this is bbc news. the headlines — more than eight days — or two hundred hours — after the earthquakes hit turkey and syria, there are still more survivors being rescued from the rubble. this footage is from the hatay region in turkey. after days of struggling to get aid into syria, the country's government agrees to open more border crossings to allow better access. the un secretary—general says more needs to be done to help syrians. we all know that life—saving aid is not getting in at the speed and scale needed. the skill of this

the scale of this disaster. the police watchdog says two police officers should be exposure against former policeman wayne couzens. a father who shook his two month old baby so violently he died has beenjailed for nearly eight years. millions of households will face an increase in their council tax from april, with three quarters of english councils with social care duties planning a 5% rise. and — buckingham palace says the controversial koh—i—noor diamond, will not be used in the coronation this may. instead camilla, the queen consort will wear queen mary's crown. the united nations has welcomed a decision by syria's president,

assad, to open two more border crossings from turkey, to help the flow of aid. millions of people on both sides of the border are living in the open or in makeshift camps after devastating earthquakes last week. two brothers aged 17 and 21 were today pulled from the rubble in turkey, almost 200 hours after last week's quake. the focus now is on getting desperately needed aid and medical supplies to survivors. our correspondent caroline davies is in southern turkey, and reports from a hospital damaged in the disaster. the final glimmers of this family's hope, gone. after days of waiting, a body was found. "father, father," they scream, as they follow the rescuers. this metres—high pile of rubble was once an intensive care unit and wards of a hospital.

beds, medical notes and machinery, twisted and buried. the rescuers say they believe 300 people were in here when the earthquake hit. they don't know for certain how many got out alive. people are angry about what's happened here, not least because of a report that was published on the health ministry's website in 2012, over a decade ago. when they did an earthquake resistance test on this block, the result, it says, was negative. this man works as a translator. his grandmother and brother were inside the hospital. this is all the fault of a person or people, and the government, of course. i would clearly say that, because it is obvious. everyone can see that. this is not destiny, this is fault. as bulldozers shift rubble, across the earthquake zone, many are asking could more have been done?

in syria, the true devastation is still being discovered. these satellite images show the city ofjenderez before the earthquake — and after. thousands of children faced on 6th february a crisis within a crisis where they continue to face complex situation, of displacement, of fear and extreme cold weather. stories like these are what every person waiting for news hopes for. a 17—year—old rescued alive from the rubble. his brother shortly afterwards. 198 hours trapped. but these rescues are increasingly rare, and for those that wait, hope is turning to despair. caroline davies reporting from southern turkey. over a week on from the earthquake more stories of survirors being pulled from the rubble are emerging from southern turkey.

these pictures show two women being rescued in the city of hatay, turkey. they are among at least five survivors reportedly rescued on from the rubble. un secretary general antonio guterres has been speaking this afternoon, to launch an appeal to help earthquake victims in syria, where the disaster has killed thousands of people and left millions more in desperate need of aid. let's hear what he had to say the syrian effort brings together the syrian effort brings together the entire system and humanitarian partners and help secure desperately needed life—saving relief for nearly 5 million syrians, including health care, food and protection. the most effective way to stand with the people is by providing this emergency abilities. life—saving aid is not been coming in at the speed and skill needed in the skill of

this disaster is at a loss in recent memory. 0ne this disaster is at a loss in recent memory. one week after the devastating earthquakes, millions of people across the region are struggling for survival, homeless and in freezing temperatures. you're doing all we can to change this but much is needed. and we have a message to the international community. the human suffering from this natural disaster should not be made even worse by man—made obstacles. excess, funding, supplies. aid must be given from all sides to all sites of all routes without any restrictions. as we speak, and 11 truck convoys on the move with many more to come. as a commission for arrested,

move with many more to come. as a commission forarrested, i move with many more to come. as a commission for arrested, i witnessed an enormous generosity and humanity of the syrian people, receiving and protecting refugees from neighbouring countries and sharing with them their limited resources. the spirit of generosity must be matched now by the global community. i urge member states and others to fully fund these efforts without delay and help millions of children, women and men whose lives have been uprooted by these disasters. let's talk now with henri j. barkey — henri is professor of international relations at lehigh university in the usa — and adjunct senior fellow for middle east studies at the council on foreign relations. thank you so much for speaking to us. we have seen day after day over the past week or so, the effect on peoples lives in turkey and syria

these terrible earthquakes, how would you assess the quickest effect on the politics of each of these countries? iii on the politics of each of these countries?— on the politics of each of these countries? if the separate syria from turkey — countries? if the separate syria from turkey and _ countries? if the separate syria from turkey and the _ countries? if the separate syria from turkey and the sins - countries? if the separate syria from turkey and the sins that l countries? if the separate syria . from turkey and the sins that syria has been run by very authoritarian regime for a long time in the regions of the earthquake hit, you already had a rebellion that started in 2011 and so it does not have control over the area, and controls the border posts and they finally agreed to open up some border posts for aid to come in. turkey is more interesting because you had a president who is been in powerfor 20 years now, more than 20 years and he is to to face the 14th and while he is to to face the 14th and while he was doing 0k before the earthquake, the size of the earthquake, the size of the earthquake and the calamity in the number of casualties suggests that

