this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines: the family of former british soldier jordan gatley say he's been killed fighting for the ukrainian armed forces in the eastern city of severodonetsk. a leading business group tells the bbc they believe households in the uk will go into recession this year. the consumption spending that we all make in the high streets and on discretionary goods, that is going to go negative already this year. unions warn government plans to allow agency workers to fill in for striking rail staff will create safety risks — the government say the proposals will minimise disruption. disability campaigners are taking legal action 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. 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, queen elizabeth ii becomes the world's second—longest serving monarch — only louis xiv of france has ruled for longer. a former british soldier has been killed fighting in ukraine, his family have announced. jordan gatley, who left the british army in march, died in the battle for the eastern city of severodonetsk — the scene of intense fighting in recent days. he's the second british man to die

fighting russian forces in ukraine. i asked our correspondent in kyiv, joe inwood, what we know about mr gatley and how he died. we understand jordan gatley had been a british soldier, he left the army in march to come and fight in ukraine. according to his family, he had been involved in training at the start of this, but oviously that had changed, because he was in the city of severodonetsk, which is very much the front line of this war, and it was there that he died on friday. according to his father, they had been told he was doing difficult and dangerous but necessary work. they say they are incredibly proud of him and he will forever be a hero in their hearts. there was some division within government about whether people should go and fight in ukraine. clearly, jordan gatley had professional experience as a soldier. do we have any idea how many people in that sort of situation may be operating in ukraine now?

honestly, not really. i was speaking to the spokesperson for the foreign legion — the unit of the ukrainian army in which these soldiers all serve — a few days ago, and they wouldn't tell us. they say it is classified information, so the figures are closely guarded, but we know there are many thousands of them. we know they were instrumental in the battle for kyiv. i was looking at footage recently of some czech soldiers fighting in severodonetsk. of course, jordan gatley�*s death confirms that there are british soldiers there too, we really don't know how many. you mentioned divisions, and that's interesting, because it's notjust a question of these men risking their lives, but if you look at the two former british soldiers who have been captured in mariupol and have now been put on trial as mercenaries, that's the other reason for this concern. it's for their safety but also the fact that because of britain's role in leading the international condemnation of this war, they are seen to have

a high price on them. so, there were a number of reasons for that concern, but foremost among that is the deaths we have now seen from two british soldiers as a real reason why people should be careful coming out here. 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's a killer, it is actually a killer. i don't know how we're 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, just 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. our business correspondent, simon browning, explained more about the background to the strike. 50,000 workers are due to walk out onjune 21, a huge number of workers you would need to acquire for the whole rail industry, but already this morning both sides of this industrial dispute, the unions involved in the action and also rail industry sources, are saying there are big concerns about safety. people who work on the railways run safety—critical jobs, signallers and train dispatch

on platforms, you cannotjust 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, said 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, £16 billion the government has pumped into railways during the pandemic, and only 70—80% of passengers have come back, so changes need to be made. and that is what is at the centre of this dispute. simon weller — assistant general secretary of aslef — told us 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, "wanted, 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. so, there are no other train drivers out there, no other signallers out there, no other control staff, so grant shapps is... it'sjust fantasy. government minister heather wheeler has apologised after describing birmingham and blackpool as "godawful" places. the conservative mp for south derbyshire made the remark at a conference, in london, as she launched the government's new digital strategy.

the conservative mayor of the west midlands, andy street, gave his reaction to the comments to the bbc�*s politics midlands. it's a very stupid thing to have said, frankly, and i'm sure she regrets it very deeply but the point is the evidence is so much to the contrary, so she might have heard view but remember 1.25 million people bought their tickets to come to an event in birmingham, they are going to see what a great place it is and if you look at other things, more students coming here, more young londoners coming to live here, businesses are investing, so the evidence is overwhelmingly to the contrary. 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 re—emphasised 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, if i'd seen that, i'd 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 rennie? 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 identify 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 now 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 rennie 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. earlier, i spoke to baroness brinton, vice—chair of the all—party group fire safety and rescue and a former president of the liberal democrats. sal brinton is wheelchair user and she began by explaining her own personal evacuation plan when she's in parliament. what's more, it has had to be used on more than one occasion. they one occasion it went wrong, actually, i was in the mp's new office building, portcullis house, and i went to the refuge point, what you always told to do, and nothing happened. i had no idea it was a fire alarm, or a realfire. but having had

