this is bbc news, these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. a prisoner exchange sees more than 200 prisoners of war released by russia. they include more than a hundred members of the azov battalion as well as five british soldiers who were volunteering with ukrainian forces. we just want to let everyone know that we are now out of the danger zone and we're on our way home to our families. meanwhile in russia, protests continue as the military prepares to mobilise an estimated 300,000 reservists as the conflict continues. a teenager has been arrested after 15—year—old boy was stabbed outside his school in huddersfield in the north of england yesterday afternoon. the uk government has lifted its ban on fracking in england in a bid

to increase energy production, but critics warn about significance damage to the environment and a risk of earthquakes. better access to gps and more appointments. the health secretary sets out her plan for the nhs in england, but some doctors warn the changes will do little to improve patient care. and at least ten people have been killed following another day of protests in iran over the death of a young woman in custody. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. five british captives who were being held by russian—backed forces in ukraine are believed to be back in the uk after being released last night. the prime minister, liz truss,

confirmed a prisoner exchange had been negotiated by saudi arabia. before being freed, two of the men, aiden aslin and shaun pinner, had been sentenced to death by russian—backed separatists. emma vardy reports. we just want to let everyone know that we are now out of the danger zone and on our way home to ourfamilies. their ordeal finally coming to an end. thanks to everyone that has been supporting us. it's really much appreciated. aiden aslin and shaun pinner had been held by russian—backed forces since they were captured in april. they had both moved to ukraine four years ago and joined the ukrainian armed forces. they had been helping to defend the country during the russian invasion. but after being captured, they were accused of being mercenaries and told they faced the death penalty. aiden and shaun had been held alongside three other british men — john harding, andrew hill and dylan healy.

but footage of the men arriving in saudi arabia was released last night after the saudi government confirmed it had been involved in negotiations to secure their freedom. aiden aslin�*s local mp condemned the russian—backed separatists for their treatment of the men and said he was delighted to see aiden freed. he has been through months and months of terrible treatment. you can only imagine what that has meant for his family back home in newark. it really has been a terrible ordeal for them not knowing whether they were going to get aiden home or whether, god forbid, the worst would happen to him. during their months of captivity, the men had been shown on russian tv as part of propaganda efforts by the kremlin, and had been told that the death penalty would be carried out. their sudden freedom has come as a huge relief to family and friends. but it is not yet clear exactly how their release was achieved

and what treatment they endured while being held prisoner. emma vardy, bbc news. ivan verstyuk, an analyst and editor at the �*new voice of ukraine', isjoining us from kyiv. thank you for your time today. on that prisoner exchange, a huge relief for the families involved but surprising given the rhetoric we were hearing from president putin yesterday in his televised address? you know, vladimir putin likes these symbolic gestures. and yesterday was the international day of peace, so the international day of peace, so the prisoner exchange happened exactly on that day. it's a symbol that vladimir putin is trying to show that he is still, you know, he is an unshakeable person, that it's

possible to talk to him diplomatically. this prisoner swap is a very complicated diplomatic architecture behind this. several countries were involved in talks, saudi arabia, turkey and also morocco who also was rallying for their own citizen. it took a lot of effort, the us presidentjoe biden had to visit saudi arabia a month ago to get this country involved in talks, and then the turkish leader talked to putin last week, so it involved several weeks of negotiating, this prisoner exchange. while ukraine, in order to get the defenders of mariupol in south—eastern ukraine released, it had to give to russians putin's strongest ally in ukraine, a politician and an oligarch, who used

to own television companies and oil refineries and had a lot of expensive art, victor medvechuk. he was an influential person. he was interrogated several times by ukraine's security service in order to understand the nature of his cooperation in the kremlin�*s interest in ukraine. cooperation in the kremlin's interest in ukraine.- cooperation in the kremlin's interest in ukraine. sorry, ito interw— interest in ukraine. sorry, ito interrupt you. _ interest in ukraine. sorry, ito interrupt you, i _ interest in ukraine. sorry, ito interrupt you, i want - interest in ukraine. sorry, ito interrupt you, i want to - interest in ukraine. sorry, ito interrupt you, i want to ask i interest in ukraine. sorry, ito . interrupt you, i want to ask about the protests in russia as well, in st petersburg and moscow and the number of other cities in to this mobilisation plan. given the penalties for such protests, was the of them surprising? and what do they say about the public mood in russia, specifically about this mobilisation idea, even amongst some of those who believe what president putin is

saying about ukraine?- saying about ukraine? what's important _ saying about ukraine? what's important about _ saying about ukraine? what's important about the - saying about ukraine? what's important about the protests | saying about ukraine? what's i important about the protests is saying about ukraine? what's - important about the protests is the scale of mobilisation which should include at least 300,000 russian men, which would affect many more russian families. as for the mobilisation, it had this kind of approach, the war is happening somewhere in a different country, we don't care much, wejust somewhere in a different country, we don't care much, we just want to live our working lives here in russia. now there's going to be affecting them so there will be a growing disloyalty and dissatisfaction with the kremlin's policies and with the so—called military operation in ukraine, as the way the kremlin because the war. that is extremely important that is happening because vladimir putin is a very conservative and soviet style political leader, but he still has to pay attention to the sociology. because when the russian soldiers are sent to ukraine and they don't, they are not even supported by their

own citizens at home, their morale is going to be really low. it is already low and it's going to get even lower. already low and it's going to get even lower-— already low and it's going to get even lower. ~ ., ., ' . even lower. what sort of difference could these — even lower. what sort of difference could these reservists _ even lower. what sort of difference could these reservists make - even lower. what sort of difference could these reservists make in - even lower. what sort of difference l could these reservists make in those numbers? for example, how many of them will have had significant military experience or will many of them just have had a very basic training? them just have had a very basic trainin: ? ., , training? vladimir putin in his seech training? vladimir putin in his speech yesterday _ training? vladimir putin in his speech yesterday said - training? vladimir putin in his speech yesterday said that. training? vladimir putin in his speech yesterday said that allj training? vladimir putin in his i speech yesterday said that all of the reservists have to go through several weeks of training that you can't learn the craft of fighting war in several weeks. it takes years to become a professional soldier. and modern welfare is the business of professional —— modern warfare, not people who are under recruitment under willingly. not people who are under recruitment underwillingly. i not people who are under recruitment under willingly. i don't think even half of them will be able to fight efficiently. i think they will be

sent to strengthen the position in eastern ukraine and in the territories which are bordering ukraine because putin yesterday said that he is scared that the ukrainian army which invade russia. because all of the western military assistance was given to ukraine on the basis that they would not invade russia and that is the standing of the ukrainian government. 50 russia and that is the standing of the ukrainian government. so how is the ukrainian government. so how is the counteroffensive _ the ukrainian government. so how is the counteroffensive of— the ukrainian government. so how is the counteroffensive of ukraine - the counteroffensive of ukraine going? the counteroffensive of ukraine auoin ? �* , the counteroffensive of ukraine hoin? �*, ., ,, the counteroffensive of ukraine hoin? �*, ., ., , going? it's happening at a very good ace. it is going? it's happening at a very good me it is in — going? it's happening at a very good pace. it is in the _ going? it's happening at a very good pace. it is in the east _ going? it's happening at a very good pace. it is in the east and _ going? it's happening at a very good pace. it is in the east and the - pace. it is in the east and the south also, they don't have days off, nowadays, they keep working daily. in the previous two weeks,

the ukrainian army was advancing at a pace of 50 kilometres per day which is huge. now it's getting a little bit slower, so we are talking not about weeks, but about months, that it would take to liberate territories in the donbas in eastern ukraine. what's important is that ukrainian army is now on the outskirts of the city of donetsk, and this territory that russia has been controlling since 2014. politically it is really important that instead of gaining territory for ukraine, russia is now going to lose territories that it controlled even before the invasion. and that of course means a defeat for russia, and for of course means a defeat for russia, and foeradimir putin, of course means a defeat for russia, and for vladimir putin, it's really hard to admit defeat in this war. because it will be, you know, like a hit against his public image about a strong imperialist ruler of russia. the ukrainian army is intent to

liberate all of the territories, donbas and crimea, and it's not going to stop. in the ukrainian army is supported by the european union, which yesterday made a statement that it will be helping ukraine and providing all kinds of assistance to liberate all of the territories which i mentioned —— which are mentioned in the ukraine constitution as part of this country. this is this international support which is ukraine is getting now, and we had support yesterday at the united nation's general assembly, where russia might be excluded or somewhat taken aside from the security council, which would also open a new door for maybe some diplomacy to get involved in ending the war in ukraine's best interest, and in the best interests of all of the western democracies that are helping ukraine. in the uk prime minister at liz truss is also

very helpful and supportive in her latest statement on helping ukraine. it matters a lot to us. we must leave it there, but really interesting to talk to you, thank you so much for your time. let's now hear from dominik byrne. he's director of operations at presidium network, which investigated the conditions in which british citizens captured in ukraine were kept. there has not been a huge amount of detail on the mechanism and process. even the families were kept very much in the dark until yesterday morning when it was guaranteed that they would be on their way to saudi arabia and then back to the uk today. so the mechanics are not there. what we do know is what the media have been reporting, in ukraine and worldwide overnight, that ukraine drew the deal that ukraine through the deal released 56 prisoners, and had over 250 prisoners released back to them including these ten foreign captives.

so that's the only mechanism of the deal that me know. we know that the saudi arabian prince was integral in this deal, and basically working on this big deal as a mediator between ukraine and russia. that's really all the details we know and the mechanisms of. what can you tell us about the conditions in which the prisoners were kept by russian backed separatists? of the five british captives we have been told about, we have got the names of three of them and two have not been identified or named yet, but what sort of conditions were they held in? what we know from our reports and people reporting to us and more will come to light as stories come through, but they were kept very much in solitary confinement, away from other prisoners, they didn't really know who else was around them or captured with them. we do know that the standards were 0k, we know that the people that we have communication with, that they were fed and watered 0k,

treated 0k, and if there were any medical issues they had, it was taken on board. however we do know that they were put under pressure to release information, they were seen as, from the state that they were in donetsk as enemies, and they had levels of interrogation or pressure put on them. from the images we have seen overnight and this morning, they all seem to be in very good health. how difficult is it for an organisation like yourself to find out this kind of details? it's really, really difficult. we have to go through huge amounts of verification with our sources and really see what the truth is. but also we have been in contact with some of these families and we know that they have had direct contact with their family members that

were detained at the time. so we have got those direct stories as well. we have had confirmation that 22—year—old dylan healy is among the five british nationals freed after being held by russian backed forces in ukraine, we knew aiden aslin, shaun pinner and john hardie, but now 22—year—old dylan healy from cambridge is among the five who have been freed. irate cambridge is among the five who have been freed. ~ ., cambridge is among the five who have been freed. ~ . , ., ., ., been freed. we are understood to think they are _ been freed. we are understood to think they are back _ been freed. we are understood to think they are back home. - been freed. we are understood to think they are back home. a - been freed. we are understood to l think they are back home. a source close to the family of dylan healy has confirmed he is back in the uk. just one of the five that we have not had confirmation of the identity of yet, but we now know the names of four of those back in the uk. 0ur correspondent in kyiv, hugo bachega, outlined earlier how

this prisioner exchange came about. it's very interesting, we don't have many details. we know that 270 prisoners have been released, 250 prisoners of war have been released by the russians, including top commanders of the azov battalion who, for weeks, defended the azovstal steelworks in the city of mariupol. and they are now considered heroes here in this country. so it is very significant indeed. also, ten foreign fighters have been released by the russians. in return, the ukrainians released 55 russian fighters, also the pro—russian politician victor medvechuk who was facing treason charges here in ukraine. i think the timing of it was very interesting because this prisoner exchange, the most significant prisoner swap in this war, happened hours after

president putin announced that partial military mobilisation. it also happened as pro—russian forces are preparing to hold a so—called referendums onjoining russia in regions that have been occupied by russia. so the timing of it is very interesting. this is a significant development but i think the question is, why now? russian police are reported to have arrested hundreds of protesters opposed to the kremlin's decision to call up thousands of extra troops to fight in ukraine. a russian human rights group believes that more than 1,300 people were detained. the largest numbers arrested were in st petersburg and moscow but there've been anti—war protests in more than 30 other cities. mr putin has ordered the mobilisation of 300,000 reservists to fight in ukraine. in the final speech of the day at the united nations general assembly, the british prime minister,

liz truss, criticised president putin's decision to mobilise reservists to fight in ukraine. in ukraine, barbarous weapons are being used to kill and maim people. rape is being used as an instrument of war. families are being torn apart. and this morning, we have seen putin trying to justify his catastrophic failures. he is doubling down by sending even more reservists to a terrible fate. he is desperately trying to claim the mantle of democracy for a regime without human rights or freedoms, and he's making more bogus claims and sabre rattling threats. this will not work. the international alliance is strong, and ukraine is strong. liz truss speaking at the united nations. west yorkshire police investigating the murder of a 15—year—old boy in huddersfield have arrested a 16—year—old on

suspicion of murder. the teenager, who hasn't been publicly named, was treated at the scene outside a school in fartown yesterday afternoon but died in hospital. police described the killing as an "absolutely senseless loss of a young life". the ban on fracking in the uk could be lifted under government plans to stimulate the shale gas industry. fracking has been suspended since 2019 following concerns that the extraction process can cause earthquakes. a review into the level of seismic activity allowed at sites is expected to be published today. our business correspondent theo leggett told me earlier the plans are unlike to bring down the price we pay. no, it will not make bills any cheaper, certainly not in the short term. whatever gas ultimately which gets extracted from any fracking in this country will be sold, unless the rules are changed a lot, at international prices, so it would be unlikely to have an effect on what people pay long—term either. what it does do in theory is boost

energy security a little bit, it provides more domestic sources of energy. but there is an awful lot of uncertainty here. we simply don't know how much recoverable gas is underground in this country, and we don't know how much of it is going to be recoverable, because only three wells have been drilled so far. those had their operations are stopped because of earth tremors, and there is very little information as a result about the conditions that people attempting to extract gas will face. in terms of the controversy around the environmental impacts, and safety impacts, we understand that the government is looking at raising the magnitude limit on tremors allowed through the process of fracking. so could we expect local communities to try to dispute this and try to go to court and stop the government doing this? that will depend on the local communities themselves, and what kind of position they take on this. what the government seems to be

doing here is, bearing in mind what the british geological survey has said in the report out today, which seems to suggest that while there is a case for having what they call a traffic—light system for regulating how drilling proceeds and where you have pauses if things go wrong, it's worth considering at what point it is pausing operations, depending on the tremors involved. because 0.5 magnitude is very, very low. a cuadrilla well did provoke a 2.9 earthquake, which is greater. the government wants drilling and exploration to proceed without having to stop whenever there is a very small tremor. so it is a balance of risk. there are more people from a catholic background than a protestant background in northern ireland for the first time,

according to census figures released this morning. our correspondent chris page is in belfast for us now with more details. so, bring us the figures, the details from this latest census first of all. details from this latest census first of all-— first of all. yes, it is worth mentioning _ first of all. yes, it is worth mentioning at _ first of all. yes, it is worth mentioning at the - first of all. yes, it is worth mentioning at the outset, | first of all. yes, it is worth - mentioning at the outset, annita, that the state of northern ireland was founded 101 years ago in 1921 when the rest of the united —— the island of ireland left the united kingdom and became what is now known as the republic of ireland. six counties in the north—east of ireland remain in the united kingdom as northern ireland and the borders were drawn in such a way to ensure there would be a joy to of protestants —— a majority of protestants. adherence to the distant marker —— religion was seen to be the key marker as to whether

people supported northern ireland being in the uk so it would secure the area for the long—term. we have seen the catholic population grow over the years and now for the first time we see the number of catholics, the number of people from a catholic background, is greater than the number of people from a protestant background. so these figures have shown today that the people who have said they are either catholic or brought up catholic is now 45.7% of the population of northern ireland. the figure for people who are protestants or brought up protesta nts or brought u p protesta nts, protestants or brought up protestants, 43.5%. another key statistic, national identity. 31.9% say they identified as only british, 29.1% say only irish. 20% said they identified as northern irish, that

can be seen as somewhere in the middle between the british and irish identities. so more people still identifying as being british than irish, but for the first time, more catholics than protestants. so looking at that data, to what extent do you think this is going to give rise to conversations about a possible border poll? haifa rise to conversations about a possible border poll? how these statistics are _ possible border poll? how these statistics are interpreted - possible border poll? how these statistics are interpreted will. statistics are interpreted will depend really on where people stand elliptically on the key question, which has divided politics in northern ireland ever since the state was founded in 1921, and that is its constitutional future. state was founded in 1921, and that is its constitutionalfuture. should it remain in the united kingdom or should it become at one with the republic of ireland? it's important to say that 101 years ago, maybe one's religion was seen as being the most important indicator as to where you stood on that key issue. these days the link between religion and your outlook on the constitutional question is much less concrete.

