tonight at 10pm: police in sussex confirm the remains of a baby have been found — in their search for the child of a couple who went missing in january. for days, an extensive search for the two—month old infant was carried out near brighton — including in woodland where the remains were found. this is an outcome that myself and that many officers who have been part of this search had hoped would not happen. i recognise the impact this news

will have on the many people who have been following this story closely. after a national search, constance marten and mark gordon were arrested earlier this week on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. we'll bring you the latest from our correspondent at the scene. also on the programme... after the former health secretary matt hancock's whatsapp messages are leaked, fresh questions about the government's handling of the covid pandemic. in greece, more than a0 people are dead after a passenger train and a freight train collide head—on. and prince harry and meghan have been "requested to vacate" their british base of frogmore cottage, in the grounds of windsor castle. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel. the magic of the fa cup is well and truly alive. a shock on the south coast as grimsby stun southampton and qualify for the quarterfinals.

good evening. sussex police have confirmed that the remains of a baby have been found by officers searching for the missing infant of constance marten and mark gordon. the couple were arrested on monday after a seven week search for them, when their car was found on fire by the side of a motorway. police announcing the find this evening said it was news they knew the public did not want to hear. constance marten and mark gordon are being held on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. here's our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford. this morning, at locations from newhaven to brighton, the search for the missing baby was in full flow. officers from the metropolitan police and sussex police were joined by volunteer experts in search and rescue. there was concern for the welfare of the infant but there was also still hope.

but tonight, that hope may have evaporated when the man leading the investigation made the announcement that he'd been dreading. it is my very sad duty to update this afternoon, police officers searching a wooded area close to where constance and mark gordon were arrested, discovered the remains of a baby. a postmortem examination will be held in due course. a crime scene is in place and work at the location is expected to continue for some time. this is an outcome that myself and that many officers who have been part of this search had hoped would not happen. constance marten and mark gordon, the one walking slowly with a stick, had emerged from the woods on monday night to visit the local shops. they returned along the same suburban street 45 minutes later. but they'd been spotted by a member of the public who'd called 999, and moments after this cctv footage was recorded, they were arrested. constance marten comes

from a hugely wealthy family, growing up in this country house in dorset. she became estranged from herfamily in 2016 when she met mark gordon. he was convicted of rape in the united states aged just 1a and served 20 years in prison before being deported back to the uk. the two of them left their home in london in september when her pregnancy started to show and stayed in a series of airbnbs — apparently trying to hide from the authorities. police believe their baby was born in the car but when the car caught fire on the m61 near bolton onjanuary 5th, the police started to investigate. cctv showed them visiting harwich, then london, where they bought a tent, and eventually newhaven. their baby was definitely alive at this stage, as the taxi driver who drove them there heard it. but at that point, they disappeared, only to re—emerge six weeks later in brighton when they were arrested.

tonight in the woods, just a few hundred metres away, police officers now gaurd a crime scene where an infant's body was found. so only forensic tests will confirm if it is the missing baby. for six weeks, police officers pleaded with constance marten and mark gordon to come forward and have their baby seen by doctor. they also repeatedly warned that staying outdoors in this weather could put a newborn baby at risk. i havejust weather could put a newborn baby at risk. i have just been up to the woodland where this infant's body has been found and on a night like this, it is a dark, cold and place, reeta. daniel, thank you. fresh questions have been raised about the judgment of the former health secretary matt hancock during the covid pandemic, after a vast collection of more than 100,000 of his whatsapp messages were released. the messages — which date back to april 2020 — have been published by the daily telegraph, and cover issues such

as policies on care homes, schools and testing. in one of the most serious allegations, the paper claims the messages show that mr hancock disregarded advice from senior medical officers to test everyone going into care homes in england — something that he strongly denies. 0ur political editor, chris mason, is in westminster. chris. this is a story aboutjournalistic revelation and betrayal. arguments about the public interest and fairness. ajournalist who broke fairness. a journalist who broke a nondisclosure agreement and decided to hand the information to a newspaper. she says that is justified. the former health secretary says it is outrageous and only a fraction of the story. conversations in government as covid swept the country and the then health secretary was centre stage. first turning to what is happening in the uk... after the pandemic mr hancock worked

with this journalist, isabel 0akeshott, to write a book about it, and gave her his text messages. she has now given them to the daily telegraph. this resource that i had is an extraordinary way to quickly get to the truth of what really happened, why crucial decisions were made that affected millions of lives, that millions of people are still paying the price for today. matt hancock messaged his advisers. chris whitty, england's chief medical officer, now recommends testing of all going into care homes in england. this is obviously a good, positive step and we must put it into the document. but that evening one of mr hancock aides wrote... the health secretary responded...

