As demand in Britain Forfoodbanks goes up by a third, footballer and campaigner Marcus Rashford teams up with chef tom kerridge to create cheap, Healthy Family meals. If i could literally go back as a kid, this is the thing that id learn to do. As well as, like, do what i was doing with my football and stuff, when i went home, i would have loved to have been able to sit down and just learn to cook. The brit awards ceremony will go ahead next month with a Live Audience of 4,000, who dont need to wear masks or socially distance, but will have to show a negative Coronavirus Test. Hello and welcome, if youre watching in the uk or Around The World. More than 100,000 black and Asian Service personnel who died fighting for the British Empire were not properly commemorated due to pervasive racism thats according to a new report. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has apologised after it found the troops were not formally remembered in the same way as their white counterparts. Britains defence secretary, ben wallace, will address mps about the findings later. The Director General of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission gave this apology earlier on their website. The special committees report makes for sobering reading. It is nonetheless an excellent report, and it pulls no punches and gives the commission very clear recommendations on what we must do to put right the mistakes of the past. The events of a century ago were wrong then and they are wrong now. The commission clearly failed many of those it was established to serve by not delivering on its originalfounding principle of equality of treatment in death and, for that, we are very deeply sorry. It was a channel four documentary which revealed the story of how more than 100,000 africans who died Serving Britain during world war i were denied the honour of individual graves. The documentary was led by labour mp and Shadowjustice Labour mp and Shadow Justice Secretary Labour Mp and shadowjustice secretary david lammy and i spoke to him a short time ago. Him a short time ago. Look, i do think this him a short time ago. Look, i do think this is him a short time ago. Look, i do think this is a him a short time ago. Look, i do think this is a watershed him a short time ago. Look, i do l think this is a watershed moment. Him a short time ago. Look, i do think this is a watershed moment. It has taken 100 years. But the truth is that these men served our country, kings African Riflemen and carriers and porters that carried equipment, soldiers, right across the african continent, because the First World War did not begin on the western front. It began in africa, in kenya, tanzania, on the eastern front. And it is a travesty that they were not commemorated properly, they were not commemorated properly, they were not honoured. The dignity in death was not granted to them. And obviously, i welcome the Commonwealth War Graves Commissions report, the finding, what they are now going to do about it and the fact that the Secretary Of State for defence takes this so seriously that he is coming to the house to apologise. He is coming to the house to apologise apologise. The report, the investigation apologise. The report, the investigation says apologise. The report, the investigation says the apologise. The report, the I Investigation says the reason apologise. The report, the investigation says the reason these hundreds of thousands and it could be as many as 350,000 it is suggested, the Service Personnel were not honoured in a proper weight was because of pervasive racism. A proper way. An apology today, action to honour them properly. How far does that go to addressing racism in Society Today . Well, look, the truth is racism in Society Today . Well, look, the truth is none racism in Society Today . Well, look, the truth is none of racism in Society Today . Well, look, the truth is none of us racism in Society Today . Well, look, the truth is none of us learnt racism in Society Today . Well, look, the truth is none of us learnt aboutl the truth is none of us learnt about this history in our schools and it is still the case that there are many young people in the United Kingdom not understanding this huge contribution to our history. And the society and life that we enjoy. But worse still, in situ in countries like kenya and tanzania, the young people have been denied this story because their ancestors have been whitewashed out of history. So this is an important moment. It does go to some of the bigger debates that we are having in this country about how we reckon with the past and understand the past so that we can move through. But i am just really, really pleased that the dignity that these men deserved, who were dragged from their villages and commandeered to work for the British Empire, the dignity that they deserve in death can be granted to them. And i hope Forfuture Generations can be granted to them. And i hope for future generations of young people, both here in the uk, europe, but also of course in africa, the subcontinent and The Middle East, can properly understand this history and the contribution they made in world war i. And the contribution they made in world war l the United States will attempt to re assert its Global Leadership on Climate Change, as President Joe Biden hosts a0 leaders at a Virtual Summit in the white house today. A0 World Leaders including chinas president , Xijinping Willjoin the virtual meeting. In the early days of his administration, President Biden has made Climate Change a key focus. In todays conference, he will try to seek commitments from the worlds other big polluters. As well as re joining the Paris Climate Agreement on his first day in office, President Biden is also expected to use today to outline us plans to cut their emissions in half over the next decade. Among those attending will be chinas president , xijinping. China made a late announcement that he would attend, after a jointly released us china statement pledged increased cooperation in the fight against Climate Change. Many observers were pleased that china, the Worlds Largest polluter used the word crisis to describe Climate Change for the first time. China has been slow to prioritise fighting Climate Change, arguing that as a developing nation, reaching net zero emissions by 2060 is the best it can do. Brazil, japan, south korea, canada, australia, india and south africa will also be under pressure to deliver more, as countries like the us and the uk push hard for a decade of action now in order to guarantee Net Zero Global Emissions by 2050. Lets talk to our chief environment correspondent, Justin Rowlatt. Hello, today, of course, is 58 echo and the summit being hosted today by President Biden is a key point on the rota un Climate Summit in glasgow later this year, what might be achieved today . What glasgow later this year, what might be achieved today . Be achieved today . What might be achieved today be achieved today . What might be achieved today is be achieved today . What might be achieved today is a be achieved today . What might be achieved today is a beginning be achieved today . What might be achieved today is a beginning of i be achieved today . What might be achieved today is a beginning of a | achieved today is a beginning of a really serious conversation amongst all those World Leaders that you have listed about how they are going to go about beginning to introduce the really kind of aggressive policy is needed if we are going to begin to ask they call it in the jargon bend the curve, reduce emission emission significantly, keep Climate Change at a manageable level. It has been a key focus for the biden administration, it is the centre of his huge 2 trillion Stimulus Plan he is hoping to get through congress and the senate and it has also been the subject of an intensive round of International Diplomacy since he was first, since he first came into office earlier this year. John kerry, President Biden� s Climate Envoy, has been elbow bumping his way Around The World in the past few weeks, as part of the us� s effort to raise global ambition on the climate issue. Well Work Together to address the climate crisis. This week, the uk announced it planned to make even more aggressive Emissions Cuts and, to kickstart the talks, were anticipating the us president will do the same. Mr biden is expected to say the us will make a 50 cut in emissions by the end of the decade, and go to net zero by 2050. That means cutting emissions as much as possible and capturing those that cant be prevented by Planting Trees or through Engineering Solutions. The uk says the world is moving on the climate issue. When we were announced as the cop26 president , less than 30 of the World Economy was covered by a net zero target. Were now at 70 , so we have seen some progress, but what we need to do is to get more progress in terms of near term Emission Reduction targets to 2030. But as Greta Thunberg says, Setting Targets is easy, delivering on them is much harder. Of course its a step in the right direction, but if only it was that simple that we could just invest and put money in things and that would solve the problem. Of course, that will be required as well, but it will take so much more than that. We need to be realistic and see the whole picture. The idea of the meeting today which is being hosted virtually, from washington is to get big emitting nations to raise their game on climate. What is needed at glasgow in november is to get them to commit to policies that really will deliver carbon cuts that can keep Climate Change within manageable limits. So this is a really extraordinary moment in terms of reporting Climate Change because there is kind of cautious optimism Around The World that we may be able to do something to begin to seriously reduce emissions. You have china, america, india, europe altogether talking about it together in washington today, it is going to be fascinating today, it is going to be fascinating to see what they come up with. Justin rowlatt, our chief environment correspondent, thank you. With me now from paris is Meriem Bouamrane, who is part of the Conservation Programme at unesco, and the environmentalist hindou ibrahim, who is representing chad at the summit. Both are appearing at the summit today. You are both very welcome on bbc news today. Hindou, let me begin with you, you are one of the members of the air to shut Prize Council and a signatory to an open letter from the council today calling on us all to give birth a shot the earth shot. Tell us more about that message you want to deliver, especially given the summit led by joe biden you are taking part in. Hello, thank you very much. Today, it is really very much an important date because it is not only earth day, but for me as an indigenous person, every day in these communities, we must protect it. But it is important because for years, they wanted us all to come together and get a concrete action. Im not looking for the talks, i am looking for the action that they take. And it is very important also because this year, we are going to have three environmental conferences. And with covid, our health is so impacted because we are not taking care of nature. So that is way it is calling everyone to come back and bring everybody together and we can act only if we come together. Meriem, in paris, from unescos perspective, what do you hope can be achieved at this Virtual Summit today . Achieved at this Virtual Summit toda . ~ ~ , today . Well, i think it is very important today . Well, i think it is very important to today . Well, i think it is very important to know today . Well, i think it is very important to know that today . Well, i think it is very important to know that there j today . Well, i think it is very l important to know that there is today . Well, i think it is very important to know that there is a commitment and transform this commitment and transform this commitment into actions, actions that are commitment into actions, actions that are going to put Climate Change and social that are going to put Climate Change and social inequalities at the heart of our and social inequalities at the heart of our decisions. Without bio diversity, of our decisions. Without bio diversity, which is as life supporting system, there is no society, supporting system, there is no society, no economy, no culture. So we really society, no economy, no culture. So we really have to put these challenges combined for unesco, climate challenges combined for unesco, Climate Change has to be addressed at the Climate Change has to be addressed at the same time as Biodiversity Loss and at the same time as Biodiversity Loss and also address the inequalities, this has to be put at the heart inequalities, this has to be put at the heart of our Decision Making. So it is a the heart of our Decision Making. So it is a very the heart of our Decision Making. So it is a very important step, these commitments, but they have to be transformed into actions and this is what we transformed into actions and this is what we also share with our previous speaker, what we also share with our previous speaker, these actions have to bring transformation everywhere and everybody has to feel committed and part of everybody has to feel committed and part of the everybody has to feel committed and part of the solution, not only the government, but the citizens, the businesses, the finance world, everybody has to be part of the solution everybody has to be part of the solution and act today. And speaking of action, solution and act today. And speaking of action. Tell solution and act today. And speaking of action, tell us solution and act today. And speaking of action, tell us about solution and act today. And speaking of action, tell us about the solution and act today. And speaking of action, tell us about the man solution and act today. And speaking of action, tell us about the man and | of action, tell us about the man and biosphere programme. Irate of action, tell us about the man and biosphere programme. Of action, tell us about the man and biosphere programme. We have the uniuue biosphere programme. We have the unique programme biosphere programme. We have the unique Programme Today biosphere programme. We have the | unique Programme Today celebrating 50 years. Unique Programme Today celebrating 50 years, structure, a network of people 50 years, structure, a network of people engaging all Around The World, people engaging all Around The World, 50 years, 714 sites, in every ecosystem world, 50 years, 714 sites, in every ecosystem of the planet, and that is home ecosystem of the planet, and that is home to ecosystem of the planet, and that is home to more than 300 Million People home to more than 300 Million People. And these people are part of the solution every day since 50 years the solution every day since 50 years and the solution every day since 50 years and they continue. They try to bridge years and they continue. They try to bridge that years and they continue. They try to bridge that gap between conservation and development and show it is possible and development and show it is possible to live in harmony with nature possible to live in harmony with nature everywhere, including in cities nature everywhere, including in cities and nature everywhere, including in cities. And these are examples that we can cities. And these are examples that we can share with you and we want to share we can share with you and we want to share the we can share with you and we want to share the solutions today because it is time share the solutions today because it is time to share the solutions today because it is time to act, it is time to reinvent is time to act, it is time to reinvent our relationship with nature, reinvent our relationship with nature, and we have concrete examples nature, and we have concrete examples of biosphere is in south africa examples of biosphere is in south africa where we can at the same time tackle africa where we can at the same time tackle the africa where we can at the same time tackle the Climate Change, the Biodiversity Loss and the jobs and create Biodiversity Loss and the jobs and Create Newjobs that are going to be invested Create Newjobs that are going to be invested in Create Newjobs that are going to be invested in rebuilding this relationship with nature and make sure that relationship with nature and make sure that whatever we do, economically in our development, it is going economically in our development, it is going to economically in our development, it is going to be for protecting biodiversity and mitigating and adapting to Climate Change. This is the challenge we have, but unesco has a the challenge we have, but unesco has a very the challenge we have, but unesco has a very good, unique network of more has a very good, unique network of more than has a very good, unique network of more than 1,000 sites all Around The World more than 1,000 sites all Around The World with more than 1,000 sites all Around The World with many, many solutions. If you invite world with many, many solutions. If you invite me every day for the next five years. You invite me every day for the next five years. I you invite me every day for the next five years, i wont be able to five years, iwont be able to display five years, i wont be able to display all of them. Five years, i wont be able to display all of them. You have plenty of actions ready display all of them. You have plenty of actions ready to display all of them. You have plenty of actions ready to be display all of them. You have plenty of actions ready to be used display all of them. You have plenty of actions ready to be used to, of actions ready to be used to, ready to be seized upon by us if we all make that commitment. Hindou ibrahim. I know in terms of actions, because that is what we are talking about, you want governments Around The World to work with Indigenous People to use their knowledge, alongside science, to help protect the planet, dont you . Tell us about those programmes. Those programmes. Right. These eo le those programmes. Right. These people protect those programmes. Right. These people protect already those programmes. Right. These people protect already 80 those programmes. Right. These people protect already 80 of i those programmes. Right. Thesel people protect already 8096 of the people protect already 80 of the world, our land must diverse so we develop traditional knowledge for centuries of years developed by our eldest and that knowledge helps us to keep the ecosystem healthier because for us, it is notjust talk. Targeting by 2050, we are already doing net zero in our territories. That is why the government of the world, who have the Target Setting by the years, they have to learn from us. We cannot wait until 2050, we have to act now. And we do have a solution we are offering them. Do ou solution we are offering them. Do you think sometimes that governments dont listen to those traditional, those indigenous voices, that they think somehow their scientists and experts know better . Think somehow their scientists and experts know better . Exactly, they do not listen experts know better . Exactly, they do not listen from experts know better . Exactly, they do not listen from us. Experts know better . Exactly, they do not listen from us. They experts know better . Exactly, they do not listen from us. Theyjust do not listen from us. Theyjust marginalise these communities. So they need more to open the space, if we protect 80 of the world by die of diversity, we must sit in the room and take the decision with them. And we must also draw our solution. It is not the science they are used to, they have to go to the traditional knowledge, who are so used to it and have the proof on the ground. So they need to listen more. They need to act more. And they need to invest in nature. You know why . They never put any money into these communities for solutions, but they are so ready to put money into boosting the economy, but there is no economy without sustainable life. So if they want to learn how to live in harmony with nature, they want to connect and give more space to Indigenous Peoples. You connect and give more space to Indigenous Peoples. Connect and give more space to Indigenous Peoples. You will have the opportunity Indigenous Peoples. You will have the opportunity to Indigenous Peoples. You will have the opportunity to put Indigenous Peoples. You will have the opportunity to put that Indigenous Peoples. You will have l the opportunity to put that message to President Biden and president xi and other World Leaders today. Thank you very much, hindou ibrahim, an environmentalist representing chad at that Virtual Summit and also Meriem Bouamrane from unesco who will also be taking part in the summit. The headlines on bbc news. � pervasive racism is blamed for the failure to properly commemorate tens of thousands of black and asian soldiers who died fighting for the British Empire. President biden is expected to promise to halve us emissions by the end of the decade at a Climate Summit of World Leaders today. India reports the biggest daily total of Coronavirus Infections of any country since the start of the pandemic with 315,000 new cases. Labour is calling for a thorough investigation into the Prime Ministers Text Messages with the businessman, Sirjames Dyson, who was asked to make ventilators early in the Coronavirus Crisis. It wants a committee of mps to examine the exchanges, claiming borisjohnson was attempting to selectively target tax breaks for a politicalfriend. Mrjohnson has insisted he was right to move Heaven And Earth to secure ventilators. I asked our chief Political Correspondent, adam fleming, about the latest developments. It does raise this whole question of how ministers and the Prime Minister communicate with outside interests. So think about it, we have already had rishi sunak having to publish his Text Messages that he had with David Cameron, we saw some whatsapp messages between matt hancock and an acquaintance who run a pub coming out as part of an investigation into covid contracts, the bbc via our colleague Laura Kuenssberg managed to get those text between the Prime Minister and james dyson yesterday, and on top of that, you had the Prime Minister in Parliament Yesterday saying to mps he would be happy to share his private correspondence with them around covid contracts, which raises the prospect of in some way Downing Street releasing more techs of the Prime Minister, maybe even whatsapps, telegrams, signals, you name it, although Downing Street are still silent this morning on how the Prime Minister will live up to that pledge, if indeed he lives up to it at all. Lets change subjects from lobbying to travel, made a 17 is the date it is proposed International Travel from the uk could start again, but no confirmation of that yet maybe 17. What are mps saying about this, the information coming from number 10, and are there any developments on this issue of covid passports . So on this issue of covid passports . Sr the on this issue of covid passports . 