pupils who've self—harmed. if you have self—harmed, please do let me know who helped you and how. you can get in touch — anonymously, of course — @vicderbyshire on instagram or twitter. and the authorities in canada say it could take days to clean up after the massive snow storm that hit the greater toronto area. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the prime minister's former top advisor has acused borisjohnson of lying about the �*bring your own booze�* event in the downing street garden during the first lockdown. dominic cummings said he was prepared to swear under oath that mrjohnson knew it was a drinks party and not a work event — a claim denied by number ten. here's our political correspondent, jonathan blake. once the prime minister's closest adviser, now one of his fiercest critics. dominic cummings�* newly detailed version of events contradicts what the prime minister told mps. drinks in the downing street garden when england was under strict lockdown measures on the 20th of may 2020 — an invite sent by the prime minister's private secretary, martin reynolds, to around 100 staff, told to bring their own booze. last week, the prime minister gave his explanation. i believed implicitly that this was a work event. but, mr speaker, with hindsight, i should have sent everyone back inside. now, writing online, dominic cummings says: going on to write... number ten, though, says it is untrue that the prime minister was warned about the event in advance. do you have confidence in the prime minister? i conservative mps have talked of anger among their constituents, at continued accusations of events which may have broken the rules, which most members of the public were following. a handful now say time's up for the prime minister, but most are waiting for an official report. i've spoken to party members, people who've been loyal party members and activists for many years, and i would say the... by far, the clear view that i've had from them is, we should give him, the prime minister, the benefit of the doubt until we see what's in sue gray's report. people are angry, people want to know what's going on, and the prime minister acknowledged that in his statement in the house — that, regardless of, you know, what may have been thought or said at the time of that party in the garden, you cannot explain it away, you cannot say that it was justifiable. it was clearly wrong, it should never have happened. and so, people are rightly angry about that and want to know, i think, what the prime minister's going to do to put this right. labour say the government's in chaos. if he did know, if he was aware that the invites went out, if he was aware that concerns were raised, and, indeed, if he did then say the party should go ahead, this is, this is just extraordinary. conservatives are gravely concerned. all of westminster is waiting for the report attempting to establish the facts. jonathan blake, bbc news. earlier i spoke to our chief political correspondent adam fleming — i asked him if mr cummings would be interviewed as part of sue gray's investigation. the thing about sue gray's inquiry, it is a bit of a black box that we know very little about, you can ask that you cannot be told who she is speaking to a wants to speak to. i have heard some talk that her focuses on senior civil servants, juniors servants may have attended these events whom she is not speaking to. i am sure if anybody was going to confirm they have been spoken to by sue gray it would be the former prime ministerial adviser dominic cummings who is committed to that kind of radical transparency, he will probably write a blog about it. they key thing about the blog he has written now is that he discussed the problems of the party on the 20th of may with the prime minister and his assertion that the private secretary who wrote the invitation probably disgusted with the prime minister too, probably disgusted with the prime ministertoo, in dominic probably disgusted with the prime minister too, in dominic cummings�* view that would be the prime minister misled parliament when he was talking about this. downing street said the prime minister was not warned know aware of the event, but it�*s very much what the deputy prime minister said when he was interviewed this morning. the prime minister and — interviewed this morning. the prime minister and number _ interviewed this morning. the prime minister and number ten _ interviewed this morning. the prime minister and number ten have - interviewed this morning. the prime minister and number ten have been| ministerand numberten have been veryclear— ministerand numberten have been very clear that event is not true, it is up— very clear that event is not true, it is up to — very clear that event is not true, it is up to sue gray how she conducts_ it is up to sue gray how she conducts her investigation and i will not — conducts her investigation and i will not prejudice or interfere with it. i will not prejudice or interfere with it lam _ will not prejudice or interfere with it. i am confident he will carry on for many— it. i am confident he will carry on for many years added to the next election. — for many years added to the next election, he is focused on what i think_ election, he is focused on what i think the — election, he is focused on what i think the majority of people want us to be _ think the majority of people want us to be focused on.— think the majority of people want us to be focused on. dominic raab went on to ile to be focused on. dominic raab went on to pile pressure _ to be focused on. dominic raab went on to pile pressure on _ to be focused on. dominic raab went on to pile pressure on the _ to be focused on. dominic raab went on to pile pressure on the prime - on to pile pressure on the prime minister himself. he was asked in theory if a minister misleads parliament, is that a resignation offence and he said of parliament was just offence and he said of parliament wasjust —— if offence and he said of parliament was just —— if parliament was misled on the record was not corrected immediately, it would be. it is not just the prime minister�*s enemies increasing the temperature. piers just the prime minister's enemies increasing the temperature. piers in the house of — increasing the temperature. piers in the house of lords _ increasing the temperature. piers in the house of lords last _ increasing the temperature. piers in the house of lords last night - the house of lords last night rejected some of the government�*s police and crime bill? —— peers. it is a huge piece of legislation, lords and ladies released two rejected some key elements last night, they rejected some of the new measures to criminalise protests which had been unveiled to great fanfare by the government in the wake of those insulate britain and extinction rebellion protests last year. the peers also introduce the idea of treating misogyny, hatred against women, is a specific hate crime in future, something the government has opposed until now, because of parliamentary procedure it will go back to the house of commons at the government can have another go, there is a lot of discussion about procedural stuff that was some of these amendments might have been tabled too late. the controversy over this controversial bill will continue and the government has a bit of a challenge. there are fears saturday�*s volcanic eruption and tsunami near tonga could have caused extensive damage on smaller islands that have not yet been reached. it�*s thought some islands were hit by a wave between five and ten metres high. about 200 volunteers have been trying to clear tonga�*s main airport runway of ash so aid flights can land. new zealand is also sending help by ship. residents have been told to wear masks outdoors because of poor air quality. gareth barlow has more details. aid being loaded in sydney destined for tonga. but exactly what assistance tongans need is farfrom clear, after the eruption severed a vital undersea communications cable. images captured from aircraft sent by new zealand and australia, do offer some insight, showing coastlines covered in ash and volcanic rock floating on the ocean. the damage doesn�*t seem to have been as catastrophic as we had first imagined that it might be, but there�*s still widespread damage, particularly to the western part of the main island. and we�*re looking forward to hearing from those outer islands closer to the blast site. alongside struggling to contact the tiny south pacific nation, the aid effort will be made doubly difficult by the coronavirus. tonga has only registered a single case of covid—i9, and is determined to keep the virus out of the country. from what we have seen and been advised of, drinking water is one of the first main issues of priority for the people in tonga. here in the uk, the family of a british woman swept away by the tsunami say her body has been found. 50—year—old angela glover ran a dog sanctuary in the tongan capital, and was reportedly killed as she tried to rescue one of her animals. she was living on the beach and she was living her dream. you know, she always wanted, to live, you know, in a place like tonga, and was so proud that she she was able to fulfil that. days after the hunga tonga—hunga ha�*apai volcano erupted, there�*s still so little information as to the scale of its impact. for now, the international aid community can only prepare for the worst, but hope for the best. gareth barlow, bbc news. katie greenwood from the international federation of the red cross — who you saw in that report — gave me the very latest on the rescue efforts things we are really worried about at the moment are the access to clean drinking water, and we still hold some fears. people on the islands we have not yet heard from. that is what some are asking, when will we know how many casualties there are? we will we know how many casualties there are? ~ ~ . there are? we think that in the cominu there are? we think that in the coming hours _ there are? we think that in the coming hours we _ there are? we think that in the coming hours we will _ there are? we think that in the coming hours we will have - there are? we think that in the | coming hours we will have more there are? we think that in the - coming hours we will have more of a picture. the tongan government has sent a ship to do some reconnaissance of those areas we have not yet heard from so far. that is challenging in itself given the fear is that we have not seen the last of the big eruptions from this volcano, but we expect to hear a little bit more news. there is probably a couple of hundred people in each of those two islands in particular we are worried about and we want to know about the extent of the damage that. we are getting unconfirmed reports that there are not mass casualties but there has been extensive damage, but we need to confirm those reports. we been extensive damage, but we need to confirm those reports.— to confirm those reports. we had seen the pictures, _ to confirm those reports. we had seen the pictures, if— to confirm those reports. we had seen the pictures, if homes - to confirm those reports. we had seen the pictures, if homes are l seen the pictures, if homes are covered with ash, obviously you haven�*t got access to supplies and the ash is contaminated? the drinkin: the ash is contaminated? the drinking water _ the ash is contaminated? the drinking water is _ the ash is contaminated? tue: drinking water is the the ash is contaminated? tte: drinking water is the number the ash is contaminated? tt2 drinking water is the number one issue and for that reason red cross teams on the ground are certainly active, distributing hygiene kits and the means for p and flying small amounts of household water as required. some of the relief items coming in on some of those flights and chips, big water purification modules can pump out between 100000 and 500,000 litres of water each day —— coming in on some of those flights and ships. that is good because it will stop ongoing effects of other disasters which might happen as the result of unclean water, such as waterborne diseases and things like that. two british teenagers are still being questioned, as part of the investigation into a hostage—taking incident at a synagogue in texas on saturday. malik faisal akram from blackburn was shot dead by police after taking four people hostage. nick garnett is following developments. the two teenagers remain in custody and very little is known about them. police are only saying they were arrested in south manchester, they have not said who they are, their age or gender and they had not said what relationship of any they have to malik faisal akram. akram�*s brother and family came to this police station on saturday and spent the day he had negotiated with him, trying to get him to surrender via a phone like to the synagogue where he was holding the hostages. that failed. —— via a phone link. the family condemned his actions, thoughts echoed by the muslim council of britain, who said his actions fell short of those expected by a muslim. akram was shot dead two weeks after entering the united states. he travelled from new york to dallas, he got into the synagogue service by pretending to be homeless. he had a history of mental illness, fairly low—level events like protesting with a banner outside a mosque and being banned from entering court buildings in blackburn after verbally abusing a member of the public that. low—level things but things remembered by people who knew him. they key question in this investigation being run by the fbi and british police is for the motive. why did he do it and, importantly, why now? how did you get a gun in the united states and who was he working with, in the uk, the us or elsewhere? one of the hostages in the synagogue standoff in colleyville, texas, said he thought the gunman was going to kill them. jeffrey cohen told cbs that the suspect told them to get on their knees, and said he was going to shoot them. he said he was going to shoot each others, put a bullet in each others, that was the first time he said that it does shoot each of us. he said i will make you get down on your knees, get down on your needs. at that point i reached into my chair and i got up like this, i know i stared right at him and i may have shaken my head like this, i don�*t recall, but i know i mouthed no, and just that glat was the first time that we had shown any aggression to him. we were not subservient at that point. he started backing away immediately and sat down. i did not see him put his gun down, but rabbi charlie through the chair at him and ran, i tripped as i was going out into a hedgerow and i thought i was going to go through the hedgerow, i started climbing under it. you going to go through the hedgerow, i started climbing under it.— started climbing under it. you fell to the ground _ started climbing under it. you fell to the ground that _ started climbing under it. you fell to the ground that had _ started climbing under it. you fell to the ground that had to - started climbing under it. you fell to the ground that had to get - started climbing under it. you fell to the ground that had to get up, | to the ground that had to get up, were you worried he would catch and kill you? es, were you worried he would catch and kill ou? �* , , ., , kill you? a little bit, but i was more concentrated _ kill you? a little bit, but i was more concentrated on - kill you? a little bit, but i was more concentrated on getting| kill you? a little bit, but i was- more concentrated on getting through the hedgerow. he more concentrated on getting through the hedgerow— the hedgerow. he followed us out. did he ever — the hedgerow. he followed us out. did he ever go _ the hedgerow. he followed us out. did he ever go on _ the hedgerow. he followed us out. did he ever go on a _ the hedgerow. he followed us out. did he ever go on a rant, _ the hedgerow. he followed us out. did he ever go on a rant, a - the hedgerow. he followed us out. did he ever go on a rant, a thai - the hedgerow. he followed us out. did he ever go on a rant, a thai of| did he ever go on a rant, a thai of anti—semitism? he did he ever go on a rant, a thai of anti-semitism?_ anti-semitism? he did, anti-semitism, - anti-semitism? he did, - anti-semitism, anti-zionism, anti—semitism, anti—zionism, anti—us, anti—israel, anti—women, anti—gay, anti—blacks. there was not one group he did not try... 0h, anti—muslim. he one group he did not try... 0h, anti-muslim.— anti-muslim. he went after everybody- _ anti-muslim. he went after everybody. cohen - anti-muslim. he went after| everybody. cohen describes anti-muslim. he went after - everybody. cohen describes the moment he saw his family for the first time. ~ first time. when we were reunited later at the _ first time. when we were reunited later at the elementary _ first time. when we were reunited later at the elementary school, i later at the elementary school, after midnight, after we had been debriefed, tears flowed. bodies shake. the headlines on bbc news... the uk prime minister�*s former top adviser dominic cummings says borisjohnson lied to parliament over the downing street bring your own booze party. number ten says he didn�*t. the first images of tonga after the tsunami, with homes covered in volcanic ash. aid agencies are warning of an urgent need for fresh water. new official statistics show that average pay rises in the uk are failing to keep up with the rise in the cost of living. staff who work in schools and prisons in england and wales are for the first time being issued with guidance on how to help people who self—harm. self—harm is when somebody intentionally damages or injures their body to try to cope with emotional distress or to feel in control. although there are lots of reasons why people do it. one in five girls and one in ten boys aged between 17 and 19 have self—harmed or attempted suicide, according to a major nhs survey from 2017. and among 11 to 16—year—olds, 7% of girls and more than 3% of boys are affected. those with mental disorders are more likely to have self—harmed. 0ur health correspondent philippa roxby is here why is this happening? this is a recognition _ why is this happening? this is a recognition that _ why is this happening? this is a recognition that it _ why is this happening? this is a recognition that it is _ why is this happening? this is a recognition that it is not - why is this happening? this is a recognition that it is notjust - recognition that it is notjust mental health professionals like doctors and nurses spotting and identifying self—harm, it is happening and lots of sectors, schools, colleges, universities, prisons, detention centres. that is why people are having to spot it and know what to do with it. this new guidance from the clinical body which draws up guidance for doctors and nurses says it is everybody�*s responsibility, to identify self—harm and know what to do. to speak to somebody in a comforting way and then send them for a psychosocial assessment, is what it is called. the pandemic has worsened the situation, mental health experts say young people were coping badly before and probably even worse now. you mention some striking figures of how many girls and boys in their late teens are affected and they are really keen to make sure these young people are spotted very early and given the help they need to add that point. given the help they need to add that oint. �* ., ,., point. and i read some messages from --eole point. and i read some messages from people getting in touch _ point. and i read some messages from people getting in touch about this - people getting in touch about this news? where was this when i was in school? i was told my marks were not deep enough and not to show anyone, i had to drop out of my education. that is on tiktok. 0n instagram, i self—harmed in sixth form from 2012 to 2014. even though it was not that long ago the understanding of mental health is different, i got no support in my teachers pretended not to see. somebody else says i am 31 and self—harmed from the age of 11 to 27, firstly due to bullying but thenit to 27, firstly due to bullying but then it became a way to cope with overwhelming emotions, i was not even aware i was giving it at times. when i was younger there was not much focus on mental health, my incredibly loving and supportive parents did not know how to support me. i moved schools after a while and things were better until a traumatic event led to ptsd. i think it is fantastic that people are more open about mental health and more help is available, but self—harm is still to boo. would you say it still is? .,, still to boo. would you say it still is? ., , ., still to boo. would you say it still is? ., i, still to boo. would you say it still is? ., , ., is? those are typical experiences, i soke to is? those are typical experiences, i spoke to young _ is? those are typical experiences, i spoke to young person _ is? those are typical experiences, i spoke to young person yesterday i is? those are typical experiences, i l spoke to young person yesterday said she had to repeatedly tell the nhs she had to repeatedly tell the nhs she was self—harming and needed help, she was turned away countless times. mental health charities say this is a big responsibility to put on the shoulders of teachers too. tt on the shoulders of teachers too. it really is. on the shoulders of teachers too. it really is- and _ on the shoulders of teachers too. it really is. and they _ on the shoulders of teachers too. it really is. and they need _ on the shoulders of teachers too. it really is. and they need mental- really is. and they need mental health support _ really is. and they need mental health support in _ really is. and they need mental health support in school - really is. and they need mental health support in school to - really is. and they need mental| health support in school to help teachers, teachers have a lot of other things to do. they are calling for more investment in schools and possibly other spheres.— possibly other spheres. thank you, fili o, possibly other spheres. thank you, filipo. thank _ possibly other spheres. thank you, filipo, thank you _ possibly other spheres. thank you, filipo, thank you for _ possibly other spheres. thank you, filipo, thank you for your _ possibly other spheres. thank you, | filipo, thank you for your messages. —— thank you, philippa roxby. alisha cowie is a model and personal trainer. she self—harmed for around four years when she was at school. thank you for talking to us. thank you for having me. can thank you for talking to us. thank you for having me.