live from london, this is bbc news. uk prime minister rishi sunak is to consult his ethics adviser about a speeding offence committed by his home secretary, suella braverman. the battle for bakhmut continues. a russian mercenary group claims its fighters have taken control of the ukrainian city, but president zelensky insists that's not the case. and today bbc news launches, bbc verify — our new team has looked at how russia is fortifying its defences ahead of an expected ukrainian counter—offensive. the year's most important gardening event begins here in the uk — the chelsea flower show in london marks its 110th year.

hello, i'm maryam moshiri, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. we start in the uk, where the prime minister rishi sunak is to consult his ethics adviser about a speeding offence committed by his home secretary. suella braverman was caught speeding in 2022 and asked the civil service for advice about arranging a private speed awareness course. she was attorney general, or the government's top legal officer, at the time. opposition parties say she should quit, if she's found to have breached the ministerial code. but a government source has denied that her actions did so. live now to westminster, and our political correspondent, peter saull. give us an update about what we know so far. , ., ., give us an update about what we know so far. , . ., ., ., so far. yes, we are waiting to hear from downing _ so far. yes, we are waiting to hear from downing street _ so far. yes, we are waiting to hear from downing street as _ so far. yes, we are waiting to hear from downing street as to - so far. yes, we are waiting to hear| from downing street as to whether

the conversation that the prime minister was due to have at some point today with his ethics adviser has actually happened. government sources keen to stress that this is just a conversation at this stage, there is no suggestion that they are about to order an investigation into whether suella braverman, the home secretary, broke the ministerial code. rishi sunak, of course, fresh back from the g7 summit injapan and he is probably suffering a little bit with jet lag, and he is probably suffering a little bit withjet lag, and now he is probably suffering a little bit with jet lag, and now having to deal with another set of headlines about a seniorfigure in his government. this was a prime minister on day one who first walked through that famous black door of downing street he promised to govern with professionalism, accountability and professionalism but since then has lost three cabinet ministers, most recently dominic raab, following a bullying probe. and now questions swirling around suella braverman, and perhaps unsurprisingly when asked about this in japan yesterday, unsurprisingly when asked about this injapan yesterday, rishi sunak was

not best pleased and that was the focus of questioning. i not best pleased and that was the focus of questioning.— focus of questioning. i don't know the full details _ focus of questioning. i don't know the full details of _ focus of questioning. i don't know the full details of what _ focus of questioning. i don't know the full details of what has - the full details of what has happened, nor have i spoken to the home _ happened, nor have i spoken to the home secretary. i think you can see first-hand _ home secretary. i think you can see first—hand what i have been doing over the _ first—hand what i have been doing over the last day or so. but i understand she has expressed regret for speeding, accepted the penalty and paid _ for speeding, accepted the penalty and paid the fine. there _ and paid the fine. there is no suggestion that braverman broke ministerial code for the speeding fine but she has paid the speeding fine but she has paid the fine, accepted the points on her licence, it is whether or not she put civil servants in a difficult position by asking them to arrange this private one—on—one speed awareness course. of course, that's available to anyone who gets a speeding fine for the first time, so thatis speeding fine for the first time, so that is a fundamental question and will be the central tenet of the conversation the prime minister will be having with his ethics adviser. but the opposition parties, frankly, smelled blood here. here is sir keir

