tonight at ten, chaos on all fronts for liz truss — the home secretary and the chief whip resign, and party discipline breaks down in the commons. suella braverman admitted breaking the rules on official communications, but she also criticised liz truss for breaking promises to voters. in her resignation letter, she accuses the government of not being serious by pretending it hasn't made mistakes. house of commons tonight, chaos and confusion in a vote on fracking, revealing the depth of anger amongst

i hope all those people that put liz truss in number ten, i hope it was worth it, i hope it was worth it to sit around the cabinet table, because the damage they have done to our party is extraordinary. fix, because the damage they have done to our party is extraordinary.— our party is extraordinary. a weak prime minister _ our party is extraordinary. a weak prime minister flailing _ our party is extraordinary. a weak prime minister flailing from - our party is extraordinary. a weak prime minister flailing from one l prime minister flailing from one crisis to the next, and a big, blunt question tonight — is this a government in its death spiral? is this your last prime minister's questions? earlier, the prime minister had been fighting off renewed demands to step down after the collapse of the mini—budget. economic credibility, gone. and her supposed best friend, the former chancellor, he's gone as well. they're all gone, so why is she still here? cheers mr speaker... sneers mr speaker, lam a fighter, not a quitter.

the latest on a day of never—ending confusion at westminster, as well as more alarming news on the cost of living. food prices are increasing at the highest rate for a0 years, a major reason why inflation has risen to above 10%. the failings of maternity services in east kent — an independent report says dozens of babies might have survived with better care. and we have a special report from the front line in ukraine, as president putin declares martial law in areas occupied by russia. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel. a packed night of premier league action we'll bring you the goals and reaction from tonight's 5 matches.

good evening. we've come to the city of sunderland to talk about the sharp rise in the cost of living on a day of unrelenting chaos for prime minister liz truss and her government. earlier this evening, the home secretary, suella braverman, left herjob. in her resignation letter, she admitted making a mistake by sending an official document from her personal email. but her letter went much further, accusing liz truss of breaking promises to voters and of losing direction. grant shapps is the new home secretary — the fourth in the space of four years, underlining the sense of political instability, which got worse in the commons this evening, with a huge row about a vote on fracking, and confusion tonight over whether the conservative chief whip is still in post.

for the latest, let's join our political editor, chris mason, at westminster. votes, tonight conservative mps are open—mouthed in horror at what they are witnessing. a governmentjust six weeks old that has already junked the vast majority of its programme and removed a chancellor in a day of complete chaos. at lunchtime, a senior adviser to the prime minister suspended over allegations of briefing against conservative mps. shortly after prime minister's questions, the prime minister's questions, the prime minister's questions, the prime minister due on a trip outside london cancelled hastily so she could meet the now former home secretary, and a resignation was to follow. and then this evening complete confusion, the government attempting, in a show of strength,

to compel its mps to vote with it on theissue to compel its mps to vote with it on the issue of fracking, a vote of confidence to try and ensure that mps would back liz truss. at the last minute, of weakness, it was no longer to be that vote, and yet nobody in parliament could quite be certain what was going on, and for several hours this evening, downing street couldn't tell us whether there had been further resignations as a result. what a day! tonight at westminster, rolling case studies in chaos — crises engulfing the government by the hour. the home secretary resigns. there was at the highest level in government don't even know if others have followed her. at teatime, a man who was rebelling against liz truss just days ago was appointed by her as home secretary. i

