live from london, this is bbc news. the bbc sees e—mails showing the british museum was warned two years ago that objects from its collection were being put on sale. the museum admits that a large number of objects have been stolen. it previously insisted there was no evidence of theft. the dramatic moment a child is rescued from a cable car dangling over a river in pakistan. two children are pulled out to safety. we start with some ageing breaking news here in the uk. it's emerged that the british museum, home to one of the world's most important collections of cultural artefacts, collections of cultural a rtefa cts, was collections of cultural artefacts, was worn more than two years ago that objects from its collection were being put up for sale. the bbc

has seen an e—mail exchange revealing the museum's directors said the matter had been thoroughly investigated and that there was no manner of theft. the museum is now admitting a large number of objects have been put on sale. let's talk live now to our arts correspondent, david salerno. this follows the suspension of a worker last week over the announcement that a number of artefacts had gone missing. yes. of artefacts had gone missing. yes, it was middle _ of artefacts had gone missing. yes, it was middle of _ of artefacts had gone missing. yes, it was middle of last _ of artefacts had gone missing. yes it was middle of last week, a statementjust before 6pm uk time saying they had been a victim of theft, a staff member had been dismissed and there were a large number of objects missing, stolen or damaged. they said that the first their trustees knew about it was at their trustees knew about it was at the beginning of this year. however, a collection of e—mails have now been seen by the bbc that show that

directors of the british museum were first alerted in february 2021 about suspicious items appearing on ebay, and questions being asked. were these stolen from the british museum? there seem to be evidence they had come from their catalogue. it took them a while to respond but when they did, they said they had looked into the matter and there was no evidence anything at been stolen or anything was missing, and they considered that the issue was closed. in those e—mails go on for quite a long period of time. up until the end of last year, probably about october time, the directors of the museum said the issue was closed, no evidence of theft — but the museum trustees were alerted to these allegations and investigations —— an investigation began, and months later we now realise quite what has happened at the museum.

it's not been confirmed officially the number of objects, but we are being led to believe by one source that it being led to believe by one source thatitis being led to believe by one source that it is more than 1500, may be closer to 2000 objects. and you must remember that this is the british museum, this is one of the world's great treasure houses of the world antiquities. this is a place at the very top of world culture, and its reputation for guarding those and protecting them is absolutely crucial to interpretation. so this is a very serious issue. and if you look at what's been happening on greek television over the last couple days, they had their claim on the parthenon marbles, which they believe should be in greece, certainly questions being asked about the systems in place of the british museum. now the museum said they can't comment further because they can't comment further because they are in the midst of a police investigation, but of course you

must remember that this is a very serious issue for the museum, and they say they have instituted a review of their security and change their practices already.— their practices already. david, you are sa in: their practices already. david, you are saying about _ their practices already. david, you are saying about the _ their practices already. david, you are saying about the vast - their practices already. david, you are saying about the vast number| their practices already. david, you i are saying about the vast number of objects, some 1500 objects and artefacts which have gone missing — what's happened to them, and how can the british museum now trace them? they have said they will be beginning civil legal action. if they have been sold far and wide, they have been sold far and wide, they must find out who they've been sold to, try and contact them. these could be around the world and many of them will have bought them entirely innocently, " this is like a bargain on ebay," so they have to begin. they have to prove they were stolen in the first place, and a number of art theft experts say they need to be told what all is gone and

make clear to the public before they begin the process. nobody will believe that's been stolen from the british museum until the british museum says, "yes, that's ours." 0f museum says, "yes, that's ours." of course the police is investigating all that so we will have to wait for the outcome of that investigation. so it is a completed process at the moment. d0 so it is a completed process at the moment. ~ ., ., , moment. do we know anything more about the member _ moment. do we know anything more about the member of _ moment. do we know anything more about the member of staff _ moment. do we know anything more about the member of staff who - moment. do we know anything more about the member of staff who was l about the member of staff who was dismissed this week? we understand the name is peter _ dismissed this week? we understand the name is peter higgs, _ dismissed this week? we understand the name is peter higgs, a _ dismissed this week? we understand the name is peter higgs, a senior- the name is peter higgs, a senior curator at the museum, but they've given us no details of the reason he was dismissed. and also, we understand that his son spoke to a journalist saying that he is innocent, there is no evidence that he has stolen anything, so a denial there that there was that she was linked to this in any way.- linked to this in any way. david with the very — linked to this in any way. david with the very latest _ linked to this in any way. david

