hard work, continuous hard work often behind the scenes, of the public particularly in the public health englandcolleagues from police, particularly. it also, from police, particularly. it also, from the director of public health and colleagues at wiltshire county council and her public health team. it takes all of these individuals to work together to ensure that messages, risk assessment, although the background work is complete. and this is important. the next group of people, obviously, iwould this is important. the next group of people, obviously, i would like to thank the services represented along the table here with whom we work on a daily basis that it becomes very apparent how good that work is when you are under stress and in response to an incident this is a very difficult incident to work on and again, reiterating that good work. i think what i would like to go with the opportunity to speak to the public. to thank the public, they will have had some interactions with our public health teams colleagues we're been making public health enquiries. we will continue do that and he would l

public health england warning us spark. do not stick to a new diet calorie guideline, cutting down, there will be difficulty as a country for obesity and the impact on the health service. country for obesity and the impact on the health servicelj country for obesity and the impact on the health service. i came in this morning and your editor told me you picked this story because i am on the air. you know what annoys me about these stories? don't please blame us, the consumer, it is too complicated. calories are too complicated. calories are too complicated. i am sorry, i get the impression that you are too obese, your children are too obese. they are pointing the finger to a great degree at the food industry and what is in prepacked, cheap food. we need to do more against the manufacturers and the own brand supermarket. i compare own brand compare to a brand which i know is more expensive and you think the supermarket is cheaper, the amount of crap to put in there to make it cheaper is part of the problem. we need to attack

public health england says this can be achieved in three ways.quality products. smaller portion sizes, which would help control how much we eat. 0r steering is to buy a lower calorie products in some of our favourite foods. we have announced a 20% calorie reduction programme so that is taking calories out of ready meals, out of peak service, out of savary prepacked sandwiches, savoury slacks and gradually, over time, prepacked sandwiches, savoury slacks and gradually, overtime, improving the recipes so we all eat healthier will stop these posters are on weight health officials are hoping to make us more aware of what we eat. by having a benchmark of 400 calories at breakfast and another 600 for lunch and dinner. it is estimated some children are consuming 500 calories more than needed every day. and with around eight birds leaving primary school overweight or obese, health experts say britain needs to go on a diet. more on that story at six o'clock. you are with the briefing from bbc news. here are the headlines. a russian man convicted of spying

you will remember just you will rememberjust over two mark joyce ago, public health england we re joyce, public health england were telling people that had been three zizzi restaurant or the mel pocock, to take their close to the dry cleaner, put them in a bag or wash them. now they are saying if you had been to those establishments and you have not washed your clothes, you should do so immediately. for people with dry cleaning, they say call the council and the council will come over, and ta ke and the council will come over, and take the clothes away and destroy them. that is the advice being given. they will say people will be compensated for that. they say tonight that while there is no immediate health risk it is possible, but unlikely, that any substance that has come into contact with clothing or belongings could be present in minute amounts, and therefore contaminated your skin. so, even though we are nearly three weeks into this incident, public health england are still advising people of how to deal with this if they were in those establishments. meanwhile a convoy of vehicles

we know that she is talking to public—health england. atch those words from the government, urging people in salisbury not to be nervous, it's important for theresa may to be better in person, isn't it? very much so. just as we had the reassuring words from the home secretary a few days before that, so the prime minister is coming here. it's a very visible messages sending out here to the people of salisbury, that as health officials and the police have been saying, there is no need for public alarm about this. we don't know if mrs may will be meeting members of the public or whether she will confine herself to meeting public—health england and possibly senior police officers. and looking around, because there are lots of media gathering here right next the bench where sergei skripal and his daughter were attacked. we don't know if the prime minister will come this way or whether she will come this way or whether she will make a separate trip to the top 75 metres over this way. it is a general message from the government today, not only f

public health england has issued fresh precautionary advice to anyone in salisbury who may have comekripal and his daughter yulia. the advice is relevant to as many as 500 people who may have visited the pub and pizza restaurant between the time of the poisoning and before they were closed the following night. our correspondent kathryn stanczyszyn spent the day in salisbury. it's a busy saturday here in salisbury today, busier than the last couple of weekends, partly down to the free parking that the council announced to try and get people back into salisbury. they have said that businesses and shops have been suffering because people have been staying away following the poisoning. still a police cordon in place where i am at the park where sergei and yulia skripal were found slumped unconscious on sunday 11th march. now, a week later public health england issued advice to anyone who had been in either the zizzi restaurant that they had dined in that afternoon, or the bishops mill pub from the sunday afternoon to monday evening at closing time, saying anyone who had been in those loc

