this is bbc news with the latest headlines. "doctored to create a false story" — former health secretary matt hancock strongly denies allegations he rejected covid testing advice during the pandemic, after his whatsapp messages are leaked by the journalist who helped write his book. the search continues for a missing two—month—old baby — its parents constance marten and mark gordon are being held on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. at least 36 people people have been killed and dozens injured after two trains collide in northern greece. the search for survivors continues. more than 700 sex offenders have slipped off the radar of police in three years, according to figures uncovered by the bbc. and youtube is accused of collecting the viewing data of children aged under 13 —

which would be a breach of the uk data privacy code designed to protect young people. good morning and welcome to the bbc news channel. the former health secretary, matt hancock, has denied claims he failed to follow covid testing advice during the early days of the pandemic. thousands of whatsapp messages leaked to the telegraph show mr hancock was advised in april 2020 to test everyone going into care homes. but a message reportedly from mr hancock to an aide said he would rather commit to just testing those going into care homes from hospitals. lord bethall was a junior minister in department of health

and social care back in 2020. this morning, he was asked whether matt hancock should have taken the advice of the chief medical officer to test everyone going into care homes. no, ithink no, i think the key phrase here is this is obviously a positive step. it was absolutely crystal clear that we wanted to test everyone who went into social care. that was the ambition. getting the ecmo to put that into official advice was a progressive step. we welcomed it. the chief medical officer, sorry, 'ust the chief medical officer, sorry, just to _ the chief medical officer, sorry, just to remind.— just to remind. professor chris whi , just to remind. professor chris whitty. who — just to remind. professor chris whitty. who by _ just to remind. professor chris whitty, who by the _ just to remind. professor chris whitty, who by the way - just to remind. professor chris whitty, who by the way always just to remind. professor chris - whitty, who by the way always gave extremely clear and sensible advice in these matters are. so extremely clear and sensible advice in these matters are.— in these matters are. so to be clear, in these matters are. so to be clear. not _ in these matters are. so to be clear. not in — in these matters are. so to be clear, not in dispute, - in these matters are. so to be clear, not in dispute, is- in these matters are. so to be clear, not in dispute, is that l in these matters are. so to be . clear, not in dispute, is that chris whitty— clear, not in dispute, is that chris whitty did — clear, not in dispute, is that chris whitty did advise, did want everybody going into care to be tested — everybody going into care to be tested. ., , , , ., ., tested. not in dispute is at that staue it tested. not in dispute is at that stage it was _ tested. not in dispute is at that stage it was clear _ tested. not in dispute is at that stage it was clear to _ tested. not in dispute is at that stage it was clear to everyone l tested. not in dispute is at that i stage it was clear to everyone that we wanted to move to a situation where many, many more people were

tested in the country, particularly those who are most vulnerable like those who are most vulnerable like those going into social care. but we were only doing a few thousand tests a day and that was the practical problem. we were trying, like every other country in the world, like every other health system, we were desperately trying to scale our testing to meet this huge need for extra tests and what we had to try to do in the meantime was to prioritise who got tested first. 50. prioritise who got tested first. so, a decision was taken that day and it was changed after a meeting. what these _ was changed after a meeting. what these messages reveal is that the chief_ these messages reveal is that the chief medical officer says all people — chief medical officer says all people going into care should be tested — people going into care should be tested. matt hancock appears to agree _ tested. matt hancock appears to agree with that, but later in the day after— agree with that, but later in the day after what he says is a crucial meeting. — day after what he says is a crucial meeting, he changes his view. you accept _ meeting, he changes his view. you accept that— meeting, he changes his view. you accept that version of events, i think — accept that version of events, i think why— accept that version of events, i think. why did he change his view? because _ think. why did he change his view? because there is an operational meeting to talk about how you are actually going to test people and how many actual tests we had. the

reality was there was very, very limited number of those tests. people who are coming out of hospitals had the highest rates of transmission. they were the people who had the highest risk of having the disease because there was a lot of covid infection from other patients within hospitals. so, it was sensible and right to prioritise those coming into social care first. and we were then going to move on to covering absolutely everyone, which is what we want to do.— covering absolutely everyone, which is what we want to do. weeks, weeks later, is what we want to do. weeks, weeks later. months — is what we want to do. weeks, weeks later, months later. _ is what we want to do. weeks, weeks later, months later. it— is what we want to do. weeks, weeks later, months later. it took— is what we want to do. weeks, weeks later, months later. it took weeks - later, months later. it took weeks to scale up _ later, months later. it took weeks to scale up our— later, months later. it took weeks to scale up our testing. _ later, months later. it took weeks to scale up our testing. the - later, months later. it took weeks to scale up our testing. the thing | to scale up our testing. the thing that held us back was not a dispute about the clinical advice, it was simply the operational ability to deliver tests.— simply the operational ability to deliver tests. would chris whitty a . ree with deliver tests. would chris whitty agree with that? _ deliver tests. would chris whitty agree with that? were _ deliver tests. would chris whitty agree with that? were you - deliver tests. would chris whitty agree with that? were you in - deliver tests. would chris whitty | agree with that? were you in this crucial— agree with that? were you in this crucial meeting? was chris whitty in this crucial— crucial meeting? was chris whitty in this crucial meeting? i crucial meeting? was chris whitty in this crucial meeting?— this crucial meeting? i don't have. . . this crucial meeting? i don't have... this _ this crucial meeting? i don't have... this is _ this crucial meeting? i don't have... this is the _ this crucial meeting? i don't have... this is the flaw - this crucial meeting? i don't have... this is the flaw in i this crucial meeting? i don'tl have... this is the flaw in the whole debate, we only have a few scrappy whatsapp messages. i