"tell me if i am wrong... in a statement today, a spokesman for matt hancock said: he said a meeting that they had advised it was not currently possible to test everyone entering care homes and therefore he concluded the testing of people leaving hospitalfor care homes should be prioritised. the government followed the expert public health advice. in the commons today, a health minister then and now facing questions from labour referred to evidence the telegraph didn't have about other

internal discussions. there is an e—mail following exactly this exchange that she is referring to that says we can press ahead straightaway with hospitals testing patients who are going into care homes and we can aspire to as soon as capacity allows and when we have worked out operationally way of delivering this is, the everybody going into care from the community could be tested. we have also had an insight today in the decision to make pupils in england where face coverings at secondary school. england's chief medical officer said there was no strong reason to insist on it in corridors and no strong reasons against it but the government's director of communications pointed out scotland's government had made it mandatory in the cabinet secretary said a difference could freak out nervous parents. at prime minister's questions this lunchtime there was this exchange between rishi sunak and the labour leader. families across the country will look at their stand the sight of

politicians writing books, portraying themselves as heroes or selectively leaking messages will be insulting and a ghoulish spectacle for them. . ., _, for them. rather than comment on iecemeal for them. rather than comment on piecemeal bits of _ for them. rather than comment on piecemeal bits of information, i - piecemeal bits of information, i am sure the right honourable gentleman will agree _ sure the right honourable gentleman will agree the right way to look at this is_ will agree the right way to look at this is the inquiry.— this is the inquiry. the battle to do this was _ this is the inquiry. the battle to do this was always going - this is the inquiry. the battle to do this was always going to be l do this was always going to be intense, the stakes so high in the death toll so grim but the expectation had been that the public inquiry would be the primary forum for that but the political truth now is the court of public opinion is open and hearing evidence and there are more revelations to come. lost to liberties, businesses, education and loved ones, a pandemic no one will forget. so many questions and

perhaps now at least some answers. chris mason, bbc news, westminster. from the very start of the pandemic back in march 2020, our social affairs editor alison holt has been reporting on the situation in care homes across the uk. she explains how things stood at the time. cast your mind back to april 2020 and those early weeks of the pandemic — an extremely grim time with huge pressure on the nhs. we were all in lockdown and in care homes. families were losing the people they loved. for many of those families, testing and the decisions made are huge issues. amos waldman lost his grandma at the time. there were certainly deficiencies, and they weren't testing fast enough so that people like my grandma, who moved in for what was supposed to be a trial period, ended up contracting covid and dying after a matter of weeks. yet again, it evokes emotions that...that we have, that i have, that many bereaved families have, of what happened at that time, the decisions that were being made

and highlights, really, the need for this public inquiry to scrutinise government decisions and actions as swiftly as possible. now, those hearings have been delayed but are due to start injune. so let's have a look at what was happening at the time when matt hancock sent his messages about care home testing on april 14th. that week, council bosses told the government there needed to be more reliable testing and that, generally, social care appeared an afterthought. also, care home deaths from covid reached their peak, as you can see here from this graph. 540 residents died in england and wales in a single day. that was april 17th. but you can see that deeply disturbing rise in deaths in the preceding weeks. testing everyone might have been the best plan, but then only 20,000 tests could be done a day. again, in this graph, you can see how it ramped up in the weeks after mid—april.

