this is bbc news. the headlines at six... warnings of further disruption for air travellers this summer with more flights set to be cancelled in the coming weeks at heathrow, the uk's busiest airport. the conservative mp chris pincher, who is under investigation for allegedly groping two men, said he is seeking professional medical support and hopes to return to his duties as an mp as soon as possible. hundreds of people have gathered in east london at a vigil dedicated to zara aleena, who was killed as she walked home from a night out. two more britons captured by russian forces in ukraine have have been charged with being mercenaries, according to russian state media. and more than a million people are gathering on the streets of london for pride as the lgbt plus community marks 50 years

since the first march. good evening. there are warnings of further disruption for air travellers this summer with more flights expected to be cancelled in the coming days, including at heathrow, britain's busiest airport. airlines look set to change their schedules as the busy school holiday period begins — british airways said it would help provide certainty to customers. our business reporter, noor nanji, has more. after big queues at airports this summer, warnings of more disruption, with a new wave of flight cancellations expected to be announced next week.

we are now right in the midst of the peak summer travel season but we're still experiencing the problems of lack of manpower, not only for airlines but across airports, ground handlers and even, in some cases border control staff, so the mix of high volumes and lack of people is causing tremendous dislocation at many airports. british airways services from heathrow are likely to bear the brunt of any cancellations. add to that the threat of strikes. so what should you do if you're caught up in all of this? crucially, i know what my rights are if anything is cancelled and that is to get a replacement

flight on the same day if there's anything available that will take me there at the airline's expense, and then furthermore hotel accommodation if need be and compensation if it's the airline's fault, which if it's technical issues or staff shortage, it generally is. europe there's more bad news including strikes there as well. after two years of covid, they should be of escape, but for holiday—makers at those fears of delays and cancellations not going away. well, for more on this, i'm nowjoined by travel industry consultant paul charles from the pc agency. tens of thousands of people affected by this, how bad will it get? i’m by this, how bad will it get? i'm afraid this _ by this, how bad will it get? i'm afraid this is _ by this, how bad will it get? in afraid this is going to be a summer of stress after two years when many of stress after two years when many of us have been unable to travel due to lock downs, notjust in the uk

but around the world. what you're going to see over the next few days of thousands of flight cancellations by british airways and others because they have a window in which they can hand back the slots that they can hand back the slots that they use for taking off and landing at airports like heathrow. with this window there is no penalty for them. they also want to give consumers more than 1a days notice of any cancellation because if they give more than two weeks notice it means they won't have to pay compensation to those of us who find flights are cancelled, so the next few days will be very tricky indeed. so cancelled, so the next few days will be very tricky indeed.— be very tricky indeed. so after the next few days _ be very tricky indeed. so after the next few days should _ be very tricky indeed. so after the next few days should things - be very tricky indeed. so after the next few days should things calm | next few days should things calm down? are we going to get more clarity and more warning? in down? are we going to get more clarity and more warning?- clarity and more warning? in the main, clarity and more warning? in the main. yes. _ clarity and more warning? in the main. yes. it _ clarity and more warning? in the main, yes, it has _ clarity and more warning? in the main, yes, it has been _ clarity and more warning? in the main, yes, it has been very - main, yes, it has been very frustrating for many thousands of people who have been at the airport and found their flights have been cancelled with just a few hours

notice. you should see that easing up notice. you should see that easing up because the airlines are under pressure to give much more notice before they cancel a flight. having said that, many cancellations we have been seen have actually been due to covid sickness, cabin crew, ground staff, pilots calling in sick because they have been struck down by covid, so that is likely to carry on for at least 2—3 weeks or longer, and that of course is all happening during the peak summer period. band during the peak summer period. and civen during the peak summer period. and given that in 70 people facing flight cancellations is there enough capacity to rebook elsewhere or will their holidays just disappear in front of their eyes? their holidaysjust disappear in front of their eyes?— their holidaysjust disappear in front of their eyes? sadly, a lot of us will be frustrated _ front of their eyes? sadly, a lot of us will be frustrated and _ us will be frustrated and disappointed, and that is causing enormous financial as well as emotional stress, there isn't the capacity because there aren't enough staff, the aviation sector overall is down 20—30% on staff numbers it technically needs at this time of year, so as a result of your flight

