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, two officers will be investigated over their handling of reports of indecent exposure by wayne couzens. the welsh government announces it's scrapping the majority of new road building schemes, to protect the environment. in february the bbc starts a new television service, bbc wales. and 100 years of the bbc in wales, we'll be looking back, and coming up on the bbc news channel, liverpool says action must be taken to ensure there are no more near misses as a wafer takes responsibility for the dangerous scenes of last seasons champions league final.

good evening, and welcome to bbc news at six, which comes today from cardiff, in a week when the bbc is celebrating a century of broadcasting in wales. we will have more on that later on. our main story today is the devastation in southern turkey and northern syria, where the number of dead after last week's earthquakes is now heading for 40,000, with millions left without shelter, in freezing conditions with little food and poor sanitation. northern syria is particularly difficult to reach, because of the complex political situation, after years of war. control of the northern border is split between the syrian government and rebel groups. but president assad of syria has now approved the use of two new border crossings, bab al—salameh and al—rai, allowing deliveries of un aid.

a convoy crossed through bab al—salam this afternoon. until today, aid has been routed through a single crossing point, at bab al—hawa. 0ur correspondent laura bicker has been there and sent this report. every day relatives huddle round piles of rubble that were once family homes, waiting for news. but rescue efforts have slowly become recovery missions, and now, as workers comb through bricks and dust, the hope is of finding a body to say a final farewell. there are some who are still defying the odds. after more than 200 hour, two women were pulled from deep within the ruins. at least three others were rescued

in other parts of turkey but there are fewer miracle moments each day. for survivors living in fracture cities where damaged buildings are still collapsing and surviving in freezing temperatures with no heating, little water and food is becoming more difficult. they are asking for wet wipe, soaps shampoos there, is water but nowhere to take a shower, people are struggling. the government says it is doing all it can, to support survivors. translation:— it can, to support survivors. translation: ., , , , translation: the fact it happens near the surface _ translation: the fact it happens near the surface caused _ translation: the fact it happens near the surface caused the - translation: the fact it happens near the surface caused the strucki near the surface caused the struck tiff multiplier effect, the two earthquakes released an energy as big as atomic bombs. the wait for aid has been longer in syria. but more is now on its way. until today, this was the only route available for aid to get through, to

syria, but the un has now organised two other border crossings, but it leaves key question, first will this be enough to help the millions who are now thought to be homeless? and second, if this had happened earlier could more lives have been saved? the search for survivors in idlib is over. the living are now focussed on staying warm and alive. translation: i staying warm and alive. translation:- staying warm and alive. translation: ., .,, , translation: i have lost everything round me. translation: i have lost everything round me- i — translation: i have lost everything round me. i lost _ translation: i have lost everything round me. i lost everyone _ translation: i have lost everything round me. i lost everyone i— translation: i have lost everything round me. i lost everyone i know - translation: i have lost everything round me. i lost everyone i know in l round me. i lost everyone i know in the three buildings that used to be next to me, i lost my neighbours and my children's seven friends in the building next to us. we lost a large number of people who used to live near us, my neighbour, my friends, colleagues and partners. this has been one of the world's deadliest earthquake, but without urgent help, this disaster could claim even more lives. laura bicker, bbc news antakya. laura bicker, bbc news antakya.

you can find all the latest on the turkey—syria earthquake on bbc news 0nline, that's bbc.co.uk/news, or you can use the bbc news app. back home, and officialfigures show that pay has grown at its fastest rate for more than 20 years, but it's still failing to keep up with rising prices. the office for national statistics says average wages rose by more than 6.5% between october and december, as employers came under pressure to respond to the rising cost of living. the latest figures also showed close to record low levels of unemployment, as our business editor simonjack explains. thank you. could the answer to looking after the under—fives be found in the over—50s? this nursery in south london, like other businesses, is finding it harder, post—brexit and post pandemic, to find staff.