5r The Transport Select Committee Of Mps has a report out today which says a few things. They say that the latest information from the government about restarting International Travel is a little bit vague and they want a lot more detail. For example, when will the government make a decision about which countries will be on the so called green list . In other words, you will not have to quarantine when you come back to the uk from them. All we know is that there is going to be a green list, which we dont know which countries are actually on it. Mps and the Travel Industry are also putting real pressure on the government over the cost of covid test because when you come back to the uk from a foreign holiday, when you can do it, you will need to get a negative test, 72 hours before you travel back. And then another pcr test two days after you come back. And those pcr tests are really expensive, they can be 120, 150 quid, and the government once Testing Providers to bring the cost down. But there is pressure of the government over the bit of the because they can control, which is the tax on it, so it would be really interesting to see if the taxman perhaps decides to lift the vat on those tests to make them a bit cheaper for them. Those tests to make them a bit cheaperfor them. Also, mps saying, what are you going to do about potentially huge queues at airports . If you are checking the status of everyone coming back, the queues which are already quite big for quite small numbers of travellers will get even bigger when that is a bigger number of travellers. Shadow bigger number of travellers. Adam flemin bigger number of travellers. Adam fleming reporting. India is being devastated by a second wave of covid, which the countrys Prime Minister has called a coronavirus storm. In the past 24 hours, almost 300,000 new cases were reported the biggest daily rise in any country and more than 2,000 people died. Officials said hospitals across india were at breaking point. For the latest on the drammatic situation in india, earlier, i spoke with our correspondent, nikhil inamdar. The hospitals here are completely inundated with patients unable to find beds, there is a huge Supply Shortage of oxygen, for which the high court has pulled up the centre for not acting, and we are also seeing a huge shortage of drugs which are administered essentially for the treatment of covid. And these scenes are not enough permit if you just go on to indian Twitter Orany if you just go on to indian twitter or any of the social media channels, you just see that they have now turned into platforms for sos call is really for the kinds of shortages you are seeing of oxygen, medicines and hospital beds. And it is not just the poorer sections or the more disadvantaged sections of society that are suffering, but really the well heeled, even ministers, parliamentarians, unable to get beds. And that gives you a sense of just how acute the crisis is and how Indias Health structure which, even at the best of times, doesnt function very well, has just totally crumbled under the pressure of the second wave. Meanwhile, in the uk, starting from 4am on friday, india will be added to the red list of banned countries, meaning most people who have been there in the past ten weeks will be refused entry or will be asked to quarantine in a hotel. Kirthi and her husband nishant are currently in hyderabad. They have tried to catch a flight before friday back to the uk with no success. Partly due to very expensive return tickets, and she joins us now. Kirthi, thank you very much. Have you ruled out entirely the possibility of being able to get back to the uk before friday . Yes. Because flight back to the uk before friday . Yes. Because Flight Tickets back to the uk before friday . Jazz because Flight Tickets are so expensive now that they have decided that the best option now is for us to return back on the 16th of may and to quarantine in a hotel. Because originally when we looked at the Flight Tickets, it was around 2,000, £6,000, but now the fares have massively gone up. They are Something Like 7,000, £17,000. And there are no flights from hyderabad. If you did want to return before friday, you would have to come from Hyderabad To Punjab and then to germany. And unfortunately, even the expense would be a lot for us, so it is decided it is best for us to return back on the 16th and quarantine in a hotel. 50 return back on the 16th and quarantine in a hotel. So even takin quarantine in a hotel. So even taking into quarantine in a hotel. So even taking into account quarantine in a hotel. So even taking into account the quarantine in a hotel. So even taking into account the Money Quarantine in a hotel. So even taking into account the money you would have to spend on a Quarantine Hotel on your return, that is dwarfed by the price of the flights to mark yes. The dwarfed by the price of the flights to mark yes dwarfed by the price of the flights to mark yes. Dwarfed by the price of the flights to mark es. ,. ,. , to mark yes. The Hotel Quarantine is auoin to to mark yes. The Hotel Quarantine is going to cost to mark yes. The Hotel Quarantine is going to cost between to mark yes. The Hotel Quarantine is going to cost between me to mark yes. The Hotel Quarantine is going to cost between me and to mark yes. The Hotel Quarantine is going to cost between me and my i going to cost between me and my husband around £2500, which is quite a lot of money. But because they cant afford to spend so much money on the flights, it has been decided the best option for us at this point is to continue here in a hotel. You have of history is to continue here in a hotel. You have of history been looking at all the possibilities, exploring whether or not you could get back to the uk. You have obviously been looking at. How concerned are you about being in india at the moment because of the covid situation . 50 of the covid situation . So originally of the covid situation . 5r originally when we travelled, a week before my husband came here, originally when we came here, the situation was not as bad. But right now, we are a bit nervous, we are not leaving or travelling anywhere, we are making sure we are keeping ourselves and everyone around us really safe. Ourselves and everyone around us really safe ourselves and everyone around us reall safe. � , really safe. And nobody could relish the prospect really safe. And nobody could relish the prospect of really safe. And nobody could relish the prospect of spending really safe. And nobody could relish j the prospect of Spending Quarantine in a hotel, but what are your thoughts about that, having to go through that part of the process once you do get back to the uk . Yes. Once you do get back to the uk . Yes, it is uuite once you do get back to the uk . Yes it is quite nerve racking, in all honesty. 0nce it is quite nerve racking, in all honesty. Once we return back, of breathing in particles, the experiences of people. We have been looking into all sorts of stuff. The only thing i think of the major thing which could possibly be an issue would be mental health. Because you are here with a family, you have so many people around you, but when i return back, i will be stuck in a hotel, in a small room, i wont even be allowed to go out or exercise or anything. The only option i will have is connecting to people on social media or using my phone. So it is really stressful, but at this point, we feel like this is the best option for us. So but at this point, we feel like this is the best option for us. Is the best option for us. So you have been is the best option for us. So you have been in is the best option for us. So you have been in touch is the best option for us. So you have been in touch with is the best option for us. So you have been in touch with hotels, | is the best option for us. So you have been in touch with hotels, have you . Have you booked one for that quarantine yet . Hat you . Have you booked one for that quarantine yet . You . Have you booked one for that quarantine yet . Not yet, because the link advertised quarantine yet . Not yet, because the link advertised on quarantine yet . Not yet, because the link advertised on the quarantine yet . Not yet, because the link advertised on the governments i link advertised on the governments website published on the governments website, unfortunately, the link is not working so we have sent them an e mail and hopefully we should hear back from them in five working days. So hopefully, we will hear back. If not, we might have to see how we can manage Hotel Quarantine, but at this minute, we have not been able to organise that. I dont know if you are aware from social media, have you a sense of how many other people are in a similar plight to yourselves, presumably you know of others who have tried to make it back to the uk ahead of tomorrow but have not been able to do so . Ahead of tomorrow but have not been able to do so . Yes, we know so many eole able to do so . Yes, we know so many people here able to do so . Yes, we know so many people here and able to do so . Yes, we know so many people here and even able to do so . Yes, we know so many people here and even we able to do so . Yes, we know so many people here and even we have able to do so . Yes, we know so many people here and even we have been i people here and even we have been speaking to lots of friends. At least we dont have kids, we know people who do have kids as well. We are thinking about our situation, but imagine if we had kids, how stressful it is. One of our friends has two young kids and for them staying in small double bedroom, four people, and staying in a hotel for ten days, i dont think it is as easy, i dont think. If i am thinking about myself, i am thinking it is so stressful, but i am thinking about my friends who have kids and i dont think it is easy at all. ~ kids and i dont think it is easy at all. ,. , kids and i dont think it is easy at all. , i. ,. , kids and i dont think it is easy at all. , i. Kids and i dont think it is easy at all. ,. , all. Kirthi, thank you so much for talkin to all. Kirthi, thank you so much for talking to us. All. Kirthi, thank you so much for talking to us, good all. Kirthi, thank you so much for talking to us, good luck all. Kirthi, thank you so much for talking to us, good luck stay all. Kirthi, thank you so much forj talking to us, Good Luck Stay Safe and good luck with going to be the quarantine period, we wish you well. Thank you, goodbye. Goodbye. New figures released this morning reveal coronavirus was no longer the leading cause of death in both england and wales. Office for National Statistics data shows that covid 19 was the third leading cause of death in both countries in march, accounting for 9. 2 of all deaths registered in england and 6. 3 in wales. We were asking you earlier to get in touch about the fact that it is earth day and wondering what you are doing to make your contribution to looking after the health of our planet and reduce your impact on the environment. Some of you have got in touch, let me read out a couple of those, jasmine says, me and my partner have been vegan for one year now, we did this to reduce our contribution to Climate Change. Nadia says, to reduce my impact on Climate Change, i am vegan, another person saying they are vegan, which uses far less resources for the amount of plant food produced versus the Greenhouse Gas produced by animals, far more significant as well, she makes that point. 0ne well, she makes that point. One more, as i scroll back to find it, hussain says, i have taken it upon myself to stop eating fish due to the impact commercial fishing myself to stop eating fish due to the Impact Commercialfishing has on Climate Change. Thank you for your thoughts on that. If you want to lets know how you are doing your bit to reduce your impact on the environment, you can do that on twitter. And one more from jt, my solar powered table lamp, and i have a picture. Even in winter, it switches on at dusk and it shines into tonight. This and other measures, i have cut my electric in half, from middlesbrough. Thank you very much for the photograph. You know how to get in touch, tell us your thoughts and we will try to lead out some of your comments. An Indonesian Submarine with 53 crew members on board has been missing since yesterday. The sub has 72 hours of oxygen left. The Indonesian Navy lost contact with the german made sub during a torpedo drill yesterday, after it requested permission to dive during a torpedo exercise. An intensive search is going on north of the island of bali, in water 700 metres deep. Singapore and malaysia are sending underwater rescue vessels and australia has also offered to help. The news of the missing submarine is deeply concerning. There are over 50 submariners on the boat, and the reports which we heard overnight are clearly going to be deeply distressing to the families of those submariners. Indeed, to the Indonesian Navy. Australia has indicated, and has been in contact with minister prabowo through defence minister dutton. We will provide any assistance that we can. Theres no question that submarine Search And Rescue is very complex. It is not a submarine that australia operates. 0ur Submarine Class is quite different. But whatever we are able to do, we have undertaken to do. And i think those submariners and their families are very much in need of all of our thoughts and prayers. The headlines on bbc news. Pervasive racism is blamed for the failure to properly commemorate tens of thousands of black and asian soldiers who died fighting for the British Empire. President biden is expected to promise to halve us emissions by the end of the decade at a Climate Summit of World Leaders today. India reports the biggest daily total of Coronavirus Infections of any country since the start of the pandemic with 315,000 new cases. As demand in britain for food banks goes up by one third, footballer and campaigner Marcus Rashford teams up with chef tom kerridge to create Healthy Family meals will stop and the brit awards will go ahead next month with a Live Audience of 4000 but they will have to show a negative Coronavirus Test. Returning to our main story today. More than 100,000 black and Asian Service personnel who died fighting for the British Empire were not properly commemorated due to pervasive racism thats according to a new report. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has apologised after it found the troops were not formally remembered in the same way as their white counterparts. The defence secretary, ben wallace, will address mps about the findings later. Joining me now is the author and historian Shrabani Basu, who was on the committee for the report. Thank you very much forjoining us today. Tell us more first of all about your involvement in the investigation. I about your involvement in the investigation. Investigation. I was on the committee. Investigation. I was on the committee, which investigation. I was on the committee, which meansl investigation. I was on the i committee, which means we investigation. I was on the committee, which means we were looking at the findings of the main authors of the report and commenting on them. We all had expertise in various fields, so we were bringing suggestions on board. And any evidence we had from our own research into the matter. What evidence were research into the matter. What evidence were you research into the matter. What evidence were you able research into the matter. What evidence were you able to research into the matter. What evidence were you able to present, particularly in relation to indian the soldiers and indian Service Personnel, who have not been remembered in the same way as their white counterparts . White counterparts . Absolutely, it was shocking white counterparts . Absolutely, it was shocking to white counterparts . Absolutely, it was shocking to find white counterparts . Absolutely, it was shocking to find at white counterparts . Absolutely, it was shocking to find at around was shocking to find at around 54,000 in The Middle East, in basra, iraq, palestine and egypt, they were not recorded at all. From a Volunteer Force of 1. 2 million, not recorded at all. From a volunteerforce of 1. 2 million, with over 50,000 is not recorded, it is shocking. The little notes that came with it. A general cox said hindus and muslims could just be recorded on tablets and roles because they didnt need individual graves. It is shocking and so dismissive because it is not true at all. In my research i found that they were really concerned about individual graves and wanted to be remembered. A sikh soldier said, i understand you may not be able to cremate me, you may not be able to cremate me, you have to bury me, but thats ok as long as i have a headstone. Another hindu soldier said, we understand if we are buried, but dont put our shoes in our graves. They were concerned about how they would be treated after they were dead. They were concerned for their names to be remembered. It is so harsh to say they could just be a number and that needs to be corrected. Number and that needs to be corrected number and that needs to be corrected. �. ,. ,. , corrected. And treated in a shameful and dishonourable corrected. And treated in a shameful and dishonourable way, corrected. And treated in a shameful and dishonourable way, by corrected. And treated in a shameful and dishonourable way, by those corrected. And treated in a shameful| and dishonourable way, by those who seem to think it was fit for a white soldier to be remembered with a headstone but not anyone else. We have had an apology, but clearly thats not enough. What action needs to be taken to properly remember these people and give them their due respect . I these people and give them their due resect . ~ ,. ,. , respect . I think the recommendations b the respect . I think the recommendations by the commonwealth respect . I think the recommendations by the commonwealth war respect . I think the recommendations by the commonwealth war graves by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission are excellent, they have committed to look into this and try to find as many names as they can and commemorate them. And where names are simply not recorded, they were labourers, cooks and cleaners. In africa, such a large labour force that was simply not recorded. Where it is impossible not to record them, they need to go into local communities to work with their own recorded history. A lot of resources have to be spent with schools and universities, go into these villages and find out and commemorate them in and find out and commemorate them in a suitable way, with a museum, or where you can have their names on memorials, absolutely that should be done. The harshest thing would be to forget them. It is absolutely imperative they are remembered. Even if its 100 years later, i think that wrong needs to be righted. It may not be possible wrong needs to be righted. It may not be possible to wrong needs to be righted. It may not be possible to establish wrong needs to be righted. It may not be possible to establish all. Wrong needs to be righted. It may| not be possible to establish all the names of people who were buried without any sort of record, but the mp david lammy, who presented the Documentary A Couple of years ago, and remembered, he said that countries need to go to the countries need to go to the countries involved and ask how their citizens need to be remembered. Thats something you would agree with. We are told pervasive racism is the reason this happened in the first place. As we look back on this from the perspective of what we know today, how important do you think it is to deal with this and on of the individuals who were not remembered individuals who were not remembered in the first instance in order to tackle that legacy of racism . Its tackle that legacy of racism . Its one thing to tackle that legacy of racism . It� s one thing to tackle the legacy of racism, and whats most important is that out of all this comes education. Its the lack of education. Its the lack of education that leads to this racism. We need to bring out the stories of these people and show the involvement of indians and africans, soldiers from the empire who came from far away and fought for this country and have been forgotten. Its important it goes into the Education Programme and goes into the syllabus. And that people are taught this from an early age in the schools. It shouldntjust come up during black history month, thats not enough. It has to be inculcated into the system and be part of the curriculum. That will be the biggest thing that can be achieved. And that will help solve in its own way, to give ownership, it will lead to understanding and thats one way of getting rid of this racism. Thank ou ve getting rid of this racism. Thank you very much friends and family have gathered for the wake of 20 year Old Black Man daunte wright, who was shot by police near minneapolis. The Usjustice Department announced a federal investigation into the citys Police Department a day after a white Police Officer was convicted for the murder of george floyd. His death sparked National Outrage and calls for police reform. David willis reports. In the city where george floyd took his final breath, they are mourning the death of another unarmed black man killed by local police. In minneapolis, mourners gathered to pay their respects to daunte wright, who died just a few miles from where George Floyds murder trial was taking place, also at the hands of a white Police Officer. Body camera footage of the incidentjust over a week ago shows that as one officer attempted to put mr wright in handcuffs, he broke free, only for a fellow officer to shoot him as the car pulled away. The local police chief said the second officer mistook her taser for a gun. We find