no idea it was a fire alarm, or a real fire. but having had that, no idea it was a fire alarm, or a realfire. but having had that, they reviewed to make sure if we were in another building on the site that people would know what to do. it is absolutely vital. use them in hotels, i use them in offices. it is absently part of a disabled person's everyday of life. —— it is absolutely. everyday of life. -- it is absolutel . , ., , , everyday of life. -- it is absolutel . , . , , , absolutely. presumably, the belief ofthe absolutely. presumably, the belief of the inquiry _ absolutely. presumably, the belief of the inquiry was _ absolutely. presumably, the belief of the inquiry was that _ absolutely. presumably, the belief of the inquiry was that it _ absolutely. presumably, the belief of the inquiry was that it at - absolutely. presumably, the belief of the inquiry was that it at least i of the inquiry was that it at least had the potential to save lives? it certainly does. the inquiry evidence is really shocking about the statutory guidance provided by the government in 2011, which is exactly the same at the moment, saying it is too impractical, have these arrangements. i'm afraid it is that as so many deaths in grenfell of disabled people. it has to be changed. disabled people have the right to be able to live their

lives. underthe the right to be able to live their lives. under the equality act, they have that right was stop by late fee amendments and the building safety bill that made that link. i had the support of the fire chiefs, the local government association. everybody i talked to said we can make this work. the only people who think this can't work are the minister and his department. you presumably _ minister and his department. you presumably have pushed on theirs. what is the explanation the government are offering? it is practicality. — government are offering? it is practicality, how— government are offering? it is practicality, how to _ government are offering? it 3 practicality, how to actually evacuate somebody from a tall building before the professionals show up. and it is proportionality. that's what really worries me. is it too much bothered to for landlords too much bothered to for landlords to know exactly the status of a in their buildings? the announcers were saying we will have to have 24—hour

shifts in case. no, you don't. you just need the system of bodies available to help you. having a system to ensure the system is updated when it is needed. making sure that everybody knows if a fire alarm goes off where are the flats of disabled people in them that will need extra help as a matter of urgency. need extra help as a matter of uruen . , ., , , need extra help as a matter of uruen . , ._ ., need extra help as a matter of uruen. , .,, need extra help as a matter of uruen . , ._ ., , urgency. presumably, that is local information _ urgency. presumably, that is local information that _ urgency. presumably, that is local information that can _ urgency. presumably, that is local information that can be _ urgency. presumably, that is local information that can be held - urgency. presumably, that is local information that can be held by i urgency. presumably, that is local| information that can be held by the fire service, provided they are giving it. but it is also information of people like caretakers in buildings could have. 0r caretakers in buildings could have. or the resident key—holder in a building, for example. or the resident key-holder in a building, for example. absolutely riuht. in a building, for example. absolutely right- in a very — building, for example. absolutely right. in a very big _ building, for example. absolutely right. in a very big building, - building, for example. absolutely right. in a very big building, you | right. in a very big building, you might have somebody responsible on each floor to know who the people are that they have to keep an eye on. in a previous life before i was in the house of lords, i was person at cambridge college and we had the

exact same arrangements for our students. the headlines on bbc news: the family of former british soldier jordan gatley say he's been killed fighting for the ukrainian armed forces in the eastern city of severodonetsk. a leading business group tells the bbc they believe households in the uk will go into recession this year. unions warn government plans to allow agency workers to fill in for striking rail staff will create safety risks — the government say the proposals will minimise disruption. the government is expected to reject the idea of a tax on sugar and salt when it announces its new food strategy for england on monday. a leaked draft published in several newspapers suggests that ministers have dismissed a number of recommendations made in an independent review by the restaurateur, henry dimbleby. earlier, i spoke to minette batters, who's president of the national farmers union, and began by asking her what message farmers want the prime minister to hear.

