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tens of thousands of adults with disabilities and long—term illnesses are being sued by local councils for failing to pay their social care bills. and a pivotal day in welsh rugby — players are due to reveal whether they will strike during the six nations, over contractual disputes. hello, good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. shamima begum, who travelled to syria and joined the so—called islamic state group when she was just 15, so—called islamic state group when she wasjust 15, has so—called islamic state group when she was just 15, has lost a legal challenge to the covenant decision to deprive her of british citizenship. it means she remains stuck in a camp in northern syria,

and is barred from returning to the uk. in 2019, the then home secretary sajid javid stripped ms begum of her british citizenship after receiving advice that she was a threat to national security. shamima begum is now 23. here's our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford. in february 2015, eight years ago, shamima begum left gatwick airport with two school friends to go and join the islamic state group in syria. the three of them travelled through a bus station in turkey and were smuggled across the border by a man who it later turned out was providing information to canadian intelligence. she spent the next four years in islamic state territory. emerging in february 2015 after the caliphate collapsed. she immediately had her british citizenship removed. her lawyers have challenged that, arguing that she is a child victim of trafficking for sexual exploitation because she was married off within days to an is fighter. in their ruling, thejudges concluded that there was a credible suspicion that shamima begum was recruited, transferred, and then harboured for the purposes

of sexual exploitation. the idea that she could have conceived and organised all of this herself is not plausible, they said. but in the end they decided that that did not prevent the home secretary making the decision to take away her british citizenship. shamima begum's lawyers said that this had been a lost opportunity to put into reverse a profound mistake and continuing injustice. the outcome that we face is that no british child who has been trafficked outside the uk will be protected by the british state if the home secretary invokes national security. and richard barrett, who specialised in counterterrorism at both m16 and the united nations, believes leaving women such as shamima begum in the camps creates more risk, not less. at least if she were in london

there would be procedures for monitoring her, the local community would be aware of her. you know, and there also might be ways to ensure that she wasn't still radical, you know. trying to bring her back into society. there is no such programme available in the camps in north—east syria. speaking even before the decision today, shamima begum herself clearly had little hope of making it back to britain soon. what do you think you will be doing in seven years' time from now? i will still be in this camp. really? yes. you don't think you will be home? no. not at all? no. why not? because isis was the worst thing of the 21st century and i was a part of it and now i have to face the consequences of my actions and this camp is the consequences of my actions. shamima begum's legal team will continue to challenge

the decision but home secretaries do have huge powers to take away citizenship from dual nationals when national security is threatened. daniel sandford, bbc news. let's get more now from jonathan hall kc — he's the government's independent reviewer of terrorism legislation. very good of you to talk to us here on bbc news. obviously first of all i am interested in whether you are at all surprised by the court ruling today. at all surprised by the court ruling toda . ., . , at all surprised by the court ruling toda . ., ., , ., , at all surprised by the court ruling toda. ., ., , , today. not really. there has been this leual today. not really. there has been this legal debate _ today. not really. there has been this legal debate for _ today. not really. there has been this legal debate for some - today. not really. there has been this legal debate for some years i this legal debate for some years which is who is really in charge. when an appeal happens. is it a judge decides whether someone is a risk to national security and really it is the secretary of state. last year the supreme court decided it is over to the politicians and in a way thatjudgment today is working out of that and it is quite clear that the judges thought there was quite a

lot behind the trafficking, that it was a little bit debatable whether she was really travelling out voluntarily, given her age, she was really travelling out voluntarily, given herage, but ultimately they said that is part of the national security assessment, thatis the national security assessment, that is for the spies and the politicians, so we are not going to overturn it on that basis. so interesting. and the government, as you suggested, says the fundamental here, and certainly it was what sajid javid set at the time, was national security. there will have been people who follow this who think she was 15, she was 15, a schoolgirl. should her age not play into this in any way at all?- into this in any way at all? well... i think the — into this in any way at all? well... i think the commission _ into this in any way at all? well... i think the commission said - into this in any way at all? well... i think the commission said all- into this in any way at all? well... | i think the commission said all the factors were considered. i think there was evidence the secretary of state took account of her age but ultimately it was a decision for politicians and notjudges. being young, being trafficked, does not give you an automatic right to come back. there is a question in my mind

about quite what the decision was really about in 2019 in this sense. if you go back to 2017 when there were hundreds of people who left the uk, some of them are dual nationals, and there was a real worry what appears to happens is people who went out to fight, their citizenship would be taken away. it begs the question, now the numbers out there are much smaller because there have been really bloody battles, including when islamic state finally fell, is the risk so much now there are fewer? if you are doing it today would you take the same decisions? this is a tricky one. let's say the government did eventually want to take back uk residents, how do you reverse out of this? having taken a citizenship away, she is not a citizen any more,

she cannot come into the country. there are some really quite tricky questions that remain to be answered which are nothing to do with the judgment that took place today but really need to be addressed now. and really need to be addressed now. and what are other countries doing, either some who have taken back their citizens from the camps of syria? their citizens from the camps of s ria? . . , , their citizens from the camps of s ria? . , their citizens from the camps of sria? . .,. their citizens from the camps of sria? . _. .,. ., syria? increasingly so. france have taken back— syria? increasingly so. france have taken back over _ syria? increasingly so. france have taken back over 100. _ syria? increasingly so. france have taken back over 100. german - syria? increasingly so. france have taken back over100. german have| taken back over 100. german have taken back over 100. german have taken back over 100. german have taken back over 100. america have taken back over 100. america have taken back over 100. america have taken back all of those. little by little countries are beginning to change their posture from what you might call strategic distance, which is to keep them out at all costs, to try to manage their return was that there is a bit of a risk that the uk could become a bit of an outlier. i suppose... you could ask me, will this be a risk to national security? there is always an element of risk that i don't fundamentally believe that i don't fundamentally believe that the uk is unable to absorb the risk if other european countries can do so. we have some advantages here. we have fewer guns, which is

fantastic. we have fewer pockets of really extreme alienation. there are some communities particularly in france which are really alienated people can go back and restart. we don't have that to such an extent in the uk. on the other hand, prosecution is very difficult in this country, but i think on the whole we are no better or no worse than the other countries who are now taking their former residents back. if britain is brought back to this country from one of the cams —— if a briton is brought back, can they be monitored here, other processes that can be put in place, they might know more about who they are talking to and where they are living than they would ever do in camp in syria stop you know it is easy to monitor someone if they are in the uk was the point made earlier.— the point made earlier. measures exist. the point made earlier. measures exist- there _ the point made earlier. measures exist. there is _ the point made earlier. measures exist. there is a _ the point made earlier. measures exist. there is a temporary - exist. there is a temporary exclusion order that means government to get to say you are going to come back on this plane, arrive at this airport, you will be met, given a document that will

contain obligations so you have to go to the police every so often, you have to register your address, you have to register your address, you have to register your address, you have to attend mentoring sessions or de—radicalisation sessions. there are instruments in place to control risk. no one would say they are completely foolproof and they also cost a bit of money. but completely foolproof and they also cost a bit of money.— cost a bit of money. but is there also a risk _ cost a bit of money. but is there also a risk to _ cost a bit of money. but is there also a risk to leaving _ cost a bit of money. but is there also a risk to leaving people - cost a bit of money. but is there also a risk to leaving people out| also a risk to leaving people out there? , , ., also a risk to leaving people out there? , y., also a risk to leaving people out there? , i. ., there? there is. if you look at the bi at there? there is. if you look at the big at risk. _ there? there is. if you look at the big at risk. i _ there? there is. if you look at the big at risk. i do — there? there is. if you look at the big at risk, i do worry _ there? there is. if you look at the big at risk, i do worry if _ there? there is. if you look at the big at risk, i do worry if the - big at risk, i do worry if the uk was such an outlier that people wish the uk harm could say, look, this is a britain's guantanamo. all the other western countries have brought them back in the uk hasn't. there is also a completely objective risk that if people are going to come back eventually, and i think they will come better do it sooner rather than later because those children are being brought up in the camps and islamic state does have a programme called comps of the caliphate where they want to train people to be future soldiers —— cubs

of the caliphate. you shouldn't ignore the humanitarian element. children who are taken out at seven or eight, some of them now will be getting to 16, 17 and it is really tricky for them. as soon as they get close to adulthood they will be moved into adult camps. who knows what goes on in those in detention camps? there is quite a strong humanitarian argument to act in relation to the children.- relation to the children. forgive me. to rewind, _ relation to the children. forgive me. to rewind, do _ relation to the children. forgive me. to rewind, do we - relation to the children. forgive me. to rewind, do we know- relation to the children. forgive - me. to rewind, do we know exactly how many britons are out there? the fiuures how many britons are out there? the fi . ures are how many britons are out there? tue: figures are unknown but it how many britons are out there? tue figures are unknown but it is around 20. treat that with caution. the total number of uk former residents who are in the camps, it is about 70. so the majority are... sorry, 70 adults, majority women. there are about the same number of children. of about the same number of children. of those, only a fraction will be still uk citizens.— still uk citizens. jonathan hall case , still uk citizens. jonathan hall casey. very — still uk citizens. jonathan hall casey. very good _ still uk citizens. jonathan hall casey, very good of _ still uk citizens. jonathan hall

casey, very good of you - still uk citizens. jonathan hall casey, very good of you to - still uk citizens. jonathan halll casey, very good of you to give still uk citizens. jonathan hall - casey, very good of you to give us so much time this afternoon. —— jonathan hall kc. he has the government's independent reviewer of terrorism legislation. just before we move on we are preparing to move on to talk about the nursestrikes involving the royal couege the nursestrikes involving the royal college of nursing. we would speak to our health correspondent in a moment but before that, in fact staying with the subject of strikes, a word coming in from the teachers union, the neu, the teachers union saying we are prepared to recommend a pause to the strikes next week. we are preparing to recommend a pause at a meeting this weekend, so in essence that appears very much under discussion and consideration. that is all we are told at the moment but potentially a pause to the teachers strike, that is how it is looking, as soon as we get more clarity on that we will bring you that, of course, but as i say there is other

talks taking place this afternoon which i described as intensive. the side between government ministers and the royal college of nursing after the union halted next week's 48—hour strike in england. the talks are likely to focus on next year's pay rise, which is due in april. our health correspondent, nick triggle, is here. just explain. who is talking, what stage are we out, what is happening? this afternoon, the health secretary at steve barclay is sitting down with the royal college of nursing's general secretary pat colin to discuss this ongoing dispute in the nhs about pay. there is a glimmer of hope around these talks. it is unlikely there will be a deal done this afternoon but it could well take weeks. what is important is there is something it appears to talk about. —— the general secretary

pat cullen. at the start of the royal college of nursing wanted a pay rise of 5% above inflation. at one point could have meant an increase of 19%. the government gave nhs staff 4.75%. then the royal couege nhs staff 4.75%. then the royal college of nursing said, well, look, we are prepared to meet you halfway, but the government was adamant that they were not going to shift on that pay offer for the year. so what has now happened is that the government has made a submission to the independent pay review body about pay next year. this is a pay rice kicking and in april, and it has suggested 3.5% increase. that is just the opening submission. the review body could well recommend more full stop in previous years it has. what it has allowed the two sides to do is get around the table and start talking we believe about

whether they could backdate next year's a pay rise into this year. if they backdated it to january it would effectively mean a double boost in pay forjanuary, february and march. so it has potentially given both sides a little bit of something of what they wanted. but let's remember, the talks this afternoon ijust let's remember, the talks this afternoon i just with the let's remember, the talks this afternoon ijust with the nursing union. ambulance staff and physics are also taking strike action. but it does come off the back of a fresh office in wales and scotland which have led to the unions consulting their members. we could perhaps be seeing the turning point, certainly in the nhs, of the pay dispute this winter. i in the nhs, of the pay dispute this winter. ~' :, in the nhs, of the pay dispute this winter. ~ :, , :, ~ , in the nhs, of the pay dispute this winter. ~ :, ,:, ~ , , winter. i know you will keep us uo-to-date- — winter. i know you will keep us up-to-date. thank _ winter. i know you will keep us up-to-date. thank you - winter. i know you will keep us up-to-date. thank you for - winter. i know you will keep us | up-to-date. thank you for now. winter. i know you will keep us - up-to-date. thank you for now. nick up—to—date. thank you for now. nick triggle, our health correspondent. london underground drivers are to strike on the day of the budget in their dispute about pensions and working arrangements. the walk out on march the 15th follows a vote in favour of industrial action by 99%

of members of aslef on a turnout of 77%. the prime minister rishi sunak has insisted he will keep fighting until we get a deal on changes to the uk's post—brexit trading arrangements, known as the northern ireland protocol. he was pressed by the labour leader, sir keir starmer, over the post—brexit trading deal known as the northern ireland protocol at prime minister's questions. our political correspondent, david wallace lockhart, joins us from westminster now. this time last week i think people were thinking we may be somewhere, have some glimmer of a deal by now but not so, but explain what has been said. it but not so, but explain what has been said-— but not so, but explain what has been said. :, , , :, , :, , :, ~ been said. it appears to be taking sliuhtl been said. it appears to be taking slightly longer— been said. it appears to be taking slightly longer than _ been said. it appears to be taking slightly longer than some - been said. it appears to be taking slightly longer than some people | slightly longer than some people predicted initially. the northern ireland protocol is part of the fallout of the brexit deal. it means that northern ireland has to follow some eu rules. the whole idea is to keep the border on the island of

ireland open. it is not liked by the dup, the main unionist party in northern ireland. it is part of the reason they will not go into the executive at stormont. it is not liked by a number of tory eurosceptic mps. rishi sunak believes he is getting close to changing some of the terms with the european union. it came up at pmqs this afternoon as sir keir starmer, the labour leader, said that rishi sunak is pulling the wool over the eyes of his own backbenchers, of the dup presumably, as well, by implying he can significantly reduce the amount of eu rules that northern ireland is expected to follow. rishi sunak was at pains to stress that the deal has not been done yet, that he is a committed brexiteer and thinks he can get a deal that reflects all of this. he accused keir starmer of being someone who just always wants to surrender to

the eu. another issue that keir starmer pushed him on was, is ultimately the idea of whether or not mps will get to vote on any new deal he manages to secure. rishi sunak said the following words. mps would get to express a view on what if anything he manages to secure, but we did hear from if anything he manages to secure, but we did hearfrom his if anything he manages to secure, but we did hear from his spokesman after pmqs who seem to suggest that didn't necessarily mean mps would be getting a vote. labour i saying they will support the prime minister if he secures a new deal. that may sound very kind but of course i think there is a bit of politics going on here because at the end of the day rishi sunak doesn't want to be losing some of his own backbenchers, perhaps even the dup, but gaining the votes of labour. that would not be a good look for him. i suspect what he is trying to get at the moment is a deal that the dup and his eurosceptic backbenchers can live with, but that may involve more concessions than the european union is willing to give, and these

negotiations in the meantime rumble on. mi negotiations in the meantime rumble on. : :, :, : on. all right, david, on that topic, thank ou on. all right, david, on that topic, thank you very _ on. all right, david, on that topic, thank you very much. _ the inquest into the death of nicola bulley has been opened and adjourned at preston coroner's court, after her body was recovered by police divers on sunday lunchtime. the 45—year—old mum was identified by her dental records. the hearing, which lasted about five minutes, was not attended by ms bulley�*s partner paul ansell or any other family. a full inquest is likely to be held injune. british steel has announced plans to close its coking ovens in scunthorpe, with the loss of up to 260 jobs. the company's chinese owners say they've faced significant challenges because of high inflation and energy costs. unions say the move will be "devastating" for scunthorpe and british steel workers across the uk. let's find out more from our

correspondent in scunthorpe. explain what is going when, how manyjobs we think are at risk now. we what is going when, how many “obs we think are at risk now.�* think are at risk now. we are lookin: think are at risk now. we are looking at — think are at risk now. we are looking at 260. _ think are at risk now. we are looking at 260. earlier - think are at risk now. we are looking at 260. earlier in - think are at risk now. we are looking at 260. earlier in the think are at risk now. we are - looking at 260. earlier in the month it had been mooted at being around 800. all of this from a very brief and rapid history lesson comes from january when the government intimated it would put £300 million into this plant in scunthorpe, thereby supposedly securing jobs until the end of the decade. that has gone out of the window. we are looking at 260 jobs, possibly more, unions feel it is a win for them that they managed to reduce it from the initialfigure that they managed to reduce it from the initial figure of 800 which was talked about at the beginning of february. all of this comes around the whole future of this plant. the coking ovens that will be closed here, they are integral to the way that steel is made here. they power

the blast furnaces. the question is, what will happen to these blast furnaces? the suggestion is that in order to make this more efficient those blast furnaces need to go green, they need to be electric and make what is in effect recycled steel. the pressure then is, what happens about these coking ovens? they were due to be re—initialised in 2026 but that now seems not to be happening. forthe in 2026 but that now seems not to be happening. for the town it is a significant blow, with concerns for all the industry that relies in this part of the world on this steelworks which of course has a history dating back to the mid 19th century. it is also worth stating that this transition to a more environmentally friendly way of making steel, which is why british steel is arguably so expensive, is also something that affects tata in port talbot, which has also had an offer from the

british government on the table, but all of this seems to be a protracted negotiation and certainly the talk here today from local mps is their disappointment, and disappointment from the government that while negotiations are going on between british steel and the british government today, this announcement overjobs has been made. thank government today, this announcement overjobs has been made.— more than 60,000 adults with disabilities and long—term illnesses in england were chased for debts by councils last year, after failing to pay for their social care support at home. claimants say they can't afford the charges, given the rising cost of food and rent, along with the additional costs of living with disabilities. councils maintain they only take action as a "last option". here's our social affairs editor, alison holt. this has become julia brosnan's world. most of her days are spent within the four walls of her bedroom. she has back problems, severe mobility issues and a rare skin condition.

