vaccinated. celebrating the start of black history month, we talk to the photographer and film—maker simon frederik later on. the metropolitan police has been laying out measures to try to reassure the public, in the wake of the murder of sarah everard by a serving officer. the force says it will no longer deploy plain clothes officers on their own, and has urged anyone stopped by one to ask to check their credentials. but critics say the onus should not be on women to change their actions. it's also emerged that wayne couzens, who was handed a whole life term yesterday for kidnapping and murdering sarah everard, was believed to be in a whatsapp group with other officers, who are now being investigated after allegedly sharing discriminatory messages. this report from megan patterson. officers with a duty to serve and an expectation to protect. the actions of one man questioning those principles and the trust the public can place in met police. this man has brought shame on the met. speaking frankly, as an organisation, we have been rocked. wayne couzens, seen here showing his warrant card, then used his handcuffs in the grotesquely executed series of offences which led to sarah everard's murder. questions too about police culture and attitudes of officers. in a letter to mps, the met admits part of couzens�*s vetting may not have been undertaken correctly. they will not be able to rebuild trust unless they are open about the things that have gone wrong. that means we need an independent inquiry into this case, into why allegations were not followed up, into how such a dangerous man could be a police officer for such a long time. and into the wider culture. now, in new safety advice, the met is urging anyone who believes an officer represents a threat to them to shout out to passers—by, wave down a bus or call the 909 control room. but the practicalities of that advice have caused concern. it puts the onus on women to keep themselves safe again. it's not about the women, it's about the men killing us, especially if those men are the people who are paid and appointed to keep us safe. this is on the met to find those men and get them out of the met, not for us to have to check and double—check if a police officer is an officer. every one of us would have got in the car, there is nothing sarah could have done, this is not on her, this is 100% on wayne couzens. what happened to sarah everard felt around the country. i've lost a bit of trust now. i think when people are in charge you expect they are doing the job properly and trying to keep you safe, i don't think you would ever challenge that. i would have to step it up and say, can you provide more _ thanjust your police id? the force says it will publish a strategy for tackling violence against women and girls, 650 new officers will be deployed in areas where people feel unsafe, indecent exposure allegations will be treated more seriously. the thousands and thousands of police officers who are out there apprehending criminals and seeking to keep us all safe everyday need to be able to go about their business but i do recognise the implications of this particular incident and the blow it has struck towards trust. at the heart of this debate about improvements to policing, a woman who simply was trying to walk home. the force has faced numerous challenges in the met�*s 200—year history. restoring confidence in its officers among the biggest yet. megan patterson, bbc news. our home and legal correspondent dominic casciani is with me now. what more is known about this whatsapp group that wayne couzens is thought to have been part of? this is under thought to have been part of? ti 3 is under investigation by the police watchdog, it is quite a serious incident because there are five officers who are under investigation as part of this. not all of them are in the metropolitan police. our understanding is the content was misogynist in nature so i think you can draw your own conclusions about the types of messages or images being shared. this is being characterised as potential gross misconduct, so it could be a very serious incident, but it will take time before we get an announcement from the watchdog about whether or not this will lead to disciplinary proceedings here. it is worth stressing that couzens will not face any kind of investigation in relation to that, it is a waste of time given he is in prison for life. the interesting thing about that is while senior police chiefs are in a complete state of existential angst at the moment about what this means for policing and trust in policing, particularly when you take into account lord justice fulford post my comments about how couzens had undermined trust in policing and society. when you have officers in this situation, sharing this content, it raises wider issues around culture and who polices the police and who is overseeing that culture and trying to change it and thatis culture and trying to change it and that is why there are so many calls today for the metropolitan police to do more, to really enquire into its own culture and for government to come up with a better way of vetting and filtering who gets into the police. it and filtering who gets into the olice. ., , , ~ police. it will not 'ust be the met? other police. it will not 'ust be the met? other forces — police. it will notjust be the met? other forces might _ police. it will notjust be the met? other forces might have _ police. it will notjust be the met? other forces might have to - police. it will notjust be the met? i other forces might have to change the way they recruit and how they vet people, if the policing by consent in this country is to mean anything? consent in this country is to mean an hino ? ., , ., consent in this country is to mean an hina? ., anything? there was a case during the lockdown _ anything? there was a case during the lockdown of _ anything? there was a case during the lockdown of an _ anything? there was a case during the lockdown of an officer - anything? there was a case during the lockdown of an officer from - anything? there was a case during i the lockdown of an officer from west midlands police who assaulted a woman in the street and he used his police persona, he acted out a reason to detain her. during that incident. he was dismissed from the force and he was given a community sentence. that shows that clearly you can have had people in all police forces and we know the figures over ten years, there have been about 190 police officers and staff in the met have faced some kind of sexual offence allegation. there is clearly something there. there is clearly something there. the police are saying, we are trying to work our way through this and we have all the professional standards in an hour vetting meets a national standard and is compliant but it is clearly not good enough for a lot of people who have lost trust in the police that is why you hear yvette cooper saying we have to have a proper national enquiry because it is only when you get to the facts about how bad a problem is that you can start moving on. in many respects this feels, is this moment very similar to the moment the metropolitan police faced over stephen lawrence more than 20 years ago? they were told in the public enquiry that the met was institutionally racist, it led to this real question of how to move on and in many respects this is starting to feel at that moment for a lot of people. starting to feel at that moment for a lot of maple-— a lot of people. thank you. the ma or of a lot of people. thank you. the mayor of london _ a lot of people. thank you. the mayor of london sadiq - a lot of people. thank you. the mayor of london sadiq khan i a lot of people. thank you. the | mayor of london sadiq khan has a lot of people. thank you. the - mayor of london sadiq khan has been speaking about the murder of sarah everard and he said he retained confidence in the metropolitan police commissioner, cressida dick. you can't run away from the fact that this sexual predator, this man who abducted, raped and killed sarah and set her body alight was a serving police officer, you cannot run away from that. this was somebody who joined the kent police service, transferred to the met police service and served for at least two years. that is why it is so important that we get to the bottom of whether other people were aware about any improper comments, about his behaviour, we have to look into allegations made previously and make sure we address notjust the police service and the criminal justice system but across society, this culture of misogyny. that is paramount. iam this culture of misogyny. that is paramount. i am confident that cressida dick is the right person to bring about the transformation that is needed. the issue of violence against women and girls will not be addressed by one officer, we have to make sure that vindication our boys receive in school, this isn't right, not girls having to change their behaviour, we have to change the law and misogyny should be a hate crime and misogyny should be a hate crime and harassment of women in a public place should be criminal. how is it right that only 3% of those for rape are only found guilty. there has to be a transformative effect across society and, by the way, i support the inspector when she says there is an epidemic in society when it comes to violence against women and girls, it requires a whole society response. it requires a whole society re5ponse-_ i'm joined by labour's shadow home secretary, nick thomas—symonds mp. thank you forjoining us. the labour mayor of london saying that he still has confidence in dame cressida dick to lead the police. what is your view? i to lead the police. what is your view? ., , . ., view? i do share the view of the ma or of view? i do share the view of the mayor of london _ view? i do share the view of the mayor of london but _ view? i do share the view of the mayor of london but today - view? i do share the view of the l mayor of london but today should view? i do share the view of the - mayor of london but today should not be a debate about one individual. firstly, we think of sarah everard's friends and family today, particularly having gone through that harrowing experience of the sentence and hearing. we then must have action. the government first of all needs to appoint a full, independent enquiry to look at how on earth it was that the perpetrator, i will not name him, perpetrator, i will not name him, perpetrator of this heinous crime slipped the net, notjust once but on a number of occasions. to look also at the whole structure of vetting and misconduct hearings. right across police and to look at the wider culture and to look at how violence against women and girls is treated. and secondly, the government needs to look forward with legislation. i have been arguing for that for months, to protect women and girls on the streets and of the government bring that forward on the next day that parliament sits, they will support it. . ., parliament sits, they will support it. ., ., parliament sits, they will support it. what sort of legislation to be need on tap _ it. what sort of legislation to be need on tap of _ it. what sort of legislation to be need on top of what _ it. what sort of legislation to be need on top of what we - it. what sort of legislation to be need on top of what we already| it. what sort of legislation to be - need on top of what we already have? firstly, we need to see stronger laws on street harassment, to see the way that women and girls are treated on our streets. that persistent harassment needs to be dealt with. misogyny as a hate crime and we need also to be fast tracking cases of rape and serious sexual violence through our records. it is a national shame that 98 of every 100 rapes that are reported don't even result in a charge. there should be a minister in the ministry ofjustice whose responsibility it is everyday to drive through our system cases of violence and abuse against women and girls. the matter is urgent and the government needs to act. , �* , ., , is urgent and the government needs toact. n ., to act. isn't this a bit over gordian — to act. isn't this a bit over gordian knot? _ to act. isn't this a bit over gordian knot? where - to act. isn't this a bit over gordian knot? where do | to act. isn't this a bit over. gordian knot? where do we to act. isn't this a bit over- gordian knot? where do we leap to act. isn't this a bit over— gordian knot? where do we leap into this? you're talking about women being taken seriously when they are harassed, when rape cases are properly prosecuted, but at the moment we appear not to have women who feel confident in these authorities. and we have also got, apparently, certainly in the police forces, which would mean they are not taken seriously in the first place. the culture surely has to change before women have the confidence to come forward? that is wh i have confidence to come forward? that is why i have argued _ confidence to come forward? that is why i have argued that _ confidence to come forward? that is why i have argued that there - confidence to come forward? that is why i have argued that there has - confidence to come forward? that is why i have argued that there has to | why i have argued that there has to be an independent enquiry that includes that question of the wider culture. but also, i have been arguing along with many others for years for the victim's law so that when victims of crime come into contact with the police, from that first moment it is enshrined in legislation, they have that right to specialist support and that support should continue throughout the criminaljustice process. putting victims first throughout the process, right up to the point at which the perpetrator is sentenced. and, indeed, beyond, because a trauma crime does not end for the victim at the end of the justice process. i victim at the end of the 'ustice rocess. ., , victim at the end of the 'ustice rocess. . , ., ,., y victim at the end of the 'ustice rocess. . , ., ,., , ., process. i am sure nobody would an ue process. i am sure nobody would argue with _ process. i am sure nobody would argue with there _ process. i am sure nobody would argue with there being _ process. i am sure nobody would argue with there being more - process. i am sure nobody would - argue with there being more support for victims, assuming the resources were made available. but when i was going to stop this wringing of hands over what is just fundamentally male violence against women and girls? notjust violence, it is overwhelmingly male violence. why do we need an enquiry to tell us what we need an enquiry to tell us what we already know? enquiries which often take years and arguably do not achieve much because the recommendations are not imposed with yellow the reason is that we need to know first of all precisely what went wrong in this case. why did this perpetrator slipped the net more than once? we need fundamental answers to that question in order to make sure that what we do actually fixes the problem. but i completely agree. the answer cannot be that it is women and girls who have to change their behaviour. absolutely not. we need that wider, systemic change and we need that on the vetting and misconduct procedures, right throughout our police and including organisations like the civil constabulary, which the perpetrator was working for and where there were deep concerns. but i would also say that the independent enquiry has to be comprehensive, transparent and it has to absolutely lead to action. too often we have had the situation where we have talked about strategies, the government this morning, the policing minister was saying it was up to police forces whether they treated violence against women and girls as serious or not. we against women and girls as serious or not. . .. ., ., ., against women and girls as serious ornot. . ., ., ., , ., ., or not. we cannot have a situation like that. this — or not. we cannot have a situation like that. this has _ or not. we cannot have a situation like that. this has to _ or not. we cannot have a situation like that. this has to be _ or not. we cannot have a situation like that. this has to be a - or not. we cannot have a situation j like that. this has to be a moment for powerful and systemic change. nick thomas—symonds, the shadow home secretary, thank you very much for to us. the headlines... following the murder of sarah everard, the metropolitan police have given you guidance about plainclothes officers and what people can do if stopped by one. critics say it isn't women who need to change their actions. more than 15 million households face higher energy bills from today is the biggest increase in the price cap so far comes into effect. covid vaccination passports are introduced for large—scale events in scotland but the app is hit by technical problems. more than 15 million households across england, scotland and wales are to face higher energy bills as the biggest ever increase in the energy price cap comes into effect today. a typical bill for customers on a standard tariff will rise by about £140 a year, with those on pre—payment meters expected to pay even more. our personal finance correspondent kevin peachey reports. as the temperature dips, so our energy bills rise. the cost of heating and lighting our homes is limited by the price cap, but this is the biggest ever increase at a time when many household budgets are being squeezed. a major shock. because we are on a static income, any form of major increase like this, you konw, our energy bill is probably our most significant cost every month in outgoings, and therefore when that happens it will have a tremendous effect. the new cap means they will now pay £1,277 a year if they use an average amount of gas and electricity — that's £139 a year more on their bill than under the previous cap. prepayment—meter customers face a higher typical bill of £1,309 a year — that's an increase of £153 on the previous time. those who use more than the average amount of energy in their homes will face bigger bills. regulators say they understand the financial pressure. totally recognise going into winter this is a hard time for a lot of consumers. and you know, if they are struggling to pay their bills they should contact their supplier because there is a range of help out there and the supplier can sort of point them in the direction of what help they can get. those affected are normally encouraged to switch suppliers for a cheaper deal. this time, the massive rise in the cost of wholesale gas in recent weeks has stripped the market of better offers. it's also led to the collapse of nine suppliers. their customers will now pay a more expensive tariff in line with the price cap. surviving firms say they are having to buy wholesale energy at a much higher price than the retail cap allows them to sell it for. it is what it is, we are doing our best to get our customers through it, we're trying to support well—run business through this period, and otherwise, if we need to do anything else, we're talking to government. analysts say companies' extra costs will be reflected when the cap is revised in the spring, at a level likely to be significantly more expensive for bill—payers. kevin peachey, bbc news. adam scorer is the chief executive of national energy action, the national fuel poverty charity. thank you forjoining us this thank you forjoining us this afternoon. what are your main concerns with the increase in this price cap? concerns with the increase in this rice ca - ? concerns with the increase in this --riceca? ., , concerns with the increase in this price cap?— concerns with the increase in this o-riceca? ., ,. price cap? the obvious concern as it will plunge — price cap? the obvious concern as it will plunge many — price cap? the obvious concern as it will plunge many more _ price cap? the obvious concern as it will plunge many more hundreds . price cap? the obvious concern as it will plunge many more hundreds of| will plunge many more hundreds of thousands of hassles into fuel poverty, which is clinging a warm home theirfingertips. it poverty, which is clinging a warm home their fingertips. it is the greatest set of awful coincidences that i can remember that erode people's incomes and increased expenditure and exposes them to the risk of serious debt and ill—health and we have 10,000 people who die every year in the uk directly as a result of cold homes. and ifear this can only add to that. result of cold homes. and i fear this can only add to that.- result of cold homes. and i fear this can only add to that. there is also the concern _ this can only add to that. there is also the concern about _ this can only add to that. there is also the concern about universall also the concern about universal credit being reduced from that temporary £20 a week that people have been receiving. how much will that exacerbate those problems? the enero that exacerbate those problems? tue: energy price that exacerbate those problems? he energy price rises affect that exacerbate those problems? ttl: energy price rises affect everybody but the combination of the erosion of incomes, unlike universal credit, the end of the furlough scheme, inflationary measures on food, national insurance contributions, they are a hammer blow to people who already are just trying to run that tightrope of often what are very tightrope of often what are very tight budgets but —— but which will now become negative budgets. they will not be able to afford the essentials of life.— will not be able to afford the essentials of life. ofgem said that if --eole essentials of life. ofgem said that if peeple are _ essentials of life. ofgem said that if people are concerned, - essentials of life. ofgem said that if people are concerned, they - essentials of life. ofgem said that i if people are concerned, they should contact their supplier for advice on how to afford their bills. how useful is that? how effective does that help tend to be? t useful is that? how effective does that help tend to be?