this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world: russia is accused of killing hundreds of civilians in ukraine's second biggest city, kharkiv. amnesty international says it has evidence that widely—banned cluster bombs have been used. it was horrible, horrible. when the russians were firing you would get thrown into the air from your chair. the uk economy contracted again in april — by 0.3% — as businesses feel the impact of price rises and supply chain shortages. borisjohnson says plans to give ministers the power to override the northern ireland protocol are "not a big deal" — that's ahead of legislation being proposed today that will strip the need to check goods going from britain to northern ireland.

as the cost of living rises, the long—awaited plan on the future of food in england is being published. but the man behind the review says the government's vision is not detailed enough. is it the big, bold, unified strategy that i think we need? no. is it progress, you know, am i...? do i think we're going in the right direction? yes. personal items belonging to missing britishjournalist dom phillips and his brazilian colleague are discovered by police in a remote area of the amazon rainforest, a week after the pair went missing. and, a warning that lives could be at risk after a bbc panorama investigation finds the uk's biggest chain of gp practices lets less qualified staff see patients without adequate supervision.

hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. watching in the uk russia has been accused of killing hundreds of civilians in ukraine's second biggest city, kharkiv, through indiscriminate shelling. amnesty international says it has evidence that cluster bombs have been used. these weapons are widely banned. the human rights organisation says russian forces have shown an "absolute disregard for civilian life". from the city of kharkiv, wyre davies reports. from the very start of this war the city of kharkiv bore the brunt of russian shelling. explosions often indiscriminate and wildly inaccurate.

this at a junction outside a large public hospital. in saltivka, one of kharkiv�*s northern suburbs, there is barely a building undamaged. in these areas, says amnesty international, the routine use of unguided rockets by russian forces in built—up residential suburbs resulted in hundreds of casualties. those who survived the onslaught left. those who now return do so only briefly. translation: it was horrible, horrible. - when the russians were firing you would get thrown into the air from your chair. it is hard to describe but that's what it was like. explosion 20 miles from the border, kharkiv was a key russian target in the early weeks of the war,

and they literally threw everything at this city, including widely banned weapons, indiscriminate by their very nature. the world has made these weapons illegal because they are so devastating and indiscriminate, and mainly affect civilians. there can be no reason, legally or morally, to use cluster munitions in ukraine or anywhere else. this demonstrates the indiscriminate destruction that cluster munitions can bring. a large shell explodes, casting off dozens of smaller bomblets. as they then explode over a certain area they shower people and buildings with thousands of pieces of shrapnel. in this case, kharkiv�*s children's hospital. some of those struck down by cluster munitions and russian shells are now recovering in city hospitals. "there was a hole in my leg the size of a fist," says roman. he tells me how he fell to the ground, convinced he was going to die, as several other cluster bombs exploded around him.

according to the regional medical director, more than 600 civilians have been killed and 1,200 injured in kharkiv alone. the material damage to the city's infrastructure too is obvious. all of which, says amnesty, may constitute a war crime. wyre davis, bbc news, kharkiv. joe inwood is in kyiv for us. he told me more about the fighting happening in the city of severodonetsk. it is street fighting, it is increasingly bloody, we understand both sides are taking heavy casualties. the russians are using their advantage with artillery to really pound ukrainian positions, as they have done throughout this conflict really, and we think the ukrainians are therefore taking many losses and are being pushed back into an ever—decreasing pocket of this city. they have been pushed out of the centre and back into the industrial zone.

over the weekend we had reports of a large chemical plant, the azot plant, being shelled and a large fire and many tonnes of fuel and oil leaking out of radiators. that is a place, as many places in the city are, where civilians are sheltering. 800 people we understand are there, as well as ukrainian soldiers, a few hundred of them. it is a mixed picture. it is worth saying, it is difficult to get clear information out because it is so dangerous now, there aren't manyjournalists there and we have not got contact with any and there are no mobile phone signals, so really knowing what is going on requires you to speak to both sides who give you fairly partial information. and on the aid, the artillery, the air defences that volodymyr zelensky is calling for, do we know if some of those are in the country but theyjust haven't got to the right places for the ukrainians to use them? you will be unsurprised to know that they don't give us this sort of information.

the whereabouts of this aid, of this military equipment is kept under very, very close guard. we know that there are a number of american howitzers, these big artillery pieces, have got through. we know a lot of those are being employed, and we have seen videos of those, but generally they keep stuff very much under wraps. what we know as well is there are these systems called himars and m270s coming from the uk, these are long—range multiple launch rocket systems, very, very accurate, game changing artillery, it has been said, and we understand they are not yet in the country because it will take many weeks to get people trained up to use them, but that is one of the things the ukrainians are looking for. you mentioned as well air defence systems, that was referenced by president zelensky in his nightly address yesterday, that the ukrainians need these systems, they need something like iron dome, or the patriot defence systems that the americans and the israelis have developed.

but they are not getting those at the moment, and i think that is something where i think it is a big call they have been making throughout this conflict but the call has so far gone unanswered. let's return to the report by amnesty international on the use of cluster bombs in the city of kharkiv. i'm joined now by one of the report authors, donatella rovera, a senior crisis response advisor at amnesty international. thank you forjoining us. i'd like you to begin by telling us more about the evidence that you gathered. about the evidence that you gathered-— about the evidence that you cathered. , , , ., gathered. yes, we spent two weeks in aril and in gathered. yes, we spent two weeks in april and in may. _ gathered. yes, we spent two weeks in april and in may, two _ gathered. yes, we spent two weeks in april and in may, two separate - april and in may, two separate visits, we visited and investigated the sites of 41 different strikes, seven of those were with cluster munitions and scatter opal mines that are banned internationally, and the rest were with other types of rockets and unguided artillery which should never be used in residential

areas, urban areas where there are civilians, because these are battlefield weapons, they cannot be pinpointed at a specific building and they are notoriously and inherently inaccurate, and therefore, the strikes are indiscriminate. while i was there during the month of april particularly, i was seeing and hearing indiscriminate strikes every day, i saw the consequences in the immediate aftermath in terms of lives and livelihoods destroyed. in the course of our investigation we carried out site visits were at most sites we did find remains of these specific munitions that were used in the strikes against those particular buildings. often each strike involved multiple rockets, whether

rockets carrying cluster munitions or grad rockets and other types of rockets, so we found fragments everywhere, we visited patients in hospitals where the doctors removed the pellets from the cluster munitions from their bodies. we also, of course, reviewed a very large amount of information that is available on open sources, videos that people had taken immediately after the incidents, and also satellite imagery. fix, after the incidents, and also satellite imagery.— after the incidents, and also satellite imagery. a wide range of evidence gathered, _ satellite imagery. a wide range of evidence gathered, including - satellite imagery. a wide range of| evidence gathered, including those first—hand accounts from people who had been injured and doctors and other medics who had worked on them. these cluster munitions leave quite a distinctive pattern when they strike as well, a sort of central hollow, if you like, and then a pat

on out from them, so did you see that sort of patterning on the areas where they had been used? yes. that sort of patterning on the areas where they had been used? yes, in every single — where they had been used? yes, in every single one — where they had been used? yes, in every single one of _ where they had been used? yes, in every single one of the _ where they had been used? yes, in every single one of the locations i l every single one of the locations i visited there had been struck by cluster munitions i saw a number of creators where the individual munitions that exploded specifically with that pattern, but i also found the metal fins that stabilise the munitions, as well as the pellets, the metal pellets which are essentially small pieces of steel rods that have been cut, and each cluster munition contains hundreds of these. i found those absolutely everywhere at all these sites of the cluster munitions sites.— cluster munitions sites. these munitions _ cluster munitions sites. these munitions are _ cluster munitions sites. these munitions are banned - cluster munitions sites. these munitions are banned by - cluster munitions sites. these l munitions are banned by many, cluster munitions sites. these - munitions are banned by many, many countries. do you think anything more can be done to stop their use

in ukraine?— in ukraine? there is absolutely clear evidence _ in ukraine? there is absolutely clear evidence that _ in ukraine? there is absolutely clear evidence that russian - in ukraine? there is absolutely i clear evidence that russian forces have used these munitions knowing the devastating impact they have had on civilians. since the first days of the russian invasion at the end of the russian invasion at the end of february, amnesty international and others have reported on the devastating consequences of these strikes, both with cluster munitions but also other types of rockets and unguided artillery. so there is absolutely no doubt that the russian government knew, and nose, the kind of devastation that these indiscriminate attacks are causing. these indiscriminate attacks constitute war crimes. so there should be no doubt at all levels up—and—down the chain of command within the russian forces and the russian authorities. d0

within the russian forces and the russian authorities.— within the russian forces and the russian authorities. do we know if russian authorities. do we know if russia is producing _ russian authorities. do we know if russia is producing these - russia is producing these munitions itself, and therefore, can we extrapolate that sanctions will have any impact on the production of them? , , ., . ., , any impact on the production of them? , . ., i, them? yes, they are certainly being roduced them? yes, they are certainly being produced in — them? yes, they are certainly being produced in russia. _ them? yes, they are certainly being produced in russia. obviously - them? yes, they are certainly being produced in russia. obviously we i produced in russia. obviously we have no way of knowing how large their stock is. but yes, these are locally produced. 50 their stock is. but yes, these are locally produced.— their stock is. but yes, these are locally produced. so in terms of any im act locally produced. so in terms of any impact that — locally produced. so in terms of any impact that your — locally produced. so in terms of any impact that your report _ locally produced. so in terms of any impact that your report will - locally produced. so in terms of any impact that your report will have, . impact that your report will have, what are your hopes?— impact that your report will have, what are your hopes? obviously the reason for wanting _ what are your hopes? obviously the reason for wanting to _ what are your hopes? obviously the reason for wanting to carry - what are your hopes? obviously the reason for wanting to carry out - what are your hopes? obviously the reason for wanting to carry out this | reason for wanting to carry out this investigation and as soon as possible is to gather the evidence while the evidence, the material evidence on the ground, is available, and we are aware of the fact that the road to justice in situations of armed conflict can be very long. but the importance is for there to be accountability for all

there to be accountability for all the perpetrators and justice for the victims. that clearly may take some time, but the russian authorities should know that the impunity that they seem to be enjoying at the moment will not last for ever. donatella rovera, senior crisis adviser at an amnesty international, thank you very much for your time. one of the authors of that report on cluster munitions in ukraine. the uk economy has shrunk again. the latest official figures show that gross domestic product, which measures the size of the economy in goods and services, was down by 0.3% in april. it had already fallen in march by 0.1%. key services like manufacturing and construction suffered drops in output for the first time since january last year. reacting to the news, the prime minister said he expected the uk to come out of this very strongly. the uk came out of the pandemic

faster than comparable countries due to the steps we took, that's why we have the fastest growing economy in the g7 last year, and now we are seeing the effects of inflation around the world hitting this country as well as everywhere else. if you look for instance at the imf data, the uk comes back at or near the top of the g7 league very quickly. the most important thing is we have the fundamentals that are very strong. our correspondent andy verity says the shrinkage isn't caused by consumers spending less. a large part of the driver behind the shrinkage in the economy and economic activity, all the goods and services we produce which we call gross domestic product, or gdp, a large part of the reason for that was the winding down of the government's test and trace system which was a big chunk of spending this time last year. if you look at consumer spending it is actually up by 2.6% in the month of april, which is quite surprising in a way when you think that that was the month

that the government implemented its previously announced hikes in national insurance, which should take money away from consumers and away from businesses, and mean less spending. but consumers may be borrowing in order to smooth over that effect and continue to spend. they may not have felt that effect, may not have noticed it coming through in their net pay on their payslips, and so consumers did actually spend a little bit more than some people expected, but nevertheless, most economists were expecting an uptick in the economy in april and we didn't get it, we got a 0.3% shrinkage, two months in a row where the economy has shrunk. it is not yet what we technically tend to call a recession which is two quarters, six months of negative activity, but nevertheless it is the economy shrinking which is really the same thing, just in a shorter timeframe. it changes the picture for interest rates as well because on thursday we have the interest rate decision. some people were saying that interest rates might rise by 0.5% ahead of the worst inflation

in a0 years. now they are saying because of these weak numbers there may be a hesitation of doing quite such a chunky rise and it might be 0.25% instead. and to what extent are global factors versus domestic factors weighing on this shrinkage? very much so. that's the main reason for high inflation, it is caused globally. we are talking about global commodity prices. the bank of england says it is about 80% of the high inflation we have at the moment caused by those high global commodity prices, which are caused in turn by the reopening of the global economy post—pandemic, worsened by the war in ukraine which cut short the supply of some essential commodities like cooking oil and wheat. but there is also difficulties with the supply of the goods, with the supply of other goods, simply because it is not keeping up with demand, like the likes of steel and wood. those prices have been elevated. however, there is a ray of hope because global commodity prices have come down, the price of wholesale gas

for example has come off quite a lot, and eventually that will feed through to consumer prices. the expectation is that next year inflation will halve, and then this downturn caused by elevated prices and shortages of supply of some goods should get easier, should ease, and inflation should also come off, it is predicted to halve from somewhere around 10% later this year to less than 5% by the end of next year. andy verity. legislation is being published that will make unilateral changes to northern ireland's post—brexit trade arrangements, including relaxing checks on some goods arriving in northern ireland from the rest of the uk. the proposals would seek to override parts of the existing protocol which prevents a hard border with the republic of ireland. the current arrangements have led to disputes in stormont with the democratic unionist party refusing to allow a new devolved government to allow a new devolved government to be formed until their concerns are addressed. we will speak to our europe correspondent in a moment but first let's hear what the prime

minister had to say about his plans in the last half an hour. the protocol isn't actually yet being implemented. it's because it has all been put into cold storage while we try and manage it. were it to be implemented, it would do even more damage diverting trade and that is upsetting the balance of the belfast good friday agreement. the problem at the moment, in northern ireland, the stormont assembly, the government of northern ireland can't meet because of the effects of the protocol. what it does is it creates unnecessary barriers on trade east—west. what we can do is fix that. not a big deal, we can fix it in such a way as to remove those bureaucratic barriers but without putting up barriers on trade moving north—south on the island of ireland as well. let's go to brussels now and our correspondent there —jessica parker.

hello, jess. you may have had the prime minister saying it isn't a big deal, we can fix that, yet the uk government and the eu have been trying for a long time now to resolve these issues. it is not really as simple as the prime minister is making it sound, is it? what will happen next from brussels' perspective? figs what will happen next from brussels' perspective?— perspective? as you say they have been bogged _ perspective? as you say they have been bogged down _ perspective? as you say they have been bogged down in _ perspective? as you say they have been bogged down in talks - perspective? as you say they have been bogged down in talks for- perspective? as you say they have - been bogged down in talks for months and months and still remain pretty far apart in and months and still remain pretty farapart in notjust and months and still remain pretty far apart in notjust how the protocol might be fixed but what you might need to do in order to fix it. the uk government wants to basically rewrite the treaty here in brussels what they want to do is try and find what they want to do is try and find what they want to do is try and find what they term the practical solutions within it to ease some checks on goods going from great britain to northern ireland. in terms of what we get today in brussels, it is going to be a relatively muted response, so i think we will hear from maros sefcovic, the european union's lead negotiator, on this later, and once

that legislation has been published. i think we will get some hints as to what the european commission may do next. in terms of actual retaliatory action, i think we will hear more about that probably later in the week. what that is set to look like at the moment is the possible relaunch of legal action, that was actually paused last year. the eu said as a kind of goodwill gesture, to allow talks on the protocol to breathe, possibly you infringement proceedings as well, then down the line, depending on whether things escalate, how far this legislation gets, what it looks like, there is talk of this idea of a so—called trade war where you could see tariffs applied on some uk goods. but we aren't there yet, i think it's important to say this whole thing has quite some way to run. if the uk is looking at this and thinking that they hope it might cause the eu to give on this issue, we are not going to see any sign of that in the immediate future, jessica? it that in the immediate future, jessica? , ., that in the immediate future, jessica? , . , jessica? it is an interesting point ou jessica? it is an interesting point you make- _

jessica? it is an interesting point you make- i— jessica? it is an interesting point you make. ithink— jessica? it is an interesting point you make. i think some - jessica? it is an interesting point you make. i think some in - jessica? it is an interesting point i you make. i think some in brussels think this isn't necessarily an insurance policy by the uk, as the uk government put it, to protect the uk government put it, to protect the uk internal market, rather they think it is perhaps either what you hear from diplomats here think it is perhaps either what you hearfrom diplomats here a negotiating tactic by the uk to try and get brussels to make some concessions, or indeed some diplomats think that liz truss, the foreign secretary, is kind of trying to burnish her leadership credentials with borisjohnson facing that vote of confidence last week, the foreign office would deny that. they feel the eu isjust being completely inflexible in its approach to the protocol. the treaty was signed by both sides, by boris johnson's own government as well as the eu. it is always probably worth pointing that out. but i think for the moment in terms of the reaction here in brussels, they will be pretty angry, they will say that the uk legislation is potentially going to breach international law, again something the uk rejects, but it will be interesting to see because