my message to the prime minister was food security is a massive issue right now, notjust in the uk but in the global context. ifelt he had a good grasp on that now, and he said the future has to be about greater levels of food production and taking food security seriously. i cannot stress enough that it is important we do both, that we do environmental delivery and food production. 75% of the uk is farmed landscape, so it has to be about both. and it probably should be about both even more so because the government is facing a direct challenge with by—elections coming up, a lot of farmers there judging by reports in the newspapers including today's sunday telegraph which described farmers being angry about the plans for replacing the farm payments they received when britain was in the eu but also

concerns over things like availability of labour and what they think the government is or isn't doing about it. you are right, this is a message i gave the prime minister and the other farmers there, it was a private meeting without any media, but farmers are frustrated, they feel there has been a strong lean to environmental delivery, we have legislative pathways on taking land out of production and introduction of species alongside a massive commitment to build houses and the implications of green energy strategies and solarfarms, and nothing production, so this is timely and farmers are running long term businesses. decisions are being made now that will affect what they are producing next year, so it's important we have policies in place, detail in place that farmers know what they have

to do and to work effectively in partnership with government. that is the important thing as an independent nation, there is nothing more important in making sure we can feed this country. food security matters. the implication of what you are saying is you think there is a danger the combination of government policies might either drive farmers to give up some of their land or even incentivise getting out of farming altogether. is that what you are worried about? we have neverfaced into such competing ambitions for land use, and i would add to that the voluntary carbon market, carbon credits, land being sold off to plant trees, now is the time, we have needed a food strategy for a long time, everyone has focused on energy, but food security is the big issue globally.

you have the world food programme, the un, really challenging the world, we are facing unprecedented famine migration unless we act now, so this is long overdue and it is a white paper so it sets the tone for a discussion. henry dimbleby worked very long and hard. there are recommendations he put forward that have been put into this, but it's a white paper so a start, but we need to focus on the policy that will deliver less. we had an announcement this week about some of the producers by some of the producers who supply cucumbers and peppers for the salad market, saying they were not going to plant, because from their point of view there was pointless planting thinking they would lose the crop because they cannot find people to pick it. are you worried that will start happening in other sectors?

this has been the big issue for the last few years in the horticultural sector, we have seen left field crops being planted, and with spike rises in gas at the moment we have seen glasshouses contracting and protected crops sector, all these roads leading back to higher energy costs and high labour costs and lack of availability on labour, so it's a pressing issue. i said to the prime minister we need a dial up, dial down immigration system, this isn't just about seasonal workers but permanent workers. the danger if we don't get labour requirements right across the economy, there are not enough people who are in employment to do the jobs, there simply aren't enough available unemployed to do those jobs, so we need to take notice. the white paper

sets out an ambition to grow more of our fruit and veg. we will never keep pace with the productivity needs with the automation, it simply not available, dexterity of the human hand is needed so it really is time to act. 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. 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. 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. a man has died after rescuing two children who got into difficulty in a rip current off the coast of wales. police were called to poppit sands, near st dogmaels, in pembrokeshire after 8:30 on friday night, after a number of people got into difficulty. 47—year—old hywel morgan died after being recovered from the sea. his family said he was a "hero" and a "devoted and loving father." in the last hour or so, a bipartisan group of us senators says it's agreed on a framework for potential legislation on gun safety. president biden has hailed the deal as an important step.

i'm joined now by our correspondent david willis in los angeles. it was never going to be easy to get agreement considering that no question about that. , ., ., , considering that no question about that. , ., , ., that. given how polarised politics as in this country _ that. given how polarised politics as in this country at _ that. given how polarised politics as in this country at the - that. given how polarised politics| as in this country at the moment. these are modest proposes compared to whatjoe biden and other senior democrats had called for, but they are none a step in at the right direction, some might say, given that has been no legislation of this kind for decades. there were

attempts to tighten gun control laws after the sandy hook shooting, but it fell short of the votes needed in the senate. the feeling now is that they can't move forward with these modest proposals because the backing is there. they include federally funded so—called red flag laws, which are designed to alert authorities and officials to unstable people who are in positions of firearms and enable them to confiscate those weapons. federally expanded mental health checks. federally expanded school security measures. and a strengthening of background checks on those under the age of 21 seeking to buy a weapon of this kind. what they do not include in these measures as a ban on assault style weapons, or indeed much wider background checks of the type thatjoe biden had called for. the assault weapons is a significant

