the trolls' accounts targeting have been more active since the takeover — some were newly created or appear to have been reinstated after musk�*s amnesty on previously banned accounts. what would you say to elon musk if you had the opportunity? i would ask, why are these accounts that are bullying and harassing people still allowed on the platform? i would like him to read some of the messages that i have been sent and tell me why those accounts are still allowed to be on twitter. musk has used the votes features on twitter to make decisions about its future. these polls have no statistical value, but in having tried to contact him in every way possible, i used one of these polls to try to catch his attention. over 40,000 users voted and 89% of them said they would like elon musk to do an interview with me. neither twitter nor musk have responded to the points raised in this investigation.

twitter says defending and respecting the users�* voice remains one of its core values, but the users i've spoken to are left with questions. and you can watch "bbc panorama: elon musk�*s twitter storm" at 8pm tonight on bbc one and on iplayer. you can also read more on the bbc website. not all pupil have been able to make it to school due to illness. so, some schools are bringing the classroom to them by using robots which can act like teachers or classmates. david lumb�*s been to see one in action. so alex, which of the following will always improve the net profit margin of a business? it is it reducing expenses? business studies from home. this robot allows alex to attend lessons remotely when attending in person is not practical. i've been able to go to all my science lessons, all my maths lessons, all my r5 lessons and not have

to worry about being held back and everything like that. so when i eventually can go back, when myjoints are better, i can just go straight from where i left off on the robot and just go from there and learn. alex developed juvenile idiopathic arthritis when he was three and it means the 15—year—old from rugby has joint pain, swelling and cannot walk as much as other children. i can't get out of bed some mornings at all, i need help off my mum. and even making breakfast and getting a drink like everyone else would be able to do can be a struggle for me. the robot is one of three owned by his school. since covid we've really utilised them to help implement inclusion of students that have medical needs, so if they are struggling to be in school due to shielding. pupils in the building will carry them around for students at home. they put a tie around them, name them, take them to lessons, they are part of the class now, part of the furniture. if you have a question,

there is a hand icon, you press it and the robot's head will go blue and the teacher then knows you've got a question. it is not the only company to develop remote—learning robots. here's one at a school in 0xfordshire from a few years ago. this one has notjust helped alex keep up—to—date with school work. i get to interact with everyone, notjust in a kind of a school way, it's more of a mates way. hanging out and being able to just socialise and chat about our favourite things like animes, doctor who and things like that. it is amazing. across the uk, almost a million people are living with some form of dementia. it's an illness which can impact your memory, your mood and even your movement. it can also come at a huge financial and emotional cost for the loved ones around you. so, over the next few months, we're going to look at what it's like caring for someone with dementia, and what can be done to make things easier. we're going to start with someone

who'll be familiar to you — our very own nina warhurst. nina's dad chris was diagnosed with dementia last year and it was down to nina and her sisters amy and mel to try to make some sense of it all. my dad is a funny man, is how i'd sum him up. ever since being little, he could give a little side eye at somebody — a stranger that he would just know we'd all find funny and we would all collapse in laughter. and he can still do that, even after all these years. he's funny. that is probably a word that most people, his colleagues, his friends, his family would use for him — he's very funny. and he's charming, he's a very charming man. he can still very much make me laugh. we can still make him laugh. that wit and humour is still very much there. not sure we always know what we're laughing at or about, but the laughter is very much there. so what year is that photo?

that's the boy. who's that? georgie. george best. yeah. what do you remember about him? i remember him lifting the european cup. yeah. you were friends with him. oh, yeah. you used to go out with him. yeah. we used to go to old trafford to watch united play. yeah. and george best would be there, wouldn't he? watching as well. and he always still came and said hello, didn't he? oh, it's more than that. those were the days, eh? yeah. this is what i don't understand about dementia. so we had an incredibly engaged and switched on gp. his social care team were supportive and empathetic. when he ended up in emergency care, salford royal hospital was amazing. he had three daughters who were engaged and wanted to do the best by him and still we collectively felt like we were in freefall.

and until you have a clear diagnosis, you can't necessarily get all the support that you need. so you're left as a carer thinking you're trying your best but that you're failing everywhere. i had two very young girls. i had full—time work and a husband and to try and juggle all of that, it was near impossible. when i wasn't with him, i was thinking about him and it just takes over you completely. a really hard bit, and ifeel guilty now when i think about it is that he was getting on my nerves and having to do all these practical things was getting me down and because of that stress, we stopped having nice times together. we stopped enjoying one another�*s company.

and i feel like that last year when we had him at home, we won't get that back now. and that's really hard, and i feel guilty about that. yeah. i do feel really guilty about that. sorry. # it's a dirty old town # dirty old town. # lovely. so it's been about a year now, hasn't it, since he moved in? because he's been there since, yeah, february 2022. and he's a lot more settled now. looking back to a year ago. yeah, absolutely. and i think, you know, that's because he's got the right care, isn't it? and we were absolutely doing our best. i feel really positive now about the future with my dad because his basic needs are being met. he's in a wonderful care home. he has regular visits with us.

he's resting a lot. he's physically looking well. and i know we have great times ahead of us. a group of ten—year—olds in stockport wanted to show solidarity with one of their friends, 0liver, who lost his hair during treatment for a brain tumour. so they decided to all turn up for school with their own heads shaved, and it was quite a sight, as ian haslam reports. applause this is oliver's army arriving on stage for a school assembly with a difference. the difference being that a group of heads are about to be shaved by oliver and a team of local hairdressers. how are you feeling ahead of all this we're doing for you this morning? it's nice to know that my friends at school are supporting me. what's weird is before i had my hair fall out, my hair was longer than any of these. now that these guys are getting theirs shaved, i'm going to be the

only one with hair! the boys themselves came up with the plan, including 0liver�*s twin brother, george. i was, of course, devastated when i heard the news that he had cancer, and instantly ijust knew that i had to do something to help. and now we're here. what do you think of your brother doing this for you? i think he has just helped me through this so much. and so before an enthusiastic audience, it was haircut time. cheering and applause zach and reuben, you've gone bald here. straight down the middle. how does that feel? it's crazy. yeah, i don't even - know what i look like. you look so weird. it's been a devastating time for all of us. but events like this really do make a difference. they describe themselves as a wall of friends around 0liver. theyjust want to protect him. they want to look after him. and they want to do

everything they can to just help us get through this. is it really that bad? yes. the children have just really thought about how it must feel for 0liver at the moment. we've got such amazing examples of youngsters today and what they're able to achieve. no head shaving for you, but a lovely pink do. thank you very much. i got up very early to do this. yeah. after ten minutes or so, the cuts were complete. applause they've supported me through all of this and i think they were just brave to do it. so you're feeling good now, boys? yep, yep. bit cold on my head, but... and how do you think you'll look now? like me. and that's good, isn't it? yeah. unless, of course, parents take the wrong children i home after school. with that, it was time to reveal the latest oliver's army fundraising total, which is now past £17,000. cheering

ian haslam, bbc news. very well done. let's get the weather with stav danaos. hello there. we've got a very cold, wintry week of weather in store, potential of some disruptive snow in places. there is still a question mark on where that heavy snow will be. so do stay tuned to the weather forecast and head online to see all the latest warnings. i think we're pretty confident for today and tomorrow. snow and ice issues are likely to affect much of the northern half of scotland, northeast england and also parts of northern ireland. now, the very cold air is slowly working its way southwards through the day today. you can see the deep blues there. strong winds across the north as well. so these snow showers likely to cause some drifting over the hills of scotland, where we'll see significant accumulations. but there will be some sunshine around further south. we've got this weak weather front spreading slowly southwards and on it, there will be some patchy rain here and there, could see a little bit of wintriness

up over the high ground of wales, for example. but it will be mostly of rain. top temperatures around 7 or 8 celsius in the south, low single digits further north, barely above freezing. barely above freezing, in fact, where we have frequent snow showers. tonight, ice will be an issue across the northern half of the country. we continue to see snow showers falling around coastal areas and it looks like the rain in the south could start in a bit more wintry. you could see some wet snow, sleet over the higher ground of southern england, south wales. i think as we head through tomorrow, the bright skies will push their way southward. so i think it's a brighter day. sunny spells, further wintry showers around the coast, but a cold day to come. factor in the wind, we're looking at these sorts of values going to feel more like “4 in aberdeen and that will lead into a very cold night for tuesday. subzero values for all frost and ice. all, frost and ice. we could be as low as minus double digits across parts of scotland where we have lying snow. then for wednesday, big question mark, because we start to set up a battleground between milder atlantic air and the south and the cold arctic air in the north with the mild atlantic. with the mild atlantic air,

we will see these weather fronts trying to work their way in. but as they do, they bring outbreaks of rain. they're likely to bump into the cold air. so we're likely to see some spells of potentially disruptive snow across the south on wednesday. don't take this too literally, but it could be a little bit further north. it could be a little bit further south. but there is a question mark and a potential of some disruptive snow on the in the south on wednesday. further north, bright actually on wednesday, plenty of sunshine, further wintry showers around coastal areas. and then again, a question mark with this snow. it could be disruptive as it works its way northwards across the country. so stay tuned to the forecast.

this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories... one month after the devastating earthquakes that killed more than 50,000 people in turkey and syria — many are still living without proper shelter.. you can't deal with devastation on a scale like this in days or even weeks. the impact of this will be felt by people here in southern turkey for years. migrants crossing the english channel to the uk in small boats would be banned from ever returning under government plans announced in london — but refugee charities say the proposals are unfair and unworkable. in ukraine — fierce fighting continues as russian forces advance on the eastern city of bakhmut. the deputy mayor says the region

is "almost destroyed." former met police officer, wayne couzens, serving life for murdering sarah everard, has now been sentenced to 19 months in prison for indecent exposure. police in wales, searching for five people missing after a night out, say three are dead and two seriously injured after a car crash. it's a month now since the earthquakes which killed more than 50,000 people across turkey and syria. many of those who survived are homeless, living in tents and even train carriages. 0ur corrrespondent, anna foster, who's been covering the tragedy from the beginning. she reports now from antakya in southern turkey.

these trains haven't left the station for a month. they're homes instead now, to earthquake survivors. yilmaz and five of his family live in this carriage. they sleep on the seats, the few possessions they have around them. translation: they wanted to provide tents to us, but i refused. _ afad — the turkish disaster management agency — says around 2 million people have left the quake zone altogether. 1.5 million more are still here, and struggling. there's anger too, that so many buildings were allowed to have design features that struggled to withstand an earthquake. more than 160,000 either collapsed or were badly damaged. and it wasn'tjust the old ones. this is a well—to—do area. it's close to the park and there are lots of modern buildings.

