they are striking into days injuly. supermarket bosses are challenged in parliament over why food prices remain so high. and after being carried by the crowd at glastonbury — lewis capaldi says he is taking a break from touring and coming up in sport on bbc news... what next for english and welsh cricket, as a damning report finds racism, sexism and classism are widespread in the game? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. for three weeks in februrary this stretch of river in lancashire dominated the headlines. 45 —year—old nicola bulley had vanished.

as the police scoured the area, speculation about what had happened to her grew and grew — particularly on social media. but today the coroner at the inquest said nicola bulley�*s death had been an accident. she fell into this river and suffered cold water shock. her family have criticised what they called wildly inaccurate speculation and amateur views. and they've urged people to be mindful of the impact words bring. here's our correspondent danny savage. nicola bulley, with her dog, willow. a coroner was told she had treated the spaniel like a third child and would never have willingly abandoned it on a riverbank. willow's harness and nicola's phone were found one friday morning in january at this spot. the place where nikki bulley accidentally fell into the river wyre. her body wasn't found for three weeks. a period when herfriends desperately appealed for information and social media was filled with unfounded and often

cruel speculation. what really happened was a tragic accident. but it's left her family damaged by unfiltered online comment. it is upsetting that we have continued to receive negative, targeted messages and still wildly inaccurate speculation being shared on numerous platforms. we encourage people to look at the facts, the evidence which is being heard during the inquest, and the conclusion reached by the coroner. the coroner was told there was nothing in nicola bulley�*s medical records to say she was suicidal. yes, her family acknowledged, she did have a blip last christmas because of the side effects of hrt, and was drinking too much. but she wasn't talking about taking her life. her partner, paul ansell, seen here in february, tearfully told the inquest that when she went missing, she was back on her medication and wasn't drinking. everything was in a good place, he said.

all of the evidence pointed to a dreadfully unfortunate event. i hope that his majesty's coroner's clear and definitive findings will put an end to ill informed speculation and conspiracy theories which have been so damaging to nikki's family and the community of saint michaels. this inquest should finally put to bed the speculation surrounding the death of nicola bulley. a successful businesswoman with so many plans, described as an amazing mum to two young daughters. herfamily had her family had to herfamily had to deal her family had to deal with compounded trauma since she disappeared, the loss of nicola and also the awful things said about her on social media and about burma times in the months since she vanished. that is why criticism of social media was the central theme of both statements outside this coroner's court this afternoon.

thousands of hospital consultants in england have voted to strike over pay — in their longest strike action since the 1970s. the senior doctors will walk out next month for two days on 20th and 21stjuly — meaning operations are likely to be cancelled. junior doctors are already planning to strike from 7:00am on 13thjuly to 7:00am on 18thjuly. but it was announced today that the current strike action by nurses won't continue. 0ur health editor hugh pym reports. chanting: no ifs, no buts, no junior doctor cuts! - junior doctors have already been staging strikes over pay in england. they are planning the longest yet, five days, next month. now their senior colleagues, consultants, will walk out of some care, likejunior doctors, they rejected a 5% pay rise. so this has been the accumulation of lots of pay cuts over the last decade.

and because inflation has been rising, it really has exacerbated the losses we've actually had. it's really brought home just how much pay had fallen with the current rise in inflation. that, coupled with what's happened during covid, has really brought the focus on how much consultants do. bosses at this leading hospital say they support the right to strike, but are now having to face up to wider disruption and more cancellations. so it will be challenging, but the public should be absolutely assured that we throughout the nhs will keep— patients safe, but a lot of routine activity will be lost on the back of the strikes and that's why it's really important more than ever it's really important that all parties get around the table and resolve this matter. the government said the strike vote was disappointing and consultants would benefit from pension tax changes. it's a different story for nurses in england. what do we want? pay rise! how do we get it? strike! what began in december with the biggest set of strikes in the union's history has come to an end.