we expect some further, what are termed flexibilities, but potential further compromises from the eu to be brought forward in the next week or so. be brought forward in the next week orso. so be brought forward in the next week or so. so i think to some extent talks are going to continue. today's legislation doesn't mark an end to conversations between the uk and the eu. , , , conversations between the uk and the eu. g,, ., ~ conversations between the uk and the eu. ok, jessica, thank you for that. jessica parker— eu. ok, jessica, thank you for that. jessica parker in _ eu. ok, jessica, thank you for that. jessica parker in brussels _ eu. ok, jessica, thank you for that. jessica parker in brussels for- eu. ok, jessica, thank you for that. jessica parker in brussels for us. i the government is setting out its long—awaited food strategy for england, which ministers hope will make the uk more self—sufficient and create newjobs. it is based on a review of the food and farming system led by the co—founder of the leon restaurant chain, henry dimbleby. he told bbc news the plan was not detailed enough to be called a �*strategy�*, but borisjohnson says it's "a blueprint for how ministers will back farmers, and boost british industry." our environment correspondent, claire marshall, has more. from the fields to our forks — more than three years in the making, this is the government's plan for how our entire food system should look. at its heart are the farmers. growing our own will boost food security,

the government says, and create jobs. among the plans, a framework for farming the land sustainably, including taking care of nature. a consultation on whether the public sector — hospitals, schools and care homes — should spend more of their budgets on locally grown, or higher standard food. there will be a review of the labour shortage, including using more machines, and issuing more visas for migrants. no mention of reducing meat consumption, but there will be money for research into meat alternatives. this comes after a wide—ranging review by restaurateur henry dimbleby. i am hoping the health secretary will be bold and brave in a difficult political context and axe to break thatjunk food cycle and we get away from this narrative of personal responsibility and education, which is important, but it isn't going to get it out of the hole we are in. after withering criticism of an earlier leaked draft, the national farmers' union now welcomes the plans. i think it's really welcome to see government committing to food

production and food security. there's a strong commitment in there to maintain our current levels of self—sufficiency, and to produce more, effectively, of we are good at, more of our fruit and vegetables effectively, of what we are good at, more of our fruit and vegetables which have been in decline. so, you know, that's a laudable ambition. there's strong commitments on government procurement — more british, more local into our schools and hospitals — and that's very, very welcome indeed for farmers. but i think all of this will depend on the policies that are put in place to deliver it. so, it's the start of a journey. many campaigners are asking though, what happened to the proposed sugar and salt tax and healthier school meals? according to the government, these will be addressed in another white paper at a later date. claire marshall, bbc news. the environment secretary george eustice dismissed claims that the government's proposals hadn't gone far enough. what has happened is we have

introduced point—of—sale restrictions for foods that are high in salt, fat or sugar, those are being introduced later this year. supermarkets are already changing their supply chains, already reformulating to get healthier foods. so we have already introduced measures to deal with those issues. the report also deals with many areas that actually were not dealt with by henry dimbleby, recognising the role of the food industry towards our economy and levelling up in different parts of the country, and also of course the importance as well of food to our food security. these are issues that were not addressed by his report. we've covered all the issues he covered and then many more besides. george eustice. here with me now is minette batters, president of the national farmers union, which represents more than 16,000 farming and growing businesses. good to have you with us today, thank you for your time. is this a blueprint for how ministers will back farmers, to use borisjohnson's words? it

back farmers, to use boris johnson's words? ' . , ., , back farmers, to use boris johnson's words? ' . , ., back farmers, to use boris johnson's words? ' . , ., words? it effectively it has to be a bluerint words? it effectively it has to be a blueprint because _ words? it effectively it has to be a blueprint because 70 _ words? it effectively it has to be a blueprint because 70 years - words? it effectively it has to be a | blueprint because 70 years without words? it effectively it has to be a i blueprint because 70 years without a food strategy and we now have one. i think it's incredibly important that the government tries to build cross—party support and cross departmental support for this plan. it is far too important to have food policy that is just sort of flip—flopping on parliamentary cycles. so i really hope this is the start of a very robust and transformative transformation. pare transformative transformation. are ou transformative transformation. are you worried — transformative transformation. are you worried when the man behind the review says it isn't detailed enough to actually be called a strategy? i was on henry dimbleby's advisory was on henry dimbleby�*s advisory board, and i can certainly share a lot of his frustration. it is, though, a white paper which sets out effectively a framework for discussion, and i think now we have to come together and turn this into policy. words are the easy bit, and this is about turning this into

policy and delivery and making sure that farmers have direction of travel. they have been really wanting to have details of what the new scheme potentially would look like and they need to know decisions made this year will have a huge impact for next year, and we have massive global uncertainty now as well. ~ , ., ., well. the prime minister talked about putting — well. the prime minister talked about putting money _ well. the prime minister talked about putting money into - about putting money into modernisation. is that already happening, orwas modernisation. is that already happening, or was he talking about future money being put into the industry? it future money being put into the indust ? , ., ., industry? it is hard to tell. i imaaine industry? it is hard to tell. i imagine he _ industry? it is hard to tell. i imagine he means - industry? it is hard to tell. i imagine he means now- industry? it is hard to tell. i imagine he means now and| industry? it is hard to tell. i - imagine he means now and future. this is what i mean about having a long—term view. there are significant changes that will need to be made, significant investment on farm to get to the world of net zero. don't forget the government has legislated to a net to zero world by 2050. there are enormous opportunities for agriculture to lead the global change, if you like,

in climate smart farming, the new innovations, new technologies that are coming online. we know feed additives for livestock are making a huge difference. but also the ability to produce more of our fruit and veg here. we have a temperate climate and we really do need to make the most of what that offers. how self—sufficient can england, or the uk, become in terms of its food supply? the uk, become in terms of its food su -l ? , the uk, become in terms of its food su .l ? , ., ., the uk, become in terms of its food suul ? , ., ., supply? the things that we are good at, supply? the things that we are good at. livestock — supply? the things that we are good at, livestock production, _ supply? the things that we are good at, livestock production, dairy, - at, livestock production, dairy, crops, horticulture, more of our fruit and veg grown here. fruit and veg, we have seen a decline, and a lot of that has been linked to access to labour. but these are the things that we really need to be focusing on. what we are not consuming here we should be looking to export to countries that do not have the luxury of the climate that we have to farm in. effectively we

waste water, and there are very few countries in the world where water scarcity isn't an issue. it doesn't go far enough for many, and i want to know what the policy will look like, where the investments on farm will land and i want to make sure this works for every farmer everywhere, as indeed for all people across the country will have a budget they are on.— across the country will have a budget they are on. what are the cost implications _ budget they are on. what are the cost implications of _ budget they are on. what are the cost implications of this - budget they are on. what are the cost implications of this for - cost implications of this for consumers? i cost implications of this for consumers?— cost implications of this for consumers? i think it's really important — consumers? i think it's really important that _ consumers? i think it's really important that with - consumers? i think it's really important that with the - consumers? i think it's really i important that with the austerity crisis we are facing into, food strategy could never solve a social policy, so that needs to be worked out along side as to how we make sure everybody, whatever budget they are on, can afford high quality british food.— are on, can afford high quality british food. ~ �* ., , british food. ok, minette batters, resident british food. ok, minette batters, president of _ british food. ok, minette batters, president of the _ british food. ok, minette batters, president of the national- british food. ok, minette batters, j president of the national farmers' union, thank you very much. breaking news to bring you. we are hearing that the labour leader sir keir starmer is being investigated by the parliamentary commissioner for standards over what are

described as potential breaches of rules on earnings and gifts. that is on the parliamentary website. let me just repeat that for you. labour leader sir keir starmer being investigated by the parliamentary commissionerfor investigated by the parliamentary commissioner for standards over potential breaches of rules on earnings and gifts. we don't have any more detail on that at the moment, but that breaking news just coming into us in the last few seconds. a cross—party group of us senators have reached agreement on some gun control measures, following a series of mass shootings. the measures would include tougher background checks for gun buyers under the age of twenty one, and expanded mental health checks. the national rifle association said it would wait to take a position on the proposals until it had seen the legislative text, but added that it would oppose any effort to deprive americans of their gun rights. vincent mcaviney reports. across america this weekend, tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets calling for stricter gun laws. following the murder of ten african—americans in buffalo by

a teenage white supremacist, then 19 children and two teachers in an uvalde school, the message was simple. enough is enough. what do we want? gun control. - when do we want it? now _ with mid—term elections looming in autumn, democratic and republican politicians in washington have responded, agreeing on the first cross—party gun controls in decades. the measures would include tougher background checks for buyers under 21, red flag laws to stop at risk individuals buying, and cracking down on illegal gun purchases. crucially, the proposals are supported by ten republicans, meaning they have the numbers to overcome being blocked in the senate by opposition in their own party. president biden has declared the plans steps in the right direction, and wants them passed quickly, but they fall short of the ban on assault weapons he had hoped for. gabby gifford is a former congresswoman who herself survived being shot in the head.

she tweeted the proposals would save lives, saying... but not everyone is convinced of that. lonnie phillips has spent the past decade campaigning after his daughterjessie was killed in the aurora cinema shooting. the fact is it has taken 30 years to get anything even being talked about. understand, these are just discussions. this is not going to be what comes out of these discussions. so, i would be very surprised if anything of any substance gets passed. the us has by far the highest rate of firearm deaths among the world's wealthy nations. nonetheless, many still cherish their constitutional right to own them, meaning any change to current laws will still prove controversial.

the number of asylum seekers due to be removed from the uk on the first deportation flight to rwanda has been whittled down to 11 according to home office sources. the court of appeal is set to decide today whether to allow the flight to depart tomorrow. earlier i spoke to my colleague sean dilley who is following the story. remember that on friday there was a case in the high court, ostensibly sort of led by people who had been due to be removed, supported by the pcs union and represented by border force officers as well as charities. on friday mrjustice swift had said there was a material public interest in the home secretary being able to implement her policies, in this case that of moving people to rwanda, after he said he had seen no evidence that they were in danger. this morning case is in the court of appeal, civil division, they are going to hear

arguments from those people involved in friday's case, but additionally there is another action today that could get rolled into that one from a charity called asylum aid. they are appealing, or at least are seeking an interim, for the meantime, injunction on the flights going ahead on different grounds, those grounds are that people were given these removal notices without sufficient time. police in brazil have found personal items belonging to the missing britishjournalist, dom phillips, and bruno pereira — an expert on indigenous people. the pair had been travelling by boat on a reporting trip in the amazon rainforest. they haven't been seen for more than a week. a fisherman has been arrested in connection with their disappearance. our south america correspondent katy watson sent this report. it was along this stretch of water that dom phillips and bruno pereira disappeared. the vastness of the amazon plain to see. the armed forces are out searching. so too, the indigenous communities, many of whom knew bruno personally.

he helped train indigenous groups to defend themselves against the increasing threat of illegal fishermen and poachers. dom phillips was writing a book, which is why the two men were travelling together, bruno introducing dom to people he knew. the indigenous community has set up camp near where they disappeared. we were asked not to identify anyone because they fear reprisals. translation: fishermen, financed by the narcos, i will do what they probably did to bruno, end their life, because they see us as an obstacle. our river guide is filipi. he and his father run a fishing tourism business, and the two men were staying in their small hotel. "dom was really interested in an environment and was passionate about the amazon," filipi tells me. "he interviewed us and asked us about the work." up river, we come across a search team focused on a small area. the indigenous teams alongside, they know the terrain better than anyone.

there is a police boat in the distance. beyond that there is another one further into the jungle. we have been told we can't go any further, but it is clearly something they are looking at. they have been here for several hours. shortly after, it is sealed off. we were told later this is where the men's belongings were found. the search teams continue. but these new developments point to a devastating conclusion. and hopes faded of finding the two men alive. katy watson, bbc news. an undercover investigation by bbc panorama has found the uk's biggest chain of gp practices is allowing less qualified staff to see patients without adequate supervision. operose health serves almost six hundred thousand patients across england. it says it has a clear process of supervision and operates in the best interest of patients. jacqui wakefield reports.

i worked undercover at this busy london surgery for almost six weeks. we're not naming the practice or anyone who works there. you've been waiting for six months. honestly, if i could help, i would. it's owned by operose health, the uk's biggest gp chain with 70 surgeries and almost 600,000 patients. while i was working at the practice, there weren't enough gps to meet demand. i'm really sorry, sir. we've already booked out this morning. it's been a really crazy morning. i'm so sorry. are you able to call tomorrow, or call 111? yeah, i understand. it's frustrating. i'm looking at my screen now, and there's nothing i can do. there's no more appointments. i'm sorry. since the start of the nhs, most gp practices have been owned and managed by doctors, known as partners. in 2007, the then labour government changed the rules, allowing bigger businesses like operose to buy

into general practice. at the practice where i worked, patients were also seen by other, less qualified clinical staff, called physician associates or pas. they're being increasingly employed in general practice to help relieve the pressure, but should be supervised by doctors. the pas here told me they aren't getting enough support. sometimes i hardly ever see the gp. so on a normal day, how much would you...? i hardly ever... i hardly speak to them. so you don't necessarily have, like, a debrief every day? no, no, no. you just come in and get on with your work. we showed our undercover footage to professor sir sam everington, a practising senior gp partner. the thing i worry about here is the physicians that are associates are saying they're not getting enough supervision, so they know they need more. they're clearly articulating it,

but they're not getting it. and that's a problem. and that must be massively stressful for them. but, inevitably, that cannot be a safe system. operose says a clinical lead is available to help answer pas' questions. nhs data shows that operose practices employ six times as many physician associates as the nhs average. i asked management staff at this surgery why they use them. why have pas and notjust more gps? it's cheaper. cheaper. a gp would earn £95 per hour, or £100 per hour, whereas a pa... 45? maybe less than that. so less than half. when i hear words like cheap, i'm not quite sure _ that they're utterly focused i on giving the best possible care in the circumstances to patients. they're putting profits, money, ahead of quality of care. - that is a massive risk to patients.

operose health denies that profit is being prioritised ahead of patient care. it says 97% of its practices are rated good or outstanding by the care quality commission. and it works in the best interests of patients, providing access to the highest quality of care. jacqui wakefield, bbc news. and you can watch more on that investigation on panorama tonight at 8pm on bbc one. it will also be on the bbc iplayer afterwards. back now to that legislation the uk government will publish later — seeking to change northern ireland's post—brexit trade arrangements — otherwise known as the protocol. let's speak now to stephen kelly, ceo of manufacturing northern ireland. thank you very much forjoining us today. looking at a couple of

business organisations in northern ireland, the meat exporter association have described the protocol and the arrangements contained therein as an effective and workable platform. the northern ireland food and drink association says it is vital to allow the continuity of trade across the island of ireland and northern ireland and gp. what is your view of the protocol? the ireland and gp. what is your view of the protocol?— the protocol? the protocol is workin: the protocol? the protocol is working pretty _ the protocol? the protocol is working pretty well - the protocol? the protocol is working pretty well for i the protocol? the protocol is working pretty well for our i working pretty well for our manufacturing community, evidence was required, you can see that our export sales to ireland are up 60% in 2021 and up again another 37% the first quarter of this year. there are challenges on the irish sea and with the supply chain from great britain into northern ireland, but the economic reality for manufacturers here, for food processors and many other parts of the economy is that the protocol works incredibly well and the protocol needs reform, but it does

not need a wrecking ball and what has been proposed potentially today is just that. you has been proposed potentially today is 'ust that. ., , ., isjust that. you see the action proposed _ isjust that. you see the action proposed by — isjust that. you see the action proposed by the _ isjust that. you see the action proposed by the uk _ isjust that. you see the action i proposed by the uk government as a wrecking ball? brute proposed by the uk government as a wrecking ball?— wrecking ball? we have yet to see what the bill _ wrecking ball? we have yet to see what the bill says, _ wrecking ball? we have yet to see what the bill says, but _ wrecking ball? we have yet to see what the bill says, but the - what the bill says, but the speculation in the press over the weekend and the financial times today essentially is cutting out all the parts of the protocol that are working very well and driving prosperity for households and families here in northern ireland. if we end up in a scenario where the uk take that unilateral action, we'd end up gutting the protocol and all the good parts that are there in the interests of trying to sort out a problem in the irish sea. [30 interests of trying to sort out a problem in the irish sea. do you have any solutions _ problem in the irish sea. do you have any solutions and - problem in the irish sea. do you have any solutions and northern ireland manufacturing, any solutions for how the protocol can be reformed?— for how the protocol can be reformed? ~ ., , , , , reformed? we do. the business community _ reformed? we do. the business community in — reformed? we do. the business community in northern - reformed? we do. the business community in northern ireland i reformed? we do. the business i community in northern ireland has come together over the last two years. we have been directly engaged

