him this is bbc news, the headlines you murder of stephen norris has never been fully sought but a new suspect has been identified in the bbc investigation. an inquest into the death of lancashire mother nicola bulley is told she died by drowning and no—one else was involved in her death. prince william launches a campaign to end hopelessness same it should not be any problem in modern—day society. —— homelessness. here, an inquest into the death

of nicola bulley, whose i was looking to see if there's anything i could find out or anything i could find out or anything i could do and this had always been in the case which was so well known, there was a public inquiry in the 90s and books and films about it. this guy was an anonymised witness called witness k, and he was known to be all over the case. he was at the home of suspects at the knights of the murder and at the source of a lot of information other people had about the murder so i was looking at him and realise he was a suspect and the police eventually treated him as a suspect some years after 1993, seven years

after. so, iwant some years after 1993, seven years after. so, i want to look at him and try to find out what evidence about him being a suspect and look at the polices performance and their response to him and witnesses. fin response to him and witnesses. on that point, we won't know original errors in that first investigation which were then compounded by more errors as information was passed to the police. the errors as information was passed to the olice. , , ., ., the police. the stepfather of matthew white _ the police. the stepfather of matthew white transit - the police. the stepfather of. matthew white transit approach the police. the stepfather of - matthew white transit approach the met with information a friend of his who was an officer and this information made its way to the murder team but it was dealt with in a disastrous way because the wrong information was entered into the police database. they put the wrong name for the personal approach them, the lead wasn't pursued and he wasn't spoken to for 20 years and when he was spoken to he said my relative, my stepson, admitted being there when stephen was murdered and matthew white had said that stephen

lawrence deserved what happened. that is a huge mess by the mets and accepted that and they said it was a significant and regrettable error. just one final question. the former commissioner declared the case in active, what happens now with this orany active, what happens now with this or any other lead? the active, what happens now with this or any other lead?— active, what happens now with this or any other lead? the mets has said that it is an — or any other lead? the mets has said that it is an inactive _ or any other lead? the mets has said that it is an inactive case _ or any other lead? the mets has said that it is an inactive case but - or any other lead? the mets has said that it is an inactive case but not - that it is an inactive case but not closed, they are doing a forensic review. they said that it is a routine forensic review but there is no team actively working on the case, there is no team of detectives pursuing needs. they have said there if there is new information they would look at it and reconsider opening it. certainly first michael's family said they want the other people murdered stephen they want to brought to justice. and other people murdered stephen they want to brought tojustice. and his family hope to see those people eventually put on trial. you

family hope to see those people eventually put on trial.— eventually put on trial. you can watch daniel's _ eventually put on trial. you can watch daniel's full _ eventually put on trial. you can watch daniel's full report - eventually put on trial. you can watch daniel's full report at - eventually put on trial. you can - watch daniel's full report at 8:30pm tonight or in the bbc iplayer, and you can also reach the full investigation. it's fascinating and i recommend it, it's currently online. here, an inquest into the death of nicola bulley, whose disappearance prompted a major search in lancashire injanuary, has heard that she died as a result of drowning. the 45—year—old went missing from st michael's on the wyre. her body was found in the river wyre — a mile from where she was last seen — after a three week search. let's talk to our correspondent danny savage in preston where the inquest�*s taking place. take us through the key things you've been a hearing through the course of today. i you've been a hearing through the course of today.— you've been a hearing through the course of today. i think many people will remember _ course of today. i think many people will remember that _ course of today. i think many people will remember that the _ course of today. i think many people | will remember that the disappearance of nicola bulley injanuary this year, there was a three week gap between her vanishing and her body being found about one and a half miles down river. those three weeks

later. that vacuum was filled at time with the most bizarre speculation on social media about what had happened to her. lancashire police was adamant she had gone into the water, and had never come out. there working. it was proved in due course when her body was found. what we got to know is the formal investigation, the inquest into how she died. 0ne investigation, the inquest into how she died. one of the first witnesses today was the pathologist who talked about how she examined nicolo molly's body after she had been found in river and she concluded that nicola bulley had drowned and that nicola bulley had drowned and that was the cause of death. she was alive when she entered the water and no evidence that she was assaulted or harmed on the day she disappeared. you may also remember that at the time she was missing, police revealed details about her personal life like struggles with alcohol and pathologist today said nicola bulley had not been drinking at all and he had been no alcohol in