all of them should have stayed up. but look, this one is so new that you can still see the stickers in the glass on the top floor. nobody had even moved in there yet, and yet it has still toppled to the ground. the scale of the task ahead is enormous. there isn't enough mechanical equipment in the country to clear the rubble quickly. so places like iskenderun�*s collapsed hospital wing stay as they are. personal medical notes litter the ruins. there are smashed pieces of equipment and medicines lying on the floor. it's a moment frozen in time. people across southern turkey simply don't know how long they'll be living like this for. some, like muzeyyen, want to stay as close to home as they can. she's sleeping in a tent right outside her damaged house. translation: my valuable articles are in there. - thieves are roaming around.

the police are barely keeping them away. lots of thieves. how can i leave here? sprawling tented camps are the new towns. big promises have been made for a programme of permanent rebuilding. but it won't happen quickly. anna foster, bbc news, antakya. anna told us more about the scale of the rebuilding project that lies ahead. i want to show you why that rebuilding is going to take so long because you can see down this one street in antakya.

devastation everywhere you look, damaged buildings, buildings ripped off, homes have fallen into the street, one street one city, across a whole swathe of southern turkey, so think how long all of this will take notjust to clear but rebuild and then think of the people who lived in these apartments, in these buildings, who now are having to really go to great lengths to find some safe shelter and not know how long that is going to be their life and how long they can stay there and how long they can survive in such a temporary situation. difficult to work out where you start with all of this, anna. it is, because even the basics are just so hard to come across at the moment. there are aid agencies, of course, working in the region, notjust afad, the turkish charity, but international ngos, too. you see their tents, a lot of people are living in tents and they are giving food and water, but simple things, like where do you get money out?

there was a van this morning and a huge queue of people for what was essentially a mobile cashpoint to take out money, not that many of the shops open at the moment because people have fled and people have been killed and so many of the shops are closed. electricity, many of these cities at night are completely dark, there is no electricity, no clean running water in many of them, as well, and no schools for the children to go to either, the basics of life, everything you would think of from day—to—day has all gone and that is why you have people even after four weeks really feeling their way forward and trying to work out what they do next. the government is set to annouce plans to ban migrants who cross the english channel in small boats, from ever returning to the uk. it's part of a set of new laws which will be introduced in parliament tomorrow. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, says the proposals are unworkable, while refugees groups, say thousands of people, will be left in limbo. here's our political correspondent, david wallace—lockhart. stopping channel crossings

in small boats is one of the government's key priorities. they are set to publish plans meaning anyone travelling to the uk this way will be detained and then deported to their home country or a third country like rwanda and banned from ever returning. measures are set to be included in legislation tomorrow. this week, we will be bringing forward additional legislation which is based on the principle that if people travel here via illegal routes, they shouldn't be allowed to stay, which i think is common sense and right and the correct approach and that this government is really tackling one of the key things that comes up on the doorstep and is coming up from my constituents and around the country. small boat crossing figures were first recorded in 2018, when 299 people made the journey.

by 2020, the figure was over 8000. last year, it reached more than 45,000. at one point, officials were believed to be preparing for 80,000 arrivals. last year, albanians represented the single biggest nationality seeking asylum, with around 15,000 applications. this was followed by iran, iraq and afghanistan. the labour leader is sceptical changes will be compatible with international law and doesn't think it will bring down the numbers. in april of last year, we had legislation and the government said and i quote, "it would break the business model. "it would end illegal migration." so that was precisely 12 months ago with the legislation they were proposing to pass and did pass then. what has happened since? the numbers have gone up. so i don't think going on with this sort of legislation is the way forward. why not put the money and the resources into the national crime agency and break the gangs who are running it? the government is determined to stress the message that they want to be tough when it comes to borders but are their plans workable? the proposals that the government is putting forward saying if you arrive in a smaller boat, you will automatically be considered

illegal and we will detain you and deport you. but where are they going to be detained? the government doesn't have a lot of detention space. and to where are they going to be deported? because the government has very few safe country agreements to return asylum seekers to. plenty of conservative mps will be keen to pour over the details of this legislation but this area can be a legal minefield, with obstacles that can ultimately derail any pledges. remember, the government's plans to send asylum seekers to rwanda are still tied up in the courts. ministers believe they can deal with small boats while staying part of the european convention on human rights. some of the government's own backbenchers could take some convincing. david wallace lockhart, bbc news, westminster. russia is continuing its all out assault to capture the eastern ukrainian city of bakhmut, suffering the loss of many thousands of men, despite the pentagon saying victory is of little strategic importance. the kremlin wants control, in what has become one of the longest and bloodiest battles, of the war so far.

from kyiv, here's our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. after more than six months of fighting, much of bakhmut now lies in ruins, yet the fighting remains hard. street by street, house by house. for those few civilians who remain in the city and in villages nearby, conditions are terrible, with little access to water, heat or power. translation: iwant peace, silence, calmness, and just to be _ at home in our own land. the ukrainian army still holds the centre of bakhmut. they can get in and out from the west, but...

this ukrainian soldier says the situation is tense, tanks are shelling the road and bridges are broken. defending this city is coming at a high price in ukrainian lives. translation: i would like to pay . special tribute to the bravery, l strength and invincibility of the warriors fighting in donbas. it is one of the toughest battles — painful and challenging. russian forces continue to bombard the city and their troops continue to make small advances from the north and south, but at great cost. british military officials say some russian soldiers are even being forced to attack with little more than their spades. and while russia's defence ministry shows images of paratroopers supposedly making an assault, russian mercenaries at the heart of the fighting complain they are not getting enough ammunition. translation: what if they want | to set us up, calling us scoundrels, and that's why they don't give us ammunition? they don't give us weapons and they don't let us recruit more people from amongst prisoners? if wagner retreats from bakhmut now,

the whole front will collapse. there is not much left to win or lose in this city but ukrainian forces are defending these streets hard and many russian soldiers are dying trying to take them. james landale, bbc news, kyiv. well, a little earlier i spoke to james landale and i asked him why bakhmut is so crucial in the war. if you talk to analysts and western officials, they say there's not much strategic importance for the city, it is not a massive transport hub or a garrison town, but it is incredibly hard fought by both sides. from the russian perspective, the kremlin is clearly in need of a victory and some sort of good news and success, they have not had one for some time — they are throwing a lot at it. at the same time, if they can seize this town they could use this potentially as a stepping stone for making further territorial gains in the donbas and eastern ukraine. and for ukraine, they are fighting it so hard, they are defending every inch,

simply so they can weaken the russian army and they are frankly using this battle to kill russian soldiers so that it diminishes the military capability of the russian fighting force later in this year, either in a further offensive or when it tries to defend against some sort of ukrainian counteroffensive. and that means the calculation ukrainian commanders are making is how long do they stick at it to weaken the russian army, and at the same time not paying too high a price themselves? because, yes, lots of russians are dying in bakhmut but so are many ukrainians. james landale, there. iran's supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei, has described the wave of targeted poisoning of iranian schoolgirls as �*unforgivable'. thousands of girls across dozens of schools in iran have suffered respiratory problems, nausea, dizziness and fatigue since november, with hundreds being hospitalised. on sunday alone, incidents were reported in dozens of towns.

it's prompted some parents to take their children out of school and protest against the authorities. in a rare statement, a member of the iranian parliament's national security commission described the attacks as an "organised movement". bbc persian�*s baran abbasi joins me now. what is the background to the poisonings? it what is the background to the poisonings?— what is the background to the oisoninas? , ., ., , poisonings? it started in november, and in some — poisonings? it started in november, and in some schools, _ poisonings? it started in november, and in some schools, female - poisonings? it started in november, and in some schools, female only i and in some schools, female only schools, and students reported dizziness and shortness of breath and nausea and numbness in some parts of their body. at the time officials played it down and said it is not very important, maybe students are just trying to avoid theirfinal students are just trying to avoid their final exams. students are just trying to avoid theirfinal exams. but since students are just trying to avoid their final exams. but since then it has spread to dozens of cities and the latest figures we have, at least 5000 students have been poisoned in 25 provinces out of 31 in iran and

most of them are female.- 25 provinces out of 31 in iran and most of them are female. what has the suweme _ most of them are female. what has the supreme leader _ most of them are female. what has the supreme leader said? _ most of them are female. what has the supreme leader said? this - most of them are female. what has the supreme leader said? this is i most of them are female. what has| the supreme leader said? this is the first time he — the supreme leader said? this is the first time he had _ the supreme leader said? this is the first time he had spoken _ the supreme leader said? this is the first time he had spoken since - the supreme leader said? this is the first time he had spoken since the i first time he had spoken since the incidents began over three months ago and he said that it is an unforgivable crime and that those responsible must be arrested and brought to justice and they must be handed down the maximum punishment and there will not be an amnesty for them. it is an example of corruption and those responsible will be brought to justice, they said. if people are arrested for this and charged with corruption, they could be handed down the death penalty. what about the protests about the poisonings? the what about the protests about the oisoninas? , ., , , what about the protests about the poisonings?— poisonings? the protests are not that larae poisonings? the protests are not that large since _ poisonings? the protests are not that large since the _ poisonings? the protests are not that large since the heavy - poisonings? the protests are not. that large since the heavy crackdown on the protests against the regime over the last few months. they have died down a bit and now people are

chanting slogans out of their window for some parents who gathered outside the schools where their children have been poisoned, slogans against the regime, death to the child killing regime, they said. another slogan has been, woman, life, freedom. that has been the slogan of the past few months and a leading human rights activist is in prison at the moment and she has issued a statement calling for mass protests about this.— protests about this. thanks for “oininu protests about this. thanks for joining us- _ in the uk, wayne couzens, the former metropolitan police officer who murdered sarah everard, has been sentenced to 19 months in prison, for indecent exposure. couzens is already serving a full life sentence for ms everard's death, after abducting and raping her in south london two years ago. the court heard that in the weeks leading up to that attack,

he committed at least three counts of indecent exposure, including two at a drive—through mcdonald's in kent. one of the offences, was while he was on duty. our correspondent, helena wilkinson, is at the old bailey. what has been happening today? wayne couzens was not _ what has been happening today? wayne couzens was not in _ what has been happening today? wayne couzens was not in court _ what has been happening today? wayne couzens was not in court today - what has been happening today? —ie couzens was not in court today in the dock was empty, he appeared via video link from franklin is prison, a high security prison, and because he had pleaded guilty to three indecent exposure charges at the old bailey last month, he did not get the full facts of what he did —— we did not. they were outlined by the prosecutor today at the hearing as wayne couzens just looked down at the table for most of the hearing as the table for most of the hearing as the details were laid bare in court. we heard that the first incident happened in woodland in deal in kent and it was a woman who was cycling through a rural road out of nowhere,

wayne couzens, fully naked, appeared in front of her and indecently exposed himself. —— and out of nowhere. we heard from a victim impact statement from the woman, she said she was horrified by the incident and she will never forget what wayne couzens had done on that day. she also talked in that statement about losing her ability to go outside without fear. we also heard about the other incidents you mentioned. wayne couzens at a drive—through mcdonald's on two occasions, one of them just days before he went on to murder sarah everard. he was ordering food and again on those occasions he indecently exposed himself. on the second occasion, we sought cctv footage in court of the car that he was in, his registration number plate was passed on to the police but by the time he was questioned