— thank you for talking to us. thank you for having me. can i ask how you were when — you for having me. can i ask how you were when it — you for having me. can i ask how you were when it began? _ you for having me. can i ask how you were when it began? i _ you for having me. can i ask how you were when it began? i would - you for having me. can i ask how you were when it began? i would say - were when it began? i would say around it. _ were when it began? i would say around it. no _ were when it began? i would say around 11, no younger _ were when it began? i would say around 11, no younger better- were when it began? i would say around 11, no younger better 11 i were when it began? i would say i around 11, no younger better 11 was definitely the pinpoint i would put on it. do definitely the pinpoint i would put on it. , ., definitely the pinpoint i would put on it. definitely the pinpoint i would put onit. ., .,, on it. do you recall your emotions back then. _ on it. do you recall your emotions back then. to _ on it. do you recall your emotions back then, to explain _ on it. do you recall your emotions back then, to explain why - on it. do you recall your emotions back then, to explain why you - back then, to explain why you started doing that? throughout school, from _ started doing that? throughout school, from very _ started doing that? throughout school, from very young, - started doing that? throughout school, from very young, i - started doing that? throughout school, from very young, i was | school, from very young, i was bullied quite severely to the point i moved schools several times, i think that is definitely where it all stemmed from antigens got too much for me at that point. did all stemmed from antigens got too much for me at that point.- much for me at that point. did any teachers or — much for me at that point. did any teachers or support _ much for me at that point. did any teachers or support staff _ much for me at that point. did any teachers or support staff in - much for me at that point. did any teachers or support staff in school| teachers or support staff in school notice or help you? tt teachers or support staff in school notice or help you?— notice or help you? it became noticeable _ notice or help you? it became noticeable when _ notice or help you? it became noticeable when i _ notice or help you? it became noticeable when i lost - notice or help you? it became noticeable when i lost a - notice or help you? it became noticeable when i lost a lot i notice or help you? it became noticeable when i lost a lot of| noticeable when i lost a lot of weight when i was around 12, i was referred to a counsellor that she was not really a counsellor, i don�*t think she was a professional because her advice was not helpful. it was more just speaking at me rather than giving me advice and helping me get through, she was speaking at me and telling me things i already knew. what do you think of this news that teachers and actually any member of staff working in an educational setting will be given advice on how to help people like you when you were at school? t to help people like you when you were at school?— were at school? i think it is definitely _ were at school? i think it is definitely a _ were at school? i think it is definitely a step _ were at school? i think it is definitely a step in - were at school? i think it is definitely a step in the - were at school? i think it is| definitely a step in the right direction, if teachers are given this information and taught on mental health and how it can affect people, i think they will be able to approach it in a less intimidating way, they have an understanding of what it feels like and how to approach somebody who might be suffering. approach somebody who might be sufferinu. ., , ., ., ., , suffering. how straightforward is it to identify somebody _ suffering. how straightforward is it to identify somebody who - suffering. how straightforward is it to identify somebody who is - to identify somebody who is self—harming? to identify somebody who is self-harming?— to identify somebody who is self-harmina? ., , self-harming? personally it was . uite self-harming? personally it was quite obvious — self-harming? personally it was quite obvious because _ self-harming? personally it was quite obvious because of - self-harming? personally it was quite obvious because of the - self-harming? personally it was - quite obvious because of the drastic weight that i lost, i understand thatis weight that i lost, i understand that is not the case for everyone and i understand the pressure it will put on teachers and that it is something that will have to be tackled along with this guidance being given, but i can�*t speakfor a teacher because i am not one, but i think if you are teaching 30 children you get to understand everybody�*s character and even if somebody is just feeling under the weather, is it not better for a teacher to ask them appropriately how they are feeling, it is an open space for the child to say i am fine, just feeling a bit like this, it gives the child more confidence to go to a teacher if they know the teacher has an understanding of mental health.— teacher has an understanding of mental health. what helped you to sto in the mental health. what helped you to stop in the end? _ mental health. what helped you to stop in the end? what _ mental health. what helped you to stop in the end? what actually - stop in the end? what actually ha--ened stop in the end? what actually happened was _ stop in the end? what actually happened was my _ stop in the end? what actually happened was my friend - stop in the end? what actually. happened was my friend passed stop in the end? what actually - happened was my friend passed away from suicide, which made me realise that i couldn�*t be doing this any more. my family were aware of my self—harming and like you said before and somebody else said, their family were so supportive but it is a difficult situation and nobody really knows how to handle edge, that was my realisation. i kept self—harming after that but it became less and less until i stopped and got proper counselling when i was 15 or 16. t and got proper counselling when i was 15 or 1th— was 15 or 16. i am getting some messages — was 15 or 16. i am getting some messages from _ was 15 or 16. i am getting some messages from parents - was 15 or 16. i am getting some messages from parents who . was 15 or 16. i am getting some - messages from parents who perhaps did not know their child was self—harming and then found out maybe when school contacted then, what is the right thing for a parent to say to their child if they think the child is self—harming? t to say to their child if they think the child is self-harming? i don't think there _ the child is self-harming? i don't think there is _ the child is self-harming? i don't think there is anything _ the child is self-harming? i don'tl think there is anything particularly right you need to say, i think it is more about the support. i think some people get angry and have controversial views about self—harming, but it is understanding that the child needs support rather than lectures, just ask and how they are feeling, do not hand then put say, i understand, i am here if you need to talk and if you need any help other van meekeren i will find it for you. i think it is so important to have an open and safe space to talk about it, especially with parents or your parents giving you somebody to speak to —— if you need any help other than me, i will find it for you. what do you mean by controversial views? t what do you mean by controversial views? , , . ~ what do you mean by controversial views? , , ., ,, ., , .,, what do you mean by controversial views? , , .,~ ., , ., ., views? i speak to people now who still think self-harming _ views? i speak to people now who still think self-harming is - still think self—harming is attention seeking, i think those people do not have an understanding of mental health, very well. that is not the case for me, it might be fulsome people but i think it is just a stereotypical thing that of people think when they do not have an understanding of why it happens. that is a really unhelpful perception. thank you for talking to us, alisha cowie. if you�*ve been affected by any of the issues raised here — then do visit the bbc action line at bbc.co.uk/actionline, where there are details about further information and support. a court in norway has been hearing a request for parole from the far—right extremist who murdered 77 people there 11 years ago. anders breivik has served ten years of a 21—yearjail term. his request for early release is expected to be denied. families of the victims have said the three—day court hearing should not be televised as it gives breivik the attention he is seeking. injuly 2011, breivik detonated a car bomb in oslo before opening fire at a summer camp for young left—wing activists on the island of utoya. the bosses of ten of america�*s biggest airlines have warned of major disruption to aviation if two telecommunication firms roll out 5g mobile phone services this week. the companies, verizon and at&t, have already delayed the launch of the service twice, amid fears the new system could interfere with the devices which planes use to measure altitude. 0ur north america correspondent, peter bowes, has more. they are talking about dire consequences. this 5g technology will be rolled out on wednesday and of course the cell phone companies say this is good for the consumer, faster data speeds, it will mean better mobile phone connections. but the airlines are very concerned about how it will affect equipment on a plane that is used by a pilot as he�*s coming or she is coming into land. specifically the radar altimeter. this is a device that sends radio waves to the ground. it helps the pilot determine the altitude of the plane, in other words, how far the aircraft is from the ground especially important when the weather conditions are poor, when there�*s poor visibility, there is plenty of bad weather around in the united states this week. the federal aviation administration says it�*s cleared about a dozen different types of aircraft to come into land in poor visibility after the introduction of 5g, that�*s about 45% of the us fleet. of course that leaves about 55% not cleared and that�*s where the concern is in the airlines and in a letter to the administration, to the department for transport, pointing out the potential dire consequences of this situation for passengers, if their planes are cancelled, for example, the workers who are employed by the airlines but perhaps most importantly, for the wider economy. and the supply chains that could potentially be disrupted. there could not be a worse time for supply chains to face yet another problem. we know what has happened with the pandemic, in their letter to the government they talk about the distribution of vaccines possibly being disrupted by this. the cell phone companies have been in negotiations for a long time over this and they have pointed out, for example, that this technology is not exactly new and in fact, has been rolled out in more than 40 different countries without any problematic situations arising. millions of people across america�*s east coast, and canada�*s southeastern provinces, are hunkered down as a powerful winter storm sweeps through, disrupting travel and cutting power to thousands of homes. stephanie prentice reports. a national pastime taken to the streets. in canada, when life gives you ice, make an ice rink. this neighbourhood just outside toronto using a break in the snowstorms to enjoy their new project. it�*s a little bit bumpy, the trees are a little bit annoying sometimes but yeah. a little bit helpful though too. we started off with two houses, we've expanded to three now. we make it a little difficult for the mail carrier, i know that. they gotta walk around the rink. the mailman may be getting through but for many the snow knocking out their usual forms of transportation. where the bleep is my car, oh my god. for others, an opportunity to try more traditional ways of getting around. it's getting heavier. but not everyone is a jump away from trying to have a good day across the snow ravaged south—eastern provinces, with extreme weather warnings in place across ontario and quebec. power outages for thousands of homes, offices and schools closed and visibility at near zero in some areas. the streets are packed. the streetcar is barely moving. everything is covered with snow. never seen anything like this. over in the us, things are starting to improve, with the national weather service saying that although snowfall will continue, the storm will start to slowly wind down into tuesday. a state canadians can only anticipate. but for some, being stuck at home isn�*t the worst thing. stephanie prentice, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... the uk prime minister�*s former top adviser dominic cummings says borisjohnson lied to parliament over the downing st bring your own booze party. number ten says he didn�*t. well, the prime minister and number ten have been very clear that that account is not true and is up to sue gray to decide how she conducts her investigation. as i said, i am not going to pre—empt, prejudice, or interfere with that. the first images of tonga after the tsunami, with homes covered in volcanic ash. aid agencies warn of an urgent need forfresh water new official statistics show that average pay rises in the uk are failing to keep up with the rise in the cost of living teachers in england and wales will for the first time be given advice on how to help pupils who�*ve self—harmed and the authorities in canada say it could take days to clean up after the massive snow storm that hit the greater toronto area. britain�*s labour party says the government is "in chaos" after the prime minister�*s former adviser, dominic cummings, accused borisjohnson of lying to parliament about a gathering at the height of the uk�*s first lockdown. mr cummings said he was prepared to "swear under oath" that mrjohnson knew a drinks party was being held — a claim denied by number ten. in the past hour, i spoke to jonathan ashworth, shadow work and pensions secretary. i asked him if he believed mr cummings allegations. well, he has made explosive allegations and i think he is saying there is proof of photos and indeed proof of e—mails. the thing for me as borisjohnson continuing in office is clearly not in the national interest and tory mps, rather than trying to weigh up what is in their best electoral interests in their constituency, whether they should stick with him or get rid, should stick with him or get rid, should act in the national interest because we had this awful cost of living crisis with families, working people, pensioners, set to be hit really hard with heating bills going through the roof, prices rising in the shops, wages stagnate and we�*ve just heard that today, the latest figures out this morning and of course if inflation hits 6% this april, for pensioners they will face a 3% cut in real terms in their pension. a 3% cut in real terms in their ension. , a 396 cut in real terms in their pension-— a 396 cut in real terms in their ension. , .,, ., , pension. sorry, iwas asking, sorry, mr ashworth, _ pension. sorry, iwas asking, sorry, mr ashworth, do _ pension. sorry, iwas asking, sorry, mr ashworth, do you _ pension. sorry, iwas asking, sorry, mr ashworth, do you believe - pension. sorry, iwas asking, sorry, mr ashworth, do you believe mr- mr ashworth, do you believe mr cummings? mr mr ashworth, do you believe mr cummings?— mr ashworth, do you believe mr cumminrs? ~ , .,, �*, cummings? mr cummings has said he's reared to cummings? mr cummings has said he's prepared to swear— cummings? mr cummings has said he's prepared to swear on _ cummings? mr cummings has said he's prepared to swear on oath. _ cummings? mr cummings has said he's prepared to swear on oath. that's - cummings? mr cummings has said he's prepared to swear on oath. that's a - prepared to swear on oath. that�*s a pretty explosive to say. [30 prepared to swear on oath. that's a pretty explosive to say.— pretty explosive to say. do you believe him? _ pretty explosive to say. do you believe him? in _ pretty explosive to say. do you believe him? in that _ pretty explosive to say. do you believe him? in that respect, l pretty explosive to say. do you - believe him? in that respect, there is credibility _ believe him? in that respect, there is credibility to _ believe him? in that respect, there is credibility to what _ believe him? in that respect, there is credibility to what he _ believe him? in that respect, there is credibility to what he is - believe him? in that respect, there is credibility to what he is saying i is credibility to what he is saying and he was borisjohnson �*s right—hand man stop i will try once more, do you believe mr cummings? i have no reason not to believe him but if he is saying there is e—mails, those should be handed over to the inquiry. the e-mails, those should be handed over to the inquiry-— to the inquiry. the reason i ask is because you _ to the inquiry. the reason i ask is because you did _ to the inquiry. the reason i ask is because you did not _ to the inquiry. the reason i ask is because you did not believe - to the inquiry. the reason i ask is because you did not believe mr . because you did not believe mr cummings when he said he drove to barnard castle to test his eyesight. i did not believe him on that, i thought it was... but i did not believe him on that, i thought it was. . ._ thought it was... but you believe him now? _ thought it was... but you believe him now? you — thought it was... but you believe him now? you listen _ thought it was... but you believe him now? you listen to - thought it was... but you believe him now? you listen to what - thought it was... but you believe | him now? you listen to what he's sa in: in him now? you listen to what he's saying in the _ him now? you listen to what he's saying in the particular _ saying in the particular circumstances and if he is saying he is prepared to swear on oath and he is prepared to swear on oath and he is saying there are e—mails and that there are other witnesses to people saying tojohnson you should not have this party, then that is something that can be verified so we look forward to it being verified by the inquiry. but to be frank, you... it sounds like you have already decided? th it sounds like you have already decided? . , it sounds like you have already decided? ., , ._ , it sounds like you have already decided? ., , , �* ., , it sounds like you have already decided? ., , decided? in many ways boris johnson has admitted — decided? in many ways boris johnson has admitted he _ decided? in many ways boris johnson has admitted he was _ decided? in many ways boris johnson has admitted he was at _ decided? in many ways boris johnson has admitted he was at that - decided? in many ways boris johnson has admitted he was at that party - has admitted he was at that party and that party clearly broke the rules. and it�*s not... tlat and that party clearly broke the rules. and it's not... not according to him, rules. and it's not... not according to him. sorry _ rules. and it's not... not according to him. sorry to — rules. and it's not... not according to him, sorry to interrupt, - rules. and it's not... not according to him, sorry to interrupt, not - to him, sorry to interrupt, not according to him, he said, as you know, technically it was in the guidance. t know, technically it was in the . uidance. . know, technically it was in the guidance-— know, technically it was in the ruidance. ., ., �*, ., guidance. i mean, that's laughable. lau~hable. guidance. i mean, that's laughable. laughable. people _ guidance. i mean, that's laughable. laughable. people were _ guidance. i mean, that's laughable. laughable. people were furious. - laughable. people were furious. people are furious, people could not say goodbye properly to loved ones in may 2020, they had to say goodbye via zoom calls, children were out of school, we could not socialise with other people, borisjohnson was being beamed into ourfront rooms, every evening, on the bbc, quite rightly, telling people not to mix with others while at the same time, having parties in downing street and it was notjust one party, there�*s been up teen parties in downing street, a culture set at the top, as william hague, note labour stooge, the former tory leader writes in the times newspaper today, cultured set at the top so in that respect, the buck stops with boris johnson. at the top so in that respect, the buck stops with borisjohnson. t5 buck stops with boris johnson. is the labour party position compromised on this by that photo of your boss having a bottle of beer before the hartlepool by—election? no, i don�*t think it is because of him at a work meeting in april 2021 having a takeaway between his different work—related zoom calls and across borisjohnson was the person not only broke the rules, he was writing the rules and telling us not to mix and it was notjust one occasion, it was on occasion after occasion, it was on occasion after occasion, clearly there was a culture of downing street where people thought they did not have to follow the rules, people thought they could have a suitcase of bottles of drink into downing street, this is a rotten culture. culture set at the top as william hague, the former tory leader writes in the times newspaper today. there are serious concerns over the standards of specialist care given to patients with the most complex mental health needs, a bbc investigation has found. patients sent by the nhs to stay in mental health rehabilitation units say they have been placed in unsafe environments, often far from home, with staff that are not suitably trained. some patients remain there for ten or more years. 