— that help tend to be? i don't think it is hugely _ that help tend to be? i don't think it is hugely helpful, _ that help tend to be? i don't think it is hugely helpful, everybody - it is hugely helpful, everybody realises this isn't about getting a better deal in the market, this is about damage limitation. but if you are in debt or you are at risk of that, get in touch with your supplier straightaway. there is an obligation on suppliers to try to help people manage their debt by repaying at an affordable rate. check if you are eligible for the warm home rebate scheme, whether any efficiency schemes that can be put in place for you? it is a good idea always to check with your supplier but the idea that that is a sufficient or proportionate response to the crisis that many householders will face over the coming winter and into the spring is just not the case. into the spring is 'ust not the case. : :. into the spring is 'ust not the case. : ., :, ., ~ into the spring is 'ust not the case. : :, :, :, ~' i:, , case. adam scorer, thank you very much for talking _ case. adam scorer, thank you very much for talking to _ case. adam scorer, thank you very much for talking to us. _ case. adam scorer, thank you very much for talking to us. apologies l much for talking to us. apologies for some of the strange breakthrough noises we got during that interview. technical problems have been reported with scotland's covid vaccine passport app just hours after its launch, with overwhelming demand being blamed. from today, anyone entering a nightclub or other large scale event has to prove they've had two doses of a coronavirus vaccine. james shaw reports. scotland's vaccine passport scheme will have an impact across a range of live events. n ig htclu bs face particular challenges. everyone going in will have to be checked. they'll have to show a qr code on a smartphone or have a printout of their certificate. all my friends are so angry because they are waiting on this letter form of a vaccine passport — it's just ridiculous. i think they're a good idea. i think, there's nothing, like, wrong with it. i mean, if people are getting vaccinated then there's nothing wrong with showing you're vaccinated, do you know what i mean? seems like an imposition, i seems unreasonable, seems like another nail in the coffin for the hospitality sector. . we are expecting this to be quite challenging for businesses. and many businesses are reporting that they are going to struggle to have enough door stewards to actually check apps when people are coming in. and obviously people may well be appearing without any kind of certification because of the problems they have been experiencing with the app. it's not yet clear what the impact will be for the big football clubs, but they will be relieved that enforcement is being delayed. rangers will play hibernian here at ibrox on saturday, and the club has told fans they must turn up with proof of vaccination. but how many will be checked? and will any fans be turned away from these gates? the scottish government insists the scheme is essential to manage the pandemic, and they say the delay will make it easier for businesses. there will be a period ofjust over two weeks when businesses get the opportunity to make sure the arrangements they have in place to do this are tested, can be adapted if necessary, and businesses get the confidence in those arrangements. no other part of the uk is bringing in a scheme quite like scotland's. as before, during the pandemic, the scottish approach is different and more cautious than elsewhere. james shaw, bbc news, glasgow. the office for national statistics says covid infection rates in secondary age school children in england has reached the highest level recorded, with more than 4.5% testing positive. but across the uk the rates remain broadly stable, with one in 80 people — equivalent to 1.2% of the population in their survey — testing positive for coronavirus in the week ending 25th september. motorists could continue to face long queues at petrol stations for another week or so, according to the government. the policing minister kit malthouse said there's still strong demand for fuel in some parts of the country, and the prime minister will review the situation if it deteriorates further. our transport correspondent caroline davies is here. very confusing, sometimes you are reading on various websites that things are getting better and then it isn't? tt things are getting better and then it isn't? . things are getting better and then it isn't? , ., .. , things are getting better and then it isn't? , ., , :, it isn't? it is quite a case of mixed messages _ it isn't? it is quite a case of mixed messages in - it isn't? it is quite a case of mixed messages in one - it isn't? it is quite a case of| mixed messages in one way it isn't? it is quite a case of. mixed messages in one way to it isn't? it is quite a case of- mixed messages in one way to break this down is a lot of people supplying the fuel say that is now improving and they're starting to see supplies coming in whereas some people selling the fuel say they are still seeing that being outstripped and they are running dry. we heard from the petrol retailers association and they do a survey of members every day to see how many are running dry. they said that 26% were still running wright brothers yesterday it was 27% so a marginal improvement but they say still not fast enough to get to a point where they are able to sustain the supply and demand at a normal level. the government _ and demand at a normal level. the government was going to make available these temporary visas to get more drivers and hgv drivers into the country to work. how effective has that been? is it even got started? tt effective has that been? is it even got started?— got started? it has not started yet so they have _ got started? it has not started yet so they have to — got started? it has not started yet so they have to do _ got started? it has not started yet so they have to do the _ got started? it has not started yet so they have to do the initial- got started? it has not started yet so they have to do the initial run l so they have to do the initial run when they put the announcement out for these 5000 visas, most for rude drivers and some of them for a fuel truck drivers and they did say they would have to be recruited by these particular agencies and then the visas will be processed, which takes about 15 days. the process has not got underway yet, it is meant to start early this month but were not sure of the date and everybody has to lead by the time it gets to the 24th of december. people in the haulage industry are concerned that is much too short of a time and they wanted a six month visa because that gives them more time to be able to train uk drivers and it was also more appealing for drivers in the eu would have to up sticks, drop everything and come over and operate here. they are concerned the shorter those visas get, the less appealing they will be. those visas get, the less appealing they will be— they will be. caroline, thank you very much _ they will be. caroline, thank you very much indeed. _ they will be. caroline, thank you very much indeed. the - they will be. caroline, thank you very much indeed. the green i they will be. caroline, thank you i very much indeed. the green party has elected two new leaders, colin daniel and adrian ramsay or the co—leaders of the party after jonathan bartley stood down and sian berry chose not to seek re—election. better late than never we got to see who they were, with their masks. tens of thousands of pigs may have to be culled if the government doesn't take urgent action to ease a labour shortage which is creating backlogs on farms across the country. that's the warning from farmers and farming unions, who are calling for more visas to be issued to allow skilled workers from mainland europe to enter the uk. our rural affairs correspondent, claire marshall, reports. pig farmers say they're desperate and in despair at the impact of the staffing crisis facing many abbatoirs. if mature pigs can't be taken away, it leads to overcrowding on farms, which could cause serious animal welfare and hygiene issues. once pigs get too big, retailers don't want to buy them. a friend of the farmer who was forced to slaughter his piglets on his farm said he'd been destroyed by it. according to the british meat processors association, before brexit and the pandemic, around 80% of the staff in two of the uk's biggest meat processing centres were from eastern europe. the government recently created temporary visas for lorry drivers we have tried to do everything in terms of increasing wages and things like that but lots of people, there are lots ofjob vacancies out there at the moment. it is really hard to recruit. particularly, what we need a skilled butcher is to do this and this isn't something we can just pull people off the street to do. the government recently created temporary visas for poultry workers to dictum —— to minimise disruption in the run—up to christmas. the national pig association wants a similar scheme for its industry. the government said it was working closely with the sector to explore options. claire marshall, bbc news. let's ta ke let's take a look at the weather forecast. another blustery day out there but a much brighter day across much of the uk, there are some showers around but a chilly through the rest of the afternoon, many places will stay dry. most of the showers are running into north wales and north—west england but especially northern ireland and western scotland, some heavy with hail and thunder in the wind is picking up further across north—west of scotland and may be gusts of 50 or 60 miles an hour or so during the later stages of the d'hondt temperatures mainly in the mid to low teens but 18 or 19 degrees with the sunshine across east anglia and south—east england. tonight, showers continue, especially towards the north—west, clear spells elsewhere and temperatures dipping lower than last night, you will notice the change most in wales and england were last night was so very mild, widespread single figures overnight into the morning. early rain in northern ireland tomorrow than brighter skies and rain pushing on across scotland and the bulk of the really heavy rain moving in tomorrow with the strengthening winds, that will be wales, england and a good 30 or a0 millimetres and the places and difficult travel conditions. this is bbc news. the headlines... following the murder of sarah everard, the metropolitan police give new guidance about plain clothes officers and what people can do if stopped by one of them. critics say it isn't women who need to change their actions. it puts the onus on women. to keep themselves safe again. it is not about the women, it's about the men that are killing us. especially if those men are the people that are paid and appointed to keep us safe. more than 15 million households face higher energy bills from today, as the biggest increase in the price cap so far comes into effect. covid vaccination passports are introduced for large scale events in scotland, but the app is hit by technical problems. travel in and out of australia will resume in november, but only for people who are fully vaccinated. celebrating the start of black history month, we'll talk to the photographer and film maker simon fredrick later in the hour. sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. rangers have contacted uefa about the booing and jeering glen kamara was subjected to in prague last night. just months after the finland midfielder was racially abused by a slavia prague player, he was targetted during their 1—0 europa league defeat by sparta prague. the game was initially supposed to be played behind closed doors, after sparta supporters had racially abused a monaco player in an earlier match, but it was later decided to allow 10,000 schoolchildren to attend. manager steven gerrard said "these things keep raising their head far too often and the punishments are not enough". sparta have denied the allegations and responded saying, "it is absolutely unbelievable that after a match we have to watch innocent children being attacked and face unfounded accusations of racism." premier league players will be allowed to travel to read list countries for world cup qualifiers if they are fully vaccinated. tottenham's giovani lo celso was one of four england —based argentine players who played in a match against brazil last month which was bizarrely stopped by brazilian health officials saying we had to quarantine. forthis health officials saying we had to quarantine. for this international break, english —based players including for me now will be able to travel but have to quarantine in the uk. they will be permitted to leave quarantine once a day to train or play. the former england captain terry butcher has called for heading to be phased out of football. saying that you can recover from broken legs, but not a heavy brain impact. butcher's career standout moment was arguably this iconic photo of him with a bloodied bandage after a clash of heads withjohnny ekstrom in england's 1989 match against sweden. butcher told the bbc sportsdesk podcast football's authorities should consider banning heading from the game to protect players from suffering from brain diseases later in life. studies show players are 3.5 times more likely to die from degenerative brain diseases. there is something in our sport, football, that can be catastrophic for players in the future. injuries, yes, broken legs, cruciate, you can recoverfrom yes, broken legs, cruciate, you can recover from them, and very well generally. you don't recover and will never recover from a real huge and heavy brain trauma, huge and heavy brain impact and that something we really have to consider and it's a sobering thought and a horrible thought but these happen everyday in games, not much now, there is not much football played on there is not much football played on the floor but it has the potential in the game. you have only got to look atjimenez of wolves to see a fractured skull, that something that should be consigned to history and should be consigned to history and should never happen again. you can find the full podcast at bbc sounds. sports editor dan roan, sarah mullkerins and nesta mcgregor all ask former england captain terry butcher, "should football ban heading?" that's the bbc sportsdesk podcast. warwickshire are the new champions of the bob willis trophy. they easily beat lancashire at lord's. tom bailey was the last man to fall as warwickshire secured the victory by an innings and 199 runs, with a day and a half to spare. that completes a domestic double for warwickshire, who also won the county championship. british boxerjoejoyce says he trusts he will be awarded an olympic gold medal, after an independent investigation found officials manipulated the outcome of matches at rio 2016. joyce lost his super heavyweight final to france's tony yoka and that was one of 11 "suspicious" bouts. the head of the investigation, professor richard mclaren, said a system for the manipulation of fights was in place. the sport's world giverning body the aiba said it noted the report with "concern". joyce has released a statement, saying he was sad to see corruption in the sport he loves and he'll be considering the finding with his legal team. he added... that's all the sport for now. more now on our top story. the metropolitan police has explained how it intends to better protect women and girls, after the murder of sarah everard. anyone stopped by a lone plain clothes police officer can challenge their legitimacy, and request to speak to an operator, but critics say the onus should not be on women to change their actions. i'm joined now by emma kay, founder of walk safe, a personal safety app for women that emma says "shouldn't have to exist". thank you forjoining us. tell us what your app does and why you set it up. hi. what your app does and why you set it u -. :. ~ what your app does and why you set it u -. . ~' , :, , what your app does and why you set itu. . , : what your app does and why you set itu. :. , . :, it up. hi, thank you very much for havin: it up. hi, thank you very much for having me- _ it up. hi, thank you very much for having me. ultimately, _ it up. hi, thank you very much for having me. ultimately, i- it up. hi, thank you very much for having me. ultimately, i set - it up. hi, thank you very much for having me. ultimately, i set up . it up. hi, thank you very much for. having me. ultimately, i set up the 3pp having me. ultimately, i set up the app for exactly this reason. we were just seeing so many issues with sexually harassment and things, as young children back in the day and my history growing up was quite shocking compared to my partner. ultimately, ourapp shocking compared to my partner. ultimately, our app is there to enable users to have information in the palm of their hands and we believe knowledge is power. our app helps people plan safer routes and thatis helps people plan safer routes and that is through the use of recent crime within the area. they can check the map and check to see where trouble hotspots have been. we also have home safe which is a really fantastic feature where if you fail to get home in time and alert is sent to your protector of your last known location. it is completely free and we are people to use it, because i think at the moment, there is a need for it in the world. you see would _ is a need for it in the world. you see would rather— is a need for it in the world. you see would rather you _ is a need for it in the world. you see would rather you didn't have any need for this app at all. we seem to be a long way from that at the moment. but... in an idealworld, women wouldn't have to change their behaviour, but your app really is very much on giving them options so they can if they wish?— they can if they wish? 100%. i can't bear the victim _ they can if they wish? 100%. i can't bear the victim blaming _ they can if they wish? 100%. i can't bear the victim blaming sort - they can if they wish? 100%. i can't bear the victim blaming sort of- bear the victim blaming sort of attitude of that the onus is on us to carry rape alarms and wear white clothing, although those are safety tips that we do talk about. however, i'm very aware as a woman myself that i can't take all the safety measures in the world and these things are still out there in the world and i wish they weren't. so our app is world and i wish they weren't. so ourapp is meant world and i wish they weren't. so our app is meant to be empowering, not meant to be fearmongering. it's meant to give you the knowledge and the power so you can decide on the day what routes you want to take and avoid those hotspots. and as a mother myself, i do check my mat before i go out, i don't want to seek debt —— take certain danger routes or have worries in my head when i'm walking with my daughter and baby. like i said before, it's about empowering the user. your father was _ about empowering the user. your father was a _ about empowering the user. your father was a metropolitan police officer. what was it about his experiences that prompted you to develop this app? t experiences that prompted you to develop this app?— develop this app? i really think that i develop this app? i really think that i grew _ develop this app? i really think that i grew up _ develop this app? i really think that i grew up thinking - develop this app? i really think i that i grew up thinking everybody else around me had this awareness of their own safety and i soon came to realise i think that was no really the things he instilled in me to share myjourney and plan my route ahead and walk in groups, although sorts of practical things and not using your headphones walking down a dark alley, they were really instilled in me from such a young age and i think that after tragic cases, i think my passion of trying to share as much as i have learned throughout the years vital because i think all of these things could help save a life, so it's important. the a n n save a life, so it's important. the a-- also save a life, so it's important. the app also contains _ save a life, so it's important. the app also contains a _ save a life, so it's important. the app also contains a dead switch which sends an alert if the tap that the user makes stops so you can be trying triangulate it if you go messing, an appalling thought but excellent feature. to what extent do you believe that this shouldn't be down to us needing an app, that it should be men who are looking to themselves to behave differently? going back, you raise a really good point about our feature. we analysed our data in the last six months to find 20,000 people have felt unsafe in those six months and have used tap safe. i agree, we should not need these things and i don't think the onus should be on women, but what i do love about the app is that it is there, should people needed and the sad thing is when i look at the data, there is a need for it. would i like more to be done? would i like these sorts of issues challenge from a young age, we need more education, going towards school age. yes, i do and there are amazing charities out there which help men out there take the onus of making sure they are treating women in a certain way. there are lots of initiatives out there and i hope that people are starting to research into and find helpful.— into and find helpful. thank you. thank you _ into and find helpful. thank you. thank you very _ into and find helpful. thank you. thank you very much. _ australia is to open its borders to fully vaccinated travellers from next month. the country has had some of the toughest travel restrictions in the world during the pandemic. our correspondent in sydney is shaimaa khalil. australia is changing its strategy to ramp up vaccination rates. the prime minister announced today that fully vaccinated travellers will be able to come back to state that have reached 80% full vaccination. as it stands, new south wales where i am is set to be the first state to do so, to be able to open its international borders for a seven—day home quarantine for fully vaccinated travellers. as of now, this is going to apply only to australian citizens and permanent residents. there are some details that have come out. for example, we know that the vaccinations have to be some of those who are approved by the medical associations and medical authorities here. but we also know that some other vaccinations have been added from china and india. we also now different parts of australia are handling this differently as well. with how they have dealt with covid—19 pandemic so far. no doubt, there is a huge deal of excitement about the prospect of international travel being available and being an option for so many people after nearly two years of isolation from the world. five years after 15—year—old natasha ednan laperouse died from a severe allergic reaction, after eating a baguette which she didn't know contained sesame seeds, a law in her name has come into effect across the uk it means all food packaging must contain a full list of ingredients and allergens. natasha's parents, who've campaigned for the rules to be changed, have welcomed the law, saying their daughter would be very proud. john maguire has the story. her death may well save many, many lives. natasha ednan—laperouse was flying from heathrow with herfather and best friend when she bought some food. a baguette from pret a manger. natasha knew she had a food allergy and always checked labels. but the bread had been baked with sesame seeds, not included in the list of ingredients and which triggered a severe reaction. natasha suffered several cardiac arrests on the plane and died later in a french hospital. she was only 15. a very painful and poignant thing to have happened to any family, but it happened to us and in many ways, while we dedicate natasha's law to natasha, in fact, it is for the people, all those 2,000,000 people, that they may live a long, fruitful life. this new legislation comes into force today and closes a loophole so that now, all pre—wrapped food including sandwiches, fast food and cheese or meat from deli counters, must be clearly labelled with a full list of ingredients. also, 1a major allergens including eggs, peanuts and sesame seeds, must be highlighted in the list. we think this is really important, it's going to make a big difference to the 2,000,000 or so allergen sufferers in the uk and there is more, 600,000 with coeliac disease, more with food intolerance and it means if they go into a shop and grab and go with a sandwich, they can quickly check the label and find out if their ingredient is on there. natasha's parents describe it as a bittersweet moment for them, but five years on from their daughter's death, say they know in their hearts she would be very proud of the new rules in her name — natasha's law. john maguire, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... following the murder of sarah everard, the metropolitan police give new guidance about plain clothes officers and what people can do if stopped by one of them. critics say it isn't women who need to change their actions. more than 15 million households face higher energy bills from today, as the biggest increase in the price cap so far comes into effect. covid vaccination passports are introduced for large scale events in scotland, but the app is hit by technical problems. possibly a victim of its own success, too many people trying to access it, let's speak to the operations detector of the buff club, the sort of venue where people from later on in the month will need to show that they have one of these passports. what do you think of the idea? t passports. what do you think of the idea? ~ :. passports. what do you think of the idea? ~' ., :, ., ., .. idea? i think the idea of a vaccine o-assort, idea? i think the idea of a vaccine passport. that's _ idea? i think the idea of a vaccine passport, that's not _ idea? i think the idea of a vaccine passport, that's not really - idea? i think the idea of a vaccine passport, that's not really for - idea? i think the idea of a vaccine passport, that's not really for ourj passport, that's not really for our industry to 100% see is right or wrong. i think the issue we are having up you at the moment is more to do with the introduction of it and the timescales with things that decodes sap being only released last night. it doesn't exactly allow us a huge emotive time to prepare and plan. the introduction of the first minister announced in the beginning of the week where at least going to get the next 18 days to bed this and slowly hopefully. get the next 18 days to bed this and slowly hopefully-— slowly hopefully. what sort of preparations _ slowly hopefully. what sort of preparations are _ slowly hopefully. what sort of preparations are you - slowly hopefully. what sort of preparations are you trying i slowly hopefully. what sort of preparations are you trying to | slowly hopefully. what sort of - preparations are you trying to make in time during that grace period was lack the in time during that grace period was lac < in time during that grace period was lac 1 , , in time during that grace period was lack the i guess familiarisation. obviously with _ lack the i guess familiarisation. obviously with only _ lack the i guess familiarisation. obviously with only releasing . lack the i guess familiarisation. i obviously with only releasing the 3pp obviously with only releasing the app yesterday, it'sjust obviously with only releasing the app yesterday, it's just getting used to how a proper screen should look, getting the qr code reader is ready, and just managing your 0 and staff to handle it and good customer service. at the end of the day we are in the entertainment business and for people to enjoy themselves as much as following rules and regulation, we don't want to destroy that atmosphere before the night has even begun. that atmosphere before the night has even beoun. ~ :. that atmosphere before the night has even beoun. . ., :, even begun. what sort of reservations _ even begun. what sort of reservations might - even begun. what sort of reservations might you i even begun. what sort of i reservations might you and even begun. what sort of - reservations might you and your staff have that you are effectively having to police this? t staff have that you are effectively having to police this?