welcome to bbc news at 2. the headlines... the bbc says its received six complaints about alleged bullying or sexual misconduct by the dj tim westwood — and that one was referred to the police. borisjohnson was aware of reports and speculation about chris pincher�*s behaviour about chris pincher�*s behaviour before he was appointed as deputy chief whip in february danish police say there is no evidence that a shooting was religiously motivated. thousands of people are told to leave their homes, amid torrential rain and major flooding in sydney in australia

some food such as chicken and beef is off the menu for school dinners according to some caterers who blame rising costs. a new species of giant water lily has been discovered despite hiding in plain sight at kew gardens for 177 years. good afternoon. the bbc has received six complaints about alleged bullying or sexual misconduct by the former radio 1 dj tim westwood. at least one of the complaints, which was referred to the police, was made before an investigation by bbc news and the guardian in april, which revealed accounts of the dj's predatory sexual behaviour. the bbc said at that time that "no evidence of complaints" had been found. tim westwood, who left the bbc

in 2013, has previously denied allegations of sexual misconduct. our correspondent chi chi izundu has this report. these are some of the seven women who allege unexpected and unwanted sexual touching and sexual misconduct against the former bbc dj, tim westwood. it's westwood! we are live on bbc 2, welcome to the radio 1 rap show. this is isabel's story, she was 19 when she travelled from the midlands to meet westwood in london. when i got there, he was in a car and the next thing, he has undone his trousers. he actually tapped me to turn around and look at the fact he is exposing himself, so i looked and i have seen and i am like, "oh, no, my god." tim westwood strenuously denied all the allegations,

but as well as an international club dj, the 64—year—old had a nearly 20—year career at the bbc, fronting shows on radio 1 and 1 xtra. in april, in a statement to our investigation the bbc said... the very next day the director general tim davie went on to say... i have seen no evidence of complaints. - of complaints, i have asked. we looked at our records - and we have seen no evidence. this is now awkward for the bbc, who claimed it did not have any relevant information and now has six complaints of sexual misconduct or bullying against tim westwood. so far, the corporation has declined to clarify whether five of those complaints were received after the broadcast of our documentary. it has confirmed that the police referral is historic. the bbc says tim westwood was also spoken to following one of the other

complaints and said tim davie set out his position as he knew it at the time. the corporation confirmed it is still digging to find any more information regarding the behaviour of tim westwood during his employment. tim westwood has not responded to any of our requests for comment. it is about to get real hectic up here! now, the corporation is under pressure to answer questions about its record—keeping and reveal what it did and did not know about tim westwood's behaviour. downing street has said this lunchtime that borisjohnson was aware of "reports and speculation" about chris pincher�*s behaviour before he appointed him deputy chief whip in february. chris pincher resigned from the government on thursday, after allegations of sexual misconduct were made against him. our political correspondent nick eardley has the latest from westminster. bring us up—to—date on what exactly

downing street are saying. yes. bring us up-to-date on what exactly downing street are saying. yes, this is an important _ downing street are saying. yes, this is an important shift _ downing street are saying. yes, this is an important shift from _ downing street are saying. yes, this is an important shift from downing l is an important shift from downing street. we talked over the weekend and downing street's lying then and at the end of last week was that the prime minister had never been aware of any specific allegations against chris pincher. —— downing street's line. when he appointed chris pincher to the post of deputy chief which in february, what did he know, how much did he know, it came out at the weekend that an mp who had claimed that there had been inappropriate sexual advances has gone to downing street in february to alert them about his concerns and that the prime minister had in the past referred to apparentlyjokingly mr pincher, calling him pensioner by name, picture by nature. downing street today having said the prime minister was not aware of any concerns has said the prime minister

was aware but only of media reports and some allegations that were either resolved or did not progress to a formal complaint. so they are saying they did have knowledge of some of this. alleged behaviour. but that because it did not reach that level of a formal complaint, that was the reason that he progressed with that appointment. downing street has also said, it is worth saying, that mr pincher had served before under theresa may as a minister, the cabinet office team looked at his appointment and because of this lack of a formal complaint, said it could go—ahead. ultimately this falls back on boris johnson and the question of his judgment and that where the questions now revolve. find judgment and that where the questions now revolve. and let's look at that- _ questions now revolve. and let's look at that. how _ questions now revolve. and let's look at that. how dangerous - questions now revolve. and let's look at that. how dangerous is l questions now revolve. and let'sl look at that. how dangerous is all of this four boris johnson? look at that. how dangerous is all of this four borisjohnson? he survived that leadership vote a few

weeks ago but they could be conceivably another one if there are changes to the 1922 committee? that's possibly the issue for him here. not that the specific allegations themselves, although he is still under pressure to detail what he might have known, what these media reports and allegations he did know about where and should he have taken those more seriously when appointing mr pincher to a position where live because he has a powerful role, overseeing mps in the party or had a powerful role. but the other issue for mrjohnson is, we have this swirl now, the process beginning this week, that 1922 committee who oversee the rules are within the party, they are going to be beginning this week the process of reforming or re—voting for the members who sit on the committee of

that board, who oversee it. there is a push amongst some of those who wanted to remove mrjohnson recently to get seats on that board to try and change the rules, to force perhaps a new contest. this swirl around mrjohnson�*sjudgment around around mrjohnson�*s judgment around chris around mrjohnson�*sjudgment around chris pincher i think adds to that, those sentiments, some of them that they may be able to push to get enough of those seats to try to force through some sort of a change. we will see what happens with that. for the moment, thank you very much for that. a 22—year—old man is to due in court in copenhagen, in connection with yesterday's shooting in the city. three people were killed and four others are in hospital in a critical condition, after the incident at the fields shopping centre in south of the city. police say the suspect had a history of mental health problems was terrorism related. our europe correspondentjessica parker is in the danish capital.

there are still armed police outside fields shopping centre this lunchtime, which remains cordoned off. it is part of an enhanced police presence in the city. authorities say their initial assessment is that this was a random attack, but of course it is one that has left the city in a state of shock. a warning, my report contains some distressing images from the start. gunshot. screaming. panic and fear, as gunshots rang out at a shopping mall in denmark's capital. the rush to escape a deadly attack. two 17—year—olds and a 47—year—old russian man who lives in denmark were killed. four others left in serious condition. i have spoken to my daughters, they were in the restaurant where the perpetrator was firing the shots, but they managed to get out, so now they are hiding an apartment. they saw a guy coming up the escalator, starting to fire with an automatic gun. and so they of course just ran

as quick as they could. sobbing. a short time later, the father and daughter reunited. this, a chilling image of the alleged gunman. a 22—year—old man, described as an ethnic dane, was arrested minutes after the shooting. police say he was known to mental health services. translation: there was nothing in our investigation _ of the documents we have been looking at or the items we found other witness statements we have that indicate this was an act of terror. the fields mall is one of denmark's biggest shopping centres, located on the outskirts of copenhagen, a music concert by harry styles at a nearby arena was cancelled. on social media, the british singer said...

denmark's prime minister, mette frederiksen, said the country had suffered a cruel attack, one that has left its capital city reeling. ukraine's president zelensky has promised to win back control of the eastern region of luhansk with the help of new western weaponry. the area's capture by russian troops was confirmed yesterday, when ukraine withdrew its forces from the key city of lysychansk, following days of heavy fighting. our ukraine correspondentjoe inwood has the latest from kyiv. so taking luhansk has been one of the big strategic aims of the russians. it is part of this area called the donbas that we have spoken about so much and for them, taking lysychansk was the last part of the puzzle. president putin has spoken about this is a great success. ukrainians have been presenting it a rather different way, they talk of a strategic withdrawal, basically of giving up the city because they felt they were going to be encircled,

cut off and they've wanted to avoid that at all costs. earlier, i spoke to the governor of the region. he told me why they decided to pull out the troops out. translation: our military could have held the city for a long time, _ but russia currently has a huge advantage in artillery and ammunition. they would have simply destroyed the city from a distance, so there was no point in staying. we would have been surrounded and had to sit there while the city was being shelled. therefore, we decided not to allow an encirclement. the governor of luhansk province serhiy haidai speaking there. firefighters in bedford are tackling a large blaze at a block of flats following a gas explosion. bedfordshire fire and rescue service described the blaze at a three—storey block as a major incident adam fisher, a sales worker whose office is nearby, said he heard a "huge explosion" before witnessing "an inferno". two people have been taken to hospital, one

with serious injuries. the labour leader sir keir starmer is to use a speech later today to explain how he believes he could make brexit work better for the uk. he's expected to renew pledges not to take the uk back into the eu single market and customs union, or restore freedom of movement for workers, if he becomes prime minister. our political correspondent ben wright looks ahead to the labour leader's speech. you will remember back in december 2019, borisjohnson won that general election emphatically, with a promise to get brexit done. well, now, labour's leader keir starmer wants to win, he hopes, the next election with a promise to make brexit work. that has been his slogan for some time and tonight in a speech, he is going to flesh out what that slogan means. i do think it the marks a tactical shift for the party. it was only three years ago that keir starmer himself was calling for a second referendum to try and break the brexit deadlock that was gripping westminster. it has been a problematic issue for the party.

many of the seats it lost in 2019 voted leave in the referendum. but a lot of labour activists would like to see, and are still calling for, closer relation hship between the uk and the eu. just the other day, the labour london mayor said he would like to see the uk rejoin the single market. in this speech tonight, keir starmer will say emphatically that is not going to happen, the uk won'tjoin the eu if he becomes prime minister, there will be no rejoining the single market or return to the customs union of free movement. i think what he is trying to do is close down a potential line of attack from the tories, as we head to the next election. he wants to make this about what he sees as brexit�*s failings and missed opportunities. he will stay for instance that he would like to cut a number of side deals with the eu to make the situation in northern ireland work better. new mutual recognition deal of professional qualifications. he wants to keep the uk in horizon�*s science programme.

this according to keir starmer is about the practical consequences of brexit and not the principle, which he says is settled. ben wright there. wrote have been cut off in sydney with 18 evacuation orders in western sydney alone and warning of more to come. emergency services have told people to find different routes after

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speculation about chris pincher�*s behaviour before he was appointed deputy chief whip in february. danish police say there is no evidence that a shooting in the copenhagen shopping centre which left three people dead was motivated by terrorism. they say the suspect had a history of mental illness. school caterers have told the bbc that rising food prices are changing what they provide for children's lunches in england and wales. some caterers have switched to cheaper imported meats, and changed the fruit and vegetables on offer. catering companies say the cost of basic groceries has increased by as much as 30 %, and they're calling for the money for school dinners to be ring—fenced. our education editor branwen jeffreys reports. hello, good morning, paul. there you go! the early food delivery for the school lunch. oh, lots of potatoes today. even the humble spud is more expensive than it used to be.

and the roast dinner here is now gammon. this primary gets its food from caterers supplying 69 schools across plymouth. but across england and wales, caterers have told the bbc prices are going up, driving changes on school meal menus. in plymouth we have had to look carefully at the meat we buy. so we've taken beef off the menu. we have been buying that from farms in cornwall. we have replaced it with gammon, we have reduced the amount of chicken that we are using and replaced that with turkey. we are just having to balance the food cost on the plate to actually make it and continue for it to be quality, but affordable. this wholesaler down the road supplies the plymouth school caterers. on the price of fuell this week, have you seen the new prices coming out? yeah, it's gone up 8.5p a litre on this week. rising fuel costs are just one of their headaches. they have faced sudden shortages of some fruit and veg. and the war in ukraine has made prices unpredictable.

since january, we have never, anybody in this trade has ever experienced what we have saw over the last few months. luckily now, things are levelling out on the produce side, due to the fact a lot of it is local coming through and english products. but certainly been a horrendous few months. everything in these crates is destined for local schools. now, at the moment, prices are quite stable, because we are into the british growing season, but the fear is that this autumn and winter could see further big price hikes. yay! let the show time begin. for school catering teams, it's getting harder to make everything add up. fourand four is? eight! and eight and eight is? 16! wow! children might have to get used to more changes on their plate, even though most of them

like familiar foods. what do you like about the roast dinner best? i like the roast... you like the roast potatoes then? is that your favourite bit? i like some of the vegetable and the gammon, it was really nice. and for dessert i had a pot ofjelly. i like the potatoes more. which is your favourite? the all—day breakfast. you eat breakfast? yeah? you don't like the roast dinner? i do, but my favourite is probably the breakfast. it's probably the breakfast. you have cleared your plate, dylan, what do you like about school dinners? i like the taste of the food and also the vegetables. with half the children here getting free school meals, good food matters. just losing beef off the menu had had an effect. sometimes it is not until you do something like that that - you realise the impact. so, for example, some children stopped having roast— dinner and we are saying, "why is that?" _

"oh, i really like the roast beef and yorkshire puds." _ so, that's really sad, i because with the roast, the roast meat, comes a lot of offers around l vegetables that they. might not otherwise try. the number of children who need free school meals has gone up. in england, more money has been gone into meals for the very youngest, with the government giving 7p a child extra each day. a welcome increase, but one that could be overtaken by prices. branwen jeffreys, bbc news, plymouth. joining me now is sean turner, policy officer at school food matters. how worried are you about this and what looks like a munition of quality? because of rising prices. this issue has been going on for months now. and has obviously been

worsened by the cost of living crisis, supply chain issues and the war in ukraine which is not a new issue. the funding for school food has not risen with inflation and this increase is just has not risen with inflation and this increase isjust 3%, it is nowhere near cover the rise of inflation and who will lose out ultimately? the children who rely on free school meals for their nutritional safety net. because we have heard _ nutritional safety net. because we have heard that _ nutritional safety net. because we have heard that for _ nutritional safety net. because we have heard that for some - nutritional safety net. because we | have heard that for some children, the free school lunch they get is essentially the only decent new of the day they will get. that's right. recent work by child poverty action group now shows that of children who live in poverty in this country, one in three of them are live in poverty in this country, one in three of then— in three of them are not eligible for a free school— in three of them are not eligible for a free school new. _ in three of them are not eligible for a free school new. because l in three of them are not eligible i for a free school new. because the government threshold to get a free school meal in this country sits at a household income of £7,a00 a year. so if your household has more than £7,000 a year income before

benefits, you are considered too well—off to get a free school meal. that means there is approaching 1 million children in poverty and cannot access vital nutritional support. cannot access vital nutritional su ort. , , cannot access vital nutritional su--ort. , .,_ , cannot access vital nutritional suuort. , , , support. presumably this could get worse? because _ support. presumably this could get worse? because inflation _ support. presumably this could get worse? because inflation does - support. presumably this could get worse? because inflation does not| worse? because inflation does not look like it will level off or fall any time soon.— look like it will level off or fall any time soon. yes. obviously inflation is _ any time soon. yes. obviously inflation is not _ any time soon. yes. obviously inflation is not looking - any time soon. yes. obviously inflation is not looking great . any time soon. yes. obviously i inflation is not looking great but also post summer as we see rising energy bills again, in the autumn potentially increases to fuel costs and energy bills for households, they are exactly the same for schools and most caterers will have to foot that bill somehow and without additional funding into the system, unfortunately we are hearing caterers talking about reducing portions and quality of meals. there are substitutes _ portions and quality of meals. there are substitutes but _ portions and quality of meals. there are substitutes but it _ portions and quality of meals. there are substitutes but it was _ are substitutes but it was interesting hearing from the head teacher that substituting roast beef for example, the effect of that is that the kids who like a roast lunch then do not get all the vegetables

that goes with that.— that goes with that. yes, and throughout — that goes with that. yes, and throughout the _ that goes with that. yes, and throughout the pandemic, i that goes with that. yes, and | throughout the pandemic, the that goes with that. yes, and - throughout the pandemic, the school food workforce throughout the country has been tireless. their creativity in creating substitutes like you mention can only get them so for when the pressures from the finances are squeezing them so tightly. finances are squeezing them so tiuhtl . ., finances are squeezing them so tiuhtl. ., i. finances are squeezing them so tiuhtl. ., ., , , ., tightly. for you, the answer is more hel from tightly. for you, the answer is more help from the _ tightly. for you, the answer is more help from the government, - tightly. for you, the answer is more help from the government, is - tightly. for you, the answer is more help from the government, is that l help from the government, is that right? help from the government, is that ri . ht? help from the government, is that riuht? , , ., help from the government, is that ri ht? , , ,., ., ., right? the best solution here and this would be _ right? the best solution here and this would be killing _ right? the best solution here and this would be killing two - right? the best solution here and this would be killing two birds - right? the best solution here and. this would be killing two birds with one stone, would be start by increasing the number of children who can access a free school meal, not only would that address the issues of children living in poverty who need that nutrition, but it would improve the economy to scale for the caterers so if you have a half—full restaurant that is never going to be a viable business model but if you get more children eating good nutritious quality food it also means that bulk purchasing becomes more effective and the overheads become less per meal. as]!!! more effective and the overheads become less per meal.— become less per meal. all of that costs more _ become less per meal. all of that costs more money. _ become less per meal. all of that costs more money. more - become less per meal. all of that - costs more money. more government money that they would say they don't

have. it money that they would say they don't have. , ., ., ., have. it is not for me to determine how the treasury _ have. it is not for me to determine how the treasury finds _ have. it is not for me to determine how the treasury finds its - have. it is not for me to determine how the treasury finds its money, | how the treasury finds its money, but i think if you're going to start spending money somewhere, surely children's health is a good place. very good to talk to you, thank you for your time. easyjet has announced that its chief operating officer peter bellew has resigned. it comes amid growing pressure on the airline to reduce flight disruptions. the airline has been one of the worst hit for cancellations in recent months — and has axed thousands of flights — including many on the day they were due to depart. rescuers in northern italy have resumed their search for more than 15 people still missing after an avalanche in the dolomites. at least 6 people were killed and 9 injured when parts of a glacier collapsed on the mountain marmolada on sunday. alpine rescue teams with sniffer dogs and drones have been deployed. an investigation has been launched into the incident.

