it from our political correspondent david wallace lockhart.- from our political correspondent david wallace there is potentially a worsening of relations now between the nursing unions and the ministers. it looked like the relationship was slightly better, there seems to be a pay deal on the table that the government was willing to offer and the rcn, the union, is willing to take to its members. although the members did end up saying no to that pay deal. but we had from pat cullen, the leader of the rcn, outside of the court today. really furious about the fact that this issue had been taken to the courts, that she saw it, the health secretary essentially taking the nursing profession to court rather than engaging with them meaningfully on the question of pain. of course the government would be saying that they are worried about the impact that this would have had on patients and on people who needed treatment next week, who needed to get to hospital, to see doctors in cases of planned treatment, and the effect that would have on backlogs. but it does feel like off the back of this, that re

hour to try and make their own way there to get that fight, thank you for the update, david was lockhart. —— david wallacened that a planned strike by nurses sunday night will cause significant disruption during an already busy holiday weekend. members of the royal college of nursing are walking out from eight o'clock until midnight on monday. the union has agreed contingency plans for staff to return to work in extreme cases and major incidents. health workers represented by another union, unite, have also rejected the same pay deal and say they'll soon be escalating industrial action. there is some good news for the government though in england — the gmb, which represents ambulance workers, nurses, porters, radiographers, have accepted an nhs pay offer, joining members of the biggest union, unison, who accepted that deal two weeks ago. pat cullen of the royal college of nursing explained there would still be help for patients. it's important to let the public know and patients know we have agreed in the royal college of nursing a range of critical exemptions within those services, we have been working f

david wallace lockhart, bbc news, westminster.arks the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement which was signed on april 10th, 25 years ago. the accord helped end decades of sectarian violence and restored self—government to northern ireland. but the power—sharing agreement between the protestant and catholic communities, has been paralysed since the democratic unionist party objected to post brexit trading arrangements. let's speak to our correspondent, charlotte gallagher, who's in belfast for us this lunch time. charlotte. northern ireland has changed enormously over the past 25 years and, thankfully, the political violence that claimed the lives of thousands of people is now very rare. there are still threats. we saw police last week warned that dissident republicans were planning attacks. but really what is overshadowing the good friday agreement anniversary at the moment is the lack of a functioning government at stormont. it is essentially mothballed with the democratic unionist party refusing to go back over their co

david wallace lockhart, bbc news, westminster.h until the king's coronation we've had more details about the event. king charles and camilla, the queen consort will travel to westminster abbey in the newest of the royal carriages — complete with air conditioning and electric windows. as our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports less than four weeks now to their big day, and preparations for the coronation of king charles iii and the crowning of camilla as his queen are in full swing. first, the route that will take them from buckingham palace to westminster abbey and back again has been confirmed. from the palace down the mall to trafalgar square and then down whitehall, around parliament square to the abbey's west door. the return route will be the same journey in reverse, a much shorterjourney than that taken by the late queen elizabeth after her coronation. the king and queen consort will travel to the coronation in one of the newest royal carriages, the diamond jubilee state coach, escorted by the household cavalry.

thank you, david wallace lockhart.llions of british subjects around the world to swear allegiance to king charles during his coronation next saturday. the public pledge — dubbed "a chorus of millions" — is one of several striking changes to the ancient ceremony. female clergy will play a prominent role for the first time, and the king himself will pray out loud. here's our religion editor, aleem maqbool. laying her hand upon the bible, she reaffirms her oath. we now know there is as much in the coronation service that will not change, notjust from 1953, but from centuries of coronations before it. so help me god. this is the bible queen elizabeth kissed during her coronation service. and this, the brand—new one on which the king will swear his oath. those oaths go unchanged, but before them, the archbishop of canterbury will explain the church wants to ensure people of all faiths and beliefs live freely. there is nothing that offends against christian worship, but we are very clear that our society today is very differ