the defendant guilty. The sight of former Police Officer Derek Chauvin being locked in handcuffs has been hailed as a milestone in the struggle for racial equality in this country. But convicting George Floyds killer is one thing. Rooting out systemic racism in the police force, another matter entirely. Nonetheless, the us Attorney General is keen to get going, starting with a federal investigation into Policing Practices in the city of minneapolis. The investigation i am announcing today will assess whether the minneapolis Police Department engages in a pattern or practice of using excessive force, including during protests. The problem, though, is nationwide, and many believe the challenge for civil rights activists keeping the conversation going until for civil rights activists is keeping the conversation going until meaningful change has taken place. David willis, bbc news, los angeles. It seems as though the plans for a European Super League are over following the withdrawal of several of the clubs initially behind the plans. One of the biggest issues which caused outrage was the sidelining of supporters from the Decision Making process. And there have been calls for more Fan Ownership or involvement in the running of clubs as happens in germany. We sent our europe correspondent Kevin Connolly to one club to find out more. It might not look much like it, but it is match day at the Borussia Dortmund stadium. In lockdown, shortly before kick off, all is calm. Before covid came along, things were different. Announcer Borussia Dortmund cheering. This is home to one of europes most passionate crowds, but fans dontjust have a voice on the terraces here. For less than 70 euros a year, you can become a member, with a voice in every big decision. German rules give 50 plus one of the votes to the fans a lesson for other countries, they say. My message to the Football Fans Around The World is own your clubs, and dont let money make the decisions. Supporters here would never vote tojoin a European Super League, although their banner makes it clear they are not fans of uefa either. Especially Borussia Dortmund is a club, its a workers club, and of course, the heart of each supporter here is not because. Its not at the club because of the money. No one here thinks the idea of some kind of super league has just gone away forever, and there are plenty of people with questions for the Football Authorities at uefa and fifa, but here in germany, there is confidence that their model of Fan Ownership and control gives them a powerful voice in the future of their clubs and their game. Dortmund supporters, like supporters elsewhere, are not allowed to gather at their stadium for now, but it seems pretty clear they would never allow the club to be sold to a foreign prince or a foreign oligarch. Its a club for the people and the people make up the club, they make it different. If you have a foreign investor, he might say, ok, well put seats in there so we can generate more income, but that would completely ruin what this club is made of, what its famous for and what people feel like it should be. Whatever the challenges to come, german fans are determined to use their power to hand football onto the next generation in good shape. Kevin connolly, bbc news, dortmund. As if he doesnt have enough on his plate with his school meals campaign, now Marcus Rashford wants to get us all cooking from scratch in the kitchen. Hes teamed up with michelin starred chef tom kerridge to show how nutritious food can be made on a budget, in the hope that nobody has to go to bed hungry. Hes been speaking to sally nugent about the project. The suns coming back. Its gorgeous, isnt it . Never get sun in the front garden i dont think youve seen that one. Stay good boy. I remember coming to your house a year ago and asking for a cup of tea and i can remember you looking around for all the bits and pieces to make the cup of tea. Would you say that maybe the kitchen has not always been your favourite place . Its not like its not my favourite place, itsjust not. My most familiar environment but since then, im glad to say ive been in there a bit more. Ive learnt a few new skills in there. For me, its just been a journey. And also, i suppose a lot of it is about gaining confidence in the kitchen and then gaining life skills. Yeah, exactly, thats the end goal. The end goal is for, i dont know, maybe an 11 year old kid, if he moves out of his parents home when hes 18 years old, 19 years old, he can know how to cook for himself and eat the right meals. He knows affordable meals, and it will be one less thing he has to stress about because hes been doing it for five or six years already. I always go back to my experiences. If i could literally go back as a kid, this is the thing i would learn to do, as well as doing what i was doing with my football and stuff, when i went home, i would have loved to have been able to sit down and just learn to cook. So youve been cooking with tom kerridge. What are your favourite recipes so far, what have you learnt . My favourite recipes to cook are hashbrowns. 0h. And id say the stir fry one. The Chicken Stir Fry . Yeah. Id always thought with stir fries, because it looks like theres so much going on, itsjust going to be a nightmare to try and cook, but it was actually really fun. And how did it taste . It tasted all right. If i did it again, it would taste better. I think id give it a seven out of ten or something, but if i cooked it properly it would be an eight. Youre going to start putting these recipes out online, arent you, but also in supermarkets. Why was that important . A lot of people that we are trying to reach, they dont have access to things like social media and stuff like that, so the smartest way to do it was make sure that they are in local supermarkets that people go to every day. We just wanted to make sure we are hitting as many people and the right people as possible. The headlines on bbc news. Pervasive racism is blamed for the failure to properly commemorate tens of thousands of black and asian soldiers who died fighting for the British Empire. President biden is expected to promise to halve us emissions by the end of the decade at a Climate Summit of World Leaders today. India reports the biggest daily total of Coronavirus Infections of any country since the start of the pandemic with 315,000 new cases. The brit awards will go ahead with a Live Audience next month, as part of the Governments Research into how large scale events can reopen safely in the pandemic. The ceremony will take place in front of 4,000 people inside londons O2 Arena On May the 11th. 0ur Entertainment Correspondent Colin Paterson has more. I was getting kind of used to being someone you loved but now the day bleeds Lewis Capaldi at last years brit awards at londons o2 arena. When the 2021 event happens next month at the same venue, an audience of 4000 people will be allowed in to watch the likes of dua lipa. Keep on dancing, lets get physical we lasted two months and arlo parks perform. Hold my hand in public 2,500 tickets will be given to front line key workers from the Greater London area. The ballot for these opens at midday today. The ceremony is the first major indoor music event to become a designated government test event. Those in the crowd will not have to socially distance or wear a mask once in the venue, but will have to provide a negative Lateral Flow Test to be allowed in. They will also be asked to take a test afterwards for research purposes. This will be the first music show at the 02 for more than a year. Colin paterson, bbc news. Meanwhile as the lockdowns across the four nations of the uk begin slowly to lift, plans are in train for a Pilot Business Conference in liverpool next week. Delegates at the conference called Change Business For Good will discuss topics such as health and social recovery, and how businesses can emerge from the pandemic. Its hoped it will show that more events can be held in the near future. The conference is being organised by the designer wayne hemingway, organiser of the Good Business festival, A Global Summit summit for businesses. Thanks for your time today. How do you begin to organise a Business Conference in a pandemic and plan to keep everyone safe . This conference in a pandemic and plan to keep everyone safe . Keep everyone safe . This is part of the ilot keep everyone safe . This is part of the pilot events, keep everyone safe . This is part of the pilot events, the keep everyone safe . This is part of the pilot events, the event keep everyone safe . This is part of| the pilot events, the Event Research programme, the erp done by the government. The idea is to test it in real life. For example, you dont need to have social distancing. Its up need to have social distancing. Its up to 1000 people and there is no social distancing. Masks are not compulsory. People have to come from nearby, there is no longer travelling, so they have to be within and close to the liverpool city region. They have to take a Lateral Flow Test the day before, thats the only thing that is compulsory. There is nothing about vaccine passports, you dont have to prove you have had a vaccine or anything like that. We ask people five days after to take a pcr test. There are four universities are studying how people move around and how the air will flow. We have liverpool university, loughborough, ucl and edinburgh university. 50 ucl and edinburgh university. So people arriving at the conference, do they have to show proof they have done a Coronavirus Test . Yes. Do they have to show proof they have done a Coronavirus Test . Done a Coronavirus Test . Yes, its the lateral done a Coronavirus Test . Yes, its the lateral flow done a Coronavirus Test . Yes, its the Lateral Flow Test, done a Coronavirus Test . Yes, its the Lateral Flow Test, there done a Coronavirus Test . Yes, its the Lateral Flow Test, there is done a Coronavirus Test . Yes, its the Lateral Flow Test, there is a i the Lateral Flow Test, there is a consent form and questionnaire you have to fill in online. You are part of an experiment, you are part of a test. The Good Business festival is going ahead injuly, a three day, large scale event for between 8000 and 10,000 people per day. This is a test for Business Festivals to come backin test for Business Festivals to come back in a large format. Back in a large format. There is a lot ridin back in a large format. There is a lot riding on back in a large format. There is a lot riding on this. Back in a large format. There is a lot riding on this. How back in a large format. There is a lot riding on this. How quickly i back in a large format. There is al lot riding on this. How quickly will you be turning around the data, or the universities turn around the data after the pcr test is done five days after the event to see if it has worked . It days after the event to see if it has worked . Days after the event to see if it has worked . ,. ,. , a has worked . It has got to be quick. We cant hang has worked . It has got to be quick. We cant hang about has worked . It has got to be quick. We cant hang about because has worked . It has got to be quick. I we cant hang about because business wants to get back to work and we wants to get back to work and we want to present a proper three day event with people staying over in the City Of Liverpool onjuly the 7th, eighth and ninth. It has to move quickly. But we are not the ones doing that, obviously. The scientists are the ones we are relying on for that. But we are confident about it. I think its good for people, if they want to join us next week on the 28th, they can type in the Good Business festival and Change Business For Good, and they will see how to do that. Its not onerous. Brute good, and they will see how to do that. Its not onerous. Good, and they will see how to do that. Its not onerous. We have been talkin that. Its not onerous. We have been talking about that. Its not onerous. We have been talking about the that. Its not onerous. We have been talking about the brit that. Its not onerous. We have been talking about the brit awards that. Its not onerous. We have been talking about the brit awards as talking about the brit awards as well. There is a lot of excitement around that, the ability for people with proof of a covid test to behave in a normal way, basically, with proof of a covid test to behave in a normalway, basically, once they are inside for the concert. What do you think of that, trying to achieve the same aims you are with the Good Business festival. Brute achieve the same aims you are with the Good Business festival. We have not to t the Good Business festival. We have got to try this the Good Business festival. We have got to try this now. The Good Business festival. We have got to try this now. Its the Good Business festival. We have got to try this now. Its all the Good Business festival. We have got to try this now. Its all very got to try this now. Its all very well us talking by the zoom, it works and its fine, but people have to get together and start to be what we are as human beings, and thats being social. It has hit some people very hard. I think its really important, especially. Its important, especially. Its important in the business industry, obviously it is. Decisions, ideas, they come together better when people are actually exchanging views close at hand. Yes, the world of work is going to change and we are definitely going to spend more time working from home, but we will not all go that way and conferences and festivals will be important. But when you come onto music especially, thats about being a social human being. You get close to people, dancing and sweating, getting up on peoples shoulders, thats part of life, its part of the fun of being a human being. The faster we get back to that end we know that its safe within reason, the better. That sounds really safe within reason, the better. That sounds really good. Im afraid we are out of time. But we would love to get you back and you can tell us about the results of those pcr tests after your event. Wayne hemingway, thank you. The world is getting hotter. Thats shown clearly on the latest climate stripes. Its also been reinforced in the new european state of the climate report from Eu Climate Service copernicus. Last year was the warmest on record for europe and the last six years were the hottest across the world. That s according to a new report about the state of the climate, released by the european Climate Service copernicus, to coincide with a virtual Climate Summit of World Leaders and the earth day campaign. In a Special Edition of climate check, bbc weather s Sarah Keith Lucas looks at how the close the planet is to hitting the 1. 5c limit in Global Warming signed up to by World Leaders in the Paris Agreement and what increased temperatures mean for our homes, habitats, and weather. The brit awards will go ahead with a Live Audience next month, as part of the Governments Research into how large scale events can Hello And Welcome to climate check. The world is getting hotter. Thats shown clearly on the latest climate stripes. Its also been reinforced in the new european state of the climate report from Eu Climate Service copernicus. Thats released today to coincide with President Bidens summit on climate. The report says that for europe, 2020 was the hottest year on record, and globally, the past six years have been the warmest ever recorded. Evidence of these rising temperatures can be seen across the globe. A warmer world is a wetter world, meaning more flooding from increased rainfall and storm activity, and rising sea levels. One of the main causes of Sea Level Rise is polar ice melt, which has been accelerated in recent years by heatwaves. Siberia in 2020 saw temperatures six celsius above average. In these conditions, the permafrost thaws too, triggering the release of methane, a potent Greenhouse Gas. Scientists believe these arctic heatwaves are now 600 times more likely due to Climate Change. In recent years, record high temperatures have been recorded from germany to india, antarctica to japan. Extreme heat also creates the hot, dry conditions that fuel wildfires, and a Record Number of these have been seen in australia, california, south america, and again in the arctic. Not only are lives lost and homes and habitats destroyed, but the Carbon Dioxide emitted by these fires adds to the levels of c02 in the atmosphere. And these levels are rising all the time due to the burning of fossil fuels involved in our industry, travel and energy consumption. Earlier this month, we saw the highest weekly level of c02 on record at the mauna loa 0bservatory. 419. 28 parts per million. Copernicus estimates that if Current Trends continue, as this graph shows, by 2034, the world will be 1. 5 degrees warmer than before the industrial revolution. Global leaders meeting at this summit and later at cop 26 are being urged to redouble their efforts to stay below this limit. Youre watching bbc news. Martine croxall will be here with you next. Now its time for a look at the weather. Hello again. Its been a cold and frosty start to the day, but temperatures are now rising quite nicely. Todays forecast is a largely dry one. I say largely dry because the cloud across the north of scotland may produce an odd shower, but for most of us, we will have some strong april sunshine. High pressure is firmly in charge. If you look at the isobars along the English Channel, here we have some gusty winds, gusting 30 or 40 mph through the course of the day. But a lot of sunshine on offer for many parts of the uk. Through the day, a little bit more Fairweather Cloud will develop, turning the sunshine hazy. Worth mentioning too, pommern levels are high, and its tree pollen that is prevalent at the moment, worth mentioning too, Pollen Levels are high, and its tree pollen that is prevalent at the moment, particularly plane, birch and ash trees. In terms of wind, we are looking at very light winds. These are the average wind speeds in the white circles, but dont forget the gusts will be a little bit stronger than this. Temperatures still in the onshore breeze along the north sea coastline, feeling a little bit cooler, but we could reach 16 in newcastle and also cardiff. Through this evening and overnight, under clear skies temperatures will fall away quite quickly. We still have this Cloud Toppling around the High Pressure across the north of scotland, thick enough for some drizzle, and still gusty winds through the English Channel. Where we have got the cloud, temperatures will hold up, but where weve got clear skies, once again we are likely to see a touch of frost. Tomorrow, High Pressure still in charge. If anything, it has edged a little bit further east, which means there will be more of a breeze up the west of the country during the course of friday. But friday once again, the weather is going to be fairly settled. We start off on that cold, frosty note, with a lot of sunshine once again. Breezy still through the English Channel. More of a breeze out through the west, and still this Cloud Toppling over the High Pressure across the far north and east of scotland. In aberdeen we are looking at highs of 13 degrees. But we could hit 19 in north west england, cumbria and around the glasgow area as well. So then for the weekend, well, it stays largely dry, mostly sunny, wee areas of cloud coming and going at times, but chilly nights still with the chance of some frost. To look at that in a wee bit more detail, you can see how we can still hit 17 or 18 during the course of saturday, but temperatures slide a bit on sunday. This is bbc news. The headlines at 11am. Pervasive racism is blamed for the failure to properly commemorate tens of thousands of black and asian soldiers who died fighting for the British Empire. Ido i do think this is a watershed moment. Its taken 100 years but the truth is that these men served our country. President biden is expected to promise to halve us emissions by the end of the decade at a Climate Summit of World Leaders today. India reports the biggest daily total of Coronavirus Infections of any country since the start of the pandemic with 315,000 new cases. For the first time in months coronavirus is no longer the leading cause of death in both england and wales, according to new figures. As demand in Britain Forfoodbanks goes up by a third, footballer and campaigner Marcus Rashford teams up with chef tom kerridge to create cheap, Healthy Family meals. If i could literally go back as a kid, this is the thing that id learn to do. As well as, like, do what i was doing with my football and stuff, when i went home, i would have loved to have been able to sit down and just learn to cook. Driving tests in england and wales resume today after they were suspended in late december due to the pandemic. Tens of thousands of black and Asian Service personnel who died fighting for the British Empire were not properly commemorated due to pervasive racism according to a new report by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. The inquiry found at least 116,000 african, Middle Eastern and asian casualties from world war one were not commemorated by name or possibly not commemorated at all. Some reports suggest that figure could even be as high as 350,000 soldiers. The report also cited racist comments, such as from a British Colonial governor who said the average native. Would not understand or appreciate a headstone. The commission has apologised, saying it recognises the wrongs of the past. Are deeply sorry and will be acting immediately to correct them. And at 11. 30am, the defence secretary, ben wallace, will address mps about the findings. The findings were revealed in a channel 4 documentary presented by the shadowjustice secretary david lammy. The truth is, none of us learnt about this history in our schools and it is still the case that there are many young people in the United Kingdom not understanding this huge contribution to our history and the society and life that we enjoy. But worse still, in situ, in countries like kenya and tanzania, young people have been denied the story because their ancestors have been whitewashed out of history. So, this is an important moment. It does go to some of the bigger debates that we are having in this country about how we reckon with the past and understand the past so that we can move through but im just really, really pleased that the dignity that these men deserved, after being dragged from their villages and being commandeered to work for the British Empire, the dignity they deserve in death can be granted to them and i hope for future generations of young people, both here in the uk, europe but also, of course, in africa, the Indian Subcontinent and The Middle East can properly understand this history and the contribution they made to world war i. The author and historian Shrabani Basu was on the committee for the report, and gave her reaction to the findings. It was shocking to find that so many were not it was shocking to find that so many were not recorded at all. 1. 