many may have little to return to, after more than a year of war. supermarket loyalty cards — a review finds they do bring genuine savings, but we should still shop around. how many loyalty cards you do have? oh, wow. one. probably about six. that's a lot. don't use them although. formby has been rocked by a crime wave that has the police baffled and local residents aghast. and, a confession to a crime spree, 50 years on, live on the radio. and coming up on bbc news. the biggest test of a so far almost blemish—free season. liverpool welcome real madrid to anfield, hoping to keep their 100% record in the champions

league. hello and welcome to the bbc news at six. the man in charge of the hospital where lucy letby murdered seven babies in 2015 and 2016, has spoken publically about the case hello and welcome to the bbc news at six. for the first time — and admitted to the public inquiry that he told the nurse "don't worry, we have your back". tony chambers, who resigned as chief executive of the hospital in 2018, also told letby that he was astounded by her resilience. our correspondentjudith moritz reports from the inquiry. now serving 15 whole life sentences, lucy letby has already been made to answerfor her crimes, but there are still many questions about how the countess of chester hospital bosses dealt with her. the chief executive was tony chambers, who promoted himself as a good manager.

as a chief exec, i pledge to support a culture where the front line staff are supported in raising concerns, and, more importantly, me listening to them when they do. but hospital consultants say he didn't listen to their warnings that letby might have been murdering babies, and backed the nurse instead. he told her that her resilience astounded him and remarked, "don't worry, lucy, we've got your back". and he met letby with her parents and told them she'd be allowed to return to nursing duty. today, he was asked to explain that. letby�*s father was very angry. he was making threats. he was making threats that would have just made an already difficult situation even worse by threatening gmc referrals for the doctors. he was threatening guns to my head and all sorts of things.

at a meeting in early 2017, tony chambers ordered the hospital consultants to apologise to letby and draw a line under the matter. i'm going to give you an opportunity to answer the allegation that some people have made that you behaved in an oppressive or overbearing or bullying way in that meeting, and i want to give you the opportunity to say whether you recognise that description of yourself. i didn't feel that i was raising my voice. i certainly wasn't angry. ifelt i behaved professionally as they did as everybody in the meeting did. and that's my recollection of that meeting. tony chambers resigned from running the hospital after lucy letby was arrested in 2018. he went on to other

jobs within the nhs. today, he said his biggest personal failing had been his communication with the families of babies letby harmed and killed, which he said could and should have been better. judith, why haven't we heard from this man previously? well, you know at the time, when chambers left his post in 2018 he was facing a potential vote of no confidence from staff, today at the inquiry, he denied he has left his job to avoid scrutiny but you are right, we haven't heard from him before, why is that that? well none of the senior leadership team at the hospital have spoken since lucy letby�*s trial. they said they were waiting hearfor the public inquiry. haven't given media interview, they didn't give evidence to her criminal trials so there many, many questions for them to answer, and we are 11

weeks into this inquiry now and arguably this is the crux week where one by one members of the senior leadership team are coming to give evidence. tony chamber, we have heard from the director of nursing and tomorrow it will be another big day here, where it will be the turn of the medical director at the time, ian harvey to give his account of how the hospital management handled concerns about lucy letby when doctors on her unit were trying to raise the alarm. judith moritz, thank you. and you can keep across all the latest developments at the thirlwall inquiry by searching for lucy letby on bbc sounds. and you can keep across all the latest developments at the thirlwall inquiry by searching for lucy tens of thousands of lebanese people displaced by the war between israel

and hezbollah are slowly making their way home, tens of thousands of lebanese people displaced by the war between israel trafficjams and long queues formed, as people try to return to their homes, even though the israeli military warned that some areas aren't yet safe. the truce, brokered by the us and france, has halted more than a year of fighting, and tonight presidentjoe biden said now it's in place, the us would make fresh efforts towards getting a ceasefire in gaza. we'll talk more about that in a few minutes. as part of the deal with lebanon, israel will gradually withdraw its troops from the south over a 60 day period, while hezbollah fighters and weapons will be removed from the area. they will be replaced by lebanese government forces. in a moment, we'll hearfrom our correspondent lucy williamson, who has been to kibbutz menara in northern israel, where some people are worried about their safety. but first, our correspondent hugo bachega has been with people making their way south from beirut to tyre. early in the morning, they grabbed what they could and headed south. forced to flee because of the war, they didn't wait to see

if the ceasefire would hold. they were already driving back home. for many here, it was a moment of celebration. this is the main road between beirut and the south of the country. and for hours, thousands of people have been trying to go back to their homes. they say they haven't been defeated in this war and that this is a sign of victory. translation: what i happened is very good. this is a victory for the resistance. the resistance is our honour and pride. without its existence, there would be no homeland, no south, nothing. translation: it doesn't matter if the house - is still standing or not. the important thing is that we're returning thanks to the blood of our martyr nasrallah.