— having to police this? i think that inevitably the _ having to police this? i think that inevitably the worry _ having to police this? i think that inevitably the worry for _ having to police this? i think thatj inevitably the worry for ourselves is that being the first in the uk to be introducing the passport scheme, it's going to mean that it's, the teething problems are likely to come out first about and i think there are issues regarding health exemptions, regarding people vaccinating in other areas of the uk, issues regarding the fact that with all the test events in the previous things that have been done, you were not allowed to do a negative lateral flow test with the current covid—status certificate in scotland that has introduced today, there is only double vaccination, that the only way to allow you access. it just that the only way to allow you access. itjust make it more difficult for us, we are the front line in terms of communicating to the customers in terms of what the expectations are and that leaves us in a very difficult situation. we have to deal with the consequences either way. have to deal with the consequences either wa . �* , :, . either way. briefly, how much safer will our either way. briefly, how much safer will your staff _ either way. briefly, how much safer will your staff feel _ either way. briefly, how much safer will your staff feel that _ either way. briefly, how much safer will your staff feel that they - either way. briefly, how much safer will your staff feel that they are - will your staff feel that they are letting people in because they are double vaccinated with the passport rather than having to share a lateral flow test?— rather than having to share a lateral flow test? lateralflow test? honestly, i don't think the lateralflow test? honestly, i don't thinkthe staff— lateral flow test? honestly, i don't think the staff themselves - lateral flow test? honestly, i don't think the staff themselves will - lateral flow test? honestly, i don'tj think the staff themselves will feel more safe or not safe. obviously staff are exempt from this rule so they don't need to be double vaccinated, it's only the customers. there is a bit of discrepancy there and we also hopefully know that even though you are double vaccinated it doesn't mean that you won't become covid—positive and you might also transmitted to other people. i'm not sure given that we have been open the past couple of months that there is a huge difference from a safety point of view for the staff. maybe it reassures a few people, but for the majority of us, i think you have been working over the past weeks, it's almost too late to be honest from that sort of sense of things, with exposure or anything like that. i think it's more of point of view of trying to improve vaccination rates amongst young people, is ultimately the main driver for this. good luck with it, thank you very much. :. ~ good luck with it, thank you very much. . ~ i. a new law has come into force which bans under 18s in england from getting botox style injections or dermal lip fillers, for cosmetic reasons. it follows years of campaigning to regulate the non—surgical beauty industry. while the ban provides greater protection to teenagers, adult customers are still at risk as our health correspondent anna collinson reports. i could feel blood just trickling down the side of my face. laura was offered a cheap filler treatment to plump up her lips, but the practitioner accidentally punctured an artery. my lip was black. particularly underneath. the inside of my lip had just filled with blood. i almost passed out, the shock of seeing the state of my face. complications like this need to be dealt with quickly to prevent more serious possible problems, like blindness. but laura says her practitioner panicked and did not know what to do. many practitioners, including ones at this clinic, adhere to strict safety guidelines, but due to a lack of regulation in the nonsurgical beauty industry, effectively anyone can carry out potentially dangerous treatments. from today, there will be more protection, but only for some. frown for me, yeah, really angry. it's now illegal for under 18s to receive botox—style injections or dermalfillers in england for non—medical reasons. for purely cosmetic treatments, really, you don't really need anything when you are so young. so it would be unnecessary, it would be a waste of time, a waste of money. feeling 0k? 0k, brilliant. latest figures estimate around 70,000 of these treatments are carried out under 18s per year. updates on possible legislation in wales and scotland are expected in the near future. this law change is an important step for the industry, but there's still a long way to go. the fact that these treatments can be done by anyone with no - training or no experience, - they can purchase their products over the internet and insurance is a huge thing for us, - we really want to make it a legal requirement. - and anyone over 18 remains as vulnerable as ever, like laura. anna collinson, bbc news. today is the start of black history month, with events taking place throughout october celebrating black culture and heritage. the annual commemoration was first held in the uk in 1987 to recognise the contribution that african and caribbean people have made to this country over many generations. this year's theme is "proud to be," with the aim of encouraging black people of all ages to tell their stories. joining me now is photographer and filmmaker simon fredrick who is about to release a 6—part docuseries on youtube called the outsiders, showcasing black talent from all over the world who tell their own stories about overcoming adversity. simon, thank you very much for joining us. sounds look a fascinating project. how did you choose who to include when you have got so many people with stories to tell? . �* , ., ., , :, tell? that's a great question, i think when _ tell? that's a great question, i think when we _ tell? that's a great question, i think when we started - tell? that's a great question, i think when we started to - tell? that's a great question, i think when we started to write j tell? that's a great question, i - think when we started to write our list, we started off with i think 150 people and i think when we finished, the list was up to about six or 700 people. it was really difficult to whittle that list down and then it reallyjust came to who was available at the time we were shooting. of course, we made this during the pandemic and covid, so it was really quite difficult to get people enduring cover destructions. you have tried to include people from as wide a range of backgrounds as possible. how is that breadth of experience reflected in the stories they are telling? t experience reflected in the stories they are telling?— they are telling? i mean, i think a lot of the times _ they are telling? i mean, i think a lot of the times people _ they are telling? i mean, i think a lot of the times people think - they are telling? i mean, i think a lot of the times people think that| lot of the times people think that when it comes to black people it's just about singing, dancing, playing football. but people do other things. we have an 18—year—old who is an environmentalist, we have people who are writing algorithms that will shape our futures. so it's really about showing the breadth of talent that there is within the black diaspora and allowing them to tell us their stories in a way that their stories will connect with us as human beings.— their stories will connect with us as human beings. how important was it for ou as human beings. how important was it for you to — as human beings. how important was it for you to not _ as human beings. how important was it for you to not only _ as human beings. how important was it for you to not only reflect _ as human beings. how important was it for you to not only reflect the - it for you to not only reflect the adversity, that people may have experienced in getting to be successful, but also to celebrate the possibilities, that idea of the potential that is within the black diaspora? potential that is within the black diasora? :. v potential that is within the black diasora? . �*, ., ., potential that is within the black diasora? :, �*, :, :, , :, diaspora? that's a great question, because i think _ diaspora? that's a great question, because i think a _ diaspora? that's a great question, because i think a lot _ diaspora? that's a great question, because i think a lot of _ diaspora? that's a great question, because i think a lot of the - diaspora? that's a great question, because i think a lot of the time i because i think a lot of the time when black stories are told, it's always about the adversity, but out of adversity there is always triumph, so for us, it was really important to show the light and shade of the story so that people could really see the full breadth of someone's humanity and also the lived experience of their stories. but this is black history month, so i'm guessing that as much as they are talking about contemporaneous lives and success and their hopes for the future, they are also drawing on where they have come from, what their own history has been? . :. �* . from, what their own history has been? , :, �*, :, from, what their own history has been? , . �*, ., ., been? yes, that's a great point, the thin with been? yes, that's a great point, the thing with this _ been? yes, that's a great point, the thing with this report _ been? yes, that's a great point, the thing with this report people - been? yes, that's a great point, the thing with this report people who i thing with this report people who are all under a0, by the way, is that they are very much cognisant of the fact that they stand on the shoulders of others. and they very much know that, that they have a responsibility that black success comes with the responsibility that is very much part part and parcel of representing other black people who look at those people as an example. the outsiders, available to stream from monday on youtube originals. wishing you plenty of success with it, thank you very much for talking to us. :. ~ it, thank you very much for talking to us. . ~ i. it, thank you very much for talking to us. :, ~' ,, , it, thank you very much for talking tous. . , . it, thank you very much for talking tous. :. , : :, to us. thank you very much for havin: to us. thank you very much for having me- _ to us. thank you very much for having me- a _ to us. thank you very much for having me. a lot _ to us. thank you very much for having me. a lot of— to us. thank you very much for| having me. a lot of background to us. thank you very much for - having me. a lot of background noise toda , i having me. a lot of background noise today, i apologise. _ it may be one of the brighter day today but we have not finished with low pressure, spells of wind and rain around over the next several days and indeed into the weekend. we will see some rain at some stage, the wind picking up as well and there will be travel disruption out of this in some spots as well. the culprit for the weekend is an area of low pressure which on saturday will bring a swathes of heavy rain across particularly wales and england. when strengthening, gales and places, eastern scotland very wet, saturday night and sunday morning, low bringing strong wind across the far north of scotland on sunday. we will get to that but todayis sunday. we will get to that but today is one of the brighter days as you can see from the latest satellite picture. gaps in the cloud and shower cloud giving some spells of sunshine but showers around. particularly across the north west of the uk, north—west, northern ireland, especially western scotland, really gusty winds developing as well. 50—60 mph as we go through the later stages of the day. the first part of tonight, hill and thunder possible with these showers as well. they will continue into tonight, across north—western parts, gathering towards wales through the later stages of tonight. a much cooler night tonight, especially wales and england, widespread single figure temperatures. enter tomorrow, widespread single figure temperatures. entertomorrow, it may start the day dry, but it's a case of waiting for that heavy rain to come from that area of low pressure. early rain clears from northern ireland and much of the day is a dry with sunny spells, rain pushing into scotland but wales and england, look at the bright colours, seeing heavy rain with 30—a0 millimetres. when picking up, temperatures in the mid—low teens. some of the strongest winds towards the south coast of england than in the seacoast, particularly east anglia going to saturday afternoon into saturday evening. up to six to five miles an hour, exposed coast before using on sunday. blustery day, she was moving west to east, persistent rain and gusts in the northern isles may be between 16 and 17 —— 60 and 70. temperatures meant low teens, sunshine with showers on monday. low pressure tuesday. this is bbc news. the headlines... following the murder of sarah everard, the metropolitcan police gives new guidance about plainclothes officers, and what people can do if stopped by one. but critics say it isn't women who need to change their actions. it puts the onus on women. it is not about the women, it's about the men that are killing us. especially if those men are the people that are paid and appointed to keep us safe. more than 15 million households face higher energy bills from today as the biggest increase in the price cap so far comes into effect. covid vaccination passports are introduced for large scale events in scotland but the app is hit by technical problems. travel in and out of australia will resume in november but only for people who are fully vaccinated. and today marks the start of black history month in the uk, with events around the country focusing on black culture and heritage. and at 3:30pm... we will answer your questions on the energy price cap rising and what that means for our bills. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the metropolitan police has been laying out measures to try to reassure the public, in the wake of the murder of sarah everard by a serving officer. the force says it will no longer deploy plain clothes officers on their own, and has urged anyone stopped by one to ask to check their credentials. but critics say the onus should not be on women to change their actions. it's also emerged that wayne couzens, who was handed a whole life term yesterday for kidnapping and murdering sarah everard, was believed to be in a whatsapp group with other officers, who are now being investigated after allegedly sharing discriminatory messages. this report from megan patterson. officers with a duty to serve and an expectation to protect. the actions of one man questioning those principles and the trust the public can place in met police. this man has brought shame on the met. speaking frankly, as an organisation, we have been rocked. wayne couzens, seen here showing his warrant card, then used his handcuffs in the grotesquely executed series of offences which led to sarah everard's murder. questions too about police culture and attitudes of officers. in a letter to mps, the met admits part of couzens' vetting may not have been undertaken correctly. they will not be able to rebuild trust unless they are open about the things that have gone wrong. that means we need an independent inquiry into this case, into why allegations were not followed up, into how such a dangerous man could be a police officer for such a long time. and into the wider culture. now, in new safety advice, the met is urging anyone who believes an officer represents a threat to them to shout out to passers—by, wave down a bus or call the 999 control room. but the practicalities of that advice have caused concern. it puts the onus on women to keep themselves safe again. it's not about the women, it's about the men killing us, especially if those men are the people who are paid and appointed to keep us safe. this is on the met to find those men and get them out of the met, not for us to have to check and double—check if a police officer is an officer. every one of us would have got in the car, there is nothing sarah could have done, this is not on her, this is 100% on wayne couzens. what happened to sarah everard felt around the country. i've lost a bit of trust now. i think when people are in charge you expect they are doing the job properly and trying to keep you safe, i don't think you would ever challenge that. i would have to step it up and say, can you provide more _ thanjust your police id? the force says it will publish a strategy for tackling violence against women and girls, 650 new officers will be deployed in areas where people feel unsafe, indecent exposure allegations will be treated more seriously. the thousands and thousands of police officers who are out there apprehending criminals and seeking to keep us all safe everyday need to be able to go about their business but i do recognise the implications of this particular incident and the blow it has struck towards trust. at the heart of this debate about improvements to policing, a woman who simply was trying to walk home. the force has faced numerous challenges in the met�*s 200—year history. restoring confidence in its officers among the biggest yet. megan patterson, bbc news. i have been speaking to our legal affairs correspondent, dominic casciani, about the whatsapp messages that have allegedly been shared between officers. there are five officers who are under investigation as part of this. not all of them are in the metropolitan police. our understanding is the content was misogynist in nature so i think you can draw your own conclusions about the types of messages or images being shared. this is being characterised as potential gross misconduct, so it could be a very serious incident, but it will take time before we get an announcement from the watchdog about whether or not this will lead to disciplinary proceedings here. it is worth stressing that couzens will not face any kind of investigation in relation to that, it is a waste of time given he is in prison for life. the interesting thing about that is while senior police chiefs are in a complete state of existential angst at the moment about what this means for policing and trust in policing, particularly when you take into account lord justice fulford's comments about how couzens had undermined trust in policing and society. when you have officers in this situation, sharing this content, it raises wider issues around culture and who polices the police and who is overseeing that culture and trying to change it and that is why there are so many calls today for the metropolitan police to do more, to really enquire into its own culture and for government to come up with a better way of vetting and filtering who gets into the police. it will notjust be the met? other forces might have to change the way they recruit and how they vet people, if the policing by consent in this country is to mean anything? there was a case during the lockdown of an officer from west midlands police who assaulted a woman in the street and he used his police persona, he acted out a reason to detain her. during that incident. he was dismissed from the force and he was given a community sentence. that shows that clearly you can have bad people in all police forces and we know the figures over ten years, there have been about 190 police officers and staff in the met who have faced some kind of sexual offence allegation. there is clearly something there. the police are saying, we are trying to work our way through this and we have all the professional standards in and our vetting meets a national standard and is compliant but it is clearly not good enough for a lot of people who have lost trust in the police that is why you hear yvette cooper saying we have to have a proper national inquiry because it is only when you get to the facts about how bad a problem is that