2 million. Were not recorded at all. 1. 2 million. It were not recorded at all. 1. 2 million, if 52,000 have not been recorded, million, if 52,000 have not been recorded, then it was shocking. There recorded, then it was shocking. There was recorded, then it was shocking. There was also the issue with musiims there was also the issue with muslims being recorded on tablets and roles muslims being recorded on tablets and roles because they didnt need individual and roles because they didnt need individual graves which is not true at all~ individual graves which is not true at all~ I Individual Graves which is not true at all. I think they momene concerned about individual graves, as i concerned about individual graves, as i found concerned about individual graves, as i found in my research. 0ne soldier as i found in my research. 0ne soldier said, as i found in my research. 0ne soldiersaid, i as i found in my research. 0ne soldier said, i understand that you may not soldier said, i understand that you may not be soldier said, i understand that you may not be able to create me, you may not be able to create me, you may have may not be able to create me, you may have to may not be able to create me, you may have to bury me, but it doesnt matter may have to bury me, but it doesnt matter as may have to bury me, but it doesnt matter as long as i have a headstone. And hindu said, we understand if we are buried but dont understand if we are buried but dont put understand if we are buried but dont put our shoes in our graves. They dont put our shoes in our graves. They understood their names would be remembered so it is so harsh to say that they remembered so it is so harsh to say that they could be a number and that really that they could be a number and that really needs to be corrected. Claire horton, who we saw made the official apology earlier nowjoins us. Thank you forjoining us. How long has the commission known that this is an issue that there were tens if not hundreds of thousands of soldiers who were not criminal to . I think we are always working to ensure that we are commemorating those who we have not memory to to this point and this particular report that was commissioned particularly to look at this period of time in this area has found significant failings of the commission at the end of the First World War. Commission at the end of the First World War commission at the end of the First World War. ,. ,. ,. ,. , world war. Yes. We know that but how lona has world war. Yes. We know that but how long has the world war. Yes. We know that but how long has the Commission World war. Yes. We know that but how long has the commission knowing world war. Yes. We know that but how long has the commission knowing that| long has the commission knowing that this has been an issue . This has been an issue . Weve known since the david this has been an issue . Weve known since the david lammy this has been an issue . Weve known since the david lammy programme i since the David Lammy Programme Which was a real catalyst in helping us understand perhaps the scale. We have had an archive with millions of documents in and historians and archivists who we have brought into play who have been able to start to chart this level of Non Commemoration and i think weve donein Non Commemoration and i think weve done in the last 30 years in various parts of the world to commemorate non commemorated people is extensive. This Research Report is welcome. Its sobering and very disappointing reading. It gives us the ability, now we know the numbers, and the areas to look, we can start the search is properly and we can pick up on the failings of the past to make sure that we act today to make sure we put it right. Given the remit of the commission and the archives that it holds, why did it take a film in 2019 by david lammy to bring this to the commissions attention . Well, we have been working commissions attention . Well, we have been working to commissions attention . Well, we have been working to correct commissions attention . Well, we l have been working to correct errors and omissions the 30 years or more. We do it all the time, even now today, we are still finding people across the world who have not been commemorated so this has always been ongoing work. I think the extent of the research and this was highlighted by professor Michel Barrett who contacted us sometime ago, wejust didnt barrett who contacted us sometime ago, we just didnt have the detail behind it so we havent got the ability to qualify or clarify that we didnt have the resources internally. So we have now put that internally. So we have now put that in place and have commissioned this special committee of external experts, very openly on transparency, we are very open to acting on those of Report Findings and commemorate people who we have failed 100 years ago. 50. And commemorate people who we have failed 100 years ago. Failed 100 years ago. So, what will ou do to failed 100 years ago. So, what will you do to make failed 100 years ago. So, what will you do to make sure failed 100 years ago. So, what will you do to make sure they failed 100 years ago. So, what will you do to make sure they are you do to make sure they are properly commemorated . Its going to be difficult when the remains are unknown . �. Be difficult when the remains are unknown . , � ,. , be difficult when the remains are unknown . , � ,. ,. , be difficult when the remains are unknown . , � ,. ,. , unknown . Yes, its going to be really tough unknown . Yes, its going to be really tough but unknown . Yes, its going to be really tough but the unknown . Yes, its going to be| really tough but the commission unknown . Yes, its going to be really tough but the commission does not shy away from it. Weve had 23,008 locations in hundred 50 Different Countries and we are used to Finding Information thats been missing for a long time. There is a key part of the solution that we are proposing which is working in country with local communities as effective and the important part of thatis effective and the important part of that is not only connecting people with their own history, because much of that has been lost forgotten and we are also helping them tell their stories, so were going to be doing lots of to do that. As soon as we have identified, you know, remembrance is all about names, we will be able to commemorate those people by names. When we cant find names and we do understand is going to be hard given the numbers, places and how difficult keeping records were in those days and the fact that were in those days and the fact that we did get many of the records, so we did get many of the records, so we will persevere when we cant find the names and we were looking at how we jointly the names and we were looking at how wejointly commemorate the names and we were looking at how we jointly commemorate people, the names and we were looking at how wejointly commemorate people, talk about the sacrifices, and there were sacrifices and that really matters to us. I think the commission is deeply sorry for what we have found through this research. It allows us now to put those historic failings right and so we will be doing that to a number of different routes and working directly with communities affected. ,. ,. , working directly with communities affected. ,. ,. Affected. You mention resources a few moments affected. You mention resources a few moments ago. Affected. You mention resources a few moments ago. Its affected. You mention resources a few moments ago. Its going affected. You mention resources a few moments ago. Its going to i affected. You mention resources a i few moments ago. Its going to take time and money and effort by people. Where are those resources going to come from . We where are those resources going to come from . Come from . We have already put toaether come from . We have already put together a come from . We have already put together a really come from . We have already put together a really detailed come from . We have already put together a really detailed action | together a really detailed action plan which will certainly run for the next five years, if not longer. We have put in place operational management, Additional Research expertise and we will be putting in Community Engagement teams and of course, weve already got teams working on the ground all the way Around The World so they will all be working very much collectively as a team. This is a really important thing for us to do so we will be putting the necessary budgeting there. It wont mean that our projects or other work will suffer at all. That will not happen but we will make sure there is resource available to do this and we are very much looking forward to engaging with the public and with new partners and communicating Around The World to see how we do this to the world to see how we do this to the best advantage of all. 0rganisations talk about Diversity Inclusion and they manage sometimes with diversity but not so much with inclusion. How diverse and inclusive will your teams be to ensure that they are sensitive to what is required . I they are sensitive to what is required . They are sensitive to what is reuuired . ~ � ,. , , required . I think its absolutely essential required . I think its absolutely essential. We required . I think its absolutely essential. We are required . I think its absolutely essential. We are very required . I think its absolutely essential. We are very diverse l essential. We are very diverse organisation. We have 1200 staff across 153 countries whose big hundreds of languages and we have all sorts of people working from us from all different backgrounds and the committee itself was a Diverse Group of experts who wrote this report. We are putting together on Advisory Panel who we will be appointing in the next six months. We are looking the people in country, experts in theirfield, who can help us pay together this history and actually then start taking this work forward and across the world, our staff are generally from those places. The world, our staff are generally from those places. The world, our staff are generally from those places. , claire horton, thank ou from those places. , claire horton, thank you very from those places. , claire horton, thank you very much from those places. , claire horton, thank you very much for from those places. , claire horton, thank you very much for your from those places. , claire horton, j thank you very much for your time. Borisjohnson will today urge World Leaders to preserve our planet for generations to come. Hell tell a Virtual Summit, hosted by us President Joe Biden, that 2021 must be the year countries get serious about stopping Climate Change. 0ur chief environment correspondent, Justin Rowlatt explains well, as you say, this is a rhodes to glasgow. This could be the beginning of a really serious conversation. All those World Leaders you have listed talking about how they going to introduce aggressive policies if we are going to begin to as they say in the jargon, bend the curve, reduce emissions significantly. Its a key focus forjoe Bidens Administration and his 2 trillion Stimulus Plan which is trying to get through congress in the senate. It is also been the subject of an intensive round of International Diplomacy since he was first came into office this year. Since he was first came into office this year. Office this year. John kerry, President Office this year. John kerry, President Bidens office this year. John kerry, President Bidens climate i office this year. John kerry, President Bidens Climate Envoy has been Bumping Elbows with many in part of the us effort to raise interest in the climate issue. We will Work Together to address the climate will Work Together to address the climate crisis. The will Work Together to address the climate crisis. Climate crisis. The uk announced this week it climate crisis. The uk announced this week it was climate crisis. The uk announced this week it was trying climate crisis. The uk announced this week it was trying to climate crisis. The uk announced this week it was trying to make i climate crisis. The uk announced this week it was trying to make more aggressive Emissions Cuts and kick starting the talks there is hope the us president will do the same. Joe biden are suspect to say that they will be a significant cut in emissions by the end of the decade which means cutting emissions as much as possible and helping those who cant buy Engineering Solutions and Planting Trees. The uk says the world is moving on the climate issue. Climate issue. When we were announced climate issue. When we were announced as climate issue. When we were announced as the climate issue. When we were | announced as the president s, climate issue. When we were announced as the president s, less than 30 of the World Economy was covered by the net target. We are now at 70 so we have seen some progress. What we need to do is to get more progress to Mission Targets near 23rd it. But, as greta tim berg says, its easy to say this but hard to do. �. To do. Its a step in the right direction to do. Its a step in the right direction but to do. Its a step in the right direction but if to do. Its a step in the right direction but if only to do. Its a step in the right direction but if only it to do. Its a step in the right direction but if only it was i to do. Its a step in the right i direction but if only it was that simple direction but if only it was that simple that we could invest and put money simple that we could invest and put money in simple that we could invest and put money in things and that would solve the problem. That will apply as well but we the problem. That will apply as well but we need to be realistic and see the whole but we need to be realistic and see the whole picture. It will take more than that the whole picture. It will take more than that. Than that. The meeting is being held virtually from than that. The meeting is being held virtually from washington than that. The meeting is being held virtually from washington and than that. The meeting is being held virtually from washington and the i virtually from washington and the point is to get big nations to raise their game on climate. What is neededin their game on climate. What is needed in glasgow in november is to get them to commit to policies that really will deliver carbon cuts that can keep Climate Change within manageable limits. So, this is in a really extraordinary moment in terms of reporting Climate Change because there is cautious optimism around there is cautious optimism Around The World that we may be able to do something to begin to seriously reduce emissions. Weve got china, america, india and europe altogether talking in washington today. Its going to be fascinating to see what they come up with. With me now is the Green Party Co leaderjonathan bartley. Thank you very much forjoining us. Borisjohnson says get serious. What does he men . Well, thats a good question because we need to see the targets action. What were seeing with the summit and what borisjohnson seeing with the summit and what Boris Johnson today seeing with the summit and what borisjohnson today is hopefully a race to the top. Weve seen it led by european countries, a lot of Green Offices being elected and pushing this agenda. To see the announcement from Borisjohnson Announcement from Boris Johnson perhaps being outmanoeuvred by america. This will hopefully bring in china and then we will get this virtuous race to the top which we desperately need but of course, with all these targets, we have to see action. Where is the action to back up action. Where is the action to back up these targets . Action. Where is the action to back up these targets . Soho needs to hold leaders to account up these targets . Soho needs to hold leaders to account the . Up these targets . Soho needs to hold leaders to account the . Pledges up these targets . Soho needs to hold leaders to account the . Pledges get l leaders to account the . Pledges get made Time And Again and then they are not honoured. Made Time And Again and then they are not honoured. Well, The Ultimate Wa Of are not honoured. Well, the ultimate way of holding are not honoured. Well, the ultimate way of Holding Leaders are not honoured. Well, the ultimate way of Holding Leaders to are not honoured. Well, the ultimate way of Holding Leaders to account are not honoured. Well, the ultimate way of Holding Leaders to account is i way of Holding Leaders to account is through the ballot box. We are seeing greens Around The World searching. You need to vote green to get green. Id searching. You need to vote green to net ureen. � ~ searching. You need to vote green to net ureen. �. , searching. You need to vote green to net ureen. � ~. ,. , get green. Id like to veer away from this get green. Id like to veer away from this. Germany get green. Id like to veer away from this. Germany may get green. Id like to veer away from this. Germany may well. Get green. Id like to veer away| from this. Germany may well be get green. Id like to veer away from this. Germany may well be about to net a from this. Germany may well be about to get a green from this. Germany may well be about to get a Green Chancellor from this. Germany may well be about to get a Green Chancellor and to get a Green Chancellor and government so we can look beyond our shores and see that happening Around The World and that is really what is going to bring about the accountability we need, but of course, theres the Paris Agreement as well, the G7 Summit In Beijing and of course in november weve got glasgow hosting the cop26 and thats going to be another way crucially to hold people to account. Hold people to account. Given that we are living hold people to account. Given that we are living in hold people to account. Given that we are living in a hold people to account. Given that we are living in a time hold people to account. Given that we are living in a time of we are living in a time of coronavirus, how wise it is it that cop26 goes ahead . The coronavirus, how wise it is it that cop26 goes ahead . Coronavirus, how wise it is it that cop26 goes ahead . The real concern is that we wouldnt cop26 goes ahead . The real concern is that we wouldnt have cop26 goes ahead . The real concern is that we wouldnt have those is that we wouldnt have those countries who will be at the sharp end of Climate Change and who will suffer the most from global heating. Their voices shouldnt just suffer the most from global heating. Their voices shouldntjust be front and centre but given priority. We need to look beyond the main big economies. Their voice is not going to be heard. They wont be represented and we wont get the action we need so its absolutely crucial it goes ahead. If we can make that happen bits are ready been postponed once. If we can make it happen it has already been postponed once. Its got to go ahead in november on that basis. We postponed once. Its got to go ahead in november on that basis. In november on that basis. We are talkin in november on that basis. We are talking about in november on that basis. We are talking about postpandemic in november on that basis. We are i talking about postPandemic Recovery talking about post Pandemic Recovery and there are calls for it to be a Green Recovery with green jobs created. What does that look like an waiter� s investment come from . It waiters investment come from . It says we dont invest now then its going to start in trillions. It was made clear years ago. The second point to make is that the longer we leave it, the more extensive its going to be for the bits very clear we got to put the investment in upfront because the longer we leave it a harder and more expensive it will be. The third point is a Green New Deal will pay for itself in the long term. When you get a pay rise to Public Sector workers, 75 gets redistributed through the economy and it has a multiplying effect so you get a stimulus right across the economy right now, coming out of coronavirus, as hopefully we are. Its good to make this investment in the Public Sector, it will mean pay rises which is what green job looks like. Rises which is what green ob looks like. ,. ,. , what rises which is what green ob looks | like. What is like. How is it a green ob . What is a ureen like. How is it a green ob . What is a greenjob . H like. How is it a green ob . What is a greenjob . A h like. How is it a green ob . What is a green job . A green like. How is it a greenjob . What is a green job . A green job like. How is it a greenjob . What is a green job . A green job is like. How is it a greenjob . What is a green job . A green job is any like. How is it a greenjob . What is a green job . A green job is any job| a greenjob . A greenjob is anyjob that does good rather than bad. Its about caring for our planet. We dont consider the Climate Emergency in isolation. We care about it because its about protecting people, about the well being of people. The vision we are setting out is across every sector of the society. We dontjust want out is across every sector of the society. We dont just want to out is across every sector of the society. We dontjust want to get by. We want everyone to have quality of life with clean air, good health, cycling, walking, a good diet, access to green spaces. If we learned anything through this pandemic is there is rampant inequality and social injustice that has been laid bare. Anything against that. �. Has been laid bare. 