this is bbc news with the latest headlines. a leading business group tells the bbc they believe households in the uk will go in to recession this year. consumption, spending that we all make in the high street and on discretionary goods, that is going to go negative already this year. unions criticise plans by the government to repeal a legal ban on agency staff filling in for striking rail workers. there is no other train drivers out there. there are no other signallers out there. control staff, so grant shapps isjust... it's just fantasy. disability campaigners are taking legal action against the government for not backing a recommendation from the grenfell tower inquiry to give vulnerable residents of high—rise buildings personal fire evacuation plans.

fierce street fighting in eastern ukraine. president zelensky says his forces are "holding on", but warns troops are running low on ammunition. and queen elizabeth ii becomes the world's second longest serving monarch — only louis xiv of france has ruled for longer. good afternoon. if you have just joined if you havejustjoined us, welcome to bbc news. a leading business group has told the bbc that households have been cutting back on spending because of the cost of living crisis, and will go into their own recession this year. tony danker, the director general of the confederation of british industry, says the government needs to take action.

meanwhile, the competition regulator has promised to look into government concerns that the 5p cut in fuel duty is not being passed on in full to customers. our political reporter peter saul has this report. is there a more visual manifestation of the cost of living crisis than this? eye—watering forecourt prices up and down the country. for the average family car, it now costs north of £100 to fill up. it is a killer, it is actually a killer, i don't know how we are going to carry on affording travelling. it's horrendous, i don't know how people are going to survive. i rely on my car all the time and it is a huge cost to everybody. today, i can announce... in march, the chancellor announced a cut in fuel duty of 5p per litre but ever since, there have been concerns it is not being passed on to consumers, and now ministers have instructed the independent regulator to investigate. we have asked the authority now, the market authority, to have a look at this,

to make sure, do a quick review, a proper review but quickly, to see why and how this money is being passed on to customers. we want to see this reduction being passed on to the public. a review is something the labour party had been calling for. i see the business secretary has finally got around to saying that today because naming and shaming, which was their previous policy, was never going to work. we need to make sure we have a functioning energy market, that when fuel duty is cut and indeed, when oil prices come down, that is actually experienced by people in their pockets. petrol retailers insist the cut is being reflected in prices at the pump. other european countries have slashed fuel duty by much more than 5p, and there are calls for britain to follow suit, but of course, it is notjust petrol and diesel that is costing more. food and energy bills have pushed inflation to its highest level in decades, and now, business leaders are using the r word — recession. i think the truth is,

households are going to go into recession this year. what do i mean by that? i mean that consumption, spending that we all make on the high street and on discretionary goods is going to go negative already this year. he also urged the government to make big decisions quickly, warning that it can'tjust be business as usual. the prime minister may have survived a confidence vote last week but the economic storm clouds are gathering. peter saul, bbc news. the government is considering a plan to use agency staff to fill in for workers who go on strike. the potential change in legislation could allow companies to hire temporary workers in order to minimise disruption. if the plan goes ahead it would not come in time to affect the three days of rail strikes planned for later this month. simon weller, assistant general secretary of aslef, spoke to my colleague, ben brown, earlier on why employing agency workers to relieve disruption during strike action would not work

it's completely impractical. the key roles on the railways such as signallers, drivers, control staff, safety—critical on—board staff, where are they going to come from? what agency is providing them? you can'tjust ship in a load of signallers and train drivers, you can't put an advert in the job centre and say "wa nted, train drivers" because if they are not working for the railway now, they are either not medically fit, they have either been dismissed or they don't want to do it any more. there is no other train drivers out there, no other signallers out there, no other staff, so grant shapps is... it's just fantasy. our business correspondent simon browning is here with me. this idea was opposed by grant shapps but it doesn't seem the industry is keen on that. it