but at that point, there was nowhere near enough to meet all the demands and to give it some context, there were more than 15,000 care homes in england. it is worth noting, experts later concluded the two main ways that covid got into care homes was from patients discharged from hospitals and through staff moving between homes. also, there were relatively few new residents from elsewhere. so when mr hancock announced his action plan on april 15th, testing was focused on patients discharged from hospitals and a month later, he made big claims for what they'd done. right from the start, it's been clear that this horrible virus affects older people most. so right from the start, we've tried to throw a protective ring around our care homes. for many families, it may be hard to square the leaked messages with that claim that a protective ring was thrown around care homes.

probably only the public inquiry, armed with all the facts, will be able to judge the decisions made. 0ur social affairs editor alison holt reporting there. in the us, the head of the fbi has claimed it is �*most likely�* that covid—19 originated from a leak from a chinese government—controlled lab in wuhan. china has accused the fbi of politicising the investigation into the origins of coronavirus, and says there has been no new scientific evidence to support the theory. other us agencies believe the virus developed naturally. 0ur north america correspondent john sudworth reports. suspicions have long swirled around wuhan's laboratories. now, three years after the start of the pandemic, they've burst into the open once again. the fbi has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a potential lab incident in wuhan. here you're talking

about a potential leak from a chinese government controlled lab that killed millions of americans. from the start, many scientists believed that covid had passed naturally from animals to humans. some of the first cases were centred around this wuhan market known to sell wildlife. but with wuhan's laboratories known to have been collecting samples from bats and experimenting on coronaviruses there's an alternative possibility — that a researcher became accidentally infected with the virus they were working on. it comes from china, that's why. it comes from china — i want to be accurate. but the theory�*s close association with donald trump made it, for many, one more piece of disinformation and it was widely dismissed. for the past three years in china, in europe and now in america,

i've been investigating the question of covid's origin. some scientists claim that the lab leak theory has been convincingly debunked. but others say that in the absence of better evidence to rule it out, they want the possibility to remain firmly on the table. the world health organization team that travelled to wuhan in 2021 concluded that it was extremely unlikely that the virus leaked from a lab. but there were concerns about china's political management of the inquiry, something one member of that team acknowledged in an interview for our upcoming podcast series. it's difficult to know where the science ends and where the politics starts. so you can have heated debate about a lot of different details and you don't know where the... you know, if there is political influence. well, the lab leak theory is dismissed... china, it's clear, neverwant journalists asking questions about the origin of covid and there appears to be very little hope of any further cooperation, with international efforts

to look for answers. but in america, there's renewed interest. the biden administration has given the lab leak theory fresh impetus and a new republican—controlled congress has willingly picked up the baton. the select committee will come to order. this is an existential struggle over what life will look like in the 21st—century. despite the fbi's public comments, the us intelligence agencies remain divided. with little hard evidence, many fear that one of the biggest questions of our time — where did covid come from — may never be convincingly answered. john sudworth, bbc news, new york. at least 43 people are dead and dozens injured after two trains collided head on last night in central greece. a passenger service with 350 people on board had been travelling from athens to the northern city of thessaloniki when it crashed into a freight train,

here in tempi. the passenger train's front carriages burst into flames. it is being described as the worst train crash greece has ever seen. greece's prime minister has blamed the incident on "tragic human error". an investigation has been launched and police have arrested a local station—master in larissa. 0ur europe corrrespondent, nick beake, is at the scene, and sent this report. the mangled remnants of a train bringing hundreds of students back from their holidays. down the track, their now grieving families, who had waved them off. greece's worst railway crash. it should never have happened. earlier, they had worked through the night, recovering dozens of victims. identification has been hard. the fire that broke out was intense. survivors described the moment, just before midnight, their intercity service hit the freight train head on. translation: we heard a big bang, then it was ten nightmarish seconds. we were turning over in the carriage.