public health england has told this programme users are dicing with death. prescribed in the us to treat anxiety and can be obtained on private prescription in the uk. but among some teenagers and young adults in the uk, it has become a popular recreational drug used illegally. 0ur reporter, noel phillips, has been investigating. his report contains scenes of drug taking. you can experienced tremors, cold sweats, sleepless nights and it takes a toll on your mental health, like, extreme anxiety. i feel really, like, drowsy. i feel, like, a lot like a cloud. he was going everyday to get it. every single day, ten tablets. it's a tranquilliser, it's an antidepressant, so it's not actually on the market or out there to make people enjoy themselves. typical customer... inaudible. whatever is in the drugs they buy could change from one batch to another. it's dicing with death, really. in clubs and house parties across the uk, there are teenagers, some as young as 13, getting high illegally on an anti—anxiety prescription drug. it's so popular this american rapper h

in the last hour, public health england have issued new advice for members of the public who were inited by sergei and yulia skripal on the days surrounding the attack. duncan kennedy is in salisbury. what are they saying? you remember that two weeks ago the advice from public health england was anyone who was in zizi's restaurant or the mill power was for people to dump their clothing or bag it. now they say anyone who was in zizi's or the pub on monday the 11th of march or the 5th of march should wash their clothing immediately. as for dry cleaning, do not dry clean it. call the council. they will send someone over, take away the dry cleaning item and destroy it. public helping them say people will be compensated for that. while there is no immediate health risk, it is possible but unlikely that any substance that has come into contact with clothing or belongings could still be present in minute amounts and therefore contaminate your skin. so, nearly three weeks after this incident, the advice from public health england continues to evolve. thank you. a convoy of vehicles left the

, a reminder to wash them immediately, even though it is sometime since the incident, says public health englandt says while there is no immediate health risk to anybody that may have been in those locations, it is possible, although unlikely, that any of the substance which has into contact with your clothing could still be present in minute amounts, and therefore contaminate your skin. over time, repeated skin contact with contaminated items may pose a small risk to health. so, please follow that guidance. wash your clothing, if you have not done it already, if it is try clean only, arrange to haveit it is try clean only, arrange to have it collected by the council and you will be compensated. —— try clea n you will be compensated. —— try clean only. it is with me giving you the e—mail address to do so. it is collect@wiltshire. gov. uk, the e—mail address to do so. it is collect@wiltshire.gov.uk, you the e—mail address to do so. it is collect@wiltshire. gov. uk, you have until april 15 to send an e—mail and say you are there on a sunday or monday and have your clothing collected and you will b

public health england have issued fresh precautionary advice to anyone in salisbury who may have coment used to attack sergei skripal and his daughter yulia. the advice is relevant to as many as 500 people, who may have visited the pub and pizza restaurant between the time of the poisoning and before they were closed the following night. our correspondent kathryn stanczyszyn is there. take us through this advice from public health england, and what the reaction is to the advice being given at this time. it is a busy saturday here in salisbury today, busier than the last couple of weekends, partly down to the free parking that the council announced to try to get people back into salisbury. they said businesses and shops have been suffering because people have been staying away following the poisoning. there is a police cordon in place where i am, at the park where sergei and yulia skripal were found unconscious. a week later, public health england issued advice to anyone that had beenin issued advice to anyone that had been in the restaurant they dined in that afternoon or the bishops

you will remember just you will rememberjust over two weeks ago public health england were telling peoplea nt telling people who have been to the restaurant and the pub to wash their clothes, take them to the dryclean 01’ clothes, take them to the dryclean or bag them. they have hardened up that advice and say if people had gone to those two establishments and you haven't washed your clothes, you should do so immediately and that is the word they used and the people with dry—cleaning, don't take it to the dry cleaner, call the council, they will come and take those clothes away and destroy them. that is the advice being given. people will be compensated. they say while there is no immediate health risk, it is possible but unlikely that any substance that has come into contact with clothing or belongings could still be presents in minute amounts and therefore contaminate your skin. even though we are nearly three weeks into this incident, public health england are still advising people about how to deal with this if they are in those establishments. duncan kennedy reporting there from sali

public health england says this can be achieved in three ways.pes in meals, using better—quality products. smaller portion sizes, which would help control how much we eat. 0r steering us to buy lower—calories products in some of our favourite foods. we've announced a 20% calorie reduction programme. so that's taking calories out of ready meals, out of pizzas, out of savoury prepacked sandwiches, out of savoury snacks, and gradually, over a time, improving the recipes so we all eat healthier. these posters are one way health officials are hoping to make us more aware of what we eat, by having a benchmark of 400 calories at breakfast, and another 600 for lunch and dinner. 10 starjumps! it is estimated some children are consuming 500 calories more than needed every day. and, with around a third leaving primary school overweight or obese, health experts say britain needs to go on a diet. adina campbell, bbc news. in syria, the first aid convoy for three weeks has delivered supplies to the rebel—held territory eastern ghouta. but aid workers were forc