days ago was appointed by her as home secretary.— days ago was appointed by her as home secretary. i accept that the government _ home secretary. i accept that the government has _ home secretary. i accept that the government has obviously - home secretary. i accept that the government has obviously had . home secretary. i accept that the government has obviously had a i home secretary. i accept that the . government has obviously had a very difficult period. what i do know is that there is a very importantjob to do, people expect their government to ensure there is security for them, the home office is at the heart of that in so many different ways, it is a great office of state, and i'm honoured to do that role. ., ., that role. how long can the prime minister last? _ that role. how long can the prime minister last? never— that role. how long can the prime minister last? never mind - that role. how long can the prime minister last? never mind the - that role. how long can the prime i minister last? never mind the prime minister last? never mind the prime minister - well. _ minister last? never mind the prime minister - well, for— minister last? never mind the prime minister - well, for now _ minister last? never mind the prime minister - well, for now at _ minister last? never mind the prime minister - well, for now at least - i minister — well, for now at least — it is suella braverman who has gone. this was her yesterday, today she is out, because this morning she sent an official document from her personal e—mail account — a breach of the rules. in a zinger of a resolution letter to the prime minister, suella braverman wrote, pretending we haven't made mistakes, carrying on as if everyone can't say that we have made them and hoping that we have made them and hoping that things will magically come right is not serious politics. i have made a mistake, i accept responsibility, i resign. she

continues, i have concerns about the direction of this government — not only have a broken key pledges that were promised to our voters, but i have had serious concerns about this government's commitment to honouring manifesto commitments. last month, suella braverman was promoted to one of the great offices of state. she cheered on a prime minister in trouble at the party conference. today, she becomes the shortest serving home secretary since the second world war. all that after a summer in which she pledged to be prime minister herself. don’t summer in which she pledged to be prime minister herself.— prime minister herself. don't vote for me because _ prime minister herself. don't vote for me because i _ prime minister herself. don't vote for me because i am _ prime minister herself. don't vote for me because i am a _ prime minister herself. don't vote for me because i am a woman. i prime minister herself. don't vote i for me because i am a woman. don't vote for me because i am brown. vote for me because i love this country and because i would do anything for it. a, and because i would do anything for it. �* , ~ ., , , and because i would do anything for it. a hellish week for liz truss has not it. a hellish week for liz truss has got worse. earlier, _ it. a hellish week for liz truss has got worse. earlier, she _ it. a hellish week for liz truss has got worse. earlier, she had i it. a hellish week for liz truss has got worse. earlier, she had to i got worse. earlier, she had to endure a prime minister is question time loaded with humiliation. fix, endure a prime minister is question

time loaded with humiliation. a book is bein: time loaded with humiliation. a book is being written _ time loaded with humiliation. a book is being written about _ time loaded with humiliation. a book is being written about the _ time loaded with humiliation. a book is being written about the prime i is being written about the prime minister's — is being written about the prime minister's time in office. apparently it is going to be out by christmas — apparently it is going to be out by christmas. is that the release date of the _ christmas. is that the release date of the title? | christmas. is that the release date of the title?— of the title? i have been in office for 'ust of the title? i have been in office forjust under— of the title? i have been in office forjust under two _ of the title? i have been in office i forjust under two microns months, and i have delivered the energy price guarantee, i have reversed the national insurance increase. mr speaker, that is more of a record of action and the honourable gentleman in his two and half years in the job. in his two and half years in the 'ob. ~ , job. the prime minister defined, the labour leader— job. the prime minister defined, the labour leader said _ job. the prime minister defined, the labour leader said she _ job. the prime minister defined, the labour leader said she had - job. the prime minister defined, the labour leader said she had crashed i labour leader said she had crashed the economy, put bills up and was now cutting spending. and, he said, she ditched everything she had stood for. slip she ditched everything she had stood for. , . . she ditched everything she had stood for. , ., . ., ., ., ., for. asp tax cut, gone. corporation tax cut gone- _ for. asp tax cut, gone. corporation tax cut gone. 20p _ for. asp tax cut, gone. corporation tax cut gone. 20p tax _ for. asp tax cut, gone. corporation tax cut gone. 20p tax cut, - for. asp tax cut, gone. corporation tax cut gone. 20p tax cut, gone. . tax cut gone. 20p tax cut, gone. energy freeze, gone! tax cut gone. 20p tax cut, gone. energy fi’eeze, gone! economic credibility, gone! they are all gone! so why�*s she still here?!