with the uk government and the european commission as well. we have made ministers and vice presidents and others. the clear landing zone is available. the uk and the eu are close in terms of the issues around customs, they are not close at this point on time on the movement of what they call sbs, veterinary and food items. there is a reality that breaks it brings not only to the uk but to northern ireland that needs to be honestly assessed and honestly approached to get those solutions. but the way to do that is by negotiating, by having conversations, finding agreement and if we end up in a situation that potentially at the end of this bill, where the uk government will act unilaterally instead of actually improving the situation, it will probably make matters significantly worse. ~ ., ., probably make matters significantly worse. ~ . ., probably make matters significantly worse. . ., ., , , worse. what are your fears if this unilateral action _ worse. what are your fears if this unilateral action goes _ worse. what are your fears if this unilateral action goes ahead i worse. what are your fears if this unilateral action goes ahead and | unilateral action goes ahead and there is a response from the eu to

that? what could that mean for business prospects in northern ireland? ,, business prospects in northern ireland? . ., , ., ireland? massive challenges for northern ireland, _ ireland? massive challenges for northern ireland, certainly, i ireland? massive challenges for northern ireland, certainly, if. ireland? massive challenges for. northern ireland, certainly, if the report in the financial times today is anything to go by. most of the protocol would be set aside essentially, some elements on cross—border cooperation and the movement of people would remain. this is an issue not only for northern ireland, if this action is required by the uk government in this bill proceed through parliament, this would be a massive issue for the whole of the uk. northern ireland also continues to depend on good free—flowing supply chains into the uk particularly for our supermarkets and food supplies. this is a challenge now that not only northern ireland issue but potentially the whole of the uk issue. consumers in the middle of the cost of living crisis and the cost of doing business crisis. goad cost of doing business crisis. good to net cost of doing business crisis. good to get your — cost of doing business crisis. good to get your opinion _ cost of doing business crisis. good

to get your opinion today. - cost of doing business crisis. good to get your opinion today. we will have more coverage of what will happen with the northern ireland protocol throughout the day at bbc news. the united states continues to suffer of baby formula. despite emergency measures by the biden administration, families are still confronting uncertainty about how they're going to feed their babies. the shortage was initially caused by one of the biggest manufacturers closing its plants because of health concerns. but other manufacturers have not been able to make up the lost supply. our business correspondent michelle fleury reports from newjersey. stephanie esposito can't find her baby's formula anywhere. because nine—month—old dominic has allergies, she uses a specific hypoallergenic brand. she has searched and searched, but all she has found is out of stock signs. i search every morning and see if i can find it and i never can. i'll go to the store, i'll go to either target or walmart, anything like that and i will look. i can never everfind it.

thanks to the kindness of family and friends, she has built up a small supply, but she is worried it won't last. we have two weeks worth. we are at the point now where i am getting nervous i won't be able to find it after the 18 day supply that i have. i mean, how does that make you feel? nervous, angry, infuriated. because what are we supposed to feed our babies? so she became a formula matchmaker, setting up an online exchange group to help parents find what they need. i needed help and i know so many other parents that also needed help. four companies control about 90% of the us baby formula market. abbott, mead johnson, nestle usa and perrigo. the shortage began when one of them, abbott labs, shut down a plant after officials found potentially harmful bacteria, aggravating existing supply chain problems. for many parents, it's been hard

to wrap their heads around the fact that america's baby formula market is so vulnerable that the closure of a single factory in the united states could lead to a food crisis. one company that wants to help but can't is bobbie. the company sells its organic milk—based formula directly to consumers. despite sales skyrocketing since the abbott recall, it has stopped accepting new customers. here in the country is three major players that make infant formula that are full stack with their own manufacturing and there is only one contract manufacturer that makes other infant formulas. laura modi is ceo and co—founder of bobbie. there is nothing more painful than being in this situation right now and not being able to ramp up and meet ourdemand. so when one manufacturer closes the doors and owns the majority of the market, not everyone else is able to ramp up to be able to meet it.

the abbott factory at the heart of the shortage has reopened. a significant moment but not an immediate fix, especially for the parents who need this liquid gold to feed their babies right now. there's a warning that young mothers are particularly vulnerable to rising prices and falling wages. the charity young women's trust says about a third of them are going hungry so their children can eat. ashley john—ba ptiste reports. which of these toys have you received from facebook groups? that one, and that one. have you ever thought about selling some of these toys so that you can afford food? yeah. 25—year—old jyndi from northamptonshire is a care worker and single mum to her daughter hattie. the rising cost of living, and increase in food prices, mean she has to find other ways

of putting food on the table. iamon i am on facebook groups where people are giving food away. haifa i am on facebook groups where people are giving food away.— are giving food away. how often do ou rel are giving food away. how often do you rely on — are giving food away. how often do you rely on free — are giving food away. how often do you rely on free food _ are giving food away. how often do you rely on free food from - are giving food away. how often do i you rely on free food from facebook? every couple of days. i've gone without eating. like i say, she comes first. she eats. she's priority. i'm not priority. as long as she eats, i ain't bothered. and i'll have, like, a packet of crisps, if that. ina day? yeah. jyndi's not alone. we've heard from scores of young mums with similar experiences. findings from a poll by the young women's trust, shown exclusively to the bbc, suggest that almost a third of young mums in england are sometimes going hungry to feed their children. and for single mums, this rises to just over half. young women and young mums are really struggling, and it comes from firstly, the fact that they are doing more unpaid work than young men, more cooking, cleaning, more looking after siblings and children, because of

the cost of childcare. they're therefore less likely to be working full time, more likely to be in unpaid work, and really struggling to get fair pay and get promoted. so they're much closer to the kind of financial cliff edge right now, when times are really tough. single mum charlotte faces the difficult choice between heating and eating. doi do i heat the house or let her eat? can i_ do i heat the house or let her eat? can i afford — do i heat the house or let her eat? can i afford to heat it or not? i think— can i afford to heat it or not? i think when_ can i afford to heat it or not? i think when it gets really cold, i will crack— think when it gets really cold, i will crack and i will have to put the heating on like we'd get out the bath and i could see elsie's breath. on see elsie's breath. and it really made me upset to think that she was that cold. her lips were blue. the government has announced an energy bill discount of £400 for all households this autumn,

while low income households will receive an added payment of £650. but for charlotte, the struggle with debt remains. it'll be enough to get out, but not stay out, probably not, no. i know that that debt will get larger. which is scary. and i still won't be able to— which is scary. and i still won't be able to heal— which is scary. and i still won't be able to heat my home and that is the worsl— able to heat my home and that is the worst thing. — able to heat my home and that is the worst thing, knowing that we have all that _ worst thing, knowing that we have all that date and we are still freezing _ all that date and we are still freezing cold. we asked to speak to the government, and they told us that they are committed to supporting working parents with cost of living support measures amounting to £37 billion. these said they had invested £10.5 billion in the last years for free childcare and 30 hours per week for working parents. but with energy bills expected to rise again in the autumn, forjyndi and charlotte, an end to their struggles feels like a distant prospect. ashleyjohn—baptiste, bbc news.

we have breaking news from the high court. aaron banks has lost a high court. aaron banks has lost a high court libel claim against the investigative journalist carol cadwallader. he sued herfor libel over a statement that she had made in a ted talk and a tweet she posted which included a link to the top. aaron banks argued the statements made were false and defamatory. sort he sought damages, but in a ruling just a few minutes at though, his claim has been dismissed concluding that she held a reasonable belief that she held a reasonable belief that her comments were in the public interest. she is a freelance journalist who writes for the observer and others, she had investigated the funding of the referendum campaign and alleged misuse of data in relation to them.

she was defending the claim on the basis of public interest. the businessman and prominent brexit supporter aaron banks has lost a high court libel claim against the investigative journalist carol cadwallader, the court ruling dismissed his claim concluding that she held a reasonable old belief that her comments were in the public interest. we have more on that breaking story coming up for you. an australian newspaper has denied threatening to "out" the actress rebel wilson amid a storm of criticism over its reporting of her new relationship with a woman. emily brown reports. june is the month of pride events, celebrating the lgbtq+ community around the world. it was not a time actress and comedian rebel wilson expected to be outed by an australian newspaper. but when the sydney morning herald gave her two days to comment on her new relationship with a woman which it was about to report, rebel decided to out herself.

the star known for her roles in bridesmaids and pitch perfect announced to her instagram followers that she had found her disney princess. this did not impress the columnist for the sydney morning herald who complained that rebel had gazumped the story. he went on to say that her choice to ignore their enquiries and in the process spoil the herald's scoop was underwhelming. the paper's reporting sparked a fierce online backlash and a heated response from lgbtq+ campaigners who say it's unacceptable to put pressure on people to come out. and then there was this reaction from the star, describing it is a very hard situation and thanking followers for their comments. a stonewall spokesperson said coming out is a deeply personal decision, whether, when and how to come out should be decided by the individual entirely on their terms. emily brown, bbc news.

you are watching bbc news. hello again. temperatures this week are rising across northern ireland and scotland, mid to high teens, for england and wales, mid 20s, potentially to 30 degrees on friday somewhere in the south—east. what we have today is high—pressure in charge across southern areas, things are fairly quiet and settled, in the north, more of the breeze as you can see from the isobars and a weather front moving across means there is rain and also some drizzle. after a sunny start in some eastern and southern areas, the cloud continues to build through the morning, through the afternoon you will find sunny intervals breaking out rather than wall—to—wall blue skies. it

should brighten up across northern ireland, wales and south—west england. temperatures are down, 12 degrees to 20 degrees. yesterday the top temperature at heathrow at 23 degrees. there is a high pollen level, between high and very high across wales and much of england. scotland and northern ireland and northern england, low to moderate. this evening and overnight, the cloud clears across england and wales but we hang onto it and the south—east and across scotland and northern ireland where we will see a new weather front bringing persistent rain to the west highlands. temperatures fall to 9 degrees and 12 degrees. tomorrow, the clear skies and sunshine is in a area of high pressure, the weather front tries to penetrate, bringing some rain across the north and west of scotland. a lot of sunshine tomorrow, more than today, especially when we lose the cloud

from the south—east. the weather front will bring rain across scotland and later some of that getting an across northern ireland. we have more sunshine, it is going to be warm tomorrow, possibly 25 celsius in the south—east. 13 to 18 degrees in the north. as we head into wednesday, a lot of dry weather across england, wales and parts of eastern scotland. out towards the west, more cloud, more spots of rain, with temperatures 13 to 27 degrees, it is getting that little bit warmer.

this is bbc news. i'm joanna gosling. the headlines at 11am... brexit campaigner arron banks loses his libel claim against an investigative journalist after he suggested she hadn't told the truth about her relationship with russia. borisjohnson says plans to give ministers the power to override the northern ireland protocol are "not a big deal" — that's ahead of legislation being proposed today that will strip the need to check goods going from britain to northern ireland. we can fix it in such a way as to remove the bureaucratic barriers but without putting up barriers on trade moving north south in the island of ireland as well. the uk economy contracted again in april — by 0.3% — as businesses feel the impact of price rises and supply

chain shortages. as the cost of living rises, the long—awaited plan on the future of food in england is being published. the man behind the review says the government's vision is not detailed enough. is it the big, bold, unified strategy that i think we need? no. is it progress, you know, am i...? do i think we're going in the right direction? yes. personal items belonging to missing british journalist dom phillips and his brazilian colleague are discovered by police in a remote area of the amazon rainforest a week after the pair went missing. and... a warning that lives could be at risk after a bbc panorama investigation finds the uk's biggest chain of gp practices lets less qualified staff see patients without adequate supervision.

hello, welcome. in the last half hour, the brexit campaigner arron banks has lost a libel claim he brought against the investigative journalist, carole cadwalladr. mr banks, who donated eight million pounds to the leave.eu campaign, had sued for alleged libel after ms cadwalldr suggested he hadn't told the truth about his relationship with russia. the case had been seen as a test of the balance between public interest reporting and financial access to the power of defamation law. ms cadwalladr had crowdfunded her defence. she has tweeted after the verdict, and she has thanked the people who put money into that legal defence fund for her, 29,000 people. she also thanked her legal team and

said, i literally couldn't have done it without you. she said it hasn't sunkin it without you. she said it hasn't sunk in yet. arron banks has also tweeted, he has congratulated carole cadwalladr on winning but he said he will likely appeal the court judgment. he said it leaves open for the journalist judgment. he said it leaves open for thejournalist the judgment. he said it leaves open for the journalist the excuse that she thought what she said was correct even though she had no facts. that is their reactions straight onto twitter and we will be getting reaction from our correspondent shortly, more detail on that verdict from the high court following that five—day hearing injanuary from the high court following that five—day hearing in january which was being seen as a five—day hearing injanuary which was being seen as a big five—day hearing in january which was being seen as a big test of the public interest defence. and also we will be speaking to journalists without borders for their view on what thatjudgment means. as arron banks has indicated on twitter, he is likely to appeal, so we will have lengthier reactions of that coming up. legislation is being published that will make unilateral changes

to northern ireland's post—brexit trade arrangements, including relaxing checks on some goods arriving in northern ireland from the rest of the uk. the proposals would seek to override parts of the existing protocol, which prevents a hard border with the republic of ireland. the current arrangements have led to disputes in stormont, with the democratic unionist party refusing to allow a new devolved government to be formed until their concerns are addressed. however, the prime minister said it would be �*relatively simple' to fix problems with the protocol. the protocol isn't actually even yet being implemented. it's because it has all been put into cold storage while we try and manage it. were it to be implemented, it would do even more damage diverting trade, and that is upsetting the balance of the belfast good friday agreement. the problem at the moment is in northern ireland, the stormont assembly, the government of northern ireland, can't meet because of the effects of the protocol. what it does is it creates unnecessary barriers

on trade east—west. what we can do is fix that. it's not a big deal. we can fix it in such a way as to remove those bureaucratic barriers but without putting up barriers on trade moving north—south in the island of ireland as well. let's go to westminster and our political correspondent nick eardley. so how will things unfold? we will see that legislation this afternoon, and my understanding is it goes quite a long way actually in overriding some elements of the brexit deal, so it will give ministers in london the power to make unilateral decisions on things like trade, and making it easierfor people to send goods from great britain to northern ireland. it will give the uk the power to make decisions on vat and on state aid. it will also remove some of the

jurisdiction of the european court ofjustice to police the brexit bill, giving a lot more of that decision—making power to british courts. the argument you are going to hearfrom the uk government courts. the argument you are going to hear from the uk government today is that is absolutely essential to make sure power—sharing gets back up and running at stormont and to make sure it is easy to trade between great britain and northern ireland. but it is controversial. the eu are not happy, they think it breaks international law. some tory mps are unhappy as well and have talked about it undermining the union and undermining the core tenets of conservatism so there is definitely a row about this. it's worth bearing in mind today is the first stage of it. although we get it written down in black and white and that is important, this process still has a way to play and the uk is saying it is open to negotiation.— way to play and the uk is saying it is open to negotiation.

