today at six, the growing shortage of gps in some parts of england, with some regions faring much worse than others. we talk to several family doctors, including this one in hull where the shortage of gps is felt very keenly in deprived areas. we have the sort of perfect storm where we've got the most need but yet seem to have the least capacity to deal with it, so it creates inequity and it actually perpetuates it. we'll be reporting from hull — and from devon, where the picture is very different. also today: the holiday giant tui cancels more flights. thejubilee bank holiday could be very uncertain for some holiday—makers. cases are packed, we're all ready to go, and we received a text last night,

7:30, to say that the holiday had been cancelled. no explanation, and nobody�*s been in touch. another record high for the average price of petrol, as the pressure on global supplies shows no sign of easing. and 70 years of the monarch meeting her prime ministers — we report on the mystique and mystery of the weekly audience. and coming up on the bbc news channel, a clash fit for a final — two titans of tennis, novak djokovic and rafa nadal, go head to head later in the french open quarterfinals.

good evening. access to family doctors is fast becoming one of the biggest problems for the nhs, according to patients�* groups, while some areas of england are having to cope with much lower numbers of gps per head than other areas. new analysis by the nuffield trust for the bbc has found that demand for gp services continues to rise, at a time when more doctors are switching to part—time working. the areas with the highest number of patients per gp are shown on this map with darker colours, and the areas with lowest levels are shown in lighter colours. wirral on merseyside is one of the best served areas in england, with the lowest number of patients for every gp, while at the other end of the scale we have portsmouth, where there are many more patients for every family doctor. the government target was to increase the number of gps by 6,000 by the year 2024, but last month the number of qualified gps actually fell. the government says it's doing its best to grow the workforce.

0ur health editor, hugh pym, has been to devon, one of england's best—served areas for gps, and to hull, where the story is rather different. thank you. oh, you're welcome, you're welcome. it was just a bit of moral support, wasn't it, really? this is gp care as we don't often see it. when you used to ring, i just felt i wasn't abandoned. 0h, bless you. lorna supports her elderly patients as best she can, but devon has some of the longest waits for planned operations in england. so lovely to see you, since your surgery! joyce had to wait nearly three years for her hip replacement, and she was put on antidepressants and morphine. i couldn't speak to anybody without crying. yeah, it was really tough, wasn't it? it was a tough time, yeah.

sorry — you got through it. as a gp, you feel a little bit helpless in a way, because all you can do is keep checking in, but you know the thing that they really need to get better is the surgery that they're waiting for. for lorna, watching her patients slowly deteriorate is difficult. i've seen you before about this tremor. social ca re�*s under pressure. she tries to help the elderly who want to stay independent. very disabling at the moment. tom, who is now 90, has to do all cooking. bye, pauline. i'll see myself out, all right? how do you manage to fit in home visits with all the other patients you need to see? yeah, ut can be a challenge. there aren't enough hours in the day. i think they need to clone us. devon has one of the better patient—to—gp ratios, but there's still a heavy workload. we're all managing in different ways.

a lot of us are working part—time. a lot are retiring early. from devon to hull, it's a different story. patient continuity is harder to achieve. the number of gps relative to the population in hull is one of the lowest in england. i don't think that's anything to worry about... here they see as many patients as they can. that still leaves a lot of phone calls for matthew and the other gps. i've had four cases come in in the last four minutes. the list is still building. hi there, it's dr fortnum again at the surgery... an area like hull has higher levels of socioeconomic need. you have this sort of perfect storm where we've got the most need but yet seem to have the least capacity to deal with it, so it creates inequity and it actually perpetuates it. but we're here to try and change that. for lorna and matthew, devin and hull, local challenges may be different, but they and all gps face a rising workload and a struggle to meet

the needs of their patients. hugh pym, bbc news. let's talk a little more about this, hugh is in the studio. for the people in the worst affected areas, what are the hopes for them that in the next few years, their access to gps will improve?— the next few years, their access to gps will improve? well, huw, there are some deep-set _ gps will improve? well, huw, there are some deep-set problems - gps will improve? well, huw, therei are some deep-set problems across are some deep—set problems across the nhs which will take time to address, you are seeing rising patient demand, sometimes because people didn't come forward during the lockdown period to get treated or diagnosed, and yet gp numbers, qualified gps are actually falling. so you've got a challenge there, you've got gps doing their best to fit everybody in, but patients frustrated they can't always get appointments, and sometimes going out to people's homes to comfort those who are waiting a long time for routine operations, again because of the covid related backlog. so really big challenges, and only last week a report for nhs