there are fewer pubs in england and wales than ever before. the total number of pubs dropped below 40,000 during the first—half of this year, a fall of more than 7000 over the last decade. more about the pressures that are facing pubs in the united kingdom at the moment. the pub has been a mainstay of british life for hundreds of years but there are growing concerns that in england and wales this much loved institution is coming under concern. these risks have been raised by a consultancy firm who say that although pubs managed to battle through covid, with all the challenges that brought such as lockdown and social—distancing, and all of those other pressures, they are now facing a whole new set of challenges, like rising costs,

energy bills, as a result according to this group, 400 pubs in england and wales closed last year and in the last half of this year, the first—half, another 200 have disappeared. that takes the total number to below 40000 and that is the lowest level on record. it is the lowest level on record. it is the west midlands and london and the east of england according to this research we are seeing the biggest drops. the government for its part say it does continue to support the hospitality sector, it says it has been slashing fuel duty and introducing a 50% business rates relief for eligible firms. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. despite a lot of fine weather, temperatures have lagged behind where we would normally see them at this point in the summer. through the week ahead we see them left for parts of the uk. by the weekend up

to average values with scotland and northern ireland, above—average for england and wales by saturday and sunday. forthe england and wales by saturday and sunday. for the remainder of monday, a breeze will follow a weather front the south—east through the evening. some showers here and for the north and west of scotland overnight. clear spells elsewhere, cool in rural areas, six or seven first thing tuesday. a lot of sunshine first thing but for cloud spills across wales and southern england for the afternoon. dry, across wales and southern england forthe afternoon. dry, drizzly across wales and southern england for the afternoon. dry, drizzly rain perhaps for western scotland and northern ireland. 17 in aberdeen, 23 in london. we will keep the cloud across scotland and northern ireland but temperatures left to the low 20s. high 20s for parts of england and wales by the weekend.

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the bbc has revealed that a complaint against the former radio 1 dj tim westwood had previously been referred to the police. he denies the allegations. borisjohnson was aware of "reports and speculation" about chris pincher�*s behaviour before he was appointed deputy chief whip in february. danish police say there is no evidence a shooting in a copenhagen shopping centre — which left three people dead — was motivated by terrorism and the suspect had a history of mental illness. a man's died and thousands have been told to leave their homes — amid torrential rain and major flooding in sydney. some foods like chicken and beef are off the menu for school dinners according to some caterers, who blame shortages and rising costs. a new species of giant waterlily has been discovered by scientists — despite hiding in plain sight

at kew gardens for 177 years. sport now. good afternoon. it's a big day at wimbledon with quarter final places at stake — and attention falling once again on nick krygios. the australian won a fiery encounter against world numberfour stefanos tsitsipas . nick krygios has been showing us his struggles with his shoulders, struggling with his serving arm, not looked very happy, had the physio out, been pretty grumpy. but has not been giving us any of the circus antics we had against stefanos tsitsipas. he did lose the first set, nick krygios. his opponent is a 20—year—old american, 16 places below nick krygios. held his nerve

really calm, measured first set from him. but nick krygios has gone and got himself back into this match. let's take you to live pictures on centre court, and that motion nick krygios is gone. one of the best players on grass by some distance and has broken the server from players on grass by some distance and has broken the serverfrom his opponent in the second set. nick krygios leads it by four games to three. he looks uncomfortable with a shoulder which is cause them problems throughout these championships. he pulled out of the doubles because he was not feeling 100%, but my goodness me, he will fancy his chances through to the quarterfinals here at wimbledon for the second time. court one, we have finished. into the quarterfinals for the first time in her career, there

she is, the 17th seed from kazakhstan. she reached the fourth round last year, been in the world's top 15 before, just outside now, 23rd in the world at 23 years old. but through she goes to the quarterfinals. still so much to come. rafael nadal, we will see him on centre later against a dutch player that does reach the quarterfinals of the us open, no doubt drop sets a couple times in this championship so far —— nadal dropped sets. he will fancy his chances of progressing. heather watson was knocked out in the women's singles yesterday and is now out of the doubles as well. england have won the fifth and final test against india after bowling the

visitors out for 245. they made light work, with four wickets before lunch and dismissing the rest of the day break. england 53 without loss, in the elite in this delayed the 2-1. also concerning manchester united — denmark midfielder christian eriksen has agreed in principle to sign for the club — on a free transfer. the 30—year—old's short—term contract at brentford ended last month. it is believed eriksen, who is still to have his medical, was choosing between thomas frank's side and united, but the lure of playing for the latter swung his decision. arsenal have signed brazil forward gabrieljesus from manchester city on a long—term dealfor £45 million. the 25—year—old forward is expecting tojoin after undergoing a medical and agreeing personal terms. he scored 95 goals in 236 appearances in all competitions during his five seasons at city. jesus will wear the nine shirt — recently vacated by alexandre lacazette, who left for lyon on a free transfer. manchester city have signed

leeds united midfielder kalvin phillips for £45 million. the england international joins the premier league champions on a six year deal. he becomes pep guardiola's third summer signing after the arrivals of erling haaland and stefan ortega moreno. that's all the sport for now. a consultation has begun on increasing the number of children that can be looked after by a single childcare worker in england. currently, one adult can be in charge of four children, but the government wants to change that to one adult caring for five. the government hopes it will cut the costs of childcare, but there are fears the quality of care would drop if the plan is adopted. sanchia berg reports. 7.30 in the morning, and toddlers are arriving at little flyers nursery near edinburgh. most parents said that they were happy with the staffing ratio here.

maisie has been going to nursery since she was two. we were in glasgow before, and i always felt the ratios were quite generous in glasgow, as well. compared with england, the scottish workforce is better qualified, and staff have to continue training throughout their career. at little flyers, they'll often have more adults in the toddler room than the legal minimum. the ratio system is more like, it's like the speed limit. that's the maximum you can go to, you don't want to exceed that. but you can drive slower if you like. it's the same with the ratio, you can have more hands on. this system is well established. the ratio has been in place for many years. scottish nurseries generally have more funding per child, and they don't have to pay business rates. should that scottish ratio be a model for england? that's the question the government's asking today, as it starts a formal consultation. this isn't a decision made, it's about us going ahead and saying, "look, scotland do things ever so slightly differently, they have a one to five ratio instead of a one to four".

we need to look at that, we need to consult with the sector, we need to consult with the experts and importantly, consult with parents, to make sure that what we are proposing is right. # if you see a lion, don't forget to roar! raaaah! over the borderfrom little flyers at yellow wellies nursery in durham, the owner says it's the very worst time to change staffing. children born during the pandemic missed so much. to catch up, many need extra, individual support. even if she did change the ratios, the owner of this nursery doubts she'd be able to drop fees. other costs are going up fast. her energy bills have tripled. please come and spend a day with us in our two—year—olds' room. and when i say day, i mean 7:30am until 6pm. pop yourself in the room with 15 two—year—olds and two of my staff, let's see how you get on. what is the monkey doing? nurseries in both nations have been hit by the cost of living crisis. experienced staff are leaving

for better paid work. and in england, the number of providers has dropped by 4,000 over the last financial year. sanchia berg, bbc news. neil leitch is chief executive of the early years alliance — hejoins me now. what do you make of this proposal? i think it is frankly a ridiculous and misleading proposal, because government is completely aware this will not impact the cost of care and education for parents. they know that nine out of ten providers have already said to them they will not change their ratios. they know as it currently stands that over half don't operate to the existing one to four ratio. i suggest this is a veneer to go out to parents and dangle a carrot to say look what we are doing for you in this economic crisis, we are going to get your childcare and education costs down.

it won't happen. so it is misleading and it's a waste of time and effort. but the government minister talking about this earlier on today were saying actually this is just a consultation and that is why they are notjust going ahead with this, they are going to listen very carefully to everybody concerned. well, i hope that is the case. but perhaps they should have listened to everybody concerned before they wasted their time on this consultation, because i come back to the point, parents don't want this. the sector doesn't want this. why are we pushing this forward? it is interesting, any sort of supplementary question within the consultation, government is also asking would you like to change the ratios of older children? this is reallyjust ratios of older children? this is really just a fanciful ratios of older children? this is reallyjust a fanciful position to try and put responsibility for child care costs back onto providers. the reason we have high childcare and education course is not because of the number of people that care for

children, it's because we invest considerably less than many other countries too. there is a synergy between the two. you can't have it both ways. you can't have really high childcare costs and a very low investment, and expect magic to happen. it can't happen like that. —— it doesn't happen like that. the -- it doesn't happen like that. the government _ -- it doesn't happen like that. the government are _ —— it doesn't happen like that. the government are saying other countries invest more in early years education but say they pay a lot more tax. for example, sweden, where nearly all childcare costs comedy lowest paid workers are paying 35% tax, that is their argument. i accept that but we never have this debate when it comes to older children, we accept that some when each child walks through the school gates we have a responsibility, a social responsibility to educate them, to make sure they do not become a burden later on in life. that is exactly the same for the early years. this isn't about

baby—sitting, this isn't about stopping children running across the street, this is about creating cane citizens for the future that will generate income into basically the economy. we shouldn't treat any differently, but we do. we think it isjust a by—product, and children all of a sudden have become commodities in the treasury's equation. this is not with this is about, this is about educating children. i was interested, about, this is about educating children. iwas interested, i make this point, when you were talking to the individual in the nursery, she talked about isn't this an awful time to do it? at the very same time as this proposal was leaked from number ten, you had as this proposal was leaked from numberten, you had her as this proposal was leaked from number ten, you had her majesty's chief investigator of ofsted doing the rounds on radio and television telling colleagues that children's development, young children's development, young children's development had stalled. they need more support than ever. we have a recruitment and retention crisis. it

is like they have thought what is the worst possible time we can propose changing ratios. fine the worst possible time we can propose changing ratios. one last oint, propose changing ratios. one last point. changing — propose changing ratios. one last point, changing the _ propose changing ratios. one last point, changing the staff- propose changing ratios. one last point, changing the staff to - propose changing ratios. one last point, changing the staff to childl point, changing the staff to child ratio from 1—41— five, is a really dramatic when all it does is bring england into line with the ratio in scotland? it england into line with the ratio in scotland? , ., ., ~ , scotland? it is about taking things into context. _ scotland? it is about taking things into context, you _ scotland? it is about taking things into context, you can't _ scotland? it is about taking things into context, you can't cherry - scotland? it is about taking things into context, you can't cherry pick| into context, you can't cherry pick bits from other countries and assume that makes your argument. you can do that, you have to look at it in the round, my argument is, yes, it does. good to talk to you, thank you. it there is a streak free second week in a dispute over pay. talk us through the grievance of the criminal law barristers? their

average salary is over £12,000 a year. the element the first year people work as a criminal barrister, the median salary... people work as a criminal barrister, the median salary. . ._ people work as a criminal barrister, the median salary... some people are earnina as the median salary... some people are earning as little _ the median salary... some people are earning as little as _ the median salary... some people are earning as little as £9,000 _ the median salary... some people are earning as little as £9,000 a - the median salary... some people are earning as little as £9,000 a year- earning as little as £9,000 a year after seven years of doing a degree and training. it is very low pay. one of the biggest complaints, it is notjust low pay, but low pay for a very large number of hours. a barrister who ends appearing in the crown court, to prepare they have done several hours of unpaid work the night before, got a train, potentially long distances, cannot claim for the train fare. if they have travelled any significant distance, after that 120 5p you have taken a £75 train fare out of it and might get £50 for potentially 50 hours work. it is incredibly low.