it is turning to older workees to fill the gaps, and is waiting for seven workers over 50 tojoin. we have seen people come out of semi retirement and join us, so people that have either got time on their hands or need to earn a bit of extra cash, and they have seen this as a flexible option to come back into the workplace and use life skills, as well as maybe prior relevant experience, so for us that is a great pool of people. there are 3.5 million people between 50 and 64 economically inactive. that means not looking for a job. that is a fall of 56,000 over the last three months, and the demand for workers also fell slightly, with the number of vacancies down 76,000, but there are still i.i million unfilled jobs. the government wants to see more over—50s back at work. we have quite a long way to go to get back to where we were prepandemic. in fact, we would need to see those figures go down by about another 500,000 to get back to that point. so there is a huge amount of work

to be done, but there are some encouraging signs at least, and they are early signs but encouraging signs over the last quarter, that those figures are beginning to come down. we still have millions of working age people who are not actively looking for a job, either because they are in education, unable to or maybe they are too unwell to look for a job, and that means that employers have to compete for the ones that are looking for a job, pushing wages up, which in turn pushes inflation up, which then makes people ask for hiring wages, and it is that wage spiral that the bank of england is so afraid of. demand for workers is still outstripping supply, but falling vacancies show some employers remain cautious. 2022 was a difficult year, having started out very optimistically, so i would say employers are looking to stabilise the situation, try and get through the first half of 2023, hopefully inflation stabilises and vacancies will start to grow again as the year progresses. private sector employers may be scaling back hiring on economic uncertainty, but that is not an option

for the public sector who can't treat or teach fewer people, and whose wages are lagging well behind both the private sector and inflation, a major reason behind recent strikes. simon jack, bbc news. the vehicle manufacturer ford has announced it's cutting around a fifth of its workforce in the uk. 1,300 jobs are to go, most of them from the company's technical centre at dunton in essex. it's part of a major restructuring which will see 3,800 jobs going in europe, including more than 2,000 in germany. 0ur employment correspondent zoe conway has the details. they don't make cars here at the ford campus in dunton in essex — they research and develop ford's cars of the future. but now, 1,000 of the engineers and designers who work here are losing theirjobs.

ford might be shrinking here but it's expanding in the united states, investing $3.7 billion in electric car assembly, which is just over £3 billion. the us government is offering billions of dollars in subsidies to car—makers who create electric vehicle supply chains in america. the european union is considering doing something similar. so what about the uk? the uk government needs to be doing a lot more to support the building of an electric vehicle supply chain in the uk, including things like making batteries and having some sort of industrial strategy to help the uk auto industry make that transition to an electric future. the government insists the uk is a leader in green technology and says it's making major investments in the auto industry. however, car production in the uk is now at its lowest level for 66 years. zoe conway, bbc news. the police watchdog has decided that two officers should be investigated over their failure to check allegations of indecent exposure

against wayne couzens, the former policeman who pleaded guilty yesterday to three counts of indecent exposure. one of the offences took place just four days before couzens kidnapped and murdered sarah everard in 2021. our special correspondent lucy manning is at new scotland yard. tell us more about today's events. well, let us be clear what this is, allegations that two police officers did not do theirjobs properly, did not discover that wayne couzens, a fellow police officer was also a sex offender and if they had done their jobs properly, then possibly likely, he wouldn't have gone on to murder sarah everard. we have a met police officer under investigation, for gross misconduct. that officer was handed the car registration details when wayne couzens exposed himself, just days before sarah's murder at a

mcdonald's drive in. amazingly, that officer under investigation resigned from the met last year. so even if that gross misconduct is proven, nothing is going to happen. the other officer being investigated is from kent police, that was for an incident that happened in 2015, someone was reported in a car, to have exposed themselves, that car was registered to wayne couzens, but the officer from kent never discovered that it was a police officer, never even interviewed him. what is clear is that these indecent exposures are now being thoroughly investigated and it is just an absolute devastating shame, that they weren't investigated properly at the time that they took place, in the years and the days before sarah everard was killed, and it left wayne couzens with his police warrant card, his police officer's status, to go and rape and murder.

