inflation which forced him to off it in the first place. a question up for debate on dateline london at 7.30. do stay with us on bbc news. hello. welcome to bbc news, which begin this hour in texas, police say it was the wrong decision to delay tern egg the classroom in the school in the city of uvalde where 21 people, most of them children, two of them teachers were shot dead by gunman. salvador ramos barricade

himself in the classroom shooting 19 children and two teacherers it took 53 minutes before armed police went in as the local people come to terms with tragedy, grief is turning to angen with tragedy, grief is turning to anger. sarah smith reports. the police broke windows at the school to get children out after the shooting, carrying some of them to safety. their earlier response is now under huge scrutiny. why did they wait nearly an hour after the gunman had entered the school and started killing children before they went in to tackle him? i got it, ok. hey, from the benefit of hindsight, where i'm sitting now, of course it was not the right decision, it was the wrong decision, period. there's no excuse for that. but again, i wasn't there, but i'm just telling you, from what we know, we believe there should have been an entry as soon as you can. hey, when there's an active shooter, the rules change. in houston, just four

hours drive from uvalde, the powerful pro gun association, the nra, are meeting today. thousands of gun owners gathering to defend their right to own weapons. shame! facing angry protesters who are demanding greater gun control in america. do you understand why people are calling for tighter gun control? i can understand it. there's a lot of evil people out there. i think we need to control crime. if evil people didn't have access to semi automatic weapons, they wouldn't be able to conduct massacres inside schools. that's one way to look at it. what's another way to look at it? control crime. if you have personnel. that want to be trained, they can be trained in weapons safety, they can be armed, - then you are going to restrict . the access of any crazy nut that decides to come in. it's not the weapon, _ it's the nut that's got the weapon. it's because the nut has a weapon that he's able to go and kill people. but, but, but. why don't you protect the school? you say that the schools are gun free. _ so are your churches.

how many church shootings have we had, because they're - supposedly gun free? several politicians and performers have pulled out of this event. others are completely undeterred, like donald trump, who is speaking here later tonight. since the school shooting, the gun lobby and its political supporters have been completely undeterred. they haven't paused even for a minute. instead, they have continued resolutely arguing against any kind of tighter gun control. joe garcia visited a memorial to his wife yesterday. irma was one of the teachers killed inside the school. when he got home, he suffered a fatal heart attack. his family say they believe he died of a broken heart. the garcias had four children. sarah smith, bbc news, houston, texas. by by gunman. salvador ramos barricade himself in the classroom shooting 19 children and two teachers, it took 53 minutes before armed police went in as the local people come to terms with tragedy, grief is turning to angen with tragedy, grief is turning to anger. sarah smith reports. we will find out how that admission and other stories are covered on the front of the payments this evening, joining me tonight will be author

and journalist emma wolf and james lure. here is care regulator has ordered a nhs trust to make significant improvements to maternity services to ensure the safety of women and baby, an inquiry has been ordered into the care offered by nottingham's nhs trust. on thursday donna ockenden was appointed to chair an independent review after dozens of deaths of babies there. the trust says it is working hard to improve. here is our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan. a warning you will probably find the details in the report distressing. cheese! this nine months old has helped his parents rediscover their zest for life and the couple's older daughter wynter should be playing him. had they delivered her sooner, she would be alive. the andrews family had gone to nottingham's queens medical centre in 2019

to deliver the healthy baby but a catalogue of maternity failures, including too few staff meant wynter was born in a poor condition and lived forjust 23 minutes. i remember watching them perform with rescusitations on wynter, holding her and she was still one holding her and she was still warm, and i thought, had it all been a bad dream, because of the stress of the situation dash for growth performing resuscitation. today's report suggest many similar problems remain they found there were still not enough staff to keep women safe, staff were not always conducting observations to ensure patient conditions had not deteriorated, and incidents were not always being reported. staff were said to be a hard—working overall, but overall maternity care was rated as inadequate. we are very concerned, we think there has been a very long time since wynter died and there has been a very long time for the trust to rectify these, and we feel it concerning that there are still such problems going on.