he really is in deep trouble and there's a great deal against the government and him and just about everything from his palace. figs government and him and just about everything from his palace.- everything from his palace. as you brin: u- everything from his palace. as you bring up the _ everything from his palace. as you bring up the president, _ everything from his palace. as you bring up the president, he - everything from his palace. as you bring up the president, he has- everything from his palace. as you | bring up the president, he has been speaking president erdogan sing the words were earthquakes of modern turkish history happened on the same day. when in 1999 and the power of the two earthquakes, the two recent ones were as big as atomic bombs. going back to that earthquake that happened in turkey a bit over 20 years ago, is there a real feel that the country has failed to learn lessons from what happened back then? . , . ., lessons from what happened back then? . . ., ., ., then? that is correct. point to two thins, then? that is correct. point to two things. my — then? that is correct. point to two things. my need — then? that is correct. point to two things, my need for _ then? that is correct. point to two things, my need for special -

things, my need for special earthquake tax acts and people really do not know what happened to that moneyjust really do not know what happened to that money just to really do not know what happened to that moneyjust to give you an indication, the state funded organisation, something called af ad has had its budget cut significantly this year. and those is a habit in turkey building a building and the story apartment building and then you have three more flows, illegally in the government legalised tens of thousands of illegal buildings and many of them perished. and now, there's going to be an accounting of why didn't you allow for this buildings to be legitimised, legalised when they were deconstructed and clearly come up very, very susceptible to earthquake damage? they will be a backlash now and the backlash is going to get

worse and worse as time goes by. the number of dead is not being put at over 40,000. that is in both turkey and syria and the fear is that that number is just going to go and syria and the fear is that that number isjust going to go up. there are elections in turkey in may and president erdogan might well face a backlash there. what about and syria? the president said the two more border crossings can be opened to allow a and from turkey. what does this earthquake due to the presence control of his country and his reach in the region that is been hit by the earthquake in the hands of operation groups? that hit by the earthquake in the hands of operation groups?— hit by the earthquake in the hands of operation groups? that is a great cuestion. of operation groups? that is a great question- we _ of operation groups? that is a great question. we really _ of operation groups? that is a great question. we really do _ of operation groups? that is a great question. we really do not - of operation groups? that is a great question. we really do not know. i of operation groups? that is a great| question. we really do not know. he doesn't control all the area and this is going to give them an opportunity to offer an olive branch

to the people there and say look, that's a by concert bygones and start rebuilding the country? it is hard to see that happening because at the end of the day, she is more interested in regime survival than anything else in the he thinks there is a danger of opening up to the rebels, i suspect he will not do it in some ways, the rebels have been weakened by this earthquake, more so than the president, it's the rebel areas that have been affected. in a way, it is an advantage for him against the rebels. so, i'm not really optimistic that much else is going to happen from this event for future syria, unfortunately. it sounds like these two huge earthquakes could reshape the

political situation in turkey but not in syria. political situation in turkey but not in syria-— political situation in turkey but not in syria. that is correct. it is much more _ not in syria. that is correct. it is much more likely _ not in syria. that is correct. it is much more likely that _ not in syria. that is correct. it is much more likely that it - not in syria. that is correct. it is much more likely that it will - much more likely that it will reshape things in turkey. i suspect even say almost definitively but this can shift politics in turkey forever. you mentioned 40,000 dead in both countries, i suspect that number is going to go much higher. they have not reached all the buildings and areas in villages that have yet to be reached by rescue squads and all these buildings that fell like pancakes and we do not know how many people in those buildings. and i suspect the numbers are going to go much higher in the higher numbers, the greater the accounting. higher numbers, the greater the accounting-— higher numbers, the greater the accounting. higher numbers, the greater the accountinu. . ~ , . ., accounting. thank you very much for that. that accounting. thank you very much for

that- that is — accounting. thank you very much for that. that is professor, _ accounting. thank you very much for that. that is professor, thank- accounting. thank you very much for that. that is professor, thank you i that. that is professor, thank you very much for your time. millions of households are facing an increase in their council tax from april, as local authorities try to balance their books. the county councils network found three—quarters of english councils with social care duties that have published budget details are planning a 5% hike. this is the maximum allowed without a local vote, and would add £100 a year to bills for average band d properties. the government said councils should consider money pressures on residents. with me now is councillor adam hug — who is the labour leader of westminster city council. has westminster decided on how much it's going to be increasing council tax and if so, what is it? we have increased — tax and if so, what is it? we have increased the _ tax and if so, what is it? we have increased the rate _ tax and if so, what is it? we have increased the rate and _ tax and if so, what is it? we have increased the rate and levering i tax and if so, what is it? we have l increased the rate and levering the aduu increased the rate and levering the adult social care precept in order

to fund specific social care. we understand this is an the efficiencies that we've been able to achieve in the income generation that we are able to get an a place like westminster to try to help us make that phrase to make sure that we have low counsel tax for our residents. we recognise the enormous pressures that the sector under due to the lack of government funding to meet the skill of challenge posed by inflation in 30 of austerity that they have faced stop by the lead to increased council tax by up to 5%. one because of inflation and the 0ne because of inflation and the others the pressures of social care, people living longer and needing more assistance. isn't this a very difficult message to give those to householders who are facing rising costs, rising energy bills, real pressures on the budgets?