absolutely reject that. business was done very formally with meeting notes, policy recommendations, that is how the machinery of government works. joining me now from westminster is our chief political correspondent, nick eardley. good morning. a few scrappy whatsapp messages, lord bethell says, in that clip and it's true we don't have all of these messages that were passed by matt hancock to the person helping him to write his book, so what is matt hancock saying? that it is not true and _ what is matt hancock saying? that it is not true and the _ what is matt hancock saying? that it is not true and the messages - what is matt hancock saying? that it is not true and the messages being i is not true and the messages being published partial and give a distorted view of what was actually said. i think it's quite important to point out that we don't know the full context, we haven't seen all the messages and so we can't be certain about what happened. there are two narratives, one is the one in the daily telegraph which says the position changed over the course of the day, that matt hancock made

it clear in the morning he had been told that everyone should be tested going into care homes and by the end of the day the government reached the position which was that only people going from hospitals to care homes should be tested. but matt hancock's team are saying there is an important piece of context which has been missed out, which is that there was a meeting over the course of the day about what was actually possible. and matt hancock was told, we are told by his spokesperson, that it wasn't deliverable. but there weren't enough tests to test everybody and that the decision had been made to prioritise certain groups. but over the last couple of years, the issue of what went on in care homes and whether the government made the right decisions at the right time has been hugely, hugely controversial. and i suspect that that controversy will only increase as a result of what we've seen today. matt hancock is adamant that these messages should not have

been shared. we can show you part of his statement from the spokesperson this morning which says that these stolen messages have been doctored to create a full story, that matt hancock rejected clinical advice on care home testing, this is wrong. clearly, he's going to fight these allegations but the question is this morning about the decisions taken by the government and when. that morning about the decisions taken by the government and when.— morning about the decisions taken by the government and when. that is the nub of the the government and when. that is the hub of the story. _ the government and when. that is the nub of the story, whether— the government and when. that is the nub of the story, whether official - nub of the story, whether official advice was followed and if not why not? because you've outlined, matt hancock and others like lord bethell talking about what was operationally possible in terms of the number of tests that could be delivered at that time. but this feels like, with tens of thousands of deaths in care homes, this feels like the makings of a story that is only going to grow. that we are going to hear more about this. would you agree? the dail about this. would you agree? tue: daily telegraph about this. would you agree? tta: daily telegraph say about this. would you agree? tt2 daily telegraph say they have tens of thousands messages and they are

going to publish more of them over the next few days. so i suspect we'll be talking more about matt hancock's communications with ministers and aides. i find hancock's communications with ministers and aides. ifind it hancock's communications with ministers and aides. i find it quite remarkable he shared these messages with isabel oakeshott, the journalist who is a well—known covid lockdown sceptic and has been pretty critical of the government. these are pretty sensitive messages with government officials and ministers, some of them involve the prime minister at the time, borisjohnson. there will be some questions over that, i'm sure. the argument you are going to hearfrom mr hancock and from his allies and i suspect from the government as well is that all of this should be visited, looked at ljy of this should be visited, looked at by the covid inquiry which is getting under way in england at the moment. my understanding is these messages have been handed over by mr hancock to the inquiry and he thinks thatis hancock to the inquiry and he thinks that is the forum for them to be explored properly. the argument from

isabel oakeshott that she makes in a fairly lengthy article in the telegraph this morning is that there is a public interest, that she was worried about a whitewash and that certain details wouldn't come out. so, she has felt the need to betray a confidence in publishing these documents but i suspect you're right that we will hear more about this over the next few days. i thank you. police have spent the night searching for a missing baby near brighton. the child's parents are being questioned on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. constance marten and mark gordon — who is a registered six offender — had been missing for nearly eight weeks. the couple left home last september — and their baby was born in early january — though police aren't sure exactly when. the couple next came to attention when their car caught fire on the m61 near bolton onjanuary the fifth from there, the pair took a taxi to liverpool and another to harwich, arriving on the morning

of the 6th of january. by lunchtime on the 7th, they were in east london, where they bought a tent from argos and abandoned their pushchair. there were more taxi journeys, including to the port of newhaven. after that, they evaded detection until monday night, when a member of the public saw them and called 999. vincent mcaviney has more. monday night in north brighton. after 53 days on the run, constance marten and mark gordon are spotted on cctv walking down a residential street. while shopping in this convenience store, they were spotted by a member of the public who called 999. shortly after, they were filmed again. officers arrested the couple without their baby walking towards an allotment site and golf course leading to the south downs. but despite finally having the couple in custody, they have not provided any further information about the condition or whereabouts of the child. police fear it could have been abandoned in freezing conditions. they're now being held on suspicion

of gross negligence manslaughter. around 200 officers from sussex and london's metropolitan police have worked around the clock to try to find the baby, whose sex is unknown and who is believed to have never had medical treatment. drones, a helicopter and sniffer dogs were all deployed to assist. in the daylight, officers work their way slowly through the large allotment the couple were thought to be heading towards. every shed and greenhouse was being checked in temperatures close to zero. 35—year—old constance marten comes from a hugely wealthy family with close ties to the royal family. she grew up in this country estate in dorset and was at drama school in 2016 when she first met 48—year—old mark gordon. gordon, a registered sex offender who was deported to britain from the united states in 2010 after spending 20 years in prison for a rape he committed aged ia. ever since, they have

led an isolated life. injanuary, in january, constance's father made this appealed to his daughter. darling constants, even though we remain estranged at the moment, i stand by, as i have always done and as the family has always done, to do whatever is necessary for your safe return to us. whatever is necessary for your safe return to us— whatever is necessary for your safe return to us. while detectives hope the bab is return to us. while detectives hope the baby is alive, _ return to us. while detectives hope the baby is alive, perhaps - return to us. while detectives hope the baby is alive, perhaps being - the baby is alive, perhaps being looked after by someone else, they are becoming increasingly concerned. constance marten's father said on tuesday while he is relieved she's been found, he's worried about his missing grandchild they hope to finally meet. but after another night of freezing weather hope here is fading. we can speak to our reporter yetunde yusuf who's in brighton this morning. bring us up—to—date on what the