david wallace lockhart, bbc news. we're into day two of the masters at augusta. mcilroy, but after a disappointing round, which left him seven shots behind the leaders, he's continued to struggle today, as andy swiss reports. the calm before the storm, perhaps? with bad weather forecast, it seemed a good day to be an early starter, and america's brooks koepka moved clear at the top of the leaderboard. behind him, though, rory mcilroy�*s problems continued. after a frustrating first round, he was struggling again. a string of early errors and his hopes seemed to be fading. 0h, he hated it from minute he hit it. 0thers, though, were having a better time of it, including australia's jason day, showing his pinpoint precision. he's made that one look easy. the british challenge has so far been led byjustin rose, although he'll have to convert a solid start into something more spectacular, especially with koepka in such form, as he continued to set the pace. for mcilroy, on the other hand, those putts are just refusing to drop, and that masters title is looking as elus

david wallace lockhart, bbc news, westminster.it fair to say —— dominic raab�*s site is entirely in rishi sunak�*s hands? dominic raab's site is entirely in rishi sunak's hands?— dominic raab's site is entirely in rishi sunak's hands? yes, i think it is, he not rishi sunak's hands? yes, i think it is, he got that _ rishi sunak's hands? yes, i think it is, he got that report _ rishi sunak's hands? yes, i think it is, he got that report this _ rishi sunak's hands? yes, i think it is, he got that report this morning, he is mulling it over at the moment, and this will be a really big moment for his government. now we don't know for sure what is going to happen. i can tell you that over the past few weeks i have been speaking to a lot of people around westminster, there are many who think the number of complaints, eight formal complaints, remember, the number of people involved, thought to run to a much higher number, the vast scale of those complaints means that it will be hard for dominic raab to survive this. that is one argument. b

with more on this i am nowjoined by our political correspondent david wallace lockhart. was announced, three prime ministers, four culture secretary is, that goes to explain why it has been over two and a half years, it has taken the government that long to bring this in. why has it taken so long? i that long to bring this in. why has it taken so long?—

with more on this i am nowjoined by our political correspondent david wallace lockhart. vid, i guess with six gambling ministers since this was announced, three prime ministers, four culture secretary is, that goes to explain why it has been over two and a half years, it has taken the government that long to bring this in. why has it taken so long? i that long to bring this in. why has it taken so long?— it taken so long? i think you hit the nail on _ it taken so long? i think you hit the nail on the _ it taken so long? i think you hit the nail on the head _ it taken so long? i think you hit the nail on the head there, - it taken so long? i think you hit the nail on the head there, andi it taken so long? i think you hit. the nail on the head there, and we could apply this notjust the nail on the head there, and we could apply this not just the gambling but to many aspects of government legislation and government legislation and government attention. you may have noticed that there is quite a lot of turmoil of late in terms of a rapid succession in prime ministers, constan

sunak of not wanting to send all child sex abusers to prison. 0ur political correspondent, david wallace—lockhartdvert focuses on the number of adults evicted of child sexual assault since 2010, who haven't seen jail time. it has a big, smiling rishi sunak on the advert, and suggests he is content with those figures. now, broadly speaking, the figures that labour have used are right, but they go back to 2010, and of course, rishi sunak only became an mp in 2015. he has only been around the cabinet table since 2019, so it is personalising such a sensitive issue towards him that is proving so controversial. criticism from within the labour party, the former home secretary david blunkett saying that his party has gone down in the gutter to fight politics with this advert, but as you say, writing in the daily mail today sir keir starmer standing by it and says i make absolutely zero apologies for being blunt on this her no matter how squeamish it might make some people feel. so, defending the overall idea. perhaps not entirely engaging with that question of why it is tailored so personally towards ri

earlier our political correspondent david wallace lockhart gave us the latest.l in small boats is one of government's key priorities in terms of cracking down on that. a piece of legislation they're trying to pass called the illegal migration bill will say that everyone arriving without permission will be detained and then sent to a safe country, unable to claim asylum in the uk. when it comes to that safe country, the key nation that everyone is looking at is rwanda, the uk government has signed a deal with rwanda that asylum seekers would be sent there and live their lives after in rwanda. now, the home secretary, suella braverman has been speaking to the bbc, saying that rwanda is a safe country for people to be sent to, despite she was asked about reports of refugees being shot at with live rounds in 2018. she said it is a safe country to be sent to and talked about how the uk courts have accepted that. she did mention there was circumstances where someone could challenge the decision. but you're right to say it is a longer term solution as the government se