in april, members rejected a pay offer accepted by most other health unions. we have listened as your royal college of nursing... but then in a new ballot, not enough of them voted to reach the legal strike threshold. i admire what our nursing staff have really done over this past year, taking industrial action is not easy. you recommended with other unions a 5% pay increase. your members rejected it. now there is not a mandate for further strike action. have you misread the mood? no, i don't think any of us have misread the mood. they're very tired. they're concerned about losing more pay during industrial action, but they're absolutely very clear that they will continue to campaign for what is right for nursing and what is right for their patients. ambulance unions, unison and the gmb, had already called off strike action. rcn members now won't be striking either. we reached a deal with the nhs staff council that the majority of trade unions agreed to. i'm pleased that the rcn have now

ended their industrial action. consultants in other parts of the uk are not in a pay dispute. junior doctors in scotland will stage a strike next month, so there and in england, patients will find many areas of care are affected. hugh pym, bbc news. a woman whose brother died during the covid pandemic has left the public inquiry in tears after being approached by the former health secretary matt hancock. he had walked over to the public gallery to speak to bereaved families after giving evidence. matt hancock had told the judge leading the inquiry that the uk's pandemic planning was too focused on dealing with deaths rather than averting them. 0ur health correspondent catherine burns reports. matt hancock arrived early this morning but there were already people waiting for him including lorelei king, her husband vince died in a care home in march 2020. ijust wanted to hold up my photographs. he didn't look at them, i didn't expect he would.

then protestors complaining about lockdown and vaccines arrived. one was arrested before the former health secretary was even sworn in. now, matt hancock is perhaps best well known for his stint in the jungle, after resigning for breaching his own social distancing guidance. but he was a key and sometimes controversial face throughout the pandemic. he spoke directly to families in the inquiry room. i am profoundly sorry for each death that has occurred, and i also understand why for some it would be hard to take that apology from me. all the questions boiled down to one thing. what did he do as health secretary to get as ready to face a pandemic. why did you not pursue those issues? you bore and you bear ministerial responsibility for that calamitous state of affairs.

iwere the nation's preparations for a i pandemic of this nature good enough? no. matt hancock often stressed that officials were too focused on dealing with the disaster instead of stopping it from happening. the colossal scale of failure in the assumption that it would not be possible, and the lack of ambition in the assumption that you can't stop the spread of a disease. we can. he was also asked if planning for a no—deal brexit was a distraction. he accepted that it was but it also meant we had enough medicine in intensive care. the work done for a no—deal brexit, on supply chains for medicines, was the difference between running out of medicines in the peak of the pandemic and not running out. but it seems nothing today has soothed the feelings of bereaved families. self—serving, arrogant, blaming other departments.

my opinion of mr hancock has not changed. all i will say is i do not respect mr hancock. matt hancock faced protesters this morning as he came in and again they are turning their backs on him to show they do not accept his apology and they do not believe his evidence. the inquiry isn't over for matt hancock. he will be sworn in again in later modules too. catherine burns, bbc news. mps have been challenging supermarket bosses over the increase in food prices. bosses from tesco, sainsbury�*s, asda and morrisons faced questions from a commons committee about why prices are still rising, despite wholesale costs falling. they said the industry is the most competitive it has ever been and denied they're making too much money. our business correspondent emma simpson has been hearing from shoppers in belfast. now the prices have increased, are they ever going to decrease? what can you do to make healthy food cheaper?

how much profit would the big supermarkets have made - since the price increase? it's notjust shoppers asking questions in belfast today. over in westminster, mps had plenty of them too. gordon gafa for tesco, are you doing enough to help your customers? at tesco at the moment we are the most competitive we have ever been. but were they profiteering? as i said before, we make, and this is the whole group, tip in every pound. which i don't think is an example of profiteering. a 25% reduction in our full—year profitability in 2022 wouldn't i dictate or reflect that comment. we make less than 3p in the pound and we have seen profits step back. the input cost pressures that we have had have not been

