in walthamstow grace will now be selling herfood walthamstow grace will now be selling her food to shopst wasn't possible to keep her restaurants open. you're live with bbc news. let's return to our top story — the re—election of president erdowan in turkey. shayan sardarizadeh from our bbc verify team has been looking at the claims and counter—claims on social media in recent days. yes, i mean, the interesting thing about today was, two weeks ago during the first round, as the polls were open and people were voting, we were seeing lots of claims in videos going viral, particularly from the opposition side claiming that there were acts of fraud or untoward incidents happening at polling stations, showing videos and putting them online. today, most of the day was fine until the last couple of hours until we saw a video president erdogan at the polling station where he cast his ballot, and you can see him flanked by supporters, and someone is filming him, and he has a wad of cash and he is handing out money to his supporters, which raised our brows because obviously although he has been do

back in walthamstow, grace will now be selling her food to shops one way to keep her brand alive at a live with bbc news. let's take a look some of the headlines from the uk the presenter phillip schofield has resigned from itv and admitted that he lied about a relationship he had with a younger male colleague at this morning. he said his departure from the show last week was not related to the affair, and described the relationship as "unwise, but not illegal". and british cycling is to ban transgender women from taking part in female elite events — following a nine month review. transgender women will now compete with men, in what will be known as an open category staying in the uk — and to a maternity unit in kent. a new mother left in blood—stained sheets for three days — health staff who failed to wash their hands after each patient — and life—saving equipment not in the right place — all features of a unit which inspectors found so poor it was almost shut down. officials visited the william harvey hospital in ashford injanuary after a damning report — which found at least 45 bab

back in walthamstow, grace will now be selling her food to shops — one way to keep her brand alive at keep her restaurants open. you're live with bbc news. now to thailand, where a young, progressive party has upended the country's politics, after nine years of conservative, military—backed rule. move forward won more seats than any other party in the country's recent election and is now leading a progressive coalition which aims to introduce a raft of far—reaching reforms. our south east asia correspondentjonathan head has been speaking to the move forward leader. cheering almost no—one predicted this — the most radical party contesting the thai election coming out ahead of all of its rivals. move forward's 42—year—old leader pita limjaroenrat is now poised to become the youngest prime minister in living memory, elected on his promise to make thailand a fairer and more competitive country. but he faces formidable obstacles. whether or not there ever is a reformist administration here in thailand, whether the yearning for change expressed by millions of voters is ever reflected in the

back in walthamstow, grace will now be selling her food to shops one way to keep her brand alive at aome of the headlines from the uk. the presenter phillip schofield has resigned from itv and admitted that he lied about a relationship he had with a younger male colleague at this morning. he said his departure from the show last week was not related to the affair, and described the relationship as "unwise, but not illegal". a couple from chesterfield, who murdered their 10—month—old son less than 6 weeks after he was placed back into their care, have been jailed for life. finley boden died on christmas day in 2020. he was found to have suffered 130 "appalling" injuries. stephen boden and his partner shannon marsden were ordered to serve a minimum of 29 and 27 years respectively. and british cycling is to ban transgender women from taking part in female elite events — following a nine month review. transgender women will now compete with men, in what will be known as an open category. turks will go back to the polls on sunday in a presidential election run—off between their long—time a

back in walthamstow, grace will now be selling her food to shops — one way to keep her brand alive atstaurants open. you're live with bbc news. us presidentjoe biden is holding further talks with the republican house speaker kevin mccarthy as they finalise a deal to raise the debt ceiling. both have reached an agreement in principle on a new government debt limit, ending weeks of wrangling. democrats and republicans have untiljune the 5th to approve the deal and prevent the us government running out of money. president biden described the agreement as a "compromise", while speaker mccarthy said it "was worthy of the american people". in an interview with fox news sunday, mr mccarthy also said he expects the agreement to attract support from a majority of house republicans. let's hear what he had to say. 95% of all those at the conference were very excited, but think about this. we finally were able to cut spending. we are the first congress to vote for cutting spending year over year. we were able to do this when the president said he wasn't even going to talk to us. this is really a

justin rowlatt, bbc news, walthamstow. told bbc news that he's prepared to close failing services which do not improve, whether run by private companies or the nhs. his comments come days after the cqc found three children's wards at the priory group's largest hospital near manchester were "inadequate" and "did not always provide safe care". the priory group is the uk's biggest independent mental health provider. it says the cqc�*s findings don't accurately reflect the quality of the service they offer. angus crawford reports. it was cold, it was uncaring, it was lonely. when meredith was just 15, she spent more than a year as an nhs patient at the biggest privately run mental health hospital in the country. and this is it, the priory cheadle royal. as we reported injanuary, three women died here last year. priory cheadle royal is a large mental health hospital... it is the flagship of the largest private provider in the country, the priory group, which gets hundreds of millions of pounds of taxpayer money each year. but d

