submersible in the operator of the submersible in the operator of the submersible in the atlantic ignored warnings. deep sea experts repeatedly warned the head of the company — but he dismiseed those claims. there is a price to pay, and it's a terrible price, so it should never be allowed to happen again. it shouldn't have been allowed to happen this time. we'll have the latest. and in our other main story this evening... a man has been found guilty of the murder of a police custody sergeant with a gun he had smuggled into a police cell. his life was taken to soon, in the line of duty, doing a job that he loved — a cruel end to a lifetime of service and dedication. the supermarket industry hits back after the prime minister warns them that their prices need to be "fair". and i'm at glastonbury, where the arctic monkeys will headline later,

only confirmed this morning after a laryngitis scare, where we are waiting for another surprise act here, any moment now. and coming up on bbc news, england start their first innings 473 runs behind australia on day two of the women's ashes test, hoping to bat for a long time yet at trent bridge. hello. the bbc has seen emails revealing the operators of the submersible that went missing near the wreck of the titanic on sunday with five people on board repeatedly dismissed warnings over safety concerns. the correspondence was with a leading deep sea exploration specialist. rob mccallum told the submersible operators' ceo, stockton rush, that he was potentially putting his clients at risk and urged him to stop using the sub

until it had been classified by an independent body. but mr rush responded that he was "tired of industry players who try to use a safety argument to stop innovation. we'll have the latest on the search for the vessel, after debris was found on the sea floor. but first, here's our science editor, rerbecca morelle, we already know that experts had issues with the safety of the titan submersible. their worries were over its unusual design, its non—spherical shape,?the reliability of the material it was made of — carbon fibre —?and the fact it had also not been through any external independent certification or classing process. now the bbc has been exclusively given an email exchange between stockton rush — the ceo of oceangate, who died in the incident — and a leading underwater exploration specialist, rob maccallum, who has overseen numerous deep—sea explorations. in an email sent in 2018, rob maccallum warned stockton rush:

i have given everyone the same honest advice, which is that until a sub is classed, tested and proven, it should not be used for commercial deep dive operations. he went on, as much as i appreciate entrepreneurship and innovation, you are potentially putting an entire industry at risk, so i implore you to take every care in your testing and sea trials and to be very, very conservative. a few days later, stockton rush replied. he told rob mccallum, i've grown tired of industry players who try to use the safety argument to stop innovation and new entrants from entering the small existing market. since the formerfounder small existing market. since the former founder of oceangate and i started ocean gates, we heard the baseless cries of you are going to kill someone way too often. i take this as serious personal insult. the

next day, rob mccallum replied in the starkest terms. i think you are potentially placing yourself and your clients in a dangerous dynamic. ironically, in your race to titanic, you are mirroring that famous cry, she is unsinkable. oceangate's lawyers then contacted rob mccallum and threatened legal action. today we've contacted them again, and they say they have no additional information. rob mccallum maintains that no—one should have gone in this submersible. if you steer away from sound engineering principles, which are all based on won experience, dart—mac so does safety stifle innovation? safety stifle innovation? this sub —?called the limiting factor?— has made many dives to the deepest part of the ocean —

the mariana trench, which lies nearly iikm down. nothing is more unique or cutting—edge, but the team behind it worked with assessors to give the sub full safety certification. its pilot, victor vescovo, says this incident should change the industry. there will be requirements for safety standards to be put in place. so the irony is almost profound, that separated by 100 years, new restrictions on operations may be imposed to make them say. the deep sea community doesn't want underwater exploration to stop, but they are adamant that what happened to the titan must never happen again. rebecca, thank you. family members of one of the british passengers on board, have called for a full investigation. meanwhile the recovery operation continues after debris from the titan submersible was found yesterday. 0ur north america correspondent john sudworth has the very latest.

