look at this. to want a long, hard look at this. it is five years since they did an investigation come in 2017. and at that time, interestingly, although the force was given a reasonable bill of health, one of the things that did emerge what it was felt that did emerge what it was felt that they should do more at senior levels to support investigations involving vulnerable people. and indeed, there was also concern about the way that the lancashire police force are protected vulnerable victims. now, ithink force are protected vulnerable victims. now, i think it was in another context, at the time, but i think people will also be aware that that comes very much to the heart of the story— how the police adopt both the story— how the police adopt both the disappearance of eight women, part are they shared more widely, and that ability to deal with the spotlight of attention that suddenly arrived in lancashire.

former police dettective peter bleksley gave us his opinion on how the police will handle the discovery of the body. isa is a former detective, the current detectors will be thinking they have to secure the scene, the area around where the body was out as best they can and search to see if there was any evidence you might be of any use whatsoever. because of course, in a very short space of time they will be a postmortem. and then after that will be a coroners inquest. all the evidence has to be gathered as best in professionally and as painstakingly as is required in order that the truth hopefully at some point in the future can be laid in front of the coroner's court and in front of the coroner's court and in inquest and verdict can be delivered. 1 in inquest and verdict can be delivered-— in inquest and verdict can be delivered. ., , ., _, delivered. i wonder if you could 'ust take delivered. i wonder if you could just take us _ delivered. i wonder if you could just take us through _ delivered. i wonder if you could just take us through the - delivered. i wonder if you could i just take us through the timeline. it's important we confirmed that there is no formal confirmation that

there is no formal confirmation that the body has be found is nicola bulley. but police have been searching for three weeks now. is that significant? is that something that significant? is that something that would concern you? is not normal in and missing persons investigation?— normal in and missing persons investigation? normal in and missing persons investiuation? ., investigation? rivers and oceans can sometimes be _ investigation? rivers and oceans can sometimes be very _ investigation? rivers and oceans can sometimes be very slow _ investigation? rivers and oceans can sometimes be very slow to _ investigation? rivers and oceans can sometimes be very slow to give - investigation? rivers and oceans can sometimes be very slow to give up i sometimes be very slow to give up their secrets. 0nly last week the body of a man was found in a canal in london. and that man had been missing for a month. though sometimes as i say, it takes a a while for a body to surface. my concerns about the whole nicola bulley missing case is really surrounding the messaging that we've heard from lancashire police. i think it's been very clumsy at best and pretty awful at worst. of course, the debate has raged and i

heard your previous guests alluding to the fact that so many people express their concerns when the alcohol and the perimenopausal issues were made public. that really could have been dealt with in a far better and more professional way at a very early stage in that missing person inquiry. quite simply, by alluding to nicola having vulnerabilities but packaging them up vulnerabilities but packaging them up much more broadly and saying that they are mental health issues, which is of course true. and that perhaps might have shut down all the speculation and would have dealt with... that would be no need for them to be much more specific, much more personal much later on during the search for her. haw more personal much later on during the search for her.— the search for her. how important then is messaging _ the search for her. how important then is messaging within - the search for her. how importanti then is messaging within searches for missing people? canada have

significant impacts further down the line? in significant impacts further down the line? ., ., , ., ., , significant impacts further down the line? ., ., , ., ., ., , line? in ma'or investigations of any sort, line? in major investigations of any sort. whether— line? in major investigations of any sort, whether be _ line? in major investigations of any sort, whether be a _ line? in major investigations of any sort, whether be a missing - line? in major investigations of anyi sort, whether be a missing person, line? in major investigations of any l sort, whether be a missing person, a homicide, the work of a serial killer, the messaging is absolutely vital. it's got to be accurate. it's got to be precise and it's got to engage the public. unfortunately here with lancashire police, way back at one of their early press conferences when their uniform super intention said a working hypothesis is that nicola has gone into the water, that is what the evidence tells us. well, everybody wanted to know what the evidence was. but none of it was forthcoming. so what that did was create a void. when there is a void of information it will always be filled by gossip, rumour and

speculation. 0nly be filled by gossip, rumour and speculation. only this time it was on in unprecedented scale because of the advent of social media. and then we suddenly found social media personalities descending upon river wyre, literally digging holes. 0ther wyre, literally digging holes. other people trying to break into derelict property and causing the police considerable number of challenges, which they might not previously have anticipated. that which they might not previously have antici ated. . . , which they might not previously have antici ated. . ., , ., anticipated. that was the former olice anticipated. that was the former police detective _ anticipated. that was the former police detective giving _ anticipated. that was the former police detective giving us - anticipated. that was the former police detective giving us his - police detective giving us his opinion on the next steps concerning a body that was found in lancashire. huw edwards is up next. today's main story, lancashire police searching for the missing woman nicola bulley say they found a body in the river wyre. she disappeared three weeks ago while walking her dog on the