i can't cook for myself any more. i can't carry things. i can barely walk because my legs are numb and they don't hold me. her local council charges her nearly £60 a week for the 13 hours of care they provide her with. going through her bills, she says she simply can't afford to pay. she gets about £300 a week in benefits, that covers her household bills and the extra costs of the creams, air filters and specialised food she needs. basically, ijust stop opening their letters because i can't do anything about it. i haven't got the money to give them. julia now owes the council £4,700 and it's taking legal action against her. she's constantly worried the bailiffs will be knocking on her door. you know, i can't see a way ahead. that's upsetting. mm. i try not to think that way. you know, i'm always trying to be positive,

but the fight is wearing me out and making me more ill. nearly 80 out ofjust over 150 councils in england responded to a bbc request for data about the numbers, likejulia, struggling to pay care charges. in the last financial year, more than 60,000 people with disabilities and care needs were chased by councils because they'd run up debts. legal action was taken in 330 cases. disability campaigners say it is a sign of how difficult life has become. basic foodstuffs have gone up, rents have increased. i think they're expecting people to live on very, very little money if you want social care, and that is discriminatory. we provide the very best care that we can for the money we have, but there is only so much money in the system. councils say rising demand and squeezed budgets mean they have to collect money that is owed. but legal action is a last resort. what the council should be doing, and i think the vast majority

of councils do in the vast majority of cases, is that they work with residents to find a solution, to find the financial route through this, so that it is a fair and equitable system. and julia's council, east sussex, maintains it does that with its clients. but until a solution is found in her case, she says she lives with constant worry. i'm just surviving, you know, that's how my life is. i keep thinking, well, one day they might wake up and realise, actually, i can't pay it. alison holt, bbc news. president biden is meeting leaders of nine countries from the eastern part of nato this afternoon to discuss the war in ukraine. the talks are taking place in the polish capital weitzeil. joe biden is facing calls to provide more military support to nato members in eastern europe. members of the

so—called bucharest nine nations, former members of the soviet bloc, one of nato troops to be stationed permanently in the region. the last half an hour or permanently in the region. the last halfan hour orso, permanently in the region. the last half an hour or so, president biden spoke as those talks got under way. over the past year, with your countries _ over the past year, with your countries around this table providing collective leadership, we have also — providing collective leadership, we have also strengthened nato, the commitment of the united states and nato, _ commitment of the united states and nato, i_ commitment of the united states and nato, i have said it many times and i will— nato, i have said it many times and i will say— nato, i have said it many times and i will say it— nato, i have said it many times and i will say it again, is absolutely clean — i will say it again, is absolutely clear. article five is a sacred commitment the united states has made _ commitment the united states has made we — commitment the united states has made. we will defend literally every inch of— made. we will defend literally every inch of nato, every inch of nato, and this— inch of nato, every inch of nato, and this is— inch of nato, every inch of nato, and this is an important moment. i look forward — and this is an important moment. i look forward to discussion on the next _ look forward to discussion on the next steps — look forward to discussion on the next steps we can take together, and to keep _ next steps we can take together, and to keep our— next steps we can take together, and to keep our alliance strong and to further— to keep our alliance strong and to further deter aggression. what is at stake _ further deter aggression. what is at stake is _ further deter aggression. what is at stake is not — further deter aggression. what is at stake is notjust ukraine, it is freedom _ stake is notjust ukraine, it is freedom. the idea that over 100,000

forces _ freedom. the idea that over100,000 forces will— freedom. the idea that over 100,000 forces will invade another country after— forces will invade another country after war— forces will invade another country after war since world war ii, nothing _ after war since world war ii, nothing like that has happened. things— nothing like that has happened. things have changed radically. we have to _ things have changed radically. we have to make sure we change them back _ have to make sure we change them back. us _ have to make sure we change them back. ,, , �* have to make sure we change them back. ,, , : �* , back. us president biden. let's get the thoughts _ back. us president biden. let's get the thoughts of _ back. us president biden. let's get the thoughts of our _ back. us president biden. let's get the thoughts of our eastern - back. us president biden. let's get the thoughts of our eastern europe | the thoughts of our eastern europe correspondent, who is following all of this in warsaw. our of the countries they're hearing what they want to hear, what they hope to hear from the us president?— from the us president? yeah, i think more or less- — from the us president? yeah, i think more or less. as _ from the us president? yeah, i think more or less. as far _ from the us president? yeah, i think more or less. as far as _ from the us president? yeah, i think more or less. as far as poland - from the us president? yeah, i think more or less. as far as poland is - more or less. as far as poland is concerned the very fact thatjoe biden is here and spending such a long time here in poland is in itself a signal of their importance if you like. poland's increased importance and the increased importance and the increased importance of the region as it faces what it sees very clearly now as aggression from russia to the east. this is a group at the bucharest nine, of countries from the baltics down to bulgaria, which of course

borders ukraine, borders russia, and countries that very much feel the threat from the east very strongly, very much more keenly than others to the west. they were looking for strong signals. there are sirens behind me. very significant police presence on the streets in the last couple of days which has just shown you how this city, this country has become so much of a focal point in terms of the response to ukraine and in terms of course of how nato unites going forward to face that increased threat from moscow. yes. increased threat from moscow. yes, because it is — increased threat from moscow. yes, because it is a _ increased threat from moscow. yes, because it is a year _ increased threat from moscow. yes, because it is a year since _ increased threat from moscow. yes, because it is a year since russia invaded a sovereign nation, and no one can talk, is talking about how this war ends.— one can talk, is talking about how this war ends. :, , :, :, :, this war ends. no, they are not, and in fact quite — this war ends. no, they are not, and in fact quite the _ this war ends. no, they are not, and in fact quite the opposite. _ this war ends. no, they are not, and in fact quite the opposite. people i in fact quite the opposite. people talking very clearly about the fact this war could go on for a very long time. forthe this war could go on for a very long time. for the politicians, that is one thing, for those who are using this to argue for the strengthening

of nato it is another thing. but of course with the ukrainian people, and including in that all of the refugees we have been meeting in recent days and over the past year, in fact, that is very depressing, and very sad and miserable thought. we saw the boarding of evacuation trains at the beginning of the work panic and chaos as people crashed on. and a year on, many of those people have still not been able to return home. refugees are still coming across the border in much smaller numbers now, but still entering poland because they don't see much hope for the immediate future in their countries. it is worth remembering that, even as we talk about the big geopolitics of this and the security issues that have emerged from it and the nato politics going forward. this is at the height of it of course about the ukrainian people. xfies. the height of it of course about the ukrainian people.— ukrainian people. yes. cerro, for now, ukrainian people. yes. cerro, for now. thank— ukrainian people. yes. cerro, for now. thank you _ ukrainian people. yes. cerro, for now, thank you very _ ukrainian people. yes. cerro, for now, thank you very much. - ukrainian people. yes. cerro, for now, thank you very much. much ukrainian people. yes. cerro, for- now, thank you very much. much more to come on all today's stories but we will pause to look at the weather

prospects. hello, there. the weather this afternoon is looking predominantly cloudy, and we've got some showers in the forecast, too — the heaviest of these affecting parts of wales, northern ireland and western scotland, where at least there will be some bright spells getting through at times. eastern england, eastern scotland, thick cloud around this afternoon with some patches of mostly light rain on and off. temperatures seven to ten degrees celsius, so cooler than it was at the start of the week, and those temperatures are actually closer to average for this stage of february. overnight, any patchy rain becomes restricted to southern areas of the uk. with clearer skies in scotland, northern ireland and northern england, here it's a cold night with a widespread frost, and temperatures diving down to about minus three degrees. but at least it is for these northern areas that will have the best of the morning sunshine. any rain will clear away from the south tomorrow, with the weather brightening up through the afternoon, but at the same time in scotland we'll see some rain working into northern areas with strengthening winds and a slow rise in temperatures — eventually we should see highs of around nine or ten

towards the north—west. hello, you're watching bbc news. these are the headlines. shamima begum who left london as a schoolgirl to join so—called islamic state has lost her appeal against the removal of her british citizenship. talks are being held between the government and the royal

couege between the government and the royal college of nursing, they are described as intensive discussions about pay, terms and conditions. as many as 300 jobs are going as british steel announces the closure of its coking ovens in scunthorpe. tens of thousands of adults with disabilities and long—term illnesses are being sued by local councils for failing to pay their social care bills. british steel announcing the closure of its coking ovens in scunthorpe. we are going to catch up with the latest sports news now. good afternoon. it is decision time for welsh rugby players who are expected to reveal later this afternoon whether they will take to the field against england this saturday in the six nations. contractual issues with the rfu have led to potential strike action with warren gatland delaying

naming his team yesterday. for more on this now we're joined by bbc rugby reporter, sara orchard. for those not following the story, tell us what's happening and the talks there are going on today? good afternoon. this _ talks there are going on today? good afternoon. this has _ talks there are going on today? (ems afternoon. this has been going on for quite some time and i'm sure there are a lot of rugby fans who will be very concerned about how close to the wire this is. today is being considered a deadline when it comes to contract talks. what is this about? it's important to say first of all that the wales players who are unhappy, they are notjust internationals, its professional players across the whole of wales and they are not asking for a pay rise, they are basically asking for somejob rise, they are basically asking for some job security. when rise, they are basically asking for somejob security. when it rise, they are basically asking for some job security. when it comes to those requests they have three of them. the first one is that they want a seat at the table when it

comes to prb negotiations in the future. prb is the professional rugby board in wales and that has got five elements to it. it's everyone involved in professional rugby so you've got the ospreys, dragons, scarlets and the welsh rugby union itself in cardiff. they will have a seat at the table. players want a seat at the table as well when it comes those contract discussions. they want to scrap what is called the 60 cab rule. there are different variations of this but to put it easily for most people, if you have 60 caps and you are a welsh player you are allowed to go and player you are allowed to go and play outside of wales but if you have less than 60 caps you are expected to play at a club in wales. they think that is restricting what they can and can't do. they want that either scrapped or reduced. the last thing they want is basically a clause in the contracts that says they get 80% of their salary and the other 20% is made up of bonuses,

whether that be the amount of games they play or the success rate of the team. they want that gone. they have been quite clear about what they want and we understand they have been negotiations but we just don't know if they're going to get a full resolution today.— resolution today. what are the otential resolution today. what are the potential implications - resolution today. what are the potential implications of - resolution today. what are the potential implications of this i resolution today. what are the - potential implications of this match doesn't go ahead? thea;r potential implications of this match doesn't go ahead?— doesn't go ahead? they are significant. _ doesn't go ahead? they are significant. not _ doesn't go ahead? they are significant. notjust - doesn't go ahead? they are significant. not just for - doesn't go ahead? they are significant. not just for the | doesn't go ahead? they are - significant. not just for the welsh rugby significant. notjust for the welsh rugby union who would have to refund all of the tickets and everything that goes on around hosting an international rugby match in cardiff itself. the extra issue would be on the whole of the welsh economy, predominantly around cardiff. this would be one of the biggest weekends of the year for them. if you think about every restaurant, bar, hotel, they would have put —— prepared for this for a long time. they will have been sold out and they will have prepared the stock and staff in advance and all of that could be threatened or gone ultimately if the match doesn't go ahead.— threatened or gone ultimately if the

match doesn't go ahead. england are looking to retain the arnold clark cup tonight when they face belgium at ashton gate. in a winner takes all match, the lionesses are on a record 28 match unbeaten streak under dutch manager sarina wiegman. despite rotating her squad throughout the tournament, wiegman is determined to add another trophy to her impressive cv as an international coach. this whole tournament, we have to -et this whole tournament, we have to get ready— this whole tournament, we have to get ready and — this whole tournament, we have to get ready and be _ this whole tournament, we have to get ready and be ready— this whole tournament, we have to get ready and be ready on - this whole tournament, we have to get ready and be ready on the - this whole tournament, we have to get ready and be ready on the 22nd ofjuiy_ get ready and be ready on the 22nd ofjuiy when — get ready and be ready on the 22nd ofjuiy when a — get ready and be ready on the 22nd ofjuly when a world _ get ready and be ready on the 22nd ofjuly when a world cup _ get ready and be ready on the 22nd ofjuly when a world cup starts. - get ready and be ready on the 22nd| ofjuly when a world cup starts. but we also _ ofjuly when a world cup starts. but we also want — ofjuly when a world cup starts. but we also want to _ ofjuly when a world cup starts. but we also want to win _ ofjuly when a world cup starts. but we also want to win the _ ofjuly when a world cup starts. but we also want to win the tournamentj we also want to win the tournament of course _ we also want to win the tournament of course every— we also want to win the tournament of course. every game _ we also want to win the tournament of course. every game we _ we also want to win the tournament of course. every game we play- we also want to win the tournament of course. every game we play we l of course. every game we play we want _ of course. every game we play we want to _ of course. every game we play we want to win — of course. every game we play we want to win we— of course. every game we play we want to win. we want _ of course. every game we play we want to win. we want to - of course. every game we play we want to win. we want to see - of course. every game we play we| want to win. we want to see many players — want to win. we want to see many players but _ want to win. we want to see many players but whoever _ want to win. we want to see many players but whoever is _ want to win. we want to see many players but whoever is on - want to win. we want to see many players but whoever is on the - want to win. we want to see many| players but whoever is on the pitch .oes players but whoever is on the pitch goes on _ players but whoever is on the pitch goes on the — players but whoever is on the pitch goes on the pitch— players but whoever is on the pitch goes on the pitch to _ players but whoever is on the pitch goes on the pitch to win _ players but whoever is on the pitch goes on the pitch to win the - players but whoever is on the pitchj goes on the pitch to win the game. england's leading wicket—ta ker james anderson has returned to the top of the international cricket council's test bowling rankings.

at a0 years 207 days, anderson is the oldest bowler to hold top spot since australian clarrie grimmett in 1936. anderson returned match figures of 7—54 in the first—test win in new zealand earlier this week to end australia captain pat cummins' four—year reign at the top. the england seamer has has 682 test wickets, third on the all—time list behind sri lanka spinner muttiah muralitharan and late australia great shane warne. that's all the sport for now. we will talk more about grass roots support but before we do that there is a lot of news this afternoon about strikes so let's bring you another date that has just come through from unison. we are hearing from the union its members are to out across england on march the 8th. so that as health staff such as ambulance workers, some nurses, blood collection workers, categories of stuff like that. a fresh date

that has come through, two weeks today, march the 8th. all part of their long—running dispute over pay. there are talks ongoing this afternoon in relation to health strikes and those are talks between the government and members of the royal college of nursing. so members of that union have posed their strike which was due to be next week because of the talks that are taking place but this is a different union, this is unison, so they will be strikes by members of that union in two weeks' time. that is an england on march the 8th. unison accusing the government of failing to hold proper talks to resolve this long—running row. quite a lengthy statement has come through in the last few moments from the union. that is the essence of what they are saying. so talks on the one hand but

unison announcing a —— another strike date in two weeks. the high cost of energy is jeopardising that aduu the high cost of energy is jeopardising the future of gyms and swimming pools, according to a group of almost 200 sports governing bodies. they've written to the prime minister, urging him to provide further support to leisure centres. from april, they are due to lose government help towards their energy costs. our correspondent matt graveling has more. in at the deep end. in just six weeks, facilities like this will see their income dive. from april, the leisure sector falls from a government scheme to help with energy costs. the fear is gyms and pools will close, something one former olympian says will put lives at risk. fundamentally, it's obviously children that learn how to swim,

but actually there's adults that get themselves into danger. there's so many drownings that are happening each year and it's getting worse. a lot of parents that don't take their children swimming, or can't afford to, the school has that responsibility. but if these pools are closing, well then how can the school even access them? mark sesnin oversees a number of venues, including this outdoor lido in london, and told me grassroots sports will be hit hard. the clubs will find it increasingly difficult to survive because we have to put the prices up to them. they have to pass it on to the kids. and again, it's the poorer families that will suffer. the government say they provided £18 billion to help clubs, schools and businesses through the winter, plus an extra one billion to help the leisure sector through the pandemic. but today, those in the industry have written an urgent appeal for help. this letter, sent to the prime minister rishi sunak, has been signed by more than 200 organisations and people, all pleading with the government not to cut the funding.