0ur reporter adam eley has been to meet lissa, who says her experience made her condition worse. some viewers may find her descriptions upsetting. i had a little bit of depression from when i was a kid and then, when i lost my dad, that was a tricky time. i�*d gone through a lot of trauma. by 2019, lissa from coventry had been in and out of hospital struggling with her mental health. the nhs decided to centre for treatment at a specialist rehabilitation unit. i was desperate. i had no other choice. but the hospital she was sent to run by company cygnet health care was in special measures at the time. there had been two deaths in the previous 20 months. some believe the nhs should never have sent her there. i struggle with us having the knowledge that the environment is rated as inadequate and thinking that is the best place to confine the people we are supposed to care for. it does not add up for me. at least 3,500 patients are treated within mental health rehabilitation units each year run by both the nhs and private providers. but there are serious concerns over standards of care on some wards. lissa�*s mental health deteriorated within the unit, she tried to take her own life 32 times within six months. i was there to be able to get better and i felt that i came away, like, worse. a bbc investigation has found some patients are placed within units for a decade or more. many experts want a greater focus on community care. there are significant amounts of money, around half a billion pounds, spent on this cohort of people. when people are supported in their community it is less expensive and obviously, from a patient experience perspective, people want to live in a community. the government says it is rolling out integrated community mental health teams to give 370,000 people with severe mental illness greater choice. lissa left her unit after nine months. after taking her case to a mental health tribunal. i felt like i won the lottery, that i was going home. cygnet health care says its aim is always to create a culture that supports recovery. lissa is now back at university and enjoying her hobbies, like boxing. really happy with just being able to take that step away from hospital and try and get a sort of normal life. questions remain over whether the system is fit for purpose. adam eley, bbc news. let�*s talk to personality disorder specialist, keir harding, founder of beam consultancy, which provides training and intervention for those living and working with complex mental health issues. what do you think is going wrong in your view with some of these units? when people are doing things that cause anxiety to staff, so things like self—harm, feeling suicidal, often staff think the only thing we can do to help as people get stuck in acute units, it seems the only answer is moving them to somewhere that says they are specialist. what i often find is if we stop people doing the thing that they do to cope, it�*s not that they need to cope, it�*s not that they need to cope the goes away, it is just they do something different which is more lethal, more potentially lethal. i think the example in your report, trying to take her own life 32 times while in hospital, you�*ve got to wonder what are things like outside? were things that dangerous because it seems she has got out and lived a life in the community that is relatively risk—free so i think a lot of what happens in these units is that they try to extinguish behaviour that causes anxiety as opposed to trying to understand why people do dangerous things, why does it make sense and if we get an understanding, we can help people do things safer. understanding, we can help people do thins safer. ~ ., i. ., ., things safer. would you not have thou~ht in things safer. would you not have thought in a _ things safer. would you not have thought in a specialist _ things safer. would you not have thought in a specialist mental. thought in a specialist mental health rehabilitation unit people would also be doing that as well as trying to stop the dangerous behaviour? mr; trying to stop the dangerous behaviour?— trying to stop the dangerous behaviour? g , , , behaviour? my expertise is in the field of what _ behaviour? my expertise is in the field of what gets _ behaviour? my expertise is in the field of what gets described - behaviour? my expertise is in the field of what gets described as i field of what gets described as personality disorder and the unit that lissa was in. there is not any criteria that you have to make for a specialist personality disorder unit, you just give it to yourself, so... unit, you 'ust give it to yourself, so... ., , ., unit, you 'ust give it to yourself, . .— you i unit, you 'ust give it to yourself, i so. . .— you could so... could i set one up? you could do it tomorrow. _ so... could i set one up? you could do it tomorrow. no _ so... could i set one up? you could do it tomorrow. no way! _ so... could i set one up? you could do it tomorrow. no way! they i so... could i set one up? you could| do it tomorrow. no way! they would not dig into the claims of specialism so my recurrent experience of going to units, that�*s embarrassing, isn�*t it? tt experience of going to units, that's embarrassing, isn't it?— embarrassing, isn't it? it happens all the time. _ embarrassing, isn't it? it happens all the time, please _ embarrassing, isn't it? it happens all the time, please do _ embarrassing, isn't it? it happens all the time, please do not - embarrassing, isn't it? it happens all the time, please do not worry. j all the time, please do not worry. these units that claim to be specialists, there is less psychological therapy on offer than you would find in the community, the people there seem to have no specialist understanding of the difficulties that they are working with and that comes out in the programme later tonight, someone who was employed in a centre of excellence for eating disorder and personality says they have no specialist training, there was nothing special about that unit other than the title above the door. gosh, that is scandalous. can i ask you what is a personality disorder, could you explain that? personality disorder is an _ could you explain that? personality disorder is an appallingly _ could you explain that? personality disorder is an appallingly named i disorder is an appallingly named diagnosis that we give to people, people who get the diagnosis of borderline personality disorder, it is the most common diagnosis associated with childhood trauma and “p associated with childhood trauma and up to 80% of people who get that diagnosis have lived through abuse of some kind so in some ways, it�*s appalling that we say people who have those experiences have disordered personalities however, it is a diagnosis that is in the book. one of the main criteria around it is people cope by using self—harm, people recurrently feel suicidal, they have feelings of emptiness, they have feelings of emptiness, they have feelings of emptiness, they have chronically low self esteem and my experience is this diagnosis is not applied to people brilliantly and if you are a woman who self—harm is, this is often the type of diagnosis that you get and these are people that i work with to try and help them avoid getting stuck in units that we are talking about. �* , , ., stuck in units that we are talking about. �* , i. ., about. briefly, if you would, in terms of that _ about. briefly, if you would, in terms of that work _ about. briefly, if you would, in terms of that work in - about. briefly, if you would, in terms of that work in the i about. briefly, if you would, in i terms of that work in the community, what are you doing practically to help those people? we what are you doing practically to help those people?— what are you doing practically to help those people? we are avoiding the thin . s help those people? we are avoiding the things that _ help those people? we are avoiding the things that these _ help those people? we are avoiding the things that these units - help those people? we are avoiding the things that these units seem i help those people? we are avoiding the things that these units seem to | the things that these units seem to do so badly so we give people lots of choice, we provide an empathic understanding of why self—harm and ways of coping that are damaging are actually quite useful to people. we make sense of why perhaps things that you might expect to be helpful to people might not obviously work. if your experience in life is that people have hurt you repeatedly, when you your member of nhs staff turns up and says i am here to help, you may not trust that person but we do not prepare nhs staff brilliantly for people who may not trust them so we help people cope, we give them different ways of coping, we provide foundation and understanding are more importantly in this area, we help services around them to feel more contained, more relaxed, more understanding of the problems so they don�*t see that need for the risk to be managed in a specialist unit elsewhere. when the nhs staff are calmer we seem to get better results from people.— are calmer we seem to get better results from people. thank you so much for telling _ results from people. thank you so much for telling us _ results from people. thank you so much for telling us about - results from people. thank you so much for telling us about your i results from people. thank you so l much for telling us about your work. you can hear adam eley�*s full investigation on the programme file on 4, tonight from 8pm on bbc radio 4 and bbc sounds. and if you�*ve been affected by the themes within adam�*s report, the bbc�*s action line has information and support. average pay rises in the uk are failing to keep up with the cost of living, according to the latest official data. wages increased in the year to november, but not as fast as prices. separate figures show british companies added 184,000 people to their payrolls between november and december, taking the total to nearly 30 million. our business correspondent, ramzan karmali, joined me earlier with the details. between september and november, wages went up 3.8%. 0n the face of it, that looks pretty solid, right? but don�*t forget in november, inflation was 5.1%, so that means that the cost of living, as you said, isn�*t keeping up, our wages aren�*t keeping up with the cost of living. so, the bank of england things inflation will rise to 6% next year, the pressure on the cost of living is getting even greater but on the flip side, the unemployment rate fell slightly to 4.1% and the number of vacancies has hit a record high of vacancies has hit a record high of 1.24 million. so that means there are more people, jobs available for people, and so a lot of economists expect because there are so many jobs available, wages will rise and will start to keep up with those costs of living later next year but it is worrying at the moment, the chancellor has called these figures, it shows the furloughed scheme that he implemented was a massive success and says, thejob market he implemented was a massive success and says, the job market is thriving, we have these vacancies, unemployment is getting close to pre—pandemic levels so things are on the up. but there is a worry about the up. but there is a worry about the cost of living and the fact don�*t forget in february, the regulator for the don�*t forget in february, the regulatorfor the energy don�*t forget in february, the regulator for the energy sector will meet to decide what the price cap will be for energy bills, that is set to rise as well, talking to citizens advice last week, they were talking about figures of around £60 extra a month on your energy bills coming in from april next year. so there are lots of pressures on people, wages might be going up but they are not going up fast enough. the funeral of the murdered irish primary school teacher, ashling murphy, is taking place this morning. the 23—year—old was killed last wednesday as she jogged next to a canal in tullamore. tens of thousands of people have attended vigils in recent days. 0ur correspondent dan johnson is in mountbolus, county 0ffaly in ireland, where the funeral is taking place. there are thousands of people outside the church, crowding this small village and wanting to be here, listening to the service if they cannot get into the church, it will be played through loudspeakers to the crowd. there are people also watching as the service will be live streamed as well so even those who cannot get in will be able to show their support. and their respect. let�*s spin the camera around, it will give you an idea of how many people there are crowded around the church, lots of media here because there has been so much attention on this part of ireland since the body of aisling was found last week, a huge investigation was launched and police have a suspect in mind, someone they are hoping to question, someone they are hoping to question, someone currently in hospital but for the moment the focus is on to my two �*s family, well known in this area, it is may be a cliche but it is the sort of area where people do know everybody. rural community but a close community. what has happened really has hit people very hard and thatis really has hit people very hard and that is why we saw those vigils not just across ireland but internationally, support for ashling and her family internationally, support for ashling and herfamily and there internationally, support for ashling and her family and there will be an extensive funeral service year from 11am this morning which will include readings given by some members of herfamily and there readings given by some members of her family and there are so many people here, a really sombre mood but a real determination to show support and solidarity with the murphy family at such an awful time. the president of ireland has just arrived and gone into the church but really, this is an event for the family of ashling murphy and the community to gather together and remember her. dan community to gather together and remember her.— community to gather together and remember her. dan johnson, thank ou. mexico last year neared a grim milestone — there are now almost 100,000 people missing, according to figures released by the national search commission. the majority have disappeared amid the drug war violence of the last 15 years — most killed by drug cartels and dumped in unmarked graves. distrustful of the authorities, many families are searching for their loved ones themselves. will grant joined one group in the northern state of sonora. and a warning, this report, shot and edited byjulia galiano rios, contains images some viewers may find disturbing. i know my son is not alive, i don�*t know if i�*m going to find him but i look everywhere. if i find one, i think i recover a little piece of my son. this woman has been searching for her son since 2019. just one of nearly 100,000 disappeared people in mexico. these victims�* families have risked their own lives to look for their relatives. even asking cartel hit men for the location of unmarked graves in the vast mexican countryside. their search is backbreaking and heartbreaking. this is by far the most harrowing task of any mother in mexico. already coping with the unbearable limbo of a missing child, they must carry out research and excavation work themselves. you just go, walk, watch, observe. i don�*t see, i observe. i don�*t hear, i listen. i feel the earth. when you go to someplace that there are bodies, you feel it. the tip—off has led them to a drug cartel�*s abandoned safe house, nearby they find personal effects, a bank card, bits of a mobile phone but no bones or human remains. the best that most relatives can now hope for is this, their loved ones�* remains being pieced together for a positive identification by forensic scientists. human rights groups say there is a deep crisis in mexico�*s forensic medicine, understaffed and underfunded services in the worst affected states are failing to locate and identify the victims. translation: it is very i important for us to recover the public's trust. obviously people in mexico have historically lost their confidence in the authorities and it's important that we get that back and we do that by making sure our processes are fully transparent and by showing that we have nothing to hide. chanting. but many relatives are angry at what they see as official indifference, including by the president. one group recently recreated a mass grave outside the national palace in mexico city to demand greater action. back in sonora, no one expects much government support because, they say, there was often state complicity in disappearances. they know where they are, they know where they live, they know who they are. but the authorities and the cartels, they go like this. together. and that�*s true, and everybody knows that. after two days of digging and hoping, the group does find a skull and some human bones. it�*s a bittersweet moment, one family may soon have their worst fears about their missing relative confirmed, and they can now give them a dignified burial and at last, start to grieve. will grant, bbc news, sonora in northern mexico. the bbc�*s director general, tim davie, has said the freeze in the licence fee over the next two years will result in a £285 million gap in funding for the corporation. speaking on bbc radio 4�*s today programme, tim davie said the bbc is efficient after years of cuts — so the latest cut to its budget will affect its output. inevitably, you... if you don�*t have 285 million, you will get less services and less programmes. now, i still think the bbc can offer extraordinary value for the £13 a month. i absolutely think we can do that. you wouldn�*t hesitate to close channels if they don�*t offer value to our audiences. can you say that bbc four survives? i�*m not going to make specific recommendations now. we are going to take stock. we�*ve got the settlement, that gives us certainty now. by the way, i�*d said that does help us. we will make clean decisions, what we need to do is just go through this year. we are being prudent in the way we plan ourfinances. but a channel might have to... you can�*t say which one now, looking at bbc four, looking at bbc two, looking at radio 5 live. these all, inevitably, are on the agenda? i think everything�*s on the agenda. uk supermarket morrisons has confirmed it has cut sick pay for unvaccinated workers who are forced to isolate after being exposed to covid. it follows similar moves from big retailers including ikea, next, and 0cado as staff absences rise. unjabbed morrisons workers who are told to isolate but test negative now get statutory sick pay of £96 a week. a 16th—century villa in rome will be auctioned later today with a price in the hundreds of millions of dollars because of a ceiling mural. the villa aurora sits on one of the highest hills in the city, on the site of what was once the home ofjulius caesar, and contains six floors full of treasures. the most precious is this ceiling painting by caravagio which is more than 500 years old. you�*re watching bbc news. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again. for some of us it has been a cold and frosty start to the day, for others we have had some dense and patchy fog. now, most of that fog is lifting, but some of it will stick and will hang around parts of england and east wales for much of the day. and you can see how the cloud is pushing northwards through the day as well. at the same time, we�*ve got a weather front coming in across northern ireland and western scotland, bringing in some rain, and gusty winds across the north and the west, gusting 40 to 45 mph. these are our temperatures, 7 to about 10 degrees. now, through this evening and overnight, here comes ourfirst front pushing southwards. there will still be some cloud leftover from this afternoon. in between, a clear spot until we have got the next weather front coming in from the north—west, introducing some heavy rain, and behind that we�*ll see some clearer skies as well. so where we�*ve got the clearer skies is where we are likely to see some frost once again in the south. so tomorrow, here come our weather fronts. sinking steadily southwards. behind them we�*ve got a northerly or a north—westerly flow. it�*s going to feel cold tomorrow, there will be a significant wind—chill, for example in northern isles, it will feel more like —6. so we�*ve got these sunny spells before the second weather front sinks southwards, taking its cloud and increasingly patchy rain with it, and then a lot of blue skies, but there will be some showers which will be wintry across parts of the north and east, even at lower levels. and despite the temperatures, it is going feel bitter. now, as we head on from wednesday into thursday you can see how overnight we�*ve got all these blues seeping steadily southwards, meaning once again we are looking at a widespread frost. where it has been damp there is also the risk of ice, and we still have this keen north—westerly or northerly wind blowing in some wintry showers. a few showers out towards the west will tend to fade, but for most it is going to be a dry day on thursday with a fair bit of sunshine, but no heatwave. we are looking at five in aberdeen, four in newcastle to maybe nine in plymouth. but once again, if you are exposed to that wind it will feel cold. high pressure across us. fronts tumbling over the top of it means that in the north of the country and scotland we will see some rain at times, there will be variable amounts of cloud, frost and some mist and fog by night. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11... the uk prime minister�*s former top adviser dominic cummings says borisjohnson lied to parliament over the downing st bring your own booze party. number ten says he didn�*t. well, the prime minister and number ten have been very clear that that account is not true and is up to sue gray to decide how she conducts her investigation. as i said, i am not going to pre—empt, prejudice, or interfere with that. the first images of tonga after the tsunami, with homes covered in volcanic ash. aid agencies warn of an urgent need forfresh water. two british teenagers are still being questioned as part of the investigation into a hostage—taking incident at a texas synagogue on saturday. one of the hostages has been speaking about the moment he escaped. rabbi charlie picked up the chair, through it and yelled that run. i didn�*t see the chair going. i tripped and i was going out and fell in a hedgerow there. i thought i was going to go through the funeral of the murdered irish primary school teacher, ashling murphy, is taking place in county 0ffaly this morning. new official statistics show that average pay rises in the uk are failing to keep up with the rise in the cost of living and andy murray wins an epic 5—set match in melbourne to make it through to round 2 of the australian open for the first time since 2017. the prime minister�*s former top advisor has accused borisjohnson of lying about the �*bring your own booze�* event in the downing street garden during the first lockdown. dominic cummings said he was prepared to swear under oath that mrjohnson knew it was a drinks party and not a work event — a claim denied by number ten. here�*s our political correspondent, jonathan blake. once the prime minister�*s closest adviser, now one of his fiercest critics. dominic cummings�* newly detailed version of events contradicts what the prime minister told mps. drinks in the downing street garden when england was under strict lockdown measures on the 20th of may 2020 — an invite sent by the prime minister�*s private secretary, martin reynolds, to around 100 staff, told to bring their own booze. last week, the prime minister gave his explanation. i believed implicitly that this was a work event. but, mr speaker, with hindsight, i should have sent everyone back inside. now, writing online, dominic cummings says: "0n the day of the event itself i said to the pm, something like, �*martin�*s invited the building to a drinks party. you�*ve got to grip this madhouse�*." going on to write, "not only me, but other eyewitnesses who discussed this at the time, would swear under oath that this is what happened." number 10, though, says it is untrue that the prime minister was warned about the event in advance. do you have confidence in the prime minister? conservative mps have talked of anger among their constituents, at continued accusations of events which may have broken the rules, which most members of the public were following. a handful now say time�*s up for the prime minister, but most are waiting for an official report. i've spoken to party members, people who've been loyal party members and activists for many years, and i would say the... by far the clear view that i've had from them is, we should give him, the prime minister, the benefit of the doubt until we see what's in sue gray's report. people are angry, people want to know what's going on, and the prime minister acknowledged that in his statement in the house — that, regardless of, you know, what may have been thought or said at the time of that party in the garden, you cannot explain it away, you cannot say that it was justifiable. it was clearly wrong, it should never have happened. and so, people are rightly angry about that and want to know, i think, what the prime minister's going to do to put this right. labour say the government�*s in chaos. if he did know, if he was aware that the invites went out, if he was aware that concerns were raised, and, indeed, if he did then say the party should go ahead, this is, this is just extraordinary. conservatives are gravely concerned. all of westminster is waiting for the report attempting to establish the facts. jonathan blake, bbc news. let�*s speak to our political correspondent ione wells. the latest is this fallout since the cummings published a bombshell blog last night updating his account of what happened on the 20th of as jonathan�*s report outlined there, dominic cummings claimed that he warned both the and martin reynolds who sent that insight out to the on the 28th of may 2020 that this would be in breach of covid—19 regulations at the downing street that they recall dominic cummings warning about this event. there are a number of other claims he made on his blog post. he said he would swear under oath that this was true and also that there were more photographs to come of other events in downing street during coronavirus wreckage regulations. these claims have been heavily refuted by downing street. the justice secretary heavily refuted by downing street. thejustice secretary dominic raab told the bbc earlier that the government prime minister was warned the prime ministerand number10 have been clear that account is not clear that account is not true and of course it's up to sue gray to decide how she conducts her investigation. as i said, i'm not going to pre—empt prejudice or interfere with that. i�*m confident he will carry on for many years and into the next election, and he is focused on what i think the majority of people want defending the prime minister that others of prime minister has repeatedly insisted including two mps in parliament that he believed this was a work event he was dropping into for about 25 minutes. the reason this is significance since because dominic cummings is essentially saying that boris johnson lied to mps and parliament, dominic raab admitted would normally be something that would make a prime minister to resign if they were found mps or parliament. there is a claims number mps are still waiting with baited breath to see the outcome of the upcoming reports by the top civil to serving sue gray. the inquiry looking into a number of downing street parties last year. it's downing street parties last year. it�*s a bit unclear as to whether sue gray will interview dominic cummings to sell for the prime minister. downing street have neither confirmed or denied a report in the telegraph that sue gray has interviewed the prime minister. the that the report itself, the content of it is pretty secret at the moment. it is not something that government official voices will confirm at the moment. we do know that sue gray and her team are interviewing various officials at the time. it is a something whether or not they whether they broke the law, that is for the legal system, but she is other facts of what happened, what took place. where they work events or what coronavirus regulations were in place at the time. if any of the regulations appear to be breached at the time the events is due to be published at the events is due to be published at the earliest at the end of or could be the beginning of two british teenagers are still being questioned, as part of the investigation into a hostage—taking incident at a synagogue in texas on saturday. british citizen malik faisal akram from blackburn, was shot dead by police after a 10 hour siege. in the past few minutes we have learned that he was by the time he flew to the usa in new year he was assessed they haven�*t said what the family condemned his actions and his thoughts who said that expected of he managed to get himself to the service by pretending that he was homeless. tie himself to the service by pretending that he was homeless.— that he was homeless. he had a histo of that he was homeless. he had a history of mental— that he was homeless. he had a history of mental illness. - that he was homeless. he had a history of mental illness. fairly| history of mental illness. fairly low level events, things such as protesting with and being banned from buildings using a member of the public there. low level things but things that were remembered by people who knew him. the key question is now in this investigation is being run by the fbi and are why did he do it and why now. how did he manage to get a gun in the united states and who was he working within the uk, in the united states we are going to be speaking to our security correspondent frank gardner he�*ll have the latest on that breaking line that he was known to mi5 that breaking line that he was known to m15 but had been assessed as not being the risk any more when he went to the united states one of the hostages in the synagogue standoff in colleyville, texas, in colleyville, texas, said he thought the gunman was going to kill them. jeffrey cohen told cbs that the suspect told them to get on their knees, and said he was going to shoot them. he said he was going to shoot each of us, put a bullet in us, and that was the first time he said that. just a few make you get down on your needs. get down on your knees. at that point, i reached under my chair and got up like this and i know i stared right at him and i may have shaken my head like this, but i know and just that clare was the first time that we had shown any he started backing away immediately and he went and sat down. i did not see him put but i saw and when he did that rabbi charlie through he shouted run. itripped that rabbi charlie through he shouted run. i tripped as i thought that i was going to go through the hedgerow. share that i was going to go through the hedaerow. �* , ., ., ., hedgerow. are you felt at the ground and had to get _ hedgerow. are you felt at the ground and had to get up. _ hedgerow. are you felt at the ground and had to get up. were _ hedgerow. are you felt at the ground and had to get up. were you - and had to get up. were you worried that he _ and had to get up. were you worried that he was— and had to get up. were you worried that he was going to catch you. yes, a focused on — that he was going to catch you. yes, a focused on trying _ that he was going to catch you. yes, a focused on trying to _ that he was going to catch you. t2: a focused on trying to get did he ever go on a rant or a thai anti—us, anti—israel, anti—women, anti gay, . .. anti-israel, anti-women, anti ta ,... ,. , , ., gay,... he he describes the moment he saw his — gay,... he he describes the moment he saw his family _ gay,... he he describes the moment he saw his family for _ gay,... he he describes the moment he saw his family for this _ gay,... he he describes the moment he saw his family for this is - gay,... he he describes the moment he saw his family for this is after i he saw his family for this is after midnight, — after the there are fears saturday�*s volcanic eruption and tsunami near tonga after the ption and | tsunami near tonga could have caused extensive damage on smaller islands that have not yet been reached. it�*s thought some islands were hit by a wave between five and ten metres high. about 200 volunteers have been trying to clear tonga�*s main airport runway of ash so aid flights can land. gareth barlow has more details. aid being loaded in sydney destined for tonga. but exactly what assistance tongans need is farfrom clear, after the eruption severed a vital undersea communications cable. images captured from aircraft sent by new zealand and australia, do offer some insight, showing coastlines covered in ash and volcanic rock floating on the ocean. the damage doesn�*t seem to have been as catastrophic as we had first imagined that it might be, but there�*s still widespread damage, particularly to the western part of the main island. and we�*re looking forward to hearing from those outer islands closer to the blast site. alongside struggling to contact the tiny south pacific nation, the aid effort will be made doubly difficult by the coronavirus. tonga has only registered a single case of covid—19, and is determined to keep the virus out of the country. from what we have seen and been advised of, drinking water is one of the first main issues of priority for the people in tonga. here in the uk, the family of a british woman swept away by the tsunami say her body has been found. 50—year—old angela glover ran a dog sanctuary in the tongan capital, and was reportedly killed as she tried to rescue one of her animals. she was living on the beach and she was living her dream. you know, she always wanted, eh, to live, you know, in a place like tonga, and was so proud that she she was able to fulfil that. days after the hunga tonga—hunga ha�*apai volcano erupted, there�*s still so little information as to the scale of its impact. for now, the international aid community can only prepare for the worst, but hope for the best. gareth barlow, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... malik faisal akram, the texas synagogue hostage—takers was known to mi5~ _ synagogue hostage—takers was known to mi5~ 8? _ synagogue hostage-takers was known to m15. �* , ., to m15. by the time he flew to the us he was — to m15. by the time he flew to the us he was assessed _ as no the prime minister�*s former top adviser dominic cummings says borisjohnson lied to parliament over the downing st bring your own booze party. number ten says he didn�*t. the first images of tonga after the tsunami, with homes covered in volcanic ash. aid agencies warn of an urgent need forfresh water average pay rises in the uk are failing to keep up with the cost of living, according to the latest official data. wages increased in the year to november, but not as fast as prices. separate figures show british companies added 184,000 people to their payrolls between november and december, taking the total to nearly 30 million. our business correspondent ramzan karmali joins me now. between september and november wages went up by 3.8%. sounds pretty good but between august and october they 4.3%. so not such a great increase. when you look at the inflation number that was 5.1% so in real terms we are worse off. there is certainly a cost of living squeeze happening right now. we can now. hannah, thejob market looks hannah, the job market looks buoyant, hannah, thejob market looks buoyant, but wages not keeping up. what is your as you said, unemployment... brute what is your as you said, unemployment... what is your as you said, unemlo ment. .. ~ ., ., what is your as you said, unemlo ment... ~ ., ., ., unemployment... we are worried about the rise in unemployment. .. we are worried about the rise in unemployment— unemployment... we are worried about the rise in unemployment but _ unemployment... we are worried about the rise in unemployment but that i the rise in unemployment but that does not _ the rise in unemployment but that does not seem pay rises, as you were saying. _ does not seem pay rises, as you were saying. it _ does not seem pay rises, as you were saying. it is— does not seem pay rises, as you were saying, it is not so much that pay has not _ saying, it is not so much that pay has not grown, it is that the cost of living — has not grown, it is that the cost of living has _ has not grown, it is that the cost of living has increased by more than that _ of living has increased by more than that so _ of living has increased by more than that so the — of living has increased by more than that. so the amount you can buy with your pay packet is that means we are in the _ your pay packet is that means we are in the middle of the third cost of living _ in the middle of the third cost of living squeeze after eu referendum as well _ living squeeze after eu referendum as well. we are set for a period of hi-h as well. we are set for a period of high inflation it sounds pretty pessimistic group of rises as well. the energy— pessimistic group of rises as well. the energy cap is going to be instituted rate of inflation could how, how long will this cost of living squeeze last in your opinion? it's living squeeze last in your opinion? it�*s difficult to say because there it's difficult to say because there are a _ it's difficult to say because there are a lot — it's difficult to say because there are a lot of moving parts. most notably — are a lot of moving parts. most notably with the energy price rise, there _ notably with the energy price rise, there are — notably with the energy price rise, there are options the government to alleviate _ there are options the government to alleviate there is a that those could — alleviate there is a that those could be _ alleviate there is a that those could be not as big as feared, but based _ could be not as big as feared, but based forecast for the map of england. _ based forecast for the map of england, we have estimated that we will not _ england, we have estimated that we will not see a return until the end of this— will not see a return until the end of this year~ — will not see a return until the end of this year. it looks like 2022 is going _ of this year. it looks like 2022 is going to — of this year. it looks like 2022 is going to be a difficult on the flip side, _ going to be a difficult on the flip side, people could say, as economists have pointed out, because they have _ economists have pointed out, because they have a _ economists have pointed out, because they have a that there is a demand for workers — they have a that there is a demand for workers and this could push employment up anyway. that squeeze could be limited. _ employment up anyway. that squeeze could be limited. i— employment up anyway. that squeeze could be limited. i take _ employment up anyway. that squeeze could be limited. i take it _ employment up anyway. that squeeze could be limited. i take it you - could be limited. i take it you don�*t i guess we can see what is going to happen in the months to come but it is worth noting that so far evidence that the big rise in vacancies has not translated to an increase in pay. the vacancies has not translated to an increase in pay-— vacancies has not translated to an increase in pay. the wages that are advertised in _ increase in pay. the wages that are advertised in job _ increase in pay. the wages that are advertised in job vacancies, - increase in pay. the wages that are advertised in job vacancies, we i advertised injob vacancies, we haven't— advertised injob vacancies, we haven't seen much of an increase there _ haven't seen much of an increase there. we've seen a bit in because there _ there. we've seen a bit in because there were — there. we've seen a bit in because there were lots of demand for lorry matched _ there were lots of demand for lorry matched by some increase in advertised wages, but more broadly in sectors _ advertised wages, but more broadly in sectors like hospitality which reporting — in sectors like hospitality which reporting staff shortages, we did not see _ reporting staff shortages, we did not see much evidence of employers raising _ not see much evidence of employers raising pay— not see much evidence of employers raising pay to keep up with that. obviously. — raising pay to keep up with that. obviously, we could see some of that down _ obviously, we could see some of that down the _ obviously, we could see some of that down the line and it is worth noting that for— down the line and it is worth noting that for the — down the line and it is worth noting that for the wages, there is a rise in their— that for the wages, there is a rise in their national living wage coming _ in their national living wage coming. that would mean that, they will see _ coming. that would mean that, they will see a _ coming. that would mean that, they will see a very, as opposed to the vast majority of workers. so evidence _ vast majority of workers. so evidence of widespread pay rises. we will see _ evidence of widespread pay rises. we will see what the new the chancellor has the _ will see what the new the chancellor has the fellow the fellow scheme was a massive _ has the fellow the fellow scheme was a massive success in all the evidence _ a massive success in all the evidence to a big rise injob losses when _ evidence to a big rise injob losses when the — evidence to a big rise injob losses when the scheme ended which is what many— when the scheme ended which is what many people feared. extending the scheme _ many people feared. extending the scheme so many times in line and that employers were able to bring people _ that employers were able to bring people back to work and there were 'obs people back to work and there were jobs for— people back to work and there were jobs for them to go back to, and only— jobs for them to go back to, and only a _ jobs for them to go back to, and only a small minority have lost their— only a small minority have lost theiriobst _ only a small minority have lost theirjobs, some really strong data this employees and their record vacancies _ data this employees and their record vacancies. it is not doom and gloom but it— vacancies. it is not doom and gloom but it is— vacancies. it is not doom and gloom but it is worth focusing in the optimistic employment data and thinking — optimistic employment data and thinking about issues with wages and the fact— thinking about issues with wages and the fact about half a million fewer people _ the fact about half a million fewer people in— the fact about half a million fewer people in the workforce than we did before _ people in the workforce than we did before the — people in the workforce than we did before the pandemic. some people have left— before the pandemic. some people have left the workforce entirely and that is _ have left the workforce entirely and that is another issue we will have to deal— that is another issue we will have to deal with in the years more now on that breaking news that hostage taker malik faisal akram was known to m15 and was the subject of an investigation in late 2020. our security correspondent frank gardnerjoins us now. this is a question which has been on a mine _ this is a question which has been on a mine since — this is a question which has been on a mine since this hostage drama what first began _ a mine since this hostage drama what first bean. ,, . .,, ., ., ,, first began. since the hostagetaking was british. was _ first began. since the hostagetaking was british. was this _ first began. since the hostagetaking was british. was this someone i first began. since the hostagetaking was british. was this someone who | was british. was this someone who had no record or someone who was already known to m15 and the police? the answer that i have now had confirmation of today in the last few minutes is that he did have a watchlist initially. m15 the security server service keep to lists which are dynamic. they are constantly changing and inflow from one to the other. one is the active list, and he was on that list in 2020 is a subjective concern. they investigated him in the second half of that year. because he was known to have already been very public and vociferous after the 9/11 attacks. he was banned from some courts. it is not surprising he came to their attention. he obviously didn�*t flag anything, orthey attention. he obviously didn�*t flag anything, or they didn�*t see anything, or they didn�*t see anything or catch anything that he was doing between the end of 2020 and the end of 2021. so, last year, he must have effectively he flew just before new, arrived atjfk, got himself down to texas and was able to get a weapon on the street, we are told. and he carried out this hostagetaking attack. i think there are going to be questions here as to how this happened. those two lists, as i say, are dynamic, so the active list usually ranges from about three to 4000 subs that suspect on there. the list of former subjects of interest is anything up to 40,000. these are people that they have investigated in the past. every now and then flags pop up and they think they —— that person. it is not a perfect science and they will have to look at why this person slip was campaigning in behalf of airand afghan slip was campaigning in behalf of air and afghan scientist. tie slip was campaigning in behalf of air and afghan scientist.- air and afghan scientist. he was bein: air and afghan scientist. he was being that _ air and afghan scientist. he was being that is _ air and afghan scientist. he was being that is definitely - air and afghan scientist. he was being that is definitely one i air and afghan scientist. he was being that is definitely one of. air and afghan scientist. he was l being that is definitely one of the international angles to this which is being looked at. tt is international angles to this which is being looked at.