our other main stories — five injured in a stabbing in dublin in what police describe as a "serious public order incident". hundreds of thousands of new arrivals to the uk. a blow to the prime minister's promise to slash immigration. more on the story in a moment or two, first of the bbc sport centre. great britain have just started their davis cup semifinal in malaga, you can check it via the bbc sport website, it is 1—1 all, they have literallyjust website, it is 1—1 all, they have literally just started unserved far. novak djokovic against cameron norrie to come and if needed a decided doubles match. the early stages there in malaga, you can watch it via the iplayer or the bbc sport website. the winner will face italy

in the semi finals tomorrow. jannik sinner won his singles match andthen teamed up with lorenzo sonego to take the deciding doubles for a 2—1victory over the netherlands the 12 teams still in with a chance of qualifying for euro 2024 — have found out what route they'll need to take to make it to germany next summer. wales missed out on the last automatic spot on tuesday — so they'll now need to beat finland in the play—off semi finals in march — and then beat either poland or estonia to book their place at the championships. what's important is the home draw in the second leg, we have to get him job done first and foremost but we are probably wanting to avoid ukraine as well a month so i think it has gone to plan for us. i don't think any team in that group would have been wanted to play us. the form we are in at the minute and

with the red wall at home we would take anybody on in cardiff. elsewhere, 2004 champions greece will need to beat kazakhstan and then either georgia or luxembourg while bosnia and herzegovina will play ukraine and israel will face iceland. for all the incredible success manager emma hayes has enjoyed at chelsea — the women's champions league is the one trophy missing from the cabinet. chelsea play paris fc at stamford bridge this evening as the group stages continue, they're hoping for better... we have respect for every team in our group but when we go out we expect to win, so i don't think about must wins or anything like that, ijust think about must wins or anything like that, i just think about performing and i think if we play to the best of our ability, i know we wanted tight against madrid away, last time we played them in the group a i waypoint was an important point, so we have to play every game as it

comes, you can't think about the future or pass in the champions league, just one game at a time. only four days since they met in the work a bit semifinals. scant consolation, the teams are very different after the seven week's log for the competition that just ended but india chased down a very big target, 210 to win. england test captain ben stokes will play no part in next year's indian premier league — after withdrawing from the tournament. he's made himself unavailable in order to manage his workload and fitness. stokes was a part of england's recent world cup squad — but is due to have knee surgery before england's five—match test series in india, which starts in late january. defending champion mark allen was take on china stingy me in the

smokerfinal, it's a repeat take on china stingy me in the smoker final, it's a repeat of last years final, one by allen, ronnie o'sullivan starts his campaign against anthony gill on tuesday. the tournament is live across the bbc. the tennis from malaga still on, britain and serbia in the quarterfinal of the davis cup. the uk covid—19 inquiry in london, heard today from a senior scientist that the second lockdown in 2020 in england, came too late — and there were unnecessary deaths as a result. the hearing also looked at how ethnic minority groups were disroportionately affected by the virus. our health editor hugh pym was at the hearing, and he's in our newsroom. what have we learned today, hugh? we've heard a lot this week from senior scientists and health officials, particularly about the first lockdown in march 2020 and the fact that as most people who give evidence this week said it came in a

week too late. today, the focus was a bit more on the second lockdown in the autumn, and how scientists and the autumn, and how scientists and the government experts advisory committee had been pushing for restrictions to kick in in the middle of september, but ministers decided not to do that. the deputy to sir patrick vallance, the chief scientific adviser but she occasionally appeared at some of the downing street press conferences and was an expert at that time, she was asked by the inquiry council today what she thought about the events in the autumn of 2020. you what she thought about the events in the autumn of 2020.— the autumn of 2020. you described this uuite the autumn of 2020. you described this quite accurately _ the autumn of 2020. you described this quite accurately as _ the autumn of 2020. you described this quite accurately as the - the autumn of 2020. you described this quite accurately as the worst i this quite accurately as the worst moment— this quite accurately as the worst moment of the pandemic, why do you say that? _ moment of the pandemic, why do you say that? why do you describe in those _ say that? why do you describe in those terms? it say that? why do you describe in those terms?— those terms? it is frustrating for us to be asked _ those terms? it is frustrating for us to be asked to _ those terms? it is frustrating for us to be asked to advise - those terms? it is frustrating for