riverbank. ~ . ~ ago while walking her dog on the riverbank. ~. ~ ., ago while walking her dog on the riverbank. ~ ., , ., . ago while walking her dog on the riverbank. ., . ., riverbank. make a share police have not confirmed _ riverbank. make a share police have not confirmed that _ riverbank. make a share police have not confirmed that the _ riverbank. make a share police have not confirmed that the body - riverbank. make a share police have not confirmed that the body they've| not confirmed that the body they've recovered is that of nicola bulley. they say their thoughts are with her family. we they say their thoughts are with her famil . ~ . ., , ., family. we will have the latest on the events _ family. we will have the latest on the events in _ family. we will have the latest on the events in lancashire. - family. we will have the latest on the events in lancashire. also - family. we will have the latest on the events in lancashire. also in| the events in lancashire. also in the events in lancashire. also in the program... russia's military operation in ukraine could be helped with weapons from china. that is a warning from the us. and it's back at the time for the film industry as the stars gather for tonight nights awards with a film about war leading the way. netflix german production all quiet on the western front is going in with the most nominations. good evening, lancashire police who've been searching for the

missing woman nicola bulley for the past three weeks that he found a body in the river wyre. nicola bulley disappeared while taking her dog for a walk and st. michael's on a wire on the 27th of january. police have said all along they were working with the possibility that she had fallen into the river. her body was found roughly a mile from a nicola bully was seen but police say. let's join our correspondent judith moritz for the latest. yes, huw, today, 2a days of searching for nicola bulley, and then this morning a major development. lancashire police say that a body has been recovered from this river, from the river wyre, but they say it is too early to know whether it is that of nicola bulley, and they say currently it is being treated as unexplained. the search for nicola bulley has

been on land, in water, and by air. today, as the police helicopter circled overhead, news for the first time that she might have been found. police were called just after 11:30am this morning to reports of a body in the river wyre, a short distance downriver from where she was last seen. roads around the village of st michael's were closed, and the footpath along the water's edge was also sealed off. an underwater search team and specialist officers went into the water. sadly, they found a body, and it was taken for the identification process to begin. a forensics tent was erected to preserve the scene. lancashire police say it is too early to know whether it is nicola bulley. herfamily is being kept informed as work is carried out to identify the remains. the body was found just after they spend in the river. it's an area which has been searched before, though search teams have previously said that some parts of the water are hard to see because

of the water are hard to see because of debris. the investigation into nicola bulley�*s disappearance has attracted widespread speculation, and after the police released personal details about her, there has been a public and political backlash. at the centre of it all, it is —— a distressed family were waiting for news. this village, which is little more than a hamlet, has been the epicentre of national attention for the last three weeks or so, her family have said at times it provided a distraction, and from their point of view a real worry that it has taken away from the purpose of their work and the police's work, to find nicola. now, the home secretary tonight has tweeted that she finds these latest developments heartbreaking and distressing and that her thoughts are with nicola's family at this time. but there is also, as i mentioned in the report, the wider political and public backlash around some aspects of the way that

lancashire police have conducted themselves. that is going to be an internal investigation by that police force into the way they have carried things out and also the information commissioner will be looking at the release of information around the case. that is the bigger picture, but tonight all thoughts have to be with the family of nicola bulley, they are still waiting for news, it is getting dark along the river wyre, and lancashire police say that the process of identifying the body that they recovered from the water here this morning is continuing. as soon as they have news, of course the family will be first to know, and then we, the wider public, we'll find out ultimately what has happened in this case, which has kept everybody across the last few weeks so involved in the story of this family and this woman. judith, and this woman. judith, many thanks again, judith moritz with the latest in st michael's on wyre. listening to that is our home editor, mark easton, judith is our home editor, mark easton, judith alluded to a few questions, there are much bigger questions

arising from these very sad events, questions which police and others will have to face.— will have to face. absolutely, we should remember _ will have to face. absolutely, we should remember this _ will have to face. absolutely, we i should remember this investigation has rung alarm bells at the very top of government, the prime minister and the home secretary have both expressed their concern at the handling of a case that, as we have been hearing, has attracted huge public interest. now we learn that despite extensive searches by police and private diving team using drones, dogs and divers, a body lay in the river around a mile from where she went missing for three weeks, weeks of agony for her family. now, there may be an explanation, debris in the water judith mentioned, as to how that body was missed. these questions do come on top of those troubling questions about why lancashire police felt it necessary to reveal very personal and private information about ms bulley�*s struggles with alcohol and the menopause. yes, there is going to be an internal review, yes, the