public health england believe there is no risk to the wider public. what exactly happened here to cause that couple to fall unconscious. they say they are working, wiltshire police, are working with counterterrorism police, too. the are appealing to members of the public who have any information about what happened here, anyone who saw the two people on that bench, or anyone who has any information about what happened to come forward. at the moment we know that to remain in a critical condition in hospital. police are confirming the two victims are still critical. the 66—year—old man and a 33—year—old women. we note the man is sergei skripal and his daughter yulia skripal, the two in a critical condition in hospital in salisbury. thank you for the update. it's six months since the second most powerful hurricane in atlantic history struck. hurricane irma ploughed into the british virgin islands causing catastrophic damage. aleem maqbool sent this report from the island of tortola where 85 percent of the buildings were either damaged or completely destr

public health england are still advising deal with this if they were in those establishments.can: european union leaders meeting in brussels say they are preparing coordinated measures against russia over that south very attack. in a separate talks -- the southbury attacked. in separate talks, they talk about trade and security. with more, here is our political editor. reporter: they don't always look so pleased to see each other. the eu'shief negotiator grasping the prime minister's hand. when formally, finally, the stage right after brexit,he transition, was agreed. >> i welcome the fact that the eu council agreed the details of the implementation period. this gives certainty to people and businesses. it gives them the clarity to plan for their future. i believe we are approaching this with a spirit of cooperation and opportunity for the future as well. rerter: not much will change for two years after we lclve, but how ely with the u.k. hug the continent afterward? ? those are details to be worked out. time is of the essence. if the u.k. wantsea to the customs union and the

public health england says producers, supermarkets and takeaways, must cut calories and portion sizesbesity. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. as russia denies any responsibility for the suspected poisoning in wiltshire, we get the thoughts of an expert in russian foreign policy. counting calories and cutting portion sizes — public health england is ordering food suppliers to help in the fight against obesity. we hearfrom a nutritionist. and six months after hurricane irma devastated the caribbean, we return to the british virgin islands, where victims still live in shelters. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday with me will perry. five—nil up, what can go wrong? jurgen klopp and liverpool should be in for a nice comfortable champions league night at anfield. serena williams tells us she's ready to return to tennis after the birth of her daughter— but admits she did wonder if she could keep going. and lord coe insists athletics is not in tatters

public health england have issued fresh precautionary advice to anyone in salisbury who may have comeack sergei skripal and his daughter yulia. the advice is relevant to as many as 500 people who may have visited the pub and pizza restaurant between the time of the poisoning and before they were closed the following night. our correspondent kathryn stanczyszyn is in salisbury. it is able to seat saturday in salisbury, busier than the last couple of weekends, partly down to the free parking introduced to try and get people back into salisbury. the council said that businesses and shops have been suffering because people have been staying away following the poisoning. there is still a police cordoned in place at the parc wert sergei skripal and his daughter yulia were found. one week later, public health england issued advice to anyone who had either been in the zizzi restaurant or at the the mill pub from the sunday until monday evening. they said anyone in those locations had to wash their clothes as a precaution because repeated exposure to the nerve agent could be dangerous to healt

public health england says this can be achieved in three ways.control how much we eat, or steering us to buy lower calorie products, making better informed decisions. we all need to be part of this journey because it is affecting us now and if we think we have free choice in our supermarkets, in our fast food restaurants, we probably don't. we are being guided towards the choices we currently make by those businesses. quite simply, as a nation, we are getting fatter and the sheer volume of high—calorie foods available to us is not helping. notjust bad for our health, bad for the nhs and taxpayers. to help us make healthier choices, you could soon be seeing more of these posters — a rough guide advising us to eat 400 calories at breakfast, another 600 for lunch and dinner. but campaigners say the advice goes too far. it is far too low, people will look at that and see how much a roll in terms of calories is and they will say, no, we can't handle that, we need to eat more. it is estimated some children are consuming up to 500 calories more than nee

england. possibly the most important part of that was the public health advice. dame sally davies, chief medical officer for england. around four to 500 people are being advised to take precautionary measures, people who had been either in zizzi restaurant oi’ had been either in zizzi restaurant or the mill pub between last sunday lunchtime and monday night. they are being told to wash their clothes, to clea n a ny being told to wash their clothes, to clean any possessions as a precautionary measure following this nerve agent attack. that was jenny harries from public health england, saying it has been a difficult incident. she was answering questions about why possibly people we re questions about why possibly people were not told about this precautionary measure before. she said there had been rigorous examination of the substance now and they found traces in both the restau ra nt they found traces in both the restaurant and the pub. this is about pre—emptive measures. it is not reactive. it is very unlikely that exposure to it at the time would have an effect