absolutely. it's very clear that central government is giving local government a hospital past year. devolving the blame for the failure for central government to come with the necessary funds to meet the inflation pressures and fully deal with the pressures of social care than being building year on year and ultimately, we know adult social care can make a huge difference but the lives of the people that we are providing care to but also taking the pressures of the nhs and the government has delayed its plans for reform of the sector and ultimately, asking local council taxpayers to pick up the burden for that and everything else. where is they should be working with us to come of the solution. 50 should be working with us to come of the solution-— the solution. so you have frozen and are auoin the solution. so you have frozen and are going to — the solution. so you have frozen and are going to freeze _ the solution. so you have frozen and are going to freeze council— the solution. so you have frozen and are going to freeze council taxes i are going to freeze council taxes next year. are you going to be able to go on providing adult social care at the same level that you've been doing? at the same level that you've been doin: ? ~ , , at the same level that you've been doin:? ~ , ~ ., ., doing? absolutely. we have frozen the main rate _ doing? absolutely. we have frozen

the main rate of— doing? absolutely. we have frozen the main rate of counsel— doing? absolutely. we have frozen the main rate of counsel tax i doing? absolutely. we have frozen the main rate of counsel tax while | the main rate of counsel tax while we are leveraging social care precept such as the manacles directly into supporting adult social care. so, while we have been able to do that is westminster was fortunate enough to have opportunities for raising revenue from commercial income that other counsellors cannot and so that helps her budget but we've also been efficient in terms that we are managing our money and there is been painful cuts that are having to take place in westminster for many years but we are having to find significant amounts of money run 26 million that we are having to save and invest in new priorities. so, the real challenge to find that the sheer and more challenges will come in the years ahead. but we are in a position we can find other ways to bridge some of that gap. ultimately, we are doing that because locally, it's a responsibility of the government to step up and provide greater support to local councils

here in london and across the country to deal with the cost—of—living crisis and deal with the inflationary pressures and deal with the legacy of underfunding of local government over the last 13 years. local government over the last 13 ears. �* , ., local government over the last 13 ears. �* . years. but you are freezing the standard rate _ years. but you are freezing the standard rate of— years. but you are freezing the standard rate of counsel i years. but you are freezing the standard rate of counsel tax i years. but you are freezing the i standard rate of counsel tax that you are increasing the tax that is levelled for adult social care. and how much is that in westminster? how much does that go up by? zs how much is that in westminster? how much does that go up by?— much does that go up by? 2% rise which means _ much does that go up by? 296 rise which means we _ much does that go up by? 296 rise which means we are _ much does that go up by? 296 rise which means we are forgoing i much does that go up by? 296 rise which means we are forgoing the | which means we are forgoing the 3% rise on the main rate than many of the councils are having to do in the government is built into its base position for saying how much money they have to use. they're simultaneously assuming that all councils were raised by the 45% and ready to tell people that they're giving extra investment to local authority and saying that you should think about helping people in these difficult times. they're not being straight with local people and trying to devolve playing to local government for their failures and we are looking westminster to be able

to push back against that and deal with this at the height of the cost—of—living crisis were also making an investment in things like free school meals for our young people in cost—of—living fund that is helping people most in need this winter. we are in a fortunate position for what we were able to do as a counsel and also the benefits we have of being in westminster but we have of being in westminster but we recognise that it is a really tough time travelling out there in local government and we are making the case. following the scenes at last seasons' champions league final in paris, where fans were penned in and teargassed — liverpool says football's regulators must implement all the recommendations made in the independent report into what happened. the report looked into the chaotic scenes that occurred at the stade de france in may — concluding that it was "remarkable" that no—one died. it cleared liverpool fans and laid the blame at the feet of uefa and the french authorities.