us to be asked to advise the - us to be asked to advise the government— us to be asked to advise the government and _ us to be asked to advise the government and to - us to be asked to advise the government and to advise . us to be asked to advise the i government and to advise the government— government and to advise the government that _ government and to advise the government that the - government and to advise the government that the autumnl government and to advise the - government that the autumn would be difficult, _ government that the autumn would be difficult, and _ government that the autumn would be difficult, and that _ government that the autumn would be difficult, and that that _ government that the autumn would be difficult, and that that difficulty- difficult, and that that difficulty it would — difficult, and that that difficulty it would manifest _ difficult, and that that difficulty it would manifest as _ difficult, and that that difficulty it would manifest as rising - difficult, and that that difficulty- it would manifest as rising numbers of infections — it would manifest as rising numbers of infections. and _ it would manifest as rising numbers of infections. and then _ it would manifest as rising numbers of infections. and then we - it would manifest as rising numbers of infections. and then we had - it would manifest as rising numbers of infections. and then we had thisl of infections. and then we had this astonishingly— of infections. and then we had this astonishingly good _ of infections. and then we had this astonishingly good ability - of infections. and then we had this astonishingly good ability to - of infections. and then we had this astonishingly good ability to watch| astonishingly good ability to watch that happening _ astonishingly good ability to watch that happening with _ astonishingly good ability to watch that happening with the _ astonishingly good ability to watch that happening with the coyness . astonishingly good ability to watch i that happening with the coyness cook first infection — that happening with the coyness cook first infection study, _ that happening with the coyness cook first infection study, and _ that happening with the coyness cook first infection study, and it— first infection study, and it proceeded _ first infection study, and it proceeded to _ first infection study, and it proceeded to happen - first infection study, and it proceeded to happen and. first infection study, and it. proceeded to happen and we first infection study, and it- proceeded to happen and we should quit or— proceeded to happen and we should quit or you — proceeded to happen and we should quit or you should _ proceeded to happen and we should quit or you should do _ proceeded to happen and we should quit or you should do something - quit or you should do something uncie _ quit or you should do something uncle michael— quit or you should do something uncle michael but _ quit or you should do something uncle michael but nothing - quit or you should do something - uncle michael but nothing happened. so that— uncle michael but nothing happened. so that is— uncle michael but nothing happened. so that is the — uncle michael but nothing happened. so that is the chief— uncle michael but nothing happened. so that is the chief government - so that is the chief government advising scientists, she is still very much in government advising the prime minister and cabinet about policy now, so her views in terms of what happened back in september 2020 are interesting. taste what happened back in september 2020 are interesting-— are interesting. we also heard from the equalities _ are interesting. we also heard from the equalities minister, _ are interesting. we also heard from the equalities minister, what - are interesting. we also heard from the equalities minister, what did i the equalities minister, what did she say? the equalities minister, what did she sa ? �* ., the equalities minister, what did she sa ? ., the equalities minister, what did shesa? she say? kemi badenoch, a cabinet minister at— she say? kemi badenoch, a cabinet minister at a _ she say? kemi badenoch, a cabinet minister at a time, _ she say? kemi badenoch, a cabinet minister at a time, she _ she say? kemi badenoch, a cabinet minister at a time, she is _ she say? kemi badenoch, a cabinet

minister at a time, she is minister. minister at a time, she is minister for equalities and she was asked a lot about how the government had approached the disparities emerging on outcomes for certain ethnic groups, which the reporter, there were higher fatality rates, groups, which the reporter, there were higherfatality rates, and back in 2020 when the pandemic was at its height, she asked what they were doing about that, and she said there were monitoring of it and it was clear certain ethnic groups were more vulnerable than others, and that the bma had not been helpful at all. interestingly, at the end of the hearing, she was asked what was her biggest regret about what happened in 2020, and it relates to all the misinformation about the vaccines that had been going in certain communities.