reflected in full shelf edge prices. i agree with you that the most important thing we can do for consumers right now is to find ways to lower prices. and, yeah, i'm not seeing any evidence that the industry is less competitive than it ever was. i'm looking at sainsbury�*s... the committee then took a swipe at big payouts to supermarket bosses and their shareholders. and you tell us that your purpose is to provide the most reasonably priced food for your customers, and yet dividends are paid out and these salaries at this level. does not not chime with any of you? football teams play their players less. it is utterly staggering, quite frankly. - supermarkets are feeling the heat. retailers have been cutting the prices of some everyday essentials like milk and bread. and new industry figures out today suggest that food inflation has finally peaked. but prices are still way higher than they were a year ago and they are still going up,

and at a faster rate than just about everything else. the supermarkets say they will pass on any savings as soon and as often as they can. they have got the industry regulator looking at them to, regulator looking at them too, which will soon give its view on how the sector is working. emma simpson, bbc news. a long awaited independent report into cricket in england and wales has found racism, sexism, classism and elitism are widespread in the sport. england cricket captain ben stokes says he is "deeply sorry" to hear of the experiences of people who have been made to feel unwelcome and the sports governing body says they would "use this moment to reset cricket". 0ur sports editor dan roan reports. from perceptions of exclusion to troubling stories of sexism and racism and fears of an elitist culture. just some examples of the chastening testimony revealed in a damning report into discrimination

in cricket. our findings are unequivocal — racism, sexism, class based discrimination and elitism are widespread and deep rooted throughout the game. the stories were absolutely horrific, and it goes to show that the culture in cricket is rotten. the report, called holding up a mirror to cricket, heard from more than 4000 people, with 50% saying they'd experienced discrimination in the game. 75% of those who suffered it did not report it to the cricket authorities. this morning, england captain ben stokes, who contributed to the report, addressed the issue. we must go further and be more inclusive and diverse because the game i love and the millions worldwide love should be enjoyed without fear of discrimination orjudgement, whether that be due to your upbringing, race or gender. meanwhile, the most powerfulfigure in the sport told me he'd used this moment to reset english cricket. to those individuals

that have been discriminated against, that have been excluded. all of those individuals, the game, the ecb, the game as a whole owes them a real, genuine apology, a heartfelt apology. among many failings, the report found that women were treated as second class citizens. there was little to no focus on addressing class barriers — that many people felt excluded because of a heavy drinking culture in the game, and that the ecb had failed to support black cricket. morris chambers came to essex from jamaica as a teenager and said he experienced racism at the club. an investigation is ongoing. how many people of my background do you see playing professional cricket now? like these days. there's not many of them, are they? is this the kind of stuff i'm going to be facing , you know, whatever, whatever, whatever club that, you know, i'll be playing for? like, nobody nobody wants that. with both england's men's

and women's teams hosting ashes series, this was meant to be a summer to savor. but as lords prepares for a full house here ahead of the start of the second test against australia tomorrow, as well as excitement, there'll be grave concern about one of the most chastening reports to rock english sport in recent years. the report's 44 recommendations include equal pay for the professional women's game, the removal of the annual match between eton and harrow schools from lord's and a new regulatory body entirely separate from the ecb. while the report said private schools dominated the talent pathway, it did praise efforts like this at warwickshire, part of the chance to shine initiative designed to expand cricket's reach. i really love the teamwork and just the positive energy it brings, especially in school. i like when i'm fielding and i catch . it's like self esteem because everyone�*s just applauding for you and it's just like the support they get from teammates. it's just amazing. english cricket was already reeling from the yorkshire racism scandal exposed by the county's former spinner, azeem rafiq. now the ecb has just three months

to come up with a plan to salvage trust across the whole sport. dan roan, bbc news. our top story this evening. nicola bulley�*s death was an accident — a coroner says the 45—year—old drowned after falling into a cold river in lancashire. and coming up, 282 mountains injust over 31 days. the woman who has set a new record scaling them all in scotland. and coming up in sport on bbc news... an early exit for katie boulter as the british number one is beaten in straight sets in the opening round of the eastbourne international. the wildlife webcam pics being watched around the world. this was the huge crowd at glastonbury on saturday as lewis capaldi took to the stage for what turned into an emotional performance. as he struggled with his voice — the crowd took over and continued his songs for him.

