at downing street during lockdown. covid restrictions in scotland ease. nightclubs can reopen, and limits on indoor socialising are dropped. police in the us state of georgia say they're following several leads over the shooting which killed briton matthew wilson. his sister has paid tribute to him. the outpouring of love that has come from everyone who knew him around the world has been a real sign of what a wonderful person he was but he truly was a joy to be around. an australian man pleads guilty to abducting four—year—old cleo smith and holding her at his home for 18 days. also coming up this hour... scorching heat, enormous night—time waves, sleep deprivation, and being trailed by sharks — a british all—women crew including a woman with incurable cancer — conquer all that — and break the world record for rowing across the atlantic. my my body has just realised that it has been growing for 42 days and so i'm feeling a little broken! hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the uk has begun to withdraw staff from the british embassy in ukraine as fears grow of a possible russian invasion. officials said there has been no specific threat to british diplomats, but about half of the staff working in kyiv will return to britain. the us has also ordered the relatives of its embassy staff to leave ukraine, saying a russian invasion could come "at any time". moscow denies planning an invasion, despite massing tens of thousands of troops on the border. stephanie prentice reports. whatever is being planned behind the kremlin walls when it comes to its action on the border with ukraine, west is stepping up its support and their rhetoric. secretary of state antony blinken promising a swift, severe and united response to russian aggression, reiterating that an invasion will notjust put ukraine at stake but the bedrock of world peace. it ukraine at stake but the bedrock of world peace-— world peace. it really is and should be a global— world peace. it really is and should be a global concern _ world peace. it really is and should be a global concern because - world peace. it really is and should be a global concern because there| be a global concern because there are some basic principles, international relations at stake that have helped keep the peace and security in europe for the last decades. ~ ., security in europe for the last decades. ~ . ,, ,, ., decades. meanwhile, the us state department _ decades. meanwhile, the us state department tweeting _ decades. meanwhile, the us state department tweeting to _ decades. meanwhile, the us state department tweeting to tell - decades. meanwhile, the us state department tweeting to tell its - department tweeting to tell its citizens in kyiv to get out of what could be the line of fire due to the continued threat of russian military action. some security experts saying it's time for the west to think outside the box.— it's time for the west to think outside the box. vladimir putin thinks he can — outside the box. vladimir putin thinks he can launch _ outside the box. vladimir putin thinks he can launch a - outside the box. vladimir putin j thinks he can launch a lightning strike operation and achieve his objectives without much pain and that's why i think in the west we need to think more creatively, we need to think more creatively, we need to think more creatively, we need to up our game, we need to provide maritime and air defences to the ukrainians. in provide maritime and air defences to the ukrainians.— the ukrainians. in london, some british intelligence _ the ukrainians. in london, some british intelligence sources - the ukrainians. in london, some british intelligence sources have| british intelligence sources have already named former ukrainian lawmaker is being lined up to lead a moscow friendly public government in kyiv. something he has strongly denied and called a conspiracy theory. translation: i cannot get into the heads of people i have never met, i have never met vladimir putin and half of the people who should form my government according to the uk intelligence services. but ukraine's ambassador to the uk says a puppet government is exactly what he is expecting and that the russian regime will be difficult for western allies to stop with sanctions alone. i believe they are working on the presumption that put in. at some particular point, he is raising the stakes, everybody is trying to stay away from thinking and sending soldiers to the battles. what away from thinking and sending soldiers to the battles.- soldiers to the battles. what is next? russia _ soldiers to the battles. what is next? russia still— soldiers to the battles. what is next? russia still denying - soldiers to the battles. what is next? russia still denying any| next? russia still denying any invasion plans though trying to strike deals to keep ukraine out of nato, as ukraine's civil volunteers continue to bolster their own security. and all eyes now on negotiations in the coming days which could determine the shape of future euro atlantic security. our diplomatic correspondent james landale, and our reporterjames waterhouse in kyiv, are following developments. james landale explained the british government's decision to move diplomatic staff out of the ukraine. well, the british government says it is a precaution, they are doing this because they have a duty of care to staff. they expect about half the staff at the embassy in kyiv to return to the uk in the coming days. i imagine, they say very explicitly this is not a response to any specific intelligence threatening uk staff as a result of anything the british government has done in terms of warning about russia trying to set up puppet governments in ukraine are anything like that, it is the generic, growing threat of a russian military incursion into ukraine that has led to this action and i think there are two factors, if anything happens it could happen quickly, there are now increasing numbers of russian troops in belarus, just on the north of the ukraine border, that is getting much closer to kyiv than the troops on the far eastern border of ukraine. secondly, remember, what is the most recent crisis situation that both the british and american governments have had to deal with to evacuate troops and citizens and diplomats quickly? afghanistan. and i think both bureaucracies of these institutions are learning from that experience and saying right, we want to get our ducks in a row but the problem is, of course, other countries will interpret this not as a consular precautionary matter but as a statement of an assessment of threat and so for example, the eu this morning has made very clear at the moment it is not withdrawing its diplomats . and james waterhouse, how are residents in ukraine responding to the situation? how worried as the population there about a potential russian invasion, given the withdrawal we have seen of some staff and families from these embassies? i mean, james is referring to these big global forces surrounding ukraine in this big power struggle. is kyiv, the capital city, preparing for an invasion? no. you have to remember ukrainians have lived with this kind of russian aggression for eight years and when you speak to them, there are a range of responses. they range from, yes, i would be willing to fight if i had to, others express their confidence in the president to get the best outcome for the country and others, yes, do express an anxiety and worry over what might happen given the long—running conflict in the east, in the donbass region as well as the annexation of crimea to the south so there is this constant anxiety but it's more of an exhaustion. because you have to remember there have been constant reports now about possible invasion, that makes it hard for ukrainians to plan, make long—term plans, or even short—term ones, given the uncertainty. so more of a fatigue, i think. joining me now is franz—stefan gady who is a fellow of the international institute for strategic studies. do you think russia is on the verge of invading ukraine? i can do you think russia is on the verge of invading ukraine?— of invading ukraine? i can tell russia right — of invading ukraine? i can tell russia right now— of invading ukraine? i can tell russia right now has - of invading ukraine? i can tell russia right now has the - of invading ukraine? i can tell. russia right now has the military capabilities along the russia ukrainian border to launch a full—scale invasion of ukraine, it doesn't mean they are about to do it. i do think the risk is increasing dramatically. you don't think they are _ increasing dramatically. you don't think they are necessarily - increasing dramatically. you don't think they are necessarily about i increasing dramatically. you don't| think they are necessarily about to do it but does that suggest this cute troop build—up could be some sort of bluff? cute troop build-up could be some sort of bluff?— sort of bluff? well, former secretary _ sort of bluff? well, former secretary of _ sort of bluff? well, former secretary of defence - sort of bluff? well, former. secretary of defence robert sort of bluff? well, former- secretary of defence robert gates published a piece yesterday when he quoted voltaire who once said you can basically do anything with bayonets except set on them and by that he meant essentially sooner or later, if you have the military capability that you are massing, sooner or later you will need to use it, otherwise you lose credibility internationally but also domestically and it no longer has the compelling effect that you are trying to achieve of it so i think sooner or later, something will have to give stop either a diplomatic solution can be found, i do not know, this is really something that needs to be seen by generally speaking, if you have so many trips at the border, i think sooner or later you create a very dangerous situation for something bigger can happen. situation for something bigger can ha en. ~ ., ., situation for something bigger can hauen. ~ ., ., , happen. would that be in your view, if it does happen, _ happen. would that be in your view, if it does happen, an _ happen. would that be in your view, if it does happen, an invasion - happen. would that be in your view, if it does happen, an invasion of - if it does happen, an invasion of the whole of ukraine rather than just any single part of it? including the capital, kyiv? i’m just any single part of it? including the capital, kyiv? i'm not ri to including the capital, kyiv? i'm not privy to russian — including the capital, kyiv? i'm not privy to russian war _ including the capital, kyiv? i'm not privy to russian war plans, - including the capital, kyiv? i'm not privy to russian war plans, of- privy to russian war plans, of course, but considering the sort of demands that russia is making at the moment, i think any incursion or so—called hybrid warfare operations, cyber attacks, subversive activities, sabotage, economic warfare, information operations, destabilising civil society and so forth are not probably going to achieve what russia aims to achieve with triggering this crisis. so i do think a full—scale invasion can occur, russia has the capability to do so but it does not mean that necessarily this is going to happen. what about the west? has the west, the united states, britain, other powers in the west, have they done enough to deter russia, to stand up to it, to make it clear this cannot stand? , ., ., , , ., . ., stand? the short answer is no. what we have seen _ stand? the short answer is no. what we have seen right _ stand? the short answer is no. what we have seen right now, _ stand? the short answer is no. what we have seen right now, arms - we have seen right now, arms deliveries, the united kingdom, the united states sending arms to ukraine right now, it is too little too late, we should have had a deterrent strategy in place vis—a—vis russia that would signal or would have signalled to russia, you are overstepping the boundary here, we have not done so so i think at the moment, literary deliveries, more arms deliveries and so forth, are not going to change the strategic calculus of russia. more intense threats _ strategic calculus of russia. more intense threats from _ strategic calculus of russia. more intense threats from the - strategic calculus of russia. more intense threats from the west - strategic calculus of russia. more intense threats from the west in the end, that could have threatened a third world war, couldn't it? if you stand up to rush it by saying if you invade ukraine we are going to take you on? that is simply too dangerous, isn't it? edit you on? that is simply too dangerous, isn't it? of course, we should never— dangerous, isn't it? of course, we should never forget _ dangerous, isn't it? of course, we should never forget you _ dangerous, isn't it? of course, we should never forget you are - dangerous, isn't it? of course, we| should never forget you are talking about one of the nuclear armed super powers in the world, the other one is the united states so there is a whole nuclear dimension that we need to be careful about but having said that, we are not only talking about deterrence, deterrence has to go hand with diplomacy and i think deterrence complying demo combined with diplomacy in the state would have achieved the best outcome not only for ukraine but also nato and other western allies and partners. thank you for your analysis. there is growing pressure on the uk prime minister this week after a series of damaging allegations about the conservative party and his leadership. this morning number ten has announced that there will be a cabinet office inquiry into claims from conservative mp nus ghani that she was sacked as a minister partly because of her muslim faith. in the last hour, ms ghani has tweeted saying all she wants is �*for this to be taken seriously�*, adding that she �*looks forward to seeing the terms of reference' for the investigation. well, nus ghani's allegations are the latest in a string of problems which are affecting support for the prime minister's leadership. it comes after senior conservative william wragg said mps who were raising doubts about borisjohnson's leadership were "blackmailed" by party whips and number ten officials. mr wragg claimed some were threatened with the withdrawal of constituency funding. he is meeting the metropolitan police today. downing street says it hasn't seen any proof of the claims. and another inquiry, also led by the cabinet office, is looking into alleged parties at downing street during lockdown and is due to report this week. the prime minister's former aide dominic cummings is thought to be giving evidence to the inquiry today. several backbench mps say they are waiting for results of civil servant sue gray's inquiry, before they decide whether to submit votes of no confidence in mrjohnson's leadership. with a round up of the latest, here's our political correspondent damian grammaticas. this is a decisive week for borisjohnson. the biggestjeopardy he faces is when the inquiry into downing street parties is published. reports of a staff christmas wine and cheese party emerged in december. mrjohnson apologised in parliament. ..mr speaker, because i was also furious to see that clip. and mr speaker, i apologise. i apologise, unreservedly. adding he'd been assured rules weren't broken — there was no party. but two weeks ago he was back, admitting he himself had been at a summer bring your own booze party in the downing street garden with 30 others. i believed implicitly that this was a work event. the internal inquiry, headed by the civil servant sue gray, is not independent of government, but could still be damaging. the met has not commented on reports that officers on duty guarding downing street when the gatherings were held, have been questioned by her team. but dominic cummings, once mrjohnson's closest aide, now a fierce critic, may be giving his own evidence today. and there's pressure on mrjohnson from a new front — for a new inquiry into possible islamophobia in his party. it follows claims by the mp nusrat ghani, that she was told after she lost herjob as a minister two years ago, that her muslim identity was an issue. but borisjohnson told her he could not get involved. the chief whip, mark spencer, has said her accusations are false and defamatory, he never used the words she said, and she chose not to ask for an inquiry at the time. downing street has added the conservative party does not tolerate prejudice or discrimination. meanwhile, the conservative mp william wragg will brief police this morning, on accounts he's heard of pressure amounting, he says, to possible blackmail of some conservative mps in an effort to deter them from calling for a no confidence vote in mrjohnson. it all adds up to serious questions about his leadership, his authority, and a week that will test his grip on power. damian grammaticas, bbc news. let's talk to our chief political correspondent adam fleming. it could be quite a week and no shortage of enquiries, we are still waiting on the inquiry into the downing street party and now this inquiry into white nusrat ghani was sacked. , , ., , ., ., , sacked. yes, nusrat ghani made these claims to the — sacked. yes, nusrat ghani made these claims to the sunday _ sacked. yes, nusrat ghani made these claims to the sunday times _ sacked. yes, nusrat ghani made these claims to the sunday times over - sacked. yes, nusrat ghani made these claims to the sunday times over the i claims to the sunday times over the weekend, she did not name anyone but the chief whip, mark spencer, said he was the person who had the conversation but he said this description of the conversation was defamatory so it is now subject to an inquiry by the cabinet office, 2a hours after the claims first emerged, which some people will think was a bit of a long time for the government to wait. and also the reason we are having to have this inquiry is initially the prime minister borisjohnson, went nusrat ghani brought this to his attention said she should use the conservative party internal complaints process which she did not think it is appropriate so that is why a new avenue has had to be pursued. this news broke quite early this morning, as the education secretary nadeem sally was doing interviews. —— nadeem sally. these are, you know, really serious allegations and no one makes those easily. it takes a lot of bravery for someone to stand up and say this and make these allegations, which is why we have to look at this quickly but thoroughly. nusrat ghani has welcomed the start of the inquiry but says she is waiting to see the terms of reference. it waiting to see the terms of reference-— waiting to see the terms of reference. , , ., reference. it will be interesting to see if they — reference. it will be interesting to see if they meet _ reference. it will be interesting to see if they meet with _ reference. it will be interesting to see if they meet with her - see if they meet with her satisfaction. it has also been welcomed by the former chair of the conservative party lady sayeeda warsi who has been campaigning for several years now for conservatives to take the issue of islamophobia in their own ranks more seriously although she said maybe this needs to be taken more seriously because it could actually be a breach of equality law. i think it is a start. i think it has to go much deeper than that. this is somebody who was a government minister who was told that herjob came to an end because of a protected characteristic. that is against the law. remember, there was already an inquiry conducted in two islamophobia in the conservative party a couple of years ago that came forward with a series of recommendations to address failings and how the party handled the issue, the party are still crunching through those findings and those recommendations and putting them in place. they are not all in place yet. and yes, this is another inquiry on top of the huge inquiry being done into the allegations of lockdown busting parties in downing street and whitehall by the senior civil servant sue gray. two things happening there as we wait for the report, first of all lots of speculations about what she is actually doing in the final stages of the inquiry, speculation she is speaking to dominic cummings, the former chief adviser to the prime minister, she has already spoken to the police officers who guarded downing street and she is looking at the data from members of staff was swipe cards as they go in and out of the building. the people close to the building. the people close to the inquiry not confirming or denying any of those reports, it's just speculation for now. the other big thing happening is a conversation about how this report is actually going to land when it is completed. does the public get to see the whole thing orjust an edited summary of her findings? are there annexes or reductions are b do not get to see? and also what mps are asking is how much time will they have between the report being published if it is published in full, and the prime minister answering their questions in parliament because they do not want to be bounced into having to do it very quickly? so that is kind of what people are using the time between now and the report being published, whenever that actually is. �* . published, whenever that actually is. ~ ., ., ., is. adam fleming, we will wait for that, thank— is. adam fleming, we will wait for that. thank you — is. adam fleming, we will wait for that, thank you very _ is. adam fleming, we will wait for that, thank you very much. - with me now is mohammed amin, who was chair of the conservative muslim forum for five years. he's now a member of the liberal democrats. thank you forjoining us. i spoke to yesterday, just immediately after we heard what nusrat ghani had been saying, now we have heard there will be this cabinet office inquiry. into her claims and her allegations. do you welcome that?