our correspondent rowan bridge is at manchester crown court. rowan, this is the first time she appeared in the dock. what did she have to say? this trial has been going on for more than six months stop for the first time we have heard from lucy letby the person at the centre of this court case. she was questioned in court and the kc pedicure directly, would you ever want to hurt a child? to which she said, thatis hurt a child? to which she said, that is completely against what being a nurses. i only wanted to help and care for them. she talked about how being removed from clinical duties had a devastating impact on her and she nominated antidepressants and to take medication to sleep at night. she was asked about a hand—written note the jury had seen — what did she have to say about that?

this was shown as part of the prosecution case. it is a handwritten note, scrawled with tiny handwriting, lucy let me post my handwriting. one of the phrases is, i am evil, i did this. she was asked directly about that. she said that if she had written it it was because she felt at the time that if she had done something wrong she must have been an evil, awful person responsible for what had happened to the babies in the case. she responsible for what had happened to the babies in the case.— the babies in the case. she was asked about — the babies in the case. she was asked about the _ the babies in the case. she was asked about the impact - the babies in the case. she was asked about the impact of - the babies in the case. she was asked about the impact of a - the babies in the case. she was i asked about the impact of a baby dying on the unit that she worked on. ,, dying on the unit that she worked on, ,, ., , dying on the unit that she worked on. ,, ., , . , dying on the unit that she worked on. ,, . _,~ dying on the unit that she worked on. ,, . on. she was directly asked about it. she said it was _ on. she was directly asked about it. she said it was very _ on. she was directly asked about it. she said it was very upsetting - on. she was directly asked about it. she said it was very upsetting and l she said it was very upsetting and that you don't forget about things like that. she was asked about what support there was after the death of the baby on the ward. just nothing formal she said, just nurses supporting each other. she was asked

about friendships with parents and she said that while parents were on the board it was only ever professional relationship, but there had been occasions when she had kept in touch with some of them afterwards. she was asked, to you start being interested in them when they leave the unit? she said, no. she said she would do facebook searches for parents of babies. i thinkjust added the general curiosity that they have been on my mind. the reason i came up is that the prosecution has made much of the fact that she search for the names of the parents of some of the babies in the case after she is alleged to have murdered some of them. lucy letby denies all 22 charges against her and she will continue giving evidence this afternoon. the family of pregnant teacher marelle sturrock, who was killed in her home in glasgow last week, have released a statement.

her parents, colin and lorna, said they were "devestated" following the deaths of their daughter and their unborn grandson jayden. they described marelle as "the happiest person you could ever meet" who was always looking to help others. the body of her partner, david yates, was found in a country park near glasgow on thursday. police aren't looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths. the man widely seen as the �*godfather of artificial intelligence' has quit his job at google, warning of the dangers of ai. dr geoffrey hinton�*s pioneering research on deep learning and neural networks has paved the way for current ai systems like chatgpt, but dr hinton says he now regretted his work and is worried that al technology will flood the internet with misinformation. google responded in a statement saying, "we remain committed to a responsible approach to ai." well, to look at some of the applications of ai

in a bit more detail, here's courtney bembridge from the newsroom. there are so many ways that al is set to change our lives. of course, we've heard a lot about the dangers, but i wanted to have a look at some of the other applications. we start with this piece in the guardian talking about noninvasive mind—reading — turning our thoughts into text. but before you get too worried that your family, friends and colleagues may soon know exactly what you think about them, it is designed to restore speech in those struggling to communicate after stroke or motor neurone disease. sticking with the medical field, we've also got this example talking about chatgpt�*s bedside manner, saying that it was better than many doctors, that it was more empathetic and gave better advice, although i'm not sure many doctors would agree with that assessment. but that's what one study found. we've also got this from another tech website — "cancer detection study suggests that al can detect cancer in high risk patients". so these are all examples that have been in the news recently of some

of the good ways that al may help our daily lives. but, of course, on the other side of the coin, there are many dangers as well, and there is the risk of impersonation. i want to show you one example of that. this is the actor tom cruise. many of you will recognise him, but you might also think you recognise him in this clip i'm about to play. have a look. what's up, tiktok? you guys cool if i play some sports? but in fact, that is not tom cruise at all. that is what's known as a �*deep fake', and a very good one at that. it is someone impersonating tom cruise using artificial intelligence. so a big can of worms being opened with that. and here's another can of worms, with a recent headline talking about drake, the artist. he supposedly collaborated with another artist, the weeknd, on a song, but in fact, it was ai—generated and simulated, so using the style of drake and the weeknd's vocals to make a fake song.

