also very grateful to the wider beach—goers who really quickly moved from the _ beach—goers who really quickly moved from the beach and allowed emergency services _ from the beach and allowed emergency services to— from the beach and allowed emergency services to do their work. this incident — services to do their work. this incident sparked a multi—agency response — incident sparked a multi—agency response from a range of emergency services, _ response from a range of emergency services, including the ambulance service. _ services, including the ambulance service, her majesty's coastguard, rnli. _ service, her majesty's coastguard, rnli, the — service, her majesty's coastguard, rnli, the fire service, bcb council and dorset — rnli, the fire service, bcb council and dorset police. all these emergency responders came together to provide _ emergency responders came together to provide a really swift and well coordinated response, and did everything they could to save lives. ithank— everything they could to save lives. i thank all— everything they could to save lives. i thank all of those responders for their— i thank all of those responders for their professionalism and their compassion in the face of this tragedv — compassion in the face of this tragedy. an investigation into the circumstances surrounding this incident — circumstances surrounding this incident has been launched. and we are working —

incident has been launched. and we are working alongside marine accident _ are working alongside marine accident investigation branch and the maritime and coastguard agency in accordance with established protocols. following our initial inquiries, _ protocols. following our initial inquiries, a man aged in his 40s who was on _ inquiries, a man aged in his 40s who was on the _ inquiries, a man aged in his 40s who was on the water at the time has been _ was on the water at the time has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. as we have a person in custody, _ manslaughter. as we have a person in custody, vou — manslaughter. as we have a person in custody, you will know there is only limited _ custody, you will know there is only limited information i can give about the investigation. however, to avoid further— the investigation. however, to avoid further speculation, i am able to tell you — further speculation, i am able to tell you that it is clear that yesterday, a number of people already— yesterday, a number of people already in— yesterday, a number of people already in the water got into difficulty, and we are investigating the circumstances or event that caused — the circumstances or event that caused that to happen. early investigation indicates that there was no _ investigation indicates that there was no physical contact between vessel— was no physical contact between vessel and any of the swimmers at the time _ vessel and any of the swimmers at the time of— vessel and any of the swimmers at the time of the incident. i can also confirm _ the time of the incident. i can also confirm there is no suggestion of

people _ confirm there is no suggestion of people jumping from the pier orjet being _ people jumping from the pier orjet being involved. —— jet skis being involved — being involved. —— jet skis being involved. you can see the beach which _ involved. you can see the beach which is — involved. you can see the beach which is packed here today. yesterday it would have been a similar— yesterday it would have been a similar picture, very busy indeed. half similar picture, very busy indeed. hatf term — similar picture, very busy indeed. half term for many schools, lots of people _ half term for many schools, lots of people enjoying the sunshine. many people en'oying the sunshine. many --eole people enjoying the sunshine. many people witnessed _ people enjoying the sunshine. id�*ia�*iy people witnessed what happened and what unfolded in the aftermath of the two children and the eight other people who got into difficulty in the water. some of them didn't realise the true horror of what had happened until the police put out a statement late on yesterday. as the officer said, the detective said, a man in his 405 is still in police custody, he was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and he will be questioned by detectives. we don't know anything else about that man. clearly an incredibly tragic

incident, and one can only think of what the families of the two teenagers, the 12—year—old girl and a 17—year—old boy, who died in hospital later yesterday afternoon, what they must be going through today. what they must be going through toda . ~ , ,., , what they must be going through toda . , , . . ,, what they must be going through today. absolutely, and thank you for erseverin: today. absolutely, and thank you for persevering with _ today. absolutely, and thank you for persevering with that _ today. absolutely, and thank you for persevering with that signal break i persevering with that signal break up persevering with that signal break up there. helena wilkinson live in bournemouth for us. when the first covid lockdown came into effect, the government announced a huge package of support for businesses, designed to help those who had to close or change how they work. the biggest scheme was called bounce back loans with more than 1.5 million businesses receiving support. individual businesses borrowed thousands, with no repayments due in the first year. though many are paying back their loans on time, many have gone bust before they were able to pay back the money they'd taken. hannah miller has been hearing from some of those affected. clients are back at this hair salon near nottingham, a far cry from when lockdown began and the money stopped coming in. we had zero coming in

and lots coming out. wasn't a case of the world stops for covid and businesses just stand still, everybody still wanted their money. we had a situation where it was borrow or bust. colette took out a £250,000 government backed loan and agreed to pay it back at a relatively low interest rate over a six—year period. that is now costing her business £8,000 a month and forcing her to make cuts to her budget elsewhere. what effect is it having on the business, having to pay that back? i can't employ apprentices. no investment. it's huge. we'd be normally taking on four apprentices this year, we can't take them on. it's all about growth now, it's all about helping the economy grow. we can't help the economy grow if we are sinking. this not—for—profit music venue in chelmsford emerged from the pandemic with £90,000 of debt.

the owner david's resorted to a crowdfunder to help the company meet its payments and hasn't given himself a wage since august. i've got virtually no savings left so i'm nearly... yeah, it's getting really tough. i hated doing the crowdfunder, i hated it. because you feel like you're asking people for money? i've always paid my way. it's quite embarrassing in a way, but needs must sort of thing. the amount of time some businesses have to repay certain types of loans has been extended by the government, but today, there are calls for more flexibility. it's extraordinary, really. we've kept 5.5 million small businesses going through covid and we did that by allowing them to swim in debt. there is huge amounts of debt surrounding businesses and now we've all got to get together and work out how do we get this out. is there some forgiveness that we can do through the covid debt process? is there something we can do to make it more like a student loan

where you only pay it when you create enough turn over to hit a certain level? there's all these options we should be looking at to get to the small businesses into economic growth. as they're saddled with repayments at a time of spiralling costs, from covid to the cost of living, some businesses feel their difficulties are far from over. hannah miller reporting there. a man whose life was saved by a double lung transplant says it feels like he has a new family after he befriended his donor's relatives. stephen henstridge underwent two failed operations, and had only weeks to live before eventually matching with a 54—year—old woman called michele. 0ur reporter christopher mace has the story. stephen is able to live a relatively normal life, three and a half years on from the surgery that saved him. at the time he wasn't told anything about his donor michelle. but then a year ago, the hospital that handled the transplant gave him the chance to write to her family. stephen penned a letter to michelle's mother linda, and a bond has grown ever since.