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And going to be i absolutely unequivocal and say its not about beating people over the head, its about getting our politicians to act. The three things i would say are to tell the government to take action, tell the government to take action, tell the government to take action, tell the government to take action, and then tell the government to take action again. Its got to scrap steel subsidies, airport expansions, new roads, those licences announced in the budget for north sea oil is. This government doesnt get the Climate Emergency despite all the talk. This got to have action so there are three things to do. Tell there are three things to do. Tell the government three times to put these targets interaction. Brute the government three times to put these targets interaction. These targets interaction. We hear ou. These targets interaction. We hear you thank these targets interaction. We hear you thank you. These targets interaction. We hear you. Thank you, jonathan. The labour opposition here in britain is calling for a thorough investigation into borisjohnsons Text Messages with the businessman, Sirjames Dyson who was asked to make ventilators early in the Coronavirus Crisis. It wants a committee of mps to examine the exchanges . Claiming the Prime Minister was attempting to selectively target tax breaks for a political friend. Mrjohnson has insisted he was right to move Heaven And Earth to secure ventilators. 0ur Political Correspondent is leila nathoo. Can you tell us more about the background to this . Can you tell us more about the background to this . Well, these were revelations that background to this . Well, these were revelations that we background to this . Well, these were revelations that we broadcast revelations that we broadcast yesterday because we obtain Text Messages between borisjohnson and the businessmen so james dyson. It was about getting involved in the production of ventilators. Seemingly, borisjohnson in this conversation promised to fix tax arrangements forjames dysons company, if he was to come to the uk to work to make the machines. Now, in the event that james dyson to work to make the machines. Now, in the event thatjames dyson did not provides the ventilators and attacks change was made a few days later, labourare attacks change was made a few days later, labour are questioning the access of these channels of communication between the two men. Borisjohnson has robustly defended his approach sang any Prime Minister would have done the same thing in those quite frantic days at the early days of the pandemic when ventilators were required. Label trying to push this quite heavily to say this is part of a broader issue, drawing borisjohnson into the wider questions about lobbying and influence that have been circulating influence that have been circulating in westminster in recent weeks, calling for a select Committee Enquiry into this. James dyson says, incidentally, says this is a urgent correspondence and he didnt benefit at all from a ventilator contract and, in fact, at all from a ventilator contract and, infact, it at all from a ventilator contract and, in fact, it cost his company £20 million. Now, the Parliamentary Committee that wants to investigate is dealers Liaison Committee who have come together to question this. Its not really an investigator in body and such but it is considering the labour Party Request and i think you can guarantee labour will not let go of this issue if they think its worth pressing. New figures released this morning reveal coronavirus was no longer the leading cause of death in both england and wales. The office for National Statistics data shows that covid 19 was the third leading cause of death in both countries in march, accounting for 9. 2 of all deaths registered in england and 6. 3 in wales. India is being devastated by a second wave of covid, which the countrys Prime Minister has called a coronavirus storm. In the past 24 hours, 315,000 new cases were reported the biggest daily rise in any country and more than 2,000 people died. Officials said hospitals across india were at breaking point. More than two million emergency food parcels have been handed out by the food charity the Trussell Trust in the last year. The charity says thats around a third more people needing help than the previous twelve months. To discuss this im joined by the chief executive of the Trussell Trust, emma revie. Thanks forjoining us, emma. Just tell us why you believe weve seen such an increase. It cant be a coincidence that it happened during the pandemic . Ida. Coincidence that it happened during the pandemic . The pandemic . No. Definitely, the andemic the pandemic . No. Definitely, the pandemic has the pandemic . No. Definitely, the pandemic has exacerbated the pandemic . No. Definitely, the pandemic has exacerbated the pandemic has exacerbated the situation pandemic has exacerbated the situation but i think its important to note situation but i think its important to note that we have seen increases over the to note that we have seen increases over the last five years, year on year, of the number of people year on year, of the number of people coming to food banks in the clear reason that is that people simply clear reason that is that people simply do clear reason that is that people simply do not have enough money to cover simply do not have enough money to cover essentials and thats often through cover essentials and thats often through a cover essentials and thats often through a loss of a job or through illhealth through a loss of a job or through ill health and those through a loss of a job or through ill health and those who are receiving ill health and those who are receiving Social Security payments, its just receiving Social Security payments, itsjust not receiving Social Security payments, its just not enough to cover essentials so weve seen this significantly exacerbate it through the pandemic as more people were on social the pandemic as more people were on Social Security for the pandemic. Theyve Social Security for the pandemic. Theyve been falling through the cracks theyve been falling through the cracks and sadly into the food banks cracks and sadly into the food banks. ,. , cracks and sadly into the food banks. , ~ , banks. How you keeping up with demand because banks. How you keeping up with demand because you banks. How you keeping up with demand because you rely banks. How you keeping up with demand because you rely on demand because you rely on donations. I know a lot of people at the beginning of the pandemic were conscious of donating but that needs to be sustained. Its conscious of donating but that needs to be sustained. To be sustained. Its been an incredible to be sustained. Its been an incredible year to be sustained. Its been an incredible year in to be sustained. Its been an incredible year in terms to be sustained. Its been an incredible year in terms of. To be sustained. Its been an incredible year in terms of seeing how communities have come together, have stepped forward and sought to protect have stepped forward and sought to protect one another and i definitely think we protect one another and i definitely think we have seen that within our food banks think we have seen that within our food banks, where donations have kept pace food banks, where donations have kept pace with demand that we have been seeing and we have also seen volunteers been seeing and we have also seen volunteers stepping forward and being volunteers stepping forward and being able to keep going but its been being able to keep going but its been a being able to keep going but its been a real testament to volunteers locally, been a real testament to volunteers locally, that, for them, food banks would locally, that, for them, food banks would not locally, that, for them, food banks would not be able to stay open and support would not be able to stay open and support people so we are very grateful support people so we are very grateful to our volunteers was just food that grateful to our volunteers was just food that people need . Its not and ithink food that people need . Its not and i think that food that people need . Its not and i think that is the most Important Message i think that is the most Important Message that people coming to food banks message that people coming to food banks is message that people coming to food banks is not about a lack of access to food banks is not about a lack of access to food but banks is not about a lack of access to food but a lack of essentials. They to food but a lack of essentials. They could to food but a lack of essentials. They could also be struggling with heating. They could also be struggling with heating, housing, utility bills and essential heating, housing, utility bills and essential hygiene items. So the solution essential hygiene items. So the solution is not food banks, we are ust solution is not food banks, we are just a solution is not food banks, we are just a sticking plaster. Which is why were just a sticking plaster. Which is why were calling on all levels of government, ahead of elections in may, government, ahead of elections in may, its government, ahead of elections in may, its not acceptable that anyone should may, its not acceptable that anyone should have to rely on charitable food aid should have to rely on charitable food aid to look after their families. We need to be tackling this issue families. We need to be tackling this issue seriously and ending food banks this issue seriously and ending food banks once this issue seriously and ending food banks once and for all. We know weve banks once and for all. We know weve provided just underi million parcels weve provided just underi million parcels to weve provided just underi million parcels to children in this last year parcels to children in this last year so parcels to children in this last year so we have seen significant increases year so we have seen significant increases families with children coming increases families with children coming to our banks. We know that people coming to our banks. We know that people who coming to our banks. We know that people who have learning disabilities much more likely to come disabilities much more likely to come to disabilities much more likely to come to food banks than those without come to food banks than those without. We know that single parents. Without. We know that single parents, you know, children involved. Parents, you know, children involved, they are having to come to food banks involved, they are having to come to food banks so people are disproportionately affected. We saw 100,000 disproportionately affected. We saw 100,000 people who had never been to a food 100,000 people who had never been to a food bank 100,000 people who had never been to a food bank before who had never anticipated themselves in that situation but through loss ofjobs in ill health or a combination of the two in ill health or a combination of the two had found themselves unable to put the two had found themselves unable to put food on the table for their families to put food on the table for their families, coming to a food banks. You said families, coming to a food banks. You said its families, coming to a food banks. You said its about people not having money to cover the basics. What sign is it that the government is listening, because, in a way, you and other organisations like you are victims of your own success . It appears there is less of a problem perhaps and there really is with you being in operation . Its perhaps and there really is with you being in operation . Being in operation . Its important to recognise being in operation . Its important to recognise how being in operation . Its important to recognise how insufficient being in operation . Its important to recognise how insufficient foodj to recognise how insufficient food parsonage was to be provides three days of parsonage was to be provides three days of emergency food which relieves days of emergency food which relieves the pressure bit but its nothing relieves the pressure bit but its nothing compared to the scale of the problem nothing compared to the scale of the problem. We have people coming to food banks problem. We have people coming to food banks with Mental Ill Health because food banks with Mental Ill Health because this is a stressful situation to deal with so we very much situation to deal with so we very much welcome the uplift of £20 a week much welcome the uplift of £20 a week to much welcome the uplift of £20 a week to universal credit that came in at the week to universal credit that came in at the beginning of the pandemic. But theres in at the beginning of the pandemic. But theres only a few months before this will but theres only a few months before this will be but theres only a few months before this will be removed and it will end in septemberand that this will be removed and it will end in september and that will see families in september and that will see families losing over £1000 a year. We also families losing over £1000 a year. We also know that that wasnt extended to everyone, only those on universat extended to everyone, only those on universal credit, so, at the time when universal credit, so, at the time when we universal credit, so, at the time when we can see predictions are that unemployment will continue to increase unemployment will continue to increase. We will see and enter furlough, increase. We will see and enter furlough, but going to be moving money furlough, but going to be moving money from Social Security system from money from Social Security system from the money from Social Security system from the lowest income, thats not right from the lowest income, thats not right lets from the lowest income, thats not right. Lets be clear, it was good to have right. Lets be clear, it was good to have a right. Lets be clear, it was good to have a £20 uplift but this is not the time to have a £20 uplift but this is not the time to to have a £20 uplift but this is not the time to be removing money from social the time to be removing money from Social Security. Its a time to be thinking Social Security. Its a time to be thinking what can we add to this to make thinking what can we add to this to make it thinking what can we add to this to make it a thinking what can we add to this to make it a safety net we all depend on to make it a safety net we all depend on to catch make it a safety net we all depend on to catch us when we lose our jobs on to catch us when we lose our obs. ,. ,. , jobs. Or when we become ill. Thank ou for jobs. Or when we become ill. Thank you for your jobs. Or when we become ill. Thank you for your time. Jaguar land rover has announced that some manufacturing will be temporarily halted here in the uk from monday. The car manufacturer says they have had to adjust production schedules due to covid 19 supply chain disruption, meaning two plants will be operating a limited period of non production. A total of 18,050 people tested positive for covid 19 in england at least once in the week to april 14th, according to the latest test and trace figures. This is down 9 on the previous week and is the lowest number since the week to september two 2020. We are waiting to hear from the defence secretary ben wallace very shortly but first lets take a look at the weather forecast. For many of us its going to be dry with lengthy spells of sunshine with Fairweather Cloud developing through the day, and the sunshine could be hazy at times. Weve also got gusty winds through the English Channel and the coastline is adjacent to the English Channel. The winds are light in land. The white circles represent the average wind speed but along the coastline, of east anglia and kent for example, it will feel cooler with the onshore breeze. In land, temperatures up to 16 celsius. The highest temperatures today will be in the west. Temperatures fall away quite quickly tonight and we hang onto gusty winds across the channel, and we have cloud with more drizzle across North Eastern scotland. Here, temperatures wont fall as much as under the clear skies but once again we will have a touch of frost. For friday into the weekend, a lot of dry and settled weather and temperatures are slipping a bit on sunday. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines pervasive racism is blamed for the failure to properly commemorate tens of thousands of black and asian soldiers who died fighting for the British Empire. President biden is expected to promise to halve us emissions by the end of the decade at a Climate Summit of World Leaders today. India reports the biggest daily total of Coronavirus Infections of any country since the start of the pandemic, with 315,000 new cases. For the first time in months coronavirus is no longer the leading cause of death in both england and wales, according to new figures. As demand in Britain Forfoodbanks goes up by a third, footballer and campaigner Marcus Rashford teams up with chef tom kerridge to create cheap, Healthy Family meals. Driving tests in england and wales resume today after they were suspended in late december due to the pandemic. Sport, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, heres jane dougall good morning. More developments on the European Super League. With nine of the 12 founding clubs pulling out including all six english sides it looked as though the plan was over, but that might not be the case. A warning of flash photography coming up. Real madrid president , Florentino Perez, is insisting that the idea is on standby, with some clubs still involved and trying to find a solution. Speaking to a spanish radio station, perez also admitted he was surprised by the reaction of many, including uefa president aleksandr ceferin. Translation ive never| seen such aggressiveness by the president of uefa, and from some president s within the spanish league. It was like something orchestrated. We were all surprised by it, because after we revealed the format, we told the uefa president and the uefa president hasnt even responded. And from then on, the aggressiveness started like ive never seen before, and ive been in soccer for 20 years. Ive never seen this in my life, never. There were threats, insults, as if wed killed someone, as if wed killed soccer. Well, real madrid, barcelona and juventus are the three clubs that still remain a part of the proposed new league. All three have serious Financial Issues and spanish football journalist Guillem Balague explains that might be the reason theyre refusing to give up on the idea. Basically Florentino Perez and joan laporta and agnelli, they are staying in the group, if you like, because even if its not in this format, they want to negotiate something that changes football. They realise, or think, agree, that the Champions League is obsolete and the audience is changing, and the money is there, more money than theyve had so far, to actually keep fighting at the top and pay a lot of their debts. Fallout from the withdrawal of the Six Premier League clubs from the super league continues. The premier league is writing to Senior Executives from the clubs, asking them to stand down from various league working groups, orface being voted out by the newly empowered other 14. Speaking at his Media Conference arsenal manager mikel arteta said both the owner stan kroneke and ceo vinai venkatesham had apologised to him. Starting from vinai, the ownership and everybody involved in the process, all of them with the right intentions to defend the club and put the club and the best possible position for now and for the future, but accepting that the weight has been handled obviously has had terrible consequences the way it has been handled, and that it was a mistake. Manchester united have confirmed that a group of protesters were able to access the clubs Training Ground, before manager 0le gunner solskjaer spoke to them and they left the site. They were protesting the clubs owners, the glazers, and the European Super League. Meanwhile, the Global Athlete Group has called the International Olympic committee archaic after they pledged to enforce a rule which blocks athletes from taking part in political protest. Protests such as taking a knee will still be banned at this years olympic games. The ioc consulted more than 3,500 athletes, 67 of whom said they wanted to keep the olympic podium free of protests, while 70 were keen to avoid on field demonstrations. Six time champion ronnie 0sullivan is back in action at the World Championship today as he faces Anthony Mcgill in the second round. 2018 champion Mark Williams is also into round two after he beat the qualifier sam craigie 10 4 last night. He has a big match coming up williams plastohn higgins in a re run of the final he won three years ago. And finally, when it comes to athletics, theres nothing quite like a winner storming their way through the field to snatch victory on the line, which is exactly what happened in utah. But not quite in the way you might expect. Holly the dog escaped her owners to fly past the front runners in the last stretch of this high school race. Shes believed to have clocked ten point five seconds for the final 100 metres, which is one second behind usain bolt� s world record. Thats all the sport for now. Ill have more for you in the next hour. You can always rely on your dog to show you up lets go to the house of commons now. The defence secretary ben wallace is making a statement on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and the special Committee Report on historical inequalities. My my thanks and gratitude to the committee who compiled this comprehensive report, in particular its chair, sirtim hitchens, and contributing academics, doctor george hay, doctorjohn burke and professor Michel Barrett. Im grateful to my friend, the member for tottenham, who alongside the makers of the channel four documentary on this subject provided the impetus for the independent committee. Its findings are published today and make for sober reading. The First World War was a horrendous loss of life. People of all class and race from all nations suffered a great tragedy which we rightly remember every year on remembrance sunday. Just over 100 years ago, what emerged from that atrocity was a belief by the survivors that all those who lost their lives deserved to be commemorated. When the Commonwealth War Graves Commission was established, whatever those who died in the war would be commemorated. It fell short of delivering on this principle. The iwgc relied on others to seek out the bodies of the dead and what it could not find them it worked with the offices of state to produce lists of those who did not return or were unaccounted for. Given the confusion, it is hardly surprising that mistakes were made at both stages. What is surprising and disappointing, however, is that and disappointing, however, is that a number of the mistakes, the number of casualties commemorated unequally, the number commemorated with the names and otherwise unaccounted for is not excusable. In some circumstances there was little the iwgc could do with neither bodies nor names, general memorials were the only way that some groups might have been commemorated at the time. Nonetheless there are examples where the organisation also deliberately overlooked the evidence that might have allowed it to find those names. In others, Commission Officials from the 1920s were happy to work with local administrations and projects across the empire that ran contrary to the principles of equality in death. Elsewhere it is clear that Commission Officials pursued agendas and sought evidence or support locally to endorse 67 courses of action thatjeopardised those same principles. A small number of cases, too small, where Commission Officials had a greater say in the recovery and marking of graves overarching imperial ideology connected to racial and religious differences were used to divide the dead and treat them unequally in ways that were impossible in europe. The report concludes that post world war i and parts of africa, The Middle East and india, the commission often compromised these principles and failed to commemorate the war dead equally. Unlike their european counterparts, the graves of up to 54,000 mostly indian, east african and west african, egyptian and somali casualties were not marked by individual headstones. Some were remembered through inscriptions or memorials. The names of others were only recorded in registers rather than memorials and stone and a further 116,000, than memorials and stone and a further116,000, mostly than memorials and stone and a further 116,000, mostly east african, were not named or possibly not commemorated at all. There can be no doubt prejudice played a part in some of the commissioners decisions, in some cases the iwgc assumed the communities of forgotten personnel would not recognise our value individualforms personnel would not recognise our value individual forms of commemoration. In other cases they were simply not provided with the names or burial locations. 