terms if they refuse to appear for sentencing. nominations for the snp leadership race close at midday with humza yousaf, kate forbes and ash regan expected to appear on the ballot paper. and new research for the bbc suggests the price of pasta has nearly doubled in two years with the rate of food price rises still running at almost 17%. good morning and welcome to bbc news. president volodymyr zelensky has said ukraine will do everything it can to defeat russia this year in a statement marking the anniversary of vladimir putin s full scale invasion. ceremonies are taking place across the country remebering those killed or forced to flee from the conflict. here in the uk rishi sunak will urge allies to increase military support to ukraine during a meeting of g7 countries. there will also be a minute s silence across the uk at 11 o clock. our first report comes from james waterhouse. a thud, marking the moment when ukraine and the world. air raid siren sounds. ..changed foreve
nominations in the scottish national partly leadership national party leadership race close at midday, with humza yousaf, kate forbes and ash regan expected to appear on the ballot paper. and new research for the bbc suggests the price of pasta has nearly doubled in two years for uk consumers with the rate of food price rises still running at almost 17%. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. president volodymyr zelensky has said ukraine will do everything it can to defeat russia this year in a statement marking the anniversary of vladimir putin s full scale invasion. ceremonies are taking place across the country remebering those killed or forced to flee from the conflict. here in the uk, rishi sunak will urge allies to increase military support to ukraine, during a meeting of g7 countries. there will also be a minute s silence across the uk at 11 o clock. ourfirst report comes from our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse. a thud, marking the
president putin has not spoken but his predecessor said on social media the country would push ukrainian forces away back to poland. more from me at the top of the other, now it s time tojoin from me at the top of the other, now it s time to join the team on the travel show. sitting halfway between the scottish mainland and norway. the shetland islands have a unique combination of cultures. and today the sleepy town of lerwick is facing an invasion from a long dormant foe, the vikings. so this is up helly aa. it s one of a number of viking festivals that take place in shetland every year. this one in lerwick is the biggest. up helly aa is best known for its night time procession. almost a thousand people carry flaming torches through the streets, then set fire to a replica viking ship. a group of around 60 locals kitted out in elaborate viking garb. i mean, these this is serious stuff. who makes these? almost all that was done in shetland. and then there was a design committe
and richard davis emailed us. after a body was found in the river wyre on sunday morning. there was a further wait of 30 hours before it was identified as nicola s. during that time, correspondence from the bbc and other outlets continued to report from the village. and you know, this village, which is little more than a hamlet, has been the epicentre of national attention for the last three weeks or so. nicola bulley s family have said at times that that has provided a distraction and from their point of view, a real worry that it s taken away from the purpose of, of, of their work and of the police s work to find nicola. wendy mackenzie sent us her thoughts on monday lunchtime. later that day, the bbc news channel carried live the press conference confirming that the body was ms bulley s, followed by a summary of what had been said by presenter ben brown. a denunciation really of much of the press and media coverage and what the family said was media intrusion into their li
continues with no end in sight. we report from the front line to assess the impact the conflict has had on ukraine. amp presidentjoe biden has announced new sanctions and an additional $2 billion support package helping the ukrainians in theirfight. welcome to the programme. it s the first anniversary of the ukraine war, one year since vladimir putin ordered his forces to launch an all out assault on ukraine with the aim of taking kyiv within days. the strategy failed. ukrainian resistance has been fierce, though it has come at an immense cost. many have died on the battlefield, and accusations of war crimes by the russian troops have shocked the world. the war has changed europe and the world, leaving russia diplomatically isolated and revitalising the nato alliance. some have thought was losing its justification. our international editor jeremy bowen has reported on the conflict from the very beginning. he s kept in touch with many of the ukrainians he s spoken to along the