shapps but it doesn't seem the industry is keen on that.- industry is keen on that. it was headfine industry is keen on that. it was headline grabbing, _ industry is keen on that. it was headline grabbing, on - industry is keen on that. it was headline grabbing, on the - industry is keen on that. it was| headline grabbing, on the front industry is keen on that. it was - headline grabbing, on the front page of the sunday telegraph in an interview grant shapps has given about making legislative changes to allow agency workers to come and fill the gaps, 50,000 workers are due to walk out on the 21st ofjune, a huge number of workers you would need to acquire for the whole rail industry but already this morning both sides of the industrial dispute, the unions involved in the action and also rail industry sources are saying there are big concerns about safety. people who worked on the railways are run safety critical jobs, worked on the railways are run safety criticaljobs, signallers and train dispatch, you cannotjust bring in agency workers to fill thosejobs bring in agency workers to fill those jobs without huge amounts of training so both sides have said they are worried, we heard from aslef concerned about that, the rmt union who are taking this action so many of their members perform safety critical roles and it appears grant

shapps wants to have a shadow casual workforce, downgrade standards and safety. this dispute from the government and network rail, they want to modernise the network, they want to modernise the network, they want to modernise it, £16 million the government has pumped into it since the pandemic and only 80% of passengers have come back so changes need to be made stop one other area of the cost of living is that petrol price rise, we have the announcement of this reference to the competition regulator. of this reference to the competition reaulator. , ., , , , of this reference to the competition reaulator. , ._ , ,, regulator. presumably this is still a relatively _ regulator. presumably this is still a relatively small _ regulator. presumably this is still a relatively small part _ regulator. presumably this is still a relatively small part of- regulator. presumably this is still a relatively small part of the - a relatively small part of the overall increase drivers are facing. there are concerns that the 5% duty cut announced by the chancellor is not being passed on in petrol stations around the country. we have seen soaring costs in petrol, that is a lot don't on market forces, the invasion of ukraine has limited the

availability of fuel and the sterling to dollar exchange rate is so weak and that is driving the price higher because we buy petrol in dollars. find price higher because we buy petrol in dollars. �* , ., in dollars. and the pound is not worth what _ in dollars. and the pound is not worth what it _ in dollars. and the pound is not worth what it was. _ in dollars. and the pound is not worth what it was. it's - in dollars. and the pound is not worth what it was. it's more - worth what it was. it's more exnensive — worth what it was. it's more expensive to _ worth what it was. it's more expensive to buy _ worth what it was. it's more expensive to buy petrol- worth what it was. it's more expensive to buy petrol so l worth what it was. it's more i expensive to buy petrol so this review by the cma, the government has asked them to look at whether petrol stations are profiteering above that 5p rate cut, the government said they were concerned people were profiteering from that and they wanted to name and shame. this morning grant shapps and kwasi kwarteng have announced they have instructed the cma to make a review, it is unclear how that will be but we will see what will come of that but consumer rights laws are generally the things the cma look to see if they are being broken so they are beginning an investigation at the request of the government and we will see where it goes.—

will see where it goes. simon brown, thank ou. the bbc�*s been told the government faces legal action after deciding not to deliver a recommendation of the grenfell inquiry requiring building owners to provide personal evacuation plans for vulnerable people. ministers say they're too expensive and impractical to deliver. with the anniversary of the fire approaching on tuesday, "stay put" remains the advice for most people when a fire breaks out in a tower block. the government believes it is the safest option. tom symonds has more. a tower block fire. a major lesson from grenfell — sometimes staying put is dangerous. so the london fire brigade has beefed up its training in evacuating buildings. there are new smoke hoods for residents, a new app to track information. you might think stay put would no longer be the policy.