— her claims and her allegations. do you welcome that? good morning, yes i do. i you welcome that? good morning, yes i do- i think — you welcome that? good morning, yes i do. ithinkthis_ you welcome that? good morning, yes | do. ithinkthis is— you welcome that? good morning, yes i do. i think this is what _ you welcome that? good morning, yes i do. i think this is what nusrat - i do. i think this is what nusrat ghani was looking for in the very beginning. and in 2020, when she met with mrjohnson, mrjohnson should have initiated such an inquiry then, instead of bobbing her off by saying go and apply it through the conservative party complaints process which she considered entirely inappropriate. so process which she considered entirely inappropriate. so you think this inuui entirely inappropriate. so you think this inquiry should _ entirely inappropriate. so you think this inquiry should have _ entirely inappropriate. so you think this inquiry should have really - entirely inappropriate. so you think this inquiry should have really been set up a couple of years ago? absolutely. the decision to sack as a government minister is a government decision, it is not a conservative party internal matter. she raised her concerns with mr johnson and he did not take it seriously, he simply said, go and apply through the conservative party process, a process that she considered was inappropriate then. and she clearly felt very reluctant to go public because she would be attacked, criticised, ostracised, which is exactly what was happening to her over the weekend until the sudden reversal this morning. i mean, she has made her claims about what she was told when she was sacked as a minister, that it was partly because of her muslim faith. the chief whip has gone on the record as saying that is completely false, it's actually defamatory. you know, it's one politician saying one thing and another politician saying something else. is an inquiry going to establish, be able to establish with absolute certainty the truth of this? i with absolute certainty the truth of this? ~ ., , ., , this? i think an inquiry has the abili in this? i think an inquiry has the ability in the — this? i think an inquiry has the ability in the cabinet _ this? i think an inquiry has the ability in the cabinet office - this? i think an inquiry has the ability in the cabinet office to | ability in the cabinet office to first of all talk to all of the people who were involved at the time the decision—making process took place and ultimately, this is not a criminal investigation, the person conducting the inquiry, i suspect, will have the responsibility of weighing up what he is told by both parties and taking a view on the balance of probabilities as to who he thinks is actually accurate. and he thinks is actually accurate. and this claim by _ he thinks is actually accurate. and this claim by nusrat ghani, it is shocking, what do you think it says about the state of the conservative party, about the state of the government as well, actually? well, the state of — government as well, actually? well, the state of the _ government as well, actually? well, the state of the conservative - government as well, actually? -ii the state of the conservative party which is what always concerned me when i was chairman of the conservative muslim forum, injune 2018, the conservative muslim forum wrote an open letter to the then party leader theresa may, calling for an independent inquiry into anti—muslim bigotry, islamophobia, inside the conservative party. it takes a lot for a conservative party organisation like the conservative muslim forum to go public with that kind of concern. we went public because all attempts at raising theseissues because all attempts at raising these issues internally, privately had got nowhere and so we called for an inquiry. it never happened. during the leadership campaign of 2019, sajid javid bounced all the other candidates into promising an inquiry into islamophobia, mr johnson then deleted that internal inquiry not into a sleep muslim sentiment specifically but just general discriminatory issues inside the conservative party and the conservative party complaints process, as far as that inquiry, i gave evidence to that inquiry, found him to be a very nice and dedicated and sincere person but his hands were tied by the very tightly drawn terms of reference of his inquiry which were drawn that way to minimise any risk that the inquiry could cause. the most fundamental issue the conservative party has never tried to address is this, what is it that causes anti—muslim bigots to think that they have a home in the conservative party? because all the conservative party? because all the evidence from google, the polling they have conducted on a few occasions of conservative party members shows very disturbingly high levels of anti—muslim bigotry amongst grassroots conservative party members. amongst grassroots conservative party members-— amongst grassroots conservative party members. amongst grassroots conservative pa members. ., . ., party members. thank you so much for our time. covid—19 restrictions are being eased in scotland today, with limits on the number of people allowed at large indoor events being lifted along with social distancing rules. nightclubs are also reopening, after they were forced to close on 27th december. longer—running measures, such as the use of face coverings on public transport and indoor public places, will continue. earlier, we heard from our correspondent jamie mcivor who's in glasgow. blows for the hospitality industry in scotland as indeed there were across the uk and across the world. what you can basically say today, ben, is that the omicron restrictions in scotland have now eased, scotland is now essentially back to where it was a month ago before these additional restrictions were imposed. let's look at what actually changes today. first of all, nightclubs can now reopen again, they had been closed since december the 27th. the additional rules on social distancing in hospitality have gone so, for example, you can now go up to the bar and buy a drink again, it is no longer about table service in pubs and the rules which had limited the number of customers in some bars and restaurants have now gone. lastly, the rules on indoor events are now eased again, so there is no limit to the number of people you can have at indoor events, that's got a big implication for concerts, theatres, cinemas, indeed, one of the big events to benefit from this easing is the celtic connections music festival in glasgow, it's one of the big winter music events in the city. the first few days of the festival had been curtailed by these additional rules but from today it will seem much more like normal. new details have emerged about the liverpool bomber who died when his device exploded outside a hospital in the city last november. a previously confidential asylum judgement, seen by the bbc, raises questions about why emad al swealmeen was not removed from the uk years before the attack. here's our home and legal correspondent, dominic casciani — and a warning his report includes footage of the explosion. a moment of terror, the scene last november, when a home—made bomb designed to kill partially detonated in this taxi outside liverpool women's hospital. the driver fled his cab, lucky to be alive, as the fireball killed this man. the attacker, emad al swealmeen, taking the secrets of his motivation with him. but now, in an official document disclosed after a bbc challenge, revelations of the lies he told to cling on to life in the uk. and this is what he claimed to be fleeing in 2014 — syria's civil war. the only problem with that? he wasn't syrian. the 32—year—old was, in fact, from baghdad in neighbouring iraq. he had been living in the united arab emirates for 1h years. the home office spotted he was a liar, and an immigration judge backed that decision in april 2015. in the ruling now made public, the judge said al swealmeen's account was not credible. he couldn't describe areas of the country he said he knew, and didn't even speak like a syrian. that ruling gave the home office permission to fly him out of the country, but it never happened. instead, he began going to liverpool cathedral, presenting himself as a christian convert. volunteers gave him a bed, and two years after his case had been rejected, he applied once more for asylum, using a different name. it's not clear if home office officials spotted that it was the same man, by checking his fingerprints against their records. by 2020, he'd lost again, but was still not removed from the uk. today, the home office has refused to comment on what happened with emad al swealmeen's case, or whether there will ever be an inquiry. dominic casciani, bbc news. a fifth teenager has handed himself into a police station in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 16—year—old boy in greater manchester. four men were arrested on saturday night on suspicion of murder. kennie carter was stabbed in the stretford area of the city and later died in hospital. police have appealed to the public to hand knives in to �*prevent another tragic loss of life'. the sister of a british man who was killed by a stray bullet in the united states has been speaking about his death. dr matthew willson from surrey was in the us visiting his girlfriend when a bullet travelled through a wall and hit him while he was in bed. there have been no arrests so far but his sister kate hopes someone will come forward. we haven't had any information really about how it happened or who was involved, they don't really know anything. unfortunately, due to the nature of the situation it was too dangerous for the police to go and investigate the individual shooting at the time, they had to sort of stand back and wait until it was safe to go to my brother and see what was happening. i tried to get over as soon as i heard the news. and i arrived about 36 hours after the incident happened but unfortunately, my brother was already, the bullet caused too much damage to his brain, he was brain dead, there is very little chance he was ever going to wake up and he was officially pronounced the following day. it's notjust me who's lost my brother, my parents have lost their son, my son has lost his uncle and everyone who knew my brother and held him dear has lost a wonderful friend. it's a real senseless act. but somebody knows who did this, somebody has information so we need this story to get out there, especially in atlanta and in georgia and around that area and we need the public to know about what happened and for someone to come forward because somebody knows who did this and somebody knows who was responsible. it's also important for us to know who has done this, maybe they don't even know what happened because the bullet went through the building,... loss of sound. what they have taken from us. the sister of matthew wilson. the headlines on bbc news — the uk is withdrawing half the staff of its embassy in ukraine, with growing fears of an imminent russian invasion. moscow denies planning an invasion, despite massing tens of thousands of troops on the border. borisjohnson has ordered an inquiry into claims by a conservative mp that she was sacked as a minister — in part — because of concerns about her muslim faith. covid restrictions in scotland ease today — nightclubs can reopen, and limits on indoor socialising are being dropped. an australian man pleads guilty to abducting four—year—old cleo smith and holding her at his home for 18 days. also coming up this hour — scorching heat, enormous night—time waves, sleep deprivation, and being trailed by sharks — a british all—women crew including a woman with incurable cancer — conquer all of that and more — and break the world record for rowing across the atlantic. body has just realised that it has been rowing for 42 days and some, so i'm feeling a little broken. now more on the latest developments in australia. a man has pleaded guilty to abducting a four—year—old girl, who went missing in australia last year. cleo smith had been camping with her parents when she was taken from her tent by terrence kelly. her disappearance made headlines around the world and she was found 18 days later in the man's home. a sentencing hearing will be held at a later date. our correspondent, phil mercer, has the details from sydney. australia has had its fair share of high profile child abductions over the years. but the safe rescue of cleo smith in the house and town of caernarfon last november was a spectacular relief for not only her family, the country, but many people overseas as well. she was taken from her family's tent at a remote campsite north of perth, a long way north of perth in october of last year, and held captive by terrence kelly for 18 days and it sparked one of australia's biggest ever missing persons investigations and today we have heard that this man has unexpectedly pleaded guilty, admitting to snatching cleo from the family tent in the middle of the night and holding her effectively hostage for 18 days. he is due back in court in march. lots of speculation here in australia that he is facing a 20 year prison sentence, and we are expecting to have confirmation of that quite possibly later this year. phil mercer reporting _ possibly later this year. phil mercer reporting from sydney. a bbc investigation has found that children as young as ten, are being groomed in romania, to be trafficked to the uk for sex. on arrival, they're kept as slaves, available for clients. british police say sex—trafficking is now so rife, they're struggling to bring those responsible tojustice, with more suspected victims coming from romania last year, than any other country. you may find some details in jean mackenzie's report distressing. this country carries a dark shame. young girls are preyed on, taken from their families, and sold for sex. daniela is hiding at this safe house in a remote corner of romania. she and all the children here had been tricked into prostitution by traffickers pretending to be their boyfriends. this sinister method of recruitment is called the lover boy. i have a 13—year—old girl right here who is desperately trying to get back to her 52—year—old lover boy. when she runs away she tells the police, "i love him." that is a photo of her with her trafficker? yeah. she calls him iubit — iubiire means love. the girls are groomed for export. many are brought to the uk where the big money is. elena was rescued from a flat in the west midlands after being left for dead by her trafficker. how many men used to come each day? police! police! in birmingham police are on a rescue mission. inside, they find four romanian women who they think have been trafficked. 2a missed calls. that will be their punters. but the women say they are here voluntarily, meaning officers have no choice but to leave them here. this is happening in every corner of the country. sex trafficking is rife in the uk. i don't think we have got anywhere near the true picture of how many victims are out there. we don't know where to go to, we don't know where to go and visit. the houses are just normal houses on a normal street. people will have neighbours who are victims of sex trafficking. getting the women on side is colin's best chance of catching the traffickers. hi, are you ok? we are actually police officers. but it rarely works, cases hardly ever make it to court. it's ok, don't worry, don't be scared. the girls' distrust of police starts long before they reach the uk. back in romania, we found sometimes, when they disappear, police don't investigate. this family has a remarkable story. they've just been to rescue their daughter from traffickers by themselves after the police, they say, refused to help them. something police deny. how was the drive? andrea was taken when she was just 12 years old. but there are many who never return. while romania is making an effort to train more police officers, this is doing little to disrupt the trade. romania's shame has now landed on britain's doorstep. jean mackenzie, bbc news. reports from burkina faso say president roch kabore has been detained in a military camp, a day after soldiers staged mutinies. shooting was heard overnight near the presidential palace in the capital, ouagadougou, and a helicopter circled overhead. the president's family is said to have left the country. the bbc�*s russell trott has more. they're used to staging coups in burkina faso but this one may be a little different. reports of a mutiny among soldiers unhappy with the government's efforts to tackle islamist militants. the mutineers blocked the path of the motorbike we were travelling on, fired shots in the air, then trained their loaded weapons on myself and anotherjournalist. we put our hands up in the air and were then walked inside the base where the mutiny was indeed happening. the sahel region of west africa has seen more than its fair share of political unrest, with islamist insurgents operating in neighbouring mali, chad and niger. in burkina faso itself, more than 1 million civilians have been displaced. despite assurances from the authorities that the dissent had been suppressed, a night—time curfew was imposed across the capital ouagadougou to prevent civilian support for the mutineers. as darkness fell, heavy gunfire was repeatedly heard around the presidential palace with their helicopter said to be hovering overhead. if president roch kabore is deposed it will be yet another coup in a country that's seen more military takeovers than any other african nation. russell trott, bbc news. tens of thousands of people are expected to take to the streets in towns and cities across germany later to protest against covid restrictions, and plans to introduce a vaccine mandate. the authorities are increasingly concerned about the radicalisation of some of the protestors who spread conspiracy theories and hate speech online. our berlin correspondent, jenny hill, has more. dance music every week, tens of thousands of germans take to the streets. they're sick of covid, oppose restrictions and they don't want the vaccine. bjorn who's unvaccinated says it was developed too fast. translation: the discrepancy between what we know - and what the media tell us makes me suspicious. this is a really disparate group of people but they're united by a distrust of the authorities. for some it goes further — it's the conviction that scientists, politicians, journalists, are somehow conspiring to do them harm. man speaking german over loud speaker. "you'd be surprised", they're told, "by what our politicians and public broadcaster keep secret from you, and why". covid's divided german society. the unvaccinated banned from restaurants, non—essential shops, leisure facilities, and politicians are considering compulsory vaccination. the voice of protest is increasingly violent. and intimidating. these torch—wielding protesters targeted the home of regional politician petra kopping. translation: of course it's disappointing. - you try to make policies that protect people in a pandemic and that turns into anger and hatred. we have to make a clear distinction between organisers who engage in right—wing extremist ideology and want to change society — they don't care about vaccination policy — and the people who come along because they're opposed to vaccination. these people believe in an alternative reality. threats against politicians and public figures are now common online. this expert who spends his days undercover on channels like telegram, shows me an example targeting germany's health minister. "if anyone knows where this mass murderer lives, give us his address. then we'll storm his flat together and inject him with his own stuff". looking at these violent threats online, i think the wrong idea would be to think that all these people are going to actually do off—line violence. but we've seen that it's crucial for people who actually do off—line violence to sort of feel that they have a community that agrees with them. most germans dismiss the protesters, they are a minority. cheering and applause but the voice of discontent is loud, disruptive... whistling and applause ..and persistent. jenny hill, bbc news, berlin. in the uk — a revised highway code comes into force on saturday — meaning drivers will have more responsibility to watch out for people cycling, walking or riding a horse. they'll have more priority in certain situations like junctions. but there are concerns low awareness could cause problems and even avoidable collisions. katy austin reports. screaming. oh, my god! captured on camera. collisions. close shaves. and scary moments across the country. horn blasts. london cyclist mike campaigns for road safety. he says those sorts of incidents happen far too often. what are the most common problems you come across? so the most common ones boil down to impatience, which is maybe overtaking too close and then immediately stopping in a queue of traffic, or overtaking me and then turning left across my path, forcing me to brake. cutting across. cutting across from coming in the opposite direction. what's that like when you're cycling? what does it feel like? it's frightening. we don't want to have anything like that. i have no protection against a motor vehicle. guidance is about to be put into the highway code, saying at least one and a half metres should be left when overtaking a cyclist — two metres when overtaking a horse. but that's not all. some other changes to the highway code are due to come in soon — including some things drivers really need to know about. i've come to a car—testing track to get — who else? — a driving instructor to explain. this brings back memories. all pleasant ones, i hope. well, i passed eventually. all right for me to get in? yes. road users who can cause the most harm — drivers of big lorries, for example — will have the most responsibility for safety, and there'll be more priority for pedestrians and cyclists at junctions. so you come up to the junction, check my mirrors, indicate left. i've got to give way if there's a pedestrian already crossing the road. is that going to change under the new guidance? new guidance is that if there's someone waiting to cross, you must stop in this hold—back position. so even though they haven't actually started, i'm going to wait here now until they've actually crossed the road. correct. what about cyclists, as well? you must allow them to pass and go straight ahead before we proceed. ok. with no cyclists wanting to go ahead of me, and the pedestrian gone, i turn in to the next road. and remember we mentioned how much space you should give a bike? well, here's me giving a dummy cyclist about one and a half metres. walking and cycling groups back the updates, but there are concerns not many people know about them. general public are not aware of these changes and how they're going to affect them as road users. if you're not given the information in the first place, and it's not easy to find, then it's going to be difficult for people to understand the new rules. reach across with your opposite arm and hold onto the door handle. there will also be guidance on looking over your shoulder when opening a car door, to avoid doing this. campaigners hope updated guidance will help to drive change, and make the most vulnerable safer — if, that is, people follow the rules. katy austin, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... the uk is withdrawing half the staff of its embassy in ukraine, with growing fears of an imminent russian invasion. borisjohnson has ordered an inquiry into claims by a conservative mp that she was sacked as a minister — in part — because of concerns about her muslim faith. covid restrictions in scotland ease today — nightclubs can reopen, and limits on indoor socialising are being dropped. in 1927, mercedes gleitze became the first british woman to swim the channel. later that same year she became the first person to swim the strait of gibraltar, and went on to set many more remarkable swimming records. we will bring you more on that story in a minute but we have some breaking news now that the wikileaks founderjulian assange has been granted permission to seek appeal to the uk supreme court over extradition to the united states. he had been seeking leave to appeal against the decision, that he could be extradited to the united states, and he has been granted permission to appeal. greg mckenzie has the very latest for us. fill us in on what has happened. in very latest for us. fill us in on what has happened.