we fell on our sides and then it stopped, and there was panic. cables everywhere and fire. the fire was immediate. as it quickly became clear no—one else would be found alive, news arrived that a signal master at the nearest city had been charged with manslaughter by negligence. he has blamed a possible technicalfailure. greece's prime minister visiting this carnage vowed to find out what had gone so catastrophically wrong. translation: our thoughts | are with the victims' relatives. our duty is to treat the injured and then to identify the bodies. i can guarantee only one thing — we will find out what caused this tragedy, and we will do whatever we can to avoid anything similar in the future. this evening, greece's transport minister resigned, saying his efforts to improve the railway hadn't been enough to prevent such an accident. but who is to blame is not a straightforward question. many feel though this

was a disaster waiting to happen. tonight at this hospital i have been speaking to one senior surgeon and he said that of the 43 people who had been identified as victims, it is believed they were in the third and fourth carriages and when you look at the imness munchies the first and second, all be destroyed —— images of the first and second. the prime minister in greece described this as tragic human error for many greeks that simply doesn't do it because there have been repeated warnings about the state of the railway network, in greece and so tonight, amid all the mourning, there is deep, deep anger. nick, thank you. the parents of a disabled teenager, who died after "shocking and prolonged neglect" in mid wales, have beenjailed. kaylea titford, from newtown, was 16 and suffered from spina bifida. she weighed 22 stone when she died in october 2020. her father, who was found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter,

was sentenced to seven and a half years. the teenager's mother, sarah lloyd—jones, who admitted the same charge, was jailed for six years. a spokeswoman for the duke and duchess of sussex has confirmed that the couple have been asked to vacate their residence at frogmore cottage on the windsor castle estate. our royal correspondent sarah campbell is with me. doesn't do it because there have been repeated warnings about the state of the railway network, in greece and so tonight, amid all the mourning, there is deep, deep anger. nick, thank you. tell me more. �* , ., , ~ nick, thank you. tell me more. a ., , ~ ., tell me more. as we no the duke and duchess of — tell me more. as we no the duke and duchess of sussex _ tell me more. as we no the duke and duchess of sussex live _ tell me more. as we no the duke and duchess of sussex live in _ duchess of sussex live in california, but when they are back in the uk, they stay in frogmore cottage, is it owned by the crown estate and gifted to them for the use by the queen and sources close to the cabal have said they thought of it as their forever home so we can deduce the was not expected. one concern i am told is of the couple's is that of security, frogmore is within the grounds of windsor castle. we know harry is very concerned about the security of his

family, so where are they going to stay now when they back in the uk? there are i am told financial issues and logistics to be resolved. the couple paid 2.4 million to cover refurbishments and rent back in 2019. but i think more than any of that it shows once again how strained the relationships are between harry and his family. it is two months since he published his tell all memoir, it is two months until his father —— father the king's coronation, they don't know whether they are going to be invited. there has been no comment from buckingham palace including reports that prince andrew has been offered the cottages or the palace will say it is that private family matter. ,,. . will say it is that private family matter. ., ., , ., sarah, many thanks. on the eve of the publication of the third and final report into the manchester arena bombing in 2017, thejustice secretary has announced plans to give more support to victims in the immediate aftermath of major disasters. tomorrow's report will focus

on the radicalisation of the bomber salman abedi, and at whether the attack could have been prevented. it's expected to criticise organisations, including m15. our north of england correspondent judith moritz reports. she was a firecracker. life and soul of every party that she ever went to. loved to travel. be at concerts, nights out. she... ..was just a brilliant little sister, really. kelly brewster was one of 22 people murdered at manchester arena. they were all here in the foyer when a bomb exploded. it's nearly six years since that night, and every aspect of the attack has now been examined. kelly's sister clare went to nearly every day of the public inquiry, and has heard about one failing after another.

we feel completely let down as a family, at every level. everybody failed to protect us on that night, and we will never, ever forgive any of them. the bomber, salman abedi, will be the focus of the last inquiry report, which will cover his radicalization, the planning for the attack and whether it could have been prevented. it's expected to be critical of m15, who didn't share information they received with the police. on two separate occasions in the months leading up to the bombing, intelligence about salman abedi was received here at m15. at the time, it was assessed as innocent or non—terrorist criminality. it's now widely accepted that it was highly relevant to the attack. abedi grew up just south of manchester city centre in the suburb of fallowfield. the report will address whether this community missed opportunities to spot a terrorist in the making. abedi went to this school where his head teacher

at the time was ian fenn, who was also serving as an adviser to the government on addressing extremism in schools. he wouldn't have known how to make a bomb. he could barely light a bunsen burner. he says abedi showed no signs of extreme views as a schoolboy. someone would have had to have been very carefully groomed and moulded from being a feckless, lacklustre, rather lazy, you know, people would say good for nothing. if somebody is going to become a terrorist, they're not going to tell you about it, are they? and the radicalisation of salman abedi happened way after he left school. the report will examine whether didsbury mosque, where the abedi family worshipped, failed to confront extremism. the inquiry chairman will make a range of recommendations, a legacy of learning for manchester and beyond. absolutely i would say it's been a really importantjourney for the city region, some of it really hard, don't get me wrong, really hard.