lam i am still concerned about the issue of misinformation, and the number of people _ of misinformation, and the number of peopie that _ of misinformation, and the number of people that come up to me in the streets _ people that come up to me in the streets and tell me that i am part of a grand — streets and tell me that i am part of a grand conspiracy to infect thent, — of a grand conspiracy to infect them, and _ of a grand conspiracy to infect them, and so—and—so died because of them, and so—and—so died because of the nrateriai— them, and so—and—so died because of the material that we were putting out is _ the material that we were putting out is very— the material that we were putting out is very disturbing. i don't think— out is very disturbing. i don't think overman has a handle on dealing — think overman has a handle on dealing with misinformation. that was kemi dealing with misinformation. trust was kemi badenoch with a concern very much held in the current climate with everything going on globally about misinformation and how quickly it spreads with social media, but certainly among clearly then she felt it was a problem in terms of getting through to different communities, messages about vaccines, and she said the appointment of community champions had been very successful in terms of going to different groups in different areas of england and the wider uk in terms of their perceptions of getting messages

across in different ways in those communities.— across in different ways in those communities. ., communities. back to you matthew, huh ' m communities. back to you matthew, hugh pym there _ communities. back to you matthew, hugh pym there in _ communities. back to you matthew, hugh pym there in a _ communities. back to you matthew, hugh pym there in a newsroom. - back to that breaking news from dublin where five people in creating three young children have been taken to hospital after a stabbing incident in the city centre. one of the children wejust incident in the city centre. one of the children we just heard is a five—year—old girl having emergency treatment. the justice five—year—old girl having emergency treatment. thejustice minister called it a appalling attack. witnesses spoke of their shock. i looked across the road and i saw a man in a stabbing motion with a load of children. so i flew across the road and the man was after stabbing two children, as far as i could make out. we got the children up to the left with the women that was there and the teachers, i presume. and then there was a bit of a... people were trying to attack the man so me and an american lady, we formed a ring around the man,

just to say that we are not savages in this country, that we let the garda do their duty and then about three minutes later the ambulance came for the children and then another ambulance and fire officers came for the man on the ground. it was horrendous and the children screaming and the woman screaming, it was chaotic, absolutely chaotic, the poor children, and at the school couldn't be more than six. i the knife, a lovely young man was brave enough to tackle him and took the knife out of his hand. it landed on the ground and a guy on a bike got the ground and a guy on a bike got the knife and throws across the drain, and we got somebody to mark that drain until he got the guard over to it, and once the guard arrived onto the scene i flagged them and told them the knife was over there and after that i left the

scene. , , , �* , over there and after that i left the scene. , ,, �*, ., ~ ., scene. one eyewitness, let's talk to paul reynolds _ scene. one eyewitness, let's talk to paul reynolds our _ scene. one eyewitness, let's talk to paul reynolds our crime _ paul reynolds our crime correspondent there in dublin, and we were hearing about only 25 minutes ago from the irish police really distressing and disturbing detail in terms of what happened there in the city centre earlier. that's correct, distressing and baffling, it happened in dublin city centre at lunchtime, a busy city centre, a group of small young children, five or six years of age, lining up beside a school, in front of a school, prepared to go into an after school centre, when a man arrived and started attacking the children and stabbed a five—year—old girl. a woman intervened and she was also stabbed and seriously injured, and a five—year—old boy and a six—year—old girl were also stabbed, the three children were taken to two children's hospitals in the city. the 5 euros goal, as you said, is

undergoing surgery this itching and has been seriously injured, the woman has been sick it's a matter hospital across the road here and is going surgery under serious injuries. the two other children were taken to children's hospital on the other side of the city with minor injuries, the boy has been released from hospital since. the suspect in the case was restrained by a number of people at the scene, the knife was taken from him, the police arrived and he was arrested, and he was taken to hospital for treatments, he is a man in his 50s, still being detained in hospital tonight under guard. iltrul’eiiii still being detained in hospital tonight under guard. well paul, we clearl slid tonight under guard. well paul, we clearly slid have _ tonight under guard. well paul, we clearly slid have lost _ tonight under guard. well paul, we clearly slid have lost a _ tonight under guard. well paul, we clearly slid have lost a lie - tonight under guard. well paul, we clearly slid have lost a lie to - tonight under guard. well paul, we clearly slid have lost a lie to you, l clearly slid have lost a lie to you, but that's paul reynolds there in dublin going through some of the details. apologies we lost the line a few times, but that is the latest we are hearing from that incident