some of the national sporting bodies on here include british cycling and england netball and some of the olympians and paralympians include sharron davies and jonnie peacock. the organisation behind today's letter say funding cuts will lead to further closures and more ill health, an issue already costing the country billions every year. you'll see multi—sport facilities being restricted, including football. you'll see bespoke programmes for women, for people from ethnically diverse communities, from disabled people as well, all being restricted. withjust under a month until the budget, those working in the leisure sector are now pleading for a little more help to stay afloat. matt graveling, bbc news. let's talk now with olmypic skier chemmy alcott — who has signed the letter to prime minister rishi sunak. as someone as someone who has competed in no

fewer than four winter olympics, why did you sign this letter? it’s did you sign this letter? it's actuall did you sign this letter? it�*s actually devastating to think of the impact on sport and physical health and well—being of our nation. i was really lucky to be a local swimming pool really lucky to be a local swimming pool, at richmond pole. it was huge for me in terms of water safety and community and ijust for me in terms of water safety and community and i just think there are so many people who have struggled and to be hit with these costs now its punishing and it's really hard to deal with. we need to support this industry. it's imperative for health and well—being. and for the government it's a short—term investment which long term will save the nhs hugely in terms of services they have to provide because people will be happier and healthier. there is auoin to will be happier and healthier. there is going to be _ will be happier and healthier. there is going to be some _ will be happier and healthier. there is going to be some support - will be happier and healthier. there is going to be some support from april but it's going to be dramatically reduced from what it is

now. the government says there is some help but your point is it goes wider than that.— wider than that. yes, far beyond that. without _ wider than that. yes, far beyond that. without affordable - wider than that. yes, far beyond i that. without affordable facilities, people will drop out of sporting activity and it will be increasingly difficult to get them back into it. we know the importance of regular exercise. it's one of the most important factors in terms of brain health and helping to manage your weight and reducing the risk of disease. it goes further than thinking about going to have a swim what to do a work—out. it's about that inclusivity provides for so many people who don't have that outlet accessible to them.- many people who don't have that outlet accessible to them. given all the benefits — outlet accessible to them. given all the benefits you _ outlet accessible to them. given all the benefits you have _ outlet accessible to them. given all the benefits you have described, i the benefits you have described, what more can be done from a public health perspective to encourage people to get involved in reminding families that it is beneficial? lt’s

families that it is beneficial? it's about families that it is beneficial? tt�*s about re—educating people on what sport is. i have been on the other side of sport what it's all about winning or losing an sport is more than that. it's about life skills you learn through participation. we know about the health benefits but what about the resilience of builds, the leadership it installs in our young people. we know water safety is imperative. to teach children how to swim. we have seen this this winter. it's about looking at the wider picture and notjust narrowing it down to sporty something indulgent. it should be accessible to everyone. i am an ambassador for rice to play and it uses sport to teach children life skills and we have these facilities on our doorstep and we have to support them and notjust because we are thinking about anything to do with grassroot levels leading to elite sport, it's far more than that.— levels leading to elite sport, it's far more than that. very good to talk to you- _

far more than that. very good to talk to you. thanks _ far more than that. very good to talk to you. thanks so _ far more than that. very good to talk to you. thanks so much. - yesterday asda and morrisons put limits on the number of cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes that anyone can take home. the supply problems have largely been caused by extreme weather conditions in northern africa and southern spain. the regions from which the uk gets a large amount of its products at this time of year. our business correspondent explains. hf time of year. our business correspondent explains. if you've been to do _ correspondent explains. if you've been to do your _ correspondent explains. if you've been to do your weekly _ correspondent explains. if you've been to do your weekly shop - correspondent explains. if you've been to do your weekly shop in i correspondent explains. if you've i been to do your weekly shop in the past few days you might have noticed a few gaps. social media has been awash with pictures from frustrated shoppers have empty shelves in the fresh fruit and veg aisles. now some of the supermarkets are taking steps to protect supplies. and asda you

can now only by three chopped tomatoes, peppers, pygmies and lettuce. in asda, you can now only buy three each of tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, lettuce, salad bags, broccoli, cauliflower and raspberries. and in morrisons, from today, shoppers will be limited to two each of tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce and peppers. the supermarkets say extreme weather in european countries where they source their produce has impacted supply chains. they say the measures are to make sure all customers can still get hold of fruit and veg. we're thinking about some disruption maybe for the next fortnight or so, just a little bit less availability than you'd normally see in your supermarkets. but supermarkets are great at sorting through these challenges. we saw that during the pandemic. they'll be finding different suppliers to to get more produce onto the shelves. but also, after sort of — when we get into march and beyond, then we get a lot more of our product here in the uk, which makes it much easier. when there were food and fuel supply issues last year, the government's own office for budget responsibility said brexit had made things worse than in other countries. this time, some retail analysts say

the problems are down to high energy costs, and extreme hot and cold weather affecting crops across europe. supermarkets say the imminent start of the uk growing season will help them maintain supplies in the spring. but the national farmers' union says the industry needs more support. the more we face shortages, the more it will drive food inflation. we've got to come up with a way of making sure we can keep producing what the nation needs. we've got 70 million people in this country. it's an island nation. food security needs to be taken really seriously. so far, none of the other major supermarkets have introduced limits. asda and morrisons say the temporary measures should only need to be in place for a matter of weeks. mark ashdown, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... nicola bulley left... talks are

being held between the government and the royal college of nursing, they are described as intensive discussions about pay, terms and conditions. up to 300 jobs are going as british steel announces the closure of its coking others in scunthorpe. the film called home will be shown to primary schoolchildren across the uk to mark the anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine. i correspondent went to a school in margate for the premier.

popcorn... red carpet arrivals... ..and at holy trinity and stjohn's primary school in margate, a movie exclusive. so we're really excited. we've been asked to host the world premiere of the aardman animation home. good afternoon, everybody. how lovely to see you. peter lord, co—founder of aardman animation, the studio that brought us wallace and gromit, chicken run, shaun the sheep, and now... welcome to the world premiere of home. we wanted to make an inspirational film about refugees and what it means to be a refugee. home tells the story of an orange circle starting a new life in an unfamiliar world of purple triangles. we hope this film could play anywhere in the world and tell the same sort of story. over the past year, like many schools, this one has welcomed refugees from ukraine. now, arriving in an unfamiliar place, having said goodbye to friends

and family far away, well, it can be hugely unsettling for anyone. but for children, it can be especially hard, as tatyana has discovered. she fled ukraine last summer with her two young daughters. it's like, uncertainty. they didn't know where we were going. and like, the worst part was that they were travelling without their dad. the biggest part of my heart is still there in ukraine. how has it been? how have you managed when it comes to settling in? for the girls, it was so hard to socialise at the very beginning. but the school, they found new friends here, the teachers, so they are supporting constantly. this short film has been made in partnership with the charity save the children.

i think it was really good - because it's helping other people that are from a different country. it was great because it showed how to introduce people when they move to a new town. a smile is the same in any language, and love is the same in any language. so i hope, when those ukrainian children go back to ukraine one day, i hope they will learn that love wins. home does what animation can do best. tell a story when there are no words. tim muffett, bbc news.

for hundreds of years, church bells have rung out to proclaim special events, as well as to call people to worship. but new recruits to bell—ringing are in decline — and with just over ten weeks to go until the coronation of king charles, a campaign is underway to fill the vacancies. jo black has been speaking to those who'll be responsible for showing new—comers the ropes. bells peal. the unmistakable sound of church bells has been part of the soundscape across towns and cities for centuries. they help us celebrate, commemorate, and are a weekly call to worship. now, with just over ten weeks to go until the coronation, there is a shortage of bell ringers who will ring for the king. and so the race is on to find and train people up. all yours. that hand stroke needs stretch and pull through. st lawrence's in ipswich, a deconsecrated church, is now a community hub. we're told the bells here are the oldest entire ring

of five bells in the country, dating back to the 11t00s. and the weekly ringing session held here on a wednesday lunchtime is today doubling up as a training exercise for some who have come to answer this particular coronation call. we want to make sure that there are ringers for every church, so that we can all ring out for ring for the king, for the coronation. but some of our beginners here today learned because of the queen'sjubilee, and they wanted to be able to ring for that. and then a lot of them rang when the queen died. so we've had this constant teaching of beginners right the way through since that original push. i saw some advert about them needing more bell ringers to ensure that all the churches were ringing for the king's coronation. and because he's such a great environmentalist, and i'm an environmentalist too, i thought i'd come back and ring for the coronation.

at the moment, i'm excited about it. i can't imagine that i'm going to be quite ready. but i think i will. i hope i will. but yeah, it will be, it's a once in a lifetime opportunity, isn't it, really? i'd encourage younger people to really get involved with it because it is really enjoyable and you make lots of friends very quickly. but with a shortage of ringers and teachers, is bell ringing seen, perhaps unfairly, as a bit old fashioned? no, it's super cool. it's absolutely super cool. and no—one would ever believe that it wasn't. there is still enough time to learn before coronation day, and these new members know they will be part of something historic, and they hope to keep on ringing for many more years to come. jo black, bbc news in ipswich. the presenting team for this year's eurovision song contest in liverpool has been announced. zoe ball revealed the names on the radio 2 breakfast show —

let's hear what she said. on the tv hosting the eurovision song contest final in liverpool will be... it says here, deep breath, i am following the script, literally. alesha dixon. the ukrainian singerjulia sanina, the award—winning actress from ted lasso and game of thrones, hannah waddington, and someone you may well know, mr graham norton. there you go. it's in may and it's not far off. let's take a look at the weather.

hello, there. the weather is looking quite a bit cooler than it was at the start of the week, and this afternoon we've got a lot of cloud around and scattered showers, as well. the satellite picture shows the extent of the cloud cover today — it is across the northwest of the country that will have the best of the sunny spells, but here we're looking at some heavy showers for western scotland and for northern ireland. now, we did have some brief brighter moments weather—wise in wales, but showers are set to move in here. one or two of those could be quite heavy through the afternoon, a few patches of rain affecting eastern areas of england — most of that will be quite light. some sunny spells, but a few heavy showers for western scotland and for northern ireland, as well. so, quite a cloudy day today with the threat of a bit of rain at times. temperatures seven to ten degrees celsius — cooler than recent days — however, those temperatures are actually closer to average for this time of the year. overnight, we'll see more cloud and some further patches of rain affecting parts of england and wales, whereas for scotland, northern ireland, northern england, it's a cold night with clear skies and a widespread frost — temperatures down to about minus three. now, heading into thursday's chart, we've got a ridge of high pressure

to start the day across the north of the uk, before weather fronts start to move in to the far north of scotland later on. now, with that cold and frosty start to the day, i think as cloud tends to move in over that cold air, it will trap some of the cold air near the surface so it'll be quite a chilly day, i think, with temperatures slow to rise here. eventually it turns windier, though, for northern scotland, with rain pushing in, and so as the rain and the winds pick up — especially late in the day — we'll probably see the temperatures rise into double figures across the northwest. but for most of the day, temperatures hovering around seven to nine degrees celsius for most of you. on into friday's weather charts, that area of low pressure dives towards norway. weather fronts do push southwards across the country, and you can see this line of rain — that's where our weather fronts actually is — we'll see breaks in the cloud to the north of that across parts of scotland and northern england developing through the day. now, with that, a little bit of brighter weather pushing into scotland, northern england. temperatures a little bit higher — 10 to 12 degrees celsius. now, for the weekend, high pressure really dominates the weather picture across the uk —

it's notjust over the top of us, it's actually getting stronger. and so what that means is we'll see some morning frost around, but the weather is predominantly dry with lengthy spells of sunshine, and temperatures around about seven to ten degrees. that's the latest.

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this is bbc news. the headlines. shamima begum — who left london as a schoolgirl tojoin the so—called islamic state — loses an appeal against the removal of her british citizenship. talks are held between the government and the royal college of nursing — they're described as intensive discussions about pay, terms and conditions. ambulance workers have voted for a fresh strike, there will be another one on the 8th of march across england. up to 300 jobs are going, as british steel announces the closure of its coking ovens in scu nthorpe. tens of thousands of adults with disabilities and long—term illnesses are being sued by local councils for failing to pay their social care bills. and a pivotal day in welsh rugby — players are due to reveal

whether they will strike during the six nations, over contractual disputes. hello, good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. shamima begum, who travelled to syria and joined the so—called islamic state group when she was just 15, has lost a legal challenge to the covenant decision to deprive her of british citizenship. a 23—year—old woman who travelled to syria and joined it means she remains stuck in a camp in northern syria, and is barred from returning to the uk. in 2019, the then home secretary sajid javid stripped ms begum of her british citizenship after receiving advice that she was a threat to national security. here's our home affairs

correspondent, daniel sandford. in february 2015, eight years ago, shamima begum left gatwick airport with two school friends to go and join the islamic state group in syria. the three of them travelled through a bus station in turkey and were smuggled across the border by a man who it later turned out was providing information to canadian intelligence. she spent the next four years in islamic state territory. emerging in february 2015 after the caliphate collapsed. she immediately had her british citizenship removed. her lawyers have challenged that, arguing that she is a child victim of trafficking for sexual exploitation because she was married off within days to an is fighter. in their ruling, thejudges concluded that there was a credible suspicion that shamima begum was recruited, transferred, and then harboured for the purposes of sexual exploitation. the idea that she could have conceived and organised all of this herself is not plausible, they said. but in the end they decided that that did not prevent the home secretary making the decision to take away her british citizenship.

shamima begum's lawyers said that this had been a lost opportunity to put into reverse a profound mistake and continuing injustice. the outcome that we face is that no british child who has been trafficked outside the uk will be protected by the british state if the home secretary invokes national security. and richard barrett, who specialised in counterterrorism at both m16 and the united nations, believes leaving women such as shamima begum in the camps creates more risk, not less. at least if she were in london there would be procedures for monitoring her, the local community would be aware of her. you know, and there also might be ways to ensure that she wasn't still radical, you know. trying to bring her back into society. there is no such programme available

in the camps in north—east syria. speaking even before the decision today, shamima begum herself clearly had little hope of making it back to britain soon. what do you think you will be doing in seven years' time from now? i will still be in this camp. really? yes. you don't think you will be home? no. not at all? no. why not? because isis was the worst thing of the 21st century and i was a part of it and now i have to face the consequences of my actions and this camp is the consequences of my actions. shamima begum's legal team will continue to challenge the decision but home secretaries do have huge powers to take away citizenship from dual nationals when national security is threatened. daniel sandford, bbc news.

let's let's talk to maya foa, director of the international human rights organisation reprieve. thank you forjoining us. your reaction to that decision today? we: you forjoining us. your reaction to that decision today?— that decision today? it's a really disappointing — that decision today? it's a really disappointing decision, - that decision today? it's a really disappointing decision, of - that decision today? it's a really i disappointing decision, of course, but it is also very interesting because it does highlight that the judges saw the evidence and they, too, have concerns that shamima begum may be a victim of trafficking. what they say is, we cannot step over and change the decision of the home secretary, but reasonable people should be very concerned about the situation. they recognise she might be a victim of trafficking, they recognise that this could impact many other people also. so it is an important decision, if disappointing. shamima beuum's decision, if disappointing. shamima iaegum's legal _ decision, if disappointing. shamima begum's legal team _ decision, if disappointing. shamima begum's legal team say _ decision, if disappointing. shamima begum's legal team say this - decision, if disappointing. shamima begum's legal team say this is - begum's legal team say this is absolutely not over as far as they are concerned. there could be more to come in the fullness of time.

yes, absolutely. very helpful that that decision will be challenged and that decision will be challenged and that a future court will have the courage to tell the executive that they can't take away people's are citizenships in this way without any regard for due process and in a way i have to say, no other country in the g20 does. britain is the only country that strips people in bulk like this and it puts many, many people, people like me, other people from minority ethnic communities, at risk. it is an untenable position i think and hopefully a court will recognise that or politics will work differently and we will see a change in the decision—making in this area. when the decision was made back in 2019 by sajid javid, then home secretary, he did concede, this is a complex case, he said, but home secretaries should have the power to prevent anyone entering our country who is assessed to pose a threat to

it. she is, he deemed them, the government deemed then, a threat to national security. l government deemed then, a threat to national security.— national security. i think the best counter to _ national security. i think the best counter to that _ national security. i think the best counter to that really _ national security. i think the best counter to that really is - national security. i think the best counter to that really is just - national security. i think the best counter to that really is just to i counter to that really is just to look at what every other of our security partners and allies are doing on this topic. there are lots of different families from different countries. the us, canada, australia, france, the netherlands, held... orthey australia, france, the netherlands, held... or they were held in north—east syria in those camps. in those countries have all taken the decision to repatriate their citizens from the camps and they are doing that in the interest of justice but also in the interest of national security. everyone recognises that it is far safer to bring people back and, where appropriate, prosecute the adults, than leaving this mass of people in unstable camps in north—east syria. it is an obvious choice. it would be really disingenuous to say that

keeping shamima begum and the small number of british families left in north—east syria out of the uk is safer for britain or safer for a global security than bringing them back, rehabilitated them, reintegrating the children, and then determining which of the adults may be victims of trafficking and which may have committed crimes and need to be prosecuted in the interests of justice and accountability. haste to be prosecuted in the interests of justice and accountability. have you have nodded _ justice and accountability. have you have nodded to _ justice and accountability. have you have nodded to there, _ justice and accountability. have you have nodded to there, there - justice and accountability. have you have nodded to there, there are - justice and accountability. have you i have nodded to there, there are some in syria who are under 18, there are some who are still children, but growing up in that environment, in a camp in syria. what is your organisation's assessment of the balance of risk, the risk of leaving them there in that environment versus bringing them back to this country? the risk is profound in leaving them there. they are at risk of disappearance, they could be re—trafficked by isis. there is malnutrition in the camps. children die every other day in the camps

according to reports. it is a devastating prospect that these british children will be left there longer and we should also note the majority of the british detainees are children, and we have created eight guantanamo for children and women. britain is supporting a defect 01 terminal guantanamo in syria. britain is not dealing with a very large number so the current position, citizenship stripping and abandonment, has a deep, profound harm's for the people out there, predominantly children, but also for us and our wider communities that britain is abdicating iterativejustice, rights abdicating iterative justice, rights of abdicating iterativejustice, rights of children, and treating people, black and brown people from minority ethnic communities, as second class citizens. a , :, ethnic communities, as second class citizens. , :, :, , citizens. maya foa, from reprieve, thank ou citizens. maya foa, from reprieve, thank you for— citizens. maya foa, from reprieve, thank you forjoining _ citizens. maya foa, from reprieve, thank you forjoining us _ citizens. maya foa, from reprieve, thank you forjoining us from i thank you forjoining us from washington, dc.