0n were simply not provided with the names or burial locations. On behalf of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, i want to apologise for the failure to live up to the founding principles all those years ago and expressed deep regret that it has taken so long to rectify the situation. Whilst we cannot change the past, we can make amends and take action and is part of this commission, the commission has accepted all recommendations of the special committee. In the interests of time, i will put these into three themes. First, the commission will geographically and chronologically extend the search and Historical Records for inequalities and commemoration and act on what is found. Second, the commission will renew its commitment to equality and commemoration through the building of physical or digital commemorative structures. Finally, the commission will use its own Online Presence for wider education activities to reach out to all the communities of the former British Empire touched by the two world wars to make sure their Hidden History is brought to life. 0ver Hidden History is brought to life. Over the coming six months, the commission will be creating a global and Diverse Community of experts who can make this happen. There is also more the government can specifically do. The ministry of defence will be proactive in standing for the values of equality, supporting diversity and investing in all our people. There is always more to be done and thatis there is always more to be done and that is why i welcome the review into inappropriate behaviours and recently took the rare decision to let Service Personnel give evidence as part of the inquiry into women in the Armed Forces Led by my honourable friend the member for wrexham through the defence select committee. Furthermore, to honour the contribution to our armed forces, ourfriends the contribution to our armed forces, our friends from the commonwealth and nepal, myself and the home secretary will shortly be launching a Public Consultation to enable non uk Service Personnel who choose to settle in the uk on proposals to remove the visa settlement fees. The historic failings in this report must be acted upon and they will be but recognising mistakes of the past should not diminish the iwgc� s achievements of today. It should be welcomed by all of us. They are not just opportunity for the commission to complete its task and write historic wrongs, but they are also about pointing out the amazing thing that it about pointing out the amazing thing thatitis about pointing out the amazing thing that it is to serve our country and our allies. The amazing thing i know from being a soldier is the relationships that we forge together are forged on operations. True soldiers are agnostic of race, class, because the bond formed as a bond formed in war. We share the risk, the sorrow and we rely on each other to get through the toughest times. The friendships i made in my service are still strong. Those common bonds where what lay behind the iwgc� s principles and it is truly sad that on the occasion is identified by the report, those principles were not followed. I feel it is my duty as a former soldier to do the right thing by those who gave their lives in the First World War across the commonwealth and take what necessary steps we can to rectify the situation. The publication of this report is the beginning, not the end, and i look forward to working with my colleagues across the house to ensure that the Commonwealth War Graves Commission receives the resources and support they need to take forward this important piece of work. ,. ,. ,. ,. ,. , | work. Shadow Secretary Of State. I thank the secretary work. Shadow Secretary Of State. I thank the secretary of work. Shadow Secretary Of State. I thank the Secretary Of State work. Shadow Secretary Of State. I thank the Secretary Of State for i work. Shadow Secretary Of State. I | thank the Secretary Of State for his statement and advanced copy. I think the commission for their briefing which i know a number of honourable members had received before today. I thank the Secretary Of State for his apology on behalf of the government at the time and of the commission. This is an important moment for the commission and for the country in coming to terms with past injustices and dedicating ourselves to future action and none of this would have happened without my honourable friend, the memberfor tottenham. Friend, the member for tottenham. His friend, the memberfor tottenham. His documentary laid bare the early history of the iwgc and exposed to the commission had failed to live up to its founding aim of equality of treatment for all war dead. Can i also pay tribute to channel four and to david for producing that documentary and to professor barrett Whose Research underpins that work. Perhaps in another era, we would have been tempted to leave that there but rightly, the commission did not and my honourable friend would not have let them leave it there. This report is a credit to there. This report is a credit to the commission of today but its content is a great discredit to the commission and to the britain of a century ago, an estimated 45,000 to 54,000 casualties, predominantly indian, east africa, west african, egyptian and somali personnel were commemorated unequally. A further 116,000 casualties, potentially as many as 350,000 were not commemorated by name or not commemorated by name or not commemorated at all. In the words of the special committee who produced this report, the commission failed to do what it was set up to do. The iwgc was responsible for or complicit in decisions outside europe that compromised its principles and treated war dead differently and often unequally. This history needs to be corrected and shared in the unfinished work of the 1920s needs to be put right where possible. This has been part of britains blindspot to our colonial past and weve been too slow as a country since then to recognise and honour fully the regiments and the troops drawn from africa and asia and the caribbean. Todayis africa and asia and the caribbean. Today is a reminder of the great contribution and sacrifice that so many from these countries have made to forging modern multicultural britain. What matters now is what happens next. The follow up to the reports recommendations cannot be part of businesses business as before for the commission. What role the Secretary Of State state play . Is he satisfied the commission has sufficient resources to do this additional work and if not will he make more available . What will Embassy Staff what role will Embassy Staff what role will Embassy Staff what role will Embassy Staff play in announcing this public apology and telling the wider story and announcing new names, the story of the sacrifice made in these countries during world war i . When can we accept the completion of the investigation into the way the commission commemorated the way the commission commemorated the dead from these countries during the dead from these countries during the Second World War . And what commitment will he make today to report to parliament on the commissions progress along with those goals. Additionally, we welcome the Secretary Of States pre announcement consultation on a scheme to end the injustice of commonwealth and nepalese soldiers paying twice for the british citizenship. Its something weve campaigned for, the british legion has campaigned for and my honourable friend the memberfor has campaigned for and my honourable friend the member for barnsley central who is not on the cult today who has led and championed that cause. Can the Secretary Of State say exactly when the consultation will be launched . In conclusion, no apology can atone for the injustice indignity, the suffering set out in this report. The Secretary Of State spoke today as a soldier. A soldier more than 100 years ago in this chamber spoke about the commission and said, we served in common cause, we suffered equal hardships. We took equal risks and we desired that if we fail, we should be buried together under one general system and in one comradeship of death. Today, belatedly we aim to commemorate in full the sacrifice of many thousands who died for our country in the First World War and who have not yet been fully honoured. We will remember them. I thank my colleague opposite for both the tone thank my colleague opposite for both the tone and support for the whole houses the tone and support for the whole houses efforts and the honourable member houses efforts and the honourable member for tottenhams almost single handed drive to get it higher up. Single handed drive to get it higher up he single handed drive to get it higher up. He rightly credits some of the academics up. He rightly credits some of the academics and Programme Makers made academics and Programme Makers made a step academics and Programme Makers made a step change in that and i want to repeat a step change in that and i want to repeat my a step change in that and i want to repeat my regret that it has taken so long repeat my regret that it has taken so long. None of us were here in the i920s so long. None of us were here in the i920s but so long. None of us were here in the 19205, but many of us were here for the last 19205, but many of us were here for the last several years that i think its a the last several years that i think its a deep the last several years that i think its a deep point of regret that for me, it5 a deep point of regret that for me. In it5 a deep point of regret that for me. In my its a deep point of regret that for me, in my own education, but i was taught me, in my own education, but i was taught of me, in my own education, but i was taught of the me, in my own education, but i was taught of the First World War boils down taught of the First World War boils down to taught of the First World War boils down to the somme and poets but nothing down to the somme and poets but nothing about the commonwealth and wider empire and as i go Around The World wider empire and as i go Around The World as wider empire and as i go Around The World as defence secretary, it is remarkable to be reminded of those contributions. In some parts of the world, contributions. In some parts of the world, there are graves and places to commemorate. I went to my own fathers to commemorate. I went to my own fathers base where he fought during the malayan emergency and i saw the gurkha the malayan emergency and i saw the Gurkha Cemetery where men were dying both to Gurkha Cemetery where men were dying both to defeat communism, protect malaysia both to defeat communism, protect malaysia but also on behalf of what was britain then right until the early was britain then right until the early 70s was britain then right until the early 705 and i think it is important to remember that we exclude important to remember that we exclude a important to remember that we exclude a lot of that from our childrens exclude a lot of that from our childrens education and i think we have childrens education and i think we have to childrens education and i think we have to rectify that. As far as updates. Have to rectify that. As far as updates, im happy to come to the house updates, im happy to come to the house either in written form in the Library House either in written form in the library or house either in written form in the library or on house either in written form in the library or on occasion to make a Statement Library or on occasion to make a statement on the update of the progress statement on the update of the progress of the report which says itself progress of the report which says itself these are quickly delivered recommendations and some will take time and recommendations and some will take time and i recommendations and some will take time and i think the investigation into the time and i think the investigation into the Second World War commemoration i5 into the Second World War commemoration is ongoing and i will make commemoration is ongoing and i will make sure commemoration is ongoing and i will make sure the commission not only knows make sure the commission not only knows that make sure the commission not only knows that it has my support, but that we knows that it has my support, but that we will hold them to account in delivering that we will hold them to account in delivering that and i will seek a regular delivering that and i will seek a regular quarterly update from the commission of the progress they make and update commission of the progress they make and update the house. How we will communicate and make sure we work with the communicate and make sure we work with the commonwealth countries. Its with the commonwealth countries. Its not with the commonwealth countries. Its notjust with the commonwealth countries. It5 notjust about with the commonwealth countries. Its not just about an audience here, its not just about an audience here, its its not just about an audience here, its about the people in all those here, its about the people in all those countries are very recently i was talking those countries are very recently i was talking to my kenyan counterpart and visiting was talking to my kenyan counterpart and visiting kenya again and visited somalia and visiting kenya again and visited somalia and its important that the people somalia and its important that the people there understand the sacrifice of their fellow citizens but also sacrifice of their fellow citizens but also that we explain and hold and honour them. But also that we explain and hold and honourthem. 0ur defence and other and honourthem. 0ur defence and other ambassadors and officials around other ambassadors and officials Around The World are communicating these Around The World are communicating these reports to host countries. Some these reports to host countries. Some of these reports to host countries. Some of them we have been earlier engaged some of them we have been earlier engaged in some of them we have been earlier engaged in like kenya and weve already engaged in like kenya and weve already been working on memorials and things already been working on memorials and things we can do together and making and things we can do together and making sure they understand the content making sure they understand the content of this report and we will continue content of this report and we will continue to use that Network Going forward continue to use that Network Going forward as continue to use that Network Going forward. A5 for funding on what future forward. A5 for funding on what future steps, i am open to all suggestions of what we can do for education. Suggestions of what we can do for education, commemoration and the commission education, commemoration and the commission itself at the moment says it is satisfied that it has the budget, it is satisfied that it has the budget, i dont rule out looking at more budget, i dont rule out looking at more funding for it if thats required more funding for it if thats required. The current income is 52 million. Required. The current income is 52 million, contributed by a range of commonwealth countries who contribute to the funding, but there is nothing contribute to the funding, but there is nothing to rule out, im not ruling is nothing to rule out, im not ruling it is nothing to rule out, im not ruling it out. I would be very open to sensible ruling it out. I would be very open to sensible suggestions that make that difference. And i think, again, iwill that difference. And i think, again, i will continue to update the house and make i will continue to update the house and make sure that we hold the commission to account and the house can hold commission to account and the house can hold me commission to account and the house can hold me to account in my position can hold me to account in my position as can hold me to account in my position as chair of that commission, and i think we should take this commission, and i think we should take this as commission, and i think we should take this as the starting point, not the end take this as the starting point, not the end. Gn take this as the starting point, not the end. . , g take this as the starting point, not the end. . ,. , the end. On the 15th ofjune 1955, a small force the end. On the 15th ofjune 1955, a small force commanded the end. On the 15th ofjune 1955, a small force commanded by the end. On the 15th ofjune1955, a small force commanded by raf small force commanded by raf regiment officers including my father crawled into the battle. They were ambushed and officers were killed, and six arab soldiers were killed. My father took over command. The six arab soldiers are unknown, except, of course, the arab officer. He got a posthumous military cross, as did the commanding officer, as did my father. But the other five arab soldiers, there is no record of these men who gave their lives for this country so i entirely endorse the recommendations and conclusions of this report. My question, though, is this, mindful of the fact that we dont pay any attention to graves from the boer war or awards before 1900 and have left to go to rack and ruin, how long will we be able to sustain the brilliant effort that the commission carries out now in maintaining graves from the Second World War and onwards . Studio we will leave that discussion there with the defence secretary ben wallace, giving that statement following that report into how so many black and asian soldiers were not commemorated. Now its time for a look at the weather. Hello again. Its been a cold and frosty start to the day, but temperatures are now rising quite nicely. Todays forecast is a largely dry one. I say largely dry because the cloud across the north of scotland may produce an odd shower, but for most of us, we will have some strong april sunshine. High pressure is firmly in charge. If you look at the isobars along the English Channel, here we have some gusty winds, gusting 30 or 40mph through the course of the day. But a lot of sunshine on offer for many parts of the uk. Through the day, a little bit more Fairweather Cloud will develop, turning the sunshine hazy. Worth mentioning too, Pollen Levels are high, and its tree pollen that is prevalent at the moment, particularly plane, birch and ash trees. In terms of wind, we are looking at very light winds. These are the average wind speeds in the white circles, but dont forget the gusts will be a little bit stronger than this. Temperatures still in the onshore breeze along the north sea coastline, feeling a little bit cooler, but we could reach 16 in newcastle and also cardiff. Through this evening and overnight, under clear skies temperatures will fall away quite quickly. We still have this Cloud Toppling around the High Pressure across the north of scotland, thick enough for some drizzle, and still gusty winds through the English Channel. Where we have got the cloud, temperatures will hold up, but where weve got clear skies, once again we are likely to see a touch of frost. Tomorrow, High Pressure still in charge. If anything, it has edged a little bit further east, which means there will be more of a breeze up the west of the country during the course of friday. But friday once again, the weather is going to be fairly settled. We start off on that cold, frosty note, with a lot of sunshine once again. Breezy still through the English Channel. More of a breeze out through the west, and still this Cloud Toppling over the High Pressure across the far north and east of scotland. In aberdeen we are looking at highs of 13 degrees. But we could hit 19 in northwest england, cumbria and around the glasgow area as well. So then for the weekend, well, it stays largely dry, mostly sunny, wee areas of cloud coming and going at times, but chilly nights still with the chance of some frost. To look at that in a wee bit more detail, you can see how we can still hit 17 or 18 during the course of saturday, but temperatures slide a bit on sunday. This is bbc news. The headlines. � pervasive racism is blamed for the failure to properly commemorate tens of thousands of black and asian soldiers who died fighting for the British Empire. The defence secretary promises to make amends. On behalf of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, and the government, both of the time and today, i want to apologise for the failures to live to the founding principles, all those years ago and we express deep regret that it has taken so long to rectify the situation. I do think this is a watershed moment. Its taken 100 years but the truth is that these men served our country. President biden pledges to cut Carbon Emissions by 50 per cent below 2005 levels by the end of this decade india reports the biggest daily total of Coronavirus Infections of any country since the start of the pandemic with 315,000 new cases. For the first time in months coronavirus is no longer the leading cause of death in both england and wales, according to new figures. As demand in Britain Forfoodbanks goes up by a third, footballer and campaigner Marcus Rashford teams up with chef tom kerridge to create cheap, Healthy Family meals. If i could literally go back as a kid, this is the thing that id learn to do. As well as, like, do what i was doing with my football and stuff, when i went home, i would have loved to have been able to sit down and just learn to cook. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. In the last few minutes, the defence secretary ben wallace has apologised and expressed � deep regret� for failures to properly commemorate black and Asian Service personnel who died fighting for the British Empire. A report by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission said it was due to pervasive racism. The inquiry found at least 116,000 african, Middle Eastern and asian casualties from world war one were not commemorated by name or possibly not commemorated at all. Some reports suggest that figure could even be as high as 350,000 soldiers. The report also cited racist comments, such as from a British Colonial governor who said would not understand or appreciate a headstone. The commission has apologised, saying it recognises the wrongs of the past. Are deeply sorry and will be acting immediately to correct them. The defence secretary ben wallace has, in the last half hour, been speaking about this in the house of comons, and he gave this apology. There can be no doubt that prejudice may departing some of the commission� s decisions. In other cases they were simply not provided with names of burial locations. Mr speaker, on their of the commonwealth world will graves commission, and the government of today and yesterday, we want to apologise and express deep regret that it has taken so long to rectify the situation. The that it has taken so long to rectify the situation. Secretary, ben wallace. Earlier, i asked clare horton, the Director General of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, why it had taken so long to acknowledge the extent of the failings on graves for black and asian solders. Well, we have been working to correct errors and omissions the 30 years or more. We do it all the time, even now today, we are still finding people across the world who have not been commemorated so this has always been ongoing work. I think the extent of the research and this was highlighted by professor Michel Barrett who contacted us sometime ago, with research, wejust didn� t have the detail behind it so we haven� t got the ability to qualify or clarify that we didn� t have the resources internally. So we have now put that in place and have commissioned this special committee of external experts, very openly and transparently, we are very open to acting on those Report Findings and commemorate people who we have failed 100 years ago. The findings were revealed in a channel 4 documentary, presented by the shadowjustice secretary david lammy. He explained why it was important the story was known. Well, look, the truth is, none of us learned about this history in our schools and it� s still the case that there are many young people in the United Kingdom not understanding this huge contribution to our history and the society and life that we enjoy. But worse still, in situ, in countries like kenya and tanzania, young people have been denied this story because their ancestors have been whitewashed out of history. So this is an important moment, it does go to some of the bigger debates that we� re having in this country about how we reckon with the past and understand the past, so that we can move through. But i� m just really, really pleased that the dignity that these men deserved, who were dragged from their villages and commandeered to work for the British Empire, the dignity that they deserved in death can be granted to them. And i hope for generations of young people both here in the uk, europe, but also, of course, in africa, the indian and subcontinent and The Middle East can properly understand this history and the contribution they made in world war i. In the last hour, us officials have confirmed that President Biden plans a dramatic scything of Greenhouse Gas emissions over the next nine eyars as President Biden attempts to re assert us Global Leadership on Climate Change. He� s hosting 40 World Leaders at a Virtual Summit in the white house including china� s in the white house. President biden has also used today to outline us plans to cut their emissions in half over the next decade. Among those attending will be china� s president xijinping. China made a late announcement that he would attend after a jointly released us china statement pledged increased cooperation in the fight against Climate Change. China has been slow to prioritise fighting Climate Change, arguing that as a developing nation, reaching net zero emissions by 2060 is the best it can do. Brazil, japan, south korea, canada, australia, india and south africa will also be under pressure to deliver more, as countries like the us and the uk push hard for a decade of action now in order to guarantee Net Zero Global Emissions by 2050. Reduce emissions significantly. Keep Climate Change at a manageable level. It� s been, as you say, a key focus for the biden administration. Its focus for the biden administration. It� s part of his 2 trillion Stimulus Plan. And it� s been the subject of an intensive round of International Diplomacy since he was first elected. John kerry, President Biden� s Climate Envoy, has been elbow bumping his way Around The World in the past few weeks as part of the us� s effort to raise global ambition on the climate issue. We� ll Work Together to address the climate crisis. This week, the uk announced it planned to make even more aggressive Emissions Cuts, and to kickstart the talks, were anticipating the us president would do the same. Mr biden is expected to say the us will make a 50 cut in emissions by the end of the decade, and go to net zero by 2050. That means cutting emissions as much as possible and capturing those that can� t be prevented by Planting Trees or through Engineering Solutions. The uk says the world is moving on the climate issue. When we were announced as the cop26 president , less than 30 of the World Economy was covered by a net zero target. We are now at 70 so we have seen some progress. What we need to do is to get more progress in terms of near term Emission Reduction targets to 2030. But, as Greta Thunberg says, Setting Targets is easy. Delivering on them is much harder. Of course its a step in the right direction, but if only it was that simple that we could just invest and put money in things and that would solve the problem. Of course, that will be required as well but it will take so much more than that. We need to be realistic and see the whole picture. The idea of the meeting today, which is being hosted virtually from washington, is to get big emitting nations to raise their game on climate. What is needed at glasgow in november is to get them to commit to policies that really will deliver carbon cuts that can keep Climate Change within manageable limits. Justin rowlatt, bbc news. This is a really extraordinary moment in reporting Climate Change because there is cautious optimism Around The World that we may be able to do something to begin to seriously reduce emissions. You� ve got china, america, india and europe talking altogether about it in europe and it� s going to be fascinating to see what they come up with. We apologise for the sound quality of that at the end there. Sir tom scholar, the most senior official at the treasury has told mps that they received multiple texts and phone calls from former Prime Minister David Cameron about the company greensill capital, as the row about lobbying . And who gets access to those in power . Continues. The permanent secretary to the treasury told the Public Accounts Committee mr cameron had spoken to him on the phone and sent him Text Messages to draw his attention to proposals by greensill to access government backed emergency loans at the start of the pandemic last spring. 0ur Political Correspondent is leila nathoo. This is the first parliamentary hearing that we are getting into the issues around lobbying and influence that had been raised in westminster in recent weeks. There are a number of Parliamentary Committees looking into the issue today and today it was the Public Accounts Committee, the watchdog for, they were holding their own hearing and it� s the first time we� ve heard from the most senior officials and Civil Servants at the treasury about the links between the treasury and the now collapsed Financial Firm greensill capital. There were some quite interesting revelations, notably from the most senior Civil Servant at the treasury at the time, tom scholar. He said that David Cameron had called and texted him personally on his work phone about greensill� s support scheme, the support packages to help companies with cash flow problems during the coronavirus pandemic, so this is the first acknowledgement we have had from sir tom that David Cameron made contact with him personally. Have a listen to this exchange. I certainly can say that i had. Mr cameron spoke to me on the phone at round about the same time and sent me some Text Messages around about the same time. This is the end of march, beginning of april 2020. As far as i know, from the records i� ve seen, to date, i had no further contact after that phone call on the 7th of april. So, that was that one conference call, but you had had conversations with mr cameron as a representative of greensill, on the phone and via text before that, just to be really clear . Yes. At that point, the conversation was drawing to our attention the proposal that greensill had made and asked us to look it, which we were doing. I think, interestingly, ithink, interestingly, he i think, interestingly, he went on to say that he picked up that call from mr cameron because he used to work for him, so clearly, a personal connection between the two men before this point. This was supposed to attract attention, saying they were quite persistent but actually, the treasury, dealt with it in an entirely appropriate way, ultimately rejecting greensill� s application to join this Government Support scheme so very interesting revelations there at this Current Committee today. New figures released this morning reveal coronavirus was no longer the leading cause of death in either england or wales last month. Office for National Statistics data shows that covid 19 was the third leading cause of death in both countries in march, accounting for 9. 2 of all deaths registered in england and 6. 3 in wales. Jaguar land rover has announced that some manufacturing will be temporarily halted here in the uk from monday. The car manufacturer says they have had to adjust production schedules due to covid 19 supply chain disruption, meaning the plants at Castle Bromwich and halewood will be operating a limited period of non production. The headlines on bbc news. � pervasive racism� is blamed for the failure to properly commemorate tens of thousands of black and asian soldiers who died fighting for the British Empire. The defence secretary promises to make amends President Biden pledges to cut Carbon Emissions by 50 per cent below 2005 levels by the end of this decade india reports the biggest daily total of Coronavirus Infections of any country since the start of the pandemic with 315,000 new cases. Driving tests in england and wales resume today after they were suspended in late december due to the pandemic. Lessons began 10 days ago, to give learners a chance to practice. 0ur transport correspondent Caroline Davies reports. Sometimes, it takes a few attempts before things line up. But learner drivers have rarely had to wait this long to get a test. I� ve had my test cancelled i think eight times by this point, but i� ve kind of lost count. I live quite literally in the middle of nowhere with the nearest bus station being about a mile or two away. It� s almost impossible to get around or go anywhere without asking someone else to give me a lift. The last car driving tests for non key workers was before christmas. The delay has had an impact on instructors as well, many of whom who have not been able to work. You still have overheads to cover for the cars, youve got to pay for the cars and the insurance and all that sort of stuff. And also, its been very frustrating for a lot of the pupils that we teach. Effectively, it5 three and a half, four months since theyve last been in a car. And to have that break when youre a fairly inexperienced driver is quite difficult for a lot of them. But the wait is almost over. There are currently over 400,000 people waiting for a car test in britain. More examiners are now working weekends, extra people have been recruited, and some have been brought back out of retirement. Even the boss is now taking some of the tests. Waiting time varies around the country because it depends on how many people are in the queue, and how many examiners we have in any given location. So it can vary quite a bit. I think the key thing there is that we will add more test appointments each week as time moves on. No one knows how long it will take to clear the backlog so l plates may need to stay on far longer than many would like. Caroline davies, bbc news. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, more developments on the European Super League. The whole thing. Started from the ownership and everybody that� s involved in the process, all of them, with the right intentions to defend a club and put the club in the best possible position for now and for the future but accepting the way it� s been handled, obviously, has had terrible consequences and handled, obviously, has had terrible consequence consequences and it was a mistake. Meanwhile. 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Thats of the sport for now. We backandforth of him and. Thats of the sport for now. We have backandforth of him and. Thats i of the sport for now. We have morphy in the next hour. Thanks. The church of england has been told to include at least one black or ethnic minority candidate in shortlists for senior roles. A new report by the archbishops� anti racism taskforce says that not addressing the issue would have devastating effects for the future of the church. The taskforce was established last year after the black lives matter protests. I� m nowjoined by the venerable rosemarie mallett, archdeacon of croydon. What is your reaction to the recommendation . Thank you. Well, i welcome this report. As a post on so many of the other reports we� ve had in the past, it� s intentional. 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I have had my own difficulties and challenges with the church in terms of facing racism and overcoming some of the ways of feeling locked out of situations but i� ve also had people who have worked with me and encourage me along the way and we want to ensure there is a Greater Network of people to support more people coming in. There were few people coming in to leadership roles, but there are now many more people but themselves forward. We want to encourage them and to let them know there are opportunities out there and people like me, not enough, but there are people like me. There are people in the church who will be batting for and ensuring that we have a diverse and Inclusive Church and if you feel there is a place to you in that church then we want to make sure that there are framework set up to enable people to come in and feel welcome. Welcoming and hospitality has been a challenge. It� s getting better. We are not there yet but this report gets some of the way down the road and it� s a long way to go but i want to say and you started with it, this is not about tokenism. This is not about setting people up to fail. This is not aboutjust adding people because of their skin colour or their background. This is about having a true participate to riyadh Representative Church that represents the diversity of the people we serve and that is what we are aiming for. I people we serve and that is what we are aiming for are aiming for. I read that the archbishops are aiming for. I read that the archbishops of are aiming for. I read that the archbishops of canterbury are aiming for. I read that thej archbishops of canterbury and are aiming for. I read that the archbishops of canterbury and york have welcomed the report but as far as i� m aware, they haven� t committed to enforcing this recommendation. Watch oink do they really have what choice do they really have, if they don� t do this . What choice do they really have, if they dont do this . They dont do this . Each dieses is its own separate they dont do this . Each dieses is its own separate entity they dont do this . Each dieses is its own separate entity and they dont do this . Each dieses is its own separate entity and they i they dont do this . Each dieses is i its own separate entity and they can recommend it to all the other dioceses. They cannot enforce however they can recommend. We have our own antiracism charter which has been accepted unanimously across the dioceses and that� s to come up with it sign from the bottom up charter thatis it sign from the bottom up charter that is then to enable this type of diverse and Inclusive Work to happen across the diocese. Each place in the nation has different issues so you can� t mandate it specifically, because of the differences in the different places but you can recommend it and you can ask the house of bishops to then apply it in their own areas. Their own areas. Thank you for explaining their own areas. Thank you for explaining how their own areas. Thank you for explaining how it their own areas. Thank you for explaining how it should their own areas. Thank you for explaining how it should work. Their own areas. Thank you for explaining how it should work. Thank you very much forjoining us today. india is being devastated by a second wave of covid, which the country� s Prime Minister has called a coronavirus storm. In the past 24 hours, 315 thousand new cases were reported the biggest daily rise in any country and more than 2,000 people died. Officials said hospitals across india were at breaking point. For the latest on the drammatic situation in india, earlier i spoke with our correspondent, nikhil inamdar. The hospitals are inundated here with people and not enough beds. We are also seeing a huge shortage of drugs which are administered essentially for the treatment of coronavirus and, you know, if these scenes are not enough, if you just go on to indian twitter or any social media channel, you canjust see them turned into platforms for sos calls for oxygen, medicine and hospital beds. It� s notjust the poorer sections or more disadvantaged sections of society that are suffering, the well heeled, even ministers and parliamentarians unable to get beds and that gives you a sense ofjust how acute the crisis is an india� s health infrastructure, even at the best of times, doesn� t function well, has crumbled under the pressure of the second wave. An Indonesian Submarine with 53 crew members on board has been missing since yesterday. The sub has 72 hours of oxygen left. The Indonesian Navy lost contact with the german made sub during a torpedo drill yesterday, after it requested permission to dive during a torpedo exercise. An intensive search is going on north of the island of bali in water 700 hundred metres deep. Singapore and malaysia are sending underwater rescue vessels and australia has also offered to help. Police in london have arrested a number of Extinction Rebellion this morning on suspicion of causing criminal damage. 0fficers said windows were broken at the hsbc headquarters at canary wharf. Now it� s time for a look at the weather. So many of today, it� s going to be dry and were going to have lengthy spells of sunshine with a little bit more fair weather cloud developing through the day. The sunshine could be hazy at times and we� ve also got gusty winds through the English Channel and the coastline is adjacent to the English Channel. These white circles represent the average wind speed but along the coastline of east anglia and kent, it will file a little bit cooler with the onshore breeze with temperatures up to 16 degrees. The highest temperature today will be the west. This evening and overnight, we hang onto gusty winds across the English Channel and we have a bit more paled with some drizzle across the north east of scotland. Here, temperatures won� t fall as much as they will under the clearest skies but once again, we will have a touch of frost. 