with the very latest on - linked to this in any way. david with the very latest on the - linked to this in any way. david with the very latest on the breaking story, thank you very much for joining us. now to the fast moving developments in pakistan. 0fficials officials say two children have been brought to safety, rolling back on earlier reports that four of the eight were now back on the ground. what you're seeing here is the moment the first rescue effort was made. if you look closely you can see the helicopter with a rope connected. the person is moved out of the cable car, before being carried away. reports say a second child was pulled to safety using a zip line. the group of eight people became stuck in the cable car when a line snapped. they were on their way to school. let's hear from one witness — they were speaking from the scene, earlier today. translation: this is very sad incident, very unfortunate. -

it happened at 7am in the morning when kids were going to their schools. a string supporting this lift broke. we're trying our best, and so far, four helicopters made attempts to rescue. now a special unit is coming. local rescue team are already standby here. we are trying, but really don't want to take any chances here. we just wejust had a we just had a statement from pakistan from the army prospect pr waiting. a spokesperson has said that the army have brought in zip line operators and rescuers from a private company in the iran region after, as we reported earlier today, they suspended the helicopter rescues for the day. now they said they had suspended the helicopter rescues due to the weather and the fact that it was dark, now it's evening in pakistan. i'lljust read the statement that we got out. it says, "these civilians are carrying out the operation now. they are not

locals, but they are cable and supplying experts who have been brought in on army helicopters by the army from various areas of the northern region to get benefit from their expertise." let's take a closer look at the area. battagram is a town in the district of allai, in the northern khyber pakhtunkhwa province. it's a mountainous area, with a limited road network — so cable cars are essential for local people. the village where the eight people set out on theirjourney is jangri. the school they were heading to is in the village of batangi. it takes two hours walk to reach the school. with the cable car, it's just four minutes. the mountainous terrain has also made the emergency response difficult. nightfall will, of course, make it even more complex.

they have been suspended for the evening. bbc urdu's sahar baloch is in islamabad. she gave us the latest on the rescue operation. yes, finally, some good news after this operation was going on for more than ten hours now. so it was early morning when the children were going to school from this locally made cable car and they were stuck. and since then, you know, the army has been trying to rescue them. so finally, we have good news where two children have been rescued finally. and now the biggest worry is that, you know, it's getting dark in that area. and even the local eyewitness that a local tv channel was speaking with, even he could not see like beyond, you know, a few metres ahead, like what exactly is happening. so these people, these eight people are literally stuck in the middle of a ravine and there are mountains around them. and also, as you said, so yourself in the 0 that how, you know, it's getting difficult because of the strong winds in the area as well. so there's a lot of delicacy with which the army has to approach now this operation.

but they have decided to stay here until and unless all of these people are rescued from this plane, from this cable car. and, of course, it is now getting darker. we're coming into the night, which makes that rescue even more challenging. yes, it is challenging. and the army has said that they are not going to get out of that area until and unless they have rescued each and every person on that cable car. because right now, as you can see from the footage that has been sent by our newsgathering team as well, that there are parents who are literally standing there, you know, since morning and they are trying to get the authorities to take notice. but at the same time, what is basically hampering the entire process is that there needs to be a lot of delicacy with which the military has to approach this entire scene because any, you know, urgency on their part can literally topple the cable car as well. so they are trying to get as many children out of it as possible and then they are going to go for the adults as well. and they have said so repeatedly that they are not going to leave the area even if it's dark.

