a man has been charged with murdering a policewoman 18 years ago after he was extradited from pakistan. pc sharon beshenivsky had been a police officer for only nine months when she was killed while on duty in bradford. piran ditta khan, who's now 7a, had been in custody in pakistan since 2020. we'll have the latest from this morning's court hearing. also this lunchtime: thank you, thank you, thank you. a warm welcome for us president biden from his irish counterpart. he's preparing to address the parliament in dublin later this afternoon. the uk economy didn't grow at all in february — partly because of the wave of strike action. from the falklands war to ukraine —

how the iconic sea king helicopter has found new purpose fighting the russian invasion. and standing by for lift—off from south america for an eight—yearjourney to send a spacecraft to jupiter. and coming up on the bbc news channel, manchester united take on sevilla in the first leg of their europa league quarterfinal tie. but they will be without marcus rashford as they face the six times champions. hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. a man has appeared in court charged with murdering a policewoman in west yorkshire 18 years ago.

pc sharon beshenivsky, who was 38, had been a police officerfor only nine months when she died while on duty in bradford. piran ditta khan was brought back to the uk on tuesday from pakistan. he is also charged with robbery and firearms offences. here's our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds. two police officers shot while responding to an armed robbery, a rare and shocking crime, but then it was confirmed they were relatively inexperienced female officers. pc teresa milburn was left fighting for her life but sharon beshenivsky died of her injuries, a loss still felt within the police service. it happened in a robbery at a family run travel agent in bradford in november 2005. the police investigation led to the arrests of six men. transported amid high security in questioning and court

appearances. in 2007, there were convictions for murder, manslaughter and robbery. but the investigation was not over. this is the outstanding suspect piran ditta khan, now 7a years old. shortly after his arrest in pakistan in 2020. it has taken nearly three years to extradite him. finally he appeared at court today to hear the allegations against him. the murder of sharon beshenivsky, the robbery of sharon beshenivsky, the robbery of the travel agents, and offences relating to two weapons, and automatic firing machine gun and a nine millimetre handgun. these are charges first drawn up in 2006, yet the year after the shooting, now 16 years ago. prosecutors say it has taken years ago. prosecutors say it has ta ken careful years ago. prosecutors say it has taken careful legal negotiations ta ken careful legal negotiations with taken careful legal negotiations with pakistan to get to this point. and this was a relatively short hearing, which is completely normal at this stage in the criminal

process. piran ditta khan is in custody, he was told he will next appear at the old bailey on monday. this hearing was in london because of the extradition that has happened, but it is distinctly possible if there is a trial it will take place in leeds. tom —— tom symonds. presidentjoe biden will this afternoon become the fourth us president to address a joint sitting of the irish parliament in dublin. 0n the second full day of his visit to the island of ireland, thousands of people turned out to meet him in his ancestral homeland of county louth. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page reports. cheering the whiteness of the weather did not take away from the warmth of the welcome. wetness i remember standing here as a child said to have a

second presidential visit here is quite something. it second presidential visit here is quite something.— second presidential visit here is uuite somethina. . , . quite something. it was great. great for the town- — quite something. it was great. great for the town. great _ quite something. it was great. great for the town. great bit _ quite something. it was great. great for the town. great bit of _ for the town. great bit of excitement. yeah, really enjoyed coming _ excitement. yeah, really enjoyed coming out. a excitement. yeah, really en'oyed coming mi excitement. yeah, really en'oyed cominu out. �* coming out. a few miles away, joe biden contemplated _ coming out. a few miles away, joe biden contemplated the _ coming out. a few miles away, joe biden contemplated the journey i coming out. a few miles away, joel biden contemplated the journey has ancestors made to the us. the president's great, great grandfather emigrated from here in 18119. this landmark was probably the last sight of ireland he saw as the ship sailed away. applause in a village pub, the president said he felt his family ties deeply. i wish my mum was here today, she would be so darn proud, it held such a special place in her heart, it really dead, and today we carry her home in our hearts for real. we think about how all the time —— it