the investigation into what went wrong on board will be hugely complex. with its shattered hull now lying on the bottom of the mid atlantic ocean, navy robots are continuing to photograph and map the wreckage. but, however difficult, relatives of those lost on board say getting answers is vital. there should be a full investigation into why it happened, what exactly went wrong. and... ..0ceangate maybe should be sued. the timeline of the disaster is becoming clearer. on sunday at midday, the titan submersible starts what should be a two—hour descent. less than two hours later, communications with it are lost. by seven o'clock, the submersible is scheduled to return to the surface, but it fails to appear. on monday, us and canadian ships

and planes are swarming the area, some dropping sonar buoys that can monitor to a depth of 13,000 feet. on tuesday, sounds are detected by canadian maritime aircraft, using equipment to trace submarines. last night, there is news that debris containing pieces of the submersible has been found near the wreckage of the titanic. officials say it's consistent with a sudden loss of pressure and an implosion. and today we found out that an analysis of acoustic data shows that on sunday, at around 13:45 gmt, the us navy detected an anomaly consistent with an implosion or explosion in the general vicinity of where the titan submersible was operating when communications were lost. along with the billionaire explorer hamish harding, the others on board were british businessman shahzada dawood and his son sulaiman, the french explorer paul—henri nargeolet,

and the subs us captain, stockton rush. every time i dive, i see something i've never seen before. deep sea experts had raised concerns about safety, according to the director of the movie titanic, james cameron, who has completed 33 dives to the wreck. i would submit that there's a terrible irony here. here we have, at the wreck of titanic, we now have another wreck that is based on, unfortunately, the same principles of not heeding warnings. any expert who weighs in on this, including mr cameron, will also admit that they were not there for the design of the sub, the engineering of the sub, the building of the sub, and certainly not for the rigorous test programme that the sub went through. at these depths, pinpointing the exact cause of the disaster won't be easy. john sudworth, bbc news, boston. and we can talk tojohn now — we're expecting the first ships

helping the operation to return tomorrow — there has been to this incident? and huge media interest as well, clive, as you would expect. loads of news teams here in boston, still also up in canada, where the search vessels are being sent from and returning to, and around the world, and even now the search for survivors has been called off, the focus continues on the question of risk. everyone accepts these missions are inherently dangerous, but the question here, as you've been hearing, is whether the known risks here in this experimental vessel were a risk to far. but there are wider questions being asked as well, focused on priorities and values in the media coverage. the intrigue that has driven the story, the connection to that historic mystery of the titanic that has kept it at the top of our news bulletins,

questions as to whether all that and this huge amount of interest has overshadowed the other recent maritime tragedy, the sinking of that migrant vessel off greece, with the loss of hundreds of lives. john, thank ou the loss of hundreds of lives. john, thank you for— the loss of hundreds of lives. john, thank you for that. _ a man has been found guilty of the murder of a police custody sergeant with a gun he'd smuggled into a police cell, despite being searched. sergeant matt ratana, who was 5a, died from a gun shot wound to the chest, at a custody block in croydon, in september, 2020. the jury at northampton crown court convicted louis de zoysa, who's 25, of the killing, and heard how he'd managed to fire four shots despite being handcuffed. the metropolitan police is now issuing more than 4,000 hand held metal detectors for body searches to front line officers. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is at northampton crown court.

yes, clive, matt ratana was killed two years and nine months ago. the man who shot him, louis de zoysa, also shot himself, and was so badly brain—damaged it looked like he might never stand trial. his lawyers argued he couldn't understand the trial process, but the judge disagreed on here today, louis de zoysa was convicted of murder. stand up. when louis de zoysa shot sergeant matt ratana dead inside a custody suite in september 2020, it sent shock waves through policing. today louis de zoysa was found guilty of murder. matt ratana was a much—loved police officer and rugby coach and following this afternoon's verdict, his partner spoke of the loss. his life was taken too soon in the line of duty, doing a job that he loved. a cruel end to a lifetime of service. in the days after his death, tributes flowed in from matt's colleagues, from communities, from those he'd served and from those who knew him in his life outside policing. they were a testament to the man that he was.

it had started with a routine stop in the early hours of friday morning. you was walking down the road with a duffel bag, all right, which i believe may have stuff... equipment to do a burglary. in that bag... quite quickly, louis de zoysa admitted he had drugs on him. non—medical cannabis. but pc rich davey then found seven rounds of ammunition. right, at the moment, i'm placing you under arrest for possession of bullets. but despite a lengthy search, the officers somehow missed the antique revolver secreted in a holster under his left arm. in the van, de zoysa moved the gun from the holster into his hands, still cuffed behind his back. at the custody suite, sergeant matt ratana, who was in charge, ordered a search with a metal detector. stand—up. but at that point, louis de zoysa