you can start moving on. in many respects this feels, is this moment very similar to the moment the metropolitan police faced over stephen lawrence more than 20 years ago? they were told in the public inquiry that the met was institutionally racist, it led to this real question of how to move on and in many respects this is starting to feel at that moment for a lot of people. the mayor of london sadiq khan has been speaking about the murder of sarah everard and he said he retained confidence in the metropolitan police commissioner, cressida dick. you can't run away from the fact that this sexual predator, this man who abducted, raped and killed sarah and set her body alight was a serving police officer, you cannot run away from that. this was somebody who joined the kent police service, transferred to the met police service and served for at least two years. that is why it is so important that we get to the bottom of whether other people were aware about any improper comments, about his behaviour, we have to look into allegations made previously and make sure we address notjust the police service and the criminaljustice system but across society, this culture of misogyny. that is paramount. i am confident that cressida dick is the right person to bring about the transformation that is needed. the issue of violence against women and girls will not be addressed by one officer, we have to make sure that the education our boys receive in school, that is right, not girls having to change their behaviour, we have to change the law and misogyny should be a hate crime and harassment of women in a public place should be criminal. how is it right that only 3% of those who report rape rape are found guilty. there has to be a transformative effect across society and, by the way, i support the inspector when she says there is an epidemic in society when it comes to violence against women and girls, it requires a whole society response. sadiq khan. i'm joined now by hera hussain. founder of chayn, an organistaion that fights against gender—based violence. she's in manchester. thank you forjoining us. explain to us briefly what your organisation does, how the online tools are used? thank you for having me. we use online tools like guides and community support to help survivors who are facing gender—based violence in their own language and the resources are treated by them, things like how do i heal, from trauma, what are the child custody laws, what can i do if i'm feeling unsafe online? the kind of things that women go online on their mobile late at night or early in the morning when alone, feeling hopeless. getting them those answers in their own language. tt is in their own language. it is important- _ in their own language. it is important. we _ in their own language. it is important. we are - in their own language. it is important. we are hearing from the metropolitan police that plainclothes officers were no longer be deployed on their own. how welcome our response is that as a first step? tt welcome our response is that as a first ste - ? . welcome our response is that as a first ste? , , ., welcome our response is that as a first ste - ? , , . ., first step? it is strange that all ofthe first step? it is strange that all of the things — first step? it is strange that all of the things that _ first step? it is strange that all of the things that have - first step? it is strange that all of the things that have come i first step? it is strange that all. of the things that have come out from the met are superficial because the problem is the whole organisation, there is a systemic issue, the whole thing is rotten. the fact there are no solo officers, evenif the fact there are no solo officers, even if there are two and the ask you to get into the car, as a citizen you have very little power to say no and it isn'tjust the legal power, it is the social power they have. especially in over policed communities with black and brown people, i don't know any single person who would feel safe in that introduction, especially with two and when the stories are coming out about what we know, this isn't a one off. the way we are hearing from the met is it is just about wayne couzens but it isn't, there is only one whatsapp group they have found my, there are probably hundreds at there. the issue is with the way the police are structured, the way they are hired and the way they are not vetted or trained. where are the solutions for that? that is what i want to know and that is victim blaming advice from the police, like flag down a bus, we know that and women are well aware of how to ask for help but how do you do that when the person you are feeling unsafe from as someone who is supposed to keep you safe? you from as someone who is supposed to keep you safe?— from as someone who is supposed to keep you safe? you mentioned nicole smallman and — keep you safe? you mentioned nicole smallman and bibaa _ keep you safe? you mentioned nicole smallman and bibaa henry, _ keep you safe? you mentioned nicole smallman and bibaa henry, the - smallman and bibaa henry, the photographs of their crime scene was shared by officers. how much of a watershed might sarah everard's death actually turn out to be? there are lots of conversations and hand—wringing going on about what needs to happen. but at the moment, it is only talk. what is your hope for the future? t it is only talk. what is your hope for the future?— for the future? i hope that this talk turns _ for the future? i hope that this talk turns into _ for the future? i hope that this talk turns into action _ for the future? i hope that this talk turns into action and - for the future? i hope that this talk turns into action and we i for the future? i hope that this i talk turns into action and we think about the fact that we live in a culture of misogyny and rape culture and how do we approve that went 97% of young girls say they have experienced harassment? and the children in schools are talking about them being exploited over nudes. we need to look at consent education, how do we reform the legal system so they are based around victim safety and wellness? if you report a rape your therapy notes can be submitted in court, which stops survivors of sexual assault. they are so traumatised, from asking for support. the police is a very big part of this but it is a whole system that we need to reform. why isn't misogyny a hate crime? there is the fact that the police thought that indecent exposure is a one—off thing, it isn'tjust exposure is a one—off thing, it isn't just that, exposure is a one—off thing, it isn'tjust that, or a cyberflashing or in person, it is all of this, from domestic abuse to rape assault or murder, it is part of this continuum of violence. hera hussain from chayn, — continuum of violence. hera hussain from chayn, thank— continuum of violence. hera hussain from chayn, thank you _ continuum of violence. hera hussain from chayn, thank you for _ continuum of violence. hera hussain from chayn, thank you for talking i continuum of violence. hera hussain from chayn, thank you for talking to | from chayn, thank you for talking to us. more than 15 million households across england, scotland and wales are to face higher energy bills as the biggest ever increase in the energy price cap comes into effect today. a typical bill for customers on a standard tariff will rise by about £1a0 a year, with those on pre—payment meters expected to pay even more. our personal finance correspondent kevin peachey reports. as the temperature dips, so our energy bills rise. the cost of heating and lighting our homes is limited by the price cap, but this is the biggest ever increase at a time when many household budgets are being squeezed. a major shock. because we are on a static income, any form of major increase like this, you know, our energy bill is probably our most significant cost every month in outgoings, and therefore when that happens it will have a tremendous effect. the new cap means they will now pay £1,277 a year if they use an average amount of gas and electricity — that's £139 a year more on their bill than under the previous cap. prepayment—meter customers face a higher typical bill of £1,309 a year — that's an increase of £153 on the previous time. those who use more than the average amount of energy in their homes will face bigger bills. regulators say they understand the financial pressure. totally recognise going into winter this is a hard time for a lot of consumers. and you know, if they are struggling to pay their bills they should contact their supplier because there is a range of help out there and the supplier can sort of point them in the direction of what help they can get. those affected are normally encouraged to switch suppliers for a cheaper deal. this time, the massive rise in the cost of wholesale gas in recent weeks has stripped the market of better offers. it's also led to the collapse of nine suppliers. their customers will now pay a more expensive tariff in line with the price cap. surviving firms say they are having to buy wholesale energy at a much higher price than the retail cap allows them to sell it for. it is what it is, we are doing our best to get our customers through it, we're trying to support well—run business through this period, and otherwise, if we need to do anything else, we're talking to government. analysts say companies' extra costs will be reflected when the cap is revised in the spring, at a level likely to be significantly more expensive for bill—payers. kevin peachey, bbc news. we'll be answering your questions on the energy price cap and what it means for you here on the news channel just after 3.30pm. gareth shaw from which and richard neudegg from uswitch will be with us to answer your questions. get in touch using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions or email yourquestions@bbc.co.uk.. technical problems have been reported with scotland's covid vaccine passport app just hours after its launch, with overwhelming demand being blamed. from today, anyone entering a nightclub or other large scale event has to prove they've had two doses of a coronavirus vaccine. james shaw reports. scotland's vaccine passport scheme will have an impact across a range of live events. n ig htclu bs face particular challenges. everyone going in will have to be checked. they'll have to show a qr code on a smartphone or have a printout of their certificate. all my friends are so angry because they are waiting on this letter form of a vaccine passport — it's just ridiculous. i think they're a good idea. i think, there's nothing, like, wrong with it. i mean, if people are getting vaccinated then there's nothing wrong with showing you're vaccinated, do you know what i mean? seems like an imposition, i seems unreasonable, seems like another nail in the coffin for the hospitality sector. . we are expecting this to be quite challenging for businesses. and many businesses are reporting that they are going to struggle to have enough door stewards to actually check apps when people are coming in. and obviously people may well be appearing without any kind of certification because of the problems they have been experiencing with the app. it's not yet clear what the impact will be for the big football clubs, but they will be relieved that enforcement is being delayed. rangers will play hibernian here at ibrox on saturday, and the club has told fans they must turn up with proof of vaccination. but how many will be checked? and will any fans be turned away from these gates? the scottish government insists the scheme is essential to manage the pandemic, and they say the delay will make it easier for businesses. there will be a period ofjust over two weeks when businesses get the opportunity to make sure the arrangements they have in place to do this are tested, can be adapted if necessary, and businesses get the confidence in those arrangements. no other part of the uk is bringing in a scheme quite like scotland's. as before, during the pandemic, the scottish approach is different and more cautious than elsewhere. james shaw, bbc news, glasgow. paul banham is the director of the bath club in glasgow and he says there isn't enough time to prepare for these changes. the there isn't enough time to prepare for these changes.— there isn't enough time to prepare for these changes. the idea of axing o-assorts for these changes. the idea of axing passports and _ for these changes. the idea of axing passports and cells, _ for these changes. the idea of axing passports and cells, that _ for these changes. the idea of axing passports and cells, that isn't - passports and cells, that isn't really for our industry to 100% say who is right or wrong but the issue we are having at the moment is more to do with the introduction of the timescales with things like the covid status app and it does not allow us a huge amount of time to prepare and plan for the introduction of the grace period that the first minister announced at the beginning of the week, we will at least get the next 18 days to bed in slowly, hopefully. iodoihozat at least get the next 18 days to bed in slowly, hopefully.— in slowly, hopefully. what sort of preparations _ in slowly, hopefully. what sort of preparations are _ in slowly, hopefully. what sort of preparations are you _ in slowly, hopefully. what sort of preparations are you trying - in slowly, hopefully. what sort of preparations are you trying to - in slowly, hopefully. what sort of i preparations are you trying to make in time during that grace period? t in time during that grace period? i guess it is familiarisation. obviously, we have only really seen the app yesterday, it is just getting used to high a proper screen should look. getting the qr code, the reader is ready, and managing the reader is ready, and managing the queues and the staff to handle it in as good a customer service way as possible. because at the end of the day, we are in the entertainment business and for people to enjoy themselves as much as we are following rules and regulations, we don't want to destroy that atmosphere before the night has even begun. atmosphere before the night has even beoun. ~ :. atmosphere before the night has even beoun.~ . :, atmosphere before the night has even beoun. . :, , ., begun. what sort of reservations mi . ht ou begun. what sort of reservations might you and — begun. what sort of reservations might you and your— begun. what sort of reservations might you and your staff - begun. what sort of reservations might you and your staff have . begun. what sort of reservations | might you and your staff have that you effectively have to police this? i think that is inevitably the worry for ourselves, being the first in the uk to be introducing the passport scheme is going to mean that the teething problems are likely to come out first of all. i think there are issues regarding health exemptions and people vaccinated in other areas of the uk, there are issues regarding the fact that with all of the test events in the previous things that have been done, you could do a negative lateral flow test and with the current covid status certificate in scotland, introduced today, there is only the double vaccination is the only the double vaccination is the only way to allow access. it just makes it more difficult for us. we are the front line in terms of trying to communicate to customers and the public in terms of what the expectations are and that leaves us in a difficult situation. a few more weeks or months of preparation would have been more helpful but we have to deal with the consequences either way. to deal with the consequences either wa . �* , to deal with the consequences either wa . �* y :, . :, to deal with the consequences either wa. , :, . way. briefly, how much safer do you think our way. briefly, how much safer do you think your staff— way. briefly, how much safer do you think your staff will _ way. briefly, how much safer do you think your staff will feel _ way. briefly, how much safer do you think your staff will feel that - way. briefly, how much safer do you think your staff will feel that they i think your staff will feel that they are letting people in because they are letting people in because they are double vaccinated? they have this passport rather than showing the lateral flow test?— the lateralflow test? honestly, i don't think— the lateralflow test? honestly, i don't think the _ the lateralflow test? honestly, i don't think the staff _ the lateralflow test? honestly, i don't think the staff themselves | don't think the staff themselves will particularly feel more safe or not safe, obviously the staff are exempt from this rule. they don't need to be double vaccinated, it is only the customers so there is a discrepancy there. and we also obviously know that even though you are double vaccinated, it does not mean you will not become covid positive and you might transmit that to others. i am not sure given we have been open the past couple of months, but there is a huge difference from a safety point of view for the staff. and that maybe reassures a few people, but for the majority of us who have been working over the past weeks, nothing, you know, it is almost too late from that sense of things of exposure or anything like that. i think it is more of the point of view of trying to improve vaccination rates amongst young people which is ultimately the main driver for this. young people which is ultimately the main driverfor this. paul young people which is ultimately the main driver for this.— main driver for this. paul banham, from the iduff _ main driver for this. paul banham, from the buff club _ main driver for this. paul banham, from the buff club in _ main driver for this. paul banham, from the buff club in glasgow. - the office for national statistics says covid infection rates in secondary age school children in england has reached the highest level recorded, with more than a.5% testing positive. but across the uk the rates remain broadly stable, with one in 80 people — equivalent to 1.2% of the population in their survey — testing positive for coronavirus in the week ending 25th september. australia is to open its borders to fully vaccinated travellers from next month. the country has had some of the toughest travel restrictions in the world during the pandemic. our correspondent in sydney is shaimaa khalil. the rules essentially mean that australia is officially shifting its policy from elimination, as an chasing zero cases, to vaccination, which is to ramp up these covert vaccination rates to be able to open those borders. the prime minister scott morrison announced today that fully vaccinated travellers will be able to come back to states that have reached 80% full vaccination. as it stands, new south wales for i am is said to be the first state to do so, to be able to open its international borders for a seven day home quarantine for fully vaccinated travellers. as of now, this is going to apply only to australian citizens and permanent residents. there are some details that have come out — for example, we know the vaccinations have to be, some of those that are approved by the medical associations and the medical authorities here, but we also know that some other vaccinations have been added from china and india. we know different parts of australia are handling this differently as well. with how they have dealt with the covid—19 pandemic so far, but no doubt, there is a huge deal of excitement about the prospect of international travel being available and being an option for so many people after nearly to years of isolation from the world. detectives investigating the murder ofjournalist lyra mckee have arrested two men. the men, aged aa and 53, were arrested in the londonderry area this morning under the terrorism act. they have been taken to belfast for questioning. lyra mckee, who was 29, was shot dead in derry in april 2019 as she observed rioting in the creggan area of the city. north korean state media says the country has fired a newly—developed anti—aircraft missile. it said the test was conducted on thursday to evaluate the missile's launcher, radar and combat performance. it's the fourth new weapons system tested by pyongyang in the last month. the green party has elected two new leaders. carla denyer and adrian ramsay are now the co—leaders of the party afterjonathan bartley stood down and sian berry chose not to seek re—election. motorists could continue to face long queues at petrol stations for another week or so, according to the government. the policing minister kit malthouse said there's still strong demand for fuel in some parts of the country, and the prime minister will review the situation if it deteriorates further. our transport correspondent caroline davies has more. one way to break this down is a lot of people supplying the fuel say that is now improving and they're starting to see supplies coming in whereas some people selling the fuel say they are still seeing that being outstripped and they are running dry. we heard from the petrol retailers association and they do a survey of members every day to see how many are running dry. they said that 26% were still running dry and yesterday it was 27% so a marginal improvement but they say still not fast enough to get to a point where they are able to sustain the supply and demand at a normal level. the government was going to make available these temporary visas to get more drivers and hgv drivers into the country to work. how effective has that been? has it even got started? it has not started yet so they have to do the initial run when they put the announcement out for these 5000 visas, most forfood drivers and some of them for fuel truck drivers and they did say they would have to be recruited by these particular agencies and then the visas will be processed, which takes about 15 days. the process has not got underway yet, it is meant to start early this month but we're not sure of the date and everybody has to lead —— leave by the time it gets to the 2ath of december. some in the haulage industry are concerned that is much too short a time and they wanted a six month visa because that gives them more time to be able to train uk drivers and it was also more appealing for drivers in the eu who have to up sticks, drop everything and come over and operate here. they are concerned the shorter those visas get, the less appealing they will be. buckingham palace has announced that princess beatrice and her husband have named their daughter. she will be called sienna elizabeth, sharing one of the names of her great—grandmother. princess beatrice gave birth to siena on the 18th of september at chelsea and westminster hospital. weighing £6 and two ounces. we always have to share those details! on a message shared on twitter alongside a footprint of the name of the baby, the couple said we are doing well and she has the best big brother. she is the queen's 12 great—grandchild and she is 11th in line to the throne. the queen and the prince of wales have planted a tree at balmoral castle as part of a special initiative marking her platinum jubilee. they poured soil around a copper beech sapling on the aberdeenshire estate, with charles quipping, "let's hope it will survive". it marks the start of the planting season for a scheme called the queen's green canopy, created to mark her 70 years' service to the nation, which urges people to "plant a tree for thejubilee". let's take a look at the weather forecast. another blustery day out there but a much brighter day