independent police watchdog is also going to be looking at this, but i imagine that his majesty's inspectorate of constabulary will also want to have a close look at lancashire. the last time they looked at them, five years ago, a full review then, they said lancashire needed to improve its protection of vulnerable people in the supervision of investigations when a vulnerable victim was involved. . , ., , , involved. there are questions still to answer- — involved. there are questions still to answer. many _ involved. there are questions still to answer. many thanks, - involved. there are questions still to answer. many thanks, mark- involved. there are questions still - to answer. many thanks, mark easton, our home editor. china could be getting ready to supply weapons to russian forces for use in the war in ukraine. the warning came from the us secretary of state, antony blinken, who said there would be "serious consequences" for china if that happened. an international security conference in munich has been considering appeals from the ukrainian authorities to send more weapons to help in the fight against the russian invaders. from munich, our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. for months now, vladimir putin has been wooing china's president — so is all that diplomacy

about to pay off? so far, china has neither endorsed nor condemned russia's invasion of ukraine, calling instead for a peaceful solution. but the us believes russian forces in ukraine are already getting surveillance and other information from chinese firms, and america's top diplomat now believes that china could be going further and providing weapons. we have seen them provide non—lethal support to russia for use in ukraine. the concern that we have now is based on information we have that they're considering providing lethal support, and we've made very clear to them that that would cause a serious problem for us and in our relationship. that message was delivered at a security conference in munich, where mr blinken met china's foreign minister behind closed doors. he was here to brief european counterparts on china's so—called peace plan, which is expected shortly. he also met ukraine's foreign minister, whose country is itself

being armed by western allies. china's foreign ministry accused the us of finger—pointing. translation: china is not a party to this crisis in ukraine, _ but we are not standing idly by, nor have we thrown fuel on the fire. what china is doing is to urge peace and promote talks. until now, china has stayed largely at one remove from the war in ukraine but the fear among western policymakers here is that that may be about to change. and there's uncertainty about what it might mean. if china is behind russia here, then it is a great power that has and can provide weapons. that is definitely making the conflict, the war bigger. and it would be of concern? definitely. before the war, both men agreed what they called a partnership with no limits. we may find out shortly if that's true. james landale, bbc news, munich.

the head of the doctors' union, the british medical association, has warned that the government is "standing on the precipice of an historic mistake" by not doing more to end industrial action in the nhs. professor philip banfield was speaking a day before junior doctors in england announce the result of a strike ballot. 16,000 junior doctors have been voting on whether or not to take action in a bid to improve pay and working conditions. borisjohnson has warned rishi sunak not to water down the legislation he introduced on brexit. mr sunak is seeking a new agreement with the eu on the arrangements governing trade in northern ireland, but mrjohnson said he should keep proposed laws which would allow the uk to unilaterally override parts of the brexit deal. some of the biggest names in the film industry

have gathered on london's south bank for the bafta film awards, which will be broadcast later this evening on bbc one. the netflix film all quiet on the western front, a german film about the horrors of the first world war, leads the nominations. 0ur arts editor, katie razzall, is at the south bank. well, hello, huw, from the glitziest night of the british film calendar, and this red carpet has seen some action in the last hour or so, what frocks, what talent, what a turnout at this baftas, as it proves once again that when it comes to cinema, some of the brightest and best of british and global talent want to come here to london to find out whether they are going to win the best awards british film can offer them. so it is often a bellwether for what happens in a few weeks at the oscars, but here there is a clear divide, certainly when it

comes to the best actress category, because here two black actresses have been nominated for baftas who was snubbed at the oscars, they are viola davis and danielle deadwyler for her role playing emmett till�*s mother, the boy was lynched in mississippi in 1955, and i chatted to danielle deadwyler as she arrived earlier today and asked her about it. it's beautiful that bafta's recognising diversity, they should — we should all be doing something, right. we know we have had these institutions established for a really long time, and moving towards parity, moving towards an equity and the kinds of representation of work, cultural work, ethnic work, of gendered work, of queer work, it's imperative to share everybody�*s story. that's not bad at the oscars led to claims resurfacing about racism in hollywood. now, when it comes to the films, he was likely to win? the favourite in that category is of course cate blanchett in tar, the