around 600 families have come forward with concerns about care in nottingham's two maternity units with evidence that it doesn't do babies have died or been injured due to poor treatment. the bottom line is they sent a poorly baby home to die essentially. teddy was born in november 2020, despite being of low birth weight, he was discharged home after staff did not recognise he needed screening for hypoglycaemia. he collapsed shortly afterwards. the fallout from that was just horrific, having to call emergency services and everything that goes with that and everything that goes with that and be taken back to hospital to watch your tiny baby die, after giving birth. it was horrific. the trust say they _ giving birth. it was horrific. the trust say they were working hard to make the necessary improvements but recognise there were more to do and were determined to increase the pace of change. with so many concern last

year the nhs ordered a review into maternity care but many of the families failed by the trust concluded it was not fit for purpose, and rejected two different people the nhs appointed to lead it. yesterday, they got the chair person they really wanted. senior midwife donna ockenden wi ininvestigate after a previous review. for the families who have been failed by the trust, the consequences will last a lifetime. when he is older what will you tell him? ~ ., ., him? we will tell him he had a sister, him? we will tell him he had a sister. and _ him? we will tell him he had a sister, and that _ him? we will tell him he had a sister, and that she _ him? we will tell him he had a sister, and that she was - him? we will tell him he had a - sister, and that she was fantastic, and has changed so much so other babies and families don't have to go through what we have. that report from our social affairs

correspondent. the world health organization is warning that monkeypox infections are likely to rise but that the stout break can be contained with the right precaution, round 200 cases have been detected outside africa with 106 people being infected so far in the uk. our health editor came into the stewed yearlyier to explain. the health editor came into the stewed yearlyier to explain.— yearlyier to explain. the world health organization _ yearlyier to explain. the world health organization officials i yearlyier to explain. the world | health organization officials are saying it is not a disease the public should be worried about, it is not like covid, and they go on to say they did at the briefing today, if the right measures are put in place, then they think it can be contained quite easily. and according to the briefing, there is is a good window of opportunity to stop transmission now, although officials said there are a lot of unknown about it and intense surveillance will still be needed. in the uk, there are now 106 reported cases, and today the uk health security agency has but out guidance to those with monkeypox who are isolating at home who have a domestic pet. they are saying for a

petrodent like a hamster or gerbil, they are more susceptible and in that situation they should be put in quarantine outside the home for 21 day, for other pets the risk is lower but if there is a cat or dog in a household where someone has monkeypox they should be kept indoors and checked out if required by a vet. the chief veterinary officer said there has never been a recorded case of monkeypox in a domestic pet but the situation is being monitored. a conservative mp has resigned as a ministerial aide saying revelation about lockdown parties have created about lockdown parties have created a deep mistrust in the government and in the tory party. paul holmes said his work on behalf of constituents in easterly have been tar thished by the toxic culture in number ten. tar thished by the toxic culture in numberten. sir tar thished by the toxic culture in number ten. sir bob neil has said he has submitted alert of no confidence in the prime minister as a result of

the report into those lockdown parties. our political correspondent david wallace lockhart is at westminster. david, the prime minister has said he believes he enjoys enough confidence in the can't to continue. ——. —— conservative party. are there are warning signs for the government in some of these comments and in another tory mp submits a letter of no confidence, given the prime minister has published the report and says lessons have been learned? definitely seems to be a drip, drip, drip of criticism coming out from conservative mps, now when that sue gray report was published on wednesday, spelling out the scale of rule breaking that had gone on in downing street, and some other government buildings during covid restrictions, there wasn't a huge swell of rebellion from the conservative benches, there wasn't anything that felt like a threat

that was going to topple boris johnson, let's remember, 5a conservative mps need to submit letters to the 1922 committee, that backbench committee of mp, it triggers a vote of confidence in the leader but it didn't feel like that was close on the day of that partygate report. a few mps did publicly go with that criticism, but today, we have had actually a few interesting intervention, as you mentioned paul holmes for, he was a parliamentary private secretary in the home office, the bottom rung of a government career, it is unpaid but perhaps people, the government think, have got potential and are getting ready for a future ministerial career, he stepped down from that position, he said he was shocked and appalled by the culture that was going on as number ten and deeply uncomfortable about what he read in the sue gray report. crucially he is not taking aim at the prime minister. he saying it is downing street he doesn't have faith in, many people would struggle to

see the distinction but it doesn't sound like he is submit a letter. however, we have heard from another mp today, bob neil. a senior conservative mp, he is chair of one of parliament's select committee, the justice committee, of parliament's select committee, thejustice committee, he has submitted a letter saying he has no longer confidence in borisjohnson�*s longer confidence in boris johnson's leadership, longer confidence in borisjohnson�*s leadership, questioning whether or not it is credible some of the statements he made to parliament about partygate. then we have had another mp in the past hour or so, the mp for rutland and melton, she has posted a statement where she talks about how the prime minister continues not to hold my confidence, and she say that has been the case since january. what is unclear entirely i would say there, is whether or not she has submitted that letter, sounds like she possibly might have, but i don't think, ithink possibly might have, but i don't think, i think that is maybe perhaps deliberately left cryptic but maybe some people in downing street starting to look at these numbers