right there in the city centre. net migration to the uk hit a record level last year — almost three quarters of a million more people coming to live here than leaving, according to the office for national statistics. but the indications are that net migration is now slowing down. in 2010, the then prime minister david cameron promised to bring net migration down to the �*tens of thousands'. mark easton has the details. the figure that i think most people will be looking at and the ones that will raise eyebrows is the revised net migration figure, as you say, for 2022. 745,000 more people came to the uk than left, and that's helping push the population of england and wales up at its fastest rate since the baby boom of the early 1960s. now, the latest net migration for the year tojune this year is 672,000, down a bit from what we now think happened last year. and it looks like net migration may be on a downward trajectory. so who's coming?

well, among the 1.2 million people who came into britain for more than 12 months, roughly 375,000 were workers and theirfamilies, one in three of whom were coming to fill vacancies in the nhs and social care system. and 410,000 were students and their dependents. and interestingly, the home secretary james cleverly has described these as positive changes, testament to both our world—leading university sector and our ability to use our immigrationsystem to prioritise the skills we need — a very different tone from his predecessor, suella braverman. now, we also got another set of immigration figures from the home office today with numbers on small boat arrivals, asylum and so on. they show that in the year to september, a5,000 came to the uk by irregular means, most in small boats. that's actually down a little from 53,000, and it represents around 0.3% of all arrivals. so important — this 99.7%

of immigration is not small boats. meanwhile, the backlog of people waiting for an initial decision on their asylum claim, it was 165,000 to september. that's also down roughly 10,000 on the figure forjune. but the number of asylum seekers in hotels, well, that has reached a record high, 56,000 people because there's not enough accommodation in the system and that's costing the taxpayer £3 billion a year. the home secretary has been criticised for using unparliamentary language towards a labour mp. james cleverly — who was until recently foreign secretary — was accused of making the remark, and, a warning, the alleged use of language is offensive. it was in response to labour mp alex cunningham challenging rishi sunak during prime minister's questions, over the level of child poverty in his north—east of england constituency. live now to our political correspondent damian

yesterday we had a flat the nail, today a different one. it yesterday we had a flat the nail, today a different one. it happened durin: today a different one. it happened during prime _ today a different one. it happened during prime minister's _ today a different one. it happened during prime minister's questions| during prime minister's questions yesterday, the main set piece of the week here in westminster, that wasn't the case yesterday because it wasn't the case yesterday because it was a warm up app for the chancellors autumn statement, but temperatures, as ever, still high at prime minister's questions. just have a watch of this, the question that alex cunningham asked about child poverty. if you watch closely and listen closely, you might be able to hear it a bit of fruity language in there, just to warn you about this, but watch this ship first. thank you very much, mr speaker. why are 34% of children in my| constituency living in poverty? mr speaker... mr speaker, it's this government that has ensured that across our country, 1.7 million fewer people are living in poverty.

just before rishi sunak get surveys feed their and i will apologise in advance for viewers, labour front benches were adamant they saw coming from the mouth of the home secretary james cleverly and he said, they claim it's because expletive, stopped on, the problem with child poverty was not we had a firm denial from james cleverly that he did not say that, i would not say that. today, i think, say that, i would not say that. today, ithink, the say that, i would not say that. today, i think, the way the story has developed is that we had a very senior conservative figure outside westminster, the mayor of tees valley, clearly not believing what james cleverly said there, and suggesting that he should have apologised for his words dragon stockton's name through the mud, so that we had another message from james cleverly�*s team is source close to saying that actually what