role she plays is a fictional conductor, a fictional composer in a film about council culture and society's rush to judgment, film about council culture and society's rush tojudgment, a critical success with a tour de force performance at its heart, and it would be cate blanchett�*s fourth best actress bafta. the irish contingent are out in force tonight, particularly for the the banshees 0f inisherin, that film about two friends who fall out with catastrophic consequences, with colin farrell and brendan gleeson among a host of customers and the acting category, it is up for best film, ten nominations in total. and ten nominations too for everything everywhere all at 0nce, ten nominations too for everything everywhere all at once, that is a time travelling whirlwind of a film with michelle yeoh up for best actress, and she is a strong contender if the bookies are wrong about cate blanchett. we will see about cate blanchett. we will see about that. the people's choice for best film, the one that did well at

the box office, is elvis, a biopic about the singer, and austin butler was on the red carpet early, and i have to say he was greeted by huge excitement from the crowds, and as you were mentioning, all quiet on the western front is leading the charge, leading the nominations, that is the one with most to lose, it has 1a nominations, we will see how many it picks up. anyway, we will find out very soon, it is all on bbc one, coming up soon! thank you very much, we will see what happens, katie razzall on the south bank. with all the day's sports news, here's hugh ferris at the bbc sport centre. good evening. marcus rashford has continued his excellent scoring form for manchester united, providing two goals in their 3—0 premier league win over leicester at old trafford. the victory takes them to within five points of leaders arsenal. ben croucher reports. marcus rashford is a man at the peak of his powers, playing with a smile on his face and magic in his feet,

as leicester city were about to find out. the visitors actually made the early running at old trafford with david de gea proving goalkeeping can be a noble art form too, this one, banksy, you canjust stand and admire it, not when you know who can do you know what. his most prolific season to date, now scoring in seven home league games in a row, a man who seemingly cannot miss. tiago djalo could, somehow. still, united reverted to what worked best, give the body rashford and let him do the rest. even the offside decisions were going his way. united in flow with jadon sancho, 3—0, a result to back up those who believe there are more than just two teams in this title race, withjust one man taking most of the plaudits. ben crouch, bbc news. england's women have extended their unbeaten run under manager sarina wiegman to 28 games, beating italy by 2—1

in the arnold clark cup in coventry. jane dougall watched this one. facing a far lower ranked team, this was a chance to see a different england line—up. katie robinson making her debut in front of a 32,000 strong crowd. and she made an early international impact, a perfect ball into set up england's�*s first. defender rachel daly enjoying a spell upfront. but then controversy, the ball looked to have gone out before italy crossed and then dismay as the ball clearly did bounce over the goal—line. the then dismay as the ball clearly did bounce over the goal-line. the goal is civen! bounce over the goal-line. the goal is given! but _ bounce over the goal-line. the goal is given! but no _ bounce over the goal-line. the goal is given! but no var, _ bounce over the goal-line. the goal is given! but no var, no whistle, i is given! but no var, no whistle, and italy had _ is given! but no var, no whistle, and italy had equalised. - is given! but no var, no whistle, and italy had equalised. that - is given! but no var, no whistle, i and italy had equalised. that looked reall close and italy had equalised. that looked really close indeed. _ and italy had equalised. that looked really close indeed. england's - really close indeed. england's res - onse really close indeed. england's response was _ really close indeed. england's response was quick, - really close indeed. england's response was quick, racheli really close indeed. england's i response was quick, rachel daly and the perfect position once more, giving the crowd a new hero. its,

giving the crowd a new hero. double for rachel daly! giving the crowd a new hero. al double for rachel daly! another victo for double for rachel daly! another victory for manager _ double for rachel daly! another victory for manager sarina i double for rachel daly! another i victory for manager sarina wiegman, and with the world cup this summer, and with the world cup this summer, a headache for the new player of the match. england's cricketers have won for a tenth time in the 11 games since ben stokes took over as the permanent captain. james anderson took the final wicket as england beat new zealand by 267 runs in the first test in mount maunganui, bowling the home side out forjust 126 early on the fourth day. it's england's first win in new zealand since 2008. that's all the sport for now. huw. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. that formal identification has not yet been carried out. hello you're watching bbc news. let's get more now police in the north of england say they found a body near where a woman went missing three weeks ago. 45—year—old nicola bulley was last seen walking her dog in the northwest of england on january the 27th. the police