across much of the uk, there are some showers around but chilly through the rest of the afternoon, many places will stay dry. most of the showers are running into north wales and north—west england but especially northern ireland and western some heavy with hail and thunder and the wind is picking up further across north—west of scotland and may be gusts of 50 or 60 miles an hour or so during the later stages of the day and temperatures mainly in the mid to low teens but 18 or 19 degrees with the sunshine across east anglia and south—east england. tonight, showers continue, especially towards the north—west, clear spells elsewhere and temperatures dipping lower than last night, you will notice the change most in wales and england where last night was so very mild, widespread single figures overnight into the morning. early rain in northern ireland tomorrow than brighter skies and rain pushing on across scotland and the bulk of the really heavy rain moving in tomorrow with the strengthening winds, that will be wales, england and a good 30 or a0 millimetres in places and difficult travel conditions. this is bbc news. the headlines... following the murder of sarah everard, the metropolitan police give new guidance about plain clothes officers and what people can do if stopped by one of them. critics say it isn't women who need to change their actions. it puts the onus on women to keep themselves safe again. it is not about the women, it's about the men that are killing us. especially if those men are the people that are paid and appointed to keep us safe. more than 15 million households face higher energy bills from today, as the biggest increase in the price cap so far comes into effect. covid vaccination passports are introduced for large scale events in scotland, but the app is hit by technical problems. travel in and out of australia will resume in november, but only for people who are fully vaccinated. premier league players will be allowed to travel to red list countries for this month's world cup qualifiers, if they are fully vaccinated. it's after the uk government relaxed regulations in response to problems during septembers international break. tottenham's giovanni lo celso was one of four england—based argentine players who played in a match against brazil last month, which was stopped by brazilian health officials, saying they had to quarantine. for this international break, english—based players including brazilians bobby firmino and manchester city's gabrieljesus, will be allowed to travel, but will have to quarantine in "bespoke facilities" for 10 days upon their arrival back in the uk. however, they will be permitted to leave quarantine once a day to train or play. chelsea defender reece james will not bejoining the england that would need they go 10—12 days with the national team and then got another ten days away from their families into quarantine. that 22 days and the next international break, the next international duty. so it does not sound for me like a real solution. chelsea defender reece james will not be joining the england squad for matches against andorra and hungary this month, because head coach thomas tuchel says he's not back to full training. james was named in gareth southgate's 23—man squad yesterday, despite coming off injured in the defeat against manchester city last week and then not featuring in the trip tojuventus in midweek. tuchel thinks there's been a misunderstanding, as james isn't currently in full training and is set to miss tomorrow's game with southampton. when i saw it, i thought maybe he is going to play with the water polo team with england because right now he is training in the pool so i was a bit surprised, but i understood that he was selected for the football team, so this will not happen, because he is training in the pool right now so my understanding, my last understanding is that he will not go so he can only, it can only be a misunderstanding, nothing else. rangers have contacted uefa about the booing and jeering glen kamara was subjected to in prague last night. just months after the finland midfielder was racially abused by a slavia prague player, he was targetted during their 1—0 europa league defeat by sparta prague. the game was initially supposed to be played behind closed doors, after sparta supporters had racially abused a monaco player in an earlier match, but it was later decided to allow 10 but it was later decided to allow 10,000 schoolchildren to attend. manager steven gerrard said "these things keep raising their head far too often and the punishments are not enough". sparta have denied the allegations and responded saying, "it is absolutely unbelievable that after a match we have to watch innocent children being attacked and face unfounded accusations of racism." warwickshire are the new champions of the bob willis trophy. they easily beat lancashire at lord's. tom bailey was the last man to fall as warwickshire secured the victory by an innings and 199 runs, with a day and a half to spare. that completes a domestic double for warwickshire, who also won the county championship. british boxerjoejoyce says he "trusts" he will be awarded an olympic gold medal after an independent investigation found officials manipulated the outcome of matches at rio 2016. joyce lost his super heavyweight final to france's tony yoka and that was one of 11 "suspicious" bouts. the head of the investigation, professor richard mclaren, said a system for the manipulation of fights was in place. the sport's world giverning body the aiba said it noted the report with "concern". joyce has released a statement, saying he was sad to see corruption in the sport he loves and he'll be considering the finding with his legal team. he added... i'll have more for you in the next hour. sir keir starmer has called for parliament to be recalled over the hgv driver shortage. our political correspondent is at westminster. why now? tt’s correspondent is at westminster. why now? �* . :. correspondent is at westminster. why now? 3 :. , correspondent is at westminster. why now? , , :, now? it's a very good question. the labour conference _ now? it's a very good question. the labour conference finished - now? it's a very good question. the labour conference finished a - now? it's a very good question. the labour conference finished a couplej labour conference finished a couple of days ago, the conservative conference due to start this weekend so we are in between those conferences. parliament is not sitting at the moment. people will say to sir keir starmer why did you not call for parliament to be recalled when the labour conference was going on, not when the conservative one is about to take place but clearly he feels the government is not doing nearly enough to get to grips with this crisis. the reason he believes the parliament needs to come back is because labour has had advice from parliamentary clerks that legislation might need to be passed in order to provide those 5000 temporary visas for hgv drivers that were announced by the government at the weekend. in the statement we have got from the labour party, they suggested could actually be november before some of those drivers start coming over to the uk and it's not just in terms of getting petrol and diesel to petrol station forecourt that we need those drivers, it's for various different sectors of the economy. clearly labour believes the time is right for mps to return here to westminster to pass that legislation. i suppose the government would argue in response that it's notjust, that's only one of our suite of measures that is introduced to try to resolve the problem. the first thing as far as the government is concerned is to stop people panic buying. they are continuing to see if people behave normally, there would not be a problem. it's not a question of a lack of supply of petrol pumps, just that people are filling up because they believe there is that shortage and have also relaxed competition laws so various different parts of the industry can share information and they have done other things. the army is on standby ready to deliver petrol and labour are now saying that we should be seeing soldiers on the road delivering fuel to parts of the road delivering fuel to parts of the country where there are still issues in terms of actual station forecourt running out. a clear call from much more urgent action for the government from the opposition. thank you very much. as we have been reporting, more than 15 million households across england, scotland and wales are facing higher energy bills is the biggest ever increase in the energy price cap comes into effect today. viewers have been sending their questions about bills and here to answer those questions is head of money at which and the head of regulation at you switch. welcome to both of you, quite a lot of questions. you won't be surprised to hear. gareth, let's start with you. this man said his provider went bust but he has only switched at the end of august. is there any compensation available or a guarantee that the new provider appointed by ofgem will offer a like—for—like tariff? tt’s offer a like-for-like tariff? it's tou . h offer a like—for—like tariff? tt�*s tough situation here he finds himself in. ofgem will look to choose the most competitive option when it comes to supplying that author of last resort but there is no guarantee you are going to get a tariff that matches the one you were on them because we are in this real pressure cooker at the moment of gas prices rising so much, it's very, very unlikely that he is going to be switched to a deal as cheap as he was getting if he is fixed at a time when gas prices when not at such a high point. the good news is that these tariffs, it's technically called a deemed tariff, protected by the price cap introduced today, so if he goes to try to search for a cheaper tariff, if he goes to try to search for a cheapertariff, it's if he goes to try to search for a cheaper tariff, it's unlikely he finds one, but he won't pay any more nest had if he has been switched to because it's protected by the price cap. because it's protected by the price ca 0 _ ., ~' because it's protected by the price ca n . :, " , :, because it's protected by the price ca 0 _ ., ~' , :, , . because it's protected by the price cap. thank you very much. richard, a sinale cap. thank you very much. richard, a single mum — cap. thank you very much. richard, a single mum of _ cap. thank you very much. richard, a single mum of two _ cap. thank you very much. richard, a single mum of two chose _ cap. thank you very much. richard, a single mum of two chose not - cap. thank you very much. richard, a single mum of two chose not to - cap. thank you very much. richard, a single mum of two chose not to givel single mum of two chose not to give us her name. she says she works full—time, 37.5 hours a week. her gas and electricity were due to be renewed in september, she has done that but it's gone from £65 a month to £135 a month. more than double. she says that it seems to her that they were already being hiked in september before this price cap came up. is that what you have been seeing and what can she do to try to save money on energy? tt’s seeing and what can she do to try to save money on energy?— seeing and what can she do to try to save money on energy? it's clearly a very difficult — save money on energy? it's clearly a very difficult situation _ save money on energy? it's clearly a very difficult situation that _ save money on energy? it's clearly a very difficult situation that she - very difficult situation that she thanks— very difficult situation that she thanks herself in. we have been talking _ thanks herself in. we have been talking a — thanks herself in. we have been talking a lot about the price cap and that's— talking a lot about the price cap and that's going up on average £139 for those _ and that's going up on average £139 for those on this standard variable tariff— for those on this standard variable tariff across the year with average consumption, but quite a lot of us are on— consumption, but quite a lot of us are on fixed — consumption, but quite a lot of us are on fixed price plans and that might— are on fixed price plans and that might be — are on fixed price plans and that might be what's happening here that we are _ might be what's happening here that we are talking about before she was on a previous fixed deal, that deal has come — on a previous fixed deal, that deal has come to— on a previous fixed deal, that deal has come to an end and she is being offered _ has come to an end and she is being offered deals are going out that price _ offered deals are going out that price cap — offered deals are going out that price cap tariff where a lot has changed _ price cap tariff where a lot has changed. the prices you can get today— changed. the prices you can get today are — changed. the prices you can get today are a _ changed. the prices you can get today are a lot more expensive than people _ today are a lot more expensive than people who — today are a lot more expensive than people who looked on previously, particularly because prices were very low — particularly because prices were very low. there is another thing this might — very low. there is another thing this might be an it may be because her direct— this might be an it may be because her direct debit is being reviewed. if her direct debit is being reviewed. it you _ her direct debit is being reviewed. it you are — her direct debit is being reviewed. if you are on direct debit, the supptier— if you are on direct debit, the supplier tries to get you to pay consistent amount across the year, even _ consistent amount across the year, even though a lot of our consumption is is in _ even though a lot of our consumption is is in winter— even though a lot of our consumption is is in winter and sometimes that has not _ is is in winter and sometimes that has not been set correctly or usages more _ has not been set correctly or usages more than _ has not been set correctly or usages more than expected that this supplier— more than expected that this supplier has to review that and ask you to _ supplier has to review that and ask you to pay— supplier has to review that and ask you to pay more. that can happen with all— you to pay more. that can happen with all of— you to pay more. that can happen with all of us regardless of tariff if we _ with all of us regardless of tariff if we have — with all of us regardless of tariff if we have not been giving up—to—date metre readings. and sometimes these quite nasty shocks that really— sometimes these quite nasty shocks that really difficult times can occur~ — that really difficult times can occur. in _ that really difficult times can occur. . that really difficult times can occur. , :, :, , , ., occur. in terms of saving money, you are a bit limited, _ occur. in terms of saving money, you are a bit limited, if— occur. in terms of saving money, you are a bit limited, if that _ occur. in terms of saving money, you are a bit limited, if that had - occur. in terms of saving money, you are a bit limited, if that had its - are a bit limited, if that had its across—the—board have gone up? across-the-board have gone up? it's ve across—the—board have gone up? it's very difficult at the moment, previously we would have said switch but that's _ previously we would have said switch but that's not going to get you very far less _ but that's not going to get you very far less time. it goes back to the original— far less time. it goes back to the original advice. try and waste less energy— original advice. try and waste less energy and — original advice. try and waste less energy and use less energy were you can. insulation your home, being more _ can. insulation your home, being more efficient, turn the thermostat down _ more efficient, turn the thermostat down a _ more efficient, turn the thermostat down a couple of degrees, make sure you have _ down a couple of degrees, make sure you have not — down a couple of degrees, make sure you have not got devices plugged in you have not got devices plugged in you don't— you have not got devices plugged in you don't need or are not using, all of those _ you don't need or are not using, all of those classic energy—saving advice — of those classic energy—saving advice that has been out there forever, — advice that has been out there forever, it _ advice that has been out there forever, it matters so much more now because _ forever, it matters so much more now because the _ forever, it matters so much more now because the rates we are paying for electricity— because the rates we are paying for electricity are really high.— electricity are really high. thank ou. electricity are really high. thank you- gareth. — electricity are really high. thank you. gareth, claire _ electricity are really high. thank you. gareth, claire is— electricity are really high. thank you. gareth, claire is a - electricity are really high. thank you. gareth, claire is a mum . electricity are really high. thank you. gareth, claire is a mum of| electricity are really high. thank- you. gareth, claire is a mum of two young children and lives in a flat in south london. how much more should she be budgeting a month for her bills in light of what's happening?— her bills in light of what's happening? her bills in light of what's hauenino? , :, , happening? very tricky to say, but she should — happening? very tricky to say, but she should be _ happening? very tricky to say, but she should be expecting _ happening? very tricky to say, but she should be expecting to - happening? very tricky to say, but she should be expecting to put - happening? very tricky to say, but she should be expecting to put a l she should be expecting to put a site more. to cover her energy bills. the key is understanding your energy uses. your bills will give you a breakdown of how much you are spending, how much electricity and gas you are using on a monthly basis and then you can look at ways that you can start to save energy. there are lots of simple steps people can take from switching out their old halogen light bulbs to led light bulbs can save them a fortune, switching off devices that are left on standby, being really energy efficient when they are using water. switching to a different shower head could save a significant sum of money because less gas is needed to heat the hot water, similarly being really efficient when using the washing machine and as a parent of two young children myself, that washing machine is always on. think about how you use it, when you use it, making sure it's completely full when you are using it so you are not using it as much, this is something she's going to have to get to grips with in order to make sure she can afford the energy she is paying. of course, if she is struggling she should talk to her energy company, all of them offer support schemes for people who are struggling with their bills. ., ~ , :, ., ., for people who are struggling with their bills. ., ~ i. ., ., , their bills. thank you. hannah says she uses a — their bills. thank you. hannah says she uses a prepaid _ their bills. thank you. hannah says she uses a prepaid metre, - their bills. thank you. hannah says she uses a prepaid metre, she - their bills. thank you. hannah says she uses a prepaid metre, she is. she uses a prepaid metre, she is worried about the increase to her bills. usually she pays and £50 a month. how much more might she have to pay now? is that anything she can do to reduce costs? we have covered that with being canny about what you leave on and what you are using? t leave on and what you are using? i think the other thing to note with prepaid _ think the other thing to note with prepaid metre is there is a price cap and — prepaid metre is there is a price cap and they are going up on average slightly— cap and they are going up on average slightly more than standard metres, 'ust slightly more than standard metres, just a _ slightly more than standard metres, just a little _ slightly more than standard metres, just a little over £150 the average extra _ just a little over £150 the average extra amount you will see. it sounds like their— extra amount you will see. it sounds like their consumption is a little less than— like their consumption is a little less than average, so it might be slightly— less than average, so it might be slightly less than that. with prepayment metres, you will find that your— prepayment metres, you will find that your usage is higher over winter. — that your usage is higher over winter, you might find yourself having — winter, you might find yourself having to — winter, you might find yourself having to top up more anyway to keep up having to top up more anyway to keep up with— having to top up more anyway to keep up with energy over the winter months — up with energy over the winter months. . :. up with energy over the winter months. ,, ., ., , :, up with energy over the winter months. ,, . ., , :, ~ :, up with energy over the winter months. ,, ., ., , :, ~ :, ., months. sinead wants to know about home energy — months. sinead wants to know about home energy efficiency _ months. sinead wants to know about home energy efficiency grants, - months. sinead wants to know about home energy efficiency grants, howl home energy efficiency grants, how can she find out more?