over the disappearance of sarah everard, that had not been concluded, that investigation, so they had missed, it appears, an opportunity to establish that it was wayne couzens in that car who indecently exposed himself. we heard at sentencing remarks from the judge who touched on the carriage of the three victims. all have spoken of their sense of freedom and security taken from them, or feeling vulnerable and fearful for themselves and others going about their ordinary lives. one woman, after discovering who had done this, and what he had gone on to do, speaks of a wholly understandable sense of survivor's guilt. the fact that no police came to find him or his black car, to question him about these incidents, can only have served to confirm and strengthen in the defendant's mind a dangerous

belief in his invincibility. in his power, sexually, to dominate and abuse women without being stopped. what have the police said about this? in what have the police said about this? ., , ., , , this? in the last few moments my colleaaue this? in the last few moments my colleague lucy — this? in the last few moments my colleague lucy has _ this? in the last few moments my colleague lucy has interviewed i colleague lucy has interviewed deputy assistant commissioner stuart cundy at the metropolitan police after the sentencing hearing at the old bailey and he has said that he wished wayne couzens had been arrested before he went on to rape and murder sarah everard. he also said that he accepted there were missed opportunities to stop wayne couzens on the failure to properly investigate indecent exposures, and he said it is fair to say they could have done more and we will do more, he said. so that is the reaction from the met police. but today, though, was about the victims in court, and hearing about the impact of the crimes of wayne couzens on

them. the 19 month sentence will not make any difference to how long he is going to serve in prison because we know he is already serving a whole life term for the kidnap, rape and murder sarah everard.- whole life term for the kidnap, rape and murder sarah everard. thanks for “oininu us. police looking for five people, who'd been missing following a night out in cardiff on saturday, have found three of them dead following a car crash. two others are in hospital with serious injuries. our wales correspondent, hywel griffith, has more details. struggling to comprehend the loss of young lives. flowers have been arriving near where a car was discovered in the early hours of the morning. crashed in the woods, beside a busy dual carriageway. the five people inside hadn't been seen for nearly 48 hours. darcy ross, eve smith and sophie russon had met for a night out

in newport on friday. they were joined by rafeljeane and shane loughlin. the group were not seen after 2am on saturday. over the weekend, their families appealed for sightings but it wasn't until sunday that the search began, eventually focusing in on this area. ijust heard all of the helicopters last night. jo lives nearby and was shocked to wake up to the news this morning. what they've been through, you can't bear thinking about it, can you? they could have been, i don't know, i wouldn't like to surmise what's happened but it's heartbreaking, it could have been anyone's kids, it could have been mine. i can't think what the families are going through. the group's night out started here at a social club in newport, where the three young women came together, joined by the two men it's known they then travelled over 70 miles around south wales before the crash. what the police need to establish now is exactly when that happened

and whether help could have reached them sooner. it's already won four baftas and it's been nominated for no less than nine oscars. the banshees of inishiren is the irish movie taking the awards season by storm. sophie long has been talking with some of the stars behind the dark comedy. now, if i've done something to you, just tell me what i've done to you. you didn't do anything to me. ijust don't like you no more. you liked me yesterday. the banshees of inisherin focuses on an intensely local conflict between two men when one unilaterally declares an end to theirfriendship. but it's resonated around the world. globally, universally, we all do go through much of the same things. so to feel it as colloquial and then see it go out into the world and be received by people from all sorts of, you know, the corners of the globe that we share has been pretty surprising and cool.

what's the best bit about being nominated for an oscar for you? just that they can't take it away. it is. it's like, you know, yeah, you're part of the history of the cinematic world in a way that i wanted to contribute to it. yeah. mad. did not see it coming. reserve the right to continue to say "i did not see it coming" and mean it. you know, it's one of the most shocking surprises i've had in 25 years of being an actor, how this film has been received. the picturesque and profane intermingle as the complexities of life and friendship are explored through brutal, dark comedy, earning the banshees of inisherin no less than nine oscar nominations. have you been rowing? we haven't been rowing. i don't think we've been rowing. sit somewhere else. but i have my

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stories we have been focusing on on the bbc website. i will be back in a couple of minutes. hello there. we've got a very cold, wintry week of weather in store, potential of some disruptive snow in places. there is still a question mark on where that heavy snow will be, so do stay tuned to the weather forecast and head online to see all the latest warnings. i think we're pretty confident for today and tomorrow — snow and ice issues are likely to affect much of the northern half of scotland, northeast england and also parts of northern ireland. now, the very cold air is slowly working its way southwards through the day today. you can see the deep blues there. strong winds across the north as well. so these snow showers likely to cause some drifting over the hills of scotland, where we'll see significant accumulations. but there will be some sunshine around. further south, we've got this weak weather front spreading slowly

southwards and on it, there will be some patchy rain here and there, could see a little bit of wintriness up over the high ground of wales, for example. but it will be mostly of rain. top temperatures around 7—8c in the south, low single digits further north — barely above freezing, in fact, where we have frequent snow showers. tonight, ice will be an issue across the northern half of the country. we continue to see snow showers falling around coastal areas and it looks like the rain in the south could start to turn a bit more wintry. you could see some wet snow, sleet, over the higher ground of southern england, south wales. i think as we head through tomorrow, the bright skies will push their way southward. so i think it's a brighter day. sunny spells, further wintry showers around the coast, but a cold day to come. factor in the wind, we're looking at these sorts of values — going to feel more like “4 in aberdeen and that will lead into a very cold night for tuesday. sub—zero values for all, frost and ice. we could be as low as minus double digits across parts of scotland where we have lying snow. then for wednesday, big question mark, because we start to set up

a battleground between milder atlantic air in the south and the cold arctic air in the north. with the mild atlantic air, we will see these weather fronts trying to work their way in. but as they do, they bring outbreaks of rain. they're likely to bump into the cold air, so we're likely to see some spells of potentially disruptive snow across the south on wednesday. don't take this too literally, but it could be a little bit further north, it could be a little bit further south, but there is a question mark and a potential of some disruptive snow in the south on wednesday. further north, bright actually on wednesday, plenty of sunshine, further wintry showers around coastal areas. and then again, a question mark with this snow. it could be disruptive as it works its way northwards across the country. so stay tuned to the forecast.

this is bbc news, the headlines: one month after the devastating earthquakes that killed more than 50,000 people in turkey and syria — many are still living without proper shelter. migrants crossing the english channel to the uk in small boats would be banned from ever returning under government plans announced in london — but refugee charities say the proposals are unfair and unworkable. in ukraine — fierce fighting continues as russian forces advance on the eastern city of bakhmut. the deputy mayor says the region is "almost destroyed." former met police officer wayne couzens, serving life for murdering sarah everard, has now been sentenced to 19 months in prison for indecent exposure. police in wales, searching for five people missing after a night out,

say three are dead and two seriously injured after a car crash. you're watching bbc news. some breaking news for you that has come to us in the last few minutes. members of the fire brigades union have voted to take industrial action backin have voted to take industrial action back injanuary and have voted to take industrial action back in january and have overwhelmingly accepted a new pay offer, ending the prospect of strikes. the settlement is for a 7% increase backdated to lastjuly with another 5% uplift coming this year. it was thought that firefighters would accept the improved pay deal today, this ends the threat of strikes. let's find out more on this now. joining us now is matt wrack, general secretary of the fire brigades union,

to talk about the results of today's ballot on whether members voted to accept the revised national pay offer. just give us your reaction. our members _ just give us your reaction. our members have _ just give us your reaction. or" members have voted overwhelmingly to accept the revised offer from aaron byers, 96%, so a pretty resounding decision of firefighters. —— the revised offer from our employers. decision of firefighters. —— the revised offerfrom our employers. so there will not be strike action in there will not be strike action in the fire and rescue service. 84% turnout in that ballot, so very decisive result, and reflecting a careful assessment, decisive result, and reflecting a carefulassessment, i decisive result, and reflecting a careful assessment, i think of the position they are in. as you say, they voted overwhelmingly to take strike action if necessary and i think that was part of the discussions with our employers, but thankfully our employers improved their proposal so we have gone with an offer lastjune of 2% to an offer

now of 7% and 5%, as well as discussing various other concerns of the union has over pay, and i think our members have assessed that and decided that that is sufficient to resolve the current trade dispute. it doesn't mean that the issue of pay has gone away because we have had 13 years of attacks on our pay but it's a good starting point for the next round of those discussions with our employers and the government. 50 with our employers and the government.— with our employers and the government. , ., �* ., ., government. so you're not ruling out future issues — government. so you're not ruling out future issues if _ government. so you're not ruling out future issues if things _ government. so you're not ruling out future issues if things do _ government. so you're not ruling out future issues if things do not - government. so you're not ruling out future issues if things do not carry i future issues if things do not carry on the way you them to? i future issues if things do not carry on the way you them to?- on the way you them to? i think hopefully. _ on the way you them to? i think hopefully. it _ on the way you them to? i think hopefully, it means _ on the way you them to? i think hopefully, it means that - on the way you them to? i think hopefully, it means that the - on the way you them to? i think| hopefully, it means that the fire service employers and central government realise that when we tell them that firefighters are angry, we know what we're talking about. and when we say that our members are prepared to take strike action, we know what we are talking about. we have proved that every step of the

way that our members have shown remarkable determination and unity throughout the campaign. but also remarkable discipline, and when we have reached this phase, members have reached this phase, members have voted to settle the current dispute, but this is not the end of it. ithink it dispute, but this is not the end of it. i think it does show that —— the power of collective bargaining, which means sitting directly across the table with our employers and making the case, and determining what they can or cannot afford. {lilia what they can or cannot afford. ok, i do what they can or cannot afford. ok, i do apologise _ what they can or cannot afford. ok, i do apologise for— what they can or cannot afford. ok, i do apologise for interrupting you, i'm so sorry, but we need to cross live to parliament now, where we are listening to an urgent question on sue gray's impartiality in the civil service. , , .,, service. doubling up as in communities. _ service. doubling up as in communities. as - service. doubling up as in communities. as chief - service. doubling up as in communities. as chief of| service. doubling up as in - communities. as chief of staff to the leader— communities. as chief of staff to the leader of the opposition. thank ou, mr the leader of the opposition. thank you. mr speaker- — the leader of the opposition. thank you, mr speaker. following - the leader of the opposition. thank you, mr speaker. following a - the leader of the opposition. trisha; you, mr speaker. following a media report that sue gray, resigned from

the civil service on thursday the 2nd of march. the resignation was accepted with immediate effect. on friday the 3rd of march, a statement from the opposition announced that the labour party had offered sue gray the role of chief of staff to the leader of the opposition. the house will recognise that this is an exceptional situation. it is unprecedented for a serving permanent secretary to resign and seeking to take up a senior position working for the leader of the opposition. as honourable members will expect, the cabinet office is looking into the circumstances leading up to the resignation in order to update the relevant civil service leadership and ministers of the facts. subsequent to that, i will update the house appropriately. by will update the house appropriately. by way of background, to inform honourable members, there are four sets of rules and guidance for civil servants in relation to this issue. first, underthe servants in relation to this issue. first, under the civil service code, every civil servant is expected to

