children and two teachers shot dead by a teenage gunman in texas. another day of travel disruption. waits of six hours reported for ferries at dover and hundreds of flights cancelled at some uk airports. and one of the greatest jockeys of all time lester piggott has died aged 86. we start in ukraine where, in a gesture of defiance directed at russia president zelensky has made a rare trip to visit his troops on the front line in the east of the country. he went to kharkiv, close to the russian border, an area once again under attack. mr zelensky described the situation in some parts particularly serevodonetsk as indescribably difficult for the ukrainian army. it s the first time since the start of the war that the president has ventured to the devastated eastern region, as our correspondent caroline hawley reports. with heavy artillery, russian forces are continuing to pound ukrainian positions in a war that s taking more lives every day. with all this firepower
friday, low pressure flexing its muscles, a weather front from the west is accompanied by increasingly risk winds. you will have to watch out for big storms quite close to the south east, they could edge in from europe. sunny spells but overall cloudier and brazier and temperatures not as high, 16 to 18, lots of dry weather with showers mainly confined to the north west. a reminder of our top story. inflation hits a a0 year high as food and energy bills rise. goodbye family, wejoin the bbc news food and energy bills rise. goodbye family, we join the bbc news teams where you are. goodbye from me. hello and welcome to sportsday coming up on the programme. tens of thousands of rain cherries and fans are incidental to discover the club s first european final made calls to behave. the rangers have been boosted by the return to fitness of the stryker but on track, frankfurt stand in the way of silverware. it frankfurt stand in the way of silverware. frankfurt stand in the way
developing resilience terrifying. yes, it was all about developing resilience for - terrifying. yes, it was all about developing resilience for that l terrifying. yes, it was all about - developing resilience for that more extreme weather we are going to see, and is notjust the wetter weather, is the drier weather as well, so we are lucky to have funding from the enrolment agency, somerset rivers authority, european funding, and it s about developing resilience in river catchment, for extreme weather, not just river catchment, for extreme weather, notjust wet but prolonged dryer, hot spells as well, so it s about how we hold water in the landscape. at the moment we drain water, but how do hold it and reconnect that water with the surrounding landscape? beavers do that for us. they are a remarkable animal and rashford is doing really well. high. it s been a warm sunny day for most of us but things are changing overnight from the southwest. were getting more cloud developing
okay. it s time for sports day. hello welcome to sports day. coming up hello welcome to sports day. coming up on the programme. an fa cup final shootout. liverpool failed to break the deadlock actor extra time. will bring you all the results. champions of scotland once again, celtic celebrate their 52nd league title with a demolition of motherwell. and leinster march onto the final as they aim for a record equalling fifth european cup. welcome to the programme. only one place to start that s at wembley and the fa cup final, and here we go again. chelsea and liverpool s fa cup final has gone to penalties, in a repeat of the league cup final in february between these two sides. ben croucher has been watching the action. it s hard to believe this game ended in a goalless draw. looks ended in a goalless draw. like were here ended in a goalless draw. for the night. yes if it s anything here for the night. yes if it s anything like league cup final we could be here for quite some