lucy, thank you very much again for the latest there at new scotland yard. lucy manning our special correspondent. lucy manning our special correspondent. the time is 6:13. our top story this evening: desperately needed earthquake relief is reaching syria, with some aid starting to flow through a new route from turkey. until today only this border crossing had been open. this afternoon the princess marring rets opened the bbc bbc new head quarters the wales, broadcasting house llandaff. a hundred years of bbc broadcasting in wales — we'll have a flavour of the role it's played in national life here a warning to users of dating app not to be conned. and labour mps have asked for an urgent meeting with the mayor over plans to.... #34

here in wales, the welsh government has announced it's scrapping the majority of new road building projects , because of the potential harm to the environment. here is the current major road network across wales. in 2021, the welsh government announced that all new road building projects were being put on hold. today, a review of 59 new roads has given the go—ahead to only 15 projects, the remainder have been rejected or will need to be revised. in future, all new routes will need to show they can reduce carbon emissions. 0ur wales correspondent hywel griffith has this report. the green fields of flintshire, where for 14 years plans for a new a road have been up in the air. just the impact on the landscape as well, it would have completely changed it. and forever, wouldn't it?

never the same again. today, finally for these campaigners, the news they had hoped for. the so—called red route here won't go ahead as planned, along with most new road projects in wales. forjenny, it's a huge relief. it's been like a massive cloud, and you get up every morning, i look across the fields, look at our beautiful views — 0k, we don't own a view, but having said that, nature owns it. humans don't, nature does, and that is why we should be protecting nature. all new road projects in wales were stalled two years ago, to review their environmental impact. carbon emissions considered, alongside economic costs. this ancient woodland, home to bats, badgers, barn owls and otters won't then have a dual carriageway cutting right through it. but some feel that road could have been a lifeline. we are receiving goods from mexico, all over america, and obviously europe. so you are global.

this man's company exports around the world. they repair the telecoms kit that keeps us all connected. but he says stopping the new road here could cut off investment, and rolls back on promise made by the welsh labour government. they are not pragmatic and they cannot be trusted. that is the key thing. they will suffer for it, but their reputation will be badly damaged. at the moment, we have got an emergency hitting our communities, our residents, our small businesses. ministers say the climate emergency takes precedence, but investment will come in public transport. we don't want to stop people driving by car, but we want to make sure they have a choice, because at the moment people don't feel they have a choice, they feel they have to have a car, even the poorest of households. so we have failed so far to put that public transport in? we have not invested enough for generations in public transport. you look at the continent, they have a better system than we have because they spend more than we have.

we have beenspending money endlessly on road schemes, which we have shown definitively simply add to the traffic. every government is trying to steer towards a greener future. by slamming on the brakes, the welsh government says it can accelrate that change. hywel griffith bbc news, flintshire. clearly a very significant and potentially controversial decision. felicity evans joins us. tell us a little more about this and the context in which it has happened. you are right on both counts. this review marks the end of an era. it is a complete upheaval of traditional road—building policy. the welsh government says that it doesn't mean they are not going to build any new roads but if you look at the criteria that a new project would have to satisfy, it's really hard to see any major new road getting the go—ahead and you are right, that is very controversial. the welsh conservatives for example

are saying they think it is going to damage the economy. but even some of welsh labour's own backbenchers have been critical today, i think fearing voter backlash in their own constituency as local people see projects scrapped there. welsh labour has been in power here now font more than two decades and the public transport system is poor in many places. the nationalist party, plaid cymru, says a dressing that is key to giving drivers a viable alternative for travel. ministers say this will allow them to divert funding from roads into public transport but at the moment we have a gap, haven't we? we have a driving being made increasingly unappealing but we haven't got a good public transport alternative in many places. now the deputy minister, who we heard from in that report, says this is all about tackling climate change and it has to be done and he has also raised the question of