police are saying about this investigation. the questioning of the couple and of course most importantly the search for this missing baby. 50. importantly the search for this missing baby-— importantly the search for this missin: bab. , , ., missing baby. so, residents have been waking _ missing baby. so, residents have been waking up _ missing baby. so, residents have been waking up this _ missing baby. so, residents have been waking up this morning - missing baby. so, residents have been waking up this morning to l missing baby. so, residents have been waking up this morning to a missing baby. so, residents have . been waking up this morning to a lot of police presence in the east sussex area. it's a major operation because the police are looking at a 91 square miles area behind me at a golf course and also allotments. they've been going through undergrowth, looking through water bots and sheds. drones are involved, thermal imaging cameras, helicopters and dogs. police vans have been coming to and from the area as well as specialist search and rescue teams. not too far away from here, constance marten and mark gordon were arrested first on suspicion of child neglect and then yesterday they were arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. police are particularly asking the public to help come forward with any

information because they believe the baby was last seen with them on the 8th of january and that was in new haven. by asking people in new haven, brighton and the areas in between to remain vigilant. police are determined to find this baby but they are concerned. they think the baby could have come to some harm. they are hopeful but it's freezing, temperatures are cold despite the sunny weather. hope is fading. thahk sunny weather. hope is fading. thank ou. officials in greece say at least 36 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a train crash. a cargo train collided with a passenger train near the city of larissa in the thessaly region. conditions for the rescuers are described as very difficult. the army has been mobilised to help and dozens of fire and ambulance staff are at the scene. stephanie prentice reports. it's been described by local authorities as a powerful collision

and a terrible scene. while passengers said the crash felt like being in an earthquake. translation: we heard a big bang. it was ten nightmareish seconds. we were turning over in the wagon till we fell on our sides and until the commotion stopped. and there was panic, cables everywhere, fire, the fire was immediate. as we were turning over we were being burned. the fire was right and left. as rescue teams work their way through these dark and smoky carriages, the death toll keeps rising after a high—speed collision in the night between a cargo train and a passenger train. hundreds of passengers have been evacuated by rescue teams, some dragged to safety after crawling through upside down carriages. translation: it was chaos. tumbling over, fires, cables hanging, broken windows, people screaming, people trapped. these people are the lucky ones.

fire officials say the first two carriages of the train completely disintegrated in the crash. the next two were derailed entirely. how two trains travelling in opposite directions came to directly collide will be the next issue officials will tackle. for now, theirfocus is on recovery, and as morning breaks in greece, the hope is that the light will bring survivors with it. stephanie prentice, bbc news. the former first minister of northern ireland peter robinson has urged democratic unionists to take as much time as they need to consider their response to rishi sunak�*s new brexit deal. in a post on social media, the former dup leader says the party needs to consider whether rejecting the deal would "place unionism and northern ireland on more perilous ground." the prime minister is hoping his new settlement will persuade dup mps to end their power—sharing boycott at stormont and return to devolved government.

let's speak to our ireland correspondent chris page. good morning. let's talk about those comments from peter robinson. he doesn't often make interventions. so, will his words give the dup pause for thought? t so, will his words give the dup pause for thought?— pause for thought? i think so. peole pause for thought? i think so. people in _ pause for thought? i think so. people in the _ pause for thought? i think so. people in the dup _ pause for thought? i think so. people in the dup will- pause for thought? i think so. people in the dup will be - pause for thought? i think so. i people in the dup will be looking carefully at his words. he's made his comments in a facebook post and he doesn't often intervene in politics of northern ireland these days but he is a highly respected party grandee within the dup, the former leader, first minister of northern ireland from 2008 until 2016. so, the dup are considering whether they should accept the deal known as the windsor framework struck by rishi sunak and the eu which london and brussels hope will pave the way to the restoration of

devolution at stormont to persuade the dup to lift its veto on the formation of a power—sharing government here in belfast. the dup have been wielding that veto for more than a year now in opposition to the trade border between northern ireland and the rest of the uk, which rishi sunak has been arguing will be lifted by this new agreement with the eu. mr robinson has been saying the dup has been taking its time and it's right to not be following anybody else's timetable. towards the end of his statement, he says serious thought must be given as to whether a better deal could be had in the future. the dup didn't react positively to this one. however, he says, it's important to also consider whether in rejecting the framework we place unionism and northern ireland on more perilous ground. so, what he could be getting out there is an argument put forward

by unionist thinkers, commentators, strategists, that the best way to secure the union, the best way to secure the union, the best way to secure northern ireland's place in the uk as the unionists to be involved in the government of northern ireland. so, in the short term maybe they might be thinking of electoral consequences if they are seen to compromise too quickly buy more hardline groups for example on the other hand the strategy to protect the union in the long term, that could be a calculation and play too. ., ~ that could be a calculation and play too. . ,, , ., let's return to the news about that train crash in greece in the north of greece. officials say at least 36 people have been killed, dozens injured when a cargo train and a passenger train collided. let's speak now to a journalist at the scene in larissa, elli kasholi. you are very close to where the rescue effort continues. describe what is happening.—

rescue effort continues. describe what is happening. behind me you can see the rescue — what is happening. behind me you can see the rescue scene. _ what is happening. behind me you can see the rescue scene. they _ what is happening. behind me you can see the rescue scene. they are - see the rescue scene. they are trying to remove a big piece. it is kind of upside down. it is completely burned. they are still hoping to find someone alive underneath. ijust saw hoping to find someone alive underneath. i just saw a hoping to find someone alive underneath. ijust saw a rescue dog, herewith the rescue team. i think this is going to be really difficult. you can imagine how devastating and shocking guesses. we are waiting for the prime minister in a couple of minutes. inaudible

