trying to deal with time and effort trying to deal with drug—related deaths, not so much on problems with alcohol. —— critics of the scottish government. the midpoint of their minimum unit alcohol pricing policy that came in 2018, minimum price per unit of alcohol designed to deal with problem drinking. some experts will see that these figures would be even worse if it was not for that, possibly. but what you can see is that scotland has big problems, both with drugs and with alcohol. the scottish government would see that they are trying to deal with both of those at the same time. i read that minimum unit pricing coming in back in 2018. it was controversial then. coming in back in 2018. it was controversialthen. is coming in back in 2018. it was controversial then. is there any chance they would take this even further now? that is something people will want them to do, people who are in favour of that policy will be seeing, it has not increased in line with inflation, therefore the impact of that minimum price per unit of

alcohol is not the same as it was five years ago, that is certainly an i'd read that will be made. it is not some thing a scottish government have really come down one side or the other on that definitely there will be pressure on them to do something about this death rate for alcohol related harms. let us get more on the expansion of the ultra low emission zone in london which charges the most polluting vehicles entering the capital, drivers of vehicles that don't meet emission standards will have to pay £12 50 per day to travel on any part of the city. i am joined by a spokesperson for mams for langs, a campaign group raising awareness of the health effects of air pollution. she became particularly concerned about it after her son developed asthma. thank you forjoining us.

we see he developed asthma. what did you notice about his health? in 2018 there was a full on heatwave, air pollution levels were sky—high. i had gone out one evening to see a friend. my son's dad called me and said, he is not breathing properly, he needs to go to hospital as soon as he can. i rushed straight to the hospital and found that he was making these sharp intakes of breath, his lungs were making a kind of wheezing, crackling noise. that was the first of seven attacks that he had that summer. he has since developed asthma and had some really severe nasty asthma attacks. the last of which was in january, when he was in hospitalfor about two weeks. again, that took

place in a spike in air pollution. i am relieved that the ultra low emission zone is being expanded, because clean air zones are proven to reduce air pollution. i am still concerned about the levels of air pollution that we will be breathing. more needs to be done to clean up the air here, but this is a positive step in the right direction. anybody that has seen what breathing difficulties look like, especially in a child, they would be pretty shocked, and concerned, that air pollution is making this health issue worse. also, it is notjust asthma that air pollution is linked to. there is a range of different diseases that air pollution impacts and causes, from dementia, strokes, heart attacks, cancer. the evidence is irrefutable. that air pollution

impacts human health in wide—ranging, devastating ways. this is something that national government needs to act on urgently, to invest in, and to take seriously. but bearing my son in mind, i am hopeful, i know, that this will improve the levels of air pollution that we are breathing in, and from the point of view of a parent taking care of a child with asthma, it is a daily worry what he is feeling in. what do you make at the controversy that has cited this as well? some people are saying that they are putting a financial penalty on during a cost of living crisis, that is not the right way to deal with it, what you think about that?

yes. no. iempathise it, what you think about that? yes. no. i empathise with people struggling with the cost of living crisis. it is a difficult issue. the thing that we need to remember is that it thing that we need to remember is thatitis thing that we need to remember is that it is for that national cabinets to make sure that these schemes are properly funded and people are given support to make the changes that they need whether business, private users, to be able to switch to a cleaner mode of transport. but what i want to get across also is there is a massive cost in not acting on air pollution, massive cost to the nhs. the impact of individual lives of being sick with illness, that is exacerbated by air pollution. it is immeasurable. from my experience, my son was so sick i was not able to work, it has also prevented me from going back to full—time work, because he has so much time off school.

thank you forjoining us, from the campaign group, mums for langs. in march 1980... the capsized oil platform alexander callon, adrift after the worst ever the north sea oil disaster. already, 38 bodies have been found and hope is fading for a hundred men still missing. bbc news on the day after the floating hotel keeled over and sank in dreadful weather. one of the men missing that night was cleator moor man keith hunter,

whose body has never been found. fenced in beside the town hall is the only memorial to keith and four others, a poignant place for one of his sons, wayne. it's like a headstone to us — obviously we never retrieved our dad. so i go at least once a year. i definitely missed the father in my life. you have no—one to turn to. a troubled adolescence, wayne tried to bury the memories of what had happened. butjust last year, a meeting with norwegian relatives of victims kindled a sense that he had to try to find justice, however painful. many sleepless nights, and i'm still having sleepless nights now. it's just wrong in so many ways of how there was no follow up with with families. the sea king helicopter from raf boomer in northumberland - was the first to be called just 40 minutes after the accident. - despite a rescue operation, including the raf, only 89 men survived. it's a tragedy that has echoed down through the generations. that experience of trauma is all too familiar for the man who's organised families to come together