whether other governments across the uk will soon have to start thinking about these issues.— uk will soon have to start thinking about these issues. felicity, many thanks. felicity _ about these issues. felicity, many thanks. felicity evans, _ about these issues. felicity, many thanks. felicity evans, a _ about these issues. felicity, many thanks. felicity evans, a bbc- about these issues. felicity, manyl thanks. felicity evans, a bbc wales editor. police investigating the killing of 16—year—old brianna ghey have said they are now considering whether it could have been a hate crime. the schoolgirl was found lying with stab wounds on a path in linear park in culcheth, cheshire, on saturday. police have been granted a 30—hour extension to question a boy and girl, both aged 15, who have been arrested on suspicion of murder. 0ur north of england correspondent fiona trott is. this is where brianna was found in the middle of the afternoon on saturday, found by passers—by, lying on the ground. she had been stabbed several times. on the ground. she had been stabbed severaltimes. brianna on the ground. she had been stabbed several times. brianna wears a transgender girl. people coming here today have told us that is why they have come to lay flowers here. her

death has touched people beyond warrington. this evening, candlelit vigils are due to be held by members of the trans community and supporters at liverpool and in bristol. more are planned tomorrow in manchester, glasgow, belfast and york. as for the investigation itself, cheshire police say all lines of inquiry are being explored, including whether this was a hate crime. they have also been given more time to question two teenagers arrested on sunday on suspicion of murder, a boy and a girl, who are 15 years old. brianna had a large following on social media. she was a popular teenager, seen by the growing number of floral tributes here. one of the cards read, thank you for always being able to make me laugh and smile, you will be missed so much. herfamily say her death has left a massive hole is that they described her as being beautiful, strong, one of a kind and a fundraising page set up for them has

raised over £75,000. so whether it is here in warrington or beyond here, in other parts of the uk, this teenager's death has affected people very deeply. teenager's death has affected people ve deel. ., . ., , teenager's death has affected people ve deel. ., . . , . teenager's death has affected people ve deel. ., ., ., , ., ., very deeply. fiona, many thanks for the latest in — very deeply. fiona, many thanks for the latest in warrington. _ the latest in warrington. fiona trott. nearly a year after russia's invasion of ukraine, president putin's regime is also waging a waragainst its critics at home. laws have been passed to punish anyone expressing criticism of the so—called �*special military operation�* in ukraine. being found guilty carries the risk of a long prison sentence. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg has been to meet one young woman, who was reported to the authorities by her fellow students. 20—year—old student 0lesya krivtsova has been missing a lot of classes lately. she's under house arrest — her every move monitored by this electronic tag. for social media posts critical of the war in ukraine,

0lesya faces up to ten years in prison. she's been charged with discrediting the russian army and justifying terrorism. translation: i never imagined you could get such a long prisonj sentence for posting on the internet. i've already been added to the official list of terrorists — the list that includes school shooters and groups like islamic state. it's crazy. her putin spider tattoo declares "big brother is watching you". it turns out that 0lesya's fellow students were watching her posts — closely. just before her arrest, 0lesya had discovered this online chat. in it, students, some she knew, were discussing denouncing her to the authorities for her anti—war stance. translation: some of them wanted to tell the security _ services or the police.

others were saying it's better just to discredit me. in the end, they decided that it was their duty as patriots to denounce me. the only time 0lesya's allowed out is to be in court. herfashion statement — her protest against young russians being punished for criticising the authorities. thejudge ruled to keep her under house arrest. from the russian people, the russian authorities expect total, unflinching support for the offensive in ukraine. if you don't support it, you're expected at the very least to stay silent. if you don't stay silent, well, there's a whole string of repressive laws now in russia for punishing descent. this opposition politician was convicted of spreading fake news about the army. ilya yashin was sent to prison for eight and a half years. for vladimir kara—murza,

the charge is treason. the kremlin critic and anti—war activist faces 20 years in jail. 0n the streets of arkhangelsk, it's not big brother watching you, he's a russian soldier who was killed fighting in ukraine. the patriotic messaging is persuasive. we found little sympathy here for people with anti—war views who are being prosecuted. "those people who are discrediting our army or spreading fakes, "they are sick in the head", konstantin says. "they should be sent off to the front line "as cannon fodder." as for 0lesya, she says she dreams of a russia that embraces freedom of speech, where russians are not seen as criminals just for having a different opinion. steve rosenberg, bbc news, arkhangelsk.