— can she find out more? access to these grants _ can she find out more? access to these grants depends _ can she find out more? access to these grants depends on - can she find out more? access to i these grants depends on eligibility. they are not open for everybody and is quite a complex criteria. the first step is to go to the simple energy advice website, you can punch in your postcode and look for localised grants on the. some of the national grants which are run by a number of energy suppliers, that will really depend on your levels of ning,, any benefits you are getting to see whether you qualify for them. it will depend on your age in some instances to get hold of the winter fuel grant as well. that would be the first step but also taking steps, change some of your behaviours, i think the two go hand—in—hand, not only what support you might be able to get from grants, but also what small changes you can make yourself in order to cut the bills. you can make yourself in order to cut the bills-— cut the bills. albert says he and his partner _ cut the bills. albert says he and his partner are _ cut the bills. albert says he and his partner are pensioners, - cut the bills. albert says he and his partner are pensioners, one| cut the bills. albert says he and i his partner are pensioners, one of them has this ability. they have a multi—fuel dry log burner to keep warm in the winter but even so, their new energy bill is going up by £836 to £1000 which equates to a a1% increase. is that what people should expect and an almost doubling of their bill? that are expect and an almost doubling of their bill? tha— expect and an almost doubling of their bill? that are very staggering increase, difficult _ their bill? that are very staggering increase, difficult to _ their bill? that are very staggering increase, difficult to manage - their bill? that are very staggering increase, difficult to manage that. | increase, difficult to manage that. for most— increase, difficult to manage that. for most of— increase, difficult to manage that. for most of us on these standard plans, _ for most of us on these standard plans, there are increases we are seeing _ plans, there are increases we are seeing today, not at that kind of scale _ seeing today, not at that kind of scale i— seeing today, not at that kind of scale. i think it comes back to what we were _ scale. i think it comes back to what we were saying, if you are seeing those _ we were saying, if you are seeing those rises — we were saying, if you are seeing those rises because you are coming off a fixed _ those rises because you are coming off a fixed plan and into a market much _ off a fixed plan and into a market much less— off a fixed plan and into a market much less favourable to pick a good energy— much less favourable to pick a good energy deal, or your much less favourable to pick a good energy deal, oryour direct much less favourable to pick a good energy deal, or your direct debit has had _ energy deal, or your direct debit has had to— energy deal, or your direct debit has had to be revised because you have _ has had to be revised because you have not— has had to be revised because you have not been paying enough to cover your current _ have not been paying enough to cover your current energy usage. with spikes— your current energy usage. with spikes like that i would suggest, -et spikes like that i would suggest, get on _ spikes like that i would suggest, get on the phone to your energy company, — get on the phone to your energy company, explain exactly why that's happening — company, explain exactly why that's happening. make sure they have not made _ happening. make sure they have not made a _ happening. make sure they have not made a mistake, see if there is a way for— made a mistake, see if there is a way for them to adjust your direct debit _ way for them to adjust your direct debit going forward, sometimes there are little _ debit going forward, sometimes there are little things that go wrong and it's always — are little things that go wrong and it's always worth a conversation to nature _ it's always worth a conversation to nature that — it's always worth a conversation to nature that really is a situation. it nature that really is a situation. it seems — nature that really is a situation. it seems a _ nature that really is a situation. it seems a very large increase. natasha lives in a three—bedroom house and wants to know are there anyways, are there ways to inflate her home, put solar power, her husband and her work full time are not receiving benefits but is there any help available to them? unfortunately there was a scheme that was running for quite a while which ended in march. there are subsidies in place if you do go ahead and install things like heat pumps and solar panels whereby you can get paid back for supplying energy to the grid. that can sometimes require quite a significant investment but what you have got to look at his that is a long—term asset you are adding to your property, much like long—term asset you are adding to your property, much like you long—term asset you are adding to your property, much like you would think about an extension or loft conversion. but it's something that could pay you back in the future. at the moment it does not appear there are grants, they are eligible for without knowing the details of your finances, but considering an investment in solar panels if you have the right property, could be a lucrative and well worth investment. thank you. final question richard. megan in hertfordshire. she was a customer of an energy company that has gone bust, she has been e—mailed ljy has gone bust, she has been e—mailed by octopus. will they automatically give her a competitive shadow for should she change to a more well—known provider perhaps like british gas? t well-known provider perhaps like british gas?— british gas? i think as we said at the start it's _ british gas? i think as we said at the start it's likely _ british gas? i think as we said at the start it's likely you _ british gas? i think as we said at the start it's likely you won't - british gas? i think as we said at the start it's likely you won't get | the start it's likely you won't get anything — the start it's likely you won't get anything close to the tariff you were _ anything close to the tariff you were on — anything close to the tariff you were on. but you will get a good tariff, _ were on. but you will get a good tariff, with — were on. but you will get a good tariff, with octopus you will get the flexible oxo octopus tariff. the price cap _ the flexible oxo octopus tariff. the price cap is — the flexible oxo octopus tariff. the price cap is good at them of these really— price cap is good at them of these really wild — price cap is good at them of these really wild amount we have seen. the advice _ really wild amount we have seen. the advice would be stick with that, octopus — advice would be stick with that, octopus is— advice would be stick with that, octopus is reasonably well backed. you might— octopus is reasonably well backed. you might struggle because of the challenges in the wholesale market. don't _ challenges in the wholesale market. don't switch when you were going through— don't switch when you were going through that process because your credit— through that process because your credit balance is protected. that happens — credit balance is protected. that happens anyway but it can be difficult — happens anyway but it can be difficult if you switch during that time, _ difficult if you switch during that time, so — difficult if you switch during that time, so stick with the process, let octopus— time, so stick with the process, let octopus run— time, so stick with the process, let octopus run out through, you can run a comparison — octopus run out through, you can run a comparison at the other side but let the _ a comparison at the other side but let the process complete.- a comparison at the other side but let the process complete. thank you both very much _ let the process complete. thank you both very much for _ let the process complete. thank you both very much for answering - both very much for answering those questions. i'm sure there will be plenty more if we do this again but for now, thank you very much. lava from the erupting volcano on la palma in spain's canary islands is now said to have covered an area bigger than 25 football pitches. there's are concerns over worsening air quality in nearby residential areas, as the lava continues to cascade into the ocean. danjohnson is on the island. this is becoming a daily ritual across this side of the island, in all these towns in la palma, clearing up all this volcanic dust. this has settled just overnight, and that's why there's a small army of workers everywhere here trying to clear it up, trying to let life continue, because this eruption is still having widespread effects right across this side of the island. there are more than 6,000 people who are out of their homes, over 900 homes that have been destroyed now. and the new threat in the last couple of days is toxic gas, because the lava has reached the coast, reached the sea just along the coast from here, it is flowing into the sea. that is when there is a chemical reaction which releases potentially those toxic gases — that's why there's still a huge restricted area that's being enforced by the authorities here to keep people back, to keep people safe, but that means they're not allowed back to their homes. and the volcano is still erupting almost two weeks after it first became active. there is still lava pouring down the hillsides and now going straight into the sea. and the question still to be answered is, how much longer will this continue and how many more people will it affect? danjohnson, bbc news, la palma. five years after 15—year—old natasha ednan laperouse died from a severe allergic reaction, after eating a baguette which she didn't know contained sesame seeds, a law in her name has come into effect across the uk it means all food packaging must contain a full list of ingredients and allergens. natasha's parents, who've campaigned for the rules to be changed, have welcomed the law, saying their daughter would be very proud. john maguire has the story. her death may well save many, many lives. natasha ednan—laperouse was flying from heathrow with herfather and best friend when she bought some food. a baguette from pret a manger. natasha knew she had a food allergy and always checked labels. but the bread had been baked with sesame seeds, not included in the list of ingredients and which triggered a severe reaction. natasha suffered several cardiac arrests on the plane and died later in a french hospital. she was only 15. a very painful and poignant thing to have happened to any family, but it happened to us and in many ways, while we dedicate natasha's law to natasha, in fact, it is for the people, all those 2,000,000 people, that they may live a long, fruitful life. this new legislation comes into force today and closes a loophole so that now, all pre—wrapped food including sandwiches, fast food and cheese or meat from deli counters, must be clearly labelled with a full list of ingredients. also, 1a major allergens including eggs, peanuts and sesame seeds, must be highlighted in the list. we think this is really important, it's going to make a big difference to the 2,000,000 or so allergen sufferers in the uk and there is more, 600,000 with coeliac disease, more with food intolerance and it means if they go into a shop and grab and go with a sandwich, they can quickly check the label and find out if their ingredient is on there. natasha's parents describe it as a bittersweet moment for them, but five years on from their daughter's death, say they know in their hearts she would be very proud of the new rules in her name — natasha's law. john maguire, bbc news. a new law has come into force which bans under 18s in england from getting botox style injections or dermal lip fillers, for cosmetic reasons. it follows years of campaigning to regulate the non—surgical beauty industry. while the ban provides greater protection to teenagers, adult customers are still at risk as our health correspondent anna collinson reports. i could feel blood just trickling down the side of my face. laura was offered a cheap filler treatment to plump up her lips, but the practitioner accidentally punctured an artery. my lip was black. particularly underneath. the inside of my lip had just filled with blood. i almost passed out, the shock of seeing the state of my face. complications like this need to be dealt with quickly to prevent more serious possible problems, like blindness. but laura says her practitioner panicked and did not know what to do. many practitioners, including ones at this clinic, adhere to strict safety guidelines, but due to a lack of regulation in the nonsurgical beauty industry, effectively anyone can carry out potentially dangerous treatments. from today, there will be more protection, but only for some. frown for me, yeah, really angry. it's now illegal for under 18s to receive botox—style injections or dermalfillers in england for non—medical reasons. for purely cosmetic treatments, really, you don't really need anything when you are so young. so it would be unnecessary, it would be a waste of time, a waste of money. feeling 0k? 0k, brilliant. latest figures estimate around 70,000 of these treatments are carried out under 18s per year. updates on possible legislation in wales and scotland are expected in the near future. this law change is an important step for the industry, but there's still a long way to go. the fact that these treatments can be done by anyone with no - training or no experience, - they can purchase their products over the internet and insurance is a huge thing for us, - we really want to make it a legal requirement. - and anyone over 18 remains as vulnerable as ever, like laura. anna collinson, bbc news. it may be one of the brighter days today but we have not finished with low pressure, spells of wind and rain around over the next several days and indeed into the weekend. we will all see some rain at some stage, the wind picking up as well and there will be travel disruption out of this in some spots as well. the culprit for the weekend is an area of low pressure which on saturday will bring a swathe of heavy rain across particularly wales and england. wind strengthening, gales in places, eastern scotland very wet saturday night and sunday morning, low pressure bringing strong wind across the far north of scotland on sunday. we will get to that but today is one of the brighter days as you can see from the latest satellite picture. gaps in the cloud and shower cloud giving some spells of sunshine but also showers around. particularly across the north west of the uk, north—west, northern ireland, especially western scotland, really gusty winds developing as well. 50—60 mph as we go through the later stages of the day. and he first part of tonight, hale and thunder possible with these showers as well. they will continue into tonight, across north—western parts, gathering towards wales through the later stages of tonight. a much cooler night tonight, especially wales and england, widespread single figure temperatures. into tomorrow, you may start the day dry, but it's a case of waiting for that heavy rain to come from that area of low pressure. early rain clears from northern ireland and much of the day is a dry with sunny spells, rain pushing into scotland with sunny spells, rain pushing into scotland but wales and england, look at the bright colours, seeing heavy rain with 30—a0 millimetres. very difficult travel conditions. wind picking up, temperatures in the mid—low teens. some of the strongest winds towards the south coast of england then in the north sea coast, particularly east anglia going to saturday afternoon into saturday evening. up to 65 miles an hour, exposed coast before using on sunday. blustery day, showers moving west to east, persistent rain and gusts in the northern isles may be between 60 and 70. temperatures again, mid to low teens, sunshine with showers on monday. low pressure tuesday. this is bbc news. the headlines... following the murder of sarah everard, the metropolitcan police gives new guidance about plainclothes officers, and what people can do if stopped by one. but critics say it isn't women who need to change their actions. it puts the onus on women. it is not about the women, it's about the men that are killing us. especially if those men are the people that are paid and appointed to keep us safe. more than 15 million households face higher energy bills from today as the biggest increase in the price cap so far comes into effect. sir keir starmer calls for parliament to be recalled over the hgv driver shortage. covid vaccination passports are introduced for large scale events in scotland but the app is hit by technical problems. celebrating the start of black history month — we'll hear from the photographer and film—maker simon fredrick later in the hour. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the metropolitan police has been laying out measures to try to reassure the public, in the wake of the murder of sarah everard by a serving officer. the force says it will no longer deploy plain clothes officers on their own, and has urged anyone stopped by one to ask to check their credentials. but critics say the onus should not be on women to change their actions. it's also emerged that wayne couzens, who was handed a whole life term yesterday for kidnapping and murdering sarah everard, was believed to be in a whatsapp group with other officers, who are now being investigated after allegedly sharing discriminatory messages. this report from megan patterson. officers with a duty to serve and an expectation to protect. the actions of one man questioning those principles and the trust the public can place in met police. this man has brought shame on the met. speaking frankly, as an organisation, we have been rocked. wayne couzens, seen here showing his warrant card, then used his handcuffs in the grotesquely executed series of offences which led to sarah everard's murder. questions too about police culture and attitudes of officers. in a letter to mps, the met admits part of couzens' vetting may not have been undertaken correctly. they will not be able to rebuild trust unless they are open about the things that have gone wrong. that means we need an independent inquiry into this case, into why allegations were not followed up, into how such a dangerous man could be a police officer for such a long time. and into the wider culture. now, in new safety advice, the met is urging anyone who believes an officer represents a threat to them to shout out to passers—by, wave down a bus or call the 999 control room. but the practicalities of that advice have caused concern. it puts the onus on women to keep themselves safe again. it's not about the women, it's about the men killing us, especially if those men are the people who are paid and appointed to keep us safe. this is on the met to find those men and get them out of the met, not for us to have to check and double—check if a police officer is an officer. every one of us would have got in the car, there is nothing sarah could have done, this is not on her, this is 100% on wayne couzens. what happened to sarah everard felt around the country. i've lost a bit of trust now. i think when people are in charge you expect they are doing the job properly and trying to keep you safe, i don't think you would ever challenge that. i would have to step it up and say, can you provide more _ thanjust your police id? the force says it will publish a strategy for tackling violence against women and girls, 650 new officers will be deployed in areas where people feel unsafe, indecent exposure allegations will be treated more seriously. the thousands and thousands of police officers who are out there apprehending criminals and seeking to keep us all safe everyday need to be able to go about their business but i do recognise the implications of this particular incident and the blow it has struck towards trust. at the heart of this debate about improvements to policing, a woman who simply was trying to walk home. the force has faced numerous challenges in the met�*s 200—year history. restoring confidence in its officers among the biggest yet. megan patterson, bbc news. earlier i spoke to our legal affairs correspondent, dominic casciani. about the allegedly discriminatory messages are shared between officers on whatsapp. there are five officers who are under investigation as part of this. not all of them are in the metropolitan police. our understanding is the content was misogynist in nature so i think you can draw your own conclusions about the types of messages or images being shared. this is being characterised as potential gross misconduct, so it could be a very serious incident, but it will take time before we get an announcement from the watchdog about whether or not this will lead to disciplinary proceedings here. it is worth stressing that couzens will not face any kind of investigation in relation to that, it is a waste of time given he is in prison for life. the interesting thing about that is while senior police chiefs are in a complete state of existential angst at the moment about what this means for policing and trust in policing, particularly when you take into account lord justice fulford's comments about how couzens had undermined trust in policing and society. when you have officers in this situation, sharing this content, it raises wider issues around culture and who polices the police and who is overseeing that culture and trying to change it and that is why there are so many calls today for the metropolitan police to do more, to really enquire into its own culture and for government to come up with a better way of vetting and filtering who gets into the police. it will notjust be the met? other forces might have to change the way they recruit and how they vet people, if the policing by consent in this country is to mean anything? there was a case during the lockdown of an officer from west midlands police who assaulted a woman in the street and he used his police persona, he acted out a reason to detain her. during that incident. he was dismissed from the force and he was given a community sentence. that shows that clearly you can have bad people in all police forces and we know the figures over ten years, there have been about 190 police officers and staff in the met who have faced some kind of sexual offence allegation. there is clearly something there. the police are saying, we are trying to work our way through this and we have all the professional standards in and our vetting meets a national standard and is compliant but it is clearly not good enough for a lot of people who have lost trust in the police that is why you hear yvette cooper saying we have to have a proper national inquiry because it is only when you get to the facts about how bad a problem is that you can start moving on. in many respects this feels, is this moment very similar to the moment the metropolitan police faced over stephen lawrence more than 20 years ago? they were told in the public inquiry that the met was institutionally racist, it led to this real question of how to move on and in many respects this is starting to feel at that moment for a lot of people. thank you. our political correspondent ione wells has more. the metropolitan police are under a huge amount of pressure to respond to renewed trust in what they do. exactly right and the political pressure is growing on the metropolitan police in particular and particularly because there are very big questions about whether they could have done more to prevent they could have done more to prevent the murder of sarah everard, the serving police officer who committed these crimes, not least because we have found out he has been linked to two previous allegations of indecent exposure as well as being linked to allegations of inappropriate, misogynistic messages being exchanged with other police officers as well. we have had the labour mp and chair of the home affairs committee yvette cooper calling for the met police commissioner to resign also saying that saying sorry isn't enough and they need to have an independent inquiry to get to the root of what is going on in the police and why there is a culture that has enabled this to happen? we have had pressure from other sides of the political spectrum, the policing minister kit malthouse acknowledges that a lot more money to be done to restore trust in the police and this is trust on a number of levels, this is trust that if a police officer stops somebody in the street in the way they did to sarah everard, that they will not harm that person and this is trust that the police will do more to root out any misconduct or sexism or misogyny or misogynistic behaviour within their force and this is also trust that any allegations, whether sexual harassment or indecent exposure, are things that will be taken seriously. these are all things the police is facing pressure to address. the conservative mp bob neill, chairman of the justice committee in parliament, of thejustice committee in parliament, said one thing to address this would be to make misogyny a hate crime, something echoed by labour, including the mayor of london, sadiq khan. and figures like the liberal democrat peer lord penna, who was assistant commissioner in the metropolitan police, saying there is a white culture of sexism that needs root it out to these questions are not going away, the police are facing numerous questions about firstly, why more was not done to prevent the behaviour of this particular perpetrator, when some of the warning signs and previous behaviour was there. and open to see. secondly, why some in the police over the last few days have used language as some people have been accusing it of being distancing themselves from him, like former police officer, when he was a serving police officer at the time of the crime, he also used israel as a police officer to fake the arrest and as a result kidnapped sarah everard, and thirdly, how they will root out this kind of wider question and concerns about misconduct within the force as well.