well, let's speak now to tony evans, who's a sports writer at the independent, and a liverpool supporter. he joins us from central london. what did you think of the conclusions of this report? the conclusions — conclusions of this report? the conclusions of _ conclusions of this report? tue: conclusions of basically conclusions of this report? tte: conclusions of basically what conclusions of this report? t'te: conclusions of basically what we knew. he knew on the day that the authorities really made a mess of this and it's great because obviously, there were a lot of football fans and people outside football fans and people outside football that saw supporters causing trouble but that's a troop of death is confirmed in the main thing is we need is for the authorities to look deeply into this and make sure that these systemic problems in both organisations change and did not happen again because people in football matches in france in particular, over europe and we need

to stop this and make sure that these are same for everyone stop you save your systemic problems, where the systemic? 0f save your systemic problems, where the systemic? of they knew that this was not a seated venue after the 2006 champions league final between barcelona and arsenal. and he said he would never have it there again. by he would never have it there again. by the time doesn't come around, they have forgotten about that. so, they have forgotten about that. so, they knew quite well the french authorities, any football fan was been to paris most of france knows what it's like to deal with this with football supporters and they are a threat to public safety in the tear gas and this happens all the time, most of the time it's not a big event like a champions league final and a lot of clubs are played

in europe will testify to the treatments they get from police forces across france in particular. in places like spain. that forces across france in particular. in places like spain.— in places like spain. that is the culture of— in places like spain. that is the culture of policing. _ in places like spain. that is the culture of policing. but - in places like spain. that is the culture of policing. but above l in places like spain. that is the l culture of policing. but above the stadium itself and its construction? it is a terrible position for approaching it. from the fans, three subways were just squeezes in the organisation of it was particularly gruesome. when you consider this was a stadium where there was an attempted terrorist attack not too long ago and yet, hundreds of local youths were allowed to break into the stadium without tickets, failure of security is on a massive level and threatens everyone. every family goes into the stadium and the way they allowed the build—up of people

and frankly terrifying crushes can be avoided so easily with a bit of planning. you with his own planning group was marginalised for this, so since the report. and that is absolutely, it is mind—boggling because they should be the people of the most experience in organising football matches and yet, for them to be marginalised, the whole thing was an absolute mess and there's no excuse to say that it was a short—term notice because they had to take it away from st. petersburg because what happened in ukraine. this is a stadium that is held enough to convince that people should know all of its strengths and all of its weaknesses but they continue to lead its weaknesses go unaddressed. just continue to lead its weaknesses go unaddressed-_ unaddressed. just briefly, they're callinu unaddressed. just briefly, they're callin: for unaddressed. just briefly, they're calling for your — unaddressed. just briefly, they're calling for your wafer _ unaddressed. just briefly, they're calling for your wafer to - unaddressed. just briefly, they're calling for your wafer to accept i unaddressed. just briefly, they're| calling for your wafer to accept all of the 21 recommendations and how confident are you that way for will

do this and actually implement them? i'm never confident with anything with your wafer because really when they try to do as little as possible and its organisation that really is not fit for purpose and its massive reform. we have appointments friends to senior positions and it is a mess. i have no confidence but we need to keep up the pressure on your wafer in the french authorities to make sure that is the most important thing that fans in the future did not get put in danger. liverpool supporter. thank you so much. news communion, a copy sent in ljy much. news communion, a copy sent in by one of our correspondence. it says that the uk foreign office and said it supporting the family of a british man who has died in ukraine. the man has not been identified and

officials have said they are in contact with local ukrainian authorities in the man's family has requested privacy. he is the eighth british man to die in ukraine since the russian invasion and we know that many volunteer fighters and aid workers from the uk have travelled to the conflict. so, that comes from our correspondent and a british man identified has died in ukraine. more news coming in from the earthquakes in turkey and in syria. we hear that a 15—year—old syrian girl has been rescued alive from rubble in turkey's province. bear in mind that these earthquakes happened eight days ago and—year—old syrian man has been rescued alive from the rubble

and the city and it's about 200 hours or more since these deadly quakes. these rescues feel miraculous but in these cases, it seems that miracles do happen and people are still being pulled out alive despite their terrible and desperate ordeal. 0k, alive despite their terrible and desperate ordeal. ok, let's move on. a man who fatally shook his new—born son has been jailed at bristol crown court — marcus carter pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of his 10—week—old son at a hearing at the same court last month. he's been sentenced to seven years and eight months in prison. 0ur west of england correspondent, danjohnson, can tell us more about it. yes, emergency services recalled in

august 2022 a house in bristol. that what he found _ august 2022 a house in bristol. that what he found this _ august 2022 a house in bristol. t'tat what he found this ten—week—old baby boy with marcus and the baby was taken to hospitaljust 11 days later he died. he was unable to explain exactly how the baby boy had come by his injuries but when he was presented with forensic evidence, cctv and some evidence from witnesses, he did eventually confessed that he was responsible for the boys death and that he had shaken this baby boy to death. his own sun, his newborn sun, the name of the baby boy is not been released at the request of the family but after pleading guilty to manslaughter, marcus has been sentenced to seven years and eight months in prison. and he was read a victim personal statement from the babies mother sing these last few years have been nothing but a living nightmare that is been torture. my heart x every day and the pain is unbearable. herson's heart x every day and the pain is unbearable. her son's life had been stolen from the ifjust

