live from london — this is bbc news. a home office source says e—gates are now starting to come back on — after long delays for some passengers travelling to the uk. i'm live at london heathrow, one of many uk airports affected. at both here and gatwick, the royal navy has stepped in to support the border force system. it's the final day of campaigning in turkey ahead of one of the country's most divisive presidential elections. i'm anna foster, live in istanbul. with just hours left before the

polls open, both contenders have been trying their hardest to win over the last looters and bead to�*s new president. in the uk, the post office apologises for using racist language to describe sub—postmasters who were being wrongly investigated as part of the horizon computer scandal. itv says it investigated rumours of a relationship between presenter phillip schofield and a younger employee in 2020 — but both repeatedly denied it. hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. we will start with the latest on those delays getting into the uk at passport control. a home office source has told the bbc that uk border force e—gates are now starting to come back on. a nationwide issue with the e—gates, which started on friday evening, have resulted in long queues

at passport control at airports across the country. the bbc understands the gates will be switched on in the busiest sports first and that the it issue has now been resolved. live now to our reporter david waddell at london heathrow airport. bring us up—to—date, what is happening? it bring us up-to-date, what is happening?— bring us up-to-date, what is ha . henin ? , ,., ., ., bring us up-to-date, what is ha enin? , ., ., , ., happening? it is panning out to be a beautiful bank _ happening? it is panning out to be a beautiful bank holiday _ happening? it is panning out to be a beautiful bank holiday weekend. - happening? it is panning out to be a beautiful bank holiday weekend. so | beautiful bank holiday weekend. so good that i have permission to take myjacket good that i have permission to take my jacket off and good that i have permission to take myjacket off and reporting just my shirtsleeves. it did not start of good for border force, we understand last night at some point about seven or 8pm the e—gates stop functioning with the rest of the border for system. this has created through much of today long queues here and he at gatwick and other airports and

at the eurostar terminal where people are checked at paris and brussels. those queues have died down through the course of the day with the royal navy stepping into help with manual checks at heathrow and gatwick. despite the queues lying down, some people are still been suffering long queues. we have heard from one person in particular who travel to heathrow from chicago, who travel to heathrow from chicago, who explained what he saw on his way into the country. when i arrived at the airport this morning we were first informed that the british airways flight to manchester had been cancelled, which follows from some of the it problem is that they had yesterday. so i decided to take the train to travel to manchester, but of course for that i needed to get out of heathrow airport, and there was absolutely chaos at passport control.

i waited something like 2.5 hours to get out of the airport. and they were people getting really frustrated, there were a couple of individuals that tried to jump queues, where the police had to get engaged. and we also had one of the passengers fainted. it looks like the airport was really not prepared for the amount of passenger volume and they certainly didn't have a contingency plan in case something went wrong with the system. it seems that those managing their problem have made a herculean effort to get the manual checks up and under way, to get the manual checks up and underway, particularly to get the manual checks up and under way, particularly with the royal navy engaged and dealing with the situation. there have been different queues throughout the day and those queues have died down somewhat. now that the e—gates problem seems to have been resolved, they are being opened at some locations across the country. we are

dental by the home office that where the e—gates will be open for us will be at the bases locations. heathrow and gatwick are among the two busiest airports in the uk. it is not clear whether the e—gates will open here for us or where our other locations where the pressure on the system is greater than here. thank ou, system is greater than here. thank you. david. — to turkey now and that big presidential election happening tomorrow, sunday. it's a two—way runoff between the current presdient, recep tayyip erdogan — he's been in powerfor two decades. — and his main rival, the secular opposition leader, kemal kilicdaroglu. in the first round of the election earlier this month, president erdogan won 49.5% of the vote — just over 4% more than his rival. both candidates are now chasing support from nationalist voters. our correspondent anna foster in istanbul.

