i feel a great deal of pride in the fact that i took part in the dam raid itself. and as a consequence trained on the derwent water. johnnyjohnson here on the far left was a bomb aimer who made his pilot fly round their target ten times before being satisfied with the approach. it meant to me to do it, not do it properly was a waste of time. both have since died. this is the first anniversary without any surviving veteran from those who took off 80 years ago tonight. plane engine starts. but the sound of the plane which carried them will once again resonate across the county they took off from this evening. danny savage, bbc news, lincolnshire.

i wonderfor the flying i wonder for the flying weather will be like tonight. time for a look at the weather — here's darren bett. it isa it is a fine and late spring day. for many parts of the country it stays dry today because we were close to the area of high pressure. more cloud coming in to bring rain to northern scotland tomorrow and that weather front has brought more clout from the north across scotland and this is actually where we have seen most of the showers. northern scotland should improve this afternoon and showers move down into northern ireland, northern england. further south you may squeeze a shower from the cloud but on the whole it is dry and a little bit warmer, not quite as breezy and the temperatures peaking at 17 degrees. some showers this evening and they could affect eastern parts of england before fading away, we are left with cloud across the east and

more cloud coming into the north west of scotland. maybe not quite as chilly as last night, temperatures typically six or 7 degrees, lower in the north—east of scotland. cloud increasing in scotland tomorrow, rain coming into the far north in the afternoon at the club bubbles up again in the afternoon and it is thick enough to give the risk of some showers, mainly wells, southern england and the midlands but many places dry tomorrow, warmer and could make a pleasant 18 degrees in northern ireland, even though sunshine may turn hazy later. warmer air coming in across the rest of the week, temperatures lifting day by day by a degree or so above will see cloud left over in scotland from wednesday. should be dry from the most part, rain into the north—west later otherwise some sunny spells, some warm sunny spells and temperatures possibly 19 degrees

with the risk of the odd shower. the rain into the north west is on the weak weather front, running rain into the north west is on the weak weatherfront, running into high pressure and it could reactivate as we move to the end of the week and friday and it could be more cloud into england and wales and perhaps some heavier showers but not everywhere, it may still be dry in the south—east and some sunshine following those showers into northern ireland and scotland saw temperatures reaching 18 degrees in glasgow, could make 19 in cardiff. for the weekend it's looking promising, maybe a bit more cloud in northern scotland where we could see showers otherwise in a lot of dry weather and probably warmer. thanks, darren. that's it. the news continues here on bbc one, as wejoin our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are.

hello, i'm chetan pathak, live from the bbc sport centre this tuesday afternoon. coming up on the programme... more injury frustration forjofra archer who's ruled out by england for the summer — butjonny bairstow returns to the test squad to face ireland. cam norrie�*s beaten by novak djokovic at the rome masters — with less than a week to go until the start of the french open we hear from the netball star turned police officer, who's back in the england squad for the world cup it has been tough learning to be a full—time athlete again, the demands on your body and the mental side. welcome along, thank you forjoining us. it's exactly a month until england's first ashes test against australia. today the squad for their final preparation — a four day test against ireland starting

on the first ofjune — has been announced. jonny bairstow returns but there'll be nojofra archer who's been ruled out for the summer because of a recurrence of his elbow injury. here's our cricket reporter henry morean: sta rt start with jofra archer, it start withjofra archer, it has been a hugely frustrating run, he was a key figure in the anger and success at lord's key figure in the anger and success at lords and a vital role in the ashes that followed, not played a test match since early 2021. questions as to whether we will ever see him play red bull cricket for england again so radio frustration not least for action but england supporters and the team who know her much of a matchwinner he can be. jimmy anderson is one is a case of caution for england, knowing what follows the island test match, five ashes tests that are quickly bounded

together and they will need the fast bowlers to be as fit as possible but aware of the fact that will likely be some rotation as england worked through the summer. it is more precautionary with anderson and hope you can play a full and active part in the ashes, something he couldn't do in 2019. how much hasjonny bairstow been missed? not that much and some ways and his inclusion is clearly the controversy not in regards to him about who is missing. ben foakes was the man that kept wickets last summer and through the winter as england won ten out of 12 test matches but because of the form ofjonny bairstow last year and the form of harry brooke crossley went up form of harry brooke crossley went up when bristol was missing it demanded jonny bairstow returning stability fit in. fox has been

described as the best wicketkeeper in the world but england have gone for the option ofjonny bairstow the battle and in more than capable wicketkeeper, tough on ben foakes but the question is whether that was the right cult to bring jonny bairstow and offer that he could have come and purely as a bathtub may be at the top of the order. it's less than a week to go until the second tennis grand slam of the year — the french open. today the british number one cam norrie was up against novak djokovic at the rome masters. djokovic, the defending champion... looking to reach his 17th successive quarter final in the italian capital made a fast start, winning the first set by six games to three. there was a moment of controversy in a tighter second set when norrie broke back here...