to fight for the full truth. there was a study made in 2005 showing that 37% of the survivors still suffered from severe psychological damages. fighting for facts is a very important element in the healing process for these these traumas that people are experiencing. survivors and relatives dispute the findings of a 1980s inquiry into the disaster that was held behind closed doors. and the kielland network has invited british families to norway to increase the pressure. with activity and network in both places it will also be helpful in making british politicians and parliamentarians more aware of what has been happening and that the push for more answers will be stronger. if we connect that way. you're going to norway to meet otherfamilies. what do you hope that trip brings? hope to get

out of that meeting with the norwegians? just answers so we can move on, move on in life. but until then, no—one can move on. the truth's massive. everyone deserves the truth. it will be part of closure. lincoln she beekeeper —— a lincolnshire beekeeper. the wasps, just like other predators, will pick on the ricoh tree. i have seen quite a lot of the bees going in, this one is feeling better than the other ones.

yes. there are lots of them. why in particular have wasps been so active this year compared to normal? combination of a mild winter, mild autumn and winter last year, which resulted in more queen wasps surviving through the winter. there is a wasp. if wasps get into the hive, they go and tell their sisters, it can quite quickly become inundated with wasp activity. i am appreciative that early on in the year did a of good around the garden. we will have a look at one now that has not been so lucky. this colon will now that has not been so lucky. this colony will not _ now that has not been so lucky. this colony will not survive. 90% of these insects flying around our wasps. fin 9096 of these insects flying around our wass. ., ., y 9096 of these insects flying around ourwass. ., ., y , , 9096 of these insects flying around ourwass. ., ., i, , our wasps. on one of my sites i lost a hue our wasps. on one of my sites i lost a huge percentage. _ our wasps. on one of my sites i lost a huge percentage, about— our wasps. on one of my sites i lost a huge percentage, about 3096. - our wasps. on one of my sites i lost a huge percentage, about 3096. if. a huge percentage, about 30%. if you're running a factory and you lost 30% of your workforce, you would have big problems.

this one is a different style of hive. it has this rotary disc, it gives a smaller entrance for the bees to have to protect. let us take a look at the weather. bit of a mixed bag in this final week of meteorological summer. back to school soon as well. the weather headline, sunny spells, scattered showers that is what we are expecting through the rest of the week. here is a satellite picture. some cloud circling around scotland. that is an area of low pressure. weather fronts across the uk, persistent rain for a time in northern scotland, cold front moving across wales and england. the current cloud here. some sporadic rain elsewhere sunny spells and

showers. temperatures for today are modest. low pressure is with ours, pushing in the showers from the north. some clear spells. pushing in the showers from the north. some clearspells. early pushing in the showers from the north. some clear spells. early in the morning on wednesday, quite nippy, seven celsius in glasgow, cold in rural sports. lots of sunshine tomorrow. with a northerly air stream, that northerly cool air, showers building up. the sun will propel those clouds, temperatures of around 18 — 20 celsius. there are a few showers in the forecast for wednesday. thursday, area of low pressure approaches, early in the day rain spreading across wales and southern parts of england, further north, on thursday, the better the weather will be. hull, newcastle, the

lowlands of scotland, aberdeen, fine weather on thursday. towards the west in the south there will be rain at times. is today. —— that is thursday. high pressure is starting to build for the weekend. there is an indication that this weekend the weather is not looking bad at all. some sunshine, but pleasantly warm. for once the weather is going to behave this coming weekend. that is it. have a good day.

live from london, this is bbc news. passengers face days of disruption after problems with the uk's air traffic control system cause the cancellation of more than 1,500 flights. pakistan's former prime minister, imran khan, is granted bail by the country's high court. an inquest in the uk hears the cause of the death of ten—year—old

sara sharif is likely to be "unnatural". latest estimates show a sharp rise in the number of troops killed in ukraine. we have a special report. what we hear from soldiers on the front line is... hello, i'm maryam moshiri. welcome to bbc news. now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. we start with the thousands of travellers facing days of disruption after a technical fault hit the uk's air traffic control system. this was the scene on monday. there was chaos in airports across the uk, with flights grounded, leaving huge crowds in departure areas. by one estimate, more than 25% of planned flights — that's over 1,500 journeys in and out of the uk — were cancelled on monday. that includes 790 departures and 785 arrivals.

heathrow saw the highest number of cancellations,