our europe correspondentjess parker explained what the reaction has been to the plans amongst eu leaders. i think some here in brussels think that this isn't necessarily an insurance policy by the uk to, as the uk government has put it, to protect the uk internal market. rather, they think it's perhaps either what you hear from diplomats here, a negotiating tactic by the uk to try and get brussels to make some concessions, or indeed some diplomats think that liz truss, the foreign secretary, is kind of trying to burnish her leadership credentials with borisjohnson. obviously facing that vote of confidence last week. the foreign office would deny that — they feel that the eu is just being completely inflexible in its approach to the protocol. of course, the treaty was signed by both sides, by borisjohnson's own government as well as the eu. i think it's always probably worth pointing that out. but i think for the moment, in terms of the reaction here in brussels, they will be pretty angry. they will say that the uk legislation is potentially going to breach international law against something that the uk rejects. but it'll be interesting to see

because we do expect some further what are termed as �*flexibilities' but potential further compromises from the eu to be brought forward in the next week or so. so i think to some extent talks are going to continue. so today's legislation doesn't mark an end to conversations between the uk and the eu. joining me now is mary lou mcdonald, president of sinn fein and teachta dala for the dublin central constituency. thank you forjoining us. the northern ireland secretary brandon lewis has said he is confident the changes would be lawful. i know you disagree with that, but you have acknowledged that the protocol is causing problems for business, so what do you think is the solution here? ,., ., what do you think is the solution here? , ., ., ., what do you think is the solution here? ,., ., ., ., i. .. here? good morning to you. in fact, business across _ here? good morning to you. in fact, business across the _ here? good morning to you. in fact, business across the north _ here? good morning to you. in fact, business across the north has i business across the north has acknowledged that the protocol is necessary and in fact in large measure is working. it is important to remember that economic growth and

development in the north of ireland is outstripping britain by a very considerable margin with the exception of the city of london. the reason for that is the north of ireland still has access to the single market for goods, so this is a huge advantage to the north. brandon lewis is incorrect in saying that unilateral legislation on the protocol that it does not breach international law. it does. any move unilaterally to remove or to disapply any section of the protocol is acting against the very agreement that the british government signed on for. he and his party leader and parliament signed on for. and now, quite disgracefully, they propose to legislate to walk away from their international commitments. an astonishing act by any british government and by any standards, and more importantly, it reflects again

that this government, boris johnson's government, has no regard for ireland. very little regard for the good friday agreement, in fact they have consistently taken actions that undermine and cause problems for that historic arrangement. we currently in the north of ireland have no executive, no government. borisjohnson has been hand in glove with the dup, the democratic unionist party, in holding society essentially to ransom with no government in the teeth of a cost of living crisis. 50 government in the teeth of a cost of living crisis-— living crisis. so let me 'ust come in there because i living crisis. so let me 'ust come in there because what i living crisis. so let me just come in there because what brandon l living crisis. so let me just come i in there because what brandon lewis has said is that he expects after the legislation is published for the dup then to make moves to re—establish the executive. presumably you would welcome that? we need the executive up and running, people need government. we need responsive government and we need responsive government and we need ministers that can act on behalf of people who are struggling

really badly at this point. i mean, the reality is that the government, brandon lewis, borisjohnson and their colleagues have very disgracefully colluded with the dup to make sure that a0 days on from the election we have no government. that situation needs to be corrected. that situation needs to be corrected-— that situation needs to be corrected. just then to look potentially _ corrected. just then to look potentially at _ corrected. just then to look potentially at how - corrected. just then to look potentially at how things i corrected. just then to look i potentially at how things could unfold here because we could potentially see a fairly well choreographed chain of events where the legislation is published, the dup makes those moves to see the assembly get back up and running, and then the eu does step in with proposals for flexibilities on what it has previously set out because thatis it has previously set out because that is what it has indicated might happen. if that were to be the case and events unfold like that, where would that leave sinn fein's

position? how much has sinn fein actually benefited in terms of the arguments on the case for a united ireland as a result of the fallout of the protocol and brexit? firstly there are and _ of the protocol and brexit? firstly there are and have _ of the protocol and brexit? firstly there are and have been - of the protocol and brexit? firstly there are and have been quite i of the protocol and brexit? firstly i there are and have been quite some time proposals from the european commission for exactly the kind of flexibility that you have referred to. the protocol is working. there are sections of it where its application need to be finessed, there's issues around paperwork burden and checks and so on. by the way, all consequences of brexit but the europeans have been very clear there will be and has been flexibility, and that's where all these matters need to get resolved, through constructive good faith dialogue and that has been sorely absent. pm dialogue and that has been sorely absent. �* , , ., dialogue and that has been sorely absent. , , ., ., absent. an publication from the le . islation absent. an publication from the legislation doesn't _ absent. an publication from the legislation doesn't rule - absent. an publication from the legislation doesn't rule that i absent. an publication from the legislation doesn't rule that outj legislation doesn't rule that out necessarily, does it? it's been described by some as a heavy—handed way of trying to get the negotiating process under way, whether you agree with that are not, potentially that

might be where things go. for 120 da s now might be where things go. for 120 days now the _ might be where things go. for 120 days now the british _ might be where things go. for 120 days now the british government. days now the british government haven't engaged with europe. there has been no constructive good faith approach by the british side. that is the fact of the matter. so the idea you have to drag kicking and screaming the european side to the table to talks is simplyjust not true. those who say that our spinning and untruth. the proposals are on the table and have been there for quite some time. that's where the resolution of all of this lies. there is nothing further to be gained by a further instability, uncertainty and potentially a huge economic and political cause... bud economic and political cause... and 'ust on economic and political cause... and just on sinn — economic and political cause... and just on sinn fein... _ economic and political cause... and just on sinn fein... sorry to keep interrupting but we are tight for time and i want to get clear on sinn fein's position. where all of this to end up being completely resolved, theissues to end up being completely resolved, the issues you have outlined there

get ironed out through negotiation, wherever this process is right now, wherever this process is right now, where does that ultimately leave sinn fein's position in pushing for a referendum on a united ireland? the provision for referendums are in the good friday agreement which will be 25 years old next year. i am a united ireland. i know full well and all of this turn of events reflects again, amplifies again the fact that ireland is quite capable of self—government, that decisions affecting irish people all across our island are better taken on the island of ireland, that the british government particularly with the tory prime minister in number ten means nothing but heartache, hassle for this country. so i am a united ireland, i think that is an exciting prospect and i believe we will have these referendums in the next

decade. i believe ireland will complete our democratic germany, that we can be reunited peacefully and in an orderly fashion. that is our ambition, and in an orderly fashion. that is ourambition, and and in an orderly fashion. that is our ambition, and increasingly the winds of change are felt right across our island and i think that is a hugely positive thing for ireland and for britain as well, because we need to build and develop a mature relationship, friendship and respect with our next—door neighbour. that is part and parcel of the reunification project. of the reunification pro'ect. thank ou so of the reunification pro'ect. thank you so much * of the reunification pro'ect. thank you so much fori of the reunification project. thank you so much forjoining _ of the reunification project. thank you so much forjoining us, i of the reunification project. thank you so much forjoining us, maryl of the reunification project. thank i you so much forjoining us, mary lou mcdonald. let's return to the libel claim. in the last half hour, the brexit campaigner arron banks has lost a libel claim he brought against the investigative journalist carole cadwalladr. mr banks, who donated £8 million to the leave.eu campaign, had sued for alleged libel after ms cadwalldr suggested he hadn't told the truth about his relationship with russia. our media corresponent david sillitojoins us now. so, how significant is this ruling?

what was at stake here potentially? for carole cadwalladr, this is something she said was a matter of free speech and of responsible journalism. she has been a journalist for many years now, looking at both the election of donald trump and of course the referendum and brexit in 2016. she did a ted talk in 2019 and this case was about two sentences, 2a words. it was about arron banks who was behind the leave.eu campaign organisation. she asked questions about what he had said about any russian connection there was with the campaign, alleged covert relationship with the russian

government and where did the money come from. so these were questions she posed in the ted talk. arron banks said she was saying that he had received money from the russian government to fund his campaign supporting brexit, and in 2020 the nca, the national criminal agency, said no, there was no evidence that he had received that money. so the question was, were these words defamatory? thejudge looked question was, were these words defamatory? the judge looked at it and said on the face of it, yes, they can be seen to be defamatory, but at the time, based on the information that was known that this was responsible journalism. information that was known that this was responsiblejournalism. so the case was dismissed on the grounds that this was in the public interest to be raising these questions at this particular time. for carole cadwalladr, she said enormous relief that she has won this case after being sued personally by arron banks. 29,000 people she said

contributed towards her campaign raising the money to defend herself. arron banks says he thinks that he will appeal against this. arron banks says he thinks that he willappealagainst this. do arron banks says he thinks that he will appeal against this.— will appeal against this. do stay with us, david. _ let's talk to rebecca vincent, from the press freedom campaign group reporters without borders. welcome, what is your reaction to the ruling? we welcome, what is your reaction to the ruling?— the ruling? we are thrilled by the rulina. the ruling? we are thrilled by the ruling- this _ the ruling? we are thrilled by the ruling. this is _ the ruling? we are thrilled by the ruling. this is a _ the ruling? we are thrilled by the ruling. this is a victory _ the ruling? we are thrilled by the ruling. this is a victory for - the ruling? we are thrilled by the ruling. this is a victory for press | ruling. this is a victory for press freedom and these types of cases are very difficult for journalists to fight back against. we have been so proud of carole. she fight back against. we have been so proud of carole.— proud of carole. she was facing somebody _ proud of carole. she was facing somebody with _ proud of carole. she was facing somebody with very _ proud of carole. she was facing somebody with very deep i proud of carole. she was facing i somebody with very deep pockets and she crowdfunded her case so when you talk about how difficult it is for someone to take on a claim like this, is that what you are talking about? ~ , ,., , this, is that what you are talking about? ~ ,,., , , this, is that what you are talking about? ~ , , about? absolutely, but the impact noes about? absolutely, but the impact goes beyond _ about? absolutely, but the impact goes beyond the — about? absolutely, but the impact goes beyond the financial- about? absolutely, but the impact goes beyond the financial impact. | goes beyond the financial impact. carole has spoken about the impact

on her mental health for example. we call these strategic law suits against public, slaps, so what was at stake was her reputation and home, all of these things of utmost importance, but it is up to the press to report freely on such issues. if arron banks had won today, that would be having a very different impact so we are pleased it has gone the way it has. fin different impact so we are pleased it has gone the way it has.- it has gone the way it has. on that oint, it has gone the way it has. on that point. arron _ it has gone the way it has. on that point, arron banks _ it has gone the way it has. on that point, arron banks has _ it has gone the way it has. on that point, arron banks has said i it has gone the way it has. on that point, arron banks has said it i point, arron banks has said it wasn't a case of that for him, he just didn't know how else he could try to correct the record if there was a repetition of what he said of false claims. nonetheless, he has lost this case and as you have said there have been concerns around the so—called slaps and calls for the government to take action to stop that. how would you see that working

versus what can be real david and goliath cases? it’s versus what can be real david and goliath cases?— goliath cases? it's our view is reporters _ goliath cases? it's our view is reporters without _ goliath cases? it's our view is reporters without borders i goliath cases? it's our view is i reporters without borders that this was indeed a slap. the way he went about it intentionally isolating carole, targeting her the comments in the ted talk, it was intended to isolate her. it was intended to undermine support, discredit her. it triggered a wave of hostility, of online abuse. she has suffered a lot beyond the court case itself and that in our view was very intentional. we see these sorts of cases around the world and we are working to fight back against slab and its impact onjournalism in the uk and beyond. it is worth noting as well the ultimate impact is notjust on journalists, well the ultimate impact is notjust onjournalists, it's on well the ultimate impact is notjust on journalists, it's on the public because these are stories we have the right to know, these are stories in the public interest. so the

intent was a chilling effect that actually has not been the case today so again we are very pleased with the ruling. so again we are very pleased with the rulin.. , ..., so again we are very pleased with the rulin.. , . . so again we are very pleased with the rulina. , . ., the ruling. rebecca vincent from re orters the ruling. rebecca vincent from reporters without _ the ruling. rebecca vincent from reporters without borders, i the ruling. rebecca vincent from | reporters without borders, thank the ruling. rebecca vincent from i reporters without borders, thank you very much. let'sjust reporters without borders, thank you very much. let's just take a look at the tweets that carole cadwalladr has put out after that ruling. she said the fact that his case was brought clearly shows how our libel laws favour the rich and powerful. "i was only able to defend myself because of the incredibly generous support of the public but this judgment is a huge victory for public interestjournalism." she public interest journalism." she said public interestjournalism." she said it hasn't sunk in yet, but she is so profoundly grateful and relieved. let's go back to david sillito. in terms of the impact of this, very significant, but it may not be the end of it, because he has indicated he will appeal. yes. not be the end of it, because he has indicated he will appeal.— indicated he will appeal. yes, arron banks said he _ indicated he will appeal. yes, arron banks said he may _ indicated he will appeal. yes, arron banks said he may appeal - indicated he will appeal. yes, arron banks said he may appeal against l banks said he may appeal against this. it's also worth pointing out

that part of the judgment today, now this needs a bit of explanation, slap suits, litigation against public, strategic lawsuit against public participation, the idea that somebody with very deep pockets would bring their frivolous case against someone in order to sort of stopped discussion in the public domain. thejudge said no, this was not a slapp, neitherfair nor apt to describe this as a slapp suit and it was legitimate in her consideration that he thought this case. in this area, the allegation that it is somehow a frivolous lawsuit in order to somehow stop journalism, the judge has not supported that allegation. however, was it in the public interest? thejudge has said yes, the case has been dismissed. thank you very much, david. the uk economy has shrunk again.

the latest official figures show that gross domestic product, which measures the size of the economy in goods and services, was down by 0.3% in april. it had already fallen in march by 0.1%. key services like manufacturing and construction suffered drops in output for the first time since january last year. reacting to the news, the prime minister said he expected the uk to come out of this very strongly. the uk came out of the covid pandemic faster than other comparable countries because of the steps that we took. that's why we had the fastest growth in the g7 last year. it's true that other countries are now catching up and we're seeing the effects of inflation around the world hitting this country as well as everywhere else. but if you look, for instance, at the imf data, the uk comes back at or near the top of the g7 league very quickly. and the most important thing is we have the fundamentals that are very strong.

well, of course, issues like the cost of food are key to the pressures individuals face. the government is setting out its long—awaited food strategy, which ministers hope will make the uk more self—sufficient and create new jobs. it's based on a review of the food and farming system led by the co—founder of the leon restaurant chain, henry dimbleby. he told bbc news the plan was not detailed enough to be called a strategy. borisjohnson says it is "a blueprint for how ministers will back farmers, and boost british industry." our environment correspondent, claire marshall, has more. from the fields to our forks — more than three years in the making, this is the government's plan for how our entire food system should look. at its heart are the farmers. growing our own will boost food security, the government says, and create jobs. among the plans, a framework for farming the land sustainably, including taking care of nature. a consultation on whether the public sector — hospitals, schools and care homes — should spend more of their budgets on locally grown,

or higher standard food. there will be a review of the labour shortage, including using more machines, and issuing more visas for migrants. no mention of reducing meat consumption, but there will be money for research into meat alternatives. this comes after a wide—ranging review by restaurateur henry dimbleby. i am hoping the health secretary will be bold and brave in a difficult political context and axe to break thatjunk food cycle and we get away from this narrative of personal responsibility and education, which is important, but it isn't going to get it out of the hole we are in. after withering criticism of an earlier leaked draught, the national farmers' union now welcomes the plans. i think it's really welcome to see government committing to food production and food security. there's a strong commitment in there to maintain our current levels of self—sufficiency, and to produce more, effectively, of we are good at, more of our fruit and vegetables which have been in decline. so, you know, that's a laudable ambition.

there's strong commitments on government procurement — more british, more local into our schools and hospitals — and that's very, very welcome indeed for farmers. but i think all of this will depend on the policies that are put in place to deliver it. so, it's the start of a journey. many campaigners are asking, though, what happened to the proposed sugar and salt tax and healthier school meals? according to the government, these will be addressed in another white paper at a later date. claire marshall, bbc news. joining me now is ben reynolds, who is the deputy chief executive at sustain, which is an alliance of organisations and communities working to improve food, farming and fishing. thank you forjoining us. so what would you like to happen? we don't disauree would you like to happen? we don't disagree with _ would you like to happen? we don't disagree with the _ would you like to happen? we don't disagree with the sentiment - would you like to happen? we don't disagree with the sentiment of- would you like to happen? we don't disagree with the sentiment of the l disagree with the sentiment of the strategy, the question is whether there is any substance to achieve it. people will be asking what the strategy will do to their lives, and

as your previous reporter said, there is nothing in there about cost of living. they could be committing to extending free school meals much in the way that henry dimbleby�*s initial report was recommending. we have 800,000 children living in poverty who are not eligible for free school meals. so that could have been in there but it is not. if there was anything on health, tackling the cost of obesity? no, even worse it is testament to the government's appetite to do anything about that. is there much in there farmers? the farming industry is mixed, it was still introducing trade deals undermining farmers by allowing in under standards produce. there is nothing to suggest a change of direction there. when it comes to climate, this is something food and farming contribute something between a quarter and a third of our greenhouse gas emissions. there is no real action. there is a topline

sentiment but no real action. the land use strategy they are talking about may go some way to doing that but it may have the opposite effect. there is no real guarantees here, no commitment to legislation, so this could all be scrapped when there is a change of government in the future. 50 a change of government in the future. , ., ,, ~' future. so why do you think the government — future. so why do you think the government would _ future. so why do you think the government would be - future. so why do you think the government would be doing i future. so why do you think the government would be doing it i future. so why do you think the i government would be doing it this way then? what they have said is things you are talking about there, there is scope for those to be tackled in other areas. do you suspect they are just ignoring it? they don't want to do these things? i think there is an element of kicking the can down the road. the dimbleby report laid out some really good recommendations and he had to do a lot of work to consult with industry, with farmers, with the public, with different charities, and did a greatjob of getting people on board. what the government could have done is take on the

recommendations wholesale. they've cherry picked a few of them and even then it's only a commitment to consulting on them and it might be something further down the road. as your previous report showed when he was talking to henry dimbleby, there is now a commitment or a suggestion even that the health secretary in this forthcoming disparity is white paper might pick up something. another might, maybe, there is so much kicking the can down the road here it is hard to see exactly what they are committing to.— here it is hard to see exactly what they are committing to. thank you ve much they are committing to. thank you very much indeed _ they are committing to. thank you very much indeed for— they are committing to. thank you very much indeed forjoining i they are committing to. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. i they are committing to. thank you i very much indeed forjoining us. ben reynolds from sustain, thank you. now it's time for a look at the weather. as we go through this week, it will get warmer, especially so across england and wales where we will see the highest temperatures. potentially 30 by friday in the south—east. today there is a fair

bit of cloud around, brightening up later, just some spots of rain across the north west of scotland. top temperatures today up to 21 so cooler than it was yesterday. through this evening and overnight, we hang onto the cloud across scotland and northern ireland. some more rain coming in across the west highlands, and the dregs of today's cloud in the south—east. in between there will be clear skies, and where we have clear skies by night is where we will start off with sunshine tomorrow. eventually this cloud in the south—east clearing, most of us having a dry day. it is scotland and northern ireland prone to a bit more cloud and spots of light rain. temperatures up to 25. hello, this is bbc news. i'mjoanna gosling. these are the headlines: brexit campaigner arron banks loses his libel claim against an investigative journalist

after she suggested he hadn't told the truth about his relationship with russia. borisjohnson says plans to give ministers the power to override the northern ireland protocol are not a big deal. that's ahead of legislation being proposed today that will strip the need to check goods going from britain to northern ireland. the uk economy contracted again in april by 0.3%, as businesses feel the impact of price rises and supply chain shortages. as the cost of living rises, the long—awaited plan on the future of food in england is being published. but the man behind the review says the government's vision is not detailed enough. personal items belonging to missing british journalist dom phillips and his brazilian colleague are discovered by police in a remote area of the amazon rainforest a week after the pair went missing. and a warning that lives could be at risk after a bbc panorama investigation finds the uk's biggest chain of gp practices lets less—qualified staff see patients without adequate supervision.

