at six — jailed, the man who sold technology to criminals that duped people into thinking they were getting phone calls from their bank. this is the moment tejay fletcher was arrested in london after the uk's biggest everfraud investigation. the cost to the many victims from this case has not just been financial, it has also had a huge emotional impact, causing extreme distress and devastation to those affected. one victim was duped out of £3 million. we'll be telling you about the scam. also on the programme... tesco chairmanjohn allen steps down after allegations about his personal conduct, saying he's determined to prove his innocence. the billionaires' space race — amazon's jeff bezos takes on elon musk as two of the world's richest men vie to land astronauts on the moon.

and surprise, as welsh rugby's alun wynjones — the most capped player in the world — announces he's retiring from the international game, just four months before the world cup. coming up on bbc news, to shock welsh rugby pep guardiola says he will be watching the match saying without playing instead focusing on doing the job themselves against chelsea on sunday. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. ourfirst story tonight is about a man from london who has been jailed for helping to con people out of more than £100 million. police say it was the uk's largest everfraud investigation. tejay fletcher was the mastermind behind a website — which was essentially an online

fraud shop — a place where criminals could buy technology that allowed them to dupe people into parting with their cash — often by handing over their bank details. police say more than 160 people have so far been arrested in connection with the scam. 0ur correspondent sean dilley reports. this was the moment tejay fletcher's criminal empire collapsed. under arrest for his leading role in scamming vulnerable victims round the world. welcome to the number one spoofing service. fraudsters were invited to use his site to trick people into handing over their bank details. the website offered its criminal users the ability to disguise numbers appearing to be a trusted organisation, sup as a bank. they used the information they gathered, to empty their tims' accounts if you to empty their tims' accounts if you want to spoof _ to empty their tims' accounts if you want to spoof your _ to empty their tims' accounts if you want to spoof your caller _ to empty their tims' accounts if you want to spoof your caller id - to empty their tims' accounts if you want to spoof your caller id then . to empty their tims' accounts if you i want to spoof your caller id then we are here to help.— are here to help. sounds fun, but for the victim, _ are here to help. sounds fun, but for the victim, it _ are here to help. sounds fun, but for the victim, it was _ are here to help. sounds fun, but for the victim, it was anything - are here to help. sounds fun, butl for the victim, it was anything but. before it was shut down it was

constantly growing, with 700 new users registering every week, and it was earningle £0,000 a week. llntiil was earningle £0,000 a week. until officers caught _ was earningle £0,000 a week. until officers caught up — was earningle £0,000 a week. until officers caught up with him, fletcher lived a la verb lifestyle. he used his £2 million of illicit iranings to buy a lamborghini, two range rovers and a rolex watch. prosecutors say they plant to recover the catch he never should have had. thejudge said in sentencing fletcher he took account of charitable work he has done in the community and his mental health but there was little personal mitigation, there were thousands of victims not directly of fletcher's but of the fraudsters who used the website and for those victims that experience would have been harrowing. there were more than 200,000 victims in the uk, together they lost over 43 million. globally losses are estimated to be more than 100 million. cybersecurity experts

hope that fletcher's case will raise awareness of common scams. the onus is on the public — awareness of common scams. the onus is on the public unfortunately, - awareness of common scams. the onus is on the public unfortunately, do - is on the public unfortunately, do not instafford hospitally trust caller id, the fact is we can't believe everything we see, and never hand over sensitive information, especially from a cold call. i always say to people don't be afraid to say goodbye and hang up on the caller. ,, , ., his caller. sign up for free. his criminal— caller. sign up for free. his criminal site _ caller. sign up for free. his criminal site ran _ caller. sign up for free. his criminal site ran for- caller. sign up for free. his i criminal site ran for two years and had nearly 60,000 subscribers at its peak. he is behind bars now but detectives say that fletcher is part of a much bigger problem. while he serves his time they say they will spend theirs looking for those responsible for the scams fletcher made possible. tesco's chairmanjohn allan is stepping down next month following allegations concerning his personal conduct. tesco said although it has no findings of wrongdoing, the allegations risk becoming a distraction. mr allan says the allegations are totally baseless and he's determined to prove his innocence.