is cancelled you will actually find it very difficult to find another flight with the same airliner or another airline or even on eurostar, so i'm afraid you are looking at other options such as staying at home, that is obviously good news for the staycation sector. but disappointing _ for the staycation sector. but disappointing for people trying to get away for two years, the government said they are looking at easing restrictions on night—time flights, but will that be of any help if there are no people to fly the aircraft and work in the airports?— the aircraft and work in the airorts? , ., , ., , airports? the plains of course available but _ airports? the plains of course available but they _ airports? the plains of course available but they are - airports? the plains of course available but they are not - airports? the plains of course - available but they are not enough people around who can get the baggage onto our other plane will help with security processing. every part of the airport infrastructure as a pinch point at the moment and that's why airports like heathrow and gatwick are asking airlines to cap the number of flights they are flying each day so, on top of the government's slot rules being changed the airlines to hand back

their slots, changed the airlines to hand back theirslots, plus changed the airlines to hand back their slots, plus the airports asking for caps, then you are seeing asking for caps, then you are seeing a lot of flights cancelled over the next few days, it will be a very stressful period for all of us who have flights booked, the last thing you want is that e—mail coming through cancelling a flight. over 90% of flights will still be operating as normal but for those of us on the other 5—io% there are cancelled over the next eight weeks it will be a pretty grim time. thank ou for it will be a pretty grim time. thank you for our— it will be a pretty grim time. thank you for our analysis. _ a parliamentary watchdog is to examine allegations of sexual misconduct by the former conservative deputy chief whip, chris pincher. the mp resigned from his role earlier this week after being accused of groping two men at a private members' club and has now been suspended from the conservative party. the party says it would not prejudge the investigation and urged people to respect the process. earlier, our political correspondent, damian grammaticas, had more on mr pincher�*s statement. he says that he respects the prime minister's decision to suspend the whip from him, essentially to suspend him

from the conservative party. so he doesn't sit as a conservative mp now. and he says he will cooperate fully with the inquiry. he repeats what he said in his letter of resignation, which was that he drank far too much on wednesday night, he said, embarrassing myself and others. i'm truly sorry for the upset. he goes on to say, interestingly, he says, the stresses of the last few days coming on top of those over the last several months have made me accept that i will benefit from professional medical help, and i'm in the process of seeking that now. so he says he hopes to be able to return to his constituency duties as soon as possible, making very clear that he is not going to resign at this point. he wants to, he says, to seek that help and let the investigation happen. and what do we think downing street, how will they respond to this, do you think? well, they had said, as you said, a second ago, that we should wait for the inquiry. don't prejudge it.

let that happen. i think that will be their position. there's obviously, of course, been criticism of downing street for being slow to act in this case, that, when mr pincher resigned, they did not then suspend the whip from him for some 2a hours or so. labour had said that that was far too slow and they were dragged kicking and screaming to it. downing street said they were waiting for the process to go through, but there were others who had been conservative mps who'd been calling for the whip to be withdrawn and pointing out differences, such as with the case of neil parish, the mp who had been looking at pornography on his phone in parliament, who had the whip withdrawn straightaway. so there is some sort of criticism there. i think the hope from downing street will be that this now proceeds to the investigation. the question will be, are there any more revelations to come out? a parliamentary watchdog is to examine those allegations of sexual misconduct. earlier, i spoke to eliot wilson, a former clerk for the house of commons, and asked him if downing street had been slow

to act in this case. well, i think it has been a pattern of behaviour with downing street, to be honest, that they have consistently failed to get ahead of stories. and i say this in a purely political and rather cynical sense, and they have let things run on and been slow to respond. but i think it is important to see this in two ways — it is both a political story, in terms of the handling of it, and, of course, a personal story for the mp involved and for all mps who have been under suspicion for any sort of sexual impropriety. so, as we know, there is now an investigation, and we have all been urged to wait for that to conclude. what is the kind of timeframe, do you think? well, i think the independent inquiry will take at least some weeks because it will want to be very sure that it has got all the facts available to it and, of course, it sounds prosaic but we are coming up to the summer recess shortly when parliament will go into its periodic adjournment and mps will go back to their constituencies. but i think it is important that this is dealt with quickly, i think, even more important

than that, it is important that it is seen to be dealt with quickly because this is becoming a pattern and a bit of a running sore for parliament. yeah, why do you think that is? i think there is a cultural problem within westminster. we talk about the westminster bubble and, in a way, this is it at its worst, people think that, you know, their behaviour, however egregious or however minor — we wait to see — can be sort of pulled behind the ramparts and it can be dealt with behind closed doors. and i think, increasingly, the public, quite rightly, see that that is not acceptable any more. there has been criticism that downing street failed to act quickly enough over this because mr pincher is an arch borisjohnson loyalist, do you think there are double standards at play here? i don't know about double standards, it may well be that mr pincher was dealt with differently because he was seen as a close ally, and of course he was deputy chief whip, and the whips have an important place in this kind of investigation, but i think it is just downing street reacting slowly and cack—handedly, as it has a tendency to do.