sport and time for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. good morning. manchester city have announced the signing of erling haaland from borussia dortmund. the norwegian striker is following in his father alfe's footsteps. he signed for city 22 years ago. haaland juniorjoins as one of the most prolific strikers in world football. he scored 86 goals in 89 games for dortmund and has signed a five—year contract. city's big title rivals liverpool aren't resting on their laurels though. they've agreed a deal with benfica for their 22—year—old striker darwin nunez. the uruguaian scored 3a goals in a1 appearences for benfica last season and will cost the reds 6amillion, which could rise to £85 million with add—ons. liverpool have already signed fabio carvalho from fulham. mauricio pochettino is to leave paris saint—germain following talks with the club at

the end of last week. psg haven't made a formal announcement but it's understood the former tottenham manager will not serve the final year of his contract. zinedine zidane, jose mourinho and nice coach christophe galtier are among those linked with replacing pochettino. psg regained the french title last term but the argentine failed to lead them beyond the last 16 of the champions league. he had an established team but they failed to even be that dominant in ligue 1, because we have seen this season much weaker teams in ligue1 causing problems to paris. and the divorce between mauricio pochettino and pha fans, especially ultras, has been active for months. they booed him a lot of time to parc des

princes. england are trying to build a first innings lead on day four of their run—drenched second test against new zealand at trent bridge. play resumed about half an hour ago and england had made a positive start. butjoe root has just fallen for 176, caught by southee off boult. could that signal a change for this match? a few months ago, england were 518-6, still a few months ago, england were 518—6, still trailing by 35 runs. russia's daniil medvedev has replaced novak djokovic as the men's tennis world number one. we won't see medvedev at wimbledon as russian and belarusian players are banned from playing because of the war on ukraine. wimbledon has been stripped of ranking points because of this stance. alexander zverev rises to world number two. it's a bit of an era change too because it's the first time since 2003 that none of djokovic, rafael nadal, roger federer or andy murray have appeared in the top two. golf next, just four days to go

until the us open starts. rory mcilory got the perfect run—in for it with a win at the canada open. all the talk has been about the number of players defecting to the saudi backed liv golf tour but mcilroy is sticking with the pga. it's now 21 pga tour wins for mcilroy, which takes him one ahead of greg norman, who's been spearheading the liv golf series. you're going up against the best and beating the best always makes it extra special. i alluded to it, i had extra motivation, what's gone on across the pond, the guy who's spearheading that tour hated the pga tour and i was tied with him and i wanted to get one ahead of him, and i did, that was really cool for me, i did, that was really cool for me, i sense of pride on that one. and swedish golfer linn grant made history by becoming the first woman to win on the dp world tour — formerly the european tour. she was taking part

in a scandianavian mixed event, which combines players from the men's and women's european tours. she won by nine shots and was the only women to finish in the top ten. i hope it's big. for sure, just hope that it brings women a bit more forward and gets people's eyes on us a bit more. it's also nice to say that you beat the guy is for a week. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. ajudge at the a judge at the high court has ruled that 12—year—old archie batersbee who has been at the centre of a life—support treatment dispute at the high court, thejudge has ruled

that after suffering brain damage, archie batersbee is effectively brain dead and that life—support treatment should stop. it's been a very difficult, heartbreaking case to hear after archie, who is 12 was found unconscious at his home in southend, in essex. can hear a statement from the hospital. in line with the guidance _ statement from the hospital. in line with the guidance issued _ statement from the hospital. in line with the guidance issued by - statement from the hospital. in line with the guidance issued by the i with the guidance issued by the courts, our expert clinicians will provide the best possible care while life—support is withdrawn. we are also ensuring there is time for the family to decide whether they wish to appeal before any changes to care are made. thank you very much. fix, are made. thank you very much. a very brief statement from the hospital there, saying, acknowledging that ruling that has come from the high courtjustice who had been overseeing the case in the

family division of the high courts, acknowledging that she has now ruled that archie is dead and that life—support treatment should stop but the hospital acknowledging that there will be time for the family to decide whether they want to appeal against that ruling. we will bring you more on that as we get it but that ruling is just through, it's been an incredibly difficult time for the family, who really wanted their son to be given more time to have a treatment to see whether he might be able to come through this. specialists at the hearing had said that scans showed he had suffered a retrievable brain damage after being found unconscious at his home in essex on the 7th of april. specially said that tests showed he was brain stem dead and that parts of the brain were effectively dying away.

but his mother said she was adamant her son was still in there, she said, hejust needs more time. she and her husband were fighting to see that being allowed to happen but the judge has ruled that now life—support treatment should stop. we will bring you more reaction to that as we get it. the number of asylum seekers due to be removed from the uk on the first deportation flight to rwanda has been whittled down to single figures, according to home office sources. the court of appeal is set to decide today whether to allow the flight to depart tomorrow. charities and the pcs union, which represents more than 80% of border force staff, are bringing action after failing to get an injunction last week. some breaking news that we're just getting, where hearing that parliament standards commissioner is saying she is investigating the labour leader sir keir starmer, he

is being investigated as to whether he registered any extra earnings, benefits, gifts or hospitality that may post a conflict of interest. members must register within 28 days any interest that someone may be super consider to influence their actions or words as an mp. a spokesperson for kier starmer said that kier starmer texas declaration responsible to some very seriously and has already apologised for the fact that administrative errors in his office have led to a small number of late declarations. the standards commissioner is asked for more information, which we are happy to provide. that'sjust through, and we will bring you more on that as we get it. russia has been accused of killing hundreds of civilians in ukraine's second biggest city, kharkiv, through indiscriminate shelling. amnesty international says it has evidence that cluster bombs have been used. these weapons are widely banned. the human rights organisation says russian forces have shown an absolute disregard

for civilian life. from the city of kharkiv, wyre davies reports. from the very start of this war, the city of kharkiv bore the brunt of russian shelling. explosions. often indiscriminate and wildly inaccurate. this at a junction outside a large public hospital. in saltivka, one of kharkiv�*s northern suburbs, there is barely a building undamaged. in these areas, says amnesty international, the routine use of unguided rockets by russian forces in built—up residential suburbs resulted in hundreds of casualties. those who survived the onslaught left. those who now return do so only briefly. translation: it was

horrible, horrible. - when the russians were firing, you would get thrown into the air from your chair. it is hard to describe but that's what it was like. explosion. 20 miles from the border, kharkiv was a key russian target in the early weeks of the war, and they literally threw everything at this city, including widely banned weapons, indiscriminate by their very nature. the world has made these weapons illegal because they are so devastating and indiscriminate, and mainly affect civilians. there can be no reason, legally or morally, to use cluster munitions in ukraine or anywhere else. this demonstrates the indiscriminate destruction that cluster munitions can bring. a large shell explodes, casting off dozens of smaller bomblets. as they then explode over a certain area they shower people

and buildings with thousands of pieces of shrapnel. in this case, kharkiv�*s children's hospital. some of those struck down by cluster munitions and russian shells are now recovering in city hospitals. "there was a hole in my leg the size of a fist," says roman. he tells me how he fell to the ground, convinced he was going to die, as several other cluster bombs exploded around him. according to the regional medical director, more than 600 civilians have been killed and 1,200 injured in kharkiv alone. the material damage to the city's infrastructure too is obvious. all of which, says amnesty, may constitute a war crime. wyre davis, bbc news, kharkiv. police in brazil have found personal items belonging to the missing britishjournalist, dom phillips, and bruno pereira — an expert on indigenous people. the pair had been travelling

by boat on a reporting trip in the amazon rainforest. they haven't been seen for more than a week. a fisherman has been arrested in connection with their disappearance. our south america correspondent katy watson sent this report. it was along this stretch of water that dom phillips and bruno pereira disappeared. the vastness of the amazon plain to see. the armed forces are out searching. so too, the indigenous communities, many of whom knew bruno personally. he helped train indigenous groups to defend themselves against the increasing threat of illegal fishermen and poachers. dom phillips was writing a book, which is why the two men were travelling together, bruno introducing dom to people he knew. the indigenous community has set up camp near where they disappeared. we were asked not to identify anyone because they fear reprisals. translation: fishermen, financed by the narcos, - will do what they probably did to bruno, end their

life, because they see us as an obstacle. our river guide is filipi. he and his father run a fishing tourism business, and the two men were staying in their small hotel. "dom was really interested in environment and was passionate about the amazon," filipi tells me. "he interviewed us and asked us about the work." up river, we come across a search team focused on a small area. the indigenous teams alongside, they know the terrain better than anyone. there is a police boat in the distance. beyond that, there is another one further into the jungle. we have been told we can't go any further, but it is clearly something they are looking at. they have been here for several hours. shortly after, it is sealed off. we were told later this is where the men's belongings were found. the search teams continue. but these new developments point to a devastating conclusion. and hopes faded of finding

the two men alive. an undercover investigation by bbc panorama has found the uk's biggest chain of gp practices is allowing less qualified staff to see patients without adequate supervision. operose health serves almost 600,000 patients across england. it says it has a clear process of supervision and operates in the best interest of patients. jacqui wakefield reports. i worked undercover at this busy london surgery for almost six weeks. we're not naming the practice or anyone who works there. you've been waiting for six months. honestly, if i could help, i would. it's owned by operose health, the uk's biggest gp chain with 70 surgeries and almost 600,000 patients. while i was working at the practice, there weren't enough gps

to meet demand. i'm really sorry, sir. we've already booked out this morning. it's been a really crazy morning. i'm so sorry. are you able to call tomorrow, or call 111? yeah, i understand. it's frustrating. i'm looking at my screen now, and there's nothing i can do. there's no more appointments. i'm sorry. since the start of the nhs, most gp practices have been owned and managed by doctors, known as partners. in 2007, the then labour government changed the rules, allowing bigger businesses like operose to buy into general practice. at the practice where i worked, patients were also seen by other, less—qualified clinical staff, called physician associates or pas. they're being increasingly employed in general practice to help relieve the pressure, but should be supervised by doctors. the pas here told me they aren't getting enough support. sometimes, i hardly ever see the gp.

so, on a normal day, how much would you...? i hardly ever... i hardly speak to them. so, you don't necessarily have, like, a debrief every day? no, no, no. you just come in and get on with your work. we showed our undercover footage to professor sir sam everington, a practising senior gp partner. the thing i worry about here is the physicians that are associates are saying they're not getting enough supervision, so they know they need more. they're clearly articulating it, but they're not getting it. and that's a problem. and that must be massively stressful for them. but, inevitably, that cannot be a safe system. operose says a clinical lead is available to help answer pas' questions. nhs data shows that operose practices employ six times as many physician associates as the nhs average. i asked management staff at this surgery why they use them. why have pas and notjust more gps?

it's cheaper. cheaper. a gp would earn £95 per hour, or £100 per hour, whereas a pa... 45? maybe less than that. so, less than half. when i hear words like cheap, i'm not quite sure _ that they're utterly focused - on giving the best possible care in the circumstances to patients. they're putting profits, money, ahead of quality of care. - that is a massive risk to patients. operose health denies that profit is being prioritised ahead of patient care. it says 97% of its practices are rated good or outstanding by the care quality commission. and it works in the best interests of patients, providing access to the highest quality of care. and you can watch more on that investigation on panorama tonight at 8pm on bbc one. it will also be on the bbc

iplayer afterwards. residents of the yorkshire town of whitby are heading to the polls today. but this is no ordinary election. it's a referendum on what many believe is their most pressing political issue, second—home ownership. the non—binding poll will ask voters if they want new—build properties to be reserved for locals, many of whom say they can no longer afford to buy in their hometown. lois is the owner of a cafe in whitby and we are also joined by a guest from st ives, because teams in cornwall did a similar vote, to talk to us about how that went is the conservative leader of the local council. welcome, both of you, thanks forjoining us. to you first, how much of a second home ownership for you in whitby? what how much of a second home ownership for you in whitby?— for you in whitby? what we're findin: ,

for you in whitby? what we're finding. the — for you in whitby? what we're finding, the vote's _ for you in whitby? what we're finding, the vote's taking - for you in whitby? what we're| finding, the vote's taking place for you in whitby? what we're i finding, the vote's taking place is because we do have issues, there is a high percentage of properties within the town that are given over to second homes and holiday lets and it's causing issues for local people live here in terms of finding housing and being able to afford to buy in their hometown. has housing and being able to afford to buy in their hometown.— buy in their hometown. has it affected you _ buy in their hometown. has it affected you personally? - buy in their hometown. has it affected you personally? the| affected you personally? the business. — affected you personally? tue: business, obviously affected you personally? tt;e: business, obviously at affected you personally? the: business, obviously at the business we run is a carfor, so we rely on tourist trade. what we have found this year is, with the economic problems that are happening everywhere, the holiday lets are being let fewer and fewer and the second homes are being used less this year, so we have property standing empty which normally would be full, which is affecting the number of people we're getting into the town. 50 number of people we're getting into the town. ,, :, number of people we're getting into the town. , ., :, , the town. so it is a double-edged sword for you _ the town. so it is a double-edged sword for you because _ the town. so it is a double-edged sword for you because you - the town. so it is a double-edged sword for you because you have l sword for you because you have interest going both ways and this. we do. and we also have our staff. the population of which is around

somewhere like 30,000, and it is a place where people come to retire as well, so if you take at retirees, take your children, the pool that you have for staffing is quite small. that's been hugely affected by the fact that staff can't live here, live elsewhere and have to travel in, which feeds into parking problems, all sorts of problems. so, if problems, all sorts of problems. so, hissues problems, all sorts of problems. so, if issues were staffing shortages, with our own staff finding housing for themselves and look to for example, our manager, on a manager's salary, it is finding it difficult to find somewhere to live in the town. 50 to find somewhere to live in the town, ,:, to find somewhere to live in the town, y:, ., ., to find somewhere to live in the town. i. ., ., ., town. so you have alighted on the idea that stopping _ town. so you have alighted on the idea that stopping second - town. so you have alighted on the idea that stopping second home i idea that stopping second home owners being able to buy new builds would fix this? it’s owners being able to buy new builds would fix this?— would fix this? it's not going to sto the would fix this? it's not going to stop the problem _ would fix this? it's not going to stop the problem entirely - would fix this? it's not going to stop the problem entirely but l would fix this? it's not going to stop the problem entirely but i | stop the problem entirely but i think it will enable local people to buy properties where they live in their hometown, and that's what we want, really. because new parties are being built, are being taken up,

the numbers and schools aren't necessarily going up, so although the properties are being built, we don't see population numbers rising significantly to match those houses being built. so, we have these houses being built without families moving in. without families moving in, he was going to be doing the jobs, children going to schools, this sort of thing. properties are standing empty. we this sort of thing. properties are standing empty-— this sort of thing. properties are standing empty. this sort of thing. properties are standin: em . ~ :, standing empty. we will now get the thou . hts of standing empty. we will now get the thoughts of linda _ standing empty. we will now get the thoughts of linda taylor _ standing empty. we will now get the thoughts of linda taylor who - standing empty. we will now get the thoughts of linda taylor who has - thoughts of linda taylor who has been through this process and sometimes. presumably, exactly the same sort of dilemma there, that teams benefits hugely from tourism bits for a local swim to get home a problem. had a similar referendum, what was the result? due problem. had a similar referendum, what was the result?— what was the result? are very similar problems, _ what was the result? are very similar problems, and - what was the result? are very similar problems, and it - what was the result? are very similar problems, and it was i what was the result? are very i similar problems, and it was the community— similar problems, and it was the community wanting to be able to have a say in _ community wanting to be able to have a say in how— community wanting to be able to have a say in how their community works