starmer. ~ , ., _, starmer. well, the ministerial code is re starmer. well, the ministerial code is pretty clear. _ starmer. well, the ministerial code is pretty clear, that _ starmer. well, the ministerial code is pretty clear, that if— starmer. well, the ministerial code is pretty clear, that if you _ starmer. well, the ministerial code is pretty clear, that if you break - is pretty clear, that if you break it, is pretty clear, that if you break it. you — is pretty clear, that if you break it. you are — is pretty clear, that if you break it, you are supposed to go. i don't want _ it, you are supposed to go. i don't want to— it, you are supposed to go. i don't want to get— it, you are supposed to go. i don't want to get ahead of myself because i think. _ want to get ahead of myself because i think. i_ want to get ahead of myself because i think, i don't know all the facts, nobody— i think, i don't know all the facts, nobody knows all the facts and it looks _ nobody knows all the facts and it looks as — nobody knows all the facts and it looks as if — nobody knows all the facts and it looks as if some of the facts are still emerging, so i think the right thing _ still emerging, so i think the right thing to— still emerging, so i think the right thing to do— still emerging, so i think the right thing to do is a proper investigation so the prime minister needs— investigation so the prime minister needs to _ investigation so the prime minister needs to meet his ethics adviser and he says— needs to meet his ethics adviser and he says he _ needs to meet his ethics adviser and he says he is— needs to meet his ethics adviser and he says he is going to do that. they need _ he says he is going to do that. they need to— he says he is going to do that. they need to do— he says he is going to do that. they need to do an investigation. we he says he is going to do that. they need to do an investigation.- need to do an investigation. we are exectin: need to do an investigation. we are expecting updates _ need to do an investigation. we are expecting updates from _ need to do an investigation. we are expecting updates from downing i expecting updates from downing street in the next hour or so. at the moment, the daily briefing for lobbyjournalists, westminster —based politicaljournalist is —based political journalist is happening, —based politicaljournalist is happening, so we may get an updated line from the prime minister �*s official spokesperson from that, and then this afternoon, suella braverman has to stand up in the house of commons herself to answer the regular questions for the parliament, home office question due to get under way at 2:30pm. is parliament, home office question due to get under way at 2:30pm.— to get under way at 2:30pm. is there a feelin: , to get under way at 2:30pm. is there a feeling. do — to get under way at 2:30pm. is there a feeling. do you _ to get under way at 2:30pm. is there a feeling, do you think, _ to get under way at 2:30pm. is there a feeling, do you think, that - to get under way at 2:30pm. is there a feeling, do you think, that there i a feeling, do you think, that there is pressure on suella braverman today? is pressure on suella braverman toda ? . , , , today? inevitably, there is. i su - ose today? inevitably, there is. i suppose ministers _ today? inevitably, there is. i suppose ministers ordinarily | today? inevitably, there is. i- suppose ministers ordinarily feeling the heat like this would want to

hide away, but she has no choice, she has to stand up in the house of commons. and interestingly, the prime minister straight after will give a statement on the g7 summit where we saw him speaking over the weekend. but suella braverman already has a marked card. she admitted breaking the ministerial code when liz truss was briefly prior minister and that was because she used a private e—mail for government information. she admitted that she made a mistake there. she went in a bit of a blaze of glory, criticising the then prime minister, liz truss. quite a divisive figure. suella braverman has plenty of supporters on the right of the conservative party and some of her allies have been suggesting that this is a deliberate attempt to try to remove her position from the civil service, to remove her position from the civilservice, but to remove her position from the civil service, but equally she is someone i think rishi sunak will want to keep in that top job because she does represent an important wing of the party. she does represent an important wing of the -a . ., ~ she does represent an important wing ofthe -a . ., ~ live now to nick freeman, a lawyer who specialises in road traffic law and has been

dubbed "mr loophole". ami am i allowed to say that? i have trademarked it, so i don't have a right to stop you! it sounds interesting. tell me about loopholes here, because obviously, having read what you have said before, you maintained that it is perfectly legal to request to have your speed awareness course done on a one—to—one basis. is that the case under uk law? a one-to-one basis. is that the case under uk law?— a one-to-one basis. is that the case under uk law? absolutely so, yes. it is not widely — under uk law? absolutely so, yes. it is not widely known. _ under uk law? absolutely so, yes. it is not widely known. i _ under uk law? absolutely so, yes. it is not widely known. i have - is not widely known. i have requested it for several clients, andindeed requested it for several clients, and indeed have been contacted on one occasion by a provider because my client was so well known, and askedif my client was so well known, and asked if they would be willing to undertake the course on a private one—to—one basis. the reason is very simply because you don't want the person to prove such a distraction