marc ashdown reports. for years, john allan has been a prominent and powerful voice in the uk business world as chairman of britain's biggest supermarket chain and outspoken on issues such as rising food prices. we do the very best we can for our customers to hold down prices. we are doing the very best as we can for our colleagues, we are the largest private sector employer in the uk, over 300,000 people. today tesco announced after eight years he will be stepping down at its agm in a few weeks' time, a year earlier than planned. he'd been under pressure after four allegations emerged in the guardian newspaper about his conduct. a tesco employee claimed he touched her bottom at last year's agm. another woman made a similar claim while she was attending a cbi function in 2019, where mr allen served as president of the business lobby group. he strenuously denied the claims, but did admit to making remarks about a woman's figure, saying he was mortified and apologised straightaway.

tesco said it immediately launched an extensive review after these allegations came to light. it said it looked into all available video footage from last year's event and asked staff, in confidence, to come forward if they had any concerns. they also looked into its complaint and whistle—blowing procedures and it asked external lawyers to assess the steps taken and they said they deemed them to be reasonable and appropriate. in a statement today, john allen said... a succession plan was already under way to replace john allen next year, which tesco said would be concluded soon. the supermarket giant said although it had found there were evidence of wrongdoing, the allegations risked becoming a distraction. marc ashdown, bbc news. now a look at some other stories making the news today. timothy schofield,

a civilian police worker from somerset and the brother of the tv presenter philip schofield, has beenjailed for 12 years after being convicted of child sex offences. timothy schofield was found guilty in april of 11 sexual offences involving a child between 2016 and 2019. a 21—year—old man from brighton has pleaded guilty to plotting a gun attack at hyde park in london. edward little planned to kill at christian preacher and her camera crew at speakers' corner. when he was arrested he was carrying £5,000 in cash, with which he hoped to buy a firearm. he will be sentenced at the old bailey injuly. counting is under way in northern ireland's council elections. the elections use the single transferable vote system where voters rank candidates in order of preference.

this was the scene in the netherlands last night after west ham beat their dutch opponents and making to their first major european final since 1976. you can see the west ham players here — confronting az alkmaar�*s supporters — who had broken through into this area, which is where the family and friends of the west ham players. it must have been pretty frightening for those caught up in it. now an investigation is expected to be launched. here's our sports correspondent andy swiss it was a night the celebrations turned to chaos. west ham's players confronting rival supporters who'd stormed the area where their friends and family had been watching. an ugly ending to what should have been a jubilant night. the hammers have done it... just minutes earlier, west ham had been all smiles after sealing a place in a major european final. but suddenly, the mood changed. criminal site ran for

dressed in black dozens of ultras invading the away end and began attacking the visiting fans, as a few west ham supporters held them at bay some of the players fearing for their families tried to intervene. security struggled to regain control, and while the players' families were unharped, their manager whose 87—year—old father was in the crowd today condemned the violence. ., , ., . ., violence. there was nothing we could do, violence. there was nothing we could do. nothing — violence. there was nothing we could do. nothing we _ violence. there was nothing we could do, nothing we could _ violence. there was nothing we could do, nothing we could do, _ violence. there was nothing we could do, nothing we could do, nothing - do, nothing we could do, nothing west ham as club could do, but no, like anybody, if you saw any family members in trouble you would go and help out. in a members in trouble you would go and hel out. ., , ., �* help out. in a statement az alkmaar said they apologised _ help out. in a statement az alkmaar said they apologised it _ help out. in a statement az alkmaar said they apologised it was - help out. in a statement az alkmaar said they apologised it was a - help out. in a statement az alkmaar said they apologised it was a night i said they apologised it was a night they said to reflect on with shame and west ham fans, who were there, believe there are questions to answer.