when it comes to criticism, ticking up when it comes to criticism, ticking up a bit and getting more nervous than earlier in the week.— up a bit and getting more nervous than earlier in the week. thank you ve much than earlier in the week. thank you very much david. _ very much david. opposition parties have accused borisjohnson of opposition parties have accused boris johnson of watering down opposition parties have accused borisjohnson of watering down the rules which govern ministerial standards. ministers were found to have breached the ministerial code and would be not be expected to resign or face the sack. the terms of the code were updated this afternoon in a new government policy statement. well, let us talk to sir alistair graham the original chairman of the committee, one of the earlier chairman of the committee on standards. he spent four years in thatjob from 2003, and 2007. thank you very much for being with us. what dough you make of this, can you hearin

what dough you make of this, can you hear in me?— hear in me? sorry i can't hear you. are ou hear in me? sorry i can't hear you. are you hearing — hear in me? sorry i can't hear you. are you hearing me _ hear in me? sorry i can't hear you. are you hearing me at _ hear in me? sorry i can't hear you. are you hearing me at all- hear in me? sorry i can't hear you. are you hearing me at all sir- are you hearing me at all sir alistair? i are you hearing me at all sir alistair? ~ are you hearing me at all sir alistair?- no, - are you hearing me at all sir alistair?- no, | - are you hearing me at all sir. alistair?- no, | think, alistair? ithink... no, ithink, let us, alistair? ithink... no, ithink, let us. let— alistair? ithink... no, ithink, let us, let us, _ alistair? ithink... no, ithink, let us, let us, we _ alistair? ithink... no, ithink, let us, let us, we will - alistair? ithink... no, ithink, let us, let us, we will come i alistair? i think... no, i think, | let us, let us, we will come back alistair? i think... no, i think, - let us, let us, we will come back to him if he with we can. police in texas say it was the wrong decision to delay entering the classroom in the city of uvalde where 21 people were killed on tuesday. let us talk to our correspondent barbara plett usher at the scene. there has been a mounting pressure on the police over the past couple of day, accusations add various news conferences they were being vague, they were avoiding questions on this, and now a statement they were wrong. is, has that statement been followed by an explanation over what why thatjudgment was followed by an explanation over what why that judgment was taken followed by an explanation over what why thatjudgment was taken not followed by an explanation over what why that judgment was taken not to go in? why that 'udgment was taken not to no in? ., . why that 'udgment was taken not to coin? ., ., . go in? you are right. the police have held _ go in? you are right. the police have held several _ go in? you are right. the police have held several media - go in? you are right. the police - have held several media conferences because there have been questions and criticisms about the delay in

stopping the gunman from his operation, in going out and taking him down. and in this media conference, you are right, the revelations were quite specific, about that it was an actual decision, the delay was a decision it wasn't part of the operational situation and the commander, the onsite commander decided that the gunman had barricaded himself in the two adjoining classrooms hand the children were no longer at risk and therefore they had time to organise how to storm the classroom. so a couple of thing, it wasn't clear why he decided the chirp were no longer at risk, and that wasn't made clear in the press conference, one thing that the officer said was that a lot of the shoot, there had been a barrage of shooting at the beginning of the siege and then mostly, you know, a sporadic shot after, so perhaps that contributed to the decision. but there seems also to be

different operational decisions made, based on whether a suspect has barricaded himself or whether there is an active shooting situation, and so it, that is the category he decided was in play, at the school, and so you had about 19 officers in the hallway outside the classroom for a long period, working out what they were going to do. in the meantime there were kids inside calling 911 saying some of us are still alive. there was at least one situation where you could hear three shots where the kid was speaking to 911. it seems as this information was not being relayed in real time. we did get or there was an admission that the decision was flat out wrong, and that was quite extraordinary as well. barbara, what impact is this having on the mood there, and what is going to be a very sombre weekend for families as they make the