one thing i was also reading is that the helicopters approaching that area are also adding to the winds, which is making that really delicate rescue operation even trickier. yes, the reason is because of the helicopter�*s rotor as well, because it is a strong there are strong winds in the area, but the helicopter itself is also adding to the winds as well. and that's why even in the earliest laying operation that we saw in which one of the ssg persons was trying to get to the cable car, he had to move back up again because of the fact that whenever the helicopter comes close to the cable car, there are much more, you know, emergency. and there's also a threat that this cable car would topple itself. that's why they are trying to be as careful as they can. so, yes, wind is going to be one of the bigger problems over here and it is hindering the operation process, as well. that's why it's taking so much time. do we know how this happened in the first place? this is a regular route that the schoolchildren take to get to their school. and obviously, it's

now ended in disaster. yes, this is very normal for a lot of people who live in the mountains. this is there, you know, car, this is their transportation from one place to another. and this is not something new that these children were doing and the adults who were with them. this is something that a local mechanic had made for them because this is what, you know, the area people are like. and at the same time, there is no infrastructure, there are no roads in that area. so in that case, there has to be a process from which people can move from one place to another. so in this instance, around 6.30am, according to one of the eyewitnesses whom bbc news gathering is quoted, as well, they said that how, you know, at 6.30am, the children were going to school. and before that, there were four further trips that the same cable car had made. and this was the time around 7am local time when the rope snapped at that point of time. and that's why now they are hanging in the middle of it. and it's only because of this disaster that even the local administration is now looking

at this entire situation, because otherwise, everybodyjust looks away and they are like, "ok, this is normalfor the area." and there is no talk about how, you know, to build the area for them. there's no talk about the infrastructure of these areas, as well, especially the mountainous areas. bringing you some of the latest pictures that have just come into the newsroom of the rescue that is ongoing. these are night—time pictures that have come into us from pakistan. now we've been told by the army's pr wing that zip line operators and rescuers from a private company are now involved in the rescue. we know that the helicopter rescue mission has been suspended for the evening because of the weather and because it's dark. but those pictures that we showed you just then show that the rescue — here we are again, continuing with cable and supplying experts have

been brought in — there we go, the sound is lower now — brought in on an army helicopter to various parts of the northern regions. those pictures showing that hope is still there and the rescue efforts are continuing. and just to remind you there, we are showing you these pictures again of the zip line operation in pakistan. those pictures there of the rescue efforts. your watching bbc news and there's plenty more on that developing story from pakistan on the bbc live page, so take a look and we will stay with that story throughout this hour.

that news has just come into us in the last few minutes. the information leaked two weeks ago saw the surnames and initials of 10,000 police employees accidentally included in the freedom of information response. we can now cross live to our correspondent — this has just been announced, what more can you tell us? the this hasjust been announced, what more can you tell us?— more can you tell us? the press conference _ more can you tell us? the press conference that _ more can you tell us? the press conference that just _ more can you tell us? the press conference thatjust ended - more can you tell us? the press conference thatjust ended a - conference thatjust ended a few minutes ago, during that conference was confirmed that an independent review into this data leak from the police service of northern ireland, the psni, will take place. it's been commissioned jointly between that police service and the northern ireland policing board which oversees the work of the force. we will look at just how this data breach happened and what systems could be in place to make sure it never happens again. it is now two weeks since the data leak from psni

when excellently published the details of 10,000 officers and staff numbers online for about three hours before it was removed, including things like initials, surnames, ranks and places of work including some officers who work in really sensitive areas, like intelligence gathering. and why this matters is because police in northern ireland, while it can be a dangerousjob anywhere, the threat of oral care, terrace level is severe, the highest in the uk. these fears continue from paramilitary threats and they have to be extremely vigilant about their security. today the chief constable of the psni was at this meeting that just ended but he left without speaking to the media today. he has already apologised for the data link which he said was on an industrial scale. today during the police board press conference that happened after the meeting, we were told by the board that there is a debt in

policing here, they say they have full confidence in the leadership of the chief constable, simon byrne. in terms of the independent review, the board said today that they hope to rebuild trust and confidence in the police service and also among officers that serve that police force, and they are expecting a report in just a few months�* time by november. report in just a few months' time by november. , ., , report in just a few months' time by november-— report in just a few months' time by november. , , november. some people might say this leak happened — november. some people might say this leak happened a _ november. some people might say this leak happened a couple _ november. some people might say this leak happened a couple weeks - november. some people might say this leak happened a couple weeks ago, - leak happened a couple weeks ago, why has it taken so long for this independent review to be announced? well, board members said today there�*s still a lot of investigations happening, as well that leak that was attached to the freedom of information request with those 10,000 people�*s names and ranks, and places of work and initials, there have also been a couple data links that have emerged subsequently, including one earlier