five hours later, we arrived in tyre, a journey that usually takes only one hour. this is the city centre of tyre, the largest city in the south of the country, and i remember being here before this conflict. it was a vibrant place. now there's widespread destruction and it's completely empty. this family was visiting their flat for the first time. an israeli air strike destroyed a building nearby. the attack was so powerful, it damaged almost everything here. i am so sad. i am so sad here because my building is so damaged. i don't like this. recovery for this country will be long and difficult. for lebanon, it means

that this crisis isn't over. hugo bachega, bbc news, southern lebanon. lucy williamson has spent the day in a kibbutz in northern israel, right on the border with lebanon. she joins us live from rosh pinna, further south. gunfire. in this lebanese village, the sound of a ceasefire being tested. one of several places where israel's army said it spotted suspects approaching and fired to push them back. too, like kibbutz residents meital and her 13—year—old daughter, gefen. this is unbelievable. it's like a, it's like a nightmare.

it's your first time back in a year? after one year and two months, yeah. we left in the 8th october �*23. you've heard the small arms fire outside? yeah. do you trust the ceasefire? not so much. three quarters of the buildings here have been damaged during the war. anti—tank missiles punched straight through their walls. the entrance point is over there. for the rocket, the missile? yeah. in the dining room, 0rna shows me the hole left by a rocket. she's lived through two previous wars here, but says this ceasefire is different. it won't be the same. 0ur forces will not, will not leave these villages and will not allow terrorists to come back here. and you can, you can hear it yourself while you're here. whenever someone will try to come

back, they will be shot. the ceasefire is triggering the first discussions of what it would take for residents to return. this family home was burnt out after a missile came through the living room wall. with the ceasefire in place, people are coming back to see what's happened to their border communities. damage like this isn'tjust a practical challenge, it's also a reminder of what hezbollah weapons can do. rebuilding this will take months, but rebuilding a sense of security could take much longer. through the living room window, the shattered houses of their lebanese neighbours. as close as ever but the distance between them has changed. gunfire. lucy williamson, bbc news, manara.

well when israel agreed to this ceasefire in lebanon, more than 43,000 people have died in the 13 month long war between israel and hamas, and about 100 hostages are still believed to be inside the territory, after they were kidnapped during the october seventh attacks. so what could the end of hostilities in lebanon mean for the war in gaza? 0ur security correspondent frank gardner is injerusalem: . your thoughts frank on what this could mean for the wider region? 50. could mean for the wider region? so, the gaza could mean for the wider region? srr, the gaza conflict could mean for the wider region? s57, the gaza conflict is could mean for the wider region? s513, the gaza conflict is different could mean for the wider region? sr3, the gaza conflict is different and more difficult to resolve than the one in lebanon. now the israeli government think they have got a better chance of getting some kind of a deal with hamas, that is the militants organisation that has ruled gaza since 2006, now that in their eyes hezbollah is out of the

equation and hamas is on its own. a complicated factor is 100 or so hostage, the israeli hostages you mentioned who have been held there and are being used as bargaining chip, hamas do not wants to give those up, until the israeli army agrees to leave gaza, and not come back, but the israeli army doesn't want to leave gaza until it has defeated hamas, and removed it as a military threat to israel. so despite all the warm words that are coming out of the us and the good will from qatar, jordan, egypt and turkey, to push forward as hard as possible for a ceasefire deal, it seems there is still a lot of distance between the israeli government on the one hand, and hamas on the other, and there is still after all this time, no clear plan for what happens whence the war ends, and who is going to rule gaza, and how. frank, thank you.