i grabbed my dad working 12 to 14 hours _ i grabbed my dad working 12 to 14 hours seven days a week, i grew up understanding what hard work was —— i understanding what hard work was —— i grew— understanding what hard work was —— i grew up— understanding what hard work was —— i grew up with my dad. i knew that you had _ i grew up with my dad. i knew that you had to — i grew up with my dad. i knew that you had to contribute to society was essential _ you had to contribute to society was essential that you don't get nothing for free _ essential that you don't get nothing for free. that is something i bring into this _ for free. that is something i bring into thisjoh— for free. that is something i bring into thisjob every for free. that is something i bring into this job every day. the reality of the _ into this job every day. the reality of the job— into this job every day. the reality of the job is, i'm into this job every day. the reality of thejob is, i'm being into this job every day. the reality of the job is, i'm being taken for a mug. _ of the job is, i'm being taken for a mug. realty. — of the job is, i'm being taken for a mug, really, because they are relying — mug, really, because they are relying on— mug, really, because they are relying on hard work, lack of payment. _ relying on hard work, lack of payment, extra hours, 30—40, 50 hours — payment, extra hours, 30—40, 50 hours a — payment, extra hours, 30—40, 50 hours a week— payment, extra hours, 30—40, 50 hours a week i do for free, they are relying _ hours a week i do for free, they are relying on— hours a week i do for free, they are relying on me to do that out of my passion _ relying on me to do that out of my passion for— relying on me to do that out of my passion for the job. it comes to a point _ passion for the job. it comes to a point where — passion for the job. it comes to a point where enough is enough. is there point where enough is enough. there any point where enough is enough. is there any sign of a resolution of this dispute? i there any sign of a resolution of this dispute?— this dispute? i don't think there is, if i'm honest. _ this dispute? i don't think there is, if i'm honest. the _ this dispute? i don't think there l is, if i'm honest. the government have put on the table bear 15% offer, which is what was recommended

some time ago by the inquiry looked into it, and the barristers don't feel that makes up for this, the 28% they have lost over the several years, and it doesn't start to deal with the crisis in the criminal justice system. if this doesn't get result this week, the strike next week will be four days out of five, and if it does not get resulting, they will be on track for the whole week, and at the moment, i don't see any sign of even discussions going on. both sides are sort of sitting shouting at each other and we don't seem to be making any progress at the moment. you seem to be making any progress at the moment-— seem to be making any progress at the moment. ., ., . ., , , the moment. you mention decreases in the moment. you mention decreases in the criminaljustice _ the moment. you mention decreases in the criminaljustice system. _ the moment. you mention decreases in the criminaljustice system. there - the criminaljustice system. there are those that clear that years of underinvestment in that system by this government and previous governments have left it really terrible mess. ih governments have left it really terrible mess.— terrible mess. in the years of austerity _ terrible mess. in the years of austerity there _ terrible mess. in the years of austerity there was _ terrible mess. in the years of austerity there was a - terrible mess. in the years of austerity there was a big - terrible mess. in the years of| austerity there was a big push terrible mess. in the years of - austerity there was a big push the make savings, one of the big areas targeted was the criminaljustice system and legal aid. that's how it is that these fees have come down so

far. the big delay now in the criminaljustice far. the big delay now in the criminal justice system far. the big delay now in the criminaljustice system is partly as a result of covid, but were there before and one of the reasons there are big delays in the criminal justice system is a shortage of people to do the work. the system is so stretched that cases supposed to happen on a day can't happen because there is not someone to take the case on. i think at the moment you got a situation slightly unfortunately where other parts of society are asking for a significant pay rises to keep up with inflation, and this is being put in with that. in a funny sort of way i think this is almost a unique case where these very highly qualified professionals in those early years of their career are being paid so little that they are being paid so little that they are just leaving and there just won't be senior barristers and judges in the years to come unless this gets resolved. it is quite important it does get resolved. in afghanistan an all—male gathering of more than 4500 taliban leaders,

clerics and elders has been criticised for not addressing concerns about rights of women and girls. the meeting which took place over the weekend failed to tackle the pressing issue of the return of girls to secondary education. it's been 290 days since the taliban stopped teenage girls from attending school, making afghanistan the only country in the world to enforce such a policy. yalda hakim has been to visit a secret school where girls are taking matters into their own hands. hidden away on the outskirts of kabul, a secret school. around 60 girls usually come here daily, desperate to learn. but today, only a handful show up. afraid of our cameras and worried about their identities being revealed. they've been locked out of their classrooms for almost 300 days by the taliban simply because of their gender. despite the risks and fear,

these brave girls tell me they have no choice but to take matters into their own hands. they're nervous to speak about their new rulers. it's cruel not to open schools for girls. we have as much right to learn as boys do. it would be cruel of the taliban not to allow us to return to our schools. the teacher, as defiant as her students, is determined to help them. we can't be in a situation where we go back centuries. we should be moving forward and uplift others. we want support for those who want to get educated. education is a basic right and we should not be denied this.

but they're also well aware that this is no replacement to formal education. back in march, it seemed schools were finally about to reopen. but hours after girls started arriving, the de facto authorities announced they needed to go back home. this sudden change in policy left millions devastated. a recent gathering of more than 4500 clerics, elders and taliban leaders was held to tackle the biggest issues facing afghanistan. girls' education and women's rights barely rated a mention. nasrallah was one of only two scholars who called for girls to be allowed to go back to school. it is it un—islamic that the taliban are banning girls from school? it is un—islamic to ban girls or boys from school. and the taliban says they are not against education and they say they will open schools soon.

since the taliban swept to power, the lives of women and girls has changed dramatically, literally overnight. there is now growing concern, both in afghanistan and internationally, that if the taliban continue to deny them their basic rights, the future of millions of girls and women will remain bleak. more now on the news that sir keir starmer will use a speech later today to explain how he believes a labour government could, in his words, "make brexit work". to discuss current attitudes to brexit among voters — i'm joined by kelly beaver, uk and ireland chief executive of polling company, ipsos. we have this keir starmer speech tonight and we are expecting him to explain that he believes he can make brexit work better for the uk,

although he is going to promise not to try to take the uk back into the eu single market or customs union. how would you say that attitudes have changed towards brexit, if they have changed towards brexit, if they have changed towards brexit, if they have changed at all?— have changed towards brexit, if they have changed at all? there are some thins have changed at all? there are some thin . s that have changed at all? there are some things that haven't _ have changed at all? there are some things that haven't really _ have changed at all? there are some things that haven't really changed. . things that haven't really changed. when you look at the polling asking people whether or not how they would vote if the brexit referendum happen today or whether they would vote to go back into the eu, people are still really divided. the one thing that has changed is how people are perceiving brexit is going. we've done some polling just recently in the last week or so asking people the last week or so asking people the same question that we've asked them a couple of times, whether they think brexit has made their daily life worse are better or made no difference at all. what we are starting to see is the public are making up their minds. before when we asked this over a year ago most people were sitting in the middle, didn't really know, thought it made no difference. six in ten said that

with the case. but today almost half are saying it is making their daily lives worse, with only one in five saying it is making it better. so that perception of what is happening now as a result of brexit, that is beginning to shift. you now as a result of brexit, that is beginning to shift.— beginning to shift. you mention whether they — beginning to shift. you mention whether they would _ beginning to shift. you mention whether they would change - beginning to shift. you mention | whether they would change their minds about the way they voted in the actual referendum. what are the figures on that, the indications on the actress—mack sz�*s figures on that, the indications on the actress-mac!— figures on that, the indications on the actress-mack 4296 said they would come aboard — the actress-mack 4296 said they would come aboard they _ the actress-mack 4296 said they would come aboard they wouldn't _ the actress-mack 4296 said they would come aboard they wouldn't and - the actress-mack 4296 said they would come aboard they wouldn't and some l come aboard they wouldn't and some don't know. it is still very divided. ithink don't know. it is still very divided. i think that is the key message, ultimately, and the things are changing, it is around whether people are seeing the impact around a bit. cost of living concerns, labour markets, some of the challenges we've seen there, people are starting to corroborate that with their views of what is because of brexit and what is because of other things. of brexit and what is because of other things-— other things. that is the point an a , other things. that is the point anyway. people _ other things. that is the point anyway. people can _ other things. that is the point

anyway, people can say - other things. that is the point | anyway, people can say things other things. that is the point - anyway, people can say things are pretty tough at the moment, labour shortage, the cost of living crisis, spiralling inflation, but it is quite difficult to disentangle the causes of those things, isn't it? whether it is global energy supplies, the shortage of global energy, the war in ukraine, brexit... lots of very senior economists have had trouble disentangling all of that, let alone the voters. i disentangling all of that, let alone the voters. ., �* ~' disentangling all of that, let alone the voters. ., �* ~ , , . the voters. i don't think the public can disentangle _ the voters. i don't think the public can disentangle what _ the voters. i don't think the public can disentangle what causes - the voters. i don't think the public| can disentangle what causes some the voters. i don't think the public i can disentangle what causes some of the challenges like cost of living. but they can tell you about what they think contributes to it. and one of those things they think is contributing is to the cost of living crisis will be that relationship and some of the challenges that have been hired as a result of brexit. there are some positives that have come out of the recent research we've done as well. we do see that people still believe, eight in ten think it's important to close relationship with the ego, and that's almost as high amongst the

voters as it is amongst those who voted to remain. people do see areas where they think there are opportunities to improve the relationship with the eu and work together on things that matter for both people in the uk and for those across other eu countries. like the challenge of net zero, the challenges around managing criminality and terrorism, etc. thank you very much indeed. a new species of giant water lily has been discovered by scientists — and it's been hiding in plain sight for 177 years. the plant is the world's largest water lily — with leaves more than ten feet wide. it's been in the archives of the royal botanic gardens at kew since 1845, but was mistakenly identified as another species. our science editor, rebecca morelle, has the story. they're a marvel of the botanical world — giant water lilies dominating the pond in kew gardens.

but these aren't just extraordinary to look at — they're also a species that's new to science. they are huge, aren't they? and they feel so strong. yeah. when you press down on them. under the path there is a network of nerves and they're filled with air, so basically it's like a floating mat. for years these plants have masqueraded as another species, but carlos magdelana, one of the world's leader water lily experts, long suspected this wasn't the case. when you think this is a new species, you have to demonstrate it, and this is what we have done. and i believe we have done it looking at every aspect. it's one of those things i cannot put into words. i believe it is the highlight of my career. and this new species is called victoria boliviana, named after bolivia, where it grows in the wild. standing here, you really get a sense ofjust how huge this is. this is one plant and it's still growing. not only is this the first discovery of a new giant water lily species in more than 100 years,

it is also now the biggest water lily in the world, with leaves that grow to more than three metres — that's ten feet — in size. astonishingly, the new species had been hiding in kew's archives for more than 150 years. a specimen was collected and dried and stored, but wrongly identified. the discovery now brings the number of giant water lily species to three and a key part of studying them is to make detailed botanical drawings, where the differences start to stand out. this is the open flower of the new species. i think it's one of the most — maybe i'm biased — but out of three species i think it is one of the most beautiful flowers. drawings of the different water lilies reveal their unique features. i could, as an illustrator, highlight those differences i saw. and in fact when i was drawing those differences they became even stronger in my mind and i found

new ways of telling them apart. the water lily house was built in the 1800s to showcase kew's extensive collection. water lilies were a natural wonder of the victorian age. but this new discovery shows these giants, even today, hold some surprises and scientists say they still have much to learn about these remarkable plants. rebecca morelle, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello. despite starting our week with a lot of fine weather and some spells of sunshine, temperatures have been a little below where we would expect to find them at this point in the summer. through the week ahead, we will see some warmth returning across the uk, with particular emphasis on temperatures lifting across the southern half of the uk. on monday, a north—westerly breeze which has added to the cool feel. the remnants of a weather front clearing the south—east of england through the evening and that could produce the odd light shower,

but actually, a lot of dry weather as we look at the evening. overnight a lot of showers targeting northern and western scotland. lows in the towns and cities in double figures, but on the chilly side in sheltered rural spots, down to just six or seven celsius. plenty of sunshine on tuesday, but cloud already into northern ireland through the morning, and advancing to western scotland by the afternoon, pushing rain towards us on the coast. pushing rain towards us 17 pushing rain towards us in aberdeen, 23 in london temperatures 17 in aberdeen, 23 in london. temperatures left to the low 20s. perhaps the high 20s for many parts of england and wales by the weekend.

this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. the headlines... the bbc has revealed that a complaint against the former radio 1 dj tim westwood had previously been referred to the police. he denies the allegations. borisjohnson was aware of "reports and speculation" about chris pincher�*s behaviour before he was appointed deputy chief whip in february. danish police say there is no evidence a shooting in a copenhagen shopping centre, which left three people dead, was motivated by terrorism and the suspect had a history of mental illness. a man's died and thousands have been told to leave their homes amid torrential rain and major flooding in sydney. some foods like chicken and beef are off the menu for school dinners, according to some caterers, who blame shortages and rising costs.

a new species of giant water lily has been discovered by scientists, despite hiding in plain sight at kew gardens for 177 years. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the bbc has received six complaints about alleged bullying or sexual misconduct by the former radio 1 dj tim westwood. at least one of the complaints, which was referred to the police, was made before an investigation by bbc news and the guardian in april which revealed accounts of the dj's predatory sexual behaviour. the bbc said at that time that "no evidence of complaints" had been found.

tim westwood, who left the bbc in 2013, has previously denied allegations of sexual misconduct. our correspondent chi chi izundu has this report. these are some of the seven women who allege unexpected and unwanted sexual touching and sexual misconduct against the former bbc dj, tim westwood. it's westwood! we are live on bbc two, welcome to the radio 1 rap show. this is isabel's story, she was 19 when she travelled from the midlands to meet westwood in london. when i got there, he was in a car and the next thing, he has undone his trousers. he actually tapped me to turn around and look at the fact he is exposing himself, so i looked and i have seen and i am like, "oh, no, my god." tim westwood strenuously denied all the allegations, but as well as an international club dj, the 64—year—old had a nearly 20—year career at the bbc, fronting shows on radio 1 and 1 xtra.

in april, in a statement to our investigation the bbc said... the very next day, the director general tim davie went on to say... i have seen no evidence of complaints. - of complaints, i have asked. we looked at our records - and we have seen no evidence. this is now awkward for the bbc, who claimed it did not have any relevant information and now has six complaints of sexual misconduct or bullying against tim westwood. so far, the corporation has declined to clarify whether five of those complaints were received after the broadcast of our documentary. it has confirmed that the police referral is historic. the bbc says tim westwood was also spoken to following one of the other complaints and said tim davie set out his position as he knew it at the time.

the corporation confirmed it is still digging to find any more information regarding the behaviour of tim westwood during his employment. tim westwood has not responded to any of our requests for comment. it is about to get real hectic up here! now, the corporation is under pressure to answer questions about its record—keeping and reveal what it did and did not know about tim westwood's behaviour. downing street has said that borisjohnson was aware of "reports and speculation" about chris pincher�*s behaviour before he appointed him deputy chief whip in february. chris pincher resigned from the government on thursday, after allegations of sexual misconduct were made against him. our political correspondent damian grammaticas told me earlier that downing street's version of events seems to have shifted in the past few days.

downing street's line then and at the end of last week was that the prime minister had never been aware of any specific allegations against chris pincher. the key question is, when he appointed chris pincher to the post of deputy chief whip in february, what did he know, how much did he know, it came out at the weekend that an mp who had claims that there had been inappropriate sexual advances has gone to downing street in february to alert them about his concerns and that the prime minister had, in the past, referred to apparently jokingly mr pincher, calling him pincher by name, pincher by nature. downing street today, having said the prime minister was not aware of any concerns, has said the prime minister was aware but only of media reports and some allegations that were either resolved or did not progress to a formal complaint. so they are saying they did have

knowledge of some of this. alleged behaviour. but that because it did not reach that level of a formal complaint, that was the reason that he progressed with that appointment. downing street has also said, it is worth saying, that mr pincher had served before under theresa may, as a minister, the cabinet office team looked at his appointment and because of this lack of a formal complaint, said it could go—ahead. ultimately, all of this falls back on borisjohnson and the question and the question of his judgment and that is where the questions now revolve. and let's look at that. how dangerous is all of this for boris johnson? he survived that leadership vote amongst tory mps a few weeks ago, but there could be conceivably another one if there are changes to the 1922 committee? exactly.

i think that's possibly the issue for him here. not the specific allegations themselves, although he is still under pressure to detail what he might have known, what these "media reports and allegations" that he did know about were, and should he have taken those more seriously when appointing mr pincher to a position where of course he has a powerful role, overseeing mps in the party or had a powerful role. but the other issue for mrjohnson is, we have this swirl now, we have the process beginning this week, that 1922 committee, who oversee the rules within the party, they are going to be beginning this week the process of reforming or re—voting for the members who sit on the committee of that board, who oversee it. there is a push amongst some of those who wanted to remove mrjohnson recently to get seats on that board to try and change the rules,

to force perhaps a new contest. this swirl around mrjohnson's judgment around chris pincher i think adds to that, those sentiments, some of them that they may be able to push to get enough of those seats to try to force through some sort of a change. a 22—year—old man is to due in court in copenhagen, in connection with yesterday's shooting in the city. three people were killed and four others are in hospital in a critical condition, after the incident at the fields shopping centre in south of the city. police say the suspect had a history of mental health problems, and there was no indication that the shooting was terrorism related. he will be held at a secure psychiatric facility. our europe correspondent jessica parker is in the danish capital, and a warning her report contains some distressing images from the start.

gunshot. screaming. panic and fear, as gunshots rang out at a shopping mall in denmark's capital. the rush to escape a deadly attack. two 17—year—olds and a 47—year—old russian man who lives in denmark were killed. four others left in serious condition. i have spoken to my daughters, they were in the restaurant where the perpetrator was firing the shots, but they managed to get out, so now they are hiding an apartment. they saw a guy coming up the escalator, starting to fire with an automatic gun. and so they of course just ran as quick as they could. sobbing. a short time later, the father and daughter reunited. this, a chilling image of the alleged gunman. a 22—year—old man, described as an ethnic dane, was arrested minutes after the shooting. police say he was known to mental health services.

translation: there was nothing in our investigation _ of the documents we have been looking at or the items we found other witness statements we have that indicate this was an act of terror. the fields mall is one of denmark's biggest shopping centres, located on the outskirts of copenhagen to the south. a music concert by harry styles at a nearby arena was cancelled. on social media, the british singer said... denmark's prime minister, mette frederiksen, said the country had suffered a cruel attack, one that has left its capital city reeling. ukraine's president zelensky has promised to win back control of the eastern region of luhansk with the help of new western weaponry. with the help of new russian troops won control of the region yesterday, when ukraine withdrew its forces from the key city of lysychansk,

following days of heavy fighting. our correspondent in kyiv, joe inwood, told us more about the importance of russia's capture of lysycha nsk. lysycha nsk was lysychansk was the last major city in the luhansk region. that is one of the two regions that makes up this area called the donbas which we talk about so often. which president putin gave the liberation as he put it of that area as our main reason for this war. so for them, taking lysychansk for this war. so for them, taking lysycha nsk means for this war. so for them, taking lysychansk means they have taken the luhansk region and for the russians thatis luhansk region and for the russians that is a symbolic victory. strategically important too, it is in quite a defensible position. the ukrainians said they could have held it. i havejust got ukrainians said they could have held it. i have just got off the phone with serhiy haidai the governor of

luhansk and he says they have made a strategic withdrawal. translation: our military could have held the city for a long time, _ but russia currently has a huge advantage in artillery and ammunition. they would have simply destroyed the city from a distance, so there was no point in staying. we would have been surrounded and had to sit there while the city was being shelled. therefore, we decided not to allow an encirclement. what they realised is the russians were looking to encircle them and would have done so and if they had been encircled, i think that would have been really disastrous. what it turns out has happened from the ukrainian perspectives is over the last few days they have pull troops out to get back to the west and more defensible positions. they say they have done it without leaving anyone behind and without losing people which really, f2, and we should say this as only come from ukrainian source, actually remarkable. i think it tallies with what we saw happened

because they had been an expectation that this fight might last a long time as the battle for severodonetsk dead, fierce street fighting one hesitant time, but it looks like the russians have just walked hesitant time, but it looks like the russians havejust walked into hesitant time, but it looks like the russians have just walked into the city, released videos showing them walking around unopposed so it seems to tally with what governor serhiy haidai said but despite the fact the ukrainian said they decided to withdraw they have decided to withdraw they have decided to withdraw because of the russian advances so it is a military success strategically important but more importantly i think symbolically for the russians. with me now from westminster is tobias ellwood, chair of the house of commons defence select committee. good to have you with us. does it look to you, crudely speaking, as if the russians are winning in ukraine? very much so. they are consolidating in donbas. this was a critical

battle taking place in the luhansk region, putin can now claim success, he can't take it back to his own people and prove this was all worth while. i strongly commend what the uk is doing to support ukraine itself but i have to say, collectively, the west seems still to be in denial that operationally we are not doing enough to support ukraine. russia now controls one fifth of the country and strategically, we need to wake up and recognise this is notjust about ukraine. we have these g7 and madrid summits for nato and so forth but we are failing to appreciate what's coming over the horizon, how history is turning a corner, how authoritarianism is on the rise and will increasingly dominate this decade. these are the bigger question we need to confront. i have to say when — question we need to confront. i have to say when i — question we need to confront. i have to say when i was _ question we need to confront. i have to say when i was in _ question we need to confront. i have to say when i was in kyiv, _ question we need to confront. i have to say when i was in kyiv, weeks - to say when i was in kyiv, weeks ago, they were screaming for more heavy weapons in particular and artillery, but the leaders of britain and the united states would say they are, they are sending loads

of weapons to ukraine, but is it partly that other countries simply are not doing that, places like germany, france, italy, who have kind of promised to help but haven't always delivered on those promises? yes, think it is twofold. firstly, had all nations done as much as britain and america in the last few months, then russia would be facing a very different set of circumstances, potentially having been flushed out of mainland ukraine already. but we don't have the calibre of weapon systems, the quantity and quality they actually need which is why we are seeing, consolidation in the donbas region as well. but i stress when you have the head of the british army comparing the situation today more widely as 1937, then we must listen and we must act. there are some big questions notjust about ukraine and what we're doing to support our friends but the wider picture of what we do to bolster nato and recognise where every world is going. recognise where every world is anoin. �* recognise where every world is hoin _ r , . recognise where every world is anoin. . , . ., going. and the picture we are caettin going. and the picture we are getting from _

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russia. russia continues to call the shots, set the agenda, we react to russia rather than stepping forward. do you think that the territory that has been lost to ukraine now that we have just been hearing about in the east and so on, is that last forever? can ukraine realistically ever go on a counteroffensive and recapture all of that territory? it's important we allow ukraine the ability to do so, we are not doing that at the moment with the scale of weapons systems, there was a transfer from warsaw pact capabilities ukraine has to do better updated nato capabilities but when you have russia firing 50,000 shells a day compared with the 7-10,000 shells a day compared with the 7—10,000 from ukraine, you can clearly see that russia has the actual upper hand and they will consolidate in the donbas, they will go further than that as well, they will hold referenda vertically and these are places independence from ukraine. the moment is now for us to

fix this otherwise we're going to end up in a similar situation saw in georgia or indeed in the crimea as well. this is what russia does and let's not forget once russia has consolidated here, potentially going west as well to take odesa, they will pick it up in a couple of years and go elsewhere, moldova, bosnia potentially into the baltics as well. this is a much bigger picture at play and we need to wake up. i suppose people would say that's not so realistic because those are, the baltics for example are nato countries and russia would not go there, but in terms of ukraine, isn't the realistic possibility, probability, that this will end up a frozen conflict where russia has a big chunk of the country, maybe even half of the country, and ukraine has the west, the other half, and there is not much realistically the world can do about it.— can do about it. yes, that is exactly where _ can do about it. yes, that is exactly where putin - can do about it. yes, that is exactly where putin wants l can do about it. yes, that is| exactly where putin wants to can do about it. yes, that is - exactly where putin wants to take this. he does not believe we are in

it for the long haul. we saw what happened in afghanistan, over a couple of decades. the longer he can drag this out the more he will test the west was much patience to provide that support to in the donbas region. if i may push back, what russia does is not invader country, he will put nonuniform people into areas where there is a russian diaspora and he will cause economic disharmony, social tensions and so forth and then he will cause upset, that is what he did in donbas and he can repeat that in areas particularly estonia and lithuania. can i ask you about the british army. it has confirmed a breach of its twitter and youtube account. it looked like they have been hacked and an investigation is under way. how worried are you about that? whatever the causes of this, in an investigation is taking place, we need to recognise that people were

causing us harm it's notjust military from that perspective, it is actually in all aspects of society and this is an easy way to irritate, upset, because problems by attacking on late capabilities, not least the armed forces sites. the army will conduct an investigation, we will ask the defence secretary about this tomorrow when he joins us in the defence committee and hopefully we get more answers. thank ou, iwill hopefully we get more answers. thank you, i will actually _ hopefully we get more answers. thank you, i will actually listen _ hopefully we get more answers. thank you, i will actually listen to _ hopefully we get more answers. thank you, i will actually listen to the - you, i will actually listen to the prime minister who is speaking soon. thank you very much. the labour leader sir keir starmer is preparing to give a speech explaining how he could make brexit work better for the uk. he's expected to renew pledges not to take the uk back into the eu single market or customs union if he becomes prime minister. our political correspondent ben wright looks ahead to the labour leader's speech. you will remember

back in december 2019, borisjohnson won that general election emphatically, with a promise to get brexit done. well, now, labour's leader keir starmer wants to win, he hopes, the next election with a promise to make brexit work. that has been his slogan for some time and tonight in a speech, he is going to flesh out what that slogan means. i do think it marks quite a tactical shift for the party. it was only three years ago that keir starmer himself was calling for a second referendum to try and break the brexit deadlock that was gripping westminster. it has been a problematic issue for the party. many of the seats it lost in 2019 voted leave in the referendum. but a lot of labour activists would like to see, and are still calling for, closer relation hship between the uk and the eu. just the other day, the labour london mayor said he would like to see the uk rejoin the single market. in this speech tonight, keir starmer will say emphatically that is not going to happen, the uk won'tjoin the eu if he becomes prime minister,

there will be no rejoining the single market or return to the customs union of free movement. i think what he is trying to do is close down a potential line of attack from the tories, as we head to the next election. he wants to make this about what he sees as brexit�*s failings and missed opportunities. he will stay for instance that he would like to cut a number of side deals with the eu to make the situation in northern ireland work better. new mutual recognition deal of professional qualifications. he wants to keep the uk in horizon's science programme. this according to keir starmer is about the practical consequences of brexit and not the principle, which he says is settled. sadiq khan has disagreed with the party's position on brexit saying

london and the uk is best served being members of the single market. he has spoken to the bbc in the last few hours. the he has spoken to the bbc in the last few hours. ~ , , he has spoken to the bbc in the last few hours. ~' , , ., few hours. the key thing is to acce -t few hours. the key thing is to accept we _ few hours. the key thing is to accept we have _ few hours. the key thing is to accept we have left _ few hours. the key thing is to accept we have left the - few hours. the key thing is to accept we have left the eu i few hours. the key thing is to | accept we have left the eu but few hours. the key thing is to - accept we have left the eu but what sort of relationship do we have with the european union? it's possible to be outside but the members of the single market. in fact many of those who campaigned to leave said the same thing. good thing about keir starmer�*s speech as he sets out a pathway to our future post—brexit from the government for the last few years which has been delayed. we saw the fiasco of the northern ireland protocol and it's reassuring to me as a patriot to see at least one of our leaders set up a future vision of our country post—brexit. it sounds like you disagree slightly, has keir— sounds like you disagree slightly, has keir starmer got it wrong? his 'ob has keir starmer got it wrong? his “0b is to has keir starmer got it wrong? job is to be has keir starmer got it wrong? h 3 job is to be leader of the labour party, mine is to be leader of the mayor of london. londoners elected me to be the champion and advocate, i believe our country is best served

being part of the single market. i don't speakfor the being part of the single market. i don't speak for the labour party but when i see that businesses who cannot recruit and the challenges we have financing professional structure in tech, film, music, i know that our future is more prosperous or less poor being members of the single market. we cannot go back into the european union, the british public have spoken. what we can do is nature we have the least worst option. for me thatis have the least worst option. for me that is being members of the single market. firefighters in bedford are tackling a large blaze at a block of flats following a gas explosion. bedfordshire fire and rescue service described the blaze at a three—storey block as a major incident adam fisher, a sales worker whose office is nearby, said he heard a "huge explosion" before witnessing "an inferno". two people have been taken to hospital, one with serious injuries. school caterers have told the bbc that rising food prices are changing

what they provide for children's lunches in england and wales. some firms are using cheaper, imported meats, and changing the fruit and vegetables on offer. catering companies say the cost of basic groceries has increased by as much as 30 %, and they're calling for the money for school dinners to be ring—fenced. our education editor branwen jeffreys reports. hello, good morning, paul. there you go! the early food delivery for the school lunch. oh, potatoes today. even the humble spud is more expensive than it used to be. and the roast dinner here is now gammon. this primary gets its food from caterers supplying 69 schools across plymouth. but across england and wales, caterers have told the bbc prices are going up, driving changes on school meal menus. in plymouth we have had to look carefully at the meat we buy. so we've taken beef off the menu. we have been buying that from farms in cornwall. we have replaced it with gammon,

we have reduced the amount of chicken that we are using and replaced that with turkey. this wholesaler down the road supplies the plymouth school caterers. rising fuel costs are just one of their headaches. they have faced sudden shortages of some fruit and veg. and the war in ukraine has made prices unpredictable. since january, we have never, anybody in this trade has everi experienced what we have saw over the last few months. _ luckily now, things are levelling out on the produce side, - due to the fact a lot - of it is local coming through. everything in these crates is destined for local schools. now, at the moment, prices are quite stable, because we are into the british growing season, but the fear is that this autumn and winter could see further big price hikes. yay! let the show time begin. for school catering teams, it's getting harder to make everything add up. fourand four is... eight! and eight and eight is? 16!

wow! children might have to get used to more changes on their plate, even though most of them like familiar foods. what do you like about the school dinner? i like the roast... you like the roast potatoes then? is that your favourite bit? i like the vegetable and the gammon, it was really nice. and for dessert i had a pot ofjelly. i like the potatoes more. which is your favourite? the all—day breakfast. you eat breakfast? yeah? you don't like the roast dinner? i do, but my favourite is probably the breakfast. it's probably the breakfast. sometimes it is not until you do something like that that you realise the impact. so, for example, some children stopped having roast dinner and we are saying, "why is that?" "oh, i really like the roast beef and yorkshire puds." so, that's really sad, because with the roast, the roast meat, comes a lot of offers around vegetables that they might not otherwise try. the number of children who need free school meals has gone up. in england, more money has been gone into meals for the very youngest,

with the government giving 7p a child extra each day. a welcome increase, but one that could be overtaken by prices. branwen jeffreys, bbc news, plymouth. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello. despite a lot of fine weather to start the week, temperatures have lagged behind where we would normally see them at this point in the summer. through the week ahead, we will see them lifting for all parts of the uk. by the weekend up to average values with scotland and northern ireland, above—average for england and wales by saturday and sunday. for the remainder of monday, a breeze will follow a weather front the south—east through the evening. few showers here and for the north

and west of scotland overnight. clear spells elsewhere, cool in rural areas, six or seven first thing tuesday. a lot of sunshine first thing but for cloud spills across wales and southern england for the afternoon. dry, drizzly rain perhaps for western scotland and northern ireland. 17 in aberdeen, 23 in london. we will keep the cloud across scotland and northern ireland but temperatures left to the low 20s. high 20s for parts of england and wales by the weekend.

hello. this is bbc news. the headlines... let's go to the let's go to the house let's go to the house of let's go to the house of commons let's go to the house of commons where we are expecting a statement quite soon, not sure when, but the next few minutes from the prime minister... he is going to be making

a statement on the recent nato summit, g7 summit, and the commonwealth heads of government summit as well. borisjohnson is going to be in the commons quite soon. we will bring you that statement live as soon as it begins, and we will go to the sport in the meantime. we may have to enter up, but let's get the latest from wimbledon and all the cricket. the action is under way on centre court at wimbledon — and it's man who made all the headlines this weekend back in action. nick krygios, who's taking on the american brandon nakashima. kyrgios, who won a fiesty encounter with stefanos tsitstipas to make it this far — lost the opening set — 6—4... he is struggling with a shoulder injury though, the australian. and managed to level the match in the second — taking that 6—4, struggling more on the returns than the serves. krygios did take a medical timeout to have that

troublesome shoulder seen to. but is back out, after a bit of treatment. as he looks to secure a spot in the quarters for the first time since 2014. and this is how it's going.. 20—year—old nakashima never made this far before — the winner of this takes one either cristian garin or alec de minaur, for a place in the semis. this is the live action. you can catch that on bbc one. rybakina's run matches her best ever grand slam performance when she also made the last eight of the french open last year. she will play another unseeded player — either alize cornet of france, who put out world number one iga swiatek, or australia's ajla tomlanovic — in the next.

and the action on court number one. that is all this work for now. we're going to hear from the prime minister any minute. let's take a look at live pictures from commons chamber. borisjohnson is going to be making a statement about the recent summits. he was away for a number of days at the nato summit, the g7 summit and the commonwealth heads of government summit as well. he is going to be making a statement to mps about all of that, no doubt touching on ukraine as well. the have the entire membership of the united nations and hold bilateral talks with over 25 litres, ranging from the new president of south korea and zambia to the prime ministers ofjapan and jamaica, demonstrating the global

reach of britain perspective, see and the value of her presence at the world top table. an immediate priority is tojoin world top table. an immediate priority is to join with our allies to ensure ukraine prevails in her brave struggle against but you are putting's aggression. at the madrid summit, nato exceeded all expectations in the unity and single—minded resolve of the alliance to support ukraine for as long as it takes, and to explode the myth that western democracies like the staying power for a myth that western democracies like the staying powerfor a prolonged crisis. all of us understand that if vladimir putin has not stopped in ukraine, he will find new targets for his attacks, and we are not defending some abstract ideal, but the first principle of a peaceful world, which is that large and powerful countries cannot be allowed to dismember their neighbours. and if this was ever permitted, then no nation anywhere would be safe.

therefore, ago must be for a year for new friends to win. by which i mean that ukraine must have the strength to finish this war on the terms that president zelensky has described. when vladimir putin claimed that by invading his neighbour he would force nato away from russia, he could not have been proved more spectacularly wrong. the single most welcome outcome of the madrid summit was the alliance's agreement to admit finland and sweden and i hope i speakfor the whole house when i see britain will be proud to stand alongside these fellow democracies and reaffirm our unshakeable pledge to come to their aid and defend them, if ever necessary, just as they would for us. we were glad to smooth their path into nato by giving both nations to security assurances they

needed to apply for membership. and when i met prime minister andersson of sweden and the president of finland last week i will tell them i was searching nato would be stronger and safer for their session. before that were putting's on sat, both countries had prised their neutrality even to all the crisis of the cold war, and it's a measure of how seriously they take today's threat that opinion in sweden and finland has been transformed. and it speaks volume about vladimir putin's folly, that one feminine consequence of his attack on ukraine will be doubling of the length of nato miss border with russia —— one per minute consequence was up if anyone needed proof that nato is purely defensive, the fact that two quintessentially peaceable country should have chosen to join demonstrates the true nature of our alliance. and now is the time

to intensify or help for ukraine, because vladimir putin's donbas offensive is slowing down, and his overstretched army is suffering heavy casualties. and ukraine's success in forcing the russians of snake island by sheer weight of firepower shows how difficult the invader will find it to hold the territory he has overrun. we need to equip our friends now to take advantage of the moment when vladimir putin will have to pause and regroup, so nato will supply ukraine with another billion pounds of military aid, including air defences, drones and electronic warfare equipment. bringing our total military humanitarian and economic support since the 24th of february to nearly £4 billion. and to guarantee the security of our allies on the eastern flank, nato

agreed in madrid to bolster its high readiness forces, and we in the uk will offer even more british forces to the alliance, including almost all of our surface fleet. we have already doubled our deployment in estonia and we will upgrade our national headquarters to be led by a brigadier and help our estonian friends to establish their own divisional headquarters. if you follow the trajectory of our programmes to modernise our armed forces, mr speaker, it would draw the logical conclusion that the uk will likely be spending 2.5% of gdp on defence by the end of this decade. earlier, at the g7 summit, the first full day of talks coincided with a russian missile destroying eight ukrainian shopping centre. killing at least 18 people. this barbaric attack on an obviously

civilian targets strengthened the resolve of my fellow leaders to provide ukraine with more financial humanitarian, military and diplomatic backing, for as long as it takes. exactly the terms later echoed by nato. the g7 has pledged nearly $30 billion of financial support for ukraine this year, and we will tighten sanctions on russia and the uk willjoin america, japan, and the uk willjoin america, japan, and canada to ban the import of russian gold, which previously raised more export revenues than anything else except hydrocarbons. the g7 will devise more options for ensuring that nearly 25 million tonnes of grain trapped inside ukraine by putting's blockade reaches the countries that rely on the supplies. —— vladimir pitt in's

block it. just as the world was recovering from the pandemic, vladimir putin's or his costly surge in globalfood and vladimir putin's or his costly surge in global food and energy prices, raising the cost of living everywhere including here at home —— vladimir putin's war. there needs to be immediate action to reduce price surges, including by exploring additional measures, such as price caps. we will help our partners in the developing world to meet their climate targets and transformed millions of lives by constructing new infrastructure according to the high standards of transparency and environmental protection. through our partnership for a global infrastructure and investment, an ideal launched by the uk at a summit last year, we will mobilise up to $600 billion of public and private investment over the next five years.

many beneficiary nations will be members of the commonwealth, and i was very pleased to attend the summit of this unique association, the 56 states, encompassing a third of humanity. more countries are eager tojoin and we of humanity. more countries are eager to join and we were pleased to welcome two new members in gabon and togo. it's an amazing fact that our familiar legal and administrative systems combined with the english language knock 21% of the cost of trade between commonwealth members. it is because the commonwealth unites that advantage with some of the fastest growing markets in the world that we are using the sovereign today the uk this weekend to sign free trade or economic partnership agreements with as many commonwealth countries as possible. so far we have done 33, including

australia and new zealand and we are aiming for india by the rally in october. it is true not every member of the commonwealth sees fittings aggression as we do exactly as we do, and it was vital to have the opportunity to counter the menace and to point out food prices are rising, because vladimir putin has blockaded one of the world was �*s biggest food producers. and if large countries are free to destroy their neighbours, then no commonwealth member, however distant from ukraine, would be genuinely secure. the fact that any week the uk was able to deal on friendly terms with friendly countries in three organisations shows the extraordinary diplomatic assets our country possesses and as we stand up for what is right and ukraine, and advance the values and interests of

the british people, i commend the statement to the house. i the british people, i commend the statement to the house.— statement to the house. i now call leader of the _ statement to the house. i now call leader of the opposition, - statement to the house. i now call leader of the opposition, keir - leader of the opposition, keir starmer~ _ leader of the opposition, keir starmer. you'll want thank you, mr speaker~ _ starmer. you'll want thank you, mr speaker~ id— starmer. you'll want thank you, mr speaker. i'd like to thank the payments are for advance copy of his statement _ payments are for advance copy of his statement. , ,., , payments are for advance copy of his statement. , ,, ., , , . payments are for advance copy of his statement. , ., , , . ., ~ , statement. they say absence makes the heart grow _ statement. they say absence makes the heart grow fonder. _ statement. they say absence makes the heart grow fonder. i _ statement. they say absence makes the heart grow fonder. i wish - statement. they say absence makes the heart grow fonder. i wish him i the heart grow fonder. i wish him the heart grow fonder. i wish him the best of luck in seeing if that works as a party management strategy. mr speaker, mr speaker, it has been 131 days since russia's illegal invasion of ukraine. 131 days of war at the heart of our continent. 131 days of vladimir putin trying to cover his neighbours. 131 days of brave ukrainian resistance. i've always said this house and britain's allies must put aside our differences in

other areas and show unity in our opposition to vladimir putin's aggression. and we have. driven by the inspiration provided by the people of ukraine, and the leadership and courage of president zelensky. as this conflict reaches its sixth month, and drags on in eastern ukraine, it's important we don't think ourjob is done. vladimir putin would like nothing better than for us to lose our focus, for the group of sanctions to weaken, for military aid ukraine to dry up orfor cracks weaken, for military aid ukraine to dry up or for cracks to appear in the unity of vladimir putin's opponents. so i welcome the progress made at the nato summit last week. and congratulate our good friends in finland and sweden for their formal invitation tojoin the finland and sweden for their formal invitation to join the nato alliance. and of course, ukraine on securing the candidate status to join the european union. i hope

these processes can be concluded as quickly as possible. to send a clear message to vladimir putin that his war has permanently changed the european landscape. but not in the way that he planned. i also welcome the commitment to strengthen our collective deterrent capabilities. i've seen first—hand how british personnel are working with other nato forces to ensure the collective shield that has protected us for three quarters of the century remains as strong as ever. so i welcome the agreement in the new nato force model, ensuring over 300,000 conventional troops will be at high readiness across europe. can i ask the prime minister how this agreement will affect british military planning, and if he believes are extra commitments can believes are extra commitments can be met given his cuts to uk troop

numbers? the commitment made at the g7 of furtherfinancial numbers? the commitment made at the g7 of further financial support for ukraine is also welcome. as our plans to help ukraine with post—war reconstruction to an international conference. there could be no clearer case aid spending makes britain more secure and prevents the need for military spending in the future, which demonstrates the folly in reducing our aid commitments at a time of global instability. i'm pleased that unity was on display at the nato summit and the g7 summit. but i am concerned about current unity within the commonwealth. the commonwealth is a valuable and important institution for this country. it isn'tjust a symbol of her past. it is important for our future. providing us with influence in all parts of the world. in recent years there have been serious signs of strain. when many major

commonwealth countries abstained at the un over russia's invasion of ukraine, the summit should have been an opportunity to widen diplomatic coalition against vladimir putin. instead the prime minister waged a divisive campaign against the commonwealth leadership, that ended up commonwealth leadership, that ended up in a humiliating diplomatic failure, only illustrating his embarrassing lack of influence. instead of investing in aid that strengthens the alliance, he has cut it. instead of upholding the rule of law that should define the commonwealth, he ran eggs on treaties he has signed. on the remaining britain's political and moral credibility —— green eggs, one we need a word for trust. the vacuum of the brain be quickly filled not by those who share our values but by those who seek to destroy them. we cannot let that happen in ukraine, we cannot let that happen anywhere.

may mr speaker, i thank the right honourable gentleman for the terms in which all the speaking he has addressed the uk's recent diplomatic activity. its. addressed the uk's recent diplomatic activi . �* , addressed the uk's recent diplomatic activi , ., ,., addressed the uk's recent diplomatic activi , ., , activity. a couple of points to come back on. activity. a couple of points to come back on- he — activity. a couple of points to come back on. he talks _ activity. a couple of points to come back on. he talks about _ activity. a couple of points to come back on. he talks about the - activity. a couple of points to come back on. he talks about the uk - back on. he talks about the uk breaking international treaties, mr speaker. actually, i don't know what he was talking about, but was talking about what you're doing in respect of the northern ireland political. then that is not what is happening, mr speaker. we believe our obligation, our primary obligation, which i would have that he supported, is to balance of the belfast good friday agreement, that is what we are supporting. actually, he talks about the uk's diplomatic ability to win people over. it was very striking in the conversations i had with leaders from around the world how few of them, if any, raised the issue, mr speaker, of the

northern ireland protocol, and how much, mr speaker, people want to see common sense are no barriers to trade. what uk is trying to do is reduce pointless to trade and you would think he would support that, mr speaker. on his points about the uk's contribution to nato and to the new force model, and whether that is sustainable, i really suggest, mr speaker, members opposite should talk to the nato secretary general about what the uk is producing and what the uk is committing. it is colossal. we are the second biggest contributor to nato, the second biggest contributor overall to support the ukrainians. 2.3 billion in military assistance alone. what we are also doing, mr speaker is making sure that our armed forces

are provided for the future with £24 billion in the spending review, the biggest uplift in defence spending since the cold war, defence spending the running at 2.2% of the national gdp, a 42% target. that spell around the room in nato. know what the uk is contributing and are extremely grateful. what do uk also contributes to nato under the gnu force model, virtually all naval forces. we are the only country to contribute our strategic independent nuclear deterrent to nato. i still find it a sad reflection on the party of sit at this critical time when blood repeated is very sad that using the language of nuclear blackmail that we are in a situation where the principal party of opposition in this country still has eight members on its front bench voted to discard our independent nuclear deterrent, mr speaker,

including the shadow foreign secretary. apart from that, mr speaker, i welcome the terms in which the right honourable gentleman has responded. flan which the right honourable gentleman has responded-— has responded. can i very much welcome the — has responded. can i very much welcome the prime _ has responded. can i very much welcome the prime minister's l welcome the prime minister's statement and as the prime minister, was the general agreement that all three summits that are fragile rules —based order is under threat which mick and that strategically we ventured a profound era of geopolitical change? could i commend the premise of�*s efforts and you chris mack it's a shame other nato countries have not learned as much as we've done. can i commend the parents are basque to go further and secure a general assembly resolution to create a humanitarian safe haven around the port of odesa so there is vital grain exports that can reach europe and africa. i vital grain exports that can reach europe and africa.— vital grain exports that can reach europe and africa. i think my right honourable _ europe and africa. i think my right honourable friend _ europe and africa. i think my right honourable friend wears _ europe and africa. i think my right honourable friend wears point - europe and africa. i think my right i honourable friend wears point about grain exports and this is being led

by the un secretary general, the uk huge amount of support. but as i've told the house before, we may have told the house before, we may have to prepare for a solution that does not depend upon rush consent, because that may not be forthcoming. and i think the premise for advance copy of a statement and welcome him back from his travels around africa and europe? it is perhaps worth reiterating, mr speaker, all of us in the south reiterate our support for president zelensky, for ukraine, and the struggle against the war criminal vladimir putin. and the struggle against the war criminalvladimir putin. mr and the struggle against the war criminal vladimir putin. mr speaker, the scale and depth of the challenge facing our global community is self—evident. war in europe, the return of soaring inflation, rising interest rates and a cost of living crisis that is punishing people. we are not faced with one crisis, this is an accumulation of crisis that needs comedy serves and demands a

collective response. we know that at moments like this solutions can only come from a coordinated effort. previous efforts during the 2007 financial crisis and the coordination during over their that across the world. should be in any doubt, the crisis we are now in as every bit as severe and steep and deep as anything we face in the time of the financial crisis. mr speaker, so far, and i regret to say this, the collective effort, that sense of urgency has been badly lacking, particularly from organisations like the g7. the response has been far too slow and far too small. i minister, it is always the g7 outcomes are nowhere near enough to combat the cost of living crisis we now face. so when can the public expect some leadership and some action? when will we see a coherent, coordinated, incredible plan to increase energy supply, cat prices and drive investment to the global

economy before recession becomes inevitable? or is the plan related to the global economy before recession becomes inevitable? or is the plan —related delay until the winter, when things will only get worse? leadership now, in responding to supply will allow us to fight inflation, orfailure to to supply will allow us to fight inflation, or failure to take appropriate action exposes all of us to longer lasting inflationary risks. on ukraine, kenny premise about school a little further and give us an outlook as to what we will do to make sure we can get great to be grain imports? 400 million people worldwide rely on ukrainian food spices. this is not just the resulting war, it is about stopping famine, and i'm sure the premise will agree that about these global efforts, it will only work if there is trust between global leaders. can the prime minister therefore explained that in this moment of crisis, how exactly breaking international law and threatening to start a trade war

with their neighbours helps anyone? mr speaker, i think you should look more carefully at what the g7 produced in terms of the plan to cap prices for oil and gas, critically to try to stop vladimir putin profiteering as it currently is from this illegal work. i won't pretend it's going to be easy, but we are doing as much as we can. we are certainly taking a lot of action to help countries around the world with access to fertiliser that they need to, and he is right to raise the issue, mr speaker, the 25 million tonnes of grain currently held hostage in odesa. there is a plan to get that out, it's not easy. if he looks at the numbers, we are gradually getting more grain out of those ukrainian silos, back into europe, back into africa. we will continue to do that. as for his final point, mr speaker, but the uk

and the so—called breach of international law, i repeat why to the right honourable gentleman opposite, what the countries around the world sees the uk offering consistent leadership in the matter of standing up for the rule of law and standing up against vladimir putin's aggression. that is, i promise you, that is what has been raised with me in the last ten days. i congratulate my right honourable friend for the leadership are shown in the previous week and welcome his commitment to our royal forces being part of nato. brute commitment to our royal forces being part of nato— part of nato. we are going to leave the commons _ part of nato. we are going to leave the commons there _ part of nato. we are going to leave the commons there and _ part of nato. we are going to leave the commons there and the - part of nato. we are going to leave the commons there and the prime| the commons there and the prime minister's statement on the recent summits. as you would expect, a lot of discussion about ukraine and the prime minister there saying our immediate priority is to join with our allies to ensure ukraine prevails in her brave

struggle against vladimir putin's aggression. that is the latest from the comments on the premise of�*s statement there. much more from me at the top of the error. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello. despite starting our week with a lot of fine weather and some spells of sunshine, temperatures have been a little below where we would expect to find them at this point in the summer. through the week ahead, we will see some warmth returning across the uk, with particular emphasis on temperatures lifting across the southern half of the uk. on monday, a north—westerly breeze which has added to the cool feel. the remnants of a weather front clearing the south—east of england through the evening and that could produce the odd light shower, but actually, a lot of dry weather as we look at the evening. overnight a lot of showers targeting northern and western scotland. lows in the towns and cities in double figures, but on the chilly side in sheltered rural spots, down to just six or seven celsius.

plenty of sunshine on tuesday, but cloud already into northern ireland through the morning, and advancing to western scotland by the afternoon, pushing rain towards us on the coast. thicker cloud across wales and into the south—east of england by the afternoon as well. a fine day to come at wimbledon on tuesday. 20 or 21 degrees and a light north—westerly breeze. throughout the week ahead, i'm not anticipating much disruption to play because high pressure will mean a lot of fine weather. thick cloud on wednesday across england and way but further north we will see some weather fronts pushing their way across the north of scotland. some brightness to the east of the mountains. for the rest of the week and the weekend, it is all about this high pressure trying to build up from the south—west. staying relatively cooler air here, but to the south the yellow lifts into amber and eventually into red by saturday and sunday.

temperatures across some parts on sunday could be getting into the high 20s. and warm as well in scotland and northern ireland. temperatures approaching the low 20s, but always comparatively cooler across the northern half of the uk to those temperatures further south.

this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. the headlines... the bbc has revealed that a complaint against the former radio 1 dj tim westwood had previously been referred to the police. he denies the allegations. borisjohnson was aware of "reports and speculation" about chris pincher�*s behaviour before he was appointed deputy chief whip in february. police say there is no evidence a shooting in a copenhagen shopping centre, which left three people dead, was motivated by terrorism and the suspect had a history of mental illness. a man's died and thousands have been told to leave their homes amid torrential rain and major flooding in sydney. some foods like chicken and beef are off the menu for school dinners, according to some caterers,

who blame shortages and rising costs. a new species of giant water lily has been discovered by scientists, despite hiding in plain sight at kew gardens for 177 years. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the bbc has received six complaints about alleged bullying or sexual misconduct by the former radio 1 dj tim westwood. at least one of the complaints, which was referred to the police, was made before an investigation by bbc news and the guardian in april which revealed accounts of the dj's predatory sexual behaviour. the bbc said at that

time that "no evidence of complaints" had been found. tim westwood, who left the bbc in 2013, has previously denied allegations of sexual misconduct. our correspondent chi chi izundu has this report. these are some of the seven women who allege unexpected and unwanted sexual touching and sexual misconduct against the former bbc dj, tim westwood. it's westwood! we are live on bbc two, welcome to the radio 1 rap show. this is isabel's story, she was 19 when she travelled from the midlands to meet westwood in london. when i got there, he was in a car and the next thing, he has undone his trousers. he actually tapped me to turn around and look at the fact he is exposing himself, so i looked and i have seen and i am like, "oh, no, my god." tim westwood strenuously denied all the allegations,

but as well as an international club dj, the 64—year—old had a nearly 20—year career at the bbc, fronting shows on radio 1 and 1 xtra. in april, in a statement to our investigation the bbc said... the very next day, the director general tim davie went on to say... i have seen no evidence of complaints. - of complaints, i have asked. we looked at our records - and we have seen no evidence. this is now awkward for the bbc, who claimed it did not have any relevant information and now has six complaints of sexual misconduct or bullying against tim westwood. so far, the corporation has declined to clarify whether five of those complaints were received after the broadcast of our documentary. it has confirmed that the police referral is historic. the bbc says tim westwood was also spoken to following one of the other complaints and said tim davie set out his position as he knew it at the time.

the corporation confirmed it is still digging to find any more information regarding the behaviour of tim westwood during his employment. tim westwood has not responded to any of our requests for comment. it is about to get real hectic up here! now, the corporation is under pressure to answer questions about its record—keeping and reveal what it did and did not know about tim westwood's behaviour. downing street has said that borisjohnson was aware of "reports and speculation" about chris pincher�*s behaviour before he appointed him deputy chief whip in february. chris pincher resigned from the government on thursday, after allegations of sexual misconduct were made against him. our political correspondent damian grammaticas told me earlier that downing street's version of events seems to have shifted in the past few days.

downing street's line then and at the end of last week was that the prime minister had never been aware of any specific allegations against chris pincher. the key question is, when he appointed chris pincher to the post of deputy chief whip in february, what did he know, how much did he know, it came out at the weekend that an mp who had claims that there had been inappropriate sexual advances has gone to downing street in february to alert them about his concerns and that the prime minister had, in the past, referred to apparently jokingly mr pincher, calling him pincher by name, pincher by nature. downing street today, having said the prime minister was not aware of any concerns, has said the prime minister was aware but only of media reports and some allegations that were either resolved or did not progress to a formal complaint. so they are saying they did have knowledge of some of this. alleged behaviour.

but that because it did not reach that level of a formal complaint, that was the reason that he progressed with that appointment. downing street has also said, it is worth saying, that mr pincher had served before under theresa may, as a minister, the cabinet office team looked at his appointment and because of this lack of a formal complaint, said it could go—ahead. ultimately, all of this falls back on borisjohnson and the question and the question of his judgment and that is where the questions now revolve. and let's look at that. how dangerous is all of this for boris johnson? he survived that leadership vote amongst tory mps a few weeks ago, but there could be conceivably another one if there are changes

to the 1922 committee? exactly. i think that's possibly the issue for him here. not the specific allegations themselves, although he is still under pressure to detail what he might have known, what these "media reports and allegations" that he did know about were, and should he have taken those more seriously when appointing mr pincher to a position where of course he has a powerful role, overseeing mps in the party or had a powerful role. but the other issue for mrjohnson is, we have this swirl now, we have the process beginning this week, that 1922 we have the process beginning this week, that 1922 committee, who oversee the rules within the party, they are going to be beginning this week the process of reforming or re—voting for the members who sit on the committee of that board, who oversee it. there is a push amongst some of those who wanted to remove mrjohnson recently to get seats

on that board to try and change the rules, to force perhaps a new contest. this swirl around mrjohnson's judgment around chris pincher i think adds to that, those sentiments, some of them that they may be able to push to get enough of those seats to try to force through some sort of a change. firefighters in bedford are tackling a large blaze at a block of flats following a gas explosion. bedfordshire fire and rescue service described the blaze at a three—storey block as a major incident adam fisher, a sales worker whose office is nearby, said he heard a "huge explosion" before witnessing "an inferno". two people have been taken to hospital, one with serious injuries. we can bring you an update. an east of england ambulance spokesperson

has given us more detail saying that three ambulances and the hazardous response team were sent to were seen. one person was airlifted to addenbrooke's hospitalfor seen. one person was airlifted to addenbrooke's hospital for like injuries and two people, one of whom was a firefighter, taken to bedford hospital, south wing with smoke inhalation. a firefighter was injured and taken to hospital. that is the latest from the east of england ambulance service. ukraine's president zelensky has promised to win back control of the eastern region of luhansk with the help of new western weaponry. russian troops won control of the region yesterday, when ukraine withdrew its forces from the key city of lysychansk, following days of heavy fighting. our correspondent in kyiv, joe inwood, told us more about the importance of russia's capture of lysycha nsk.

lysychansk was the last major city in the luhansk region. that is one of the two regions that makes up this area called the donbas, which we talk about so often. which president putin gave the liberation, as he put it, of that area as a main reason for this war. so for them, taking lysychansk means they have taken the luhansk region and for the russians, that is a symbolic victory. strategically important too, it is worth saying, it is in quite a defensible position. the ukrainians said they could have held it. i have just got off the phone with serhiy haidai the governor of luhansk, a man with nothing to govern. and he says they have made a strategic withdrawal. so taking luhansk has been one of the big strategic aims of the russians. translation: our military could have held the city for a long time, _ but russia currently has a huge

advantage in artillery and ammunition. they would have simply destroyed the city from a distance, so there was no point in staying. we would have been surrounded and had to sit there while the city was being shelled. therefore, we decided not to allow an encirclement. what they realised is the russians were looking to encircle them and would have done so and if they had been encircled, i think that would have been really disastrous. what it turns out has happened, from the ukrainian perspectives, is over the last few days, they have pull troops out to get back to the west to more defensible positions. they say they have done it without leaving anyone behind and without losing people which really, if true, and we should say this as only come from ukrainian source, is really remarkable. i think it tallies with what we saw happened because they had been an expectation that this fight might last a long time as the battle for severodonetsk dead, fierce street fighting one hesitant time, but it looks like the russians have just walked into the city, released videos showing them walking around unopposed so it seems to tally with what governor haidai said but despite the fact the ukrainian said they decided to withdraw they have decided

to withdraw because of the russian advances so it is a military success strategically important but more importantly i think symbolically for the russians. the prime minister has been talking about ukraine in the house of commons in the last half—an—hour. he was giving mps an update and more details about his meetings at the g7 summit, the nato summit and the commonwealth summit as well. our immediate commonwealth summit as well. oi" immediate priority is tojoin commonwealth summit as well. oi" immediate priority is to join with our allies to ensure that ukraine prevails in her brave struggle against putin's aggression. at the madrid summit, nato exceeded all expectations in the unity and single—minded resolve of the alliance to support ukraine for as long as it takes and to explode the

myth that western democracy lack the staying powerfor a prolonged crisis. all of us understand that if putin is not stopped in ukraine he will find new targets for his attacks and we are not defending some abstract ideal but the first principle of a peaceful world which is that large and powerful countries cannot be allowed to dismember their neighbours and if this was ever permitted then no nation anywhere would be safe. therefore, our goal must be for a ukrainian friends to win, by which i mean ukraine must have the strength to finish this war on the terms that president zelensky has described. and when putin claimed that by invading his neighbour he would force nato away from russia, he could not have been proved more spectacularly wrong.

because the single most welcome outcome of the madrid summit was the alliance's agreement to admit finland and sweden and i hope i speakfor the finland and sweden and i hope i speak for the whole house when i say that britain will be proud to stand alongside these fellow democracies and reaffirm our unshakeable pledge to come to their aid and defend them if ever necessary, just as they would for us. the headlines on bbc news... the bbc has revealed that a complaint against the former radio 1 dj tim westwood had previously been referred to the police. he denies the allegations. borisjohnson was aware of "reports and speculation" about chris pincher�*s behaviour before he was appointed deputy chief whip in february. a man has appeared in court

in denmark charged with shooting dead three people at a shopping centre in copenhagen yesterday. three people were killed and four others are in hospital in a critical condition, after the incident at the fields shopping centre in south of the city. police say the suspect had a history of mental health problems, and there was no indication that the shooting was terrorism related. the 22—year—old will be held at a secure psychiatric facility. our europe correspondent jessica parker is in the danish capital — and a warning her report contains some distressing images from the start gunshot. screaming. panic and fear, as gunshots rang out at a shopping mall in denmark's capital. the rush to escape a deadly attack. two 17—year—olds and a 47—year—old russian man who lives in denmark were killed. four others left in serious condition. i have spoken to my daughters, they were in the restaurant where the perpetrator was firing the shots, but they managed to get

out, so now they are hiding an apartment. they saw a guy coming up the escalator, starting to fire with an automatic gun. and so they of course just ran as quick as they could. sobbing. a short time later, the father and daughter reunited. this, a chilling image of the alleged gunman. a 22—year—old man, described as an ethnic dane, was arrested minutes after the shooting. police say he was known to mental health services. translation: there was nothing in our investigation _ of the documents we have been looking at or the items we found other witness statements we have that indicate this was an act of terror. the fields mall is one of denmark's biggest shopping centres, located on the outskirts of copenhagen to the south. a music concert by harry styles at a nearby arena was cancelled. on social media, the

british singer said... denmark's prime minister, mette frederiksen, said the country had suffered a cruel attack, one that has left its capital city reeling. school caterers have told the bbc that rising food prices are changing what they provide for children's lunches in england and wales. some firms are using cheaper, imported meats, and changing the fruit and vegetables on offer. catering companies say the cost of basic groceries has increased by as much as 30%, and they're calling for the money for school dinners to be ring—fenced. our education editor branwen jeffreys reports. hello, good morning, paul. there you go! the early food delivery for the school lunch. oh, lots of potatoes today. even the humble spud is more

expensive than it used to be. and the roast dinner here is now gammon. this primary gets its food from caterers supplying 69 schools across plymouth. but across england and wales, caterers have told the bbc prices are going up, driving changes on school meal menus. in plymouth we have had to look carefully at the meat we buy. so we've taken beef off the menu. we have been buying that from farms in cornwall. we have replaced it with gammon, we have reduced the amount of chicken that we are using and replaced that with turkey. this wholesaler down the road supplies the plymouth school caterers. rising fuel costs are just one of their headaches. they have faced sudden shortages of some fruit and veg. and the war in ukraine has made prices unpredictable. since january, we have never, anybody in this trade has everi experienced what we have saw over the last few months. _ luckily now, things are levelling out on the produce side, - due to the fact a lot -

of it is local coming through. everything in these crates is destined for local schools. now, at the moment, prices are quite stable, because we are into the british growing season, but the fear is that this autumn and winter could see further big price hikes. yay! let the show time begin. for school catering teams, it's getting harder to make everything add up. fourand four is... eight! and eight and eight is... 16! wow! children might have to get used to more changes on their plate, even though most of them like familiar foods. what do you like best about the school dinner? roast chicken. you have cleared your plate, what do you like about school dinners? i like the taste of the food and also the vegetables. i

with half the children here getting free school meals, good food matters. just losing beef off the menu had had an effect. sometimes it is not until you do something like that that you realise the impact. so, for example, some children stopped having roast dinner and we are saying, "why is that?" "oh, i really like the roast beef and yorkshire pud." so that's really sad, because with the roast, the roast meat, comes a lot of offers around vegetables that they might not otherwise try. the number of children who need free school meals has gone up. in england, more money has been gone into meals for the very youngest, with the government giving 7p a child extra each day. a welcome increase, but one that could be overtaken by prices. branwen jeffreys, bbc news, plymouth.

easyjet has announced that its chief operating officer peter bellew has resigned. it comes amid growing pressure on the airline to reduce flight disruptions. what do we know about why he has resigned? is it because of the furore there has been recently about easyjet's flight cancellations? the airline has easyjet's flight cancellations? tie: airline has said simply is leaving to pursue other business opportunities but it has undeniably been a very challenging period for the airline and for quite a few aviation businesses struggling with quite severe staff shortages in some cases, there has been quite a lot of disruption over the past few months and a lot of that because of staff shortages and other issues including industrial action around europe. easyjet has had to make cancellations, including translations over the summer, making advanced pre—emptive measures to reduce further disruption. it is fair to say the airline has had to scale back its ambitions in the face

of what it admits are difficult operating conditions.- of what it admits are difficult operating conditions. what about other airlines? _ operating conditions. what about other airlines? we _ operating conditions. what about other airlines? we had _ operating conditions. what about other airlines? we had over- operating conditions. what about other airlines? we had over the i other airlines? we had over the weekend there may be more cancellations announced in order to provide greater certainty, that is what british airways were saying. ii what british airways were saying. if i talk about easyjet first, they said they won't make any further announcements this week, it announced on the 20th ofjune that it was going to consolidate in its words, the flight over the summer so cancel some and move some people from one flight to one later in the day or basically give them the chance to read book. we knew that was happening. also one of the measures the uk government says it brought into try and help as much as it can has been what we called a slot amnesty where airlines can hand backs lots of things they don't think they will be able to run without facing the penalty they normally would. easyjet has made use of that in its land, it's not going to be making further cancellations as a result of that, the deadline i should say of that amnesty is this

friday which is why we have heard of more cancellations may be this week. british airways we expect will announce more cancellations, we don't know how many yet, ba has made a pre—emptive move to cut about 11% of its schedule two october so it has had to do that and as i say, we might see more of that coming days. the point of that is the approach is that it's better to make those cancellations in advance rather than risk people turning up on the day facing that kind of horrible delay and disruption no one wants to see. having said that, travellers are facing a lot of potential disruption, you have these cancellations, industrial action around europe, you mentioned. also messing with baggage at airports like heathrow. —— heathrow. most people get away fine that like heathrow. -- heathrow. most people get away fine that sometimes aet people get away fine that sometimes get forgotten- _ people get away fine that sometimes get forgotten. some _ people get away fine that sometimes get forgotten. some, _ people get away fine that sometimes get forgotten. some, mostly -

people get away fine that sometimes get forgotten. some, mostly full- people get away fine that sometimes get forgotten. some, mostly full get| get forgotten. some, mostly full get away find. the problems we have seen are not solved overnight and most businesses would admit they don't expect things to be 100% back to normal, they say they are doing as much as they can to make sure things run as smoothly as they possibly can but i don't think we are looking at a summer where things are back to how they were in 2019.— how they were in 2019. thank you very much — how they were in 2019. thank you very much indeed. _ how they were in 2019. thank you very much indeed. the _ how they were in 2019. thank you - very much indeed. the commonwealth battle and has arrived in england. for the start of the commonwealth games. this morning, the really began in cornwall at the eden project before travelling through plymouth. i was asked whether i want to be the first bat on bearer to run this first bat on bearer to run this first part of the england route and

i said yes, sure, and first part of the england route and isaid yes, sure, and before first part of the england route and i said yes, sure, and before i even heard i was told it would be on the line at the eden project. i have done it once, i can do it again carrying a bat on. it's going to be an amazing time. bi]! carrying a bat on. it's going to be an amazing time.— carrying a bat on. it's going to be an amazing time. all pattern bearers have been nominated _ an amazing time. all pattern bearers have been nominated for— an amazing time. all pattern bearers have been nominated for the - have been nominated for the contributions to charities including the odd sportster. this man is the fastest man in the water, ben proud who will be competing. brute fastest man in the water, ben proud who will be competing.— fastest man in the water, ben proud who will be competing. we are on the bus back and — who will be competing. we are on the bus back and forth _ who will be competing. we are on the bus back and forth competing - who will be competing. we are on the bus back and forth competing so - who will be competing. we are on the bus back and forth competing so this| bus back and forth competing so this year for— bus back and forth competing so this year for once i decided i am going to take _ year for once i decided i am going to take my— year for once i decided i am going to take my time and enjoy it and i'm -lad to take my time and enjoy it and i'm glad i_ to take my time and enjoy it and i'm glad i did— to take my time and enjoy it and i'm glad i did because it has been a special— glad i did because it has been a special morning. green like i have been _ special morning. green like i have been blown away to realise i am a tiny part _ been blown away to realise i am a tiny part of— been blown away to realise i am a tiny part of a huge journey across the globe — tiny part of a huge journey across the globe with a spat on through 72 nationsm — the globe with a spat on through 72 nations... ., :: :: ~ ., nations... from 006 at the eden pro'ect, nations... from 006 at the eden project. 007. — nations... from 006 at the eden project, 007. taking _ nations... from 006 at the eden project, 007. taking across - nations... from 006 at the eden project, 007. taking across the l project, 007. taking across the national marine park into plymouth. i feel really proud at the moment, just to be, all the work in the

community is an absolute privilege to be part of this and to actually have this in my hands. tbshd to be part of this and to actually have this in my hands.— to be part of this and to actually have this in my hands. and this is the reason _ have this in my hands. and this is the reason for _ have this in my hands. and this is the reason for the _ have this in my hands. and this is the reason for the relay, - have this in my hands. and this is the reason for the relay, to - have this in my hands. and this is the reason for the relay, to get i have this in my hands. and this is. the reason for the relay, to get the message out there, the 22nd commonwealth games known as the friendly games will soon begin in birmingham. it's a chance for communities to be proud. especially where we started _ communities to be proud. especially where we started at _ communities to be proud. especially where we started at the _ communities to be proud. especially where we started at the war - communities to be proud. especially i where we started at the war memorial lined with— where we started at the war memorial lined with cadets and retired soldiers. _ lined with cadets and retired soldiers, so a great start to the week — soldiers, so a great start to the week. ., ., , ., soldiers, so a great start to the week. ., . , ., good, week. how are you feeling? good, thanks. week. how are you feeling? good, thanks- really _ week. how are you feeling? good, thanks. really good. _ week. how are you feeling? good, thanks. really good. proper- week. how are you feeling? good, thanks. really good. proper order| thanks. really good. proper order working with this.— thanks. really good. proper order working with this. thank you. love my community. — working with this. thank you. love my community, love _ working with this. thank you. love my community, love people, - working with this. thank you. love my community, love people, this i working with this. thank you. love | my community, love people, this is beautiful, _ my community, love people, this is beautiful, amazing, super excited. after _ beautiful, amazing, super excited. after the _ beautiful, amazing, super excited. after the party in plymouth, it was back onto the water in exeter. carefully does it. with the world

media watch, no mishaps please, it's not a race. it media watch, no mishaps please, it's not a race. . , media watch, no mishaps please, it's not a race. ., , ., ., ., , not a race. it was not that heavy but we were _ not a race. it was not that heavy but we were nervous _ not a race. it was not that heavy but we were nervous if - not a race. it was not that heavy but we were nervous if we - not a race. it was not that heavy but we were nervous if we drop | not a race. it was not that heavy| but we were nervous if we drop it there _ but we were nervous if we drop it there are — but we were nervous if we drop it there are lots _ but we were nervous if we drop it there are lots of _ but we were nervous if we drop it there are lots of people - but we were nervous if we drop it there are lots of people looking i but we were nervous if we drop itl there are lots of people looking at you so _ there are lots of people looking at you so you — there are lots of people looking at you so you might— there are lots of people looking at you so you might not— there are lots of people looking at you so you might not want - there are lots of people looking at you so you might not want to. - there are lots of people looking at. you so you might not want to. filter you so you might not want to. after exeter the batting _ you so you might not want to. after exeter the batting goes _ you so you might not want to. after exeter the batting goes to - you so you might not want to.- exeter the batting goes to portland and further into dorset. it looked cloudy but bright in the south—west. susan can give us a forecast for the country. it is not doing much in terms of bringing rain but we have seen some slightly below—average temperatures this afternoon. through the week ahead we can expect temperatures to begin to recover. not until we have had quite a chilly night. high pressure to the south—west means windfalls lighter overnight, clearskies south—west means windfalls lighter overnight, clear skies across southern and central england means during the small hours we could get down to seven. tuesday daytime,

plenty of sunshine should see, i'm not sure what has gone on with the order of the chart, temperatures at the end of the night, fine night with clear spells in rural, central, southern england. best of the sunshine will always be towards the east, further west more cloud pushing on, some rain setting in for the afternoon, evening, northern ireland and western scotland. 17 in aberdeen, 23 in london. the trend in the days ahead is for temperatures to start to pick up, average temperatures for scotland and northern ireland more cloudy but sun across england and wales could drive temperatures quite widely up into the high temperatures by sunday.

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the bbc has revealed that a complaint against the former radio 1 dj tim westwood had previously been referred to the police. he denies the allegations. borisjohnson was aware of "reports and speculation" about chris pincher�*s behaviour before he was appointed deputy chief whip in february. police say there is no evidence a shooting in a copenhagen shopping centre — which left three people dead — was motivated by terrorism as the suspect appears in court and is remanded to a pyschiatric hospital. a man's died and thousands have been told to leave their homes — amid torrential rain and major flooding in sydney. some foods like chicken and beef are off the menu for school dinners according to some caterers, who blame shortages and rising costs. sport now. and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin.

hello there — plenty to talk about at wimbledon today — on what's usually known as manic monday. nick known as manic monday. krygios stole the headlini bring nick krygios stole the headlines. bring us up to speed with how nick krygios is getting on. he's looking good at the moment. good behaviour from behaviourfrom him, we don't often say that. considering what we saw against stefanos tsitsipas, it was pretty much a circus in the end, but today, against a 20—year—old american, nick krygios has had shoulder injury issues and is in the fourth set between these two. fifth set, forgive me. nakashima won the first set and nick krygios, looks

all right then getting a shoulder looked at by the physio. he has broken the nakashima server, 3—1 up and looking good to get through. been looking a bit miserable and a bit of chuntering, you expect that from nick krygios, but on the whole, pretty good from him and that shima has really handle the situation, sense of occasion, his first time on centre court really well. but for the moment, nick krygios getting the job done. the winner of this match moves on to play garin. his match went to a champions tie—break. getting thejob done went to a champions tie—break. getting the job done and through to his first grand slam quarterfinals,

his first grand slam quarterfinals, his first grand slam quarterfinals, his first win against his opponent. and another men's last 16 matches taking place, series of knee injuries, fritz in charge of this one. let me tell you about a woman's result we've got. plenty more still to come. england have their sights set, on what would be an unlikely win against india — in the fifth test at edgbaston. they're chasing 378 to win —

after bowling the visitors out for 245 in their second innings on day four. england a short while ago 109 for 3... alex lees made his half century — before a chaotic run out saw an end to his innings. zak crawley earlier came up just short of his half century, and ollie pope out for zero, caugt behind by rishab pant, off the captainjasprit bumrah.. first ball after tea. india lead in this delayed series 2—1. some football transfer new — denmark midfielder christian eriksen has agreed in principle to sign for manchester united — on a free transfer. the 30—year—old's short—term contract at brentford ended last month. it is believed eriksen, who is still to have his medical, was choosing between thomas frank's side and united, but the lure of playing for the latter swung his decision. and staying with football — premier league and championship sides will be allowed to introduce safe standing areas, from the start of this coming season. five clubs — chelsea, manchester city, manchester united, tottenham and cardiff city — took part in a

government—commissioned �*early adopters' pilot study during the second half of last season. brentford, qpr and wolves will be the next clubs to join them, in offering licensed standing in certain seated areas for home and away fans. others are expected to follow during the new season. that's all the sport for now. circular cassama is preparing to give a major speech and explain how he could make brexit work better for the uk. he is expected to renew pledges not to take the uk back into the eu single market or customs union if he becomes premise. you will remember _ union if he becomes premise. tm. will remember back in december 2019 borisjohnson won the general election emphatically with the promise to get brexit done. now, labour's leader circular starmer

wants to win, the next election with the promise to make brexit work. that has been a slogan for sometime and tonight, any speech, he is going to flesh out what that slogan means. i do think it marks a tactical shift for the party. it was only three years ago circular starmer himself was calling for a second referendum to try and break the brexit deadlock gripping westminster and it has been in problematic issue for the party —— clear starmer. many of the seats voted leaving the referendum but a lot of labour activists calling for a closer relationship between the uk and the eu. the other day the labour mayor of london said he would like to see the uk rejoin the single market. in his speech tonight, clear starmer will say emphatically that thatis starmer will say emphatically that that is not going to happen, the uk will not bejoining that is not going to happen, the uk will not be joining the that is not going to happen, the uk will not bejoining the eu if he becomes premise, they will be no rejoining of the single market, no return to the customs union, no return to the customs union, no return to the customs union, no return to free movement. what he's

trying to do is close down a potential line of attack from the tories as we head towards the next election. he wants to make this a bit what he sees as brexit�*s feelings and missed opportunities. he is going to say, for instance, he would like to cut the number of side deals with the eu to make the situation in northern ireland work better. he wants to make the uk in the horizon science programme. according to clear starmer this is about the practical consequence of brexit, not the principal, which he says are settled. we heard our political correspond explaining there that it wasn't that long ago clear starmer was calling for a second rendering them —— referendum and he is a remainder, what has changed?— referendum and he is a remainder, what has changed? looks, that was a situation with _

what has changed? looks, that was a situation with a _ what has changed? looks, that was a situation with a deadlock— what has changed? looks, that was a situation with a deadlock in _ situation with a deadlock in parliament and there was a whole national debate on this issue that is now behind us. what is important now is to be clear that we don't intend to re—litigate these issues of the past, the next labour government will not be rejoining the eu, we will not be rejoining the single market, we will not be rejoining the customs union, what will be doing is making brexit work. clear starmer this evening will be setting out our plan to do that, to make sure what we are actually doing is working in partnership with our european allies to make sure we fix the northern ireland protocol, third in the necessary trade barriers and also work across europe on crucial issues of security, which are absolutely vital to tackling organised crime.— absolutely vital to tackling organised crime. absolutely vital to tackling orranised crime. ~ ., ,, ., organised crime. when you talk about makin: organised crime. when you talk about making brexit — organised crime. when you talk about making brexit work _ organised crime. when you talk about making brexit work better, _ organised crime. when you talk about making brexit work better, can - organised crime. when you talk about making brexit work better, can quote | making brexit work better, can quote you what the mayor of london, one of

the prominent members of the labour party is, has been saying, saying we need to be in the single market. "when i see the challenges we have in finance, "when i see the challenges we have infinance, professional "when i see the challenges we have in finance, professional services, tech, construction, music, film, i know future is more prosperous, less pure, being members of the single market.. ~ ,, ., , market.. woki starmer will say this evenina market.. woki starmer will say this evenin: as market.. woki starmer will say this evening as we _ market.. woki starmer will say this evening as we will _ market.. woki starmer will say this evening as we will not _ market.. woki starmer will say this evening as we will not rejoin - market.. woki starmer will say this evening as we will not rejoin the i evening as we will not rejoin the single market oriented the customs —— what clear starmer will say. the priority of the next labour government will be to make brexit work and what we will be seeing this evening is a plan from kir starmer, looking and drawing on his experience, he worked in northern ireland, knows the politics of northern ireland very well. we will be having those pragmatic solutions to the issue of the northern ireland

also looking at how we can support our export. as i've been speaking in my role of shallow international trade 60 the exporters across the country, they don't want unnecessary trade barriers in place. that will be the priority as we deal with the european union. let's not forget the real importance of security cooperation, which is absolutely vital. why mackie did not address my question about sadik khan, are you saying that when he says we need to be in the single market, that we would be more prosperous and less pure, increasing his run? we are taking a different position... i5 pure, increasing his run? we are taking a different position... is he wron: ? taking a different position... is he wrong? i'm _ taking a different position... is he wrong? i'm a _ taking a different position... is he wrong? i'm a welsh _ taking a different position. .. is he wrong? i'm a welsh member- taking a different position... is he wrong? i'm a welsh member of. wrong? i'm a welsh member of parliament- _ wrong? i'm a welsh member of parliament. i— wrong? i'm a welsh member of parliament. i have _ wrong? i'm a welsh member of parliament. i have seen - wrong? i'm a welsh member of parliament. i have seen over i wrong? i'm a welsh member of. parliament. i have seen over the past 20 years leaders in devolved administrations take different views from those taken at westminster. that is simply the nature of devolution. what i'm being clear about this evening is the view, the

very clear view that keir starmer will be expressing this evening. i will be expressing this evening. i will be expressing this evening. i will be there to hear the speech tonight and that will be the clear position that labour takes going into the next general election, not continuing with the divisions and the debates of previous years, those debates have now happens, it is time to move forward and to make brexit work. {in to move forward and to make brexit work. ,., ., , work. on the point of the single market, work. on the point of the single market. do _ work. on the point of the single market, do you _ work. on the point of the single market, do you agree _ work. on the point of the single market, do you agree that - work. on the point of the single market, do you agree that we i work. on the point of the single - market, do you agree that we would be better off if we were in it? that debate has — be better off if we were in it? tisgt debate has already happened and that has gone. it debate has already happened and that has one. ., , �* ., ., has gone. it doesn't have to, you could reopen _ has gone. it doesn't have to, you could reopen it, _ has gone. it doesn't have to, you could reopen it, you _ has gone. it doesn't have to, you could reopen it, you are - has gone. it doesn't have to, you could reopen it, you are the - could reopen it, you are the opposition. could reopen it, you are the opposition-— could reopen it, you are the o- osition. �* ., , ., opposition. but there would be a hue cost opposition. but there would be a huge cost of _ opposition. but there would be a huge cost of reopening - opposition. but there would be a huge cost of reopening that - opposition. but there would be a i huge cost of reopening that debate, creating even greater uncertainty for businesses going forward. what we actually need is to accept that that debate has already happened, knock—about, not really forget the arguments of the past, but show the statecraft and pragmatism we need to make brexit work, and that is

precisely what keir starmer will be talking about. it precisely what keir starmer will be talking about-— talking about. it isn't the reality, the reality is _ talking about. it isn't the reality, the reality is a _ talking about. it isn't the reality, the reality is a lot _ talking about. it isn't the reality, the reality is a lot of _ talking about. it isn't the reality, the reality is a lot of labour - the reality is a lot of labour voters voted for brexit, and you don't want to be in the firing line at the next election and accuse of being soft on brexit. ida. at the next election and accuse of being soft on brexit.— being soft on brexit. no, it's a recognition — being soft on brexit. no, it's a recognition that _ being soft on brexit. no, it's a recognition that this _ being soft on brexit. no, it's a recognition that this is - being soft on brexit. no, it's a recognition that this is a - being soft on brexit. no, it's a. recognition that this is a debate that consumed our politics consumes our national conversation for so many years and that reopening that now would not be in the interests of the country to do, that is what are very clear position is, and what we are now doing is looking forward to that next labour government, setting out very clearly that of course we will have a positive constructive relationship with their nearest neighbours, but also, keir starmer will be setting out this evening a plan of those kind of things we want to look at to ensure we are working

together for shared prosperity. thank you for your time and thank you for being with us. a consultation has begun on increasing the number of children that can be looked after by a single childcare worker in england. currently, one adult can be in charge of four children, but the government wants to change that to five. the government hopes it will cut the costs of childcare, but there are fears the quality of care would drop if the plan is adopted. sanchia berg reports. 7.30 in the morning, and toddlers are arriving at little flyers nursery near edinburgh. most parents said that they were happy with the staffing ratio here. maisie has been going to nursery since she was two. we were in glasgow before, and i always felt the ratios were quite generous in glasgow, as well. compared with england, the scottish workforce is better qualified,

and staff have to continue training throughout their career. at little flyers, they'll often have more adults in the toddler room than the legal minimum. the ratio system is more like, it's like the speed limit. that's the maximum you can go to, you don't want to exceed that. but you can drive slower if you like. it's the same with the ratio, you can have more hands on. this system is well established. the ratio has been in place for many years. scottish nurseries generally have more funding per child, and they don't have to pay business rates. should that scottish ratio be a model for england? that's the question the government's asking today, as it starts a formal consultation. this isn't a decision made, it's about us going ahead and saying, "look, scotland do things ever so slightly differently, they have a one to five ratio instead of a one to four". we need to look at that, we need to consult with the sector, we need to consult with the experts and importantly, consult with parents, to make sure that what we are proposing is right. # if you see a lion, don't forget to roar! raaaah! over the borderfrom little flyers at yellow wellies nursery in durham, the owner says it's the very worst time to change staffing.

children born during the pandemic missed so much. to catch up, many need extra, individual support. even if she did change the ratios, the owner of this nursery doubts she'd be able to drop fees. other costs are going up fast. her energy bills have tripled. please come and spend a day with us in our two—year—olds' room. and when i say day, i mean 7:30am until 6pm. pop yourself in the room with 15 two—year—olds and two of my staff, let's see how you get on. what is the monkey doing? nurseries in both nations have been hit by the cost of living crisis. experienced staff are leaving for better paid work. and in england, the number of providers has dropped by 4,000 over the last financial year. sanchia berg, bbc news.

rescuers in northern italy have resumed their search for more than 15 people still missing after an avalanche in the dolomites. at least 6 people were killed and 9 injured when parts of a glacier collapsed on the mountain marmolada on sunday. alpine rescue teams with sniffer dogs and drones have been deployed. tanning salons are breaking the law by allowing underage people to use their sunbeds. by allowing underage people to use theirsunbeds. it by allowing underage people to use their sunbeds. it is legal because of fears of increased cancer in younger people. in 2011 it became illegal for any commercial salons or anyone under the age of 18 use a sunbed. figures from england suggest thousands of children are still using them. this professor is the

consultant dermatologist at prince charles hospital and says getting too much exposure at the young age can be life—threatening. what experiences have you had with underage people that use sunbeds regularly? element be fed a considerable number of cases of particular young women... under 25, cominr as particular young women... under 25, coming as a — particular young women... under 25, coming as a result _ particular young women... under 25, coming as a result of _ particular young women... under 25, coming as a result of mall _ particular young women... under 25, coming as a result of mall changes . coming as a result of mall changes on their skin. sometimes other family members are unaware that they are using sunbeds because they are underage. are using sunbeds because they are underare. ., ., , are using sunbeds because they are underare. . . , . underage. there are many tanning salons across _ underage. there are many tanning salons across wales. _ underage. there are many tanning salons across wales. i _ underage. there are many tanning salons across wales. i wonder - underage. there are many tanning i salons across wales. i wonder how many are obeying the law. we've wrecked two underage girls with security cameras to see if they can access a sunbed. brute security cameras to see if they can access a sunbed.— security cameras to see if they can access a sunbed. we like to book to sunbeds, please. _ access a sunbed. we like to book to sunbeds, please. have _ access a sunbed. we like to book to sunbeds, please. have you - access a sunbed. we like to book to sunbeds, please. have you got - access a sunbed. we like to book to sunbeds, please. have you got id? | sunbeds, please. have you got id? both rirls sunbeds, please. have you got id? both girls could _ sunbeds, please. have you got id? both girls could a _ sunbeds, please. have you got id? both girls could a fake _ sunbeds, please. have you got id? both girls could a fake date - sunbeds, please. have you got id? both girls could a fake date of- both girls could a fake date of birth and are letting without any

id. she recommends six minutes of tanning and shows them how to use the standing and lie down sunbeds. we can't allow the girls to use the beds as part of this investigation, so they make their excuses and leave. the girls visited 12 salons. five of them took our money and would have let the teenagers use the sunbeds without any id checks at. that's more than 40%. julie barratt is president of the chartered institute of environmental health. it doesn't matter how young people look or old people look, the requirement is the produce id. and they were not asked to. and that is very concerning. ih they were not asked to. and that is very concerning-— they were not asked to. and that is very concerning. in this women from cancer chelsea _ very concerning. in this women from cancer chelsea melanoma _ very concerning. in this women from cancer chelsea melanoma uk - very concerning. in this women from cancer chelsea melanoma uk thinks| cancer chelsea melanoma uk thinks the current laws do not go far enough. —— cancer charity. i the current laws do not go far enough. -- cancer charity. iwould love to see — enough. -- cancer charity. iwould love to see legislation _ enough. -- cancer charity. iwould love to see legislation so - enough. -- cancer charity. iwould love to see legislation so tight - enough. -- cancer charity. iwould love to see legislation so tight it i love to see legislation so tight it would _ love to see legislation so tight it would be — love to see legislation so tight it would be pointless using them. the only reason—

would be pointless using them. the only reason people do is because they want— only reason people do is because they want to change their skin colour~ — they want to change their skin colour~ if_ they want to change their skin colour. if we can tighten up legislation so tight that it was pointless, that would be a good thing _ pointless, that would be a good thing. white maxi health concerns around _ thing. white maxi health concerns around sunbeds are critically prominent for younger people. many will be less concerned _ prominent for younger people. ij�*iag�*iy will be less concerned people under 18 may be able to access tanning salons. the criminal bar association has released figures saying how many trials they think have been postponed due to a lack of barristers in the past year. it comes as they strike for a second week in a dispute over pay. earlier i spoke to our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford about why the strikes are happening. some people are earning as little

as £9,000 a year after seven years of doing a degree and training. it is very low pay. one of the biggest complaints, it is notjust low pay, but low pay for a very large number of hours. a barrister who earns £125 for appearing in the crown court, not bad, not great, to prepare they have done several hours of unpaid work the night before, got a train, potentially long distances, cannot claim for the train fare. if they have travelled any significant distance, after that £125 you have taken a £70 train fare out of it they might get £50 for potentially 50 hours work. for potentially 20 hours work.

i grew up with my dad working 12 to 14 hours, seven days a week, i grew up understanding what hard work was. i knew that you had to contribute to society, essentially that you don't get nothing for free. that is something i bring into this job every day. the reality of the job is, i'm being taken fora mug, really, because they are relying on hard work, lack of payment, extra hours, 30, 40, 50 hours a week i do for free, they are relying on me to do that out of my passion for the job. it comes to a point where enough is enough. is there any sign of a resolution of this dispute? i don't think there is, if i'm honest. the government have put on the table a 15% offer, which is what was recommended some time ago by the inquiry looked into it, and the barristers don't feel that makes up for this, the 28% they have lost over the several years,

and it doesn't start to deal with the crisis in the criminal justice system. if this doesn't get resolved this week, the strike next week will be four days out of five, and if it does not get resulting, they will be on strike for the whole week, and at the moment, i don't see any sign of even discussions going on. both sides are sort of sitting shouting at each other and we don't seem to be making any progress at the moment. you mention crisis in the criminaljustice system. there are those that are clear that years of underinvestment in that system by this government and previous governments have left it really terrible mess. in the years of austerity there was a big push to make savings, one of the big areas targeted was the criminaljustice system and legal aid. that's how it is that these fees have come down so far. the big delay now in the criminal justice system is partly as a result of covid, but were there before and one of the reasons there are big delays in the criminaljustice system is a shortage of people

to do the work. the system is so stretched that cases supposed to happen on a day can't happen because there is not someone to take the case on. i think at the moment you got a situation slightly unfortunately where other parts of society are asking for a significant pay rises to keep up with inflation, and this is being put in with that. in a funny sort of way i think this is almost a unique case where these very highly qualified professionals in those early years of their career are being paid so little that they are just leaving and there just won't be senior barristers and judges in the years to come unless this gets resolved. it is quite important it does get resolved. a new species of giant water lily has been discovered by scientists — and it's been hiding in plain sight for 177 years. the plant is the world's largest water lily — with leaves more than ten feet wide. it's been in the archives

of the royal botanic gardens at kew since 1845, but was mistakenly identified as another species. our science editor, rebecca morelle, has the story. they're a marvel of the botanical world — giant water lilies dominating the pond in kew gardens. but these aren't just extraordinary to look at — they're also a species that's new to science. they are huge, aren't they? and they feel so strong. yeah. when you press down on them. under the path there is a network of nerves and they're filled with air, so basically it's like a floating mat. for years these plants have masqueraded as another species, but carlos magdelana, one of the world's leader water lily experts, long suspected this wasn't the case. when you think this is a new species, you have to demonstrate it, and this is what we have done.

and i believe we have done it looking at every aspect. it's one of those things i cannot put into words. i believe it is the highlight of my career. and this new species is called victoria boliviana, named after bolivia, where it grows in the wild. standing here, you really get a sense ofjust how huge this is. this is one plant and it's still growing. not only is this the first discovery of a new giant water lily species in more than 100 years, it is also now the biggest water lily in the world, with leaves that grow to more than three metres — that's ten feet — in size. astonishingly, the new species had been hiding in kew's archives for more than 150 years. a specimen was collected and dried and stored, but wrongly identified. the discovery now brings the number of giant water lily species to three

and a key part of studying them is to make detailed botanical drawings, where the differences start to stand out. this is the open flower of the new species. i think it's one of the most — maybe i'm biased — but out of three species i think it is one of the most beautiful flowers. drawings of the different water lilies reveal their unique features. i could, as an illustrator, highlight those differences i saw. and in fact when i was drawing those differences they became even stronger in my mind and i found new ways of telling them apart. the water lily house was built in the 1800s to showcase kew's extensive collection. water lilies were a natural wonder of the victorian age. but this new discovery shows these giants, even today, hold some surprises and scientists say they still have much to learn about these remarkable plants.

rebecca morelle, bbc news. beautiful skies behind the flowers. it has been southernmost counties of the uk that have seen the most of the uk that have seen the most of the unbroken sunshine today, many areas have enjoyed some decent sunny spells. temperatures have lagged behind what we would expect to see at this time of year. through the week ahead, it will gradually turn or day on day by the time we get at the weekend. somebody is going to see temperatures well above average. high pressure to the south—west will give us a fine evening across england and wales and into the night we keep some... we could see rural

lows of 6—7 . distinctly chilly for this time of year. more typically we are looking at lows of 9—12. a lot of sun to start the day across the uk, perhaps a few share produced in scotland. a bank of cloud, a weather front will approach northern ireland in western scotland by the afternoon and rain will set in four coastal beaches here. more cloud pushing its way south across wales and southern england tomorrow afternoon as well. but it looks like were in for another day of uncorrupted play at wimbledon. corso temperatures 21—23 and i suspect it will remain fine for the remainder of the term. you can see fronts trail thicker cloud to the south, but into wednesday, some persistent rain across western scotland. elsewhere it should become largely dry. rainfall deficit across the eastern side of the uk, many gardens crying out for some fairly

solid downpours after such a dry june. high pressure still around thursday, friday, it will hold the temperatures back somewhat here. relatively mild and it is going to start, look england and wales and notice the amber colours in the red spot. it blooms across parts of central england into east anglia across more the welsh border. temperatures are on average by the end of the week and into the weekend. for scotland and northern ireland, a bit more cloud. england and wales, spells of sunshine and potentially close to 30 degrees in the south—east.

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