unbearable. her son's life had been stolen from the if just ten unbearable. her son's life had been stolen from the ifjust ten weeks old, he had been robbed of the chance to grow up and have a childhood, to go to school and university, to become a father and experience life for himself and the chief investigating officer, the chief investigating officer, the chief inspector from somerset police as it was a truly tragic case and that the force that marcus had used for whatever reason was completely disproportionate and let to the catastrophic injuries. he said marcus carter had not given any full explanation of what happened that day and why he had shaken his own sun to death. the ruling party, get the most corrupt organisation in the world. this was the scene and delete where police prevented people from entering or leaving the building and this came years after the government

shared clips for the documentary aired in the uk when he was the states chief minister. the income tax authorities in now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz. tuesday was officially the warmest day of the year so far with temperatures between 16 and 17

celsius in mid—wales and for us, it was not quite so mild and with the light winds and clear skies, it is once again going to turn very chilly. this is the forecast overnight in the clear skies in england and wales and the bitterness of mr falconer here and there and temperatures will drop quite rapidly and out towards the west, different story, weatherfront and out towards the west, different story, weather front is approaching that this building for belfast in western scotland early in the morning quite a bit milder here and there and temperatures will drop quite rapidly and out towards the west, different story, weatherfront is approaching that this building for belfast in western scotland early in the morning quite a bit milderfor perhaps early in the morning quite a bit milder for perhaps cardiff, liverpool and some rain infrastructure but by the time the weather from which a bit of rain for perhaps cardiff, liverpool and some rain infrastructure but by the time the weather from which the mittens and certainly is angry at the southeast, it will pretty

more than eight days or 200 hours after the earthquake hit turkey and syria. there are still more survivors being rescued from the rubble. this footage is from the province in turkey. the police were urged all exposed to police officers should be investigated over the failure to check allegations of indecent exposure over former policeman wayne couzens. a father who shook his two—month—old baby so violently he died has been jailed for nearly eight years. millions of households will face an increase in their council tax from april with three quarters of english councils with social care duties planning a 5% rise. and buckingham palace says the controversial diamond will not be used in the coronation this may. instead camilla, the queen consort, will wear queen mary's crown.

sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc good afternoon. manchester city manager pep guardiola has apologised for comments he made about former liverpool captain steven gerrard. last week city were hit with over a 100 premier league charges over alleged breaches of financial rules. guardiola then referred to gerrard's infamous slip against chelsea in 2014 which led to city winning the title, asking "was that our fault?" i am ashamed of myself, what i said, because he doesn't deserve it. i truly believe my comments were said in my press conference about defending my club, but i didn't represent my club well. putting his name in these stupid comments, so i apologise, i said to him personally, but i comment publicly, i have to do it here as well. i am so sorry for him,

for his wife, kids, family, because it was stupid. eight days after being sacked by leeds united jesse marsch has emerged as southampton's preferred choice to replace nathan jones as manager. marsch left leeds after less than a year in charge and with the club above the relegation zone only on goal difference following a seven—game winless run in the league. meanwhile southampton sacked manager nathanjones on sunday after a 2—1 defeat at home to wolves, and only three months in charge. saints are bottom of the table, three points from safety. the champions league knockout stages begin tonight with tottenham looking to bounce back from their premier league defeat to leicester at the weekend, when they face ac milan. spurs are missing several key players for their trip to the san siro, including rodrigo bentancur who is out for the season with a knee injury. antonio conte though has called on his squad to come together, despite their many injuries. in the last seven days we had four serious injuries.

for this reason, i think, to stay together is very important and to try, in this type of situation, to create the right speed, to help each other much more than before, to overcome this difficult period. the bowler missed against pakistan in december because he was on paternity leave. james anderson will get the chance to eclipse their most

prolific bowling partnership in history this week. 0pening match of the two test series it's been an eventful day for ronnie 0'sullivan, his tip has come off twice in his match against ross muir .. 0'sullivan booked his place in the third round with a 4—3 win. 0'sullivan booked his place in the third round with a 4—3 win. will even the crowd of the people, it's just not fair. so we'll have to just wait and see and just, yeah. it never happened to me before. first time for everything.

there's been a big shock at snooker�*s welsh 0pen with the two—time champion neil robertson crashing out. the australian failed to get on the board as he lost 4—0 to wales' own dominic dale in llandudno. another former winner, china's ding junhui, has also been knocked out. and that's all your sports for now. another extraordinary rescue in southern turkey. you should be able to see the moment when a survivor who has been trapped under the rubble for over 208 hours is brought out. see the person wearing a neck brace. we think it is a woman. now at some point they waved to rescuers after being found alive. just

breathtaking pictures of somebody being able to survive in those conditions for so long. and although these scenes are becoming much less frequent, they are happening. there is news today also of a 65—year—old syrian man and a young girl, a teenager, also being rescued from the rubble of a building in turkey, and again, well over 200 hours after the earthquakes struck the region. so in a region devastated by these quakes, where the outlook is so bleak, for so many, these moments are completely miraculous and so uplifting for everybody involved. millions of households are facing an increase

in their council tax from april, as local authorities try to balance their books. the county council's network found three—quarters of english councils with social care duties that have published budget details are planning a 5% hike. this is the maximum allowed without a local vote, and would add £100 a year to bills for average band d properties. the government said councils should consider money pressures on residents. let's get more on this with our political correspondent alex forsyth, who is in westtminister. news of rising bills keep to keep coming doesn't it? just the background to this, it was last autumn during the autumn statement that the chancellorjeremy hunt said local councils in england who are responsible for social care could put council tax up by 5% from this april to help them fund the cost of services.