produced the gun from behind his back and shot sergeant ratana in the heart. welcome to east grinstead rugby football club. i'm matt ratana, head coach. matt ratana was originally from new zealand and a keen rugby player and coach. his brotherjames young said matt was just three months from retiring from the police. he's never coming back. why? tell me why. and he can't believe the metropolitan police allowed a gun into a custody suite. what they've told us, - if they change the procedures and all these sorts of things, they've got metal detectors. where you walk in through now. i'm like, well, they've got those in the police stations here, - they've had them for years. the two officers who searched louis de zoysa have been defended by theirforce. the officers, once they searched him on the street, louis de zoysa always remained in handcuffs.

when the ammunition was found on him on the street, the handcuffs were removed from a front position to a back position. they've been praised for how they tackled the gunman during the shooting. he shot himself in the neck in the struggle and barely survived. de zoysa is permanently brain—damaged as a result. he can hardly talk. in court he used a whiteboard to communicate. he has autistic spectrum disorder but had a successful school career and learned to shoot with the army cadets. 0n the farm where he lived alone, he used his engineering skills to make the nonstandard bullets for the 19th century revolver he'd bought online. he also purchased a holster to conceal the gun. when he was stopped with the firearm, he was near his parents' house. it's not clear if he was there to confront his father, who has convictions for domestic violence against him and his mother. his lawyers argued that the shooting was the result of an autistic meltdown but the jury decided

it was murder. daniel sanford, bbc news, northampton. the supermarket industry has hit back after the prime minister warned they have to price fairly as a result of the increase in cost of living. 0ur result of the increase in cost of living. our business correspondent has that story. food prices have been rising and rising, but with inflation seeming to have peaked, should supermarkets be doing more to bring prices down? in a letter to the governor of the bank of england, the chancellor said there were indications that some were rebuilding profit margins rather than passing on savings to shoppers. why are you blaming supermarkets for prices going up? isn't this to do with your mismanagement of the economy? well, we are looking at everything that we can do to bring down high inflation caused by the aftermath of the pandemic, by putin's aggressive, illegal war in ukraine, but that doesn't mean, as a government, that we're not

going to do anything and that's why we put big support packages in place. the supermarkets are hitting back, saying pricing is competitive, margins wafer—thin and they do all they can to absorb cost pressures and reduce prices. supermarket margins are incredibly slim. they're 2—3% and they're very large, complex businesses. when retailers can reduce their prices, they will, and we're seeing costs of essentials starting to fall now. food prices have been a main driver of the overall inflation picture. even today, prices are rising by 18.3% year on year. that is down a tiny bit on last month, though. what we're paying at the checkout does seem to reflect this. let's take two pints of semi skim milk. back in april last year, they cost about 95p. today, it's £1.25 — 5p cheaper, though, than last month. eggs too. six of them cost about 95p last april. now, that'll set you back £1.45. and fresh veg like carrots, they've gone from 4p

each to about 9p each, more than double. and a block of cheddar cheese increasing in price from £1.60 to £2.25 at least today. shoppers in birmingham today say they have been tightening their belts. definitely shopping more carefully, yeah. i'm still buying treats and stuff, but it's less often. quality is important, but i think cost as well, also very important. sometimes it's cheaperl to buy things en masse, rather than buying smaller- quantities of things, but, yes, definitely increased recently. the government has ruled out introducing price caps on some of our shopping basket essentials but confirmed that the regulator is actively investigating food pricing and will report back injuly. and the chancellor has been meeting mortgage lenders to discuss ways of helping those struggling with high interest rates. marc's here. with the bank of england base rate

now at 5%, most mortgage deals out there closer to 6%, there is a shock looming for all those people coming off of cheap fixed—rate deals or anyone trying to get a mortgage for the first time. the question in recent days, what could the government do? as you say, jeremy hunt has been meeting big lenders today, we are told it was constructive, i think out of it came the word flexibility, really, an agreement for lenders to do everything they can to help people struggling. we knew about some of the stuff they have announced but the big ones, really, firstly, an option to go interest only on your mortgage payment for a short period of time. that would reduce your monthly payments but crucially, you can do this for up to six months without it affecting your credit rating, that key for getting access to other loans and credit cards, that matches a labour pledge. secondly, lenders will delay any repossession proceedings by 12 months to give people that breathing space. so a couple of leavers there. no big surprises, really, no direct state intervention, either. i think there was a wordy, with only a third of uk households with a mortgage, ——