that the learning curve actually dissipates. you want people to benefit from attending the course, rather than being distracted by who was on the course. so it does make sense. occasionally, when you have someone who is world—renowned for whatever skill set they have, it is ideal that they do a course by themselves because otherwise people will not concentrate on what they are learning, they concentrate on who actually is in the course. i who actually is in the course. i suppose the issue here is twofold. it is about ministerial code, and it is about the fact that there may be evidence that those working for suella braverman who were asked by the media whether or not she even had a speeding ticket told the media, apparently, that she did not. do you accept that there is a possibility that these two issues moving forwards could put her in difficulty? moving forwards could put her in difficul ? ~ ., �* ~' ., difficulty? well, i don't know whether at — difficulty? well, i don't know whether at the _ difficulty? well, i don't know whether at the time - difficulty? well, i don't know whether at the time she - difficulty? well, i don't know whether at the time she said | difficulty? well, i don't know - whether at the time she said she had a speeding ticket and she said she didn't, whether that was true or not. what do you mean by a speeding ticket? we get a notice through the

post asking you to confess to who the driver was. that is not a speeding ticket, although colloquia that's how it is referred to. a speeding ticket is when you actually get a summons. so i would say her denial at that point was correct, it was accurate. in terms of whether or not she has misused the ministerial code must surely the issue is if she has done something that is improper and asked somebody else too, if you like, conspire with her on that, then of course there will be a breach. but here we are talking about something that is, she is perfectly entitled either through a lawyer or herself to request a private one—to—one session. there is nothing unlawful about that. it's rare that it happens, but it is not unlawful. that being so, it is almost, to suggest this is a matter whereby she needs to fall on her sword. if she was suggesting that she had to do something unlawful, like she wanted someone else to take

the points, or something that was a serious criminal offence and she asked others to be involved, that i don't think there would be a discussion about whether or not she has breached the ministerial code. my has breached the ministerial code. my view here is that there is a breach because you should not have asked public servants to interfere, or meddle with what is in essence a private matter, but having said that, it is so small. she has not asked them to do anything improper, but she should have asked someone who is not financed by the taxpayer. ironically, had she instructed a lawyer, and she is a lawyer herself, she well knows, the matter would have been covered by privilege and confidentiality and no one would be any the wiser and there would be having this discussion now. maybe she has learnt a lesson for herself the future. one final point is, isn't this a lost opportunity because much and she have come out when she was attorney general, held her hands up, set i've been caught speeding, i'm really sorry, iam ashamed, i'm going to do a course to make me a better and safer driver.

that would have been a better way of dealing with it from a pr perspective. dealing with it from a pr persoective-_ dealing with it from a pr perspective. dealing with it from a pr --ersective. or ., ., ., dealing with it from a pr --ersective. or ., ., perspective. nick freeman, good to talk to you. — perspective. nick freeman, good to talk to you, thank _ perspective. nick freeman, good to talk to you, thank you. _ russia claims that the transfer of f—i6 fighter jets to ukraine would raise questions about nato's role in the conflict. president biden on friday said washington would support delivery of the advanced fighterjets to kyiv by allowing western allies to supply them. russia's ambassador to the us anatoly antonov says, "there is no infrastructure for the operation of the f—16 in ukraine, and the needed number of pilots and maintenance personnel is not there either". and he says any ukrainian strike on crimea would be considered a strike on russia. he says "it is important that the us be fully aware of the russian response". the eastern city of bakhmut. ukraine's deputy defence minister says its troops are still advancing on the flanks of the devastated city and have a small foothold inside bakhmut itself.