back in walthamstow, grace will now be selling her food to shops — one way to keep her brand alive at. you're live with bbc news. more on our main story now. in two decades, president recep tayyip erdogan has changed turkey forever. pierre—antoine denis looks back at the turkish president's political life. 20 years and some extra for this man, recep tayyip erdogan, the turkish president, on for a new mandate. let's look back at his life. he started in politics in 1994 when he become istanbul mayor, but the real breakthrough came in 2001. he launches his new party, the akp and two years later in 2003 became turkish prime minister for the first time. his first decade in power is very successful, turkey's back on the map with annual growth estimated at around 5%, 2003-2013. but in 2013, 2003—2013. but in 2013, protests 2003-2013. but in 2013, protests started to happen over his rule, as critics started to say he was more and more autocratic. still, we sipped i have heard a gun is determined to change turkey. in 2014, he moves from prime minister to president. —— still, erdogan is determi

back in walthamstow, grace will now sell her suitor shops.it wasn't possible to keep her restaurants open. —— will now sell her food to shops. you're live with bbc news. a former chinese government scientist has told bbc news that the possibility that the covid—i9 virus leaked from a chinese laboratory shouldn't be ruled out. china has always denied the theory, and an investigation by the world health organisation two years ago concluded the virus most likely passed naturally from animals to humans. john sudworth, our correspondent in china until he was forced to leave in 2021, sent this report. ever since the world got its first glimpse of the deadly disease circulating in wuhan, china has dismissed the theory that covid might have leaked from a lab, known to have been experimenting with coronaviruses, as a lie. but now, one of china's most senior scientists seems far less forthright when i ask him about that possibility. you know, i haven't seen anything. you know, a lot of people have some suspicions, but i haven't seen anything. but nor c

back in walthamstow, grace will now be selling her food to shops — one way to keep her brand alive atopen. you're live with bbc news. how many of us know where our careers will end up when we start out in the world of work? let's take the case of thomas dolby. you might be more familiar with him as a star of 19805 synth—pop. these days, though, he is professor of music for new media atjohns hopkins university — and his credentials in the tech industry go back a long way david harper caught up with him. up next, we have thomas dolby. or, to put it another way, here comes thomas dolby. take it away, tom. in the 19805 onwards, i was a songwriter, synthesist, singer. later in my career, i moved into technology and had a high—tech company in silicon valley called beatnik for a while. i was always a tinkerer. i was the first guy in my school that had a portable cassette player, and that was when i got the nickname dolby, and it sort of stuck with me and became my professional name when i went into music. we're talking about people being pigeon—holed and people in the tech industry maybe not

we're closing after four and a half years of serving our vegan curry to walthamstow.ue and an increase in our costs, and it's just no longer viable to be running the business. a statue of the peace campaigner brian haw, who spent ten years camped outside parliament, will be installed opposite the imperial war museum after a crowdfunding campaign. mr haw died from lung cancer in 2011 having spent a decade protesting against british and american foreign policy. efforts were made to remove him but it was only an illness that forced him to stop. it's a big weekend for luton united with the club just one game away from the premier league. they play coventry in the championship play—off final tomorrow evening at wembley. if they win, they'll be the first side to have gone from non—league to the premier league. no football club has success just because of one person. it's down to a lot of people. it's been a real team effort. you know, our club is run by supporters who care so much about the club and give their full time and dedication to it. they won't allow the club to eve

back in walthamstow, grace will now be selling her food to shops — one way to keep her brand alive atopen. you're live with bbc news. let's turn to the situation in ukraine. russia has mounted an unusual series of daytime strikes on the centre of the ukrainian capital kyiv, but the city's military administration says all were shot down and no targets were hit. this was the scene in the capital as that attack took place, people rushing to take cover, as explosions were heard in the sky above. this was last night. ukrainian military officials say that 66 out of roughly 75 cruise missiles and drones were intercepted. the latest bombardment was the 15th air attack on the capital this month alone. meanwhile, the governor of russia's belgorod region, which borders eastern ukraine, says ukraine's armed forces have been shelling several of its settlements. the governor said an industrial facility was hit in shebekino, wounding four people. our diplomatic correspondent james landale is in kyiv. james, in terms of those strikes on the capital, we have seen a real uptick in the number of attacks

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