but five years after grenfell, the government has reemphasised that when there is a fire, people should stay put in their flats. because the walls of the flats protect them. the question is because of grenfell, will people want to stay or will they want to go? michael is moving his stuff out of his south london apartment because fire swept across its roof in april. thankfully, he was not at home. if i had been in the building, i think i would have tried to get out. he would have ignored the stay put advice. i probably would have seen it on twitter before anything else. people across the road sharing videos of a fire on the roof, i would think, i'm not hanging about. after grenfell, not staying put is the new rule for people in buildings with safety defects. and what if you live with a disability like sarah? her lift is not designed to work in a fire. she has had an expert draw up a personal evacuation plan. we had a fire in february in this

building and what it meant was that the fire was on the eighth floor and i got below the fire to the seventh floor before the fire service had even arrived. before they came? before they arrived. so that is a huge reduction in the risk and increase in the chance of me getting out and staying alive. what is the impact on your state of mind about that? it means i can sleep at night. her plan includes this special evacuation chair but other plans identified neighbours who can help or improvements to building safety. the grenfell tower public inquiry recommended the owners of blocks provide a plan for any resident with mobility problems. but the government says that is not practical. how can you actually evacuate a mobility impaired person from a tall building before the professionals from the fire and rescue service arrive?

in proportionality, how much is it reasonable to spend to do this at the same time as we seek to protect residents and taxpayers from excessive costs? instead, ministers want to improve the way information about residents with mobility issues is shared with firefighters so they can better coordinate rescues. but sarah and another campaigner are planning legal action against the government. a stand—off five years after grenfell, a fire in which 15 disabled people lost their lives. our home affairs correspondent tom symondsjoins us now. this seems a really complicated area now between who is taking responsibility for protecting those residents who are arguably the most vulnerable of all. fitse residents who are arguably the most vulnerable of all.— vulnerable of all. five years on from grenfell, _ vulnerable of all. five years on from grenfell, this _ vulnerable of all. five years on from grenfell, this area - vulnerable of all. five years on from grenfell, this area hasn't| vulnerable of all. five years on - from grenfell, this area hasn't been sorted out, there was a stand—off between various sides. the problem

is the government has looked at this idea of giving people with mobility issues, perhaps blind people as well, a specialised planjust issues, perhaps blind people as well, a specialised plan just for them on how they would get out and what equipment or people they would need but they also worked out there could be 11 people in every building who need that plan and we have looked at the cladding crisis and seen the cost of fixing that and they don't want another massive bill for providing for example staff to people who need that service 21w. if you put people in unsuitable residences, isn't that one of the consequences?— residences, isn't that one of the consequences? sarah lives in the buildinu consequences? sarah lives in the building was _ consequences? sarah lives in the building was significant _ consequences? sarah lives in the building was significant fire - consequences? sarah lives in the | building was significant fire safety defects, her left is not safe in a fight so she needs a way of getting out and she had a fire and because she had a plant she was able to get out. the government has a number of people in the fire safety industry

who say this is not practical, we cannot do it, and disability campaigners and other experts who site you have to do it because you cannot leave disabled people with no way of getting out when everybody else who perhaps because of grenfell is trying to get out as quickly as possible. is trying to get out as quickly as ossible. ., , ., is trying to get out as quickly as ossible. . , ., , , is trying to get out as quickly as ossible. . , . , , ., possible. that is an issue that will take some — possible. that is an issue that will take some argument. _ possible. that is an issue that will take some argument. can - possible. that is an issue that will take some argument. can we - possible. that is an issue that will take some argument. can we talk| possible. that is an issue that will - take some argument. can we talk more generally about the grenfell inquiry, where are we at on that? five years on we still don't have a report. five years on we still don't have a re ort. ~ ., five years on we still don't have a re ort. ~ . ., ., ,., five years on we still don't have a reort. ~ . ., ., ,., ,., report. we have had one report, so the first phase _ report. we have had one report, so the first phase of— report. we have had one report, so the first phase of the _ report. we have had one report, so the first phase of the report - report. we have had one report, so the first phase of the report looked j the first phase of the report looked at the night of the fire, the recommendation for personal evacuations comes out of that report. it evacuations comes out of that re ort. ., , ., evacuations comes out of that re ort, ., , ., , evacuations comes out of that reort. ., , . report. it has now been re'ected. the government * report. it has now been re'ected. the government has h report. it has now been re'ected. the government has an _ report. it has now been rejected. i the government has an alternative plan to give information to firefighters. the second phase about how and why this happened will finish in the summer and the report is due next year. the next question

