a convoy carrying the bodies of four israeli hostages enters israel after being handed over by hamas in gaza. hamas says the bodies include those of a mother standing charges on some energy bills could be scrapped, of households in england, scotland and wales from april, as local authority finances remain �*extremely challenging.�* health support for new mums, after her best friend took her own life ten weeks after giving birth.

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half a million in'ured. we discussed _ half a million in'ured. we discussed it _ half a million injured. - discussed it before and the answer is that all this figures have been taken the sky. have been taken from the sky. the real figures are have been taken from the sky. the realfigures are known have been taken from the sky. the real figures are known only to those in command. i the real figures are known only to those in command.— to those in command. i was auoin to those in command. i was going to — to those in command. i was going to say _ to those in command. i was going to say what _ to those in command. i was going to say what message| going toesayewhatmsssags do have for going toesayewhatmossags do have for their mothers you have for their mothers and fathers? ., ., you have for their mothers and fathers?_ for- you have for their mothers and fathers?_ for the i fathers? for whom? for the mothers _ fathers? for whom? for the mothers and _ fathers? for whom? for the mothers and fathers - fathers? for whom? for the mothers and fathers of - fathers? for whom? for thej mothers and fathers of dead russian soldiers. i mothers and fathers of dead russian soldiers.— russian soldiers. i am a political _ russian soldiers. i am a political man, _ russian soldiers. i am a political man, i- russian soldiers. i am a political man, i am - russian soldiers. i am a political man, i am an l political man, i am an ambassador in this i a messa -e a message for the british that it should government, that it should actually the real actually understand the real situation as soon as possible, situation as soon aspossi�*ola. not to try to prolong and not to try to prolong sufferings in ukraine because for the british government it is much more important not to provide more weapons but to think how to restore ukraine after what has 50 think how to restore ukraine after what has 7 ., after what has happened. so you are calling _ after what has happened. so you are calling for — after what has happened. so you are calling for the _ after what has happened. so you are calling for the uk _ are calling for the uk government and uk prime minister, sir keir starmer, to minister; sir keir starmer,. to , giving military aid stop giving military aid ukraine. i

stop giving military aid ukraine.— stop giving military aid ukraine. ., ukraine. lea“ on tho us to ukraine. ! astt sn tbs us _ to recognise ukraine. 'as“ so tbs a; _ to recognise that government to recognise that the core and policy it has in yea rs in years was followed in recent years was wrong. followed in recent years was wronu. �* ., wrong. but he said on monday that ukraine's _ wrong. but he said on monday that ukraine's - is - that ukraine's security is and europe's security and that's why the uk has supporting why the uk has been supporting ukraine. ~ . , . 7 why the uk has been supporting ukraine. ~ ., , . , , ukraine. security and europe ukraine security and europe to take one side a it. and this is 7777it.777and77th7i7s77is7th7e 77 77 it. and this is the wrong of it. and this is the wrong line. victoria derbyshire talkinu line. victoria derbyshire talking to _ line. victoria derbyshire talking to the _ line. victoria derbyshire talking to the russian . talking to the russian ambassador to the uk. in the past few the spanish prime minister pedro sanchez says he plans to travel to ukraine on monday to support volodymyr zelensky. the number of hospital beds occupied by patients with the winter vomiting bug norovirus was at a record high in england last week. an average of 1,160 patients a day were in hospital with the bug last week, according to nhs england.

flu cases in england's hospitals were down on the previous week. spat between washington and pretoria. 0ur africa correspondent mayeni jones is injohannesburg, and i asked her whether meeting is significant. introduction, the first time an african country is presiding over the summit.

and now what is being talked about is the fact the us will not be attending this meeting of foreign ministers. they have also announced the meeting next week on the agenda at the moment. developing nations. south africa is one of africa's biggest economies, and it's mitigations, access to affordable loans. this is an interesting time for south africa, western allies, the us. some commentators have suggested they might

their links with their brics partners, with china and other emerging economies, other big economies in the global south, regardless of how much power a customer uses — by the energy regulator. 0ur correspondent zoe conway reports. let's take this one here and this... at st luke's community centre in london, a knitting class that charge is a flat charge. i'm paying about £91 a month. yet in the summer, i'm still paying £91. so i'm using less electricity