— very latest for us. fill us in on what has happened. in the last few moments julian _ what has happened. in the last few moments julian assange _ what has happened. in the last few moments julian assange has - what has happened. in the last few moments julian assange has been | momentsjulian assange has been granted permission to go to the country's highest court, the supreme court, against his extradition request by the us government. it now means the supreme court will decide whether or not he will be extradited, or give permission for the extradition to happen. julian assange had been held at belmarsh prison for the last few years on remand awaiting a decision whether or not he will be extradited from this country to the us. in terms of julian assange and the charges he is facing in america, an 18 count indictment by the us government accusing julian assange of conspiring to hack into us military databases and revealing thousands of details regarding the afghanistan and iraq wars. now, he has always said that that information exposed abuses by us military personnel. if extradited and convicted in a us court, julian assange could face 175 years behind bars. us lawmakers have always said that he would not face that much time, probably 4—6 years if convicted, and if extradited to america. his family, his fiancee, and his legal team have always argued that ifjulian assange was extradited from this country to america, he would be persecuted in usjail, put in isolation, segregation indeed. us lawmakers always denied those claims and said he would actually be treated like any other prisoner, and in fact, they would even grant him permission to serve, if convicted, the rest of a prison sentence in australia to be closer to his relatives.— closer to his relatives. there has been speculation _ closer to his relatives. there has been speculation that _ closer to his relatives. there has been speculation that if - closer to his relatives. there has been speculation that if he - closer to his relatives. there has been speculation that if he goes| closer to his relatives. there has l been speculation that if he goes to the united states he could be jailed for something like 170 years, and extra ordinarily long sentence. that is riuht. extra ordinarily long sentence. that is right- that _ extra ordinarily long sentence. that is right. that is _ extra ordinarily long sentence. that is right. that is what _ extra ordinarily long sentence. t'isgt is right. that is what he could potentially face given the 18 count indictment. but when you read between the lines, and us lawmakers have always said he would probably, if convicted, face a 4—6 years, and as i say they are potentially, if convicted, would give him permission to serve his sentence closer to home, closerto to serve his sentence closer to home, closer to his relatives in australia, but in terms of today, the supreme court will now hear this appeal that could take a matter of weeks or even months.— appeal that could take a matter of weeks or even months. greg, thank ou ve weeks or even months. greg, thank you very much _ weeks or even months. greg, thank you very much indeed. _ weeks or even months. greg, thank you very much indeed. greg - weeks or even months. greg, thank. you very much indeed. greg mckenzie with the latest on the news that julian assange has been granted permission to seek an appeal to the united kingdom supreme court over that extradition to the united states. three british women have broken the record for rowing across the atlantic. kat cordiner, who has incurable cancer, abbyjohnston and charlotte irving completed the 3,000—mile crossing last night, that's 42 days after leaving the canary islands. they knocked seven days off the previous best time for a female trio. kat said there were in good spirits, despite the ordeal. i think my body has just realised that it has been rowing for 42 days and some, so i'm feeling a little broken, i have to admit. i’iiii and some, so i'm feeling a little broken, i have to admit.- broken, i have to admit. i'll be honest with — broken, i have to admit. i'll be honest with you _ broken, i have to admit. i'll be honest with you when - broken, i have to admit. i'll be honest with you when we - broken, i have to admit. i'll be honest with you when we got l broken, i have to admit. i'll be| honest with you when we got in broken, i have to admit. i'll be - honest with you when we got in very early this morning and we were told we might get some of you, i didn't expect to get all three. i hope the others are getting some much—needed rest or continuing the party somewhere. but how is the body holding up? what sort of stresses and strains have you put yourself under? i’iiii and strains have you put yourself under? �* , ., , i. under? i'll be honest with you, most of it is all right. _ under? i'll be honest with you, most of it is all right, i _ under? i'll be honest with you, most of it is all right, i think— under? i'll be honest with you, most of it is all right, i think it _ under? i'll be honest with you, most of it is all right, i think it is - of it is all right, i think it is lower back, because it feels like you are permanently dead lifting about 100 kilos when putting your ores through the water. hands, swollen joints, ores through the water. hands, swollenjoints, looking a little arthritic. —— oars. generalaches, knees, we all feel like we are a bit older than we actually are. but actually we are in pretty good spirits, and very wobbly legs, we haven't quite got our land legs back. with songs including california girls, good vibrations and god only knows, brian wilson and the famous beach boys took californian surf music and made it famous around the world. later this year he turns 80 and a new cinema documentary called long promised road looks back on his life — including the bad times. and now he's given his only tv interview about the film to the bbc�*s colin paterson. brian just threw away the rule book. just took you out of where you were and took you to another place. there was no greater world created in rock and roll than the beach boys. the level of musicianship — i don't think anybody's touched it yet. # i'm pickin' up good vibrations. # long promised road is a documentary all about the life of brian wilson. the premise — he's driven around the beach boys' old haunts in southern california and shares his memories. this was all where the house was, right here? yeah. i won't get out, i just want to look... # it should get better, really, any day now # — there it is — look! there it is! this marks the spot. speaking down the line from his house in la, brian was joined by the film's director, brent wilson — no relation. and this is brian's music room, which we've done some interviews in. it's... i don't know, i'll show you a little bit. you get brian's awards over here, you get an incredible amount of awards! brian, what do you love about the music room? i like it. the piano. now, why did the two of you decide to collaborate and make a documentary together? cos i wanted to. there is so much that's been done about brian that it started to be... i think it's become legend and it's become myth. and i thought if we could somehow... reveal the real brian wilson, and that was the goal coming in. right. what is the real brian wilson, then, brian? what do people need to know? about me? songs. says it all! # i wish they all. could be california # i wish they all— could be california could be california girls...# but, as well as his music, the documentary also looks at his mental health. and this is kind of where things got difficult for you, huh? yeah. what was going on? i don't really know, i was having mental problems. yeah, yeah. for more than 50 years, he has lived with schizoaffective disorder, meaning that he hears negative voices in his head. you'll see in the film... ..uh, brian in his...in his most vulnerable. and you'll see how difficult that is. but you'll, i think, discover that, through that vulnerability, he still finds the strength to keep going. two, a—one, two, three, four. brian turns 80 later this year, but recently toured the us. and don't rule out a certain reunion. what are the chances of you ever performing on stage again with the rest of the beach boys? oh, yeah. really? it could still happen again? yeah. that must have beenl a really exciting time. it was. colin paterson, bbc news. it was a trip. the beach boys! joanna is next with much more at the top of the hour. now let's take a look at the latest weather forecast with matt taylor. hello. another grey but dry day once again for the vast majority on what has been an usually dry january so far, rainfall amounts have been half of what we would normally expect by this stage in the month, and very little to change that either. we have dry conditions dominating to the south and east are showing up nicely on our rainfall chart for the week. there will be some rain in the west, most of it light and patchy but heavy rain into western scotland, notice the complete lack across eastern wales and a good part of england. it's all because high pressure dominates the weather charts. although at the moment, on the edge of it, and with it some weather fronts affecting north and west scotland with outbreaks of rain, continuing into the afternoon. there will still be some breaks across eastern parts of scotland — north—east england with some sunshine, sunny conditions across the channel islands, maybe creeping towards the coasts of kent later on. but for much of england and wales it is grey, rather cool, five or 6 degrees to hike up to nine or 10 celsius in brighter spots of eastern scotland. into tonight, not a huge amount changes. there will be a few splashes of rain in the highlands and islands, elsewhere a dry story, fairly cloudy, and if you get any cloud breaks, and you need them, temperatures could be down low enough for a touch of frost but fairly limited. we could see mist and fog patches as well under clearer skies in the east. where you get them they could linger for a while keeping it cool, most places cloudy, a few sunny breaks in the english channel, east of scotland, maybe north—east england, still some occasional rain and drizzle in the highlands and islands. the highest temperatures once more up to 9 or 10 degrees. a few changes in the middle part of the week, while high pressure holds on in the south to begin with, this area of low pressure will scoot in from the north atlantic, which after a dry start in scotland, will bring outbreaks of rain more extensively and heavy rain at times and blustery winds, as far south as glasgow and edinburgh by the end of the day and into parts of northern ireland. england stays dry and with more breeze around a little bit of sunshine, cloud breaks, and all of us seeing temperatures a few degrees above where it should be at this stage of the year. through the night, some patchy rain pushing southwards into the start of thursday, not a huge amount of rain, some staying completely dry as i mentioned. that clears from the south during thursday, lots more sunshine around at least to end the week, and again it will be on the largely mild side too. see you soon. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11... borisjohnson orders an inquiry into claims by a conservative mp that she was sacked as a minister — in part — because of concerns about her muslim faith. it takes a lot of bravery for someone to stand up and say this and make these allegations, which is why we have to look at this quickly but thoroughly. it comes as the prime minister faces a crucial few days for his premiership ahead of a report being published over a number of alleged parties at downing street during lockdown. the uk starts to withdraw staff from its embassy in ukraine, as fears grow of an imminent russian invasion. moscow denies planning an invasion, despite massing tens of thousands of troops on the border. the founder of wikileaks — julian assange — wins the first stage of his legal bid — to appeal against the decision to extradite him to the united states. covid restrictions in scotland ease — nightclubs can reopen, and limits on indoor socialising are dropped. police in the us state of georgia say they're following several leads over the shooting which killed briton matthew wilson. his sister has paid tribute to him. the outpouring of love that's come from everybody who knew matt around the world has been a real sign of what a wonderful person he was, but he truly was a joy to be around. also coming up this hour.... scorching heat, enormous night—time waves, sleep deprivation, and being trailed by sharks — a british all—women crew including a woman with incurable cancer — conquer all that and break the world record for rowing across the atlantic. body's just realised that it's been rowing for 42 days and some, so i'm feeling a little broken. good morning. there's growing pressure on the prime minister this week after a series of damaging allegations about the conservative party and his leadership. this morning, number ten has announced that there will be a cabinet office inquiry into claims from conservative mp nus ghani that she was sacked as a minister partly because of her muslim faith. in the last hour, she has tweeted saying all she wants is "for this to be taken seriously," adding that she "looks forward to seeing the terms of reference" for the investigation. well, nus ghani's allegations are the latest in a string of problems which are affecting support for the prime minister's leadership. it comes after senior conservative william wragg said mps who were raising doubts about borisjohnson's leadership were "blackmailed" by party whips and number 10 officials. mr wragg claimed some were threatened with the withdrawal of constituency funding. he is meeting the metropolitan police today. downing street says it hasn't seen any proof of the claims. and another inquiry, also led by the cabinet office, is looking into alleged parties at downing street during lockdown and is due to report this week. the prime minister's former aide dominic cummings is thought to be giving evidence to the inquiry today. several backbench mps say they are waiting for results of civil servant sue gray's inquiry, before they decide whether to submit votes of no confidence in mrjohnson's leadership. with a round up of the latest, here's our political correspondent damian grammaticas. this is a decisive week for borisjohnson. the biggestjeopardy he faces is when the enquiry into downing street parties is published. the parts of the staff christmas wine and cheese party emerged in december. mrjohnson apologised in parliament. because i was also furious to see that clip... mpsjeer. and, mr speaker, iapologise unreservedly for the offence... adding he'd been assured rules weren't broken — there was no party. but, two weeks ago, he was back, admitting he himself had been at a summer bring—your—own—booze party in the downing street garden with 30 others. i believed implicitly that this was a work event. the internal enquiry headed by the civil servant sue gray is not independent of government but could still be damaging. the met has not commented on reports that officers on duty guarding downing street when the gatherings were held have been questioned by her team. but dominic cummings, once mrjohnson's closest aide, now a fierce critic, may be giving his own evidence today and there's pressure on mrjohnson from a new front — the new enquiry into possible islamophobia his party. it follows claims by the mp nus ghani that she was told after she lost herjob as a minister two years ago that her muslim identity was an issue, but borisjohnson told her he could not get involved. the chief whip mark spencer has said her accusations the chief whip mark spencer has carried out by an independent person having said this, i think the next best thing is an enquiry by the cabinet office and i will accept that because we can't have independent person and the next thing is enquiry by the cabinet office. d0 thing is enquiry by the cabinet office. ,, ., thing is enquiry by the cabinet office. ., ., , ., , thing is enquiry by the cabinet office. ., ., , ., office. do you have any thoughts on who should — office. do you have any thoughts on who should leave _ office. do you have any thoughts on who should leave that _ office. do you have any thoughts on who should leave that enquiry? - office. do you have any thoughts on | who should leave that enquiry? there is obviously some loads and also sue gray. what you think. i think it is important that the terms of reference must be very clearly defined, very, very important. i think nus ghani should be interviewed and find the name of the people who spoke to her and intermediated her. —— intimidated her. if you read what she said in the sunday times was horrified by how she has been treated so the point is that everybody he spoke to her must be interviewed, the prime minister was interviewed. we should find out from the prime minister is that —— why he sacked her in 2020. we must have a look at the port. we must have the full report and that must have the full report and that must be visible. having carried out to the report, if anyone has behaved badly that personal those persons must be held to account and we must ensure that nothing like this occurs again. i am a muslim and i am proud to bea again. i am a muslim and i am proud to be a member of the conservative party but any form of discrimination whether against... party but any form of discrimination whetheragainst... is party but any form of discrimination whether against... is not acceptable. whether against. .. is not acceptable.