— is being looked at. it is the scientist — is being looked at. it is the scientist who _ is being looked at. it is the scientist who is _ is being looked at. it is the scientist who is currently . is being looked at. it is the i scientist who is currently serving an 86 year —— pull a firearm under she said she was nothing to do with the hostagetaking and it was not under her name and she does not condone it at all. that is certainly one of the angles, and i�*m sure that the pakistani authorities will have been assisting the fbi. investigation with what the fbi called global reach. here in britain, it is being led with counterterrorism police m15 and the tree in terms of areas and they work very closely together, but the lead in this country is counterterrorism police in north—west which is the area in which malik faisal akram was from. as we know, there were. people are being questioned. to my knowledge, they haven�*t been charged yet. they will be tracing all contacts, both malik faisal akram had in the days, the days and weeks before he went to the united states. most importantly, they will want to know was there anyone at the moment, it does not look as though there were anyone else assisting him, but they the funeral of the murdered irish primary school teacher, ashling murphy, is taking place this morning. the 23—year—old was killed last wednesday as she jogged next to a canal in tullamore in county 0ffaly. tens of thousands of people have attended vigils in recent days. our correspondent dan johnson is in mountbolus, county 0ffaly in ireland where the funeral is taking place. lots of high profile people at that, of course, her closest absolutely, yes, we have seen the president of ireland and other leading politicians in the last hour. the service has just begun politicians in the last hour. the service hasjust begun in politicians in the last hour. the service has just begun in the church behind me. this is really for the community here, for the friends and family of aisling and to reflect on. that is why there are so many people here. there are hundreds of people who have as many as possible have tried to get into the part of that service which has just begun. the services being related to people outside troop a public address system and is also being streamed live for those watching who can�*t be here today. this is to mark the life of a young woman who was a committed primary school teacher, a talented musician, someone who is described by everyone here is someone really intelligent and bright and warm it has completely shocked ashling murphy was killed last wednesday when she was out just out for a run when she lost her life. that is why we have seen that huge response in terms of commemorative events and vigils and support for herfamily. commemorative events and vigils and support for her family. the family will be a big part of this service today, and some of her cousins will. a large family well known in this area. it is such a cliche, but although this is a rural spot, the community here is really close. the together here to support the murphy family in the last few days. and there is a police investigation going on at the same time. the police said last night they have made substantial progress. there is another suspect they want to question. someone who is in hospital with injuries, and the police are having to wait. they say those injuries are suspicious and they want to question that person, but they have to wait for that person to receive treatment before they can go any further with their investigation. but involving 50 detectives. here their focus investigation. but involving 50 detectives. here theirfocus is investigation. but involving 50 detectives. here their focus is very much on this service remembering ashling murphy and and there was because so many people want to pay tribute and remember her. th because so many people want to pay tribute and remember her.— tribute and remember her. in terms ofthe tribute and remember her. in terms of the impact _ tribute and remember her. in terms of the impact going _ tribute and remember her. in terms of the impact going forward, - tribute and remember her. in terms of the impact going forward, the i of the impact going forward, the justice minister said she will be publishing a new strategy on domestic and sexual and gender—based violence. was that there is no doubt that this killing has had a huge impact notjust on people in the community in terms of its shocking nature, but it has also sparked that, about. nature, but it has also sparked that. about-— nature, but it has also sparked that, about. the sheer fact that somebody _ that, about. the sheer fact that somebody so — that, about. the sheer fact that somebody so young _ that, about. the sheer fact that somebody so young cannot i that, about. the sheer fact that i somebody so young cannot safely go for a run along the canal, relatively regularly without coming home. that is what is hitting people debate now. today is not the day to have that debate. there is a police investigation ongoing and we need to find out exactly what went on and who is responsible for her death, but no doubt those wider questions are already being asked and people, expressly women, across this country want to know what is going to be done to thank you hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. the bbc has learnt that malik faisal akram, the texas synagogue hostage taker, was known to m15. he had been investigated — but by the time he flew to the us was assessed to be no longer a risk. the uk prime minister�*s former top adviser dominic cummings says borisjohnson lied to parliament over the downing st bring your own booze party. number ten says he didn�*t. the first images of tonga after the tsunami, with homes covered in volcanic ash. aid agencies warn of an urgent need forfresh water the funeral of the murdered irish primary schoolteacher aisling murphy is taking place in county 0ffaly sport now and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. we start at the australian open, where there was a five set thriller ending in a win for andy murray on day two. he beat nicolas basillashvili to make it into the second round, three years on from the tearful farewell after losing in the first round in melbourne. many thought that could have been the end of the three time grand slam champion�*s career, but one metal hip later, a lot of hard work, he reached the second round of the tournament. he came through a tense match with momentum swinging both ways, eventually overcoming the 21st seed from georgia. murray said he hopes to enjoy a deep run, and will feel confident of making the third round when he plays qualifier tyrone daniel next. six british players in action today — also into the second round, heather watson, who beat mayer sherif in three sets. she is one of only two british female players to qualify automatically for the main draw. a big win, having won only one match since the end of the grasscourt season. earlier, harriet dart was beaten by iga swiantek. british men�*s number two dan evans is also through — he beat david goffin in straight sets. he�*s started the year in great form, winning five of his six matches this year. not so good for liam broady, he was beaten in straight sets by the australian nick kyrgios, but seemed to enjoy the encounter with a big smile on his face leaving court. you can only smile with some of the tricks on show by kygrios. blockbuster second round ahead for him, he�*ll meet us open champion daniil medvedev. now it is the turn of emma raducanu, a battle of two former us open champions as she takes on the 2017 winner, sloane stephens. a year ago raducanu watched this tournament as she studied for her exams. and she�*s made a blistering start, taking the first set 6—0 injust 17 minutes police were called to a hobart hotel where england and australia cricketers were drinking together following the conclusion of the ashes series. the england and wales cricket board says it is investigating. in a statement, it added... "the hotel management received a noise complaint by a hotel guest, eddiejones has named his 36 man squad ahead of next months six nations — and there are six uncapped players included. in—form wasps back row alfie barbeary is called up — the 21—year—old has scored four tries in seven games for his club this season after returning from injury. there is no space for bath back row sam underhill either. and once again there is no room for brothers mako and billy vunipola, who were mainstays of the world cup team in 2019. 20—year—old bath fly—half orlando bailey and london irish full—back ollie hassell—collins are also included for the first time. jack nowell returns, but centre manu tuilagi, who is yet to make his comeback from a hamstring injury, is left out, george ford misses out too. owen farrell remains as captain scottish top flight football has returned — and that meant the return of full capcity crowds too. the spl brought forward its winter break after crowds were limited to just 500 under restrictions to limit the spread of covid. celtic beating hibernian last night, they scored early on through debutant daizen maeda , they got their second from the penalty spot to win 2—0, and move within three points of leaders rangers. whilst we�*ve been on air, the wales rugby union squad has also been announced for the six nations. dan biggar captains with alun wynjones out injured. there are also three uncapped players — for the full squad go to the bbc sport website staff who work in schools and prisons in england and wales are for the first time being issued with guidance on how to help people who self—harm. with guidance on how to help self—harm is when somebody intentionally damages or injures their body to try to cope with emotional distress or to feel in control. one in five girls and one in 10 boys aged between 17 and 19 have self—harmed or attempted suicide, according to a major nhs survey from 2017. and among 11 to 16—year—olds, 7% of girls and more than 3% of boys are affected. those with mental disorders are more likely to have self—harmed. our health reporter, philippa roxby expalins more. this is a recognition that it is not just mental health professionals, doctors and nurses, that are spotting and identifying self—harm. it's spotting and identifying self—harm. it�*s happening and lots of different sectors, in schools, colleges and universities, prisons, detention centres. that is where people are having to spot it and then know what to do with it, so this new guidance that comes from the clinical body that comes from the clinical body that draws up guidance for doctors and nurses who say, this is everybody�*s responsibility to identify self—harm and know what to do about it, to spot it, talk to someone in a comforting way and send them for a psychosocial assessment, is what it is called. elsa arnold and elisha cowie both self—harmed whilst at school. this was their reaction to the new guidance for school staff. i think it is a really positive thing. one of the things that i struggled with most was feeling like there wasn�*t support at school and that i was quite misunderstood by other members of staff, or they didn�*t know how to deal with my behaviour. so, i think it is a really, really positive thing that should hopefully help schools a bit more. definitely a step in the right direction because if teachers are given this information and taught on mental health and how it can affect people, i think they will be able to approach it in a less intimidated way and they have an understanding then of what it feels like and how to approach someone who might be suffering. if you�*ve been affected by any of the issues raised here — then do visit the bbc action line. where there are details about further information and support. campaigners are calling for an urgent un treaty to clean up pollution caused by plastics. the uk—based environmental investigation agency has described the situation as a global emergency. it wants nations to sign up to binding targets to reduce plastic production and waste. with me is professor richard thompson who is a professor of marine biology. and a recognised authority on plastics, and welcome and thank you so much forjoining us. at current levels, this is an extraordinary fact that i came across, it is anticipated by 2040 the amount of plastic in the ocean could exceed the collective weight of all fish. it is an advanced statistic, an estimate, but it is clear that the levels of contamination from the shoreline down to the deep cr unprecedented and it is clear now, during the time been working on this topic that is broad agreement across industry, policy and society that current levels of contamination are simply unacceptable and are not sustainable and that takes you towards the what do we do about it? and that is why this treaty might take a clear advantage. so and that is why this treaty might take a clear advantage.- take a clear advantage. so what would you _ take a 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you do, in which circumstance and in relation to which product and how that varies from country to country according to the waste management infrastructure available. for example, merely labelling a product as recyclable in the theory has little benefit if actually, locally, that product cannot be recycled, so it�*s about making sure that the measures we adopt are locally effective and also that the labelling is reliable so the consumer can see what it is they are buying and what it is the need to do with it at the end of the product�*s lifetime. it�*s not necessarily plastic that is the enemy, it is the end of life, the waste material that is causing this catastrophic environmental challenge. tt�*s environmental challenge. it's interesting — environmental challenge. it's interesting when you say it's not interesting when you say it�*s not necessarily plastic that is the enemy because i wanted to read you a quote from the british plastics federation which says plastic is a lightweight, 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every soft drink you might buy in a restaurant. so there are some things we don�*t need and we can reduce or eliminate them there are also them more tricky uses of plastic where exactly the best material and regrettably the issueis best material and regrettably the issue is that in many cases those are short lived applications and yet at the design stage of the products, we have failed to recognise what end—of—life for those items needs to look like and how the waste will be managed at the end of the product�*s lifetime and it�*s frustrating when i talk to product designers they tell me what managing that waste was never part of the brief, it was about making a product and making it look attractive and that has to change and we need to think about that end—of—life footprint and how we dispose of an item and dispose of it in different countries with different levels of infrastructure to make sure that we are not achieved relating waste at the same rate as we have done over the last 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| to this. what we are talking about mainly are the bigger items that accumulate as litter, as you are describing, in the oceans or landfill or where ever, but what about the microparticles that end up causing pollution. apparently there are now microparticles in arctic snow. it is everywhere. where is that coming from and how does it get dealt with? ~ �* t t, , , t, dealt with? we've certainly shown there are micro-plastics _ dealt with? we've certainly shown there are micro-plastics in - dealt with? we've certainly shown there are micro-plastics in the i there are micro—plastics in the arctic and we can trace them to the deep sea and if you look at the major sources of plastic, it is the larger items of plastic, particularly everyday items and packaging of which 40% of the plastics we produce our single—use items as packaging, those items once they escape into the environment well over time break down into smaller pieces so measures that will address larger items are also incredibly effective at addressing those smaller micro—plastics. if you like the big pieces of today will be the micro—plastics tomorrow and on top of that we need to address sources where the piece is entering the environment are of a micro—plastics eyes and we have seen that with the legislation in the uk, for example to prohibit the use of rinse off plastic particles in cosmetics, so there are some uses of plastic and micro—plastic we come eliminate but i would argue in terms of the size the micro—plastics are part of a size continuum, at the small end and if we can address the bigger pieces of plastic today that will help to dramatically reduce the micro—plastics that would accumulate over the next decade as a consequence of the fragmentation of those larger items.— those larger items. thank you for “oininr us those larger items. thank you for joining us professor— those larger items. thank you for joining us professor richard i joining us professor richard thompson. major airlines in the united states are asking mobile phone operators to delay the roll—out of 5g technology near the country�*s airports until they can upgrade their aviation equipment. our north america correspondent, peter bowes, has more. they are talking about dire consequences. this 5g technology will be rolled out on wednesday and of course the cell phone companies say this is good for the consumer, faster data speeds, it will mean better mobile phone connections. but the airlines are very concerned about how it will affect equipment on a plane that is used by a pilot as he�*s coming or she is coming into land. specifically the radar altimeter. this is a device that sends radio waves to the ground. it helps the pilot determine the altitude of the plane, in other words, how far the aircraft is from the ground especially important when the weather conditions are poor, when there�*s poor visibility, there is plenty of bad weather around in the united states this week. the federal aviation administration says it�*s cleared about a dozen different types of aircraft to come into land in poor visibility after the introduction of 5g, that�*s about 45% of the us fleet. of course that leaves about 55% not cleared and that�*s where the concern is in the airlines and in a letter to the administration, to the department for transport, pointing out the potential dire consequences of this situation for passengers, if their planes are cancelled, for example, the workers who are employed by the airlines but perhaps most importantly, for the wider economy. and the supply chains that could potentially be disrupted. there could not be a worse time for supply chains to face yet another problem. we know what has happened with the pandemic, in their letter to the government they talk about the distribution of vaccines possibly being disrupted by this. the cell phone companies have been in negotiations for a long time over this and they have pointed out, for example, that this technology is not exactly new and in fact, has been rolled out in more than 40 different countries without any problematic situations arising. millions of people across america�*s east coast, and canada�*s southeastern provinces, are hunkered down as a powerful winter storm sweeps through, disrupting travel and cutting power to thousands of homes. stephanie prentice reports. a national pastime taken to the streets. in canada, when life gives you ice, make an ice rink. this neighbourhood just outside toronto using a break in the snowstorms to enjoy their new project. it�*s a little bit bumpy, the trees are a little bit annoying sometimes but yeah. a little bit helpful though too. we started off with two houses, we�*ve expanded to three now. we make it a little difficult for the mail carrier, i know that. they gotta walk around the rink. the mailman may be getting through but for many the snow knocking out their usual forms of transportation. where the bleep is my car, oh my god. for others, an opportunity to try more traditional ways of getting around. it�*s getting heavier. but not everyone is a jump away from trying to have a good day across the snow ravaged south—eastern provinces, with extreme weather warnings in place across ontario and quebec. power outages for thousands of homes, offices and schools closed and visibility at near zero in some areas. the streets are packed. the streetcar is barely moving. everything is covered with snow. never seen anything like this. over in the us, things are starting to improve, with the national weather service saying that although snowfall will continue, the storm will start to slowly wind down into tuesday. a state canadians can only anticipate. but for some, being stuck at home isn�*t the worst thing. stephanie prentice, bbc news. team gb gymnasts becky and ellie downie arejoining a campaign to register more heart defibrillators on a new national database. their brotherjosh died suddenly last year from a cardiac arrest while playing cricket. he was just 24 and had an undiagnosed heart condition. graham satchell has the story. it�*s been a difficult, distressing year for sisters becky and ellie downie. last may, their brother, josh, was playing cricket when he collapsed and died. he was just 24. he kind of dropped to one knee and said he was struggling, and then managed to get back up, and then just kind of collapsed. and then the ambulance came, and then theyjust couldn�*t bring him back. so... for us, it was a huge shock. as a family, it�*s something you never think is going to really happen to you. and it�*s been a crazyjourney, but i think we�*re really lucky that we are from such a big family and we�*ve all had each other. so now, ellie downie i for great britain on vault. becky and ellie are two of britain�*s finest gymnasts. together, they have 26 medals from world, european and commonwealth games. it's a real specialist piece for becky. their brother�*s death has had a devastating impact. ellie has been helped by a counsellor. for me, itjust kind of flipped my world upside down. it was quite hard to kind of admit to myself that i needed to kind of see somebody. and now that i�*ve started seeing one, it really doesn�*t feel like that big a deal. like, if you need to go and talk to someone, if you need to go seek help, then go get it. like ellie said, our whole worlds were flipped upside down, like, as a family. it makes you question so many things about yourself, about what you're doing in your life, what makes you look at what's really important to you. and life is short. you don't actually know any — what day is going to be your last, essentially. and i think that's kind of more how i'm trying to live. like, i want to enjoy myself. i want to make sure i do things, and spend the time that i have in the way that i would like to. josh had a rare, undiagnosed heart condition. when he collapsed, there was a defibrillator at the cricket ground, but it wasn�*t used. ever since the danish footballer christian eriksen had a cardiac arrest on the pitch at the euros, there�*s been a growing campaign to have greater access to defibrillators right now. the premier league, for example, is putting 2000 in community settings like this, the ugo ehiogu pitch in east london. becky and ellie are now supporting a british heart foundation campaign to get defibrillators registered, so people know exactly where they are. when someone is having a heart attack or cardiac arrest, it�*s minutes that you�*ve got to get a defibrillator on there before it�*s too late, and you need one as close by as you can, really. so it�*s good to know, like, where all the nearest ones are. erm, yeah, because it�*sjust minutes and you just can�*t afford to waste time in a situation like that. and if you don't have access to them, they can't be used. and there are tens of thousands that are out there that aren't registered, that just aren't being used and people don't know about them. and like ellie said, it's a matter of minutes that will save a life. it's trying to make sure that everybody is as aware as they can be about these things, and hopefully a lot more lives can be saved going forwards. a sixteenth—century villa in rome will be auctioned later today and is expected to go for hundreds of millions of dollars. the villa aurora sits on one of the highest hills in the city, on the site of what was once the home ofjulius caesar, and contains six floors full of treasures. gail maclellan reports. up for auction, a desirable residence in rome, boasting 11 bedrooms, ten bathrooms and, oh, yes, a ceiling mural painted by italian master caravaggio. the current occupier, princess rita boncompagni ludovisi, has been forced to agree to the sale by a legal dispute and the opening bid is more than $500 million. lovely as the house and grounds may be, it is the caravaggio mural that lifts this villa above its contemporaries. he was in his early 20s when he painted jupiter, neptune and pluto, across the ceiling of a small room, a former alchemy laboratory on the villa�*s first floor in the year 1597. working in oils directly into the plaster, he painted his own face and body on the figurines. the mural was hidden until 1968. it had been whitewashed over, probably because it was considered blasphemous. the villa has been in the ludovisi family since 1621 and its six floors are filled with artworks and sculptures, including this statute of the greek god pan, attributed to michelangelo. compulsory renovations to the villa will cost in the region of $13 million dollars but after paying half a billion for the property, it is unlikely the new owners will flinch. gail maclellan, bbc news. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood hello again. for some of us it has been a cold and frosty start to the day, for others we have had some dense and patchy fog. now, most of that fog is lifting, but some of it will stick and will hang around parts of england and east wales for much of the day. and you can see how the cloud is pushing northwards through the day as well. at the same time, we�*ve got a weather front coming in across northern ireland and western scotland, bringing in some rain, and gusty winds across the north and the west, gusting 40 to 45 mph. these are our temperatures, seven to about ten degrees. now, through this evening and overnight, here comes ourfirst front pushing southwards. there will still be some cloud leftover from this afternoon. in between, a clear spot until we have got the next weather front coming in from the north—west, introducing some heavy rain, and behind that we�*ll see some clearer skies as well. so where we�*ve got the clearer skies is where we are likely to see some frost once again in the south. so tomorrow, here come our weather fronts. sinking steadily southwards. behind them we�*ve got a northerly or a north—westerly flow. it�*s going to feel cold tomorrow, there will be a significant wind—chill, for example in the northern ireland it will feel more like —6. so we�*ve got this sunny spell before the second weather front sinks southwards, taking its cloud and increasingly patchy rain with it, and then a lot of blue skies, but there will be some showers which will be wintry across parts of the north and east, even at lower levels. and despite the temperatures, it is going feel bitter. now, as we head on from wednesday into thursday you can see how overnight we�*ve got all these blues seeping steadily southwards, meaning once again we are looking at a widespread frost. where it has been damp there is also the risk of ice, and we still have this keen north—westerly or northerly wind blowing in some wintry showers. a few showers out towards the west will tend to fade, but for most it is going to be a dry day on thursday with a fair bit of sunshine, but no heatwave. we are looking at five in aberdeen, four in newcastle to maybe nine in plymouth. but once again, if you are exposed to that wind it will feel cold. now, thursday into friday and saturday we�*ve got this high—pressure across us. fronts tumbling over the top of it means that in the north of the country and scotland we will see some rain at times, there will be variable amounts of cloud, frost and some mist and fog by night. this is bbc news. the headlines... the bbc has learnt that malik faisal akram, the texas synagogue hostage taker, was known to m15. he had been investigated, but by the time he flew to the us was assessed to be no longer a risk. the prime minister�*s former chief adviser dominic cummings says borisjohnson lied to parliament over the downing st bring your own booze party. number ten says he didn�*t. the prime minister set out his understanding of this matter last week and i refer you to his words. the first images of tonga after the tsunami, with homes covered in volcanic ash. we�*ll be speaking to the tongan olympic flag—bearer who is trying to contact his family schoolchildren line the route as the coffin of the murdered primary school teacher ashling murphy arrives at herfuneral service in county 0ffaly in the irish in county 0ffaly in the irish republic. new official statistics show that average pay rises in the uk are failing to keep up with the rise in the cost of living. cheering. victory. and andy murray wins an epic five—set match in melbourne to make it through to round 2 of the australian open for the first time since 2017. a british man who took four people hostage at a synagogue in texas had been investigated by m15. malik faisal akram, from blackburn in lancashire, was the subject of an investigation in late 2020 but by the time he flew to the us, he was assessed to be no longer a risk. the four people held hostage at the synagogue in colleyville near dallas were eventually freed unharmed, after a 10—hour siege. akram was shot dead by police. two teenagers arrested in manchester as part of the investigation are still being questioned by detectives. greater manchester police says its liaising with local communities and continuing to assist the us inquiry. our correspondent nick garnett is in blackburn. what�*s garnett is in blackburn. the latest? what's garnett is in blackburn. the latest? tt central what's the latest? one of the central question _ what's the latest? one of the central question surrounding | what's the latest? one of the i central question surrounding the scene in texas is how malik faisal akram was able to travel to the united states. sources have confirmed to the bbc that he was the subject of interest as recently as 2020, and mi5 did subject of interest as recently as 2020, and m15 did investigate him. however, the security service looked at his records and deemed him not to be a threat, therefore he was free to travel to the united states. malik faisal akram was shot dead by the fbi afterfour malik faisal akram was shot dead by the fbi after four hostages were released and managed to escape from the synagogue they were being held is in on saturday night. the 44—year—old had a history of mental illness and travelled from the lancashire to the united states about two weeks earlier. his family had tried to talk him into surrendering to the police force and the fbi but failed to do so. two teenagers who were arrested on sunday evening are still being questioned. police say they were arrested in south manchester and have given no further details. other questions do remain. how did he manage to acquire a gun over there and was he working alone?- manage to acquire a gun over there and was he working alone? thank you very much- — our security correspondent frank gardner had this assessment of mis�*s knowledge of akram. so, m15 the security service keep two lists, as it were which are dynamic. they are constantly changing and some flow from one to the other. one is the active list, and he was on that list in 2020 as a subject of concern. they investigated him in the second half of that year. presumably for radical ideas because he was known to have already been very public, very vociferous after the 9/11 attacks, and he was banned from some courts. so, it is not surprising he came to their attention, but he obviously did not flag up anything, or at least they did not see anything or catch anything that he was doing between the end of 2020 and the end of 2021. so, last year, he must have effectively laid low and not revealed anything. of course, he flewjust before you new year to the united states, arrived atjfk, got himself down to texas, was able to get a weapon, on the street we are told, and carry out this hostage taking attack. so, i think there are going to be questions here as to how this happened. those two lists, as i said, are kind of dynamic. the active list usually ranges from about 3000 to 4000 suspects on there. the former, the list of former subjects of interest is anything up to 40,000. these are people that they have investigated in the past, every now and then flags pop up and they think we better have a look at that person. it is not a perfect science, and i think there probably will be criticism to say why did this person slip through the net. the prime minister�*s former top advisor has accused borisjohnson of lying about the �*bring your own booze�* event in the downing street garden during the first lockdown. dominic cummings said he was prepared to swear under oath that mrjohnson knew it was a drinks party and not a work event — a claim denied by number ten. in the past few minutes, the chancellor issue soon except he believed borisjohnsonexplanation. believed boris johnsonexpla nation. the believed borisjohnsonexplanation. the prime minister set out his understanding of this matter in parliament last week. t understanding of this matter in parliament last week.- understanding of this matter in parliament last week. i refer you to his word. parliament last week. i refer you to his word- as _ parliament last week. i refer you to his word. as you _ parliament last week. i refer you to his word. as you know _ parliament last week. i refer you to his word. as you know sue - parliament last week. i refer you to his word. as you know sue gray i parliament last week. i refer you to his word. as you know sue gray is i his word. as you know sue gray is carrying out an investigation into this matter. carrying out an investigation into this matter-— carrying out an investigation into this matter. t , t, this matter. dominic cummings and others have — this matter. dominic cummings and others have said _ this matter. dominic cummings and others have said that _ this matter. dominic cummings and others have said that the _ this matter. dominic cummings and others have said that the prime i others have said that the prime minister was warned that his party should not go ahead. if the prime minister lied and lied to parliament, he should resign, shouldn�*t he? parliament, he should resign, shouldn't he?— parliament, he should resign, shouldn't he? �* t, t, t, shouldn't he? i'm not going to get into hypotheticals. _ shouldn't he? i'm not going to get into hypotheticals. the _ shouldn't he? i'm not going to get into hypotheticals. the ministerialj into hypotheticals. the ministerial code is clear on these matters, but as you know, sue gray is conducting an inquiry into the investigation, and i think it is right that we allow her to do that. once the prime minister�*s closest adviser, now one of his fiercest critics. dominic cummings�* newly detailed version of events contradicts what the prime minister told mps. drinks in the downing street garden when england was under strict lockdown measures on the 20th of may 2020 — an invite sent by the prime minister�*s private secretary, martin reynolds, to around 100 staff, told to bring their own booze. last week, the prime minister gave his explanation. i believed implicitly that this was a work event. but, mr speaker, with hindsight, i should have sent everyone back inside. now, writing online, dominic cummings says: "on the day of the event itself i said to the pm, something like, �*martin�*s invited the building to a drinks party. you�*ve got to grip this madhouse�*." going on to write, "not only me, but other eyewitnesses who discussed this at the time, would swear under oath that this is what happened." number 10, though, says it is untrue that the prime minister was warned about the event in advance. do you have confidence in the prime minister? conservative mps have talked of anger among their constituents, at continued accusations of events which may have broken the rules, which most members of the public were following. a handful now say time�*s up for the prime minister, but most are waiting for an official report. i've spoken to party members, people who've been loyal party members and activists for many years, and i would say the... by far the clear view that i've had from them is, we should give him, the prime minister, the benefit of the doubt until we see what's in sue gray's report. people are angry, people want to know what's going on, and the prime minister acknowledged that in his statement in the house — that, regardless of, you know, what may have been thought or said at the time of that party in the garden, you cannot explain it away, you cannot say that it was justifiable. it was clearly wrong, it should never have happened. and so, people are rightly angry about that and want to know, i think, what the prime minister's going to do to put this right. labour say the government�*s in chaos. if he did know, if he was aware that the invites went out, if he was aware that concerns were raised, and, indeed, if he did then say the party should go ahead, this is, this is just extraordinary. conservatives are gravely concerned. all of westminster is waiting for the report attempting to establish the facts. jonathan blake, bbc news. the pacific islands of tonga are still cut off from air rescue, as we learn more about the scale of the damage from this weekend�*s huge volcanic eruption and tsunami. new zealand is trying to send clean drinking water and other supplies by ship. ash on the runways is preventing planes from landing at the main airport. some of tonga�*s small outlying islands have suffered substantial damage. efforts are now beginning to evacuate people from two of them. at least three people have died, but with communications limited, there are fears the true toll could be higher. tongans living abroad have been anxiously waiting for news from relatives and loved ones back home. gareth barlow reports. aid being loaded in sydney destined for tonga. but exactly what assistance tongans need is farfrom clear, after the eruption severed a vital undersea communications cable. images captured from aircraft sent by new zealand and australia, do offer some insight, showing coastlines covered in ash and volcanic rock floating on the ocean. the damage doesn�*t seem to have been as catastrophic as we had first imagined that it might be, but there�*s still widespread damage, particularly to the western part of the main island. and we�*re looking forward to hearing from those outer islands closer to the blast site. alongside struggling to contact the tiny south pacific nation, the aid effort will be made doubly difficult by the coronavirus. tonga has only registered a single case of covid—19, and is determined to keep the virus out of the country. from what we have seen and been advised of, drinking water is one of the first main issues of priority for the people in tonga. here in the uk, the family of a british woman swept away by the tsunami say her body has been found. 50—year—old angela glover ran a dog sanctuary in the tongan capital, and was reportedly killed as she tried to rescue one of her animals. she was living on the beach and she was living her dream. you know, she always wanted, eh, to live, you know, in a place like tonga, and was so proud that she she was able to fulfil that. days after the hunga tonga—hunga ha�*apai volcano erupted, there�*s still so little information as to the scale of its impact. for now, the international aid community can only prepare for the worst, but hope for the best. gareth barlow, bbc news. one of the people waiting for news is with us now. you may remember him from being the country�*s flag bearer in the olympics. welcome. sorry you are going through an incredibly painful wait for news. what can you tell us about what you have been able to establish, if anything? thank you for having me on. it has been painfulfor me, but it has been painfulfor been painfulfor me, but it has been painful for every been painfulfor me, but it has been painfulfor every tongan been painfulfor me, but it has been painful for every tongan around the world who cannot contact back home. we are known for standing tough when times are tough and that is what we intend to do right now. find times are tough and that is what we intend to do right now.— times are tough and that is what we intend to do right now. and so, what famil is intend to do right now. and so, what family is there... _ intend to do right now. and so, what family is there... i— intend to do right now. and so, what family is there... i know _ intend to do right now. and so, what family is there... i know your - family is there... i know your father is in one area and you have family elsewhere. can you tell us about where they are and where that is in relation to the root eruption that happened? 50. is in relation to the root eruption that happened?— is in relation to the root eruption that happened? so, my father is in the main island, _ that happened? so, my father is in the main island, and _ that happened? so, my father is in the main island, and that - that happened? so, my father is in the main island, and that was i that happened? so, my father is in the main island, and that was hit i the main island, and that was hit quite hard in the main city on the western side of the island where a lot of the resorts are. the rest of my family is over in a place quite close to hung. and we haven�*t spoken to them just yet —— hunga what have you been able to establish about how those areas were hit? so mrs come from a couple of satellite photos of the island. tt t from a couple of satellite photos of the island. t t, , the island. if i could 'ust interruptfi the island. if i could 'ust interrupt you i the island. if i could 'ust interrupt you for i the island. if i could “ust interrupt you for a h the island. if i could just - interrupt you for a moment. we the island. if i could just _ interrupt you for a moment. we just need to take a bite of viewers watching us on bbc two. sorry about that. would you mind picking up where you were? you were talking about satellite phones.— about satellite phones. there are onl a about satellite phones. there are only a coume _ about satellite phones. there are only a coume of— about satellite phones. there are only a couple of satellite - about satellite phones. there are only a couple of satellite phones| about satellite phones. there are l only a couple of satellite phones on the island, so the information has been sporadic and not much on there. so, i have had people sending me information from anything that has come through they have sent it to me and i have been releasing as much of that to the public as it comes through. that to the public as it comes throu . h. �* that to the public as it comes throuuh. �* h, that to the public as it comes throuuh. �* a, ., that to the public as it comes throuuh. �* ., ., ., ., through. and so, what information have ou through. and so, what information have you had? _ through. and so, what information have you had? we _ through. and so, what information have you had? we have _ through. and so, what information have you had? we have just - through. and so, what information i have you had? we havejust had... it have you had? we have 'ust had... it has 'ust have you had? we have 'ust had... it hasjust been — have you had? we have 'ust had... it hasjust been made _ have you had? we havejust had... it hasjust been made public— have you had? we havejust had... it hasjust been made public within - have you had? we havejust had... it hasjust been made public within the | has just been made public within the last hour that there has been to more confirmed deaths, a lady 65 and one of the islands, and a male on another island. mungo island, every house in the island has been wiped out and there are only two houses left on the other island. so, it has been tough. it's tough to hear that news, and that is of the islands that we know about at the moment. so, i'm guessing there will be more damage. it’s so, i'm guessing there will be more damaue. �* , , so, i'm guessing there will be more damaue. h , ., ., ., , damage. it's very hard to get a grip on this detail _ damage. it's very hard to get a grip on this detail and _ damage. it's very hard to get a grip on this detail and frustrating - damage. it's very hard to get a grip on this detail and frustrating that l on this detail and frustrating that it is coming out so painfully slowly. when you talk about every house on an island being destroyed, was that ash, where they submerged by the water? do you know the answer to that and do you know how much warning there was and whether people would have been able to escape and where they might have gone to? i think one of the difficulties is that... there was some level of warning, especially on the main island, people were starting to move in lined. the problem with some of the islands is that even if there is warning, there is nowhere to go. we really have sea level rising and then where do you go to when you are a metre above sea level? maybe you can run to a metre or 50 centimetres above sea level but it makes no difference. so, ithink above sea level but it makes no difference. so, i think it was very difficult and some of these other islands are a bit more isolated as well, said the delay in some of the news may have affected what happens, but they're just really wasn't anywhere to go.