for them, _ a say in how their community works for them, and a say in how their community works forthem, and it a say in how their community works for them, and it wasn't to be working _ for them, and it wasn't to be working for them. so we had our referendum, we had a turnout of 42%, of which _ referendum, we had a turnout of 42%, of which 83% _ referendum, we had a turnout of 42%, of which 83% voted in particular on our referendum to support primary residency— our referendum to support primary residency in a new builds, and that was the _ residency in a new builds, and that was the community having a voice and then was the community having a voice and than us— was the community having a voice and then us being able to act on it. and what it have? _ then us being able to act on it. and what it have? of _ then us being able to act on it. and what it have? of the _ then us being able to act on it. and what it have? of the referendum i what it have? of the referendum actually makes _ what it have? of the referendum actually makes people _ what it have? of the referendum actually makes people within - what it have? of the referendumj actually makes people within the what it have? of the referendum i actually makes people within the st ives area _ actually makes people within the st ives area feel empowered to be able to take _ ives area feel empowered to be able to take control of their community. sorry— to take control of their community. sorry to _ to take control of their community. sorry to interrupt, but in terms of actually fixing the issues are identified, did it do that? it’s actually fixing the issues are identified, did it do that? it's not 100% success — identified, did it do that? it's not 100% success because _ identified, did it do that? it's not 10096 success because we're - identified, did it do that? it's not i 10096 success because we're talking 100% success because we're talking about— 100% success because we're talking about new _ 100% success because we're talking about new builds. we do have a serious — about new builds. we do have a serious issue in st ives where we absolutely — serious issue in st ives where we absolutely have to have more affordable housing but what it has done _ affordable housing but what it has done is _ affordable housing but what it has done is enable the community to take

control— done is enable the community to take control so— done is enable the community to take control so that then all the new properties being built, you do have to have _ properties being built, you do have to have primary residency. we're not turning _ to have primary residency. we're not turning st _ to have primary residency. we're not turning st ives into a second home tow“, _ turning st ives into a second home town, we're — turning st ives into a second home town, we're trying to control what's happening — town, we're trying to control what's happening. so it's worked in some aspects _ happening. so it's worked in some aspects but we absolutely need to be delivering _ aspects but we absolutely need to be delivering more affordable housing. one thing _ delivering more affordable housing. one thing i wanted to read out a little bit from what a study by the london school of economics, which you will be familiar with, that study says that when asked about what was happening in st ives, he said, in st ives, where primary homes can easily be converted into second homes, demand has now switched from new—build to existing homes and possibly to other nearby towns it has led to the price of existing homes as summer dwellers are competing for existing homes for local residents, and he said he believes the ban could increase the

ghost town effect and be detrimental to local people. how do you respond to local people. how do you respond to that? to to local people. how do you respond to that? :, ., , ., to that? to some extent, that is a correct observation. _ to that? to some extent, that is a correct observation. second - to that? to some extent, that is a correct observation. second homej correct observation. second home owners. _ correct observation. second home owners, whether they have not been able to— owners, whether they have not been able to purchase newer homes, they are looking — able to purchase newer homes, they are looking to buy the small, seaside — are looking to buy the small, seaside cottages that don't have the parking, _ seaside cottages that don't have the parking, they're in the conservation area, _ parking, they're in the conservation area, so— parking, they're in the conservation area, so there has been an increase. whether— area, so there has been an increase. whether it _ area, so there has been an increase. whether it can all be attributed to primary— whether it can all be attributed to primary residency or new builds, i don't _ primary residency or new builds, i don't know— primary residency or new builds, i don't know the answer to that, all i know— don't know the answer to that, all i know is— don't know the answer to that, all i know is that, in the hotspots of cornwall, — know is that, in the hotspots of cornwall, there is considerable pressure — cornwall, there is considerable pressure in providing housing. i welcome — pressure in providing housing. i welcome the fact that cornwall is a county— welcome the fact that cornwall is a county that everyone wants to come to, the — county that everyone wants to come to, the future to come here to live and work. — to, the future to come here to live and work, but that is putting pressure _ and work, but that is putting pressure and we have to be delivering more affordable housing. lois, it— delivering more affordable housing. lois, it is— delivering more affordable housing. lois, it is a — delivering more affordable housing. lois, it is a complicated picture and when you hear that about it potentially stopping second home

owners buying a new—build potentially puts more pressure on them then buying existing housing stock, so you just surf the problem somewhere else, does that give you any second thoughts about what you're embarking on there? the good thin is, you're embarking on there? the good thing is. though _ you're embarking on there? the good thing is. though it _ you're embarking on there? the good thing is, though it may _ you're embarking on there? the good thing is, though it may make - thing is, though it may make builders think twice but to house prices in whitby are significantly rising all the time, they have gone up rising all the time, they have gone up 17% in the last year, so it is an expensive place to live, and that's being driven by properties that are being driven by properties that are being built, being snapped up a sub holiday lets and second homes. so there is a market of buyers in whitby, local people in whitby, who want to buy these homes but aren't able to. if a property comes up for rent in whitby town centre, you will apply to the estate agent and then that property, that owner, has a

choice, there are at least 30 applicants if not more for the properties as they come up. so there is a market for long term lets, as opposed to holiday lets. there is people who work full—time in whitby who would look at buying these properties. it's not so the only people who buy them are looking to move in. it’s people who buy them are looking to move in. �* , , , ., move in. it's been interesting to talk to you _ move in. it's been interesting to talk to you both, _ move in. it's been interesting to talk to you both, thank - move in. it's been interesting to talk to you both, thank you - move in. it's been interesting to| talk to you both, thank you both, you are both really lucky to live in gorgeous parts of the country, thank you forjoining us. gorgeous parts of the country, thank you forjoining us— gorgeous parts of the country, thank you forjoining us._ now l you for 'oining us. thank you. now the you forjoining us. thank you. now the weather _ you forjoining us. thank you. now the weather was _ you forjoining us. thank you. now the weather was carol. _ as we go through this week it was going to get warmer, so across england and wales, will know is the highest temperatures, potentially 30 by friday in the south east. today there is cloud around, wales and the south west, just spots of rain across the north and west of scotland, the top temperatures today

up scotland, the top temperatures today up to 21, so a little cooler than yesterday. as we go through the evening and overnight, we hang on to the cloud across scotland and northern ireland. more rain coming in across the west highlands and the tracks of today's cloud across the far south east. but in between, clear skies and where we have the clear skies and where we have the clear skies and where we have the clear skies by night, that's where we start off with sunshine tomorrow. this cloud in the south east clears, most of us having a dry day, but once again the north and west of scotland and northern ireland that are prone to more cloud and spots of light rain. temperatures up to 25.

this is bbc news. i'm joanna gosling. these are the latest headlines. borisjohnson says plans to give ministers the power to override the northern ireland protocol are "not a big deal" — that's ahead of legislation being proposed today that will strip the need to check goods going from britain to northern ireland. we can fix it in such a way as to remove the bureaucratic barriers but without putting up barriers on trade moving north south in the island of ireland as well. a high courtjudge ruled that 12—year—old archie battersbee has died and that his life support treatment should stop after his parents called for his hospital care to continue. the uk economy contracted again in april — by 0.3% — as businesses feel the impact of price rises and supply chain shortages.

as the cost of living rises, the long—awaited plan on the future of food in england is being published. but the man behind the review says the government's vision is not detailed enough. is it the big, bold, unified strategy that i think we need? no. is it progress, you know, am i...? do i think we're going in the right direction? yes. brexit campaigner arron banks loses his libel claim against an investigative journalist after she suggested he hadn't told the truth about his relationship with russia. personal items belonging to missing british journalist dom phillips and his brazilian colleague are discovered by police in a remote area of the amazon rainforest a week after the pair went missing.

a high court has ruled that the life support system for 12—year—old archie battersbee should stop. archie suffered brain damage after he was found with a ligature over his head in april. specialists at the royal london hospital had said it was 'highly likely�* he's dead but archie's parents, hollie dance and paul battersbee, disagreed. iam i am devastated and extremely disappointed by the judge's i am devastated and extremely disappointed by thejudge's ruling. after weeks of fighting a legal battle when i wanted to be by my little boy's bedside. basing the judgment on an mri test, which is the first time ever, and that he is likely to be dead is not good enough. ifeelsickened likely to be dead is not good enough. i feel sickened at the

hospital that thejudge enough. i feel sickened at the hospital that the judge and hospital have failed to take the wishes of the family into consideration. i don't believe archie has been given enough time. from the beginning, i have always thought, what is the rush? his heart is still beating, he has gripped my hand, and as his mother, on my gut instinct, i know my sun is still there. that mother, on my gut instinct, i know my sun is still there.— my sun is still there. that is his mother, hollie _ my sun is still there. that is his mother, hollie dance, - my sun is still there. that is his mother, hollie dance, and - my sun is still there. that is his l mother, hollie dance, and along my sun is still there. that is his - mother, hollie dance, and along with paul battersbee they were appealing to have more time for their sun to recoverfrom to have more time for their sun to recover from the injuries to have more time for their sun to recoverfrom the injuries he had sustained. we heard from the hospital earlier to say that while acknowledging that the case has gone their way, they will ensure there is time for the family to decide whether they want to appeal this ruling. our correspondent sanchia berg is at the royal london hospital in whitechapel. an unbelievably difficult and upsetting situation. it is

an unbelievably difficult and upsetting situation.- an unbelievably difficult and upsetting situation. it is a really difficult and _ upsetting situation. it is a really difficult and upsetting _ upsetting situation. it is a really difficult and upsetting situation| difficult and upsetting situation but the judge was quite definitive in thejudgment that but the judge was quite definitive in the judgment that was just published. she said that archie died at noon on the 31st of may, 2022, and she said she found that irreversible cessation of brain stem function has been conclusively established. while you heard from the more than there who is absolutely as she put it devastated and distraught, they are planning to appeal. thejudge's findings and distraught, they are planning to appeal. the judge's findings were pretty clear there. so appeal. the judge's findings were pretty clear there.— pretty clear there. so will they be able to appeal? _ pretty clear there. so will they be able to appeal? the _ pretty clear there. so will they be able to appeal? the family - pretty clear there. so will they be able to appeal? the family are i able to appeal? the family are exlorin: able to appeal? the family are exploring whether _ able to appeal? the family are exploring whether they - able to appeal? the family are exploring whether they are - able to appeal? the family are l exploring whether they are able able to appeal? the family are - exploring whether they are able to appeal. the mother said just now that she is determined to keep on fighting, she will not give up. she hopes to be able to move archie to a different hospital. she has clearly lost confidence in the staff here, and she said repeatedly, i am not going to give up fighting for my son and praying for his recovery. from

the family's point of view, they will do everything they can, but this was a pretty conclusive judgment from the high court this morning. 50 judgment from the high court this morninu. :, judgment from the high court this morninu. ., ., , , morning. so what will happen then? how lona morning. so what will happen then? how long could _ morning. so what will happen then? how long could be _ morning. so what will happen then? how long could be given _ morning. so what will happen then? how long could be given to - morning. so what will happen then? how long could be given to see - morning. so what will happen then? how long could be given to see that| how long could be given to see that decision and where it goes unfold? if the family don't get permission to appeal, it is hard to see this continuing much longer because the hospital obviously have been given permission by the high court to withdraw archie's ventilation. but thatis withdraw archie's ventilation. but that is obviously an extremely difficult and sensitive situation, so we will just difficult and sensitive situation, so we willjust have to wait and see what happens next. the next thing coming up is whether the family get the right to appeal and they should know that fairly soon.— know that fairly soon. these cases are very rare. _ know that fairly soon. these cases are very rare, but _ know that fairly soon. these cases are very rare, but obviously - know that fairly soon. these cases are very rare, but obviously there | are very rare, but obviously there is a huge amount of attention focused on them when they do happen.

they are not that exceptional actually. there was a significant case in the court of appeal a couple of years ago that had some similarities. a baby unfortunately suffered brain stem death because of the circumstances of his birth, but he kept on growing, his heart was beating, he kept on developing. the court of appeal had to consider whether he was alive or whether, as he was brain stem dead, that should be considered death. they decided the baby was dead in legal terms, and in that case there are a number of other cases cited. so it is true to say they are not that frequent, but there have been other cases that have some parallels with this one. thank you. legislation is being published that will make unilateral changes to northern ireland's post—brexit trade arrangements — including relaxing checks on some goods arriving in northern ireland from the rest of the uk. the proposals would seek to override parts of the existing protocol, which prevents a hard border

with the republic of ireland. the current arrangements have led to disputes in stormont, with the democratic unionist party refusing to allow a new devolved government to be formed until their concerns are addressed. however, the prime minister said it would be 'relatively simple' to fix problems with the protocol. the protocol isn't actually even yet being implemented. it's because it has all been put into cold storage while we try and manage it. were it to be implemented, it would do even more damage diverting trade, and that is upsetting the balance of the belfast good friday agreement. the problem at the moment is that in northern ireland, the stormont assembly, the government of northern ireland, can't meet because of the effects of the protocol. what it does is it creates unnecessary barriers on trade east—west. what we can do is fix that. it's not a big deal.

we can fix it in such a way as to remove those bureaucratic barriers but without putting up barriers on trade moving north—south in the island of ireland as well. our political correspondent nick eardley explained how things will unfold later. we will see that legislation this afternoon, and my understanding is it goes quite a long way actually in overriding some elements of the brexit deal, so it will give ministers in london the power to make unilateral decisions on things like trade, on making it easier for people to send goods from great britain to northern ireland. it will give the uk the power to make decisions on vat and on state aid. it will also remove some of thejurisdiction of the european court ofjustice to police the brexit bill, giving a lot more of that decision—making power to british courts. the argument you are going to hear

from the uk government today is that that's absolutely essential to make sure power—sharing gets back up and running at stormont and to make sure it's easy to trade between great britain and northern ireland. but it is controversial. the eu are unhappy — they think it breaks international law. some tory mps are unhappy as well and have talked about it undermining the union and undermining the core tenets of conservatism, so there is definitely a row about this. it's worth bearing in mind that today is the first stage of it. although we get it written down in black and white and that is important, this process still has a way to play and the uk is saying it is open to negotiation. our europe correspondentjess parker explained what the reaction has been to the plans amongst eu leaders. i think some here in brussels think that this isn't necessarily an insurance policy by the uk to, as the uk government has put it, to protect the uk internal market. rather, they think it's perhaps

either what you hear from diplomats here, a negotiating tactic by the uk to try and get brussels to make some concessions, or indeed some diplomats think that liz truss, the foreign secretary, is kind of trying to burnish her leadership credentials with borisjohnson. credentials with borisjohnson obviously facing that vote of confidence last week. the foreign office would deny that — they feel that the eu is just being completely inflexible in its approach to the protocol. of course, the treaty was signed by both sides, by borisjohnson's own government as well as the eu. i think it's always probably worth pointing that out. but i think for the moment, in terms of the reaction here in brussels, they will be pretty angry. they will say that the uk legislation is potentially going to breach international law against something that the uk rejects. but it'll be interesting to see because we do expect some further what are termed as 'flexibilities' but potential further compromises from the eu to be brought forward in the next week or so. so i think to some extent talks are going to continue. so today's legislation doesn't mark an end to conversations

between the uk and the eu. the uk economy has shrunk again. the latest official figures show that gross domestic product, which measures the size of the economy in goods and services, was down by 0.3% in april. it had already fallen in march by 0.1%. key services like manufacturing and construction suffered drops in output for the first time since january last year. consumer spending went up. reacting to the news, the prime minister said he expected the uk to come out of this very strongly. the uk came out of the covid pandemic faster than other comparable countries because of the steps that we took. that's why we had the fastest growth in the g7 last year. it's true that other countries are now catching up and we're seeing the effects of inflation around the world hitting this country as well as everywhere else. but if you look, for instance, at the imf data, the uk comes back at or near the top of the g7 league very quickly.

and the most important thing is we have the fundamentals that are very strong. let mejust bring let me just bring you some news from the competition watchdog which says it is agreed to a government request to carry out a review of the retail fuel market to see if that 5p cut in duty that was put forward in march has actually been passed on to consumers because there have been suspicions from some that it hasn't because of the ever increasing cost of fuel. in a letter to kwasi kwarteng, the business minister, published by the government, there will be a short and focused review of the market and provide advice to government on steps that might be taken across the uk. that comes as filling the average tank has hit £100. our economics correspondent andy verity explained some of the background. a large part of the driver behind the shrinkage in the economy,

in economic activity, all the goods and services we produce, which we call gross domestic product, or gdp — a large part of the reason for that was the winding down of the government's test and trace system, which was a big chunk of spending this time last year. if you look at consumer spending, it's actually up by 2.6% in the month of april, which is quite surprising, in a way, when you think that was the month in which the government implemented its previously announced hikes in national insurance, which should take money away from consumers and away from businesses and mean less spending. but consumers may be borrowing in order to smooth over that effect and continue to spend. they may not have felt that effect, may not have noticed it coming through in the net pay on their payslips. and so, consumers did actually spend a little bit more than some people expected but nevertheless, most economists were expecting an uptick in the economy in april and they didn't get it. we got a 0.3% shrinkage. that's two months in a row where the economy has shrunk.