will be what is the chance of a criminal prosecution? the police have said they need to see that report next year before they continue with that but we are likely to see the files on their case going to see the files on their case going to the crown prosecution service next year, decisions taken in 2024 to decide whether people are prosecuted in relation to the grenfell tower inquiry. the police have interviewed 40 people under caution and seem confident that there will be charges in this case. i want to bring you some breaking news about a former british soldier who had been serving in ukraine as part of the ukrainian forces. his family have announced thatjordan catley, who left the british army in march to go to ukraine, has battled in the —— has died in that battle for the city of severodonetsk, as

the russians tried to advance and the russians tried to advance and the ukrainians pushed them back. he is the second british man to have died trying to defend ukraine from russian invasion. the bbc�*s correspond joe ingrid has been monitoring events and has passed on the information. the post by his father dean was on social media and it says he truly was a hero and will forever be in our hearts, and he joined in march, left the army with that purpose, help to train local forces but died on the front line, so that hisjordan gatley, a former british soldier until march this year, who has died in the fighting at severodonetsk according to his father to deal. —— dean. let's speak now to fazilet hadi —

head of policy at disability rights uk, an organisation which works with the government and disability charities to improve life for disabled people in the uk. it probably goes without saying that you are disappointed the government has rejected this recommendation but why do you think it will make people more vulnerable? this why do you think it will make people more vulnerable?— more vulnerable? as the grenfell tower inquiry _ more vulnerable? as the grenfell tower inquiry recommendation i more vulnerable? as the grenfell tower inquiry recommendation of october 2019 clearly set out, the inquiry having heard all the evidence from fire experts decided that personal emergency evacuation plans for those disabled people who will have problems in evacuating on their own would be essential for their own would be essential for their safety, and i think it's because none of us have a guaranteed no risk when there is a fire but when you are disabled, read it you are blind or have a learning

disability or her wheelchair owner, you and the building owner might need to think ahead to mitigate risks so i think that proposal of the inquiry was reasonable and it was based on evidence. what the inquiry was reasonable and it was based on evidence.- the inquiry was reasonable and it was based on evidence. what in terms ofthe was based on evidence. what in terms of the practical — was based on evidence. what in terms of the practical options _ was based on evidence. what in terms of the practical options as _ was based on evidence. what in terms of the practical options as an - of the practical options as an alternative to personal evacuation plans could be adopted? is there anything else that isn't individual but might improve the prospects of getting out of the building when it is on fire? {iii getting out of the building when it is on fire? .., , getting out of the building when it is on fire? _, , , getting out of the building when it isonfire? , , , �* is on fire? of course but it isn't either raw. _ is on fire? of course but it isn't either raw, so _ is on fire? of course but it isn't either raw, so we _ is on fire? of course but it isn't either raw, so we would - is on fire? of course but it isn't l either raw, so we would advocate is on fire? of course but it isn't - either raw, so we would advocate all the sensible measures about ensuring the sensible measures about ensuring the building is as safe as it can be, making sure people have fire alarms that are working and that if they are deaf they can see flashing alarms but the properfire doors they are deaf they can see flashing alarms but the proper fire doors and many of the issues were rehearsed in

grenfell about how building owners need to pay attention to the safety of the building but we don't think any of that negates the need for a more personalised plan for those of us who have particular impairments that need to be thought about. it's just common sense, there was nothing in the consultation that showed that this wouldn't be difficult to implement —— that this would be difficult. 0ne implement —— that this would be difficult. one of our real problems to the government's closed mind on this was that the evidence of the inquiry and in the consultation did not show the personal emergency evacuation plans were disproportionate or impractical. this legal challenge is on the basis that the decision is irrational, is it? �* , that the decision is irrational, is it? n , ., that the decision is irrational, is it? a , ., ., ., it? as i understand that the legal challen . e it? as i understand that the legal challenge is _