it sees its job as getting to the weekend, and it doesn't really see much beyond that. now, he was deputy chief whip, we tend to think about the traditional avenue of complaints as being the whips, so how does this work? i mean, who polices the police, in this case? who makes sure that the whips are behaving appropriately? well, it is a difficult issue. parliament has an independent complaints and grievance system which will work its way through, but traditionally the whips have been seen as fixers, in all sorts of ways, and to be fair they do operate a kind of sort of pastoral role. but i think too much is now being seen as something that can be dealt with in metaphorically smoke—filled rooms and behind closed doors, and i think the whips are going to need to come out into the light a little bit and be quite explicit about the way they are helping mps who may have genuine problems as well as just egregious conduct. i mean, it's all sorts of things. but i think the whips are going to need to consider their reputation

and their image very carefully here. two more britons captured by russian forces in ukraine have been charged with being mercenaries, according to russian state media. dylan healy, a chef who was volunteering as an aid worker, had been captured at a checkpoint in april. on the same day, russia released a video of andrew hill in military uniform, saying he had surrendered. it comes after two other british men, shaun pinner and aiden aslin, were sentenced to death last month. andrew hill went to ukraine to help fight the invasion, dylan healy tried to help evacuate refugees but both men have been tried as mercenaries. last month three men were sentenced to death by the so—called door next people's republic, according to dominic byrne, working on their cases, it's no coincidence most of them are

british. , ., , , ., , british. this really shows that the l russians are putting more pressure is on the british government and other governments and using the british prisoners is more of a political tool than others, and we believe that's the case because the british government have seem to rattle the russians within ukraine. rattled or not, on the battlefields of the east, russia is very much in the advance. they are said to be taking ground in the last part of the lansky region held by the ukrainians. russia is moving to encircle the city, if they do, they were cut off some of ukraine's most experienced soldiers. but it's not just the eastern donbas region that has felt the effects of the invasion, the last fortnight have seen attacks right across ukraine, here in the capital kyiv at a shopping centre in a town and most recently in a resort town. 21 people are now known to have died when

three russian missiles struck the popular holiday destination. everyone who was inside, they all died, _ everyone who was inside, they all died. my— everyone who was inside, they all died, my neighbour was a very good person. _ died, my neighbour was a very good person. it's— died, my neighbour was a very good person. it's a — died, my neighbour was a very good person, it's a great pity, she simply— person, it's a great pity, she simply died in my arms, it's really scary. _ simply died in my arms, it's really scary. i— simply died in my arms, it's really scary. idont— simply died in my arms, it's really scary, i don't know how to put into words _ scary, i don't know how to put into words. . . . ~ scary, i don't know how to put into words. ., ., . ~ , ., words. the attack came 'ust a few hours after — words. the attack came 'ust a few hours after russia _ words. the attack came 'ust a few hours after russia was _ words. the attack came just a few hours after russia was driven - words. the attack came just a few| hours after russia was driven from the strategically important snake island, under massive ukrainian bombardment. russia claimed it left as a gesture of goodwill, but last night returned to ban the equipment it had been forced to leave behind. —— to obama. —— to burma. the headlines on bbc news... warnings of further disruption for air travellers this summer — with more flights set to be cancelled in the coming weeks at heathrow — the uk's busiest airport. the conservative mp, chris pincher, who is under

investigation for allegedly groping two men said he is seeking "professional medical support" and hopes to return to his duties as an mp "as soon as possible". hundreds of people have gathered in east london at a vigil — dedicated to zara aleena — who was killed as she walked home from a night out. hundreds of people are taking part in a silent vigil for zara aleena, who was murdered in east london while walking home. the 35—year—old was minutes from her front door when she was attacked in ilford last week. 29—year—old jordan mcsweeney has been charged with her murder. ayshea buksh has been in ilford for us throughout the day. it has been an extraordinary day here, obviously very emotional for the family, but they wanted to invite people here to gants hill in east london and, in their words, to walk zara home. hundreds of people joined them in doing that. they walked through the streets of gants hill to the point where we are now and, as you can see, there are women and men and also very young children. i spoke to one mother who said she wanted to bring herfour sons because she wanted them to be