— whether against... is not acceptable. whether against... is not accetable. ., , acceptable. you said they were horrified till _ acceptable. you said they were horrified till the _ acceptable. you said they were horrified till the in _ acceptable. you said they were horrified till the in a _ acceptable. you said they were horrified till the in a paper- acceptable. you said they were horrified till the in a paper on l horrified till the in a paper on sunday. had you been aware of these allegations previously i have known herfor allegations previously i have known her for a allegations previously i have known herfor a number of allegations previously i have known her for a number of years and have found nus ghani to be very articulate, bright lady who i found was honest. she articulate, bright lady who i found was honest-— articulate, bright lady who i found was honest. ,, ., , ,. , , was honest. she has never discussed this oint was honest. she has never discussed this point with _ was honest. she has never discussed this point with me _ was honest. she has never discussed this point with me previously - was honest. she has never discussed this point with me previously and - was honest. she has never discussed this point with me previously and i i this point with me previously and i think she has been very courageous in speaking are and what she has said we must hear and we must implement what needs to be done. what she has said is that since that moment she has not had a day where she hasn't thought about what she was told in that meeting and wondering why she was in politics while hoping for the government to take this seriously. on the other hand, we have max spencer, who has outed himself as the person who had that conversation with her and he says these allegations are completely false and i consider them the defamatory —— mark spencer. he said he has never used those words attributed to him. enquiry will have to get the bottom of it. how difficult think it will be? for, the point is max spencer is using very powerful words. the point is max spencer is using very powerful words.— powerful words. the word defamatory... _ powerful words. the word defamatory... in - powerful words. the word defamatory... in my - powerful words. the word i defamatory... in my younger powerful words. the word _ defamatory... in my younger days... that, i think, defamatory... in my younger days... that, ithink, obviously, if he defamatory... in my younger days... that, i think, obviously, if he is saying that, let's examine exactly what nearly happened, he was telling the truth. we had two parliamentarians were acing something, via saying something and let's get to the truth. and obviously whoever undertakes the enquiry must of course enquire on mark spencer and anybody else on the other whip he was spoken to nus ghani if we are to believe him. i don't know mark spencer because he is in the commons and i am in the lords but i certainly know nus ghani my dealings with her have been very good. she is not a troublemaker. my dealings with her have been quite straight, she hasn't caused any mischief in the conservative muslim forum or any other organisation i have known her to be in. haifa forum or any other organisation i have known her to be in. how toxic is this for the _ have known her to be in. how toxic is this for the party? _ have known her to be in. how toxic is this for the party? it _ have known her to be in. how toxic is this for the party? it is _ have known her to be in. how toxic is this for the party? it is not - is this for the party? it is not aood. is this for the party? it is not good- there _ is this for the party? it is not good. there are _ is this for the party? it is not good. there are 3 _ is this for the party? it is not good. there are 3 million - is this for the party? it is not - good. there are 3 million muslims in the country and a number of them have voted for the conservative party and we have parliamentarians who are muslims in both houses. of course, when you have something like this coming to light it is disturbing. iam this coming to light it is disturbing. i am disturbed by this because obviously i want to just do might promote the party but something like this which, she said, is toxic and is not acceptable but in any organisation, in any party, i was chairman of a very large public company, and things used to go wrong. you cannot have a perfect organisation. i mean, the labour party was guilty, i think, being anti—semitic. well, we, the conservative party are proud that we have a one nation party in something like this, islamophobia is not acceptable and on the question of islamophobia, i would like islamophobia, i would like islamophobia to be defined. i raised this point in the house of lords in 2019. i raised it again two years ago. sorry, i raise it again last year. we were told that two advisers would be appointed. only one adviser has been appointed anything tangible has been appointed anything tangible has been appointed anything tangible has been done and we as a ruling party should now take action and define islamophobia because, obviously, this is causing concern in the community and the terms of reference must include consultation with the muslim community so that, i believe, must be done. the other thing i would like to say is i supported the professor when he submitted this report last year. i feel that the party should implement all his recommendations within the timeline stated by professor. so that needs to be done and the issue of we will pick of up more broadly in a moment we will pick up more broadly in a moment in terms of islamophobia but just in terms of enquiry that has been ordered into the allegations by nusrat ghani, the enquiry by the cabinet office, is that enough? i think the investigation is a start but it has taken the last two hours to do what should have happened two years ago and i think there are definitely wider concerns about the nature of institutional islamophobia in the party and also why wasn't it taken seriously then? wire they are only able to investigate now? that are definitely concerns around where we just sweeping things under the carpet again and how serious is this investigation and the concrete steps that actually come from the? white met the prime minister says it was taken seriously and he did have a conversation with him injuly 2020 to discuss the allegations and at that point he urged her to make a formal complaint to the tory party and he said it was her choice not to and he said it was her choice not to and that the conservative party does not tolerate prejudice or discrimination. how do you respond to that? i think there has been some great conversation on this. especially bevan aside was he said this was a governmental matter not a party one and it will apply different type of investigation and nusrat ghani has been raising this issue again and but obviously things are not done and it really took a media star than the last 48 hours for the right thing to happen and for this to be taken seriously in an investigation to carry out but of esk ignition and i hope a much wider recognition that this is a systemic issue and nusrat ghani plasma case isjust one in a string of and we believe there is an endemic and institutional problem of islamophobia within the party. —— baroness sayeda warsi said, recognition. brute baroness sayeda warsi said, recognition.— baroness sayeda warsi said, recoanition. ~ , ., ,, ., recognition. we were 'ust talking to lord sheikh who _ recognition. we were 'ust talking to lord sheikh who said — recognition. we were just talking to lord sheikh who said he _ recognition. we were just talking to lord sheikh who said he wants - recognition. we were just talking to lord sheikh who said he wants this| lord sheikh who said he wants this to be properly looked at in an enquiry by the conservative party. you'd previously called for an investigation by the ehrc. do you say then still having a role in investigating this? absolutely only need an independent _ investigating this? absolutely only need an independent enquiry. - investigating this? absolutely only need an independent enquiry. the | need an independent enquiry. the conservative party did conduct an investigation and impose an investigator themselves with the terms of reference were not enough and our issue when we talk about institutional racism or in tarmac xenophobia isn't to say if it is a bigot of racism but to say when any organisations bought the sort of issues, have the address it? as we are seeing, it has not gone far enough or deep enough and we have documented over 300 cases of islamophobia in the party and we have got calls from conservative and muslim mps and members are many people forget muslims also voted for the conservative party so this is a bigger issue and i think we do politics... of everybody in a process that is fair and independent and can actually get us those concrete resolutions and we absolutely also advocate for the definition and we support the british muslims definition on islamophobia in that regard. just go back to the enquiry _ islamophobia in that regard. just go back to the enquiry because - islamophobia in that regard. just go back to the enquiry because nusrat| back to the enquiry because nusrat ghani has said she looks now eagerly to see what the terms of reference are for that enquiry. lord sheikh said that is going to be very important and he wanted to see everyone up to the prime minister questioned over this. what would you like the terms of reference to be? what are your thoughts in the shape of that enquiry? i what are your thoughts in the shape of that enquiry?— of that enquiry? i think they will be alwa s of that enquiry? i think they will be always is _ of that enquiry? i think they will be always is when _ of that enquiry? i think they will be always is when we _ of that enquiry? i think they will be always is when we take - of that enquiry? i think they will| be always is when we take things of that enquiry? i think they will. be always is when we take things to an enquiry investigation it becomes an enquiry investigation it becomes an overly bureaucratic process and we forget about it and also that the terms of reference are not wide enough to really tackle some of the issues. if we consider the situation that nusrat ghani was in the cabinet, very senior person the allegations against a very senior person and it seems this is not an everyday issue, this is quite serious, the notion of her muslim nature of faith being the reason for her to be sacked and all terms of reference which need to be broad enough and also deep enough to consider the wider issues of how muslims are perceived within the party. you know, we've had comments from the virus to himself on muslim women in burgers and letterboxes and there have been suggestions over 57% of conservative parties have very negative perceptions of muslims and islam so i think it needs to be broad enough and wide enough to really understand this is just a one—off —— 57% of conservative members of parliament. you can still get discriminated on and it doesn't make it acceptable on any level and fundamentally why when things done sooner? —— we have had comments from the prime minister himself on muslim woman in burkhas. emerging breaking news on the pope. you may have seen a report which said he mishandled some cases of sexual abuse when he was an archbishop in the 1970s. it concluded that the pope failed to properly act on claims of polish priests. he rejected those claims when that report emerged but we are now hearing that he has admitted that he did attend a meeting around 40 that he did attend a meeting around a0 years ago at the case of a piece, at which the case of a priest, a known paedophile, was distrust. he has always denied knowing about the man's background when he was allowed to work in the diocese and he has said that his secretary has said in a statement that the former pope had been mistaken when he said he wasn't at the meeting was but that the ever was not made in bad faith so he has admitted as part of that wide of enquiry that he did attend a meeting around a0 years ago in which the case of the priest, known paedophile, was discussed. in the last few minutes, julian assange has been given permission to appeal against his extradition to the united states. the supreme court will now rule on the case. the founder of the wikileaks website faces charges over the publication of hundreds of thousands of leaked documents relating to the afghanistan and iraq wars. his fiancee stella morris welcomed the decision. what happening today is precisely what we wanted to happen. the high court certify — what we wanted to happen. the high court certify that _ what we wanted to happen. the high court certify that we _ what we wanted to happen. the high court certify that we have _ what we wanted to happen. the high court certify that we have raised - court certify that we have raised points _ court certify that we have raised points of— court certify that we have raised points of law of general public importance and that the supreme court _ importance and that the supreme court has — importance and that the supreme court has good grand status appeal. the situation i was at the supreme court has to decide whether it will hear the appeal. but, court has to decide whether it will hearthe appeal. but, make court has to decide whether it will hear the appeal. but, make no mistake, we want a day in court. but, let's not forget, but every time we win, as long as this case isn't dropped, as long asjulian isn't dropped, as long asjulian isn't freed, julian continues to suffer for almost three years he has beenin suffer for almost three years he has been in belmarsh prison and he is suffering profoundly, day after day, week after week, year after year. julian has to be free, freed and we hope that this will soon end. but we are far from hope that this will soon end. but we are farfrom achieving hope that this will soon end. but we are far from achieving justice in this case becausejulian has been incarcerated for so long and he should not have spent a single day in prison. if there had been justice, the officials who plotted, who conspired to murderjulian would be in the courtroom right now. if they were justice, the crimes that julian explodes, war crimes, the killing of innocent civilians would not be impugned. ourfight goes on and we will fight this untiljulian is free. thank you. greg mckenzie is outside the high court in central london with more. if victory but a partial victory as it was heard this can now be heard by the supreme court. some will think this is a victory but albeit a partial victory. think this is a victory but albeit a partial victory-— partial victory. that is right. he lives to fight — partial victory. that is right. he lives to fight another _ partial victory. that is right. he lives to fight another day - partial victory. that is right. he lives to fight another day but i partial victory. that is right. he| lives to fight another day but he partial victory. that is right. he i lives to fight another day but he is by no means out of the woods are just going to use extradition, the procedural history, generally last year the lower court said, look, he had the case to answer in the united states but because there was no guarantee from washington over how he would be treated they couldn't be sure that he wouldn't basically kill himself in the us and that would be a breach of his human rights. following that weird outcome where the expedition was blocked on that health grounds, the united states then provided a bunch of assurances to the high court here and in december the lord chiefjustice december the lord chief justice ruled december the lord chiefjustice ruled that was sufficient. that is good enough to allow this tradition to go ahead. now, it is on that point of when the high court perceive those assurances over how washington would look afterjulian sands were he to be extra cited that the whole thing may now end up in supreme court because the lord chief justice in a very practical today, largely full of journalists justice in a very practical today, largely full ofjournalists but justice in a very practical today, largely full of journalists but a few ofjulian santasupporters than his legal team says there is a point here that needs to be argued over over at what point is there in justice tojulian assange because of actually how late in the day the injustice was —— the decision was busy from washington. but there is no guarantee will now go to supreme court because they have now got to go to the doors of the supreme court over there in westminster and say knock knock on the letters again. the supreme court could still say no, we're not having it, and at that point is a tradition is back on say there is lots of play for here. it is by no means the end of the day. —— at that point the extradition is back on. we're hearing thatjulian assange and the us government he is facing an 18 count indictment in the us government accusing him of conspiring to hack into us military databases and leaking thousands of documents pertaining to the afghanistan and a vac war and they called for his extradition some time ago —— iraq war wanting to question him over those leaks. should he be extradited or charged even in the us court he could face 175 years in jail or the us lawmakers have said look is more than likely a child she willfully face a—6 look is more than likely a child she will fully face a—6 years but this is his legal team and his fiancee he heard from earlier he said he is a suicide risk and he would be persecuted if he was extradited to the united states. the us government have always said that he would be treated like any other prisoner and would not be held in segregation or isolation and treated like any other prisoner and even said they would consider him if convicted to serve his sentence in australia to be closer to his relatives. greg. covid—19 restrictions are being eased in scotland today, with limits on the number of people allowed at large indoor events being lifted along with social distancing rules. gfx nightclubs are also reopening, after they were forced to close on 27th december. however, people are still being asked to work from home and take lateral flow tests before meeting others. longer—running measures, such as the use of face coverings on public transport and indoor public places, will continue. joining me now is george mackenzie, operations manager of cheerz bar & nightclub in aberdeen. welcome and thank you forjoining us. see you are looking forward to welcoming back customers? yes. us. see you are looking forward to welcoming back customers? yes, very aood. it welcoming back customers? yes, very good- it has — welcoming back customers? yes, very good. it has been _ welcoming back customers? yes, very good. it has been a _ welcoming back customers? yes, very good. it has been a long _ welcoming back customers? yes, very good. it has been a long time - good. it has been a long time coming. good. it has been a long time cominr. ~ . .,, good. it has been a long time comin-.~ ., , good. it has been a long time comin. _ . ., .,, , ~' good. it has been a long time comin-. ~ ., , ,, ., coming. what has it been like for the club? to _ coming. what has it been like for the club? to keep _ coming. what has it been like for the club? to keep stefan - coming. what has it been like for - the club? to keep stefan throughout? was the situation being? it has the club? to keep stefan throughout? was the situation being?— was the situation being? it has been reall , was the situation being? it has been really. really — was the situation being? it has been really, really difficult. _ really, really difficult. essentially trying to make ours back in the middle of december when omicron cases were rising and people have been told to stay at home had a massive impact on our christmas trade and obviously have an impact on the staff and more recently on boxing day night clubs were obviously closing so that more or less have our staff team and it has been difficult to get staff to... well, we would have staff, kind of, leave for not having enough hours. so it has been difficult for us and now also because clubs that shot the doorstop never had hours —— because clubs have shocked a lot of the dull staff moved on elsewhere because they didn't have enough hours so it has been difficult to get to go on —— clubs have short, door staff. might maxi have enough staff? we don't how things are going to go in terms of the new vaccine passports. we will have to see we adapt from there. , ., we will have to see we adapt from there. ,., ,, we will have to see we adapt from there. ,., i. ., we will have to see we adapt from there. _, ,, ., ., we will have to see we adapt from there. ,., i. ., ., , ., , there. -- so you have enough staff. what is happening _ there. -- so you have enough staff. what is happening terms _ there. -- so you have enough staff. what is happening terms of - there. -- so you have enough staff. j what is happening terms of peoples readiness to come back in an enclosed space after that there is a previously? enclosed space after that there is a reviousl ? enclosed space after that there is a previously?— previously? there wasn't really the fear. previously? there wasn't really the fear- there — previously? there wasn't really the fear. there was _ previously? there wasn't really the fear. there was always _ previously? there wasn't really the fear. there was always a _ previously? there wasn't really the fear. there was always a fear - previously? there wasn't really the fear. there was always a fear once | fear. there was always a fear once restrictions ease. people of a wee bit wary to begin with but then they are more as you get into it they are more, you get more people in, more people on the dance floor. it has been really difficult in the last couple of weeks this time bound to get people to follow control measures asking them to stay seated. a lot more people are arguing back with us in terms of not being able to dance and people just kind of want to get back on and start living their lives. 50 want to get back on and start living their lives. ., ,, their lives. so it will make it easier for — their lives. so it will make it easier for the _ their lives. so it will make it easier for the people - their lives. so it will make it| easier for the people working their lives. so it will make it - easier for the people working the venues, then, when they don't have to effectively police those sorts of restrictions?