public health officials. they say too many people eat too many calories every day and it's led to an obesity epidemic. now public health england pizzas, ready meals, processed meat and takeaways, to try to reduce calories by 20% over the next few years. our health editor, hugh pym, reports. it's time for action, and food companies must cut calories. that's the demand from public health chiefs who want to see new recipes, smaller portions, or more effort to move customers to healthy options. here's the obesity problem. a child's diet might include breakfast with nearly 500 calories, a packed lunch with more than 1000, an after—school snack at around 250, and pasta and a pudding later with more than 800 calories. but that is well above the recommended limit for children. in fact, it's as much as eating an extra meal a day. but with an ice cream van parked outside this school in salford today, parents told us it wasn't easy keeping their children's diets under control. there's an ice cream van right there outside the school. there is something everywhere, isn't there, so it's hard, but i do try. if the children want ice cream, th

public health england has stressed there is no wider health risk from there is no wider health risk fromith the 2006 poisoning off alexander litvenenko are hard to ignore. a russian dissident, he was poisoned in london weather radioactive compound. an enquiry said he was probably murdered by the kremlin. the russian embassy today complained of speculative stories which it said we re of speculative stories which it said were demonising russia. but the government has now put moscow on notice. while it would be wrong to prejudge the investigation, i can reassure the host that should evidence emerged that implies state responsibility, then her majesty ‘s government will respond appropriately and robustly. the first pictures have no emerged of 33—year—old yulia skripal who was visiting her father from 33—year—old yulia skripal who was visiting herfatherfrom russia when they fell ill. they maybe it will to shed light what happened to them on sunday but they remain gravely ill. we can now speak to our correspondent leila nathoo who's in salisbury. what is the latest beer? you can see behind me

more information is now on the website public health england, and will be made available at key sitessbury. i want to reiterate that this is precautionary advice aimed at only those people who were at the venues between these times, which i believe to be less than 500 people. meanwhile, let me repeat that the risk to us, the general public, remains low. and i am confident that none of these customers or staff will have suffered harm. thank you. meanwhile, the police officer who tried to help sergei skripal and his daughter yulia, after the nerve gas attack, remains in hospital. detective sergeant nick bailey fell seriously ill after he responded to the emergency. in the past half hour, the wiltshire chief constable has been giving this update on his condition. i don't think anything could have prepared me or my force for the news of a member of our staff, a police officer who has been admitted to hospital, not just to the ward but then transferred to the intensive care unit. that personal aspect has sent shock waves through my force, a huge level of concern and anxiety, but what i've

and also public health england. the attempted murder of those two, sergei skripal and his daughter. let's take a look at the scene. of course we have been short on information from police and from ambulance services since the attack nearly a week ago. this is an important moment coming up where they give us more on the investigation. we havejust heard from the chief medical officer suggesting that civilians in that area, those who are in the mill pub on that day or on the following day, last sunday or monday, and those who we re last sunday or monday, and those who were in these easy restaurant last sunday or monday, should now, as a precaution, wash their clothes or other accessories, their electronic devices, that might have been with them at the time. stressing there is no immediate danger to them. that the long—term proximity to those items could conceivably be a risk and therefore they should make sure that they wash them. let's take a little look at the weather while we wait for that news conference. here is l

that is what public health england said at a press conference earlier today.derstand that a table used by the skripals at zizzi's restaurant has been taken away and destroyed. there are many lines of investigation going on in salisbury at the moment. just behind where i am now. this is the part where the benches that they were found on last sunday afternoon collapsed. —— on last sunday afternoon, collapse. several incident units have been set up. earlier, we saw some protective gear being taken out. sutent gas masks being moved around. we know there is activity going on. we still know that the cemetery on london road, that is still barricaded off, and there is a forensic tent over the grave of mr skripal‘s wife and son. that is still being searched, so son. that is still being searched, so investigative line still being undertaken here this afternoon. catherine, thank you. to stay with us on catherine, thank you. to stay with us on bbc news, because as those lines develop, and there was a lot going on, we will keep you up—to—date with events taking place in sa