but it's been a process of genuine learning. that phrase is used a lot now, isn't it? lessons will be learnt. well, i can say to the residents of greater manchester they have been. so many lives were lost and families shattered. the inquiry has answered many questions, but no amount of reflection can repair the hurt. it is definitely closing a chapter. but i can't see that we'll ever move on. we've lost too much. claire booth ending that report from our north of england correspondentjudith moritz. the video—sharing app tiktok is introducing a 60—minute daily screentime limit for children. if under 18s reach the limit, they'll have to enter a passcode to continue using the service. tiktok says it's introducing the feature to help people �*stay in control�* of their use, after facing criticism

that it�*s too addictive. a public hearing into the allegations of racism made by the former yorkshire cricketer azeem rafiq has opened. it�*s more than two years since he first alleged he�*d been the victim of racial harassment and bullying at yorkshire county cricket club. his evidence will be a key part of the case being heard by an independent panel of the cricket discipline commission, as our sports editor, dan roan, reports. on the field it is business as usual for england cricket. there you go, that�*s it. the one day team beating bangladesh today, but off it, moving on from the past is proving difficult. former yorkshire player azeem rafiq arriving for a disciplinary hearing in london this morning, in relation to the racism allegations that have long cast a shadow over the sport. two years ago, yorkshire sparked outrage by not disciplining anyone, despite rafiq being found to have suffered racial harassment at the county, plunging it into crisis and resulting in a catalogue of disrepute charges.

today, the ecb claimed yorkshire accepted it failed to address systematic use of racist and/or discriminatory language over a prolonged period, and in relation to multiple employees and/or player of the club. outlining its case against former england bowler matthew hoggard, the ecb alleged he�*d admitted using racially offensive phrases, but he denied any discriminatory intent. another ex—england star, tim bresnan, was said to have used a racial slur against rafiq�*s sister in 2014. bresnan, who also declined to take part in the process, denies the allegations. in a first for the cricket discipline commission, this hearing will take place here, in public, but five defendants have withdrawn from the process, citing concerns over fairness. and only one of those charged is due to appear here in person. that is former england captain michael vaughan, accused of making a racist comment to rafiq and three other asian players during a yorkshire match in 2009. vaughan, who has repeatedly denied the claims, stepped back from his broadcasting work at the bbc last year, after he was charged.

and with current england star adil rashid also expected to give evidence this week as a witness from bangladesh via video link, one of the most damaging episodes in the history of the game is coming to a head. dan roan, bbc news. football now and grimsby town, from the fourth tier of english football, have made history this evening by becoming the first team in fa cup history to knock out five sides from higher divisions in a single season. in a major shock, they beat premier league strugglers southampton tonight by 2—1. two first half penalties from gavan holohan helped to send grimsby town into the the fa cup quarter finals for the first time in 84 years. the royal television society tv journalism awards have been taking place in central london this evening. the awards celebrate creativity and excellence in journalism across 20 different categories.

network presenter of the year is clive myrie. our very own clive myrie was named network presenter of the year. he was praised byjudges for his coverage of the war in ukraine arm his ability to bring ema parliament thy as well as authority to his broadcasting while under the most intense pressure. —— empathy. many congratulations to him schulte time for a look at the weather. here�*s chris fawkes. him. the driest february for some 30 years, today it has been a similar day, a lot of cloud traps under the area of high pressure. looking at the cloud sheet there are clearer skies set to work in across parts of east anglia, southern england as well. so there will be some areas

that are brighter tomorrow, but this big lump of cloud