this month where a laptop was sat on top of a car in a notebook, both containing sensitive details of officers. they fell off the vehicle into a motorway, and that�*s also being investigated. so the board said today while those sensitive investigations are taking place, that�*s why it�*s taken a bit of time to talk about the review, but they describe it as an end and review, looking at how this happened and the systems put in place to make sure it�*ll never happen again. but there are still massive questions for the ps and i to answer about how they store and handle detail dash one in the wake of what has happened over the wake of what has happened over the last few weeks.— the last few weeks. thank you very much for updating _ the last few weeks. thank you very much for updating us _ the last few weeks. thank you very much for updating us on _ the last few weeks. thank you very much for updating us on that - much for updating us on that breaking story. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let�*s look at some other stories making news. former metropolitan police

officer adam provan, who abused his position to prey on women and girls, has beenjailed for 16 years for a series of rapes spanning eight years. a court heard the 44—year—old�*s predatory behaviour dated back to the 1990s, and went unchecked until one of his victims came forward. network rail is to face prosecution over an aberdeenshire train crash claimed three lives. train driver brett mccullough, conductor donald dinnie, and passenger christopher stuchbury died when the train derailed at carmon in august 2020. the train hit a landslide after heavy rain. the case will call at the high court in aberdeeen next month. a children�*s charity in england says the cuts to the number of hours young people spend doing sport should be a national concern. new data shows a further 4,000 hours of physical education have been lost from the curriculum in state—funded secondary schools last year. the youth sport trust says it�*s a further threat to pupils�* wellbeing. these are some of the other stories we�*ve been looking at. you�*re live with bbc news.

here, the lead consultant on the neo natal unit where the child killer lucy letby worked — has told the bbc that health service managers should be regulated — in the same way as doctors and nurses. letby will spend the rest of her life in prison — after she was sentenced yesterday for murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six more at the countess of chester hospital. dr stephen brearey said his initial concerns about the nurse were not immediately acted upon — and his experience is not unusual. you go to senior colleagues with a problem and you come away confused and anxious because that problem is being turned in a way in which you start to realise that they are seeing you as a problem. doctors and nurses will have the regulatory bodies that we all have to answer to. and quite often, we will see senior managers who have no apparent

accountability for what they do in our trusts, and they are moved to other trusts. and you worry about their future actions and there doesn�*t seem to be any system to make them accountable and for them to justify their actions. let�*s bring in alison britton, professor of health care and medical law at glasgow caledonian university. thank you very much forjoining us. do you think that health managers, nhs managers should be regulated? yes, i think the first thing to really note here is that this is not a new problem, this whole concept of whistle—blowing, what it means, how it�*s accounted for, how it�*s managed, and most importantly for everyone involved, how it�*s actually resolved. it really came to light rounded about 2012 surrounding the midst efforts to report an inquiry,

and it really hasn�*t managed to bring the resolution i think that has been expected there. and i think one of the issues is that there�*ll always be a tension, a conflict of if you like which, as the consultant said, the professional interest of the clinician, whose first concern is that of his or her patient. and what you tend to have with nhs managers is that the public perception, the media perception, that the faith in the hospital, these two don�*t always reconcile there. these two don't always reconcile there. ~ , , , ., these two don't always reconcile there. , , , ., ., there. why, if this is not a new problem. has _ there. why, if this is not a new problem, has this _ there. why, if this is not a new problem, has this not - there. why, if this is not a newl problem, has this not happened already? i problem, has this not happened alread ? ~ ,.., problem, has this not happened alread ? ~ ., already? i think the scale of the roblem, already? i think the scale of the problem. the — already? i think the scale of the problem, the complexity, - already? i think the scale of the problem, the complexity, the l already? i think the scale of the - problem, the complexity, the number of parties, and probably that no two sets of circumstances are exactly