with me is our political correspondent, david wallace lockhart. st tell us a bit more about this controversy.— this controversy. obviously, local elections coming _ this controversy. obviously, local elections coming next _ this controversy. obviously, local elections coming next month - this controversy. obviously, local elections coming next month andj this controversy. obviously, local- elections coming next month and this labour advert they have put rishi sunak, prime minister, front and centre and talk about the fact that under the conservative government under the conservative government under 60% of those idols who convicted of sexually assaulting children have not gone to jail. this is labours big push to try and portray themselves as a parties being big on crime. the figures they are talking about is broadly right but going back to 2010. rishi sunak, in 2010, was working in finance and has only been a member of parliament since 2015 and only around the cabinet table since 2019. it's the fact that they took such a sensitive issue and person

for more, here's our political correspondent david wallace lockhart.s looming here, whether it's nurses, potential teaching strikes, but the transport secretary, mark harper, because of his job role, particularly focused on strikes coming up in the railways by the rmt union. some big events are going to be affected by that, notjust the fa cup final, a big football event in the calendar year, but of course the eurovision song contest, which the uk is hosting on behalf of ukraine this year. and the transport secretary arguing that it's cynical to be targeting this event with rail strikes. a fair and reasonable pay offer that the network rail made to their staff was put by the rmt to their members and it was overwhelmingly accepted, 90% turnout, 76% voted in favour of it. what is inexplicable to me is that a very similar offer has been made by the train operating companies through their grouping, the rail delivery group. it's been put to the rmt executive and for the third time the rmt executive won't put it to their members and instead have called strike

earlier our political correspondent david wallace lockhart gave us the latest.l boats to try and enter the country is one of the government�*s key priorities in terms of cracking down on that. the piece of legislation that they are trying to pass at the moment, called the legal migration bill, will essentially say that anyone arriving here without permission will be detained. they will then be sent to a safe country, unable to claim asylum in the uk. when it comes to that safe country, the key nation that everyone is looking at the moment is rwanda. the uk government has signed a deal with rwanda that some asylum seekers who arrive here would be able to be sent there and live their lives are essentially afterwards in rwanda. the home secretary suella braverman has been speaking to the bbc this morning, insisting that rwanda is a safe country for people to be sent to, and that is despite the fact that she was asked this morning about a un report of refugees being shot at when they were protesting with live rounds in rwanda in 2018, but she insists it is a safe co

time is running out for british nationals to get out of sudan — let's get more with david wallace lockhartwsroom. there was a deadline being said, wasn't there? a flight out of 6pm this evening but we're hearing that that may have changed. tell us more. final flights scheduled take off from that airstrip just outside of sudan at 6pm. the logic for the uk government of winding down this project as they are saying that they are simply not seeing the demand, really, for people to get out of sudan and get to the uk. those uk passport holders, whitehall has described it as a trickle of people who are now coming forward to try to get out. now, there is going to be a meeting of the government's cobra committee. that is its emergency response committee chaired by the deputy prime minister this afternoon. and they'll be talking about both the evacuation and the security situation that is currently in sudan. the opposition labour party are saying that the demand for people to get on these flights out of sudan to the uk is not really there at the moment and the criteria for who gets on these flights

earlier, our political correspondent david wallace lockhart gave us this update.y is very keen to see this plan become a reality, but it is bogged down in legal challenges at the moment. no timescale yet on that. of course, this is a key plank of the government's migration policy, that they want anyone who arrives in the country without permission to be detained and then sent to another country. in the case that they can't go back to their home country, the most likely country they would go to would be rwanda under a deal that they've signed. now, the home secretary was asked this morning when she was on the laura kuenssberg on sunday programme about a 2018 incident when there were protesters, refugee protesters in rwanda who were fired upon with live rounds resulting in 12 deaths. she didn't know about that particular incident, but stressed she's still confident rwanda remains a safe country to send refugees to. obviously, a big issue for the government at the moment due to the numbers crossing the channel in small boats. big questions around where they are kept