there is a big question right now about how those two trains, which would directly opposite, they were driving on the same line. there is a man right now speaking with authorities, he's not arrested yet, he's just speaking with authorities but we are waiting to see what will come up from this conversation. we can say officially that 36 people have lost their lives. 65 may be 66 people injured and in hospital. there are two big hospitals in larissa here open right now and the situation of course there is really difficult because there are families

looking for their fathers, mothers, sons, daughters. maybe they are looking that someone is alive. brute looking that someone is alive. we can see the carriage in the middle of the shot now. the damage that has been sustained by that carriage. and that question that you pays, it is absolutely key. how could this happen? how could a passenger train and a freight train... i'm just being told, elli, do we have you? i was just about to ask her a bit more about the questions around how the passenger train and freight train could collide but i think we've lost the line to elli, in orissa. we will try and get more on that story of course throughout the day. —— in larissa. four men arrested in connection

with the shooting of an off duty police officer in northern ireland have been released. two men — one aged 71, the other 47 — are still being questioned about the attack on detective chief inspector, john caldwell in omagh a week ago. he remains critically ill in hospital. more than 700 sex offenders have slipped off the radar of police in three years, according to figures uncovered by the bbc. currently, if a registered sex offender wants to change their name, they should inform the police. but critics say regulations are too easy to bypass. the home office carried out two related reviews of the issue last year, but has not released the findings. phil mackie reports. these are just a few of the men who have been jailed for sex offences either after they changed their names or who have changed their name since. we know of dozens of others and it's feared there could be many more out there. freedom of information requests have revealed the police no longer know the whereabouts of at least 729 sex offenders.

campaigners believe most have changed their names to make it easier to disappear. it should be that that offence follows you for the rest of your life so that when you want to start a newjob, get into a new relationship, those people around you are aware of who you are and what you've done. della wright was abused as a child. decades later, when she reported the case to the police, she learned that the man responsible had gone on to change his identity and offend again. if it's as simple as a sex offendersaying, "no, i've never been known by any other name" and nobody checks that, it's far too simplistic. and so it's just open to abuse. and that abuse is still going on? absolutely, yeah. she's leading a campaign for what they are calling della's law which would deny sex offenders the right to change their names. we're talking about driving licence, passports. you know, people are coming out, being prolific offenders, getting a new passport and then going abroad to abuse

children abroad. you know, we've not got a grasp on our sex offenders in this country. the mp sarah champion is hosting a debate about the issue in westminster tomorrow. the scale of sex offenders changing their names and disappearing in the system is really chilling, so why is it the home secretary isn't acting to close this gaping loophole? in a statement, the home office said that sex offenders must notify police of their personal details every year and this includes any name changes. failure to comply, including providing false information, is a criminal offence punishable by up to five years imprisonment. the national police chiefs' council has said that it believes that sex offenders are managed robustly here in the uk. it said that anyone has got the right to change their names but there are extra legal obligations placed on sex offenders and it believes that the uk has world beating tools manage them effectively.

the lucy faithful foundation has worked successfully with sex offenders for decades, helping to stop them committing more crimes. if changing a name assists in doing that, then that, for me, _ becomes a priority but of course they have to do that _ in a way that is consistent with their registration - requirements, that doesn't allow. them to seek opportunities and take opportunities to reoffend. the majority of sex offenders who change their names do tell the authorities, but a worryingly high number are using it as a loophole to evade scrutiny. phil mackie, bbc news. nigeria's president—elect, bola tinubu, has appealed for unity in an address to jubilant supporters after being announced the winner of saturday's election. the former governor of lagos said he wanted to work to make nigeria great.

but opposition parties have called for the poll to be cancelled, alleging result manipulation. our west africa correspondent mayeni jones has been closely following the results. after several days of waiting, nigerians now have a clearer picture of who their next president might be. the candidate of the ruling all progressives congress, bola tinubu, appears to have won the most amount of votes in these presidential elections. this result comes amidst a lot of controversy spanning the vote with the opposition party saying that there is evidence that the new electronic voting system used in saturday public polls was faulty. that there were issues with some of the machines that were in polling stations around the country. and they have asked the electoral commission to do re—election. the commission says that there is a channel through which these parties can go, if they have any issues with the votes, they can go through the courts once

the announcement has been made. but for now, it is standing by its result, it is sticking with it. there's been a lot of confusion among the voting public here in nigeria. walking through lagos today, lots of people questioning why it is taking so long to get results. they were supposed to start trickling in on saturday after polls closed, but they didn't really come out until 2a hours later. that has led to a lot of suspicion in the country, which already has a big history of vote buying and votery gain. now it's time for a look at the weather. is the first day of meteorological spring and spring flower for st david's day. that's absolutely right. good morning. i've got a lot going on in the next few days. the weather is going to be fairly similar but as we head into the weekend it's going to turn colder and even more so into next week with some of us are seeing some snow. the extent of the cloud cover today, it's been a cold start where we had

clear skies in parts of western scotland. hanging onto some sunshine. sunshine across south—east england, northern ireland and northern scotland through the day. but we've got a brisk onshore wind coming in from the north sea. learning and quite a lot of showers across parts of england, wales and also in south—east scotland. temperatures today between about eight and nine. feeling colder than that along the north sea coastline with the wind. tonight, a fair bit of cloud, still some showers in northern england. frequent showers in northern ireland and southern scotland, clear skies across much of scotland, clear skies across much of scotland and parts of the south and east of england. under those clear skies we will see some frost. also some sunshine tomorrow morning. although there will be areas of cloud tomorrow, we are expecting more sunshine than today. also the wind isn't going to be as strong. not going to feel as cold, especially along the north sea coastline and tomorrow's top temperatures up to ten.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... former health secretary matt hancock, strongly denies allegations he rejected covid testing advice during the pandemic after his whatsapp messages are leaked by the journalist who helped write his book. police forces continue the search for a missing two—month—old baby —