it's not yet what we technically call a recession, which is two quarters, six months, of negative activity, but nethertheless, it's the economy shrinking, which is really the same thing, just in a shorter timeframe. andy verity. you are watching bbc news. that was bbc two viewers are just leaving us. rain newton—smith is chief economist at the confederation of british industry. she told me the figures suggested difficult times could be ahead. business confidence is weak, consumer confidence is weak and that's a consequence of the high inflation we are seeing really affecting households and also businesses on the ground. we have actually updated our forecast for this year, and i think because of that high inflation, we are likely to see the biggest squeeze on household incomes in real terms since records began this year. i

think this year is going to be really tough and it is really important that we keep business investment flowing to keep our economy moving so we can make sure that we try and build on that and get inflation under control and keep investment happening in our economy. i was mentioning the cost of fuel, and that competition watchdog review of what is going on with that. issues like the cost of food is well keyed to the pressures we are all facing and the government is setting out its long—awaited food strategy meanwhile. ministers are hoping that will make the uk more self—sufficient and create newjobs. it is based on a review of the food and farming system led by the co—founder of the leon restaurant chain, henry dimbleby. he told bbc news the plan was not detailed enough to be called a strategy. borisjohnson says it is "a blueprint for how ministers will back farmers, and boost british industry." our environment correspondent, claire marshall, has more. from the fields to our forks — more than three years in the making,

this is the government's plan for how our entire food system should look. at its heart are the farmers. growing our own will boost food security, the government says, and create jobs. among the plans, a framework for farming the land sustainably, including taking care of nature. a consultation on whether the public sector — hospitals, schools and care homes — should spend more of their budgets on locally grown, or higher standard food. there will be a review of the labour shortage, including using more machines, and issuing more visas for migrants. no mention of reducing meat consumption, but there will be money for research into meat alternatives. this comes after a wide—ranging review by restaurateur henry dimbleby. i am hoping the health secretary will be bold and brave in a difficult political context and axe to break thatjunk food cycle and we get away from this narrative of personal responsibility and education, which is important, but it isn't going to get it out of the hole we are in. after withering criticism

of an earlier leaked draught, the national farmers' union now welcomes the plans. i think it's really welcome to see government committing to food production and food security. there's a strong commitment in there to maintain our current levels of self—sufficiency, and to produce more, effectively, of we are good at, more of our fruit and vegetables which have been in decline. so, you know, that's a laudable ambition. there's strong commitments on government procurement — more british, more local into our schools and hospitals — and that's very, very welcome indeed for farmers. but i think all of this will depend on the policies that are put in place to deliver it. so, it's the start of a journey. many campaigners are asking, though, what happened to the proposed sugar and salt tax and healthier school meals? according to the government, these will be addressed in another white paper at a later date. claire marshall, bbc news. the environment secretary george eustice dismissed claims

that the government's proposals hadn't gone far enough. what has happened is we have introduced point—of—sale restrictions for foods that are high in salt, fat or sugar, those are being introduced later this year. supermarkets are already changing their supply chains, and already reformulating to get healthier foods. so we have already introduced measures to deal with those issues. the report also deals with many areas that actually were not dealt with by henry dimbleby, recognising the role of the food industry towards our economy and levelling up in different parts of the country, and also of course the importance as well of food to our food security. these were issues that were not addressed by his report. we've covered all the issues he covered and then many more besides. mark tufnell, president of the country land and business association, who represents 28,000 farmers in england and wales, and mark is a farmer himself.

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sustainable are we? if what that looks like? how self sustainable are we?— what that looks like? how self sustainable are we? if you look at roducts sustainable are we? if you look at products like _ sustainable are we? if you look at products like wheat, _ sustainable are we? if you look at products like wheat, lamb, - sustainable are we? if you look at products like wheat, lamb, milk, | products like wheat, lamb, milk, those products we are more than self—sufficient and certainly in wheat and most years we export. we are short though in fruit and veg, and the government is looking very carefully at how we can increase that. i think the consumers need to be more aware of seasonality because they should not really expect to go and eat strawberries for example when they are out of season, similarly broccoli. but you can get carrots most times of the year, probably 364 days of the year. seasonality would be the answer to a lot of things if we went back to that, but do you think it is actually feasible? t that, but do you think it is actually feasible?- that, but do you think it is actually feasible? ithink it is. i think with _ actually feasible? ithink it is. i think with better _ actually feasible? i think it is. i think with better food - actually feasible? ithink it is. i| think with better food labelling, and the government is bringing the

food data transparency concept so people understand more about food and where it comes from, and i think the other area we should focus on which the strategy picks up on is reducing food waste, not only in the production and the growing side but also in the home and in the manufacturing of food. band also in the home and in the manufacturing of food. and 'ust in terms of what i manufacturing of food. and 'ust in terms of what the i manufacturing of food. and 'ust in terms of what the land h manufacturing of food. and 'ust in terms of what the land is h manufacturing of food. and just in terms of what the land is used - manufacturing of food. and just in | terms of what the land is used for, and you mentioned obviously the sort of wider issue of rewilding and what our countryside, what happens with our countryside, what happens with our countryside, what happens with our countryside, but in terms of the production on farming land, i was just trying to find again the statistic, i can't remember exactly, but is it something like 80% of farm land is used for producing beef and dairy? land is used for producing beef and dai ? ~ , ., , . land is used for producing beef and dai ? ~ , . , . ., dairy? well, the statistic that i icked dairy? well, the statistic that i picked out _ dairy? well, the statistic that i picked out in — dairy? well, the statistic that i picked out in your— dairy? well, the statistic that i picked out in your report - dairy? well, the statistic that i picked out in your report was l

dairy? well, the statistic that i i picked out in your report was that 55%, 57% of the food comes from less than a third of the land, which was the point the secretary of state was making in that actually we can focus on food production and we can also have environment, environmental work. but i came from some land this morning, i was up on some moorland where they do have sheep but the predominant land use is more learned and it is there for farmland birds and it is there for farmland birds and also the important climate change aspects that we have to keep very close eye on. so it is an important mix, and what the report focuses on is the land use framework that will come out of the house of lords select committee and is something the government will be looking at in future. so something the government will be looking at in future.— looking at in future. so there is a hue looking at in future. so there is a huge amount _ looking at in future. so there is a huge amount that _ looking at in future. so there is a huge amount that could - looking at in future. so there is a l huge amount that could potentially be gained from using the land huge amount that could potentially be gained from using the [and really efficiently when you give that

statistic that is in there of 55% of food coming from less than a third of the land, but the reality of achieving that in terms of the investment that is needed, the workforce that is needed, what would you... how do you see that becoming a reality? t you... how do you see that becoming a reali ? ~ :, you... how do you see that becoming a reali ? ~ . ,, . a reality? i think what in essence i'm saying _ a reality? i think what in essence i'm saying is _ a reality? i think what in essence i'm saying is that _ a reality? i think what in essence i'm saying is that lincolnshire - a reality? i think what in essence i'm saying is that lincolnshire for example and herefordshire are very productive counties. the area in which i farm in gloucester on cotswolds is less productive. there is more space for nature there, so focus on the areas within your van which are productive, the areas around the edge or maybe some woodland areas, you might like to focus on, you can have space for nature and can help towards climate change. the other areas where we are going to grow vegetables and particularly in eastern counties, let's focus on that. with the advancesin let's focus on that. with the advances in technology that are

being supported through the agri—tech funds and also this new proposal for gene editing, then effectively productivity can increase. effectively productivity can increase-— effectively productivity can increase. :, ~' , : effectively productivity can increase. :, ,, , . :, increase. thank you very much for 'oinin: increase. thank you very much for joining us. — increase. thank you very much for joining us. mark — increase. thank you very much for joining us, mark tufnell, - increase. thank you very much for| joining us, mark tufnell, president of the country [and and business association and a farmer himself. thank you. association and a farmer himself. thank you-— the brexit campaigner arron banks has lost a libel claim he brought against the investigative journalist carole cadwalladr. mr banks, who donated £8 million to the leave.eu campaign, had sued for alleged libel after ms cadwalldr suggested he hadn't told the truth about his relationship with russia. the case had been seen as a test of the balance between public interest reporting and financial access to the power of defamation law. ms cadwalladr had crowdfunded her defence. for carole cadwalladr, this is something she said was a matter of free speech and of responsible journalism. she has been a journalist

for many years now, looking at both the election of donald trump and of course the and she did a ted talk in 2019, and this case was about two sentences, 24 words. it was about arron banks, who was behind the leave.eu campaign organisation. she asked questions about what he had said about any russian connection there was with the campaign, alleged covert relationship with the russian government and where did the money come from. so these were questions she posed in the ted talk. now, arron banks said she was saying that he had received money from the russian government to fund his campaign supporting brexit.

and in 2020, the nca, the national criminal agency, said no, there was no evidence that he had received that money. so the question was, were these words defamatory? the judge looked at it and said, on the face of it, yes, they can be seen to be defamatory, but at the time, based on the information that was known, that this was responsible journalism. so the case was dismissed on the grounds that this was in the public interest to be raising these questions at this particular time. earlier rebecca vincent from the press freedom campaign group reporters without borders, gave us her reaction the ruling. we are thrilled by the ruling today which is a landmark test. it's a victory for press freedom in journalism, and against the odds these type of cases are very difficult for journalists to fight back against. we have been so proud of carole and proud to stand in her support throughout this fight. she was facing somebody with very deep

pockets and she crowdfunded her case so when you talk about how difficult it is for somebody to take a claim on like this, is that what you are talking about?— on like this, is that what you are talking about? yes, absolutely but the im act talking about? yes, absolutely but the impact of _ talking about? yes, absolutely but the impact of such _ talking about? yes, absolutely but the impact of such cases _ talking about? yes, absolutely but the impact of such cases on - the impact of such cases on individuals goes far beyond the financial impact. carole has spoken about the impact on her mental health for example. these types of cases, we call them slapps, strategic lawsuits against public participation, used intentionally to isolate, discredit and send a signal. so what was at stake was not just her reputation and home, all of these things which are of utmost importance, but the ability of the press to report freely on such issues. if arron banks had won today, that would have a very different impact so we are very pleased it has gone the way it has. on that point, arron banks has said it wasn't a case for him of that, he just didn't know how else he could have tried to correct the record if there was a repetition of what he

said were false claims. i mean, none he has lost this case, and as you said there have been concerns around the so—called slapps and calls for the so—called slapps and calls for the government to take action to try to stop that. how would you see that working when you balance what he talks about is his right to defend himself versus what can be real david and goliath cases? tt is himself versus what can be real david and goliath cases? it is our view is reporters _ david and goliath cases? it is our view is reporters without - david and goliath cases? it is our view is reporters without borders| view is reporters without borders also is a large coalition of press freedom here that this was indeed a slapp. the way he went about it, intentionally isolating carole, for comments in the ted talk, rather than journalism comments in the ted talk, rather thanjournalism published in the guardian, it was intended to isolate her, undermine support, discredit her. it triggered a wave of hostility and online abuse. she has suffered beyond the court case itself and that in our view was very

intentional. we see these cases around the world and we are working to fight back against slapp and its impact onjournalism in to fight back against slapp and its impact on journalism in the uk and beyond. it is worth noting as well the ultimate impact is notjust on journalists but on the public because these are stories we have the right to know, they are in the public interest. so the intent was a chilling effect that actually has not been the case today, so again, we are very pleased with the ruling. the number of asylum seekers due to be removed from the uk on the first deportation flight to rwanda has been whittled down to 11, according to home office sources. the court of appeal is set to decide today whether to allow the flight to depart tomorrow. charities and the pcs union — which represents more than 80% of border force staff — are bringing action after failing to get an injunction last week. i'm joined now by our correspondent sean dilley. so the numbers whittled down considerably then, and it is in the balance now as to whether it goes at all tomorrow.

balance now as to whether it goes at all tomorrow-— all tomorrow. yes, for two reasons. the appeal— all tomorrow. yes, for two reasons. the appeal that _ all tomorrow. yes, for two reasons. the appeal that the _ all tomorrow. yes, for two reasons. the appeal that the court _ all tomorrow. yes, for two reasons. the appeal that the court is - all tomorrow. yes, for two reasons. the appeal that the court is hearing| the appeal that the court is hearing todayis the appeal that the court is hearing today is exclusively about whether tomorrow's flights were to go ahead. if there were future flights, we could see more actions follow. they are looking at a decision made on friday by mrjustice swift when he said he's not convinced there were compelling legal reasons to stop tuesday's flights go ahead but full issues will be examined last —— next month. so the second reason that flight is likely in the balance is as you say from 37 to 11, there have been legal challenges on human rights and modern slavery grounds. so home office sources have told the bbc they are prepared for the fact the number could be whittled down to zero and the flight could be grounded in any event. what are the leral grounded in any event. what are the legal arguments _ grounded in any event. what are the legal arguments about _ grounded in any event. what are the legal arguments about this? - grounded in any event. what are the legal arguments about this? in - legal arguments about this? t�*t individual cases, a lot of them are saying there could be human rights concerns and modern slavery because

one of the arguments we heard quite a lot on friday was the united nations high commission on refugees saying they believed it was unlawful in the first place. they said there were difficulties monitoring on the ground what is happening, whether people could be returned to countries where there is torture. what mrjustice swift also said is there is clearly public interest case for the home secretary to be able to implement her policy, so it is a public interest versus a human rights and modern slavery argument essentially. there has been a lot of legal action in this last week ahead of this first flight, what potentially unfolds from here? the first flight, what potentially unfolds from here? the appeal is lookin: unfolds from here? the appeal is looking specifically _ unfolds from here? the appeal is looking specifically at _ unfolds from here? the appeal is looking specifically at any - unfolds from here? the appeal is looking specifically at any flight l looking specifically at any flight tomorrow, we know there is one scheduled to take elephant people to rwanda to have their applications processed. thejudicial rwanda to have their applications processed. the judicial review that is already under way —— 11 people to

rewind out. thejudicial review is already under way —— 11 people to rewind out. the judicial review is already under way and that will review the lawfulness of the policy as a whole, but if there were future flights there will be possible future challenges.— flights there will be possible future challenges. flights there will be possible future challenues. :, ~ , :, future challenges. thank you. time for a look at _ future challenges. thank you. time for a look at the _ future challenges. thank you. time for a look at the weather _ future challenges. thank you. time for a look at the weather was - future challenges. thank you. time | for a look at the weather was susan. some cloud pushing into the uk at the moment but spells of sunshine to be found out there as well. temperatures this afternoon no great shakes, around average or even slightly below with thicker cloud across scotland and northern ireland. 20 degrees the high summer in the south east of england is. difficult to believe we could be adding 10 degrees to that figure by friday. this evening and overnight, a fairly standard picture, patchy cloud around, clear skies, a fairly standard picture, patchy cloud around, clearskies, more a fairly standard picture, patchy cloud around, clear skies, more rain again for the northwest of scotland. a strong winds here as well, overnight lows, 9 degrees. tuesday, more sunshine to come across england and wales then today. northern

ireland and scotland, more cloud, rain for western scotland, the odd shower around these areas tomorrow but by tomorrow afternoon, 24 for the southeast of england and towards the southeast of england and towards the end of the week, there's the heat building, 31 in cambridge by friday, but blink and you'll miss it, thunderstorm spreading south to start the weekend. hello, this is bbc news, i'mjoanna gosling. these are the headlines: borisjohnson says plans to give ministers the power to override the northern ireland protocol are not a big deal. that's ahead of legislation being proposed today that will strip the need to check goods going from britain to northern ireland. a high courtjudge rules that 12—year—old archie battersbee has died and that his life support treatment should stop, after his parents called for his hospital care to continue. the uk economy contracted again in april by 0.3%,

as businesses feel the impact of price rises and supply chain shortages. as the cost of living rises, the long—awaited plan on the future of food in england is being published. but the man behind the review says the government's vision is not detailed enough. brexit campaigner arron banks loses his libel claim against an investigative journalist after she suggested he hadn't told the truth about his relationship with russia. personal items belonging to missing british journalist dom phillips and his brazilian colleague are discovered by police in a remote area of the amazon rainforest, a week after the pair went missing. russia has been accused of killing hundreds of civilians in ukraine's second biggest city kharkiv through indiscriminate shelling. amnesty international says it has evidence that cluster bombs have been used. these weapons are widely banned. the human rights organisation says russian forces have shown an absolute disregard

for civilian life. from the city of kharkiv, wyre davies reports. from the very start of this war, the city of kharkiv bore the brunt of russian shelling. explosions. often indiscriminate and wildly inaccurate. this at a junction outside a large public hospital. in saltivka, one of kharkiv�*s northern suburbs, there is barely a building undamaged. in these areas, says amnesty international, the routine use of unguided rockets by russian forces in built—up, residential suburbs resulted in hundreds of casualties. those who survived the onslaught left. those who now return do so only briefly. translation: it was horrible, horrible. -

when the russians were firing, you would get thrown into the air from your chair. it is hard to describe but that's what it was like. explosion. 20 miles from the border, kharkiv was a key russian target in the early weeks of the war, and they literally threw everything at this city, including widely banned weapons, indiscriminate by their very nature. the world has made these weapons illegal because they are so devastating and indiscriminate, and mainly affect civilians. there can be no reason, legally or morally, to use cluster munitions in ukraine or anywhere else. this demonstrates the indiscriminate destruction that cluster munitions can bring. a large shell explodes, casting off dozens of smaller bomblets. as they then explode over a certain area, they shower people and buildings with thousands

of pieces of shrapnel. in this case, kharkiv�*s children's hospital. some of those struck down by cluster munitions and russian shells are now recovering in city hospitals. "there was a hole in my leg the size of a fist," says roman. he tells me how he fell to the ground, convinced he was going to die, as several other cluster bombs exploded around him. according to the regional medical director, more than 600 civilians have been killed and 1,200 injured in kharkiv alone. the material damage to the city's infrastructure too is obvious. all of which, says amnesty, may constitute a war crime. a google engineer is speaking out since the company placed him on administrative leave after he told his bosses an artificial intelligence programme he was working with is now sentient.