arrangement for the funerals of their children, and indeed obviously for the families of the two teachers who died. we saw some sense of the public anger earlier in week, entirely understandable, what, what attempt is being made to try and address some of that, very raw emotion? ~ address some of that, very raw emotion?— emotion? well, it is deeply unsettling _ emotion? well, it is deeply unsettling and _ emotion? well, it is deeply unsettling and disturbing, i emotion? well, it is deeply i unsettling and disturbing, this media briefing was andre ayew tempt to address that. it seemed clear a mistake had been made and the law enforcement felt they had to acknowledge it and come out and explain it as it was dope. so that was an attempt to deal with the very raw emotions as you said, the frustration and the anger, on top of the unspeakable grief, because of course, these parents, who have lost their children, are now working, arranging funeral, they are very much caught up with the mourning, and the laying to rest of their

children but at the same time, this whole question about whether things could have turned out differently hovers over them and there have been a number who have spoken out angrily that the police did not storm the classroom sooner and the scenes you talked about earlier, of course were fraught because there were several hundred parents outside the school, as it was happening and they were extremely concerned and emotional, and you did have a police barricade, as i think is standard operating procedure because there was a shooter in the, gunman in the school. so, the motions have been running high and i think the media briefing was an attempt to athremsz but it was very blunt. he couldn't really give an explanation that would satisfy, he had to say they made a mistake.— would satisfy, he had to say they made a mistake. ., ~ , ., , .

let us catch up on the sport. how are you?— let us catch up on the sport. how are you? let us catch up on the sport. how are ou? ., , ~ ., how are you? hello, very well. what an exciting — how are you? hello, very well. what an exciting week— how are you? hello, very well. what an exciting week this _ how are you? hello, very well. what an exciting week this is _ how are you? hello, very well. what an exciting week this is a _ how are you? hello, very well. what an exciting week this is a true i an exciting week this is a true dream for sports fan, of course, the pinnacle is tomorrow's champions league final, where liverpool will take on real madrid, looking to win a seventh european cup. the liverpool team have been training on the pitch at the stade de france and there is some good news for their fans as both thiago managed to train as usual. klopp lop said the mood is good but he played down their current status as favourites to win the trophy. if you look at the history of the club, if you look at the way real madrid celebrate come back, had come backs in the game, it is crazy, i would say for my point of view, it is real madrid because of experience but actually i want us to be on the same level, these kind of thing, thinking on the same level, want to

be us in the game, being ourself, and, if we are on the top of our game we are difficult to play, but of course, the confidence of the madrid players is incredibly high, so favourite, i don't know, i couldn't care less.— so favourite, i don't know, i couldn't care less. there has been talk about liverpool _ couldn't care less. there has been talk about liverpool looking i couldn't care less. there has been talk about liverpool looking for i talk about liverpool looking for revenge after losing to real madrid in the finalfour revenge after losing to real madrid in the final four years ago, but their defending andy robertson says winning the trophy the next year against tottenham was the best revenge. indie against tottenham was the best reven . e. ~ ., ., against tottenham was the best revenue. ~ ., ., ., ., revenge. we wrote that wrong four ourself in madrid _ revenge. we wrote that wrong four ourself in madrid the _ revenge. we wrote that wrong four ourself in madrid the following i ourself in madrid the following season, where we won the champions league. that was, that was us kind of getting revenge on the competition, as such, and becoming winners for the first time, so, i think the kyiv game's long in the past now, for all of us, and we are just focussed on this final, and of course it is real madrid and of course it is real madrid and of course people bring it up, but we just focus on trying to win the game. we want to win the trophy, you

know, when you get to the final, you are so close but it is hardest hurdle to get over and hopefully we can hopefully we can be the ones celebrating. can hopefully we can be the ones celebrating-— can hopefully we can be the ones celebratina. ., , ., , , , celebrating. thousands of supporters from both clubs _ celebrating. thousands of supporters from both clubs are _ celebrating. thousands of supporters from both clubs are arriving - celebrating. thousands of supporters from both clubs are arriving in i celebrating. thousands of supporters from both clubs are arriving in the i from both clubs are arriving in the french capital and these fans are confident they can win europe's premier club competition again. i premier club competition again. i would say pretty confident. i'm i premier club competition again. i i would say pretty confident. i'm not sure, we would say pretty confident. i'm not sure. we are _ would say pretty confident. i'm not sure, we are favourites _ would say pretty confident. i'm not sure, we are favourites but - would say pretty confident. i'm not sure, we are favourites but not i would say pretty confident. i'm not sure, we are favourites but not tooj sure, we are favourites but not too confident — sure, we are favourites but not too confident. ,, . ., , ._ ., confident. second time played real madrid, confident. second time played real madrid. really _ confident. second time played real madrid, really excited. _ confident. second time played real madrid, really excited. this - confident. second time played real madrid, really excited. this time i confident. second time played real| madrid, really excited. this time we will revenge for the last time they beat us. unlucky last sunday, quadruple was on, going to be seven by time we fly out on sunday night. we are passionate liverpool supporters and from australia. and we came _ supporters and from australia. and we came here here to watch liverpool win, so _ we came here here to watch liverpool win, so hopefully they will bring it home, and. — win, so hopefully they will bring it home, and, let's paint paris red. think we — home, and, let's paint paris red. think we are the wetter team going into it. we have to look out for benzema, as long as we can keep him