— restrictions? yes, it is going to so much easier- _ restrictions? yes, it is going to so much easier. it _ restrictions? yes, it is going to so much easier. it has _ restrictions? yes, it is going to so much easier. it hasjust _ restrictions? yes, it is going to so much easier. it hasjust been - restrictions? yes, it is going to so much easier. it hasjust been an l much easier. it has just been an absolute nightmare here. gets very tiring having to go on the same thing and obviously people have had alcohol sometimes that little argument arguments involved in getting people to comply with rules and measures. we have had people to come in who are anti—government and stickers everywhere and basically put anti—vaccine messages all over the venue and cause vandalism, more or less, and it isjust been a nightmare because it is not something we've had to do. well, it is something the gummed has made us do but it is not something we wanted do but it is not something we wanted do this —— it is something the government has made us do but it is not something we wanted to do. it is going to be great to get open. george mckenzie, thank you for joining us. a bbc investigation has found that children as young as 10, are being groomed in romania, to be trafficked to the uk for sex. on arrival, they're kept as slaves, available for clients. british police say sex—trafficking is now so rife, they're struggling to bring those responsible tojustice, with more suspected victims coming from romania last year, than any other country. joining me now is cristina huddleston, director of european operations atjustice and care — an group which helps to rescue victims of slavery and human trafficking. how many sex slaves like this do you think there are in the uk. around 100,000 victims of modern day slavery. we can identify one in ten, but we believe that at least 100,000 victims. that is an overarching term, victims of human trafficking. what does that break down into? predominantly sex exploitation, labour exploitation, domestic servitude. look at the sex exploitation, romania is consistently top five countries of source of trafficking into sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, sex slaves. why do you think that is? slaves. wh do ou thinkthat is? , ., why do you think that is? there is a hiuh why do you think that is? there is a high demand _ why do you think that is? there is a high demand for _ why do you think that is? there is a high demand for sexual— why do you think that is? there is a high demand for sexual services - why do you think that is? there is a high demand for sexual services in l high demand for sexual services in the uk. also, there is lack of intelligence in knowing we are the victims are taken to. criminal business models operate in a hidden manner, keeps the radar, where we cannot easily identify them. when we do there are a number of challenges we have two overcome to identify the suspects, gather the evidence we need, then prosecute them successfully.— need, then prosecute them successfully. need, then prosecute them successfull. , , ., ., successfully. why is it so hard to track down? _ successfully. why is it so hard to track down? the _ successfully. why is it so hard to track down? the people - successfully. why is it so hard to track down? the people that - successfully. why is it so hard to l track down? the people that want successfully. why is it so hard to - track down? the people that want to use these services are managing to find them ok. use these services are managing to find them 0k-_ find them ok. that is right. it works on _ find them ok. that is right. it works on consent _ find them ok. that is right. it works on consent -based, - find them ok. that is right. it i works on consent -based, these find them ok. that is right. it - works on consent -based, these are works on consent —based, these are difficult areas to gather evidence. we can find a female advertising aduu we can find a female advertising adult services, but to identify whether they are a victim of human trafficking into sexual slavery or they are consenting, and they are a business individual choosing that particular direction, professional direction, is incredibly difficult. often we need the victims to understand and to state that they are a victim of human trafficking and abuse, and that there is a difficult challenge to overcome. fight! difficult challenge to overcome. and resumabl difficult challenge to overcome. and presumably in quite a tight timeframe, when you're just having a snatched conversation. that timeframe, when you're 'ust having a snatched conversation._ snatched conversation. that is ri . ht. snatched conversation. that is right- very _ snatched conversation. that is right. very young _ snatched conversation. that is right. very young children, - snatched conversation. that is i right. very young children, they snatched conversation. that is - right. very young children, they are not young women, average age is 1a—year—old, often criminals prey on the age, and the level of grooming that takes place is so incredible, and the attachment created between the child and the trafficker is really hard to break. it takes often years. that is not something we have in the criminaljustice process, we do not have use. we often work in days, weeks, occasionally months. everything has a time limit. this feels like a conversation we can definitely continue, but for now we are out of time. thank you for joining us. sport and a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. england captainjoe root has been named men's test cricketer of the year by the icc. that's despite a difficult year for his side, including a humiliating ashes defeat in australia. root hit more than 1700 runs last year, the third most in a calendar year in test cricket. he scored two double centuries and a further four hundreds, including three in successive tests against india. meanwhile, over in barbados, england seem to be back to winning ways. victory came in their second t20 match, having been hammered by nine wickets in their first. jason roy top scored as england set a target of 172. that left the west indies needing 30 off the final over. but they only very nearly did it, akeal hosein getting 28, including three sixes off the final three balls. as they fell one run short. in the australian open, daniil medvedev is into the quarterfinals. he beat american maxime cressy in a sets, playing for a mamouth three and a half hours. medvedev is the top seed remaining in the men's draw. he will face the canadian felix auiger alliasime in the quarters after he beat marin cilic, also in four sets. jannik sinner also through — he'll play either stefanos tsitipas or taylor fritz — who are on court right now in the night session. in the women's draw, two—time grand slam winner simona halep is out. the 1ath seed lost in three sets to france's alize cornet, who makes the quarterfinals of a major for the first time at the age of 32. iga swiatek also progresses, she fought back to beat sorana cirstea in three sets. liverpool managerjurgen klopp wouldn't be drawn on chasing league leaders manchester city, despite the reds doing their best to keep the title race alive. they beat crystal palace yesterday. virgil van dijk got their first, then alex oxlade—chamberlain here with their second. but palace hit back through odsonne edouard on 55 minutes. then the big talking point, a controversial penalty given to liverpool, which was scored by fabinho, meaning it ended 3—1. the gap to city stands at nine points after they dropped their first points for three months. hakim ziyech's impressive goal was the talking point in chelsea's win over tottenham as thomas tuchel�*s side made it three wins over spurs in three weeks. the midfielder curled it into the top corner perfectly, leaving keeper hugo lloris to watch. thiago silva added another as chelsea won 2—0 at stamford bridge to put the result beyond doubt. in the women's super league, arsenal left it late to salvage a point against manchester city. they were 1—0 down in injury time before tobin heath equalised to make it1—1. the result means arsenal sit two points clear at the top after champions chelsea were held to a goalless draw at brighton. and in rugby union, george ford is set to replaced injured captain owen farrell in england's six nations squad. with farrell out of the opener against scotland, head coach eddiejones will turn to ford after leaving him out of the initial 36—man squad. despite his outstanding club form, ford has been overlooked since the autumn with marcus smith starring at number 10. that's all the sport for now. if you've been to the supermarket lately, you've probably noticed the amount you pay at the checkout is going up. prices in general are at their highest in 30 years, so how does this affect our weekly shop? nina warhurst has been looking at what's going on. what is going on with prices at the supermarket? we are looking at the numbers. all inflation figure. the official rate that prices are rising has hit 5.a%. that is the highest it has hit 5.a%. that is the highest it has been for 30 years. that is having an impact on our shop. why is it happening? the british retail consortium which represents supermarkets cold as that higher global food supermarkets cold as that higher globalfood prices supermarkets cold as that higher global food prices and a shortage of workers and hire shopping costs mean it is costing more to make products for shops, that is being passed on to us as consumers. we spoke to amanda from huntington. she has seen these big increases every week. i am noticing that slowly the weekly shopping bill is creeping up. yet i do not seem to have bought anything that's different to what i bought it a few weeks ago. it is the staples. pasta, bread, fruit, vegetables. some of the things you don't need as well, like treats, biscuits, cakes. is amanda right? we have been looking into the cost of some household staples now compared to what they cost one year ago. the analysis took prices from across the six main supermarkets. in one shop a four pack of baked beans has gone up from £1, to £120, a rise of 20%, way above overall rate of inflation at 5.a%. another example, 500 grams bag of pasta, that has gone up more than 30%. the bag would now cost 75 p. pasta manufacturers see the problem is linked to the supply of wheat. one litre bottle of blackcurrantjuice, that has gone up by more than 6%. a tin of chicken soup could cost you more than 50% more than it did one year ago, at from 39p, to a5 p. the supermarkets we have spoken to does point out that prices for lots of products have stayed the same, and they say they are committed to keeping prices affordable. and of course prices differ between different supermarkets. that is why the advice is always to shop around for better deals. what is crucial here is that while some food prices are going up, ahead of inflation, which simply are not. salaries, excluding bonuses, and adjusted for inflation, fell by i% and adjusted for inflation, fell by 1% in the month of november, compared to the same month the previous year. you are just not able to buy as much with the pot of money coming into the household. looking ahead to the coming months, we are pretty certain that energy price cap will go up, some predictions pointing to a £700 increase in an annual bill. and on top of that, we have got railfares, annual bill. and on top of that, we have got rail fares, national insurance contributions, broadband contracts increasing, the squeeze is about to get very real. with me now is the food writer, journalist and activist jack monroe. she's been keeping a close eye on food prices over the last 10 years, and last week posted a series of tweets about the increasing costs of staple foods and the impact that's having on people across the uk. you hit a nerve with that twitter thread. apparently. over 22 million. i have been doing this for the last 22 years. it is a niche interest of mine. no one else has ever been as interested in it as they all appear to be now. it has been a bit of a surprising week. what you think it is? perfect storm of cost of living for everyone across the piece, from food, to energy, knowing that in april there will be this big energy price increase?— will be this big energy price increase? , , ., , ., ., increase? yes, it is a combination of its being _ increase? yes, it is a combination of its being basic _ increase? yes, it is a combination of its being basic products - increase? yes, it is a combination of its being basic products that i increase? yes, it is a combination| of its being basic products that are going up the most, and the difference in price hikes between the absolute basics, and then the flatlining of luxury goods, not moving in price at all. then the inaccuracy of the cpi and the rp! indexes that are measuring things like legs of lamb, champagne, smartphones, when people are seeing prices of pasta, rice, basics going up. ii; up. they point out the measure a huge number of things, to give us the kind of overall measure. there are different ways of looking at it. i think the office for national statistics has looked at it and said that when you break down inflation across different income groups, there is not a huge, you know, everyone is effectively hit about the scene. at what you have zeroed in on as those really low price products, that must be a real lifeline for people on very low incomes. , lifeline for people on very low incomes-— lifeline for people on very low incomes. , . ., ,. incomes. yes. what those price indexes do _ incomes. yes. what those price indexes do as _ incomes. yes. what those price indexes do as they _ incomes. yes. what those price indexes do as they look - incomes. yes. what those price indexes do as they look at - incomes. yes. what those price indexes do as they look at the l indexes do as they look at the branded goods, which people on low incomes are not buying. the representation for people who are buying the 29p pasta, the 17p kidney beans, a5p bags of rice, those statistics don't exist. those people are not represented. there are tens of millions of people who are living on the absolute margins of affordability in our society. the data that represents their experiences just is not there. the cpi and rpi, what they do, they do very well, they represent 700 items, and that measures that year on year, so you can see how that changes year on year. if that was to change now, would it be a representative example of that basket of goods? they would not have any comparable statistics. what we need is a new price index that demonstrates the costs of the basic and value range products across all the big supermarkets, to see how people with the least are being made to spend their money. this is something that you are going to set up? it this is something that you are going to set u - ? , this is something that you are going to set u? , ., this is something that you are going to set u? ,., ., this is something that you are going tosetu? ., , to set up? it is one of those things that i was like, _ to set up? it is one of those things that i was like, i— to set up? it is one of those things that i was like, i shall— to set up? it is one of those things that i was like, i shall do _ to set up? it is one of those things that i was like, i shall do this. - to set up? it is one of those things that i was like, i shall do this. it. that i was like, i shall do this. it is an enormous amount of work. but i am doing it anyway. when i said that i wanted to compile my own price index lots of people with a range of skills and expenses got in touch to volunteer their expertise, and we got extra staff from the ons, some from the economist, some of the institute of economic affairs, data analysts, statisticians. retail analysts, statisticians. retail analysts, buyers. i have put together a working group. we are pulling in all the data from outsourced receipts from people over the last few years, inputting it into a massive spreadsheet, and hoping to produce a report. what you have done immediately is to shine that light on the price of the cheapest products on offer in the supermarkets, and how the prices have doubled, in many cases gone up by even more. notjust that, how the value ranges have shrunk as well. what sort of a squeeze do you think thatis what sort of a squeeze do you think that is putting on people, that is exactly where they are looking every time? i saw one person on your twitter feed time? i saw one person on your twitterfeed said, it time? i saw one person on your twitter feed said, it was an extraordinary thing to read, that he ate them get some flavour in his mouth. . . , ate them get some flavour in his mouth. ., ., , ., , ., mouth. that was an elderly gentleman who had contacted _ mouth. that was an elderly gentleman who had contacted me _ mouth. that was an elderly gentleman who had contacted me in _ mouth. that was an elderly gentleman who had contacted me in a _ mouth. that was an elderly gentleman who had contacted me in a private - who had contacted me in a private message on twitter. we had originally started a conversation about his fuel bill because he was not eating his home. he went on and opened up about the fact that he was basically eating toothpaste in the evenings, and going to bed very early, because he could not afford a meal, but had a tube of toothpaste left. i got some help, i put in touch with services, did i grocery shop, all of that stuff. he is fine now. whenever i tell that story iron get inundated with people who are concerned about him. he is good to be ok. he is one example of many, many examples i could draw on. when i started writing my recipe blog in 2011, there were over a00 products in the basics ranges of two major supermarkets. now there are 71 products in one, and 79 and the other. those basic ranges have already been decimated. the cost of already been decimated. the cost of a basic food shop at those supermarkets has doubled over that time period. i did a £10 food shop in 2012, for the sunday people, and i did exactly the same food shop last week, it came £1711. benefits have not doubled in that time. we just haven't doubled in that time. people are being forced to buy less and eat less and consume less. it is the people who are not represented in the media, who do not seem to have a voice, who are just having to make these absolutely terrible decisions about missing meals, in order to feed their children, or because they simply can't afford to eat any more. it is a shocking thing to be talking about in one of the richest countries the world. you are passionate about being their voice. would you consider going into politics? i voice. would you consider going into olitics? . ., , ., politics? i did consider it a few ears politics? i did consider it a few years ago- _ politics? i did consider it a few years ago- as _ politics? i did consider it a few years ago- as i _ politics? i did consider it a few years ago. as i got _ politics? i did consider it a few years ago. as i got a _ politics? i did consider it a few years ago. as i got a lot - politics? i did consider it a few years ago. as i got a lot of- politics? i did consider it a few i years ago. as i got a lot of abuse when i announce that i was thinking of standing. at some point i may consider it. but at the moment, this is a full—timejob. consider it. but at the moment, this is a full—time job. firstly, consider it. but at the moment, this is a full—timejob. firstly, on consider it. but at the moment, this is a full—time job. firstly, on the recipe writing side, but also on the particle and the advocacy side. i am kept quite busy. i do not think i have the time at the moment to do a role like that ofjustice. but if i ever get an opportunity to put my feet up for a bit, when my son is old enough to let himself in and they can sell some dinner, i may consider it. but for now, i would feel like we can all make an impact from the outside of the system, if we listen to peoples experiences, and campaign and lobby for change. and raise the voices of people who may not be any position to speak directly to parliament themselves. i am lucky that i have been doing this for long enough now that i can bang on some doors and make some noise. and people entrust me with their stories, and then chassis to carry that message. it feels quite a responsibility sometimes. i go home, i havejust got responsibility sometimes. i go home, i have just got an ordinary life, my son gets in from school, my cat has thrown up in the bath, that is this sort of responsibility. while i have got this platform ifeel almost duty—bound to share it with people and tell their stories. thank you for coming in. thank you for having me. nato is sending additional ships and fighter jets to eastern europe, in response to a continuing build up of russian forces near ukraine. the uk and the us have both ordered large numbers of diplomatic staff to leave ukraine because of safety concerns. officials say there have been no specific threats to british diplomats. moscow denies planning an invasion, despite massing tens of thousands of troops on the border. the eu have announced a 1.2 billion euro aid package for ukraine. our diplomatic correspondentjames landale has the latest. british government says that it's a precaution, that they are doing this because they have a duty of care to staff. they expect about half of their staff at the embassy in kyiv to return to the uk in coming days. iimagine that... i mean, they say very explicitly this is not in response to any specific intelligence threatening uk staff as a result of anything the british government has done in terms of, you