her system on a day she died. we heard from other expert witnesses who spoke about the effect of going to into freezing water this year and the shock of it would have rendered most of the unconscious within 30 seconds, and they were saying that going into that water would've been a dangerous thing to do and where she went in she would've struggled to get out of it as well. you she went in she would've struggled to get out of it as well.— to get out of it as well. you talk about expert — to get out of it as well. you talk about expert witnesses - to get out of it as well. you talk about expert witnesses but - to get out of it as well. you talk l about expert witnesses but briefly people in the area have also been given evidence haven't they? that's riaht, given evidence haven't they? that's right. peeple _ given evidence haven't they? that's right. peeple in _ given evidence haven't they? that's right, people in the _ given evidence haven't they? that's right, people in the area _ given evidence haven't they? that's right, people in the area at - given evidence haven't they? that's right, people in the area at the - right, people in the area at the time of the morning she disappeared have also given statements and evidence to the court this afternoon. two were interesting. two women in different parts of the village at the time but they said they heard a scream at the time nicola bulley went into the water. one of the women particularly said it wasn't a scream of someone inhaling, when she heard that sound. it sees interest to hear what people in the area heard that time and also

technical evidence about her fitbit and what it showed might show that she went into water this morning somewhere in the morning. thank you for that danny — somewhere in the morning. thank you for that danny savage _ somewhere in the morning. thank you for that danny savage and _ somewhere in the morning. thank you for that danny savage and preston - for that danny savage and preston for that danny savage and preston for us. a man died after being stabbed at the tram in nottingham. there's a suspect in custody and police say they are not looking for anyone else and it was an isolated incident. the prince of wales is launching a project aimed at making homelessness "rare, brief and unrepeated". the homewards initiative will initially focus on six locations over the course of five years. as our royal correspondent, daniela relph reports, prince william's charitable foundation is providing three million pounds of start—up funding. he'll visit six locations in the next two days for his homelessness project, homewards. this was the first, lambeth. the royal arrival surprised a few passers by. morning, everybody.

the prince of wales was at the mosaic clubhouse. he heard from those who had worked and found help here, from some who were homeless and needed mental health support. telling their story to royalty it made an impact. with his title, it will help, be like, oh, he really cares. from mine and his conversation, he does show that he really does care about what i have gone through. tv presenter gail porter shared her story with prince william, too. she found herself homeless eight years ago. work had dried up, her mental health was in crisis. i did not ask for help, i did not know what to do, which is why i'm so pleased to be involved in this. because, you know, we want to talk to people before they get into the situation i got into. you just ignore it, i was too proud. what does home mean to you? a short film marked the launch of the project. ending homelessness is an ambitious target. prince william is aware he comes

at the subject from a place of immense privilege and that it touches on political issues, too. but he believes he can make a difference. i first visited a homelessness shelter when i was 11 with my mother. the visits we made together a left a deep and lasting impression. i have met so many extraordinary people and listened to so many heartbreaking personal stories. too many people have found themselves without a stable and permanent place to call home. so i am pleased to stand here today, at the start of our path to ending homelessness. and that path begins here in south london. over the next five years, prince william will try to bring together local authorities, businesses, charities and others, to find solutions so that homelessness in modern britain is only ever rare, brief and unrepeated.