really did. coming here feels like coming home, it really does. today the engagements _ coming home, it really does. today the engagements are _ coming home, it really does. today the engagements are political- coming home, it really does. today the engagements are political as i the engagements are political as well as personal. president biden has formally met the president of ireland, michael d higgins. both men began careers in the early 1970s when the conflict in northern ireland was at its height. here in dublin, joe biden will continue reflecting on the 25th anniversary of the good friday peace agreement. his address to the irish parliament is likely to have similar themes to the speech he gave in belfast yesterday, that the us is committed to helping with reconciliation on the island of ireland.— to helping with reconciliation on the island of ireland. thank you. that is one _ the island of ireland. thank you. that is one of _ the island of ireland. thank you. that is one of the _ the island of ireland. thank you. that is one of the issues - the island of ireland. thank you. that is one of the issues mr- the island of ireland. thank you. | that is one of the issues mr biden has discussed in talks with the irish government. we has discussed in talks with the irish government.— irish government. we commit ourselves _ irish government. we commit ourselves to _ irish government. we commit ourselves to peace _ irish government. we commit ourselves to peace and - irish government. we commit ourselves to peace and equity irish government. we commit - ourselves to peace and equity and i think the most irish of words used in my family was dignity. for

think the most irish of words used in my family was dignity.— in my family was dignity. for a relatively small _ in my family was dignity. for a relatively small country, - in my family was dignity. for a l relatively small country, ireland receives plenty of american attention. and it is treating the president as one of its own. chris is with me. what is the main focus this afternoon? talk us through that. $5 this afternoon? talk us through that. �* , , , , this afternoon? talk us through that. ,,, that. as ever, this visit is stamped with symbolism. _ that. as ever, this visit is stamped with symbolism. in _ that. as ever, this visit is stamped with symbolism. in the _ that. as ever, this visit is stamped with symbolism. in the grounds i that. as ever, this visit is stamped with symbolism. in the grounds of| with symbolism. in the grounds of the irish president's official residence, joe biden planted a tree following a tradition which was also observed by four of his predecessors, john f kennedy, ronald reagan, bill clinton, barack 0bama, all of whom had irish ancestry, and the emphasis on the transatlantic ties down the generations very much a team of the trip. the president having talks with the irish prime minister, the taoiseach leave ratcliffe, discussing us investment, so important for businesses in ireland, and ukraine, the fact ireland, and ukraine, the fact ireland has taken on more than 80,000 ukrainian refugees —— leo

varadkar. there will be an address to the irish parliament in the city, a major event for this country which is very much enjoying the particularly special relationship it has with the current president of the white house.— has with the current president of the white house. chris page, thank ou. the economy failed to grow in february, despite hopes that it might expand slightly. new figures from the office for national statistics suggest that falls in the uk services sector, partly because of recent strikes, offset what growth there was, which came in construction and retail. our business correspondent, theo leggett, has the details. so, what we've got here is a typical example of what a bride would choose. it's a typical day at bees, a jewellery store in east london that caters for brides from the asian community. ramadan has brought a surge in trade, but owner sushil says behind—the—scenes rising costs are hurting his business.

90% of the jewellery that we sell is made using brass metal as the base metal. and brass has in itself as a raw material increased 33% in the last seven, eight months. and that's a significant increase in our product costs. rising prices and rising interest rates to control them have been weighing on the economy. new figures from the office for national statistics show zero growth in february. some sectors of the economy have been performing better than others. the 0ns says that sales in shops, for example, have been pretty buoyant, especially in discount stores, and the construction sector too — that's been building up momentum. but those benefits were offset by strikes among teachers and civil servants which weighed down on growth. and while shops may be getting busier and selling more, they are not necessarily making more money.