public health officials. they say too many people eat too many calories every day and it‘s led to an obesity epidemic. now public health englandeals, processed meat and takeaways to try to reduce calories by 20% over the next few years. our health editor, hugh pym, reports. it's it‘s time for action, and food companies must cut calories. that‘5 the demand from public health chiefs who want to see new recipes, smaller portions, or more efforts to move customers to healthy options. here‘s the obesity problem. a child‘s diet might include breakfast with nearly 500 calories, a packed lunch with more than 1000, an after—school snack at around 250, and pasta and a pudding later with more than 800 calories. but that is well above the recommended limit for children. in fa ct, recommended limit for children. in fact, it‘s as much as eating an extra meal a day. but with an ice cream van parked outside this school in salford today, parent5 told us it wa5n‘t in salford today, parent5 told us it wasn‘t easy keeping their children‘s diet is under control. there's an ice cream van right there outside the school. there is something everywhere

acknowledges that money intended for public health may have been spent on delivering adult social care services, and she says the authority is in discussions with public health england wrong, what i can assure people is, that money wasn't misappropriated. it may have been spent on adult social care, looking after people in some way or another, that somebody might judge that wasn't really public health money, but at the end of the day, it's still been spent on the people in northamptonshire. for the last two months, a government inspector has been keeping a close eye on how northamptonshire county council is run. he is due to complete his report at the end of this week, giving more details about what went wrong at this troubled council. tom barton, bbc news, northampton. and if you live in the east of england, you can see more on that story tonight on inside out on bbc one at 7:30pm, and then everywhere on the bbc iplayer. there are over 60,000 people detained in mental health hospitals in england — a rise of more than a0% in the last decade. the prime minister has said that figure is too high. in this special report, graham satchell follows the progress of one patie

the review by public health england into prescription levels is due to report in spring next year.the week. but for now, from me, keith macdougall, goodbye. hello there. 0ur weather's showing signs of catching up on the season, going from something that has felt a bit more like winter to something more springlike over the next few days. now, over the weekend, london temperatures barely got above freezing. we've had that heavy snow as well. there's a trend to seeing things warm up and by thursday, temperatures should reach double figures in the capital. of course, the big change has been this area of high pressure, which brought us the mini beast from the east. that same area of high pressure has now just sunk to the south—west of the uk. and so, we're dragging in some slightly less cold air. that will continue to be the case over the next couple of days. 0n the satellite picture, we're looking at an area of cloud sinking its way southwards at the moment and that cloud is just thick enough to bring us a few light showers, so for the early risers there is a potential of catching one

public health england have issued fresh precautionary advice to anyone in salisbury who may have comeack sergei skripal and his daughter yulia. the advice is relevant to as many as 500 people who may have visited the pub and pizza restaurant between the time of the poisoning and before they were closed the following night. our correspondent kathryn stanczyszyn is in salisbury. it isa it is a busy saturday here than the last few. it is said that businesses and shops have been suffering because people have been staying away following the poisoning. there is still a police cordoned in place for i is still a police cordoned in place foriam, is still a police cordoned in place for i am, at the park where sergei skripal and his daughter were found slumped unconscious on the 11th of march. a week later, public helping with issued advice to anyone who had either been in the restaurant they had dined in or the pup from the sunday afternoon till the monday evening, saying anyone who had been in those locations needed to wash their clothes because of the danger of prolonged or repeated exposure

he gave his reaction to the advice issued by public health england. i only became aware of it a fewer hours ago and i was wearing this watch, and these shoes, and with the same phone, and chatting to my friends who were in the pub. they can't remember what they were wearing, and we haven't taken the precaution yet. so a little outraged that we only find out now, having spoken to the police in the last few days, and to the squad yesterday, as well. soa so a little concerned that we don't know what the long—term effect is on any of us. now, the public health people today were being quite clear, saying, listen, the risk is small, we are worried about repeated contact we are worried about repeated co nta ct over we are worried about repeated contact over many months. so as long as people wash their clothes and their other items, it should be fine. are you feeling reassured by that? to be honest, not really, because you don't know what the fa cts because you don't know what the facts are, because they are saying as far as their evidence would suggest, rath

. >>> public health officials in england say the public should not be worried after the poisoning of n x russian spy. during a news conference, public health england said of found traces of contamination at a restaurant after the recent nerve agent attack that left a former russian spy and his daughter in critical condition. now, officials say anyone who was at that restaurant where the attack happened should take precautions such as washing their clothes.>> we are recommending a very very precautionary approach is taken. we are advising people to clean the clothes that they were wearing and any possessions that they had with them at the time.>> counterterrorism officials are still investigating the poisoning where some politicians say they believe russia is responsible for the attack.>>> a severe storm is moving its way through the south. this is what it looked like this morning in mississippi. golf ball -sized hail led to extensive damage. the storm is expected to make its way up to the northeast and the boston area is expected to get 6 to 9 inches of snow while southern maine could