running out for british people to catch flights out of sudan. 0ur political correspondent david wallace lockhart, the final flight out of sudan for uk citizens will be leaving at 6pm uk time this evening. the reason the uk government has made that decision is they say down to the numbers coming forward to get these flights. a whitehall source earlier this morning are described the numbers to me as now being just a trickle who want to get on these flights out of sudan. deputy prime minister 0liver dowding will be chairing a cobra meeting, that is the uk government's emergency committee later on this afternoon, to talk about evacuations, the current security situation. with such small numbers apparently coming forward to get on these flights, the opposition labour party has said the criteria to get on them should be expanded and it should be open to anyone resident in the uk and not just passport holders. the government is stressing they have had a longer window for getting onto evacuation flights than any other western nation, they are happy with how this operation has gone. about 1500 people, sl

let's get more on this from our political correspondent, david wallace lockhart whojoins me now in thefor a while. what is the latest? 50 a while. what is the latest? so the a while. what is the latest? sr the home secretary is very keen to see this plan become a reality but it is bogged down in legal challenges at the moment. no timescale, get, on that. of course, this is a key plan of the government's migration policy that they want anyone who rides in the country without permission to be detained and then sent to another country. in the case that they can't go back to their home country the most likely country they would go to would—be rwanda, under ideal that they have signed. the home secretary was asked this morning when she was on the bbc, about incident when there were protesters, refugee protesters in rwanda who were fired upon with live rounds resulting in 12 deaths. she did not know about that particular incident but stressed she is still confident rwanda remains a safe country to send refugees too. 0bviously, a safe country to send refugees too. obviously, the big issue for

let's go straight to our political correspondent, david wallace lockhart, live at westminster.ve at westminster. about a reluctant resignation. that's talk about a reluctant resignation. that's right. dominic raab had pledged to stand down if this independent report upheld complaints of bullying against him. two of these complaints were upheld and therefore dominic raab has decided to stick by his word. but he is clearly doing it very reluctantly. it talks about how he feels the bath of bullying has been set far too low, he talks about never having been raising his voice of physically intimidating anyone or throwing anything. he was cleared of all of that but still to complaints upheld and he said he had to go. a reluctant resignation. even before we had the full report he had written a piece for the telegraph newspaper once again attacking the process broadly and calling it kafkaesque. so he has stood down. he has left government but clearly very unhappy at doing so.— unhappy at doing so. we've had a cuick unhappy at doing so. we've had a quick reshuffle _ unhappy at doing so.

david wallace lockhart, bbc news, westminster.to find out what's in the report and what rishi sunak makes of it, let's speak to dave penman, general secretary of the fda union which represents people work in public service. this is being lodged politically across the spectrum. civil servants are watching it as well. . , ., civil servants are watching it as well. . , civil servants are watching it as well. ., , ., , well. can you be -- imagine being the civil servant _ well. can you be -- imagine being the civil servant was _ well. can you be -- imagine being the civil servant was raised - well. can you be -- imagine being the civil servant was raised of- well. can you be -- imagine being the civil servant was raised of the | the civil servant was raised of the complaint, — the civil servant was raised of the complaint, sitting in the department, watching television to find out _ department, watching television to find out your fate? having raised a complaint — find out your fate? having raised a complaint about the deputy prime mi

let's get more on this now with our political correspondent david wallace lockhart.problem has almost crept up of how this problem has almost crept up on politicians and maybe the rest of us in the uk, not quite unaware, buti of us in the uk, not quite unaware, but i don't think most people grasp the scale, from 300 to a5,000 in five years? the scale, from 300 to 45,000 in five years?— five years? people crossing the channel in _ five years? people crossing the channel in small— five years? people crossing the channel in small boats - five years? people crossing the channel in small boats is - five years? people crossing the channel in small boats is one . five years? people crossing the| channel in small boats is one of government's key priorities in terms of cracking down on that. a piece of legislation they're trying to pass called the illegal migration bill will say that everyone arriving without permission will be detained and then sent to a safe country, unable to climb asylum in the uk. when it comes to that safe country, the key nation that everyone is lookin