gone! so why's she still here?! the prime minister stands up, the folder is slammed down, and liz truss insisted... i is slammed down, and liz truss insisted- - -_ is slammed down, and liz truss insisted... ., ., ., ., ., insisted... i am a fighter and not a uuitter! insisted... i am a fighter and not a quitter! itut _ insisted... i am a fighter and not a quitter! but what _ insisted... i am a fighter and not a quitter! but what policies - insisted... i am a fighter and not a quitter! but what policies will i quitter! but what policies will survive given _ quitter! but what policies will survive given the _ quitter! but what policies will survive given the new - quitter! but what policies will i survive given the new chancellor is looking over all sorts of promises. news from the prime minister — the state pension will rise in line with spiralling prices after all. can state pension will rise in line with spiralling prices after all.- spiralling prices after all. can the prime minister _ spiralling prices after all. can the prime minister perhaps _ spiralling prices after all. can the prime minister perhaps third i spiralling prices after all. can the prime minister perhaps third to l spiralling prices after all. can the prime minister perhaps third to aj prime minister perhaps third to a chanceiior— prime minister perhaps third to a chancellor right— prime minister perhaps third to a chancellor right now, _ prime minister perhaps third to a chancellor right now, get - prime minister perhaps third to a i chancellor right now, get permission to make _ chancellor right now, get permission to make another— chancellor right now, get permission to make another u—turn_ chancellor right now, get permission to make another u—turn and - chancellor right now, get permission i to make another u—turn and committed to make another u—turn and committed to raising _ to make another u—turn and committed to raising the state _ to make another u—turn and committed to raising the state pension at- to make another u—turn and committed to raising the state pension at the i to raising the state pension at the rate of— to raising the state pension at the rate of inflation? _ to raising the state pension at the rate of inflation?— rate of inflation? prime minister! we will maintain _ rate of inflation? prime minister! we will maintain the _ rate of inflation? prime minister! we will maintain the triple i rate of inflation? prime minister! we will maintain the triple lock, l we will maintain the triple lock, and i am completely committed to it, so is the chancellor.— so is the chancellor. tonight, the next flashpoint _ so is the chancellor. tonight, the next flashpoint - _ so is the chancellor. tonight, the next flashpoint - a _ so is the chancellor. tonight, the next flashpoint - a vote - so is the chancellor. tonight, the next flashpoint - a vote on i next flashpoint — a vote on fracking, drilling into the land to extract gas — was turned by downing street into a serious test of loyalty in the government itself.

division, clearthe loyalty in the government itself. division, clear the lobby! compelling conservatives to back it will face being kicked out of the parliamentary party — a weak government attempting a show of strength and then seemingly changing its mind. in the voting lobbies, confusion, tory mps not even knowing the consequence for them of their vote. and afterwards, this extraordinary allegation from a labour mp. i extraordinary allegation from a labour mr— extraordinary allegation from a labour mp. , , , labour mp. i saw members being -h sicall labour mp. i saw members being physically manhandled _ labour mp. i saw members being physically manhandled into i labour mp. i saw members being l physically manhandled into another lobby and being bullied. itrailiiile lobby and being bullied. while c inc! if lobby and being bullied. while crying! if we — lobby and being bullied. while crying! if we want _ lobby and being bullied. while crying! if we want to _ lobby and being bullied. while crying! if we want to stand up| crying! if we want to stand up auainst crying! if we want to stand up against the — crying! if we want to stand up against the bullying _ crying! if we want to stand up against the bullying in i crying! if we want to stand up against the bullying in this i crying! if we want to stand up i against the bullying in this house of our staff, we have to stop bullying in this chamber as well, don't we? louie bullying in this chamber as well, don't we? ~ ., ., , don't we? we will have a little bit of aood don't we? we will have a little bit of good behaviour _ don't we? we will have a little bit of good behaviour for _ don't we? we will have a little bit of good behaviour for a _ don't we? we will have a little bit of good behaviour for a moment l don't we? we will have a little bit| of good behaviour for a moment - don't we? we will have a little bit i of good behaviour for a moment - on of good behaviour for a moment — on both sides _ of good behaviour for a moment — on both sides of — of good behaviour for a moment — on both sides of the _ of good behaviour for a moment — on both sides of the house! _ of good behaviour for a moment — on both sides of the house! the - of good behaviour for a moment - on both sides of the house!— of good behaviour for a moment - on both sides of the house! the mp who it was suggested _

both sides of the house! the mp who it was suggested was _ both sides of the house! the mp who it was suggested was manhandled i both sides of the house! the mp who | it was suggested was manhandled and said he had had what was described as a frank and robust conversation. some conservative mps then told the bbc the chief whip, in charge of party discipline, had resigned — livid at the chaos over whether this was a vote of confidence in the government or not. and then watch this, a senior cabinet minister who didn't know what was going on. i’m didn't know what was going on. i'm not didn't know what was going on. i“n not entirely clear on what the situation is with the chief whip, there has been an element of confusion over whether it was a confidence vote or not. torr;r confusion over whether it was a confidence vote or not. tory mps cannot believe _ confidence vote or not. tory mps cannot believe the _ confidence vote or not. tory mps cannot believe the dysfunction i confidence vote or not. tory mps i cannot believe the dysfunction they are witnessing. i cannot believe the dysfunction they are witnessing.— are witnessing. i think it is a shambles — are witnessing. i think it is a shambles and _ are witnessing. i think it is a shambles and a _ are witnessing. i think it is a shambles and a disgrace. i l are witnessing. i think it is a i shambles and a disgrace. i think it is shambles and a disgrace. ! think it is utterly— shambles and a disgrace. i think it is utterly appalling.— is utterly appalling. you seem auietl is utterly appalling. you seem quietly furious. _ is utterly appalling. you seem quietly furious. i _ is utterly appalling. you seem quietly furious. i am - is utterly appalling. you seem quietly furious. i am livid, i is utterly appalling. you seem j quietly furious. i am livid, and is utterly appalling. you seem l quietly furious. i am livid, and i really shouldn't _ quietly furious. i am livid, and i really shouldn't say _ quietly furious. i am livid, and i really shouldn't say this, i quietly furious. i am livid, and i really shouldn't say this, but i l really shouldn't say this, but i hope — really shouldn't say this, but i hope all— really shouldn't say this, but i hope all the people that put liz truss _ hope all the people that put liz truss in— hope all the people that put liz truss in numberten, i hope it was worth— truss in numberten, i hope it was worth it. _ truss in numberten, i hope it was worth it. i— truss in numberten, i hope it was worth it, i hope it was waited for the ministerial red box, to sit around — the ministerial red box, to sit around the cabinet table, because

the damage they have done to our party— the damage they have done to our party is _ the damage they have done to our party is extraordinary. what the damage they have done to our party is extraordinary.— party is extraordinary. what is happening _ party is extraordinary. what is happening with _ party is extraordinary. what is happening with chief- party is extraordinary. what is happening with chief whip? it| party is extraordinary. what is i happening with chief whip? it was a treat happening with chief whip? it was a great victory — happening with chief whip? it was a great victory today, _ happening with chief whip? it was a great victory today, chief _ happening with chief whip? it was a great victory today, chief whip, i great victory today, chief whip, great _ great victory today, chief whip, great credit _ great victory today, chief whip, great credit to _ great victory today, chief whip, great credit to her. _ great victory today, chief whip, great credit to her.— great victory today, chief whip, great credit to her. tonight, many senior conservatives _ great credit to her. tonight, many senior conservatives gathered i great credit to her. tonight, many senior conservatives gathered at l great credit to her. tonight, manyj senior conservatives gathered at a private members club. i5 senior conservatives gathered at a private members club. is it senior conservatives gathered at a private members club.— senior conservatives gathered at a private members club. is it right to be havin: private members club. is it right to be having champagne _ private members club. is it right to be having champagne while i private members club. is it right to be having champagne while the i be having champagne while the government is collapsing, so graham? they don't— government is collapsing, so graham? they don't know, we don't know, how long this government has left. after a day like today, it's life expectancy has shortened further. chris mason is at westminster. chris, can we come to the prime minister's own position in a moment? i would like to ask you first of all, given all the problems facing the country, and lots of people watching, thinking about the problems they are facing with the cost of living, all the things they look to the government to take decisions on — is this government functioning in any meaningful way? no. that is the short answer. it is

utterly dysfunctional, and we are seeing that played out hour by hour. we have seen it in just the last couple of hours, at the end of my report, use all this confusion that there has been over whether the chief whip, responsible for this discipline — there isn't any at the moment within the conservative party — was even in herjob, and a conservative mp watching our bulletin tonight, texting me while we were watching my report, saying that he learned that there had been a change of mind from the government as to whether it was a confidence vote or not ten minutes before it happened, leaving the chief whip, responsible for discipline, completely isolated, and hence all of this confusion as to whether or not she was leaving the government. but that is a macro example, a case study in this broader chaos, and as you say, the reason it matters is not because of the soap opera in this post code, it is not about ministers coming and going, as important as that is of itself, it

is about whether a government can function at a time where a country needs a government to function, because all of the problem is that we report on every night, and you will be hearing from sunderland. and right now, the simple truth is that this government isn't functioning, it is as that. this government isn't functioning, it is as that-— it is as that. and if it is not functioning. _ it is as that. and if it is not functioning, chris, - it is as that. and if it is not functioning, chris, we i it is as that. and if it is not l functioning, chris, we come it is as that. and if it is not i functioning, chris, we come onto it is as that. and if it is not - functioning, chris, we come onto the question of leadership, and what is happening with the prime minister, given that clearly she has had to deal with several setbacks today, and problems to deal with ministers and problems to deal with ministers and others — can i ask the blunt question, can she survive in the post? it question, can she survive in the ost? ., ., question, can she survive in the ost? . , post? it looks increasingly difficult for _ post? it looks increasingly difficult for her _ post? it looks increasingly difficult for her to - post? it looks increasingly difficult for her to survive l post? it looks increasingly i difficult for her to survive any length of time, that is the judgment of people observing, like me, but also thejudgment of of people observing, like me, but also the judgment of senior conservatives, who simply cannot bring themselves to defend what is going on any longer. now, what's interesting is the prime minister today actually, as prime minister is question is, before much of the chaos that followed had even begun,

performed perhaps quite as well as you would expect, given the situation that she found herself in. and what we were beginning to get was an argument from her, and there was an argument from her, and there was still publicly loyal to her, that despite everything, and i know this sounds ludicrous, but that she represents stability. because the alternative to stability is another prime minister being dreamt up in a dark room in westminster, or a general election. well, we've seen how that stability argument has played out today. it was probably quite a weak argument to start with, it is an even weaker one in the light of events today, and so the big question being widely asked here tonight is whether liz truss can survive for even a few more days, let alone longer than that, and this is a very, very difficult spot for her to escape from. chris, many thanks. her to escape from. chris, many thanks- we _ her to escape from. chris, many thanks. we will _ her to escape from. chris, many thanks. we will return _ her to escape from. chris, many thanks. we will return for- her to escape from. chris, many thanks. we will return for a i her to escape from. chris, many| thanks. we will return for a word before the end of the programme, but for now thank you, chris

all of this happening on a day of worrying economic news, and we're here in sunderland to report on its impact. we're at the national glass centre, part of the rich industrial heritage of this region. with all of this rounders, just reflecting on the news. the rate of inflation is back in double figures to its highest level in a0 years. the rate, as measured by the consumer prices index, rose to 10.1% last month. the main cause is the sharp rise in the cost of food and drink, now running at an annual ia.5% — a rate not seen since 1980. bread and cereals, meat, milk, cheese and eggs are all more expensive, though petrol prices have fallen. the bank of england has warned that overall inflation could reach 13% by the end of the year, and its expected that interest rates will rise again to try to control it. there's a reason why september's inflation figure

is especially important, and that's because it's the figure used to calculate the rise in the state pension and welfare benefits next april. 0ur economics editor, faisal islam, has been speaking to households and businesses here in sunderland about the cost of living crisis. it is the iath month of relentlessly rising food prices. no surprise here at mickey's place, a food bank and warm space in a church in usworth, on the edge of sunderland. a long march up of inflation, a hit to the cost of living, a rise in food prices not seen for a2 years. we are trying to provide as much help and support to this community as possible, but the cost of living is just leading to a situation where people cannot cope, so, yes, we laugh with them and we cry with them. the government says it's trying to help with energy bills. we don't see it down here.

this is one area where the official figures lag behind everyday experiences at grocery tills and the increasing number of households, some working, who now need help with the most basic of necessities, food and warmth. everything is going up. could you even imagine some of the prices you are facing in the grocer�*s right now? 0h, butter is a luxury now for most people, i would think. it really is. we come to somewhere like this, which is a godsend, where we can have a hot meal, we can sit beside a nice, warm radiator. you are literally by the radiator. that's right, yes. it's a nice, warm radiator. so you are here because it will save you having to...? that's right. it saves a lot from home. it saves a lot on cooking at home, which costs more money. the food bill alone will come down because we come here. food prices are now up ia.5% in a year, the highest annual rate since 1980, the second highest since 1977.

some milk prices are up a2% in a year, eggs up 22% and jam up 28%. charlie has just taken over something of a sunderland institution, the muller bakery in hendon. a time of record rises in energy prices, imported food ingredient prices and high business rates too are a recipe to make him consider closing one of their three outlets. literally every ingredient that we use has gone up drastically. some days or weeks we get reports of how much things are going up. for instance, we buy a box of fondant icing and it is going up 60% one week to the next, and we can'tjust put prices up 60%, because people won't pay it. so it hits us really hard. as everyone awaits the halloween budget from jeremy hunt, it is the broad—based nature of price rises — food, energy and services —

that is a little scary. inflation at this time matters as it normally forms the basis for minimum rises in state pensions and benefits, but this morning that had been in doubt, as the chancellor looks to save money. back at the food charity, some relief and bewilderment for betty. it fills you with dread, because are we going to have to start living on what little bit we have saved, and what happens when that's gone? where do we go from there? we have just heard the prime minister, government, having said they might not do that, have decided now they will put it up with the rate of inflation. what do you make of that? that's today. what happens tomorrow? they could change their minds by tomorrow, because every they change their mind. so pensioners are spared eventually, but others could face the price squeeze from a government trying to find savings. 0ur economics editor, faisal islam, is with me in sunderland. we heard about the economic

uncertainty. all those people you spoke to. of course, the political chaos we reported earlier. you put these things together, what are we getting? these things together, what are we caettin ? , . these things together, what are we iiettin? ,., . getting? there is a disconnect between people _ getting? there is a disconnect between people struggling i getting? there is a disconnect. between people struggling with getting? there is a disconnect i between people struggling with the cost of living crisis, working, clinging onto heaters because they can't afford to heat their homes, and chaos where it should be sorted out, in government. at stepping back, the big picture, we had the reverse budget on monday chancellor trying to reassure the markets, but there is a flip side of less reassurance on people dependent on government spending, meaning a lot of political instability because difficult decisions are required. the home secretary's resignation was in part motivated by this, because number ten wanted to get more foreign workers in because that helps with growth and makes some of

those difficult decisions less, and we understand that was one of the difficulties. the people but i reported on here, you look at the difficulties, you had the vicar, when i said are you saying the government is not helping, there are tens of billions of p helping with energy bills, she said £2500 as a typical bill is already unthinkable, if you had saved a bit more than that, people will not notice the difference. when i told betty her pension would go up by 10% she said, will there be another u—turn? this is a famous area of exports, the only area of export surplus in the uk to the european union, but do they have any certainty from government? businesses and people need certainty and the difficulty might be a pass the parcel of instability from the markets into politics, might it go back into the markets again?—

markets again? faisal islam, our economics _ markets again? faisal islam, our economics editor, _ markets again? faisal islam, our economics editor, thank - markets again? faisal islam, our economics editor, thank you. i you can find tips, explainers and analysis from our experts, as well as our £1 family recipe plan, on the bbc news website at bbc.co.uk/news. let's turn to one of the day's other main stories. it's estimated that as many as a5 babies might have survived, had they received better care at east kent nhs hospitals trust. that's one of the findings of an independent review, which looked at more than 200 cases at the trust between 2009 and 2020. it said the hospitals often provided care that was suboptimal and led to significant harm. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan first reported on concerns over two years ago, and he's followed the story of many of the families. we are living in the fifth largest economy in the world and women and children are dying here as if we lived in a remote village.

helen gittos and kelli rudolph were colleagues at kent university before bereavement made them friends. in 2016, kelly's daughter, celandine, died aged five days. two years earlier, helen's daughter, harriet, wasjust eight days old when she died. today, the two mothers learned how bad the maternity care had been that they and many others received. it felt like a vindication that all of the things we thought were wrong were wrong, that ourjudgments about the failings that we had suffered were real failings. it felt very truthful in that way. absolutely. the blaming of mothers for what happened to their children, that is something that comes out very strongly in the report as something that is not terribly special or unusual, but is so hard to deal with. the report found that with basic maternity care the outcome could have been different for a5 babies who died. dozens more injuries to mothers

and babies were also preventable. the errors were due to failures in team working, professionalism, compassion and listening. but despite this, there was a culture of denial at the trust and a resistance to change. there was a cover—up. what i don't think was it was a planned cover—up, it was just the way everybody found themselves behaving. they reinforced each other in that behaviour, sure, but i don't believe it was a conscious plot. but a cover—up very definitely, and people were denied truths they deserved, to great personal detriment. while most births at the trust are healthy, the inquiry found cliques and egos among staff prevented good teamwork, that babies' deaths were dismissed as god's will. over the 11 years they investigated, the team say they could find no discernible improvements in care. today the trust apologised unreservedly for their failures. these families came to us expecting we would care for them safely, and we failed them. we must now learn from

and act on this report. the trust have promised to make improvements but today's report says a system for monitoring the maternity performance of all trusts nationwide needs adopting. for these two friends, however, the publication is a moment of clarity and reflection. they had known for more than six years by the time our daughter was born that there were problems, and yet we suffered because they refused to learn. i really want this to be a moment when i can actually begin... ..to think about my daughter and to miss her. the death of harry richford in 2017, aged just seven days, contributed hugely to the inquiry being set up. in particular, his grandfather, derek, uncovered serious failings, pressurising politicians to act. have you had time to reflect on how well you as a family have represented his voice over the past few years?

i would like to think that we as a family have done harry proud. harry richford only lived for a week, but if today's report leads to meaningful maternity improvements, countless families he will never meet will have reason to thank him. michael buchanan, bbc news, kent. president putin has announced heightened security measures across russia, including the annexed crimea, and declared martial law in the four unlawfully occupied regions of ukraine. the move — in the luhansk, donetsk, zaporizhzhia and kherson regions — allows the stopping of people's movement, forced labour for defence purposes and the confiscation of property. the new general in charge of the russian invasion has admitted that the situation for his troops remains tense. in kherson, russia has started moving civilians, as ukrainian

troops on the counter—offensive are closing in. in the east, ukrainian troops have also recaptured thousands of miles of territory. 0ur defence correspondent jonathan beale and cameraman lee durrant have been with ukrainian forces on the front line as they advance east of the city of lyman. awarning, a warning, there are some distressing images in the report. the road of retreat. a dead end for some, where these russian forces met their own armageddon. the carcasses of armour and bloated dead bodies scatter the ground of the recently liberated east. a village the new front line for these ukrainian troops. artillery fire still within range of russian artillery, the signature

sound of this war. russian positions are just 500 metres away. you can see they're getting... telling us to get down here. come on, let's go. but this war also involves close quarters combat, as we're about to find out. gunfire shouting prolonged gunfire a grenade's fired into the tree line from where the russians were firing,

aa we make a speedy exit. let's get out. we're getting out of here. some small arms fire, probably from a russian scouting party. so they've been telling us to get out of here back to the main headquarters. russian forces have been trying to outflank them. gunfire radio chatter many of these troops only volunteered at the start of the war. months of fighting has transformed them into a professional army, but these counterattacks are slowing their advance. volodymyr, their captain, tells me they

need more armour and they're waiting for reinforcements. the push east is testing supply lines.