england said the system was not fit for purpose, that you get people care on the day it needed a much morejoined up thinking between community, health, gps, pharmacist, urgent care centres and so on. the government says there are more gps being trained, coming into the workforce, more clinicians and other practice staff who are becoming available. that, of course, takes time to build a workforce and more gps are feeling the pressure and leaving to go part—time. i should say scotland, wales and northern ireland don't have comparable figures but they of course are experiencing the same sort of precious. experiencing the same sort of recious. , ., precious. hugh pym, our health ednon and you can find more information about gp shortages across england on the bbc news website. the prospect of serious travel disruption over thejubilee bank holiday, affecting thousands of travellers, is increasingly likely.

the holiday giant tui is cancelling more flights until the end ofjune, affecting more than 30,000 holiday—makers. other airlines have also cancelled flights, as around two million people prepare to fly over the next few days. the aviation industry cut thousands ofjobs during the pandemic, and staff shortages are now a huge problem as travel has picked up again. 0ur transport correspondent katy austin has the latest. the chandramani family from greater manchester couldn't wait for their first proper overseas holiday together — a five—star trip to turkey leaving tomorrow. but last night, tui texted them to say it was cancelled. absolutely devastated. i was heartbroken for myself, butjust heartbroken how i was going to explain to the girls that the holiday they've spoken nothing else for for 12 months was cancelled. the water park, that's all they've spoken about. "i can't wait to wake up and go on the water park and on slides." and it's just all

taken away from them. the tour operator says advanced cancellations are aimed at providing stability amid disruption to its operation at manchester airport, which has been blamed on staff shortages at check—in and baggage reclaim. swissport, which handles tui's ground operations at manchester, said it was sorry for its part in delays and disruption. this guy's a legend. 0ne passenger took this video yesterday of a pilot out on the tarmac helping to deal with bags. passenger numbers have taken off as travel restrictions have eased, but after shedding thousands ofjobs during the pandemic, businesses have struggled to hire new staff and get them through security clearance quickly enough. an aviation recruiter told me many people had left for other sectors and there isn't the same pool of european workers post—brexit. baggage handling is a particular pinch point. every company based in and around an airport is currently recruiting.

candidates can pick and choose which vacancies they want to show an interest in, which interviews they want to attend, and employers, unfortunately, are in the situation where they are continuously having to build their talent pools in order to get the minimum numbers required each month to fill their high—volume vacancies. british airways and easyjet have also removed hundreds of flights from their schedules in advance, and there have been some last—minute cancellations. prospect, the union representing staff in air—traffic control and engineering, warned things could get worse before they get better. airports insist the situation has improved in areas like security, while airlines say they're doing their best to cope with demand that's sometimes reaching 2019 levels. it's important to stress the problems we've been seeing over the last few days, you know, they're not universal, the majority of flights are leaving on time, and it's often a number of things happening, be it pressures at security, sometimes with airlines, sometimes with air—traffic control we've seen, and it's something that's not just affecting the uk, we've seen issues in dublin, amsterdam and other places.

thejubilee bank holiday means another busy few days lie ahead. international travel�*s return has encountered some turbulence so far. the race is on to smooth things out in time for the summer peak. katy austin, bbc news. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith is in manchester. this would people be right to be worried notjust this would people be right to be worried not just about this weekend in terms of travelling but for the months going into the summer? weill. months going into the summer? well, it seems a reasonable _ months going into the summer? -ii it seems a reasonable concern, huw, because those recruitment problems have spread from security to check in, to baggage handling, through airports, right across the uk, and as katy was saying, passenger demand has picked up and recruitment has not kept pace. the extra long bank holiday weekend and half term

hitting at the same moment, but so many companies saying they can't get enough people in place, they can't get enough people cleared through the extra airport security that is needed here. but airlines and airports very much hoping to have this fixed for the busy summer period, but let's be realistic — that begins, effectively, in four or five weeks' time, and those problems are unlikely to have disappeared at that stage. but the airlines and airports very much hoping to have a lot more stuff in place, because this is an expensive problem for them to have. anyone with a cancelled flight is entitled to a full refund, potentially compensation, and of course expenses on top of that, so some reassurance for travellers, on top of that, so some reassurance fortravellers, but on top of that, so some reassurance for travellers, but certainly not the holiday that anyone was hoping for. ., ., ,, ., . , for. colletta smith at manchester airort. average petrol prices have reached a new record high, as pressure on global energy supplies shows no sign of easing. european union leaders have now

agreed a plan to block up to 90% of oil imports from russia, part of a new package of sanctions to punish the kremlin for the invasion of ukraine. our business editor, simonjack, has this report. on this forecourt in essex, drivers are getting used to bad news. there was more today, as petrol prices hit a new record. i'm putting down 50 quid 80 a week. it's only five miles a day, which is ridiculous. just try not to use it as much. be selling it soon. when i first got it a couple of years ago, it cost me 35 to fill up, and now it's 60, so it has gone up a lot. so many different things - in my business it's affecting, so, yeah, it's difficult, really difficult. - for the first time ever, petrol hit £1.73 a litre. diesel, at £1.82, is hovering near its own recent record. that means the price of filling an average petrol tank is nearly £100 — a milestone that diesel hit yesterday. behind these prices, another surge in the value of crude oil, but that's not the whole picture.

as you can see, oil has been more expensive before, so why are we seeing new petrol and diesel records now and how high could they go? well, oil is traded in dollars, and the pound has weakened this year. plus russia also exports refined diesel and petrol, which is also being shunned, meaning prices are heading higher still. unfortunately, the price of petrol is on a collision course with 180 in the coming days, and it could be as high as 185. and i think it's very likely that diesel will reach 190 a litre. the latest surge in oil prices came after european union leaders agreed last night to cut 90% of all oil imports from russia by the end of the year to stop fuelling the russian war machine. these sanctions are biting hard and are really destroying — and that's the goal — the financial basis of putin leading this war and hitting hard the russian economy. and the thing about oil, petrol,

diesel is it finds its way into the cost ofjust about everything else. it is very pervasive. so, first you have the direct effects, which is how muchl it costs you to fill up . your car, but then there are indirect effects as well, because it costs more - to deliver food to the shops, to manufacture goods, to travel. so those are all kind - of second—round effects. and then it gets into expectations |as well, so if you feel that prices| l are higher today, you might spend l more money now, pushing up demand perhaps for a pay rise as well, and that might sustain inflation for longen _ further price records seem inevitable, further evidence here at home of the massive shifts happening in the world economy. simon jack, bbc news. the tennis star sir andy murray has told the bbc that last week's school shooting in texas left him angry and upset. sir andy was eight years old when he survived the mass shooting at his primary school in dunblane near stirling, when a gunman killed 16 children and a teacher. he says he can't see any reason not

to change the gun laws in the us. he's been speaking to our sports news correspondent laura scott. andy murray was busy preparing for the grass—court season when he saw the news of the latest mass shooting in america of a primary school in texas where 19 children and two teachers were killed. 0n social media, he described the incident as madness and told me it highlighted a need for action. it's obviously terrible. it makes you angry that, you know, i think there's been over 200 mass shootings in america this year, and nothing changes. i can't understand that. murray said listening to one survivor's account in particular brought back painful memories of the horrific shootings that took place at his own school in dunblane in 1996. i heard something on the radio the other day, and it was a child from that school, you know, and i experienced a similar thing when i was at dunblane

and a teacher like, you know, coming out and waving all of the children under tables and telling them to go and hide. and it was a kid telling exactly the same story about how she survived it. and they were saying that they go through these drills, like, as young children, as like seven, eight—year—old children, and it's like, how is that normal that children should be having to go through drills in case someone comes into school with a gun? i don't get it. murray said parents in the us shouldn't have to send their children to school worried about an incident like in texas and feels strongly that the time has come for changes to gun laws. there's always talk about it being something political, but ijust don't see how it is. surely at some stage, you do something different, like you can't keep approaching the problem by buying more guns and having more guns in the country. the former world number one might be back on court, eyeing more glory at wimbledon, but he's often combined tennis

with speaking out on social issues — perhaps none has been more deeply personal or vitally important to him than this. laura scott, bbc news. the time is 6:18pm. our top story this evening. there are stark differences in the number of qualified gps between different areas in england, according to new research for the bbc. binley mega chippy! customers from the uk and beyond flock to a chippy in coventry that's become a social media sensation. coming up in sportsday on the bbc news channel. stuart broad calls for england to play more attractive cricket to bring in the supporters, ahead of theirfirst test against new zealand at lord's this week. none of the five days have sold out. in a record 70 years on the throne,

the queen has dealt with no fewer than 1a prime ministers — starting with winston churchil, right through to margaret thatcher, tony blair — and now, borisjohnson. one of the mainstays of the royal and political calendar is the weekly audience between monarch and prime minister which usually takes place on thursday evenings — an opportunity for a frank exchange on the week's events, as our deputy political editor vicki young reports. the queen and her prime ministers. this was a reunion organised in the 1990s. head of state and head of government appear side by side for dozens of public events, but the relationship is forged behind closed doors — weekly meetings at the palace... nice to see you again. lovely to see you again. ..that we only get a glimpse of. the queen's views are kept private, political neutrality carefully adheredto, her words written by her prime ministers. i pray that the blessing of almighty god may rest

upon your counsels. her first was winston churchill. he was protective of this new young sovereign who had so much to learn. archive: now, upon the shoulders of sir anthony falls _ after churchill came anthony eden, whose decision to send troops to suez in 1956 brought national humiliation. in 1964, harold wilson became the queen's first labour prime minister. she does our homework, i hadn't done mine. i hadn't read a particular cabinet committee, which i didn't chair, and i was leaving for the weekend. she knew i hadn't done my homework, she was very nice about it. the queen's constitutional right is to be kept informed of government policy — she offers encouragement and advice. every prime minister, i would guess, from talking with other prime ministers and from my own experience, has the greatest friendliness from the queen. on rare occasions, the queen has very subtly aired her views, like this speech where mr callaghan's government

was considering devolution. i cannot forget that i was crowned queen of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. good evening, your majesty. you've had a very long day... when margaret thatcher became britain's first female prime minister, there were reports that the queen privately disapproved of the government's social agenda. but the iron lady played down suggestions of a serious rift. even if she did say it, all right, she may have felt something, but there was never any difficulty in saying anything to me. any difficulty at all. every year, there's a royal invitation to balmoral — matters of state discussed over a cup of tea. in the years that i came to know her as prime minister, prime ministers had private meetings with the queen each week, she invariably looks forward. tony blair certainly appreciated the queen's advice after his landslide victory for labour. even though i was the politician and she was the monarch,

i found her not just useful, but sometimes deeply insightful. it's very good to welcome you here... when you have to explain what you're trying to achieve, its a very good form of therapy. imagine doing that to the world's greatest public servant who's seen it all and heard it all. there's really no better way of getting your head straight about what you're trying to do. 1a prime ministers — 1a very different politicians with their own visions, worries and agendas. for seven decades, the queen has worked with all of them, a monarch at the heart of a democratic constitution — advising, encouraging and warning, providing continuity as each new political tide swept in. vicki young, bbc news. the former conservative cabinet minister, dame andrea leadsom, has added her voice to the criticism directed at borisjohnson about lockdown parties at downing street. in a letter to her constituents, she said there were unacceptable

failures of leadership that were the responsibility of the prime minister. live to westminster and our political correspondent damian grammaticas. as these contributions are made, is it nowjust as these contributions are made, is it now just a as these contributions are made, is it nowjust a matter of as these contributions are made, is it now just a matter of time as these contributions are made, is it nowjust a matter of time before there is some kind of vote of confidence in mrjohnson? there is some kind of vote of confidence in mrjohnson? there is certainly growing — confidence in mrjohnson? there is certainly growing discomfort - confidence in mrjohnson? there is i certainly growing discomfort amongst conservative mps and that intervention of andrea leadsom is significant. she is a former minister and stood down in her own bid for the leadership and backed borisjohnson. in her letter to her constituents she says it is not the time for him to go, but she says that she and other mps must decide what is the right course of action now. mps are coming out every day and adding their names to the list of people who think he should go, another one today bringing it to 28, john stevenson, mp for carlisle, and he said the issue was debilitating for the government. and interestingly, the standards adviser for the prime minister has issued

his annual report and in it he says that the fine boris johnson received might seem to be in breach of the ministerial code, but mrjohnson has replied saying he did not think it was, but the pressure on the prime minister continues to grow. the actor kevin spacey says he'll voluntarily appear in a uk court to face allegations of sexual assault. last week the crown prosecution service authorised five charges of sexual assault against mr spacey. he's said he's confident of proving his innocence. teachers in england are calling on the government to give free school meals to more children to help tackle the cost of living crisis. education unions say all children from households receiving universal credit should be eligible for the scheme. the scottish and welsh governments have recently committed to extending free school meals to all primary pupils. the cost of food, fuel and other goods has surged in recent months, pushing inflation to a ito—year high.

0ur education correspondent elaine dunkley reports. more children than ever are coming through the doors. we're at capacity. we opened 11 minutes ago, we've only got a small room. we're going to be busy. at this free half—term holiday club in stockport there are activities and, crucially, for some children, a meal. so, the room is full and there will be kids down the street with take—out boxes of food. so, yeah, more than we can handle. we know a lot of the families who come here are living in food poverty, and many of them aren't on free school meals. one of the things we've noticed is our food banks have always run in the morning and some people are asking if they can come at night, cos people are working full—time, and still can't make ends meet. did you want one as well? lucy is a working mum of three and is currently on maternity leave. she doesn't qualify for free school meals because she earns above the eligibility threshold of £7,a00 a year after tax, not including benefits.

everything even from the daily shop, getting bits in, even the cost of baby milk, everything'sjust shooting up in price. things that were £1 are now £1.10. when it's half—term holidays, it adds, and it adds to the panic as well. you're just thinking, how am i going to get food this month? and it's notjust parents who are feeling the impact of rising prices. tj, harley and ben get £5 a week pocket money. the ice cream man around here is very nice but... called pete! and the ice creams, a normal ice cream with like a cone, that used to be 90p. 99p. and it went to £1.20. every single thing... has gone up about 20p. according to the government, an estimated 4 million children live in relative poverty. however, fewer than 2 million pupils are eligible for free school meals. in a letter to the government, head teachers are warning that change is urgently needed. with the need to level up in the country, then, there are a whole range of reasons

why universal free school meals and ensuring that every child has a hot, nutritious meal every single day of the working week, itjust couldn't be more important, if i'm honest with you. the government says it's providing an additional £15 billion to help working families in greatest need and has expanded free school meals more than any other government in recent decades. here at the hub, rachel is determined not to send anyone away without a meal. but as prices continue to rise, so does the anxiety for working families struggling with the cost of living. the binley mega chippy in coventry is no ordinary chip shop. on monday, dozens of people were queueing outside before opening time, including a group who'd hired a minibus to travel from scotland. others had come from norwich, liverpool, gloucester and london. and all because of a

social media sensation. 0ur correspondent navtej johal has been to see what kind of "plaice" it is. binley mega chippy! it's the takeaway taking the world by storm. binley mega chippy! in recent days, this unassuming chip shop in a coventry suburb has become a tiktok sensation. ijust explained to my mum that we are going to some fish and chip shop, like, two hours away, and that i need to be woken up early. we started off from worcester, and we were on our way to - bicester village, for a half term little day out. - and then my teenage son tom suggested that we came herel to the binley mega chippy. it's three hours before it opens. i know, but we are very keen. we wanted to get here before the crowds! - the trend is to take a photo or video of yourself at the chip shop and upload it with the catchy

jingle that everyone seems to love. # binley mega chippy! videos with the hashtag binley mega chippy have been viewed more than 130 million times. # binley mega chippy! staff say the business has seen ten times the customers it usually does. we had a bus—load of 12 people from dundee yesterday. i was chatting to some people from newcastle. what do you make of all this? i don't know, but i'm loving it. i'm just going to go with it. why has this place becomes so popular? h0 why has this place becomes so .0 ular? ., ., why has this place becomes so --oular? ., ., , ., , why has this place becomes so --oular? ., ., ,., , . , popular? no one understands except british peeple. _ popular? no one understands except british people, it's— popular? no one understands except british people, it's fish _ popular? no one understands except british people, it's fish and _ popular? no one understands except british people, it's fish and chips, . british people, it's fish and chips, it's british people, it's fish and chips, ii'sjusi _ british people, it's fish and chips, it'sjust funny, it'sjust british people, it's fish and chips, it's just funny, it's just fish and chips — today is the last official day of coventry�*s year as the city of culture. and no—one expected this chip shop to be the place everyone seems to want to visit. navteonhal, bbc news, coventry. time for a look at the weather. here's nick miller.

we have been battered by the heavy showers and thunderstorms today and thank you for letting me use that line. we've had plenty of notice that the downpours have been coming because the sky is dark and well in advance of the showers because they are so slow moving, and they do hang around for some time. the radar picture shows very few places have avoided showers today. thunderstorms in central and eastern parts of england and a few in scotland on the afternoon brought outbreaks of rain in northern ireland but the wales and now —— south—west england ending on a drying out and gradually the showers will fade but if you into eastern scotland and north—east england and rain pulling out of northern ireland towards parts of wales, especially the north, may be merseyside and the west midlands late in the night. mid to low single figures in the coldest spots. tomorrow, while many start dry with sunshine, outbreaks of rain in the middle and is south—east england for a time and cloud bills elsewhere with showers breaking up. robbie not as widespread as today but in the afternoon some heavy and thundery

ones coming up through northern and