0ver clearest skies but once again, we will have a touch of frost. Over the weekend, a lot of dry and settled weather. Temperature slipping a bit but generally good weather. Hello, this is bbc news with martine croxall. The headlines pervasive racism is blamed for the failure to properly commemorate tens of thousands of black and asian soldiers who died fighting for the British Empire. The defence secretary promises to make amends. President biden pledges to cut Carbon Emissions by 50 below 2005 levels by the end of this decade. India reports the biggest daily total of Coronavirus Infections of any country since the start of the pandemic with 315,000 new cases. For the first time in months coronavirus is no longer the leading cause of death in both england and wales, according to new figures. As demand in Britain Forfoodbanks goes up by a third, footballer and campaigner Marcus Rashford teams up with chef tom kerridge to create cheap, Healthy Family meals. President biden has pledged to cut us Greenhouse Gas emissions in half by the year 2030, compared with 2005 levels. The target revealed ahead of a major Climate Summit he� s about to host is part of an ambitious effort to kick start action from other nations. It marks a major step up in us efforts to tackle Global Warming. Well, sophie long has been speaking to an Ocean Community on the californian coast, who have seen and felt the impact of Climate Change. This surprise visit by a young white shark to the cold waters of the Central California coast brought a clear message. Things are changing, fast. About 2014, we started to see juveniles in monterey bay and we were very surprised. What we didn� t know then that we know now is that 2014 ushered in a series of marine heatwaves, so that was an astounding result of oceanic changes caused by Climate Change and what impact they have on species. Whales are also changing their migration habits, which means fishermen have had to cut their season short to avoid entanglements. This year we didnt open up until well after the new year, and in the future, were going to have to have to deal with this every year, were going to have to wait for the whales to migrate south and when they begin to migrate north, were going to have to end our season early also. So that has a Financial Impact . Yeah, it has a direct Financial Impact, cos the season used to be eight months out of the year, and now, realistically, you have a one or two month season. The amount of wildlife in the water can distract from the threat they face. Those that work on it welcome the fact they have a president who is listening, but they want to make sure their voice is heard. There� s just a lot of uncertainty and a lot of unknowns around the future of our oceans, and i think from a commercial fisherman perspective, we don� t want to be forgotten in the conversations around the future of our ocean. We want to make sure that we have a seat at the table in terms of those conversations, and also know that we have a lot to contribute. We spend more time on the water than anyone else. Barking. While there are vocal members of this Ocean Community, others adopt a wait and see policy. What people feel passionately here is that if the oceans are properly protected, they can stop suffering from Climate Change, and start supplying more solutions to it. When it comes to Global Warming, the ocean and its inhabitants have literally been taking the heat. Which is fine for hardy generalists like jellyfish. They may be beautiful and important, but they� re not good to eat. The United States no longer has a leader determined to go against the flow on environment issues. Now it� s retaking its seat at the head of the summit table, people here are optimistic that they� ll be able to leave an ocean in which future generations can prosper. Sophie long, bbc news, monterey bay. As coronavirus restrictions ease and many of us begin to return to the office, there are calls for more to be done to ensure pregnant women are kept safe in the workplace. The current rules say employers should carry out a Risk Assessment for staff, and those in late stage pregnancy should work from home, but campaigners say some are ignoring the guidance. Ellie price has more. 36 weeks pregnant, i caught covid. I had a high temperature, about 40. After four days, i felt 0k. Ijust felt heavily pregnant. 0n the tuesday, i attended the hospital with reduced movements because because i noticed evelyn hadn� t moved much and she always moved constantly. So i went to the hospital, i was on the monitor for about four to five hours, she had a nice heart rate and everything seemed 0k. Got upstairs to the delivery suite and when they scanned me, she didn� t have a heartbeat, she� d died. Stephanie gave birth to baby evelyn a few days later. Doctors told her her immune system had attacked her placenta, as it fought off the virus. Her terrible experience is extremely unusual, but she wanted to share it with other expectant mothers. Just look after yourselves, stay safe. And employers, just think about that unborn baby and that family, and the devastating circumstances that could potentially happen by putting your employees at risk. Stephanie says her boss had been very supportive and offered for her to work from home, but she decided to come into the office. She says she was unaware of the risks. According to government guidance, you� re not more susceptible to catching covid if you� re pregnant, but you have an increased risk of becoming severely ill and of preterm birth. And that� s what worries jess. Her baby is due injune. She gave up herjob as a carer in gloucester last month. She says she was given a Risk Assessment and ppe, but didn� t feel that was enough. I felt i had to leave because i was too worried about what was the impact on me and my child. And the fact that i didnt feel completely safe and i knew that i would still have to be within one metre of this individual, and i couldnt always keep up the coronavirus guidelines. Now, at five months pregnant i have had to look at the government guidance. It says that all expectant mothers should receive a workplace Risk Assessment, and for those who are more than 28 weeks pregnant, they should be in most cases encouraged to work from home. If a woman� s specific needs cannot be met, then she should be suspended on full pay. Mary agyapong was a pregnant nurse in luton who died almost exactly a year ago from covid. Her unborn child survived and was delivered by c section. The inquest heard she had felt pressurised to stay at work in later pregnancy. Campaigners are calling on the government to tighten up rules to ensure employers undertake a Risk Assessment, tailored to their pregnant workers� individual needs. Our recent research showed us that 48 of pregnant women do not feel that their employers are following a Risk Assessment that is individual to them, and therefore 57 of pregnant women told us that currently they do not feel safe at work. About two thirds of pregnant women who have covid 19 don� t have any symptoms. Severe illness is very unusual, but more likely in later pregnancy. And the Maternal Mortality rate from covid 19 is 2. 2 per 100,000 maternities. It is really small numbers compared to the number of women who are pregnant and having a very successful pregnancy and birth. So, yes, be really sensible, follow the guidance to the letter. The government has said it has no plans in the short term to change its guidance for pregnant women during covid. It says any employee who has concerns safety adjustments are not being made should raise these through their employers, or the health and safety executive, who can take enforcement action if needed. Ellie price, bbc news. Friends and family have gathered for the wake of 20 year Old Black Man, daunte wright, who was shot dead by police near minneapolis. The Usjustice Department announced a federal investigation into the city� s Police Department a day after a white Police Officer was convicted for the murder of george floyd. His death sparked National Outrage and calls for police reform. David willis reports. In the city where george floyd took his final breath, they are mourning the death of another unarmed black man killed by local police. In minneapolis, mourners gathered to pay their respects to daunte wright, who died just a few miles from where george floyd� s murder trial was taking place, also at the hands of a white Police Officer. Body camera footage of the incidentjust over a week ago shows that as one officer attempted to put mr wright in handcuffs, he broke free, only for a fellow officer to shoot him as the car pulled away. The local police chief said the second officer mistook her taser for a gun. We find the defendant guilty. The sight of former Police Officer Derek Chauvin being locked in handcuffs has been hailed as a milestone in the struggle for racial equality in this country. But convicting george floyd� s killer is one thing. Rooting out systemic racism in the police force, another matter entirely. Nonetheless, the us Attorney General is keen to get going, starting with a federal investigation into Policing Practices in the city of minneapolis. The investigation i am announcing today will assess whether the minneapolis Police Department engages in a pattern or practice of using excessive force, including during protests. The problem, though, is nationwide, and many believe the challenge for civil rights activists keeping the conversation going until meaningful change has taken place. Last year was the warmest on record for europe and the last six years were the hottest across the world. For europe and the last six years that� s according to a new report about the state of the climate, released by the european Climate Service copernicus. Well, in a Special Edition of climate check, bbc weather� s Sarah Keith Lucas looks at how the close the planet is to hitting the 1. 5 centigrade limit in Global Warming signed up to by World Leaders and what increased temperatures mean for our homes, habitats, and weather. Hello and welcome to climate check. The world is getting hotter. That� s shown clearly on the latest climate stripes. It� s also been reinforced in the new european state of the climate report from Eu Climate Service copernicus. That� s released today to coincide with President Biden� s summit on climate. The report says that for europe, 2020 was the hottest year on record, and globally, the past six years have been the warmest ever recorded. Evidence of these rising temperatures can be seen across the globe. A warmer world is a wetter world, meaning more flooding from increased rainfall and storm activity, and rising sea levels. One of the main causes of Sea Level Rise is polar ice melt, which has been accelerated in recent years by heatwaves. Siberia in 2020 saw temperatures six celsius above average. In these conditions, the permafrost thaws too, triggering the release of methane, a potent Greenhouse Gas. Scientists believe these arctic heatwaves are now 600 times more likely due to Climate Change. In recent years, record high temperatures have been recorded from germany to india, antarctica to japan. Extreme heat also creates the hot, dry conditions that fuel wildfires, and a Record Number of these have been seen in australia, california, south america, and again in the arctic. Not only are lives lost and homes and habitats destroyed, but the Carbon Dioxide emitted by these fires adds to the levels of c02 in the atmosphere. And these levels are rising all the time due to the burning of fossil fuels involved in our industry, travel and energy consumption. Earlier this month, we saw the highest weekly level of c02 on record at the mauna loa 0bservatory. 419. 28 parts per million. Copernicus estimates that if Current Trends continue, as this graph shows, by 2034, the world will be 1. 5 degrees warmer than before the industrial revolution. Global leaders meeting at this summit and later at cop26 are being urged to redouble their efforts to stay below this limit. The headlines on bbc news pervasive racism is blamed for the failure to properly commemorate tens of thousands of black and asian soldiers who died fighting for the British Empire. The defence secretary promises to make amends President Biden pledges to cut Carbon Emissions by 50 below 2005 levels by the end of this decade. India reports the biggest daily total of Coronavirus Infections of any country since the start of the pandemic with 315,000 new cases. In two weeks� time, voters around britain will be heading to the polls. In scotland and wales there are parliamentary elections whilst in england voters will be choosing who will sit on their local councils. But there� ll be particular attention to hartlepool because of the by election and anna foster is spending the day there for us. Its it� s the right day to be by the seaside, it� s beautiful in hartlepool today. It is ideal weather for those candidates who are going to be heading around places like this. This is one of the biggest estates in hartlepool and it� s one of the places that both labour and conservatives will be really focusing on because that by election is a crucial one, the first big test for keir starmer as labour leader, trying to hold onto the seat that has been labour since 1974. It is peter mandelsonmichael constituency. It� s also a big test for borisjohnson because in 2019, the conservatives gained huge swathes of seats across the northeast of england and would really like to capitalise on that. 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We have our pipe mill, the marina, the tall ships, so it does bode well, to be fair. Lets talk about does bode well, to be fair. Lets talk about the does bode well, to be fair. Lets talk about the byelection. Does bode well, to be fair. Lets talk about the by election. There is a full Council Election here as well. How much are you engaging with the politicians with the different messages they are sending you . We messages they are sending you . Havent really seen any of the haven� t really seen any of the politicians as of yet. The feeling and getting off my customers, i think keir starmer has got his work cut out for labour. Hartlepool has been labourfor a long time now and i really do think he could lose it. He could lose at this time, the selection. He could lose at this time, the selection. He could lose at this time, the selection. ~. ,. , selection. What are people saying that makes selection. What are people saying that makes you selection. 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When you talk about infighting, there� s been a lot of that here in hartlepool. It will be really interesting to see how this goes. Will be really interesting to see how this goes. Has | will be really interesting to see how this goes. Has never how this goes. Hartlepool has never been afraid to how this goes. Hartlepool has never been afraid to plough how this goes. Hartlepool has never been afraid to plough its how this goes. Hartlepool has never been afraid to plough its own been afraid to plough its own furrow. They had an elected mayor yearfor furrow. They had an elected mayor year for the first time in a few years ago, they voted for the local football mascot and he served three terms as mayor, so it will be really interesting to see what happens in that by election. And you can find out what elections are taking place in your area and see all the candidates by heading to the bbc news website. We are hearing that the Prime Minister� s Spokesman Says that the Cabinet Office will be looking into a leak of borisjohnson� s private communications with the businessman Sirjames Dyson. Labourare communications with the businessman Sirjames Dyson. Labour are already calling for a thorough investigation into those Text Messages. Sirjames dyson was asked earlier on in the Coronavirus Crisis to make ventilators. The Labour Party Want mps to examine these exchanges. They say that the Prime Minister was attempting to selectively target tax breaks for our political friend, but Mrjohnson Has insisted it was right to move Heaven And Earth to secure those ventilators around a year ago, but Cabinet Office are looking into that leak of those texts. More than two million emergency food parcels have been handed out by the food charity the Trussell Trust in the last year. The charity says that� s around a third more people needing help than the previous 12 months. Emma revie, the chief executive of the charity told me the pandemic has exacerbated the situation but i think it is important to note that we have seen increases over the last five years, year on year, the number of people coming to foodbanks and the clear reason for that is people simply not having enough money to cover the essentials. That� s often through a loss of a job or through ill health and where people are receiving our Social Security payments, they are just not enough to cover essentials so during the pandemic we� ve that significantly exacerbated is almost double the amount of people are now on Social Security as they were at the start of the pandemic and so more and more people are turning to Social Security for that safety net but falling through the cracks, and sadly into foodbanks. Haifa but falling through the cracks, and sadly into foodbanks. Sadly into foodbanks. How are you manauuin sadly into foodbanks. How are you managing to sadly into foodbanks. 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Donations have kept pace with demand that we have been seeing and we� ve also seen volunteers are stepping forward and being able to keep going but i think it has been a real testament to volunteers locally, that for them it just wasn� t acceptable, foodbanks wouldn� t be able to stay open and keep supporting people so we are very, very grateful to our volunteers. Very, very grateful to our volunteers. � ,. ,. , volunteers. Its not ust food that eole volunteers. Its not ust food that people need. H volunteers. Its notjust food that people need, though, volunteers. Its notjust food that people need, though, is volunteers. Its notjust food that people need, though, is it . Volunteers. Its notjust food that people need, though, is it . Its. Volunteers. Its notjust food that i people need, though, is it . Its not and thats the people need, though, is it . Its not and thats the most people need, though, is it . Its not and thats the most important and that� s the most Important Message that people coming to foodbanks is not about lack of access to food, it� s about a lack of money for the essentials. If somebody is not able to afford food for their family, somebody is not able to afford food for theirfamily, the somebody is not able to afford food for their family, the likelihood somebody is not able to afford food for theirfamily, the likelihood is they are also struggling with utility bills, with heating, with housing costs, with essential hygiene items, so the solution is not food. Foodbanks are only ever a sticking plaster. We need to be tackling the amount of money people have to cover essentials, which is why we are calling on all levels of government, particularly ahead of the elections in may, to come up with a plan to ending the need for foodbanks. It� s not acceptable that anyone should have to rely on charitable food aid to look after their families. 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I think what is important is to recognise how important is to recognise how insufficient a food parcel is. It provides three days of emergency food which relieves the pressure a little bit, but it� s nothing compared to the scale of the problem that families are dealing with. We� ve seen a significant increase in the number of people coming to foodbanks with Mental Ill Health because this is a really stressful situation to have to deal with so we very much welcome the uplift of £20 to universal credit that came in right at the start of the pandemic but we are looking now in four short months for that uplift of £20 to be removed. The government said it will end in september and that will see families losing over £1000 a year. We also know that wasn� t extended to everyone, only those people on universal credit. At the time when we can see predictions are that unemployment will continue to increase, an end to furlough, we are going to be removing money from our Social Security system for people in the lowest income, that� s not right, so being clear that it was good to have a £20 uplift and it definitely has helped support people, this is not the time to be removing money from Social Security. It� s the time to be thinking what you need to add to be thinking what you need to add to suture security to Social Security, to the safety net to catch is when we become unwell . Catch us. In a moment, the bbc news at one with jane hill, but first it� s time for a look at the weather with nick. There is going to be the risk of further frosty nights coming up. There is going to be the risk of furtherfrosty nights coming up. It stays chilly at night but in the short term it� s getting warmer. Some spectacular views coming in from our weather watchers. There was barely a cloud in the sky, plenty of sunshine as we have an area of High Pressure right across us and that is responsible for this are settled and continued dry weather into the weekend. Exceptions to the sunshine, there may be a little high cloud here and there are turning things just a touch hazy. We are seeing an area of cloud pushing on across Northern Areas of scotland and may be a shower in shetland, but most of the winds are light. Through the English Channel there is a gusty easterly wind but as for temperatures, there is warmth and the strong april sunshine. A warm spot of 16, 17 celsius. Pollen levels are moderate to high so it� s a tough time for hay fever sufferers. Into tonight, some areas of cloud across northern scotland, the northern isles, it stays breezy into the far south western through the channel, both areas here avoiding a frost but for many, although not quite as cold as last night, it will be frosty again. There is a meteor shower at the moment. A lucky weather watcher got a few, but there� s probably something to see under clear skies tonight. A chilly start tomorrow but plenty of sunshine to come through the day, a little bit hazy in places but there will be warmth and that sunshine. Again away from where the wind is blowing into the coast. Warm air tomorrow, 19, wind is blowing into the coast. Warm airtomorrow,19, may be wind is blowing into the coast. Warm air tomorrow, 19, may be 20 celsius reached tomorrow. If you are planning to be alfresco on friday, it continues to be fine until sunset with that strong sunshine. High pressure moving further to the north, away from us over the weekend, but that will bring in a stronger easterly wind across eastern and southern parts. It continues to be dry, a steady increase in cloud, particularly in the east, and is in the east people notice temperatures coming down, particularly the coast. We will notice temperatures coming down. President biden is hosting a virtual Climate Summit, with a pledge to cut america� s its Carbon Emissions by at least half. The us climate Envoyjohn Kerry hails the involvement of the world� s other major polluter. The United States and china will Work Together to address the climate crisis. I think this is the first time china hasjoined in saying its a crisis. We� ll ask what the Climate Summit might achieve. Also this lunchtime. The government has apologised for the failure to properly commemorate black and asian soldiers who died fighting for britain. And the