subject because it was those sorts of weapons used in the uvalde massacre and the buffalo shooting. what has been no reaction to this? we have heard from joe biden and mitch mcconnell, the senate minority rear for the republicans. mitch mcconnell, the senate minority rearfor the republicans. presumably rear for the republicans. presumably the rearfor the republicans. presumably the leadership approval from both parties matters a lot. bier? the leadership approval from both parties matters a lot.— the leadership approval from both parties matters a lot. very much so. mitch mcconnell _ parties matters a lot. very much so. mitch mcconnell making _ parties matters a lot. very much so. mitch mcconnell making clear - parties matters a lot. very much so. mitch mcconnell making clear in - parties matters a lot. very much so. mitch mcconnell making clear in the | mitch mcconnell making clear in the weeks just gone he would like to see some sort of agreement reached on this highly significant, basically giving his party at the right, if you like, to move forward. in terms of the action, i thinkjoe biden is quite significant. he said while this does not do everything that is needed, he said it reflects an important step in at the right direction and would be the most important and safety legislation to pass congress in decades. as i say,

these are modest proposals, but given how reading with political differences the party atmosphere here is, this is quite significant indeed. i here is, this is quite significant indeed. ., �* ., here is, this is quite significant indeed. ., ., , ., indeed. i don't want to run before i can walk on — indeed. i don't want to run before i can walk on this, _ indeed. i don't want to run before i can walk on this, but _ indeed. i don't want to run before i can walk on this, but ultimately - indeed. i don't want to run before i can walk on this, but ultimately ifi can walk on this, but ultimately if it gets through the senate, also getting through the house of representatives, a bigger number of people involved, presumably a lot more requirements to satisfy all those districts all with different priorities, many of them coming from areas where gun ownership is quite high. areas where gun ownership is quite hiuh. areas where gun ownership is quite hi h, . . . areas where gun ownership is quite hiuh. . . ., , . areas where gun ownership is quite hiuh. . . . , . , high. the crucial difference is the house of representatives - high. the crucial difference is the house of representatives is - high. the crucial difference is the - house of representatives is democrat controlled, if you like. getting these measures throughout the house will be no difficulty indeed, because the house of representatives passed some gun control measures of its own just a couple of days ago, which went further than these measures agreed upon by the

bipartisan group of senators. that is almost a rubber stamping, if you like, by the house of representatives to the president. presumably if it can get through the senate, and the indication it has the ten votes necessary from republicans to do so, then this will come into law quite quickly. i{finite come into law quite quickly. quite an achievement. _ come into law quite quickly. quite an achievement. love _ come into law quite quickly. quite an achievement. love it _ come into law quite quickly. quite an achievement. love it is - come into law quite quickly. quite an achievement. love it is up - come into law quite quickly. quite an achievement. love it is up to i an achievement. love it is up to you, david. mcdonalds in russia has reopened under a new name and new ownership today. the new restaurant chain is called vkusno i tochka, meaning "delicious, full stop." the russian chain is scheduled to reopen 15 restaurants this weekend with a revised menu. mcdonald's temporarily halted its business in russia in march, later deciding to sell up in russia altogether. 0ur russia editor, steve rosenberg, was at the opening. he was also at the very first opening in the 1990s. well, this is the russian rebranding of an american icon. in moscow today, mcdonald's

restaurants are reopening — or, at least, some of them — but they're reopening with a new russian owner and a new name, "tasty and that's it". now, mcdonald's pulled out of the russian market in protest at russia's invasion of ukraine, and it sold its restaurants, more than 800 of them, to a russian businessman, alexander govor. there's no big mac any more, there's no mcflurry, but the new owners hope that customers — and there are a lot of them today, as you can see — won't notice too many differences. but this is a significant moment, because when the very first mcdonald's restaurant opened in moscow 32 years ago, here on pushkin square, it was a symbol. it was a symbol of russia opening up to the world, embracing the west, embracing western culture and ideas and food. i was in the queue that day, by the way. there was a huge sense of excitement. it took me three hours to get from outside to inside to be served. what's happening today with the departure of mcdonald's and its russian replacement, well, that's a symbol, too — a symbol of how russia