— but they're just really wasn't anywhere to go. but they're just really wasn't an here to no. . ~' . anywhere to go. thank you so much for takin: anywhere to go. thank you so much for taking the _ anywhere to go. thank you so much for taking the time _ anywhere to go. thank you so much for taking the time to _ anywhere to go. thank you so much for taking the time to talk _ anywhere to go. thank you so much for taking the time to talk to - anywhere to go. thank you so much for taking the time to talk to us. - anywhere to go. thank you so much for taking the time to talk to us. i i for taking the time to talk to us. i know on twitter you said you are focusing on what is in your control and that is raising awareness and getting assistance to these areas so we do appreciate you coming in to help us raise that awareness. thank you. sport, and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. it's been a busy day for the brits in action at the australian open — and there was a big win for andy murray. he came through a five—set thriller to beat georgian seed, nicolas basillashvili. you might remember a tearful murray on court in melbourne three years ago, when he wondered if that might be the end of his career. but a new metal hip, and lots of hard work has paid off — he's into the second round.. he's into the second round. it's been a tough three or four years. i put in a lot of work to get back here. i've played in this court a number of times and is the support has been incredible. this is the one where i thought potentially i played my last match and three years ago, but amazing to be back winning a five set battle like that. i couldn't ask for anything more. all eyes are now on emma raducanu. can she recreate that magical run that won her the us open title? she started brilliantly, cruising to the first set against another former us champion, sloane stephens 6—0. closer in the second set, stephens upping her game. they are going to a third set. also, in the women's draw — heather watson is through. she fought back in the final set to beat egypt's mayar sherif. also progressing is british men's number two dan evans. he performed superbly to defeat belgium's david goffin in straight sets. losses for qualifiers liam broady and harriet dart though. broady out to nick kyrios. dart to former french open champion iga swiatek. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. including who is in — and out — of the england and wales six nations squads announced this morning. there is a sport for now. average pay rises in the uk are failing to keep up with the cost of living, according to the latest official data. wages increased in the year to november, but not as fast as prices. separate figures show british companies added 184,000 people to their payrolls between november and december, taking the total to nearly 30 million. our business correspondent ramzan karmali joins me now. these numbers show pay as you say is not keeping up with the cost of living. if you look at the wages between september and november they rose by 3.8%. between august and september they raised by 4.1%. the rate of inflation was 5.1%. so we are being squeezed. but some believe thatis are being squeezed. but some believe that is a temporary thing because the number of vacancies out there is a record number, 2.1 million vacancies. 400,000 people have left thejobs vacancies. 400,000 people have left the jobs market perhaps to take early retirement or long term sick or gone back to become a student. that is going to give many workers in some sectors a bit of a stronger position when it comes to renegotiating their pay packet. that is why some believe that greece is going to be temporary. the chancellor has come out today and said these are fantastic numbers it shows that the fellow scheme is working. earlier i spoke to one who said we should really focus on the fact that wages are not keeping up with the cost of living. the unemployment _ with the cost of living. the unemployment data - with the cost of living. the unemployment data this morning was really— unemployment data this morning was really quite positive. unemployment is really— really quite positive. unemployment is really near pre—pandemic levels. we were _ is really near pre—pandemic levels. we were worried about rising unemployment but that does not seem to have _ unemployment but that does not seem to have materialised. pay rises, as you are _ to have materialised. pay rises, as you are saying, it is not so much that_ you are saying, it is not so much that the — you are saying, it is not so much that the pay— you are saying, it is not so much that the pay has not grown, it is that the pay has not grown, it is that the — that the pay has not grown, it is that the cost of living has increased by more than that. the amount— increased by more than that. the amount you — increased by more than that. the amount you can actually buy with your pay — amount you can actually buy with your pay packet is going down. and that means — your pay packet is going down. and that means we are in the middle of the third _ that means we are in the middle of the third cost of living squeeze in a decade — the third cost of living squeeze in a decade. ., _,, ., a decade. so, that cost of living s: ueeze a decade. so, that cost of living squeeze could _ a decade. so, that cost of living squeeze could get _ a decade. so, that cost of living squeeze could get a _ a decade. so, that cost of living squeeze could get a little - a decade. so, that cost of living squeeze could get a little bit. a decade. so, that cost of living i squeeze could get a little bit worse actually because if you look at what is happening in the energy market for example, off gem, the regulator, is going to look at the price cap next month. that is likely to go up. citizens advice tell me just last week that they reckon the average bill each month will go up by £60 a month for most people. that is going to be a real massive kick for people who are already struggling. thank ou. an anti—poverty charity has warned that 1.8—million children in the uk are living in 'very deep poverty�*. thejoseph rowntree foundation says the number increased by about half a million between 2011 and 2019. one family in yorkshire has been speaking to the bbc about their situation. sometimes we struggle quite a bit. it can get really bad to the point where i can't afford bread and milk, but we've only gone that far once or twice. ihla but we've only gone that far once or twice. ., .., , , but we've only gone that far once or twice. ., .. , , ., twice. no carpets, no flooring, the windows not _ twice. no carpets, no flooring, the windows not been _ twice. no carpets, no flooring, the windows not been great _ twice. no carpets, no flooring, the windows not been great so - twice. no carpets, no flooring, the windows not been great so it - twice. no carpets, no flooring, the windows not been great so it is - twice. no carpets, no flooring, the windows not been great so it is a l windows not been great so it is a vicious _ windows not been great so it is a vicious cut— windows not been great so it is a vicious cut circle to try and keep some _ vicious cut circle to try and keep some of— vicious cut circle to try and keep some of the heating. it is very degrading because i think you should be able _ degrading because i think you should be able to— degrading because i think you should be able to keep your children warm and provide them with a warm home and provide them with a warm home and a _ and provide them with a warm home and a loving — and provide them with a warm home and a loving home. obviously, my chitdren— and a loving home. obviously, my children get plenty of love but perhaps — children get plenty of love but perhaps not enough of the other things— perhaps not enough of the other things that other people —— other chiidren— things that other people —— other children may get. it is almost like why should they have to live so different — well, we can now speak to sara ogilvie who's policy director at the child policy action group. thank you forjoining us. can you tell us a bit more about the experiences of a lot of children out there right now? in experiences of a lot of children out there right now?— there right now? in really practical terms, i there right now? in really practical terms. i think— there right now? in really practical terms, i think you _ there right now? in really practical terms, i think you have _ there right now? in really practical terms, i think you have just - there right now? in really practical terms, i think you havejust heard| terms, i think you have just heard what the impact is. we know that families are sitting at home without enough food. maybe that means the parents aren't having dinner. maybe it means the children aren't able to have all the stuff during the day that they normally want to get. we know during the evening they are sitting at home in the cold. things that you need at this time of year, like coats and hats and scarves. the children this has really serious consequences. it has consequences for their physical and mental health. it has consequences for their attainment and when they grow up their attainment and when they grow up they going to feel that impact too. one in five children have lived like this for three out of four years. that means that some families in the uk are really trapped in poverty. in the uk are really trapped in cove . in the uk are really trapped in ove . ., , in the uk are really trapped in ove . .,, ., in the uk are really trapped in ove . ., ., ., poverty. something has to give. i do think there has _ poverty. something has to give. i do think there has been _ poverty. something has to give. i do think there has been such _ poverty. something has to give. i do think there has been such a - poverty. something has to give. i do think there has been such a big - think there has been such a big increase in the number of children living in poverty? half a left half a million between 2011 and 2019. we have a million between 2011 and 2019. , have seen a sharp increase over the past decade actually. where we are right now that is that even before the pandemic there were 4 million children living in poverty. in practical terms it means that half are paying for rent, family only have about £60 per week to live on. looking at the long—term impacts, in terms of the circle close to the social security system, families just aren't getting enough money. just before christmas, that money went. that is showing us that government has addressed the problem but then it has been put back in place again. in terms of families, they are subject to things like the benefit cap, and that breaks the link between what you need and what you get to take him to look after yourfamily. there are you get to take him to look after your family. there are just increasing gaps in what families have and what they need. i suppose what we would say is that the government really need to look at addressing the social security system to ensure all families have what they need to live on. there are some other factors in what they need to live on. there are some otherfactors in play what they need to live on. there are some other factors in play as well. there are things like insecure work that mean the families can work enough hours in order to escape living in poverty. there are things like expensive childcare. that makes it really hard to work and to have everything that you need in order to get out of the door, make sure your children are looked after and there is money at the end of the day. and there are things like high housing costs. there are lots of things the government could be doing, but they need to look at it in the long term and notjust look at it in terms of short—term sticking plasters. irate short-term sticking plasters. we were 'ust short—term sticking plasters. we were just looking at inflation and something that is being discussed for a long time as the looming increase in the cost of energy. i think one of the statistics i saw was that after april the prospect for some families is that they will be spending around 20% of their income on the cost of energy. yes. income on the cost of energy. yes, as ou income on the cost of energy. yes, as you just — income on the cost of energy. yes, as you just heard — income on the cost of energy. yes, as you just heard from _ income on the cost of energy. yes, as you just heard from the - income on the cost of energy. 1653 as you just heard from the previous report, we are all aware that the cost of living is going to go up and we are all going to feel it, but we are really concerned on the impact of non—children and their families. the fact is that children from low—income families to begin with don't have what they need to covering everything in their budgets and don't have savings. so when energy prices go up there is nowhere for them to go. like you just said, the families in lower income households are going to spend a much higher proportion of their budget on energy cost than middle or higher income. even though it's something we are all going to be affected by, it is going to hit the poorer families a lot lot worse. that's why we're calling on the government to really respond to this. urgently enter really target what it is doing. we would like them to raise all benefits by 6% in april. as you have heard, that would just about match the cost of inflation are expecting. forfamilies, government expecting. for families, government would expecting. forfamilies, government would also need to look at those mechanisms that stop them from getting the full amount they need from the social security system, like getting rid of the benefit cap and the child limit because otherwise they just won't get the money that they need even if the government makes the right kind of increase. as we were saying at the start of this, we are really asking government to look at the longer terms causes of the situation. at the moment it is the energy price increase but there are lots of other things that are going to be happening this year, and before this it was the pandemic. we have got a situation where families cannot deal with these prices that come along and we have to address the underlying causes.- and we have to address the underlying causes. the bbc�*s director general tim davie has said the licence fee freeze will result in a £285 million gap in funding for the corporation. speaking on bbc radio 4's today programme, tim davie said the bbc is lean after years of cuts — so this latest funding gap will affect "frontline output". if you don't have 285 million, you will get less services and less programmes. now, i still think the bbc can offer extraordinary value for the £13 a month. i absolutely think we can do that. you wouldn't hesitate to close channels if they don't offer value to our audiences. can you say that bbc four survives? i'm not going to make specific recommendations now. we are going to take stock. we've got the settlement, that gives us certainty now. by the way, i'd said that does help us. we will make clean decisions, what we need to do is just go through this year. we are being prudent in the way we planned ourfinances. but a channel might have to... you can't say which one now, looking at bbc four, looking at bbc two, looking at radio five live. these all, inevitably, are on the agenda? i think everything's on the agenda. some news to bring you from the health— some news to bring you from the health minister. he some news to bring you from the health minister.— some news to bring you from the health minister. he has said he is o timistic health minister. he has said he is optimistic that _ health minister. he has said he is optimistic that measures - health minister. he has said he is optimistic that measures that - optimistic that measures that have been brought in to stop the spread of omicron will be scaled back next week because hospitalisations look to have peaked. i have always said these measures should not stay in place a day longer than necessary. he has said that due to farmers suitable defences that we have, referring to the vaccinations and also anti—virals, he said the likelihood that we have already peaked the breach of the case numbers, i am cautiously optimistic we will be able to substantially reduce numbers next week. there has been a huge amount of speculation on when the measures will end. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. for most of england and wales we are looking at a dry afternoon. most of the sun shine will be across north wales, and the midlands. we have a weather front moving its way in. it is quite a weak front but will spread rain eastwards over the next few hours. temperatures for most about 79 celsius. overnight tonight, another weather front will moving over scotland and northern ireland bringing more rain. this is a cold front, finishes the night across parts of northern england. ahead of that cloud, so for many of us it will stay frost free. tomorrow, colder areas on the way behind these colder areas on the way behind these cold fronts. they bring a little bit of rain across england and wales but it will be patchy in nature and early afternoon becoming sunnier. these snow showers even getting down to sea level, bitter winds gusting 40 to 50 mph and temperatures only one celsius, but otherwise it is going to start to feel colder for the north. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. the bbc has learnt that malik faisal akram, the texas synagogue hostage taker was known to m15. he had been investigated — but by the time he flew to the us was assessed to be no longer a risk. the prime minister's former chief adviser dominic cummings says borisjohnson lied to parliament over the downing st bring your own booze party. number ten says he didn't. do you believe the prime minister? of course i do. you think he's telling the truth? the of course i do. you think he's telling the truth?— telling the truth? the prime minister has _ telling the truth? the prime minister has set _ telling the truth? the prime minister has set out - telling the truth? the prime minister has set out his - minister has set out his understanding of the matter in parliament this week and i refer you to his _ parliament this week and i refer you to his words. the first images of tonga after the tsunami, with homes covered in volcanic ash. aid agencies warn of an urgent need forfresh water schoolchildren line the route as the coffin of the murdered primary school teacher ashling murphy arrives at herfuneral service in county 0ffaly in the irish republic new official statistics show that average pay rises in the uk are failing to keep up with the rise in the cost of living. if you've seen the new netflix film 'don't look up�* then this might sound rather familiar! there is an asteroid hurtling towards earth. there's no need to worry though, unlike in the film, we're not in any danger. it isi.2 it is 1.2 million miles away. asteroid 7482, as it is known, was first discovered nearly 30 years ago. it's one kilometre wide — making it bigger than the world's tallest building. the rock will pass earth nearly 2 million kilometres away. but scientists say it's the closest an asteroid like this will come to earth for the next two centuries. it's on a journey around the sun — and will be travelling at a speed of more than 47,000 miles per hour. professor chris lintott is an astrophysicist and author. hejoins me now live from oxford. so in soina so in a way, it is reassuring. it's far away and a long time until something else gets this close. tell us more about it. this something else gets this close. tell us more about it.— us more about it. this is a lump of rock that is — us more about it. this is a lump of rock that is about _ us more about it. this is a lump of rock that is about a _ us more about it. this is a lump of rock that is about a kilometre - rock that is about a kilometre across, so pretty big as far as asteroids go and as far as asteroids that cross the orbit of the earth goes and it was discovered back in the early 90s and we know its orbit really well, so that is why we are confident we are completely safe. this is wave as it goes past. but it is a reminder that there are asteroids like this out there that do pose a threat. something this sort of size hits the earth about once every half a million years or so and what lots of us are thinking about or are worried about and working on is what we do if we found something this size that might have a chance of hitting the earth in the next ten or 20 or 30 years or so and hopefully muster a better response than some of our fictional colleagues.