and the 23 time grand slam champion went on to win the set 6—4. he'll face seventh seed holger rune next. the chair of british gymnastics has called for an independent welfare body to protect athletes across all sports. mike darcey says the abuse allegations in gymnastics as well as in british cycling, swimming, bobsleigh and athletics shows that the current system is leaving complainants in limbo whilst they wait for justice. last year, a landmark review detailed "systemic" issues of physical and emotional abuse in british gymnastics with over thirteen hundred concerns raised with the welfare team since 2020. we have been talking about athlete welfare for some time at least this 2017 and i know the government has been busy since then but i think that now is the time to actually can

give athlete support they deserve and we can show them we care as much about their welfare as the medal table. another england squad announcement, this time netball. the world cup takes place in south africa injuly, and one name back in the squad is chelsea pitman... she left netball in 2020 to train as a police officer, and her playing career looked to be over. but she made her comeback last year, and told our reporterjess anderson she's overwhelmed to be back in the squad. it is surreal to say i have made the team, i have what my but off to put myself in the best position and to see dividends paid positively makes it all suite up. the older you get and the more you deflect you want to realise any to find something that i

am putting my best foot forward to be successful and generally know the hard work has paid off to cm going to another world cup stop looking back at 20201 wasn't expected to be in a position did not have a home for netball and i got a different career and policing and the passion to want to be at the top level never disappeared. and when i was contacted about a training position and would i like to take it i cannot say i didn't second—guess it because i had to think about logistics and see what doors open not being aware would take me to but i am today. it has been tough learning to be a full—time athlete again on notjust your body but the mental side of it. having to silence the voices to

focus on yourself and i have taken myself of twitter because at the start of the year it was not doing my head any good, i am deleting the app so it is relearning you need to have self—confidence and self you need to trust and believe what you do is powerful and keep doing it so that was a learning to be an athlete again and working hard on notjust the physical side and it has been eye—opening. in 2020, britain's erin kennedy was celebrating winning rowing at the paralympics in tokyo — but ten months later, at the age ofjust 29, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. 15 rounds of chemotherapy followed before erin underwent a double mastectomy. she was later given the all clear

and now, a year on, is training for the european championships: my my grandad used to comic miss independent and i was going to do everything i can to get back and get on to the international stage again but the other two is there are so many uncontrollables on the situation, i was 29 and is diagnosed complete of the blue and whilst an amazing team here and my oncologists, the reality is diagnosed with cancer they have to have treatment and the mastectomy and i do not know whether i would make it back because i have been doing everything possible and working so hard to make this day possible. i used to say to the athletes choose your mood when you wake up everyday and i had to put my money my mouth was and see howl going to wake up everyday and get the best out of every day and sometimes the best was essentially getting out of bed onto the sofa and

some fresh air. some of those days were coming into training, getting on the bike and exercising, and varied and i had to see what i was everyday. if you get a diagnosis is not the end of your life, not the reason to stop doing things you love and for me what i love is rowing, coming here and training with my friends and doing this and working towards a big goal but actually it is day—to—day process and they want to bring people and side to show them if you get a diagnosis you can still have a joyful life. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. now it's time for the news making

headlines from across the uk new research has found military veterans who were involved in chemical weapon testing at porton down in wiltshire are more likely to die young than those who weren't involved. the study looked at the health of sixteen thousand former volunteers and found those who took part in trials in the early sixties in particular, were at greater risk of dying early. matthew hill has more porton down was at the forefront of the government's secret battle to keep pace with the soviets in cold war europe. and one of the things scientists there wanted to know was how real servicemen would react if they were exposed to nerve gas. ian foulkes, who was a 19 year old signalman in 1983, volunteered to take part in the trials. it felt to me as if my windpipe had constricted down to the size

of a straw. the pupils of the eyes constrict, and if i remember correctly, my pupils were measured at one point as being a millimetre across. now a study has looked at the long term health of those like ian, who took part. it's compared the health of more than 16,000 former volunteers with around the same number of uk veterans. it found a 6% increase in the number of servicemen dying younger than expected. there was a slight risk of excess risk of lung cancers. and some chemical agents are known lung, lung known to cause lung cancer. we also found this urinary system increased risk and some increase in risk to do with behaviors resulting from things like ptsd. so they're difficult to sort of be exact about it, but there are there are paths through this that we think we can explore further. they also found a much higher early death rate for people

who volunteered between 1960 and 1964.