another important dimension for these statistics is that it is showing very clearly northern ireland has got more secular, more people than ever before who say they don't practice any religion at all. so unionist parties who wants to keep northern ireland in the uk are already saying, these statistics can be misinterpreted, there are lots of people from a catholic background, they will say, who still want northern ireland to remain in the union, it simply doesn't equip that if you are catholic you will want a united ireland. but however there are others who will say that this is evidence of a continuing demographic trend which has been under way for decades now, and the outcome of that will eventually be a referendum on irish unity, as is allowed for in the peace deal which was signed in 1998 after three decades of conflict. and that referendum will be winnable within the next ten years, for example, that is what the main irish nationalist party in northern ireland sinn fein says. there will be lots of debate about

how this plays into the constitutional question, expect lots of number crunching and discussion about this in the days and years ahead. . ~ about this in the days and years ahead. ., ~' ,, , . the uk's health secretary, therese coffey, is setting out measures to address the pressures facing the nhs in england over the winter period. she will pledge today to make it easier for people to see their gps, as she unveils plans to improve patient access to the nhs in england. the proposals will allow doctors to take on more staff and improve the availability of same day appointments. this previously, the government has committed to reducing ambulance delays, breaking down backlogs in primary care caused by covid, with all gp patients in england are to be offered an appointment for non—urgent needs within two weeks under new plans to help improve access to care. gp practices will be able to recruit more support staff, including senior nurses, while pharmacists will be asked to take on more work to free up appointments. the announcement comes against a backdrop of record waiting times for hospital

treatment in england. but elsewhere around the uk, the nhs is also under pressure, with long waiting times the case in wales, scotand and northern ireland. in wales are waiting list is now three quarters of a million. there are similar situations in scotland and northern ireland. earlier i spoke with our chief political correspondent nick eardley. the government has made the nhs a priority, it's said they want to solve some of the big problems that we all know exists when it comes to getting an appointments or phoning an ambulance or the care sector. but what a lot of people are still looking for is the detail of how that is going to happen. so the new health secretary, therese coffey, is starting to put that out today, she is setting a target of everyone getting a gp appointment within two weeks, or within a day if it is an urgent case, but quizzed this morning,

she said it was an expectation rather than a guarantee. so there are still some big questions about how that's exactly going to be fulfilled. one of the things that the government has been talking about is trying to deal with staffing issues, to get more people working in the nhs, or to get to those who have retired back to work when possible. have a listen to the health secretary on bbc breakfast. i think we see some great experiences for patients. i'm also conscious that we hear regularly from patients how frustrated they are that they cannot get an appointment with their gp. after we've had a situation with getting through covid, both in the nhs and in social care, where there was a magnificent response to get us through that, of course now we have the aftermath of covid. the pandemic exacerbated our backlogs, that's why we've been investing money in things like diagnostic centres, that's why we have set out

proposals in terms of aspects of new hospitals. but indeed one of the things that this national emergency we are still seeing necessitates is a national endeavour. so that is the health secretary's explanation. no real specifics there, one of the things the government has been considering whether it could relax rules around doctors' pensions to allow retirees to come back and do some work to alleviate some of the pressures. but, annita, with all of this, with everything we hear from the government this week, it's about trying to set out a strategy of what liz truss is trying to do in the two years before the expected general election. the big challenge for liz truss and her team is going to be showing she can do it. nick eardley chatting to me a little earlier. joining me now is drjohn dean, who is the clinical vice president

at the royal college of physicians. thank you for your time this morning. what are the key thing that you want to hear from to therese coffey this morning?— you want to hear from to therese coffey this morning? thank you. we don't look at — coffey this morning? thank you. we don't look at short-term _ coffey this morning? thank you. we don't look at short-term fixes - coffey this morning? thank you. we don't look at short-term fixes or - don't look at short—term fixes or headlines, that is important, that we look at the medium and long—term problems. these problems have been growing since before the pandemic. they have been exacerbated by it, and we have major stresses on the nhs now, notjust in the winter that is to come, but the fundamental underlying problems are around our workforce availability. we are all trying to do all the best we can but there simply are not enough staff to deliver the care that we need to deliver. and that's both in health and social. so we need medium to longer term plans that will fix the problem, notjust put on sticking plasters. problem, not 'ust put on sticking lasters. ., ., . ., ,

problem, not 'ust put on sticking lasters. ., ., . ., i, plasters. you are clearly singing from the same _ plasters. you are clearly singing from the same song _ plasters. you are clearly singing from the same song sheet - plasters. you are clearly singing from the same song sheet as i plasters. you are clearly singing - from the same song sheet as matthew taylor from the nhs confederation who i spoke to earlier, he said that hope for the medium term is needed that unless the workforce question is addressed, that the nhs is not going to be fit for the future. so how do you propose that should be done, to deal with both recruitment and retention?— done, to deal with both recruitment and retention? absolutely right that we need both _ and retention? absolutely right that we need both of— and retention? absolutely right that we need both of those _ and retention? absolutely right that we need both of those addressing, l we need both of those addressing, and it needs to be looked out across the board, all the different professions working together in health and social care. so we are calling for the commissioned work force review and plan to be published by the end of this calendar year. that needs to look at not only what the workforce needs now but what it is predicted to be over the coming years. i5 now but what it is predicted to be over the coming years.— over the coming years. is that on track for publication _ over the coming years. is that on track for publication by _ over the coming years. is that on track for publication by the - over the coming years. is that on track for publication by the end l over the coming years. is that on | track for publication by the end of the air, as far as you are

concerned?— the air, as far as you are concerned? ~ ., , ., , ., concerned? we have yet to see that reassurance. _ concerned? we have yet to see that reassurance, and _ concerned? we have yet to see that reassurance, and we _ concerned? we have yet to see that reassurance, and we would - concerned? we have yet to see that reassurance, and we would like - concerned? we have yet to see that reassurance, and we would like that from therese coffey today. i’m from therese coffey today. i'm sor , i from therese coffey today. i'm sorry, i interruptedjust from therese coffey today. i'm sorry, i interrupted just to clarify that point, you are going to talk about recruitment and retention, i think. , , ., ., think. yes, both ends are important, obviously recruitment _ think. yes, both ends are important, obviously recruitment takes - think. yes, both ends are important, obviously recruitment takes longer . obviously recruitment takes longer in terms of training, retention we can focus on in the short term. you touched on the issue of pensions, and that is true, doctors over 50 are not doing extra work beyond their contract, because they will be financially penalised for doing that, and 50% of doctors in their later years are telling us they are going to retire early, and 85% say it is because of the pensions. so it is clear that _ it is because of the pensions. so it is clear that there _ it is because of the pensions. so it is clear that there is _ it is because of the pensions. so it is clear that there is a _ it is because of the pensions. so it is clear that there is a thought that this medium—term, these medium—term issues must be addressed, but at the same time, people want to be able to see their gps more easily now, for example,

and we have heard that clearly there are next—day appointments, it is not as if they do not exist, but clearly there are issues with getting appointments within a couple of weeks, which is what the government is talking about. the royal college of gps are saying this is a lumbering and struggling service with more expectations without the means to achieve them, sorry, a lumbering, struggling service, but do you think the idea of changing rules around funding to allow practices to take a more senior staff and giving more power to pharmacists, will that free up the system more in the short—term? it is system more in the short-term? it is not my role — system more in the short-term? it is not my role to _ system more in the short-term? it is not my role to talk _ system more in the short—term? it 3 not my role to talk about general practice, that is the... but you must have a thought on basically freeing up the system, because the whole health care system is an ecosystem, one party clearly affects the other.

they are absolutely interdependent, and what we need is more staff and less barriers to getting the staff into work and retaining those staff so they can work at the top of their licence. i will give you an example. we are responsible for physician associates, who work in primary care and in hospitals. if we can push through the regulation of those staff so that they can prescribe, do x—rays et cetera, we can recruit them, we can give them jobs, they will work in parts of teams in primary and secondary care, a workforce that is not adequately deployed, and the government can do things about that by bringing forward regulation. prevention rather than — forward regulation. prevention rather than cure _ forward regulation. prevention rather than cure is _ forward regulation. prevention rather than cure is talked - forward regulation. prevention| rather than cure is talked about forward regulation. prevention - rather than cure is talked about as well, strategies to stop people getting ill in the first place, a

system which is overloaded, and we are talking about strategies that are talking about strategies that are beyond the remit of the nhs, aren't we?— aren't we? absolutely, and if we look at the _ aren't we? absolutely, and if we look at the wider _ aren't we? absolutely, and if we look at the wider elements - aren't we? absolutely, and if we look at the wider elements of i aren't we? absolutely, and if we i look at the wider elements of health and social care together, many of theissues and social care together, many of the issues are around inadequate social care staffing, and they are not on the same sorts of terms and conditions. if there is more emphasis on that, it will reduce pressure on the system. in terms of the longer term prevention, absolutely, ourfocus the longer term prevention, absolutely, our focus has to the longer term prevention, absolutely, ourfocus has to be the longer term prevention, absolutely, our focus has to be on reducing demand. we know what causes ill—health, and these are wider, cross departmental strategies that are required around obesity, around

poverty, around housing, around access to health and social care, sport, education and health. without a cross—party strategy on reducing health inequalities, we will continue to have a health service under enormous pressure because we are not working on prevention. i have lost count, to be honest, of the number of interviews i have done with health professionals where they say this is what is needed — how optimistic are you that you are going to get something approaching what you want from this new health secretary today? i what you want from this new health secretary today?— secretary today? i think if they health secretary _ secretary today? i think if they health secretary can _ secretary today? i think if they health secretary can confirm i secretary today? i think if they i health secretary can confirm the plans for reviews around health inequalities, confirm that we will continue with the action on obesity and not remove that, confirm the workforce strategy that is already in plan, bring forward plans for regulation of staff to enable them to work at their best, then we can start to move this forward. there

are short—term things, enabling people to stay in work, enabling them to work longer hours without being penalised for that. we are concerned that it is the short term that will be looked at for political reasons, ratherthan that will be looked at for political reasons, rather than the longer term for healthy population reasons. that is what we want to say, strategies being brought forward involving the public and involving the profession, so we have a longer term and more sustainable cure for health and health care in this country. thank ou ve health care in this country. thank you very much- — health care in this country. thank you very much. thank— health care in this country. thank you very much. thank you - health care in this country. thank you very much. thank you for i health care in this country. thank| you very much. thank you for your time. let's get more on the release of five british natrionals who were being held hostage in in ukraine. and we've had the name of the fifth hostage — he is andrew hill. so now we know the five who have been released are aiden aslin, shaun pinner, andrew harding,

dylan healy and andrew hill. those are the five individuals who were being held in ukraine by russian forces, released now and backin russian forces, released now and back in the uk as part of the prisoner exchange. the uk, jacob rees—mogg has been speaking about plans to support businesses as fuel prices rise. he has been telling mps about it. to ask the secretary of state if he will make _ ask the secretary of state if he will make a statement on government support— will make a statement on government support for— will make a statement on government support for businesses facing rising energy— support for businesses facing rising energy prices. mr support for businesses facing rising energy prices-— energy prices. mr speaker, i am deliahted energy prices. mr speaker, i am delighted to _ energy prices. mr speaker, i am delighted to make _ energy prices. mr speaker, i am delighted to make a _ energy prices. mr speaker, i am delighted to make a statement. | energy prices. mr speaker, i am i delighted to make a statement. and as you know, i am grateful that —— a

great believer that the house should be made first, and i'm aware that your generosity will have allowed such a statement to be made. i would point out to the house that in my membership of the house, a statement has not been made on the taking of the old days, nor was a statement made in 1932, on the last time the oath was taken.— made in 1932, on the last time the oath was taken. what i would say is, conversations _ oath was taken. what i would say is, conversations wouldn't _ oath was taken. what i would say is, conversations wouldn't welcome i oath was taken. what i would say is, conversations wouldn't welcome any| conversations wouldn't welcome any of these _ conversations wouldn't welcome any of these difficulties. —— conversations would overcome any of these _ conversations would overcome any of these difficulties. that conversations would overcome any of these difficulties.— these difficulties. that is what i'm sa in: mr these difficulties. that is what i'm saying mr speaker, _ these difficulties. that is what i'm saying mr speaker, it _ these difficulties. that is what i'm saying mr speaker, it is _ these difficulties. that is what i'm saying mr speaker, it is important that this house gets to know, and your generosity in setting a precedent where statements can be made on those days is a good one. but it is vital that businesses have the support they need to pay energy

bills this winter. her majesty... his majesty's government is continued to support the economy. we cannot do that if business becomes insolvent due to tantamount by a malevolent state actor. the government announced it will be providing a discount on wholesale gas and electricity prices for all nondomestic customers whose current gas and electricity prices have been significantly affected by global energy prices. this includes all uk businesses and covers the voluntary sector, such as charities, and the public sector, such as schools and hospitals. the scheme will apply to fixed contract agreed on or after the 1st of april 2022, as well as to variable and flexible contracts. it will be applied to energy usage for six months from the 1st of october until the end of march next year. as with the energy price guarantee for domestic customers, in order to benefit from the scheme, customers do not need to take action. the discount will automatically be applied from the 1st of october. in

terms of real—world savings, nondomestic users will start to see the benefits of the scheme in their 0ctober energy bills, which are typically received in november. the level of price reduction for each business will vary depending on tariff and the volume used. we will publish a review into the operation of the scheme in three months to inform decisions on future support after march 2023. the review will focus in particular on identifying the most vulnerable nondomestic customers and how the government will continue assisting with energy costs beyond the initial six month period. a parallel scheme based on the same criteria offering parable support but recognising the different market fundamentals will be established in northern ireland. those who are not connected to either the gas or illiteracy degrade, equivalent support will be provided for nondomestic consumers. —— —— the gas or electricity grid. further detail on this will be announced shortly.-

further detail on this will be announced shortl .g ., . ., , , a, announced shortly. jacob rees-mogg makinu announced shortly. jacob rees-mogg makin: a announced shortly. jacob rees-mogg making a statement _ announced shortly. jacob rees-mogg making a statement in _ announced shortly. jacob rees-mogg making a statement in the _ announced shortly. jacob rees-mogg making a statement in the house i announced shortly. jacob rees-mogg making a statement in the house of. making a statement in the house of commons on energy bills. protests which started in iran have now taken place in cities across the world over the death in custody of a young woman who was detained by the morality police for allegedly violating the islamic republic's dress code. emily brown reports. an eruption of demonstrations in iran since the death of a woman for allegedly breaking strict hijab rules. her name was mahsa amini. she was 22. she collapsed after being taken to a detention centre to be educated. eyewitnesses say she was beaten. the police have denied that she was mistreated and said she suffered sudden heart failure. since her death, women in iran have burnt headscarves. the wearing of the hijab in iran is now being challenged in the way it never has been in the past 40 years.

some have even cut their hair. and what started as protests in one country has now spread around the world. from new york, where the un general assembly is being held, to amsterdam, and in norway, the iran human rights group director spoke about their concerns for protestors. we are worried that, unless the international community gives clear support to iranian people's demands, they are demanding normal life, i am concerned that many people will be killed. and numerous protesters have already been killed, and the anger has escalated — from both men and women who've taken to the streets to stand against a rule that's been in place for decades. and to stand up for mahsa amini, who has now become a symbol of defiance. emily brown, bbc news. the new york attorney general

has announced that she is suing former president donald trump, three of his children and his real—estate business, the trump 0rganization. letitia james said a three—year investigation showed that mr trump's business repeatedly used false statements to get banks to lend it money on favourable terms. david willis reports. claiming that you have money that you do not have does not amount to the art of the deal. it's the art of the steal. referencing donald trump's self aggrandising account of his wheeling and dealing in the world of manhattan real estate, the new york attorney general accused the former president of lying about his wealth. donald trump falsely inflated his net worth by billions of dollars to unjustly enrich himself, and to cheat the system, thereby cheating all of us. in a filing that runs for more than 200 pages, letitia james claims that financial statements relating to the trump

family business were, in her words, not only grossly inflated, but objectively false. the extent of the fraud, she says, was staggering and aimed at inducing banks to lend money to the trump 0rganization at favourable terms. the lawsuit accuses mr trump and his three adult children of massively inflating the value of nearly all of their marquee properties, among them his winter retreat, mar—a—lago. trump's financial filings value the property at nearly $740 million, yet its real worth, she said, was just 75 million. most bizarre was the exaggerated value of his penthouse apartment at trump tower, based on an assessment which tripled the square footage. trump's $327 million valuation, said the attorney general, would have made it the most expensive property of its kind in the history of new york real estate. the attorney general is seeking to recover $250 million in allegedly unlawful profits

and a ban on donald trump and his children doing any future business in the state in which he made his name. he did this with the help of the other defendants, his children. although she doesn't have authority to file criminal charges, the attorney general is intending to refer her findings to federal prosecutors. a move which only adds to mr trump's post—presidential legal woes. he was already the subject of nearly half a dozen other criminal and congressional investigations at a time when he is said to be weighing the possibility of another run for president. mr trump has called the civil investigation a witchhunt, conducted by a democrat politician who is running for election in november. his lawyers claim the lawsuit is meritless. but the fate of the family business, not to mention the carefully crafted image of a self—made billionaire that was so crucial to his initial run for the white house, may soon rest in the hands of a judge. david willis, bbc news, washington.