quiet we will win. {line benzema, as long as we can keep him quiet we will win.— quiet we will win. one other line of football antonio _ quiet we will win. one other line of football antonio conte _ quiet we will win. one other line of football antonio conte is _ quiet we will win. one other line of football antonio conte is going i quiet we will win. one other line of football antonio conte is going to l football antonio conte is going to stay as coach of tottenham. there had been some doubt, but it seems that the owners pledge to put £150 million into the club has convinced him to stay on. now the other side of paris then, from that champions league final it is the french open tennis, the last britain cameron norrie has dropped the first set in his match in the third round, no problems for the defending champion and top seed novak djokovic, he is safely through to the fourth round, he hasn't dropped a set all week he looked in strong form winning 6—3, 6—3, 6—2. he is on course for a potential quarterfinal with the 13 time french open winner rafael nadal. so nadal

won in straight set, interestingly, the spaniards next opponent has nadal�*s koevention and his uncle as one of his coaching team. in the women's draw two seeds have gone today. bencic was knocked out by fernandez, the three time grand slam winner kerr perwas upset by emma raducanu ease conqueror. conqueror. there is another iconic sporting event this weekend. the monaco grand prix. leclerc who lost his championship lead to verstappen was quicker than his ferrari team—mate sainz but half a second quicker than verstappen. mercedes are a long way off the pace with george russell and hamilton eighth and tenth. now it is time for the weather.

help low, for most of us today, was a lovely day, in the sunshine. over the weekend, the weather is going to start to change, there will be some sunshine, but temperatures are going to be dropping, particularly on sunday, by then there could be a few more showers, not really a cloud in the sky today across southern parts of the uk, temperatures reached 20 degrees in the sunshine. had a bit more cloud further north. most of the showers have been in northern scotland and that is where we will keep one or two going into the night. any other showers across northern areas will tend to fade away. skies will clear for most places but a bit more cloud coming into northern ireland. the winds will be dropping though, and so it will be dropping though, and so it will turn chilly again, temperatures down to six or seven degrees by early saturday morning. over the weekend we have high pressure close to the uk but it is just not in the right place, if anything it will push back up to iceland. with that sort of position we are left with a northerly breeze on saturday and

sunday that colder air will push its way further south. we start the weekend though, on a bright and sunny note, while we will see patchy cloud developing, much of the country will stay dry on saturday with sunny spell, just the chance of one or two light showers for eastern scotland, perhaps eastern england. it will feel chilly in northern scotland. 12 degrees here, but elsewhere 16 listen 18. should feel pleasant enough in the sunshine. but we still have some high pollen level, grass pollen. high pollen through the midlands and parts of southern england once again. second half of the weekend, probably sees more cloud round, it will be thicker as well, so we have a greater chance of catching shower, especially in southern and eastern areas of the uk. still got that northerly breeze but it will be colder i think on sunday. could squeeze 16 in south wales, perhaps but 11 or 12 at best in eastern england and eastern scotland. a chilly day for the time of year. pressure continues to fall, as we head into monday as well. that

high pressure moving further away from the uk. we are left with lighter winds, the stronger winds still to the far north—west. but otherwise lighter winds, limited amount of sunshine and there will be some shower, perhaps on the heavy side and slow—moving too, so hit—and—miss perhaps but with more cloud and the threat of rain, temperatures will be a bit lower as we head into next week.

hello and welcome to the programme which brings together columnists from uk newspapers with the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences in their home country from the dateline: london. this was the week when sue gray delivered her report into whether downing street partied during the covid lockdowns — did the gray report deliver? we learnt the likely impact of surging energy prices — a doubling of the numbers in fuel poverty in the uk. the goverment�*s answer to it — throw money at the problem. is it proportionate —

or inflationary? and what about those other sharply rising bills: