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good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the scottish first minister nicola sturgeon has confirmed a transgender woman convicted of rape will not serve her sentence in scotland's only all—female prison. isla bryson was convicted in glasgow of carrying out two attacks before she changed gender. ms sturgeon faced repeated questions about the case during first minister's questions. our correspondent is in glasgow. walk us through the events from beginning, so we understand where we are and we will get on to nicola sturgeon�*s comments later. just stu rgeon�*s comments later. just bring sturgeon�*s comments later. just bring us up to speed with where we are. , , bring us up to speed with where we are, , , , ., bring us up to speed with where we are. ,, �* ., are. this is isla bryson, a transwoman _ are. this is isla bryson, a transwoman who - are. this is isla bryson, a transwoman who was -

are. this is isla bryson, a l transwoman who was found are. this is isla bryson, a - transwoman who was found guilty are. this is isla bryson, a _ transwoman who was found guilty of raping two women while she was living as a man. there were two things about this is case that are controversial. one is that we understand that isla bryson started to transition while she was awaiting trial for these two offences and then the second thing that has emerged is that since she was found guilty earlier this week she has been housed as we understand it in cornton vale prison, that is a women—only prison in scotland. this came up another first minister's questions earlier with the leader of scottish conservatives putting it to nicola sturgeon could it ever be acceptable for a rapist to be housed in a women's prison. nicola sturgeon�*s answer to that was no in general terms, sturgeon�*s answer to that was no in generalterms, it sturgeon�*s answer to that was no in general terms, it couldn't. sturgeon�*s answer to that was no in generalterms, it couldn't. but sturgeon�*s answer to that was no in general terms, it couldn't. but she would not be drawn, she would

neither confirm nor deny whether isla bryson was in the meantime temporarily being housed at cornton vale. she would not confirm or deny that. although she did say she would not be there within the next couple of days. it is a hugely difficult issue for the scottish government to deal with, issue for the scottish government to dealwith, particularly issue for the scottish government to deal with, particularly against the background the scottish government has had with its gender recognition reform bill that has been vetoed by the uk government. let’s reform bill that has been vetoed by the uk government.— the uk government. let's take a listen now _ the uk government. let's take a listen now shall— the uk government. let's take a listen now shall we _ the uk government. let's take a listen now shall we do _ the uk government. let's take a listen now shall we do nicola - listen now shall we do nicola sturgeon�*s comments. let me be clear — this prisoner is not going to be incarcerated in cornton vale, either short—term or long—term. there is an importance of allowing the scottish prison service, operationally, to give effect to what i have just said

and that is important to stress. nicola sturgeon has been facing questions about this for a couple of days now? she questions about this for a couple of da s now? ,, ., , ~ , ., days now? she has. i think it is a really difficult _ days now? she has. i think it is a really difficult issue, _ days now? she has. i think it is a really difficult issue, because - really difficult issue, because there was this whole debate about transgender rights, because of the legislation the scottish government passed in the scottish parliament last year, but earlier on this month the uk government said there were concerns about the impact that that legislation would have on equality law covering the whole of the uk and they vetoed it. it is a very delicate and difficult issue and you heard nicola sturgeon giving a sense of how she is having to tread a very fine line in terms of obviously the need to protect prisoners in women's prisons, but also to acknowledge and deal with and address the rights of

transgender people who are in prison in scotland. it is dealt with in a different way in other parts of uk, it is the scottish prison service who decides whether it is the case or not that a transgender person can be housed in a women's prison and they do that on the basis of assessing the risk. the process is different in the rest of the uk and obviously there are big questions being asked now about how it is being asked now about how it is being done in scotland.- being asked now about how it is being done in scotland. russia has hit ukraine with another wave of missile strikes, this time during the morning rush hour, killing at least one person and injuring several others in the capital kyiv. ukrainian officials also said critical infrastructure was damaged in the black sea region of odesa. the strikes come the day after germany and the us confirmed they would send leopard and abrams tanks to the country — this morning the german

defence minister said he wanted his country's vehicles there by the end of march. russia has condemned the announcement as a "blatant provocation". jon donnison has the latest. this morning, in ukraine's capital, once again underground was the place to be with people seeking shelter in the city's metro stations. it seems to be yesterday's announcement that germany and the us have agreed to send tanks like these to ukraine that has provoked this latest wave of russian attacks. for kyiv, the latest support cannot come soon enough. translation: the key now is speed and volume. - the speed of supplying tanks to ukraine and the quantity of tank support. this morning, meeting his troops, the german defence minister denied his country's leopard tanks would not arrive in time for a possible russian spring offensive. i don't have any hints that it could be too late, because i think we will deliver

all our leopards at the latest maybe at the end of march. and for everything that i know, this is early enough. but america's abrams tanks could take considerably longer to be in operation, possibly up to a year. on russian state tv, they were dismissive of the latest western military support, calling the us abrams battered, and the german leopards toothless cats. and ukrainian forces have begun losing some territory in the east. here they are just outside the town of soledar, recently recaptured by the russians. it's one of the reasons kyiv says says it needs more than just tanks. translation: we also have to open up the supply of long—range missiles to ukraine and the supply of aircraft, too. this is our dream and it's an important task for all of us. it's almost a year since moscow launched its invasion and the toll continues to mount.

these are the makeshift graves of russian fighters. many more will likely die on both sides before this war is over. jon donnison, bbc news. earlier our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse told us about the relation between the russian airstrikes and the west's offer of tanks. well, most people here are making that connection and i think it's a justified cynicism to be honest with you, because this is russia partly continuing its tactic of targeting ukraine's infrastructure to deprive people of water and energy to effectively try and make them give up on the war, to lessen their appetite to fight. thus far, it has not worked. but also russia doesn't seem to be letting up on this strategy. there are question marks overjust how long it can keep this up, how many drones or missiles does it have? but this morning across the city

we are underground, we were told 30 missiles were in the air, around half were shot down, but there were drone strikes in the small hours too. but this is also a significant moment for ukraine. not just about the political coup for kyiv, but it does create the possibility that it could get the tanks it needs to prevail in this conflict, to repel russia completely. but you heard a lot there that it's going to take time and time for ukraine is costly, because it is not going to stop fighting and that comes with losses. let's speak to charly salonius—pasternak, leading research fellow at the finnish institute of international affairs. thanks so much for coming on the programme. thanks so much for coming on the programme-— thanks so much for coming on the rouramme. ., ~ , ., ., , programme. thank you. great to be here. programme. thank you. great to be here- let's — programme. thank you. great to be here- let's pick _ programme. thank you. great to be here. let's pick up _ programme. thank you. great to be here. let's pick up the _ programme. thank you. great to be here. let's pick up the issue - programme. thank you. great to be here. let's pick up the issue of- here. let's pick up the issue of tanks and _ here. let's pick up the issue of tanks and time, _ here. let's pick up the issue of tanks and time, it _ here. let's pick up the issue of tanks and time, it will- here. let's pick up the issue of tanks and time, it will take - here. let's pick up the issue of tanks and time, it will take a l here. let's pick up the issue of. tanks and time, it will take a bit to get the tanks in place, what is

your assessment of how many will be needed and what impact they could make? ., , , , ~ ., ., make? probably it is the ukrainian chief of staff _ make? probably it is the ukrainian chief of staff who _ make? probably it is the ukrainian chief of staff who will _ make? probably it is the ukrainian chief of staff who will know - make? probably it is the ukrainian chief of staff who will know how i chief of staff who will know how many are needed where. my assessment is they will get there in time, because it will be much faster to get many of european leopards there. the american abrams were important to get this process going. the tanks themselves will not solve anything, it will be the combined arms attacks with artillery, mechanised infantry that will give the ukrainians the tools to break through the russian lines, hopefully leading to a collapse and then being able to retake its own territory. iwith collapse and then being able to retake its own territory. with this issue of the _ retake its own territory. with this issue of the tanks, _ retake its own territory. with this issue of the tanks, your - retake its own territory. with this issue of the tanks, your mind - issue of the tanks, your mind naturally leads what else will be

requested, what is next, what is your thoughts?— requested, what is next, what is our thou~hts? ~ ., , , your thoughts? well, there has been of course speculation _ your thoughts? well, there has been of course speculation about - your thoughts? well, there has been of course speculation about fighter . of course speculation about fighter jets, ukraine has been asking for them. the dutch government i believe noted something about their fi6s possibly being in play. the merp administration has said they will think about this. i have heard rumours there are ukrainians already in training in the united states. so again we may see preparations for ceding the final military decision. from a military point of view what is probably more urgent that could be integrated into ukrainian cape ian capabilities is the long—term artillery. ian capabilities is the long-term artille . v ian capabilities is the long-term artille . h , ian capabilities is the long-term artille . �*, ., artillery. let's focus on that, we know already — artillery. let's focus on that, we know already about _ artillery. let's focus on that, we know already about the - artillery. let's focus on that, wej know already about the systems artillery. let's focus on that, we - know already about the systems like the haim. what is the difference.

one can get to you beyond 300 kilometres, so ukraine could hold in danger all military assets, russian assets in crimea, as well as some of the the russian sides such as military head quarters. this would require russia to move its troops around and not feel confident that just if it is outside 100 kilometres ukraine could not touch it easily. this would impact russia's military posture and give ukraine the possible of conceiving of a deep counter attack.— possible of conceiving of a deep counter attack. ., ~ , ., , . counter attack. thank you very much for cominu counter attack. thank you very much for coming on _ counter attack. thank you very much for coming on and _ counter attack. thank you very much for coming on and talking _ counter attack. thank you very much for coming on and talking us - counter attack. thank you very much j for coming on and talking us through your analysis. the prime minister is meeting his cabinet at his country residence chequers, with questions still being asked about two of his senior ministers.

the conservative party chair nadhim zahawi is being investigated over his tax affairs, and the deputy prime minsiter dominic raab is facing claims of bullying. let's cross to westminster and to our political correspondent damian grammaticas. difficult to know where to start, this meeting where we would like to know what they're talk about, or the two ministers that everyone else is talking about. i will let you decide where we kick off. the talking about. i will let you decide where we kick off.— talking about. i will let you decide where we kick off. the meeting is a cabinet meeting _ where we kick off. the meeting is a cabinet meeting taking _ where we kick off. the meeting is a cabinet meeting taking place - where we kick off. the meeting is a l cabinet meeting taking place outside london and there is a political cap net meeting —— cabinet meeting. all the top figures around the table who will be thrashing things out. the issue of course that is hanging over this and for rishi sunak i think the first one we have to point to is nadhim zahawi, the conservative party chairman, the questions about his tax affairs. and that settlement

that he reached, he told us that he reached with the tax authorities last year, where he had to pay tax and a fine, or a penalty. last year, where he had to pay tax and a fine, ora penalty. now, last year, where he had to pay tax and a fine, or a penalty. now, the issue there was that nadhim zahawi had said or one of the issues that nadhim zahawi had said the tax authorities told him it was careless not deliberate. and what we have heard today from the hepatitis of the tax authority, he wouldn't discuss the specific case, but he said you would not have to pay a penalty for an innocent error in your tax affairs. asked what was carelessness, he said that, well, that would be where you had not taken due care and attention and that could leave you liable for a penalty. so i think that sort of has clarified some of the issues with nadhim zahawi. what was also

clarified the question for rishi sunak was how much did he know about this when he appointed nadhim zahawi. no 10 said nothing was flagged to them at the time of that appointment process. the head of the hmrc said his body would not be involved in raising issues, because of confidentiality, they cannot tell the government anything to do with a figure's tax affairs, even if they're considered to be a minister. thank you. talk us through why dominic raab is in the headlines today? dominic raab is in the headlines toda ? , , dominic raab is in the headlines toda? ,, ., , dominic raab is in the headlines toda? ,,,, ., , today? this is because of course so the deputy — today? this is because of course so the deputy prime — today? this is because of course so the deputy prime minister, - today? this is because of course so the deputy prime minister, justicel the deputy prime minister, justice secretary, he is back in the headlines, because the guardian newspaper have reported that the complaints that are being investigated about him and his behaviour, complaints related to bullying, that, they say there are more than two dozen individuals who are involved in those complaints in

submitting them. they relate to i think it is eight instances, or eight complaints, now the guardian say two dozen individuals. that is a figure we can't confirm. but that was not known before. mr raab said he has done nothing wrong and he looks forward he says to the inquiry happening into this reporting, because he believes it will clear him. we don't know when that will come out, but it could come out in the next couple of weeks. that is another of the issues hanging there for rishi sunak and his ministerial team. ., ., for rishi sunak and his ministerial team. ., ~ ,, for rishi sunak and his ministerial team. ., ~' ,, ~ for rishi sunak and his ministerial team. ., ~ ~ , ., team. thank you. we will stay one more quick— team. thank you. we will stay one more quick item _ team. thank you. we will stay one more quick item on _ team. thank you. we will stay one more quick item on uk _ team. thank you. we will stay one more quick item on uk politics. i team. thank you. we will stay one | more quick item on uk politics. the goth will row back on commitments after the windrush scandal. suella

braverman said she will not increase the powers of borders inspection. 30 recommendation were made after a scathing review into how the scandal unfolded. hundreds of people, mostly from the caribbean were wrongly detained or deported or threatened with deportation. the organiser of 75th anniversary celebrations of the windrush generation has called the move a slap in the face. at least nine palestinians, including an elderly woman, have been killed during an israeli raid on a refugee camp in the occupied west bank, according to palestinian officials. the israeli military said security forces entered the town ofjenin to arrest a member of the armed group islamichhad. our middle east correspondent tom bateman sent this report. a storm of gunfire and tear gas in a packed urban refugee camp.

israel's raid began early this morning. more than 100 military vehicles entered the camp, say witnesses. it is the most deadly single israeli raid intojenin since a new wave of violence hit the region last spring. translation: we heard gunshots. we fled into thejenin club and we stayed under siege there for three hours. the army besieged us in the club, and we heard the sounds of clashes. after about an hour, military bulldozers destroyed cars on both sides of the road. then they destroyed the club's wall. palestinians say that for some time, the israelis stopped ambulances reaching the wounded. describing the situation as critical. in the aftermath, another part ofjenin camp scene seen is reduced to wreckage. the israeli army says it surrounded the building to capture islamichhad militants. a huge gunfight then erupted. the children's ward of a local

hospital was hit by tear gas, say health officials, and palestinian leaders have called for urgent international help, calling this a massacre. israel says it acted based on precise intelligence of major attacks by islamichhad. the army raids have been near nightly for months now, as israel says it's been acting to stem the worst spate of attacks in years against its citizens. it had already been a deadly month for palestinians in the occupied west bank, with 20 killed so far injanuary militants and civilians. translation: a boy like this should have been able to have his childhood. what happened to that right? in dheisheh refugee camp, during a raid last week, soldiers shot dead a 13—year—old boy, omar khmour. the army said some palestinians threw stones, petrol bombs and explosive devices, but gave no specific account of why the teenager was shot. at the family home, neighbours arrived to mourn.

translation: if a boy hits me with a stone, should i get a pistol and shoot him? there are things that the mind can't comprehend. it's beyond belief. to kill a child, to kill a boy, i'm helpless. i'm speechless. here, nationalflags hang beside those of the pflp, a political and armed faction seen by palestinians as part of their resistance, listed by israel and the west as a terrorist group. america's top diplomat arrives in the region in days. the us has already said it is deeply concerned about escalating violence. it worries, too, about the political crisis in israel, as fears mount of a much further flare up. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. the number of cars made in the uk last year was the lowest since the 19505. just 775,000 new cars rolled off the production line — 10% fewer than the year before.

the society of motor manufacturers and traders says the uk doesn't have a coherent post brexit strategy for making it an attractive place to invest in the auromotive industry. here's our business correspondent marc ashdown. archive: the newest cars in the world are l on show at earls court. in its heyday the automotive industry was a driving force of the uk economy, but not since the days of pathe news in 1956 has it produced so few cars. last year has claimed an unwanted place in the record books as the least productive 12 months for half a century. just 775,000 cars were built in uk factories in 2022. that's nearly 100,000 fewer than in 2021, but a drop of 40% compared to 2019, before the pandemic. last year was undeniably bad, the worst year since the 19505. a combination of international factors and domestic factors. the global industry suffered from shortage of supply parts, especially semiconductors.

domestically we saw the effects of the closure of one of the plants in swindon and also the temporary cessation of production of one at ellesmere port as it moves to electrified vehicles. put that together, really difficult year. voice over: it's time to power up the future. this year hasn't got off to a great start either, with the collapse of battery start—up britishvolt. the firm had planned to build a giant factory here in northumberland to make electric car batteries but the project ran out of money. it's not all doom and gloom though. manufacturers do think they can get back to making a million vehicles a year by 2025. much will depend though on the emergence of electric vehicles and competition from the us and eu. president biden is planning to offer billions of dollars in subsidies to car—makers who create electric vehicle supply chains across america, and the european union is also looking to invest to boost green technology. in the uk almost a third of all new cars built last year were hybrid orfully electric,

a record number, but there's been criticism from the industry of a lack of a coherent strategy. one of the problems we have here with the uk car industry is we have a lot of car companies but none of them are british owned. they are owned by german, chinese, japanese or indian companies, so they tend to make strategies about what's best for their global multinational companies in countries far away from here and that doesn't necessarily prioritise building cars here in the uk. the government says it's determined to ensure the uk remains one of the best locations in the world for vehicle manufacturing, but the road ahead looks far from smooth. marc ashdown, bbc news. physiotherapists in england have become the latest group to join the ongoing industrial action about pay in the nhs. more than 4,000 physiotherapists from 30 nhs trusts are supporting a 2k hour strike. their counterparts in wales are due to strike next month. our health correspondent dominic hughes reports. physiotherapists on a picket line

in bristol, the latest group of health workers to go on strike following action by nurses, ambulance and other health staff. becky has worked as a physiotherapist for 30 years. like her colleagues, treating patients notjust with sports injuries or back pain, but in intensive care units, a&e departments and post—operation rehab. but now, she says, many are burnt out. and that's why they've taken the big step of going on strike. because of the cost of living, they have to work extra shifts to manage their finances. and that causes, obviously, added burn—out to already busy days. and also, the nhs does run on goodwill, and the amount of physics and other nhs professionals that do... ..do overtime without actually getting paid for it as well. and i think that's another reason that people's goodwill has actually run out now.

this is the first time members of the chartered society of physiotherapy have gone on strike. the action covers around 4,200 staff, although not all of them will be on shift today. and it involves 30 nhs trusts in england, roughly one in seven. next month will see two more days of strike action in trusts and health boards in both england and wales. those involved in talks with the government say the strike is the result of a crisis that has been a decade in the making. this is about making sure that physiotherapists, physio support workers and other nhs staff can meet the health needs of the uk population, at a time when we know you only need to turn on the television to see what's happening in emergency departments and outside them. and waiting lists are getting longer and longer for the treatment that people so desperately need. more strike action in derby and it seems highly likely that further stoppages will be announced by unions representing ambulance staff. the health secretary in england, steve barclay, said it was regrettable that some

union members were striking, but that talks on a fair and affordable pay deal for next year would continue. but there is little sign of an end to this long—running dispute. unions are determined to pursue a pay deal they say reflects the cost of living crisis. ministers argue they simply cannot afford to pay them what they want. dominic hughes, bbc news. more than 25,000 healthcare staff in northern ireland are on strike in a dispute about pay. nurses, ambulance workers and hospital support staff who are members of the unite, unison and nipsa unions are striking for 2h hours. a one off pay award of £1,a00 has been offered for this year, but unions say that figure is lower than inflation. emergency cover is still being provided and staff can leave picket lines if required. donald trump is to be allowed back on facebook and instagram — two years after the former us president was suspended because of the riots on capitol hill.

the president of global affairs at meta, which owns facebook, nick clegg, said a review had found that donald trump's accounts no longer posed a serious risk to public safety. let's speak to our correspondent in washington, gary o'donoghue. this is good news for donald trump, what more do we know about why he was allowed back on and why he was kicked off in the first place? weill. kicked off in the first place? well, he was kicked _ kicked off in the first place? well, he was kicked off _ kicked off in the first place? well, he was kicked off pretty _ kicked off in the first place? well, he was kicked off pretty much - he was kicked off pretty much straightaway after the january 6th riots by all those platforms. but later facebook�*s oversight board said the ban was needed to be reviewed, because there was no clear idea in the rules about what could and couldn't be done. so this has been coming for some time, they promised to review it by the end of the month and that is why they're letting him back on. facebook are saying that there will be what they

call guard rails in place, such as inability to share posts that contravene their rules. the possibility of bang him again. but people will wait and see what he says. he has not said whether he plans to go back on these plat fors. he does have a legal agreement with truth social, the platform he set up, so he can't post on other platforms immediately. he has to wait a six—hour period and those agreements may run out soon. the one thing that will drive these decisions is that facebook was a huge money—raising platform for donald trump, small dollar donations in the run up to both elections. that is something that will drive his thinking the as he looks to another run for the white house. has

there been any reaction to this? yes, there is an interesting divergence, a lot of pressure groups saying this shouldn't be allowed to happen. groups such as that representing the interests of african americans, saying this is putting profits before principle. but on the other hand you have organisations like the aclu, the american civil liberties union who argue this should have been done a long time ago. you're getting some democrats who say it shouldn't have happened and republicans who say it should. that is what you would expect. the key reaction is what he will do and we don't know yet what his plans are, we will have to wait and see. but i think we will learn pretty soon if he is going to come back on these platforms, because they would be a key part of stoking

up they would be a key part of stoking up his base and gathering money in the run up to a new run for the white house.— now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. in general it has been more western parts of britain that have seen the best of sunshine today. these areas will be colder at night. these are the temperatures though as we head into the evening, beginning to get a bit chilly. you can see we have still got the northerly breeze bringing some cloud and some nuisance showers for a while in eastern scotland before they fade away, but continuing to run into parts of northern england, down to the midlands. we will see clearer skies developing in scotland, northern ireland, later in north—west england and wales. so these areas are likely to get a frost, maybe some icy patches. through the east midlands, much of yorkshire, lincolnshire, east anglia and the south—east, there is enough cloud and breeze to keep temperatures just above freezing. but even here i think the breeze will lessen during friday, the cloud will break up, any showers will die away quickly and it should be a dry day for most of us with some

sunshine at times, with more cloud coming into the north—west, that will bring a little drizzle ahead of that main rain band. the breeze picking up as well, but temperatures reaching nine degrees. otherwise, temperatures the similar to those of today around seven or eight celsius. this is bbc news. the headlines: nicola sturgeon says a transgender woman convicted of rape will not serve her sentence and all female prison in scotland. let will not serve her sentence and all female prison in scotland.- will not serve her sentence and all female prison in scotland. let me be clear, this prisoner _ female prison in scotland. let me be clear, this prisoner is _ female prison in scotland. let me be clear, this prisoner is not _ female prison in scotland. let me be clear, this prisoner is not going - female prison in scotland. let me be clear, this prisoner is not going to i clear, this prisoner is not going to be incarcerated in cornton vale. either short—term or long—term. ukraine comes under attack from russian drones and missiles a day after germany and the us agreed to supply it with battle tanks. nine palestinians have been killed during an israeli raid on a refugee camp in the occupied west bank according to health officials there.

the number of new cars made in the uk false to its lowest level since 1956 due to a global shortage of parts. conservationists are worried about the impact of ageing plastics in our seas as evidence shows it's entering the human food chain. sport now and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's betty glover. good afternoon. elena rybakina has another shot at a grand slam — and she'll face aryna sabalenka. it was a pretty confident display from in her semifinal as she beat victoria azarenka in straight sets. while sabalenka beat poland's unseeded magda linette in straight

sets to reach her first major final. there was a big sigh of relief when she won. annabel croft says she should be confident going into the final. she confident going into the final. is the player with th( ability she is the player with the most ability to go through and take her first grand slam title, she has a winning record over her opponent but there's still a vulnerability about there's still a vulnerability about the she plays her tennis, even today she was up and down, she had a terrible start, she was spraying balls all over the place and she set herself, it's about how she controls herself, it's about how she controls her emotions, but she did a good job of getting things back on track and trying to settle the nerves. novak djokovic thrashed andrey rublev in straight sets yesterday to get to the semi—finals but today all the talk is about his dad. it's after srdan was filmed posing for photos with vladimir putin supporters. our tennis correspondent russell fuller has more.

he is seen with a man wearing a t—shirt with vladimir putin's face and a pro—war z symbol. it was quite and a pro—war z symbol. it was quite a lively protest for a while last night and tennis australia have issued a statement which does say interestingly that players and their teams have been reminded at the event policy regarding flags and symbols and to avoid any situation that has the potential to disrupt and they added that a small group of people were evicted from the grounds last night. farfrom idealfor novak djokovic but his dad has been there before, it was 12 months ago when his son was deported from australia on the eve of the tournament that he likened it to an assassination. duncan ferguson has been appointed

as the new head coach of forest green rovers. this is his first full—time managerial role and he takes over from ian virginal. full—time managerial role and he takes overfrom ian virginal. he's got a task on his hands though, the club are bottom of the league and have had five wins in 28 matches —— he takes over from ian birchnall. have had five wins in 28 matches —— he takes overfrom ian birchnall. he had spells as a caretaker manager in 2019 and last year but says he is ready for the challenge at forest green. england captain ben stokes has been named the icc test cricketer of the year, after transforming the side's fortunes with an attacking approach. before he took over, england had won just one test in 17 matches but he was victorious in nine of his first ten tests in charge. he was also named in the men's test team of the year, alongside jonny bairstow and james anderson. the icc said he "defined the year of test cricket" more than any other player. england vice captain nat sciver was named women's cricketer of the year, as well as one—day international women's cricketer of the year.

she scored more than 1,300 runs and took 22 wickets over the season. the icc described her as "as one of the most pleasing batters to watch". england bowler katherine brunt has announced she's extending her retirement. she'll no longer be playing for yorkshire or northern diamonds, although she will feature for trent rockets in the hundred this summer. brunt stepped away from test cricket last year but she's england's leading wicket—taker in one—dayers and t20 internationals and she'll play for england in the t20 world cup next month in south africa. that's all the sport for now. if you rent your home, do you know who your landlord is? for many tenants, finding out who ultimately receives their money and is responsible for the repairs and upkeep of their property is a grey area. today, the supreme court has begun hearing a landmark case, which could help protect tenants from so—called "ghost landlords". here's our correspondent, jim connolly. which one was that? so it's just this one here.

it was in, like, a general state of disrepair. shared bathroom was giving off electric shocks, and we didn't have a fire door either. it did end up being quite, quite unpleasant. you can see it flowing out. that's the water... but poor living conditions were just the start of it. when jess complained to who she thought was her landlord, things got complicated. the owner of the property wasn't the person who let it out to her. it made it impossible forjess to get anyone to take responsibility. even when things did get fixed, jess said it took a long time. it felt like we were chasing a ghost. any works that needed doing, it's all through text, so there's really no... there's no peace of mind. you don't know who you're going to. at the time, it was a lot. jess moved out two years ago and even took her landlord to a tribunal. it ruled they should pay back her rent. she hasn't had a penny. the owner of the property told us

she doesn't manage it and is appealing the basis for the tribunal�*s findings. the person who rented the flat tojess didn't respond to our request for a comment. this is all connected to something called rent—to—rent. it's where a person or a company offers a landlord a fixed rental income for the whole property, while managing and maintaining it. to make a profit, they then divide it up and let the place out on a room by room basis, often splitting larger rooms and living rooms to make more money. rent—to—rent is not illegal and it can work well for some property owners, but campaigners worry it's open to exploitation. so currently the way the law works is that a tenant can only take action against their immediate landlord. and what that does is it creates a real blueprint for property owners to put a sham company on the tenancy agreement, to simply cram with many tenants in as possible, ignore fire safety features. and it's a question of when, not if there will be a number of people dying in one of these death—trap properties. this has created a big

legal question — who is a landlord? is it the person someone signs their contract with or is it the property's owner? the supreme court is about to make a decision on a case which could have a big impact on who people can take legal action against. those representing landlords in the court have concerns, too. of course, landlords should be responsible about who they led to, but there are simply things that they can't control. if someone's taken the property and lied to them, what would you expect them to do? it's not possible for them to stop that. it's difficult, though, because both parties are victims. butjust because both parties are victims, that doesn't mean that landlords should be held responsible for that. the court will give clarity on who legally is a landlord. but for people like jess, all they want is for someone to take responsibility. it could look like any other rental situation from the eyes of someone that didn't have the knowledge of what was going on. are they who they say they are? is it their place? jim connolly, bbc news. a man has been arrested for

allegedly assaulting matt hancock on the underground in london. footage appears to show a man shouting at matt hancock and following him onto a train. his spokesman called it an unpleasant encounter. the mp isn't believed to have been hurt and police say a 61—year—old man was arrested on suspicion of common assault and public order offence. a record number of people switched banks in the last three months of last year. cost—of—living increases are thought to be behind it as cash incentives led almost 400,000 customers to move their current accounts. up to £200 was offered by some banks to those switching their custom. however, that number still only represents a fraction of the millions of accounts used across the uk so lots of people who could perhaps benefit from switching haven't done so. earlier money expert andy webb explained why so many people are making the switch. these volumes we are seeing right now, the amount of the bonus, these are so much higher than they have beenin are so much higher than they have been in the past, normally about £100 which is great but i think

people are thinking they need to find extra cash right now if they can and something they might have previously discounted, they might have thought it was too complicated or scared of doing it, they are looking a bit closer, they are seeing higher amounts of cash coming along and finding out switching is pretty easy, pretty fast and there are protections of something goes wrong and they are jumping are protections of something goes wrong and they arejumping on it so it's great to see so many more people taking advantage of this. if they can get you, as a customer, they can get you, as a customer, they hope they will make money from you further down the line, may be a credit card or a mortgage, and in terms of the increased incentives, this is just out of the goodness of their own heart they are finding this extra money, it's coming from somewhere else and people who are worse off might be paying more, an overdraft could be 40% interest for example, so they could be making money over there, passing it over here while hoping to make more money over there. the government has promised a review into how an asylum seeker, who murdered a 21—year—old man in bournemouth, managed to come to the uk despite previously

being convicted of killing two people in serbia. mr abdulrahimzai has been jailed for a minimum of 29—years, after he stabbed tom roberts to death during an argument over an e—scooter, in march last year. michelle cross reports. chased from the scene of a stabbing, a 26—second altercation which changed lives forever. the court heard mr abdulrahimzai arrived in the uk in december 2019, claiming he was 14, and was treated as a child needing care. he was sent to school in bournemouth and lived with foster carers, who described him in a statement as volatile with everyone. this footage shows an altercation the defendant was involved in just before the incident in the early hours of march last year. here, a picture of a knife he posted on tiktok. 21—year—old tom roberts from bournemouth was killed after trying to act as a peacemaker

when his friend got into an argument with the defendant over an e—scooter. at the time of his arrest, abdulrahimzai told authorities he was 16. it was determined at salisbury crown court his true age was 21. he admitted stabbing mr roberts, but denied intending to cause serious harm. but the jury found him guilty of murder. despite posing as a vulnerable refugee, authorities then discovered he'd shot two fellow afghans in serbia in 2018, and was jailed for 20 years for murder in his absence. passing sentence, his honour, judge dugdale, said, "this is about thomas roberts and the indescribable loss suffered by his family." mr abdulrahimzai will serve life in prison, with a minimum term of 29 years, before any questions over any future parole. reading an impact statement in court, the father of tom roberts recalled their final conversation,

telling him to be careful as he left home that night. matters relating to the defendant's background and previous convictions have been shared with relevant agencies, to ensure appropriate reviews are carried out and areas for learning identified. and it doesn't end there, with questions of how this happened already being raised in the commons. so many red flags, mr speaker, missed that could have revealed what a threat to society this individual was. there are lessons to be learnt. please, will the minister launch an investigation? we will be investigating the full circumstances surrounding the case. at a time when the uk's asylum system is already under close scrutiny, this case has highlighted more questions. michelle cross, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news:

nicola sturgeon says a transgender woman convicted of rape will not serve her sentence in an all—female prison in scotland. ukraine comes under attack from russian drones and missiles a day after germany and the us agreed to supply it with battle tanks. nine palestinians have been killed during an israeli raid on a refugee camp in the occupied west bank according to health officials there. after a diagnosis of kidney failure in 2018, dj ace from bbc radio one extra was warned it could take 6 years to find a suitable donor because of his ethnicity. in 2021, he was successfully matched with his donor naomi, and has now set up a campaign to help others who are waiting for life—saving transplants. graham satchell has this report. this is radio 1xtra's dj ace. yes, yes, what's going on?

it's your boy, ace, heavyweight champion of radio, mr 10k! and we are in the building all of the way until one o'clock. ace was told in 2018 that one of his kidneys had stopped working. to hear i had kidney or renal failure was quite shocking. and all i wanted to know is like, how do i stop it, how do reverse it? and to hear that the only solution was a kidney transplant was, yeah, quite harrowing. there's black people that don't need to be sitting in dialysis beds. a new social media campaign starts today, called we for us uk. the long and short of it is that i need a kidney. but then you're still at a disadvantage because there aren't enough kidneys to match people of colour. it tells the stories of black and minority ethnic people waiting for a kidney transplant. and they said, "yeah, you know, . you're going to need a transplant." i remember i was sitting - there with like my crunchy nut

corn flakes and they were just like, "yeah, no, it's not good news." i ace is on his way to a dialysis unit, part of the royal free hospital in london. how are you finding dialysis? for me, the first two years were difficult, but the last year for me, year number three was the hardest. tiring. very frustrating, but i want to do it. most kidney patients will have dialysis three times a week. each session can take four orfive hours. it can be a debilitating process. at the beginning it was very, very worrying and quite stressful, if i'm honest. it really took a toll on my mental health and how i felt about myself and my situation. year three, i think, was the most difficult for me. ace began to realise there were more black and asian people in the dialysis unit than white people, and that they stayed longer. i would go to dialysis and me and three other asian people would sit in one section, and we were just looking at each other for months and months on end, and our white counterparts

would come in, they'd be there for, like, two or three months and they'd be in and out. my youngest is nine years old, my youngest child, . and i want be knocking _ about with her for the longest time. it was frustrating. i was like, why is this happening? why are we sitting here looking at each other, when other people that obviously don't have the same skin complexion or are not from our background are able to just come in, have the treatment for three or four months, and then get that transplant and go? how do we get people - from ethnic minorities — yes? — to have more living kidney transplants? i ace is meeting kirit modi from thejain and hindu organ donation alliance. why are the black and asian community so bad at talking about donation? and why is it such a taboo subject within our community? if you look at all the reasons, i the main barrier is that there isn't enough discussion and awareness about this issue. _ my experience is that the vast i majority of people, after having engaged in those conversations,

will support organ donation. i the conversations that we need to have are around why there's this stigma about organ donation within our community. it could be religious, it could be just a lack of trust or old wives' tales. but no one should be listening to information or old urban myths from years ago. we shouldn't be using really rubbish excuses for not helping out people that look like us, that are waiting for organs. ace and his match, who was found, who is naomi, are both here now. good morning. after waiting more than three years, ace received a new kidney from a live donor, naomi. they appeared together on bbc breakfast last year. very, very good, yeah. i know what i've done, _ and i understand the benefits of it. that's why i've done it. and i'm just grateful that we're both really healthy and well. i she's amazing. that's my twin. we talk all the time. i love her with all my heart. she's giving me a second chance to do things that

i wasn't able to do before. she's released me from the shackles of dialysis. she's an amazing person. i can't put into words... ..the way i feel about my donor's family. the we for us campaign puts names and faces to people waiting for a transplant, and those who've had treatment. i cannot thank them enough for giving me a second chance at life. this is about us, we helping us, and i'd love everybody to go on there and check out some of the faces and the people that you could be helping if you just did a little bit more in regards to organ donation. that was graham satchell reporting. some breaking news from ukraine, an update on the story we've been telling you over the last few hours, there have been emergency services

saying a total of 11 people were killed in the russian missile and drone attacks over the course of thursday. just a couple of hours ago we were talking about these attacks during rush hour and lots of people went downstairs, underground, to take shelter from the attacks and we now have an update from reuters news agency on the impact of these missile and drone attacks, a total of 11 people were killed we now know. that's coming from ukraine's emergency services. this wave of attacks comes the day after the west promised more tanks to ukraine. our awareness of plastic pollution may be relatively recent, but the types of plastics washed up on our shores are not. decades—old mobile phones and lids from sweet tubes are just some of the litter that's been found on the english coast, as our environment correspondent paul murphy reports from flamborough

in east yorkshire. the spectacular sight of an east coast winter tide. oh, that's fishing line. but it brings with it little reminders of a planet damaged by plastic. they actually think that we only roughly find about 15, 15%, of the litter out at sea. picking up the pieces is an endless task. collected in recent months, some of this was thrown away more than 50 years ago. materials like plastics are extremely durable. they take literally hundreds and hundreds of years to break down, so, for example, take a plastic bottle you drink out of, it takes roughly 450 years to break down in the sea. so we always collect whatever we can. it's a fantastic way to show people what a problem plastics and other materials are in the sea.

and everyone always laughs when i say this. i was born in 1993. so a lot of this is absolutely older than i am. the litter is bad enough to look at. but the real problems start with the plastic when it begins to slowly break down in sea water, into tiny particles. micro—plastics, as they're known, have been found in supermarket shellfish and in human tissue. we know that microplastics are in our diet. our own work has looked in lungs and found micro—plastics deep inside patients' lungs. other studies have found micro—plastics in blood, the liver and several other organs as well, so we know now they get into our bodies. in terms of the impacts of that, and whether there are any, we really don't know. but on the coast at hornsea, they're trying to find solutions. the town wants to be

a plastic—free community. the motto at this shop is refill, not landfill. customers can shop with us fully circular, they can either bring their own containers or we have containers for them to borrow. we repurpose jars as well that people donate. there's no need for a landfill at all. everything goes into the pots and comes back round again to us for recycling. a ban on single—use plastics, including cutlery and certain types of polystyrene, comes into force in england this autumn. more and more people are crying out for plastic—free alternatives for less single—use products and we are seeing that change in our behaviour. this needs to be a societal change. but replacing a material on which there is such reliance has been a slow process. it could be many years before these tides are plastic—free. paul murphy, bbc news, east yorkshire.

an iceberg believed to be the size of greater london has broken off from the antarctic�*s brunt ice—shelf. the british antarctic survey has released footage of the chasm created by the 600 square mile berg coming adrift. cracks in the ice, which is 500 feet thick, have been developing over several years, and the final break happened on sunday during a spring tide. this event is part of the natural behaviour of the brunt ice shelf, according to scientists, and not linked to climate change. now time for a look at the weather with darren bett at long last the temperatures have evened out today so it's not as cold as it has been across south—eastern parts of the uk. around this high pressure we've seen a northerly wind which is continuing to bring in more cloud from off the north sea and with it a few showers. these are the temperatures as we head into the

early evening, typically around 5 celsius or 6 celsius, beginning to get a little chilly, but it keeps cloud for a while before eastern scotland before it breaks up and will also see cloud bringing showers into northern parts of england down to the midlands. fine and clear skies across scotland and northern ireland and then later across wales in the northwest so these areas are likely to have a frost. maybe one or two icy patches and temperatures as low as —4 celsius in glasgow. through the midlands, maybe more cloud and enough breeze to keep temperatures above freezing but even here the breeze will lessen and the cloud will break on friday. it looks like most areas will have a dry day with some spells of sunshine. towards the northwest we've got thickening cloud and that will start to bring drizzle in the northwest of scotland. temperatures here getting up scotland. temperatures here getting up to around 9 celsius. elsewhere around 7 celsius or 8 celsius come friday afternoon. into the weekend, we saw that cloud and rain in the northwest which is moving southwards on that weather front and is moving

into this dominant area of high pressure so we are squeezing a lot of that rain out, it's more about the cloud moving down into england and wales on saturday. there could be a little drizzle in that. across southern parts of england, some sunshine and following the cloud, some sunshine in scotland and northern ireland, may be showers in the northwest of scotland and temperatures of seven or 8 celsius which is normalfor this time of year. the second half of that weekend should be milder. we are picking up the winds across northern parts of the uk and were also going to find these weather fronts bringing some outbreaks of rain but ahead of that, some early sunshine across england and wales, will see the cloud increasing, the wind is picking up through the day. we got that band of rain coming into scotland and northern ireland followed by blustery showers in the far northwest but temperatures are going to be higher on sunday, perhaps making double figures in scotland and northern ireland but the winds picked up through the day, went into the evening for the first part of the night, particularly in northern scotland where the winds could be gusty in excess of 60 mph.

this is bbc news. the headlines: nicola sturgeon says a transgender woman convicted of rape will not serve her sentence

in an all—female prison in scotland. let me be clear, this prisoner is not going to be incarcerated in cornton vale either short—term or long—term. the home secretary rows back on reforms to prevent another windrush scandal. ukraine comes under attack from russian drones and missiles, a day after germany and the us agreed to supply it with battle tanks. nine palestinians have been killed during an israeli raid on a refugee camp in the occupied west bank, according to health officials there. the number of new cars made in the uk falls to its lowest level since 1956 due to a global shortage of parts. conservationists are worried about the impact of ageing plastics in our seas, as evidence shows it's now entering the human food chain.

good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the scottish first minister nichola sturgeon has confirmed a transgender woman convicted of rape will not serve her sentence in scotland's only all—female prison. isla bryson was convicted in glasgow of carrying out two attacks before she changed gender. ms sturgeon faced repeated questions about the case during first minister's questions. our scotland correspondent told me the key details. our scotland correspondent told me the key details-— the key details. there were two thins the key details. there were two things about — the key details. there were two things about the _ the key details. there were two things about the case _ the key details. there were two things about the case that i the key details. there were two things about the case that are l things about the case that are particularly controversial. one is we understand that isla bryson started to transition while she was awaiting trial for these two offences and the second thing that

has emerged is that since she was found guilty earlier this week, she has been housed as we understand it in cornton vale prison, that is a women—only prison near stirling in scotland. now as you suggests, this did come up at first minister's questions earlier on this afternoon, with the leader of the scottish conservatives douglas ross putting it to nicola sturgeon could it ever be acceptable for a rapist to be housed in a women's prison? nicola sturgeon's straight forward answer to that was no in general terms, it couldn't. but she would not be drawn, she would neither confirm nor deny whether isla bryson was in the meantime temporarily being housed at corn meantime temporarily being housed at com tovrn veil. cornton vale. corn tovrn veil. cornton vale. although she did say she would not be there within the next couple of

days. it is a difficult issue for the scottish government, particularly against the background of the difficulties the scottish government has had with its gender recognition reform bill that has been vetoed by the uk government. let's take a listen now to nicola sturgeon's commentjust in the last couple of hours. let sturgeon's comment 'ust in the last couple of hours.— couple of hours. let me be clear, this prisoner— couple of hours. let me be clear, this prisoner is _ couple of hours. let me be clear, this prisoner is not _ couple of hours. let me be clear, this prisoner is not going - couple of hours. let me be clear, this prisoner is not going to i couple of hours. let me be clear, this prisoner is not going to be i this prisoner is not going to be incarcerated in cornton vale either short-term — incarcerated in cornton vale either short—term or long—term. this an importance — short—term or long—term. this an importance of allowing the scottish prison _ importance of allowing the scottish prison service operationally to give effect _ prison service operationally to give effect what i have just said. and that is_ effect what i have just said. and that is important to stress. nicola sturueon that is important to stress. nicola sturgeon has _ that is important to stress. nicola sturgeon has been _ that is important to stress. nicola sturgeon has been facing - that is important to stress. nicola i sturgeon has been facing questions about this for a couple of days now? she has, i think it is a really difficult issue, because there was this whole debate about transgender

rights, because of the legislation the scottish government passed in the scottish government passed in the scottish government passed in the scottish parliament at the end of last year, but then just earlier on this month the uk government said there were concerns about the impact that that legislation would have on equality law covering the whole of the uk and they vetoed it. so it is a very delicate and difficult issue and you heard nicola sturgeon there giving a sense of how she is having to tread a fine line in terms of the need to protect prisoners are in women's prisons, but also to acknowledge and deal the rights of transgender people who are in prison in scotland. it is dealt with in a different way in the other parts of uk. the scottish prison service decides whether it is the case that a transgender person can be housed in a women's prison and they do that on the basis of assessing the risk.

as i say, the process is different in the rest of the uk and obviously there are big questions being asked now about how it is being done in scotland. ., now about how it is being done in scotland. . ., , now about how it is being done in scotland. . , ., now about how it is being done in scotland. . ., scotland. thanks to james for that. ukraine says _ scotland. thanks to james for that. ukraine says 11 _ scotland. thanks to james for that. ukraine says 11 people _ scotland. thanks to james for that. ukraine says 11 people have - scotland. thanks to james for that. ukraine says 11 people have been . ukraine says 11 people have been killed in the latest russian attack. the strikes come after the us and german confirmed they would send tanks to the country. this morning the german defence minister said he wanted his country's vehicles there by the end of march. russia has condemned the announcement as a "blatant provocation". jon donnison has the latest. this morning, in ukraine's capital, once again underground was the place to be with people seeking shelter

in the city's metro stations. it seems to be yesterday's announcement that germany and the us have agreed to send tanks like these to ukraine that has provoked this latest wave of russian attacks. for kyiv, the latest support cannot come soon enough. translation: the key now is speed and volume. the speed of supplying tanks to ukraine and the quantity of tank support. this morning, meeting his troops, the german defence minister denied his country's leopard tanks would not arrive in time for a possible russian spring offensive. i don't have any hints that it could be too late, because i think we will deliver all our leopards at the latest maybe at the end of march. and for everything that i know, this is early enough. but america's abrams tanks could take considerably longer to be in operation, possibly up to a year. on russian state tv, they were dismissive of the latest

western military support, calling the us abrams battered, and the german leopards toothless cats. and ukrainian forces have begun losing some territory in the east. here they are just outside the town of soledar, recently recaptured by the russians. it's one of the reasons kyiv says says it needs more than just tanks. translation: we also have to open up the supply of long—range missiles to ukraine and the supply of aircraft, too. this is our dream and it's an important task for all of us. it's almost a year since moscow launched its invasion and the toll continues to mount. these are the makeshift graves of russian fighters. many more will likely die on both sides before this war is over. jon donnison, bbc news. justin bronk is senior research fellow for airpower and military technology

at the defence and security think tank rusi. thank you forjoining us. we have covered the issue of tanks that are now on their way to yubg. —— ukraine. what do you suspect the ukrainians will be asking for next president and will need militarily next? , ,., president and will need militarily next? , , , ., next? yes, so it is interesting that slit next? yes, so it is interesting that split between _ next? yes, so it is interesting that split between asking _ next? yes, so it is interesting that split between asking for— next? yes, so it is interesting that split between asking for and i next? yes, so it is interesting that split between asking for and need| split between asking for and need militarily. one of the things they are continuing to push for, following the hurdle of getting battle tanks approved for support and supply by the us and germany and the uk, is fighter aircraft. that is certainly one of the few remaining symbolic hurdles in terms of symbolic hurdles in terms of symbolic systems being supplied to ukraine. however, the critical piece is almost going to be ukraine. however, the critical piece is almost going to he certainly on the ground. what the ukrainians need is the mechanised armoured forces, notjust tank, but infantry is the mechanised armoured forces, not just tank, but infantry fighting vehicles, to get their troops safely

across the heavily shelled ground separating the forces in the east of the country and elsewhere. without suffering prohibitive losses as the russians are finding, without large scale mechanised forces. they can't cross ground without unacceptable losses. to cross ground without unacceptable losses. ., , . ., , cross ground without unacceptable losses. . ., , , losses. to be clear this is basically _ losses. to be clear this is basically vehicles - losses. to be clear this is basically vehicles that i losses. to be clear this is| basically vehicles that can losses. to be clear this is i basically vehicles that can carry people inside with some level of protection outside them, so even if they're not full on tanks, some level of protection, so the ukrainians can move their troops around? , ., , ukrainians can move their troops around? , . , . , ., around? yes, infantry vehicles and ersonnel around? yes, infantry vehicles and personnel carriers, _ around? yes, infantry vehicles and personnel carriers, allow - around? yes, infantry vehicles and personnel carriers, allow them i around? yes, infantry vehicles and personnel carriers, allow them to l personnel carriers, allow them to move with some armoured protection. they have turrets that have cannons. so things like the american m2 bradley that has been announced as

part of the latest us aid tranches and these are usually used with tanks, because tanks need infantry to move with them and support them. so what the latest tranches add up to is western allies supplying ukraine with potentially that mix that they need to go back on the offensive and try to retake as much territory as they can this year after the russian expected offensive in mid to late february to go on and try to take back territory before the next wave of, russia are trying to mobilise their troops. but ukraine has a limited window to make decisive or vick victorious gains this year before the russian production comes into effect in the autumn. ., , production comes into effect in the autumn. . , ., , ,

autumn. that is really interesting. i want to go _ autumn. that is really interesting. i want to go back _ autumn. that is really interesting. i want to go back to _ autumn. that is really interesting. i want to go back to one _ autumn. that is really interesting. i want to go back to one of - autumn. that is really interesting. i want to go back to one of the i i want to go back to one of the things you said in your fist answer on fighterjets and plane and the symbolism of them. is it your take that they won't be delivered and they're not that significant even if they're not that significant even if they were to be? i they're not that significant even if they were to be?— they were to be? i think the key thin to they were to be? i think the key thing to understand _ they were to be? i think the key thing to understand on - they were to be? i think the key thing to understand on the i they were to be? i think the key i thing to understand on the aircraft front is while they are significant and the ukrainian airforce front is while they are significant and the ukrainian air force would certainly really benefit western jets, compared to the current mig 29s, in terms of thei encounts with the russians. the main threat is ground—based surface to air missile and the russians have a dangerous multi—layered ground—based air defence system, which even western jets would struggle against. even though the jets would have to fly

low to minimise the range of those and that would limit the air to ground options. whilejets would help the ukrainian air force, they're unlikely to be decisive and they're unlikely to be decisive and they're more of an air defence capability rather than that would turn the tide on the battlefield. thank you very much. at least nine palestinians, including an elderly woman, have been killed during an israeli raid on a refugee camp in the occupied west bank, according to palestinian officials. the israeli military said security forces entered the town ofjenin to arrest a member of the armed group islamichhad. our middle east correspondent tom bateman sent this report. a storm of gunfire and tear gas in a packed urban refugee camp. israel's raid began early this morning. more than 100 military vehicles

entered the camp, say witnesses. it is the most deadly single israeli raid intojenin since a new wave of violence hit the region last spring. translation: we heard gunshots. we fled into thejenin club and we stayed under siege there for three hours. the army besieged us in the club, and we heard the sounds of clashes. after about an hour, military bulldozers destroyed cars on both sides of the road. then they destroyed the club's wall. palestinians say that for some time, the israelis stopped ambulances reaching the wounded. describing the situation as critical. in the aftermath, another part ofjenin camp is seen is reduced to wreckage. the israeli army says it surrounded the building to capture islamichhad militants. a huge gunfight then erupted. the children's ward of a local hospital was hit by tear gas,

say health officials, and palestinian leaders have called for urgent international help, calling this a massacre. israel says it acted based on precise intelligence of major attacks by islamichhad. the army raids have been near nightly for months now, as israel says it's been acting to stem the worst spate of attacks in years against its citizens. it had already been a deadly month for palestinians in the occupied west bank, with 20 killed so far injanuary militants and civilians. translation: a boy like this should have been able to have his childhood. what happened to that right? in dheisheh refugee camp, during a raid last week, soldiers shot dead a 13—year—old boy, omar khmour. the army said some palestinians threw stones, petrol bombs and explosive devices, but gave no specific account of why the teenager was shot. at the family home, neighbours arrived to mourn. translation: if a boy hits me with a stone,

should i get a pistol and shoot him? there are things that the mind can't comprehend. it's beyond belief. to kill a child, to kill a boy, i'm helpless. i'm speechless. here, nationalflags hang beside those of the pflp, a political and armed faction seen by palestinians as part of their resistance, listed by israel and the west as a terrorist group. america's top diplomat arrives in the region in days. the us has already said it is deeply concerned about escalating violence. it worries, too, about the political crisis in israel, as fears mount of a much further flare up. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. the headlines: nicola sturgeon says a transgender woman convicted of rape will not serve her sentence in

an all female prison. 11 people are reported to have been killed in ukraine after a missile and drone attacks. the prime minister is meeting his cabinet at his country residence chequers — with questions still being asked about two of his senior ministers. the conservative party chair nadhim zahawi is being investigated over his tax affairs, and the deputy prime minsiter dominic raab is facing claims of bullying. a little earlier, our correspondent damian grammaticas gave me this update. the meeting is taking place outside london and the sort of all of the top figures around the table who will be sort of thrashing things out, now the issue that is the hanging over this and for rishi

sunak i think the first one we have to point to is nadhim zahawi, the conservative party chairman, the questions about his tax affairs. and that settlement that he reached with, he told us that he reached with, he told us that he reached with the tax authorities last year, where he had to pay tax and a fine, or a penalty. where he had to pay tax and a fine, ora penalty. now where he had to pay tax and a fine, or a penalty. now the issue there was that nadhim zahawi had said or one of the issues that nadhim zahawi said the tax authorities the told him this was careless not deliberate. what we have heard today from the head of hmrc, the tax authority, talking to mp5, he wouldn't discuss the specific case, but he said that you would not be having to pay a penalty for an innocent error in your tax atears. ffairs. asked what was carelessness he said that is when you had not taken due care and attention and

that could lead you liable for a penalty. so i think that sort of has clarified some of the issues with nadhim zahawi. and also clarified for rishi sunak when he appointed nadhim zahawi how much did he know about this? no 10 have been saying nothing was raised in the, nothing was flagged at the time of the appointment process. the head of hmrc said his body would not be involved in raising issue, because there is a duty of confidentiality and they cannot tell the government something about a figure's tax affairs. �* ., ., , something about a figure's tax affairs. �* . ~ , ., , affairs. and talk us through why dominic raab _ affairs. and talk us through why dominic raab is _ affairs. and talk us through why dominic raab is in _ affairs. and talk us through why dominic raab is in the - affairs. and talk us through why | dominic raab is in the headline? because the deputy prime minister, justice secretary, he is back in the headlines, because the guardian newspaper have reported that the

complaints that are being investigated about him and his behaviour, related to bullying, that they say there are more than two dozens individuals involved in those complaints, in submitting them. it relate to eight complaints but the guardian says two dozen individuals. we can't confirm that figure. mr raab has said he has done nothing wrong and he looks forward he says to the inquiry happening into this reporting, because he believes it will clear him. we don't know when that will come out. but it could come back in the next few weeks. that is one of the the issues in the background with rishi sunak and his ministerial team. the number of cars made

in the uk last year was the lowest since the 19505. ju5t 775,000 new cars rolled off the production line — 10% fewer than the year before. the society of motor manufacturers and traders says the uk doesn't have a coherent post brexit strategy for making it an attractive place to invest in the auromotive industry. here's our business correspondent marc ashdown. archive: the newest cars in the world are l on show at earls court. in its heyday the automotive industry was a driving force of the uk economy, but not since the days of pathe news in 1956 has it produced so few cars. last year has claimed an unwanted place in the record books as the least productive 12 months for half a century. just 775,000 cars were built in uk factories in 2022. that's nearly 100,000 fewer than in 2021, but a drop of 40% compared to 2019, before the pandemic. last year was undeniably bad, the worst year since the 19505. a combination of international factors and domestic factors.

the global industry suffered from shortage of supply parts, especially semiconductors. domestically we saw the effects of the closure of one of the plants in swindon and also the temporary cessation of production of one at ellesmere port as it moves to electrified vehicles. put that together, really difficult year. voice over: it's time to power up the future. this year hasn't got off to a great start either, with the collapse of battery start—up britishvolt. the firm had planned to build a giant factory here in northumberland to make electric car batteries but the project ran out of money. it's not all doom and gloom though. manufacturers do think they can get back to making a million vehicles a year by 2025. much will depend though on the emergence of electric vehicles and competition from the us and eu. president biden is planning to offer billions of dollars in subsidies to car—makers who create electric vehicle supply chains across america, and the european union is also looking to invest to boost green technology. in the uk almost a third of all new cars built last year

were hybrid orfully electric, a record number, but there's been criticism from the industry of a lack of a coherent strategy. one of the problems we have here with the uk car industry| is we have a lot of car companies i but none of them are british owned. they are owned by german, chinese, japanese or indian companies, - so they tend to make strategies. about what's best for their global multinational companies in countries lfar away from here and that doesn't| necessarily prioritise building cars here in the uk. - the government says it's determined to ensure the uk remains one of the best locations in the world for vehicle manufacturing, but the road ahead looks far from smooth. marc ashdown, bbc news. the government is rowing back on changes after the windrush scandal.

the home secretary has confirmed that the government i5 rowing back on commitments made following the discovery of the windrush scandal. suella braverman says she will not establish a migrants' commissioner, increase powers of the independent chief inspector of borders and immigration, or hold reconciliation events with the windrush community. 30 recommendations were made following a scathing review into how the scandal unfolded. joining me now is yvette cooper. what is your reaction to this announcement?— what is your reaction to this announcement? , ., ., ., announcement? only around eight of the recommendations _ announcement? only around eight of the recommendations have _ announcement? only around eight of the recommendations have been i announcement? only around eight of| the recommendations have been fully implemented. the windrush scandal was a shocking betrayal of british citizens. the government admitted the wrongs it had done and promised to put that right. instead what has happened still we have got less than half of the compensation claims have been resolved, four years after the windrush scandal and now the dropping of many of the recommendations that they had

committed to, including strengthening the borders inspectorate's powers. with the 75th anniversary of the windrush arrival, the generation is being betrayed again. the generation is being betrayed aaain. , ., the generation is being betrayed aaain. ,., , the generation is being betrayed aaain. , ., , ., again. some commits are being rowed back, but its — again. some commits are being rowed back, but its only _ again. some commits are being rowed back, but its only three _ again. some commits are being rowed back, but its only three there - again. some commits are being rowed back, but its only three there out i back, but its only three there out of 30. and let me put the home office spokesperson quote to you, we are making vast progress to the vast majority of recommendations from the report and believe there are more meaningful ways of achieving the intent of a very small number of others and through this work we will make sure similar injustices can never be repeated. make sure similar in'ustices can never be repeated._ make sure similar in'ustices can never be repeated. they haven't implemented — never be repeated. they haven't implemented the _ never be repeated. they haven't implemented the other - implemented the other recommendations. you're talking of reconciliation events about the windrush generation and their families and communities to put right what was wrong, that was

important. soto pullback right what was wrong, that was important. soto pull back from that is a problem and something like the powers of the borders inspectorate, those are the safeguards you need for the future in terms of making sure you never a windrush scandal again. perhaps the most damning i5 again. perhaps the most damning is there is still continued failure to deliver the windrush compensation. the families who were badly treated and had basic rights denied, maybe to health care or work, british citizens who were so badly treated, despite everything they did for this country, government ministers, conservative ministers, recognised they had done wrong to that generation and promised to compensate people, to put it right, and yet for thousands of people that just has not happened. what and yet for thousands of people that just has not happened.— just has not happened. what is your understanding _ just has not happened. what is your understanding about _ just has not happened. what is your understanding about why _ just has not happened. what is your understanding about why that i just has not happened. what is your| understanding about why that hasn't happened? you understanding about why that hasn't ha ened? ., ~ ., , ., happened? you know, i despair about wh the happened? you know, i despair about why they are — happened? you know, i despair about why they are still— happened? you know, i despair about why they are still haven't _ happened? you know, i despair about why they are still haven't got - happened? you know, i despair about why they are still haven't got a - why they are still haven't got a grip on this. iju5t don't think

ministers are taking it seriously about. there are problems about it being run by the same home office that for windrush families caused the problems in the first place. so there has been a lack of trust. they made the process too bureaucratic. i don't understand why it is taking so long to put right those terrible wrongs that were done. because the windrush generation in the 75th anniversary year, they deserve the government's support. {line anniversary year, they deserve the government's support.— anniversary year, they deserve the government's support. one line here from the home _ government's support. one line here from the home office, _ government's support. one line here from the home office, saying - government's support. one line here from the home office, saying that i from the home office, saying that they will make sure that similar injustices can never be repeated. are you confident that that is the case? ., ., �* ~' are you confident that that is the case? ., .,�* ~'., _., , are you confident that that is the case? ., i, case? no, i don't think anybody is, because i think _ case? no, i don't think anybody is, because i think the way _ case? no, i don't think anybody is, because i think the way in - case? no, i don't think anybody is, because i think the way in which i case? no, i don't think anybody is, | because i think the way in which the conservative parties have been running the home office, we have seen mistake after mistake, so much chaos, backlogs in so many different areas and so many different things that have been going wrong. and

suella braverman isn't even explaining this, they have tried to slip it out when previous ministers have said they are going to do right by the windrush generation, instead they're trying to hide and pretend they're trying to hide and pretend the whole thing isn't happening. before i let you go, there is a few different political stories around, i want your thoughts on nadhim zahawi, still questions as more details come out, where do you think things stand now? i details come out, where do you think things stand now?— things stand now? i think rishi sunak is just — things stand now? i think rishi sunak is just showing - things stand now? i think rishi sunak isjust showing himselfl things stand now? i think rishil sunak isjust showing himself to things stand now? i think rishi i sunak isjust showing himself to be sunak is just showing himself to be shockingly weak by not getting a grip on this. this problem is not going away. there are serious problems with nadhim zahawi's behaviour and response and this is a cabinet minister. they should have the standards that rishi sunak promised. we are not getting any of those things and iju5t promised. we are not getting any of those things and i just think promised. we are not getting any of those things and iju5t think it shows rishi sunak�*s weakness that he

has not taken action. shows rishi sunak's weakness that he has not taken action.— has not taken action. yvette cooper, thank you- — the home office spokesperson and their statement they received and we asked for further details from them on that. plenty more on that on our web—site. a man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting the former health secretary matt hancock on the london underground.(oov) on the london underground. footage posted online appears to show a man shouting at mr hancock and following him on to a train, in what his spokesperson called "an unpleasant encounter". the mp isn't believed to have been hurt in the incident. police said a 61 year old man was arrested on suspicion of common assault and a public order offence. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. in general it has been more western

parts of britain that have seen the best of sunshine today. these areas will be colder at night. these are the temperatures though as we head into the evening, beginning to get a bit chilly. you can see we have still got the northerly breeze bringing some cloud and some nuisance showers for a while in eastern scotland before they fade away, but continuing to run into parts of northern england, down to the midlands. we will see clearer skies developing in scotland, northern ireland, later in north—west england and wales. so these areas are likely to get a frost, maybe some icy patches. through the east midlands, much of yorkshire, lincolnshire, east anglia and the south—east, there is enough cloud and breeze to keep temperatures just above freezing. but even here i think the breeze will lessen during friday, the cloud will break up, any showers will die away quickly and it should be a dry day for most of us with some sunshine at times, with more cloud coming into the north—west, that will bring a little drizzle ahead of that main rain band. the breeze picking up as well, but temperatures reaching nine degrees. otherwise, temperatures the similar to those of today around seven or eight celsius.

hello, this is bbc news with lewis vaughanjones. the headlines: nicola sturgeon says a transgender woman convicted of rape will not serve her sentence in an all—female prison in scotland. let me be clear — this prisoner is not going to be incarcerated in cornton vale, either short—term or long—term. the home secretary decides to row back on reforms designed to prevent another windrush—style scandal. 11 people are reported to have died across ukraine after russian drone and missile attacks, just a day after germany and the us agreed to supply the country with battle tanks. nine palestinians have been killed during an israeli raid on a refugee camp in the occupied west bank, according to health officials there. the number of new cars made in the uk falls to its lowest level since 1956 due to a global shortage of parts

sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's betty glover. good afternoon. wimbledon champion elena rybakina has another shot at winning a grand slam — this time in melbourne. she's through to the australian open final, where she'll play aryna sabalenka. rybakina had a dominant performance in her semi—final, beating two—time champion victoria azarenka in straight sets. i got igota i got a lot of experience from wimbledon and i 'ust want to come on wimbledon and iju5t want to come on court and really enjoy the moment, enjoy the atmosphere because it's truly amazing to play in front of you guys, so thank you so much. we will see how it's going to go, but for sure, will see how it's going to go, but forsure, i'll try will see how it's going to go, but for sure, i'll try my best. i will fight and hopefully i'm going to win. it was a straight sets win for aryna sabalenka in her semi—final as well

and a big sigh of relief when she managed it. 4th time lucky for her. she had previously lost her last three grand slam semi—finals, but today she beat poland's unseeded magda linette to reach herfirst majorfinal. just being in the final in this kind of tournament, it's an amazing to feel this atmosphere and play in this court, it's a great experience for me and i hope it's going to help me tomorrow. the former everton and scotland striker duncan ferguson has been given his first full—time managerial role — he's been appointed as head coach of forest green rovers. he is taking overfrom ian burchnall who left on wednesday. he's got a task on his hands — the club are bottom of league one, and have had just five wins in 28 matches this season. ferguson made 273 appearances at everton and also had two spells as their caretaker manager in 2019 and last year. he said he's ready for the challenge at forest green.

england captain ben stokes has been named the icc test cricketer of the year, after transforming the side's fortunes with an attacking approach. before he took over, england had won just one test in 17 matches but he was victorious in nine of his first ten tests in charge. he was also named in the men's test team of the year, alongside jonny bairstow and james anderson. the icc said he "defined the year of test cricket" more than any other player. england vice captain nat sciver was named women's cricketer of the year, as well as one—day international women's cricketer of the year. she scored more than 1,300 runs and took 22 wickets over the season. the icc described her as "as one of the most pleasing batters to watch". england bowler katherine brunt has announced she's extending her retirement. she'll no longer be playing for yorkshire or northern diamonds, although she will feature for trent rockets in the hundred this summer. brunt stepped away from test cricket

last year but she's england's leading wicket—taker in one—dayers and t20 internationals and she'll play for england in the t20 world cup next month in south africa. the uk government have condemed plans to allow athletes from russia and belarus to take part in the next olympics in paris as neutrals. culture secretary michelle donelan called the move a "world away from the reality of war". earlier, the international olympic committee had said they would "explore a pathway" for russian and belarusian participants. the ioc previously asked sporting federations to exclude athletes from the countries following russia's invasion of ukraine last year. at the age ofjust14, vladislav gradinari has become the youngest player to win a snooker ranking event match. he knocked the world champion out in the knockout and he said that it felt absolutely

amazing. that's all the sport for now. more than 100 charities have written to the prime minister demanding the government end the use of hotels for unaccompanied migrant children. the call comes after it was revealed that 460 asylum—seeking children have disappeared from home office—run hotels in the last 18 months and 200 remain unaccounted for. the government has said it is determined to stop the use of hotels for all children. joining us now is patricia durr, the chief executive of ecpat uk, one of the charities who co—ordinated the open letter. why did you decide to write to the prime minister? taste why did you decide to write to the prime minister?— why did you decide to write to the prime minister? we had been raising concerns about _ prime minister? we had been raising concerns about this _ prime minister? we had been raising concerns about this since _ prime minister? we had been raising concerns about this since it - prime minister? we had been raising concerns about this since it started i concerns about this since it started in july 2021 so

concerns about this since it started injuly 2021 so this is a different way of treating children who are in need of protection and care, who should be need of protection and care, who should he being looked after by the local authority's social care according to the law and we have felt that our concerns have fallen on deaf ears and what we know is that there is a huge problem here. one child missing is of grave concern but we now know that today there are 200 children who are unaccounted for missing. our concern is that a practice that began as a sort of emergency response to capacity issues experienced in kent county council has become an entrenched practice at the over 18 months onwards and it cannot continue because there is no legal basis for it and as we can see, our concerns about the rift to those children are realised. br; children are realised. by

definition, _ children are realised. by definition, when they are missing, we cannot know for certain what's going on but what some of the thoughts about what is happening? what we know about the children that we are talking about is that they are unaccompanied and separated from any familial carer so that immediately puts them as vulnerable and at risk. we then know that for those children going missing, there is the greater risk to them. we know they are more likely to be victims of trafficking and all of them are seeking safety of some sort, so the problem is they are trafficked into the country, they might have been trafficked en route to the country, they would have had difficult journeys and they are at risk of being trafficked here too. is the idea from your _ being trafficked here too. is the idea from your thoughts - being trafficked here too. is the idea from your thoughts that i being trafficked here too. is the idea from your thoughts that if| being trafficked here too. is the idea from your thoughts that if they have been trafficked into the country, in a hotel, it's easierfor them to be then taken by criminal

gangs or go with criminal gangs and thatis gangs or go with criminal gangs and that is easier in a hotel situation than some other more supervised form of accommodation? it’s than some other more supervised form of accommodation?— of accommodation? it's easier to be tar: eted of accommodation? it's easier to be targeted there _ of accommodation? it's easier to be targeted there because _ of accommodation? it's easier to be targeted there because they - of accommodation? it's easier to be targeted there because they are i of accommodation? it's easier to be targeted there because they are all| targeted there because they are all in one place. if traffickers know where they are, they can be picked up where they are, they can be picked up again easily and the other concern for us is if they are not feeling safe in those hotels, they are not getting the care and protection they need, there is no incentive for them to stay because safety is the key thing and what we are concerned about is that they have not had the right assessments of their need and that they would experience —— that they would experience —— that they would experience in the local authority's social work services. stand experience in the local authority's social work services.— social work services. and the government _ social work services. and the government is _ social work services. and the government is determined . social work services. and the | government is determined to social work services. and the i government is determined to stop social work services. and the - government is determined to stop the use of hotels. clearly that's the

intention. are you confident they can deliver that? m0. intention. are you confident they can deliver that?— intention. are you confident they can deliver that? no, because this seems to be _ can deliver that? no, because this seems to be a _ can deliver that? no, because this seems to be a growing _ can deliver that? no, because this seems to be a growing practice. i seems to be a growing practice. there are more hotels being opened and there is no commitment to an end date although obviously we welcome any commitment to end it, but it needs to stop and what needs to happen is the resourcing needs to go into the local authority children's services which will be better served according to the law.— according to the law. thank you for talkin: us according to the law. thank you for talking us through _ according to the law. thank you for talking us through it, _ according to the law. thank you for talking us through it, patricia. - if you rent your home, do you know who your landlord is? for many tenants finding out who ultimately receives their money and is responsible for the repairs and upkeep of their property is a grey area. today the supreme court has begun hearing a landmark case, which could help protect tenants from so—called "ghost landlords". here's our correspondent, jim connolly. which one was that?

so it's just this one here. it was in, like, a general state of disrepair. shared bathroom was giving off electric shocks and we didn't have a fire door either. it did end up being quite, quite unpleasant. you can see it flowing out. that's the water... but poor living conditions were just the start of it. when jess complained to who she thought was her landlord, things got complicated. the owner of the property wasn't the person who let it out to her. it made it impossible forjess to get anyone to take responsibility. even when things did get fixed, jess said it took a long time. it felt like we were chasing a ghost. any works that needed doing, it's all through text, so there's really no... there's no peace of mind. you don't know who you're going to. at the time, it was a lot. jess moved out two years ago and even took her landlord to a tribunal. it ruled they should pay back her rent. she hasn't had a penny.

the owner of the property told us she doesn't manage it and is appealing the basis for the tribunal�*s findings. the person who rented the flat tojess didn't respond to our request for a comment. this is all connected to something called rent—to—rent. it's where a person or a company offers a landlord a fixed rental income for the whole property, while managing and maintaining it. to make a profit, they then divide it up and let the place out on a room by room basis, often splitting larger rooms and living rooms to make more money. rent—to—rent is not illegal and it can work well for some property owners, but campaigners worry it's open to exploitation. so currently the way the law works is that a tenant can only take action against their immediate landlord. and what that does is it creates a real blueprint for property owners to put a sham company on the tenancy agreement, to simply cram as many tenants in as possible, ignore fire safety features. and it's a question of when, not if there will be a number of people dying in one of these death—trap properties.

this has created a big legal question — who is a landlord? is it the person someone signs their contract with or is it the property's owner? the supreme court is about to make a decision on a case which could have a big impact on who people can take legal action against. those representing landlords in the court have concerns, too. of course, landlords should be responsible about who they led to, but there are simply things that they can't control. if someone's taken the property and lied to them, what would you expect them to do? it's not possible for them to stop that. it's difficult, though, because both parties are victims. butjust because both parties are victims, that doesn't mean that landlords should be held responsible for that. the court will give clarity on who legally is a landlord. but for people like jess, all they want is for someone to take responsibility. it could look like any other rental situation from the eyes of someone that didn't have the knowledge of what was going on. are they who they say they are? is it their place? jim connolly, bbc news. with me now is al mcclenahan founder of nonprofit organisation,

justice for tenants thanks for coming on the programme. my thanks for coming on the programme. my pleasure. we thanks for coming on the programme. my pleasure-— my pleasure. we heard an example of how desperate — my pleasure. we heard an example of how desperate it _ my pleasure. we heard an example of how desperate it can _ my pleasure. we heard an example of how desperate it can be _ my pleasure. we heard an example of how desperate it can be but _ my pleasure. we heard an example of how desperate it can be but how - my pleasure. we heard an example of how desperate it can be but how big l how desperate it can be but how big is this problem in your view? it’s is this problem in your view? it's uuite is this problem in your view? it's quite large _ is this problem in your view? it�*s quite large and growing quite quickly. it's hard to estimate, probably between one and 3 million tenants but they are drawn from the more vulnerable sector of society. what about the consequences here because many people will think it is difficult to say you can pay money and when something goes wrong you don't even know who should fix it. there so much at stake. there are so many tenants in these unsafe or unlawful properties, sometimes overcrowded with children and when they ask for repairs to be done, they ask for repairs to be done, they are ignored and unfortunately because of a lack of resources, more than half of local councils in the

country don't prosecute a single landlord a year so in this case, if it doesn't go in their favour, there really isn't much to stop a property owner choosing to use our rent to rent company or creating their own company with no assets to just be the landlord of the tenants and they get to extract all of the rent but the tenants can't take any legal action against the property owners so there's a lot at stake. what action against the property owners so there's a lot at stake.— so there's a lot at stake. what do ou want so there's a lot at stake. what do you want to _ so there's a lot at stake. what do you want to see _ so there's a lot at stake. what do you want to see happen? - so there's a lot at stake. what do you want to see happen? what i l so there's a lot at stake. what do - you want to see happen? what i want to see happen — you want to see happen? what i want to see happen is _ you want to see happen? what i want to see happen is how _ you want to see happen? what i want to see happen is how the _ you want to see happen? what i want to see happen is how the law- you want to see happen? what i want to see happen is how the law used . you want to see happen? what i want to see happen is how the law used to | to see happen is how the law used to operate about a year and a half ago where there was some discretion, the tribunal would look at the situation and think, is this property owner committing a criminal act by design or have they done everything you can reasonably expect but through no fault of their own, these criminal actions have happened? then there is the discretion to say you have created done that committed a criminal act, you have to pay the

money back, or you have acted reasonably, he wasjust money back, or you have acted reasonably, he was just unfortunate. what do you think the chances are of getting to a situation where across the uk, everyone who rents will be able to get an answer or get their properties fixed when things go wrong? 3 properties fixed when things go wron: ? �* ., ., , ., wrong? a lot of it will depend on what the supreme _ wrong? a lot of it will depend on what the supreme court - wrong? a lot of it will depend on what the supreme court says. i wrong? a lot of it will depend on | what the supreme court says. my suspicion is, unfortunately, they will say that the way the legislation is written, we can't do that at the moment but hopefully there will be enough impetus that central government will amend the legislation in the upcoming rental reform bill because otherwise it willjust be reform bill because otherwise it will just be a reform bill because otherwise it willjust be a matter of time until there are more horrible situations like this. we there are more horrible situations like this. ~ ., ., like this. we will wait for the outcome _ like this. we will wait for the outcome of _ like this. we will wait for the outcome of that _ like this. we will wait for the outcome of that supreme . like this. we will wait for the i outcome of that supreme court like this. we will wait for the - outcome of that supreme court case and cover it. thank you very much for coming on the programme. the headlines on bbc news: nicola sturgeon says a transgender woman convicted of rape will not serve her sentence in an all—female prison in scotland. the home secretary decides to row

back on reforms designed to prevent another windrush—style scandal. 11 people are reported to have died across ukraine after russian drone and missile attacks, just a day after germany and the us agreed to supply the country with battle tanks. donald trump is to be allowed back on facebook and instagram, two years after the former us president was suspended because of the riots on capitol hill. the president of global affairs at meta, which owns facebook, nick clegg, said a review had found that donald trump's accounts no longer posed a serious risk to public safety. earlier, ourwashington correspondent, gary o'donoghue, told us what more we know about the lift of trump's ban from these social media platforms. well, he was kicked off pretty much straightaway after the january 6th riots by all those platforms. but later, facebook�*s

oversight board said the ban needed to be reviewed, because there was no clear idea in the rules about what could and couldn't be done. so this has been coming for some time. they promised to review it by the end of the month and that is why they're letting him back on. facebook are saying that there will be what they call "guard rails" in place, such as an inability to share posts that contravene their rules, the possibility of banning him again, but people will wait and see how he behaves. he has not said whether he plans to go back on these platforms. he does have a legal agreement with truth social, the platform he was involved in setting up, so he can't post on other platforms immediately.

he has to wait for a six—hour period and those agreements may run out soon. the one thing that will drive these decisions is that facebook was a huge money—raising platform for donald trump, small dollar donations in the run—up to both elections. that's something that will obviously drive his thinking the as he looks to another run for the white house. has there been any reaction to this? yeah, there's an interesting divergence, a lot of pressure groups saying that this shouldn't be allowed to happen, particularly groups like the naacp that represents the interests of african americans, saying this is putting profits before principle. but on the other hand you have organisations like the aclu, the american civil liberties union who argue this should have been done a long time ago. you're getting some democrats

who say it shouldn't have happened and republicans who say it should. that's what you would expect. the key reaction is what he will do and we don't know yet what his plans are, we will have to wait and see. but i think we will learn pretty soon if he is going to come back on these platforms, because they would be a key part of stoking up his base and gathering money in the run up to a new run for the white house. the parents of a girl from derby who died after inhaling aerosol deodorant are warning others of the potential dangers. iii—year—old georgia green had a cardiac arrest after spraying the deodorant in her bedroom. her parents say they're now aware of other young people accidentally dying after inhaling deodorant and they want clearer warnings on product labels. caroline lowbridge has more. georgia was just georgia wasjust a georgia was just a bundle ofjoy. shejust georgia was just a bundle ofjoy. she just lived to georgia was just a bundle ofjoy. shejust lived to laugh, georgia was just a bundle ofjoy. she just lived to laugh, lived to

telljokes she just lived to laugh, lived to tell jokes and she just lived to laugh, lived to telljokes and a very talented and creative young lady.— creative young lady. paul's daughter. _ creative young lady. paul's daughter, georgia, - creative young lady. paul's daughter, georgia, died i creative young lady. paul's i daughter, georgia, died after inhaling aerosol deodorant. she had autism and was spraying the deodorant in her bedroom because she found the smell comforting. i got found the smell comforting. i got here and there _ found the smell comforting. i got here and there where _ found the smell comforting. i grit here and there where police and ambulances all over the place. it's just a terrible, horrible feeling to just a terrible, horrible feeling to just be so helpless. map? just a terrible, horrible feeling to just be so helpless. now georgia's family want _ just be so helpless. now georgia's family want to _ just be so helpless. now georgia's family want to warn _ just be so helpless. now georgia's family want to warn other - just be so helpless. now georgia's family want to warn other people i family want to warn other people about the dangers of aerosol deodorants. i had no idea that you could use something as innocent seeming as deodorant and that it could stop your heart. georgia's parents want clearer warnings on cans of deodorant. by

law, all aerosol deodorants must be printed with the words "keep out of reach of children" but georgia's parents believe the writing is too small for most people to notice. most also have the warning that solvent abuse can kill instantly, but georgia's parents believe it should say that solvent use can kill instantly because georgia was not abusing deodorant. the british aerosol manufacturers association said... if our efforts can stop even one

more person dying, i can't say we would be happy, but we feel that georgia's death won't be in vain. our awareness of plastic pollution may be relatively recent — but the types of plastics washed up on our shores are not. decades—old mobile phones and lids from sweet tubes are just some of the litter that's been found on the english coast, as our environment correspondent, paul murphy, reports from flamborough in east yorkshire. the spectacular sight of an east coast winter tide. oh, that's fishing line. but it brings with it little reminders of a planet damaged by plastic. they actually think that we only roughly find about 15, 15%, of the litter out at sea. picking up the pieces is an endless task. collected in recent months, some of this was thrown away more than 50 years ago.

materials like plastics are extremely durable. they take literally hundreds and hundreds of years to break down, so, for example, take a plastic bottle you drink out of, it takes roughly a50 years to break down in the sea. so we always collect whatever we can. it's a fantastic way to show people what a problem plastics and other materials are in the sea. and everyone always laughs when i say this, but i was born in 1993, so a lot of this is absolutely older than i am. the litter is bad enough to look at, but the real problems start with the plastic when it begins to slowly break down in sea water, into tiny particles. micro—plastics, as they're known, have been found in supermarket shellfish and in human tissue. we know that micro—plastics are in our diet. our own work has looked in lungs and found micro—plastics deep

inside patients' lungs. other studies have found micro—plastics in blood, the liver and several other organs as well, so we know now they get into our bodies. in terms of the impacts of that, and whether there are any, we really don't know. but on the coast at hornsea, they're trying to find solutions. the town wants to be a plastic—free community. the motto at this shop is refill, not landfill. customers can shop with us fully circular, so they can either bring their own containers or we have containers for them to borrow. we repurpose jars as well that people donate. there's no need for landfill at all. everything goes into the pots and comes back round again to us for recycling. a ban on single—use plastics, including cutlery and certain types of polystyrene, comes into force in england this autumn. more and more people are crying out

for plastic—free alternatives for less single—use products and we are seeing that change in our behaviour. this needs to be a societal change. but replacing a material on which there is such reliance has been a slow process. it could be many years before these tides are plastic—free. paul murphy, bbc news, east yorkshire. now time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. at long last, the temperatures have evened out today so it's not as cold as it has been across south—eastern parts of the uk. around this high pressure, we've seen a northerly wind, which is continuing to bring in more cloud from off the north sea and with it a few showers. these are the temperatures as we head into the early evening, typically around 5—6 celsius, beginning to get a little

chilly, but we keep cloud for a while before eastern scotland before it breaks up and will also see cloud bringing showers into northern parts of england down to the midlands. fine and clear skies across scotland and northern ireland and then later across wales in the northwest so these areas are likely to have a frost. maybe one or two icy patches and temperatures as low as —1i celsius in glasgow. through the midlands, maybe more cloud and enough breeze to keep temperatures just above freezing, but even here the breeze will lessen and the cloud will break up on friday. it looks like most areas will have a dry day with some spells of sunshine. towards the northwest, we've got thickening cloud and that will start to bring some drizzle in the northwest of scotland. temperatures here getting up to around 9 celsius. elsewhere around 7—8 celsius come friday afternoon. into the weekend, we saw that cloud and rain in the northwest, which is moving southwards on that weatherfront and is moving into this dominant area of high pressure, so we're squeezing a lot of that rain out, it's more about the cloud moving down

into england and wales on saturday. there could be a little drizzle in that. across southern parts of england, some sunshine following the cloud, some sunshine in scotland and northern ireland, may be showers in the northwest of scotland and temperatures and temperatures of 7—8 celsius which is normalfor this time of year. the second half of that weekend should be milder. we're picking up the winds across northern parts of the uk and were also going to find these weather fronts bringing some some outbreaks of rain, but ahead of that, some early sunshine across england and wales, we'll see the cloud increasing, the winds picking up through the day. we've got that band of rain coming into scotland and northern ireland followed by blustery showers in the far northwest but temperatures are going to be higher on sunday, perhaps making double figures in scotland and northern ireland, but the winds pick up through the day, went into the evening for the first part of the night, particularly in northern scotland where the winds could be gusty in excess of 60mph.

this is bbc news. the headlines: nicola sturgeon says a transgender woman convicted of rape will not serve her sentence in an all—female prison in scotland.

let me be clear, this prisoner is not going to be incarcerated in cornton vale either short—term or long—term. the home secretary decides to row back on reforms designed to prevent another windrush—style scandal. 11 people are reported to have died across ukraine after russian drone and missile attacks, just a day after germany and the us agreed to supply the country with battle tanks. charities have demanded the government stop using hotels for unaccompanied migrant children after hundreds went missing. the number of new cars made in the uk falls to its lowest level since 1956 due to a global shortage of parts. conservationists are worried about the impact of ageing plastics in our seas, as evidence shows it's now entering

the human food chain. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. scotland's first minister nichola sturgeon has confirmed a transgender woman convicted of rape will not serve her sentence in scotland's only all—female prison. isla bryson was convicted in glasgow of carrying out two attacks before she changed gender. ms sturgeon faced repeated questions about the case during first minister's questions. our scotland correspondent, james shaw told me the key details regarding this case now two things about this case that i think are particularly controversial. one is that we understand that isla bryson started to transition while she was awaiting trial for these two offences.

and then the second thing that has emerged is that since she was found guilty earlier this week, she has been housed, as we understand it, in cornton vale prison, that is a women—only prison in the central belt of scotland. now as you suggest, this did come up at first minister's questions earlier on this afternoon, with the leader of the scottish conservatives douglas ross putting it quite bluntly to nicola sturgeon, could it ever be acceptable for a rapist to be housed in a women's prison? now, nicola sturgeon's straight forward answer to that was no, in general terms it couldn't. but she would not be drawn, she would neither confirm nor deny whether isla bryson was in the meantime temporarily being housed at cornton vale. she would not confirm or deny that, although she did say that she would not be there within the next couple of days. so it is a hugely difficult

issue i think for the scottish government and nicola sturgeon to deal with, particularly because it comes against the background of the difficulties the scottish government has had with its gender recognition reform bill, which of course has been vetoed by the uk government. let's take a listen now shall we to nicola sturgeon's comments just in the last couple of hours or so. let me be clear, this prisoner is not going to be incarcerated in cornton vale either short—term or long—term. there is an importance of allowing the scottish prison service operationally to give effect to what i have just said. and that is important to stress. james, nicola sturgeon has been facing questions about this for a couple of days now? she has. i think it is a really difficult issue, as i say, because there was this whole debate

about transgender rights, because of the legislation the scottish government passed in the scottish parliament at the end of last year, butjust earlier this month the uk government said there were concerns about the impact that that legislation would have on equality law covering the whole of the uk and they vetoed it. so it is a very delicate and difficult issue and you heard nicola sturgeon there giving a sense of how she is having to tread a very fine line in terms of obviously the need to protect prisoners in women's prisons, but also to acknowledge and deal with and address the rights of transgender people who are in prison in scotland. now, it is dealt with in quite a different in other parts of the uk. it is the scottish prison service who essentially decides whether it is the case or not that a transgender person can be housed in a women's prison and they do that

on the basis of assessing the risk. the process is different in the rest of the uk and obviously already questions being asked now about how it is being done in scotland. the government will not establish a chief inspect or of borders. 30 recommendations were made after the windrush scandal. hundreds of people were wrongly detained by the home office, despite having the right to live in britain. earlier i spoke to the shadow home secretary, labour's yvette cooper. {links the shadow home secretary, labour's yvette cooper-— yvette cooper. only around eight of the recommendations _ yvette cooper. only around eight of

the recommendations have - yvette cooper. only around eight of the recommendations have been i yvette cooper. only around eight of. the recommendations have been fully implemented. the windrush scandal was a shocking betrayal of british citizens who were so badly treated and denied basic rights by the home office. the government admitted the wrongs that it had done to the windrush generation and promised to put that rigt. —— right. instead we have still less than half of the compensation claims have been resolved. and the dropping of many of the recommendations. my fear is with the 75th anniversary of the windrush arrival in the country, the generation is being betrayed again. you say some commitments are being rowed back, but it is only three out of 30. let me put the home office quote to you, we are making progress to the majority of recommendations

from the wendy williams report and believe there are more meaningful ways of achieving the intent of a small number of others and through this work we will make sure a similar injustice can never been repeated. similar injustice can never been re eated. , ., �* similar injustice can never been re eated. , . �* , repeated. they haven't implemented man of repeated. they haven't implemented many of the — repeated. they haven't implemented many of the other _ repeated. they haven't implemented many of the other recommendations | many of the other recommendations and when you're talking about something like the reconciliation events that were about the home office engaging with windrush generation and also their families and the communities to actually try and the communities to actually try and put right will went wrong, that was important. to pullback and put right will went wrong, that was important. to pull back from thatis was important. to pull back from that is a problem and something like the powers of the borders inspectorate, those are the safe guards you need for the future in terms of making sure you never have a windrush scandal again. perhaps the most damning of all is their still continued to failure to deliver compensation. the family that were so badly treated and had

basic rights denied to them, maybe their rights to health care or work, british citizens who were so badly treated, ministers previously, government ministers, conservative minister bes, recognised they had done wrong and promised to compensate people, but for thousands thatjust has not happened. what compensate people, but for thousands thatjust has not happened.— thatjust has not happened. what is our thatjust has not happened. what is your understanding _ thatjust has not happened. what is your understanding about _ thatjust has not happened. what is your understanding about why - thatjust has not happened. what is your understanding about why that l your understanding about why that has not happened? i your understanding about why that has not happened?— has not happened? i despair about wh the has not happened? i despair about why they still _ has not happened? i despair about why they still haven't _ has not happened? i despair about why they still haven't sorted - has not happened? i despair about why they still haven't sorted this i why they still haven't sorted this out and got a grip on this. don't think ministers are taking it seriously enough. there are problems about this being run by the same home office that for windrush families caused all the problems. there has been a lack of trust. they made the process far too bureaucratic. i still don't understand why it is taking so long to put right those wrongs, because the windrush generation in the 75th

anniversary year, they deserve the government's support. {line anniversary year, they deserve the government's support.— anniversary year, they deserve the government's support. one line here from the home _ government's support. one line here from the home office, _ government's support. one line here from the home office, saying - government's support. one line here from the home office, saying that i from the home office, saying that they will make sure that similar injustices can never be repeated. are you confident that that is the case? ., ., �* ~' are you confident that that is the case? ., .,�* ~'., _., , are you confident that that is the case? ., i, case? no, i don't think anybody is. because i think _ case? no, i don't think anybody is. because i think the _ case? no, i don't think anybody is. because i think the way _ case? no, i don't think anybody is. because i think the way in - case? no, i don't think anybody is. because i think the way in which i case? no, i don't think anybody is. l because i think the way in which the conservatives have been running the home office, we have seen mistake after mistake and so many chaos and backlogs in so many different areas, and so many different things that have been going wrong and suella braverman isn't even ex—maining this today —— explaining this today. they have tried to slip it out when previous ministers have stood up and said they're going to do right by the windrush generation. instead they're trying to pretented the whole thing i —— pretend the whole thing is no happening. we whole thing i -- pretend the whole thing is no happening.— thing is no happening. we did ask the home office _ thing is no happening. we did ask the home office if— thing is no happening. we did ask the home office if a _ thing is no happening. we did ask the home office if a minister - thing is no happening. we did ask the home office if a minister was| the home office if a minister was available to speak and they sent a statement, saying we are committed

to righting the wrongs of windrush and have paid or offered more than £64 and have paid or offered more than £61; million in compensation to people affected. they say we are making progress to the majority of recommend ations of the report. they finish by saying, through this work we will make sure that similar injustices can never be repeated and are create ing a home office worthy of every community it serves. and they have established a working group to discuss further working improvements. russia has hit ukraine with another wave of missile strikes, this time during the morning rush hour, killing at least one person and injuring several others in the capital kyiv. ukrainian officials also said critical infrastructure was damaged in the black sea region of odesa. the strikes come the day after germany and the us confirmed they would send leopard and abrams tanks to the country — this morning the german

defence minister said he wanted his country's vehicles there by the end of march. russia has condemned the announcement as a "blatant provocation". jon donnison has the latest. this morning, in ukraine's capital, once again underground was the place to be with people seeking shelter in the city's metro stations. it seems to be yesterday's announcement that germany and the us have agreed to send tanks like these to ukraine that has provoked this latest wave of russian attacks. for kyiv, the latest support cannot come soon enough. translation: the key now is speed and volume. the speed of supplying tanks to ukraine and the quantity of tank support. this morning, meeting his troops, the german defence minister denied his country's leopard tanks would not arrive in time for a possible russian spring offensive. i don't have any hints that it could be too late, because i think we will deliver all our leopards at the latest maybe

at the end of march. and for everything that i know, this is early enough. but america's abrams tanks could take considerably longer to be in operation, possibly up to a year. on russian state tv, they were dismissive of the latest western military support, calling the us abrams battered, and the german leopards toothless cats. and ukrainian forces have begun losing some territory in the east. here they are just outside the town of soledar, recently recaptured by the russians. it's one of the reasons kyiv says says it needs more than just tanks. translation: we also have to open up the supply of long—range missiles to ukraine and the supply of aircraft, too. this is our dream and it's an important task for all of us. it's almost a year since moscow launched its invasion and the toll continues to mount.

these are the makeshift graves of russian fighters. many more will likely die on both sides before this war is over. jon donnison, bbc news. to bring you an up date on the numbers, those strikes, the initial death toll was reported as one. now we know 11 people have died and ii we know 11 people have died and 11 injured after 35 buildings were hit. earlier our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse told us about the relation between the russian airstrikes and the west's offer of tanks. well, most people here are making that connection and i think it's a justified cynicism to be honest with you, because this is russia partly continuing its tactic of targeting ukraine's infrastructure to deprive people of water and energy to effectively try and make them give

up on the war, to lessen their appetite to fight. thus far, it has not worked. but also russia doesn't seem to be letting up on this strategy. there are question marks overjust how long it can keep this up, how many drones or missiles does it have? but this morning across the city we are underground, we were told 30 missiles were in the air, around half were shot down, but there were drone strikes in the small hours too. but this is also a significant moment for ukraine. not just about the political coup for kyiv, but it does create the possibility that it could get the tanks it needs to prevail in this conflict, to repel russia completely. but you heard a lot there that it's going to take time and time for ukraine is costly, because it is not going to stop fighting and that comes with losses. anna borshchevskaya is a senior fellow in the washington institute,

focusing on russia's policy toward the middle east. thank you for coming on the programme. what impact do you think these tanks and the offer of the tanks will have?— these tanks and the offer of the tanks will have? well, i think the offer of the _ tanks will have? well, i think the offer of the tanks _ tanks will have? well, i think the offer of the tanks of _ tanks will have? well, i think the offer of the tanks of itself - tanks will have? well, i think the offer of the tanks of itself is - offer of the tanks of itself is significant, because this is the most powerful offensive military equipment that the west has provided to ukraine to date. the issue, and it will help, the question is just how much it is going to help and will that help come in time? the abrams tanks will take longer to deliver and there is the question of whether ukrainians will be trained to use them properly. while it is an important announcement and it is helping ukraine, no one particular piece of equipment is going to

magically end the war. in other words, this is only one smaller piece of a bigger story that we are going to see unfolding in the months ahead. �* , ., , going to see unfolding in the months ahead. �*, ., , ., ~ ., ., ahead. let's turn to this talk of a russian spring — ahead. let's turn to this talk of a russian spring offensive, - ahead. let's turn to this talk of a russian spring offensive, what . ahead. let's turn to this talk of a | russian spring offensive, what do ahead. let's turn to this talk of a i russian spring offensive, what do we know if anything about that? ihell. know if anything about that? well, talk, first know if anything about that? well, talk. first of— know if anything about that? well, talk, first of all _ know if anything about that? well, talk, first of all talk _ know if anything about that? well, talk, first of all talk of _ know if anything about that? well, talk, first of all talk of a _ talk, first of all talk of a potential russian spring offensive has been going on since december. it made sense from a military perspective. it does seem that that offensive is still coming. in other words, it doesn't seem that the provision of the tanks has fundamentally changed the entire strategicical clus. calculus. we have seen a more belligerent rhetoric from the kremlin and russian state television. it does raise questions about tensions between nato and russia. but by and

large at this stage this not a fundamental shift. large at this stage this not a fundamentalshift. i large at this stage this not a fundamental shift.— large at this stage this not a fundamental shift. ., ., , a , fundamental shift. i want to pick up on that point. _ fundamental shift. i want to pick up on that point, the _ fundamental shift. i want to pick up on that point, the fact _ fundamental shift. i want to pick up on that point, the fact that - fundamental shift. i want to pick up on that point, the fact that in - on that point, the fact that in russia it is being used as propaganda. is thatjust to be expected? 0r propaganda. is thatjust to be expected? or does it represent anything more significant? ihell. expected? or does it represent anything more significant? well, it is robabl anything more significant? well, it is probably a _ anything more significant? well, it is probably a little _ anything more significant? well, it is probably a little bit _ anything more significant? well, it is probably a little bit of— anything more significant? well, it is probably a little bit of both. - is probably a little bit of both. certainly every development in russia is portrayed as an act of west's war against russia, against russian civilisation so to speak and russian civilisation so to speak and russian culture. but having said that, lavrov�*s, the russian foreign minister, sergey lavrov�*s comments do seem to indicate a slight shift in terms of raising up that level of tension. he said this was no longer a hybrid war of the west. having

said that, a kremlin spokesman said there is no change in the way the war is defined in ukraine. it is still defined as a special military operation. so this issue is worth watching in the weeks and months ahead. ., ~' ,, at least nine palestinians, including an elderly woman, have been killed during an israeli raid on a refugee camp in the occupied west bank, according to palestinian officials. the israeli military said security forces entered the town ofjenin to arrest a member of the armed group islamichhad. our middle east correspondent tom bateman sent this report. a storm of gunfire and tear gas in a packed urban refugee camp. israel's raid began early this morning. more than 100 military vehicles entered the camp, say witnesses. it is the most deadly single

israeli raid intojenin since a new wave of violence hit the region last spring. translation: we heard gunshots. we fled into thejenin club and we stayed under siege there for three hours. the army besieged us in the club, and we heard the sounds of clashes. after about an hour, military bulldozers destroyed cars on both sides of the road. then they destroyed the club's wall. palestinians say that for some time, the israelis stopped ambulances reaching the wounded. describing the situation as critical. in the aftermath, another part ofjenin camp scene seen is reduced to wreckage. the israeli army says it surrounded the building to capture islamichhad militants. a huge gunfight then erupted. the children's ward of a local hospital was hit by tear gas, say health officials, and palestinian leaders have called for urgent international help, calling this a massacre.

israel says it acted based on precise intelligence of major attacks by islamichhad. the army raids have been near nightly for months now, as israel says it's been acting to stem the worst spate of attacks in years against its citizens. it had already been a deadly month for palestinians in the occupied west bank, with 20 killed so far injanuary militants and civilians. translation: a boy like this should have been able to have his childhood. what happened to that right? in dheisheh refugee camp, during a raid last week, soldiers shot dead a 13—year—old boy, omar khmour. the army said some palestinians threw stones, petrol bombs and explosive devices, but gave no specific account of why the teenager was shot. at the family home, neighbours arrived to mourn. translation: if a boy hits me with a stone, should i get a pistol and shoot him?

there are things that the mind can't comprehend. it's beyond belief. to kill a child, to kill a boy, i'm helpless. i'm speechless. here, nationalflags hang beside those of the pflp, a political and armed faction seen by palestinians as part of their resistance, listed by israel and the west as a terrorist group. america's top diplomat arrives in the region in days. the us has already said it is deeply concerned about escalating violence. it worries, too, about the political crisis in israel, as fears mount of a much further flare up. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. the prime minister is meeting his cabinet at his country residence chequers — with questions still being asked about two of his senior ministers. the conservative party chair nadhim zahawi is being investigated over his tax affairs, and the deputy prime minsiter dominic raab is facing claims of bullying. a little earlier, our correspondent damian grammaticas gave me this update.

the meeting is taking place outside london and the sort of all of the top figures around the table who will be sort of thrashing things out, now the issue that is the hanging over this and for rishi sunak i think the first one we have to point to is nadhim zahawi, the conservative party chairman, the questions about his tax affairs. and that settlement that he reached with, he told us that he reached with the tax authorities last year, where he had to pay tax and a fine, or a penalty. now the issue there was that nadhim zahawi had said or one of the issues that nadhim zahawi said the tax authorities the told him this was careless not deliberate. what we have heard today from the head of hmrc, the tax

authority, talking to mps, he wouldn't discuss the specific case, but he said that you would not be having to pay a penalty for an innocent error in your tax affaors. asked what was carelessness he said that is when you had not taken due care and attention and that could lead you liable for a penalty. so i think that sort of has clarified some of the issues with nadhim zahawi. and also clarified for rishi sunak when he appointed nadhim zahawi how much did he know about this? no 10 have been saying nothing was raised in the, nothing was flagged at the time of the appointment process. the head of hmrc said his body would not be involved in raising issue, because there is a duty of confidentiality and they cannot tell the government something about a figure's tax affairs.

and talk us through why dominic raab is in the headline? because the deputy prime minister, justice secretary, he is back in the headlines, because the guardian newspaper have reported that the complaints that are being investigated about him and his behaviour, related to bullying, that they say there are more than two dozens individuals involved in those complaints, in submitting them. it relates to eight complaints but the guardian says two dozen individuals. we can't confirm that figure. mr raab has said he has done nothing wrong and he looks forward he says to the inquiry happening into this reporting, because he believes it will clear him.

we don't know when that will come out. but it could come back in the next few weeks. that is one of the the issues in the background with rishi sunak and his ministerial team. a man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting the former health secretary matt hancock on the london underground. footage posted online appears to show a man shouting at mr hancock and following him on to a train, in what his spokesperson called "an unpleasant encounter". the mp isn't believed to have been hurt in the incident. police said a 61—year—old man was arrested on suspicion of common assault and a public order offence. physiotherapists in england have become the latest group to join the ongoing industrial action about pay in the nhs. more than 4,000 physiotherapists from 30 nhs trusts are supporting a 2k hour strike. their counterparts in wales are due to strike next month. 0ur health correspondent

dominic hughes reports. physiotherapists on a picket line in bristol, the latest group of health workers to go on strike following action by nurses, ambulance and other health staff. becky has worked as a physiotherapist for 30 years. like her colleagues, treating patients notjust with sports injuries or back pain, but in intensive care units, a&e departments and post—operation rehab. but now, she says, many are burnt out. and that's why they've taken the big step of going on strike. because of the cost of living, they have to work extra shifts to manage their finances. and that causes, obviously, added burn—out to already busy days. and also, the nhs does run on goodwill, and the amount of physios and other nhs professionals that do... ..do overtime without actually getting paid for it as well. and i think that's another reason

that people's goodwill has actually run out now. this is the first time members of the chartered society of physiotherapy have gone on strike. the action covers around 4,200 staff, although not all of them will be on shift today. and it involves 30 nhs trusts in england, roughly one in seven. next month will see two more days of strike action in trusts and health boards in both england and wales. those involved in talks with the government say the strike is the result of a crisis that has been a decade in the making. this is about making sure that physiotherapists, physio support workers and other nhs staff can meet the health needs of the uk population, at a time when we know you only need to turn on the television to see what's happening in emergency departments and outside them. and waiting lists are getting longer and longer for the treatment that people so desperately need. more strike action in derby and it seems highly likely that further stoppages will be announced by unions representing ambulance staff.

the health secretary in england, steve barclay, said it was regrettable that some union members were striking, but that talks on a fair and affordable pay deal for next year would continue. but there is little sign of an end to this long—running dispute. unions are determined to pursue a pay deal they say reflects the cost of living crisis. ministers argue they simply cannot afford to pay them what they want. dominic hughes, bbc news. now time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. it has been a damp day in the east. the breeze — it has been a damp day in the east. the breeze has been in the from the north— the breeze has been in the from the north or— the breeze has been in the from the north or north—east and continues to feed in _ north or north—east and continues to feed in cloud — north or north—east and continues to feed in cloud and showers in the eastern — feed in cloud and showers in the eastern parts of england. they will become _ eastern parts of england. they will become fewer later. we have clearing skies in _ become fewer later. we have clearing skies in scotland and northern ireland — skies in scotland and northern ireland and a frost is likely hoer. on the _

ireland and a frost is likely hoer. on the whole for england and wales we should _ on the whole for england and wales we should escape a frost. even here the cloud _ we should escape a frost. even here the cloud will break up tomorrow and any showers won't last long and we will get _ any showers won't last long and we will get some sunshine. a cold start for scotland and northern ireland and some — for scotland and northern ireland and some sunshine in the north—west. some _ and some sunshine in the north—west. some rain_ and some sunshine in the north—west. some rain arriving in the far north—west later and temperatures around _ north—west later and temperatures around seven or eight. we will keep those _ around seven or eight. we will keep those temperatures into the first half of _ those temperatures into the first half of the weekend. that band of cloud _ half of the weekend. that band of cloud in— half of the weekend. that band of cloud in the north—west will be across— cloud in the north—west will be across northe england and wales and the second _ across northe england and wales and the second half of the weekend turning — the second half of the weekend turning milder. but for the north some _ turning milder. but for the north some rain— turning milder. but for the north some rain and the winds will be stronger— some rain and the winds will be stronger as well. hello, this is bbc news with lewis vaugthones. the headlines: nicola sturgeon says a transgender woman convicted of rape will not serve her sentence in an all—female prison in scotland.

let me be clear, this prisoner is not going to be incarcerated in cornton vale, either short—term or long—term. the home secretary decides to row back on reforms designed to prevent another windrush—style scandal. 11 people are reported to have died across ukraine after russian drone and missile attacks, just a day after germany and the us agreed to supply the country with battle tanks. charities have written to the prime minister demanding the government end the use of hotels for unaccompanied migrant children — that's after its revealed hundreds have gone missing in the last 18 months. the number of new cars made in the uk falls to its lowest level since 1956 due to a global shortage of parts conservationists are worried about the impact of ageing plastics in our seas, as evidence shows it's now entering the human food chain.

sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's betty glover. good afternoon. a big weekend of fa cup fourth round action beckons with premier league leaders arsenal taking on manchester city tomorrow night. the match will see gunners manager mikel arteta reunited with his former boss at city, pep guardiola. arteta spent five years as a player at arsenal before moving to city as assistant coach. it seems guardiola always knew where his protegee's heart lay. i know he went to the dream club that he dreamt of that he was a supporter, the fact he played there and was a captain there, he loved that club. i remember when we scored a lot of girls with our opening, he would jump and celebrate —— scored a lot of goals. when ijumped and

looked back, he was sitting there. he was arsenal. i thought at that moment, that guy likes arsenal. the former everton and scotland striker duncan ferguson is off to gloucestershire. he's been appointed as head coach of forest green rovers. it's his first managerial role and he's taking overfrom ian burchnall, who left on wednesday. he does have a pretty big task on his hands — the club are bottom of league one, and have had just five wins in 28 matches this season. ferguson made 273 appearances at everton and also had two spells as their caretaker manager in 2019 and last year. he said he's ready for the challenge at forest green. there are talks within the everton hierarchy as they search for a replacement for frank lampard. the hope is to finalise an appointment before the weekend. sean daich is

the other favourite to take over. wimbledon champion elena rybakina has another shot at winning a grand slam — this time in melbourne. she's through to the australian open final, where she'll play play aryna sabalenka. rybakina had a dominant performance in her semifinal, beating two—time champion victoria azarenka in straight sets. i got igota i got a lot of experience from wimbledon and, to be honest, ijust want to come on court and really enjoy the moment, enjoy the atmosphere because it's really amazing to play in front of you guys, so thank you so much. yeah, we'll see how it's going to go, but for sure, we'll see how it's going to go, but forsure, i'll try we'll see how it's going to go, but for sure, i'll try my best, i'll fight and hopefully i'm going to win. it was a straight sets win for aryna sabalenka in her semifinal as well and a big sigh of relief when she managed it — fourth time lucky for her, she had previously lost her last three grand slam semi—finals, but today, she beat poland's

unseeded magda linette to reach herfirst majorfinal. just being in the final in this kind of tournament, it's amazing to feel this atmosphere, to play on this court _ this atmosphere, to play on this court and — this atmosphere, to play on this court and that was a great experience for me and i hope it's going _ experience for me and i hope it's going to — experience for me and i hope it's going to help me tomorrow. not tomorrow. _ going to help me tomorrow. iifrlt tomorrow, saturday. going to help me tomorrow. not tomorrow, saturday. sorry, - going to help me tomorrow. not - tomorrow, saturday. sorry, saturday! i don't tomorrow, saturday. sorry, saturday! ldon't want — tomorrow, saturday. sorry, saturday! ldon't want to — tomorrow, saturday. sorry, saturday! i don't want to play — tomorrow, saturday. sorry, saturday! i don't want to play tomorrow! - the uk government have condemed plans to allow athletes from russia and belarus to take part in the next olympics in paris as neutrals. culture secretary michelle donelan called the move a "world away from the reality of war". earlier, the international olympic comittee had said they would "explore a pathway" for russian and belarusian participants. the ioc previously asked sporting federations to exclude athletes from the countries following russia's invasion of ukraine last year. and how about this?

at the age ofjust i4, vladislav gradinari has become the youngest player to win a snooker ranking event match. he knocked on the three—time women's world champion in a snooker shoot—out. he said it felt amazing. that's all the sport for now. the number of new cars made in the uk fell sharply last year to its lowest level since 1956. a continuing global shortage in semiconductor chips has been affecting production. the society of motor manufacturers and traders says the uk doesn't have a strategy to make the country competitive as a destination for investment. archive: the newest cars in the world are l on show at earls court. in its heyday the automotive industry was a driving force of the uk economy,

but not since the days of pathe news in 1956 has it produced so few cars. last year has claimed an unwanted place in the record books as the least productive 12 months for half a century. just 775,000 cars were built in uk factories in 2022. that's nearly 100,000 fewer than in 2021, but a drop of 40% compared to 2019, before the pandemic. last year was undeniably bad, the worst year since the 1950s. a combination of international factors and domestic factors. the global industry suffered from shortage of supply parts, especially semiconductors. domestically we saw the effects of the closure of one of the plants in swindon and also the temporary cessation of production of one at ellesmere port as it moves to electrified vehicles. put that together, really difficult year. voice over: it's time i to power up the future. this year hasn't got off to a great start either, with the collapse of battery start—up britishvolt.

the firm had planned to build a giant factory here in northumberland to make electric car batteries but the project ran out of money. it's not all doom and gloom though. manufacturers do think they can get back to making a million vehicles a year by 2025. much will depend though on the emergence of electric vehicles and competition from the us and eu. president biden is planning to offer billions of dollars in subsidies to car—makers who create electric vehicle supply chains across america, and the european union is also looking to invest to boost green technology. in the uk, almost a third of all new cars built last year were hybrid or fully electric — a record number — but there's been criticism from the industry of a lack of a coherent strategy. one of the problems we have here with the uk car industry is we have a lot of car companies but none of them are british owned. they're owned by german, chinese, japanese or indian companies, so they tend to make strategies about what's best for their global multinational companies in countries far away from here and that doesn't necessarily prioritise building

cars here in the uk. the government says it's determined to ensure the uk remains one of the best locations in the world for vehicle manufacturing, but the road ahead looks far from smooth. marc ashdown, bbc news. let's speak now to dr andy palmer, former chief executive at aston martin and chief operating at nissan. thanks for coming on the programme. what is going so wrong with the car industry in your view?— industry in your view? there's a lot of thins industry in your view? there's a lot of things going _ industry in your view? there's a lot of things going on, _ industry in your view? there's a lot of things going on, starting - industry in your view? there's a lot of things going on, starting with i of things going on, starting with generally are —— a decline since the 19505, generally are —— a decline since the 1950s, we used to be the second largest manufacturer, in the 1950s we were the last exporter, today we are in 19th position so there's been are in 19th position so there's been a general decline across the decades. however, as of late, there is uncertainty around brexit, a lack

of government support, particularly around uncompetitive incentives compared to the eu or compared to the us or india. the supply chain difficulties are well talked around around semiconductors, a reduction in the skilled workforce. put all those together with a lack of industrial strategy for the uk around motor industry investment and what you risk is total collapse, what you risk is total collapse, what you risk is total collapse, what you risk is an australian situation where ultimately the auto industry leaves for better places to invest. , ~ ., industry leaves for better places to invest. ,~' ., ., ., industry leaves for better places to invest. ., ., ., invest. the risk of total collapse is a stark warning. _ invest. the risk of total collapse is a stark warning. given - invest. the risk of total collapse is a stark warning. given that i invest. the risk of total collapse l is a stark warning. given that long list of contributing factors you went through there, what are the priorities that need to change quickly to stop that total collapse? top of the list is easy, basically,

the industry is retooling towards electric cars, the uk doesn't have a strategy or a plan for investment in batteries. we need probably six gigafactory is, today we have got one which i was responsible for. we don't have the steps for the next one and the next one and the next one. without at least 100 gigawatts of capacity by 2030, we won't be able to sustain the production of electric vehicles. those batteries will go probably to be made in europe and what will happen is that the auto industry will follow. um? the auto industry will follow. why is that down _ the auto industry will follow. why is that down to _ the auto industry will follow. why is that down to the _ the auto industry will follow. why is that down to the government, if the auto industry in the uk knows it needs these batteries, why doesn't itjust needs these batteries, why doesn't it just get on needs these batteries, why doesn't itjust get on with making them? it itjust get on with making them? it would put the batteries in places other than the uk so the car industry will continue no matter

what happens. the question is, does the british government want to sustain those 800,000 jobs in the united kingdom are not? fascinating. andy palmer. — united kingdom are not? fascinating. andy palmer, thank _ united kingdom are not? fascinating. andy palmer, thank you _ united kingdom are not? fascinating. andy palmer, thank you for _ united kingdom are not? fascinating. andy palmer, thank you for talking i andy palmer, thank you for talking us through that.— more than 100 charities have written to the prime minister demanding the government end the use of hotels for unaccompanied migrant children. the call comes after it was revealed that 460 asylum—seeking children have disappeared from home office—run hotels in the last 18 months and 200 remain unaccounted for. the government has said it is "determined to stop the use of hotels' for all children". joining us now is lynn perry from the charity barnardo's. thanks for coming on the programme. thanks for coming on the programme. thank you. thanks for coming on the programme. thank ou. ~ ., , thanks for coming on the programme. thank ou. ~ . , ., thank you. what is the risk and the dancer thank you. what is the risk and the danger and — thank you. what is the risk and the danger and the _ thank you. what is the risk and the danger and the problem _ thank you. what is the risk and the danger and the problem with i thank you. what is the risk and the danger and the problem with using | danger and the problem with using hotels in this way? we danger and the problem with using

hotels in this way?— hotels in this way? we are deeply concerned about _ hotels in this way? we are deeply concerned about children - hotels in this way? we are deeply concerned about children and i hotels in this way? we are deeply l concerned about children and young people who are not being safeguarded and protected. the numbers of children who have gone missing and are currently unaccounted for illustrates that. we are calling on the government to act urgently and make sure we identify those children who are missing but importantly take steps to make sure that all of those children who are still in hotel accommodation are kept safe from the risks of trafficking and exploitation that they are currently exposed to. exploitation that they are currently exposed to— exposed to. currently the use of hotels is the _ exposed to. currently the use of hotels is the first _ exposed to. currently the use of hotels is the first port _ exposed to. currently the use of hotels is the first port of- exposed to. currently the use of hotels is the first port of call- exposed to. currently the use of| hotels is the first port of call and is the sign of a stretch of resources in so many different areas across the country and so many parts of government and day—to—day life is fuelling this stretch and it's not going to be easy to get out of. i going to be easy to get out of. i think you're absolutely right and we

are talking about a significant number of children who have been placed in hotels since 2021, over 4000 children who have been in need of care and support. what we are deeply concerned about is the risks facing those children who are missing, who are at risk now of serious harm, abuse and exploitation and they are here without parental care, so there is clearly a duty to protect them. we do recognise the picture that you paint which is a system that is under pressure but it's so important that unaccompanied asylum seeking children have access to the same care as all children. whether that's through local authority care or supported accommodation provision, it's absolutely critical that we get more funding into the system and more support from the government to drive

change in this area. we know there's already a shortage foster carers in the uk which is clearly compounding this problem but the current arrangements are not adequately safeguarding and protecting a number of children and young people. the statement from the home office says "the well—being of children and minors in our care is our absolute priority. robust safeguarding procedures are in place to make sure that they are safe and supported as we seek urgent placements with a local authority." we mentioned at the top the number of children going missing and by definition we don't exactly know what happens therefore, but what are some of the suggestions about what is going on? some of the suggestions about what is auoin on? ., some of the suggestions about what is going on?— is going on? there are over 200 children who _ is going on? there are over 200 children who are _ is going on? there are over 200 children who are currently i is going on? there are over 200 children who are currently not i children who are currently not accounted for and we believe those children will have been targeted in

some cases by organised criminal activity and they will be at risk of exploitation, trafficking, abuse and serious harm, and we have a duty to protect those children. even one child going missing from the care of the state should concern us but these numbers are really worrying. thank you for your time.— these numbers are really worrying. thank you for your time. the headlines on bbc news: nicola sturgeon says a transgender woman convicted of rape will not serve her sentence in an all—female prison in scotland. the home secretary decides to row back on reforms designed to prevent another windrush—style scandal. 11 people are reported to have died across ukraine after russian drone and missile attacks, just a day after germany and the us agreed to supply the country with battle tanks.

let's get more on the news that the home secretary is going back on commitments made after the windrush scandal. suella braverman has said she will not establish a commissioner, create powers or whole reconciliation events with the windrush community. this followed a scathing review into how the scandal unfolded. joining me is the guardian reporter who first broke the story backin reporter who first broke the story back in 2018, and author of the windrush betrayal. thanks for coming on the programme. in a couple of sentences, please remind us what this was all about, the original scandal. in this was all about, the original scandal. :: ' j~ this was all about, the original scandal. :: ' j~ , .., this was all about, the original scandal. ::'j~ , . ., scandal. in 2018, it became clear that the government _ scandal. in 2018, it became clear that the government over - scandal. in 2018, it became clear that the government over a i scandal. in 2018, it became clear. that the government over a number scandal. in 2018, it became clear- that the government over a number of years had mistakenly mis—categorised

thousands of people living in the uk entirely legally as illegal immigrants. the vast majority of those were people who had come to the uk in the i950s and 1960s as young children from caribbean countries or other commonwealth countries or other commonwealth countries and they had been, decades later, told by the home office that they were here as over stairs or immigration offenders —— overstayers. that decision had catastrophic consequences, a lot of people lost their jobs, catastrophic consequences, a lot of people lost theirjobs, told they were not eligible for nhs health care, some people were wrongly detained in detention centres and a small number of people were wrongly deported to countries that they had left decades earlier.— left decades earlier. thanks in part to our left decades earlier. thanks in part to your reporting — left decades earlier. thanks in part to your reporting that _ left decades earlier. thanks in part to your reporting that so _ left decades earlier. thanks in part to your reporting that so many i left decades earlier. thanks in part to your reporting that so many of. to your reporting that so many of those details came out and people will remember it was a huge issue that got a lot of coverage. in the

wake of that, a set of recommendations, 30 recommendations about how to effectively try and avoid something like that and try to make amends, and we now hear that some of those recommendations are not going to be implemented. what do you make of that?— you make of that? when these recommendations _ you make of that? when these recommendations were - you make of that? when these recommendations were first i you make of that? when these i recommendations were first made by wendy williams, the inspector who first investigated what had gone wrong within the home office, priti patel said she would adopt all 30 of them, she said she would see a comprehensive reform of the home office and she wanted to see our immigration system transformed into something that was compassionate and fairer. i think it's true to say we haven't seen that report yet and the independent inspector wendy williams was quite critical last year when she reviewed how well the home office was doing in implementing the policies but at least last year they were attempting to fulfil these

commitments. we learned that the guardian earlier this month that three really critical recommendations have been simply drop by suella braverman and it emerges that nine of the recommendations they admit that they have not met, so this announcement todayis have not met, so this announcement today is really bad news for a lot of the people who were affected by the scandal, who are still waiting on the government to fulfil many, many pledges that it has made to do right by those people affected. ijust want i just want to give you the ijust want to give you the response from the government. thea;r i just want to give you the response from the government.— i just want to give you the response from the government. they say, we are making — from the government. they say, we are making progress _ from the government. they say, we are making progress towards - from the government. they say, we are making progress towards the i from the government. they say, we i are making progress towards the vast majority of those recommendations from wendy williams's report and believe there are "more meaningful ways of achieving a very small

number of others." number of others. " "through this number of others." "through this work, we will make sure similar injustices can never be repeated and are creating a home office where of every community it serves." the parents of a girl from derby — who died after inhaling aerosol deodorant — are warning others of the potential dangers. i4—year—old georgia green had a cardiac arrest after spraying the deodorant in her bedroom. her parents say they're now aware of other young people accidentally dying after inhaling deodorant and they want clearer warnings on product labels. caroline lowbridge has more. georgia was just a bundle ofjoy. she just lived to laugh, lived to telljokes and a very talented and creative young lady. paul's daughter, georgia, died after inhaling aerosol deodorant.

she had autism and was spraying the deodorant in her bedroom because she found the smell comforting. i got here and there where police and ambulances all over the place. it's just a terrible, horrible feeling to just be so helpless. now georgia's family want to warn other people about the dangers of aerosol deodorants. i had no idea that you could use something as innocent—seeming as deodorant and that it could stop your heart. georgia's parents want clearer warnings on cans of deodorant. by law, all aerosol deodorants must be printed with the words "keep out of reach of children", but georgia's parents believe the writing is too small for most people to notice.

most also have the warning "solvent abuse can kill instantly", but georgia's parents believe it should say that "solvent use can kill instantly", because georgia was not abusing deodorant. the british aerosol manufacturers association said... if our efforts can stop even one more person dying, i can't say we'd be happy, but we feel that georgia's death won't be in vain.

0ur awareness of plastic pollution may be relatively recent, but the types of plastics washed up on our shores are not. decades—old mobile phones and lids from sweet tubes are just some of the litter that's been found on the english coast, as our environment correspondent, paul murphy, reports from flamborough in east yorkshire. the spectacular sight of an east coast winter tide. oh, that's fishing line. but it brings with it little reminders of a planet damaged by plastic. they actually think that we only roughly find about 15, 15%, of the litter out at sea. picking up the pieces is an endless task. collected in recent months, some of this was thrown away more than 50 years ago. materials like plastics are extremely durable. they take literally hundreds and hundreds

of years to break down, so, for example, take a plastic bottle you drink out of, it takes roughly 450 years to break down in the sea. so we always collect whatever we can. it's a fantastic way to show people what a problem plastics and other materials are in the sea. and everyone always laughs when i say this, but i was born in 1993, so a lot of this is absolutely older than i am. the litter is bad enough to look at, but the real problems start with the plastic when it begins to slowly break down in sea water, into tiny particles. micro—plastics, as they're known, have been found in supermarket shellfish and in human tissue. we know that micro—plastics are in our diet. our own work has looked in lungs and found micro—plastics deep inside patients' lungs. other studies have found micro—plastics in blood, the liver and several other organs

as well, so we know now they get into our bodies. in terms of the impacts of that, and whether there are any, we really don't know. but on the coast at hornsea, they're trying to find solutions. the town wants to be a plastic—free community. the motto at this shop is refill, not landfill. customers can shop with us fully circular, so they can either bring their own containers or we have containers for them to borrow. we do repurpose jars as well that people donate to us, so there's no need for landfill at all. everything goes into the pots and then comes back round again to us for recycling. a ban on single—use plastics, including cutlery and certain types of polystyrene, comes into force in england this autumn. more and more people are crying out for plastic—free alternatives for less single—use products and we are seeing that change in our behaviour. this needs to be a societal change.

but replacing a material on which there is such reliance has been a slow process. it could be many years before these tides are plastic—free. paul murphy, bbc news, east yorkshire. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren. we've had a northerly breeze in east yorkshire. tomorrow looks like a dry day for much of the country and we will see some sunshine at times. there was some sunshine earlier today, you had to be more towards western areas and more shower to see the best of the breaks in the cloud. high pressure is in charge of the weather but around it we've had a northerly wind of the north sea and thatis northerly wind of the north sea and that is continuing to fade in cloud and some showers this evening and into the night, across eastern parts of england. for scotland, will see the cloud clearing and temperatures

dropping in the cloud breaking up modern northern ireland so frost in these areas, could be —4 celsius in glasgow. for much of england and wales, we escape a frost because they could be cloud but we will see they could be cloud but we will see the cloud breaking up tomorrow morning and any overnight showers won't last long in the winds would be a strong us today so some showers at times for england and wales. a chilly start for scotland and northern ireland, some sunshine but it earns more cloudy from the northwest, a bit of drizzle in the highlands ahead of the main rain band that arrives probably after dark and temperatures tomorrow between 6 celsius and 8 celsius. as we head into the weekend, we've got that band of rain on that weather front which will sink southwards overnight into saturday but getting swallowed by that high pressure so they will be little or no rain left by saturday. we got a band of rain moving into wales, a bit of dampness but to the south some sunshine and following the band of cloud for scotland and northern ireland, a few

showers in the far northwest perhaps. temperatures near average for the time of year, 7 celsius or 8 celsius. second half of the weekend might turn milder, we are seeing high pressure retreating, some stronger winds coming round from the atlantic on the top of that and weatherfronts bringing some rain. before that arrives, some sunshine across england and wales, it will cloud over from the north and that weather front will bring this rain, mainly for scotland, some for northern ireland followed by blustery showers in the far northwest. but it will be a milder day, temperatures will be higher, likely to be double figures in scotland and northern ireland, but it will turn windier through the day, especially for the northern half of the uk and we could have winds gusting over 60 mph in the far north of scotland so quite a windy end to the weekend. looking into next week, northern parts of the uk will be windy at times, a little bit of rain at times and some showers. further south, of rain at times and some showers. furthersouth, it of rain at times and some showers. further south, it might well be dry with some sunshine at times and if

anything, it's on the mild side. background this is bbc news. the headlines nicola sturgeon says a transgender woman convicted of rape will not serve her sentence in an all—female prison in scotland.

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