its parents constance marten and mark gordon are being held on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. at least 36 people people have been killed and dozens injured after two trains collide in northern greece. the search for survivors continues. more than 700 sex offenders have slipped off the radar of police in three years, according to figures uncovered by the bbc. and youtube is accused of collecting the viewing data of children aged under 13 — which would be a breach of the uk data privacy code designed to protect young people. sport and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good morning. more than two and a half years have passed since former cricketer azeem rafiq first made claims of racism at yorkshire cricket club, later calling english cricket "institutionally racist". today, a long—awaited disciplinary hearing will begin in london,

which is due to take place in public — a first for the cricket discipline commission. rafiq is due to appear in person to give evidence at the hearing. matt graveling is there for us. and, matt, a really significant day. good morning. that's correct. as you can possibly tell, the press photography is behind me, we're waiting the arrival of the former yorkshire spinner, azeem rafiq. it's the latest stage in what has been two and disgraceful years for yorkshire cricket and cricket as a whole. he has come here to give evidence in front of a cricket disciplinary committee. it started in august 2020 when he told the podcast about historical racism he has suffered. at yorkshire ground. there are a number of high—profile

resignations at the club after this. the bbc have also had their own investigation they found seven players, and also the club yorkshire, they charge them with bringing the game into disrepute. six of the seven players won't be attending the disciplinary hearing today. they have withdrawn from the proceedings saying they didn't think they would get a fair shout. but the former england captain is expected to come here over the next three or four days where the ruling will be held, and then the panel will have a ruling which could result in potential fines or point productions for yorkshire. brute potential fines or point productions for yorkshire.— for yorkshire. we will follow that closel . for yorkshire. we will follow that closely- for _ for yorkshire. we will follow that closely. for the _ for yorkshire. we will follow that closely. for the time _ for yorkshire. we will follow that closely. for the time being, - for yorkshire. we will follow that l closely. for the time being, thank you for that. just a day after their dramatic defeat to new zealand in the second test, england are in action at the moment in the first of three one day internationals against bangladesh. bangladesh won the toss and decided to bat first.

they're 206 for 8 with 4 overs remaining. najmul hossain shanto scoring 58 for the hosts. adil rashid and mark wood have taken two wickets each. blackburn rovers produced another special chapter in the club's history according to their manager, after the biggest upset of the fifth round so far. they beat premier league side leicester, and what a goal for tyrhys dolan, a great strike to get them on their way. they went two up when sammie smodics got their second and whilst leicester pulled one back, rovers held on, into the quarterfinals for the first time in a long time. phil foden says he's 100% fit now after what he called "one of the worst parts" of his career with a run of poor form kepping him out of the side. he scored twice to send manchester city into the quarter—finals against bristol city. they won 3—0. foden had lost his place since the world cup but has now scored three times in two games. the lowest ranked team left in the competition are grimsby town of league two.

after a win over championship side luton in the fourth round, tonight they travel to premier league southampton for theirfirst 5th round appearance in 27 years. their cup run has also revived a tradition of the 1980s which means shoals of inflatable haddocks are also heading south. nicknamed the mariners, they've been making appearance on all big occasions the club has been part of. it's massive, especially in a cup tie like this. you need every sort of edge because obviously you are the underdogs, but when we take a big support, a big following, itjust gives you that lift and that determination to just leave everything on the pitch and give it absolutely everything and the fans are with you so it's literally like a 12th man. that is all the inflatables. you will have to clear extra space in the car. thank you very much. john

watson now. returning to the top story this morning. joining me now is the chief political commentator at the independent, john rentoul. it was all operational. it wasn't about ignoring the advice of the chief medical officer chris whitty. what is your opinion so far? t chief medical officer chris whitty. what is your opinion so far? i think matt hancock's _ what is your opinion so far? i think matt hancock's defence _ what is your opinion so far? i think matt hancock's defence is - matt hancock's defence is reasonable. i'm not saying he conducted himself brilliantly throughout the pandemic, but this point, and on the point that the

daily telegraph is trying to accuse him of, of ignoring scientific advice, i don't think he can stand convicted. i think the problem was and it is revealed in these leaked whatsapp messages is that there weren't enough tests. so he was not saying, don't test people who could have been testing. theyjust simply were not enough tests, so he prioritised testing people who were discharged from hospitals into care homes. we discharged from hospitals into care homes. ~ ., �* ., ., homes. we don't have all the messages. — homes. we don't have all the messages, though, _ homes. we don't have all the messages, though, do - homes. we don't have all the messages, though, do we? l homes. we don't have all the i messages, though, do we? we homes. we don't have all the - messages, though, do we? we don't have the full picture. we messages, though, do we? we don't have the full picture.— have the full picture. we know re have the full picture. we know pretty much — have the full picture. we know pretty much what _ have the full picture. we know pretty much what went - have the full picture. we know pretty much what went on. - have the full picture. we know- pretty much what went on. between them, thejournalist pretty much what went on. between them, the journalist that matt hancock worked with on his diary, his diaries on the loose sense because they weren't kept at the time, she had access to all the whatsapp messages. dominic cummings, borisjohnson's chief whatsapp messages. dominic cummings, boris johnson's chief adviser whatsapp messages. dominic cummings, borisjohnson's chief adviser has boris johnson's chief adviser has also leaked a huge borisjohnson's chief adviser has also leaked a huge amount of