david wallace lockhart, bbc news, westminster. you to robert watson who is on tenterhooks, because it felt like we would house a reaction or response from rishi sunak about an hour ago, and response from rishi sunak about an hourago, and we response from rishi sunak about an hour ago, and we are waiting. what factors do you think the prime minister is taken into account? mil minister is taken into account? fill we've had is rather contradictory, downing street want to are carefully and swiftly. we are entering into the realm of speculation, but i guess it depends on how clear—cut, how black—and—white the reporters because although my colleague david was saying, it is not about this man reaching a judgment, the guy he was done a report is unemployment lawyer, so what i mean by black—and—white, if it is clear the evidence is damning or doesn't add up evidence is damning or doesn't add up to a serious charge, that would sort of make things easier for rishi sunak. if the report is more grey, less black—and—white, clearly that makes re

live now to our political correspondent in westminster, david wallace lockhart.we are expecting - do we know the details yet? we know some of what we are expecting and i do we know the details yet? we know| some of what we are expecting and we will get a statement from the culture secretary lucy safe laser —— the culture secretary, lucy fraser. hopefully she will outline the changes she wants to make. we have heard about changes when it comes to gambling laws for some time. they announce they wanted to do this in 2020 and you can see why they think this is an area where it needs to be updated. a lot of this dates back to legislation from 2005, and if you think about the changes there has beenin think about the changes there has been in technology, on smartphones and what people can do on them in terms of gambling it is no surprise that many people think it is time to look again at legislation in this area. as you mentioned, the culture secretary, lucy frazer, was writing in the times this morning speaking about how she feels there is a las vegas and everyone's ph

david wallace lockhart, thank you.he ground zero for thejunior square. this is the ground zero for the junior doctor protests in england. as you mentioned, the second time thatjunior doctors in england have gone on strike in a month. they are not going to budge on that 35% figure they have asked the government for. as you have been alluding to, the government says it will not budge either. i will give you more from the statement from downing street. they say that 35% figure is unreasonable and it is not affordable for the british taxpayer. they say it is completely out of step with pay settlements in other parts of the public sector and would cost around £2 billion. they say rishi sunak is being kept abreast of the developments. and also, the key issue of disruption that this is having on the nhs, the manager said that this week's action is causing unparalleled levels of disruption. it is thought more than a quarter of a million routine appointments, elective surgeries and even some cancer appointments might have to be

we can go to a political correspondent david wallace lockhart.g? that's right. there is an element of politics to all of i morning? that's right. there is an element of politics to all of this. l element of politics to all of this. richard sharp, the bbc chairman, was appointed by the government of the day, of course that was boris johnson back when he came into post, but as you would expect we are seeing political reaction to this. the labour party saying that the prime minister, rishi sunak, should have sacked richard sharp earlier. the labour party shadow culture secretary lucy powell said that should have happened weeks ago. response from number ten to that is that it was only right for due process to run its course, that it is richard sharp who has made the decision to step down, and that is a matterfor him and decision to step down, and that is a matter for him and the bbc. but important to reflect on the fact that this report we have today is not actually the first report that has been critical of how mr sharp behaved in the appointments p

take you back to the story we were covering there about this tax on gambling firms, with david wallace lockhartmillbank. let me ask you first on this breaking news from the royal couege on this breaking news from the royal college of nursing. this is a big blow to them? {iii college of nursing. this is a big blow to them?— college of nursing. this is a big blow to them? _, , ., , blow to them? of course. it was the health secretary _ blow to them? of course. it was the health secretary steve _ blow to them? of course. it was the health secretary steve barclay - blow to them? of course. it was the health secretary steve barclay who | health secretary steve barclay who announced plans to challenge this planned strike action in the courts. of course there was a feeling that the government and the royal college of nursing were getting close to coming up with some sort of deal on pgy- coming up with some sort of deal on pay. the nursing union had recommended its members accept a deal, but they did not and therefore it looked like this strike action was going to go ahead. i think the royal college of

david wallace lockhart. time, a big smile on rishi sunak on the advert, suggesting he is content with those figures. broadly speaking, the figures labour have used our right, but they go back to 2010. rishi sunak only became an mp in 2015, he has only been around the cabinet table since 2019, so it is personalising such a sensitive issue towards him and that is proving so controversial. criticism from within the labour party, former home secretary david blunkett saying his party has gone down in the gutter to fight politics with this advert. but as you say, writing in the daily mail today, sir keir starmer standing by it, he says i make absolutely zero apologies for blunt on this, no matter how squeamish it might make some people feel. so defending the overall idea is behind the advert, perhaps not entirely engaging with the question of why it is tailored so personally towards rishi sunak, but of course labour are trying desperately to paint themselves at the moment as the party who are tough on crime when it