we know are under strain. that will vary depending on where people live. the condos next year are getting more funding from the government, but when you take into account the pressures on the social care service which we've talked about many times as well as the impact that inflation is having on council budgets as well as peoples own personal finances, council budgets as well as peoples own personalfinances, a lot of them are having to make use of the ability to put up counsel tax to generate more income rather than cut services. they say they don't want to do it because they know about the cost of living pressures that people are facing but they say they have little choice. the bottom line of all that is despite the fact councils are getting more money this year from the government, people are also going to get a bigger counsel tax bill. ., . , also going to get a bigger counsel tax bill. ., ., , ., also going to get a bigger counsel tax bill. ., . , ., _, . , tax bill. how many of the councils are looking _ tax bill. how many of the councils are looking to _ tax bill. how many of the councils are looking to go _ tax bill. how many of the councils are looking to go up _ tax bill. how many of the councils are looking to go up to _ tax bill. how many of the councils are looking to go up to this i are looking to go up to this 5% increase?

are looking to go up to this 596 increase? ., are looking to go up to this 596 increase?— increase? overall there are a councils in — increase? overall there are a councils in england _ increase? overall there are a councils in england that i increase? overall there are a councils in england that have j increase? overall there are a i councils in england that have so park publish their budget proposals for next year. that's out of the hundred and 52 in total that have responsibility for social care. of those, all but one say they are going to put up counsel tax and most of them 84 say they are going to go for this maximum 5% rise. as i say, relate, how much extra and bills will vary depending on where in the country you are, but your average is going to be about £100 extra year. some of those other councils have yet to decide what the going to do so at the moment were looking at the majority. it is worth saying that when the governments talk about the money to giving the councils next year they say there's a 9% increase next year compared to the year that we've just had, next year compared to the year that we'vejust had, but next year compared to the year that we've just had, but that doesn't suit that councils are going to increase counsel tax as well. so you can see the pressures they are, of course the local authorities say they are facing but as we know and as we've talked about this does mean more pressure for households too.

emily lewis died in august of 162020 after the rig she and 20 other passengers were in hit something at 40 miles an hour. the owner of the company was found guilty to operate a boat safely. tt company was found guilty to operate a boat safely-— a boat safely. it was supposed to be an adrenaline _ a boat safely. it was supposed to be an adrenaline filled _ a boat safely. it was supposed to be an adrenaline filled summer - a boat safely. it was supposed to be an adrenaline filled summer day i a boat safely. it was supposed to be an adrenaline filled summer day of. an adrenaline filled summer day of fun. jumping over the weeks of ships and fast turns on this rib in southampton water when this happened. fih southampton water when this happened-— southampton water when this happened._ the i southampton water when this | happened._ the rig southampton water when this - happened._ the rig which happened. oh my god! the rig which had been on — happened. oh my god! the rig which had been on a _ happened. oh my god! the rig which had been on a series _ happened. oh my god! the rig which had been on a series of— happened. oh my god! the rig which had been on a series of high-speed i had been on a series of high—speed twist and turns hit the buoy at the equivalent of 40 miles an hour.

these images were taken by a woman on a passing carferry. two of these images were taken by a woman on a passing car ferry. two of the passengers on board were flung into the water. 11 people were injured. the most serious was 15—year—old emily lewis. she was with her mum, dad, and sister when she was rammed into a metal handrail. she later died in the hospital. the skipper of the rig was michael lawrence. here in a selfie he took before his vessel hit the buoy. the buoy itself spans nearly five metres out of the water. witnesses told the jury that lawrence directed the boat towards it at a high speed in a straight line for several seconds before the collision. lawrence later told his wife that his visor had blown up and his vision had temporarily been blocked. this was what was left of the rig. another of the other ten passengers on board were also injured. the police later re—enacted

the ribs movement to give the jury an idea of the speed involved. in this case, officers were able to cut the engines and avoid the buoy. 0n the engines and avoid the buoy. 0n the day emily died, this life—saving manoeuvre did not take place. michael lawrence was today cleared of emily's manslaughter, but he was convicted of failing to maintain a proper lookout and failing to proceed at a safe speed. michael howley owns the company behind the ribs. he was today found guilty of feeling to make sure the vessel was operated safely. after the verdict, the prosecutor you've revealed michael's vessels have been involved in three other accidents over a 10—year period. none of them lead criminal cases. in one incident, a man was paid £300,000 after he suffered severe injuries. michael howley and michael lawrence will be