talks described as �*intensive' are taking place this afternoon between ministers and the royal college of nursing after the union halted next week's 48—hour strike in england. the talks are likely to focus on next year's pay rise, which is due in april. our health correspondent nick triggle has more. steve barclay is sitting down with the royal college of nursing's general secretary to discuss this ongoing dispute in the nhs about pay. there is a glimmer of hope around these talks. it is unlikely there will be a deal done this afternoon but it could well take weeks. but what is important is there is something it appears to talk about. what changed ? at the start of the royal college of nursing wanted a pay rise of 5% above inflation. at one point that could have

meant an increase of 19%. the government gave nhs staff 4.75%. then the royal college of nursing said, well, look, we are prepared to meet you halfway, but the government was adamant that they were not going to shift on that pay offer for the year. so what has now happened is that the government has made a submission to the independent pay review body about pay next year. this is a pay rise kicking and in april, and it has suggested 3.5% increase. that is just the opening submission. the review body could well recommend more. in previous years it has. what it has allowed the two sides to do is get around the table and start talking, we believe, about whether they could next year's pay rise into this year.

if they backdated it to january it would effectively mean a double boost in pay forjanuary, february and march. so it has potentially given both sides a little bit of something of what they wanted. but let's remember, the talks this afternoon are just with the nursing union. ambulance staff and physics are also taking strike action. but it does come off the back of fresh offers in wales and scotland which have led to the unions consulting their members. we could perhaps be seeing the turning point, certainly in the nhs, of the pay dispute this winter. ambulance and other health workers including blood collection workers are to stage fresh strike action. the new walkouts are an escalation of industrial action in a long—running dispute over pay. members of unison will strike across england on march 8th. the union has accused the government of failing to take part in "proper talks" to try and resolve the dispute. teacher strikes planned for parts of england next

london underground drivers are to strike on the day of the budget in a dispute over pensions and working arrangements. the walkout on march 15 follows a vote in favour of industrial action, by 99% of members of aslef, on a turnout out of 77%. british steel has announced plans to close its coking ovens in scunthorpe, with the loss of up to 260 jobs. the company's chinese owners say they've faced significant challenges because of high inflation and energy costs. unions say the move will be �*devastating' for scunthorpe and british steel workers across the uk. crispin rolfe is at the site and told us more. we are looking at 260 now. earlier in the month that had been mooted at being around 800. all of this for a very brief and rapid history lesson comes afterjanuary and the

government intimated it would put £300 million into this plant in scunthorpe, thereby supposedly scu nthorpe, thereby supposedly securing jobs scunthorpe, thereby supposedly securing jobs until the end of the decade. that has all gone out of the window. we are looking at 260 jobs, possibly more, unions say they feel it is a win for them that they managed to reduce it down from that originalfigure of near managed to reduce it down from that original figure of near 800 that was topped out at the beginning of february. all of this, is really around the whole future of this plant. so the coking ovens that are going to be closed here, they are part... integral, ishould going to be closed here, they are part... integral, i should say, going to be closed here, they are part... integral, ishould say, to the way that steel is made here. they power the blast furnaces. but the question is what will happen to these blast furnaces. the suggestion is that in order to make this more efficient that those blast furnaces need to go green, they need to be electric arc furnaces, and make ineffective recycled steel. the pressure then is, what happens about these coking ovens? they were due to

be re—initialised in 2026, but that now seems not to be happening. for the town of course it is a significant blow. with concerns really for all the industry that relies in this part of the world on this steelworks which of course has a history dating back really to the mid 19th century. it's worth also dating that this transition to a more environmentally friendly way of making steel, which is why british steel is arguable so expensive is also something that affects tata steel in port talbot, which has also had an offer in theory from the british government on the table but all of this seems to be a protracted negotiation and certainly the talk here from local mps is that they are disappointed from the government, —— is disappointment and disappointment from the government that while negotiations are going on, this announcement overjobs has been made. crispin rolfe in scunthorpe. about

260 jobs at risk there following that announcement. in the last half—hour, andrew snowdon, the lancashire police and crime commissioner has asked for a full and independent review to be into the nicola bulley case. an inquest into her death was opened and adjourned after her body was found in the river at the weekend. the independent office for police conduct has confirmed it has started an investigation into the force's contact with the 45—year—old mother of two on january the 10th, just a few days before she disappeared. teacher strikes planned for parts of england next week could be paused, if �*substantive progress' can be made with the government. that is what we are hearing from the n eu. the national education union says it's prepared to recommend holding off on strike action when leaders meet this weekend, if talks about pay make progress.

union officials say things that i can say as things stand, i'm sorry, the strikes are still on but that comment would suggest there is perhaps some room for manoeuvre. joining me now is our education editor, branwen jeffreys. what is the union saying? at the moment we _ what is the union saying? at the moment we essentially i what is the union saying? at the moment we essentially have i what is the union saying? at the moment we essentially have a l moment we essentially have a stand—off between the national education union, the biggest of the education unions, and the one taking strike action, which says it is willing to meet the government in the next couple of days if there is something on the table, if the government will say, these are the areas which we are prepared to discuss with you. that is ahead of a meeting on saturday of the unions' national executive, their governing committee. they say that if the government comes forward outlining substantial areas which could move things forward, in other words some suggestion they would move on their

pay, which is 5% this year and a proposal of 3% next year, that they would put the strikes on hold. but this follows what has been described by another union as an olive branch with thorns from the education secretary last night. gillian keegan wrote to all four unions in the dispute and said that she would meet them for further talks about pay and other issues but only if the strikes i put on hold. other issues but only if the strikes i put on hold-— other issues but only if the strikes i put on hold. thank you very much, we'll see how— i put on hold. thank you very much, we'll see how that _ i put on hold. thank you very much, we'll see how that develops. i i put on hold. thank you very much, we'll see how that develops. that i i put on hold. thank you very much, we'll see how that develops. that is| we'll see how that develops. that is our education editor branwen jeffreys. the prime minister, rishi sunak, has insisted he'll "keep fighting until we get a deal" to change the uk's post—brexit trading arrangements, known as the northern ireland protocol. he was pressed on the issue by the labour leader, sir keir starmer, at prime ministers questions. mr sunak is having to negotiate notjust with the eu, but with the dup and members

of his own party. our political correspondent, david wallace lockhart, explained more on the prolonged discussions surrounding the northern ireland protocol it appears to be taking slightly longer than some people predicted initially. the northern ireland protocol is part of the fallout of the brexit deal. it means that northern ireland has to follow some eu rules. the whole idea is to keep the border on the island of ireland open. it is not liked by the dup, the main unionist party in northern ireland. it is part of the reason they will not go into the executive at stormont. it is not liked by a number of tory eurosceptic mps. rishi sunak believes he is getting close to changing some of the terms with the european union. it came up at pmqs this afternoon as sir keir starmer, the labour leader, said that rishi sunak is pulling the wool over the eyes of his own backbenchers — of the dup presumably, as well —

by implying he can significantly reduce the amount of eu rules that northern ireland is expected to follow. rishi sunak was at pains to stress that the deal has not been done yet, that he is a committed brexiteer and unionist and thinks he can get a deal that reflects all of this. he accused keir starmer of being someone who just always wants to surrender to the eu. another issue that keir starmer pushed him on is ultimately the idea of whether or not mps will get to vote on any new deal he manages to secure. rishi sunak said mps would get to express a view on what if anything he manages to secure, but we did hear from his spokesman after pmqs who seemed to suggest that didn't necessarily mean mps would be getting a vote. labour are saying they will support the prime minister if he secures a new deal. that may sound very kind but of course i

think there is a bit of politics going on here because at the end of the day rishi sunak doesn't want to be losing some of his own backbenchers, perhaps even the dup, but gaining the votes of labour — that would not be a good look for him. i suspect what he is trying to get at the moment is a deal that the dup and his eurosceptic backbenchers can live with, but that may involve more concessions than the european union is willing to give, and these negotiations in the meantime rumble on. david wallace lockhart, our political correspondent. we are going to talk about the supermarket shortages. tesco are joining the list of supermarkets restricting items. tesco and aldi are the latest change to restrict the amount of fruit and veg that customers can buy in one go. it is in response to shortages of fresh produce. yesterday, asda and morrisons put

limits on the number of cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes that shoppers can take home. the supply problems have largely been caused by extreme weather conditions in northern africa and southern spain — the regions from which the uk gets a large part of these products at this time of year. i'm joined now by retail consultant ged futter, a former senior buying manager an asda. good afternoon to you. have you experienced this sort of thing before in your time, working in the large supermarket chains? what do you make of what we are seeing now? what we are seeing is fluctuations in the supply chain and at times those fluctuations can be extreme. very rarely do you have instances where every single retailer is struggling to get hold of something and that is what we are seeing at the moment. one of the reasons we are seeing this, you mentioned it earlier, is because there have been extreme weather conditions in north africa and southern spain, so out of

north africa is where a lot of tomatoes come at this time of year, and southern spain, you get about 80% of produce from southern spain at this time of year and the weather there has been very cold so the crops and the harvest has not been as big as expected. what that has meant is that the suppliers and the producers over there have been choosing who they can supply to and what they have been working with is where they can get the prices. with a smaller crop, prices become more expensive and then you will be supplying to those customers who are prepared to pay those prices. right. prepared to pay those prices. right, with the obvious _ prepared to pay those prices. right, with the obvious that _ prepared to pay those prices. right, with the obvious that you _ prepared to pay those prices. right, with the obvious that you can i prepared to pay those prices. right, with the obvious that you can work out from there who loses out but i guess all of this also, though, is a reminder ofjust how much of what we buy, i'm afraid we probably don't even think about it, we pick it up, think i like that vegetable, i will buy that and how often do we look at

the label and think about where it is coming from? it is a reminder of food miles. it is coming from? it is a reminder of food miles-— is coming from? it is a reminder of food miles. , : :, food miles. it is. at the moment, in revious food miles. it is. at the moment, in previous years _ food miles. it is. at the moment, in previous years we — food miles. it is. at the moment, in previous years we would _ food miles. it is. at the moment, in previous years we would have i food miles. it is. at the moment, in previous years we would have been | previous years we would have been getting some tomatoes and some of our cucumbers from greenhouses in the uk. places like the lea valley. there is a huge amount of greenhouses and that is where we get a huge amount of our tomatoes, baby tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, aubergines. that is where we get them. but this year, because energy prices have been so high, it has meant they haven't bought the plants because they haven't been able to get the prices they need from the retailers. so because prices have gone up that significantly, they haven't turned on the greenhouses, haven't bought the plants. normally you would be getting cucumbers from the uk at about the middle of february and they haven't even been planted, so we are already six to 12 weeks behind schedule with any produce that we are getting from the uk.

goodness. and so there, another example of the impact of energy bills really affecting so many aspects of life.— bills really affecting so many aspects of life. bills really affecting so many asectsoflife. : , , aspects of life. absolutely stop as i sa , aspects of life. absolutely stop as i say. energy _ aspects of life. absolutely stop as i say. energy bills _ aspects of life. absolutely stop as i say, energy bills for _ aspects of life. absolutely stop as i i say, energy bills for greenhouses, they have gone up sevenfold, and if you cannot recover that, if you are growing products and your energy bill is that high, if you cannot recover that and that cost, you will go bust so it is much cheaperjust to have nothing there whatsoever. ls to have nothing there whatsoever. is any of this to do at all with transportation, supply chains, or is it fundamentally what you have talked about, the weather conditions there and weather conditions overseas and energy costs here? there is a bit of transportation but thatis there is a bit of transportation but that is the stuff from morocco. because the weather has been that bad there have not been the ferries from morocco onto the mainland. over to southern spain. in morocco it is pretty much tomatoes, that is the biggest product we get from there. so that has had a bit of an impact.

in morocco you have had bad weather, so cold weather, floods and the ferries not being operating. but in the south of spain it is the weather, and actually it is the suppliers choosing where they will deliver. the vast majority of retailers in europe, they are getting the products they need because the retailers over there are prepared to pay the prices to put it on the shelf. prepared to pay the prices to put it on the shelf-— on the shelf. really interesting, really interesting _ on the shelf. really interesting, really interesting perspective. i | really interesting perspective. i suppose everyone is asking, how long could this go on for, do you think? this is not something that is going to go away overnight because don't forget this is the clap that has come out now. there is not another crop so because the clap is now down, the harvest is down, there isn't more stock that will be available. this is what has come out of the ground, what has been grown now. we are talking about availability that will be going on for weeks, this will not be over in a matter of days.— for weeks, this will not be over in a matter of days. really interesting to talk to you. _

a matter of days. really interesting to talk to you, thank _ a matter of days. really interesting to talk to you, thank you _ a matter of days. really interesting to talk to you, thank you very i a matter of days. really interesting to talk to you, thank you very much indeed. ged futter, a retail analyst, used to work in buying for asda. president biden is meeting leaders of nine countries from the eastern part of nato to discuss the war in ukraine. the talks are taking place in the polish capital warsaw. the present is facing calls to provide more military support to nato member countries in eastern europe. members of the so—called bucharest nine nations, former members of the soviet bloc, once nato troops to be stationed permanently in the region. president biden spoke to journalists as the talks were getting under way. over the past year with your countries around this table

providing collective leadership, we've also strengthened naito commitment of the united states to nato, and i've said it too many commitment of the united states to nato, and i've said it many times, i'll say it again — is absolutely clear. article five is a sacred commitment the united states has made. we will defend literally every inch of naito, every inch of nato. and this is an important moment. i look forward to the discussion and the next steps we can take together and to keep our alliance strong and to further deter aggression. because literally what is at stake is notjust ukraine, it's freedom. the idea that over 100,000 forces would invade another country after a war since world war two and nothing like that has happened. things have changed radically. we have to make sure we change them back. president biden talking in was our eastern europe correspondent is there and i asked her whether leaders are likely to get what they want from president biden. l leaders are likely to get what they want from president biden. i think more or less- _ want from president biden. i think more or less. as _ want from president biden. i think more or less. as far _ want from president biden. i think more or less. as far as _ want from president biden. i think more or less. as far as poland i want from president biden. i think more or less. as far as poland is i more or less. as far as poland is concerned the very fact thatjoe biden is here and spending such a long time here in poland is in itself signal of their importance,

if you like. poland's increased importance and the increased importance and the increased importance of this region as it faces what it sees very clearly now as aggression from russia to the east. this is a grouping, this bucharest nine, of countries from the baltics down to bulgaria, which of course boyd is ukraine, borders russia, and countries that very much feel the east very strongly, very much more keenly than others. they are looking for strong signals. there are sirens behind me, and very significant police presence on the streets in the last couple of days which has just shown you how this city, this country has become so much of a focal point in terms of response to ukraine and in terms of course of how nato unites going forward to face that increased threat from moscow.- forward to face that increased threat from moscow. yes, because it is a ear threat from moscow. yes, because it is a year since _ threat from moscow. yes, because it is a year since russia _ threat from moscow. yes, because it is a year since russia invaded i threat from moscow. yes, because it is a year since russia invaded the i is a year since russia invaded the sovereign nation and nobody can

talk, is talking about how this war ends. :, , :, :, :, ends. no, they are not, and in fact uuite the ends. no, they are not, and in fact quite the opposite. _ ends. no, they are not, and in fact quite the opposite. people i ends. no, they are not, and in fact quite the opposite. people talking | quite the opposite. people talking very clearly about the fight this war could go on for a very long time. forthe war could go on for a very long time. for the politicians that is one thing. for those who are using this to argue for the strengthening of nato it is another thing. but of course that ukrainian people and including in that all of the refugees we have been meeting in recent days and over the past year, in fact, that is very depressing, very sad and miserable thought. many of those we saw avoiding evacuation trains at the very beginning of this war, panic and shock and chaos as people crashed onto evacuation trains. and a year on, many of those people have still not been able to return home and in fact refugees are still coming in across the border. much smaller numbers now but still entering poland because they don't see much hope for the immediate future in their country. it is worth remembering that even as we talk about the big geopolitics of this

and the security issues that have emerged from it and the nato politics going forward. this is at the height of it of course about ukrainian people. let's ta ke let's take a look at the weather prospects. hello, there. the weather this afternoon is looking predominantly cloudy, and we've got some showers in the forecast, too — the heaviest of these affecting parts of wales, northern ireland and western scotland, where at least there will be some bright spells getting through at times. eastern england, eastern scotland, thick cloud around this afternoon with some patches of mostly light rain on and off. temperatures seven to ten degrees celsius, so cooler than it was at the start of the week, but those temperatures are actually closer to average for this stage of february. overnight, any patchy rain becomes restricted to southern areas of the uk. with clearer skies in scotland, northern ireland and northern england, here it's a cold night with a widespread frost, and temperatures diving down to about minus three degrees. but at least it is for these northern areas that will have the best of the morning sunshine. any rain will clear away from the south tomorrow, with the weather brightening up

through the afternoon, but at the same time in scotland we'll see some rain working into northern areas with strengthening winds and a slow rise in temperatures — eventually we should see highs of around nine or ten towards the north—west. you are watching bbc news. these are the headlines. nicola bulley left london as a schoolgirl to join the so—called islamic state loses her appeal against the removal of her british citizenship. in the last hour, lancashire police and crime commissioner has asked the college of policing to carry out a full independent review into the handling of the nicola bulley case. talks are being held between the government and the royal college of nursing about pay and conditions. but ambulance and other health workers who are members of unison have voted

for another strike and they will be a strike across england on march the 8th. at least 260 jobs are going as british steel announces the closure of its coking ovens in scunthorpe. tens of thousands of adults with disabilities and long—term illnesses are being sued by local councils for failing to pay their social care bills. it is time now for all the latest sports news. good afternoon. welsh rugby players have arrived at a meeting with bosses to try and sort out contract disputes that would mean this weekends six nations match against england goes ahead. rugby players in wales have set today as the final deadline to come to an agreement with the wru on terms of a new contract — or they'll go on strike. welsh coach warren gatland is hopeful both sides can come to an agreement and delayed naming his team yesterday.