— the force as well. thank you very much, the force as well. thank you very much. ione _ the force as well. thank you very much, ione wells _ the force as well. thank you very much, ione wells at _ the force as well. thank you very. much, ione wells at westminster. sophie khan is the director and founder of the charity police action centre. shejoins me now. thank you forjoining us. what is your view of this advice the met police are giving with regard to being approached by a single plainclothes police officer, that you should challenge them and ask for credentials?— for credentials? there was always the opportunity — for credentials? there was always the opportunity to _ for credentials? there was always the opportunity to challenge - for credentials? there was always the opportunity to challenge any i the opportunity to challenge any officer, even before this incident happened. but i do not think that is the solution to the problem we have, which is that there is a serious issue as to whether or not the current policing system actually works and provides safety to the population. works and provides safety to the population-— works and provides safety to the “oulation. :, :, ., :, ,, population. your organisation helps eo - le population. your organisation helps people challenge — population. your organisation helps people challenge the _ population. your organisation helps people challenge the actions - population. your organisation helps people challenge the actions of - population. your organisation helps people challenge the actions of the | people challenge the actions of the police. what sort of instances are you coming across?— police. what sort of instances are you coming across? they have always been mostly — you coming across? they have always been mostly about _ you coming across? they have always been mostly about stop _ you coming across? they have always been mostly about stop and - you coming across? they have always been mostly about stop and search, i been mostly about stop and search, young black men, also the prevent strategy which targets muslims, men and women, and children, and the general use of force in relation to a rest, if someone is arrested, the over use of force, the excessive use of force, these are the main issues that we raise and also issues with the use of tasers. this has been happening for a while, this abuse of police power, this is nothing new. what has happened now is the population itself is sitting up i'm looking at what is happening in policing and what is happening is wrong. policing and what is happening is wront. . policing and what is happening is wron. _ , , policing and what is happening is wron.. , ~ policing and what is happening is wron.. ~ wrong. this case, the kidnap, rape and murder— wrong. this case, the kidnap, rape and murder of— wrong. this case, the kidnap, rape and murder of sarah _ wrong. this case, the kidnap, rape and murder of sarah everard - wrong. this case, the kidnap, rape and murder of sarah everard has i and murder of sarah everard has brought these issues into sharp relief. how feasible or tenable is it for the police to police themselves in this regard in future? clearly, policing from the eye of the officer or from the home office or policing from the inspectorate has failed totally. because if it was working, he would not have situations were notjust the death of sarah, but other incidences where there have been deaths in custody or serious injuries and also general problems with policing, they would not carry on, so the police should not carry on, so the police should not be policing themselves. the policing of the police service or any individual or a law enforcement organisation must be done by the communities themselves as to whether or not they want this type of safety mechanism for them. i don't believe communities do want the current policing system in place and that is why we really need to have a debate, not an investigation, that is pointless, but a debate as to how we move forward from this, which a safety first and policing over. itoothed safety first and policing over. what role mitht safety first and policing over. what role might elected _ safety first and policing over. what role might elected police and crime commissioners have in pushing some of these changes through? after all, if the electorate are not happy with what they do, you don't vote for them at the next election? but what has the police _ them at the next election? but what has the police and _ them at the next election? but what has the police and crime _ has the police and crime commissioner system achieved? nothing. it has led to the death of an innocent woman, it has led to incidents of many innocent people dying at the hands of police officers and being injured at the hands of police officers over the years. the police and crime commissioner system does not work, the current policing system does not work, the entire criminaljustice system has a majorfailing, especially for women and certain ethnic minorities. we now have to look into the structural change, the societal change of how we carry out safety for all of us and that we no longer live in a society of fear, and to do that we have to change the structure in society, there has to be an overhaul.— structure in society, there has to be an overhaul. while we're waiting for that and — be an overhaul. while we're waiting for that and it _ be an overhaul. while we're waiting for that and it sounds _ be an overhaul. while we're waiting for that and it sounds like _ be an overhaul. while we're waiting for that and it sounds like it - be an overhaul. while we're waiting for that and it sounds like it is - for that and it sounds like it is systemic and fundamental and will take a long time, what would your advice be to people who feel they are not dealt with fairly or they feel fearful if they come into contact with the police? well, i can tell ou contact with the police? well, i can tell you that _ contact with the police? well, i can tell you that that _ contact with the police? well, i can tell you that that is _ contact with the police? well, i can tell you that that is a _ contact with the police? well, i can tell you that that is a large - tell you that that is a large proportion of the population who already feel this way so if you speak to young black men, muslim men and women and children, they already feel this way and even the traveller community, this is how they feel every day in their encounters with police officers. we already have a large population who has an issue in what has happened as everyone has recognised there is an issue and i think we have to really sit down with the government bodies, the state bodies, and see, how are we going to move forward? because policing does not work. and there is no point waiting again for another incident, it does not work unless try to do something about it. sophie khan from police _ try to do something about it. sophie khan from police action _ try to do something about it. sophie khan from police action centre, - khan from police action centre, thank you. more than 15 million households across england, scotland and wales are to face higher energy bills as the biggest ever increase in the energy price cap comes into effect today. a typical bill for customers on a standard tariff will rise by about £1a0 a year, with those on pre—payment meters expected to pay even more. our personal finance correspondent kevin peachey reports. as the temperature dips, so our energy bills rise. the cost of heating and lighting our homes is limited by the price cap, but this is the biggest ever increase at a time when many household budgets are being squeezed. a major shock. because we are on a static income, any form of major increase like this, you know, our energy bill is probably our most significant cost every month in outgoings, and therefore when that happens it will have a tremendous effect. the new cap means they will now pay £1,277 a year if they use an average amount of gas and electricity — that's £139 a year more on their bill than under the previous cap. prepayment—meter customers face a higher typical bill of £1,309 a year — that's an increase of £153 on the previous time. those who use more than the average amount of energy in their homes will face bigger bills. regulators say they understand the financial pressure. totally recognise going into winter this is a hard time for a lot of consumers. and you know, if they are struggling to pay their bills they should contact their supplier because there is a range of help out there and the supplier can sort of point them in the direction of what help they can get. those affected are normally encouraged to switch suppliers for a cheaper deal. this time, the massive rise in the cost of wholesale gas in recent weeks has stripped the market of better offers. it's also led to the collapse of nine suppliers. their customers will now pay a more expensive tariff in line with the price cap. surviving firms say they are having to buy wholesale energy at a much higher price than the retail cap allows them to sell it for. it is what it is, we are doing our best to get our customers through it, we're trying to support well—run business through this period, and otherwise, if we need to do anything else, we're talking to government. analysts say companies' extra costs will be reflected when the cap is revised in the spring, at a level likely to be significantly more expensive for bill—payers. kevin peachey, bbc news. technical problems have been reported with scotland's covid vaccine passport app just hours after its launch, with overwhelming demand being blamed. from today, anyone entering a nightclub or other large scale event has to prove they've had two doses of a coronavirus vaccine. james shaw reports. scotland's vaccine passport scheme will have an impact across a range of live events. n ig htclu bs face particular challenges. everyone going in will have to be checked. they'll have to show a qr code on a smartphone or have a printout of their certificate. all my friends are so angry because they are waiting on this letter form of a vaccine passport — it's just ridiculous. i think they're a good idea. i think, there's nothing, like, wrong with it. i mean, if people are getting vaccinated then there's nothing wrong with showing you're vaccinated, do you know what i mean? seems like an imposition, i seems unreasonable, seems like another nail in the coffin for the hospitality sector. . we are expecting this to be quite challenging for businesses. and many businesses are reporting that they are going to struggle to have enough door stewards to actually check apps when people are coming in. and obviously people may well be appearing without any kind of certification because of the problems they have been experiencing with the app. it's not yet clear what the impact will be for the big football clubs, but they will be relieved that enforcement is being delayed. rangers will play hibernian here at ibrox on saturday, and the club has told fans they must turn up with proof of vaccination. but how many will be checked? and will any fans be turned away from these gates? the scottish government insists the scheme is essential to manage the pandemic, and they say the delay will make it easier for businesses. there will be a period ofjust over two weeks when businesses get the opportunity to make sure the arrangements they have in place to do this are tested, can be adapted if necessary, and businesses get the confidence in those arrangements. no other part of the uk is bringing in a scheme quite like scotland's. as before, during the pandemic, the scottish approach is different and more cautious than elsewhere. james shaw, bbc news, glasgow. i've been speaking paul banham, who is the operations director of the buff club in glasgow. he told me there's not enough time to prepare and plan for the changes. the idea of vaccine passports themselves, that isn't really for our industry to 100% say who is right or wrong but the issue we are having at the moment is more to do with the introduction of the timescales with things like the covid status app and it does not allow us a huge amount of time to prepare and plan for the introduction of the grace period that the first minister announced at the beginning of the week, we will at least get the next 18 days to bed in slowly, hopefully. what sort of preparations are you trying to make in time during that grace period? i guess it is familiarisation. obviously, we have only really seen the app yesterday, it is just getting used to how a proper screen should look. getting the qr code, the readers ready, and managing the queues and the staff to handle it in as good a customer service way as possible. because at the end of the day, we are in the entertainment business, and for people to enjoy themselves as much as we are following rules and regulations, we don't want to destroy that atmosphere before the night has even begun. what sort of reservations might you and your staff have that you effectively have to police this? i think that is inevitably the worry for ourselves, being the first in the uk to be introducing the passport scheme is going to mean that the teething problems are likely to come out first of all. i think there are issues regarding health exemptions and people vaccinated in other areas of the uk, there are issues regarding the fact that with all of the test events in the previous things that have been done, you could do a negative lateral flow test and with the current covid status certificate in scotland, introduced today, there is only the double vaccination is the only way to allow access. itjust makes it more difficult for us. we are the front line in terms of trying to communicate to customers and the public in terms of what the expectations are and that leaves us in a difficult situation. a few more weeks or months of preparation would have been more helpful but we have to deal with the consequences either way. briefly, how much safer do you think your staff will feel that they are letting people in because they are double vaccinated? they have this passport rather than showing the lateral flow test? honestly, i don't think the staff themselves will particularly feel more safe or not safe, obviously the staff are exempt from this rule. they don't need to be double vaccinated, it is only the customers so there is a discrepancy there. and we also obviously know that even though you are double vaccinated, it does not mean you will not become covid positive and you might transmit that to others. i am not sure, given we have been open the past couple of months, that there is a huge difference from a safety point of view for the staff. and maybe it reassures a few people, but for the majority of us who have been working over the past weeks, nothing, you know, it is almost too late from that sense of things of exposure or anything like that. i think it is more of a point of view of trying to improve vaccination rates amongst young people which is ultimately the main driverfor this. paul banham, from the buff club in glasgow. the office for national statistics as covid rates in secondary schools have reached the highest level recorded with more than a.5% testing positive. across the uk the rates remained broadly stable with one in 80 people, equivalent to 1.2% of the population, testing positive for a coronavirus in the week ending the 25th of september. presidentjoe biden's administration has urged a judge to block a near total band on abortion imposed by texas. the strictest law in the nation. in a key battle in the legal war over abortion access in the us. texas law bands abortion starting at six weeks of pregnancy, a point when many women may not realise they are yet pregnant. barrie segal is at florida state university. thank you very much for joining us. what is texas trying to achieve with this law?— achieve with this law? texas is t in: to achieve with this law? texas is trying to band _ achieve with this law? texas is trying to band abortion - achieve with this law? texas is trying to band abortion in - achieve with this law? texas is trying to band abortion in its i trying to band abortion in its borders and insulate itself from legal challenges. those are the objectives underlying this law. horse objectives underlying this law. how does it seek _ objectives underlying this law. how does it seek to _ objectives underlying this law. how does it seek to do that in this fashion? what has put in place? unlike most abortion bills in the united states, tax and law does not prohibit criminal prohibitions, it outsources this to private citizens and anyone who performs an abortion, about two weeks after someone realises they are pregnant, or anyone who aids and abets or helps someone getting an abortion. so the idea is to make it prohibitively expensive for anyone to perform or assist in one and so that the procedure ceases to exist in texas, which has happened. and inserting itself from liability, texas is drawing on a doctrine called sovereign immunity, which limits when you can sue the state governments will situation with a state official is enforcing a constitutional law, texas argues there is no state official here and therefore there is no way that the state can be sued in the first place. state can be sued in the first lace. :, state can be sued in the first tlace, :, :, , state can be sued in the first lace. :, :, , , state can be sued in the first tlace, :, :, , , ' state can be sued in the first lace. :, :, , , , :, place. how does this differ from what is happening _ place. how does this differ from what is happening in _ place. how does this differ from | what is happening in mississippi? mississippi law bands abortion and creates criminal penalties at 15 weeks gestation, the supreme court agreed to hear mississippi's appeal from a lower court ruling holding that law to be unconstitutional. the reason this decision could be consequential is that mississippi's pancakes in roughly nine weeks before fatal liability, the point at which survival is possible outside of the worm and held that there was right to choose abortion until there was liability. the court will either have to reverse roe versus wade in its entirety will have to at least a dividing line in which it is easier to remove that down the road so most us court watchers expect the court to reverse roe versus wade either by summer 22 or a few years after. itoothed summer 22 or a few years after. what does the biden _ summer 22 or a few years after. what does the biden administration seem to be doing to stop at least what is happening in texas? the to be doing to stop at least what is happening in texas?— happening in texas? the biden administration _ happening in texas? the biden administration is _ happening in texas? the biden administration is in _ happening in texas? the biden administration is in court - happening in texas? the biden| administration is in court today, asking a federaljudge to block texas�* law from going into effect and the federal government argument centres on the balance of power between the federal and state government, the administration argues that texas is obstructing it from protecting federally guaranteed constitutional rights and that texas is trampling on the prerogatives of the federal government, usually when there are conflicts between federal and state law in the us, federal law trumps and the biden administration says texas is preventing them from happening to the administration in court is asking a judge to respect the federal government prerogatives and block the texas law from going into effect. ~ :. and block the texas law from going into effect. . . ., , :, into effect. what are your observations _ into effect. what are your observations about - into effect. what are your observations about the i into effect. what are your i observations about the speed into effect. what are your - observations about the speed with which the supreme court is dealing with this matter? thea;r which the supreme court is dealing with this matter?