but in a video posted on saturday, yevgeny prigozhin, founder of the moscow—backed mercenary group wagner, claimed his fighters, who have led the russian assault on the city, were in full control. our diplomatic correspondent james landale has sent this update from kyiv. first of all, there are claims, its hard to verify what is actually happening on the ground. we can use satellites, we can use geo— located photographs on social media, to try to get a better picture, but by and large what we think is the case is, at the very least, russian forces control the vast majority of bakhmut proper. when you speak to ukrainian commanders, they say things like, we got a small number of buildings, an insignificant patch. that has been the case, you know, for some weeks now. they may or may not come a time when that last little patch is taken

over by russian forces and will have to rely on both them and the ukrainians and what they admit at the end of it. but, we should not use at the moment things like victory, simply because it has taken russia eight months to get here. tens of thousands of russian soldiers have died in the process and many more have been injured. even more have been sucked into the conflict. there are many other battles along the front line, where ukraine is holding firm, holding strong, even making games because of the number of russian forces that have been sucked into bakhmut. at the same time, ukraine claims that it is making its own games in the northern southern outskirts potentially with a view to encircling temper macro. we are not at the end of the story of bakhmut. well today bbc news has launched a new brand — bbc verify, which brings together forensic journalists and experts from across the organisation. and one story they've been looking at is the extensive defences being built by russia as it prepares

for a ukrainian counter—attack. here's our analysis editor ros atkins. ukraine is expected to launch an offensive soon and bbc verify has been looking at how russia is building its defences. here is a front line with russian —controlled territory marked in red. we have highlighted bakhmut because the city has hosted some of the fiercest fighting of this war. around it, both sides have used a trenches. this is a ukrainian soldier. trenches are part of how russia is fortifying the front line. it is a process that has been mapped by the open source analyst brady affleck and every one of these black marks is a new russian fortification. we can focus on a couple of all, a small but strategically important city, topmak. look what the russians have done. they have put in a first

defensive line, a second defensive line, and then a third defensive line, and then a third defensive line around the city itself. also in ukrainian media, there are reports that russia is removing civilians in order to further fortify it. furthest from the front line we have artillery positions, then a trench network. just, then what are called dragons teeth. these are concrete obstacles, designed to stop tanks in their tracks. also aimed at tangs are ditches, dug out by vehicles like this. and you can see an anti—tank ditch, and this fortification is the very first line of defence. so that's one location. a second that bbc verify has looked at is on the crimean peninsula which was annexed by russia in 2014. this image comes from the west coast of crimea. you can see dragons teeth again, running up the coast of the black sea. you can see further north, a bunker, and also this trench. bbc verify estimates that runs the 15 miles along the coast.

there are also piles of wood to reinforce trenches. this is ongoing work for the russians, and then this fortification here could be used by a tank or armoured vehicle that is facing out to sea, though we should emphasise that it is far from clear if ukraine has the capacity to attack crimea from the sea. what is certain though is the scale of the fortification the russians have carried along the front line. now it waits to see if ukraine attacks. that was ross atkins from the bbc �*s verify service. expect to see a lot more verification of pictures of different viewpoints that we get here at the bbc throughout the day to day, and indeed going into the future. but now, let's cross now do the british army veteran justin crump. bakhmut, why does it matter? imean, i mean, it's a great question. it