i caught up with our rugby reporter sara orchard a short while ago. it's sara orchard a short while ago. very important to s all it's very important to say first of all that the wales players who are unhappy are notjust internationals, its professional players across the whole of wales. they are not asking for a pay rise, they're basically asking for somejob for a pay rise, they're basically asking for some job security. when it comes to those requests, they have three of them. the first one is they want a seat at the table when it comes to prb negotiations in the future. prb is the professional rugby board in wales and head has five elements to it. it's everyone involved in professional rugby so you have the ospreys, the dragons, scarlets, the wru and cardiff. they will have a seat at the table and the players want a seat at the table as well when it comes to those contract discussions. they want to scrap what is called the 60 cap

role. there are different variations of this but to put it easily, if you have 60 caps and you are a welsh player you are allowed to go and player you are allowed to go and play outside of wales. but if you have less than 60 caps who are expected to play at a club in wales. they think it's really is restricting what they can and can't do so they want that either scrapped or reduced. the last thing they want is basically closing their contract that says they get 80% of their salary and the other 20% is made up of bonuses, whether that be the amount of games they've played for the success rate of the team. they want it gone. they have been quite clear about what they want and we understand we have been negotiations but we don't know if they are going to get a full resolution on everything today. england have the chance to retain the arnold clark cup against belgium tonight at ashton gate. the lionesses need to avoid defeat tonight to lift the trophy because of a better goal difference and are on a record 28 match unbeaten streak under their dutch manage sarina wiegman. the 53 year old says squad rotation

in this competition has been good ahead of the world cup later in the summer. this whole tournament, i we have to get ready and be ready on the 22nd ofjulyi when the world cup starts. but we also want to win i the tournament of course. every game we play, we want to win. we want to see many players but whoever is on the pitch i goes on the pitch to win the game. more champions league action tonight and manchester city will have to face rb leipzig in germany without kevin de bruyne and aymeric laporte. the sky blues have reached the quarter finals at the very least for the last five years in a row but are yet to conquer europe. here's city boss pep guardiola on the club's results in the competition. at the end, the destiny is already written. we do our best what we have done, we have been close, sometimes not, sometimes closer. it is not an exception now. this is my feeling,

i live that position. i have the feeling what we have done all of us for many years, whatever happened to us, it's going to fail. whatever i do personally with the future, i'm going to fail. nothing will be enough. england's james anderson has become the worlds best test bowler again at the age of a0 years and 207 days old. he's now the oldest bowler to hold the top spot since australian clarrie grimmet in 1936. the england seamer replaces australian fast bowler pat cummins at the top after taking seven wickets in the first test win against new zealand earlier this week. he's now third on the all—time list with 682 wickets that's all the sport for now. the high cost of energy is jeopardising the future of gyms and swimming pools, according to a group of almost

two—hundred sports governing bodies. they've written to the prime minister, urging him to provide further support to leisure centres. from april, they are due to lose government help towards their energy costs. our correspondent, matt graveling, has more. in at the deep end. in just six weeks, facilities like this will see their income dive. from april, the leisure sector falls from a government scheme to help with energy costs. the fear is gyms and pools will close, something one former olympian says will put lives at risk. fundamentally, it's obviously children that learn how to swim, but actually there's adults that get themselves into danger. there's so many drownings that are happening each year and it's getting worse. a lot of parents that don't take their children swimming, or can't afford to, the school has that responsibility. but if these pools are closing, well then how can the school even access them? mark sesnin oversees a number of venues, including this outdoor lido in london, and told me grassroots

sports will be hit hard. the clubs will find it increasingly difficult to survive because we have to put the prices up to them. they have to pass it on to the kids. and again, it's the poorer families that will suffer. the government say they provided £18 billion to help clubs, schools and businesses through the winter, plus an extra one billion to help the leisure sector through the pandemic. but today, those in the industry have written an urgent appeal for help. this letter, sent to the prime minister rishi sunak, has been signed by more than 200 organisations and people, all pleading with the government not to cut the funding. some of the national sporting bodies on here include british cycling and england netball and some of the olympians and paralympians include sharron davies and jonnie peacock. the organisation behind today's letter say funding cuts will lead to further closures and more ill health, an issue already costing the country billions every year. you'll see multi—sport facilities being restricted, including football.

you'll see bespoke programmes for women, for people from ethnically diverse communities, from disabled people as well, all being restricted. withjust under a month until the budget, those working in the leisure sector are now pleading for a little more help to stay afloat. matt graveling, bbc news. let's talk now with ali oliver, who is the chief executive of youth sport trust — one of the organisations to sign the letter. the charity works with schools, communities and families to help young people enjoy the life—changing benefits of sport and play. your thoughts and the reason you wanted to sign the letter, what are your major concerns? hen; wanted to sign the letter, what are your major concerns?— wanted to sign the letter, what are your major concerns? your ma'or concerns? very similar to the your major concerns? very similar to the stories we _ your major concerns? very similar to the stories we have _ your major concerns? very similar to the stories we have already i your major concerns? very similar to the stories we have already heard i your major concerns? very similar to the stories we have already heard in | the stories we have already heard in this report _ the stories we have already heard in this report but fundamentally as a children's— this report but fundamentally as a children's charity we are passionate about— children's charity we are passionate about every— children's charity we are passionate about every child's right to play on the importance of sport and physical

activity— the importance of sport and physical activity in _ the importance of sport and physical activity in a — the importance of sport and physical activity in a child's development. if the _ activity in a child's development. if the crisis— activity in a child's development. if the crisis we now see leads to closures— if the crisis we now see leads to closures of— if the crisis we now see leads to closures of swimming pools and leisure — closures of swimming pools and leisure centres and all of those sports — leisure centres and all of those sports facilities that are on school sites _ sports facilities that are on school sites and — sports facilities that are on school sites and without support through this crisis. — sites and without support through this crisis, they won't be places for young — this crisis, they won't be places for young people to play and to learn _ for young people to play and to learn how — for young people to play and to learn how to swim. these are important _ learn how to swim. these are important life skills and at a time when _ important life skills and at a time when we've got all manner of challenges with children's physical and mental health, they existed before _ and mental health, they existed before the pandemic and have been compounded by it and exaggerated for children— compounded by it and exaggerated for children from lowest income families, _ children from lowest income families, it really is bad news for our nation — families, it really is bad news for our nation and a huge worry in terms of what _ our nation and a huge worry in terms of what we _ our nation and a huge worry in terms of what we are looking for this generation and how they roll forward to become _ generation and how they roll forward to become the citizens of this country— to become the citizens of this country in _ to become the citizens of this country in the future. it�*s country in the future. it's interesting _ country in the future. it's interesting you _ country in the future. it's interesting you say i country in the future. tt�*s interesting you say it was bad before the pandemic and the energy

bills, do you know what proportion of children know how many children actually have access to general proper sports facilities? iurethat actually have access to general proper sports facilities? what we do know is sport _ proper sports facilities? what we do know is sport england _ proper sports facilities? what we do know is sport england have i proper sports facilities? what we do know is sport england have an i proper sports facilities? what we do i know is sport england have an annual active _ know is sport england have an annual active lives _ know is sport england have an annual active lives survey and that tells us how — active lives survey and that tells us how many children are getting access— us how many children are getting access to — us how many children are getting access to the 60 active minutes the chief— access to the 60 active minutes the chief medical officer recommends the children— chief medical officer recommends the children between five and 16 for a healthy— children between five and 16 for a healthy childhood and for the development. there is only 47% of young _ development. there is only 47% of young people that do that. there are about— young people that do that. there are about 22 _ young people that do that. there are about 2.2 million children who do less than— about 2.2 million children who do less than 30 active minutes a day. thats— less than 30 active minutes a day. that's not— less than 30 active minutes a day. that's not playing sport necessarily, just being active. that is a huge _ necessarily, just being active. that is a huge worry. there is more than half the _ is a huge worry. there is more than half the children not getting enough movement in the day. then the nhs this year— movement in the day. then the nhs this year reported that we had 39% increase _ this year reported that we had 39% increase in— this year reported that we had 39% increase in referral to mental health — increase in referral to mental health services the children and

that is— health services the children and that is not— health services the children and that is notjust about moving, that's— that is notjust about moving, that's about moving with others and playing _ that's about moving with others and playing sport and doing physical activity— playing sport and doing physical activity together. it is an important part of a child's development and the developing of a healthy— development and the developing of a healthy body and healthy brain. when ou t healthy body and healthy brain. when out and healthy body and healthy brain. when you try and make _ healthy body and healthy brain. when you try and make all— healthy body and healthy brain. when you try and make all these _ healthy body and healthy brain. tra�*ue�*u you try and make all these points healthy body and healthy brain. tier"u;e:"u you try and make all these points as an organisation and you try to say to politicians and government and just remind them of the mental and physical benefits of all of this, how receptive are those who could make a difference to your sorts of arguments? l make a difference to your sorts of arguments?— arguments? i think people are renerall arguments? i think people are generally receptive _ arguments? i think people are generally receptive on i arguments? i think people are generally receptive on the i arguments? i think people are i generally receptive on the surface. they are _ generally receptive on the surface. they are worrying statistics and they— they are worrying statistics and they cannot be denied. these are statistics— they cannot be denied. these are statistics from expert agencies which — statistics from expert agencies which are — statistics from expert agencies which are responsible for the health and activity of the nation. the challenge _ and activity of the nation. the challenge sometimes is effectively

the benefits to children often don't become _ the benefits to children often don't become as important to politicians sometimes as the benefits of the older— sometimes as the benefits of the older population, the voting population. sometimes that gets in a way. population. sometimes that gets in a way 0ften— population. sometimes that gets in a way. often people think young people are the _ way. often people think young people are the most resilient in society and although we are facing lots of challenges, they are ok and they are not the _ challenges, they are ok and they are not the elderly or the vulnerable and the — not the elderly or the vulnerable and the frail and they will be ok. we have — and the frail and they will be ok. we have reached the point now where that isnt— we have reached the point now where that isn't the case. we have got all sorts— that isn't the case. we have got all sorts of— that isn't the case. we have got all sorts of issues facing young people and the _ sorts of issues facing young people and the worrying thing is we don't have _ and the worrying thing is we don't have places for young people to play _ have places for young people to play. uk — have places for young people to play. uk active, the organisation behind _ play. uk active, the organisation behind today's letter, respond —— reported — behind today's letter, respond —— reported that 350 facilities have already— reported that 350 facilities have already closed or restricted the services — already closed or restricted the services and sport and recreation alliance — services and sport and recreation alliance say over three quarters of community— alliance say over three quarters of community clubs rely on leisure centres — community clubs rely on leisure centres the sport activities. if children— centres the sport activities. if children living in inner—city areas where _ children living in inner—city areas where there are fewer places the

play can't — where there are fewer places the play can't get access to leisure centres — play can't get access to leisure centres and sports clubs and facilities _ centres and sports clubs and facilities in their area, not only will those _ facilities in their area, not only will those issues with young people we will _ will those issues with young people we will face issues in the long term and that— we will face issues in the long term and that is— we will face issues in the long term and that is why one of the three things— and that is why one of the three things we — and that is why one of the three things we are asking is not only the swimming — things we are asking is not only the swimming pool to be redesignated in the energy bill reduction scheme, we need some _ the energy bill reduction scheme, we need some wider support for the sector— need some wider support for the sector because it's on its knees. thirdly— sector because it's on its knees. thirdly we — sector because it's on its knees. thirdly we really want the government to think about doing something dramatically different and a plan _ something dramatically different and a plan for— something dramatically different and a plan for growth of the public health— a plan for growth of the public health and physical activity sector. so we _ health and physical activity sector. so we can— health and physical activity sector. so we can really get away from the constant _ so we can really get away from the constant pressures we have on the nhs and _ constant pressures we have on the nhs and there is only one way to that and — nhs and there is only one way to that and that's getting people healthier in understanding the benefits and enjoying playing sport. we need _ benefits and enjoying playing sport. we need to do lots around that and a lot of— we need to do lots around that and a lot of what— we need to do lots around that and a lot of what we do is improve the quality— lot of what we do is improve the quality and experience of it. but if we can— quality and experience of it. but if we can turn— quality and experience of it. but if we can turn the tables on that and .et we can turn the tables on that and get healthier nation we will put less pressure on our nhs and we will

produce _ less pressure on our nhs and we will produce children who are better educated. children who are more active _ educated. children who are more active perform better in the classroom. we will have people who are more _ classroom. we will have people who are more productive in the workplace and we _ are more productive in the workplace and we will— are more productive in the workplace and we will have a happy society. it makes _ and we will have a happy society. it makes good sense but it requires that long—term view and a real rethink— that long—term view and a real rethink about what sport is about. it's great — rethink about what sport is about. it's great for the euros in the lioness — it's great for the euros in the lioness is _ it's great for the euros in the lioness is in those moments are priceless — lioness is in those moments are priceless but that is not the only thing _ priceless but that is not the only thing sport does. it plays an important part in our health and well—being and in the developing of children _ well-being and in the developing of children. ,:, :, :, well-being and in the developing of children. :, :, ,, :, :, ,, children. good to talk to you. thank ou ve children. good to talk to you. thank you very much- _ children. good to talk to you. thank you very much. reminder— children. good to talk to you. thank you very much. reminder now i children. good to talk to you. thank you very much. reminder now the i you very much. reminder now the headlines. tenth michael left london as a schoolgirl to join islamic state loses her appeal against the removal of her british citizenship. lancashire's police and crime commission has asked the college of policing to carry out a full independent review into how officers handled the disappearance of nicola

bulley. and talks are being held this afternoon between the government and the royal college of nursing about pay and conditions. ambulance staff and other health workers represented by unison have voted for another strike. they will be a strike in england on march the 8th. vladimir putin has met china's top diplomat in moscow — where both men affirmed the close relationship between china and russia. the trip comes just days before the first anniversary of moscow's invasion of ukraine — china has not condemned russia's actions, but has stopped short of giving its full backing. stephen mcdonell is our beijing correspondent. crucially, vladimir putin has said his chinese counterpart, xi jinping, will soon come to moscow and the thinking is this will be

in the coming months. they met across a table, which is very small by vladimir putin's standards. it was symbolic of their friendship and they proclaimed that they are moving forward. however, if you were beijing and you wanted to convince the world of your neutrality in the ukraine war, would you send this very senior member of the government here to stand up in moscow with his counterparts they to proclaim you are all standing for peace and stabilityjust are all standing for peace and stability just days are all standing for peace and stabilityjust days before the first anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine. that is what china has deliberately decided to do, they know how that will be seen in other countries, but it's beenjudged it is much more important to beijing to be offering this special moral

support at this time for the government in moscow. so a gay lover of, the russian foreign minister, even said —— sergei lavrov. of course this is turbulence of russia's making but it's not something that either side is mentioned. the animation studio aardman, best known for wallace and gromit, has been working with the charity, save the children to create a short film to highlight the experiences of refugee children fleeing conflict. the film, called home, will be shown to primary school children across the uk to mark the anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine. tim muffett visited a school in margate for the premiere. popcorn... red carpet arrivals...