both of these contenders have really squeezed every last drop out of their containing. even today they have been out in public. kemal kilicdaroglu in the capital, ankara. recep tayyip erdogan here in istanbul. there are both really trying to win over those votes to push them over the 50% mark. it has now come down to a straight run off between these two match candidates. the exportation is that this time we will find out who turkey's next leader will be. let's look at body tell us who the turkish people are choosing between. recep tayyip erdogan in power here for 20 years, first as prime minister, then as president. he has been accused of becoming an increasingly authoritarian leader, changing the rules to keep himself in power. he has also made us a much more deeply

religious country, certainly in terms of civil society, the rule of law, that was beforehand. he and his supporters say he is a strong leadership candidate, that he is the sort of man that turkey needs to really cement its position in the world and deal with some of the problems in turkish society, like the economic crisis for example. he has been calling yesterday on his supporters not to be complacent, i think, not to look at the fact he was so close last time round, to go out today and keep voting. translation:- today and keep voting. translation: �* ., translation: are we running to the olls translation: are we running to the polls tomorrow? _ translation: are we running to the polls tomorrow? will _ translation: are we running to the polls tomorrow? will be _ translation: are we running to the polls tomorrow? will be cast - translation: are we running to the polls tomorrow? will be cast our - polls tomorrow? will be cast our votes from the early hours of the morning prayers we will not lose anyone who voted in the first round. do we agree on that? and for whatever reason, if anyone can't go to vote, we will encourage them as well. . , .

to vote, we will encourage them as well. ., , ., , to vote, we will encourage them as well. . , ., , , well. that is what president ts rece- well. that is what president ts recep tayyip _ well. that is what president ts recep tayyip erdogan - well. that is what president ts recep tayyip erdogan has - well. that is what president ts recep tayyip erdogan has had| well. that is what president ts l recep tayyip erdogan has had to well. that is what president ts - recep tayyip erdogan has had to say. the challenger, kemal kilicdaroglu is a very different character. he is a quietly spoken former civil servant, he spent a lot of his campaign talking about his vision of a more secularfuture campaign talking about his vision of a more secular future for cherokee, talking about a more democratic country, saying that he would improve things like free speech. but his critics say that he would not be strong enough on the world stage. that he has not got the leadership experience to really provide a contrast to mr erdogan, to push things forward the things that he could. but kemal kilicdaroglu has been sent to his voters and some of these floating voters that he can solve some of the problem is that turkey has been suffering. translation: the situation that our country is in right now is not good, . turkey needs to get out of this. to be able to do that, we need to put up a fight together. no matter how we look at the conditions that we are in, a pessimistic atmosphere has been created for everyone. today turkey has some

serious economic problems. we will go to the polls and cast our vote, we will replace an authoritarian government through democratic means. so how do voters right across the country responded to that? what do they think about the issues that they think about the issues that they contenders have really been talking about? the economy is certainly one of the biggest things that people have been considering, turkey's economic crisis has been a long and deep, people really feeling it in their pockets here. things like the country's response, and particularly the government's response to those devastating earthquakes back in february, a lot of people saw that as a slow and are lacking. that did not seem to damage president erdogan�*s support and not those stubborn areas though. increasingly, the issue around refugees, mainly syrian refugees, there are around 3 million in the country. though sites have been

trying to outdo each other in terms of how many refugees they can remove from this country and how quickly. so what you people in istanbul think about all this? i have been talking to them about the issues that will really affect the way that they vote. translation: on the immigration issue, it is important _ to produce permanent policies. i think it is not feasible to find a solution that says they should stay or go. these policies should not be solely made by turkey. it's also important to make those policies in cooperation with neighbouring countries and home countries of foreigners. this way it is going to be more sustainable. i feel very sorry for the migrants. not only syrians, but afghans are residing in turkey now. but i believe they have been receiving too much tolerance. our own population needs jobsjust as much. i think migrants have been given too much. they have even been granted nationality as well, and i find it very upsetting. one man, president erdogan, delivered more than he - promised for 21 years. the opposition is- promising things that reduce the opportunities for young people. - he is trying to divide the country.