she has, actually what he said was that accident alex cunningham was a expo elective expletive mp. so that's where we are at the moment alex cunningham himself does not believe that, he is adamant that the home secretary should come back before the house of commons and apologised for besmirching the name of his constituency, and of course it's pretty embarrassing whether or not he did say this. there is the focus now on the brand—new home secretary conduct. he was appointed in the reshuffle at the start of last week, and it places just like stockton—on—tees, the kind of towns that really won the general election in 2019 for the conservatives, the other seat in conservative as well. so the government needs a hand onto those seats if they're good to stay in the power in the next general

election. ., ., ., election. there we have to leave it, thank ou election. there we have to leave it, thank you for— election. there we have to leave it, thank you for taking _ election. there we have to leave it, thank you for taking us _ election. there we have to leave it, thank you for taking us through - election. there we have to leave it, thank you for taking us through alll thank you for taking us through all that. ofsted's chief inspector has said the social contract between parents and schools had "fractured" since the pandemic." amanda spielman pointed to lower school attendance, pupil poorer behaviour and friction between parents and schools as evidence. speaking to bbc radio 4, the leader of the education watchdog said it would years of work to change attitudes. it's the slow, steady work from all directions. there's no quick fix there's, there's no magic bullets. school have to work with parents to build their understanding of the school expectations. parents have to play their part and accept school policy expectations from uniforms, behaviour policies, and so... they have to be mutually reinforcing systems so that children get that consistency between home and school. millions of homes in england, scotland and wales will see their gas and electricity bills go up — from january. the increase will mean a rise in average bills of £91; a year, or 5%, for a typical household.

here's our cost of living correspondent colletta smith. another energy bill's landed. so, roy is off to the post office to pay what he can because his family are already in arrears. probably about £1,000 in debt on the gas, about £400 or £500 in debt on the electric. the last payment i made on the gas was about...it was £800. it was every penny i had left in my savings. roy's been out of work for a year with two teenagers at home, higher bills injanuary won't be easy. struggling to get work. struggling to pay bills. struggling to live. you feel vulnerable. they are struggling. and roy isn't the only one. lots of custome sadia's aren't able to cover their bills. and it's really hard for some people because they have young families and, you know, they have a low income and the issue

is mostly they got depressed or stressed out because of energy bills or rising prices. and, with charges increasing again injanuary, junaid has made some big choices to stay in control. i work full time for my main job, and i've got a second job now just to top up my bills, because i was using too much of my credit card and paying bills and everything for my credit card. it had come to a point, where i had used most of my limit, so i have to do something and i feel like, you know, i can't be doing this for rest of my life. you know, like it's tiring, it's draining. there was a slight reduction in energy prices for households from last month, but this increase from january of £94 a year to a typical bill takes prices back up to the point they were at this summer. the regulator says it's necessary. i've learnt over the last two - or three years that the worst thing you can do is make a prediction about how gas prices _ are going to change. therefore, what i say to customers,

lwhat i say to everyone is: we needl to prepare for prices to be roughly i at this level and for the market i to respond to those unexpected events in different ways. - but, despite this new normal for customers, there's no new help from the government. because the government gave that extra £400 support to every household last winter, that means that a typical household this winter is already facing higher bills. and now we know that from january things are only going to get more difficult from the new year. trying to put a little extra aside will become even more crucial for many. colletta smith, bbc news gorton in manchester. for tips on how to deal with your energy bill, go to the tackling it together section of the bbc news website at bbc.co.uk slash news. you'll find our energy price calculator — where you can work out what will happen to your bills in the new year

it's 60 years to the day since doctor who first appeared on oui’ screens. three special episodes of the perennially popular sci—fi show are being released this weekend — including the return of david tennant as the fourteenth doctor. lizo mzimba has been taking a look. david tennant and catherine tate back in the roles they left in 2010. i had to wipe her memory to save her life. no! if she remembers me, she will die. to get to return to something that meant so much 15 years ago and was such a huge part of my life to get to revisit it, sort of full—time, even briefly, was something i never really imagined. the three new special episodes are celebrating the show�*s diamond anniversary. today, it's 60 years since the very first episode. i believe these people are known to you. they are two of my school teachers. what are you doing here? when viewers turned on their tv sets at 5:15pm on the 23rd of november, 1963, this is what would have greeted them, something they'd never