our political correspondent david wallace—lockhart is in our london newsroom. ring fenced stop labour say they would implement automatic fines and the liberal democrats say they think of the environment to the match secretary needs to stand down and they're calling this a national —— the environment secretary needs to stand down and are calling this a national scandal. the port of dover has said it's "deeply frustrated" and offered its "sincere apologies" after up to 70 coaches were caught up in lengthy delays overnight. our reporter aruna iyengar is in doverfor us now. aruna, not the greatest start to the easter getaway, what's been causing the problems? as you say, lots of people getting on coaches, going on ski trips to france, lots of people sitting in cars and lorries waiting to get across the english channel. the reason for the delays is partly due to the weather, delays because of that, partly because of huge numbers of people trying to leave the uk and get to france but also because of french border controls. the home office say that is the main reason

we're joined now by our political correspondent, david wallace lockhart. children across england and wales was horrific and deeply disturbing. this is an issue the home secretary suella braverman is taking on, she has written in the mail on sunday newspaper talking today about grooming gangs in england and saying failure to deal with them creates a burning sense ofjustice. she stresses the vast majority of safeguarding professionals, whether they are teachers or social workers, they are teachers or social workers, they do take the issue seriously and of course would report any child sexual exploitation, but she says but in any case this does not happen, if anyone does not do this they will feel the full force of the law. we should hear more from the prime minister tomorrow. the nspcc, the charity, say this is a step in the charity, say this is a step in the right direction but more needs to be done to identify children who could be at risk. we also have some political response to the government announcement, shadow home secretary every cooba says labour has

live now to our political correspondent david wallace lockhart. good evening to you. certainly done that. it has seen labour facing criticism - it has certainly done that. it hasl seen labour facing criticism from seen labourfacing criticism from its own site. in this poster, they say that there are a500 adults convicted of child sexual abuse since 2010 he didn't face jail time and they rather explosively say that rishi sunak doesn't want them to face jail time. rishi sunak doesn't want them to face jailtime. quite rishi sunak doesn't want them to face jail time. quite the claim to be making and one that the prime minister would push back against. the figures they are using are broadly correct. they go back to 2010. in 2010 rishi sunak was working in finance. he didn't become a member of parliament until 2015 and didn't start setting at the top levels of government until 2019 when he got a seat around the cabinet table. that is what many people find uncomfortable about this particular advert, taking such a sensitive issue and putting it so closely, personally, to rish

we can speak to political correspondent david wallace lockhart. any political reaction? quick scan through today's report from the independent kc into the appointment, there are similarfindings being found, so i imagine politicians on the dcms committee will be satisfied with how this has come out and the way this has ended. abs, this has come out and the way this has ended-— has ended. a highly political issue and a highly _ has ended. a highly political issue and a highly politicised _ has ended. a highly political issue and a highly politicised row, i has ended. a highly political issue| and a highly politicised row, david, it's fair to say. and a highly politicised row, david, it's fair to say-— it's fair to say. that's correct. and for opposition _ it's fair to say. that's correct. and for opposition parties i it's fair to say. that's correct. | and for opposition parties who it's fair to say. that's correct. i and for opposition parties who will try to make any issue essentially one that can work in their political favour, there were many factors here at play that

david wallace lockhart, thank you.ts and an entire section collapsed, this happened after aam yesterday. residents were sleeping, some of them were trapped under the rubble. there is a search and rescue operation under way, we have been told people are still looking for most loved ones. the authorities do not know how many are still missing, still lots of activity here the day after this massive attack. 23 people were killed here and in the last few minutes the authority said a fifth child has been identified as one of the victims. we are also following a separate story in crimea this morning, a massive fire at an oil depot in the port city... in sevastopol. an enemy drone attack... we do not know who was behind the attack. crimea was annexed by russia in 2018, ukraine have said they're going to try retake it. you in 2018, ukraine have said they're going to try retake it.— in 2018, ukraine have said they're going to try retake it. you had your camera operator— going to try retake it. you had your camera operator are _