the f bit bi says it has been made aware of threats and is working with law enforcement partners. let us find out more from gary 0'donoghue, what are we hearing about this? well, the fbi are telling us that there have been numerous what they call numerous bomb threats, and swatting incidents at a number of addresses connected to incoming nominees and appointees to the trump administration that will take hold of the administration injanuary. we are hearing that a senior member of congress who will be the nosm knee for the un ambassadorsjob, there was a bomb threat at her home in new york no, when i they learned about while they were driving back for

thank giving. we understand that the incoming nominee for secretary of defence could have been one of those threatened and also, the nominee for the commerce secretary. now bomb threat, swatting incident, swatting is where police call or people call the police, and send them round to someone's house, usually armed to the teeth, because they say there is some kind of threat or incident going on and they have proved deadly in the past when police turned up so these are serious incidents which these are serious incidents which the fbi is investigatings and bear in mind, there seems to have been a whole bunch of these over one particular night, and that will be particularly concerning because that suggests some kind of conspiracy. the time is 18:16. our top story this evening. the man who ran the hospital where lucy letby murdered seven babies speaks publically

for the first time about his role. and coming up, two days away from parliament's vote on assisted dying, we look at the approaches taken by other countries around the world. coming up on bbc news. hoping to seal the series with a game to spare, england are taking on south africa in the second of three t20s, helped along by dannii wyatt—hodge's quick—fire half century. and on bbc london... reaction from traders at london's historic billingsgate fish market, as it faces closure. and paying to supermarket loyalty cards do offer genuine savings, says the competition watchdog, which has carried out a review of the schemes offered by many of the country's major supermarkets. but it warns that to get the cheapest prices we should still be shopping around — and it says more should

be done to help people who don't own a smartphone. here's our business correspondent emma simpson. # hey, big saver. loyalty cards, they're the name of the game in the supermarket aisles, especially two—tier pricing. it's called a mall card, but i'm paying less. in other words, you get a cheaper price on some items if you're a member. how many loyalty cards do you have in general? probably about six. that's a lot. mm. don't use them all though. theyjust sit in my purse most of the time. do you think the deals are genuine? i shop around, and i think they are. if there's things that are literally half price or, you know, - like the bottles of whisky, £36 down to £22, it's - like, "all right. 0k". do you get tempted? frequently. far too frequently. were they really e2 in the first place? that's what a lot of people wonder.

the regulator's been finding out. it looked at around 50,000 grocery products on a loyalty price promotion, and found that more than 90% offered genuine savings. that's despite more than half of people they surveyed thinking the usual prices of items are raised to make loyalty deals look better. the research found products with loyalty prices saved up to 25%, but it also found that loyalty prices weren't always the cheapest. we found in the overwhelming majority of cases that the prices were genuine, but it still always pays to shop around, and we know that's what people are doing. we found that many people have multiple loyalty schemes and cards. don't always presume that because something has got a loyalty offer that it will always be the cheapest price out there. there have always been promotions here in the aisles, but these days most of the supermarkets do them through loyalty pricing.

by giving retailers your valuable data, you can access cheaper prices. like it or loathe it, the tactics are working. but there's concern that not everyone is able to access the best deals. i think initially when we think of people who'd be excluded from loyalty card deals, we probably think of our least digitally savvy grandparent. but actually under 185 are not getting access to these deals either, and i think we really need to keep an eye on making sure that everybody at every age is served if they want to be financially savvy. hey, hope you saved| a few quid on that lot with co—op member prices. the regulator agrees, and it's also writing to supermarkets to make sure all their loyalty price promotions comply with the rules. clubcard accepted. # i've got the power. emma simpson, bbc news. the government has announced it will "fast—track" a consultation into how the car industry will cope with current plans to boost

the number of electric vehicles. there have been mounting concerns after car manufacturer stellantis decided to close its van—making factory in luton yesterday, ford also announced last week that it will cut 800 jobs in the uk over the next three years and today has called on the fovernment to introduce incentives to encourage drivers to buy electric vehicles. our business editor simonjack is here. this is an industry under pressure because of these targets. what is the government response? because of these targets. what is the government response? the targets are considered — the government response? the targets are considered incredibly _ the government response? the targets are considered incredibly owners. - the government response? the targets are considered incredibly owners. a - are considered incredibly owners. a portion of all the cars sold in the uk have to be electric year by year. this year it is 22%, next year 28, going up to 80% by 2030. currently we are at 18% and it is not going fast enough to hit the targets. if you don't hit them you get massive fines. hitting the revenues of companies and therefore they are laying off staff, they say. the business secretary last night told industry that he realised they were under pressure and would have a rethink and he said this in the commons today for science we will be... we will be shortly fast tracking