but still being paying so many people just turn off their heating and they're is still there, sol don't think it's right. regardless of how much energy is used. tries really hard to minimise their energy use, they'll still get hit with this fee. unit of energy they use. much gas or electricity. but people who use lots of energy could keep paying the charge separately. what we're saying is, we should give a choice. if you want a low standing charge, you'll have a slightly

higher unit rate and that suits some people. so you are in that large family, then maybe that's you go in there and you're, "£9 a day?!" stephen laurenson in preston needs to stay warm. he's in remission from cancer. but then again, too much heating affects my lungs. 0fgem has launched a consultation and says it wants suppliers to offer this new system of charging by the end of the year. zoe conway, bbc news. remain �*extremely challenging�*. which could see one of the highest increases — with the council set to vote on a nearly 10 percent rise

putting everything in place to care for kerry is a daily struggle for her family. needs help around the clock. for 25 years, she went to this council day care centre in pembrokeshire. alternatives are on offer. but sonya, her mother, says they�*re too far to stay warm. i can�*t send her because there�*s not sufficient heating i don�*t have respite with kerry. kerry is with me. the only time she goes is to a day centre, and with those day centres closing down, it�*sjust a constant battle of where she�*s going to go,

financial year, with plans for another rise of almost 10% next year. not surprisingly, many wing 77 no, no. why not? for their coffees and biscuits, and they don't do very much. yep, i think it's a fair price to be asking. i many years as a county. so, yeah, bring us in line. the man having to balance the books is councillorjoshua beynon. it�*s really difficult to justify because we�*re the ones that sit there, we have the information, we know the pressures, we know the demands of everything that costs us as a council. and at the same time,

even if that 9.85% goes of cuts to make. so it�*s not going to mean that service is going to get better. people will probably see that some services will struggle as well. pembrokeshire isn�*t alone in struggling. despite increased government funding across britain, councils are all feeling squeezed. we�*re yet to talk to somebody who thinks that the current model is sustainable. the way in which you see need and demand increasing have a conversation about, what is the purpose of local government? keri�*s family fear she and others are the casualties are missing out. hywel griffith, bbc news, pembroke. the eyesight of a man, following an acid attack.

in a robbery two years ago, he�*s been speaking to our into his face in february 2023, after he�*d intervened in a robbery. he pulled a bottle out of his pocket and squirted us in the face with acid. what did that feel like? did you know what was going on? i couldn�*t see anything and couldn�*t breathe because it was in my nose and mouth as well. and it was pretty horrific, really. and excruciatingly painful? horrific, yeah. police officers arrived at the scene of the attack within just a few minutes. they could see how urgently paul needed to get to a hospital. every minute, every second counted. straight here, where doctors said it was the worst eye injury they�*d seen. how he explained it, first, he says the most important

thing was to save the eye. paul was quite severe. were you worried at any point that he could lose his eye? look to your left. the chemical attack to the eye. i mean, his is the most kind of severe you know, that's one of the problems, you see, the eye and they cause more and more damage. and in trying to save his eye, he underwent two emergency corneal transplants. but it was a woman who came to his rescue, or rather, her donated placenta. placenta and somehow they dissect it to make it like a skin to go over

the eye to protect it. at the end of the day, obviously it grows a baby and then it�*s waste. and they�*ve used that to do a repair. i think it�*s unbelievable. if it wasn�*t for that, i wouldn�*t be where i am now. all i can do isjust thank them. using a donated placenta to help with serious but a single placenta can make up to 100 amnion grafts. the healing process. and then because the properties of the membrane is quite critical and then made

a tremendous difference, and that's why we are here doing what we are doing now yeah, definitely. sharon barbour, bbc news. an mp whose best friend took her own life, to help improve mental health support for new mums. comes as research shows maternal suicide remains the leading cause of death for mums 0ur correspondent fiona lamdin reports. twinkly, sparkly eyes. i�*ve asked myself so many questions. did i do enough? could i have done more? the guilt i felt really strongly, and i still do.

how will you remember sophie? somebody who filled my heart with love. you can't sum her up. sophie and laura were best friends for over 20 years. her because she was one of those friends, you know you have those friends where you�*re almost a little slightly better suntan or whatever it was. sophie took her own life. in the days before she died, sophie and laura were in regular contact. a couple of messages really stick with me when she said...