the supermarket giant tesco says its sales rose 7% last year, but its day—to—day profits fell by a similar margin due to rising food prices. international forecasts suggest the economy will shrink by 0.3% this year. but that represents an improvement over predictions made just a few months ago. inflation has been running higher than wages, which means that people's incomes are falling in real terms and you'd expect that to translate into weaker consumption and weaker spending. and actually what we have seen is that uk households have been quite resilient to that. the government said the economic outlook was brighter than expected, while labour said the country was lagging behind on the global stage. but for business owners like sushil, the real issues are the price of his stock, whether his customers have money to spend, and whether they are willing to spend it. theo leggett, bbc news. rail passengers are being advised not to try to travel in or out of waterloo station in london

for the rest of the day because of an earlier power failure and major signalling problems. waterloo is the country's busiest railway station but very few services are currently running. 0ur transport correspondent, katy austin, is there. bring us up to date. yes, signalling ea-uiment bring us up to date. yes, signalling equipment at _ bring us up to date. yes, signalling equipment at waterloo _ bring us up to date. yes, signalling equipment at waterloo was - bring us up to date. yes, signalling| equipment at waterloo was affected by a major power supply failure in the early hours of the morning. network rail has since put in an alternative power supply and says a permanent fix will be done overnight and it has apologised for the severe disruption today to south western railway services including those linking london waterloo with the south and south—west of england, lots of commuters and leisure travellers using the roots and there were extensive cancellations because only half of the platforms could be used. we should now see more services resuming again but there is likely to be disruption until the end of today largely because trains

and the crews have been left out of position, such was the extent of what happened earlier. not the only infrastructure problem affecting the railway more broadly in the south of england, a stretch of line in 0xfordshire is due to be closed until the 10th ofjune while work is done to stabilise an unsafe bridge affecting not only great western railway and cross country passengers but a lot of rail as well. —— railfreight as well. but a lot of rail as well. -- railfreight as well.- but a lot of rail as well. -- railfreight as well. eight former and serving met police officers have been found guilty of gross misconduct for messages sent in a whatsapp group. the whatsapp messages involved racist, sexist, homophobic and transphobic comments and pictures — and included mocking the disabilities of harvey price — son of celebrity katie price. six of the police officers have since left or been dismissed, but two are still serving police officers and could now be sacked. sentences are expected at the

misconduct hearing tomorrow. a body has been found on a beach in east sussex following yesterday's heavy winds brought by storm noa. a search operation was launched yesterday afternoon after reports of a person possibly in the water near the palace pier in brighton. it's believed they were swept out to sea during the stormy weather. many care homes in the uk have been propped up during the covid pandemic by staff working extra hours without extra pay or recognition, according to a new study led by warwick business school. it says though government support at the start of the pandemic helped the sector avoid collapse, it was withdrawn too quickly, causing more financial problems. ministers say they're investing up to £7.5 billion in the sector over the next two years. 0ur social affairs editor, alison holt, reports. # don't give the farmer his fun, fun, fun # he'll get by without his rabbit pie...# at st brelades care home in kent,

life for residents like 89—year—old june is back to something like normal, after the toughest of times during the pandemic. # so run, rabbit, run, rabbit, run, run, run. marvellous, well done, everyone. it was the extra hours that were put in by staff that helped the sector survive. here care workers actually moved in to the home. i lived here for three weeks, i but then i was in every single day after that for another four weeks, i think _ i drove myself here, drive myself home, changed my clothes, i reduced the risk, wore a mask- when i was out, didn't communicate with anyone, didn't pass anyone or anything like that. _ with the public we had more support and more praise, there was the clap every evening, whereas now i feel like everything's moved back to normal and it's kind of been forgotten of how much care did and how much we had to sacrifice. the study by the warwick business school and the centre for health

in the public interest found that nearly two thirds of care homes went into the financially fragile. it says an extra £2.1 billion of government funding prevented the sector's collapse, but not all of that reached the front line. it points to limited change in staff pay, despite their extra hours. the report also says more than 100 of the largest care companies increased the money they paid to shareholders. it is pretty concerning that the money that went into the care home sector didn't in all cases go to the front line. it's also the case that there were lots of other care home companies and also charitable companies that were doing their very best in order to ensure that they maintained high levels of care and also sought to do their best to treat staff appropriately. and the majority of care home companies are small, like st brelades. here the owner says that they worked hard to support staff and residents. extra government money eased

pressures during the first year of covid, but it's been financially tough since help was withdrawn. inflation really kicked in, everything became much more expensive, the energy crisis had happened. so you had less revenue, less subsidy and higher expenses. since the start of the pandemic, at least three care homes have closed locally. there are plans to turn this one into flats. the report says there needs to be a better understanding of care home finances and an improvement in staff pay. the government has said it is providing extra money and has set out plans for reform. alison holt, bbc news. our top story this lunchtime: pc sharon beshenivksy who was killed on duty in bradford 18 years ago — a man has been charged with her murder. it with her murder. hasjust been it with her murder. has just been announced the fashion