it? as i understand that the legal challenge is on _ it? as i understand that the legal challenge is on the _ it? as i understand that the legal challenge is on the basis - it? as i understand that the legal challenge is on the basis that - it? as i understand that the legal| challenge is on the basis that yes, the inquiry recommendation has been ignored despite the fact that was very well considered, on the evidence of fire safety experts. another ground for the challenge is that the consultation was ignored last year with 83% of people supporting the implementation of personal emergency evacuation plans, and that it is unfair because of human rights, the equality act and the public sector equality duty, it is unfair to treat disabled people differently and not make these adjustments for us.— differently and not make these adjustments for us. fazilet hadi, head of policy — adjustments for us. fazilet hadi, head of policy at _ adjustments for us. fazilet hadi, head of policy at disability - adjustments for us. fazilet hadi, j head of policy at disability rights uk, thank you for speaking to us. the northern ireland secretary says a bill due to be published tomorrow overriding parts of the post—brexit trading protocol with the eu will not break international law. the protocol arrangement sees certain goods getting checked

when they cross the irish sea to northern ireland from great britain, in case they cross in to the republic of ireland and therefore in to the european union. loyalists in northern ireland want to see these rules scrapped but republican politicians say that is against the wishes of the people of northern ireland. relatives of a 15—year—old boy who was fatally stabbed in manchester have said he was a "funny and cheeky boy" who is a "hero" to his family. jakub szymanski died on thursday night. his mother was also treated for serious stab wounds. police are continuing to hold a 44—year—old man from manchester, who was arrested on suspicion of murder. an imam from leeds who supported a campaign to stop cinemas screening a controversial film about the prophet mohammed's daughter has been dismissed as a government advisor on anti—muslim hatred. qari asim was told that his appointment had been withdrawn following protests against the film, the lady of heaven.

tests are underway after possible human remains were found by police searching for a british journalist and a brazilian man who disappeared last sunday in the amazon rainforest. dom phillips and bruno pereira, an expert on indigenous peoples, were last seen in the remote javari valley area in the west of brazil. police say experts are analysing the material, along with blood traces that were discovered on a fishing boat. the vessel's owner was arrested. earlier i spoke with a close friend of mr philips. nicolo lanfranchi, who is a photographer who had worked with dom philips on many amazon stories over the last few years. he had been due tojoin him on this trip, until at the last minute, dom asked him not to come. i knew that dom was preparing his travel, he asked me to stay home. i remember we had a chat between a flight and the other, so i wished him

a safe trip, the same way we did always in the past. i think it's not the moment to express what i am afraid has happened to him. i really hope, like everyone loves dom and bruno and respects their work. i hope it is a mechanical problem, that they got lost, that they are somewhere, waiting to be rescued. the whole story is weird. the pieces of the story i received from here

are really creating so much worries. that area is particularly dangerous. it's an area of illegal traffic of weapons, we are talking about a region between three countries, brazil, peru and colombia, and like, this is a frontier where bad things happen. if you pack your son or daughter off to university this autumn, they may be spending a large chunk of time wearing a virtual reality headset. but don't worry — they're not necessarily gaming. vr is transforming how pharmaceutical students learn about medicines — and it could help develop new drugs to treat a range of illnesses. 0ur science correspondent richard westcott went to find out more.

designing new medicines is like playing with a jigsaw, the shape of the drug needs to fit the shape of the illness in your body, so it is a lot easier to find a match if you can see what they both look like in 3d. it's so real. pharmaceuticalstudent, may, here... hello, may. ..had the idea of students using virtual reality, after she went on an industry placement. so, this is a protein that is linked to blood clots, yeah, so things like strokes... yes, this is thrombin, and this is the molecule in our body that's responsible for causing blood clots, so, as you can see, the protein is quite a complicated protein, a big ball of string almost. you really can look around it, which is amazing. that is the beauty of vr. you can kind of hold it in your hands but you can also make it massive, make it room—scale and really get in there. so this little green thing here is naturally occurring, but you want a drug to have that kind of shape? exactly.