uphold the civil service's core values which include impartiality. the code states that civil servants must act in a way that deserves and retains the confidence of ministers. secondly, for very senior civil servants, rules apply when they wish to leave the service. permanent secretaries are subject to the business appointments process, which for most senior levers is administered by the advisory committee on business appointments. they provide advice to the prime minister, who is the ultimate decision maker in cases of the most senior civil servants. while the parameter has agreed the conditions and the appointment is taken up, the letters published to the applicant on the website. the business appointment rules form part of civil servants' contract of employment. the rules state that approval must be obtained prior to a job offer being announced. the cabinet office has not as yet been informed that the relevant notification to coba

has been made. thirdly, civil servants must follow guidance on the declaration on management of outside interests. they are required on an ongoing basis to declare and manage any outside interests which may give rise to an actual or perceived conflict of interest. finally, the director of civil servants guidance states the contract between senior civil servants and leading members of the opposition parties should be cleared with ministers. having set out the relevant rules, mr speaker, let me finish by saying that regardless of the details of the specific situation, i understand why members of this house and eminent commentators outside have raised concerns. the impartiality of national or perceived impartiality of the civil service is constitutionally vital to the conduct of the government, and i am certain all senior civil servants

are acutely aware of the importance of it being maintained. ministers must be able to speak to their officials through a position of absolute trust, so it is the responsibility of everyone in this house to preserve and support the impartiality of the civil service. the paymaster general answering a question on sue gray and impartiality in the civil service. he talked about approval forjob offers, and about civil servant guidance, in particular when it comes tojob offers guidance, in particular when it comes to job offers outside of their remit. he said the onus is on everyone in parliament to preserve and support impartiality within the civil service. that announcement —— that answer to an urgent question that answer to an urgent question that had been booked in on impartiality in the civil service on the proposed appointment of sue gray as labour's chief of staff. elected mayors in the north

of england say rail users face losing more than 20,000 services this year, if cancellations continue at their current rate. one operator, transpennine express, has failed to run a quarter of its scheduled trains in recent months. the mayors have been attending a conference in newcastle today to discuss the issue, and danny savage went along. let's talk now with henri murison, chief executive of the northern powerhouse partnership — a business—led think tank for the north of england. henri attended the transport for north conference in newcastle today. i believe there were problems even today with the trains? unfortunately so. i today with the trains? unfortunately so- i struggled _ today with the trains? unfortunately so. i struggled to _ today with the trains? unfortunately so. i struggled to get _ today with the trains? unfortunately so. i struggled to get across, - today with the trains? unfortunately so. i struggled to get across, even l so. i struggled to get across, even from yorkshire, never mind the north—west, across to newcastle. that reflects the challenges that trans men in its press have got, they don't have enough trained drivers and that's why we've been conned today for the government —— matazo we've been calling for the government to be supportive of those

on the trade union side who have so far rejected the offers for their members to start earning overtime again. it essential we give access to transparent distress drivers who want to work on their rest is becoming an to drive all the roots of illness of cannot necessarily fulfil the shifts we need them to do in order to run a full timetable. can you explain why trains are so crucial to the local economy, why is it the matter so much?— it the matter so much? well, not 'ust for it the matter so much? well, not just for people — it the matter so much? well, not just for people accessing - it the matter so much? well, not just for people accessing eventsl just for people accessing events like today, also commuters, a lot of people commute for example between leeds, huddersfield and manchester, that's a common corridor, towns like dewsbury, significant commuter towns both for leeds and manchester, this like stalybridge, whether local mp was on twitter this morning because his constituencies —— his constituents rely on those railways across the pennines to get to work, but also for leisure, trans pennine before the pandemic was relatively profitable and is largely out of

transporting people across the pennines, and those trains even at 11 or 12 at night were very busy. young people were enjoying all the great things that the north of england has got to offer between just manchester and leeds but there are other cities as well like newcastle where currently you would not trust those last trains. i was with the shadow transport secretary earlier, meeting with some of our members, who said very clearly that as an individual she wouldn't rely on the last train home to sheffield where she lives, and i would deter home from going out in the evening as well. so there absolutely is an impact on the visitor economy, the wider economy, and we calculated from figures we released earlier this year based on other services that the north is in line to lose about half a billion pairs of economic value —— economic value simply because of the trans pennine issues. so it may be complex and we need to work through these issues

but i do hope that the relatively generous offer, is almost £500 mammon for any driver to come in —— minimum, that is a very fair offer and that's why i really am calling on mick whelan and has to move on this issue and perhaps actually asked the driver what they think, conduct a ballot of all the drivers on trans pennine and if they want to start doing overtime and the terms offer, than to accept the agreement rather than to their original officials making the decision on behalf of my drivers. 50 officials making the decision on behalf of my drivers.— officials making the decision on behalf of my drivers. so you think if from my — behalf of my drivers. so you think if from my drivers _ behalf of my drivers. so you think if from my drivers had _ behalf of my drivers. so you think if from my drivers had their- behalf of my drivers. so you think if from my drivers had their say i if from my drivers had their say they would think differently? mani; they would think differently? many drivers have _ they would think differently? io’iafiy drivers have approached me when i have been out and about to say that they are unhappy that they have not been given the opportunity to do overtime again. many of them are also voting with their feet. if you are a train driver, you can go and work for a fleet operator in those hours are anti—social, but people are choosing to go and do those jobs because they are better paid. there are only earning as much as they

would have before if they're doing overtime so what we're seeing is that many people who are long—standing drivers at trans pennine are living so although they are hiring more drivers than ever before, on track to get almost 600 in the coming months and ordered to deal with some of the engineering work which will require even more drivers so we can improve the line between leeds and manchester as part of the upgrade, we just can't trade them quick enough without rest day working so i really do hope mick whelan is watching or listening, i'm always pleased to talk, we are desperate for you to make progress on this issue and anything we can do to encourage the government to amend any of the details on the offer you might find difficult, we will deal with that because we need a deal and we need soon. anything we can do that could help make this issue move on, we will do because it's absolutely essential for our economy, it's affecting lots of people's lives, we've also been talking to commuters who have approached me wanting to discuss theseissues approached me wanting to discuss these issues because many of them feel exasperated at how this is affecting their lives and families.

0k, affecting their lives and families. ok, thank you very much.- affecting their lives and families. ok, thank you very much. insiders at the social media giant twitter have told bbc�*s panorama that the company is no longer able to protect users from online abuse, state—coordinated disinformation and child sexual exploitation — following mass sackings and changes under new owner elon musk. exclusive academic research, and testimony from twitter users, supports their allegations, suggesting hate is thriving under musk�*s leadership. our social media and disinformation correspondent marianna spring reports. with more than 350 million users, twitter�*s often described as the town square of the internet. since elon musk took over last october, the company's been in chaos. the personal abuse i receive on twitter has tripled, so i headed to san francisco to look for answers. twitter used to have around 7,500 employees. now, at least half of them have been fired or chosen to leave, including lisa jennings—young.

she worked on features designed to protect users like me from online hate. thank you for having us. it wasn't at all perfect, but we were trying and we were making things better. one of the protective measures was a nudge function, to scan the tweets and to ask users if they wanted to reconsider posting something potentially abusive. twitter�*s own research, seen by the bbc, appears to show the nudge and other safety tools being effective. so, overall, 60% of users deleted or edited their reply when given a chance via a nudge. is it still happening? is there anyone working on it? no, there's no—one there to work on that at this time. the nudge does still exist, but when we tried it out, it was not working as consistently. no nudge! one engineer, still working at twitter, agreed to speak anonymously about what's been unfolding on the inside. it's like a building where all the pieces are on fire. when you look at it from the outside, the facade looks fine, but i can see that

nothing is working. like others i spoke to, he said it's been difficult to maintain features intended to protect twitter users from trolling and harassment. people like ellie wilson. while at university in glasgow, she was raped. she started sharing her experience as a survivor on social media last summer, but when she tweeted about her attacker injanuary, after the takeover, she received dozens of abusive replies. the trolls' accounts targeting have been more active since the takeover — some were newly created or appear to have been reinstated after musk�*s amnesty on previously banned accounts. what would you say to elon musk if you had the opportunity? i would ask, why are these accounts that are bullying and harassing people still allowed on the platform? i would like him to read some of the messages that i have been sent and tell me why those accounts are still allowed to be on twitter. musk has used the votes

features on twitter to make decisions about its future. these polls have no statistical value, but in having tried to contact him in every way possible, i used one of these polls to try to catch his attention. over 40,000 users voted and 89% of them said they would like elon musk to do an interview with me. neither twitter nor musk have responded to the points raised in this investigation. twitter says defending and respecting the users' voice remains one of its core values, but the users i've spoken to are left with questions. warnings of snow and ice have been extended to many parts of the uk over the coming days. stav danaosjoins me now. first of all, tell us what's coming up first of all, tell us what's coming up for people around the country. are pretty disruptive this now, we're thinking, towards the end of the week. it's not unusual to get snow in early march, we often do

cold snaps like this. this isn't the beast from the east, this is an arctic air mass moving down from the north, and there are areas of low pressure with it. i will bring plenty of snow showers today and tomorrow. then there is a bit of a question mark milestone was because mild air will try to work its way and on the south with rain and if the bumps into the cold air this is where we are likely to see uncertainty. so we're pretty sure through today and tomorrow, most of the snow showers affecting the north and east of scotland, northern ireland, north—east england and ice will be a problem. so this is pretty nailed on for the next 24 to 48 hours, likely to cause some disruption, particularly tonight it is going to get very cold. and tuesday night even colder, we could be down to minus double digits across parts of scotland because of lying snow. it even colder further south. so the background is in place now for the event which we are expecting wednesday on words. we have the arctic air across much of the country on wednesday, wild

atlantic air trying to work its way in from the south with areas of low pressure, so we are thinking the first day, wednesday, we are likely to see the first area of low pressure work its way in, that could bring an error of disruptive snow to south wales, southern england was to question mark on its extent, so stay tuned to the forecast. in the area of low pressure sweeps across the country thursday and friday, it looks at the risk of disruptive it's now could be in the northern half of the country, we could be up to 30 or 40 metres of snow on higher grants are pretty significant. for the end of the week, —— 30 or 40 centimetres. the northern half of the country looks like it could see some significant disruption. hagar some significant disruption. how unusual or _ some significant disruption. how unusual or usual— some significant disruption. how unusual or usual is _ some significant disruption. how unusual or usual is this for this time of year? we unusual or usual is this for this time of year?— unusual or usual is this for this time of year? unusual or usual is this for this time of ear? ~ ., ., , ., , time of year? we did have that beast from the east — time of year? we did have that beast from the east episode _ time of year? we did have that beast from the east episode end _ time of year? we did have that beast from the east episode end of - from the east episode end of february to early march, so it does happen. many other years as well we have had snow fall into april even. so it's not unusual to get these cold snaps early march. how disruptive the snow is, we will have

to wait and see but we are firming up to wait and see but we are firming up in the details, and by wednesday onwards we will have a better idea so the main message is to stay tuned to the forecast and head online, check out the latest weather warnings, they have been updated today, there are more out there, it could change. today, there are more out there, it could change-— a year ago, one of the most famous ships of all time — sir ernest shackleton's �*endurance' was discovered, perfectly preserved, at the bottom of the sea in antarctica. since then, experts searching for the ship's insurance policy have found the document and say it holds the key to future conservation plans. our science editor rebecca morelle reports. it was the shipwreck they thought would never be found, but a year ago sir ernest shackleton's lost ship, endurance was discovered, lying 3000 metres down in the antarctic deep. almost perfectly preserved. frozen in time. but this remarkable find has set the expedition team off on another quest.