it has just been announced the fashion designer marie quandt has died. we will look back at her life. coming up on the bbc news channel, history made for great britain's gymnasts. a first—ever women's team gold at the european championships in turkey. and the men look to keep the medals coming this afternoon. the bbc has learned that one of the two sea king helicopters that britain has given to ukraine to help in the fight against russia was used during the falklands conflict - in 1982. despite the age of the aircraft, ukrainian forces say they're still able to use them to transport troops and airlift casualties. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale has had exclusive access to the helicopters on duty in ukraine. for years, this helicopter served the british navy. but now it's flying new colours. one of two sea kings the uk has given ukraine —

an iconic british aircraft here to fetch and carry, to rescue and reconnoitre. we joined the crew on patrol in the skies of southern ukraine. this aircraft is not new, it can't fire any missiles, but it can play a key role moving troops and kit to where they need to be on the battlefield. it does it with some style. it's also being used to evacuate casualties and rescue pilots who've ejected behind enemy lines — a matter close to the crew's heart. translation: i like this helicopter because it's i incredibly good for flying. it's one of the best for combat operations, whether transporting equipment or carrying out search and rescue. it's easy to fly, even in difficult conditions. these pictures are from the second helicopter britain's given and its pilots were not even born when it first saw combat, in another conflict that began

with an illegal invasion, for this aircraft is more than a0 years old and looked like this in the falklands in 1982 — just one of many sea kings used by british forces to retake the islands in the south atlantic from invading argentine troops. it's a wonderful aircraft. a hugely flexible aircraft, great capability. you could do almost anything with it. the man who flew this helicopter in the falklands said it played an historic role, taking the british general to port stanley to accept the argentine surrender. quite an interesting operation, quite apart from the weather. the ceasefire hadn't been signed up to this stage and so the aircraft was flying into stanley, competing not with just the weather but also some still rather unfriendly argentines around. his old sea king here was even flown in the falklands by prince andrew — then serving as a young naval pilot. they're doing the flight servicing. in a hangar in southern england,

a third sea king is being prepared for war and ukrainian naval engineers have been trained to keep it flying. is this aircraft too old for combat? translation: they are old, but they've gone through i modernisation and we need them very much. i believe this is just the start of our work together. and he may be right. there are other sea kings in britain that could join this one, if the government wants to send them. they'd certainly be welcome. james landale, bbc news, in southern ukraine. the nhs confederation, which represents organisations across the health service, has written to the health secretary, calling for the conciliation service acas to become involved in talks to try to end the strike byjunior doctors in england. they are currently on the third of four days of industrial action in a dispute about pay. our health editor hugh pym is here.

so potentially the involvement of acas, could this move things forward? ~ , , , ., forward? well, possibly. there is a little bit of inching _ forward? well, possibly. there is a little bit of inching towards - forward? well, possibly. there is a little bit of inching towards the i little bit of inching towards the point where you might have a scenario where the conciliation service acas guess both sides in this dispute, the government and the british medical association representing the junior doctors, into the same room to talk about the possibility of how they might move forward. but it's only a tiny little move in that direction. what has happened is is the bma have said they would happily go to acas and they would happily go to acas and the ball is in the government's court. late last night the department of health put out a statement from steve barclay the health secretary saying, he and officials had already talked in previous weeks to acas, wasn't ruling it out, but the junior doctors will have to row back from their 35% pay demand before he could go any further. whether they will do that of course is entirely another matter. �* , ., that of course is entirely another matter. ~ ., ., ., matter. also today we have had new fiuures