— which the supreme court is dealing with this matter? they have not been ttoin ve with this matter? they have not been going very fast. _ with this matter? they have not been going very fast. and _ with this matter? they have not been going very fast, and they _ with this matter? they have not been going very fast, and they have - with this matter? they have not been going very fast, and they have let i with this matter? they have not been going very fast, and they have let x l going very fast, and they have let x in law go into effect. you cannot read much into this, because texas law was designed to obstruct federal constitutional challenges and at the same time i think it is fair to say that if we were dealing with another constitutional right in the united states could be acting more expeditiously so that does not bode well for the future of abortion rights in the united states. does it tell ou rights in the united states. does it tell you anything? _ rights in the united states. does it tell you anything? because - rights in the united states. does it tell you anything? because there i rights in the united states. does it| tell you anything? because there is a conservative majority in the court? a conservative ma'ority in the court? ~ , , ., a conservative ma'ority in the court? ~ , ., ., court? absolutely, we have a conservative _ court? absolutely, we have a conservative majority - court? absolutely, we have a conservative majority on i court? absolutely, we have a conservative majority on the | court? absolutely, we have a i conservative majority on the court that let a lot of this going to affect that to a challenge mississippi, that bodes poorly for abortion rights so all of those things together combined to suggest that the court isn�*t going to look favourably on roe versus wade. t�*m favourably on roe versus wade. i'm sure we will return to this again but for the moment, thank you for joining us. let�*s take a look at the weather forecast. tell me it won�*t keep getting colder? actually, if we were outside with sunshine this afternoon, there is still some warmth but we are not outside. anybody that is may have appreciated that, dodge sharers today, get ready for the rain. quite a cruel weekend on the way. into this evening, plenty of sharers, especially north west gotham, some of these thundery, north—western parts of the uk eat the showers overnight. clear skies away from the showers and much cooler, especially wales and england, compared with last night. we start tomorrow dry. it will not last. northern ireland early rain then across cotham, into wales, heavy rain spells further east. look at the bright colours, some parts of southern and eastern . towards the coast we could get gusts up to 65. the chance of travel disruption from the rain or wind hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... following the murder of sarah everard, the metropolitcan police gives new guidance about plain clothes officers, and what people can do if stopped by one but critics say it isn�*t women who need to change their actions. it puts the onus on women to keep themselves safe again. it is not about the women, it�*s about the men that are killing us, especially if those men are the people that are paid and appointed to keep us safe. more than 15 million households face higher energy bills from today, as the biggest increase in the price cap so far comes into effect. labour leader sir keir starmer has called for parliament to be recalled over the hgv driver shortage. covid vaccination passports are introduced for large scale scale events in scotland, but the app is hit by technical problems. celebrating the start of black history month, we�*ll hear from the photographer and film maker simon fredrick later in the hour. premier league players will be allowed to travel to red list countries for this month�*s world cup qualifiers, if they are fully vaccinated. it�*s after the uk government relaxed regulations in response to problems during septembers international break. tottenham�*s giovanni lo celso was one of four england—based argentine players who played in a match against brazil last month, which was stopped by brazilian health officials, saying they had to quarantine. for this international break, english—based players including brazilians bobby firmino and manchester city�*s gabrieljesus, will be allowed to travel, but will have to quarantine however, they will be permitted that would need for players, they go 10—12 days with the national team and then another ten days away from theirfamilies into quarantine. that�*s 22 days and two weeks later, that�*s the next international break, the next international duty. so it does not sound for me like a real solution. chelsea defender reece james will not be joining the england squad for matches against andorra and hungary this month, because head coach thomas tuchel says he�*s not back to full training. james was named in gareth southgate�*s 23—man squad yesterday, despite coming off injured in the defeat against manchester city last week and then not featuring in the trip tojuventus in midweek. tuchel thinks there�*s been a misunderstanding, as james isn�*t currently in full training and is set to miss tomorrow�*s game with southampton. when i saw it, i thought maybe he is going to play with the water polo team with england, because right now he is training in the pool so i was a bit surprised, but i understood that he was selected for the football team, so this will not happen, because reece is training in the pool right now so my understanding, my last information is that he will not go so it can only be a misunderstanding, nothing else. rangers have contacted uefa about the booing and jeering glen kamara was subjected to in prague last night. just months after the finland midfielder was racially abused by a slavia prague player, he was targetted during their 1—0 europa league defeat by sparta prague. the game was initially supposed to be played behind closed doors, after sparta supporters had racially abused a monaco player in an earlier match, but it was later decided to allow 10,000 schoolchildren to attend. manager steven gerrard said "these things keep raising their head far too often and the punishments are not enough". sparta have denied the allegations and responded saying, "it is absolutely unbelievable that after a match we have to watch innocent children being attacked and face unfounded accusations of racism." warwickshire are the new champions of the bob willis trophy. they easily beat lancashire at lord�*s. tom bailey was the last man to fall as warwickshire secured the victory by an innings and 199 runs, with a day and a half to spare. that completes a domestic double for warwickshire, who also won the county championship. british boxerjoejoyce says he "trusts" he will be awarded an olympic gold medal after an independent investigation found officials manipulated the outcome of matches at rio 2016. joyce lost his super heavyweight final to france�*s tony yoka and that was one of 11 "suspicious" bouts. the head of the investigation, professor richard mclaren, said a system for the manipulation of fights was in place. the sport�*s world giverning body the aiba said it noted the report with "concern". joyce has released a statement, saying he was sad to see corruption in the sport he loves and he�*ll be considering the finding with his legal team. he added... that�*s all the sport for now. i�*ll have more for you in the next hour. motorists could continue to face long queues at petrol stations for another week or so, according to the government. the policing minister kit malthouse said there�*s still strong demand for fuel in some parts of the country, and the prime minister will review the situation if it deteriorates further. our transport correspondent caroline davies has more. one way to break this down is a lot of people supplying the fuel say that is now improving and they�*re starting to see supplies coming in, however some people selling the fuel say they are still saying that they see that being outstripped and they are running dry. we heard from the petrol retailers association and they do a survey of members every day to see how many are running dry. they said that 26% were still running dry and yesterday it was 27% so a marginal improvement, but they say still not fast enough to get to a point where they are able to sustain the supply and demand at a normal level. the government was going to make available these temporary visas to get more drivers and hgv drivers into the country to work. how effective has that been? has it even got started? it has not started yet so they have to do the initial run when they put the announcement out for these 5,000 visas, most for food drivers and some of them for fuel truck drivers and they did say they would have to be recruited by these particular agencies and then the visas will be processed, which takes about 15 days. the process has not got underway yet, it is meant to start early this month but we�*re not sure of the date and everybody has to leave by the time it gets to the 2ath of december. some in the haulage industry are concerned that is much too short a time and they wanted a six month visa because that gives them more time to be able to train uk drivers and it was also more appealing for drivers in the eu who have to up sticks, drop everything and come over and operate here. they are concerned the shorter those visas get, the less appealing they will be. a statement from the rac has just come in regarding the situation on fuel. simon william�*s is the spokesman, he says, "while the fuel situation continues to improve in many areas, it not the case in the country. those that rely on forecourts may really be struggling to fill up or face a very long queues." he goes on to say smaller petrol stations appear to have been particularly hard hit. with so many people refuelling over the weekend, draining the stocks in the process, supply chains are not as robust as the larger retailers, struggling to get deliveries. these independents don�*t sell as much fuel as the supermarkets, they are still very important to drivers, particularly in some parts of the country. finally he says rac data confirms nationally things are improving but we are not yet back to normal. yesterday our patrols still dealt with nearly five times the number of outer fuel breakdowns as they would normally. in contrast on monday, when the problem was at its worst, they attended 13 times more than normal on that day. some improvement, but there are quite variations, according to the rac. tens of thousands of pigs may have to be culled, if the government doesn�*t take urgent action to ease a labour shortage which is creating backlogs on farms across the country. that�*s the warning from farmers and farming unions, who are calling for more visas to be issued to allow skilled workers from mainland europe to enter the uk. our rural affairs correspondent, claire marshall, reports. pig farmers say they�*re desperate and in despair at the impact of the staffing crisis facing many abbatoirs. if mature pigs can�*t be taken away, it leads to overcrowding on farms, which could cause serious animal welfare and hygiene issues. once pigs get too big, retailers don�*t want to buy them. a friend of the farmer who was forced to slaughter his piglets on his farm said he�*d been destroyed by it. according to the british meat processors association, before brexit and the pandemic, around 80% of the staff in two of the uk�*s biggest meat processing centres were from eastern europe. this is a growing problem and has been growing for some time, really, and we�*ve tried all the things that government�*s asked us to do in terms of increasing wages and things like that but there�*s a lot of people that are, sort of... a lot ofjob vacancies out there at the moment and it�*s really hard to recruit. and particularly what we need is skilled butchers to do this, it�*s not something we can just pull people off the street to do. the government recently created temporary visas for lorry drivers and poultry workers to try to limit disruption in the run—up to christmas. the national pig association wants a similar scheme for its industry. the government said it was working closely with the sector to explore options. claire marshall, bbc news. the green party has elected two new leaders. carla denyer and adrian ramsay are now the co leaders of the party afterjonathan bartley stood down, and sian berry chose not to seek re election. detectives have arrested two men in the londonderry area this morning under the terrorism act in connection with the murder of journalist lyra mckee. lyra mckee was shot dead in derry in april 2019 as she observed writing. a new law has come into force which bans under 18s in england from getting botox style injections or dermal lip fillers, for cosmetic reasons. it follows years of campaigning to regulate the nonsurgical beauty industry. while the ban provides greater protection to teenagers, adult customers are still at risk as our health correspondent anna collinson reports. i could feel blood just trickling down the side of my face. laura was offered a cheap filler treatment to plump up her lips, but the practitioner accidentally punctured an artery. my lip was black. particularly underneath. the inside of my lip had just filled with blood. i almost passed out, the shock of seeing the state of my face. complications like this need to be dealt with quickly to prevent more serious possible problems, like blindness. but laura says her practitioner panicked and did not know what to do. many practitioners, including ones at this clinic, adhere to strict safety guidelines, but due to a lack of regulation in the nonsurgical beauty industry, effectively anyone can carry out potentially dangerous treatments. from today, there will be more protection, but only for some. frown for me, yeah, really angry. it�*s now illegal for under 18s to receive botox—style injections or dermalfillers in england for non—medical reasons. for purely cosmetic treatments, really, you don't really need anything when you are so young. so it would be unnecessary, it would be a waste of time, a waste of money. feeling 0k? 0k, brilliant. latest figures estimate around 70,000 of these treatments are carried out under 18s per year. updates on possible legislation in wales and scotland are expected in the near future. this law change is an important step for the industry, but there�*s still a long way to go. the fact that these treatments can be done by anyone with no - training or no experience, - they can purchase their products over the internet and insurance is a huge thing for us, - we really want to make it a legal requirement. i and anyone over 18 remains as vulnerable as ever, like laura. anna collinson, bbc news. lava from the erupting volcano on la palma in spain�*s canary islands is now said to have covered an area bigger than 25 football pitches. there�*s are concerns over worsening air quality in nearby residential areas, as the lava continues to cascade into the ocean. danjohnson is on the island. this is becoming a daily ritual across this side of the island, in all these towns in la palma, clearing up all this volcanic dust. this has settled just overnight, and that�*s why there�*s a small army of workers everywhere here trying to clear it up, trying to let life continue, because this eruption is still having widespread effects right across this side of the island. there are more than 6,000 people who are out of their homes, over 900 homes that have been destroyed now. and the new threat in the last couple of days is toxic gas, because the lava has reached the coast, reached the sea just along the coast from here, it is flowing into the sea. that is when there is a chemical reaction which releases potentially those toxic gases — that�*s why there�*s still a huge restricted area that�*s being enforced by the authorities here to keep people back, to keep people safe, but that means they�*re not allowed back to their homes. and the volcano is still erupting almost two weeks after it first became active. there is still lava pouring down the hillsides and now going straight into the sea. and the question still to be answered is, how much longer will this continue and how many more people will it affect? danjohnson, bbc news, la palma. the headlines on bbc news... police gives new guidance about plain clothes officers, and what people can do if stopped by one but critics say it isn�*t women who need to change their actions. more than 15 million households face higher energy bills from today, as the biggest increase in the price cap so far comes into effect. labour leader sir keir starmer has called for parliament to be recalled over the hgv driver shortage. five years after 15—year—old natasha ednan laperouse died from a severe allergic reaction, after eating a baguette which she didn�*t know contained sesame seeds, a law in her name has come into effect across the uk it means all food packaging must contain a full list of ingredients and allergens. natasha�*s parents, who�*ve campaigned for the rules to be changed, have welcomed the law, saying their daughter would be very proud. john maguire has the story. her death may well save many, many lives. natasha ednan—laperouse was flying from heathrow with herfather and best friend when she bought some food. a baguette from pret a manger. natasha knew she had a food allergy and always checked labels. but the bread had been baked with sesame seeds, not included in the list of ingredients and which triggered a severe reaction. natasha suffered several cardiac arrests on the plane and died later in a french hospital. she was only 15. a very painful and poignant thing to have happened to any family, but it happened to us and in many ways, while we dedicate natasha�*s law to natasha, in fact, it is for the people, all those 2,000,000 people, that they may live a long, fruitful life. this new legislation comes into force today and closes a loophole so that now, all pre—wrapped food including sandwiches, fast food and cheese or meat from deli counters, must be clearly labelled with a full list of ingredients. also, 1a major allergens including eggs, peanuts and sesame seeds, must be highlighted in the list. we think this is really important, it's going to make a big difference to the 2,000,000 or so allergen sufferers in the uk and there is more, 600,000 with coeliac disease, more with food intolerance and it means if they go into a shop and grab and go with a sandwich, they can quickly check the label and find out if their ingredient is on there. natasha�*s parents describe it as a bittersweet moment for them, but five years on from their daughter�*s death, say they know in their hearts she would be very proud of the new rules in her name — natasha�*s law. i have been speaking to photographer and film—maker simon frederick who is about to release a six part doc use series on youtube. showcasing black talent from all over the world where people tell their stories but overcoming adversity. i think when we started to write our list, we started off with i think 150 people and i think when we finished, the list was up to about six or 700 people. it was really difficult to whittle that list down and then it really just came to who was available at the time we were shooting. you have tried to include people from as wide a range of backgrounds as possible. how is that breadth of experience reflected in the stories they are telling? i mean, i think a lot of the times people think that when it comes to black people, it�*sjust about singing, dancing, playing football. but people do other things. we have an 18—year—old who is an environmentalist, we have people who are writing algorithms that will shape our futures. so it�*s really about showing the breadth of talent that there is within the black diaspora and allowing them to tell us their stories in a way that their stories will connect with us as human beings. how important was it for you to not only reflect the adversity, that people may have experienced in getting to be successful, but also to celebrate the possibilities, that idea of the potential that is within the black diaspora? that�*s a great question, because i think a lot of the time when black stories are told, it�*s always about the adversity, but out of adversity there is always triumph, so for us, it was really important to show the light and shade of the story so that people could really see the full breadth of someone�*s humanity and also the lived experience of their stories. but this is black history month, so i�*m guessing that as much as they are talking about contemporaneous lives and success and their hopes for the future, they are also drawing on where they have come from, what their own history has been? yes, that�*s a great point, the thing with this report people yes, that�*s a great point, the thing with this group of people who are all under a0, by the way, is that they are very much cognisant of the fact that they stand on the shoulders of others. and they very much know that, that they have a responsibility that black success comes with the responsibility that is very much part part and parcel of representing other black people who look at those people as an example. you will i�*m sure know that the latest james bond film is finally out in cinemas but do 007�*s exploits bear any relation to life in m16? britain�*s external spy agency, properly known as the secret intelligence service. and how relevant can a spy agency be in this digital age? our security correspondent frank gardner has been speaking to real agents about their life and work. why would i betray you? bond music plays. why would i betray you? we all have our secrets. you just didn�*t get to yours yet. so does anything about bond resemble life inside the real mi6, headquartered here on the thames and is their world of human intelligence and tradecraft still relevant in the digital age? i asked to meet some serving mi6 intelligence officers to find out. identities concealed, assumed names given. they were all suitably guarded about what they do. there�*s an enormous variety of roles that you can do. there�*s agent running and recruiting, we need technical experts. we have comms teams. there is a sharp edge on the front line. it�*s never one person on their own. there�*s very little resemblance to the reality of working for mi6. so i think if someone came in wanting to do that, they would quite quickly realise in the application process that this was not for them. your watch. it contains a limited radius electromagnetic pulse. i bond films are big on gadgets and here, life does imitate art. mi6, it turns out, has its own in—house workshops, part of q branch. emma, not her real name, is a senior technical officer. it's quite different to what we see in the films. i have a much larger team of engineers working for me, delivering new capabilities and unlike in the films, we are not wearing white coats and we don't all look like geeks! in terms of gadgets, we work very closely with intelligence officers to find out what they want. mi6 does not comment on where in the world it operates but there are clearly places around the globe where its agents might be taking enormous risks. there are people who put their lives at risk in order to work with us. and there is a category of people that it is our privilege to work with who, if they were found out to be working with us, could be in grave danger. they could lose their lives. and that is where fact meets fiction. the operations planned from this building are real. so are the risks. and so are the threats they are trying to stop. frank gardner, bbc news. at the moment, i have had a look outside, centring to be found, notjust where i am, across much of the uk. heavy showers, particularly north west gotham, thunder in places, gusty wind, rain moving in, gales in places, the chance of disruptions. met office weather warnings in place for the weekend. low pressure moving in, deepening, close to northern scotland. elsewhere, back to blustery showers. through the weekend weather, starting with the remainder of the day, sunshine out there as we go into the evening. sharers continue overnight across north—western parts. dry with clear spells, england and wales, much cooler. five degrees in norwich tomorrow. dry first thing for many. northern ireland has rain in the morning then brightens up. rain pushing across cotham, wales turning wetter in the morning and we will see heavy rain for western england spread further through the afternoon. bright colour showing up indicating especially towards the south—east and east of england, 30-a0 south—east and east of england, 30—a0 millimetres of rain in places. mid to low teens. blustery out there but the strongest wind picks up through the afternoon, especially along the coast of south—east england and east anglia. gusts in the exposed parts to 65 miles an hour, could be disruptive. inland needing 50 for a time. as the rain clears away, into the evening, lingering across eastern scotland and into sunday morning where some good see up to 50 millimetres of rain with local flooding. northern isles heavy rain on sunday whereas we get sunshine elsewhere. showers move east to west during another blustery day and it will feel rather cool this weekend although there is a greater chance of us seeing sunshine in between the showers. an eventful weekend, difficult travel conditions at times, especially saturday and saturday night. on monday after showers, tuesday brings another area of low pressure into the uk with more wind and rain. here we go again. a forecast for where you are available online and through the app. you�*re watching bbc news. today at 5pm: following the murder of sarah everard, the met police gives new guidance about plain clothes officers, and what people can do if stopped by one. the prime minister says changes must be made. there is one area where i think the issue of trust needs to be addressed square on — and it�*s in the way we handle crimes against women and girls. more than 15 million households face higher energy bills from today, as the biggest increase in the price cap so far comes into effect. travel in and out of australia will resume in november — but only for people who are fully vaccinated. pig farmers are warning that a shortage of workers means they could have to carry out a mass cull of animals.