..and at holy trinity and stjohn's primary school in margate, a movie exclusive. so we're really excited. we've been asked to host the world premiere of the aardman animation home. good afternoon, everybody. how lovely to see you. peter lord, co—founder of aardman animation, the studio that brought us wallace and gromit, chicken run, shaun the sheep, and now... welcome to the world premiere of home. we wanted to make an inspirational film about refugees and what it means to be a refugee. home tells the story of an orange circle starting a new life in an unfamiliar world of purple triangles. doesn't use language, which is a thing we've done a lot of — notably, shaun the sheep.

we hope this film could play anywhere in the world and tell the same sort of story. over the past year, like many schools, this one has welcomed refugees from ukraine. now, arriving in an unfamiliar place, having said goodbye to friends and family far away, well, it can be hugely unsettling for anyone. but for children, it can be especially hard, as tatyana has discovered. she fled ukraine last summer with her two young daughters. it's like, uncertainty. they didn't know where we were going. and like, the worst part was that they were travelling without their dad. the biggest part of my heart is still there in ukraine. how has it been? how have you managed when it comes to settling in?

for the girls, it was so hard to socialise at the very beginning. but the school, they found new friends here, the teachers, so they are supporting constantly. we always had a buddy system up, so every child that arrives in the class has a buddy to look after them, show them around the school, to be with them at lunchtimes, as well as just to kind of look out for them. this short film has been made in partnership with the charity save the children. there is no end in sight for the violence in ukraine. so we're seeing more and more families across the borders every day. currently, four million ukrainian children have fled the country. i think they deserve from us this tolerance and compassion and friendship that this film really reflects.

i think it was really good - because it's helping other people that are from a different country. it was great because it showed how to introduce people when they move to a new town. i really like the film because at the end everyone got treated nicely. a smile is the same in any language, and love is the same in any language. so i hope, when those ukrainian children go back to ukraine one day, i hope they will learn that love wins. home does what animation can do best. tell a story when there are no words. tim muffett, bbc news.

for hundreds of years, church bells have rung out to proclaim special events, as well as to call people to worship. but new recruits to bell—ringing are in decline — and with just over ten weeks to go until the coronation of king charles, a campaign is underway to fill the vacancies. jo black has been speaking to those who'll be responsible for showing them the ropes. bells peal. the unmistakable sound of church bells has been part of the soundscape across towns and cities for centuries. they help us celebrate, commemorate, and are a weekly call to worship. now, with just over ten weeks to go until the coronation, there is a shortage of bell ringers who will ring for the king. and so the race is on to find and train people up. all yours. that hand stroke needs stretch and pull through. st lawrence's in ipswich,

a deconsecrated church, is now a community hub. we're told the bells here are the oldest entire ring of five bells in the country, dating back to the 11t00s. and the weekly ringing session held here on a wednesday lunchtime is today doubling up as a training exercise for some who have come to answer this particular coronation call. we want to make sure that there are ringers for every church, so that we can all ring out for ring for the king, for the coronation. but some of our beginners here today learned because of the queen'sjubilee, and they wanted to be able to ring for that. and then a lot of them rang when the queen died. so we've had this constant teaching of beginners right the way through since that original push. i saw some advert about them needing more bell ringers to ensure that all the churches were ringing for the king's coronation. and because he's such

a great environmentalist, and i'm an environmentalist too, i thought i'd come back and ring for the coronation. at the moment, i'm excited about it. i can't imagine that i'm going to be quite ready. but i think i will. i hope i will. but yeah, it will be, it's a once in a lifetime opportunity, isn't it, really? i'd encourage younger people to really get involved with it because it is really enjoyable and you make lots of friends very quickly. but with a shortage of ringers and teachers, is bell ringing seen, perhaps unfairly, as a bit old fashioned? no, it's super cool. it's absolutely super cool. and no—one would ever believe that it wasn't. there is still enough time to learn before coronation day, and these new members know they will be part of something historic, and they hope to keep on ringing for many more years to come. jo black, bbc news in ipswich.

now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes hello, there. the weather is looking quite a bit cooler than it was at the start of the week, and this afternoon we've got a lot of cloud around and scattered showers, as well. the satellite picture shows the extent of the cloud cover today — it is across the northwest of the country that will have the best of the sunny spells, but here we're looking at some heavy showers for western scotland and for northern ireland. now, we did have some brief brighter moments weather—wise in wales, but showers are set to move in here. one or two of those could be quite heavy through the afternoon, a few patches of rain affecting eastern areas of england — most of that will be quite light. some sunny spells, but a few heavy showers for western scotland and for northern ireland, as well. so, quite a cloudy day today with the threat of a bit of rain at times. temperatures seven to ten degrees celsius — cooler than recent days — however, those temperatures are actually closer to average for this time of the year. overnight, we'll see more cloud and some further patches of rain affecting parts of england

and wales, whereas for scotland, northern ireland, northern england, it's a cold night with clear skies and a widespread frost — temperatures down to about minus three. now, heading into thursday's chart, we've got a ridge of high pressure to start the day across the north of the uk, before weather fronts start to move in to the far north of scotland later on. now, with that cold and frosty start to the day, i think as cloud tends to move in over that cold air, it will trap some of the cold air near the surface so it'll be quite a chilly day, i think, with temperatures slow to rise here. eventually it turns windier, though, for northern scotland, with rain pushing in, and so as the rain and the winds pick up — especially late in the day — we'll probably see the temperatures rise into double figures across the northwest. but for most of the day, temperatures hovering around seven to nine degrees celsius for most of you. on into friday's weather charts, that area of low pressure dives towards norway. weather fronts do push southwards across the country, and you can see this line of rain — that's where our weather fronts actually is — we'll see breaks in the cloud to the north of that across parts of scotland and northern england developing through the day.

now, with that, a little bit of brighter weather pushing into scotland, northern england. temperatures a little bit higher — 10 to 12 degrees celsius. now, for the weekend, high pressure really dominates the weather picture across the uk — it's notjust over the top of us, it's actually getting stronger. and so what that means is we'll see some morning frost around, but the weather is predominantly dry with lengthy spells of sunshine, and temperatures around about seven to ten degrees. that's the latest.

this is bbc news. i'm jane hill. the headlines: tesco and aldi have joined tesco and morrisons putting limits on fresh items including tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers, shortages leave supermarket shelves bare. lecture's police and crime commissioner has asked the college of policing to carry out a full independent review into the handling of the nicola bulley case. shamima begum, who left london as a schoolgirl to join the so—called islamic state, loses her appeal against the removal of her british citizenship. talks are held between the government and the royal college of nursing

about pay, terms and conditions. but ambulance workers are voted for strike in the eighth. 260 jobs are going as british steel announces the closure of its coking ovens in scunthorpe. and a pivotal day in welsh rugby — players are due to reveal whether they will strike during the six nations over hello, good afternoon. tesco and aldi will restrict some fruit and veg that customers can buy. begum in response to recent begum shortages of fresh produce. yesterday, asda and morrisons put limits on the

number of cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes that people can buy. let's find out what is happening with our business correspondent mark ashdown who has been keeping an eye on this and only in the last hour or so, tesco has joined that lengthy list. yes, it started many days ago, we started seeing pictures on social media and videos of empty shelves and asda and morrisons yesterday decided to take action and we have been playing a guessing game since then, tesco being the largest supermarket in the uk chain, where they are or weren't they going to? today, they have confirmed they are and they have put a buying limit on the three items per? and tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers. to be clear, you can buy three loose tomatoes or packets of tomatoes, three loose peppers or packets of peppers or three cucumbers of that is your wish. aldi has done the same. it follows asda bringing in the same restrictions on those products, but they went further, putting limits unless tests, salad bags, broccoli,

cauliflower and raspberry, so you can buy three on each. in morrisons, two of each of tomatoes and cucumbers and lettuce and peppers. that should be enough for most people in their weekly shop to keep them going. the idea really is to stop people suddenly panicking and seeing the headlines and going out and buying ten packets of everything and buying ten packets of everything and there is not enough to go round. supermarkets say this is a temporary measure because of issues with their suppliers and the weather in europe and north africa. they want to make sure everyone can still get hold of fresh fruit and veg and there is enough to go around. and fresh fruit and veg and there is enough to go around. and changing climate is a — enough to go around. and changing climate is a large _ enough to go around. and changing climate is a large part _ enough to go around. and changing climate is a large part of— enough to go around. and changing climate is a large part of this i enough to go around. and changing climate is a large part of this and i climate is a large part of this and a reminder how much produce at this time of year is not home—grown. that time of year is not home-grown. that is the issue- — time of year is not home-grown. that is the issue. the _ time of year is not home—grown. tusgt is the issue. the growing season is starting in the uk and that is another reason why the supermarkets say this should ease over the coming weeks and months. but we import a lot of food from europe and social media, lots of conspiracy theories about what this is about. it is pretty much down to bad weather. cast your mind back to last summer across europe, wildfires, extremely

hot, we had cold snaps in winter, snow and flooding, they were not good conditions for growing for farmers. and the soaring energy costs as well, nobody could escape that, and it has hit harvests and supplies. this is a short, sharp shock really holding up the supply chains. inflation of course has played a part. prices are going up, we know. supermarkets desperate to keep them down so they start looking further afield for cheaper field. ask farmers how hard it is to grow things at competitive prices, so they are looking further afield. lots of people throwing an imac into the mix. the government's own spending watchdog obr said last summer's issues like queues on motorways and problems at petrol pumps, they put those down to brexit related issues, but nobody is saying that this time. no other european country facing the same sort of shortages, but it is mainly down to the bad weather and the impact on those supply chains, not brexit.

thank you for now. lancashire's police and crime commissioner has announced an independent review of the investigation begum into the disappearance of nicola bulley. andrew snowden has commissioned the couege andrew snowden has commissioned the college of policing to look at the case, including lancashire police's shamima release of personal information about nicola bulley. her shamima body was pulled from the river wyre on sunday. our north of england correspondent is at lancashire police headquarters. so what is being said this afternoon, what is being said this afternoon, what is being said this afternoon, what is the latest on this? == what is being said this afternoon, what is the latest on this?- what is the latest on this? -- her bod . what is the latest on this? -- her body- this _ what is the latest on this? -- her body- this is _ what is the latest on this? -- her body. this is the _ what is the latest on this? -- her body. this is the latest _ what is the latest on this? -- her body. this is the latest in i what is the latest on this? -- her body. this is the latest in a i what is the latest on this? -- her. body. this is the latest in a number of inquiries being held into the police's handling. first, the information commissioner's office is reviewing the handling and release of personal information about nicola bulley. and today here at lancashire police headquarters, the police and crime commissionerfor police headquarters, the police and crime commissioner for lancashire has announced a review of the entire case of the way the police handled it and the actions taken during the

investigation and afterwards. he said the college of policing will be involved and look at the force's whole handling of it.— involved and look at the force's whole handling of it. today, we are announcing — whole handling of it. today, we are announcing an _ whole handling of it. today, we are announcing an independent i whole handling of it. today, we are announcing an independent review| announcing an independent review into the _ announcing an independent review into the side and trust —— sad and tragic— into the side and trust —— sad and tragic search _ into the side and trust —— sad and tragic search for nicola. this review— tragic search for nicola. this review is— tragic search for nicola. this review is being held because there are questions quite rightly that members of the public and across different— members of the public and across different political spectrums want to have _ different political spectrums want to have answered around the search, around _ to have answered around the search, around the _ to have answered around the search, around the investigation and around the release of the information. the iopc, the the release of the information. tue iopc, the independent office for police conduct, is also going to look at prior contact between lancashire police and mist macro too. that relates to a visit to miss bulley�*s house injanuary and that will be investigated as well. the police commissioner's inquiry is the most wide—ranging, it is looking at handling of the police inquiry, the relationship between the police and the broadcasters and the mainstream

media. the relationship between the police and social media. of which the lancashire police said they had never seen anything like this throughout their time. but it will also look at the relationship between the family and the police as well and how that was handled. so it is a wide—ranging inquiry because the police has been criticised on a number of fronts for the release of information and how that release of personal and health information was handled and how it was released and why. i have to say that the family themselves were not that worried. they said that they knew why it had been done, that somebody in the community wanted to sell a newspaper story relating to ms bulley and they wanted it to come from them and the police rather than people reading about it in a newspaper. yes. nick, that announcement _ about it in a newspaper. yes. nick, that announcement coming i about it in a newspaper. yes. nick, that announcement coming on - about it in a newspaper. yes. nick, that announcement coming on the | about it in a newspaper. yes. nick, i that announcement coming on the day that announcement coming on the day that the inquest was opened into nicola bulley�*s death. that the inquest was opened into nicola bulley's death.—

that the inquest was opened into nicola bulley's death. yes. today in lancashire. — nicola bulley's death. yes. today in lancashire. it _ nicola bulley's death. yes. today in lancashire, it was _ nicola bulley's death. yes. today in lancashire, it was a _ nicola bulley's death. yes. today in lancashire, it was a short _ nicola bulley's death. yes. today in lancashire, it was a short five - lancashire, it was a short five minute hearing. doctorjames ed the coroner for lancashire said that he was satisfied because of dental record information received from the police that it was ms bulley who had been pulled from the river wyre on sunday morning. he said that the home office pathologist would now be involved and the full inquest is likely to be held injune. involved and the full inquest is likely to be held in june.- likely to be held in june. nick, thank you _ likely to be held in june. nick, thank you very _ likely to be held in june. nick, thank you very much - likely to be held in june. nick, thank you very much for - likely to be held in june. nick, thank you very much for now, | likely to be held in june. nick, i thank you very much for now, our north of england corresponded with the latest on the crest reinvestigation. —— on the nicola bulley investigation. shamima begum, who travelled to syria and joined the islamic state group when she was 15, has lost her legal challenge to the government's decision to deprive her of british citizenship. it means begum, who is now 23—years—old, remains stuck in a camp in northern syria

and is barred from returning to the uk. the then—home secretary sajid javid removed her citizenship in 2019, after receiving advice that she was a threat to national security. here's our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford. in february 2015, eight years ago, shamima begum left gatwick airport with two school friends to go and join the islamic state group in syria. the three of them travelled through a bus station in turkey and were smuggled across the border by a man who it later turned out was providing information to canadian intelligence. she spent the next four years in islamic state territory. emerging in february 2015, after the caliphate collapsed, she immediately had her british citizenship removed. her lawyers have challenged that, arguing that she is a child victim of trafficking for sexual exploitation because she was married off within days to an is fighter. in their ruling, thejudges concluded that there was a credible suspicion that shamima begum was recruited, transferred, and then harboured for the purposes of sexual exploitation. the idea that she could have conceived and organised

all of this herself is not plausible, they said. but in the end, they decided that that did not prevent the home secretary making the decision to take away her british citizenship. shamima begum's lawyers said that this had been a lost opportunity to put into reverse a profound mistake and continuing injustice. the outcome that we face is that no british child who has been trafficked outside the uk will be protected by the british state if the home secretary invokes national security. and richard barrett, who specialised in counterterrorism at both mi6 and the united nations, believes leaving women such as shamima begum in the camps creates more risk, not less. at least if she were in london, there would be procedures for monitoring her, the local community would be aware of her. you know, and there also might be ways to ensure that she wasn't

still radical, you know. trying to bring her back into society. there's no such programme available in the camps in north—east syria. speaking even before today's decision today, shamima begum herself clearly had little hope of making it back to britain soon. what do you think you will be doing in seven years' time from now? still he in this camp. really? yes. you don't think you will be home? no. not at all? no. why not? because isis was the worst thing of the 21st century and i was a part of it, and now i have to face the consequences of my actions, and this camp is the consequences of my actions. shamima begum's legal team will continue to challenge the decision, but home secretaries do have huge powers to take away citizenship from dual nationals when national

security is threatened. daniel sandford, bbc news. talks described as "intensive" are taking place this afternoon between ministers and the royal college of nursing, after the union halted next week's strike in england. the talks are likely to focus on next year's pay rise, which is due in april. our health correspondent nick triggle has more. steve barclay is sitting down with the royal college of nursing's general secretary pat cullen to discuss this ongoing dispute in the nhs about pay. there is a glimmer of hope around these talks. it is unlikely there will be a deal done this afternoon, it could well take weeks. but what is important is there is something it appears to talk about. what's changed ?

at the start, the royal college of nursing wanted a pay rise of 5% above inflation. at one point, that could have meant an increase of 19%. the government gave nhs staff 4.75%. then the royal college of nursing said, well, look, we're prepared to meet you halfway, but the government was adamant that they weren't going to shift on that pay offer for the year. so what has now happened is that the government has made a submission to the independent pay review body about pay next year. this is a pay rise kicking in in april, and it has suggested a 3.5% increase. that is just the opening submission. the pay review body could well recommend more. in previous years, it has. what it has allowed the two sides to do is get around the table and start talking, we believe, about whether they could backdate next year's pay rise into this year.