he's just the surrogate son i never had. it's been a wonderful experience. i'm just so glad. it makes me so proud of your family and my family. absolutely. to give your family some joy from the tragedy that happened to you when you lost your beautiful daughter, michelle. we're all like—minded people. michelle would have wanted this. this's what she wanted. the two families have gelled. what started as a series of letters to each other has become family visits. today mum linda isjoined by michelle's sisters, who have driven from kent to visit stephen and his wife jackie. and linda thinks her daughter would love to know she made an impact. she would be up there. she was a charitable person, michelle. she done a lot of charity work out in oman, when she lived in the middle east.

and she done a certain amount here in her younger days. so, that's michelle, still giving. she will never go because we have got stephen. and, you know... stephen wrote a book about his experiences, wanting to raise money for the causes that matter the most to him. i've sold 500 now. i've donated £4000 to two charities, royal papworth hospital and the pulmonary fibrosis trust. it is lovely to give something back. i've just started writing a second book, which picks up from the first one, which includes the meeting of our families. it is ongoing at the moment. stephen hopes the second book will raise more money to help people with pulmonary fibrosis and for the hospital to health professionals and that saved his life.

next to an issue i'm sure you've come across on many roads across the country: the problem of potholes. well, one man from 0rpington in south east london was so fed up of the ones in his area, he's taken matters into his own hands. though not how you might expect. he's turning them into art. jay gardner has the story. nasa want to return to the moon in the near future. they've heard about the famous potholes of 0rpington and decided that some of the potholes have a remarkable 0rpington resident tim webb has found a creative way to highlight the issue of potholes. he's turning them into art using the help of some bath time friends in an attempt to speed up repairs. i post it on various facebook groups and i'm amazed at the number of likes i get, sometimes into the hundreds. and people seem to enjoy and understand my sense of humour. bromley council says harsh winter conditions has meant the number of repairjobs has gone up, but it is investing more money

into solving the problem. i have used the official channels. there is a system called fix my street and because i'd been doing this for a while and some of the potholes hadn't been resolved, i decided to try a slightly different approach, which is why i went down this route in particular. to me, it's the planning and the preparation is all part of it, because i try and tell a story from the particular pothole. and it's something that i suppose i find almost as an intellectual challenge. how can i put the message across in a humorous way, but still make the point that there is a serious issue behind all of this? coming up at two, all the day's headlines on bbc news now with tanya beckett. first, it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. today is the first day of meteorological summer and for some parts of the country at least, it looks and feels like summer. this is west wales earlier on today, and it's again the western side

of the uk that seeing the best of the sunshine, the higher temperatures, typically into the low 205 again. further east, it's more of a struggle with that cloud that's feeding in from off the north sea. where the cloud remains, 14 degrees is going to be a typical temperature here. even late afternoon, we've got a few patches of cloud through scotland and the midlands, it's mainly eastern england that keeps the cloud through the rest of the day. and that cloud will push its way back inland across england and wales over night. quite thin cloud, mind you, it's going to be dry. should be dry and clear for northern ireland and scotland, quite chilly in eastern scotland. temperatures down to two or three degrees. it's across england and wales that we start quite cloudy but the air is going to be drier tomorrow, the cloud is thinner, so it's more likely to become more readily. to break up more readily. and by the time we get into the afternoon, as you can see, pretty sunny just about everywhere. just a few patches of cloud running onto some of those north sea coasts. and in the south—east, particularly kent and essex, it's still going to be quite breezy out there. the wind is still coming

in off the north sea. so right on the coast temperatures will be a bit lower. but elsewhere temperatures widely19 to 21 celsius and it looks like it is going to be sunny for most places as well. the sun is going to be strong, mind you. high uv levels. all the way from the channel islands up to the north isles of scotland. dry day in europe, the rain is still here across the south and the weather pattern isn't really changing as we head into the weekend. more thunderstorms through the mediterranean, more dry weather across much of northern europe, as high pressure continues to dominate over the uk. still quite breezy through the english channel and the south—east of england, perhaps, but a lot of sun sunshine around on saturday. until you get up towards northernmost parts of scotland including the northern isles, this time, where we will see cloud. temperatures will be a little bit lower here. otherwise in the sunshine, creeping up to 21 or 22 degrees quite widely. and with that high pressure still in charge, as we head into sunday, again, sunshine for most places. there is cloud just toppling in across northern scotland through the north sea,

perhaps hanging on to those north sea coasts, keeping it cooler. away from here, sunny skies will continue. temperatures up to 22 or even 23 celsius.

live from london, this is bbc news. at a meeting of european leaders in moldova — president zelensky demands that ukraine be urgently allowed tojoin nato and the eu. there are only two alternatives to these, either an open war or creeping russian occupation. financial markets breathe a sigh of relief as the us house of representatives votes to suspend the debt limit. a deadline looms for the uk government to release former prime minister borisjohnson's unredacted whatsapp messages to the covid—i9 inquiry.