was really regard a few months ago as little more than a speed bump for the russians on their way to the city is further to the west, their real objectives. it has taken on a significance, reallyjust because of the political nature of the struggle for the city which has gone on for so long. it is assumed estate is out of all relative merits compared to its position on the ground, its tactical significance, so it is not a great step forward militarily, but obviously politically and in terms of morale it has had similar sum for the russians in particular.— the russians in particular. bakhmut is a small, the russians in particular. bakhmut is a small. but _ the russians in particular. bakhmut is a small, but the _ the russians in particular. bakhmut is a small, but the russian - the russians in particular. bakhmut is a small, but the russian advance| is a small, but the russian advance has been steady. we have a map in fact, justin, to show their progress since they said it was their intention to take bakhmut in august. took me through the progress as we watch the map unfold. the took me through the progress as we watch the map unfold.— took me through the progress as we watch the map unfold. the main thing i will brina watch the map unfold. the main thing i will bring in — watch the map unfold. the main thing i will bring in here _ watch the map unfold. the main thing i will bring in here is _ watch the map unfold. the main thing i will bring in here is a _ watch the map unfold. the main thing i will bring in here is a fact _ watch the map unfold. the main thing i will bring in here is a fact that - i will bring in here is a fact that obviously we are pretty zoomed in at the moment from the maps we saw in the moment from the maps we saw in the conflict, with big russian arrows advancing 1500 kilometres a day. this is a small area, but you

can see the progression of russia from the east steadily, frontal on to the city, just pushing the ukrainians back. inch by inch, yard ljy ukrainians back. inch by inch, yard by yard, but they do take a couple of the city. the cityjust to the north was a good objective for russia to unlock the objective on temper macro itself, but this is a comparatively small city, certainly compared to mariupol. it is inching forward, just pushing the ukrainians back from the front. what you are not seeing is russia breaking past the city, isolation or cutting supply lines to the city. they still have not done that. so when they talk about control, yes, you might be at the limits of buildings, or the edge of a point on the ground politically which defines a city boundary, but if you don't control the roads and high ground to the flanks, then control could be tenuous for russia.— flanks, then control could be tenuous for russia. looking ahead, the s-urin tenuous for russia. looking ahead, the spring offensive _ tenuous for russia. looking ahead, the spring offensive looks - tenuous for russia. looking ahead, the spring offensive looks now - tenuous for russia. looking ahead, the spring offensive looks now like | the spring offensive looks now like it will become a summer offensive.

we saw roz atkins showing us the static defences. as a former tank commander yourself, static defences. as a former tank commanderyourself, how static defences. as a former tank commander yourself, how do you stop this type of advance? i commander yourself, how do you stop this type of advance?— this type of advance? i think the oint of this type of advance? i think the point of obstacles _ this type of advance? i think the point of obstacles i _ this type of advance? i think the point of obstacles i will - this type of advance? i think the point of obstacles i will bring - this type of advance? i think the l point of obstacles i will bring out, if you look at all these belts and miles, 1500 kilometres of obstacles in multiple banks, it does look formidable. i do the calculations and russia, if they have 150,000 combat troops on the front could put one every ten metres and that is in a line with nothing behind it. but busy they will have depth, as you have seen from those images, it is about the depth of obstacles they have. they don't have troops to fortify every inch of this. they are not sitting like the first world war arm in arm, so the point of obstacles is really too slow and assault to make it difficult, and then bring down artillery fire, bring down weapons fire. we have a saying in the military that it isn't an obstacle if it's not covered by fire, if you can't fire and or bring weapons to bear on it. so that's what makes it dangerous. of course,

if ukraine can do a crossing somewhere and start breaking through without the russians be able to see them or cents in, then this isjust an engineering task. it's a case of blowing up minefields of pushing dragons teeth obstacles out of the way, filling in trenches, and that is pretty easy if no one is firing at you. but if you are being fired fired at by artillery, that's what makes it difficult. this is a challenge for ukraine. how do they use deception question but how do they use stealth because mark do they use stealth because mark do they miss lead to the russians, paralyse russian reserves, detect russian artillery early and kill it, and of course the constant battle for awareness which gives this new ability to see over the hill and see what each side is planning, that makes this more challenging there may be would have been in 1991 in the gulf. there, there were similar levels of obstacles, not quite as complex as this, but some of the same velocity. of course, that's an almighty challenge for any commander. i think the merit of