if the opposition comes into power, the country will be _ divided in two. erdogan is the most i logical candidate, but i don't want to support erdogan, but there isn't really— another option for me. that is just a flavour of the feeling on the streets of istanbul. tomorrow morning when turtwig up around aam at local time, the polls will open and they will spend the day, right through until 5pm, casting their votes. this one is simple, one ballot paper, to match candidates. when the polls close at 5pm, the canton will start immediately. we expect by tomorrow evening, as people in turkey will start to think about going to bed, a lot of that counting will be done and it will have a clear idea of who turkey's next president will be. here in the uk, hundreds

of sub—postmasters were racially profiled using racist terms, as part of the post office investigation into its failed horizon it system. more than 700 sub—postmasters were prosecuted for false accounting based on information from a flawed system — in what's been described as "the most widespread miscarriage ofjustice in uk history". the post office has apologised. our business correspondent, peter ruddick, reports. more than 700 post office branch managers were wrongly prosecuted when faulty software made it look as though they had taken money. now they've discovered they were also being classified and logged along racial lines, using outdated and racist language. an internal document, which has been made public after a freedom of information request, shows fraud investigators were asked to give all potential suspects a number relating to racial background. the number categories included the terms

chinese/japanese types, dark—skinned european types and an offensive colonial term that refers to people of african descent. bajit ran two post offices in east london with his wife for more than 20 years. he lost his business and was declared bankrupt. after giving evidence to the inquiry into the scandal, he now finds it too traumatic to discuss what he's been through. his son said his family were disappointed but not surprised by the document. it was quite disturbing and itjust goes to show the post office has had a rotten culture at its core for a number of years and this information wasn't made available by the post office. it came about because of campaigners and people fighting forjustice from the post office, so this is how it came to light, otherwise it would have stayed buried for a long time. a spokesperson said...

several sub postmasters have now had their convictions overturned. however, there are many, like baljit, who are still waiting for compensation. peter ruddick, bbc news. moscow is blaming ukraine for multiple attacks in russia. the governor of kursk region said cross—border mortrar fire had killed a construction worker in a border village. the russian defence military also said that they have intercepted two long—range missiles supplied by britain, and shot down 12 drones in the last 2a hours. ukraine's most senior security official has said the country is ready to launch its long—expected counter—offensive against russian forces. in a rare interview, oleksiy danilov told the bbc the planned assault was an "historic opportunity" — but the government

james landale reports from kyiv. this is what's left of bakhmut in eastern ukraine. images filmed by russian forces of the ruins they now largely control. mercenaries from the wagner group claimed they're withdrawing, being replaced by regular russian troops. but ukraine insists its forces are still engaged on the ground in the outskirts, as the country's most senior security official told us. translation: we control. just a small part of the city, and we admit that. but you have to keep in mind that bakhmut has played a big role in this war. are the wagner mercenary group withdrawing, as their leader, prigozhin, says? yes, that is happening. but it doesn't mean that they will stop fighting us. they're going to concentrate more on other fronts. our intelligence is following that.

we understand where they will appear next. they are regrouping to other free locations and we're following that. and all the while, ukraine is preparing a counter—offensive. this propaganda video broadcast by military commanders to raise morale and encourage what they called a decisive offensive — but when might it begin? translation: we will figure out when that will start so that we can have the best result at that point of war. it could happen tomorrow, the day after tomorrow or in a week. it would be strange if i were to name dates or the start of that or another event. that cannot be done. but you're ready? we're always ready. the same as we were ready

to defend our country at any time. and it is not a question of time. we have to understand that that historical opportunity that is given to us by god, to our country, we cannot lose. so we can truly become an independent, big european country. but until that happens, ukraine will remain vulnerable to attacks like this — a hospital in dnipro destroyed by a russian missile that air defences this time failed to stop. james landale, bbc news, kyiv. a 43—year—old man arrested after a car crashed into the gates of downing street earlier this week has been released by police in london but charged with an unrelated matter. seth kneller, from crewe, was taken into custody on thursday on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving. detectives say he's been released pending further investigations on those charges. but he's since appeared in court this morning charged with making