daniela relph, bbc news lambeth let's take you to central london and the ongoing inquiry into the uk government's handling of the covid pandemic. giving evidence today is the former deputy chief medical officer — now chief executive of the uk health security agency — dame jenny harries. she was asked if she felt the government try to suppress some information which could have been relevant at the start of the pandemic. i relevant at the start of the pandemic— relevant at the start of the andemic. . , ., u , ., pandemic. i have been accused of auoin to pandemic. i have been accused of going to the _ pandemic. i have been accused of going to the dark— pandemic. i have been accused of going to the dark side _ pandemic. i have been accused of going to the dark side might - pandemic. i have been accused of going to the dark side might thisl pandemic. i have been accused of| going to the dark side might this is the standard thing and it's difficult because as i pointed out when i did, i was a director of public health london in the community and the other side annexed. and the same person with the same professional skills and ambitions. it was a strong perception, i can remember when i joined the organisation from having not been in this area of work at all, why the government was trying to stop everything been published. diminish minute you try to stop and align everything with confusing the public, it was perceived as government won't let us publish signs and it was entirely incorrect. live now to our correspondent ellie

price who's at the covid inquiry. just take us through some of the key planks that you've been listening to through the of today.— through the of today. dame jenny harris was never _ through the of today. dame jenny harris was never going _ through the of today. dame jenny harris was never going to - through the of today. dame jenny harris was never going to be - through the of today. dame jenny harris was never going to be the l harris was never going to be the most outspoken of critics of the government. she was deputy chief medical officer during the pandemic and viewers here in the uk she's a familiarface we saw and viewers here in the uk she's a familiar face we saw regularly on those over 19 reasons. she spoke about the issue, what she saw as her wicked issue that were difficult to grapple with. the issue in terms of planning making decisions on. she spoke about quarantining and how there were maybe exercises that where there was foreseen but getting advice from both scientists and politicians that was difficult. she also spoke about, we heard a lot during this coronavirus inquiry about how there was pandemic flu preparations made in the uk but so

much focus was put on pandemic flu it took the eye off the ball when it came for the coronavirus because it was a different type of virus. she argued today that marshalling all of this pandemic planning on flu wasn't such a bad idea after all. of course, there were lessons to be learned. to some extent, she was quite defensive. we heard last week from the former hud secretaryjeremy hunt who said there were lessons to be learned from the sars and mers are in asia, suggesting that perhaps some of the stricter measures, and even lockdown could have been avoided or delayed. she said this idea of groupthink, that everyone is thinking the same thing that the right questions weren't being asked, was on here unfair. scientists do ask questions but it was important to come up with a consensus otherwise decisions wouldn't have been made. the other thing to point out was that rights over evidence

here in the inquiry, something we heard of the last few weeks. something quite clearly the chair of inquiry has asked about, whether there should be a senior resilience minister in the british government was put forward last week as an idea. something that deemed jenny harris said would be a good idea but it would have to be a minister in post for the whole duration of a parliament here in the uk to get that continuity.— that continuity. briefly, did she acknowledge — that continuity. briefly, did she acknowledge any _ that continuity. briefly, did she acknowledge any mistakes? . that continuity. briefly, did she - acknowledge any mistakes? there's alwa s acknowledge any mistakes? there's always some _ acknowledge any mistakes? there's always some acknowledgement - acknowledge any mistakes? there's always some acknowledgement but| acknowledge any mistakes? there's i always some acknowledgement but as acknowledge any mistakes? there's - always some acknowledgement but as i say there was some defensiveness as well. more defensive, if you like, then some of the people heard from over the last week. i think what's worth mentioning we heard from emma reed, a senior civil servant, the director of the emergency response for department of health and social care in the run—up to the pandemic. she said there had been no discussion about quarantining and no discussion about quarantining and no discussion about quarantining and no discussion about testing and tracing

and that they had been opportunities missed for plants to be made. she also mentioned something we heard about last week as well, the no deal planning for brexit had taken ministers eyes off the ball was up some of the priorities in pandemic planning had been de—prioritize as it brexit planning took precedence. ellie price there of the cofinancing inquiry. thank you. a japanese defence intelligence official has told the bbc they would be prepared to shoot down any chinese spy balloons spotted over their territory in the future. it follows a bbc panorama investigation that discovered evidence of one suspected surveillance balloon travelling over japan in 2021. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera has more: i am sitting in my driveway and this thing is up in the sky. it was february when residents of the us state of montana saw something strange in their skies. i know there is a lot of questions