well, we could only go on what doctorjane harries, the deputy public health director of public health englandyou are in that restaurant or that public house at the time, that any substance was administered to mr skripal or his daughter, but possibly, over weeks and months, if you continue to wear the same clothes without washing them, conceivably you may have some public health consequences. that was it. of course, i think theyjust took health consequences. that was it. of course, i think they just took the view that any advice is important to give out as soon as they have ascertained exactly what the risk was. thank you very much, matthew dean. let's talk to marina litvinenko and harry ferguson. marina litvinenko, what were your emotions when you heard what was happening in salisbury? my first emotion was i was absolutely shocked. i couldn't believe something similar to me happened again. but when i hear what you already said in this programme, and even you ask why afterjust one week you need to protect yourself wash your clothes, remember, it was mustered 23 daysjust wash your clothes, reme

emergency services, to police, to our health services, to everybody at porton down and elsewhere, public health englandttom of those responsible, but also to ensure that the public are reassured. and it's been great to meet some tourists here in salisbury, people coming to salisbury, still enjoying this great city. theresa may in the last hour also. the shadow defence secretary nia griffith has directly and repeatedly blamed russia for the attack in sailsbury. she also claimed this was the party's official position despitejeremy corbyn and his spokesman refusing to say this explicitly yesterday. 0ur assistant political editor, norman smith is following the story. jeremy corbyn has planted considerable unease among his own mps over his stance on the commons yesterday, when he appeared to raise questions about the reliability of the evidence which pointed to the russians being behind the salisbury attack. one of those mps has expressed concern is the labour chairman of the backbench foreign affairs committee of labour mps, john woodcock. your concern over mr corbyn's stance is what? actually, i'm really

public health to prop up other services. the bbc‘s inside out east programme has learned that northamptonshire county council may have to return as much as ten million pounds to public health englandeekend? i did not. well, look at this. the annual crufts dog show had to be temporarily halted after two protesters stormed the venue. as this year's winner, a 2.5—year—old whippet called tease, made her way to the podium, this happened — two demonstrators from the animal rights group peta emerged from the audience. they were quickly chased down and subdued by security staff. no animals or owners were harmed. lots of people are talking about the fa ct lots of people are talking about the fact that tease was whipped up into the arms of her own. clearly, slightly alarmed, to say the least. 0ne slightly alarmed, to say the least. one of those very strange live tv moments. a teenage photographer's shots of the beatles‘ first concerts in the united states are expected to sell for 250,000 pounds at auction. mike mitchell, who was 18 at the time, took hundreds of pictures of the fab four‘s gigs at the washington coliseum and the baltimore civic centre “11964. he also attended their first pres

nerve agents in the restaurant above, the chief medical officer issued further advice but as public health englandthe risk to public health is low. mr speaker, i share the impatience in this house and that the country at large to bring those responsible to justice and ta ke those responsible to justice and take the full range of appropriate responses against those who would act against our country in this way but as a nation that believes in justice and the rule of law, it is essential that we proceed in the right way, led not by speculation but by the evidence. that is why we have given the police the space and time to carry out their investigation properly. hundreds of officers have been working around the clock, together with experts without —— from the armed forces to sift all available evidence, investigate crime scenes and decontamination sites and follow every possible lead to find those responsible. that investigation continues and we must allow the police to continue with their work. this morning, i chaired a meeting of the national security council in which we considered the information

more information is now on the website of public health england, and will be made available at key sitesn salisbury. i want to reiterate that this is precautionary advice aimed at only those people who were at the venues between these times, which i believe to be less than 500 people. meanwhile, let me repeat that the risk to us, the general public, remains low. and i am confident that none of these customers or staff will have suffered harm. thank you. steve cooper was in the mill pub on sunday afternoon — he gave his reaction to the advice. only became aware of it a few hours ago andi only became aware of it a few hours ago and i was wearing this watch, these shoes and with the same phone. chatting to my friends in the pub, they can't remember what they were wearing and we haven't taken that precaution yet. a little outraged, to be honest, that we only find out now having spoken to the police in the last few days and to the squad yesterday, as well. the little concerned that we don't know what the long—term effect is on any others. now, the public health people today were being quite c

fortitude and also to the fortitude of the people of souls free and let me reassure them that public health england have made clear the ongoing risk to public health is and the government will continue to do everything possible to support this historic city to recover fully. this is speaker on monday i sent out to mr scriptural and his daughter were poisoned with an not a chalk a military grade nerve agent developed by russia based on his capability combined with a record of conducting state sponsored assassinations including against former intelligence officers whom they regard as legitimate targets the u.k. government concluded that it was highly likely that russia was responsible for this reckless and despicable act and the only two plausible explanations. this was a direct attack by the russian state against our country or conceivably the russian government could have lost control of a military grade nerve agent and allowed it to get into the hands of others mr speaker it was right to offer russia the opportunity to provide an explanation but their response has demonstrated complete disdain for