in the ground, it was just stewards and stewards that were clearly unable to cope with what was go on, it must have taken 10 minutes for the police to arrive. a bunch of hooded, all black balaclavaed, all dressed in black, it's a scary thing. dressed in black, it's a scary thin. ., ~ , dressed in black, it's a scary thin, ., . , ., dressed in black, it's a scary thin. , ., ., dressed in black, it's a scary thin. , . ., ., thing. for west ham a night of the most contrasting _ thing. for west ham a night of the most contrasting motion, - thing. for west ham a night of the most contrasting motion, a - thing. for west ham a night of the most contrasting motion, a pmqsl most contrasting motion, a pmqs rabble one on the pitch, but off it, surely one they would rather forget. andy swiss, bbc leaders of the g7 group of advanced economies have agreed new sanctions on russia, saying they will starve the kremlin's war machine. at their meeting in the japanese city of hiroshima, they said the measures would restrict the export of technology and equipment which were critical to russia on the battlefield in ukraine. the prime minister said he wants to ensure russia pays a price for the war in ukraine. 0ur political editor chris mason sent this report from hiroshima. a city forever associated

with a moment almost 80 years ago, the dropping of a nuclear bomb. the g7 leaders came today for the hiroshima peace memorial. the dome here, the only structure left standing after the attack. presidents and prime ministers recalling war then, discussing war now... among other things. the summit host, the japanese prime minister, fumio kishida, said he wanted to have a frank and strategic discussion on what he described as a combination of crises... including the russian invasion of ukraine. after a tree planting ceremony to further mark the city's past, the leaders agreed that russia must withdraw unconditionally from the entire internationally recognised territory of ukraine. our support ukraine will not waver, they added. when i sat down with

the prime minister as the summit began this morning, he said new restrictions on moscow's capacity to trade would make a difference. we've taken the lead on announcing new sanctions on russia. i am hopeful and confident that our partner countries will follow, as they have done it when we've done this previously. that will make the sanctions more effective, ensure that russia pays a price for its illegal activity. let's talk about the big issue back home, immigration. so david cameron and theresa may both promised to get net migration below 100,000 — they failed. the most recent conservative manifesto talked about it falling, falling from a level that at the time was around about 250,000. the latest figures were 500,000, the new figures next week expected to be higher still. are you comfortable with that? so i want to bring the levels of legal migration down... to what? let me be crystal clear about that. i'm not going to put a concise figure on it but i do want to bring them down.

it's not crystal clear, though, if you can't be precise? we don't know what the numbers are going to be next week, or when the numbers are coming out, so it rightly take stock of those. but what i want people to know is i am committed to bringing those numbers down. but when it comes to migration, what i hearfrom everyone is the priority they have for the government is to stop the boats and to tackle illegal migration. and that's why i'm so focused on that issue. we've got new laws in parliament, greater cooperation with countries like albania. you change the subject to illegal migration and i wanted to focus on legal. but i'm trying to get a sense of what an acceptable level would be to you? because if it is too high, you must have a sense of what would be the right kind of level? it will depend on how the economy is doing at any particular time and the circumstances that we are facing. so i don't want to put a precise number on it, but what i can tell you is the numbers are high and we do want to bring them down. back on the streets of hiroshima, protesters noisily send their messages to the politicians. the leaders continue their discussions here this weekend. chris mason, bbc news, at the g7 summit injapan.

the time is 18.13. our top story this evening. the man who masterminded a multi million fraudulent website is jailed for 13 year years. 0ne victim lost £3 million. music. coming up — tributes to andy rourke, the bassist and founder member of the smiths, who's died at the age of 59 after a long illness. coming up on bbc news... two shock welsh rugby retirements, alun wynjones announces his record breaking internatoinal career is over, just minutes afterjustin tipuric does the same with under four months until the world cup. now, these pictures are impossible to forget. the devastation of aleppo in syria after years of civil war that left hundreds of thousands of people dead and millions homeless. syria's government stands accused of terrible atrocities —

led by president bashar al—assad. but today after nine years of international isolation — he got a very warm welcome at a summit of fellow middle—eastern leaders. president assad has held on to power, despite western opposition, with massive military support from russia's president putin. 0ur international editor jeremy bowen reports. in yasmine camp in lebanon's bekaa valley there is horror that the man the syrian refugees blame for destroying their country is being rehabilitated. it makes precarious lives even less secure. around 1500 syrians have been forcibly repatriated from lebanon in recent weeks. nasar and maraw fear they could be next.