quite seen the like of before. and what's wrong with it? so this is? the very first script of doctor who. few can be more delighted to see it celebrating its 60th birthday than the man who directed the very first episode. i got this script and ijust didn't understand it at all! _ and i said to verity lambert, the producer, what are - we going to do with this? and she said, well, we're - going to have to make it work, and that's where we are right now. we're still talking about something 60 years later because it worked. i one day, i shall come back. and for the following six decades there's been long succession of doctors... fantastic. ..each with their own distinct personality, while still remaining... the doctor. we're on the list. ..battling monsters and villains. they are to be exterminated. the secret of the show�*s longevity? who knows? or perhaps doctor who knows.

they say there are only six or seven stories under the sun, and mankind's genius is to retell them and entertain us with them. and this is one of those stories. it's all connected to the storytelling of 1,000 years ago when people sat round a campfire and told tales of strangers who ride into town and make things better. after david tennant, ncuti gatwa will take over. the first doctor, fans hope, of another 60 years of the show. lizo mzimba, bbc news. the first of those specials on bbc one on saturday at 630. for uk viewers — the first doctor who special with david tennant is on bbc one on saturday at 6.30pm — as well as iplayer. it'll also be available on disney plus around the world. that's it for me today.

hello there. we've seen much more sunshine round today, but it feels very different in different parts of the country. our first weather watcher picture was taken in suffolk, and here it feels mild, temperatures around about 14 degrees in the afternoon. in scotland, we are getting more sunshine today. but here, it is getting colder through the afternoon, temperatures around eight degrees in perth. and you can see the temperature contrast that we have north—south across the uk, generally it is mild across england and wales, with temperatures typically around 13, but for all of us tomorrow it is going to be colder, those temperatures are going to be dropping. instead of this westerly wind that most of us are seeing today, we will replace it with more of a north or north—westerly wind, and that is going to drag down the colder weather overnight and into tomorrow, the colder air coming in behind that weather front there. and this is where the weather front is this evening. there is not much rain on it at all, that sinks down to the south—west, clear skies follow, and a few showers into scotland, and those will turn wintry even to lower levels. it could be quite stormy in shetland as well. frost—wise, overnight it will be coldest, i think,

in scotland and the far north of england, enough cloud elsewhere to keep the temperatures a few degrees above freezing. the cloud we have got in northern ireland, wales and the south—west could produce one or two light showers, but should break up, sunshine coming through. most places will be dry and quite sunny. we still have some showers, mostly of rain in northern scotland and driving down the north sea coasts where the winds are strongest. temperatures wise we are looking at generally into single figures, but it will feel cold where the winds are stronger, so northern and eastern scotland, and all the way down these eastern most parts of england we have the strongest of the winds, and so temperatures are going to feel more like one, two or three degrees — quite a shock to the system. as the winds drop overnight, tomorrow night, we will get the first widespread frost of the autumn. lowest temperatures will be inland, away from those exposed coasts. numbers could be low as about minus five. but for saturday, most places will be dry and sunny. it is not going to be as windy, there won't be as many showers

in the northeast and down those north sea coasts. there will be more cloud in northern scotland. temperatures again sitting around 6—7 degrees. it will feel cold again on sunday but there will be more cloud around.

today at six: thirteen hostages taken from israel by hamas will be released tomorrow. the group will be women and children, and a temporary ceasefire is planned across gaza from early morning. net migration to the uk reaches another record level — and is far higher than originally thought. a far—right party wins a dramatic victory in the dutch general election. geert wilders campaigned to close

the country's borders. energy bills will rise for millions injanuary. a typical household will pay £94 more a year. and we talk to girls aloud as they announce a reunion tour dedicated to their bandmate who died from cancer. coming up in sport on bbc news — can great britain stop novak djokovic in serbia? we'll have the latest on their davis cup quarterfinal in malaga. good evening.

welcome to the bbc news at six. thirteen hostages kidnapped in the 7th october attacks in israel