educated and to remember that it is not acceptable to ignore the issue of violence against women and girls and also to show respect for women. there are also here local politicians and national leaders who have come to show their respects. the family have said that zara was a brave and fearless, independent young woman. she was 35 years old, she had just secured a job at the royal courts ofjustice and was an aspiring lawyer. one of her friends told me she would have been fully in favour of what has happened here today, that people are walking to demonstrate their demand for change and for solutions of this very, very pertinent and important issue, in their words. yesterday, jordan mcsweeney, 29—year—old from dagenham in east london, appeared in court. he is charged with zara's murder,

burglary and attempted rape. the family have said they do not want zara's life to be defined by her death. and you can see that here, that, with the solidarity of so many other women's groups, million women rise, end violence against women, for example, they have said they want zara to be remembered as the brave and independent woman that she was. the amount of people in the uk falling victim to fraud is expected to increase sharply, according to her majesty's inspector of constabulary, matt parr. mr parr described an ever increasing tide of damage being done to people with no realistic plans to stop it. earlier, i spoke to moneybox reporter dan whitworth, who told me how widespread the problem was. fraud is an epidemic in this country. matt parr was speaking to us on moneybox in the context ofjust a few days ago, there were figures released by uk finance, the trade industry business body for the banking and financial

sector, and it described how a certain type of fraud, when victims are tricked and manipulated into transferring money to criminals themselves — that was up by 46% in the course of just one year. to put that another way, that's £500 million that was stolen from 200,000 people in just the last year so, within those numbers, investment scams are up 60% to £166 million stolen, romance fraud scams, so not just the financial hit but the emotional hit as well, they're up as well, a 77% increase in the space of a year, to seeing £30 million stolen from just over 3,000 victims. fraud is a big, big problem in the uk. staggering figures. why has it got so bad? criminals, fundamentally, are extremely good at theirjob. they are ruthlessly efficient at manipulating people, they are very good at social engineering, and social engineering is when, for example,

they harvest data from people, that people might put up online voluntarily, on social media. also, you might get a scam text, oh, you missed a delivery from royal mail, or here you can get details of a covid vaccine. if you enter any details in there, a week later, you might get a call from someone pretending to be from your bank, they have your name and address, it is easy for them to manipulate people into thinking you are calling from their bank. so criminals really are masters at their craft. there are not enough resources going into what is such a significant crime for so many people. i know, certainly, the banking sector and law enforcement indeed want greater collaboration between technology companies, social media sites, the telecoms industry, but it's a big problem because criminals are so good at it and there is not enough prevention in this country. gosh, i have nearly fallen for so many of those texts in the past, asking for details,

or money for a payment from royal mail. you say there are not enough resources going into preventing it, what can be done? i think a lot of responsibility lies on the individuals and to do with awareness. you know, you almost fall for these things but luckily you don't, but they can catch people when they are vulnerable, so a lot is to do with awareness, and people have to be aware there are horrible people out there trying to steal your money. and as the uk goes more digital, as we all get banking apps on our smartphone, that money can be stolen in a matter of minutes. the government is putting £100 million into trying to tackle fraud. it has launched a review into how to tackle this. it will be publishing that shortly. many of us will be hoping there are some real concrete moves in there that will see this epidemic of fraud tackled. there's been a huge rise in the number of people checking bowel cancer symptoms on the nhs

website following the death of dame deborah james. visits to the website increased from 2,000 on tuesday to 23,000 on wednesday. dame deborah had been living with the illness since 2016 and worked tirelessly to raise awareness of its symptoms and reduce the embarrassment of discussing them. graham satchell reports. dame deborahjames dressed up as a poo to raise awareness of the symptoms of bowel cancer. in posts on social media, she took people through the common signs. again and again, she urged anyone who had worries never to be embarrassed and to see their gp. dame deborah died on tuesday. her tireless campaigning has had a remarkable impact. this morning, nhs england has revealed a tenfold increase in traffic to their webpages about bowel cancer, up from an average of 2,000 a day to more than 23,000 on wednesday, the day after dame deborah died. deborah did the unthinkable in getting people to talk about bowel cancer and encouraging people not to be

embarrassed or prudish. so deborah wasjust an extraordinary spirit, full of courage and determination, to raise awareness about the importance of early detection because, generally, if you detect cancer early, the chances of cure are much greater. in a statement, the health secretary for england, sajid javid, said... deb is sat next to me in a poo costume. are you going to wear that for the whole podcast? well, the problem is, because it's designed for a six—year—old, - i can't really breathe in it. deborah's last words, posted on instagram, were, "check your poo, it mightjust save your life." today's figures show the impact her words are already having and the countless lives that will be saved as a result. graham satchell, bbc news.