indecent images of children. he's been remanded him in custody ahead of his next hearing on june 23. rugby�*s gallagher premiership final was briefly delayed afterjust stop oil protesters went on the pitch. sale and saracens were playing at twickenham when two men ran from the stands and threw orange paint powder. stewards escorted the protesters away before the match resumed. it is the latest sporting event to be affected after play was halted at the world snooker championship in april. itv has issued a statement saying it investigated "rumours" of a relationship between tv presenter phillip schofield and a younger employee in 2020, but both men "repeatedly denied" it. the statement also says itv spoke to a number of people who worked on this morning, and they were not provided with, and did not find any evidence of a relationship beyond hearsay and rumour. itv says that a statement issued by the presenter on friday reveals

that he lied to people, from senior management to fellow presenters, his agents and to the media over this relationship. on friday, mr schofield released a statement saying he had lied to cover up the relationship, which he described as "unwise, but not illegal." he also resigned from itv, having earlier stood down as a main presenter following reports of a rift with co—star holly willoughby. itv says it feels badly let down by the presenter�*s admissions. our correspondent katherine da costa explained how high—profile the presenter is. he isa he is a presenter on this morning, he had worked on the show for more than 20 years, he had done a string of other presenting roles. there had been months of online speculation about personal relationships, there had been a rift with his co—star holly willoughby. just like the week he had stepped away from this morning. yesterday he released a statement to the daily mail saying

that he did have a consensual on off relationship with her younger male colleague at this morning. he was still married to his wife at the time of the affair, they separated in 2020 after he came out as gay. phillip schofield has said he is very, very sorry for being unfaithful to his wife and for lying to colleagues, friends, family and members of the public about the relationship. he went on to say that contrary to speculation, while he met the man while he was a teenager and asked them to help him to get into television, it was only after he started working for the shout that they came at more than just a friendship. he said he would reflect on his very bad judgment and then lying about it. ellie phillips is a showbiz journalist and presenter — she set out what this means for phillip schofield and itv. i think it's a really troubling time for both of them. obviously, what's happened is really bad news that they're having to deal with. i do worry about phillip schofield's

mental health because it feels like everyone is rinsing their hands of him and saying, we didn't know we had nothing to do with this. you look at how he was given his farewell on monday on this morning, it was 30 second goodbye withjust some pictures and stills of him, which, you know, is odd considering he was there for 21 years. it seemed very lacklustre. i think now moving forward, it's difficult because the questions being asked of who knew at itv. and that's why itv put out a statement today following their statement from yesterday, and today's statement they said that they revealed that they investigated these rumours of phillip schofield's affair with a younger male colleague three years ago, actually, in early 2020, which is when he came out as gay on the programme. they said that both men categorically and repeatedly denied the claims of an affair, as did phillip's then agents. the itv said they also spoke to a number of

people who worked at this morning, they didn't find or were provided with any evidence of anything going on beyond hearsay. and they also added, which i think is extremely telling this is itv said that in phillip's statement yesterday, he revealed that he lied to itv from senior management to fellow presenters to ymu to the media and others over this relationship. so that is itv very clearly saying no one knew, we investigated, we found nothing. both he and the man that he had this affair with lied to us. they kept it from everyone. so i think moving forward, it seems that itv are hoping that they will be able to keep holly willoughby on there by saying, you know, essentially she had no idea this was going on and that moving forward, people who are being tarnished by what happened will remain just phillip, and that everyone else hopefully will come out unscathed. but that remains to be seen, because it's notjust whether they can prove that — it's how viewers react to that. if they can't see that someone, you know, has that integrity, that's where they're really going to struggle. and we'll find out over the next week or so how

their viewing figures do. holly won't be back for at least another week. so this next week will be interesting to see how the 99 is one of the uk's favourite treats — a cone with a scoop of icecream topped with a cadbury flake. but britain's ice cream sellers are complaining that the quality of chocolate flakes has plummeted since production switched to egypt, and they're now too "crumbly". kevin shoesmith went to investigate. good morning to you all. lawrence has got 99 problems. they're his top seller. but he says the quality of the chocolates has crumbled since cadbury moved production of the flake to egypt. well, as you can see, you know, this is just an example when you pick them up and go, put them in an ice cream, you're