and the west are moving apart. that's steve rosenberg making us all hungry here. former dragons' den star hilary devey has died aged 65, her publicist has confirmed. the businesswoman died in morocco after a long illness on saturday. the tv star was made a cbe in 2013, honouring her career in business and for her charitable work. she founded the company, pall—ex, a multimillion—pound freight distribution business, after selling her home and car in the 90s to finance it. the queen had a lot to celebrate last weekend. now she has another achievement to chalk up — as the second—longest serving monarch in world history. it seems like pretty much every month throws up another anniversary. this weekend throws at the latest. as of today, her majesty has been on the throne for 70 years and 127 days. she overtakes the former king of

thailand, who reigned for more than 70 years. 0nly louis xiv of france has ruled for longer — his reign began when he wasjust four years old, and lasted more than 72 years. he had a bit of a head start, because he became king at the age of four. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello. it's turned into a decent afternoon for many parts of england and wales. for northern ireland and scotland, there are more showers in the mix, some of those on the heavy side. temperatures of 1a degrees in glasgow. a few showers further south, but most places will stay dry with highs of 22 in the south—east. through this evening and tonight, many of the showers will fade, but later in the night we will see cloud rolling in to western scotland, with some outbreaks of patchy rain. where we keep clear spells overnight, it will turn relatively chilly. into tomorrow, the best of the weather to be found across england and wales in terms of dry and bright conditions, if that's what you're looking for. northern ireland will see more cloud, maybe the odd spot of rain,

certainly more cloud working across scotland, some rain in the far north and far north—west. quite breezy in the north. temperatures 1a degrees for stornoway, 21 in london. but those temperatures — towards the south—east corner especially — will rise through the week, getting into the low 30s celsius by friday. the further north and west you are, it will stay cooler, quite breezy, with some rain at times. hello, this is bbc news with me, shaun ley. the headlines. the family of former british soldier jordan gatley say he's been killed fighting for the ukrainian armed forces in the eastern city of severodonetsk. 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 in the high streets and on discretionary goods, that is going to go negative already this year. unions warn government plans

to allow agency workers to fill in for striking rail staff will create safety risks. the government say the proposals will minimise disruption. 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 the second becomes the world's second longest serving monarch. 0nly louis the 14th of france has ruled for longer. he managed 72 years on the throne. rita check reeta chakrabarti will be here at ten to six. now on bbc news, it's time for click.

hey, welcome, welcome. i hope you're well. it's often said we do not appreciate our health until we lose it and if someone suffers a life—changing injury, it may be necessary for them to retrain their brain to learn how to use their body again, maybe in a different way than before. there's a new idea called neuroanimation, which is like gaming for brain repair. it's an immersive, emotional and, we are told, enjoyable style of therapy that can have a real impact. what's it say? baby babbles quack, quack, quack. ruby was 2a years old when she lost her leg — a simple trip to the supermarket resulting in a life—changing injury. i was going shopping to buy the stuff for the baby, you know, weaning process, buying him veggies and avocados and what have you.

but, yeah, i was in the car park and i was run down by a car. at the time of the accident, ruby'd been carrying 5—month—old son leon, instinctively throwing him to safety. but the crash left her, a nurse on maternity leave at the time, facing a series of operations and intensive rehabilitation. the first three weeks in hospital, it'sjust a blur. i don't remember waking up, i don't remember who told me that i'd had my leg amputated. in my head ijust thought, "i'lljust learn how to walk again, "i'll get a fake leg, a prosthetic leg, "and then that would be that." i didn't realise how hard it was actually going to be. now at a live—in rehab centre called steps, she's receiving a variety of conventional treatments, as well as a new video game inspired therapy called mindpod. dolphin squeaks

wow. this room's amazing. yeah, it is. the painting is beautiful as well, isn't it? it is, it's lovely. yeah. dolphin squeaks mindpod is a form of what's known as neuroanimation. it gamifies treatment by using motion sensors and cameras to track the patient�*s movements as they direct this dolphin. i'm just learning how to balance my body. along with traditional methods like physiotherapy and hydrotherapy, it aims to help improve the physical and cognitive functions of people who've experienced a serious injury. did you ever imagine, at the start of your recovery, that you'd be using games? no, i had no idea, especially when i first came to steps, i never imagined intense rehab to be games. were you a gamer before? no, no. i wasn't into gaming