if they backdated it to january, it would effectively mean a double boost in pay forjanuary, february and march. so it's potentially given both sides a little bit of something of what they wanted. but let's remember, the talks this afternoon are just with the nursing union. ambulance staff and physios are also taking strike action. but it does come off the back of fresh offers in wales and scotland that have led to the unions consulting their members. so we could perhaps be seeing the turning point, certainly in the nhs, of the pay dispute this winter. ambulance and other health workers, including blood collection workers, are to stage further strike action. the new walkouts are an escalation of industrial action in a long—running dispute over pay. members of unison will strike across england on march the 8th. the union has accused the government of failing to take part

in "proper talks" to try to resolve the dispute. london underground drivers are to strike on the day of the budget, in a dispute over pensions and working arrangements. the walkout on march 15th follows a vote in favour of industrial action by 99% of members of aslef, on a turnout out of 77%. teacher strikes planned for parts of england next week could be paused, if "substantive progress" can be made with the government. the national education union says it's prepared to recommend holding off on strike action when leaders meet this weekend, if talks about pay make progress. but union officials say, as things stand, the strikes remain in place. our education editor has been telling us how likely this dispute is to be resolved.— telling us how likely this dispute is to be resolved. what we have is essentially — is to be resolved. what we have is essentially a _ is to be resolved. what we have is essentially a stand-off _ is to be resolved. what we have is essentially a stand-off between i is to be resolved. what we have is. essentially a stand-off between the essentially a stand—off between the national education union, the

biggest of the education unions, and the one taking strike action, which says it is willing to meet the government in the next couple of days if there is something on the table. if the government will say, these are the areas which we are prepared to discuss with you. that is ahead of a meeting on saturday of the union's national executive, their governing committee. they say that if the government comes forward outlining substantial areas which could move things forward, in other words, some suggestion they would move on their pay which is 5% this year and a proposal of 3% next year, that they would put the strikes on hold. but this follows what has been described by another union as an olive branch with thorns from the education secretary last night. gillian keegan wrote to all four unions in the dispute and said that she would meet them for further talks about pay and other issues, but only if the strikes are put on

hold. u, ., ., british steel has announced plans to close its coking ovens in scunthorpe, with the loss of up to 260 jobs. the company's chinese owners say they've faced significant challenges because of high inflation and energy costs. unions say the move will be "devastating" for scunthorpe and british steel workers across the uk. earlier, crispin rolfe was at the site and sent this report. we are looking at 260 now. earlier in the month, that had been mooted at being around 800. all of this for a very brief and rapid history lesson comes afterjanuary and the government intimated it would put £300 million into this plant in scunthorpe, thereby supposedly securing jobs until the end of the decade. that has all gone out of the window. we're looking at 260 jobs, possibly more, unions say they feel it's a win for them that they managed to reduce it down

from that original figure of 800 at the beginning of february. all of this is really around the whole future of this plant. so the coking ovens that are going to be closed here, they are part... integral, i should say, to the way that steel is made here. they power the blast furnaces. but the question is, what will happen to these blast furnaces? the suggestion is that in order to make this more efficient, that those blast furnaces need to go green, they need to be electric arc furnaces, and make in effect recycled steel. the pressure then is, what happens about these coking ovens? they were due to be re—initialised in 2026, but that now seems not to be happening. for the town, of course, it's a significant blow, with concerns really for all the industry that relies in this part of the world on this steelworks, which of course has

a history dating back really to the mid—19th century. it's worth also stating that this transition to a more environmentally friendly way of making steel, which is why british steel is arguably so expensive, is also something that affects tata steel in port talbot, which has also had an offer in theory from the british government on the table, but all of this seems to be a protracted negotiation. and certainly, the talk here from local mps, is disappointment from the government that while negotiations are going on, this announcement over jobs has been made. the latest from scunthorpe with the announcement on job losses. the prime minister, rishi sunak, has insisted he'll "keep fighting until we get a deal" to change the uk's post—brexit trading arrangements, known as the northern ireland protocol. he was pressed on the issue by the labour leader, sir keir starmer, at prime minister's questions. mr sunak is having to negotiate notjust with the eu, but with the dup and members

of his own party. our political correspondent, david wallace lockhart, explained more on the prolonged discussions surrounding the northern ireland protocol. it appears to be taking slightly longer than some people predicted initially. the northern ireland protocol is part of the fallout of the brexit deal. it means that northern ireland has to follow some eu rules. the whole idea is to keep the border on the island of ireland open. it's really not liked by the dup, the main unionist party in northern ireland. it's part of the reason they will not go into the executive at stormont. it's not liked by a number of tory eurosceptic mps. of course, rishi sunak believes he is getting close to changing some of the terms with the european union. it came up at pmqs this afternoon and sir keir starmer, the labour leader, said that rishi sunak is pulling the wool over the eyes of his own backbenchers —

of the dup, presumably, as well — by implying he can significantly reduce the amount of eu rules that northern ireland is expected to follow. rishi sunak was at pains to stress that the deal has not been done yet, that he's a committed brexiter and unionist and thinks he can get a deal that reflects all of this. he accused keir starmer of being someone who just always wants to surrender to the eu. now, another issue that keir starmer pushed him on is ultimately the idea of whether or not mps will get to vote on any new deal he manages to secure. now, rishi sunak said mps would get to "express a view" on what, if anything, he manages to secure, but we did hear from his spokesman after pmqs, who seemed to suggest that didn't necessarily mean mps would be getting a vote. labour are saying they will support the prime minister if he secures a new deal. that may sound very kind but, of course, i think

there is a bit of politics going on here because at the end of the day, rishi sunak doesn't want to be losing some of his own backbenchers, perhaps even the dup, but gaining the votes of labour, that would not be a good look for him. i suspect what he is trying to get at the moment is a deal that the dup and his eurosceptic backbenchers can live with, but that may involve more concessions than the european union is willing to give, and these negotiations, in the meantime, rumble on. david wallace lockhart, our political correspondent. president biden has been meeting leaders of nine countries from the eastern part of nato to discuss the war in ukraine. the talks have been taking place in the polish capital warsaw and you can see the image we are looking at now is air force one with the president due to leave warsaw in the president due to leave warsaw in the next little while. president biden has been facing calls to provide more military support to nato member countries in eastern

europe. members of the so—called bucharest nine nations, former members of the soviet bloc, once nato troops to be stationed permanently in the region. as biden spoke tojournalists permanently in the region. as biden spoke to journalists just a those talks got under way. over the past year with your countries around this table providing collective leadership, we've also strengthened nato, the commitment of the united states to nato, and i've said it many times and i'll say it again — is absolutely clear. article five is a sacred commitment the united states has made. we will defend literally every inch of nato, every inch of nato. and this is an important moment. i look forward to the discussion and the next steps we can take together and to keep our alliance strong and to further deter aggression. because literally what is at stake is notjust ukraine, it's freedom. the idea that over 100,000 forces

would invade another country after a war, since world war two, nothing like that has happened. things have changed radically. we have to make sure we change them back. president biden before those talks got under way in warsaw. our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford is in warsaw. i asked her if the leaders are likely to get what they want from mr biden. i think more or less. as far as poland is concerned, the very fact thatjoe biden is here and spending such a long time here in poland is in itself a signal of their importance if you like, poland's increased importance and this region's increased importance as it faces what it sees very clearly now is aggression from russia to the east. this is a grouping, this bucharest nine of countries from the baltics down to bulgaria which of course borders ukraine and russia. and countries that very much feel the threat from the east very

strongly and more keenly than others to the west. so they will are looking for strong signals. you can hear the sirens behind me, the significant police presence on the streets in the past couple of days, showing you how this city, this country has become so much of a focal point in terms of the response to ukraine and in terms of because of how nato unites going forward to face that increased threat from moscow. , , , , face that increased threat from moscow. , , , ., moscow. yes, because it is a year, it is a year — moscow. yes, because it is a year, it is a year since — moscow. yes, because it is a year, it is a year since russia _ moscow. yes, because it is a year, it is a year since russia invaded . moscow. yes, because it is a year, it is a year since russia invaded a i it is a year since russia invaded a sovereign nation and no—one can talk is talking about how this war ends. no, they are not. in fact, quite the opposite, people talking very clearly about the fact this war could go on for a very long time. and for the politicians, that is one thing. forthose and for the politicians, that is one thing. for those who are using this to argue for the strengthening of nato, that is another thing. but for the ukrainian people and including in that all the refugees that we

have been meeting in recent days and over the past year, in fact, that is a very depressing, a very sad and miserable thought. because many of those we saw boarding evacuation trains at the beginning of this war, panic and shock and chaos as people crashed onto evacuation trains. a year later, many of those people have still not been able to return home. refugees are still coming across the border in much smaller numbers now, but still entering poland because they don't see much hope for the immediate future in their country. it is worth remembering that even as we talk about the big geopolitics of this and the security issues which have emerged from this and the nato politics going forward. at the heart of this, it is about ukrainian people. of this, it is about ukrainian ..eole. ., of this, it is about ukrainian n-eole. ., ., , ., ., of this, it is about ukrainian ..eole. ., ., , ., ., .,, people. sarah rainsford, our eastern euroe people. sarah rainsford, our eastern europe corresponded. _ more than 60,000 adults with disabilities and long—term illnesses in england were chased for debts by councils last year, after failing to pay for their social care support at home.

claimants say they can't afford the charges, given the rising cost of food and rent, along with the additional costs of living with disabilities. councils maintain they only take action as a "last option". here's our social affairs editor, alison holt. this has become julia brosnan's world. most of her days are spent within the four walls of her bedroom. she has back problems, severe mobility issues and a rare skin condition. i can't cook for myself any more. i can't carry things. i can barely walk, because my legs are numb and they don't hold me. her local council charges her nearly £60 a week for the 13 hours of care they provide her with. going through her bills, she says she simply can't afford to pay. she gets about £300 a week in benefits — that covers her household bills and the extra costs of the creams, air filters and specialised food she needs. basically, ijust stop opening their letters because i can't do anything about it. i haven't got the money to give them.

julia now owes the council £4,700 and it's taking legal action against her. she's constantly worried the bailiffs will be knocking on her door. you know, i can't see a way ahead. that's upsetting. mm. i try not to think that way. you know, i'm always trying to be positive, but the fight is wearing me out and making me more ill. nearly 80 out ofjust over 150 councils in england responded to a bbc request for data about the numbers, likejulia, struggling to pay care charges. in the last financial year, more than 60,000 people with disabilities and care needs were chased by councils because they'd run up debts. legal action was taken in 330 cases. disability campaigners say it is a sign of how difficult life has become. basic foodstuffs have gone up, rents have increased.

i think they're expecting people to live on very, very little money if you want social care, and that is discriminatory. we provide the very best care that we can for the money we have, but there is only so much money in the system. councils say rising demand and squeezed budgets mean they have to collect money that is owed. but legal action is a last resort. what the councils should be doing, and i think the vast majority of councils do in the vast majority of cases, is that they work with residents to find a solution, to find the financial route through this, so that it is a fair and equitable system. and julia's council, east sussex, maintains it does that with its clients. but until a solution is found in her case, she says she lives with constant worry. i'm just surviving, you know, that's how my life is. i keep thinking, well, one day, they might wake up and realise, actually, i can't pay it. alison holt, bbc news.

let's turn our attentions to the weather wherever you are in the country. temperatures today were about 5 or six celsius below where they work yesterday. aberdeen going from 13 to about seven this afternoon. and today has been a pretty cloudy day. lots of showers around. the heaviest today in west scotland, northern ireland, and across wales. a few patches of mostly light rain for east scotland and eastern areas of england. overnight tonight, we start with damp weather. any rain really becoming confined to southern parts of england and wales by the end of the night with clearer skies in scotland, northern ireland, northern england. here, a widespread frost with temperatures as low as —3 to start the day tomorrow. although it is a cold start for these areas, there will be plenty of morning sunshine and any rain in the south

clearing away quickly with brighter weather into the afternoon. at the same time, weather fronts weather into the afternoon. at the same time, weatherfronts moving into north scotland bringing rain and strengthening winds, gusts could reach 45 to 50 file four miles per hour and eventually temperatures climb to nine the milder spots. —— 55. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: tesco and ali have joined asda and morrisons putting limits on fresh items including tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers has shortages leaves supermarkets shelves bare. lancashire police and crime commissioner has asked the college of policing to carry out a full independent review into the handling of the nicola bulley case. shamima begum left london as a schoolgirl to join the so—called islamic state has lost her appeal against the removal of her british citizenship. talks

are being held between the government and the royal college of nursing about pay and conditions. ambulance and some other health workers have voted for another strike in their dispute about pay. they will be a unison strike in england on march the 8th. at least 260 jobs are going as british steel announces the closure of its coking ovens in scunthorpe. before we cross to the sports room in salford, let's head over to walsall. it's getting dark there but it is a false one and we're looking at images that earlier. we are there because president biden is due to leave shortly after those substantial talks that have been going on in poland with the focus so

much of course on the end of this week which is the first anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine. talks between east and nato members and conversations about how to support ukraine and what to do further in the run—up to that grim anniversary on friday, the first anniversary on friday, the first anniversary of the russian invasion. president biden leaving walsall shortly. sport and for a full round up, let's go to the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. welsh rugby players have arrived at a meeting with bosses to try and sort out contract disputes that would mean this weekends six nations match against england goes ahead. rugby players in wales have set today as the final deadline to come to an agreement with the wru on terms of a new contract — or they'll go on strike. welsh coach warren gatland is hopeful both sides can come

to an agreement and delayed naming his team yesterday. i caught up with our rugby reporter sara orchard a short while ago. it's very important to say first of all that the wales players who are unhappy are notjust internationals, it's professional players across the whole of wales. they are not asking for a pay rise, they're basically asking for somejob security. when it comes to those requests, they have three of them. the first one is they want a seat at the table when it comes to prb negotiations in the future. prb is the professional rugby board in wales and has five elements to it. it's everyone involved in professional rugby, so you have the ospreys, the dragons, scarlets, the wru and cardiff. they all have a seat at the table and the players want a seat at the table as well when it comes to those contract discussions. they want to scrap what is called the 60 cap rule. there are different variations

of this but to put it easily, if you have 60 caps and you are a welsh player you are allowed to go and play outside of wales. but if you have less than 60 caps you are expected to play at a club in wales. they think it's really restricting what they can and can't do, so they want that either scrapped or reduced. the last thing they want is basically a clause in their contract that says they get 80% of their salary and the other 20% is made up of bonuses, whether that be the amount of games they've played or the success rate of the team. they want that gone. they have been quite clear about what they want and we understand there have been negotiations, but we don't know if they are going to get a full resolution on everything today. meanwhile, ireland captainjohnny sexton has been ruled out of irelands match against italy at the weekend. it's a big blow for the world number one ranked side's hopes of getting a grand slam in the six nations this year.

the fly—half hasn't fully recovered from a groin injury he sustained in irelands last match against france. more champions league action tonight and manchester city will have to face rb leipzig in germany without kevin de bruyne & aymeric laporte. the sky blues have reached the quarter finals at the very least for the last 5 years in a row but are yet to conquer europe. here's city boss pep guardiola on the clubs results in the competition at the end, the destiny is already written. we do our best what we have done, we have been close, sometimes not, sometimes closer. it is not an exception now. this is my feeling, i live that position. i have the feeling what we have done all of us for many years, whatever happened to us, it's going to fail. whatever i do personally with the future, i'm going to fail. nothing will be enough. england have the chance to retain the arnold clark cup against belgium tonight at ashton gate.

the lionesses need to avoid defeat tonight to lift the trophy because of a better goal difference and are on a record 28 match unbeaten streak under their dutch manage sarina wiegman. they are using the tournament as preparation for this summer's world cup in australia and new zealand, which kicks off injuly. england's james anderson has become the worlds best test bowler again at the age of a0 years and 207 days old. he's now the oldest bowler to hold the top spot since australian clarrie grimmet in 1936. the england seamer replaces australian fast bowler pat cummins at the top after taking 7 wickets in the first test win against new zealand earlier this week. he's now third on the all—time list with 682 wickets the world boxing council is to reinstate conor benn's into their rankings after saying they found "no conclusive evidence" that the british boxer intentionally or knowingly took a banned substance clomiphene.

the 26 year old was banned from boxing after failed two voluntary anti doping tests before a fight with chris eubankjr last october and the wbc accebenn failed two that's all the sport for now. let's get more now on our top story. lawyers for shamima begum say they'll continue their legal fight to get her british citizenship back. the 23—year—old, who travelled to syria to join the islamic state group in 2015, has been told she can't return to the uk. a tribunal dismissed her case on all grounds. jonathan hall kc is the government's independent reviewer of terrorism legislation. he says he isn't surprised by the ruling.

there has been this legal debate for some _ there has been this legal debate for some years which is who is really in charge? _ some years which is who is really in charge? when it's an appeal is at the judges — charge? when it's an appeal is at the judges or is it the secretary of state _ the judges or is it the secretary of state and — the judges or is it the secretary of state and the judges should say over to you? _ state and the judges should say over to you? last year the supreme court decided — to you? last year the supreme court decided its— to you? last year the supreme court decided it's over to the politicians. in a way today's judgment is working out of that. it's judgment is working out of that. it's quite — judgment is working out of that. it's quite clear that the judges thought— it's quite clear that the judges thought there was quite a lot behind the trafficking, that it was a little — the trafficking, that it was a little bit _ the trafficking, that it was a little bit debatable whether she was really _ little bit debatable whether she was really travelling at voluntarily given — really travelling at voluntarily given her age, really travelling at voluntarily given herage, but really travelling at voluntarily given her age, but ultimately they said that _ given her age, but ultimately they said that is part of the national security— said that is part of the national security assessment and that's for the spies— security assessment and that's for the spies on the politicians so we are not— the spies on the politicians so we are not going to overturn it on that basis _ are not going to overturn it on that basis. 50— are not going to overturn it on that basis. ,, ., ., are not going to overturn it on that basis. ., ., , , ., basis. so the government as you suggested _ basis. so the government as you suggested says _ basis. so the government as you suggested says the _ basis. so the government as you suggested says the fundamental| basis. so the government as you - suggested says the fundamental here was national security. they will be people who followed this whole think she was 15, a schoolgirl, showed her

age not play into this in any way at all? i age not play into this in any way at all? ~' . ., , , ., age not play into this in any way at all? ~' .., ,, ., ., all? i think the commission said all the factors were _ all? i think the commission said all the factors were considered. - all? i think the commission said all the factors were considered. there j the factors were considered. there was evidence that they took account of age _ was evidence that they took account of age but _ was evidence that they took account of age but ultimately it was a decision— of age but ultimately it was a decision for politicians and the judges — decision for politicians and the judges. being young and being trafficked doesn't give you an automatic right to come back. there is a question— automatic right to come back. there is a question in my mind about quite the decision— is a question in my mind about quite the decision was really about in 2019— the decision was really about in 2019 in— the decision was really about in 2019 in this sense. if you go back to 2017— 2019 in this sense. if you go back to 2017 when there were hundreds of people _ to 2017 when there were hundreds of people left the uk, some of them dual nationals, and there was a real worry— dual nationals, and there was a real worry that _ dual nationals, and there was a real worry that if — dual nationals, and there was a real worry that if they came back all at once _ worry that if they came back all at once it _ worry that if they came back all at once it could overwhelm the system. i understand that. a lot of deprivation took place and over 100 deprivation took place and over 100 deprivation took place in 2017. what appears _ deprivation took place in 2017. what appears to— deprivation took place in 2017. what appears to have been the case is that policy— appears to have been the case is that policy became quite fixed and really _ that policy became quite fixed and really people who went out to fight, they citizenship was going to be taken _ they citizenship was going to be taken away. it does beg the question

though— taken away. it does beg the question though now the numbers out there are much _ though now the numbers out there are much smaller because they have been battles, _ much smaller because they have been battles, now there are fewer of them is the _ battles, now there are fewer of them is the rist— battles, now there are fewer of them is the risk so — battles, now there are fewer of them is the risk so much? if you are doing — is the risk so much? if you are doing it — is the risk so much? if you are doing it today would you take the same _ doing it today would you take the same decisions? and the tricky one, let's say— same decisions? and the tricky one, let's say the — same decisions? and the tricky one, let's say the government did eventually want to take back uk residents, how would it revert out of this— residents, how would it revert out of this because having taken a citizenship away she is not a citizen — citizenship away she is not a citizen any more and she can't come into the _ citizen any more and she can't come into the country. there are some tricky— into the country. there are some tricky questions that remain to be answered — tricky questions that remain to be answered. nothing to do with the judgment today but they really need to be addressed now. what judgment today but they really need to be addressed now.— judgment today but they really need to be addressed now. what are other countries doing? _ to be addressed now. what are other countries doing? are _ to be addressed now. what are other countries doing? are there _ to be addressed now. what are other countries doing? are there are - to be addressed now. what are other countries doing? are there are some | countries doing? are there are some who have taken back the citizens from the camps of syria? increasingly so. france have taken over 100 — increasingly so. france have taken over100. germany increasingly so. france have taken over 100. germany have done the same _ over 100. germany have done the same in — over 100. germany have done the same. in america have taken all of these _ same. in america have taken all of these little — same. in america have taken all of these. little by little countries are beginning to change their posture — are beginning to change their posture from what you might call strategic — posture from what you might call strategic distance which is to keep them _ strategic distance which is to keep them out — strategic distance which is to keep them out of it all costs to try and

manage — them out of it all costs to try and manage the return. there is a bit of a risk— manage the return. there is a bit of a risk that— manage the return. there is a bit of a risk that the uk could become a bit a risk that the uk could become a hit of— a risk that the uk could become a hit of an— a risk that the uk could become a bit of an outlier and i suppose you could _ bit of an outlier and i suppose you could ask— bit of an outlier and i suppose you could ask me is this going to be a risk to— could ask me is this going to be a risk to national security and the answer— risk to national security and the answer is — risk to national security and the answer is there is always an element of risk— answer is there is always an element of risk but _ answer is there is always an element of risk but i — answer is there is always an element of risk but i don't fundamentally believe — of risk but i don't fundamentally believe the uk is unable to absorb the risk— believe the uk is unable to absorb the risk if— believe the uk is unable to absorb the risk if other european countries can do— the risk if other european countries can do it _ the risk if other european countries can do it. we have some advantages here, _ can do it. we have some advantages here, we _ can do it. we have some advantages here, we have got fewer guns which is fantastic. — here, we have got fewer guns which is fantastic, we have fewer pockets of really _ is fantastic, we have fewer pockets of really extreme alienation so there — of really extreme alienation so there are — of really extreme alienation so there are certain communities in france _ there are certain communities in france particularly which are really needed, _ france particularly which are really needed, we don't have that to such an extent _ needed, we don't have that to such an extent in — needed, we don't have that to such an extent in the uk. prosecutions are very— an extent in the uk. prosecutions are very difficult in this country but on — are very difficult in this country but on the _ are very difficult in this country but on the whole we are no better than we _ but on the whole we are no better than we saw the other countries who are now— than we saw the other countries who are now taking their former residents back. if are now taking their former residents back.— are now taking their former residents back. if isbritain is brou . ht residents back. if isbritain is brought back _ residents back. if isbritain is brought back to _ residents back. if isbritain is brought back to this - residents back. if isbritain is brought back to this country | residents back. if isbritain is - brought back to this country from one of the camps, is there an argument that they can be monitored here? there are processes that can

be put in place so we know who they are living with and talking to. that is true. are living with and talking to. that is true- it's _ are living with and talking to. that is true. it's easier _ are living with and talking to. that is true. it's easier to _ are living with and talking to. that is true. it's easier to monitor somebody— is true. it's easier to monitor somebody if they are in the uk. the sort of— somebody if they are in the uk. the sort of measures that exist, there is something called the temporary exclusion — is something called the temporary exclusion order which means the government gets to say if you're looking — government gets to say if you're looking back on this plane, you arrive _ looking back on this plane, you arrive at— looking back on this plane, you arrive at this airport and you will be given— arrive at this airport and you will be given a — arrive at this airport and you will be given a document that will contain — be given a document that will contain obligations so you have to id contain obligations so you have to go to— contain obligations so you have to go to the — contain obligations so you have to go to the police every so often and register— go to the police every so often and register your address, you have to attend _ register your address, you have to attend mentoring sessions. so there are instruments in place that can be used to— are instruments in place that can be used to control risk. no one would say they— used to control risk. no one would say they are — used to control risk. no one would say they are completely foolproof. they also — say they are completely foolproof. they also cost a bit of money. but is there also _ they also cost a bit of money. but is there also a _ they also cost a bit of money. emit is there also a risk to leaving people out there?— is there also a risk to leaving people out there? there is. if you look at the _ people out there? there is. if you look at the bigger _ people out there? there is. if you look at the bigger risk, _ people out there? there is. if you look at the bigger risk, i - people out there? there is. if you look at the bigger risk, i do - people out there? there is. if you look at the bigger risk, i do worry | look at the bigger risk, i do worry of the _ look at the bigger risk, i do worry of the uk — look at the bigger risk, i do worry of the uk was such an outlier that peopie _ of the uk was such an outlier that people who wished uk harm could say this is— people who wished uk harm could say this is britain's guantanamo. all

the western countries have brought this track— the western countries have brought this back and we haven't. that would present— this back and we haven't. that would present a _ this back and we haven't. that would present a risk. there is also completely objective risk that if peopie — completely objective risk that if people are going to come back eventually and i think they probably will, better do it sooner rather than _ will, better do it sooner rather than later— will, better do it sooner rather than later because as those children are being _ than later because as those children are being brought up in the camps and islamic state does have a programme where they want to train peopie _ programme where they want to train peopie to _ programme where they want to train people to be the future soldiers, the iess— people to be the future soldiers, the less time in those camps probably— the less time in those camps probably the better and you also shouldn't — probably the better and you also shouldn't ignore the humanitarian argunient — shouldn't ignore the humanitarian argument in relation to children in particular~ — argument in relation to children in particular. the children who were taken _ particular. the children who were taken out — particular. the children who were taken out seven or eight, some of them _ taken out seven or eight, some of them will— taken out seven or eight, some of them will now be getting to 16 and 17 them will now be getting to 16 and i7 and _ them will now be getting to 16 and i7 and it's— them will now be getting to 16 and 17 and it's really tricky for them. as soon — 17 and it's really tricky for them. as soon as— 17 and it's really tricky for them. as soon as they get close to adulthood they will be moved into adult _ adulthood they will be moved into adult camps and who knows what goes on and _ adult camps and who knows what goes on and those detention camps. there is quite _ on and those detention camps. there is quite a _ on and those detention camps. there is quite a strong humanitarian argument _ is quite a strong humanitarian argument in relation to the children _ argument in relation to the children. do argument in relation to the children-— argument in relation to the children. ~ ., , ., children. do we know exactly how many britons _ children. do we know exactly how many britons are _ children. do we know exactly how many britons are out _ children. do we know exactly how many britons are out there? - children. do we know exactly how many britons are out there? no. | children. do we know exactly how i

many britons are out there? no. it's around 20- — many britons are out there? no. it's around 20. treat _ many britons are out there? no. it's around 20. treat that _ many britons are out there? no. it's around 20. treat that with _ many britons are out there? no. it's around 20. treat that with caution. i around 20. treat that with caution. the total— around 20. treat that with caution. the total number of uk former residents— the total number of uk former residents who are in the camps is about— residents who are in the camps is about 70 — residents who are in the camps is about 70 so — residents who are in the camps is about 70 so the majority are adults. there _ about 70 so the majority are adults. there are _ about 70 so the majority are adults. there are about the same number of children _ there are about the same number of children 0t— there are about the same number of children. of those only a fraction will he _ children. of those only a fraction will be still uk citizens. the high cost of energy is jeopardising the future of gyms and swimming pools, according to a group of almost two—hundred sports governing bodies. they've written to the prime minister, urging him to provide further support to leisure centres. from april, they are due to lose government help towards their energy costs. our correspondent, matt graveling, has more. in at the deep end. in just six weeks, facilities like this will see their income dive. from april, the leisure sector falls from a government scheme to help with energy costs. the fear is gyms and pools

will close, something one former olympian says will put lives at risk. fundamentally, it's obviously children that learn how to swim, but actually there's adults that get themselves into danger. there's so many drownings that are happening each year and it's getting worse. a lot of parents that don't take their children swimming, or can't afford to, the school has that responsibility. but if these pools are closing, well then how can the school even access them? mark sesnin oversees a number of venues, including this outdoor lido in london, and told me grassroots sports will be hit hard. the clubs will find it increasingly difficult to survive because we have to put the prices up to them. they have to pass it on to the kids. and again, it's the poorer families that will suffer. the government say they provided £18 billion to help clubs, schools and businesses through the winter, plus an extra one billion to help the leisure sector through the pandemic. but today, those in the industry have written an urgent appeal for help.

this letter, sent to the prime minister rishi sunak, has been signed by more than 200 organisations and people, all pleading with the government not to cut the funding. some of the national sporting bodies on here include british cycling and england netball and some of the olympians and paralympians include sharron davies and jonnie peacock. the organisation behind today's letter say funding cuts will lead to further closures and more ill health, an issue already costing the country billions every year. you'll see multi—sport facilities being restricted, including football. you'll see bespoke programmes for women, for people from ethnically diverse communities, from disabled people as well, all being restricted. withjust under a month until the budget, those working in the leisure sector are now pleading for a little more help to stay afloat. matt graveling, bbc news. the impact of a year of war on ukraine's children has been severe. the united nations children's agency unicef says that five million

youngsters have had their schooling disrupted and that almost every child in ukraine has been left without sustained access to electricity, heating and water. there has also been the psychological impact of occupation, of separation from parents, and bereavement. ricky boleto has travelled to northern ukraine to make a documentary for bbc newsround about how the country's children view the conflict. school, once again, interrupted. siren wails. the air raid siren takes us by surprise. we're filming the children's first week back at school. so we've just heard an air raid siren, which means that we have to go outside. they're used to this, these sirens go off quite often, and we're all going to head down to the basement underneath the school,

which is the safest place to be. all the teachers are on their phones trying to get some more information to find out what's happening. down here, teachers do their best to distract the children. after dancing, lessons continue in classrooms underground. this is normal now for millions of children in ukraine. how do you feel when you hear the siren and you have to come to the basement? translation: | feel a bit. scared and also a bit worried for my relatives and myself and for all my friends. all of us are keeping our spirits high because this is the reality and we can't change anything. i can't describe one emotion here. - i feel all the emotions- at the same time, both fear and joy that you are one day closer to the end _ of all of this. so many young people have witnessed awful things. child psychologists tell us

they're worried about the long term impact this war is having on a generation of children. translation: because of | the war, many children have such serious problems as stammering, nervous twitches, bedwetting. many have fears about the life and health of their family. translation: i think these clubs are very important. i when there's a lot in your soul, you can share it and you'll feel relieved. in schools, teachers read more fairy tales to help children to escape from what's happening outside. even the school bell has been replaced with a more gentle piece of music. that sound signals the end of the school day. what children here really want

is an end to this war. and you can watch the newsround special �*ukraine: the children's story�* on cbbc and on the iplayer. we've all found ourselves a bit lost on the way home before, but not quite as lost as bob the homing pigeon, who took a wrong turn and ended up 4,000 miles away from his loft. we've all found ourselves a bit lost on the way home before, but not quite as lost as bob the homing pigeon, who took a wrong turn and ended up 4,000 miles away from his loft. bob went missing during a race from the channel isles to tyneside last year and turned up weeks later in the united states. now, his travels have been made into an illustrated book. andrew hartley has more. we've all found ourselves a bit lost on the way home before, but not quite as lost as bob the homing pigeon, who took a wrong

howya, bob. yourfriends are here to see you again. he just might be the most famous racing pigeon in the world. seven months on from his detour across the atlantic, bob's back home, blissfully unaware that his adventure has been immortalized in print. well, the illustrations just speak for themselves. they just jump out at you. i think it's so easy flowing right the way through the book. it tells the story from start to finish. and i think the kids will look at it like, and we've to keep the story as true as it comes. to me, it brings the story to life again. it couldn't have been any better, in my opinion. the author and illustrator is an old pal from the north—east, now living in spain. i'm really, really excited about it. the buzz and the hype so far has been lovely. everybody i know is calling and sending messages. the pictures tell their own story, but the words just cement it. sol needed something pretty — pretty picture to go along with pretty words, basically. and what a story. bob's epic trip started in guernsey in the channel islands. his 400 mile race back to winlaton

was expected to take no more than ten hours. instead, he took a wrong turn, probably hitching a ride on a ship, and ended up 4000 miles away in the small town of monroeville, alabama. so what next for bob — a movie or tv series? we'd love to see something for the children, a little series or something, or a little movie. obviously, if the interest�*s there. ijust wish the pigeon could talk. the book's said to be flying off the shelves, with two more adventures already drawn and written. as for bob, well, his racing days are over. instead, alan has very different plans for him. he's done his hit. he's now going to have a good life. as it stands now, he's going to just breed. he's in your mind all the time. if anything happened to him, i don't know what i'd feel like. a fitting new life for a bird who's clocked up more than his fair share

ofair miles. andrew hartley, bbc news. for hundreds of years, church bells have rung out to proclaim special events, as well as to call people to worship. but new recruits to bell—ringing are in decline and with just over ten weeks to go until the coronation of king charles, a campaign is underway to fill the vacancies. jo black has been speaking to those who'll be responsible for showing them the ropes. bells peal. the unmistakable sound of church bells has been part of the soundscape across towns and cities for centuries. they help us celebrate, commemorate, and are a weekly call to worship. now, with just over ten weeks to go until the coronation, there is a shortage of hell ringers who will ring for the king. and so the race is on to find and train people up. all yours. that hand stroke needs stretch and pull through. st lawrence's in ipswich, a deconsecrated church,

is now a community hub. we're told the bells here are the oldest entire ring of five bells in the country, dating back to the 1400s. and the weekly ringing session held here on a wednesday lunchtime is today doubling up as a training exercise for some who have come to answer this particular coronation call. we want to make sure that there are ringers for every church, so that we can all ring out for ring for the king, for the coronation. but some of our beginners here today learned because of the queen'sjubilee, and they wanted to be able to ring for that. and then a lot of them rang when the queen died. so we've had this constant teaching of beginners right the way through since that original push. i saw some advert about them needing more bell ringers to ensure that all the churches were ringing for the king's coronation.

and because he's such a great environmentalist, and i'm an environmentalist too, i thought i'd come back and ring for the coronation. at the moment, i'm excited about it. i can't imagine that i'm going to be quite ready. but i think i will. i hope i will. but yeah, it will be, it's a once in a lifetime opportunity, isn't it, really? i'd encourage younger people to really get involved with it because it is really enjoyable and you make lots of friends very quickly. but with a shortage of ringers and teachers, is bell ringing seen, perhaps unfairly, as a bit old fashioned? no, it's super cool. it's absolutely super cool. and no—one would ever believe that it wasn't. there is still enough time to learn before coronation day, and these new members know they will be part of something historic, and they hope to keep on ringing for many more years to come. jo black, bbc news in ipswich.

now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. as we get into the weekend it's going to get sunnier as high—pressure moves in. it has been a cloudy day today and a lot cooler than recent days as well. if we take a look at the temperatures we had yesterday, aberdeen 13 degrees or so. this afternoon it's been around seven so a drop of six celsius. the temperatures we've had today have actually been a lot closer to normal for this stage of february. it has been a very mild month. there has been a very mild month. there has been a very mild month. there has been a lot of cloud around today and some showers. the heaviest have been across west scotland and northern ireland and into wales. but we did see those showers clear across glasgow to give a bit of sunshine in the last few hours. those clearer skies are important because

overnight they will be quite extensive. scotland, northern ireland and northern ireland, temperatures will plummet here and any rain will become confined to the south of englund and wales. here it's frost free. with that frost in scotland and northern ireland and northern england, the lowest temperatures are expected to plunge down to about —3. so—called started tomorrow and any faith ridge of high pressure before these weather fronts start to move into the far north. for most, sunny start. there will be some patchy rain across the far south. the afternoon looks dry and brighter but at the same time in scotland after a sunny start to turn to claudia and wetter and windier. temperatures after the chilly start will broadly be similar to those of today. around seven to 9 degrees. but close to average for the time of year. towards the end of the week we will get another weather system coming down from the north bringing with it some cloud and rain. you can

see this line of rain going through northern ireland and the crossing land and wales. we will see some sunny breaks in the cloud behind that feature developing across northern england, scotland and northern ireland. temperatures coming up a little bit for most but quite a called windfall the eastern coast of england. the weekend looking fine and dry. high pressure over the top of the uk. it's actually building and strengthening. so we can expect quite a quiet spell of weather. there will be some morning fog patches to watch out for in a few areas of frost but lots of dry weather through the weekend with temperatures quite close to average the time of year.

the headlines — tesco and aldi have joined asda and morrisons with limits on fresh items like tomatoes, peppers and cucumber as shortages leave supermarket shelves bare. lancashire's police and crime commissioner andrew snowden asks the college of policing to carry out a "ull, independent review into the handling of the nicola bulley case. shamima begum who left london as a schoolgirl tojoin the so called islamic state loses appeal againt the removal of her british citizenship. talks are being held between the government and the royal college of nursing about pay and conditions meanwhile, ambulance and other health workers have voted for a fresh strike over pay across england in march.