know, warning about russia trying to set up puppet governments in ukraine or anything like that. it's just the generic growing threat of a russian military incursion into ukraine is leading them to this action. and i think there are two factors behind that. one is the realisation that, if anything happens, it could happen very, very quickly. there are now increasing numbers of russian troops in belarus, just on the north of ukraine's border. that is getting much closer to kyiv and all those troops that are on the far eastern border of the ukraine. and, secondly, just remember this. what is the most recent crisis situation that both the british and american governments have had to deal with to evacuate troops, evacuate citizens and diplomats very quickly? afghanistan, and i think both the bureaucracies of these institutions are learning from that experience to say, "right, if anything happens we want to get our ducks in a row." the problem, of course, is that other countries will interpret this not as a consular matter, not a precautionary matter, but as a statement of an assessment of threat, and so, for example, the eu this morning has made very clear that at the moment it is not withdrawing its diplomats. over the past week lengthy lorry queues have built up on the main road heading into dover. freight heading to the port of dover is being managed by national highways as traffic in the area builds and queues form on the a20. dover advisory national highways says there are currently no queues for lorries to get into dover. let's get more with our global trade correspondent chris morris. why is this happening? this country has created a trade border with its nearest neighbours. brexit has been the biggest effect, no doubt about that. that affects exports and imports in the uk. the thing is, most of the new rules which came in at the beginning of this year were about imports into the uk. you might think that we create cues in calais. there have been some problems, today we told traffic is moving freely. on the export side, tracks trying to leave the uk, it is also about inland processing facility in ashford, kent, where drivers to submit information to french authorities in order to give them permission to board a ferry. that seems to be taking a longer time thanit seems to be taking a longer time than it should do. there is no question, the fact that we now have a hard border, if you like, between ourselves and in this case france, belgium, the netherlands, that has had an impact. other issues, they have been staff absences caused by covid. it is not as big an issue as it once was, but the omicron variant clearly did not help. and some seasonal issues, there are some ferries not running at the moment, and first few days of the year, there is a lull in trade, it picks up there is a lull in trade, it picks up middle ofjanuary, that is what seems to be happening now. if there are these problems when there is less trade, what does that say? this is the long term thing to look at. there are struggles for people still trying to trade. what about the people that have given up trading altogether? if you get some of the statistics emerging, it takes awhile to get the right statistics, to see patterns emerging in trees, but the patters we have now are clear. there were figures released last week by the german official statistics authority. have been compiled by a professorfrom university of warwick. this is what german exports, this is what happened to german exports, it is fallen off the side of the graphic fear, but this is comparing the first 11 months of last year, to the previous year, 2020. in that time, exports to the rest of the eu, up i7%, to exports to the rest of the eu, up 17%, to united states, up 18%, to the uk, down 2%. the staff that germany were sent into this country, even though other countries so a rebound when there were fewer covid restrictions, they still fail, coming into this country. if you look at the import figures for germany, it is exactly the same. for imports, again, competing first 11 months of last year, to the previous year. kind of taking covid out of the equation, if you like. imports from the rest of the eu into germany, up 16%, from the us, up 6%, from the uk, down 8%. we are doing less trade. that is won't to be a longer term problem. that is why many economists see our trade with europe in long term is probably going to fall by about 15%. even at this lower volume, there are some teething problems at the borders, and trackers complaining that the system are getting very difficult to use. thank you very much. three british women have broken the record for rowing across the atlantic. kat cordiner, who has incurable cancer, abbyjohnston and charlotte irving completed the 3,000 mile crossing last night, a2 days after leaving the canary islands. they knocked seven days off the previous best time for a female trio. kat said they were in good spirits, despite the ordeal. my my body has just realised it has been growing for a2 days. feeling a little broken, i have to admit. when we got in this morning very early and we were told we might get some of you, i did not expect to get all three. i hope the other two are getting some rest, or continuing with the party somewhere. how is the body holding up? what sort of stresses and strains have you put yourself under? i will be honest with you, lower back, it feels like you are permanently dead lifting about 100 kilos when you are trying to put your orders through the water. our hands, thejoints are your orders through the water. our hands, the joints are swollen. looking a little arthritic. just general aches. looking a little arthritic. just generalaches. knees. we looking a little arthritic. just general aches. knees. we all feel like we are a bit older than we actually are. but we are in good spirits. very wobbly legs. well done to them. here is the weather. an unusually dry january so far. rainfall amounts have been around half of what we would normally expect at this stage in the month. very little to change that either. dry conditions dominating in the south and east. that shows up in a rainfall chart for the week. there will be some rain in the west, most of it light, patchy, heavy rain into western scotland. complete lack across eastern wales had a good part of england. high pressure is dominating the weather chart. at the moment, on the edge of it, and with it some weatherfronts moment, on the edge of it, and with it some weather fronts have been affecting north and west scotland with outbreaks of rain. that continues to into the afternoon. there will still be some breaks across eastern parts of scotland, north—east thing that will see some sunshine, sanitary conditions across the channel islands. maybe across the channel islands. maybe across the coast of kent later. —— sunny conditions across the channel islands. tonight, not a huge amount changes. a few splashes of rain in the highlands and islands. elsewhere, dry, cloudy. if you do get any cloud breaks you could see temperatures low enough for a touch of frost. a fairly limited. there could be mist and fog patches as well in the east. most places, fairly cloudy once again. if you sunny breaks in the english channel, north—east thing then. still some occasional rain and drizzle in the highlands and islands. highest of the temperatures, nine, 10 celsius. if you changes towards the middle of the week. high pressure hose on in the week. high pressure hose on in the south, this area of low pressure will come in from the north atlantic. after a dry start, heavy rain at times, blustery winds, getting as far as glasgow and edinburgh at the end of the day, and parts of northern ireland. more breeze on wednesday, a greater chance of some cloud breaks. temperatures above where they should be for the stage in the year. through the night, patchy rain will push southwards into the start of thursday. not a huge amount of rain. that clears away from the south coast during thursday. what's more sunshine to end the week. it will be largely mild. this is bbc news. the headlines... borisjohnson orders an inquiry into claims by a conservative mp that she was sacked as a minister — in part — because of concerns about her muslim faith. it comes as the prime minister faces a crucial few days for his premiership, ahead of a report being published over a number of alleged parties at downing street during lockdown. the uk starts to withdraw staff from its embassy in ukraine, as fears grow of an imminent russian invasion. moscow denies planning an invasion, despite massing tens of thousands of troops on the border. the founder of wikileaks — julian assange — wins the first stage of his legal bid — to appeal against the decision to extradite him to the united states. covid restrictions in scotland ease — nightclubs can reopen, and limits on indoor socialising are dropped. also coming up this hour.... scorching heat, enormous night—time waves, sleep deprivation, and being trailed by sharks — a british all—women crew, including a woman with inoperable cancer, conquerall that and break the world record for rowing across the atlantic. body's just realised that it's been rowing for a2 days and some, so i'm feeling a little broken. there is growing pressure on the prime minister this week after a series of damaging allegations about the conservative party and his leadership. in the past few minutes — borisjohnson has insisted he's taking former minister nusrat ghani's allegations that she was sacked because of concerns about her muslim faith "extremely seriously" after he launched a cabinet office investigation. earlier, she tweeted saying... well, nusrat ghani's allegations are the latest in a string of problems which are affecting support for the prime minister's leadership. it comes after senior conservative william wragg said mps who were raising doubts about borisjohnson's leadership were "blackmailed" by party whips and number 10 officials. mr wragg claimed some were threatened with the withdrawal of constituency funding. he is meeting the metropolitan police today. downing street says it hasn't seen any proof of the claims. and another inquiry, also led by the cabinet office, is looking into alleged parties at downing street during lockdown and is due to report this week. the prime minister's former aide dominic cummings is thought to be giving evidence to the inquiry today. several backbench mps say they are waiting for results of civil servant sue gray's inquiry, before they decide whether to submit votes of no confidence in mrjohnson's leadership. (biv with a round up of the latest, here's our political correspondent damian grammaticas. this is a decisive week for borisjohnson. the biggestjeopardy he faces is when the enquiry into downing street parties is published. reports of a staff christmas wine and cheese party emerged in december. mrjohnson apologised in parliament. because i was also furious to see that clip... mpsjeer. and, mr speaker, iapologise unreservedly for the offence... adding he'd been assured rules weren't broken — there was no party. but, two weeks ago, he was back, admitting he himself had been at a summer bring—your—own—booze party in the downing street garden with 30 others. i believed implicitly that this was a work event. the internal enquiry headed by the civil servant sue gray is not independent of government but could still be damaging. the met has not commented on reports that officers on duty guarding downing street when the gatherings were held have been questioned by her team. but dominic cummings, once mrjohnson's closest aide, now a fierce critic, may be giving his own evidence today and there's pressure on mrjohnson from a new front — the new enquiry into possible islamophobia his party. it follows claims by the mp nus ghani that she was told after she lost herjob as a minister two years ago that her muslim identity was an issue, but borisjohnson told her he could not get involved. the chief whip mark spencer has said her accusations were false and defamatory, he never used the word she said and she chose not to ask for an enquiry at the time. downing street has added the conservative party "does not tolerate prejudice or discrimination." meanwhile, the conservative mp william wragg will brief police this morning on accounts he's heard of pressure amounting, he says, to possible blackmail of some conservative mps in an effort to deter them from calling for a no—confidence vote in mrjohnson. it all adds up to serious questions about his leadership, his authority, and a week that will test his grip on power. damian grammaticas, bbc news. let's now speak to the co—chair of charity muslim women's network uk, dr iram sattar. thank you very much forjoining us. there will be meet now and enquiry carried out in the cabinet office. what you think that enquiry should be and what will be the terms of reference? i be and what will be the terms of reference?— be and what will be the terms of reference? , ., ., _ ., reference? i 'ust want to say we are ve reference? i just want to say we are very disappointed — reference? i just want to say we are very disappointed that _ reference? i just want to say we are very disappointed that this - reference? i just want to say we are very disappointed that this is - very disappointed that this is having once again. the message it sends out if you are considered an outsider unless you leave your muslim identity at the door and we are worried that decision—makers at the highest level of government hold such negative views about muslim women. it is notjust the conservative party because in 2016 muslim women's network looked at the discrimination muslim women face in standing for council. in terms of enquiry, professor singh diddling enquiry, professor singh diddling enquiry into islamophobia in the conservative party and those recommendations need to be acted upon and the most important thing about this inquiries it needs to be independent so that no scanning and others can be reassured that it will hold to account in a meaningful way those who sold such negative reviews about —— those who hold such negative views about muslim women in general. negative views about muslim women in ueneral. ~ , ., , ., negative views about muslim women in ueneral. ~ i. , ., , general. when you first heard be surprised? _ general. when you first heard be surprised? supplied, _ general. when you first heard be surprised? supplied, guess- general. when you first heard be surprised? supplied, guess whatj general. when you 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muslim woman has to campaign. obviously that triggered an enormous reaction. what would you say to him if you could have a conversation with him about the perspective he put forward in that interview? quebec i would ask him and invite him to come down and have a cup of tea with us and we could tell all about muslim women, what we do, but we don't do, and how we are notjust one kind of generic type of people. this kind of rhetoric really adds fuel to the fire and muslim women facing off discrimination as it is and as an organisation working for social justice and and as an organisation working for socialjustice and equality for muslim women and girls we are just... itjust happens again and again and itjust shows the importance for an organisation such as ours. you on your twitter feed you on your twitterfeed have you on your twitter feed have said about your concerns about the fact nusrat ghani said this made her consider leaving politics and use spoke about the thought processes that anybody would go through if they are deciding to do something like that but obviously with your particular focus on muslim women. what impact do you think this will have and now that it is being looked at in this way, how much of an opportunity does that present? 50 i opportunity does that present? so i think this is — opportunity does that present? sr i think this is the opportunity does that present? 5r i think this is the problem. we muslim women's network had been living empower women workshops to get women into local politics and national politics and the source of peace is really going to put off women. we have got the local elections coming in may end general elections coming in may end general elections coming in a couple of years and people, muslim women are going to be put off and we can't afford to do that. we need diversity in all these decision—making levels at the highest levels in the country. you know, muslim women and other types of diversity or otherwise we can't really represent and serve the population like we should do. fight! population like we should do. and many muslim _ population like we should do. and many muslim women coming forward and saying that they want to go into politics and having those conversations within your organisation about their concerns around it? 50 organisation about their concerns around it? ., ., ., ., around it? so women do want to get involved but — around it? so women do want to get involved but they _ around it? so women do want to get involved but they are _ around it? so women do want to get involved but they are put _ around it? so women do want to get involved but they are put off, - around it? so women do want to get involved but they are put off, you i involved but they are put off, you know, like i guess women from all different sections thinking about how they will be treated and this sort of stuff just puts how they will be treated and this sort of stuffjust puts people off, really, doesn't it?— sort of stuffjust puts people off, really, doesn't it? forgive me for not knowing _ really, doesn't it? forgive me for not knowing the _ really, doesn't it? forgive me for not knowing the answers - really, doesn't it? forgive me for not knowing the answers to i really, doesn't it? forgive me for not knowing the answers to this i really, doesn't it? forgive me for. not knowing the answers to this but what are the levels of representation of muslim women in politics at all levels, local and national? , politics at all levels, local and national?— politics at all levels, local and national? , ~ national? yes, so i think if you look at the _ national? yes, so i think if you look at the number _ national? yes, so i think if you look at the number of - national? yes, so i think if you look at the number of women | national? yes, so i think if you i look at the number of women coming forward and then the number of women who actually get through it is disproportionately lower. you know, i don't have the exact figures to hand but having a muslim woman there just to show almost tick a box isn't really good enough. they need to be involved in a meaningful way. you know, nus ghani is a perfect example. she was on a high position but then couldn't really effect any change and then got removed. i just change and then got removed. i 'ust want to read — change and then got removed. i 'ust want to read and i change and then got removed. i 'ust want to read and we i change and then got removed. i 'ust want to read and we are i change and then got removed. ijust want to read and we are waiting it to hear from the want to read and we are waiting it to hearfrom the prime minister who has been speaking but has said this morning he is taking the allegations that she was sacked because of concerns about her muslim face extremely seriously after launching that cabinet office investigation. just go back to the question of how much of an opportunity potentially as this to deal with these issues —— sacked because of concerns about her "muslimness". how much of an opportunity is this to put to bed the consent you are talking about? this is come up again and again about islamophobia and enquiries has been done. professor singh looked at this last year, islamophobia in the conservative party and came up with recommendations of those need to be acted upon. there is no point... but with this enquiry it does really need to be independent. there is no pointjust investigating it themselves so we know that people will be held to account. it is really, really important that that happens. really, really important that that ha ens. . ~' , really, really important that that ha ens. . ~ , . happens. thank you very much indeed for “oinint happens. thank you very much indeed forjoining us- — happens. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. we _ happens. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. we will _ happens. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. we will be _ happens. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. we will be bringing i forjoining us. we will be bringing you the payments are, as i said, who was giving an interview this morning wejust had the was giving an interview this morning we just had the first few words from him in terms of what he said in the interview but we will bring it to you as soon as we can. nato is sending additional ships and fighterjets to eastern europe, in response to a continuing build up of russian forces near ukraine. the uk and the us have both ordered large numbers of diplomatic staff to leave ukraine because of safety concerns. officials say there have been no specific threats to british diplomats. moscow denies planning an invasion, despite massing tens of thousands of troops on the border. our diplomatic correspondentjames landale has the latest. the british government says that it's a precaution, that they are doing this because they have a duty of care to staff. they expect about half of their staff at the embassy in kyiv to return to the uk in coming days. iimagine that... i mean, they say very explicitly this is not in response to any specific intelligence threatening uk staff as a result of anything the british government has done in terms of, you know, warning about russia trying to set up puppet governments in ukraine or anything like that. it's just the generic growing threat of a russian military incursion into ukraine is leading them to this action. and i think there are two factors behind that. one is the realisation that, if anything happens, it could happen very, very quickly. there are now increasing numbers of russian troops in belarus, just on the north of ukraine's border. that is getting much closer to kyiv than all those troops that are on the far eastern border of the ukraine. and, secondly, just remember this. what is the most recent crisis situation that both the british and american governments have had to deal with to evacuate troops, evacuate citizens and diplomats very quickly? afghanistan, and i think both the bureaucracies of these institutions are learning from that experience to say, "right, if anything happens we want to get our ducks in a row." the problem, of course, is that other countries will interpret this not as a consular matter, not a precautionary matter, but as a statement of an assessment of threat, and so, for example, the eu this morning has made very vladimir putin has said this morning the invading thing would be a gas downright disastrous step and painful violent and bloody business and france has advised its nationals against nonessential travel to the uk. -- it against nonessential travel to the uk. —— it has been said this morning that vladimir putin invading ukraine would be a disastrous step and a painful, violent and bloody business. france has advised its nationals against nonessential travel to ukraine. you're watching bbc news... the headlines on bbc news... borisjohnson has ordered an inquiry into claims by a conservative mp that she was sacked as a minister — in part — because of concerns about her muslim faith. the uk begins withdrawing staff from its embassy in ukraine, with growing fears of an imminent russian invasion. the founder of wikileaks — julian assange — has won the first stage of his legal bid — to appeal against the decision to extradite him to the united states. borisjohnson has boris johnson has been borisjohnson has been speaking this morning on a visit to a milton keynes hospital and started speaking about the allegations by nusrat ghani. brute about the allegations by nusrat ghani. ~ . ~ about the allegations by nusrat ghani. ~ ., ~ , about the allegations by nusrat ghani. , ., ., ., , ghani. we take these allegations very seriously — ghani. we take these allegations very seriously and _ ghani. we take these allegations very seriously and i'm _ ghani. we take these allegations very seriously and i'm very i ghani. we take these allegations very seriously and i'm very glad i very seriously and i'm very glad that there is an investigation taking place. i cannot say more, very, about it but what i can say is that i am here in milton keynes university hospital focusing on what i think is one of the biggest issues facing the country and something that people really want is to fix and that is how we come out of covid—19, notjust with our economy open more than any other society economy in europe but how we deal now with the covid—19 backlogs, particularly in health care. 6 million people waiting for treatments. that number, i have got to tell people, sadly, is going to rise. it is going to go up. so we have got to use absolutely everything in our tool box to fix the backlogs. investment, massive investment that we are making but also new technology and so here it milton keynes university hospital i have been looking at robotic surgery, i have got some footage of that. that can help to speed up procedures and protect patients, the dough might give them better outcomes that also enable surgeons to do more and huge numbers of people are waiting for those types of procedure. i people are waiting for those types of procedure-— of procedure. i was going to ask about covid-19 _ of procedure. i was going to ask about covid-19 but _ of procedure. i was going to ask about covid-19 but very - of procedure. i was going to ask| about covid-19 but very briefly... about covid—19 but very briefly... in addition to what we're doing on diagnostics and of course the massive investments making in staff. back on nusrat ghani, do you believe that mark spencer can sustain his job while this investigation is going on. job while this investigation is atoin on. . , job while this investigation is ttoinon. ., , job while this investigation is totinon. ., , ., going on. really, get back to the key point. _ going on. really, get back to the key point. this — going on. really, get back to the key point, this is _ going on. really, get back to the key point, this is something i i going on. really, get back to the. key point, this is something i take there is an extremely seriously, i took it very seriously 18 months ago and we must wait and see what the investigation reduces but if i can just go back by your leave to what we're doing here, this is, believe me, a problem that we need to fix and i do think that there probably isn't a family in the country that hasn't, doesn't know somebody who hasn't, doesn't know somebody who has had their treatment delayed because of covid—19. across the country, millions of people didn't come forward for treatments. we have people waiting for cancer treatments, for all sorts of things, the surgery. we have to fix it. fin the surgery. we have to fix it. on covid-19 the surgery. we have to fix it. on covid—19 restrictions, though... diagnostics... community diagnostics hubs, reported surgery, drive—by cancer screening, all those types of things we're doing but above all you need to make the investment in the staff. 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our incredible nhs, thanks to what they did with the booster roll—out, and the unbelievable work that they did and the british people who followed the advice and delivered the result we are in. but what we have got to do now is look at all the problems covid—19 has helped to create. particularly the backlogs in the courts... ., , particularly the backlogs in the courts... .,, , particularly the backlogs in the courts... , ., ., , courts... one those big of farms i of an cost — courts. .. one those big of farms i of an cost of— courts... one those big of farms i of an cost of living _ courts... one those big of farms i of an cost of living as _ courts... one those big of farms i of an cost of living as well. - of an cost of living as well. connect. of an cost of living as well. connect-— of an cost of living as well. connect. ., , ., ., ., ., connect. can you guarantee that national insurance _ connect. can you guarantee that national insurance will _ connect. can you guarantee that 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inflation, problems with _ then. it is making sure we deal with inflation, problems with the - then. it is making sure we deal with inflation, problems with the supply| inflation, problems with the supply chains, getting people off welfare and into work, helping to get our economy will make moving smoothly again. economy will make moving smoothly atain. ,, ., ., ., ., ., ., again. seen a guarantee of that tax rise? just on _ again. seen a guarantee of that tax rise? just on the _ again. seen a guarantee of that tax rise? just on the specific— again. seen a guarantee of that tax rise? just on the specific issue, i rise? just on the specific issue, look at where we are, what we are investing in and don't forget what i think is the number one priority for people in this country. it is, you know, the nhs has done an amazing job but it has been under specifics, tremendous strain. on the tax rise can you guarantee that national insurance will go up?— insurance will go up? what i'm tellint insurance will go up? what i'm telling you _ insurance will go up? what i'm telling you as _ insurance will go up? what i'm telling you as we _ insurance will go up? what i'm telling you as we have - insurance will go up? what i'm telling you as we have got i insurance will go up? what i'm telling you as we have got to i insurance will go up? what i'm i telling you as we have got to put that money on, got to make that investment in our nhs. we havejust been looking at fantastic robotic surgery, robotic —assisted surgery made in cambridge with amazing british development... infill made in cambridge with amazing british development. . .— british development... will that money come — british development... will that money come through _ british development... will that money come through a - british development... will that money come through a national| money come through a national insurance rise, though, by mr? those machines are — insurance rise, though, by mr? those machines are not _ insurance rise, though, by mr? those machines are not cheap... _ insurance rise, though, by mr? those machines are not cheap... will - insurance rise, though, by mr? those machines are not cheap... will the i machines are not cheap... will the money come from the national insurance rise? is that guarantee now, the national insurance premium? what in telling people as if we want to fund our fantastic nhs we have to pay for it and this current is determined to do so.- pay for it and this current is determined to do so. very finally, another big _ determined to do so. very finally, another big issue _ determined to do so. very finally, another big issue is _ determined to do so. very finally, another big issue is obviously i determined to do so. very finally, | another big issue is obviously what is happening in ukraine. the uk has taken some stuff out of the embassy in kyiv. the eu has not. do we know something that the eu doesn't. while we taking stuff out? aprons and about why might happen next? —— are you concerned about what might happen f? i you concerned about what might ha- ten f? ., ., ~' you concerned about what might ha- ten f? ., ., ~ ., happen f? i want to think our wonderful— happen f? i want to think our wonderful staff _ happen f? i want to think our wonderful staff there - happen f? i want to think our wonderful staff there in i happen f? i want to think our wonderful staff there in kyiv. happen f? i want to think our. wonderful staff there in kyiv who have done an outstanding staff very difficult time we do want to make some changes now and intelligence very clear that there are 60 russian battle groups on the borders of ukraine and the plan for a lightning war that could take out kyiv is one that everybody can see. we need to make it very clear to the kremlin, to russia, that that would be a disastrous step and so what we're saying is that the uk's leading on creating a package of economic sanctions working with our partners around the world might be talking to them this afternoon this evening and talking to colleagues and other capitals in washington but we also need to get over the message that invading ukraine from a russian perspective is going to be a painful violent and bloody business and i think it is very important that people in russia understand that this could be a new chechnya. i have been to ukraine several times. i know the people of that country a bit and myjudgment is that they will fight and, really, that is not the way the world should be going and i hope that they understand that in the kremlin but it is the job of the uk to make sure that our friends and partners around the world, particularly in europe, you mentioned europe, also understand that. we get ready a tough run of package of sanctions. that sounds like ou package of sanctions. that sounds like you think _ package of sanctions. that sounds like you think of _ package of sanctions. that sounds like you think of russian - package of sanctions. that sounds like you think of russian invasion l like you think of russian invasion of ukraine could happen could be imminent. ., ., ., imminent. look, i have got to tell ou that i imminent. look, i have got to tell you that i think— imminent. look, i have got to tell you that i think that _ imminent. look, i have got to tell you that i think that the _ you that i think that the intelligence is pretty gloomy on this point. there is certainly a large, very, very large, a ray of russian forces and we have to take the necessary steps. i don't think it is by any means inevitable. i think that sense can still prevail but the uk is in the lead in creating that package of economic sanctions, stiffening the, helping to stiffen the resistance of our ukrainian friends, as you know, with defensive weaponry that we are supplying, and making it clear that we stand fully. where with the people of ukraine and that we support the sovereign integrity of ukraine, and we do, but we also need to get over to russia that any invasion, any incursion of any kind, of any dimension, into ukraine, is not going to be a cost free business. it is not going to be... there will be casualties, and i think that people in russia need to understand that it could be their new chechnya.— understand that it could be their new chechn a. ~ , , new chechnya. prime minister being interviewed this _ new chechnya. prime minister being interviewed this morning _ new chechnya. prime minister being interviewed this morning and - new chechnya. prime minister being interviewed this morning and we i new chechnya. prime minister being i interviewed this morning and we have just received that interview ending with the situation in ukraine and saturn are the allegations from nusrat ghani and other subjects in between —— starting with the allegations. let's speak to our political correspondent nick eardley. he was listening. thoughts? clearly boris he was listening. thoughts? clearly iztoris johnson _ he was listening. thoughts? clearly boris johnson doesn't _ he was listening. thoughts? clearly boris johnson doesn't want - he was listening. thoughts? clearly boris johnson doesn't want to i he was listening. thoughts? clearly boris johnson doesn't want to make borisjohnson doesn't want to make dough might get into the details of the allegations made by the former minister nusrat ghani that her "muslimness" was aware that was brought up when she was sacked as a minister in 2020 with the cabinet office saying it's going to launch an investigation after being told to do so by the prime minister. the pm's and so there was a pretty quick one, wasn't it? that he didn't think you could comment on it now but he took it extremely seriously. let's see what investigation brings up. but, look, it starts what could be a really pivotable crucial week for borisjohnson. he had these allegations on the former minister but he also has that report coming from sue gray into those parties that were held in downing street, the various allegations of covid—19 lockdown rule breaking parties taking place across government. we don't know for sure when that report is coming but it is expected this week. it does mean there isjust this enormous amount of pressure on borisjohnson. there are all the signs of infighting within the conservative party and different politicians briefing against each other and the big question is, what does that report say and what does it mean for the prime minister's future? 50 it mean for the prime minister's future? ., , . ., future? so we are expecting it now, what, future? so we are expecting it now, what. towards _ future? so we are expecting it now, what, towards the _ future? so we are expecting it now, what, towards the end _ future? so we are expecting it now, what, towards the end of _ future? so we are expecting it now, what, towards the end of the - future? so we are expecting it now, | what, towards the end of the week? because things keep moving, don't they? we think that dominic cummings is speaking to sue gray today? yes. is speaking to sue gray today? yes, that seems — is speaking to sue gray today? yes, that seems to _ is speaking to sue gray today? yes, that seems to be _ is speaking to sue gray today? yes, that seems to be the _ is speaking to sue gray today? yes that seems to be the latest, that dominic cummings will give his evidence today. joanna, i have asked a million times various people when it is going to be and i am afraid therejust doesn't seem it is going to be and i am afraid there just doesn't seem to be an answer at the moment. i think later in the week is probably a safe bet because if some of the interviews are still taking place today than there is still time to write up the report and to get the findings out there so i think we're probably looking at the later part of the week, which all means that, you know, in westminster that is all this time the mps to meet up and discuss what they think is going on and itjust is this fascinating backdrop, isn't it? apart from the seriousness of the allegations that have been made by nusrat ghani about her sacking back in 2020, allegations, by the way, that have been denied by the chief whip, mark spencer, who said that they were defamatory and they were false. he outed himself as the person that he thinks she is speaking about but it just creates this fascinating backdrop to a really potentially dangerous week for boris johnson backdrop to a really potentially dangerous week for borisjohnson and his government. all this pressure coming from the backbenches. we have the 2019 intake of mps some of whom want the prime minister to go and other groups of mps waiting for that report but who are very sceptical about some of the explanations boris johnson is given, don't think they go far enough and finally there are somejust waiting for go far enough and finally there are some just waiting for that report as a pretext for calling for him to go and then have all these other issues building up as well so as well as the allegations from nusrat ghani there is increasing pressure on the government about the national insurance rise. we have heard some senior mps saying that needs to be parts now. you have heard boris johnson not giving any indication that that is what he wants in the interview there. there is the situation in ukraine which is something mrjohnson was forceful and they're saying it could be new chechnya for russia if they were to invade new termite ukraine and an enormous amount going on but that report later this week is going to be a big moment. 15%. report later this week is going to be a big moment.— report later this week is going to be a big moment. 19. thank you. and another thing. _ be a big moment. 19. thank you. and another thing, actually, _ be a big moment. 19. thank you. and another thing, actually, the _ be a big moment. 19. thank you. and another thing, actually, the boris i another thing, actually, the boris johnson said in an interview that he gave was about covid—19 testing for international travellers. he said that changes to testing rules for international travellers who are fully vaccinated will be made given that britain is moving through the oma crime wave. he said that to show the country is open for business you will see changes —— through the omicron make way. people no longer need to take test via double—vaccinated. back in a moment with a summary of the latest news but there let's catch up with the weather. looks like you have a hot cup of tea on your desk which will keep you nice and warm! i have! it is lovely. it is not very warm out there today across england and wales, especially if you are underneath this white grey, flat, low cloud and temperatures could be 3-a low cloud and temperatures could be 3—a in some places there is some sunshine for a while across northern ireland, is in scotland and also north—eastern parts of england but also a bit of rain and drizzle because northern scotland, mainly in the highlands. that will push northwards up towards the northern isles later on tonight. we will find some clearer skies in eastern scotland and more particularly north—east england which will lead to some fog especially in the vale of york and maybe a touch of frost too. many will be frost free, still chilly under the cloud in england and wales and miles for scotland and northern ireland met for the dust from the lift slowly as the breeze picks up a little bit and you will still see some sunshine it north—east england, is in scotland and developing in northern ireland ahead of some more rain coming into the highlands and islands. otherwise a dry day again under cloudy skies most of england and wales it is going to feel quite chilly, temperature some of the delay, always a bit milder for scotland and northern ireland. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. borisjohnson has ordered an inquiry into claims by a conservative mp that she was sacked as a minister — in part — because of concerns about her muslim faith. we ta ke we take these allegations extremely seriously. i took them seriously 18 months ago. i am glad there is an investigation taking place now. the prime minister refused to confirm that the rise in national insurance would go ahead in the timeframe previously announced. the uk begins withdrawing staff from its embassy in ukraine, with growing fears of an imminent russian invasion as the pm warns russia a war in ukraine could be a painful, violent and bloody business. moscow denies planning an invasion, despite massing tens of thousands of troops on the border. the founder of wikileaks — julian assange — has won the first stage of his legal bid — to appeal against the decision to extradite him to the united states. covid restrictions in scotland ease today. nightclubs can reopen, and limits on indoor socialising are being dropped. an australian man pleads guilty to abducting four—year—old cleo smith and holding her at his home for 18 days. also coming up... the first british woman to swim the channel. mercedes gleitze set a series of records for endurance swimming in the 1920s and �*30s — a new plaque to mark her achevments is unveiled today. aston villa's digne and cash were struck last saturday by drinks bottles thrown by fans after a goal was scored against everton, the fan was later arrested in efforts to reduce abuse at football fixtures. according to the uk's football policing lead, arrests at football matches across the top five english leagues are at their highest levels in years. it follows baroness casey's recent report into the euro 2020 final which found "ticketless, "drunken and drugged—up thugs" could have caused death as they stormed wembley. here with me now to dicuss this is malcolm clarke, the chair of the football supporters association. what you think about what happened? quite clearly, throwing a bottle or any object on to the field is not acceptable. we have cctv now at the ground. there are plenty of powers to deal with that. that is not acceptable. but we need to keep the entire thing in perspective. football is much safer and more enjoyable now than it was 20 or 30 years ago. whilst the number of arrests this season have increased, they are way below the levels that they are way below the levels that they used to be. it is an increase on what was actually a very small number. in fact, on what was actually a very small number. infact, at on what was actually a very small number. in fact, at the moment, there is approximately one arrest every other game in the top five leagues. wejust every other game in the top five leagues. we just need to keep every other game in the top five leagues. wejust need to keep it in that perspective. it does follow on from the report is what happened in the euro 2020 final. i know that you are keeping it in perspective, and we things were a long time ago was very different. but do you get any sense that there may be some sort of change that might take things backwards?— change that might take things backwards? , . ., , backwards? there is certainly some anecdotal evidence _ backwards? there is certainly some anecdotal evidence from _ backwards? there is certainly some anecdotal evidence from our- backwards? there is certainly some i anecdotal evidence from our members that the problem is increasing this season. but, still at a very low level. the euro final was a perfect storm. in the middle of the summer, the first final a55 that england had been in, and i think a lot of the people involved in the awful scenes outside wembley were probably not people who go regularly to games. clearly that event has been looked into by baroness kiersey. her recommendations will no doubt be acted upon. but it would be a mistake to assume that what happened in that final indicates a significantly serious problem arising in the games that are held every week. are you confident that there are systems and structures in place that mean that if there is something it is dealt with very swiftly and issues will get nipped in the bad? on the whole, i think that is true. obviously nobody needs to be complacent. we are very happy to work with all the relevant authorities to take measures which might be taken to improve the situation. ., ~' , ., might be taken to improve the situation. ., ,, , ., ., joining us. over the past week lengthy lorry queues have built up on the main road heading into dover. freight heading to the port of dover is being managed by national highways as traffic in the area builds and queues form on the a20. dover advisory national highways says there are currently no queues for lorries to get into dover. let's get more with our global trade correspondent chris morris. the overarching reason for these cuesis the overarching reason for these cues is that kent, dover, calais is now a major trade border that it was not a couple of years ago. boarders mean delays. you have got to put brexit at the top of the list. there have been a new rules from the beginning of this year about imports into the uk. you might think that would create problems on the other side of the channel, tracks trying to come in from calais. why are there queues on the side of the channel? one of the reasons as there is also a requirement now for lorry drivers leaving the uk to submit information to the french authorities about what is in their cargo, and to get a permit to get on board ferries. the number of lorry drivers that do not have the right permit was relatively high to begin with, we are told it is improving, but in a system which is so tightly controlled, just one or two mistakes can cause delays. it is the fact that brexit has caused additional trade barriers, where they were previously none, between the uk and the eu. there are some other reasons. covid has caused staff absences. it has been worse over the last couple of years, but omicron meant there was a surge in staff absences. also noteworthy that drivers leaving the uk for the eu needs to show evidence of a negative lateral flow test. that can be done in a couple of seconds but if you do not have to do it, maybe you have to take two minutes to turn your lorry around, the butterfly effect, causing more delays. some seasonal issues. there are fewer ferries running at the moment, one or out of service at the moment. in the first few days of the year it is normal that trade volumes are very low, as the pick—up from mid—january on this. that is what has happened in the last few days, causing these long queues. it is a concern that as things get back to more normal levels, those new checks with brexit are clogging up the system. what is the situation with trade volumes? what does the fact that theseissues volumes? what does the fact that these issues are happening now for, as you say things pick up? that is worrying. you can look at the people that are still struggling to trade. they must have it at the situation said, it is going to be more difficult to trade with europe now, but you can still make a profit. are a profit you are not going to trade. what is what is worrying is the number of people who appear to have decided, we cannot make a profit, trading with the uk is not worth it any more, we're not going to do it. look at some of the statistics which are emerging, it is quite striking. these are figures for german exports around the world. we are comparing the first 11 months of last year, the 2020, because in 2020, that was the height of covid delays. these are official figures from the german statistics authority, this was compiled by a professor at university of warwick. those german exports recovered last year, compared to 2020, up to 70% of the rest of the eu, 18% to the rest of the eu, down 2% to the uk to stop a big difference. we see the same when we look at the german imports. the staff germans are buying from the uk. over that same 11 month period, comparing 2020, 2021, german imports rose sharply, up 16% from the rest of the eu as the economy recovered, up 6% from the united states, down 8% from the united kingdom. a lot of people who used to trade between britain and germany in this case, same story with other countries, have decided that because of so many new restrictions, new bureaucratic obstacles, it is not their while any more. dominic cummings has apparently been interviewed today by sue gray. he has now tweeted saying he will do and ask me anything, after that sue gray reports. they are assist wheat. —— there is the tweet. he is saying, ask him anything. in terms of when she will report, it was initially thought she might report at the start of this week. but no one knows. we think probably thursday or friday. we will have to wait and see. julian assange has been given permission to appeal against his extradition to the united states. the supreme court will now rule on the case. the founder of the wikileaks website faces charges over the publication of hundreds of thousands of leaked documents relating to the afghanistan and iraq wars. his fiancee stella moris welcomed the decision. what happening today is precisely what we wanted to happen. the high court certified that we had raised point of law of general public importance, and that the supreme court has good grounds to hear this appeal. the situation now is that the supreme court has to decide whether it will hear the appeal. but make no mistake, we won today in court. crowd cheers. hallelujah! but let's not forget that every time we win, as long as this case isn't dropped, as long asjulian isn't freed, julian continues to suffer. for almost three years he's been in belmarsh prison and he is suffering profoundly, day after day, week after week, year after year. julian has to be freed and we hope that this will soon end. but we are far from achieving justice in this case becausejulian has been incarcerated for so long, and he should not have spent a single day in prison. if there had beenjustice, the officials who plotted, who conspired to murderjulian, would be in the courtroom right now. if there were justice, the crimes thatjulian exposed, war crimes, the killing of innocent civilians, would not be impugned. our fight goes on and we will fight this untiljulian is free. thank you. our correspondent, greg mckenzie, was outside the high court. a victory but a partial victory and it was heard this can now be heard by the supreme court. some will think this is a victory but albeit a partial victory. that is right. he lives to fight another day but he is by no means out of the woods in stopping extradition. last year the lower court said, look, he had the case to answer in the united states but because there was no guarantee from washington over how he would be treated they couldn't be sure that he wouldn't basically kill himself in the us and that would be a breach of his human rights. following that where the extradition was blocked on that health grounds, the united states then provided a bunch of assurances to the high court here and in december the lord chiefjustice ruled that was sufficient. now, it is on that point of when the high court perceive those assurances over how washington would look afterjulian that the whole thing may now end up in supreme court because the lord chief justice his legal team says there is a point here that needs to be argued over. but there is no guarantee will now go to supreme court because they have now got to go to the doors of the supreme court over there in westminster and say knock knock again. the supreme court could still say no, we're not having it, and at that point extradition is back on. we're hearing thatjulian assange and the us government he is facing an 18 count indictment the us government accusing him of conspiring to hack into us military databases and leaking thousands of documents. should he be extradited or charged even in the us court he could face 175 years injail or the us lawmakers have said face a—6 years but this is his legal team and his fiancee heard from earlier he said he is a suicide risk and he would be persecuted if he was extradited to the united states. the us government have always said that he would be treated like any other prisoner and would not be held in segregation or isolation and treated like any other prisoner and even said they would consider him, if convicted, to serve his sentence in australia to be closer to his relatives. we are hearing the german police account there. they are not specifically seeing a shooting. they are seeing, a large—scale deployment in heidelberg. we will keep you updated. that is a part of heidelberg which is on the north side of the river that runs through heidelberg. it is an area that is mostly buildings associated with the university of heidelberg, including student accommodation and research facilities, as well as the university hospital of heidelberg. there are reports that this may be a shooting, but at this point we have not got a lot of information to go on. we are getting these initial reports. the police are certainly seeing on their twitter feed that there are multiple injuries. we will stay across these developments and keep you updated as soon as we get any more detail. the sister of a british man who was killed by a stray bullet in the united states has been speaking about his death. dr matthew willson from surrey was in the us visiting his girlfriend when a bullet travelled through a wall and hit him while he was in bed. there have been no arrests so far but his sister kate hopes someone will come forward. we haven't had any information about how it happened or who was involved. unfortunately, because of the nature of the situation, it was too dangerous for the police to investigate the individual shooting at the time. they had to stand back and wait until it was safe to go to my brother and see what was happening. i try to get over as soon as i heard the news. i arrived about 36 hours after the incident happened. the bullets caused too much damage to his brain. there was very little chance he was ever going to wake up, and he was officially pronounced dead the following day. it's notjust me who's lost my brother. my parents have lost their son, my son has lost his uncle, and everyone who knew my brother and held him dear has lost a wonderfulfriend. it's a real senseless act. somebody knows who did this. somebody has information, so we need this story to get out there, especially in atlanta and around that georgia area. we need the public to know about what happened and for someone to come forward because somebody knows who did this and somebody knows who was responsible. it's also important for us that that person knows that they've done this, because maybe they don't even know what happened, because the bullet went into a building — you know, they didn't see the aftermath of it, and it's really important that they know what their actions have done and what they've taken from us. in 1927, mercedes gleitze became the first british woman to swim the channel. later that same year she became the first person to swim the strait of gibraltar, and went on to set many more remarkable swimming records. her achievements made her a celebrity in the 1920s and �*30s, before she completely disappeared from the public eye. today her life as a pioneer of british swimming will be celebrated in brighton, as david sillito explains. sunrise, brighton seafront. there's frost on the ground and the sea is a mass of chilly bobbing heads. beautiful. you need to go for yourself to find out. i don't think you can ever persuade anyone with words. you need to experience it. the early morning cold water dip has become a thing. thousands of us, in recent months, have started to enjoy the physical and mental boost it can bring. and it's notjust because it's a beautiful place for an early morning dip. the reason we're here in brighton is because this was the home of a pioneer of this madness. her name was mercedes gleitze, the first british woman to swim the channel, and the straits of gibraltar, and around the isle of man. she was, in the �*20s and �*30s, a major celebrity. even when she got married, her honeymoon, a swim across the hellespont in turkey. leaving today for turkey to attend the hellespont. and i hope to win for england this additional swimming honour. now, 100 years on, kirsten callaghan has spent three years recreating those experiences for a film celebrating the life of mercedes gleitze. a role that was about more than just learning lines. she really had to swim the swims. it's very cold! and it changes so quickly. there was sea sickness, and there was — i had really bad cramp. during the winter, when it was very, very cold, sometimes if i lost my nerve, i would have to say, "what would mercedes do? "what would mercedes do?" because she always stayed calm. itjust made me appreciate mercedes more for what she did and how brave she was to do it, and do it alone. and if you've never heard of mercedes, you're in good company. even her own family had only a sketchy idea of her achievements, until they found her archive after she died. i knew my grandmother well. i spent a lot of time with her. but she never spoke to me about swimming. you knew nothing about the swimming? nothing. she never spoke to me about swimming at all. in fact, she lied about the fact that she was a swimmer to the neighbours that she lived with. you know, she was challenged — you know, "you're mercedes "gleitze, aren't you?" she would deny who she was? it's laughable, because it's obvious who she was, but she denied who she was, because she didn't want that life any more. what would you want to take from her these days? i mean, what is her message? i think the central message from mercedes gleitze is that, such an incredible example to people generally, and to women. i'm so glad to be able to talk about my grandmother with my daughter, for example, because itjust shows you, you can do anything. this film is honouring a pioneer. mercedes gleitze had done it on her own. a secretary who had started swimming in her spare time, and used herfame to raise money to provide housing for the homeless. and now, an inspiration for today's hardy souls, enjoying the pleasures — and challenges — of a rapidly growing way of embracing the therapeutic joys of a cold, wet winter. what a way to start the morning. it's fantastic. the most perfect, perfect sunrise. glorious sunshine. a little bit chilly. david sillito, bbc news, brighton. reports out of heidelberg in germany. german police have tweeted to say there are multiple injuries in heidelberg. there is something happening there right now. large police presence. the specific area, we do not have specific details on the incident, but there are reports it is a gunman. but the area in heidelberg where this is happening is on the north side of the river that runs through the city, and it is an area that is mostly buildings associated with the university of heidelberg. i havejust been associated with the university of heidelberg. i have just been told that the police have said there was a lone attacker, a gunman, and that that gunman is now dead. at this stage we do not have any further details in terms of the number of casualties, but it is an area of the city where the university is located. we are keeping across those reports and we will keep you updated. in a moment, the one o'clock news. first, the weather. the dry january continues. many parts of the country staying dry, but to rein in the north—west. it is in the north—west that every now and then we see whether france pushing in the atlantic. but they're not getting much further, they are running into high pressure. variable amounts of cloud. in many parts we are seeing cloud as we continue into this evening. it feels chilly and leave that cloud also. a week by the front in the north of scotland, that is producing light rain or drizzle. overnight at that damper weather will push northwards. there could be some breaks across eastern parts of scotland, and north—east of england, that could lead to fog patches, perhaps a touch of frost. for many, it should be frost free. still chilly under the cloud in england and wales, milder in scotland and northern ireland. fog lifts slowly through the morning. we may see some sunshine in north—east england. sunshine in south—eastern scotland, and in northern ireland. the next weather front bringing rain and in northern ireland. the next weatherfront bringing rain mainly to the highlands and islands. temperatures to model similar to what we have had today. temperatures may be only three or four celsius. high pressure still in charge as we head towards the middle of the week. that's where the front does not get far. the next one looks like it has more about it. winds were such a pick up more as we head through wednesday, particularly in the north—west of the uk, and that is where we will find rain arriving during the afternoon. otherwise, still dry during the day, perhaps more sunshine across england and we are is, the breeze stirring things up, temperatures will be higher, eight or nine celsius, double figures ahead of that wet and windy weather in the north—west. windy weather in the north—west. windy weather in the northern isles overnight. that's where we will find rain arriving during the afternoon. otherwise, still dry during the day, perhaps more sunshine across england and we are is, the breeze stirring things up, temperatures will be higher, eight or nine celsius, double figures ahead of that wet and windy weather in the north—west. windy weather in the northern isles overnight. that whether france moves on that at all. through thursday, brightening up, more in the way of sunshine. if you showers in the north—west. not particularly cold. temperatures are mild to end the week. the prime minister orders an inquiry into an mp's claims that her muslim faith was given as a reason for her sacking as a minister in 2020. boris johnson was alerted to her claims at the time. he said today a new inquiry was the right course of action. this is something i take, personally, extremely seriously. i took it very seriously 18 months ago. we must wait to see what the investigation produces. we must wait to see what the investigation produces. it comes during a crucial week for mrjohnson, with the report into government gatherings during lockdown expected soon. also this lunchtime... the prime minister warns russia that invading ukraine would be a "disastrous step", as the uk withdraws staff from its embassy there. the founder of wikileaks, julian assange, wins the right to ask the supreme court to block his extradition to the us. "a very significant moment" says the scottish government — as some covid restrictions are eased. and the new highway code rules designed to make