the couple met in the camp after they fled syria, in 2013. they want better chances for their 18 month old daughter than they have had. marwar�*s education stopped when the war began, when she was ten. now they believe president assad's return to the arab league might be an excuse for more deportations. translation: we are always afraid of the raids now, - that it will happen to us, i imagine they will come and take all the men and deport them. translation: after all the killing and destruction and the misery - in syria, it is not acceptable, after everything that he has done, they are hosting him. i don't understand it. for syrian refugees the outlook is as desperate as ever and the prospect of going home

frankly is terrifying. now on the other side of those mountains, about and hour's drive from here is damascus and the view from the presidential palace is looking brighter than it has fob years, because, president assad who broke his country, to save his regime, has been invited back in to the fold, by his fellow arab leaders. bashar al—assad strode into the arab league summit injeddah, relishing the clearest recognition yesterday, yet that he has won his warfor syria, greeted by the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman. a decade ago the saudis funded anti—assad militia, now mbs wants to remake the middle east and he needs syria on side. ukraine's president zelensky was there, accusing some arab leaders of turning a blind eye to the horrors of russia's

invasion of ukraine. listening was president assad, russia's closest ally in the middle east. russian firepower level syrian cities in ruin, the kremlin's decisive intervention in syria in 2015 must have fed vladimir putin's ambition as he planned to invade ukraine. here in beirut syrian refugees assad's victims face increasing hostility. blamed for lebanon's own economic collapse. if they're identified, live in an area where curfew has been imposed on syrians. their children have been thrown out of school, the turmoil in their lives is all over their teenage daughter's artwork. the father views the authoritarian

arab leaders' embrace of basha al—assad with contempt and fear. translation: the assad regime is a dictatorship, l the same as the other arab regimes. they are helping each other, operating against the people. there is no sign ofjustice for the victims of the war to save his regime. assad used to speak only to friends, he was in moscow in march, but his rehabilitation carries a lesson for ruthless authoritarian leaders... wait out the storm and you can outlast your enemies. jeremy bowen, bbc news, beirut. a billionaires space race is about to blast off after amazon'sjeff bezos won a nasa contract to build a spacecraft that will send astronauts to the moon. he joins elon musk whose company spacex was awarded $3 billion in 2021 to land on the moon as part of nasa's artemis programme. the race is now on to see which of the world's richest men

can land there first. these are public—private partnerships. it's the new way that we go to the moon. it helps nasa share the risk, the technical risk and the financial risk — the cost — to enable, at the end of the day, mission success. it's been five years since the government first promised school guidance for transgender pupils and a union representing head teachers in england says without it many are operating in a vacuum. a survey commissioned by the bbc has found three quarters of teachers at secondary school in england teach a pupil who is trans or non—binary. the department for education says it's important time is taken

school should be somewhere that every single person feels safe and happy. without official guidance to navigate what can be a tricky subject, schools like chesterfield high school in crosby have come up with their own for pupils who identify as transgender. schools have been looking for guidance and advice. we've never had to face a challenge around it because we've been able to be quite thoughtful and very planned. and what i would hope that is that the government has produced a guidance document which actually means that schools know what they should be doing and their expectation, but it's in the best interest of the child. at chesterfield, between ten and 20 pupils out of more than 1000 identifies trans or genderfluid. there are gender neutral as well as single sex toilets. transgender students get ready for pe in private changing rooms. it can be expensive to create these spaces and, without guidance, teachers and pupils are filling the gaps. it was a bit isolating, the school learning as they went. ellie is 18 and went to a catholic school, and was the first to come out as nonbinary, not identifying solely as male orfemale. it's just really important