he looked devastated and now he has announced that he is taking a break from touring for the "foreseeable future". jon donnison reports. coughing #so...# struggling with his voice and a bad cough on saturday night, lewis capaldi needed a little help. and he got it. but he hinted there was maybe more going on. i recently took three weeks offjust because i've been nonstop from the start of the year and i wanted a kind of break for my head, for my mental health. i wanted to come back and do glastonbury because it's obviously so incredible, so i just want to thank you all for coming out and watching us. and in a statement this morning, the singer said he was still learning to adjust to the impact of tourette�*s and that on saturday it had become obvious he needed to spend much more time getting his mental and physical health in order so he could keep doing what he loved. lewis capaldi is one of around

300,000 people in the uk with tourette�*s syndrome. it causes involuntary movements or tics and sometimes sounds, although contrary to popular belief, involuntary swearing is rare. in september, the singer spoke to bbc breakfast about tourette�*s and the challenge of living and performing with the condition. it depends, like, if i've had enough sleep, what i've been eating, what i've been drinking. and it's one of those things where if you're really excited, it's kind of twitchy. if you're nervous, if you're happy, it's weird, if you feel any emotion at all, tourette�*s seems to come knocking. and campaign groups say he's done much to raise awareness of tourette�*s. when i saw him performing, i could feel his pain. you could just see that he felt deflated from the performance. but what he didn't realise, that in that very moment he was making history. people were accepting him for who he was. regardless of his tics

and his mental health difficulties, they were accepting him. and for the tourette's community, that's huge. lewis capaldi described the decision to take a break from touring as the most difficult of his life, and apologising to fans, said he'd be backjust as soon as he was able. john donnison, bbc news. the boss of thames water, sarah bentley, has quit weeks after being forced to give up her bonus after the company's environmental performance. she became the chief executive in 2020 and has been at the helm as water firms are under fire for the release of sewage into rivers and the sea. so why has she got the? is at all about lee bonis? we don't know, but she was certainly under a lot of pressure. she was a point of a couple of years ago as a fixer, to lead a big campaign to fix

ageing pipes and infrastructure. it hasn't gone well and they have come under fire for pollution incidents, pollution going into rivers and sewage discharges. there have been some notorious incidents and just recently a group of schoolchildren in welch had to abandon the riverside trip because the teacher said the river was flowing with human waste. earlier in the year thames water said it could take years to replace a sewage mane that had burst four times in swindon putting nearby properties at risk. all of this has led to a wave of adverse publicity and even when sarah bentley agreed to forgo her bonus that was dismissed by campaigners as a bit of a publicity stunt because she still ended up taking home some £1.5 million. so whether she jumped taking home some £1.5 million. so whether shejumped or was taking home some £1.5 million. so whether she jumped or was pushed taking home some £1.5 million. so whether shejumped or was pushed we don't know but she has been under a great deal of pressure. president putin has tried to rally russia's military and security services by thanking them for preventing civil war breaking out. in a speech today he insisted his rule was not weakened

during saturday's rebellion by the wagner mercenaries and suggested russia's regular military showed restraint by not being drawn into any fighting. meanwhile the leader of neighbouring belarus has said the head of the wagner group is now in belarus. 0ur moscow editor steve rosenberg reports vladimir vladimirovich putin. at the kremlin, it was pomp with a purpose... ..to remind russians who is still in charge around here. waiting for vladimir putin, 2,500 soldiers and guards and the defence minister the wagner mutineers wanted sacked. having survived the rebellion, it was time to say thank you. translation: you defended - the constitutional order, the lives, security and the freedom of our citizens. you have saved our motherland from upheaval. in fact, you have stopped a civil war. in fact, the reality

was rather different. the wagner soldiers, who had been cheered on the streets of rostov, had only stopped their rebellion after the kremlin did a deal with them, promising not to press charges against them and their leader, yevgeny prigozhin. still, kremlin spin is presenting this as a triumph for the president. the mutiny by mercenaries was a major challenge to vladimir putin's authority. but, the uprising is over, and now the kremlin is trying to change the optics, to reframe what happened as a victory for the president and for russia. but where is yevgeny prigozhin? under his deal with the kremlin, he agreed to leave russia for belarus. today, the leader of belarus, alexander lukashenko, said, "yep, he's here." but in exile, could mr prigozhin still be a threat to the kremlin? not if vladimir putin can help it.