this time at lloyds insurers in the city of london. whenever a large ship is lost to the sea it is recorded in pen and ink in a loss book. it's a tradition that still happens today but it goes back to 1774 and the hope was that they would find the shackleton ship on the day she sank. we have come to where the archives are stored. there are 140 loss books going back hundreds of years. shackleton's endurance sank in november 1915, so you would expect the record to be in this loss book here for 1915. but the news of the sinking in antarctica took a while to reach london and in fact the record has been discovered in this book here, june 1916. and a century after it was written, the book is being opened again.

and this is the loss book. john shears, who discovered endurance in antarctica has brought alexandra shackleton, ernest shackleton's granddaughter, to see the record. as you can see... amazing. endurance, british, crushed by ice. he would never have seen this injury, would he? a good question. an amazing experience. i knew very little about the loss book. it is part of the amazing pattern of more and more information surfaces. these were the final moments of endurance. captured in footage restored and released by the bfi. we know from shackleton's diary that the ship sank beneath the ice on november 21, 1915. it took the endurance crew six months and a trek of hundreds of miles to get to safety. incredibly they all survived — shackleton was only able to send a telegram back to a newspaper in london at the end of may 1916. your grandfather sent a report

on may 31 from the falklands. as reported by the chronicle in their late edition on the 1st, shackleton's ship, endurance, was the first ship to be insured...what lloyds called �*into the ice zone'. at that time, she was one of the strongest wooden ships ever built, so lloyds actually thought that she was a very good risk. but he lost the ship. lucky for him he had the insurance policy. we know that the insurance policy paid out. shackleton was paid £15,000 by the insurers weeks after the loss book entry was made. in today's money that is more than £1 million. so what will happen now to the wreck? i think she should be left where she is. it is miraculous she still exists in the wonderful beautiful form that she is. exists in the wonderful she should be left there. exists in the wonderful i have even had people come to me to say it would be better she was never discovered, her romantic, but it is better, i never thought it would be images, let alone beautiful images. the ship will be left for now,

resting in the darkness of this remote corner of the world. but her stories and the discoveries will keep on coming. a group of ten—year—olds in stockport wanted to show solidarity with one of their friends, oliver, who lost his hair during treatment for a brain tumour. so they decided to all turn up for school with their own heads shaved, and it was quite a sight, as ian haslam reports. applause this is oliver's army arriving on stage for a school assembly with a difference. the difference being that a group of heads are about to be shaved by oliver and a team of local hairdressers. how are you feeling ahead of all this we're doing for you this morning? it's nice to know that my friends at school are supporting me. what's weird is before i had my hair fall out, my hair was longer than any of these. now that these guys are getting theirs shaved, i'm going to be the only one with hair! the boys themselves came up with the plan, including oliver's

twin brother, george. i was, of course, devastated when i heard the news that he had cancer, and instantly ijust knew that i had to do something to help. and now we're here. what do you think of your brother doing this for you? i think he has just helped me through this so much. and so before an enthusiastic audience, it was haircut time. cheering and applause zach and reuben, you've gone bald here. straight down the middle. how does that feel? it's crazy. yeah, i don't even know what i look like. you look so weird. it's been a devastating time for all of us. but events like this really do make a difference. they describe themselves as a wall of friends around oliver. theyjust want to protect him. they want to look after him. and they want to do everything they can to just help us get through this. is it really that bad? yes.

the children have just really thought about how it must feel for oliver at the moment. we've got such amazing examples of youngsters today and what they're able to achieve. no head shaving for you, but a lovely pink do. thank you very much. i got up very early to do this. yeah. after ten minutes or so, the cuts were complete. applause they've supported me through all of this and i think they were just brave to do it. so you're feeling good now, boys? yep, yep. bit cold on my head, but... and how do you think you'll look now? like me. and that's good, isn't it? yeah. unless, of course, parents i take the wrong children home after school. with that, it was time to reveal the latest oliver's army fundraising total, which is now past £17,000. cheering ian haslam, bbc news.

now for the weather with stav. hello there. we've got a very cold, wintry week of weather in store, potential of some disruptive snow in places. there is still a question mark on where that heavy snow will be, so do stay tuned to the weather forecast and head online to see all the latest warnings. i think we're pretty confident for today and tomorrow — snow and ice issues are likely to affect much of the northern half of scotland, northeast england and also parts of northern ireland. now, the very cold air is slowly working its way southwards through the day today. you can see the deep blues there. strong winds across the north as well. so these snow showers likely to cause some drifting over the hills of scotland, where we'll see significant accumulations. but there will be some sunshine around. further south, we've got this weak weather front spreading slowly southwards and on it, there will be some patchy rain here and there, could see a little bit of wintriness up over the high ground of wales, for example. but it will be mostly of rain. top temperatures around 7 or 8 celsius in the south, low single digits further north — barely above freezing, in fact, where we have frequent snow showers. tonight, ice will be

an issue across the northern half of the country. we continue to see snow showers falling around coastal areas and it looks like the rain in the south could start to turn a bit more wintry. you could see some wet snow, sleet over the higher ground of southern england, south wales. i think as we head through tomorrow, the bright skies will push their way southward. so i think it's a brighter day. sunny spells, further wintry showers around the coast, but a cold day to come. factor in the wind, we're looking at these sorts of values — going to feel more like —4 in aberdeen and that will lead into a very cold night for tuesday. sub—zero values for all, frost and ice. we could be as low as minus double digits across parts of scotland where we have lying snow. then for wednesday, big question mark, because we start to set up a battleground between milder atlantic air in the south and the cold arctic air in the north. with the mild atlantic air, we will see these weather fronts trying to work their way in. but as they do, they bring outbreaks of rain. they're likely to bump into the cold air, so we're likely to see some spells of potentially disruptive snow across the south on wednesday.

don't take this too literally, but it could be a little bit further north, it could be a little bit further south, but there is a question mark and a potential of some disruptive snow in the south on wednesday. further north, bright actually on wednesday, plenty of sunshine, further wintry showers around coastal areas. and then again, a question mark with this snow. it could be disruptive as it works its way northwards across the country. so stay tuned to the forecast.

this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories: one month after the devastating earthquakes that killed more than 50,000 people in turkey and syria — many are still living without proper shelter. you can't deal with devastation on a scale like this in days or even weeks. the impact of this will be felt by people here in southern turkey for years. migrants crossing the english channel to the uk in small boats would be banned from ever returning under government plans announced in london — but refugee charities say the proposals are unfair and unworkable. in ukraine — fierce fighting continues as russian forces advance on the eastern city of bakhmut. the deputy mayor says the region

is "almost destroyed." former met police officer, wayne couzens, serving life for murdering sarah everard, has now been sentenced to 19 months in prison, for indecent exposure. police in wales searching for five people missing after a night out, say three are dead and two seriously injured, after a car crash. it's a month now since the earthquakes which killed more than 50,000 people across turkey and syria. many of those who survived are homeless, living in tents and even train carriages. our corrrespondent, anna foster, who's been covering the tragedy from the beginning, reports now from antakya in southern turkey.

these trains haven't left the station for a month. they're homes instead now, to earthquake survivors. yilmaz and five of his family live in this carriage. they sleep on the seats, the few possessions they have around them. translation: they wanted to provide tents to us, but i refused. _ afad — the turkish disaster management agency — says around 2 million people have left the quake zone altogether. 1.5 million more are still here, and struggling. there's anger too, that so many buildings were allowed to have design features that struggled to withstand an earthquake. more than 160,000 either collapsed or were badly damaged. and it wasn'tjust the old ones. this is a well—to—do area. it's close to the park and there are lots of modern buildings. all of them should have stayed up.

but look, this one is so new that you can still see the stickers in the glass on the top floor. nobody had even moved in there yet, and yet it has still toppled to the ground. the scale of the task ahead is enormous. there isn't enough mechanical equipment in the country to clear the rubble quickly. so places like iskenderun's collapsed hospital wing stay as they are. personal medical notes litter the ruins. there are smashed pieces of equipment and medicines lying on the floor. it's a moment frozen in time. people across southern turkey simply don't know how long they'll be living like this for. some, like muzeyyen, want to stay as close to home as they can. she's sleeping in a tent right outside her damaged house. translation: my valuable articles are in there. -

thieves are roaming around. the police are barely keeping them away. lots of thieves. how can i leave here? sprawling tented camps are the new towns. big promises have been made for a programme of permanent rebuilding. but it won't happen quickly. anna foster, bbc news, antakya. we hope to speak to someone from the white helmets rescue operation in north—eastern syria shortly so stay with us for that. we will have more on that. the government is set to annouce plans to ban migrants who cross the english channel in small boats, from ever returning to the uk. it's part of a set of new laws which will be introduced in parliament tomorrow. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, says the proposals are unworkable, while refugees groups, say thousands of people,

will be left in limbo. here's our political correspondent, david wallace—lockhart. stopping channel crossings in small boats is one of the government's key priorities. they are set to publish plans meaning anyone travelling to the uk this way will be detained and then deported to their home country or a third country like rwanda and banned from ever returning. measures are set to be included in legislation tomorrow. this week, we will be bringing forward additional legislation which is based on the principle that if people travel here via illegal routes, they shouldn't be allowed to stay, which i think is common sense and right and the correct approach and that this government is really tackling one of the key things that comes up on the doorstep and is coming up from my constituents and around the country. small boat crossing figures were first recorded in 2018, when 299 people made the journey. by 2020, the figure was over 8000. last year, it reached more than 45,000. at one point, officials

were believed to be preparing for 80,000 arrivals. were believed to be preparing last year, albanians represented the single biggest nationality seeking asylum, with around 15,000 applications. this was followed by iran, iraq and afghanistan. the labour leader is sceptical changes will be compatible with international law and doesn't think it will bring down the numbers. think it will bring in april of last year, we had legislation and the government said and i quote, "it would break the business model. "it would end illegal migration." so that was precisely 12 months ago with the legislation they were proposing to pass and did pass then. what has happened since? the numbers have gone up. so i don't think going on with this sort of legislation is the way forward. why not put the money and the resources into the national crime agency and break the gangs who are running it? the government is determined to stress the message that they want to be tough when it comes to borders but are their plans workable?