sentenced next month. it will be two and a half years after emily's accident which had started as an exhilarating day of fun but became a family tragedy. the car manufacturer ford has announced major restructuration in europe, with 1,300 job cuts affecting the uk — most of them at its research site in essex. according to the chairman in uk, tim slatter, the factors for these cuts are the economic uncertainty and the transition towards electric vehicles. 0ur employment correspondent, zoe conway explains why this decision is significant for ford. it is significant because it's about the costs of producing cars in europe. costs are rising, they say, this isn'tjust affecting the uk, more than 2000 jobs are going to go in germany as well, so it's about high inflation in europe,

it's about high energy costs. but, it's also about the company refocusing towards electric vehicle production and what the company is saying is that electric cars are easier to develop rather than combustion engine vehicles and it needs fewer people working in development roles. and that is why the bulk of the jobs that are going are in essex which is where the development team is based. so that is what they are saying is happening. but i think it's important to also bear in mind what else is going on. ford is expanding its production in the united states. 0nly yesterday, it announced a new car battery production facility in michigan, it's producing these batteries with a chinese company, it's going to cost a couple of billion dollars.

it's also worth mentioning that the us government is dangling billions of dollars in subsidies to car—makers that create electric vehicle supply chains, so, green subsidies, if you like. the european union is also considering doing something similar, so the uk government is now under pressure to think about how it is going to develop the car manufacturing industry in this country in the light of what is going on in the eu and in the us. ok, i want to get to the batteries element of this in a moment, but first off, what reaction has there been from the workers whose jobs are at risk? what have they been saying? clearly there is concern. the unite union and the local mp in essex have voiced their concern about what is going to happen to these workers. the government says it wants to work with them to help them to get back

into the labour market, but as i say, a lot of pressure coming now on the government to come up with some sort of idea about how it is going to revive the car industry in this country because it is now at its lowest level in 66 years. just to give you some numbers, 775,000 cars were produced in this country last year, before the pandemic, it was 1.3 million. there has been a big drop recently. earlier we heard from david bailey and he explained some of the reasons behind theirjobs cuts.

my my big concern is that a lot of these job cuts have been at the development centre here in the uk and that means less research and development here going forward. at the moment, ford is piggybacking on the moment, ford is piggybacking on the back of volkswagen technology because they were so far behind. so research and development is being done at volkswagen with ford putting bodies on it. long turn what they are saying a lot of the technology will come from the us and then will be adopted for europe so they will be doing less in europe in general. you remember as well that president biden is putting huge resources into supporting us manufacturing through the inflation reduction act in order to try and re—industrialize and develop new technologies. the eu looking at doing something similar. kind of leads the uk outside of that looking at this on the sidelines and perhaps not doing enough to support the transition electric vehicles.

time for a look at the headlines now here at bbc news. more than eight days or 200 hours after the earthquake hit turkey and syria there are still more survivors being lifted from the rebel. after days of struggling to get aid into syria, the countries government agrees to open more border crossings to allow better access for humanitarian relief. a father who shook his two—month—old baby so violently he died has beenjailed for two—month—old baby so violently he died has been jailed for nearly eight years. the police watchdog has divided that two police officers should be investigated over allegations against former policeman wayne couzens. yesterday he pleaded guilty to three counts of indecent exposure, just four days before he

murdered sarah everard in 2021. he exposed himself at a mcdonald's drive—through encounter. now a metropolitan police constable and police sergeant will face misconduct cases. lucy manning is outside scotland yard for us now. just tell us the significance, lucy of the investigation against these officers? ~ �* , investigation against these officers? ~ 3 , investigation against these officers? �*, , . ., ., officers? well let's be clear what this is. allegations _ officers? well let's be clear what this is. allegations that - officers? well let's be clear what this is. allegations that two i officers? well let's be clear what. this is. allegations that two police officers did not do theirjobs properly. and if they had done, they would have discovered that wayne couzens, a fellow police officer, was a sex offender. if they had done that and possibly even likely he could have been stopped before murdering sarah everard. so what we haveis murdering sarah everard. so what we have is a met police constable under investigation for gross misconduct. that officer was past the car registration details of wayne couzens when he exposed himself at a mcdonald's drive in just days before

murdering sarah. that investigation wasn't completed and that officer is now being investigated for possible failures in that investigation. amazingly, that officer has already resigned from the met. they left last year. so even if it is shown that there was gross misconduct, nothing much is going to happen to them. they've already left the force. the other officer being investigated is from ten to police. there was an allegation in 2015 and exposure, somebody exposing themselves as they were driving in themselves as they were driving in the car. that car was registered to wayne couzens. at that police officer never discovered that wayne couzens was a police officer and didn't even question him. so there is a misconduct allegation they are as well. what's clear is that the indecent exposure buying wayne couzensis indecent exposure buying wayne couzens is being thoroughly investigated now. it'sjust an