west yorkshire police investigating the murder of a 15—year—old boy in huddersfield have arrested a 16—year—old on suspicion of murder. the teenager, who hasn't been publicly named, was treated at the scene outside a school in fartown yesterday afternoon, but died in hospital. let's speak to our correspondent danny savage, who's in huddersfield. danny, what more can you tell us about the investigation?- danny, what more can you tell us about the investigation? well, this is the scene _ about the investigation? well, this is the scene of _ about the investigation? well, this is the scene of the _ about the investigation? well, this is the scene of the incident - about the investigation? well, this is the scene of the incident which l is the scene of the incident which happened here in huddersfield in west yorkshire yesterday afternoon. behind me you can see a police officer guarding a crossing, we understand that is where the incident happened. people have been putting down flowers, the area is taped off. what we know from the investigation is that school had finished yesterday afternoon when the stabbing took place here just on the stabbing took place here just on the street behind me. a 15—year—old pupil from the nearby school, the

north huddersfield trust school, was fatally injured in the incident, he was taken to hospital and died of his injuries. we know that a few hours ago police arrested a 16—year—old youth from the local area, a boy, he has been arrested, and he is now being questioned about what happened here yesterday. what what happened here yesterday. what reaction has there _ what happened here yesterday. what reaction has there been from the school community and indeed the wider community?— school community and indeed the wider community? yeah, well, as you have not wider community? yeah, well, as you have got to — wider community? yeah, well, as you have got to expect. — wider community? yeah, well, as you have got to expect, people _ wider community? yeah, well, as you have got to expect, people are i have got to expect, people are absolutely shocked about what has happened here. this is a part of huddersfield in west yorkshire, a leafy area, a decent area where people would not expect anything like this to happen at all. there has been a statement from the school saying our deepest sympathies go out to the people's family and friends, who must feel devastated, they have lost a loved one and we have lost a wonderful student from our school community. locals have been passing by, saying that they have been so

surprised and upset by what has happened. the school has reopened here today, but only two pupils who feel they need support, so this is not a normal school day, the school is effectively closed while the police investigation continues, and we know that the mother of the young man who died here yesterday was here a little while ago, she was lying on the ground, she was so upset about what had happened, devastated that she has lost her son here in such extraordinary circumstances. danny, thank ou extraordinary circumstances. danny, thank you very _ extraordinary circumstances. danny, thank you very much _ extraordinary circumstances. danny, thank you very much for _ extraordinary circumstances. danny, thank you very much for that - extraordinary circumstances. danny, | thank you very much for that update, danny savage in huddersfield. don mclean's song vincent from 1971 is probably one of the most well—known pop hits about a famous painter. it pays tribute to the dutch painter vincent van gogh. now the hand—written lyrics are up for auction, and they could fetch more than £1 million. tim allman has the story. # starry, starry night # paint your palate blue and

grey... # if this was your second—best song, you might feel a little pleased with yourself, too. this tribute to the troubled mind and timeless genius of one of history's greatest painters has become a modern classic, and these are the lyrics to that poignant, heartfelt ballad. almost indecipherable, by the looks of it, but the man who wrote them had a plan. i said, "gee, i know what i'll do, i'lljust look at the starry night painting and see if it speaks to me," and lo and behold, it almost wrote the whole song. it told me what to say, and how to say it. # so bye—bye, miss american pie... # # drove my chevy to the levy but the levy was dry... this isn't the first time don mclean has put some of his work up for auction. in 2015, he sold the lyrics

to his most famous song, american pie, for $1.2 million. also up for grabs, some 300 items, including clothes, footwear, and a lot of guitars. collections, so there were quite a few guitars that i love, but ijust don't love them enough to want to warehouse them all the time and never play them. the auction takes place in november, and a portion of the proceeds will be given to charity. # starry, starry night... # it will be a chance to understand the creative process of both painter and songwriter. tim allman, bbc news. almost 200 whales have now died following the latest mass stranding in tasmania. rescuers have been scrambling to float around 35 surviving pilot whales after the pod was discovered

at ocean beach on wednesday. the main challenge has been lifting the animals to float them, with pilot whales weighing up to 2.5 tonnes. 0nce floated, they are moved by boat to deeper water and released. there are fears some of those which have survived so far there was a stranding of whales a few years ago. i think it's inevitable that we may lose a few more of these animals. they've been stranded now for over 24 hours. they are in a really highly exposed, stressful location. they're not semi—buoyant, as they were last time, with cool water around them and supporting them. so it's a much more challenging environment for those animals. they are stressed. they are highly social, so they are communicating to each other. they're just so far out of their natural environment. it is always confronting.

i guess our focus now is getting thejob done and making sure that we can do it efficiently and safely and have the most chance of success. so that's the focus now. a new exhibition on k—pop is opening at the v&a museum in london and looks at the phenomenal rise in popularity of the south korean popular culture. the show includes the bright pink guard costumes from the successful netflix series squid game, as well as k—pop music, props as well as a replica of the bathroom set in the oscar—winning film parasite. the exhibition is split into different sections that look at the range of k—pop culture from music to tv and cinema, fashion and beauty.

and just a reminder, before i go, that we now know the names of the five britons who have returned to the uk after being held as prisoners in ukraine by russian backed soldiers and separatists. they have been released as part of a prisoner exchange, so we now know that aiden aslin, john harding, shaun pinner have been released, as well as dylan healy in the last shot while we found out the 22—year—old, dylan healy from cambridgeshire, is among those five british nationals freed, that was confirmed by a source close to his family, via a spokesperson from the presidium network, who we spoke to a little earlier, and in

the fifth name, the fifth individual is andrew hale, so those are the five freed, two had been under threat of a death sentence. so a prisoner exchange has happened with prisoners going going to various destinations from being held by russian backed separatists and also prisoners returned to russia. we understand that saudis were involved in a prisoner exchange, what was described as a very complicated diplomatic architecture in order to make this happen. the turkish president, erdogan, is also thought to have been involved, along with a number of other countries and individuals. so five britons now backin individuals. so five britons now back in the uk after being held as prisoners by russian backed separatists. you are watching bbc

news. hello again. the weather over the next few days is going to turn cooler than it has been across the board. what we have today is this weather front, it's producing rain and blustery winds, and behind it, we start to see the cooler airfilter in. but ahead of it, we still are in the mild conditions. now, some of this rain is heavy and as it sinks south, the cloud ahead of it will build. the driest, brightest conditions will be in the south east. and behind that weather front, it will clear up. the winds will drop away across scotland and northern ireland. you'll see some sunshine and also just a few showers. but the cooler air, 14 to 16 degrees, coming in behind the weather front. the mild air still very much

in place ahead of it. now through this evening and overnight, eventually, the weather front does make it down into the south east, behind it under clear skies for northern england, northwest wales, northern ireland and scotland, there'll be one or two showers, but locally. with light winds, we could also just see some patchy fog and mist form. but you can see how low the temperatures are, seven to nine degrees compared to where they've been of late, which has been about 14 or 15. but still comparatively mild in southern england. so we start tomorrow with our weather front draped across southern england and the channel islands. it's a waving front, so the position of it could be a little bit further north or south, but it will have rain in it. but for the rest of the uk, it's a mixture of bright spells and sunny intervals and some showers. most of the showers becoming a bit more widespread across scotland through the day, but nonetheless still fairly hit and miss, and the cooler air of filtering south. by the time we get to friday and saturday, the weatherfront eventually moves away from the far southeast, and we've got this ridge of high pressure building in. so we'll have the rain to start with in the south east,

could take its time to clear, and then a lot of dry weather with one or two showers especially coming in. and this northerly wind from the north sea, where it will feel quite cool along the coast. but the cooler conditions filtering further south anyway. top temperatures, 12 in the north to about 17 as we push down towards the south. saturday into sunday, our ridge of high pressure sinks south. this area of low pressure looks like it's going to bring some wet and some windy weather our way, so we get back into straight northerlies. so on sunday it's the north of the country that will have the wet and the windy conditions, and that will be sinking south during the course of monday.

this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00am. the uk government has lifted its ban on fracking in england in a bid to increase energy production — but critics are warning about environmental damage and a risk of earthquakes. heading home — five british captives who were held by russian—backed forces in ukraine return to the uk after being released in a prisoner exchange. we just want to let everyone know that we are now out of the danger zone and we're on our way home to our families. a teenager is arrested after a 15—year—old boy was stabbed outside his school in huddersfield in west yorkshire. better access to gps and more appointments — the health secretary sets out her plan for the nhs in england, but some doctors warn the changes will do little to improve patient care.

and in northern ireland the latest census shows there are now more catholics in the country than protestants for the first time. let's cut straight to the house of commons where the labour party is asking about fracking. that commons where the labour party is asking about fracking._ asking about fracking. that we use all available _ asking about fracking. that we use all available sources _ asking about fracking. that we use all available sources within - asking about fracking. that we use all available sources within this i all available sources within this country. it's all more of a mentally friendly to use our own sources of fuel rather than to extract them from other countries and transport them here at great cost both financially and in terms of carbon. it's something we need to revisit

and we need to revisit the seismic ensuring shale gas extraction can be donein ensuring shale gas extraction can be done in an efficient way. this ensuring shale gas extraction can be done in an efficient way.— done in an efficient way. this is a case of the _ done in an efficient way. this is a case of the dog — done in an efficient way. this is a case of the dog ate _ done in an efficient way. this is a case of the dog ate my _ done in an efficient way. this is a | case of the dog ate my homework done in an efficient way. this is a i case of the dog ate my homework and it's hardly surprising. let's start by taking his excuse for lifting the fracking ban that it will make a difference to the energy bills crisis. it won't, because gas is sold on the international market. the current chancellor said so in february of this year and i quote, no amount of shale gas would be enough to lower the european price of gas. even the founder of an energy company said he was wrong. why doesn't he just tell the truth. saying that fracking cutting bills is nonsense. then safety, the 2090 manifesto on what the party opposite

stood, said this. we will not support fracking, unless these signs shows categorically that it can be done safely. they are lifting the ban, but they cannot supply the evidence, and the british geological survey published today certainly doesn't do it. in the absence of the evidence, his approach is to change the safety limits. he says in his statements, tolerating high risk and disturbance appears to us to be in the national interest. i look forward to him and his colleagues explaining his charterfor earthquakes to the people of lancashire, yorkshire, the midlands, sussex, dorset and, lancashire, yorkshire, the midlands, sussex, dorsetand, indeed, somerset, who will be part of his dangerous experiment. let me tell the party opposite, we will hang this broken promise around their necks in every part of the country between now and the next general election. the conservative manifesto also says, having listened to local

communities, we have ruled out changes to the planning system, does he stand by that promise? and how will be abide by the prime minister's commitment to local consent? triggers he doesn't get this, that you cannot escape a fossil fuels crisis by doubling down on fossil fuels, renewables are today nine times cheaper than gas, the only way to cut energy bills, is with zero carbon home—grown power including onshore winds and solar, which is wing of the conservative party hates and he continues to block. the communities up and down the country, today's shows they cannot trust any word this government says. he shows he is willing to break his promises to support dangerous fringe ideas that will be in the interest of british bus of your companies over the british people.— bus of your companies over the british people. bus of your companies over the british --eole. .,, , , ., british people. there was plenty of ener: in british people. there was plenty of energy in that. _ british people. there was plenty of energy in that, i'm _ british people. there was plenty of energy in that, i'm afraid, - british people. there was plenty of energy in that, i'm afraid, more i energy in that, i'm afraid, more sound and fury that signifies

nothing. we know shale gas is safe, it's safe in the united states and has been one of the biggest contributors to the climbing carbon emissions in that state. we know, even if members opposite wish to ignore it, that's a seismic activity of 2.5 and below on the richter scale takes place millions of times a year across the world, that our standards for ground level movements, for a construction work, are double those that have ever been achieved by any shale gas exploration in this country. there is a huge margin over what we allow the building work against what is actually happening in terms of shale gas. he seeks to deny the ordinary rules of supply and demand, he ought

to be aware that when you increase supply and demand remains steady, you have an effect on pricing and pricing is always a set at the margin, that the price of any commodity is set by the final user who demands that commodity and if supply exceeds demand then prices are full and any increase in supply helps reduce costs. there is another point, we have come all of us, constituents with gas boilers and we are going to have them for many years to come. do we really want them to be dependent on a strange dictatorships that wage war in this world? or do we want to have our own security, our own... do we want to maximise what we receive from the north sea and what you re—received from underneath our feet? north sea and what you re—received from underneath ourfeet? this north sea and what you re—received from underneath our feet? this seems to me to bejust from underneath our feet? this seems to me to be just good from underneath our feet? this seems to me to bejust good common from underneath our feet? this seems to me to be just good common sense. it is safe, it is shown to be said,

the scare stories have been disproven time and time again. the hysteria about seismic activity i think fails to understand the richter scale is a logarithmic scale, it seems to think it is a straight arithmetic scale which of course it is not. bringing on the supply will bring us a cheaper energy, which we need. that will help our constituents, it secures our supply which will ensure our businesses can continue to operate whatever the weather. this is of such importance and it is sheer luddite to oppose it.— luddite to oppose it. there is nothina luddite to oppose it. there is nothing luddite _ luddite to oppose it. there is nothing luddite about - luddite to oppose it. there is nothing luddite about the i luddite to oppose it. there is i nothing luddite about the people of lancashire. i wanted to say how disappointed i am that parliament was not informed of this before the media, as a local member parliament i not given the courtesy, despite having requested for two weeks contacting the honourable member to get information by his... i've sent

messages, whatsapp. heard nothing back. can we be crystal clear on one thing? the prime minister, it's a matterfor public thing? the prime minister, it's a matter for public record, you can find the clip, made it crystal clear no ifs, no buts, no caveats, that fracking would only take in the united kingdom where there was local consent. crystal clear, so if the prime minister is to remain a woman of her word, a woman we can believe in, which i believe she is, can the secretary of state outline how that local consent will be given and demonstrated in my constituency? the demonstrated in my constituency? tue: honourable demonstrated in my constituency? tta: honourable gentleman demonstrated in my constituency? t"t2 honourable gentleman would demonstrated in my constituency? tt2 honourable gentleman would have heard my right honourable friend the prime minister in her speech on energy on the 8th of september saying we were lifting the moratorium on fracking. i am surprised he wasn't informed. we obviously want to work with local communities and it is really

important that the companies who seek to extract shale gas come up with packages that make what they are proposing to do welcome to local communities. that is of fundamental importance and what the minister mag set out. . . importance and what the minister mag set out. .., , ., importance and what the minister mag set out. , ., ., , ., set out. there can be no doubt that this particular _ set out. there can be no doubt that this particular political _ set out. there can be no doubt that this particular political earthquake i this particular political earthquake is absolutely bonkers. the uk faces to my problems when it comes energy prices and security. let's be clear, when it comes to energy prices, could you do producing shale gas will do absolutely no difference whatsoever. when it comes energy security, what this government could and should be doing, is focusing on renewables, ensuring we have hydrogen boilers in the future, not reliant upon gas boilers of the past. luckily, in scotland and there will be no change, there will be no fracking whatsoever. unlike the tories we stick to our words. isn't

that great to know that that will not change? what will be changes that we will be long gone from the shackles of this place by the time shale gas is produced in england. it's amusing to think that the economics of independence are dependent on oil and gas and now they are not going to have it. so that doesn't seem to me to be entirely consistent. using our national resources is a entirely consistent. using our national resources i is to a on energy, and its for thermal energy, and its continued apace as many sites. the science is the same, isn't it? except thermal energy has no seismic limit on it whereas there was a 0.5 m it on a shale gas which made it almost impossible. it was a policy which was designed to stop any shale gas being extracted. can

which was designed to stop any shale gas being extracted.— gas being extracted. can the secretary — gas being extracted. can the secretary of _ gas being extracted. can the secretary of state _ gas being extracted. can the secretary of state confirm i gas being extracted. can the i secretary of state confirm what recoverable conserves of shale gas do we have here. what percentage of that shale gas will be likely to be the demand, the global demand, not even national demands, and how will this impact on the global price of natural gas? hate this impact on the global price of natural gas?— this impact on the global price of natural as? ~ ., ., natural gas? we need to get on with the exploration _ natural gas? we need to get on with the exploration in _ natural gas? we need to get on with the exploration in the _ natural gas? we need to get on with the exploration in the test _ natural gas? we need to get on with the exploration in the test drilling i the exploration in the test drilling to make sure we make forecasts. the report in 2012 sets out the potential for shale gas which is very large, but the question he raises is the right one, how much of that will be realistically extractable? and that requires drilling to take place to find out. 0bviously, drilling to take place to find out. obviously, in the long term, looking to these measures to increase security and increase supply isn't readily sensible, not only in terms of bringing prices down but also in terms of delivering energy security. a better many of my constituents

many struggling with energy prices, particularly those... could the secretary of state outline a few of the way he intends to go forward in the way he intends to go forward in the short? t the way he intends to go forward in the short? ~ ., ., , ., , the short? i think that was the last uruent the short? i think that was the last urgent question — the short? i think that was the last urgent question we _ the short? i think that was the last urgent question we discussed i the short? i think that was the last | urgent question we discussed that, the short? i think that was the last i urgent question we discussed that, i will ask the honourable gentleman to cancel it. . ~ will ask the honourable gentleman to cancel it. ., ,, , ., will ask the honourable gentleman to cancel it. ., ,, i. ~ will ask the honourable gentleman to cancel it. ., ,, ~ .,~ cancel it. thank you mr speaker, i am the secretary _ cancel it. thank you mr speaker, i am the secretary fascinated i cancel it. thank you mr speaker, i am the secretary fascinated of i cancel it. thank you mr speaker, i l am the secretary fascinated of state thinks he knows more about the geology of the uk than the geologists, who say the uk is unsuitable for fracking. my question comes back to the issue of consent, the prime minister did say fracking would only go ahead in places where there is support from the local community which begs the question about why on earth he is even pursuing these ideas since there is no support from local communities. how is going to measure that? particularly given that this terrible and deeply unpopular decision coincides with the government's draconian a new anti—protest laws. in relation to

the geologists, i think the gentleman left the company more than ten years ago, so makes him irrelevant. the current management of the company are in favour of this. i think local support is important this. i think local support is importan— this. i think local support is importan this. i think local support is im-rortan . ~ ., ., important and i think one of the thins important and i think one of the things companies _ important and i think one of the things companies that - important and i think one of the things companies that want i important and i think one of the things companies that want to i important and i think one of the i things companies that want to drill shale gas planning to do is come up with packages that are attractive to local communities. and that ensures that people actually get some financial reward from shale gas being extracted near them. t financial reward from shale gas being extracted near them. i would like to press _ being extracted near them. i would like to press my — being extracted near them. i would like to press my right _ being extracted near them. i would like to press my right honourable l like to press my right honourable friend further on this issue of how community support is going to be defined and measured. because i have many concerns in my constituents who want to know they have a genuine route to reject fracking applications. i'm still not clear what i would be.— applications. i'm still not clear what i would be. there are parts of the country. _ what i would be. there are parts of the country, particularly _ what i would be. there are parts of the country, particularly in - the country, particularly in relation to nuclear, where local

consent and support is very enthusiastic for the development of additional energy sites. it's possible to measure and see the support. possible to measure and see the su . ort. possible to measure and see the su--ort. , , ., support. some constituents nearer frackin: support. some constituents nearer fracking sites... _ support. some constituents nearer fracking sites... the _ support. some constituents nearer fracking sites... the secretary i support. some constituents nearer fracking sites... the secretary of. fracking sites... the secretary of state said shale gas was safe, but his government pay compensation to residents living near fracking sites in lancashire. this government's own reporter says little progress has been made in reducing the risks. when is he going to admit that fracking is a non—starter in this country. ? tit fracking is a non-starter in this country- ?_ fracking is a non-starter in this count .? ., ., , . country. ? in relation to seismic activi , country. ? in relation to seismic activity. there — country. ? in relation to seismic activity, there is _ country. ? in relation to seismic activity, there is no _ country. ? in relation to seismic activity, there is no particular i activity, there is no particular similarity with that from mining. mining is not subject to seismic limits.