about the flying objects. the spy balloon was then spotted moving all the way across the us. they're shooting it! that balloon was eventually shot down, but its journey raised questions about the nature and reach of china's foreign surveillance operation. to find out more, bbc panorama has been working with corey jaskolski, founder of an artificial intelligence company. the ai has been sifting through millions of satellite images to track the balloon. we're looking for something that's maybe a0 meters across. and we're looking for that in millions, and millions, and millions of square kilometers of earth's surface. the balloon was tracked, passing close to a us nuclear base and all the way back to a probable launch site on hainan island in china. china claimed the balloon was a civilian airship used for scientific research, such as meteorology, and that it was an isolated event. but working with corey, the bbc can now reveal new details about other spy balloons. corey's ai programme discovered four satellite images of a balloon

crossing northern japan in early september 2021. the japanese ministry of defence told the bbc that they suspected this was one of three chinese spy balloons that has flown over their territory since 2019. it is strongly presumed that the balloons were reconnaissance balloons flown by china. the ministry of defence of japan is taking all precautions to monitor the situation on a daily basis. japan says it's prepared to shoot down chinese balloons in the future. for protecting lives and property of people in the territory of japan, it is possible to respond to the situation with the use of a weapon. the ai software also found evidence of another balloon off the coast of taiwan. the taiwanese government says it believed this was a weather balloon. but corey says that's unlikely. so i suspect, just based on the diameter of the balloon and the fact that the operating altitudes look similar,

that looks an awful lot like the balloon that flew over the united states, overjapan. the chinese embassy say they respect all countries sovereignty and territorial integrity. but former us intelligence officials say they believe china may be using balloons to intercept communications. if you're trying to pick up cell phone transmissions or understand communication patterns, then i could theoretically see where the balloon could be a useful platform for that. countries spy on each other all the time. but the very public nature of china's balloon flights has drawn new attention on the potential scale and ambition of china's surveillance programme. gordon corera, bbc news. and viewers here in the uk can watch the full panorama report — is china watching you? — on bbc iplayer now and on bbc one at 8pm tonight.

in an exclusive interview — christine dawood — who lost her husband and son, when a submersible imploded in the atlantic last week — has told the bbc — she was supposed to be on board, but gave her place to her 19—year—old son. shazada and suleman dawood — were among the five men who were on board the titan. christine dawood has been speaking to nomia iqbal the sentence, "we lost comm." i think that would be a sentence i will never want to hear in my life again. like, lost comm, as in, we lost communication. were you aboard the vessel, were you here? yes, i was aboard the vessel, i was on the ship. i think i lost i hope when we passed the 96—hours mark. that's when i lost hope. and that's when i sent a message to my family onshore. isaid, "i'm preparing for the worst." that's when i lost hope.

but my daughter, for example, she didn't lose hope until... until the call with the coastguard, when they basically informed us that they'd found debris. tell me just some memories that you have of your boy. so, he would not go anywhere without his rubik's cube. so, he used to teach himself through youtube how to solve the rubik's cube and he was really fast at it. i think his best was 12 seconds or something like that. what were your last moments or words that you shared with your husband and son, do you remember that? well, wejust hugged and joked, actually. because shahzada was so excited to go down. he was like a little child. was it a lifelong dream of his? yes, absolutely. he had this ability

of childlike excitement. they both were so excited. and how did mum feel about it, were you excited, as well? i was really happy for them because both of them really, really wanted to do that for a very long time. it was supposed to be shahzada and i going down. i stepped back and gave the space to suleman because he wanted to go. this seems like a difficult question to ask about how do you begin to get closure? if that's even possible. is there such a thing? i don't know. ithink... he started so many amazing projects, he was involved in so many...

he helped so many people and i think we really want to continue that legacy. is there anything you want to add, christine? that i miss them. that i really, really miss them. a powerful interview there from christine dowd speaking to nomia iqbal. it was a show to and all shows sir eltonjohn brought down the customary festival in his final live performance in the uk, he paid fear was to his adoring fans was our culture editor. # i played the silver ball... spectacular from the very start.