before the accident. how much do you feel that you're just instinctively moving and not thinking about it? yeah, because you're so into the game. and being in that room, with the lighting and colours, it takes you away, so it's helping, yeah, balance, coordination, stability, core stability. it reflects on, like, say, if i was in the kitchen, reaching for things up in the cupboards, down below. and ruby's commitment, combined with the access to this technology, has accelerated her progress. wow, that was great! how do you feel at the end of a session? tired. laughs tired — you don't realise how much you've actually worked out on my arms, my balance — evenjust standing. yeah. and you didn't really think about the fact that you were... crosstalk no, you're just into the game.

already, some studies have shown that mindpod can be twice as effective as traditional rehab treatments... 0h! don't know how i hit that one! ..and there are more studies under way. whether it's for chronic post—stroke symptoms, parkinson's, ms or ptsd, the team behind this neuroanimation hope that they will soon understand the full range of illnesses it can treat. this type of experience is really a digital therapeutic approach, and digital therapeutic means really that you can prescribe, as a doctor, software as a pill. so, there's this intricate mapping between your movements and the dolphin's movements that you have to learn and perfect and become more skilled at. so, this creates a feedback loop of learning and enables exploration, very much in the way a child learns to move their arms about, you know, early in their infancy. my goal is — my long—term goal

that i want to achieve — is to be able to pick the baby up, my baby up from the floor. and, hopefully, ruby's access to digital therapeutics will play its part in making that a reality sooner rather than later. oh, my gosh! what a story — and how incredible is ruby? i know, she was an absolute joy and so grateful for all the positives, really a lesson to all of us. and good news, she is recovering well — she managed to go home for a weekend and in about a month or two, she's going to have the cage off her leg. oh, how fantastic! did you try the mindpod yourself? i did, i had a go off—camera and it's actually a lot harder than it looks. chuckles it takes a lot of concentration, which makes you stop thinking about how your body is moving, which is part of the idea. yeah, how brilliant is that? we're learning so much more about how technology can be used in rehabilitation, and omar mehtab has been looking into a new form of light therapy, which,

it's hoped in the future, could be used in rehabilitation, but for the moment, is being used to hone the performance of athletes. response time — that's the key metric, isn't it? how fast you can react with some games being won by split—second decisions. but it's easier to train other areas of your game, like run more to increase your speed. # oh, yeah... strength — lift weights. but how do you increase your reaction speeds, apart from just playing more? well, there's this. this is okkulo — a system that retrains sports players by using unique light levels, where the speed of visual processing is slower than at normal light levels. each stage offers a varying degree of difficulty, signified with a different colour — from blue, to green, to red and, finally, near black.

i'll be honest — at first glance, i was quite sceptical of this. it's just changing lights, after all. but after checking it out sunderland's own luke o'nien — oof — and he clearly performed better when the lights were turned back on... i've been in here pretty much every day of every hour of every second. i think when i first came in here, evenjust with the lights on at aomph, the balls were just bouncing off my shins and, you know, slowly, i've adjusted, my body is moving quicker and i'm dealing with faster speeds in this. it's a big part of the modern game, isn't it, how we can implement all the technology and data we have at the highest level of football to make marginal gains. and if that's on the analytics side or the data side or biometrics, whatever it may be, i think technology's here to stay and it's the future of the game. the good thing about this is it's very similar to the game, if not pretty much identical, in terms of the ball coming at you at speed, you've got to be able to deal

with that and then execute. and football isn't the only sport it's useful for. up to now, we've done cricket, baseball, table tennis, boxing and soccer. ball sports are ideal because it's hand—eye coordination. every time we get somebody in, that's the first thought — "oh, well, "you're just changing the light levels, "or this, that and the other. "you're just going to switch the light off." it's the complete opposite to that. there's a whole biological process here we're working on. but how does it actually work? it is to do with the colour and how the colours interact with the eye and the photoreceptors in the eye. but it's also to do with the level of darkness. if you lower the light levels, your visual system slows down. so, in sport, what you're predicting what is going to happen 200 milliseconds into the future. at low light levels, you have to predict what's happening 250 milliseconds into the future because the speed of processing is slowed down. so, if you're interacting with the ball under those conditions, you have to speed up your responses to interact with it successfully. so, when you go into the light, it seems like you have more time to respond.