where she said, "i�*m not sure how much longer i can "i don�*t know how to say this and i can�*t believe i�*m i�*m particularly proud to be here as aylesbury�*s first ever labour mp and first female mp. elected as a new mp injuly, laura has made it her mission in parliament to fight for better maternal mental health support. are as well understood as the physical risks are. suicide is the leading cause of death for a woman in that period, from six weeks to a year after birth. i didn�*t know that, i had no idea. but i want everyone

to know that. in that phase of their life and to ask if they�*re 0k. and that�*s exactly what this charity in bristol has been doing for the last a0 years. what normally happens . when someone first comes can be themselves. she went on medication but says this group helped save her. and there was these lovely ladies in purple tops and theyjust kind of welcomed me in. theyjust scooped me up and yeah, from that are going to help me. what other service, apart from the helpline and coming to group, what other services

took her and her newborn baby�*s life after struggling for many years with mental illness. it was lovely, it was refreshing and the room due to a lack of funding.

i don't expect to get over it, ever. you know, i'm sorry, i'm not saying positive, the sense of wastage is huge. i do ask myself, am i doing right by her? what would she make of all of this now, you know, but i want her wonderful life to be remembered. and i want that spirit she had and that drive she had and desire for change to be carried through the work and i don�*t want any woman to suffer as she did. fiona lamdin, bbc news.

care spokesperson said the government is training more midwives and maternal mental health workers, report, you can find links to organisations offering help there are fears that a giant 65—foot sinkhole a huge relief for people here in godstone because there�*s

actually now two of them. there is a huge 65—foot long one that on the edge of that smaller hole that the owners were not able to move before they were evacuated. and that�*s the real fear at the moment. have left their homes, but there are fears about people�*s homes, possessions and cars, will get any bigger. they are sending people down to look inside the hole to see they are talking about perhaps a burst water main, that may have caused these holes to appear, which would be quite the road could be resurfaced and it could be re—opened. beneath the houses it could be a big issue for people living but it looks like this issue may be resolved fairly quickly

once the hole has been closed over and the road resurfaced. that�*s what will be happening today. as you can see behind me, there are fences, the furthest to normal here in godstone very quickly, because it has been literally woken up in the middle of the night, police because there were fears because of the pipes that run under the road, perhaps there could have but it looks like for now it wasn�*t a particular sinister reason why these holes opened. before we go we will leave you with live coming from with live pictures coming from israel, the scenes in hostages square in tel aviv where dozens of people have gathered and are israeli 77 7777i7s7ra7eli7flzg7s77 77 7 77 77 israeli flags as waving israeli flags as they mark the return of the bodies

of four hostages handed of four israeli hostages handed over by today and now over by hamas today and ars now route in israel, in a convoy vehicles 7 vehicles to 7 vehicles to a 7 vehicles to a forensic site of vehicles to a forensic site where the bodies will be where ths'bodias will be identified. the armed formally identified. the armed group hamas have said the bodies over were bodies handed over today were those of shiri bibas and her young who were aged two young sons, who were aged four years and a aged nine four years and a baby aged nine months when they were now it�*s time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. it was a very mild start to the day today, leading us and tomorrow. but with the mild conditions come wet and windy weather

as well, with gales at times across parts of the north and the west. now, you can see the milder ambers across us today and tomorrow, and into the weekend, we see something fresher. but not by that much. outbreaks of rain. some sharp showers, and it�*s going to be a blustery day figures more or less across the board, with we see clear skies for a time, the winds ease, but then force by the morning as the next band of rain arrives. in — this is it here — which is going to bring in some heavy rain. the squeeze on the isobars tells you that wherever you are, it�*s going to be a windy day.

probably after dark. easing down in the west, but we�*ll still now, depending on how long we hang on to the sunshine, leaving us with a fair bit of sunshine and some scattered showers. temperatures down a touch, but many of us still in double figures. we�*re looking ten to about 13 degrees. but on sunday, we�*re looking at gales — and also some heavy rain moving from the west towards the east. again, not getting into the far south—east until later.

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live scenes in israel as a convoy carrying the bodies of four israeli hostages released by hamas in gaza crosses the border. and her two children. this is the scene in tel aviv, he refuses to have elections. he�*s low in the real ukrainian polls. is being demolished? have a country left. the parents of a nine—year—old girl who was killed in the southport attack tell the bbc about plans school.