there was a worry, there were fears they didn't want to alienate renters and also stoke inflation. that's really the underlying conundrum here, and the government is desperate to bring that inflation figure down. to do that they need to get people to stop spending money, also keen to boost the economy, they need people to start spending money. that is a very difficult circle to square. the time is 6:19. our top story this evening: the bbc has seen emails which raised serious concerns over the safety of the titan sub. deep sea experts repeatedly warned the head of the company — but he dismiseed those claims. coming up: the 19—year—old from france who's being seen as the brightest prospect in the world of basketball. coming up on bbc news, from a rectangle to a diamond — the transformation of the london stadium pitch is complete, ready for one of major league baseball's most enduring rivalries to roll into town.

and london stadium is transformed as major league baseball returns. the home office is paying more to find homes for record numbers of asylum seekers, than local councils can pay to rehouse people off their own waiting lists. a bbc investigation has found the problem is particularly accute in london, where a number of councils accuse the government, of adding to the problem of homelessness, by moving asylum seekers on, from expensive hotel accommodation. here's michael buchanan. never in my 38 years of my life did i think i'd be living in a hotel room with my two children. all in this room is my whole life. sara—jo croker has been staying in hotels for four months. it's just horrendous. it's absolutely horrendous. herfamily were made homeless when the landlord decided to sell his property. we've got no space at all. the nursery worker has to live here with her eight—year—old daughter and 13—year—old son. they have no cooking or laundry

facilities and have to pay for parking at the hotel. every morning i have to take bags and bags with me to work for washing. then i have to bring it all back in. sometimes i don't get in here until seven, eight o'clock at night. and it's literally... she is having to do her homework on the bed sometimes because he is doing his. it's just horrendous. 0ne london council is spending £850,000 per month accommodating homeless families in hotels. the lack of properties has been exacerbated by a home office contractor called clearsprings. they're outbidding councils for homes as ministers, dealing with a record backlog, try to cut the cost of housing asylum seekers in hotels. the chronic issue of homelessness already existed in london. what's happening is that the home office is contributing to it by not taking a joined up approach. the risk at the moment is we're just all fighting over a diminishing number of properties, rather than looking at how we open up supply.

the home office won't say why its contractor is allowed to outbid councils but it's causing significant problems. this is one of our two bedroom properties that we've just taken on. this not—for—profit company sources properties for ten london councils at prices no higher than the local housing allowance — the maximum level of housing benefit. you've also got a nice primary school close by. 0h, great. not only is the home office contractor paying higher rents, it is also giving landlords higher fees to use their properties. their agent is typically paying £2000, £3000, as we understand it, more to a landlord, which is very attractive, that's about a month's rent. and we just can't compete with that. and what that means is they are swooping up properties before we can get to them. such is the pressure in london that on tuesday, the agency said there were just 18 properties in the entire city that fell within housing benefit levels. with rents soaring, landlords pulling out,

housing benefit frozen for three years and the home office outbidding councils, experts predict that homelessness is only going to get worse. michael buchanan, bbc news, london. a teenage mother has been found guilty of murdering her newborn son. worcester crown court heard paris mayo was 15 when she gave birth unaided at her parents' home, fractured his skull, before putting his body in a black bin bag. her mother found the child the next morning. phil mackie is in worcesterfor us. are really horrific story. yes, and i'm afraid there are some distressing details. this is a case that one spinster please describe as heartbreaking. paris mayo, for the months, when asked whether she was pregnant, said she was not, this was

by members of herfamily pregnant, said she was not, this was by members of her family and pregnant, said she was not, this was by members of herfamily and a nurse who treated herfor a urinary infection, instead she tried not just to conceal her pregnancy but also the birth of her little boy, stanley, she gave birth i needed in a room of her parents house —— unaided. herfatherwas a room of her parents house —— unaided. herfather was ill and her mother was caring for him. she managed to take stanley's body and put it in a black been back during the hearing at worcester crown court, she told the jury she felt worthless because of the awful family situation she was in, but prosecutors said she knew what she was doing, that stanley had been alive for at least an hour or so before she killed him he died of suffocation as well as those fatal head injuries. she will be sentenced here on monday. it's a mandatory life sentence for murder but because she was 15 at the time the likelihood is that she will get a lower tariff, the minimum amount of time she will have to spend in prison before she is eligible for parole. prison before she is eligible for arole. . ~ prison before she is eligible for