we asked you to get in touch about this story about the fact that we will be told by public health england to tackle portion sizes, as they try to tackle portion sizes of. anthony... then tony says... we will discuss this in more detail in the next half—hour, see you a minute. hello there. as temperatures continue to slowly rise, increasingly we are seeing snow being confined to the high ground in scotland and that means communities that have been hard hit by the heavy snow — the snow is continuing to ease and thaw, but of course it is going to be a long road. looking at the weather picture today we have got some rain pushing to the northern half of the uk and it is notjust rain, also some white mixed in across scotland. we are expecting more snow. what it will be over the hills. in the south, a few clearer spells, some mist and fog and patches of frost possible as we start off the morning in the countryside. a slippery start to the day again. looking at tuesday morning, this area of snow that could cause problems for scotland because we are going to see heavy snow mostly in the hills, abo

public health england issue updated advice to people who went to the zizzi restaurant and mill pub athe centre of the double agent poisoning case in salisbury, saying any clothing that can't be washed should be collected by the council. now on bbc news, sportsday. the headlines: cambridge celebrate their first clean sweep in all of their first clean sweep in all of the day ‘s boat races since 1997, as oxford are the day ‘s boat races since 1997, as oxford a re left the day ‘s boat races since 1997, as oxford are left crushed on the river thames. outrage in the sport of cricket as australia's cameron brannagan of is caught ball tampering with his captain, steve smith, admitting that he knew. —— cameron bancroft. imperious form from lewis hamilton, taking pole position ahead of the season opener in formula 1 in melbourne. also coming up: we hearfrom northern ireland's latest hero, paul smith, after his dream debut in a friendly victory over south korea. no rest for the weary, england forward maro itoje is back for saracens with no sign ofa itoje is back for saracens with no sign of a si

community, which is why we have such close coordination with the department of health and what public health englandigations, there will come a time when i need to satisfy myself in terms of getting assurances from the police and other investigators about them. but at this moment, my priority is investigation itself. will you hand over samples of the nerve agent to the russians as they have asked? the russians have started to respond. the prime minister has been very clear that they have until midnight tonight to satisfy her request. until then, we will wait to see what they put forward. what sanctions are you considering? will you consider a boycott by the world cup team?- the moment, we are awaiting the russian response for stepping up and responding as the prime minister has said we will. there is still concern in salisbury about secondary contamination. while the public health advice so slow in coming? that his information we were able to collect. the chief medical officer has said that any risk to the public is low, and i think the community of salisbury, and i visited myself last weekend, shou

updates given to government ministers from police, the intelligence services, but also from public health englandy of defence, that is on the work they're doing with the troops that have been deployed in this case. ben wallace, the security minister, speaking to the bbc this morning, described this as a very brazenly committed, nasty crime. he said there are range of responses that the uk can take to river ouse binders, but he stressed that investigators must first gather the right sort of evidence to a tribute is claimed to somebody, which with g? of , 7 j with g? of uk , 7 j respend with. the. fell. fergggf kk if that is appropriate. resources if that is appropriate. russia has continued to deny any involvement but earlier this week, the foreign secretary, boris johnson, said a uk response to take the form of sanctions, suggesting that dignitaries may boycott the football world cup. we will be expecting to hear a statement from the home secretary, amber rudd, within the next hour or so and perhaps that may provide us with some new answers to the many questions that are continuing in this ongoin

i think you have been told very clearly by public health england there is a risk.le is on this and at least suspends data sharing until they com plete suspends data sharing until they complete their review? —— principles. she insisted they had not been told cleary is had an impact on people seeking healthcare. —— clearly. mps were keeping up the pressure on ministers to invest in mental health services. in a debate in westminster hall, a former health minister said better services would benefit the individual and the treasury. he what we know from the analysis thatis he what we know from the analysis that is being done, for every £1 you invest, if you do it fully, you get a return of £15 over subsequent yea rs of. a return of £15 over subsequent years of. one of the publications, of course, is that the return on that investment is not concentrated just on the nhs. it is getting people off benefits and into work. it is bringing in tax revenues, it is reducing the amount of people going through the criminaljustice system as well as reduction in the use of the nhs. no