that teachers and school staff feel like they know what they're talking about. if a student comes to them, they're not being given the right information to be able to support people, they can't do theirjobs properly. using the daily survey app teacher tapp, we surveyed almost 7000 teachers in england. 75% of teachers at secondary school said they teach trans or nonbinary pupils, compared with 8% of primary school teachers. almost three quarters of all teachers said their school would usually support a child socially transitioning, changing their name, pronouns or uniform. at secondary school, 39% of teachers said they support this regardless of parental consent. a report commissioned by nhs england last year said that social transition was not a neutral act and better information is needed about its outcomes. some parent groups have raised concerns about toilets and overnight accommodation on trips becoming mixed sex, and say teachers aren't qualified to decide whether children can change their gender. the biggest concern is that the school's keeping secrets from parents.

while we do need to listen to children, adults have a responsibility to ensure that they don't make any decisions that they can never come back from and might have lifelong effects that the child wasn't able to realise at the time. the priority for teachers is supporting pupils, and just 9% of those we asked said they feel there are adequate enough support services in place to refer children with gender dysphoria to. less than half said they'd feel confident knowing the next steps to take. just get that student to stay where they are... penny allen runs chesterfield's wellbeing unit. it's trying to de—escalate emotions and issues with parents. we've got the wishes and feelings of a child, we've got the wishes and feelings of a parent, there's legalities involved. the association of school and college leaders says teachers are working in a vacuum without guidance. the government's promised a draft will be published this term so teachers, pupils, parents and the wider public can have their say before it's finalised later this year. lauren moss, bbc news, crosby.

carriejohnson, the wife of the former prime minister borisjohnson, has announced she is pregnant with her third child. this is what she post on instagram a short time ago — �*new team member arriving injust a few weeks'. she said her first child three—year—old wilf is �*excited about being a big brother again', and 17—month old romy doesn't have a �*clue what's coming'. it has taken the world of rugby by surprise — today alun wynjones, the world's most capped rugby union player, has announced his retirement from the international game — just four months before the world cup. the 37—year—old played 158 times for wales in a 17 year international career as tomos morgan reports. 2019... one 2019. .. one of 2019... one of three grand slams run by alun wynjones, one of which he captained the side who won the tournament and in the year when many

thought his playing days were over. clearly not, as two years later he led wales to another championship. he has been a one club man, playing for the ospreys throughout. built a reputation as a fearless leader, never backing down. he became ever present in what was warren gatland's first stint as head coach and 170 international caps, he became the sport's most capped international play. now four months before the start of the rugby world cup, when the sport needs him most, out of the blue, he has decided to step down from international rugby after speaking to the coaching staff and the wru. ., �* ., ., ,_ speaking to the coaching staff and thewru. ., �* ., ., ,., the wru. you'd have to say he is one of wales' if — the wru. you'd have to say he is one of wales' if not _ the wru. you'd have to say he is one of wales' if not the _ the wru. you'd have to say he is one of wales' if not the greatest - the wru. you'd have to say he is one of wales' if not the greatest ever - of wales' if not the greatest ever player, purely on his longevity. just an hour before alun wynjones step—down, another of the stall votes, justin tipuric, also

announced his international retirement, another british and irish and one of welsh rugby's most gifted athletes. another loss for wales and the ospreys. two of wales' must cap and decorated players who played with their hearts on their sleeves will be leaving big boots to fill. he has been described as a special player by gatlinjones —— warren gatland. make no mistake, these are two big losses for welsh rugby, both have captained the international side and their club sides, so many fans may be worried that two of the most experienced players won't be going to france in a few months, but this creates an opportunity and those youngsters now that don't have any injuries, it is time for them to step up. tributes have been paid to andy rourke the bass player with the band the smiths who's died at the age of 59 after a "lengthy illness with pancreatic cancer".