— than some of our fictional colleauues. , ., , �* colleagues. just to stick with don't look u - , colleagues. just to stick with don't look up. in _ colleagues. just to stick with don't look up, in that, _ colleagues. just to stick with don't look up, in that, the _ colleagues. just to stick with don't look up, in that, the asteroid - look up, in that, the asteroid basically wiped out everything on earth and if this one were to hit, what would be the impact of something this size question or something this size question or something one kilometre across would be very bad news if it landed on the city. it be very bad news if it landed on the ci . ., .. , be very bad news if it landed on the ci . ., , ., be very bad news if it landed on the city. it would cause a regional devastation. _ city. it would cause a regional devastation. it _ city. it would cause a regional devastation. it would - city. it would cause a regional devastation. it would also - city. it would cause a regional. devastation. it would also have city. it would cause a regional- devastation. it would also have an effect on the climate, rather similar to some of the most spectacular volcanic eruptions we've seenin spectacular volcanic eruptions we've seen in the past, so we would be in for a change of temperature is for a couple of years. but the problem with asteroids is we need to be able to see them coming and if we can find them far enough in advance we have ideas about how to deflect them, so there is a mission called dart on its way to test what happens when you bash into an asteroid and try to change its orbit. we are doing that on an asteroid that has no chance of hitting the earth because we want to be ready for the time when astronomers tell us that there is a likely impact and we can do something about it. we've got quite good at finding the big stuff so things may be ten or a hundred kilometres across the size of asteroids that did for the dinosaurs, and there is no chance of a collision in the next hundred years but it's the smaller things that would be bad if they hit a city or a populated area that we are working on. or a populated area that we are working on-_ or a populated area that we are workin: on. ., ., .,, working on. you said it wave as it noes working on. you said it wave as it goes past. _ working on. you said it wave as it goes past. so _ working on. you said it wave as it goes past, so will _ working on. you said it wave as it goes past, so will we _ working on. you said it wave as it goes past, so will we be - working on. you said it wave as it goes past, so will we be able - working on. you said it wave as it goes past, so will we be able to l goes past, so will we be able to see it when and where? it goes past, so will we be able to see it when and where?— goes past, so will we be able to see it when and where? it shoots past at 'ust before it when and where? it shoots past at just before ten _ it when and where? it shoots past at just before ten o'clock— it when and where? it shoots past at just before ten o'clock reduce - it when and where? it shoots past at just before ten o'clock reduce time l just before ten o'clock reduce time tonight and it's not very bright because a kilometre is a very big so amateur astronomers with small telescopes will be watching it but if you have large binoculars you might see it but honestly, i will be looking on twitter and watching pictures and it will show a point of light whizzing past as it passes beyond the moon.— light whizzing past as it passes beyond the moon. thank you for 'oinin: beyond the moon. thank you for joining us- _ more now on the breaking news that a british man who took four people hostage at a synagogue in texas had been investigated by m15. malik faisal akram, from blackburn in lancashire, was the subject of an investigation in late 2020 but by the time he flew to the us, he was assessed to be no longer a risk. the four people held hostage at the synagogue in colleyville near dallas were eventually freed unharmed, after a 10—hour siege. akram was shot dead by police. two teenagers arrested in manchester as part of the investigation are still being questioned by detectives. earlier, i spoke to our security correspondent frank gardner. it is a question which has been on a lot of people's minds ever since this hostage drama first began and that it was first revealed that the perpetrator was british. was this somebody who was so—called clean skin? in other words somebody with no record. or was it somebody already known to m15 and the police? and the confirmation we have had todayjust in the last few minutes is that he did have a record. he was on m15's watchlist initially as a so—called soi, a subject of interest. so, m15 the security service keep two lists, as it were which are dynamic. they are constantly changing and some flow from one to the other. one is the active list, and he was on that list in 2020 as a subject of concern. they investigated him in the second half of that year. presumably for radical ideas because he was known to have already been very public, very vociferous after the 9/11 attacks, and he was banned from some courts. so, it is not surprising he came to their attention, but he obviously did not flag up anything, or at least they did not see anything or catch anything that he was doing between the end of 2020 and the end of 2021. so, last year, he must have effectively laid low and not revealed anything. of course, he flewjust before you new year to the united states, arrived athk, got himself down to texas, was able to get a weapon, on the street we are told, and carry out this hostage taking attack. so, i think there are going to be questions here as to how this happened. those two lists, as i said, are kind of dynamic. the active list usually ranges from about 3000 to 4000 suspects on there. the former, the list of former subjects of interest is anything up to 40,000. these are people that they have investigated in the past, every now and then flags pop up and they think we better have a look at that person. it is not a perfect science, and i think there probably will be criticism to say why did this person slip through the net. and is there any indication as to the motive? it has been reported that he was demanding the release of a convicted pakistani scientist who is being held tojust 20 miles away from the synagogue where the hostagetaking happened. well, that is definitely one of the international angles to this which is being looked at now. it is important to say that the scientist who is so currently serving an 86 year prison sentence for trying to turn a firearm on us military personnel in afghanistan after she was caught with attack plans for new york, she has said that she is nothing to do with this hostage taking. it was not done in her name and she does not condone it at all. that statement came through her lawyer. but that is certainly one of the angles, and i'm sure that the pakistani authorities would have been assisting the fbi. this is an international investigation with what the fbi called global reach. but here in britain, it is being led by counterterrorism police in the north—west, so, in a big shake—up some ago, they basically, m15 and the police have divvied up the country in terms of areas, and they work very closely together, but the lead in this country is counterterrorism policing north west which is the area from which malik faisal akram is from an blackburn. as we know, there were two arrests made on sunday. people will be questioned. to my knowledge, they have not been charged yet. they may have been released. that often happens. so, they will be tracing all the contacts, both digital and person—to—person that malik faisal akram had in the days before he went to the united states. most importantly, they want to know was there anybody else involved. at the moment, and it is early days in this investigation, it does not look as though there were anybody else assisting him, but they may yet uncover things. the government has won its court of appeal bid to overturn a ruling that a contract given to a company whose founders were friends of former adviser dominic cummings was unlawful. last year, the high court ruled that the cabinet office's decision to award a contract to market research firm public first was unlawful as it gave rise to "apparent bias". our special correspondent lucy manning joins me now. tell us more. it's all about the way the government _ tell us more. it's all about the way the government was _ tell us more. it's all about the way the government was handing - tell us more. it's all about the way the government was handing out i the government was handing out contracts during covid and there has been some controversy about that. this was a contract worth more than half £1 million that was given to this company, public first and their job was to go and talk to the public and see how they were understanding or reacting to the covid messages and the warnings that the government was putting out. the controversy came because two of the founders of the company, one had worked with michael gove and another with dominic cummings, so the campaign group, the good law project took the government court to say that this was not ok, essentially and that dominic cummings was giving contracts to his mates and last year the high court found that there was apparent bias, not because dominic cummings knew the people, but because he had not considered any other firms and had because he had not considered any otherfirms and had not because he had not considered any other firms and had not done a proper check of what other companies could offer. the government appealed that and today the court of appeal, the government has one, as the court of appeal overturned the original judgment saying this was a time of urgency and speed was needed. dominic cummings feels vindicated and said as much on twitter today, saying this was a total vindication for my decisions on moving super speedy on procurement to save lives and the cabinet office says that public first were helping to improve vitally important health messages but there might still be another sting in the tail because the good law project says it wants to seek permission to take this to the supreme court, but as it stands, a good day for dominic cummings and the government. school children and the friends and family of ashling murphy have gathered in county 0ffaly in ireland for her funeral mass. the 23 year old primary school teacher was killed last week while out running. she was attacked along the grand canal outside tullamore on wednesday — her death has intensified the debate about women's safety. our correspondent danjohnson is in county 0ffaly outside the church where the service has just taken place. this is to mark the life of a young woman who was a committed primary school teacher, a talented musician, someone who is described by everybody here as somebody really intelligent, somebody really bright, someone very warm and friendly and it has completely shocked everybody here, the way that ashling was killed last wednesday, when she was out on the canal here in tullamore, just out for a run when she lost her life and that is why we have seen the huge response in terms of commemorative events, vigils, support for ashling's family, and herfamily will be support for ashling's family, and her family will be a big support for ashling's family, and herfamily will be a big part support for ashling's family, and her family will be a big part of this service today, and some of her cousins will be giving readings. a large family, well known in the area, such a cliche, but although this is a rural spot, the community here is really close and people have really come together to support the murphy family in the last few days and there is a huge police investigation going on at the same time and police said last night that they have made substantial progress and there is another suspect that they want to question, somebody who is in hospital with injuries and police are having to wait and they say those injuries are suspicious and they want to question that person but they need to wait for that person to receive treatment before they can go any further with their investigation but a huge investigation involving around 50 detectives but for the moment the focus here is very much on this service, remembering ashling and her life. staff who work in schools and prisons in england and wales are for the first time being issued with guidance on how to help people who self—harm. self—harm is when somebody intentionally damages or injures their body to try to cope with emotional distress or to feel in control. one in five girls and one in 10 boys aged between 17 and 19 have self—harmed or attempted suicide, according to a major nhs survey from 2017. and among 11 to 16—year—olds, 7% of girls and more than 3% of boys are affected. those with mental disorders are more likely to have self—harmed. our health reporter, philippa roxby expalins more. this is a recognition that it is not just mental health professionals, doctors and nurses, that are spotting and identifying self—harm. it's happening in lots of different sectors, in schools, colleges and universities, prisons, detention centres. that is where people are having to spot it and then know what to do with it, so this new guidance that comes from the clinical body that draws up guidance for doctors and nurses who say, this is everybody�*s responsibility to identify self—harm and know what to do about it, to spot it, talk to someone in a comforting way and send them for a psychosocial assessment, is what it is called. elsa arnold and elisha cowie both self—harmed whilst at school. this was their reaction to the new guidance for school staff. i think it's a really positive thing. one of the things that i struggled with most was feeling like there wasn't support at school and that i was quite misunderstood by other members of staff, or they didn't know how to deal with my behaviour. so, i think it is a really, really positive thing that should hopefully help schools a bit more. definitely a step in the right direction because if teachers are given this information and taught on mental health and how it can affect people, i think they will be able to approach it in a less intimidated way and they have an understanding then of what it feels like and how to approach someone who might be suffering. magistrates in england and wales will be given powers to jail criminals for longer, under a government plan to tackle the backlog of cases in the crown courts. they'll be able to hand down sentences of up to a year — double the current maximum of six months — meaning they can deal with a wider range of cases. but critics say it could lead to more appeals and a spike in the prison population. thejustice secretary dominic raab says he hopes the move will free up crown courts which are facing large numbers of cases. we've got the magistrates backlog are coming down, the court backlog coming down we also have the crown court backlog coming down and i was asked about how long it would take to start getting it down between six months and a year and it's down by 2000 since the peak injune on this measure will reduce it by a further 1700. jo sidhu is chair of the criminal bar association. he said the move won't work. we need to recognise that these sorts of measures are going to go nowhere to solve the sorts of problems which have become endemic in the system. i think the reality that the government has to accept is that you have got 60,000 cases now backlogged in the crown court. this measure that the government has brought out is really more of the panic measure in an attempt to try and reduce that backlog, but it's not going to work. inspectors say "urgent improvements" need to be made to the electronic tagging system to monitor criminals in england and wales, warning that some domestic abusers are being put on curfews which require them to live with their victims. her majesty's inspectorate of probation also found that newer kinds of technology are not being used as widely as they could be. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford reports. there are three kinds of tags in use now in england and wales. the original tags linked to a box in the offender's home that can be used to enforce a curfew. more modern gps tags that can track a released criminal�*s movements using satellite technology. and alcohol abstinence tags that test the wearer's sweat to check if they've been drinking. in the first major review of tagging for ten years, inspectors said the technology had significant potential, but they warn that sometimes the curfew address for criminals released from prison on a tag had not been checked properly, and people at risk of domestic violence from the offender were living there. the chief inspector of probation, justin russell, said it's deeply concerning to think that people are being placed on a curfew in homes where there's a potential risk of harm to others. we recommend an urgent review. the inspector said satellite tagging should be deployed more widely — particularly when it came to tracking high—risk offenders — and they found a new alcohol abstinence tag showed promise, but were not being used to their full potential. daniel sandford, bbc news. millions of people across america's east coast, and canada's southeastern provinces, are hunkered down as a powerful winter storm sweeps through, disrupting travel and cutting power to thousands of homes. stephanie prentice reports. a national pastime taken to the streets. in canada, when life gives you ice, make an ice rink. this neighbourhood just outside toronto using a break in the snowstorms to enjoy their new project. it's a little bit bumpy, the trees are a little bit annoying sometimes but yeah. a little bit helpful though too. we started off with two houses, we've expanded to three now. we make it a little difficult for the mail carrier, i know that. they gotta walk around the rink. the mailman may be getting through but for many the snow knocking out their usual forms of transportation. where the bleep is my car, oh my god. for others, an opportunity to try more traditional ways of getting around. it's getting heavier. but not everyone is a jump away from trying to have a good day across the snow ravaged south—eastern provinces, with extreme weather warnings in place across ontario and quebec. power outages for thousands of homes, offices and schools closed and visibility at near zero in some areas. the streets are packed. the streetcar is barely moving. everything is covered with snow. never seen anything like this. over in the us, things are starting to improve, with the national weather service saying that although snowfall will continue, the storm will start to slowly wind down into tuesday. a state canadians can only anticipate. but for some, being stuck at home isn't the worst thing. stephanie prentice, bbc news. a sixteenth—century villa in rome will be auctioned later today and is expected to go for hundreds of millions of dollars. the villa aurora sits on one of the highest hills in the city, on the site of what was once the home ofjulius caesar, and contains six floors full of treasures. gail maclellan reports. up for auction, a desirable residence in rome, boasting 11 bedrooms, ten bathrooms and, oh, yes, a ceiling mural painted by italian master caravaggio. the current occupier, princess rita boncompagni ludovisi, has been forced to agree to the sale by a legal dispute and the opening bid is more than $500 million. lovely as the house and grounds may be, it is the caravaggio mural that lifts this villa above its contemporaries. he was in his early 20s when he painted jupiter, neptune and pluto, across the ceiling of a small room, a former alchemy laboratory on the villa's first floor in the year 1597. working in oils directly into the plaster, he painted his own face and body on the figurines. the mural was hidden until 1968. it had been whitewashed over, probably because it was considered blasphemous. the villa has been in the ludovisi family since 1621 and its six floors are filled with artworks and sculptures, including this statute of the greek god pan, attributed to michelangelo. compulsory renovations to the villa will cost in the region of $13 dollars but after —— in the region of $13 million but after paying half a billion for the property, it is unlikely the new owners will flinch. gail maclellan, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello. we had a particularly nice sunrise earlier on today in parts of the country. i think what made the sunrise really nice was this layer of medium cloud. this is a alta—cumulus you can see here. we had the scenes up and down the country and it really was quite a fiery start of the day. now, the fiery sunrise was caused by the variable cloud that we have in the skies. some gaps in this allowing the sunshine to poke through. we do have some of this cloud just working its way into southern areas of england and wales, pushing into the midlands this afternoon, but should be largely clear for north wales and much of northern england having the best of the sunshine. meanwhile, further north—west winds for northern ireland and scotland, the cloud will thicken to bring some outbreaks of rain for some. now, overnight tonight, that first batch of rain clears through, but then we get this cold front arriving southwards later in the night bringing some heavy rain to scotland and northern ireland. behind that we will start to get the wind switching round to a north—westerly direction. because of all the cloud around, it will not be quite as cold as it was last night. indeed, many of us will have a frost free night. big changes in the forecast for tomorrow, we still have our area of high pressure with us, but it is moving a bit further westwards and is allowing these cold north—westerly winds to dive southwards behind this weather front. so, for wednesday, england and wales getting off to a cloudy start with outbreaks of rain moving southwards. cold enough for snow showers, even down to sea—level in shetland and progressively as the air gets colder through the day across the north of mainland scotland, we will start to see some of those showers turn to sleet and a little bit of hill snow right higher late in the day. temperatures around 10 degrees in the south with colder air arriving firmly in shetland, just one celsius here with some bitter winds and the wednesday night will be a cold one with a frost becoming widespread and returning across most parts of the country. a chilly one, then, for thursday. again with some showers for shetland and also for the north of mainland scotland. could be an odd wintry one coming down the north sea, but by this stage, the wind should just about be offshore which would keep most of the showers out into the north sea. much colder day, though. temperatures struggling really, four, five, six celsius, however, towards the end of the week, we are going to start to get milder air coming round our area of high pressure, so temperatures are going to start a lift through friday and the weekend. we'll have probably a lot of cloud but mainly dry weather and some sunny spells. that's the latest. more pressure on the prime minister, as his deputy says any pm who lied to parliament would ordinarliy be expected to resign. did the prime minister know about the parties, mr dowden? it comes after fresh allegations that borisjohnson was warned in advance about number ten during the first coronavirus lockdown. he's dismissed the claims. when i went out into that garden, i thought i was attending a work event. i think it's very important we see what sue ray, the inquiry has to say. the chancellor rishi sunak has said in the last couple of hours that of course he believes what the prime minister told the commons — we'll have the latest live from westminster. also this lunchtime: