this is bbc news, i'm lewis vaughanjones. the headlines at 8pm... two british men captured by russian forces whilst fighting in ukraine are sentenced to death by an unrecognised court in donestsk. the ruling has been condemned by authorities in ukraine and britain. you cannot treat british citizens in this manner and get away with it. this is a soviet—era show trial and these british citizens are now being apparently sentenced to death. as the cost of filling an average family car with petrol hits £100 for the first time, motoring groups call for more help for drivers. the bodies of two people, missing after a boat capsized on a lake near okehampton in devon yesterday, have been recovered by police. a man who stabbed his neighbour

to death on his own front lawn after subjecting them to years of threats and abuse has been jailed for at least 38 years. a predator with the face of a crocodile, weighing several tonnes and measuring more than ten metres in length. the remains of europe's biggest land dinosaur have been discovered on the isle of wight. good evening, welcome to the programme. two british men who were in the ukrainian armed forces have been sentenced to death in eastern ukraine by a russian court. 28—year—old aiden aslin and 48—year—old shaun pinner were found guilty, alongside a third man from morocco after being captured during fighting in mariupol in april. the foreign secretary, liz truss,

has condemned their sentence, calling it a sham judgment with absolutely no legitimacy. emma vardy reports. forfighting as soldiers in ukraine's military, after a short trial in russian—held territory, aiden aslin and shaun pinner have been told they face the death penalty. if you're watching this, it means that we have surrendered. this was aiden aslin�*s last message to family and friends before he was captured. run out of ammunition, didn't really have any other choice than to surrender. he had spent weeks defending the besieged city of mariupol, before his unit had to give themselves up. to lay down our arms and head towards the russian soldiers. days later, his family in nottinghamshire watched as footage of him emerged looking bruised and in handcuffs on pro—russian media outlets, being interrogated

about his actions. footage of prisoners of war being paraded on television is viewed as a breach of the geneva conventions. there have been many ukrainian soldiers captured during the fighting but it is pretty clear, as british men in this conflict, their treatment has been very different. now, the court footage shows them only answering that they were happy for the trial to proceed without witnesses. but it is unclear, of course, what duress they may have been under. what has happened today i think is one of the most extraordinary things i have seen in recent years. british citizens being in a show trial and then condemned to death for no reason whatsoever. the russian ambassador and the russian government need to know they won't get away with this. since the russian invasion of ukraine, many foreign fighters have travelled there to join the international legion and other groups helping to defend the country. but aiden aslin and shaun pinner were different. they had been fighting in ukraine's

military for a number of years. aiden aslin passed out as a marine after moving to ukraine in 2018 and was engaged to be married to a ukrainian. but russian channels have called the men foreign mercenaries, and are reporting that they will face a firing squad. the foreign secretary liz truss has called it a sham judgment with no legitimacy. theirfamilies are hoping it may be possible to negotiate a prisoner exchange. but for now, for their involvement in ukraine's conflict, they have become part of russia's propaganda war. emma vardy, bbc news. 0ur diplomatic correspondent explained why aiden aslin and shaun pinner have been treated so differently from other ukrainian prisoners of war. they were full members of the ukrainian armed forces — and yet, despite all that, they have been convicted by this

court which is not recognised internationally because the republic is not recognised internationally except by one country, russia. but they have been convicted, amongst other things, of terrorist acts and being mercenaries — which clearly they are not, they were full members of the ukrainian armed forces, there are even images showing aslin signing up when he actually, all those years ago, made his declaration to the ukrainian armed forces. so that's what they were doing there, but clearly they are also foreigners who've been captured during the fight for mariupol. it is clearly an attempt by russia to use these individuals to put pressure on the uk. it is clearly a response to the fact that some russian soldiers have themselves been tried and found guilty of war crimes. because that's the key distinction here, under the geneva convention, if you are a prisoner of war, you are detained as a prisoner of war and treated under the rules of the geneva convention — but the one thing you can be

tried for is war crimes. and essentially, some russian fighters and soldiers have been arrested and also charged, and, in a handful of cases, actually convicted of war crimes by targeting civilians specifically mainly through shelling. let's speak to robert fox, who's the defence editor at the london evening standard. thanks so much for coming on the programme. thanks so much for coming on the programme-— thanks so much for coming on the programme-- 50 - thanks so much for coming on the programme.- so what - thanks so much for coming on the programme.- so what do | thanks so much for coming on the . programme.- so what do you programme. evening. so what do you make of where we _ programme. evening. so what do you make of where we are _ programme. evening. so what do you make of where we are now? - programme. evening. so what do you make of where we are now? do - programme. evening. so what do you make of where we are now? do you l make of where we are now? do you think there's any way that these men can be saved from the fate they've been handed down?— can be saved from the fate they've been handed down? look, i don't want to be due definite _ been handed down? look, i don't want to be due definite about _ been handed down? look, i don't want to be due definite about it _ been handed down? look, i don't want to be due definite about it because - to be due definite about it because it's very, very delicate. that's too definite about it. but as james pointed out, we are in a very, very murky while waters here. this is a show trial, gangsterjustice — i'm sorry to correct her intro, it was

the donetsk peoples were, and right now as we speak, this is the country whose independence we recognise, but it's recognised by nobody else but the regime of vladimir putin —— donetsk peoples were up. it's a high—stakes propaganda game. why they decided to play propaganda game against the british raises very interesting questions in deed, but it's a total breach of the accepted norms of warfare, as james was saying and we've seen in europe particularly since 1916. saying and we've seen in europe particularly since 1945.— saying and we've seen in europe particularly since 1945. given how isolated russia _ particularly since 1945. given how isolated russia now— particularly since 1945. given how isolated russia now is _ particularly since 1945. given how isolated russia now is on - particularly since 1945. given how isolated russia now is on the - isolated russia now is on the international stage, isolated russia now is on the internationalstage, is isolated russia now is on the international stage, is the fact that it's not recognised is the fact that it's not recognised is the fact that it's not recognised is the fact that it will face worldwide condemnation any great shakes to vladimir putin?— condemnation any great shakes to vladimir putin? well, i think there is this fantasy _ vladimir putin? well, i think there is this fantasy element _ vladimir putin? well, i think there is this fantasy element in - vladimir putin? well, i think there is this fantasy element in the - is this fantasy element in the propaganda and information war that

vladimir putin will behave — blind independence and arrogance, and that is really the game at the moment. what is very interesting is the twisting of the alice in wonderland logic, you know, that russia excepted ukraine as a sovereign and independent country with legitimate rights as an independent member of the un general assembly, and of the organisation of security and cooperation in europe, which guarantees all these rights. now this is a very extreme, poignant example of flagrant disregard of that, you know, it'sjust partly in adjunct or annex of the greater russian state or the greater russian civilisation now as the buddhists call it. and there's this crazy logic which i think makes it so

intractable to the norms and practices of international diplomacy. like liz truss naturally calling in the russian ambassador, saying, "this is your client's banded outfit, we want you to do something about it." but in fact, there will be miles and miles of propaganda coming out of moscow and the region about this, you can be banned. and where it takes us will be very difficult. if they do go through with killing these people, let's not call in execution, it's got nothing judicial backed by the law whatsoever about it, then there will be a real problem as it will become increasingly clear for any russian boy and girl caught inside ukraine now. there will be no quarter. ukraine now. there will be no auarter. ~ ., ukraine now. there will be no auarter. ~ . ., , ukraine now. there will be no auarter. ~ . ., ukraine now. there will be no auarter. . ., ., , quarter. well, that was a really... wants to unpick _ quarter. well, that was a really... wants to unpick and _ quarter. well, that was a really... wants to unpick and what - quarter. well, that was a really... wants to unpick and what you - quarter. well, that was a really... | wants to unpick and what you said there, but none of it sounded

particularly optimistic. —— lots to unpack. now if this does go ahead, is this having far—reaching consequences for anyone who has relations dealing with russia, that you can't be trusted on any basis of international norms, that we've conducted any kind of business with them over the last few decades? the sim - le them over the last few decades? tue: simple answer them over the last few decades? tte: simple answer to that is yes. sorry, i'm not being funny about this, and this is why vladimir putin and his people have picked out the uk — there is small doubt about it, i'm hearing it from many sites inside the eu, "why are the british so clear about what the principal, as well as the practical importance is behind standing up to vladimir putin's grab for ukraine?" it's very interesting that european allies think the british are being too hard, they are actually being to clear and articulate but much admired by the northern european

allies who followed britain in the joint expeditionary reports. even in america, i've discovered that the way the uk is articulating the line on this is really in the league, and russia knows it. vladimir putin has always had a thing for britain and the way it's conducted international affairs, particularly through europe, through nato and the osc. it's a real toe to toe, and this is really unfortunate — there's a very nasty, vindictive subplot to this. let's rub the brits's noses in it. robert, always fascinating to get your thoughts, thanks very much. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10.30pm and 11.30pm this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are the talktv presenter daisy mcandrew, and the broadcaster david davies.

the cost of filling an average family car with petrol has hit more than £100 for the first time today. this is what it costs now to fill a car with a 55—litre tank — diesel is even more expensive. the rac motoring group has called it "a truly dark day". the government says some retailers are not passing on the recent 5p cut in fuel duty to consumers. the soaring prices all add to the intensifying pressure on household budgets, with energy bills and food prices also now at multi—year highs. our business editor simonjack reports. butcher alistair paul makes deliveries from here in inverness all over the west coast of scotland, but he is considering doing fewer journeys in his three vans, or charging for delivery, as higher fuel costs put a squeeze on the business. we are finding it very difficult. the vans are taking about £130 each to fill up for the week.

it's up to over £300 a week, where it was, you know, down in the 200s beforehand. everyone is struggling. we are struggling at home. the staff are struggling. you know, we are all struggling. so it is not only fuel, it is everything else that is going up. at least his business can claim back the vat on fuel, a tax break not available to regular motorists, spending on average over £100 on a tank of petrol for the first time. the price at the pump is about more than just the cost of fuel. in fact, of that £1.82 record per unleaded litre, only 94p is the cost of the petrol itself. transporting it costs 2p. the retailer takes a margin of 3p and the government adds 53p in fuel duty, recently cut from 58p, and then puts vat on the whole lot for another 30p. so 46%, nearly half, is tax, and because prices have risen so quickly, the government is now getting more money than before it cut fuel duty, which is why people now are calling

on it to do more. motoring organisations say nearly 20% are taking fewerjourneys, and those on low incomes or with no choice but to drive are being hit hardest. the situation is really severe. so we need the chancellor to cut duty immediately by 10p per litre and introduce a fuel price stabiliser. when prices go up, duty should come down. if prices go down, duty can go up. that will help individuals and help the economy. the chancellor today was admiring a brand—new electric lorry, but pointed to the recent 5p fuel duty cut and said he would get inflation back under control. i want people to be reassured that we have the tools we need and the determination to get inflation back down and under control. i am making sure that our borrowing and debt is handled responsibly so we don't make the situation worse

and increase people's mortgage rates, and we are doing things like increasing the supply of energy, moving people into work, to ease some of the supply—side pressures that we are seeing. but for now, at the petrol pump, the supermarket and in utility bills, there is no hiding from a cost of living crisis that is expected to get worse before it gets better. simon jack, bbc news. let's talk a bit more about the impact of rising fuel prices. amy bird works for caremark, which provides home to home care in yorkshire. good evening to use. hello, are you 0k? first of— good evening to use. hello, are you 0k? first of all, — good evening to use. hello, are you 0k? first of all, please _ good evening to use. hello, are you 0k? first of all, please explain - good evening to use. hello, are you 0k? first of all, please explain how| 0k? first of all, please explain how ou 0k? first of all, please explain how you guys have _ 0k? first of all, please explain how you guys have come _ 0k? first of all, please explain how you guys have come to _ 0k? first of all, please explain how you guys have come to rely - 0k? first of all, please explain how you guys have come to rely on - you guys have come to rely on petrol. you guys have come to rely on etrol. �* u, , you guys have come to rely on etrol. ~ u, , u, , petrol. are carriers need their cars to net to petrol. are carriers need their cars to get to work- _ petrol. are carriers need their cars to get to work. we _ petrol. are carriers need their cars to get to work. we go _ petrol. are carriers need their cars to get to work. we go from - petrol. are carriers need their cars to get to work. we go from door i petrol. are carriers need their cars| to get to work. we go from door to door to see all of our clients, and myself personally, i'm a supervisor so i go and see all the clients every day, i see my carers, a drop off ppe, we do reviews. wejust need

our cars for the whole job, really. so to provide that care, you need to make those carjourneys. what kind of impacts are these increasing prices having? tt’s of impacts are these increasing prices having?— prices having? it's a massive im act. prices having? it's a massive impact- it's _ prices having? it's a massive impact. it's such _ prices having? it's a massive impact. it's such a _ prices having? it's a massive impact. it's such a shame . prices having? it's a massive - impact. it's such a shame because we lose absolutely fabulous carers because sometimes it cost them more to get to work than it actually does for what they earn. so sometimes the need to go into care homes, because there in one place and they aren't driving about from door to door. 50 driving about from door to door. so you're actually losing people because it's costing so much to fill up because it's costing so much to fill up and drive around?— up and drive around? yeah, massively. _ up and drive around? yeah, massively, and _ up and drive around? yeah, massively, and it's - up and drive around? yeah, massively, and it's such - up and drive around? yeah, massively, and it's such a i up and drive around? yeah, - massively, and it's such a shame. and that will obviously have an impact than on the people who depend on you? impact than on the people who depend on ou? a , , , impact than on the people who depend on ou? , ., on you? massively, i mean obviously the clients grow _ on you? massively, i mean obviously the clients grow and _ on you? massively, i mean obviously the clients grow and bond _ on you? massively, i mean obviously the clients grow and bond with - on you? massively, i mean obviously the clients grow and bond with the i the clients grow and bond with the carers, and they lose them carers. so they become part of the family — and they're losing that, so it's really sad on the clients to lose that person in their lives. find

that person in their lives. and that's the _ that person in their lives. and that's the turnover, _ that person in their lives. and that's the turnover, isn't it — can you recruit enough people to feel the people that leave?— you recruit enough people to feel the people that leave? obviously we do take on. — the people that leave? obviously we do take on. we _ the people that leave? obviously we do take on, we always _ the people that leave? obviously we do take on, we always have - do take on, we always have recruitment but the problem is people come in here realise the cost of the fuel. we do get reimbursed fuel, but the problem is obviously that's reviewed annually in april, and we only get so much. but fuel is going up weekly, monthly, and we are not getting what it's costing us. and what do you want to happen now? i mean, when we hit covid, i rememberfuel went down i mean, when we hit covid, i remember fuel went down to 99p, now we are at £1 adp. so it's all in doubles. wejust want we are at £1 adp. so it's all in doubles. we just want help, really -- £1 80 p. {371 doubles. we 'ust want help, really -- £1 so p.— -- £180 p. of course as you mention. — -- £180 p. of course as you mention, it's _ -- £180 p. of course as you mention, it's the _ -- £180 p. of course as you mention, it's the clients - -- £180 p. of course as you mention, it's the clients who -- £180 p. of course as you - mention, it's the clients who are suffering as a result. thanks so much for coming on and talking for

with us, good luck with every thing. perfect, thank you. i'm joined now by stuart adam, a senior economist at the institute for fiscal studies. thanks very much for coming on the programme. so we heard a real—life example they are ofjust how much damage this is doing. i asked amy there what she wanted to happen — what, in terms of the numbers, is available here? what can actually be done to try and bring down these prices? in done to try and bring down these rices? , ., done to try and bring down these 1rices? , ., prices? in the short term, the government's _ prices? in the short term, the government's basically - prices? in the short term, the government's basically got. prices? in the short term, the | government's basically got two options to try and help with the cost of fuel. 0ne options to try and help with the cost of fuel. one is to cut taxes on fuel, so make fuel cheaper. the other is to put more money into people's pockets so they can afford it more. in the government has done some of each of those already — we had a temporary 5p cut in fuel and a couple weeks ago the chancellor announced the latest instalment in a package of support

for households with the cost of living, and of course high petrol prices are part of that cost of living. so the government is already doing things on that. it could of course always do more, but it's got limited funds available, and fundamentally when global oil and gas prices rise, we are all poor and all worse off. the government can't completely shield everyone from the full consequences of that. qt full consequences of that. of course, and people will understand that, but so many people are calling forjust that, but so many people are calling for just a cut to the taxes that, but so many people are calling forjust a cut to the taxes on fuel, or something called the fuel price stabiliser which is basically when prices go up, the government agrees to reduce taxes, than vice versa. do you think they should do that, or are there unintended consequences of even doing that?— even doing that? well, i think if ou could even doing that? well, i think if you could do — even doing that? well, i think if you could do it _ even doing that? well, i think if you could do it as _ even doing that? well, i think if you could do it as a _ even doing that? well, i think if you could do it as a short-terml you could do it as a short—term policy, i think there's a reasonably

good case for cutting fuel taxes. it has the big advantage, of course, that it provides most support to those that have to spend the most on fuel, who have to drive, have to use fuel, who have to drive, have to use fuel to do that, get the most benefit from cutting fuel taxes. i think one big disadvantage is whether you can really do it on a temporary basis. what we've seen in the past is that when oil prices go up, it's easier to say, "we will cut the petrol duty." if the oil prices go down, will the government be able to put the duty back—up? hasn't managed in the last ten years to keep basic inflation, and i think in the long term, cutting fuel duty is a much more problematic given the government's environmental inch objectives. government's environmental inch ob'ectives. ,, . ., ., . objectives. such as an economic question. _ objectives. such as an economic question. but — objectives. such as an economic question, but a _ objectives. such as an economic question, but a political- objectives. such as an economic| question, but a political question putting the taxes back—up afterwards. and of course, the

country has an obligation to reduce its dependence on fuels, and a higher tax would be a way of doing that? ., �* , ., ., ., that? that's right, and another 1otential that? that's right, and another potential advantage _ that? that's right, and another potential advantage of - that? that's right, and another potential advantage of using i that? that's right, and another. potential advantage of using the mechanism of putting more money into people's pockets rather than cutting the price of fuel is that it allows you to target support perhaps less closely on those who use the most fuel, and therefore aren't hit the hardest in that sense. but you can target more closely those who are least able to cope with the rise in prices. 0ne least able to cope with the rise in prices. one thing we saw with the chancellor's package a couple weeks ago is that he provided more generous support to those on benefits, for example, who may or may not have a big rise in fuel costs but at least may be able to cope with it. so again, there's a trade—off between those two objectives and how he wants to target support. objectives and how he wants to target support-— objectives and how he wants to target support. indeed, nothing is ever as simple — target support. indeed, nothing is ever as simple as _ target support. indeed, nothing is ever as simple as it _ target support. indeed, nothing is ever as simple as it seems. - target support. indeed, nothing is| ever as simple as it seems. thanks so much for talking us through that. sport now, and for a full round—up,

from the bbc sport centre, here's marc. good evening. some big news from the world of golf. the pga tour has suspended all its members who are playing in this week's rival, saudi—backed tournament in hertfordshire, which threatens to tear apart the sport. 48 players, including major champions such as phil mickelson and dustinjohnson, are earning huge amounts of money forjust appearing in the liv series, which got under way this afternoon at centurion club. the organisers of the new tournament say the pga is being vindictive by banning players. 0ur golf correspondent iain carter thinks this could be just the start of a long battle for the game. because the amount of money is so enormous, indications are that the likes of bryson dechambeau and read, both major american golfers who are the next tojoin both major american golfers who are the next to join the liv golf project and others, they are attracted by vast sums of money for

of even those who have defected already, they knew it was a very strong possibility that suspensions would be heading their way, what's also appearing to be a certainty at the moment is this could be going down the root of litigation, there could be court cases, and who knows where this will end up. the man in charge of policing the champions league final in paris last month has apologised for using tear gas against liverpool fans outside the stadium, whilst also defending the actions of his officers which he claims saved lives. the match was delayed by over 30 minutes as supporters were stuck videos from the stadium showed fans, including children, being pepper—sprayed. the chief of paris police says he has sincere regrets over what happened but believes his officers prevented a tragedy. he continues to blame thousands of fake tickets for overcrowding — a claim that's widely disputed, including by mp ian byrne, who was at the game. i absolutely firmly believe that these democrat they are attempting to cover their own backsides. what we should be doing is saying this should never be replicated, this should never be replicated, this should never be replicated, this should never happen again. we had to

endure children getting tear gas pensioners getting pepper sprayed. i've never seen anything like it, and i never want to again. it is really worrying that the french authorities, the police and the politicians... and if they don't do it, they shouldn't be holding these major events, they don't deserve to hold them. ,., ., ., ., major events, they don't deserve to hold them-— hold them. liverpoolforward nearly missed out on _ hold them. liverpoolforward nearly missed out on winning _ hold them. liverpoolforward nearly missed out on winning the - hold them. liverpoolforward nearly missed out on winning the premier| missed out on winning the premier league title, but won the fa and the cups. both masala and kerr were there leaked cosmic top scores, though this award is voted for by other players. qt though this award is voted for by other players— though this award is voted for by other players. of course, i wanted the premier— other players. of course, i wanted the premier league _ other players. of course, i wanted the premier league first _ other players. of course, i wanted the premier league first before i other players. of course, i wanted | the premier league first before the champions league, as well. but it shows you that you are really working hard and you get what you working hard and you get what you work for, kind of. collectively for sure, the team comes first. but the

players when, as well, so it shows you they are really proud. and you they are really proud. and stephanie _ you they are really proud. and stephanie up _ you they are really proud. and stephanie up there with one of the best, _ stephanie up there with one of the best. i_ stephanie up there with one of the best, i think, stephanie up there with one of the best, ithink, because of stephanie up there with one of the best, i think, because of the hardships— best, i think, because of the hardships we kind of went through —— it's definitely up there. i think we had some — it's definitely up there. i think we had some new people missing, it's been _ had some new people missing, it's been a _ had some new people missing, it's been a roller coaster we've been chasing — been a roller coaster we've been chasing all— been a roller coaster we've been chasing all year, then to finally and on — chasing all year, then to finally and on top is, yeah, the difficult times_ and on top is, yeah, the difficult times make it all that sweeter. andy murray's preparations for wimbedon are going well — he's through to the quarter finals of the stuttgart 0pen after a hard—fought win over alexander bublik. there was a cheeky underarm serve from bublik, who's no stranger to the underarm serve. just about managed to win the point here. murray needed all his battling qualities — in the end, he won 6—3, 7—6, and will play stefanos tsitsipas in the last eight. more reaction to that on the bbc sport website, as well as the news

that sue barker will step down from her role as the presenter of the bbc�*s wimbledon champion, bringing an end to her 30 year career at the bbc. a legend. back to you. a man who subjected his neighbours to years of anti—social behaviour before stabbing one of them to death has been sentenced to a mininum of 38 years in prison. jan arslan lay in wait for matthew boorman as he came home from work, then stabbed him 27 times on his front lawn. our home affairs correspondent, charlotte callen, has this report. matthew boorman described today by his wife sarah as a fantastic father and her soulmate. taken away from his family atjust 43. stop! this cctv shows yan arslan with blood on his hands carrying a knife. he has killed matthew and is now on his way to try and go another.

—— try and kill another neighbour. a row over a small car accident has collated. yan arslan told police he would kill them — and he did. on 28 september last year, he lay in wait for matthew to return home from work and stabbed him 37 times. this is arslan confessing to what he has done when arrested. not only did he kill matthew, but he attacked sarah, his wife, with the knife. he attacked the residents that tried to intervene. since then he has shown no remorse, continues to make to people in prison, and i think the sentence should hopefully reflect that. sarah says she won't speak her husband's killer's name, simply referring to him as "the monster next door". matthew's murder is subject to two reviews, one by the police watchdog

and the other an independent review. bristol crown court was packed today for the sentencing with matthew's family and friends paying tribute to a wonderful man. it was a waste of a life. wonderful family guy, very kind, considerate, great friend. in an emotional impact statement read in court today, sarah described her loving husband, she said, "matt was a fantastic father. our children knew only love and care. my wonderful kind husband will never see his children grow up, never see them get married, and what i and my 12—year—old son witnessed that date will haunt us forever." 52—year—old yan arslan was today sentenced to life in prison. he will serve a minimum of 38 years behind bars. charlotte callan, bbc points west.

now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz schafernaker. hello. quite a cloudy day for many of us today, with some rain. tomorrow, a lot of sunshine in the forecast once this area of cloud drifts out into the north sea. this is going to happen over the next few hours, and you can see the window of much clearer weather there following in behind. so, towards midnight, the clouds out in the north sea, just bits and pieces left behind it. but turning quite windy in the north west here. we're quite close to the centre of a low pressure here, so gusty conditions. mild first thing in the morning, 15 in london. even in the colder spots, no lower than around 10—12 there in scotland. and then tomorrow, right from the word go, it's lots of sunshine, scattered fairweather clouds, moving quickly, pushed by a strong, really blustery wind, particularly in the afternoon. and i think showers in the forecast for northern ireland and scotland. here are the temperatures friday middle of the afternoon. 18 in glasgow, highest temperatures to the east,

i think, and across england. hello this is bbc news with lewis vaughanjones. the headlines... two british men captured by russian forces while fighting in ukraine are sentenced to death by an unrecognised court in donetsk. the ruling has been condemned by authorities in ukraine and britain. you cannot treat british citizens in this manner and get away with it. this is a soviet—era show trial and these british citizens are now being apparently sentenced to death. $1.5 apparently sentenced to death. as the cost of filling an average family car with petrol hits £100 for the first time, motoring groups call for more help for drivers. the bodies of two people missing after a boat capsized on a lake near 0kehampton in devon yesterday have been recovered by police. and a man

who stabbed his neighbour to death on his own front lawn after subjecting them to years of threats and abuse has beenjailed subjecting them to years of threats and abuse has been jailed for at least 38 years. a predator with the face of a crocodile, weighing several tonnes and measuring more than ten metres in length, the remains of europe's biggest land dinosaur have been discovered on the isle of wight. the prime minister has been in blackpool today, his first public appearance away from westminster since monday's vote of confidence. borisjohnson spoke about rising prices and ways to try to boost home ownership in england. 0ur political editor, chris mason, reports. in wigan in greater manchester, this community grocery tries to act as a bridge between those who need to use a food bank and using a supermarket. customers pay much less here than the prices they are seeing elsewhere. a £50, £60 shop a week has definitely got up to like £70,

£80 sometimes, and you don't know, when you get to the till and you think, "i've only bought the same as i bought a few months ago but it's nearly, like, doubling in price." are you coping all right? yeah, yeah, we're doing 0k, yeah. i mean, we've learned to live on a budget. there are now 17 groceries like this one around the country. more and more people who are coming to us are in full—time employment but are reallyjust needing to look at where they can cut back because of the increase in cost in fuel and energy bills. so our increase from january to now has been 44% in the number of people who are shopping with us on a daily basis. another will open in blackpool in a few weeks, where the prime minister promised today "to do what we can for as long as it takes to help with spiralling prices", and make it easierfor people in england to buy a home. while the overwhelming majority of people want the chance to buy their own home, forfar too many, the finance

required simply isn't available. the challenge facing first—time buyers today is bigger than anything we have seen before. but this promise comes just days after borisjohnson survived a vote of confidence from his own mps. many people, prime minister, are desperately worried about the cost of living, and yet they see in you a prime minister described by a former conservative leader no less as someone driving down the motorway with two flat tyres. why should people believe you when you say you can deliver, when 40% of your mps don't think you can? if you want a proof point of what we're going to deliver, look at what we have already delivered. look at the way we got the country through the worst pandemic, i think, for 100 years. mrjohnson wants people in england to put benefits payments towards mortgages and extend a scheme to let tenants in housing association homes buy them. if ever you needed evidence that this divided government

is completely out of ideas, it is this announcement today which is simply reheating an old idea. they piloted it and it didn't work. i will have a go, my bricklaying is terrible but i will have a go. the prime minister is trying to shape a better economic future and preserve his own. neither will be easy. chris mason, bbc news, in blackpool. so, how will those government plans for boosting home ownership work? the government says the aim is to help more people get on the housing ladder, but labour says the plans could make the shortage of housing worse. our home editor, mark easton, has been taking a look. barnesville close is a cul—de—sac of traditional social homes in small heath in birmingham, what we used to call council houses. four years ago, residents were part of the pilot for today's announcement, giving tenants who rent from housing associations, as they do in barnesville close, the right to buy their homes. i was trying to, you know, to buy my own house,

instead of paying rent. brenda, like eight out of ten people, according to surveys, would like to own her own home and was disappointed not to get lucky in the ballot to be part of the government scheme. i have my kids and grandkids growing up, you know? i would like to have them around me sometimes and say, oh, if i go, this is yours. the building lorry identifies a house where tenants did manage to buy their home, now being improved by proud ownerjerman. everybody is interested in buying their house. really? you have started a trend? some residents worry that right to buy will worsen the shortage of social housing in birmingham. waiting lists are, you know, there's a massive shortage. there just isn't enough properties to go around for those in need so that is the flip side of selling off your stock. but for you personally, yeah, it would have been great if you could have done it? it would have been... absolutely fantastic if i could have done it.

there was a promise of one—for—one, and where possible, like—for—like replacements for social homes sold off under the scheme. but so far, less than a third have been replaced, and of the 1,800 lost to right to buy, only 28 have been traditional council houses. glenn is the landlord around here, chief executive of midland heart, the housing charity, which owns the properties. we sold 257 properties. we have replaced those with 165. that is still a third missing. the costs to replace are higher than the costs of sale. that is simply a fact. the residents of barnesville close reflect the dilemma at the heart of right to buy. for those who can take advantage, it may provide both a nest and a nest egg, but for those who can't, the policy may make getting a decent home even harder. mark easton, bbc news, birmingham. well, we can speak now to dan wilson craw, who's deputy director from the campaigning group, generation rent. it represents five million people in the uk living

in private rented households, many of whom are young, and have been priced out of affording their own homes. thanks for coming on the programme. good evening, thanks for having me. what do you make of the plans announced by borisjohnson today? well, the right to buy announcement means it is full of practical difficulties. it won't help most of the people who are hoping to buy a home, but most dangerously, it risks losing, as a society, more of the permanently affordable homes for rent that we need. there are more than 1 rent that we need. there are more than1 million households waiting for homes like this. so we really need a much more ambitious programme of house—building proposals. t5 the of house-building proposals. is the solution, for you, _ of house-building proposals. is the solution, for you, rather _ of house-building proposals. is the solution, for you, rather than - solution, for you, rather than schemes like this, just simply to build more houses? but if it was

that simple, we would be doing it, a very difficult thing to do. tt that simple, we would be doing it, a very difficult thing to do.— very difficult thing to do. it needs a company _ very difficult thing to do. it needs a company that — very difficult thing to do. it needs a company that is _ very difficult thing to do. it needs a company that is willing - very difficult thing to do. it needs a company that is willing to - very difficult thing to do. it needs| a company that is willing to invest money. they are looking at planning reforms. we hope that will shift the decision—making to deliver more affordable homes. but we have been talking about this for years, the government should have been a lot further along with this by now. yeah, we have had 41,000 homes built by councils and housing associations, which is not nearly enough to make a difference to people who are struggling to pay the rent, let alone saved to buy a house. . rent, let alone saved to buy a house, ., ., rent, let alone saved to buy a house. ., ., «1 ., house. so what are the kind of numbers that _ house. so what are the kind of numbers that you _ house. so what are the kind of numbers that you think - house. so what are the kind of numbers that you think we - house. so what are the kind of. numbers that you think we should house. so what are the kind of - numbers that you think we should be aiming for in terms of houses built?

we should be building 90,000 homes for social rent every year. and we are very far from that at the moment. a lot of so—called affordable homes for shared ownership, schemes to help people into some form of homeownership. before the people who are really stroke travelling, people who are right now —— people who are really struggling, paying a lot of their income in private rent and many people who are struggling to afford, with housing benefit, to afford rents in the market, so they are going to their local council as homeless families and getting stuck in temporary accommodation. really poor quality homes and situations thatjust poor quality homes and situations that just don't poor quality homes and situations thatjust don't provide the stability that everybody needs any home. �* . ,

stability that everybody needs any home. �* ., , ., stability that everybody needs any home. �* ., ., , home. are there any other solutions that ou home. are there any other solutions that you can — home. are there any other solutions that you can think _ home. are there any other solutions that you can think of? _ home. are there any other solutions that you can think of? obviously - that you can think of? 0bviously building more homes is the main one, that takes time. is there anything that takes time. is there anything that if you were in charge and you would say to do?— that if you were in charge and you would say to do? there are a couple of interesting _ would say to do? there are a couple of interesting things _ would say to do? there are a couple of interesting things that _ would say to do? there are a couple of interesting things that have - would say to do? there are a couple of interesting things that have come out today around housing benefit, which are unlike the right to buy idea which has been on the go for several years, idea which has been on the go for severalyears, it idea which has been on the go for several years, it does look like the government is trying to think about how to help people get a mortgage. with housing benefit not being deducted if you have savings and save a deposit, that would be positive for a lot of people who we have spoken to during the pandemic who lost income. but because they have been saying for a home, they were not able to claim universal credit, so we ended up spending their savings on their rent, which is a devastating thing to have to

do. and extending housing benefit to mortgage payments sounds pretty crazy, to be honest, but especially because people who are currently getting benefits are very unlikely to be able to afford to buy a house in their local area, i think the mortgage you are likely to get is about 70,000 if you are on income based on universal credit. t’m based on universal credit. i'm afraid i have _ based on universal credit. i'm afraid i have to _ based on universal credit. i'm afraid i have tojump in there. thank you very much for talking us through the difficulties there. thanks. ~ ., ., through the difficulties there. thanks. ., ., 1 ., through the difficulties there. thanks. ., ., 1 thanks. more now on the effects of rising energy _ thanks. more now on the effects of rising energy prices. _ a village pub landlady has decided to give up her business after her energy bills hit nearly £30,000 a quarter. miranda richardson said she is set to leave the live and let live pub in harpole, northampton, after her gas bill hit more than £7,700, and her electricity bill was "just shy of £20,000". she is one of many making difficult

decsions due to rising costs of running a businesse. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for coming on the programme-— thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for coming on the 1ro1ramme. ., ~ ., �* ., programme. thank you. can't have been an easy _ programme. thank you. can't have been an easy decision, _ programme. thank you. can't have been an easy decision, must - programme. thank you. can't have been an easy decision, must have l been an easy decision, must have been an easy decision, must have been hard to make. very hard, i love myjob, i like my village, i love what i do. ijust can't afford to do it any more. t what i do. i 'ust can't afford to do 11 any mo...— what i do. ijust can't afford to do it an more. ., ,., ., it any more. i hinted at some of the numbers there _ it any more. i hinted at some of the numbers there that _ it any more. i hinted at some of the numbers there that seem _ it any more. i hinted at some of the l numbers there that seem pretty high, just to talk us through the amount that things have gone up. filth. just to talk us through the amount that things have gone up.- that things have gone up. oh, it is cra . that things have gone up. oh, it is crazy- itack _ that things have gone up. oh, it is crazy- itack in _ that things have gone up. oh, it is crazy. back in january, _ that things have gone up. oh, it is crazy. back in january, weekly - that things have gone up. oh, it is crazy. back in january, weekly to l crazy. back injanuary, weekly to just open the doors, that is general event, general gas and electricity, employees, that kind of thing, note be bought, no food bought, roughly around £2700 per week. that is in january. we get to march and it has increased to £3800, and we now get

to me and it is sitting just short of £5,000 per week. and i haven't bought beer and i haven't bought food for our kitchen at that point. that is how they have escalated. that is how they have escalated. that is how they have escalated. that is a huge escalation, no wonder you have had to grapple with that and make a decision that you can't. is there anything that could be done now to help you, make you reverse your decision or help others? m1; your decision or help others? tji decision your decision or help others? tji: decision is your decision or help others? t’i; decision is a your decision or help others? ti; decision is a done one. i am in a better place mentally with where i want to be. because it is a tough decision that affects you in that way. but going forward for others, there are so many things we could say that we need to look to do. the first has got to be an energy cat at some point, in business it isjust crazy. my bills, some of them are strangely are relatively conservative. i have friends in the same industry who are facing 3500

per month for their gas, that is just one example. we have got to look at doing something somewhere. we are all seeing the effects of this, be it domestic or in business will stop how we deal with that, i just don't have the answers. the public that we want to come through our doors and want to come in, they are having on our struggles at home. you have covered about this evening. that is a good point but ijust talk about your bills going up but at the same time, i presume you had fewer customers coming in.— customers coming in. absolutely. the are customers coming in. absolutely. they are making _ customers coming in. absolutely. they are making a _ customers coming in. absolutely. they are making a decision, - customers coming in. absolutely. i they are making a decision, whether used to come at maybe three or four times per week, possibly twice or once, some would come for dinner, some won't come and eat now. that is not them not wanting to support me, thatis not them not wanting to support me, that is not them not wanting to support their local pub in any community across the country, that is people at home are simply not being able to afford to do that any

more. they have to drive to work, they now have to fill their cars up, it is huge. every industry the last couple of years has taken a massive knock, and this isjust couple of years has taken a massive knock, and this is just another example. i am the kind of girl that will put my hand up and say, "hey, guys, this is what is happening and where i am at now." people still want to tell me i'm not doing enough and i need to open 24 hours per day and i need to open 24 hours per day and i need to open 24 hours per day and i need to be there all the time. and that was fine ten years ago, it is not now. it was not fine five months ago, let alone... miranda, thank ou months ago, let alone... miranda, thank you so _ months ago, let alone... miranda, thank you so much _ months ago, let alone... miranda, thank you so much for— months ago, let alone... miranda, thank you so much for coming i months ago, let alone... miranda, thank you so much for coming on i months ago, let alone... miranda, i thank you so much for coming on and talking us through that. i'm sorry you had to give up doing what you love doing. thank you so much for sharing your story.— sharing your story. thank you for having me- _ labour has questioned the government's refusal to publish documents about a ppe supplier linked to a conservative party peer and under investigation by police. the department of health

is in dispute with ppe medpro, which won contracts worth more than £200 million to supply the nhs. the government said they had worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic to protect staff. phillip kemp has more. so, this is about contracts that were awarded during the pandemic to a company called ppe medpro. it was one of the companies that was awarded deals without facing competition after it was introduced through the so—called vip lane for companies being introduced to government by ministers, mps or officials. labour's deputy leader, angela rayner, told mps that the firm was linked to the conservative party peer baroness michelle mone. she cited reports that the firm and the baroness's home had been raided by police and said there were serious questions to answer about the due diligence that the government had done on the company. now, we don't know why the national crime agency raided

the company, and they said afterwards that they didn't routinely confirm or deny the existence of investigations or the names of people under investigation. now, angela rayner asked what evidence the government had about these contracts and why they were refusing to make them public. you may remember that we reported back in 2020 that ppe medpro had supplied surgical gowns worth more than £120 million to the nhs that had never been used. the cabinet office ministerjacob rees—mogg didn't respond to ms rayner�*s claims directly, but he did say that an enormous effort had been made to supply ppe despite a global shortage. baroness mone has previously told the bbc that she had no role orfunction in ppe medpro and she'd had no role in the process by which contracts were awarded. thanks to philip kemp there.

electricity companies have been told they need to �*up their game' by the industry's regulator after a review into their response to storm arwen, when almost 1 million homes lost power. 0fgem's findings state some customers received unacceptable service last november when thousands of properties in england and scotland were left without power for more than a week. danny savage has been to the village of stjohn's chapel in county durham where residents were cut off. the damage from storm arwen was huge. a northerly gale swept across the country, bringing down trees, power lines and telephone cables. some communities were without power for over a week. power supply firms are now being told they must do better. they know all about it here in the higher reaches of weardale. there are vivid memories of days without power and information. it was freezing cold, yeah. i mean, we would go to bed at eight o'clock at night and read by a torch, you know, something like that, because that was the warmest place to be. there was no radio, there was no mobile phone signal and we actually

didn't have a landline, either, so we had no internet. so we had no means of communicating with the outside world. it felt really, really weird to be that isolated, that cut off. the state of some of the infrastructure was also criticised in today's report. this is a new electricity pole that went in after storm arwen to replace this one, which broke during the storm. it's got a woodpecker hole in it, and if you turn it over, you can see it's rotten through the middle. and the man living near here says he wrote to the company involved eight years before the storm to say it was in this state. now, northern powergrid say they've learned valuable lessons and they're now spending millions more on their infrastructure. it was just dark all the time! that's what i remember most of all, stumbling around in the dark. - northern powergrid was also criticised for not directly contacting vulnerable customers. they needed a lot of support from us to get that information. _ it must be possible to put a star against people who will quicklyl become very cold if they don't have

access to electricity. _ the government says post—storm hardship here was unacceptable and big changes are needed. danny savage, bbc news, weardale in county durham. the remains of europe's biggest land—based predatory dinosaur have been found on the isle of wight. experts say the bones show it was an immense creature. duncan kennedy reports. it's been called a giant killer. it's been called a giant—killer. as high as a house and as long as a bus. this spinosaurid is a colossus from the cretaceous era. this is one of the significant pieces. this is half of a backbone. its remains are now at the island's dinosaur museum, where experts say it was a fearsome creature. you wouldn't want to go near it. they have incredibly large teeth and a lot of them in a very long skull. i mean, these things have got big fishing hooks on their thumbnail. so it's not the sort of thing you would want to bump into!

the spinosaurid is 120 million years old, twice the age of a t—rex. the bones were found on the west side of the island, the coastline rich in dino discoveries. well, at the bottom here, we've got these red ancient soils... but never one quite like this. well, it's a tremendous find. something that was totally unexpected. just some bones falling out of the cliff. we've actually, with these fragments, been able to piece together the biggest meat—eating terrestrial dinosaur in europe. it's absolutely amazing. experts from the universities of portsmouth and southampton say they hope to discover more remains to complete the story of a creature that roamed and ruled its ancient domain. duncan kennedy, bbc news, on the isle of wight. joining me now is dr martin munt, curator at the dinosaur isle museum where this particlar dinosaur is being kept. good evening to you. so, the first

thing to say is it is absolutely huge, pretty scary looking. tell us a bit about it. ok, huge, pretty scary looking. tell us a bitabout it. ok, yeah, big dinosaur, big predatory dinosaur. it belongs to the group of spinosaur as. the most famous of them being the spinosaur us from the cretaceous in north africa. in southern england, we have these things which are related forms. we are talking here about a big predatory dinosaur. walking around on two legs, powerful forelimbs. what is really distinctive is the crocodile type head that that these animals have. also the conical teeth, here is one, i don't know if you can see. this is a spinosaur tooth from north africa. these are the sort of teeth that this animal was armed with. that is 1uite this animal was armed with. that is quite scary — this animal was armed with. that is quite scary looking. _ this animal was armed with. that is quite scary looking. you _ this animal was armed with. that is quite scary looking. you have i quite scary looking. you have painted quite a scary picture overall. what is the significance of finding one here, especially in the

isle of wight? tqm. finding one here, especially in the isle of wight?— isle of wight? ok, last year, two new forms _ isle of wight? ok, last year, two new forms were _ isle of wight? ok, last year, two new forms were described. i isle of wight? ok, last year, two new forms were described. but l isle of wight? ok, last year, two| new forms were described. but at this is probably a different type. we cannot be certain as to the identity of this one, but it is a spinosaur it. so we are looking at a ten metre type animal, ten metre length animal. the significance is it is a bit younger than the other spinosaurs that we have on the island. the layers of rocks are divided into the older formation and the younger formation. the divided into the older formation and the youngerformation. the previous spinosaur materials come from the wessex formation. this comes from the other. this will present a time in which global warming was beginning, serious global warming, and sea levels were rising globally. the particularly layer of rocket comes from and represents the first real bit of inundation of what was a

low—lying, what is now southern england, but a low—lying area. it was inundated by a lagoon, this animal undoubtedly was hunting in that lagoon. animal undoubtedly was hunting in that lagoon-— that lagoon. hunting in a lagoon? are ou that lagoon. hunting in a lagoon? are you expecting _ that lagoon. hunting in a lagoon? are you expecting to _ that lagoon. hunting in a lagoon? are you expecting to find - that lagoon. hunting in a lagoon? are you expecting to find more, l are you expecting to find more, either of this animal or others? the islanders either of this animal or others? tte: islanders have said it is the richest of locality in europe the dinosaur finds. richest of locality in europe the dinosaurfinds. what richest of locality in europe the dinosaur finds. what we richest of locality in europe the dinosaurfinds. what we mostly richest of locality in europe the dinosaur finds. what we mostly find remains such as this here. this is a vertebra from a type of dinosaur we generally call it one of dons. these are herbivores. they relate to these kind of dinosaurs. we have big sauropods, these are the longnecked dinosaurs. this is a predatory dinosaur, so they are very much rarer. it will be very exciting to get a little bit more. the people that were working on this, we know where it is from and we will be keeping a regular look at the site.

absolutely fascinating. thank you for coming on and explaining it all to us. . ~ for coming on and explaining it all to us. ., «1 i. police searching the two bodies have set reported cost of it was unused that was beginning to sound more likely after more than 24 hours of searching. the bodies of two disabled people have been missing since yesterday lunchtime and have now been recovered. the police tonight confirmed that after a massive operation involving divers, drones, helicopters and specialist equipment, two bodies have been recovered. the equipment, two bodies have been recovered. . . equipment, two bodies have been recovered. ., , ., ., recovered. the families of two e1o1le recovered. the families of two people who — recovered. the families of two people who have _ recovered. the families of two people who have been - recovered. the families of two i people who have been unaccounted recovered. the families of two - people who have been unaccounted for following the incident have been informed of the developments. they are being supported by specially trained officers. formal identification is yet to take place.

this is an extremely distressing incident and our thoughts are very much with all of those involved and the loved ones who we are working closely with to offer help and support wherever we can. the;r closely with to offer help and support wherever we can. they have been reports — support wherever we can. they have been reports in _ support wherever we can. they have been reports in a _ support wherever we can. they have been reports in a national— support wherever we can. they have been reports in a national media i been reports in a national media tonight that tragically the two people who died were strapped into their wheelchairs when the boat capsized. this was not something the police wanted to comment on. there is nothin1 police wanted to comment on. there is nothing more _ police wanted to comment on. there is nothing more i _ police wanted to comment on. there is nothing more i can _ police wanted to comment on. there is nothing more i can say _ police wanted to comment on. there is nothing more i can say at - is nothing more i can say at this stage, unfortunately. irate is nothing more i can say at this stage, unfortunately.— is nothing more i can say at this stage, unfortunately. we have been told throughout _ stage, unfortunately. we have been told throughout that _ stage, unfortunately. we have been told throughout that the _ stage, unfortunately. we have been told throughout that the group i told throughout that the group were all adults and were all local to devon. police confirmed this evening that no other boats were involved. the marine accident investigation branch says the boat was a motor vessel and is now investigating what happened. 0ne vessel and is now investigating what happened. one person remains in a critical condition in hospital tonight. jen smith, bbc news. the duke of cambridge has been spotted in central london helping to sell big issue magazines. prince william was photographed by passers—by in westminster wearing the red big issue uniform.

the magazine is sold by homeless people, the long—term unemployed and some people who need money to avoid getting into debt. those who met the prince today praised him for the silent gesture. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz schafernaker. hello. quite a cloudy day for many of us today, with some rain. tomorrow, a lot of sunshine in the forecast once this area of cloud drifts out into the north sea. this is going to happen over the next few hours, and you can see the window of much clearer weather there following in behind. so, towards midnight, the clouds out in the north sea, just bits and pieces left behind it. but turning quite windy in the north west here. we're quite close to the centre of a low pressure here, so gusty conditions. mild first thing in the morning, 15 in london. even in the colder spots, no lower than around 10—12 there in scotland. and then tomorrow, right from the word go, it's lots of sunshine, scattered fairweather clouds, moving quickly, pushed by a strong, really blustery wind, particularly in the afternoon.

and i think showers in the forecast for northern ireland and scotland. here are the temperatures friday middle of the afternoon. 18 in glasgow, highest temperatures to the east, i think, and across england.

hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. after 11 months of closed door investigations, the january 6th committee finally goes public — but do they have evidence they say will connect the former president donald trump to the attack on the capitol? and if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to— have a country any more. the democratic—led committee says will set out a historic record of the riot and the attempts before it to undermine the 2020 presidential election — but senior republicans say it is nothing more than a withhunt. speaker pelosi's select committee on january 6th is unlike any other committee in american history. in fact, it is the most political and

least legitimate committee in american history.