that had to be ripped down from streaming websites because it was fake. now artists and record labels are going to have difficulty trying to address this kind of thing because the current copyright laws talk about using certain parts of a song, we know that ed sheeran case recently is highlighting this, but not impersonating someone's style. that's not currently covered, so ai technology opening a big can of worms here in terms of what is considered copyright. with the weather getting warmer, lots of bank holidays to look forward to and half term just around the corner, holiday planning is in full swing. wales will be a popular destination for lots of us, but it's set to become the first uk nation to introduce a tourist tax. our correspondent tomos morgan reports. with views like this, it's no wonder the mountainous north wales attracts the crowds,

but as the weather improves, the crowds flock to the top. these are the scenes over easter. extra footfall puts pressure on roads, parking and even the toilets. so a tourist tax will be coming into force here and its aim is to help the upkeep in holiday areas so visitors get the best experience. it's always been a busy place to cover in the summer, but since covid it's become absolutely heaving. but it will be hotels raising prices as the fee will be earned from overnight guests. it could be between 50p to £5 per room or per person per night and some accommodation businesses think that could be a deterrent. we still don't have the final details, but say it is el per room per night, do you really think that might put people off? yeah, well, that's an interesting question because £1 per night might not sound a lot, but if it's per person and you're in a bunk room which only costs you £17, that's quite a big percentage hike per person at that point. it's something those visiting the village of llanberis will have to consider in future.

yeah, we're from richmond in north yorkshire. you wouldn't mind paying a tourist tax if you go on holiday to spain, so why not pay a couple of quid for a couple of nights as long as you're going to benefit from it? i'm a pensioner and that will cripple me and i enjoy wales. it's a lovely place. we've come down for four days, had a great time. wouldn't come again if they're going to start taxing us. around four million people come and visit eryri, or snowdonia, each year and 85% of all of the tourists that come to wales overnight are from other parts of the uk. wales' main competition for overnight british tourists is cornwall, which tops the list, but cornwall doesn't have a tourist tax. no other part of the uk does other than manchester, so local businesses here want the money raised to be spent on bridging the gap with other holiday destinations across the country. the direction wales is taking may not affect adventure tourism businesses directly, but they still have concerns and they want to make sure monies raised go towards attracting

future holiday—makers. my bias is marketing, so i think about how that money might be spent on destination marketing and competing on that international level. competing on a domestic tourism level is hugely important for this area, so if money's put into that, i'm a big fan. i think it is fair to recognise that the accommodation sector in wales has some reservations absolutely. this isn't one of those taxes where we're looking to put tourists off from coming to wales. actually, it's making sure that those tourists who do come to wales make a contribution to the communities in which they stay. this will be speedily implemented. the welsh government say it will be in place some time within the next two years and it will be down to each individual local authority to decide whether they implement the fee agreed on or hit the brakes on raising the stakes for overnight guests. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz.

hello. the rest of the day, i don't think there's going to be much change in our weather. for most of us, it's a dry day, but actually a fair amount of cloud around. having said that, there are a couple of places where it's been so far really sunny, really pleasant, particularly in the south—west of the country. now, admittedly, we do have high pressure over us, but high pressure doesn't always mean sunshine. in fact, farfrom it. you can see how extensive the cloud is across some parts of the country. we have had big breaks in cornwall, devon, parts of wales and also earlier on around east anglia, but here too the clouds have been developing. also quite a spread in the temperatures — only 11 degrees in newcastle, but out towards the west temperatures are hitting the high teens early to middle of the afternoon. also worthy of note are the pollen levels — pretty high across the bulk of the country, england, wales and northern ireland. now, tonight, the weatherforecast is fairly straightforward. broadly speaking, across the southern half of the uk,

lengthy, clear spells. further north, it will be more cloudy, spits and spots of rain. again, quite a contrast in the temperatures where skies are clear in east anglia maybe a couple of degrees, out towards the west, in northern ireland, in belfast, nine degrees. tomorrow, the thickest of the cloud will be in northern england and scotland. at times there will be some rain, maybe from glasgow into central scotland and the western isles. elsewhere, i think there will be sunny spells. it should be a decent day. the temperature should be a little bit high in newcastle too, up to 15. for the south, around 17 expected in cardiff. then from thursday changes are afoot. in fact, we'll see weather fronts gradually moving in off the atlantic. that does spell wet weather for south—western areas. notice quite an easterly breeze and for some of us that does mean it'll be chilly closer to the north sea coast, so on the aberdeenshire coastline maybe not even making double figures. again, 11 in newcastle. the higher temperatures will be further south. on thursday and into the weekend,

that rather mixed bag continues with weather systems sweeping in, but i think it will be in the form of showers rather than steady rain, so our apps are likely to update. wherever you see a symbol with the sunny spells, that's likely to chop and change through the day, and day by day. bye— bye.

from london, this is bbc news. while a man known as the godfather of artificial intelligence has quit his job at google. it is as you had 2000 people, and when ever somebody knew something, everyone automatically near it. that's how these apps can know so much more than any one person. a prominent palestinian prisoner has died in an israeli jail after nearly three months on hunger strike. here in the uk, the nurse accused of murdering seven babies and trying to kill ten others, lucy letby, gives evidence for the first time in her trial. and some top american chat shows and tv programmes could fall off air after hollywood film and tv screen writers fail to agree a new deal over wages.