the proposals that the government is putting forward saying if you arrive in a smaller boat, you will automatically be considered illegal and we will detain you and deport you. but where are they going to be detained? the government doesn't have a lot of detention space. and to where are they going to be deported? because the government has very few safe country agreements to return asylum seekers to. plenty of conservative mps will be keen to pour over the details of this legislation but this area can be a legal minefield, with obstacles that can ultimately derail any pledges. remember, the government's plans to send asylum seekers to rwanda are still tied up in the courts. ministers believe they can deal with small boats while staying part of the european convention on human rights. some of the government's own backbenchers could take some convincing. david wallace lockhart, bbc news, westminster.

today marks a month since the devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria. we can speak to a man who is working for the white helmets, currently in north—eastern syria. what is the situation like in northern syria?— what is the situation like in northern syria? the situation is still horrible _ northern syria? the situation is still horrible in _ northern syria? the situation is still horrible in north-west - northern syria? the situation is| still horrible in north-west syria still horrible in north—west syria after a month since the earthquake that hit the region. afterfinishing the search and rescue stage, searching under the rubble, we moved to recovery, and we are still working on helping the people recover from the impact of the first earthquakes, the people who are

homeless and in the evacuation centres, who do not have enough support. we are still counting injured people. they are still waiting for their turn to get the right surgery in the hospitals. in many cases they need to be transported. if there is space, they can receive the proper treatment to recover. but there are still people, after the strong aftershocks that hit the region, it hit the region

here and there are still civilians who are in a state of fear that there may be another earthquake coming. after the earthquake on the sixth of last month, another one—hit, so the situation is still horrible and as an institution we are working with all our effort to help the people. it was during the few we are hoping to meet the needs of the people in the coming days because the need of long—term assistance is vital for them to recover from this impact.

long—term assistance is vital for them to recoverfrom this impact. late them to recover from this impact. we are seeing pictures of the earthquake hitting some areas in the region and obviously it was devastatingly strong and has had such a massive impact when you are. what are the immediate needs that you have in terms of humanitarian need? what are you asking for from the world? ., , , the world? from the very beginning, we have asked _ the world? from the very beginning, we have asked to _ the world? from the very beginning, we have asked to help _ the world? from the very beginning, we have asked to help us, _ the world? from the very beginning, we have asked to help us, to - the world? from the very beginning, we have asked to help us, to help i the world? from the very beginning, we have asked to help us, to help us save the people, we need support to rebuild their houses and to get them back to their houses and homes, those people who are now suffering from their injuries, they need supplies and proper treatment to

recover from this earthquake. i really am very grateful to you for taking the time to speak to us today. thank you once again. officials in south—west pakistan say a suicide bomber has killed at least nine policemen. the explosion struck a police truck in the southwestern city of sibbi in balochistan province. ospital medics say at least 13 others have been hospital medics say at least 13 others have been injured in the blast. there's been a series of recent attacks across pakistan targeting police officers. it's not clear who's behind the latest incident, separatists in the region have been fighting the government for decades, and the pakistani taliban say they've carried out a number of similar attacks. no one has claimed responsibilty for the attack as yet. in the uk, wayne couzens, the former metropolitan police officer who murdered sarah everard,

has been sentenced to 19 months in prison, for indecent exposure. couzens is already serving a full life sentence for ms everard's death, after abducting and raping her in south london two years ago. the court heard that in the weeks leading up to that attack, he committed at least three counts of indecent exposure, including two at a drive—through mcdonalds in kent. one of the offences was while he was on duty. wayne couzens wasn't physically in court today. our correspondent helena wilkinson told me more the dock was empty, he appeared via video link from franklins prison, a high security prison, and because he had pleaded guilty to three indecent exposure charges here at the old bailey last month, we did not get the full facts of what he did. those were outlined by the prosecutor today at the hearing as wayne couzens just looked down at the table for most

of the hearing as the details were laid bare in court. we heard that the first incident happened in woodland in deal in kent and it was a woman who was cycling through a rural road when, out of nowhere, wayne couzens, fully naked, appeared in front of her and indecently exposed himself. we heard from a victim impact statement from the woman, she said she was horrified by the incident and she will never forget what couzens had done on that day. she also talked in that statement about losing her ability to go outside without fear. we also heard about the other incidents you mentioned. wayne couzens at a drive—through mcdonald's on two occasions, one of them just days before he went on to murder sarah everard. he was ordering food and again on those occasions he indecently exposed himself.

on the second occasion, we saw cctv footage in court of the car that he was in, his registration number plate was passed on to the police but by the time he was questioned over the disappearance of sarah everard, that had not been concluded, that investigation, so they had missed, it appears, an opportunity to establish that it was wayne couzens in that car who indecently exposed himself. we heard sentencing remarks from the judge who touched on the courage of the three victims. all have spoken of their sense of freedom and security taken from them, or feeling vulnerable and fearful for themselves and others going about their ordinary lives. one woman, after discovering who had done this, and what he had gone on to do, speaks of a wholly understandable sense of survivor's guilt. the fact that no police came to find him or his black car,

to question him about these incidents, can only have served to confirm and strengthen in the defendant's mind a dangerous belief in his invincibility. in his power, sexually, to dominate and abuse women without being stopped. a few hours ago the metropolitan police apologised to the victims of wayne couzens. the sentence and reflects the awful impact of these crimes committed by wayne couzens on his victims and those of us who have heard the victim impact statements at court, it is clear that he traumatised them. it is their courage which has led to him being brought tojustice. i'm really sorry for all they have had to go through. like many, i wish that when wayne couzens had been arrested for these offences, before he went on to rape and murder sarah everard, and for that i am sorry.

russia is continuing its all out assault to capture the eastern ukrainian city of bakhmut, suffering the loss of many thousands of men, despite the pentagon saying victory is of little strategic importance. the kremlin wants control in what has become one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the war so far. from kyiv, here's our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. after more than six months of fighting, much of bakhmut now lies in ruins, yet the fighting remains hard. street by street, house by house. the fighting remains hard. for those few civilians who remain in the city and in villages nearby, conditions are terrible, with little access to water, heat or power. translation: iwant peace, silence, calmness, and just to be _ at home in our own land. the ukrainian army still holds the centre of bakhmut.

they can get in and out from the west, but... this ukrainian soldier says the situation is tense, tanks are shelling the road and bridges are broken. defending this city is coming at a high price in ukrainian lives. translation: i would like to pay . special tribute to the bravery, l strength and invincibility of the warriors fighting in donbas. it is one of the toughest battles — painful and challenging. russian forces continue to bombard the city and their troops continue to make small advances from the north and south, but at great cost. british military officials say some russian soldiers are even being forced to attack with little more than their spades. and while russia's defence ministry shows images of paratroopers supposedly making an assault, russian mercenaries at the heart of the fighting complain they are not getting enough ammunition.

translation: what if they want | to set us up, calling us scoundrels, and that's why they don't give us ammunition? they don't give us weapons and they don't let us recruit more people from amongst prisoners? if wagner retreats from bakhmut now, the whole front will collapse. there is not much left to win or lose in this city but ukrainian forces are defending these streets hard and many russian soldiers are dying trying to take them. james landale, bbc news, kyiv. police looking for five people, who'd been missing following a night out in cardiff on saturday, have found three of them dead following a car crash. two others are in hospital with serious injuries. our wales reporter, lucy vladev, is in cardiff. tell us more about what we know. we know tell us more about what we know. - know the names of those who have died. darcy ross and eve smith and

24—year—old rafeljeanne, and sophie russon and shane loughlin loughlin are in hospital. the car came into the wooded area behind me, and we know they had been on a night out and they were last seen in the early hours of saturday morning in a different part of cardiff. the car was only discovered in the early hours of this morning, though, by a member of the public. in the meantime friends and family had been on social media posting numerous times, trying to find out where these five people were and we know that they have now changed to tributes. darcy ross, one of the friends saying you were a ray of sunshine, and another one saying of eve smith, you were truly beautiful

young girl. friends and family have come here to lay flowers and i spoke to some friends of darcy ross and yves smith earlier said they were devastated by what had happened and they raised questions over why it took so long for the car to be found —— eve smith. one of the police forces has referred its to the independent office for police complaints as investigations into what happened and when it happened here continue.— here continue. lucy, thanks for “oinino here continue. lucy, thanks for joining us- _ a year ago, one of the most famous ships of all time — sir ernest shackleton's endurance was discovered, perfectly preserved, at the bottom of the sea in antarctica. since then, experts searching for the ship's insurance policy have found the document and say it holds the key to future conservation plans. our science editor rebecca morelle reports. it was the shipwreck they thought would never be found. but a year ago, sir ernest

shackleton's lost ship, endurance, was discovered, lying 3,000 metres down in the antarctic deep, almost perfectly preserved, frozen in time. but this remarkable find has set the expedition team off on another quest. this time at lloyd's insurers in the city of london. whenever a large ship is lost to the sea, it's recorded in pen and ink in a loss book. it's a tradition that still happens today, but it goes back to 1774. and the hope was they'd find shackleton's ship on the day she sank. we've come to where the archives are stored. there are 140 loss books going back hundreds of years. shackleton's endurance sank in november 1915, so you'd expect the record to be in this loss book here for 1915. but the news of the sinking in antarctica took a while

to reach london. and in fact, the record has been discovered in this book here injune1916. and now, a century after it was written, the book is being opened up again. so these were all the loss books from lloyd's, and this is the loss book. john shears, who discovered endurance in antarctica, has brought alexandra shackleton, ernest shackleton's granddaughter, to see the record. and as you can see... amazing. ..endurance, british, crushed by ice in the weddell sea and afterwards founded. he would never have seen this entry, would he? gee, that's a good question. it was an amazing experience. i didn't know there was an entry in the loss book. i knew very little about the loss book. it's all part of the amazing pattern of more and more information surfaces. these were the final moments of endurance captured in footage restored and released by the bfi. we know from shackleton's diary that the ship sank beneath the ice

on the 21st of november 1915. it took the endurance crew six months and a trek of hundreds of miles to get to safety. incredibly, they all survived. so shackleton was only able to send a telegram back to a newspaper in london at the end of may, 1916. your grandfather sent a report on the 31st of may in the falklands, that was reported by the chronicle in their late edition on the 1st. shackleton's ship endurance was the first ship to be insured what lloyd's called into the ice zone. at that time, she was one of the strongest wooden ships ever built. so lloyd's actually thought that she was a very good risk. but of course, he lost the ship. and lucky for him, he had the insurance policy, and we now know that the insurance policy paid out. shackleton was paid £15,000 by the insurers weeks after the loss book entry was made. in today's money, that's more than £1,000,000. so what will happen