he's now suggesting that russian investigators might probe the wagner group's finances. a less than subtle hint to the wagner chief not to make trouble. the last few days have put him under huge pressure. now president putin's determined to show he is in control. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. restrictions are going to be introduced in shops in wales on food with high fat, sugar and salt. it's all part of plans to tackle obesity — more than 60% of adults in wales are overweight. hywel griffith reports. three, two, one. off you go. a gentle push towards being healthy or punishment for eating fatty foods. the plan to ban discounts on things high in sugar, salt and fat is meant to lighten the load on the nhs in wales, where a quarter of adults

are officially obese. but at this fitness session in swansea, it divides the room. it should be an individual choice. i think there's so much you can do to help people, but then forcing people into it, then you know you're prone to getting backlash. the more that people educate us in the shops as to what we should buy and what we shouldn't eat, it's got to be a good thing. for many, meal deals have become a default dining option. the labour government in wales wants to take out the unhealthiest items. after going through more than two million different options, public health wales found that 75% of meal deals exceed the recommended calorie intake for lunch. if you ate an average meal deal five times a week, at the end of the year, you'd have put on six lbs or nearly three kilos in weight. that goes up to 47 lbs or 21 kilos if you always opt for the high calorie choice. plans to limit food promotions

in england and scotland don't go quite as far, with concern over the cost to consumers. some fear the changes in wales won't hit the mark. the problem is we're actually sort of going after the wrong types of people, you know, because the evidence would suggest that patients with a lower family income will make poorer food choices. but ministers insist the plans do add up. what we want to do is shift the market so that promotions are on healthier foods and also encourage reformulation of some of the most unhealthy foods. that may meet resistance with the welsh retail consortium, saying the government's plans are irresponsible and they should let industry lead the way. hywel griffith, bbc news, swansea. there are 282 mountains in scotland that are higher than 3,000 feet — they're known as the munros. today an ultra runner has broken the record for scaling them all, without using any

motorised transport. jamie aarons did it in 31 days, ten hours and 27 minutes. she survived on about four hours sleep a day. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon has managed to track her down. here she comes! on one of our most remote mountains _ here she comes! on one of our most remote mountains our— here she comes! on one of our most remote mountains our record - here she comes! on one of our most remote mountains our record is - here she comes! on one of our most| remote mountains our record is about to be smashed. this is the moment jamie aarons finished scaling all of scotland's munros. i am jamie aarons finished scaling all of scotland's munros.— scotland's munros. i am chuffed to bits. i am over— scotland's munros. i am chuffed to bits. i am over the _ scotland's munros. i am chuffed to bits. i am over the moon _ scotland's munros. i am chuffed to bits. i am over the moon that - scotland's munros. i am chuffed to bits. i am over the moon that the i bits. i am over the moon that the plan _ bits. i am over the moon that the plan we _ bits. i am over the moon that the plan we started to hatch two years a -o plan we started to hatch two years ago to _ plan we started to hatch two years ago to self — plan we started to hatch two years ago to self propel continuously on the munros came together. i am also shattered~ _ the munros came together. i am also shattered. . , shattered. there are multiple challenges. — shattered. there are multiple challenges, some _ shattered. there are multiple | challenges, some unexpected shattered. there are multiple . challenges, some unexpected on shattered. there are multiple - challenges, some unexpected on this 31 dayjourney taking in the highest point in the united kingdom as well as isolated glens. the point in the united kingdom as well as isolated glens.—

as isolated glens. the terrain and arts left as isolated glens. the terrain and parts left a _ as isolated glens. the terrain and parts left a lot — as isolated glens. the terrain and parts left a lot to _ as isolated glens. the terrain and parts left a lot to be _ as isolated glens. the terrain and parts left a lot to be desired - as isolated glens. the terrain and parts left a lot to be desired and l parts left a lot to be desired and unexpectedly at the beginning of the challenge which started on the 26th of may— challenge which started on the 26th of may scotland was seeing some of the highest temperatures that has ever seen — the highest temperatures that has ever seen. that posed unexpected challenges as well, so burdens that would _ challenges as well, so burdens that would normally be available to drink from were _ would normally be available to drink from were bone dry. i got quite severe — from were bone dry. i got quite severe burns to my lips which is not something — severe burns to my lips which is not something i— severe burns to my lips which is not something i ever expected to plan around _ something i ever expected to plan around for— something i ever expected to plan around for doing a walk in scotland. an army— around for doing a walk in scotland. an army of— around for doing a walk in scotland. an army of friends supported her on the road but this was a self—propelled record—breaking achievement, using every minute she could, jamie used kayaks and bikes to move between the mountains grabbing sleep when she could. i grabbing sleep when she could. i have a superhero power of micro—naps. i do find sometimesjust 60 seconds _ micro—naps. i do find sometimesjust 60 seconds or two minute nap can resel— 60 seconds or two minute nap can reset rne — 60 seconds or two minute nap can reset me. not completely, but i blew the minds _ reset me. not completely, but i blew the minds of some of my support crew when _ the minds of some of my support crew when i _ the minds of some of my support crew when i would walk along and fall on my feet _

when i would walk along and fall on my feet and say, i need 60 seconds. just fall— my feet and say, i need 60 seconds. just fall to _ my feet and say, i need 60 seconds. just fall to the ground and fall asleep — just fall to the ground and fall asleep as soon as my head hit the ground _ asleep as soon as my head hit the ground. they gave me 60 seconds and for the odd spot of drizzle and are just son they nmers of sunshine for for the odd spot of drizzle and are just son they gave 5 of sunshine for for the odd spot of drizzle and are just son they gave me sunshine for for the odd spot of drizzle and are just son they gave me 60 |shine for for the odd spot of drizzle and are just son they gave me 60 secondsr for the odd spot of drizzle and are right, _ ground. they gave me 60 seconds and just son they gave me 60 seconds and ground. they gave me 60 seconds and right, _ ground. they gave me 60 seconds and right, we _ ground. they gave me 60 seconds and right, we can_ ground. they gave me 60 seconds and right, we can go again. jamie right, we _ ground. they gave me 60 seconds and right, we can_ ground. they gave me 60 seconds and right, we can go again. jamie ground. they gave me 60 seconds and right, we can go again.— right, we can go again. jamie says she is motivated _ ground. they gave me 60 seconds and right, we can go again.— right, we can go again. jamie says she is motivated _ right, we can go again. jamie says she is motivated by _ right, we can go again. jamie says she is motivated by challenges - right, we can go again. jamie says| she is motivated by challenges she right, we can go again. jamie says she is motivated by _ right, we can go again. jamie says she is motivated by challenges - right, we can go again. jamie says| she is motivated by challenges she is not sure she can meet, but with is not in the bag she is looking this one in the bag she is looking forward to something a little more this one in the bag she is looking forward to something a little more relaxing. a long rest and time with relaxing. a long rest and her two dogs. lorna gordon, bbc news. she'll sleep well now. time for a look at the weather. thanks very much. not a great day for climbing the munros across scotland through today. quite a bit of rain around due to this area of low pressure. the law sits just south of iceland. in between the warm and cold fronts a section of warm and cold fronts a section of warm air and warm and cold fronts a section of warm airand turning warm and cold fronts a section of warm air and turning increasingly humid across the country today. most of the rain as you can see on the radar has been across scotland, further south the cloud thick enough for the odd spot of drizzle and are

just some glimmers of sunshine for