arole. ., ~' ,, junior doctors in england have announced they'll strike for five days next month in what's believed to be the longest single period of industrial action in the history of the health service. members of the british medical association will walk out from july 13th to 18th. the planned action could be closely followed by a proposed two—day strike by consultants which they're currently be balloted on. a 19—year from france is the talk of the basketball world after being picked first in the 2023 nba draft. victor wembanyama is seven foot five inches tall, and was selected by the san antonio spurs. he's seen as the biggest prospect in the sport since lebronjames was drafted 20 years ago. here's our sports correspondent, nesta mcgregor. the san antonio spurs - select victor wembanyama! a moment he'd waited for his entire life,

from the playgrounds of paris to the bright lights of america's nba. best night of my life. i've been dreaming about this so long, it'sjust... it's a dream come true, it's incredible. the hype surrounding victor wembanyama has been unreal, comparable to when michaeljordan or lebronjames joined the league. in fact, those who know the game best say they've never seen anything like this french teenager. the 19—year—old has spent the last four years playing in france's top division. officially, he's listed at 75", which would make him the tallest player currently in the nba. he has an eight foot arm span — or wingspan, as it's known in basketball circles. rob, how good could this guy be? one of the best players to ever play the game. we've never seen anything like it. he handles the ball like a 6—foot guy and has the mobility to go by people on the perimeter. usually with these drafts,

you're able to compare these players to other players that are in the league. well, there's no comparison for victor. the 6—figure sponsorship deals are already in place — huge pressure on such young shoulders. but victor wembanyama has already made huge strides on the road to becoming a global superstar. perhaps that's made easier thanks to his size 20 feet. nesta mcgregor, bbc news. 20 feet, my word. it's one of the most important music festivals on the planet, with around 200,000 people gathering at worthy farm in somerset for glastonbury. over the next three days, they'll be lucky enough to see headline acts such as guns n' roses, eltonjohn and the arctic monkeys, who'll be on the main pyramid stage tonight. bean this our culture editor, katie razzall, has that story. the wonderful world of glastonbury, where dressing up is normal and can even be a right royal laugh. this festival town emerges in the somerset countryside,

the size of bath, and for the first time, entirely powered by renewable energy. and if you love it, you really love it. it's my first time. it is incredible. it's more like a city than a village. and what made you want to spend your honeymoon here? because it's glastonbury. it's glastonbury. it's glastonbury, there is no better place to be. yeah, where else would you want to spend your honeymoon? - what's the best thing about glastonbury for you? uh, love the glitter! texas last appeared in the main glastonbury stage in 1999, and today they're back. is that the pyramid stage there? that's the pyramid stage. is there something very validating about it being the pyramid stage? as a female fronted band, yeah. it really is. i'm a bit like, 35 years on, there's not many women in music get to last that length of time, let alone a female fronted band. sol... i feel kind of like, yes! who was here in 1999 when we last played?

cheering. # she has a halo #. the three headliners at this stage this year are male. spiteri agrees with the festival organisers that female artists suffer from a pipeline issue. the pipeline is about who gets put forward, who gets the biggest budgets put into their records, advertising, pushing it forward. a lot of people talk about how much it's changed. it hasn't really. i feel very honoured to be a woman on the pyramid stage. _ maisie peters was up before texas. later, royal blood and of course the arctic monkeys, confirmed this morning after a laryngitis scare for front man alex turner. and throughout the day, the glastonbury perennial, who is tonight's surprise act? and it is the worst kept secret of and it is the worst kept secret of the festival, because onstage behind the festival, because onstage behind me, in front of packed crowds, foo me, in front of packed crowds, foo

fighters came on fighters came on about 15 minutes ago to huge roars. it will be emotionalfor this ban, they haven't performed at glastonbury since the death of their powerhouse drummer taylor hawkins. it feels like this festival is really building now, of course, lizzo, rick astley, artic monkeys and sir eltonjohn on sunday. —— arctic monkeys. is no need for monkeys, i take it, this year! ——