absolutely tragic shame but it wasn't properly investigated at the time, and he was left with his police warrant card and his police powers. police warrant card and his police owers. ., ~' police warrant card and his police owers. ., ~ ,, ~ police warrant card and his police owers. . ~ ~ ., ., ., police warrant card and his police owers. . ~ ., ., ., powers. thank you. a national state of emergency _ powers. thank you. a national state of emergency has — powers. thank you. a national state of emergency has been _ powers. thank you. a national state of emergency has been declared i powers. thank you. a national state of emergency has been declared in l of emergency has been declared in new zealand and the wake of cyclone gabrielle. the prime minister said the storm — which caused widespread damage and flooding — is the country's biggest weather event in a century. phil mercer reports. about a third of new zealand's population of 5 million people live in storm—affected regions. for only the third time ever, a national state of emergency has been declared after cyclone gabrielle unleashed its fury. multiple severe weather warnings have been issued. the coast has been battered by gale force winds, heavy rain and wild surf. rivers have burst their banks, trees have been ripped

from the ground and roads closed. civil defence authorities said they couldn't cope with the scale of the damage. this has the potential to be an unprecedented event. it is affecting many regions in many districts and it is asking a lot of a lot of people. the new zealand prime minister has warned that the storm had inflicted widespread devastation. cyclone gabrielle is the most significant weather event new zealand has seen this century. the severity and the breadth of the damage that we are seeing has not been experienced in a generation. this morning we declared a national emergency for only the third time in our history. some communities have been cut off. thousands of new zealanders are without electricity. internet and phone networks have also been disrupted. the authorities have said it could be days if not weeks before power supplies are restored. phil mercer, bbc news, sydney.

buckingham palace says the koh—i—noor diamond will not be used in the coronation on may the 6th. camilla, the queen consort, will wear queen mary's crown, which has been taken out of the tower of london to be re—sized —— but it will not feature the controversial gem, which was seized in india in 1849, and given to queen victoria. earlier, the bbc presenter anita anand, who has co—written the book "koh—i—noor: the story of the world's most infamous diamond", told us more. i don't know whether the theory is that as a spouse your disposable, but no reigning monarch has worked.

because one suspects this whole idea of the curse has been quite adhered to. so it came over in 1850 and queen victoria received it. she was really nervous about wearing it. she kept writing saying is a curse? are you positive it's not going to do terrible things to me? it was prevented in 1951 at the great exhibition it rarely failed to shine in anybody�*s eyes because it was a big flattop and big sloppy sides. and that's why prince albert decided it was a bit humiliating to have all this hype and hoopla about this one gem which was going to be so important because it represented india. and not white hurts india even to this day, because it did represent dominion over the east. so he had it recut. and the cutting was

the disaster that happened because if half the size of the steinman. so it's much more clear. you may have gone past the conveyor belt which holds it, it's smaller but it's bling year if you like, a lot shinier. but those sharp edges still cause a great deal of hurt and india. what was interesting is when the announcement came that it won't be used in the coronation, i immediately saw indian twitter going to waste. the first way said that's a very sensible decision because this is diplomatically very sensitive. the second was was ok great you're not using it can we have a back please? so it is very much alive issue. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz. hello.

compare that the average of only eight celsius but we didn't beat the record. the record was set in 1998 and somerset, 19.1 degrees somerset. here's a reason for the mild weather. coming all the way for the southern canaries here. you see portugal spain the bay of biscay, and the mild air has reached the norwegian sea as well. it wasn't quite so mild everywhere. for most of us it was around 13 degrees. tonight light winds and clear skies, temperatures will drop like a stone close to freezing and some city centres. 0ut towards the west we have a weather front approaching and that does mean milder weather conditions for glasco early on wednesday morning. london close to freezing. this weather front will try to move across the country but it's actually still bumping into this area of high pressure here. high pressure is when the air sinks, it's dry yearfor the high pressure is when the air sinks, it's dry year for the loft and it tends to squeeze weather fronts out. watch what happens. you can see that

weather front, watch what happens. you can see that weatherfront, and watch what happens. you can see that weather front, and then once it moves across wales, reaches the midlands, it pretty much get squeezed out, gets rained out. temperatures still around about 14 in london, low pressure in glasco, 9 degrees with more of a wind and also some showers on the way. here's a look at the forecast for thursday. the temperature still on the mild side, around 13 degrees across central and southern areas. in the north closer to eight to 10 degrees. and then friday intersect to be a very blustery day, particularly across the northern half of the country. gales, 60 mile an hour glass, perhaps more in the coastal coastal areas but later in the afternoon that low pressure should sweep out. , 16 miles an hour. as we

head to the weekend, it looks at the beginning of next week it starts to settle down once again.

today at six, as the number of dead heads for 40,000, more aid is promised for the surviors of last week's earthquakes. in syria, just one border crossing has been open from turkey, to allow supplies in, but two more crossings have now been approved. will this be enough to help the millions who are now thought to be homeless? and second, if this has happened earlier, could more lives have been saved? we'll have the latest from our correspondent laura bicker on the humanitarian disaster that's growing by the day. also on the programme. ford announces the loss of 1,300 jobs in the uk, most of them in essex, with thousands more in the eu.

in the case of the policeman who murdered sarah everard,