now, in order to see how effective this system is, first, i'm going to have to set a benchmark. my touch is as heavy as me! laughs should take my time — i'm getting flustered. pass, pass, pass! yeah! sorry, sorry! sorry, jack! phew! ok, time to see if okkulo makes a difference. ohh! that was legit! ohh! it's a bit tougher. i don't know what it is — i'm backing away. it's the light — it's messing with me a bit. and now, we've turned the lights back on. so, let's see if there's a difference. i'm taking in my stride, my breathing has calmed down,

i'm waiting for it to come to me, i'm assessing the speed, i got better as it went along. ok, so there's a bit of difference — not as much as the pros felt, but still noticeable. now, after going through the system, the effects are supposed to last around two weeks. but also, it's said to help people with a degree of cognitive issues such as adhd or brain trauma, but okkulo are still researching this area. when we're working with the athletes, we're getting to see all of these effects outside of sport. we're seeing really intense focus. we're linking up with two universities to make sure that we fully understand what is going on there, but there's a clear pattern of significant importance in and around what we're doing with these light levels. so, maybe it's not about advanced robots or fancy tech. it's something as simple as light

that can unlock the next level in players. maybe i'll carry on playing for a bit after they turn off the lights at the five—a—side! that's the most i've moved in six months. that's a fascinating one, isn't it, and interesting to see how it develops. that's omar and that's it for the shortcut of click. if you fancy more from us, you can have it. it's on iplayer, waiting for you right now. we'll be back next week but, for now, thank for watching. that's where we will see most of the warmth of going to build through the coming week. through tonight, where we have clear skies, it will turn a

little bit chilly, but we will see that her cloud rolling into western scotland. —— thinker cloud. tomorrow, we will see cloud pushing in. the onslaught of rain from that, much of england and wales will be dry. top temperatures in the south up to around 21 or 22 degrees. it will be cooler, 1a the afternoon high. temperatures for many are set to climb. we're looking at highs of 31 or 32 degrees. it will feel hot, always cooler further north and west.

the huge hike in the cost of petrol and diesel — ministers order a review into whether a 5p cut in fuel duty is being passed on to drivers. the temporary reduction in fuel duty was introduced in march — now with prices soaring there are questions over whether motorists are really benefitting. it's horrendous. i don't know how people are going to survive. i rely on my car all the time, and it's a huge cost everybody. a former british soldier, jordan gatley, is reported to have been killed while fighting in ukraine. five years after the grenfell tower blaze, we look at the latest government safety advice

for highrise buildings. and england's batsmen fight back against new zealand, asjoe root gets another century. good evening. with fuel prices soaring, there's to be an urgent review into whether a five pence fuel duty cut is being passed on in full to drivers. the government has asked the competition and markets authority to examine the fuel market for local variations in petrol and diesel prices. the cost of filling an average family car hit a record £100 last week. it comes as the confederation of british industry warned that waning consumer spending will mean households going into recession later this year. a our political correspondent helen catt reports. the cost of filling up has been going up, and up.

this week, the cost of a full tank for an average family car hit £100. it is actually a killer. i don't know how i'm 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's a huge cost to everybody. today, i can announce... in march, the chancellor announced he was cutting the tax the government charges on petrol and diesel, fuel duty, by 5p per litre, but there are concerns the saving has not found its way to the forecourts. now ministers have instructed the independent regulator to investigate. we have got to make sure it is being passed on and once we get the review of that, then it will be right to look at what more, if we need to, we can do to help people to make sure it is actually getting to where we want. there are calls for the government to cut fuel duty by more than 5p, as some other european countries have. labour wouldn't confirm if it would do so but said the review was overdue. naming and shaming, which was their previous policy, wasjust never going to work. we need to make sure

that we have got a functioning energy market. petrol retailers insist the cut is being reflected in prices at the pump. the regulator says it stands ready to take action if it finds competition isn't working properly. 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 business leaders say households are feeling the squeeze well before the wider economy. well, 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 in the high streets, and on discretionary goods, that is going to go negative already this year. and the only thing really stopping us from having a full—blown recession this year is that at the moment business investment levels are quite high. he also said the government needed to make big decisions quickly and warned that the sort of political drama we have seen this week is bad for economics. downing street is certainly keen to move on from the drama. it wants to draw a line under last week's