left with just bits like this, and it's totally unservable, really. and it'sjust a constant issue with the 99. itjust crumbles, just literally crumbles. and i understand you've looked elsewhere for alternatives? i actually use a german chocolate, a company called hancocks import. the quality is virtually the same as a cadbury�*s flake. as you can see yourself. if you look at the actual product, you can see it's nice and firm and it's together. now if we go back to this here and if you do that, you see, it breaks straightaway into bits. so what does cadbury�*s have to say? well, it insists that the recipe hasn't changed. it says that the chocolate is crumbly by its very nature. it is aware of complaints, but it says that it's made improvements to the production process. just down the road, we spot this group of workmen hard at work. they look as if they could do

with a refreshing ice cream. enjoy that! ice cream men and women are telling us that the flake is too crumbly. have you noticed? i have, ijust nearly choked on this one. once you've opened your flake packet, half the flake has gone to crumbs. so when you're trying to put it in your ice cream, there's nothing there for you to enjoy. would you mind if the flake turned out to be made by another company? as long as it tastes the same, i don't mind. what does that one taste like? very nice. glad to hear it. so, the demand for the 99 is still there for now. but lawrence is hoping the loss of faith in the flake doesn't cause it to crumble. have a lovely day. and that's how you serve a 99! now, how's this for a bun fight? this is the centrepiece of hong kong's bun festival, where 12 people try to race to the top of a iii—metre high bamboo tower covered with imitation steamed buns. the first person to reach the bun

at the top will bring luck to their family. it's the first time in three years the festivities have been held because of the pandemic. that's it from me. i'm lewis vaughan jones. this is bbc news. bye—bye. good afternoon, cloud and sunshine amounts will vary as we head through the next few days. there is some cloud around today, as captured by our weather watcher in the high lands, but lots of blue sky and sunshine. forthe lands, but lots of blue sky and sunshine. for the vast majority of us will be completely dry this weekend with high—pressure dominating. some more spells of sunshine were clouding over too. and this is the cloud produced by our cold front earlier on today on the satellite picture. it is gradually sinking southwards,

introducing more cloud this afternoon across northern ireland and into northern england. brightening up for northern scotland. by the time we get to the end of the day, some strong gusty winds perhaps over the northern isles, but the best of the sunshine in england and wales, temperatures here ranging between 19 and 22c. cooler towards coastal areas. and don't forget the sunshine is strong at this time of year. the uv levels will be high and they will remain high as we head through into next week. and of course the grass pollen season is also just getting under way. now, overnight tonight, we will start to see parts of northern ireland and much of western scotland cloud over. if we do see any prolonged clear spells across the highlands, temperatures could drop very close to freezing. it's milder further south for england and wales, temperatures in mid to high single figures. high pressure still dominates on sunday, it is certainly looking dry and settled. there will be some areas of cloud around, mostly out towards western areas of scotland, where, again, it will feel cooler across northern ireland too. some areas of cloud out towards eastern areas of england, generally a cloudier—looking day with the best of the sunshine

i think for western wales and for the far south—west of england, devon and cornwall. there will always be a cool breeze, it is picking up towards eastern coastal areas by the end of the day. highs of 22 or 23 celsius in the best of the sunshine. let's take a look at bank holiday monday. it is cooler and breezier across the south of england, particularly towards those eastern coasts. again the best of the sunshine further north and west, highs of around 21 celsius perhaps across the central belt of scotland on bank holiday monday. and looking ahead to the rest of the week, well, the high pressure is going nowhere. it is keeping us dry and settled. there will be variable amounts of cloud around at times but also some sunshine and if we take a look at the outlook for our capital cities, you can see that most of the temperatures recover into the late 20s in celsius.

this is bbc news. the headlines: a home office source says e—gates are now starting to come back on after long delays for some passengers travelling to the uk. it's the final day of campaigning in turkey ahead of one of the country's most divisive presidential elections where the economy and immigration are key voter concerns. huge political rallies have been held to drum up support ukraine's most senior security official tells the bbc the country is ready to launch its long—expected counter—offensive against russian forces. in a rare interview, oleksiy danilov describes the planned assault

as an "historic opportunity". itv says it investigated rumours of a relationship between presenter phillip schofield and a younger employee in 2020,