material and discussed in public. there is not much we don't already know about all of this. and that is before we get to the stage of the public inquiry. fight! before we get to the stage of the public inquiry-— public inquiry. and of course all this has to _ public inquiry. and of course all this has to come _ public inquiry. and of course all this has to come into _ public inquiry. and of course all this has to come into the - public inquiry. and of course all this has to come into the code | public inquiry. and of course all. this has to come into the code they love inquiry. tens of thousands of people died. even if he is saying it's about the operational capacity and not a wilful ignorance of advice, that has to be examined as well. , ., advice, that has to be examined as well. , . . ., , advice, that has to be examined as well. . well. yes, and clearly those decisions — well. yes, and clearly those decisions need _ well. yes, and clearly those decisions need to _ well. yes, and clearly those decisions need to be - well. yes, and clearly those - decisions need to be scrutinised carefully. it is very difficult to see how more deaths could have been avoided. in my view. there were not enough tests. if care homes could have been completely isolated from the rest of society, which would have meant that staff would have had to have been paid double or whatever to have been paid double or whatever to get them to stay in the care

homes and not have any contact with the outside world, maybe it would have been possible to could tempt everybody, but i think it would have been very difficult. i think we will discover that in perfect decisions are made in difficult circumstances. what do you make of, do you think there are questions about matt hancock hanging handing over these government communications to a journalist and what you think of a journalist and what you think of a journalist leaking these communications? t journalist leaking these communications?- journalist leaking these communications? . ., ., ., communications? i am all in favour of openness _ communications? i am all in favour of openness as _ communications? i am all in favour of openness as a — communications? i am all in favour of openness as a journalist. - communications? i am all in favour of openness as a journalist. i think| of openness as a journalist. i think isabel oakes pass defence is that all these messages will be given to the inquiry, so all she is doing is bringing it forward slightly and this is all contained in the books that she co—wrote with him. much more interesting questions to what matt hancock thought he was doing to cooperate with the journalist with a

diametrically opposite view to him on the lockdowns. she and the telegraph generally very anti lockdown. in an enormous ideological sense. it does seem strange that matt hancock thought this would be a goodidea— matt hancock thought this would be a good idea— to cooperate with a journalist who disagreed with them so fundamentally. maybe he thought that by working with a hostile genus, if he could persuade her to a large extent, he seems to have done in his book, that would strengthen his argument that he behaved appropriately and did the betty code in difficult circumstances. we appropriately and did the betty code in difficult circumstances.— in difficult circumstances. we will see messages — in difficult circumstances. we will see messages published - in difficult circumstances. we will see messages published in - in difficult circumstances. we will see messages published in more| see messages published in more circumstances. thank you. the family of woman who was killed by her estranged husband are launching an appeal to prevent his early release from prison. joanna simpson was a week away from divorcing robert brown

when he took her life in 2010. he was convicted of manslaughter due to diminished responsibility, and given a 26—year sentence — but he could be released after serving just 13 years. helena wilkinson explains. it was a truly shocking case. mother—of—twojoanna simpson killed by her husband in a brutal attack more than a decade ago. british airways pilot robert brown had driven to their marital home in ascot in berkshire in october 2010. armed with a clawhammer, he hit his wife around the head at least 1a times. she had tried desperately to defend herself. their two children were in the playroom. they heard the attack. brown then buried his wife in a makeshift grave he had dug some weeks earlier in windsor great park. the following day he rang the police and was arrested. at his trial, jurors heard that brown had been consumed by anger during the course of their marriage and that a prenuptial agreement

signed had caused him continuing resentment. he said he had killed his wife over an argument over schools. the couple were in the middle of divorce proceedings. brown was cleared of murder, but had admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. last year, in an exclusive interview with bbc breakfast and radio a woman's hour, the then duchess of cornwall, now queen consort, was reunited withjoanna simpson's mother, diana parkes. they'd met previously in 2016. camilla creditsjoanna's story with inspiring her to become a domestic abuse campaigner. i don't think i would be as involved in it now if i hadn't met you. i mean, you were the one that started out my passion.

thank you so much. and i remember saying to you at the time, you know, i don't know what it is, but i really, really want to do something to help. that's how it all started. joanna's mother now wants thejustice secretary, dominic raab, to intervene over the possible release of her daughter's killer. she says her family are very fearful that he could be released halfway through his sentence. speaking on sunday, mr raab agreed to meet the family. would you be willing to meet diana? oh, yes, of course. and i meet lots of victims or bereaved in these appalling cases. this case isn't coming up until later in the year. within the powers i've got, i will look at this as i would look at any other very rigorously. myjob is always to put victims first so of course i'll meet with with her. and secondly, to protect the public. a spokesman for thejoanna simpson foundation said they were very pleased that the justice secretary had agreed to meetjoanna's family so that they can explain in their own words what they feel has gone so wrong in this case. we are confident, they said,

that when mr raab is presented with all the facts, he will agree with us that all action needs to be taken to prevent the release of robert brown. more than a decade afterjoanna was killed, herfamily continues to fight in her name. helena wilkinson, bbc news. the time is now 9.44. the sight loss charity guide dogs says it's had a record number of people volunteering to raise puppies after the bbc highlighted a national shortage of dogs. it's all thanks to our correspondent sean dilley, who has been without a guide dog since his previous companion sammy retired six months ago — he's now facing a two year wait — but it's hoped that more volunteers looking after training dogs can reduce that wait, as sean reports. i couldn't imagine my life without rio. she's so important.