hundreds of thousands of people are marching through london today for the city's first pride parade since 2019 because of the pandemic. it's also the 50th anniversary of london's first pride event, which was back in 1972. our lgbt and identity correspondent, lauren moss, reports. it's loud, it's proud and it's back... ..where it all began. the pride march has taken to the streets once again, with thousands of people walking under the rainbow flag. generations came together, including 17—year—old erin and her mum, vicky, who have travelled from leicestershire. i came out this year to my mum as bi. i've always wanted to come to one of these festivals. when i discovered we'd be down here anyway for the guns n roses concert yesterday, i asked if we could go, and my mum was so for it. i'm so proud of erin, i really am. to see everybody today, it's the most amazing experience. and for others, it'a a homecoming. jamieson came to his first

pride 46 years ago. it's wonderful now to see - the progression of what it was, and what we have become. it's thought around 30,000 people took part in the parade today, passing some of the route the original march took in 1972. it's one of the most colourful celebrations in the country. but pride is still a protest at its heart. we're celebrating the progress made over the last 50 years but also continue to campaign. the party will go on into the night. pride celebrations will continue around the uk for the next several weeks. lauren moss, bbc news. the grammy—winning singer adele played a huge gig in london's hyde park last night — herfirst public concert in five years. she told the audience of 65,000 fans that she was so happy to be back on stage. here's lizo mzimba. # hello, it's me #

# i was won...# oh, i'm so happy to be here! an emotional adele playing at hyde park. # to go over...# help me! her first full live show since 2017. # they say that time's supposed to heal you # but i ain't done much healing # hello from the other side!# and the first after leaving thousands of fans disappointed after postponing a las vegas residency. tonight's verdict? she's the best we've ever seen, absolutely outstanding. amazing. amazing, amazing. delighted, it was brilliant. and the set, just — she did everything you ever wanted to hear. the performance wasl amazing, it was great. yep, herfirst concert. she loved it, didn't you? loved it! but tonight has been more than just an evening of adele. it's been a day—long celebration of women in music, with an all—female lineup

of supporting acts for one of the biggest musical events of the year. # when a woman wants her man...# from acts like gabrielle, who adele adored growing up... # you been on my mind for a while now # trying to get you off # �*cause this ain't right now...# ..to a collection of new artists like mahalia, who was delighted to be part of such a symbolic line—up. i would say in the past a lot of festival line—ups have been pretty much male—dominated, and i think we are seeing a shift. but i think we as women also have to be a part of the change, we have to put ourselves forward to do those bills, to do those lineups, and i think you can really see that we're all trying to put ourselves in everyone's faces. will it make a big difference, do you think? i hope so, i really do hope so. because there's a demand for it, there's women like myself who want to see other women on stage, and so many other people that want to see their favourite female acts as well. so hopefully it does, yeah. # tainted view of us...#

it's an issue that has become more prominent in recent years... # trying!# ..with many applauding what adele has done on her return to live performing after a long five years for her fans. # we're both none the wiser.# lizo mzimba, bbc news, hyde park. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello. it's been another day of sunny spells and big shower clouds delivering some drenching downpours through the evening. some rain to clear from the southeast of we'll see further showers overnight around some western coastal fringes, most especially for northern ireland, parts of north west, england, northern and western parts of scotland, where the breeze will be strengthening. a little temperatures overnight between nine and 12 degrees.

tomorrow is another sunshine and showers day, but there shouldn't be quite as many showers as we've seen over the last couple of days. quite a few drifting across scotland, where it will be breezy. some quite heavy showers for central and eastern parts of england, perhaps with the odd flash of lightning, the odd rumble of thunder. but by the afternoon, northern ireland shouldn't have too many showers. neither should wales nor the south—west of england. temperatures around 16 to 22 degrees in most places. now, as we look further ahead, it is going to turn drier for most of us, particularly in the south, where it's going to warm up as well. temperatures could approach the high 20 celsius, always a little cooler with a little rain at times in the north. iyer chris

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: warnings of further disruption for air travellers this summer, with more flights set to be cancelled in the coming weeks at heathrow, the uk's busiest airport. the conservative mp chris pincher, who is under investigation for allegedly groping two men, said he is seeking professional medical support and hopes to return to his duties as an mp as soon as possible. hundreds of people have gathered in east london at a vigil dedicated to zara aleena, who was killed as she walked home from a night out. two more britons captured by russian forces in ukraine have have been charged with being mercenaries, according to russian state media. and more than a million people are gathering on the streets

of london for pride, as the lgbt plus community marks 50 years since the first march.