statement read in underwater search team and specialist officers have subsequently attended the scene, entered the water and have sadly recovered a body. 0ur reporter is in the village where nicola bulley went missing. in the village where nicola bulley went missinu. . , ., �* missing. in recent days what i've noticed is that _ missing. in recent days what i've noticed is that police _ missing. in recent days what i've noticed is that police activity i missing. in recent days what i've noticed is that police activity has! noticed is that police activity has mainly been on land for the mounted police on horses, we've seen officers patrolling. at any activity in terms of searches has been concentrated further down the estuary in morecambe bay. around midday today what i noticed was a helicopter was hovering above st. michael's on wire. that helicopter came quite close to the river, just a few hundred yards over my shower neck shoulder. —— wyre. we then noticed a police diver going into the water. shortly after it was followed by a number of officers

arriving on scene, including the senior investigating officer, detective superintendent rebecca smith. there was a tent also erected quite close to the area in the road close by was also cordoned off. we then heard that police statement and told us that in underwater search team of special officers have subsequently entered the scene, entered the water and sadly recovered a body. they receive those reports at around 1130 this morning. they say no formal identification has been carried out. so they are unable to say whether it is nicola bulley who they have now been searching for for more than three weeks. they say they are currently treating the death is unexplained and procedures to identify the body are ongoing. as you would expect, they have been in touch with nicola bulley�*s family, including her partner, they say it nicholas family has been informed of developments and our thoughts are with them at

this most difficult of times. you've described the _ this most difficult of times. you've described the events _ this most difficult of times. you've described the events up _ this most difficult of times. you've described the events up until- this most difficult of times. you've described the events up until now, we've got pictures of the river wyre that we've heard so much about. i wonder if you could describe the geography for us, please. what wonder if you could describe the geography for us, please. what we've had is his huge _ geography for us, please. what we've had is his huge missing _ geography for us, please. what we've had is his huge missing persons i had is his huge missing persons investigation and that started when nicola bulley, a mother of two young children, shejust nicola bulley, a mother of two young children, she just dropped those children, she just dropped those children off at school and was on a river sidewalk when she disappeared. herfamily say she river sidewalk when she disappeared. her family say she simply vanished as far as they were concerned and they were extremely concerned about her whereabouts and where she could be. we had this huge police search for that from the beginning her family wanted lancashire police to be open minded about what may have happened. police were working on this theory that she went into the

water. no obvious signs of all, few people had seen her but there was a ten minute window where they weren't sure what happened but were convinced that she hadn't left that field close to the river. and that bench where her phone was found put up bench where her phone was found put up her phone was still connected to a teams call, a conference call. it was there on the bench and closed by was there on the bench and closed by was a harness, which belonged to her dog. it was a member of the public that found the dog wandering close by, they immediately alerted the school and the police. then we had this huge search. police have been searching the river, this stretch of river and further down into the estuary. they've had a private searching called in, they were called in by nicholas family. they perhaps felt that that he might be able to bring a level of expertise that like to share police may not have had. they too did the searches in the same area and like a share

police had been searching. we still had nothing, no trace of her. they then issued a number of appeals for that what we had were lots of information coming into police, they say around 1500 pieces of information came into them. also having to look at hundreds of hours of cctv recording and visited more than 300 premises and spoke to a lot of people. they carried out this huge investigation put up a level of resources that you just don't find on a missing persons investigation. they said it was unprecedented. they were doing what they can to find nicola and now we have this development. of course, we don't know the identity of the person found. they said identification is still taking place. but nicholas family had been informed. it’s still taking place. but nicholas family had been informed. to catch up with the weather.

it's been a much cloudier picture in scotland with some rain in the north. when strengthening as well. will get a second band of rain moving down into scotland later on in the night. the winds will continue to pick up, may be gusting 60 mph in the far north of the country later on. the wind brisk elsewhere, blowing lots of cloud and keeping mild overnight, perhaps no lower than 11 degrees in northern ireland for that wendy started tomorrow. the winds gradually eased down, rain stuck in scotland, could see thicker cloud bringing ace pot of rain and drizzle into northern ireland into northwest england. for many parts of the country is going to be cloudy. some sunshine across east anglia, the south is very mild day here, temperatures could reach 60 degrees was up in the far north of scotland sunshine but here it is a bit chilly. 0n the whole we start the week ahead with some very mild but cloudy conditions with the around the middle part of the week could be rain and following on from that things will get a little bit colder as well.

this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories... nearly two weeks on from turkey's devastating earthquake, officials say most rescue efforts to find survivors are to end. police investigating the disappearance of a 45 year—old woman in the northwest of england say they have recovered a body from a river near to where nicola bulley was last seen. the us secretary of state says china is considering supplying weapons and ammunition to russia for its war against ukraine. i have seen them provide non—lethal support to russia for use in ukraine. the concern that we have now is based on information that we have that they are considering providing lethal support.

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