a consultation on our manifesto commitment to end the sales of new purely petrol and diesel cars by 2030. but we will use that consultation to engage with industry on the previous government's zev transition mandate, and the flexibilities contained within it, and we will welcome onboard their feedback, as we move forwards. so what does he mean by that? a lot of people are thinking was he saying that a band that they said on all new petrol and diesel cars being sold was part of the manifesto, it was in the budget and people saying are they relaxing up to 2035? i am told absolutely not, that and stays in place. could they relaxed some of the quotas over the years? maybe. could they bring back incentives that were phased out injune 2022? could they give credits to companies who sell electric vehicles abroad? all of those things are on the table but the government is absolutely adamant that the destination remains the same, which is a total ban on all new petrol and diesel cars by 2030. ,, ., ., ~ all new petrol and diesel cars by

2030. ,, ., ., ~ ,, ., all new petrol and diesel cars by 2030. ,, ., ., ,, ., the conservative leader kemi badenoch has said her party �*got it wrong' on immigration. speaking at the think tank the centre for policy studies, she said the party may have tried but we didn't deliver on the issue: on behalf of the conservative party, it is right that i, as the new leader, accept responsibility and say truthfully we got this wrong. well, our political correspondent joe pike has been following this. tell us more about what she has been saying. it tell us more about what she has been sa inc. . , tell us more about what she has been sa in. _ ., , ., , tell us more about what she has been sa in. ., ,~ ., saying. it was a hurriedly arranged news conference. _ saying. it was a hurriedly arranged news conference. why? _ saying. it was a hurriedly arranged news conference. why? perhaps i news conference. why? perhaps because new immigration stats are out tomorrow, we might see net migration fall for both the current labour government and former conservative garment want to claim credit for this. kemi badenoch has this unexpected twin pitch to voters, one, if numbers fall tomorrow it is due to us but two we made mistakes and got it wrong. it wasn't a detailed speech but she

committed to a cap on the number coming into the country and some form of scheme perhaps similar to rwanda. i think she realises, jane, that immigration will remain a concern for many voters as she faces challenges from both the left and labour who said today the speech was, quote, devoid of any policy but also from nigel farage's policy on the right. he said the tories had broken promises on immigration. he also said tonight why on earth would i or anyone else believe that now? joe pike, thank you. the football association is investigating an allegation that the referee david coote discussed giving a yellow card with a fan, before a championship match in 2019. david coote, who's been suspended as part of a separate investigation into allegations about his conduct, says the new claim is �*false and defamatory�*.

mps are two days away from voting on assisted dying on a proposed bill that would give the right to terminally ill adults in england and wales. assisted dying is still illegal in most parts of the world but more and more places are offering it. 0ur medical editor fergus walsh is here to explain. since mps last voted to reject assisted dying in 2015 there has been a dramatic rise globally in the number ofjuridisticions changing the law. now more than 300 million people live in countries where the state will help certain people end their lives. one of the first was 0regon in the united states in 1997, where it's available to terminally ill, mentally competent adults expected to die within six months.

it must be approved by two doctors. patients self—administer the lethal dose. so it's very like the system being proposed for england and wales. but here a high courtjudge would also need to approve it. two thirds of patients who die have cancer. around one in ten have a neurological condition. and one in ten heart disease. ask them about their end—of—life concerns... nine in ten worry about losing autonomy. two thirds cite loss of dignity, four in ten worry about being a burden on family and friends. around one in three prescribed a lethal dose don't use it. across the united states, assisted dying has spread to ten states — more than double the number a decade ago. in 2016, canada introduced medical assistance in dying, initiallyjust for the terminally ill. in 2021, it was extended to those experiencing unbearable suffering in 2027 it's due to be extended to those with a mental illness.

a doctor or nurse can administer the lethal dose. what about europe. switzerland legalised assisted suicide in 1942. more than 500 britons have died at dignitas in the past two decades. the netherlands and belgium legalised assisted dying, more than 20 years ago, where it is also permitted for children. in these countries you don't have to be terminally ill to qualify. it is also now offered in new zealand in most parts of australia but solely for the terminally ill. patients can self administer the lethal dose or ask a health professional to do lethal dose or ask a hea