confidence vote and shift the focus back onto policy, but the vote brought back into the open a wider debate within the conservative party about which direction those policies should take, particularly around tax. some are calling for tax cuts to come in much faster than promised. the government has already spent big on cost—of—living support. it puts the total at £37 billion. as households continue to feel the squeeze, there's likely to be pressure to do even more. helen catt, bbc news, westminster. a british family say their son has been killed while fighting russian forces in the east of ukraine. jordan gatley, who left the british army in march to travel to ukraine, was shot in the city of severodonetsk — the scene of intense fighting in recent days. in a tribute on social media, his father said his son was a hero. our correspondent nick beake is in kyiv for us. nick, what more do we know about what happened?—

nick, what more do we know about what happened? jordan gatley's dad dean said he — what happened? jordan gatley's dad dean said he travelled _ what happened? jordan gatley's dad dean said he travelled to _ what happened? jordan gatley's dad dean said he travelled to ukraine i dean said he travelled to ukraine after careful consideration and was working to train ukrainian troops. he apparently told his family he knew he was carrying a dangerous missions but thought they were necessary and he was really making a difference. but on friday the family were told he had been killed on the front line infighting, and paying tribute to him they have described him as a hero who will live on in their hearts. he is the second briton to die in ukraine. back in march ahead of the british armed forces urged people not to come out here to fight but to find other ways of showing their support, but clearlyjordan gatley made the decision come here and he has now lost his life trying to defend ukraine. reeta.— lost his life trying to defend ukraine. reeta. ., ,, , ., , . ukraine. reeta. thank you very much. nick beat reporting. _ ukraine. reeta. thank you very much. nick beat reporting. -- _ ukraine. reeta. thank you very much. nick beat reporting. -- nick— ukraine. reeta. thank you very much. nick beat reporting. -- nick beake. i the northern ireland secretary says a bill due to be published tomorrow

overriding parts of the post—brexit trading deal with the eu will not break international law. the northern ireland protocol, as it's called, sees checks on certain goods when they cross the irish sea to northern ireland from great britain — in case they cross into the republic of ireland and therefore into the eu. 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. the survivors and bereaved from the grenfell tower tragedy will mark the fifth anniversary of the fire on tuesday. many of the 72 who died followed the official advice to stay put and the government says it's still the safest thing to do. but it faces legal action from disabled residents who say ministers have abandoned a commitment to give them personal evacuation plans. here's our home affairs correspondent tom symonds. a tower block fire. a major lesson from grenfell. sometimes, staying put is dangerous. so we are going to put a smoke hood onto you and we are going

to escort you out, ok? 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 wasn't 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. there was people across the road sharing videos of quite a big fire on the roof. i think if i had seen that, i would have thought, "i'm not going to hang about," yeah.

and 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 rennie? 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 had come? before they arrived. that is a huge reduction in the risk and increase in the chance of me getting out and staying alive. it means that i can sleep at night. she was advised to get this special evacuation chair, and the grenfell tower inquiry said every resident with mobility issues should be given a bespoke plan. the government doesn't agree. 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 rennie 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. tom symonds, bbc news. the first of the former mcdonald's restaurants in russia has opened in moscow under a new name, which translates as tasty and that's it. the us chain pulled out of the country last month following the invasion of ukraine, and a siberian oil magnate bought all 850 stores. mcdonald's left russia of its own accord, but a whole raft of international sanctions have hit the country's economy hard. our russia editor steve rosenberg has the story. in moscow, the burgers are back. this was mcdonald's.

not any more. the us fast food giant has left russia in protest at the invasion of ukraine. and it sold all its restaurants here — more than 800 — to a local company. gone are the golden arches. the logo now is two french fries and a burger. the new owner is siberian tycoon alexander govor. translation: there'll be no more big macs or mcflurries here. - it's a pity because they were the most popular items, but we told our experts to find replacements that are just as good or even better. the customers we spoke to were lovin' it. "russians can do fast food just as well", he tells me." as well", he tells me.

"and as for western sanctions and global brands leaving russia,