ukraine taking their time now, russia is on the defensive and they have time, they can build up their supplies, and then proceed. always aood to supplies, and then proceed. always good to talk — supplies, and then proceed. always good to talk to _ supplies, and then proceed. always good to talk to you. _ supplies, and then proceed. always good to talk to you. a _ supplies, and then proceed. always good to talk to you. a very - supplies, and then proceed. always good to talk to you. a very clear, i good to talk to you. a very clear, concise explanation of what is going on, and i appreciate your time. thank you. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some stories making news across the uk. a report says that many of the young survivors of the manchester arena bombing have failed to receive adequate psychological support. it's six years since the attack in which 22 people died and more than 900 were injured at an ariana grande concert. the report, by the charity national emergencies trust and lancaster university, suggests some have been offered no support at all. the labour leader, keir starmer, has pledged to get the nhs "off its knees" by tackling waiting lists and deaths from heart disease and stroke. he's been setting out his plans for the health service, should labour win the next general election, during a speech in essex. earlier, he acknowledged to the bbc that his plans could take up to ten years to achieve.

two leading academics are calling for all potential work—related suicides to be investigated by the health and safety executive. writing in the british medical journal, the experts said change was needed after the death of the head teacher, ruth perry, following an ofsted inspection. the watchdog says it carries out its work professionally and sensitively. you're live with bbc news. real madrid has lodged a hate crime complaint with spanish prosecutors over racist chants hurled at brazilian player viniciuer during sunday's match at valencia's mestalla stadium. we will have more on this later on, but a few bits of breaking news on this story before i move on. we have had a statement in the last few minutes from real madrid, and it looks like they have filed a criminal complaint today, monday,

with spanish prosecutors over said racist abuse towards the brazilian forward, vinicius racist abuse towards the brazilian forward, viniciuer, which he received during the weekend against a match against valencia. real madrid have called it a hate crime. we have also had the head of the national football federation, we have also had the head of the nationalfootball federation, the r f e f, who has said that spain has a problem with racism. he said that in reference to those racist chance, which were thrown at vinicius reference to those racist chance, which were thrown at viniciuer during that match. our reporter has been looking into this story for us and we will have a special report from him in a few moments. before we do, i want to tell you a little bad about what is going on in pakistan. the political crisis has continued to rage for the past ten days. it comes on top of a deep economic crisis that's left it with enough foreign exchange to pay only month's worth of imports. it was the arrest of former prime minister imran khan earlier this month that

saw his supporters take to the streets, even entering the army headquarters compound, and unpredecented anger is now being publicly expressed against the powerful army. imran khan has been speaking to the bbc�*s mishal hussain — about the instability in his country, and about his arrest earlier this month. the way to bring stability to pakistan is free and fair elections. what free and fair elections would do is they would bring political stability, and once you have political stability, only then can you bring economic stability. right now, because there is a political instability, no one knows where the country is going. people are not even sure the elections will be held on time. already, the government has violated the constitution that to provincial assembly elections were supposed to be held in punjab, 70% of pakistan. they were supposed to be held on may the 14th. so the governor has already violated the constitution. the reason being, they

are scared that my party is so ahead in the polls, they are scared they will lose. so they have violated the constitution. my worry right now is they won't even hold the elections in october. live now to our pakistan correspondent, caroline davies. caroline joins carolinejoins us from caroline joins us from islamabad. carolinejoins us from islamabad. we heard a clip of what mr khan spoke about, but he went on to make certain claims about his supporters. how difficult is it to verify these claims? it how difficult is it to verify these claims? , , how difficult is it to verify these claims? , '. claims? it is politically difficult, liven that claims? it is politically difficult, given that imran _ claims? it is politically difficult, given that imran khan - claims? it is politically difficult, given that imran khan is - claims? it is politically difficult, | given that imran khan is making claims? it is politically difficult, i given that imran khan is making a case without providing evidence to us to back them up. if you different claims he made during the course of the interview, he said when he is appearing in court tomorrow here in islamabad, he expects 80% chance that he will be arrested. to give you some context, imran khan tweeted last week that he thought he was about to be arrested again, but then was not. he has currently got bail