to the wreck now? i think she should be left as she is, miraculous. she still exists in the wonderful, beautiful form she is. she should just be left there. i've even had people come to say to me, "it's better she'd never have been discovered, more romantic." but i'm very happy she has been discovered. but i never thought there would be images, let alone beautiful images. so for now, the ship will be left resting in the darkness of this remote corner of the world. but her stories and the discoveries will keep on coming. rebecca morelle, bbc news. firefighters have voted to accept a new pay offer ending the threat of strikes. you walk out was suspended when the new offer was tabled and it includes a 7% increase backdated to july 2022 and an additional 5% from july 2022 and an additional 5% from july this year. —— the walk—out was suspended. lots more on all of today's

stories on the bbc news website and app. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. we've got a very cold, wintry week of weather in store, potential of some disruptive snow in places. there is still a question mark on where that heavy snow will be, so do stay tuned to the weather forecast and head online to see all the latest warnings. i think we're pretty confident for today and tomorrow — snow and ice issues are likely to affect much of the northern half of scotland, northeast england and also parts of northern ireland. now, the very cold air is slowly working its way southwards through the day today. you can see the deep blues there. strong winds across the north as well. so these snow showers likely to cause some drifting over the hills of scotland, where we'll see significant accumulations. but there will be some sunshine around. further south, we've got this weak weather front spreading slowly southwards and on it, there will be some patchy rain

here and there, could see a little bit of wintriness up over the high ground of wales, for example. but it will be mostly of rain. top temperatures around 7—8c in the south, low single digits further north — barely above freezing, in fact, where we have frequent snow showers. tonight, ice will be an issue across the northern half of the country. we continue to see snow showers falling around coastal areas and it looks like the rain in the south could start to turn a bit more wintry. you could see some wet snow, sleet, over the higher ground of southern england, south wales. i think as we head through tomorrow, the bright skies will push their way southward. so i think it's a brighter day. sunny spells, further wintry showers around the coast, but a cold day to come. factor in the wind, we're looking at these sorts of values — going to feel more like —4 in aberdeen and that will lead into a very cold night for tuesday. sub—zero values for all, frost and ice. we could be as low as minus double digits across parts of scotland where we have lying snow. then for wednesday, big question mark, because we start to set up a battleground between milder atlantic air in the south and the cold arctic

air in the north. with the mild atlantic air, we will see these weather fronts trying to work their way in. but as they do, they bring outbreaks of rain. they're likely to bump into the cold air, so we're likely to see some spells of potentially disruptive snow across the south on wednesday. don't take this too literally, but it could be a little bit further north, it could be a little bit further south, but there is a question mark and a potential of some disruptive snow in the south on wednesday. further north, bright actually on wednesday, plenty of sunshine, further wintry showers around coastal areas. and then again, a question mark with this snow. it could be disruptive as it works its way northwards across the country. so stay tuned to the forecast.

this is bbc news, welcome if you're watching here, in the uk, around the globe. the headlines: one month after devastating earthquakes that killed more than 50,000 people in turkey and syria, many people are still living without proper shelter. migrants crossing the english channel to the uk in small boats will be banned from ever returning under government plans announced in london, but refugee charities say the proposals are unfair and unworkable. in ukraine, fierce fighting continues as russian forces advanced on the eastern city of bakhmut. the deputy mayor says the region is almost destroyed. former met police officer wayne couzens, serving life for murdering sarah everard, has now been

sentenced to 19 months in prison for indecent exposure. police in wales are searching for five people are night out say three are dead and two seriously injured after a car crash. coming up in business, moving mountains, toblerone is forced to change its iconic packaging after failing the swissness test. let's talk more about our top story today. it's been a month since turkey and syria were hit by devastating earthquakes. more than 50,000 people have died, and many of those who survived are homeless, living in tents and even train carriages. earlier, ismailal—abdullah, volunteer at the white helmets in north—west syria, told us more about the situation in the region. the situation is still horrible in

north—west syria, after the earthquake that hit the region. after finishing the stage of search and rescue people from under the rubble, we moved to recovery. at first we were still working to help people to recover from the impacts of the first earthquake, and people who are homeless, staying without enough aid that can support them to survive, we still counting injured people, still waiting for their turn to get the right surgery in hospital. we have many cases that need to be transported so they can

receive those cases, to receive proper treatment, receive those cases, to receive proper treatment, to receive those cases, to receive proper treatment, to recover. receive those cases, to receive proper treatment, to recover. there are still people in a state of fear after that. there are aftershocks that also hit the region, just maybe two hours ago, a strong aftershock hit the region here, still civilians in a state of fear that there may be another earthquake in the region. 20 in the last month, the situation is to horrible, we are working in all our efforts to help the people.

we are receiving aid, but it was late that this aid came. we hope to meet the needs of the people in the coming days, because they need long—term assistance to support them, to help them to recover from this impact. them, to help them to recover from this impact-— this impact. ismail abdul from the white helmets, _ this impact. ismail abdul from the white helmets, who _ this impact. ismail abdul from the white helmets, who are _ this impact. ismail abdul from the white helmets, who are working l this impact. ismail abdul from the | white helmets, who are working in north—eastern syria. elected mayors in the north of england say rail users face losing more than 20,000 services this year, if cancellations continue at their current rate. one operator, transpennine express, has failed to run a quarter of its scheduled trains in recent months. the mayors have been attending a conference in newcastle today, to discuss the issue, and danny savage went along.

7.50 this morning at northallerton. the train supposed to be at platform 1 hasn't turned up. my first train this morning is supposed to be a transpennine express service to york. but it's been cancelled. another service operated by a different company soon follows, but it's standing room only. people are fed up. terrible. it's just useless. the other night, i was stuck in york for three and a half hours waiting for a train home, and i ended up having to get my wife to come and pick me up from york. because transpennine had cancelled all the services? transpennine had cancelled all the services. every evening, transpennine express publish a list of services which are going to be cancelled the following day. their pre—amended timetable is a fantasy. i've come to york to travel up to newcastle with the mayor of west yorkshire, but she's not here, because her transpennine express service was cancelled too. 45 minutes later than

planned, she arrives. tracy, hello, hi. hello — so good to see you! we jump on a service north and discuss transpennine woes. government must hear what is happening in the north and as the chair of the m10, ten mayors, in england, we were able to get a meeting with the transport secretary and tell him, from our lived experience, the chaos and the cancellations and how its holding us back. he's heard what we've said and now it's a political decision, obviously, for the government. finally, we arrive in newcastle. so how typical was thatjourney? as someone that goes to work monday to friday, i have this most days. it's frustrating and depressing. transpennine express acknowledged things aren't good enough, but say they are pulling out all the stops to make things better, including doubling their overtime offer to drivers. rail passengers across northern england say things have got to get better, but change isn't certain.

danny savage reporting. insiders at the social media giant twitter have told bbc�*s panorama that the company is no longer able to protect users from online abuse, state—coordinated disinformation and child sexual exploitation — following mass sackings and changes under new owner elon musk. exclusive academic research, and testimony from twitter users, supports their allegations, suggesting hate is thriving under musk�*s leadership. our social media and disinformation correspondent marianna spring reports. with more than 350 million users, twitter�*s often described as the town square of the internet. but since elon musk took over last october, the company's been in chaos. the personal abuse i receive on twitter has tripled, so i headed to san francisco to look for answers. twitter used to have around 7,500 employees. now, at least half of them have been fired or chosen to leave, including lisa jennings—young.

she worked on features designed to protect users like me from online hate. thank you for having us. it wasn't at all perfect, but we were trying and we were making things better. one of the protective measures was a nudge function, to scan the tweets and to ask users if they wanted to reconsider posting something potentially abusive. twitter�*s own research, seen by the bbc, appears to show the nudge and other safety tools being effective. so, overall, 60% of users deleted or edited their reply when given a chance via a nudge. is it still happening? is there anyone working on it? no, there's no—one there to work on that at this time. the nudge does still exist, but when we tried it out, it was not working as consistently. no nudge! one engineer, still working at twitter, agreed to speak anonymously about what's been unfolding on the inside. it's like a building where all the pieces are on fire. when you look at it from the outside, the facade looks

fine, but i can see that nothing is working. like others i spoke to, he said it's been difficult to maintain features intended to protect twitter users from trolling and harassment. people like ellie wilson. while at university in glasgow, she was raped. we cross now to the house of parliament with the home secretary is issuing a statement on the manchester bombing inquiry. the manchester bombing inquiry. tue: horrendous manchester bombing inquiry. t'te: horrendous attack manchester bombing inquiry. tt2 horrendous attack on the manchester bombing inquiry. t“t2 horrendous attack on the 22nd of may 2017. i worked closely with m15 and whilst it's 2017. i worked closely with m15 and whilst its activity is necessarily discrete, the whole country should be profoundly grateful for the patriotism and courage of its staff. they work indefatigably everyday to keep british people say. since the start of 2017, m15 and police have disrupted 37 late stage attack plots. madam deputy speaker, an

islamist suicide bomber injured over a thousand as well as infecting incalculable psychological damage and misery. i know that the whole house willjoin me in expressing our profound sorrow and extending our heartfelt condolences to everyone affected by this barbaric act. they were supposed to have a brilliant time and come home safely. what should have been a simple pleasure turn into a hellish nightmare. it is vital we understand what happened and what lessons we need to learn. because we must do everything possible to prevent a repeat of this outrage. volume three of the inquiry was published last thursday. i want to thank sirjohn saunders and his team, who have spent more than three years on it. sirjohn finds that

there was a failure by the security services to act swiftly enough and problems with the sharing of information between security service and counterterrorism policing. following the publication of the report, the director—general of m15 and the head of counterterrorism policing offered their profound apologies for not preventing the attack. sirjohn does not claim any of the educational establishments that the bomber attended for failing to identify that he was a risk, but he does find that more needs to be done to ensure that education providers share relevant information about students. sirjohn concludes that the bomber should have been subject to a prevent referral at some point in 2015 or 2016, adding that however, it is very hard to say what would have happened if he had been approached under prevent or the

channel programme. the police investigation into the attack is praised. although sirjohn cannot conclude whether the attack would have been prevented, he finds that there was a significant missed opportunity to take further investigative action, that he judges might have led to information which could have prevented it. while this is welcome, and the home office will work at pace with both organisations to act on the recommendations, we must not lose sight of the fact that responsibility for the attack lies with the bomber and his brother. so these conclusions require careful consideration, madam deputy speaker. since 2017 the government has made a number of changes to how we deal with and seek to prevent terrorist attacks. we have given law

enforcement and intelligence agencies improved powers. we have strengthened the controls around access to explosives. we have strengthened the management of terrorist risk offenders in prisons and our license. we have ended the automatic early release of terrorist offenders of england, wales and scotland and we have ensured that the sentence is served by terrorists reflect the severity of their offending. we have strengthened the tools for monitoring dangerous people in the community. we have invested heavily in counterterrorism, unveiling a new counterterrorism, unveiling a new counterterrorism operations centre in 2021 that brings together partners from counterterrorism policing, the intelligent agencies, the criminaljustice system and other government agencies. this will allow minute by minute collaboration between teams in the police and m15.