the same. but there are some common themes too, and again, as a consultant alluded to, there�*s a whole set of professional bodies, the professional medical council, the professional medical council, the midwifery council who are all there to investigate potential complaints arising from those professionals. but in addition to that, nhs managers are the line managers, the employers of those consultants, doctors and nurses that work with them. and i think the very essence of whistle—blowers have really — it�*s a really unpleasant term, but i think many people who had wanted to raise a complaint may not see themselves initially as a whistle—blower. but the term whistle—blower. but the term whistle—blower has a legal connotation, it is protected by law, and if an individual goes to an nhs manager and raises an issue, they are obliged to treat that issue,

that complaint from that person as the whistle—blower, and it�*s a whistle—blowing complaint. now the nhs doesn�*t want to do that because they then have to publicly record that there has been a matter with them. and it also has to appear in an annual report. so very often, the idea is that nhs managers want to try and suppress that because it�*s not good for the public perception of the hospital, they don�*t want that going to the public and the media because it damages the faith that patients may have in the hospital and the overall public perception of the hospital. it�*s made the situation almost impossible to reconcile as it currently stands. thank you very much for sharing your insights and thoughts on that story with us. let�*s bring you a reminder

of the very latest on the ongoing rescue in pakistan. we do have some night—time footage that we can show you of the ongoing rescue. we know that helicopter rescue has now been suspended for the evening due to the weather and lack of light, as it�*s evening there as you can see, but we now have been told that there is a zip line and cable rescue that�*s ongoing, cable and zip line experts have been brought in by army helicopter from various areas of the northern region of pakistan, and they will be working through the night to try and rescue those people who are trapped in that cable car. now we have more on that story on the bbc news website. we are running a special live page, there�*s more video footage and the latest updates. you can find me on twitter,

stay with us on bbc news. hello. it was a pleasant enough day for most of us today, apart from a few showers here and there. a lot of bright, if not sunny weather, temperatures into the 20s, and i think for tomorrow, we can expect more of the same. now, let�*s have a look at the big picture across our part of the world — and the atlantic, here�*s the jet stream curving around greenland, coming around iceland here, and we are right underneath the jet stream. so the weather�*s a little bit more temperate here — whereas south of the jet stream, that�*s where the real heat is, and we are in the midst of a really intense heatwave across many parts of europe. really, for this time of the year, temperatures in some spots well in excess of a0 celsius for spain, for france, for italy too. and at any time in the summer, this would have been regarded as pretty extreme.

anyway, back to our neck of the woods — you can see where the jet stream is, literally right on top of the uk at 30,000 feet. we had some showers earlier on, there still will be a few showers around through the evening hours across some northern and western areas. and this weak weather front will nudge in, just sneak in south of ireland and nudge into parts of wales, bringing some damp and cloudy weather maybe to swansea. so a little bit of rain here first thing, but elsewhere, i think it�*s a dry start, generally clear. temperatures are fresh in aberdeen, about eight celsius, elsewhere still into double figures. and then, tomorrow, a few showers in the western isles pushed in by a breeze off the atlantic. a little bit of cloud there around the irish sea and western wales, but further to the east and the south, it will be warm and sunny. temperatures will be widely into the 20s, mid—20s for london and east anglia. low pressure is over us on thursday, but it�*s not a very strong area of low pressure — that means not an awful lot of wind, not an awful lot of rain, but there will be some showers circling, and you can see some showers there

in the north—west of scotland, and also, with a weak weather front across england and wales, a chance of catching some rain further south, too. but it won�*t be enough to cool things off — in fact, in london and norwich, about 25, still hovering around 20 or so for hull, and not far off that in newcastle. let�*s have a look at the outlook then for the end of the week — and into the weekend, does cool off a little bit across some southern areas, but in edinburgh it looks as though it�*ll hang around 18 celsius as far as the eye can see. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines. the bbc sees emails showing the british museum was warned two years ago that objects from its collection were being put on sale. after the baby killer lucy letby is jailed for life there are growing calls for toughter regulation of health service managers. the number of people dying from drug misuse and scotland falls to its lowest level in five years. now it is time for the sport. a full round—up from the bbc sport centre with tolson. pep guardiola is set to be missing from manchester city�*s dugout until after the international break following surgery on his back. the club confirmed their manager has had a routine operation and will complete his

rehab in barcelona. assistant managerjuanma lillo will take control of