she's my best friend, my constant companion, my means of independence, of getting about wherever i want to go, whenever i want to go, and living the life i want to lead. this is the freedom guide dogs give their blind and visually impaired partners. rio is ella caulfield's first guide. if they didn't have each other, ella says she wouldn't be able to study maths at oxford. she gives me that independence that i do need, and i crave, that i need to live the life i want to lead. she's good for a cuddle at the end of an evening if i've had a bad day. and she's an excellent guide, she's very rarely led me astray. ella started to lose her sight at four years old. when she was 15, she received some bad news. i think because it happened gradually, it wasn't like an immediate shock of, "you're not going to see again." i was told i had a retina detachment and i definitely broke down then. i was with my dad. i remember him hugging me and the nurses kind of bringing me

a cup of water, just kind of comforting me. and then i got booked in for surgery the next day. doctors operated to try to save any sight they could, but those attempts failed. nothing came of it. so i've been left with just minimal light perception in my right eye. but it's not useful. i can only see light if i look directly into the sun or into a light bulb. for ella, a new reality. she learnt new life skills and how to read braille. her application for a guide dog was accepted in may 2017. then around a year later... it was actually my mum picked up the call so i hadn't got home from school yet. my mum picked up the call. it was someone from guide dogs saying "we've got a match for ella." i think ijust got very giggly and very kind of, yeah, very excited. like, yes, this is happening. never, says ella, would she ever want to be without a dog again. just feeling so much more confident and independent and happy that i had this friend with me who was going to be there

permanently with me. rio provides such a kind of welfare support to me. ella and rio's is one of 3,695 partnerships currently working in the uk, down from around 5,000 before the pandemic when breeding was paused for five months. the charity lost a third of their volunteers. come on, good. good boy! it's been six months since my guide dog sammy retired. sammy is more important to me and you always will be, sammy, you'll always be my boy. sharing my story is by far the hardest thing i've ever done in my career. the impact, though, has been huge. you are actually quite moved today. the bonds you two have. the niblock family were one of many watching that day. it was heartbreaking to watch it, really. itjust made us think, why not sign up when we've got the time,

the space and everything just to help make a difference. they're among more than 4,500 people who've applied to volunteer since sammy's last walk. we applied, they came to see us and we're getting a puppy at the beginning of april. archie! touch! guide dogs say applications spiked then and again when we featured lisa allison and her guide dog puppies. i would like to say to bbc breakfast viewers, thank you so much to everyone who's already applied to volunteer at guide dogs. since the coverage, we've seen a peak in applications. so injanuary alone, we received almost 3,000 volunteer applications. 2,500 of those were to raise puppies, compared with 2,000 for the whole of 2019, the last pre—pandemic year. the charity says what they need now is fosterers to look after guide dogs in training, people who can drop them off and pick them up from training offices. what this role particularly is is a six month commitment to supporting a puppy to go to school and look after that puppy in evenings and weekends. jenny is hannah cooper's

fifth foster dog. good girl, play time! she's six and a half weeks into her training. when she's not learning, she's at home having fun. it means that they are in a really relaxed, comfortable home situation in the evenings and on the weekends. and they get used to, you know, in this case, living in a flat. hannah's job in digital content creation means she gets to work from home a lot. fostering is a commitment. it takes me probably half an hour to drop her off in the morning and to pick her up. so it's about an hour a day that i spend commuting to and from the training centre, which actually isn't that much. and hannah doesn't plan to stop any time soon. when i hearfrom guide dog owners who have had a guide dog and how much it changes their life, like, that is incredible. and it makes me feel really proud to have been a tiny, tiny part of that. far from playing a tiny part, guide dogs say hannah's role is vital if they're to cut waiting times. hannah knows their time

together is not forever. but fosterers like her are needed to help dogs likejenny become guides for people like me. jenny, rio and sammy, or very good boys and _ jenny, rio and sammy, or very good boys and girls — jenny, rio and sammy, or very good boys and girls i— jenny, rio and sammy, or very good boys and girls-— boys and girls. i think it was brio in the shop _ boys and girls. i think it was brio in the shop we — boys and girls. i think it was brio in the shop we showed - boys and girls. i think it was brio in the shop we showed you. - boys and girls. i think it was brio in the shop we showed you. and| boys and girls. i think it was brio - in the shop we showed you. and they are doing wonderful work. youtube has been accused of collecting the viewing data of children aged under 13, in breach of a uk data privacy code designed to protect them. an official complaint has been lodged with the information commissioner's officer. youtube says it has already bolstered children's privacy on the platform. our technology editor zoe kleinman reports. what are our children watching online and who knows about it? 89% of three to 17—year—olds watch youtube according to the regulator ofcom, despite it being aimed at children aged 13 and above.

youtube gathers data about what its users are watching, so that it can show them more videos they might like. it also looks at where they are watching and what they are watching on. children aren't supposed to be part of this, but lots of them use their parents�* devices and accounts, and that means that their data gets gathered too. let me see your recommendations. campaigner and father of three duncan mccann says he believes youtube is breaching industry standards by doing this, as neither the children nor their parents have consented to it, and he's taken his complaint to the information commissioners office. it has a children's internet code designed to protect children's data privacy. my preferred reform that youtube should make is that actually when you enter youtube they don't collect any unnecessary and process any unnecessary information and that the best way to ensure that they are only collecting the data of adults who are properly consenting would be to then have a process where adults can sign in to the tracking recommendation system, profiling, targeted ads.

in a statement, youtube said it had made investments to protect kids and families, including more protective default settings, a dedicated kids app, and supervised experience which requires parental consent. the information commissioners office told the bbc we'll consider this complaint carefully. many tech firms make a lot of money from compiling data about their users and then using it to sell ads, but children are supposed to be protected from this. action in the us led to youtube paying a £140 billion fine and changing its practices. it is assumed that anyone watching children's content would be potentially under the age of 13 and so it collects far less data on that type of content and also doesn't send personalised ads to people watching that content. it shows that big tech can make big changes when it needs to. zoe kleinman, bbc news.