matter. also today we have had new figures around _ matter. also today we have had new figures around waiting _ matter. also today we have had new figures around waiting times. - matter. also today we have had new figures around waiting times. yes, l figures around waiting times. yes, this is for the _ figures around waiting times. yes, this is for the nhs _ figures around waiting times. yes, this is for the nhs in _ figures around waiting times. yes this is for the nhs in england and it shows how stretched the whole service was in february before we had thejunior doctors' service was in february before we had the junior doctors' strikes, the first one in march and now this one this week. 7.22 million people were on the waiting list for routine operations or appointments in february, another record high, although the numbers waiting more than 18 months had fallen back and there was progress there. a&e units were very busy and nhs england say it was the busiest in terms of numbers going into a&e on record over the last four months. and just one of the stat, for the first time we have learnt the numbers who had to wait more than 12 hours from the moment they walked into a&e to the moment they walked into a&e to the moment they walked into a&e to the moment they left, or were admitted to a ward, more than 10% of those who went into a&e in february. to a ward, more than 1096 of those who went into a&e in february. thank ou, huh who went into a&e in february. thank you. hugh pym- _ anyone who wants to vote in england's local council elections next month will need to show photo id, for the first time. the government says the new rule is needed to prevent fraud — but critics are worried it will mean

fewer people take part in the democratic process. our political correspondent ione wells has the details. in three weeks' time, scenes like this will be taking place in hundreds of council areas across england. about 8,000 councillors are being elected in total in the biggest round of local elections in england since 2019. but this time there is one big change. and do you have your id on you? now you will have to take id, or you want to be able to vote. this footage shows a mock polling station put together by the electoral commission to illustrate the changes. there are different types of id that you can use including your passport and driving licence. you can check online if you have an acceptable form of id. if you don't, you can apply for a new free voter authority certificate online or by post. you'll also need one of those if you don't look like the photo

on your id any more, or if it has a different name on it to the one used to register to vote. if you want to vote there are some key deadlines coming up. the deadline to register to vote is monday 17th of april. if you need to get a voter authority certificate as id you will then need to apply for that by 5pm of the 25th of april. there are concerns some people could be disproportionately by the changes they don't have the right id or forget to bring one and then don't come back. we know there are some groups in society that are less likely to have a form of eligible id, or who face already multiple barriers to engaging with the democratic process. for example, the unemployed, over 85s, people in the trans and nonbinary community, people with visual impairments, people with learning disabilities. so we are doing extra work to make sure that we are engaging with them. your polling card that will come in the post will tell you where your polling station is. you won't need to take that with you, but remember you will need to bring that id or you will be turned away.

ione wells, bbc news. we are going to talk more about one of the stories we headlined and talked about at the head of the programme but it has emerged in the last few minutes that the european space agency has delayed the launch we were talking about. it is heralded as one of its most ambitious missions to date, the attempt to send a spacecraft towards jupiter. but not now happening this lunchtime. our science editor rebecca morelle is with me. what has happened? what are they saying? it what has happened? what are they sa in: ? ., , what has happened? what are they sa in.? what has happened? what are they sa inc? saying? it was looking so good, the rocket was sitting _ saying? it was looking so good, the rocket was sitting on _ saying? it was looking so good, the rocket was sitting on the _ saying? it was looking so good, the rocket was sitting on the launch i saying? it was looking so good, the | rocket was sitting on the launch pad waiting to blast off but then an announcement came through, there was lightning in the area which of course puts the rocket at risk and it puts the cargo at the top of the rocket at risk too, the spacecraft, which is a precious bit of cargo. it is something that has taken years to build, it does involve thousands of people working on it and it has cost more than £1 billion. so with something that important, you don't want to put it at any risk during

the blastoff. the good news is they are going to try again tomorrow, same time, same place, butjust delayed by a day. 50 same time, same place, but 'ust delayed by a day-fl same time, same place, but 'ust delayed by e dayfi delayed by a day. so that's the ho e. delayed by a day. so that's the hope. remind _ delayed by a day. so that's the hope. remind us, _ delayed by a day. so that's the hope. remind us, we - delayed by a day. so that's the hope. remind us, we talk- delayed by a day. so that's the l hope. remind us, we talk about delayed by a day. so that's the i hope. remind us, we talk about the ambition of the mission, or remind us what it is all about. this is huge for the european space agency and in no way a day doesn't matter too much because this is science on a very slow timescale. it is too much because this is science on a very slow timescale.— a very slow timescale. it is going to be heading — a very slow timescale. it is going to be heading to _ a very slow timescale. it is going to be heading to jupiter's - a very slow timescale. it is going to be heading to jupiter's moons| a very slow timescale. it is going i to be heading to jupiter's moons and to be heading tojupiter�*s moons and it will take eight years to get there, it truly is an epicjourney. jupiter's moons are a fascinating place to go, they look incredibly beautiful but they also look quite bleak and hostile. but actually scientists will be seeing whether they could be habitable, whether they could be habitable, whether they could be habitable, whether they could host life. beneath the icy crusts there are deep oceans, liquid oceans, scientists think, so this mission is going to be assessing that. it is going to look beneath the ice to see what is there. a day's wait for an 80 emission isn't too much of a setback. emission isn't too much of a setback-— emission isn't too much of a setback. , ., ~ ., setback. hopefully talk to you tomorrow. —