so, this is a naturally—occurring lignum that we find in our body but when we develop drugs, sometimes we want to modify those lignums to have a different effect or a more strong effect. i think you kind of learn about proteins as two—dimensional structures but that is not the reality at all. in fact, proteins are three—dimensional and very complicated structures. and when you are designing a drug for such a complex structure, it needs to have three—dimensional shape. from september, the pharmaceutical students here will start having their 3d lessons. so in the first year, what we will do is we will get students to look at very basic drugs like aspirin, ibuprofen and anti—inflammatories, and as they go through the course of their degree, we will incorporate more complex situations, looking at things like antidepressants and drugs of abuse. before vr, it would have been very difficult to try and convey this, because it would have all been on a 2d setting, something you'd read in a book or something you'd see in a 2d piece of paper. now with the vr headsets, we can see it in 3d perspective so we can see how important shape is to the structure and function of a drug. i love the idea that

for all the complexity of finding drugs, actually, you're looking for one shape to fit another shape. yeah, so that's the fundamentals of what we try and teach, that when we're looking at drugs and protein, it is very much the lock and key mechanism so we're looking for the perfect key to fit our lock. richard westcott, bbc news. when you have been on the town as long as the queen has, it might feel like it's one milestone after another. last weekend was that platinum jubilee, now she is the second longest serving monarch in recorded history. as of today, her majesty has been on the throne for 70 years and 127 days. that means she surpasses the late king of thailand who died a few years ago. 0nly louis xiv of france has ruled for longer. mind you, he did start at four years old which gave them a bit of an

advantage. time for a look at the weather, i don't think he's planning to be around quite as long as her majesty but we will get value for money for him while he is here. i'm not sure i will be doing this in my 90s but we will see. today is a mixed bag, sunshine and showers, most up to the north of the uk, some heavy ones towards past of scotland, further south and east not so many showers and temperatures up to 22 degrees in the south—east. this evening most of the showers will fade and unploughed roads into the western isles later in the night with patchy rain, temperatures dropped overnight especially where we have clear spells, may be down to 6 or 7 or 8 degrees, tomorrow cloud and patchy rain pushing across scotland, a fair amount of cloud for northern ireland, england and wales mainly dry with some sunshine,

temperatures north to south 21 degrees but temperatures become a talking point for some of us, 32 degrees by the end of the week in the south—east corner, always cooler or further north and west. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: a leading business group tells the bbc they believe households in the uk will go in to recession this year. the consumption, spending that we all make on the high street and on discretionary goods, that will go negative already this year. unions criticise plans by the government to repeal a legal ban on agency staff filling in for striking rail workers. there are no other train drivers out there. there are no other signallers out there. there are no other control staff. so grant shapps isjust... well, it's just fantasy. disability campaigners are taking legal action against the government, for not backing a recommendation from the grenfell tower inquiry to give vulnerable residents of high—rise buildings personal

fire evacuation plans. and queen elizabeth ii becomes the world's second—longest—serving monarch — only louis the 14th of france has ruled for longer. now on bbc news, it's been 40 years since the falklands war. the last, pivotal week of fighting inflicted heavy losses on british forces, including a devastating strike on the welsh guards. today, veterans and their families are still living with the consequences of victory in the falklands. awarning — this programme contains details some viewers may find upsetting. yeah, yeah, yeah. right, i'm ready to go. are you keen to answer it as well? oh, yes, yes. you can stop to think about an answer, you don't have to do it all in one go — it's just a conversation with me and i'll take you — i'll take

you through the experiences. absolutely, yeah.