mining is not sub'ect to seismic limits. , , , ., , limits. despite what he said, is it not the case. _ limits. despite what he said, is it not the case, focusing _ limits. despite what he said, is it not the case, focusing the - not the case, focusing the occurrences of seismic events as a result of fracking, remains a challenge to the experts? is not therefore creating a risk of an unknown quantity to pursue shale gas exploration at the present time? is here where the safety of the public is not a currency someone can use to speculate? t is not a currency someone can use to seculate? is not a currency someone can use to speculate?— speculate? i disagree with my right honourable friend. _ speculate? i disagree with my right honourable friend. it's _ speculate? i disagree with my right honourable friend. it's all _ speculate? i disagree with my right honourable friend. it's all a - speculate? i disagree with my right honourable friend. it's all a matter| honourable friend. it's all a matter of proportionality. because i have pointed out the movement on the ground level that we have from construction is more than double of that we have had of instances with shale gas. there are not limits on mining, there are not limits on ordinary oil extraction, it is only shale gas that has these limits, and there is no evidence that shale gas is worse than any of these other

activities so i think on a balance of this, my friend is not coming to the right conclusion. t of this, my friend is not coming to the right conclusion.— the right conclusion. i take it a bit rich from _ the right conclusion. i take it a bit rich from the _ the right conclusion. i take it a bit rich from the self-styled i bit rich from the self—styled minister for the 19th—century that he thinks he is the ceo mentioned as out of date. his manifesto said that we were not about fracking and the signs show categorically it can be done safely. the science has not proven categorically that it can be done safely, so he is reneging on his solemn promise which all of them stood on to the british people in 2019. this is not a legitimate thing for this government to do, as its? we must reiterate that the former chief executive resigned ten years ago, he does not represent the company. that is important and the

house would be put under a misapprehension if it were to think he would currently involved as regards the law manifest. i read the 2012 report which went through the myths about shale gas was wrong and that the instruction is safe. the secretary of — that the instruction is safe. the secretary of state _ that the instruction is safe. the secretary of state will be aware many of the resistance to my constituents have to fracking. the it will only take place if there is long struggle support, this poses many questions, what is a local community and how to be defined that, how do ascertain whether or not they command local support. what consensus if any will be provided to the local communities to have fracking imposed upon them my constituents are understandably anxious about fracking, so when will they receive an answer to some of these questions? tt’s

they receive an answer to some of these questions?— these questions? it's a very important _ these questions? it's a very important question. - these questions? it's a very important question. it i these questions? it's a very important question. it is i these questions? it's a very - important question. it is important for the national interest that we have secure supplies of gas. that is something important across the house to all constituents. this will affect some residents much, much more than others, and therefore it is only right that they are compensated and they receive some financial benefit for the inconvenience that they will have. i would say to my friend that the majority of the inconvenience does not actually come from the extraction of shale gas but it comes from the building of the shale gas well in the first place and the lorry groups that are associated with that. it's important people are benefited and are rewarded for doing something any national interest. what studies has the secretary of state taken on the effect in places where fracking has taken place that are deeply polluted and go well

beyond the local community seeking support. surely he must understand the dangers of this are going to be here for decades and decades to come, long after whatever small amounts of gas have been extracted and its future generations that will suffer because of this policy? tt’s suffer because of this policy? it's no surprise _ suffer because of this policy? it's no surprise i _ suffer because of this policy? tt�*s no surprise i disagree with the honourable gentlemen, i would refer him to the 2012 report that was done and went through this and whether what had happened in the united states for comparison purposes, first of all it found that the evidence on pollution of aquifers was not actually any good, most stories were invented or scare stories, in addition to that the uk has a very good regulatory regime so the combination of ignoring the scare stories and decent regulation means we can be confident that aquifers will not be damaged. can

welcome this _ aquifers will not be damaged. can welcome this announcement is, it's one of the few from the front bench which make us richer if we pursue this, it also makes us more resilient in a very difficult world. the key seems to me to be what advantage those communities that may be affected can get in terms of financial support and has the secretary of state had discussions with the treasurer, because it seems to me of local people who give their consent, it's in the national interest? t consent, it's in the national interest?— consent, it's in the national interest? ., , ., , interest? i am very grateful, my honourable _ interest? i am very grateful, my honourable friend _ interest? i am very grateful, my honourable friend makes - interest? i am very grateful, my| honourable friend makes exactly interest? i am very grateful, my i honourable friend makes exactly the right point. both ways round. this is in the national interest, it will make the country richer, but is absolutely right that those affected should be rewarded. to my mind that is direct financial reward, and not a theoretical one, the last time we discussed fracking, the idea was that communities would be delighted if they got £10 for the village hall. i don't think that is the right way to do it, just redirects to the individuals affected and i have had preliminary discussions with my right honourable friend the chancellor but i don't have anything

formal to announce.— chancellor but i don't have anything formal to announce. residents in the northern part — formal to announce. residents in the northern part of _ formal to announce. residents in the northern part of my _ formal to announce. residents in the northern part of my constituency i formal to announce. residents in the northern part of my constituency are | northern part of my constituency are rightly concerned about the impact on fracking on their older buildings and on their way of life. canny secretary of state explain in detail what he hasn't done so far, exactly the mechanism that communities will be able to refuse to allow their consent for coalbed extraction and shale gas fracking? compensation is not consent. shale gas fracking? compensation is not consent-— not consent. compensation and consent become _ not consent. compensation and consent become two _ not consent. compensation and consent become two size i not consent. compensation and consent become two size of - not consent. compensation and consent become two size of the not consent. compensation and - consent become two size of the same coin. that people will be able to negotiate the level of compensation and it will be a matter for the companies to try to ensure widespread consent by offering compensation packages that are attractive. the other side, they hardly know about this, . .. they are

trying to use market forces, it is amazing, the conservative government is using market forces. does amazing, the conservative government is using market forces.— is using market forces. does my friend agree _ is using market forces. does my friend agree with _ is using market forces. does my friend agree with me _ is using market forces. does my friend agree with me that - is using market forces. does my friend agree with me that we - is using market forces. does my - friend agree with me that we should have been fracking our shale gas two years ago but we are where we are and now the best available time to start immediately. my and now the best available time to start immediately.— start immediately. my friend says onl two start immediately. my friend says only two years — start immediately. my friend says only two years ago. _ start immediately. my friend says only two years ago, why - start immediately. my friend says only two years ago, why such a i start immediately. my friend says i only two years ago, why such a short time for it. only two years ago, why such a short time for it— time for it. the government own fi . ure time for it. the government own figure shows _ time for it. the government own figure shows only _ time for it. the government own figure shows only a _ time for it. the government own figure shows only a minority - time for it. the government own figure shows only a minority of l time for it. the government own l figure shows only a minority of the public supports fracking. there is no local consent where a represent. given the last round of fracking licences were in yorkshire, how will the secretary of state ensure that northern communities are not disproportionately affected by this outdated and dangerous way to create energy? it’s outdated and dangerous way to create ener: ? �* , , ., energy? it's definitely not outdated. _ energy? it's definitely not outdated, it's _ energy? it's definitely not outdated, it's a _ energy? it's definitely not outdated, it's a very - energy? it's definitely not - outdated, it's a very effective modern way of extracting energy, what i would say to people is, do

they want cheaper and more secure energy or not? if the answer is yes, then fracking is going to be part of then fracking is going to be part of the answer. the then fracking is going to be part of the answer-— the answer. the secretary of state has made repeated _ the answer. the secretary of state has made repeated reference - the answer. the secretary of state has made repeated reference to i the answer. the secretary of state has made repeated reference to a | has made repeated reference to a 2012 report which identified considerable reserves, how significant might these potential reserves to be in achieving energy security? reserves to be in achieving energy securi ? �* , r, reserves to be in achieving energy securi ? �* , ., ., , security? i'm very grateful to my honourable _ security? i'm very grateful to my honourable friend, _ security? i'm very grateful to my honourable friend, it _ security? i'm very grateful to my honourable friend, it is - security? i'm very grateful to my honourable friend, it is an - honourable friend, it is an important and fundamental question. the answer is that we do need to do the test drilling first to see where these resolve —— whether or not these resolve —— whether or not these reserves can be tapped in the same way the 2012 report says. i cannot confirm commitment that that because we haven't done commitment drilling. what i coming back to the 2019 tory party manifesto, which we remember the opposite stood on, a moratorium on fracking would only be lifted, and i quote, unless it shows it can be done safely. a change in

tory party leadership is not a change in scientific evidence. canny secretary of state in like in the house as to why the government believe they are above logic and science? �* u, , r believe they are above logic and science? �* , . , science? because the evidence is that it can _ science? because the evidence is that it can be _ science? because the evidence is that it can be done _ science? because the evidence is that it can be done safely - science? because the evidence is that it can be done safely as - science? because the evidence is that it can be done safely as it. science? because the evidence is that it can be done safely as it is| that it can be done safely as it is in the united states and as the 2012 report which i refer to many times indicates. i report which i refer to many times indicates. ., , , ,, indicates. i have been quite shocked b the indicates. i have been quite shocked by the luddites _ indicates. i have been quite shocked by the luddites on _ indicates. i have been quite shocked by the luddites on the _ indicates. i have been quite shocked by the luddites on the front - indicates. i have been quite shocked by the luddites on the front bench l by the luddites on the front bench who have been quite open in saying they are going to weaponised this in a general election. for those who fear the unknown, may i tell my right honourable friend, that of the 0.5 limit on the richter scale is nothing compared to the 1.5 limit on the richter scale which litchfield is currently enduring from pile driving for hst. if we can live with that, that we don't really like

living without, we can certainly enjoy the from fracking. mr; enjoy the from fracking. my honourable _ enjoy the from fracking. my honourable friend makes an absolutely right and wise point, the motto of my members opposite for the next election is that we should be cold and poor. those of the perspective they are putting before the british people. as regards the sizing activity, there are millions of seismic events on 2.5 or lower, in the world, every year. we should not assume that every seismic event is the san francisco earthquake. let's leave that debate in the house of commons and we can speak now to cuadrilla ceo who had been drilling her fracking wells in cuadrilla ceo who had been drilling herfracking wells in lancashire before that moratorium was

introduced. welcome to bbc news. how long ago did you find out this moratorium was going to be lifted? i found out when the rest of the world found out when the rest of the world found out, when the prime minister announced it in the house of parliament about two weeks ago. of course, due to the sad events of the queen's passing we waited until today to have it officially confirmed in a ministerial statement. i commend the government for doing that. it's a very sensible and badly needed decision. loath? for doing that. it's a very sensible and badly needed decision. why are? when there is — and badly needed decision. why are? when there is so _ and badly needed decision. why are? when there is so much _ and badly needed decision. why are? when there is so much opposition - and badly needed decision. why are? when there is so much opposition to | when there is so much opposition to it in the communities where you would actually operating. aha, it in the communities where you would actually operating. a large art of the would actually operating. a large part of the opposition _ would actually operating. a large part of the opposition to - would actually operating. a large part of the opposition to the - part of the opposition to the planning application in lancashire didn't have lancashire but didn't even come from the uk. there are a lot of people who are in favour of it and furthermore in the energy price rises and the commitment from our cells and industry players to prove pushing revenues back in the

committees, they will be a lot of support for it. committees, they will be a lot of sunport for it-— committees, they will be a lot of sunport for it— support for it. clearly, listening to the politicians _ support for it. clearly, listening to the politicians in _ support for it. clearly, listening to the politicians in the - support for it. clearly, listening to the politicians in the house | support for it. clearly, listening | to the politicians in the house of commons this morning, that is wrong. there is a huge amount of opposition, they have just said so? politicians on one side say one thing, politicians and the other say the other. , , ., ., , �* the other. sorry, but that doesn't mean ou the other. sorry, but that doesn't mean you can _ the other. sorry, but that doesn't mean you can ignore _ the other. sorry, but that doesn't mean you can ignore those - the other. sorry, but that doesn't mean you can ignore those who l the other. sorry, but that doesn't i mean you can ignore those who are the other. sorry, but that doesn't - mean you can ignore those who are on the side that say that we do not want this, neither do our voters. i'm not ignoring anybody, i'm not... you havejust said i'm not ignoring anybody, i'm not... you have just said that there is not a lot of opposition in this country, i am sorry, it is from outside, that is untrue. �* r r, , i am sorry, it is from outside, that is untrue-— i am sorry, it is from outside, that is untrue. a ., , ., is untrue. actually, what i said was that opposition _ is untrue. actually, what i said was that opposition to _ is untrue. actually, what i said was that opposition to our— is untrue. actually, what i said was that opposition to our original - that opposition to our original planning application came from outside this country because of that is factually correct. you can go and check that. is factually correct. you can go and check that-— check that. then how then do you answer the _ check that. then how then do you answer the opposition _ check that. then how then do you answer the opposition that - check that. then how then do you answer the opposition that you i check that. then how then do you i answer the opposition that you have just had this morning, very vocal opposition, and alarm that the government is going down this route? i actually haven't heard everything that has been said in the house of

commons, ijust want that has been said in the house of commons, i just want to your programme now. but the rationale for this is that a very sensible and well evident. the country's is going to need gas. we are currently ye increasing importing shale gas imports from the united states with no benefits to this country. we should be developing our own resources, increasing tax revenues, benefits to local communities, financial benefits. of course, energy self—sufficiency. all of which are internal sensible decisions.— which are internal sensible decisions. ., decisions. how come then the uk... how much — decisions. how come then the uk... how much difference _ decisions. how come then the uk... how much difference is _ decisions. how come then the uk... how much difference is fracking - how much difference is fracking going to make and what impact will it have on the average household bill? . , ., ., , ., ., bill? the decision to explore and ho efull bill? the decision to explore and hopefully produce _ bill? the decision to explore and hopefully produce shale - bill? the decision to explore and hopefully produce shale gas - bill? the decision to explore and hopefully produce shale gas is i bill? the decision to explore and l hopefully produce shale gas is not something that is going to impact household bills tomorrow. nothing is auoin to household bills tomorrow. nothing is going to impact" — household bills tomorrow. nothing is going to impact... when _ household bills tomorrow. nothing is going to impact... when will- household bills tomorrow. nothing is going to impact... when will it - household bills tomorrow. nothing is going to impact... when will it and l going to impact... when will it and to what extent? the going to impact... when will it and to what extent?— to what extent? the resource estimate for shale _ to what extent? the resource estimate for shale gas - to what extent? the resource estimate for shale gas in - to what extent? the resource estimate for shale gas in the | to what extent? the resource - estimate for shale gas in the united kingdom is that there are over 50 years worth of supply. a potential

to help restore energy and self—sufficiency to not be reliant at all. could have a major impact. one producing side could generate hundreds of billions of pounds in a local benefits alone. there is very damning very significant financial and energy security benefits to be had. ., x' f and energy security benefits to be had. ., it and energy security benefits to be had._ it depends - and energy security benefits to be j had._ it depends how had. how quickly? it depends how ruickl we had. how quickly? it depends how quickly we can _ had. how quickly? it depends how quickly we can get _ had. how quickly? it depends how quickly we can get the _ had. how quickly? it depends how quickly we can get the consensus| had. how quickly? it depends how. quickly we can get the consensus to go ahead. we have had this morning that the government has lifted the moratorium, that is a fantastic first step, we need to hear the detail of what they are saying on the regulatory limits, and of course we need to go through the planning process is that everybody else. we need to take those steps, but once are taken we could be flowing shale gas from wells in initially small quantities within six months from our existing size. br; quantities within six months from our existing size.— our existing size. by the geology has a change _ our existing size. by the geology has a change and _ our existing size. by the geology has a change and the _ our existing size. by the geology has a change and the risk - our existing size. by the geology has a change and the risk is - our existing size. by the geology has a change and the risk is a i has a change and the risk is a gentle. has a change and the risk is a rentle. ., ., , .,, ., . ., gentle. he geology has an change, the as is gentle. he geology has an change, the gas is still _ gentle. he geology has an change, the gas is still there, _ gentle. he geology has an change, the gas is still there, the _ the gas is still there, the government i said we agree with

them, the risks in a different to know that i risks being applied to other energy extraction projects, all of which we have been doing successfully and continue to do for many years in this country. but frackin: , many years in this country. but fracking. the — many years in this country. but fracking, the risk was deemed to be an accessible and that risk is an change because the underlying geology hasn't changed? this i change because the underlying geology hasn't changed? as i said, the risks are _ geology hasn't changed? as i said, the risks are no _ geology hasn't changed? as i said, the risks are no different _ geology hasn't changed? as i said, the risks are no different to - geology hasn't changed? as i said, the risks are no different to other. the risks are no different to other extractive industries, geothermal, mining, quarrying, all of which we have been doing successfully. so why should shale gas be treated tiffany? thanks forjoining us. we will be getting a range of responses to this announcement throughout the day here on bbc news. let's speak to our business correspondent. you were watching what was happening in the house of commons, a lot of consternation from some quarters about this announcement. ~ , ., , announcement. absolutely and this noes announcement. absolutely and this aoes back announcement. absolutely and this goes back years. — announcement. absolutely and this goes back years, there _ announcement. absolutely and this goes back years, there are - announcement. absolutely and this i goes back years, there are arguments of favour dish—mac in terms of

energy security and argument is in the united states and elsewhere the potential dangers of fracking are thought it involves pumping water, sand and chemicals deep underground to smash rocks apart under high pressure and there are concerns, for example, that could lead to earthquakes or pollution of the water table. what i thought was significant during the debate in the house of commons was that the business secretary kept on referring back to a report in 2012. one of the reasons for that as there is very little information for the government or for opponents of fracking to go on because in this country so far, only three experiment or wells have been drilled, and they had to shut down before work on them was complete. —— experimental wells. so we don't know huge amount, we don't know exactly how much gas is down there. francis egan said 50 years worth. well, possibly but estimates vary from hundreds of billions of cubic metres of gas underground, to tens of trillions of cubic metres. and we don't know how much of that is recoverable. so there is an awful

lot that is unknown here. fin a lot that is unknown here. on a commit is _ lot that is unknown here. on a commit is that _ lot that is unknown here. on a commit is that it _ lot that is unknown here. on a commit is that it will - lot that is unknown here. on a commit is that it will help - lot that is unknown here. on a commit is that it will help with energy security. —— one argument is. we can produce our own energy come at a time and energy is costing a huge amount of money, but to what extent will that affect people's bills? ., . .., bills? the extent to which we can recover it depends _ bills? the extent to which we can recover it depends on _ bills? the extent to which we can recover it depends on how- bills? the extent to which we can recover it depends on how much l bills? the extent to which we can l recover it depends on how much is there and how much is recoverable. in terms of bills in the short term, it will not affect bills at all because of the moment our bills are being pumped up by the effects of the war in ukraine and the effect thatis the war in ukraine and the effect that is having on supply. new supplies from fracking will not come onto the market for some time, the permits have to be put in place, the research has to be done into how much gas is there and have recoverable it is. so the effect of that will not be felt for many years to come. will it have an effect on prices in the longer term? well, that depends on how much gas there is. our gas is priced according to international prices so gas from the north sea for example goes on to the international market, where it is sold based on supply and demand in

the international market. in order to move those prices, you would have to move those prices, you would have to put a significant amount of extra gas on the market. experts i have spoken to say that's unlikely to make a lot of difference. we were 'ust make a lot of difference. we were just talking _ make a lot of difference. we were just talking to _ make a lot of difference. we were just talking to the _ make a lot of difference. we were just talking to the ceo _ make a lot of difference. we were just talking to the ceo of- make a lot of difference. we were j just talking to the ceo of cuadrilla who said in terms of risk, it is no different from other forms of extraction. different from other forms of extraction-— different from other forms of extraction. ~ ., , ., extraction. well, that point is also made by the _ extraction. well, that point is also made by the british _ extraction. well, that point is also made by the british geological- made by the british geological survey in a report that the government commissioned earlier this year and that's been published today. it suggests that risks from fracking should be evaluated alongside the risks from other extractive industry in order to improve public transparency. it also opens the door for the kind improve public transparency. it also opens the doorfor the kind of policy the government wants to put in place prior to suggesting that the red light threshold where you stop using a well, you shut it down, should be a significant amount superior to the amber level, where you shut down for a pause. and it implies that there is room for movement here, that the threshold at which a well is shut down could be moved upwards and stop for the

moment, thank you very much. let's speak to our political correspondent damian grammaticas. a fairly light exchange and the house of commons. is it split down party lines, is it that clear, the opposition? h0. is it split down party lines, is it that clear, the opposition? no, what was interesting _ that clear, the opposition? no, what was interesting was _ that clear, the opposition? no, what was interesting was your _ that clear, the opposition? no, what was interesting was your hearing - was interesting was your hearing from all across different mps and different parties, concern about this, including tory mps. he had tory mps standing up very worried about this idea of consent, this drilling would be allowed to go ahead with local consent. the question be asked to the business secretary was, how will it be measured, what is going to be the gauge of local consent? and he didn't really answer that. he talked about the fact that in some areas there is nuclear power already in there is nuclear power already in the uk, communities and their support it and it is therefore possible for local communities to be behind this. but many mps, many of them from opposition parties, or

very, very concerned about that issue. he pointed... it was interesting, what we saw was the business secretary pointing to the fact, he said, that local communities who backed any projects could get significant compensation, and he even said that he had been having conversations with the chancellor about that. we don't know exactly what that might entail. but he was questioned and that too so the idea that people get financial benefits if they allowed drilling in the area, the point put to him was, compensation is not consent, and the business secretary said, there are —— but they are two sides of the same coin. that drew quite a lot of noise in the chamber too. so is a very controversial areas for government is stepping into but what's interesting, if you step back a bit, a couple of things, the context, if you like, of the war in ukraine, the government saying that it has to look at secure energy

supplies for the future, and that is one reason for doing this, and for looking at, as jacob rees—mogg was saying, tolerating a higher degree of risk and disturbance appears to us to be in the national interest, so one argument they have is the national interest, the other is also this idea that it is the conservative government acting according to market forces, they want to free up market forces and that's the sort of philosophical view and think they have to this issue of energy supply. it is you saw, a lot of opposition from mps and from local communities. the front bench... _ and from local communities. the front bench... sorry, let me just front bench... sorry, let mejust stress that we are talking about england only with this fracking story, it's a different matter in other parts of the united kingdom. the opposition front bench described as luddites for their concerns and caroline lucas saying that it is not as easy to protest any more if you are against these things. the

opposition — are against these things. tue: opposition criticism partly is also based on broader aspects too. we saw labour, their opposition is saying that fracking is a dangerous fantasy, it does nothing to cut energy bills, it costs much more, gas will cost much more than renewable energy, and it is saying that this is another broken promise, this was in the tory manifesto at the last election not to expand, not to lift the moratorium on this science showed it could be done safely, saying that this is a dangerous fantasy, the fossil fuel lobby would be the only ones who benefit. so looking at this in the context of energy security and climate change, this doesn't make sense, they say. the same thing from the lib dems as well, also saying they felt this would be, that this doesn't make sense in terms of energy security. doesn't make sense in terms of energy security-— doesn't make sense in terms of ener. securi . ., ., energy security. damian grammaticas, thank ou energy security. damian grammaticas, thank you very — energy security. damian grammaticas,

thank you very much. _ energy security. damian grammaticas, thank you very much. the _ energy security. damian grammaticas, thank you very much. the bank- energy security. damian grammaticas, thank you very much. the bank of- thank you very much. the bank of england is expected to announce another big rise in interest rates today. last month's half percentage point increase was the largest for 27 years and took the base rate to 1.75%. the continuing rise in prices on the scale of government spending mean that the bank is under pressure to announce a seventh consecutive increase economics correspondent joins us now. this was a decision delayed from last week?- joins us now. this was a decision delayed from last week? that's right but the markets _ delayed from last week? that's right but the markets are _ delayed from last week? that's right but the markets are predicting - delayed from last week? that's right but the markets are predicting the l but the markets are predicting the right will continue to rise. it's only really by how much, we will find out about this and about 20 minutes. the biggest prediction is that they will rise by half a percentage point, that will take it up percentage point, that will take it up to 2.25%, the official rate, still very low by historic standards, you have to remember that when interest rates drops to have a percent in march 2009, that was supposed to be an emergency, it was only supposed to last for a few months, but because the economy has been so weak ever since then and

growth has been relatively low compared with previous years, the bank of england hasn't really felt able to raise interest rates back up to the mark nor more level of around 5%. there are some people who really hit hard by rises in interest rates and you are ready been hit hard, they are in a minority, fewer than 10% of hassles have variable rate mortgages, but for them, 10% of hassles have variable rate mortgages, but forthem, it 10% of hassles have variable rate mortgages, but for them, it is tough and some of them can't move off their mortgages and they are seeing their mortgages and they are seeing their mortgages and they are seeing their mortgages go up and up, we are hearing from brokers, mortgage brokers that were is about a year ago you could get a five year fixed rate as little as 1.2%, now it is three times that come about 3.6%. evenif three times that come about 3.6%. even if you're not on a variable rate mortgage you may be looking at quite higher mortgage payments in the next few years. fishd the next few years. and psychologically, - the next few years. and psychologically, we - the next few years. and | psychologically, we have the next few years. and psychologically, we have just got used to the rates being really low, so even this level of increase feels like a lot, it feels like an extra pressure. it like a lot, it feels like an extra pressure-— pressure. it does and psychologically, - pressure. it does and i psychologically, savers pressure. it does and - psychologically, savers have pressure. it does and _ psychologically, savers have got used to the management team against

inflation for the last 13 years. that will still carry on even though savings rates are higher than they've been for the last 12 years, about 3% in some places, that is still a lot lower than inflation. so you are seeing the real value of those savings shrink. but yes, psychologically it is putting first—time buyers off into the market, they no longer have these very cheap deals and there fewer first time buyers saw the figures —— certainly early figures suggest that. we think that is one reason the government are suggesting they do something with stamp duty, arguably the old poor flames on the fire and cause a big ramp up in house price inflation in the next few months but it really, in the next few years doesn't do anything to make more affordable. so next few years doesn't do anything to make more affordable. 50 to next few years doesn't do anything to make more affordable. so to look ahead to spring _ to make more affordable. so to look ahead to spring next _ to make more affordable. so to look ahead to spring next year, _ to make more affordable. so to look ahead to spring next year, are - to make more affordable. so to look ahead to spring next year, are we i ahead to spring next year, are we likely to see month after month of rate rises? , ., , likely to see month after month of rate rises?— rate rises? yes, if the answer, if ou rate rises? yes, if the answer, if you believe _ rate rises? yes, if the answer, if you believe what _ rate rises? yes, if the answer, if you believe what people - rate rises? yes, if the answer, if you believe what people are - rate rises? yes, if the answer, if. you believe what people are betting on the city. the traders are pricing in continual rate rises up over the coming year to twice what they are

now. something like 4.75%, that's the central petition for the official interest rate by august next year. so obviously that is a big rise compared to rates of 0.1% we were seeing 18 months ago. and your not see those super cheap deals we've had for the last five years. where does this leave businesses? they have had very rocky time over the pandemic and some of them will have taken out loans to keep them afloat. how affected will they be? it is like with household, if they are highly leveraged, by which i mean if they have high borrowing compared to their income, and they have cash flow issues as interest rates rise. you can as a business fixture rates sometimes if go through a commercial loan broker, commercial dealer who can help you get a better deal. but... commercial dealer who can help you geta better deal. but... it commercial dealer who can help you get a better deal. but... it is the same households, they can fix their rates to try and avoid the rises but it is only temporary, you can really fix them very easily or cheaply over ten years, you can only do it over

the next two to five years so you're still vulnerable to what might happen to the rate on your loan a few years from now.— happen to the rate on your loan a few years from now. andy, we will wait and see _ few years from now. andy, we will wait and see just _ few years from now. andy, we will wait and see just how— few years from now. andy, we will wait and see just how big - few years from now. andy, we will wait and see just how big of - few years from now. andy, we will wait and see just how big of rate i wait and see just how big of rate rises in just over a wait and see just how big of rate rises injust over a quarter of wait and see just how big of rate rises in just over a quarter of an hour's time. thank you very much. some breaking news. from the corner because mac caught regarding an inquest into the death of a woman who ate a type of sandwich from pret a manger. celia marsh was allergic to milk and she died of anaphylaxis after eating a rap from pret a manger. the wrap was labelled as being dairy free butter contained milk protein. celia marsh was not aware of that ingredient, which contains the protein force of the contamination arose because of this being cross contaminated during manufacture. the manufacturer of the product have documents that

contained the risk of derry contamination, but the risk was not passed on to customers. so celia marsh from bath died as a result of anaphylaxis. now, the coroner has produced a narrative verdict, which is why we know exactly these details right now. this has been heard at bristol coroner's court. we will find out more about adhering and how the coroner came to that narrative verdict in the death of celia marsh. the uk's health secretary sitting at measures to address the pressures facing the nhs. she will patch today to make it easierfor people facing the nhs. she will patch today to make it easier for people to see their gps as she unveils plans to improve patient access to the nhs in england. the proposals will allow doctors to take on more staff and improve the availability of same—day appointments. previously the government has committed to reducing

ambulance delays. breaking down backlogs in primary care. and that is meant to mean that all gp patients in england should be offered an appointment for non—urgent needs within two weeks and new plan is help improve access to care. gp practices will be able to care. gp practices will be able to recruit more support staff including senior nurses, while pharmacists will be asked to take on more work to free up appointments. the announcement comes against the backdrop of record waiting times for hospital treatment in england. elsewhere around the uk, the nhs is also under pressure with long waiting times the case in wales, scotland and northern ireland. we arejoined by miriam deacon, director of policy and strategy at nhs providers. thank you very much forjoining us. how welcome is this announcement? because of course, what happens at the gb level have a

knock—on effect further into the health system. knock-on effect further into the health system.— health system. well, we are encouraged _ health system. well, we are encouraged that _ health system. well, we are encouraged that having - health system. well, we are| encouraged that having come health system. well, we are - encouraged that having come into post, therese coffey is taking very seriously the pressures that we expect to see across the health care system this winter and that she is solution focused. i think it's really important as we look at how we address the party the secretary of state has set out, that we keep front of mind how interconnected all of those services are in that we are really facing the same challenges across primary care, social care and the services that we represent. if we take the first priority of ambulances, there is no question we have seen unprecedented pressure on the ambulance service this year. we have seen a 30% uptick in the number of the most urgent 999 calls and we have seen far too many waiting for far too long in an ambulance waiting to be transferred to hospital. i really, the solution to that would be as much about investing in social

care capacity so we can get people home from hospital when they are medically fit to leave, investing in primary care of course, so the solutions will be as much about investing in that back door of the hospital and primary care as there will be about getting the ambulance and in head of this winter. the winter is always _ and in head of this winter. the winter is always a _ and in head of this winter. the winter is always a difficult, more pressured time for the nhs inevitably but how much harder will it be this winter, what our staff going to have to cope with and what should patients expect? well. going to have to cope with and what should patients expect?— should patients expect? well, staff and trust leaders _ should patients expect? well, staff and trust leaders are _ should patients expect? well, staff and trust leaders are worried - should patients expect? well, staff and trust leaders are worried aboutj and trust leaders are worried about the winter to come, many say that the winter to come, many say that the summer months we have just had have been worse than many of the winters that they have experienced in their careers so i think we need to think about what we can do this winter in the short term, but we are also keen to have a longer term conversation with the secretary of state about what might be the root causes of some of these challenges. so there is a lot the nhs is planning to do, getting more call

handlers in 499 calls, creating the equivalent of 7000 additional beds, some of those are physical beds and some of those are physical beds and some will be additional support for people in their homes using different technologies and so on. trusts are also planning to help people who might be in mental health crises in a different way, they are planning to up their community response teams so that if amd is in the best place for a patient to be waiting, there are other services available for them. so there's a lot that we can do for winter, but really, it is critical that we do have a conversation with government about what might be the root causes of these challenges which are impacting across general practice across secondary care and the trusts that we represent and for us that will mean in—depth conversation about social care. we are expecting some money to be invested in social care for the winter, which is great news, up to about half £1 billion which is great. but commentators say that to place care on a sustainable

footing much more will be needed and thatis footing much more will be needed and that is really critical for the nhs and social care walk hand in hand, one can't really function without the other. ~ , , one can't really function without the other-— one can't really function without the other. ~ , , the other. with the best will in the world, the other. with the best will in the world. how — the other. with the best will in the world, how will _ the other. with the best will in the world, how will you _ the other. with the best will in the world, how will you deliver - the other. with the best will in the world, how will you deliver any - the other. with the best will in the world, how will you deliver any ofl world, how will you deliver any of this if you don't have enough staff? have been reporting from four months i have tens of thousands of vacancies across the nhs. absolutely, that is the core fundamental challenge we need to look at across health and care, in the trust sector alone we have over 130,000 vacancies and for every post thatis 130,000 vacancies and for every post that is vacant that puts more pressure on those hard—working committed staff who are still in post. so we need to do much more to attract and retain people in the service. so a conversation with government about how the nhs can plan further ahead for those workforce needs, how we can get ahead of the curve to train enough doctors, nurses and health professionals and attract them into the service is really critical and we do need government support for that because the government needs that because the government needs that political commitment and an

idea of samba financial indications to allow us to plan further years ahead to bring the staff into the service and then to do more with pay terms and conditions and ways of working to retain people once they have joined the nhs.— working to retain people once they have joined the nhs. miriam deacon, thank ou have joined the nhs. miriam deacon, thank you very _ have joined the nhs. miriam deacon, thank you very much. _ five british captives that have been freed by russian backed forces in ukraine have arrived back in the uk. aiden aslin, shaun pinner, john harding, andrew hill and dylan healy were flown to riyadh in saudi arabia before being flown back to britain. they were reunited with family this morning. the prime minister, liz truss, confirmed a prisoner exchange had been negotiated by saudi arabia. before being freed, two of the men, aiden aslin and shaun pinner, had been sentenced to death by russian—backed separatists. emma vardy reports.

it is really much appreciated. aiden aslin and shaun _ it is really much appreciated. aiden aslin and shaun pinner _ it is really much appreciated. aiden aslin and shaun pinner can - it is really much appreciated. aiden aslin and shaun pinner can help - it is really much appreciated. aiden aslin and shaun pinner can help a russian backed forces since they were captured in april. they both moved to ukraine four years ago and joint ukrainian armed forces. they have been helping to defend the country during the russian invasion, but after being captured they were accused of being mercenaries and told they faced the death penalty. aidan and sean have been held alongside three other british men, john harding, and dylan healy. but footage of the men arriving in saudi arabia was released last night after the saudi government confirmed it had been involved in negotiations to secure their freedom. aiden aslin's local mp condemned the russian backed separatists for their treatment of the men and said he was delighted to see him freed. iie

treatment of the men and said he was delighted to see him freed.— delighted to see him freed. he has been through _ delighted to see him freed. he has been through months _ delighted to see him freed. he has been through months and - delighted to see him freed. he has been through months and months| delighted to see him freed. he has i been through months and months of terrible treatment. you can only imagine what that has meant for his family back home in newark, it really has been a terrible ordeal for them. really has been a terrible ordeal forthem. not really has been a terrible ordeal for them. not knowing whether they were going to get him home or whether, god forbid, the worst that happened to him.— whether, god forbid, the worst that happened to him. during the months of ca tivi , happened to him. during the months of captivity. the _ happened to him. during the months of captivity, the men _ happened to him. during the months of captivity, the men had _ happened to him. during the months of captivity, the men had been - happened to him. during the months| of captivity, the men had been shown on russian tv as part of propaganda efforts by the kremlin, and had been told that the death penalty would be carried out. the sudden freedom has come as a huge relief to family and friends, but it is not yet clear exactly how their release was achieved and what treatment they endured while being held prisoner. emma vardy, bbc news. russian police are reported to have arrested hundreds of protesters opposed to the kremlin's decision to call up thousands of extra troops to fight in ukraine. a russian human rights group believes that more than 1,300 people were detained. the largest numbers arrested

were in st petersburg and moscow — but there've been anti—war protests in more than 30 other cities. mr putin has ordered the mobilisation of 300—thousand reservists to fight in ukraine. there are more people from figures. chris page is in belfast and outlined the significance of the data. the state of northern ireland was founded 101 years ago in 1921 when the rest of the island of ireland left the uk and became what is now the republic of ireland. the six counties in the north—east of ireland remained in the united kingdom is northern ireland and the borders of northern ireland were drawn in such a way to ensure that there would be a majority of protestants. at the time, adherence to the protestant religion was seen as being probably the key marker as to whether somebody supported

northern ireland's place in the uk, so the idea was that it would secure northern ireland's place in the uk for the long—term. censuses have been held every ten years and over the course of the last century we have seen the catholic population gradually grow, and now for the first time we have seen that the number of catholics, the number of people from a catholic background is greater than the number of people from a protestant background. so these figures have shown today that these figures have shown today that the people who have said they were either catholic or brought up catholic is 45.7% of the population of northern ireland. the bigger —— the people who brought a protestant, 43.5%. another key statistic, national identity. 31.9% said they identified as only british, 29.1% said only irish. 20% said they

identified as northern irish, that could be seen as perhaps somewhere in the middle between the british and irish identities. so more people still identify as being british and irish, but for the first time more catholics and protestants. chris pare in catholics and protestants. chris page in belfast. _ a new exhibition on k—pop is opening at the v&a museum in london and looks at the phenomenal rise in popularity of the south korean popular culture. the show includes the bright pink guard costumes from the successful netflix series "squid game" as well as k—pop music, props as well as a replica of the bathroom set in oscar—winning film "parasite". the exhibition is split into different sections that look at the range of k—pop culture from music to tv and cinema, fashion and beauty. don mclean's song vincent from 1971 is probably one of the most well known pop hits about a famous

painter — it pays tribute to the dutch painter vincent van gogh. now the hand—written lyrics are up for auction — and they could fetch more than a million dollars. tim allman has the story. # starry, starry night # paint your palette blue and grey... # if this was your second—best song, you might feel a little pleased with yourself, too. this tribute to the troubled mind and timeless genius of one of history's greatest painters has become a modern classic, and these are the lyrics to that poignant, heartfelt ballad. almost indecipherable, by the looks of it, but the man who wrote them had a plan. i said, "gee, i know what i'll do, i'lljust look at the starry night painting and see if it speaks to me," and lo and behold, it almost wrote the whole song.

it told me what to say, and how to say it. # so bye—bye, miss american pie... # # drove my chevy to the levy but the levy was dry... this isn't the first time don mclean has put some of his work up for auction. in 2015, he sold the lyrics to his most famous song, american pie, for $1.2 million. also up for grabs, some 300 items, including clothes, footwear, and a lot of guitars. i'm really not a collector but ended up i'm really not a collector but ended up having these collections. there were quite a few guitars i loved but ijust were quite a few guitars i loved but i just don't love them were quite a few guitars i loved but ijust don't love them enough to want to warehouse them all the time and never play them. the auction takes place in november, and a portion of the proceeds will be given to charity. # starry, starry night... # it will be a chance to understand the creative process

of both painter and songwriter. tim allman, bbc news. aren't some people clever! now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. the weather over the next few days is going to turn cooler than it has been across the board. what we have today is this weather front. it's producing rain and blustery winds, and behind it, we start to see the cooler airfilter in, but ahead of it, we still are in the mild conditions. now, some of this rain is heavy and as it sinks south, the cloud ahead of it will build. the driest, brightest conditions will be in the southeast. and behind that weather front, it will clear up. the winds will drop away across scotland and northern ireland. you'll see some sunshine and also just a few showers. but the cooler air, 1a to 16 degrees coming in behind the weather front. the mild air still very much in place ahead of it. now, through this evening and overnight, eventually, the weather front does make it down into the southeast. behind it under clear skies for northern england,

northwest wales, northern ireland and scotland, there'll be one or two showers, but locally, with light winds, we could also just see some patchy fog and mist form. but you can see how low the temperatures are, 7—9 celsius compared to where they've been of late, which has been about 1a or 15, but still comparatively mild in southern england. so we start tomorrow with our weather front draped across southern england and the channel islands. it's a waving front, so the position of it could be a little bit further north or south, but it will have rain in it. but for the rest of the uk, it's a mixture of bright spells and sunny intervals and some showers. most of the showers becoming a bit more widespread across scotland through the day, but nonetheless still fairly hit—and—miss, and the cooler air of filtering south. by the time we get to friday and saturday, the weatherfront eventually moves away from the far southeast and we've got this ridge of high pressure building in. so we'll have the rain to start with in the southeast, could take its time to clear and then a lot of dry weather with one or two showers,

especially coming in on this northerly wind from the north sea, where it will feel quite cool along the coast. but the cooler conditions filtering further south anyway. top temperatures, 12 in the north ,to about 17 as we push down towards the south. saturday into sunday, our ridge of high pressure sinks south. this area of low pressure looks like it's going to bring some wet and some windy weather our way, so we get back into straight northerlies. so on sunday, it's the north of the country will have the wet and the windy conditions and that will be sinking south during the course of monday.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the uk government has lifted its ban on fracking in england in a bid to increase energy production — but critics are warning about environmental damage and a risk of earthquakes. a teenager is arrested after a 15—year—old boy was stabbed outside his school in huddersfield in west yorkshire back home — five british captives who were held by russian—backed forces in ukraine arrive in the after being released in a prisoner exchange. the inquest concludes into a woman from wiltshire who died after eating a wrap from the food chain preta manager. the bank of england will shortly announce the its interest rate decision with the rate expected

to rise to curb inflation. better access to gps and more appointments — the health secretary sets out her plan for the nhs in england, but some doctors warn the changes will do little to improve patient care. we're expecting the bank of england to announce a raise in interest rates shortly, for the seventh time in a row. and has been told it has been gone up and has been told it has been gone up by 0.5%. that is the seventh consecutive rate rise in a row. it could have gone even higher, prediction that could have gone to 0.75%. at the bank of england's rate rise is that rates are now the highest level i have been since 2008. the benchmark rates are now

2.25%. that is a result of today's half a percentage increase. this means rates in the uk are the highest level for 1h years. joining me to discuss things further is danni hewson, a financial analyst at aj bell. thank you forjoining us. all of the predictions were right. how high did you expect it to go? i predictions were right. how high did you expect it to go?— you expect it to go? i think most --eole you expect it to go? i think most people did _ you expect it to go? i think most people did expect _ you expect it to go? i think most people did expect that _ you expect it to go? i think most people did expect that the - you expect it to go? i think most people did expect that the bank| you expect it to go? i think most i people did expect that the bank of england would follow their counterparts in the united states and go for a much more aggressive rate hike. i was looking at and market excitation just for the rate hike was announced this lunchtime and it was hovering around 80% in favour of a 75 basis point hike. i think the fact we have a 0.5 percentage hike, certainly for people who have mortgages who are expecting their mortgage repayments will increase, there will be

something of a sigh of relief this lunchtime. but it is a big deal. it is the seventh time in a row that the bank of england has raised rates. as you said they started doing it in december, they with the first major central bank to raise rates post covert. but there have been a lot of people that have suggested that they have been a bit behind the curve. that they haven't acted swiftly enough in order to deal with inflation and we know how thatis deal with inflation and we know how that is impacting all of us. if deal with inflation and we know how that is impacting all of us.— that is impacting all of us. if they have not gone as _ that is impacting all of us. if they have not gone as fast _ that is impacting all of us. if they have not gone as fast as - that is impacting all of us. if they have not gone as fast as some i that is impacting all of us. if they - have not gone as fast as some would have not gone as fast as some would have liked, what does that mean in terms of how much longer they have to increase rates month on month? the expectation at the moment is that interest rates will hit 3% by the end of the year and are likely to rise to li% during the course of next year. and not then come down until at least the following year. a lot of pain still to come for people who are already struggling in terms

of making payments at the moment. it does mean that we have seen the pound losing strength against currencies like the dollar in particular and the euro. as some people wonder whether or not the bank of england is doing enough to combat inflation. of course, this is a balancing act. the bank is having to weigh up how much pain it inserts into the economy at the moment, how tight it makes things for borrowers, for people with mortgages, at a time also when we have the economy slowing down, heading into recession, some people say we are already in recession. it is a difficult balancing act and, of course, the recent announcement by the government of this extra help for businesses and homeowners with their energy bills will, i think, have made a difference to the decision today. we have made a difference to the decision today. have made a difference to the decision toda . ~ .., . ., decision today. we concentrate quite often on those _ decision today. we concentrate quite often on those who _ decision today. we concentrate quite often on those who have _ decision today. we concentrate quite often on those who have debt - decision today. we concentrate quite often on those who have debt of- decision today. we concentrate quite i often on those who have debt of some kind, because they will be paying

more to pay that back. but savers have been really missing out on decent interest rates for years, haven't they?— decent interest rates for years, haven't they? decent interest rates for years, haven't the ? , , . ., , haven't they? yes, they have. i was takin: a haven't they? yes, they have. i was taking a look— haven't they? yes, they have. i was taking a look at _ haven't they? yes, they have. i was taking a look at the _ haven't they? yes, they have. i was taking a look at the top _ haven't they? yes, they have. i was taking a look at the top rate - haven't they? yes, they have. i was taking a look at the top rate for - haven't they? yes, they have. i was taking a look at the top rate for an i taking a look at the top rate for an easy access account before the bank of england's started to rate raise. it was just not .65%. now it is about 2% and likely to rise even more following today's announcement. quite a bit of competition out in the savings market as people maybe think about moving their cash out of the financial markets, stocks and shares and into safer havens like cash, because of course now it is worth just that little bit more. when you compare it to inflation, you are still potentially losing money. and if you are looking at trying to get the most back in terms of interest rates for your cash savings, a lot of people are looking at fixed rates and that it is really

going bananas. almost 3.5% you can get at the moment for fixing for a year. 3.7% for two years. but there is a warning attached to that because once you lock your money in at that rate, if rates go higher, and we do expect there will be more rate increases in order to tame inflation going forward, then you might miss out on the extra money. is really difficult to know what to do, isn't it? a lot to think about. thank you forjoining us. joining me now is our economics editor, faisal islam. the bank of england now expects gdp to fall by 0.1% over the coming corner suggesting we are already in recession? , ., , ., corner suggesting we are already in recession? , ., ., , recession? yes. that is a modest amount, recession? yes. that is a modest amount. that _ recession? yes. that is a modest amount, that fall _ recession? yes. that is a modest amount, that fall in _ recession? yes. that is a modest amount, that fall in a _ recession? yes. that is a modest amount, that fall in a gdp - recession? yes. that is a modest amount, that fall in a gdp that i recession? yes. that is a modest i amount, that fall in a gdp that they predict for this quarter. put it together with what happened in the second quarter, between april and

june, which was also a full, that would mean we are already in recession and have been in recession since april. although albeit a mild recession. you may recall me saying and telling you a month or so ago that we were already predict in recession, that was starting at the end of the year for the whole of next year. so the new news from its round of forecasts, is that we are already, according to their forecasts, about five months in to a recession that started in april which just shows the delicate balancing act that they have. on the one hand some good news which is as the government suggested, the intervention, extraordinary energy guarantee intervention, worth tens or perhaps £100 billion, will have impacted the rate of inflation is, they thought it would peak at an astronomical 16 or 17%. now they will feel it will peak at 11% next

month. it extraordinary that i say that that is good news because 11% is epically high. but it's a lot better than 60% would have been. that is a little bit of hope. however, even though inflation is lower than they have focused just a month ago because of the government intervention, they still fear that the animal spirits of inflation in the animal spirits of inflation in the economy, in wages and prices, that they are getting going. that is why rates have been raised by 0.5 percentage to two point... the highest level since the end of 2008, just after the financial prices. the interesting thing is that summoning interesting thing is that summoning in the markets felt it should have gone so yesterday we had in the us, where where there is not an analogy situation but some similarities, they raised rates by 0.75%. with some fierce language about hammering down on inflation. today we have a

0.5%. the committee was actually split, 5—3, in favour of 0.5, as opposed to 0.75%. some wanted to go further because they are worried that yes invasion from abroad from the energy shock is less bad than we have. but the inflation, domestically, they fear that is getting worse, so that is why they need to raise rates. it's a big question here, which is how much ire is this going to go? how much higher are interest rates going to go? there are differences of opinion. people aren't quite sure, a lot going on the uk can be right now, a lot of different policies going on, if you look at the financial markets, they are predicting that interest rates could get close to 5%. 4.75% next year, that is a series of 0.5% rate rises over the course of the next four or five months. others think 3.5 is where you expect things to go. much will depend... the bank is holding

judgment on exactly all of that until it can do another forecast with all of the information from the government, including tomorrow's announcements on attacks and on the details of the energy bailout, they are waiting until they can put all of that endeavour to their computers and processing things and perhaps then we could get some bigger rate rises. so more rate rises to come, the question is just how many and how high? aha, the question is 'ust how many and how hiah? �* ., the question is 'ust how many and howhiuh? �* ., , ,., the question is 'ust how many and howhiuh? �* ., , , ., ., ., how high? a load of numbers and data that were released _ how high? a load of numbers and data that were released by _ how high? a load of numbers and data that were released by the _ how high? a load of numbers and data that were released by the bank- how high? a load of numbers and data that were released by the bank of - that were released by the bank of england, took us through some of that. , , ., , ., that. yes, you will remember that we have expend — that. yes, you will remember that we have expend all _ that. yes, you will remember that we have expend all the _ that. yes, you will remember that we have expend all the way _ that. yes, you will remember that we have expend all the way through - have expend all the way through these periods of crisis, they don't seem to stop, funny financial crisis to covid, that the bank has done something unusual, technical, but really important. it has gone out and bought debts, bought government debts to try to stimulate the coming low interest rates across the economy. that is what is called quantitative easing. they have just decided today to start to reverse

that. why does that matter quite it it means it will be selling those government debts, pretty slowly but over the course of the next year. they will be selling those government debts they have bought, just starting the process over the next year. that is not necessarily pumping money into the economy, it's taking it out to some degree. but for the government, at a time when it is borrowing a lots and lots of money, hundreds of millions, at the same time, the bank is not buying a bad debt, it is selling it at the same time. itjust goes to show how can located things are, it means interest rates cannot be assumed to be going down, even though we are in a recession, they are going up, there may be some impact on the currency markets that we have seen of the past few months too, a lot of lights going off in different parts of the economy and some big numbers too. and quite frankly we don't really know where the bank is going to take this. is it going to take a

much higher, four, 5% interest rates, like they have done in the us? at the federal reserve. they only did the just yesterday. or are we going to acknowledge the fact that there is a recession and maybe not raise things so much about 2% or 3%. this is a really important decision, notjust for households and their mortgages, but also the businesses that are taking out loans, perhaps got used to the fact that interest rates are 0.5%, 1%, those days are firmly over now. interests are not going up that i cannot going to 2%, but going up to 3% and 11% if the markets are correct. that is a severely different set of affairs, arising out of the very high invasion we are seeing. one i think many people in the economy, whether they are trying to buy or sell a house or whether they are buying a business and looking for loans, they will have to get used to. just looking for loans, they will have to get used to— get used to. just explain that intersection _ get used to. just explain that intersection between - get used to. just explain that| intersection between growing government borrowing and government

debt being sold? itruiheh government borrowing and government debt being sold?— government borrowing and government debt being sold? when the government wants to raise — debt being sold? when the government wants to raise money, _ debt being sold? when the government wants to raise money, what _ debt being sold? when the government wants to raise money, what it _ debt being sold? when the government wants to raise money, what it does - wants to raise money, what it does is that it sells its debts to anybody in the market. essentially you go to the government, you pay them 5 billion, and then you owe its debts. that is a critical piece of infrastructure of the entire financial markets. if they want to raise 100 billion, that is how much they would sell. sometimes, this is, get it, they still adhere to the bank of england and that helps keep the economy growing and stimulated, or it did do... but it also might affect prices and things like that. it did have a big impact over the past ten or 15 years, but now it's being reversed. that is another big change we are seeing from today, as well as those rates going up, exactly where we don't know. we

appreciate that analysis and thank you. there will be much more of that is in response to the bank of england's decision to raise interest rates today. by 0.5%. ministers lift the ban on backing. ministers lift the ban on backing. ministers say they have to ensure energy security. it has been a controversial subject within local committees and amongst mps due to its association with minor earthquakes. we have been hearing this morning from first—rate's ceo, they had been drilling for fracking wells in lancashire before the moratorium was introduced. —— from cuadrilla's ceo. aha, moratorium was introduced. -- from cuadrilla's cm.— cuadrilla's ceo. a large part of the o- osition cuadrilla's ceo. a large part of the opposition to our _ cuadrilla's ceo. a large part of the opposition to our original- cuadrilla's ceo. a large part of the opposition to our original planning | opposition to our original planning application to lancashire, the

proportion of it didn't even come from the uk. there are a lot of people who are in favour of it and furthermore, given the energy price rises and the commitments by ourselves and other industry players to put up a significant proportion of any venue into the local community, there will be large support for it. community, there will be large support for it— community, there will be large support for it. clearly, listening to the politicians _ support for it. clearly, listening to the politicians in _ support for it. clearly, listening | to the politicians in the house of commons this morning, that is wrong. there is a huge amount of opposition. they have just said so. politicians and once i'd say one thing, politicians and the other say another thing... thing, politicians and the other say anotherthing... has thing, politicians and the other say another thing. .. has— another thing. .. has sorry, that doesnt another thing. .. has sorry, that doesn't mean — another thing. .. has sorry, that doesn't mean you _ another thing. .. has sorry, that doesn't mean you can _ another thing. .. has sorry, that doesn't mean you can ignore i another thing. .. has sorry, that i doesn't mean you can ignore those who are on the side that say we don't want this, and neither do our voters. �* ., ., ., , , voters. i'm not ignoring anybody, i'm not ignoring _ voters. i'm not ignoring anybody, i'm not ignoring people... - voters. i'm not ignoring anybody, i'm not ignoring people... have i voters. i'm not ignoring anybody, i i'm not ignoring people... havejust said, sorry, there is not a lot of opposition in this country, it's from outside. that is not true. what i said was that a large part of the opposition to our original planning allegation came from outside of this country, that is correct. you can go to lancashire county council planning and check that... haifa

to lancashire county council planning and check that. .. how do ou planning and check that. .. how do you answer— planning and check that. .. how do you answer the — planning and check that. .. how do you answer the opposition - planning and check that. .. how do | you answer the opposition and that you answer the opposition and that you havejust you answer the opposition and that you have just had this you answer the opposition and that you havejust had this morning, very vocal opposition, and alarm that the government is going down this route? i actually haven't heard everything that has been saying in the house of commons, i'vejust come that has been saying in the house of commons, i've just come onto the programme now, the rationale for this is very sensible and well evident. the country is going to need gas for decades to come, we are currently importing increasing quantities of shale gas in the united states, higher emissions... win a benefit to this country. we should be developing our own resource, increasing tax revenues, benefits the local committees, financial benefits and of course energy self sufficiency, all of which benefits... are sensible decisions. which benefits... are sensible decisions-— which benefits... are sensible decisions. ., , decisions. how can fracking help the uk? how much _ decisions. how can fracking help the uk? how much difference _ decisions. how can fracking help the uk? how much difference is - decisions. how can fracking help the uk? how much difference is going i decisions. how can fracking help the | uk? how much difference is going to make and how much impact will it have on average household bill? the

decision have on average household bill? tue: decision to explore and produce shale gas is not something that is going to impact household bills tomorrow. ., , ., ., tomorrow. nothing is going to house- -- _ tomorrow. nothing is going to house... when _ tomorrow. nothing is going to house... when will _ tomorrow. nothing is going to house... when will it - tomorrow. nothing is going to house... when will it and - tomorrow. nothing is going to house... when will it and to i tomorrow. nothing is going to i house... when will it and to what extent? , ., , , house... when will it and to what extent? , . , , ., extent? the estimates is that there it is over 50 — extent? the estimates is that there it is over 50 years _ extent? the estimates is that there it is over 50 years whether - extent? the estimates is that there it is over 50 years whether supply, | it is over 50 years whether supply, so the potential of helping us towards energy self—sufficiency and not be reliant at all on gas any more. it can have major impact, one producing sector generate hundreds of millions of pounds in local community benefits alone. there is very significant financial and energy security benefits to be had. the bank of england has increased its basis rate of inflation by half a percentage point to 2.25% — its highest level for 1h years ministers lift their ban on fracking in england in a bid to increase energy production — but critics are warning about environmental damage and a risk of earthquakes.

back home — five british captives who were held by russian—backed forces in ukraine arrive in the after being released in a prisoner exchange. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon, we make sure we give you 100% of everything all the time and the rest, reported incidents of incidents at football matches in england and wales are the highest levels of 80 years, figures are released that according to the home office they are up 60% from the season before the covid pandemic. the near 2000, 200 arrests followed pitch invasions, people taunting players. many received bans, a

supporter was also jailed after head—butting a captain. the number of county championship matches could go from 1a to ten, with first division reduced to six teams under proposals revealed by the england wales cricket board which aim to improve the success of the england men's team, the high performance review is being led by former captain, he recommends dedicated windows for the one day cup, dated 20 blast and the 100. they want to revise the schedule which have to be agreed by two thirds of the county is to provide a greater balance between red bull and white bull crickets, produce higher quality matches along the way and also ease the strain on players were close. i would love to see england being the best in the world. i know we have the capability of doing that, we have the talent, but our system needs to work better than it is currently. so these proposals around us coming together, creating a community and an alignment, it

around rewarding our players for the work they do, about rewarding our counties for the work they do, it's about making sure we are developing the right skills through the game and of course about making sure our domestic cricket it's played on better pitches but also any more coherent gradual as well. $5 a better pitches but also any more coherent gradual as well. as a two ofthe coherent gradual as well. as a two of the clubs _ coherent gradual as well. as a two of the clubs in _ coherent gradual as well. as a two of the clubs in the _ coherent gradual as well. as a two of the clubs in the rugby - coherent gradual as well. as a two of the clubs in the rugby unions . of the clubs in the rugby unions premiership, the owner of another once the league to do more to increase revenues to those that are struggling financially. stephen lansdown has led to bristol £50 million of his own money, says there isn't enough around in the game as worcester and wasps both struggle to make end meet. wasps say they have administrators to protect the club as big interest after threats of actions from hmrc. the club insists it is not the same as being in administration which would be automatic relegation. but it is instead providing chances for investment talks to take place. just

before i go, bearing in mind that it is a full round—up, it has been confirmed that roger fedor has been given his wish and will indeed play alongside his friend rafael nadal at the labour cup on friday —— mike fedor. this is his last five british captives that have been freed by russian backed forces in ukraine have arrived back in the uk. aiden aslin, shaun pinner, john harding, andrew hill and dylan healy were flown to riyadh in saudi arabia before being flown back to britain. they were reunited with family this morning. the prime minister, liz truss, confirmed a prisoner exchange had been negotiated by saudi arabia. before being freed, two of the men, aiden aslin and shaun pinner, had been sentenced to death by russian—backed separatists. emma vardy reports. we just want to let everyone know that we are now out of the danger zone and on our way home

to ourfamilies. their ordeal finally coming to an end. thanks to everyone that has been supporting us. it's really much appreciated. aiden aslin and shaun pinner had been held by russian—backed forces since they were captured in april. they had both moved to ukraine four years ago and joined the ukrainian armed forces. they had been helping to defend the country during the russian invasion. but after being captured, they were accused of being mercenaries and told they faced the death penalty. aiden and shaun had been held alongside three other british men — john harding, andrew hill and dylan healy. but footage of the men arriving in saudi arabia was released last night after the saudi government confirmed it had been involved in negotiations to secure their freedom. aiden aslin's local mp condemned the russian—backed separatists

for their treatment of the men and said he was delighted to see aiden freed. he has been through months and months of terrible treatment. you can only imagine what that has meant for his family back home in newark. it really has been a terrible ordeal for them not knowing whether they were going to get aiden home or whether, god forbid, the worst would happen to him. during their months of captivity, the men had been shown on russian tv as part of propaganda efforts by the kremlin, and had been told that the death penalty would be carried out. their sudden freedom has come as a huge relief to family and friends. but it is not yet clear exactly how their release was achieved and what treatment they endured while being held prisoner. emma vardy, bbc news.

our correspondent in kyiv — hugo bachega — outlined earlier how this prisioner exchange came about. it's very interesting, we don't have many details. we know that 270 prisoners have been released, 250 prisoners of war have been released by the russians, including top commanders of the azov battalion who, for weeks, defended the azovstal steelworks in the city of mariupol. and they are now considered heroes here in this country. so it is very significant indeed. also, ten foreign fighters have been released by the russians. in return, the ukrainians released 55 russian fighters, also the pro—russian politician victor medvechuk who was facing treason charges here in ukraine. i think the timing of it was very interesting because this prisoner exchange, the most significant prisoner swap in this war, happened hours after president putin announced that partial military mobilisation. it also happened as pro—russian forces are preparing to hold a so—called referendums onjoining

russia in regions that have been occupied by russia. so the timing of it is very interesting. this is a significant development but i think the question is, why now? russian police are reported to have arrested hundreds of protesters opposed to the kremlin's decision to call up thousands of extra troops to fight in ukraine. a russian human rights group believes that more than 1,300 people were detained. the largest numbers arrested were in st petersburg and moscow — but there've been anti—war protests in more than 30 other cities.mr the health secretary is setting out measures to address the pressure is addressing the nhs in england of the winter period. she will pledge today to make it

easier for people to see their gps, as she unveils plans to improve patient access to the nhs in england. the proposals will allow doctors to take on more staff and improve the availability of same day appointments. previously, the government has committed to: reducing ambulance delays, breaking down backlogs in primary care caused by covid— with all gp patients in england are to be offered an appointment for non—urgent needs within two weeks under new plans to help improve access to care. gp practices will be able to recruit more support staff,including senior nurses, while pharmacists will be asked to take on more work to free up appointments. the announcement comes against a backdrop of record waiting times for hospital treatment in england. but elsewhere around the uk, the nhs is also under pressure. with long waiting times the case in wales, scotand and northern ireland. joining me now is rachel power, chief executive of the patients' association which is an independent patient charity campaigning for improvements in health and social care for patients. thank

and social care for patients. you forjoining us. you written thank you forjoining us. you have written to the health secretary, in short what did you ask? ih written to the health secretary, in short what did you ask?— written to the health secretary, in short what did you ask? in short we have asked — short what did you ask? in short we have asked the _ short what did you ask? in short we have asked the patient _ short what did you ask? in short we have asked the patient association | have asked the patient association is very much about campaigning for excellent health and care for all patients and really and that statements we asked her for investment in social care because it is in a perilous state at the moment. with back blogs ambulances at hospital as missions. and we also asked for a fully funded workforce strategy. 50 asked for a fully funded workforce strate: . , ., ., . strategy. so this announcement rearardin strategy. so this announcement regarding better _ strategy. so this announcement regarding better access - strategy. so this announcement regarding better access to - strategy. so this announcement regarding better access to gp i regarding better access to gp appointments and asking pharmacists to take on more of the workload, how far does that go in meeting what you want? we far does that go in meeting what you want? ~ . ., ., , far does that go in meeting what you want? . . ., ., , ., want? we want that as well, and we aet a lot want? we want that as well, and we get a lot of — want? we want that as well, and we get a lot of calls _ want? we want that as well, and we get a lot of calls to _ want? we want that as well, and we get a lot of calls to our— want? we want that as well, and we get a lot of calls to our national- get a lot of calls to our national helpline where patients are very frustrated about accessing gps. and

the role of the pharmacy is a hugely important role and it's great to me that that is gaining prominence. but, without hearing the plans for workforce strategies, it's hard to see how that will happen. so we are waiting for her to outline more. we did call for more phone lines which are something she has mentioned as well. and also does know what we haven't had more about is more staff for answering those phone lines and also training those are staff so they can really address the needs of patients. but we are liking her talking about talking to applications and being laser—like on the needs of the patients, and we hope these new things are done in partnership with patients. the sum of this is going _ partnership with patients. the sum of this is going to _ partnership with patients. the sum of this is going to happen - partnership with patients. the sum of this is going to happen quickly, l of this is going to happen quickly, the idea of that, it takes years to

train new nurses and doctors? absolutely it's hard in having heard her speak this morning, because we hoped she would speak before we came on air. what we don't need is any more... there is a winter crisis coming, nhs staff are really frustrated, this long waits. just accessing services is a problem for patients. but what we need now that i what we don't need now is offshore decisions, what we need now is releasing the details of the plans going forward. releasing the details of the plans going forward-— releasing the details of the plans ioini forward, . ., �*, ., , . going forward. what's your realistic advice to patients _ going forward. what's your realistic advice to patients who _ going forward. what's your realistic advice to patients who may - going forward. what's your realistic advice to patients who may need i going forward. what's your realistic advice to patients who may need to see the gp, go to the hospital this winter? because as we know they are already under pressure and we haven't even got to the bad weather

yet. haven't even got to the bad weather et. .. , , ,, haven't even got to the bad weather et. , , haven't even got to the bad weather yet. exactly. there is nh5111, and we have called _ yet. exactly. there is nh5111, and we have called on _ yet. exactly. there is nh5111, and we have called on the _ yet. exactly. there is nh5111, and we have called on the nhs - yet. exactly. there is nh5111, and we have called on the nhs to - yet. exactly. there is nh5111, and| we have called on the nhs to make that service that. but patients have to come forward. if patients need support they need to access the gps or hospitals. so this is in saint patients that they need just like we need to hear the details of how this will work and the way forgetting appointments. and to look at the array of stop that do work within general practice to see how that can support. but patients have to come forward, there they need health care. . , , forward, there they need health care. ., , ., , , , care. that is absolutely true. they 'ust have care. that is absolutely true. they just have to _ care. that is absolutely true. they just have to be — care. that is absolutely true. they just have to be realistic— care. that is absolutely true. they just have to be realistic about - just have to be realistic about waiting times and sometimes i suppose. but how do you make jobs... i think it's about communication with patients as well, we did a lot of work with nhs england about the

elective backlog and look at those principles, so would patients tell us is sometimes that they know they have to wait but they need to understand how long that weight needs to be and how they will hear more about it and just not sitting and waiting for months on end to understand... if they need a hip replaced, but actually no... i spoke to a patient a few weeks ago, and she said if i know it is six months, thatis she said if i know it is six months, that is ok, but what i don't want to do is keep going on and not hearing. so it's really important that there is a good decision—making between patient and they have a professional. wejust patient and they have a professional. we just need to build on that. ie. professional. we 'ust need to build on that. , . professional. we 'ust need to build on that. . . , professional. we 'ust need to build on that. , . . . , ., on that. is a certainty, not feeling ou are on that. is a certainty, not feeling you are in — on that. is a certainty, not feeling you are in the _ on that. is a certainty, not feeling you are in the dark. _ on that. is a certainty, not feeling you are in the dark. thank - on that. is a certainty, not feeling you are in the dark. thank you - on that. is a certainty, not feeling you are in the dark. thank you forj you are in the dark. thank you for joining us.

it looks as if ultimately knocking on the door, colder weather on the way in the days ahead and this indeed is also a cold front which is crossing the country right now. behind it, feeling fairly fresh in the afternoon, 15 in aberdeen, still a bit of warmth left in the south, around 20 or so in london and norwich. so this is what it looks like through this evening, the cold front spreads further south so there will be some rain across other parts of the uk today as well. and a very fresh night, not a cold one in north and various other sports, two or 3 doses but still fairly mild in the south. tomorrow i think it will be quite cloudy at times over southern parts of england, the south—east too, rain at times, but elsewhere a mixture of sunshine and showers, and temperatures between 13 in the stornoway and just around 20 in the south.

hello, this is bbc news with martine croxall. the headlines: the bank of england has increased its basis rate of inflation by half a percentage point to 2.25% — its highest level for 1h years. ministers lift their ban on fracking in england in a bid to increase energy production — but critics are warning about environmental damage and a risk of earthquakes. a teenager is arrested after a 15—year—old boy was stabbed outside his school in huddersfield in west yorkshire. back home — five british captives who were held by russian—backed forces in ukraine arrive in the after being released in a prisoner exchange. the inquest concludes into a woman from wiltshire who died after eating a wrap from the food chain pret a manger. better access to gps and more appointments — the health secretary sets out her plan for the nhs in england, but some doctors warn the changes will do little to improve patient care.

west yorkshire police investigating the murder of a 15—year—old boy in huddersfield have arrested a 16—year—old on suspicion of murder. the teenager, who hasn't been publicly named, was treated at the scene outside a school in fartown yesterday afternoon, but died in hospital. police described the killing as an "absolutely senseless loss of a young life". our correspondent danny savage has been at the scene in huddersfield where the incident took place this is the scene of the incident which happened here in huddersfield in west yorkshire. behind me you can just see a police officer guarding a crossing a road, we understand that is where the incident happened. people have been putting down flowers, that error is taped off. what we know from this investigation, it was just after school had finished yesterday afternoon when that stabbing took place here just on this street behind me. a15—year—old pupilfrom the nearby school, in north

huddersfield trust school, was fatally injured in that incident. he received stab wounds and was taken to hospital, he died of ages —— muqqy to hospital, he died of ages —— muggy died of his injuries. a few hours ago the police arrested a 16—year—old youth from this local area, a boy and he has been arrested and is now being questioned about what happened here yesterday. ilirulihat what happened here yesterday. what reaction has there _ what happened here yesterday. what reaction has there been from the school community and indeed the wider community?— school community and indeed the wider community? welcome as you would expect _ wider community? welcome as you would expect people _ wider community? welcome as you would expect people are _ wider community? welcome as you would expect people are absolutely shocked about what's happened here. this is a part of huddersfield, a leafy lane area, a decent area where people just wouldn't expect anything like this to happen at all. there has been statement from the school saying, our deepest sympathies go out to the pupil's family and friends who must feel as we do completely devastated. they have lost a loved one and we have lost a wonderful student in our school community. locals have been passing

by saying that they are so surprised and upset by what's happened. this school has reopened here today but only to pupils who feel they need support, so this is certainly not a normal school day here, the school is effectively closed while this police investigation continues and we know that the mother of the young man who died here yesterday was there a while ago, she was lying on there a while ago, she was lying on the ground, she was so upset about what had happened. she is devastated that she has lost her sun here in such extraordinary circumstances. there are more people from a catholic background than a protestant background in northern ireland for the first time, according to census figures released this morning. our correspondent chris page is in belfast and outlined the significance of this data. the state of northern ireland was founded 101 years ago in 1921 when the rest of the island of ireland u united kingdom and became what is now the republic of ireland. the six

counties in the north—east of ireland remained in the united kingdom as northern ireland and the borders of northern ireland were drawn in such a way to ensure that there would be a majority of protestants. at the time adherence to the protestant religion was seen as being probably the key marker as to whether somebody supported northern ireland's place in the uk, so the idea was that it would secure northern ireland's place in the uk or the long term. censuses have been held every ten years, and over the course of the last century we have seen the catholic population gradually grow, now for the first time we have seen that the number of catholics, the number of people from a catholic background, is greater in the number of people from a protestant background. these figures have shown today that the people who have shown today that the people who have said they were either catholic or brought up catholic is 45.7% of the population of northern ireland.

the figure for people here protestants are brought up protesta nts a re brought u p protesta nts, protestants are brought up protestants, 43.5%. another key statistic, national identity. 31% said they identified as only british, 29.1% said only irish. 20% said they identified as northern irish, that can be seen as perhaps somewhere in the middle, between british and irish identities. more people start identifying as being british and irish, but for the first time, more catholics than protestants. protests which started in iran have now taken place in cities across the world, over the death in custody of a young woman who was detained by the morality police for allegedly violating the islamic republic's dress code. emily brown reports. an eruption of demonstrations in iran since the death of a woman for allegedly

breaking strict hijab rules. her name was mahsa amini. she was 22. she collapsed after being taken to a detention centre to be educated. eyewitnesses say she was beaten. the police have denied that she was mistreated and said she suffered sudden heart failure. since her death, women in iran have burnt headscarves. the wearing of the hijab in iran is now being challenged in the way it never has been in the past a0 years. some have even cut their hair. and what started as protests in one country has now spread around the world. from new york, where the un general assembly is being held, to amsterdam, and in norway, the iran human rights group director spoke about their concerns for protestors. we are worried that, unless the international community gives clear support to iranian people's demands,

they are demanding normal life, i am concerned that many people will be killed. and numerous protesters have already been killed, and the anger has escalated — from both men and women who've taken to the streets to stand against a rule that's been in place for decades. and to stand up for mahsa amini, who has now become a symbol of defiance. emily brown, bbc news. the new york attorney general has announced that she is suing former president donald trump, three of his children and his real estate business, the trump organization. letitia james said a three—year investigation showed that mr trump's business repeatedly used false statements to get banks to lend it money on favourable terms. david willis reports. claiming that you have money that you do not have does not amount to the art of the deal.

it's the art of the steal. referencing donald trump's self aggrandising account of his wheeling and dealing in the world of manhattan real estate, the new york attorney general accused the former president of lying about his wealth. donald trump falsely inflated his net worth by billions of dollars to unjustly enrich himself, and to cheat the system, thereby cheating all of us. in a filing that runs for more than 200 pages, letitia james claims that financial statements relating to the trump family business were, in her words, not only grossly inflated, but objectively false. the extent of the fraud, she says, was staggering and aimed at inducing banks to lend money to the trump organization at favourable terms. the lawsuit accuses mr trump and his three adult children of massively inflating the value of nearly all of their marquee properties, among them his winter retreat, mar—a—lago.

trump's financial filings value the property at nearly $740 million, yet its real worth, she said, was just 75 million. most bizarre was the exaggerated value of his penthouse apartment at trump tower, based on an assessment which tripled the square footage. trump's $327 million valuation, said the attorney general, would have made it the most expensive property of its kind in the history of new york real estate. the attorney general is seeking to recover $250 million in allegedly unlawful profits and a ban on donald trump and his children doing any future business in the state in which he made his name. he did this with the help of the other defendants, his children. although she doesn't have authority to file criminal charges, the attorney general is intending to refer her findings to federal prosecutors. a move which only adds to mr trump's post—presidential legal woes. he was already the subject of

nearly half a dozen other criminal and congressional investigations at a time when he is said to be weighing the possibility of another run for president. mr trump has called the civil investigation a witchhunt, conducted by a democrat politician who is running for election in november. his lawyers claim the lawsuit is meritless. but the fate of the family business, not to mention the carefully crafted image of a self—made billionaire that was so crucial to his initial run for the white house, may soon rest in the hands of a judge. david willis, bbc news, washington. to israel next, where ultra—orthodox jews are struggling to come to terms with a number of recent high—profile sex abuse scandals. what's added to the shock is how some rabbis in this insular, devout community have criticised victims for speaking out. that's sparked anger and led to an unprecedented wave of activism in the ultra—orthodox — or haredi — world.

it's being compared to the "me too" movement which began in the united states. our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. a warning — some listeners may find parts of her report distressing. a survivor's pain. he prays alone in the forest, far from the packed ultraorthodox synagogues where he grew up. he tells me how, when he was a child, a leading light of the ultra—orthodox world exploited his position to groom and sexually abuse him. it left him feeling suicidal. itjust happened when i was 16 years old. i don't want a life any more. i don't want this life, i don't want it any more. i try to say it, but i'm still afraid from him. in this religious society, talk of sex is taboo. but last year, an expose suggested his abuser had dozens of victims.

soon, more and more scandals came to light, revealing abuse by other community leaders over decades. this is instructions for parents how to talk with the children about sexual abuse... after a popular children's author and therapist was accused of abuse and shot himself, some rabbis lashed out at his victims. religious activists have since begun an unprecedented campaign. they say they had to act. that's what it took. it took someone who was trusted and famous, people loved him, and he was still in therapy with children. and he constantly hurt them, finally kills himself, and then they blame the victims. and that was enough, the haredi exploded. some people are calling this a me too moment, but it's not about workplace harassment. what we're seeing here is often child sex abuse, and it's about using powerful religious institutions and customs to cover it up.

these ultra—orthodox schoolgirls are among those who've spoken out in the media about their alleged abuse. they say religious leaders ignored accusations about a head teacher. so will rabbis now take a new approach? we've heard complaints about the culture of shame and the culture of secrecy. do you see that as a problem? translation: yes, it's a very big problem. - once, we used to brush this stuff under the carpet. today, there is no such thing. if someone abuses a young boy or a young girl, immediately we call the police. but survivors of abuse insist it's not so clear—cut. this has been a moment of reckoning, but they say more must be done to ensure there's lasting change. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. almost 200 whales have now died following the latest mass stranding in tasmania.

rescuers have been scrambling to float around 35 surviving pilot whales, after the pod was discovered at ocean beach on wednesday. the main challenge has been lifting the animals to float them, with pilot whales weighing up to two—and—a—half tonnes. once floated, they are moved by boat to deeper water and released. i think it's inevitable that we may lose a few more of these animals. they've been stranded now for over 2a hours, they are in a really highly exposed, stressful location, they are not semi—buoyant, as they were last time, with cool water around them and supporting them. so it's a much more challenging environment for those animals. they are stressed, they are highly social, so they are communicating to each other, they are just so four out other, they are just so far out of their natural environment, it is always confronting. i guess ourfocus now is getting the job done, and making sure that we can do it efficiently, safely and have the most chance of success.

so, that's the focus now. the uk will host the eurovision song contest next year on behalf of ukraine, but it's yet to be decided where the sing—off will be held. seven cities are in the running and our arts correspondent david sillito has been taking a look at what each of them has to offer. today he reports from birmingham, which last hosted the event in 1998. bonsoir, mesdames et messieurs, bienvenue to the national arena of birmingham. birmingham, 1998, and the uk entry, imaani. singing who came a very creditable second to israel's dana international. what were your feelings at the time? absolute terror, if i'm honest. absolute terror. massive venue.

i cried quite a lot, certainly in the dress rehearsal, there was tears. and my management team drew lots as to who was going to come down and tell me off for crying. why were you crying? i was so scared. i was just so scared. it's a massive carnival of madness. organised madness. definitely. it's very well run, isn't it? oh, to the tee. to the second. you have no regrets, though? absolutely not. and i would say to anyone, if you get the chance to do it, go for it. the event, the crowd? it was massive. you know, an amazing band and the crowd was incredible. such a huge building. you know, it was amazing. a phenomenal experience. there is no doubt in my mind that birmingham could do it again and a thousand times better than they did it before, and they did a pretty damn good job when i was there. you know, i'm back in birmingham.

eurovision, more than just another event. it was a chance to show off a changing city. and that evolution has only gathered pace in recent years. a city centre of cars and concrete has gone. 25 years on, and the library looks a little different, doesn't it? indeed, when you walk around here, you realise quite how much has changed. the city has acquired a completely new skyline. the old industrial birmingham is no more, and this is a chance for the city to show the rest of the world that there has been here an urban transformation. 1998, eurovision song contest. am i right in thinking that was a bit of a turning point for the city? yes, it was. people's image of birmingham is still— the birmingham, really, of the 1950s and 1960s. they don't think of piazzas, do they? no, the squares we've created, it's a very walkable city centre. it also has kind of a spiritual

effect on the city, as well. it's like self belief. it is, yes, and we saw during the commonwealth games, people here in birmingham rediscovering their pride and confidence in their city and realising that birmingham can do these major international events as well as any other city anywhere in the world. birmingham is more than well—placed for a second eurovision, and for one couple, it would mean everything. would it be fair to say you are fond of eurovision? oh, no, no, we absolutely love it. we are not fond of it at all. i'm fond of my husband, but my goodness, eurovision is far more important. he likes eurovision more than me, that's true. that's not true. ok, it might be. the atmosphere in 1998 when you were here watching it. the cityjust came to life. it came to life for the whole month, because we had the g8 just afterwards and the lions international, which had 35,000 people, so it was just a wonderful month.

it was like a coming out ceremony almost for birmingham, wasn't it? it was that moment where it said, "look, we are a different, new city." oh, absolutely. birmingham was blossoming enough to give me hay fever, even back then. should it come back here next year? of course. not should, it will. bringing it back to brum will be the icing on their eurovision anniversary, and a celebration of birmingham pride. # where are you, where are you now? a new exhibition on k—pop is opening at the v&a museum in london and looks at the phenomenal rise in popularity of the south korean popular culture. the show includes the bright pink

guard costumes from the successful netflix series "squid game" as well as k—pop music, props, as well as a replica of the bathroom set in oscar—winning film "parasite". the exhibition is split into different sections that look at the range of k—pop culture from music to tv and cinema, fashion and beauty. don mclean's song vincent from 1971 is probably one of the most well known pop hits about a famous painter — it pays tribute to the dutch painter vincent van gogh. now the hand—written lyrics are up for auction — and they could fetch more than a million dollars. tim allman has the story. # starry, starry night # paint your palette blue and grey... # if this was your second—best song, you might feel a little pleased with yourself, too. this tribute to the troubled mind and timeless genius of one of history's greatest painters

has become a modern classic, and these are the lyrics to that poignant, heartfelt ballad. almost indecipherable, by the looks of it, but the man who wrote them had a plan. i said, "gee, i know what i'll do, i'lljust look at the starry night painting and see if it speaks to me," and lo and behold, it almost wrote the whole song. it told me what to say, and how to say it. # so bye—bye, miss american pie # drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry... # this isn't the first time don mclean has put some of his work up for auction. in 2015, he sold the lyrics to his most famous song, american pie, for $1.2 million. also up for grabs, some 300 items, including clothes, footwear, and a lot of guitars.

i'm really not a collector, but ended up having these collections. there were quite a few guitars i loved, but ijust don't love them enough to want to warehouse them all the time and never play them. the auction takes place in november, and a portion of the proceeds will be given to charity. # starry, starry night... # it will be a chance to understand the creative process of both painter and songwriter. tim allman, bbc news. we go to the house of commons where we are expecting to raise coffee, the health secretary —— therese coffey, to make an announcement very shortly for the we have the commons leader penny mordaunt making an address at the moment but we know that the nhs in england is facing

huge pressures over the winter period and health secretary wants to make some announcements as to how to alleviate some of that pressure. i would urge all honourable members not to get too excited about what the press, press, wait until they hear what the chancellor has to say. in 1993 the committee said inheritance tax does not have to be paid on— inheritance tax does not have to be paid on a _ inheritance tax does not have to be paid on a transfer of assets from one sovereign to another. at the lime _ one sovereign to another. at the time of— one sovereign to another. at the time of the — one sovereign to another. at the time of the then leader of the opposition, the late john smith, asked. _ opposition, the late john smith, asked, although it is accepted that assets _ asked, although it is accepted that assets held by the queen are sovereign, should not be liable to inheritance tax, will the premise to explain _ inheritance tax, will the premise to explain why all private assets passing — explain why all private assets passing from one sovereign to the next should also be exempt? i think that this _ next should also be exempt? i think that this remains legitimate question, so would the leader of the house _ question, so would the leader of the house of— question, so would the leader of the house of lords time for discussion on this— house of lords time for discussion on this matter? if house of lords time for discussion on this matter?— on this matter? if the honourable gentleman _ on this matter? if the honourable gentleman would _ on this matter? if the honourable gentleman would like _ on this matter? if the honourable gentleman would like to - on this matter? if the honourable gentleman would like to write -

on this matter? if the honourable gentleman would like to write to | on this matter? if the honourable i gentleman would like to write to me with the specifics of what he is concerned about i would be very happy to find the best way that we can raise this as an issue, and give him some certainty so that he could apply for a debate.— him some certainty so that he could apply for a debate. thank you, madam deu apply for a debate. thank you, madam deputy speaker _ apply for a debate. thank you, madam deputy speaker foot _ apply for a debate. thank you, madam deputy speaker foot of _ apply for a debate. thank you, madam deputy speaker foot of the _ deputy speaker foot of the government manifesto promoted levelling—up but now seems with it and it— levelling—up but now seems with it and it to _ levelling—up but now seems with it and it to be — levelling—up but now seems with it and it to be more focused to trickle—down economics. given the imf has— trickle—down economics. given the imf has said thatjoe biden said he was sick— imf has said thatjoe biden said he was sick and tired of trickle—down economics. — was sick and tired of trickle—down economics, can we debate on the utter— economics, can we debate on the utter failure of trickle—down economics for four by ronald reagan and margaret thatcher? | economics for four by ronald reagan and margaret thatcher?— and margaret thatcher? i would first of all oint and margaret thatcher? i would first of all point to _ and margaret thatcher? i would first of all point to the _ and margaret thatcher? i would first of all point to the fact _ and margaret thatcher? i would first of all point to the fact that _ and margaret thatcher? i would first of all point to the fact that our - of all point to the fact that our support package of 37 billion to enable people to cope with the cost of living could not be described as a trickle in any respect, but i think that rather than a lot of

commentary about economic plan, what the people of this country want to see is some action, that is what they are going to get tomorrow and i would encourage him to come to the house and listen to the chancellor. the sharp rise in short—term holiday lets of _ the sharp rise in short—term holiday lets of the _ the sharp rise in short—term holiday lets of the last few years and particularly the last few months is fuelling _ particularly the last few months is fuelling a — particularly the last few months is fuelling a housing prices in york but also — fuelling a housing prices in york but also the cost of living crisis too~ _ but also the cost of living crisis too~ could _ but also the cost of living crisis too. could we have a debate in order too. could we have a debate in order to discuss— too. could we have a debate in order to discuss the licensing which needs to discuss the licensing which needs to be _ to discuss the licensing which needs to be introduced to curb the industry— to be introduced to curb the industry and ensure that our constituents have the preference and access _ constituents have the preference and access to _ constituents have the preference and access to housing? | constituents have the preference and access to housing?— access to housing? i think the honourable — access to housing? i think the honourable lady, _ access to housing? i think the honourable lady, i— access to housing? i think the honourable lady, i will- access to housing? i think the l honourable lady, i will certainly raise this with the relevant department, and ran the next schedule of questions is published i would encourage her to come to the house and ask the secretary of state. i house and ask the secretary of state. . ., ., state. i welcome that her confirmation _ state. i welcome that her confirmation of _ state. i welcome that her confirmation of the - state. i welcome that her - confirmation of the statement on state. i welcome that her _ confirmation of the statement on the uk contributing to the global fund is going _ uk contributing to the global fund is going to be forthcoming but i wonder— is going to be forthcoming but i wonder if— is going to be forthcoming but i wonder if we could have a wider debate — wonder if we could have a wider debate on — wonder if we could have a wider debate on uk aid spending, particularly the pressures on the

budget— particularly the pressures on the budget given the decision to go from 0.7 budget given the decision to go from 07 to— budget given the decision to go from 07 to 05% — budget given the decision to go from 0.7 to 0.5% and particularly how we can make _ 0.7 to 0.5% and particularly how we can make sure the support for ukraine — can make sure the support for ukraine is— can make sure the support for ukraine is additional and not instead _ ukraine is additional and not instead of existing aid plans. again, he has an opportunity tomorrow to raise these issues directly with tomorrow to raise these issues directly with the tomorrow to raise these issues directly with the chancellor. tomorrow to raise these issues directly with the chancellor. we have had fairly recent debates around the aid budget, but i am sure that when the announcement, which is imminent, is made there will be further opportunities to question ministers about that. the further opportunities to question ministers about that.— further opportunities to question ministers about that. the unit in my constituency — ministers about that. the unit in my constituency is _ ministers about that. the unit in my constituency is due _ ministers about that. the unit in my constituency is due to _ ministers about that. the unit in my constituency is due to be _ ministers about that. the unit in my constituency is due to be subject i ministers about that. the unit in my constituency is due to be subject to | constituency is due to be subject to a police investigation following the panorama investigation due to mistreatment of patients, following these devastating announcements, with the leader of the house be able to arrange either a statement or arrange a meeting with me so i can

discuss these concerns moving forward?