setback. hopefully talk to you tomorrow, thanks _ setback. hopefully talk to you tomorrow, thanks very - setback. hopefully talk to you tomorrow, thanks very much. | setback. hopefully talk to you i tomorrow, thanks very much. that's rebecca morelle. that's rebecca morelle. in the last few minutes, thanks very much. in the last few minutes, that the fashion designer, dame mary quant, has died at the age of 93. a statement from her family said she "died peacefully at home in surrey this morning". our arts correspondent, david sillito, looks back at her life. when mary ouant invades new realms of fashion, bright young girls are interested and so is the national press. it wasn't just a new look. it's suggested a new way of life. it really was the first time that emancipation of women became possible. i was very full of the sort of elation that was happening then. the miniskirt, the hot pants, the coloured tights, the uniform for a new age. mary quant�*s parents were teachers from wales who had moved to london, and there was disappointment when mary, who'd studied illustration at goldsmith's college, decided to get a job making hats. and it would take me five days to make one hat for one lady bloggs to go to ascot, and it would rain.

and she'd bring it back the next day and say, "my husband doesn't like it." and the whole thing, it got through to me that this was sort of unrealistic, out of date and nonsense, and that we lived in a mass production age and that we we must make mass production clothes. the skirts were short, the model is skinny. it was all about youth, the future, freedom. dowdy, old britain had become a fashion leader. the business she created with her husband alexander plunket greene moved into perfumes and cosmetics. that's just dirty. isn’t moved into perfumes and cosmetics. that'sjust dirty-— that'sjust dirty. isn't dirtiness provocative? _ that'sjust dirty. isn't dirtiness provocative? yes. _ the mary ouant name became a brand into which mary ouant eventually had little input. but just as she stuck with that vidal sassoon haircut, she always embodied that look. a look that had defined an era. dame mary ouant who has died at the age of 93. one of the world's most

famous horse—racing festivals begins today — the grand national. three days of events will culminate on saturday with the world—famous steeplechase. but every year brings concerns about the welfare of the horses taking part, asjohn maguire explains from aintree. for the horses limbering up ahead of the aintree festival, it's business as usual on the early morning gallops. three days ofjump racing will culminate in the world's most famous steeplechase on saturday with the grand national. the campaign group animal rising says it will try to stop the race being run. but there are limits. we're there to protect the horses and to prevent harm. as we know, it's very likely that a horse will die if that race goes ahead. and so we would say that that is a reasonable excuse to go in. it's a hazardous environment, exactly, and that's why we're trying to stop it. we're not going to be walking onto the tracks while the horses are racing by any means. policing such a massive event takes year—round preparations

and merseyside officers say they are aware of planned protests. we respect people's rights to peaceful protest and, over many years, people have protested for various things outside the national and there's opportunities for them to do so. but what we won't tolerate is criminal behaviour and disorderly behaviour, so there will be a very robust response in connection with that. aintree accepts that some are opposed to horse racing but insists safety is paramount. the welfare of our participants is our number one priority, i whether that's a horse or a jockey, and we do everything possible i to ensure that the horses - and jockeys are given the utmost attention when they're here at aintree. - we've made some subtle changes to this year to ensure _ we have the best possible athletes running in the race. _ and that means improving pre—race fitness tests for the horses and extra briefings for thejockeys. 70,000 people will witness the national in person and millions more will watch on television.