as you saw him there in the report. with me now is duncan mccann — a campaignerfor children's digital safety charity the 5rights foundation. thank you forjoining and tell us a bit more if you can't, about your and your children experience using youtube. t and your children experience using youtube. ~ ., , , ., youtube. i think youtube is an important _ youtube. i think youtube is an important service _ youtube. i think youtube is an important service and - youtube. i think youtube is an important service and indeed, | youtube. i think youtube is an - important service and indeed, during the pandemic, it really came into its own. the school is often sending kids to enhance their learning on youtube. youtube can provide benefits. what i'm concerned about is the way that youtube in fact gathers data, tracks its users and specifically with regard to children, how they profile those users in order to serve other interests. the commercial interests of youtube are to keep users on there as long as possible, that's how they monetise their users and

make money. that's certainly not in the best interest of the child and indeed the children's code mentioned indeed the children's code mentioned in the report requires that it is always in the interest of the child. you said that it needs to protect families and treat all children's content as a judge reviewing it, even on an adults account. does that no even on an adults account. does that to some even on an adults account. does that go some way — even on an adults account. does that go some way to _ even on an adults account. does that go some way to delay _ even on an adults account. does that go some way to delay your _ even on an adults account. does that go some way to delay your concerns. i have been over this issue for three years of youtube. and i am honoured that they have made some important changes for the platform which have made improvements. the fundamental question about how they are processing the data, what they are processing the data, what they are processing the data, what they are processing and indeed, the kids video relies on the producer of the video relies on the producer of the video to label it for children, but once you do that, the lip incentive goes down and so they don't label it

that way. what they haven't addressed is the fundamental issue of having the cake and wanting to eat it. youtube want the platform, they want the children on there because they are part of the revenue, but they don't want to do the hard work that the law requires for how you must get the correct permissions and legal basis for processing the data. all i am arguing is that they can't have the cake and eat it. they have to decide whether under 13—year—olds are on the platform and they want to keep an eye for revenue or whether they want to not do the hard work to represent them legally, then they should do more to keep them of the site. ., . ~' . should do more to keep them of the site. ., . ,, ., ., ., site. you talk about revenue and of course, site. you talk about revenue and of course. any — site. you talk about revenue and of course. any tech — site. you talk about revenue and of course, any tech company - site. you talk about revenue and of course, any tech company needs i site. you talk about revenue and ofj course, any tech company needs to gather this data in order to sell ads, make money, continue to exist. it is a difficult one, isn't it? tell us more about your suggestions,

not just for you too, tell us more about your suggestions, notjust for you too, but tell us more about your suggestions, not just for you too, but tech companies more generally on how they deal with this question. t companies more generally on how they deal with this question.— deal with this question. i think we have partly _ deal with this question. i think we have partly entered _ deal with this question. i think we have partly entered a _ deal with this question. i think we have partly entered a world - have partly entered a world where the idea that we should just gather all data that we can, even if we don't have a particular use for it today or, it has kind of groan. we are a new point where laws like gdpr and also the children's code here in the uk, they actually are forces services to think differently about how they are gathering data. privacy and the data we share are vulnerable. we are moving to a new era where data is not ubiquitous. youtube could front are perfectly well without having to mine the data of children. in terms of adverts as well, youtube could absolutely show contextual adverts, that they already do the children now. that's

already do the children now. that's a point of change they have already made. , .. a point of change they have already made. , 2. , a point of change they have already made. , .. , ., made. duncan, we must leave it there, made. duncan, we must leave it there. we _ made. duncan, we must leave it there. we are — made. duncan, we must leave it there, we are out _ made. duncan, we must leave it there, we are out of _ made. duncan, we must leave it there, we are out of time - made. duncan, we must leave it there, we are out of time for - made. duncan, we must leave it. there, we are out of time for today. thank you. there, we are out of time for today. thank you-— thank you. and it is time now for a look at the — thank you. and it is time now for a look at the weather. _ thank you. and it is time now for a look at the weather. good - thank you. and it is time now for a j look at the weather. good morning for you to and happy saint davids day if you are celebrating today. it's also started meteorological spring, but if anything, it will actually turn colder than it has been. the next few days, we are looking at lots of cloud, there is some rain in the forecast, also showers, pressure firmly in charge and remaining so through the week. opening out on thursday and friday, it won't feel as cold as it has in the first half of this week. what we're starting is a lot of cloud and a lot of showers. showers coming in across south and eastern scotland, through the midlands and towards wales and in the direction of the southwest. we will have clear skies

today, across the far northern half of scotland,, northern ireland and into the east. we do have a key brisk north—easterly wind across the north sea coastline, with temperatures at eight or nine. but with the effect of the wind, it will feel more like four or five. another cold day. through this evening and overnight, hanging on to fair cloud, showers across northern england, frequent showers getting into northern ireland and scotland, clear skies in the north—west and the south—east, temperatures falling away low enough for a touch of frost. into tomorrow, high pressure firmly in charge. look at these isobars, they have widened. not as windy, not a showery and not as cold. we will still have areas of cloud, if anything, cold. we will still have areas of cloud, ifanything, bit cloud, if anything, bit more sunshine today, particularly in the southern half of england and also wales and the northern half of scotland. we will still see some

holes punched in the cloud with a few showers and light a win, especially along the naughty coastline. it has been better this week, it won't field as cold her. the latter part of the week, high pressure in charge, the weather front sinking south, pulling cold air behind it. that does mean that for many others, there will be another drop in temperatures. still the blues initially, then the dark blues following behind through the latter part of the weekend and into the early part of next week. the weather remains changeable, there will be variable amounts of cloud, sunny skies, and weather fronts coming south will produce some spots of rain. we'll all go next week, it looks like some of us could see snow.

this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. at least 36 people people have been killed and dozens injured after a passenger service carrying some 350 people collided with a freight train in northern greece. the search for survivors continues. former uk health secretary matt hancock strongly denies allegations he rejected covid testing advice during the pandemic after his whatsapp messages are leaked by the journalist who helped write his book. police forces continue the search for a missing two—month—old baby — its parents constance marten and mark gordon are being held on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. covid—19 "most likely" originated in a "chinese government—controlled lab", says the head of the fbi. beijing denies a lab leak in wuhan, calling the allegation defamatory.