last year's integration of special branch into the national ct policing network will improve our response to the full range of national—security threats, boost your skills and ensure better communication between agencies in a more consistent and effective national response. work is currently under way to develop a new faith security training scheme to raise security awareness amongst faith communities and help them to mitigate threats. we continue to engage with faith organisations and security experts to develop the scheme. in april, my right honourable friend the member for whitton announced the continuation of the jewish community protective security grant for 2022. in may, new funding was allocated to provide protective security at mosques and muslim faith schools. in response to any terrorist attack affecting british nationals in the uk or overseas, the home office's victims

of terrorism unit works to ensure the right support is available to them. the unit is conducting an internal review to strengthen their work. i am overseeing a comprehensive review of the covered contest strategy to combat terrorism. this follows the independent review of prevent led by william shawcross which assessed the effectiveness of the programme and stopping people from becoming terrorists were supporting terrorism. as the independent review made clear, prevent requires major reform and i have accepted all of the review�*s recommendations. it has underestimated the threat of islamist extremism, which remains by far the biggest we face. too often, it has minimised the role of ideology in terrorism. preventable focused on security, not political correctness and its first objective will be to tackle the ideological causes of terrorism. the government has also developed comprehensive systems of support for the owners

and operators of public places across the uk. this includes access to research driven expertise to products delivered by the national counterterrorism security office and the centre for protection of national infrastructure. but we must go further, madam deputy speaker. martin's law will introduce proportionate new security requirements for certain public premises throughout the uk. they will be better prepared, ready to respond and their staff will know what to do in the event of a terrorist attack. martin's law will clarify who is responsible for security activity at the premises and increasing accountability. we will also consider how full inspection function will oversee compliance to provide appropriate advice and where necessary to sanction. martyn hett was one of those killed in manchester. i'm enormously grateful to his mother

and the campaign team, as well as to survivors against terror and also security partners, business, charities, local authorities and victims groups that have informed our work. victims groups that have informed ourwork. i victims groups that have informed our work. i have always been humbled when i have met them and heard about their experiences. the doctrines that underpin how the emergency services respond to incidents have improved since the attack. so i want to close by once again recognising the anguish and courage of the loved ones of those who were killed or hurt on that dreadful night, that united the country in sorrow and in disgust. we will continue to work nonstop to prevent further such tragedies being visited upon others, and i commend this statement to the house. ., ., , ., ~

and i commend this statement to the house. ., .,, ., ~ ,, house. yvette cooper. thank you, madam deputy — house. yvette cooper. thank you, madam deputy speaker. - madam deputy speaker. studio: that was the home secretary making a statement to the house following the public inquiry into the manchester arena attack which happened of course in 2017. she talked about the home office working very closely with security services to act on the recommendations of that inquiry, but also laid the responsibility out of the door of the bomber and his brother. she also talked in quite a bit of detail about the changes made and investment into the uk's counterterrorism ability. as always, more on that story on our website. but now, time to catch up with the business news. we start in the us where all eyes are yet again on the head of the central bank, with fed chairjerome powell due to testify to congress on tuesday and wednesday. now, this is all part of a normal monetary report to lawmakers —

but he's also expected to be grilled on the bank's latest interest rate decision, as the cost of borrowing is once again expected to be hiked in an effort to tame rising prices. samira hussain is in new york for us. just talk to us about what we might expect as far as this meeting is concerned, because there is speculation about what might happen next as far as the rates are concerned.— next as far as the rates are concerned. ~ , ,., , ~' concerned. absolutely. i think there are two things _ concerned. absolutely. i think there are two things that _ concerned. absolutely. i think there are two things that everyone - concerned. absolutely. i think there are two things that everyone is - are two things that everyone is going to be listening for. we will be listening for what the bank believes they are going to do going forward when it comes to interest rates, are we going to see more rises, how big are those rises going to be? and also what it means for inflation. remember that the big reason why we have been seeing these increases to interest rates is to try and pull the economy down, because we are seeing that the rate of inflation to the cost of getting goods and the cost of basic goods

are all going up, and hurting everyday americans. this inflationary issue is something that a lot of countries are facing. so i think you will hear a lot of pointed questions from lawmakers about what exactly the federal reserve is doing and what their plan is. tts a and what their plan is. its a problem — and what their plan is. its a problem around _ and what their plan is. its a problem around the - and what their plan is. its a problem around the world, | and what their plan is. its a problem around the world, rising prices, and i suppose the question is how much power that central bank has two effect any change.— has two effect any change. exactly. the central — has two effect any change. exactly. the central bank _ has two effect any change. exactly. the central bank is _ has two effect any change. exactly. the central bank is appearing - has two effect any change. exactly. the central bank is appearing to i has two effect any change. exactly. the central bank is appearing to do| the central bank is appearing to do what it can to try and combat some of that inflation. remember that he is going to be appearing, jerome powell will be appearing before us lawmakers, who are representing their constituents. and constituents are complaining quite a bit about just how expensive everything has become. we know what lawmakers will become. we know what lawmakers will be asking, but unfortunately an answer that doesn't really sit well with everyday americans is, well,

it's kind of out of our control. yes, everything is really expensive, but what are we to do about it? so a lot of that, what lawmakers are hearing from constituents, will spill over and we will hear a lot about being put on the shoulders of jerome powell, who will, it must be he has mentioned in previous statements that they understand that this is taking on the pocketbooks of americans, but in terms of what it can do, you're right, there are some limits. , , , ., ., , ., limits. keep us updated as we hear more, but limits. keep us updated as we hear more. but for _ limits. keep us updated as we hear more, but for now, _ limits. keep us updated as we hear more, but for now, thanks - limits. keep us updated as we hear more, but for now, thanks very - limits. keep us updated as we hear. more, but for now, thanks very much. when is swiss chocolate not swiss chocolate? well, when it's not made entirely in switzerland. strict rules mean that toblerone has to remove the image of the matterhorn mountain from its packaging after it moved production from switzerland to slovakia. toblerone say they'll use a more generic mountain image instead. branding expert allyson stewart—allen, chief executive of international marketing partners, said this could be an issue for the chocolate maker.

from a branding perspective, this is a bit of a problem, you could say, for mondelez, who have relied on this incredibly successful chocolate around the globe, this is a brand that everybody knows and everyone associates with switzerland. even the shape of the triangles is meant to mirror the shape of the matterhorn. and now they are going to have to lose the image of the matterhorn and put a generic mountain of some kind in that iconography. the challenge, though, is that being affiliated with switzerland brings some great benefits. the swiss brand, if you like, both as a country and the products and services that they create, we all associate these with luxury and quality. so by losing the swiss affiliation, mondelez certainly risks us thinking differently, perhaps less highly of this particular brand. these laws are different to those that say would determine what you could call a set of wines

or champagnes or cheeses, this is about where the production is. and i suppose part and parcel of globalisation, making things in other countries risks falling foul of some state rules. it certainly does. although we have this really recent case ijust came up a couple of days ago about gruyere cheese, that in the united states now, many manufacturers are allowed to call it gruyere, and that does not violate provenance rules that say you have to call something a name only if it is made in that area. such as champagne and the other wines in france that can only be called those types of wines because they have to be from that part of the world. so gruyere is a bit of an outlier and that may open up this pandora's box for marketers of all types to wonder, actually, do we necessarily need to be tied to that heritage,

the country of origin? and is not the first time that toblerone has faced a few headlines that it probably would rather not have — this was to do with the price going up and they had to change their design? yes, so in 2016, toblerone decided that rather than raise their prices, they would keep the price of the chocolate bar the same, but they would reduce the weight, and the way they reduced the weight is by adding a bit more space between those well—known triangles that make up a chocolate bar. consumers said this was ridiculous, doesn't look like the toblerone we know and love, plus you are giving us less for the same amount of money. so in 2018, mondelez went back and said, ok, we are getting a lot of pushback from our consumers and ourfan base, we will go back to the regular, normally spaced triangles of the chocolate bar. so it's been a bit of a rocky

enterprise for the toblerone brand over the last couple of years. in other news: the head of the uk's biggest business group, the cbi, has stepped down, after allegations of misconduct. tony danker denies any wrong doing but in a tweet, he says he is "mortified" to hear that he had caused "offence or anxiety to any colleague". the group that represents the interest of uk firms says it took all matters of workplace conduct extremely seriously. tesla has dropped the price of its model s cars by $5,000 and its model x cars by $10,000 in the us. the move comes after a similar reduction in prices of its other models led to a surge in sales. it's part of a recent drive by elon musk to make his cars available to more people. don't forget, you can get in touch with me on twitter — i'm @bbcbenthompson.

much more in the website. headlines coming up at the top of the art. hello there. we've got a very cold, wintry week of weather in store, potential of some disruptive snow in places. there is still a question mark on where that heavy snow will be, so do stay tuned to the weather forecast and head online to see all the latest warnings. i think we're pretty confident for today and tomorrow — snow and ice issues are likely to affect much of the northern half of scotland, northeast england and also parts of northern ireland. now, the very cold air is slowly working its way southwards through the day today. you can see the deep blues there. strong winds across the north as well. so these snow showers likely to cause some drifting over the hills of scotland, where we'll see significant accumulations. but there will be some sunshine around. further south, we've got this weak weather front spreading slowly southwards and on it, there will be some patchy rain here and there, could see a little bit of wintriness up over the high ground

of wales, for example. but it will be mostly of rain. top temperatures around 7—8c in the south, low single digits further north — barely above freezing, in fact, where we have frequent snow showers. tonight, ice will be an issue across the northern half of the country. we continue to see snow showers falling around coastal areas and it looks like the rain in the south could start to turn a bit more wintry. you could see some wet snow, sleet, over the higher ground of southern england, south wales. i think as we head through tomorrow, the bright skies will push their way southward. so i think it's a brighter day. sunny spells, further wintry showers around the coast, but a cold day to come. factor in the wind, we're looking at these sorts of values — going to feel more like —4 in aberdeen and that will lead into a very cold night for tuesday. sub—zero values for all, frost and ice. we could be as low as minus double digits across parts of scotland where we have lying snow. then for wednesday, big question mark, because we start to set up a battleground between milder atlantic air in the south and the cold arctic air in the north. with the mild atlantic air,

we will see these weather fronts trying to work their way in. but as they do, they bring outbreaks of rain. they're likely to bump into the cold air, so we're likely to see some spells of potentially disruptive snow across the south on wednesday. don't take this too literally, but it could be a little bit further north, it could be a little bit further south, but there is a question mark and a potential of some disruptive snow in the south on wednesday. further north, bright actually on wednesday, plenty of sunshine, further wintry showers around coastal areas. and then again, a question mark with this snow. it could be disruptive as it works its way northwards across the country. so stay tuned to the forecast.

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