he played with the smiths throughout the 1980s. 0ur entertainment correspondent colin paterson looks back at his life. #a # ajumped up country boy... the joyful, loving and often funky bass lines of any rourke, accompanying the lyrics of morrisey, the juxtaposition of melody and more and this gave the smiths their unique sound and made them the most influential british indie band of the 1980s. the killers, oasis and suede would not have existed without the smiths. it was a0 years ago this week that the the smiths released a debut single, performing it on the tube. they would split four years later. the drummer, mikejoyce was the other half of the rhythm section and flew to see his friend after hearing how ill he was. he

and flew to see his friend after hearing how ill he was. he never saw himself as a — hearing how ill he was. he never saw himself as a great _ hearing how ill he was. he never saw himself as a great bass _ hearing how ill he was. he never saw himself as a great bass player - himself as a great bass player because it was so effortless for him. he put the bass on and magic would happen. hand in glove the first record we ever released, what is he doing?— first record we ever released, what is he doinu ? ., i. , is he doing? how will you remember him? i am is he doing? how will you remember him? i am so — is he doing? how will you remember him? i am so proud _ is he doing? how will you remember him? i am so proud of— is he doing? how will you remember him? i am so proud of what - is he doing? how will you remember him? i am so proud of what he - him? i am so proud of what he contributed _ him? i am so proud of what he contributed towards _ him? i am so proud of what he contributed towards music - him? i am so proud of what he contributed towards music and j him? i am so proud of what he l contributed towards music and i him? i am so proud of what he - contributed towards music and i am so proud he was my mate. the salford lads club became _ so proud he was my mate. the salford lads club became intrinsically - lads club became intrinsically linked with the smiths after they were photographed there for an album. any rourke would often visit the venue and fans have been arriving to pay their respects. takes me back to when i was 13, listening to that first album. it is very sad news. listening to that first album. it is very sad news-— listening to that first album. it is ve sad news. , , , ., , very sad news. very upset, actually. i crew u- very sad news. very upset, actually. i grew up with _ very sad news. very upset, actually. i grew up with the _ very sad news. very upset, actually. i grew up with the smiths, - very sad news. very upset, actually. i grew up with the smiths, followed | i grew up with the smiths, followed them _ i grew up with the smiths, followed them all— i grew up with the smiths, followed them all my life. | i grew up with the smiths, followed them all my life.— them all my life. i feel it is quite sad. any rourke _ them all my life. i feel it is quite sad. any rourke was _ them all my life. i feel it is quite sad. any rourke was 23 -

them all my life. i feel it is quite. sad. any rourke was 23 when the smiths split _ sad. any rourke was 23 when the smiths split and _ sad. any rourke was 23 when the smiths split and he _ sad. any rourke was 23 when the smiths split and he would - sad. any rourke was 23 when the smiths split and he would go - sad. any rourke was 23 when the smiths split and he would go on l sad. any rourke was 23 when the | smiths split and he would go on to play with the pretenders, sinead o'connor and badly drawn boy, despite working again with morrissey, he would have an acrimonious legal battle with the singer and guitarist, johnny marr. morrisey has tribute saying that any rourke will never die as long as his music is heard and he did know his own power. adding, at the end of it all we and he need not worry about that. as a teenager, any rourke worked in a timber yard to earn the money to buy a bass amp so he could join the smiths. it turned out to be a rather good investment. his place in british musical is secure. tributes to andy rourkem who's died at the age of 59. time for a look at the weather. it is a game to warm up a little bit?

we have had quite a few showers around today. reading has been fine with hazy spells of sunshine, but just 15 miles away, this massive shower went through benson in 0xfordshire and it dumped a third of a month's weather rain in the space of two hours. so rather than it being a fine day, it was a day where you might have to paddle to get back to your car. we did have reports of localised flooding. though showers are fading away at the moment and essentially of an england and wales will become dry. scotland and northern ireland, thick cloud working on here, a few spots of rain, but nothing significant. by the end of the night temperatures in double figures for scotland and northern ireland, but eight to ten degrees for england and wales. this weekend, england and wales will have some strong sunshine in scotland and northern ireland, will be more cloud around but some bright spells coming through and perhaps a bit of rain to watch out for as well. these weather fronts coming into the north—west of the uk will be weak as they run into

high pressure that is across