until the end of the month and it is perfectly possible that a different case can be brought against him, but at the moment that has not happened and imran khan is not preventing us that mark —— presenting us with that evidence. he also said his party did not have any violence in it. it is true that the pt! has not been encouraging people to act in a violent way, but when we covered the protests we saw people that were very vocal supporters of imran khan out on the streets, throwing stones and using slingshots against the police. so there was certainly a level of fun is being used by people that we spoke to that supported imran khan. another point he made was, he suggested that there had been people who were essentially interlopers inside the crowd that were trying to encourage people to attack the buildings, the army buildings. again, he provided no evidence, is a really difficult for us to verify any of these claims being made by the former pro—minister of pakistan, imran khan. pro-minister of pakistan, imran khan. ., ., . ~' pro-minister of pakistan, imran khan. ., ., ., ,, ., ., khan. caroline, thank you. caroline davies our— khan. caroline, thank you. caroline

davies our correspondent _ khan. caroline, thank you. caroline davies our correspondent in - davies our correspondent in islamabad. as always, you can go to the website for the very latest on what you have been watching him on bbc news, including much more from our new bbc verify. stay with us on the bbc, i'm back with a couple of minutes. this week may not technically speaking bring us a heatwave, however it is going to feel warm where you get to see some sunshine, and it is going to be largely dry. but it certainly hasn't been wall—to—wall sunshine everywhere so far today. this was suffolk earlier on, with quite a lot of cloud in the sky. a cloud across central and eastern parts of england has been producing the odd spot of drizzle. they should be more brightness here towards the end of the day. we also have a stripe of cloud pushing south across southern scotland and northern england which could generate the odd shower. highest averages across parts of the west midlands, south—east wales and south—east england, up to 23 celsius. tonight it will be

predominantly dry with clear spells and variable amounts of cloud. more generally cloudy weather rolling into northern ireland and western scotland later in the night. a little bit chilly for some of us, one or two places down to four or five celsius. the weather this week dominated by this big egg —shaped area of high pressure. it extending in from the atlantic and that will keep things largely dry. the winds coming in around the top of that area of high pressure. not a particularly warm wind direction, but not feeling too bad when you get some sunshine there will be spells of sunshine tomorrow and perhaps the best of that will be across england and. more cloud in northern ireland and. more cloud in northern ireland and scotland, and may bejust squeezing out the odd spot of drizzle in places. temperatures a touchdown on the values today for many of us, but regardless of the temperature is, if you have sunshine overhead, uv levels moderate or high, so do protect yourself if you are out for any length of time. wednesday, we will see a frontal system pushing south across scotland and northern ireland. a very weak affair, a little bit of rain and

certainly an area of cloud. south of that, sunny spells for england and where is, and a slightly warmer day with highs of 21 celsius. always a little bit cooler across the north west of scotland. later in the week, our area of high pressure is expected to move eastwards. that will keep things largely dry. depending on the exact shape of this high, the exact positioning of the high, the exact positioning of the high, we may start to tap into some slightly warmer airfrom high, we may start to tap into some slightly warmer air from the south—east. that is open to question, but there are signs that through the end of the week and into the weekend it could turn a little bit warmer for some of us. not a heatwave, but feeling pleasant in the sunshine.

this is bbc news, the headlines. the uk home secretary says she's confident nothing untoward happened in relation to a speeding fine she received last year. i regret that, i pay the fine and i took the points. the battle for bakhmut continues — a russian mercenary group claims its fighters have taken control of the ukrainian city, but president zelensky insists that's not the case. bbc news launches bbc verify — our new team looks at how russia is fortifying its defences. ahead of an expected ukrainian counter—offensive. the spanish football giants real

madrid launched a hate crime complaint after their striker