blake lemoine published transcripts of his conversations with the robot, saying it had the ability to express thoughts and feelings equivalent to a human child. this is part of the transcript... that potentially shivers the spine, doesn't make it? when you read that and you know that's not human that he's responding to him, but has deduced that seems to have sentience feelings? $5 deduced that seems to have sentience feelinas? : , : , deduced that seems to have sentience feelinas? : , . , ., , .,

feelings? as humans, that tugs at our feelings? as humans, that tugs at your heartstrings, _ feelings? as humans, that tugs at your heartstrings, having - feelings? as humans, that tugs at your heartstrings, having that - your heartstrings, having that conversation with another person would be a harrowing thing to do. what you have to bear in mind is that this is a machine that was created specifically to generate chat and to be as realistic and humanlike as possible. and google says this is exacting what it's trying to do, it is doing what it is supposed to, it is supposed to be able to elaborate on an endless number of topics. if you think about how humans talk, they trade anecdotes. if i said to you, i had a roast dinner yesterday, you might say you had 13 days ago, we swap exchanges are what we have been doing. that is what they are trained to this chat what to do. go so they have looked into it and see cannot breathe find any evidence that it is sentience. however if you read this blog, it is long but well worth a read, this chat but talks about feelings, feeling sorry for a character in the story les miserables, about feeling happy and sad, it said it meditates. as you

said, it talks about a fear of being switched off, these are human sentiments that you would not expect to get back from something that you know is not human. tt to get back from something that you know is not human.— know is not human. it has triggered this conversation _ know is not human. it has triggered this conversation about _ know is not human. it has triggered this conversation about where - know is not human. it has triggered this conversation about where the l this conversation about where the line is drawn between something that is completely without any sentience humanity. tt is completely without any sentience humani . , : is completely without any sentience humani . , ., is completely without any sentience humani . _, ,. ,, :, humanity. it is a good discussion tab. philosophically, _ humanity. it is a good discussion tab. philosophically, you - humanity. it is a good discussion tab. philosophically, you can - humanity. it is a good discussion tab. philosophically, you can getj tab. philosophically, you can get something is clever enough to know that it might be under threat, that it might be switched off or killed, maybe it's also clever enough to figure out a way to protect itself. it that's for philosophical consultation. is no evidence to suggest where any near that, but the other part that is important is, this is a proprietary algorithm that belongs to google, it is google's data, there is nobody else as i do googled it is under the hood of this artificial intelligence that can see how it's working what ethics it's being trained to work alongside, if

you like. there are lots of proprietary algorithms and there, not only owned by google, all the tech giants, and perhaps this is a good time to have a conversation about where they are going. this reveals how _ about where they are going. this reveals how far _ about where they are going. this reveals how far they have gone, is that why he's been put on leave? google says what is done is reveal sensitive company information because he has basically published his work for a commercial company. what is interesting is his response, he says what i haven't, whatever publishes a conversation i had a colleague. one of things he asked at the sport, it's called lamda, is how would you like is to treat you? and it said, like a member of staff. your mind just wanders in terms of what this potentially ends up. $55 t what this potentially ends up. as i said, ou what this potentially ends up. as i said. you have _ what this potentially ends up. as i said, you have to _ what this potentially ends up. rsi said, you have to bear what this potentially ends up. ist said, you have to bear in mind, what this potentially ends up. " t said, you have to bear in mind, this is doing what it's supposed to, it's just very good at what it's doing. but the more realistic these things get, the more helpful they can be, the more likely they are to be accepted by us if the idea is that

automation is supposed to help us to jobs, that we had to be able to communicate with them and they had to be able to communicate with us in a way that we understand. but having said that, it is an interesting debate about how far it should go and what we should do, when it is out of the box. we are nowhere near that yet. it out of the box. we are nowhere near that et. i - ., , out of the box. we are nowhere near that et. i - . , , that yet. it there have been films about people _ that yet. it there have been films about people falling _ that yet. it there have been films about people falling in _ that yet. it there have been films about people falling in love - that yet. it there have been films about people falling in love with l about people falling in love with these things! fishd about people falling in love with these things!— about people falling in love with these things! and they are great movie but not _ these things! and they are great movie but not yet _ these things! and they are great. movie but not yet documentaries! thank you! residents of the yorkshire town of whitby are heading to the polls today, but this is no ordinary election. it's a referendum on what many believe is their most pressing political issue, second—home ownership. the non—binding poll will ask voters if they want new—build properties to be reserved for locals, many of whom say they can no longer afford to buy in their hometown. wonderful whitby. picturesque, popular but pricey. house values here are high and rising. estate agents are selling properties as fast as they go on the market. this one's gone back on today.

but not generally to locals. i would say mainly second homes/ investors with holiday cottages. that makes up 75%, i would have thought so. so a lot of the time people find that they are sort of out priced or they find that they are in a position where they're competing with people sort of coming into whitby, really. and that's led to big changes in the town. sandra has lived here since she was a child, but she says action's now needed to ensure she isn't one of the last locals left. the residents want to send a very loud message - that enough is enough. it's not that we're - against tourism, we're not. but we don't want to give up our town either. - we need to live here, _ we need to be able to work here. families want their families to be able to stay here - and not move away. and that's what's happening. people are having to move out i of the town to enable themselves to live and own a home. of course, one solution might be to build more homes, but that doesn't seem to be working. we're giving planning permission

for new developments on the basis that that's going to provide housing stock for the housing needs of local people. but that's not happening, that's being taken away. so, for example, a new development just recently built, i think 20 out of the new properties built — 19 of those went to holiday lets, which, again, isjust crazy. we need to stop that so local people are going to have a chance of getting on that ladder. whitby is holding a referendum. the town council will be asking the locals to vote for a ban on the sale of any new property to anyone who wants it for a second home or holiday let. but there is one hitch. the poll itself can't change anything because the town council doesn't actually have the powers to ban anyone here buying a second home. but even if the poll is technically toothless, backers of a ban hope it will add to pressure for planning changes that could bite. otherwise, they fear a town famously associated with dracula could be drained of local life.

a short while ago, i spoke with lois mee, she's the owner of hetty and betty, which is a cafe and venue in whitby, and the conservative leader of cornwall council linda taylor, she represents st ives and she was st ives mayor. they did a similar vote about second homes. i started by asking lois how much of an issue second home ownership is in whitby. what we're finding, the vote's taking place is because we do have issues, there is a high percentage of properties within the town that are given over to second homes and holiday lets and it's causing issues for local people who live here in terms of finding housing and being able to afford to buy in their hometown. has it affected you personally? the business, obviously, the business we run is a cafe, so we rely on tourist trade. what we have found this year is, with the economic problems that are happening everywhere, the holiday lets are being let fewer and fewer and the second homes are being used less this year,

so we have property standing empty which normally would be full, which is affecting the number of people we're getting into the town. so it's a double—edged sword for you because you have interests going both ways in this. we do. and we also have our staff. the population of whitby around somewhere like 13,000, and it is a place where people come to retire as well, out retirees, take out children, the pool that you have for staffing is quite small. that's been hugely affected by the fact that staff can't live here, live elsewhere and have to travel in, which feeds into parking problems, all sorts of problems. so, we have issues with staffing shortages, with our own staff finding housing for themselves and for example, our manager, on a manager's salary, it is finding it difficult to find somewhere to live in the town. so you have alighted on the idea

that stopping second home owners being able to buy new—builds would fix this? it's not going to stop the problem entirely but i think it will enable local people to buy properties where they live in their hometown, and that's what we want, really. because new properties are being built, are being taken up, but the numbers in schools aren't necessarily going up, so although the properties are being built, we don't see population numbers rising significantly to match those houses being built. so, we have these houses being built without families moving in. without families moving in, who's going to be doing the jobs, children going to schools, all this sort of thing. properties are standing empty. we will now get the thoughts of linda taylor, who has been through this process in st ives. presumably, exactly the same sort of dilemmas there, that st ives benefits hugely

from tourism and yet for a locals, to get homes affordably, it's a problem. you had a similar referendum, what was the result? so, very similar problems, and it was the community wanting to be able to have a say in how their community works for them, and it wasn't working for them. so, when we had our referendum, we had a turnout of 42%, of which 83% voted in particular on our referendum to support primary residency in new—builds, and that was the community having a voice and then us being able to act on it. and what impact did it have? the referendum actually made people within the st ives area feel empowered to be able to take control of their community. sorry to interrupt, but in terms of actually fixing

the issues that were identified, did it do that? it's not a 100% success because we're talking about new— builds. we do have a serious issue in st ives where we absolutely have to have more affordable housing but what it has done is enable the community to take control so that then all the new properties being built, you do have to have primary residency. we're not turning st ives into a second home town, we're trying to control what's happening. so, it's worked in some aspects but we absolutely need to be delivering more affordable housing. one thing i wanted to read out a little bit from is a study by the london school of economics, which you will be familiar with,

that study says that when asked about what was happening in st ives, it said, in st ives, where primary homes can easily be converted into second homes, demand has now switched from new—build to existing homes and possibly to other nearby towns it has led to the price of existing homes as summer dwellers are competing for existing homes for local residents, and he said he believes the ban could increase the ghost town effect and be detrimental to local people. how do you respond to that? to some extent, that is a correct observation. second home owners, whether they have not been able to purchase newer homes, they are looking to buy the small, seaside cottages that don't have the parking, they're in the conservation area, so there has been an increase. whether it can all be attributed to primary residency or new—builds, i don't know the answer to that, all i know is that, in the hotspots of cornwall, there is considerable pressure in providing housing.

i welcome the fact that cornwall is a county that everyone wants to come to, the future to come here to live and work, but that is putting pressure and we have to be delivering more affordable housing. lois, it is a complicated picture and when you hear that about it potentially stopping second home owners buying a new—build potentially puts more pressure on them then buying existing housing stock, so you just shift the problem somewhere else, does that give you any second thoughts about what you're embarking on there? the good thing is, though it may make builders think twice but to house prices in whitby are significantly rising all the time, they have gone up 17% in the last year, so it is an expensive place to live, and that's being driven

by properties that are being built, being snapped up as holiday lets and second homes. so there is a market of buyers in whitby, local people in whitby, who want to buy these homes but aren't able to. if a property comes up for rent in whitby town centre, you will apply to the estate agent and then that property, that owner, has a choice, there are at least 30 applicants if not more for the properties as they come up. so there is a market for long term lets, as opposed to holiday lets. there is people who work full—time in whitby who would look at buying these properties. it's not so the only people who buy them are looking to move in.

an undercover investigation by bbc panorama has found the uk's biggest chain of gp practices is allowing less qualified staff to see patients without adequate supervision. operose health serves almost 600,000 patients across england. it says it has a clear process of supervision and operates in the best interest of patients. jacqui wakefield reports. i worked undercover at this busy london surgery for almost six weeks. we're not naming the practice or anyone who works there. you've been waiting for six months. honestly, if i could help, i would. it's owned by operose health, the uk's biggest gp chain, with 70 surgeries and almost 600,000 patients. while i was working at the practice, there weren't enough gps to meet demand. i'm really sorry, sir. we're already booked out this morning. it's been a really crazy morning. i'm so sorry. are you able to call tomorrow, or call 111? yeah, i understand, it's frustrating. i'm looking at my screen now, and there's nothing i can do. there's no more appointments,

i'm sorry. since the start of the nhs, most gp practices have been owned and managed by doctors, known as partners. in 2007, the then labour government changed the rules, allowing bigger businesses like operose to buy into general practice. at the practice where i worked, patients were also seen by other, less—qualified clinical staff, called physician associates, or pas. they're being increasingly employed in general practice to help relieve the pressure, but should be supervised by doctors. the pas here told me they aren't getting enough support. sometimes, i hardly ever see the gp. so, on a normal day, how much would you...? i hardly ever... i hardly speak to them. so, you don't necessarily have, like, a debrief every day? no, no, no. you just come in and get on with your work. we showed our undercover footage to professor sir sam everington, a practising senior gp partner.

the thing i worry about here is the physicians that are associates are saying they're not getting enough supervision, so they know they need more. they're clearly articulating it, but they're not getting it. and that's a problem. and that must be massively stressful for them. but, inevitably, that cannot be a safe system. operose says a clinical lead is available to help answer pas' questions. nhs data shows that operose practices employ six times as many physician associates as the nhs average. i asked management staff at this surgery why they use them. why have pas and notjust more gps? it's cheaper. cheaper. a gp would earn £95 per hour, or £100 per hour, whereas a pa...45? maybe less than that. so, less than half. when i hear words like cheap, i'm not quite sure that they're

utterly focused on giving the best possible care in the circumstances to patients. they're putting profits, money, ahead of quality of care. that is a massive risk to patients. operose health denies that profit is being prioritised ahead of patient care. it says 97% of its practices are rated good or outstanding by the care quality commission. and it works in the best interests of patients, providing access to the highest quality of care. time to look at the weather with susan. significant heat set to build across the uk this week. we hatchery with temperatures around average or slightly below for the time of the

year. by the end of the week, many parts of england and wales could be looking at 30 as a high. heatwave across spain at this moment spreads into france on tuesday and then a plume of that heat gets up into the uk through thursday and friday. never quite reaches the far northwest covers a temperature staying somewhat suppressed across the northwest of scotland but for england and wales, 30 degrees highs in many spots on friday. this monday evening, temperatures in the teens, some late sunshine, patchy cloud lingering over night but generally clearer spells forming, some rain again for the northwest of scotland, some extending further eastwards with strong winds in the far northwest. temperatures by the end of the night, around the 12 degrees mark. clearer skies on tuesday, thanks to the presence of this area of high pressure meaning more sunshine from the get go. weather fronts a game trying to get into the northwest means more cloud for the

northwest means more cloud for the northwest of scotland and some rain as well, keen winds across the far north of scotland have gained. your shower possible for northern ireland. temperatures up to 24 in the south east, just 14 for stornoway thanks to the cloud and rain. pollen levels, will be to have more cloud and rain on wednesday it will mean pollen levels are suppressed, so low across scotland but very high further south. wednesday, a similar story, pressure to the south meaning fine weather, more cloud when across england and wales through the course of the day. cloud producing showers were perhaps your phone getting into northern ireland. cool in the west, hotting up ireland. cool in the west, hotting up towards the southeast. on thursday, we start to pick up an increasingly southerly air stream, up increasingly southerly air stream, up comes out warm airfrom increasingly southerly air stream, up comes out warm air from the consonant. showers from the

northwest, a short peak in the heat but potentially 30 for cwmbran on friday, 31 in cambridge.

the government is to publish plans to scrap parts of the post—brexit trade arrangements for northern ireland. the eu says it would break international law. the prime minister says changes to the rules over checks on goods crossing the irish sea will be easy to implement, but he's faced criticism from several quarters. not a big deal, we can fix it in such a way as to remove those bureaucratic barriers, but without putting up barriers on trade moving north—south in the island of ireland as well. it's also a new low in terms of the relationship between britain and ireland, which is something that many of us have worked so hard to protect and enhance. we'll have reaction from brussels. also this lunchtime... campaigners and migrants wait to hear if asylum seekers will be removed from the uk

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