and opening with a song he hadn't performed live in ten years. # that deaf, dumb and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball... it's what the weekend has been building towards. eltonjohn on the pyramid stage, for the final uk date of his farewell tour. the crowds are stretching way into the distance, and people further in have been here since this morning. it was all about claiming a spot near the front, and paying tribute to a performer with a love of flamboyant outfits. a rocket man who, before tonight, had never performed at glastonbury. the crowds grew through the day. wowed first... ..by sophie ellis—bextor. then later, blondie and lil nas x. # i'm gonna take my horse down the old town road... and guessing games went on to fill the long hours. what song would eltonjohn kick off with, and what special guests would he bring on?

# are you ready for love? yes, iam. one of them was jacob lusk from gabriels, a band championed by elton. backstage earlier, it was clear the feeling is mutual. he wears the most incredible outfits. his voice is bigger than life. the way that he tickles those keys with his fingers is like nothing i've ever seen live ever. but i think there's something about his music that speaks to the soul. elton�*s other guests included the killers�* brandon flowers. but tonight was less about those surprises and more about one man and his incredible back catalogue. how are you enjoying the music? i think he's wonderful. god love him, he is one of the old ones, and us old ones rock. i mean, i've always loved all of his songs. i love that you canjust blast them out, sing along. just iconic, isn't he? just so special to be here. might be the last time we ever see him performing live. -

you're going to make me cry. i can't... i can't even believe i'm here watching him. at glastonbury. mwah. elton delivered hit after hit, and a grand finale that took us from a farm in somerset right up into space. # i'm a rocket man... incredible stuff. that brings us to the end of our programme tonight. thanks for watching. received later. hello. after all of the heat and the humidity of the weekend, a fresher story to take us through the week ahead. many areas did see some heavy thunderstorms overnight sunday, but to the south of the uk, many spots are still staying stubbornly dry. the cracked ground here in hampshire and in terms of any meaningful rain for southernmost counties of england, perhaps later on this week. there is something to come. i'll show you that in a moment.

here we are, though, this monday with high pressure to the south of the uk, low pressure pulling away to the northeast. a few showers to come through the remainder of the day across the northern half of the uk most of them fading out, though, once the sun begins to set. central and eastern areas staying clear overnight towards the west, a bit more cloud arriving, the breeze lifting a little. a cooler night than last night and many spots last night. temperatures didn't get out of the mid—teens. they will be lower tonight, perhaps as low as six degrees somewhere in eastern scotland. and then through tuesday, an area of low pressure tries to approach from the atlantic, feeding in a lot of high cloud, turning sunshine, hazy, some rain into northern england, northern ireland and scotland as we go into the afternoon to the south. bright skies. highs of 21, 22 degrees, 16 or 17 for northern scotland. and then overnight and into wednesday, we really start to pull in some humidity from the south. quite a muggy start to wednesday, a warmer night again tuesday night. and then for wednesday daytime, quite a lot of cloud around some

heavier and more persistent rain getting into scotland, northern england and then some showers potentially running across eastern england. they could at times be heavy and thunder. and you can see the temperatures here have come back up again up into the mid twenties, 25 degrees, 17, 18 across most of scotland and northern ireland. and then it's what this trailing weather front does on thursday. that is the biggest question possibly in our forecast for the week ahead. will it stick around close to the southeast of the uk, bringing some much needed rain here or will it whisk away a little faster? current thinking has it perhaps bringing a decent amount of rain to the south east of england on thursday, 10—15 millimetres for some areas. but as we look at our forecast day on day, that is just changing a little. so we will firm that up close to the time for you. but as you can see, towards the end of the week, we move back to that fresher feeling air.

in prison, doing time. today at six: for the first time, we name a major new suspect in the murder of stephen lawrence. stephen was killed 30 years ago. of the five prime suspects, only two have been convicted of murder. now we can reveal this man, matthew white, as a sixth suspect. there was more than two people who was at the scene on the night that they murdered my son. all of them should be