public health england warn that people who use counterfeit xanax pills laced with a powerful painkillerour correspondent noel phillip's report does some graphic references to drugs use which you might not want children to see. we are inside a prescription drug party, the venue is a one—bedroom flat in the west midlands and these teenagers are preparing to get high illegally on an anti—anxiety tranquilliser. can you show us what you bought? two xanax. how much did you spend? i spent £5 for this. jordan and kieran, not their real names, are 18. they are both regular users of xanax. it is a psychiatric painkiller used to treat anxiety and insomnia. how long have you been using? i would say about nine months. how often do you use? probably once every two or three weeks or so. but this medication is not curing a mental disorder. instead, it is being misused. it is a psychiatric painkiller used to treat anxiety and insomnia. xanax washed down with alcohol, a lethal combination. and the authorities are now acknowledging the scope and severity of the risks associated with this drug. how big a p

northamptonshire county council may have to return up to £10 million to public health england. oving the health of local people. but now there are questions about how one council has been spending that money. we can reveal that northamptonshire county council is being investigated over claims that it spent millions of pounds of public health money on other things. if it is found to have done so, then this hard up council could be forced to repay some of that cash. northamptonshire's finances are already in dire straits. at the start of february, it became the first council in nearly 20 years to put itself into financial special measures, as officials worried it might run out officials worried it might run out of cash. and it is cutting services, including axing bus subsidies and closing 21 libraries. opposition councillors say it is no surprise the authority may have broken the rules. i think it tells you a lot about the bigger picture northamptonshire county council, which is that money is really tight and we are having to scramble around for every penny they can find to balanc

last year, public health england challenged them to cut sugar by 20 percent by 2020.but we know that high sugar levels can be a major could do better to obesity. that is why public health england is asking chocolate manufacturers to reduce the content by 20% by 2020. part of thatis the content by 20% by 2020. part of that is the sugar tax for sugar drinks by next friday. this is one massive kit kat. nestle say they will combat sugar content by reducing it by 30% in their products so reducing it by 30% in their products so it will be just as sweet with no artificial sweetener. it sounds far too good to be true. what is the science behind it? it basically involves challenging white sugar needs to be a crystal. what we have done is... imagine candyfloss. it is incredibly sweet and aerated. what we have done is we have aerated the sugar, combining it with milk and airso it is sugar, combining it with milk and air so it is very light. when you eat one of the products, you will find it is as sweet on the time but you do not ingest is much sugar. —— tongue. it is tricking th

right honorable gentleman that we'll check county councils all city council are working with public health england working with the n.h.s. locally working with the police to ensure that there is maximum information available to members of the public the chief medical officer has herself reassured members of the public that the public health risk is low and to ensure that the proper arrangements are being put in place to help the police to get on with their inquiries and that's important the police are still working investigating this and we should ensure that they have the time and space to be able to conduct their. investigations. mr duncan smith here you know i come in my right old friend for rising to this occasion though she should many in this house would wish that the leader of the opposition had abandoned party politics and done just that. she is quite right if the response from the russian ambassador is simply not credible she is quite right to expect the house to back her in taking the most severe action as is required and commensurate and she is also right to remind the house and the cou

public health england has issued fresh precautionary advice to anyone in salisbury who may have comee visited the pub and pizza restaurant between the time of the poisoning and before they were closed the following night. 0ur correspondent kathryn stanczyszyn spent the day in salisbury. it isa it is a busy saturday here in seoul is britain that. is there than the last couple of weekends, partly down to the free parking that the council announced, to try to get people back into salisbury. they said that businesses and shops have been suffering because people have been staying away following the poisoning. bpb scored in is still in place. —— the police caught and is still around the park wet sergei skripal and his daughter were found on sunday the 15th of march. police advised that anyone who died in the rest of that they don't in that afternoon all work in the pub, anyone in those locations either to wash their as precaution, because prolonged or repeated exposure to any of the dotage and use could be dangerous to health. —— any of the nerve agent used. they said they should wash thin

public health england issues fresh precautionary advice to anyone who went to the restaurant and pub in salisbury visited by the former double agent sergei skripal and his daughter yulia. now on bbc news, a 70—year—old crime story is revisited in the porthole mystery. this is bbc home service... james camb, a deck steward on the liner durban castle, was today charged with murder on the high seas of miss eileen gay gibson, the actress who disappeared from the ship during a voyage from south africa to britain. in other news, the shortage of water continues following the long dry spell... it was here at winchester‘s great hall in march of 1948 that one of the 20th century's most sensational murder trials took place. it had everything you would expect to find in an agatha christie novel. a dashing steward, a beautiful actress, a death on the high seas. but no body. the steward was charged with murdering the 21—year—old actress and pushing her out of the porthole. no trace of her body was ever found. and now, for the first time, we have unprecedented access to the actual case files for th