in the past hour, it's been reported a british man has died in ukraine. his identity has not been confirmed but the foreign office says it is supporting that man's family and if it is confirmed, he will be the eighth british man to die in ukraine since the russian invasion. another of the daily pulse mat stories. the queen consort is to wear what is called a recycled crown for the king's coronation. it will not feature the very big diamond which is being claimed by india. queen mary's crown has the controversial diamond but camilla will wear a modern one from the collection of queen elizabeth ii. india argues they were tricked to hand over the diamond in british colonial rule.

we're in cardiff to mark a special birthday, because 100 years ago this week, the bbc started broadcasting here in wales. in a country with very few national institutions until fairly recently, bbc wales has been a major presence, promoting a sense of welsh identity, putting welsh culture and sport on the map, with programmes in the two official languages of wales — welsh and english. it of this all started with a few radio programmes in 1923, but the big change came with television. in february, the bbc starts a new television service — bbc wales. the bbc has been a giant presence in wales for decades, described as a "cultural conveyor belt" by one of its leaders. singing. and by the 1960s, its gleaming new headquarters on the outskirts of cardiff produced many hours

of news, drama, education, music and sports programmes every week in two languages, with some notable achievements. if the bbc hadn't commissioned under milk wood in 1954, dylan thomas would never have written it and we wouldn't have it. bbc cymru wales, as it's now known, with a new home for the 21st—century, has been there to mark some of the biggest events of the last century in wales — some uplifting, some utterly tragic. the disaster at aberfan in 1966, when a school was destroyed by a mountain of coal waste, claiming the lives of 116 children and 28 adults, was a searing moment for all of wales, with the world looking on in sympathy. archive broadcast: the prince l of wales tonight sent this message to the people of aberfan: "i send my deepest and heartfelt sympathy "to all those who are bereaved and to those who are suffering." a few years later, the prince was being invested

at caernarfon castle in a grand ceremony that wasn't without political controversy. it was the bbc�*s biggest outside broadcast since the coronation and this one was in colour. he speaks welsh. but it's a fair bet that the bbc�*s biggest connection with the people of wales over the years has been in sport, especially rugby, and who can forget the greatest try of all time with the greatest commentary by welshman cliff morgan? commentator: this is gareth edwards. a dramatic start... what a score! over the years, the bbc�*s longest running soap, pobol y cwm, has been a staple of the bbc�*s welsh language supply to s4c. she speaks welsh. and its annual coverage of the national eisteddfod is another major production effort on tv, radio and online. not to mention other high quality entertainment in both languages, enjoyed by audiences worldwide. someone tell me what

the hell is going on here! at a time of huge competition in the creative sector, we are still attracting around about 92% of the people of wales to the bbc every week. but our role in that is to provide a unique, distinctive and relative content for the people of wales, about wales, in both english and welsh. these days, with the law making senedd in cardiff bay, it is a very different wales and a rather different bbc wales to that of 25 years ago. who could have predicted these scenes and that result? 0.3% nationwide in wales of a victory for the yes campaign, everything turning on carmarthenshire. what did they say? i think somebody once said nothing has changed. i wish that were true. i have to say, on a personal note, it's great to be in the modern broadcast centre of the welsh capital bringing you news

about the uk and the rest of the world. it's come on a long way in the last century. it is 6.29. time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello, a lovely day in cardiff, 12 degrees or higher but it was in west wales where we saw the highest of the temperatures in the uk today. in the temperatures in the uk today. in the sunshine, we got about 16 celsius, it should be around eight. contrast that with parts of lincolnshire, the fog did not want to shift, 4 degrees right into the afternoon. both dry and that is a crucial thing at the moment. after a thoroughly wet start to the air, there are some parts of england who have barely had a drop in the last month but it will change. here is an area of cloud in the atlantic pushing towards us. we just need to break through the block with this area of cloud, which tonight will edge its way into parts of northern ireland and the far west of scotland to bring some outbreaks of rain and a strengthening wind. away from that, dry, mistand a strengthening wind. away from that, dry, mist and fog could be an issue but across eastern parts of england and again, a frost around. a

fairly light frost but a thrust